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The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1894-09-05
ExpIOriug Uncle Sans Domains.

Special orders AT and I2l, issncd
by Gen. EWcll S. Otis, commanding
the department Of the Columbia,
suggest that it is not necessary to &C
to the Arctic or to Africa in order TO
find regions that require exploring.
States ALREADY in this union contain
great tracts that have yet to be adc-
quatcly mapped, even if they have
ever felt the pressure OF the white
mans foot.
Under these orders, Lieut.. G. p.
Elliott, Fourth caylarv, is to inycsti-
gate ''certain unknown country in
the Clearwater river section Of Ida
ho." The general direction Of his
expedition is from Walla Walla to
Lewiston; thence to Wcippc, and
over the Lo Lo trail to Indian post
office: thence in a southerly direction
to the base OF the middle fork of the
Clearwater. There a camp will be
established, and journeys made in
various directions to determine, as
far as practicable, the sources and di-
rcctions Of important streams, the
confguration and character Of the
country, and feasible routes Of travel.
if any exist" The expedition may
be absent as long as sixty days.
At the same time Lieut.. James a.
Leyden, Fourth infantry, with a sim
liar outfit, his men being mounted
armed, and furnished with half ;
| az"o, l,"oi. sa'sloe. - 10 eAl''u-@ ~>'>
adjoining region. The main dircc
ti0n of his travel will be from Fort
Sherman to Old Mission: thence or
the MulIan trail TO some point neal
Superior. and across the divide to tIlt
hcadWatcrs Of the north fork OF TIT
Clearwater, and 50 down the Lu 1t
trail to New Mission, on Ilangman'
creek, coming out AGAIN 1T For
Sherman. This is to obtain infOrlna
tion Of the topographical features 0
a region concerning which little a
present is known"
The adventurous days when expo
ditions or this character ran SON
risk Of conflict With wild lndial
may have passed away. but til
charms of discovery arc not cHhaus
ed, and when enough is known abol
Idaho. attention can be turned
: other localities. Alaska, for exam
> pie, is likely to furnish region Il
I invcsti cation far along into the tive
* ticth ce!.tury.-Ncw York Sun.
The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1894-09-05
Busted Wonders.


The national democratic party IS
full of 'bllstcd wonders" at the pres
cnt day. lfrs' N the list is Grover,
the "child Of Destiny" Two years
ago this prodigy was elected by q
wonderful majority, and began ms
career with some wonderful actions,
such as suspcnding the Chinese law,
supprcssing tin plate reports, ORDER
inc down the American flag, etc.
He held the whip over the gang Tor
some time, and 50 potent was Gro
ycr's command !llal at his call con-
grcss passed Il bill almost annihilal-
ing silver, and his desires were law.
But he's busted. He stccrcd up
AGAINST Il sugar trust on a pDIpl OF
difference regarding Il tariff bill,
and though reinforced by the house,
Grover was not enough to overcome
the saccLariHc combine. He rules
no longer, and the dictator Of 1913 Is
busted in 1884.
Another Democratic wonder who
has been laid on the shelf is Wilson
Of West Virginia. After the passage
Of his bill through 1lr house. Wilson
vas laudcd by all tariff rcformcrs a
their, l,jdc0u But the senate pN
up a tariff bill OF their own an'
coarscIy informed the West Virgins
rcformcr that he could play duo
, With his Bill. Even the assistance Q
Cleveland could not make Wilson
=, winner, and his :prOWess Nanlshc
+ before that Of German. Wilson, tn
wonder, the leader Of tariff reform
: crs, he. too, is lnylOriously busted.
$ David h. Hill, Of New York, is al
i other democratic wonder who II;
: passed by as a power in politics. y
: can remember when Hill WaSi. p II
ical phenomenon, and how: Oh u
= I'pckNiul ana l10IllJloNci ottd9loi
he .wcltcd it to Grover But Ill
II isn't marshalling many dcmocra
:, under his banner just now. POO
=. Lore M1rphy faithfully follows
t Dawes footsteps, but aside from hi
l. Hill is without a following. He. to
j, is busted and the '~iour time wi
i ncr" from New York: is.no longer ;
c electric winner.
it SO, too, all down the democrat
90 line, are busted political wonder
,r The magic Of their name has deral
as ed, and it is doubtful. after the cl(
ing record Of vacillaling, and coWa1
The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1894-09-05
CLEVELAND AS 4 VOTE..BII
How lie Tried to Influence Leg isla ton by
"ElOckS Of PATRONAGE"

