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The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-02-03
CONCERNING KISSING

All the talk outside about kissing and why girl closes her eyes when her sweetheart kisses her has had it's effect on Alaskan scribes, alright, and it remained for a journalist at Doug las to produce the real masterpiece on osculation. He says;
 Kissing a girl whose lips are like warm velvet and whose cheeks are as soft as the doves breast would be about the niftiest thing on earth, eX- cept for the fact that no one gets to kiss that kind of girl except raw boys who haven't learned how to kiss.
 Kissing ones wife is about as near perfect enjoyment as a mere mortal need hope to get. But it's a custom not universally followed. Some men never kiss their wives. And of course some men kiss other mems wives The man who doesn't kiss his wife at least ten time day doesn't deserve her. The woman who doesn't want to be kissed at least ten times day doesn't deserve a husband. And yet if the old man keeps quid of cut plug in his jaw, the wife who stands for ten kisses a day deserves a halo and a cushioned seat alongside Job 1T the New Jerusalem.
 There are many ways to kiss. A little baby merely opens its moutf and slobbers. A coy maiden closes her eyes and lips tight and lets some one else do the kissing. An old maic ties her lips into a hard knot and peckS at the victim like wood-peck- CT. An old bachelor puckers up and smacks like the dredge of a steam shovel. Wives-real wives-kiss like the lingering clasp of hands between men friends who know how to love And mothers. An, mothers kiss like the soft beating of angels wings like the soothing notes of some celes- tial harp through the twilight-like Gods benediction whispered over ones bowed head.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-02-03
A NIGHTS REFLECTION"

President Wilson's conference with the senators as to what stand shall be taken in regard to Germany's 'unre- stricted war at sea-" shows cool judg- ment by our chief executive.
 Thorough discussion never injured the honor of any people. Only fools act first and think afterward
 The president knew whereof he spoke when in his recent message to the powers he pointed out through Secretary Lansing that the United States was nearing the parting of the ways and that she and other neutrals must soon decide unless this war was brought to a close, whether they would take one side or the other.
 The presidents final advice to the senators that there should be . nights reflection" before acting, was the last word in good judgment
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-02-03

Washington of rushing an Alaskan prohibition act through Congress, and at that time the writer protested on rhe ground that the wet and dry question was one to be settled by the people. and that for an outside leg's- a.tive body to thrust it upon Alaska was an insult. Also that until Con gress voted the District of Columbia dry it had a nerve to talk about pro hibition elsewhere.
 The better advised solonS at that time warded off action and gave the people a chance to vote on the ques- tion, and they voted dry by something like two to one.
 We have partial home rule in Alas ka. in fact the very election by which the people voted dry, was provided for by bill passed by our territorial legislature. Having displayed some ability, Congress might do well to it's trust in Alaska'S territorial body by adding to it's powers. (That terri torial fish tax law was no slouch bit of legislation in tSelf-and it's barely possible that We could have coagulat- ed enough grey matter at Juneau to get by on a dry law)
 The consistent thing for Wicker sham to have done then was to have presented a bill to Congress empow- ering the territorial legislature to en- act a prohibitory law. His course of action implies that he lacked faith in the territoral legislature, and that ac- tion by the national legislature was imperative to prevent the territorial body from thwarting the wrl of the people by passing law with jokers n it.
 The District of Columbia is still wet, souSy wet, but the SoonS with great show of devout faith in the blessings of prohibition passed an iron clad, Harveyized, steel coated, manganese riveted bill so dry that Death valley itself must have turned green with envy-to enforce on some body else.
 It's a good dry law, and the same bill passed by the territorial legisla, 1 ture would be most welcome, to those in Alaska who voted dry. But there is such thing as doing a good thing the wrong way.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-02-03

the interests;" we've heard folks say he's an l. w. w.
 We've enjoyed his whimsicalities we've cussed his stubborness; we've condoned and criticised his impetuosi- ty.
 But, even in the bitterness of a re- call campaign and graft conviction of a chief of police in 1911, Hi Gill's personal honesty remained unchal- lenged.
 Forl the first time in a political career extending over 20 years is he publicly accused of accepting money to betray his official trust.
 This charge is not only made by a confessed bootlegger but apparently in full realization of it's seriousness, by the United States government.
 If Hi Gill took the alleged bribe, he deserves no sympathy--after having been given his chance to come back and make good.
 If he didn't, there are a lot of peo- pie in Seattle who owe him a most earnest apology.
 And, in the meantime, let us be op- en minded.
 Let us await the facts.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-02-03
UNITED WE STAND

