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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1913.
PACIFYING HORNED TOADS.
“Intervention,” says the Philadel
phia North American, "would mean
the pacification of horned toads,
scorpions, soldados, rurales, vigilantes,
haciendados, eaballeros, peons, tortil
las and senoritas. Can we afford to
take such a contract?”
This is a whimsical, if forceful, way
of calling attention to the fact that
if we go into Mexico to restore peace
and establish orderly government we
will be tackling many intricate con
ditions and problems about which we
know little or nothing, but it does not
answer the question, “Can we afford
to take such a contract?” The Ameri
can people do not want intervention
and the administration at Washing
ton is doing its utmost to avoid it.
We do not hope for the job of pacify
ing horned toads, but if duty calls, j
we can certainly afford to take the,
contract and see that it is fulfilled to |
the last letter of the specifications, j
THE PRESIDENT'S IDEALISM.
As a historian Mr. Wilson must re
member, says the New York Sun, that
the real if not the professed pur
pose of the Mexican war, brought on
by the Democratic party, was a con
quest for the purpose of extending
slavery. Unkind foreign observers
might perhaps find a state or two
in the United States where the con
sent of the governed means what it
means in some republics to the
South, the dominance of a small class, j
Unkind observers in those republics j
reproach the United States with vio-;
lence and bloodshed, with its lynch-1
ings, its frequent homicides, its mas-1
sacres of Italians and Chinese. Pos-'
sibly it might be well for the United j
States to revise its own morality be
fore assuming the part, naturally of
fensive to other nations on this hem
isphere, of radiating moral influences
on them.
The generous feeling in Mr. Wil
son’s words is evident, but how many
governments are not "stained with
blood?” If no bloodstained govern-'
ments are to endure, what an over
turning, what a world of revolution
must result.
Mr. Wilson will remember that
Dante punishes fraud more severelyj
than violence. If the boot had been ;
on the other leg, might not Don;
Porfirio Diaz instead of having to wait '
long for recognition by the Hayes ad-;
ministration, have refused to recog
nize an executive, as the elder Char
les rPancis Adams wrote, “must for- j
ever bear on his brow the stamp of
fraud for the first t ime triumphant in
our history.”
These remarks are made in no spir-!
it of captious criticism. A college j
address is not an official policy. Mr. i
Wilson expresses his aspirations forj
(he future of his country. A coun- ■
try that should make it its business j
to mind that of other nations might j
have to find in the consciousness of I
its high ethical volunteer missionary '
spirit recompense for a peck of trou-1
ble.
i
Where does Revolutionist Carranza '
get his recommendations from?
' - - !
“Englund and Japan deny the ru-!
mors of a divorce.”—Philadelphia ;
Record.
It is rumored again that Castro is j
dead. But he’s prbbkbly fnarooned !
somewhere.
Hair ribbons tor men are coming
into fashion in Paris. What will the
baldheads do?
-— ' ' ’ i
A vassar girl has thrown a base
ball 205 feet. What a militant suf
fragette she’ll make.
A London physician declares that
tight lacing is very dangerous for
men. It ought to he.
A London doctor says that women
are growing taller. And financially
men are getting shorter.
Taking war out of school histories
is one thing and getting it out of fu
ture history is another.
As a defier of the President of the
United States, Huerta is getting much
the better of Henry Lane Wilson.
King Otto of Bavaria never knew
he was a king. He imagined he was
a horse and ate grass. Bet the oth
er czars are envious.
‘‘A birthday celebration,” says Lil
lian Russell, "is a drawback to pro
gress.” No woman cares much about
progress after she is thirty.
Every once in a while Huerta
quotes the constitut'on of Mexico. He
j knows that the Mexicans can’t read
! it and that we don’t.
i
| "I believe that the rich should have
| children,” says Mrs. Waldorff Astor.
I Ts this to be listed among revolution
ary utterances?
A headline in a Los Angeles paper
says: “Water users hold a tempestu
ous meeting.” Somebody must have
put a stick in the water.
Dr. Wiley says" he"" would rather
cook one potato well than paint the
frescoes on the Vatican. There’s no
use talking, Doc certainly takes his
eats seriously.
RECEIVE PRESS
BY WIRELESS
Navy Wireless Stations Handle Busi
ness For War Department—Red
Tape Cut.
