Alaska sentinel., 1908-09-10
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY


I SohNoh haS ACnNI lndA OlO lOEtlSu residents.
 Trained falcons to carry dispatches n time of war have been tested in the Russian army. Their speed is four times as great as that of carrier pig asns.
 If the real estate of Manhattan Island were divided equally between its inhabitants each individual would own s2020 worth, according to the as. sessed value.
 Prof. Carl yon Noorden, addressing number of prominent scientists at Vienna on the subject of Food and Nourishment," declared that the reason so many men begin to get fat immedi- ately after they have married Is be- cause their wives give them their favor ite dishes on every possible occasion.- London Standard.
 Vegetable milk" Is used in Japan. It Is made from the sofa bean. The liquid is exactly like cows milk in ap- pearance, and in taste can hardly be distinguished from 1t. To make 1t the beans are first soaked and then boiled of potassium are added, and 1t is boiled down till 1t has the consistency of con. | densed milk.
 Alfalfa was first brought to Kansas oy the late Harrison Parkmal, of Em- porla. Mir. Parkman first saw alfalfa growing in Chile. He brought the seed to America, and In the late seventies be went to Emporia to live. He sowed alfalfa in a farm which he bought and the plant prospered It was slow In gaining popularity in Kansas, but Is now one of the States most important forage crops.
 In New Zealand everybody is bound by law to take a weekly half-holiday, and there must be no shirking the obi gation. The Grand Hotel, Auckland, was recently crowded with guests, and several walters, Instead of obeylng the law and taking their prescribed weekly half-holiday, remained at work on the promise of extra pay. But the authori ties came to hear of 1t and the proprie- tor of the hotel had to appear in court, where he was convicted and punished
 The death of Gen. Stephen D. Lee leaves only two surviving lieutenant generals of the Confederate army. They are Gen. 4. P. Stewart, ranking lieu telant-general of the Confectionery, of Biloxi, Miss, and Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, of Kentucky. General Stew art celebrated his eighty-sixth birthday anniversary on October last. Gen eral Buckner was a candidate for Vice President on the National Democratic ticket with Palmer In 1898. He was eighty-fve on April last.
 The German Emperor has a we'll equipped pottery which brings him in s50,0Oo year. The King of Wurtem- berg owns two large hotels which yield him a yearly income of some s40,OOO The King of Saxony owns the famous porcelain factory at Meissen, and the Regent of Lippe Detmoid runs a large model farm from which he sells butter and milk and eggs. The King of Servia Is said to own a barber shop and an apothecary shop, in addition to which heholds an agency for mtotor cars
 I once had a cat that did a rather remarkable rating feat He stalked two young rats on the caves of a low fiat stable roof. and caught one in the usual way. The other jumped on to an elderberry tree just below. Bob, how ever. not satisfied with the one, grasped It firmly in his mouth, and then jumped headlong for the other Either he was very lucky or extraordinary agile, for he fell to the ground with one rat still h his mouth and the other in bis paws, and promptly killed them both.-The Scotsman.
 4 strange story comes from one O. morality Is still in Its infancy. At recent banquet given at the house of the prime minister a distinguished dip lomat complained to his host that the Minister of Justice, next to whom he was sitting, had taken his watch. The pEIiHe lIllISlSE edAd All, uc SuOulun have done that. I will get 1t back for you" Sure enough, toward the end of the evening the watch was returned to it's owner. And what did he sayT asked the guest. "Sh-h He does not know I have got it back" said the prime minister.-Philadel Record
 Instances of desertion from the army in Mexico are very rare and for the best of reasons" said Senor Jose de M!naldez, of Nueya Leon. The reason lies in the almost sure capture of the fugitive and the certainty that he will get not one but numerous foggings on his bare back. These lashings are done In the presence of the comrades of the deserter, and when the men see how great is the suffering of the miserable