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The Alaska prospector., 1908-01-02
The Alaska Prospector
 And Valdez News.

?xEl'ssed @t Valdez, Alaska, every Thursday by tae PRo,rECToK PUBLISHING Co
 PHONE MAIN l. Entered ct the Valdez Poslotfice ss second
 class matter. Subscription f3 p"r year. $2 for six months single copies J0 cents
The Alaska prospector., 1908-01-02
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The Alaska prospector., 1908-01-02

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The Alaska prospector., 1908-01-02

Application For Homestead. Application for Additional Entry Under aes-
 tion 23Os Revised Statutes,
The Detroit times., 1908-12-21
NEW BOOKS IN
PUBLIC LIBRARY

The following new books have been
received in the public library; Claude
Anet--Through Persia in a Motor-Car;
by Russia and the Caucasus. Arthur g.
Eradley-"Thc Making OF Canada n
= BuChholZ--"fiOV OF Maryland,
from the revolution 10 1908. Thomas +.
Bumpus-"Cathe drals ana Churches OF
Norway, Sweden and Denmark" Leon
&. A. Calmette-Nenoms, Nenomous
Animals and Anti Venomous serum
OF English Artists from Napdyck TO
c cSrnsf Hymns :" RoS D%T" t. DnnnH
William Howard Taft. american"
ada" and other essays. William g
Fitch-SBeau Brummel" play. W.
J.. George-"France n the twentieth
Century" Alice 8 ,;reen-"The Making
of Irelana and Its Undoing. 1900 1900.
Arthur r. observation-disclosures and Other
Medicinal Plants" John Lea-"Ro-
nance OF Bird LIFE. for children. r.
A. Loughnan-"NewZ Zealand At Home"
Charles o. Northumberland and
Riches" study Of wealth ang It's rela-
Construction; methods and cost
Maurice L. Monetary and
Banking Systems" David G. Preyer--
The Art OF the Nethcrland Galleries.
His Influence on Relig sous Life and
Thought" James Schouler--''Ideals OF
the Republic" John NJ. TayleF-"The
Witchcraft Delusiou In Colonial Con.
-~The PRIVILEGED classes. addresses.
Josephine ID. Bacon-s'1dy1l OF ALI
Fools Day" Amelia T. Barr-"The
strawberry Handkerchief Ellen T:
Fowler-"Afisa Fallowhelds Fortune"
zona Friendship Village" Mary
Marguerite Owsn---"C Cradle OF the
Rose"
The Detroit times., 1908-12-21
SERMONS IN STONES
The Stsne Of the Constitution at ST. augustine.

I the central gibbet this inscription !:
Not as Spanisrds, but as assassins. .
De Gourges had given Menendez such
Roland for his Oliver" as he would
not be likely 10 forget
Founder OF ST. Augustine.
1t was this same Menendez who, on
the eighth day OF September. 1865,
founded the city or st. Augustine, the
oldest European town on the North
American continent. Its name came
10 II from the fact that they arrived
upon the Florida coast on the day that
was dedicated In their calendar TO the
great Latin father, Augustine
The Land OF Flowers remained ur-
der Spanish rule, with very brief eS-
ception, until 1921. On the tenth day
OF July, OF that year, the standard OF
Spain, which had been raised $50 years
before over the fort at St. Augustine.
was finally and forever lowered, and
the Stars and Stripes went up in it's
place.
When the monument in the public
square OF st. Augustine was raised,
the Spanish power was already on its
last legs; and. while the monument
vas still new, the rule Il was erected
10 memorabilia had ceased TO exist
There was time, OF course, when
that rule was we'll nigh ubiquitous.
Four hundred years ago SPANS pow
er was as great on land and sea as
Englands Is today.
Their Defeat Humanity's Victory.
But It was bad power. power
that had no respect for the human
mind or the human soul, or for any
thing else that was human; and 1t
was well for the United States OF Am
erica, and well for the whole world.
that its sway over men came 10 an
end
The first on the shores OF this con-
tinent, it looked one time as though
they were destined 10 remain, and as
the Genius OF Humanity saw the pos
sibiity OF such thing she shuddered.
And well she might. For try 10
think Of tho now glorious land OF the
stars and Stripes as being what South
America is-vhat Mexico is,
II was not 10 be, and we all say
amen, The Genius OF Humanity was
to be spared the spectacle OF perma-
nent Spanish rule on this North AM
orican continent. the fairest portion OF
Gods eerth. and the region adapted
by nature 10 the production OF the
finest civilization Of which the race Is
capable.
Let the old monument al St. Angus
Inc stand. then. as perpetual remind
er OF what We might have been, and
~ what We are and IN the contrast
We will hnd our eternal consolation.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-21
sy REV. THos. q. GREGORY.

