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Valdez daily prospector., 1912-08-20
MARSHALL NOTIFIED
 or HIS NOMINATION

Indianapolis, Aug. 20.-The noti- fication committee of the Balti- more convention with Judge Al- ton B. Parker at it's head, noti- fled Gov. Marshall of his nomi- nation today. There was a large crowd present.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-08-20

When Inc heads of New York $ "fncsI" cant cover a murder bel ter than did Lieut.. Becker, what can be expected of the average amateur?
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-08-20
HUNDRED ASSASSINATION
 OF DR. SUN YET SEN

San Francisco, Aug. 2O.-A ru- nor is current among lhe Chinese bcrc that Dr. Sun Yet Sen was assassinated while on route to Pckin.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-08-20

The Mariposa left Juneau al 8 D. m. on the i9th, coming by way of Yakutat and Katalla. The s. s. Sampson, while not heard from, cannot bc far behind.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-08-20
MEXICAN REBELS
 FIGHTING WHITES

Mazatlan, Aug. 2O.-Federal 'troops are being rushed 10 a mining camp near here, where a score of American and English miners are standing or 0 band of rebels.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-08-20
CHICAGO PRooREsslVEs
 WILL CHANGE NAME

Chicago, Aug. 20.-Thc progress sivcs here will probably change the designation of their party to thGf of independent.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-08-20
LIEUTENANT BECKER
 Is INDICTED

New York. Aug. 2O.-Brcker and others implicated in the murder of Herman Rosenthal, were in- dicted by the grand jury today. They will be arraigned at once.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-08-20

Jos. Baxter has his Empire drill working on Gold creek, having drilled four holes to bedrock. The drill is said to be working in a very satisfactory manner. No word has been obtained of the re- suits from the holes drilled.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-08-20
SENATE AROLISHES
 COURT OF COMMERCE

Washington, Aug. 20.-The sen ate has passed the bill abOlishing the court of commerce.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-08-20

Lot owners are coming in fast to the town trustee for blanks claiming lois owned by them.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-08-20

John Erickson and Jim. Hook have gone to Port Wells to tempt dame Fortune in that section.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-08-20

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NO WORDS WASTEp
A Swift Transformation Briefly Do.
scribed.

About food, the following brief but
emphatic letter from a Georgia WON
an goes straight to the point and is
convincing.
MY frequent attacks Of indigestion
and palpitation of the heart Gull
minated in a sudden and desperate Ill
ness, from which 1 arose enfeebled In
mind and body. The doctor advised
me to live on cereals, but none of
them agreed with me until 1 tried
Grape-Nuts food and Postum.
1.-The more l used Of them the more
I felt convinced that they were just
what I needed, and in a short time
they made q different woman Of me.
My stomach and heart troubles disap-
peared as If by magic, and my mind
was restored and Is as clear as it ever
was.
81 gained flesh and strength so rap
idly that my friends were astonished.
Postum and Grape-Nuts have benefited
me so greatly that 1 am glad to bear
this testimony" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich.
There's a reason" and 1t is explained
In the little book, 1.-THE Road to Well.
ville," in Pkgs.
Ever read the above letterf A new
one appears from time to time. They
nre genuine, true, and full OF human
interest.
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Which tho Great Composer Made
Life JoIller.

Rossini's witticisms dubbed forth
at all times and under all circum'
stances, says Musical Opinion. On
one occasion a gentleman called upon
him to enlist his aid In procuring for
him an engagement at the opera He
was a drummer and had taken the
%precaution to bring his instrument
Rossini said he would hear him
play" and 1t was agreed that be
should show off In the overture to
"~Semiramide"
Now, the very first bar Of the over.
ture contained a tremolo for the
drum. and when this had been per
formed the player remarked. Nov
have a rest Of 70 bars-these. OF
course. I will skip" This was too
good a chance to be lost 20. no."
said the composer. by all means
count the 70 bars; I particularly want
to hear those" Rossini's whimsical
ity extended even to his birthday
Having been born on February 20. In
leap year, he had, Of course. a birth
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4 WARNING TO MANY.
Some Interesting Facts Regarding
Health Statistics.

