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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-11-30
DEATH NOTICE

Entered into rest November 30th.
1915. JAMES WALLACE EooW,
OF this city il tho s1st year Of
his age. Funeral scrvies from st.
Paul's Church, Thursday Afternoon
at 2 O'Clock. InterTaent private,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-11-30
Notice To State Taxpayers--i am
City Treasurer

now prepared to receive the State
.axa: for he year 1915. The attcn-
ton CT taxpayers is respectfully call
cd 20 The importance of paying the
Same prior to December /. 1915, as
OH that dale q penalty of five per
cert. will hc added TO all unpaid bills
and their collection enforced az re-
Guircd by law.
THOs. ". ROBINSON,
POD ID. City Trea sursr
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-11-30

The remains of Mrs. Jane b. Lin
coin, who died in Staunton, will be
brought here today and inferred OF
Thursday in St. Mary'S Cemetery.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-11-30
LOCAL BREVITIES

In police court this morning Ray
mond Groves was fined $40 for cruel
treatment Of horse
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-11-30

Salt Water Oysters At The Ram
Mel Cafe. -.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-11-30

Salt water oystsrs at the Ramms.
c,se.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-11-30

Salt Water Oysters AT The Ram
Mel Cafe.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-02-20
A Rhineland Legend.

There is a Rhineland legend of three German robbers who. having acquired by various atrocities what amounted to very valuable booty. agreed to di- vide the spoil and to retire from so dangerous a vocation. When the day appointed for this purpose arrived one of them was dispatched to neighbor- ing town to purchase provisions for their last carousai. The other two secretly agreed to murder him on his return that they might divide his share between them. They did sO. But the murdered man was closer cal culator even than bis assassins. for he had previously poisoned part of the provisions. that he might appropriate to himself the whole of the spoil. This precious triumvirate were fonnd dead together.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-02-20
A Calamity.

Nve-year-old Tots mother was tell. ing the youngster the story of herself and her twin sister.
 "One morning when we were q week old the nurse was bathing ns, and she took the blue ribbon off Della's wrist and the pink ribbon off Stella's wrist When she was ready to put them on again she could not remember which one of us was Della and which was Stella. so she took ns in to mother, but mother could not tell either. and no one ever did know whether or not we had our right names. Then when we were seven years old one ot us died. and nobody knows whether It was Della or Stella"
 Little Tot burst into an agony or tears and sobbed out, ''l just know 1t was my own mother that died when she was seven years old"'-ionth $ Companion.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-02-20
WHISTLER AND HIS GROCER.
An Overdue Bill, Threat and a Pay
 ment Not In Cash.

An Overdue Bill, Threat and Pay
 ment Not In Cash.
 Whistler's financial affairs were the mingled joy and terror of his friends, and the Pencils, in their Life of Whistler," give q most amusing glimpse into this side of his life. On one occasion he had actually run up a bill ot f60O with q Chelsea greeDgrorer, who at last called to insist upon pay. ment Whistler came out strong on that occasion:
 "How-what- why why. of course, you have sent these things most ex cellent things-and they have been eaten, you know. by most excellent people. Think what a splendid adver- tisement! And sometimes, you know, the salads are not quite up to the mark the fruit, you know. not quite fresh. And if you go into these unseemly dis cussions about the bill-well, you know, 1 shall have to go into discussion about all this, and think how 1t would burt your reputation with all these extraor. dinary people. think the best thing is not to refer to the past-pll let it go. And in the future we'll have a weekly account-wiser, yon knowr'
 The greengrocer left without his mon ey. but received in payment two DOC. turnes, one the blue upright Valparaiso.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-02-20
His Passport.

On one occasion tiustave Dore. the artist, lost his passport while on tonr in Switzerland. At Lucerne he asked to be allowed to speak to the mayor. to whom he gave his name.
 "You say that you are NJ. Gustave Dore. and believe you." said the mayor. but" and he produced piece of paper and pencil, you can easily prove it.
 Dore looked around him and saw some peasants selling potatoes in the street. With few clever touches ne reproduced the homely scene and. ap- pending his name to the sketch. pre- scented 1t to the mayor.
 Your passport is all right" remark. ed the official. but you must allow me to keep it and to offer you in return one of the ordinary form"
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-02-20
Notice of ReqIstration.

