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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-17
Jess .Russell's Estate Probated.

The estate of Jess A. Russell, who
was killed in a railroad accident
above Black Rock on May 27, has been
probated in Marion county, and r. M.
Russell appointed administrator. The
estate consists of personal property
valued at $525,67, and the father, A.
p. Russell. is the only heir.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-17

superintendent of public instruction;
President P. l.. Campbell, University
of Oregon; R. L. Kirk Of Springfield;
Cornelia Marvin, state librarian, and
Earl Fitzpatrick of the University of
Oregon.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-08
Submarine Mines.

Wet guncottOn ill submarine mines is. of course. d very potent explosive. but i'll many respects it is quite outclasScd by the compound used i'll German mines and known as trinitrotOluene. but abbreviated to ''T. \. T." in Great Britain and to "trotyl" in Germany. "A shell. torpedo or mine loaded with ''T. x. IT. (which requires to be deto- mated by means of mercury fulminate' bursts with great violence into large fragments whereas if loaded with pie ric acid the splinters are very small and cannot therefore do as much dam age. Although wet guncotton is more powerful if exploded in close proxim ity to the target. the effect of TT. N. IT." is much greater whel the explo- sion takes place some distance away London Telegraph.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-08
TRAINING FOR LONGEVITY.
The Mental Attitude Is as important as
 Bodily Viqor.

The Mental Attitude Is as important as Bodily Vigor.
 few years ago young man 'died of old age in New York hospital. After an autopsy the surgeons said that while the youth was in reality only twenty three years old he was internal ly eighty.
 It is the aged mind that frequently makes the body old. Keep growing or die" is natures motto. motto writ ten all over everything in the universe. There must be q constant activity in the mind that would not age. and the body is but the expression of the mind
 There is no doubt that as a race we shorten our lives very materially through our false thinking. our bad living and our old age convictions. Dr. Metchnikoff of the Pasteur institute in Paris says that men should live at least 12O years. Yet it is only in rare instance today that a man reaches even the century mark.
 Making business of prolonging life and still retaining as much as possible of it's vigor. freshness and buoyancy ought to be prime object. especially after one has passed fifty. While prop CT care of the body is absolutely essen tial for the attainment of this object. the mental influence far transcends all others. The attitude of the mind has everything to do with hastening or re- tarding the degenerative processes incl dent to ones declining years. It is an established fact that the body follows the thought. is shaped by the mental convictions. emotions. moods.-Orison Swett Warden in Nautilus.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-08
Winninu a Violin,

The way NJ. Ysaye, the great violin ist became the owner of a Guarnerius violin dated 1742 was thus quaintly told by himself:
 "The Guarnerius was bought in Par is by q pupil of mine. a charming young woman. I envied her the violin. and fate gave it to me. l teach this pupil. and by and by meet her sister. most lovely young woman. with whom l fall in love straightway and marry. Soon go to my sister-in-law. who was my pupil. and say to her:
 "'It is time you stop fooling with a violin. You will never learn how to play it. I take the liberty of big brother. but she do not like it for long time. At last she succumb to my ex- perience and wisdom. and she stops playing. Then say grandiloquently:
 "I will take the Guarnerius. 1742.' I take it, and that is how the violin came into the possession of Ysaye."
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-08
FIRE EATERS.
The Trick of Breathing Flames and
 Sparks From the Mouth.


 Sparks From the Mouth. The first known fire breather was Syrian slave named Eunus, leader in the Servile war in Sicily, 13O B. c. He pretended to have immediate commu- nication with the gods. When desirous of inspiring his followers with courage he breathed flames and sparks from his mouth.
 In order to accomplish this feat Flu nus pierced nutshell at both ends. and. having filled it with some burn ing substance. he put it in his mouth and breathed through it. The same trick is performed today in more ap- proved manner. The performer rolls some flax or hemp into ball about the size of walnut. which he lets burn until it is nearly consumed. Then he rolls around it more flax while 1t is still burning. By this means the fire is retained in the ball for a long time. He slips this ball into his mouth unper ceived and breathes through it. His breath revives the fire, and he sus- tains no injury so long as he inhales only through his nostris.
 Various theories have been advanced to account for other feats of this sort performed by the ancients An old ordeal was the holding of a redhot iron by the accused. who was not burned if he were innocent. Probably some protective paste was used on the hands The peculiar property of mineral salts. such as alum. in protecting articles of dress from fire has long been known. An old Milanese devised costume consisting of cloth covering for the body which had been steeped in alum. A metallic dress of wire gauge was added to this, and thus protected a man might walk on hot iron.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-08
HIS BLUFF WAS CALLED.
He Got What He Didn't Expect and
 Paid Nice Price For 1t.

