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NEW YORK, Nov., 8— Sneezes
and superstition cost many lives an
nually in India.
This was the statement of Dr.
Anna Degenring of the Woman's tYm
erican Foreign Mission Society, who
has just returned here, on a year’s fur
lough after 14 years as a doctor in
India.
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“A sneeze means a great impend
ing calamity to the Indian mind,” said
Dr. Degenring. “Whatever happens on
the day that one hears a sneeze is
sure to turn out ill, ami the Indian
will enter upon no understanding of
importance on such a day. Many of
our patients have ^refused to have op
erations on “which theii lives depended
on the day that had been arranged,
lor. because they happened to sneeze
that morning, or even-to hear some
one else sneeze.'*
Indian belief in auspicious days is
another “hobgoblin” in the path of the
medical missionary there, Dr. Degen
ring said, boon after an Indian child
is born, the soothsayer reveals to the
lamily its lucky star and its lucky
days. Indians who fall ill or are hurt
in an accident persist in waiting for
their auspicious days before sending
for a doctor.
The Indians, the physician explain
ed, attribute epidemics to the wrath
of various goddesses of ill health, add
ing ‘there is a goddess of malaria
and a goddess of smallpox — a god
dess, in fact of every recurring epi
demic.”
Though they believe in goddesses,
they are hard to convince concerning
germs and they have no idea of quar
antine for contagious diseases, Dr.
Degen ring said.
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MONEY SCARCE
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STOCKHOLM, Xov., 8^- Sweden
is suffering from a scarcity of money
and an abnormal economice situation.
This is reflected in the report of the
State bank for September.
The money shortage depresses the
stock exchange where prices of bonds
and shares have touched a very low
level, even old established ndustrial
enterprises wrich pay dividends of. 10
to 18 percent being quoted below par.
Causes to which Sweden’s unsettl
ed condition is attributed here include
the socialist program, emanating from
the present government, such as the
investigation whether socialization of
industry’ ami commerce lies within the ,
borders of possibility, heavy taxation,!
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an increasing demand for higher wag
es and the labor unrest.
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Adding to this, the growing debts 1
to foreign countries through unnec
essary imports, and decreased produc- :
tion ascribed by many to the eight
hour day, one obtains a picture of the
present economic position of Sweden.
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WEATHER REPORT
SEWARD 36 CloudyOalm.
Anchorage 15 Pt Cloudy Calm.
Matanuska 18 Clear Calm.
Cbickaloow % Clear Calm.
Wasilla 26 Clear West.
Talkeetna 20 Clear Calm.
Goldcreek 2 Clear Calm* •
Hurricane 2 Clear East. J
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INTERESTING SERMON '
A fair sized congregation, consider
ing the inclemency of the weather, as
sembled at the Methodist church last
evening to hear the Kev. Duane Earl
Carter discuss the subject, “The man
who did not want to be president.”
This is the modern way of stating it,
for in olden times it was the man who
did not want to be king. Saul was the
man, and though he hud been chosen
yet when they expected him to be pre
sent he was not there. Inquiry was
made of Jehovah who answered, De
hold, he hath himself among the hag
gage.”
“Saul was a study in contrasts,”
said Kev. Carter; “in fact every man
is a study in contrasts, that is, everj
man has in him traits that may lead
to either good or evil. We often look
into the faces of young men and young
women and read there the signs of
great potentiality for good. We right
fully ex pint much of them. As we ob
serve their course and watch their de- I
vclopnicnt we wonder in some install I
::es why they have chosen companions
lacking in high ambition and in spirit
ual .power. Often in matured life th»:
contrast is so strong that the noble!
Qualities of youth are no longer recog- j
nizablt.
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"Saul was the cho en king of Israel, i
•'Inch was oxiioctiil of, • him, though |
cf | mi worthless fellows said, “How j
shall this man save us? Later in life |
Saul deserted his God ami paid a vis
it to the Witch of Efidor. Many in
these troublous times turn from their
God and take the oija board for their
advisor, forgettirtg other high ideals
and the fact that we are studies in con
trusts and then see to it that the con
trast in mature life is an improvement
and enlargement upon the highest
ideals of our youth.”
NOT THE ALASKA RAIL ROAD
BUCHAREST, Rumania, Now, !)—
If Americans feel that their subways,
railroads ami trolley cai*s are crowded
conditions in Rumania and other parts
i*f tlu? Balkans are worse. Railroad
traffic today in Rumania is so great
that passengers ride on the roofs of
every train by the hundreds. When
the tops of the trains are so crowded
that.they can hold no more, the pass
engers cling to the running boards,
rule on the bumpers and even on the
under-framework of the car. . The
fare is the same whether the passeng
er rides in a compartment or on the
roof of the car. Accidents are fre
quent. Often when a train has entered
a tunnel, a number of passengers have
been swept off the roof to their death.
The congested traffic is due to the
small number of locomotives and
coaches available and to insufficient
trackage. Most of the country's ro l
ing stock wuo carried off by the Ger
mans or destroyed. Some of the foco:
motives and cars have been replaced,
but the number is far from adequate.
A large American locomotive concern
has contracted to send a number of
engines here, taking in payment a
f*
quantity of oil.
There are at present less than tf,
000 locomatives in Rumania, including
the newly-acquired provinces of Tran
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[a ancflfcssiu'abia. About haflf
tills number are in order. Most 6f them
are of German or Hungarian construc
tion. There is such.a shortage of pass
enger coaches that bog cars often are
used for the conveyance of the public.
