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The broad ax., 1915-08-21

In 1889, when the venetians were at
war with the Milanese they brought
half a dozen war galleys with twenty
Eve smaller craft up the Adige river
as far as Mori,. some miles above Ala
Then came a feat which reminds rs
of the Turks extraordinary achieve
ment fourteen years later at Constan-
tfnople. By means OF rollers and 2loOO
men the Venetians hauled these ships
M % the mountain saddle and lowered
them on the other side to the Lake OF
Garda. at was a task Of fourteen
days" says J. j. Stoddard. -and
cost an enormous sum OF money. but
the result justified the holiness and ex-
fravaeance OF the undertaking, Cor In
the following year the Feneuans. aid
cd By their imported galleys. vanquisn-
Al their opponents and gained posses
don OF the Iake.S-London Chronieie.
The broad ax., 1915-08-21

Perhaps the origin OF our slang tern
"pinehed." meaning arrested. IS IN De
foes poem Hymn to the Pllory." I'm
INJURED In 1908 in Newgate, Defoe con
soIed himself with the reflection that
having meant wen, he suffered unjust
~. This Is the passage:
The nrst intent Of laws
Was to correct the eject and check IN
cause.
And an the ends Of punishment
Were only future mischiefs 60 prevent
But Justice r. inverted when
Those engines Of the Law.
Instead Of pinching vicious men,
Keep honest ones IN ave"
-Exehanga.
The broad ax., 1915-08-21
=. Idasl soup KsttIs.

One OF the woeful aspects OK soup
making in the pre-enameled ware Gays
~ the cleansing Of the heavy iron
IcstfIe. for washing q kettle big enough
~ hold a shin bone Ct beef with trim
mings was no joke.
Today however. one can have ne
tim enamaled kettle In any size, nsnl
Tet sfronr. ana al It needs Is hot sUas
snd q good rinsfng 10 make It peauu-
faIIv clean and sanitary. r. IN SOL
ton. there Is a coIlander o. enAmeleo
wnre for the s1sining Of the soup mo
: nan a match the equipment = ioeei
~ cIsSplsness. quiclness and resuln-
81 Louis t-Dlspetch
The broad ax., 1915-08-21
Worlds Finest Equestrian Group.

London's statues are generally the
laughing stock Of foreign visitors.
They are called ''jOkes In stone" and
other rude names. 1t is all the more
gratifying to find one at least OF these
generally despised objects gaining the
applause Of qualified judges A party
Of Belgian sculptors and artists on a
recent visit were moved to proclaim
their conviction that the quadriga OF
Victory" on the arch at the top OF
Constitution hill was not only the finest
equestrian group in England. but In
the whole world! The sculptor, Cap
tain Adrian Jones. once told the writer
that it was twenty years after the first
sketch was made that the group was
finally put in positiOn--London Stand
ard.
The broad ax., 1915-08-21
PAINTING and Music.

Whereas. while polish, refinement
culture and breeding are In no way
arguments for artistic result. It Is also
no reproach to the most finished scholar
or greatest gentleman in the Land thai
be be absolutely without ere for paint
ing or ear for music-that In bis heart
he prefer the popular print 70 the
scratch Of Rembrandt's needle. OF ths
songs Of the haIl to BeethOven's c
minor symph0ny. = JAMES MaeNeill
Whistler.
The broad ax., 1915-08-21
M EarIis.t Lana.

The earliest known lens Is one msds
Of rock crystal unearthed BY LayGrd
AZ Nineveh- This lens. the ags Of
which is to be measured By thousands
OF years, now lies In the British mu-
scum with its surface as bright As
when Il left the makers hands By
the side Of II are very recent speci-
mems OF lenses which have been ruined
BIZ exposure to Londonis fogs and
smoke.
The broad ax., 1915-08-21

PATRON van der DOnck. IN the years
after 1912 lived such serene and 10
bust life on his Hudson river estats
that the Dutch villagers called his
manor farm DE jonkheers Iandts-ths
gsntleman,s land. later Compressed b.
the frugal English into Yonkers.
The broad ax., 1915-08-21
aaSlr shr,nk

The loser OF an election bet IN Bal
timore one time had to wheel the win
ner several miles IN a wheelbsrrow.
with the provision that every time the
man stopped to rest i've inches were
to Be cut on the legs Of his trouseHA
he stopped four tines
The broad ax., 1915-08-21

