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The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10

them, most fathers haven't any righ: to expect their sons to do great things.
 A lot of labor saving devices have gone into effect since the Good Old Days. There is so much oil in backing nowadays that a boot black doesn't have to spit into the box dozen times when he is shin ing your shoes.
 Some husbands are like some dogs. The worse they are treated She more faithful they are.
 A woman's idea of a Brute is a husband who gets mad because she opens his mail and reads it.
 A married man has so much argu- ing to do at home that you would imagine he would avoid arguments when he is down town. But he doesn't. He knows he has a chance to get the best of one of the ar guments he has down town.
 What doth it profit a man to get full of Nose Paint and go Joy Riding when the indications are that if the ride doesn't end in Jail it will end in the Morgue?
 No husband is perfect And no husband has as many bad habits as his wife imagines.
 It is none of our business. But d female who is built like a piano mover shouldn't select a youth who is built like a school boy as a part ncr when she does the Tango in pub lie
 You know how to knock people who bore you, don't you? Well, add up your talk and see that you do not give other people a chance to knock you for boring them.
 There may not be anything dainty about the farmers wife who has to massage a COW twice a day. But, bless her heart, she doesn't spend all of her time massaging a lap dog
 We like to put on airs. We would hate to have to go to the Pest House, but we do not mind being sent to the Isolation Hospital,
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10
ISAAC sowERBY
FOR REPRESENTATIVE:

The Democratic Divisional committee could not have placed better man in nomination for Repre- sentative than Isaac Sowerby. He is of the highest integrity sound Judgment and splendid capac ity He has been resident of Juneau for about ten years and of Southeastern Alaska since 1S9S In addi tion o his residence in Juneau. where he has been successful in business he resided Skagway and Haines where he was agent for the Alaska Steamship Company in the old days when Charles E. Peabody and Frank E. Burns were the controlling factors in that concern.
 In his earlier years Mr. sowerby was railroad man. serving as telegraph operator and later city agent in several Of the larger interior of Cali sorna. from which State he came to Alaska He married in that State and his two daughters were born there. He went Co California from the South having previously lived in both North Carolina and Louisiana.
 lIr. Sowerby has always displayed more than usu al public spirit. For many years he was Secretary O, the old Juneau Commercial Club, and he has made a careful study of Alaskan condi,ions Few are better informed on Alaska or her needs, and sounder in arriving at conclusions As citizen business man. as the head of family. NIT. sowerby represents all that is best in Alaska. He ought be elected, and The Empire believes that he will be elected.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10
MORE PROOF OF EUROPEAN POVERTY

The strained economic condition in which all Eur ope finds itself is reflected in the order by the French Government effective February 15 restricting meals in restaurants and public eating places. France followed in the footsteps Of Germany Great Britain and Italy, all Of which long ago iuterdicted extravaganza Of any kind in the use and consumption Of food products.
 Drastic as are the requirements Of the order it
 reported that the restriction has been taken good part by dealers and the public. all alike exhibiting patriotic attitude toward national necessity No resentment has been shown by propretors of cafes and eating places against that portion of the order reQur ing them to submit bills of fare for luncheca and dinner at 10 a. n. and D. n. respectively, to the police authorities and the public has mildly acquiesced to the ukase that meal shall consist of four small courses An idea of the scope of the restriction is gained when it is that instead of 60 or 70 items on a bill of fare the number is limited to maximum of nine.
 Food shortage in Europe already dire and menac, ing to proongatiou of the war, will increase. Concus
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10
HEALTH CERTIFICATE FOR
 EACH BATH; TAKES FIVE
 AND SELLS FOUR OF FEM

FL PASO, Tex. Feb. 1O.-A cur ious development of the rioting in Juaroz over enforced bathing in or der to get health certificates was re- ported across the line. One Mexi- can took five baths, received cer- tifcate for each bath and sold the extra certificates to other Mexicans.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10

ion of peace will not quickly terminate the condi tiou. The peasantry of Europe has been swallowed up in the maw of war and large, fertile sections have been so ravaged by the contendg hostile forces that it will take years to restore them to productivity What the women and war prisoners are liable to pro- duce from the soil is totally inadequate to the needs of any of the nations involved in the struggle, as shown by the rigid orders in each for the conserva tion of food supplies.
 There will be peace in Europe before many months It will probably not be peace based upon armed victory, but a peace compelled by attrtOn of men. money. munitions ald above all else, food.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10