Few people realize to what extent
their health depends upon the condi.
ton Of the kidneys.
The physician in nearly all cases of
serious illness, makes q chemical anal.
ysis Of the patients urine. He; knows
that unless the kidneys are doing
their work properly, the other organs
cannot be brought back to health and
strength.
When the kidneys r neglected OF
abused In any way. serious results are
sure to follow. According to health
statistics, Bright's Disease, which is
really an advanced form of kidney
trouble, caused nearly ten thousand
deaths In 1910, in the state OF New
York alone. Therefore, 1t behooyes us
to pay more attention to the health OF
these most important organs.
An ideal herbal compound that has
had; remarkable success as a kidney
remedy Is DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great Kidney, Liver and Bladder
Remedy.
The mild and healing influence OF
this preparation Is soon realized. 1t
stands the highest for its remarkable
record Of cures.
II you feel that your kidneys require
attention, and wish a sample bottle,
write to DR.. Kilmer & Co., Bingham
ton, N. Y. Mention this paper and
they Will gladly forward 1t to you abb
solutely free, BY mail. &
Swamp-Root is sold by every drug.
gist in bottles OF two stzes-50c. and
$1.00.
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fornia & Altamont Trust Company.
Klinkner was the president. In part
nership with Daylight, the pair raided
the San Jose Interurban. The power
full Lake Power & Electric Lighting
corporation came to the rescue, and
Klinkner, seeing what he thought was
the opportunity. went over to the en-
envy in the thick Of the pitched battle.
Daylight lost three millions before he
was done with it, and before he was
done with it he saw the California &
Altamont Trust Company hopelessly
wrecked, and Charles Klinkner a sui
side in a felon's cell.
So it was that Daylight became a
successful f1nancier. He did not go
in for s~windling the workers. Not
only did he not have the heart for 1t,
but 1t did not strike him as a sporting
proposition. The workers were so
easy, so stupid. 1t was more like
slaughtering fat, h~and-reared pleas
ants on the English preserves he had
read about The sport to him. vas
in waylaying the successful robbers
and taking their spoils from them
The grim Yukon life had failed to
make Daylight hard. 1t required civ
~ilization to produce this result. In
the fierce, savage game he now play
ed, his habitual geniality imper-
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DRAT0R|CAL MEET
THE STATE CONTEST TO BE HELD
AT ROCK HILL ON THE 18TH
OF APRIL.
announcement JUST MADE
The Executive Committee Has Decid-
ed to Hold the Meeting in a City In
York County This Year-Are Select
Ing Speakers. =.

Columbia.-The South Carolina In
!ercollegiate ~oratorical contest will be
held at Rock Hill on April 6. 1t has
been the custom for many years to
aold the annual meeting at Greenwood,
but the executive committee has de-
cided to move the contest to the York
county city this year. Each year a
great deal of interest is manifested
in collegiate circles over the outcome
and many college lads and alumni OF
the various institutions gather to hear
the orations.
The contest will be held in the au-
ditorium of Winthrop college on the
evening of Friday, April 6. A base
ball game between the Presbyterian
college of South Carolina and Wof-
ford will be staged in the afternoon,
and on Saturday it is very probably
that two teams, yet to be announced,
will engage in a doubleheader.
The various members of the asso-
citation have either held, or will hold
soon, preliminaries to select their
speakers. A. H. Williams, Jr, of Lake
City will represent the University OF
South Carolina. Mr.. Williams won
second place in the contest last year
at Greenwood. The members OF the
association ire University Of South
Carolina, Clemson, Wofford, Presby-
terrain. College of South Carolina, Char
lesion college, Citadel, Newberry, Fur
man. and Erskine. The contest was
won last year by the Citadel's repre-
sentative. :.
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CHAPTER X.

Back in San Francisco. Daylight
quickly added to his reputation. In
ways it was not an enviable reputa-
ton. Men we're afraid of him. He be-
came known as a fighter, a f1end, a
tiger. His play was a ripping and
smashing one. and no n knew where
or how his mex blow would fall. The
element Of surprise was large. He
baked on the unexpected, and. fresh
from ,ae wild North. his mind not OPP
Grating in stereotyped channels. he
was able in unusual degree to devise
u.w tricks and stratagems. And once
he won the advantage, he pressed 1t
r~emorselessly. "As relentless as a
Red Indian" was said of him, and it
was said truly.
He was a free lance, and had
NO friendly business associations.
Such alliances as were formed
from time to time were purely af-
fairs of expediency. and he regarded
his allies as men who would give him
the double-cross or ruin him If a
profitable chance presented. In spite
OF this point of view, he was faithful
TO his allies. But he was faithful just
as long Is they were and no longer.
The treason had to come from them.
and then 1t was Ware Daylight.
The business man and fnanciers of
the Pacific coast never forgot the les
son OF Charles Klinkner and the Cali
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Severely Witty,

