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The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-19
TEA AND COFFEE STAINS RE
 MOVED

If tablecloth has become stained by tea or coffee, it should be remov- ed as soon as possible, and the stain ed portion placed to soak in luke wrung out and the cloth laid flat on deal table or other unpublished surface, the stains being then gone over with a piece of sponge dipped in glycerine.
 If finally washed in a cold soapy father the damped part may be dried and the cloth used once more before sending it to the laundry the want of gloss in the washed DOT tion being hardly noticeable.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-19

opened to receive the cream enough nourishment to supply any wasted portions beneath, which in turn communicates this food to tn. mus cles and all part of the hands Manipu. lation brings the blood to the sur face Of the hand to take up this lubricant and distribute il to every station where it is needed and 10 burn up waste tissues
 The hollow pieces are given spe- cial attention. one of the best move ments for filling out being rotary motion with the tips of the fingers and deep pressure or kneading to become dry. or irritation and the cream is taken up apply more, time.
 II is better to use a half dozen rotations or pressures in one place. then proceed to the original place This order does not subject any one part of the hand to severe treat ment.
 TO FILL NECK FOLLOWS.
 The same cream massaged into the neck will help fill the hollows Deep breathing will do much to help the work along An exercise of value for this is 10 sit erect and move the head in a rotary mo- tion, carrying as far to the sides and back as possible. Hold posi- ton for second. move first to right, then reverse until exercise has been repeated twelve times. Bathe the throat and neck freely with cold water at night after wash ing and also in the morning. This will help keen the flesh firm
The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-19
THE GREENHORN'S POSITION.

Greenhorn Is an inelesant term, and no person cares to be regarded as one.
 This little narrative is true, so true that it is worth telling. \ very young girl, northern miss landed in an Ohio city, She want ed work. knew no trade and had to have something. She answered an advertisement for a nurse maid. She was told that wealthy persons desire only competent and trained help. Nevertheless. she made the application but she was asked for her references.
 T have none,' she replied. I am a perfect greenhorn. l don't know the first principle of the work, love children, am a graduate and can sew and do embroidery. must be taught, but you will never have to tell me more than once what l am to do"
 You see the honesty of her as sertion. She got the position. IL paid $5 week. She has been with the family seven years. From the little, unqualified country girl who was a real greenhorD, she has grad ually progressed into place ol trust and confidence where her eN- cellent work commands an excellent salary She has won the reputation of being one of the most competent nurses in the whole city, and she learned her art by admitting her ignorance and asking for chance,
The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-19
WHO IS FIT TO oovERN7

No man Is fit to govern child except he first learn to govern him. self, for as the body Is dead with. out the soul. go Is precept without example. Whatever you want your child to be you must be yourself
 Never try to deceive child. for it will find you out some time. And when 1t does it will lose confidence in and respect for you. and your influence will begin. Do you know what that will mean? It will mean that you will no longer have con trol of your child only when in your sight. and then only from fear
The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-19
The Uses Of Sour Milk

and lard and then sour milk. llou. soda. spices. fruit and nuts Drop from a teaspoon and bake in a mod erately hot oven. Let mixture stand for few minutes and it will stifien. Have the mixture as soft as possi. ble. as the tenderness of the cook les depends upon that.
 eGGLESS CAKE
 One cup sugar. one-haif cup batter.
 Cream together. Add one cup sour milk one cup dry cocoa. one tea spoon soda, few grains of salt and one teaspoon vanilla, MlX enough sifted flour 10 make stiff batter.
 To make a good spiced cake use brown sugar instead Of white. leave out tie cocoa. add to the flour one half cup or more of seeded raiSins or entrants and flavor with a tea spoon each of ground cinnamon and allspice Beat very thoroughly
The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-19

