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SATURDAY. JUNK 0, 190S
THE MONTH OF JUNE
The month of June has distinguish*
ing features which belong to no other
month in the year. It is the period
Im tween the raw cold days of the Blow*
lv retiring spring and tin* hot, dr\ and
du>ty days of mid-summer. It is the
month in which the days stretch out
to their greatest length, and in this
northern country the daylight contin
ues through the twenty-four hours.
In this month, too, the days begin to
shorten and lead with unerring cer
tainty to the long dark nights of mid
winter. In June there is a profusion of
sweetly blooming flowers scattered
through fields and forests, and there is
a delicacy in the shading of the fresh
leaves as the trees put forth their fo
liage which i> lost in the deeper
shade of green in the later summer.
It is also the month of roses when
these sweet flowers, bloom i t greatest
abundance. It is the month when peo
ple living in the densely populated
cities begin to make excursions to;
lake and stream and forest with a sort
of homing instinct for communing
with nature, the common mother of usi
all. It is the glad month of the year j
for those who have been pursuing
their courses of study in school and 1
college, for this is their graduation pe
riod when they look back upon years
of study and happy relations with
teacheis and fellow class mates, and
forward to an unknown and untried
life amidst the stern realities of the
struggle for place and preferment j
among men. It is the month of prom
ise that gives evidence in bud and
bloom of what the harvest will be as
the ripening season comes on apace.
HOURS OF SLEEP
There occurred recently a wreck on
the I.jondon anil Northwestern railway
in which several people were killed
and more injured. The accident was
caused by the driver of the engine
falling asleep at his ?.<>*t. Upon inves-j
tigation it wa- learned that the engi-j
neer had been deprived of sleep for a
greater part of the four nights imme
diately preceding the accident. Many
other railroad accident- have occurred
ip the past that were traceable to the
fact that railroad employee.- had been!
kept at work for long period- of time j
during which they were deprived of
their required hours of sleep.
Nature ha- -o fashioned man that it j
is as nece—ary for him to sleep as it is
for him to eat. Occa-ionally we hear
of some gn at man of whom it i- claim
ed that he required but three or four
hour--leep in the twenty-four. It is
possible that such an one may have
slept le— than that number of hours at j
one time, yet had the habit of drop
ping to sleep for a few minute- at dif
ferent periods during the day.
For mo-t people eight hours sleep
out of the twenty-four is none too
touch. Possibly it would bo just as
conducive to health and long life if
this were taken, as is one's meals, at
different times in the day. It is a
safe rule to live by that at least one
third of a man's life should be spent in
sleep, and if an extra few minutes of
sleep can be picked up now and then
in the middle of the day it will add
rather than detract from one's work
ing force.
CATS MUST CO
A Chicago man, Rockwell Sayre, is
a great lover of birds and consequently
a bitter foe of the feline tribe. Mr.
Sayre claims that eats have more dis- j
eases than children, that they carry ;
contagious diseases from house to i
house, suck baby’s breath, scratch
children’s eyes out, put lleas into j
homes and hair into coffee and victuals.
It is doubtful if anyone can enumerate
enough good qualities of the cat to
offset these objections. They do catch |
some mice and rats, but a little spring
wire trap will catch more mice than a
dozen ordinary cats, and it has none of
the objectional features urged against
the cat.
It is the robin, says Mr. Sayre, that
is most easily caught of the birds by
the cat. While the robin is ridding the
land of bugs and worms to feed her
young the sly old cat pounces upon
her, and the nestlings are left to
starve to death while waiting her re
turn.
The cat enemy of Chicago has of
fered ten cents each for the first hun
dred cats killed, and other financial
inducements to rid the city of this de
stroyer of bird l»fe.
A cat may be some company in a
lonely home, but it is quite probable
that a substitute could be found that
would more than take the place of this
domesticated l>east.
NEW PORT OF ENTRY
The port of entry to be established
at Cordova will prove a point of con
venience for boats that touch at Na
I nairuo on their way north after leaving
Seattle. When a boat enters a foreign
1 port after leaving the states, the next
j point at which she touches must he a
port of entry where there is a customs
I otlieer. Heretofore when boats stop
ped at Nanaimo for coal, or for any
[ other purpose, they had to pass Cor
dova and go to Valdez, and later re
turn to Cordova if they bad cargo for
that place. Several hours time were
thus lost. With a port of entry at
Cordova the boats that touch at any
foreign port on their way can enter
there and discharge their cargoes be
fore continuing northward to other
ports. This arrangement may cause
the lx>ats to be a little later in reach
ing Valdez after leaving Seattle, but
it will be advantageous to Cordova
and may shorten the sailing time of
boats between Seattle and other ports
to the westward.
DIDN'T MAKE IT STICK
A druggist in Seattle was arrested
bv a policeman for selling whiskey
without a license. The policeman
went to the druggist and asked him
for some whiskey for a cold. The,
druggist gave him a mixture of whis
key, glycerine and quinine. The
patrolman had the druggist arrested
for selling whiskey without a license,
but the court decided that the drug
gist was not guilty under the law.
