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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-10
Genuine BARGAIN Sale

You will find everything below Just as
quoted, and it would be beyond reason
to expect moro.
CB~NOW LOOK! Checked Muslin
for aprons, cents yard; worth cents
and no. II you don't need it you will.
Ia Splendid quality yard. wide un-
bleached and bleached Muslin, cents
a yard; worth cents and up. You can
always use this.
US Genuine Turkey red Table Linen,
assorted patterns, guaranteed to wash,
worth AZ cents, for 25 cents and up.
10 Magnificent quality bleached Ia.
bic Linen, cheap at so cents yard. for
35 cents.
EB Genuine Black Lisle Thread Hose.
positively worth rs cent, pair, slightly
damaged, IS cents pair, or three pairs
for 81. They are going like wildare;
only d few dozen left.
G3 Ladies' Gowns, Night Dresses,
Skirts and Drawers, % cents and up.
US All we ask of you Is to favor us
with call, and we guarantee you will
not go away disappointed or dissatisfied.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Our spring importation Of Millinery
Goods, consisting of Imported Hats and
Bonnets, Flowers, Feathers and Orna-
ments Is now under way. You will be
delighted when you see these goods, and
We will be ready to show them to you
during the latter part Of this month.
EMoe,cK eros.
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tan natives, who are employed by the
company to do this work, are very eX-
pert, and accomplish the killing and
skinning with great rapidity. The
skins are counted sailed and baled,
ready for shipment.
Ali this is done undcr the eyes Of q
special agent Of the United States
Treasury, who is appointed expressly
for the purpose. The skins go to Lon
don, where at the annual sales the mar
ket price is established, They also go
there to be cleaned and dyed, the latter
process being trade secret which has
been retained inviolate by one firm FOR
many years An abandonment Oh our
part of jurisdiction over the entire
waters of Behrng Sea, as determined in
the ease cited, means the ultimate eX-
tinction of the industry, and any con-
cession prescribing this area is a virtual
abandonment of our original claims.
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in 1867. BY the treaty of cession Rus
STA conveyed to our government all its
sovereignty over Alaska and the waters
thereof. The United States paid 81 200,
coo for tho territory. Previous to the
purchase San Francisco syndicate
offered SO, coo for the domain, but
for diplomatic reasons the Russian Gov
eminent did not accept the offer. This
placed the United States in the position
originally occupied by Russia, and guar
anteed to it all the rights that pertained
TO that imperial government. Russia $
claim to absolute dominion over Alaska
and the Behring sea was based upon dis
covery, conquest and settlement. The
geography OF the country demonstrates
indisputably to the careful student that
the Behring Sea is a land-locked ocean.
Immediately after the transfer cor
poration was organized in San Francisco,
known as the Alaska Commercial Com
pany Many of its stockholders were
men occupying high positions in the
world Of finance and politics. To this
corporation a lease was given by the
Secretary of the Treasury of the seal
islands located in the Behring Sea for Il
period Of twenty years, with the privl-
lege to kill under certain restrictions,
100 900 fur seals annually. In consider
alton of this lease and the privileges and
protection guaranteed to it, the company
agreed to pay as rent $50 900 annually,
and In addition to this amount S2.64 FOR
each skin taken, the Government guar
anteeing them protection in the pursuit
of their business and what amounted to
an absolute monopoly OF the immense
fur trade of the Western ocean. For
the further protection, and in the inter-
ests OF this corporation, law was en-
acted by Congress in 1868 prohibiting
the killing of any mink, sea otter,
sable, fur seal, or any other fur bearing
animal within the territory OF Alaska or
the waters thereof" Under this ar
rangemcnt the company and its stock
holders reaped a golden harvest and the
treasury of the United States obtained
an immense revenue. From the lease
to the Alaska Commercial Company OF
the Pribyloff Islands. two small barren
rocks in Behring Sea, and designated in
the map as ST. Paul Isle and st. George
Isle respectively y, the United States
Treasury received nearly SS,00o,0Oo.
Under the present lease of the same
property the revenue derived by our
Government would be more than 81, 000,-
600 annually: that is, providing the
lessee is able to take the maximum
number owable-1O0,OOO skins each
year.
Very few Americans are familiar with
the causes leading UP to the difficulty,
which might have been prophesied when
the United States purchased Alaska
from Russia. Up to, that time that part
or the North Pacific Ocean, north OF
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Curious Advertisements.