The Republican Governor of Indiana and the Demo cratic Governor of Utah signed bone dry prohibition bills this week These are two States where the drys did not upon such early victory Neither Of them voted upon the proposition. but in both the
 Legislatures were so sure of their ground that neither of them would postpone action long enough to give the people the opportunity to vote on Constitutional amendment.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10
ENGLISH FACE FOOD CARDS

LONDON, Feb. 1O.-William c. An derson, labor member of Parliament speaking today at Leicester said he was giving away no secret in stating that the population of the United Kingdom would at a very early date be put under a ration system.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10
SEEK TO MOVE IDAHO "U."

BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 1O'-A bill was introduced in the lower house of the Idaho legislature today proyid- ing for the removal of the Uni yersity of Idaho from Moscow to Boise.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10
Luke McLuke Says

A girls complexion and her char acter are usually what she makes them.
 Maybe you imagine that you are oyerworked But how would you like to be good old joke?
 Every married woman imagines that Lodges were invented so that married men could have an excuse to so down town at night.
 Considering the examples they set
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10
BITS OF BY PLAY By Luke MCLuke
 -:- Copyright by Cincinnati En-
 QuireT.
Fair Warning

We are going to send Lloyd Make peace, the Boston, Mass, attorney, to Europe to settle the war, and in case he fails we will call on Sam B. Ware, the Temple, Texas, attor- ney.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10
We Second the Motion 1

"Women of known respectability," " wrote A. NJ. Fairfield, of Susanville, a schoolteacher, to Assemblyman A. J. Masters, should be allowed to ap- pear in public naked or as nearly so as they pleased without being molested by officers of the Iaw."- Sacramento, Calf, Bee)
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10
Prodncinr the Eskimos.

Some folks do not believe that there is any such firm of drug gists in Meridian, Miss, so we here with reproduce their advertisement from the program of the Grand Opera House in that city:
 AFTER the show visit our Quality Font. Only the best of everything.
 LIDE & CHEATHAM.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10
MRS. AXTELL ON JOB.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. - Mrs. Frances AXtell, of Bellingham, Wn., has arrived to take up her duties as member of the worIlmen's com pension commission.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10
HOOraYi

Billy Bates wires us from Tacoma, Wash, that Mahcr & Kohms run a livery stable in that city. The members of the firm are Curry Maher and Kerr E. Kohms.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10

It is said the Republican National campaign fund will yield no revenue to the government through the excess profits tax provision. There was no profit there.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10

Yesterday at s a. m. it was warmer at Juneau than at Seattle or Portland, and were only two degrees behind San Francisco. The record was: Juneau 42; Seattle. SS Portland. 36; San Francisco, A.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10
AN AMAZING TRADE YEAR
Seattle Times)

The figures for American trade during 1916, as made public recently by the Department of Commerce, amply subsantiaed all the earlier predictions that the year would be a reCord-breaker
 The total foreign trade of the country during the tweyemOnth aggregated in round figures $7,SOO0OO,- 900. The exports were nearly S5,55OOOOOOO. or $1,- 976OOOOOO than those of 1915, and $2997OOOOOO larger than those of 1913 the year preceding the out break of the war.
 The imports aggregatng in excess of $2,29OOOOOOO, as compared with $l,779OOOOOO in 1915 and S1,81S, 100000 in 1912 the latter being the previous record twelvemonth
 The export balance for the year was in excess of $3,2OO,0OO0OO. In other words, the worlds pur all the of the world. partial settlement of this balance, $636OOOOOO in gold was shipped into this country from abroad of which $530,O0O,OOO re- mained in the country at the close of the year.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10
Policel

This roadbcd seems upset to me- Observed the Section Boss; For it is very plain to see
 That all the ties are cross
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Gosh 4!