'J'here may be some things meaner
than attempting to induce a man to
violate the law for the purpose of se
curing a conviction, but this is quite
mean enough for all practical pur
poses. Such used to be the tactics of
the anti-saloon league. A company of
good church members would be dele
gated to visit various saloons on Sunday
and call for beer which the saloon
keeper could not sell on that day, ex
cept in violation of the law. If they
gut the beer, they claimed they emp
tied it in the cuspidore and then they
went away and reported the offense,
and the dispenser of wet goods was
forthwith summoned before the judge
ment seat.
The instigator of crime is generally
considered equally guilty, at least,
with the perpetrator of the deed, and
should sutler the penalty with him.
The plea of course in this case would
he that the end justified the means,
lint no self respecting man can with a
clear conscience lend himself to a
scheme to induce a man to violate a
law for the sake of securing his con
viction.
CALE IS ALL RIGHT
The Fairbanks Times in a long edito
rial bitterly attacks Delegate Cale and
accuses him of deceit, chicanery, insin
cerity, fraud and cowardice. The tone
of the article is not that of candid
criticism; nor does the Times attempt
to show wherein Delegate ('ale has
not worked for the interests of the
people of the territory. The accusa
j tions are vague and general, of which
: the following is a sample: “Many of
those who supported him two years
ago are, since they have learned his
true character, heartily ashamed for
having done so.”
The majority of the people in this
part of the territory are of a different
opinion. They have followed the con
duct of their representative in congress
, with a great deal of interest, and can
say that since they have become better
: acquainted with his true character
from his service in congress during
i the past two years they are ready to
endorse him much more heartily for a
second terra than they did for the
first. Mr. Cale has been a persistent
worker during the past winter in con
gress for the territory as a whole. He
has shown himself to be honest and
fair. He has stood up with dignity
and manhood for what he believes to
be right. We hope to see Mr. Cale
returned to congress from this terri
tory with a good majority, because we
believe he has done good work for the
citizens of Alaska during the past two
years, and that he will do better if re
turned for a second terra.
Teach Girls Lifesaving
A CQurse in life saving has been in
stituted among the women students of
Columbia University for the purpose
of making them as a lept as men in
rescuing drowning persons. They re
ceive the regular life-saving drill, in
cluding the grips and breaks, towing
to shore and artificial respiration. A
fully dressed girl is thrown into the
water at one end of the swimming
tank and other girls are obliged to
rescue her from the opposite end and
take her hack, which is already done
in 57 seconds, 'i^iis new departure in
co education has become immensely
popular.
Hawaii’.; Sugar Crop
Honolulu, T. H.—The sugar busi
ness in Hawaii has hern the best this
year in its history. Up to tlie 1st of
May 141,900 tons had been delivered
since the first of the year, at an aver
age price of 94.15 per hundred pounds,
making a total of 911,050,000. Resides
this on the same date there were 50,
000 tons additions! afloat, en route to
New York, which at the same average
price will bring it; over 94,000.000 more.
The sugar crop this year will reach
about 500,000 tons, and will bring up
wards of 950,000,009.
hunter’s Strange Trophy
The skull of aieer with his horns
fastened in the fork of an alder tree
not more than six inches in diameter
and three feet frohn the ground, par
tially covered with bark that had
grown over it in the years since the
unfortunate animAl met its death, was
found by F. Oldenburg in the forests
of Fidalgo island while out hunting.
From the j»osit ion of the bare skuli
and the horns it is presumed that the
deer was trying o scratch the back of
its head against .‘he young tree when
one of its horns l>eeame fastened under
a limb. It is considered probable that
the animal's neck was broken in its ef
forts to extricate itself. Mr. Olden
burg estimates thay the skull has been
suspended from U’e tree where he
found it for at leas-/ two years.—Seat
tle times.
Voices of the Past
Another department has been added
to the British Mu:teum. This is the
gramophone record department, j
Records of the voices of all the most i
eminent people in all walks of life will j
be supplied to the museum by a gramo
phone company. The museum trus
tees undertaKe not toallow the records
to be heard for fifty years, at the
end of which time it will he possible
for the student o go to the museum
and awaken the voices of the past, just
as he now turns up the writings of
departed masters.
The greatest care will be exercised
in conferring upon persons the honor
of a niche in the chamber of voice)
records at the British Museum. The j
few celebrities \?ho so far have achiev-1
ed this distinction number about a
dozen, and they include the Archbishop
of Canterbury, the Archbishop of
Westminster, Lord Kelvin, Lord
Roberts. Mine. Patti, Mine. Melba and
Signor Caruso.—The Sun.
In From Falls Creek
Boggs and Rodman returned yester
day from their property on Falls creek,
where they had been for the past three
weeks. There is still much snow out
there and the ground is frozen. Con
ditions were not favorable for sluicing,
and consequently the men spent most
of their time in prospecting, and in
selecting ground that can be worked
as the season advances. They washed
out enough gold while there to pay the
expenses of the trip, and after a few
days stay in town will return again to
work their claims.
