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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1015
What Is Culture.
Culture is a slow process. It comes
from long and close contacts. It is
the fruit of reflection, of travail of
soul and of mind. Grappling with
something until the very essence of
it has been extracted is a first step.
Thus the taste of esesnees is learned
and once learned lesser distillations
do not Satisfy. Then follows a grow
ing power to discriminate, to distin
guish nice values, to judge of quality,
to answer to beauty, to feel the need,
that what you have—though it may
be little—may still be the real thing
This is culture. It is not baggage,
like diplomats and degrees—it is not
thinks seen *nd heard, miles travel
ed or books read. These are the ma
terials for culture; they contribute
to it only when they are absorbed
by the mind and as really lost in it
as water and lime, phosphates and
ammonia must be lost in the soil if
they are to enrich it and enable it to
increase its yield.
The Drapery of Peace.
And suppose, after all, that death
does end all. Next to eternal joy,
next to being forever with those we
love and who have loved us—next
to that, is to be wrapped in the
dreamless drapery of eternal sleep.
Upon the shadowy shore of death the
sea of trouble easts no wave. Eyes
that have been curtained by the ever
lasting dark will never know again
the burning touch of tears. Lips
touched by eternal silence will never
again speak the broken words of
grief. Hearts of dust do not break.
The dead do not weep. Within the
tomb no veiled and weeping sorrow
sits. And in the rayless gloom is
crouched no shuddering fear.—Rob
ert Ingersoll.
Things We Never Learned.
To some extent it is possible to go
back and piece out the stitches drop
ped in the course of an education;
only one is not allowed to go back
so far as I desire. Roughly speak
ing I should say that life does not
allow one to relearn what one has
failed to learn before 16, whereas
it is the knowledge belonging to 8
years, and 10 and 12, after which I
hunger and thirst. I wish some one
would open a school for able-minded
but ignorant grown-ups. Believe
me, enough of us could be found to
attend enough of us glad to jump
down from college chairs, to leave
our laboratories with their clutter of
advanced research, our counting
houses with their problems, and
gladly go to school, gladly learn
and forever how much nine times
thirteen is, and build Vesuvius past
and present, out of clay, and follow
out of doors some charming young
lady who would tell us exactly whaf
the birds and wild waves are saying.
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A Lovely Time Being Had by All.
The wedding bells pealed joyfully
at the home of Mr. H. R. Drake last
Tuesday when their highly accom
plished and beautiful daughter, Mel
va, became the blushing bride of
that sterling young farmer, Harry
Eastman. The bride’s brother, Char
lie, played Meddlesome’s wedding
march on his cornet, and considering
the fact that he had only had it about
four months and had a sore mouth,
it sounded good. Rev. Osgood, who
has been working through harvest
and picking up a little on the side,
performed the nuptials. The bride’s
costume was a sort of light, gauzy ef
fect and white slippers and stockings
to match. Of course she wore heav
ier clothes when they went on their
wedding trip. Quite a merry crowd
assembled to see them off, and as
they didn t have any rice some of
the boys got to throwing roasting
ears. Henry was bit in the eye by
a large ear and blacked it up pretty
bad. They drove right to Lamed
and stayed all night at the hotel, and
then borrowed their brother’s horse
and buggy and took a wedding trip
to Dodge City and back. They have
rented the old home place and will
be at home next Tuesday, after which
Melva expects to take charge of Coop
er & Jones' shack the rest of the sea
son, where Henry will get $12 dol
lars a month for her services.
Schonacker Bays Juneau Dock.
The Schonacker Brokerage Com
pany now owns and operates a ware
house and dock at Juneau, and re
ceives from Seattle car loads of mer
chandise for retailing in Alaska, thus
avoiding much of the expense inci
dent to rehandling at Juneau.
THE FLAG SEEN BY A POET
An Interpretation of Patriotic Senti
ment in All Nations.
It is twenty-seven years since the
one poem on Gettysburg adequate to
the theme was written by a then un
known author, described as an “ex
confederate soldier.’ “The High
Tide at Gettysburg,'’ written by Will
H. Thompson, a fighter of ’61 in the
army of Northern Virginia, has climb
ed to higher fame since, and is as
sure to be as any poem can be of an
American immortality. But those
who can thrill at its noble lines know
little or nothing of its author and
probably suppose that he is dead.
