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The daily news., 1900-03-20
THE TEST OF LOVE
Barbara Merriden Game Near Civ
ing CP = Brave Man For
Coward.

OF all the noble rivers that go bound
ing to the sea none is more splendid
than the Columbia. Its pine clad banks
give a majestic setting for its silver
stream. But why should it be called
silver? At times 1t is the deepest green,
deeper and more luminous than the
heart of a jewel There are hours
when its cascades have thousand col
ors. like mother Of pearl. There are
dawns. after the mist has lifted, when
the broad surface of the river above
the cascades is actually saffron or bur
uiShcd gold.
Barbara Merriden knew it in every
mood and loved it whether 1t was SOM
ber with storm or sullcn in the harsh
autumn days or scintillant under the
July sunshine. She was rs much at
home upon the river as on the land,
and the firm earth, with all its comfort
and beauty, could never give her the
Joy that she felt when the current took
her boat in its strong embrace.
She went to the river in her sorrow
full moments as we'll as in her happy
ones. She fed to it as 10 a friend.
When George CaXton told her that he
loved her. she ran to the river to tell it
Of the blessing that had come into her
life. But some way she did not feel
the ecstasy she had expected to. The
pleasure I'm her heart did not rise TO
meet '-. sIieA1or oF lter ana SKY
ana shore S.e ha" .. II looked Ior-
Na-C 70 t--r 'oNf g.. GROWING JOY
"t h.r i.f.. Bur W.. ief she discpy-
Oh nature had' q
'e lyric of her
H. because me hour hau
te..- ."' -- -.l'ecl'-' George CaN-
.'.. ... ''''.''i'' N'e'.iIen had gone %
..-... .-e....F. 10y Knew ever!
.'".. ..,A ..... ives. Ihey had
. TO each other.
George had ne'e' 49, ght OF any other
girI with emotion and Barbara had
ion9 lrlt 'hat she was ueSuhed 10 De
MS we she had Saiu yes TO ms ear
nest iucSu"n VIII Sra''"de ana nap
plhess' YET now IN the h'ysuc hour 10y
the river with the sun shedding its
last exquisite glow upon an unreal
world she felt wearineSS Of spirit at
the moderation oI hcr joy.
Nhe WIS turning Iroul her oeau'itul
river hui'li'a'eu al the lIadePuacy OF
her o"" eI1"'lohS' "heh She saw Walk
INK among ''e P'A'S' WIN eyes nNeu
upon 'He distant glory or the SKY,
EpuuL man whom she bad never seen
The daily news., 1900-03-20
OR ADDRESS
Y. v. WILLIAMSON,
Greenvi1le. Ala.
Testimonial From Judge CASTOR.

GREENVILLE, Ala. Aug. 10. 1899.
take great pleasure in certifying to the
purity and the merit OF WIIkinsOn's Match
less Mineral Water. This natural mineral
tonic, to my personal knowledge. is taken
from a well three miles east of GTeenville,
n the exact condition in which ii is sold. /
have seen this water used. with wonderful
success, for dyspepsia, Indigestion. sore
eyes and for eruptive diseases. sores and
ulcers on man and animals. AS a remedy
for these troubles, | do not believe its
equal exists. II is highly recommended by
physicians for "a number of diseases.
ZELL GAsTON,
Judge OF Probate Court, Butler County.
Alabama.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27
transporting . mig army.

A summary of the official report
made by the British admiralty, show
Ing the name, tonnage and speed Of
avery vessel employed to convey
troops. horses and mules to the Trans
vaal between July /, 1898, and March
81, 1900, shows that the various trans
ports made 215 voyages from England
and the Mediterranean, in which they
carried 6663 officers, 170.185 men and
30, 1O1 horses. OF the horses 1543 were
lost in transit. In forty-nine voyages
from India the transports carried AT
officers, 1892 men. 1882 followers.
7344 horses and 1855 mules; Of the
latter ninety-eight horses and three
mules were lost on the voyage. The
colonial contingent was taken to the
Cape in transports, making twenty
aine voyages and carrying 4S6 officers,
$500 men and 1892 horses. Ia addi-
ton to the above, thirty-three voyages
were made by vessels employed solely
IN taking mules to South Africa. These
ships conveyed 31,5O3 mules, of which
only GIL were lost en- voyage, and other
vessels made twenty-four voyages in
conveying horses and cobs from Aus
tralia and Argentina. These carried
1896 animals, Of which only 14S were
lost
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27
The Liquor Habit Growing.