He Got What He Didn't Expect and Paid Nice Price For 1t. A young woman of smart wit and striking beauty presided at one of the stalls at q Paris charity bazaar Among the small crowd which pressed round the fair vender was a young man of much assurance, who gazed upon the girl with freedom and affect ed to admire the various fancy arti- cles exposed for sale. but bought noth- ing.
 "What will you please to buy?" ask ed mademoiselle, with an exquisite smile.
 "Oh," replied the young dandy, with languishing look, what most wish to buy is unhappily not for sale"
 "Tell me what you wish.' she re- sponded.
 "Oh. no; I dare not declare my wishes.''
 Nevertheless let me know what you wish to buy" persisted the fair sales. woman.
 "Well. then, since you demand it. I should like ringlet of your glossy black hair" She manifested no embarrassment at the bold request, but with pair of scissors immediately clipped off one of her beautiful locks and handed it to the astonished youth, remarking that the price was only 800 francs.
 Her audacious admirer was thunder struck with the demand. but dared not demur. as by this time a group had collected and were listening to the con versation. So he took the hair, paid over the money and left the hall.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-08
Cracow.

Cracow stands even before Warsaw in the minds of Polish patriots. Not only was it once the capital of free Po- land. with cathedral equivalent to Westminster Abbey, wherein sleep the generations of Polish kings and heroes. but it possesses the most striking pa- triotic memorial in the world. This is the Kosciuskoberg. mound 300 feet high, erected to the memory of Kosciusko. and formed of earth from every battlefield of Poland In the construction of that memorial Polish nobles. statesmen and peasants toiled side by side.-London Spectator.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-08
LOCAL VALDEZ Socialist Party of Alaska Meets every Saturday at 8 p. m. Next door to Senate Saloon.
 Everybody Welcome.

Notice of Settlement of Account. In the Commissioners Court for the
 Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
 In Probate.
 In the matter of the estate of I. D. Flynn, deceased.-Notice of settle ment of account.
 Notice is hereby given that w. T. Scott, the administrator of the estate of I. D. Flynn, deceased, has rendered and presented for settlement, and f1l- ed in the above entitled court, his final account of the administration of said estate, and that Wednesday, the 24th day of February, 1914, at the hour of two o'clock in the afternoon of said day, at the court room of said court. in the Town of Valdez, Alaska, has been duly appointed by me, the undersigned, as the Judge of said court, as the time and place for the settlement of said account, at which time and place any and all persons interested in said estate, may appear, file exceptions in writing to the said account or otherwise contest the al- lowance of the same.
 Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 23rd day of December, 1914.
 (Seal.) GEO. J. LOVE. U. s. Commissioner and Ex Officio
 Probate Judge, for the Recording
 Precinct of Valdez, Alaska.
 Date of first publication December "A, 1914.
 Date of last publication January 21, 1915.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-08
EsKIMOs AS TRADERS.
Value Counts as Nothing if They See
 Anything They Want.


 Among the Eskimos of the Boring sea region there is no fixed value for whalebone, furs or anything they may have to trade. If one of them has anything of value he will keep it until some white man appears with some the money value of what may take him does not make any difference to him. If he has trinket that may be worth a dollar and some one offers to give him for it something that is worth a thousand dollars. but of which he has no need, he will refuse to trade. But he will give anything he possess es for what he really wants.
 An Eskimo of St. Lawrence island, in Bering sea, made catch one sea- son of a big bowhead whale. The head of baleen was worth between sl0O0O and $15.OOO. He knew the ap- 'proximate value of the head, but he held on to it with no apparent desire to trade. One day trader appeared with small gasoline launch. valued at perhaps $20O or $500. The sight of that so took the native that he straight way traded his head of bone for it.
 Far out in the strait one day he ran out of gasoline. He abandoned the launch for the canoe he was towing and padded back to the island. But he did not regret his trade. He was satisfied and ready to try for another whale.-Youth's Companion.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-08
There With the Answer.