Notice is hereby given that the reg istration books for the registration of voters at the municipal election 10 be held in and for the Town of Val deZ, Alaska, on the 9th day of April, 1915, will be open at the office of the Town Treasurer, it Cope, Block, in said Town, on the 1st day of February, 1915, between the hours of and i o'clock in the afternoon of said day, and will remain open for such registration between like hours on each and every day thereafter, eX- cept Sundays, until and including the 27th day of March, 1915; and on the last two days on which such regls tration may be made, viz, the 26th and 27th days of March, 1915, said books will be open for such registra- tion between the hours of 1 and 6 o'clock in the afternoon of said days. Town Treasurer E. G. Ames has been named registrar, and will enter in said registration books the names of all persons, residents of the Town of Valdez, who are qualified voters, or who will be such voters at the date of said election. upon their ap- plication in person at his said office within the office hours and between the dates mentioned; and no voter who does not personally appear and register at said office between said dates will be permitted to vote at said election
 RANDALL E. ASHBY,
 Town Clerk.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-02-20
THE HOUSE OF SORROW.
Those Who Have DweIt Therein Have
 Learned Lasting Lesson.

Those Who Have DweIt Therein Have
 Learned Lasting Lesson.
 They that have experienced great sorrow are born again. The world they are now ill is quite different from their old world. In that earlier world they lived upon terms of household familiarity with joy and felicity. Now they must lie down by the side of sor- row and eat with sorrow beside them at the board. Outward things may as' sert their identity to eye, to ear, to touch, but outward things cannot de- ceive the spirit within. The house of sorrow is strange, all its furniture is strange. and the newcomer must learn anew how to live.
 Tue first lesson is to accept the past as beautiful day that is done. as the ioveliness of rose that has withered away. The object of our yearning has passed from the world of actual contacts into the world of art. Mem ory may paint the picture as it will. drop out all shadows and catch the beauty of our exquisite less in all the golden glow of human happiness.
 There. within the shrine prepared by sorrow, that picture will ever refresh US and bless us Evil cannot touch it. nor ill will, nor envy. nor sordid care Only our own faithfulness, our own acceptance of unworthy things. can stain the freshness of its beauty. Sor row has constituted uS rhe sacriStanS of this shrine; on us rests the care ot this pictured relic. and unless We sui fer notes and beams to get ill our eyes it will remain as bright i'll the sanctuary of memory as in the sun shine of earthly life.-Atlantic.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-02-20
Notice of Settlement of Account

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. d.-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 fil- ed in the above entitled court, his final account of the administration of said estate, and that Wednesday, the 24th day of February, 1915. 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 Oficlo
 Probate Judge, for the Recording
 Precinct of Valdez, Alaska.
 Date of first publication December "A, 1914.
 Date last publication February 24, 1915.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-02-20
PROFIT IN GOLDEN SEAL.
A Woodland Crop That May Be culti-
 vated With Little Trouble.

A Woodland Crop That May Be culti-
 vated With Little Trouble.
 Speaking of plants that may be cnl- tiyated with little trouble and with profit to the grower. a writer in Greens Fruit Grower advises those who have bit of unused woodland or underbrush to plant golden seal. He considers it one of the most remuner. ative of plants to raise and says that it requires very little care.
 The roots of this plant sold fifteen years ago at 30 cents a pound. The price has steadily advanced. The root is now worth $5.5O a pound, and the dry leaves and stems now sell for 25 cents d pound. 1t is one of the most widely used drugs known to the mod ern pharmacopoeia.
 At the end of three years you can sort out the mature roots from the young ones and wash and dry them for sale, while you put the young roots back in the ground. At the end of the three years the grower has year. ly crop of roots, and, beginning with the first year, he has yearly crop of leaves and stems. This is one of tln crops on which there is an absolute certainty of a market that will run after you as soon as any golden seal buyer knows you have the goods to sell. Go and ask your druggist or your doctor about the value of golden seal.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-02-20
BULLETS ARE TRICKY.
Ono Chance Shot That Brought Down
 Three English Officers.


 It has been truly said that once you fire bullet from a modern rife no one can forecast where it will ultimately come to rest. Even when bullet has an uninterrupted course it is capable of upsetting all known calculations of its flight and range.
 Before the battle of Omdurman q sick officer was carried across the Nile and placed under an awning no less than $500 yards from the nearest point of possible fire. This should cas- fly have insured him margin of safe ty, but it didn't. stray bullet ate up the intervening three miles of desert air. struck him in the head and killed him.
 Shortly before another battle in the Sudan General Sir Archibald Hunter. Colonel Hacket-Thompson, c. B.. and another officer were reconnoiteriny through an opening in the wall of Il disused sakieh, or waterwheei. The hole in the wall was so small that the officers had to stand one behind the other to see anything.
 The officer, whose name is not given in the incident, was in front using q pair of binoculars, while Sir Archibald Hunter was in the rear. The glint caused by the setting sun shining on the glass of the binoculars attracted the attention of dervish, who. with others, was retiring along the Nile. He.Stopped, took rapid aim and fired
 1t was very good chance shot, for it sped through one of the lenses of the binoculars, through the brain of the officer holding them, killing him on the spot, throngh the shoulder of Colonel Hacket Thompson and finally lodged in the breast of Sir Archibald Hunter, where 1t remains to this day.-London Mail
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-02-20
The Codex Sinaiticus.