Again the charge is made publicly that
the vice of inebriety is largely increasing
among women of good social position. 1t
has been made repeatedly in New York
by the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, and at the annual convention of
the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of
America held the other day in Philadel-
phia, one of the vice-presidents, Mrs. M.
L. Lake. of st. Louis, said: with the
virtues, purity, patience and endurance OF
local women drowned in the punch bowl
and wine glass of wealth and the beer
can of poverty, God pity our children,
our homes and our country"
She also said, among other things:
"Why, treatment for the drink habit
among the 400 is now almost as common
among physicians as treatment for coughs
and colds. DR.. II. A. Gillette says that
many women acquire the taste for alcohol
from cologne, which they drink constant
ly, and which contains ninety-siX per cent.
of alcohol. They drink all the essences
which are for toilet use-compound tine
ture of lavender for one thing. One New
York woman of whom l know drinks
eight ounces of lavender tincture every
day. Thev also drink the essence of Gin
namon and cloves. A well-known physi-
clan has written us that this habit is
growing to an alarming extent among
women."-Detroit Free Press.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27
A Freak Invention.

A device belonging to the class of
freak inventions has recently been pat
ented in the United States patent office
by a German inventor. 1t provides a
way for transporting passengers from
and onto moving cars. This is accom-
plished by providing rotable plat
form upon the car, and having remov-
able cabs arranged upon the ends Of
the platform. Suitable station plat
forms are arranged to receive these
cabs at the different stations along the
line. In operating the contrivance the
persons who intend to alight from the
train seat themselves within the cab.
The platform is then rotated by suit
able mechanism attached to the car
wheels to project the cab upon one
side Of the car AS the car passes the
station the cab is caught upon suit
able rails arranged upon the station
platform, and it is then only necessary
for the passengers to alight. Passen-
gers who wish to embark upon the
train are treated in directly opposite
mc nner, and seat themselves in the
cab arranged at the station, which, in
turn. is picked up by the platform of
the moving car and is swung around
On to the same.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27
Resources Of Chius,

China is essentially an agricultural
country. Horticulture is a favorite
pursuit and fruit trees are grown in
great variety. Sweet barley, maize
and millet and other cereals, with pms
and beans are chiefly cultivated In the
southern provinces, and opium is a
crop of considerable Importance. Tea
is cultivated in the west and south.
The culture of silk is equal in impor-
tance to that Of tea. The mulberry
tree grows everywhere. There are cot
ton mills at Shanghai and silk is
wound from cocoons in Shanghai, Can
ton and elsewhere. All Of the eighteen
provinces contain coal and China may
be regarded as one Of the first coal
countries of the world. Iron ores are
abundant, and copper is plentiful in
certain districts. The commercial in
tercourse of China is quite considera-
BILE, trade being carried on with the
principal countries Of the world, in
Guiding the United Kingdom. Germany,
France, Russia and the United States
The great source Of revenue for the
province Is the duty on goods coming
overland from the adjacent provinces.
Scientific American.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27
Weight of Precedent.

There is story reported as having
been told by Colonel Fred N. Dow, OF
Portland, Me-, which shows well how Gus.
tomary usage "broadens down from pre-
cedent to precedent" And no less plain
ly does it show the weight of the excep-
tional precedent.
Colonel Dow once visited friends at
Quebec, and while seeing the sights of the
city and it's surroundings, he took pub
lie carriage to visit the Falls of Montmor.
ency. At halfway house on the road
the driver pulled up his horses and re.
marked, "The carriage always stops here"
For what purpose?" asked the colonel.
For the passengers to treat" was the
reply.
''But none of us drink, and we do not
intend to treat
The driver had dismounted, and was
waiting by the roadside. Drawing himself
up to his full height, he said, impressively,
Il have driven this carriage now more
than thirty years, and this has happened
once before. Some time ago ] had for
fare crank from Portland Me-, by the
name of Neal Dow, who said he wouldn't
drink, and what was more to the point,
he said he wouldn't pay for anybody else
to drink"
The son found himself occupying the
same ground as that on which his father
had stood.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27
THE GREAT DESTROYER.
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.

