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SATURDAY. FKHKUAKY *JS‘, ItHW
HENRY W. LONGFELLOW
At l\>rtlaml. Maine. UH year- ago
today was born Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow who-e presence among
men here in this life continued a little
m ir titan seveuty-liv • years.
Longfellow wa- by uatii’e a poet, yet ,
beeversuppleuiente.il his natural gib
by the in*-st careful study. When he
bad done a - >od piece oi work lie was
not content until he nan submitted it to.
exact and just criticism and polished,
it to the hLU -t degi of perfection.
There ina . be circh - t* run d lor
tj. * purpose of reading Longfellow's
poems, hut there ar> i -ociet fes or
g d with a view to studying his
works to s*e what they mean. Into
the writings of some poet- we look as
hit : .: dark, not to-ay turbid stream,
win!*- 1. >0; ioiioM’- writings arc as
li •>;d wa'ct*- it is tin- ipiaiity in
them ahum with sweetm*-- ot thought
and h touch of sadtie-s that have nntdc
Iii- poems the favorite- of children
during their school days. The 1‘saltti,
q! Life, The Keaper and the Flowers,
The Uainy Hay, The Village Klack
kinith can -ti.i he repealeii by many a
one who read and reread them in some
far otT lilt le country school house.
Vv eii “tee spread in if elicstnut tree"
—,dvr which the village smithy stood.
wa> cut downseven hundred children!
Contributed their dimes to have a
library chair made from this for the
pint. Tht el.air was placed in his
library on his -eventy-second birthday.
Since tie . 1 - birthday has been cele
brated by si-no* . chi hirer., not only in
New ! lug a: i. but even in the far OtY
N*»ri bland.
Hie high*h*.nor ilnu’and confers
Oil her illustrious dead i> a memorial
fn Westminster A obey. This honor
bus been extended across tile sea, and
when you va k thro _h that historic
pile you m v - e the bu-t of Longfel
low statu..eg in tin famous Loots'
Corner.
One element of his poetry is the tone
of deep relL’in ,- emotion which per
vades it all. f. golht • uuh a hopeful
uess that Kngers in hi- very last lines:
**Out of i iif -hadow i t night
The wot .i ii »vv- into light:
It i- day break everywhere!"
EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN
No one who km :,n»i loved Mr.
Siedman * vv; it** :i!p.i»ioiudtd\ of
him at m* • *: t it wm*u the world
:n> in • i - has gone out
O' >?, h -;u\.;g ii i ’s«. courage, his
bngh: i t > . h > s fur friend
ship « . t> much moiv
than a u • ‘. t v. i > h»> t mtributcd to
our literature a handful of stinking or
beautiful \\ ries ai.d Jt substantial body
of t he most serious and most impor
tant critiei-m: ii*- a representative
scholar in h ners, wtmse natural gifts
anil personal force had been enriched
and directed by constant contact with
the best in thought and art. It is a
marvel that the author of *‘The Victo
rian Poets" has done so much sound
and genuine work in verse and prose
under the pressure of so many other
forms of activity. In this respect he
stands alone: and no small share of the
deep respect in which he is held by
those who knew him is due to the per
ception of the tireless work which un
derlay his success. No man of letters
in this country has stood more consist
ently for the dignity and high tradi
tions of his craft than lie: and no man
has given his work a liner tlvor of
scholarship, and imparted to it more
generously that largeness of view and
quiet adjustment to the knowledge of
the time in many departments which
are possible to the student alone. If
he had written occasional lyrics, or of
those lighter essays which are some
times produced rapidly in leisure mo
ments his success would have been
comprehensible: but his work has had
a substance and a continuity such as
no other man has achieved who has
suffered any division of his vital en
ergy.—The Outlook.
PASSING OF JUDGE HOWLETT
The death of Judge Howlett removes
from our midst a public ottlcij^l who
was always obliging and kindly in his
intercourse with the people. He came
of a sturdy New Kngland race, born
about sixty three-years ago. He
obtained bis education largely from
wide reading and an extensive inti
mate acquaintance with public men.
Owing to the shortness of time be
tween his death and the sailing of the|
Saratoga upon which his body was I
shipped to the states no services could i
b** hold here. The hotly will be re
eeived by a daughter in Yakima, j
Washington, where the Judge was i
long known as a servant of the people, j
a supporter of jum enterprises and a
staunch advocate of honest govern- j
mont.
The death of .lodge Hewlett re-j
moves from among us a true friend
and one who will be missed by all the]
people.
CACHES R0B3ED
About 250 miners are said to bo
spending tlu* winter on Lilt It*. (Jaines, ,
ami Koigor creeks, and so many caches
had been robbed that tlu* miners, hav
ing no other redress, banded together
and took oath to kill at sight a person j
known as ’‘Five Finger Jitutny
against whom much evidence ot guilt
had bet n adduced.
From one cache there was stolen
over 2.000 pounds of provision. Y\ iih
Hour selling at $50 per hundred, and
inching retailing for h*-s than $1. and ;
all provisions scarce, it is evident that
the miners are in no mood to he trifled
with. The chances arc that “Jimmy |
will meet with summary punishment
lie fore the legal authorities can secure j
liis arrest and trial if he should fall,
into the hands of the sufferit g miners.
There are times and conditions when
-••If protection seems to justify the im
mediate infliction of penalty upon an
offender without waiting for the more
tiu*d\ process of tlie law to give relief.
Mastodons in Alaska
A Tacoma paper tells tin* following
story of Alaska: John Frol ling lias
just returned to his home in this city
after an absence of nearly seven years
in Alaska and the Y ukon territory.
Mr. Fro lling brings the facts of
the finding of the remains of a masto
don in an almost complete state of
preservation, flu* body of the mam
moth was found forty feet below the
surface and about fifty miles above
Circle City.
