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"TWO-IUT" BOARD
Wo are gradually getting down to
concrete figures In. tha various ad
ventures in economical dietary.
Chicatro experimenters lived well
and <a>ned weight on an allowance
of less than 40 cents a day to each
individual. Since thea several
squads have proven the possibility
or a 30-cent diet. Just now a squad
of New York oolicemen is holding
weight on an allowance of 25 cents
a day, an<i then menus appear to be
e' me d's'ance away from starvation.
Fcr instance, on one day the New
York ycl icemen breakfast oin oat
meal and milk , 'oast and coffee;
for luncheon they had boiled
marcaioci, chees, cornbread and
tta; for dinner they had meat
loa'. fresh fried potatoes, graham
brea.i, date pudding and tea. Tea
't will be observed displcaes coffee
as au economical and efficient
drink, and the diet leans, in spots,
to uoa>attening foods.
Wniie these experiments will be
of vnue in pointing the way to
food economy, there are many peo
ple ivlc will none of it. Good
tilings to eat are quite important to
'"aousands of Americans, regard
less o' food cost. Yet there is a
strong argument for economy, not
omy for the purse but for the
Dtysical health. One who haibtual
ly indulges in rich foods pays pen
alties 'or it in money, in health and
in shortened life.
I» seems tQ be fairly well demon
strate 1 that one may provide whole
sec e and sufficient food at a cosf
of 'J5 cents a day. At this rate the
h:s.'h cost of living ceases to be an
inioortaDt issue. There may be
•some demur at date and prune pud-1
dius, but doubfJess, if these prove
too bizarre, something as efficient
may be provided at the same cost.
thcs° who care to conserve both
piirse and health, the menus of the
New Y'crk policemen seem worth
considering ia this crisis.
ADVENTURE HAS
SORRY ENDING
Bend, Or., Feb. 5—His mind fir
e.i by storica of adventure, 10
year-old Tom Madoc, of Bend, brav
ed zero weather to run away from
ht>me, but, wearied of hardships,
toj1- refuge at the bachelor cabin
of a Homesteader 47 miles from
Bein'.. "Word of the boy's vhere
aboutg was brought in last night
by H. G. Farris, an auto truck
driver on the Bend-Burna rood.
The youngster left home Wednes
day night, slept in a strawback
tirieo miles from here the first
nigh', and was picked up nine miles
from Bend the following day by
Farrjs on his outgoing trip.
T>e boy's solo equipment con
sisted cf a frying pan, a half pound
of beet, a few slices of pork, some
lard, an-5 a can of condensed cre^m.
lie declared that ha was on his waj]
to Burns to join his parents and
that ve expected to live on the
lone- trio by. catching sage hens and
jackraobits. He had $1.01 in cash
wheo V was foun4 trudging along
the road. Farris will bring the boy
back t: his parent® in this city
Jlonday.
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GLASS IN THE EARLY AGES.
It Was Always Colaftd and Opaque, aa
a Rule, Until the Year 600 B. C.
Somewhere In the neighborhood of
3,300 years before the Christian era
are found records of the existence »f
glass, the earliest In history. Some
well preserved specimens have quite
recently been discovered In the sepul
ehers of the period of 2500 B. C. The
glass of Egypt was generally opaque,
rarely transparent, always colored and
used for (fee making''bf articles of
adornment, such as beads, vases of
blue glass with finely chased wavy
lines in white, light blue, yellow, black
and red.
It was not until nearly 2,000 years
later—or 600 B. C., to be exact—that
transparent glass came Into use for the
manufacture of bottles and goblets.
By this time, however, Egyptian glass
had been extensively exported to
Greece and Italy, the furnaces of Alex
andria, under the Ptolemies, producing
glass vases of beauteous design.
To the Phoenicians have many au
thorities awarded credit for the dis
covery attributed to the Egyptians,
and It Is certain that Sldon, the capi
tal of Phoenicia, was at a very early
period famous for glassware made by
Artas and Irenawus from ~ the sand
brought down from Mount CarmeL
While specimens of Egyptian and
Phoenician glass were found In Greece
In the time of Herodotus and Aris
tophanes, It was not until 350 B. C. that
ltstnanufacture in the form of en
graved stones and cameos became com
mon among the Hellenes, the sphere
of Archimedes, for example, being
made of this substance.
From decaying Rome tho manufac
ture of glass was transferred to Con
stantinople, thence In the seventh cen
tury to Venice, which for many hun
dreds of years was to remain the cen
ter of the industry, the Venetian gob
lets and drinking cups being exported
all over the world.—Exchange.
