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The Portland daily press., 1900-07-10
CHINA's ROADS AND WATERWAYS
(From the New York Tribune.)

The roads Of China are poor. Only a
few are paved, and for that reason the
greater part Of the trade is carried on
by means of the numerous canals and
other water ways. The country is irrigat-
ed by great rivers. and intersected by a
system Of canals which is more than 600
years old. But these canals, like the
roads, the army, and everything of a
public character, are badly managed and
in state of decay. The Grand canal,
the longest artificial waterway in the
world, starts from Tien-tsin and runs
south to Hang Chow, a distance of 600
miles. Lord Charles Beresford in speak
ing OF it said that when he saw it in 1899
there was no water in 1t, pigs were wal
lowing in the bed, which was actually
dry, and it was silted up where it should
join the Yang tse, simply from want of
care, The Yang-tS0 river, nearly 1900
miles long, is navlgable in the summer,
which is the flood season, for a distance
Of SOB miles, from the sea to HankOW,
for Ccean-gOing vessels, and ordinary
steamboats, can go 800 miles further up
stream.
The whole empire has only 317 miles
of railroad. Yhe longest line is from
Pekin TO Tlen-tsin, and thence to Shan
-E1aik- Wan, 800 miles, and the other is
from Woosung to Shanghai. Russia is
now building 400 miles OF road; Belgi-
um, IOO miles, and China is building on
her own account q line of ITO miles
Ground has been surveyed for 2507 miles
additional. or these projected roads,
the Chinese will own 81 miles, Germany
430 miles, France 420 miles, England 730
miles, Russia, with China, will own 1870
miles, and 200 miles have been projected
by the Anglo American syndicate, The
locomotives in use now were made in
England and America. The line from
Pekin to Standardization is laid with So
pound rails part of the way, but most of
the iron Is of the 20 and e0-pound type.
All the principal cities in the empire
have telegraph service. An arrangement
was made with the Russian telegraph au-
thor1ties in 1892 by which communica-
t1on was estat lished between Pekin and
Europe. The postal system of the empire
is still in q primitive condition. 1t Is
carried on under the direction of the
minister Of war by means of post carts
and runners. There are 5000 officers for
post carts in the 18 provinces, and there
are 2O4O offices for runners scattered over
the empire. There are also many private
postal couPiers, and during the winter
the foreign customs office maintains a
service between Pekin and the outposts,
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-10
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Unless a man is generous he is seldom
just
Love is more apt to swell the head than
the heart,
1t is but meet that fish should be served
ON Fry-day.
Nothing comes home to man SO much
as an unsettled bill
An eloquent speaker, like river, is
greatest at the mouth.
In the game Of love diamonds some-
times win when hearts are trunps.
The needle goes through it's work-but
not until it is hard pushed.
Lives Of great men are very apt to re-
mind us that they were not infaIIible.
It's wise fly that knows the difference
between oleomargarine and creamery
butter.
Planning how to make both ends meet
Keeps many brain worker hustling.
Failure after long perseverance is far
better than disinclination to try.
You never see a married man applaud a
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-10
KINDS OF MORGANATIC MAR
RIAGES.

Northwestern Christian Advocate }
The Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the
former heir to the throne Of Austria and
nephew Of the emperor, at the Hofburg,
June 49, in the the presence Of the en-
peror, archdukes, ministers and state
dignitaries, took formal oath that he
and his future wife (tbe Princess Chotek)
viii both regard their marriage as NOR
ganatic. Consequently his wife will
never assume the position Of empress, and
the children by their marriage VIII never
claim the right of succession, The mar
rage took place Sunday. In this step
Ferdinand followed the example of Em-
perOr Francis Joseph himself, who is re-
ported to have married few weeks ago
an actress who was the rival OF the ON
press during her lifetime in the affec-
tions of her husband The MARRIAGE.
that no paper in Vienna has ventured to
announce it, much less to comment upon
it.
There are two kinds of morganatic
marriages, one in which the moFuantie
wife is q real wife in every moral sense.
but does not enjoy royal rights and
privileges; the other in which the wife
Is simply legalized cOncubine. The
mOrganatic marriage of Ferdinand seems
to be of the first kind, the marriage of
the emperor is understood to be Of the
second. The day will come when NOR
gana6ic marriages will cease to be CON
tracted, and emperOrs and kings. like
presidents and governors, Will be permit
ted, Ii unmarried, to marry the women
they love, and, il married, will find the
law prohibiting bigamy as applicable to
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-10