] Z
In the public square OF the quaint
old town CT St. Augustine, Fla, stands
| the weather-beaten stone upon which
| thousands OF tourists from the north
have gazed with profound curiosity
and wonder IL is so strange, so un'
/ American, so out of keeping. appar'
entity, with many OF its surroundings
| that the first question OF the tourist
! is. What Is il, and what does Ii
mean"
The monument was erected In the
year 1912 as a memorial OF the adop-
ton OF the Spanish constitution, and
| in pursuance of a royal order direct
I ed TO the authorities OF the town.
4 short time after, the Spanish con
stitution having had a downfall, or
/ ders were Issued by the government
/ that all monuments erected 10 the con-
stitution throughout its dominions be
demolished.
/ The citizens OF ST. Augustine were
unwilling that their monument should
De torn down. and by the consent OF
the governor--the marble tablets In
scribed Plaza De Constitution" be
\ ing removed-the monument Itself was
allowed 10 stand. And 1t remains 10
this day, the only monument In exist
ence 10 commemorate the farce OF the
constitution OF lSl2,
Florida the Homo Of Romance.
! About the history OF Florida there Is
! the glamor OF romance that attaches
to no other portion OF our great coun-
try.
Ponce de Leon, De Soto. Ribault,
/ Menendez. De Gourgues. Drake-what
names they are, and how suggestive
OF all that Is mysterious, romantic,
/ strange and hazardous.
/ On Easter Sunday. 1912, seven years
+ before the invasion OF Mexico by
< Cortes, Ponce de Leon discovered the
mainland OF Florida. The knight OF
I the seas landed at the Bay OF the
I Cross" and planted stone cross in
sign OF the jurisdiction of Spain.
Various attempts at settlement
were made between 15r2 and 1888, bur
all of them failed. In the latter year
the chivalrous De Soto landed a,
TAMPA bay and made his famous
march through Florida to the Missis.
sippi the noble stream In which lie
found his sepuIchre.
In | 562 Jean RibaUlt and his Hugue-
nots sailed up the river ST. john and
built Fort Caroline. about which clus-
I tered the settlement that would un-
doubtedly have been successful but for
+ the brutality OF the Spauiard Menen-
der
A BIT OF Poetic Justice
There Is justice and justice the
ordinary. everyday Kind OF justice.
and lie other Kind. known "a poetic
Justice" and the prettiest piece ~
Npoctic justice known to- Us Is that
which Was made possible by this same
brutal Menendcz
The COLONY al Fort Caroline was no,
rs yet fairly upon its zee when Men.
cudcz. landing with large force
forthwith proceeded to siay everything
Ia sight The HGtuenuts We're massa
cred % a man
when the iasi one was bchoa9cd
and the bleeding bodies had been
thrown together I'm heap. abov,- them
was Fixed, this inscription Not as
Frcnchmcu. Lbut a. hcretics"
Two years later French ,xpodi
iIon uEdcr 10 Gorgues appeared upon
toe scene and. capturing tho spanish
fort ~ san Msteo. cihboted ever,
imember OF the sarrison, placing a6ov.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-21
From Another Point of View

