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, 1900-09-11
~Germany's Scheme.

Ni1l'AANilNo S'IA'ltl1
Der s insist that the great display of
force there must be due to political
causes. They contend that the atti-
tude of the Chinese is peaceabIe and
does not call for the taking of extra
ordinary measures. They say that
there have already been landed $500
Indian, 500 French and 45O German
troops, in addition to 500 volunteers
and 1000 naval men, who are avaiIS
BILE. There are nineteen foreign war
ships at Shanghai, including the Uni
ted States gunboat Princeton, and
fourteen at Woo Sung, including the
United States cruiser New Orleans.
Today comes the news that the ia
panese representative at Shanghai
has informed his colleagues that ia
pan is sending troops to participate in
the occupation of Shanghai. Pending
their arrival, it is added. coo japanese
sailors will be landed.
Treasures in the Palace.
A dispatch from Picking says that
after the allied troops traversed the
palace. August IS, the foreign minis
tiers and generals returned and visited
the audience halls, where they found
six %mandarins, including officials of
the tsung Ii yamen. The royal apart
ments and the rooms set apart for
women We're not entered. Magnificent
valuable vases were encountered ev-
erywhere. The empcror's throne, sit
uated in a small building. is surround
ed by ~pedestals, on which are baskets
containing written wishes to be open
ed after his death.
Earl Ii on Top.
Washington, Sept. 10.-The Chinese
minister has received an imperial cdict
comforting on Lii Hung Chang cXtraor-
binary power for the complete settle
ment of the Chinese trouble. 1t gives
him authority to make any terms ac-
cording to his own discretion without
referring them to the emperor.
This is unusual authority and it is
claimed at the Chinese legation gives
Ii Hung Chang credentials adequate
to meet all the objections heretofore
raised as to his power to negotiate for
peace. The edict is dated two weeks
ago but is just forwarded from Ii
Hung Chang. Minister WI delivered it
to the state department this morning.
To Open Negotiations.
London. Sept. 10.-The Chinese min
lister in London, Sir Chin Chen Lon
Luh, it is understood. has received Gre
dentials authorizing the opening of
peace negotiations. 1t is intimated
that similar powers have been confer
red on the Chinese ministers at other
capitals, and that their credentials are
such as will satisfy the American and
European governments.
, 1900-09-11

LARAMIE HIVE NO 4, L. o. T. M.
Meets second and fourth Fridays Of
each month in I. O. o. F. hall.
Emma L Prickett, Lady Com.
Helen Kidd, Record Keeper.
, 1900-09-11

WYOMING CIRCLE NO. 2s1, WO-
MEN OF WOODCRAFT. Meets first
and third Friday evenings In I. o. o.
F. Hall. Elizabeth Graham, W. G.
Janet Crawford, Clerk.
, 1900-09-11

1t isn't the bodily sickness that hurts a
man. He could stand that fairly we'll if his
mind were easy. But Americans are busy.
They have work I" do -p}Ine to make
schemes TO execute. Th,var "plung-
ers." They line up their incomes as soon
as they receive them OF Tr-lnVcSt mem
with the idea of increase. They cannot
afford to be sick. Sickness is a calamity
, 1900-09-11

CUSTER CORPS NO. 20, W. II. c.
first and third Monday evenings
IN G. A. r hall.
Mrs. Lizzie Reals, Pres.
Mrs. Olivia Peale, Secretary.
, 1900-09-11

PILOT CAMP NO. At, WOODMEN
OF THE WORLD. Meets first and third
Friday evenings. in L. o. o. F. hall.
]. W. Crawford, C. c.
c. L Rauner, Clerk
, 1900-09-11

Old papers csc per hundred at The
Republican office.
, 1900-09-11

CUSTER POST NO. /, G. A. r
Meets second and fourth Monday even
ings in G. A. r hall.
E. +. Gaskell, p. C.
J. A. Cokefair, Adjt.
, 1900-09-11

BLACK HILLS LOD6E NO. sc, B. OF
L. F. Meets every Friday At 2 .. IN. In
G a. r. hall. X. Z. Haskell, Master.
u. J. Harnish, Secretary.
, 1900-09-11

LARAMIE TENT NO. Z, X. G. T. N.
Meets every Tuesday evening in L. o. o.
+. hall. C.. B. Ridgaway. Com.
|. r. Swigart. K. K.
, 1900-09-11

HISCOrlcaI UeparLmenJ"
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Hnffaioes In Ansfrailg.