%Did you see Bibles disappear a
soon as be saw his wife coming With
out even waiting to see what she want
edF
@He wasn't taking any chances o.
that You zee, ne belo1es 70 \ isafsfy
frsP sodsty. "%BaltimOrs American
The broad ax., 1915-08-21

Frisnd-I suppose the bank exam
fner CONES around 10 hnd cot what =
On handf Banker Cgrimlyl-N0: mons
ofton b ind out what's on foott-Bos-
ton 1ournal-
The broad ax., 1915-08-21

When Pinch shell strikes fhs "a
Or Il throws up .,splashr higher than
q battieship,s mast This -splaahs
weighs about 1000 tons. enough -
drawn q smAll ship.
The broad ax., 1915-08-21

ms dlmcuIt 20 persuade mankfn1
tkal fhs IoTs Of virtue 4 TIE iogs e
fhomsslpss,-clearo
The broad ax., 1915-08-21

A new affection has been discovered
the automobile eye Keep IT peeled
The broad ax., 1915-08-21
PITH AND POINT.

Remember the longer you i've the
older you get.
The broad ax., 1915-08-21

In Mexico bullets are regarded Is q
necessity and bread as a luxury.
The broad ax., 1915-08-21

Tomorrow is the date Of things that
are never accomplished
The broad ax., 1915-08-21

About the only person who Hkes the
candid truth is the person who teIls II
The broad ax., 1915-08-21

The polite term 'casualtIesr covers
multitude Of horrors.
The broad ax., 1915-08-21

Taking q aIer continues % Be mo-s
dangerous In Wan street than else
where.
The broad ax., 1915-08-21

It is all right 10 follow Jour incEina-
dons If they ars going IN the hight a.
rection.
The broad ax., 1915-08-21

The war has nd Elelan6 q her
tampS. which NAY Be considered one
Of the Tsy least q h~ dsDzlvatiouA
The broad ax., 1915-08-21

Many q man who has steady ain
N life hOrgets to pan TIE trigser At the
light tina
The broad ax., 1915-08-21

Among the feW compensafioug q
va, scarce enough e boSt. = the ~
port that Il has endang1rsd 1fonts Car
los bank.
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-04-20
NAVAL CARNIVAL
At N0RF0Lk MAY |
-Four Thousand Men viii Par
ticipate in Fete- Navy Sec
fetary Gives Approval

Norfolk, Va, Apr. 17.-Four tnous-
and men will participate in the mann
moth carnival that is to be staged at
the Naval Training Station, Norfolk
Va, May 1st, by special permission of
the Secretary Of the Navy The prime
object of this fete is TO aid in the
work of the Navy Relief Society, of
which Admiral George Dewey is pres
ident, and the President OF the Unit
ed States one of the vice presid ents;
while the secondary object is to ad
vertise the United States Navy 20 the
world.
nearly a score of battleships which
will be open to visitors. There are
several thousand men at the Train
ing Station, the point from which G
large supply Of sailors for the United
States Navy are drawn.
Everything except the tuliet@ will
be included in a big battle which, will
| be held at the station with three thou
sand men fighting as if they were
| in it for better or worse. There
| will be the Red CrossNnurses and all,
passing over the field, administerins Z
to the wounded" and ambulances
removing the dead" Every effort
will be made to put as much thrills
and realism into the fight even TO the
l
eras, which, in this day and genera
ton, forms j specific feature Of all
we'll organized wars. Artillery will
play an important part. The laymau
tcan get a good idea Of what is taking
tplace across the water by witnessing
this exhibition.
| Norfolk will turn out en- n1asse
There will be a big parade partici:
pated in by thousands Of sailors. Uni
ted States regulars from Fortres:
Monroe, local companies of the State
Militia and among the bands will b'
the big aggregation from the Receiv
ing Ship Franklin. which is The laTg
est in the United States.
There will be something doing ever
hour of the day The festivities viii
). begin at 10 a. a and conclude q
midnight with a big military anf
na1I ball, this to BE Held on boar
1.-THE Receiving Saio7
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-04-20

front Of the Parthenon right above !
me. | must confess that my feelings |
are strangely confused. perhaps
strongest of all is the feeling Of pity
and desolation All around is a chaos
of ancient masonry, fallen pillars and
shattered eornices- Even the west
front of the Parthenon itself is more
in ruin than l had imagined. So I
hnger about and turn TO the left To
examine that other tiny gem Of the
temple,-the Erectheion, built on
the site Of the ancient temple OF Free
thens. but sacred to Athena.-not of
victory but of guardianship of the
city. here stood In ancient days the
sacred olive tree on the spot where
the goddess strove with Neptune. for
the city which was To bear her name.
Ihe poruco of the naidenS is per
maps the most beautiful thing in the
worlds s architecture. The roof of the
poruco is supported not by columns
but by six lnaidens of more than life
size. Let us rather say five maidenS
| for one of them is in the British meu-
scum and her place has been taken
| by copy in terra Gotta. SO has Eng
| land robbed the whole world for her
| own glory. No wonder she is hated
and feared everywhere
| 1T is now Sunday and the place
| swarms with Greeks. The curious
1
! the time, even more than do the sculp
lures. Here is an old Greek in the
| picturesque turban made OF "a large
| cOlored cloth, wound in folds with the
| end falling over his neck; he wears
the stiffly starched petticoat reaching
10 his knees with bagged trousers and
curious turn up shoes.
| Il go down from the AcrOpolis anG
pass by the so-called prison of Soc
ratAS-fhrpe chambers in q
fronting the AcropOls in the west
w OGDEN gateways enclose them and
do not care to enter, for it is i1npos
sible that they are in any way as
sociated with Socrates. A little fur
[ ther to the north is the Prynx, tn
ancient assembly place Of the Greek
fashioned out Of the rocks and hardl
to be changed at all by time or man
: OF all ancient monuments abou
; Athens this is the most ancient an
: venerable.
Where Saul of Tarsus Stood
$50 | roundly circle by going o
: the northwest to the Acropolis, q
6 hill of Mars,-a savage mass {
: chaotic stones up which goes a
s ancient stairway hewn out OF the liI
| ing stone and worn rugged an
| treacherous to unwary feet. Here o
? this summit is where Paul is said t
E have stood and made his appeal t
: the men of Athens. But twilight
l coming on, the long shadow of tt
$ Areopagus is falling into the vale
f above the temple OF TheSeuS. A my
I teriOus whispered breath comes fro
# the depth of the dreaded cavern az
e | turn to go with a tingling about tt
g scalp and climb swiftly back to il
k summit. oh, the glory Of sunset
k Athens. Such day has it been
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-04-20
MOTHER-IN-L LAW LIVES
WITH FIVE SONS WIVES
This Happened in 'Hea,hcn china;
Impossible in tncrica- Declares he-
turned Missionary.

Little Rock, Ark, April 1I.--'one
lilother-in law actually was f'viEg IN
peace and COntentinent with her I'VE
daug ghters- in-law." the Rev. f-c- :.
Cooke told delegates at the Women
Missionary council of the -.frthonisI
Episcopal Church. South, in conv"n~
ton here today. discussing econuIlic
and sociological conditions in shan
ghai. China This, the minister de-
clared. would bc impossible in Amer
ica and gave him greater Admiration
for the strength and .,eauty ~ the
Chinese social order.
Other speakers AT today :; s'fS.to N
included the Tcy. s. -. CordGn, o1
New York DR. Gordon took occasion
to emphasize the Nal,,e Of fI-rH&tlFe
goodness il: the world contra,ted "ltn
actions directed against specific cEll
The sEeeke. declared ina. ne great
est gooc came through ths greatest
presd Of learning ami th4t vith"ut
knowledge there can 1e nc e'f.,"tiTe
work against vice.
Conservation Of candidates tor
recognition as mi5Ei cnaries and dea-
conesses WHO have accepted viii be
made at the serrice 7Hord@y night
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1915-01-01

States has shipped merchandise val
ued at $1S2,OOO,OOO to Alaska, of
which $4,000 was purchased by
Southeastern Alaska alone.
Not only does the First Division ex-
eel in total commerce, but also in
the number and variety of industries
which contribute directly and indi-
rectly to its commerce. AS in the
case of the Territory as whole, so
its most valuable exports consist OF
the products of the fisheries, and gold
in bullion. concentrates, or ores. 9th
er articles of growing Importance
are guano, oil, gypsum, lumber, mar
BILE furs. copper ore, and no inconsid-
cradle quantity of articles manufac-
tured by natives from whale-bone,
horns, hoofs, and skins of wild ami
mails. 1t would be difficult to deter
mine which of the two principal in
dustries is of greater value from a
strictly ,""mmerclar>.!., tYsSsporta'
standpoint. That bot - -.
their il lfancy is conceded by ii. -
miliar with our natural resources. 1t
would be the widest kind of specu'
lation to venture a guess as to the
time when either will begin to be
depleted. The remarkable progress
made in quartz mining and the i'm,
proved methods employed in the
treatment and reduction of gold ores,
which have resulted in the shipment
of thousands of tons of the necessary
machinery and material during the
past five years, are too well known
through the entire country to require
further repition. Suffice it to say
there is every reason to believe that
equal, if not greater, shipments OF
similar articles will continue to be
made for many years to come, and
that the gold taken from the ore bod
les as result of these more extern
sive and modern methods of mining
will swell Alaska's already enormous
balance of trade with the United
States steadily and substantially year
by year.
The future possibilities of the fish
ing industry appears as large, if not
even larger than those of mining Al
aska today furnishes one-half of the
worlds supply of canned salmon, and
this Division packs nearly one-half of
Alaska's total. From its forty-odd
canneries have been shipped approx
mately 100000 cases, valued at sS,-
OOO, 900 each year Tor the last three
wears. 1t appears altogether probable
that when the world has learned the
value of this article as substitute
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1915-01-01
The Commerce of Alaska
By JOHN r. WILLIS I
Vice Pres. B. M. Behrends Bank

for meat, as it must if the supply of
the latter continues to decrease and
its price increases, the output of the
canned salmon will not only material
ly increase in quantity, but will ad-
vance hundred per cent. in quality
and value. The Federal government
is giving valuable aid in this regard,
the Department of Commerce having
recently issued most interesting
bulletin showing the relative food val
ues of the several varieties of salmon
compared with beef The comparison
is most favorable to the fish at pres
ent prices. The application OF scien-
tific methods in mining has been
equally successful in the fishing in
dustry, particularly in the cold stor-
age and mild cure plants, most or
which are located in Southeastern
Alaska at points convenient to regu-
lar routes of steamers. 1t is only
entirely in cans, brine, or dry salt
Now there are thousands OF tons OF
frozen halibut, trout and other fish
shipped to the Middle West and the
Atlantic Coast, and, thanks to the ef
ticiency of cold storage plants and re-
frigerator cars, the residents of Chi
cago. New York and Boston may en-
Joy fish from Alaska Practically as
wholesome and nutri:!.us as the day
it was take. from the water. The
mild-curing industry received stun
ming blow at the outbreak of the pres
ent European war, Germany being the
chief buyer OF this product. That it
will revive again and with renewed Vi
gor is as ccr.ain as that the war must
ultimately end.
The present enormous waste in
connection with our fisheries must be
distracting to conservationalists who
know the facts We are today using for
oil. bait and guano only the immense
schools of herring that block the wa
tiers of many bays and harbors of our
coast, while Norway. with almost the
identical fish, has built up one of her
chief industries and articles of eX-
portation. In the absence of an es
tablished market for better use, it
is wise to profit by this natural re-
source, but the time is not far dis
tant when it will become one of the
principals instead of by-product of
our fishing industry.
Practically all material used in the
fisheries of Southeastern Alaska, as
well as its marketable products, are
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mere TO keep me mills now Dullt ana
in courS" OF construction ana many
more operating lor the next huhureu
years.
In the old days when trade avenues
were narrow, when certain indivldu-
ais could decree that the people of
this section should purchase from
them alone trading in Juneau and vi
entity was necessarily limited TO these
confines. but present day methods
have not only eliminated such condi-
tions but have made trade eXpan-
sion possible to even a greater de-
gree than at any other point north OF
Vancouver. As matter of fact it
may he stated ON excellent authority
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Alaska's commerce, considered IN
relation to population, was three
times as great as that of Hawaii, IF
teen times that of Porto Rico, and
one hundred and sixty times that OF
the Philippine Islands, There are
three principal conditions which prob
ably account for this unusual wealth
of commerce the country's abund-
ant natural resources, the immense
quantities of material shipped from
the United States for use in the min
ing and fishing industries, and the
fact that Alaska must, at her present
stage of development, import practl-
"ally everything consumed by wav at
foodstuffs and manufactured articles,
Probably no other country comes
so near selling all of its products and
buying all required for its own use
as does Alaska. That we have great
flaming and STICK raising possibili-
trhss been demonstrated beyond a
X
but a casual study Of the goa
b. reports showing shipments
o.. lerchandise to the Ierritory
should convince the most enthusiast
is exponent of Alaskan agriculture
that we are doing but little with our
possibilities in that line at present.
For example. we imported last year
laps, 1877 dozen eggs. nearly an egg a
day for every living person within our
$50, 900 square miles We also bought
about two million pounds of butter.
over five million pounds of condensed
milk. and nine million pounds of meat
products: the last three being valued
at more than two million dollars. No
doubt we could produce these arti-
cles and many more now imported,
but the difficulty lies in the fact
that at present the places at which
they can be successfully produced are
SO remote from the principal markets
that it would be impossible. with the
present transportation facilities, to
compete with the markets of the
United States either in prices or in
time required for delivery
The foregoing statements with re-
gard to Alaska as a whole are par
ticularly true of the First Judicial Di-
vision, generally known as Southeast
ern Alaska-that hundred mile strip
of mainland. islands and inland wa
terways extending from Yakutat, near
the 140th parallel of west longitude,
to Dixon Entrance, which forms the
panhandle of Alaska
The commerce of Alaska has fluc-
tuated considerably during the last
ten years, varying with the rise and
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fall of the great placer camps OF the
Interior and Seward Peninsula, but
that of Southeastern Alaska mas
steadily increased While Alaska's
tradle has doubled in ten years, that
Of Southeastern Alaska has more than
trebled in that time. During 1905 this
Division received q per cent. OF all
merchandise shipped from the Unit
ed States to the Territory, and in
1914 its business had increased to
81 per cent. of the total, or more than
the other three Divisions combined;
though it's population, according to
the 1910 census, was less than one
fourth that of the entire Territory.
During the last decade the United
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lowest priced and most convenient
point of supply; and the population
of these communities together with
that of the surrounding country from
which these towns derive their sup
port is constantly and rapidly increas-
ing. This means that Juneau which
already because of conditions in its
favor has developed into the metropo-
lis of Alaska and is sure to develop
with the country into the greatest
trading point in the Territory.
A more thorough realization of the
business activity of this city may be
gained by a consideration of the fol-
lowing facts: The Alaska Steamship
Company, Pacific Coast Steamship
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Juneau AS a Trading Center e 25 2777z7z
Bv CHARLES


