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EDITORIAL
farm prospects
'la# stuck market is coutendinj
with a t«rKs oX pei"pitfi.iUea such a.
loo war, labor uouuies, poor oroj
leporu, Xoireigu liquidation, in
Halloa ui commodities* l—« Jioaiuu
si' uduou, the Presidential oampaig
etc. 'iiia volume oX business no.
bo«u uuoxtj or i«aa retslrictou by tin
iarga vuiiiix-x ol yaoatioa absent
ecb, but. the general und«rtoa<
n~o bet* couiiduit and is improv
ing tu syjia oX ' "« ooiuiicting ten
utuckid referred to.
Tie crop situation is auythinj
but sa. isiuiciory. Tiiu government'
August report Xor wuoatindicated ■
yield oX only 654,000,000 bushels
compared with 1,011,000,000 bush
ela lust year, and 72»,ouo,uoo bush
els Xor the Xive-yeur average endin;
li*14. This is a decrease oX 100,
Ooo.UUO bnan^ls, coinpuutU wit.
the July, repoirt. 1'or com, the out
look is simply Xair, the governmen
repcr' indicating a crop oX 2,777,
000,OOU busiiclo. compared with 3,
uii.ooo.ooo bushels last year an<
z,73-,000,000 bushela Xor the five
year average. Oats figure at 1,
214,000,000 bushels, against 1,
640,000,000 bushels a years age
Here u a decrease oX nearly 650,
000,000 bushels in Utt tare© prln
cipal *rain crops. Ho Xar as mone,
value goes, tiie loss of quantity t
wheat is being very largely oXXse
bv the rise in Taluks..
The fiame is true o£ coirQ, bu
110* oX oats, which are lower i.
price than a year ago. It is jus
as well to remember «that real proa
peritjr consists in. abundance an
not La r jgh. prices, which invariabl
come cu* oX tie public and limit ei
ptndltur<» in other directions. Dea
bread will not alleviate social on
rest. Oa the other band, th.
farming classes, who a-re still th
backbone oX tha country, will no
suffer fianncially for the reaso
that tney will get almost aa muc.
ia money and In soma instances
more for this year's crops thaj
for lust year "a yieid, of which a coi
sideraolQ surplus still remains an'
which will be benefited by hlghe
prices, ,
"Wheat has already advanced mor
thaa 50 cents per bushel sine
June, and might have gone stil
hl&her sad it not been for the mor
Javorania weather reports of las
■week, 'lb a harvest is close at han<
and as August ia treuontly a mont]
ol deterioration the neat two o
three weeks may h^ve an importan
hearing upon the national yield.
Suttlce it to say that in th'
lot^t run, neither the United State
nor 'he world at large can profi
from a short 'crop, especially wheJ
the yield is curtailed by w»r U
other countries. The cotton oroi
Mso premises to be light, not mucl
'over 12.000,000 bales and but lit
tie in excess of lost year. Th
j. resent price is, however, about
cents above a year ago, and **11
consumitkm running perilous!
«i#*e to production growers or
reasonably certain of good profits.
"V ; j A GOOD FHXD
Msjoilty opinioa of the resident
of rhU, city has decided that th'
saloon is an influence for evi
and mutt so- Acting in conform
|ty with that opinion and at *h
orders of the court, the maraha
has cloeed the liquor establish
meets. Thus flickers out of ex
istouce tour estaibiishjaenta w&JCQi
lwive enjoyed prosperous condition#
tor & uunibor ot years.
Certainly the iu«aj must realize
thu« Slcagwuy otters tui unusual
oppor'tuiitj- lor tiuyn t»—J'ti-Luvve*
t!i<ir money la some other form of
buslnu«.. Opinion^ esprtt^ed a
thousandfold) duriug tk^ campaign,
! should b&VQ iufou-uied them tha*
the t'ght wus made upon, the
institution whlci)| the;; wore running
and not the Individuate. Having
capital to Invert they certainly will
no*, bo blind to the fac*- tbait good'
iuttvest can be made upon their
investment In thta city.
HER HUSBAND S OFFICE. ^
A Story For Wives Who Just Drop In
During Business Hours.
""Will you please." asks a secret suf
ferer. "write something about wives
who make unexpected calls at their
husbands' offices? I am not guilty of
anything, but 1 think that even the
most innocent of men suffers acutely
when his wife visits him at his office.
There is no way for me to make my
wife understand this unless I appear
boorish and brutaL Can't you say
something about it? Many wives read
your column."
Yes, friend, says the Cleveland
Plain Dealer. We will put It in the
form of general propositions, hoping
thereby to step on no individual toes.
We hold these facts to be proved:
That no husband ever wants his
wife to call on him at his office during
business hours, except upon his In
vitation.
That no wife can know how she up
sets his routine, disorders the mental
processes that go on during those
hours and subjects herself to the gos
sip of his office mates.
That there is no easy way to make
a wife see this.
We proceed from these truisms to a
few observations.
