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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1915
BEFORE COLUMBUS.
We begin to suspect that there was
truth in the old variety show gag,
which had Columbus saying to Isa
bella; "Queen, please give me some
cash; I want to discover America.”
Uayhap Columbus knew that Ameri
ca was waiting to be turned up. Cer
tain it is that if we believe all we
bear this beloved country was dis
covered long before Columbus ever
put seaward from Palos.
The Rt. Rev. Dr. Mazzinianda, swa
mi and lord abbot of the Jain Sect of
Buddhists, has just told Califor
nians that America was discovered
by monks before Watling island was
picked up by Columbus. The lord
abbot, to prove his case, tells where
the holy men landed and points to
some trees, which he says the adven
turous ones introduced to new sur
roundings.
The Vikings discovered America.
At any rate there is the Reef of Nor
man’s Woe and the round tower at
Newport to clinch their case We
have also heard that the Irish dis
covered America, and have more
proof to. substantiate it than we have
that the Normans did, as evidenced
by their numbers in New York. A
Welsh prince was supposed to have
landed centuries before Columbus
did, and we have no reason to dis
prove his word. The claim is that
the prince worked his way west unti!
he got to St. Louis, where he estab
lished the first brewery in that city
Up to this morning Columbus was
the fourth man who claimed to have
discovered America, and yet, when
you think it over, how could he? It
has always been here in the same
spot.
THE TRAGEDY OK THE OLD.
That tragedy of the old—the being
laid aside from life before the spirit
is ready to resign, the feeling that no
one wants you, that all those you
have borne and brought up have
long passed out onto roads where you
cannot follow, that even the though
life of the world streams by so fast
that you lie up in a backwater, feebly
groping for the full of the water,
and always pushed gently, hopeless
ly back; that sense that you are still
young and warm, and yet so furbe
lowed with old thoughts and fash
ions that none can see how young
and warm you are, none can see how
you long to rub their hearts with
‘the active, how you yearn for some
thing real to do that can help life on,
and how no one will give it you.—
John Galsworthy.
EDITORIAL OPTIMISM.
Now that Russia has won a big
naval battle one feels that he can
never be sure of anything again.
Shades of Connie Mack. If some
enthusiastic baseball fan could see
how closely the percentages of the
different teams are followed here in
this city, they would take pity on
us and play ball.
The steamship Alameda discharg
ed cargo steadily at our docks last
night for ten hours, and yet there
are some who would have us believe
that things are going to the demni
tion bow-wows.
When that new postofflce building
comes along and the government re
places its burnt structure with a fine,
commodious building the worst traces
of the recent conflagration will have
disappeared. It would be a good
time to shovel the embers of discord
into the bay along with the cinders
from the fire.
Travel northward is heavier than
it has been since the gold rush of ’98.
Alaska is attracting attention all over
the United States as the last new
country under the grand old flag.
Settlers are pouring in, school dis
tricts opening up, and a general
era of prosperity Is apparent in ev
ery hamlet.
The Alaska Steamship Company
and the Admiral Line have at last
begin to reap their reward for long
and faithful service. Freight is pil
ing up on the docks at Seattle faster
than their boats can move ft, and to
accommodate Alaskans they arc
making flying trips by the outside
passage from Cordova to Seattle. It
is no uncommon thing now for one
of these boats to lay for hours un
loading freight at places where a
year ago a man and a caddy of chew
ing tobacco would constitute the en
tire passenger list. These boats
have now entered on an era of pros
perity that promises to last well into
the winter months, and Alaskans are
glad to see these worthy companies
reap their reward.
When we come to make up the
profit and loss account on the war it
is to be hoped that people will not
forget to include the very valuable
social lessons that we have learned,
lessons which, if we can profit from
them in peace time, will be of incal
culable benefit. There is one which
may be overlooked, and which even
now is only partially appreciated, so
it is perhaps desirable to lay stress
on it—it is the proper feeding of the
working class. This is no brief for
Socialism. It is merely the obvious
truism that it pays a man to see that
his workmeh are well fed and com
fortable, since thereby he gets regu
larity of attendance and effective dis
charge of duties. When the best
men of the country went to the war
there were many people who were
surprised at the inefficiency of much
of the irregularity of the labor that
was left. They denounced Its Irreg
ularity, its drinking habits and its
indifferent output. They forget that
you cannot take an individual who
has been under nourished and get
the physical and mental work from
them that comes from the well-fed.
well-nourished citizen. By looking
after its citizenry in time of peace
the government may expect top
notch efficiency in war times.
The Fort Liscum Social Club is
composed of a small body of men
who are banded together to while
away the tedious hours in tripping
the light fantastic. Their functions
are a never-failing source of enjoy
ment to those who are fortunate
enough to be permitted to attend
these charming social affairs. In no
town in the republic do the citizenry
and soldiery fraternize so amicatlv
as in Valdez.
