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Valdez daily prospector., 1913-10-30
.s-...I.N Na7 ' ' ' SPELLING TEST WORDS.
A List in Which College Students
 Made a Poor Showing.

MA0o FOOT SnoWin0.
 The freshmen in certain state university did not cover themselves with glory in recent test, prob ably because they were too far away from the spelling books of their younger days. Fifty words ill every day use-no trick words-were giv- en out to forty-six freshmen in the English composition classes, and the average grade of the papers turned in was only 55 per cent.
 About half of these fires hmen were just beginning their English work in the university; the others had had one semester of it. The latter group made slightly better grades than the beginners. Three students tied for the highest mark with seven misspelled words each. The worst record of the lot was thirty-six mistakes.
 Of the fifty words in the list "conscnsus proved the greatest stumbling block. Thirty-eight stu dcnts-all except eight-got it wrong, most of them beginning the second syllable with "c" instead of S."
 Next in order was renaissance" ," misspclled by thirty-six, followed by "diphtheria,' on which thirty-fve tripped. ''Rhythm," the most mis- spelled word in a test at the Uni ! vcrsity of Virginia, got thirty-four victims, being tied with Judgment" "supcrsede," indispensable" and "hypocrisy.''
 The easiest word proved to be receive" which only one student got twisted. ''Scparate,' the bug bear of the average grade school student, brought down only seven. Here arc the other words in the ! list, with the number of times that each was misspelled:
 Innocuous, 32; kimono, 31; lus- cious, 30; chauffeur, %; villain, 29 :; dirigible, 27; occurrence, 27; in- oculatc, 25; prcrogative, 25; adviser, 25; cmbarrass, 24; accommodate, 23; aeronautics, 2l; battalion, 21 i; kerosene, 2l: privilege, 21; benefit ed, 20; twelfth, IS; nickel, IF; pro- cedure, 16; occasionally, 15; de- vclopment, l5: weird, 15; vacuum, 15; harass, 15; initiate, 15; indict- ment, IA; prophecy, IA; it's posses- sive of it), IS; lose, 12; vaccinate, II; precede, II: opportunity, 10; laundered, 10; mirth, 9; discipline, 9; laboratory, 8; biplane, s; appara- tus, 6; advisory, 2.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-10-30
Diet and Nationality.

Among modern nations the great est eaters arc the British, Ger mans, French and Americans, the ruling people of our civilization. The diet of the Spaniards and the Italians is notably less substantial than that of the British and Ger mans, just as their brains are less active and original. The Ameri- cans are, on the average, the great est eaters in the world. Said Car lyle to Emerson, "rhe best thing l know of that country is that in it a man can have meat for his labor." i" Family Doctor.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-10-30
CITATION TO SHOW CAUSE.

In the Probate Court, Valdez Pre-
 Territory of Alaska.
 In the matter of the estate of I. D. Flynn, deceased.---Citation
 To Mabel M. Flynn and al! other heirs unknown, and to all persons interested in the above entitled estate, greeting:
 You and each of you are here by cited and required to appear before the judge of this court, at the court room thereof, in the Town of Valdez Alaska, on Tues day, the 23rd day of December, 1913, at ten o'clock in the fore noon of said day, then and there to show cause, if any you have, why w. T. Scott, the. adminis- trator of said estate, should not be authorized by an order of this court to. sell at public sale all the property '} belonging to said es- tate, the same consisting of sun dry personal effects and a One- third interest in and to lot: 1 1-2, in block ', of the Town of Valdez, Alaska.
 And it is ordered that this ci- tation be served upon you by publication thereof in the Valdez Daily Prospector, a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published at Valdez, Alaska, for a period of at least four success sive weeks.
 Witness the Honorable Geo. J. Love, United States Commission CT and ex Officio Probate Judge in and for Valdez Precinct, Third Judicial Division, Territory of Alaska, with the seal of said court affixed, this Fist day of Oc- tober, 1913.
 (Seal) GEO. J. LOVE, U. s. Commissioner and ex Of- flcio Probate Judge.
 First pub. 1t oet. 2t; '9is; ;a;s
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-10-30
kaffrs' Courtship.