Now is the time for every American to show his loyalty to the nation for which our fOrefatherS bIed and died
 No matter where your sympathieS may lie in the world war, it is now a question of national honor and the freedom of the seas.
 It is the mandate of the president that no power shall say unrebuked- "we have fixed a certain area at sea which your people shall not travel un- der penalty of sudden death"
 He has the support of every true AmerlCan ClllLtu a!N AV'N'S"N'' N siding beneath the protection of this flag in health and prosperity must not oppose the will of our govern ment, or endeavor in any way to thwart it's efforts to uphold the rights of neutralS.
 All join in the sincere hope that war will not come. but if it must it IS in q just cause.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-02-03
HI GILL'S CASE

Comment concerning Hi Gills con' nection with the Seattle expose from the Seattle Star has been reprinted and endorsed by the Post-Intelligen- cer. It advises caution and suggests that the people await the facts. An excerpt from the editorial which hits the nail on the head follows;
 We've seen Hi Gill in the spotlight of publicity a good many times during his years in politics.
 We've heard Hi called a good many names; we've called him a good many ourselves.
 We've heard folks say he's crazy; we've heard folks say he's "a tool of
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-02-03

Leng distance Islepnone booth at The Branch.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-02-03
AMENITIES WATCH HIS WIFE
 SECURE A DIVORCE

SAN FRANCISCO. - (Special)- While twelve alleged affinities of Ed. ward R. Stock, salesman, looked on Judge Thomas F. Graham granted to Stocks wife, Mrs. Carrie Stock, $2,, 900 cash and $40 a month for two years.
 Many impassioned love letters to Stock were read into the record dur ing the trial. The missives breatheC of love, kisses and sentimental sigh ings.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-02-03
CONQUERER OF GREAT GLACIER
 DIED IN SLIDE
Jimmy the Bear," Killed Near Mccarthy Was
 Remarkable Chap

Jimmy the bear," who was killed re- gently in snow slide, near Mccarthy, was one of the best known characters in Alaska. He met his death while doing assessment work on a mineral claim on Bonanza mountain. Barclay is most widely known as the man who first crossed Malaspina glacier.
 He was given the name of Jimmy the Bear" in the Washington State logging woods in the early days. He was a camp cook. He returned to the cook house after trip in the woods, while the men were away one day, and as he entered the place there was a loud "woof, woof," and large sized cub bumped into him and rushed out.
 Jimmy" got to his feet It was somewhat dark in the interior. With another "woof, wool" a second cub knocked him down and rushed out. Scarcely before he reached his feet the mother rushed out Then follow ed the male bear. Jimmy" contin- ued to sit on the floor, and when some of the men returned he asked them to please look and see if there were any more bears in the place.
 The appellation of Jimmy the Bear" followed him to Alaska, and many knew him by that name and dc not know his real name.
 First to Cross Big Glacier
 Barclay was the first white man to cross the Malaspina glacier. He had mined in early days on the Iakutat beach and conceived the idea that the gold, instead of being washed up from the sea, as many believed and still be- lieve, came from the interior through glacial action. His companions of the beach called it crazy idea, since short excursions into the ice fields showed many dangers and difficulties.
 Barclay, however, was determined Few men in Alaska knew how to live better of the country" He had been on long trips on numerous occasions when all the grub was gone and lived on roots and game. Barclay had a really wonderful knowledge of the nutritious qualities of many growing plants and herbs.
 The Malaspina glacier extends to the base of Mount St. Elias, with oc- casional breaks, as he found on his trip. It also connects with the great Miles glacier which extends south ward from the Copper River Valley at Mile 50, and in that section of AL aska are the most extensive ice fields, reaching to the Alaska range.
 Barclay kept diary of his trip and it tells a wonderful story. Many times his life was in danger. He came across samples of quartz which were extremely rich, but so surround ed by ice fields that no one else has ever visited them. At one place he camped near a lake. While sleeping he was awakened by terrible roar ing sound, and saw a sight permitted to few men. An immense lake stretch ing before him suddenly disappear
 James Barclay, better known as ed It was one of the lakes that are continually forming in the glaciers, only to break loose when the ice gives way. A few hours before he had been in the track of this raging flood.
 Barclay had prospected nearly the whole coast of Alaska.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-02-03
His Main Prop.

