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The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-07-01
4T'HS PRIOR TO l776.
EVENTS WtllCH MARK THE BIRTHDAY
 or THE NATION.

'rir Sp rit ." Independence Was
 Abrord in i6Tt;-isacnn mnd inc Gov c~no. or !irginia-Wn nshington at Fort Ncce; sity.
 Independence day draws near once mole and as it approaches we are led to recall some of the noble deeds and iaomeutous events connected with the Fourth of July in history It is an in ieresting date to remember
 First of course, is the Fourth of ,uly, l1;6 It was on Thursday and very hot, "sultry and opprb.ive, wrote one of the immortal signers in his ionrnal In the hall of the state bonse at Philadelphia 5G men were as- .cnDled, and discussion was heated, A ed. That these 13 colonies are and of right ought to be free and independent states. ' Quite a number were opposed to it as q matter of policy.
 John Hancock, who sat at the head of the table, handsome and debonair, presided with affable grace. There were the five framers-long Tom Jefferson, the venerable Franklin, sturdy John Adams, honest Roger Sherman and R. R. Livingston of New York. Everybody looked to these, for they were the recog- nized leaders of that congress
 Hotter and hotter it grew out of doors, and hotter it was in Independ- ence hall It was O clock before they voted The resolution had passed America was free Hurrah. hurrah Ring the bells and fire the guns
 Let us go back hundred years to 1876 and go down to Jamestown, in Virginia. Old Sir William Berkeley. the governor, lived there and he was q notable tyrant. He was engaged in selling gunpowder and shot to the In dians and receiving furs in return, which was against the laws So, when an Indian war broke out, he let them massacre the settlers rather than com mission any one to go to fight them It made great stir all over the colony, and finally a brave young man declared that if there was any more trouble from the savages he would lead the col onists against them without any com
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THE CHINESE PROBLEM.
The situation in China is indeed serious

The situation in China is indeed serious and thereis only one possible outcome-war. As matter of fact, while our state de- partment has decided that technically there is not state of war between the United States and China, war now ac> tually exists in an aggravated form. The United States, Great Britain, Russia, Ger many, France and Japan have war ships and marines actually engaged almost daily. Russia and Japan have troops in the field and the United States, Great Britain and France are crowding soldiers to the scene of action.
 The end of all this means the last of the Chinese empire as it has heretofore exist cd, but what else may result 1t Is hard to say. There are so many of the powers mixed up in the affair and they represent so many conflicting interests that the final disposition of China cannot be foretold.
 Russia and France have each been try ing for several years to increase their ex- tensive encroachments on Chinese territory and were 1t not that England has had her hands full elsewhere that power would no doubt have been or6wding back her frontier. Germany also has been looking on with longing, awaiting the opportune time to make her demands. Japan has only reiraned from pushing her boundary over on to the mainland from fear of the other powers interested
 Only the United States has insisted from the beginning upon an independent China, with the doors open to the commerce Of tn. world, in good faith. England has consented freely, because of her desire to retain the friendship of the United States and because of numerous complications in other portions of the globe all very serious in their nature.
 The Chinese crises has brought forth a situation that explains the persistent ef- forts of the British diplomats to unite more closely thelr government with that of the United States. It also explains England's interest in American supremacy in the Philippines.
 What with the South African war, and Russia's constant menace on the Afghanis- tan frontier, England would not be in con dition to fare any too well in division of China at this time, if the United States should refuse to have anything to do with the affair. But if the United States and Great Britain act together, they can easily dictate the settlement of the entire diff cultv. The United States has the strong est naval and land force within reach of China of any of the powers, and England desires that it be used for the mutual ben> eft of both countries.
 If the United States asserts her suprem- acy on the Pacific to insist upon the main tenance of their policy toward China con- sistentlv adhered to in the past it will tell for the gcod of civilization. There should be no division of the celestial empire, but its doors should be opened to commerce.
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BRITISH COLUMBIA POLITICS