The decrease in the death-rate dur ing the last century has been re markable. but. as every well-inform- ed physician will tell you, it has been brought about chiefly by lessen ing the number of deaths among in fants and persons under thirty-fiye years of age. After the latter age the danger of death is greater than ever. in spite of all that medicine and surgery can do
 The famous British physician, Sir James Sawyer, believes that by no means is it difficult matter for any human being to live to be 100 years old. He has recently declared that anybody can attain this age un- less killed by accident. if he or she will relgiously observe the follow ing eighteen commandments of health:
 l. Eight hours sleep every night.
 ? Sleep on your right side.
 3. Keep your bedroom window open.
 4. Have mat at your bedroom door
 ,. Keep your bed away from the wall
 6, No cold bath in the morning, but a bath at the temperature of the body.
 ' Exercise before breakfast
 8. Eat little meat, and be sure that it is well cooked.
 g. Drink no milk tThis applies tO adults only.)
 10 Eat plenty of fat to feed the cells which destroy disease germs.
 IL Avoid intoXicants. which des- troy the cells that combat disease. 12 Allow no pet animals in your living rooms, for they carry disease germs.
 13 Live in the country if you can.
 A. Watch the three D's--drint- ing-water, damp and drains. Is. Have a change of occupation. 16 Take frequent and short holi- days
 IT. Limit your ambition.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-19
NOT ICE.


 In the Probate Court for the Circle Precinct. Territory Of Alaska Fourth Division.
 Notice is hereby given that NJ. II. Creep, administrator. of the estate of John F. Kaskitt. deceased. has filed in the said Probate Court his final account Of his administration of said estate; and that the tenth day of May, 1915. at the office of the commissioner in Circle, in said Precinct. has been appointed by said court for the settlement of said ac- count, at which time and place any person interested in said estate may appear and file his objections in writing to the said account.
 Circle, Alaska, March 10th, 1915.
 NJ. II. CREEP,
 Administrator. First Publication March 29, 1915. Last Publication April l9, 1915.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-19
WASHING COLORED STOCKINGS.

Delicate colored stockings require care when washing. Do not use soda. nor rub them. Prepare two good fathers with soap jelly, to which add l small lump of alum, borax, or a tablespoonful of vinegar Well steep and press the stockings in succession through these waters, rubbing the foot portion only.
 Then turn them inside out and rinse in clear warm water till clean. Squeeze out immediately as dry as possible Pull them into shape and hang up by the tops in an airy room or passage; not in strong light. Fold neatly and mansle. do not iron.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-19
CHILDREN GIVE
 SOLDIERS FOOD

LONDON, March l2-Americsns the past week or so declare tha, there has come a great change over the city. The men are older and more infirm and the countenances of the people are more set than two months ago.
 Two conclusinos are drawn iron, this fact; one is that more men have been drafted into the army than has been officially admitted; the other that the British people have real. ized that the war Is going to be of longer duration than they had an ticipated
 The unemployed jewellers who have ben drafted into the army so they might reinforce the makers of guns and other munitions of war. have proved so satisfactory that other drafts are being arranged. They have quickly adapted themselves ,o an entirely new occupation and the success of the experiment is a great credit 10 the Labor Exchange Sys tenn.
 There are about 50,O0O school teachers in France and nearly all of them are serving with the colors Even those who remain with their classes are contributing in an origi nal way to the support of the army They require their pupils to bring to school at least once each week two potatoes. two carrots. two tur- nips or other vegetables to be devot- ed to provisioning the military hos pitals No child Is allowed to bring more than two. ill order that no jealousies may be created.
 The object is not so much to as sure supply of food. as to teach the children generosity and let them feel that they are filling their role in the war. It has also had level ing effect between the different classes.
 Speaking of school children. it may also be remarked that special train ing is being given 10 the youngsters of Germany. Thousands of Berlin Pathfinders. the boy scouts of the kaisers empire. are being taught drills and training in fighting sham battles. The Pathfinders have their own headquarters in the woods. The building has been erected by the boys themselves. and all around it are welI-constructed trenches Of striking similarity to those at the real front"
 Italy's attitude contiues to be the subject of speculation. More and more, however. arguments are pro- duced to show why Italy should not allow herself to be involved. Th Italian people, for one thing, are beginning to zee that war Is no glorious and profitable adventure, but sordid, ugly, criminal, ruinous business for all concerned. They see Germany and Austria not only fight. ing long-drawn-out battle along a front Of 1000 miles. but also strug. gling to avert famine in food and munitions at home and to dispel the clouds of internal disorders.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-19
WHEN THE THREAD BREAKS

