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"OLD, GLORY"
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AVOID PREJUDICE
It Is an Evil Thing That Warp* Judg
ment and Breeds Injustice.
Prejudice is an insidious thing. It
creeps into the soul unaware. It leads
us to say ami do wrong things; it
warps our judgment and leads to In
justice. unkisdness ami even cruelty.
It paves the way for hatred and mal
ice. In proportion a* wo learn to clear
our minds of prejudice «e l^vme bet
ter men anil w. iu.n; we win friends
and dissolve enmities: we are more
worthy of respect and confidence*
No one wauts to be judged by false
standards that prejudice sets up. Be
ware of jutiuing others lu su>-h a light.
Prejudice cramps the mind and the
heart: it stands in ti e way of rishtful
growth of character. It la wise to
star h v..ur heart and if you find prej
udice there t» set abi.ut to root It out
wholly.
Do not be sure you of nil men are
unprejudiced. That i< the danger, for
prejudice is guarded by vanity. Seek
to be just In all things, small as well
as u'reat. In all the relations of life be
sure you are not jud^-lus another, not
for his error, but from your prejudice.
For the worst thing about this weak
ness !s that it breeds injustice and un
kindness and malice. It hurts innocent
folk and makes no cne happier.—Mil
waukee Sentinel.
SNOW CAPPED ARARAT.
H Overlooks the Lands of the "Czar,
the Sultan and the Shah."
Great Ararat, which shoulders Its
way some KM*) feet up Into the Ar
menian sky and looks down on the
lands of the "czar, the sultan and the
shah." although so truly the rallying
point, as it were, for the Armenian
people. Is quite unknown to the native
Armenian by this name.
The p^ple who actually dwell with
in sight of its great snow capped dome,
who look out toward it over the plalu
from Erivan, some thirty miles away
to the north, or from the frontier
mountain slopes away to the south call
It by a variety of names. If they are
Armenians they call It "Massls;" If
Turks. "Aghrl l>agh." and If Persians,
"Koh-l-Xuh." or the "Mountain of
Noah."
There are really, of course, two
mountains, or, rather, there is one vast
mass out of which rise two peaks,
"their bases confluent at a height of
8,800 feet, their summits about seven
miles apart."*
Little Ararat, upon whose slopes It Is
that the territories of the three king
doms actually meet. Is some 4,000 feet
lower than its big brother, but none
the less, with its 12,840 feet. It Is "none
so little/'—Argonaut.
Goirwj Vj Extreme*
"I tell you what," said Go tam, en
tertaining his western cousin, "every
thing Is so high here It's alia Bt im
possible to keep a house going."
"Well," replied the cousin, "the winds
are so high out our way it's ilmost
Impossible to keep a house from ;oing."
—Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegra, ih.
Flag of the Chinese Repub io.
Th« flag of the Chinese i/epubllc
shows five equal horizontal >•tripes—
red, yellow, blue, white an& black,
reading downward. The red stripe at
the top stands for China pro|er, the
yellow for Manchuria, the blue for
Mongolia, the white for Tibet and
the black fgr Ju&estaa,
WISE AND
OTHERWISE
Do your duty before blaming others
for not doing theirs.
In every parting there la an linage of
death.—George Eliot.
To be a rising young man tt Isn't nec
essary to be self inflated.
Wise is the man who declines to take
his troubles too seriously.
Japan has a wireless system which
is extensive and complete.
The alien population of New Tor*
state is estimated at 3,000,000.
The rail Journey from Constantinople
to Bagdad requires flfty-four hours.
A woman can make a fool of almost
any man If nature doesn't get the start
of her.
The American botanist Asa Gray
could Instantly recall the names of
25,000 plants.
Sarah—When I married you I thought
you were a brave man. John—So did
everybody else.
Some kinds of antelope can make a
leap of thirty-six feet In length and
ten feet in height.
I made all my money by sever buy
ing at the bottom and never selling at
the top.—Lord Rothschild.
To the minds of most people educa
tion and pleasure are mutually exclu
sive ideas.—Herbert Spencer.
The debtor of Slam after three
months may be seized and compelled
to work out bis indebtednessi
Mrs. Parker-Our new cook has
learned all my ways. Parker—Don't
worry. She may improve.—Life.
