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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-12-09
NEEDS OF ALASKA.
Existing Conditions Demand
Change I'm the Laws.

The territory OF Alaska requires the
prompt and early attention of congress.
The conditions now existing demand Il
material change in the laws relating to
the territory. The great influx of popula-
ton during the past summer and fall and
the prospect of still larger immisra-
ton in the spring will not permit us to
longer neglect the extension of civil au-
thority within the territory or postpone
the establishment of a more thorough
government. general system of public
surveys has not yet been extended to
Alaska and all entries thus far made in
that district are upon special surveys.
The act of congress extending to Alaska
the mining laws of the United States con-
tanned the reservation that 1t should not
be construed to put in force the general
land laws of the country.
BY an act approved March g. 1891, au-
thority was given for entry of lands for
TOWNSHIP purposes, and also for the pur-
chase of not exceeding 100 acres then or
thereafter occupied for purposes of
trade and manufacture. The pur-
expressed. has been that only
such rights should apply TO the territory
as should be specifically named. 1t will
be seen how much remains to be done for
that vast remote. and yet promising por-
ton OF our country
Special authority was given to the pres
ident by the act approved July "a 1897. to
divide that territory into two land dis
tricts. and to designate the boundaries
thereof. and to appoint registers and re-
ceivers of said land Offices, and the pres-
dent was also authorized to appoint a
encouragement for the entire district.
Pursuant to this authority. a surveyor
general and receiver have been appoint
ed. with offices at Sitka. If in the ensu-
ing year the conditions Justify it, the addi-
tional land district authorized by law
will be established with an office at some
point in the Yukon valley. No appropria-
tion. however. was made for this pur-
pose, and that Is now necessary to be
done
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-12-09
The Military Post.

concur with the secretary of war in
his suggestions as to the necessity for a
military force in the territory of Alaska
for the protection of persons and prop
erty. Already small force consisting
of % men and two officers. under com
mand of Lieutenant Colonel Randall, of
the Eighth infantry. has been sent to
St. Michaels to establish military post.
AS it is to the interest of the government
to encourage the development of the coun-
try and its duty to follow up its citizens
there with the benefits of legal machin-
cry. | earnestly urge upon congress the
establishment of system of government
of such hexibility as will enable it to adj
just itself in the future to the needs at
tendant upon greater population.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-12-09

Turning to the practical aspects of
recognition of belligerency and reviewing
it's Inconvenience ard possible danger,
further pertinent considerations appear.
In the code of nations, there is no sucn
thing as a naked recognition of beliger-
ency unaccompanied by the assumption
of national neutrality. Such recognition
without neutrality will not confer upon
either party to a domestic conflict status
not therefore actually possessed, or af
feet the relation of either party to other
states. The act of recognition usually
takes the form of a solemn proclamation
of neutrality which recites the de facto
condition of belligerency as its motive. 1t
announces a domestic law Of neutrality
in the declaring state. 1t assumes the in
ternational obligation of a neutral in the
presence of a public state of war. 1t
warns all citizens and others within the
Jurisdiction of the claimant that they vio-
late those rigorous obligations at their
own peril and cannot expect ITO be shield
ed from the consequence. The right of
visit and search and seizure of vessels
and cargoes and cOntraband of war I'M
der admiralty law must under interna-
tional law be admitted as a legitimate
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-12-09

The startling though possibly exag-
eerated reports from the Yukon river
country of the probable shortage of food
for the large number of people who are
wintering there without the means of leav-
ing the country, are confirmed in such
measure as to justify bringing the matter
to the attention of congress. Access to
that country this winter can be had only
by the passes from Dyea and vicinity
which is Il most difficult and perhaps i'm
possible task. However. should these re-
ports of the suffering of our felow-cti-
zens be further verified every effort at
any cost should be made to carry them
relief.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-12-09
CENTRAL AMERICAN STATES.
Representation of Our Government
In the Greater Republic.

