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OPELoUsAs SATURDAY FEBRUARY 3,

sake of showing my honor for his mem.
cry I am going to practice law, keep
sober, and replace theSmoney which
have squandered."
There is hope for him, because he has
kept his word for eight months, and
was recently married to an estimabIe
woman who will help him keep that
VOW. Fortunately for him, his talents
are still bright, and he may be heard
from in the future.
The temperance workers of this coun-
try do not know how men live in the
national capital, or they would make a
demand for reform which is greatly
needed. They should compel their rep
resentatiyes to Danish from the house
and senate restaurants the poisoned
cup. Wines, beer, ale, whisky and.
other intoxicating drinks should not be
sold in those places. Senators and rep.
resentatiyes ought to be able to spend
the four or five hours of their daily ses-
sions without stinulantss4of that char
acter. Moreover, the pages and other
employees ought not to have open ac-
cess to alcoholic poison while they are
on duty in the capitol building.
There is a congressional temperance
society, but it doesn't amount to much.
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foat; and the original pattern, from
which all have since been made, must
have been designed in the dim remote
past, nearer to the times of that an
cient shipbuilder than to the present.
These tubs" can sail with the wind,
if they have plenty of it, and not too
much. # the wind is high, or contrary,
they must put in to some sheltered
nook and wait for favorable weather,
which may take day or month, or
even longer. 1t is not to be maryeled at,
then, that there are no passenger junks
running from Hinghua by the sea to
the provincial capital, Foochow, only
20 miles north. 1t takes 4s hours to
travel ii by land, taking the ferry the
second night, but that is much faster
than these boats are likely to make it.
A small steamer would make the trip
in one night; but the government has
persistently refused to allow foreign
quilt vessels to run.
Then these junks are the prey of
pirates that infest this coast. They
have their haunts on the islands and
inlets of this rough coast. In little
boats, that can be propelled by rowing,
they swarm out upon some large junk
thatis becalmed They throw fre-balls,
they are armed with mnzzle-loading
shotguns and knives and spears The
crewis slaughtered, ,orsurrenders and is
bound, all the cargo taken, and the boat
set adrift. This is often done in broad
daylight. The local magistrate gets his
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TINE NOT VALUABLE.
Chinese Do Not Seem to Care Much
for Rapid Transit.
They Travel Contentedly in Junks
Making Two or Three Miles
per Hour--ssSamboats Few
and Far Between.
Especial Hinghua (china) letter.

Especial Hinghua (China) Letter.l
The statesmen of the powers are
planning the opening of China to the
commerce of the world. The news
papers are discussing it. The Chi
nese people are expecting it, and the
mandarins dreading it. But not many
people in America have any adequate
idea of what such an opening will in
volve, either to the outside world or to
the middle kingdom itself. How much
China is shut off from communication
with the rest of the world can only be
realized by knowing her means and
methods of transportation. The na-
tive methods, which are the only kind
that have been permitted in the in
terror, beyond the treaty ports" and
few exceptions in north China, are
about as crude and laborious as hui
man stupidity could devise. The
cheapest is, of course, transportation
by water.
But hitherto all this has been done in
boats or junks of the rudest pattern,
propelled by rowing, towing or sailing.
On what are known as native waters, .
being all the sea-coast, rivers and can
ais not opened to foreign commerce by
special treaty with the powers, steam
vessels, both small and large, have
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into strategic trap from which they
extricated themselves only after most
stubborn resistance and terrible loss.
The bravery aud courage of the Brit
ish privates and subalterns cannot be
praised too highly. Their valor was
magnificent, but, like the gallant
charge at Balaklava, it was not war.
Hundreds of noble lives were Wantonly
sacrifices TO the shortsightendness of
commanders who failed to take even or
dinary precautions against ambuscades
and who conducted their campaigns
along the lines Of semi-savage warfare.
One after the other of the British gem
eralsfrom White down to Methuen,
Gatacre and Buller-had to learn that
there is vast difference between fight
ing Indian mountaineers and savage
Arabs and standing up against a foe
who knows how to handle rapid fire
guns and is an adept at skill and trick
cry. The world now knows that these
generals have already sacrificed 5000
men in killed, wouaded and captives to
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share of the plunder, and tnS pirates
are not molested. Occasionally the pro-
vincial government makes show of
putting a stop to it, by sending an Off
cial, with soldiers, to the chief GEN.
ter of piracy. But due notice is served
when he is coming, and by the time he
arrives the leaders are conspicuous for
their absence. The less guilty or in
nocent people of the neighborhood are
caught and beaten, or squeezed" the
official and his train GO back enriched,
and piracy is soon worse than ever. This
makes transportation by sea very haz-
ardous.
All these impediments to traffic
would be disposed of at once. by the
opening of these ports. to steamers;
and the advantages following would
be very great. The pirates would then
have to quit their robbery. They could
not overhaul a steamboat.
River navigation in China is carried
on with great industry, if not skill.
Not only do they use the larger streams,
but the small ones, full of shallow rap
most carried by sheer muscle, are used
for freight transportation and passen-
gers. These boats for shallow streams
are made with round bottoms and ends,
20 to 80 feet long. and are pushed by
poles. carried and dragged up the
streams, and float down.
1t is life of miserable brute labor
that these poor boatmen live. A harder
lot can scarcely beimagined. Yet etthese
little streams must be used until roads
are built for carts and trains. AS long as
the only competition is the shoulders of
men, even this laborious use of nayiga-
ton is the cheapest to be had.
Canals are more numerous in China
than in any other country in the world,
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THE WAR In AFRICA.
British Campaign Has Been a Sue
cession Of Blunders.
EngIishmen Have Noble Faith In
Their New Commander, Lord
Roberts and Gen. Kitchen
er, His Chief of stafY.
[speeial correspondenee.l ]