The total trackage in Greater Ru
mania is about 10,500 miles. This has
to serve an area of nearly 300,000
square miles and a population of 18,
000,000. Many of t|»e Jfeel r^Xfnfe 4ft
most entirely worn out and the road
beds are in need of major if pairs. Ru*;
manian mil way officials say that-Am
erican railroadmen 'and engineers
would do well to investigate business
prospects in Rumania. Railroads must
be constructed, and others Rouble
tacked. The country. .willi require an
enormous quantity of railroad sup
plies to re-equip and reconstruct . the
lines that suffered during the war.
Bridges also'must be-'built, cannals
cut and harbors extended.
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Seward's Future is. Asfafad* ,
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Bill Paterson, who marries tonighl
a very sweet and loveable woman hud
a rather aggravating but amusing ex
perience the other day. It peeins that
Bill has selected a certain house in ;he
town for the Mrs. Paterson-to-be. The
windows of the house needed washing
so Bill in one of his generous moods
engages a certain colored lady to per
form the necessary operation of re
moving the dust and dirt..from the
window panes. Said colored lady W8S
industriously doing what she had been
hired to do when Bill informed h
:hat he would show her how to wash
them windows. He grabbed the doth
and climbed out on the sill'and pro
ceeded to demonstrate howr it should
be done. Suddenly the bolt that held
the window up slipped and the window
decoded, pinning Bill to the sill. He
:ouldn’tget the window back up and
the indignant colored lady would not
and could not assist him because she
was busy laughing at his predictment.
finally when Bill had cussed himself
out and the colored woman had laugh
ed to her hearts content, she raised
the window with the remark. ’’Guest
I understands now’ Mr. Paterson how
you all wash windows.
CLEAN STREETS
NEW YORK, Nov., The latgc
cities of Europe in the point of clean
liness and tidiness of streets are far
ahead of Now* York, Chicago, Cincin
nati and many cities in America, say*
Clyde A. Copson, manager of the An
ti- Litter Bureau of the Merchant’s
Association, who has just returned
from a trip of observation in Europe
“In some sections of New York, “hr
said, “ I can see more street litter in
one square block than in any one city
I visited abroad. Paris and London are
models of cleanliness and comparative* i
ly free of street litter of any descrip- (
tion. This is due to the fact that the
people abroad are more tidy than we
who live in.America.
“The city of New York countenanc
es conditions that none of the eittas
which I visited would tolerate for a
moment.”
Mr. Copson said that Landon has
the best organized Street Cleaning De
partment in Europe, Glasgow, • tin
.poorest, and Paris has the best gar
bage disposal system. •
Referring to taxi-cab drivers am'
all chaufeurs abroad, Mr. CopsonV
statement said that they “seem tr
know their business and when m trou
ble, or about to run down # pedestrian
they apply the brakes instead of toot
ing horn9. The Chauffeurs v in -New
York do just the opposite, hence‘tire'
greater number of accidents *nd: iibls-»
es. . •-> ’ 4
“Newsboys and venders in London,”
he added, “do not shout their wares,
but instead carry signs on whi^h is
printed ip large letters the important
news headlines. Th$ system helps con
siderably in lessening the general
noise. The *ubt/ays, ‘babes’ as they
are called in Londop, areftfoie com
fortable than ours imdocrnpulously
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One good inrestiment beats a life
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of thp spirit .*#- *#» Sew-,
ard' the town it is destjdsdto-hs* At
of •us 'wimt'to Me if progpSKttu Oitf
thriving community and the sooner wt
nee it the better'Wf will bfViatisffed.:
But there arqsowe ftw-of-us whoi
are so damneji pessimistic iiri4 doubt-?
ng about the fctore that $e have ttfef,
;ame effect upon'those who are opti
nistkl as a bunchfodompe. ^ crepe
mnger announces tb«j fact of some
King dead. For the' lore jif Mike quit
tangin’ crepe on die town qd<Hfev*ie
I all your time in, idefbnrtidf i^w^jb
iome white optomistic ribbon. Sir Oli
ver. Lodge in a recent article in some
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nsgacine says that he believes thf
lead exist If Sir Oliver were to come1
» Seward he would be no longer in
loubt for there are sure some dead
>hes in this town who will either have
Co resurrect themselves or.be buried
Territory, tr you can't Qualify as'a i
dead of a dead bit of refuse.
Notice— You people out along* the.
railroad who dig up a simoleon! ^ a
month, for the Daily Gateway ought to
be able to findaonie scribe among you
who can gather a colomn of news* a
week. Wp want to run a column-at
*east once a week * dallied Railrdad
but we can't do it unless some
of you who get the* news first hand
will gather it together rfnd shoot itrin
to the* office.
Must be all kinds of ioterestib^
bits of gossip and' news fly mg antthd
&e different nrfle post9. "Won't &me
of you please gather* it together ifif
write it down on some piper gild nth#
it in'. We'll fix it up in good style di&d
shoot it back io you properly gar/iL *’
ed. You canrelay it in frbm^ Die'dif
ferent placed along theliue. Try what'
you can do toward letting thd people
in the commuhity know thafdShd*HiIe
posters are a bunch of tire ones. **:
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Winaotae yowng bride,
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If you have bad th« story ehtitldd
the Squaw Man"- fo$ ought* to go tod
sre the picture. If you have not toad
it you ought,to; s*e thepfctUre *
and then bed the boote Vtorwiytft4
Y< u wiH epjpy .1^ shaw. It'd uatMdi
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drug. ppt no^ epfttrced here k 4*%*^
ed .to reduce th ft twp of habtofmntoif
drugs which-has frown *eryili||dfo
hei^j^uring^toe^ait fewyears. -*>
v. Under its provisions licenses arc.'
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