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The daily Republican., 1902-12-22

the first taken up for homestead.
The all-waterway already traversed
by regular steamers will be the only
practicable path to Nome for a long
time to come. and many travellers
have reached the klondike by taking
this long northern trip to the mouth
Of the Yukon and thence up that
river to the gold fields.
Mail routes to Alaska are bee ming
more and more numerous. and United
States mail is now regularly deIiv-
cred inside the arctic circle. There
are IS post Offices located at the
various important points reached by
the principal steamship lines, and at
the mining settlements Of the in.
terror. Mails leave the Pacific coast
for Alaska every day. As the shore
line of Alaska is greater than the cir
equator there is still room. Of course,
for further development of the mail
system, if towns are to spring up in
every bay and mails are to reach
them all.
The climate of Alaska is varied in
the extreme and has been un Justly
ma ligned. The Japan current"
heire to make the southern border
and fringe of islands warm while the
northern portion, lying in or near
the arctic circle, is cold. The climate
of much of the interior is temperate,
and one observer declares that in
the summer season one may travel
from one end of the Yukon to the
other and find at all points tangle
of luxuriant vegetation. large for
ests and wild berries. The mistaken
reports that Alaska is a cold, barren
waste are circulated by persons who
have only ventured short distances
from the coast into the mountains,
which are capped with snow and for
bidding. As matter of fact rich
and promising land lies on the IN
terror and cattle may run out in
many sections all winter
Lack of market for agricultural
products and for stock will act for
a time as drawback to big farm
ing interests in Alaska; but any new
valuable territory is bound sooner
or later to be settled by persons who
seek homes there more with the
idea of growing up with new coun-
try than from any plan of definite
conquest or dreams of sudden
wealth. An unfortunate drawback at
present is found in the fact that the
opportunities of obtaining titles un-
der the present land laws are not of the
best. Congress permits the applica-
ton of homestead laws to tracts not
exceeding so acres; but surveys have
not vet been made and few persons
have as yrt taken out homesteads.
The daily Republican., 1902-12-22
ProfreSS Ma de in b e.
Developme,1f Of Alaska
telegraph Lines Railways, Steamship Service and
Mail Routes Being Esta abIished.

map, it may be noted, travel trium.
phantly and fearlessly over all OBJ
stacles and their total length is
somewhat out of proportion to the
total mileage of roads actually built;
but this only shows that our aims
are high.
The construction of the short line
referred to, obviating as it did the
dangers and difficulties of the route
over White pass, has been an agency
of immense Importance in opening
up the Yukon country. The trans
portation of freight, which formerly
cost 40 cents a pound for this dis
tance, has been reduced to three
cents. The only thing the matter
with the road from an American
standpoint is that it lies chiefly in
Canada; and it is the common ann
btion of those interested in Alaska
to have al all-American route that
is direct and practicable.
One proposed route runs from VAL
dez, on Prince William sound, to tho
American edge of klOndike. This
route promises to be by far the most
desirable of any that can be suS-
gested.
Port Valdez is reported to be
landocked harbor with anchorage
sufficient to accommodate the Eavies
of the world. The harbor's depth
and it's freedom from ice are said to
be such as to render it available for
ocean-going steamers all the year
round American immigration to the
Upper Yukon region is undoubtedly
destined by and by to travel in this
course, which is $50 miles shorter
than any other practicable American
route. And then. too. the valleys the
proposed road will reach, if built,
promise to become one of the rich
est agricultural districts in the terri-
tory and doubtless this land will lie
The daily Republican., 1902-12-22
FORT ST. MICHAEL, ALASKA.

