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The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-18
Fresh Meat

Tue Frye-Bruhn Go. keep all kind of fresh meat constantly on hand.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-18
ALEXANDER ELY.
N6T MERELY IDLINa.
Wherein tho Writer Assembled tho
 Man on the Buoy.

Wherein tho Writer Assembled the
 Man on the Buoy.
 'eThat writer" said a publisher, re- ferring to an author who seemed to be idllng away his time, "is in reality try ing hard to work, to get his ideas flow Ing, but he Is stuck.
 'He said to me himself that he re- sembled a man who made bet one summer day at the shore that he would swim out mile and half to a certain buoy. The bet was accepted, and the man stripped and plunged In. His friend retired to the hotel to watch his progress from the window.
 "From the window with feldglass the friend saw the swimmer reach the buoy in due course, draw himself up out of the water and sit down com fortably, with hls legs dangling over. So far so good. Evidently he was rest ing. well pleased with his feat.
 Some minutes passed, and the swim mer had not moved. The watcher re- turned to his book. But every now and then he looked up, and still the swimmer sat in the same position on the buoy.
 "An hour, two hours went by. Stlll the swimmer remained. A white, slim figure seen against the oncoming dark, he sat on the buoy's edge His feet dangled in the sea. He seemed to be muslng
 "Finally it began to grow quite dark, and, thoroughly alarmed at last, the watcher got boat and couple ot bargees and rowed out to his friend.
 "Out there the mystery was soon ex' plalned. The man was stuck fast to the buoy, which had been freshly tarred that morning" Washington Star.
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Job printing at the Alaskan office.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-18

more they are sympathetlcally studied the more they are found to resemble ourselves in their inherent intellectual powers.
 Even the so long despised Australian savages, almost the lowest in material progress, yet show by their complex language, their social regulations and often by an innate nobility of char acter indications of a very similar h. ner nature to our own. If they pos sess fewer philosophers and morallsts, they are also free from so large a proportion of unbalanced minds-idiots and lunatics-as we possess. On the other hand, we find in the higher Pa clfc types men who, though savages as regards material progress, are yet generally admitted to be physically, h. tellectually and morally our equals, If not our superlors. Thirdly, we have no proof whatever that even the men of the stone age were mentally or morally inferior to ourselves.-Alfred Russell Wallace in Fortnightly Review.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-18
Their Wedding Silence.
IOrlglnaLl

LOriginaLl
 This story was told Co me by crusty bachelor
 Listen to this. Alec" and Mabel Buruet read: "'Iu Korea during tho whole marriage day the bride must be mute. If she says word she becomes an object of rldicule. It may be a week or even a month before her hus- band hears the sound of her voice. Singular custom. isn't it? How would you like to adopt 1t when we are mar ried?"
 Her father and mother were sitting near. the father reading bis paper, the mother sewing. The latter said: That reminds me of the night we became engaged. Do you remember l made you wait a long while for your an- swer? I kept you whole hour with out giving you a word"
 Happy dGy"' observed the husband dryly and without lowering his paper
 A smile passed over his wife's face, and a tender light shOne in her daugh- ter's eyes. AS for Alec, he cast q sus- plcious glance at hls prospective ia ther-in-law.
 Nothing would do for Mabel but to introduce the Korean custom at her wedding. On account of the recent death of an aunt who had made her life miserable. but had left her S1O,0OO, the ceremony was to include only the family. Alec protested against the in- troduction of custom taken from a degenerate eastern race, but MT. Bur nets remark, Happy day" had fas- tened the idea upon Mabel, and 1t could not be removed.
 On the day of tho wedding the bride did not speak from .he moment of her awakening. After the ceremony she kissed the family all round, but spoke never q word. All agreed that her si- lence added a solemn charm to the most impressive occasion in a woman's life.
 Mir. and Mrs. Alec Hicks started i'm mediately after wedding breakfast Cat which the bride sat mute) on their wedding journey. As they rolled along in a parlor coach the young husband remarked upon. the presents they had received. the interest taken in tnelr marriage. the concourse of people who would gladly have been present had not the ceremony been private His
The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-18
March 2, 1908.

OFFICE OF ROAD COMMISSIONS Rs, Skagway, Alaska, Feb. 1, l90S. Sealed proposals for constructing a wagon road from the end of the completed road near Hindustucki, on the Chilkat River, three aud one half miles, from the town of Haines, to Wells, on the Chilcat river a distance of approxi- mately twenty and one half miles will be received at this office until l2 noon, May l, 1908, and then publicly opened, Information on application, Sam e.. Orchard, 1st It., 3rd. Inf, Secretary of the Board.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-18
MEN OF EARLIER AGES.

