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The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1900-09-15

In Turkey amber is supposed to be
specific against the evil effects of nico-
tine, and as the people are great lovers
of tobacco they freely indulge in the
use of it. but take care to safeguard
themselves by having amber mouth
pieces to their pipes.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1900-09-15

Myer-Have you noticed what lot
of new houses are being put up all over
the city?
Gyer-Yes, and I've been wondering
why they don't put up few old ones
just for change Chicago News.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1900-09-15
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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-29

weeks. The Chinese who frequent eoutn
Eighth street and the alley between Mar
kct and Walnut streets are. for the most
part. laundry men who are resting.
Certain drugs and medicines are he'd IN
high esteem by them. not the least expen-
s!vc Of which are ginseng. cinnamon ana
deer horn. with the velvet
Analytical chemists and pharmacists OF
this land have sought to explode the theory
Of the ginseng root possessing any me-
CiCinal virtues OF curative properties out OF
the ordinary. but. claim the Chinese apothe-
carries, they have failed TO take into con-
sIde.ation the difference In living between
the Occidental and Oriental. their expert
meuts being confined to. and in connection
with. the former.
Among the Chinese II IS considered 10 cis
grace Ia Ice poor. and poor man can al
ways get credit. In many places the custom
j. observed Of pastins all credit accounts
on 4 larGe board. visible to all who deal at
the store. once a year. just before their
New Years Day. all who are able to make
satisfactory accounting and discharge all
debts do %, and the man who leaves his
d. bt account remain on the board after that
time would find himself less thought OF.
The longer the account remains there the
greater The shame. But some day. even IL
he does not pay it. II will be wiped out by
some cousin Of the same family name, who
is willing to pay the necessary cash to pre-
serve the honor Of the common patropymic.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-29

may be Some who wouIu gladly welcome q
change in the Government, n shifting
around of rulerS-much the same new
blood is welcomed in the leader Of herd.
THE lawless element may GAIN or may
already have gained. the upper hand, but
Il so the bad effect will he nulifed by the
great unity and philosophy Of the Chinese
as a race.
There are good and bad OF all people
and we have our share OF both. but the
good Will survive"
The opinions OF Lee Now LIN ere shared
almost universally by the Chinese % St
Louis. At his store, the firm name Of which
Is Quong On Lung, and n. the stores OF
Choung companies, the Joy which came
with the news that Minister Conger had
been heard from found expression IN evil
dences of delight.
Nor has the tension and its subsequent
relief been confined alone to the merchant
class of Chinese. In the barber shops. the
cluhrOoms. within the classic confines OF
Hop Alley itself wherever a little knot
of laundrymen has congregated, the upper
most topic of conversation has been the
Chinese crisis. Representatives of the vari-
Gus mercantile companies, doing business
In st. Louis under grand-sounding names,
have laid aside the little tealousiel of trade
and have compared private adviCes. even at
the risk of conveying inside Information on
values. each side In the hope that the ad-
vices Of the other would contain late and
better developments.
No man wishes to be made out ridiculous
and no man wishes being misquoted in tho
public prints. For these reasons IL has here
tofore been difficult to obtain from the in
divtdual Chinese anything like an authentic
interview or expression of feeling over the
present state of affairs in China.
What would some reputable English born
subject doing business in the United States.
say in response to a query such as this,
just because he happened TO hail from ;he
land of John Bull. "'Owdy, Jawn. 'Owdv.
Cor blome me. Hold Chappie. 'ow's the
bleedin boomin' Boer? Hi sol. IT'S a rum
my. bloody mess you've maxim hLv lit
hover hin Hafrica. HI sol. now. hisn't hit?''
Just SO is 1t when someone says to a
Chinese. Hello. John! You Boxer nance?
No. not me-yOu, / mean you. not me.
Gittee bigee fightee Chinee countlee nowee.
Amt that SO. John? Who's that fellow
over there? Is he your partner. John?
WHAT'S his name? Is It John, too, just like
yours. john Is he Boxer nance. too?'
Is 1t wonder. then. that the peace
loving yellow man feigns a lack of ac-
quaintance with the English tongue and
goes on about his business?
In his business affairs the follower of
Confucius is a generally recognized sue
cess. and in the Chinese colony of.St Louis
there are many men Of faultless Chinese
character and of good standing at the
banks, Customhouse and other points at
which they transact business.
The business of the Chinese stores is not
confined 10 serving the wants of local GUS
tom alone. but Ii embraces the handling
and shipment of supplies to fellow-coun-
trymen all over the South and Southwest
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-29

OF the several hundred Chinese residents
Of St Louis. possibly one-half have EN-
braced Christianity, and, SO far they are
able. follow its teachings.
One influential merchant might have ac-
Guired n thorough English education IN a
sectartan school in his younger days I'm
America, for Influential citizens of St.
Louis had taken great interest in the talent
he had displayed. But the provisions for
schooling did not include the remittances
he was in the habit of sending TO his Wild
owed mother and younger brothers in
China.
The education was thing greatly to he
desired. and his heart at the time went out
strongly TO the thought of the spiritual
good he might accomplish as returned
missionary 10 his native land. Bat stronger
than all was the devotion 70 the mother
In Strengthened circumstances. He contin-
ued AT work: he sent the remittances regu-
larry. and ne doesn't know yet whether he
did right wrong.
The individual Chinese possesses a wider
range of natural talent than falls to the
lot OF most men OF other nations. He is
quick and apt at learning; he practices
self-control to n remarkable degree: he is
patient, industrious philosophical; and it is
rare TO find one who is not all-round
handy man with tools.
The native-made cloths for sale in their
st. Louis stores are Of excellent texture,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-29
N TIE OUONG HONG cHoUHd STORE
- OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Observation-Disclosures

WRITTEN FOR TIL. SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
No one loves his ease and elegance better
than the individual Chinese. To him 1t is
all in all: wealth and tradition viii no more
Invariably purchase peace Of mind and glad
ness Of heart for John Chinaman than for
John Bull Both have their troubles and
each Is engaged at present in the absorbing
occupation OF settling up end OF the CEN
tury accounts.
John Bulls centennial statement which he
IS iaboring on has taken him far from home.
The tangle In John Chinaman's affairs has
brought gathering at his walls the com
btned Powers of the world.
In the British manual Of arms there arc
no specific rules which guarantee invarable
success against the Boer. Cavalry marches
through enflladed defiles and over Nauser-
defended kopjes, differ enough from can
ter in Rotten Row to add. at least, the spice
Of novelty to the former.
The philosophy Of Confuclus, adequate IN
dealing with the common affairs of the
Celestial Kingdom, contains no maxim or
sentiment exactly fitting the partition Of
China.
A reflex action. caused by the troublous
times and turmoil a. home, finds expression
among the worldwide scattered Chinese
even far away from their loved land of
flowers st. Louis
In the Chinese colony OF this city there
have been no demonstrations either of re-
talks. and there has been no taking of
sides. Rather has the perusal-for they can
Tead-of the latest war dispatches from
Tisn-Tsin and Shanghai been productive of
but one subdued outburst of feeling. and
the breath OF the yellow sojourners in
land where they woud gladly. but cannot,
become citizens has been the breath of sor-
row. If any excitement has c-ept into their
imperturbable demeanCrs il has shown it
self in evidences of delight at the glad It'd
ings that things were not go bad as averrei.
that the Ministers and lesaticners had been
protected. and that MIR. Conger had been
heard from.
Each day they have studied the war re-
ports but never have they given up hoping
that the awful story from Pekin would
prove untrue.
why" said Lee Now Lin OF No. Il South
Eighth street to The Republic. when things
looked darkest, we can't believe all the
things the papers have told. 1t surely could
not be that our Government has been I'M
able to protect the lives of foreign Ministers
and their households. II such were the
case, We. the Chinese merchants Of ST.
Louis. would certainly have been Informed
through Chinese sources.
If such were the case II would mean
untold suffering to many millions CT our
home people. Should the lawless element
1n China triumph over her centuries of
economic adjustment IL would mean more
of reign of terror to the law-abiding rep
resentatives of our own race than the
Western world is capable of srasping.
I'm China We have had dissensions and
rebellions. as has been the case with many
other nations not nearly 30 old, and there
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-29
and the embroidered bits are real works Of

and the embroidered bits are real works Of
art.
Many of the Chinese of this city smoke
cigars that have been made especially for
them from tobacco Of their own selection.
and they pay cents apiece for them. by
the box, too.
While IL Is true that as a rule they Go
not eat overmuch meat what they pur-
chase is always the best of its kind. and It
Is also true that they are not given TO
overindulgence In drink.
The check OF a Chinese customer at
Chinese restaurant Is more likely TO be 50
cents than 80. IL seldom falls beneath 90
cents A course dinner IS never served for
less than 81 plate. and then there must be
a party. As high as $50 plate Is not I'M
known In ST. Louis upon special occasions.
The yellow man is very ford OF the water
melon, and just now Is undergoing the
pleasure OF much feastin- thereon. Cold
drinks are seldom resorted to.
over the river in Illinois there are several
Chinese farms. and produce wagons make
daily trips. laden with green-looking, but
excellent tasting, vegetables for ready GUS
toners on this side. The farmhands of
these farms catch crawfish with beet for
bait. They claim the "craw'' is very fond
of beet. and they ought to know. for the
Chinese are the best fishermen on earth
Work In laundry is so arduous that two
or three times each year the laundrymdn is
compelled to knock or for couple Of
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-29

Is Incorporated under the State law. ana
us onncres nave embraced many opportuni-
ties to do good. to perform acts of cbar1tr
TO care for the sick, to bury the deld and
perform other duties incumbent upon the,,
After all. your St. Louis Chinese "a ~
such bad fellow-f you only know hin
DICK MOOD.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-29

To the Sick ard unfortunate the helping
hand of the weather. brother Is always
held out. AS one man helps another. go
one family helps another. and one company
proffers favors to another worthy concern.
In st. Louis Is located the Grand Lodge
and a subordinate lodge OF the Chinese
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-12-29
THE HOZIDAY SALES.

Ii is safe to say that Lafayette's
holiday trade has been better than
ever before. Judging from the
crowds of people in the streets and
the activity noticeable in the stores,
this weeks business has beaten all
records.
All the merchants that we have
spoken with on this subject told US
that they have every reason TO be
satisfied with this weeks sales. On
Monday hundreds of vehicles were
seen in all sections of the town, car
rying away to the many homes
throughout the parish bundles of
goods purchased from tie local mer-
chants The large volume of retail
business transacted during the hoii
day season demonstrates the pros
porous condition Of the people. We
believe that comparatively few
homes IN this community were not
made happier by those little things
which contribute SO much TO the
mirth and joy of the fr->i.ie. Santa
Claus, so dear to Young hearts. is a
sure criterion If good times, for
what man or woman, Wine. can afford
it, would not ungrudgingly give his
or her mite TO make sure the annual
visit Of the veneratcd benefactor OF
little ones.
A local dealer in high-class holi
day goods gives out the inform alton
that his sales on Christmas Eve
were very large--unPrecedentedly
large. Another dealer is authority
! for the statement that all the store:
had about as many customers a.
| they could accommodate. This
surely is an indication that the pee
pie are prosperous. All in all, La
! fayette has reason to be pleased.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-12-29
Rev larie JOsse Seer
Irs.H HI. Vice-Pres't; y. O. Treas
Home Charity Association,
of Lafayette, La.

A local organization whose aim is extend pract-
cal aid to all that found be deserving after per
sonal investigation. =
Contributions of money and donations O clothing
and of books, magazines and other useful publications,
solicited from members Of the association the
public.
Contribution boxes to receive donations of money
located in the following places in town. Post office,
Crescent Hotel Rgues House, First National Bank Cot
tage HOTEL Bank OF Lafayette and GardebIeds
Donations of clothing viii be received homes
of Mrs Edward Mouton and Mrs. F. Demanade.
Donations of books, magazines, should drop
ped into the box receptacle that has been placed
the post office for that purpose.
The founders OF the association invite all charably
disposed persons to become regular members
ganzatlon the only requirement for membership being
the payment of the monthly dues of 25 Appca-
tons for membership must be addressed The ecre
tary Of Home Charity Association of Lafayette La
All communications addressed either the $50
ciety the President of the Associations will re-
Give prompt and courteous attention.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-12-29
Real Estate
To dav is Your Chance. To- morrow
Nav be too Late.

Give me a chance to show you, free of
charge, some of the best improved, high
rolling and light SUGAR, COTTON and
CORN plantations and farms in this State,
near rehneries and railroads. Cheap and
easy terms. Also improved and unim-
proved property in the four additions to this
rapidly improving and Aourishing tow as
follows:
sions TO sell, also lots and improved prop
ertv in town. Cheap ard easy terms.
High, rich. light aud rolling land, I9. ~
feet higher than Bayou reche. La.
Bargains in secondhand boilers, engines,
sugar and syrup mills.
All property listed and advertised free of
charge.
Recently Listed.
Fifty arpents, most Of which is in the
corporation, and residence. large barn, etc. :;
all cultivable; at Il bargain.
Twenty-h five arpcnts. near the corporation;
frst-class land; very cheap for any purpose.
Three residences; each has a hall, four
rooms, kitchen, pantry aud cistern; all fresh
ly painted and papered; well situated in
residence part of town, near railroad.
Rice land, ago acres, near the irrigating
canal west of St. Martnville, for sale.
Improved rice land, 400 acres, to rent,
two miles from depot.
A farm of 1876 arpentS ~ miles from
depot, well improved.
A farm of 900 acres, highly improved and
in cultivation, ; miles from depot, offered
at low price and long term.
A fine and we'll improved farm of 200
acres in cultivation on bayou banks.
One hundred and fifty acres, most in cane
culture.
Ten lots with the improvements, in block
"a, McComb addition.
One good buggy and harness..
Half lot, improved, in the Old town
A plantation of 100 acres with residence
OF six apartments, barn, 4 tenent houses,
large pecan grove. three miles from town
and one mile from l.. w. or M. L. & I.
railroad, for only $I25o cash and the bal
ance in ten yearly payments.
A well-improved plantation of l4oo
acres, rolling, rich and light soil; half cash,
| balance in five years.
A corner lot 1oox2oo feet, including the
next corner, with a store and residence 24x4o
| having 7 rooms, hail. kitchen with room; 8
barn S6x2o; a residence 5ex64, with rooms
and hall below, rooms and hall in the
second story, a kitchen I4xl6. and water
works connections. one in each place; also {
| corner lot opposite the above property o.
IooxIo3 feet, with a store 2ox22 feet.
A very desirable residence in Mouton ad
dition, just painted and paPered.
-Four arpents well situated and improved
! in the corporation.
A most desirable and improved farm O.
20 arpents, high, rich land, 3 miles from
| town.
I A farm of I45 arpents, miles from town
! improved and very desirable.
Two lots, each 5oxI25 feet, with residence
OF ; rooms, each I5x16, dining-room I2xI5
hall, kitchen and pantry; an eight-foot hall
front and back galleries, cistern and well
in McComb addition, on Third street.
A good home on 7 acres of land beauti
fully located, with ten bearing pecan trees
and many other fruit trees: high r"llin!
land, !, miles from Lafayette.
Call for what you wish to buy.
Gail for What you need u
want to know.
ANlBltOlSE MOUTON,
T.. q. BOX AZ, LAFAYETTE. IL.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-12-29

Typographical errors in newspapers are
frequently glaring, inappropriate and ri
dicuous to the sentiment which it is intended
to convey to make horse laugh. Not
long since in an obituary notice the word
eternal day made 'sexternal,' and
touching hymns were converted into s'trust
ing, trying hymns 1t seems impossible to
guard against these errors, and it is no
wonder that the average editors not the
leaders of Sunday school classes.
port Caucasian.
These easy. When, however, one
writes that woman s'worshippcd her hus
band'' and is told by the types the next
morning that she s'horsewhipped her hus-
band'' ,nce certainly has excellent reasons
for giving up the Sunday school class. =
Houston Post.
~ But if the able editor should
writesapprovingIy of Miss So-and-
SOS lecture on the "manners and
customs of the early Normans" and
the intelligent compositor should
print il stthe manners and customs
Of the early Mormons" is it snrpris-
ing that the said able editor should
take issue with the late Col Inger
soil who expressed a doubt as to the
existence of an eternal hell.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-12-29