CHUCKLE
Lack of .chuckles is dangerous
More chuckles and less grumbles
would have prevented rhe war in
Europe.
When things don’t go to suit you
think it over, maybe it's your fault
How did you treat the other fellow?
Did you grumble about being hard
up when he asked a favor and grab
all you could, or did you chuckle and
slap him on the back with a “I guess
we both need help, but maybe I car.
give you a lift over this rut,” and
send him away feeling better?
Maybe he don’t need any help
Possibly the only trouble with him
was that he had forgotten to chuckle,
and your chuckle was all that was
needed to put him on the right track
again. Did you, or did you grumble
making two grumbles-, where there
should have been none, and pretty
soon three, a dozen, two factions of
grumbling, a split in the town, a few
law suits and no end of trouble?
All caused by grumbling instead of
chuckling.
If the French hadn’t grumbled at
the Germans and the Germans at the
English and the English at the
French and so on around the whole
map of Europe-—well, think it over
and see for yourself if it isn’t—
Better
To chuckle!—Alaskan Evening
Post.
GIVE NICKNAMES TO BOMBS.
Allies Have the “Hairbrush" and the
Deadly “Cricket” Ball.
LONDON, Sept. 10,—The various
kinds of bombs now used in France
and Flanders are described by tin
English officer in a letter from the
front. There are, he says, four
types—the "hairbrush,” the “cricket
ball,” “policeman’s club,” and the
“jam-tin.” Bomb throwers are call
ed in trench slang, “anarchists."
“The hairbrush,” explains the wri
ter, "is very like the ordinary hair
brush, except that the bristles are re
placed by a solid block of high ex
plosives. The policeman’s truncheon
has gay streamers of tape tied to its
tail to insure that it falls to the
ground nose downward. Both these
bombs explode on impact and it is in
advisable to knock them against any
thing—say the back of the trench—
when throwing them.
“The cricket works by a time fuse.
The removal of a certain pin releases
a spring which lights an internal fuse
timed to explode the bomb in five
seconds. You take the bomb in your
right hand and remove the pin, and
cast the thing madly from you. The
jam-tin variety appeals more partic
ularly to the sportsman as the ele
ment of chance enters largely into
its use. It is timed to explode about
ten seconds after the lighting of the
fuse. It is, therefore, unwise to
throw it back. On the other hand,
it is unwise to hold on too long, as
the fuse is uncertain in its action and
is given to short cuts.”
A tubucular incandescent lamp for
headlights has been invented that
h^s several advantages over the
round form.
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HUMAN CURIOSITY.
%n Evil and a Bora at Timet, but, on
the Whole, a Grand Quality.
Humanity has never been able to snt
Bfy Itself as to whether curiosity be a
virtue or a vice. When Inconvenient it
Is labeled as a vice; when it leads to
discovery or adds to knowledge It Is
applauded as a virtue of the highest
order. Certainly It Is an Instinct deeply
Ingrained in human nature. On It the
whole of the progressive steps of child
hood’s career are based. The first Intel
ligent expression of the Infant Is won
der; this quickly develops into active
curiosity, until life becomes an enthrall
ing und brenthless voyage of discovery.
Its possession Is the great distinction
between youth and the purlieus of age.
Youth is passed when the sensation Of
adventure is ended, when, instead of
boundless expectation and of curiosity
that penetrates Into all the corners of
existence, a man is content to take
things as they are, when eagerness
gives way to complacency and ques
tioning to the cynicism of experience.
Human curiosity may be stifled, but
mercifully it never ean be killed. In its
best form It raises man above the level
of the rest of creation; it becomes the
desire to know, to penetrate to the root
of things, to ascend to the stars and
wrest from them their secrets, to solve
the problems of the past, the present
and the future. At its worst It may be
low and vulgar, unworthy prying into
matters which concern us not, the de
sire to apprehend evil as well as good,
a curiosity that is morbid and unwhole
some; but taking It all in all, it is an
excellent stimulant to progress.—Lon
don Academy.
AN ARAB LEGEND.
Story of the Covetous Man Who Went
a 8tep Too Far.
The Arabs tell a story to show how
a mean man’s philosophy overshoots
Itself. Under the reign of the first ca
liph there wns a merchant of Bagdad
equally rich and avaricious.
One day he bargained with a porter
to carry home for him a basket of por
celain vases for 10 paras. As they
went along he said to the man: ‘‘My
friend, you are young, and I am old.
You can still earn plenty. Strike a
para from your hire.” “Willingly,” re
plied the porter. This request wns re
peated again and again, until, when
they reached the house, the porter had
only a single para to receive.
As they went upstairs the merchant
said, “If yon will resign the last para
I will give you three pieces of udvioe."
