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The Monticellonian., 1917-02-08
Abused SuperIatives.

It IS hard to make people understand that the adjective almost invariably weakens the noun, and that the word very" for instance, does not strength en statement, but qualities it. A good example might be taken from the August communications of our presi- dent, who weakens the word sincere" by saying "very sincere" But the use of the superlative is even more abused We talk of the ''unimpeachable" hon esty of somebody or other, knowing perfectly we'll that anybody's honesty may be impeached. What seems to be required is a readjustment of eur hab- its of thought, and better teaching of the value of words and even of the usefulness of grammar. A superlative necessarily involves an axiom. It com mits you, like saying that the sum of the angles of any triangle is equal to two right angles. Your dilemma arises when you try to prove 1t. "Impregna- bility" and 'inyulnerability," and all the other superlatives in such gene -al use are posing as axioms when they are mostly fallacies.-Wall Street Journal.
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-08
Home I0,un| ' y Helps y
SITE SHOULD FIT THE HOME
One of the First Things One Must Remember When Making Plans
 to Build the House

Most of the suburbanites who are saving to build d house-the sort they have dreamed of possessing-gi so much attention to the actual plans of the dwelling that they do not stop to think at all of the vast importance of the houses setting.
 There are joys and profits in site hunting. and the average home-builder who is willing to content himself with the first strip of land In desirable neighborhood with which his Feal-es- tate dealer confronts him never guesses.
 Obviously, the average suburban lot is the fiat, treeless, 50 by 100" on which. of course, there is little posst- ble latitude in building. The house must be oblOng and stand on one of it's ends about in the center of the lot, with an inconsequential margin on either side of green in front and rear. There are interminable streets of these in every suburb.
 But in every suburb also there are odd corners that have been passed by as unsuitable. Like the neglected creed beds in the farmers fields, they are generally in odd shapes and wood ed, the hand of the 'improverh hav- ing passed them as hopeless. In ru- ral districts where land is rated by it's eultivatable area, these are literally waste and can often be bought for very little.
 One of the ieast-appreciated kind of sites for q home is the gully or draw. Everywhere among the hills there are places where the waters have cut out bed to the rocks and stream splashes swiftly downward among the trees.
 If you have q definite plan for your house in mind before you have m idea for the site, you should seek your site to fit the home. A chateau would be out of place where a bungalow eottage would he wholly at ease. A barn might be badly misplaced on the ideal site for a farmhouse. Your house, as has been said. is the chief element in your composition.
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that he was out of the hospital and preparing for the event.
 Well, gentlemen" said Immanuel to us few evenings after this announce ment had been made "ls either of you sufficiently interested in the event to accompany me to Savannah to watch the races ?"
 Are you going. Immanuel?" asked Tarrant in surprise When the prophecy is fulfilled the augur is at home, you know"
 T have to read a paper at the an nual meeting of the Georgia Medical society that evening"" the doctor an swered
 What a coincidence!" exclaimed
 The doctor smiled. As you please D he answered. At any rate, you see history is in the making. Will you come, Tarrant?"
 Yes. confound you, I will come" " answered our host. throwing aside his Assyrian catalogue. Emmanuel, you have got me thoroughly wrought up by your exotic beliefs. I'll come and see Harris killed"
 And then you'll believer"
 Not if Harris confessed himself to be Hippias in his last will and testa- ment"
 Doctor Immanuel grinned broadly. I had never seen him look so facetious. Some day, MT. Tarrant," he said. placing his hand upon the big mans shoulder, I've shall find out who you were when Rome was mistress of the world. Like as not you were an As syrian slave who spent his days ma king catalogues of his masters manu. scripts" he added maliciously. And was plagued by a confounded boneeetter from Athens who persisted in assuring me that in my next incar- nation l should be the owner of some of the chc4eest of my masters treas. ures,' answered Tarrant Well. I'll come, anyhow. How about you?" he continued, turning to me.
 I'm with you" l answered.
 There is nothing more to record ex. cept the final spectacle Ten cars had been entered in the race, but by com mon opinion Harris and Morton would run close together at the finish The grand stand was packed; excitement was intense. We had three of the best seats in the enclosure, close to the judges. and l remember pointing to dignified old Senator Smart and his wife and asking Immanuel whether they were Justinian and his consort. But he was obviously too distressed for me to continue this sort of badin- age. His eyes were riveted upon Har- ris as he drove by to the accompani-
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pias. Both these men were rivals for the love of Iris"-"May Connelly"-"a beautiful slave of the Empress Theo- dora, who pledged herself to the one who should win the four-horse chariot race that year The entire population of the capital assembled to witness the spectacle. and parts feeling ran high. During almost the entire period of the contest the two drivers were abreast, nor could the most skilful of the judges have determined who had the precedence, but just as the chariots approached the judges stand, where sat the emperor and his consort. Colu- Der was seen to gain by hairs breadth. whereupon Hippias. swerving drove his horses against his rivals. Both chariots and horses went down in an inextricable mass, and when the spectators rushed to the scene it was found that Hippias was dead Colu. Der, who escaped uninjured, received the beautiful Iris from the hands of Theodora herself"
 The doctor closed the volume with a snap and replaced it on it's shelf.
 If Harris drives at Savannah. he dies he said conyincingly. The old instinct survives-it must survive un- til Harris develops from the half-ani- nal to the man. He Is as savage a barbarian today as ever he was when nursed by a Bithynian mother. The old instinct will awaken in him. He will collide with Morton and die. Morton will win the girl.
 You fail to allow for the accidents of fortune, doctor" said Tarrant
 There are no accidents, respond ed Immanuel quietly. Every external event is nothing but the embodiment of countless soul impulses made mani fest in it. No. if Harris races Harris will die"
 We were neither of us disposed to argue the matter with the doctor We were, indeed, bent upon concealing our skepticism of the kindly little Greeks theories. And yet, though neither of us placed much stock in them, con fess 1 was alarmed when 1 read in the sporting columns of the American People" three weeks later, that Harris would positively race at Savannah. And a few days later came the news
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-08
GAS, DYSPEPSIA
 AND INDIGESTION
Tapes Diapepsin" settles sour, gassy stomachs in five
 minuteS-Time it!

