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.No doubt Coi. KooscYti' mil, ii*
lue course ul Uiiie, givq lus active
yei>uu*l supipjat to tue candidacy c£
Luarus £,vaui> it is oiii..
■a uiit is u> bo ajii.'uka of Ui« luru,
er ur<siu<-u', o„caus*j u to warrant
CU L'> U-e iu0ic Oi UlU sitUatlOU.
iil I'f6 a~a Lit'i,ii Iliucil, tulle Oi
tile "Old guard" oii«l oil Lii«j "iKxis
scuuuuoij' euo-our-gui by tuust
vvuo iio'io lor Kepubiicau duuat.
U a..lncf may Have been. U.e couui
Uolia oi leaderships 1U tue P^ot,
uud leauerfehiyi oi whatever uu.tiiit
•a al a ay s a shining mailt fur
tilurges oi' boaaisni, it was ulaiuly
lacking in tuo recent chio-gu con
vention.
Tile distinguished Republcan
who was nominated for tiie jirtti
dency cas aot had, iu Us previous
Political caieer, the active frieud
siui) oi bosses. So far as his yer
soaal record is coucerned, it has
L>< cu oue of obscure iuju=v<eudeiJ.ce
iu thought and action as against
tlie interests oi those who may have
wished to ba specially favored.
ProtjiesaUe leaders thus re
spond to the lojjic of political com
mju sense when they declare for
Charels Evans Hughes. To do
aught tlsa would be to renounce
their own political beliefs. He is
the tyoe of mau who may well rep
present theiir aspirations as em
bodied iu both Use Ilapublicau and
Progressive platforms. And if this
candidate be not sustained by the
united forces, the breach will not
have been caused by differences
over principles. ..
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Ptomains Poison.
"Ptomaine is a scientific name
for food poison," says a physi
cian In Farm and Fireside, "and.
although all ptomaines are Lot
dangerous to health, there is no
Rimple test for telling the dan
gerous ones from the others.
Dr. Charles K. Francis, a noted
chemist, gives the advice. '"When
doubtful about a food do not eat
it1 This applies especially to
meat wlilch has a peculiar odor
or taste, canned goods, eveclal
!y when they have been opened
for some time, and other foods
which do not seem Just right.
Taking a chance may be taking
your health or life. Safety first!"
hughes backing
Many business lnteresfta are grat I- j
fied at the nomination of Mr.
Hughes us tbio Republicunl candi
date, since hS leadership" net
onlv strengthens their liMpu of suc
cess. but also assures a campaign
(rev ot unnecassau-y animosities and i
disturbances. The uoniination of J
Mr Wilson means acheck to ex- I
trome radicalism. As already atiit- !
ed «n tbe»*j advices, Che chief is- I
sues will be patriotism, prepared- |
ness and th« tariff, the two' form- I
er including a m.">re vigorous though
peaceful foreign policy. Since there
is no great division of opinion
about the*® problems, the out- I
lci.k is for a comparatively quiet I
although lively campaign. The
output o* new legislation wlil be at I
a minimum.
Gotnic Archnoctur*.
The styles culled Gothic. springlig I
from a common source in Kotuanesque [
architecture and developing through
out western Kurope on diJ!eriug lines,
are In general characterized by tlie
following features, although not all of |
these will be found in all examples:
Kibbed vaulting. pointed arches. the
flying arch and pinnaeltHl buttress,
clustered shutting, iraceried windows
in all but the earliest phases, stained
glUM. a progressive tendency toward
loftiness, lightness of supports and
suppression of wall surfaces, a sys
tem of decoration of which one ele
ment was the emphasis und adornment
of structural features and another the
use of sculpture and carving of human. I
animal, vegetable and grotesque forms, I
controlled by a detlnlte didactic pur- J
pose und siguiUcance. und tlnully the j
use of available materials uecording to j
their nature upon principles In part of '
structural logic and In part of decora
tive effect.—A. D. F. Hamlin iu Arcbi- i
tectural llecord.
National Flag*.
If the question were asked which •
country'* national tlac had been lung- j
est In use the answer would be either I
the dragon banner of China or the
chrysanthemum flag of Japan. The j
former has been used from a very
early period, and the latter Is as old
as the present dynasty In Japan, which
Is the most ancient In the world.
