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Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-20

emperor had some friends provided for
by this sinecure. When war threatened
to come between the United States and
Europe, Russia was on our side
A fleet was sent to the United States
which harbored in New York and that
frightened the powers-for England,
France, Spain, and all the European
governments were against the United
States except Russia. Germany was as
violently plotting against US as the rest.
England backed out after putting he1.
fleet under sail, and the movement was
defeated by the power of Russia stand
ing in defense of the United States by
threatening her in China and India
But the Russian Fur Company. antici-
pated the probable loss of Alaska
when l asked them to make a sale of
their property. AS it seemed probable
that England might come in with her
superior fleet and take Alaska, / then
urged them to sell the whole of Alaska
to the United States-which was done
of necessity at Washington-When the
S,0O0,000 were paid.
CLAIMS THE CREDIT.
Now, if credit is due to any one man,
living or dead, to whom is it due? After
Lincoln's death and after l had written
my memoirs, Seward came out and
claimed the honor. 1t was generally
understood that Mr. Seward was op-
posed to the thing throughout and the
Russian government was certainly not
ready to put the thing into the hands of
man like him, but would much prefer
to seek my services. When Mr. Lin
coin, our chief, was dead and made no
sign, then | came in to claim my rights
On account of late personal affair, my
life has been reviewed. All parties look
upon me no longer as a rival, but as a
dead man, and the whole press unani-
mously have agreed that / am the I'M
disputable author of the annexation of
Alaska
1t is my opinion that Alaska is the
finest mineral country in the world not
excepting Africa. 1t abouads in many
kinds Of metal, particularly gold The
climate is very fairj and you will find
that immigration runs upon parallel
sothermal lines. People from the north
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-20
EARLY BABYLoNIAN SURVEYORS.
CFrom Nature.)

(From Naturs)
| In the "Zeitschrift fur VermesSungswe-
sen," Professor Hammer directs attention
| to a Babylonian plan depicted on a clay
tablet found in the excavations at Tello
and now preserved in the Constantinople
Museum. The plan was made about three
thousand years before the Christian era,
and represents an estate belonging to King
Dungi. 1t Is of Importance not only as a
contribution to the early history of sur
Veying, but also as a confirmation OF the
views on Babylonian measures of length
and of area propounded by Reisner at a
meeting of the Berlin Academy of Sci
ences on April 8. 1896.
A copy of the plan has been examined by
Elsenlohr, the eminent authority on
Egyptian archaeology, and he claims to be
able to read from the cunelform inscrip-
ton the names of the two surveyors en-
gagged. On one side of the tablet there is
dimensioned sketch Of the plan OF the
estate not drawn to scale. The estate is
dividedlby the survey lines into fectagies,
right-angled triangles and trapeziuns. In
each case the area is stated two results
obtained by different methods being given
Eisenlohr has plotted the survey, and his
calculations of the area agree with the
results given on the tablet. On the other
portions are added. together, two. sets of
figures being used, and the artthmetical
mean taken as the correct area.
The unit adopted, the gan" Is thought
to be equal to 1883 square metres: The
absolute measures are, however, of slight
that land surveying WAS carried on 1000
years b, c., apparently in an accurate
manner, and certainly with check meas
urements.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-20
THE FATHER OF
6 THE KLONDIKE,
Story of Alaska Told by Gen.
7a. a.1 Cassius M. Clay.
His Own Signed Statement my Execu.
tors Shall Be Instructed, if They Raise
a. Monument, to Write omit Alaska,
and My Name"

A story of Alaska told by the pur.
chaser OF Alaska! That is what this
tale isl 1s
A story of gold told by the man who
cav gold there, though he was thou
sands of miles away!
The history Of the purchase Of Alaska
for-tie. United States by the most bril-
liant diplomat that ever visited for
eign. court. Such is this narrative
# is scarcely a year since the world
wasrthrilted with the word Klondike.
Until that time it was unknown. Now
not tongue but speaks it.
The term itself has been variously at
tributed. 1t is supposed by many to be
the name Of a river meaning deer.
Others say. it is a half Indian, half
Spanish word, a sort of patois, signify
ing the same as Eureka or IT have
found it." Still others insist that the
word -K1ondilxe came from a curious
word, used by the Indians to denote
snowy hills and impassable regions AT
first it was spelled 'Klondyck." then it
became ttClondyke" and then "Klon-
dyke. ~ Now popular consent spells it
''klondike."
IN 1867, when the United States bought
Alaska from Russia on account of the
fisheries, no one had any idea that this
country would be the scene of the great
est gold fever that ever ragged on the
face of the earth. Gold was .nown to
exist there in the soil just as we now
findsit in Mexico and different parts of
the United States, but no oresage of its
present. flrore was given to the world.
The only man who saw such a future
for. Alaska at that time was Cassius
Marcellus Clay, who was then minister
to Russia, appointed by Abraham Linz
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-20
WORKERS OF ANTIQUITY.
From science.)