Henry" remarked Mrs. Henry Peck
I'VE are going tothave some company
this evening, and I do wish you would
brighten up and look less like an hon
orary pallbearer. Say something hui
morous.",
The company came, and with a few
preliminary coughs and winks, which
were intended to announce to his wife
that the witticism was about to be per
petrated, Henry said timidly:
MARY" @
eyes, dear, what is IT." asked Mrs
Peck e~1pectantly. &
Have you got all Of your hair or
this evening?"-Boston Globe.
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ceptibly slipped away from him. as did
his lazy Western drawl.
He still had "reminiscences Of genial
ity, but they were largely periodical
and forced. and they we're usually due
to the cocktails he took prior to meal
time. In the North he had drunk
deeply and at irregular intervals: but
now his drinking became systematic
and disciplined. 1t was an unconscious
development, but 1t was based upon
physical and mental conditions. The
cocktails served as an inhibition.
Without reasoning or thinking about
it, the strain Of the Office, which was
essentially due to the daring and au-
dacity of his ventures. required check
or cessation; and he found. through
tails supplied this very thing. They
constituted a stone wall. He never
drank during the morning, nor In Of
fee hours; but the instant he left the
office be proceeded to rear this wall
of alcoholic inhibition athwart his
consciousness. The office became i'm
mediately a closed affair. 1t ceased
to exist. In the afternoon, after lunch.
1t lived again for one or two hours,
when. leaving It, he rebuilt the wall Of
inhibition. OF course, there were ex-
ceptions to this; and. such was the rig
or of his discipline, that If he had a
dinner or a conference before him In
which, In a business way, he encoun.
tered enemies or allies and planned or
prosecuted campaigns, he abstained
from drinking. But the instant the
business was settled, his everlasting
call went out for a Martini. and for a
double-Martini at that. in a long glass
so as not to excite comment.
Into Daylight's life came Dede Ma
son. She came rather imperceptibly.
Ete had accepted her impersonally
along with the Office furnishing, the
office boy, Morrison, the chief, conf
Dental, and only clerk. and all the
rest of the accessories of a super
mans gambling place of business. Had
he been asked any time during the first
months she was In his employ, he
would have been unable to tell the
color Of her eyes. From the fact that
she was a ~demi-blonde, there resid-
ed dimly in his subconsciousness a
conception that she was a brunette.
Likewise he had An idea that she .Jas
not thin, while there was an absence
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SYNOPSIS.

Elan Harnish. known all through Alas
&a as Burning Daylight" celebrates ms
Both birthday with q crowd OF miners az
the Circle City Tivoli. The dance leads
to heavy gambling. in which over $1,000
is staked. Harnish Ices his money ana
his mine but wins the mail contract he
starts on his mail trip with dogs ana
sledge, telling his friends that ne VIII De
in the big Yukon gold strike at the start:
Burning Daylight makes q sensationaIiy
rapid run across country with the mali,
appears at the Tivoli and Is now ready
to join his friends in a dash to the new
gold fields. Deciding that gold Will De
found in the up-river district Harnish
buys two tons Of flour. which he declares
will be worth its weight In gold, put
when he arrives with his -four he finds
the big fiat desolate. A comrade discov-
ers gold and Daylight reaps a rich har-
vest. He goes to Dawson becomes the
most prominent figure in the Klondlke
and defeats a combination Of capitalists
in a vast mining deal. He returns to
civilization. and, amid the bewtldering
complications Of high finance. Daylight
finds that he has been led to Invest his
eleven millions In a manipulated scheme.
He goes to New York. and confronting
his disloyal partners with a revolver, he
threatens to kill them II his money 10 not
returned.
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Rossini Famous as a Wit

