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EDITORIAL
THE LITTLE JOIS
"We are so rich, you and I, in
our power of getting- joy out of the
little thiuss that most people miss!'
The woman who wrote that was
not shut away In some quiet back
water r" life, bravely trying to find
joy in everyday drudgery; she was
a wo man of science witb a whole al
phabet of degrees after her name; j
she had lived as fejv people have!
fhe opportunity to live, and knew
life as few people ever know it; and
she counted her wealth, not by her
fame or her money or her achieve
ments, but by her power of finding
jov in little things.
Headers of Lowell's Letters will
remember many a similar assertion.
"noo"* heavens, of what uncostly
raatej'il is our earthly happiness
composed, if one only knew it!
W a* incomes have we not had fro;
a flower, and how unfailing are the
dividends of the seasons!"
Kriewledge is difficult for us to
acquire. "I must live—live!" we
cry, and by living we mean having
excitement and var;ed experiences
Hut the life that depends upon
*hose things sooner or later be
comes bored and cynical, restless
an l miserable. It has no power of
joy in 'tself. Left to its own re
sources upon which to depend.
"There is no pleasure in life like
Mvat of rational conversation," a
man of wide experience oncee decla
ed. Yef conversation—even rationa
conversation .which seems to some
of us not so common as it used to b
—is to be had by mos* of us any ,
day ia the year if we really seek it.
Friends, home, nature, work —
there ore few lives indede that do
not hoi some at least of these
creaJ common joys, each of which
touches uncounted multitudes of
"little joys." It is the eye and the
heart that needs training; it is
not lift that is dull, but we; not
"joy that is cut off from the faces
of men," but man who goes with un
aceli eyes, never discovering the
silet.t comrade beside him.
"After all, the kind of world one
carries about in one's self is the
important thing, and the world out
side takes all its grace, color and
value from that," Lowell writes
again 1 '1
Here is a challenge worth our
most silendid effort; to ee«k. not
amusement, but growth; not enter
tainment. but mastery. To be bor
ed b>* yourself is worse; to be rich
iu the ability *o live in the "little
joy?." to discover the greatness of
everyday opportunities—that is to
become possessor of a wealth that
■no fortunes of earth can destroy.
—Youth's Companion.
EDITORS' TROUBLES
Believe me, some people have the
"nerve" of a chimpanzee. A re
norter •was stopped upon the street
fcy a f«rmer residing In Benton
county •who asked us to write up a
Tew of h;3 dislikes against a certain
road supervisor and wo refused end
then In looking over out list we
found that his paper was stopped in
August and he still owes the Cour
ier J 1.30 for his subscription —and
to cap it off he is sporting a new au
tomobile. Verily we say, "Some
peoule have great nerve."—Benton
Courier. • j
STRENGTH OF EGGSHELLS.
The Great End to End Pressure It Re
quires to Break Them.
Few people are aware of the wonder
ful provision made by nature to protect
against breakage the egg of a bird, by
the use of the arch.
"The fact that no man, no matter
how strong he may be, is able to break
| a sound hen's egg by squeezing it be
tween his hands, applying the pressure
according to the avis of the egg, made
me try to find out the resistance that
an egg can withstand In this way,"
says G. Herrastl of Wosterly, R. I.,
in describing his experiments in the
Scientific American.
"Brown eggs proved Btronger than
white ones und broke under a pressure
averaging 155 pounds, the minimum be
ing 125 pounds and the maximum 175.
"White eggs broke under an average
pressure of 112.5 pounds.
"The method employed was as fol
lows: The egg, setting point upward,
was placed on a platform scale and
pressure was applied to it by a lever
and a jack. Felt seats conveniently
disposed prevented the egg coming in
contact with the wood.
"The shelLs were measured for thick
ness and found to be .013 Inch to
.014 inch. When It was considered that
the average diameter of the eggs was
l^i inches some idea may be formed
of the enormous strength provided by
nature."
THROWING A BOOMERANG.
Easy to Learn and I* More of a Knack
Than a Science.
The boomerang is thrown overhand.