In a public school one afternoon the teacher was instructing a class in physiology. and finally, in order to test the memory of the youngsters, she closed the book and began to ask Ques- tons.
 "Willie." said she, addressing a bright faced boy near the head of the class, "can you give me familiar ex- ample of the human body as it adapts itself to changed conditionsT
 "SureT' was the confident rejoinder. My uncle Jake gained fifty pounds in less than one year, and his skin never cracked."-Philadelphia Telegraph.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-08
A HISTORIC TRIANGLE.
Famous BattIefieids of the Plains o1
 Hesbaye, In Belgium.

7eSpdyeS IN oeISIuWs
 Describing the road from Brussels to Liege, which skirts the plains of Hesbaye, Baedeker quotes the old pro- verb. "Qui passe dams le Hesbains est combattu lendemain who enters the Hesbaye is defeated the next day" Such was the reputation of the He's bains for strength and bravery.
 The ancient province of Hesbaye is indicated on the maps as a triangle. some fifty miles from it's base to it's apex. Liege. The river Mouse, from Namur to Liege. forms its southern side; the railways from Liege through Tirlemont and Louvain to Brussels its northern side. X line from Namur north to Brussels is its base
 This triangle contains many famous battlefields. Besides Waterloo, there is Neerwinden. where Marshal LuXem- burg defeated the allies under William H. of England in 1893 and where century later the Austrians, under the Prince of Coburg. uncle of the late King Leopold of Belgium, defeated the French. led by Dumouriez and Louis Philippe.
 Then there is Quatre Bras. where Ney's division fought part of the Brit ish army and it's German and Belgian allies in 1915. There had been battle the day before at Sombreffe, and on that June night the Prussians accom- plished their unparalleled retreat from Ligny. Fleurus, near by, won fame in 1922 and 1890 and again in 1704- Newark News.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-08
The Steamer Duck,

Around the southern extremity of South America is to be found very large duck. which bears the common name of steamer duck" or trace horse." owing to a peculiar habit it has of rowing itself along the surface of the water at great speed. This is said to be due to the remarkable fact that the bird loses its power of flight when it reaches maturity. These ducks are very common.-Chicago Herald.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-08
Enjoyment.

A certain rich woman. having run her eye over the latest report of the bureau of statistics touching food stunts, grew very blithe all at once.
 "Why shouldn't enjoy life when so few can really afford it?'' she exclaim- ed glowingly.-Puck.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-08
Artistic Excuse.

"There!' said MT. Nagg after com plicated explanation of why he had stayed out so late; "I hope this Is sat isfactory."
 Ut is more than satisfactory" Mrs. Nagg told him. Tt is simply beauti ful."-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-08
Her State of Mind.

Attorney-You can sue him for breach of promise. madam. but 1t seems to me that it's preposterous to claim $250,O00 damages. Fair Client-I want to get so heavy judgment against him that he'll just have to marry me-the scoun- drel!-Chicag0 Tribune.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-08
Lawmakino.

l seldom make a law for me. It is usually you I am forcing to do some thing or preventing from doing some thing else. And when l do make a law for me l feel very free in violat. ing it if occasion seems to require Life.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-08

This is good time to return that book you've read to the library at Everyman's Club. Library hours: l to p. m. every day, Monday, Wed. nesday. Saturday to 5 p. m.. Tues- days and Fridays 7:30 to 9:30 p. m.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-08
Simple Arithmetic,

"How do you account for the pass ing of the after dinner speakery"
 "On business principles. A good talker can get enough money for a lec- ture to buy his own dinner and then have some cash left overwhelming ton Star.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-08
The 6uffalo's Hump,

The hump of the buffalo is not a mass Of fat, as some people suppose, but is formed by neural spines in length fully double those of domestic cattle. and by the huge muscles which lie alongside and i'll up the angle be- tween these neural spines and the ribs
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-08
Hair presAinQ.