If the thread breaks when sewing upon heavy linen, rub the back of the cloth with white soap and you will have no more difficulty; also keep in mind while working with colored silks not to dampen the ends of the threads in your mouth before trying to thread the needle. The silks are colored with poison ous matter, and quite often persons have suffered intensely from poison contracted in this manner. Damp en the finger-tips and twist the thread
The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-19
SIMPLE PILLOW SHAM HOLDER

Pillow sham holders 10 be used ln iron bedsteads can be made at home. Tie q silk cord, such as is used for embroidering, across the bed from post to post. Sew to the under side of the hem of your shams a white hook, one at each end, being careful not to sew through to the right side. Then hang the hooks on the cord The hooks can be sewed on loosely and can be taken off when laundered. The shams can be easily taken off at night and laid over chair back.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-19
A LAUNDRY HINT.

To retain the heat in sadirons use a square soapstone for an iron stand. The irons remain heated twice the length of time and wood bills are much reduced. Two irons only are needed for large family ironing
The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-19

appointments. and failures. and think Of them day by day until they become hobbies
 It is no wonder that they have narrow and hopeless outlook on life. and that the very atmosphere In which they live is charged with pesslini3m and despondency.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-19
TO CLEAN SATIN

Peel and slice two large raw DO. tatoes and put in pint of water with pinch of salt, and let stand all night. Next morning sponge the satin on the right side with this mixture and wipe lightly with a cloth. Then iron on wrong side. and it will be as glossy as new.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-19

WHEN YOU GIVE CASTOR OIL.
 Pour the oil Into pan over mod crate fire. break an egg into it, and stir It up. When thoroughly mixed. flavor with s little salt, sugar or currant jelly.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-19
USE AN ERASER.

For removing dirty marks from light-colored cloth use piece of india-rubber pencil eraser and the spots disappear immediately
The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-19
DO YOU,

Some people seem to take delight in nursing their xrtefs, sorrows, dis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-19