Tho Liquor Saloon Eclipses All Other
Evils in the Widespread Disaster
Which It Brings to Society-Hardly q
Hamlet Where 1t 10 Not Entrenched.
"The curse of the United States to-day
is the saloon," says writer in the Ap-
peal to Reason. "Other evils, monstrous
and perplexing, like the vampire, suck the
life-blood of society, but they are all
eclipsed, in the widespread disaster they
bring, by the liquor saloon. 1t dots the
hillsides and the plains OF nearly every
hamlet where it is not entrenched. Our
great cities marshal their saloons by the
thousands. To what extent is the saloon
as such responsible for the incalculable
disaster-.crime, poverty, disgrace, dis
ease AMI death-that intemperance, like a
year, leaves in its path? Is the appetite
for alcoholic stimulants, hereditary or ac-
quired, the cause of all the intemperance
that prevails? Suppose that liquor drink
ing should be shorn of all the artificial and
attractive trappings that now attend it;
suppose that the business of supplying
those who. desire, alcoholic stimulants
should be rid of all the glitter that gilds
it, and should suffer the elimination of
the factor of avarice-what would be the
result? 1t would lessen intemperance
one-half.' Stand as l did the other day
IN the bar-foom OF great hotel nall
hour, and note what transpires. Occa-
sionally a man comes in alone-makes di-
rectly for the counter-orders his glass
drinks it-pays for it and goes out. More
frequently men go in by twos or threes
and drink together. Does each pay for
his own liquor? Never. One treats the
other.
"See that man walking straight past the
bar evidently with no thought Of drink
ing n man standing at the counter who
has ordered drinks for himself. and two
friends, espies him, stops him, introduces
him to the two others, asks him what he
will take, and then the four drink to-
gether
"a friend meets another on the street.
From a mistaken notion of politeness he
invites him to take drink in nearby
saloon. The invitation is accepted from
the same mistaken idea of good breeding.
Neither are thirsty; neither would have
drunk had he been alone, but both drink
in accordance with the abominable treat
ing. custom. Abolish treating, and you
will do away with one-quarter of the
drinking done in bar-rooms. Abolish sa.
looms and you abolish treating"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27
Oriri, n Meaning of "Tankard." )"

The word tankard was originally ap-
plied to a heavy and large vessel of
wood banded with metal, in which to
carry water. Smaller wooden drink
ing tankards were substantially made
and used throughout Europe, and
were occasionally brought here by the
colonists. A plainly shaped wood
tankard, made Of slaves and hoops.
is contained in a collection at Deer
field Memorial Hall. 1t was found in
the house Of Rev. Eli Moody.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27

The question of domestic service in
China is by far an easier problem
than in many other countries. In
China a rich man gets as many serv-
ants as he wants, and yet he pays
them no wages, while the common
people have to pay them we'll. Even
then they are hard to get, for the rea'
son that the employe Of the rich man
can make more than triple the ordi-
nary wages in perquisites.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27
The Luck of Kansas.

In answering the question, "What has
prohibition done for Kansas" the Kan
sas State Temperance Union says: 1T
has reduced the annual consumption of
capita, the average throughout the United
States, to less than one gallon per capita
in Kansas. 1t saved an average of over
$4,000, 900 in liquor sales which otherwise
would go to the saloon. 1t has reduced
the internal revenue collections from
above Sl.25 per capita, the average
throughout the United States, to less than
twenty cents in Kansas. Last, but not
least, it saves annually more than 1900
souls from drunkards' graves"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27
The Crusade I'm Brief.

Germany, the land of beer and '''person.
al liberty" in beer drinking, is about to
try legislation as a remedy for drunken
ness.
You owe it as duty TO yourself and to
the cause OF temperance to know as much
as possible about the history, develop
ment and meaning of the temperance
movement.
Bishop Thoburn, writing TO the Indiana
Witness concerning the Philippines says:
Every alternate place of business seems
to be liquor shop Of some kind, and the
soldier has temptation before his eyes
whichever way he may turn
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27
A Temperance Revival.

The Illinois Citizenship League has put
to test new method Of ant-icense work
in saloon towns, and found it very success
ful in creating sentiment. 1t is called a
Temperance Revival" and consists OF a
series OF meetings, at least four, and a
children's meeting. At these meeting the
people are asked to come forward and
sign pledge to the effect that they will
do all in their power to prevent the sale
OF Intoxicating and malt liquor in their
own town, except for medicinal and me-
chanical purposes. On each signer bit
of red ribbon is pinned; also on the chill
dren at their meeting when they promise
to help.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27
A Seven to Ten Ear-vvrineIng.

