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Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-01

CnaS. J. MlneF, tue well kuOWu Port Wells mine owner, is a visitor in town, having come from Galena Bay yesterday afternoon.
 Do You Know How to Choose 8 Good Wife?
 Fred Johnson, who has been work ing for w. A. Dickey, at Landlock, is in town owing to the mine having been forced to suspend operations be- cause of failure of steamers to call for ore.
 New Fall Coats received on the Evans. Mrs. B. Winter.
 Miss Eva Lockhart, who has spent some months visiting in the states, was through passenger on the Ala meda for Anchorage, and spent the time while the steamer was in port in renewing old friendships.
 Asa c. Baldwin, the mineral land surveyor, who has been surveying number of mining claims at Galena Bay for which patents are soon to be applied for, returned to Valdez last night on the launch Reliance.
 Do You Know How to Choose a- Good Wife?
 Alex Thompson, Chas. Sanders, and Ross Padden, who have been working on a copper property at Ga lena bay, returned to town last night on the launch Reliance.
 FOR RENT-One room furnished cabin. Apply Mrs. Chas. Kreamer. If
 H. Y. Saint, of North Yakima, and one of the directors of the Cameron Johnson Mining company, was an in- coming passenger on the Alameda Jul0 HUI 11O SolACo HI SohlCS- tion with the business of his company.
 Pictures developed at the Valdez Drug Company. If.
 Fancy Stationery at the Valdez Drug Store.
 Judge J. J. Finnigan, who recent ly resigned as U. s. commissioner for the Chisina district, was passenger on the Alameda for Seward, accom- panied by his wife and child. MT. Finnigan will look over the western towns with a view to establishing himself in the practice of his profess sion. =.
 Kodak Supplies at the Valdez Drug Company. If
 Just received, large line of Lino- leum, Rugs and Mattresses. s. Blum I& Co.
 Edmund Smith, who was for years one of the leading practicing attor- neys in Valdez, but now following his profession in Seattle with offices in the Empire building, arrived this morning on the Alameda, to attend to business coming before the federal court. MT. Smith states that Mrs. Smith and son are both enjoying good health and regretted that they could not visit the old home town of Val dez at the present time. Donald. MT. Smiths son, who was raised in Val deg, now has g4od position and could not spare the time to make the trip north now.
 Stanfield's Famous Unshrinkable Underwea: for sale ct s. Blum & Co. Every garment guaranteed.
 For good home-cooked meals try Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart Street.
 See 8 Blum & Co.,, for the latest styles Tn Roys and Youths Hats.
 Tonight.
 The Liberty Theatre presents it's weekly feature in five acts, "The Kangaroo
 Subscribe for he Prospecyor.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-01

Kodak Supplies at the Valdez Drug Company. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-01

Pictures developed at the Valdez Drug Company. If.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-01

Alex Thompson, Chas. Sanders and Ross Padden, who have beer working on a copper property at Ga lena bay, returned to town last nigh on the launch Reliance.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-01

Stanf1eld's Famous Unshrinkable Underwea: for sale ct s. Blum & Co. Every garment guaranteed.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-01

FOR RENT-One room furnished cabin. Apply Mrs. Chas. Kreamer. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-01

H. Y. Saint, of North Yakima, and
 one of the directors of the Cameron Johnson Mining company, was an in coming passenger on the Alameda this morning. He canes in connec- tion with the business of his company.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-01

Judge J. J. Finnigan, who recent ly resigned as U. s. commissioner for the Chisina district, was a passenger on the Alameda for Seward, accom- panied by his wife and child. MT. Finnigan will look over the western towns with a view to establishing himself in the practice of his profess sion.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-02-05
HOW RANGE FINDER WORKS
operation Of instrument That Makes
Possible Deadly Gunnery OF the
Present Day.

