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Alaska sentinel., 1908-02-20

held by the eagle she seized a stick and began to belabor the marauder.
 The eagle sprung on her, sinking Its talons into her dress, the sharp claws tearing her flesh. Her cries brought her father running from a field near by. At sight of the man the bird at- tempted to rise, dragging the child, struggling after It. Vreeland believes that the birds talons became entangled In the girls dress and that 1t could not free itself. The two eagles have been familiar to the neighborhood since 1903, but never had they been known to attack human beings before.
 The great bird rose slowly and labori- ously, It's wings beating the air wildly and the child screaming with terror. Vreeland sprang forward, but before he got within reach the bird had lifted itself and It's precious burden above him and was slowly rising higher and higher. The child continued to struggle and the bird seemed trying to free it, self.
 It had reached the top of tall hem lock tree when the struggles of the girl rent her dress at the left shoulder. For several seconds she hung with her en- tire weight in the grasp of one talon of the eagle, which continued Tapping the air wildly and trying to make head. way.
 Then the dress at the right shoulder gave way and Gladys fell through the branches of the tree to the ground, where fortunately a pile of hay broke her fall, so that she was little injured. As the child dropped the eagle shot through the air toward the mountain at express train speed.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-02-20
LEGAL INFORMATION.
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If minor gives a note that does not mature till after he becomes of age can the note be collected then" Ans.-If note was given for necessa' ries, yes; If not, no.
 Does an officer of a corporation who has rendered his resignation, but his resignation has not been accepted, still remain an officer of the corporation? Ans-No. The resignation of an officer of corporation terminates his office without further act on the part of his associates or other officers.
 The mere acceptance of purchased article after the agreed time of deliv- cry Is held, in Johnson ys. North Balti- more Bottle Glass Company (Kan.), ! L. R. A. (N. S.), 1114, not to constitute waiver of damages for failure to de liver in time, unless such acceptance Is accompanied by other circumstances, which manifest an intention on the part of the buyer to waive such dam. ages.
 An antenuptial marriage settlement by which the groom's father under takes to make no discrimination among his children In his will Is held, in Pha- len vs. United States Trust Co. (N. Y.), ' L. R. A. (N. S.), 734, to be enforce able In equity, so as to prevent the en- forcement of a provision In the will giving the groom only a life estate, while the portions of the testator's other children are made absolute.
 q. What remedy has a wife against her husband whom she has left for suf ficient cause7 She does not wish d. vorce. 2. How can a man be made to support his wife or children" Ans.- 1. She may maintain an equitable ac- ton against him for her separate sup port. 2. Every man who, without law. ful excuse, wilfully fails to furnish proper food, shelter or clothing to his wife, or to his child under 15 years of age, shall be guilty of mlsdemeanor punishable by fine not to exceed S1OO or imprisonment In jail not to exceed three months.
 The law makes no distinction In de. scent of property between married peo. pie who are living together. and those who do not live together. The property rights are fixed by the marriage state and if a man deserts his wife, or for other cause she Is entitled to a divorce he, upon her death, is entitled to the same share of her property that he would be in case he were living with her. The same is true of the rights of the wife in the property of her de ceased husband. This state, the hus band or wife gets one-thlrd of the property of the other, except the home stead, and the use of that for life.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-02-20
SCIENTIFIC STAIR SWEEPING.
Method by Which Obstruction to
 Travel Is Reduced.