THE FRANKING PRIVILEGE.
How It Has Grovvn Since Its Origin In
Revolutionary Time*.
It was first granted to Revolutionary
soldiers during tl:e war. then to cabi
net officers and members of congress
for official correspondence and public
documents. At first members of con
gress only had the privilege during the
session of congress, but later It was ex
tended to cover the whole year and pri
vate correspondence. The first four
presidents had It for life, and It was
granted to the widows of some former
presidents. But abuse grew up, and the
privilege was considerably curtailed.
At present the following mail matter
may be sent free: All public documents
printed by order of congress, the Con
gressional Record and speeches con
tallied therein, franked by members of
congress or the secretary of the sen
ate or ciePk of the house. Seeds trans
mitted by the secretary of agriculture
or by any member of c ongress procur
ed from that department Letters and
packages relating exclusively to the
business of the government of the
United States, mailed or^- by officers
of the same, and letters and parcels
mailed by the Smithsonian institution.
All these must be covered by specially
printed "penalty" envelopes or labels.
The vice president, members and
members elect to congress may frank
any mail matter to any government
official or to any person correspondence
not over four ounces In weight upon
official or departmental business. All
communications to government officers
sod to members of congress are requir
ed to be prepaid by stamps unless in
closed 111 "penalty" envelopes furnished
for replies.- Philadelphia Tress.
Bright Outlook^
"How Is the attendance at your col
lege this year?"
"Splendid," replied the athletic sopho
morfc. "We are getting scores of new
fellows this year who don't weigh an
ounce under 180 pounds."—Blrming
ham Age-Herald.
Damp,ColdWeather
Brings Its Toll of Sickness to AJ-'
a#kau People.
Chilly, damp^ changing weather f
hard on the kidneys.
Even more irritating are colds,
grio and pneumonia;
They congest the kidneys;
They bring backache and disor
dered kidney action.
For weak kidneys UBe a tested
remedy.
40,000 people publicly recom
mend Doan'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
A catch often took me in the small
o' my back and threw me off a
ladder. I felt the pain extending
up inv spine and down into my
groins. It seemed like a paralytic
s^oke and for several days I was
oractically unable to do anything.
My kidneys acted too often, caus
ing me a great deal of annoyance.
Doan's Kidney Pills Xtxed me up
in good shape."
Price 50c; at all dealers. Don't
s'mply ask for a kidney remedy —
get Doan's Kidney Pills—the same
♦hat Mr. Lang had. Foat#r-Milburn
Co., Pronfl., Buffalo, If. Y. _ j
| INDIANS AND MEDICINE.
A Funny Way of Giving a Sick Child •
Doso of Oil.
Tbo Indian, says the Rev. J. Hlnes
In his book "The Hed Indians of the
Plains," has the Idea that any kind of
medicine is equally good for all com
plaints. He believes in drastic meas
ures, and unless he feels the effect of
the second dose of the medicine he
loses faith in it and gives up taking It.
He prefers purgatives and emetics, but
even in them the Indian is wont to
discriminate, and he thinks castor oil
Is especially "good medicine."
Very often mothers would send to
the mission for castor oil for their In
fants and theq come the next day and
complain that the medicine had not op
erated and that the child had done
nothing but cry ever since It took the
medicine. Then my wife would pour
out another teaspoonful and hand It to
the mother and request her to admin
ister It In her presence. The child
would object, as most children do, and
that part of the oil that left the spoon
would trlckje down the cheek of the
child.
The mother, partly to remove the oil
and partly to pacify the child, would
give the child a kiss that covered the
whole of its cheek and In bo doing
would remove the oil with her lips and
swallow it herself. Then she would
lick the spoon clean, hand it back to
my wife, and that is the way Indian
women give castor oil to their children.
After witnessing this performance we
had no difficulty In understanding why
the child got no benefit from the pre
vious dose.
GAUDY HEAD COVERINGS.
Glrle and Woman In Haiti H«v* a
Fashion All Their Own.
There are in Haiti probably 900,000
women and girls over ten years of age,
and at least 805,000 of them wear the
"mouchoir tete," or headkerehief. This
la wound around the head bandanna
fashion. One of silk or a mercerized
goods, with brocaded figures woven In
It, aud locally called "foulard" Is usual
ly kept for Sundays and special occa
sion; others of pWiits or calico are
used for everyday wear, according to
"Commerce Reports."