Were They the Mental Peers of the Men of Today?
 The general Idea that our enormous advances In science and command over nature serve as demonstrations of our mental superiority to the men of ear, Her ages Is totally unfounded, The evidence of history and of the earliest monuments alike goes to indicate that our intellectual end moral nature has not advanced in any perceptlble degree In the second place, we find that the supposed great mental lnferlorlty of sayages is equally untoupded. The
The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-18
THE NORTHERN LIGHT

Mir. J. A. Fraser, Atlin gold commis- siouer, was iu Skagway yesterday. He met his wife who arrived On the Prin- eess May. They returned to the inter for Ou the train this morning, From Mr. Fraser's report our Atlin friends watch the Alaskan" closely for 1.-The Northern Light" We thank them for the interest they take in us.
 Yesterday morning at recess the fol- lowing played basketball: Nellie Shea, Della Rapuzzi, Nellie Flynn, Goldie S,inebaugp and Elsie Dillon, against Helen Ross, Veronica Mulvihill, May Parker, Lorraine Suudeen and Audrey Ross, The score was four to nothing in favor of Nellie shea's team,
 In the afternoon Talbot's team de- feated Haslett's team. four to nothing although there were regulars missing from both teams. The four points were made on the free goal by Talbot, a field goal by wurzb,chtr, and an award point. For the first time in his life, Barry wurz5acher got field goal iR rel game.
 The following pupils were dismissed last Friday afternoon after recess for being neither absent nor tsrdy during the past month:
 Mrs. Rosenberg's rOom-Jskie Pat rick, Wade Olsen, Emerson Rogers, Edward L.ddicoat, Grace Russell and Marion Wurzb4cber. Total, 6; 4 boys, girls
 Miss DCsrrer's room-Rosie DorterO, George Dill, Arnold Gutteld, Willie Flynn, Roy Mulvihill, Vincent DorterO and Edward Matthew's Total, ?, boys, girl.
 Mrs. Draper's room--Nelie Shea, Major Leslie, Cassie KOssuth, Charley Dewitt, Harold Eagle, Grant Carlson, Afford Doree, Sam Stinebaugh and Ernest Wolff. Total, g.; s boys, l girl.
 Mr. Telford's room-Edith Liddicoas, Lolo Dewitt, Veronica Mulvihill, Fran ces L,ddicoat, Arthur Boone, Lewis Ssinebaugh, Harry Ask, Adelbert Baker and Louie Gutteli. Total, g; 5 boys, f girls.
 Grand total, 8l; 23 boys, girls.
 WARNING.
 Yesterday we gave warning to con- tributors to bring in their items. The following warning applies to sdvertis- CTS, and has in mind the annual; There lived 8 man in a tar-sway town,
 Who thought him wondrous wise; He swore by all the fabled gods,
 He'd never advertise.
 His goods were advertised at last,
 And thereby hsogs a tale Tho a5 yVss 90, in ponnarsU
 And headed "Sherif's Sale"
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wife listened, but spoke not. Then he directed her attention to passing ob- jects. There was happy, dreamy look on her face, but she uttered no word. They dined In buffet car; but, though there was a bottle of wine, her tongue was not loosed. After dinner Alec surprised her by telling her that he was going into the smoking room for an after dinner cigar Half an hour was enough for the cigar, but he took an hour. When he returned she received him with lowering brow.
 "How long" be asked her coldly, "is this beautiful Korean custom to be- kept up?
 She made no reply, but inwardly re- solved that 1t should be kept up until be learned not to leave her for whole hour on the evening of their marriage for nasty cigar.
 Meanwhile there was much talk among the women left behind in com mendation of the custom introduced at the Hicks wedding. One elderly spin ster of practical views declared that since men were forever commenting on women not being able to hold their tongues perhaps one man would get all he wanted of woman's silence. Many young girls said that they would adopt 1t at their own wedding. A few feminine gabblers dlssented, consider Ing 1t a shame that man might say what he pleased to his wife without retort No such silence for them. The matter brought about number of mar Ital differences where husbands took occasion to sheer at their wives under cover of this Korean custom. Great interest centered in how long the si- lence of Mrs. Hicks was to endure. The sneering husbands declared that the second hand to a watch would not divide time dellcately enough to meas ure her silence after the first sign Of independence on the part of her hus' band. Other cynical men said the whole affair was paradoxlcal, for in- stead of a wife muzzling herself bar first act after marriage was to muzzle her husband One woman forgot her sell SO far as to remark, "How can she get him uaGar'-- but checked herself.
 The wedding trip was to cover the honeymoon. but It lasted only three days. when the bride and groom re- turned, and, instead of going to the house thet had been prepared for them. the bride went to her mother and the groom to bachelor quarters.
 For heavens sake what's the mat ter?" cried the mother as her daughter fell on her neck weeping.
 He's a brute"
 What has he dOne?"
 we hadn't been gone half day be- fore he ceased to say word to me"
 But you didn't say a>word to him. did you"
 "No."
 "Is this all the complaint you have to make of him."
 'Yes."
 Foolish child! You have a model husband. Would that your father were such man. He could never have kept Buence for a single day-no, not for twelve hours! Alec must be a wonder. Think of possessing a husband who is able to hold his tongue indefinitely and let his wife do all the talkingy'
 The good lady sent for her son-in- law at once, and the quarrel was made up. Alec Hicks Is now middle aged man. He is deaf in one ear He says be finds 1t very convenient When bis wife talks to him, as she frequently does while be Is In bed and she Is do- Ing her har for the night, he turns over on the side of hls well ear, and he doesn't hear her.
 ALEXANDER ELY.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-18
NOTICE ID VOTERS

