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HOW TO HI X A XEWSl'Al'ER
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th- man with the bone-dry voice
of the editor as he entered and
leaned against the ink roller.
The editor diplomatic-ally omitting
mention of the four statements and
six circular letters previously mailed
answered that he believed it was.
"I aiways like to keep these mat
ters straight." said the man with
the bone-dry voice in a tone of
modest virtue, "and made it a point
to drop by and inquire."
Afl^r the editor looked through
two Dooks. eight galleys and nine
proofs, he ascertained that the sub
scription had expired eleven
months before.
"I will drop in the next time I
h^ve a spare dollar and pay up. I
always like to keep these matters
straight." said the man with the
bone-dry voice.
Tae editor halted on his way
to uuloCK-k the cash drawer. The
siibscrioer then passed out. leaving
the front door open, and sat down
with the crowd in fivut of the
courthouse and discoursed till dinner
time on fire-insurance rate-making
and how to run a newspa.per. — Kx
change.
HYSTERIA <>F THE AUCT1<
From »he Scientific American.
In a oaper dealing with the Uni
versity of Oxford expedition to Si
beria, <.' which he was a member, H
1*. H»l\ ot the University of Penn
sylvania, refers to the striking
psychological effects of long day
light and long darkness in high
latitudes.
As to the former, apart from the
tendency to shorten sleeping hours
in order to make the greatest pos
sible us© of the long day. there
seem^ to be a kind of stimulation of
the nervous system, urging peo
ple to a feverish and purposeless ac
tivity. This is especially noticed
in newcomers, but the natives are
not exempt from it. On the other
hand, the coming of the long winter
flight is followed by a kind of re
action, though no general depres
sion of vitality is apparent.
"With the. cassation of work the
period of sociability begins, and the
circumstances favor a lapse of self
control. This is the time when
"Arctic hysteria" is likely to show
itself. "Such, for instance, is a
form of hysterica! seizure for which
the Tungus have a special name,
in wh.ch the patient sings improvisa*
tions o' his own which are likely to
contain absurd exaggerations or
laughati!' glorifications of himself."
SOMEWAY cr another we Alas
Jrans cannot even get up a thrill
ovex ihe statement Senator J as.
Hamilton Lewis of Illinois, the
former silk-whiskered Populist Cf
the State of Washington, that
Russ'a will invado this territory un
less tie government owns tha rail
ways. Jim Ham has always been
an alarmist. There has never been
a time since we can remember the
eloquent senator vhen hig pink
whiskers were not floating la the
breeze thru his running from same
imaginary evil. In hia populistlo
days b* predicted all sorts of dire
calamity for the state of Washing
ton in case it continued to elect
ropuolio 113 and democrats instead
of pcpulists; but tha electors went
ahead ni l drew its officers aa usual
and it c:'me to pass that the stata
waxed opulent and mighty. It
might bt- a good thing for the gov
ernment to own the railroads—that
is if th& people don't give a hang
what kind of service they get—but
the idea of Russia invading Alaska
is too ridiculous to even thnk ofi The
advance in. passenger and) freight
rates wil: shut them off if nothing
else. Jim Ham rua across a bottla
of caviar and became excited. —
Vajflez Prospector. t
READ 11 WHEN
WEATHER IS
II
N'cw that the weather is balmy,
and we can reflect on past storms
without worry 99 to hojr much th
coal Mil will bo for the next mouth,
we print a few stories regarding se
vere weather which are credited to
the Valdez Prospector. We take
off our hat to that newspaper.
"During the recent cold snap at
Fairbanks the city band played half
the night without making a sound,
and when a warm wave struck the
city the inhatitants were kept
awake by the chunks of frozen! mel
ody thawing out.
"While mushing over the trail
recently, a Xenana man placed his
trousers too close to the fire one
night 'n camp and they caught fire I
and ourned. This would have left
a newcomer in an embarrassing po
sition. This old-timer jumped into
a brook nearby and right out again,
the water freezing on him without
wetting him, and he wore these
sartorial habilaments for the rest
of the trip, of course taking care
no* to exert himself and melt his
improvised garment.
"U'hiie driving from Whitehorse
to Dawson recently a stage driver
came to a stream where a bridge
had washed out. Being an experi
enced sourdough, he started a small
stream of water over the creek,
which quickly froze. By carefully
throwin? water on the arch in the
thin spots, he quickly frosie a
bridge strong enough to carry
his horse and sled over, it is to be
regretted that 110 record was kept of
the temperature at the time, but
it was somewhere in the region of
S6 below.
"In Nome the natives hang
around the miners' cabins and, if
not watched, break the frozen flame
off the candles. They string these
on wires, and by thawing them whet^
needed have sufficient light for!
their igloos during the dark winter
days.
"Many miners in the interior care*
fully break the frozen steam from
the spouts of their tea-kettles and,
piling it outside their cabins, use
it in fireless cookers in summer,
when they are too busy mining to
make a fire.
"While these phenomena are gen
erally observed in the interior, the
coast a.so has its cold1 weather.
Masters of vessels have been knowni
to whsitle for Southwestern Alaska
ports shortly after leaving Seattle,
and takn the sound into the pilot
house to prevent it freezing.
