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EDITORIAL
11 KIN.. KINKS OUT OP SISSIES
Manhocd building is one of the
(s cf u ivers.il training. The
ri? J tliiplinc of military catup
IKe does wonders in taking the
tinks ouf i iissns. in lifting stoop
i; : rrames and putting rep in list
liss young fellows. The added
i: tj t!.e nation in man pow
er would be as much of a benefit
tie mobilized power of the men
«s i military force.
A strik'.ig inditment of unmanly
• cut -• l v. s made the other day
ru- a New Ycrrk magistrate who
Si'id: ' • «
•■There is a . amy of s! ib-sided.
roucd-ihouldert d, fish-eyed young
lr.-.u in t\is city, their fingers
<tai:-.el w.t . nicotine, nimless, start
ing frcm anywhere and going no
Wh' ie, open to any crime and a
daugtrcus menace to the communi
ty. ' ' » *
"The* Ji'or.ge on their mothers
o- . r.. ~;.-cndit g their time in
idleness. Talk about universal
trainirg I should like to be a
s rycauf w. h about ei:-ht strips
oa my f.au and have -00 of them
down en Long I-lard for drill. I'd
get som,thing out of them or
mil- M. mis rabl for them.'
A30J7 EXTRAVAGANCE.
E im; 9. .lr.ci Many
Pur Fallow It.
! i re!.;I vo tenu
1' a nam i< worth
a Inn . j , • v : • be con
a : . • >u go! itisb
if : ■: t-. .» i"..ml'y of ten
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• il -i •• a have
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=es the i!
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e time it
i: e it takes
r i; lul^itu
; «nJ; it Is
■ii i it that
Cl.ma'ia
cr.d Food.
an food Is
.1, because
Ii i< available
where vege
: t utiil animal
kt.it pi-.uluetst are
h«.- si of very great
• lioc. In temjierate
■ if fii. k1 may l>e se
- r .n::''!e to sup
< have always been
oday.
Greet.aeart woo 1 from British
Guiana is sail t*.> outlast iron or steel
when used uuii<.t waier.
"?.Iig!.t d .'t ma»e right"
"-Vo. l.;;i it «!<*.•;« f'.reo a lot cf com
WOOL CLEANING IN ALEPPO.
Much Like a Conjuring Trick Is This
Old Eastern Process.
Many of the oid eastern processes
may still be seen in the bazaars of
Aleppo. A contributor to Blackwood's
in a recent article describes a man
whom he saw at work cleaning wool
in exactly the same way as has been ■
the custom in Syria since Biblical
days: '
"In the shelter of one of tho arches
perhaps yon come upon some curious
process in full swing. It may be the
cleaning of hair or wool or even the
making of woolen felt. The cleaning
of wool and hair seems to have some
thing of conjuring about it, so Imme
diate are the results and so unexpect
ed, compared with the rude implement
used.
"A man seated cross legged on the
paving is the conjurer. His instru
ment is a woodcu bow, about four feet
long, in shape like the bow of a violin,
but with the back two feet away from
several stout catgut strings. On the
floor he places a small heap of wool
clotted with mud and dirt, and above
it stands his bow, its back in the air.
its two projecting horns resting on
the floor and its strings touching the
wool. With a wooden mallet he strikes
the strings lightly and sets them twang
ing harmoniously and then rocks the
bow and lots its back strike the floor
or wall. Between the top of the bow
or floor or wall comes a tap of the
strings with the mallet, and what with
the time he keeps and the twanging
strings there is a semblance to the dis
tant sound of a drum and harps. Hav
ing got into time with bow and tap
ping, perhaps lie begins to hum a song.
-It is all a matter of a few seconds
only before the wool begins to rise in
a soft white cloud around the bow. It
goes on rising, and he slightly stirs it,
pulls the lower part more under the
strings, changes the position of the
bow a little, but keeps up the rocking
and tap-tapping and never breaks the
rhythm with which he began. Under
the vibrating strings the wool grows
into a heap m size like a table, but still
he goes on. while a cloud of fine dust
rises to the roof of the vault. When he
stops he h:is produced a creat mound
of soft white, fleecy wool and beneath
it Is a heap of sand and dirt. So he
soes on. in the cool shade of his clois
ter. twanging and tap-tapping and sing
ing and half tilling his vault with clean
wool as (lie result of a day's work with
this primitive instrument.