Little Julia's mother had just re- turned from a visit to the hairdresser with her hair all fluffy. @
 "Oh. mamma" cried Julia. "who fricasseed your hairT-Chicago News.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-08

If you don't do your best it's foolish to try to convince people that you could have done better.-Detroit Free Press.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-08

It is a mistake to set up our own standard of right and wrong and ex- pect everybody to conform to 1t.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-01-08
A Brave Patient,

Dentist ito assistant,-I think heard patient in the waiting room. Assist. ant Yes. but can't bring him in. He's turned the key on the inside.- Meggendorfer Blatter.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-09
COCKTAILS WILL REMAIN

Panama, Oct. 6.-Maj. Gen. George
w. Goethals he's withdrawn his resig-
nation as governor of the Panama
canal zone.
This fact was announced by Gen
Cocktails this evening on his arrival
on board the steamer Cristobal from
New York after vacation spent in
the United States. His action was
taken, he said, in view of the recent
slides in the Gaillard cut which has
closed traffic through the canal. Gen
Goethals said he wcald remain in
Panama indefnitely-until such time
as the condition Of the canal would
permit of his departure. Further
than to make this announcement
and to say that he had cabled Secre-
tary of War Garrison Withdrawing
his resignation, which was to have
become effective November 1, Gen.
Goethals had nothing to say concern
ing the canal He did not seem wor-
ried over the situation. but eager to
enter upon the work of combating
the slide.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-09
isease since 1903, which records

disease since 1908, when records
were first attempted, the number of
deaths each year maintaining a fair
ly uniform average says Dr. Mead
er. These deaths are nearly all
among young children. The public
must be taught that the exposure OF
a young child TO the contagion of this
disease is at the peril of the child.
When older children are exposed to
whooping cough at school or else
where, if there are young children at
home, the young children should be
removed to a place OF safety among
adults or relatives. This disease is
very poorly reported, but the maxi
mum number would appear to vary
from January to August, while the
minimum number of deaths occurs
from April to August. The least num-
Der of cases appear TO be in Septem-
Der and the least number OF deaths
in November or December"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-09
WHooPiNG COUGH
Has Caused More Deaths Than Did
Scarlet Fever.

The fact that whooping cough
caused more deaths than scarlet few.
err last year in New York state was
pointed out by Dr.. f. NJ. Meader
director of the division or communi.
cable diseases, in the current mum.
Der of Health News, the official pub.
LEGATION of the state department OF
health. Deaths from whooping
cough recorded last year were 1922,
while there were only 6S2 deaths
from scarlet fever. lnasmuch as
whooping cough is not considered
dangerous, Dr. Meader, in his article
on the Prevalence of Common Com
municable Diseases" devotes consid-
cradle space to an effort to remove
this false impression. He points out
that while the deaths from scarlet
fever have decreased from 1,66S in
1908 to $50 in 1914, the deaths from
whooping cough have remained APP
proximately the same during that
period.
OF the 722 deaths occurring in this
state, 279 were in New York city and
443 in The rest OF the state.
"There has been no apparent in
dication of better control of this
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-09
ECHOES
From Manchester
Center
Manchester Center Happenings Al
ways Interest Our Readers.

Manchester Center Happenings AL
ways Interest Our Readers.
After reading of so many people in
our town who have been cured By
Doan's Kidney Pills, the question nat
urally arises: Us this medicine
equally successful in nearby places?'
The generous statement of this Man
chester Center resident leaves no
room for doubt on this point.
James Kennedy, Manchester Cent
err. Vt, says: For years my back
and kidneys bothered men and the
trouble became so bad at times, that
| could hardly stoop or straighten
Mornings when | first got up, my
back was lame and stiff and pains ex-
tended from my kidneys into my
Ioins and hips: The kidney secret
ions were unnatural and l was really
in bad shape when | began using
Doan's Kidney Pills. They helped
me at once and it was not long be-
fore they had fixed me up in good
shape My back was strengthened,
the pains were removed and my
health was restored. Whenever l
have felt in need of kidney medic
inc since, ] have taken a few doses
of Doan's Kidney Pills and have re-
ceived benefit
Price soc, at all dealers Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills the same that
Mr. Kennedy had. Foster-Milburn
Co, Props, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-09
KID RoscH WON
outpointed Joe Morgan Ct Manchest.
err, N. n.