The old time supporters of Hon. J. H. Turner of Victoria, late leader of the oppo- sition in the British Columbia parliament and for many years at the he Id of the gov ernment, were at first provoked over the selection of Hon. James Dunsmuir to form a government. They felt that their old leader had been slighted and maintained that the first duty of the legislature should be to overturn the arrangement and insist on the election of MT. Turner as premier Failing in this the Colonlst said there would be another election.
 But there has been a change in the tone of the press. A large element of the strength Which was turned against the Joe Martin government was composed of the old opposition to MT. Turner. Others of Mr. Turner's one time supporters had concluded that this an opportune time to bring forth some new blood. Amongst these was Capt. John Irving, who advo- cated that Hon. Richard Mcbride of Vest minister or Hon. Charles GorCo, of Van couver be made premier. Then the Vic toria Times, long the organ of the opposi> tion to MT. Turner, lnterjeeted its protest against its old antagonist. It urged that his selection would be thrust at those of the old Semlin followers who had joined hands with MT. Turner'S supporters to de- feat the Joe Martin government.
 These things indicated that another election would probably result unless the present order of things were maintained. The business men of the province have now come to the front and demanded a eeeessation from politics which has been a disturbing element in British Columbia for more than year.
 t is now apparent that Mir Turner's friends will consent to their favorite taking a subordinate part in the government out of regard for the universal demand for peace after long political war
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mission.
 Within few days the Indians made a bloody inroad upon his own planta- tion, and, true to his promise, Ma thaniel Bacon (that was the young planters name) led 800 we'll armed set tiers and inflicted terrible defeat upon the red men. For this Governor Berke ley declared him and his followers rebels
 But Nathaniel Bacon had justice and right on his side, and he did not mean to be stigmatized as ''rebel !" So he and his 300 soldiers marched to James town, determined to make the tyran- nical Berkeley give him a commission They arrived before the governors house, and the old man came out ald acted and talked like a madman. Bat Bacon was cool and firm, and at last the fiery old royalist signed document making Bacon general of all the Vir- ginia forces to fight the Indians It was late in the afternoon, July 4. 1876, just hundred years before the signing of the Declaration
 A rude fort built of earth and logs stood in the heart of the wilderness of western Pennsylvania. Inside the fort were about l50 provincial soldiers com manded by young Virginia major Outside were 1 900 French and Indians led by French marquis. For ten hours, through sultry. rainy July night, the Americans had been besieged there by the enemy. Only one of their number had been killed. but they had no water and but little food The French com mander was impatient, but the valor of his foes had taught him discretion. As the sun rose through the mist and shone upon the wild landscape the marquis sent forward q flag of truce i and prCuoscd an honorable captulatiOn. i The young major from Virginia accept ed the proposal, and on Jnly 4, 1754, i George Washington and his little army marched ont of Fort Necessity with the honors of war and departed through the woods for Virginia. The first blood shed in the old French and Indian war was spilled on this occasion Dand or explorers were proceeding along narrow trail through the prime val forest. They were dressed in trunk hose and padded doublets and had on steel corselets, long Spanish boots and queer looking steel caps. One of them bore q banner the fleur de lis of France.
 All at once there was joyous shout and the party of Frenchmen defled out of the wild wood and paused upon the banks of a great lake. The sun was shining beautifully from the summer 1 heavens, and the waters of the lake glistened like a mirror. It was Samuel de Champlain and his followers. and the lake was that large inland water that now bears his name-discovered July 4, 1909 This is the earliest and the last-.of our memorable Fourths - Forward.
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year. He is said to be very popular and his appointment gives satisfaction in the province.
 The new lieutenant governor was born in France, though he comes of old Cana dian French stock. His father occupied a high position in Quebec politics, serving many wears as speaker of the assembly of that province.
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NEW LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

Sir Henri Jorv. member of parliament and formerly minister of inland revenue in the iLaurier cabinet, has been appointed and sworn in as lieutenant governor of British Columbia to succeed Hon. T R. Mclnnes.
 Governor MeInnes' removal was the re- suit of the repddiatlon of his action in ap- pointing Joe Martin premier at the recent provincial election.
 Sir Henri Jory's salary will be $oooo per
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SUNDAY SOCIAL.

All items of social or fraternal in terest must be in by 7:30 Saturday eve- ming.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-09-07

and over until the cords are wen
twisted together. Then pull the match
back so that one end of it rests on
the shank of the wishbone.
Now if you reverse the position of
the match so that it's loose end rests
on the opposite side of the wishbone
and has to be held in place to keep it
from flying back your machine will be
ready for the experiment. When you
release your restraining finger from
the match the end of the match will
instantly describe a complete circle,
as shown by the dotted lines in the
picture, but the funny part of it is
that the match will seem to cut right
through the shank of the wishbone in
order to get to the other side. You
may do the trick as many times as
you please, but the eye will never de-
tect the match in the act of describing
the circle.-Chicago Record.
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NEAT WIsHBoNF TRICK.
Comes UndeP the Head Of "Op.
1ss tioal ulusions.n

Il Il an old saying that the hand IL
quicker than the eye, and the sleight-
OF hand man makes use Of this fact
In performing some Of his seemingly
marvellous tricks. Tricks that are de-
ceptive to the eyes are classed among
optical illusions" and are often very
simple. The accompanying illustra-
ton will help you to understand
simple illusion that may be produced
by means of q common wishbone.
For making the little machine
shown in the picture ducks wishbone
serves best. Fasten strong piece of
Irvine to one Of the points of the wish
bone; pass the twine to the opposite
point and fasten, thus connecting the
two prongs Of the wishbone by two
bits of Irvine. Half way between the
prongs and between the cords insert a
match and twist it. turning it over
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PRIVATE D AIRYMG.


