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during their lunch hour at noon. Prob
ably they devote a part of their even
ings to languages"
The tour continued. In the editorial
division, where the Daily Commerce
Reports are prepared for publication.
typewriters were clicking as if it were
the busiest part of the day. Some OF
the editors were trying to catch up
on a big grist of consular and attache
reports just received from abroad.
At the other end of the building q
room was crowded to the doors while
an official was delivering an address on
Efficiency" The speaker was the first
assistant chief of the bureau, and his
audience was made up of chiefs and
assistant chiefs of divisions and some
others whose duties made the subject
of special interest.
In still another room the second as
sistant chief of the bureau was in con-
ference with several of the editors.
He was laying out the work for an
important series of monographs on
trade conditions in several countries
to which the United States aims to send
a greatly increased volume of exports.
The reports had been made by agents
of the bureau as u result of months of
work abroad, and the editors must re-
ceive detailed instructions before whip
ping them into shape.
- s.
division was discovered. Piles of let
tiers were being prepared for mailing
to all sections of the country. They
represented a days hard labor for doz-
ems of clerks and stenographers, an
swering questions of business men,
keeping in touch with trade movements
of all sorts, instructing the field agents
of the bureau and the branch offices
and furnishing the connecting links be-
tween buyers and sellers everywhere.
One big room of the bureau was de-
voted to statistics of all sorts, and
another had reference books and orig
inal documents relating to tariffs and
trade marks of all the nations.
call upon the chief of the bureau
revealed him in the seclusion of his
private office debating a speech to a
stenographer. signing pile of letters
to be mailed and preparing to examine
several circular letters that had been
prepared for his approval.
He is the last man to leave the Of
fice," whispered the Secretary to his
diplomatic friend, to which the re-
ply was:
mo wonder the United States expects
foreign trade to BOOM.
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A BUSY Government Bureau

n FOREIGN diplomat in Washington
~ who is deeply interested in Ameri-
can business methods called upon
the Secretary of Commerce last week to
inquire about the work of the bureau
of foreign and domestic commerce.
81 have heard of the bureau, it's rapid
growth, it's energetic chief, it's many
branches and varied activities" said
the diplomat Tell me something about
the organization.
Perhaps the best way to learn about
the bureau is to see it in action" said
Secretary Redfeld. Il will take you
up there, and we will look the workers
over while they are at their tasks
But it is nearly S O'clock suggest
ed the distinguished visitor. DO not
the government bureaus conclude their
days work at 4:30?"
Not that bureau" was the Secre-
tary's reply, with laugh. They for
get that the hours are passing. When
the clock points to 4:30, it may mean a
change from routine to special work.
but it is hardly signal to quit"
The Secretary and his guest stepped
to the elevator and assembled to the
eleventh floor of the Commerce build
inspection, investigation and discovery.
AS they arrived at the main corridor
the Secretary was greeted by divi-
sion chief, who was hurrying to his
room.
Trying to wind up the days work >"
asked the Secretary. with a smile.
"Only few more small matters. which
must be attended to today" said the
division chief. II hope to finish by
o'clock. if there are no more Interrupt
tons"
Passing along to the nearest open
door, the two observers saw dozen
or more clerks seated at a group Of
desks at one end of a room, bending
over text books. It was evident, from
the nature of the instructions they were
receiving, that these government en-
ployes were studying Spanish.
ut is. the bureaus Spanish class"
said the Secretary. They are SO inter-
ested in commerce with Latin countries
that they find 1t a pleasure to stay at
the close of days work and receive
instruction from a native teacher they
have engaged.
as that the only language they
studyo" asked the diplomat.
mo, there are several Others, re-
plied the Secretary. One of the most
interesting is the Russian class. when
has been started recently. Russian Is
not SO commonly taught in the schools
and the welfare organization of the
clerks felt that 1t could be taken up
here to advantage. So they engaged
their teacher. and the pupils are I'M
usually enthusiastic.
