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Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-23

New York is on the eve of another
graft scandal. The grand jury has
found that many persons now or lately
connected with financial institutions
and public service corporations have
been guilty of serious crimes. Graft in
Manhattan is a hardy annual.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-23

The announcement that militia spies
armory site" looks like another Jap
anese yarn, until the patient reader
learns that as soon as the ownership
of Agricultural park is settled by the
supreme court. National guard officers
will ask for an armory site on the
ground. That's different.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-23

A. ]. Haynes says the new patriotism
is to be thing of schools, hospitals,
churches, mission halls, clean streets,
well built houses, plenty of employment
and plenty to eat. That looks like an
other way os saying "A square deal for
everybody"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-23

Pope Plus X is endeavoring to act
as peacemaker between the United
States and Japan. He is noted for the
range of his human sympathy and does
not wish to see even a brown heather
make a fool of himself.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-23
THE GOOD MAN

He never wronged his fellow-man'
He neither drank nor stole nor lied
Concocted meier an evil plan,
Yet died
dissatisfied.
He never gambled never swore,
Nor wooed anothers maid or wife
From every evil he forbore
Sans strife,
His holy life.
But, envy not. nor be surprised
At this mans piety and WORTH
Deaf, dumb and blind and paralyzed
From birth
He was. Hence his life's dearth.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-23

Thaw wrote silly letters. Therefore
he is mad. If the inference is that all
writer's of silly letters are insane then
there are more lunatics at large than
there are in the madhouses.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-23

Examinations of candidates for adj
mission to the bar were held partly in
writing in order, it is stated, to pre-
vent the young men from being fright
ened by the oral test. Pray pardon us,
but there is hing-er-er-rather
bizarre in the suggestion that lawyer,
even in the fledgling stage, may be
frightened by the sound of his own
voice.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-23

amusement is enough to rouse bitter
argument as to whether we are or are
not a Christian people
Until here is agreement upon what
constitutes Christian nation all such
arguments are windy waste of words.
The North Americans contribution
to the controversy is a suggestion
rather that a decision. Asked directly,
our direct answer would be that Amer
lea always has been, is now and will
continue a Christian people. But our
suggestion by preference would be for
all who are interested to study the real
meaning of term unchanging in its
essentials but remolded in its nom
essentials, as the thoughts of men
are widen'd with the process, of the
suns"
If Christianity meant today the big
oted, intolerant, prosecuting sectarian-
ism that marreG some of the passages
of the past we should say God forbid
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-23

Poor Loveiace of Ocean Park has
merely acted the part assigned to
"Lovelace" in the old comedies. Yet
we ask. What's in a manner
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-23

Leslie NJ. Shaw, formerly secretary
of the treasury, prefers active politics
to the presidency" of the Carnegie
Trust company. 1t is not believed that
the members of the Carnegie Trust
company altogether appreciate his
point of view. A politician or a states
man who knows too much is much
better il 'innocuous desuetude' than
in active life. The trouble with Mr..
Shaw was that he declined to make
his desuetude innocuous. Nay, he in
sisted on earning his salary by agrees
sive participation in the affairs of the
Carnegie Trust company. Although
nominally the president" he became
rapidly persona non grata. IT'S a weird
world.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-23
A Gallery. Play

be preserved, and every scheme to de-
stroy them must be met with courage
and intelligence, and repealed by the
mighty force of public opinion. The
misguided citizen never forgives the
misguided party"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-23

He country, generally speak
ing, wants tariff revision.
But it does not want con-
gress to revise in haste and
leave the country to re-
nent at leisure 1t dnes
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-23

lyz.zz=zzl HE report that German repre-
l1AA sentatives at Rie de Janeiro
II are showing pique over the
ia W declaration in favor of the
Monroe doctrine by the presi-
dent o. Brazil at the recep-
ton of Adirmal Evans and his officers
is probably to be taken with a large
grain of allowance. That Germany
regards the Monroe doctrine with little
favor has never been a secret, and the
time was when she would have taken
no pains to conceal her displeasure at
its Endorsement. But that time is
rast; and especially when the greatest
republic of South America is declaring
its unity with the United States on
that doctrine the German sagacity is
not likely to attempt the task of brow
beating both of them at once.
Yet whatever color the rumors from
Rio de Janeiro and Paris may have
serves to recall public attention to one
fact The only shadow of danger that
there has beer to demand the expan-
sion of our naval strength came from
the continental desire for territorial ac-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-23

