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The daily Alaskan., 1908-10-09
A DOUBLE MYSTERY

efforts to explain the mystery. Tnere was bit of mystery for him ns well. On his return evenings, which was usually about o'clock, when he passed the house he looked at 1t, hop | iug to catch sight of the housewife. for at that hour of course, every one 1 in the town was stirring, But never once did he sec a human being in or about the cottage.
 On the fourth morning that Ward went out on his journey the sign on the blackboard read:
 Berries.
 It. happened that the route to the fishing ground was lined with luscious blackberries. Ward. who by this time was nearly as much interested in the requirements of the white cottage as with his fishing, hurried on, gathered couple of quarts of berries, went back to the house and deposited them in heap on the morning paper. Then he sped away, fearing some one might get out of bed and discover him.
 The next morning came surprise. When Ward looked at the blackboard he did so with wide open eyes, There was the word:
 Flowers.
 Now, there were no flowers to be purchased in the village at any rate at that hour in the morning. But Ward had seen lots of wild flowers in the woods. He repeated his effort of the day before, only this time he gath cred flowers instead of berries, and hurried back to the house with them. Instead of taking them to the kitchen he stepped nimbly on to the porch and was about to lay them before the front door when 1t opened, and there stood as pretty a girl as he had ever seen, blushing, laughing and, above all, her eyes dancing with mischief. He dolfed his hat
 "I have to thank you" said the girl, flor the delicious fish and berries you have brought me and now for these beautiful flowers"
 "So It's you who have the joke on me instead of l the joke on you"
 "I was up and dressing when you passed the first morning. Hearing some one on the porch, l looked through the blinds and saw you go away with your rod and basket. When I went down found the change you had made on the board. Knowing that you were fisherman, I resolved to get even with you. l have kept getting even ever since"
 But why have I never seen any one about In the dNy?"
 "A party of us, all schoOlteachers, have taken this cottage for our vaca- ton and are to keep spinStcrs' hall here. have come ahead to prepare thr way. Meanwhile, being alone here, have spent much time else where The others will be here this morning. Will you dine with Us this evening""
 With pleasure, and will provide supplies" EDMOND GOl,pTON.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-10-09
No Room For Doubt.

Miss DcPlaync | wonder if NIT. WI ley knows that I'm un hcirosS:
 Miss Peachley-Was he attentive to you?
 Miss DePlayue- Unusually so.
 Miss Peachley-Then he kuows.-Chi- CagO News.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-10-09
To His Aunt's Da1ucrrcotype.

To His Aunt's Dagucrrcotype. That quaint poke uouug, cos, mo less Nor more than dollars f.rr. ! guess; Her lowered frock. perhaps five; The palm leaf shawl. as lm alive. No more than ten; hey sash uG pink, So soft and sweet five mDrn 1 think. That's twor,y-rour Oh could [ find A girl like this. just Co wv minj- Such hair such eyes and such face, Such shoulders carried with such
 grace.
 So dear. so slmplc-or-wh1t not I'd kucel and woo her on the spot!
 Brooklyn Life.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-10-09
POSITION AS SALESMAN

Would like position as salesman in store or would take 1n outside j1b. EX- nrrinnced furniture salesman-rcitniSh- nr, upho.s,er and ucpalrer Addres f \ car. Alaskan. l3G If
The daily Alaskan., 1908-10-09
Not a Family PccuIiarity.

"Ycs. he's the odd one of the old mil- Honaire's family. Never seems to do what the others do. you Enow.'
 "So I've heard.
 "Yes, and the straUgcsi and queer est thing about him is'-
 "What:"
 That he stays mawicd"-Clcycland rlNin Dealer.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-10-09
Just Wishin'.

Now. wish for the weather The moonlight in the lane, An the time you'll take your sweet heart
 To the grlndin' Of th. yJus. When youW feel your h..~t I-guin' Like a silver band a-playu. An you're takiU ui your sweetheart To the grInd. Ot tho cane.
 Atlanta Constitution.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-10-09
GOOD nIgIRG PROPOSITION WANTED

Wanted Co purchase lor will assist psv.y having good propoSjuon) gold mi.e that has been sufficiently dcvel- orci Go demonstrate possibilities. Ad- dress Charles ". Lork, 9li Spruce street. Philadelphia. Pennsylvania.
 S9-3mO.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-10-09
The Prevailina Craze.

"NIy wife bit her tongue this morn | Ing"
 Mercy on us! Is she mad?"-Balti l more American.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-10-09
Iife's Injustice.

