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LACK OP FOREIGN POLICY
MAY BRING US DISASTER.
NEW YORK: Norman Angell, au
thor of "The Great Illusion,” speak
ing before a great audience on
‘‘America and the World Crisis” in
Carnegie Hall expressed that the lack
of a foreign policy would bring dis
aster upon the United States in de
fense of the Monroe doctrine.
‘‘I believe this country will have
great and bloody wars in the future,”
he said, “but they will not be fought
on our soil. The Monroe Doctrine
and the Japanese immigration ques
tion are but two of the many causes
that may precipitate bloodshed. If
Americans do not wish to witness
sucltaf state of affairs here as Euro
peen?are now facing they must do
something to prevent it. By inert in
difference to the problems confront
ing us we are merely heading for the
catastrophe.
"Military preparedness without
preparedness Of policy will avail us
nothing if we are going to have a
great army and navy. We should
first have a definite international pol
icy. This is what most of the Euro
pean nations have lacked. Great
Britain’s policy with reference to the
German problem only became certain
twenty-four hours before war was de
clared.
“What is the policy that American
armament is to protect? For always
in the last resort, an army and navy
are used to protect, not the country,
but a policy of its rulers. No amount
of military preparedness can give her
real security.
“If our present attitude is persisted
in it will some day land this country,
however great its military force, in
disaster, in possibly long and exhaust
ing wars, which will transform the
character of American civilization
and Prussianize it. All such things
nay be avoided by real preparedness,
preparedness on the side of policy.
“Although our condition will be rel
atively better after the present war,
we shall, as a matter of fact, be much
worse off than previously. Europe is
not going to be a good market after
the wholesale slaughter that is now
going on there. The people will not
be able to live in luxury. South
American countries will not be able
to obtain in Europe as in the past,
capital for their development.”
If you are going east travel via
Great Northern Ry. For rates see D.
F. Millard, Agent, Copper Block. tf
Sunday Night
at the
LIBERTY THEATRE
The World Film Corporation Presents
ACROSS
THE
PACIFIC
A CHAS E. BLANEY FEATURE
PHOTO PLAY IN 5 ACTS
A Film that Spans the Ocean From
America to the Phillipines.
WAR DRAMA
Special Music No Raise in Price
ILLNESS CHEAP IN PRAGUE
Comparatively Faw Doctora There, Yet
the Fees Are 8mall.
According to a consular report, one
may at least be 111 In Austria nnd not
dread the exorbitant doctor’s bill that
follows.
The city of Prague, with a popula
tion of about 600.000, has only about
800 physicians, or one for every 7,500
persons. A doctor charges for a day
time call In a middle class family only
60 cents, or 10 cents more than If the
patient calls on him In bis office. For
a night call the doctor receives from
$1.20 to $2. according to the distance.
Only professors at the clinics of the
two local universities charge more, re
ceiving $2 to $4 for a bouse call and $2
for an office visit As in this country, ’
the physicians give only prescriptions.
About 100 dentists practice In Prague.
The average charges are: Drawing one
tooth, 40 cents; cement tilling, 60 cents
to $1; amalgam filling, 80 cents to $2.
The annual Income of these profes
sional men Is estimated as follows:
Head professor In charge of clinics,
salary paid by the government $1,440
to $1,600. and $5,000 to $11,000 from
private practice; other professors at
clinics, salary paid by the government
$1,000. and from private practice. $4.
000 to $10,000; general medical prac
titioner not attached to any clinic.
$3i>00 to $3,500. the average Income of
a dentist being $5,000.
MAKING OTHERS HAPPY.
Why Put It Off Till Tomorrow When
It May Be Done Today?
Why should we postpone our loving
and the being happy that goes with It?
The wife we are going to show more
affection for as soon as we have made
a little more of a pile. The husband
we are going to be more companionable
and sunshiny with as soon as we get a
little more service in the house, the
children whose lives we will enter into
more fully as soon as we feel the pres
sure of circumstances a little less, the
people we are going to show how ge
nial we really are as soon as we have
time—none of these ways of loving de
pends on the things we are waiting for.