It seems that the situation in China is
complicated considerably by the preoccu-
patton of some OF the great powers with
their own schemes OF Internal or external
expansion. Thus, England is in for an
expenditure of about five hundred mill
lions of dollars over the Beers, and cam
not well afford another large affair in
China. Russia has been developing in
ternally in Asia by means of very expen-
sive railroads; and France and Germany
are we'll burdened in keeping up rival
armaments. AS for the United States,
we have expended S4O0, 600, 600 on the
Spanish war AMI it's results, and are still
spending $780, 100000 year. No nation,
unless it be Japan, feels much like put
ting great army into China.
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-10

about this time worn piece OF campaign
thunder. In 1888 the British minister at
Washington, Lord SaGkvi1le-West, wrote
an indisereet letter favoring the election
Of Mr.. Cleveland. This made it possible
to parade the Democrats as the friends of
England. Years before that the Demo-
Gratis had made a campaign speciality of
their hostility to England. President
Polk was elected on the campaign cry,
- Fifty four forty or fight, - which meant
that the Democrats proposed to fight Eng-
land unless she should accept the parallel
of fifty-four degrees and forty minu tes as
the boundary of Oregon. In that cam
paign the Democrats rolled up against
the Wings all the anti-British prejudicss
that had accumulated in the country
since the Revolution and the war of 1872.
1t is a matter of somewhat curious inter-
est that as soon as the Democrats had
elected Polk they abandoned their war
like tone towards England, came down
from their position Of defiance, and recon-
.pensed themselves by going to war with
Mexico to get more territory for the ex-
pansiOn of slavery. So it is evident that
the cry about an alliance with England
is a new form of an old game which has
been worked before in American politics.
1t is now nearly quarter of a. century
since the memorable controversy over the
election of President Hayes, and the
intrigues as we'll as much of the history
of that crisis have passed from the public
mind. The subject has been recalled,
however, by a letter written by Ex-Goy-
ernor George Hoadley to the New York
Evening Post. The statement had recent
ly been made that the late Roscoe Conk-
Senate to overruIe the decision of the
Electoral Commission, bub had been dis
suaded by the late Mrs. Kate Chase
Sprague, who was yet angry with Samuel
j. Tilden for his opposition to the nomi-
nation of her father, Salmon p. Chase,
by the Democratic National Convention
of 1868. Ex-Governor Hoadley confirms
the story to the extent that Mr.. Conkling
did contemplate opposition to the report
of the Electoral Commission, but was
forced to desist by failure of courage on
the part of one Of the eight or nine Sena-
tors who were relied on to carry out the
plan. Judge HoadIey does not believe
that Mrs. Sprague had anything what
ever to do with the affair, and as an old
friend of her father and herself he GER
tainly may be presumed to speak with
authority. There have been many stories
Of the intrigues attending the seating
of President Hayes; and there seems to
be no doubt that neither side serupled to
use every possible means within its
reach. No satisfactory result. was possi-
BILE from such an unhappy situation; and
as time goes on the romances about the
event Will probably increase in numbers
and in imprObabiIty.
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-10

The Boer war has it's pleasant as we'll
as it's unpleasant sides. Among other
things it has brought about more cordial
ity between Great Britain and her loyal
colonies, and has made the proud and inn
perious mother country more ready to
listen to the wishes Of her children
Thus there has been a question of consid-
erable magnitude relating to appeals in
legal cases from the colonies to the law
lords of England. Mr.. Chamberlain was
very free to announce what the Imperial
Government would and would not do;
but has felt constrained to listen to the
firm protest of Australia, and now an
nounces his intention OF taking the earli-
est opportunity of consulting Canada and
Australasia.
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-10
NO LACK OF CHOICE.
(Springfield Republican,