Though poems may her fancy strike, The chap who tolls and writes them Nc'cr moves a girls affections like The fellow who recites them.
 Washington Star
The daily Alaskan., 1908-10-09
Recocnition.

"Tm sure I must have met you," She said and looked me OCT. "Oh yes. We We're engaged last year And also once beforc."
 -PIck-NN-Tp.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-10-09
Ground.

Stcua-Was the ground descrtiOn? Bclla-YcS; he refused to move 10 the state she wanted to get divorce !n.-New York Sun.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-10-09
A Develonina Talent.

Angry Teacher-Johunic threw q spit ball today and hit me In the eye.
 Anxious Father-Did he curve lt?- Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-10-09
We All Do.

A sassy old gentleman wren Once tried tO make lovC tO hen. She started Co sCOld
 And turned him down cold. We all get our bumps now and then.
 Milwaukee Sentinel.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-10-09
Reliable All Tho Time

The Pack Train Restaurant will serve vine with dinner orders, free in place Ef .ea or COtIee. Come On DOyS.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-10-09
Always Taking Chances.

"SDlgrinG Is an lH,r.u"0'r gambler ' "Ycs: I understand ,h"t ho has lren married scvcr&l times."-DctroIt Free Press.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-10-09
QUICK DELIVERY PHONE 30

Baggage, coal and wood delivered up- 1u shortest notice day or night.
 F. FreidenthaI, General ENpressing Bonded Carrier.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-10-09
DON'T WORK KILL THE TIME

Why no, play a game of English Bill lizards al Limerick Alley this evening.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-10-09

Smoxe .ae aEmb1cado" best clear Havana cigar ,u tha market. .E .'. ". EOJEH,ou,
 Dist. Ngt.
The sun., 1908-03-24

ferred directly upon the medical schools
instead Of being exercised, as Is proposed,
through the medium Of the State Com
missioner Of Health at Albany.
Vivisection is permitted under the
English statute in two classes Of cases
first, where the experiment is per-
formed with a view 10 the advancement
by new discovery Of physiological mowl-
edge or knowledge which will be useful
for saving or prolonging life or alleviating
suffering; and, secondly, where the
proposed experiment is made for the
purpose Of attaining manual skill, or as
an illustration Of a lecture in medical
school, hospital or college, and certlt-
cate has been given that the proposed
experiments are absolutely necessary
for instruction with view to the hearers
acquiring physiological knowledge or
knowledge useful TO them for saving or
prolonging life or alleviating suffering,
II will be seen from this statement that
Parliament does not agree with those
anti-vivisectionists who insist that vivi-
section should never be tolerated for
educational purposes only, or in order
10 perfect students in manual skill and
deXterity. As 10 the use Of an@sthetlcs
the English statute conforms TO the ideas
of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in 40 far as 10
require that under ordinary circumstances
during the whole Of the experiment the
animal must be under an anBsthetic
tother than urari or curareJ Of sufficient
power to prevent its feeling pain. On the
other hand an exception is made in those
cases where insensibility cannot be pro-
duced without necessarily lnlstatng
the object Of the experiment. in that
event the Use of an angsthetc agent
is not required
As we think that the rules embodied in
the English statute could be and should
be applied by our courts not as author
ity but as guides, in the construction,
Interpretation and application Of the eS-
istlng provisions Of the Penal Code Of
this State relating 10 cruelty TO animals
in cases of vivisecton no more specific
legislation in regard to the subject would
seem to be necessary. In the event
however, that the Legislature IN its wis
dom shall come to contrary concu-
sion we would suggest 10 the members
Of the State Senate and Assembly the
advisability Of careful study on their
part Of the act of Parliament 10 which
we have referred.
The sun., 1908-03-24

we're ships then engaged in our merchant
service and subject TO military uses un-
der the subsidy act, There we're several
of these, but the Yale, the Paris Of the
American Line, will serve for an illus
tration. Here was a big seagoing vessel
rugged for batteries at least as formida-
bic as vessels of the Chester class can
carry, but in every other way infinitely
more useful For one thing, she was
capable Of making 2l knots an hour in
any weather. For another thing, stripped
for naval service, she could carry coal
enough to steam around the world, As
II happened, the Yale rendered very
valuable service during the brief period
Of our hostihties with Spain, but that is
as nothing compared with the service
she was qualified 10 render and would
have rendered had the opportunity pre-
sented itself.
Take the money that the scout cruisers
already built and hereafter to be built
will cost, running up into AOOOO,OOO or
$S0,OO0,0OO, even from the present out
lookI and consider what we could do
with that amount expended in subsidiz-
ing high class vessels for our trade with
South America, Asia and elsewhere
Such vessels would be built without any
cost to US. They would be maintained
at tithe Of the operating expenses Of
the Chester, &c, and in time Of war we
should have at our disposal a feet OF
scout cruisers fit for any service and able
10 steam 10000 miles or more without
recoalng anywhere.
Our Democratic friends in Congress
are hesitating over the proposed subsidy
act and rushing in hot haste to the sup
port Of the Navy Department programme.
So far as concerns the battleships and
the big armored cruisers they are per-
haps very well advised, but they will do
wisely 10 look into this other matter
Economy lies that way and certainly
efficiency does. Itisa practical question,
having nothing to do with politics, and
we commend it to their attention.
The sun., 1908-03-24
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ATLANTIC CIIr, March %.
III. SIX Indu,tr, in AmerIcn.

