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The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-12-05
THE CURIOUS SEA HORSE.
it Resembles . chsss Knight Tailed
 With . Coiled Worm.

The interesting little fish known as the sea horse or hippocampns, which has attracted much attention on account of its curious form and no less peculiar habits from time immemorial, is discussed by Dr. Charles R. Eastman of the Ameri- can Museum of Natural History in one of the Smithsonian reports.
 Occurring plentifully in the Medi- terrapean, he typical species was well known 10 the .ancients, and, ow- ing to the wlde distribution of the remaining thirty odd species con- posing the genas. sea horses have BON become fam. iar objects in most large aquariums e' the world. They appear to be d weird combination st horse's head a''G d body or tail Sf a caterpillar. lf has been said that if d coiled worn m ere attached to the base of (, knight the ses horse ,uld h. veil initiated.
 The mos: frequent position as- sunp'd i~ a state of rest, with the tai, wouad around the stem of a plant C: other substance, and the hodv -ca rfied nearly or quite erect, bat Horw 'thstanding the apparent rigidltv f its cuirass like body armor. aI..lost every other attitude consistent with such a form caB be assumed. The body can be thrown aut~4 I or downward at various an- ssies, tiae tail being wound around plant in a double coil. Once in awhile one eve may roll toward the observer. while the other may be passive or look backward or even in the opposite direction. The little fish can move its eyes independently of each other and in entirely differ ent ways. A comical effect is pro- duced by the manner in which these fishes peer at some objects, remind ing one of a very nearsighted per son. a
 Releasing itself from its support, it can progress slowly, still in vertical position, its tail curved in ward, it's dorsal fin rapidly undulat- ing. reminding one of screw pro- peller, and with its pectoral fins vi- brating in harmony. Incased as it is in an almost in- flexible coat of mail, progression cannot be effected by lateral tleXion of the body, as in ordinary fishes, and with the fexiop in vertical direction progress is limited.
 With such limited powers of pro gression. a nice adjustment of or gans is necessary. One method is said to use an air bladder compara- lively large and always distended by a quantity of gas so exactly in harmony with the specific gravity of the body that thls entire body is a hydrostatic apparatus of extreme sensibility. A proof of thls is that if single bubble of gas no larger than the head of very small pin be extracted the fish immediately loses its equilibrium and sinks to the bottom, on which it must crawl until the wound has been cicatrizcd and a new supply of gas secreted by the internal membrane of the blad- der.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-12-05
His IentLe Rebuke.

Fenimore Cooper gave a friend a copy of his last work, inscribing on the fyleaf the words:
 "To John Blank, with the au- fhor's affection and esteem"
 A few months later Cooper came upon this same book at a second hand dealers. He bought it in and sent it hack te his friend again with d second inscription.
 "This volume, purchased at sec ondhand shop, is represented to John Blank, with renewed affee- ton and reiterated expressions of esteem"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-12-05
RED CROSS NOTES

The Wrangell chapter received on the s. s. City of Seattle an allotment of 40 pajamas and 69 yards of material to be made into childrens' refugee dresses The sewing will be resumed Friday afternoon and all workers are asked to come as there is urgent need for the refugee garments.
 There will be sewing at the Red Cross every afternoon of next week.
 All finished knitted articles are asked to be returned as soon as possible to the City Hall.
 s xty pounds of sweater yarn was received recently.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-12-05
Whole Story Tn a Word.

The following note, says the Brit ish Farm and Home. containing only one word, was recently handed to a village schoolmaster, "Cepa- tomtegoataturing" It was brought by one of the boys .on behalf of a neighbours child, who was absent. The schoolmaster eventually arriE- ed at solution-"Kept at home to go .a-taturing!"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-12-05
Almost tmpossibja.

Jack--Whv wouldn't she marry you: She loves vou to distraction. I know it, because she told ane 50. George-Shc insisted on nay prov ing that I am not already married. because she says there is d great deal of bigamy nowadays. Wefo it is easy enough to prove that one is married, bat how the dickens am l going to prove that I am not?
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-12-05
RAILWAY SLEEPING CARS.
The First Crude Maksshift and Early .
 Day Dining Car Prices.

