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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-06

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 MT and Mrs. c. w. Brown were hosts at dinner Sunday at their home in Wood lawn. Easter lilies centered the table, about which were seated the following. MT, and Mrs. L. A. Christian, Mir. and Mrs. Roscoe Brown, MT. and Mrs. Bow man, pr. John Douglas and MT. and Mrs. Brown.
 Mrs Frank Kitchens and children left yesterday for Chattanooga after visiting Mrs. George Oliver.
 Miss Lula Robinson of Athens college is the guest of Mrs. Clifton Brooks.
 MT. k. L Blough has returned from visit to Montgomery.
 Mrs. H. $. Murray entertained the Fair field Bridge club yesterday afternoon, and the rooms were decorated with jonquils and violets. Easter score cards were used and favors of the same motif were dis tributed Two dainty hand embroidered luncheon cloths were awarded prizes and late in the afternoon luncheon was served. The members and following eX tra guests were present.; Mrs. F. B. Dodge. Mrs. Edward Sellers and Mrs. Charles Foster.
 The following meetings will be held in Ensley: High School Improvement asso- citation, this afternoon at 2:30; the Fair view School Improvement association, at the same time; the Ensley Highland Forty-two club Wednesday afternoon, with Mrs. B. F. McPherson, and the Thread of the Story ciAb Thursday, with Mrs. J. w Fulford, hostess.
 Miss Mabel White is in Ensley after a stay with relatives in Attalla.
 Mrs. Houston Jones of Mississippi is the guest of Mrs. N. G. Clarke.
 Miss Frankie Enzor, Miss Fannie Mae Minor and Miss Neva Minor are at home after a stay with friends at Troy.
 MT. and Mrs. A. B. Ringland entertained a few friends at a card party Saturday evening in West End to celebrate their wedding anniversary. The house was prettily decorated for the event and late in the evening buffet supper was beau tifully served. The hospitality included MT. and Mrs. W. H. Osborne MT and Mrs. w. T. Gafford, MT. and Mrs. F. L.. Mountford, Mr and Mrs. H. W. Bostick and MT. and Mrs. Ringland.
 Miss Virginia Meriwether was hostess to the Camp Fire Girls club Saturday morning at her home in West End
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-06
Ole Miss, whar dar's CT Will dar's most inginerally er-LaWyer. Yassum!

 A little verse I recall spells the whole story as far as the weather is concerned: Little drops of water Little grains of sand Get all in a mix-up And upset our bestest pians,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-06
Utilizing Stale Bread

'T have a recipe for utilizing stale bread which I often make. It is good.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-06

Chattanooga after visiting MT. and Mrs. Tom Ellis.
 Miss Eunice Brown will entertain the Baraca Philathea class Friday evening at her home in Avondale.
 Mrs l.. L. Browning will be hostess to her crochet club this afternoon
 Miss Laura Kyle of Tuscaloosa is the guest of Miss Vala McCool.
 Miss Theresa Hodges of Perry, Ga, is visiting Mrs. T. l.. Hendricks.
 Miss Matte Moses is at home after a visit to Tuscaloosa.
 Mrs. $. w. Nabers is spending a few days in Atlanta.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-06

building. has no connection with the man arrested.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-04-06
GAMING THE CULPRIT.
The Marks It Leaves Look Worse Than
 the Whaling Feels.

In London police court recently teacher in public school was prose cuted for assaulting a pupil by caning him. The magistrate decided that he had not used undue violence and there fore discharged the master.
 In this case the father of the boy who had been caned took him to physician on the evening of the day of his castigation and this doctor found about fifteen wheals on the lads back. This was evidence of severe punish ment, but the magistrate considered it was not too severe for the offense which had caused it, and said that parents had formed an exaggerated opinion of the amount of force that had been used.
 l Commenting on this the London Lan- cet says:
 "A blow from a cane causes at the time an appreciable amount of pain. (which. by the way, is what it is in- tended to dol, but it leaves behind mark quite out of proportion in its form idable character to the amount of suffering which it causes after the first sting has been endured. If any one doubts this, having perhaps avoided the opportunity to observe it in the course of an exemplary boyhood, the experiment is easily made. Amy small boy will be willing to do his share by inhcting upon the seeker after truth sharp cut or two, the results of which will no doubt be distinctly felt for time, but only for about an hour, while there will be visible on the well protected and tender skin of the back for some days wheals which would harrow the heart of any mother"
 In other words, boys back after a caning looks far worse than it feels.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-04-06
A Maker of CrippIes.