Kid Rosch of North Adams out
pointed Joe Morgan of Manchester,
N. H., in ten-round bout before the
Western Gateway athletic club at
North Adams last night. The bout
was very close one with honors
about even up to the ninth round, but
in the last two sessions Rosch clearly
outpointed his rival. Both boxers
went at it hammer and tongs from
the start and heavy blows were fire.
-quently exchanged in every round
The bout was one of the best ever
seen at North Adams and the small
crowd of fans present showed great
interest.
In the semifnal Jimmie Donnelly
of North Adams and Young Hing
worth Of Bennington, went six rounds
to good draw. Both were played
out when the gong sounded at the end
of the final round. Young Bonneville
OF North Adams put Kid Grey of
North Pownal away in the second
round of the preliminary. John Shall
lahan of North Adams refereed all
the bouts.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-09
Firms ARE ANGRY
News Agency Asserts That Papers
are Complaining

Berlin, Oct. 7. (By Wireless Tele.
graph to Sayville, N. Finnish
papers" says the oversee News Ag-
ency, complain that the Finnish
parliament has not been convened,
although a clause in the constitution
provides that the emperor must call
a session to last for ninety days, on
Feb. l, or later.
THE finances of Finland" adds
the news agency, have been disturb
ed since 1914 in which year there was
a deficit of 1O,0Oo,OOo marks, ($2,OO,-
oQ0,) willie the 1875 deficit is estim-
Gtei a. 2G0O0,G3g marks, according
TO the newspapers. TO provide for
this deficiency the government, with
out authorization by parliament, or
dered new taxes, and issued a loan,
both of which procedures were in VIC
lation of the constitution.
There has been further imprison-
ment of Films by the Russians, con-
trary to law"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-09

An odd feature is revealed in CON
neetion with the workings of the pri-
mary law down in New Jersey. In
Newark there Is big fight on be.
tween Democratic factions. Names
go on the primary ballot according
to alphabetical order and &c has been
discovered that the first place on the
ticket carries important advantage
to the side obtaining it, as many vot-
ers mark it without discriminating
SO in this case one faction sought
hard for a letter A candidate who
could not be outranked and finally
hit upon house painter whose quail
fications for Office consisted Of his
surname Aaron. The other crowd
raked the city directory and found
three or four who could even top
Aaron on the ballot, but two of them
were Russians and one negro, so
Aaron leads off.--Randolph Herald
and News.
The caucus and convention system
no doubt has its defects, but when
in the memory of the oldest nhabit-
ant did caucus or convention ever
produce anything like the situation
noted above, whereby Aaron is allow
ed to head off?''-Vergennes Enter
prise. -
The Vermont Australian ballot law
has precisely this same defect" and
has had it for years. The fact that
it hasn't been noticed heretofore
shows that it is really trivial mat
ter ordinarily. 1t may also interest
the Enterprise to know that the pro
posed Vermont primary law corrects
even the minor defect found in New
Jersey. r
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-09
WATCH FOR E. o. MOORE
Has Served Association as Secretary
For 25 Years.

Burlington, Oct 1.-THE 26th an
nual meeting of the Vermont State
Firemen's association was held with
a banquet at the Sherwood house
this evening about so being present.
The following officers were elected:
President, C. a. Niles of Burlington;
first yice-president, c. A. Hastings of
Ludlow second vice-president, p S.
Gnther of Winooski; third vice,presi
dent, Harry Tollerton of Chester;
fourth vice-president, c. A. Barber
of Winooski; fifth yice-president, j.
Fl. Donnelly of Vergennes; secretary,
f. d. Moore of Bennington; treasur.
er, l.. c. Grant of Burlington; execu-
tive committee. G. B. Gladding of
Barre: w. A. Pattee of Montpelier, ].
II, Holleran OF Winooski; c. d. Stock
well of Burlington G. II. Guerin of
st. Adams, auditors. Leo Affair of
Winooski, w. p. Powers of Burling-
ton, E. NJ. Tobin of Barre; statisti-
clan, C. f. Rich of Middlebury.