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Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26

According to a New York literary journal, leading American publisher who has always had fair number of first-rate and successful novels on his lists of new books has this year decided to exclude fiction altogether from his plans for the coming season. He holds that as an art fiction Is nearing ex- haustion and death, and that not only the discriminating public but the nov elists themselves are conscious of this remarkable fact. The publisher is quoted as saying that the trouble is not, as some have thought, with the mate rial available. Life Is rich and full of possible plots, and as a matter of fact, novelists never had as much to say as they have just now. Only, they have never said it so duly" and inartistical- ly, and, therefore, readers will weary of sociological treatises in the form of novels, of psychological analysis, of clinical realism and minute description, and give up the modern novel entirely. In other words, fiction as an ''art form Is In decadent state and doomed to extinction. This agrees with an equally gloomy and philosophical, "eyolu- forward some time ago. No art form, he said, was permanent The essay Is practically dead, although futile at tempts are occasionally made to revive it; the sonnet is dead the poetic drama is dead. What reason is there, then, for assuming that fiction Is eternal? For his own part, he did not hesitate to predict its early disappearance. He contends that method, restraint, form, beauty, respect for tradition have been discarded by the novelists, and that their work, with few exceptions, Is cha otic and nondescript, containing a little of everything but hardly anything that can be called art In such pessimistic and sweeping talk much depends on the definition of "art" or form" We have heard that modern music Is not art, and it is not strange to hear that polit- ical. social, psychological, analytical iONCio dlC lOt dIl- put le uOl lut conception of fiction, of art in fiction, undergoing a change? Was not Shake speare called a barbarian by the strict artists of his day? Was not Ibsen told that his poetry was not really poetry ? If novelists claim greater freedom. are they not justified by the worlds inter
 est in their treatment of the questions that earlier novelsts considered alien to art? AS to the alleged dullness of modern fiction, what will the admirers of Mrs. Ward, of Mrs. Wharton, of James. of Howells. of Conrad, of Hew- lett, of Miss Sinclair. of a score of oth
 CTS, say of the change? The general reader finds plenty of charm, of inter est, of stimulation IT the higher branch
 es of contemporary fiction, and is not he the court of last resort? It Is a safe guess that a generation hence fc- ton will be as vital and popular as it now is-which Is saying a good deal.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26
TTfK GREAT AMERICAN HEN

permitted to range over garbage dumps pr manure heaps Her eggs should re- eeiye the most careful attention. and F possible should be placed In sanitary cases immediately after they are gath cred. It should not be forgotten that contamination is likely to come any where. and for that reason constant care should be exercised. And If possi- ble don't eat an egg that Is over thirty days old. It is not fit.
 Aside from the professional poultry men, the amateurs and the farmers, there is still another class interested in poultry work. They are the thousands, or perhaps hundreds of thousands, who have no desire to go into poultry as money making matter; who have not the room for extensive breeding pens, and who are prohtably engaged In oth- CT work. and who have not time to de- vote to any considerable number of fowls They are the people who have homes in the small cities. towns and viii lages. with ground rightly regarded as going to waste. or at least not earning anything. These people would like to go into the chicken business more for diversion or hobby than anything else. and supply their own table with eggs and an occasional fowl. There is surely no good reason why they should not. Let a man who has the ground take up the matter just as he would were he going into the business as q means of livelihood. That is. he should use the same precautions in the selec- tion of his stock. and the same judg- ,mcnt in it's care. With q little attention given to q small flock of chickens many families would find the income from other sources would go much farther.
 The numerous poultry associations throughout the country are of great ser vice to their members. At their meet lngs they discuss intelligently the diff ferent matters of interest, and protect each other from those who would i'm pose upon or act unfairly with them Of great use and interest are the an- nual poultry shows in various localities. Not only are these exhibitions of prod- ucts of interest to the professional and amateur, but to the general public.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26
SHE WAS INSULTED.
The Sting in the Letter That Came
 For Her Husband.