"Upon reaching a Southwestern
Alaska port they tear off the re
quired amoun* and thus prevent
foolii g the citizens, who in for
mer days have gone to the wharf
thinking a boat was due ,when in
fac' 't was the sound thawing
cut from a boat the winter before."
A Necessary Preliminary.
Quren Margherlta of Italy occe visit
er the ilontessori schools iu Rome and
during her brief stay requested a little
girl who was engaged iu putting In or
der a box of cut-out letters to spell some
words for ber. The child did not heed
the request, but went on calmly drop
ping each letter into the right compart
ment. An older jiersou standing near,
horrii'^d at lilt; child's indilfereuce, ex
claimed :
"But, IJosa, you must pay attention!
This is the queen!"
"I know that," the child answered re
spectfully. "But the queen knows that
before I begin to s|>ell I must finish my
work of putting [lie alphabet in order!"
Helping to1vV in
the War
Aatio* to Aaaictat B*twMr4tb«<tAgn
.< ci 6 16
SY CECRC^ AZ)^
Assuming tlmt this lotted Is now
being read by some boy or girl old
enough to go to school 'ret sli'll young
enough to be cnlled n "kl<P' f'by those
any bettw), let us
begin toy" asking
the question, "Is
It wrong ti> fight?"
Every boy or girl
with c!v!U:«1 par
ents psn rnswer
that queutlpn.
It la note to be
answereii by "yes"
or "no."
If we say "yes,"
we admit at once
that oar old
friends, Ge/orge
Washington and
U. o. viiDui, i»cic uc^tntm vutuaviuTi,
because they fought and then kept on
fighting.
If Buffalo Bill once upon a time
rode out across the plains and came
upon a band of Indians attacking a
settler's cabin and went dashing up
with his scouts and Wiled a few red
skins, la there any boy In the world
who would go back on Buffalo Bill
end pick out some quiet, elderly real
estate dealer as a substitute hero?
It's too foolish to talk about.
Suppose we say It Is not wrong to
fight Then w# remove all blame from
the Indians that Buffalo Bill killed
and we find ourselves so mixed up
that probably we had better back up
and take a new start.
In answer to the question, "Is it
wrong to fight" there can be but one
sensible reply, as follows: "It all de
pends."
Suppose a boy of fourteen walking
along the street with his sister and the
neighborhood bully swaggers around
the corner and pushes the boy up
against a fence and cuffs him along
side the head and then tries some In
sulting familiarities on the sister, and
suppose the boy who Is thus humili
ated and whose sister is In tears, sud
denly remembers that he has been told
to "keep out of fights ."*
What shall he do?
iteireai 10 an aiiey. or srana up in
defense of his own self-respect and try
to protect hli sister?
Suppose he says to the bully, 1
believe In peace and no mutter what
yon do to me, 1 won't strike back."
Then he would pet a few more cuffs
for good measure, and hl» sister would
be ashamed of him and the little
rowdy who attacked him would call
himself cock of the walk and tee a
greater nuisance than ever before.
The United States of America Is In
volved In hideous war because Presi
dent Wilson and congress and all per
sons who are warmed by red blood In
stead of being chilled by sarsnparllla
pop had to make the same decision
that every boy is called upon to make
when he is Jumped upon by a tough
customer.
Another question (boys only): Did
you ever let a boy up before he yelled
"Enough" and then have the whole
fight over again?
If so, you might go around In your
neighborhood and give some valuable
Information to people older than your
self.
If you (this Is for both boys and
girls) went out into the woods for a
picnic with another "bunch" of young
people you knew and liked, and if your
crowd had a basket of things to eat
and the other crowd had a brisket and
some toughles came along and stole
the basket belonging to the other
crowd, would you give them some
thing to eat out of your banket, or let
them sit over by themselves, htrngry
and miserable, and watch you stuff
yourselves?
You'd play fair, of course, even if
you had to go a little hungry.
Mr. Hoover Is now asking every boy
and girl In America to play fair and
divide up with the hungry youngsters
of France and Belgium and Great
Britain.
There Isn't enough food in the world
to go around if we are selfish and
claim more than our share.
How can a boy or girl under high
school age really help to win the war?
First Join the Junior Red Cross.
Then keep on saying. "I know Uncle
Sam Is right and I will pull for him
until he wins."
Believe what you say.
Root for the U. 8. A. as you would
root for your baseball nine or your
basketball five.
Stand out on the edge of the side
walk and cheer the soldiers as they
swing by.
Probably the children to whom we
are now talking are better posted re
garding United States history than
are some of the people who talk
about It.
They know that our boys now In the
training camps or on their way to
France are getting ready to fight
against the oppressions of a cruel des
pot, Just as some other American boys
once fought at Bunker Hill.
By the way, If you can find a man
or woman who does not understand
how the rights of democracy are to
be preserved when kings go on the
rampage, you might loan this ignorant
person your school history. Mark the
pages relating to the Boston tea party,
the Liberty bell, Lexington, Valley
Forge and Yorktown.
See If you can find any favorable
mention of the pacifists of 17761
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