."They work overtime in their classes.
When do they study" asked the diplo-
mat.
II have seen some Of them studying
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To the first class belongs the dire
and dreadful form of Hecate. She was
the spectral originator of AL the hor-
rors with which darkness affects the
imagination. Hecate 1t was who first
cast spells and became learned In en-
chantments, and who at the approach
of night, loosed demons and phantoms
from the lower shades. In the gloom
she did her grisly work. now brewing
philters, now pot ons. with reptiles and
the blood of beasts that died dreadfui
deaths, for her Ingredients.
The rites of Hecate worship varied IN
different parts of Greece. She plays a
when the old NEUROLOGICAL religion was
submerged beneath other forms she
zet held her own and was even invoked
by strangers. Her personal appearance
was the reverse of attractive. She nad
either Of three heads. according to time
and circumstance, one being that OF a
horse. the second of a dog and the tnird
of a lion. She is almost more typical
of the latter developments OF the Witcn
than of those of her own times. nag
like and horrible, she worked only Tor
evil.
Her daughter Gree is more apt to be
considered a product of the beauty
loving Greek mythology. She was sup
posed to have all the attributes OF
beautiful sorceress, but her influence
was also employed to evil ends Circe
was attended by four witches, who
gathered herbs for her. From these
she brewed the potion for her enchant-
ed cup. draught OF this cup turned
men into swine, and the story with
which she is most familiarly connected
is that of Homer's odyssey" In this
she Is supposed to have exerted: her
wiles upon the Inflated companions Of
the heroic Ulysses.
The Roman sibyl was witch as
we'll as priestess. The vestal vir-
gins were supposed to possess magi-
cal powers. Horace Pliny and Cato
ings to the customs of wftchcraft
witches were supposed to be students
Of medicine and more particularly Of
poisons. Their remedies became SO po-
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The virtue of IMMORAL water and min
erai baths was understood and stress
was laid on cleanliness as a means OF
preserving health or recovering health
chat had been lost. The pool of ST.
loan had youth-giving and health pre-
serving properties, and it is esta 5lish-
ed that the Jordan was impregnated
with sulphur. which. perhaps. say some
writer's, accounts for some of the cures
made by bathing In it. II Is probable
that there were hot springs near the
Dead sea and that they were used to
remedy sundry ills that flesh is heir to-
The value of soap was known even in
those far-away days, the ancient soap,
says writer. being probably potas-
stun carbonate mixed with oil, inter or
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NVOTIONS and even knowledge of
I'M the medicinal properties of va
rious plants goes back into hu-
man history as far as the oldest records
reach. 1t is clear that the Hebrews of
very remote times had ideas about the
therapeutic value of the leaves of GER
tain trees and plants. They had a high
regard for olive oil, and employed it in
some Of the ailments for which the
world recognizes value in it today.
Among many other uses it was good
for wounds and burns, and il was also
mixed with wine dressing for
wounds For various kinds of injuries
balm of gilead was used That balm,
a resinous substance. was also applied
TO the locality OF pains that were not
the result of wounds. Another agent
for the alienation of pain was plaster
made of crushed figs The ancient He
brews as well as the peoples of the
country with whom they came in con-
tact also found uses for frankincense,
rnyrrh, aioes, calamus, campfire or
henna, cassia, cinnamon, galbanum.
rue, spicery. saffron and storax.
The mandrake, which is still highly
regarded for certain curative proper
yes, was used by the ancient Hebrews
as well as by other peoples of ancient
times. There is reference In the
Bible. in the closing chapter of Jonah.
