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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-12
Highest Grades in Uni
RyeS
Hudson xxx
Mt. Vernon
Guckenheimer
Joe S. Finch & Co.
Complete Assortment of Foreign Products

French Cognacs Carets Spanish Wnes Sherres
German Rhine Wines, Kmmel Holland Gins Bers Italian
Vermouth Hungarian Tokeys and Blackberry
leader.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-12

"Oh. Henry. don't cut your pie with a
knifew
well. Eliza. you ought to be thankful
! don't call for can opener" Chicago
Record.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-19
Making Prisoners Work.

Once more 1t Is announced that the
prisoners in the county jail are to be
made to work. A little honest toll Is to
be substituted for an era of comforting
leisure wherein time is profitlessly killed
with two meals day, walks in the
paths of literature and recreation in the
form of cards, dominoes and kangaroo
courts. Confinement behind bars is to
be no longer one grand holiday; a little
healthful exertion Is to be demanded
as a return for care, quarters and sus-
tenance.
This idea Of exacting work from coun-
ty prisoners has been suggested often,
but. never put in practice. For one
cause or another trial of the system
has been postponed, and during all these
years men turned over to the custody
of the sheriff for longer or shorter terms
have led lives of ease and grown fat,
indolent and saucy. Detention in Jail
has come to be something in the nature
of picnic, and in course of time the
problem to be solved may be not how
to sweeten the life of the man in GUS
tody. but rather how to make the coun-
ty Jail less of popular resort.
There is no particular reason why
men committed to Jail for infraction of
the law should be allowed to grow cor
Of the county. If imprisonment hao
more terrors perhaps there would be
need for fewer jailers. And IL men have
to be restrained of their liberty in the
interest of the public welfare it Is no
more than right that they should be
made to do something towards meeting
the expenses of that restraint. There
are $eRdsr-hsszted nsonlA MhQ sympa.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-19
Log Raft Legislation.

Experience should have taught people
that the days Of the log raft ought to
be numbered. 1t Is q menace to COM
merce, and the maritime interests Of
the country demand that It's clearance
from American ports be prohibited. A
bill having such prohibition in view has
been introduced in congress and It will
become a law II there is fair appre-
citation Of the necessity for such legis-
lation.
II the RATS could be towed to the
larger lumber centers in safety there
would be no objection to their navigat-
ing the seas, but scarcely one in ten
reaches its destination and the ocean IL
strewn with derelict matter which Is
constant danger to both steam and
sail. Rats from Puget sound as well
as from the Columbia river have broken
up soon after encountering bad weather
and for weeks afterward logs by the
hundred have been floating about d.
rectly in the lanes traversed by coast
shipping.
Federal legislation may abate this
marine nuisance so far as shipments
from American ports are concerned,
but IL the raft men begin operating
from Canadian ports, as report says
they contemplate doing, the relief sought
will hardly be forthcoming. In fact, If
the proposed attempt Is made to tow
log RATS from British Columbia to the
Orient the dangers to ocean commerce
will be increased rather than dimin-
ished.
1t would seem that the Dominion has
every reason to cooperate with the
United States In reducing the risks Of
ocean shipment to minimum. With its
heavy Oriental business from Vancouver
and Victoria, its large lumber trade and
its important coal exports it can i'll at
ford to have its coast and transpacific
shipping threatened by derelict log RATS
Canadian commerce Is increasing year
by year and is entitled to all reason
able protection that maritime regula-
lions afford. And it is quite likely that
Canadian shipping interests will call
upon their government for legislation
similar to that asked from congress by
American shipmasters.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-19

that Ensiand's strength IL waning. But
all over the globe mems minds are busy
with the suggestion. ''if It should be-"
A mighty. history-makine, earth-rend-
Ing 'if'l IT behooves her now to gather
herself for one terrific blow. to restore
injured prestige. to tell the nations that
her strength IL not departed or her glory
dimmed. The sympathy Of America IL
with her. Many have not believed this
war righteous one. Many have been
not unwilling that she should sufrer
chastisement through 1t. But looking
now at the momentous issues involved,
seeing larger. darker. more dangerous
figures than the Boer looming behind
and thrusting him aside. the people Of
this country would hold for England. az
she SO lately held for us, against q
united and unfriendly world.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-19
visions are practical, and all Of them

visions are practical. and all Of them
are sound.
The progress Of this measure through
the house has been Republican tri-
umphal march. 1t marks the unification
Of Republican financial sentiment.
Members Of the party have differed in
the past upon right financial legisia.
ton. as they might well differ on .
subject 80 reconcile. and one to which
the American people had given SO lit
tie study. They have all been edu-
Gated by discussion and experience.
The passage Of the Wilson tariff bill
disrupted the party that fathered It,
ana a president OF that party refused
to recognise It. The currency bill re-
ceived the hearty and willing indorss-
nent OF every Republican member. It
brought not only defeat but disgrace 70
an opposition which. when openly chai.
ienged on the floor Of the house, did
not dare to offer an amendment em-
pVuyAA8 thS AuSd On WHACn dPPctLic0
to the voters only three years ago.
This act cf congress fills out splendid
record. 1t discharges the agreement
entered into with the people in the last
campaign. IT leaves the party free to
deal with those newer ana greater is-
sues which are already upon us. With
equal wisdom. with like fidelity, with
the energy of patriotism and the power
Of craftsmanship 1t win press on to the
work that this nation has ia do in an
expanding and advancing world; while
Democracy tarries to wrangie in the
graveyard OF it's hopes. without either
courage or unanimity enough to coax
It to the decent burial Of its dead.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-19


In the Roman Catholic world the
twentieth century begins at midnight.
December 81. 1899. according to the text
OF the decree Of the Congregation Of
Rites solemnly dedicating the year 1900
as the holy year. The pope has issued
decree permitting the celebration Of
midnight mass in all the churches Of
Christendom December 81, next. also
December 81. 1900. This is a privilege
OF unusual interest. Never before in
the history of the church has any priest
of the church, except the Roman pom
tiff, been permitted to celebrate mass at
midnight on the eve Of the new year. The
feature OF most interest in the new de-
cree is that 1t settles positively that, 30
far az the Catholic church Is concerned,
the twentieth century will begin with
January /. 1900. The world at large,
however, will not accept this decision,
but will insist on receiving the full one
hundred years of the century. just as
the creditor insists on receiving the full
one hundred dollars due him and will
not be satisfied with tender OF ninety
nine
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-19

thixe with the man behind the bars ana
depiore the necessity Of degrading him
by assignment to chain gang work. but
It Ii invariably sympathy wasted. The
average prisoner in the county jail will
not have his finer feelings hurt by be-
ing compelled to do o little something
for the community. ana man who feels
that It Is humiliatins 70 be driven to
work under guard has no business to
be in jail, anyway.
Several counties In The state have
tried the plan of working prisoners and
II has proved a success. whitman
county has substituted labor for loaf
ing among the inmates Of the county
jail. and as a result the roads around
the city Of Colfax are about the best
In the state. Moreover. the knowledge
that confinement in that county means
healthful exercise and not q restful
vacation seems to have had It's effect
for lawbreakers and those seeking lux
urious winter quarters with plenty Of
food and exemption from toll now ap-
pear to be giving Whitman county a
wide berth. County jail imprisonment
has been made too comfortable. It has
been allowed to become veritable snap.
II prisoners are compelled to work It
may possibly become less popular, and
at the same time a not uncomfortable
amount Of improvement can be UNDER
taken on highways or in other directions
which will be Of material benefit to the
people.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-19
| leading newspaper Of st. Pete,

A leading newspaper Of st. Peters,
burg, commenting on South African af-
fairs, says: 1.-THE Almighty is mani
testify bestowing His blessing on the
Boer arms. God Is Furnishing an ar
rogant and rapacious people, who have
oppressed and prosecuted other races
in order to enrich themselves" This
growl from "Adam-Zad, the bear" is
not as effective as it would be II we
did not know that Finland is today
struggling hopelessly against such a
tyranny as Great Britain at her worst
never attempted to exercise against a
free people.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-19
Mark Tapley was pessimist COM
pared with the writer of the following
FROM, tho portIa M Orouonian.

~~@~s
pared with the writer of the following
from the Portland Oregonian:
"6t. Louis and Chicago competition will
be the making Of our 1obbing trade, because
1t viii drive our jobbers together for united
and determined action. The rise of Seattle
and Tacoma will bring longer jetty and
a deeper channel. The drydock at Port
Orchard will bring drydock to Portland,
and the activity of Spokane. Boise and
Salt Lake in the inland empire will give US
a smelter.
III you want to see man fight, back him
up into a corner; and there Is probably no
way to set a community like this on the
high road to vigorous and permanent
achievement but to menace 1t from without
with rivals and from within with decay"
If the future growth Of Portland is to
be measured by the vigor Of the COM
petition that she encounters on the
Sound, the city on the Willamette can
count on unparalleled prosperity. This
species of comfort, however. is a trife
dangerous as well as chilly.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-19

The concessions of the Conservative
party have not pacified Ireland. If we
are to judge by the uproarious pro-
Boer meetings at Dublin and elsewhere
in the island.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-19

II the Democratic leaders insist upon
placing an anti-expanson plank in their
platform there can be but one result to the
national election next year. Democrats will
not necessarily cease to be Democrats be-
cause they vote against the un-American
principle Of national contraction, but many
OF them will eventually become Republic
ans because modern Democracy IL becom-
ing more and more unpopular with patriotic
and loyal Americans.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-19