The Kaffirs are a very light hearted people and do not worry about the future. As soon as the girls have finished their work they may take up the igubu, which is an elementary musical instrument, consisting of taut bow fixed to a gouEd,' and march across country twanging the string with a little piece of reed. The instrument, as d rule, gives but one note, but to the girls sweetheart such music is "the food of love."-World's Work.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-10-30
old, but a Good Walker.

In 1851 an old Cornish fishwife of eighty-four named Mary Calli- mack walked from Penzance to Lon- don to see the great exhibition in Hyde park. The distance is nearly 300 miles. The old lady created a sensation and was noticed by Queen Victoria. She had vowed to call on the lord mayor before returning, and she carried out her intention. but of course was not permitted to walk back home.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-10-30
TIDE TABLES
rhursdax. Oct. 90.

Thursday, Oct. 90. High tide i2::22 a. m., :38 a. m. Low tide 5:57 a. m., 6:52 p. m.
 Friday, Oct. 31. High tide :O9 a. m., i2:45 D. m. Low tide 6:36 a. m., 7:38 D. n.
 Saturday, Nov. I. High tide 1 :56 a. m, t:26 p. M. Low tide 7:i2 a. m., SPA p. m.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-10-30

Fine music at Eagle Hall Sat urday night by fnur-piecc Orchcs- tra. Don't miss the dance.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-10-30

Geo. Reinke, the watch repairor and jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug company.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-10-30
John Nelson, the old sour.

John Nelson, the old sour dough, is in Valdez meeting old friends. John, who has been liv- ing in the country for the past few years, is greatly surprised at the wonderful improvements made in Valdez since he left here and il is rumored that he wants to rrmain in this live burg.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-10-30

FOR RENT--TWo nve-room houses on Broadway. In first class condition. \ Enquire of Charles Crawford at the Plain ing Mill. If.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-10-30

If you want to sell or buy any second-ha furniture, stoves, etc., call up City Express. Tele- phone S2.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
An Earnest Pedestrian

This earnest pedestrian is Chief Justice
White Of the supreme court of the United
States, a veteran pedestrian. who claims
that he has continually kept himself fit by
thi sexercise. Every morning. except in
the most incement weather, the chief JUS
tice walks from his home to his office
and each evening as the shadows gather
he strolls back again. apparently invig-
GRATED by the physical exercise after a
day of mental labor
Even in the hottest Washington days
and nothing outside the punishment of the
unjust can equal the capital at its hottest
the chief justice makes his pilgrim
age to and from the capitol. Occasionally
| he ropes In Justice Lurton or Justice
! Hughes but they are not regular. They
have Joined the White Walking club
as it is called by the supreme court men,
| bers, but to the intense joy OF their col
leagues they could not stand the grueling
test day after day and week after week.
So the chief justice usually makes his
trip alone.
1t Is interesting TO watch the chief JUS
tice on his homeward trip. Any person
who stops him, inquiring direction, or
this exercise. Every morning, except in
fully thought out courteous reply Some
humber person, going the chief Justices
way, may accost him and walk with him
for few blocks The great jurist- and his
new friend will chat until the time of
parting comes, and when it does Justice
White will express regret that their paths
do not lead in the same direction for a
longer distance.
Chief Justice White once confided to
an associate on the bench that the ex-
periences he meets on his trips to and
from the capitol are as valuable as the
walk itself. They help him to keep young
he told his friend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
Lodge Roller Skates

Now comes horrible secret, and let
it not be repeated lest the first families
of Boston descend like an avenging storm
and demand reparation,
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge roller
skates! Il
And not in the manner you would inn
agine, either. He does not roller skate in a
slow parabola. Nor does he consult SEN
atorial dignity. He is a member of a
private skating club, and every once in so
often he tuclSs the judicial coat tails be-
hind the aristocratic back and, with head
flung high, cavorts and circles like gid
dy young colt.
II is the senator's health fad. In the
day time he is the earnest, preternatur-
ally dignified exponent of Boston aristoc-
racy In the night time-on occasion-he
is a giddy terpschore, whirling and fly
ing like Mercury bent upon a private
message from Jove. =
Where the senator picked up skating
nobody knows. But the fact remains that
he did and has And he declares that he
will stick to 1t, too.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
President Prefers a Bike