In striking New to
Only today andb
a We ,OOOOOO of
ing Of he is only few DAYS
N
~
away Of utherned itor no died a naua de-
los old and preiudiced
ed N Dunkrk n Y life
ohs1rl
days In o
king.
velquaGcd
for job. worh ssoooooco
school supply satisfactory
Z oarlanaIon o . yesterday.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-21
O B B | E
pa o>4ddresses Suffragettes and Breaks Up Meeting

be dreery wreck. Who was 1t that
got burned at the steak sed Pa. Joan
OF Ark. Who is it that burns the
steak now, unless they have a cook
The women, heving bless them, PA
sed. the suffrygets cheered Pa
sum moar.
Pa Agrees With Missus Cat.
My frens. sed Pa. am heer befoar
you tonite to deem ounce that ridi-
kuler OF wimmen suffrage, Mister
Theodore Rusevelt. am heer to
tell you one Cd & all that no true
gent wud say fee-mail suffrage Is
matter of no Importance.
AS one % OF yure luvly wimmen
members, NAMED Missus Cat, has
rightly sed, Mister Ruseveh Is a tree
toad. base animal wich Is brown
wen 1t Is on a brown tree and green
wen II Is on green tree. newer
seen green tree myself. Pa sed.
but II Mister Rusevelt was on a green
tree ! guess Missus Cats remark will
have TO 20 as II lays:
* what Is SO base as tree toad.
sed Pa. Think OF It, The man wich
has ruled, our nashun for over half
dozen years. the man witch has toald
us how To talk care OF our children q
has toal us TO go az far as we liked
In the matter Of posterity, the man
witch almost climbed up San Juan Hill
vile the shot & shell was skreeming
oaver in the Balkans, think OF that
man, fellow suffragets. saying that
he doant care n fragile whether you
noabel wimmen voats or not.
Think OF Nr. Rusevelt the treetoad.
with Il hard face a. a sof. body. try.
ing to tell all you Fluffy Ruffles WHARF
TO git on For shaim, Pa sed, for
vary shaim!
Tree tosds 6roak Up the show.
All OF the wimmen was cheering
So loud that Pa cuddent talk for al.
most minnlt, but wen thay got thru
Pa sed:
In case sum of you wimmen haven't
saw tree toad, have three (3) OF
them In my pocket, witch I wud like
to pass among the audience, a.
then Pa took three CD little tree
toads out OF his pocket a. threw them
in the crowd OF suffrygcts. Every
one ID OF the wimmen began TO
skreem & thay all ran ont OF the
hall.~& that was the end bf the show.
Pa picked up the tree toads & put
them In box a mailed them 10
Mister Ruseveh. & on the outside OF
the box I'm with the tree toads was
in. ia marked Photographs, handel
careful
The Detroit times., 1908-12-21


to have a CRATE mass meet
ing down in Carnagay hall. |
beeleave that will go & address
them, Pa sed. You will? sed Ma. Yes,
sed Pa, address them with the ack-
sent on the "ad.">
| doant think YOU better butt In.
Ma sed. At one Cd time wud have
been willing 10 have you go & talk
10 the sutfrygets. wen | thaught thay
was all homely old maids, but | seen
in the paper this morning the pic
lures of sum suffrygets, az thay was
charming yung matrons.
I think you better stay by yure
Preside. sed Ma, a. reed the rise az
fall OF the Roman umpire.
But Pa sed No, will go * talk TO
them suffrygets tonite. or course,
sed Pa, my interest In wimmen suf'
fraee is ewat you might call tepid, or
Luke Warm, but unless the fotygraf-
fers in the employ OF the newspapers
liz vary much OF color in thare work.
shud Judge that sum of these suf-
frygets is all to the mustard.
Thay let Pa git up on the Stage.
~ SO Pa went to talk to the suffry-
gets e. Ma & me went too Pa knew
one On OF the comfy, so thay let
him git ND on the stage x after he
had took drink OF water, Pa sed:
Friends. fair trends, lend me yure
ears. | believe that the wimmen OF
our fair land shud have jest as good
"A chanst tn voat as the men. | be-
leeve that all folks was born free &
equal AZ that one (lD OF them has as
much right To respect as another.
4 beicev that the stars ~ stripes
meens thar Il perfeck lady has as
much right TO Voat for Willum Jen.
nings Bryan as perfeck gent. | be-
leeve that the hand witch rocks the
cradel is the hand wich rules the
crate nashun Of wich We are members
OF
Wen pa sed this, all OF the ladies
began To cheer a. clap thare hands.
Then Pa took a other drink of water
e. sell.
Who WAS II that founded our bull
warks OF nashunal freedom? The vim
men. who was 1t that stood on the
stern rock bound coast Of New Eng
land wen the braktng waves was dash.
ing high & sed. Cum let us look for
a good hotcls Tho wimmcn.
They knew. thos hrsiv wiinmen. sed
Pa. that without the hoam life wid
The Detroit times., 1908-12-21
1.-The 5Nan Who Stole The Earth"
BY w. Holt White

