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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1915
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MARY PHAGAN SPEAKS.
“You care a lot about me, you men
of Georgia, now that I am dead. You
have spent thousands of dollars try
ing to learn who mutilated my body.
You have filled the columns of your
newspapers with the story of my
wrong. You have broken Into pris
on and murdered a man that I might
be avenged. But why did you not
care for me when I was alive? I was
but a child, yet you shut me out of
the daylight. You shut me within
four darks walls, watching a machine
that crashed through the air racking
my already overstrained woman’s
nerves. Noise was all over the place
—noise, dust and the smell of oil.
I wish some of the thousands of dol
lars that you spent on the trial might
have been spent on me. I could have
went to school with but a pittance of
it. A real school, the kind you build
for the rich. I worked through the
hot August days, when you were
picnicking, or shooting birds, or boat
ing; and you never paid me enough
to buy a pretty dress. You some
times spoke coarsely to me when I
went to and from my work. Yes, you
did, and I had to pretend I liked it.
WHY did you use me so hard while I
was living and yet love me so now?
—Mary White Ovington in “The
New Republic.”
WORK VS. HIGH SCHOOL.
Many boys think they should be
earning their own living as soon as
they get big enough to work along
side a man and hold up their end.
Ambition to do something, to be earn
ing something, to become indepen
dent of his father’s support, to re
lieve that father of what is evidently
a burden, drives many a boy away
from school before he is half way
prepared to meet the requirements of
man’s place in society.
Others become dazzled by the gla
mour of a place in the business cir
cles of the town. It appears to be so
much better than even the highest
place in the high school that the boy
loses sight of the fact that the lead
ers in that business circle are many
of them men of liberal education.
To work is too often the necessity
of the boy who reaches the age of 15
or 16 years. But it is always a mis
fortune to the boy who is forced into
the whirl of industry thus young and
inexperienced and uneducated. The
boy who does not have to work at
that age is foolish to abandon the op
portunity presented by the high
school for a chance to see the inner
workings of the business world.
There are few places that an un
prepared boy can get in business that
are anything better than manual la
bor, lowpriced jdbs. Everything in
this day of the world is specialized,
special training for this work or that.
JOlIl llie UUV WUU llrt» lion a uiuou
foundation of education upon which
to erect his special training is worth
more to himself and to society than
the boy who attempts to erect a tall
specialty upon a foundation of grade
school preparation.
There are other boys who make
mistakes which should not bfe made.
Boys who really have to work cannot
always find work to do. If instead
of loafing around hoping and waiting
for a job to appear, these boys will
enter the high school, they will be
profitably using the time which is
wasted waiting for a job. An educa
tion is often the difference between
going through life as a common la
borer or as a leader of men. It Is the
investment of a few weeks of a long
life in a venture that will always pay
big dividends. Not always in money,
but if not then in something which
money cannot buy for the man who
lacks it.
And remember that there is always
an education to be obtained at the
high school and the college' which is
not taught in the classroom; a knowl
edge which is gathered from contact
with other students, the application
of many minds, of the things learned
in the class-room at the time it is
learned.
Under the new ruling of the De
partment of Justice at Washington,
settlers and woodcutters chopping
wood upon public land will be forced
to pay for the same at from $1 to
$1.25 per cord, unless a permit has
first been obtained, when 25 cents
will be charged. This is another of
those wise but unscrutable laws for
the benefit of the intending settler,
and was passed at the instigation of
the Undertakers’ Union. When a set
tler gets good and chilly he will send
in his application and 26 cents, and
the undertaker will come out and get
his corpse. This conservation idea is
bound to benefit some one.
He that goeth into a country with
out a knowledge of its ways, goeth
to school and not to travel.
Extreme self-lovers will set a man’s
house on fire, though it were to roast
their eggs.
If you would work on any man
you must either know his nature or
fashions.
Without good nature, man is but
a better kind of vermin.
Special Tonight.
The Liberty Theatre presents a
change of program tonight, in a feat
ure of three acts, The Crystal Ball.
Other program to balance.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
C. G. Wulff, wife and family, will
be outgoing passengers on the Admi
ral Evans tomorrow, en route to their
new home in Brooklyn. They will
visit the San Francisco exposition,
and other Pacific coast cities, before
going east.
Some good bags of ducks are re
ported to have been taken by Valdez
sportsmen yesterday.
The Woman’s Guild will give a sil
ver coin tea at Everyman’s Club Tues
day, September 28, from 2:30 to 6
o’clock. Everybody welcome. k28.
The members of the Valdez Fire
department are busy arranging for
the entertainment of their guests at
the Jitney dance to be given by the
department.
How does a ride to Camp Comfort
with a dance and a dinner before re
turning strike you? Fresh killed
chickens and Alaska vegetables at
your command. For particulars see
CITY EXPRESS.
tf Phone 82.