He is still alive and at Seattle,
Washington. He delivered an ad
dress a few days ago before the Sons
of the American Revolution, called
“The Shadow of a Flag.” The mean
ing of a flag, the unaccountable love
men have for it, was his theme, and
he tolfl of how, In the tramp home
ward from Appomattox, he and his
boy comrade "sat down In the dust
and ashes of Sheridan’s awful path,
and divided a small square of bunt
ing which one of them had torn from
his regimental flag, and hidden in his
bosom, had borne it away from the
field of his last despairing fight. He
told how in the Bloody Angle, a Fed
eral flag was planted on the flamsy
log breastworks he and his comrades
—he was a Georgia boy—were de
fending.
“Its folds were riddled and its
staff was splintered but it placidly
waved above friend and foe alike,
whose bayonets were tangled togeth
er above the works. And once the
shadow of the foeman’s flag fell upon
the young Georgian’s face, and as he
looked up his heart gave a startled
leap as he saw that Georgia’s flag
was on the old banner yet.
And he saw “Ticonderoga and
Yorksto-wn, Monterey and Chapulte
pec fluttering in its folds as the ra
diant thing stood in the shriveling
mouth of hell and waved and waved.”
We begin to see that it is a parable
of nationality he is telling and to see
that the love of the flag is as little
to be analyzed and as proof against
argument as the love for a mother.
He told the same story in his poem
-—-the confederates lest, they could
not win.
“They smote and fell wrho set the
bars
Against the progress of the stars,
And stayed the march of mother
land!”
And the love of the flag, which is
the love of the nation, is strong
whether what the nation stands for
is good or bad, for liberty or tyran
ny; so he argues, and he says: “This
spirit of ifttionality, well symboliz
ed by frenzied loyalty to a nation’s
flag, is both a lofty and a danger
ous thing.” He finds in it the true
explanation of the mysterious out
break in Europe and waves aside the
white and red books and other books
and all the labored argument of the
statesmen. What brought on the war
was "the proud pose of republic or
empire, which says, ‘Everything for
our people, nothing for those beyond
the border!”
"My country is better than yours!
My destiny is greater than yours! A
place in the sun for me and not for
you!” These are the cries that the
rifles are speaking and the cannon
have thundered them until their bru
tal lungs are hoarse * * * Some day
this fever of nationalism must cool.
No imaginary line can make one
man better than another. The shad
ow of no flag should be a sanctuary
for one and a menace to another. Yet
because of this mad spirit of nation
ality the earth is drinking blood with
a hot thirst.”
GERMAN HAVE FIFTY-EIGHT
SUBMARINES ON DUTY.
COPENHAGEN, Sept. 14.—-The
German navy has 68 of the large new
types of submarines, according to a
Danish observer recently returned
here from Germany. He also reports
that at the Vulcan shipbuilding yard
at Stettin is the cruiser Weisbaden,
which is now completed. The Ger
mans are building three torpedo
boats there.
At the Pchichau yard at Dantsic
there is a new cruiser with two fun
nels and with a curious bottle-shaped
apparatus on her mastheads, while
five small cruisers are being repair
ed there. They have all lost a mast
and one or two funnels.
At the Imperial dock at Dantzic
are the battleship Elsass, the new
armored cruiser Lutzou, two coast
ironclads, and thirteen torpedo boats.
My informant learned from infor
mation which is confirmed from dif
ferent sources that the German fleet
now possesses 68 submarines and the
Baltic fleet thirty vessels, including
battleships and large and small cruis
ers.
Six thousand marines from Kiel
have arrived on the Eastern front for
pioneer service.
New Fall Hats at E. Winter's.
A fine assortment of silk dress
patterns, just received. Including
messallnes, poplins, chiffon cloth, taf
fetas, satins And velvet corduroys.
Prioes to suit the times. tf.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Nemo Corsets at E. Winter’s, tf
Prof. Cv ok, of Tatitlik arrived yes
terday.