VET a wrangle over whether
Jack Tar in his few hours OF
Sabbath leisure should be al
lowed to bat a ball and run
bases at League Island as an
induCement to fOrego baser
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-23

IPORTS sent from Rio Janeiro
ON the progress of the big
fleet let the folks at home
know that at least Bob Evans
and his boys have had some
of that frolicking for which
ba dacIared them ready. AL
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-01-03

In South Africa a cousin Of Gen.
eral De Wet has been performing
wonders in locating water. The
Boer had been steadily building up
a small fortune as a water finder be-
fore the war broke out and at the
outbreak Of hostilities had on hand
an order respecting ten farms in
General Botha's district. He fought
in the war and was taken prisoner
and deported. During his term OF
captivity he earned $1,000 in find
ing water for the British govern
ment. The medium employed Is his
own secret. lie first tried all sorts
Of tvigs, but found none successful,
80 he set to work and built himself
a little continuance OF his own II
ia with this that he locates spring.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-01-03
TENDRILS.
Moving Parts Which Are the brains
Of Plant Life"

There are two classes Of plants
which are melted by mans presence
70 describe certain definite move
monts. One class, the sensitive
plants, retract their leaflets as We
approach them, as II they resented
any attempt at closer intimacy,
while the other class, comprising all
those vines which develop climbing
organs called tendrils, will reach
out toward US if we place our hands
in contact with them and Will even
use a finger as a support TO ehmo
upon. We know that these tendrlls
will wind Just as readily about
twig or a grass stem but as one
feels these sensitive strands multi
Div their encircling coils about ones
fingers there almost seems 10 be es-
tablshed between us and the vege-
table world a more intimate rela-
tionship than has ever existed be-
fore.
Tendrils are indeed capable OF
exhibiting faculties and going
through evolutions more wonderful
perhaps than many of US realize.
| II Is only after we have seen them
al work. testing with their sensitive
tips the objects they come in con
tact with, apparently considering
their suitability as a support and
then accepting or rejecting them
as the case NAV bet is only then
that we realize how justly they have
been called the brains of plant
life"
! The thoroughness with which
these wandering tips explore theii
surroundings is illustrated by an In
stance l observed in a grapevine
tendril. A cherry branch whose
leaves had been variously punctureC
and scalloped by insects hung nea'
the tendril, and a particular lea
had Just one small hole in its blade
not over three-sixteenths Of an incl
| in diameter. So careful had beer
the exploration of the leafs surface
that this one small hole had beer
discovered BY the tendril, which ha'
thrust itself nearly three inche
through the opening. = Harper
Msgazine.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-01-03

Indians have a way Of making
bread from acorns. They pound the
acorns in i hollow rock until they
are reduced almost 10 a powder, and
then they sift thar through an old
basket. They put the meal upon a
piece Of cloth. fanpen it and when
the water has run of put the vet
meal into 4 water tight receptacle,
pour more water over il and put II
in i pot over the fire TO cook When
II becomes about as thick as mush
they dip il out with a cup and, pour
inr it into cool water, the dough
hardens into cakes Of bread This
ought 10 be great fun 10 try on q
picnic in the fall.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-01-03
A Tart Old Lady.

In Indiana a good many years
sgo a certain old lady, summoned
as a witness, came into court wear
ing a large poke bonnet, such as
was then much affected by rural
folks. Her answers to the ques-
tons put TO her being rather IN
distinct, the court requested her to
speak louder, though without much
success.
'The court cannot hear a word
YOU say, nv good woman" said the
Judge. please to take off that
huge bonnet of yours"
@Sir," she said composedly and
distinctly enough this time, "the
court has a perfect right 70 bid
gentleman take off his hat, but u
has no right to make lady remove
her bonnet"
MADAM" replied the Judge, "yo'
seem so well acquainted with tn
law that think you had bette
come up and take seat with US OF
the bench.
II thank your honor andy" sh,
responded, dropping a low eourtes,
to the court, "but there are oil
women enough there already. =
Law Notes.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-01-03
Uncomfortable Korean Houses.

