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The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-07
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The Skookum club made Q distinct hIt with l,S last tuactlou, the bal pOudre, The only thing 10 the way of remor'e that is left over h the mStter-snd that is really eating at the heart of the club members aud guests AlIke-iO thR, as tho hour of the night when tho beauty of the scene brOke fully over the minds of those present no photog- rApher could be found to perpetuAte it. The ladies, with the 5,iet notice given by the invitation, responded as the hour of Asse mbly srrSyed in such fashion ss to make the men sorry for the old times when such rsgalIA was the accustomed thing. l. has been the habit to think of those times as the times of beautiful, aristocrAtic wonen but pshsW! It was brilliant gath iug. The music was of the best The SkookumS are to bring their season to close shortly without that's secret as yet.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-07
LOOK FOR THE BACK DOOR

The reopening of the Board of Trade on the l7th will be an event of DO small moment in the life of Skagway. Thing have been pretty dull since it closed everybody knows that. Entrance from Broadway to the rear. 3l7.tf
The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-07
Hear TAOsO AIAadOlIDD Ringing

Eight of them In one instrument, with Piano accompaniment. Hear them aS the Mascot. It is great, and fills the place of vaudeville entertainment.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-07
HAVE YOU SEEN

our-F. CansdiuS FelentuS, if not drop in at Daylight and look at it-it is the pretGiest now It ever was. Respectfully yours Herman Grimm.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-07

The Pack Train Restaurant will serve wine with dinner orders, free in place of tea or coffee. Come on Ooys.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-07

The Fifth Avenue hotel has unlimlte- accommodations. Steam heat and every thing modern.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-07

Subscribe for The Alaskan.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-07

Through "The Land of tue Midnight Sun"-W. P. A. Club-Mondsy S:3O D, no.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-07

The Bull Dog cigar at Tony DOtero',
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24
Took the Whole Course.

Down in Georgia the citizens of a
town of about 5000 people arranged
for Chautauqua assembly. They
held the meeting in a large tent
about mile from town and the at
tendance was large from the first day.
An enterprising Snowman heard of
the large crowds and came to town
the second day with a steam merry
go-round, which he located about
half way between the town and the
Chautauqua grounds.
Along in the afternoon a young
man from the country districts was
accosted by citizen of the town.
We'll, Ezhy, | suppose you have
been in to the Chautauqua?
81 shore have. Just come from thar
now"
How'd you like it?" asked the
townsman.
"Fine!" the young man replied,
enthusiastically. Il rode on the
thing nine times.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24
OUT WITH
PASIFIER
Physician Claims That Ter
rible Consequences Fol-
low its Use-Moth-
ers Alarmed.

Columbus, o., Oct. 2l.-,Dr. A. NJ.
Steinfeld, student of the famous Dr.
Lorenz, and a we:i-known young
physician Of Columbus, who spoke
yesterday before the Ohio congress Of
mothers, told OF terrible consequences
If the use of the "pacifier."
''The child Quilted by the pacifier
sooner or later acquires faulty
method Of breathing and deformity
Of the jaws. False methods OF
breathing result in the narrowing
Of the nasal passages, high archcd,
hard palates, narrow faces, prominent
'ceth when erupted In nine ouI
of ten cases this high arched pal
ate may result in the destruction of
the horizontal plane Of the eyes from
the unequal development of the max
illary bone" said DR.. Steinfeld "In
other words, your child's face is like
ly to become askew il you offer him a
pacifier, II he makes the night hid
eous with bowling when he gets the
collie"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24
English Etohings.

England has had fifty wars in sixty
five years.
England's birth rate is twenty eight
TO every thousand.
In England. where wife beating has
attained almost the dignity of n ma
tionHl game. like cricket, he customary
fine Is n few shlllings.
An English watering place. thinking
10 Increase business. advertised itself
in the papers rs IAN ideal place Of
picnics. strictly temperance, except
Sundays"
Many schemes are discussed for Civ
ing work to the great number of un-
employed in England One Of the most
imrrtant and useful propositions is to
apply the surplus labor on afforesta-
tion.
Gambling IN ships by persons who
take out insurance policies on British
vessels in which they have not the
slightest ownership is TO be suppressed
by the British government If possible.
This form Of speculation is held to con.
duce To crlmnallty.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24
POINTS ON HORSE BREEDING
Some Things Which the Purchased
Should Look For.