Congressman Clark says Rutherford
B. Hayes was a counterfeit president,
but inasmuch as Mr.. Hayes was seat
ed through the efforts of a commission
created by Democratic votes, Mr..
Clark's party will have to plead guilty
to uttering the counterfeit.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-19

Another feud has broken out in Ken
lucky. Between feudism. Goebelism and
colored pyrotechnics there seems to be
hot time in the old state pretty much
all the time
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-19
BuIIer Ha. the big End,

Chehalis Ree-Nugget.
Fighting on the offensive In an enemy's
country is very different from fighting a,
home on the defensive.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-19

The joy of the German press over
British reverses in South Africa is about
as real as the suggestion of a British
German-American alliance was fan
tastic.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-19

Maj. March. Of the Twenty-third in
fantry. has temporarily given up his
hunt for the Filipino president, and for
time Aguinaldo's role of the mad
March hare may not be so exacting.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-19
TIDE LANDS ARE HELD IN TRUST

Seattle. WASH. Dec. IS, 1899.
To the Editor: The strip Of land on the
water front at Cape Nome upon which
is held in trust by tho United States for
the future state Of Alaska. 1t II not DIFF
ferent in that respect from tide lands else
WHERE bordering upon the territories Of
the United States. No tide lands on Fti-
get sound were disposed OF by law until
Washington became q state. They were
held in trtist and neither congress nor tho
department Of the interior had Jurisdiction
over them. The recent decsion of Com
missioner Hermann Is based upon this fact
only. What was true Of the tide lands on
the Sound 10 also true Of the same char
acter Of lands at Cape Nome. A tersely
stated by Mr.. Bausman in recent inter-
view, any person has the same right to
dig for gold thereon that he would to dig
for CLANS. It seems to me that the diff
Guilty experienced thus far by the miners
can be easily overcome. Ffrst-Let the war
department instruct the soldiers at Cape
Nome that their duty IL limited to keeping
the peace when 1t shall appear that the
miners are powerless TO do 30, and not un-
til then. 6econd-I-et the miners, who
have ample authority under and by the
provisions Of section 1904, of the Revised
Statutes of the United States. make rules
hHu reBuidttoub, NOT III cOHIict Will tHe
laws Of the United States and Of the terri
tory. whereby they designate how much
Of the land In question may be occupied
by any one person actually engaged In the
enterprise of mining. They can also de-
termine who has the prior right, and the
order in which such rights are to be deter
mined, giving preference to the original
occupant of each tract, as near a. may be,
and IL such original occupant does not APP
pear to claim his right, then to his sue
cessor in occupancy. Such regulations
would come within the province of the
miners Of an organised district II this
were done. the soldiers could be relieved
from the police duty they are now per-
forming. az miners regulations are very
seldom transgressed. Prior to the organi-
zation Of the state government Of Cali
fornia, miners rules and regulations were
the only laws In force in the territory
which included the mines They assumed
both civil and criminal Jurisdiction and
enforced their regulations. with proper
penalties, in case of infraction.
Miners laws. in reference to mining
claims are being constantly made In the
mineral regions Of the public domain. I'M
der them the miner ID protected in his
possession Of his claim against all intrud-
ers. /. d. MCUTCHEON..
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-19

Mr.. Bryan has been silent 80 long
that some Of his more ardent followers
are becoming suspiclous-they have
heard that sllsncs v golden.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-19
why obstructionists weep.

Vancouver, WASH, Columbian.
There is great disappointment among
Democrats because the Republican ma
jority of the house adopted rules which
will enable them to control the legisla-
ton OF the session.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-19
Antis VIII Gut No Figure.

Vancouver, Wash., COIumblan.
For every Republican anti who votes
for Mr.. Bryan there will be from four
to ten Democrats who will vote for Presi-
dent Mckinley, on account of his foreign
and financial policies.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-19
Mason Of Illsnois.
valla Walla Union

Demagogism Is trait in Mason which
has lost to him that respect and confidence
which a states representative in the sem
ate should endeavor to secure in that body
of statesmen.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-19

Chehalis Bee-Nugget.

Some of the people of the Capital city
are inclined to class Cush as freak,
the same as his predecessor, but we hope
and believe he will dispel that idea and
show himself to be a man Of brains as
we'll as wit.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-19
Let Him Go Hang Himself.
Auburn Argus.

Some cowardly sneak cut off and car
ried away part of the rope used to hoist
the flag ut Stuck schoolhouse one night
last week.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-19
David n. HIPS Attitude,

Vancouver, WASH, Columbian.
The latest is that ex-senator Hill, of
New York. has become an "acquiescent"
Democrat-he acduiesces in Bryan's re-
nomination and In the readoption of the
Chicago platform
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-19
Bad Roads a Burdensome Tax.