Several miners there had staked out
c .tint- and were going through the
frozen earth in an effort to strike pay ;
dirt. They were operating a steam
plant, running down points, and were J
one day surprised by noticing a pe
culiar smell of flesh emanating from
the excavation.
Fpon investigating they found that j
they were immediately upon the car-j
cas> o; -.time immense animal, which '
the : 11 n;»r redhot steam was rapidly,
decaying after it had lain in the frozen ;
clasp of its earthy bed for untold years. .
I;v -reat effort they got the careus* j
out of tin* earth. Much of tlu* meat |
wa--; i in a good -late of preserva
tion and was eaten by tlu* dogs and j
wild animal- that came about the
camp ;;t night. The bones of the
animal were ill intact, and the last
Mr. Finding heard, arrangements
were being made to preserve the
skeleton.
In his long travels over the Yukon
country Mr. Frol ling found many spots
where the bones of the mastodon were
numerous, everything pointing to a
time when some sudden cataclasm had
brought unexpected death upon the
animal life. He says those spots where
the mastodon bones are found so plen
tifully are invariably sheltered valleys
where the animals undoubtedly con
gregated in their extremities to shel
ter themselves from the hardships of
the weather.
Sunrise Mail
Nate White left Friday for Sunrise
and Hope with 250 pounds of mail.
WEEKLY WEATHER RECORD
Weathei record for the week ending
1 February 29.
Temperature.
Max. Min.
Sunday 42 31 Clear
Monday 37 32 Snow’
Tuesday 33 20 Cloudy
Wednesday 29 22 Clear, w’ind
Thursday 37 25 Clear, wind
Friday 29 27 Clear, wind
Saturday 30 24 Clear, wind
Mackinaws at Clayson’s *
CABLE SHIP ON
WAY NORTH
—
The cable ship Burnside is reported i
to have left Seattle February 17, for
the north for the purpose of repairing
the cable which was broken the 11th
inst. Word was brought on t he Bertha
to Mr. Faust to be on the watch at the
cable ollice for possible message
from the Burnside over the cable. It j
is expected now that the line will
soon be in operation again.
More Blessed
“Pa.” said Willie, thoughtfully, "I
think I know what the minister meant
when he said, ‘It is more blessed to
give tban to receive.
‘‘Yes,” replied his pa. "Well, what
did he mean?"
"(’a>tor oil.”
Legal Notices
NOTICE OK FORFEITURE
Cook InU-t Urecinct, Jan. 4, 1!H)S. !
To Harry McCormack. (J. Wal-j
tors. James McOill, 'Uios. MeConety,
Ceo. Hanson, Win. Ruins and Alfred
Noel:
You are hereby notified that the,
undersigned has expended one hundred
dollars in labor and improvements
upon the Skukum Creek placer claim!
situated upon Skukum creek, tribu
tary to Twenty Mile river, in the;
Territory of Alaska, Cook Inlet pro-,
einct, claiming 1‘Jooo feet from NOTH ’E '
up the creek in a southeasterly direc- j
tion, and 400 feet each side of Skukum ,
creek, as will appear by certificate
tiled the 24 rd day of February, lOOfi, in ;
the office of tin* recorder of said pro-'
einct, in order to hold said premises j
under tin1 provisions of Section 2424;
Revised Statutes of the United States ,
being the amount required to hold the ;
same for the year ending1 December
.’list, 1907.
And if within ninety days from the
publication of this notice, you fail, or
refuse to contribute your proportion'
of such expenditure, to-wit, $12.50
each as a co-owner, your interest in
said claim will be forfeited and be-j
come the property of the subscriber |
under said section 2421.
A. C. CARRIER,
Co-owner of one-eighth of said claim.
First publibation January 4. 15)08.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
IN THE Cnited States Commissioner's j
Court. Cnalaska Precinct, Third:
•Judicial Division, Territory of
A laska.
IN TilK matter of the estate of Sim
eon Millovidof, deceased.
Notice is hereby yiven by the un
dersigned executor of the estate of
Simeon M illovi< of, deceased, to the cre
ditors of and all persons havin'*1 claims
against the said deceased to exhibit j
them with nec< "sary vouchers within
>ix months after lirst puidication of
this notice to tb<> said executor at the j
otlice of the Cnit d States Commission
er in t he town of Cnalaska, A laska. .And
the undersigned hereby <fives notice
that he was duly appointed executor,
of the estate by an order of tin* above
named Court made and entered the 7th
dav of I Jecember. IP'D.
N. (JRAY,
Executor of the estate of
Simeon Millovidof, deceased
Date of first publication Feb. 2P.
Date of la>t publication
SUMMONS NO. 242
United States of America
United States District Court, Dis
trict of Alaska, Third Division, Pacific
Court District.
Edith Horan, Plaintiff,
VS.
Thomas Iloran, Defendant.
The President of the United States
of America, greeting:
To the above named defendant:
You are hereby required to appear
in the United States District Court, in
and for the District of Alaska, Third
Division,, within thirty days after the
day of service of this summons upon
you. and answer the complaint of the
above named plaintiff, a copy of which
complaint is herewith delivered to
you; and unless you appear and ans
wer, the plaintiff will take judgment
against you and will apply to the
Court for the relief demanded in said
complaint.
Witness, the Hon. Silas H.
Reid, Judge of said Court,
—'— this 16th day of January, in
j I the year of our Lord one
■j SEAL f thousand nine hundred and
. eight, and of our independ
ence the one hundred and
thirty-second.
EDWARD J. STIER, Clerk,
By E. A. HENDERSON, Deputy
Clerk.
Edmund Smith, attorney for plaintiff.
First publication Feb. 29
Last publication April 11.
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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.
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