AS matter of fact the private dairy
man has decided advantage over the
creamery butter-maker, SO says Mrs.
Carrie Wilson in paper read before
the Vermont State Dairy association.
He controls the feeding Of his cows
and the handling of the milk from the.
time it is drawn from the cow until the.
butter is made. The patrons of the
creamery always have among them
one or more who are not as careful or
as clearly in their methods as they
might be, nor does the carrying Of
the milk or cream one to three miles
on hot day addsto its desirable quali-
ties; but the jcreamery buttermaker
is an.expert; he is methodical, exact.
and knows how to offset to some ex-
tent the carelesspess of his patrons.
Hence his product is more even in
quality and flavor than that of the
average private dairy. If all private
diaries were conducted on sthe same
lines as the most successful creamer-
les, then the product of the former
would in nearly every instance excel
that Of the latter. This is not written
in the. way of disparaging the cream<
cry. Quite the contrary. It has been
the main factor insimproving the quail
tiles Of the dairy herds, the methods
OF the dairymanand the quality of the
butter made in this and other states.
1t would have required long years, per-
haps generation, to bring about the
improvements in dairying that the
creamery hasidone in the past ten. We
only wish that every poor buttermak-
er in the state would BECOME patrons Of
q creamery. 1t would not only help
the quality of the butter market, but it
would be a great help to the market
by Riding it Of the vast amount of
wretched stuff which now crowds it and
depresses prices. But the private dairy
man, just the same, has advantages
which the creamery cannot, from the
nature of the business, enjoy.
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study the Market Renor<.

Every orchardist should make him.
self familiar with the fruit-crop con-
ditions of each year. In that way
only. can he know how valuable is
the fruit hanging on his trees. A
lew years ago, when everything point
ed to the probability of high prices
for apples, the farmers in some coun-
ties almost gave away their apples,
Buyers that understood the conditions
bought up crops on the trees at ten
cents per bushel and made enormous.
profits out of the transaction. The
growers thus failed to get their part
OF the profits. What shall it profit
. man to spend money and time in
planting an orchard and bringing its
into bearing and then giveaaway2 It's;
product? The grower should get
more out of it than any other per
son; yet it is too often the middlemah
that gets all the profits.-Farmers,
Review. i,
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THE SCOTCH eAoPlPEa

I hear within its whistles and deep whee1e
Tne snriekinG mountain winds. the dTone OF
bees: III
The strange. mysterious, munled howl and
OF highland wolves a. DER the braes they
The deeper notes Of thunderous mountain
gales,
The sound Of sheep-bells on well-trodden
trails.
There. too. are voices Of the woodland
elves,
The waterfall which glides DER rocky
shelves, ''-'
The horns Of huntsmen in the rosy morn,
The low Of cattle in the grass or corn,
O1 dashing. splashing, registering mountain
rills. -
The whispers Of the heather-scented breeze,
The subdued voices Of the trembling trees.
The song OF birds In leaf-crowned messy
The screams Of eagles round the rocky
crests,
The warlike cry of clansmen and the peal,
Of wars defiance when steel rings on steel
There. too, are songs which ancient
beldames knew,
And later ballads Of these times more true,
The whir OF wheels In factories and shops,
me peal OF thunder on the mountain tops,
Soft waves which lisp on crystal Nmpid
lakes,
Or shout. storm-lashed. AZ each in gales
aWakes.
All these the quaint old instrument boards
up
To trickle as rare relics from its CUP
In memories sweet, in rare effects Of sound,
SO sweetly shallow. solemnly profound,
Alive with laughter. sad with unshed tears,
Shrining the memories of thousand years.
I. EDGAR JONES.
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Cows In Hot, Dry weather.


Cows that are forced to undergo an
nual periods2 of starvation, during the
annual droughts, must OF necessity
gradually deteriorate in milking powers.
If cow owners would but consider how
the poor animals must suffer toiling
through he blazing heat trying to
gather saugh food to satisfy their
hunger the sunburned pastures,
commSHf humanity would move them
to reASs4 them. But they do not
thin1 xtHey do NOT consider, more is
the pity. We are glad to know, how
evernjthat the number of such incon-
.sideratS cow owners is growing less
every year. Thespractice OF providing
green! food to supplement the pas
tqEfs during the drought is rapidly
extending among COW owners, and
especially among owners of Jersey
.cowsC Jersey Bulletin.
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difficult for the housekeeper to take in
the pail in the morning. The cut shows
a small casing, which may be attached
to the door frame at the right height
to place the pail within convenient
reach. A small opening in the top of
the casing. allows the shank of the angle
iron on theIcan TO be Inserted, while
sliding catch Ut thesrear of the casing
engages a notch cut in the side of the
shank. The latch extends backward to
the edge of the door, so that when the
latter is closed it prevents the latch be-
ing drawn backward to release the
shank. Besides preventing theft this
device also supports the can in posi-
ton to remove the danger of tipping
it over with the foot, and there will be,
no milk stains to clean up, as is often
the case when the can is placed on the
steps. The inventor is Louis Munich,
OF Philadelphia.-Chicago Daily News.
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Shooting Under. Dimculties.

