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The daily Alaskan., 1908-09-28
DON'T FORGET TOHIGHT'S SHOW

There is to be vaudeville show at Elks' hall thls eveniug-don't forget that. Tt is 10 be live one. Ten dis tiuct acts Of a character that you would go to see fl you had a chance down be- low. Good music which will furnish inspiration for a dance after the show.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-09-28
NOTICE.

The pubic is hereby notified that pending the publication in pamphlet form Of all the ordinances Of the town of Sk0gway, as passed by the Common Council ol sad town on the 2lst day Of September, 1908, that all the official ordinances will be kept at the office of the Town Treasurer subject to public inspection during business hours, until further notice.
 E. J. Shaw,
 Howard Ashley,
 P. A. Snyder,
 Special Com. on Or Attest:- dinanceS. F. J. DOherty,
 Town Clerk. 4t-2G
The daily Alaskan., 1908-09-28

The Fifth avenue hotel has plenty Of rooms today. Have several rooms with private bath, fl you are not suited with your room come and see us. Rates Sl and up.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-09-28
PREMIUM" BRAND BUTTER

By far the best butter we have ever had and it Is gaining favor with our patrons every day. Try pOund brick
 Frye & Bruhn Co
The daily Alaskan., 1908-09-28
QUICK DELIVERY PHONE SC

Baggage, coal and wood delivered up- on shortest notice day or night.
 H. Freldenthsl, General Expressing Bonded Carrier.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-09-28
FAMOUS oLYMPIA BEER

We just tapped a new keg few mo- ments ago. May be you want bottle? George and Tuck on Limerick Alley.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-09-28

Century Dictionary and Clyclopedia, ten volumes, cost SlOO, sell for $50. Also 100 volumes late copyrighted lic- tioo, cost Sl.5O volume, sell for D cents fl entire lot taken. All books as good as new. Enquire this office. 3t
The daily Alaskan., 1908-09-28
DON'T WORK ALL THE TIME

Why not play a game of English Bill liards at Limerick Alley this evening.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-09-28

Smoke the "Embocado" best clear Havana cigar in the market. tf w. w. Boughton.
 Dist. Agt,
The daily Alaskan., 1908-09-28

New goods just arrived from the east. All the latest patterns of the season. Born suits are going like hot cakes, Get you one. American Tailors. ml
The daily Alaskan., 1908-09-28

Smoke the "Embocsdo" best clear Havana cigar in the market. tf w. w. Boughton,
 Dist. Agt,
The daily Alaskan., 1908-09-28

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New-York tribune., 1908-01-26
JANITORIAL ARIsTOCRATs.

The uptown fats OF the SIS TO SO a month class
require $40 n month janitor. who must tend q
steam heat. hot water and minor repairs SoLns-
times II is hard to distinguish him from rs Eas-
side coufrare. He and his wife strive Ws1<
for ttps from tenants commissions from trades
men. Rising in the scale. the S25 month janiUor
IS attached 10 a fat with rents between so and
s55 His duties include supervision Of the cleo
tric elevator steam heat. hot water, and he some
times runs the elevator after p. n, when the
regular boy has gone nome The arfsTocrat or
tlnitors earning So month. has charge OF apart
uents that rent by the year; he is licensed eng
ueer and has one or Two assistants.
The Janitors' Society was organized IN 1901 oy
Isaac HIrshon. and amsEs is early acts was 70
help put Street Cleaning Commissioner WoOdbUry
out OF Office because he made the JaaItorS sorr
earbage Now, Section 10S OF the Sanitary Code
cou1pels the tenant TO do the sorting. The Boaro
% Health agreed with the society Jlat it was an
,rnsanitary thing nix possible disease germs
with food papers and TN cans. contaIninasi1S
everything, and especially enddngeriHg the sorter-
The society dues are S - year. IN return Tor
which sick members get the Tree services OF Dr.
Morris AIasione the Official physician, and Dement'S
Of & n week for ten weeks Burials expenses are
raid Many foreigners avail themselves OF the
English classes and the privilege OF obtaining citi-
zs7sLip papers.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26
PREY OF ENJOYMENT AGENTS.