Grasping the small end in his right
hand, the man mores his hand back
ward as far as he can over the shoul
der ; then he brings it forward with all
the force possible, letting the boomer
ang slip from his grasp when hia hand
is well forws.nl In front
Throwing the boomerang is more of a
knack than a science. It may be learn
ed by any American or European who
gives the time aud patience for prac
tice. However, only native Australians
acquire marked ability In making the
boomerang turn exactly where they
wish. The natives are not averse to
using the boomerang as an American
policeman uses his night stick. The
native has the advantage over the
"cop." He can deal an effective blow
without being near the victim.
One of the most interesting imple
ments used by the native Australian is
the woomera or s;>ear thrower. The
spoar thrower resembles a rubber plant
leaf with its edges turned upward. At
the pointed end there is a barb or hook
against which the native places the
butt of his spear. In this way he can
get considerable additional power for
throwing the spear because of the in
creased purchase.—Pittsburgh Gazette
Times.
How Kangaroos Fight.
Kangaroos are distributed over all
parts of Queensland. The "old man,''
or fully grown male. Is mostly found
on downs and lu o]«ii forest country
An "old man" sometimes grows to the
height of six feet and when hunted
Into a rocky gorge or corner will turn
and face Its pursuer. It is a formi
dable adversary at close quarters. Its
mode of fighting Is to clasp Its enemy
:n its arms, hug him to its breast and
chen with its powerful hind claws rip
'.ilm open.
WOMEN'S WOES
Alaskan Women Are Finding Iletlief
At Last
It seems that women bay© more
than a fair share of the aches and
paiLs that afflict humanity; they
muaf "k^ep up," must attend duties
*n spite of constantly aohing backs,
or headaches, dizzy spells, b^ariug
down pains; they must stoop over,
when to stoop mean® torture. They
must walk and bond and work with
racking pains and many, aohes from
kidne/ ills. Keeping the kidneys
well has spared thousands of wo
men much misery. Read what one
woman says.
Mrs. M. I. Davis, 296 Weidler St.,
Portland, Ore., says: "For years
I had a great deal of trouble with
my back and kidneys. Sharp pains
would catch me and it seemed as
if my back was giving out on me.
My kidneys acted too frequently,
causing much annoyance. Doan's
Kidney Pills rid me of th$ pains.
My back got strong amd well and
my kidneys became normal. I
have had no severe attacks of that
kin* since."
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy—
get Doan's Kidney Pills—the same
tba* Mrs. Davia had. Foster-mil
buni, Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
CRUDE WIRELESS SYSTEM.
Long Used by an Indian Tribe of the
Amazon Valley.
In these days of wireless telegraphy
It may be Interesting to lcarij, that as
long ago as July, 1893. the Geograph
ical Journal recorded the discovery of
a wireless telegraphic apparatus in use
among the Catuqulnaru, an Indian
tribe of the Amazon valley, in South
America.
The apparatus, called cambarysu,
consists of a hole in ij-e ground about
half tilled with caan-i imd; above this
layers of fine rr.nd, fragments of wood
and boue and powdered mica till it al
most to the surface of the ground.
These materials are surrounded by a
case of hard palm wood, which ex
tends above the surface. The upper
part of the apparatus consists of layers
of hide, wocd and hard rubber. Be
tween tho upper layers and the lower
layers there is a hollow space. With a
club, much like the stick used to play
the bass drum, the native strikes the
layer of rubber that forms the top of
the instrument.
One of these Instruments is con
cealed in each hamlet of the tribe. The
villages are not more than a mile apart
and are placed lu a direct north and
south line. Although a person stand
ing outside the building in which the
apparatus is kept cannot hear a blow
of the stick on tho rubber top, it is
quite distinct in a similar building a
mile distant. When one of these in
struments Is struck the neighboring
ones to the north and south echo the
blow. The Indian stationed at each
one of the posts answers the signal,
and by means of code messages a long
conversation can be carried on.
GREWSCME PRESENTS.
To Make a Chinaman Happy Givo Him
a Coffin as a Gift.
A Chinese custom that seems particu
larly strange to occidental renders Is
described b.v Sir Alexander Ilosie in
his account of a journey through the
interior of China, "On tlie Trail of the
Opium Poppy."