The "kang." the Korean house
furnace, renders the atmosphere OF
the inns where travellers take their
rest almost insufferable. 1t is pic
tured as a primitive though eff
fectiye means of heating the houses
throughout the kingdom. A small
fire Of brushwood is lighted in the
small furnace at one side of the
house, thence numerous flues under
the mud floor conduct the smoke
and hot air to an upright chimney
or hole in the wall at the opposite
end or side, and a little fire sufhces
to thoroughly heat large house. A
traveller saws he is not surprised to
find coughs and colds common, for
an indoor temperature of 20 de-
grees or so degrees and an outdoor
one Of zero form trying extremes
Moreover, the constant warmth
seems to keep alive the numerous
flies, feas, bugs and cockroache:
with which most Of the houses
swarm.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-01-03
rhs Gave % Jelly raiiors 10 Lively and
Airth Provoking.

The PLAYERS seat themselves IN a
tircle 70 represent tailors az work
On a piece 81 cloth. 4 handkerchief
or duster viii answer the purpose.
4 leader or foreman Is chosen,
and everv one o. the company Is
named in turn Red Cap, Blue Cap,
Black Cap, Yellow Cap, Brown Cap,
etc. The leader then takes the
piece Of cloth and pretends 70 ex-
anime the work which Is suppossd
10 have been done BY the workman .
lie l. supposed 10 discover a bad
stitch and asks, "Who did II, Blue
Cap"
The latter Immediately answers,
Not /, sir"
who then, sir ?"
yellow Cap, sir"
Yellow Cap must then answer at
once in the same maner and name
another workman. ANY one who
fails TO answer 70 his name pays a
forfeit.
IL carried on in brisk manner,
this game will cause endless amuse-
nenr.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-01-03

The few scientific observers OF
ocean waves DO not agree on the
height Of the largest waves, but VI.
Berth. the latest to study the sub
ject. saws that fifty feet is the great
est height reached BY waves even in
nidocean. The largest waves NJ
Berth measured were 1880 feet
from crest 10 crest, fifty feet in
height. and their duration was TWEEN.
.v-three seconds. The horizontal
pressure Of one Of these huge At
lIantic waves has been recorded at
three tons 20 the square foot.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-01-03
Game Of Oh Sailor.

The children "count out" to see
which one will be old sailor. All
stand in line except the old sailor,
Who comes limping up and says 10
the first child:
Here comes an Old sailor from Bafnn's
bay.
What have you got 70 give him today
he nav then ask any questions he
chooses from the PLAYERS IN turn
and II in answering him a player
uses the words ives" or nc"
black" or white" he must become
Old sailor, and the questiOner takes
his place in the line.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-01-03
Madison Township Trustee
Notice.

Notice Z z-ve1 that herea-rerIet nsr
$50, Nstscn township viii 5e Al q
o-se- each Saturday 81 bis residence
- ME sourhwest o. IrelzDd, Ind.
for tbs pur Gee Of attending &c
s,.ushfu or=ness, and al persons hav
- t1.snss. With the township Ars ex
80 20 eonsae Il &C rhose days.
he township library 10 KEEP a. ssm :
Ee&n. IN Ireland where a. may
% an the book
he Indiana School books VIII o
find NJ Hszry sun ner= store A. q
rs, SAMUEL A CLEzES,
- ( r1- Trustee MAfiscr To
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-01-03
RAILROAD EXCURSIONS

Colonists rates 10 al points, a. -
tsan one fare Tor the ruund trp- a.
Hone=eekers rates 10 the North. >oCtc
and West a. about one fare torthe ruCnn
trip. Tickets sod the fri and third
rue.csy o. each month
There 10 noE a rate 20 Bran n points
otoue fare for the road trlp gong ere
mig train o. ezrh Saturday good re-
urniaz until 5rs; train Mo1dzy- Tex
Be also sold CT sunday st one
for the rourc tr1p.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-01-03