Day Dining Car Prices.
 Back in the earlv ffties a young man was travelling ia a sleeping car between Buffalo and Westfeld. The ear was mere box car, with tri- pie tier of wooden hunks built into the sides. Practical only for night travel. rude. unventilated. insani- tarv, inconvenient and uneomfort- able, the car impressed the young cabinetmaker and contractor as the apotheosis of barbarie discomfort, and into his active brain came the conception of a ear based on entirely different lines of construc- tion. d ear that would be eomro roYt- able and commodious, ear in which travel would be made plea sutabte, George M. Pullman was the pas seng@r: and few wears later. ill 1851. two 0h Chicago and Alton raiifoa. coaches were fitted with sleeping cay featuses of ills Swn de- sign. The work was done at t1se Alton shops at Bloomington. f1s., and in 1851 tue first PulimaS WAS ran from Bloomington to Chicago over the Chicago and .slsen e2il road.
 The next f'a *cars were devoted to costly experiments. A voyNs4o1 was fwnted. skilled mechanics em- piOyed. and the in,"ntor evolved by sheer ingeaHity the elements On which the modern Pullman is based. Following tIle two remodcle'1 Alton coaches was born in 1863 the first real Pullman. In shed On the site of the present | nion station in Chi cago a car was constructed in which for the first time the space above the windows WAS utilized for the storage of bedding end furniture by what is known 1,s the Pullman up per berth construction. This car was named the Pioneer and, true to its title, marked far outpost in the development of railroad travel.
 Due to the fact that the Pioneer type of sleeping ear represented an outlay of practically S2o.000. while the cost of sleeping cars furnished by the individual railroads rarely exceeded $4.000. it was necessary to charge a slightly increased price for a berth. In the S4,0o0 cars $1.50 was the price on certain runs; for a Pullman berth on the same run $2 was asked. Undecided if the public would care to pay for the increased safety. comfort. eieanli- ness and convenience ears of both types were operated on the same trains. The decision was instan- taneous. and the only grumbleys were those who could no, get &C., commodations on the Pullman cars.
 One of the curious exhibits in the Pullman offices is the menu of the first dining cars (thcn operated by the Pullman company instead of the railroads. as at present). show ing that the Thigh cost of living was higher in those early days than now. For instance, eggs boiled or in any form were 10 cents, raw oysters 50 cents, coffee or sea 15 cents and half a spring chicken 75 cents. Another is the first instruc- tions to Pullman ear employees, especially insisting that passenger remove their boots or shoes on TO, tiring, that smoking in the ear be confined to the rear end of cars and that the coal fires for heating the car be shaken or coaled only while the car was in motion, etc.-James Adamson in Lcs1le's.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-12-05
Eather,a Shortcomina.

~The trouble with father;;" said the gilded youth, A'is that he has no idea of the value of money"
 "You don't moan to imply that he is a spendthrift?' ?'
 ''Not at all. But he puts his money away and doesn't appear to have any appreciation of all the things he might buy with it. "-1Ex. change.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-12-05
! FISHING NOTES
(Pacifc Fisherman)

o. A. Brown, of the Alaska Sanitary Packing company, re- turned from Alaska about the middle of October and has left for Southern California He states that the company's new cannoiy at Cape Fanshaw has been completed and will operate as a one line plant.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-12-05
C. Madsen. bip game hunte,

c. Madsen. big game hunter and fur trader recently shot a brown bear which measured 12 feet and four inches from snout to tail tip and weighed approxi- mately 2OO0 pounds. It took three shots to bring him down and his hide covered one side of a barn when stretched.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-12-05
H. Van Vlack X Co. of Olympia,

H. Van Vlack & Co. of Olympia, Wash, have been operating a small cannery at Petersburg this season, the equipment being placed on three barges. The output includes salmon and shrimps. Early in the summer they also purchased the Gardiner cannery at Thomas Bay, l6 miles north of Petersburg, where they have packed some shrimps and salt salmon. It is planned to put iii a permanent canning plant at Petersburg for next season.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-12-05
The Alaska-Pacific H

The Alaska-Pacific Herring company is believed to have the largest herring pack made this year in Southeastern Alaska, amounting to 10000 barrels, over half of which has already arrived in the eastern market. This com pany has also put up about 20, GOO cases of canned herring in oval cans, both kippered and in bouil- lion.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-12-05
OPEN FOR INSPECTION

A new line of Fall and Winter samples for Overcoats. Cloaks, and Suits for women and men. Also Moleskius and Khakis.
 NEW YORK TAILOR Front Street Wrangell, Alaska
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-12-05

in the U. s. Commissioners
 Court, Wrangell precinct, F'ilst
 division, District of Alasks-in
 Probate.
 In the matter of the Estate of
 R. Jelliffe, deceased
 NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
 Notice is hereby given that l. J. G. Grant have been duly ap- pointed administrator of the above named Estate, and that letters of administration were issued to ne this day.
 All persons having claims against said estate are required to present same to me at Wr:an- ,gell Hotel with certified vouchers herewith within six months from the date of this notice. Dated at WGangell, Alaska this .20th day of November 1918. J. G. GRANT, administrator aforesaid.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-12-05

A young man giving the name of Sallow and evidently bearing the. surname of Yellow was ar- rested recently at Anchorage as a stacker and placed in the fed eral jail. He is probably Blue by this time, or at least in a Brown study.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-12-05

The Pybus Bay Fish < Packing company has been getting a good deal of fall run herring in Sey~ mour Canal, and is experimenting with canning some of them in tall salmon cans. A good deal is also being pickled Norwegian style although the fish have been run ming rather small 1T. size.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-12-05
Olaf Aune and K. Tellefsol

Olaf Aune and K. Tellefson started a new herring salting plant this year at Port Walter, under the name of Chatham Straits Fish company. They re- gently came down with pack of about 5000 barrels of cured her
 ring. They put in a wharf and permanent buildings, and are making engagements to continue ope",.. .oos next season. Their outpat is handled by J. P. Todd.
The Washington times., 1918-06-15

Dnceto Her Piping New Era
BY Mra.

Yet in the face Of all this, l
maintain that woman is not natu
rally an extravagant being. Her
extravaganza has been due partly
to a love of beauty and beautiful
things, partly to her desire to
please, more to the demands Of
Mrs. Grundy and the supposed ne
eessity of keeping up appearances,
but most Of all to her lack Of
training in business methods and
business practices.
Thrift, calculation, frugality!
Why, that is woman's long suit
She is by nature meticulous, with
an eye for detail, prOvident. 1t is
man, the hunter and fighter, who
never stops to count the cost until
his object is attained. For the
mere joy Of killing he extermin-
ated the bison from our Western
plains.
From the beginning he has heed
lessly wasted Natures resources.
He sees things in the large, he
looks out over wide vistas for his
game, he is impatient of checks
and restraints, he cares only for
results. His is really the extrava-
CANT sex.
A New Era.
She will never go back to the
old conditions; it is idle to think
it; but those who fear economic
chaos after the war are short
sighted. Each sex will settle
down into its own place with but
little confusion, and the work Of
the world will go on better than
ever.
Every successful firm has two
partners, the one a man OF vision,
initiative and daring, the other
methodical, cautious and saving.
This as conceive 1t, is the eco
nomic future Of man and woman.
equal partners, but each working
in his own especial province. He
will dream big dreams, but she
will make them workable and by,
her arithmetic correct ard supple
ment, not negative, his noble
thoughts"
And shall there be no more cakes
and ale-no pearl necklaces, or
Paris gowns, or embroidered lin
gerie? Assuredly there will.
Thrift does not lie in scflmping or
niggardliness. but in gratifying
every reasonable desire that one
can reasonably afford. but only at
Il reasonable price, always bearing
in mind Frauklin's motto: Moth
ing is cheap that you do not want.
The Washington times., 1918-06-15

spenders. In very ancient times
men were the chief offenders. 1t
was they who went robed in pur-
pie and fine linen and decked
themselves with gold and precious
stones. Solomon in all his glory"
was the synonym.
There we're Cleopatras, too, and
Theodoras wasting wealth like
water, Of course, but women in
general went simply clad and kept
in the background. Then in the
Middle Ages and down through the
reigns OF Louis XIV and XIV in
France the two sexes Tan in this
respect about an even race, neck
and neck, so to speak.
The day Of women's general and
superior prodigality dawned when
Eugene came as Empress to Paris
with her beauty, her youth and
her love Of display and set the
vogue for clothes. With her ended
the era Of one black silk dress,
which served our grandnnthers as
best" all the days Of their lives,
and with the black silk went, too,
the cameo or hair breast-pin,
which with a ring or two made up
her modest stock Of jewelry.
Ever since there has been a mad
whirling Of fashion with the styles
whisking in and out almost as Of
ten as the wind changed, and every
woman, rich or poor. young or old
plain or beautiful, tall or short,
fat or lean, striving to outshine
every other in the costliness and
splendor Of her apparel.
To be out of style was esteemed
worse than a crime. La Mode!
Upon that altar women have stood
ready to sacrifice their homes,
husbands, children, happiness, vir-
tue, love, comfort, even their
looks. And a host of milliners,
dressmakers, jewellers, and makers
of cosmetics have fattened upon
her vanity. She has set the pace
and the whole world has danced
to the pipings Of her extravaganza.
Enter the Excuse.
It has been the cause Of some
of the great political scandals of
Paris, of such financial debacles
as Mrs. Langtry describes in her
life story, Myself and Others" it
has made New York what a we'll
known humorist called it, "The
City of Dreadful Debt" and the
contagious influence of these great
capitals has spread out 70 infect
and poison the people Of smaller
communities.
The Washington times., 1918-06-15

day. There are still plenty Of
canary birds, Of course. just as
there have always been bustling,
sOber-minded, thrifty sparrows;
but the age has taken on much
more Of the sparrow complexion.
You know" she smiled. at is
said that sparrows were intro
duced into this country through
the medium of a single pair
brought over for the purpose Of
combating the wasteful ravages Of
the grubs and caterpillars that
were destroying crops and vegeta-
ton Of all sorts, but the sparrows
increased and multiplied so mi
raculously and are so aggressive
that they have to a great extent
driven out all the other birds. We
have perhaps lost something in
the way Of color and ornament by
the change. but we have saved
our food supply.
WOman's Rescuer.
"And, to tell you the truth" she
reflected, 81 doubt very much if
the canary bird role ever was a
natural one to woman. 1t was
forced upon her to a great extent,
but it was only a masquerade in
borrowed plumage, as proven by
the celebrity with which she has
DOTTED it as soon as her opportun-
ity came. AS it says here" she
picked up the essay which had
started our discussion, and read
aloud:
"A definite allowance and a
checkbook will make Of many a
woman an economist and a man
ager, who would otherwise be a
wasteful spendthrift-on a small
scale, doubtless, but one quite as
extravagsnt in relation to her
means as are the titled danes Of
high degree in London, who are
hopelessly in debt to their MILL
ners and tailors-for there is
something in that exactness of fig
ures, those memorable figures
which additionally will not lie,
that educates a woman"
wonder if there is not a good
deal in what my friend had to say.
We have always been called the
extravagant sex, l know. Never
a man went on the financial rocks
but he and the world promptly
blamed some woman for it, either
in conjunction with wine and song.
or else because Of a vain and in
considerate wife or daughters.
And 1 am not denying :Eai
women have been the worlds great
The Washington times., 1918-06-15
Food Cheaper in England
Than in Washington
American Produce Shipped Atlantic Is so
There forLess Money Than II Win Bring In
Washington Grocery Store.
BY EARL GOODWIN.

The Food Administration publishes this week fair
food administrators to aid in keeping prices at the proper
level.
Allow me to supplement the Food Administrator list
by printing official FIXED food prices in ENGLAND
Remember that England imports most of its food from
this country.
England is ringed by German submarines and it is
anddeah matter for English food merchants import
any food at all
Now look at few of the prices taken from these two
official lists, at home where there is NO real price
fixing and the other from England where the government
has COMPLETE food control and where profeering Is
about healthful an occupation as treason:
Price in Article Price in
Washington England.
cents Barley-hour 8 cents
II to II cents. Rice. g to u cents
to cents. Potatoes .......1b to cents
% to "a cents. .Oleomargarine. cents
to cents. Bread ............5 cents
Is not startling know that after American produce
is shipped the UbOatnfested Atlantic it be sold
there CHEAPER than it be sold in the capital city
of the United States of Amecai Does it not induce
one in authority to ask WHAT is wrongi
England fixes the price of bread by su6sdizing the
bakers which shows that the government Of England is
entirely in sympathy with the struggle Of the people to
keep up with wartime food prices
England fixes price of five cents pound for flour
Also by its substituting policy which makes American -four
cost the English consumer TWO CENTS POUND LESS
than the price for which Washington buyer get it.
The housekeeper who has been buying meat in Wash
ngton at prices from 90 cents pound down viii be inter-
esed in reading this excerpt from United States Food
Administration publication announcing English meat prices
61Meats-Beef varying from 25 to So cents a pound
depending upon cut lamb and mutton varying from q to
cents pound depending upon the cut; pork from 20
to 48 cents depending the cut These the prices for
London THE PRICES FOR OUTSIDE OF LONDON
AVERAGE FROM 2 TO CENTS A POUND, LESS
Where does the great American profteer stand nowf
The same beef, the lamb the pork which WE
paying for at rates running from 40 cents to So cents
be bought in ENGLAND three thousand miles away
for LESS MONEY The meat men take two steers, kill
them and ship to Washington and to London three
thousand miles farther using up coal and steam and
frgeration and risk their lives the in doing So
and THEN SELL THE AMERICAN BEEF IN LONDON
CHEAPER THAN IN THIS CITY
What's the answerf How much beef have the packers
stored in reserve Why does not Congress give the Food
Administration full power to fix ALL pricesi
The Washington times., 1918-06-15

HAPPENED to run across an
essay written about twenty
years ago by a woman who
was something Of a celebrity in
her day. It was a plea 20 women,
urging them to set up bank ac-
counts for themselves wherever
possible, and telling Of the salts
faction and serenity Of wind which
came from such a step. 1t sound
ed like a voice from the Dark
Ages.
"Yet at the time she was really
proposing a rather radical de-
parture," smiled a contemporary
of the writer, who was with me.
1t was the exception then rather
than the rule for a woman to have
knowledge of even the simplest
principles of business OF finance.
Most of us could more easily have
drawn the Sistine Madonna than a
check. We were appallingly ig-
nOrant in everything relating to
money"
Except probably in ways of
spending it," l observed signif-
cantly. My friend always has
been and is today rather extrava-
CANT,
Those Happy Days.
"Ah" she shook her head. 81
come of an era, you must remem-
Der, when woman was just about
as much of an economic factor in
the world as a canary scattering
its birdseed around its cage. She
was there merely for ornament
and TO air her pretty little accom-
plishments. AS for the birdseed,
it was always on hand, provided
for her entirely without toll or
thought on her part to do with as
she chose, and apparently came
from an lneXhaustlble supply.
why should she bother to hus-
band or take care Of 1t. when to
throw it about furnished some
amusement in her otherwise idle
and monotonous life? That was
the era and the atmosphere in
which l was brought up" she re-
peated, and you can't teach an
old dog, or an old canary either,
new tricks.
Indeed" she went on, when
! think Of the ideals which obtain
ed and Of what a sealed book all
business except that OF squander-
ing was to us little more shan a
genration ago. | stand IN amazed
wonder before he alert. COM
petent, business-like woman Of to-
The Washington times., 1918-06-15

Every American is proud of what his country is doing
In the great war.
Proud of the soldiers training in home camps.
Proud Of the boys battling at the front
Proud of the sailors watching and fighting the
Proud Of the women nursing back to health and
strength those who have temporarily fallen out Of the ranks
wounded or Ill.
For the Congress has not hestated to give all that
was asked.
From the women the one thing most earnestly sought
has been withheld.
The Senate by delaying the passage Of the Federal
suffrage amendment has lined this country up not with our
allies but with enemies for the only nations that have
refused the rights of the barbac supporters of
the Feuton cause
President Wilson in message to Mrs Gait, president
Of the international Womans Suffrage Alliance has put
himself fully and squarey the side Of suffrage His
GLIDING sentences voice supreme truth and sound
earnest hope. The President writes:
The services of women during this supreme crisis
Of the worlds history have been of the most signal
usefulness and distinction. The could not have
been fought without them, its sacrifices endured
It is high time that part of debt of gratitude
to them should be acknowledged and paid and the
only acknowledgment they ask is their admission to
the suffrage. Can we justly refuse it? AS FOR
AMERICA 1T Is MY EARNEST HOPE THAT THE
AN UNMIsTAKABLE ANSWER TO THIS CUES
TON BY PASSING THE SUFFRAGE AMEND
MENT TO OUR FEDERAL CONSTITUTION BE-
FORE THE END OF THIS SESSION.
Upon the Senate rests the responsibility of aOOf
ness from our friends.
It's duty is plain
Grstitude and decency call for prompt affirmative
country privilege and right abundantly earned and
fully established.
The suffrage amendment should be passed without
further delay.