"One may see these wool cleaners
often, for they are in every town and
bazaar. But just as often one stops be
side them to hear the sounding strlugs,
the rhythmical tapping, the monoto
nous song and to see the magical re
sults which follow. It all is a scene
as eastern in spirit and as ancient as
can be found."
Willing, but Not Anxious.
Ministers sometimes observe some
curious phases of human nature among
persons soliciting their services in the
performance of u marriage ceremony.
"Will you vake this woman for your ,
wedded wi.VV asked a clergyman of ,
'a would be bridegroom. <
"Yes; I'll take her." remarked the
| man in a half dejected tone, "but, he j
I added, with surprising frankness, "I'd i
I rather it yere her sister."
Doing Big Things.
Doing big things makes us energetic
to the hi'-hest pitch. That s why we
I say a man who is doing great things is
I drunk with power—that it has turned
j his head. The fact is it has lifted him
I into a higher stratum of activity.—
| From "The Fighting Man." by William
I X. Brady.
No Evading That Bill.
i ,4I ordered some flowers sent to Miss
' Itedbud, and I'll be hanged if the
blithering idiot of a florist didn't send
:hem C. 0. P."'
'Thew: Piil she pay for them?"
"She did, and now, deuce take it, I've
I {0t to pay her."—Boston Transcript.
He who would serve everybody gets
thanks from nobody.—Danish Maxim
Damp,ColdWeather
Brings Its Toil of Sickness to A1-'
itskJin People.
Chilly, damp, changing weather f j
hard cn the kidneys.
Even more irritating are colds,
i grin aud pneumonia;
1 hey congest the kidneys;
Tlity bring backache and disor
! dertd kidney action.
For weak kidneys use a tested
i remedy.
i 40,000 people publicly recom
mend Down's Kidney Pills.
Frank Lang, 620 Savier St., Port
| land. Ore., says: "Changes of tem
perature, together with hard work
brought on trouble with! my kidneys.
-V catch often took me in the small
o' my back and threw me off a
j ladder. I felt the pain extending
| up mv spine and dowm into my
| groins. It seemed liks a paralytic
| stroke and for several days I was
' Dradically unable to do anything.
My kidneys acted too often, caus
ing me a great deal of annoyance.
Doans Kidney Pillg fixed me up
in good shape."
Price 50c, at all d'ealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy —
ge» Doan's Kidney Pills—the earns j
♦!:at Mr. Lang had. FosUr-Milburn. (
A DIVER'S
STORY
By HOWARD C BEACH
There are two situations either of
vlilcli is calculated, when one is in it,
o chill one's blood. One Is up In the
lr, the other .under water.
I have never been up in the-air, btSt
have been under water many times,
am, or, rather, I was, n professional
liver. I didn't adopt the calling be
ause I considered it dangerous, for
vhen properly doue diving in armor is
lot dangerous. The same may be said
tf aviation. 1 became a diver in order
o make a living. 1 ceased to be a
liver after receiving a shock under
vater.
i yacht that had been overturned and
iunk in a gale with a view to learning
vhere the chains were to go under her
0 lift her. 1 was told that the owner
vas a scientific man, a great student,
in investigator. lie had invented a
tumber of scientific devices that had
nade him n great reputation. The
vrecktug company told me that he was
letermined to go down with me, rath
>r for the sensation of breathing under
vater than for being of service.
When we stood on the wrecking boat
mtting on the diver's uniform I cast
1 glance at my diving companion, on
vhose head they were about to put
he helmet Why I did not then and
here refuse to go down with him I
lon't know. I suppose It was a dls
ike to do something unpleasant Sin
,-ular that I should have been willing
o risk a horrible death rather than do
omething unpleasant However, I
>resume it is the same feeling that
:ompels a man to expose himself in
mttle to certain death because he Is
•xpeeted to do so.
Mr. Cheney, my diving companion,
rent down by one ladder. I by an
ither some twenty feet distant from
lis. The water was clear, and the
un was shiuing upon it, so that 1
ould see about me to a comparatively
Dng distance. I kept an eye on Mr.
'heney. who struck the yacht at the
iow, I amidships. She Iwd settled on
ler keel, and her masts were nearly
lerpendicular. I was about to drop
iver the side to hunt for a place to
;et a support under her when my at
ention was attracted to Mr. Cheney,
ie had mounted the gunwale and
tood with one hand on the ratlines.
