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{ EDITORIAL
i uudameutal conditions are little
chauge-j. Uie war Still overruling all
otutT considerations. Tnat lu®
s'Uoile is drawing to Its clote
every one believe, but tile date
and 'be u-riiis o" ueace iwe
mutb. a matter of *Jtat»orli
ever, 'iba war m^&ut end mucfc
earlier tiiau autioii atod, provideti
some tu'uat even' occurred tending
iu mat direction ,lt is to» • be J
Hoped mat prognostications tha'
tile e^a will codne witb tue New
^ ear .xill prove CQiree'; but; sucn
anticipations are alii.ost iqo good
to be 'iue, 'uaul 'up strujigie Is
yuite likely to be cat vied into the
coining jear, judging by present re
»i>tiu£ po*er ol iue Uertuaus.
lot latter will in some respects!
grew ii» s'reugtit us iiieir ^orcee
contract and tali back upon uude
va^iaici country, supplied witb
4,'ood railroad service and nearer tu
sourtc ol supplied. Oc. Cii« ofiiier I
band, as tile Allies press lorwaru
tii ■j■ iuve behind btiu uominy but
tuaoi, ;ntir 'supjjl.vs bee mine more
aud .ucre distaau, aud tralliq routes |
Will i.e temporarily demoralized.
Hence siiouiu tiie Allies continue
tii-*» i resent rate of success, real
prc^re:s for them will become more
awl mile diftivul* as tUe armies
move forward. ' •
Tliis week marks the eecoutft an
niversuty iii the \v<-r Condition^
havs vastly changed daring the in
teivai. At the begi.->iicg the Ger
main wtre overwiifclni'ngly ou the
a^gr^ssne. .Now "he Central Pow
e. s are ou, the defensive and (i. ivtfn
bat k iu every direc'ioji, wthile Al
lied preparedness* is becoming equal
ly overwhelming ou every side..
Thus lor the cost of the war to
all the boliigerentru-'a been ovar 40
billion dollars, aud about $1,300,
uO»,,!)Po of this amount was raised
by loans in. the United) Status.
Should ihe struggle last another
year, as -expected Ly Kitchener,
the outlay will run up tot between
fio and 70 billions; a sum utterly
beyond 'ordinary comprehension
Peace still seems a lone: way • off,
and when hostilities ceaee months
mas* elapse be-fore any treaty of
peace will be actually signed..
After the wax wh'it? This ques
tion is beginning to occupy public
attention quite as much as the
war itself. No mind is fair-sighted
♦nioiiirh to predict *he outcome with
any certainty, 'or 'in such' stupen
dous upheavals it Is the unexpect
ed *h.'ch usually happens. * That
great social and political changes
are impending in Europe nobody
doubts, probably In the direction of
lessening clasB differences and plac
ing the control of political power
and wealth; more and more "on the
bands of the great middle classes.
The whole trend the work! over is
to olare more and mr re power over
individuals and Industries -ia hands
r.f the government at 'the same
time putting control of the gov
ernment. still mor-i In the hands of
tiie pecrle and le>=» In control of
the aristocracy. In brief, democracy
will receive a tremendous impetus
from war; and, while the change,
w net her it comes 'rti>idly or slowly,
will -be disturbing, still to those
who have real fapi In the ultimate
progress of civilisation the outcome
will be -welcome, in the firm hope
of a new era of peace and social
advancunent.
^SubiCifbe for tha Daily Alaskan
A FRIEND. IN NEED.
Algte—I wiy. Fred, you're—aw—*
fwlend of mine, arn't yotJ?
Fred—Sure!
Algle—Then bo a good fenow and—
aw—help me out. I'd like to have that
pwetty cousin of youahs learn all
about my—aw—good points, doncher
know.
Fred—I am helping you, old chap. I
argued with her for two hours yeater
day trying to convince her that yoa
weren't as big a fool as you loot
Chicago News.
Pr«par»dn**a.
A timid youth, devoid of skill.
In love's campaign began to drill.
But by the time he wasn't scared
Be found the girls were all- pro-paired.
—Judge.
Pax>a Exoepted.
Bella—Don't worry about Jack. dear.
All the world loves a lover.
Stella—Yea. But papa acts so un
worldly at times.-Pennsylvania Punch
Bowl.
Vary Much So.
Pup—They've got ft muzzle on It it j
must be dangerous.—Richmond Times- j
Dispatch.
Unassailable Loglo.
Policeman—What are you standing I
'ere for?
Loafer—Nufflnk.
Policeman—Well. Juat move on. If j
everybody was to stand In one place j
how would the rest get past?—London j
Ht-Blta.
Tha Loat Lanora.
Just a cams upon an egg.
Just Lenore.
"Ttm a rather slender peg.
Nothing more
Still, hung a romance there.
Wrote her In the fanner's care.
There was nothing In my dream—
Naught, alack.
It was but ft trap nest scheme.
He wrote back.
Do not cackle, fellow men.
Seems Lenore was Just the hen.
—Pittsburgh Post.
Getting Back.
Editor (examining manuscript)—And
do you really think these Jokes of yours
are funny?
Scribbler— Well—er—no! But aa I j
never read your paper 1 wouldn't be
bored with them If you took them!— j
Chicago News.
Foolad Him.
Little Girl- Excuse me. sir. but have
you dropped any money ?
Gent (feeling In pocket)—By Jove,
lassie. I have! There's a hole In my
pocket I thought I heard something
chink.
Little Girl-That settles tt Ifs a
pound note I've found.—London Pass
ing Show.
True Happlneia.
Happiest boy in all ths land.
Spite of rate.
Is he who's "working like a •lave"
Digging bait.