Children's white dress sleeves csn
be kept perfectly clean at the table
if a small pair Of extra sleeves OF
white are made with an elastic in
serted at the top and at the wrist
They can be made of any light
weight material and are easily laun-
dered. The oversleeves will also be
found useful when the children are
at play, as the cuffs Of a dress sou
quickly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-01-03

II i generally agreed that the
greatest recorded eruption was that
Of Mount Krakatao, near Java, in
1883. Among other things the
eruption created dust finer than any
rock can be found BY man, and this
dust foated around in the air in
visible quantities for three years.
The eruption was heard 5000 miles
aEav and broke windows 100 miles
from the crater. 1t threw tidal
ware 100 feet high distance OF
five miles inland and caused air
waves that circled the earth.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-01-03

The uale-si. net trustee OF Je1erson
rownshIo. Dubois cOulty hereby zIves
-0-sr= that he sill zf-snd 20 al husln-s-
psr-zinlnx % he Office Of Trustee al his
n-. soc II Birri=eye Indiana on
II. Tue=cEys OF each seek aud requests
al usrs n having township Business lc
r-sszat i OF C-1iee dzvs-
JOHN ". ESLON. Trustee.
In Q5-lvr
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-01-03

Investigation by the navy depart
ment shows that the United States
stands third as a naval power and
japan fith and that if all the ships
now building in the two navies were
completed the relative positions
would remain the same. The war
ship tonnage Of the world on Feb. .
stood: Great Britain, 1873, 551
France. 625,49s; United States,
SOS, gro; Germany, 475,067; Japan,
341. 461: Russia, 26l,945; Italy,
204,253; Austria, 114,l27.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-01-03

To remove rust from kettle put
into it as much hay as it will hold,
fill il with water and boil it many
hours. II the kettle is not entirely
ft for use, repeat the process. II
will be certainly effectual. Rub the
rusty spots on the stove with sand
paper, then with sweet oil.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-01-03
Lament Of q Baby Fish.

Tn Just a hshie in brook
All. sad the day,
And I'm fearful q book
A hook that may
Be Inside a worm 30 neat
That I can't see,
Ard. wishing for that worm to eat.
That hook may be
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-01-03
HARRISON trustees Notice

Notice 10 he-eCy given hst the under
go Trustee OF Harrison township
.nd 20 TOWNSHIP fsEness on eseL
N-nl.v a. the wear. at nv orhee, Anc
d---nns having township Business e
f-an.zct are re9uirsd 20 present II 70 nm
,, Mo7dzys-
TIE township 1orzry VII De t-p'
nv b1-s near Dubois
J1aS L HAEDKE- Trustee
Jan ). 80
Alaska sentinel., 1908-02-13

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY GEORGE c. L. SNYDER
Alaska sentinel., 1908-02-13

inevitable misunderstanding (not to say deliberate oppressions) of a distant government.
 No one but an Alaskan can un- derstand completely the peculiar needs and wants of the last Amer ican Vest in the matter of crimi- nal law, realty titles, corporation control, labor regulation, pubic school expansion, liquor restriction, fish and game protection, native guardianship, coast lighthouses, postal service, individual mining laws, cable, telegraph and telephone extension, railroad taxes, etc.
 "A local appellate coust is an obvious lack. Fees for officials instead of salaries are relics of an age when expensive litigation was viewed with equanimity by the oli- garchic captains of industry as an obstacle to effective extension of democratic rights or demands.
 "The Pacific coast is natural unit. All the Pacific coast states should be eager and willing to as. sist in this necessary move for the complete development of Alaska
Alaska sentinel., 1908-02-13
THE GOVERNMENT OF ALASKA