From and after this date the registra- tlon book. provided for in Ordinance No. 90, will be found at the office of the City Clerk (U. S. Customs ofiice) where citizens may register from g a, m. to 4 Q. n, MATTHEW BRIDGE,
 City Clerk. March 2, 1908. 939-l5t
The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-18
Hear Those MandOliDu Ringing

Eight of them in one instrument, with Piano accompaniment, Hear them aC the Mascot. It is great, and fills the place of vaudeville entertainment.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-18
One Kind of Talent.

Ono NInu or aIVTN' "He doesn't strike me as very bright"
 'But he is q positive genius" "Where Is the evidence" "He owes everybody in town
The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-18

The Pack Train Restaurant will serve wine with dinner orders, free in plac2 of tea or coffee. Come on boys.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18
Jacks Lucky BAD.

The annual publication Of the bri-
gade of midshipmen at Annapolis goes
by the name Of 'The Lucky Bag" even
as that of the corps Of cadets at West
Point bears the military appellation Of
''The Howitzer." On board ship is
kept what is called a lucky bag. Into
this are put all sorts of articles that
are left around the decks or out Of
their proper places by the men. At
the end of each month the lucky bag Is
opened, and the men who have lost
different articles gather around it In
the hope that they have been lucky
enough to have had their possessions
find their way into the lucky bag. at
the end Of the month the bag generally
is filled with a great variety Of articles.
In it are jackknives, pairs Of shoes.
plugs Of chewing tobacco, sewing kits.
caps, photographs, writing materials.
and 80 on through practically the en-
tire list of the sailors possessions
New York Tribune.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18
THE WORLD OF HOMER.
Ancient Idea of the Earth and Its Mar
ain of Water.

