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IDE HE EE SLEEP
A Mystery That the Mind of Man
Is Unable to Penetrate.
THE CAVERN OF MORPHEUS.
It Is Pitch Black as Far as Human
Understanding Goes, For We Know
No More /. jout It Than We Do About
Its Twin Mystery, Death.
When all Is written, how little we
know of sleep! It Is n closing of the
eyes, a disappearance, a wondering re
turn. In uneasy slumber. In dreamless
dead rc>t. In horrid nightmare or Iti
ecstasies of somnolent fancies the eyes
are blinded, the body Is abandoned,
while (he tuner essence Is we know not
where. We have no other knowledgo
of sleep than we have of death. In de
Jlrlum or coma or trance, no less than
in normal sleep and in dissolution, tho
soul Is gone. In these It returns, In
that it does not come again, or so we
Ignorantly think.
Yet when I reflect on my death I for
get thai I have encountered It many j
times already and find myself none I
the worse. I forget ,'hat 1 sleep. The :
fly has no shorter existence than i
man's. We bustle about for a few
years with ludicrous importance, as
bottleffles bur.), at the window panes. ?
They. too. may Imagine themselves of
Infinite moment in this universe we
share with them. Hut this Is to take
no account of the prognostics of sleep. I
There Is something hidden, something 1
secret, some unfathomed mystery
?
verify: some permeatlve thought In- j
sisteutly moving in our hearts, some ?
phosphorescence that glows we know
not whence through our shadowy at
oms.
Xelther sloop itself nor half Its prom- |
ises nor mysteries hnve boon plumbed.
It Is the mother of superstitions and
of miracles. In dreams we may search
the surface powers of the freed soul.
Visions In the night are not all hallu
cinations; voices in the night are not
all mocking. There Is a prophet dwells
within the mind? not of the mind, but
deeper throned In obscurity.
The brain cannot know of this holy
presence nor of its life In sleep. The
brain is mortal and untrustworthy, a
phonograph asul a camera for audible
blow in childhood so that It ceases Its
labors and awake it by surscry after
forty years and It will repeat the In
fantile action or word it last recorded
and will take up its task on the In
stant. making no account of the Inter
mediate years. They are nonexistent
to It. Yet to that hidden memory those
diseased years are not blank. It knows,
it has re<- :ded, though the brain has
slept. And in hypnotic or psychic j
trance, when that wonderful ruler is
released from the prison of the body, it j
can speak through the atom blent ma
chinery of the flesh and tell of things
man himself could not know because
of his paralyzed brain. This ruler Is
rtot asleep In sleep, nor In delirium is
It delirious, and In death Is it dead?
r
our tears. We have fancied it with Im
mobile. brooding features of utmost
knowledge and wisdom and sorrow. It
has asked us but one question, nor
from the day of Oedipus unto today
have we answered rightly, so that we j
die of our Ignorance. It Is Osiris llv- !
ing In tis. It Is the unknown God to
whom we erect our altars, the fire In j
the tabernacle, the presence behind the
veil. Not In normal wakefulness at
least will If answer our queries, but In
sleep sometimes It will speak. And it
may possibly be that at last, after all
these centuries, we are learning how
to question it and in hypnotic trance
and In the fearful law of suggestion
are discovering somewhat of Its mys
tery and how to employ it for our
worldly good. Yet to its essential se
cret we are no closer than our fore
fathers were.
We may define dreams aud night
mare. coma and swoon and trance
with what 'ins we will, search their
physical r isons and learn to guide
and 2"; nl. yet we know no more of
them than of electricity. We may be
u*In to suspect that telepathy and clair
voyance and occult forces of the soul
are not superstitious fancies, and we
may oven empirically classify and
study ond direct them. Yet the soul
Itself Is no nearer our inquisition.
Though we should know of Its real
ity. though our finite minds should
fathom the Infinitude, of what benefit
wonld It be? Would It modify our be
liefs or our hopes or our faiths? Would
It dictate one action to our passionate
live*? There would be no change In
human nature and no reforms of the
world. We are the children of our fa
thers. and our children will tread the
prehistoric paths. Dreams are our life,
whether we wake or sleep. We drowse
through existence, awaking and dying
and being reborn daily, ever torpescent
and una mazed, and our thousand slum
lierous deaths we call restorative sleep
?sleep that restores our physical be
ing. building up where we have torn
down, recreating what we destroy.