Indeed, our opportunity comes more
now than it will come when we have
these things. The very pressure of our
(lays bring us in contact with many
people who most need a show of kind
ness and who will most warmly re
spond to it. The wife most needs and
will most value love In her days when
she Is most being a helpmeet The
husband most needs and most prizes
love In his years of struggle.
What are we waiting for? The king
dom of heaven is within and will not
come of circumstances.—Nautilus.
Bjornson’s Advice.
There is a story told of Bjornatjerne
Bjornson that, arriving at a late hour
at the town of Bergen, which was en
fete to receive him, he vouchsafed to
the expectant people no finer words of
wisdom than a general recommenda
tion to go to bed.
In vain they appealed to him for
“song or sentiment” The great Bis
marck, said he, gave the same advice
under conditions all similar, and what
was good enough for Berlin must suf
fice for Bergen.
Three years later, on visiting the
town for the second time, the master
novelist found a deserted city. Not a
light burned In the dismal railway sta
tion. no banners waved, no addresses
were rend by portly burgomasters. In
vain Bjornson asked for a cab.
"They have all gone to bed.” was the
reply. And so Bergen remembered.
First European Railway.
Tbe first carriages that ran on rails
in Europe were those of a horse rail
way between Linz and Budweis. in
Austria. This was in working order
In 1827. Locomotive railways were
much longer coming. The first line in
a modern sense was opened from Paris
to St. Germain in 1835, hut railway de
velopment was greatly hindered by a
terrible accident on the Paris-Versailles
line In 1842. The next was the Brus
sels-Malines line In Belgium. Belgium
was also the first country to begin. In
1830, systematic plaus for a national
network of railways. Prussia followed
in 1835 and Austria-Hungary In 1838
The first great trunk line in Europe
was from Paris to Rouen, opened In
May. 1843.
Family Pride.
Mrs. Blunt— Well, Louisa, I don’t
suppose you will attempt to deny chat
your original ancestors were stone age
ruffians who lived In a damp cave.
Mrs. Tree—If my earliest ancestors
were a part of the geologic period of
which you speak they must have bad
a red sandstone chateau of their own
on Flinthead avenue, with stalactite
decorations and running water on the
first floor.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Pol In Hawaii.
Pol, the Hawaiian national dish. Is
made by pounding up the cooked root
of the taro plant—the Arum eseulen
tum of the botanists—with water Into
a thick paste. When slightly ferment
ed It has a pleasant, fruity, acid
taste. ,
The Solution.
“I wish I knew bow Blinks lives
without working?"
“Open a grocery store In his neigh
borhood and yon'II soon find out”—
Philadelphia Ledger.
Parts of Speech.
Teacher—Thomas, what are the parts
of speech? Tommy Tucker (after an
exhaustive mental effort*—It's the way
s man talks when he stutters.
A great man ts he who affects tbs
mind of his generation.—Disraeli.
THE MARKING OF BILLS.
On* of th* Secret Service Method* I*
♦he Us* of Pin Hol*s.
In their surveillance and upprehen
sion of suspected persons government
Secret service officers often find It nec
essary to "mark the money" bandied
by such persons There are various
methods of so marking the national
currency, one of the most novel of
which is the pinprick.
The note to be marked is, say, the
five dollar silver certificate bearing the
vignette of an Indian chief in bis full
regalia of feathers and trappings and
presenting a full face view. With the
aid of a pin the secret service man
makes two punctures In the bill direct
ly In the pupils of the Indian’s eyes
To the casual and sometimes even
critical Inspector of the note these pin
pricks are Invisible. If raised to the
light, however, the bill will distinctly
reveal them.
The markings are complicated by the
following process: The pin point Is ap
plied In the twist of the^large figure
5 at the two upper corners of the note.
These tiny twists do not appear in the
“necks” of the two figures 5 that are
at both ends of the bottom of the note.
