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Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-28
LEGEND OF THE ROBIN.
Indian Story of How the Bravo Bird
 Got It's Red Breast.

Got It's Red Breast.
 When white Meu first came Tar across the sea to this country they found many birds such as they had never seen before. But they found One which they liked best of all. It had a pretty red breast. and they called 1t robin. for its red breast made them think of q bird back in the old home which they loved most of all.
 The Indians had u story about how the robin got It's red breast. They said 1t happened long time ago. when there was only one fire in all the cold far north. '', .'+
 A hunter and his son kept the fire burning day and night until the father fell i'll, and the son had to watch the fire all alone. The great white bear was waiting for a chance to o'put the fire out so he could have all the north to himself. He saw the boy fall asleep: then he jumped on the fire with his wet feet and put 1t out.
 But q gray robin saw him. and when be was gone she pecked about in the ashes till she found tiny live coal She famed 1t with her wings until it blazed out and turned her breast red. Then she flew away to every hut in the cold north. Wherever she touched the ground fire sprang up. and soon there were plenty of fires to keep the people warm. After that the robin s breast was always red instead of gray Exchange.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-28
WONDERS OF THE ALPS.
Changes Nature Wrought to Upiift Their Towering Peaks.

Their Towering PeakS.
 Nothing in the worlds history is more impressive than the story of the Alps. Ten or twelve million years ago. pos sibly far more, long unseen line of weakness, a crack of Assure in the earths crust. stretched away from France eastward hundreds of miles. On this line followed huge volcanic out bursts.
 Next ensued vast slow subsistence. which went on through geologic epochs until where Mont Blanc now rears its summit 15.79O feet was q sea fringtng an old continent Large rivers emptied into it. Deposits of mud, sand. gravel were laid one on another as the sink ing went on until the layers became 10000 feet, nearly ten miles. thick. Then at last commenced great up- lifting: the struggling subterranean forces raised huge load. For ages this went on until the rocks. crumbled. crushed. contorted. rose above the wa ters and continued to rise, forming lines of mountain chains and making Swift zerland a tableland.
 Every hour since then rain and snow. river, glacier and avalanche have been sculpturing into peaks and carving into lakes and valleys that vast platform with it's recent sedimentary covering and primeval granite core. ,
 The result is land of upequaletl grandeur.-London Telegraph.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-28
Big Railroad Purchases.

~~e ~S~~A~A Os~>~ ~-
 If the Pennsylvania railroad shall buy the 5000 cars it is asking prices for it's present disbursements for equipment will exceed $1S,O00,000 Several days ago it announced the disbursement of $7,60O,000 for rails and locomotives and these cars for which the company is now in the mar ket would cost about >$11,000,000. The number of cars is about the same as the number just bought by the New York Central. Other railroads are buying freely of cars, locomotives, rails and track fastenings. The busi- ness of the country is already vast. and it,is expanding all the time, and now. that railroad earnings are in- creasing encouragingly the companies are venturing to lot 50 of their funds and thiss in ., turn,, increases the amount of prosperity.-Philade elphia Record. 'sss- .,',,~
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-28
FAXED vENTRILOQUIsM.
rhc Deception Made Possible by tho
 Loud Speaking Telephone.

Loud Speaking Telephone.
 \ great deal of ventriloquism is not ~entriIoquism at all In fact, the mod ern wonder in this line of pleasant and deceptive art needs to have none of the oh time ventriloqnists' ability at all. He may-and often dOes-stand on the opposite side of the stage from his manikin and puff a cigar quite con- tentedly. to the amazement of the au- dience. The dummy answers with a ready line of repartee, delivered in stentorian tones. Nor is that all. for he turns and twists his head. waves his arms, kicks up his feet and otherwise acts in very lifelike manner.
 The secret of the dummy's voice 'is :tie loud speaking telephone and of his actions various electro magnets. AS may be guessed, both are operated by some one off the stage. In order to produce all the desired effects the dum- my figure is fitted inside with loud speaking telephone receiver. with the horn or large mouthpiece pointing to- ward the audience. The receiver is connected with a special transmitter in an anteroom some distance away. An ordinary operators breast trans- hitter is also concealed in the body of the dummy. so that whatever is said by the ventriloquist on the stage Is transmitted to the operator in the ante room. enabling him to speak for the dummy at the proper time.-Argonaut.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-28
LESSON OF THE LETTERS.
A Warning the Thoughtful Old Lady
 Gave the Heedless Young One.
 They were two women, one young

