Delicious
Biscuit
BOUNDARY FIGHT.
GREAT BRITAIN WANTS SLICE
OF NEW GOLD FIELDS.
are made with Royal Baking
Powder, and are the most appe
tizing, healthful and nutritious
of foods.
Hot biscuit made with im
pure and adulterated baking
powrder are neither appetizing
nor wholesome.
It all depends upon the bak
ing powder.
Take every care to have
your biscuit made with Royal,
which is a pure cream of tartar
baking powder, if you would
avoid indigestion.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.. NEW YORK.
Contend! that We Moat (live Up Ckmi
of Alaska-American Couetrue the
Meaning of the Treaty One Way, and
the British Bee Another Way.
Aside from the Philippine- war, the
ubject engrossing most public atten-
tlou la the dispute between the United
States and England over the lluo which
cut Alaska off Canada. The question,
officially, Is In the hands of an Anglo
American commission, whose report la
being withheld by the two govern
ments because, as It Is reported, the
commission could not agree upon
terms. Where the matter will end no
body knows now, for both Uncle Sam
and John Bull are anxious to get for
ineir subjects as much of the irold land
of Alaska and British Columbia as
they can. This commission was as
signed several other matters of arbitra
tion or adjustment, but the boundary
question Is the one which demands the
qulokest settlement for It la liable anv
day to create trouble between the two
governments.
As to the Alaska boundary question,
considered American territory. What
historical or treaty right bus Crrat
Britain or Canada to such un outlet?
The questlou Is not an easy one to an
swer, oieat Britain's title to British
North America from tho 141st degree
or west longitude (meridian of Green
wien rests, like that of the United
States to Alaska, upon her treaty with
Russia. Russia's right certainly was
a vague one, and amounted at best
only to a claim la regnrd to tlio vast
Interior of whose extent at the time
she had no conception. Great Brltalu's
tine to tho Northwest east of 141st de
gree of longitude has never been seri
ously questioned. It Is only la regard
to the southeastern part of the boun
dary Hue, which Is formed irregularly
by mountains and a line extending
thirty miles from the coast, that there
has orison a question In recent years
which has grown Into great Importance
oy tne discovery of a new gold fluid In
uie Klondike region.
Now la the Time to Act.
By the same treaty (1825) the free
navigation of the Stiklne river was
granted, but this also at the time was
regarded as of little Importance. The
discovery of gold In the Srlklno chang
ed the situation. As early as 1803 the
British Colonist an English newsoaner
of Victoria, B. C, perceived the desira
bility of Great Britain's acquiring In
some way a depot on the Pacific for
more than thirty miles across.
other
that
t
State
loti mini'
from
vcrgeut points of view It Is necessary
the nature of the Alaskan const bo un
derstood, or at leust that part of It,
nenrly noo miles long, extending south
by southeast from the body of tho ter
ritory, as this 1m tho part with which
the boundary dispute concerns Itself.
As to this part of tho Alaskau coast U,
may be said In general that a lofty
mountain' range extends from Observ
atory Inlet to Cook's Inlet and then
sweeps toward tho Aslntlc side along
the peninsula. A group, or several
groups, of Islands, many of them of
considerable extent, lie off the shore
and from Cross sound to Observatory
Inlet and tho const below to I'ugol
Hound thero is a series of Islands which
are so sltunted aa to leavo between
them, as one writer upon Alaska litis
described It, "aa unbroken line of In
land navigation the most extraordi
nary lu the world."
Won Id Claim Far Inland.
The British contend that, under In
ternational law, when an Inlet, or arm
of the sea, is less than six miles wide
It Is to bo considered territorial watei
of the country In which It Is situated,
FIOITT'R SOROOL,
Carinas diatom. I
"u lu tn Thins meats at dinners run around Menlo Park, Hnn Mateo Oo.. Pel
baud, tho lion. David Mills says, Mwwii the courses, This Is siipposeti to ,ut the Universities. Location . Viill
In pursuance of Its method of do-' keep the digestion In good nm " ami cumlul attention to Menial, Moral!.!