At the hamlet of Fenshillnj,, thirteen
miles from Chichi<uig ITsien, he says,
we passed into I'a Ilslen district, in
which the port of Chungking is situ
ated. No one ever sees a coffin without
being impressed by the sight, and here
we saw them in the piece as well as
made up. Every house hud a coffin or
two lying under its eaves, some new,
some old, and one's first surmiso was
that mortality in these parts must bo
great.
The cause was, of course, the abun
dance of cypress, a wood that is much
prized for coffin making, and it must
be remembered that In China a coffin
Is a very acceptable present, especially
if made by your own family. Hun
dreds of pounds ure often spent on a
single coffin, and it is highly treasured
by the person for whom it has been
designed. To western Ideas the pres
ent of a coffin by a son to a parent
would be somewhat suggestive, and the
dally sight of It at the house door
would be decidedly annoying. In Chi
na It i.s otherwise. A coffin Is one of
the most valued of gifts.
An Early Street Cleaner.
"One (lay," Pen Franklin wrote in
his autobiography. "I found a poor, in
dustrious man who was willing to un
dertake keeping the pavement clean by
sweeping it twice a week, carrying off
the dirt from before nil the neighbors'
doors for the sum of (5 pence per month
to be paid by ea> I) house. I then wrote
and printed a paper sot tins forth the
advantages to the neighborhood that
might be obtained by this small ex
pense. I sent one of these papers to
each house and in a day or two went
around to see who would subscribe an
agreemeut t<> puy these sixpences. It
was unanimously signed and for a time
well executed. This raised a general
desire to have ali the streets paved
and made the l'eople more willing to
submit to a tax for that purpose."
Jewels on an Idol.
The Jewel.-; of an Indian idol must be
worth stealing if ninny of those re
markably hideous images possess such
valuable head ornaments as one made
for the id<>| Parthasnthv, in the Trlpll
cane temple in Madras. The ornament
Is worth some 50.000 rupees and Is
made of sovereign gold studded with
diamonds, emeralds and rubies, the
largest emerald being valued at 1,000
rupees and the biggest ruby and dia
mond at 300 rupees apiece.
An Ounce of Prevention.
For the third time in one afternoon
the lady found her new maid fast
asleep in the kitchen easy chair.
"What, asleep again'/" she said.
"When I engaged you you said you
were never tired."
"I know I did," the maid answered,
"but I should be if I didn't sleep."—
New York Times.
Sanitary.
M,Tis indeed a sanitary age."
"How now?"
"I notice that the electrician who
installed our phone never touched the
wires with his bare hands. lie wore
rubber gloves."-Kansas City Journal.
When the world was.' coated and the flowers commenced to
grow and the trees to bud, Mother Nature realized that those
who were to inherit the earth would need something Sweet to
Eat. . Y
An-d the Sweet Shop is the place to buy your Home Made
Candies, ! ■ ; • i | i Y
FRATERNAL ORDERS
Arctic Brotfverbopd. —
Camp Skngwary No. 1,
A. B. me<*s every sec
ond. .&nd fourth) Tues
day evening at 8:30 P
m. sBurp. Visiting brothers cordial
ly welcome. W. L. Stevemson, Arc
tic Chief. W. E. Burford, Arctic
Hect rder.
Fraternal Order
Kaglefs—
Skagwuiy Aerie
No. 25, rVater
nal Order of
mrcui uiq lirMi una wnni
Wednesday night of oach month at
tacit hall on Fifth Avenue. Visit
ing bPotliiers cOrdtally invitejd to
nttcnd. L. E. Hudson, \V. P.,
J. M. Orelsbach, Secretary.
P. & A. M.
WhitQ Pass Lodge j
F. & A. M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4th
f>rl. Es'gs, of each
moiuc. vLSHiog orotners are wel
come.
Elmer L. Wheeler, TV. M.
AddreBa all communications to
the Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Bkagway Lodge
No. 431, B. P. 0.
E. meets every
Thursday night
8:00 o'clock.
Visiting brothers
cordially welcome.
HENRY FRIEDENTHAL, E. R.
F. J. VAWDEWALL, secretary
Plpneer of Alaska Igloo, No. 13,
meet* to A. B. Hall first Monday In
every taonth at 8:S0 p. m.
Visiting Brothers cordially wel
come.
W. L. STEVENSON, Pres.
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