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Gilpin observer., 1900-07-26

F. H. Balfour, long resident OF
Shanghai, said: There is not the
slightest doubt that If one of their old
generals were to raise the standard of
rebellion he might have 100000 men
about him in the time it took to spread
the news from Nankin to Hankow."
Frederick Boyle says of this "Kolao
Hui" that it is military conspiracy
whose agents travel about as doctors,
bearing news from one center to
another, and seeking for new members
as they go. 1t has broken out several
times since General Tseng- -Kuo-Fan
organized it at the time of the siege of
Nankin. In 1871 it had planned to
blow up the powder magazine at HUI
kow, but letter describing the plan
reached the wrong person and many
important members of the Kolao Hui
lost their heads. Several times since
then foreign papers have told of it's
doings, but the present Boxer disturb
ance exceeds previous outbreaks in
importance.
Thorough Initiation.
There is a Mohammedan society
called the Hui Hui jim, which must
have other enticements for persons to
join than its initiation ceremonies.
Gilpin observer., 1900-07-26

heart not only goes free in the sight
of the law. but glories If she will in
her guile and in the magnitude of her
deed. Whether the bonds of inoppor-
tunity had shackled Hanora Ryan or
whether she had preferred maiden tri-
umph to the exultation of matron-
hood deponent sayeth not Anyhow,
to get back to the truth about Tobias
On one memorable midsummer eve he
devoured lemon pie without protest.
Hanora knew he loathed lemon pie.
On the following morning he meekly
ate the French toast she set before
Kim, instead of his regulation potato
and rasher This was her second test
For Tobias had frankly declared only
two weeks ago that he would eat no
more French, or Flemish, or--no, be-
gorrah-Boer toast, that was made of
stale bread dipped in egg and fried!
So there She began to feel suspicious
He was good brother. but alarmingly
doclle when presented with viands for
which he possessed an aversion.
She was like the parrot which its
owner declared said little but done a
devil Of a heap of thinkin!" She
thought good deal in those days.
When Tobias suggested bringing
friend home with him to dinner she
thought more than ever. albeit she
possibly said less.
ITO be bringin' man here for
male!" quoth she What kind OF a
man might he be now, Tobias?"
"Sthraight as they make 'em!"
promptly responded Tobias. HE
drives the rush bus. He's a good wan.
He'd relish one OF your raspberry rolls
that he would, Hanora!" Whereat
Hanora blushed In n wintry sunset
sort of way and said he might bring
his friend.
He did bring his friend. And-to tell
the truth-Hanora looked exceedingly
well. She had given her old black
skirt n dip" whatever that mysterI-
Gus phraseology may mean. And she
wore with this shirt waist OF softest
lawn. which she had bought at quite
an absurd figure because II was one OF
the smaller sizes. This she had duly
and delicately laundered. Not that
"The household art was the only dover
She would bring for gift to him she
we'd"
But the household art shone up In
resplendence on that particular night.
Never, thought trcacherous Tobias,
with glow ut his heart, had any man
such sister, and II II were not for the
here he broke on In an agony OF
deception which made him temporarily
oblivious Of the merits OF the raspberry
roll.
"You amt eat bitc." avowod
Hanora.
Tobias made n sweeping gesture
ncross his. Adams apple. Clear to
here," he declared with delicious men
dacity.
After supper they went into the par
Gilpin observer., 1900-07-26
Nearly Every Chinaman Belongs to Some
One of the Organizations.

1t would be hard to find Chinaman
that did not belong to one secret so
ciety at least. Often he belongs to
several Hui" and is active in them
all, whether he lives within or without
the boundaries of the Flowery King
dom. These societies are of all sorts,
but the most influential of them have
at heart the expulsion of the Tartar
dynasty, to which the present Emper-
his place. From the Chinese view
, point the Emperor is foreigner,
though his family has ruled for $50
years. Such period is only iio-
ment in Chinese chronology
OF the societies so eager to be rid of
Tartar rule some are of ancient orr
gin. as old as Masonry. In fact, sew
eral learned Masons who have studied
the Chinese societies have found start
ling similarities in organization, de-
grees, rites and methods of procedure.
DR.. Gustave Schlegel and William Stan
ton, earnest sinilogues, have written
of the Than I'll Hwui. Parker Pfoun-
des, Hue, Dyer Bell, Boyle, Arthur
Smyth and others have said much The
China Review and the Shanghai Daily
Press, North China Daily News, China
Mail, China Gazette, Hong Kong Tele-
graph, ETC., give many references to
the doings Of these societies. AS
writer in Blackwood's Magazine says,
China offers a congenial soil for the
growth of all sorts of illegal combina-
tions. This is due to the general NAL
administration of the country Under
oppression and tyranny secret socie-
rubbish heap; and SO iniquitous and
cruel is the political system of China
that 1t is only by combinations that
the people can resist the most fragrant
wrongs the mandarins seek to i'm
pose upon them.
In some provinces where large fam
lily clans exist the members band them
selves together under the patriachal
head of the tribe, and succeed in resist
ing the illegal and sometimes even the
legal exactions of the local authorities.
In Tu-khein, for example, the Chang
clan numbers something like 10000
persons and so well are they organized
that the Emperor's writs run among
them only by consent of the elders.
Such combination presents a diff
Guilty in the government of the prov
ince. and the ,luckless mandarins, find
ing themselves powerless to enforce
the usual exactions from the members
OF the clan, make up for this inability
Gilpin observer., 1900-07-26
Proposed 100 Apo.tI.a

The report that Charles Frohman
may attempt to produce the Passion
Play In this country recalls n good
story that Eugene Field used to tell.
says the Indianapolis News. An enter
prising American manager once saw
the Passion Play and was so impressed
by II that he determined to duplicate
II In America. However. he proposed
to improve upon II. Instead OF con-
tenting himself with twelve apostles.
he was going 90 have hundred!
Gilpin observer., 1900-07-26

by putting heavier burdens on those
outside the protective influence of the
powerful Chang tribe.
To some extent a Hui or secret So
ciety can protect its members from the
mandarin, and thus give to them bene-
fits such as the Chang clansmen enjoy.
Often 1t does this by blackmail. 1t con-
vinces the mandarin that so long as he
does as the Hui wishes the Hui will be
with him. otherwise IL will be against
him; it will create disturbances and
see that reports of these disturbances
reach the proper officials in Pekn. II
the Hui is powerful. the mandarin is
rather a manfkin. to which strings at
tach, that parties with conflicting pur-
poses pull In opposite directions.
The Oldest secret Society.
The Triad is one of the Oldest, per-
haps the very Oldest, of the Hui. 1t has
various names, some call 1t T'ien-Ti-
il, others T'ien-Ti-Hwey or the Hung
League, and In Canton and America
Sam-Hap appears to be the designa-
tion. Its symbol is a triangle.
The Kolao Hui. one of the most pow
erful societies In China, sprang from
his empire to crush the White Lotus
the T'ien-Ti-Ji. II has over 1000, 900
members. It dates from the Tai-Plng
rebellion uS60-65) when Ward. the
American. organized the Ever Victor
ious Army, with which Gordon won
his sobriquet Chinese" II is military
in Its organization, and forms large
part of the present horde Of Boxers
Its headquarters are in Human and
Honan. Writing OF 1t ten years ago,
Gilpin observer., 1900-07-26
rmu,ror p,.,lkcd Ccremon,,..

Among the letters advertised in re-
cent catalogue of a Berlin bookseller
are several written by Emperor. Fried
rich during the ninety-nlne days OF his
reign. One of them gives expression
to his aversion to courtly ceremonies,
and refers to various reasons why he
should not be expected to attend tho
receptions given by the ambassadors.
Gilpin observer., 1900-07-26

Outside information as to the "H. H.
Us" is meagre. but the first. step is
a sound thrashing, which purifies ex-
ternally, and the second is a couple of
gallons of soapsuds which the victim
must drink for publication internally.
OF another Hui, the Wei Keaou,
White Lotus" the do Nothing or
mo Hypocrisy" society, Mr.. Balfour
says it is more religious than the 9TH
ers. There are many women members.
Its members wear white clothing and
are, therefore, conspicuous. They are
strict vegetarians and hold all prop
erty in common, each member having
the usufruct of what was his or her
property before initiation, but enjoying
this only so long as the Hui does not
ask for it. Strange to say, most of
Gilpin observer., 1900-07-26
SUPERINTENDENT of Squirrels.

