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EDITORIAL PAGE
C. P. STKAMEItS HACK
Badly us England needs mer-1
chant steamships for transports to
carry troops, not only across the
chaunel but to the now war zone in
the near East, the government has
decided to release three vessels of
of the Canadian Pacific fleet to
tako »he places on the Pacific left!
vacant by the withdrawal, under
compulsion of 'lie seaman's act,
of the Pacific Mail, the Dollar
steamships and the Minnesota, of
the Groa; Northern fleet.
Some Eastern newspapers com
ment upon this as helping to re
lieve American trade with the Oriend
trom its present dependence upon
the Japanese liners to do the car
rying.
Unfortunately, this is not al
together the ease. The Canadian
Pacific vessels do not ply from an
American port, but from Vancouv
er, Uruish Columbia. Therr prime
purpose is to facilitate Canadian
and British trada with the Orient,
no' American trade. What Ameri
can trade is diverted to these steam
ships will also be diverted from
American transcontinental lines to
the Canadian railroad line and
from American to the Canadian
ports. Thus, the seaman's act,
among its far-reaching injuries,
will also operate to deprive Ameri
can railroads and American ports
of a iharo of the business which
they injoyed while American steam
sui.L.s were in the trans-Pacific
trade.
There is another fact to be con
sidered. Should it ever be decid
ed that the law is operative ac
cording to its language and applies
to foreign vessels, despite the
treaty provisions to the contrary,
that iuct will have no bearing up
on the operation of the Canadian
Pacific boats save possibly the ad
vantage which it will give them op
erating from a Canadian port,
over ..11 vessels operating from Ani
ent au ports on the Pacific and
handicapped by the seaman's law.
Tiie seaman's law will not touch
\ '3tls plying ."rom Canada, and
Canadian ports will enjoy an ad
vantage over American parts by the
precise amount which it costs to
operate a vessel from an American
port more than from a Canadian
fort.
Far all-around destructivenees,
few pieces of democratic legislation
have had any advantage over this
commerce-crushiiig seaman's law.—
Seattle P.-I.
TRESPASSERS KILLED
The New York Central has issued
a letter to the public calling atten
tion to the fact that, during the
month cf August alone, twenty-six
trespassers were killed and ten
badly injured on its tracks. The
safety agent of the road in this let
ter states that nearly all of these
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
with LOCAL. APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease. Ca
tarrh Is a blood or constitutional disease,
and In order to cure it you must take in
ternal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is
taken internally, and acts directly upon
the blood and mucous surface. Hall's
Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It
was prescribed by one of the best phy
sicians in this country for years and is
a regular prescription. It is composed of
the best tonics known, combined with the
best blood purifiers, acting directly on tho
mucous surfaces. The perfect combina
tion of the two inrredlents is ^hat pro
duces such wonderful results in curing
catarrh. S*:nd for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props.. Toledo, O.
Soli by Druggists. price 75c.
Tak® Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
trespassers were wage-earners, uot
tramps, and brings out the further
tact that mora than. 10,000 trespass
ers are Killed annually ou the tracks
of the various railroads of the Un
ited »Siates. He suggests that a
federal statute should be passed
forbidding trespassing on railroad
lands.
It is the common practice every
where {o use the railroad tracks as
convenient footpaths, trespass laws
to the contrary. It would be prac
tically impossible la almost any
community to secure the conviction
of a citizen for making this unlaw
ful ust- of railroad property.) Yet,
when the Inevitable accident oc
curs, the blame la promptly fixed in
public estimation upon the railroad
a«d it will probably find itself a
defendant in an action for damages.
The remedy, of course, is in
little niOTe wholesome public senti
ment on the subject of trespass, an
offense which Americans generally
commit with an entire absence of
thought of its meaning. Private
property is ovemin by trespassers
in innumerable instances. Owner
shiu of farm property fronting on'
a well-kept highway has this habit
of trespass as aai offset to the ad
vantages of the good roads. Rail
roads are not the onlly sufferers.—
Seattle P.-I.
CAUSE FOR THANKS
If the signers of the Declaration
of Independence naC gone In for
Safety First there never would have
been any declaration. But Mr.
Bryan wasn't liring then. — Lowell
Courier-Citizen.
Hi» First "Invention.'*
Edison's taste for inventing began
when he was quite a little boy, al
though the first time he attempted to
be original be was a failure.
One day, when he was about five
years old, his parents missed him for
quite a long time. After a prolonged
and fruitless search all over the house
his elder sister happened to go Into the
fowl house, where she discovered the
missing boy sitting on the floor, his
clothes smothered In broken eggs.
"What on earth are you doing there,
Tom?" she asked in astonishment
"Well," replied tie youthful genius
gravely, "I thought if the hens could
hatch eggs by sitting on them so
could I!"
Only One "Brorao Quinine"
Whenever you feel a cold coming on,
think of the full name LAXATIVE
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day. Cures Grip in two days. Look fot
signature of E. W. Grove on the boc. 25c
EVERY OWNER OF
A DWELLING
Should Have
FIRE INSURANCE
Now is the Time to Act
Reliable Companies are
Represented by
-PHIL ABRAHAMS
Aprent
4th* Avenue
PENNED
IN
By WILLIAM CHANDLER
There is an infinite liumber of Is
lands lu the Pacific ocean, and there Is
a diversity of condition among the In
habitants of the different islands. Fif
ty years ago 1 knew more about them
than I do now. When I was a boy of
eighteen I shipped on a small steam
vessel running from San Francisco
among these islands, trading by the
way. The captain, Simpson, was then
quite an old man and had sailed
among* them for a number of years,
lie knew the character of the people
of the different Islands and told us,
that, while most of them were ap
proachable, there were a few at which
he would not care to touch unless with
a numerous crew and with plenty of
arms and ammunition.