I AT different points about this space
were stationed four regiments OF In.
fantry. and TO all OF these M. Stalvan
spoke-~ith what must have been
great flood OF words. For regiment
after regiment cheered him.
Meantime the long cavalcade was
coming slowly down the hill from the
palace. Then IL was that NJ. Stalvan
and the colonel OF the dragons held
counsel together. and one OF the regi-
ments of infantry was drawn. up four
deep across the entrance to the square.
The clash soon came.
Seeing their fellow countrymen
drawn up against them, the ofncer
leading the kings detachment halted
his men.
| A stan ofYicer riding forward or
dered the other troops TO give way,
but he met with defiant answer.
Then word was sent to the king.
and his majesty set out himself TO
the scene OF mutiny-for mutiny 1t
was.
He rode forward alone. right up TO
the men ranged against him. He
spoke to them at first curtly and cold
~. only TO meet with sullen silence.
Then he spoke TO them in anger, until
murmurs rose from them. He cursed
them, and they cursed back
He swept aside and rode back up
the hill. The operations which fol-
lowed were swift and disastrous
| The cavalry wheeled outwards and
cleared the main thoroughfare by
taking to the side streets. That left
the opposing infantry facing the
kings guns. Even In the great width
of the Grand-ave. II was a little DIM
cult To wheel them about. But they
came along with crash. and the
men began TO unlimber.
! From the line OF troops by the min
istry the tall old officer rode forward
and harangued the gunners. But
they worked sullenly on. He implor-
ed them not to shoot down their
countrymen, but at their backs was
the king. giving his orders IL his cold,
masterful voice; and the men still
feared the king at their backs.
AT last the tall old officer threw up
his arms In despair, wheeled his horse
and cantered back to the line of
troops behind him. They opened up
TO let him through.
He gave his orders clearly and
quickly. and there was long SILVER
ing rattle OF steel as the men fixed
bayonets. The order was given tn
fire. and sheet OF flame flashed
across the roadway. The gunners
wilted under the fire, bu. the ling,
who was without fear. rode In among
them and such as were not wounded
stood fast by the guns.
| The guns spoke, and the troops
which fired upon the gunners were
moved down by the hail OF shrapnel.
After the second round there remain
cd nothing but mass OF mangled
men strewing the roadway.
A bugle rang out, and the cavalry
came galloping up from the narrow
side streets. swept into the main thor.
oughfare before the guns. and charg.
ed. Their horses plunged over the
dead aid dying infantrymen, and then
swept up into the square.
Seeing how the battle went, NJ.
Stalvan had mustered the other regi.
ments on the steps OF the ministry
and stationed them in the ministry
itself. From the roof and from the
windows. and from the long terrace
which ran the whole length OF the
great building, there came a thousand
spurts OF flame.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-21
Oldest Methodist
Celebrates Tooth
Birth Anniversary

PATTERSON, y. j., Dec. 2i.-Mrs.
Mary Z. Farrell, OF Midland Park. UNI
doubtedly the oldest Methodist In the
world, is celebrating her one hun
dredth and sixth birthday anniver-
sary today and the greatest regret
she expresses is that she was unable
TO come to Paterson on Sunday 10 at
tend divine service. She has retained
possession OF her hearing and sight
Up TO year ago her faculties were
as sharp and in as good shape as
those OF a person OF sixty.
Mrs. Farrell was born In Morris
county. at Denmark. above Rockaway,
in 1908. Her parents were Holland
crs
The Detroit times., 1908-12-21
MAN is DEVOURED
BY A HUGE SHARK

