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Valdez daily prospector., 1917-01-31
Do You Like Horehound? ?

Your grandfather did in the bygone days. when he was little boy and his father did not mind how much he had for 1t was considered good for his sys- tenn"
 In Egypt the plant was called bulls blood and eye of star' and was one of those many plants that in those days were eaten to protect the person from poison.
 HOrehound, horseradish, coriander, lettuce and nettle are the five bitter herbs ordered to be eaten by the Jews at the feast of the Passover. and the first has had long service. as you can guess, for it is the seed of Horus-hore- hound-which the Egyptian priests ded- icated to the god of that name, though nobody knows how it came to get the ending mound"
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-01-31
Eealtv of Partners,

A member of the New York supreme court, reproving a New York firm of architects for canceling an agreement, says, Authorities unanimously agree that there is scarcely any relation fin life which calls for more absolute good faith than the relation of partners" " Also, "A purer and more elevated morality is demanded of partners than the common morality of the trade The meaning is that an individual who transacts business for himself may look out solely for himself, while a partner must never consider his own advantage apart from that of his asso- ciates.-Exchange.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-01-31
WEDNESDAY,, JANUARY 31, 101T
"FORGF THEE"


 niFn, tAss ssr muse ,a to arss@ ssse by by day, \ If all the worship, deep and wild.
 poet heart can pay, If prayers in absence breathed for thee to heavens protecting power, If winged thoughts that fit to thee-a thousand in an hour, If busy fancy blending thee with all my future lot If this thou callst forgetting" thou in deed shalt be forgot! Forget thee:" Bid the forest birds for get their sweetest tune; Forget thee?' Bid the sea forget to swell beneath the moon, Bid the thirsty flowers forget to drink the eve's refreshing dew; Thyself forget thine town dear land" and its mountains wild and blue;' Forget each old familiar face, each long remembered spot When these things are forgot by thee then thou shalt be forgot! Keep, If thou wilt, thy maiden peace, still calm and fancy free, For God forbid thy gladstone heart should grow less glad for me; Yet while that heart is still unwon, O bid not mine to rove, But let 1t nurse it's humble faith and un- complaining love. If these, preserved for patient years. at last avail me not, Forget me then, but ne'er believe that thou canst be forgot!
 John Moultrie.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-01-31
AN OvERW0RKED WORD.
This Writer Suggests That "very" Be
 Given a Lone Rest.

This Writer Suggests That "vsry' Be
 Given Long Rest.
 There is a word that once possessed a vigor and power that Is altogether lost, "Verily, verily"-"in truth, fin truth" Now it is very" and, though it still means fin truth" it has become so weakened by usage that it conveys no force whatever.
 You meet men on the street and say, Tt is very fine day" What do you mean? Probably you mean, How do you do?' What you have said is sim. ply salutation. But if you should say to me, Ut is fine day." you prob ably mean it is fine day. That little word "very" has been so weakened, so frayed at the edges, that it harms rather than helps its companions.
 So, gentle reader, I would say to you if l had arbitrary power over your speech, This week l will allow you only two 'veries,'" and, though for a time such restraint may make you self conscious, yet 1t will force you to grope about for musty treasures in the store house of your memory and furbish up old adicctives and adverbs, even drive you now and again to a careful ap- praisal of your best slang, and when this temporary self consciousness shall pass not only your vigor of speech, but your eXactitude and clarity of thought will be the better for it. That is a gain that will he worth all the sacrifice.- Burges Johnson in Century.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-01-31
16-MILE STRING OF U. $.
 WARSHIPS MOVES SOUTH

NORFOLK, Va, Jan. 31.-Hea,, cd by the flagship Pennsylvania aid voyaging about a half mile apart in single file, the Atlantic battleship fleet sailed from the southern drill grounds yesterday for Guantanar O. where the ships will practice in the winter maneuvers and target practice. said to be the most extensive ever planned by the American navy.
 Thirty-two war vessels including all but two of the powerful dread thoughts made up the division. Other destroyer divisions will join the fleet en route.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-01-31
THE IMMIGRANT AS AN ASSET.