AS to the representative of this govern
ment to Nicaragua, Salvador and Costa
Rica. have concluded that Mr.. William
L. Merry confirmed as minister of the
United States to the states of Nicaragua,
Salvador and Costa Rica, shall proceed
to San Jose, Costa Rica, and there tempo
rarily establish the headquarters of the
United States to those three states.
took this action for what l regarded rs the
paramount interests OF this country. 1t
was developed, upon an investigation by
the secretary of state. that the government
of Nicaragua, while not unwilling to re-
ceve Mr.. Merry in his diplomatic capac-
ity, was unable to do so on account of the
compact concluded June 90, 1895, where by
that republic and those of Salvador and
Honduras. forming what is known as the
Greater Republic OF Central America. had
surrendered to the representative diet
thereof their right to receive and send
diplomatic agents. The diet was not will
ing to accept him because he was not ac-
credited to that body. | could not ac-
credit him to that body because the appro-
priation law of congress did not permit.
Mr.. Baker, the present minister at Mail
aqua, has been directed to present his
letters of recall.
MIR. Godfrey Hunter has likewise been
accredited to the governments of Gaute-
mala and Honduras. the same as his pred
the Greater Republic of Central America
but Honduras is. Should this latter gov
eminent decline to receive him, he has
been instructed to report this fact to his
government and await its further instruc-
tonS.
The Nicaragua Canal.
A subject of large Importance to our
country and increasing apprecia ion on the
part of the people is the completion of the
hi bxsr Of L., l,att hn
lantic and Pacific known as the Ncara-
qua canal. Its value to American COM
merce Is universally admitted. The com
mission appointed under date of July "a
last "to continue the surveys and exam
nations authorized by the act approved
March 2, 1885, in regard to the proper
route. feasibility and cost of construc-
ton of the Nicaragua canal with view
of making complete plans for the entire
work of construction of such canal" is
now employed in the undertaking. In the
future l shall take occasion to transmit
to congress the report of this commission,
making at the same time such further
suggestions as NAV then seem advisable.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05
A GREAT EAPENSE
To Carry on an Almost Helpless Fight
At Last the Fight il Over.
CFrom thc Battie Crcck MoonD

Our representative called at % Battle
Creek Avenue, the residence of = | Rot.
BINS. and in an interview with him brOught
It the following facts Mr. Robbins tell
OF his wife IS experience in manner that
carries conviction with his words lie
:; vs.: " am sorry my wife is not al home
q is T. W.. but no one knows better than
| how she has suffered during past wears
For twenty years she has been afflicted
with the various forms of kidney com
pitint and an enlargement of the liver
: 10 was often confined 20 her bed for mere
tliIn two weeks AT n time suffering untold
"A ,onY. She has doctorcd constantly. aud
| have paid out in doctors bills for her
IA one as much rs $500 CO. and then her re.
il t was only such that she would be ah'e
t. be around for "A spell. Some time ago
$. lc felt the symptoms of another attack
c ming on, such rs pain in through the
X lncy, aud back ! hardly know what
il luccd me Ia Get box Of Doau's Kdncy
! lis. instead of srBding for the family
/ ysican however, ! got some and she
G mmcnced their use. II was surprise
Us both 10 see their act0A; the attack
y Is warded off, and she contiHAed taking
I'm with marked improvement AQCh day
their use. She is better now thap she
l. $ been in years the pain in the back ani
lers in the kidneys have entirely goEs
! ardly "A day goes by that we do not men.
tn the great good Doan's Kidney Pills
1--we done her was always opposed to
I tent medicines, but confess that my
fe's experience with Doan's Kidney
! lis has done much 60 change my opn.
iols. If it were not for those pills She
y1uld not nave been able 20 be out this
.enoon
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all deal
price, 80 cents Mailed by Foster.
lburn Co., Buffalo, n Y, sole agents
{ the L. ). Remember the name, DoanS,
u 4 take no other.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05
THE SHELLS OF KNOWLEDGE
Are Many Children Really Ignorant OF
Everyday Life.

