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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-14
THE SAMOAN TREATY.
The United States Has Derived
No Benefit from 1t.
President Cleveland Is Not Satisfied with
tho Tripartite Arrangement-German
still Hopes to Annex the Islands
Pango-Pango Coaling Station.
Especial Letter.1

The political papers of Europe and
America have had great deal to say
about Samoa recently. Samoa is a
species of kingdom. 1t consists of ten
islands, situated in the Pacific ocean,
known as the Navigators' islands.
They are said to be high, mountainous,
of volcanic origin, with rich soil, a
hot moist climate and luxuriant vege-
tation. The inhabitants, q tribe of the
Polynesian race, are described as in
dustrious and warlike. The popula-
ton of the entire kingdom, native and
foreign-born, does not exceed 10000,
but the miniature monarchy produces
and exports large quantities of coffee,
sugar, yams and nutmegs. For many
years-in fact, ever since the French
took forcible possession of the Society
islands-Apia, the principal port of the
Samoan group, has been the center of
English and American interests in that
part of the world. After the Franco
Prussian war the German empire de-
veloped its foreign commerce in every
direction, and many Hamburg firms es-
tablished branch houses and planra-
tions at and near Apia and other
Samoan ports. Nine or ten years ago
German interests began to predominant
in the islands. The consul of the Ger
man empire attempted to dominate
the native chiefs and made himself
generally obnoxious to other foreign
Office holders. The natives, instead of
presenting united front, allowed
themselves to become involved in civil
strife. The so-called rebels were sup
ported by the German consul, and
things went from bad to worse until
the government of the United States
made some pertinent inquiries concern
ing the aims and objects of the inter.
ference in Samoan affairs sanctioned
by the Berlin foreign office.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-14
tected. After discussing the points al

tected. After discussing the points at
issue at considerable length, the three
powers signed treaty on June IA, 1880,
in which they agreed to restore King
Malietoa, who had been defeated and
virtually deposed by chief named
Mataafa, tool in the hands of tho
Germans The treaty further provided
for the complete neutrality of the
islands and equal rights for the citizens
of the treaty powers, for the establish
ment of a supreme court consisting of
one judge, a foreigner, and for the set
ting up of n municipal government at
Apia, with an administrator appointed
by the treaty powers
The Pango-Pango Coaling Station.
The fact of the matter is, the United
States would withdraw from the
agreement altogether were it not for
an important treaty with the native
government which granted us the
right to establish a coaling station for
vessels of war at Pango-Pango harbor.
Inasmuch as the Samoan group is di-
rectly in the line of navigation be-
tween our Pacific coast ports and New
Zealand and Australia, the possession
of Pango-Pango would prove of ines
Unable benefit in case of war with
Great Britain or any other power hav-
ing colonies in the Pacific ocean. New
Zealand can be reached from Apia in
five days, and other points of strategic
Importance are also accessible, while
the harbor of Pango-Pango affords ex-
cellent shelter for quite large feet.
Tho A narirap crnyarpr,apf fprtinaI "a
rights to the station by unloading sew
eral thousand tons of coal at Pango-
Pango in 1889. This fuel has never
been touched, but the stars and
stripes wave over the coal sheds, and
no nation would have the temerity to
haul down that flag without the con-
sent of the American people.
Despite these advantages, however,
some naval officers are inclined to con-
slider Pango-Pango of questionable
value to the United States, as the MAIN
tenance of a regular coaling station
there would entail heavy expense.
On the other hand, advocates of annex
alton claim that If any protectorate be
established over Samoa it should be by
our government. Many thoughtful
students have viewed with alarm tho
seizure of various Pacific island groups
by Great Britain and France. They
argue that we cannot afford to allow
European powers to establish fortifica-
tions at points dangerous to American
commerce, and claim that we have the
indisputable right to extend the Mon
roe doctrine as far west as the Pacific
islands
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-14
HeiIefs of the ulndus.