A Warning the Thoughtful Old Lady
 Gave the HeedIess Young One.
 They were two women. one young. radiant; the other gently, beautifully old.
 But. auntie. it's such fun"
 The older rose. Wait"
 In a moment she had returned Two faded. yellow letters lay upon the young girls lap.
 Read them."
 Wonderingly the girl obeyed The first read:
 "Dearest-I leave you to John. It Is plain you care for him. love you Just now it seems that life without you is impossible. But can no longer doubt. If you cared there would be no doubt. John is my friend l would rather see you his than any others. since you cannot be mine. God bless you. .o WILL The other:
 "Beloyed-l am leaving you to the better man. For me there can never be another love. But it Is best-it is the right thing-and 1 am-yes. l am glad that it Is Will you love instead of me. You cannot be anything but hap py with him. With me-but that-is dream l must learn to forget. As ever and ever. :..... .... JOHN" Joseph Hall in Life.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-28
A Einancier.

Look here, Jimpson,' said Brockle- bank, "I'm terribly mortified about not having paid back that dollar I borrow ed of you last June, but honestly. old man.
 "Oh, that's all right. Brock" said Jimpson. Don't speak of it.' '.
 "Oh, but 1 must speak of 1t, old man." said Brocklebank. "l can't treat friend that way. you know. and I--I want to pay you, and I will. limp sure thing. If you'll lend me $2 I'll pay off that dollar right now, and we can start fresh again." = New York Times.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-28
How, +h. Roman Empire Grew.


 Rome was founded 750 B. C.. the kings were expelled 5O9 B. C., and 1t was not. until 29O B. C.. 460 years after the founding of the city, that the Ro- mans conquered their immediate neigh. bors, the Samnites, Latins. etc. It was not until 266 B. C.. following the defeat of Pyrrhus, that Rome was supreme in Italy. from the southern boundary of Cisalpine Gaul to the Sicilian strait. For $50 years, from the foundation of the city. the Romans could stand on the hills of their city and almost look across their entire territory. as It stretched away only some twenty miles on either hand. After the consolidation of their power in Italy. however, 1t took them but 15O years to conquer the world
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-28
Cast and Wrought Iron.

In a paper recently read before the Society of Chemical Industry the state ment was made that the strength of cast iron was affected by the addition of wrought iron in the following pro- portions. With 100 parts ot cast iron ten parts of wrought iron increase the strength 2 per cent: twenty parts of wrought iron increase the strength 32 per cent: thirty parts of wrought iron increase the strength GO per cent forty parts of wrought iron increase theA strength only B per cent The maximum result is therefore produced with 80, per cent wrought scrap.-In. dianapolis News.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-28
BANKER SEES DANGER
 IN A RUSSIAN LOAN.

NEW YORK: Commenting on the report that the Russian government is seeking loan of $60,000,000 from American bankers and manufactur- CTS, Jacob H. Schiff denounced the Czar's government as inhuman and not deserving of American aid:
 "So long as we have no commercial treaty with Russia," MT. Schiff said, "all dealings on our part with Rus sia carry a risk to us, which should not be lost sight of. But aside from this, are we, willing to ignore the experience every. country has had, which has had large financial deal ings with Russia? It is true Russia Is an honest debtor, so long as it's creditors will loan it anew to pay ma turing debt. Look at France. She is clogged with Russian. bonds, upon which now in her need she cannot re- alize. |. This present proposition of large credit to Russian banks, to be secur- eQ Oy Lue UopOSlI oA ouooAoA 1oSCAA ment bonds, is only thinly yelled subterfuge, for it is we'll known that banks in Russia are naught but tools of the Government, whose bidding they have absolutely to do, so that inability of the Government to make good must unavoidably involve the banks. \ A0d wheSe is Russia going to cover the large requirements for the interese' payments on q, it's huge debt if France shall no longer be able to extend financial assistance to the Russian Government?
 . "You see I am leaving aside en- tirely the sentimental factor which to Americans however, should appeal with particular force. So detestable and inhuman a Government as the Russian, which destroys the homes of it's people and ravages and murders it's own subjects by the hundreds of thousands, neither deserves nor should receive comfort from Ameri- can banks and bankers"
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-28
The Harm of Damp tiousss

't''ss, The Harm sf Damp tiousss. ''" ''
 It, is dangerous to health and. even to life in a damp. moldy, house ot one bailt oyer moldy cellar. Many years ago the London Lancet in an article on diphtheria traced the disease in cer. tain eases to the presence of certain moids., and f,ingoid ,, growths which seemed to be breathed into the throat Remember. one of the best disinfecr tantA ls lima.t Noidy4 cloths. such n shoes and other articles that are unfit for use, should be destroyed at once.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-28
A Swimming orindstens.

