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ARE WE EASY MARKS?
Cordova Times: That the other
cities of Alaska are pestered by
the fly-by-night centlemen who vis
it our shores with a traveling bag
and nu attractive selling proposi
tion is not news to us. When wo
don't got caught ourselves, it I
arnusts u to read of the tribulations j
of the other felltw, who bought a
check protecting device, a diction
ary, etc. only to tind after paying
something down, tbat the agent was
a fraud. The man with the ?8.5u
maps still makes some of our lend
ing citizens squirm when they
thin* of him. Everybody in Cor
dova should remember not to trade I
with individuals of this ilk until !
they have been stamped with the j
approval of the chamber of com-j
merce. The Ketchikan regressive
says a kinder word for the average
Alastau than we would have in the
premises. We thought we were
rather "easy marks" but in the fol
lowing outburst the Progressive
says we are not, aud as some of
the good people of Cordova will
feel' fl-'tered uuder the circuui
stanr?, we hereby submit the
article:
To; the last several years an
occasional "smait aleck" lias
dropped in on us, presumably tak
i:ir us for easy marks, and we re
lunrtaarly admit that some of us
h;:vc fallen at some time or oth
er to their alluring promises. How
ever, the smart Alecks have never
bv.-s.-u so numerous as thy are now j
or as they will be with the con-1
sTiiitioa of the government rail-j
road. Recently, a company of i
actors- dance hall actors—dropped
in on us with a "freezer" resulting |
in their hasty departure with sure
ly less money thau they liad when
tlwy arrived—and perhaps wiser. On
their frail came another with a
"hot air" proposition that he de
scriood as the greatest dictionary
ever published, expecting us to
waste perfectly good and valuable
tiiae listening to hs parrot-like
harangue iu. the elaboration of the
work Not only that, but for daring
to iir.wupt the "spealer," ho be
came very in Jignant and walked out.
"New won't someone teach those
captains of industry manners and
assure them that we Alaskans know
what we want in the way of shows,
maps, lightning rods, dictionaries,
squeaking shoes and all the rest,
and save us from a great deal of
annoyance and save the smart Al
ecks from making asses of them
selves."
CilJEAT HARVEST OK UKIUUES
Salmon berries, blue berries and
r ^ huckle berries aro now ripe,
and the yield is said to be unusual
ly large. Old.youug and middle
at:ed of Sitka can be seen these
days strolling out from town in
tie direction of the best berry
patches, and the stained lips of
even the fairest damsels betray the
visits to the blueberry bushes.
The luscious strawberries at the
experimental station are also ripen
ing somewhat early this year. Tho
tourists as well as the town's peo
ple have shown their weakness for
th'^e sweets the past two weeks. It
is worthy of note that these berries
are a cross between the local wild
strawberry and the culivated berry.
—Sitka Verstovian.
Her Gift I
By F. A. MITCHEL
A girl was sitting oa the poreli of
her home thinking. Five years before
on that very day of tlie month she had
refused Ileury MacMiUan. She was
then eighteen years old, and the in- |
direct method In love affairs appealed
to her. If a man proposed to her and
she refused him she expected him to
return the nest day and the next and
so on till she accepted him. MacMil
lan had no conception of this sort of>
lovemaklng. He never said anything
he dldn'fc mean and couldn't under
stand any one else doing so. But his
experience with women was not ex
tensive.
On this summer afternoon Luella j
Travers was thinking of Henry Mao
Mlllan. She had not intended to refuse |
him more than once. When he came!
back the second time—which she nat
urally expected he would do—she in
tended to accept him and at the same
time show him how long sho had loved
Ulm by giving him a smoking cap. on
which she had embroidered a wreath,
no had no use for a smoking cap aud
no ambition to wear a wreath about
his head, but Lueila couldn't think of
anything else to do for him.
Henry was us stupid about some
things as he was wise about others.
If a dozen persons had witnessed the
refusal he received every one of them
would have known that Luella was
refusing him with her tongue, while
nhe was accepting him in her heart. :
Henry heard her words, but saw not |
their denial. He had received a busl- j
ness offer In n distant city and wished
to learn if I.ueila would marry him.
If so he would consult with her as to
its acceptance; If not he would accept
It without consulting her and go where
he would not be near her and conse
quently the better able to recover from
his desire for her.
Luella was a bit surprjse(j (jjat
Henry should have taken jjer reply so
seriously, should ^ave bowed, though
reluctantly, to what he considered the
inevitable. He left her without a inur- j
mur, and she was somewhat fearful I
that he might not give her an oppor- •
tunity to recall her refusal. She had |
half a mind to call him back. But half :
a mind Is not a whole mind, and she |
let him go, exj>ecting the next time she i
met "hluTTo draw Ulm to "another pro
posal by those winning ways she un
derstood how to apply.
She did not see Henry for several
days, then she was greatly shocked to
hear that he had gone to another city
to engage In business and make It his
home. Why she did not write him to
tell him that her refusal of hlui was
only temporary does not appear. Ter
baps It was for the same reason that
the myriads of other temporary re
fusals are not recalled. A woman must
wait for a first proposal, and it is equal
ly obligatory for him to wait for a
second.
And now Luella on the anniversary
of her refusal—the date was as well
fixed In tier mind as her birthday—was
sitting on the porch wondering—as she
hail wondered constantly since her lov
er's departure—what could have made
h!m so stupid. And yet had he seen
through her game what would have
been the pleasure in her playing It? It
had not occurred to her that she had
better have refrained from the fun
and acted on the principle that u bird
in the hand is worth two In the bush.