TO "gourd." and this mas oeen interpret
ed by some commentators on the book
Of books as the castor eli plant, wnich
would show that the ancients were ac-
Quainted with the pro JeTtIes OF that
plant There was aI3O Il pant highly
esteemed, ard as 1t VAS spIInkIeu on
the door posts OF the lsTaeiites in
Egypt. ana was employer 10 puilly
lepsrs and Ieprous houses, 1t mas been
Interpreted stanolny Ior some KIND
On a a!seniectant. IT Vas called by the
peopIe OF a remote age "hyssoy," anu
SCHOLARS think II was either the plant
"nici4 "a known as marlOTam or al Ine
capor pant.
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ton of the Christian superstitions are
descended from early Hebrew practices
this persistence in type gems natural
enough, unique though it may be.
Although the Christian witch is a
direct descendant of the Jewish, there
are other branches of her family tree
not without great influence on her final
development as we recognize it today.
Chief among these are the great
witch families of Greece and Rome.
Though the NEUROLOGICAL witch did not
rank among the greater goddesses.
nevertheless she had a definite niche in
both Greek and Roman pantheons. and
may be found in two forms-the de-
generate goddess and the heroic demi-
god in whose veins ran the divine
ichor
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Copyright, 1915. by Frank G. Carpenter)
SANTOS. Brazil.
a S you sip your coffee this bright
IN Sunday morning let me give
~ you some moving pictures of
the Brazilian port through
The Seward gateway., 1915-10-23
BEAR AND INDIANS
 IN BLOODY MIXUP

A sanguinary contest between two Indians and bear is told of in the Whitehorse Star:
 Yukon Councillor E. A. Dixon and E. w. Gibson were returning in a blackboard to Whitehorse from Braeburn, S6 miles north. Two miles from Raeburn they were met by Hootchi Bill, who informed them that his partner, an Indian named Allen, had been killed by bear. "Him killed but not dead" was the way Bill ex- pressed it. The men accompanied Bill to his camp and found the injur- ed man to be practically as described, killed but not dead" One of his ears was nearly torn off, as was much of one side of his face. Five days had elapsed since the encounter, and the woundes were in a terrible condition.
 The story of the fight as told by Hootchi Bill is substantially as follows:
 The two Indians were five miles from camp and met the bear face to face on top of a ridge. When the bear and the men saw each other they were less than ten feet apart. Allen at once raised his 3O-3O rife, but be- fore he could fire the bear was upon him, knocking him down and hurling the rife aside. Bill jumped to one side and fired on the bear with " high-power .22. The bear, which wao chewing on Aliens face, then made for Bill and the latter continued to shoot. At the fifth shot bruin fell. Allen was able to walk to the camp where their squaws and children were.
The Seward gateway., 1915-10-23

Visiting cards, invitations, anything pretty done by the Gateway jast as well as outside.
The Seward gateway., 1915-10-23

No reader can afford to omit the Seward Gateway.
The Seward gateway., 1915-10-23
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Department of the Interior.
U. S. LAND OFFICE at Juneau, Alaska, September 10, 1915.

kllclohot ONPbNiADNA @Nt A"AO' NOTICE is hereby given that Charles Ulanky, of Knik, Alaska, whe, on May 2l, 1915, made homstead ap- plication, No. Ol774, for ShNEA N WANEA NEASEA NWASEA Sec. 34 lots 1 and 2, Section 35, Township 16 N, Range 3 w, Seward Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make final five year Proof, to establish claim to the land above described, be- fore U. s. Commissioner F.. M. Spaulding, at his office at Knik, AL aska, on the 18th day of November, 1915.
 Claimant names as witnesses:
 o. G. fleming,
 James NJ. Patchell,
 G. w. Palmer,
 A. NJ. McNeil, all of Knik, Alaska.
 C.B. WALKER,
 Register. First publication Oct. 5, 1915. Last publication Nov. II, 1915.
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ception and treatment of eighteen
mothers and infants, but none OF the
latter must be over two years old No
children with contagious diseases can
be taken here, as it is impossible to
provide suitable isolation. For the first
day or two there may be little improve
ment in the sick infant, but the change
of air, sometimes of diet and regular
bathing produce, not miracles, out
cures Just as effective as those of re-
corded miracles, and they are accom-
plished by taking means at hand.
