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EDWAK!) BOK
One of the recent additions to the Public Library is the autobiography
of Edward Bok, It Is one of the best of recent books and has in it a wealth '
of Inspiration for young Americans. Bok came to this country as a boy, I
liTed for a number of years In the city of Now York, made a creditable rec
ord In that city as a young man, and while still in his twenties, attracted J
th» notlca of llr. Curtis, the publisher of the Ladies Home Journal, who |
offered him the editorship and control ot that paper. The Journal was not |
then what It U now and Bok was the sen.1 us who made it what it is. backed J
up by Mr. Curtis, whose daughter he n: rriud. One of the most Interesting 1
■otea struck In. the book Is Bok's retirement from the editorship while In
the Tery prime of his life. lie early laid bis plans to retire at 50 years of
age. This plan he would hive carried mit but for the war. This actiou(
■was a surplse to his friends' It contains one of the most wholesome les-1
sons for Amarlcan*. Too manv who have achieved some reputation cannot
retire.
Ths hardest thing for some who live made a measure of success in life |
Is to 1st go. Many have nothing *.o which they can turn, -when they do let j
go. Bok provided for this contingency In his. c;ir!y plans and now he Is en
joying the fruits of his hard years of toil. The bonk is as Interesting as a
»o*sl and infinitely mora profitable.
, "
«■ .♦/ %J/ A NEW ALASKAN POET
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Th«r« comes to the desk of the edltir il^st. little book of Nuggets.
Not gold nuggets, we wish It worv t .t. ot >•> "i poetic nuggets, we would
that It were such. The author Is Frank R. Camp of Anchorage. It's a
modest little bock In limp covers in u'ii<.•_> au'.hor has put In verse some
of the thoughts which have come to him, ar >! Y.'hioh are readable, but the
like of which we have in Robert Service T! it<- is some originality lu the
book and faint glimn.ering* of better thin;; >1 uld theso glimmerings be
followed. But there is little place now for mare of the Itobert Service
style of poesy. Alaska 'has had two or three, perhaps more, who have fol
lowed in Service's lead, it's time for a new trail in Alaskan poetry to be out
thru the forest of the north. The l-urid 1 ties of the sourdough has teen
amply advertised and the time has come for one to strike the deeper things
which Alaska is spt-kitig and wl.:<h will K the foundation of her future
greatn<MS.
THE MINER (TKT.UI.S 1'KOIH <"HON
The Valdex Miner is making a change In the size and makeup of Its pa
per for the winter months. Winter trips to the south by so large a con
stituency of the Miner and pressing job « k re given as the reasons for
the curtailment. The Miner gets out a :n'*sy paper and Is evidently
upprtniaUd by its constituency.
tJOOD WEATHER Cl.MKU.
The springe-like weather which is a part of our experience here seems
to be generally prevalent thruout Alaska. Valdez an<l Cordova have the
reputation of having plenty of snow in winter, but thus far this -winter the
walks in those towns are without snow. The interior also reporfs milder
weather than usual at this time of year.
LESSON or THE LEiPS>iC CASES.
The H-nirttnl of General Steu;;er.
the first high (J«nnan officer to he
plmvd oo trial for war crimes. prob
ably viiu cenrluce the allies that tliey
went to tlx wrong ct/urt for Justice.
Just why It ahould have been a shook
to the Frenrh legal tnlsa'on which at
tended the trial at Leipslc Is not pla.n.
Tb« accused itii tried In his own
country. by his own countrymen. His
>i\'UHn «■«;'» French. Hi* crimes
were against Frenchmen. What could
the allies h«»e expected? Frightful
ly** was tbe flrst article of war tatizht
to German*. Te Inspire fear was
the duty ef erery German officer, aud
the history ef the war Illustrate! how
efTe'tive tkat teaching had been. The
dnctrln# la oow upheld by the I.eip
sie court, says the Kansas City Star.
