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Curious Origin of Things.

pened so the story runs, that fishwife
of that place had had occasion to boil
some I've of soda in an iron pot. When
she finished, she found that she had
semi-iud substance that made lather
in water and possessed the curious prop
erty of removing dirt.
Now. it further appears. this fact was
held to be of small Importance In Sa-
vonna. The mysterious features OF tne
discovery were what interested the people.
So the fishwife made inquiry of Other
members of the family and found that tue
iron pot had contained olive OIL She
had, it seems, not given herself the bother
of cleaning the vessel before she used II.
and the natural affinity between oil and
I've Of soda when boiled together had done
the rest. The great secret of soapmakins
was out at last and the human race was
ready for another stride forward.
Few would expect to find any connec-
ton between a modern hydro-electric
plant and a prayer. The connection ia,
indeed, remote. but not undiscoverabie.
The first application of water power to
mechanical purposes was made by Buds
dhist priests when they employed ina
energy of running streams to the worls
of turning prayer wheels. That, then.
may be said to constitute the origin on
the application of water power to perform
mans labors, the foreshadowing of the
great industrial development now in progs
ress for the Harvesting of the world
waterfalls, rivers and streams.
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Too Commercial.

cd EMEMBER that this is a COM
IN merciI age, said a colleague to
Senator Sherman. in justification of the
doubtful practices of a certain mag
nate.
"A little too commercial" Senator sher-
man replied. Take the artists expert.
ence
"A picture dealer entered a well known
artists studio in Boston the other day
and bargained for a large canvas-a
landscape of meadow.and and cattle.
When the price was agreed on and paid.
the dealer took out his knife and, to
the artists horror. with one sweep OF
the blade, cut the canvas in two.
There now said the dealer COM
placentiy. I have two pictures. one OF
beautiful meadowland and q lake. the
other of an interesting group Of cattle;
I can get for each about what I paid
you for the whole canvas. Now juso
eign this half, too, please.
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gnts in for 0aer Capitals Europe