There was a man in our town, sup ported by his wife; but one day she turned him down--his only prop in life. And when he saw his wife had fled, he started on the run-he had no time to lose, he said-so he copped another one.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-02-03
DOING GOOD THE WRONG WAY

Delegate WickerSham Is supposed to be an exponent of home rule, but if he is his action in regard to the "bone dry" law just passed by ooth tol ses of Congress was not consist ent.
 Over a year ago there was talk in
The broad ax., 1917-09-01
UNUSUAL RELICS FOUND.
New Light Cast on Pueblo Civilization
by Discovery.

Santa Fe, N. Man extraordinary
find Of historic pottery and relics has
been made by Earl Morris, excavatins
Pueblo ruins at Aztec, San Juan coun.
ty, with force Of twenty-five men for
the American Museum Of Natural His
tory.
The discovery includes sixty pieces
Of rare pottery, over 10000 carved red
and black stone heads, baskets, mat.
ting, knives, battleaxes and other stone
Implements. The turquoise beads, mo-
sales and shell ornaments are classed
as among the finest ever excavated In
the southwest.
Grains of corn with cobs, tassels and
husks were found intact, as were also
beans and bean pods, pumpkin seeds,
pine cones, cotton fiber, yucca leaves,
rushes, cotton yarn and cloth, sandals,
snowshoes, beaver teeth and bones Of
animals and human beings. One skele
ton in a sitting position indicated the
man had been decapitated. The find
was made In an underground CON-
munal dwelling buried for centuries
The broad ax., 1917-09-01
What's the Answer

Old elephant hunters who have hunt
ed their quarry In India, Siam and the
wilds Of the Malay peninsula are agreed
upon the following fact: Bury the car
cass of full grown tusker in any spot
In Asia-it matters not whether the To-
cation be high and dry or low and
damp-one year from the date Of burial
not a shred of hide nor silver Of bone
can be found by digging. Neither dis
Indignation nor ants can be an expla-
nation, for the phenomenon has been
noted in the highlands of Nepal, where
buried carcasses of other animals than
the elephant undergo little or no change
within a year and elephants bones dis
appear in localities where ants are I'M
known. So far the scientists have
failed to come forward with an answer
The broad ax., 1917-09-01
The Girl Who Fuses.

The fussy girl sat next us In the car
this morning. And she fused and she
fused and she fused. She settled her
self three times, hunched up her right
shoulder, took off her right glove and
patted her hair, pulled the back Of her
collar into shape, shrugged up her left
shoulder, pulled off her left glove and
patted her hair, pushed her hat little
more to one side and put on both
gloves, patted her hair and crossed her
right ankle over her left, squared both
shoulders and patted her hair, settled
herself in a new position and pulled
her coat down at the waist, patted her
hair, surveyed her nose in the tiny
glass at the bottom Of her bag and pat
ted her hair, pulled her hat wee bit
more to one side and reversed her an
kles, then began at the top of her pro-
gram and repeated it.-Worcester Post.
The broad ax., 1917-09-01
careiessness and Fires.

Little Horace, whose father thinks
he Is a second Edison, and his mother,
who would like to use electricity for
everything from curling her hair to
stocking the furnace, do more to keep
the fire engines busy than mice ever
did in all the years they chewed
matches.
Washington Deyereux, chief Of the
electrical department Of the Philadel-
phia Fire Underwriters association.
said $4,000 fires were caused last year
by overheated electrical devices. The
fault wasn't with the devices, he said,
but with the human equation-the wo-
man who turned on the Juice" in her
electric iron and then went out for a
social afternoon without turning it on.
He made the statement that no father
had right to buy his ten-year-old son
a ten cent book on How to Wire the
House In Your Spare Moments" unless
he was prepared to see the place go
ND in smoke some bright afternoon
Philadelphia Ledger.
The broad ax., 1917-09-01
DEALING In Diamonds.