At recent meeting of the Philosophi-
cal Society of Washington, ]. E. Wat
kins presented a paper on 'SThe trans
portation and lifting of heavy bodies by
the ancient engineers The purpose of
the paper was to show how many of the
structures regarded as remarkable by
expert engineers of the present day, and
which some Psychologists declare must
have required in their erection the use
of immense machines, could have been
constructed by primitive tools and sim
pie methods
BY means of diagrams, the speaker
I explained how inclined planes of earth
could be used in placing in position
stone blocks or slabs of enormous
weight, levels and pry-bars being en-
ployed in setting them up. He then
demonstrated how easily, comparative
ly speaking, the Pyramids could have
been constructed by these simple meth
DDS, and when completed, the earth
around them which had been used for
the inclined planes filled into the pits
from which it was taken, leaving the
ground as level as before.
AS an illustration the Pyramid of
Gizeh was cited, some of the stones of
which were transported distance of
500 miles. In this case the highest en-
bankment necessary when the work
men reached the top course, assuming
that 20 per cent grade was adopted,
would have been $50 yards long, con-
tanning, as 1t did some seven and half
million cubic yards, provided the sides
of the embankment would stand at an
angle of 30 degrees, which is not at all
improbable.
A force Of ten thousand men could
have built such an embankment in a
single twelvemonth very small part
of the total labor which it is stated
called for the services of one hundred
thousand men for twenty years.
In the solution of the problem of put
ting in place huge monoliths it was sug-
gested that the modern engineer could
well consider the utilization of inclined
planes before adopting a more complex
method.
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of the blockade of those besieging Sc
bastopol to sell the cargo at good
price to the Russians. Had Mr. Perkins
succeeded in getting his cargo ready he
might have accomplished something
but he did nothing of what the Russian
agent, Lilienfeldt, expected him to do
and failing as he did, ! knew before
l went into office that nothing was due
him. 1 said that America had no legal
claims whatever on behalf of Capt
I Perkins, and SO Louis Cass, secretary of
! state under Buchanan, wrote to our
minister at st. Petersburg. He was a
| poor man and had shown a good spirit
for the Russian empire, and it seemed
that he ought to have something. 1t
was simply a request for generosity.
TROUBLE WITH SEWARD.
AS soon as got to my post Seward
had this claim brought up and ordered
me to urge it before the Russian gov
ernment. believe that Mr.. Seward was
an honest man personally, but the facts
show that he used the government to
pay his followers. Now it was already
decided to be claim without any legal
| basis whatever. and I had no right to
do anything with it. But Seward sent
| it to me q second time to present. 1t
was not over 100000 or $4,000, and had
been tried in the United States courts.
Perkins agreed to take 5000 or $500 and
drop the case, and this vas done, but
the friends of Mr.. Seward formed a
lobby company, of which one Steward, a
noted lobbyist, was the leader and ran
it up to hundreds of thousands Of dol
lars and tried to make me bring it be-
fore the Russian government This was
sent to me and 1 went with it to
Gortchakoff, and he took it and read it,
Then advancing toward me with a face
flushed with anger, said: I'VE will go
to war before we will pay a copecl''
Therefore, to cut the matter short, Sew
ard was the most unpopular man in the
United States with the Russians. And
he was the man who came in oppo-
sition to me for the honor Of the an
neXation of Alaska.
The result was they refused to con-
firm the telegraph charter and to pay
the rebate, and the scheme was killed
Now what does common sense say?
Would they give a favor to me, who
was their friend, or to Mr.. Seward, who
was their enemy? When the telegraph
company could not get this rebate they
asked that they should own the land for
depots, etc, to avoid complications with
Russian laws. / brought this claim be-
fore the emperor through his personal
friends, for in Russia there are certain
men who have great influence with the
emperor, and they were disposed to
give us the fee simple to the land, so
that we might execute our laws without
delay.
But in the meantime the Russian Fur
Company was about to expire. Now the
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-20

