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NOI^E, ALASKA, OCT. 26, 1916.
One of the strongest characteristics
of the average man of the Northland
—those whom we may designate as
dyed-in-the-wool Alaskans—is to make
light of his troubles and difficulties. No
matter how severe the hardships that
he may be compelled to endure or the
sufferings he may encounter while pur
suing his enterprises or vocation, one is
seldom found who will speak with more
than casual reference to any particu
larly severe phase of his experiences.
It appears to be the general inclina
tion to pass over the dark side of every
story, and to make light of the most
severe suffering. The dangers and
trials encountered while Journeying on
the winter trail, amidst bitter cold or
the raging blizzard are alike passed
over with but little comment and there
is seldom any effort to dwell upon the
sufferings or dangers. Men will pass
through experiences of the most har
i owing character; will hunger for days,
endure the stinging frost and face the
storm king’s blinding wrath without a
murmur and when it Is all over will
tell you in the most casual way that
the trip or experience, was "a little
hard." That is all. Yet within the
brief reference may be contained a
tale of the most unutterable suffering
of w ant and privation, of cold and pain
and soul shrinking mental tortures; of
days when the grim specter of death
lurked ever in the shadows, scarce
concealed from view; when every hour
was fraught with misery and every
moment was agony. He will seldom
tell you about these things and you ,
must glean them for yourself and you i
brief references to this or that phase (
of his experience. Instances of this i
tendency to accept as but a part of I
the days work the trials and suffer- |e
ings endured, come to light in this 1 r
country every day. Men wi',1 faec death | c
i a dozen ghastly forms while stumb- jt
ling through the bilzzard or facing the ! t
hurricane in some tiuy craft scarce 1
larger than a chip; will spend days of t
misery and torture fighting their way f
through the primeval wilderness where i
;a moment's faltering spells danger and
'oblivion: will travel for days across icy
1 stroams, soaked and miserable, and
when It is all over will toll you their
tale in three brief words: "a hard trip."
If wo are to believe the Berlin ac
counts, the Austrians are making some
thing of a hero of out of the unla
mented Uumba whoso passing from the
United States was a matter of some
moment not long ago. "Already," the
dispatches say, he has received a re
i ward for his discomfiture in being
j thrown out of the United States, in the
; shape of a title of nobility conferred
by his uugust ruler, Franz Joseph. To
a creature of such caliber this is un
doubtedly a most effective salve for any
injury occasioned to a thick hide and
a dulled consciousness of what it
honorable dealing and what is nit To
such an one a bit of ribbon with u
crass tag on the end or a piece of
parchment endorsing pusillanimity will
doubtless be just us valuable us the
respect that lie has lost in quarters
where men play with their hands clean
and above the hoard. To such as have
been raised in that lead hued atmos
phere where lying and deceit are look
ed upon as virtues; where the “end,”
however ignoble, "justifies the means,"
such tricks us Uumba tried to perform
while under the ministerial obligation
to observe the laws of the country to
which he was accredited, are probably
looked upon as creditable and entirely
worthy of reward. To one to whom
duplicity and double dealing are as the
breath of existence there is probably
little that hurts beyond the loss of the
outward emoluments of honor, hence
we may believe that now that he has
received a patent from hi* royal master
he will be far from feeling any chagrin
at being summarily booted out of the
United State* and will come to look
upon himself us something of a hero
who has performed a noble deed in
the interest of the country. This is
probably the view of his race when
viewed in the light of the superior
culture borrowed from their German
neighbors but to those who cannot see
.kings in such a superior light he ap
pears little less than a consummate
.iss with a ribbon around his neck.
Tlie United States wi’l probably view
(lie implied affront contained in the
action of his government in raising
aim to the peerage almost before he
had returned home, with complete
equanimity and understanding that it
is merely a token of endorsement of
principles that are characteristic of
those who walk not in the ways of
honor. Really the only fault that can
be found with the action of raising
him to the peerage is that it is In the
nature of an unconscious slander of ,
he nobility through accepting him as
worthy of Joining their ranks. Some !
of them are probably very decent peo- |
pie.
