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AL1RIISM AND POLITICS
Soma of the sub6tan'ial, thought
ful .support era of Democracy are
ii-1 aiding President Wlson in. his
campaign for r®-eelectioii, while
there -re others who are giv
ing him Hie faint praise that damns
ileury 5\*atterson finds reason la
plenty why ,Mr. Wilson is not an
ideal representative of the Demo
cracy ir the prsidential chair. lie
ieeis tU;:t tho president's worli
altrUi£«n is interfering with, com
mon justice to liis own people, and
iuar much of it is mere scaoias>tic
diise:%atiou; he finds the presi
de: t, ilsi>, ,i shrewd politician and
a.i opportunist who adjusts his al
truism 'o practical political needs.
.WvCiVhek-ss, Jlr. NYatterson feels
thai his duty to Democracy calls
for his support of i:s candidate.
Col. George Harvey, editor ot
the North American Review, one
of tho strong men of journalism,
».:o helped to elect ^Ir. Wilson
; resident of the United States in
1912, finds reasons now for revero
' ijr his former juagmnu. iu m*..,
aliL, t^e president is an, opportun
ist whoso profes^d altruism does
iiot fit in with, his political strategy
.More than this, lie says, "ilr. Wll
s-ou has repeatedly shown evidence
of temperamental iucapacitv tu
ofasj. aud master a critical situa
tion iit the psychological moment,"
and the president's attitude in tfc«
rail.v.y 6trike situatiou may becit
cd as evidence of it.
Evident, even to the casual ob
? rv.r, is Mr .Wilson's inconsist
ency. For instance, how can the
man whose voice trembles as he
speak? of America as the torch
bearer of civilization and the trus
tee of humaji liberty, find it ex
pedite* to serid a committee of
Democratic politicians to Tammany
Hall »o beg Tammany to suppoit
him? And why should his fervent
supper* be always enlisted on the
side that shoftvs the most votesi?
The record indicates that, while
tue president's heart may often
have bled for humanity, he isi not
ibove sending notice of the fact to
the so whe may not have heard
about it; and it shows that, while
idealism ant) altrusim are his
stock In trade, he is not above
6tD0pii,g in his refrom of a cold
and practical world to repair hi
political fences.
KIT YOURSELF
YOIWC MAN", how do you spend
your time? Are you. studying to' fit
yourself fOT something better, or
will you rock along, indifferent to
every noble impulse, eventually to
join the ever-increasing army of
day-lcl ore? A few hours spent in
study esu-h week would fit you for
some trade or profession iu life,
escaping the uncertainty of employ
ment and drudgery of the day-la
borer. Electricity offers a,large
field for skilled men. It w-ill be
tho coming trade of the century.
Mining will yield a reuum&rative
employment , Metuallurgy, geolo
gy, chemistry,—all thes« are clam
oring for gocd men. Why not stop
this 6h!f«less, unprofitable} idling
away of precious time, and get
down and fit yourself for the fu
ture?. Rockefeller lived In a gar
ret on 53.00 per week when ho was
a toy; Thomas A. E-Iison, walked
the streets at the «g» of 35,
| broke, tut undiscouragcd. Both
used the'r sparQ time ia scientific
research, and bare risen to the
highest step la thoir respecUvei po
sitions. Th-e -world is full of oppor
tunities. At no time In its history
have ther* been suchj chaneeg for
skilled laeu. Why not loola ahead
bn provident, and rise out of the
class cf ahlrlcorg?
SIRIUS AND THE DOG DAYS.
Time Has Wern Away the Link That
Bound iliem Vogethor.
The i ' daya. when excessive heat
is suppled to prevail, begin July 3.
accord U-g tu the .indent reckoning, and
continue to Alts. II. A"! sort.: of tradi
tions anil supers!it: ms are connected
with this period, fid various dates are
also given.
Iu some sections the dog days are
said to begin on July 21 and to end on
Aug. 24, while still others attribute the
malevolent Influence of the dog star
upon the earth to the period from Aug
i to Sept. 4, iu aecoidance vith the an
clent Egyptian reckoning.
As a matter of fact, the rising of the
dog star, Cauls Majoris or Sirius, has
nothing to do with the affair at all
The rlsiug of that slar bus been so ac
celerated by the procession of the equl
noses during the passage of more than
2,000 years that the corresponding con
dltlon§ for the ancient dog days no
longer cslst.
Iu ancient times in the latitudes of
the Mediterranean the period of great
oat heat nearly corresponded with that
time In which the do- star rose nt the
same time with the sun. To this con
junction all antiquity and all the later
followers of judicial astrology attrib
uted a malignant influenca
Among the modern notions regarding
the dog days i< the absurd belief that it
is during this period that dogs aro most
likely to go mad.—St. Louis Tost-Dls
•wtch.
GOOD FORM IN TENNIS.
Don't Copy a Dad Style Bccause Some
Star Player Uses It.