'Hie I«.«s»m te the allies. tf they still
needed It. Is that Germany, or at any
rate, the gereming class of which the
Leipste rn®m Is repres<*ntathe. i« still
militaristic. That class Itimus n n
such thing ss war crimes. Ir was its
rre**d. sinW eeidently still Is. that n«
act cwntnitted by a German by which
a non German suffers is or can be a
crl.ue.
There Is hunger In Russia. Not
hutinur lor hread »nd potatoes, per
haps. but huager feu the most ordinary
ueces&gUes of lite, says a writer in
tip New 1 utl»l lo. There I? no
whlfp l n-u'. ri Ihp eities of Russia,
and very little n.eita. or butter ur
sugar ur f»t. Milk raid eggs *re Jie
in? - ■ . i • i|r i.i i-liiCdrm. seldom to
the s Throughout my sli month*'
sojourn in U-«» Ktissian provinces I
saw no choi-nlnte. no oranges or
lemon". no coffee. tut real tea. or rake.
No trHv n .iv< are running In the elllM
of K::--. i tin lamps are burning in the
street*. outside of MoMOW. In tbe
winter. \\ -er pf|K'< are bursting, cuiiul
l7.ati"ii :111.J sewage systems cellapse.
nil-Pi", at >1 liMeniis •nifl'erlngs are In
fllrti ' n millions. There Js a scarcity
of m.-<! ines anil s«>sp. a:u! au ahun
ilanfr of iINph'p. The peasants have
enough to eat, yet rural Ilnssta is
clamoring f"r stilt anil kerosene anil
cotton fabrics ami nail* »8<1 plows
anil scythes.
Th • l.oru inteuueu iliut the summer
s! ttlii l.e warm .imi that folk* should
sut . out tiie uiii'urities their bodies
accumulate in winter. Why kick
about it? Is civilization just on^ big
scheme of defying the laws of nature?
If it be true that the English spar
row is an enemy of the dandelion, thtsti
maybe the dandelion Is an enemy to
the Knglish sparrow. Upon that theory
both would deserve to be encouraged
at least to each other's annihilation.
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THE VALLEY °ffy* GIANTSA
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~~ ;jgj'^CO'?YRtSHT,BV P£TTB8.KVHE j
They hail not long to wait. Cpon
his arrival at Gin Seng's place of busi
ness Captain Scraggs had been In
formed that Gin Seng had cone out
twenty minutes before, and further In
qnlrv revealed that he had departed
In nn express wagon. Consumed with
misgivings of disaster, Scraggs re.
turned to rhe Maggie as fast as the
cable car and bin legs could carry him.
Tn the cabin he found Mr. ttlbnev^and
McGuffey playing crlbhage. They laid
down their hands as Scraggs entered.
Mr. Gibney began at once: "To
*how you whar a funny world this Is.
while me an" Part's sett'n' on deck
awaltln' for you to come hack, alone
breeres a fat old Chinaman In an ex
press wagon an' offers to buy them two
cases of oriental goods. He makes me
nn' Mac what we considers a fair
offer. I.etiiine see. now," he continued,
and got out a stub of lead pencil with
■which he commenced figuring on the
•white oilcloth table cover. "We paid
twenty dollars for them two derelicts
an' a dollar towage. Thai's twenty
one dollars, an' a third o' twenty-one
1s seven, an' seven dollars frotn twen
ty-five leave* eighteen dollar* comln'
to you. Here's your eighteen dollars
ScMiggsy. - on lucky old vagabond—all
clear profit on a neat day's work, no
expense, no Investment, no back break
In" Interest charges or overhead, an'
sold out at your own Agger"
Captain Scraggs' face was a study
In conflicting emotions as he raked In
the eighteen dollars. "Thanks, Gib,"
tie said frigidly.
