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The Republican., 1889-11-30
RAILROADS IN CHINA.
The Growth of Modern Improvements in
the Celestial Empire.

The Growth of Modern Improvements in
the Celestial Empire.
The news from Peking is that the En-
peror of China has issued an edict which
authorizes the building of the projected
railroad between Peking and Hankow.
A previous edict of recent date had given
authority for the construction of another
line, and there are number of other
railroad projects that are now awaiting
the imperial sanction. 1t is reported
that the well-known promoter, Chang
Chi Tung, will carry out the Peking-
Hankow scheme, and that the Marquis
Tseng has been appointed General Di-
rector of all railroads in China.
These edicts indicate the triumph Of
Viceroy Ii and the other progressive
leaders who, amid many discourage
ments, have striven to establish policy
by which the Chinese empire may be
provided with a comprehensive railroad
system, against the protests and conjura-
tions of the censors and astrologers.
These powerful persons have carried on
a desperate struggle against this policy,
on the ground that its adoption would
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the ancient institutions and customs OF
China must be wholly destroyed. 1t was
reported from Peking last January that
the conservative leader, the uncle of
the young Emperor, Kwang Hsu, had
obtained full control of the whole busi-
ness, and the imperial action at that
time appeared to give confirmation to
g pnt thn rannnt rnunrca1 nf
that action shows that by some means
the great Viceroy Ii has regained his
former ascendancy in the palace. He
has maintained for many years that the
establishment of railway system is
necessary to the development of Chinese
resources and the advancement of Chi
nese prosperity; and the victory he has
won over the censors and astrologers
gives evidence that practical statesman
ship may yet overcome the greatest OBJ
stacles in China.
Not long ago Ii overcame the con-
servative opposition to the introduction
of the telegraph system, which is now
growing so rapidly that many thousands
of miles of wire are already radiating
through the Chinese empire. The evils
which, as the astrologers predicted, were
to be created by the use of electricity
have not been realized, and the ad
vantages it has conferred are palpable
even to the official mind.
The aged Viceroy Ii has always pre-
dicted the success of his railroad policy
and he has freely given his opinion thai
it would bring about an industrial trans
formation of importance to the whole
world. Within half decade the prog
ress of China in the use of machinery
and in the adoption of modern methods
of manufacturing has added largely tC
the previous productive force of the 300,
100000 of her population; and nov
again, through the service of the tele
graph and the railroad there is assurance
of its further increase to an extent tina
can not be computed.-N. Y. Sun.
The Republican., 1889-11-30
OVER A PRECIPiCE.
Oklahoma Franks Thrilling Adventure
with Herd Of Cattle.

Oklahoma Franks Thrilling Adventure
with Herd of Cattle.
The experienced cowboy knows all the
watercourses on the trail, and if the
weather is dry he knows which one will
be running.
Sometimes it ,ist spne hundred miles
from one river to another and no creeks
in between. The herd in this case is
driven often as much as two hundred
miles up the river until place is
reacsed where the distance across to
the other river is not SO great. Only
the trails where the grass grows green
est are uSed, SO that the steers will be in
good condition when the shipping town,
the nearest railway station, is reached.
After day or two spent in town the
cowboys return to the ranch and take
charge of another herd, and SO their life
is spent.
Oklahoma Frank has been herding
cattle for fourteen years. He once had
very narrow escape from death. The
herd, frightened at the approach of a
furious hail-storm, had stampeded. He
was riding at the leaders, head, firing
his siX-shooter in front of him, and strik-
ing him with his quirt.
Suddenly flash of lightning revealed
a ravine just ahead of him, how deep he
knew not. Another flash showed hun
dred bristling horns and twice as many
cleaning eyes just behind him. To stop
was certain death, for almost upon the
launches of his horse he could hear the
snorting steers; to ride into the ravine
meant death, for the moving herd would
be upon him as soon as he reached the
bottom. He decided to keep on and
drove the spurs into his mustangs side.
The animal leaped forward, stumbled,
and over the side of the cliff he went.
Frank felt himself going down and gave
up all hope. After falling twenty-five
feet the mustang struck the ground,
throwing his rider far over his head upon
little elevation.
Iu another moment fifty steers thun-
dered over the brink of the ravine and
1tumbled headlong to the bottom, where
they beloved and struggled and gored
each other in their fury. The bruised
and bleeding cowboy climbed higher up
the opposite side of the ravine and lis
tened for hours to the struggling cattle
beneath him. He was finally rescued,
and when daylight came number of
the steers, whose legs were broken,
were butchered for beef.
Three-fourths of this herd was lost,
and some of the steers that were recov-
cred were found thirty miles from the
place at which they stampeded.-Atlanta
Constitution.
The Republican., 1889-11-30
THE GREWSOME WAITER.
He Tells Of His Relations With the
Angel Of Death.

The quality of his voice first attracted
my attention, although with it came the
uncomfortable sensation that had been
stolen upon unawares. Some one came
and stood behind my chair, and said: 81
think, sir, you will find seat over
there by the window preferable to
this"
At all times given to be slightly nerv-
GUS, l positively jumped on being thus
spoken to. First, say, because of the
quality of the voice. 1t was heavy and
deep, like one of the bourbon pipes of
an organ, and was of such volume and
vibratory power that it sounded pain
fully in my ears, as though this same
organ-pipe had been leveled at them.
Then, too, there was the suddenness of
might have worn soft slippers, as is the
custom of many walters, but even then
there would been a shuffiing sound as
he moved over the polished wood-foor
of the great dining-room.
turned quickly, and then it was his
appearance that effaced all preceding
sensations. He was unusually tall, of
massive though angular frame, but it
was his face that was the point of at
traction. Upon shoulders of that pecu-
liar breadth and squareness which often
mark the consumptive, was set head
of such disproportionate smallness that
it looked like little apple on big
limb. The face was even small for the
small head, but, as though nature had
been seized with fit of whimsical COM
pensation, the features were grotesquely
large. The eyes, of so pale a blue as to
be almost colorless, occupied such a
wide space that they seemed actually to
intrude upon the root..o the nose, which
jutted forward like an eagles beak. The
mouth was extensive and ragged in out
line, while the ears stuck out like the
handles of an antique vase. Of hair he
had scarcely any, the few remaining
wisps being of the color of well-dried
hay.
l see 1 have used the word ''grotesque"
in attempting to describe the mans ap-
pearance. This is wrong, for should
rather have said appalling; and, as 1
looked at him, found myself wonder
ing how the shrewd manager of the San
Juan Capistrano Hotel could have en-
gagged so repulsive a creature. Before
many days had passed, however. found
that there was good reason for the en-
ployment. His service was about as
near perfect as I ever experienced, and l
found, too, that behind that distressing
mask there lay an intelligence of Pc
culiar high order.
81 am the son of an English clergy
man." he told me, one day. had
spilled the salt, and, as l did so, said:
Dear me, that means bad luck, 1 SUP
pose"
"Never mind, SIR" he said, 'throw a
little over your left shoulder and say
'Abracadabra.'
''Where in the world did you hear
that form of conjuration?" l asked.
I'm the 'Ingoldsby Legends as we'll
as l remember" he answered, and then
came short conversation on reading
for am not of the exclusive order
out of which grew the remark about his
being the son of an English clergyman.
81 know, of course" he said, in that
great below of his, "that there is fine
chestnuty flavor about this statement
still it is strictly true. 1t is also true.
The Republican., 1889-11-30
GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS.

ii"Girls will be girls" says Grandmother Gum
The oldest maxim under the sun;
And May and Jennie and Belle and Kate
Go trooping out at the garden gate;
Trooping out for an hours fun,
Nodding their thanks to Grandmother Gum.
-Four little maidens all in o row,
Hearts as clean as the dear white snow,
Out in the garden at high-spy,
Mother watches them with a sigh;
Saturday eve, and the work undone,"
"Girls will be girls" says Grandmother Gum
-Four little maidens fair-sh, mel
Tired as maidens fair can be;
Mother scolds, in her careful way,
Till four little maidens slip away;
And four little hearts, brimful of fun,
"A refuge seek in Grandmother Gum.
Eight little lips that do not speak,
Tenderly press her faded cheek,
Till grandma sighs, and wipes her eyes,
land four little maidens all surprise,
Lean their arms on grandma's knee,
And argue their case right skillfuly.
l'Ts it wrong, grandma, to fall asleep,
Where the sun and shadows play bopeep!
Is it naughty running the whole day long
Where the brook is singing the coolest songf
Is it naughty having the mostest fun?'' =
She smiles, and they know their case is won.
"Girls will be girls" says Grandmother Gum.
'"Girls will be girls"-hbw the years fit by,
-Four little maids their fortunes try;
Sleighing, boating, never care,
The merriest maidens any where.
Life on the wings Of a Joy bird flies;
Still watchful mother tenderly sighs;
"They think Of nothing at all but funr'
"Girls will be girls" says Grandmother Gum.
"Girls will be girls"-how the glad years go!
-Four little maids their fortunes know.
Each with a lover tall and grand,
The handSomest lover in all the land.
Still mother sighs and shakes her head,
Deaf to every word that's said.
Till shy and trustful, one fair night,
Four little madens, all in white,
Trustfully give both heart and hand
To the handSomest lovers in all the land.
Says mother: "Oh! what have the children
done?''
"Girls will be girls" says Grandmother Gum.
"Girls will be girls"-how the good time flies!
Grandmother Gum meath the daisies lies;
And mother sits in grandma's chair,
With grandma's face and grandma's hair;
And four little mothers shy as nun,
Tenderly mourn dear Grandmother Gum
And four little babies, cooling sweet,
Lie all day long at their grandma's feet;
Sometimes naughty and ready to fret,
Till four little mothers are all upset;
Grandma alone says: cts only fun
Girls will be girls" dear Grandmother Gum.
''Girls will be girls-how the years fit byr'
Each moves on to the mile post nigh;
Living over the dear old days.
Each one stepped into mothers place;
Each one learns as the life-SandS run,
That "Girls will be girls" like Grandmother
Gum.
Will Allen Dromgoole, in Detroit Free Press
The Republican., 1889-11-30
SOME NATIONAL PERILS.

How Even the Simpler Questions of
American Politics are Complicated.
Were the nation homogeneous, were
it composed simply of later generations
of the same stock by which our institu
tions were planted, few adjustments of
the old machinery of our politics would,
perhaps, be necessary to meet the ex-
igencies of growth. But every added ele
mentof variety, particularly every added
element of foreign variety, complicates
even the simpler question of politics.
The dangers attending that variety
which is heterogenity in so vast an
organism as ours are, of course, the
dangers of disintegration-nothing less;
and it is unwise to think these dangers
remote and merely contingent because
they are not as yet pressing. We are
conscious of oneness as nation, of
vitality, of strength, of progress, but
are we often conscious of common
thought in the concrete things of Ma
tional policy? Does not our legislation
wear the features of a vast conglomer-
ate? Are we conscious of any National
leadership? Are we not, rather, dimly
conscious of being pulled in score of
directions by score of crossing influ-
ences and contending forces?
This vast and miscellan eous democracy
! Of ours must be led; its giant ia culties
must be schooled and directed. L eader-
ship can not belong to the multi itude;
masses of men can not be self-dire cted,
neither can groups of communitie s. We
speak of the sovereignty of the people,
but that sovereignty, we know very
we'll, is of peculiar sort; quite unlike
the sovereignty of king or of small
easily concerting group OF confident
men. 1t is judicial, merely, not creative.
1t passes Judgment or gives sanction,
but it can not direct or suggest. 1t fur
nishes standards, not policies. Ques-
tions of government are infinitely COM
plex questions, and no multitude can of
themselves form clear cut, comprehen-
siye, consistent conclus ions, without
touching them. Yet without such
conclusions, without single and prompt
purposes, government can not be
carried on. Neither Legislation nor
administration can be done at the
ballot-box. The people can only ac-
cept the, governing act of representa-
tiyes. But the size of the modern de-
mocracy necessitates the exercise of per-
suasive power by dominant minds in the
shaping of popular judgments in very
different way from that in which it was
exercised in former times.-Woodrow
Wilson, in Atlantic.
The Republican., 1889-11-30
A TENNESSEE PATRIARCH.
He Is Happy and Waiting for His One
Hundred and Fiftieth Grandchild.