Company, Pacific-Alaska Navigation
Company, Humboldt Steamship Com
pany, Border Line Transportation
Company and the Canadian Pacific
Railway Company, all operate one or
more steamships carrying freight and
passengers which dock at this place
the year round Most of these com
panies have large fleets engaged in
the Alaska traffic, with Juneau the
leading port of call.
The great mining companies in OPP
Grafton in the immediate vicinity of
Juneau have pay rolls that run into
the hundreds of thousands monthly.
The captains of industry through
out the States recognizing Juneau's
great possibilities are establishing
distributing depots here continuous
ly, employing large corps of statesmen
who travel throughout Alaska from
juneau as headquarters. These hous-
es ship millions of dollars worth of
merchandise through Juneau annual
ly.
Juneau is the headquarters for a
large mosquito fleet which operates
on regular routes to nearby mining,
fishing and trading towns. serve as
tenders for canneries and other fish
ing and mining sections. These
bring thousands Of dollars worth OF
trade to this city and aid in keeping
the city filled with people from all
sections of Southeastern Alaska.
There are thousands Of dollars
worth of fur handled through Juneau
annually. Many trappcrs from the
far interior prefer to dispose o. their
fur in this city than in any other
section in Alaska. AS result the
great fashion centers OF Europe look
to us here for large percentage OF
their raw fur
Juneau's prospects at present are
brighter than ever, for already we are
feeling the effects of the government
railroad project out at the westward.
1t is nothing uncommon for the mer-
chants of westward towns to place
orders here for large quantities of
supplies and this is only an atom of
what our future trade will be in that
territory.
The natural resources of a city must
necessarily be the foundation for its
development as trading center, and
certainly Juneau is fortunate in this
respect being situated in the heart of
the richest quartz mining district OF
the Northland, there being enough ore