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EDITORIAL
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"OLD UliORV"
"America For Americans"
THE CASUALTY LISTS AG AIX
(Seattl© P.-j.)
The latest regulation for the puD
lication of casualty lists is the equal
in expediency and propriety of the
previous rules, which common sense
has reversed. C>n the face of it it
is a small matter, designed charit
ably, but, like many charitable pro
' Dtjals, it sacrifices the innocent i'or
the sake of soothing the guilty.
Mr. Baker now proposes to cease
designating the causes of death, in
the ranks of the men in Franc© ex
cept such as are the result of mili
tary action. Heretofore accidents,
suicides, murders and military exe
cutions were segregated, but un
Jer the aew order they are to be
lumped together, on the theory that
the relatives audi friends of suicides,
etc., are to be spared the humil
iation attendant upon such, publica
tion. All these deafhs will be list
ed' under the heading "Accidents
and Other Louses."'
No doubt the impulse behind this
change is a most kindly one, hut
evidently the greater harm was not
considered. The war department
probably forgot that the soldier who
itfes by accident, under thig new
rule, dies, as far as the public at
home is concerned, under the sus
picion of suicide or by military exe
cution. White the suicide may gaiu
some respectability by being class
►•d' with the accidental death, the
accidental death goes before the pub
lie as a possibLe suicide or worse.
And it would seem more to the
point that the reputations of the
lx>y>j who give their lives just as
truly, by mishap, as if they fell in
the trenches, should* be kept free
from the blemish of suspicion, than
that the relatives of suicides and
military offenders should be spared
Humiliation.
The name of r.o boy who dies hoi.*
orably in Fance should be put tyi
any category where the least do'u^t
will be cast on his nonor, and to
ink the boy who died by the explo
sion of a practice hand grenade
wiht .him who was executed' after a
military court martial is most un
just. It la well to draw the veil of
obscurity across the fate of the
dishonorable man; that is a kindly
act with which no one can reason
ably find* fault, but the reputa
tion of the honorahie soldier is still
moreprecious.
Foiled Food Smugglers.
Smuggling of foodstuffs Into Ger
many is being practiced in ingenious
:ind unexpected ways. Three weeks
sigo a party of Hfi persons crossed the
frontier to tnke part in a masked ball
Jn a little Swiss town. Toward mid- j
night they returned in automobiles, j
which were warned to stop at the fron- '
tier. No notice being taken of the J
warning the Swiss sentinels fired and
brought the cars to a standstill. The
occupants, mast of whom were discov
ered to be German soldiers. succee<le<f
Jn making their escape, but the cars,
which were found to be hidden
large quantities of soap, chocolate,
butter, leather si nil fats, uere selzfti
by the autfcxttlea.
1 PUteUE OF FEUt
Vague Terrors Bar Lots of Folks
From Living on the Land.
DREAD SNAKES AND INSECTS.
I They Sm Dangtrt and'Parile In Caun-<
try Lift That Da Not Exiat, and Sa
Prafar Crowded Citiaa—Tha Truth
About Animal Bitaa and Paiaone.
Fears of Injury and even death from
snake bite, terror occasioned by dangers
imaginary and unseen, keep many nerv
ous people from living on tike land, imd
these senseless fears play a larger part
than most peqple Imagine In keeping
people huddled in apartment houses,
crowded into towns and cities. And
the cost of living soars and soars.
Snake and Insect poisoning terrorizes
millions of well meaning men and'wom
en, when, as a matter of fact, dan
ger from falling while running the
lawn mower is much more real. Fear
seems to become a obsession, and the
word "deadly" creeps into conversation
at every verse end. The rattlesnake is
"deadly." The copperhead and moc
casin are "deadly." So is the wholly
mythical puff adder. In hardly less
degree is the tarantula/"deadly," while
varying lethal capacities ara ascribed
to the centipede, the acorpicin, the kiss
ing bug and sundry other forms of in*
sect life. Pseudo science to the con
trary notwithstanding, there is no liv
ing thing within the boundaries of the
United States of America whose fcite or
stLng is 3ure death or (with one possi
ble exception) even probable death.
There are Ave varieties of venomous
serpents ia the country, three of them
Crotalids and two belonging to the
elaps family. Tbe elaps<are rare. The
crotalids (rattlesnake, moccasin and
copperhead) are common and of the
widest geographical distribution. Yet.
on the basis of actual evidence, the
amazing fact stands out that only
about eighty persons, so far ms Is ascer
tainable, have ever died from snake
bites in the United States.
Be It remembered that death follow
ing snake bite is not oeoessarlly the
Dame thing as death from make bite.