Good form in tenuis is hard to de
, scribe. It is not necessarily the ability
to win matches, nor Is It always the
most graceful way of hitting the ball
It is rather the method of playing
those strokes that have been shown by
long experience to produce the best re
suits wiiii the majority of players.
One too often hears ati ambitious
young player declare that any stroke
that wins is good enough for him. Bo
cause MeLoughliu won international
matches in spite of using a cramped
backhand swing they nre willing to
,-opy his style iu t!io hope of equaling
•ib "skill.
Tat success does not Justify bad
rorra. What a >!• I.oitghllii or a T.rookes
night do with a bad style of play is
not alwajs the be t fur others to at
•empt. Ten would fall with s'l- h meth
kls where one would succeed, tvhiie
.vith gcvd form ten ttculd succeed
while one would f::il.
A ynuttg ni-vcr with a venerous fu
ture before him mi^ht miu-b better
select a-j a r. i'.cI of -ood form strokes
■3Bch as Johustou u: cs or those shown
!>y Larned. With such a niwlcl any
iea'.thy. a.'.i e boy should te able to
play tennis well after steady practice.
The game do.-s cot icrjutrc helghj,or
ve'ght or auy unusual physi al quallfl
•■atlon.-J. Parmiy i'aiet in St. Nich
olas.
The E:evetcr Bey Protests
Did you ever stop to consider the
reelings of an elevator boy in au of
i:ce building? "How'd you like to spend
our days In a cage, goiu' up, comin'
.own. same bad air. same old shafts
tippin' l>y, never noiliiti' to see? IIow
lye !I!;e it oa a sunny day when you
were dyln' to play baseball?" says the
c levator boy.
"I never thought about It at ail." the
passenger answered.
"Weil. I have. I thought aliout It
most of the time fer four years. Even
the fellows In Sins Sins sets out some
times. but we don't. When I set to
fec!Ui' I can't stand It, 1 think of block
after bloc It of office bulldiugs In this
town, every one of 'em with fifteen or
twenty cases, and a fellow like me In
every one of 'em, speudin' his life gnin'
up, comin' down, goin' up. comiu" down
—and outside the world goin' on."—
American Magazine.
Made a Mess of It.
During a social evening a woman
<ang for the guests. One of the guests
turned to a meek looking little man sit
ting at his side and said:" "How awful!
Who can she be?"
"That." replied the man addressed.
"Is my wife."
"Oh, I b-b-beg your pardon!" stut
tered the other. "She's really a»-I
know she'd sing beautifully If she
made a better selection of her music,
tt'ho do you suppose wrote that song?"
"I am the author of that song," re
plied the meek looking little man.—
Argonaut.
A Strong Will.
"Eastus," said the judge, "you say
'hat you entered the henhouse and
then, deciding to resist temptation, left
It. Is that right?"
"Dat's about It, judge."
"Well, how about the two hens that
were missing?"
"Ah tells you. judge. Ah took dem
Ah reckoned dat Ah was 'titled to dat
many for leavln' the vest."—New York
Times.
i If we hope for what wa cannot !|
J get we act and think in vain
? and make life a greaier shadow
? than it really is.—Addison.
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f School Notes I
* zimrtnnt «
September days ara flying past
'Coal winter days are coming fast.
The fifth and slx'h grades are
working ona, September! program
for Friday morning assembly.
At Monday morning assembly the
time has been spent mostly in chor
us siuing. Several new songs have
been learned.
The fifth and sixes, grades lan
guage classes axe writing the coup
lets which, appear at the hearing
of the 61 agway School News .
The school banking system has
boon resumed again. The total de
posits for the month aro $22.99.
The primary wem has thel largest
deposit .
Two new pupils, Emma, and Doc
Matthews entered school ou Mon
day. Emma entered the. primary
room, while Dcc wont with] the in
termediate grades. Both; have been
farming in Dy&a during the summer
The attendance, is now 100.
On Friday m-orning the first of
the regular assembly programs was
given. The fourth: room gave a
program on musio as follows:
Song—Bugle Song, by Tonnesou.
Eighth, ninth,1 ankli tenthj grades.
Essay—Evolution of Musical Instru
ments, Fred Blanchard.
Reading—Recollections / of Jenny
Lind, Floris Clar,
Life of Saralv Adams—Author of
"Nearer My God to) Thee," Edna
Achison.
Piano Duet, Ruth, Pedersen and Viv
ian Talbot.
The program was instinctive as
well as interesting.
In Domestic Science class, the
eighth grade girls made tea bis
cuits from the following; recipe:
2 cupe flour.
3 teaspoons baking powder.
1 teaspoon salt.
1 tablesipoon butter.
u-4 cupt milk (?)
Sift tfiy ingredients-. Cut butter
up with a knife. Add milk. Roll
to S-4 inch ttoickneus. Bake for 12
or 15 minutes. They served these
w'.th tta and chocolate to Miss
Beuthien, Mr. Hahn and Mr. Blau/a
ard, who visited school on Friday
afterac on.