How are those who we're the adyo-
Gates or the apOlOgistS Of the pur-
chase Of votes tor tariff reform with
offices pleased with the result Of their
bargain? German @and his fellow
democratic corruptionists in the SEN
ate have their hcncEmcn in Office,
but what has become of tariff re-
form? The very men whom Mr..
Cleveland appointed: or allowed his
subOrdinatcs to appoint at Mr.. Cor
mans demand are now supporting
the latter: in his thus far successful
fight against the administration.
Mr.. Cleveland, whether he likes it
or not, must divide with Maryland
democrats the credit OF having made
Mr. Gorn1an's present position and
influence possible. Warned against
him BY the experience Of his first
term. well aware Of the part German
played prior TO and at the Chicago
convention Of 1892. there was no ex-
cusc for Mr.. Ccvc}and's failing to
cut loose from him altogether: cut
loose from him, however, the prcsi-
dent did not Again, with the hope
Of preserving 'harmonE" in the par
/ ty, and Of advancing the cause Of q
sound currency and a reformed tariff
he surrendered 10 German all the
federal patronage in Maryland, ex-
ccpt the postmaster at Baltimore and
the district attorney. Mr.. German
promptly liit. his friends confirmed
and has now kept the nomination for
the district attorney hing up for
months in the senate. Disgraccful
as has been the history Of the Cor
man bill, rccking with corruption as
has been every stage Of its progress,
we cannot pretend to feel any regret
that the attempt to buy German and
his pals with Offices, and to keep
them bought long enough to count
them, has come to naught.
The sugar trust is believed to have
bought with money votes for the
SUGAR schedule 1t wanted. Mr.. Clcye~
land his friends admit, bought, or
silppuStt;s lie had bought, with Offices
votes for the repeal Of the Sherman
act and the passage Of d tariff reform
bill The sugar trust used its own
money. Mr.. Cleveland used Offices,
which belong, not To him, but to the
! Gates as well as lnOnomctalllsts, pro-
, tcctiOnists as well as tariff reformcrs.
}! Mr.. Cleveland trusted his ''floa tcrs"
Il with the uSilal result. From the out
come it is probable that the trust took
no chances and made sure Of the de-
livery OF the goods before it paid the
price. In no other respects DO the
bargains differ in essentials. One Is
every whit as bad as the other, what
ever difference there may be in the
character Of the men concerned IN
thcm.-~lndianapoliS Civil SE:i:A 1tt
Chronicle.
The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1894-09-05
That Awful Tariff Bill.

Advance copies Of the uciEJcrat'c
tariff bill llnyc been received OF the
Office Of the collector Of customs fer
the port Of Fort RcntuIl These cop
les were sent out before the prcsl-
dent had made any disposition Of the
act in order that the proper duties
could be levied by the collectors III
case the bill became IaW. either by
SIGNATURE or by the expiration OF the
period Of Limitation.
\ glance at :hc bill reveals some
amusing features, among which IS
the placing OF rabbage on the Tree
liS1. while beans are Iarillvd 20 pei
cent and potatoes H. cents bi'shc''
One would 1ljni; that under a 'tar'
| jT for revenue rnlvf cHbbagc. bean:
and potatoes should each bear thcl'
ts|!arc: but CanHdiln cabbage i, court
cd. while Canadian beans are cX
rludcd. Free trad" and protection
and both in Il bill for "tari1I for rcV
cnuc only"
Books, too are quccr]y treated il
this rather queer bill. Young books
that is. booklets in their infancy
must pay d tariff Of - per cent, bu
books that have attained the Ncncra
be AZ" Of twenty years ar" admltlc'
free. The senate has al duo rcSpcc
for ACE. and while ii socks ii to tn
iu]nn, book for onc-fuurth Of what
is worth the book printed prior t
lS74 yets in free. This is anothc
manner in which democracy carrlt
.ulit its ideas Of tariff reform.
The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1894-09-05
Seeing go Mites.

i discussion is going on in Oregon
as TO whether Mount Shasta in Cali
lornia can be seen from the summit
Of Mount Hood in the former state.
One Of a party who recently climbed
Hood insists that he saw tho other
peak, with whose outline he is lamll-
Jar The actual distance between
them i, 2,6 miles. His statement
"a, at first secuted. the computation
being made by one Mathematician
that Shasta is scvcn miles below the
horizon line Of Mount Hood.
Lieut.. Taylor, Of the United States
engineer corps, being appealed to,
consulted table, and official maps.
with the following results: ;3los
Zon line from Hood q 200 feet high),
! 1870 miles: horizon line from Shasta
| "a. llO feet high), 141 miles: actual
distance between the peaks: 216
miles: distance 10 spare. one mile
I Itlil L!ilS II hoUiNl StttlI LlIttl GlIC
procclinn pf the horizon line from
summit Of Hood would strike the top
Of Shasta We're that mountain one
mile further away than it actually
: is, Fer any one who is not matlle.
muticjan ene1gll to dispute or under.
stand Lieut.. raylor's computations,
: the fact may Oc added us bearing on
the question whether one mountain
is visible from the other, that since
an ascent Of Mount Hood which sci
cntitic party made short time ago
! there is reason to believe from ObSer
: vations taken by them that tho
, mountain is cOnSile rably higher that
l Jhn II. 200 feet Of the last survey.
The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1894-09-05