“Be it so,” said the porter. “Well,
then.” said the merchant, “if any one
tells you it is better to be fasting than
feasting do not believe him. If any
one tells you It Is better to be poor
tlinn rich do not believe him. If any
one tells you It is better to walk than
ride In your carriage do uot believe
him.”
“My dear sir,” replied the astonished
porter, “I knew these things before.
But If you will listen to me I will give
you such advice as you never heard be
fore.” The merchant turned around,
and the porter, throwing the basket
down the staircase, said, “If any one
tells you that one of your vases is un
broken do not believe him.”
Seeing an Eclipse.
In December, 1870, a solar eclipse oc
curred, the partial phases of which M.
Flammarion observed in Paris while
the enemy’s shells were dropping In the
besieged city. The total phase of the
eclipse was visible In North Africa,
and Bismarck, being aware that before
the war arrangements had been made
for Professor Janssen to go to Africa
to make scientific observations of to
tality on behalf of the Paris observa
tory, sent a message into the city of
fering the scientist a safe conduct
This was politely refused by Profes
sor Janssen, says the London Stand
ard, but nevertheless, he went to Af
rica to see the phenomenon, leaving
Paris by way of the air in a balloon,
thanks in large measure to the assist
ance of M. Flammarion In making the
necessary arrangements for the aerial
voyage.
Without Prejudice.
A party of young men and women,
members of a sketching club, were mo
toring along a country road. Just
within the fence on the left grew in
numerable graceful stalks, each bear
ing globes of pale green that shaded
into gray and purple.
“How enchanting!" exclaimed one
young woman.
“Do tell us," said another young
woman, equally enthusiastic, to a
gardener standing near, “what those
beau-oo-tlful things are.”
"Them? Them’s onions gone to
seed.”—New York Times.
Rica In Costa Rica.
Rice Is one of the most Important ar
ticles of food used in Costa Rica. It is
eaten at least twice a day by every In
habitant of the republic. The per capi
ta consumption of rice In Costa Rica
Is thus at least 100 pounds per year
and the total amount of rice consumed
over 30.000.000 pounds per year.—Ex
change.
Close Attachment.
“Chlggs Is always seeking new at
tachments for his motorcar."
“He has one now that will hold him
for awhile.”
“What kind Is ltr
“One furnished by the sheriff.”—Bir
mingham Age-Herald.
Flight of a Raindrop.
The velocity with which a raindrop
falls depends on Its size and the height
from which It started, but ordinarily
it travels a rate somewhere between
three yards and six yards a second.
JUST ARRIVED
Our New Stocks, ordered after the
fire, are coming in on every boat,
and we shall soon be in a position
to supply your every want. On this
boat we received complete lines of:
Ladies’ Shoes, Children’s Shoes
Stetson Hats, Men’s HeaYy Shoes,
Pillows, Men’s Rubbers,
Curtains, Ladies’ Rubbers,
Window Shades Children’s Rubbers
Also a Line of the latest in Slip-On
Waterproof Coats.
COMPLETE LINE OF SHELF HARDWARE
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Envy.
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“Gee, Uncle BUI, tnere s tunes wnen
I wisht X wuz as big all over as you
are.’’
"Hum—and when Is that?”
"At meal times.”—Pittsburgh Press.
Meeting Him.
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Magistrate—Don’t you know that such
men as you are a menace to society?
Culprit—Well. I s’pose It’s us that’s
responsible for so many lawyers and
Judges.—Boston Journal.
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Private Rooms forfPatients.
Phone 144 MRS. C. H WILCOX, Matron
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 108
Free and Aeeepted Masons.
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday In each month in McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
A. E. GRIGSBY. W. M.
ED. WOOD, Secretary.
Valdez Hospital
Largest and Best Equipped Hospital
in Southwestern Alaska.
Graduate Nurses—PriTSteJtooms (or Patients
For Termstand Particulars Apply to
E. C. DALTON, M, D., Physician in Char,e
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Fourth Ave, Seward, Alaska
DONALDSON SCHEDULE
Lvs. Fort Liscum Lvs. Valdez
8:16 a.m. 9:46 a.m.
1:16 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
TUESDAYS
8:16 a.m. 9:46 a.m.
1:16 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
SATURDAYS .
1:16 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m. 10:30 p.m.
There will be no trip of the launch
on the second ana fourth Fridays of
each month, these days being used to
clean boilers.
I Stanton Auto Stage Line
TWICE A WEEK Al TOMOBII.E
TBIPS TO TEIKHEBI,
Regular trips twice a month to
Gulkana, leaving Valdez the 1st
and 15th ot each month.
Mail, Freight and Passengers
taken to all intermediate points.
Special Trips by Arrangement
JOE STANTON, Mgr. Tel. 235
The Best Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Warm, Light Rooms--The House of Comfort
RATES REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special Ratea^By the Hoilh
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Granite Mine
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Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
nuts.
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LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
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Positively No Coal Delivered Un
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