-rmlnlnc tho boundary tho ItiiKwl the hurtl M .,.
a lu many places bus drawn lis. aJ '.Z X 1 1 if a man or r! ,.. 'T Y- .. w P " " .'
y Hue "more than 100 miles emmim IssuD'eriu with constipation, In. I Hiu now tiulldlng Auuuxt Inth. IHtl. ..'..!
the coaBt." To expluln these ill- digestion or any aiomsch trouble, it siiieir Imu. 'lolu- 1'"' Priuolpal,. ' '
fmiltiftheydoii't get well.
- laooni will probably iats nearly a
The coal production ol the United mm Hm , ,j. o itr,ol, ttla '
sts Is at present nearly five times as lugr w,h ,r blocks.
fitatss Is at preson
grant as In 1870.
"A Gentle Wind
of Western Birth
Tttts no nxxtttt story to hvmtnlty Man
iht tnnmnctmtni Maf th httlth-grvt
And heAtih-brtngtr, Hood's SrsffM.
Utb of th birth of an m of good httlth.
It Is th on rtlUbl sptctfk for th curs
of iR blood, stonuch nd Uvtr troubles.
sl ' '.a. ... '
Clerks in Havana receive (rom 198
tofflS per month, according to their
value, those speaking Kngllih com-
tustid the best wages. A suit of
clothes costs from 1.5 to f AO; a dress
tult anywhere from ItiO to (100.
At a spin led loot ball match near
Glasgow the game became en exciting
thst several spectators leaped into the
arena to take part. The police tried to
restore peaoe, but were so determined
ly opposed that 19 policemen were
severly maimed and bad to be sent to
the hospital.
The smallest salary received by the
head of a civilized government is that
of the president of the Republic of An
- dorrs, in the Pyrenees. His pay
amounts to only (15 a year, ile is the
cbiel magistrate of 13,000 people, and
the territory he rules comprises an area
of ISO square miles. The little state
lias been independent since the year
790.
A fondness for animals led Charles
Wagner, of Frackville, Pa., to caress a
pet goat and tickle the animal's nose
with a (10 bill. The goatsnapped the j
bill from toe man s hand and swal
lowed it. The money-eater was
promptly cnt open, and the pieces were
found in his stomach. They wiil be
sent to Washington for redemption
Frank V. Balling, of Bine Island
III., was troubled with a stiffening of
the ankle joint, and bis physicians
tried to ascertain the cause by subject
ing the limb to the X-rays. The in
tense light caused the flesh to decom
pose, and three amputations of the
leg were necessary. He sued his doc
tors, and the jury awarded him (10,-
000.
Qelototberapentists," says the New
xoik Iribune, "is a name given to
physicians who treat patients suffering
from various diseases ranging from
bronchitis to anaemia, by prescribing
hearty laughter. A medical journal
suggests that there is a great opening
for physicians in studying various ways
of exciting laughter, such as tickling,
larcial comedies, puns, etc.
A correspondent of the Frankfurter
Zeitung says that Madrid is becoming
more and more demoralized every day.
The present population, he says, in
ciuues su.uuu proiessionai beggars, an
equal number of abandoned women and
6,000 thieves; and there are hundreds
of gambling houses. The total popula
tion Of Madrid is but 472,000.
Hawks have been seen to follow In
the wake of moving railroad trains, to
swoop down on small birds that were
suddenly disturbed and frightened by
the noise, and therefore for the moment
were off their guard.
I
Ha
An-Excellent Combination.
The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
Strup of Flos, manufactured bv the
California Fio Bvkup Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa
tive principles of plants known to be
medicinally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. It
is the one perfect strengthening laxa
tive, cleansing the system effectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per
manently. Its perfect freedom from
every objectionable quality and sub
stance, and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from senna and
other aromatic plants, by a method
known to the California Fio Svrit
Co. only. In order to get its beneficial
effects and to avoid imitations, please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
AM rtLAWOIBCO, CAZ
' lOUiavtLIiB. XT. KIW TOEX K. T.
for sale by all pruggletg, Price SOc per bottle.