In proof of how much belief is e
thing of environment the wise men
point to the Hindus. With all castles
of Hindus it was matter of religion
that the body of snake accidentally
killed should be burned as it may have
been the incarnation of Brahmin.
This belief was held by all good Hin.
dus till the British government began
to offer u reward for the heads of
venomous snakes, when every mothers
son of Hindus instantly won't back ON
the belief of his ancestor and chopped OF
all the snakes heads he could get. The
Hiadus have the utmost veneration foy
their deceased grandfathers and their
mothers-in-law, who are supposed to
take up their existence after death in
the body of snake, but that does not
prevent the wholesale slaughter of
snakes. Nay, some of the more enter,
prising Hindus have gone into the bust
ncss of raising cobras and have estab
.ished little snake farms, where vipers
are bred for the reward that attaches
| 20 heir heads.-E. Y. Times.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-14
The Natives Arc Not ain It,"

About two years ago Great Britain
seized the Gilbert islands without
protest from the United States. A little
later France increased her island pos
sessions in Pacific waters. In both in
stances the natives were not consulted.
They had titled the soil for centuries,
but that counted for nothing. Their
consent to annexation was not asked;
and had it been refused they would
have been treated simply as rebels.
The same cold-blooded selfshness
characterized the action Of the Samoan
treaty powers. The privileges of Amer
lean, German and British citizens were
defined at great length; but the in
herent rights of the natives were dis
posed of in a few paragraphs. The
government of the kingdom was vested
in supreme court, presided over by a
foreigner unacquainted with the Gus
toms and habits of the natives. 1t is
true, the Samoans were permitted to
keep their king; but the unfortunate
monarch has had to obey the commands
of the justice and the foreign consuls.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-14
Good Traits of tho samoans.,

To understand the enormity of the
cruelty and tyranny of which the
treaty powers have been guilty 1t is
necessary to state that the Samoans
are Christians. They have never vlo-
lated the rights of domicile claimed by
foreigners and have never engaged in
wanton strife except when egged on by
foreign influence. No incident mem
toned in history is more touching than
the courage and humanitarianism dis
played by the Samoans during the ter
rible hurricane of March Is, 1880, when
hundreds of them risked their lives to
rescue the drowning sailors and off,
GERS of the American an6 German men
of-war wrecked by the storm. And
yet they knew that at least part of the
stranded vessels were In the harbor for
the purpose Of annexing their country
and deposing their king. Individuals
would have remembered such grandeur
Of character with undying gratitude.
Governments, however, have no con-
science, and it would seem that as soon
as the United States ceases to file pro-
tests Germany or Great Britain viii
grab Samoa with the avidity Ut hun
cry dog In sight of bone.
g. w. WEIpPERN
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-14
WOUND TREATMENT.
Dawn of the New Era in Modern Surgical
Science.


The dawn of the new treatment,
which was ultimately destined to revo-
lutionize the whole subject of wound
treatment, and to lead surgeons into
paths of surgical enterprise which could
mover have been dreamed of in earlier
times, was at hand. Sir (then Mr.
Joseph Lister was at work in his labora-
tory in Glasgow and in the wards of
the Royal infirmary at Glasgow. He
had conceived the idea of the antiseptio
treatment of wounds, and was engaged
in celebrating out of it a system which
ever since has borne his name. In
brief, his method was based upon the
assumption that the infammatory
changes occurring in a wound, asso-
ciated with suppuration, were due to
microbic infection. Here was a con-
viction which seemed to convey with
1t an ininity of problems, the solution
| of which might rebound to the credit
of surgery.
What a vast field for speculation and
! experiment it seemed to open out! The
| fact, however, having been established
by incontrovertible scientific evidence
that it was the presence of pathogenic
F, germs in a wound which caused all
| those deplorable complications of blood
| poisoning, of which surgeons had so
much to complain, the next step in the
| evolution of the system was compare
lively an easy one. Naturally the only
! thing to be done was to insure the ex-
clusion of all possible sources of infec-
tion. In order to arrive at this desira-
| BILE condition of things, the most elab-
crate measures were deemed necessary.
Evidently at the first very serious
view was taken of the wickedness of
germs, and of their illimitable power
to propagate evil.
| 1.-THE science of bacteriology could
hardly then be said to be in existence,
and all micro-organisms consequently
We're able to do very much as they
pleased. but their time came" when
bacteriology blossomed into sci
ence The ARCHAEOLOGICAL laboratory
organic life. There is so much known
of the evil ways of germs that when.
ever an indefinable disease breaks out,
or an epidemic occurs, the first ques.
tions asked are: What and where is
the germ? Then the bacteriologist,
like the detective sent down from the
i central police Office, proceeds to take
up the case, and it is seldom now that
he fails to drag the evidence before the
tribunal of science, and furnish proofs
by which the micro-organism can be
afterward identified d-Nineteent Cen
tury.
|
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-14
PuNeEnr PARAGRAPHS.