Yet, with all the sick babies in WASH
ington, with the invitations given to
any to come and be taken care of. what
the camp wants more than anything
else is the babies or the mothers. Ihe
good people of Washington will provide
the means, the superintendent will find
a place If they come SO thick that she
has to use bathtubs as cradles, but not
all the cribs have tenants.
requested to take the initiative that the
sick mothers lack, and, for the babies
sake, let it be known that there is
place for them and their mothers. A
few days may suffice to relieve the
minor ills, but, if not, the only time
limit is the closing of the camp. which
last year had to be done In August for
lack of funds, although it is. of course.
desirable to keep it open until the hot
September days are past.
No lectures are given here in formal
way, but doctor, superintendent and
nurses show the mothers how to do
things. not only for the little ones. but
for their mothers. Every good adver-
tiser and solicitor of business has
"follow-up SYSTEM" and the wisdom of
that course has not escaped the notice
of the executives of the Washington
mans, good will for their fellows, for
this visit in camp is only the intro
duction to these mothers and an I'M
ostentatious but thorough "follow-up
system" follows. And many of those
who thought themselves friendless
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it to them. and he does not announce
a text when he teaches. but he and
the boys and girls just do things.
To show how firmly the principle OF
doing things over there is practiced
it is recalled that when the camp was
established this year five college pro-
fessors. men of the colored race, took
the lead in the hard work of cleaning
and grading the land for the camp.
The creek furnishes a natural swim
ming pool, and the city has installed
a full supply of running water.
Just as a good fisherman. in the
early months of the year, when hard
ice covers his favorite stream, gets
out the old rod and the fly hook, turns
lovingly the reel and dreams of the
thrill of the trout's strike, the young
sters who have had summer or two
in Camp Pleasant or Good Will looks
over his kit and saves up his little
treasures for the coming summer.
Their very best goes with them, and.
to prove that lessons not learned from
books have not been forgotten, every
things is clean and every little box of
a veteran camper contains tooth
brush along with the cherished base
ball glove.
It costs a little more than $4,000
to keep these camps open eight weeks.
This seems like a lot of money to
spend giving some girls and boys and
women an outing which they ought to
be able to pay for themselves, but that
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hygiene, but that is what they are
Just the same.
The staff consists of Miss Willis. who
is the manager. and six paid assistants.
three of whom look after the boys and
the same number watch over the girls.
while four volunteer workers make
themselves generally useful Besides
these, there is a trained nurse on hand
and a number of doctors take turns in
visiting the camp so that one OF that
profession is daily on hand to give ad-
vice and to look after little ailments.
A man on the place helps IN the gar,
den and drives the team Of steady old
grays that haul the stage back and
forth to the car line.
Fortunately there are more hours to
the day in this Camp of Good Will
than there are in town, for in camp
at 6:15 in the morning the bugle
sounds. 1t tells the little wide-awakes
that they may turn out of their tents
as soon as they please and be ready for
their breakfast at Z o'clock.
There is not recorded single case
of hardness at that substantial meal
where each child may have all ne
wants of milk and cereal and bread
and hash and sometimes fruit and other
things; or at the noon time dinner,
where meat, vegetables and puddings
are found in quantities which measure
up to those vigorous young appetites
Nevertheless they are ready-vocifer-
ously ready-for the substantial sup
per which they find awaiting them in
the dining room every evening.
After breakfast the tents must be
put in order by their occupants and
the camp must be policed. Most of
the thirty-four tents carry over their
entrance the little American flag which
indicates that the work in that tent
has passed inspection.
At $50 a friendly policeman ar
rives and goes with the boys through
the woods to the swimming pool. He
stands by in case Of accident, but, poor
boys the next sixty minutes will not
stretch and they have to make way.