with the Canadian government. the
from Quesnelle to Atlin. So rapidly
did the Canadian government push
the work that by May of last year
Dawson and Egbert were connected
by wire, bringing the upper portion
Of American territory on the Upper
Yukon into direct telegraphic COM
muuication with Skagway, whence,
by a four days steamer trip. news
could reach the outside world. By
September of the same year tele-
graphic communication was estab-
lished between Fl. Egbert and the
Upper Yukon region via United
States military and Canadian land
lines.
Four hundred miles of land lines
and two short submarine cables tone
from Nome to st. Michael and the
other from Skagway to Juneau) was
the extent Of Geographic communl-
cation in Alaska up to the time of
the preparation of the United States
commercial report issued last May.
The plan then outlined was the ex-
tension of the service as rapidly as
possible along the Yukon, and it was
hoped that at the close Of navigation
in September of the present year "A
line could be established between st.
Michael and TT. Gibbon-420 miles.
Another land line was to be run from
Nome to st. Michael via Eagle City
and this was to connect at the latter
point with IA line running to Valdez
on Prince William sound. According
to dispatches from the latest report.
the work of wiring along the Yukon
must have been accomplished and
more. so that the residents of the
great Yukon district all the way
from KIcndike to the Behring sea
on the one hand; and from klondike
to Prince William sound. or (via Can
adam lines) from klondike to cx
treme southeastern Alaska, on the
other hand, are no longer denied the
comforting tick of telegraph instru-
mcnts.
Every enterprise of this kind is an
enormous stride in the development
of the country. The development of
railroad systems will be of the most
Importance. But railroads are slower
crawlers and it will take them
good while to creep along those new
ly explored valleys and through those
dangerous and mighty mountain
ranges; nevertheless they will get
there in time. They have started,
and that is about all that can be
said at present. The only road now
in operation is a 111-mile line from
Skagway to White Horse; but 9th
ers are proposed. Proposed roads,
as represented by dotted lines on the
The daily Republican., 1902-12-22
Answer of n Dream.

Answer OF o Dream.
4 dreamed that was standing in city
wide,
Appalled, by crime and misery on every
side:
Up rose the cry of pain. of bitter suffer-
ing.
With start and halt and gasp. as If on
broken wing
] saw the struggles of disheartened men;
] knew the blackness of SINS loathsoms
den;
The groans Of labor in the grasp Of
greed,
The woes of wealth that labor would not
heed.
How pitiful the cries sent up from earth
OF little children wronged and bruised
from birth!
Sad watching ones. with hollow cheeks
that paled
And victims of intemperance-nh, how
they walled!
Such jagged paths by tender feet were
trod.
While moans-heartbroken moans-went
up to God.
Defrauded womanhood. despairing, sobbed
In unison, with honesty and virtue rob-
bed.
Oh, there was naught CT wickedness or
That in my dream I did not seem to
know!
1t eckened me-the stencil and stain of
wrong.
1t deafeued me-the cry that swept along.
1t took from me the sense Of joy and
light:
1t hid from me the memory of right.
! said / cannot bear it! | shall die!
Oh, Is there none to help? For what
am II
The answer came: Thou canst not do 1t
all;
Thy hand is feeble and thy sphere Is
small;
But thou canst help some heart to bear
its lot;
Thou canst remember some who are for
got:
Thou canst make less some sin, some
misery.
Do thou thy best and leave the rest
with me.
Mrs. F. A. Breck in Rams Horn
The daily Republican., 1902-12-22

revealed in the recent an
nual report of Gen. A. W. Greedy,
chief signal officer of the United
States army. His statement says
that the corps has built and put in
working order in Alaska. during the
past "A months, 1.l2l miles of land
lines and submarine cables. This
work included not only the surveying
of the course. and the construction
and installation of this length of
line, but also the manufacture and
inspection of large quantities of ma
terial and instruments: and their
transportation. often under difficult
ties, over distances ranging from
1000 to 1000 miles. The great work
accomplished by the service would
not have been boys play even in set
tied territory with every facility at
hand; and when it is considered that
much of the region traversed was
wholly uneXplored; that wagon roads
were unknown: that streams had
frequently to be crossed and virgin
forests to be invaded. with bad condi-
tions under foot and severe weather
often making the work more arduous
and dangerous, the Titantic nature
of the accomplishment becomes ap-
parent.
The work Of extending the tele-
graph service in Alaska has been con-
siderahly facilitated by the ready CO.
operation of the Canadian govern
mcnt. 1t was only by this coopera-
ton that the United States telegraph
system in Alaska could be brought
in connection with American lines
and the lines of the world. Through
the arrangement which was reached
The daily Republican., 1902-12-22
FIRE INSURANCE.