Method by Which Obstruction to Travel Is Reduced.
 'There is, 1t seems," said the town traveller to New York Sun man, "a scientific method of sweeping stairs; method whereby the people passing up and down, as on stairway in con stant public use, may be, while sweep Ing Is going on, in the smallest degree possible, incommoded by 1t.
 This method Is scarcely applicable to narrow stairs, but 1t may be applied with great advantage to the sweeping of wide stairs where the traffic Is great. It was seen demonstrated on the broad stairs leading down to the subway from the entrance at the Brooklyn bridge.
 -,It Is a familiar fact that the ordi- nary way of sweeping stairs Is to sweep the steps one after another In success sion, sweeping each one clear across from side to side. If the sweeping Is done in this manner half the people go- Ing up or down may have to dodge the sweeper. In dodging the sweeper they dodge Into other people, and so the travel on the stairs may be congested and the whole movement impeded.
 But by the scientific method of sweeping all this uncertainty about where the sweeper may be found Is avoided and half the stairway Is left constantly and entirely clear to travel, which can move up and down in that open way quite freely and so with the least possible delay.
 By this method the sweeper simply begins at the end of the step on one side the stairway and sweeps that step to the center. There he stops and goes down a step to the next one, to sweep that step In like manner, from its end to the center, and so he keeps on down step after step, sweeping the stairway for one-half Its width, keeping himself always on that side and leaving the other half of the stairway entirely free. When he has thus swept down half the stairway he throws that side open and starts at the top again, now on the other side, and sweeps down In the same way, step by step, to the cen ter"
Alaska sentinel., 1908-02-20
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"He has been workin-workin wet apron, dusting chair for her visitor. Wont you please sit down? Certainly he ain't workin' now, but a job Is hard to get, an he's man who won't take everything that comes along. It was too conf1nin' for him, that last Job-somethin' fierce; an the man he was workin' for didn't treat him right My husbands a man that's got sper Tit, an he won't let nobody run over him. No, he's not workin' now, but he would be If he found a Job to suit him."
 What is his trader" asked the vis- itor.
 Well, ma'am, I can't rightly say that he's got any pertickler trade" replied the thin woman. Hes what you might call handy man. There aln't nothin' that he can't turn his hand to if he's a mind to, but as for workin' at any one trade regular it's somethin' that he aint never done. One thing, If man has trade he most always has to belong to one O them unions, an you know an I know that a union man has got to do just the way his union says. My husban's too independent to let any union run him."
 How long did he work at this last job he had?" inquired the visitor.
 Three days"
 And how long was he out of work before he got that job?"
 "Well, 1t must hal been close on to three months, ma'am. Not but what he tried. He'd go out in the mornin' an sometimes be gone all day lookin' for work. But its hard to find, 'spe- cially any work at pays livin' wages He might have got somethin' at dol lar an a quarter or a dollar an a half a day, but he don't b'lieve in encour- agin' low wages. He's man ud sooner suffer himself than do that It's the principle of It If he can't get what his works worth he won't work at all. That's what he says, an I say he's right"
 "How do you manage to get along thenY asked the visitor.
 "Well," said the thin woman. q most glnerally get about all I can do, with the washin' an the scrubbin'. It ain't much for pay, but It's better than nothin' at all. An then the boy Is a-workin' over in the tannery, an he brings in 8 a week-an they say it's wholesome work in them tanneries Then the society has been good to me an helps me out at pinch. One way an another we get along, though we're behind with the rent now. In another year the girl will be able to go out an bring in little somethin', though it's the truth I don't know what I will be
Alaska sentinel., 1908-02-20
THE sEEDLEss TOMATO.
It Has Been Evolved After Years of
 Experim enting,

Now 1t Is the seedless tomato. Sci- ence Is never idle. It Is as busy evolv- ing new products for the field and gar den as 1t Is discovering new sources of disease or harnessing the forces of na- ture to new uses.
 Two methods of producing a seedless tomato have been tried with success. One of them is by selection and cross ing promising varieties; the other. by high feeding with fertilizers. The sue cess attained brings out strikingly the varieties that may beSmade to occur in plants as result scientific effort.
 Development of seedless tomato has not come suddenly-few real ad- yances in science or worldly affairs do. For a number of years Prof. B. D. Halsted and his associates have been working quietly, but continuously and enthusiastically at the New Jersey ex. perlmental stations. They have been breeding vegetables and experimenting with them In number of ways. When they succeeded In evolving a seedless tomato they conferred real boon up- on the millions whose palates crave the juicy red fruit of the tomato vine.
 It Is well known, of course, that the ordinary tomato contains hundreds of seeds The form which has been de- veloped at the New Jersey stations sel. dom contains more than fifty seeds. Frequently there are not more than five or six, and many of them are found to contain not single seed. It Is believed that an entirely seedless va riety will be fixed and will remain as the joy Of gardeners and consumers through all the coming years.
 Prof. Halsted has also produced seedless fruits on several other varie- ties and crosses of tomatoes, but these, as a rule, were dwarfed In size. Many of the tomatoes In cluster were not larger than peas, although solid fieshed and frequently of good quality. Some remarkable freaks in the matter of flavor were developed. In one instance the fruit had the flavor of the straw berry. To the average person 1t would appear that a tomato-strawberry would be a profitable novelty, could 1t be found in sufficient quantities.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-02-20
EAGLE DROPS CHILD INTO TREE.
Its TalOns Became Fixed in tho
 Dress of Little One.


