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EDITORIAL
A HLXD-LEt* RIOT
Dewey was a courageous man
honorable and rrue, u. patriot ajic
a national hero. A national hew
in spi'e o£ tig house. He faced th<
shells the confederacy and tb<
shells o* the Spaniards and nevei
flinched, but tie did flinch befort
the yells of the mob. De you re
call that r-ot, when a large part oJ
the American people rose to theii
lai'Q legs and clamored because h<
gave to the wife of his bosom tht
$50,000 house which, an impulsive
admiring public bought for him ii
Washington City as a token of itf
esteem ?
Dewey, reckoning not merely up
oa gallantry and affection, bu
probably upon the safe-guarding o
the gift, immediately deeded it t<
his helpmeet.
Looking back a little more tha.
15 years from our present advance!
s'aie of civilization it tangles one'i
imagination to think of staid anc
able newspapers and magazines con
demniou Dewey as an ingrate aju
a boor for thus anchoring the hous'
in the family circle. Thousands o
what appeared superficially to ix
sane Americans skinned him witl
less feeling than they'd drown a ral
The clamor reached so near a barn
Lurning stage that Dewey gave u]
*ha house and moved into oneowne<
by his wife. it cut him deeply
Biludly ignorant of his motives th<
crowd oursued until the poor mai
confided to friends th« fear that hi
never again could hold his hea<
proudly as an American citizen am
national defender. But graduall;
*ht. mob dispersed, sentiment chang
ed, Dewey regained his pedestal
and again was able to function un
molested and in a big way in gov
ernment affairs.
It is valuable for us to surre;
fheae episodes now and then an<
'ake them home to ourselves. Th<
study of our national history is sec
cue to none as a means of gettinj
the feet planted upon fundamentals
A ^g-iuare, fair viejv of affairs i
necessary in all of life'B attitude
and certainly of political and gov
ernmental subjects. Oliver Croor
well once said to his troops:
"1 beseech you, brethren, by th
'euder mercies of the Lord, tha
ye conceive it possible that some
times even ye might be mistaken.'
— Tacoma News.
BH&ESl \YORK IN THE WORLl
The digging of the Panama Cana
has been generally regarded as th'
bigaest thing of the kind yet under
taken, necessitating ns it did, th
excavation of just over 250,000,00i
cubic yards of earth and rock. Bi
*t is estimated that not less tha'
1,01'0,000,000 cubic yards have bee
excavated for British, French ani
Cetman trenches, extending 75
miks across west era. France.
Each. of the two main 750-mile
long ditches, the first, second am
third line trenches on either Bide
tojretner with the "alternatives," a
they are called, are connected on
with auother by a perfect labyrintl
of communication trenches, repre
sen tin* many thousands of miles o
digging and tunneling.
Entire nations have tolled fo
long months in order to scar th
face of Europe with the immnes
ditches.
Taken collectively, nothing lik
them or «ven remotely approaching
them haa evor before been accom
plished by human agency.
\ similar excavation wculd b
sufficient to make four twin par
ralell tuniels through the center
cf the earth, each fourteec teet in
i diameter and 8,000 miles long, cap
able of accommodating subway
trains.—Exchange.
The Ancient Guild of Spectacle Mak
ers is numerically oue of the strongest
London companies. Its charter dates
from the year 1029, and. though the
exact date of its origin is lost, tliere is
ample evidence that the calling of
Bpectacle maker was extensively fol
lowed at a very early date. An old
book of lo63 mentions the spectacle
makers among other traders, and the
biography of Carlo Zeuo, an illustrious
Venetian, who died in 1418, mentions
that even at the age of eighty-four he
needed no artificial aids to his sight.
So presumably spectacles were com
mon in Italy five centuries ago.—Lon
don Telegraph.
Object Lesson In Phonetics.
The Arabic, which boasts three sep
arate sounds resembling the English
letter "h," lacks the equivalent of "p;"
! therefore "p" and "b" are often con
fused. The late venerable Dr. Bliss of
the Syrian Protestant college once en
, tered a classroom where a native
teacher was trying in vain to teach a
student the difference between "p" and
"b," says theCbrlstian Herald. Dr. Bliss
undertook the case. Gathering up some
chalk dust in his band and holding his
i hand to his lips, he spoke to the stu
dent: •
"Do you see this dust in my hand?
