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The Yale expositor., 1915-02-04
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N<W E<{M anu SOCIAL QcVclOpIuenC. L ne means Dy
kksseg which the human voice, with its slightest
infections and indications of personality,
can be carried across the continent instantly,
have been provided. Talking by telephone from
New York to San Francisco is now an accom-
pshed fact.
The celebration of this latest and greatest
triumph in the art of telephony has just taken
place Within short time the public will have,
ready for its use, the product of American
brains, American initiative and American scien-
tihc and technical skill, transcontnental tele-
phone service, the equal of which is not even
approached in all the other nations of the world.
1t is splendid scientific achievement of the
very highest character. The power that sends
the human voice out over the telephone is scarcely
greater than that of BREATH yet the means
have been provided by which this tiny, almost
imaginary impulse, made up of as many as 1000
separate vibrations second, can be picked up
by delicate instrument, conserved over a dis
tanee of S,40o miles, and reproduced perfectly
and instantly across the continent. The human
voice has been made to travel as fast light,
faster than sound unaided by technical apparatus;
indeed il rivals THOUGHT even, in the swift
ness Of its fight.
The imagination can but feebly grasp, much
less attempt to measure, the far-reachng signi6-
cance of such a tremendous accomplishment.
One hundred million people will have for their
daily use system of communication that knows
no East no West, no North, no South. Dialects,
provincialisms sectional prejudices, must event.
ually yield to the closer union, the better under
The Yale expositor., 1915-02-04

standing, the more intimate eomradeship that the
human voice establishes. The neighborhness OF
a whole nation is advanced by the brushing away
of the physical restraints of centuries.
This contribution to the future happiness and'
prosperity of more closely united people has
not been brought about however, by the over
coming of a few isolated concrete difficulties.
It's success has depended upon the exercise OF
the highest engineering and technical skill and
the solution was found only in the cumulative eff
feet of improvements great and small, IN tele
phone, transmtter, line, cable, switchboard, and
every other piece of apparatus or plant required
in the transmission of speech.
In this work the experimental and research
department of the Bell System OF which this
Company is part has been engaged ever since
the telephone became a commercial possibility
less than 40 years ago. With no traditions TO
follow and no experience TO guide, this depart
ment, which is now directed by staff of over
$50 engineers and scientists, including former
professors, post graduate students, scientific in
vestigators-the graduates of 140 universities-
has created entirely art-the art of tele-
phony, and has given to the people of this coun-
try a telephone service that has no equal.
1t has required vast expenditures Of money
and immense concentration of effort but these
have been justified by results of immeasurable
benefit to the public. The transcontinental tele-
phone line, 3,400 miles long joining the Atlantic
and Pacific, is part of the Bell System of 21 100000
miles of wire connecting 100000 telephone sta
tions located everywhere throughout the United
States. Composing this system are the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company and AS
sociated Companies ard connecting companies
giving universal service to loooOo,ooo people
The Yale expositor., 1915-02-04

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Valdez daily prospector., 1915-05-04
Nietzsche Hated tho Germ ans.

"Nietzsche's personal charm of man. ner," said Dr. Brandes. the Danish critic in a recent lecture, was in strong contrast to the violence with which he attacked established institu- tions in his writings. His pet aver sion was the Germans. and in his later books the word Teutonic stood for. him for all that was evil. To dine with Germans. he said. gave him indiges- ton!
 This antipathy to his countrymen is closely paralleled in Byron's an tipathy to Englishmen. Stendahrs to the French and Heine's to the Ger mans. It arose in Neitzsche's case from a disgust of humanity-a disgust which was best expressed by what the Greeks called misanthropy."- GlObe
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-05-04
TIME TO CURTAIL STUDY.
Check Brain Work Whom the Child 10
 Growing Rapidly.

