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Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-23
LURING A LANCEHEAD.
P,,sencs of Mind In Dealing With a
 Deadly Serpent.

In French paper Is told a curious serpent story. the scene of which was the island of Martinique and the dram atis personae Sergeant Legrand and Private Durand and the snake dead. ly lancehead.
 The soldier had been punished with a night in the cells for some trivial of fense. but as the night was very hot the sergeant had left the door open In the morning at o'clock Legrand went to wake his prisoner and, to lis horror, beheld a lancehead snake coil ed up and fast asleep on the mans breast.
 The sergeant did not lose his pres ence of mind. He stole noiselessly away. ran to the guard room and, fol- lowed by all the men on duty, return ed to the cell with bowl of milk and tin whistle. Placing the bowl of milk at the entrance to the cell, the ser geant began to play the Blue Dan. ube" It is needless to remark that the weakness of the lancehead is milk and music The serpent, which was d six foot specimen. awoke, glided from the soldiers body toward the bowl, but it had no sooner buried it's head in it's beloved drink than ten cudgels descended on it with terrific force, killing it outright.
 The soldier, Durand, who was in q swoon, was taken to hospital. where he lay for many days on the verge of madness. He finally recovered and re- lated his horrible experience-how he had awoke in the middle of the night as the serpent was coling itself on his bare breast and how he had lain there in an agony for hours, not daring to move muscle.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-23
HUNTING THE CHINCHILLA.
Andean Natives Use Trained Dogs or
 a Sort of Weasel.

High up on the eastern slope of the Andes, in sections of Peru, Bolivia and Chile, the chinchila has its habitat. Living at an elevation from 5000 to l2,OOO feet above the level of the sea. its chilly home is responsible for its thick, warm coat and also largely for the exorbitant price it brings. Such coats are hard to get and not plentiful. therefore they are wanted.
 Ut is hopping rodent mammal.' writes w. A. Reid of the chinchilla in the Bulletin of the Pan-American un- ion. somewhat resembling our con- mon squirrel. and when standing upon it's hind legs, as it does when eating. the similarity is even more noticeable. Ordinarily the body of the animal is about ten inches in length. exclusive of the tail. It is covered with gray fur. soft and silky, which on the sides is about an inch long.
 "Chinchillas burrow in the ground and live together in villages, like our prairie dogs. The natives of the An dean regions hunt them with trained dogs or with grisons. What is a gri- son? The South American cousin to our weasel and just about as cunning, and he easily slips into the rocky crev- ices, where the chinchilla seeks to hide. and captures it.
 Since the fur of the chinchilla was first introduced into Europe during the earlier part of the nineteenth century the price of the skins has scared until a lady's huff and collar of only me dium size made of this material com mand price of $500 or more
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-23
Notice of Election.

Notice is hereby given that q Gen crai Municipal Election will be held in the Town of Valdez, Alaska. on the sixth day of April. 1915, for the purpose of electing seven members of the Common Council. who shall hold office for the term of one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified; also one member of the Valdez School Board who shall serve as a director for term of three years and until his successor is elect ed and qualified.
 The Town Hall has been designat- ed as the polling place for said elec' tion.
 Said election shall commence at 9 o'clock a. m. and shall continue un- til o'clock p. m. of the same day, without closing the polls.
 R. E. ASHBY.
 Town Clerk. Publications March 8, IS. 22. 29.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-23
ORIGIN OF THE PEARL.
The Ancients Thought 1t Was a Drop
 of Dew From Heaven.

No record exists or even tradition as to the discovery of the first pearl. The mystery of its origin has doubtless con the prime favorite that it has ever been in the eyes of the orientalS.
 From time immemorial the nations of antiquity have used the pearl to decorate their persons and adorn their temples and we find many curious be- liefs existing as to It's origin. The one most prevalent in Plinys time was that pearls were formed from the dews of heaven, falling into the open shells at breeding time. and it was ill allusion to this pretty conceit that a noble Nene- tian lady named COrraro had gold medal struck bearing the date 1920 on the reverse side of which is an open shell receiving the drops of dew from heaven which form into pearls as they fall. The motto was "Rore diyinO" (by the divine dew).
 In these more practical but less poetic days the generally accepted theory is that some foreign substance, possibly even a grain of sand, having by acci- dent entered the shell of the oyster, a certain amount of irritation is induced which causes the exudation of pearly secretion (known as nacre>. and this efrectually covers up the intruder. and also that with the growth of the oyster the pearl increas eS in size.
 The pearl, unlike all other gems, re Quires no assistance from man to en nance its value. or from art to add one iota to it's perfect lovelness.-NationaI Magazine.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-23
Mournina Smokes.