Methodist Services
Preaching at 11 o’clock in the morn
ing on the theme, “The Aroma of a
Christian Life.” In the evening at 8
o’clock a short song service followed
by a short talk on “Not Worth the
Cost.” Sunday school at 12:15 o’clock.
Everybody cordially invited to all
the services.
L. H. Pedersen, pastor.
A. B. Meets Tonight.
The regular meeting of the Arctic
Brotherhood will be held in the A. B.
hall on Fifth avenue and Washington
street at 8:30 this evening. It is espe
cially desired that a large number of
the members be in attendance.
BROWN & HAWKINS
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bears the
Stetson Name
If you select a
Stetson
you are bound to get
the popular style, as
well as the hat which
is well proportioned
and becoming.
We have the Stetson
Soft and Derby Hats
in all the latest styles.
The Store With the Goods
Write for That $35.35
Washington—Tjrnorant or merely
'gullible people are writing to the
Treasury Department asking that
the Treasury forward to them $35.35
each,which t he writers allege is due
them as their share of the Govern
ment’s spare funds. A woman out
in Iowa sent a sample letter.
“If it is true,” site wrote, “that I
should receive $35.35,please send it at
my expense.”
The Treasury Department has writ
ten to her and the others that it is
not true.
What produced the Hood of applica
tions for this precise sum of money
was the published statement that the
per capita circulation of the United
States on April 1 was $35.35.
Currency Bill Passed
Through lack of definiteness and
clearness in the message received
yesterday it was Stated that the curren
cy bill had been defeated by the
tactics of the filibuster. It should
have read that the hill passed the sen
ate at a late hour by a vote of 4.4 to 1:4,
and that the strenuous efforts of the
filibuster were defeated.
Advertised Letters
The following list of letters remain
unclaimed % in the Seward postollice
June 1, 11)08:
John C. Campbell, Fred Harris, Karle
I Inlander, C. T. Ilosner, Peter Jensen, ■
\V. C. Iteebe, Mrs, Jos. Silverman, ;
Paul Schmidt, Frank Thom is.
In asking for these letters please say
advertised. One cent due on adver-!
tised letters.
Lillie NT. Cordon, P. M.
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Patrol the Islands
An elaborate plan of patroling the
Pribilof and other Northern islands
against the rades of pelagic sealing
parties has been prepared by the reve
nue cutter bureau of the treasury de
partment. A systematic patrol will be
maintained.
A Princess Keeps hens
It is quite in keeping with the prac
tical and economic spirit of modern
Germany that Crown Princess Cecilie
has taken un chicken raising. She
has had arranged for her a poultry run
in Potsdam supplied with the very
newest appliances and put Capt.
Schneider, a distinguished amature
poultry breeder in charge.
The experiment is to be conducted
on strictly business principles and if it
does not pay its way it is to be discon
tinued. Meantime it is expected to
serve as a model for poultry culture
to the whole empire.—The Sun.
In Prohibition Georgia
A man who o%me up recently from
Atlanta was showing to some friends
what looked like a big cigar wrapped
in tinfoil. He took it out of a breast
pocket, and it looked for all the world
like one of those expensive smokers.
“I got this down in Atlanta,” he
said.
•‘It must have been a good cigar to
bring it up all this way,” remarked
one of the group.
“It isn’t a cigar,” said the traveller.
lie peeled off the tinfoil and display
ed a cigar shaped bottle tilled with
whiskey.
“You know Georgia's prohibition
now,” he said.- The Sun.
The Modern Scarecrow
As he stands in the middle of tho
Hat Suffolk Held there is little to show
that he is not the ordinary inanimate
scarecrow. Tie stands motionless for
Hve minutes at a time, and only when
a bird is tempted by the fresh corn
just appearing above the ground does
he show any signs of life. Hut then it
is that the scarecrow moves; he hits
an old tin can with the rusty handle
of a shove and frightens the birds and
makes them fly quickly out of sight.
So he spends his day, this old, bent
man, and at the end he is paid 18
pence. He is the village scarecrow.—
London Mail.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
Seward, Alaska, May 23, 1908.
To J. D. Sheldon:
You are hereby notified that there has been
expended in the year 1907. in labor and imple
ments upon the Ohio placer group or 100 acres
the sum of eight hundred dollars (1800); said
group being situated on Cache Creek, a tribu
tary of the Kahiltna River. Cook Inlet Pre
cinct. Territory of Alaska, the same being the
amount required by the laws of the United
States governing the location and holding of
mining claims, necessary to hold said group of
claims aforesaid for the calendar vear, to-wit;
the year 1907; the said work having been per
formed by your co-partner T. R. Wilson.
And unless within ninety days after the com
pletion of the publication of this notice, to-wit;
within 90days after the23rd day of August. 1908.
you contribute your proportion of such annual
assessment work as co-owner, to-wlt; the sum
of fifty dollars (150) for the said Ohio group of
claims, your interest in said claims and all
of them will be forfeited to and become the
property of your present co-owner, aforesaid.
T. R. WILSON.
First publication May 23rd. 1908.
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