Check Brain Work Whom the Child Is
 Growing Rapidly.
 As soon as a child begins to grow rapidly all intellectual exertion should be checked. Such is the theory which Dr. c. Mercier, the famous English au- article in the London Lancet. Espe- cially when there Is any family tenden- cy to nervous or mental disorder, rap idly growing children should be with drawn from school altogether until the period of rapid growth is over.
 Mercier does not think that intellec- tual work at high pressure is harmful to either boys or girls as long as food, sleep and bodily exercise are sufficient, but he is sure that pressure of intel lectual work in those who are grow ing rapidly should never be permit ted, and if growth be proceeding very rapidly all intellectual work should be put aside.
 Dr. Mercier insists that 1t is scarce ly possible to give growing children too much to eat, and it should always be borne in mind that the carbohy- drates = starch. sugar and fat are mainly fuel that is burned up in pro- ducing muscular movement and that the proteins are the main elements in the formation of tissue. Consequently it is a mistake to restrict the meat ra- ton of children
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-05-04
Washinqton Is Silent.

WASHINGTON, May Awhile de- clining to discuss in detail the Amer ican policy toward the Japanese-Chi nese negotiations, Secretary Bryan told inquirers today that the United States government still stood firmly on the announcement made at the be- ginning of the Wilson administration of it's purpose to support the policy of the open door and freedom of com mercial opportunity in the Far East.
 Sir Edward Grey's statement of a similar character in the British Par l liament indicated to officials that l Great Britain's position had under gone no change, and that the prin- ciple of the open door would continue to be the aim of the powers. The Japanese government itself had given the United States, as we'll as the oth- CT powers, assurances that it is not it's purpose to violate in any way 1 either the open door policy or Chi mas territorial integrity.
 How far the present demands on l China by Japan may be considered as infringing upon these principles is a question which can be answered on 1 ly by knowledge of the details of l the negotiations, something here of ficials are unwilling to discuss be, cause of the injunction of secrecy placed upon the matter by the Japan. ese government
 Officials here, however, have re. gently appeared optimistic over the progress of the negotiations, indicat
 ing a belief that the difficulties at Picking may be satisfactorily adjust. ed without requiring further diplo. matic correspondence between the United States and Japan.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-05-04
Answered the Call.

Floors castle. home of the Duke of Roxburghe, was the scene of curious psychical mystery over century ago. Sir Walter Scott relates the incident. John, third Duke of Roxburghe, who died in 1894. the celebrated book col lector, when arranging his library en- ployed neither secretary nor libra rian, but a footman called Archie, who knew every book as shepherd does each sheep of his flock. There was a bell hung in the dukes room at Floors which was used on no occasion except to call Archie to his study. The duke died in St. James, square at time when Archie was himself sinking un- der a mortal complaint. On the day of the funeral the library bell sudden ly rang violently. The dying Archie sat up in bed and faltered. "Yes, my lord duke, yes, l will wait on your grace instantly" And with these words on his lips he fell back in bed and died.-St. James, Gazette.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-05-04
Notice of Forfeiture.

To G. A. Brown, hIs heirs and ad.
 ministrators and to all it may con-
 cern:
 You are hereby notified that we have expended during the years 1912, 1913, and 1914, the sum of three hun dred dollars ($300.00), lawful money of the United States, in labor and improvements. upon your one-sixth interest in those mining claims lying and being on Mineral creek, in the recording precinct of Valdez, Alaska, which are known as the Monte Carlo group consisting of the Monte Carlo,
 Monte Carlo No. 2, Monte Carlo No.
 8, Monte Carlo No. 4, Monte Carlo
 Mo- 5, Monte Carlo No. 6, the
 location notices of said claims
 being of record in the office of the commissioner and recorder, at Valdez, Alaska, pages numbered 322,
 323, 325, 326, and 327, of Book Min ing Records, in order to hold said claims under the provisions of Sec ton 2324 of the Revised Statutes of tue United States, concerning annual labor on mining claims, being the
 amount required to hold said lode claims for the period ending Decem. Der, 1914.
 And unless within ninety days af ter the completion of the publication of this notice, to-wit: within ninety days after the 9th day of May, 1915, you contribute your proportion of such expenditure incurred in perform ing said annual labor and improve ments, which is the sum of three hundred dollars C$S0O.0O), your inter- est in said claims will become the
 property of your co-owners, who have
 made the required expenditure, by the terms of said sec+ion.
 Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 4th lay of February, 1915.
 MIKE BARRETT. JULIUS JUNGHOI4M. Last publication May 6. 1915.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-05-04
.CH|NKS REFUSE
 LAPS DEMANDS
(Continued from page 1.)

were asked of him concerning the negotiations now going on between China and Japan. He replied that while the negotiations were still pro- ceeding he would not be able to make a detailed statement. Speaking gen. erally, however he declared that the policy of the British government with respect to China continued to be gov erned by the terms of the Anglo-Ja- panese agreement, as defined above.
 The foreign secretary added that the government was in close touch with diplomatic circles in China and Japan, and with commercial bodies interested in. the Far East, and said the House might rest assured that the government would endeavor to secure, to the best of it's ability, an open door to British comemrce in all parts of China.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-05-04
LOST HIS OWN CASE.
An Unfortunate Contradiction That
 Queered Him In Court.

An Unfortunate Contradiction That
 Queered Him In Court.
 A Cleveland lawyer tells story about woman from the country who wanted a divorce. When the case got into court the judge, disregarding for the moment the technical grounds, tried to find out the real reason for the lady's desire to be separated from the man she had lived with for so many years. The man himself was in court with a lawyer, and it looked as if he was going to fight the case.
 Mrs. Dash," said the judge, tell me what fault you have to find with your husband"
 "He is a liar, brute thief and a brainless foolw answered the lady promptly.
 "Tut, tutr' exclaimed his honor. You could hardly prove all that"
 Prove 1t? Why, everybody knows it!'
 "If you knew it, why did you marry him?
 T didn't know it before 1 married him."
 Then the husband spoke for the first time.
 "She did, toov' he shouted.-Cleve- land Plain Dealer.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-05-04
CRANKS AT SEA.
Some of tho Things With Which Cap
 tains Have to Contend.

Panic. more or less suppressed, seizes many passengers on an ocean liner when anything out of the ordi- nary happens" said the ships officer. Often they are cranks who seem to be obsessed with the belief that their opinions will help navigate the ship, and who pursue the engineer or the captain with incessant advice.
 "On our last trip, which was very rough, one old gentleman tried to reach the bridge where the captain was and had to be halted by force.
 "'But l want to ask the captain about the crew. he fumed. Is the crew trustworthy? What shall we do if we sink? What shall l tell my wife?
 1.-Two sailors were detailed to take him below with instructions to remain and answer his questions.
 "When we reached port his first act was to call on the president of the steamship company for the purpose of giving notice that he would never trav- el on another ship of their line. Said he:
 "'It was only by miracle that any of your passengers reached port at all In the midst of all that storm, with the sea threatening to swallow us all, your captain slunk away where not soul could reach him.
 "I call that negligence! !"-New York Times.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-05-04
U. s. Demands Open Door.

PEKING, China, May At is an nounced here that as soon as the United States government was in. formed of the demands made on Chi. na that President Wilson, through Secretary of State w. J. Bryan, in, formed the Chinese government that the United States would insist upon it's right under the favored nation clause of the treaty. This would place the United States upon an equal footing with Japan and any concessions granted to the Japanese would also apply to Americans if the treaty is effective
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-05-04
RECKLESS RAILROADING.
they Kicked on the Speed and Bag.
 gage Smashing In 1846.

they Kicked on the Speed and Bag
 gage Smashing In 1846.
 A correspondent. Professor Edward l.. Morse of Salem, sends the following extract from a letter written by Louis Agassiz to his mother. The letter is dated Boston. December. 1S4G:
 Leaving Boston the 1Gth of October. I went by railroad to New Haven. passing through Springfield. The rapid ity of the locomotion is frightful to those who are unused to it, but you adapt yourself to the speed and soon become, like all the rest of the world. impatient of the slightest delay. 1 well understand that an antipathy for this mode of travel is possible. There is something internal in the irresistible power of steam, carrying such heavy masses along with the swiftness of lightning.
 "The habits growing out of contin- ued contact with railroads and the in- fiuence they exert on a portion of the community are far from agreeable un- til one is familiar with them. You would cry out in dismay did you see your baggage flung pell nell like logs of wood-trunks, chests, travelling bags, hat boxes-all in the same mill, and if here and there something goes to pieces no one is astonished. Never mind! We go fast-we gain time. That is the essential thing"
 And this was on the Boston and Al bany! And there was baggage smash, ing in 1S46.-Boston Herald.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-05-04
She Makes Vioiins.

Working quietly in sunny apart ment in Brooklyn. the only woman maker of violins in this country. if not in the world. plies her trade. She came by her talent naturally, for her father was famous maker of violins in Austria in his day, and he impart- ed the secret of his art to his daugh- ter. The young woman fashions the delicate instruments with the masters touch and then. when all is completed, applies the coat of varnish, that proc ess which makes or mars the finest instruments. The formula of the var nish is a secret given to her by her father.-New York Tribune.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-05-04
No Joke at All.

Reginald came into the club in a highly excited state one afternoon and drew an acquaintance aside into a corner of the lounge.
 What do you think?" said he. "l went to see that broker fellow Rosen- wasser and asked for a loan of $1,O0O to tide me over. If you'll believe me the bounder said all he could spare was 50 cents."
 Never mind, Reggie" replied the acquaintance soothingly, "that was just Rosenwasser's little joke"
 "Joke! You call 1t joke, do you! Look here! Here's the 50 cents."- New York Post.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-05-04
French konqo.

The territory formerly known as the French Kongo and now designated as French Equatorial Africa comprises more than 6OOOOO square miles and contains approximately 100000 in- habitants. The country is divided into three colonies: Gabon, capital at Libre- vile; Moyen tor middle) Kongo, capi- tai at Brazzaville; Ubangi- Chari, capi- tai at Fort de Possel. and the territory of Tchad.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-05-04
Rouah on Ellen.

Among the quaint scrapbooks of tho late Clyde Fitch there was one devoted entirely to typographical errors.
 One of these errors appeared in criticism of Ellen Terry. The review CT wrote, "Her love of Portia made acting easy" The sentence appeared in the paper as Her love of port made acting easy .'"-Florida Times Union.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-05-04
Celluloid Censnt.

Celluloid articles can be mended with cement made by dissolving bits of celluloid in acetone. It takes only few minutes to make the cement, which is applied like glue. The bro- ken edges are pressed together and in fifteen minutes the cement is hard.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-05-04

The world would be both better and brighter if we would dwell on the duty of happiness as well as on the happi- ness of duty.-Slr John Lubbock
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-05-04
Togoland.

Togoland. a German West African colony, lies between Dahomey on the east and the Gold Coast colony on the west, the Atlantic ocean being the southern boundary. It has an area of B, ,659 square miles and population of more than 100000.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-05-04
Her Ears In Dancer.

Susie had left her toys about the kitchen. Mother picking them up}-- Susie, if you leave these things about the kitchen again I'll box your ears and throw them in the ash pit.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-05-04
No vicss.

No viess.
 Nell don't suppose MT. Sillicus has any vices. Belle-vices! Why, he be- longs to a glee club, an amateur the atrical society and writes poetry - Philadelphia Record.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-05-04
Must 30 lll.

"Your fathers sicker man than we thought"
 'srhat 50, maf"
 "Yes. l just did something that suited him."-Detroit Free Press.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-05-04
Satire.

Satire is a sort of glass wherein be- holders do generally discover every body's face but their own. which is the chief reason for that kind reception 1t meets with in the world.-Swift.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-05-04
TIDE TABLES PORT OF VALDEZ.