CINCINNATI, Dec. 2i--llsrry j.
Earle. former Cincinnati newspaper
man and soldier OF 70 'sne." was
de,oured 10y shark OF fne coast o.
Quintana Roo. Mex" according 20 In.
formation received here.
Earlc's death was reported some
time ago 10 was stated at the time
that BE- was drowned bu, The latest
adNiccs sav hc WAS bitten IN two by
a shark whi'e swimming TO shore at.
ter a small boat capsized.
When Earle came 90 Cine nnati he
told or participating IN one OF the
Bocr wars and several oIaicts with
south american republics He quit
newspaper work tn collect funds toi
Cuban reyolutionists.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-21
The Iconoclasts.
d, wIsx JONES.

By MEX JONES.
- cleopatra. passions queen.
or r,ulltatiou some thing shady.
X.hs cold aud duil. discreet and mean
And acted like perfect lady,
aud Helen, she wltO IeVell.d Troy.
Nsa not what you would call goon
looking,
tf.r stltors battlcd for the Joy
OF getting lIeien's wondr"us cooking
Ana tlen there's Mary, Queen az Scots,
name with color fairly glowing.
Ahn,t whom hards have written lots
i'm honor OF her fancy sewing
Ana pocaLontaE Cansht John smith
And we'd according 10 us WlsI"S
lie was infatuated with
Her graceful way OF washing dishes.
TOO had 20 Shatter thus romance
And XIII these legends so detcctable
For Pegasus will seldom prance
Around tho undoubtedly respectable.
In Germany sawdust is being eroui d
into -four In the same manner as grain
for use as an absorbent In dynamite
end az the principal ingredient ~
Icheap blottnS paper.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-21
BY WILLIAM r. KIRK.

BY WILLIAM r. KIRK.
lite beefoar last wen Pa calm
hoam he sed 10 Ma wen We
was washing the dishes, see
that the suffraygets is going
IN have "a crate mass meet
The Detroit times., 1908-12-21
CHAPTER xLlx-(coutinued.)

TV1E was now half mind TO make
jAI for the hills and destroy the
It'll battery. ~
~ He suggested this plan TO
The Detroit times., 1908-12-21
One Nan Whose
Faith in Mankind Is
Rudely Shattered
YOU Are AN ex-coNvIcT, II. IL
\ PueLicLv Reminded. az He
Tries to Live Down His Lies
One Mistake.

They given list of ques-
lions they
PENDANT in either a criminal or civil action
This man answered yes the question whether he had been
defendant civil and this fact cited the main
why he was dismissed from the jury
The he served nine in OF
correction the mails purposes
His heard in the United States and it very
probable that the mistakenly did consider his civil rather
than intending deceive
He at least entitled the benefit of the doubt this
hcular.
point Times wants to make connection
discharge of this juror, however. is this:
He IL of q family a wife, and children, and is engaged
In business pursuit.
He offended against country
and having paid the penalty for the sstep has led
upright life and has been respectable citizen.
The fact of having the pnitentiary
establish him good character but doubt that
~ does
This juror have tried conceal the fact that
h had been behind prison walls.
At any his presence this capacity of
juror desired WAS 1T NECESSARY THAT THE
'6oN FOR HIS DISMISSAL BE GIVEN TO THE NEWS
PAPERS TO SCATTER BROADCAST THE FACT THAT HE
Us AN Ex-CONvIcTa
Particularly year
eopeed their authority the could
charitable enough have permitted this quietly withdraw
Hum the jury and 60 his
When this citizen was summoned as Juror it is most probable
= lot Of sunshine let into his life
He felt himself repaid doubt for having tried live
exemplary life since coming from prison which he for
his first mistake
him he had rensated could his place
again among
Until of a sudden. lawyers judges
with their eyes riveted upon him.
He realizes what is about
He hal found OF tracked back.
And he words sending him
An forgotten" a forgotten" "a forgotten he repeated
o himself. he left home with spirits light.
"Ex-convict;" "exeonvict" "exconvct"
for Il in despair.
Even the people In the look him in
he noticed before
They him and he cannot look them in the eye.
The smiles of Christmas shoppers seem mock him
And now, than all
A wife home, and their children,
Not enough with whom he will
His wife barring hts
And other children school will tell his and daughters
they children of exconvct and shun them.
Of sudden there he conepates the full effect of
at ALL consoing thought-one hope.
Maybe none but the judge viii ever know.
But his newspaper night
auns Zone Of called him abrd) his address his bust
uess and all
In prison the of this dismissed jurors
uudnent for having transgressed against the law.
He made for dearly when before the
business world and his children he h stamped
sis&"
And struggle years live down his past himself
Alright again before the world has counted for naugh
again, that necessary
from that the for his removal should have been
from the public
The knowledge mistake recollection those dark
months prison punishment
enough endeavorng
life without his being made suffer the of
all again through fes story being HIS DISGRACE
VISITED UPON THE HEADS OF AN INNOCENT WIFE
AND CHILDREN.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-21
CHAPT Err l..