'Our other legislative bill is aimed at employ
nent agents VINO charge would-be janitors SIS
or so for a job. and frame 1t up with an un-
scrupuIoUs landlord that the Is discharged
after few weeks some 'preteNt and
victim can be mulcted. We have Z free employ
rncnt bureau that investigates the landlord ana
sees THAI every thing is right
In 80 per cent of cases the janitOr is man and
wife, and the has 10 go out during the day
working as tailor coakuaker, carpenter or street
car emplOye. The Wife. with i family of her
Gown TO tend has the burdeusome cares OF big
house and many families. The man comes home
night tired out, and you expect everything 10 be
done well The janitor Of the future vii! devote
all his time to the house. He ought 10 be paid
accordingly. 4 living wage. not less than $J
week and rooms. This sounds expensive, Yet l
heard OF an incompetent the other day who
smashed a 500 engine; and many landlords pay
machinists $500 a year TO keep engines IN repair
Such repair bills could be saved as well as the
expensive fines for violations Moreover, where
landlord has two adjacent houses and two janitors
who away all day. one well paid man could at
tend TO both.
1--WE have moral value too. One OF our MEM
bers lately reported that a disorderly family was
In his house. and asked for advice. Our secretary
wrote to the landlord, and the tenant received
notice to move The respectable licensed janitor
would be a preventive OF red lights. Faginism and
along this line but formerly there were disrepu-
table ianitors, who acted as lookouts for immoral
tenants. You might not excuse such thing as
this but you should not wonder at It II is not
strange that in apartment houses little superior
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26

to the East Side tenenents, where there IS scant
possibility OF making money. the Janitor gets
commission OF a dollar for each new milk Gus
toner and other small SUNS from grocer. butcher
and baker The poverty and wretchedness OF many
;anitors are frightful They contract tuberculosis
and rheumatism il their damp, dark quarters:
they are often glad 10 get food scraps from their
tenants You see widows and feeble olo women
IN charge Of expensive apartments; they do wash
ing for living, they intrusred with the coOec-
ton of large sums OF rent money, yet they receive
nothing but rent and perhaps SO month The
miserable conditions Of the East Side ars some
times matched uptown
L IS asserted that probably not one hundred
janitors in the East Side get any wages. and thai
about g a month is al that they receive Tha
others may get s. month TO- soap and broO1ns.
but they must pay for their own Fas- They ars
expected TO make al repairs ard to tend 10 rhs
hot water apparatus The tenements are mostly
without steam. Sometimes the janitOr is priv
legged 10 run up and down several flights to ths
top floor instead os living II the basement, when
the top floor cannot be rented The entrance tC
janitor's quarters in = Pitt street basement =
described as 100 narrow 10 permit the passage o.
n full width man, and The occupant had 20 movs
in his furniture through adjoining store The
rooms are dark as pitch and The walls soaked w1ta
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26

four hundred knots to the square inch AS the
weaver's speed is about three KNOTS d minute;
four years OF continuous labor would be required
on such rug. Within that time some nngers
would stop weaving forever; others "ouiu 20
on with it. was II any wonder. the rug hunter
asked me, that no two old rugs, even from Ine
same village and the same household, were ever
tust alike? A bereavement would induce a
greater unconscious use of white: bridal I Woulo
turn the weaver's thoughts TO scarlet; victories
of war TO yellow Local environment farniiy
happenings removals from town 10 desert
desert TO mountain, would each nave eIteCl'
Gossip of harems the tinkle of silver anklets
the alarms OF brigands the elations Of religions,
all would go into the rug. - 49,
Then" 1 interrupted the hunter. II tney
still dye and weave Of old, rugs are pelng
made now that eventually will be beautl1ui ana
valuable?'
IF the West were willing to say to the East;
We will give you five or ten years TO make
rug. II it would say that then age ana gentie
wear would do the rest. But the west won |;
1t has mansions in increasing numbers TO NJ OUT
at once So IL has introduced aniline dyes ana
machine carders and spinning jennies ana co.,
lectve weaving, and is otherwise hustnng pro-
duction"-Franklin Clarkin, in Everybodys
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26
cNnM TI.IEDNESs.