Chief Signal Officer Dougherty, of
the local cable office, has succeeded
in cutting the red tape which pre
vented the receiving of wireless
press messages by Alaska papers
and today the first press by wireless
was received by the Prospector. Ar
rangements have been made with the
Navy wireless to handle all messages
giv n them by the Signal Corps and to
accept a proportionate percentage of
the rate charged by the cable line.
Had this been done the first day of
the break, the people of the north and
the papers would have hardly noticed
the break. Messages are now sent
to Sitka from Seattle via the cable
and are sent to Whiteshed by wireless
find then again placed upon the cable
line.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Change of pictures tonight at the
Orpheuni.
Hubby, don't forget to buy me one
of the pretty Parisian Ivory Toilet
Sets at the Valdez Drug Co.—Wifey.
Ed. Whittemore was a passenger
on the Northwestern from Seward.
Buy on/ of the nifty combination
purse and card cases at the Val
dez Drug Store.
The Little Turncoat, a K. B. two
reel feature, tonight at the Orpheum.
POSITION wanted by experienced
woman as camp took. Inquire at the
Prospector office
_
A. J. Murphy, of Latouehe, went
through on the Northwestern.
Nothing more appropriate than a
box of Lowney’s dainty candies as a
Christmas gift. Valdez Drug Store.
E. Sundt arrived from Mineral
creek and will leave in a few days for
Teikhell.
Fancy Meerschaum Pipes specially
priced at the Valdez Drug Store.
A. H. Pinkus, of the Orpheum The
atre, loaned Bob McIntosh a fine col
lection of slides for exhibition, outside
of Valdez and the trail.
WANTED—An experienced ironer,
apply Independent Laundry.
Miss Elizabeth Gamble, who has
been visiting with Rev. and Mrs. W.
H. Ziegler for two months, left on
today’s Northwestern for her home
in the states.
Weather Report
Dec. 10, 1913.
Barometric Pressure .29.410
Temperature at 7 p. m.20
Maximum Temperature .25
Minimum Temperature .14
Mean Temperature .19.5
Precipitation. .2
Partly cloudy, wind N. E. nine
miles. Very light snow from -11:30
a. m. to 7 p. m.
L. JONES.
MYSTERY FLAGS.
Trophies That Are Souvenirs of Long
Forgotten Battles.
In the midst of that wonderful col
lection of the souvenirs of battle that
are on permanent exhibition in Trophy
hall at the Naval academy In Annapo
lis are the nation’s unknown trophies.
Flags that were captured In now for
gotten engagements are hung In the
cases side by side with those whose
glorious history is known.
T«vo of these souvenirs of forgotten
battles are British flags. One Is a
jack marked Avon and nothing more;
the other is the ensign of a warship
and is marked Hereford. From the
condition of both of these flags it Is
supposed that they date back to the
war of 1812, but history gives no rec
ord of ships bearing those names be
ing sent to American waters by Great
Britain.
Another of the mystery flags is the
•‘814” flag. In great white figures this
number appears on n field of blue, and
the entire flag is bordered with red.
From some engagement in the war
with the Moorish pirates the flag that
the officers at Annapolis came to call
the “house flag" seems to have come.
Yet no one knows where that battle
was fought or under what circum
stances of heroic sacrifice it was added
to the long list of the trophies of our
naval victories.—Christian Herald.
BATHING A PRINCE.
Thomas Smoaker “Seen His Duty and
He Done It.’’
George IV. while prince and resid
ing in his Brighton palace kept In his
bedroom a portrait of Mrs. Gunn, an
old’ bathing woman who used to dip
him into the sea when he was the
little Prince of Wales. A picture book
much prized by children in England
in those days showed the old lady
bathing the little fellow. Beneath the
picture was this stanza:
To Brighton came he,
Came George the Third’s son,
To be dipped in the sea
I3y the famed Martha Gunn.
A companion portrait to Martha
Gunn's was that of Thomas Smoaker.
who had charge of the horse which
drew the bathing machines into and
out of the sea. One day the little royal
highness, having learned to swim,
swam out farther than Thomas judged
to be safe. He called to him to come
hack, but the self willed boy struck
out with more vigor. Thomas went
after the prince, overtook him, seized
him by an ear and drew him to shore.
"Do you think." he replied to the
boy’s angry words. “I’m a-going to get
myself hanged for letting the king's
heir drown hisself just to please a
youngster like you?”—Pearson’s.
The First Reporter.