Itlack? pit -li black. Indeed? Is the
cavern of Morpheus. Faith peoples It
with varied legions and builds its
chaos Into myriad forms. Nightly we
enter it and drain the T.ethean air and
forget, and dally we return with re
joicings. babbling of dreams that were
not dreamed, and dually we enter for
the last time aud drain somewhat
more deeply the essence of ecstasy
and nwake no more and no more re
turn to the autumn dyed skies of the
dawn. And yet wc shall dream ? At
lantic Monthly.
i
EARLY SAVINGS BANKS
First Modem J)ne Was Opened
In Scotland In 1810.
STARTED BY HJENRY JlUNOAN.
, Ho Was a Pre?byterl?n Clergyman and
Wat a Friend of Thomas Carlyle and
of the Celebrated. Or. Chalmers? The
Rapid Spread of the System.
The first savings bank to accept de
posits In small a inouuts , *ad : to . pay
cumulative Interest was opened ln-Scot
land In May, 1810. Several Institutions
(or savings existed In foreign countries
prior to 1810, but thero .was nothing In
any respect llko tho modern ? savings
bank. England, for example, early
witnessed the appearance of numerous
small charitable associations and Insti
tutions which undertook to Invest the
savings of their members.
The first modern, savings bank.bow
ever, was originated by Henry Dun
can, a Tresbyterlan clergyman of
Dumfries, Scotland, a friend of Thom
as Carlylo and of the celebrated Dr.
Chalmers, who throughout his active
life was interested (in. various schemes
of practical benevolence. In 1810, aft
or ho had already set forth his views
on tho subject in thoj Dumfries Courier,
he established the Buthwell ..Savings
bank. Ills purposo, as expressed In a
memoir published by his son in 1888,
was to induce the miss of people of
his time to reallso the valuo of the. lit
tle savings which by economy could be
put away.
The Dumfries community of lowland
Scotch was a good one In which to
start such a scheme. During tho_flrst
yenr savings to tba amount- of ?130
were deposited In the Ruthwell Sav
ings bank and In tho next two years
?171 and ?241, respectively. By ,1814
the deposits amounted- to ?922.
As tho success of Mr. Duncan's
scheme became known similar Institu
tions were organized elsewhere In
Scotland and England. One of the
earliest wa# tho Edinburgh Sayings
bank, still a thriving Institution.
Tho Ruthwell bank had some pe
cularltles which distinguished it from
the institutions that were developed
later. There was an annnity-fund, for
instance. Most remarkable of .all, be
fore anybody's first deposit was re
ceived inquiries had to be made as to
his age, family affairs and previous
moral conduct. According ? to what
was discovered the management decid
ed, first, whether his deposit should be
accepted and, second, - what * rate ,?f
Interest should be;allowed him.
Tho Ruthwell .bank's funds were
placed with the British Linen company,
which allowed 5 per cent interest on
them. Most of tho depositors, received
4 per ccnt, but to tboso of threo years'
standing whose deposits nmounted to
?5 or more 5 per cent waa allowed,
provided the depositor wanted to got
married or that ho was flfty-slx years
old or that In other respects It would
be especially advantageous. for. him to
receive moro Interest. - The first y?av
Ings bank was under no. obligation to
allow depositors to ?witbdraw ffunds
when they wanted. There was a pro
vision that "when tho depositor shall
havo become incapable of maintaining
himself from sickness or otherwise a
weekly allowanco maybe made to him
at tho option of tho court of directors
out of tho money bo has deposited."
The Edinburgh Savings bank was
much simpler in its organization than
the Ruthwell and moro closely resem
bled the savings banks. of the present
day. Each depositor received the same
rate of interest. There was no pre
liminary investigation of his charac
ter, and he could withdraw his do
poslts at pleasure. Tho rate of inter
est was uniformly 4 per cent
Widespread interest was aroused in
(he early experiments in Great -Britain.
Farseelng people realized that tho now
Institutions were destined to add large
ly to general prosperity and happiness.
This opinion was eloquently voiced by
the great Scotch critic Francis Jeffrey,
who, writing In tho Edinburgh Review,
said: "It would be difficult, -we fear,
to convince either the people or tbtlr
rulers that the spread of savings,
banks Is of far more Importance and
far more likely to lncreaso tho happi
ness and even the greatness of the na
tion than the most brilllant-sacoeos of
its arms or tho most stupendous im
provement of Its trade and Its agricul
ture. And yet we are persuaded that
It is so."