Are Many Children Really Ignorant OF
Everyday Life.
1t was startling To find, as once did,
a boy of fourteen who had been SO per.
sistently taught that the moon shone
by reflected light that he believed the
moon to be nothing more than an image
of the sun cast on the celestial sphere,
much as we throw sunbeam on
the wall, says writer in Popular
Science Monthly. He was greatly sur
prised at the time of an eclipse to find
that the moon was a solid body. 1t re-
hected somewhat on the usefulness of
geography tG find children whose main
impression, after a considerable study
of the map, was that Pennsy lvania was
yellow and New Jersey pink. while for
some unexplained reason New York
was green. Doubtless things have i'm.
proved since those days, but even now,
in the year of grace 1895, the study of
child psychology is revealing the fact
that large percentages of our school
children are ignorant of the most every
day realities Of life. These same chill.
dren can outtallI and outname their less
schooled elders. They can make quiet
country boy silent and abashed in the
presence of their wordy knowledge.
But in spite of it all they leave an inn
preston of undesirable helplessness.
Now, we are all agreed that, as things
stand at present, the school cannot be
dispensed with. Its benefits are much
too substantial. But it can be supple.
mented. and some at least of these de
iciencics corrected. Tie early motive
for the introduction of manual training
was precisely this. 1t was a desire to
bring boyhood back into "A world of
reality through an acquaintance with
things. DcXterity in the use of tools,
and in the handling of such stubborn
facts as wood and clay and metal, was
held 20 be important as a part of this
reality. The work went on with earn.
est singlencss of purpose and com
mands the respect of even those who
see in manual training something much
deeper than this mere convenience.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05

Claude North, of Homer. Is bad
boy. \ few days since. while numcr-
Gus citizens were away from their
homes. he entered their dwellings,
ransackcd pockets. securing all the
valuables he could find and then went
10 the pool rooms 10 spend his wealth
The Ulcers tracked him. and now he
laneuishcs i'm Jail waiting the session
of the Circuit court.
Parties holding tax titles on pine
lands in the upper peninsula have
heretofore been somewhat afraid to cut
pine on the lands for fear their titles
would not hold good if contested, but
the recent decision of the supreme
Court regarding them has relieved all
don BITS. and the pine will he cleared
from many hundred acres of these
lands this winter.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05
OoNT's FOR THE SURF GIRL.
What Not TO DO when You Go To the

what Not TO DO when You Go To the
scashore.
TIE st. Louis Republic offers some
useful suggestions to giils who battle
AT the seaside:
Don't wear conspicuous bathing
suit.
Don't loiter about the sands in
your bathing suit; go directly into the
water.
Don't sit IN the sand in wet bath.
ing suit with man similarly attired.
Don't battle with strange men; the
etiquette of introduction is just as
strict in the water rs in the drawing
loom.
Don't loitcr about the bnthhouse cor
rdo,s; woman in wet bathing cos.
tune is not thing OF beauty.
Don't wash the salt out Of your hair
under the pump with the assistance OF
half n dozen men.
Don't imagine that even the Venus de
Milo could lool. pretty with her wet
hair hanging down her back.
Don't talk from one bathing house
10 another, and don't report progress
OF your toilet 10 your girl chum.
Dou't encourage men to lOiter out
side your bathing-house waiting for
your temperance.
Don't dry your hair on 'he beach, nut
twist it in a knot. and returning TO your
hotel dry il on an upper balcony.
Don't 60 i'm TO the cafe after your
bath and take n cocktail
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05
Nature 80 snbbatarian.

The Rev. David Macrae has brought
together in most interesting little vol
nme entitled Quaint Sayings Of Chill
dren," a number Of stories, many of
them old, bat nearly all of them good.
There is one, evidently told III print for
the first time, of little girl in Aber-
deem who brought basket Of strawber-
ries to the minister very early on Mon
day morning THANK you, my little
girl, he said; "they are very beautiful.
But hope You didn't gather them yes.
terday, which was the Sabbath day."
mo, sir, replied the child, Il pulled
them this morning. But they was grow
In ali yesterday.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05
OFFERED HIM a steady Job.

A good story is told of how Daniel
oConnell received the grateful bless
ing Of an Irishman. During the course
of his circuit in Ireland he was able TO
secure the liberation of young son Of
Erin who had been charged with some
oftense or other. On second turn
around the country OConnell again
saved the Irishman from the arm of
law. The prisoner, overwhelmingly
grateful, went up TO the advocate. shook
him by the hand and, in the fullness OF
his heart, exclaimed: "And may the
Lord save we to defend me always. Mr..
O'Connell"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05
CREDITED MISS ROcKEFELLER.
She Couldn't Quite Understand Why the
Shopman Was SO Gracious.