You don't want slow remedy when your stomach is bad-or an uncertain one-or a harmful one-youT stomach Is too valuable; you mustn't injure it
 Pape's Diapepsin is noted for its speed in giving relief; it's harmless ness it's certain unfaiiing action in regulating sick. sour. gassy stomachs. It's millions of cures in indigestion, dyspepsia, gastritis and other stomach trouble has made it famous the world over.
 Keep this perfect stomach doctor in your home-keep it handy-get large fifty-cent case from any dealer and then if anyone should eat something which doesn't agree with them; if what they eat lays like lead, ferments and sours and forms gas; causes head ache. dizziness and nausea. erueta- tions of acid and undigested food remember as soon as Pape's Diapepsin comes in contact with the stomach all such distress vanishes. Its prompt ness. certainty and ease in overcoming the worst stomach disorders is reye lation to those who try H.-Adv.
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cataloguing my Assyrian antiquities just now"
 On tn, next morning Immanuel and I paid visit to the Free Baptist hos pital. My distinguished colleagues card procured for us immediate ad- mittance. We found the injured driv- CT comfortably established in a bed in private room, and were lucky enough to discover Miss Connolly seat ed at his side, reading to him the ac- count of the accident in the "Ameri- can People," Harris recognized Doc tor 1mmanuel at once and held out his free hand.
 Glad to see you, Doc" he said. Glad to know your friend. This is my friend, Miss Connolly.
 The girl, coarse but handsome blonde, nodded to us amiably enough. She was an attractive looking girl of her type, with full but well-propor- tioned figure, small hands. a large and not wholly homegrown coiffure, and a pleasing smile which disclosed two rows of perfect teeth. She seemed to me just the type that would prove irresistible to the anemic, nervous man in the bed
 Miss Connelly's a particular friend of mine, Doc" said the driver. ad- dressing my companion.
 Cut it out, Frank" said the girl pet ulantly. You aint the only pebble. !"
 Harris seowled. It was evident that he was we'll under her thumb, also that she took pleasure in tormenttng him. l suspected that they had been quarreling recently.
 Say, Doc" said Harris confidential ly, tell me honest ain't there no chance of my driving at Savannah next month? Can't my bones heal in five weeks? Old Murphy here says not. But got to drive. I got to win that race"
 You certainly have, Frank" said the girl, looking at him meaningly.
 You are fond of watching the races?' asked Doctor Immanuel of the girl
 Her eyes flashed "Fondi We'll guess so," she answered. seornfully And got no use for cold feet nor Clarences, neither She looked indig- nantly at the man in the bed
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-08
OutlaWed Rob Roy.