Dr. Charlton Wallace once inyesti- gated with great care AGO cases of hip joint disease-t tuberculosis of the hip. He found that of this number 70 per cent came of tubercnlous families or had lived in houses where there had been known cases of active tubervu- Iosis within d year. In both cases the explanation was the same exposure to infection. When the tubercle germ cannot murder q victim it does it's best to cripple him The only safeguard is to make sure personally that your house does not harbor this greatest of human encmics.- Chicago Journal.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-04-06
SURE DARDANELLES FORTS
 WILL HOLD OUT

Thanks are expressed to England for the excellent defenses of the Oar danelles forts, in an editorial in re. cent issue of the Frankfurter Zeitung, which expresses confidence that the forts will hold out against all at tacks by the Allied fleets.
 "The Dardanelles strait is 56 kilo- meters long, and at its narroWest point less than 1000 meters wide, in the placing of the Notifications. Eng land has done a service for which 1t should now receive thanks, in those days when it had not yet been de- prived of it's reason by fear of the German danger and when it saw in the defense of Turkey against Rus sia and French robber lust chief task of it's diplomacy. The entire chain of forts was subsequently inn proved again and again and built up more extensively, and today it is so strong that even the military critic of the London Times, Colonel Rep ington, is obliged to admit that the Notifications can be forced only if the attacking fleet is supported by a land army of at least 100000 men.
 "The German kaiser has decorated the Turkish war minister, Enver Pa sha, with the iron cross. In view of the new attack of the enemy upon the central point of the Turkish em' pire, that is a fresh recognition of valor and an encouragement. When it is considered today that Turkey is standing embattled on three or four fronts and with three great powers the continued duration of the war in itself is eloquent of the internal strength of an organization which the political barber shops of Europe had all too readily accustomed themselves to regard as a sick man."
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-04-06
To the Voters of Valdez.

In announcing my candidacy for election to the city council, I wish to state that I am, and always have been, in favor of maintenance of the city dock.
 I am in favor of improving our fire protection and pledge myself, if elected, to strict economy in the ad ministration of the city's affairs.
 After you have selected six coun cilmen I would appreciate it very much if you will consider my name for the seventh.
 ks w. M. FINICAL.
 Thirty pounds of fresh Yakima spuds for 50 cents at Yakima Fruit Co.'S store. tf
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-04-06
Father and His Daughters.

The habits Of lifetime which began generation or more ago. the habit of being source of maintenance and the need of keeping ill hand the means of maintenance. the habit of power and of keeping hold of the source of power, may make q man less than fair per haps in dividing his acquisitions with his wife. but when it comes to the daughters whom he is going to leavH in the world when he quits it he is ;.Ai for securing to them as far as he can a full share of all that is worth hav- ing. Hardly can sex selfishness squeeze in between him and his girls. As be- tween them and all males, he is for them. He wants them to lose no goud thing that may lawfully be coming to them. He wants no man to bully them no man to impose upon their generosl- ty, no man to bring them to want, to sorrow or hungry heart.-Edward $. Martin in Atlantic.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-04-06
Fear of Old Military Service.

X prisoners appeal to the court of criminal appeal for a longer sentence, although the first on record before that tribunal is not altogether unpar- aleled at the assize. for offenders who have had the advantage of inside knowledge of the working of the pris- ons acts have been known to ask the judge to give them penal servitude in stead of a short period of hard labor They shrink from the more Spartan diet and severer restrictions that at tach to the nominally lighter sentence A century ago. when capital punish ment was inflicted for many trivial crimes, q prisoner was sometimes giv en a choice-dcath or service in the army or navy. And the services in those days had such a terror for some criminals that many elected to be hanged instead of serving their coun- try.-London Spectator.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-04-06
Notice of Forfeiture

To Mrs. M. F. Roberts, her heirs and administrators and to all it may concern: You are hereby notified that have expended during the past year, 1914, the sum of $66.66 (sixty-5ix dol lars and siXty-six cents) lawful money of the United States in labor and inn provements upon your onethird inter- est in those mining claims lying and being on Avery river, in the recording precinct of Valdez, Alaska, which are known as the Beauty Bird and Beauty Bird No. l, the location notices of said claims being of record in the office of the commissioner. and rec orded at Valdez, Alaska, pages num- bered 95, 96, in Book 10, Mining Rec ords. in order to hold said claims under the provisions of section 2324 of the Revis Statutes of the Unit ed States, concerning annual labor on mining claims, being the amount required to ho'd said lode claims for the period ending December, 1914
 And unless within ninety days after the completion of the publication of this notice to-wit: within ninety days after the 7th day of June, 1915, you contribute your proportion of such ex- penditure incurred in performing said annual labor and improvements, which is the sum of s66.66, your in- terest ill said claims will become the property of your co-partners, who have made the required expenditure by the terms of said section '.
 Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this Sth day of March, 1915.
 JULIUS RONNING. Last publication June 2, 1915.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-04-06
QUEST OF FL DORADO.
That Elusive Land of Gold and Jewels
 In South America.