Ancient Idea of the Earth and Its Mar
gin of Water.
Let us consider for one moment what
the idea of the world was-not, indeed,
at the earliest period Of which we
have any knowledge, but at the dawn
Of written history or of written history
among that Indo-Germanic people
whose descendants have overspread SO
much of the earth. The world Of Ho-
mer was a small, fat surface, in which
civilization was hemmed in by foreign
races, who again were surrounded by
a great ocean or river over which no
man had ever passed. The world of
which Homer had any definite notion
was Greece-a Greece which hardly
extended as far as the Balkans on the
north and which scarcely included the
Levant and the islands in the Aegean
sea. No doubt he had some general ac-
quaintance with world beyond these
narrow limits. He knew. at any rate.
some Of the leading features of north
ern Africa He had heard, as was only
natural. of Egypt. whose civilization
had made such marked advances and
was exercising so much influence. He
had some knowledge Of the great river
on whose recurring floods Egypt de-
ponds for her prosperity. He had even
heard of the pygmies and of the Ethio-
plans who dwelt higher up its stream.
Some reports had reached him Of
southern Italy. But it is hopeless to
attempt to fit the geography of Homer
to the actual facts. Ii man were to
search today for the precise spot on
which Captain Lemuel CULVER was
wrecked in the first of his famous voy-
ages he would find that the Lilliput Of
Swift was in the heart Of Australia.
and much in the same way. to quote
Mr.. GladstOne's language. 1.-The key to
the great contrast between the outer
geography (of Homer) and the facts of
nature lies in the belief of Homer that
q great sea occupied the space where
we know the heart Of the European
| continent to lie"
| It is another indication of the small
ness of Homers world that the ten
years. war, Of which he has given us
lAc SOHCluulAS CpioOoC, vas hOt, DO
even Herodotus has described it,. one
of the opening chapters Of the great
struggle which has endured throughout
historic times between east and west,
but contest between men of common
origin. 1t is not a mere poetical II.
cense which makes Greeks and Ro-
mans address one another in the same
language. Yet the world Of Homer
small as it seems to us. seemed large
to him. Compared with the mighty
oceans which men now traverse the
Mediterranean is but little landlocked
sea. The Mediterranean of the "Iliad'
was only the Aegean. yet for Homer II
had terrors which the Atlantic has not
for us.-Sir Spencer Walpole in Con
temporary Review.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18
German Syrup

We want to impress on our readers
that Boschee's German Syrup is
positively the only preparation on
the market today that does relieve
and cure consumption. 1t contains
the specifce. such as pare tar, ex-
tracts OF gum, etc, ETC., which have
been so highly endorsed for the cure
of coughs, colds and consumption
by the great medical congresses.
The consumptive, whether his disease
is in the throat or lungs, must have
rest at night, aud be free from the
spasm of dry and racking cough IN
the morning. The diseased parts
want rest, meaning and soothing
tseatment, and the patient needs
fresh air, good food, etc, German
Syrup will give free and easy OK
pectoration in the morning with
speedy and permanent relief. Small
bottles Is cents; regular size, con-
tanning nearly four times as much,
rs cents. At Frost & Spies
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18
The Camci'a l..te.

The Nile is essentially Il river of
lence and mystery. EieA the canIe'
turn their beautiful soft e"es upon y0'
as If you were intrudiny upon Their 81
lence and reserve. Never Were the eye'
In a human head so beautiful! as 6
camers There is a limpid softness'
an appealing plaintiveness, in their ex-
preston which drag at your sympa-
thies like the look in the eyes OF a
hunchback. 1t means that with your
opportunities you might have done
more with your life. Your mother
looks at you that way sometimes IN
church when the sermon touches a par
ticularly raw nerve in your spiritual
makeup. always feel like apologiz-
Ing when a camel looks at MEEK
change.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18
SurA ENOUGH Hons.

Nose, the darky cook of a party Of
surveyors in eastern Texas, was great
ly annoyed by the razorback hogs that
roamed around the camp. One evening
while he was at the spring particu-
larly ravenous band Of these "piny
woods rooters" raided the cook tent
and ate up everything that was edible
and some things that weren't. For sew
eral moments after his return from the
spring Nose could find no words to ex-
press his feelings. WAL" he finally
exclaimed, "de good Lawd suhtainly
knowed his business when he named
hawgs 'hawgsv Dey sho' is hawgsy'-
Everybody's Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18

"We students can stand good many
things" said the college girl. "but this
last missionary was too much for u.s.
He preached or the glories of the mis-
sionary calling for women. He told us
we ought all Of us to 60 and help the
heather. That was all right
"But then he worked up to a glow.
ing finish. Now, I appeal to you, as
college women, how much better than
mere learning and mere books it is to
60 forth into the world and become
fishers Of menu
"That was too much. OF course we
smiled. In fact some Of US snickered
audibly. Then the missionary com
planned to 'prexy' that he couldn't help
noticing a deplorable spirit Of levity
apparent among the students. "-Phila
delphia Ledger.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18

The President has found a
way to carry on the conversation
movement without waiting for
an Indifferent Congress to make
an appropriation, by hi S reor-
ganization of the Inland Water
ways Commission and the add
ition to it of several important
men, including Senator Allison
and Representative Ransdell OF
Louisiana. He has also appoint
ed a conservation commission
consisting of the waterways
commission and three other
bodies, and the. chairman of
this com bined commission is
Clifford Pinchot, chief of the
Forestry Bureau and the lead
ing spirit of the conservation
movement.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18