REFINED young lady who can cer- tainly tear a piano to pieces, wants a position in moving picture houses.-(Want ad in Jacksonville, Fla, Times-Union)
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10
Firms Is Firms.
Then t Hannened.

Does vaccination keep people from taking things?" asked the Rummy.
 Sure. it does" replied the Bar keep.
 Well" asked the Rummy, as he headed for the door, "why don't they vaccinate kleptomaniacs?"
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10

Even yet We don't know whether when Lawson mentioned Senator o" he mean 70" or "0" But the thing is indefinite either way. Several Senator's names begin with and more of them with ciphers.-C CIndianapOlis NewsD
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10
Huh :

Some people who are on the stage won't admit it. but Ina Ham lives in Columbus, Ohio.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10
Names Is Names

Mrs. Henrietta Lamb Hyde lives at Nclsonville, Ohio.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10

Direct from California choice roses and vioIets on every boat. See the display at Winter G Ponds. f9tf
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10
FLASHLIGHTS. lnnirnlt Ernn Prnss-

The only society we care to be in is that where our friends are.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10
Oh

Some girls are American Beauties. But what We started to say was that Ina Lily lives at Bowman, N. D.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10
Our Daily SpeciaI

Borrowed Books And Borrow Um- brellas Never Return.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10

Isn't the Rules Committee going to give The Col onel a chance testify Must Tom Lawson have all the adyertisng?-(New York WorldD
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10

The only object some people seem to have in life is to get square with somebody else.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10
Is That So

Some brothers are not such a much. But the Best Brothers have a grocery store at Jeffcrsonyille, Ind.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10

We like the 1917 models very much. We shall evidently enjoy our when we get it to drive in 1927.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10

The bottom of the ladder :s never so crowded but what any one who wants to can get start there.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10

Few people are ever as grateful for a favor after it has been grant ed as they thought they were going to be before.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10
No Arpnment

"Where'd va get the black eyc?' asked Jones. What was the argu- ment about?"
 There was no argument" replied Smith. Brown walked up to me and told me he would punch me in the eye And he did"
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"AIl the News All the Time, '"
The Dermott news., 1917-07-05
Now. after a weeks confinement in

Now, after weeks confinement In his cabin. he felt strong enough to ven ture out again and to attack his prob lens. They were personal problems now, much more intimate than before, for he was building not only the bridge but weaving in its web of steel his own future happiness.
 Of course he had been able to get out on the rough porch of his galyan- iZed iron shack where he had the bridge Tn full view, and the day before he had even walked unsteadily down to the river bank, where he had been equally surprised and delighted at the progress that had been made. Abbott was a driver after his own heart. Real iy things seemed to have gone on just as well without him as If he had been on the job. He had not been lonely in his Illness, for all of the chief men con- nected with the construction had done their best to beguile the tedium of his hours by visiting him whenever they could spare the time.
 Abbott had been especially kind In his somewhat h-and-ready way. The big construction superintendent was fond of Meade, although he un- dervalued him. He regarded him more as q theoretical than q practical man and the inevitable antagonism between the theorist and the practical man. when they are not combined in one per Sonality, was latent in Abbott's heart. Nightly. he brought to Meade details of the progress of the work. That eve ming, just before leaving. he remarked in the most casual manner in the world. as if it were q matter of little or no in1- portance. that C-10-R was trifie out of line.
 Now CHOIR vas the biggest member 0t the great right-hand truss on the north side of the river. It consisted ot four parallel composite webs, each
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formed of several plates of steel riv- eted together. These webs were con- nected across their upper and lower edges by diagonal latticing made of steel angle bars. CHOIR and it's parallel companion member. C-10-L. in the left hand truss, carried the entire weight of the cantilever span to the shoe rest ing on the pier. These members were sixty feet long and five feet wide. The webs were over four feet deep and Tn size and responsibility the great struts were the most important of the whole structure.
 To say that C-10-R was out of line meant that 1t had buckled, or bent, or was springing, and had departed from that rigid rectangularity and parallel ism which was absolutely necessary to maintain the stability and immobility of the truss and the strength of the bridge. To the theorist nothing on earth could be more terribly DOT tentous than such statement. tical man, who. to do him justice, had never dealt with such vast structures and he was not singular in that be- cause the bridge was unique on ac- count of It's SiZe-the Reflection noted meant little or nothing. |
 Good Godw exclaimed Meade. afiame on the instant with anxious ap- prehenslon. The night was warm and he was dressed In his pajamas and had been lying on the bed As if he had been shocked into action he sat up, for getful of his weakness. "Defiecti0n he fairly shouted at Abbott, who re garded him with half-amused astonisb- ment, "a camber in CHOIR? Why didn't you tell me?'
 By this time Meade had got his feet into his slippers and was standing erect.
 Tt isn't enough to make any differ- ence," answered Abbott quickly, per haps little disdainfully.
 Tt makes all the difference on earth" cried Meade. ''lt means the ruin of the bridge"
 He reached for his jacket, hanging at the foot of the bed, and dragged It on him.
 Don't worry about 1t, youngster.s said Abbott rather contemptuOusly, d. though he meant to be soothing. I'm going to jack 1t into line and-here." he cried as Meade bolted out of tho door, you'd better not excite yoursslf that way. Come back to bed, maa and"
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CHAPTER ll-continued.