forces under Brown and the pro-slavery
men. mostly from Missouri, and who
by Kansas historians, as well as many
other historians, are termed border
ruffians
Brown and his sons, with the idea of
lending their efforts against the ex-
tension of slavery, had gone from Ohio
and had settled in Lykins county, in the
southern part of Kansas, not far from
the Missouri border and about eight
miles from the village of Ossawattomie
These sons were his four elder boys
by his marriage with his first wife,
Diantha Lusk. One of them, Frederick,
was killed near Ossa wattomie a little
while before the beginning of the bat
tie" by scouting party of the pro-
slavery force. Three of the sons who
were with Brown in the Harpers Ferry
operations. and two of whom were
killed ("atson and Oliverl, while
Owen escaped. were sons by his second
wife. Mary A. Day. Outside of his mill
tant anti-slavery operations in Kansas
Brown had earned a reputation as an
uncompromising abolitionist by his
pTopa ganda wherever he had lived,
ford county, Pa; in western Massachu-
setts and in Essex county, n. Y. Thus
it is reasonable that if he and his sons
had appeared in Maryland under their
only objects of grave suspicion, but of
open antipathy and hostility.
Joseph Barry, an old friend of the
Rambler, the historian of Harpers
Ferry and the chronicler of number
of the legends Of western Maryland
and western Virginia, who was living
at Harpers Ferry at the time of the
raid and had personal acquaintance
with all the chief and petty actors in
that wild trgedy, writing of the ap-
pearance of the John Brown or the
Isaac Smith party at Sandy Hook, says:
They represented themselves as be-
ing prospecting for minerals and they
took frequent and long rambles with
this ostensible purpose over the vari-
Gus peaks of the Blue Ridge noun
tains. Since the first settlement of Har-
pers Ferry il has been believed that in
the earth beneath the wild crags of the
Maryland and Loudoun Heights mines
of different metals and of fabulous
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been added. is in satisfactory use and
there is discussion of the food values
in the various woods. 1t is found that
wood contains varying percentages of
sugar. starch, oil and albumen, but
that it also contains a large quantity
of matter which is indigestible, or
from which the human digestive or
gans can extract no nutriment unless
the wood is very finely broken up
or ground to a very fine powder. It
is found that the woods most easily
handled by the human system are ma
pie, elm. poplar and linden. Unless
carefully treated there is, naturally
too much tannin in oak and willow
and too much rosin in pine and spruce
for the human digestion to deal with.
The hard woods contain the greater
amount of starch and the soft woods
contain the greater percentage of oil.
Coincident with the publication in
the United States that German pow
der-making plants were successfully
using wood fiber instead of cotton
fiber in the manufacture Of high or
nitro explosives. was also published a
cable message from Berlin that Ger
man business men have transmitted
to the United States an offer to buy
100000 bales of cotton. The price
on delivery of the cotton in a German
harbor."
In the news Of the use Of wood pulp
as a substitute .ts, for cotton it has been
position, almost identical chemically
with cotton fiber. But the great diff
Guilty in the way of using it as a sub
stitute for cotton is the presence of
many impurities which are not found
in the latter commodity. The most
important, of these impurities are
resin and oxy-cellulose."
These impurities. the reports say.
have been removed by secret processes
developed by the German chemists. and
that it is thought in German military
circles that if the supply of cotton to
Germany and Austria could be cut off
the work Of the manufacture of ammu-
milton would not be seriously ham,
pered, and it is hoped in Germany that
the nation may render itself inde-
pendent of cotton supplies from outside
countries.
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the same there as here, and as you
see patient. earnest mules straining at
the towline and note the barges with
bits af bright color on their bulls and
an occasional flag flying at the bluff
bows. perhaps you fall for a moment
into wondering how long that barge
will take to reach Georgetown, or how
long ago it was that it drew away from
the familiar scenes above and below the
Aqueduct.
On the left of the canal is a narrow
strip of wild green. and below that Is
the Potomac river, foaming and roar
ing over its rocky bed, that part of the
river being known as Shenandoah Falls,
though the fall is only fifteen feet in
one mile. But the shallow river, pass
ing over the rough rock bed, makes
quite furious sound as you pass along
the otherwise quiet road between the
mountain and the canal.
\
About half mile along the road 2
dim trail, apparently a private way,
strikes off to the right and slants up
the mountain, but the main road points
your way. When you come to lock.
which the Rambler was told Is lock
No. "a, the road turns to the right and
climbs a steep grade between two of
the foothills of Elk Ridge. A deep and
rocky ravine through which a stream
flows is on the left of the road and
slopes of the hills on both sides are
closely timbered. When you come to the
end of the climb. the land clears, corn
fields and orchards appear, and a few
houses are strung along the way. The
hamlet is called Pleasantville.
From Pleasantville your road leads
nearly north, and parallels SO closely
Elk Ridge that you are always climb
ing up and down the foothills of that
rilge. Part of the way is through big
woodland, but for the greater part of