Snow blindness is an afiction little known
through description. though not very dlfhcuit lo
describe for here the strongest adjectlNts Hfeu
few qualifications. The pain does not ioiIo"
ilr.ne diately upon the straining which seems 20
be its cause After q long day OF maze tie
traveller Guds when he gets into camp that hlS
e-es are q lirtl- itchy and that they water u
- comes t0o near FIRE or any source OF iiet'-
Later thew feel as s. there Ner- "a trace o.
smoke lU the sent. then - l. a cram pt ~ -
sand had gotten under tho eyeiids- and hui'--E
as II The eve~cckets were lined with SondTaifr
Every movement Of the eye causes pam, aild
then the rains begin - come without proVok-
Ing roll Of the evebali Al first there Is a dull
ache, growing gradually sharper until toward
morning OF sleepless night il throbs through
the eyes every few seconds, with twlnges COM
parable 70. but not equalled by the shooting
pains OF too.hache II is the only affiiction
with the pain OF which the ordinary Esquirnau
cries out The severity Of the attack diminishes
toward the end of the first twenty-four hours
Tor the larger part Of that time the sufferer
usually keeps his tent, moaning and occasionally
crying out sharply. lying on his face. with both
hands covering his closed eyes TO keep out the
1alntest possible light; on the second or perhaps
thifc day he IS able travel. but is very near
$ fghted and sees everything double. In week
or 70. tf the weather is hazy or he has no
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26

substitute him as regular mechanic yet there are
times of emergency when he needs TO have the
ability do many things Suppose a water pipe
bursts he should know enough plumbing TO make
q temporary repair. The same in case OF a gas
leak. I is hours and sometimes days before the
regular repairers around: meanwhile the
house may be flooded blown up. stoppage in
sinks and closets needs immediate attention TO.
avoid disease. II Is needless 10 say that in
competent should not he in charge OF
engine or steam heating plant There are the
OF fuel. injury TO the machine AID danger OF
explosion
TT is important that the janlJ0r should know the
requirements Of the city departments. such as
Health Street Cleaning. Fire and Tenement House.
order avoid the payment Of penalties for vlo
Iations and the time preserve the health
and lives of the tenants. Some landlords pay hun
dreds Of dollars year IN penalties which a Wig
liant intelligent tanItor could have saved for them
lie could see that the fire escapes and halls were
kept clear and all other regulations were Obeyed-
He would know where TO turn in an alarm and how
TO guide the firemen and 70 aid the tenants TO
escape He would notify the Board OF Health Of
uuzanitary conditions or case Of contagious dis
ease or the need for d'siEfecton. He would be
valuable ally in the fight against tuberculosis.
especially IN the poorer quarters OF the city.
Our society has classes. and already teaches
to membership these branches Of knowledge.
as well instructins in fire drills and physical
culture, English and citizenship, and giving Iect
lures HYGIENE, sanitation and tuberculosis
but we FtalZe LnaL We can : 90 HluCH DE ourselves
when the city is filed with unskned janitOrs-
people who know nothing OF their duties and are
especially glad in these times TO slip into rent
free basement. SO ask for legislative aid,
raising Of janltors' standard by examination and
license which shall make further benefits possible.
We be duaiihed and licensed, the same
the plumbers and BARRIERS. I glad that
have many good friends who give encOUr-
Egement, such as Dr.. Darlington, OF the Health
Board and Dr. Walter :. BenseI. the sanitary
superiIte tendent. who has always been
friend DR.. Darlington knows the value OF the
jantor in a campaign against disease, He spoke
for Us at our last annual meeting. and we expect
him again this year. We appreciate also the
sistance OF the Womea's Municipal League.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26
BURToN HOLMES IN PARIS.