The modern reporter harks back to
the reign of Queen Anne and to the
unknown scribe who attempted to tell
the public the secrets of her parlia
ment. He had a hard time of it. for
parliament wished to keep its secrets
to itself. In 1728 an order was passed
“that it Is an indignity to and a breach
of the privilege of the house for any
person to presume to give in written
or printed newspapers any account or
minute of the debates or proceedings:
that upon discovery of the authors,
printers or publishers of any such
newspapers this house will proceed
against the offenders with the utmost
severity.” During the famous Wilkes
case in 1772 the reporters won the vic
tory which they have since held with
out dispute.—New York American.
A Dish of Tea.
“Dish” throughout the eighteenth
century was a colloquialism for cup. In
fashionable’ houses at first, and for
long, tea was drunk from a cup with
out a handle brought from China. The
vessel was termed a dish. When the
Chinese cup was first copied by Eng
lish potters, the convenience of a hnn
dle was added. The saucer also Was
brought from China. It received the
name because of its resemblance' to
the English saucer, a platter in which
sauce was served. The familiar gibe,
"saucer eyes.” was originally inspired
by the sauce saucer long before Lord
Arlington gave the first tea party In
England in Arlington house, where
Buckingham palace stands, at the res
toration period.—London Chronicle.
Clearing Up History.
As a part of the squabble over the
world's decisive battles a reader comes
forward with the statement that Wa
terloo decided nothing if Napoleon
Bonaparte had won the battle he
would have been crushed n few days
later. Yet everybody concerned went
through the tight as If it really meant
something. It is strange how much
clearer we see some things the further
we get away from them.—Cleveland
Plain Denier.
Hi* Fad.
The Doctor—Every mini ueedb a fad.
It Is really a mental safety valve. Bet
ter cultivate one The Patient—I- have
mine—The Doctor-Whitt Is It? The
Patient—Collecting unpaid bills. Per
haps you'll add one?—Cleveland Plain
Denier.
Good Example.
••Mnggle. tell Mrs. Brown I'm not ut
home. Robert has Just told me a de
liberate falsehood about the pie. and I
must punish him severely "—London
Telegraph.
80 It la 8aid.
Hoax—1 wonder why there are no
women bill collectors. Josx—1 sup
pose It’s because a woman’s work Is
never dun.—Philadelphia Record.
Raying well causes a laugh. Doing
well causes stlence.-Freocb Proverb.
....OUR LINE OF....
Holiday Goods
•
Is the largest ever
shown in town.
There is*no^better Xmas Present
for a Man than
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
FineJSuit orJOvercoat
We are [showing all the'llatast
Styles andlColors.
Copyright Hart Sc ha fiber 8c Mane
WE ARE SOLE AGENTS
Schedule of the Donaldson.
The following schedule for the
launch “Lieut. C. V. Donaldson” will
take effect today. All orders to the
contrary are revoked.
Daily, Saturday and Sunday except
ed:
Leave Fort Liscum, Alaska, 8:15 a.
m. and 1:15 p. m.
Leave Valdez, Alaska, 9:45 a. in., .2
p. m. and 5:30 p. m.
Tuesdays:
Leave Fort Liseuni, Alaska, 8:15 a.
in., 1:15 p. m. tind 5 p. in.
Leave Valdez, Alaska, 9:45 a. m., j
2 p. in. and 5:30 p. m.
Saturdays:
Leave Fort Liscum, Alaska, 1:15 p.
m. and 7 p. m.
Leave Valdez, Alaska, 4:00 p. m.
and 10:30 p. m.
There will be no trips for the
launch on the 2nd and 4th Fridays
of each month, these days being us
ed to clean boilers.
Special trips or cancelling of the
above will be made without notice
only to meet exigencies of the ser
vice.
By order of Lieut. Col. O’Neil.
R. G. SHKRRARD,
Second Lieut. 30th Infantry, Quar
termaster.
DR. CJH. VANCE
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Light and Power
Since the organization of the
Valdez
Electric
Company
Valdez consumers are getting
electric current at a reduction of
forty per cent in rates.
Support the new company and
keep rates down to bedrock.
Office in'Copper Block*
Phone 57
Prospectors,
Don’t neglect your, health on the trail.
The VALDEZ DRUG CO.
is prepared to fill your medicine kit
with the purest and best of drugs,
medicines, and surgical bandages.
TAZLINA HILL ROAD HOUSE
is open for freight $nd accommodations for the new
strike at Nelchina—Horses on hand at all times.
JAMES L. SIMPSON.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
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