 Dress of Little One.
 One of the pair of giant bald eagles that nest In a dead chestnut tree on Waukhaw mountain, near Caldwell, N. J., carried 3-year-old Gladys Vreeland to the top of a. tall hemlock tree Sat urday morning and dropped her into It's branches, according to the story told by her father, John Milton Vreeland, a farmer, says the New York World.
 The child weighs forty pounds and, according to the fathers story, the great bird was barely able to maintain its flight under the weight. Its carry ing off of the girl was more than half involuntary, its talons having become caught In her clothing when she at tempted to save a hen from the eagle.
 yreeland said the bird had been soar ing over his chicken run for more than an hour. He saw 1t swoop downward into clump of currant bushes In the bushes the eagle bounced upon a hen, but could not rise with Its prey be- cause of the thick foliage. The Tapping of the great wings attracted the child to the spot and when she saw the hen
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known. but one phase of the danger incident to the continuance of such per sons at home has not been brought out before So yivldly as by Miss La Motte. That is the danger of contamination to persons not in the household of the patient. In 327 of the homes visited, that Is, in nearly 39 per cent of the whole number home industries of some kind were regularly carried on which brought the tuberCulous person into contact with the outer world. These occupations came under the head of light work" because they were not resorted to until the patient no longer had sufficient strength to work in a factory or store. The idea of continu. ing the struggle, striving to support ones self, lessenng the family burden, is in itself a good one, but the only means left of putting it into operation Is one full of danger to the whole con- munlty Among the occupations which feeble persons in the last stages of con sumption, racked by coughing, and scattering infection constantly, have thought fit to enter are baby farming, dressmaking. keeping a grocery, butcher shop, oyster saloon, or small dry goods store, wrapping candy, or giving pri- yate lessons. Several were barbers, coming thus into repuslyely close con- tact with their customers. But the occupation most frequent was laun- dry work. No less than 231 of the fam lilies took in washing to be done at home, two of them for restaurants. In most of these cases the sick person did not do the heavy work, but aided in sorting and folding the clothes and was constantly in the room with them. The clothes were in the infected house us- ually from Monday morning to Satur- day night The nurse made no attempt to follow up the history of the families for which washing was done but 1t was inevitable that the clothes. should be infected under these conditions, and It was only a question of time when the infection would reach well person at a moment suitable for communication. From all such dangers there Is only one remedy, segregation. In many cases both the patient and the family would be glad If this could be done, but to be thorough it should be con- pulsory A person in the last stages of tuberculosis Is far more dangerous than a leper and should consent for the good of others to give up the at tempt to be independent, otherwise laudable, as soon as the state does Its duty and provides suitable home for these persons, objects both of pity and of dread.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-02-20
Fresh Sheets at Premium.

The woman who had just returned from abroad, where she had visited some country towns, was telling of ths comforts and dlscomforts of the Euro pean country hotel. 'They have an aversion to putting fresh sbeets on the beds for every new guest" she said. "and we always pulled down the bed clothes the minute we were assigned our rooms to examine the sheets. Ten chances to one they were wrinkled and had that slept In appearance, and we invariably insisted on fresh ones. Finally we struck series of towns where the hotel proprietors got the best of us, for the sheeting they used was a sort of creepy stuff, something like seersucker, and for the life of you you couldn't tell whether they'd been slept on or not."-New York Press
Alaska sentinel., 1908-02-20
 N I,ERS snn sefnE PEOIR'Il. 1

that the nation Is usurping the powers of the States Is without any real foundation, because the powers sumed by the naton hitherto supposed be reserved the States simply outgrowth of conditions which have arisen from circumstances beyond the contempa- ton of either the States the nation Duties have been cast upon the nation arising from the exgences of the times This does not usurpaton of the rights Joyed by the States. It simply the mode of tiona life the of the trend of empire Lofty satesmanship and fortuitous circumstances placed upon the crest of the flowing tide of expansion and national greatness. We continue to drift ward and upward walt for the ebbing tide to float backward and downward. We cannot remain inactive and stationary. There is stopping place, station in the life of the nation individual marked by progress retrogression.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-02-20

A remarkably interesting engineer ing operation has lately been In pro- gress in Brooklyn, New York. A large brick theater building, having walls ninety feet high, has been lifted from its foundations, turned squarely round, and moved three hundred feet to new site. To turn 1t, the exact center of the floor was ascertained, and with this as a hub a series of small steel rollers were laid on a prepared platform, and then the building, resting on steel beams, was allowed to settle down on the rollers. With jack-screws on two diagonally opposite corners pushing Tn opposite directions, the structure was then turned as if on pivot. The nov Ing of brick buildings Is common, but this is said to be the largest and heav- lest structure that has ever been put ,odily on new foundations
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trotlsm. We engrossed in the pursuits of peace. Mind and strained the In the varied activities which promise opportunity for individual achievement
 But the American heart thrills at the sight of the flag. the American conscience pons unwaverngy to the path of honor the American of justice more supreme in its sway, and. united by common ap preciaton of the ideals of free government by mon perception of our national destiny, by common ogntion of the riches of inheritance the American people should and believe will, go steadily forward
 happy, resourcefu and triumphant people enjoying In greater degree the blessings of liberty unon
Alaska sentinel., 1908-02-20
His Morrow Escape.