■ A lovely creature breezes into her
, husband's office just because she hap
pens to be passing. She says:
"Now. don't let me disturb you a min
ute—I know you are busy. Dearie, what
good does that desk light do you at that
angle? Don't you know you will ruin
your eyes? What a mess your desk Is
In! Look at Mr. Offlcemate's—how neat
It Is! Well. Just let me stick this little
package in your lower drawer and you
bring it home with you when you come.
"Well. I must run along, for you're
busy Come out to the elevator with
me, dear: I want to speak to yon
Who ts that disreputable looking man
who Is waiting In the outer office to see
yon? Why. It's a perfect disgrace to
have such callers!
"You have an appointment with him?
How can you make an appointment
with such a creature? Well, goodby.
dear. Get your shoes shlned before you
come home—you look awfully sloppy"
And If husband protests against that
call her eyes 311 with Innocent tears
and she says:
"Why, I wasn't there Ave minutes,
and yon weren't working at anything
when I came In! And men call on you
and stay half an hour! Of course I'll
never come again. Are you ashamed
of your wife?"
The Bethlehem Music Festival.
The Bach festival at Bethlehem Is
one of the most Interesting events In
musical production In this country.
•'Musically Bethlehem. Pa., is the most
remarkable town or settlement in the
(Jnited States." In 1780 Bethlehem had
an orchestra, probably the first In the
Cnlted States. In 1901 the Bethlehem
music festival was marked by the first
performance In America of Bach's
complete Christmas oratorio. Bethle
hem has beeu called "the American
Oberammergau" and "the American
Baireuth." The music festival is held
each year.—New York Times.
i Trebixond and Polo.
Polo probably came to us Indirectly
from Treblzond. where the Kabak
' meldan. or Pumpkin square, was the
* site of a medieval polo ground. The
^ ?ame found great favor with tho no
1 bles of Trebizond and was played on
r horseback, much In th« same way as
| modern polo. It produced Intense ex
® cltemeut among the spectators, rival
" ing that of the hippodrome, possibly
i because it was dangerous as well as
' fashionable. Polo caused the death of
© one emperor of Treblzond—John I.,
t who was billed by a fall from his
1 horse.—Westminster Gazette.
Died Same Date, Not Same Day.
' While It Is true that Cervantes and
Shakespeare died on the same date,
they did not die on the same day.
9 Shakespeare died Tuesday, April 23,
a 1016: Cervantes died Saturday. April
t 23, 1616. The explanation lies in the
i difference between the calendars In use
l at that time in England and Spain. As
a matter of fact Shakespeare outlived
' Cervantes by about ten days.—London
1 Observer.
The Word Vaudeville.
> The word "vaudeville" sprang from
i Vaux de Vlre, the name of a hamlet In
f the picturesque town of Vlre, in Swit
j zerland. In the fifteenth century this
town was the home of Oliver Basselin,
the author of witty drinking songs.
One of the best known of these songs
was a merry dissertation on the au
thor's red nose.
i Iniatiable.
s Clarence had wearied his mother
[ with a lot of questions. Finally, shfc
exclaimed: "Clarence Brlggs. If you
s ask one more question you march right
. off to bed."
Clarence pondered. Then he said:
"When pa asits where I Is will him be
' sent to bed, too?"—Exchange.
PAID IN CORN AND RYE.
Two Old Tim# Offenders and th»'W«y
They Were Punished.
Two poets, both honest ami peaceable
and one a Quaker, were fond of telling
anecdotes of two old Mine delinquents,
the one quarrelsome and the other
thievish. Johir Gleeu leaf Wbittler was
exceedingly fond of quoting the lines,
handed down from time Immemorial In
the Haverhill countryside:
The man who whipped old Timothy Swan
Paid his flno In Indian corn
He paid hla flne and he paid it quick—
A peck oI corn for every lick I
Whether the tine Imposed on old Tim- i
othy's assailant was judicially decreed j
and legally assessed nobody knows. <
But In the case of a tine of throe bush- j
els of rye once ordered paid by Ebe- i
nezer Snell. grandfather of William |
Cullen Bryant. It Is quite certain that
neither judge nor Jury had anything to
do with the matter. Nevertheless lc
was paid and promptly.
"My grandfather.'* Bryant used to re
late, "once found that certain pieces of
lumber. Intended for the runners of a
sled and called in that part of the coun
try sled crooks, had been taken without
leave by a farmer who lived at no great
distance. Such timbers were made
from a tree, the grain of which was
curved so as to correspond with the
curve required In the runners.
"The delinquent received notice that
his offense was known and that if he
wished to escape a prosecution he must
carry a bushel of rye to each of three
poor widows living In the neighbor
hood and tell them why he brought it"
He escaped prosecution. But If the
tongues of the three poor widows were
as lively as those of most country gos
sips and the public opinion of the vil
lage as strict as in most New England
communities he did not escape punish
ment a good deal In excess of three com
pulsorlly bestowed bushels of rye.—
Youth's Companion.
A WORD ABOUT THE SCOT.
And the Influence He Wield* All Over
the World.