"Mo an' Gib's Ruin' ashore ror luncn
at the Marigold cafe," McGuffey an
nounced presentJy, In order to break
th« horrible silence that followed
Scraggsv's crushing defeat. "I'm will
In" to spend some, o' my profits on the
deal an' Mow you to a lunch with a
small bottle o' Pago Red thrown In.
How about It. Scragss?"
"I'm on." Scraggs sought to throw
off Id* clooni and appear sprightly.
"What'd you |>eddle them two cadavers
for. Gib?"
.Mr. Glhney grinned broadly, hut did
not nns" er. In effect, his erin in
formed S'-rsjrgs thai that was none of
the Infi-r's business—and Scraggs as
almilati'd the hint. "Well at any rate,
(■lb. whatever you soaked him. It was
u mighty ^<»id sale an' I congratulate
you. I rl.'rik mehhe I might lia' done
a little belter myself, but Uien It
ain't every day a feller can turn an
eiglitoendollar trick on a corpse."
"Coinin" to lunch with us?" McGuf
fey uetnanded.
"Sure. Wait a minute till I run
forward an' see If the lines is ail fa si."
He stepped out of the cabin and
presently Glbney and McGuffey were
Conscious of a rapid succession of
thuds on the deck. Gibney winked at
McGuffey.
"Nother new hat gone to h—1." mur
mured McGuffey.
CHAPTER IX.
Even after allowing for tlie expem'.l
turcs on the engine weighing heavily
on Cnptaln Scruggs. thai Individual
continued morose und more than e\er
Inclined to be sarcastic. Mr. (Jlbnev
commented on the fact to Mr. Mc<»uf*
fey.
"lie's troubled financially. Gib.'
"Well, you knovr who troubled hiin,
don't you. Bart?"
"I mean about the cost o' them re
pairs in the engine room. Unless he can
couie through in tlilrty day* with the
balance he owes, the boiler people are
goln' to libel the Maggie to protect
their claim."
Mr. Gibney arched his bushy eye
browB. "How do you kn»\v?" he de
manded.
"He was a-tellln1 me," &ir. aicuuney
admitted weakly.
"Well, he wasn't a-tellln' me." Mr.
Gibney's tones were ominous; lie
glared at his friend suspiciously as
from th« Maggie's cabin Issued forth
Scraggsy's voice raised in song.
"Hello! The old boy'* thermome
ter's gone up. Bart. Listen at him.
Ever o' thee he's fondly drcamin'.'
Something busted the si>ell an' Til
bet a cooky It was ready cash." He
mtnaced Mr. McGulTey with n rigid
Index finger. "Bart," be demanded,
"did you loan Scraggsy some money?"
The honest McGufTey hung his head.
"A little bit," he replied chlldisL ■
"What d'ye call a little bit?"
"Three hundred dollars, Gib."
"Secured?"
"He gimme his note at eight per
cent. The savin's bank only pays
four."
"Is the note secured by endorse
ment or collateral?"
"No."
"Hum-m-m! Strange you didn't say
notliin' to me about this till I had
to pry It out o" you, Bart."
"Well, Scraggsy was feelln' so dog
goned blue "
"The truth," Mr. Glbney Insisted
"Bart," He Demanded. "Did You Loan
Scraggsy Some Money?"
hrmty. "the tnitn, tvrn.
"Well. Scrappsy asked mr not to say
nnythln to you about IL"
"Sure, He knew I'd kill the deal.
He knew hetter'n to try to nick me for
three hundred bucks on his danped.
worthless note. Hart, why'd you do
It?"
"Oh. h—11. Gib. he a pood feller,"
poor Mcttuffey pleaded. "l»on't he
too hard on ol' Serappsy."
"We're dlscussln' you, Bart. Tears
to tne you've sort o' lost confidence
In your old shipmate, ain't you?
'IVors that way to tue when you ac?
sneaky like."
Mcttuffey bridled. "I ain't a sneak."
"A rose by any other name'd be
JuM as sweet," Mr. tilhney quoted
"You poor, misguided simp. If you
ever see that three hundred dollars
a^M.n you'll be a lot olderu you are
now. However, that ain't none o' my
husit r<s. The fact remains. Rart. that
you conspired with Scnippsy to keep
thins* away from me. which shows
you ain't the man 1 thoupht you were,
so from now on you po your way an'
I'll po mine."
"I pot a rlpht to do as I blasted
please with my money," McGufTey de
fended holly. "1 ain't no child to be
lectured to."
"Oonslderln* the fact that you
wouldn't have had the money to lend
If It hadn't been for me, I allow Tm In
sulted when you use the said money
to give am an' comfort to my enemy.
I'm through."
McGurrey, sinotiierea in guut. ren
nevertheless that he had to stand by
his p-uns, so to speak. "Stay through
tf you feel like It." he retorted. "Where
d'ye get that chatter? Ain't J fr•*.
white, an' twenty-one year old?" i
Mr. Gihney was realiy hurt. "You
poor bnnh," he murmured. "It's the
old game o" aettln' a beggar on horse
hacn an' secin' lilm ride to the devil,
or sllppin' a gold rhyt in a pic'» nose.
An' 1 figure!! you was my friend!" :
"Well, r.ln't IT
"Fooey; Fooey! Don't talk to roe.
You'd sell out your own mother."
"Gih, you tryin' to pick a fight with
me?"
"No. but I would If I thought I
wouldn't git a footrace Instead," Gib- !
ney rejoined scathingly. "Cripes, I
what a douhle-crosyln' 1 been handed 1 J
Honest, Burt, when it comes to that
sort o' work Scraggs is In his infancy.
You sure take the cake."
"J Bin t pot me iienn 10 cioui ;»u
an' make you eat them words," Mr. ,
McGuffey declared, sorrowfully.
"Vou mean you atn't g<">t the puts." I
Mr. Gibney corrected him. "Bart. I j
pot your number. Goodbye."
Mr. McGuffey had a wild Impulse to
cast himself upon the Gibney neck
and weep, but hts honor forbade any
such weakness. So he invited Mr.
Olbney to betake himself to a replon
several degrees hotter than the Map
pie's enpine room; then, because he
feared to linger and develop a senti
mental weakness, he turned his back
abruptly and descended to the said
enpine room.
On his part. Adelbert P. Gibney en
tered the cabin and glared long and
menacingly at Captain Scraggs. "1*11
have my time." he prowled presently.
"Give It to me an' give It quiet."
The very Intonation of his voice j
warned Serasgs that the present was j
not a time for argument or trifling. !
Silently he paid Mr. Gtbney the money
due him; in equal silence the navi
gating 'officer went to the pilot house,
unscrewed his framed certificate froui
the wall, packed H with his few be
longings anfl departed for Scab John
ny'ii hoarding honse.
"Hello," Sc«b Johnny sainted him at
hi* entrance. "Quit the Macs'e?"
Mr. Glbney nodded.
"Want a trip to the dark bine?"
"1-ead me to It," mumbled Mr. Glb
ney.
"ItD coat yon twenty dollars. Gib.
Chief mate on the Rose of Sharon,
bound for the Galapagos Islands seal
lnit."
"I'll take It, Johnny." Mr. Glbney .
threw over a tw«oty-dollar bill, went
to his room, packed all of hla belong
trigs, paid his bill to Scab Johnny, and ;
within the hour was aboard the
echoooer Rose of Sharon. Two boor* j
later they rowed oat with the tide.
Poor MrGuffey waa stunned when
he heard the news that night from
Scab Johnny, When he retailed the j
information to Sera eg* next morning. 1
Scraggi was equally perturbed. He
guessed that McGuffey and Glbney ]
bad quarreled and he had the poor j
Judgment to ask McGuffey the cause of
the row. Instantly. McGuffsy Informed
him that that was none of his dad
fetched business—and the incident w»»
closed.