day once In foul years, and when he
was seventy-two he facetiously in
vited his friends to celebrate his
eighteenth birthday.
The late Sir Arthur Sullivan made
his acquaintance in Paris. One morn.
ing. when Sullivan called to see him.
be found him trying over a small
piece Of music. What Is that?"
asked Sullivan. Its NV dogs birth.
day." replied. very seriously, "and |
write a little piece for him every
year."
When Rossini was once rehearsing
n of his operas in a small theater
In Italy he noticed that the horn was
ou. Of tune. Who is that playing
the horn in such an unholy way?" he
demanded. ut is l." said a tremu.
lous voice. "Ah, 1t Is you is it? Well,
go right home" 1t was his own "a
Their!
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Passing her desk, once. he picked up a
volume Of Kipling's poems and glanced
bepuzzled through the pages.
You like reading. Miss Mason?" he
said. laying the book down.
"Oh. yes" was the answer; very
much"
Another time 1t was a book of
Wells. THE Wheels, Of Chance"
Whats it all about?" Daylight
asked.
"Oh. It's just a novel, a love-story."
She stopped, but he still stood wait.
ing, and she felt 1t incumbent to go on.
"It's about a little Cockney Diapers
assistant, who takes a vacation on
his bicycle, and falls in with a young
girl very much above him. Her moth
er is a popular writer and all that.
And the situation is very curious, and
sad, too, and tragic. Would you care
to read it?"
Does he get herr" Daylight de-
manded.
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Modern journalism.

Arthur Brisbane, the editor, praised
at a dinner in New York, the educa.
tive value Of moving pictures.
"But Of course" he said afterwards,
"the moving picture will never equal
the newspaper as an educative force.
"The newspaper not only reports
news-in dull seasons 1t makes news
as well. A famous editor put this
news-making feature very neatly be,
fore a cub reporter when he said:
eff a dog bites a man 1t isn't news.
But, If a man bites a dog, it Is. When,
ever you can't hnd a man biting a dog,
60 and bite one yourself"
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CHAPTER Discontinued.

A long session Of three hours follow
ed. The deciding factor was not the
big automatic pistol, but the gertrude
that Daylight would use it. Not alone
were the three men convinced OF this,
but Daylight himself was convinced.
He was firmly resolved to kill the men
If his money vas not forthcoming. 1t
was not ar easy matter, on the spur or
the moment, to raise ten mill
lions in paper currency, and there
were vexatious delays. A dozen times
MI. Howison and the head clerk were
summoned into the room. On these &C
casions the pistol lay on Daylight's lap.
covered carelessly by a newspaper,
while he was usually engaged in roll
ing or lighting his brown-paper Gig
arctic. But in the end, the thing was
accomplished. A suitcase was brought
up by one Of the clerks from the wait
ing motor-car, and Daylight snapped 1t
shut on the last package Of bills. He
paused at the door to make his final
remarks.
uSI > &C SCfCtot Sh1hSS 1 ooAS
want to tell you-an. When l get out
side this door, you-alrn be set free to
act, and ! Just want to warn you-all
about what to do. In the first place.
no warrants for my arrest-savvee?
This moneys mine. and / amt rob-
bed you Of 1t. II it gets out how you
gave me the double cross and how /
done you back again, the laugh IL be
on you, and it'll be sure an almighty
big laugh. You-all can't afford that
laugh. Besides, having got back my
stake that you-all robbed me of, If you
arrest me and try to rob m a &C.
ond time I'll 90 cunning for you-all.
and I'll sure get you. No little, fraid-
cat shrimps like you-all can skin Burn
ing Daylight. If you win you lose, and
there1l sure be some several unexpect-
ed funerals around this burg. Just
look me in the eye, and you-allll saw
wee / mean business. Them stubs
and receipts on the table Is all yourn.
Good day"
AS the door shut behind him, Ma
thaniel Letton sprang for the tele-
phone, and Dowsett intercepted him.
What are you going to do?" Dow
sett demanded.
1.-The police. It's downright robbery.
! won't stand it. l tell you 1 won't
stand It,"
Dowsett smiled grimly, but at the
same time bore the slender 1nancier
back and down into his chair.
Well talk 1t over" he said; and
in Leon Guggenhammer he found an
anxious ally.
And nothing v cam Of it. The
thing remained q secret with the
three men. Nor did Daylight ever
give the secret away. though that aft
ernoon, leaning back In bis stateroom
on the Twentieth Century, his shoes
OF, and feet on a chair, he chuckled
long and heartily. New York remained
forever puzzled over the affair; nor
could it hit upon a rational explana.
ton. BY all rights, Burning Daylight
should have gone broke, yet it was
known that he immediately reappeared
In San Francisco possessing an appar-
emily unlmpaired capital. This was
evidenced by the magnitude Of the en-
terprises he engaged in, such as, for
instance. Panama Mail. by sheer
weight of money and fighting power
wrestling the control away from Shelf
~ and selling out il two months to the
Hartman interests at a rumored enor.
nous advance.
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Near.Wreck at Winnsboro.