Among European national flags that
of Denmark, a white St. George's cross
on a red ground. Is the most ancient
having been In use since 1219 No
other flag has existed without chance
for anything like the same period as
a national emblem, although there are
royal standards that are older.
The Spanish colors date only from
17S3*. and Great Britain's ting In Its
present form was first flown after the
union with Ireland In 1301 The stars j
and stripes of the United States was
flrst planned and ordered by Washing
ton of an upholsterer In Philadelphia
and formally adopted on June 14. 1777
-London Spectator
Shaving on One Sid*.
The shaving ou one side only of the
heads and beards of prisoners of wm
was obviously done to prevent any nt
tempt at esca|>e. Hut there have been
"ther motives for aurh half shaving,
which occurs at nil sorts of points in
history. Sometimes the act has been
pure insult, as when Ilanun. king of
the children of Ammon. shaved off
half of the beards of David's servants I
In these days the victims would have
mended matters by shaving the other
halt But Jewish reverence for the
oeard forbade that, and David told the
men to "tarry at Jericho until your
beards be grown." Demosthenes, when
he shut himself up for mouths lii a
subterruneau chamler to practice ora
tory. shaved half of his head to cut
off all temptation to go abroad.—Lon
don Chrouicle
Earrings Denot» Widowhood.
That India is a laud «' curious cus
turns Is confirmed by the Popular Sci
ence .Monthly A widow, iustead of
wearing black crape, dims ponderous
earring made of solid brass. Since
her widowhood Is perpetual she Is
obliged to wear them the rest of her
life. Each year another ring is added
The constantly Increasing weight of
metal stretches the lobe of the ear, to
which It Is attached. In an extra or
dlnary manner. It is safe to say that
no widow ever forgets the fact of
her widowhood when wearing such a
clumsy weight
A Silent City.
No Industry brings the village of
Gllthoora. Holland, into touch with
j the world. It Is almost wholly inac
cessible except by water, and the in
habitant? are shy and keep within
doors, betraying not the slightest In
terest In visitors. Indeed. Gilthooru
has been likened, empty and silent in
its green picturesqueness. to a place
visited In a dream.—Argonaut
Progressive.
"When did you commit your first fa
tal extravagance?"
"When my boss referred to my wages
as my "salary.""
"And when did you perpetrate this
latest folly 7"
'The day my wife called my salary
my Income.' "—Cleveland leader.
Appropriate.
Manufacturer—I'm going to call this
new cigar "The American I.ady In the
Japanese Kimono." Dealer —Why?
Manufacturer—Domestic filler and ini
ported wrapper.—Illinois Siren.
The Feminine Pessimist.
| The feminine pessimist worries be
cause she Is not as yoimg us she once
was; the optimist of the same sex re
joices that she Is not so old as she
will be.—Life.
"Kl»»lng the Book."
When did "kissing tlie book" come
to tie reeognbser! ns a part of the Eng
lish oath? Master William Thorpe, a
priest, who was tried for heresy be
fore the arvhbit>hop of Canterbury In
1407, has lu an account of his own
trial related a conversation between
a "man of law" and a "master of di
vinity" on the subject'of oaths. The
man of law spoke <>f a witness merely
laying his hand on the hook, where
upou the master of divinity said, "He
that ihargeih him to lay his hand thus
upon the book, touching it and swear
Ing by it, and kyssing it, promising in
this form to ilr> this thing, will suy and
witness th:it lie that touchoth thus a
book and kisseth It hath sworn upon
that book." So Oie practice is at least
GCKJ years old.
"Kissing ihe book" must have tieen
a familiar practice In Shakespeare's
day, for in "The Tempest" there is
more than one Jocular reference to It
"Swear by this bottle how thou earnest
hither," says Stephauo to Trlnculo
"Here, kiss the book." offering him his
bottle of sack. There Is also legal
proof that the practice was well
known in the seventeenth century.—
Loudon Opinion.
Being tha Vice Prosident.
"Isn't It easy to be a vice president?"
remarked a yuuug woman who bail
beeu sitting In one of the galleries for
some time watching tbe senate work.
"Cinch," colloquially responded her es
cort
But senators know differently, for
they are fully aware of what it means
to sit hour by hour and pilot their
august body through the parliamentary
jungles whi h frequently are confront
ed. The rules for legislative procedure
lu the fulled States senate are prac
tically no rules nt all. paradoxical as
it may seem. The course of the upper
house Is guided largely upon precedent
and past rulings of vice presidents,
and as a consequence the presiding of
flrer must be thoroughly conversant
with what his predecessors have done
from the time the natiou was born.