TV06 TV06E0 V0NV VT VV10Gz.s Compiled from the official tide ta. bles issued by the Coast and Geodet- ic Survey. The time for high and low water Is for the Port of Valdez and Is Valdez time. Immediately fol- lowing the time of high and low wa ter is given the height of the tide In feet and ten.hs:
 Tuesday, May q. High tide 3:05 a. m.. 125:. 4:55 p. m., 9.7.
 Low tide 1O:16 a. m, or; 9:57 p. m., 3.3.
 Wednesday, May 5. High tide 4:09 a. m.. 11.6; 6:0S p. m., 9.7.
 Low tide 11:22 a. m., O.1; 11:25 p. m., 3.5.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-05-04
DONALDSON SCHEDULE.

Leaves Fort Liscum. Leaves Valdez 8:15 a. m. 9:46 8. m. 1:16 p. m. 400 p. m.
 TUESDAYS
 8:15 a. m. 9:45 a. m. 1:N p. m. 200 p. m. 4:30 p. m. 500 p. m.
 SATURDAYS
 1:15 p. m. 400 p. m. zoo p. m. 10:30 p. m. There will be no trips Of the launch on the secold and fourth Fridays of each month, these days being used to clean boil l,-s.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-05-04

Through the wide world he only \ alone who lives not for another.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-05-04

Latest popular copyrights and clas sics at Valdez Drug Co. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-05-04

Alder wood for sale at $500 a cord four-foot length. Phone 195. k6
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-05-04

Spring is here. Get your disinfect- ants at Valdez Drug Co. If
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-12
A VERY PROPER BILL

THE need OF some such bill as was
presented in the Legislature a
= week or more ago for the con-
troll of the sale of heroin and
other drugs derivative of opium is
illustrated by the discovery of a res
taurant in Philadelphia where it may
be said without much exaggeration
that heroin was one of the items regu-
larly served on the bill of fare. A
young girl was found there uncon-
scious from the use of the drug and
the police ascertained that this was by
no means an uncommon occurrence.
The law regulating the sale of such
drugs ought to be made so stringent as
to make we'll nigh impossible their
improper use. The profits on such
commodities are large and the temp
tation is great for the unscrupulous
when they are able to operate without
much fear of punishment. Further
than that, the reward for successful
persecution in cases of this kind ought
to be made SO great as to encourage
officers and detective agencies to keep
1t is bad enough when the use of
heroin and opium in any form is
abused by a regularly licensed pby-
sician, but it is far worse when the
drug can be purchased on the open
market. Patients should beware of
the doctor who prescribes heroin and
similar opiates extensively. This prac-
tice is the cloak under which the un-
skillful physician DISCUSSES his in
ability to diagnose and treat diseases.
Opium merely makes the patient in
sensible to pain. it is not a cure. It's
use is justif1able in extreme cases only.
Reputable physicians no longer treat
symptoms; they apply their drug to
eradicate the disease itself The doc
tor who does otherwise does so to the
injury of his patient and he is guilty
of a grave offense. Beware OF him.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-12

out Pennsylvania and the central west
ern territory return to Harrisburg with
the same story. Wherever one or two
men are gathered together there will
be expressed the belief that the Re-
publican party will be returned to
power in 1916 by the most overwhelm-
ing majority in the history of the
country. Even dyed-in-the-wool DEM
ocrats are convinced that something
is wrong at Washington" and while
they maintain their faith in the doc
trine of Jefferson many OF them openly
avow that they will vote for a change
at the national capital at the very first
opportunity.
There is just one reason for all this
the people believe that the Wilson
administration has failed utterly to
make good its promises. Under a
regime that went into office with econ
omy as its keynote and a reduction in
the high cost of living its solemn
pledge. we are now witnessing at
Washington such extravagant eXpendi-
ture of the public money as was never
known before and we are paying for
household necessities prices from 10
to 90 per cent. greater than during the
period of Republican administration
which served as text for so many
sermons and promises of reform on
the part of Democratic campaign
orators. The voters have at last come
to their senses. They have arrived at
the conclusion that practice is better
than promise, that achievement is
more desirable than theory and that
employment and full dinner pail are
greater blessings than experimental
legislation, with consequent idleness
and hardship for millions.