Guiana is bounded on the north by the great river Orinoro and on the south by the still greater river Ama- zon. These two grand rivers are con- nected with one another, the Cisiqui- ure. a branch from the Orinoco, falling into the Rio Negro, d tributary of the AmaZon Within Guiana itself are many rivers of very considerable size.
 The kingdom of Fl Dorado was re- puted to exist somewhere between the Rio Branco and the Essequibo, called by the Indians the Brother of the Ori- noco. Manoa, the capital, was said to be somewhere between the Rio Branco and the Rupununi, a tributary of the Essequibo. From the thirties of the sixteenth century some eighteen expe- ditions had been sent by the Spaniards to Guiana in search of the golden king dom. Diego de Ordas, one of the cap- tains of Cortes at the conquest of Mex ico, led the first attempt in 1531. After him followed many brave cavalier, but all was in vain, and disasters as we'll as failure attended nearly all the expeditions.
 From state paper in the public rec ord office, London, it appears that ill 1880 persons who travelled ill America had reported that there was a place where the women wore great plates of gold, covering their whole bodies like armor. In every cottage pearls were to be found; in some houses a peck. Ban Queting houses were built of crystal, with pillars of massive silver. some of gold. Pieces of gold as big as a mans fist were to be found ill the heads of some of the rivers. Raleigh read ac- counts of these expeditions, but their want of success did not deter him from attempting to find the golden region.- Blackwood's Magazine.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-04-06
A LIGHT IN AN AUTOMOBILE.
Use One of the Spark Plugs When You
 Have No Matches.

Did you ever while making an auto- mobile tour find yourself on lonely country road, perhaps miles from the nearest house, and suddenly discover that you had no matches? If you were anxious to light the lamps or ca ger for q smoke such a discovery would not prove at all conducive to the smoothness of your temper.
 There is simple way in which any one may secure q light without the aid of matches. You may be anxious for smoke or it may be getting dark and you want to light your lamp. but in any event you can secure the neces- sary light if you will follow these di- rectiOns:
 Unscrew one of the spark plugs and let it lie on the cylinder head. Wrap small wisp of waste around the end of any small stick of wood or if there is none handy wrap it around the end of screwdriver or any other tool. Dip the waste in the gasoline until it is thoroughly soaked. Of course you should have only very small piece of waste; otherwise the blaze will be too big for you to handle. After dipping this in the gasoline lay it close to the spark plug and turn the engine over un- | til this plug sparks. This will ignite 1 the waste and you will have littlf torch sufficient for lighting your lamp. Even if there is q heavy rain or snow, you can secure light in this manner sufficient for your needs.-Detroit Free | Press.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-04-06

Notice is hereby given that spec ial meeting of the stockholders of 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 2 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 snares 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 lars, with full power to issue bonds in payment of all of it's indebted ness, and to mortgage or otherwise hypothecate its 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 it may acquire by purchase or otherwise water rights, water power, and the lands incident al thereto, and that it 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 21st, 1915. Witness our hands as directors of said company, this 23rd day of Feb ruary, 1915.
 F. M. BOYLE,
 F. E. RITCHIE.
 w. M. FINICAL,
 GEO. J. LOVE,
 Directors
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-04-06
HARDY TUSCAN WOMEN.
One Vigorous old Dame Who Acted as
 Mountain Guide.

Illustrative of the hardness of Wo- men in Tuscany Sir Francis Vane re- lates in "Walks and People In Tus- cany" the experiences of two Eng lishmen who were travelling in Italy and who appealed to village innkeep- CT for trustworthy guide to conduct them over the pass between the noun tains of Rondinajo and Ire Potenze. To their surprise an old woman ap- peared and announced that she had come to make arrangements for the journey. They concluded she must be the mother of their guide.
 "What was our amaZement to learn that this elderly dame was our destin- ed leader, and indeed she was got up for the fray in long boots and short skirts.
 "On we tramped, she always ahead, walking with fine military swing which lifeguardsman might have en- vied. The path was difficult and could not be used by vehicles. Our guide led us up the steep way which follows small and rushing stream issuing from out the side of Rondinajo. and up it we ascended for an hour or more until the pass was reached.
 We here had the merciful intention of sending the old woman back. an intention. however, she very strongly opposed. It was only by allowing her to come some few miles farther on that we could induce her to leave us before she had seen us safely to the end of the journey"
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-04-06
Summons By Publication.
In the District Court for the Ter

