Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-08-18

" an Immigrant CoNnc9 mere from 6u-
ropo and stays long enough to take out
first and second papers, thcn goes to
his native land for four years and goes
into business thorc can no claim then
to BIO a citizen of tho United States7
Stockton I'm his "Outllnes Of Inter
national LAW" page $50, says that III
naturnllzcd American citizen resides
continuously for two years in the for
cign state from whence no came or
five years IN any other foreign state It
Is prcsumptivc evidence that he has
ceased to be IN American citizen. Such
presumption can he overcome on the
presentation of satisfactory evidence
to the country" This Is fair ruling
because foreign born should not be en-
couragcd to make this country's privi
lcgcs a mere convenience.
What are tho facts about William
Walker, who took part Of Mexico somc
time In the fcrties Of the last century 7
Who was he and what became Of him
Walker was born May s. 1894. Mt
Nashville, Tenn. He was graduated
FROM the University OF Nashville in
ISIS, hut instead of entering the min
istry. ns his family desired he should
do, he studied medicine at the Uni
verssty OF Pennsylvania. getting the
degree cf NJ. II. In 1Sa3 He spent two
years IN Europe. and then he studied
law. was admittcd to tho bar and hung
out his shingle In New Orleans When
the gold fever broke out IN 1S49 no
Joined the gold rush. but once on the
coast found the nvocation Of n fill
buster. IN which he was to make his
fame. open to tust such adventurous
spirits MS he. His first adventure was
Il raid IN Lower California IN 1850 In
June OF the following year he sailed
for Guaymas. This project was II
failure. Later he chartered the ship
Caroline and set sail. now rs Colonel"
Walker, for Cape - la,cas and thence
to Ia raz. where the expedition landed
on Nov. 3. made prisoner Of the gov
crnor. hauled down the Mexican flag
and replaced It with the flag OF the
Independent state OF Lower California
In an attempt TO annex Sonora to his
new republic he came to grief and
was obliged to take his shattered army
over to the United States. He was
tried and released. His next and last
adventure was In Nicaragua. He sur
rendered to British wnrship and was
shot to death by firing squad Sept.
IL. 1860.
Will you please name tho Latin
American countries? Why arc they
called Latin America?
Latin America is general name
given to the countries and people In
South and Central America, especially
those races who come Of Latin stock.
These include naturally tho Mcxicans,
the Inhabitants OF Central America
and certain islands OF the West In
dies. The Rio Grande river serves as
n dividing line between what Is known
rs "Saxon America" and Latin Amer
lea"
Please inform mo what Is meant by
the word horsepower" and tho origin
Of its use.
When horses were used to turn the
wheels Of machinery. many years ago,
by means OF n treadmill the horse
came to stand for unit Of power, &C.
cording to the size OF the machine hid
could work. When steam engines dis
placed horses II was natural to refer to
their capacity on the basis OF the horse
power unit 10y speaking Of an engine rs
being able to Go the work Of two. three,
four or more horses. SO the custom
was established of using the term rs
descriptive OF power.
The fact Is, however. that a horse
power really means n greater power
than is expected Of Il horse and greater
than horse is capable of. 1t means the
power to lift 10000 pounds one foot in
one minute. But custom keeps alive
the old term to indicate the unit Of
power for an engine or electric motor.