Home 1s" 1 Res
The daily Republican., 1902-12-22

he rapidity with which the
modern spirit of CONNER
cial mastery has stretched
its lines of communication
- IL. L -.--.. L Ial., Z.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-26
Had Nerve.

"Well, amt that a lovely customer?
I Just dote on waiting on that kind.
Did you see her, thought" The shop
girl was bubbllng over with rage. A
woman and her daughter had looked at
not fewer than twenty-five silk waists.
At last they took up one, and the wom-
an brought forth tape measure. 81
think we might get 1t out of three and
half yards or three and two-thirds
anyhow. Just wait - twenty-three
inches down the front, three-quarters
for the sleeves. allow d quarter for col
lar and cuffs. Yes. thatll do it." AS
she talked she ran the tape over the
waist, the clerk standing by almost
bursting with Indignation. "Three
yards of lace. one and quarter OF in
sertion," she went on, measuring the
trimming. Put that down, Amy
Now let's go. We can get up waist
exactly like that for $3.50. and they
ask S14.0S. They've got their nerve,
haven't theyp-New York Press.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-26
wasn't His Hat. Anyway.

Mr.. Weddle, visiting his wife's rela.
tives ND In Maine fairly had to go to
church that Sunday. He didn't want
to go. but his wife thought It would do
him good and would be apt to preserve
the harmony Of the family.
The sermon was long and powder
dry. and Weddle stole off into the
arms of Morpheus gently and serenely.
AS he did not snore, his wife did not
suspect that he had gone to sleep
alongside of her and gave herself up
fully to inspecting the bonnet Of the
woman I'm the pew I'm front.
Like all things, good and bad, the
sermon came to an end at last, but
Weddle slumbered on like a baby even
after a deacon began taking up the
collection In a hat. When the derby
was passed to Weddle, Mrs. Weddle
was surprised to see that he did not
respond. She nudged him violently to
bring him back to his senses, and We'd
die, awakening with start, sat up
eight and, bewildered, gazed at the hat
In the hand of the deacon. Then he
shook his head sleepily and said:
mo; that isn't mine. Mine is a gray
one."-New York Tribune.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-26
AVON X EENE.

b. f, Wilkinson has his new barn
partly up.
Mrs. James Henry of Bedding visited
her son Sunday.
A number have commenced haying
in this vicinity.
A baby girl has applied for board at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs X. Rickert.
Hugh Carr of Keene and LYDIA Col
well of Berlin were married at Ionia
June H.
Overcoats came very acceptable
last Saturday, not very good weather
for hay and corn
The social at W. Sparks was quite
well ATTENDED for such a bad night.
Receipts nearly IS.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. f. Williams went
to Mt. Clemens last Saturday. Mrs.
Williams going there to be doctored.
The cemetery meeting was enter
tanned by Mrs. Orlo Weeks last We'd
nesday and fair crowd for such a
busy time, and it was decided to post
pone our meetings until September.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-26
Kettle RrldRcs.

Perhaps the most remarkable bridges
in the world are the kettle bridges. of
which Cossack soldiers are expert
builders The materials Of which they
are constructed are the soldiers lances
and cooking kettles. Seven or eight
fances are passed under the handles Of
number of kettles and fastened by
means Of ropes to form a raft. A suffi-
Client number Of these RATS. each of
which will bear a weight of half ton.
are fastened together, and in the space
Of an hour II bridge is formed on which
an army may cross with confidence
and safety.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-26
BARTONNILLE.

School closed in this district last
Tuesday.
Mrs. Peter Blassen is better at this
wri ting
Mr.. Wheeler of Bedding is repairing
well for Mr.. Hogan.
Ray Tower of M. A. G. visited rela-
tives here last week.
Bert Scheidt and family of Smyrna
visited friends here Sunday.
Clark Thornton is stopping with his
daughter Mrs Chas. Holiday.
Henry Schreiner and wife of Lowell
visited friends here last Sunday.
Fred Richmond and wife spent Sun
day at E. T.. Richmond's in Vergennes.
Waldo Francisco and family of Bel
ding spent Sunday at Walter Whites.
Mrs. Sidney Gardner and grandson
Wright Gardner spent last Tuesday
at George Browns in Otisco.
Misses Grace Moon and Lucie Rich
mond enjoyed short ride in Waldo
Francisco's automobile Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. @ ]. Ring of Belding,
formerly of this place started Tues
day for a few days visit in Grand
Rapids, from there they go to Kansas
City to visit his sister.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-26
EAsTON-BOLsTER.