As was foreshadowed in these col
amns several weeks ago, the govern
ment of Great Britain has been
forced, by recent events in South
Africa, to mobilize its entire reserve
and to call upon the volunteer corps of
the United Kingdom for service away
from home. Had anyone suggested
two months ago that such desperate
steps would be necessary to hold the
farmers of the two little Boer republics
in check he would have been written
down visionary or fool.
Surface observers forgot that the
Beers did not engage in this unfor-
tunate war for purposes of conquest,
but, as they firmly and honestly believe,
for the defense of their homes and their
liberty. A brave people actuated by
such motives-even though they may
be exag xaggerated-becomes an enemy not
to be despised in any circumstances.
And when such patriotism is supple
mented by rare bravery, warlike skill
and complete military equipment it is
q match for any power, no matter how
great, rich and powerful.
The British reverses at Ladysmith,
Btormberg, on the Modder river and at
Tugela ferry were not accidents. It
may be true, as some British authorities
assert. that they were due to the inef-
fectiyeness Of British artillery; but
even admitting this rather lame ex-
cuse each of the engagements men
toned proved the Boer leaders to be
more efficient generals than their Euro
pean antagonists. In every instance
the British troops walked deliberately
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DRINK RUINS MANY.
Statesmen Who Sacrifice Fame to
Their Appetite for Liquor.
Very Few of the Slaves of Alcohol
Ever Amount to Much-A Pecul-
iarIy Sad Phase of Life in
Washington.
Especial washington I4etter.l

lSpeClal washington I4eLteH'I
They who have talents and waste
them deserve reprobation, as we are
Informed not only in the Bible, but as
q result of our practical experience
with the world.
How many of us have seen brilliant
talents prostituted by men for selfish
pleasures. In every village or town
or city there is to-day living some
man of whom his fellow citizens say:
'sHe might be leader of men, but he
drinks
When Billy Mason, of Chicago, was
In congress, ten years ago, people
predicted fame for him; but at last
they said that he would never amount
to anything, because he was a hard
drinker. When he finally left con-
gress even those who admired him
said that he would never be heard
of again, because of his unfortunate
habit. But Billy Mason managed to
conquer OF control that habit. As the
few years passed away, and Mason
was forgotten here, as statesmen are
all forgotten when they leave the cap
ita1, the rotund little man was tak-
ing care of himself and preparing for
rehabilitation as statesman. Peo-
pie here were surprised when they
heard that Mason was candidate for
the senate. They were still more sur
prised when they heard that he had
been elected. They remembered him
as of yore. They did not know that
he had conquered the habit which
dwarfed his abilities. He had not for
ever buried the talents which had
been given to him.
There is no better place in this land
than right here where the best prod
ucts of our citizenship annually con-
gregate. Newspaper writer's VINO
grow old and bald, and sometimes
stale, somehow acquire a pessimistic
view of the American people, when
they realize that the best men of the
congressional districts are sent here;
and yet these best men are so far
from being worthy men. So many Of
them lack the fundamental principle
of good citizenship, love of family
and home. So many of them bury
their best talents and cover them
with selfshness. So many of them
seek the evanescent pleasures of the
passing days.
There came to Washington man
from Iowa, a brilliant orator, man
who had won renoWn as a soldier, a
man who had done deeds of valor in
the civil war which still stand forth
in the memory of his friends. But he
became an habitual drunkard. Tai
ents he had in wonderful measure,
but he was licentious; insanely so.
Finally, after he had become unfit
to hold any Office, the writer saw him
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in rags, sitting before the door Of
Senator Allison, begging an inter
view. He was then half intoxicated.
Ordinarily, no senator would have
given such a creature thought. But
Senator Allison came to the door,
took the wreck by the hand, led him
to a chair and asked him what he
desired. His reply was: u want
ticket to my old home. want trans
portatfon over the railroad. / want
to be buried by friends and neighbors
who used to love me. ! don't want to
die here and be buried III potter's
field"
He was given lodging place, a
good supper, and on the following day
he was placed upon an express tram,
bound for; Iowa. He also had money
in his pocket to buy food on the way.
He reached his old home, and died.
He was buried with military honors.
That man possessed talents which
should have ghone as the stars, but
he died drunkard.
There was congressman here from
Indiana who served seven terms; IA
years in all. During the last three
years he was never sober. He was
an orator of renown in his state, and
his public speeches in the congress
were models of excellence. When his
career was drawing to close, he se-
cured employment for three daugh-
ters in the government departments;
and then he died, a drunkard. His
three daughters are still in office here,
growing old and gray. Their fathers
weakness made them shun society,
and hence they never married.
There came to congress a young man
from Pennsylvania, only a few years
ago. He served only one term. At its
conclusion he said TO the narrator: Il
spent $4,000 in securing my election. /
have. spent $4,000 In riotous living dur
ing the past two years. Now am GO I
ing back 20 private life. Ny father was
a frugal Pennsylvania Dutch farmer
and he left me good fortune. Tbala#
Is considerable of it left yet.
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SIX SMITHS IN CONGRESS.
Other Names That Are Duplicated ON
the Roll of the House of Rep
resentatives.

There are six Smiths in the house of
,representatives-three from Michigan
and one each from Kentucky Maryland
and Illinois. There are three Wilson's
one each from Idaho, New York and
South Carolina. Two members of the
Williams family come from Illinois and
one from Mississippi, and they are all
democrats. There is a Wheeler from
Alabama and one from Kentucky; one
Thomas from North Carolina and an
other from Iowa; three Aliens, frc
Maine. Kentucky and Mississippi; two
Baileys, from Texas and Kansas; two
Clarks, from Missouri and New Hamp-
shire; two Claytons, from New York
and Alabama, and they are brothers;
two Cochrans, from Missouri and New
York; two Coopers, from Wisconsin and
Texas; a Crurnp and Crumpacker;
two Dayenports, both from Pennsylva-
mia: a Fitzgerald from Massachusetts,
and another from New York; a Gardi-
ner from New Jersey and from Michi-
gan; Green from Pennsylvania and
another from Massachusetts. There are
three Henrys-Patrick Henry, from
Mississippi; Robert T., from Texas, and
z. Stevens from Connecticut. The
Jones family has two representatives
from Virginia and Washington. There
is Little and Littlefield, a Meyers
from Louisiana and Meters from Indi-
ana; one Moody from Oregon and an
other from Massachusetts,; one Norton
from South Carolina. and another from
Ohio: Rhea from kentucky and from
Virginia; Robb from Missouri and
Robbins from Alabama. There is Rob-
erts from Massachusetts,, as well as
from Utah; a Robinson from Maine and
Nebraska; Ryan from Pennsylvania
and from New York; Stevens from
Texas who spells his name with a .'ph,"
and one from Minnesota who spells it
with q ''v.s There are three Stewards
from Wisconsin, New Jersey and New
York-which indicates the poverty of
our nomenclature.
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queror of the Soudan, was instructed to
join Lord Roberts as chief of staff.