70 rHE EDITOR oF THs SUN-,sr Much has
been said and written concerning the silk mills
getting TO work with fun force, Of the greatly in.
creased demand for product st advanced prices
&c The general condition Of the SILK Industry
from loom Ia counter" can be- compared 10 on
army marking time and anXously awaiting that
turning Print which could he nkcn"d to a change
from night 10 day
The least that can be- said Is that the outlook Is
most encouraging for 4 prosperous near future.
The mechanism Of the creative manufacturing and
merchandising Of slk In America is set far from
perfected. as compared To the European helds.
Heretofore many manufactures have turned on,
thousands Of pieces ~ silks untitled for thr market
When the panic paralyzed the demand these great
quantities OF manufactured goods became a wedge
70 stall completely the smoother working OF the
whole business, resulting In great loss 10 all con.
cerned.
Happily the recent severe lesson has benefited
the whole silk Industry In America. The manu-.
facturer viii select bis advisers more carefully
Being On the ground and In touch with the con
sunier. creating The modes the American manu-.
facturer viii place bis product on an acceptable
and prontable market In advance OF the European
producer II Is not generally known but Is fact,
that many II not most Of the great successes IN
modes IN styles Of silk In the past have been i'm.
parted TO the manufacturer abroad by YaHkee
brains NICHOLAS 4. BoUR.
NEw YORK, March 81
The sun., 1908-03-24
Germany and American Cotton,

From ne Washington HcrlId
p ?. Lentz and Heinrich Mueller, cotton in.
nort,rs and brokers Of Bremen, Germany. are at
,be New Willard on their way south TO the cotton
belt
we deal exclusively In American cotton said
Mr. Len,g. and We bought 10000 bales last year,
having something like $4,000 90 In gold to your
American cotton farmers. And We are not the
only cotton Arm IN Germany. You can form an
estimate from this OF the enormous COTTON trade
hetween the Culted states and Germany, We are
d,p,udebt os America !or our cotton. and viii be
,or many. many years, Notwithstanding that We
hat. cotton plantations In East Africa and other
plac,s on the DARK Continent, from which we OBJ.
lain a fairly good quantity Of cotton every year.
Ills OF different variety, however, being Egyptian
seeding. II 10 better than the American cotton
beirg longer In hbre. IL costs more, too-about
y c,uts pound, whereas the American cotton
only costs about 10 cents pound,
1T IL naturally the hope Of the German cotton
,pnpers and dealers that the East African venture
Turn out successfully and the prospects are favor.
able. Ibelcve that In about ten years with better
TRANSPORTATION facilities established, Germany will
be able to draw upon her African colonies for large
portion OF her Gotten supply
our cotton trade In the East will not sufer as
much through japanese competition aS that oi
England. which country Is practically the cradle
of the Industry. England operates moro than
5000 OoO splndlcs, while Germany operates only
Sbout IoOopoO,
The sun., 1908-03-24
Scout Cruisers and Subsidy

Our new scout cruisers Of the Chester
type cost 8, 10000 They carry $50 men,
and with repairs thrown in, coal, DC,
the cost Of maintaining them cannot
be less, but may be more. than 4OO,OCC
a year. Accepting the Chester as q
type, then, and estimating the expense
for ten years, say, with all incidentals
thrown in, it appears that our new
cruisers cost the Government for that
time not less than SOOO,OOO each.
For this we get a vessel which cannot
steam at full speed more than 5000
miles, which cannot fight at any stage
of her progress and which in bad weather
always 10 be expected at sea-will moi
be able 10 escape from any high class
modern battleship or armored cruiser
The Chester carries small batteries, She
Is very swift on the trial trip along d
measured course in placid waters, Con-
fronted in the open ocean by an enemy
even Of the second class she could moi
Gght and in rough weather she could
not run. The question is what these
scout cruisers are worth to the Govern
ment in time OF war, and whether II
pays the Government TO construct then
in the first place and TO maintain them
afterward in times Of peace. We car
see that they represent an ideal OF the
Construction Bureau, but after that
Ten years ago, during the Spanish wal
and in moment Of emergency We hac
10 60 outside of our immediate navy ioI
uuxiliaries. We purchased many Yes
sels. most of them Of doubtful value
Others actually worthless, like the Merrl
mae, a few very good and serviceable
But the best ships we obtained in lS9
The sun., 1908-03-24
The Right to Strike Is Not the Right
TO Boycott,