Many persons have had the ex-
perience of Mr.. Peter Sherman, of
s.For years l suffered torture from
chronic indigestion, but kodol
Dyspepsia Cure made we'll man
Of me" 1t digests what you eat
and is a certain cure for dyspepsia
and every form Of stomach trouble.
1t gives relief at once even In the
worst cases, and can't help but do
you good. For sale by Lafayette
Drug Co.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-12-29

The gossiping man can beat the woman
gosspper all Observation-Disclosures Observer:
Both should swear off January 1 and
turn their attention to something of benefit
to themselves and all mankind forever after.
Houston Post.
The gossiping woman is some
times pretty and means no harm,
but the male gossip is an unmixed
evil and should be sum.narily sup
pressed. He is brute with no re-
deeming trait
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-12-29

The Times-Democrat's distribu-
ton of toys tn the poor children OF
New Orleans speaks well for the
management of that enterprising
paper. Over 5000 toys were Civ n
away to boys and girls who would
not have received any Christmas
presents if the Times Democrat had
not interested itself in their behalf.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-12-29
The Ship Subsidy Grab.

New Orleans Picayune.
Despite the efforts of Senator
Hanna and other Republican lead
ers, including Senator Frye, to hurry
the ship subsidy bill along, that
measure has made absolutely no
lukewarmness on the subject among
Republicans, particularly Western
Republicans, and although no open
opposition is made to Senator
Hanna, there is an undercurrent ex
listing which is steadily increasing
the obstacles to the passage of The
measure.
Senator Hanna's masterful ways
in pushing favOrite measures have
made enemies within the ranks of
his own party, and resentment at his
attempted dictation in creating OBJ
stacles for the ship subsidy bill,
for which the Ohio senator has stood
sponsor.
AS far as the chances Of the bill
In the House are concerned, very
little is known. Speaker Henderson
and several Of the more conserva
tive Republican leaders are seem
ingly not favorable TO it, but the
impression among them is that the
Senate will never send the measure
to them. If it should get through
the upper house, in spite Of the tao
tics of the opposition and the luke
would have small chance in the
House. as that body would be en-
gagged with appropriation bills, and
with Speaker Henderson hostile to
the measure, even if secretly so, it
would be found difficult to bring it
up for consideration.
The more the bill is considered,
the more Objectionable does it ap-
pear. 1t is openly admitted that
the 50, 100000 limit which the bill
carries with it was merely inserted
to aid-the- passage Of the measure, it
being generally understood that a
very much larger sum will have to
be eventually provided The word
ing of the bill. insofar as subsidy
payments are concerned, is suffi
ciently vague and ambiguous to
cover almost any raid on the treas
ury, no matter how large.
The measure is>sO drawn up that
he
freight carrying ships. In fact, a
few lines will secure practically all
the subsidy, and those lines are the
ones that are e gagged mainly in the
shipping that it is espe tally desired
to encourage will pr"f l,ul liftIe, if
any, BY the proposed law Unless
the construction of larger fleets Of
freight ships to carry our products
to foreign markets is encouraged,
any shipping law would prove fail
n:e The great desideratum is to
save the immense sumS'that are an
nuaIlv paid to foreign ship owners
for freights. The Hanna bill does
not promise to do that; hence, 1t
lacks the only recommendation
which would reconcile the American
people 10 such measures.
Much difference Of opinion seems
to exist, even among the advocates
of the bill in Congress, as to what
the measure actually proposes to do.
Without doubt it's promoters have
definite and well-considered plans in
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-12-29

view; but their managers, in the
Senate AZ least, are but poorly post
ed, as they have commenced to dis
pute among themselves as to the
meaning of certain paragraphs "f
the bill All these thugs indicate
that the course Of the ship subsidy
measure in Congress is not alto
gether plain sailing.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-12-29

In all seriousness something ought
in the North. The South would no
doubt hate to interfere, but the
stbarharous treatment" of an GIN
offensive race" has become the
most appalling crime of the closing
century.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-12-29

Hanna wants the government to
give $3.50, ooo,o 900 to some of his
favorites who are, engaged in the
ship-building business. 1t pays to
be Hanna's friend