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Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-09
FANS, BASEBALL BRAND.

Are Most of Them limitations of the
 Newspaper Cartoon?
 My own belief is that the fan. as the baseball writers and cartoonist have depicted him, is very rare being. To the extent that he does exist he is the creation, not of the baseball diamond. but of the sporting writer and the comic artist The fan models himself consciously upon the type set before him fin his favorite newspaper. It is once more q case of nature initiating art.
 If MT. Gibson many years ago had not drawn picture of fat men In shirt sleeves. perspiring freely and waving straw hats the newspaper art ists would not have initiated MT. Gib- son, and the baseball audience would not have initiated the newspapers. 1t is true that have seen baseball crowds in frenzy. but these have been isolated moments of high tension when all of US have been brought to our feet with loud explosions of joy or agony.
 But the perspiring. ululant fan in shirt sleeves. ceaselessly waving his straw hat, uttering imprecations on the enemy, his enthusiasm obviously aroused by stimulants preceding his arrival at the baseball park, is far from being representative of the base ball crowd.-Simeon Strunsky in At lantic Monthly.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-09
Atomic Attraction.

Hydrogen and oxygen gases sepa rately may be compressed to the liquid form, and then the compression fur. ther is exceedingly difficult But in the chemical union of two atoms of hydrogen with one of oxygen to form a water molecule the immense force Of atomic attraction, or chemism, as one may prefer to name the force, is one of the most powerful in nature. It re- duces huge volumes of the gases down to a far less volume. and the force is far greater than can be secured in any machine of screws. levers or hydraulic presses. Atomic attraction is perhaps the most powerful in nature. At least it is strong enough to hold atoms ot steel and platinum together and dia- monds.-New York American.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-09
SHOOTING A DEER.
The Tropical Poisoned Arrow Sent
 Him to Sleep and Death.

Tn. Tropical Poisoned Arrow Sent
 Him to Sleep and Death.
 Hunting with poison, as practiced by the natives of Brazil and other tropi- cal American countries, is thus de- scribed in a communication to the Ma tional Geographic society. at Wa.hrng' ton. by Dewey Austin Cobb:
 "ln hunting. the arTnwe. which are dipped in poison. consist o1 . point of wood or bone. not more than an inch Iong ana the size of a toothpick, to which is attached little tuft or hairy fiber of the silk cotton tree. The gun is a straight bamboo tube from five to six feet long, with a sight at one end and funnel shaped expansion to fit the mouth at the other. The prin- ciple Is precisely the same as the schoolboy's tube for blowing putty balls. and the accuracy of the natives is wonderful"
 MT. Cobb gives the following descrip- ton of the shooting of deer:
 "A good sized buck walked out of the corn and stopped. exposing to us It's full broadside as we lay some thirty feet away. Our hunter fired. The animal gave slight start as he felt the prick of the arrow on his flank and turned partly around, sniff ing the air for scent and looking around as if searching for the insect that had bitten him. Detecting noth- ing. he stood still and unalarmed. At the end of a minute or so his head dropped little. as if he was sleepy. The hunter stepped out in plain sight The deer looked at him and moved forward. not away from him. few steps and stopped He showed no fear. but simply curiosity.
 My companion and l rose. and the three of us walked quietly within reach of him. He made no movement to run away. but watched US intently and shifted his position little. His movements seemed perfectly easy and natural Absence of fear seemed the only observable change until at the end of three minutes or more: then he lay down. not falling, but as naturally as COW or sheep when ready for sleep. His breathing seemed easy and natural. At the end of ten minutes. though he opened his eyes when touch ed, his breath became shorter and slower. Eighteen minutes after he was | struck by the arrow he was dead"
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-09
Summons for Publication.