Speaking of the old church warden or yard of clay" pipes. it may not be known that in the rtmoter country districts of Lancashire the church warden" figures prominently at flu nerals. On the return of the mournerS to the late home of the deceased box of "long clays" is unsealed and the pipes handed to the male members of the company, who. rnged before the fire. indulge in the memories of old days called forth by the occasion. The circle of long clay pipes, with the cir cling clouds of smoke, harmonize well with the solemn suits of black and the subdued dignity of the company. At breaking up the pipes are snapped in significance that the occasion for their use is ended.-London Chronicle.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-23
Printing Office Dialogues.

There must be some amusing con versations in newspaper composing room. according to young man who works in d printing office and who de clares that dialogues like the follow ing are of frequent occurrence:
 Foreman of the Ofice-Brown, what are you doing now?
 Compositor-I'm finishing Setting a House on Fire;" most done.
 Whats Jones about?
 Compositor-He'sf finishing that JAW full Murder
 Foreman-Tell him to hurry it up and take hold of this Runaway Horse" Morse. what have you on hand? Y
 "solid Men ofsBoston."
 Foreman-Well, be sure and put them in small caps and then get busy with "A Warm Winter."-Youth's Con- panion.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-23
The Prospector office for Job work.
Summons By Publication.

In the District Court for the Terri
 tory of Alaska, Third Division. l J. l.. Reed, plaintiff, ys. Fri Thomp- son and NJ. A. Ellis, defendants.- No. S49. Summons by Publication,
 The President of the United States of America, greeting: To Fri Thomp- , son, the above named defendant: You are hereby summoned to appear in the District Court for the Territory of Alaska in the Third Division, at Valdez, within thirty days after the completion of the publication of this summons against you, to-wit: within thirty days after the 18th day of Ap- /, Til, 1915, and answer the complaint of the above named plaintiff, filed in 1 the clerks office of the above entitled court; and unless you so appear and answer or otherwise plead, the plain 1 tiff will apply to the court for the relief demanded in said complain, to-wit: a decree subjecting to the lien of certain judgments duly docket ed in the above entitled court, in fa- vor of the plaintiff and the said de- fendant Fri Thompson, on the Battle 1 AK placer mining claim, in Cook Inlet Precinct. Territory of Alaska. and or dering that the same be sold to satis- fly said judgments.
 [. This summons is served on you by publication thereof, pursuant to an order duly made and entered by the above entitled court. on the Sth day of March, 1915, which publication was directed to be made once a week for six consecutive weeks.
 Witness the Honorable Fred. M. Brown, judge of said Court, this Sth 1 day of March, 1915.
 1 (SeaD ARTHITR LANG. Clerk of the District Court. 1 By CHAS. A. HAND, Deputy. Date of first publication March S, 1915.
 1 Date of last publication Apri! 19, 1915.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-23
HUMAN PERSONALITY.
A Product Not of Brain or Heart, but of the Nervous System.

A Product Not of Brain or Heart, but of the Nervous System. To Galen is ascribed the belief that the brain was the seat of the rational soul, the heart the location of courage and fear, and the liver that of love. This distribution of the element of per sOnality over the physical body finds its expression in the common speech of today. particularly in relation to the heart, which is widely accepted by the popular mind as the source of the more tender emotions.
 It was chiefly through the anatomists and physiologists of the early renais sance that the modern movement, which has tended to limit personality to the nervous system, was seriously begun, a movement which, with the in crease of knowledge, has gained sup port to such an extent that it can now be maintained beyond any reasonable doubt.
 Human personality is ill no true sense the outcome of the nonnervous organS. such as the digestive or the circulatory organs, but is the direct product of the nervous system. This system, to be sure is embedded among the other or gans of the body, and the environment thus provided influences profoundly it's condition and action. but acuteness or dullness of sense, quicknesS or sloWne$S of action. temperamental traits. such as gloomy or bright disposition, in capacity shiftcssness, honesty, thrift ness or sweetness, are all, strictly speaking, functions of the nervous or gans,
 Although only the higher animals can be said to possess personality in this sense, traces of it occur in the lower forms, and it's evolution is in dissolubly connected with that of the 1 nervous system.-Professor G. H. Par ker in Popular Science Monthly.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-23
Notice of Special Meeting of the Stockholders of the Valdez Electric Company.

Notice is hereby given that a spec ial meeting of the stockholders of I the Valdez Electric Company, will be held at the offices of the company, in he town of Valdez, Alaska, on | Thursday, the 22nd day of April, 1915, at the hour of o'clock, in the after- noon of said day, for the purpose of considering the question of increasing the capital stock of said company, from it's present capitalization, name ly twenty-five thousand dollars, dl- vided into twenty-five hundred shares of the par value of ten dollars each, to the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, which shall be divided into one hundred thousand shares. of the par value of one dollar each. Also authorizing the company to amend It's articles of incorporation, so that It's indebtedness may be increased to a sum not to exceed fifty thousand dol in payment of all of it's indebted. ness, and to mortgage or otherwise hypothecate it's property or any part thereof, for the purpose of securing such indebtedness. Also authorizing the company to amend it's articles of incorporation, so that 1t may acquire by purchase or otherwise water rights, water power, and the lands incident al thereto, and that 1t may reduce the number of it's directors from seven to three. And you are hereby notified to be present at said meeting either in per son, or by your regularly authorized proxy or attorney in fact for the pur- pose of considering said questions.
 This notice--is hereby. served on you by publication thereof, in the Valdez Daily Prospector. newspaper published at Valdez, Alaska, which is the principal place of business of said company. Said notice will be published in said newspaper for eight consecutive weeks. beginning with the issue of February 24th, 1915, and end Ing with the issue of April Fist, 1915. k Witness our hands as directors of said company, this 23rd day of Feb ruary, 1915.
 F. M. BOYLE,
 E. E. RITCHIE,
 w., M. FINICAL,
 GEO. J. LOVE.
 Directors.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-23
PIsasant Old Customs.

Hospital patients of today are bet ter of than their ancestors of .'the good old times." MT. Wheatley in bis book on "London'' quotes from | Scot tish act of parliament of 1886 to the effect that 'gif ony man brings to the market corrupt swine or salmond to be sauld, they sail be taken by the baillie, and incontinent, without ony question. sail be. sent to the leper .foIks," and if there be no lepers then only asall they. be destroyed ,utterlie.' , The same pleasant custom obtained in Oxford in the fifteenth century, where all putrid meat and fish was by stat ute sent to St Johns hospital.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-23
Couldn't halp 1t.

A little girl had just been dressed i'll clean clothes and went out to play. In a short time she came back covered with dirt. Her mother was much put out and asked her how she came to be so dirty.
 "Well, mother" she said, "isn't I made of dirt?"
 "Yes, dear. But what has that to do with it?''
 "Well, you know, mother, it will keep working out" t."-Philadelphia Ledger.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-23
Most Active Volcano In the World.

Most Active Volcano In the World.
 The most active volcano in the world is Bogoslof, which is situated forty miles beyond the Aleutian islands, i'll Boring sea. It is continuous per former, and it is said it will make and destroy a mountain chain while you wait.-Detroit Free Press.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-23
Wsn&ed Full Credit,

Magistrate-The evidence shows that
 you threw kettle at your husband. Culprit-It shows more than that, yer
 honor. It shows that I it im!-Lon- don Opinion.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-23
Nobissse Oblige.

Her Father-You are wealthy enougi, and have a good reputation. but is your family equal to mine? Her Suitor-Well. we've had eight genera tons of gout!-Philadelphia Ledger.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-23
A. New, Ono For Him.

''The climate here is salubrious. isn't it?" remarked the tourist. .t
 "Say. friend" replied the native. jest write that there word down fur me, will yer? I git tired O swearin' at this climate in the same old way. That's new one"- Philadelphia Press
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-23
Three Kinds.

Professor at. Agricultural School What kinds of farming are there? New student-Extensive, intensive and pre- tensive.-Indianapolis Star.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-23
Put Her Out.

He-I know an exceedingly fastidi ous man who caught his wife smoking and put her out nt once. She-The brute! He-Not at all-she was or tre!
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-23

The. great successes of the. world have been affairs of second. A third pay. fiftieth-trial.--John Motlsy.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-23
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 the man with the dollar. " ADVERTISE IN THE PR0sPEcTCR FOR RE- suLTS.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-23
An Appreciation With Anthology

business yesterday proved thing at that Valdez is still The volume of Mondays do was the considerable time For this we ex apology that the servlce was not up to and tomorrow additional facilities have been provided those who delayed will pardon us in his nstanc
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-09-04

We print everything and anything n job printing !in~ at th> Nugget.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-09-04
GOLD STORES.