The farmer understands, IL the city man
doesn't that bad roads are the heaviest tax
on his movements and on his traffic and
whatever improves them Is not an expense
but benefit to his property and business.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-19
All Together for the County Fair.
Mount Vernon Argus.

Particularly will the influx Of popula-
ton benefit the old settler who has sac
rifced and gotten foothold in lands
and town property. Let every one take
hold and make grand success Of the
county fair.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-19
Corporal Punishment In schools.
Spokane Chronicle.

II 1t will increase the respect for a
teacher TO resort to the rod, then whipping
may sometimes be pardoned. If not the
use of power to maintain dignity becomes a
sham.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-19
May he Needed Yet.

Nelson, B. c.. Miner.
Seventy-two Nelson volunteers offered
themselves for service In the Transvaal.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-19
New Rulc Needed for Quay.
Spokane Spokesman Review.

II Quay Is seated a new rule is estab-
lished which is likely to remain in force
just so long as appointees have powerful
backing and are able to bring strong in
fiuence to bear upon the members Of the
senate.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-19
RockefelIer Too Slow for Everett

Northwest Republican.
Rockefeller is too slow to keep pace
with the needs and desires of a thriving
Western city like Everett.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-19

rHrHD-AvENuE rHnArER-"Brown's
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NOT
Centralia News.

Mr.. Bryan cannot be frivolously dis
missed
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-19
FROM THE PEOPLE.

The columns OF the Observation-Disclosures
are always open to the public for the
expression Of opinion ON topics of cur.
letters must be concise, must be free
from personal attacks on individuals. and
must be signed for publication with the
name mar OF the WsitsT any letter that does
will not receive consideration.
The Meeker herald., 1899-02-11
iguiualdO the Man.

| In his features, face, and skull Aguin-
aldo looks more like European than a
Malay lie is what would be called a
handsome man, and might be compared
with many young men in the province
of Andausia, Spain. If there be truth
in phrenology he is man above the
common. The zone of the skull, which
indicates mentality. is well developed
| for European-abnormall large for a
Malay. The moral zone is of medium
development, and the animal or cere-
bellar zone is comparatively small, with
the exception of the reach over the ears
indicating destructiveness and cruelty.
The phrenologist would be borne out
by the consensus of those who know
him. Friends and enemies agree that
he is intelligent, ambitious, far sighted,
brave, self-contro!led, honest, moral,
vindictive, and at times cruel. He
possesses the quality which friends call
wisdom and enemies call craft. Ac-
cortling to those who like him he is
courteous, polished, thoughtful, and
dignitied according to those who dis
like him he is insincere, pretentious.
vain and arrogant. Both admit him to
be genial. generous, self-sacriiicIng,
popular, and capable in the administra-
tiOn of affairs. If the opinion of his
foes be accepted he is one of the greatest
Malays on the page of history. If the
opinion of his friends be taken as the
criterion he is one of the great men of
history irrespective of race.-From
"Agunaldo: A Character Sketch in
the American Monthly Review of Re
views for February.
The Meeker herald., 1899-02-11
Something for Nothing.

We have heard of the boy who wanted
to eat his cake and keep it to, but never
before of business man who sold his
goods and then gave the purchaser
credit for the amount paid. To learn
about this send to James Vicks Sons, of
Rochester, N. Y, who agree to do this
in their Guide. The Golden Wedding
edition of Vick's Garden and Floral
Guide is certainly an artistic work.
with its twenty-fo,lr pages autographed
in colors, and nearly one hundred more
pages filled with handsome half-tone
illustrations, photographed from Flowers,
Fruits. Vegetables and homes.
While this Guide is really too expen-
sive to give away, they give it with a
Due Bill for % cents worth of seeds for
only Is cents. Another new feature is
the doing away with the old packet of
Vegetable Seeds and stating the guam
tity in each case, the buyer getting
more for his money.
The Meeker herald., 1899-02-11

ago the company dissolved, Mr.. Hankey
taking the Aida ranch.
Here for many years Mr. Hankev
dweIt, prosecuting his business with
vigcr and displaying Il thorough knowl-
edge of it in all its details. A gentle
man of Qniet and unassuming manners
and of stlict integrity, lie enjoyed the
confidence and esteem of the entire
community and made warm friends of
those whose good fortune it was to
know him intimately.
"As far as known, Mr.. Hankey had
not single relative in America, but
his death leaves a gap in the ranks of
the conservative yet progressive stock
men of our county that it will be hard
to fill, and his memory will long be
cherished by multitude of friends.
Mr.. Hankey's estate, we understand,
is left by will to brother and sister
residing in England"