MRS. E. WINTER
Will retrim or make your hats to
order. Satisfaction guaranteed. Sev
eral years’ experience before coming
to Valdez.
LADIES’ FURNISHING STORE,
tf. McKinley Street.
John Lindblatt, who installed the
compressor and other machinery in
the Frye-Bruhn cold storage plant,
will be an outgoing passenger on the
Admiral Evans for Seattle.
Kodak Supplies at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf
FOR SALE—My new Ford deliv
ery car, $500. Joe Stanton. tf
A number of Valdez lady friends
of Mrs. Nels Jepson journeyed to
Beaver Dam to help her celebrate her
birthday Saturday. The members of
the party were Mrs. I. Hamburger
and child, Miss Jessie Jepson, and
Mrs. McGillivray and child. The par
ty returned to town this morning and
all report a pleasant time.
Just received, a large line of Lino
leum, Rugs and Mattresses. S. Blum
& Co. *
For good .home-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart Street. *
For the Nu-Bone Corset see Mrs.
Leavell, phone 200. tf.
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s, the tailor. Telephone 198. tf
See S Plum & Co., for the latest
styles in Boys and Youths Hats. *
Price’s Candy and other new goods
at the Emporium. *
New Pall Coats received oil the
Evans. Mrs. E. Winter. *
Pictures developed at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf.
Fancy Stationery at the Valdez
Drug Store. •
Hot-point Irons, Heaters, Cookers,
and Electric appliances; men’s and
women’s suits, overalls and aprons,
at Emporium. *
Fresh cream and buttermilk always
on hand at Love-Whitley’s. tf
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s, the tailoi. Telephone 198. tf
Fresh cream and buttermilk al
ways on hand at Love-Whitley’s. tf
Valdez Drug Company nave a fine
line of School Stationery. tf.
WANTED—Cook for Valdez Hos
pital. Apply to Dr. E. C. Dalton. k28
Rubber footwear to fit all at S.
Blum & Co. *
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store. •
SHARPENING A PENCIL
The Way • Child Dye* It la an Index
to Ite Character.
It is very often the little things that
children do which give the best Indi
cation of what their future characters
will be. Schoolteachers, for instance,
have a first rate opportunity for watch
ing the different traits in the children
who come before them. In their work
and In their play the sort of man or
woman the child will become is dally
unfolded. In such a small matter even
as the sharpening of a pencil valuable
hints may be obtained by any one in
the least observant. Here It may easi
ly be discovered whether a boy or girl
is careful, destructive, wasteful or eco
nomical.
The boy, for instance, who sharpens
his pencil Into a stub Is Inclined to be
economical, careful and quick In after
life. The boy or girl who takes an
Inordinately long time to make a slen
der point, cutting very precisely and
regularly all the time will usually
prove to be of an artistic and dreamy
disposition. The child who, regardless
of the look of the pencil, gouges out
great pieces In order to get to the lead
will show Impulsiveness and generos
ity.
Mere destructiveness, however, be
comes apparent when a child takes a
delight In sticking his knife in his pen
cil and splitting it or destroying it In
some other way.
Parents, watch your children when
sharpening their pencils, and correct
and advise them accordingly. — Pear
son’s Weekly.
CARLYLE’S FIRST LOVE.
She May Have Been the Blumline of
“Sartor Resartus.”
During the year 1818 Thomas Car
lyle, the Scotch philosopher, was liv
ing at Kirkcaldy, and he seems then
for the first time to have fallen In love.
The lady appears not to have returned
the attachment, although she, with
great insight, at the age of twenty-two,
perceived the genius of her suitor of
twenty-five.
In the letter in which she took leave
of her admirer she used these signifi
cant expressions: “Cultivate the mild
er dispositions of your heart, subdue
the more extravagant visions of the
brain. * * * Genius will render you
great. May virtue render you beloved!
‘Bet your light shine before men,’ and
think them not unworthy this trouble.”
Many years after, when Carlyle
wrote his reminiscences, he described
the episode. He says that Margaret
Gordon “continued for, perhaps, some
three years a figure hanging more or
less in my fancy, on the usual roman
tic and latterly quite elegiac and silent
terms.”
The real interest of the story is:
Was Margaret Gordon the original of
the Blumline of “Sartor Resartus?”
One critic would have us answer that,
although June Welsh might have in
spired some of tlie details, it was Mar
garet Gordon who was the true origi
nal.—New York Telegram.
The Faust Legend.
For 1,400 years the Faust legend—
the sale of a human soul to a devil—
has existed. The first recorded hint of
its vitality is given in the sixth cen
tury story of “Theophilus.” That story
suited the early Christians in their ef
forts to stamp out the necromuncing
devices of evilly disposed persons prone
to seek power by unholy means. The
association of the name of Faust, how
ever, with the legend is not more than
400 years old. The likeliest prototype
of the modern Faust is the man of the
same name who in Cracow boldly pro
claimed himself a professor of magic.