The worth of a state, in the long
run, is the worth of the individuals
composing it.-J, S. Mill.
--"Er man kin run inter debt" said
Uncle Ebcn. "but when it comes ter
gittin' out he's got ter crawl. Wash
ington Star.
in some way by marriage, isn't hep
Robert--"Yes. He married my fiancee."
--Tit-Bits
Judge you and your hus-
band live happily together without
fighting?" Mrs, Mulcahy-"No, yer
amer; not happily. ."-Tit-Bits.
--She-"What a lovely rose! What
would you say if l asked you to give it
to me?" He--"I would say-it was like
your cheelS!"-Tit-Bits
--Maud-"Do you know young Go
lightly is awfully rich? Why, they say
he has money to burn" Clara-"Has
he? o, how l wish he'd take me for q
matchr'-Boston Beacon.
I'm married, but think marriage
is failure" "I'm married, but don't
Difference of opinion, eh?" ''No; differ
ence of wives, fancy. ."-Raymond's
Monthly.
--Landlord-"When poor fellow
without money asks for nights lodg-
ing, 1 invariably take him in" Mo
Causticll-"Then you treat him like a
regular guest. ."-Raymond's Monthly.
-"Mr. De Verse wrote poem last
night on The Last Loaf of Bread that
was just beautiful" "He did? Well,
he's different from the average poet.
Most of them would have eaten it,
Atlanta Constitution.
-"Bunkins' wife is mighty smart
woman" Remarkably intelligent" :"
'Intelligent-why, that amt any word
for it. That woman knows almost as
much as Bunkins thinks he knows. -
Washington Star.
"A Natural Conclusion.-Miss Pink
erly-"If you belong to ten clubs, Mr..
Tutter, don't see how you have much
time to study Young Tutter-"What
made you think that was student?"
Miss Pinlerly-sMr. Dashaway said
you We're one of the best posted men he
knows. Brooklyn Life.
-Wife-"'How do you suppose the
ostrich can be so silly as to stick his
uettu III tIlc Sduu anu llndglne UIdu uO-
body could see him?" Husband-'I
suppose he does not reckon on any wo-
man being around to catch sight of the
natural millinery he carries with him. "
Harlem Life.
-''Great Scott! What are they ap-
plauding that fellow for? He's got a
voice like II saw mill and he sings out
of the side of his mouth Ssh! They're
trying to keep him on the platform till
the boy they've sent after the cabbages
and tin horns comes back. Chicago
Tribune.
Not Caught. blithe girl
laughed. Yes" she prattled, 81 met
him on the street. The languid being
sighed. did you catch his eye?" she
asked. "Ill =" The laugh had died
upon her lips g see.' fastening
from the room she closely examined the
prongs of her parasol.-Truth.
81 am sensible of the honor you dc
! me, Mr.. Spoonamore, in the proposal OF
! marriage you have just made" said the
young woman, with slight curl of the
, lip. but circumstances over which
have no control will compel me to de.
cline the honor" ':What are those cir.
cumstances, Miss Merigold?" fercely
demanded the young man. ''Your cir
cumstances, Mr.. Spoonamore. Tit Bits
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-14
Germany After tho Islands.

In 1887 Germany gave a decided an
swer to Uncle SANS diplomatic corre-
spondence. The emperor wanted to
make the Samoan group a part of his
colonial domains. He stated that the
conditions in the islands justified for
eign interference, and as Germany had
the inside track, commercially speak
ing, he thought the kingdom should be
annexed tohis government. Incidental
ly he mentioned that England had no
objections to such a termination of the
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-14