Gov. Nash. OF Ohio. has appointed y.
NJ. Marriott. OF that state. who Is Q
years old. superintendent OF squirrels.
The chief duty of the newly created
officer will be the wearing OF blue
uniform with big brass buttons on u.
Gilpin observer., 1900-07-26

Il kissed my sister, for she is kind
And loves me, but as we reached the
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-03-29

SEBEkAH Tetonka Lodge, No. %, meets
bcond and fourth Tuesday night each month
nj. 0. 0. +. Hall
FLoRENCE CAMPBELL, n. g.
Blanche BIGLER, Secretary.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-03-29
BrooklngS County.

Land is rapidly advancing in price and
now is the time to invest Big profits are
ure to be gained by investing.
The county of which Brookings is the
county seat is the best adapted 10. diversified
farming of any in South Dakota. Situated in
the center of the renowned Big Sioux Valley
and watered by the Big Sioux river and in
Vulnerable lakes. The soil is of rich, black
loan and is unsurpassed for fertility. The
best of water is found near the surface, and
numerous small streams water the rich farm
lands In all directions. II contains % town
ships and sos, ,58443 acres of gently rolling
land, fully rs per cent of which Is under culti-
walton. Has l04 good schoolhouses valued at
about 100000 in round numbers. Good rail-
road facilities. Assessed valuation, 1898,
Ss,3i5,0o0. Tax levy, 1893, 10 mills for general
purposes. Average crop for the past twenty
years, Is bushels per acre. Fine Iherds Of
blooded stock and rich grazing lands. No
government land-all occupied by actual
settlers. Decided land can be purchased at
from si2 TO $50 per acre, according'to location.
Good railroads convenient for marketing
stock and grain.
Long distance telephone connects every
town with the county seat and extends to
many points in the state as well as into Min
nesota and Iowa.
The country neighborhoods through hout the
county have their churches where the people
worship every Sunday
During the past year a large number OF peo-
pie from the east have brought their families
TO Brookings county and located perma-
nently. In every instance they are contented
with theiy choice of location and are ppoapa r
ing There are still opportunities for people Of
all classes to come here and be independent.
No state I'm the union offers better advantages
than can be found right here in the Sioux
Valley region.
Farmers in the east who contemplate COM
ing west can find no better soil, no better 10
cation and no better markets In the whole
northwest than Brookings county presents.
Come oat and see for yourselves the banner
county of South Dakota.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-03-29

you can imagine. You may not know
1t, but your influence among us is very
great. ! have lived In Milton as boy
knew SO many iaboring men attend
church and the lectures in the hall as
duking the few moths you have been
here. Your work here has not been a
failure; it has been a great success"
A tear stole out Of Philips eye and
rolled down and fell with a warm
splash on the letter which lay beside
him. If a $500 call could be drowned
by one tear, that professorship in So
ciology in Fairview seminary was In
danger.
$50 you think the people in this
neighborhood would miss me little?"
he asked almost as modestly as IL he
were asking great favor.
"Would they, Mr. Strong! You will
never know what you have done for
them. If the mill men were to hear Of
your leaving, they would come down
here in a body and almost compel you
to stay. cannot bear to think Of your
going. And yet the danger you are In,
the whisky mem
Philip reused himself up, interrupt
ing his visitor. The old time fash Of
righteous Indignation shot out Of his
eyes as he exclaimed: 81 am more than
half minded to stay on that account!
The rummies would think they had
beaten me out If leftw
"Oh, Mr.. Strong, can't tell you how
glad we would be II you would only
stay! And yet
And yet" replied Philip, with sad
smile. "there are many things to take
into the account. thank you out Of
my heart for the love you have shown
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-03-29
CHAPTER XVIII.

When few minutes later Mrs.
Strong came up, Philip told her ex-
actly how he had decided.
IL cannot leave these poor fellows In
the tenements yet. My work is just
beginning to count with them. And
the church--oh, Sarah. love 1t. for 1t
has such possibilities, and IL must yield
In time. And then the whisky men--l
cannot bear to have them think me
beaten. driven out, defeated. And In
addition to all the rest have feeling
that God has wonderful blessing In
store for me and the church very soon,
and cannot Danish the feeling that II
/ accept the call TO Fairview | should
always be haunted by that ghost of
Duty murdered and run away from
which would make me unhappy In all
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-03-29