1t is patriotic duty to place before the
public list Of the entries in the presiden-
tiaI race of 1900, so far as it is now made
up. There is every disposition mani
tested in the United States to afford the
voter a wide range of choice, as the list
amply proves. The candidates thus far
named, with their parties are:-
Republican, William Mckinley and
Theodore Roosevelt.
Democratic, William j. Bryan and A.
e. Stevenson.
Populist William J. Bryan and Charles
A. TOWne.
Silver Republican, William j. Bryan
and A. e. Stevenson.
Prohibition. John G.. Wooley of Illinois
and H. b. Metcalf Of Rhode Island
Populist (middle-of-the road) Wharton
Barker OF Pennsylvania and Ignatius
DOnnelly Of Minnesota.
United Christian, Rev. i. e. Clark
of Massachusetts and Rev. Charles M.
Sheldon of Kansas.
Socialist labor, Job Hartman of Cali
fornia and Max S. Hayes Of Ohio
Social Democrat, Eugene V. Debs of
Indiana and Job Hartman of California
De Leon Socialist, j. +. Maloney OF
Massachusetts and Valentine Remmill OF
Pennsy lvania.
- Il is too early to say that the list is now
complete. On almost any street car men
can be heard saying that there is no can
didate up whom they want to vote for.
There are two more possible entries, from
the gold Democrats and anti-imperialistiC
gold standard Republicans.
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-10

themselves as Ito the Fhumblest subject.
The sentiment that 1.-THE king can do no
wrong, F" has in the past protected such
Immoral sovereigns, and, in a few in-
stances, notably that of Alexander H.,
emperor of Russia, the church, of which
he was the official head has approved the
marriage, to the great scandal of the
Christian world; but society will teach
such sovereigns that, if they would have
the respect and loyalty of their subjects,
it Will not be because the king can do
no wrong, but because "the king does
no wrong"
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-10
CURRENT COMMENT.
THE OLD WAY.
(Chicago NeWs.) }


There Was no doubt, a-certain amount
of roughness and crudeness in the days
of ch1Valry, and there were many things
about those medieval times which would
jar the evenness OF modern civilization,
but the man who reads the story of the
Pekin nassacres and the powers' delay
cannot help wondering what would have
happened 500 years ago. BaYard, the
chevalier, would have taken the chance
of death or victory instanter, and would
have ridden, alone if he could gain no
help, to save the women; and even the
ferOciOus COrtez would have marched his
lndOmitable adventures to the spot
where Christians were in danger. Times
have changed, and, perhaps, not wholly
for the better.
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-10

What is this story that the Massaohu-
setts AMI Verm ont delegations nearly
came to blows on the train to Kansas City
because the Massachusetts men charged
that the Vermonters helped themselves
too, generously to the Massachusetts re-
Treatments?
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-10
Opp. Freble House.
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wife who gets the best of her husband in
a play.
The man who never forgets anything
would be all right If he woHld only for
get to boast of it occasionally.
Unless a man has a reputation for
truthfulness he need not hope to become
a successful liar. 1t is folly to lie IL no
one will believe you.-ChicagO News.
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-10

The temperance workers of Cambridge
had planned to have some of the Cuban
teachers now attending Harvard present
at a temperance meeting last Sunday.
They wrote to President Eliot for permits
sion, and in return received this reply:
II cannot think that the Cuban teachers
would take any interest in regard to total
abstinence. They have no tendency to
drink to excess and cannot understand
it in others. The vice against which you
contend is not practiced among them.
Our people have much to learn from them
on that subject; they can get nothing
but warning from us. President
EIiot's letter has occas1oned some indfg-
nation among those who do not apprs-
ciate his efforts to moderate for the visi-
tors the well-meant but too liberal do ses
OF our civilization.
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-10

Kinginthai, Chinese charge d'affaires
at Berlin is reported to have declared
that he was ashamed to be a Chinaman,
because of the outrages perpetrated by
his countrymen.
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-10