The three months that followed were
the most harrowing of McGuffey's Ufa.
Captain Scraggs knew his engineer
would not resign while he. Scruggs
owed Mm three hnndred dollars:
wherefore he was not too particular
to put a bridle on his tongue when
things appeared to go wrung. MrGuf
fey longed to kill him. but dared not.
When, eventually, the railroad had
been extended sufficiently far down I
the coast to enable the farmers t*
haul their goods to the railroad In i
trucks, the Maggie automatically J
went out of the green-pea trade;
(imultaneously. Captain Scraggs' not*
to McGuffey fell due and the engineer
demanded payment. Scraggs de
murred pleading poverty, but Mr. Mc
Gnffey assumed such a threatening at
titude that reluctantly Scraggs paid
him a hundred and fifty dollars on ac
count. and McGuffey extended the bal
unce one year—and quit.
"See that you pot triat hundred and
fifty an' the interest In ynnr Jeans
the next time we meet." he warned
Seragga as lie went overside.
Time passed. For a month the Mag
gie piled regularly between Bodega
hay and San Francisco In an endeavor
to work np some bnslues* In firm and
dairy produce, bot a g»so!lne schooner .
cut In on the ran and declared a rate
war. whereupon the Maggie turned her
hlunt noae rive mm rd and for a brief ]
period essayed some towing and gener
al freighting on the Sacramento and
San Joaquin. It was unprofitable. I
however, and at last Captain Scraggs
was forced to lay his darling little
Maggie up and take a Job aa chief i
officer of the ferry steamer Enclnal.
plying between San Francisco and Oak
land. In the meantime. Mr. Mc<Juf
fey. after two barren month* "on the
beach." landed a Job as second assist
ant on a Standard Oil tanker running
to the west coast, while thrifty Nell*
Halvnrsen Invested the savings of ten
years In a bay scow known a* the Wil
lie and Annie, arrogated to himself
;he title of captain, and proceeded to
'relght hay. grain and paving stoce*
from Petal nma.
The old Joyous days of the green
|K-a trade were gone forever, and many
a night, as Captain Scrnggt paced
the deck of the ferryboat, watching
the ferry tower loom Into view, or the
scattered lights along the Alameda
shore, he thought longingly of the old
Maggie, laid away, perhaps forever, and
slowly rotting In the muddy waters of
the Sacramento. And he thought of
Mr. Glbney. too, away off under the
tropic star*, leading the care-free life
of a real sailor at last, and of Bar
tholomew M'Cnffey Imhlhli.c "pulque"
in the "cantina" of some disreputable
cafe. Captain Scraggs never knew
how badly he was going to miss them
'»oth until ttiey were gone, and he had
cobiidy to fight with except Mrs.
Scrnccs and when Mrs Scraggs (to
,ju"te Captain Scmgg«) "slipped her
-able" In her forty-third year Optaln
.scrags felt slngnlarlv lones,.n» anrf
!n a mood to accent eagerly any
i«vlltr\ tliat might offer.
(Continued on Thursday!
KNOWLEDGE
The first step to knowledge I* to ]
trow that wf are Ignorant.—Otfl. I
Th' desire for knowledge, like th»
tlilrst of riches, Increases ever with
the acquisition of It.—Stelne.
Mere knowledge Is comparatively
worthless unless digested Into practi
cal wisdom and common sense as ap
plied to the affairs of life.—Tryon
Kd wards.
The seeds of knowledge mnst he
planted in solitude, hut must be culti
vated in public.—Johnson.
It Is wise to get knowledge and
learning from every source—from a
sot, a pot. a fool, a wiuter mitten, or
an old slipper.—Rabelais.
"Knowledge." says Bacon. "Is pow
er," but mere knowledge Is not power;
it Is only possibility. Action is pow
er; and Its highest manifestation 1*
when It is directed by knowledge.—
T. W. Palmer.
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