He Is Happy and Waiting for His Ono
Hundred and Fiftieth Grandchild.
General Alger told of queer and in
teresting customer whom he met re-
Gently in Tennessee at a place named
after himself, Anderson, and of whom
he had recently bought 10000 acres of
timber land. The old gentleman lived
in a large, white house with big por-
tico in front of it, and there were dotted
around in different fields other small
white houses. General Alger asked him:
''How old are you?" ....a
'Eighty-two." y
"Enjoying good health?"
eyes, very good"
"How many children have you?"
"Nursing the 149th great-grandchild
now. I'll send and get him for you"
"What do you mean to say? One hun
dred and forty-nine?'
Eyes, / had twenty-seven children;
and with children, grandchildren and
great-grandchildren we are nursing the
149th now, and I'll send and get him for
you"
So the old gentleman sent out to one
of the small white houses in the cluster,
and very nice specimen of hearty
baby boy was brought in.
The General asked him where he was
during the war. Right here, and the
boys cleaned me out of every thing ex-
cept SOW and two pigs which we kept
in the cellar right under our parlor floor,
and they were not found. One day one
of the blue-coated Generals came along
and asked me how many cattle had.
None at ALL told him. None at alp
Not one,' says l. But paid for that lie
about two days afterward when those
blue-coats found my herd of cattle and
drove them down here into this place
and began slaughtering them right be-
fore my eyes. interfered and ordered
them to Stop that; you're slaughtering
my cows o, no. said the General; they
are not yours; we have it from your own
lips that you had no COWS at all, and
they went right on and slaughtered the
whole of them. 1 could never get a
voucher for them because had said that
1 didn't have any; so 1 lost the whole
herd."-N. Y. Mail and Express.
The Republican., 1889-11-30

Some men can get along on their
individual merits, but the oarsman must
always be "a man with a pull.
The Republican., 1889-11-30

The man who married his pretty
typewriter operator found that she re-
fused to be dictated to afterward.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-10
FRUSTRATING ANRLoPEMENT.

The timely discovery that q watch had
been stolen from the Richner family, re-
siding on the Ford road near Belmont
avenue, resulted in frustrating plans for
an elopement on Saturday.
Carrie Richner, aged ID years, unknown
to her parents, had made frequent visits
to the Wild West Show, which was ex-
hibiting al the Gentlemen's Driving Park
last week. The girl became infatuated
with a cowboy named John Clark, whose
buekskin trousers and broad brimmed
sombrero pleased the fancy of the roman
tic miss. Last Thursday the girl gave to
Clark a watch which was an heirloom in
the Richner family, and planned to elope
with him on Saturday when the show
departed from the city.
Friday morning Harry Richner, the
girls brother, could not find the watch.
Carrie made several excuses for its disap-
pearance, and finally admitted the truth.
Knowing that her brother threatened to
arrest Clark, the girl climbed from her
bedroom window on Friday night,
secretly fed and warned Clark of his
danger. The cowboy hid the girl in the
woods until an %opportune moment would
afford them a chance to escape.
Clark was arrested on Saturday and
held in $1,000 bail by Magistrate Clarke
to appear for a further hearing next
Wednesday. After a diligent search the
young woman was found in the woods
and taken home.-Phi1adelphia Record.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-10
MADE A

"Can I see you a moment in private p
queried a middle-aged stranger of Officer
Button at the. Third street depot a day OF
two ago.
"You can, sir. What is it 2"
/" 1t is the first time / was ever placed
in this position, and I feel very much en-
barrassed."
Exactly"
"But the truth is I've been robbed and
want to ask you for the loan of a dollar
Where were you robbed?"
"On the train"
"How much ?"
"Just $4,000 in cash"
Was that all you had 2"
Every dollar. If you could now lend
me a dollar l would try and get a fresh
start in the world"
at wouldn't be business" replied
Button, after a little reflection. "You
might accumulate another fortune and
again be robbed of it, and it would be en-
c%ouraging crime"
eyes, that's so. I hadn't taken that
view of it before. Suppose you we me
a quarter. 1 will give you my word not
to attempt to get a fresh start on that and
expose anyone to temptation. l see how
very wrong it would be, and I'm determ-
ined never to accumulate another for
tune"
On his solemn promise to this effect,
Button compromised with him for ten
cents.-DetrOit Free Press.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-10

sistent member of st. Francis N. e,
Church for four years; he was also a
faithful member of the Farmers Alliance.
He has left . fond and loving wife to
mourn his loss. He was aman of limited
circumstances and Of educational advan-
tages, but he was kind in his dealings,
loving in conversation and beloved by
those who knew him. But alasl he is
gone. We mourn the death of our
brother, but not like those who have no
hope, for while his body rests in the silent
grave, we have q reasonable hope that his
spirit is in the beautiful home of the soul,
where sickness and sorrow, pain and
death are felt and feared no more. And
now we most earnestly and devoutly pray
the divine blessing of Almighty God upon
this dispensation of His providence to
the good of his family and friendf, whom
he has left to mourn his loss.
J.. r. BAzEMoRE,
I. III. Evans,
NJ. L. WooD,
Committee.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-10
SOUP STOCK.