The Hon. Samuel Fessenden continues
to make Republican politics lively in
Connecticut in spite Of the fact that his
foes. considered him extinguished when
they left him off the National Commit
tan
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-10

The Maine sportsnaen are gathered at
Kineo today. With them are the Cover
nor and enough OF the State House Off
cials to see that every sportsman has a
good time and keeps within the bounds
of close time.
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-10

The deaths of Messrs. Curtis and Orms-
bee on Mt. Washington in a midsummer
snow storm have brought to public atten-
tion a danger which people are very slow
to comprehend. That there should be
danger OF perishing with cold anywhere
in this region in July seems very strange;
and it has been very difficult to impress
upon mountain climbers the dangers Of
making the ascent of Mt. Washington on
foot in any but the most suitable wealth
er. "Ihis fatality" says the White
Mountain Echo, should impress more
forcibly upon every one making pedes-
trian tours of the mountains the need of
caution. The advice of those who know
the moods of mountain weather is not to
be disregarded. With proper precautions
there should be no danger in making a
foot journey over these peaks as Is shown
by the ever increasing number who make
the trip each season.;
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-10

Patrons OF the PRESS who are leaving town
temporarily may have the addresses of their
papers changed as often as they may desire by
notifying the Office
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-10

The Canadian parliament is considering
a ''eonciAation bill, for securing gov
ernlnent assistance in the settlement of
strikes. Tt is modelled after the concilia-
tion bill passed by the British Parlia-
ment in 1896, and aims to have a conclIia-
tor appointed by one of the cabinet minis
ters to settle. possible disputes and strikes.
The appointment of q coneilator would
not be obligatory, but would be made
only with the consent and on the request
of the disputants. When an arbitration
may be agreed to, then the government may
authorize the taking of evidence on oath,
for the object of getting at the true facts
Of the dispute. Yhe whole measure
prssumes consent. and is entirely adj
visory. The New Zealand system of COM
pulsory arbitration is considered altogeth-
er too drastic a scheme for Canada.
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-10

The charge in the Democratic platform
that there is an ilI-concealed alliance
between the present administration and
England has occasioned some comments
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-10

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II ENRY Y r. cox. Presfden {
EE1'VV ARD Is.. WINS E(7SV, !
JAMES &. HAWKES., I
The Greenville times., 1900-08-04
SERVED HIM RIGHT.
He Advised others But Did Not Fol-
low Out His Own Sug-
gestiOnB.

The crowd began to gather as soon as the
man fell down. One of the thoughtful ones
IAN to a drug store aand rang up an ambu-
lance, and in few moments great ciGr,1
ING and clattering was heard down the
street. Then the ambulance drew alongside
the curb, the natty young physician dis.
mounted from the rear step, and the crowd
standing around the man who had fallen
formed lane for him to pass through. 1t
required only a glance for the natty young
physician to see what allied the man, says
the Washington Post.
"Prostrated by the heat" he, said, coolly,
to the crowd. Anybody here know him?'
There was no reply, but just as the ambu-
lance men were about to pick up his pros
trate man stout man pushed his way
through the crowd, glanced at the limp form
of the victim of the heat, and said:
house. He lives with my family. He's the
man who writes the Hints on How to Keep
Cool in Hot Weather for the papers"
The Greenville times., 1900-08-04
OPINIONS AND POINTERS.