bhe Couldn't Quite Understand Why the
Shopman Was SO Gracious.
A pretty story is told of Mrs. Harold
Mccormick while she was Miss Edith
Rockefeller, showing the simple manner
in which she regarded her father S great
wealth.
The incident occurred when she was
q pupil at one of the fashionable New
York schools. She, with party of girls
from her class, presented herself at "a GER
tain furniture dealers 10 choose q gift
for a favorite teacher. The price of the
pretty writing desk, however, was more
than the sum in their possession. The
girls suggested that if the desk was
sent they would forward the balance as
soon as possible.
The proprietor very politely, but also
very deciC edly, informed the girls that
he could not do as they asked. But,
he said IF you can think Of any New
York business man with whom any Of
your fathers are acquainted and who
Will vouch for you the matter may pos
sibly be arranged "
"Why," said the daughter Of the
great lcIlO4CuHl udSndlci lulHh ny
papa has an Office down on Broadway.
Possibly we can get the money there. y
"Who is your father?" queried the
dealer.
"His name is Rockefeller" replied
the girl simply; John d. Rockefeller.
He is in the oil business. "
The merchant gasped and looked at
the girl is amazement. John d. Rookie
Teller your father? Is John ID. Rookie
Teller good foY $25?" he repeated III el-
element
Then he recovered his presence Of
mind sufficiently to order the desk pack
ed up and sent Immediately, while Miss
Edith, very much astonished at his I'M
wonted excitement, thanked him with
pretty aud simple grace. Philadelphia
Press.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05
A BrIIliant Confederate.

A prestidigitator, in the course OF an
exhibition in New York recently, had
one Of the audience select one card from
a pack and then he handed a sheet Of
paper to another spectator, timid look
NJ blond man. The professor, who did
not see the card, announced that after it
had been returned to the pack the de-
scription of it would be found written
OH the paper The card was the eight OF
hearts. 1t was taken ont by the profess
or. us that 1.-THE eight of hearts?'
asked the professor. THAT 5 all right. ="
answered the timid looking man. But
he was very conscientious man, and
later he insisted on telling the audience
that the professor bad written Oh the
paper, please say, That's all right. l"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05
FANCleS OF SICK PEOPLE.
Patients Have Queer Whims That Csnnot
AIMaNs BE IndnIged

About the manner of serving their
food patients sometimes have curious
fances. In one case woman fatty
refused TO take her beef tea unless
the bread which accompanied IL was
cut in the shape Of diamonds. while
IN another il is always necessary 10
serve the food in blue bowl. for out
Of nothing else whatever would she take
nourishment
A boy who was attacked with scarlet
fever showed great dissemination Ia
take his food. hut finally agreed TO swal
low what was necessary. provided he
was fed in the following way: The
beef tea. or whatever was 10 he given
him. was put into a silver teapot. the
spout was placed in his mouth. and in
this manner the food was poured down
his throat.
An elderly gentlemar who spent
much of his time in hunting - Africa,
on being asked If he fancied any par
ticular dish. replied that he would like
bit Of elephants foot Under GER
tain circumstances this dish is dainty
ard nourishing one but the price Of the
elephant being prohibitive, this elderly
Nimrod was forced TO content himself
with beefsteak instead.
\ clergyman with broken leg had
a great longing to put on par of
stills. n pastime which he had never
get tried. while man whose leg had
been amputated, although admitting
the impractitability Of the wish> de
ciarcd that a passion for skating had
SO seized upon him since the loss of the
limb that he regretted being operated
nrnr nhiDN. ON thnt nnnnnni
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05
eIscrR.c,-Y ~ THE EARTH.
~ 1. the Awful Force That Will Fiinli,
destroy the World?


Take "a spade, turn up "A small guam
tity ot soil, hold "a portion in your hand
hold II 90 your ear, then smell 1t. YOu
will observe first "A slight moi ION, hear
fault sound as of the moving Of dis
.ant timber. and readily notice the odo.
of heat. Do you know that the forces
held III your hand are from electricity;
that the earth for three feet deep is alive
with the invisible power ana forms thu
secret of vegetable life? Waves 81
electricity are constantly passing
through the soil in unseen pillows thus
keeping the soil from souring, rs the
pillows Of the ocean keep the waters
from becoming stagnant. To demon
strate this fact, 60 10 some rock bound
pool, dip out small quantity Of the
polluted water, place it III bottle, cork
and set aside IN warm place for a short
time. Then take the bottle into dark
room, shake the bottle, draw out the
cork, and you will see tiny forks of blue
lightning shoot out from the bottle, and
If you keep perfectly quiet you will hear
faint muttGings ike thunder. This
comes from the fintlike rocks prevent
ing the unbroken flow Of electricity
through the soil and from the air be-
coming charged and emptying itself in
TO the water.
Electricity, as is being gradually
shown, is fire-the fire of friction, il
you viii, the first known by the inhabit-
ants of our globe. Look at an arc lamp
and see its combined sparks as they
emit from the carbons Sc swiftly that
they are taken for regular flame OF eye
bedazzling light. In the ages to come
the charge If electricity will keep on
accommodating until some commotion
Of the earth will cause il 10 ignite
when, III the twinkling Of an eye, our
world, with all il contains, will be GU
wrapped and consumed by conhagra-
tiOn that will startle if not brighten the
inhabitants of other planets as they look
l)wn upon the flaming mass aud see
burn up one Of the greatest works Of the
Almightys CREATION, - Philadelphia
Times.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05