Bunaloes and elephants are by ne means approaching extinction as rap- idly as is commonly supposed. I'm mense herds of buTaloes roam about the vast northern plains of Australia, but bloodthirsty blacks are also numerous in that region, and buffaio-hunterS carry their lives in their hands. Also. according to the latest number of the British North Borneo Herald, large Dumbers of elephants occupy the jun gles to the south of Sandakan bay. It is suggested that they could be turned into a valuable asset for the colony if decoy animals were imported from India and the natives were taught how to construct "kedahs,' or trapping en- closures.
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 HliI 3u.t for Fun.
 It seems strange to think that any full grown, four-footed animal should indulge in pay like child, and yet this is what the otter does. His amusement is tobagganing, and his playground is a slope, covered with ice or snow that goes down grade into pool of water. No little boy, with a new sled, ever enjoyed coast down an ice-bound hill more than this beau- tiful creature from the frozen T 'sh. The otter is quite large, sometimes weighing as much as 25 pounds. He resembles the seal and the mink, be- ing, however, Of heavier build, and is both supple and strong. Living for the most part in water, he preys on ftsh, which his swimming and diving ability enables him to catch easily. The entrance to his home, which is a burroW in the bank of a stream, is Snder the water. In the early spring when the ice begins to thaw, these animals start on their travels from one stream to another, sometimes spend- ing months on the journey. If they happen to see an inviting hill by thf "ayside they immediately stop their pilgrimage and prepare for some sport. One of the number leaves the water nd~slowly climbs the slope, making a smooth hollow in the ice with his wet body When the slide is pre- pared, he lies fiat on his belly, thrusts his nose forward, and turning his fore paws under his soft sides, goes sail- ing swiftly down. His speed steadily increases until he reaches the water. silently he parts the surface and is lost from sight for a few seconds; then his head appears above the surface and you can hear him give call which sounds like whistle. This is a sig nal. The next otter assumes the posi- non and shoots down to the bottom to join his companion, who has mean. while crawled out on the ice. Then another whistle and the next in ordes slides and plunges3 and the perform ance is kept up until each one has seTe@al trips to his credit.-Exchange
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Spanish schoos system.

eri7ate houses are now rented under the Spanish school system, which pro- vided that the teachers, with their families, should live in such houses, the rent being part payment for their services. They also collected fees from children whose parents could pay. The balance of their compensation was of ten much il arrears, and many of the teachers have not been paid for their work for the past two and one-half years prior to American occupation. No one is allowed to live in the school houses now. The salaries range from s50 to $75 per month. according to the eize of the municipality. The principalk receive S10 extra per month. No eer- tificates are required of the teachers this year, but will be after Aug. 1. The teachers are appointed by the local boards of education, which in turn are appointed by the mayors.
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Why A,ner,cans Win.

One of the many reasons why Amer ican manufacturers are so successful competing in foreign markets is to be found in the following episode, which secured recently; An American man. ufacturer of steam specialties vas vis~ ting an English firm which made sim liar goods. A certain article which both firms made was under discussion. What is your price on this th1ng?" asked the American. Well, in your mon ", about sf9," replied the Eng ashman. What does 1t cost you?'' I'll deliver at your door all you want at ST apiece" said the American How ln the world do you do it?" sWeh. I'll illustrate" answered the American. Look out of that window and across the street. See that man painting a sign?" "Yes" He's or 8 ladder. isn't he?" "Yes. !" See that other man sitting On the sidewalk holding the foot of the Iadder?" "Yes.'' Now, in America we have ladders that stand up by themselves-don't need man to hole 'em. So, you ses, In this instance, we divide your cost of labor exactl4, by two" q see," re- marked tlss Englishman.- Electrical Review
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An nsernational compricatlon.

From Pagny-sur-Moselle comes news of an international complication which was happily resolved without the spilling of blood. When the train which was bound for Metz drew into the station whence it should pass into German control, it was found that one of the carriages contained, conspicu, ously pasted, earicature of the Kaiser. painted with an insulting le- gend. The German guard refused to have anything to do with such train. Now you cannot find train, and to immure it in fortress is poor satis- faction. But you can cut off it's en- gine. And that the German guard threatened to do if the insult were not wiped out. It was wiped out, not by blood, but by hot water applied by a age-cIeaner
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sAYLocK IN JAPANESE.
1..anges in the Text of shakespea'e's
 Great Play.