Error In treatment plays no small part
I In vitiating the statistics. For "•rror"
read "whisky." Whoever «la primarily
responsible for the hoaryr<saperstltloa
that liquor In huge dosea^ls useful In
snake poisoning has many* a life to an
swer for. A whole bottle to f raw whis
ky forced down the throatfof a man un
accustomed to alcohol la pretty likely
to kill him and is absolutely certain to
cause grave poisoning.
Fully as much terror-attaches. In the
country districts, to the puff adder ot
sand viper es to the rattlesnake or cop
perhead. This is a sttgxestlve hit of
superstition, since tbtere'a n» such thing
as an adder or viper cm the western
hemisphere and never has been one,
unless it came carefully pfckled In a
Jar. What passes for the suppesedly
deadly reptile is the comznoi* ho® nosed
or bull snake. It Is ubout as>dangeroua
ad an Infuriated, rabbit. Butiltputa up
one of the best '••bluffs" 'known to nat.
oral history.
Diseased lmaglnathnKouUBlnwnt no
creature more horrific of appearance
than the tarantula. Its bristling and
hostile aspect, the swift ferocity of its
rush, its gn*t size and ltB enthusiastic
preference for combat as>ag^nst flight
i are sufficient to account for the fear
and respect in which It Is generally
held. But, though severs!! species of
the huge spider are native in Che United
States and others frequently drop out
of banana bunches from South and
Central America, to the discomfiture of
the unsuspecting grocer; no authentic
Instance of defeth from tarantula poi
son In this country Is obtainable.
In some sections of the country the
spider hysteria prevails. People shiver
every time they see a spider. Yet In
all the United States»there Is known but
one poisonous splttec. Strangely enough,
the one dangerous spider on the
American continent is small, obscure
and practically unknown. Latrodectus
mactans is its scientific name. It is
about the size of a large pea, black,
with a red spot on the back—a useful
danger signal—end spins a small web
In outhouses or around Woodpiles. But
few specimens have ever been identi
fied In this country.
The only insect which really kills is
the mosquito, yet less fear-Is expressed
about its activities than about any oth
er poison carrying Insect or snake.
Compared with the mosquito as a real
menace, all the combined brood of
snakes, scorpions, centipedes, tarantu
las and other pet bugaboos of our child
ish romanticism are utterly negligible
—are as figments to reality, as shadow
to substance.
A clear understanding of these popu
lar fears and superstitions would aid
greatly In giving assurance of safety
to the man or woman who would till
the soli, who would work In the opea
fields, who would live In the country.—•
Los Angeles Times. ,
.■ A L«it Friend.
"I'm up against it. I Ilka Brown
rery much, but I see no way now to
avoid-losing'tits friendship."
"Wbat's the matter?"
"He has asked me to leokl him
money. II I refuse he'll hate me: if 1
lend it to hint I shall hate iilmJ"—
trolt Free Press.
Alt He Could Stand.
"Wife—Tom, I want $20 for pta jxon
ey. Hub—Great Scott! Here it is, but
rm darned glad you don't want to!buy
apikes.—Boston Transcript.
Friends become foes and tots } are
reconciled.—La*«»
iirimwifim
HoW Kaffirs SMok*.
The natives of South Africa are in
veterate smokers, Lot some of theoi in
dulge in the habit in a distinctly queer
fashion. The natives of Harrismlth, in
the Orange River Colony, smoke in the
following novel manner: A "pipe" is
made by thrusting two sticks into the
ground so as to meet at an angle; when
they are withdrawn two tunnels ars
left behind. A hollow reed Is stuck In
one hole and the tobacco placed In the
other and lighted. Before beginning
operations the native Oils hla mouth
With water, drawing in the smoke with
a gurgling sound and blowing out the
water and smoke through a secontl
reed. It seems a mighty poor way of
smoking to a white man. says a writer
In the Wide World Magazine, but the
Kaffirs are very fond of it.
Th» Sergeant'* THmat.
Answering for absent comrades dur
ing roll call Is quite usual with sol
diers. Sergeants Uuow themselves to
be tricked in this fushion very often,
but as detection of the culprits Is al
most Impossible they hr.ve to content
themselves with the use «r a little
threatening language toward their men.
It was an Irish sergeant who recently
delivered himself as follows when
about to call the roll in a Dublin bar
racks:
"Now, mind ye. If 1 ketch any of ye
sayin' yer here when yer not here yez'll
go over there." pointing to the guard
room.—Atlanta Journal.
Varnish and Enamel.
Paints which dry with a hfgh luster
or gloss are called enamels. These are
made from zinc oxide ground In var
nish. Varnish is produced from fossil
resins such as copal, kauri, etc. These
resins, which originally flowed from
trees, have been deposited for centuritw
in the earth. They are mined in Africa
and New Zealand and are found in big
lumps.—Popular Science Monthly.
Not That Kind.