Why does the immigrant emigrate? In letter printed in The American Machinist (New York, November 9) under the above heading, Jan Spaan- der, of Brooklyn, N. Y., thinks that deliberation on this question might induce kinder attitude toward our new citizens from abroad. He writes:
 "'If the average American had clearer insight into why people from the other side come here, he would not be so Overbearing; he certainly would noi tease, look down upon, and often underpay the 'greenhorn.' He would not insist upon harsher en- trance rules; he would join the editor of The American Machinist and other broad-minded men in clamoring for more night-schools to teach English and to give instruction in the history and ideals of this great country. The goodwill thus shown would be the finest example of beautiful Ameri canism, and it might caus, the immi- grant to be less suspicious It even might make him q said him. not 'youD willing to assimilate.
 The last sentence m..y seem 'trange to you, but is it not stranger to hear that most immigrants look down nn ,he American co-worker? The chi;d- ish way in which the latter treats the foreigner, who lacks mentally nothing but a se,und language forces the immigrant to regard the .tmeri- can as not altogether up to standard. Tie underestimate of the immi- grant is mainly caused by the distOrt- ed ideas americans have concerning living conditions ii various European countries. These conceptions are rased on out-of-time tales and on ridi- culous women-laboi stories winch as a rule are 'substantiated' by p!oto- graphs.
 Living conditloas in several Euro pean countries ara by fu' better than iH America, and labor laws and sani- tary conditions nere are backward indeed compared with those of most white mems countries. This can be .,roved by figures and facts. To un- ,tarstand the immigrant. the Ameri- .an must get rid of the idea that it was hunger that drove him across. The actual, main reasons for immi- grafton are Wanderlust, compulsory military service and above all the ex- lsting class distinction, unbearable to any free-born man. That is why the immigrants are th1 best, most coura- geous, the most advanced of the class they come from. My statement is backed by the many admirable qualities of the American He is the immigrants child. Above all. the immigrant couples are unselfish. They
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-01-31
KILLS FOE AND HIMSELF IN TUNNEL-DARK TRAIN

HAZARD, Ky. Jan. 31.-In the darkness of tunnel on a Lexington l& Eastern passenger train today, g. e. HuddlestOn, a millionaire lumber mar, of Huntington, w. Va, was shot twice and killed and his companion, Robert B. Franklin, manager of the Letcher Building and Supply Com lLany of Whiteburg. Ky, shot and killed himself before passengers on lthe speeding train were aware that a tragedy had occurred.
 When the lralns emerged from the tunnel the lights showed Huddleston' g body between the seats of the car, and the body of Franklin prostrated in the aisle with an automatic pistol still clutcheG in his hand. Both men had died instantly. The flashes and reports of three shots in the darkness was all the other passengers knew of the tragedy until they emerged from the tunnel and saw the bodies of the two men. Huddleston had been shot in the breast and Franklin had a bullet wound in his head.
 The shooting occurrsd as the train
 was nearing Hazard and both bodies were brought here and held awaiting instructions from relatives. It is be- lieved that the shooting was the eli max of business difficulties which threatened financial destruction fo Franklin through the manipulation of the lumber market by HuddlestOn.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-01-31
TORTURE IN TRIALS.
Thls Barbarevs systsn Was usst iA
 EurSuS Fer csnturiss.