The bill introduced by Mr. HEPBURN
Yesterday, which is the product of the
conferences held under the auspices Of
the National Civic Federation, declares
as to the rights of labor:
Nothing In said act approved July =, 1890 THE
sherman anti trust actl or In this act Is intended
nor shall any provision thereof hereafter he en-
forced, 80 as TO interfere with or to restrict any
right OF employees TO strike for any cause or to
combine or to contract With each other, or With
employers. for the purpose Of peaceably obtaining
from employers satisfactory terms for their labor
or satisfactory conditions OF employment or 50 as
70 interfere with or TO restrict any right OF en-.
ployers for any cause TO discharge all or any Of
their employees or TO combine or TO contract with
each other. or With employees for the purpose OF
peacsably obtaining labor on satisfactory terms"
Here it is the right to strike that is
declared, not the right to boycott; and
who has ever questioned the right TO
strike, when exercised, either individu-
ally or collectively, without infraotion Of
the laws designed to protect the rights
Of others?
The combination which the recent de-
cision Of the Supreme Court pronounced
illegal was the combination TO boycott
thus described by Chief Justice FULLER:
The combination charged falls within the class
OF restraints Of trade aimed at compelling third
parties and strangers Involuntary not 10 engage
in the course OF trade except on conditions that the
combination imposes"
Who does not hold that the right Of
labor to quit work except in violation Of
contract, is unassailable in morals and in
law? II is like the right Of combination
on the part of employers which the new
Hepburn bill recognizes in the foregoing
section. In that respect, therefore, the
bill is a square deal
The sun., 1908-03-24
Forestry In Argentina.

Following the example OF Colombia Argentina
has taken up the discussion OF forestry and its ap
pllldton TO the management and conservation OF
the couutH's rich hardwood timber areas. says a
press bulletin OF our Forest Service.
So far forestry has received but little attention
In the various South American countries most OF
which have lsTSs areas @; fores, land. 80 ihs
forest gtowlhs arc mainly NJ broad leaf species.
TOO hard for ordinary building and coqftrucllon
lumber they have not A. yet been extensively lum.
bered For instance, The small sounIr OF France
furnishes more saw material than does the whole
OF South America. That condition will change.
however, as the hardwood supplies Of other coun.
tries run ont.
Increased vSstsful exploitation OF Argentina 8
forests and their wanIon destruction Is now attract.
Inc attention there. In the past the destruction
OF valuable ftIlt trees has received more attention
than that OF forest trees. writer's In Argentine
papers are pressing the matter OF forest cOnsery1.
lion The work OF the United States along this
line is being watched there With considerable lu-
tsrest.
The enormous lumber resources Of Argentina
are with few exceptions a. yet practically un-
touched and the country has = splendid oppor-
tunty to show its wisdom and ioreslghtedness In
this matter b. taking action before Itb 'oolsts.
The sun., 1908-03-24
An Alaska ChampIon Of AmerIca.

10 rHF EDITOR or THr SrN -Sir' have
read with interest tho letter of our esteemed
" D Howels, dated Rome, March 10, IN
to-day's SrS. but disagree win him The
pride o, no Iowa American IN America :
native scenery shoud be brought down TO
the level Of the South Shore Of long Island
on returning from the Mediterranean, as Mr.
HoVells puts II, n the loyal AmeCcan has
fret visited the Pacific Coart Of his owp
America
There hc can sec Silent pnnacles Of aged
snow and beauty that equals anything In
the world II he will return via the Pacific and
see first Cape Flattery and the snow capped
Olympics guarding the entrance to the straits
aud that great interior Vaterwav Puget
Sound. aud then II he comes TO Alaska We
will show him a marvellous coast line with
snow capped mountains and pine clad hills.
with living glaciers feeding the sea, and
altogether far surprising anything Europe
has 10 Offer.
See America hrst.
WILLIAM 7. PEEKINS.
OF Nome. Alaska
ATLANTIC CRY March 2o
The sun., 1908-03-24
D,,,,.. .of traveller in New Haven.