"Here you are. son," said the face
tious man to the messenger boy. "Take
this note to No. 1115 Umpty-ump street
and see if you can't give me a correct
Imitation of Mercury."
"Aw, quit cher kiddin'," answered the
lad. "I ain't no thermometer."—Bir
mingham Age-Herald.
Remembering Error*.
"Does your typewriter believe in
simplified spelling?"
"Oh, I rather think not She always
seems to spell >vords in the hardest
way."
AU discriminating people go to
Kelhr Bros, for ice cream and oth
er fountain drinks. ^ tf.
SCIENCH PREVENTS BALDNESS.
lhe Fatal (irrm and Ita Remedy Son
Fart* of Science.
It Is tlii? rarest thins in the wonfi for
a n an to be necessarily bald. No m.ui
whase fmir i9 not dead at the roots. uee-.l
bt- b.-ilU . t' he will use Newbro's lier;ii
cio*. tt.e new scalp antiseptic. Herpi
citit destroys the Rerm that cut9 the hail
of* i*. th« root: and cleans the scal;> o
dai'di-utlf and leaves It In a perf^rtlj
healthy condition. Mr. Mannett, In tht
Maryland Block. Butte. Mont., was en
j'relv bald. In less than a month Kerpi
e!d» had removed the enemies of haii
prowth. and nature did Its work by cov
ering his head with thick hair an Ini
.ens. and in six weeks he had a no.m..
r. It of hair. Sold by leading drugging
& Mid 10c. in stamps for sample to Th
B-rvictde Co.. Detroit. Mich.
Oun Dollar bottle, guitmiitved.
At all Drug Stone. Ad*
THURSDAY
curr. umax
"W3EA3UESS /
vn MO XOUEMV OUOCU. %
lAsrvc cm briakiast tocmx i
COHXUHINU V(TAT
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Slcagrway No. 1,
meets every second and
four Hi Tuesday evening
at 8:30 o'olock. Visit-'
ill brMfefcn cordially -welcome.
Edward A. Bmrnaon, Arctic Chief.
William B. Gray, Arctic Recorder.
Fraternal Older
Eagles—
SkwRway Aerie,
No. 25, iVaXer
aai Owler of
EajJrs meet the first and third
\V« dnesday night of each munlh at
their hall am Fifth Avenue. Visit*
ini brothers cordially invited to
atleud.
John M. Keller, W. P.
J. M. Griegjjach, Secretary.
F. A A. M.
Whlta Paag Lodge
F. ft A. M. No. 113
meet# 2d and 4th
Saturday JCranlnsi
of each months. Visiting Brethreu
»r» welcome.
Harold talbot, w. m
jambs WALLACE, Secretary.
T8^525>
K. P. O. ELKS
fikagwAj Lodge
No 431. B. P. a
E. erery
Tburadaj at 8:30
p. an. Visiting
Dn>? B.oru cortuaaiy weioome.
OSCAR SELMER, K. R
r. J VAtfDBWXLU 8eciww>
PloWfr of AUuki Igloo, No. 12,
' iiit^U Hi A. B. 1UO first Monday In
I ewry monlb At 8:80 p. m.
| Vteltlng Brother* (orfhUy w«-l
■ come.
W. J. KULVMILL, Proa.
J. C. PHELPS, Secy.
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For Prince Rupert, Vancouver, Victora, Seattle
The "Prince Rupert" operates Skagway to Vancouver without change
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"THE SHORTEST ROUTE TO THE EAST'
Above Sjwtrg Service In effect until Jane -.'tli. Effective that dat« "Prince
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Tbe Totem Store
J. 1KUTA Proprietor
JEWELER
and
OPTICIAN
Skagway Alaska
SAN-TOX COUGH DROPS, Admin
istered ob 'sugar. Acts almost in
stantly. Th« prescription, of
an vaiMfit physician. Keller
Bro* The fien-Tos Drug Store.
$100 Reward, $100
The readers of thin paper will b«.f
pleased to learn that there la at least:'
ono dreaded disease that science has;
been able to cure In all Its stagee and;
that Is catarrh. Catarrh be tat pnllr
influenced by constitutional conditions'
requires constitutional treatment. Hall's !
Catarrh Medicine Is taken Infernally and
acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Bur-'"
faces of the System thereby destroying,
the foundation of the disease, giving the
patient strength by bultdlns up the coa-:
stltution and assisting nature in doing It*':
work. The proprietors have so much '
faith in the curative powers of Hall's ,
Catarrh Medicine that they offer One;'
Hundred Dollars for any case that It failr
to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address P. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toleds,'
Ohio. Sold by all Druggist, TSc.
AdTOTtiMOMftt!.
yngM A remedy for iofectioM 1
Ml eftta.srinerytnrt.
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