The Sting in tho Letter That came
 For Her Husband.
 Harry, love-" said Mrs. Knew to her husband when he entered his home a few evenings ago, i've been dreadfully lnsulted"
 "Insulted?" repeated MT. Knew in. dignantly. By whom?'
 By your mother"
 My mother, Flora? Nonsense, dear. She's the kindest woman in the world. And how could she insult you? She isn't here; she's miles away
 But, Harry, she did insult me" per sisted Flora, 'and it was done in a letter."
 "Show 1t to me"
 "Ill tell you about 1t. A letter came for you this morning addressed in your mothers handwriting, and so, of course, opened it."
 "Of course" said MT. Knewly, dryly. "It was written to you all the way through, you understand|
 "Yes, I understand that, but where does the insult to you come in?'
 "In the postscript. When I read along to that it said. Dear Flora Don't fail to give this letter to Harry want him to have it. Now, tell me. wasn't that an insultT-Pearson' s Weekly.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26
Steel from the Ore.

Two Australian inventors have found a new process for the continuous treat ment of iron ore, which is to be exploit ed throughout the world. It is pro cess for directly converting the ore into malleable iron or steel, and is said to effect a saving of 9 per cent. After the ore is concentrated 1t is passed through revolving cylinder and brought into contact with the deoxidiz- ing gas; thence it falls into a bottle of molten iron and is converted into steel or malleable iron, the whole pro cess being automatic.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26
JAMES, TURN THE HOUSE" "

William Relman, New York City, has had plans drawn for d revolving house which he will build at Bayside, N. |.
 MT. Reimau's Bayside home will be the result of many years of thought over the matter of genuine home com fort, for he has often declared that, with the advantages of modern appli- ances and electricity, there seemed lit tie reason for the sunny side of a house being In the sun all summer and the shady side being in the shade all winter.
 Mr. Reiman would have a home the windows of which may follow the sun shine in winter or avoid it in summer. An architect has studied the problem and has completed plans for such a home, which will be built at a cost of coo. exclusive of the real estate
 As proposed, the house will be con- structed on q turntable, which will be operated by electric power. The owner, In his library or bedroom, may press q button, and on the piaZZas will sound tlnkling of bells to those who are about to enter or leave the house, warn ing them that the Reiman home Is about 10 maneuver by either the right or left flank Allowing family, servants or guests time to get either in or out of the house. MT. Reiman will then press another button, and the house will swing to right or left, as he may desire.
 Sitting in his library window and wearying of the view, he may turn the house round and get another vista without leaving his chair. or If the breeze shifts and the owner of the house finds himself cut off from it he gives the alarm and moves his home around and around until he gets the breeze where he wants 1t. Of course sunshine and shade will be his to com mand, and if he desires to sleep late and the light is in his window he presses the button near his bed and swings away from the east.
 The house was designed by Mir. Rel man himself. and the plans as drawn show that his scheme is eminently prac-
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26
VENOM OF THE MOSQUITO.
Agency in Spreading Disease Was
 Discovered Many Years Ago.