paris" the most popular subject IN the series
Of illustrated trAvelosues now being gwen oy
I},-+on Holmes in this city. viii be the topic for
his lecture in Carnegie Hall at $50 O'Clock sun
,Iovy evening and again Monday and WeGneS-
a.. afternoons al o'clock at the Lyeeum The
atra In this lecture NJ. Holmes viii personally
conduct his audience To the art galleries. TO the
sbops along the bouievards and 10 the racetrack
AT Longcha1nps: ne viii show them the life OK the
bo,,levarts and the Quarter Latin. the historic
s,ots and the architectural triumphs of this
beautiful city and all by means OF his colored
lantern slides and motion pictures, which add
immensely to the pleasure and TO the educational
value OF his descriptions
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26
THE JANITORS
ARE ORGANIZING
DEMAND LICENSES AND
LYING WAGES.
knights of Broom and Key Mast
Have Erpert knowledge Of
Mana Things. Then Say.

The janito-s are turning. Too long have they
suffered from the pencil of the cartoonist and the
typewriter of the funny They have been
held up TO ridicule and contunely, treated as
scapegoats and abused by landlords and tenants
They have been painted as panhandlers and ty-
rants. Neither the walters nor the street cleaners
have borne such burden OF public odum.
But they turn. They agitate and organize
They partly deny and partly extenuate that they
what they seem. tramp of janitors feet
marching on the Legislature at Albany is heard
Bills are to be introduced with view to elevate
the jantors profession to the status at least or the
plumber and the barber. There threatening
tangle OF keys and waving Of broons, official
embIems OF aroused janitordom. One might recall
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26
MAKING ORIENTAL RUGS.

The simple apparatus is still in use in outly-
ing districts; home dye tubs filled with colors
extracted from sleeps blood, larkspur, indigo,
tumeric, saffron mulberry, walnut husks, brass
combs for cardng dIstaffs whirled by hand, Be
tween two sticks held horizontally by supports
at the ends are strung threads drawn taut,
harp fashion. Then worsted yarn is passed over
and under the strings twice. Songs sung
songs transmitted from old to young, so ancient.
some OF them that they are in lost Language;
and these songs tell the weaver what coiors TO
tie in as she progresses with the pattern. Each
district has its patterns and songs. After
each knot the ends of the yarn scissored off
to form the pile.
In a close woven piece like Kirman, measur-
ing a mere five feet by eight feet, thera are
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26
The February Magazines.
Chinas Famous English
Lights in
5hts in Damascus.

goggles, the same individual may have another
attack-but the first attack Of the year Is the
most severe apparently. Every attack weakens
the eyes and predispOses 10 further attacks,
which $50, at least, the Esquimaus beeve) finally
lead to total blindness-an affiiction rather COM
mon among the EsQuimauS. Keeping the eyes
from strain and. If possible, focusing them con-
unually some dark object (such as a black
dog in ones team, is believed by the natives 10
be the chief safeguard. The same view Is held
by many Of the Royal Northwest Mounted Po-
lice, whose duties within the Arctic and on the
plains of the Northwest frequently expose them
to snow blindness. Nothing, perhaps, could
more clearly bring out the trying nature Of the
aftiction than the fact that one or more suicides
among the policemen on spring duty In the
Northwest are attributed TO inability to bear the
pain Of snow blindness. Occasionally the police
employ the amusing but apparently rather ef-
fective device of painting the nose black and
trying to focus the eyes upon IL The type or
nose may have something to do with the ef-
fectiveness Of this scheme.-V. Stefansson IN
Harper's.
a BLIND MANS CRITICISM OF IRVING.
Henry Irving never grew tired of part,
never ceased to work at it, just as he never
gave UP the fight against his limitations. His
diction as the years went on. grew Tar clearer
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26
HELPED HIM.

phvsician out West was sent for TO attend =
small boy who was III He left prescription and
Returning few days later he found the boy Oct
ter. ,...
scriDtion did him world OF good iefr II beside
him where he could hold IL To MS head most OF
the time. and he almost read IL now YOU
didn't mean FOR him 70 swallow the paper, did ysa
Acknowledgements Weekly.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26
MUST BE JACK OF ALL TRADES.

'Do you know what it means to be q JanltorZ
asked President Brown OF the broom and key So
cietv the other day He is in charge OF a house
containing from fifty to a hundred persons He
must sweep the stairs and halls. shake carpets
tend fires take care of garbage. answer inquiries,
receive packages, do hundred odd Jobs that call
for a knowledge of several distinct trades. He is
expected TO glaze windows act as IocksmIth steam
filter. engineer and carpenter. 1t Is not right to
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26
NATIONAL GUARD NEWS.

Much discussion among national guarcsn1en mas
been by the designations last week OF officers
of the 18th Regiment 1t is said to be certain that
Brigadier General George Moore Smith, command
ing the First Brigade OF which the 18th is part.
will not allow the designations sent IN so to cripple
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26

when he was depicting rage and passion. His
dragging leg dragged no more. To this heroic
perseverance he added almost chlldAke
eagerness in hearing any suggestion for the i'm
provement Of his interpretations which COM
mended itself TO his Imagination and ms judg-
ment. From blind man came the most iluIni-
mating criticism OF his ShyiOck The sensitive
ear OF the sighttss hearer detected q fauIt In
Henry Irving's method Of delivering the opening
line Of his part:
Three thousand ducats-WeIl'
4 hear 70 sound Of the usurer IN that the
blind man said, at the end Of the performance
1t Is said with the reflective air or d man TO
whom money means very little
.'The justice OF the criticism appealed strongly
to Henry. He revised his reading not only OF
the first line, but OF many other lines in which
he saw now that he had not been enough Of the
money lender.
In more recent years he made one change IN
his dress. He asked my daughter Edy-Whose
cIeverness in such things he fully recognized
TO put some stage jewels on the scarf that he
wore round his head when he supped-
~ have an idea that when ne went TO that
supper he'd like to faunt his wealth in the
Christian dogs faces. 1t viii look well. too
like the toad ugly-vcnomous,' wearing his
precious Jewels on his head"
1.-The scarf Witnessing 70 that untiring love OF
throwing new light on his representations which
distinguished Henry to the last, is now in Edy s
rosscssfon. She values no relic Of him more,
unless il be the wreath Of oak leaves that she
made him for CoriOlanus. Ellen Terry. in Nc
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26
,tAKING ELAGs EoR orR HATTLEsHIPs:

To supply the hundreds os vessels, ranging
from the greet battleships down to the tiny
launches with their prescribed quota many
thousands of flags are needed TO cut out, sew
and complete these Uncle Sam maintains an
extensive plant going in full blast all the year
round and employing nearly half Il hundred
skilled ueeTleWOmeu and Il few men. the nag
room is on the third floor OF the bureau OF
eouipnlent building. ON entering the large
room the visitors first impression IS q blaze OF
colors Rolls Of bright bunting are heaped up.
waiting To be cut. while long lines of electrically
driven sewing machines, with women operators.
are reeling off and putting the finishing touches
TO American and foreign er2siBns Of many dit-
fcrent hues and patterns.
a good idea Of the number OF flags that must
he carried by d single ship can Dc gathered
from q large pile. shoulder high and httesn feet
long inst finished for the Battleship Con-
rect}cllt. About One-half o. the lot is composed
of the foreign flags. enCased in thick paper
haes The name of the country IS stencilled on
the bottorn The remainder. including the flags
for ordinary usc-signaI set. the international
code etc.--are not wrapped, but tied IL round
bundles ana lettercd.
The pile contains $50 different flags; the
regulation number Tor ships in the service. 1t
is necessary TO equip them for ali forms Of
ceremonial and official occasions. salubHg and
SIGNALLING both at home and IN foreign waters.
With an extensive array Of flags stored on
board the ship is prepared 10 meet all officials
Of high rank Of any nation WAo may come
aboard or within whose jursdiction the vessel
may he while Il cruise. and 10 observe the
T,roI5er etiquette. The foreign conn ptunnt con-
tus T.; ilags each - feet long and - feet wide
Certain of these fall 81 animal shapes, curl
Gus designs and marine landscapes They are,
prising length OF time 10 nn-sh.-Liliian L. Zeb.
N-.fTl
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26
Foreign Resorts.
~ 1aT0-Egypf,