This means long hours of study
and extensive reading.—Cincinnati En
quirer
Antiquity of the Ballet.
Strictly d 'lined. the ballet is proper
ly a theatrical exhibition of the art of
dancing in Its highest perfection, com
plying generally with the rules of the
drama as to Us corrpositlou and form
It was in existence in Italy as far back
as A. I>. lf.GO. the court of Turin in
that day making especial use of It and
the royal family and nobles taking
part in it. The ballet was first Intro
duced in France In the reign of Louis
XIII.. and both that monarch and
Louis XIV. occasionally took part In
its dances. About the year 1700 worn
en made their first appearance In the
ballet, which up to that time had been
performed exclusively by men, as was
the case also with plavs and operas,
but no woman ballet dancer of any
note ap|ieared until 1790.
Leggings of the Marines.
The stout leggings worn l)v members
of the fn'.ieil States marine corps are
not a purely decorative adjunct to
rlieir very natty uniforms, as popularly
<upiK)seil by civilians, but are a pro
tection for the men against tropical
diseases while In foreign service, naval
surgeons say. Many of the most dan
gerous tropical diseases are transmit
ted by the bites of Insects. Among
these are malaria, yellow fever, bu
bonic plajrue. hookworm, elephantiasis
and tropical ulcer. Fleas and mosqui
toes are the prime carriers, and they
make their tirst attack upon the ankles,
thence working their way over the
whole body The leggings worn by the
United States mariue9 afford splendid
protection to the ankles against tlcan.
mosquitoes and Infected dirt
Shakespeare Altered.
A portable t lieu tor hud l>e<>ii pitched
in nu out of the way spot where the
pros|K?cii> e theatrical patrons were
uusitihlstkaled in matters dramatic.
The players possessed the costumes
for "Haiulet," and Shakespeare's trag
edy was selected for representation
It than occurred to the proprietors of
the show that the name might not at
tract. so they altered the title to "How
the Mepfathi»r Was Paid Out!"—Lou
don Mall
A Virtue Misplaced.
"I erderert !h!s steak not well done."
said t'ie Impatient guest.
"I know it." answered the Intellec
tual waiter "Rut the cook Is one of
those |>eople who lielieve that uo mat
ter h< w small a thing Is It should be
well C me."
New Version.
Mot l er was hacking at the fatted
calf v. hen the prodigal clumped into
the lei'chen
•'Aw. say, maw." he grumbled, "lay
off the veal and give us a little spring
lamb These occasions don't happen
every day."—Buffalo Express.
Big Balance on Hand.
"Jii'-k. I have a notion to Klve you a
piece of my mind."
•*Y<'U could do that. Juliet, and still
have quite a surplus." - Richmond
Times-Dispatch.
Hioh Art.
Patience—They say that Is a spurl
ous painting. Patrice — Ileally? It
looks 'Ike a watereolor to uie.- Yon
kers Statesman.
A Question of Gifts.
"Why did you deliberately make an
enemy of your old friend Jinks?"
"Be'iiiise he is to be married next
month."
People seldom improve when they
have no other model hut themselves to
patteri after.—(Joldsmlth.
Pretty Rough.
She tried to matel! her thinning hair, J
But met, alas, with scorn. E
The soleneirlg told her everywhere T
It wasn't belnB worn.
—Kansas City Journal.
No Spoon Forthcoming.
"Waitress, how nlioui n spoiin?"
"We ure nut allowed 10 lllrt with the
customers," was the dignified reply.—
Louisville Courier-JouruuL
An Interesting Case.
The Charity I'atlent—It's very kind
of .vou to take such interest In me.
The Hospital Visitor- Not at all. My
rich uncle litis the same symptoms you
tin re. and I'm trying to tind out what
the prnspe ts >*re - Ituston lilohe
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Office: Goldstein Building. Ju-I
ai-au, Alaska.
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Practice la all courts
in Territory ot Al >aka
Halui-e Maa''a
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A eduOtMla.) uigtn ol tiucjo uioutb «,t
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.>n tit-.* :ortiialiy lariu-t to attead
U E. Hadson, W. P., J. K_ Mo
Alistfcr. Secretary.
Arctic Brotherhood.—
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day evening at 8:30 p.
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