When the sheriff court was remofed from Inyeraray to DGnoen, there vas among the documents the proclama- tion making Rob Roy an outlaw. The letter-press is as black as when it let the press of the kings printer, nearly 200 years ago. The indorsement is as follows: Proclamation for the ac- cusing and experimenting Robert Roy Campbell, alias McGregor, dated 10th March, 1719. 27th March, 1719.-Pub- lished Ut the Mercat Cross of In- veraray by John McPherson, messen- ger, before these witnesses: James Campbell, Provost there: Archibald Campbell and Charles Stewart, writers there, and divers others. s."-Edinburgh Scotsman.
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You won't need to say that nc more," said Harris furiously. T guess I'll show you when the time comes."
 They began to quarrel bitterly IL was obvious to both of us that the girl was racing fan of the worst kind No doubt the winner of the Savannah race-and it was conceded that this would probably be Harris or Morton would oust the loser in her affections We left them arguing and wrangling, and, when we were outside the hos ptal. Doctor Immanuel confirmed my theory.
 She is perfect modern type Of the Roman woman who turned her thumbs up-or down, as the universal impression wrongly goes-to signify death to the vanquished gladiator. She is tigress in human frame, with all its savage cruelty. l am per fectly sure that she would go delirious with ecstacy If Harris and Morton went crashing to their death at Sa- vannah. Such women seem to possess an irresistible attraction for men of that type" he added. And yet they have many good qualities. They make faithful and admirable wives and mothers. When they have chosen their mates they cling to them through thick and thin. I have no doubt that nature, in creating such a bond be- tween her Harrisses and Mae Con- nellys, has her wise purposes. But Harris must not race at Savannah"
 Tt looks as though he meant to-" replied.
 If he races it means his death" re- spo7ded the doctor. and would say no more.
 But that evening at Tarrants he consented to make clear his mean ing. I think it was Tarrant's awak- ened interest which convinced him that we were sincere in our interroga- tions. Crossing to the book shelves again, the doctor took down the bulky little volume in calfskin and read to us the passage which he had picked out the evening before It was from a Byzantium history.
 Tn the year 527 A. D. he read, "the hero of the Blue faction at Byzan- tium was a certain Hippias the son of a Bithynian slave. A man of less than the average stature"-"Frank liar sis," interposed the doctor-"his pow ar and control over his animals, as wall as his keen eyesight made him, by common repute. the most skilful charioteer of his age. The champion of the Green party was one Coluber"- "Morton"-'a slave in the emperor's palace and only second in skill to Hip
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troubled with cramps and feel ike a different woman. 1 cannot praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Con- pound too highly and am recommend- ing it to my friends who suffer as did. :" Mrs. GEORGE R. NAYLoR, Box 72, Marysville, Pa.
 Young women who are troubled with painful or irregular periods, backache. headache, dragging down sensations, fainting spells or indigestion should take Lydia F. Pinkham's s Vegetable Compound. Thousands have been re- stored to health by this root and herb remedy.
 Write for free and helpful advice to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (con- fidentiaD, Lynn, Mass. Only women open and read such letters.
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-08
Covering the Sword.