Some of the fishermen on the river Tyne, in England. are not only igno- rant but stupid On one occasion two of these fishermen were caught by . heavy freshet and driven out of the river to seq. AS the story goes, one of the men saw in the dusk hoop float ing by. The hoop was fnll of foam. '
 '''We arc saved:' exclaimed the man. Here's . grindstone swimming!"-St. Louis be.Domocrak. .4si
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-28
CONCERNING THE ALASKA
 GOLD MINING COMPANY.

When the news reached New York that the values of the ores in the Al aska Gold mine Rt Juneau had failed to come up to. the expectations, and that operations would be curtailed tor some time, the stocks of the com pany were subjected to a rapid de- cline. falling of from one and one half points each day, Replying to an inquiry as to the conditions of the vine- the Boston Commercial says: "The recent decline in the price oi Alaska, Gold stpclh,fpllewed the ann ouncsmant of General Manager Jack ling that the average grade of ore being mined is somewhat lower than originally expected. This caused quite a nunbef of the holders of the stock
 to sfll and take their profits. AS we understand it, the company is nov mining, from relative small area the mine not, having yet been sufic- iently developed to make possible the drawing of ore from several different parts to thus obtain an ,av- craze of the whole deposit. Alaska Gold has immense resources of low grade ore, probably sufficient to sup ply: anr output of s,980to 10000 tons daily for, forty or fiftye years. It ia 3. a.gigantic- manufactvring proposition and substantial profits will be earn et even though the ore should aver age only $1.50 ton instead of $I.76 to$2.00 as expected. It will probably be a year or two before the company
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-28

twill be in a position to begin paying dividends. After the plans of the management shall have been carried through to competition the company should be able to earn at least $5 a share annually for it's stock"
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-28
! 4 Rsporksr's eeoep.

' : p.ary. A Rsportsr's Scoop. ..' " ''
 ,e,Reporter--Ilyes got g. good place, Of news hese thiss moraing. I've found . person who has, been confined to one room his entire life. Editor-Good! send 1t up. Who Is 1t? Reporter-Why. three-day-old baby at our house Philadelphia Record.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-28
{. We'll Informed.

'."The9e Hoes q mar who has dolved deep'in Roman hist0ry.~t'. '.i"
 "An authority on the subject ehf" !
 ;.":Hnre. He knows lots more about Jplins Caesar than the average voter knows about his congressman. ."-Spo. kane Review. .4's,.e s-.sss.o
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-28

z Prejudice corrupts the taste, ss it pervests the judgment in all the con. cerns of life. e.--Racine.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-28
Milsstouss ,tu Life.

Did anything ever feel more con. spicuons than your first long trousers7'
 ''Only the vast expanse of my iirst dress shirt"-Louisville Courier-Jour. nal ,4~ E',,f =
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-28
Nothing, 1o t..

His Whichever mind if you have lest everything. You still have me MT. Bustnp--But you're not an asset: you're running expense.--Judge.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-28
Down and up.,

..n' ..,s Down and up., vt '
 Hswgag7-He'sp low down crook. Bildad- Who's low down crook Hewgag-Ths man higher up.-Chicavo Herald
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-28

A fine display of nugget 3ewelry at Valdez Drug Co. if
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-28
Consolation.

' |5i,8 x gCoNsolafiOns. V z lt. 4'Fg 7
 First a Criminal Lawyer FactS. ars stubborn things. Second Criminal Law. yer (cheerfully)-Oh. yes! If they were not our fees would be smaller.-Pitts. burgh Press.,. ~..-... ..r.
Evening star., 1915-03-28
HOLD INDOOR MEET
Terminal ''Y" Athletes Com
pete in Many Events.
GAMES PROVE SUCCESSFUL
Many More Entries in Contests Than
in Those Of Last
Year.