Wherever the Scotchman goes he be
ccmes a leader. Vou bear of the Irish
vote, the German vote, the Italian
vote, but you hear only of Scottish
leadership. He has bad a powerful In
fluence on our country
Our first newspaper was published
by a Scotchman; a Scot first won In
ternational honors for American let
ters; the steamboat, telephone, tele
graph and electric light were devised
by men of Scotch descent. The second
college In our land was founded by a
Scotch divine: our constitution was
framed and adopted largely by the In
fluence of two Scotch lawyers: our
most majestic orator, our most win
nlng politician, our most metaphysical
statesman, our greatest diplomatist
and our greatest poet were of Scotch
lineage. So of many of our business
captains and railroad magnates, almost
one-half of our presidents and a large
proportion of our cabinet members.
Judges and governors. Was there ever
such a drain of leadership upon a like
area?
The Scotch have not alone helped
make America They control Austra
lia. direct Xew Zealand, lead Canada
and rule Africa For centuries Scot
and Briton were bitterest enemies. Ed
inburgh and Paris conspired against
London. The union when It finally
came was one of crowns and not of
hearts. There still lurks jealousy un
der the surface. Write a letter to a
loyal Glasgonian. address it "North
Britain." and see what happens.—Sam
uel P. Orth in Century
Historic Phrase.
On the morning after ihe assasslna
tion of Lincoln James A. (Jarfleld. then
a representative In congress, addressed
a large assemblage in Wall street. New
York city. A crowd were about to at
tack a uewspaper which hail been hos
tile to Lincoln. Garfield calmed them
with the simple words: "Fellow citi
zens, clouds and darkness are round
about him. His pavilion is dark wa
tera and thick clouds of the skies. Jus
tice and Judgment are the establish
ment of his throne. Mercy and truth
shall go before his face. Fellow citi
zens, God reigns aud the government
at Washington still lives I"
Dream Life.
I called aloud in the forest, and the
shout came back. Then I searched
long to find who answered me. but the
sound bad no source. I followed the
will-o'-the-wisp through swamps at
evening. It led me hither and yon, but
I came nowhere, it was ouiy the ghost
of a light. 1 saw an apple hang
ing In the depths of a pool. I stopped
to pick it and laved my hands in the
water. The apple had no form. This Is
dream life.—Atlantic.
Life's Little Comedies
It Is funny to watch a cat whip a dog.
The dog always looks sheepish
So does the owner.
And after it is all over the woman
who owns the cat usually pops out and
demands truculently:
"What you trying to do with my
cat?"—Chicago Herald.
Little Pitcher.
Maiden Aunt—So you're studying
physiology, Willie? Well, tell me, to
■what part of the animal kingdom do I
belong? Sweet Little Willie—Dunno.
Pa says you're an old hen and ma says
you're an old cat.—Baltimore Ameri
can.
Protected by Grass.
Chinese railroad embankments are
protected from floods by planting them
•with a native grass with tenacious
roots that resist erosion. <
Politeness Is a locksmith and opens
many difficult doors.
3
Ib reality the "ear* of the kUr"
avana \ba "care at the aealp." Ap
ilr 'PUROLA" Hair Tone accord ln|
o diroetlona furnished with each
>otU«, and you will not only he
lurprieed, hut pleaaed with the
vcndertul result*. A satisfactory
iilJHt for hair health; sold on
ts merits and satisfaction guaran
;e«d >r your money back.
► FRATERNAL OKDKRS *
Arctic uroioemoou.—
Camp Sfc&gway No. 1,
A. B. me«la every sec
ond uud fourth Tues
day evening at 8:30 p.
m. BJiaiT- Visiting brothers cordial
\j welcome. W. L. Steveusoa, Aro
;lc CMO, w. E. Burford, Arctic
f rUcnmi ortlei
w«*—
AerU
No. 26, Krifcter
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.ueir bail oa v lLUx ttTOiiue V'lsiUut
jrotiiom coraiaiij :x»iu-« 10 a-ttaaa
U B. HadiOB. W. P., J. K. lift
iUistAr. Secretary.
F. & A- M.
White Pass Lodg<
F. & A. M. No. 113
moots 2d and 4tt
FrL Bv'gs. of eacl
month. Visiting brothers are wel
come.
Elmer L. Wheder, W. M.
Address all communicuXioiie t<
fie Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodg«
No. 421, B. P. O
E. meets everj
1st and 3d Tbui*
day at 8:30 p. m
Visiting broth
ers coraiaiiy weicomo.
HENRY FRIEDENTHAL, E. R
T. J. VAAIDEWALL, Secretary
Iloneer of Alaska Igloo, No. 12
meets in A. B. Hall first Monday ii
every month nt 8:30 p. nu
Visiting Blethers cordially wel
come.
W. L. STEVENSON, Free
V. T. DORTERO. Roc. Sec
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Kluane Stage
Line
The Royal Mail Stage
leaves Whitehorse the
fourth of every month
for Kluane aud way
points and also on the
seventeenth of every
mouth for Chanij>aigne
Passengers and Freight sol
icited, Rates Reasonable
and the Service First Class.
HL CHAMBERS, Prop.
OFFICE
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^ Famous for its Home Cooking, gj
Milk, Cream, Cottage Cheese and *r
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^
5 Rates $3.00 Per Day and Up j
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■ Rooms for Traveling Men. ®
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