••Papa, what Is the difference between
a sanitarium and an asylum?"
i "About $100 a week."—New York
1 Times.
The cost of the first Mexican war to
the United States, exclusive of pen
sions, was from $130,000,000 to $100,
000.00ft
A prominent and successful New
Tork state physician recommends car
rots daily in some form in the diet of
bis patients.
Asphalt, which was known to too
ancients. Is said to have been em
ployed as a binder In masonry by the
Babylonians.
It's all right to lay something by for
a rainy day. bat don't Invest all the
money you have In umbrellas.—Phila
delphia Record.
There Is an old adage which runs,
"Who wears a bloodstone, be life short
or ioug. will meet all danger brave
and w lse and strong."
A brilliant and permanent green dye
can be produced from the Juice of the
stalk and leaves of nettles. It is some
times used to dye woolen materials.
Bananas are fit to eat as soon as
they have lost all their green color and
remain fit, no matter how black they
may be, as loug as the skin is unbro
ken.
Some people give a dime to a good
cause and then when dollars do not
Sow back to them think something is
wrong with the tide.—Christian Her
ald.
There Is much value In the sunflower
as a plant. Its seeds make fine food
for live stock, its oil is equal to the
best linseed, and Its stalks are good as
fuel.
Of course you needn't take onr ad
vice if you don't want to, but if you
live in a glass house you ought to build
a high board fence around It.—Dallas
News.
When fish of the deep sea chase their
prey or rise for some reason high
above the ocean bed the gases of their
swimming bladders expand and they
become light.
A guest of a Fifth avenue (New York)
hotel that boasts you can get anything
you want there called for a best man
for his wedding and the hotel provided
one in five minutes.
"Don't you think that young folks
ought to be taught bow to spend
money ?"
"Humph! I see you never sent a boy
of yours to college."—Baltimore Ameri
can.
"I've been hugging myself to dis
traction ever since dad gave me a pearl
necklace for my birthday."
"If you need any assistance yon
know where to come for It"—Town
Topics.
"Don't conclude that a new author's
book has made a great hit," says a crit
ic, "just because he has had a hair cut
and his friends have seen him looking
in a restaurant window."—Atlanta Con
stitution.
"I wonder how the women liked It
in the days of cave men when their
lovers knocked them down."
"1 guess that method of wooing made
a great hit with the women."—Balti
more American.
"I'm afraid," said the Junior mem
ber of the law firm, "that we are caus
ing our client unnecessary trouble."
"Oh, that's all right," rejoined the
senior member; "we'll charge him for
it"—Boston Transcript
FOR DRY FARMING
Can Be Practiced Where Water
Is Not Available.
REQUIRES MUCH PATIENCE.
In Missouri, In Drought of 1914, Us* of
Dry Farming Methods by Only Part
of Farmers Largely Increased Yield
of Corn Par Aero as Compared With
That of 1901.
■Washington.—With the burden of
supplying the world's wartime crop
facing this country, the committee on
statistics and stan I^rds of the-Chamber
of Commerce of the United States has
called attentlou to the inabilities'
of dry farming. Such methods, it la
declared, can be made to fit the re
quirements for raising many of our
most important products. Dry farm
ing is said to be the only form of agri
culture which can be successfully prac
ticed in any region where water is not
available for irrigation and where
rainfall is not sufficient for humid
farming.
The inherent purpose of dry farming,
it is pointed out, ia to conserve mois
ture in the soil until needed for grow
ing plants. The dry farmer resorts to
methods of timely and proper cultiva
tion, harrowing, disking and plowing,
to increase the penetration of water,
prevent evaporation and store mois
ture in the sol! for the benefit of the
plants.
"Dry ranning is not av. easy juu, uui
is the lot of the farmer In the semi
arid regions any happier at times than
that of the policemen in the 'Pirates
of Penzance,' " says Archer XV«U Doug
las of St. Louis, chairman of the na
tional commerce committee. "It Is a
business requiring much Industry, pa
tience, fortitude and intelligent under
standing of the surrounding conditions.
Likewise in the beginning it needs
some reserve capital against emergen
cies. For there a re yours when, through
weeks, even months, of rainless heat,
the sky is as brass and the earth as
iron underneath, and rainfall only a
distant memory.
"Yet persevered in and Intelligently
stuck to, It Is apt to record a success
and to furnish a great need for the
utilization of the vast area of semi
arid country. Once exploited as a
panacea, then denounced as a fad, It
has at last come into Its own as an In
telligent scientific form of agriculture,
absolutely essential to the development
of a large section of our country."