In the sixteenth century stories Helen
of Troy was bestowed by Mephisto
pheles upon Faust, and not until the
middle of the eighteenth century does
there appear a shadowy Margaret in
the form of a “beautiful but poor girl,"
who afterward develops into the Mar
garet of Goethe.
The Dead Horse.
The smart traveling man stood on a
corner in the little country village at
dusk. He was looking for amusement,
and the first object that attracted his
attention was an overgrown boy. per
haps fifteen years of age, riding a
horse that might have come out of the
ark.
“Hello, sonny!” shouted the sales
man. "How long has that horse been
dead?"
Quick as a flash the boy replied,
“Three days, but you’re the first buz
zard that has noticed It”
The traveling man moved on to the
hotel.—Youth's Companion.
Fore* of Association.
While the owner of the touring car
dismounted during necessary repairs,
the young front wheel timidly asked
the old back wheel:
“Don’t you get weary of the social
whirl—revolving and revolving and
revolving?”
“You’ll get used to it.” said the old
wheel. “Our owner Is a spinster, with
nothing to do but go round, till some
times I feel like a Daughter of the
Revolution myself.”—Judge.
His View.
Willis—Do you think a man should
be allowed to hold the highest honor
In the United States more than four
years? Gillls—Sure thing! I say, if a
man can top the league in batting for
ten or even fifteen years let him stay
In the game for the good of the sport.
—Boston Journal.
A Difficulty.
“When I marry the woman I want
must be the possessor of brains.”
"But suppose she makes the same
requirement?”—Baltimore American.
THE BEST IS ALWAYS THE CHEAPEST
The cheapest is not always the best.
In
Style-Plus
Clothes $i7
We have
Maximum Values Cheaper Prices
With With
Minimum Cost Better Quality
‘‘The same price the world over1'
S. Blum & CO.
Valdez Hospital
Largest and Best Equipped Hospital
in Southwestern Alaska.
| Graduate Nurses—Priyate Rooms for Patients
I For Teraujand Particulars'Apply to
E. C. DALTON, M, D., Physician in Charge,
Arcade Cafe
OPEN UNTIL 8 P.|M.
We Grow'. Our Own Vegetables
Private Tables
Jack Callin _ Proprietor
SEVEN DEVILS
IN AN
EMPTY HOUSE
ARE NOT SO BAD AS
ONE
FIRE!
i
WHEN EVERYONE
IS ASLEEP
GIVE ALL DUE AT
TENTION TO THE
“SEVEN DEVILS”
BUT£DO not slight
THE J FIRE
BUY A TICKET TO
THE
FIREMEN’S DANCE
AND THUS HELP TO
INSTALL A PROPER
. ALARM SYSTEM
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Men’s waterproof Dress Coats
$7.60 and up. S. Blum & Co. *
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National University,
Waahingtoif D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Years in Valdez.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms iu Whaling Building
DR. GERMAN
phone THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug Store. Of
fice hours 9 a. m. to 6 p. m., 7 to 3
p. m. Sunday by appointment.
All Work Guaranteed.
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court Houae
Phone 34 VALDEZ, ALASKA
j JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTOHNEYS-AT-LAW
Offices In Whaling Building
Phone 101 VALDEZ, ALASKA
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 168
Free and Accepted Masons.
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday in each month in McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
A. E. GRIGSBY. W. M.
^ ED. WOOD, Secretary.
Red Cross Hospital
Keystone and£Hobart Sts.
OPEN TO ALL PHYSICIANS.
Private Rooms forflPatients.
Phone 144 MRS. C. H WILCOX, Matron
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, PROP
SlRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave, Seward, Alaska
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Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
“back” a good plan, a good
idea, a good business ven
ture or a good mining pros
pect ; otherwise a good many
of today’s successful busi
ness enterprises would still
be mere dreams.
Advertising has brought
about a majority of the in
troductions of the man with
the idea, the man with a
prospect, or business to the
man with the dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.
Stanton Auto Stage Line
TWICE A WEEK AUTOMOBILE
TRIPS TO TEIKHELti
Regular trips twice a month to
Gulkana, leaving Valdez the 1st
and 15th of each month.
Mail, Freight and Passengers
taken to all intermediate points.
Special Trips by Arrangement
JOE STANTON, Mgr. Tel. 285
The Best Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Warm, Light Room—The House of.Coafart
RATES REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special Rates By the Mouth
PHONE 133 MRS. SYRINC^fta*.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miner*
ROBERT'SHAFFER, President.
Granite Mine
CHAS. McCALLUM, Secretary.
_Valdez. Alaska.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
Merchandise
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
nuts.
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company •,
Office In Pinzon Cigar Store
General Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLK.
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance