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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1915.
THE RULE OF LAWLESSNESS.
Francisco Villa explains that he
has placed himself in charge of the
Mexican presidency because he can
not find Roque Gonzales Garza, the
latest of his provisional presidents.
Probably Garza, wherever he is, will
continue to call himself president.
It makes no difference. For many
months Villa has been absolute rul
er of all that part of Mexico^ which
recognizes his rule. He is not su
preme in the north, for Carranza has
followers there who are still willing
to fight for him, and he is opposed
elsewhere by Guiterrez, Carranza,
and, probably, by Zapata^ as the
brotherly feeling between the Morelos
bandit and the Chihuahua guerrilla,
proclaimed when Villa took his “first
drink” of mescal at Xochimilcho a
short time ago, seems to have dis
pelled. President Wilson intimates
that he has some sort of understand
ing of the situation in Mexico, but
all the rest of us must admit that
it looks like a hopeless muddle.
Villa’s newly formed governmental
departments, one combining Foreign
affairs with Justice, another. State
and Communications, and the third
Treasury and Industry, are not found
ed upon any “plan” hitherto announ
ced or in accordance with any revo
lutionary programme. They can serve
no purpose. There is no law to be
enforced, there is no money except
paper. Foreign relations there must
be, and those of a disquieting char
acter, but how can the various rep
resentatives of foreign countries hope
to get in touch with Mr.Lombardo?
Villa is prolific of promises, but he
has accomplished nothing to speak of
in a long while. On the other hand,
Carranza still avoids the capital,
though it is nominally held by his
forces, and it is difficult to see how
he can make any headway. It seems
that a large majority of the active
revolutionists are perfectly contented.
They enjoy the confusion, the sus
pension of laws, the free food, the
stagnation of industry, the occasion
al fighting. They, representing the in
herent laziness, savagery, and lack of
purpose of the half-breed, control
poor Mexico. Villa, Carranza, Guit
errez, Angeles are merely names.—
Ex.
COMMUNICATED.
Juneam Alaska, Feb. 9, 1915.
To the Editor of Valdez Prospector,
Valdez, Alaska.
My Dear Sir:
On January 19 an editorial entitled,
"A Senator Lectures On Eddyism,”
copied from the New York Times,
was printed in the Prospector. The
speech thus editorially criticised was
delivered by Hon. John D. Works in
the United States Senate on January
ith and 6th, and is printed in the
Congressional Record of those dates.
I am sure that, having printed the
editorial in question, you will grant
my request to give space to a few
sentences in reference to some of the
rather unusual comments of the edi
tor of the Times.
It is not my purpose to take him
to task therefor. If one will read
the speech he may judge whether the
editorial "humiliation” is real or
Pharicaical. It will then be obvious
that the editor either, had neither
heard nor read the speech, or, having
read it, deliberately misquoted and
misrepresented it. It will also be
seen that the speech was addressed
to the Federal Public Health Ser
vice, to the Owens bill for the estab
lishment of a Federal Department of
Health and to the efforts of what
are widely known as "Political Doc
tors” (Senator Works did not origi
nate the term) to so manipulate and
control legislation, federal and state,
as to create a monopoly for a single
school of medicine to the exclusion
of every other school of medicine or
other method of healing. The senator
frankly said that his purpose was to
"lay before the Senate some reasons
why the government should not long
er cling to one mode of healing to
the exclusion of every other,” that
he was "not pleading for legislation
' in favor of any class or mode of heal
ing,” and that what he insisted up
on was “that no class shall be op
pressed or prevented from doing their
work by adverse or restricted legis
lation.”
It would be interesting to know
how or in what manner "American
pride” could be wounded by the re
cital of the healing of more than
three score of men, women and chil
dren, of diseases of over thirty dif
ferent kinds, among which were tu
berculosis, cancer, asthma, locomo
tor ataxia, and Bright’s disease. Was
it because these people were relieved
of suffering and restored to health
and happiness through the applica
tion of the principles of Christian
Science which are the same that
Jesus of Nazareth taught and ap
plied ; the very same acts that He
admonished His disciples and the
seventy to perform? Was it the sen
ator’s rehearsal of these perfectly au
thenticated instances of healing that
rendered “the episode absurd,” and
constituted it a “reflection on Amer
ican intelligence?”
The editor referred to “the mani
acal doctrines of Christian Science."
These doctrines are the very ones
that were announced by the early
Hebrew prophets and which Jesus
made living Truth by His practical
application of them during His min
istry. They are not new. Nor is
the editor the first to call them hard
names. Jesus was crucified for teach
ing these very doctrines and for them
to the destruction of sin, disease and
death. The Bible is filled with the
statement of them and with the re
cital of the results of adherence to
them.
On page 497 of Science and Health
with Key to the ' Scriptures, the
Christian Science Text Book by Mary
Baker Eddy, this will be found:
“As adherents of the Truth we take
the inspired word of the Bible as our
sufficient guide to Eternal Life.” This
book, the Bible, has been and now
is the Christian Scientists sufficient
guide, as Mrs. Eddy has pointed out.
It is through her and her writing
that men and women of today have
obtained the understanding of the
tremendous fact that God is all pres
ence, power and wisdom, is infinite,
spiritual, constant, uninterrupted,
perfect and eternal Life, Truth and
Love, and that by this understanding,
sin, disease and death are banished.
This is not the statement of a the
ory, but of a fact. It is incontro
vertible. Its truth is being proven
every day in every known part of the
world. It may seem to the editor
to be “maniaele,” but he does not
know, like Horatio, “there are more
things in heaven and earth than are
dreamed of” in his philosophy.
He asserts that Christian Science
and its principles "violate every law
of reason, every lesson of exper
ience.” “Reason,” according to the
New Century Dictionary is “that
which recommends itself to enlight
ened intelligence; some inward inti
mation for which great respect is
felt and which is supposed to be com
mon to the mass of mankind.” “The
mass of mankind” accept as true the
Biblical accounts of the healing per
formed by Jesus. These accounts
certainly “commend themsel res” to
the “enlightened intelligence” of the
civilized world, of which Christian
Scientists compriso a very consider
able part. And Christian Scientists
are Christian Scientists, because
these very lessons of experience have
actually proven to them the truth
and efficacy of these doctrines to
relieve the distress and suffering of
disease as well as sin. These very
“lesson^ of experience" are the proof
of the presence, power and wisdom
of God now and here.
Jesus said “And these signs shall
follow them that believe. They shall
take up serpents and If they drink
any deadly thing, it shall not hurt
them. They shall lay hands on and
they shall recover.” ' Mark 16-17:18.
Mrs. Eddy reopened the eyes of hu
manity to these truths and it was the
evidence of the fulfillment of this
prophecy of Jesus, which Senator
Works gave to the Senate in the
speech which seems to have caused
our editor so much humiliation and
for which he feels called upon to
apolftgize and “explain to home and
foreign critics.”
Very truly yours,
ROYAL A. GUNNISON.
Nat C. Goodwin in a four-reel pro
duction of “Oliver Twist,” also vaude
ville and songs by the Robertson-Gil
lies company at/ the Orpheum to
night.
G. O. Relnke, the watchmaker and
Jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug Co.
All work guaranteed.
Remington and Smith Premier type
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A nice line or art pictures Just re
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Growth of Eucalyptus
In a period of ten years the eucalyy*
;us tree will grow twelve Inches la
diameter and ninety feet In height,
while it will take white oak and bick
>ry 90 to 100 years to attain the same
growth, and other hard woods, such
98 walnut, will take fifty to sixty |
rears to attain the same size. This In
tself Is a tremendous advantage, and
together with the fact that It repro
duces Itself from the same stump
makes it of special commercial value.
—Philadelphia Ledger.
Personality and Character.
There is a difference between “per
icnality” and •‘character.” Personality
Is the larger thing and includes charac
ter. By personality is meant the mys
terious entity going to make up one’s
being, or nature, it is equivalent to
self consciousness, or individualized
being. Character, on the other hand,
strictly defined, means the attributes of
the individual, as the “character" for
ntelligence, judgment, moral rectitude,
and so forth. In a word, personality Is
more metaphysical, character more eth
icul.—New York American.
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Punishment In Effigy.
Punishment in etligy was legally prac
ticed in France and with great solem
nity up to the time of the first revolu
tion. If the man condemned escaped a
dummy wns put up in Ills cell and the
entire routine of the law allowed to
take its course. The warrant was read
to it, and on the day appointed it was
conducted to the scaffold in the pres
ence of all the legal functionaries and
with all the circumstances of the law.
Sometimes the same person was exe
cuted in etligy simultaneously in sev
eral cities, but that did not exempt him
from actual punishment should he be
afterward caught. The scaffold was
always ready.
When the Waiter Wins.
Two men were wrangling as to who
should settle with the waiter for the
luncheon. When the question had been
finally decided and the contestants had
gone the waiter said to one of his reg
ular customers who was a witness of
the scene: "That’s what we like, for
every time it happens we come in for
an extra tip. The man who couldn’t
get the check has only one way to get
even, and that is by giving the wniter
something, and nine times out of ten
he does it and makes the amount more
than he would have given if he had
paid the check. This one ordered ex
tra cigars and left the change for me.
We like the ‘give me the check’ quar
rels.”—New York Tribune.
Made the Queen Proud7
The Duke of Argyll, son-in-law of
Queen Victoria, was the first nobleman
in recent years to marry into the
royal family. That was small claim to
distinction in the eyes of his highland
clansmen in comparison with the fact
that he was a descendant of the great
MacCallum More, the founder of Clan
Campbell. Their feeling was aptly ex
pressed by the Loudon I’uueh, which
thus recorded a conversation betweeu
a returned highland fisherman and a
friend on shore:
Donald—Did ye hear that the son of
MacCallum More is married to the
queen’s doehter?
Dngald—The queen maun be a prood
! wummnn this day.