Whether Roberts, who is one of the
bravest men in the British service.
will succeed in invading and subju-
eating the Boer republics remains TO
be seen. Butler is as brave man as
ever rode a horse; yet he made mis-
cradle failure, principally because he
had never had an opportunity to fight
progressive, civilized foe. Roberts
is in the same position. All his VIC
tories were won in the orient, the
most notable being the battle Of
Kandahar, in 1880. He was at that
time commander of the British forces
in Afghanistan. In July he received
news of the defeat of Gen. Burrow
by the redoubtable Ayoub Khan.
Roberts at once marched to the re-
lief of Kandahar and in campaign
of three weeks wiped out the rebel
lious Afghan army. On his return to
England he was the lion of the day.
He was presented with the freedom
of the city of London, thanked by
parliament and made baron of Kan
dahar and Waterford. Later he
served lnt Natal and the IranSVaal ana
commanded the troops in the Madras
presidency from 1881 to 1885, when
he was elevated to the chief command
of all the forces in India-in which
post he was succeeded by Gen. White,
who is now bottled up at Ladysmith.
Lord Roberts, familiarly known to the
rank and file as "Bobs," is 6s years
OF age. He was born at Cawnpore,
India, educated at Eton and Sand
hurst, and entered the army at 10,
going to Bengal. He served with dis
tinetion through number of cam.
paigns in Africa and India before
achieving his great fame at Kanda-
har, and during the Sepoy mutiny
earned the Victoria cross for saving
a number of men. Since 1895 he has
been in command in Ireland, post
next in Importance to that of COM
mander in chief His opponents
they are not a feW express grave
doubts as to his ability to conduct q
brilliant campaign IN South Africa,
and assert that his total inexperience
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Life Is n Race.

Lie rs u hace.
Life Is race: the goal is round the bend,
Blest he whose legs hold out unto ths end
Chicago Record.
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with civilized fighting methods will
lead to repetition of reverses.
Gen. Lord Kitchener, Field Marshal
Roberts chief Of staff, was made
baron of Khartoum in 1898 as re-
ward for his services in Soudan where,
as sirdar of the Egyptian troops, he
destroyed the power of Mahdism and
its attendant evils. Gen.. Kitchener,
who is now 40 years of age, entered
the army as lieutenant in 1571. Three
years later he joined the survey OF
western Palestine under CAPT. Conder.
In 1877 he was placed in sole COM
mand of the party which executed the
survey of Galilee. When the island OF
Cyprus was placed under British pro-
lection he was sent there to organize
the land courts, later serving as vice
consul at Erzeroum. In 1852 he vols
unteered for the Egyptian army, then
being organized by Gen. Sir Evelyn
Wood. The first expedition for the
relief of Khartoum saw Maj. Kitch-
ener in the post Of danger at Debbeh,
where he attempted in vain to main-
tain communication with Gen. Gor-
don. After the catastrophe Of Khar-
toum,. which led to Gordon's death,
Kitchener returned to England, was
promoted to the rank of lieutenant
colonel and made temporary commits
sioner at Zanzibar, in 1885. IN the
following year he was appointed gov
ernor general of the Red Sea littoral
and commandant at Suakiln. He ad-
vised the successful operations
against the dervishes in 1888, and was
made c. b. for the gallant action al
Toski in 1889. IN 1890 he was made
sirdar of the Egyptian army, in which
capacity he achieved his greatest til.
umphs and victories.
BY the end of January these twa
commanders will have at their dis.
posal a force of 10000 1nen--.he flow.
.er of the British army. Opposed to-
them will be about 40, 900 Eoers. com
maaded by Gems. Joubert, Cronje and
Schalkburger, all of them men with
out technical training, but familiar
with every foot of ground, with ever1s.
hill and every farm house loc
within the radius of military
tions.
AT the beginning e. y |R|
supposed that thead ~ e s 8
without effectiaA ~ Z = +
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s ~ z - e z
become convinced of a fact which has
been patent for years to every war office
on the continent Of Europe, but which
was denied and even ridiculed by every
British commander from Wolseley
down to the lowest general officer in
the pay Of the British croWn-the fact
that the Beers were fully prepared for
the struggle.
Mistakes in military operations are,
and always have been. looked upon as
crimes unless, perchance, accident CON
verted defeat into victory. Gen. Bul<
1er, whose arrival at Cape Town -
months ago was hailed wit IN : Il
uiar acclaim, met the G. ~.
idol is shattered. e =
ferry, near Cor
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-09
FRENCH-CANADIANS.
A Religious Newspaper Offers Adj
vice Regarding the PerpetuatiOn
of Their Racial and Religious
Characteristics