Bill see q Boston man has recov- cred a sword he lost in 1862 on a southern battlefield.
 Jill-Well, of course, sword can't keep up with Boston warrior when he runs as fast as that, but. as the sword has been recovered, l suppose he had the scabbard at home. Yonk- CTS Gazette.
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-08

ance society and social welfare or ganiZation in districts where Il drink is difficult thing for a person on the streets to get except in saloons and soda emporiums. The eontrivanee is of the bubbling-cup type and drains through a waste pipe into gutter ad- jaeent to the plug to which 1t is at tached.-Popular Mechanics Maga- zine
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-08

have been in= stalled at q num- Der of places in Rochester and New York city for. the benefit of pedestrians. The device is an in- vention of an employee of the department of public works of the former city
 and is being in- stalled in Goth am Inv a tarnnap-
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-08
Must Be Profane

Yeast-I see n Massachusetts man has parrot which has a vocabulary of seventy-five words
 Crimsonbeal-I didn't know there were that many swear words in exist ance.-Yonkers Statesman.
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-08
Reflections.

First Professor-Do you think the study of Greek a necessity?
 Second Professor-Well, I know oi several young men who have not learned 1t who have grown up and raised families, but l can't say I ap' prove of them.-Judge.
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would have to stay in bed several days every m o Il tn. tried all kinds of remedies and was treated by doctors,
 but my trouble con- tinued until one day 1 read about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound and what it had done for others. tried it and now i am never
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-08
Don't Eornet No. 2. Either.

Hook-When woman loses her hus- band she has to look out for number one.
 Nye-And I suppose she does that oy loei-ssst out for number two,
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-08
DON'T SNIEEIE

Yop can rid yourself of that cold In the head by taking Laxative QHinidlne Tablets. Price 25c. Also used in cases of La Grippe and for severe headaches. Remember that.-Adv.
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-08
Not a Record.

He-Are wheat cakes healthy?
 Mel never heard one complain of being siek-Reeord
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-08
DRINKING FOUNTAIN FOR CITY
Are Attached to Fire Hydrants, and Have Been Installed in Promi-
 nent Eastern Places.

Sanitary drinking fountains de signed to be attached to fire hydrants
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-08
THOSE: AWFUL
 CRAMPS
Suggestions that may save
 Much Suffering

Marysvilie, Pa.-"For twelve years I suffered with terrible cramps. I
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-05-12

The launch T. N. B., Capt. Bert Cooper. left today for Ellamar. Land lock and Fidalgo bay with consider able freight and passengers.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-05-12
GOVERNOR APPROVES
 sEVENTl-FOCR BILLS

1 Only Two of the Seventy-SiX Measures
 Passed By Legislature Vetoed.
 Out of the 76 bills passed by both houses of the Territorial Legislature but two were vetoed by the Governor These were the measure providing for the punishment of persons issuing fraudulent checks. because of the am biguity of the bill, and the measure appropriating the sum of $1.2OO to re- imburse pr. J. A. Silverman for talk ing care of an epidemic of measles at Kodiak: the governor holding the amount excessive. The bills passed and approved are as follows: Bills Originating in the House.
 Allowances for pioneers.
 Eight-hour law for underground employees.
 Schools outside of incorpora ted towns.
 Attendance of witness before the legislature.
 uohho anu
 Regulating the practice of medicine and surgery.
 Concerning notices to be given by foreign corporations.
 Cabins and shelter along regular roads and trails.
 Bounty on eagles of soc each.
 Prohibiting the use of tobacco in any form by minors.
 General school tax.
 Prohibiting branch banks.
 Concerning administration of es- tateS.
 Schools for whites and mixed bloOds outside of municipalities.
 Schools in incorporated towns.
 Salaries for territorial officials, serving on Territorial boards.
 Regulating the business of insur- ance companies.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-05-12
TWO HUSBANDS CALL
 WIVES CONSPIRATORS
Men Say Women Tried to Have Them
 Committed to Insane Asylum.