The consumption of coffee the world
over is growing rapidly. The average
annual consupmtion lu the decade
1870 and 1880 was 793,000,000 pounds,
in the next decade it was 1.330,000,
000. Last 5 ear it was 1,580,000,000.
Russia has four universities at Khar-
kof, Juryeff, Warsaw and Helaingfoers,
each attended by more than 1,000 sin
dents. The uuiveristy at -Kief has
2,200 students, that at St. Petersburg
il,00 and that at Moscow 3,400.
EInce 1883 military operations In the
Rmdan have oost the British govern
ment nearly fJO.OOU.ooo. The exaot
figures are as follows: For 1888 and
1884, 360,697; lor 1884 and 188S,
3,383,669; for 1885 and 1886, 4,
348,044; for 1896 and 1897, 798,803,
A - correspondent of the London
Academy writes that a bookseller in s
large provincial oity recently discov
ered an assistant arranging four new
copies of Walt Whitman's "Leaves of
Grass" on the shelves devoted to books
on gardening.
A New Brunswick, N. J., bnrglar,
being unable to semu any money In i
house he broke Into one night leosnlly,
accepted a small oheck in lieu tbeieof
fiom the owner of the promises..
Th Lancet report the case of a man
who, wbilo sharpening a knife, cot off
a portion of hi nose. The piece was
found and sewed on, and the operation
was crowned with perfect anocoM.
"Topek Is ready to greet the Twen
tieth Kansas with boundless hospital
ity," remarks newspaper of that city.
This announcement might be enthil.
lastlually leoeived by the volunteeis
but for th faot that on the preceding
day the same paper had said; "Uur
dream of luxury Is of drink of puro,
told water and a breath of frosh air.
The largest loaves of bread buk,i i.
the world are those of Franc and Ii.ii.
The "pip" btaad of Italy Is baked i-
loave two or three feet long; while In
Franc th loaves ire made In shape ol
very long lolls, four or fir Bt
length, and In many esse even ,,
(net.
In Sydney, New South Wales, ii..
treat ni linn are owned by the m.
iiluipiillty, and no fan are charged,
lloinelnss folk, It I said, us them .t
night Instead of going to aheap lodging
houses,
Far away from civilisation ae.t,,,.
language la (till extant In Austiall.
Home of th tribe posses suoh an ex.
Icellenl colo that It I almost a efll.
lolunt th spoken language.
Schillings
Best
Jppn Ctyloa
Engliah Breakfast
Oolong , Ideal E!en4
.JlvuL
PORTLAND DIRECTORY.
DENTISTS.
ha naln: new timenMst flu. .,ll M.,.b i.u"
t.AN(JMUKTItV. N.W.eor. Third and Murrlu.n
Panes and Wire Werka.
Irl.l
He
TIT rrmanillir Curm, No Slaur nerTsuaaea
rll artwr nm iiay'a u.a of In, kuitw'i urrt
parr neaioraff. nal fur raas ae.QO I
eollla and Imllw lift. II. U. KHXti, Lid,
w auaei, 1 nuauvipuia, n.
More newspaper are printed In th
United States than In England, Fisnn
and (leiuiany couiblued.
U others will And Mra. Wlnalnw'a R,ih.
Ing rrrup the best remedy to nae for Ibelr
omiuren uuring tn teething period.
The soil of Haiti Is so rich that tiro
or ops of coffee, cocoa, ginger and ben-
plu are raised yearly.
BAKI l!To"Otia"MO
PIUTI.NI WIRN A
end Irim iimita; nrni-
HUM WOHKHi WIliK
rsllliit.ele, a-MAIdrr.
MAP OP IMSiri Blinirtvn n-c-.....m.. ...
bom-d ,r. ?. ! ndtood to want an outlet on Lynn canal at or near place marked or further down the coa.t Th.
MeoblnarF "! eupi.lU..
CAWNTON I.O.I KNKINKM, HUII.KNN. it IT.
cuinrrj, aucpiuia. t nu Mm St., Finland. Or.
RAKES
MOWERS
BINDERS
Vrite for dialogue.