agency In Spreading Disease Was Discovered Many Years Ago.
 At the time of the discovery of the
 mosquitoes agency in breeding disease l it was not dreamed that far more than the germ of the truth had been reveal ed many years before, says the New
 York Sun. The truth was told in 1853 in the obscure columns of the Faceta Office, published at the port of Camana Venezuela, and little later in brief l note or two that the discoverer wrote
 to the Academy of Sciences in Paris. It was buried in those pages and for gotten, and has now been resurrected by the Havana Cronica Medico and the
 British Medical Journal
 In May, 1853, Louis Daniel Beauper-
 thuy, native of Guadaloupe and
 health officer at Camana. wrote to the
 Gaceta Official that for fourteen years he had made q microscopic study of the
 blood and secretions in every type of fever and had discovered that yellow fever resulted from the stings of sey-
 eral species of mosquitoes. The mos quito plunges its proboscis into the skin
 and introduces a poison which has properties akin to that of snake venom. It sOftens the red blood corpuscles,
 causes their rupture. and facilitates the
 mixing of the coloring matter with the
 serum"
 Beauperthuy said a good word for
 the much-maligned swamp. whose repu- tation as breeder of malaria and oth-
 CT levers was widespread Marshes do not communicate to the air any
 thing more than humidity, and the small amount of hydrogen they give
 off does not cause in man the slight
 est indisposition in equatorial and in- tertropical regions renowned for their
 unhealthfulness. Nor is 1t the putres- cence of the water that makes it un- healthy, but the presence of mosqui. toes"
 In one of his short communications to the Paris Academy of Sciences, dat ed from Camana, June IS, 1856, he
 wrote that as early as 1889 his inyes- l tigations in unhealthy locations in South America had convinced him that the so-called marsh levers were due to
 a yegeto-animal virus "inoculated into man by mosquitoes"
 Beauperthuy's facts and deductions were so remote from all the medical
 teachings of the day that they were
 doubtless laughed at and promptly for 1 gotten. Probably the priority of his | discovery will now be acknowledged, l but it might have been a profound
 blessing to the world if scientific re
 search had been able in the middle of
 the last century to proceed along the 1 lines suggested by Beauperthuys an nouncement.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26
Tho Ivory Hunter,

First catch your ivory, then get 1t home-if you can. A mans troubles have barely begun when the tusks of the fallen monsters are chopped out, wrapped in sacking and taken back to camp. Each weighs 50 or even 100 pounds. l have seen specimens that are on record as tipping the scales at 25O pounds. Suppose I have got to- gether S1O0.O00 worth of fine ivory. I am perhaps a thousand miles from any where with this load of 50000 or 60,0O0 pounds There are no railroads, no wheeled vehicles, even DO draft animals.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26

From the days of Herodotus and Marco Polo, travel has been recognized as an educative and ciyilizing experi- ence. A year on the Continent of Flu rope is considered the best possible finishing" course for English and American youth whose parents can af- ford It but it is not so commonly per ceived that a great and valuable ad- vance Is steadily going on in this coun- try by virtue of the interchange of vis- itors between North and South and East and West. It Is a commonplace that the United States presents great diversity of climate, and that It has been peopled from many different na- tions. of widely varying habits of life and thought. Such a diversity of ele- ments united In one national entity would be a great source of weakness were 1t not for the constant travel for which Americans are noted. Much of this Is due to the annual conventions of national organizations. The Chris tian Endeavor Society, the National Educational Association, the Grand Army, and many other bodies meet once a year, each time In a new place; and special railroad rates induce large mum.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26

tlcal. Mir. Reiman will have neither front nor back yard to his house The lawns will be so laid out that the front entrance will fit at any point of the compass. The revolution of the house will be practically noiseless, and part of the turntable will be visible.
 Mir Reiman believes that his house will have lot of hygienic advantages.
 T have had this house III my mind for a number of years" he said Prior to the actual decision to build I made some experiments to test the feasibility of the plan. do not look on the mat ter as a fad, for 1t is a question of con- mon sense. There is no more reason wly one should be roasted or chilled in cer- tain rooms of house year after year than there Is that one should live on the outside of it. I am satisfied with the plans provided me. and I believe that others will build revolving houses. following my plans"
 Mir Relman will begin building the house this summer and will have 1t ready in the late fall.
 'I will use the colonial style of archl lecture for the house." he said. 'The kitchen will be built away from 1t. There will be five bedrooms and baths on the second floor and on the first large reception hall, dining-room, den, library and pantry. There Is only one other house of this kind that have heard of, and that one Is said to be in Switzerland. The revolution will be practically noiseless. I have consider able trouble in sleeping. and that is the main reason why I am having this house built If the sun is shining in my eyes in early morning, or if my room does not catch the breeze that may be blowing. I can just press a button at the side of my bed and remedy the matter"
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26
The Beam md the Mote.