—
Marsh Fly Eggs a Delicacy.
[ The Indians of Mexico eat many cu
! rious foods. One of the most remark
i able of these is made of the eggs of a
! species of marsh fly. This tty deposits
I its eggs in incredible quantities upon
flags and rushes. The eggs are gath
ered and made into cakes, which are
sold in the markets. The Indians call
the eggs w’nter wheat. They resemble
fine fish roe and when mixed with
cornmeal and fowl eggs form a staple
article of diet, particularly during
Lent. The insects themselves, which
are about the size of the housefly, are
captured, pounded into a paste, boiled
in corn husks In much the same fash
ion as tamales and in this form are
eaten.—National Geographic Magazine.
The Tragedies of Old Age.
Wltb all Its compensations, age has
yet many tragedies hard to endure.
The old man flnds that many of his
hopes have' withered, that many of bis
ambitions are unsatisfied. He started
out in life with great ambitions to be
come a prime minister, a president, to
command the applause of listening sen
ates, to achieve great riches. He slow
ly flnds that bis initial ambition can
bear no fruit and that be must be con
tent with little. He must learn to se
cure a degree of comfort in lowering
his ambition to second place or to third
place or to no place n< all. But age
brings the compensation of a better
judgment of values.—Neal Brown in
National Magazine.
THE INNER LIFE.
The inner life that is lived—the
life of reading, thought, purpose,
aspiration and prayer—dominates
and determines the outer life and
creates it. And when one feels
helplessly drifting at the mercy of
events his only safety lies in a more
positive and abounding energy, in
deeper purpose and a firmer grasp
on his intellectual life, a higher and
diviner trend to his thoughts and a
closet clinging to the divine prom
ises.—Maurice Maeterlinck.
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Captain Frank Nelson came Up
from Ellamar this morning and left
on the return trip after a few hours’
stay in town.
The big free dinner at the Big
Place tonight at 9:30. All are wel
come.
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man's the tailor. Telephone 198.
Chas. McCallum will leave for the
Chisana with his dog team about the
end of the month.
.. In Bankruptcy.
In the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
In the matter of E. W. Blackwood,
bankrupt.—No. 12. In Bankruptcy.
Order to Show Cause.
Whereas, Application has been
piade by the above-named bankrupt
for a discharge, as provided by Sec
tion 14-a of the bankruptcy law of
1898; now, on motion of Donohoe &
Dimond, attorneys for such bankrupt.
It is ordered:
That all creditors of E. W. Black
wood, a bankrupt, as well as all
■other parties in interest, show cause,
at a hearing to be had on such ap
plication before the District Court for
the Territory of Alaska, Third Divis
ion, at Valdez, in said Territory and
Division, on the 8th day of March,
A. D., 1915, or as soon thereafter as
such hearing may be had, why such
application should not be granted.
That notice of such hearing be
given by mailing a copy of this or
der at least ten days prior to the
date set for such hearing to each of
the creditors, parties in interest and
attorneys entitled to notice of pro
ceedings herein, and by publishing a
copy hereof in the Valdez Daily Pros
pector, at Valdez, Alaska, not later
than one week prior to such date.
That such notice be so given by or
under the direction of the clerk of
this court.
Done In open court at Valdez, Alas
ka, this 15th day of February, A. D.
1915.
FRED. M. BROWN, Judge.
Notice To Creditor*.
In the Commissioner’s Court for the
Territory of Alaska. Third Divis
ion. At Valdez. In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of W.
H. Blackwell, deceased.—Notice to
Creditors.
Notice Is hereby given that the un
dersigned has been regularly appoint
ed as the executrix of the estate of
,W. H. Blackwell, deceased, and cred
itors and all other persons, having
claims against said estate, are here
by notified to exhibit the same to me,
together with the necessary proof
thereof, at my place of business a».
Valdez, Alaska, within six months af
ter the first publication of this no
tice, the same being the place for the
transaction of all business in connec
tion with said estate. Dated at Val
dez, Alaska, this 13th day of Febru
ary, 1915.
MRS, W. H. BLACKWELL,
Executrix of the estate of W. H.
Blackwell, deceased.
Date of first publication Feb. 16, 1915.
Date of last publication March 16,
1916.
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WEATHER BULLETIN.
Valdez, Alaska, Feb. 18, 1915.
STATION Above Holes', Snow In. WEATHER CONDITIONS
Donnelly . 8 8 Ugdu wind, cloudy, trail fair.
McCallum . 12 26 Cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Pazson’s . 15 19 Cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Hogan . 4 17 Snowing, calm, trail fair. w
Gulkana . 4 14 Cloudy calm, trail good.
Copper Center. 10 10 Clear, calm, trail good.
Tonsina . 12 25 Snowing, calm, trail good.
Teikhell . 10 26 Cloudy calm, trail good.
Beaver Dam. 4 37 Cloudy, snowing, trail drifted.
Summit . 20 50 Cloudy, snowing, trail drifted.
Wortman’s . 21 38 Snowing, calm, trail drifted.