When I say 'b' I do not expel my breath,
• and the chalk dust stays where It is.
' But when I say *p" I blow the dust all
away." He did. He blew""Tt-*ll over
the enliglilirM youth.
"Skirl" of the Bagpipes.
It Is claimed for the Scottish bagpipe
that it is louder than any other va
:iety of Instrument. This Is probably
because It was originally designed to
cheer the clansmen when they were
fighting. In the hands of a skilled per
former the strains of a Highland bag
i pipe carry about six miles, and under
specially favorable conditions as far as
ten miles. The Duke of Sutherland
owns a bagpipe which figured in the
battle of Prestonpans. and must there
fore be nearly 200 years old, yet it can
be heard at a distance of eight miles.—
London Glebe.
Uuit Have the Cheuffeur.
In Chile, while automobiles are quite
common, the two seated runabout Is
, not common, and when seen generally
has a small seat behind for the chauf
' feur. This is demanded by custom, for
even though the owner of the car is
1 driving he must always have the chauf
' feur with him in case of need, as It
i would never do for the owner to
[ change a tire or to crank the machine
. himself.
Hard Hearted.
J "Poor Bickers has a very' hard heart
ed wife," scid Trivvet
""What's the trouble now?" asked
Dicer.
"She not only broke the broomstick
over his head, but made him go to the
i store and buy another."
Method In His Madness.
[ Sandy (who is working up his better
half for a small loan)—Ye ken weel.
1 Maggie, if you wis tae dee I should
> gang daft Mrs. Sandy—An' then ye'd
1 marry again, I suppose. Sandy—Na.
I na. I wouldna gang as daft as that.—
■ London Sketch.
tJotn oirat.
"RLches have wings."
"Yep. And creditors have bills.
Detroit Free Press.
Believe In the better side of men. It
is optimism that really saves people.—
Maclaren.
About :XX> sjwlc* of Untie and tor
tolses are known.
The pineapple and Spanish moss atv
botanical relatives
Damp,Cold Weather
Brings Its Toll of Sickness to Ajl
askan People.
Chilly, damp, changing weather H
hard on the kidneys.
Even more irritating are colds,
griu and pneumonia;
'I hey congest the kidneys;
They bring backache and disor
dered kidney action.
For weak kidneys use a tested
remedy.
40,000 people publicly recom
mend I>oan's Kidney Pills.
Frank Lang, 620 Savier St., Port
land, Ore., says: "Change® of tem
perature. together with, bard work
brought on trouble "with my kidneys
A catch often took me in the smal
o' my back and threw me off a
ladder. I felt the pain, extending
up mv spine and down, into my
groins. It seemed like a paralytic
stroke and tor several days I was
practically unable to do anything,
My kidneys acted too often, caus
ing me a great deal of annoyance.
Do an'a Kidney Pills fixed me up
in good shape.'*
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An Error Brings
an Error
By MARTLAND MALTBEE
Alan Forbes had been engaged tc
Jennie Hatch for more than a year,
and, since his salary was not sufficient
to warrant marriage and his prospects
of a raise were «poor, the two reluc
tantly determined to give up each oth
er, calling their engagement off.
Jennie had an aunt, an old woman,
who lived alone. She was very poor
at least she was supposed to be—and
Jennie devoted a great deal of time to
her, the old lady being very feeble.
About the time that Alan and Jennie
decided there was no hope for them
tlie aunt grew worse and died sud
denly. On her deathbed she told Jen
nie that she would find in a crevice in
the chimney enough money to burj
her and what was left over would be
hers.
fh« /Inv nftor th<» funeral Alan re
celved a note from Jennie asking bin
to meet her nt the aunt's house. She
had a surprise for him. Alan went to
the house at the time mentioned and
found no one there. On a table was a
little pass book showing deposits ol
some $12,000. The book bore a num
ber, but not a name.
In turning over the leaves of the
book a bit of paper fell out of It
Alan saw the words "Dearest Jennie
written in a man's hand. Yielding to
a desire to kuow who was thus ad
dressing the girl he loved in such en
dearing terms, he overcame his scru
ples against reading what had been
written. The writer, who signed him
self Dick, broke with "Dearest Jennie"
on account of a story he had heard re
flecting on her good name.
Here was a terrible revelation. Alan,
not wishing to see Jennie again until
he had made up his mind what actloc
to take with regard to her, went away,
leaving the book and the note just as
he had found them.