| Cnar0cter1StlcS.
NEW YORK, January S.-A special to
| the Times from Washington says:
Lift up your eyes, French-Canadians
| for the day of your redemption is at
| hand"
| Thus La Semaine Religiuse the organ
of the Roman Catholic Hierarchy in the
province of Quebec, which is published at
| the franciscan monastery in Quebec, and
| under the authorization and supervision
| of His Grace Archbishop Begin, opens a
| long article in this weeks issue on
| ''Anglomania in Canada Continuing
La Semaine Religiuse says:
you, French-Canadians), beaten and
| conquered by England, ever hated and OPP
pressed by the race which is your enemy
! whose children are forced to speak the
| language~of their oppressors in the schools
of the United States and Manitoba, you
shall at last see the star of your liberty
rise for you and your rights respected by
| those who have so long violated them"
| The developments of the war in South
Africa leads La Semaine Religiuse to
speak in this strain of what it refers to as
the approaching emancipation of the
| French anadfans The article is exceed
| ingly interesting as expressing the senti-
| gard;ng the loyalty of French Canadians
| to Great Britain.
| The attitude of the church in Canada
| toward the possible annexation of this
country to the United States is also set
| forth with considerable emphasis. After
| speaking of what it calls the rabid hostil-
| ity of the English Pro1estauts in Canada
| to the French Canadians, the article con-
Sit
much more critical for the French Cana
dian race if the Anglo Maniacs of On
tario and of Canada, instead of being little
| sympathetic with the Yankees and their
! republic as they are just at present should
become reconciled with them and under
take to bring about the annexation of
| Canada to the United States. Such a
| reconciliation is quite possible for the
hatred of the Catholic religion and the
French-Canadian race is profound among
a great number OF English Protestants in
| the country; it may easily lead them to
forget the secondary differences which
divide them and unite them in a firm alli-
ance against the religion and the race
which they hate.
'"Onee, annexed to the United States,
| Canada would become rapidly and wholly
| English
"Engulfed in the turbulent sea of Ameri-
can life, swallowed up in the mire Of the
national schools, immersed in the great
swirl of Yankee business could we long
retain our French-Canadian traits and
| characteristics? What indeed would there
be left of US at the end of fifty years or
SO? Would not ours be the fate which
was that of our former compatriots of
New Orleans? We believe that if Canada
became a part of the United States, an
other century would see us without a
trace of the spirit. the language or the
customs of our fathers"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-09

excite feeling At home against the Eli
ipinos and their cause in general. For
10. and beholdi lieutenant Gilmore,
who is plainly rank traitor, has
nothing but the warmest of praises for
Aguinaldo. Although some of Aguinal-
dos understrappers treated the party
with inhumanity, the Lieutenant CRATE
fully admits that Aguinaldo, who pre-
vented their execution. treated them
only with kindness.
The just as well as brave Lieutenant
even goes further in his rank "treach-
cry" to Emperor-President Mckinley
and Otis and declares that the war is
not only not over. as Otis says, but
never will be over so long as there re-
mains a Filipino to fight for liberty.
Evidently Lieutenant Gillmore's
rough treatment at the hands of some
of the Filipinos has not blunted his
judgment or his sense of justice. His
outspokenness, however, and especially
his open praise of Aguinaldo, is calcu-
lated to render him persona non grata
at Washington, if it does not involve
him in direct charges of lese majestic.