A traveller in Germany sometimes
finds little to interest him in the
newspapers except advertisements,
many of which are extremely curious,
and unlike anything Of the kind in
our own newspapers. Here are a few
specimens
Wanted-A reliable young lady. or q
widow without children. who has had eNpe-
rience in first-class retail shop. The adj
vertiser, who has lately lost his wife. wants.
above all, capable and honest person TO
whom an active retail trade can be in
trusted. and who can give security. An
offer of marriage may be expected when
ability to care for the business has been
demonstrated.
I announce to the relatives and friends
of the deceased that Carl n, to whom
was engaged to be married. was relieved
by death of his severe sutTerings on July 16.
in Hamburg. His deeply sorrowing bride
Helena H.
The welcome arrival of n strong. we'll
developed boy is announced with joy by
Wilhelm j, butcher, No. - street, and
Wife.
His royal hi-hness Prince William OF
Wurtemburg has again boon most gra-
ciously moved to cause subscription of 40
marks to be sent to us. For this renewed
and munitcent assistance to our cause we
desire in the most obedicnt and respectful
manner to express our most heartfelt graft
tude The Committee for Country ENcur-
sions for Poor Sick School Children.
OFFICIAL NOTICE.
Stuttgart July 23.-Public praise is here
by given to Hans Jcorg. student in tho
Polytechaic School in Stuttgart, for his
noble. determined and courageous conduct
in saving a person from drowning.
THE ROYAL. CITY COMMISSION.
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Bound to BE Forgiven.

Gustave Dore had many faults, but
none SO large as not to deserve excuse
when one remembers his tenderness of
heart He absolutely would not and
could not keep up an enmity. Life
was short, according to his loving
theory, and only the foolish man
could afford to spend it in bitterness.
Blanchard Jerrold was exceedingly
angry with him at one time because,
after they had worked together on a
volume of drawings and descriptions
relating to London, Dore published u
French edition of the book, in which
Jerrold's text did not appear.
For year the intimacy of the two
men ceased, and then, on Dore's an
nual visit to London. he suddenly APP
pcared in his former friends library,
held out his hand, and said, Il
couldn't leave without seeing you"
He owned that he had been in the
wrong, and did not attempt to Justify
Himself. The only thing he did in
sist upon was the fact that he could
not live at enmity with one Of whom
he had once beeu fond, land after long
discussion the two parted, on their old
atfectionatc terms.
Yet Dore was an irritable man, and
one day actually quarreled with a
friend on the subject of art. 1t was
not long, however, before he rushed
into the gentleman's house, saying,
Let us embrace each other! 1t is too
stupid to quarrel with friends. We
will talk no more about painting. but
only of drawings. Then, you were
perhaps in the right"
1--WE Rugged each other" says the
friend. in telling the story He had
been the first to come back. He was
better man than /.
Another friend, Albert Wolff, the
critic, had written somewhat severely
of Dore as a painter. and the latter,
who was never content to be admired
as a mere illustrator, felt the cut
most keenly. The two had been
friends for fifteen years, bnt this un-
fortunate criticism parted them for
five. Then, one summer evening,
they met face to face, and it was
Dore who advanced with outstretched
hand, saying, is it all over?",
"As you please, was the cold reply.
Dore hesitated. Then his better
nature prevailed over pride, and,
passing his arm within that of his
friend, he said, Il must talk with
YOU.
He talked and the other listened,
with the result OF healing the breach
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the United States Government. Then
began the controversy which has con-
tinued up to the present time.