ice, and subscrvicncy. and "pertidy
and 'dishonor," whether there will be
one on the entire democratic list at
Washington " no Will close l. isma reer
as highly honorcd as when he began.
River Press.
The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1894-09-05
Tclcphoning Through the Watcr.

The success tlHt has attended the
recent attempts in England to cstab-
lish Il practical system Of tclcpI'onic
without wires be
tween ships at a distance from each
other recalls the fact that about two
years ago an American inventor, Dr..
Ernst Huber, secured tho assistance
of the United States government in
the projection Of Il series Of expert
mcnt5 in deep sea tc]cphoning. For
some reason The experiments were
not made, but the device promised
we'll. The sound waves passing
through the water CAUSED metal
strips to yibratc, and the vibrations
were transmitted by wires to micro
phones which greatly intensified
them. An Indicator showed the in.
lcnsity Of the sound and gave ;iT
idea Of the distance Of the object
cnllsjng hem. The direction whence
| the sound came could also be deter
Mined The sounds within the slli}
were eliminated, and only cXtrancou:
noises recorded. Sound waves cOult
be thrown on; in all directions b,
the ringing Of an electric bell, ant
being reflected indicated iccbcrgs
submerged wrecks or other ob5truc
tions even ten miles away.
The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1894-09-05
sEAMPERED BY FREE TRADE.

ttOf course the present war will in
lure the country, too. The dcprcS-
sion of business at this time is gem
eral, and as the. country at best is
ANYTHING but rich that means great
deal. Japan is suffering from lack
Of ptotoction to her home industries,
1t is a good example of the great
blow that low duties strikes against
| her manufactures. When it made
the treaty with foreign powers it
was expressly agreed that no tax OF
moro than 5 per cent should be levied
upon an import. So now European
goods Of all descriptions can be pur-
chased there at even less than they
can be made at home.
sis there much excitement III ia
!hpan over the war;"
Son the streets there is very y.l!ttlt
Indication that anything unusual i:
going on. The japanese arc moi
very cXcitablc people. Yet indoor
when YOU associate with the native
YOU find it almost the sole topic o
conversation. The newspapers ar
under the strictcst censorship, ant
news is carefully suppressed. Jus
before | left two editors of neWsra
Erovs1!n Toxic we're sentenced to 81
months imprisonment because the
published news Of the departure OF
Japanese man-of-War.
"Thcrc are few disturbance thcr
between the natives and the Chimes
: residents. Yet the insurance agent
have cancelled all policies on Chimes
houses for fear Of incendiarv fires
Most Of the Chinese residents al
leaving for China. Just before
sailed a vessel took 100 Of them OF
Of Yokohama. There arc only 1906
foreigners in Japan and half Of the
are Chinese, 1,S0O are English, !, OF
Americans and 500 Germans. Mo
Of them. of course. are in busine
there. The japanese government
:! doing everything possible 10 nrote
The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1894-09-05
JAPAN AND CHINA
A Returned Traveller Talks
interestingly.
The Japanese Intensely Worked Up
Over the War---Better Drilled
Than the Chinese.