Thls Barbareps systsn Was ussd lA EurSrs Fer Centuries. The use of torture in order to elicit information from persons accused of crime, barbarous as 1t is, was little practiced before mediaeval times. Un- der Greek and Roman law torture was only allowed upon slaves, though in the latter days of the empire it was em- ployed against free citizens if they had been accused of treason to the emperor It seems to have become part of the law in Europe about the thirteenth cen tury. From the fourteenth century downward torture was a part of the legal system of most European coun tries. The Italian municipalities used it to very large extent. In Germany elaborate apparatus existed for it's in.
 1iction in the dungeons of the feudal castles and fin the town halls of the cities.
 It was used in the prisons of Ger many when the philanthropist Howard visited them in ITO. In France it was part of the law until abolished by the revolution, and in Scotland it was used until the reign of Queen Anne. The use of torture seems never to have been wholly sanctioned by the law of Eng land, although it was used frequently by order of the king in the Tudor pe- riod. The royal council claimed the power of directing torture warrants against state prisoners in the tower, and under James I. and Charles I. tor. ture was resorted to in state trials.- Chicago Herald.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-01-31
CASE OF HfRAM GILL.

eff Hi Gill took cne alleged bribe, ' says the Seattle Star, The deserves no sympathy. If he didn't, there are a lot of people who owe him a most earnest apology"
 Obviously; yet neither proposition adequately fits the case
 If guilty, he not only deserves no sympathy, but, as a double-dealing grafter, merits ignominy and the sternest chastisement the law can in- fiict.
 i If innocent, if his character has been smirched by false witnesses, if the authorities have clumsily fallen into net set by vengeful bootleggers to save their rascally skins, then "a most earnest apology" from "a lot of people" would fall far short of right ing the heinous wrong involved in the Isemi-public proceedings affecting him to date.
 Apart from the inadequate hypoth- etical conclusions, .he Post-Intelligen- Ger, though preferring Hiram to Hi, heartily subscribes to the Stars fair summing up of the case of the mayor: We've seen H. Gill in the spot light of publicity good many times q Iring his year, in politics.
 We've heard Hi called a good many names: we've c,lled him a good many ourselves.
 We've heard folks say he's crazy; we've heard folks say he's "a tool of the interests: we've heard folks say he's an I. W. w.
 We've enjoyed his whimsicalities; we've cussed his stubbornness: we've condoned and criticized his impetu- csity
 But, even in the bitterness of a recall campaign end graft convic- tion of a chief of police in 1911, Hi Gill's personal honesty remained un- challenged.
 For the first time in a political ca reer extending over twenty years is he publicly accused of accepting mon ey to betray his oif>ial trust.
 This chars., is not only made by a confessed bootleggar but apparently. in full realization of its seriousness. 1 y the United States government
 If Hi Gill took the alleged bribe, he deserves no symps.hy-- after hav- ing been given his chance to come back and make good.
 If he didn't, there are lot of people in Seattle who owe him most earnest apology.
 And, in the meantime. let us be minded.
 Let us await the facts"
 By all means, let us await the facts. Let us not, until proof is in controvertibly supplied, accept with out cautious reservation the confes- sions of men caught redhanded in criminal activities and readily prepar- ed, no doubt, to perjure their very souls for immunity baths. Yes, be open-minded and wait.-Post-Intelli- gencer
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-01-31
Versatile.

Do you know" she simpered, you are the first real actor ever met. It must be extremely interesting to act the parts created by the master dram atists like Shakespeare and"-
 Now you're talkin', kid," be broke in. q just eat that Shakespeare stuff alive. Why. played in Shakespeare s East Lynne for two whole seasons. and part of the time I played a horn in the orchestra. New York World.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-01-31

NEW YORK, Jan. 31-One man was arrested today and two others, 1t is expected, will be taken in custody tomorrow, following an investigation of the explosion at the Du Pont works several days ago, Chief of Police Mil Ter, of Pompton Lakes, N. J., said to- night. The man under arrest, it was said, was employed at the plant only one day.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-01-31
Firth of Forth Bridae,

The bridge across the Firth of Fortb in Scotland is a cantilever bridge erect ed 18S3-90. The two main sl 5 are each 1,71O feet long. The total length of the bridge is S.295 feet; the towers are 343 feet high; the bridge contains 51OOO tons of steel and cost about $13.OOO.OOO
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-01-31
Delicstelv Eliminated