The actual amount of gold now held by the leading government banks is unquestionably large. In the week ending July IA the Bank of France re- ported gold to the amount of $751; 900, 900, as compared with $82S.O00,000 last August, but some $125,000.000 in It has been estimated that about $600, 000,000 remain in the possession of the people, who began hoarding in the Moroccan crisis in 1911. The Bank of Germany now holds gold to the amount of about $600,000,000 which includes the war fund of s60,O0O, 900, for years kept in the castle of Spandau. The gold reserve of the Bank of England now amount to about $265,000,0O0. The
 Bank of Russia holds gold to the
 amount of nearly s9O0,0OO,O0O. The Austro- Hungarian finances are obscure, lished no balances since the war began. None of these European gold reserves
 however. equals that in the United
 States treasury, which is we'll over $1,-
 000, ,0OO,0O
 In the European countries at war the conservation and increase of the gold
 supplies are sought because gold is the
 basis of the paper money In circulation and in all of the countries the paper
 currency systems are becoming tremen-
 dously inflated Germany has notes in
 circulation amounting to more than ST.
 0O0,00O000. sum more than half as large again as the paper in circulation a year ago. The French paper money in circulation has doubled within the past year, and the Bank of Englands note shave increased so much that the ratio of reserve to liability has sunk from 52A year ago to 179s per cent. The Bank of France is now authorized by law to issue notes to the limit of s 900, 100000. and when the war started it had only $1.s36, 100000 in circulation Republican.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-09-04
City Official Paper
NOME, ALASKA, SEPT. 4, 1915.

After consideration Of the situation, one cannot but coincide with the view of the President that peace through mediation is at the present time not only almost impossible but also emin- ently undesirable. From every point of view il would appear that there can be but one satisfactory conclusion both for the present and future, and this Is through the complete overthrow of one side or the other. To force an unwil- ling peace on even one or two of the helligerents means nothing less than that the struggle will be resumed at some future time with even greater in tensity and with an attendant devas- tation and loss of life of far greater volume than at present. One or two of the contending nations might be willing to listen to peace terms at the present time but that they would all willingly lay down their arms at the solicitation of the neutral powers cannot be be- lieved. In the case of Germany and Austria there might be willingness to quit the deadly struggle provided that they could hold the conquered territory as a partial recompense for the losses they have sustained Also they could retire from the mighty conflict with some show of honor as up to the pre- sent time they are practically the vic- tors But. that such an eventuality would be agreeable to the allied nations cannot be thought of Germany is in possesson of a large portion of the most valuable territory of France thou sands of square miles of the most fer tile and populous sections of Russia are in the hands of the invading Austro- German armies and Belgium, that most heroic little nation of them all, is as yet unredeemed. With these facts in view it is hardly probable that either France or Belgium would wish to cease until they had recovered their former
 possessions or severe defeat made it
 impossible to continue and the same
 applies to Russia who would not will
 lingly forego the desire to recover what
 she has lost. England alone would be
 the only one of the quadruple entente
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-09-04
DOWN IN THE MORNING.

I'm coming down in the morning with
 tale upon my tongue Of boundless leagues of blossom in the
 land where life is young. Coming down the morning
 with rose to help you see The green lanes of the country Where the heart of time is free greet you with a posey from the vines of old content Where the gifts of sunny nature to the
 trusting heart is sent. Greet you with a posey
 That the fairies saw me take To bring to town this morning For the sweltering city's sake. I'm coming down town the morning on
 the first car up the line. To bring a song of blossoms on the
 honeysuckle vine. Coming down the morning
 With a hail. well met, to you, Who'll know me by the music That is fresh from dells of dew
 Baltimore Sun.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-09-04
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
 Qp adyance.)

Nome Daily Nugget. month. .$z.oo Nom. Daily Nugget, months. .$le.oe Nome Daily Nugget, year. .... $2o.oo
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-09-04

Nome Weekly Nugget. l month. .eoe
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The Nome daily nugget., 1915-09-04
4 WALL|NCFORD DREAM

Dear Sir.-knowing that you are in terested in the fur business l take the liberty of presenting to you, with what saams to be a most wonderful business proposition, and which, no doubt you will take a lively interest Tn, ana per naps wire us the amount of stock that you wish to subscribe towards the for nation of this company.
 The object of this company is to operate large cat ranch in or near Cheyenne, Wyo, where land can be purchased for this purpose.
 To start with, We collect, say about one hundred thousand 100000) cats. Each cat will average twelve CPD kit tens per year. The skins run from ten cents each for the white ones to sev- enty-fi five for the pure black ones. This will give us twelve million Q2,000,000) skins for d year, to sell on an average of thirty cents each, making our re- venue, aDoul ten tHouSdhu NPlV,oVVl dollars a day.
 We will feed the cats on rats, and will start a rat ranch next door. The rats will multiply four times as fast as the cats. Therefore if we start with one million rats, We will have four rats day for each cat, which is plenty
 a Now we will feed the rats on the carcasses of the cats from which the skin has been taken, giving each rat fourth of a cat
 It will thus be seen that the business will be sustaining and automatic all the way through. The cats will eat the rats, and the rats will eat the cats. and we will get the skins
 Awaiting your prompt reply and trusting you will appreciate the oppor- tunity that I give you, and that you will grasp same and get rich quick, I am,
 Respectfully,
 G. R. Q. WALLINGFORD,
 Richburg, Pa.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-09-04

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