began the controversy which has con-
tinued up to the present time.
In 1890 our Government finally made
formal request Of the British Govern
ment for corporation in protecting the
seals-for the benefit of all mankind.
The English Government was slow to
respond but finally agreed to arbitrate
the matter. The arbitrator were also
to settle forever the right Of the United
States in Behring Sea to the exclusion
of all other countries. The agreement
to arbitrate was entered into in the fore
part Of 1891. Pending the action of the
board Of arbitration, which was to con-
sist OF two representatives OF the United
States, two Of England and three neu-
trail to be appointed one each by the
President Of France, the King OF Italy,
and the Emperor OF Austria, England
agreed to cooperate with our Govern
ment in the laudable work of restricting
the catch Of seals, especially by poach-
ing. No actual service in that direction
was performed, however, and the fact
that more seals were caught in 1891
than during any previous summer called
for prompt action on the part of the
President of the United States
1t is undoubtedly true that continue
aHce ol pcldSlc HuHtlllS auJaceHt 10 JIG
islands will, within a short time, either
exterminate the seal or intimidate them
so that they will seek other breeding
places. Testimony OF officers of seal
ing vessels, as given before the Alas
kan court, is to the effect that they
do not secure more than one third OF
the seals killed on their hunting eXpedi-
tons. The method Of slaughter pur-
sued on the islands by the company is
as follows: From the herded animals,
who gather in great numbers on the
rocks, q selection is made of such as
are valuable and can legally be killed.
These are driven inland for some dis
lance, when they are dubbed to death
and Immediately skinned. The Aleu-
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wore discovered.

IN 176s Two captains OF the impo PEI
,,.rr krenitzen aud Levashoi' saile.s
from Kamchatk, in tw % t f0v succeed
mo winter ut kadiak, the latter az IL
the h:lbitats of an immense nn nun stim y.
, ,.I fur-bearing animals, ana $3.50
,, l,, by the great profits to be aelrsr ra
~. traffic in skins eSpeul1ioils 49,
Insanity - fitted out ut the ports al4 -
the q the Sea S Of oGi or v aa
iaou.a IL - and exploration in the new
e 1esa han twenty five different companies
With as s5s Ss ct s Of Sp al Tsssss
e1 Iindar the auspices Of these eompane =
n 1.' If the inlets and islands anu nue. ep,
o a the N main land were eEp9TTssss ana R sss
sian n n1nnlasea in small sloop 81, called ,l,d
tba est. George, dlscoseasN' -
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tbo Aleutian chain Of islands and eX-
SPINNING SEALS.

the A!eutian chain Oh isiinds anu eA-
tending northward TO the Behrng
Straits. was recognized as an inland
Son The Gar of Russia ieaiously re-
narde,l it as such. The Aloutian chain,
"a viii be seen from the map illus
t,,toa here. forms an almost complete
land boundary 10 the southern limit OF
the Behring Sea. These islands We're
incmded in the purchase. England,
from the first. held the Behring Sea to
no neutral waters. She took Il more de-
cidad stand as her northwest posses
sions began to develop. The treaty OF
1867 resulted. 1t gave England rights
"a carry on sealing trade in the sea-
The trade has since been pursued with
yor especially in the the vicinity ssd eont IL sed
- Give M its wealth to English and
canadian seal fishers until the end Of
the SOS, when scarcity Of , the animal nllls
hacame manifest to the Alaskan Com
pe. ,a;al COMPANY. cessation Of
,sor was sought by that company.
which finally brought the matter before
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Theory and Practice.

He was reading aloud in the family
circle and laid down the paper to
emphasize what he had j,.st read.
Il believe with the writer of that
sentiment that singing should be
taught to a child as soon as it can
speak-Good heavens. What is that
awful noise in the next room?"
"That is the baby singing" said
his wife. And he went to the club to
finish the article he was reading
Detroit Free Press. 49,
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81 EICHING BY STEAM.
Sierra Shows to Be Defied by a New and
Novel Propeller.