A ranchman in California was camp.
ing out in the foothills with his wife
and little girl. One day he was re-
turning to camp with the child, and
had to 60 through rocky pass where,
for a short distance, the path led
along a rocky ledge. The girl was be-
hind him, prattling away, when sud-
denly the father came upon a rattle
snake lying in the path. Aroused at
his approach, It coiled up and prepared
to strike. He could not step back on
account Of the child, and there was
no room to go around. He drew his
pistol and steadied himself. There was
no time to stop and think, and miss
would be fatal Just as the serpent's
head moved to dart forward he fired.
Thesh was accurate, and the snakes
head was shattered TO pieces. Then
the ranchman kicked the body into
the ravine below, picked up the child
In his arms, and carried her the re-
maindersot the way to the camp.
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A Rule Of the Thumb.

In the notebook of the late Bishop
Walsham How there is story Of for
mer young curate of the English vii
tage Of Stoke which shows the value
Of little common sense in deciding a
knotty point.
The curate, being exceedingly anx-
tous at all times to do things in the
order of the liturgy, once insisted.
when marrying . couple, on the ring
being put on the fourth finger. The
bride rebelled, and finally said:
Il would rather die than be married
on my little fngerl"
For an instant the curate wavered,
then he said: But the rubric says So"
Matters were at a standstill-the
bride fearful, the groom uneasy, the
curate determined-when the parish
clerk stepped forward and said:
I'm these cases, sir, the thoomb
counts 40 digit" 49,.
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Change in Farm oneration..

Change in Farm Operations. - J.
Farm operations tor the next few
years are likely to be modified verv
much by labor conditions, especially
in the eastern and middle states.
where industrial activity has robbed
the farm of its workers to q large ex-
tent. In some sections this year there
has been the greatest difficulty in a.
curing hands enough to take care Of
the limited harvest. In such local
tiles farmers are preparing to sow and
plant only such land as they must.
rather than suffer Observation-Disclosures.
Less farming and more grazing is
the tendency in such cases and when
all is counted up there need be no loss
to figure either.--National Stockman.
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VA1NGL0R1oUs ROOSTER.
Gray Goose GandeP Tells How the
Growing Dude Was Eaten Up
By q Hungry Fox.

Being dignifed old gander, and
knowing that one goose is of more
value than three hens, have never
had much to say to the ROSTERS and
their hocks.
Now and then I have met an old
hen who had other thoughts than
clucking about and rufaing up her
feathers and trying to pass for pull
let, but most of them are not worth
gander's time.
It is still worse with the roosters. I
can't say that ever met one who'd
talk about the weather or the crops
for five minutes. Their idea is to
strut about and show of before the
hens and chickens, and because they
can crow and fight they try to put on
airs over the geese and ducks.
They know what I think of them,
however. I've given many Of them q
good drubbing, and they quit strut
ting around me years ago.
1t was about three years ago we
had a rooster here who was a beauty.
He was black as night, and his feath-
ers 'shone like silk, and if it
hadn't been for his foolish ways the
whole farm would have been proud of
him. Because he was big and hand
some he thought himself the smart
est rooster in the whole state. The
other roosters ran from him, and the
hens all bowed down, and the chick
ems held their breath as he passed by.
One day heard this rooster boast
ing to the hens that he had heard of
fox being in the neighborhood, and
that he was going to hunt HIM up and
drive him away. This was dreadfully
foolish talk, and I called the rooster
aside after awhile and said:
my frienu, you should not talk such
nonsense to the hens. No rooster
ever Matched is match for fox"
"Do you mean that I cannot make
the fox run for his ife?" he asked.
"Of course you can't. A fox would
kill you in minute. Even the big
gest gander is afraid Of fox
'That's because you are geese and
can't crow. My dear old gander, don't
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ksIsnyI' 'j Fr.ui1s = 0ne.sr--.

George FebFey, residing near the
fsllege of st. James, Washington
ap4nty, has a plum tree on which he
kpects to grow, besides plums.
peaches, almonds, apricots and nee
stsrines. He sawed the top of the
plum tree and grafton on an almond
on which he has now budded
peaches, aprieots and nectarines.
Some time ago he bored hole
through an. elm tree and inserted q
growing Concord grapevine, which,
when it had grown so it filed the
hole, was cut off at one end. The
vine continued to grow, being fed with
sap from the elm tree, and bore lus-.,
cious grapes.-Baltimore Sun.