One of the most important lnstru-
ments used on a warship is the range
finder. Without this instrument II IS
practically impossible to aim the guns
accurately without mourning serious
delay in getting the range by trial
shots. Range finders all work on al
most the same principle, images OF the
ship or other object sighted on being
received through the two object
glasses, one located near each end and
on the side of the tube, being reflected
and refracted by a system OF mirrors
and prisms, so that both are brought
to the eye of the observer, who looks
through the eyepiece, located at the
middle of the tube and on the oppo-
site side from the object glasses. The
right-hand glass transmits only the up
per half of the object sighted on and
the left-hand glass the lower half.
When sighting ship, for example, the
riggings and tunnels will appear to be
Offset horizontally from the lower part
Of the ship 50 long as the instrument
is not set for the correct range. The
images then are brought together by
thumb screw that moves one Of the
prisms, and this sets a scale that
shows the distance in yards to the
ship.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-02-05
Slightly Mixed.

He was sitting in one Of the Brook
Ign pay.as-you-enter cars that look like
torpedo boats. He was in dreamy
state, and ever and anon his head
dropped YEARLY toward his neighbours
shoulder; then, at an indignant nudge
from the neighbor, he would hastily
resume the perpendicular.
Finally he decided to get off. With
some. difficulty he made his way to the
exit in the center of the car, where the
conductor, with bored air, stood
meditatively behind his little white
stand. The tired passenger held a
quarter and a transfer in his hand.
Reaching carefully around the white
posts as the car stopped, he laid them
down on the stand in front Of the con-
iuctor. Then he waited, balancing as
best he could.
"Hey, youse!" said the indignant
conductor, pushing them toward him
and motioning toward the open door
"M'change, yes" murmured the pas
senger as he cautiously alighted. Then
with backward look, he added bitter
Iy, "Homeliest cashier ever saw n this
restaurant"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-02-05
Worth Knowing.

A truly invaluable nursery possess
sion is a tray of sand which will fit
upon a child's small table, or even at
a pinch rest upon the floor. The tray
should have upright borders not less
than four inches in height-and lit
tie higher is better-and should con-
tain heap of clean sand. This, when
slightly moistened, can be built in
to all manner of fascinating objects,
from the elementary railway line, with
station, bridges and tunnel, through
which toy trains can be run; or the
daintiest of miniature gardens planted
with twigs and leaves and bordered
with massive "rocks" formed of stones.
over which more flowers will trail; or
a fortified town in which the soldiers
with cannon and the rest-can attack
and defend to the endless amusement
of the young owner. And this. again.
need take no appreciable room, for
the little owner can soon be taught
to scoop the sand up and put it in a
closed receptacle, the empty tray
standing quite out Of the way until
the next time it is used.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-02-05
CUSTOM NOT AN OLD ONE
Practice Of Numbering Houses NAY
Be Said to Have Originated In
the Year 1913.

The almost universal custom OF CIV
;ng street numbers to private houses
81 that they can be easily identiheo
il comparatively young. 1t was IN the
wear 1913 that this idea struck the
fancy of Partisan architect, but II
was not until nearly three centuries
later that the system became genera:
In Berlin an eccentric method Oh
numbering houses was first adopted
They were numbered without any rel
erence whatever to the name OF inc
street. A tenants address Would oe
described merely as $1,000 Berlin" IN
Petrograd an excellent way of display
ing the numbers is employed-llttle
lanterns bear the numbers on the
glass, SO that they can be seen AFTER
dark.
"In the later Stuart times" says
Macaulay, "the houses of London were
not numbered, and there would, In
deed, have been little advantage IN
numbering them, for of the coachmen,
chairmen, porters and errand boys OF
the city very small portion could
read. It was necessary to use marks
which the most ignorant could under
stand The shops were, therefore, dis
tinguished by painted or sculptured
signs, which gave very gay and gro
tesuue aspect to the Streets
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-02-05
Eugene Field Loved Children.

It was children whom Field loved
best, and he would take all sorts of
trouble to make a child happy. His
room was crowded with toys, queer
lolls, funny little mechanical toys that
can about, or boxed, or nodded strange
heads, or performed tricks. His study
door was never shut to child, and
ae had many child friends his family
knew nothing Of. His brother tells
aow, few hours after his death, lit
lie crippled boy came to the door and
asked If he might go up and see Mr..
Field. He was taken into the room
where the gentle, much-loved figure
lay, and left there. In little while
le came limping downstairs, the tears
streaming down his cheeks, and went
silently away, known to nobody there.
From Eugene Field, Lover Of Child.
hood" by Hildegrade Hawthorne, in
he st. Nicholas Magazine.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-02-05
Helpful Hints.

When separating yolks from whites
of eggs, sometimes a speck Of yolk
slips into the white. To remove this
dip a clean cloth into warm water and
wiring it dry. Touch the yelk with a
point Of the cloth, and it will cling to
1t at once.
A pretty and inexpensive couch
cover can be made by taking a white
bedspread that is worn thin and max.
ing it the right size for the couch.
Then dye it a pretty green or a dark
red.
In home dressmaking very impor-
tant point to remember, especially in
making coats and skirts, is the fire.
quent use of the iron. Unless the
seams are carefully pressed with a
hot iron over a damp cloth the gar
ment, however we'll cut, win have an
amateur look.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-02-05
TURN OF FORTUNES WHEEL
Lucky Find Lifted Diamond Digger
From Poverty to Compare.
tive Affluence.

From the Kimberley diamond dig
gings comes the story of a diamond dig
ger who for some time had met with
i'll luck. One day he found himself
face to face with starvation. In addi-
tion to himself he had to support his
wife and two little children, and his
credit with the neighboring shopkeep-
ers having been exhausted, his position
was by no means an enviable one.
The only possession of the unfor-
tunate man consisted of two miserable
fowls, which he exchanged with
shopkeeper for a quantity of mealie
meal. Having concluded his bargain
the digger and his family trekked
away to another spot.
One day on their trek, while the
mother of the family was preparing
the evening meal, which consisted of
meal pap, she noticed some hard sub
stance in the food She took out a
spoonful, which she showed to her
husband, who suddenly became inter-
ested, carefully sifted the mealie meal
through his fingers, and in the end re-
tanned in his hand a bright sparkling
stone, which the next day was sold
for $500.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-02-05
MAKES A DELICIOUS PUDDING
Stale Bread Crumbs the Basis, With
Other Ingredients and an Accom-
paniment of Cherry Sauce.

Mix thoroughly two cupfuls of stale
bread crumbs, one cupful Of molasses,
one cupful of sweet milk, one-half tea
spoonful chopped suet, two eggs, one
teaspoonful of cinnamon. one-half tea
spoonful ground cloves, one-half tea
spoonful of nutmeg, one cupful of rat
sins, one cupful chopped nuts Gigs
and dates, if desired), one.half cupful
flour, one-quarter teaspoonful soda.
Steam four hours.
Cherry sauce-Cream one-half cup
full butter, blend it into two cupfuls
brown sugar. Gradually add six
tablespoonfuls of sweet cream. Melt
over hot water to a smooth sauce.
Add cherries and strip from small
bottle of Maraschino cherries and
serve hot.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-02-05
BEW1RE OF THE MENTAL RU1
Wise MAJ Should Be Willing to
Change His Opinions as
He Learns.

Lincoln once said: There is not
much to a man who is not wiser today
than yesterday" This is universally
true. 1t is only the fool WHO never
changes his mind, The wise man IS
, always endeavoring to add to MS
knowledge. If what he learns today
is different from what he learned yes
terday and gives him different views
of things, he should keep his mind
open to new knowledge. He will not
change his opinions for light reasons,
but will consider all that comes to
him and change when he sees good
reasons for changing. If one is not
willing to listen to the arguments OF
others ne need not expect them to-
listen to his opinions. He gets in a
mental rut and sticks there, never
improving.
The wise man learns something, be
it ever so little, from everyone with
whom he has to do. Even the fool
teaches him to keep his mouth shut
when he has nothing to say, and many
wise thoughts come from the prattle
of child No man is so ignorant
that he does not know something that
may be of benefit to others. Learn
something in old age as we'll as in
youth. There is proverb, Live to
learn and you will learn to live"
Keeping the mind active is one way
Of keeping your youth. Learning at
all times and in all ways gives one a
cultivated mind. The man who has
cultivated his mind is ready to make
his knowledge useful to others. I'm
expected occasions often arise when
knowledge is needed for immediate
action. The man with cultivated mind
is ready, while the man who has lived
in a mental rut cannot adapt himself
to the occasion.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-02-05
German Fortresses.