The cavalry rode up to the steps Of
the ministry, only TO be received by
a hail of shot. They qu:vered, wav-
cred. and then wheeled and made
back across the square.
But now the artillerymen were at
work again pounding she'll after shell
at close range into the ministry itself.
All the front OF the great building
was soon ruin and in flames.
tContiuued Tomorrow.D
The Detroit times., 1908-12-21
Tn Trsfb Ne Matter
Wbsm 1t Heips or Hs,n.

A citizen of Detroit serving as
a Juror in the circuit court OF
Wayne county was dismissed
from the December panel last
week when it was learned that
the man was an ex-convict.
The law governing the qualifi-
cation of Jurors says they must
be men of good character.
They are given list of ques-
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-13
DR.. BOWDISH HERE
New Presiding Elder Visited
Several Churches in the
City Yesterday.

Rev. pr Wellesley w Bowdish, tho
new presiding elder for this district
arrived in this city Saturday, and is
staying nj the New Haven house. He
put IN yesterday visiting the various
local NJ. h. churches, In the morning
he visited tho First church and offered
morning prayer. At noon he attended
the session of the summerfeld church;
in the afternoon he visited Grace
church on Howard avenue. and last
evening, Trinity church on Dwight
street.
Wednesday night at the First NJ F..
church farewell reception will DO
rendered DR.. w. A. Richard the former
presiding elder, who goes TO Freeport,
N. v while the function will Mt the
same time he reception of welcome
to the incoming presiding elder. This
affair viii be open to the members Of
all the NJ, f. churches In this dis
triCt
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-13
IN
SOCIETY

Delta Phi College fraternity Of
which the St Elmo club is the Yale
chapter, celebrated the eightieth an
niversary of its founding by holding
reception and dinner at the Hotel
Astor on Saturday night, The re-
ception hall and dining room were
filled with n brilliant assembly If dele
dates from chapters throughout the
country. The principle speakers of
the evening were DR.. w. A. Granville
OF the Sheffield Scientific school; Pres
ident Demerest of Rutgers college,
and Congressman Ramsdcll, rom
Louisiana. Mr. Ramsdcll has attained
national reputation of late as chair
man of the national waterways com
mittce. Omnicrom chapter, the St.
Elmo club of Sheffield Scie1tific
school. acted as hosts of the fra ,ern-
itics. There were 200 at the dl1ner,
which was served in the large ball
room whore masses of Am 'rican
beauty roses were used for decoration,
and at the reception which vas neld
in the smaller bah room.
The last recital to be heard this sea-
son viii be PLAYED by Horatio barker
on the Newhury organ in Woolsey
hall. Tuesday afternoon. Mt o'clock.
The recital will begin promptly at
O'Clock, N/'e should be made of
the fact that It win not he on n Mon
day afternoon as have been its pre-
dccessors, but rather on a Tuesday.