The note Is now pierced again, this time
In the ends of the scrolls on each side
of the word five in the lower center of
the bill. The marking Is now com
plete. In secret it Is exhibited to one
or more persons for purposes of identi
fication and is then placed in the till or
money drawer to which the suspected
person has access.
It is said that the pinpricks will re
main perfect for some time. When
such bills nre produced in court and
their marking is explained under oath
conviction is practically certain.—Ev
ery Week.
MELODY DEAFNESS.
To Those Who Are Afflicted With It
Music Is Simply Noise.
Every one has heard of color blind
ness, but few people are aware that
there is such u malady as tune deaf
ness. It prevents those affected from
appreciating music, which to the melo
dy deaf is nothing but noise.
The most intelligent people often suf
fer in this way. Empress Catherine
of Russia used to declare that for her
music was a nerve trying din. and Na
poleon I. hated any form of melody.
Victor Hugo had to be coaxed by the
composer who put his famous lines to
music. “Are not my verses,” he used
to say, “sufficiently harmonious' to
stand without the assistance of disa
greeable noises?"
Doctors say that the power to appre
ciate music depends upon a perfect
combination of the nerves and brain.
Some people's nerves readily carry mu
sical sounds to the mind, while in oth
ers nerves impede their passage to the
brain cells.
Good musicians are more often born
than made. Nature has provided them
with nerves which instinctively curry
musical chords to the brain. That is
why a good musician can memorize a
tune after hearing it played over once.
Every note has been clearly recorded
in his brain.
Those with less sensitive musical
nerves receive a dull impression of any
music they may hear, and thus they
are unable to remember it unless it is
drummed into their brain by repeated
playing.—IYarson’s Weekly.
Ingenious Air Bombs.
Bombs thrown from the air are usu
ally exploded by contact. With the
Martin Hale bomb, designed specially
to be dropped from aeroplanes, there is
a 'safety pin" which renders the bomb
harmless until it has been withdrawn
and until a fall of about 200 feet
through the air has caused the propel
ler to rotate and release the tiring
mechanism. All destructive explosives
cause damage by the actual shock of
the explosion—that is, by the disturb
ance in the air created by the expan
sion of the contents of the shell, by the
fragments of the shell or the bullets
which it contains flying in all direc
tions, by the fumes which may be giv
en off on explosion and which may
have a stupefying or fatal effect on
people in the vicinity and by the fall
ing of bricks and mortar displaced by
the bombs.—London Mail.
English as She le Spoke.
The professor who In his address on
the correct pronunciation of English
said he preferred “ofn” to “often” is
on the winning side. No “pronouncing
dictionary” with a reputation to lose
ever sounds the “t” In the middle of
such words as Christmas, mistletoe,
ostler, often or chestnut Good actors,
whose duty It is to speak “trippingly
on the tongue,” can cite authority to
support their pronunciation of han’ker
chief and We’n’sday. And no one who
knows his way about In the elocution
ary field pays any regard to the spell
ing of such words as "extraordinary.”
—London Chronicle.
Early Closing Schema.
She—Papa says that when coming to
see me you must not come In a street
car any more. He—Really! Does he
expect me to walk all this distance?
She—Of course not He says all he
asks Is that you will come In a car
riage hired by the hour.—New York
Weekly.
Engineering Triumph.
“Why are you studying that dachs
hund so Intently?"
“I consider him an architectural tri
umph of Mother Nature’s." explained
the bridge builder. “See how nicely
the stress Is calculated to the span.”—
Judge. _
Our past Uvea build the present,
which must mold the lives to be.—Sir
Edwin Arnold.
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Large or Small Deliveries Made
To Any Part of the Country.
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Regular freight service for Ketchikan, WVangell. Juneau, Sheep
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touche. Explosives, S. S, Seward, on the tth; Latouche, on the 16th; S. S.
Cordova, 26th of each month—right reserved to ohange this schedule
without notice.
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