Sierra Shows to Be Defied by New and
Novel Propeller.
The Fulton Iron Works, in New
York City, is completing the machin-
cry for a very curious machine, the
like of which has never been known
before. 1t is machine sleigh-like in
construction, and is intended to be
used in hauling passengers and tow
ing logs and other freight in the high
Sierras, and, in fact, wherever snow
exists.
Should it prove the success that it
promises, the problem Of Arctic ex-
ploration will be solved, for even in a
mountainous country it will be about
as fleet as Hudson River iceboat,
while on level stretches only birds
Of enWearied wing can keep up
with It.
This strange machine is the inven-
tion Of Amos Lane, of Truckee, who
some months ago discovered the buried
gold of the famous Bonner party.
He first built model SnOWLbOat,
which was run in the regions around
Sierraville by hand power. Now he
is making q sleigh twelve feet long,
which will carry a siX-horse power en-
CINE and weigh, all complete, not
over 800 pounds.
It's mechanism is peculiar and is
attracting much attention.
The novel craft will mainly be used
between Tahoe and Truckee to trans
port freight and passengers. Aside
from carrying ordinary freight and
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passengers from point to point rapid
ly, Mr.. Lane intends to use it as a
"tow boat" in hauling loaded sleds
around the mining and wood camps
along the line of the Central Pacific
where show falls SO heavily as to OBJ
struct other means of traffic.
Mr.. Lane built his first motor
sleigh two years ago at Sierraville.
and was his own engine and engineer.
He worked it by hand crank and
was able to make ten miles an hour
over level, and climb considerable
grades. He estimates that with the
vehicle now being made, basing his
calculations on comparative power,
weight, resistance and paddle-push-
ing surface, he can double this speed.
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he was shipwreckcd and died Dec. IL,
1741 But an indomitssble spirit Of enter
Prise and discovery had been awakened
among the Russian people, and almost
Immediately traders, hunters, ana adj
yenturers made their way from island TO
island. until the whole Aleuttan cham,
and with it the main land OF Alaska,
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shows Wretched Taste.

"Boss, can't you gimme a dime to
get meal?"
81 can, but shall not. | have no
money to squander in administering
to your depraved appetite.
But, honest, Boss, | want to buy a
meal.with it,"
Exactly. And if eating l0-cent
meal is not evidence Of d depraved
appetite ] do not know what is. iii
dianapolis Journal.
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aver, the vast dcltoid mouth
SaN INTO Norton Sound OF
! discharges every hourone-
'@,Hr than the Mississippi.
J" Elias, whose estimated
"'eet, makes it the mon
~.@otains on this continent.
~"s Was a native OF Den
"fred as Il Captain the
navy Of Peter the Great.
sly and daring displayed
WIN Sweden led to his be-
70 conduct d voyage OF
~' Sea of kamchatka. He
C4anent from st. Peters
">1a'Na, where he superin-
obstruction of a vessel
,D''0 the Gabriel. In July,
/" II this vessel TO the
n1 discovering the Island
|IG' which he named in
,S'At ON whose day it was
'e continued northward
~,fo what he supposed
'ae2stern extremity of
satisfied that the two
] a. !. separated by the sea.
] p" Petersburg after pass
sea and straits which
l with the fixed opinion
a arge body OF land to
T mouscd the spirit of
~'0c5d his government
~, gApIorations, Again in
~'"'SSloN of Admiral and
., lVS OF the Russian gov
sy@'ed the Journey across
'"S'oS of Siberia. and in
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Glanders-'Did | understand you
to say that the lady to whom you pre-
scented me last night was Duchess"
Gummey-"Y genuine duchess
from Dutchess County, New York. /"
Jester.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-04-14
OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SAYINGS AND DO.
lNGS HERE AND THERE.
Jokes and Jokolets that Are Supposed to
Have Been Recently Born Sayings and
Doings that Are Od1. Curious and
Laughable.
Socialism Discussed.

Socialism Discussed.
Barkeeper-You believe in gem
eral division Of property?
SocialiSt-YeS, that's my idea.
"And your motto is that property
is robbery"
"Precisely."
"Then if there is general division
of property the socialist who takes
any of the property is receiver of
stolen goods, and in this case. the re-.
ceiver is worse than the thief
Texas Siftings.
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A Sure Thing.

Sparkle-Your sister is wearing one
of Miss Pinkie-s rings. | wish you
would get it for me. ] want to take
the measure. Going to buy an en-
gagement-ring, you know.
Barkle-Eh? Has Miss Pinkie &C
cepted you?
Sparkle-She will when | propose.
Last night she asked me how liked
her mother.-New York Weekly.
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Sand.