In the District Court for the Ierrl-
 tory of Alaska, Third Division.
 J. L. Reed, plaintiff, vs. Fri Thomp- son and M. A. Ellis, defendants,- No. S-49. 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 the clerks office of the above entitled court; and unless you so appear and ; answer or otherwise plead, the plain tiff will apply to the court for the relief demanded in said complaint, to-Wit: 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 AK placer mining claim, in Cook Inlet Precinct. Territory of Alaska, and or. derins 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 day of March, 1915.
 (SpuD ARFIi' F LANG.
 Clerk of EiI" District Court,
 By CIAS. A. HAND. Deputy.
 Date Of first l0hjic:t.0n March s, 1915
 Date of last publication April 19. 1915
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-04-06
Government of Japan.

The government of Japan is not an absolute monarchy, the mikAdo being and to q degree, to the people back of the parliament Under the miiado i> the house of peers. composed of the princes of the blood and the nobility and the representatives of the vested interests. and the house of representa- tivrs. which is made up of some 3S0 mrlnbers, representing the masses of the people New York Journal
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-04-06
An Exception.

Little Mary was coloring pictures with her set of paints. She used tint that failed to please and eXclaimed "Oh l didn't mean to do that! How ever, what's done is done and can't be undone-eS"ept shoe laces. ."-Chicago News
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-04-06
Up In a Balloon.

To remain motionless and watch the earth fall away from you as rapidly as baseball falls from you when drop ped from a window is the sensation of going up in balloon.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-04-06
Poor Dora.

Dora must have suffered some ter rible disappointment. One never sees her smile now What is the matter?'
 She's had two front teeth pulled "-London Telegraph.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-04-06

There is only one cure for public dis tress, and that is public education. di rected to make men thoughtful, merci- full and just.-Ruskin.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-04-06
lnapprecfative Man.

You say you occasionally smoke one of your wife's birthday cigars?"
 "Yes; dug 'em up the other day. and they are a great help in my pres ent situation"
 "What is that?"
 q am trying to quit smoking for
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-04-06
Real Ability.

"What is the secret of success.?" ask ed the fool.
 "The ability to conceal your lack of ability" replied the sage.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-04-06
Courtesy at the pawnshop.

You go first. Frau Meier. can wait"
 "Thanks. I'd have you know I'm in no more hurry for my money than ."-Fliegende Blatter
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-04-06

Remington and Smith Premier type writers for sale or rent at Valdez Drug Co. U
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-04-06

The Prospector office for job work
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-04-06

Notice of Specla1 Meeting Of the Stockholders of the Valdez Electric Company.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-02-05
TO Kill cockRoAcHEs.

In sections where cockresches ar,
bothersome the pests can be combated
by using the following remedy. tried
and recommended By The department,
OF agriculture; NIX oDe part OF plastei
OF paris and three or four parts oi
-four. Place this dry mixture in sau.
Ger or on a fat piece Of wood or tin
where reaches are numerous. Near by
place another fiat plate containing pure
water and supply few inclines Of
wood or cardboard extending from the
floor to the edge OF the plate, SO thet
the, bugs viii have easy access to the
water. Also float one or two pieces Of
wood on the water, so that they will
tonch the edge of tho dish. The in.
sects readily eat the hour-plaster MIX.
ture, become thirsty and drink. with
the result that the plnster sets in theii
intestines and kills them. \
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-02-05

A regular conclave Of Taft Com.
mandery will be held in the Masonic
Temple this evening at 7%s. Import.
ant business will be- transacted. AZ.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-02-05
ABOUT PRUNING.

In addition to the spraying opera,
tons, there Ia a certain amount oi
work along the. line Of pruning which
should be done in the orchard every
season. This should include, cutting
out cross branches that rub or those
growing in direction that will tend IL
injure the symmetry of the top. II the
tree shows a tendency to be too rangy
the longer limbs should be. cut back
moderately, Dead and diseased limbs
should be cut out carefully and water
sprouts growing from the roots OF
trunk If the trees or large branches
show a tendency 70 split, these should
be bored through with three-six.
tcenths or quarter inch bit and a bolt
inserted. care being taken that the end
OF the bolt does not project any dis
lance beyond the bur through which
1t screws. Such precautions will pre-.
vent a breakdown later In the season,
when the tree is loaded heavily with
fruit. As "A general direction. il is well
TO remember that pruning done before
the middle of June tends to encourage
n growth OF wood, while that done
after the 1st OF July encourages the
formation Of fruit buds for the follow.
ing year. in districts where the pear
blight Is prevalent the early pruning
should he reduced to minimum, as II
results in a quicker flow Of sap IN thu
remaining wood and new growth and
greatly Increases the problem of con
trolling the blight.