Seme startling discoveries' on
Skagway examination papers:
Columbus discoveied Italy.
America was namejl after Am
erica D»sputer.
A simile is a "compressed) com
parison,
A j.ioneer is a dairy.
Teacher: "When is a basting
stitch used?" _
Pupil: "To malce button-holes."
Teacher: "What is the abbrevia
tion of hundred weight?"
Pupil: "W. C. T. U.,"
Teacher: "What makes Seattle a
healthy olace?"
Pupil: "It is very dry there."
Teacher: "Mo it isn't d'ry."
Another Pupil, (Interrupting) —
"It it too, dry. More th«u a
thousand barrels of liquor."
HELEN'S EXPEDITION
"Gci'Jg nutting!" Ethel's and
Jack's eyes poped open, wide, ani
even little Helen opened, her i)ig
blue eyes and! laughed. Shei was
three years old so at Jack's exclam
ation, "Going nutting!" she) said
with sparkling eyes, "Baby doe
nu'tjr too."
Hthel cried, "Yes, let's take her
with us, Jack. We'll ask mama,"
and ofC they scampered.
For tiieir father had1 come home
from work and told, them the joy
ful news that the nuts were ripe,
and they might go nutting if they
wero gocd
Mama considered] awhile before
she told «bem whether Helen might
go. The woods where* thef nuts
were was near. She thought Ethel
was large enough, to) take care of
her, so >"he let the happy; trio go.
They reached the woods) and
were too busy to notice that baby
Helen had gone; exploring by Her
self. When, they; did discover !t,
they ran calling her. But no ans
wer..
Then suddenly they heard a cry
ani Helen's voice, "Esel, turn here."
They ran to her and this is what
they found—
Helen sitting under a chestnut
tree, and sucking her thumb. In
her lap were several chestnutsl that
she had wicked off the ground.
She had hurt her thumib oni a
stickv chestnut) J>urr. Ethel and
Jack took very good care of ner
the rest of the day, never letting
her ou* of their sight.
EDNA ACJHISON,
Eighth] Grade.
* FRATERNAL ORDERS *
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Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Skagway No. 1.
A. B. meets every; sec
ond ao^ij fourth) Tues
day ijveinlng at 8:30 P.
m. snurp. Visiting brothers cordial
ly wtUcime. W. L. steverafon, Arc
tic Chief. W. E. Burford, Arctic
Kecc rder.
Frntein»l Oid-r
C'a^%.cicr 3 Ea«uv—
Skagwtty* Aeriq
V mil Older of
Eagles incuts tiie[ first and third
Wedjucsklaj- night of each month at
tneir liall on, Fifth Avcmue. Visit
ii'K brathjers cotrdially invitejil to
attend. L. E. Hudson, \V. P., J.
K. McAllister, Se)cretaiy.
F. & A. M.
JMHA White* Pass Lodge
F. & A. M. No. 113.
meets 2d and 4th
r * ' Fri. Ev 'gs, of each
montc. Visiting brothers are wel
come.
Elmer L. Wheeler, W. M.
Addre^ all eommonicatioua to
the Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodge
No. 431, B. P. O.
E. meets ever/
1st and 3d Thurs
day at 8:30 p. m.
Visiting bro ti
ara cordially welcome.
HENRY FRIEDENTHA-L, E. R
"* T. J. VAis'DEWALL, secretary
Pioneer of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
meets in A. B. Hall first Monday In
every month at 8:30 p. m.
Visiting Brothers cordially wel
come.
W. L. STEVENSON, Pres.
V. T. DORTERO. Rec. Sec.
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* PROFESSIONAL CARDS *
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Dentist
Mufrt Modjera Metthflds
Office Hours: 9-12 a. in. 1-0 p. 111.
Alaskfln Building - - - - liitoadway
SKAGWAY ALASKA
WILLIAM PALLISTER, M. 1>.
(Formerly of Seattle)
Specialist tu, the treatment of
disease and defoa-nuties of thc|
eye, ear, nose iand throat.
Offirc: Goldstein Building, Ju
neeiu, Alaska.
W. B. STOUT
Attorney At Law
Practice in; all courts
In Territory of Alaska
HAINES ALASKA
Alaska Junk Co.
of JoaeM Alaska,
Dealers Ik
RUBBER, COPPER, BRASS
1EAD, ZING, SACKS, BAGS
ROPE, SCRAP IRON
Rear of Splckett's Po«toffice
store.
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WATCHES&CLUCKS
Curios, Ivo v Carvv gs
Indian Baskets
China and Cut Glass
Official Watch Inspector lor the
W. P. & Y. Route
Mail Ordert iven prompt care
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WE PAY
HIGH - PRICES
FOR FINE FURS
WRITE FOR PRICE LI«T
Percey's Fur House
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congress, GOVERNOR, president and queen
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l-or WESTWARD PORTS
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