Summons for Publication. In Justices Court for Valdez Precinct,
 Territory of Alaska.
 Frances Wilson, plaintiff, vs. Anna Guenther, defendant.-Summons for Publication.
 To the defendant, Anna Guenther: Take notice that you have been sued in the above-named court by the above-named plaintiff upon an ac- count for goods sold and delivered, in the sum of $5S.5O; that personal property belonging to you has been attached to satisfy said claim; and unless you appear and plead to plain tiffs complaint within thirty days af- ter completion of publication of this summons, to-wit, within thirty days after December 21, 1914, plaintiff will take judgment for the sale of said attached property to satisfy her claim against you. This publication is made pursuant to an order of the court dated Mo- vember g, 1914.
 (SeaD GEO. J. LOVE, Commissioner and Ex Officio Justice of the Peace.
 First publication November g, 1914. Last publication December IA, 1914.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-09
EACH MADE A MISTAKE.
N Was In Fact, a Case of "Turn About
 Is Fair Play"

N Was In Fact, a Case of "Turn About
 Is Fair Play"
 Sam Showalter was having a sale of his surplus stock. To start the sale he led out a milk COW. one of the best of his herd, and told the auctioneer she was four years old. John Dawson. a long, leathery. weather beaten fellow with a shrewd eye, bid in the COW. He gave Showalter check for the amount and said he would come for the COW the next day.
 "I tell you. John," said Showalter when Dawson rode up the next morn ing to lead home his purchase, T made a mistake yesterday. said that COW was only four years old, but when I talked it over with the old woman last night I remembered that she is eight years old. It was another COW alto gether that had in mind.
 "I didn't want to let mistake like that go with neighbor," continued Showalter. whose word was not usual ly accepted as entirely dependable in the community. ''so thought the fair thing to do was to tell you and just let you take your check back and I'll keep the cow"
 Dawson squinted his eye approvingly at the cow-she had every mark of good milker-and then looked apprais ingly at Showalter.
 Well. Sam." he said. turn about Is fair play. You made a mistake yester- day; I'll make one today and just keep the cow."-Youth's Companion.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-09
Napier at the Battle of Meeanee.


 When in the fight held my life as gone. for as to escaping all idea of that vanished when 1 saw the Twenty-sec. ond giving way and was obliged to ride between the fires of two lines not twenty yards apart expected death as much from our men as the enemy. and was much singed by our fire, my whiskers twice or thrice so and my face peppered by fellows who in their fear fired high over all heads but mine and nearly scattered my brains. In agony l rode. holding my reins with broken hand (he had sprained it few days beforeI and quite unequal to a single combat had Beloochee picked me out, as one was about to do when Marston slew, him.-Letter of Sir Charles Napier.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-09
ACOUSTIC CLOUDS.
Why Church Bells Sound Louder on
 Some Days Than on Others.

Why Church Bells Sound Louder on
 Some Days Than on Others.
 Every one has noticed that on certain days church bells are heard much bet ter than on others and sometimes are not heard at all on other days. The same distance intervenes between the church and the persons residence, the same intensity is used to strike the bell. the same visible obstacles are be- tween the two at one time as at an other.
 Then why does the intensity of the peal vary? It has been found that there are what is known as acoustic clouds" in the air. They cannot be seen, but they may be detected artifi- c1ally. They have the property of re- fecting sound just as brick wall has, So if a thick one of these so called "clouds" intervenes between the church bell and the observer most of the sound is reflected back to the bell. and very little gets through. The acoustic clouds consist simply of large quantity of water vapor in the air. and water va. DOT itself is invisible. So we are able to see through something that we can not hear through. Generally. of course. 1t is the other way round. We can hear through a piece of black paper. but we cannot see through it.
 Now. if these acoustic clouds are dis posed in a certain manner 1t is possible that they will reflect the sound into a region where the bells tone is ordina rily not heard at all save when the clouds are present and disposed in the proper manner.-Chicago Herald.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-09
Stil, Observe Druid Festival,

The old midsummer lire festival Ot druidical origin is still celebrated on the continent, but there is probably only one spot in Great Britain where it is still observed. and that is Tarbolton. in Ayrshire. For days before the fes uval the village lads collect materials for the great bonfire. The fuel is built upon an altar of turf. and a match is applied at sunset, after which the folk solemniy march around the blaze. and the daring youngsters vie with one an. other in dashing through the dames.- London Tt-Bits
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-09
Easily Classified.

Hemmandhaw. who was writing a letter, looked up to inquire:
 ''Is 1t ever permissible to apply gen. der to volcanoesY'
 "I don't know," Mrs. Hemmendhaw returned, but if it Is they are surely masculine"
 ''Why7'
 "Because they sputter, grumbIe and smoke."-YOungstow Telegram.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-09
Germany on North Sea.

The border of Germany on the North sea. from the easternmost corner of Oldenburg to the northernmost point in Schleswig. measures some POO miles. The Kaiser Wilhelm (Kiel) canal Is sixty -one miles long and cost $40.0OO.- 900.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-09
panasrous ooeupation.

Does my pract1cing make you nerv- ousT' asked the man who ts learning to play the c0rnet
 "It did when first heard tho neigh bors discussing It." seplied the sym. pathetic person. "But now Pm getting so l don't care what happens to you" -Washington Star.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-09
Hats On.

It is customary in Quito when a visitor takes on his hat upon entering a room to beg him to put it on again. and. in the absence of permission. leave is generally requested. This. ir Is said. arises from apprehension that cold will be taken by remaining uD' covered.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-09
Preparjna For the Fray.

Preparing For the Fray.
 "sI'm going to make speech that will make my friends sit up."
 "You're on the wrong track" replied the experienced campaigner. "See if you can't make one that will cause the other fellows to lie down."-Washing- ton Star
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-09
SuperopttmjSt.

What a cheerful woman Mira. Smi. ley ts."
 'Isn't she7 Why. do you know. that woman can have a really good time thinking what a good time she would have if she were having 'it"- Boston Transcript.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-09
ldIe Curiosity.

For no reason at all we have wonder ed and wondered and wondered what moths ate before Adam and Even went in for dress reform.-Philadel- phia Ledger.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-09
Earlv lmpressious.

Early impressions. are not easily eras;; ed. The virgin wax ts faithful to the signet. and subsequent impressions seem rather to tndent the former ones than to eradicate them.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-09
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

The launch Brighton returned from Port Wells this morning.
 Over a dozen varieties of apples to pick from at the Yakima Fruit Go. If
 Captain Peabody and wife returned to town today from Port Wells.
 Prescriptions carefully compound. ed at Valdez Drug Co. If
 c. o. Reinke, the watchmaker and jeweler, Is at the Valdez Drug Co. All work guaranteed.
 Remington and Smith Premier type writers for sale or rent at Valdez DFue O. t
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-09
Nail Holes jn Wood.

Na1J 7oIe0 Jh Woou.
 Old nail holes in wood may be tiled up by mixing sawdust with glue till 1t is the consistency of stir paste. Press this compound into the holes. and 1t will become as hard as the wood itself.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-09

Where life is more terrible than death it Is the truest valor to dare to Nve.-Browne.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-09
Somebody
 With{ Money

always has been found to "back" a good plan, a good idea, a good busi- ness venture or a good mining prospect-other- wise a good many of to- days successful business enterprises would still be mere dreams.
 Advertising has brought about a majority of the introductions of the man with the idea, the man with a prospect or busi- ness to tho man with the dollar.
 ADvERTl8E lN THE PRoSPEoTCR FOR RE-
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-09

Self respect is, next to religion. the ehiafegt bride of su v1cos.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-09

'T'm sorry about Browns failure. He's a brick if ever there was one" "Then its not unnatural that he should go to the walL"-Cncinnat Commercial Tribune.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-09
The elnuls Thouaht.

The Single Theusht Stslla--Wera you two souls with but . single thought2 Bella-That was just the trouble: he wanted to say eing)oI-NeW York Sun.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-09

Imported Japanese baskets at Val des Drug Co. 6
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-09
Get a Skate On.

Go to the Valdez Rink; five-p1ece orchestra every Sunday, Tuesday and Friday. u
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-09
Sweat Baths

Sweat Baths. First-class sweat baths and mas sage parlors at room 5, Montana. tf
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-08-21
Horticultural
i0NCzAWl5 Vs.
CARE OF BLACK RASPBERRlES
Soil, Plowed Deep, Should Be Rather
Fertile and Free From All Grass
and Foul Weeds.

The soil for the berries should be
fairly fertile, free from sod or roots,
such as quack or blue-root grass and
all foul weeds. Pillow rather deep, and
harrow until the earth is perfectly fine
and pliable. Too much manure has
been known to bring on "the yellows,"
disease fatal to berry plants. And
let it be said right here, if any yellow
plants are ever discovered they should
be pulled up at once and promptly
burned
Mark the ground with corn marker
three feet each way Set every row
one way and every other one the other
way-making the rows three feet by
six feet.
Plants should be set as soon in the
spring as they are large enough-say
from four to six inches high. Put
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-08-21
No Airs About Her

"Airs!" exclaimed the proud mother,
and shook her head vigorously. my
Elsie, for all her learning, hasn't any
more airs, so to speak, than her poor
old dad"
Then she won't turn up her nose at
her old friends?" queried the visitor.
La, no."
How refreshing! Most girls who go
through college nowadays will hardly
look at you after they're graduated"
well, they amt like my Elsie, that's
all I can say" retorted Elsie's ma.
She's become carnivorous reader, of
course, and she frequently importunes
music. But stuck up-my Elsie? Not a
bit. She's unanimous to everybody,
has most infantile vocabulary, and
what's more, never keeps a caller
waiting while she dresses up. No, she
just runs down, nom de plume, as she
is"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-08-21
CULTIVATION OF AN ORCHARD
During Dry Seasons Stirring of Soil
Enables Roots to Go Deeper After
Needed Moisture.

Roots of fruit trees go down deep
into the soil, and for this reason many
farmers who have orchards think there
is no need to cultivate them. This Is
a mistake, as great benefit can be de-
rived from cultivation. This is espe
cially true during dry Seasons, as the
stirring of the soil causes the roots to
grow deeper into the ground and en-
ables them to get the necessary mois
ture. Disease spores on fallen leaves
and fruit can be destroyed by turning
under the sod. Very often insect pests
breed under the trees and by stirring
up the soil these places are destroyed
In the spring as soon as the ground
is in fit condition is the best time to
commence cultivating. This cultiva
ton should continue while the tree is
making its seasons growth. After
the last blowing it is good plan to
SOW some crop which can be turned
under as a fertilizer the following
spring.
If frequent cultivation should tend
to make the trees grow too rapidly and
not to fruit well, then let the orchard
go back into sod for while.
1t is very necessary to cultivate the
new orchard-the trees will grow fast
er, the roots go deeper and many Of
the insect pests and diseases will be
more easily controlled.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-08-21

them in deep; six inches is a good
depth. They must have a good firm
rooting to help the heavy plants with
stand the hard winds the following
years.
Cultivate and hoe often enough to
keep the field free from weeds. The
more often the soil is stirred the
greater will be the yield. In dry
season frequent cultivation draws the
moisture to the surface and helps to
tide the plants over until the rain
comes. Sod will soon run out" berry
brushes. Keep the land level and
clean.
If no young plants are wanted for
the next year, this finishes the first
season. If, however, new sets are de-
sired, either for home use or for sale,
this is the way to get them. By the
way, plants in the spring sell all the
way from SO to $40 thousand, &C.
cording to supply and demand.
Early in September bury the ends
in the ground about two inches. A
trowel makes a good tool for this pur-
pose.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-08-21
Giving Young Horse a Rest.

The three-year-old colts that have
been worked during the rush season
OF the spring and early summer would
appreciate being let out in the pasture
now, where they can kick up their
heels and do some more growing. The
colt should not be worked too hard
during the hot weather--if he Is
worked too hard he will never make
the horse that he otherwise would.
Give the three-year-old, or even the
fouryear-old, if this is his first season
of work, rest during the excessively
hot weather and he will put on a big
growth before next spring.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-08-21

thing by roofing. Even if he doesn't,
he has plenty Of time to spare, and
roofing will certainly not hurt him to
any decided extent
When a pigs tail curls up in a
crispy, tight sort of way, it is sign
he feels good, and is thriving. If it
desn't, he needs something to brace
him up.
Some farmers cut off the tails Of
their pigs, because they claim it takes
ten ears of corn to raise one tail;
therefore, they amputate, in the inter
est of economy.
The man who breeds hogs with high
ideals of perfection cannot succeed
unless he keeps an active record of
his breeding operations. He needs a
blank book for the purpose, and must
pay the most careful attention to en-
tries.
An armful of green cornstalks will
add relish to the hogs ration, but 1t
should not be fed regularly until the
corn in the ear has hardened beyond
the possibility Of frost
Do you know anything around the
farm that will run into money faster
than hogs?
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-08-21
VALUABLE HINTS FOR
THE SWINE BREEDER
Pigs Lose ThriftineSs and ConSti,
tuition When Confined in
Small, Unclean Pen.

In breeding swine, we must consid-
er the type of hog tho market de-
mands.
Never sacrifice a good body in order
to shorten the snout or decrease the
size of the ears.
Buy boar of some reliable breeder
who has been working for years to
get the correct type of a pig, and
who is prepared to furnish the type
you desire.
With well-bred hogs your feed and
care will produce the best results.
1t is mistaken idea that breeding
animals, to do well, must be fed only
enough to keep them alive.
Swine are natives of tropical eli
mate and should have warm and dry
quarters.
Feed pig all he can eat without
squealing. This can be done only by
watching him eat and knowing just
how much he needs.
Make sleeping bunk" for pigs of
by foot frame set around the
corner of the pen floor in which straw
bedding is put Have it away from
the feeding trough and dirt. Locate
it in cool, shady place, The pigs
learn quickly if it is their bunk and
will occupy it. Keep clean.
Is it any wonder that pigs lose their
thriftiness and constitution and be-
= y
legs when they are confined in an
by 10 pen that is cleaned but once
year, and then when the owner has
time. Stop and figure the losses that
result from pigs that do not do well
and are restless, when all they need
to make them comfortable and con-
tented, is the run of nice, clean
pasture, where they can leave their
droppings to the benefit of the soil.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-08-21
SUMMER PRUNING OF TREES
Large Limbs Can Be Removed at This
Time Just as Safely as Any
Other Season of Year.

If the tree has a dense top, open
up the center to permit sunlight and
air to enter. Thin out the sides by
removing from one-tenth to one
fourth the branches, always cutting
back to limb, and never leaving
long stub to die or throw out big
crop of sprouts. Summer pruning can
not be profitably practised on old
stunted, dying trees. They need re-
juvenation, which comes with winter
pruning, but may be profitably prac-
tised upon old, thrifty, shy-bearing
trees.
Large limbs can be removed at this
time just as safely as at any other
season Of the year, only it is not adj
visable to remove too much of the
top at once. Where great quantities
of wood must be removed it is better
to distribute It's removal over a period
of from two to three years, rather than
than entirely unbalance the trees
growth.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-08-21
REVELATION WAS TOO MUCH
Picture Of "Hollerins Jones" at Fa-
Vorite Diversion Caused Him
to Reform.

A well-known illustrator. who makes
interesting western pictures, once
made the acquaintance of noisy but
good-humored cowboy who rejoiced in
the appellation of "Hollering Jones'"
In physical appearance this man was
typical of his kind, and the artist made
several studies of him, both in re-
pose and in his favorite diversion of
"hollering" Some of the studies were
sold by the artist to an eastern maya
zine. They showed Jones in his most
violent state.
A year later the artist again visited
the region. He was soon approached
by Mr. Jones himself, bearing one OF
the pictures, which he had torn from
the magazine in which it was printed
Pointing to it, he asked:
is that me?"
We'll" replied the artist, evasively
Il got the general idea from you, OF
course, but"
"Oh, amt takin' no offense," Jones
made haste to say. TITS all right; only
II it's me, say So"
"If you put 1t to me that way" sait
the artist, Il can only reply that it is
a fairly good portrait of you"
"The men here on the ranch agree
with you. So look like that when
holler, do II"
81 think you do"
'In that case" said Hollering Jones
"all I've got to say is that Hollerinl
Jones has hollered his last holler
Hereafter, when l celebrates, l doe
80 with tin horn. In my own opin
ion, no man has right to look lik,
that-not round white folks, anyhow.
Youths Companion.