Now, Jennie just before her lover's
entrance had gone upstairs and was
busying herself putting the^house tc
rights for it was hers as well as the
deposits recorded In the pass book
which she had found in the chimney
She had laid the book on the table tc
show Alan when he came, but a wiL
she had also found site had put In E
When Alan came in Jennie did not
bear him, nor was she aware of hfc
going. Noticing that the time she had
asked him to come had passed, sh<
concluded to go downstairs and wail
for him there. She waited an hour
and since he bad not come, she sur
mised that he had not received hei
note. She was greatly disappointed
for she had counted on showing hln
her inheritance.
Since Alan did not put In an appear
ance, Jennie sent to his home to lean
the reason. She ^vas told that ne hat
gone out about the hour she had ex
pected him and had not returned, noi
did he return that day or the next 01
at all. .
His disappearance at a time wnei
their marriage was not only possible
but the wherewithal for their futur<
comfort had been provided, was a ter
rible blow to her. Moreover, It was t
mysterv. Had Alan been splrltec
away, or had he been killed? Then
was no answer. ' .
Jennie concluded to live alone In thf
house she had inherited. She bac
faith that some day Alan would com<
back to her, and she would receive
him In the home that had been provid
ed for them. But year after year pass
ed. and he did not come.
One day an old man came to
house and asked for Jane Hatcb. Jen
ule told him that Jane Hatch had beet
dead several years. He appeared tc
be very much cast down. Jennie In
formed" him that she was Jane Hatch e
niece and had been named for_ hei
aunt. At this the man opened his heart
to her, telling her that he had been
betrothed to her aunt In their youth
and had wronged her. having listened
to a story to her Injury.
Meanwhile Jennie on takln* the
pass book to the bank had discovered
the note that had driven Alan a* ay
though it had not occurred to her th*
it was the cause of bis go'ng. She no
produced the note and returned It tc
the visitor. This led to her telling him
the story of her own bereavement
I what had not occurred to her occurred
I to ber visitor. He suggested to bet
that Alan had come Into the house
I while she was upstairs, found the note
in the pass book and. supposing tha
it was for the living Instead of the
dead Jennie, had taken himself,away.
"Mv mistake," he said, has emb t
tered* the lives of two generations.
This paper shall do no more harm.
Ind he threw it into the fire Then
he added: "I have brought this trouble
upon you. I will make it my business
to find your lover. If be Is alive
will return him to you."
The stranger began a systematic
< course of advertising for Alan Forbes
land at last one of the notices reached
I Alan's eyes. He communicated wltt
the advertiser, who at once went to sec
One morning while Jennie Hatch was
attending to her household duties she
went from the upper story down tc
her living room. There stood Alac
Forbes. Jennie uttered a cry.
"I have come," said Alan, to ask
your forgiveness for having made
what some would call a blunder
which I now see was a crime. Instead
of condemning you unheard I should
have listened to youresplanatlon.
"It was all a horrid mistake, cried
Jennie, staggering toward him. H.
received her in his arms.
fraternal orders
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Skagway No. 1.
A. B. rnetrts every sec
ond and loutrtli1 Tues
day evening at 8:30 P
m. sfiarp. Visiting brothers ooidial
ly wt-'ccm#. W. L. Stevenson, Arc
tie ChleX. W. E. Burford, Arctic
Keotrder.
Fraternal Order
Eagle^—
Skagway Aeriq
No. 25, frater
nal Order "f
uagieti meets Uiq nrst ana tmru
Wednesday night of each ii»onitli. at
torJt hall on Fifth Avenue. Visit
ing brothlers cwdtally iuvitekl to
attend. J. M. Qieisbacu, \\'. 1*.
J. V. Miller, Secretary.
P. & A. M.
White? Pass Lodge
F. & A. M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4 th
Prl. EVgs, of each
month. Visiting brothers are wel
come.
Elmer L. Wheeler, W. M.
Address all communications to
the Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodg®
No. 421, B. P. 0.
E. m-eeta every
Thursday- night
' at 8:00 o'clock.
Visiting brothers
WlUlUliJ YY OIWMJ C,
HENRY FRIEDEN'THAL, E. R.
F. J. VAWDEWALL. secretary.
Pioneer of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
meet* in A. B. Ball first Monday in
er*erjr month at 8:80 p. n».
Visiting Brothers cordially wel
come.
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