of Europe prefer to go 10 the north,
and those from the south go to the
south. There is a large population in
Europe who will go there, and it will be
very populous, because every mineral
country is. 1t is not small thing-the
annexation of Alaska.
| think when what I have done as
liberator, what 1 have done for educa-
ton, what l have done for the freedom
of the press and speech what 1 have
done as dictator in the defense of Wash
ington in 1861, and what have done for
the most liberal constitution in the
world-the Kentucky constitution-are
all forgotten, shall be remembered as
the author of the annexation of Alaska.
You got up the Columbian exposition in
honor of the man who was the doubt
full discoverer of America. l do not
know that shall ever write a will, but
if | do, my executors shall be instructed
If they raise monument-and l do not
care for these things--to write on it
Alaska" and my name,
CASSIJS NJ. CLAY.
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coin. Clay knew there was gold there
and he determined that the United
| States should own Alaska His outward
| object was the fishery Of Alaska and
the desirability of owning it for the
| United States. He always feared that
| a foreign fleet less friendly than Rus
STA, might take possession of the penin-
sula and menace North America.
He, after tireless effort, negotiated the
sale Of Alaska to the United States for
$7,000,0 900. This sum would be a beggarly
pittance to pay for 1t now, as fortunes
of that size are taken from its noun
tain sides every month. But in those
days it was undoubtedly thought exor-
bitant. But Cassius M. Clay negotiated
the sale.
Cassius NJ Clay is the "Father of the
Klondike," and this is the story of the
purchase as told by himself.
GEN. CLAY's OWN STORY.
When 1 was appointed minister to
Russia by Abraham Lincoln, Mr.. w. H.
Seward was secretary Of state He
was candidate before the people for
the presidency of the United States in
conjunction with Lincoln. Douglas
Chase and others. I finally settled upon
Lincoln in preference to Seward, so he
remained my enemy as long as he re-
manned in office.
When | reached my post of duty at
st. Petersburg I found the Russians
as well acquainted with My public life
as the English, and almost as well as
the Americans themselves. They knew
a great deal about the movements in
this country, and my history, and there
fore we were in immediate sympathy,
Now, about this time Perry Med. Col
Inns made trip in Siberia through to
St Petersburg. This believe, was the
hrSt through country of which an ac-
count was published. 1t was proposed
to erect telegraph over the route
taken, for all the world follows in the
track of telegraph as it was said of
old, ''every road leads to Rome"
was asked to have a charter granted
favoring this enterprise, and I secured
one of the most favorable character.
In addition, they gave a rebate or
bounty for every message from America
over Russian land as an inducement to
the company to build the line Hiram
Sibley was then president Of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company. The
stock rose above par in America and
Europe, but at the same time the threat
ened conflict between the European
powers and American turned the atten-
ton of the Russian government to the
civil war, which broke out here a little
before / went as minister pienipoten-
tary. A man named Benjamin Perkins
a New England shipper-during the Cri-
mean war was induced to load a ship
with ammunition and to run the risks
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-20
A ToPER,s BREAKFAST.

Thomas Whiffen, the actor met the
late Frank Leslie one morning. You.
don't look very fit said Mr. Whiffen.
I'm perfectly we'll said Leslie, "and
have just come from regular toper's
breakfast " What's that?'' "Oh, chop
a brandy-and-soda, and a dog!'' What
in the world was the dog for?'' why,
to eat the chopn-Argonauts
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-20
WHY HE OBJECTED.
(From the Boston Traveller

Theatre manager-''You say you OBJ
iect to having real food on the table in
the banquet scene, Mr.. Greesepaynti
The rest of the company are delighted
at itp'
Mr.. Greesepaynt--"Yes but my part
requires me to rise from the table after
couple Of mouthfuls and say. I can
not eat tonight-a strange dread comes
over me; will seek the quiet of yonder
apartment for time
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-20

Heart delusions-"Howc can a man
tell when he is really in lover Well
a man is really in love when he thinks
he doesn't eat or sleep."-Puck.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-09-19

Says the Kansas City Star;
Nothing shows more plainly the
genuine sincerity of England's
friendship for the United States
than the conspicuous candor of the
British newspapers in praisiug the
American even mt the expense of
their own nation. The latest ex-
ample of this is the remark of the
London Spectator that the lesson
of all our conflict with America was
that American soldiers and sailors
shot markedly better than our own
and won astonishing victories.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-09-19
EUPION OIL THE BEST!