Some interesting facts about the
struggle between Japan and China
over little Corea were brought 10 this
city, says a Philadelphia paper, by
Mr.. Rudolf ph Blankcnburg, who re-
turned home yesterday from voy-
age to Japan. He left the realms of
the Mikado on August i, when the
country Wassjn the very midst Of the
beginning Of the contest.
"No one can imagine" said he to q
reporter, chow deeply interested the
Japanese are in the war, and how
confident they are that they will de-
feat the Chinese in the struggle.
The Chinese do not seem to be SO
Jealous in the fight. They have not
the indvideal personal interest that
the japanese have. The latter are
fighting with deep hatred Of the
Chinese urging them on. They are
better drilled, better equipped and
more intelligent than their enemies,
| butithe Chinese have the advantage
! Of ten times rs many men and much
! more money Still, Japan is now
| raising a large sum by a voluntary
fund. To this every man is willing
and anxious to contribute, from the
$50, 600 Of the rich to the mite Of the
poor. Even the poorest laborcr, who
receives but $12 or thcrcabouts a
month, gives q large part Of that
freely and gladly. The outlook no"
would seem that Japan will win the
struggle at first, and by the time it's
1,resources give out the foreign powers
will be likely to interfere. 1t is ;
\ growing belief in Japan that the I'm
tied States will eventually be invited
to settle the dispute as arbitrator.
| "It is not question OF annexation
with Japan. tt is a bitter 1igh
against having the Chinese such clos(
neighbors. We who live in thi
country have no idea Of the animos
4 ity between China and Japan.
There is one cause Of the war tina
is well understood by foreigners il
Japan but not by the world in gen
eral. Japan is rivcn BY two grca
factions. One is headed by the EN-
i peror and the high officials, who Id
vor foreign progrcssiyeness and for
eign ideas. The other is composc'
I of the old daimios, who were deprlV
cd OF their fcudal powers by tn
present rulers, and they and tn
common people are opposed to tn
4 foreigners in toto. Dlssatasfactlo
had become so strong and notleeabl
that unless the thoughts of all wei
kdiyerted to some other channel thel
was every probability of an intern;
war, which would be terrible bio
to tile country. Corca gave the o.
portunity and that is one reason WI
Japan jumped SO eagerly into ii
conflict.
The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1894-09-05

NcEll-.;Didn't it make your
mouth water to read OF all the whis-
key that was taken out OF bond this
,weeI:"
Major Straight (of Kentucky)--
"No, sah: meh mouth nevah waters,
sab: it wouldn't kaow how to do it;
it hasn't been insulted with 4 drop
of watah. sab. III forty years, sab"
The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1894-09-05

Constituents: "Whdt does this pa
per mean by saying you have reached
the lowest depths Of al);sselnent?'
Senator from IIaycmcycr 'Dep' rs
Of a basement? 1t must be some al
lusion to my getting in on the grounf
noor.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-06-25

When the dogwood begins tDput ont lit
tie whitish green buds, the lacltish fish
crman, who is quite distinct from any
other species of fisherman. gets out his
tackle, fixes up his lines, pulls out his old
clothes and makes arrangeI ems for boat
and bait. simultaneously the blackfish
polles his nose out from bctw zen the rocks,
takes long breath of green water and be
gins TO feel that the spEing has come and
that he is developing an APP tito. But he
knows that he must fast until the dog
wood signals.
One fine morning the fisherman awakes
to find IA mantle Of white glory over all the
dogwood thickets, and he drops business,
engagements, duties, meetings and every
thing of lesser importance, and loaded with
tackle and luncheon makes for salt water
Just in time to connect with the blacktish,
who are Capering and darting to and fro
out in the open water, fairy crazy with
Impotence for some one to drop some bait
in their direction, for the Blacklist has
seen the dOgwOod's white flag, too, and
from Cape Cod to Sandy Hook Las obeyed
the signal and come forth with open mouth
to spend the summer in stealing bait OF
getting caught, according as his luck may
be Just what connection there is between
the dogwOod tree and the blackiish fisher
men haven't explained yet, but they say
the fish understand il, and maybe the tree
understands it, but anyway no Blacklist
angler would dare imperil his luck for the
season by going blackfishiTg before the
dogwood flaunts its flag York sun.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-06-25

1 saw "a young man lgh. long Hun.
gariau cigar the other evening and throw
himself back i'm "a chair tocUioy the smoke
and conversation The Hungarian cigar
{. something Ikea pittshurg toby, only it
lis twice as long a. the pittsburg article.
aud before YOU get through with II is also
twice as strong. The young man was
more interested ~ the conversation than
i'm the cigar apparently, for hc laid the
latter down ON the edge of HE table "A mo-
mcnt as hc talked The W tggsh gentle
man next to him slyly took the cigar and
cut of about three inches Of the fire end
and began tC smoke It, rcpl cling the body
Of the weed. When the young man got
through with his story, at vh ch all the
rest laughed cXtrnvugautly, he picked up
the cigar again and pulled 70 IT, His face
wore 20 puzzled look IA he glanced at the end
and saw it had apparently never been light
cd But he struck IA match and lighted it
again. After few pulls he had laid ii
down to answer the pleasantIies, where
/ upon the man ON the other side drew his
/ knife and neatly cut the fire end off ant
dropped it in the cuspidor. The expression
. ON the face of the story teller when M
picked up that cigar and az lin cssaycd {,
I smoke was something too funny TO de
scribe He gave two or three vigorous
/ pulls at it, tLyn stopped an. looked at tn,
fresh end, while the other follows were in
/ tcrcsted i'm almost anything else at the mo
mcnt
/ As soon rs the would be smoker saw
/ that his cigar had not been lighted h,
turned a little pale, showed his unempticC
/ glass aside, and with hasty apology ant
/ q story of an alleged forgott n engagement
I boltcd for the street. amid the dcmoniaca
/ glco Of the cruel men left behind. Thu:
| does conscience make towards Of us all -
New York Herald
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-06-25