TO THE EDITOR or TEE SuN-Sir am Young
Engilshman having left my home iu Carlisle, Cum.
berland but . few months since, and ! want 10
know II there Is any limit to the spirit Of icoupcssm
rampant IN this country.
Las, night ! attended concert given by tue
AdsmuWsil THO al Yale University. While the
audience was awaiting the appearance OF the mu,l.
clans a young woman stamped down the main
aisle. swinging her arms and attracting great
attention she vas well dressed and did not sp.
pearnLc music hall type, aside from her conduct
She went on 10 the platform, seated herself al the
piano al ready Tor Nine. S2lmoWsks, and play ed
some childish tune that children delight to render
with their two iorenngers When she had finished
she boWe in a highly patronl1ug fashion. walked
up the aisle With that Whltechape gait again and
everybody laughed.
Now What is funny about that What pleasure
could that audience have had from such demon .
stra,lon when they paid money TO hear the music
Of Greg. Mozart aud Grctchanlnofi, Is the doc.
trlne Of the bizarre and buresque preached by a
High Priest Of SuenuoSliy communicating musical
a. well as political lite' l. G.. p.
NEW HAyES Conn, March ".
The sun., 1908-03-24

titles in the transmarine possessions Of
the republic.
As we have said, 80 far as constitu-
tional objections are concerned an
American citizen might bear the title
Of Duke Of Luzon or Cebu with as much
propriety as a Venetian citizen could be
called Duke Of Negopont OF course
it may be said that Philippine or Porto
Rico titles created to-day would lack
the glamour which attaches to those OF
European origin. That Is a defect,
however, which soon cures itself Be
sides, most Of the Napoleonic dukedoms
are less than century old, and the
same thing may be said Of the English
dukedom Of Wellington. The dukedom
Of Abercorn is much younger.
OF course the decisive objection to
American titles would be their Stiffness
Not only on this side Of the Atlantic but
in all countries possessing parliament
tary regime titles Of nobility have be-
come grotesque anachronisms and rank
absurdities
The sun., 1908-03-24
tRHI PAY.
should Enlisted Men Oh the Retired List
Not share In Any Increase?

To rHE EDITOR or THE SrN-srr: The
retired list for enlisted meu Of the army mas
ed by an act Of Congress approved
February "a. lSsl Under the provisions Of
this act the pay Of retired enlisted man was
Construed 10 be equal 10 three-tourths Of the
nav of an enlisted man In The same grade and
In the same term OF continuous service on the
active list during the period for which pay
ment was to he made, An increase or a de
crease m army pay therefore was to affect
the pay Of he enlisted men on both the active
and retired lists. Since the act took effect
there has been a change made In the pay
rates Of number Of grades and the foregoing
Interpretation Of the law has been obserN ed
in all cases.
The new retirement act has been in force
since March O. 1907. but during its existence
50 far no change las been made IN the paw
Of any enlisted man grade, but that the pay
status Of retired men under the old act IL not
Affected by the new act l. 10 be inferred from
the fact that the army appropriation bill ior
the next fiscal year contains provision which
expressly excludes retired men from The
benefit Of ANY increase IN army pay authorized
IN this particular act This exclusion does
not seem 70 be fair TO The retired men, N view
Of heir pay status which, were the army pay
10 he reduced, would Opera,e 10 cause them
tu suffer loss equal 10 three e-fourths Of any
iosS 10 he sustained by the enlisted men OF
their respective grades on me aCiNe NSl
IN less " was provided that the former should
not suffer. which would be very unlikely be.
cause of the effect such an exclusion would
have on the men on the active list, II, there
fore the retired men must snner in the case
of a reduction Of army pay, they should In
equity gain by an increase
II has been said that the pay OF retired men
was increased last year. The TACT IL that
under the original Law retired men were
authorized 10 receive ,uree-fomths pay enu
ALLOW snces, but no allowance for quarters
fuel aud light was paid until last year and
this payment surely should be regarded a.
the fuhlment or the carrying into effect oI
the Original act, not as an Increase.
some argue that The proposed increase oi
army pay Is for a different class Of men from
those now on the retired list. but there arc
more than S0oO0 meu now on the active lls
who are OF the same class a. the men, 5000
more or less, now on the retired list, and II
The provision for debarmeni Of the latter
be enacted into Law, only the former vii
gain. HtTlEfp.
PEooKLYN. March %