J. I. lp
90 Kaai Walar Slreal,
l-OKTl.ASI), OIL
. .-S. .a
MACHINERY. ""M
It Is unfortunate that the commission
failed to agree. As to which party is
to blame for this non-agreement, there
seems to be a general agreement
Scarcely had the commission been ap
pointed before Ontario passed a decree
practically prohibiting the export of
logs. Aot to he behind In International
amity, British Columbia passed a law
confining all mining privileges In that
province to British subjects. The mem
bers had worked together In greatest
harmony for the accomplishment of
the great purpose of the commission.
but since It was seen that provinces
tins part of the British possessions. It
affirmed that the strip of land stretch
lug along from Portland Canal to
Mount St Kllas, with a breadth of ten
marine leagues, "must eventually be
coruo the property of Great Britain,
either as the direct result of the devel-
opnient of gold, or for reasons which
are now yet In the beginning, but
whose results are certain." At that
time the British Colonist looked for
ward to obtaining this strip from Rus
sia either peaceably or forcibly, and
conjured up a vision of the British lion
and the Russian bear looking at each
Dixie Thompson, the "bean king" ol
Ventura county, California, planted
20,000 aores of beans last year. Tin
crop was 1,800 carloads, embracing
more than 100 varieties. The beans
were sown and cultivated in the same 8uen 88 Ontario and British Columbia other from the opposite sides of Bering
manner as corn, and were bavested by nad " In their power to enact laws straits. Fosslbly Russia also may have
special machinery. wnieo mignt mane or no effect a gen- felt that such a contest wa coming
- - i erai t-uituii-ui as proposed me uimcui- ana wisely saw mat for her, situated
" ouuiiioi ties have ereatlv Incrpnuer! Inn she vm It wmili lie nn.nn,i,i.
r - , r- ... ., i o i - . -- - .-. ui.j.i uijto inr.
tounij, aansas, nave niea witn the A vear aero a nrnvlnlnnnl hAiindnrv I Not pnrlnir tn ilnnd nt lha .inn. iw
nn.l. !.. I " - ' I 7. . " """" ."IV
y-..., . BaUIM wag agreed upon with the exceotlon of Uh America on the Pacltie. h T-hn.
the continuance of the bounty on well
scalps. They claim that the wolves are
of great benefit to the country aa rab
bit exterminators, and that they do
little, if any, harm.
In the north of Brazil, in the dis
tricts in the vicinity of the Amazon
are the forests containing the rubber
trees, the amount of this product ex
ported last year being valued at $50,- torlcal and geographical review Is nec-
000,000. and the supply as vet showina essary.
and that what Is known as the three-
uiH limit would apply. The British
and Canadian assort that the terri
torial water of the United States coin
mmiee at Point Bridget at the mouth
of Berner's bay, where the Lynn canal
Is less than six mile wide, nod that
consequently ten ninrlno leagues from
Point Bridget would make tho bound
ary une at Point Seduction. This would
place Dyea twenty-two mile within
British territory and Sknguny Ixteen.
The United State, however, (n Its
map ha followed tho const of Inlet,
especially of uch great Inluta aa those
along the Alaskan coast, where the
water Is salt and of great depth, and
nlnlnlw ...... . .1 -
,,, i , lllB ocenn. Even
granting the British contention that In
the case of the Lynn canal th wn.
torinl water Begin at Point Bridget.
Allen's Fool -Ease, a powder for th feet.
It cum painful, swoll.n, smarting, ner
vous feet and Inatantly la Ilea thastlugoul
of corns and bunions, li s the greeleat
comfort discovery of the age. Alloi's Knot-
r.iwe manes uatu or new ehoes (eel eey. ...TATUM A BOWflN.
. lonaui rure tor ingrowing rlalla, 1 1
"""J. iioue ana mil, tired, awning
H j , . v weuinoniaia.
Try it lfoy. Hold by all drugxiaU and
sIhmb store. Ily mall for 'iVt. In stamp.
Trial package VRKK. Addreas, Alleu U.
Wliuaieu, Ij Hoy, Cl. X,
I le II rirsl llreel
roSILSS 0.
A ton ol oil ha been obtaiued bom
the tongn of a single whale.
Remember that you can buy Jesse Moore
A. A. VVId.key for the same price that Is
pitm lor oniiuary wnlakry. For sale by all
iua.-viu.a urnivra Sfltl uruCfllaia.
In ten year the prod out Ion bf steam
ngines in uermany lias beoo more
than doubled.
JOHN POOLK. romuss. Osiuios.
can give you the best beraliis In general
machinery, engines, boiler, tank., pumps,
pioaa. twite and ,. windmills. The new
sleel I X L wuidinlll.sold bv him. Is un
equalled.
KDWAHP IIIHIHK.! U ACH1NKHY AND
feblclei; Mini lor catalogue, laa-im froui Hi.
Wltolvaele UrueeUta and l'htflugrahte
nueiiaa
PM'MAPKR FRANK Ptll'l) CO. 14 AMU II
Fourth Siraft, 1'iiland, On-gon.
Rupture
fA.1TF.P-M.nan4wnm.il rrrhr la dla
InbillfMimi.l ami a1vrOa t'aiir'iritia Oransa
wiM-k; iwrllculani lor evtil iiamik fAl.lKoll-
hi I
iAMifcBV..PFi:o.,H.ii rrauviK-a, Cel.
ap a,. j lis II '
Jr l eonhtUnilal-
Jj' f""'"na
C. I, WOOOaatf CO.. 101 Teceas l . fe Ilia.
Berlin ha followed th example of
London In forbidding cabmen to us
cetaia streets unless they bar a pas-
engor.
Plao's Cure for Cnnaumptlon has been a
lamuy nienii-ine wun us since Ma.l. 11.
Msuieon, Z4uu .'! Ave., Ulilcago, III,
...GO EAST...
-VIA-
no signs of exhaustion.
Dnring the past year the exports of
watohes from Switzerland amounted to
over $13,000,000. The watches went
to almost all parts of the civilized
world.
An artificial sandstone ii now made
in Belgium which has many advan
tages over the natural stone, being bet
ter able to resist climatic influences
and susceptible of mannfactnre at
small expense.
a few miles of the Dalton trail at the bly counted upon making the United 1,18 AmenCBn settlements at Dyea and
end of Chllkoot pass from Pyramid mates doorkeeper. And thi 1 a rolo D"uay, narsintn and Pyramid bar-
harbor. At the same time the growing that until recently, would have been T' were mB,,e ,n k"i fn'tb and at a
Importance of the Alaska terrltorv In pleasant enough to the Unlred State. tlmo "ben there was no ouesthm tn
dispute as furnishing the gateway to phe event of the last year have, bow. wnctuer tney were In American terri-
the El Dorado of the North Impresses ever, greauy,mo(iined tho traditional ,rJ- I'ouowing tne precedent estnb- Tbe ,uo " diamond mined la
the necessity for the prompt settlement leenng ueiwecn tne two countries, and "nou oy urcat wrltnln herself In the Cape Colony In 1898 wc il7.751
of the boundary dispute. To under- ttle Prpent Is, therefore, a most oppor- Venezuelan case, these places, In case 940.84, and the net profit thereon was
siana me aimcuuics or the ease a hla-1 "" L""D KV arrive ai a sausiaciory i "o wramiary une being submitted o.U01, 009.1)7,
Beiueuieni or an territorial or other w armtration, should bo excontorf M'
question at Issue between the two regard the coast line as running across
iuuuuii-b. i me neans or inlets, wben time n. n,.,-..
Pome of the Difflcultlea. I than thirty-throo miles long, aa tho
But to arrlva nt nnh a iniin. i, i. "nusn contend It should. Wouhl nfwi
necessary to know where the eaultlcs 1,18 ,orr,tory bordering upon tho Lynn
lie. loose being determined, it is next v " '"o une ana chll
rerjuislte to ascertain what If any- "m,v ?"""" wuien, according tu
thing, the other party has to offer In Amorlcn contention, are within ten
return for waiving or yielding any of manno iR"ffues of tho const but nol
tnese equities. This Is the difficult " ,u "" ''" contention. II
part of the subject By the term of ' now Priu''tty or provisionally
tho treaty of 1828 between Great Brit- RKre that tho bonndnry lino crosses
aln and Russia, the provisions of which tlie wl,lt0 aml t-hllkoot pnssee, as
Hiatory of Queatlon In Dlanate.