During one of our voyages we had
had luck from tho Btart Our crew
was a small one when we left San
Francisco. Two men were taken 111
within a week after we left, and both
died. Another fell down an open
hatchway, and still another was wash
ed overboard and lost.
Wo had passed the Hawailans and
crossed the equator not far from the
International date line when we struck
a northeaster that drove us on to a
point directly north of the Fijls. Dur
ing the storm we shipped a sea that
drove one man headforemost against
the bulwarks and washed another one
overboard. This left us the captain,
the mate and three seamen. Hardly
had the storm blown itself out when
something about the firebox gave out
and we were obliged to let the flres go
down in order to find out_ what it was.
We ~had sal! en " to keep steerage
way. but no more.
Just before the captain gavo uie or
der to put out the tires I noticed him
looking intently nt an Island lying off
our port l>ow and heard him tell the
mate that he believed it to be one
from which on a previous voyage he
had narrowly escaped with his life.
Having found the natives bent on plun
der and ready to strike any weak crew
that came within their reach, he did
not relish the Idea of putting out the
tires in that locality.
However, there was no choice in the
matter, and when the firebox had cool
ed down one of our number went into
it for an examination. Unfortunately
the wind was Mowing straight toward
the Island. Presently we saw a num
ber of canoes coining out from the
shore. The captain looked grave. Un
der sail we couldn't make four knots,
nnd we were too few to defend our
selves against the swarm of dusky
men who were coming for us. The
mute suggested that they were only
coming out for trade or to beg and
wouldn't harm us. The captain said
he knew better; they would murder us,
take what they wanted and either get
the ship to the shore or sink her.
The only chance there seemed to be
for us was to hide. We all went down
and got into the firebox, where a man
was working, and closed the door. The
latch fell and could be opened only
from the outside. Hut this didn't trou
ble us, for the man who had been at
work had his tools, and when we want
ed to get out It would be possible for
him to bore a hole near the latch so
that it could be lifted.
The furnace room was pretty dark,
and since we all packed ourselves in
the far end of the firebox we were
not likely to be seeu except by a pair
of first rate eyes. We waited In sus
pense till we heard men tramping
about above. They must have been
surprised to find the vessel deserted,
but delighted as well, considering that
Watch Your Children
Often children do not let parents know
they are constipated. They fear some
thing distasteful. They will like Rexall
Orderlies—3 mild laxative that tastes
like sugar. Sold only by us, 10 cents.
Wm. Brirt.
the>e wis much plunder for them. We
heard them everywhere, evidently coU
lectlng what they wanted. The door
of the firebox was opened twice, bat
whoever opened It shot It again with
out taking the trouble to make nn ex
amination.
The visitors remained on board til)
we began to feel the vessel rolling con
siderably; then the sounds suddenly
ceased. It was evident that the sea
was getting rough, and they did not
dare stay ionger. Then Captain Sim
mons directed the man who hnd been
repairing the firebox to drill a hole so
that the latch could be lifted.
Boring a bole In wood and Iron are
two different things. The one can be
done in seconds; the other may take
hours. The man hnd beon drilling
some time when we began to feel wa
ter on the firebox floor. Bringing the
light the workman hnd with him, and
by which he wns drilling, to bear on
the floor, wo saw water trickling tn at
several points.
Every man of us paled. The ship
had been scuttled, and we were pen
ned In to be carried to the bottom.
The man who was drilling had splen
did nerve. He did not lose tls head,
but kept steadily on, conscious of the
fact that he must make an opening
before the ship sank and not knowing
how soon she would sink. When he
was nearly through, removing his drill
and putting In a steel implement, be
hammered It through. In a few min
utes he inserted his fingers and lifted
the latch.
The water had made considerable
headway, but not so much but that it
could be seen pouring through an an
ger hole in the side. We plugged it
and, rushlug on deck, saw that we bad
been blown past the island and were
drifting away from It Then we man
ned tho pumps for anhlle, completed
the work in tho firebox and In due
tlmo were once more steaming safe
ly on.
Humor on tho Linka.
"Fore!" shouted the golfer, ready to
play.
But the woman on the course paw
no attention.
"Forel" he repeated, with not a bit
more effect than the first time. ^ ^
I "Try her with Three ninety-eight,'"
suggested his partner. "She may be
one of those bargain counter fiends."—
Boston Transcript.
W. Jk A. tL
WhiU Paa Lodge
r. ft A. M. Na 113
meet* Sd a*C 4th
?*rt HT'gs. of each
TlAiUftk broth*!* *r» w«l
Phil Abrahams, Secretary.
Elmer L. Wboel^r, W. M
B. P. O. ELKS
Blc&cwftf: Lodgfl
No. 451, B. P. O.
K. meats erory
TUureday «r«niac
) &t 8:00 o'olocJc.
vwu.® brok
ers cordially weloonUL
HOWARD ASHliHT, B. R.
F. J. Y-lNDBWAIi, fWoretary.
Fraternal Order
j BmIm
8k&cw«9 A«rl#
No. 35, Pwtor
a&l Order of
E&glee meet* the firat and tnira
| '"edneeday night of a&cfc moath U
; their hall om Fifth arenue. Visiting
brothers cordially UyU*4 to attaad.
John C. Wood, W. P., J. K. M<v
Alist:r. Secretary.
Arctic BroMi«rhM<L—
Camp Skagway No. 1
A. B. meet* erery »ec
oad and fourth Tues
day nmli| at t:00 9
m. aharp. Visiting brottoi* oordial
ly welcome. A. J. Acheaoa, Arctic
f hier, W R. Hiilery, Arctlo Re
corder
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