Of the more important German for
tresses Mainz is regarded as the most
atrategic point in the west of Europe.
situated on the eastern front OF the
Rhine, which it dominates, it COM
,mands also the natural way to the
Danube and the routes leading to the
'Elbe Valley, to Cassel and to the Black
Forest Next comes Koenigsbers' on
the Baltic, guarded on its eastern side
|by the Dieme canal.
Metz, the greatest stronghold IN
AIsace. Lorraine, is protected BY eleven
forts. and in peace time is a center OF
the German army. Its sister fortress
Istrassburg, designed by Moitke, was
considered by him to be impregnable'
II "a protected by fifteen forts, con-
|nacted BY citadel railways. and from 1t
armies can maneuver east or west OF
IA Rhine without Intervention.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-02-05
To Tie a Regular Dry Fly,

Secure the hook in the wise and
wax foot or so of fine tying silk.
Pick out two flight feathers Of the
startling (any steel gray flight feather
of proper size will do), with good
long webs and be sure that they come
from opposite sides Of the bird. Split
the quilts of these with the scissors,
and taking the halves which carry
the long webs, pare and scrape the
split quilts until just enough remains
to hold the fibers Of the web. When
both are thus prepared, cut from each
section about 3-16-inch wide and Sc
cure these to the bare hook with their
inner, lighter faces out. Turn the
projecting butts toward the bend Of
the hook. tie again and carry the
silk to the head.--Outing.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-02-05
so,emnization Of Marriages.

MANY persons believe, writes MI.
Hugo Hirsh, Of the Brooklyn Bar. IN
s1ls and Comment, that the ceremony
= marriage In. order to be legal must
y & solemnized by a priest, minister,
,s.bbi. or other religious teacher. but
.s;s il not so, because there are other
,u mentioned in the law who
I,.sy solemnize marriage. Indeed IN
~ Of the states common.law mar.
3. 49,, eos which mean simply the agree
s. .s.nt at the man and the women 70
NJ, Nc. together as husband and wile'
I. = still recognized, The demand lot
. - valieious ceremony. however, Is not
ss,uays one of creed, but II frequens'y
...nsed by a desire for the handsome
expensive and ceren'aalaSs ss'''us ~
! social function.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-02-05
Alcohol In Good Cjaret.

According to the London Lancet,
claret contains so little alcohol that
it may almost be classed among, the
soft drinks. This is because the
grapes from which it is made are.
allowed to, ferment by themselves,
without help, SO that in the purest
claret there ia no excess alcohol. acid
or sugar. It is, therefore, worthy OF
its name as an ideal dinner beverage
when stimulant is recommended
rather than recourse to diluted spirits.
liquors and the like. The fact that
the claret turns sour so soon after the
bottle is opened proves that no pre-
servatives are added to the grape
juice. The longer claret keep, sweet
after being opened, the more doubt
there is of It's purity.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-02-05
BEANS AND BROWN BREAD
Appetlzinq Combination Not 40 Easy
to Cook az Most People Seem
to Imagine.

When considering the results, the
bean and the bean pot are most i'm
portant The bean pot must be brown
earthen, with a handle at the side
and closely fitted cover with white
glazed lining. The beans must be
pea beans. To quart allow pound
Of salt pork, solid chunk. lean and
fat about equally divided. Soak the
beans over night in the bean pot.
In the morning set them on the
range and let the water just come
to boil but do not let them cook
at all after that. Drain off the water
and take out about cupful of the
beans. Pour boiling water over the
pork and score the rind with sharp
knife. Put it into the center of the
bean pot and dispose the beans you
took out around it. On the rind place
half a teaspoonful of bicarbonate
of soda and three tablespoonful Of
molasses.
Fill up the pot with boiling water,
cover closely and cook in a very slow
oven all day, filling up with boiling
water from time to time. If you use
a gas oven have the rear burner lit
and turned down to the lowest point
of ignition and the door of the lower
oven open.
There are many recipes for the
so-called Boston brown bread. Some
call for rye meal and some for flour
to be used in combination with the
cornmeal. The following is the recipe
which the writer's family has used for
years, almost in sight Of Bunker Hill,
SO it deserves the name: One cupful
Of cornmeal, one cupful Of graham
flour, one cupful Of white flour, three
fourthS teaspoonful of soda, one tea
spoonful of salt. three-fourths cupful
Of molasses and one and three-fourths
cupfuls of sweet milk. Mix the dry in
gradients, add the milk and molasses,
mix we'll and put in buttered molds.
Fill the molds about two-thirds full,
leaving space for the bread to rise.
Steam until the bread is done and then
set in hot oven to brown. To cut
hot brown bread, draw a clean, strong,
white thread sharply and firmly across
the loaf, pushing it down equally on
either side. The result will be clean,
smooth slices, free from the sticki-
ness that comes from knife cutting.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-02-05
To Boil Eggs Properly.

There are three good ways to boil
an egg that has been cracked. A very
simple one is to add quite a little salt
to the water in which the egg is to be
boiled. This will prevent the white
coming out. If the crack is very large,
wrap the egg in piece Of soft paper.
The wet paper adhering to the egg, pre-
vents the egg coming out of the shell.
If there is only a tiny crack at one
end, make tiny opening in the other
end with a needle and the desired re-
suit is secured. The latter method may
be used to boil eggs preserved in
water glass, the puncture being made
at both ends.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-02-05
Stitch In Time,

II you mean to save your sheets and
pillow slips and towels, you must give
them a glance before they go into the
laundress' hands. Often a stitch set
then will mend a little break that
washing would develop into a hole.
The hem.stitching of towel which
has begun to break may be caught up
in two minutes now. If you wait I'M
I'll the towel comes home you will md
the hem hanging in strip which will
require half an hours work If 1t Is to
be repaired properly.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-02-05
NUTRITIOUS and CHEAP
FISH DISHES THAT ARE REALLY
WORTH WHILE SERVING.
Baked MackereI Properly Prepared
Should Be Popular With ALL
Haddock Stuffed or Served
With Tomatoes Is Good.

Baked MackereI.-Wipe out t"e
mackerel with a damp cloth, and CUT
off the heads and tails. Split nearly
through. so that they lie fiat. Take
ont the backbones. Place them INSIDE
inward in a covered fireproof dish
penper and salt well, cover, place III a
slow oven and allow to steam IN thelr
own juice for half to one hour, accord
ing to the oven. Serve in the same
dish.
Mustard Sauce for Mackera|'-Put
in a basin pepper, salt, little me
sugar and plenty Of mustard powder.
Pour on about equal quantities OF vim
egar and salad oil, and beat or Whlsk
till thoroughly mixed and smooth. Inc
result should be a sauce of the con-
sistency of thin cream. A little taste
of garlic improves the sauce. The gar
lie should be rubbed on the basin IN
which the sauce is mixed:
Baked Stuffed Haddock. - WASH,
scale, and wipe a large fresh haddock,
and remove the eyes. Prepare stuff
ing with two ounces chopped suet, one
ounce Of bread crumbs, one teaspoon
full herbs and parsley, and season with
salt and pepper. Mix the stufflng with
half an egg. Stuff the body of the fish
with this, and sew up the opening.
Pass trusting needle, threaded with
string, through the tail of the fish, cen
ter Of body, and the eyes, draw the
fish up into the shape of a letter 5,
brush it over with beaten egg, and
sprinkle some breadcrumbs over 1t
and few pieces Of dripping. Bake in
a brisk oven for about half an hour
or longer, basting frequently. Dish
up and serve with brown sauce or
gravy.
Haddock With Tomatoes.-Wipe the
haddock and put it in pie dish with
a little milk and water. and cook 1t IN
the oven till tender. Skin three toma'
toes, and cut them into slices; peel
and chop finely half an onion. Cook
four ounces of rice in sailed water TILL
tender, and drain. Skin and bone the
haddock, and fake it. Melt an ounce
of butter or dripping in a saucepan,
add all the above ingredients, season
with salt and pepper, and beat up
thoroughly. Serve on hot dish, and!
sprinkle over some chopped parsley.