the distance you travel across lands
set out in fruit trees and planted to
corn. At number of houses along the
way the Rambler inquired the name of
the neighborhood. and in every case
the answer was Samples Manor. Even
at cross-road. where there is small
cluster of houses, a store, and the
church which John Brown and his peo-
pie attended, the Rambler was told tnat
the name of the place was Samples
Manor" and the old church is Samples
Manor Church. Samples Manor is prob
ably one of the old and historic estates
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eaten o. the Brown arm, While old Brown vas
IT, and his Bible Mss n daily reauisition
Mr.. Barry says Of the life on the
Brown farm:
while at this place Smith and his party.
three of whom were his sons. made themselves
very agreeable to their neighhors and they
HOOK. fSe father e's was regarded as man q
stern morality. devoted to church exercises. and
tinued until the night q Sunday, October e.
1t was to visit the historic Booth
Kennedy-Isaac Smith-John Brown farm
pers Ferry last Sunday. If you would
follow him you will start from that
point in Harpers Ferry where the riv-
ers meet. Three bridges have their
westerly or, their West Virginia ends
which you will take Is the old rail-
road bridge, which soon after the cut
ting of tunnel through the nose OF
Maryland Heights and the building OF
the new bridge was converted into
toll bridge for foot passengers and
vehicle traffic It is curious bridge
for the purpose for which 1t is used:
The stone piers are high. broad and
massive Trusses, beams and rods
make an iron network on both sides
of and above the roadway. Where the
ties and rails were a plank flooring
has been laid, and this. like the floor
ing of the toll bridge which crosses
the Shenandoah, is well worn. The
wagon-way over this bridge, which for
years sustained the weight of coal
trains and their locomotives, and over
which millions of west-bound and east
bound passengers have passed. Is SO
narrow that buggies, wagons or autos
can pass each other only by very close
driving.
As you come to the eastern end, or
the Maryland end of the bridge, 1t and
the new railroad bridge converge, or
nearly so, but the old bridge Is the
lower, and as you leave the bridge
head you turn left and pass under the
railroad tracks within a few feet of
where those tracks enter the tunnel,
over the smoke-blacked portal of
which is the grimy date Of it's con-
struction-1896.
The road then leads northwest and
affords an unusual bit of walking. The
way is narrow and not particularly
smooth. On the right rises that mag
nif1cent mOuntain-as mountains go in
the Appalachian region-which is
called Maryland Heights and which is
set down on the maps as Elk Ridge.
Hundreds of thousands of Washington
people have looked at this mountain,
whose greatest elevation is 1850 feet,
from points of view in and back of
Harpers Ferry. But such a distant
view smoothes out many OF the rock
wrinkles. deep shadowy folds and rug
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the property Of DR.. Booth Kennedy, who
lived at Sharpsburg, about four miles to
the northeast. The property was then
in the name of the heirs Of DR.. Kennedy,
who had been dead three or four months
when Brown rented the place. There
were two sons of DIR. Kennedy Of whom
the Rambler has heard. The elder was
Tom and the other was John. Both of
them went west after the civil war and
settled in California, and at long inter-
walls Tom has returned to make visit
to his old home. The venerable settlers
in the ne;ghborhood of the John Brown
farm have not heard Of the Kennedy
boys for a number Of years.
When John Brown rented the place
from the Kennedy heirs he paid the
rental in advance and up to the follow
ing March. five months after the attack
on the arsenal, which was Sunday night
October 16, 1859, and three months after
Brown was dead, the old man having
been hanged at Charles Town. about
seven miles from the scene of the raid,
December 2. 1859. Six of his followers
words - Cook, Coppic, Copeland and
Green on December is. and Stevens and
Hazlett March 16, 1860.
X X
When Brown rented the Kennedy farm
name the Rambler jotted down as Sam
49,
live stock, principally hogs, and Brown
undertook to care for this stock until it
could be sold, which agreement Brown
and his family kept-as they did all
other promises. No suspicion ttsched
to the new tenants of the farm, though
they did not seem much interested in
farming, but then 1T was late in the
season to think of planting crops and
too early to think of getting things ready
for the plant ng of the next year Of
the strange newcomers Elijah Ayey. a
witness of the execution of Brown and
those OF his followers who were cap
tured. and who presented his memories
In book form about ten years ago, has
After they had lived there a few weeks at
tracing no observa ton. others Joined them from
time to time, including two of Browns young
without exciting any particular remark They
paid cash for everything. sociabe and
friendly with their neighbors and seemed to pass
their time mainly hunting in the mountains
though 1t was afterward remembered that they
never brought home any game. On one occasion
a DeighbOr remarked TO the elder Mr.. Smith
las old Brown called that he had observe ID
twigs and branches bent down In peculiar
manner, which Smith explained by stating that
a strange country TO mark their paths thus. so
to be able TO find their way back. He lad
doubt he said, that Indians passed over
these mountains unknown to the inhabitants.
Meantime the greater number of the men kept
out of sight during the day, as not to at
tract attention, while their arms. ammunition,
ETC., were being gradually brought from Cham