In spite of herself the woman looked / at hin.
 ~But now?" she whispered as he hes itated. and then she turned her head half fearful Of his answer.
 'T an almost afraid to say it. he said. lowering his voice to match her own.
 E "A ss,dier of steel" she said "and Sfraid!'
 "Weil. then. all that was the second lhow takes the third place"
 And before your father comesT'
 But she did not give him time to an 4swer. 'Come." she said, let us go out lon the bridge"
 "It's rough place for you. Those Little slippers you wear"
 He looked down. and as If In obedi- ience ts his glance she outthrust her foot from her gown. II was not the lsm allcst foot that ever upbore wom- hn. Quite the centr--T. Which is not saying 1t was too large. not at all. It was just right far her height and fig urc. and its shape and shoe left noth- inE to be desired.
 'Never mind the slippers" she said |: "they are stronger than they look. INeyN serve" Hut the distance between here and the bridge Is inches deep in dust
 Dust" she exclaimed in dismay. "r doa't sand rough walking. but dust"
 "l never thought of that" admitted the man. The fact Is l have thought sf HSttsiag hut you since saw you. but new welt have to go back or"
 ''I shal not go back" she answered fiso,y.
 He stepped down of the platform, ard before she knew what he would be at, he nfted her straight up in his arms. He did not carry her like n bu(ky. he held her erect. crushed against his breast. and before she had # ae tO utter protest. or even to say
 werd. he started through the dusty
 adwny toward the bridgehead
 If was strange position. She knew ie ought to protest, but the words 0uld not come. Whilst she was try { to think them up. they had crossed ice Nnfle desert that intervened be- s~eea the portal of the bridge and the "a of tAe platform. Then he set her ,wa R0ffy.
 '1hnBlx yeu." she said simply. that 'as very nice of you. You are won 1rfvlAy strong"
 TAe neon. by this time, had passed
 D hcoap iavei and the cross-bracing
 t network of shadows over them, ,ea track and floor beams and string s. The silence of the half-light. the ystery of 1t all oppressed them n ttie. Ii was with beating hearts that ,'iey pressed oa.
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CHAPTER lll.
FaM and Revelation.