How did you get Mrs. Bounce out Of your bridge club? Did you ask her to resign"
 No, we didn't like to do that, but We all resigned except Mrs. Bounce, and then we all got together and formed rev club."-New York Times.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-01-31

give up, knowingly. all that IS dear to them; they offer their whole fu- ture to give the children a chance as .aey invariably put it."
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-01-31

We cannot control the evil tongues of others. but a good life enables us to despise them.-Cato
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-01-31

Have you tried our poker chip candy and also our new line of chew ling gum, Candy Kitchen If
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-01-31

THOSE grumblers who are assert ing that There's nothing stirring" in Valdez, evidently overlook the wind
 and snow.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-01-31

LOST-Small gold beauty pin at odd Fellows or Moose hall. Finder please leave at Prospector office or call 214 3t
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-01-31

Miner Ads. bring knSuEye.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-01-31

Hot drinks are in full swing at the Candy Kitchen u
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-01-31

Why not a vICTROLA? We have them from s15 up. Valdez Drug Co.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-01-31

NOTICE-Electrical heaters, cook CTS, percolaIors, vacuum-cleaners. will be advanced in prices after New years. by the manufacturers. Stock on hand will be sold at prevailing prices, at the Emporium.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-01-31

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The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-09
EDITORIALS
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.


On next Monday the people of the
United States will commemorate the
natal day of Abraham Lincoln, our
great emancipation and first martyred
president. Mr.. Lincoln is without
doubt the greatest statesman, diplo-
mat and ruler that our. country has
yet produced. Born in poverty and
misery, next to that Of slave, he
worked his way up from barefooted
railsplitter to that Of a storekeeper,
then flatboatman, then a lawyer,
and then a legislator, then a politician
and then to the president Of the United
States when our country was in its ter
rible crisis. He saved our union, put
down secession, destroyed slavery and
emancipated 100000 Of souls and
gave them free citizenship and re-
stored peace and prosperity. View
him from every standpoint, he was
giant oak, a philosopher Of this age.
No poet, song nor sculptor or the
artist can ever paint or eulogize all
of the greatness Of this gentle, calm,
clear, unyielding genius Of a father,
saviour, emancipation and martyr, the
immortal president, Abraham Lincoln.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-09
HAMPTON PRIZE WINNERS.
Miss Myrtle Mcleod Leads Trio u
Public Speaking Contest.

Mise Myrtle Mcleod Leads Trio u
Public Speaking Contest.
Myrtle Eloise Mcleod Of Cocoanut
Grove, Fla. won the first prize in the
recent public speaking contest which
was held ut Hampton institute under
the auspices Of Miss Mary W. Nettle.
ton and Professor w. r. B. Williams.
who for several years have offered
prizes to encourage students In the
art Of effective public speaking. THE
Fezziwig Ball, from Dickens. was the
selection chosen by Myrtle Mcleod.
The other winners were Fred D.
Lawson of Roanoke. Va, and Column
bus X. Simango OF Mount Silinda Mis-
sion. Melsetter, Africa. For the first
time a girl has won prize in tho
Hampton speaking contest. 1t is
therefore interesting to know more
about this promising student.
Myrtle Mcleod was born on Dec. %.
1894, and at nineteen, after ten years
of training in the ungraded public
schools. entered Hampton institute.
Since her arrival on the Lower PENN.
sula Of Virginia in September. 1914.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-09
ROCKEFELLER'S LARGE GIFT TO
NEGRO INSTITUTIONS.
Iowa College Shares in John D. Rock
efeller Fund-Huge Sum is APP. r
propriated for Negro Edu7
cation.

New York, Jan. 29:-Appropriations
totaling $575,2O0 to American schools
and colleges wcfe announced here to-
night by the general education board.
The money, from the John D. Rookie
teller fund, includes 100000 to Cor
nell college, Iowa; $4,000 to the De
Paw university, Indiana; and $685.
900 to Swarthmore college, Pennsyl-
vania.
For Negro education, $197,50O is
appropriated. Fisk university, Ten
nessee, receives $4,000; Spellman
seminary, Atlanta, Ca, $4,000; and
sums ranging from $4,000 to $500
are given to small institutions in
southern states, together with $4,000
to be devoted to instruction among
Negroes in rural districts in the
south.
The Arkansas state department OF
education receives $4,000 for the
support of rural school agent.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-09
ORIGINAL NOTICE.