Teacher of Physiology-What in
gredient which is highly essential in
the composition of the human body
does sugar possess:
Pupils Gin one voice)-Sand.
Pharmaceutical Era.
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A HoNEsDALE, Pa, lady has full
set Of carpenters tools, which she
uses with remarkable skill in making
useful and ornamental articles for her
home, full set of chairs being among
the productions of her mechanical
upniI1S
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north latitude. Some authorities claim
q a. 90 degrees, but the former rests upon
sne statement or Stellar, who accompa-
nieu the expedition, and is probably cor
iecI. he discovered several OF the
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Ry n Mcrcenary Bard.

I'm full Of high ambition,
And seek-I may be Fash
Not the plaudits of posterity,
But contemporary cash. Puck.
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which bear his name, located in the
neart OF the Behring Sea, and now far
famed as the only seal rookeries in the
known world
Alaska was ceded to the United States
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* A AND THE SEAL.
LEADING TO THE BEH-
r',c SEA MIDDLE.

.xortIcrnmosu Possession-Its
1~ no Russia and Subsequent
n" -, the United States - The
.,th England.
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American Fashion.

Rick Donovan--Yis, thin pants are
too short, sure.
Israel Moscs-Not at all. mine
frcndt. Here is der fashion-blate. |
viii put der subscribers on der bottom
free ov sharge. Judge.
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the United States.
On this voyage he also discovered the
KomandorsLi group or couplet. On the
largest OF these, now bearing his name,
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HERE is the most
profound ig n or
ance prevalent re-
garding A | q s k q
ge II e rally. The
. territory is tho Ill
TINA thule Of
] northern trav eel
upon the American
continent. 1t is a
land Of furs and
fish, of gold and
glaciers, OF mist
and mystery, The
summer seasons of
recent wears have
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.6arsandS OF tourists TO Its
raterwavs, and it is difficult
!, i is still Il terra incognita to
. msjoritv Of our countrymen.
Ihv the very name is so sug-
\ gntrv wastes and arctic ST.
4 er,af ice-lioes and towering
|M.ing upon lonely seas, that
|ns persons of great informa-
[TIga geographical expression,
|moq an isolated domain, and
! but little space upon the eN-
avest portion Of the maps of
sica, without any regard to
n which the other States and
/ 5 are dclincated.
an it is Il colossal domain,
arge as all of the United
ns east of the Mississippi
Mpc times as large as France.
4 h. ,oyarird its climate, it's pro-
! and its native people, that the
4 Of portions Of it as COM
Z 3ahcrs is like telling of coun-
4 seaaWtcd. Here is Il giant
Belonging to the United States,
4 more than 1000 miles from
south, whose area embraces
$1,000 square miles, whose
Washed by the waters OF the
em. stretches from latitude
q q minutes to Point Barrow
e,r, which holds within its
probably the mightiest river
NJ, ior ii is entirely within the
honest statement to say that
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, Prehistoric Land.
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.lsax,sat
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-12-24
g. BRET HART 6
COPYRIGHT. 1899. ar NE AUTHOR

again q rising and falling medley OF
Tapping hats, tossing horses heads and
shining steel appeared for an instant,
advancing unanimously up the slope.
But the apparition was as instantly
cloven by flame from the two nearest
guns, and went down in gush Of
smoke and roar of sound. So level was
the delivery and SO close the impact
that space seemed suddenly cleared
between, in which the whirling of the
shattered remnants of the charging
cavalry was distinctly seen, and the
shouts and oaths of the inextricably
struggling mass became plain and ar
ticulate. Then gunner serving the
nearest piece suddenly dropped his
,swab and seized carbine. For out of
the whirling confusion before them a
single rider was seen galloping furi-
ously towards the gun.
The red-capped young officer rode for
ward and knocked upward the gunner's
weapon with his sword. For in that
rapid glance he had seen that the riders
reins were hanging loosely on the neck
of his horse, who was still dashing for
ward with the acquired impetus Of the
charge, and that the youthful figure Of
the rider, wearing the stripes Of lieu
tenant, although still erect, exercised no
control over the animal The face was
boyish, blonde and CHASTITY; the eyes
were set and CLASSY twas Death itself
charging the gun.
Within few feet of it the horse
swerved before brandishad hammer,
and striking the cheeks OF a gun car
riage pitched his inanimate rider across
the gun. The hot blood of the dead
man smoked on the hotter brass with
the reek of The shamb les. and bespat-