A paymaster in the United States navy
gives the following account of the red
tape that must be unwound in order to
buy an article needed for use on board a
man-of-war. Supposing that a paper of
tacks is wanted on board a United States
ship on a foreign station, the following is
the routine actually required under gen
eral order No. 48: Four acquisitions are
made out which are signed as follows
Officer making the requisition, four times;
captain, eight; paymaster, eight, and adj
mlral, four. Bids are sent out to five
merchants which are signed by pay
officer five times; merchant bidding, Eve;
acceptance of bid, paymaster, one. Bills
are then made out in quintuplicate and
are signed by the captain FIVE times; paw
master, ten senior officer of the board of
inspection, five, and person receiving the
money, FIVE. A report is attached B. the
senlor officer of the board of survey in
duplicate, two signatures, and the officer
who has made the requisition SIGNS . "a
celpt on the bill five times. when i i
complete, with sixty-two signatures. This
Is called simplifcation of methods and
protecting the government by a so-caiIed
system OF checks and balances.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-10

SOUTH WASHINGTON ALLIANCE, No. 848,
Fender Co., n. G.
WHEREAS, The Suprememe Ruler, in
His infinite wisdom, has seen fit to re-
move from our midst our beloved brother,
Stephen G. Fillyaw, President of this
Alliance, aged fifty years. His death oc-
cured at his residence, in Fender county,
Aug. 1st, 1886.
RESOLVED, That we bow in humble sub
mission to the will of our Heavenly
Father, who never errs.
Resolved, That in the death of our
brother, this Alliance has lost one of its
best members and the community a good
|neighbor. He was a consistent member
and deacon of the Presbyterian Church.
RESOLVED, That we tender our warmest
sympathies to the bereaved family, and
commend them to the guidance of Him
who rules above.
Resolved, That we wear the usual badge
of mourning for thirty days; that a copy
of these resolutions be spread upon our
minutes. n copy be sent to THE Pro
GREssIyE FARMER, N to the Burgaw
Herald for publication, and one to the
family bereaved.
ISAIAH CARROLL,
@. w. WooDcocK,
THoMAs J.. LEE,
Committee.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-10
THE BIBLE IN L~ITERATURE.

From the Rev. Van Dykes article in
the Century, on 'The Bible in Tennyson,' y
we quote the following: 1T is safe to
say that there is no other book which has
had so great an influence upon the litera-
ture of the world as the Bible. And it is
almost as safe-at least with no greater
danger than that of starting an instruc-
tive discussion-to say that there is no
other literature which has felt this infu-
ence so deeply or shown it so clearly as
the English.
"The cause of this latter fact is not far
to seek. 1t may be, as a discontinued
French critic suggests, that it is partly due
to the Unborn and incorrigible tendency
of the Anglo Saxon mind to drag re-
ligion and morality into everything. But
certainly this tendency would never have
taken such a distinctly biblical form had
it not been for the beauty and vigor of
our common English version of the Scrip
lures. These qualities were felt by the
people even before they were praised by
the critics. Apart from all religious pre-
possessions, men and women and children
were fascinated by the native power and
grace of the book. The English Bible
was popular, in the broadcast sense, long
before 1t was recognized as OF our
noblest classics. It has colored the talk
of the household and the street, as well
as nodded the language of scholars. It
has been something more than 81 web of
English indebted" it has become a part
of the spiritual atmosphere. We hear the
echoes of its speech everywhere, and the
music of its familiar phrases haunts all
the fields and groves of our fine literature.
cit is not only to the theologians and
sermon makers that we look for biblical
illusions and quotations. We often find
the very best and most vivid of them in
writer's professedly secular. Poets like
Shakespeare, Milton, and Wordsworth
novelists like Scott, and romancer like
Hawthorne; essayists like Bacon, Steel,
and Addison critics Of life, unsystematic
philosophers, like Carlyle and Ruskin-
all draw upon the Bible as a treasury of
Illustrations, aud use it as a book equally
familiar to themselves and to their read
ers. It is impossible to put too high .
value upon such a universal volume, even
as 9 purely literary possession"
Wash out common oil stains in cold
-~A&