There is no other form in which hu-
man wealth is so compact and so dura-
BILE as In diamonds. A paper three
inches long >and an inch and a half
wide will hold a kings ransom in a
form that million years will not
harm and that not even fire itself, ex-
cept the heat of the electric furnace
and Of the Bunsen burner, will de-
stroy. = You would think that anything
so precious would be hedged about
with a host of precautions. Just the
opposite is true. Men go into the Of
fees of wholesale diamond dealers, slip
packages of uncut stones worth thou
sands Of dollars into their pockets and
60 away with no record Of the transac-
ton except a memorandum" Half
the business of many dealers in pre-
cious stones is done by letting goods
60 out ION memorandum" The one
thing that the men in the trade guard
more carefully than their diamonds is
their credit.-Youth's Companion.
The broad ax., 1917-09-01
The MIGHTY Amazon,

The Amazon, which flows through
Brazil from west to east, is the might
lest river In the world. 1t rises In the
Andes, and its course to the Atlantic
is over 1000 miles. 1t has more than
LOO tributaries, the chief being the
Madeira, which is 1900 miles long, and
the Rio Negro, 1850 miles lcng. The
extent of the waters of this majestic
river is the largest in the world, over
10000 miles Of its surface being of a
navigable natul .. 1t drains nearly
100000 square miles Of territory.
There are something like 1000 differ
ent kinds Of birds which are exclusive
to the valleys Of this wonderful river
and thousands Of varieties Of animal
life which are unknown In any other
part of the world. The soil Of the
basin of the Amazon Is so rich that for
every bushel of maize planted it is es-
tmated that 800 can be harvested.
The broad ax., 1917-09-01
Salt Means Much to Health.

IF the human race should be de-
prived Of salt even for a period of a
few months" said a physician, 1--WE
would not only lose a natural health
full incentive for our food, but disease.
with all it's attendant miseries, would
spread with such relentless speed as to
defy the efforts OF the most skillful
doctors of the land. Ailing persons
frequently refuse sugar, but they sci
dom turn up their noses at common
salt. That is because there is in the
body a deficiency of chloride Of sodium.
and nature intuitively excites the de-
sire for it. Salt is essential to health
and life and is as much a food as
bread or flesh. If there is no wish for
salt in person doctors uniformly con-
clude that disease in some form is
lurking unsuspected in the system"
The broad ax., 1917-09-01
FiIipinos Are Lazy.

The Filipino strikes me as unbear-
ably lazy. He has had roads built
for him, schools run for him, good gov
eminent and peace secured to him and
an unusual measure Of confidence
placed in him. He has graduated from
almost no clothes into spotless white,
with patent leather "kicks," a clean
shirt and respondent tie, 50 that he
looks like the swell member Of a pair
Of black face comedians. He has had
sitting down" jobs created or discov-
cred for him and has taken with re-
markable alacrity to the ice cream soda
habit, just like any other cultured be-
ing. He has learned to speak English
very well and has been trained into
really good athlete. But, as far as
can see so far, he is not much chang
ed since the days when he dawdled
into school, followed by a servant to
carry his books and ink bottle. l doubt
very much whether he will work as
hard or as intelligently to make some
thing of himself and the islands as
Uncle Sam has worked for him.-Chris-
tan Herald.
The broad ax., 1917-09-01
Valuable Black Walnut.

Black walnut is the ideal wood fol-
gun stocks, but it is scarce and high
In price, and there are few Of the trees
left In this country. A single tree Of
this species can be sold for a good
price, and a grove Of black walnut
trees represents small fortune.
About the only black walnut trees
available now are those on farms and
private estates, and they are fast dis
appearing. The wood is hard and takes
q high polish. qualities which make it
desirable for the use to which it is put.
Manufacturers have not found a wood
to take its place satisfactorily.
Some of the black walnut used is OBJ
tanned from old furniture or wainscot-
ing, stairways and interior trim Of
dwellings or churches. Many years
ago black walnut was used extensive
ly In the manufacture of the best
grades Of furniture, and in old churches
pews and pulpits made Of it can be
found today. The demand for, the
wood is gradually causing them to dis
appear.-New York Sun.
The broad ax., 1917-09-01
BEES MAKE HOME IN HOUSE.
Store Honey UnmoIested For Three
Years In Doctors Residence.

st. Louisa swarm Of bees has lived
and made honey for three years In the
brick wall at the home Of DR.. Allen
Wilson, Wagner place. DR.. Wilson
has never interfered with the bees, and
they have never harmed him, nor has
he ever eaten any Of the honey.
The bees improvised hive is cav.
ity in the wall about halfway to the
top of the two story house on the
kitchen side The entrance Is small
hole apparently left by the bricklayer
when placing the bricks around the
anchor of an iron wall brace.
DR.. Wilson said he had investigated
and found that the cavity now extends
into the wall about foot, apparently
having been followed out by the bees
themselves. The swarm is not a very
large one, and DR.. Wilson thinks 1t has
not produced more honey than it need
ed. He does not expect to try to re-
move the bees.
The broad ax., 1917-09-01
Cadets of Switzerland.

Although no Swiss is legally liable
for military service until the year in
which he reaches the age of twenty,
nevertheless a very large number Of
boys begin at the age of twelve to
train as cadets and learn to carry and
use rifles and to drill. These boys are
supplied with their rifles by the gov
eminent. but keep them at home and
are responsible for havingsthem always
In proper condition. Should rifle be
found on inspection not to have been
properly cleaned the boys parents are
liable to a heavy fine, and should this
neglect occur a second time the boy
may be punished by being dismissed
from the cadet corps, this naturally
being a disgrace from which every boy
shrinks. These cadets all wear uni
forms, which are supplied by the par
ents or, if the latter be In poor cir
cumstances. then by the cadet corps
association. Some Of these Swiss ca
diets now have even light artillery.
The broad ax., 1917-09-01
The Misunderstood Shark.

There seems to be some misunder-
standing concerning the way in which
sharks attack victims. Some claim
that they turn over as they attack so as
to bite more readily with their reced-
ing underjaw. Others claim, accord
ing to the Popular Science Monthly,
that they attack head on, swimming
to their victim in straight line. Ac-
cording to J. E. Williamson, whose
work in photographing the shark un-
der water for motion picture plays
has been notably successful, the "head-
on" description of attack is the correct
one.
81 can prove by my pictures that a
shark does not turn over to bite"
states Mr.. Williamson. eff shark
wants to pick up anything from the
bottom of the sea he goes right down
to it as a cat pounces on bone and
picks it up. A shark does not turn
over to bite any more than any other
fish does"
The broad ax., 1917-09-01
ORIGIN of the Matinss.

Whether or not we have to look back
to the fifties for the first matinee, there
Is at least little doubt that the invention
had not attained any general popular
ity when the seventies were reached.
/ am reminded that the Bancrofts. who
were responsible for many innovations
that have since become the vogue, did
not institute afternoon performances
until 1876. after they had been in man
agement eleven years. The BancrOfts,
If not the inventors Of the matinee,
were certainly the first to pay full sal
aries to those who took part in them.
Not until 1878 did the matinee be-
come a fixed and regular feature Of
even the Bancroft management. 1t
was a byproduct of Diplomacy" the
success of which made any means Of
providing additional performances &C.
ceptable. Sir Squire Bancroft has put
it on record that at the beginning the
matinee was a much more costly affair
than it is now, as frequent and sepa-
rate advertisements and announcements
were necessary to make it known
Westminster Gazette.
The broad ax., 1917-09-01
ObIiteratinq Class Distinctions.

Modern and cultured persons, 1 be-
neve, object to their children seeing
kitchen company or being taught by a
woman like Peggotty. But surely it is
more important to be educated in a
sense of human dignity and equality
than in anything else In the world.
And a child who has once had to re-
spect kind and capable woman of the
lower classes will respect the lower
classes forever. The true way to over
come the evil in class distinctions is not
to denounce them as revolutionists de
nounce them. but to ignore them as chill
dren ignore theme. K. CheSterton.