rage. Why did the future emperor,
himself issue Of noble family, suddenly
give his sister to the son Of roor inn
keeper? 1t was because he needed one
more virtue-to move into the Tuileries.
The double event was announced at the
Washington oration-all mixed together.
In the public mind. with Washington's
unselflsh patriotism. The first consul
would occupy the residence of the old
kings. sleep in the bed OF the Bour-
bons'' as they said then, but he was
giving his sister to the son Of an inn
keeper.
So. from this clever combination, II
resulted that, on the day when the
Washington grafton was published in the
Moniteur, as 1.-The consuls' rode In state
to the Tuileries, escorted by the son OF
the innkeeper become Napoleon's
brother-in-law. the good republicans of
Paris dreamed of nothing but to admire
and applaud.
Good old Washington said Napo-
leon, as he rolled over in the kings bed
that night. STERLING HElLiG.
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ton. Washington would not have ex-
torted eloquence with an execution
squad.
crat, had been In hiding. Going out only
at night, he had been able to remain in
Paris. But an accident denounced him.
Run over by cab, he was recognized
by Touches police, yet Fouche made no
move to arrest him. Fontanes trembled.
waiting for the blow. Meanwhile Foucne
told Napoleon. laughing. Present him to
me-" said Napoleon. And he gave Fon-
tanes his choice. to pronounce the right
kind of funeral Grafton for George
Washington Or
He Grated.
II was beautiful, beautiful mixing up
of washington's pure virtues with
Napoleon's young glory. 80 that, IN the
end the virtues appeared to De all
Napoleon's.
Listening, sat a happy couple.
Murat and Caroline Bonaparte loved
each other, and Napoleon, after long re-
fusaI, had just consented to their mar
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tson. He needed to move into the
Tuileries, former palace of the French
kings. but he must find good pretext
or palliative.
His legislative body voted that their
president should make the funeral
eulogy of Washington. Napoleon con-
fiscated the idea. He needed 1t In his
business.
washington is dead he placarded
Paris. THAT great man co1nbated
tyranny; his memory will always oe dear
to the French people. and particularly
to French soldiers. who, etc.
I'm consequence, the first consul or
public institutions during ten days"
Concluding. he announced that Wash
ington's eulogy would be given under the
dome of the Invalides. then called the
Temple of Mars. on the same day when
the army would depose the flags, banners
and trophies captured in Egypt.
Washington was grandly eulogized in
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whole people to whom he had secured
liberty and independence"
You understand, 1 am just giving
samples.
He continues:
After eight consecutive years as
President, and in spite of the prayers
OF his compatriots. he refused re
election and retired to private life
forever No other gesture could have
so solidified the young republic as that
voluntary abdication by man who
was all-powerfu1. when we French re-
fleet that our own grand Napoleon.
being weighed In the balance, proved
himself not grand enough to reach
those heights of abnegation."
Silly, isn't it? We Americans who get
up the banquets feel sc. silly as the
tears roll down the checks of the
French orator that we grow red in the
face, blow our noses, sweat at the
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father of his country dignifies the Place
dIena It Is the work Of an eminent
American sculptor, Daniel Chester
French, and it won him the gold medal
of honor at the Paris exposition OF 1900.
July 8, 1900. when Paris was full OF dis
tinguished Americans and Europeans, the
French government inaugurated II, with
memorable ceremony.
II
The American embassy. being il the
Rue de Chaillot where it intersects the
Place dIena, looks upon the statue.
Idling at its windows, the throng OF
American citizens who have real or mag
mary business with the ambassador gaze
down and say: "Ah, yes. George wash
ington. Ny wife contributed They al
WAYS say their wives contributed: 1t gives
them standing.
But II you will slip downstairs and
lounge about the place, you will see other
visitors, who come expressly. having
looked the statue up beforehand in their
guide books, or heard of it from friend
away back home there or In Paris. ana
when they get to the statue OF George
Washington. they don't say anything,
but they Just look or whisper.
They speak every language except Eng
lish. American tourists. as they dash
past in automobiles, smile affectionately
on George-hurried, careless. nicely pa
tronizing-as when they meet father. &C
cidentaily on Main street. But they don I
stop. They are due to see the oriental
treasures of the Guimet Museum, and the
tapestries of the Galliera and the palace
Of Prince Roland Bonaparte, all on the
place, or Napoleon's tomb, which is across
the river.
No. It is Europeans who stand looking
at George Washington.
Because this statue is pilgrimage OF
obscure sentiment which they make on
their trip to Paris.
+ 4
BECAUSE the name of George Washing
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eyes and look perfectly ashamed OF
ourselves, of one another, and, particu-
larly. of the silly Frenchman.
And there you are.
But how blame them when, In the
mass of old letters, documents, ETC..
recently published, it appears plainly
to what uses their Napoleon put the
first George Washington grafton?
Napoleon, who respected nothing, ac-
tuaiiy used it to make his coup d'etat!
Washington died December Ii. 1889.
There being no cables. wireless or quick
liners. the news arrived In Paris more
than a month later. 1t was critical
moment Napoleon had just made him
self first consul by force and intimida-
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THE enormous height of the millinery
! Of 1914 led an actress to remark:
IT know a man whose wife said to him
the other day:
"'Oh, dear, there's that old Christmas
tree lying in the back yard over a month
now. I don't know what on earth to do
with IT.
"'Can't you put It ON your new hatrs
her husband a1kedr
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FURIOUS origins are assigned TO
many things that are now so famll-
lar as rarely to occasion even
thought Of how they came about VI
these a conspicuous example Is the bank
check, without which modern financial
operations would be impossible. Yet, 1t
is said. the business world owes the idea
Of this expedient for the transaction of
business to nothing else than London
fogs.
These fogs are sometimes of such
density that the pedestrian can see but a
few feet ahead of him. Something over
a hundred years ago. 1t is said. the at
tacks of thieves and highwaymen in the
British capital upon bank messengers and
tradesmen going through the streets to
settle their bills became so frequent in
times of heavy fog as seriously TO inter
fere with the conduct OF London's pusl-
ness.
1t was easy for the thief to ambush
his victim, club him into insensibility,
rob him and then disappear into the
of apprehension or Identification. or that
passersby would witness the commission
of the crime or be Of any assistance in
The chase.
4