A man who votes the republican
ticket this year votes for no great prin-
ciple. Every issue that made the re-
publican party great has been settled
and all there is left of that once proud
party is organization and discipline a
well-drilled army absolutely controlled
bv greed and selfishness.-Toledo Bee.
The mills at Canton, o., shut dowr
In let their employees hear President
McKinley's speech of acceptance. II
tbev can induce the workingmen to
help reelect Mckinley, the protected
trusts and infant industries" can well
afford to stand the brief lay-off without
taxing it out Of the mems wages.-AI-
bany Argus.
The weakness of the Hanna-Mc-
Kinley syndicate before the people iS
shown in the eagerness and persistence
With which they urge the currency
onestion upon public attention IN TINS
campaign. The paramount issue is that
which was declared at Kansas City to
be such, and nothing can set aside that
fact.-Boston Post.
IF all the elements in opposition
to trust olgarchism, imperialism and
Hannaism can be fully polled in Novem-
her the result need not be considered
doubtful. 1t remains only for the
managers of the democratic ticket to
oct out the vote. Upon their ability
and success in that matter will hang
tbe Observation-Disclosures Times.
The handling of the revenues has
been such that the piling up OF sur
muses. in the vaults is now threaten
ing a scarcity of funds in circula tion
for commercial needs this fall, which
can only be relieved by using these un-
necessary taxes in the open market
~ nurchase bonds at big premium
and thus enrich the bond speculator
at the expense of the masses Either
this or a virtual panic now confronts
the country and is the visible and tangl-
HE answer to the boasts OF Hsklll1ui
financiering" which republican organs
and platforms are SO boldly making
Houston Post.
The Greenville times., 1900-08-04
CATARRH

or inflammation of this delicate pink
membrane.
The system is weakened in win
ter. The delicate lining is more
susceptible to irritation or inhamma-
ton, and thus we have pneumonia,
grip, colds, coughs, fevers, etc., all
catarrhal conditions which may
easily be checked by one catarrh
cure-Pe-ru-na.
That's the only way out of it.
You may dose forever-you will
not be we'll until you try the true
cure and that is Pe-ru-na. You
may think your trouble is some
other disease and not catarrh. Cal
it what you will, one thing is sure,
your system is affected and must be
treated, and Pe-ru-na is the only
remedy which reaches the right
place and does cure.
The Greenville times., 1900-08-04

Cheyenne. Wyo., July 2s.-Lieut
Smithers, commanding the detach'
ment now garrisoning Fort Russell
has received an order from the quar-
termaster at Washington to enlist here
as many men as possible for pack
train service in China. 1t is the inten-
ton of the government to form "a
pack trains for the Chinese campain
a number never called into service by
this government. A large number OF
these will be enlisted at the western
forts. All men enlisting in this
service are garanteed free transporta'
ton to and from China.
The Greenville times., 1900-08-04
Best Minds in the Republican Party
See the Weakness of the
Administrations.

If the average observer were asked
spected republicans now living, whom
would he name? William Mckinley,
Mark Hanna and Theodore Roosevelt ?
Not if he were honest and thoughtful.
Or would he name Thomas C. Platt,
"Mat" Quay and Henry Cabot Lodge?
Undoubtedly, thoughtful observer
would select ex-President Harrison, ex-
| Speaker Reed and Senator Hoar, of
Massachusetts, if called upon to de-
eide. These men, although widely diff
ferent, are the representatives of the
best ability and character in the repub-
lican party of to-day.
Gen. Harrison was his own man
every minute that he occupied the
white house. There was no Hanna
over him. He impressed himself great
ly upon his fellow-citizens as man of
sincerity and force of character. Quite
naturally, Gen. Harrison has little
respect for Mckinley, for whose admin
istration the ex-president scarcely at
tempts to conceal his contempt. The
other day, talking to an interviewer,
Gen. Harrison said that he "did not
think that the republican party had
pursued the rightful course with re-
gard to the trust question, and thought
the administration was playing fast and
loose with the people on the matter. He
regards the administration, however,
as having been wise one for the most
part, but admits that several grievous
mistakes have been made in handling
the reins of government" When not
talking for publication, he has damned
the present administration with much
fainter praise. He is known to take no
stock in the Philippine and Porto Rico
business.
Thomas B. Reed, the brilliant ex-
speaker, whose equal in mental equip
ment the Mckinley outfit cannot pro-
duce, is notoriously out of sympathy
with McKinleyism, and left public
life rather than be compelled to defend
the weak administration for which he
feels so heartily contempt.
Senator Hoar, the "old man elo-
ouent," is constrained, by affection for
the party whose cradle he rocked, to
stand by the ticket; but everybody
knows that neither his heart nor his
brain is in the cause.
How can McKinleyism, distrusted it
not despised by the best minds in the
republican party, expect the support OF
the people, or-most ridiculous OF all
appeal for democratic support on pa
triotic' grounds Albany Argus.