Never have a horse brought out, or
up or down, to you, but go tor his
stan and investigate for yourself GER
tain details, which, once you know
them, require no special acumen to
decide upon, or to be aware of, writes
+. M. Ware in the Outing magazine.
For instance, is there grain In the
manger, and the hour for feeding
some time past? He may be a bad
feeder, nervous, sdelicate-well to call
the veterinarians attention to this
point. Is the straw under his fore
feet unusually trampled or broken?
May be one OF these irritable, ner-
vous "weavers" (horses which con-
stantly sway from side to side) who
are generally also bad feeders and
poor property. Are the stall posts or
sides battered or kicked? He may
be kicker (by day or night, spoil
ing his own rest and that of other
horses) Does he tear or eat his
blankets? Is he tied in any special
way or simply and as other horses
are?
Is he gentle to approach and to
handle-no nipping, kicking or pull
ing back on the halter? Does he stand
square on both fore feet or rest one
or both alternately? Does he back
quietly from the stall, picking up
each hind leg without sudden spas
modic jerking? And when he turns
in the gangway does he do so smooth
ly, or does he finch lin 'front.' as II
the boards were not even, or his feet
hurt him more or less? Are his eyes
staring and expressionless, his ears
always Observation-Disclosures of de-
rective vision.
Once out of the stall, notice that
he submits quietly to being wiped
over, and betrays no resentment,
while harnessing, at accepting the
bit, bride, crupper. etc, and decor
ously permitting all necessary alter
ations and attentions. Accept no de-
parture from absolute docility of de-
pertinent; for be sure that II the ami
NAL betrays either excitablity, ner-
vousness or vice in the dealers
hands, he will be far worse with you,
for you know you don't know, and
he will know you don't know-and
those combinations spell trouble In
the same way, see that he is led out
and put to the vehicle to which he
is to be driven, noting each stage of
the process, viewing him always with
the icily critical eye of the individ-
ual who does not (yeD own him.
Excuse nothing and make no allow
ances for less. If he makes move
you don't fancy say so frankly and
look further--there are plenty of
horses.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24
HApPlesr TIME IN llfe.


Let the poor child enjoy herself"
said woman whose daughter is to
be married in September. Its the
happiest time of her life right now
1t will be different when she's mar
riedl" w
Is 1t the happiest time" that gold
en- period Just before marriage?
True, the whole universe is wallow-
ed up in the new and wonderful dream
OF love. Mundane things vanish into
mist and the dream becomes the real
ity. yYa
Do YOU remember Du Mauriers joke
on that supposedly "happiest'' time?
A poet and a brilliant young wo-
man, a Girton college girl, were OBJ
served seated apart in drawing room
filed with fashionable throng. Ad-
mirers of the poet, anxious to absorb
some of the gems of thought that
were, no doubt, dropping from the
poets lips, stole up ynnoticed, and
this is what they heard:
He-Tf Doyey should die, what
/ would Lovey do?
She-Lovey would die, too!
AT no later period in their history
can two young people derive the same
unrcasoning happiness from so little.
1t is positively true that a boy and
girl in a hammock, holding hands
in the starlight, reach point Of blind
ecstacy only attainable by an East
Indian yogi
But does all this fervor and estate
dreaming indicate the youth and
maiden are the happier?
Does II not rather imply that youth
is content with less than maturity?
The girl revels in the dream. but the
woman demands fulfllment of that
dream.
The woman who Is happily married
who has tasted life and found 1t sweet
who has tested love and found it sure,
she is the haDpiest.
Where, oh. where are the dreadful
doubts and fears that wrung the soul
of the prospective bride-all that
long list of fearful questions. Does
he really love me? Do / love him
enough? Suppose one of us should
discover we had made a mistake when
too late?"
The young father and mother,
slowly spelling out words so Dorothy,
aged 4. won't catch their meaning;
the same "old married folk" peace
fully rocking on their own front porch
with the children curled up warm and
rosy in their little white beds. are
happiest. They have begun to live.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24
The Hop Pillow.