We read in the Book of NJ iraClCs Frat
cretto, Fliberdigibet, Hohert icat, Cocabat-
to, with 40 assistants, "wcro expelled from
sara. On Jan. . it is recorded that, "bc
ing exercised, she pratcd, sc0lIod and sang,
called for IA piper, and when the priest
babe her tell him his name made answer
Pudding Of Thamc But in the inter
val or subsequently she was possessed by
Hobbcrdidancc Lusty Dick, Kcllico, Hob,
Cornercap, Puff Purr, Kcllicocum, VII
kin, Lusty Dolly Jenkin, Boniour, Pour
dieu, Motubizanto and several others.
Marwood was possessed by "a Captain Pip
pin; Trayford by Captain PhilDot, Hilco,
HiaclitO, Smolkin and Lusty Hun Cap.
a Colonel portericchio, accompanied by
two captains and 100 assistants, seems to
have been unattached Al their expulsion
the demons, many Of whom have distin-
guishcd themselves by some characteristic
devices, gave the expected 5 Ins. Hobbcr.
didanCC was seen to vanish as "a whirl.
wind, Philpot went out Is a puff Of smoke,
Lusty Dick as stencil, the demon OF
pride as peacock, and SmJlEin escaped
from Trayfords ear in the shape of q
mouse. Mainy had within him, beside,
Prince Modu, the representatives of tn,
seven deadly sins, who were cast out witt
much appropriate acting on his part by
Father Weston on St Georges day in tn,
presence of 100 persons. The description
If this scene occupying nearly four pages
| is quoted by Harsnct from the Priests
| Book =" and 1t suggested to Shakcspear,
some features in the fcigned madness o
| Edgar. --Ninetccnth Century.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-06-25

The charm of the sketch Book is not
difficult to define. Sunshine lights up ev.
cry page, and cheerful kindliness glows
upon them all. From the "Sketch Book
we must date the revival Of Christmas
feasting, although no doubt Irving was
aided powerfully by Dickens, who took the
American as his model in more ways than
we are wont to remark. 1t Is the sketch
Book which has sent thousan ds of Amer
leans across the Atlantic, passionate pill
grims to Stratford, entranced wanderers
through Westminster abbey and happy
loitercrs in the country churchyards of
England. Although in the second number
of the sketch Book" Irving warned
English writers on America" that their
malicious reports were certain to cause i'll
will as indeed they have done - no
American ever felt more kindly toward
England, and when he died Thackeray,
calling him "tho first ambassador whom
the new world Of letters sent to the old, 4"
praised him for his constant good will to
the mother country.-Brandor Matthews
in St. Nicholas
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-06-25

General Slocum and General Mcmahon
werc on their way home to New y Urk from
an inspection Of the soldiers home at
Dayton, O., and stopped at Philadelphia
for breakfast While waiting at the sta
tiuu for the signal to board their special
car, Mcmahon observed a man whom ne
thought he recognized as an acquaintance
and being of social turn approached him
and shook hands cordially, saying:
"liow do you do, Mr.. -
bradford, obligingly INTERCEPTED the
strar ger.
"of New York, if l remembcr'' con
tinucd Mcmahon affably.
40; Of Bryn Mawr," responded the
stranger.
"Ah, yes-Bryn Mawr. had forgot
ten. Glad to see you. When did you get
to town."
just then Slocum came up. He had
caught the name and recollected Brad
ford who served in his command during
the war. why hellol" he exclaimed, with
effusion. Delighted to see you. My name
Is Slocum. You're Bradford of BryI
Mnvr Knew you well during the war
1t isn't possible you have forgotten met
Bradford meanwhile hedged toward o
policeman in the depot. Il can say, Mr..
Sloclm, that l remember you or your
friend " said he, and l don't propose Co
join you in any kind Of a game this morn
ing The fact is, I knew you both to be
confidence operators from the first moment
l saw you" The policeman, who had ev-
iden'l caught on, " made grab for the
two generals, who made simultaneous
rush for the special car.-Kate Field :
Washington.