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Alaska sentinel., 1908-12-03

nary living expenses is around : per cent.
 Furniture and house furnishings have scared, and experts on the Chicago mar ket say the governments 6.S per cent is too low to serve locally. Not less than 15 per cent, they say, has been the increase here. This Is due to scarcity of material, especially oak, to higher cost of the materials for iron and brass furniture. and to higher prices of labor.
 Drugs Up and Down.
 Drugs and chemicals, of such sort as to affect the cost of living, were higher, say by per cent, in Chicago last year than in 1898; but they have fallen until they are about where they were, and in some instances, such as quinine. low CT than ever. The higher prices were caused by the scarcity of root and herb diggers. the lower prices by the finan- cial panic.
 AS to canned goods. peaches sold In 1897 for the same they did in 1907. while some canned products were much cheaper ten years ago. The cause for this was that fruits and vegetables were plentiful last year, while the pro duction was much larger. Last year beans were scarce and higher. Up to the time of the panic buying did not drop of, but since then prices have been dropping until they are about as low as they were In 1896.
 The cost of preparing food products Is much higher now on account of the increased cost of labor, also the in- crease In the farm products that go Into them. Sugar Is higher this year than in 1907, while coffee Is cheaper. Tea is as cheap as It has been in several years. Staple commodities are not high thls year in the grocery line. In many con- modities the prices are 10 per cent low CT than they were in 1907.
 A leading clothier says that clothes are higher than in the last two years and that this should not be. This is partly due to the scarcity of wool. but is in part due to existence of clothing combinations to keep prices up.
 Cotton is no higher, yet the manu- facturers are in combination to main- tain high prices. Ten years ago good wool suits were 100 per cent lower than
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MYSTERY OF LOST MEMORY.
Not an Uncommon Occurrence for
 Persons to Forget Names.

A young Partisan actress who had for weeks held the title role In a popular play, recently. 1t Is said. was, while OH the stage, suddenly afflicted with for getfulness and was utterly unable to repeat the lines of the last act. though she had successfully passed through the three preceding ones. says the Indian apolis Star.
 It is not an uncommon happening with stage people, lecturers and others, and seems more likely to occur whnn the matter memorized has been so often repeated that forgetfulness would ap- pear impossible while intelligence re aained.
 The same thing happens h less marked and conspicuous way to a grea. number of people, its most common manifestation being forge5fulness of proper names. A name ordinarily fl miliar and just about to be SD ken will vanish from the mind at the inSt:.n' and be to the one about to utter il a, if t had never been. His consriou ness graSps at it in vain. ard. as + were. 5eats against a blank wall. It is al ways a dislgraea1le eSp-r.cnce, t.ii.
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plains. Next day when they want more meat they do not scruple to kill more cattle. In hurling their spears, which are from to 10 feet long. they employ throwing stick with a sort of sling This enables them 10 throw the spea-s with great force incredible distances. driving the spear entirely through the animal. The mounted police are con- stantly on the lookout for these ma rauders.-Our picture is from the Lon don Illustrated News.
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EHanknSAh.

"Frankness," said Speaker Cannon, Ifs an attribute greatly to be admired. Frankest man I ever knew was a chap out in Illinois who served several terms in the Legislature. Then he came home and built himself fine house. It was a beauty and cost power of money.
 "'Nice house you've got there. said visitor In the town where the ex. legislator lived
 Yes he replied. its a nice house
 "'Where did you get the money?
 "'Down at Springfield, of course, the ex-leglslator replied I tell you, my friend, there is heap of yeas and nays in that house."
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By Heaven, Not by Hand.

A woman who Is fairly prominent in Philadelphia social circles is blessed if 1t is blesSing-with a very high and vivid color, which, when she has been walking fast, looks almost as though il were artificial.
 One day last week she had walkeL briskly down Chestnut street and her cheeks were very red Two workmen were painting the front of one Of the stores and, as she passed. one of them said loudly enough for the words to reach her ears:
 Painted. be hiven."
 "Yes, exactly" said the lady calmly Painted, and by heaven"
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they are now, and were made of us good material and as well made, but without the same degree of care as to style. Higher labor cost, higher wool. prosperity and combinations among manufacturers are the reasons he gives for the higher prices of clothing.
 Shoes are higher on the average thai. ever they have been. but are only 3 per cent cheaper than at their highest point, in 1907. They have, however. gone up in price 15 per cent in the last eighteen years, but 10 compensate for that they are better made The in- crease in cost of shoes Is due to the high price of hides, which have in- creased in eighteen years 150 per cent. Shoes are relatively cheaper than the hides from which they are made. this seeming paradox being due to improved methods of manufacture
 The price of meat has been soaring for the last eighteen years, and it Is generally conceded that this has beendue to the going out of the range cattle and the consequent scarcity of beef cattle, and the combinations among the pack CTS. who have virtually monopoly of the business, having driven the small country and town butchers out of bus!- ness Prosperity and high wages. as well as the scarcity of cattle, are given by the packers as being responsible for the rise in prices in the last ten years Chicago Inter Ocean.
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EXPLOSIVES.
Dangerous Substances that Are fin
 Almost Constant Use.

Almost Constant Use.
 Among the many things in almost constant use are some that are more or less dangerous from their explosive properties, properties often entirely unknown to their users.
 For examples, chloride of potash loZenges If accidentally brought in contact with an unllghted phosphorus match are dangerous Bicartonate of potash If mixed with subnitrate of bis muth. the latter a remedy for indiges- ton, will explode
 Iodide of nitrogen Is highly explosive and is often combined with other drugs. Its use by those ignorant of its danger Is a menace.
 Sal volatile and chloral hydrate are under certain conditions, as dangerous as dynamite.
 Tincture of iron and dilute aqua regia when mixed, as they often are in med lcine, throw of highly explosive gas which has frequently shattered the bot. tie in which the mixture was kept.
 OIle Dlleu ILLUS DOllltS or melleilt in which the cork has not been tightly pushed minus the latter or has had a cork pop out of a bottle while held in ones hands without any attempt to re move it on the part of the holder. This always shows that gas Is forcing the cork out
 Danger In combs.
 Every now and then one reads ol eel luloid articles, from fancy hair coiffure combs down, catching fire and serious burns or accidents resulting.
 It would seem that every one should by this time know that celluloid con- tains in Its composition gun cotton and also camphor, both highly inaamma5lc. No woman wearing celluloid combs or hair ornaments should place her head near an uncovered gas jet or other un- protected light, as celluloid catches fire So quickly and burns 80 rapidly that It would hardly be possible to avoid seri. ous burns.-St. Louis Republic
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CATTLE sTEALERs IN AUSTRALIA
Cunning Black Rascals Who Are n
 Pest 10 Ranchmen.

In Australia the ranchmen have to contend with native cattle stealers who are so cunning and skillful that their forays result in constant loss to the farmers. They do not drive the cattle away in droves like the old Scottish bordermen and the Texas outlaw. but creep silently up to the herd and slay number by throwing sharp spears into their flesh. When they have killed several of the animals they cut of only the parts they wish for immediate use and leave the carcasses to rot on the
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momentary failure of the memory, and sometimes extremely embarrassing. Often II happens when the victim Is about to greet an old acquaintance, or when 1t Is desirable to introduce two men. each of whom he knows well.
 Doctors do not clearly explain th.s occasional defect in the mental powers, but those who experience it know that it occurs when they are especially weary or oyerworked. and they may therefore assume that # iS form of brain fa- and as readily accounted for as a lameneSs of arms or legs. That it is most often displayed In connection with proper names !s perhaps due to the fact that these are each hold In the
Alaska sentinel., 1908-12-03

It is quite true that cleanliness is next to godliness, but in this day of fads and scientific frills the question is whether We are not getting alto eether too afraid of a little dirt. Dirt has been defined as matter in the wrong place, and hygiene is the sci ence of keeping it in the right place. But we are inclined to think that we are all little bit too much up in the air on the matter of cleanliness; a little too afraid of coming in contact with the clean-smelling, kindly earth, and are in danger of becoming nasty nice
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Denial of the probability of war be tween Japan and the United States would be gratuitous if there were not So much persistent talk about the dreadful possibility. IL may be worth while to collect three recent utterances on the subject by persons who know
 A French officer who has been in Ja- pan making a dispassionate study of military matters says, in effect that Japan is physically incapable of war with the United States. The American ambassador to Japan, Mir OBrien, says that war talk Is absurd Marquis Katsura, the new head of the Japanese cabinet, supports his assertion that Japan is bent on peace by pointing out that the financial problem of Japan is sufficient to engross her for some time to come. War between this country and Japan is possible; so is war be- tween any two nations. But 1t Is per
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memory by separate and arbitrary ac- tion and not through association, and are therefore most easily lost. But whatever the cause, the multitude If persons who forget names will have q sympathetic comprehension of the state Of mind of the French actress when sha helplessly sought to find the words of her play,
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erned by what, for of better phrase. may be called hypnosis, may be far efectuay modi
 fed in any required direction by combining the appeal to reason with harmless deception of the The man accustomed to getting out of bed at o'clock will turn twenty minutes to far willingly and certainly if the clock face indicates the usual o'clock than he has to stop and out all the advantages be gained by rising hour and twenty minutes earlier.
 Besides, matter Of fact, 1t is just much o'clock, 0, minutes past g. for that matter twenty minutes to IL is when the Greenwich clock marks those precise periods Clocks and the labels a
 fixed to seconds minutes and hours being man-nade de- vices empr!c formulR and schedules, arranged the convenience home sapcns obviously lest subjects to change ct his convenience There Is reason to believe that United will allow John Bull remain hour and twenty minutes ahead her very long-New York Globe.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-12-03

What chance las a young man to rise ia the employment of large cor poraiion: is a question frequently asked. Of course it depends largely on the young man: but according to a statement recently sent out by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, sixty seven of the eighty-five principal off, cers of the company started at the bot tom and worked up. A fact like this Is worth many volumes of theorlzing on the subject
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When Emperor William and King Edward had their pleasant little tete-a- tete were the big sticks checked in the cloak-room: Court etiquette would seem to have dictated such q pro cedure
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It costs more to live. anywhere in the United States. than il did ten years ago. But comparisons of Chicago price increases with those discovered by the national government show that the law of compensation has not been altogether of the job here.
 For instance, coal here Is higher-a full 100 per cent higher than ten years ago. But if you have no coal. and catch cold through lack of it, you can buy quinine to cure your cold much cheaper han you could in 1898.
 On the other hand, coffee Is cheaper on the Chicago retail market than IL was a decade ago. but the drugs most in favor for curing indigestion, which coffee sometimes causes, are costlier than they were then.
 Meat has gone up scandalously-in fact, 50 per cent In three years Oh, are about as cheap us ever, and the logic of the household expense account is making more vegetarians than ap- peals to sentiment ever did.
 The government figures show a high CT price on the whole in 25S commodi- ties that enter largely into the living of all the people. In 1907 the percent age over 1905 was 5.7 per cent, and All per cent higher than 1897. the year of lowest prices during the eighteen year period. and 29.5 per cent higher than the average for the ten years, 1890 to 1900.
 Farm Products Up.
 For farm products, taken as a whole, the increase was greatest-namely, 10.9 Der cent; for food. 4.G per cent; for cloths and clothing. 5.6 per cent; for fuel and lighting. 24 per cent; for met als and implements, G.1 per cent; for lumber and building materials. 4.9 per cent; for drugs and chemicals, s.3 per cent; for house furnishing goods 6s Der cent, and miscellaneous, per cent
 Chicago lumbermen say the govern ment's estimate Is about right for the increase In Chicago market prices for their wares. Increasing depletion of the forests. they say. has kept the price ascending gradually. and the average increase Ill cost which enters into ordi-
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Watch the Professor.
Lecture upon the rhinoceros:

Lecture upon the rhinoceros:
 Professor-I must beg you to give me your undivided attention. It is abso- lutely impossible that you can form true idea of this hideous animal un- less you keep your eyes fixed on me- Philadelphia Inquirer.
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The Niagara Falls are 36,0O0 years old says the Chicago Journal. This Is probably true. but every time you go there you find that the villagers have few new ways of separating you from your money.
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Every little while somebody swlms out as far as he can and is supposed to be ''fooling' when be calls for help. This is one of tie most foolish ways of ending ones life.
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Nidnes, manufacturing town of about thirty thousand inhabitants. situated on the Mersey, a few miles from Liverpool, Is put forward by En- glish papers as enjoying the worlds cheapest gas" Since the latest reduc- tion, nude in June, the price to ordi- nary consumers is twenty-eight cents Der thousand cubic feet; to consumers of more than three million feet a year, twenty-four cents: to all users of gas for motive power purposes. twenty cents. In addition to supplying light. heat and power at these low prices, the gas department contributes ten thou sand dollars year to the borough rates-this sum representing profits.
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Our very best aristocrats need not be shocked that one of the German princes has gone to work. As the ob- ject is merely the elimination of super attached
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trains hauling earth to It in continuous pro cessiOn
 The work the locks both ends of the canal and the dam will be carried the excavation proceeds They all be completed by the time the trench is dug but barring unexpected delays the will be joined much than expected when the United States took hold of the work-Youths Companion
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Beware of the cracked mug" nd- yises the Beaumont (Tex.) Enterprise, Also beware of the line of conversa- ton that leads to a cracked mug.
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Not to Be EIp c.ed.

Have you any idea how many pounds the shipments of tea received in his country in q year would total:"
 "Of course not. I'm not q tee-tott!. .r."-Kansas City Times.
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It Is reported that many chop suey emporiums throughout the country have recently been closed owing to a lack of business. This ought to bring a measure of relief to people who have been dreading the yellow peril.
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The deed of that man who shot his wife because she didn't talk enough was shocking, of course; but forum ately such cases are extremely rare.
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Count OIuma. who has so much to say concerning the probability of a war with this country, appears to be the Richmond Pearson Hobson of Japan.
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In Madrid the police have cleared the streets of all beggars but the blind ones, who probably see DO other way to make living.
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Noihin. FL. Count

Bride trap;ur0-siyj- j-Ol. Jack, i.u't yerythiis j !st lovely.
 Groom-les. darling: "nu age evtry- ing to n.e.-bostun T'rans,r.pt.
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SAVING DAYLIGHT.

NE may at first be inclined to assume that the obviously simple way for q nation to save an hour Of its summer daylight Is to get up an hour earlier. without paying
 any attention to the clock face. This is very good advice in theory. but people be ing creatures of habit and largely gov
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Nowadays no man Is a face card in the political deck till he gets his DOT trait on the souvenir postals
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The woman who weds to acquire a bank book soon becomes dissatisfied with her taste in literature.
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The world may be getting better in every other way. but it certainly shows a disposition to be aeronaughty this year
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It Is claimed that a circus elephant at Marion. Ohio, is PIP years old. Pos sibly Minister Wu would be glad to know something of the paehyderm's diet.
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY

A burnt child may dread the fire, but ones old flames are always fasci- hating.
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The heart is that part of you whlch leads you into scrapes from which the head has to extricate you.
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amount of earth moved last month, and of how much more they expect to month. The most hope fu are talking of the probability that ships will be sail ing across the isthnus within five years.
 At the present of excavation the trench easily be completed within that time. More than one-fourth of the earth has already been removed from the trench and there remain only about million cubic yards 10 dig In the year ended March 31 last about tweny-two million yards excayated In March this year the excavation amounted about three and half million yards three times much in March of last year In May, the first of the rainy months with twice the usual amount of rain which inedes the work. two an a half times as much earth was moved in the month a year ago.
 When it decided to build a great earth dike for the Gatun dam impound the waters of the Chagres river problem of the disposal of the excayated earth was solved The dike will be a mile long and half
 mile the base and will lake twelve miles long through which vessels al full speed Dirt
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arate pieces of money. These coins were worth s12G 755.s4S. Now ii happens that this mint has been converting gold and silver bullion metal alloys into coins for many years and several other hints in the country have also been working steadily.
 If the nations population increased 100000 In the past year, the Philadelphia mint made for each person l37 coins Who has that money in his posSession More than slonoooo pieces of the money pennies, so that every citizen United States got new cent since last June-Philadephis Press.
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A man who has no sympathy for oth. CTS Is not a man
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WHAT BECOMES OF THE coINsp

71AT becomes of all the metal money? We A know that paper money Is out de HV | sroyed from time to time, but what hap pens to the coins which Uncle Sam turns m cut 45s sg FGs.ess s es tens s P9 it tens 's @ es 2s Ses.
 which ended June 30 made l31.l33 IT sep
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THE MARRIED MAN.

EFORE a man Is married, be Is considered a fit companion for my woman. but as soon as he Is married he is thought to be dan gcrous except when his wife Is along to wither him. A man may travel the world
 over, and come back all right, but at home he is considered a savage unless his wife
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is along to control him. Young allowed to spend great deal of their time with unmarried men, but If married walks along the sidewalk the older members the family rush out and bring girls in The married must have been guilty of great wickedness in the past; otherwise they would be looked upon with much suspicion. Innocent amuse planned all of people except married men it is generally believed that married wicked that they only enjoy swearing, drinking whisky and chewing plug tobacco. A great deal Is done by young entertain unmarried but ried man. particularly if be has children. Is wretch If he be entertained beyond allowing the children climb him. Married have their afternoon parties Gnd enjoy themselves but married is not trusted the precincts of his home when there company; is feared that his wife may fail to keep him from acting up, and possibly shooting some of his guests-Atchson Globe.
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PROGRESS OF THE CANAL.

ISITORS to the canal zone both officers of the government and tourists, report that they find the men employed on the work
 engaged in eager rivalry. Two or three years ago the subject of discussion was the difficulties ill the way. Now everyone con ppcted with the work is boasting of the