The policeman could not drive them
out. but, although reluctant, they go
gallantly. They leave the pool to be
enjoyed by the girls. and such scream
ing, such laughter of pleasure when
they enter the clear water! The water
is clear. even if the boys have just
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their fellows will receive their reward
in the way of better citizens in the
next generation, to say nothing of the
pleasure of present service.
The Children's Country Home, sup
ported by the efforts of a society of
which Mrs. Joseph Letter is president
and Mrs. Ormsby McCammon, vice
president has a permanent home on
Grant road near Rock Creek Park. The
designer of this house took a proper
view of the situation, for it is turned
inside out and the children eat and
sleep on the outside, in the screened
porches constructed for this purpose.
Thirty-five little girls and boys not
sick enough to be confined in hospi-
tai, but too weak to live on the streets.
are taken here for wholesome food,
careful nursing and convalesence.
Besides a housekeeper, two registered
nurses and volunteer workers look
after the little ones. who soon begin to
gather strength when they behold the
Joys of playhouses, sandboxes, swings
and other good things where the trees
grow and one may walk on grass near
the running water
The Episcopal Home for Children,
formerly known as the Bell Home, pro-
vides at Colonial Beach summer resi-
dence for the children who are under
it's care. This is not exactly a camp.
Win clear pTONiSlOT, us HdHdseTs
have built permanent accommo-
dations for their charges. Here about
fifty children are taken and cared for
under proper supervision during the
entire summer The funds for it's main
tenance are provided by the diocese
and everything is handled in a busi-
nesslike way.
The bright faces and wholesome
bodies of these children at the close of
each season are a part of the return
given to those whose thoughtfulness
has made the outing possible.
Some years ago a young girl confined
by illness to her own room could see
from the window the children playing in
an alley. She then and there planned to
make their lives better and stronger. That
idea did not fade. but grew until the
Catholic organization, the Christ Child
Society, came into existence.
Under its president and founder, Miss
Mary V. Merrick, it began some years
ago, with funds raised in the mysterious
ways which the ladies delight in, to send
little bands Of children in need to board
in the country. During the past two
years the society has grown SO strong
that 1t has bought farm on the Forest
Glen road, about two miles beyond the
city line, remodeled the old house with
big porches, and parties of twenty are en-
tertained and refreshed there every two
weeks-first a crowd of girls and then
group of boys.
The open fields afford all sorts of pleas
ures. a fresh stream running through the
farm supplies the place with water. The
deepest pool, cemented to make a safe
bathing place, is constant source of
pleasure. The Christ Child Society il
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work must be done by willing hands
before the camps are in readiness for
the opening day.
But, then. the headquarters work of
supervision does not cease. Yes, this
is the office is the answer into the
telephone. Yes. you will be sending
in for the beds for Camp Pleasant.
That is good. for 1 can have fresh
vegetables sent in from Camp Good
Will to last until next Friday. 1 will
send couple of barrels of potatoes,
too, and your man can take them back
with him TO camp. This is
Mrs. Blank? / am so glad 10 hear from
you. You can spend three days helping
at Good VIII? Fine"
Such are the messages the headquar-
tiers telephone is constantly telling
messages of good cheer-aIso some
words Of vexatious little matters which
the chief executive must find ways to
adjust This campaign, less spectacu-
lar than hostile war. goes on with the
same deadly earnestness to aid In
stead of to inJure. and surely brings
better results.
Sometimes those who give money do
IT in general way. trusting that il
will be spent wisely. Sometimes they
like to know the specific use to which
IL will be put. Thus last year an in
FAINT was dying because il could not
assimiiate artificial food, and an ex-
hausted mother was unable to give ma
lures supply. The doctor and sympa-
thetic nurses could give no aid, but n
check for $36 from a man who had
asked TO help. provided a nurse. The
baby is alive and thriving today, and
the man knows that IL was his check
that saved II.
Many have sent sums to keep q girl
or boy. or q mother and baby for q