Laws safeguarding savings banks
were passed as theso Institutions began
to show vitality and clearly needed
regulation. Trustees and managers
were early prohibited -from making any
profit lu connection with these banks.
The English savings bank movement
rapidly spread throughout tho con
tinent, France, Germany, Denmark and
Italy successively taking up the idea.
Everywhere with modifications proper
to the nationality it . has proved ?u<S
cessful.
The first American savings bank was
opened In Philadelphia in 1818 and
was called the Philadelphia Saving
Fund society. Tbosame y?ar.?ne was
established in Boston, New TprJc- fol
lowing In 1810, and in 1820 there ,wer?:
ten In the country, having 8,035 de
positors and $1,138,570 la ' deposits.?
Boston Globe.
TroubU'Fcr P*.
"Where do they wind you np.oHiw
Skreeker?"
"Wind me up?"
"Yes; pa said you sang mechanical
ly."? Houston Post.
He that speaks sows, but he that
hears reaps.? Arabian Proverb.
SAVED BY A PANTHER.
Th? Fierce Brute Proved a Good Tem
perance Lecturer.
Governor Jcnulngs of Indiana used
to tell a story of Ills early electioneer
ing days in whlcb be said tbat a
panther may be a good temperance
lecturer. Colonel W. M. Cockrum re
peats tbe story In bis "Pioneer History
of Indiana." Tbe Incident happened
when Governor Jennlugs was traveling
over the thinly settled hills of Dear
born county, electioneering for con
gress.
He met a man with whom he was
well acquainted, by name Tom Ogles
by, who was Just getting over a pro
tracted debauch. Jennings begnu ask
ing Tom about bis political views.
The half sober fellow looked at him
aDd said:
"Jen, don't you think a man Just out
of a panther light ought to be elec
tioneered in a different mauncr from
this? I am Just from the grave. I
was awakened a llttlo while ago by a
panther puttiug leaves and grass over
me. It kept this up until 1 was entire
I ly covered. I lay still for awhile and
: then raised up and found the panther
| gone. I knew I was lu danger, so I
? took iny gun and climbed Into a true
to sec what the panther Intended to do.
"In a short time 1 heard her coming,
aud she had her kittens with her. Ev
ery few steps she would Jump as If
catehlng something, and the little ones
would go through the same maneu
vers. She kept this up until she got
near to tbe bed of leaves she had cov
ered over me and then made a spring
on the pile. She looked just as I felt
when 1 found that I was covered up
for dead. She then started In to In
vestigate the cause of my disappear
ance, and before she located me I shot
her."
Jennings, after hearing this, said:
"Well, Tom, I believe I should treat
you as one from the dead and that you
should begin your life from this point.
We wcro schoolboys together. I know
you are a cupable civil engineer and
well educated, and if you cease drink
ing I will see that you have a good po
sition on the surveying corps."
iTom Oglc8by did quit drinking. Jen
nings was elected add kept bis prom
lee to his old friend, who became one
of the well ? known engineers of the
United States. ^
THERMOMETERS.
Tatting Processes at the National
Weather Bureau.
Each day nt the weather bureau In
Washington the thermometers received
from various manufacturers through
out the country arc put through the
test of standardizing them.
The, various processes through which
the Jbulbs pass before they arc labeled
"accurate" are easy, inasmuch as there
is practically little scientific work at
tached to the test. When a thermom
eter is first hauded to the man in the
testing room it is dipped into a vat
Oiled with n compound far below the
freezing point. It is thrust in at the
point where it happens to be at the
time and worked up and down until
the degree of the compound is reached.
Having then recorded the lowest tem
perature, the process of testing for the
highest Is begun. This is Just as sim
. pie as testing for the low temperature.
The bulb is dipped into a vat of water,
first at 60 degrees. Then It is worked
gradually until 130 degrees is reached.
If the mercury in the bulb will indi
cate 130 degrees further testing is un
necessary, because that is a tolerably
warm temperature aud one seldom if
erer reached by natural heat.
A thermometer the bulb of which
coulains mercury will not register
lower than 28 degrees below zero? that ;
is, mercury will freeze at that point, i
In lb!* <*ouutr.v very little use is 1
found for thermometers showing more
than 28 degrees below zero, but In the
far uorth they are of course necessary.