Little Dick, the village bad boy was wading through a shallow swamp catching frogs with a small landing net Itwas slow work, for the frogs were nim ble and exceedingly shy, but whenever he succeeded in capturing one he made sure that it did not get away by put. ting 1t in tin bucket that had a per. forated lid He had just caught fine specimen and transferred 1t to hIs buck. ct, when young lady, who was out for Il walk, happened along.
 Little boy" she said, don't you know it's cruel to catch those poor little froggies?'
 Dick strengthened up and looked at her. She wore gorgeous creation" or her head, and something in It's trim. mings attracted his attention.
 "I want 'em to wear on my hat," he said.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26

A New York waiter has refused a liberal tip on the ground that he did not need the money. His fellow wait CTS threaten to expel him from his local for unethical conduct. He might have given the money to charity or started a fund for an old walters home.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26
All Fixed.

II want to tell you, old man." said Krotchett, "how thoroughly ashamed am of the temper I displayed last night. Your wife and sister must have thought me crazy"
 "No; they didn't" replied Brightly, "I fixed that all right"
 "Ah; so good of you, old man."
 "Yes; told them you were drunk. Philadelphia Press.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26

"yodka" bottles in Russia carry the Imperial eagle on the labels-the "vod- ka" trade is a government monopoly but a commission of the Duma, ap- pointed to consider the drink evil has lately recommended that the eagle be removed from the label. and a skull and crossbones be put in its place, with appropriate warnings against the use of the poison.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26

Richard Harding Davis has started a campaign to keep waste paper from littering up the streets Which shows that some authors, at least, have proper sense of their responsibility 10 the public,
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26

Mrs. Jack Gardner surely Is old enough to know that the makers Of rare old tapestries in this country should be protected from the ruinous competition of old world artisans.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26
Just Like the Rich FoIks.

Marshall Field, Jay Gould and Pot. ter Palmer habitually carried only small amounts in their pockets" said the man who has taste for the odd.
 Well" responded his friend, when am gone you can truthfully say the same about Washington Herald
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26

The rule forbidding tourists in the Yellowstone Park the right to carry weapons ought to be broadened and ex- tended so that it shall apply to band lis
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26

Add highly technical decisions to technical statutes, and the way of the transgressor becomes a path of pleas antness and comfort.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26

A London shop girl crossed the Allan tic remained in New York thirty min utes and then hurried back to London. Probably she did not like to keep the customer waiting any longer for the phanrp
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26

It is idle talk of coming trouble be- tween England and Germany. Don King Edward and the kaiser kiss each other whenever they meet?
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26

Nothing has been heard lately con cerning Mrs 'Hetty Green. The proba- bility is that she has gone to saving her money again.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26

Castro regrets that there are not more nations to quarrel with. That day is dull which does not bring him new complication with the powers.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26

Few sea serpents have been seen this year. This may be due to the prohibi- tion movement which has been spread hIg across the land.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26

Before girl marries, she prays that she may make him good wife; after she marries, she asks the Lord D make him better husband.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26

Caruso says he is glad his wife has elol,ed, as she was not up to expecta- tions." He is evidently a convert to the trial marriage idea.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26

Can you name the seven candidates for Vice President without going to the newspaper files?
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26
PUBLISHED WEEKLY

Pay as you go, but try to save enough 70 get back on.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26

A woman always wants her neighbors to believe that she trusts her husband. even if she doesn't believe 1t herself.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26

Nine thousand tailors go on strike fin New York, thereby adding 1000 men 10 the army of the unemployed.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26

When girl is not sure whether she loves a fellow or not 1t means that there is another one lowering near.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26

Somehow, the majority of our goo' habits never get found out
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26

When a man walks along the street between two women, he has every ap pearance of being under arrest
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26
The Lesser Evil,

"Of course" the tragedian was say ing, 'in the theatrical business a short run is bad"
 But" interrupted the critic, "a good long walk is worse, isn't it?'-Ex. change.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26

Working for others is one way of working for yourself
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26

He Is a most persistent wooer; he turns up at her house every evening""
 "Yes, and as often as he turns up she turns him down."-Houston Post.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26

Young blood is powerful; but 1t can be too young.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-11-26

Women spend money on some things as worthless as whisky.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-09

they broke the le4sL and became ~ The TINE
beng uncomfortable
While the massacre was II progress. Q man
named Lea (1-1ther Of Sler1 Lea who was
killed. +. rau down the street almost INTO Mar
tines arms. closely pursued by q mob thirst
ing for hi- blood. The priest took nm INTO
his house. succeeded II Ciyer-llE the attention
of the mob elsewhere, and then aided the fu5l-
tive to escape II thus saving Lea LIE. ne
also saved ms own After PTlcc suppressed
the 7rst---ec-ior all the rinEleaders were sen
-e-ceG l. ae hanged, Padre Maritime among
---. -----te-. on Lea.s urgent 1nteTleSSlaIl,
The priests lie w4s spared, notWlJnstailaiils
The vehement protests ct KIT Carson teTln
- Ir--n. and other American pioneer. VINO
talt that MARITIME wa= more guilty than any
rf his c1-lou=r,ra-g-s who had pall The pen
al-v Of their treason with their EVeS
Na-v.rt standing Ll- narrow escape from
death ~ q rope enc falfe AialL-it@ "~7
elected a mem ter If the tT-t territorial Assem-
frv and became 1t president FROM tlat
time until the date oI ms death II 1905 ne
-eurezented Tao County IN the territorial
LEGISLATURE. and remained the I---tl-al b-77 9l
Northern New Mexico
tre ArneriCar Government. which they mated.
MAS q small thing IA conlparl59rl n with iea.-inS
them t. abandon the Jathplr thuTc.- N--l--
Trev both loved and feared PADRE Sl-i -ll-e@
was for many year- notorious Oh account -.
his .rlrar4lltv Ia the rcruar5tr4'l1ee oi
Archbishop I-arrv and other church digri-
-.-5es. he retu-rr. insulting and arrogant Re
Pile. and IL I-5- he Wa e1--pIl1L'' ''Ill---ls4-
Z --e5 from the church II winch lie i4@n 50
l.-.g -1llrI5te-ed he promptly formed an IN
-s..-r-1.fer- organization II his own. and Wa
lowed bv his rarlshioners almost T. d man.
several other renegade priests att-iateo JAefla-
selves with Na--lnez, and Tor time u SCENE
as Il = dangerous slLlsru IL the A-iAalis 'LlI-l
q the Sguthwe5t would result
However MARTINEZ died II Iot-. and. i5T
IsrE of q competent leader, the organization
ii winch he was the head fell u pieces ana
5ts member soon returned to the ancient lo-'-
NSg-b,rJ int the runs Of Martinez church
-,--,7.--l II Tao and ms body He@ -- the
cemetery hall ----l. away
New-York tribune., 1908-02-09

Al -.-re- ,r The last Ten Ee.r- tl,rs have
lte- tereT-~i. -f--tterlrg5 among The scattered
men q vague nope THAI the regiment might
te assem- b-eG once more When the allies
were on Their w l. PekiuE when their Old
Colonel Wa reeNpullndlrg the Monroe doc
c-lne L the Germans aEropos nt Venezuelan
troubles. and when Japan Was ~trurtInE after
the San Francisco school arL rloc trouble
there Was talk oi the Rough Rider taking the
field again. b-gt now nearly ten good year
have gone u- and The chance Tor fighting is
not II signt Mex Nh. were t-er - enlist II
os have become encountered ii the processes
e peace and could not g.
There WaS never another such body c- men
under arms. Their opportunity came. and
they rose l. IL and they stand ensconced II
the g.lded pinnacle Of fame. but they know
now. and admit = sadly among themselves
II the little groups that still cling together
that the Rough Riders can never follow their
old Colonel again They VIII mount ana Tlde
no more There is nothing left but q talk IL
over the last wc-G marked ty sigh --- what
,..- never return