—Memphis Commercial Appeal
it Waa Strong
"What did the editor say when you
read your poem to him?"
"I cant repeat It." replied Mr. Pen
wlggle. "But I will say that in bis
choice of language he took every ad
vantage of the fact that his words
were not Intended for print."—Wash
ington Star.
Willi* Waa Wise.
Parson—WH He. do yon Know wnerr
boys go who play bawball on Sunday ?
Willie— Tea. but I won't tell you
You'll tell a cop, and then well all get
chased-—Philadelphia Record.
SECRETS OF SPACE
What Might Be Revealed if Na
ture Lifted the Veil.
WONDERS OF THE INVISIBLE.
Evldonc. That Wh.t W. Call th. Uni
verse I. Only. Part of. F«r Grander
and Perh.p* Infinit. SyaUm of Sun.
and World, and Planat*.
Men of science have found
for believing that there may be.CW
off in Infinite space, other material
systems besides the one visible to■
We seem to be able with modern tele
2TV reach the boundaries or
farthest limits of the stellar system
to -which our sun belongs.
It 1b found that with increase of dis
tance the relative number of start de
creases until. In most dlrev"°°f
least, a point Is reached
virtually no more stare can bo seen.
Then too it has been found that the
stellar system has a fairly definite
.»»*
boundaries. The shape la ttat of a
vast spiral, with curving arms snr
rounding a central agglomeration. If
vou will Imagine floating In the mldd e
5 the room where yon sit a roughly
globular swarm of bright particles,
distributed with a fair degree of De
formity as to distance from one an
other, and then outside of the swarm
surrounding It, but separated from It
by a space which U nearly but not
quite empty, an Irregular spiral ring
of similar shining particles, you wlU
have before you a picture of one of
the latest astronomical conceptions o
the form of the visible universe.
The central swarm will represent the
assemblage of stars of which our sun
Is a modest member, while the envel
oping spiral will represent the Im
mense system of the Milky way. whose
stars are vastly more numerous than
ttose composing the globular swarm
The stars of the Milky way*rethe
most distant members of the entire
svstem. which api*ars to be shut In
all around by black space. Mewed
J om afar off In the ebon depths of
that space, this universe of
resemble a phosphorescent Jellyfish,
with faintly sparkling tentacles, afloat
In the sea of Immensity. .,
This being so. the question naturally
ftr™3 May there not be. or must there
not be. an Indefinite number of other
such systems scattered through the
limitless expanse of space? That ques^
tlon would forever remain a matter of
Dure conjecture If we did not have cer
tain very suggestive facts which seem
£ m£» "■« »<««" <° "
swered In the affirmative
The facts of which 1 speak are ot>
3Ju of visual observation. But that
Toes not necessarily make hem pari*
of the "visible universe, because iht
appear to be unconnected with It and
to lie beyond Its boundaries.
These objects are known as splra
nebulae- The photographs tbat have
been made of them In tile PR,t J**
veirs are simply am.nlng. The foreus
of TO are surprisingly Uke that
which has been ".J" ^h^
characterizing the stellar sj tlem.
have central agglomerations *,th e°
veloping spirals. They have knots of
S which recall the globular clusters
r.t,r. found to ^
but they are so distant that uoscpa
ra-e stars can b« detected In ^em
They look Uke masses of more <>r less
co'idensed glowing gas. but the spec
tniscope shows that the light coming
^ to;"™
te: istlc of gaseous nebulae, but that
which belongs to true ^Tbel^fln
en e Is that these wonderful objects
may actually be other universes lying
out In the ocean of spa.'e beyond our
shores
This Inference Is strengthened by
what we know of the distance of some
of these objects. The utmost diameter
of the great spiral of the Milky way
probably does uot exceed from 4.000 to
0.000 "parsecs." or from 800 to 1,200
million times the earth's distance from
the sun. A parser, which corresfionds to
a parallax of one second of arc, equals
about 10,000.000.000.000 (nineteen tril
lion) miles. But some of the spiral
nebulae appear to be at least 10.000
piirsecs distant.
If that is so there exists between
them and the outer frontiers of the via
Ible universe a Rap far broader than
the entire diameter of that universe. It
can hardly be supposed, then, that tbey
are outlying parts of or attendants
upon our universe, but It is much more
reasonable to conclude that they are
other universes constructed on a slml
lar plan, but so far away that as view
ed with eur utmost visual powers, our
mightiest telescopes, they are but
gleaming specks! Perhaps the nearest
of these strange objects is the Androm
eda nebula, which, in a small tele
scope, looks like a faint spindle shaped
wisp.—Garrett P Servtss in New Vork
Journal
Vengeance on the Caddie.
"What! Buying more golf clnbsT I
thought you had a pretty complete out
fit before."
'"I have, but that caddie of mine had
the nerve to snigger when I topped mr
drive yesterday, and I'm going to mak»
him carry double weight"—Pall Mah
Gazette.
Happiness.
Happiness is that single and glorious
thing which Is the very light and sum
of the whole animated universe, and
where she is not It is better that notb
tag should be.—Colton
The most completely lost of all days
Is the one on which we have not
laughed.—Cha mfort
Still Out.
"Are yovi sure your mistress Is outT
asked the Waller.
"Oh, yes.Vslr," replied the maid. "She
told me two hours ago she was oat
and she hasn't come In since."—St
Louis Post Dispatch.
REAL CAKK
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tnwins the "care of the scalp." Ap
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to directions furnished with each :
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wonderful results. A satisfactory
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(Formerly oi Seattle)
Specialist In the treatment of
diseases and deioruiltiee of the
qye, ear, nose and throat.
Office: Goldstein Building. Ju
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