you so. Tou need not marry me II you
do OF want to- 1 take it all back,
every bit of it."
Then, womanlike, she looked so sad
ly disappointed that he commenced de-
lightedly at the very beginning and
said each word over again, even more
earnestly and impetuously than be-
fore. But by this time Amy had be-
come quite reconciled to the impas-
stoned phrases, and was neither sur
prised nor frightened. Indeed, she
seemed to consider them very satisfac-
tory. OF course they were engaged,
and gradually the pretty color re-
turned to the young girls cheek and
the light to her eyes. The kind widow
rejoiced in these evidences of happi-
ness, and in the prospect of brighter
future for her gentle favorite.
Yet Bert, although at times he could
not resist buying pretty, inexpensive
trinket Cor the girl he loved, still put
aside money every year toward the
debt he had solemnly promised to pay.
When he and Amy became engaged
he had six hundred dollars in the
bank; and soon afterward his weekly
salary was raised from twelve to fif-
teen dollars. Amy clapped her hands
in delight when she heard the welcome
news, but she would not listen to
Bert's proposal that they should be
married right away.
"No, no!' she said. "You must pay
that debt before we can think of mar
riage. Your mother would not smile
upon me from above if L consented to
add another burden to the one you al
ready have to bear"
you would not be burden, Amy"
he cried, You are the dearest, sweet
est"
He finished the sentence in the way
that is usually very convincing. Itdid
not convince little Amy, however, for
she could be very firm at times.
1t took more than a year to make up
the necessary amount, but oh, how
happy they were when it was accom-
plished.
"Now your mother will smile in
heaven" Amy said, tenderly, to her
lover.
And l have taught you, my darl-
ing" he replied, "to smile on earth"
That was, indeed, the truth, for she
looked very little like the pale, sad
Amy he had first seen. Her face was
round, her checks brightly tinted and
her eyes sparkled with health and
happiness. No medicine in the world
could ever have effected what love had
so easily and naturally done.
When Robert WAS shown one morn-
ing into Mr.. Manning's office, the grim
lawyers greeting was not an encourag-
ing one.
well, young man." he demanded,
do you want anything? Speak quick,
us my time is valuable"
perhaps you remember Evans Ham
nond," Bert said.
"Yes; what of him? Speak-why don't
you speak?" he asked impatiently, as
this young fellow hesitated.
You never knew, believe" Bert
said at last. ''that my father, sorely
tempted, took thousand dollars from
YOU"
81 always thought him fool, but 1
never suspected that he was knave
also"
My mother did not betray him, but
she made me promise to return the
whole sum, and there it is" Bert said,
as he placed roll of bills on the law
yer's desk.
"Where did you get that money!" he
finally asked.
81 have been saving it ever since 1
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was eighteen years old, and am now
twenty-five"
''Then ALL have to say is that you
are a fine fellow-worth dozen of
your father. l should be glad to shake
hands with you, for l can appreciate
perseverance and honesty if l am an
old skinfint-that is what they call
me. Are you married, young man?"
mo- sir, but"
"You want to be, suppose?"
"Yes, and 1 shall not have to wait
any longer now that am relieved Of
this debt. Amy would not listen to
anything of the kind until the money
was paid. She is the best girl in the
world"
Bert wondered afterward at his
temerity in talking thus freely to the
stern old man. But Mr.. Manning's
sternness seemed suddenly to have dis
appeared, and he listened to the lovers
honest confessions with almost a smile
upon his face.
When Bert was turning in order to
leave, the lawyer seized the roll OF
bills, evidently intending at first to re-
turn the whole sum. But the innate
spirit of greed was too strong for him
and he hesitated. Then he nervously
divided the money and thrust one-hali
deep into Bert's pocket, quite conscious
that if he kept it one-half second
longer he would make another divi
sion.
Your Amy" he said, observes tc
be happy, Tell her that money is 9
wedding present; and if either of yor
ever want friend, come to old Seti
Manning"
Bert fairly ran to Amy with his goot
news.
"The old fellow is not half as bad al
people say" he said to her.
II call him munificent," she declaret
emphatically, as she looked at the bill
in her lap.
They were soon quietly married, ant
no happier, merrier wife than Am,
Hammond was ever seen or dreamed OF
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-14
The Traatx of BERLIN.

In the spring of 1889 Representatives
from the governments of the United
States, Great Britain and Germany met
at Berlin to devise way whereby this
interests of the three countries, as we'll
as those Of the natives, might be pro.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-14

There IS law of forces which him
ders bodies from sinking beyond a Ger.
tain depth in the sea; but in the ocean
of baseness the deeper ws get the easier
the sinking.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-14
AFHs7s7. ) s7.o,,s1e
D~'D @15T'

II EN- B c r t
Hammond was
a bou t eight
cen years old
his m o t h c +
died. But be-
fore her death
she C xac tie d
from him a
promise that
he considered
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-03-25