Men Say Women Tried to Have Them
 Committed to Insane Asylum.
 PORTLAND. May 12.-Two wives were charged with having conspired to have their husbands incarcerated as insane persons. according to com- rlaints for divorce filed yesterday by e. l.. Brubaker against Mrs. Louise Brubaker and Peter w. Van Sickle against Ina E. Van Sickle. Brubaker says his wife got their eldest son to throw him on the floor and sit on him until officers came and that she gave false testimony against him at his hearing at which he was discharged as sane. He wants custody of their minor children. Roscoe. aged 15. and Gilbert, aged 13. Van Sickle says his wife attempted to have him incarcer- ated as insane and that she so mis- treats and persecutes him that to re- main in her companiOnship would be for the court to shorten his life.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-05-12
CITY EXPRESS. Phone 82; ready to transfe. tat baggage for you. tr
TIDE TABLES FOR MAY.

Saturday. May 12--
 First high tide 3:12 a. m.. s.S. Second high tide 4:5s p. m.. 6.s. First low tide 1o:15 a. m.. -0.4. Second low tide 10:14 p. m.. S.:.
 Sunday. May 13-
 First high tide 4:1S a. m.. s.a. Second high tide 6:03 p. m.. T.c. First low tide 11:14 a. m.. 0.2. Second 10 wilde 11:37 p. m., 3.e.
 Monday, May 14-
 First high tide 5:35 a. m.. IS. secoad high tide 7:06 p. m.. ". First low tide 12:1z p. m.. 0,s.
 Tuesday, May 15-- First high tide 7:03 a. m.. c.2. Second hig htide S:02 p. m.. S.3. First low tide l:10 a. m., e.6. Second low tide 1:21 p. m.. 1.s.
 Wednesday. May 16-- First high tide 8:2S a. m.. Fl. Second high tide S:51 p. m., go. First low tide 2:30 8. m.. 1.S. Second low tide 2:21 p. m.. l.o.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-05-12
E < ] r. {. THIS DAY IN HISTORY f I
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Feast day of Sts. Nerius and Achil- leus. martyrs: St. Flavia Domitilla 1; St. Pancras. boy martyr.
 Firs. marriage in the Plymouth Colony. Governor winslow and Wid- ow White in 1921.
 old South Church, Boston. found ed in 1869.
 Colonists and Sagamore Indians made peace treaty in 1878.
 Grown Point, New York. captured by Seth Warner in 1775.
 British captured Charleston. S. C., in 17sO.
 Society of Tammany founded in New York in 17S6.
 Congress voted $1O.OO0,000 for the Mexican War and authorized call for 50.000 volunteers in 1846.
 Fenians began to assemble at Buff alo for a raid on Canada in 1866.
 Herr Most. leader of the Milwaukee rioters. arrested in 1886.
 Plot to kill the Russia Czar dis covered among military men in 1889.
 The Campania crossed from New York to Queenstown in days, IT hours and 27 minutes in 1893.
 Admiral Sampson bombarded Porto Rican ports in 1898.
 First massacre of native Christians in China by Boxers. in 1900.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-05-12
TWO TACOMA BO9s
 WILL G1 TO ANNAPOLIS

WASHINGTON, D. C., May 12.- Albert Johnson has rendered nomina- tions to Annapolis to Bruce Draper Kelley, son of Frank H. Kelley. Taco ma; Paul Irving Brokaw, son of J. w. Brokaw, Tacoma, and George Craw- ford, son of Sherman Crawford, Ho- quiam. Representative Johnson did not name any alternates. but request ed the nominees to submit to com- petitive examination. The boy stand ing highest will enter the extra class recently authorized by congress.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-05-12
COMMITTEE ROOM OF
 SENATOR'S BROKEN INTO

WASHINGTON. D. C.. May 12.-, Capitol police discovered today that the door of the room of the Senate committee on naval affairs had been forced during the night. Clerks in the committee room after hurried examination said no papers were miss ing. and Senator Swanson, the act ing chairman of the committee, said there was no confidential information in the room.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-05-12

FOR SALE-Milo plate-loading bar bell. can be weighted from 10 to 100
 pounds. Inquire Sergeant Conway. Cable office. tt
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-05-12

T. J. Devenney of the Cube mine is a visitor in town today.