The second annual indoor athletic
meet for the members Of the Terminal
r. r. Y. NJ. C. A. which took place
in the terminal station gymnasium
last night, proved very successful.
nearly twice as many as appeared in
the first meet held in March. 1914. The
athletes appeared to have trained very
for the events.
The summarizes:
Standing broad jump-won oy Daley. n. 81
in.; second, Wood, #; third, Heap. IT.
Running broad tump-won by Butler, 4 IT.
l1A in; second. Wood. II #. in; third. Heap
m 10. iis Hs.s q ~ z r. ass s q Hsee G.
rassnwGe ss;,S By Mu'''e IN i"s IS:
Parallel bar events-Dailey, Heap and Not
tingham tied for first place, with IS points; sec
Exercises on the horse-won BY Butler, with ls
points; Smith and Nottingham tied for second
place, with II points; third. Wood. Ewen and
ond. B1iler and and Hiscoci ted Us points; third.
Exercises on the buck-won by nottingham, 100
points. perfect score: second. Maier. 90 points
Put Putting % the shotNNon by Wood. % n. lo.s
in: second. Hiseock; third. Heap.
25-yard dash-Won by DALEY In O.OS 80; SEC
ond, Mulroe; third, Butler.
One-mIle relay-Won by Railway Mall Service
team Davis. Butler. Heap and Hiscock); sscond;
Southern Railway Maier, Wood, Conrad and
Tbrowtne the medicine ball With feet-Won
by Daley. 10 #. In; second. WOOD II II.
throwing medicine ball with hands from back
of head-won by Daley. q II. In second
Putting medicine ball-won by Hiscock. 81 It.
in: second. Daley; third, Maier. -.
shooting basket ball-Won BY Nottingham, aOo
points second, Maier; third, DALEY. ,,.,...
OBSTACLE race-Won by Wood; second, Mailer;
third. Daley and Hiscock tied.
]. r. Bailey scored the highest num-
her of points with a total of 622. HIS
prize will be a silver loving cup. -.
w. j. Wood was second with 6Oz
noints and will get a silver medal
p. n. Hiscock was third with 4ss
points, who will receive a bronze
All other point winners will receive
an association pin.
Evening star., 1915-03-28
BATTLE TO A TIE.
Yankees and Dodgers Open Series
With 6-to-6 Score.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DAYTONA, Fla. March 27-Aided by
the all-around dexterity of George
Cutshaw, the second baseman of
Robby's Dodgers. the Brooklyn crew
was enabled to hold the Yankees to q
tie score in the first game of their
series here today. When
Bill KLEIN called a halt on the contest
at the end of the ninth inning on ac-
count of the fast-approaching dark
ness the scoreboard read to 6. The
Yankees had grabbed run in the first
half Of the ninth, only to have Brook
lyn match it when they came to bat
IN the last inning.
Cutshaw was easily the hero of the
fray, as he slammed out two triples,
a double and a single, and was directly
responsible for four Flatbush tallies.
In addition to his hard and timely bat
ting a spectacular stop of his In the
sixth inning on Maisel choked on two
Yankee runs.
On the whole the Yankees played
cleaner, snappier game. and had the
contest we'll in hand until Keating was
sent in to pitch the last three innings.
The Dodgers almost knocked Keating 8
skypiece OF in the seventh. when they
Yanks senjoyed up to that time.
The three RaVs-Fisher, Caldwell
and Keating-pitched for the Yanks,
while Schmutz and Elmer Brown
served up the benders for Robby's
bunch. The score:
S:oskiSn sss SG'. eSiiE i
Evening star., 1915-03-28
ST. Marks winner
Captures Pennant In Interde-
nominational Bowling League.
ONLY ONE RECORD BROKEN
Nuge Establishes New Mark for
the High Flat Con-
test-07.
ONLY ONE RECORD BROKEN

Tho Interdencminational Bowling
League season was brought to close
last Tuesday night. the st. Marks
Lutheran team being declared the win
ner. This has been the best season OF
the league in the number Of men who
have an average of 100 or better. AZ
far a. the race was concerned, the WIN
ners have had things rather easy. as
no team has pushed them very hard.
The Fifth team did some consistent
bowling during the last half Of tho
schedule, but had a very poor start.
This Is the first season of the Gorsucn
team in the league, it having taken the
place of Westminster Presbyterian
which withdrew. Some of its members
never rolled duckpins before and, all
things considered, it did very well.
Better bowling is looked for from this
team next season. No records were
broken except Leroy Kluge's fiat game
of 81, the high fat game previous 70
this season being IS. The league VIII WI
hold its annual banquet at the ot.
Marks Church April Is, when d1stripu-
tion of prizes will take place:
The standing Of teams and averages
follow:
Evening star., 1915-03-28
White SOX START
H0MEWARD TRIP
Continued from First Page.)