Love-Whitley still sell ice. •
Post Commander Koehler spent a
few hours In town.
Rubber footwear to fit all at S.
Blum & Co. *
Pictures developed at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf.
Homer Bean left for the states on
the Alameda.
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Fancy Stationery at the . Valdez
Drug Store. *
_
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Elmers left for
Seattle on the Alameda.
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store. * *
Ray Larson came over from An
chorage on the Alameda.
See S. Blum & Co., for the latest
styles in Boys and Youths Hats. *
Valdez Drug Company have a fine
line of School Stationery. tf.
Men's waterproof Dress Coats,
$7.50 and up. S. Blum & Co. *
Captain and Mrs. G. E. Edgerton
left for the states on the Alameda.
•
Price’s Candy and other new goods
at the Emporium. *
Marshal F. R. Brenneman return
ed from Anchorage on the Alameda.
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s, the tailoi. Telephone 198. tf
L. K. Beale, the signal corp opera
tor at Tonsina, reached Valdez yes
terday
Deputy Clerk of the Court Charles
Hand returned from Seward on the
Alameda.
For Sale—Bargain; three-room
house, partly furnished. Enquire of
Mrs. D. T. Greenig. 9-tf
Stanfield’s Famous Unshrinkable
Underwear for sale at S. Blum & Co.
Every garment guaranteed. *
Typewriters, engines and machin
ery of all kinds overhauled and re
paired. Valdez Iron Works. t*
Mrs. W. R. Millard, wife of Super
intendent Millard of the Granite
mine, arrived in Va'dez last night.
Kodak Supplies at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf
Mrs. Koehler, wife of the post
commander at Liscum returned to
the post on one of the last boats.
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s, the tailor. Telephone 198. tf
James Fish, the insurance agent,
who went to Seward on the last boat,
returned on the Alameda today.
Just received, a large line of Lino
leum, Rugs and Mattresses. S. Blufu
& Co. • •
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Judge F. M. Brown who held a
short teim of the district court at
Seward returned tj> Valdez on the
Alameda.
The Woman’s Auxiliary of the Pio
neers of Alaska will give a dance on
Alaska Day. *
George Boe, of the Seward coun
cil, arrived on the Alameda to at
tend the sessions of the district court
as a petit juror.
For good home-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart Street. •
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Walters left
for the Arkansas Hot Springs on the
Alameda, and will spend the winter
at the health resort, returning in the
spring.
Furnished rooms at Mrs. Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. *
Senator and Mrs. B. F. Millard re
turned to Valdez last night on the B.
F. M. The Senator suffered a sprain
ed ankle on Sunday while inspecting
the mine, and is now having it at
tended to by Dr. Dalton.
A shipment of fresh Hass candies
received at the Pinzon on the last
boat. None better; try them. •
SPECJ AL FEATURE TONIGHT
“One of a Million," the greatest
war picture in Foui Acts ever pro
duced at The Liberty Theatre to
night. *
New Fall Hats at E. Winter’s.
A One assortment of silk dress pat
terns just received, Including messa
lliies, poplins, chiffon cloth, taffetas,
satins and velvet corduroys. Prices
to suit the times. tf.
Ice! fee! Ice!
One cent a pound delivered to any
part of the city. Phone Love-Whlt
ley Company. tt.
The High Cost of Living
By Reducing the Price
. of the Staff of Life
Centennial Best Flour, reduced to $1.75 per sack
Fisher’s Blend Flour, reduced to $2.00 per sack
Hard Wheat Flour, reduced to $2.25 per sack
4-X Soft Wheat Flour, reduced to $3.25 per 100 lbs
S. BLUM & CO.
GOOD GOODS
Valdez Hospital
Largest and Best Equipped Hospital
in Southwestern Alaska.
Graduate Nurses—Private Rooms for Patients
For Termi'an^Particulars Apply to
E. C. DALTON, M, D., Physician in Charge,
For Rent—Completely furnished
two-room cottage, half block from
Post Office, suitable for jurymen or
witnesses attending court who wish
to do their own cooking. Rent fifty
cents a day. Apply to James Fish,
next door to Tillikum Club. *tf
TIDE TABLES FOB VALDEZ.