To WOO sleep, says someone, you
want to have hop pillow One can
have green hop pillows. or get old
ones, though the fresher ones are
best Another pillow that is as sooth-
ing as poppy bed is made of life
everlasting. II is abloom now in
pastureland and the odor will last for
two or three years. Someone asked
me how to make pine and fir pillows,
but ! frankly admit | do not know
though | imagine both are shredded
as fine as possible and encased in
ticking, afterwards covered with
some neat cover, possibly a wash
cover. II is the season when fragrant
pillows can be made. Milkweed is
ripe now, and the little milk pods arc
illed with fluffy down splendid for
filling soft chair cushions. Down pill
lows are not coarse feather pillows,
but the soft down that is plucked
from geese after the outside feathers
ire taken off. 1t is used for making
pillows for the baby or invalid. Any
pillow to be comfortable should moi
be heavily padded.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24
Far in the Future.

1t was evening in the great west.
The golden sun had gone down over
tho cornfelds, and all was silent
Maria, what did you do with that
Rubens that same today?"
81 hung it up in the art gallery,
next 70 the Rembrandt"
That's right. How about that new
balloon we ordered?"
I'VE got a wireless today from the
factory saying it wouldn't be ready
until next week"
"Um! That will give one of them
chaufeurs of ours an excuse to be
idle. Couldn't get any of them chaps
to help with the hay. How is the
new French car acting?"
Fine. But | had to telephone for
q new set of tires"
did that consignment of govern
ment bonds Gomez"
"Yes."
"And how about that first folio
edition of Shakespeare"
That's here"
And then the Kansas farmer, re-
moving his evening clothes and put
ting on his overalls, went out on the
estate and locked up for the night.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24
Unprecedented,

Pierre Cartier, Partisan ieweler,
told this story in Washington to
show how easy It is to entrap experts
either of jewelry or law: "A friend
of mine. at a recent dinner in Paris,
sat next to an eminent lawyer, TO
whom he said: Il would like your
opinion on a knotty point of law.
My uncle has peacock and last fall
it got into a neighbor's garden. and
laid an egg there. The neighbor
claimed the egg, and my uncle claim
ed It, too. What is the law on the
question:" u .4(
"Tts an easy question to settle!
said the lawyer, with a patronizing
smile. Admitting that the egg was
laid on the neighbor's ground, the
neighbor, nevertheless, has no claim
10 It unless he can prove that the
owner of the bird took no steps to
prevei it from straying. In prece-
dent case I.
" Excuse me-, said the other man,
but this case has no precedent.
"Well, said the lawyer, you know
more law than | do. do you? | re-
member distinctly a precedent case
where
"'No, you don't said the other.
You never heard before of peacock
laying an egg"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24

A single incident will illustrate the
spirit in which the American sailors
accepted the welcome of the Japanese
This evening a triumphal arch at tho
entrance OF the principal street OF
Yokohama caught FIRE, the blaze
reaching up towards a japanese nag
floating from flagstaff at the top and
threatening to destroy the flag An
American jackie dashed up the frame
work OF the arch, through the blaze
and broke off the stan and carried
the Aag safely to the ground. This
act was witnessed by thousands and
created profound impression. The
youngster received great ovation
The famous Maple club of TOXIC
was the scene OF one OF the most
brilliant functions Of this entire week
of unsurpassed entertainment. The
lAmcrican Friends association, OF
which Baron Kaneko is president and
Baron Takahashi vice president, en-
tertained $50 officers and number
Of the most prominent ladies' Of TOT
kio., The association Is composed
entirely of Japanese who have visited
America, a number being university
men, and all speaking the English
language.
The entertainment included both
Japanese and European diners, dancT
ing and fireworks. During the course
of the evening Baron Kaneko, in a
felicitous speech, presented to Rear
Admiral Sperry, picture OF the land
ing Of the men OF Commodore Perry's
fleet at Kuihama.
One of the most striking features
of the weeks stay of the Americans
in Japan has been the perfect order
maintained by the sailors while on
shore. Not single case of disorder
ly conduct has occurred on the
streets The governor and mayor
said to the Associated Press that one
of the most impressive features Of
the visit of the feet was the excellent
behavior of the American blue
Jackets. In this respect the navy
has covered itself with glory in jap
an. The American residents here are
particularly proud of the officers and
men of the feet and the effect of the
visit, politically, commercially and
socially has undoubtedly been enor,
nous.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24
Modern Devices.

Even If a woman does not fully
comprehend the intricate parts of fine
sewing, there is little excuse these
days for not knowing hoN to do plain
sewing. Even down to turning the
hem there is a little hem marker
which costs but 25 cents, and 1t will
mark a hem from the most minute
width to four inches, making II per.
fectly even on all sides. The metal
gauge for making eyelets is another
sewing implement of as much use as
the buttonhole scissors. Patterns are
so simple that a child could under
stand how to put a garment together
after reading the directions, and
there is really no reason why a wo
man should not do her own sewing.
Below their dignity? Not a good ex
cuse at all. Why, | came in contact
In a sewing room here in st. Louis,
with millionaires' daughters, who arc
learning to make their own pretty
waists instead of paying $25 for some
one else to make them, and If rich
mems daughters turn to the dainty
task, why not all women? There are
women who cannot learn to sew a
bit more than some others who can.
not learn to sing or paint, though
these women are always politely ex
Cused, for they do something useful in
another direction.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24
HOW TO COMBAT THE
WHEAT JolNTWoRM
By H. A. Gossard.


Practically the whole of Ohio, ex.
cept Is or 20 of the northeastern coun-
ties, has suffered more or less seri-
ously from the wheat jointworm, the
past season. The loss to the state as
a whole has been in the neighborhood
of Is to 20 per cent of the crop. Many
townships report a damage of 80 to 60
per cent.
In some neighborhoods parasites
are making fine headway and may
save next seasons crop from percep-
tible damage. Insects escaping be-
tween harvest time and winter
through small round holes cut in the
walls of the straw are parasites and
not the adults of the jointworm.
These parasites are two-brooded and,
II numerous, will clean the stubble
fields of iointworm larvae before the
opening Of next season.. The straw
from other localities produces but few
parasites or none.
The adults of the jointworm appear
in late May or early June and seem
to prefer to lay their eggs just above
the highest joints available at the
time of their appearance. provided
these stalks are not so near TO head
ing as to preclude the possibility Of
larvae within them from maturing be.
fore the ripening of the grain. In the
latter case, younger or more back
ward stalks seem TO be hunted out
and the nearly matured straws are
passed by. If only one or two Joints
need to form above the worms before
beading, the kernels will have time
to fill and harden before the sap flow
ceases, while II three or four must
form the kernels will be small, shrlv.
eled and light The wheat grower
should therefore keep these points
well in mind when planning for next
years crop:
l. Sow from one week to ten days
earlier than is customary in your
neighborhood Other things being
equal, in every instance OF which we
have knowledge, the early sown wheat
was much better the past season, In
badly infested territory, than that
which was late sown.
2. Have the seed bed worked into
the best possible condition before
seeding.
3. Sew an early maturing variety.
4. Fertilize well with commercial
fertilizer barnyard manure, or better
with both A formula containing or
per cent of ammonia, to 10 per cent
OF phosphoric acid, and to per cent
of potash is suggested as suited to
wheat on the average Ohio farm. Ap-
ply at the rate OF 200 to 800 pounds
to the acre. Wheat on poor soil suf.
fers In the same manner as late sown
wheat and for the same reason. viz,
1t Is late in maturing and gives the
worms too long period in which TO
work. M
5. Sow as far as possible from
wheat fields Of the preceding year.
Last seasons experience proved In
numerous Instances that where al
these points were observed, fairly
good crops coIud be obtained, even IN
badly infested districts ,fH
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24
III u m or
THAT WAIST.
The Button t. Up In the Back Variety
Causes the Usual Trouble.

The Button. II. Up In the Back Variety
Causes the Usual Trouble.
Sceue--At home.
DbcOvcred-A husband and wife.
She-Dear. do you mind helping me-?
He (all ready fifteen minutes before
Tic has just finished brushing his
evening clothes and is now looking
over the stock report In the evening
paper and smoking cigarette What
do you want?
She (her mouth full of hairpins)--
Button up this waist. will you?
lie Uhrowlug down paper)-Where
Is the maid7
she-Now. dear, you know this is
her afternoon off. Hurry!
lie getting up and walking over
back of her. He takes hold of waist
nj top and starts on top button)-
What's the matter with these buttons
anyway?
She (sweetly)--Now, don't lose pa
tlcnce. They slip right In if
Hollow do you suppose can get
the thing together when you're squirm-
ing Ike an eel?
She (scrcwng her head from one
side to the other, absorbed in getting
her hair righb-You can do It.
He (savagsly)-Look here! You keep
still Now I've got to begin all over
Gle starts I'm. his face knotted up in
hgony and. working frantically, gets
three buttons inJ Now! Now. Hold
on! I've got 'em going! Keep still!
Don't you dare move! There!
"Finished?"
yep"
She tstanding up)-oh, you wretch!
Don't you see
He-What the devil is the matter
now?
She-Why. don't you see? Can't you
see that ycu've started wrong? It's
all got TO be done over.
. He-D- it! What's the use? Wen
stay at home. Echoboth Sunday Her.
aid.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24
orials
-. &.