the other pleasant to suit the occasion Cerberus
is mentioned by Smollett as "the gaunt, growing
janitor of hell" In modern times the tenant has
been the one to do the growing.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26

Locsteo In the Fashionable karnthnerring
and the fevorite resort Of Americans. Per-
tect French Cuisine and choice wines
New-York tribune., 1908-11-13

said Mr. whitrIdge. THAT kind of calculation Is
a good deal OF a hunnbug. If you have A certa'h
number OF cars 70 run, it does not matter whetheF
they're full or empty far as the cost is con
cerned" He said he estimated that about OF !
per cent Of the travelling public did not pay 1ares
through dishonesty of passenger or conductor
That condition being remedied oy gettns
better class of conductors.
Toward the end of his testimony in esut'latms
the expenses of the road he delivered sly thrust
at the commission by declaring tnat from sS''V"
TO $4,000 a year would have to be set ASIDE Tor
eminent lawyers and a bureau of statisticians ana
accountants to answer the questions ana keep ''aeA
of the orders the commission was emitting
when got a seventy y-ve-page printed paii'pi'es
telling me how TO make the annual report sa'u
he my auditor resigned immediately
Commissioner Eustis closed the hearings S SesleI,
day the application of the American Nioio. o.
Company for franchise between Bar'o"-oi-tne
Sound and City Island. Bion L. BURROWS preSiue"' ~
of the company promised a scent fare Ihe o"y
Islanders pay 10 cents on 'he nor ~
Commissioner Eustis will give his decision III
few days.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-13
STEAMERS AT FOREIGN PORTS.


Southampton. Nov 12-Adriatc dBp. New York via
Plymouth and Cherbourg.
Hamburg. Nov I0-Captain A F Lucas. New York.
Boulogne u. . MY ndam Dutch New York
for Rotterdam.
Louisiana tFr) New York.
Amsterdam. 1I--Pr1ns WiIlem I Dutch. New York
West Indies Venezuela and Havre
Venice Nov S-Ocaania tAusU. New York.
Ieghoru Nov 1Perugia (Brl, New YOrz via Marseilles
Rouen. Nov S-Hotham Newton tBr) New York
Shlmonoseki Nov l0Tud1r Prince (Br), New York Via
Sabang Hong Kong.
Antwerp. Nov .1i-Anlerican tDutch New York
T'roou. Nov 11-Bergen tNori. New York
Colombo Nov 0-WdenfeIs tGer). Newf York via Alden
and Bombay.
Newcastle W, Nov 1I-Engiish Monarch tBr New
York via Port Natal. Auckani. etc.
SAILED
T3uenos AyreE. 10 Hilaris tBr) York.
Lisbon Nov 1o-ViCOrious tf}ri. New York
Bari Nov 11-CLthbert tEr) Para
Aleiers. Nov 11-Kasenga (Rr) Boston and New York
Queenstown. L. 1905 D IN. Tsutonc (Br) New York
Para. Gov Ii-Benedct tBri New York.
Nonteyideo. Nov It-Noltaire ,Br). New York.
london Nov 1c-Massachusetts. New York
PASSED.
f2-Barenfels tGerJ. Calcutta
for Newport News Boston and New York, Jethou
tNor). New for Naples and Trapani
Brow, Head. Nov 12-Tabaristan t3rl New York for
Tsrlfa Nov ia-Hamburg Ger. New York FOR Naples
and