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SELF EDUCATION
A little observation and inquiry, or better still, a little
judicious practice, will convinceThe ordinary man of noi
iv,al mental faculties that he is uselessly overlooking a vast
amount of the keenest pleasure, easily within his reach,
and the enjoyment of which will leave but one pang—that
he did not enter into the enchanted realm long, long ago.
That realm is to be found Mween the covers of just
a few books; only the names of which are known to him,
and the names but in a hazy, meaningless way; otherwise
he is not the one for whom this is written.
Of the many pleasures that await the explorer in this
held of adventure, the chiefest will be the realization that
now and previously unsuspected faculties are developing
within himself.
Only a normal brain is needed to make tne ventuie,i
collegiate or other systematic mental training not being a
prerequisite—that, indeed, being the identical goal, minus
the trills, that will he reached by a different road.
Begin with a page, preferably from Paley’s Natural
Theology, or Kant's Critique of Pure Reason; or. if more
convenient, the philosophical writings, or the essays of I
Francis Bacon.
The novice at mental exertion will get nothing at all
from Kant, and but little from Bacon or Paley, at the first
reading. Upon the second or third or fourth reading of
that page faint gleams will l>e observed, and in later read
ings a flood of light, rivaling the glory of the new Jerus
alem. will break in upon his mind.
The trail once broken the explorer will find his own
way forward with ever increasing pleasure in the growing
consciousness that the profoundest thoughts the human
race has transmitted are not beyond his mastery; and that
whereas he was once blind, he now sees.
BETTER RULE FOR ALASKA
It is hoped that congress will find time to adopt a joint
resolution offered by Senator Pittman for an investiga
tion of all Alaskan affairs. These affairs are divided
among a host of departments and bureaus at Washington,
each acting independently of the others. Few of the sub
ordinate officials in the territory have authority to decide
any question, no matter how urgent, and practically
everything is referred to bureau and department chiefs at
the capital, who have no first-hand information and no
knowledge gained by personal obesrvation of the facts
upon which they must decide. The division of authority
is carried to such an absurd extreme that brown bears are
under the jurisdiction of one bureau and black bears under
that of another.
Construction of government railroads should hasten
the settlement and development of Alaska. Unless these
railroads are to be a drain on the territory, all of the laws
must be amended in such manner as to stimulate develop
ment and thus to produce traffic. While civil government
may be left to the territorial officials, there is great needj
of centralized control of public land and all natural re-,
sources. One body should have charge of coal, oil, other |
minerals, agriculture, forests, fisheries, game, together'
with the railroads, highways and waterways which are
needed for development. The coal-land leasing law hasj
ailed to attract capital, and the reason for this failure
should l)e ascertained as a guide to congress in acting on
pending legislation of the same kind.
It is impossible to govern and develop Alaska efficient
ly at long range. There is as great need of separate ad
ministration with broad powers as there was in the Philip
pines and Porto Rico. Congress has done better by these
people of alien blood than by our own citizens who have
undertaken the pioneer work of the far north.—(Portland
Oregonian.)
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PROPERLY NAMED
Far be it from us to question judicial motives as a
rule, but deeming ourselves qualified to speak with author
ity on all these domestic matters, and having a positively
uncanny faculty for detecting masculine four-flushers
posing as rival family oracles, we rise to register a guess
that when Judge Fox, of Cincinnati, sentenced Alfred
Ainsworth to obey his wife or serve a suspended sentence
in the workhouse, he was more interested in currying
favors and squaring himself with a woman at home than
in extending the domestic authority of Mrs. Ainsworth;
who, we may be sure, had Alfred, sufficiently tamed al
ready, or he would have chosen the workhouse rather than
submit to such a penalty. Now, don’t get excited; don’t
jump to conclusions, for we’ll be delighted to remove your
THE ONLY PIECE OF LAND HE WANTS.
— Evans *n Baltimore American.
delusions by conceding that Alfred would have obeyed,
penalty or no penalty, just like you do, probably uncon
sciously, but most men would go to jail rather than admit
it. The point we’re trying to make is that the Ainsworth
sentence is not a masculine idea primarily, but that some
how, in some way, it originated with a woman, and in uti
lizing it Judge Fox was consciously or unconsciously doing
what he sentenced Ainsworth to do—obeying a woman—
and was quite consciously doing something to please a
woman.
We’re glad that chap is named Fox—it fits.
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We agree with Teddy, it’s farm or arm. And, if we
mav add, it’s a case of root or shoot.
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General Groener was probably speaking in football
terms when he said the Germans were near their goal.
They are so close to their goal that it looks like it will soon
be a touchback. I
Germany’s Note to Argentine is unsatisfactory andj
another country can’t see it the kaiser’s way. He will have'
to start writing notes to himself pretty soon. j
With conscription including men between 21 and 40
years of age, the next few days will add years to the lives
of many men, in more ways than one.
The latest slogan: “Sink a ‘sub.’ ”_
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In the matter of the estate of
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trix. at the office of L. L. James, Jr.,
‘ in the town of Seward, Territory of
Alaska, which suid office the under
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: in all matters connected with said
estate of ADAM BLOCH, deceased.
Dated: Seward, Alaska, April 10.
11017.
ANNIE CHRISTIANSEN,
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ceased.
L. L. JAMES, Jr.,
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April 21-28-May 5-12.
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