By the Webster-Ashburton treaty of
1842 between the United State and
Great Britain the northern and east
ern boundaries were accurately defined
from tbe Bocky Mountains to Mars
Hill, at the eastern end of Maine. In
regard to the northern and western
boundary, after considerable discussion
and diplomatic fencing, the question
was left unsettled. Out of this boun
dary question grew the excitement
ltd ur eta Yonr Mewela.
Your bowitla can be trained aa wi.ll aa
diiiwleaor jri.nr brain, tai-rareta Candy :a-
..... . ..., ,.., uuarsia 10 mi rigui. All arua
alala. lik-. 'If, titn. m
, ,
Japan has considerably more than
half as many Inhabitant a th United
States, though our oountiy is 23 time
it area.
Beware of Ointments tor Catarrh Thai
lontaln Mercury,
Aa mercury will surely destroy the eenae of
Through I'alaea and Taiirlat Nleeperg.
Llbrarr Cera.
....FAST TIME
Rerrlra and Ocanery Un-.ull,.(..
Kor Tlcki'U and all liilnriiiatlon annl tn
your ueervii annul, or adilrraa
a. n. i,;. uRnntifrrim,
C! 1" and T. A . Viiiilanrf
R. C. 8TEVKHg, 0. W. P. A., Seattle.
CtslMaNTIFOff I
WrllaleNAINAal
IICNFURO. Waskleataa. I
reltra nnlnk renlini. II. (Uh N. II. v,,i.
BtaB 2um Cor., rroieciitlng claims since U7S.
IF
PENSION
Maeiea. U, 0., limy will te-
Tbe pincer claws of the female of th
blue crab, in both the hard-sliell and
the soft shell state, are tipped with
red, while those of the male crab are
blue to the ends.
In a criminal prosecution recently
tried In York, Iteb., the Jury after a
brief deliberation, returned the follow-
ng verdict: "We, tbe jnry in the
nbove named case, do not believe one
woid that tbe witnesses have sworn to;
neither do we believe that any of the
attorneys have spoken the truth, nor
that either of them could do so even if
he should care to take the trouble to
try."
in 1BU8 xennnssoe coal mine pro-
Iticed 8,084,748 tons of ooal. Th
maximum number of men employed
during the year was 7,820. The
amount of coal converted into coke was
736,280 tons. The production of other
materials was as follows: Iron ore,
5D7.777 tons; pig iron, 283,439 tons;
ooppei, 89,712 tons; zino. 454 tons;
manganese, 1,250 tons, and phosphate,
273.191 tons. All minerals have shown
increases over the previous year, those
most marked being coal and iron or.
The increase in coal waa 203,764 ton.
and in iron ore, 69,013 ton.
In Great Britain during March
changes in the rate of wage affected
831,400 work people. Of these, 829,- the United States are always to remain
900 received advances in wages, aver- separate countries, It Is but reasonable
aging 9d. per head, while 1,500 per- the former should have it outlet on
son suffered a decrease averaging 3d. tho Pacific iu British Columbia. By
per head. The net result was an In- acquiring Alaska, however. In 1807, tbe
oresse of about 9)d. per person in th British outlet In the Pacific now Inter-
weekly wage of all affected. Th in. venes between part of the United
crease was mainly in the mining Indus-1 states. Curiously but naturally enough,
try, where 204,808 persons partici- Great Britain, or rather Canada, Is now
which led to the adoption of the cam
paign cry, "Fifty-four forty or light1
How this old boundary question has
been at least partially revived Involves
an Interesting play of treaty against
treaty and rights against rights. To
understand It, It Is necessary to go back
to the ukase of the Emperor Alexander
I. In 1822, by which be declared all the
territory of the Pacific coast north of
the fifty-first parallel of north latitude
Russian territory, and by the same
ukase made that part of the Pacific
Ocean lying north of the fifty-first par
allel of latitude In America to 40 de
grees north latitude on the Asiatic
coast a closed sea. The effect of this
ukase was to exclude United States
whalers from the Northern Pacific, an
exclusion which the Government of
the United States vigorously protested,
and as a result, In 1824, by treaty be
tween the two governments, the North
era Pacific was made an open sea.