Great 1lays
 Two tragedies were given by t1ie ge-anese players at the Boston theater recently, and the author of both-Kae wakami-played the leading part in each. Japanese playwrights are cer- tainly versatile, and when the amount of physical labor involved in these tra- gedies is considered, they cannot be said to be afraid of hard work, says the Boston Herald. The Japanese idea or "The Merchant of Venice,' which the author attempts to show in "Sairoku'' and in which he plays the name part, proved hardly as entertaining as might be expected. It might be called wear1- some in places, owing to the rrotracted dialogue and insufficient pantomime to clearly indicate what the people were talking about. The main features oi the play are copied, with some changes Thus the Jewish miser becomes a Ja- panese ndiserly fisherman, the pound of flesh is three square inches, to be cut off nearest the heart of the lover or { ] miser's daughter, who has borrow e 5000 rio under the pledge of flesh f 'feiture; and an older daughter is ( Portia who becomes the judge and [ tes the lovers life. The play ends l.~ppily in the repentance of Siroku though not before the tragic element is deyolyed in the suicide of the young. sr daughter. The shorter play that opened the bill ard is called Scarlet Snow" is based on events following the visit of Commodore Perry in Japan in 1858, and the tragic fate of Minister Tairo Ramon in consequence of his signing a treaty in opposition to the wishes of the exclusion party. The hand-to-hand fighting that comprises almost the entire second act and that reddens the deep snow with blood gives the name to the play, and is g study of muscular realism on the stage The play is -tven entirely by the men. but in "Siroku' two ladies of the com pany, Sada Yaeco and Mikami, give de. lightful performances as the tive daughters.
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 Terrifying. lrdean.

An authority upon chemistry was featuring before well-known woms ans club and illustrating his remarks with experiments. All went well until Ee paused moment and then said: Vim very sorry, but I must ask any ot the ladies who use face powder con- taining bismuth to leave the room dur ing this experiment as the gases am about to set free have peculiar affin- ity for bismuth and turn it purple.3 Whereupon the entire audience save three courageous sisters rose and lied from the room n5--St. Paul Globe.
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THE WORN. TURNED.
Story of Man Who Cultivated a Nloe
 Disposition.

Story Of a Man Who Cultivated NIc9
 Disposition.
 Do you see that woman going out?" said the man in tie dry goods house whose business k IS to make things ''asi right" with dissatisfied customers "Ehe's only one of 'eIn. I have a score GIT more every day. She's kicking about g dress. We've altered it twie, and she still thinks it doesn't quite l4t her in the back. It's hard job to look pleasant and be perennially agreeable, and I never knew but one man whe could do it. He was the complaint man in a big store-a friend of mine and he held the place for twenty years. He never failed to say the right thing and was the most perfect jolly that ever was. He knew how to com bliment woman as to form and con- plexion in way that never was equal- ed. His smile was the envy Of all the salesmeD in the place. It had a win- ming sweetness about it that was sim- ply irresistible and never failed to van quish the most desperate kicker. One day an uncle of my friend died and left him S40,0 ,000 few moments after the Eaws reached my friend an old pa- tron of the store came ina woman who for years had been noted as 8 kicker, but whom 1t had boen my friends duty and pleasure to make sat- ssfied with her purchases. She had a bonnet in her hand and was kicking about the shape. the trimmings and everything in a way that was calcu- lated to carry terror to the stoutest heart. .So, said my friend. you don't like this bonnet. You don't like any thing about it. Well, don't blame you. It don't suit you in any way, and 1t can't be made to suit you. Of course 1t can't. And there's no bonnet on earth that can be made to suit such 3 pig-faced. disagreeable woman as you are, anyway He had repressed his natural feeling for twenty years, but the worm that had been trodden upon through two decades turned at last. EIe then put on his hat. and the place that had known him so long knew him no more forever. ."--Ex.
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WHY WOMEN WORRY MOST.
Have Mors Leisure Time Than Men and
 Naturally Think Over Things.

Have MorS Leisure Time Than nIen and
 Naturally Think Over Things.
 From time immemorial women have beer told-by women, as we'll as mel, though naturally more often by the latter-that worry digs wrinkles in their faces and sprinkles gray among their tresses. These warnings do lit tie good. The fair creatures go eb worrying and will probably continue to do so until the millennium comes Why this is so is answered in this wayl The question of worry with women seems to be simply this: Wem- en are so hedged about by the little ness of their protected lives-foF it is the protected woman who does the most worrying-that 1t is hard to see beyond and above sometimes, and mat ters in this way get wholly out of fo- GUS. If women had the capacity with men oE getting up and doing battle with things, worry would slip off their shoulders as easily as from off those of the average masculine. Man doesn't worry about debt, because he feels thai he has it within him (since money making is his business) to make sufl- cient money to pay his debts-some time Women look at 1t more prac- tically, and consider the now. Man doesn't generally worry about his health, because he really has not the eime. Let him become i'll, though, and have to stop his work, and how is fl with him? Man doesn't worry about the future--he is so madly interested in the present; nor about his clothes, for the tailor stands between him and that; nor about home matters-they. from his point of view, are too trivial until he comes home to badly cook ed dinner, and then in his broad out look there is DO excuse for this state of things, for in business, if an em- ploye does not do his work properly, his employer gets some one who can, a method that will yet come to be a powerful lever in the leveling of wom- sn's worries. Detroit Free Press.
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Dining-Roona Necessities