The most ancient of the New Testa. ment manuscripts is the one known as the "Codex Sinaiticus," published at the expense or Alexander il. Of Rus. sia since the Crimean war. This codex covers nearly the whole of the Old and New Testaments and was discovered in the Convent of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai by the celebrated Tischen
 dorf. It is generally ascribed to the fourth century. New York American.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-02-20
A Different Reason.

What bright eyes you havew said the visitor to e-year-old Tommy. You must get plenty of sleep"
 "Yes'm." he answered. My mam. ma makes me go to bed every night at s o'clock"
 That's to keep you healthy" said the visitor.
 No. 1t ain't." replied the yonngster. "It's so she can mend my clothes. "-St. Louis Globe. Democrat.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-02-20
Piatinum.

Platinum is dissolved by aqua regia. mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids. No acid known to chemists. alone. will dissolve this metal. but these two combined, in the proportion of one volume of nitric and three of hydro chloric, will.-New York American.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-02-20
HopslosA

He ought tO turn over new leaf."
 "Gee, that wouldn't do much good! He could turn over whole library and not have . good start toward being decent"-Bxchange.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-02-20
Was Probably Serious.

"l'd like to know" said the boat. swain. whether she was stringing me or not"
 'Who?" inquired the mate.
 "The young woman who asked me awhile ago if we ever hltched sea horses to the captains gig."-St Louis Post. Dispatch.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-02-20
Safety First.

Bill Burglar-l ain't gonna rob no poor lone woman, aint. Mike Thief Whats de matteri Gettin' softY Bill Rurglar-Soft, nothin'. Them lone helpless women's de kind dat half kills ye and then sends you to jail.-Phila' delphia Ledger.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-02-20
A Queer Eve,

An orator stated that 'the worst en- emy any cause can have is a double lie in the shape of half trnth, and the newspaper reported 1t "a double eye in the shape of halt a to0th.'
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-02-20
Free Nicotine.

By sprinkling tobacco during the cur. ing with ? per cent solution of citric acid the tree nicotine. which causes the ''bits," . eliminated.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-02-20

If you cannot get grapes, runs Rus sian provefb. try au apple.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-02-20
Somebody
 With Money

always has been found to "back" a good plan, a good idea, a good busi- ness venture or a good mining prospect-other- wise a good many of to- days successful business enterprises would still be mere dreams. Advertising has brought ! about a majority of the ! introductions of the man with the idea, the man with a prospect or busi- ness to the man with the dollar.
 ADvERTISE IN THE PRoaPEcTCR FOR RE- 0UlT8. <
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-02-20

If you want all me news ell tAs taae. read the Prsspssssr.
The Brinkley argus., 1915-02-19
Just About Town

You should have qualified your statement about that fine Buff Orphington cockerel brought in for my good friend Mcfarland said Pastor J. H. Coleman to the ARGUS man last Saturday. Con- tinuing he said you said it was the prettiest cockerel in Brinkley before saying you should see the magnificent thoroughbred young white Plymouth Rock cockerel, Prince show you" who is "cock of the walk" in my pen.
 Mir. Coleman's strain of chick ems are from a llne of high priced, prized winners. It will be remembered that he, carried a small reader in the ARGUS Classified Department a few weeks ago and sold out clean and clear o f the stock he ad. vertised from that one little 25 ct. ad.
The Brinkley argus., 1915-02-19
CITY COUNCIL MEETS
New Light & Water Fran chise Coming. Light & Water Bills Paid
 With Protest.

The regular monthly meeting of the City Council was held Tuesday night. Present Mayor Jas. Grant, City Clerk Brickell, Marshal Owen, Aldermen Rush. CT, Shults, Mcfarland, Hammon, Huddleston and Sands.
 The usual monthly bills were allowed.
 The Light & Water Go. bills were allowed under protest pending the adjustment of the differences with the Company. The Ordinance Committee have been instructed to have prepared a new franchise that will be fair and just to the Company and to the people of Brinkley.
The Brinkley argus., 1915-02-19
Valentine Reception

The ladies of the Presbyterian church entertained on Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Fred Roescher with 6 Valentine Social.
 The pretty home was most beautifully decorated with multi sized blood red hearts festoon- ed thro' the various rooms and intertwined with the emerald green of the clinging ivy.
 During the afternoon a most enjoyable musical program was enjoyed, numbers being given by Mrs. Jas. L. Woodfin, Adolph Goldberg, Misses Fife Dunlap, Nell Thurman, Matte Starrett. Francis Thurman, Carrie Rush. CT, Jennie Allen, Constance Cole. Nevada Tomlinson, Mary Coop CT. Hor:ense Tomlinson. Ruth Webber, Margaret Smith. Louise Cohn, Doris Shults, Virginia Murphy, Master John Cole and George Allen.
The Brinkley argus., 1915-02-19
The Light and Water MuddIe