Evaded War with Knaland.
By the Oregon settlement of 1848
Great Britain got to the Pacific, that
solution at tbe time being regarded as
preferable to fighting or to a probable
contest all along the Pacific coast with
England for supremacy. The United
States sacrificed the great Northwest
in order to acquire New Mexico and
California. Everything considered,
that probably was the best solution. It
gave the United State a compact ter
ritory, and, admitting that Canada and
pated; in the iron and steel manufac
tures, where 43,025 participated, and
in the textile trade, la which 75.164
person participated.
(eeklng another outlet to the coast, and
this time through what, since tbe ces
sion of Alaska to the United State
tlrry-two year ago, has alwaya beenj
were adopted at tbe treaty of cession
between Russia and the United States
In 1807, tbe Hue of demarcation be
tween Russian America, as It wag then
called, and Great Britain's North
American possessions, was defined.
When thi treaty was made It was
supposed there was a rango of moun
tains running down the entire coast
practically, thus forming a natural
watershed and line of demarcation.
Tbe Rnsslans cared only for a foothold
along the coast, as It wa with the
fisheries they were concerned. The
treaty, however, made provision as to
how the boundary should be deter
mined should It be found that at any
place there Is no &uch natural bound
ary by limiting the Russian (now Uni
ted States) territory to a distance of
ten marine league, or thirty mile,
from the coast The Canadian and
British contention, as now made, turns
upon the Portland canal. The British.
at least until recently, have claimed
that the words Portland canal or chan
nel In the convention were a mistake
for Bchm canal, or Clarence Inlet or
else that what Is now called Portland
canal was not then so called.
Cooatrno Treaty TXrTeraetW.
Thi difference In tho respective
American and Canadian boundary
une of tbe Alaska pan-handle strip
arise rrotn wholly different method
of construing tbe treaty. There aro
many intricate questions Involved In
the method of construction. For In
stance, in determining the ten marine
league from tbe coast to which, In the
absence of a mountain chain, the
American territory extends, shall sin
uosities of tbe shore of the mainland
be followed or should the line be run
from headland to headland? Again.
shall tbe line be considered to run ten
marine league east of the outer shore
of the Islands? In that case in many
Instances the line would not reach the
luaimana. a some ol the Island are
wunu ineae uo noi constitute a moun
tain chain, they may lie said to serve
the purpose of a mountain barrier and
thus come within the meaning of the
treaty or isas.
PROTECTS THE HORSE.
Now Banbonnet Keeps the Animal'
Head tool.
An exceedingly unobtrusive storm or
sun shade for horses has been designed
by Schooler C. Ilarn, of BladeiiHburg,
Ohio. It 1 a cup of a general Hal
shape, and designed to fit closely to the
pJwhe'n Snlermi It fbrough ibVinueoua s'u HORRIBLE BODILY PAINS
facea. Huch arilcire should ne.ar be ... . .. . . "v"- irtnivj
- . ...vi. imiiiiiniiuii in me mowi 11 It IS
pure, haalthv and notirltlilinf thn miiim Lvi.
will Im artl. Th.oi.Mn.l. nl mM. o... ....i-
liare been eureil by a r r
Moore's Revealed Remedy
A rvmedr that glrea health ami Ii.iii,,u,
qakklgr and .laaanliy-eiie dollar tier bottle
at your drugijUt s.
Rca. Mmi nooe.
elief for Women"
W-TS. t"1, . '" Idele.aaalpirae.alnes. Wrias
lai aad Toaoiela at Pit. Si Mux"
French Femib Pills.
Prml.nl by IhrniMnri, .rf tuem uulia, m
' r.n.bl.newuh,iulMIiM,l.
r aa toFin iu;:Whiw a,7,rWM",.T,.T.o;.r",
Drug Uu,tsi sea faarlSk. Kan luk cub
oPi on prescriptions from reputable phj.l
elant,a Ihedamaga they will do la leu fold to
the aiiod Jott can poMlhly derive from thorn.