There has been considerable
fear among some Of the party
leaders that the tariff plank in
the proposed platform is too radi-
cal, but all fears on that subject
are now allayed and announce
ment has been made that the
platform will contain a call for a
special session of Congress, II 1t
seems advisable, for the consid-
GRAFTON of this special subject,
and, also the adoption of the
maximum principle. Senator
Hopkins, who is now in New
York, and has with him a rough
draft OF the platform, will have a
final conference over it with the
President and Secretary Taft,
before returning to Chicago.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18

W. r. Ward, of Dyers burg, Tenn.
writes "This is to certify that |
have used Orino Laxative Fruit
Syrup for chronic constipation, and
it has proven. without doubt. to
be thorough, practical remedy for
this trouble. and it is with pleasure
I offer my conscientious reference. "
O. W. Frost,
If you will make inquiry it will be
a revelation 30 you how many sue
cumb to kidney or bladder troubles
in one form or another. If the
patient is rot beyond medical aid,
Foley's Kidney cure will cure, 1t
never disappoints. O. w. Frost.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18
HAD TWO MORE PLATES.
And Felt They Saved the Honor of the
American Navy.

And Felt They Saved the Honor of the
American Navy.
Every graduating class at Annapolis
leaves behind it the fame of certain
heroes in the line of physical prowess
or mental endeavor. One of these he
roes was George Dewey, a fine. manly,
athletic youth, the pride Of the boxing
and fencing masters and the terror OF
all DULLES.
In Dewey's class was youth Of an
excellent bent for applied mathematics,
but so tender of physique that he often
suffered from the rough horseplay Of
his elders. Dewey took the boy under his
protection, and the two became fast
friends. They swung their hammocks
in the same watch on their graduating
cruise and when the ship touched at
Liverpool obtained permission to run
up to London on days leave. By
rigid economy the two had Scraped to-
gether little more than e. apiece, and
they landed in the English capital ar
rayed in spick and span new uniforms.
A round of sightseeing had reduced
their combined capital to = sovereigns
and their return tic.:ets when their
boyish appetites announced the hour of
noon
With the cautious economy of his an
cestors the Scotsman suggested chop
house, but nothing but the best would
suit Dewey. and he accordingly steer
ed his chum into the finest hotel he
could find.
The two seated themselves at one Of
the tables and scanned the menu with
a magnificent air. The first item that
caught their eyes was strawberries and
cream, and this, with it's Renaissance
of home, they proceeded to order.
| Now, the time was winter, and
Strawberries from the dollhouse are ex-
pensive in London. so it was small
wonder that the other guests who had
| learned the order looked inquiringly at
| these specimens of the jeunesse doree
| of the American navy. An Oxford lad
who sat next them seemed particular
| ly impressed and turned his large eyes
upon them with awe. The strawber-
ries were good, and all went we'll until
the obsequious waiter returned with a
bill for FL. The Scotsman nearly col
lapsed, but Dewey noticed the eyes of
the Oxonian upon him and, turning SUI
perbly to the waiter, ordered two more
plates.
The middies left with empty peck
cts, but haughtily conscious that they
had saved the honor of the American
navy.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18
Refafiuitu Of Knowledge.

The "relativity of knowledge" means
that you can know things only as they
are related to your faculties. The
thing in itself and apart from the way
It appears to us is unknown and un-
movable. Absolute knowledge Is out
of the question. In word, we know
appearances. but never the reality be-
hind the appearances; the shadows. but
never the substance itself. In fine, the
gist of the doctrine Of the "relativjty OF
knowledge" is that our so called Knowl-
edge is only phantasmagorla. We
know the appearance, but we have no
means of deciding whether the appear
ance Is true or false.-New York Amer
lean.
Potatoes at s2,OOO,OO0 a Ton.
At a recent sale of seed potatoes az
6pilsby, in England. all existing rec
o.ds for extraordinary prices were
eclipsed, says the London Mail. SIX
tubers Of the Ell Dorado variety were
disposed Cf by auction, the lot weigh
ing only FIVE ounces. They realized
$50 8s Cd, and, as this works out at
f4O2, 658 lbs. 4d per ton, 1t constitutes
a worlds record. One potato sold foi
III and another for 10 guineas. Nine
xuaneas was paid for -tuber that
weighed only half an ounce. A stone
fourteen pounds) of new variety
which has been named the Sir John
Franklin and which had only been or
the market a fortnight, sold at the
rate Of $1,000 per ton.