Sine Conner and wife visited heI
mother Sunday.
G. w. DeGraw is at Lincoln Lake
station on business.
Mrs. nj Goodwin has returned from
a very pleasant visit in Chicago.
G. w. DeGraw visited his mother,
Mrs. Mosher of Vergennes Sunday,
Melvin Bumper and wife spent Sun
day with his father and mother, w.
Bumper and wife.
Mrs. l.. Bishop and daughter who
have been visiting at w. Connor's re-
turned to Pentwater Friday.
Miss Bird Pike is visiting friends in
Easton. She is on her way home from
Albion where she has been attending
school.
There will be an exhibition at the
Tasker school house "Wednesday even
ing Admission 5 cents TO be used for
the school.
There will be an ice cream social at
Mr.. A. b. Stebbins' "Wednesday even
ing. Everyone cordially invited. Ice
cream and cake 10 cts.
School closed here Friday. The
rain interferred somewhat with the
picnic but all seemed to enjoy it. The
pupils presented their teacher, Mr..
Lyle with a nice toilet set.
1t is with sadness that we mention
the death of Lyle E. Dixon, step-son
of Virgil Conner who was instantly
killed in Grand Rapids last Thursday
by getting his foot in switch joint
and run down by the switch engine,
his step-father and other friends had
to witness this terrible scene, but
could not assist him. The remains
were taken to Niles for burial by the
side of his father. Lyle was a smart
intelligent boy and his untimely death
casts a shadow over the community.
We extend our heartfelt sympathy to
the bereaved mother and friends.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-26

few days ago ! was asked by for
eigner. why do you say two behring's
and two soles' and not two Gods and
two salmonsT" | do not think my
answer was very satisfactory, but the
question suggested the thought that
there are several cases I'm which II
would be difficult to say whether there
Is anything like consensus Of opinion
as to whether plural form OF the
name of fish is admissible. We all
speak of soles. behring's, sprats, lam
preys and anchovies. the singular form
never, | believe. doing service for the
plural. No one. | think. says macker-
els, Gods, saiInons. trouts, Dreams,
shads. carps, places. basses, barbels.
Sturgeon, perch. mullet pike. turbot,
funny and skate have not unusually
the plural form In IS"
Fishermen and fshmongers are in
clined to avoid the plural form In some
instances where II is employed by the
majority of educated people. In some
cases there is considerable uncertainty.
This | have ascertalned by means Of a
fair number Of tests. Among them are
carps, shads. tenches. Compilers of
English grammars. so far as my expe
rience goes, in treating Of plural forms
Of nouns make no note of the names of
fish which do not vary in the plural
Notes and Queries.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-26
From the Theater Gallery.

Mr.. w. Pett Ridge tells in the Eng
lish Illustrated that the best repartee
he ever encountered was in the gal
lery of a theater. An extremely stout
good tempered woman cOntrived to
wedge herself into a space that would
have accommodated a person of ordi
nary size. to the unconcealed annoy
ance Of smartly dressed youth next
to her. She began to peel an orange
and the youth, with gesture of com
plant, removed his silk hat fussily to
a safer position.
81 suppose" said the good tempered
woman. that you'd rather have had a
gentleman sitting by the side Of you
SIR, wouldn't your
The youth replied snappishly In the
affirmative.
"Ah." said the woman thoughtfully.
$50 would I!'
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-26

zone Minute Cough cure beats ali
other medicines ! ever tr ed for coug he
colds group, anu throat aud lung
troubles, says d. Scott Currin OF
Lognnton, Pa. One Minute Cough
Cure is tn only absolutely safe cough
remedy which acts immedi tely.
Mothers every~h re testify TO the
good IL has done their little ones.
Group IL 20 sudden IN is attacks that
the doctor often arrives TOO late. II
yields 80 once TO One Minute Cough
Cure Pleasant Ia take Children like
II. Sure cure for grin, bronchitis,
cou MS. w. |. Bpnrdic,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-26
OTIsCO.