THE GOVERNMENT OF ALASKA
 Following are extracts from an article by W. F; Beers, IT,, which Appeared under the above heading in the Alaska. Yukon Magazine for January
 "The last Ametican Vest has Tor long been the Cinderella in our federal family. Indeed, Alaska has Survived two great human curses, supposed poverty and real riches, In the past, only to face now a beautiful chance of living death as a mummifed Arctic district" .he newest illegal, unconstitutional and undemocratic invention of the
 outside to take the eternal toll of %eakness and patience in new To- tality. While Alaska had to strug- gle against mass of ignorance and Islander about volcanoes, icebergs, Eskimos, frozen thermometers, and mosquitoes, the railroad gateway b the Far East stood little chance of attracting population which any American not a missionary would care to retain in his home neighborhood. And now while Al aska spells easy money in the , Wall Street dialect, it is working wonders simply to keep above the inevitable, bese ting, engulfing whirlpool of graft which always 5urges about a golden center.
 From barren tundra to fabu- lous placers is no more amazing an American evolution than the com ing development from quartz mines and canneries to cities and an Asi- atic railroad. But much more of the same spirit of do or die will be needed to repeat the victories over slandered poverty and envied riches in terms of homes, progress and liberty. And the first step to this end of stable Americanism is terri torial self-government.
 Considering in detail the terri torial government outlook for AL aska, it must be stated frankly at the outset that the present curious and un-American tangle of techni- calities which result in Alaska being ruled from far-off and pre- occupied Washington by lobby, log-rolling and gome haphazard justice combined, is hopelessly in conformity to the letter of our con- stitutional law even up to the point pf willfully delaying territorial government after proper proof has been given congress of fair num- Der of white residents, !and fair facilities for orderly sell govern ment. -
 "Under the federal constitution congress is explicitly given the power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations re- ppecting the territory and other property belonging to the United States, and the cases holding the United States to be collection of state units as well as those which zee the overwhelming logic of~actu- elites aud custom, and hold this collection to be in fact a consolida Giony all firmly assert temporary congressional dictatorship of each fnew west W b her congress shamefully neglects the distant Americans or dabbles in the regu. fation of purely local crimes, local family ideals, local realty interests, ct cetera ad fnitum and equally sed .nauseam, the redress of the local
 ufferers is solely an appeal to the
Alaska sentinel., 1908-02-13

But self-help is the vital part of Americanism. Surely when the the South Alaskan population den- sity is equal to the average of pre- ceding United States territories at the date of organization, when the present riches and prospective home development is equal to if not greater than any of the preceding territories in their infancy, when the Philippines have already been given a bicameral legislature based upon the simple electoral require ments of reading and writing in Spanish, surely indeed, it is ludi- crous as we'll as Q bitterly serious proposition for congress to tell Alaskans they alone are not yet worthy of self government.
 "In fact, it is the writer's firm opinion that South Alaskans are degrading their American dignity and manhood in patiently submit ting to the continued deprivation of we'll merited statehood"
Alaska sentinel., 1908-02-13
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
ADVERTISING RATES

Professional Cards, per month s1 % Display, per inch 1" co Locals, 10 cents per line, first insertion ; cents per line, each subsequent in- serticn.
 Cards of thanks, obituaries, etc., sent in for publication will be charged for at the rate ot 10 cents per line.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-02-13
JOB WORK

This office is equipped for all classes of commercial job printing, and reason able prices will be furnished upon application
Alaska sentinel., 1908-02-13

Entered November 20, 1909, at the U. $. Postolfice in Wrangell, Alaska, as mail matter of the second class, accord ing to the act of congress, March 3, 1879.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-02-13

Mining Location Notices kept in stock for sale at SENTINEL office.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-12-02

just the thing to send your friends
and relatives in the ole states, Mex
lean drawn work, curiOs, etc, at the
Rutledge Jewelry Company. 11-30-1S
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-12-02
RECEPTION
TO BRYAN
(Continued IRON Page ID

early, but the genial traffic manager
of the Gulf Coast Line was up and
waiting to receive his guests, who
were soon served with coffee.
At 500 the train bearing Mr.. and
and Mrs. William Jennings Bryan
pulled out from the station, and wav-
ing fond adieu to the friends who
had gathered to tell them goodbye,
they departed for the north, taking
with them a million good wishes from
the people of Brownsville and the
Valley of the Lower Rio Grande
They will leave the train at Sarita
and will spend a day at La Para the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John G. Ken
edy. From La Para they will go to
Galveston. where Mr.. Bryan will hunt
ducks for a week with Col w. L.
Moody. 1t is possible they will stop
at Kingsville on their way to Calves
ton, and spend a day at Santa Ger
trudis, but this will not be fully de-
termined until the arrive at La Para.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-12-02
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