Eupion oil is a double process re-
fined oil, non explosive and abso-
lutelY safe, and cannot be equaled
for Illumination. Inferior oil is Of
ten sold for EUPION. Ask for
Eupion and take no other In or
der to obtain the best results, boil
your lamp burner and put in new
wick at least once per month,
Genuine Eupion oil is for sale by
the following Texarkana mer-
chants:
w. e. Welcome, John P. Kline,i
Gate City Gro'y Co, 7. P. BrOwner.
Smith Drug Co. Oscar Turner
Joseph McShane, InterStaee Drug Store
H. Brown, Hoffman Hdw Co.
NJ. Kelley Mrs. E. L. MeekS
Williams e Williams a. L. Helmns
r. w. Dunn, L. E. Roach
Merriwether & TavlOr R A. Hardin.
w. A. Robinson.
Positively no oil sold from the
peddling wagon.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-09-19
Low Rates Over t. &F.s Ry.

\ ST. Louis-account, St. Louis
Exposition, $l9.75 for the round
trip. Sold on September l3 and
each Tuesday and Thursday there
after, until October 27. Limit of
fare FIVE (5) days from date of sale.
St. Louis-accouut, St. Louis
Fair, sl4 so for the round trip.
Sold October 2 to Z inclusive. Linn
tied until October 10.
Kansas City-account, Horse
Show" $l465 for the round trip.
Sold September l6 to "a inclusive.
Limited until September 26.
Omaha, Neb., and return $22. 40.
Sold every Tuesday and Friday
with limit of 10 days from date of
sale.
RusH H. BARNES, ]. B. SAINT,
G. P. Agt. Ticket Agt.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-09-19
POUND MASTERS SALE.

BY virtue of an ordinance duly en-,
acted by the city of Texarkana, Ar
kansas, I have impounded the fol-
lowing described animals found run
ming at large within the limits of
of SAID city, to-wit:
One bay horse colt, no brand.
One Holstein male, no mark.
Said animals will be sold at the
City Pound for penalty, cost OF
keeping and advertising the same,
at ten o'clock a. M, on the 28th day
of September, 1898.
Terms of Sale:-CAsH.
]. 7. HURT, Pound Master
Texarkana, Ark, Sept. 16, 1898.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-09-19
Excursion Rate to 81. Louls ExpOsitiOn

Reduced rates to the ST. Louis EXposl.
tlon, via |, M, & $. Ry, on Sept. -, 49,,
40, 17d, az and 40 the |. M. & 5. Ry. VIII
sell tickets St. Louis and return at the
rate OF one and onc.thrd fare, limit for
return passage TO five days from date OF
sale. i. T. FERGUSON, Ticket Agent,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-09-19
Eor oyer fifty Yeers

AN OLD AND WELL-TRIED REMEDY
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
has been used for over fifty years
by millions of mothers for their
children while teething, with per,
feet success. 1t soothes the child,
softens the gums, allays all pain
cures wind colo and is the best
remedy for diarrhea, 1t is pleas
ant to the taste, Sold by druggists
in every part of the world Twenty.
five cents bottle. Its value is in-
calculable. BE sure and ask for
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and
take no other kind. S-5-93-ly
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-09-19

Mr.. James E. Ferrell, of Burnt
House, W. Va, has discarded all
other diarrhoa medicines and now
handles only Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhpa Remedy He
has used it in his family and sold it
to his customers for years, and has
no hesitation in saying thatit is the
best remedy for collie and diarrh@a
he has ever known. 1t not only
gives relief, but effects permanent
cure. 1t is also pleasant and safe
to take, making it an ideal remedy
for bowel complaints. For sale by
Smith Drug Company.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-09-19
AIger Will Inspect the Park.

Chickamauga, Chattanooga Ma
tional Military Park, Ga, Septem-
ber l6,-Gen. Boynton today re-
ceived a telegram from Adjutant
General Corbin announcing that
Secretary Alger would arrive at
Chattanooga Wednesday and spend
the day Thursday inspecting the
park, hospitals and government
buindings on the reservation. He
will leaye Thursday night and will
probably go from this city to Hunts
vile, Alabama.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-09-19
s12 s5 To Galveston and Return.

Commencing Saturday September
10th. The Texarkana and Fort
Smith Ry. will sell round trip tick
cts Texarkana to Galveston, every
Saturday at rate Of $l235 for the
round trip, tickets limited for the
return trip until the Tuesday inn
mediately following,
]. B, SAINT,
Ticket Agent.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-09-19
LOW Rates to Texas Points.