After stories OF fighting an old soldier
likes TO tell stories Of foraging and of eat
ing. A Confederate chaplain. Rev. J. II.
McNeily, TINS relates his own exploits
as the owner Of a sweet tooth
When General Hood started on bis cam
paign into Tennessee, in the fall Of s64,
the sorghum was just ripening In Georgia,
and we passed daily great fields of the
sweet cane. We found it delicious 10 the
taste and chewed great quantities Of it.,
SWALLOWING the juice and leaving thou
sands Of dry Guilds spit out by the way.
Steve F. was our commissnry ser
geant and had peculiar advantages for
gathering the sorghum. Every day he
furnished me with good supply of stalks,
and I marched and chcwed and threw
aside the guilds all along the way. Steve
declared that "tho psrson had chewed a
streak 100 yards wide through the state
of Georgy.'
After the war was over Steve was rid
ing with an old comrade In Dickson coun-
", Tenn, when they passed 10 acre field
Of sorghum in fine condition.
"Wouldn we have enjoyed that during
the wart' said the second man.
ayes, " said Steve, but 81 you'd turn
the parson in on DO he'd chaw il up ia "a
night. Youth g Companion.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-03-25


"Speaking about ghosts" said Howard
Tracy. a shoe dealer from Boston, II once
had am experience that nearly turned my
hair gray in a single night 10 happened
like this: I was spending night at the
country residence 81 a friend. IL was a
very large house. and the room occupied
was situated quite remote from the rest Of
the family In the middle Of the night
/ suddenly invoke The wind was bowling
mounully through the trees. IL seemed
just an ideal night for ghost 60 prowl
about TIE dismal cry Of an owl resound-
ed from time 10 time.
suddenly there sounded a sort Of rus
fling on the outside, just beneath the win
dow 10 seemed just like a football. l
could swear also that there was a clank OF
iron. the sound 90 fctters A cold perspi-
ration broke out all over me; my hair
stood ON end held my breath 90 catch
the slightest sound. Again | heard the
clank 81 the chain and the soft football
right beneath my window. All the blood
curiling ghost stories I had ever read
came crowding through my brain. Again
a clauk and "A rustic.
"Aiv eyes were rivetcd ON the window,
and every moment / expected 60 see cold,
white face. with burning eyes, pressed
agaiust the pane. just At the moment
when felt that I could bear the suspense
no longer "a most blood curdling howl
broke the stiffness Of the night Il brought
me bolt upright in the bed in an instant.
lt was only big watchdog that had bro
ken the chain and was wandering around
the grounds st Louis Globe-Democrat.
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Courage is resistance 20 fear, mastery o
fear-not absence of fear. Except a crea-
ture be part coward DO IT, not "a compliment
TO say it is brave, b. IS merely "a loose mis-
application of the word. Consider the flea.
incompara bly, The bravest of all the crea-
lures of God, Fl Ignorance of fear were
courage. Whether you are asleep or awake
he viii attack you. caring nothing for the
fact that ia bulk and strength sou are to
him as are the mas cd armies Of the earth
20 "A suckling child he lives both day and
night and all days uud nights iu the very
lap Of peril and tle immediate presence Of
death, and yet is 100 more afraid than Is
the man who walks Tho streets az "a city
that was threatened hy ana earthquake Do
centuries before. When wevneak of Give.
Nelson and Putnam as men who "didu't
know what fear was, we ought ALWAYS
10 add the flea and put him at the head
Of the procession. Publ nhcad Wilson S
Calendar" MARI Twain in Century.
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NOTICE or PROBATE or WILI.-N TIE
~ district court Of the FIRST judicial distrirt
% the state u Montana. in and for the county
~ Lewis aud ,larEe
In ne matter Of tho q. tat Of theresa A.
ienry, deceased.
Pursuant 60 an order - said court made ON
tha 18th dag 81 March istt notice is hereby
gwen that Tuesday. the 18th day OF March l-lf
~ o. O'Clock a IN. - said dag. A. thu court room
% said court. al the court house iu the rouutv
- sWis and clarke. has bssn appointed 4.
the time aud place Tor proving tho viii 81 ali
Theresa N. Hsury. doceAsod, aud for hearing th,
application 81 Luuis q. henry snd lhzsrt ~
henry for The Issuance TO them Of letters testa-
mautarl. When and where any person intefasted
may appear and contest the same.
isHsLl JOHN REAN. Clara
~ u J. CASSIDY. neputJ Clerk
Dated March ~. i5sL