Predictions for high and low water
are taken from the official tide tables
prepared by the U. S. Coast and Geo
detic Survey. The time given for
high and low water is Valdez time,
and the figures immediately follow
ing the time, indicate the height of
the tide at Valdez. To find the depth
of water, add the tabular height to
the soundings given on the chart,
unless a minus (—) sign is used be
fore the height, in which case sub
tract It.
Tuesday, September 14, 1015.
High, 3:18 a. m„ 9.9; 3:04 p. m.,
12.7.
Low, 8:44 a. m„ 2.4; 10.03 p. m.
Wednesday, September 15, 1015.
High, 4:20 a. m„ 9.1; 4:66 p. m„
12 2.
Low, 9:39 a. m„ 3.1; ll:y7 p. m.,
0.8.
Thursday, September 16, 1015.
High, 5:48 a. m., 8.5; 6:07 p. m„
11.7.
Low.; 10:28 p. m., 3.9.
Friday, September 17, 1015.
High, 7:40 a. m., 8.6; 6:38 p. m„
11.4.
Low, 12:61 a. m., 1.0; 11:68 a. m„
4.3.
Saturday, September 18, 1015.
High, 9:00 a. m., 9.1; 8:10 p. m.,
11.6.
Low, 2:20 a. m„ 0.8; 1:68 p. m.,
4.1.
Sunday, September 10, 1015.
High, 9:61 a. m., 9.9; 9:21 p. m..
11.8.
Low, 3:24 a. m., 0.4; 3:20 p. m.,
3.3.
Monday, September 20, 1015.
High, 10:32 a. mi, 10.7; 10:19 p.
m., 12.1.
Low, 3:13 a. m., 0.1; 4:18 p. m.
2.8.
Tuesday, September'21, 1015.
High, 11.07 a. m., 11.6; 11:07 p.
m., 12.3.
Low, 4:63 a. m., 0.0; 6:05 p. m.,
l. 4. 11
Wednesday, September 22, 1015.
High, 11:38 a. m., 12.0; 11:50 p.
m. , 12.2.
Low, 6:28 a. m„ 0.2; 5:46 p. m„
0.6.
Thursday, September 23, 1015.
High, .; 12:08 p. m., 12.4.
Low, 6:00 a. m., 0.4; 6:22 p. m.,
6.1.
Friday, September 84, 1015.
High, 12:80 a. m„ 12.0; 12:86 p.
m., 12.6.
Low, 6:23 a. m., 0.8; 6:66 p. m.,
—0.2.
Saturday, September 85, 1015.
High, 1:08 a. m., 11.6; 1:02 p. m.,
12 6 -
Low, 6:55 a. m., 1.3; 7:30 p. m.,
—0.2.
Sunday, September 26, 1015.
High, 1:44 a. m., 11.1; 1:30 p.
m„ 18.4.
Low, 7:21 a. m., 1.9; 8:04 p. m.,
0.0.
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National Lnlveraity,
WuMhington, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Yeara in Valdez
PHONE 110
Office ItooniN In Whaling Building
DR. GERMAN
. hove .0 THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug Store. Of
fice hours, 9 a. m. to 6 p. m., 7 to 9 p. m.
Sundays by appointment.
All Work Guaranteed
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office OppoNite Court Houae
Phone 31 VALDEZ, ALASKA
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Offices In Whaling Building
Phone 101 VALDEZ, ALASKA
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 168
Free and Accepted Maaona.
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 andjHobart Sts.
OPEN TO ALL PHYSICIANS.
Private Rooms forfPatients.
Phone 144 MRS. C. H WILCOX, Matron
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, PROP.
STRICTLY FIRST CLA8S
Fourth Ave, Seward, Alaska
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
abQUt 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 Auta Stage Line
TWICE A WEEK AUTOMOBILE
TRIPS TO TEIKHELL
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. 225
The Best Place in Valdez to I
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Warm, Light Rooms—The House of. Comfort
RATES REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special RatesBy the Meath
PHONE 133 MRS. SYRINC, P,op.
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Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
ROBERTTSHAFFER, 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 Sti'.fe
General Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance