Alaska sentinel., 1908-05-07
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Marine observations conducted by | the Carnegie Institute of Washington during the last year indicate that great ocean liners may save from 1000 10 S2,00o on each voyage by being able to steer much straighter courses. based dpon the new measurements of mag netic declination. dip and intensity. correcting errors of former charts. This Is only one of the numerous fields of research occupied by the Carnegie 1 Institute in 1907, the work of which Is contained in the year book now pub lished. Expeditions have been sent to every part of the world. and almost every branch of science has been in- vaded. Among the practical results noted are rain meter invented by II. De Rossloff. which will automatically test and register the rainfall by the day, month or year; the evolution of barnyard fowls, with the promise of a breeding scheme that will furnish more and bigger eggs the discovery of F. G. Benedict. that all bodily functions, thrive best upon food that Is the cldsZ est approach to plain proteid the grating of 3,6OO plants by Luther Bur bank. and several magnetic expeditions 'uto the Far North.
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 Speaker Cannon's notice to chairmeh of appropriation committees to have their bills ready to report by April 1J, presages an early adjournment of Con- gress. Aside from the currency bill there is little legislation of importance before Congress. So far as the cur rency measure is concerned, the lower house is hOpelessly divided, and there Is little possibility of the members get ting together on the Aldrlch bill. The Western members are -outspoken against It. and It is not believed that even Speaker Cannon can bring them into line Congressional conventions will be held early this year because of the presidential campaign. For this reason Congressman want to get away from Washington. 4 large per cent have fences to repair in their districts, and they do not want to be cooped up in Washington, hundreds of miles from ! is to be enacted they may be driven to agree to some plan in order to bring about an early adjournment. The pub lie welfare does not require that they should remain in Washington.
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 For the first time In seventy years the figure of the American eagle that surmounts the mace. the symbol of au- thority in the national House of Rep resentatives, left it's perch the other day. When news of the flight of the bird became known to members by many politicians 1t was interpreted as an ill omen The House mace Is one of the most priZed possessions or the lower branch of Congress. IL has done service for threescOre years and ten. The mace has. with rare exception, been effective in restoring order in the House. A representative suspended for violating the House authority, aft er the mace had been displayed by the sergeant-at-arms, cannot resume his prerogatives except by vote of his col leagues. The House mace is fashioned after the Roman mace. Its handle, bearing thirteen silver bands, emble- matic of the thirteen original States, is of ebony Surrounding the handle is a globe upon which stands She eagle.
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 Resident Washington is divided into three distinct sets-old families, peo- pie with money and people without money. Those without money work hard 10 keep up appearances with those who have money. Those with money work hard to secure social recognition from the old families. The old families are indifferent equally to those with money and those without. The hardest worked class of all are those who, having accepted public offiee and removed their lares and penates to the national capital, find that the salary will not pay for the game. You know their women folk by the fact that they wear ready made gowns. Your real Washingtonian con slders the wearing of factory made garments equivalent to sinking to the lowest sartorial depths.
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 It is estimated by Secretary of th> ! Interior Garfield ill his annual report that 70,OOO,OOO acres of our public land | In the Western States haze deposits of coal, and he advocates a system of eases so that the government may reg ulate their development. Nearly all l of this land has been withdrawn from entry to prevent further fraudulent entries. During the year | 29. .g07. .JGG acres were sold for s. I47,243.
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