James Granger, who has been quite
sick, is able to be out again.
Helen Wilson of Greenville paid
Grandma Spicer visit this week
Henry A. Brown and wife of Mime
sofa are visitors at Alonzo Browns.
Mrs. Mabel Haywood is some better
and hopes are entertained of her re-
covery to health.
Guy Deitz has sold his 3-year-old
colt TO a GAINESVILLE man for one hun
dred and thirty dollars.
VIM. Brown, who was called here
on account of the serious illness of
his sister, Mrs. Haywood, has return
ed home.
1t looks now as though there would
be no services at the church next
Sunday as repairs will not be com
pleted in time.
Sam Snyder will finish his contrac t
for the store and residence at Edmore
this week. He has all that he can do
for the season.
On account of the storm Wednes-
day, the social at w. III. Hanks will
be changed to Monday evening, June
30. Those furnishing will please take
notice of change. Ice cream will be
served from six O'Clock throughout
the evening.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-26
Thackcray as a Snowman.

In Thackeray's case the justification
of artificial names, If ii be right to
speak Of Justification, lies In this, that
with all the solid reality of the life por.
trayed We are never allowed to lose
sight of the author and his art In por-
traiture. He is ever at hand to under.
line the snohbery or laugh off the pa.
thos. There is II strong strain of the
satirist in him. and satire is akin to al.
legory. There is even strain Of the
caricaturist ready to emerge In the
midst of his noblest art.
He is especially fond Of putting on
the airs and graces Of the Snowman.
His preface TO vanity Fair" is headed
Before the Curtain" and this great
novel of real life concludes with "Come,
children. let us shut up the box and
the puppets, for our play is played
out" And we accept Thackeray's
showman's -Blackwood's Mag
aZine
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-26
what We owe to coc,sashtins.

The now disreputable amusement of
cockfghting, which was once respec-
table enough to divide with scholar
ship and archery the attention of
Roger Ascham. has provided the Ian
guage with "crestfallen," lin high
feather" and Shakespeare's "over-
crow" (cf. to crow over. ITO show the
white feather" is from the same
source. since white feathers in game
cocks tail are sign of impure breed
ing. Often the origin of such words
or phrases has been quite forgotten,
but when traced discloses their true
character at once. Fair play" is still
recognized as figure from gambling,
but foul play" now specialized to
murder" is hardly felt as a metaphor
at all.-Open Court.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-26
A Foxy Graphophone.

or all the odd uses to which the
graphophone has been put, the Herald
or Newburyport, Mass, tells an anus
ing story OF the adoption of the ma
chine TO the trapping OF foxes, reveal
lDg the secret OF the success of Elmer
Shilling, champion fox trapper OF
Maine, who became wonder In that
| line so suddenly as to amaze his friend 8
and confuse his rivals.
MIR. Shilling, "A farmer Ia sparsely
settled district, not long ago purchased
-graphophODe aud some records for
his own amusement. His ingenious
| mind suggested an attempt To get on
| record the sounds of the poultry yard,
that of the pullet that bad just laid an
egg. the growing OF cock the Quack-
ing OF ducks and the raucous note of
guinea fowl. He obtained some blank
records and secured the novel results
he wanted. Later he was successful in
getting fine record OF the clucking of
a hen and the peepng Of her brood OF
chickens, when the idea came 10 him
that the record might be used to adj
vantage TO lure into his traps tho foxes
which infested the vicinity and had
dined upon manv of his choicest fowls.
He went into the woods. dug a large
hole, partly filing it with brush and
arranged the graphophone in the hole
so that by means OF a long spring and
a self rt turning mechan SIN Of his own
invention the machine won d run con-
tinuously for about half an hour The
apparatus was comp et"d with an alarm
clock arrangement by which the ma
chine could be set In motion au omati-
cally at any hour desired The effect
Of the experiment was that the hen and
chickens seemed To be underneath the
heap of brush
Mr.. SHILLING surrounded the place
with fox traps and set the machine to
begin operations several hours after
sunset. The first tim" il WAS tried two
foxes were trapped The plan worked
again and again until nearly all the
foxes in the vicinity had been gathered
in and Skilling's reputation as
mighty fox hunter was established.