are here in grea. variety. We have a fine stock of tables. chairs and sideboards. We are making special prices upon a quattered oak sideboard, betel- ed glass mirrors By examining our sldeboards you will see the bargain we are offering
 Bluff City Furniture Go.
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Cotton Belt R lletin.

Arkansas State Baptist Convention IcoloF- ed Little Rock, Nov. 2t to 26. 1g00 Rate; One rare for the round trip. Dates of Sale, Nov. 20, 21 and 9. Return limit. Nov. 27.
 San Antonio International 9air, San An tonio Texas, Oct % to Nov ?. 1900 For tine above occasion the following round trip rates and arra ngements are authorized.
 Rate--One fare plus two dollars for the round trip.
 Dates of Sale ct r. Is and 19. 1900.
 Return Limit--Tickets 10 be limited for fe- turn leaving San Antonlo mp 10 and inciud- ing Nov. 2# 1900. and for continuous passage in each direction
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The Silk Industry

The silk industry has had 2 remark able development in the United States ID recent years. Tn the annual review of the business by the secretary of the Silk association it is known that there are silk factories now in 230 towns tp 19 different states, the number of es- sablishments being 750. New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut lead in the manufacture of silk fabrics. Peters burg, Va, has been running silk mills lor some years. We have not accli- mated the silkworm, but import the reeled yarn from other countries. In 1899 we imported 73,667 bales, worth s41 1,195,209, the average price per pound being s415. We export none of our fabrics, it appears, but sell all in the home market. All Americans. espe. esa1ly the ladies, try to support ip theil dress their title to 5e the earth's
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Iron Mountain Rates.

Grand Lodge Nasons. Little Rock One fare for the round trip, Dates of sale, Nov. F to 19: final return limit. Nov, 4
 Arkansas Baptist State Convention color cd l. Little Rock. One fare for the round trip. Dates of sale. Nov 20 to 22 inclusive final return limit, Nov 27,
 Arkans4s Baptist State Convention. Hope; One fare (*4 54l for the round trip. Dates of sale. Nov. H. l5, Is and l6; final return limit, Nov 20.
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Armored Glass.

A recent German invention IS arm. pred glass, or glass cast with wire gauge inclosed in their substance, so as so increase the resistance to pressure, shock, and the effects of heat. Tests of the new material have been made at the Chemnitz teehnological museum which show that the armored glass is much stronger, and where the ordin- ary glass broke under sudden applica- tions of pressure the strengthened ma terial only cracked, and the cracks caused by changes of temperature did not allow aifher damn or fame to pass
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 Tall Man Scarce.

The directors of the Great Northern of England have issued a circular let ter to the station agents stating that in future the standard height for DOT ters in the passenger department shah be five feet six inches, aud in the goods department five feet sear inches. This is a considerable reduction, forced by a scarcity of taller men.
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You Ought to Make Up

your mind right now what you are going to have i'll your home this summer; then you ought to come right along this way, and look over this stock of ours. Are you going to enter tain your friends in the same old chairs. at the same old table, and on the same old carpetsp Why not have things fresh and newp Needn't buy all at once. Get a piece now and a piece a little lat CT. If you buy here, the first piece will be as good as the last piece.
 BLUFF CITY
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shoesol>s Eight Feet Thick.

We wear away two inches of shoe aeatAet 1t a year. A pair of shoes that would Nast lifetime" would. eonse- quently, have to be provided with soles from eight to nine feet thick.
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Antigua's Roads Not Built for Bicycles
 In the island of Antigua, British West Indies, are about fifty bicycles among the population of 35,000, as against half that number of wheels 8 year ago. All but four or five are of American manufacture and are owned hy natives. The poverty of the people the tropical heat, which renders riding between 8 a. m. and p. m. almost im- possible, especially for whites, and the abominable condition of the roads leading between the various points of the island are against an extensive use If the wheel. The method of road re- pairing in Antigua is to spread on the ground 9. thick layer of stone cut to about double the size of q walnut and leave it to be trodden down by passing OK carts Of other teams, or the bara feet of native pedessy iaEs.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-18
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