Phen he began to go up hand over
land. Fie stopped a short distance
rom the surface and began to drop,
iliding his haud along the upright
opes.
JLU13 » us U.-lUliili.i UV't »uaauiB juu
■estigations. It seemed to me that
ie was amusing himself as a child
night do going up aud down, being
icariy balanced by the density of the
vater. Not liking his actions. I stood
vhere I was, aud when he had gone
ip and do^ti a few times he let blm
;elf down on the deck and came to
ward me.
Divers usually carry a knife, since
hero is a probability of needing one.
Lt any ratt, I had one In a pocket in
uy diving suit, and Mr. Cheney had
K>en provided with one. He was
ibligrd to move slowly through the
vater, and meanwhile I was wonder
ng what his Intention was in coming
0 me. As soon as he reached me he
;ave me a push and at the same time
nade a frrab for my signal line. In the
ussle that followed 1 lost it. and he
rrasped it
I would not have believed that so
nuch strength and agility could be
itilized under water. My antagonist
rot his arms around my body and,
•ulling his knife from his belt, cut the
ope connecting my waist with the
nen above. Then he began to dance
ibout on the deck, evidently delighted
hat he could jump so high and come
[own so gently.
I was si>me thirty feet under water,
vith neither life nor signal line, at the
nercy of a madman, for his actions
onfirmed that glitter in his eye I had
loticed just before his helmet was put
in. Why the others had not noticed it
! do not know, except that there are
hings which, though plain to soma
ire invisible to others. The only arti
cle connecting me with the world
ibove was the air pipe, I was getting
(lenty of nir. but the maniac had prov
id himself stronger than I—probably
in account of his madness—and if he
nterfered with the supply of air I
vould suffocate.
Having danced to his satisfaction,'
dr. Cheney started for me again. I
:oukl see by the way lie held his head
hat he was observing my air tube to
ee where he could cut It. for he held
lis knife siill In his hand, evidently
[uite pleased whenever a beam of sun
Igbt glittered on it through the water.
drew my own knife, determined, if
lecessary. to save my life by killing
lim. When he came within a few feet
if me he jumped aud. catching the
ut>e above my head, severed it.
He must have pulled on his signal
ine, for I saw him rise rapidly. There
vas enough air in my helmet to pre
ent Instant suffocation. I saw above
ae one chance for escape, the feet of
ay would be destroyer. 1 was just in
ime, by a spring, to reach an ankle
dth one hand. He tried to kick me off,
•ut I not only hung on. 1 clutched the
ither ankle with my other hand. With
1 death grip 1 was drawn to the sur
ace.
That is all 1 knew till 1 came to my
;elf on the deck of the wrecking boat,
ny helmet removed and a number of
nxious faces bending over me.
Mr. Cheney is now in an insane asy
nm. I am a retired diver. I have nev
r since been under water.
♦ FRATERXAL ORDERS
Arctic Brotherhood. — j
Camp Skagway No. 1.
A. B. metis every see- j
ond and louirth! Tues- ;
day evening at S: 30 p.
m. suarp. Visiting brothers ooidi"!
ly we'ocane. W. L. Stevenson, Arc- j
tie Chief. W. E. Burford, Arctic |
Heccrder.
Fraternal Oitlrr
Kaglefc—
Skagway Aorio j
Jio. 23, Prater- j
ual Oitler of;
hagiegj meets Uiej first and tuna
Wednesday night of each month at
tnrj t Jiall on Fifth Avenue. Visit
ing brothers cordially invitejd to
attend. J. M. Gieishacii, W. 1'.
J. V. MUlcr, Secretary.
F. & A. M. |
White Pass Lodge J
F. & A. M. No. 113
mec-ta 2d and 4tli j
Fri. Kv'gs, of each
montc. Visiting brothers are wel
come.
Elmer L. Wheeler, W. M.
Avldrees all communications to
the Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS |
Stag-way Lodge
No. 431, B. P. O.
E. meets every
Thursday uight
Kt 8:00 o'clock.
Visiting brothers
cordially welcome.
HENRY FRTEDENTHAL, E. R
F. J. VAA'DEWALL, Secretary
Pioneer of Alaska Iptoo, -No. is,
meet* in A. B. Hail first Monday in
ewry month at 8:80 p. ni.
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