terday by annexing a to l twirlers'
duel in the final grapple between the
Philadelphia rivals on Florida soil.
The count in the series now stands
at one victory each and a to S tie.
The four remaining tits will be staged
on the home diamonds, beginning
April Z.
So far as hitting was concerned, it
was nearly q draw. The Mackmen
bagged six safe bows, one a double,
while the Phillies had one less to their
credit.
The Phillies' lone tally came in the
second inning. while Bush officiated on
the slab. but it can be charged to Jack
Lapp. whose missed third strike en-
score from second by a bit of inside
base running.
In the fourth, with Murphy out of
the way on a long fly to Whitted,
Walsh walked. Kopf hoisted to Beck
er. Lajoie singled to right on the hit
and-run, but Walsh was held at third.
Walsh and Lajoie then worked the dou-
BILE steal. the former scoring. McInnis
doubled to short left, pushing Lajoie
across the rubber. tt required three
Mack hits and a. double steal to reg
lister the third American League run
In the fifth. With two down in this
session, Pennock laced a single to CEN
ter. Murphy beat out an infield tap.
The double steal was again worked to
the queens taste, Bancroft's throw to
choke Pennock on at the plate being
slightly wide. Further scoring was
tahooed. as the fingers were masters
of the batters in the later innings.
Evening star., 1915-03-28
COBB ON THE JOB.
Gets Third Man at Second With the
Bases Crowded.

NEW ORLEANS. March 27.-An at
tack Of the sleeping sickness. of which
Umpire Bob Pender was the first victim.
and the entire New Orleans team the
second, furnished about the only fea-
lures Of a to 4 defeat Of the Pelfcans
by Detroit this afternoon. Both Of the
lethargic lapses came with two down
in the ninth round. The arbitrator let
honesty triumph over desire to alibi
himself out of a trying. situation and
thereby gave New Orleans the chance
to tie the score. This chance the
Pelicans proceeded to toss by allowing
Tyrus Cobb to catch a man mapping on
second sack.
When New Orleans ninth inning
started, the score was to 2. with the
weaklings up. Manager Dobbs i'm
mediately began marshaling his pinch
hitters, who proceeded to fill the sacks
This reversal made the score to 1.
to tie. Coyle came up to hit. Cobb
cautiously crawled In toward the in
field. Bagby. on second, was lulled to
sleep. Smithson wound up and pitched
wide to Coyle. With tho pitch. Cobb
dashed to second, Peters handed the
ball down and Bagby was caught of
the sack by two steps, ending tho
game. after which the fans departed.
praising Cobb for his headwork and
panning their own players for their
failure to keep their eyes open. Score:
R.H.E.
Rsts',s RsR Orleans: /! 5 SS 8 81 3 :
Batteries-Coveleskie. snithson and Peters;
Smith and Higgins.
Evening star., 1915-03-28
CIONI AGAIN A WINNER.
Teams With Eglington and Wins
1CO-Mile Skating Derby.

Roland Cioni. the NorTistown, Pa.
boy. proved a winner again In the
roller skating races held at Conven-
ton Hall last week when he captured
the 1O0-mile derby in fairly easy time
Cionf teamed with Eglington Of Liver
pool. England, and the pair did some
great sprinting in the last twenty
miles. Bacon of McKeesport. Pa, and
Martin of San Francisco were second.
and shipley of Baltimore and Yale of
New Haven were third. The last twenty
miles were skated under the Berlin
system. and the work Of the COM
petitors was simply a sprint from the
eightieth to the last mile.
Evening star., 1915-03-28
Chevy Chase Club Quint
Beats Washington c. c.

In the second match between
the bowling teams OF the Chevy
Chase Club and the Warrington
Country Club the former organ
fxation was the victor by three
games to two. The first series
was rolled early In March and
WIS weD By the. Washingtoa
Country Club.
The victory Of the Chevy Chase
team in the second match was
due to the splendid work of
Samuel Dalsell and Gen. II. r.
Mccain. The former knocked
down 100, III. 1le, Ia and 1O4
pins. for m average Of q little
more than 11l3 the latter obtain
ed scores Of 1ez, 1Ol, 10l, 90 and
l02.
The results Of the match follow,
Evening star., 1915-03-28
BATTLE FOR HONORS
Jeds and Royals Again Tied in
District Circuit.
STANFORD TOPS PLAYERS
Has Done Exceptionally Good Work
Since December 1-Aver-
age Is ITO 1-2.

The Jeds and Royals are still fight
Ing for the championship In the Dis
trict League, with the odds favoring
neither team. Right now they are tied.
each having been victorious in fifty
three contests and defeated in nine
teen. The Belmonts are in third place,
five games behind the two leaders.
Harry Stanford leads the players,
having passed Howser. who has been
on top for several months. Stanford's s
rolling has been exceptionally good for
the past fifteen weeks. having bowled
for an average of 110h for forty-hve
games On December l his average was
1926; since then he has rolled sets
Of 325, 322. 1856. 1888. 349, $50. 324. 357.
319, s14. s14. a32. 321. a34 and ass. His
average today for sixty-nine games Is
109-43
The standing Of the teams and aver