The President in June resumed his pur-
suit of the golf ball. and since then has
played alternately on the courses of the
Columbia and Washington country clubs.
He is an earlier riser than either of his
immediate predecessors, although he pre-
fers nine hours of sleep per night to seven
or eight. He is a asrelatively light eater.
Walking, golf, automobiling-all of these
recreations form part of his regime. The
thought of employing a three-ring gym
nasium after the style of Colonel Roose-
welt or Of mauling wrestlers and boxers
does not appeal to him intensely.
His secretary, Joseph p Tumulty states
that moderation is the keynote of the
Presidents life, and If he has had any
health fad since he occupied the White
House 1t has been only mild occasional
yearning for a bicycle
The President rode a bicycle when he
was in Bermuda Since his arrival in
Washington he has gazed longingly at the
smooth asphalt streets and is reported to
have several times confessed desire to
climb upon a bike and HE him away to
the country green. Thus far he has man
fully withstoood temptation. But it is
understood that when he goes on his vaca-
ton he viii pull his soft hat over his ears
and bounl lightly away across the New
Hampshir$ COR Vermont) hills upon two
wheeled steed of steel--not one of those
arrangements that sounds like a motor
boat with the hiccups, but an old fash
ioned chain affair that requires honest
pedaling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
More Apples Eaten Than Bananas

There are 2O0O0,000 more apple eaters in
the United States than there were in 1906,
and yet there was ''over-production" of
apples when the last crop was short of
the average by 100000 barrels, says the
New York Times. Under such conditions
overproduction spells bad distribution. The
remedy is Improvement of market condi-
tions. The apple producers have remarked
that people are eating bananas, oranges
and grapefruit. and they have determined
that If they are to sell their fruit they
must adopt the methods of the trusts,
which have brought exotic products with
in the reach of those who cannot eat, do
mestic fruits because they are dear and
inaccessible
At the same time that Congress is be-
laboring the fruit trust for the efficiency,
which means cheap tropical fruits to the
hun1plest. At is dong nothing to stimulate
the inefficiency of the unorganized agri-
cultural interest which wants something
done especially for it at the expense OF
the consumers. 1t is not the fault of the
railways, for the imported competitors of
the apple must pay the same carriers,
and the ocean carrier, too. 1t is not the
fault OF the consumer, for he pays his
money out with equal reluctance, and
loves not apples less because the substi-
tutes are better brought to his attention.
There is much need of. an apple trust, as
bad" as the fruit trust. There is room
for an organization which should produce
better apples and which should better
market the apples already produced
More apples would be bought If they
were packed more honestly and attrac-
lively. And il the apples would not be
eaten as apples they might be preserved
or made into cider or fed to animals or
made use OF in other by ways. 1t has re-
quired adversity to give these hints to
apple producers. There are some who do
all to get into the same class of effici-
ency. in or out of the methods of the
trusts. which are under punishment for
their service to consumers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
Garrison's Gutta percha Pill

Secretary of War Lindley NJ Garrison
keeps himself in trim by indulging In the
pill of gutta percha rather than that of
materia medica. He is one of those earn
est golf players who dislilxes the mild and
fancy shots. In baseball he would have
made poor bunter, but a grand three
base hitter. The Secretary of War gets
his staneh firmly and let's fly at the ball
with all of his 1870 pounds Unless he hits
the little globe fairly it is safe bet
that it will take three caddies to find it
again. Secretary Garrison contends that
swinging hard loosens up the muscles
and renders the body more agile, and this
Is what he wants.
Those Washingtonians who have seen
Gen. Nelson A. Miles walking quickly
through the crowded streets of the city
clad in the very latest sartorial effects
and moving like a young man, have ex-
pressed their wonder at his ability to re-
tain his youth The veteran warrior Is
well around the 7o-year mark, but on a
sunny afternoon as he strolls forth he
looks fit to go to war tomorrow If nee
essary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12

Watkins in the Louisville Courier-Journal.
The elixir OF life may mean anything from
racquets to radishes. from pedestrianism
TO parsley.
yet developed a definite hobby in his pur-
suit of health. His fads are varied.
Neither the violent walks which former
President Roosevelt used to take TO the
intense chagrin of gold-laced army officers
nor the nocturnal automobile trips of
former President Taft have become his
bobby.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
> Health From the Horses