The tastes run the whole gamut of
colors. Women who are In mourning—
and the practice of putting on mourn
ing for deceased relatives not of the
immediate family is common—wear
solid black or black and white or black,
white and blue designs. Black is a fa
vorite color with the people anyway.
Combinations of black and red are
well liked; also stripes in blues and
blacks on a white ground. Yellow and
red, black, red and yellow and blue
and white checks called "madras" are
very popular, particularly yellows and
blacks or a combination of yellow,
black and white and various other star
tling color schemes.
These hues, except the blacks, do not
appear to be very "fast" colors, and it
has been suggested by a dealer that
more enduring dyes would soon find fa
vor among the buyers, particularly if
some distinguishiug mark could be put
on each kerchief by which the desired
brand could be easily distinguished.
Preserving Spiders' Webs.
Naturalists employ an ingenious
method of preserving all kinds of spi
ders' webs. The webs are first spray
ed with an atomizer with a thin so
lution of artists' shellac, and then,
should they be of the ordinary geo
metric form, they are pressed careful
ly against a glass plate, the supporting
strands at the same time being sev
ered. After the shellac solution has
dried the plates carrying the webs can
be stored away in a cabinet. Even
dome shaped webs may be preserved
in their original form by spraying
them with shellac and then allowing
them to dry before removal from their
supports. Many spiders' webs are very
beautiful, and all are characteristic of
the species to which they belong, go
that from a scientific standpoint their
permanent preservation is very desir
able.
Survival of the Fittest.
The expression "the survival of the
fittest" grew out of the publication of
Darwin's "Origin of Species." in which
he shows that animals, which were fit
test to survive in the given conditions
under which they lived, did survive In
the struggle for existence, while the
weaker—namely, the species less fitted
for the struggle against their sur
roundings—died out. This is also ap
plied to human species and has been
generally applied to races, nations and
civilizations, as well as individuals,
those that survive being fittest to cope
with conditicns within and wthout
A Blind Painter.
"The wonderful sixth sense supposed
to be possessed by the blind Is not a
fable. I know a blind musician. He is
a genius.
"That's not so remarkable. I know a
blind painter."
"Impossible."
"JCot at all. His work is perfect."
"A blind painter? Ills work Is per
fect? Why, what does he paint?"
"He paints blinds, you chump."—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Queer Old Laws.
France in 1314 passed laws regulat
ing the size of the cloak and robe, the
breadth of the trimming and the num
ber of suits that might be possessed by
each person; also the diet, including
the hour of meals and the number of
dishes.
A judicious silence is always better
than truth spoken without charity.—
De Sales.
FRATERNAL ORDERS
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Skagway No. 1.
A. B. meets every sec
ond. and. fourth1 Tues
day evening at 8:30 p.
m. stwrp. Visiting brothera cordial
ly we'ocano. W. L. Stevenson, Arc
tig Chief. W. E. Burford, Arctic
tteccrder.
Fraternal Orde*
JKuglt^i—
Skagway Aerlq
No. 25, Friiter
iwl Order of
Eagloa meets the] first aiul third
Wednesday night of oa<-h month at
tOPJi hall oa Fifth Avenue. Visit
ing brothiora cordially invitejd to
attend. J. M. Qieisbacii, \\\ 1*.
J. V. Miller, Seerotaiy.
F. & A. M.
Whltei Paaa Lodge
F. & A. M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4th
Frl. E\'gs, of each
month. Visiting! brothers are wel
come.
Elmer L. Wheeler, W. M.
Address all communications to
th# Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
8kagway Lodge
No. 481, B. P. 0.
E. meets every
Thursday night
^ &t 8":'00 o'clock.
hlSrws Men s Visiting brotkers
cordially welcome.
HENRY FRIEDENTHAL, E. R.
F. J. VAfc'DEWALi,, Secretary.
Plpnee* of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
meet* fai A. B. Hall first Monday in
every month at 8:80 p. m.
Visiting Brothers cordially wel
come.
W. L. STEVENSON, Pres.
V. T. DORTERO. Rec. Sec.
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WILLIAM PALLISTER, M. D.
(Formerly of Seattle)
Spriollft in the trea|tniept of
disease and deformities of tliei
«ye, ©ar, nose and thwmt.
Offirc: Goldstein Building, Ju
nebu, Alaska.
W. B. STOUT
Attorney At Law
Practice in all courts
In Territory of Alaska
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