Miss Ethel Jones was The guest of
Columbus friends Friday.
Miss Mildred Christian is spending
the week in Columbus.
Mr.. J. J. McIntire, of Mansfield,
was business visitor here FRIDAY.
Mr. J. W. Harruff of South Grand
avenue, is erecting handsome new
house.
Mrs. Elizabeth Mealey, of Delaware,
spent yesterday with her son Harry
Mealey of South High street.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Smith have
returned home after an extended tour
OF the Western states.
Misses Cecilia and Eva Link OF
Bucyrus, are guests of Miss Rose
Bauer, of Pearl street.
Miss Hlossie Shurz is in Columbus
for the Ohio Michigan football
game today,
Prof and Mrs. n. L. Stevenson, of
Ohio Wesleyan University, at Della
ware, we're Marion visitors today.
Mrs. l.. W. Thomas, OF West
Church street, went to Cochranton to-
day where she will visit friends over
Sunday.
Mrs. John Martin, of Columbus,
Is a guest at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Isaah Jones, of South Prospect
street.
Mrs. John Cleary and Mrs. N. L.
Gebhart have returned from Staun-
ton, West Virginia, where they saw
Mr.. Stuart Cleary, of this city in
stalled in the Stauntont West Vir-
ginia Military Academy.
Mrs. G. w. Chipps, of Mt. Gilead,
and Miss Cressie Chlpps, of Urich-
vile, o., have returned to their
homes after a pleasant visit with
Mrs. NJ. c. Chips, of North Seffner
! avenue. tl
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24
Perfectly Lucid.

A New Yorker who paid a visit last
summer to Kentucky planter had
his slumbers disturbed by mosquitoes.
When he mentioned this to his host
the latter declared that they never
annoyed him.
The next day he commented upon
this fact to the colonel's negro valet,
who accounted for the phenomenon
in this way:
de furst part oh de night de kun
mel am so drunk dat he dom feel de
skeeters, an de las part OBJ de night
de skeeters am so drunk dat dey don't
bodder de kunnel"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24
Bishop Potter's Pledge.

The Rev. DR.. Leighton Parks, rec
tor of st. Bartholomew church,
New York, tells this story of the late
Bishop Potter: 1T is known to few
that while still a young man DR..
Potter was called upon to deal with
parishioner who had become in
temperate. In the course OF the con-
versation the man remarked: But
you also drink wine,' to which came
the quick response, If you will prom
Use never to touch intoxicants again
80 will l. The double pledge was
given, and never broken on either
side, and this at a time when DR..
Potter was pointed at by the comic
newspapers as a wine bibber.'"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24

Born to Mr. and Mrs. William
retter of Silver street, Friday even.
ing, son.
Morris B. Berry and Lulu n. Inn
body, of Agosta, we're granted Ii
ense to marry, in probate court
saturday morning. .r
Mr.. and Mrs Ralph E. Westfall
OF Commbusc, have returned TO
their Columbus home after an ,ex-
tended European tour. Mrs. Westfa i
was formerly Miss Winifred Cum
nins, a Marion girl.
The ditch petitioned for by o. p.
Lynn, running through the north part
Of Marion township, was viewed by
the county commissioners Friday
morning. The Improvement was al
lowed and the matter will be given
final hearing on December 18th at
o'clock.
Mrs. Daniel Webster Strayer ci
south Greenwood street has return.
d fTcm Columbus where she ives
in attendance at the Ohio Congress
If Mothers convened in that city
Turing the past week. The Congress
proved one of the most instructive
and successful in the history of the
organization, some of the speakers
being the noted and eloquent men
of the state Governor Hsrris and
Mayor Bond both addressed the
Thursday session.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24
Facial Beauty Note.

IF you wish to retain your posi-
tlon with us, Mr.. Green" said the
head of the firm. "it will be necessary
10 pay more attention to your per-
sonal appearance. You look as though
you had not been shaved for week"
But I'm growing a beard, sir" ex-
claimed the unfortunate fellow.
That's no excuse, sir" replied the
chief in stately tones: you must do
that sort of thing out of business
hours. Life.