"lt's r~ther confused in here," said the nan. Out we will soon get out ftOward the end and then the view Is magnificent. You can see up and down The rver for miles and the night boat will be along in few minutes"
 Isn't that it?" asked the woman, pointing up the river to where q clus- ter 0f lights rounded huge bend not far away. and swung out in midstream.
 "Yes.- said the man. If we listen think we caa hear her"
 They both stopped and. sure enough. ,faintly across the water came the noise sf danising paddles of the big river serans~. With that sound also mingled the song of the night wind. for . wonder comparatively gentle. making strnnge. weird harmonies as 1t sffted thrsugA the taut and rigid bars of sted. She listened enchanted with the soanA.
 The big floor beams extended from oue si<ie ts uhe other of the bridge. between the russes at intervals of flfty fesa. Al right angles to them and ax feet apart. the stringers ran length ways parallel to the trusses. Here and sAae p1eSS of timber falsework had beea thrown across the stringers for the convenience of the workmen. hut as tAese two slowly moved toward mid stream at last these pieces became fewer. and finally there was nothing to be sesn but the heavy floor beams and the Aghter stringers.
 After tAey passed the top of the pier and got beyond the small space of river baAk on which the pier was set. there wus nothing between them and tbe water, now moonlit and quivering. except these cross-girders of steel on either hand beyond the planking in the trucks-
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getful of his caution. Before he could complete his step or warn her of the danger, It now bent forward. It tilted distinctly. In spite of herself. Helen Illingworth was carried still farther forward as she sought to regain her balance. The piece of steel began to slip downward, grating on the pile of beams as 1t moved; another second and it would be off and on its way ir- revocahly.
 Meade threw himself at the girl He lunged out and caught her just as she was slipping downward with the plate now almost perpendicular. To catch her he had to step to the very edge of the planking beyond which the rails ran naked on the ties
 With tremendous effort he caught her by the waist. swung her up and in. and stood fast on the brink quivering, heaving himself desperately backward as he sought to maintain his balance and take the backward step that meant safety.
 A wild shout rose from the steamer as the huge plate dropped. like the blade of mighty guilotine straight down through the air. If 1t had struck the boat. 1t would have cut through like knife. Fortunately il cleared the gangway by inches. In second 1t had disappeared. Screams. shouts, arose from the boat which promptly sheered off into midstream.
 Helen Ilingworths back had been toward Meade as he seized her She had seen as he had everything that happened Recovering himself at last. he stepped back slowly, almost drag sing her. until they were n safe dis tanee from the edge. His face was ghastly white in the moonlight Sweat covered his forehead. He was shaking like Il wind-bown leaf
 ''fhe whole world went black when I saw you go." he said slowly.
 Do you care that much?" asked the girl, trembling herself.
 There was no necessity for maidenly retieence now.
 Carer said the man. Carer"
 I'm all right now,
 You are more fortunate than I. I stood to lose you. you stood to lose only life. Don't you see? Can't you understand?i
 Suddenly he swept her to his breast as this time she faced him. She was very near him and she did not make the slightest resistance. She had wait ed for this hour and she was glad. They had faced death toe nearly for any hesitation now. She knew he loved her, and knew that he had saved her at the imminent risk of his own life. There had been swift yet eternal moments when IL seemed that both of them, trembling on the brink, would follow the downward rush of the gusset plate. Now as he strained her to him. she lifted her face to him, glad that she was tall enough for him to kiss her with so slight bend of the head.
 There, under the great trusses of steel amid the huge. gaunt massive evidences of the power of the might of the mastery of man. two hearts spoke to each other in the silence. and told the story that was old before the first smelter had ever turned the first ore into the first bit of iron. before Tubal Cain ever smote the anvil; the story of love that began with creation, that will outlast all the iron in all the hills of the earth-that Is as eternal as it Is divine
 After that wild embrace, that first rapturous meeting of lips, he released
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CHAPTER W.
The Deneetion In the Member.

tne Oeuection In tno Wemoer.
 Three days after the departure of the nlingwolth party the young en- gineer fell illNvith follicular tonsilitis, which is about tire meanest small thing that can lay strong man low. He fretted over his enforced absence from the work and in the end had to pay for that very fretting, for he got up too soon and went out too quickly. and was promptly forced to bed again as . con- sequence Of his impatienca
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her slightly, though he still held her closely and she was quite content.
 I'm quite calm now" he began. ''that is. am as composed as any man could be who is holding you in his arms. But if 1t had not been for me, you would never have been in danger. It was my fault. l should have made sure shall never forgive myself
 But if had not been in danger might not now be here in your arms. And if were not here" she went on swiftly, too happy ir her love to be mindful of anything else, T certainly would not be doing--thix"
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How young Meade faces . great erisis and what hs dess l0 trying to avert serioue tsoub1o ls told In . thrilling ehapter la the next lnstallment.