The publication in the ARGUS last week. of the special Light and Water Committee report of l.. K Brown. Jas. Grant anc F. T. Murphy, to the Brinkley Commercial League, so agitated the Light & Water Co.,. Manager, Mir. J. E. Thompson that he paid a visit to the ARGUS publisher on Friday and denounced the report as a lie and gave warning against further publications.
 In as much as the gentlemen composing the committee are among our cleverest and most responsible citizens and in as much as their report was practic- ally unanimously endorsed by one of the largest gatherings of Brinkley business men held by League, the ARGUS takes a pleasure in enclosing their action regardless of all threats. and in saying to Mir. Thompson that his personal animosity to the busi- ness men of Brinkley and to the newspaper man for publishing a a legitimate piece of news, as was the report above mentioned, doesn't get him or his company anything. The business men of Brinkley have been extremely friendly to MT. Thompson during his more than two years here and they ha ve shown it in substantial ways. They have no desire to worry him now. They do not wish to deprive him of the franchise. which the committee claimed he had violated, and by his failures, made void.
 The ARGUS does not believe that there is a single citizen in Brinkley who personally has the slightest unfriendly feeling to the Light and Water Co.,. Manager. More than two years have gone by since he came here and began promising us good water, safety against fire. etc. An amended franchise that will bring real results, instead of promises and will penalize the company on their failure to do what they agree to do. will satisfy the people. of Brinkley.
The Brinkley argus., 1915-02-19

r.n 'em you saw 1T in the Arsu
The Brinkley argus., 1915-02-19
KNOW 1T WELL
Familiar Features Well Known to Hundreds of Brinkley Citi.
 ZonS

A familiar burden in many homes.
 The burden of a bad back"
 A lame, a weak or an aching back often tells you of kidney ills
 Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak kidneys.
 Here is Brinkleyl testimony.
 Mrs. C. F.NSiumons, w. Ash St, Brinkley. ways: T firmly believe that Doap's Kidney Pills are in every way a reliable remedy. The relief I got was proof of the curative powers of this remedy.p
 Price soc. at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills = the same Mrs. Simmons had. Foster Milburn Co. Props, i, Buffalo. N. Y.
The Brinkley argus., 1915-02-19

"modern sedon''- -sHot Springs, alone but it yeaches out and legalizes this system of French gambling , all over the state of Arkansas. A letter. telegram or message to any member of the Senate by those citizens who stand against gambling and such immortality, might save the state from being disgraced by having such an iniquitous law on our
 books. Do it now" or else it
 may be too late.
The Brinkley argus., 1915-02-19
Separate Funds for Mon-
 roe County Road Districts

Senator Harry Harris intro duced this week in the Senate bill providing for the forming of three special road districts in Monroe County; namely, Green field, Rock Roe and Brinkley, Townships.
 This measure is one of best local measures that the tax payer of the various townships have eyer had. It is the same bill as Holly Grove or Duncan town ship Special District Bill which has been effective for the past two years and which is said to be a most satisfactory measure in every detail.
 Senator Harris has the sincere thanks of our people for the prompt and efficient services in pushing these measures through.
The Brinkley argus., 1915-02-19

n oalalCb Ahst Doss - Aoopet m looal
 Becsue< 6 i)k epnic and Laxative elect. L-AxA- TIVE H4o4O QpJNINR is heeoe1 than ordinary Quini1f \aqQ dota not equoe negyousness nor EFT, e.6 ss.ssInss = s4.r is,' anovs ssge .ad
The Brinkley argus., 1915-02-19
improving Ones Mind.

Edward Everett HaiS used to urge his young friends to talk every day with some one wiser than themselves. He did not necessarily mean some emi- .nent pe~q most of us do not know emine ,ersons, and would shrink from E their valuable time if we did -.t are we always quick to dis ce2-. the finer qualities in those whom we do see daily? The gardener, at whose touch tAe garden blooms, the scrub woman who, after her weary day, sits up all night with her sick neighbor-these persons are perhaps wiser or better than we, and so cap Aeach us soEretbjpS
The Brinkley argus., 1915-02-19
THE Race Gambling Bill whic

THE Race Gambling Bill whic
 was put through the House by the Hot Springs crowd. is. with out doubt, the most immoral, and debasing proposition that has be en slipped through an Arkan- sas Legislature for many years. The bill would not be so danger ous if it applied only to the
The Brinkley argus., 1915-02-19
Convenient.

Estate Agent texaibi'irg property to prospective tenants)- And then this house Is so conveniently located Not the slightest need of equipping 1t with expensive clocks to tel. the time--a train passes every five II nnutes on the railroad not 30 feet away