Thieves are having merry time of
it within the jurisdiction of the police
station, Haripur. A lady of respect
able family was sleeping on the roof
of her house. Some culprit at night
took away seven out Of ten earrings
from one Of her ears. The injury
caused to the ear may be imagined
Lahore Qndia) Tribune.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27
Weighs Grain by the Ton.

One Of the huge grain houses on the
docks at Liverpool has lately installed
acknowledging machine which Is a
marvel of accuracy and rapidity. AS
the grain passes through the hopper
1t is weighed and discharged. the ca
pacity of the machine being $50 tons
per hour.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27

The Manufacturers Of Carter's Ink have had
forty years experience in making it and they
certainly know how. Send for link lings. free
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27

Each Siamese mandarin has his own
theatre.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27

To Cure Cold in One Day.
Take LAXATIVE BRoMo QuININI TABLETS. All
druggists refund the money If II fails to cure.
5. w. GROWS signature ts on each box. 26c
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens til Q gums, reduces inflamma-
tion aliays pain. cures wind colic 25c. a bottle.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27

An autograph letter of Washington Irv-
ing sold in London the other day for $40.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27

Chinese history extends back to 25O0
B. G.
The evening times., 1900-07-14
BANA DEPosIToRs FRANTIC.
Throngs- About the Suspended Jer-
sey Savings Institution

NEWARK. y. J.. July 14.-At 20 O'Clock
today the vicinity of the suspended Dime
Savings Institution was thronged with de-
pOsitors who had not learned until late
yesterday OF the closing OF the bank Oh
account OF Treasurer Westervelt's specu. a
tions. Many OF the depositors are u-ab.e
TO speak English. and when made TO under
stand that the bank had suspended pay
menf, they assumed their money Was lost,
and became almost frantic.
The bank officials and Deputy Bank Com
miss Oner johnson. who is in charge o. the
examination did everyth ny pos ibIe TO e.
assure the depositors that they would not
lose a dollar, not even the interest on de-
posits. Deputy Johnson said that because
Of the bank carrying more than 10 .OOO "a
counts. and having about 7Co0 active de-
positors, a thorough examination would re-
quire at least six weeks.
That VIII mean. be added, that tde
depOsitOrs will have TO wait at least two
months for their money, but fuI ther than
that they Will suffer no loss
At present the directors are confident
that Westeryelt's specuations vii not
amount TO more than So. Geo. Westervol' S
counsel issued a statement late yeste day
in which he denies all wrong3Oing, and de-
G ares it is all a mistake, and sttribut IS
the shortage TO a former attache of the
bark, who is now dead.
The evening times., 1900-07-14
A LETTER FROM MINISTER WI.
Praises the Work of the PhiIadei-
phiu Chinese Mission.

PHILADELPHIA, July 1.-THE follow
ing letter wes yesterday received by Rsv
Frederic Poole OF the Chinese Mission. on
Race Street, from WI Ting-fang, the Chi
nese Minister, at Washington:
Dear Sir: have received your letter Of
the 1Ith instant II is graf flying 10 me to
note the friendly sentiments conta ned
therein for my country AT the present time
Il take this opportunity 10 express to yo1
my hearty appreciation OF the good work
done by the Christian League CT Philadel-
phia among my countrxmen in that city
The Chinese, Of all foreigners in this CO n
try. may be truly said TO be strangers in
a strange land They speak a different
language, they wear distinctive dress
They are more exposed than other foreign
ers to ennOyances, insults, and attacks
from mischievous boys anS street rowcies
Though from what | have seen believe
and trust there is not much ground for
apprehension in your city.
Under the circumstances the protection
and educational benefits extended TO them
by the Christian League, through the in
strumentalily of the Chinese Mission. is of
incalculable value to them / have no
doubt that all my countrymen in PhiIa-
delphia cherish the wsrmest gratitude
toward the League. l desire TO add nv
endorsement of the good work already
done by the League. which l hope il will
continue. Very truly yours.
fHug q -tWU TING FANG -
The evening times., 1900-07-14
FOREIGN ORDERS FOR STEEL.
l Universal Call for American Struc-
tu-nI Work