We have received 3 car loads
of fbuggies, ,surreys, phaetOns and
wagons. Come and see and price
our stOck-gOing like hOtcakes.
We can duplicate any price.
TEX ARKANA CARRIAGE co
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-09-19

Remember that +. L. SChuster
has the finest line OF sterling silver
novelties ever shown in the city, at
hard times prices. Call early and
secure some of his bargains 12-l4
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-09-19
Excursion Rate TO Boston,

S5S.oo for the round trip, On Sept. IS,
10, and y the I. n. & $. Ry. will sell tick.
cts TO Boston and return, on account Of
Sovereign Grand Lodge |. o. 0. r., final
limit for return passage leaving Boston
not later than Sept. 3oth.
j. T. FERGUSON, Ticket Agent.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-09-19

Will you give up all that health
means to yon? If not, look out for
impure blood. Cure boils, pimples;
humors and all scrotulous teuden-
cies by taking Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-09-19

Hoods Pills are purely vegetable
and do not purge, pain or grippe All
druggists. 3
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-09-19

The best OF everything the mark
ct affords, at Huddleston Bros
meat market
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-22

Our baby has been continually troub-
led with cholera and cholera infanium
since his birth, and all that we could
10 for him did not seem to give more
than temporary relief, until we tried
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy. Since giving that rem.
edy he hes not been troubled. We
want to give you this testimonial as an
evidence Of our gratitude, not that you
need 1t to advertise your meritorious
remedy.-G. N. Law, Keokuk, Iowa.
For sale by II + Grice.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-22

began to improve. After twenty bottles had
been taken. the Cancer disappeared entirely,
and he was cured. The cure WINS a permanent
one. for he Is now seventeen years old. and has
never had q sign Of the dreadful disease to re-
turn. J. N. MURDOCH,
$40 Snodgrass St., Dallas, Texas.
Absolutely the only hope for Cancer
is Swift's Specific,
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-22
Republican County Convention.

A republican county convention for Webster
county is hereby called to meet at the court
house in Red Cloud, Saturday, August 4, 1898.
at II O'Clock a. m, for the purpose OF nominal
ing a candidate for the state Legislature, q can
didste for county attorney, and for the choice
Of delegates TO the republican convention for
the Fifth Congressional district, to the republi'
can convention for the Twenty sixth senatorial
district and to the republican convention for
the Forty sixth legislative district.
II 10 recommended that no proxies be allowed.
An Invitation Is extended to all legal voters
who desire to %afiliate with the republican party
to attend and participate in the caucuses and
primaries to 30 held under this call.
The various townships and wards are entitled
to representation AZ follows, based on the vote
cast for Judge A. M. Post In 1897, allowing one
delegate for each ten votes and major portion
thereof 80 cast and one at large for each town
ship and ward:
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-22
WAR NOTES IN BRIEF.

In the Philippines the insurgents and
the Americans are acting independent
Of each other.
Heavy sentences are imposed at
Chickamauga on sentries who sleep
while on duty.
Maj Gen. Brooke commanding at
Chickamauga, will command the ex.
petition to Porto Rico.
The dynamite cruiser Nictheroy pur.
chased from the Brazilian government
will be turned into a collier.
Spain finds it awkward to continue
war without a navy. And the worst Is
it could not handle a navy il it had
one.
Admiral Dewey is managing the
Germans with great diplomacy and
does not expect serious trouble with
them.
over 900 men are at work on the
cruiser Yorktown at Mare Island navy
y ,rd, San Francisco, rushing her to
G mpletion.
Advices from Havana state that con-
ditions ale constantly growing worse
and that shark meat is regarded as a
dainty there.
Toral desires it to be understood that
his surrender was II capitulation. He
will now consent TO an assisted depart
ure for Spain.
We had the guns around Toral at
Santiago to wipe out his army and the
town. He can thank American for.
bearance for his escape.
If Germany intends to look after all
its foreign trade on the Manila basis it
will provide one ironclad to the aver.
age Of one peanut stand.
Nearly all the people of the South
American o ;ries are in sympathy
with Spain and refuse to believe stor.
les of American victories.
The Santiago refugees can now re.
turn to their homes ana settle down to
business. No doubt the port will soou
present a lively appearance.
President Mckinley said he did not
want this var TO begin with "a Bull
Run. 1t will be ntoiced that the star
has been something quite different.
The cruiser Philadelphia which ha.
been undergoing repairs at the Sar
Francisco navy yard, is ready for Sc,
and will start at once for Honolulu.