INGERSOLL’S TRIBUTE TO WOMAN
It takes a hundred men to make an
encampment, but one woman can make
a home. I not only admire woman as
the most beautiful object ever created,
|but I reverence her as the redeeming
! glory of humanity, the sanctuary of all
the virtues, the pledge of all perfect
qualities of heart and head. It Is not
| Hist nor right to lay the sins of men
at the feet of woman. It is because i
women are so much better than men l
that their faults are considered greater, j
\ man’s desire Is the foundation of his
love, but a woman's desire Is born of j
her love. The one thing In this world
that Is constant, the one peak that
rises above all clouds, the one window
in which the light forever burns, the
one star that darkness cannot quench,
is woman’s love. It rises to the great
est heights, it sinks to the lowest
k-pths. It forgives the most cruel In
juries. It is perennial of life and
trows in every climate. Neither cold
less nor neglect, harshness nor cruelty,
•an exltnguish it. A woman’s love is
he perfume of the heart. This is the
cal love that subdues the earth; the
love that has wrought all miracles of
irt; that gives us music all the way
from the cradle song to the grand clos
ng symphony that bears the soul away
jon wings iif tire. A love that is greater
than power, sweeter than life and
I stronger than death.
ALASKA
JOTES
A woman's club will be formed at
Anchorage.
A Presbyterian church will be start
“ “ :
'l’lie Haines public school has forty- |
two pupils enrolled.
The Wrangell shingle mill has been
^old at public auction.
—
Three thousand tuns of Kachemak I
bay coal are ready for shipment.
—
The Alaska Tranfer Company at Se
ward, has begun the manufacture of
ice.
The residents of Iditurod wagered
$15,000 on a horse race there last
month.
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Dick Mllke, a miner, was killed last
Wednesday at Hadley, in a mine acci
dent.
The Coombs I„umber Company, of
Haines has tiled a petition In voluntary
bankruptcy.
Dr. J. T. Smith for five years a resi
dent of La Touche, has gone back to
the states.
Ketchikan talent is preparing to
give "Queen Esther” for the benefit of
a local hospital.
John Morlarity, a foreman on the I
Copper River and Northwestern rail- i
way, died recently at Tiekel.
Pueblo
mine in the Whitehorse district, died j
at Suokane on the 12th inst.
What is said to be a mountain of low |
I
grade ore has been located about eight |
miles from Seward on Resurrection
river.
John A. Mathlson, a resident of!
Hope for sixteen years, died Septem- :
her 8. after submitting to an operation
for appendicitis.
The depositors of the defunct Valdez |
Hank and Trust Company are to be j
paid in full. The necessary money is j
now in a Seattle bank.
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Interior papers seem to enjoy poking |
fun at Isabel Ambler Oilman, who is
teaching school and writing poetry
down at Rampart.
The first death in the Tolovana dis
trict is reported, Andy Beckwith hav
ign died as a result of injuries re
ceived in one of the mines.
The contract for the building of the
government wagon road bridge over
the Skagway river has been elt to B. D.
ltlakeslee, of Juneau.
At the second election on the license
question, the vote was again in favor
of the selling of liquor within the town
of Petersburg by licensed dealers.
Judge J. J. Flannigan, United States
commissioner at Chisana, has recign
ed. He predicts that not over seventy
five people will spend the winter in
that camp.
A recent census of the town of An
chorage gives the population as men.
53: women, 208: children, 198. There
are 101 children of school age in the
town.
With the admission of Allan Chis
holm, 59, a resident of Ruby, to the
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■ ,->itka Pioneer's Home, the number of [
inmates of that institution has reached |
a total of fifty.
Patrick McHugh and George Me
faun axemen employed on the rail
road survey party, were drowned last
week in the Nenana river while at
tempting to cross in a poling boat.
Their bodies were not recovered.
Dawson News.—Mike O'Kee, an en
thusiastic North Dawson gardenr, has
produced in his garden near St. Mary’s
hospital this season the first wonder
berries grown In the Yukon. They are
the marvelous berry brought out by
Burbank, the wizard gardener of Cali
fornia.
The coal lands of Alaska will be
ready for leasing before the end of the
present \ear, according to Geo. Wat
kins Evans, selected by the United
States government to make a survey
of the Bering coal Helds with reference
to the division of the coal areas into
workable units.
Charles A. Peterson, a truck gardener
i f Kenai, in protecting his gardens
from the ravages of a neighbor’s chil- •
dren, uesd a shotgun loaded with fine
bird shot. Some of the shot struck two
Utile girls in the head and neck. The
judge "severely reprimanded" Peterson
and dismissed the case.
NEW Year greeting. Lomen Gros.
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