Who Is that tall figure coming up
the road? There Is something familiar
In the walk, something In the outline,
something intangible, Indescribable
al>out the whole. Luella's heart stood
still. Yes, it Is Henry, ne Is heavier
than he was, his step Is a trifle less
quick than it used to be, but It is J
Henry, the man she refused five years ,
ago. to her regret ever since.
Was he coming to renew his propo- j
sal?
Luella had had fits of anger against
her lover for being so stupid. Now, In
stead of a hope springing in her heart !
that he was coming to tell her that he |
could not live without her. with a con- !
sequent throwing herself Into his arms,
she was seized with a desire to punish
him. For what? For having taken her
refusal seriously.
Henry came on. Luella, pretending
she did not see him, looked tip at the
sky. He stopped before the liouse,
then mounted the steps. Luella forc
ed a smile, ne looked as gloomy as
the day he had left her.
"Why, Mr. MacMIllan!" she exclaim- i
ed. "What a long time since I have
seen you!"
"I've not been In this town since I
saw you last," he said.
"Came back to see your mother, I
suppose?"
"Yes; to see my mother, but to see
rou, too. I've passed an unsatisfied
3ve years since I left here. I've come
trnck to try to persuade you to recall
ivhat you said to me just before I left
rnu."
There was something so miserable in
his appearance and tone that her de
sire to punish htm for his stupidity
broke away. Asking lilm to "watt a
bit," she weut into the house and
brought out the smoking cap she had
kept so long.
"I had intended to recall what I said
the next day. but you didn't give me
an opportunity. 1 had been making
this gift for you for months and ex
pected to give It with my consent."
She spoke through tears.
The man—only a genius could por
tray the mingled emotions expressed
on his face.
THE CIGARETTE BEETLE.
This Tough Little Pest Will Flourish
Even In Cayenne Pepper.
A tiny but withal practically om
nivorous little fellow, the cigarette
beetle is known to science as Lasloder
ma serricorne. It Is common In nearly
nil tropical and subtropical countries,
aud, us a sample of its catholic tastes,
wo may mention that It will breed In
raisins, rhubarb, cayenne pepper, rice,
ginger, dried lish, upholstery, ergot,
turmeric, books, cane work, gun wads,
liquorice, saffron, belladonna and In
pyrethrum powder strong enough to
kill cockroaches—a varied catalogue to
bo sure. It is chiefly as a pest of
tobacco. In various forms, however,
that the cigarette beetle has become
notorious. The greatest damage Is
done to the wrappers of cigars and
cigarettes, through which it eats small
holes.
The larvae live upon the tobacco leaf,
and a very interesting fact Is that the
size of the adult beetles, into which the
larvae eventually develop depends not
only on the quantity, but also on the
quality, of tobacco that has been de
voured In the immature stages. Ex
periment has shown that In every case
beetles obtained from selected cigars
wero double the she of those from
low grade tobacco. It will be remem
bered that the cheese "skipper" is par
tial to the better cheeses; similarly, the
cigarette beetle is somewhat of a con
noisseur, for given a free choice cigar
ettes are always the first to be Infested,
while cheap grade tobacco and cigars
kept In the same room will remain un
Infested for years.
Apart from the actual destruction of
the tobacco leaf, the larvae spoil Its
aroma and accordingly depreciate Its
value; It Is some consolation to know
that the adults themselves do no dam
age. This little beetle Is most dltBcnlt
to eradicate, and. to that end, an ex
perimental X ray machine was spe
cially built at great expense In Amer
ica. The machine was to be capable
of "sterilizing" cigars, on a commercial
scale, at the rate of 40,000 a day; volt
ages of C1.000 to 75.000 and exposures
ns long as an hour were trial without!
the slightest effect upon eggs, larvae,
pupae or adults—the experiment was
a failure.—"Insects and Man," by C. A.
Ealand.
VICTOR HUGO'S VISION.
Tho Day When Weapons of War Will
Be Regarded as Curiosities.
A day comes when you, France—you,
Russia—you, Italy—you, England—you,
Germany—all you nations of the conti
nent shall without losing your distinc
tive qualities and your glorious Indi
viduality blend In a higher unity and
form a European fraternity, as Nor
mandy, Brittany, Burgundy, Lorraine.
Alsace, all the French provinces,
blended Into France. A day will come
when war shall seem as Impossible be
tween Paris and London, between Pe
tersburg and Berlin, as between Rouen
and Amlen3, as between Boston and
Philadelphia.
A day will come when bullets and
bombs shall be replaced by ballots, by
the universal suffrage of the people, by
the sacred arbitrament of n great sov
ereign senate, which shall be to Europe
I what the parliament Is to England, tho
I diet to Germany, the legislative assem
I bly to France. A day will come wheu
a cannon shall be exhibited In our mu
seums as an Instrument of torture Is
now and men shall marvel that such
things could bo.
A day will come when we shall see
those two Immense groups, the United
States of America and tho United
States of Europe, In face of each other
extending hand to hand over tho
ocean, exchanging their products, their
commerce, their Industry, their art;
their genius clearing the earth, coloniz
ing deserts and ameliorating creation.
To you I appeal, French, English,
Germans, Russians, Slavs, Europeans,
Americans, what have we to do to has
ten the coming of the great day?
Love one another.—Victor Hugo.
Too Costly.
King George II. once wished to add
the Green park, in London, to his pal
ace grounds, whether the people liked
it or not lie Inquired of his minister
ns to the cost
His lordship, mindful of the general
discontent then prevalent, answered:
"The cost, sir? Oh, it would be a mat
ter of three crowns!"
The king took the hint The people
kept their park and the sovereign his
triple throne.
Neighboring Flats.
"Seo here, my friend, why do you
always ring my bell when you come
home soused lute at night?"
"It's this way, old fellow. My wife
won't Jaw me If she hears you moving
about"—Kansas City Journal.
Phil Abrahams
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