Horseback riding is General Miles
health fad. Sevesal times during the
course of a week a gentleman in riding
clothes of civilian cut, mounted on a
horse that steps out like a racer, rides
down toward Potomac park on the short
street between the White House and the
state department. An hour or so later he
comes back over the Identical course and
few persons suspect. from the freshness
of his appearance, that he has been riding
hard-not In the polite fashion, but in the
hard army style-during the afternoon.
To this alone General Miles contributes
his continual fitness and he Is always
MT Nobody ever hears of his being sick
About the hour when General Miles is
riding his hardest, If you happen to be
strolling along Pennsylvania avenue you
will see a heavy-set, square-jawed En-
glish-looking man swinging up the street
with his coat thrown wide open the bet
ter to catch the breeze. He steps out SOL
idly with the tread of a man who is
walking for the exercise Following him
you will find that he keeps up the pace
without tagging over the two miles or
more to his home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12

quired whether he was trying to usurp
Secretary Houston's job in the agricul-
tnral department.
Secretary Daniels is an early riser.
Each morning when the rooster utters his
feeble plant and the gentle cursing of the
millxman announces that another quart
bottle has been smashed on the doorstep.
Secretary Daniels arises dons his garb.
including the old cutaway coat, and goes
down to the chicken house in search of
eggs. Sometimes his youngsters come
along with him and give several elderly
hens severe attacks of sheart failure by
their undiplomatic efforts to emulate him
This matutional duty performed. the
secretary drifts down to his little garden
and roams through 1t, examing the hum
BILE tomato and the blatant onion for evil
dence of priekly~ heat, or bile or what
ever 1t is that these plants get in hot
weather. He has an early breakfast
being finished usually by s o'clock, and
then starts to his office with his secretary,
ANY man who has his garden and his
Chickens, the secretary told me- need
never worry. 1T is the concrete estab-
lishment OF that hoary and we'll tried
truth about getting in tune with nature
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
"Close to the Farm''-Daniels

Get close to the farm and you will al
ways be young said Secretary of the
Navy Daniels to me when | asked him
for his elixir of life.
You see." he continued confdentially.
my plan is simple, vet is one which will
prove efficacious in 80 cases out of 100.
What you need is to escape from the too
complex strain of city life. The open
country is necessary for every man who
does not get much active exercise. There
fore. II you are a commuter and raise
chickens and have a garden, you will al
ways maintain the joy of youth"
The naval secretary is the most bucolic
man for a nautical man you ever saw in
your life. When he came to Washington
with his family after receiving the port
folio of the navy, his first act was to
pick out quiet little spot in Woodley
park, where there was much ground. and
there establish himself in the same quiet
fashion In which he has always lived
Then he purchased 100 young chickens
He also started a garden while naval Of
f1cers went to him, and man to man in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
Premier's Health Motto

Health and horse-rejuvenation and
radish. This shall be my motto"
And he has stuck to the combination,
to the intense astonishment of other and
more careless diners who used to wonder
where in thunder he put all the radishes
set in front of him.
Now, whenever public banquet is att
tended by the Secretary of State, he sees
to 1t in advance that he has plate of
radishes set in front of him. The soup
comes along and the Secretary eats a rad
ish Ditto in lieu of fish. Ditto in lieu of
entree, roast, dessert and wine.
1t is recorded that when he sat down to
the democratic banquet in Washington
last year, when about 100 good democrats
were roistering in the name of harmony,
he incurred the dspleasure of former
democratic senator who sat near him eat
ing and drinking with great heartiness.
The senator when not hurting suste-
nance into himself fixde coldly critical
eye upon the peerless leader. The seator
watched one plate of radishes disappear,
saw another dish brought; watched that
also disappear into the general direction
of the silver voice.
When the coffee was reached the senator
could bear it no longer. Leaning toward
the toastmaster he inquired heavily:
I'm the name of heavens, is that man
going to drink his toasts in radshes,
too ="
Since his arrival in Washington Secre
tary Bryan's weakness has become more
generally known than before Conse-
quently the Bryan home is flooded at all
times with radishes, large and small,
white and red, pithy and juicy
AS Secretary Bryan unblushingly adj
mts that he weighs 22S pounds it takes
horse with a good strong physical and
moral backbone to keep going without
weakening amidships. Such a horse the
Secretary of State has had sent to him
from his home in Nebraska. Almost any
fine day, after the state department is
closed, the Washington pedestrian and
car rider, traversing the northwest sec
ton of the city in search of home and
dinner sees the Secretary of State can
-tering along with a large gray, soft hat
pulled well down over his bushy hair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
Bryan's Is Radishes

The Presidents premier William Jen-
nings Bryan, Secretary of State, has
leagued himself with two undying fads
to which he will cling until fads become
things of another era. Horses and rad
ishes-but not horse-radishes-are his pam
acea for the human ills. IL the average
mortal keeps his system filed to overflow
ing with radishes of the smaller species
with the red exterior-and IL he bounces
himself up and down on the hurricane
deck of some serious-minded steed, he
will never become ill or ailing and can al
ways preserve his temper.
The Secretary of State contracted the
radish habit when he began to be steady
visitor at banquets about 20 years ago. He
is man of acute perspicacity-make no
mistake about that-and it did not take
him long to learn that If he filled himself
with the various tempting courses served
at the average banquet it would only be
a question of time before he would have
to be wheeled around In a chair Taking
himself firmly in hand, the eloquent Me-
braskan said to himself:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
RISK JUST ONE CENT

Send no money. lust your name and
address on a postal card. Say: Dear
Sam Katz. Please tell me how you
cured your catarrh and how / can cure
understand. and will write to you with
complete information. FREE, at once.
Do not delay. Send postal card or write
me a letter today. Don't think of turn
ing this page until you have asked for
this wonderful treatment that can do
for you what 1t has done for me.
SAM KATZ. Suite A-353
1926 Michigan Ave. Chicago, Ill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
l AM FREE-YOU CAN BE FREE

Ny catarrh was filthy and loathsome.
1t made me ill. 1t dulled my mind 1t un
dermined my health and was weaken
ing my will. The hawking, coughing,
splitting made me obnoxious to all and
my foul breath and disgusting habits
made even my loved ones avoid me
secretly. My delight in life was dulled
and my faculties impaired. / knew that
in time it would bring me to an untime-
~ grave, because every moment of the
day and night it was slowly yet surely
sapping my vitality.
But / found a cure, and 1 am ready
to tell you about it FREE Write me
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12

ntOmiZerS, OF any
apparatus of any
kind. Nothing to
smoke or inhale.
No steaming or
rubbing or injec-
tions. No cleo
tricity or vibra-
tion or massa ge.
No powder: no
plasters; no keep
ing in the house.
Nothing of that
kind at all. Some-
thing new and
different some
thing delightful
and healthful -
s o m e t h | n & in
stantly successful.
You do not have
to wait and lin ger
and pay out a lot
of money. You
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
led Floor Annex
Utility House Dresses

Have been demonstrated and advertised by us
and the demand is so great we have standing
order which sends us these dresses every day
or so by express. If you have not investigated
the ''Utility,'' look into it tomorrow. 1t takes
the place of dress, kimono or apron slips on like
a coat and easily fastened Prices upward
from CSC
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
HEALTH FADS OF
PUBLIC MEM ARE
WIDELY VARIED
The President Longs to Use
Bicycle on Smooth Wash
ingtOn Streets
HORSE AND RADISH
BRYAN'S FAVORITES
Chief Justice White Is an Earnest
Pedestrian and Senator Cabot
Lodge Likes to Use
Roller Skates

Pubica mems health fads-the various
schemes by Hassch they defeat advancing
age and retain their youth-are as varied
as public men themselves. AT least that
is what 1 found in my search after the
schemes for rejuvenation adopted by the
big men of today, writes John Elfreth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12

can stop it over highland | will glad
ly tell you how-FREE. / am not a
doctor and this is not a so-called doc
tors prescription-but | am cured. and
my friends are cured, and you can be
cured; Your suffering will stop at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
| STOPPED
MY CATARRH
OVER NIGHT
/ Will Gladly Tell You
HOw-FREE
HEALS24HOURS

1t is new way. 1t is something abso-
lutely different No lotions, sprays or
sic1xly smelling salyeS or creams. NO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
Partisan Post Cards

Come get set of Partisan Girl
Post Cards. They are beautiful;
any you may want to write while
in the store we will stamp and
mail for you. You can see them
in our show windows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12

Dresses. some Silk Poplins in the lot; 1895 val
ues. On sale Monday at . .$595
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12

Every dress style and known fabric represented
in splendid showing for fall and winter We
and please purse to the absolute satisfaction of its
owner whether It's csc house dress the finest evening
gown Let enjoy visit from you you will not be urged
to buy.