Of particular Interest in meeting war
time conditions is the argument that
dry farming methods are applicable
not only to farming in the semlarid,
but likewise humid regions in times of
drought. In Missouri in the drought
of 1914 the use of dry .'arming methods
by only a part of the farmers largely
increased the yield of corn per acre, as
compared with similar conditions in
1901.
TRAINING FLEET FOR LAKES.
Eastland, From Which Many Live*
Were Loat, Will Be Flagship.
Great Lakes, 111.—A fleet of training
ships shortly will be sailing the great
lakes, it wa.^ announced at the United
States naval training station here.
Captain W. A. Moffett, commandant,
has planned the mobilization of a num
ber of vessels mounting guns ranging
from one pounders to six inch pieces.
The fleet will serve to train recruits
passing through the training station
here, which has been greatly expanded
since the outbreak of war, in addition
to protecting lake cities.
The steamer Eastland, which turned
over in the Chicago river in 1915 with
a loss of 812 lives and which is now
being rebuilt as a gnni>cat, will be the
flagship. Other vessels in the fleet
will be two of the former Spanish gun
boats which were captured by Dewey
at Manila bay.
SLACKERS NOT WANTED.
But This One Enlisted After He
Changed His Name.
Newark, N. J.—A heavy set young
man walked into the uriay recruiting
office here and told the officers in
charge he wanted to enlist.
"What's your rime?" asked the lieu
tenant.
"Slacker,'• was the reply.
"Nothing doing." shot back the offi
cer. "We don't want any slackers here."
The man later explained that he was
Andrew Slacker of M'ddletown, Sussex
county, N. J., and tlia.v he wanted to
break off diplomatic relations with his
name.
He was accepted.
QUESTIONS ASKED IN
WAH REGISTRATION
Tbe questions which are to be ■
answered In the nation wide war ■
department registration Involve <
comparatively few subjects. <
Here they are: The name In full, 1
the age In years, the home ad- <
dress, the date of birth, the 1
quality of citizenship, natural <
born, naturalized or the condl- •
tion of declaration of Intention; <
the place of birth, trade, occupa- 1
tion or office, employment and by <
whom employed, dependents If <
any, married or single, race, for- <
mer military service au<l wfeere 1
it.was rendered and lastly claims 1
of exemption from drat, with <
the specific ground* therefor. <
fraternal orders
©
Are tic Brotluertiood. —
Camp ekagwav No. 1,
A. B. meets every sec
ond and fourth.1 Tues
day evening at 8:30 P
m. B»«rp. Visiting brothers oordla.1
Iy welcome. J. M. Taniner, Arctic
ChJif. W. B. HargraveS, Arotic Re
corder.
Fraternal Order
Eaglets—
Sksgwuy Aeriq
No. SO, Frater
nal 0rd«r
fiAglcv moeta tb«| first and third
W edncwdaj- nlglit of ouch month at
tD«lr bail an Fifth Avenue. Visit
ing brothers cordiajlj lnviUnl to
J. M. Groisbach, W. P.
J. V. Miller, Secretary,
P. & A. M.
White Pass Lodge
F. & A. M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4th
Saturday Even lues
of each mouths. Visiting Brethren
aw welcome.
HAROLD TALBOT, W. M.
JAMES WALLACE, Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skugwiy Lodge
No. 431, B. P. 0.
E. meets every
1st and 3rd Thurs
^ day night at 8:30
o'clock. Visiting
uri>iu.ers ooriuajiy welcome.
W. B. BATSON, E. R.
F. J. Vi^JDEWAUj, Secretary.
Pioneer at Alaska Igloo, No. lii,
meet* in A. B. Hall first Monday in
every month at 8:80 p. in.
Visiting Brothers cordially wel
come.
W. U STEVENSON, Pree.
F. H. Doree, Rec. Sec.
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Curios, Ivory Carvings
Indian Baskets
China and Cut Glass
Official WatcK Inspector for the
W. P. 8c Y. Route
Mail Order« riven prompt care
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Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O.
We, the undersicoed, have known P. J.
Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu
cobs surfaces of the system. Testimonials
^ent free. Price 75 cenU per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists.
Take Halt's Family Fills (or constipation.
—Advertisement.
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Excursion Season opens with sailing of S. S. Dolphin from Seattle, June 18
and closes with sailing of same Steamer August 19. During
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Dinner 5.30 to 7 p.m.
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