men, and others set their wits to work
ing, with the result that the bank check
was devised for the payment OF debts.
Soon the highwaymen found that few
pieces of paper We're all the booty they
were likely to get from a 'hold-up' OF
even wealthy tradesman. Accordingly,
the activities of the daylight robbers soon
came to an end; but the convenience OF
the bank check proved SO great that 1t
survived not only in London, but was
adopted throughout the civilized world.
The origin of the silk hat has been re-
ferred to a bit Of advertising on the part
of London haberdasher. one Hethering-
ton. 1t seems that in January, 1877, ne
appeared upon the streets OF the British
metropolis wearing the first silk hat ever
constructed. His object, of course was TO
attract attention, and he succeeded De-
yond his fondest hopes, far more SO than
he desired, since he was the cause OF
disturbance Of the peace that marked an
epoch in the cfty's annals. An exciteo
crowd pressed upon his heels to eaten
glimpse of the strange headgear, ana, IN
their anxiety to get a good view, many
people began fighting.
The result was that Hetherington was
arrested on the charge Of melting riot
This charge, Of course. fell to the ground.
donned hts tile with any felonious intent.
He was severely reprimanded and dis
charged from custody; but his hat sur
viyed and set a fashion.
It is said that soap was discovered by
accident The word Ii derived from Sa-
yonna, the town In Italy where the Inn
portant discovery was made. II nap
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full If they foresaw the curious and touch
ing phenomenon which would result
which has resulted.
1t more than justifes a plan which has
been recently discussed in Paris-to erect
a similar statue of George Washington
in each of the European capitals. You
will see
The noble ennestrian figure of the
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Europe, a new idea, a new hope OF No.
erty, independence, republicanism and IN
selfshness In the great and equal op-
portunities for great and little. l nave
seen Serbs, Greeks, Hungarians. italian
tourists and workingnen arc numerous;
So are German tourists. clerks ana notei
walters out of jobs. You will always see
Russian students-an Russians are stu
dents in Paris. Provincial French. in
frightened little flocks, come all the week,
but Paris workingmen bring their emil
dren by the hand of Sundays-yes, they
always hold them by the hand, the arg
nifty of fatherhood, you know.
It is the queerest thing the mixture OF
the races and the classes. They stand IN
a kind of whispering hush-Wa1t, l VIII
tell youi-like American tourists at Ma
poleon'S tomb.
There's the place to find Americans
Napoleon's tomb. Beneath the dome OF
the Invalides they stand dreaming, where
long streaks of pale blue and yellow ngnt
fall on vast sarcophagus, surrounded by
heroic angels. in sunken floor protected
by a marble balustrade Here sleeps ma
poleon in the self-same Temple OF Mars,
where. by his orders, Citizen Fontanes
eulogy February 10, 1900, before the as
sembed fashion and glory of the budding
empire. And not for nothing, as you VIII
see. But our American tourists are not
aware of 1t.
The same reverence, the same hush,
for two giants of the world. Americans
who have seen Mount Vernon and indie
pendence Hall in Philadelphia naturally
want to see Napoleons tomb in Paris.
Europeans, who have souvenirs in
plenty Of Napoleon's conquests. feel
drawn, rather, to this nobler, higher and
more luminous and consoling personality.
Washington's very gesture, In the Place
d,Iena, bids the humble to take heart, be-
cause their chance is coming. Wait I'll
tell you!-it is the same reverence that
holds draggled, seasick European emil
grants when they stream past the statue
of Liberty in New York harbor.
Ten times, on the first-cabin deck. I've
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ceremony of the utmost magnificence
and before all fashionable Paris, which
already included many rallied aristo-
Gratis: indeed, the pretext of Washing
ton was found good by many such.
Napoleon had his orator all primed-the
golden voice and graceful sentiment OF
the aristocrat Fontanes-who had his
choice to crate or be shot.
Strange figure, that first Washington
orator in Paris! OF the thousands who
have followed, none can have been more
sincerely reverent Of Washington. in
spiteAef, or because of, his painful situa-
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o we modern Amer
| C a n 8 appreciate
George Washing
ton?
l suppose So But
there are others.
Listen.
When the women
of the United States
raised a fund to
place a statue of
w a s h | n gton in
Paris. It is doubt
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Touching Phenome-
non Observed at Wash
ington's Statue in Paris
washington Street
of Paris Partisan
Reverence for the Birth
day Banquets - The
First Oration-How 1t
Permitted Murat's
Marriage and Saved the
Orators Life.
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Thi. the hour Of the thrifty There is further
chance for the spendthrnt
The podgay ending Economy is the new 0orld-
.patch.Dord- conservation the goal of progress
We are through with Our minds are turning to the
rag-bag, the scrap-heap and the slag-pile
Science directing to treasurero0es OF winch our
fathers did mote Dream
The national debts of the could be paid with the
valuable products which for centuries cast aside as useless
The centuries behind with splendid acaeoe
enfs but manned uandaage The benefits they conferred
upon us practically offset by the criminal squanderng OF
fabulous riches.
We paying the fiddler today in high priced food TIMBER
f mower and clothing because employ
aswen as genius the exploitation of
the great minds Of yesterday ignorant OF real
because the pioneers agriculture and numbering and anufac-
turing lacked foresight.
We must for big enough and enough
not pe of future prosperity in the creation OF their
oun estates
Science trade henceorth work partners and
cooperate that each of share and spare more
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Special Correspondence Of The Str.
PARIS, February IL, 1914.
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Because the name of George Washing
ton brought something new into oppressed
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the utilization of formerly rejected byproducts every man IN
every work accomplish proporonate
The gold mines of Yukon and the Randi diamond
degings Brazil and South Africa promise pay ptances
compared mabLe fortunes which lie at turn IN
any city.
The biqqest soap only recently learned
that he had annually flushed the Of glcern with
tive ,Oasage of his boiling oats.
great city, after expendng half million year
its garbage six hundred dol
lars per day company which performs this office at i
expense and pays bonus for the privilege
Chemistry the manufacturer how to oils
and fertilizers from discarded bones and fats and
vegetables.
We are Just learning stop leaks We the
threshold which will endow civilization with innu
n,erabe saagng millions from the garbage can and
the ash heap.
neo EQUATION Thrift has become
profession.
How much time are you devotng its study?
The Wrangell sentinel., 1914-07-30
Moose Thick
 On Stikine

The Winifred left early yester- day for Telegraph. She has a good load of freight but no pas sengers. On the last trip down the crew report Seeing two Moose, both of them swlming in the river, the fist was Seen just above the canyon and the other at Clearwat,r r The Moose are getting down tu.r ther every year and before long they will be all over the islands in this section of the Country ard for this reason the new law was passed last Spring prohibiting the killing Of them. Although the law was made fun of by several papers in the Territory it is a good one and one that should be honored by everyone. There is hardly a trip of a river boat that one or more Moose are not seen and there is estimated by parties that should know that there is close to a hundred Moose living now in the valley of the Stikine between here and Telegraph.
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The lateness of the Sentinel this week is csused by the paper being held up So as to print the new franchise tor the local Electric Light Company which was supp posed to of returned from Juneau On the Marposa this morning but for some unknown cause it failed to come so we are putting the pa- Der out without. The new fran= chise has to be published before 1t becomes a law, and was ordered by the Council published in this issue. Editor.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1914-07-30
Pro. Democrats
 Hold Convention

Valdez, July 3o--James ]: Wick ersham was unanimously pomina- ted as their candidate at the Pro- gressive Democratic C9nventlon which met in this city today: Charles Day. T. Tansey, s. Col well and R. Oldham for the Leg islature: Robert Gray as Senator, were the nominees. The Conven- ton met in the Orpheum Theater, which was packed with an enthui- astic crowd. Wickersham ban ners were flying everywhere and a band played military music. E. c. Austin, of ketchikan, was elect ed chairman of the convention. Representative Boyle declined the renomination. The speech by District Attorney Spence aroused great enthusiasm among the aud lance,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1914-07-30