Hall a Catarrh Cure, manufactured by K. J,
Clieney A Co., Toledo, O., Domains no mercury,
eiid ia taken Internally, e.-tlnf directly upon
the i blow! and tnncoui Barlaeaa ol the system.
In burins Hall's Catarrh Cure be aura you gel
nia'te
Teali.
tne geituiiie. It Ii taken Internally, anil nja.e
,.i mhcmw, town, or a. j. unanAv a i n Tu.ii.
BOO I aln Irw, '
u"Yx,V"'lfl '.' P" ,v- bow.
Hail's Family 1'llla are the besb
A gigantic scheme Is on foot to buy
up the vast timber and mineral land
throughout WeBt Virginia ami Eastern
Tennessee, snd build railroads to all
the principal point to open them to
trade.
"l have been nalng CtSMnKTI for
Inaoinnla, with which I ha.a ). .,.,.
o?er twenty yeara, and I can aay that Caecaretg
5!', , I!".m" ""Ci ,n" " reme
dy I hate ever tried. I ahall eerialnlv r.com.
.Y" m "" aa twins ell they i
reproaented. Taos, Uiixaau, Kigla, Li
CANOV
(laaa
rreael
CURE FOR PILES
lTfllif NliTMl.,
Triti tn mi, Tl but. lillutl, iintMllntT 'r Pr.fifuJir.it
iriouMl t-r Or. 0oaiinko'fM ftmcy
sr nigra ItaiaiirMBt ! mall Tr.al . w
in aLfoul funr ., l!
lta
iSaNKO,PhU.da.,fa,
sua oa storm an Ana.
head of the animal. Insldo of thla a
damp sponge may be placed In warm
weatner, and In cold weather it n ta
alone as a protection from the wet and
CATHARTIC
OR. GUNN'S ' uvm 0 PILLS
Hlmid, Aid ' ir.ll.,n..,.l...I.., ,,,.."!' V
.,'am.,.1.0.,HI"f 'ii'. Teeon.lace ye, w. .Ml mall
t)0.,-l,iad.,?ouaa. Held by ptmgl.u..
Oood, Ne.er
ZH"-1H"!S- -T"e Oend. Da
cold. One of the feature of thi. n,.f. ... CURE iaumtilSi'S-' m-
ent Is the arrangement of slotted I "-"' a, .,..M...
on the Ijottom, which permit of It In- KO-TO-BAC KSTk.B!IPni y an a';n".
. x".a. luuaooo Habit
tant adjustment to any burnes with
out strop or buckle.
An Awful Fling?.
Mr. Style I'd have you understand
that I know a good many worse men
than my husband.
Mr. Myle My dear, you must tu
more particular about D ck no- vaur .-v.
qualntance.
"THE
LIFE OF
i. no.
DEKEH";
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hero, bv Mural II at I.
m1nA .J. a.... j A .
VIM f. a m, ,V
"IUII, t Win. ftiM
T aaU ... saw
CURE VOURtELFI
Ua Slg 41 rr uunmiral
Sl.uliarg.i, lull. mm. Hum,
irrltalluii. u. Hi...,.!..!
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r,.,..u ,.,,i, I',IiiI.m, and not aittla.
irHttHai Ohiutii IW ("" aolKiuuua.
aTj "SrsrleSe,
J t?' I" 'alli wraaear.
Wm t.',J?""V- er.aalil.Tof
if JV. " uoiiii
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lar mil un raqoaet.
rpUNG MEN!
ll ttia OHI.y n if.ln whirl wlU rur. A LjVA
ntr UainH known ft bu vr fUA to trura. no
111 mir) aaA auie akI-V
known H Iim avr fallfil it vura. no
""7, now awnmi or of how Juiiif muidlnf. Hatii 14
!! 1 '"-", will ma tr taka wiUioui lnnoxT
lortna ariit roitiitl
Mlw.irtll rrllaljla t
lainl wratipatl, on r
Otrcoiaj1 KuUltd on ruatt,
n I lit or tirl(M) h
i list tiitxiuit oa. Ohbage. I1L
m. r. N. ii.
NO. -'.
W".I.,..!rU!,., dverUgare pleas
snsatlua this paper.