A torpid liver means "A bad complex
ion. tad breath, indigestion and fIe-
quent headaches Tn avoid such com
pAniOus take DeWiU's Little Early
II sers, the famous little pills.
W. II Kennels, ST. Louis; b Webb
Alma
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05
Brooks and Earrar.

When Canon Farrar left this country
come years ago, he told Phillips Brooks
that he was going to give farewell
lecture on his impressions Of America.
brooks, who was a thorough American
I'd person of excellent common sense
aid to him promptly: Don't do any
r,ch thing. In the first place. you have
~ impressions, and, in the secoud place,
they are all wrong.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05

Soothing for burns. scalds, chapped
hands, and lips Healing foI cuts and
sores. Instant relief tor piles, stops
pain at once These are the virtues of
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve.
VIII Rennels, st. LOUIS; b. 5 Webb
A Alma
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05
soul culture.

Lillian Whiting, visiting the "Latin
quarter" of Boston, tells Of asking a
daintily gowned young woman sitting
n club parlor if she believed ia
thought transference. ooh, ann far be-
yond that, " she replied airily. Il am il
the sphere Of intense vibrations. " Ev-
cry boy who has stolen the pie and has
afterward served as buffer for the ma
tcrnal slipper will appreciate the mean
ing Of tie sphere of intense vibrations
minneapolis Journal.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05

LOST A dear little child who made
home happy by its SMILES And To
think, it might have been saved had
the parents ONLY kept in the house ore
NJ mute Cough Cure, the Invaluable rem
edy for Group
w. II Kennels, 81. Louis; b. :. Webb
Alma.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05
The Minr,encss n, Shores.

Every plant in the vegetable kingdom
springs from and produces seeds. The
mushroom and the fungi in general are
no exceptions, only that their reproduc-
tive bodies are termed spores" Some
fungi spores are so inconceivably min
ute that il would require more than
2o0,o0o,0 900 of them placed side by side
to cover the space Of a square inch.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05
AYERS
The Only Worlds Fair Sarsapari|Ia.
Ayers Pills Regulate the Liver.
rnesls.

Nemesis is lame, but she is Of colossal
stature. and sometimes, while her sword
Is not yet unshcathed she stretches out
her huge left arm and grasps her vic
tim. The mighty hand is invisible. but
the victim totters under the dire clutch
--George Aliot.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05

All the timer This condition - Il
suIe indication that your blood l. not
rich and nourishine us il ought I" be
md n. il may be- If YOU will lakea few
hotties Of the great blood purifier,
Hood, Sarsapaulla. Thousands wrlle
thai Hoods SarSaparllla mas cured
them of hat Iirod tccling by giving
them rich, red blood.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05

Minutes seem like hours when life
is at stake Group gives no time TO
send for doctor. delay may mean
death. One INNATE Cough Cure gives
instant relief and insures recovery.
The only harmless remedy that pro-
duces immediate results.
VII Kennels, St. Louis: b ). Webb,
Alma.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05

A bachelors club at TckonSha NUM-
bers TWENTY-FIVE members. The club
was ORGANIZED seven years ago. ana
they have "a custom each wear OF nav
inc picture taken. Members thar
marry during tine year must lreaI the
club Christmas day. There were three
marriages from the CLUB last wear.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05

Constipation in it's worst forms. dys.
pepsia, sick headat he. billiousness and
derapgement Of the liver are readily
cured by DcWitt's Little Early Rlsers
These little pills never grippe. Small
pill safe pill, best pill.
W. II Kennels, st. Louis b. S.Webb
Alma