The preliminary work on the claims in the Groundhog and the Glaciers Basin's is finished and A. D. Nash, Reconnaissance Engin- ger for the Alaska Gastineau Min ing Company who has had charge of the work for the Juneau comp any left on the City of Seattle last Tuesday to make his report on the property to his company.
 F. E, Smith the original locator of the Glacier property made the last trip to the Basin with MT. Nash, and acted as his guide over the country. They first visited the Margary Group, owned by Chas, Nelson, and after examining them made thourgh examination of the hydrolic ground in the basin. The hydrolic proposition contains 400 acres of gravel to an unknown depth, and carrying rich colors. MT. Nash charted and mapped the whole country.
 The prospects that this company will open up this section Is very good, and the mineral is there in a big quantity once it is opened up. The placer ground is supposed a run about seven cents per yard and the quartz about SI4 Der ton, the Glacier ledge is about 22 fl. wide.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1914-07-30
Democrats Hold Primary Election

The Primary Election of the Democrat: Party was held at the Town Hall as per call last Satur- day evening. The meeting was called to order by Mir. Wallace and Mir. E. P. Lynch was elected chairman of the meeting and Paul +. Stanhope secretary. MT. l.. P. Lynch in a few we'll chosen words stated the purpose Of the call and that the meeting should use discrete in the election of , delegates to the Skagway conven- ton, and declared the nomination of delegates in order. The name of H. ]. Wallace was first placed in nomination and E. P. Lynch and C. NJ. Coulter followed and the nominations were closed and these three elected as the unaEi- nous choice of the primaries to represent Wrangell at the Skag- way convention, August 3rd.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1914-07-30
Here On Way To
 Dease Lake Country
J. G. Calvin and Party Here-.-Taking In First
 Steam Drill Ever In Cassiar Country

J. G. Calvin, Geo. Murphy, J. A. Dafflemyre and Peter Swanson, arrived up on the Jefferson this af- ternopn on their way into the Dease Lake district of the Carriar country. MT. Calvin, it will be remembered made a trip into the country last spring coming out the first Of June taking about a thousand dollars in gold out with him as samples, while south he in- terested MT. Murphy in the pro- feet to the extent that he IS mak- ing the trip to have a look at the ground himself. MT. Daftiemyer is the original locator of the prop erty whic he bonded to Calvin and Murphy, ,~and Mir. Swanson is an experienced drill man who will op- crate the big Star drill the party is taking in.
 The company are setting new period tor the mining in this sec ion by moving forward from hand 10 steam by taking in the first steam drill that ever went into the Cassiar country. The drill large Star drill is set on truck wheels so that it'can be moved from the head waters of the Stikine to their property about two miles Up Dease Creek. The drill is Of the very latest type and especially con
The Wrangell sentinel., 1914-07-30

structed for the work. The drill and apparatus will weigh between five and six tons.
 Both the interested men were former Nome mining men and men and men that know their business from the ground up, the kind of men that a country needs to make it go ahead. In speaking of their plans they stated, The first thing we do Is to prospect their bench properties and if they turn out as lit is expected we will install 8 SIoo, GOO hydraulic plant, working from a Hume about four miles long and with capacity of 6,ooo inches of water per second, and will work under 400 foot pressure. It is probable that the ground on the lower end of the creek, which was left by the Cassiar pioneers because of the inability to get rid of the water, will be worked by a dredge. These things, however, will not be determined till we have given the property.a thorough ex- animation"
 Mr, Murphy is a prominent Se- attle Democrat and was formerly the chairman of the King County Democratic Committee, and the man they are trying to send to the legislature.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1914-07-30
Prince of Wales
 Sails Today

The long looked for Prince oi Wales, the new mail boat for the West Coast route, was at last heard from in the shape of a tele= gram received by the Sentinel from WI. Neill last Wednesday after noon, Prince of Wales sails to- morrow afternoon" Which means that the new vessel is on her way It is expected to take her about five days to get here so that makes her due in WrangelI next Tuesday morning.