NEW YORK, July I4.-Buying orders for
steel work are more numerous than gen
orally reported 20 be the case. while ex-
port trade IS increasing beyond the most
sanguiDe estimates.
Actual sales for foreign consumption
have increased somewhat. and the number
Of enquiries very largely. This applies 10
rails, billets, and rods. as well as 70 slruc-
tural steel. The export trade includes
Africa, China. and Japan
In the domestic trade the decrease in
demand for manufactured products is said
TO have been grossly Overes,imated. or 10
have run its course The most conserva-
tive buyers believe the bo5Jsm has been
reached in certain lines. add an order last
week. booked with the Federal Steel Cons
peny. BY the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany. was for Is. 000 tons OF steel rails
OfHcers Of the American Bridge Com
pany 90 not share the pessimistic views
OF otheI steel and iron men, but express
the moss encouraging opinions as 10 Amer
lean business abroad. William H M-CO-d.
vice president Of the company. said:
We are now executing large contracts
IN Mexico. and have much work under or
de-s in Japan Despite the prohibitive
terial in Canada. We recently closed a con-
siderable contract there We are also fig
lring on work IL Italy. in Australia. and
In England
With present prices. We are IN very
good shape for doing a big foreign bust
ness There viii be no necessity for fur
ther reductions in our line. as was deter
mined a the manufacturers meeting held
the other day. because the mills have all
they can do 10 MI present contracts.
The steel skeleton-f-aTned building Is
gaining some friends abroad. and We ta-e,y
we're asked 70 bid on a London hotel"
Charles Macdonald, vice president OF the
American Bridge Company, in charge of
its structural department. has received two
sizeable orders from London.
They are for bridges TO be built in
Cuba and Costa Rica by English capital
he said. The parties who give the order
have also enquired Of English firms
We are just about 20 send in bids or
a bridge in Sidney, Australia, which viii
require over I6.O0O tons OF steel and have
span Of l.eoo feet, and viii cost some
thing like 100000. This was in reply
10 an invitation from the Government Of
New South Wales. for which the Union
Bridge Company, now one OF our cousti-
tuent corporations. built the Hawkes. bury
River bridge in 1886
The evening times., 1900-07-14
Circulation Statement.
HELPS Horrors I'm Pekin.

The Chicago Record" today pub ishes a
st. Petersburg special stating that the
Car has received a eablegram from Adj
miral Alexief1 giving a detailed account
o; the torture and murder OF NJ. de Giers.
Russian Minister at Pekin. and his wife.
The admiraIs authority for the sickening
story is not given. but it horribly corrob-
crates the native gossip in Shanghai a
week ago, when it was whispered about
that NJ. de Giers had beer tortured by
pouring boiling water on his head. The
latest account is even worse.
According to the information sent to
the Gar. after the legations had been
rushed and OverpOWered. the Russian Min
lister and his wife we're dragged through
the streets, beaten and insulted, ami f.
nally NJ. de Giers was thrown into a caul-
dion and boiled alive. his murderers dane
irg around the fire. The unfortunate
Madame de Giers was beaten and tortured
With sharp sticks until death slowly came
TO her relief. The repor; also states that
all the legation officials wee killed with
aendish tortures.
Does not Mr. Mckinley think that it
would be wise for him to forsake his front
porch. return to his post of duty, and
summon Congress:
The evening times., 1900-07-14
DEATH OF COLONEL DENN1soN
served in the Civil War and the
Egyptian Army.

NEW YORK. July thames Alfred
Dennison. formerly lieutenant colonel of
the Seventy-frst Regiment. died Thursday
evening in his apartments at so East
1l6th Street. His death was unexpected
until a short time before the end. He had
been i'll for several days with cold and
had kept 10 lis rooms. None OF his family
was with him at the time OF his death
Colonel Dennisop was born In Indiana
in 1876. and when he was twelve years old
went TO Missouri with his parents In
1861 he enlisted in the Union Army. to-
gether with his father and two brothers.
and served TO the end Of the war in 1875.
he received an appointment as major OF
engineers in he Egyptian army. He was
soon after made general instructor OF en-
gineers in the Khediyf's army II is said
that he got better service out OF the Egyp-
tian soldiers than. any' commander up 20
that time
Colonel Dennisop leaves a widow and
three children. two sons and a married
slaughter.