In the district court OF the state OF
Iowa, in and for Polk county, March
term, A. D. 1917.
Ida M. Nay, plaintiff,
!. vs..
Herald Nay, defendant.
To Herald Nay:
You are hereby notified that on or
before the 18th day of February, A. D.
1917, the petition of the plaintiff in
the above entitled cause will be filed
in the office of the clerk of the district
court of the state of Iowa, in and for
Polk county, Iowa, claiming of you
an absolute divorce from the bond of
matrimony now existing between you,
on the ground of willful desertion
without just cause.
For further information see petition
on file in the office Of the clerk Of the
district court of the state Of Iowa, in
and for Polk county.
And unless you appear thereto and
defend before noon of the second day
of the next term, being the March
term Of said court, which will COM
mence at Des Moines on the 9Th day
of March, 1917, default will be en-
tered against you and judgment and
decree rendered thereon. -.
Dated this 25th day Of January
1917.
J. B. Rush,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-09
"a Mara aosa Lace Tor klanape.

70 Mess eaesa Lace Tor Al9nAna.
The ameer has published an ediA
shich applies to all parts Of Afghan
stan, prohibiting the import into tn
country Of all kinds Of gold lace. 10
slhding embroidered kullss lungis and
embroidered shoes. The Amesr II ~
identity actuatsd by a desire to prevent
ais subjects from spending their hart
earned money on SNOWY dress. Il Il
the poorer classes who are notorS
ovsly addicted to, this sxtravagaass
which his majesty has decided y
check. The gold laced coat Of tho
Afghan 10 decidedly handsome. and a
though the ameer has acted wisely II
bringing int general use clothing lsas
costly, his ma1ssty's orders will doubt
less be received BY his subjects vtu
sstter mixed feelin1A
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-09

to NEEDLE in the affairs of Europe.
History may repeat itself, as it gen
orally does. At one time we left the
European countries to come across the
ocean 5000 miles to new country so
we could be free to worship God ac-
cording to the dictates of our con-
sciences and be free from kings,
princes, emperors, czars, potentates
and oligarchies. No. sooner did we
reach here than we had to fight the
Indians and subdue them. A little
later on we had to fight England in
one of the greatest wars and priva-
ton that has occurred in the western
continent. We succeeded with the aid
of Germany. Again in the war of
1912 we had to fight England and
again in 1860 during the civil war
England sympathized, aided and fur
nished ships and munitions of war to
jeff Davis and the confederacy, and
now in the year Of our Lord are we
going to help England, who is down
and asking for help? Why need we
go 5000 miles to uphold the dignity
and honor of our country and protect
her citizens over in England and fail
to uphold our dignity at home in Mex
leo and fail to protect the Negro citi-
Gems in our own states. Oh! hypo-
critic thou art a jewel! Why, the
Mexicans have killed more of our citi-
zens and soldiers the last year than
have been sunk in two years. Yes,
land of the free and home of the
brave. There has been more lynch
ings, hangings and burnings at the
stake in the United States the past
year than all sunk in ships, and yet
Mr.. Wilson is not making any effort
or saying one word to congress about
the killing Of poor, innocent women
and children simply because they are
colored people. The president is say
ing nothing and doing nothing to stop
it at home. Then expect us to Shout
der our gun and go 5000 miles to fight
somebody who won't let our rich men
trade there. We have no business
over there while state of bloody war
is raging. We think that if real
expression from the 100000 of Ne
gro citizens were made they would
vote against such war on Germany.
We also think that the 25,000,00O Of
Americans of German and Austrian
lineage would vote no. Let us stay
At home, develop our own country and
treat all of our American citizens
With equally and justice.