Winnsboro.-A switch presumed to
have been carelessly left open by a
freight train crew came near causing
a disastrous wreck, when the fast pas
senger train No. 81, northbound,
swerved from the main line into the
siding, where a string of box cars were
standing. The engine Of the passen-
ger train was moving by its W mo-
mentum, the steam having been shut
off as the train was approaching the
station, and but for this and the fact
that the emergency brakes were
promptly applied it is probable that,
instead of breaking the draw heads
of the engine and a car box several
would have been seriously injured.
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For HoIdIna Up Mail Carrier.

Newberry.-Sheriff >Buford was call
ed to Slighs to arrest a man, who,
under the influence of whiskey, was
causing a good deal Of trouble; among
other things, preventing n of the
rural mail carriers from going out on
his route with the mail. He had a shot
gun with which he threatened to shoot.
The sheriff went down on the after
noon train, arrested his man and
brought him to jail ont the evening
train. He submitted to arrest without
giving any trouble. The warrant was
sworn out by postmaster at Slighs.
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(Copyright, 1915, by the New York Herald Company
fCopyright, 1910. by the Company.
A7HNP %"m CHI Of WNWl
NH/ZE MYG" MHR7HTEDEW"E ZC.

in his mind of any idea that she was
fat. And how she dressed, he had no
idea at all. He had no trained eye In
such matters, nor was he interested.
He took it for granted, in the lack OF
any impression to the contrary, that
she was dressed somehow. He knew
her as Miss Mason" and that was
all, though he was aware that as a
stenographer she was quick and accu-
rate. He watched her leaving n aft
ernoon, and was aware for the first
time that she was welcomed. and
that her manner of dress was salts
flying. He knew none Of the details of
woman's dress, and he saw none Of
the details Of her neat shirt waist
and well-cut tailor suit. He saw only
the effect in a general, sketchy way.
She looked right. This was In the abb
sence Of anything wrong or out Of the
way.
shes a trim little g~ood-looker." was
his verdict, when the outer Office .oor
closed on her.
The next morning, debating. he con-
cluded that he liked the way she did
her hair, though for the life Of him
he could have given no description of
it.. The impression was pleasing. that
was all. She sat between him and
the window, and he noted that her
hair was light brown, with hints of
golden bronze. A pale sun, shining in.
touched the golden bronze into smoul.
dering fires that we're very pleasing.
He discovered that in the intervals.
when she had nothing to do, she read
books and magazines, or worked on
some sort of feminine fancy work
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Without Registration Board.

Lexington.-As a result Of Gov.
Blease's refusal to reappoint B. H.
Barre, E. S. j. Hayes and James L.
Langford, the old members of the
county board of registration, as rec
commended by the senate. Lexington
county is without an active board of
registration, although two boards are
claiming the Offices. The governor
ignored the recommendation of the
senate as to the appointment of the
board of registration for Lexington
county along with a lot Of other recon-
nendations for other counties.
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EXPOSING Children to Disease.

In an article on the treatment OF
sick children in the Woman's Home
Companion the author, DR.. Roger H.
bennett, a famous New York special
list on the diseases Of children, says:
Never, never, never expose the
child to any contagious disease in or
der that he may have it once and be
done with 1t. Even the so-called sim
pie c%hildren's- diseases, such as meas
les or whooping cough, have a deoth
rate that Is appalling.
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No End to His Bad Luck.

John D. Shoop, at an Anti igarette
league banquet, explained his feelings
in the story of the colored man.
How are you getting along, Lag
arus?" asked his master, interestedly.
g" gets along pooDly," replied Lac,
arus, who complained Of his misfor.
tune at length. Master John, l has
such bad luck" says he, that when ]
dies and is laid away In the tomb and
the good Lord says to me, Lazarus,
come forth I know I is sho' to come
fifth"