Such Instruments, however, contain
spirits In the bulbs Instead of mer
cury, but even t bis flnld becomes slug
gish when 40 or 51). below zero Is re
corded, and It will seldom show CO be
low.? Harper's Weekly.
SERIAL No. 0857.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT TO HOMESTEAD.
U. S. Land Office at Juneau, Alaska.
Oct. 2, 1909
NOTICE IS HEItEllY GIVEN that
CHARLIE II. ANWAY, a citizen of
Uio United States over twenty-one
years, residing Lu the District of Al
aska, near tho town of .Haines, In
said District, has applied to piake
entry, under Section 228 It, Revised
Statutes of the United States, and
tho act of March 3, 11)03, of the
lauds embrace in U. S. Non-Mineral
Survey No. 206, situate near Haines,
Alaska, and more: particularly de
scribed as follows, viz: ?
Beg. at Cor. No. 1, identical with
Cor. No. -1 Sur. No. 207, a stone
set In ground marked "S 206 C 1",
from whence U. S. L. M. No. 572
bears S. 67 deg. 17 mln. E. 80.76 chs;
thence West 15.1)4 chs. to center of
creek 4 Iks. wide, 21.13 chs. center
of creek 2 Iks. wide, 23.10 chs. center
of creek 5 Iks. wide, 30.63 chs. center
of Government Road, 35.02 chs. to
Cor. No. '7, Sur. No. 205, 40.00 chs.
to Cor. No. 2, a stoue set in ground
marked "S 206 C 2"; thence North
8.93 chs. conter Government Road,
16.00 chs. center of creek 4 Iks. wide,
30.40 chs. to Cor. No. 3, a stone
marked "S 206 C 3"; thenco East
6.89 chs. center of creek 6 Iks. wide,
t3.89 chs. center creek 4 Iks. wide,
15.05 chs. to center creek 3 Iks. wide,
24.10 conter creek 12 Iks. wide, 39.98
chs. to Cor. No. 4, a stone marked
"S 206 C 4"; thence south 8.5 chs.
to Cor. No. 5 Sur. No. 207, 30.40 chs.
to Cor. No. 1, the place of beginning.
Area 121.57 acres. Magnetic Variation
31 deg. 00 mln. East.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely any portion of the above de
scribed tract are required to file
with the Register and Receiver of
the U. S. Land Office at Juneau, Al
aska, their adverse claim thereto,
under oath, during the period of pub-'
lication, or within thirty days there
after, or they will bo barred by pro
visions of tho Statute.
John W. Dudley,
Register.
It is hereby ordered that the fore
going Notice bo published for the
statutory period In tho Dally Alaskan,
a daily newspaper printed at Skagwa.
Alaska.
John W. Dudley, Register.
First publication Oct 6th, 1909.
Last publication Dec. 16th. 1909.
DIRECTORY Of FMTERIUL SOMES
ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD.
Regular meetings of Camp Skag
way, No. t, every Tuesday at 8:30
o'clock sharp, la A. B. ball, Broad
way.
Visiting brothers are cordially In
vited.
J. W. Crash el, A. C.
F. J. Rosenberg, A. R.
BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE
ORDER OF ELKS.
Skagway Lodge No. 431, B. P. O.
Elks, holds its regular sessions at
8:30 p. m. every Thursday evening
at its hall ou Sixth aveuue.
A cordial Invitation is extended t-.>
all visiting brother i.
FRED. CALLARMAN, Secy.
FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES
Regular meetings of Skagway Aerie
No. 35, Fraternal Order of Eagles
first and third Wednesdays in each
month, in their hall on Fifth Avenue,
at 8:30 p. m. sharp.
All members are requested to be
present and visiting brothers are in
vited to attend.
HENRY A. RHODE, Worthy Pres.
J. M. Keller, Worthy Secy.
FREF. AND ACCEPTED MASONS
Regular meetings of White Pass
Lodge, No. 113, Free and Accepted
Masons, second and fourth Fridays of
each month, at 8 p. m. sharp, at Ma
sonic hall, 225 Fourth avenue.
Sojourning and visiting members
are requested to meet with us.
A. P. DRAPES Secy.
LADIES OF THE MACCABEES.
Regular reviews of Hive No. 2, La
dles of the Maccabees will be held
the first and third Tuesdays in the
month at 8 p. in. sharp, in their hall
on Sixth avenue.
All visiting members are cordially
Invited.
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