A jolly old steamboat captain with more girth than height was asked if he had ever had any very narrow es- capes.
 "Yes," he replied, his eyes twinkling, "once I fell off my boat at the mouth of Bear creek, and, although I'm an expert swimmer, I guess I'd be there now if it hadn't been for my crew. You see. the water was just deep enough sos to be over my head when tried to wade out, and just shallow enough''-he gave his body an ex- planatory pat-'so that whenever tried to swim out dragged bottom" -Everybody's.
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doing without her to take care of the small children. I guess they will have to kind of look after one another"
 You say your husband Is a handy manT" said the visitor.
 That he Is. AS I say, there ain't nothin' he can't turn his hand to. I'll show you the elegant wash bench be made for me If you'll step into the kitchen"
 Do you think he would like to do the janitor work In small building think I can get him the position"
 The thin woman looked little doubt ful. I'll ask him." she said. II don't know whether he would fancy that, to tell you the honest truth. for there's scrubbin' an window cleanin' an such about janitor work, an that's more of a woman's job. Mebbe could help him out on that part of 1t, though, while he did the rest of 1t. When he wakes up I'll ask him. and very much obliged to you. ma'am."
 "Is he asleep?" asked the visitor,
 The thin woman blushed a little.
 Do you mean that he's been drink ingW asked the visitor, severely.
 The thin woman bridled. If he has taken a drop or two I don't know but It's his right" she said. If he earns the money he's right to spend 1t tie way he wants to. He ain't drlnkIn' man. Not like some Is, anyway. If once in a while he gets bit off, don't know that it's anybody's busi- ness s'-Chicago Daily News
Alaska sentinel., 1908-02-20

The proposition to remove the re- stored warship Constitution from Bos- ton to Annapolis, for use as the flag ship of the commander of the Naval Academy, has been warmly opposed in Boston, where the ship was built and where It has been anchored for many years. Much can be said in favor of keeping the historic vessels of the navy at widely separated points. instead of collecting them all at one station. They are object-lessons in patriotism which citizens in all sections should have an opportunity to study.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-02-20


 meet the needs of all Their adjustments to schools above and below must be made closer and more vital Our universities have only begun deal with the prob lem of educating vast bodies of immature students ln single institutions and their problems of professional and graduate study and pressing for early solution.
 Compulsory education laws have been adopted and now are h force in thtysx States Such are SUD- plemented with their natural necessary accompani ment-that Is, with laws restricting the employment of children In thirttwo of these thrtyslx States while in eleven other States there child labor unac companled by laws for compulsory education Vigorous organized efforts are making to improve the operation of these laws and secure their adoption In States In which they are not in force By truant schools and ruant officers and childrens courts this movement Is In various parts of the country receiving added rein forcement. In spite. ever of all these efforts our school attendance still Ills below that which we ought to have If We to be thoroughly educated people Modern education calls for schooling for those who longer in school By means of evening classes and correspondence courses and provision the Of schooling Is Increased Such increase must be regarded extremely desirable and worthy of being regarded the first things considered in our next educational advance.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-02-20

In proclamation thanking the care ful drivers of automobiles. the acting mayor of New Jersey city says, Tt is to them we are indebted for the few accidents experienced" There Is no doubt that his grammar teacher did not warn him enough against false syn tax when he went to school. How many boys and girls can write the sen tence correctly?
Alaska sentinel., 1908-02-20
AMERICAN PATRIOTISM PREVENT.
By Coy. Hughes.

The same patriotic ardor fills the breast of American youth as when they rushed from field and factory and college In obedience to their coun- try's summons. The wives and moth CTS of America are as loving, as de- voted, as ready to sacrifice and sui fer, as were those of forty-odd years ago.
 The men of the United States are as quick to respond to the call of. duty, as keen, as resourceful, as val iant, as those of our heroic past They are blessed with the memory of their fathers labors; they are enriched with lessons of their zeal they are Inspired by the example of their pa
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High Living.

An eminent man, who Is strict ab. stainer from both wine and animal food, is obliged in consequence of this pecullarlty, to refrain from dining out He entertains, however, an occasional kindred spirit. One such was recently at his table.
 "You ought to have seen them," said the eminent mans son, "rioting over boiled carrots!"
Alaska sentinel., 1908-02-20

A rumor Is in circulation in New York City that Henry James later nov els do not attain q circulation exceed ing 500 copies. Bosh-or rather non sensical and eXtravagant assertion Boston's consumption alone must be greatly In excess of that.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-02-20

Miss La Motte, visiting nurse for Baltimore association, records in Char
 tiles and the Commons the result of TWO years observation among tubercu- Ious free patients. During that time she visited, not once but repeatedly, 915 homes in which there was tuberculosis. The danger to the families of persons afflicted with tuberculosis Is we'll