1t has been u great success"
me- 1t means more than words can
express" And Philip leaned back with
ertheless revealed his deep satisfac-
tion at the thought Of such friendship
as this man had for him.
He was getting exhausted with the
interview, following so soon on his
illness Of the night before. The visitor
was quick to notice 1t, and after a
warm clasp of hands be went
away. Philip. lying there alone while
his wife was busy down stairs, lived
an age in few minutes. All his life
so far In Milton. the events of his
preaching and his experiences In the
church, his contact with the workmen,
his evident influence over them. the
thought Of what they would feel in
case he left Milton to accept this new
work, the dissatisfaction at the
thought of an unaccomplished work
abandoned, the thought Of the exulta-
ton of the whisky men-all this and
much more surged in end out Of his
mind and heart like heavy tides of
a heaving ocean as 1t rushes into some
deep fissure and then flows back
again with noise and power. He strug-
gled up into sitting position and
with pain Of body almost fell from
the couch upon his knees and with his
face bowed upon the letter, which he
spread out before him with both
hands, he sobbed out a yearning cry
to his Master for light in his darkness.
1t came as he kneeled down. and 1t
did not seem to him at all strange or
absurd that as he kneeled there came
to his thought a picture of the Brother
Man. And he could almost hear the
Brother Man say: "Your work Is In
Milton, IN Calvary church yet. Except
q man shall renounce all that he hath
he cannot be his disciple" 1t mat
tered not to Philip that the answer to
his prayer came In this particular
way. He was not superstitious or
morbid or given to yieldln" to impulse
or fancy. He lay down upon the
couch again and knew In his heart
that he was at peace with God and his
own conscience in deciding to stay
with Calvary church and refuse the
call tn Eairyiew
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-03-29
CHURCHES.

Snn SndaE ERAN (Norwegian,) Services each
SehSsssty morning and evening. sunday
Snool each Sunday.
F. C. NORMAN, Pastor.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-03-29
Society apd Geperal Directory.
BRooxINes and BRooKlNes COUNTY.
A BRIEF DESCRIPTION.

Cigar factory.
Two bakeries.
Three dentists.
One state bank.
Seven churches,
Four physicians.
Five good hotels.
Four drug stores.
Six grain elevators.
One national bank.
Three barber shops.
Excellent drainage.
One steam laundry.
Two machine shops.
Three lumber yards.
One Chinese laundry.
Three weekly pspers.
First Regiment Band.
Railroad eating house.
Fine lake near the city.
One first-cIass creamery.
Good water near surface.
Glove and mitten factory.
Local telephone exchange.
State Agricultural college.
Tidball Medicine Company.
Twenty-Five hundred souls.
Brookings Land & Trust Co.
Splendid resort for sportsmen.
Waterworks for fire protection.
One monthly periodical-college.
Long distance telephone system.
Fine brick public school building.
Incorporation three miles square.
United States Experiment Station.
One building and loan association.
Cornell Hose n Garment Supporter Co.
Five hundred scholars in public schools.
Railroads running east, west and north.
FIGURING mill with capacity OF lo4bsrrels.
Good sewerage system in business portion
Electric lights ownediand controlled by the
city.
Four hundred students at Agricultural. col
lege.
Abstract and title guaranty company--in.
corporsted.
County seat Brookings county, population
I3,oO0-fine court house and jail.
Surrounded by the best farming and graz.
ing lands in South Dskota-where crops are
suie and water plenty.
Masonic bodies: Commandery, Council
Chapter, Blue Lodge and Eastern star. Odd
Fellows: Encampment, Subordinate and
Rebekah, A. o. U. w and Degree Of Honor
Modern Woodmen and Royal Neighbors
Royal Arcanum. National Aid Association
Mystic Circle. q. A. X. and Woman's Relief
Corps.
Beautiful trees dot the prairie In every d.
rection and the city presents charming ap
pearance, matted as IL is In the midst OF Inc
growth of shade and ornamental trees
invites manufacturing enterprises
wholesale houses and business OF all kinds
Her citizens are ready and willing to encour
age and assist every helpful industry.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-03-29
[ooNrsuED.l
Tn. Luck Of Br'er wiIii.m..

You never kin tell what's In sto' fer
you, outside er grocery bill" said the
old colored philosopher. .sBr'er VII
iiams tuck out accident policy fer
500, en- In ten minutes afterward a
railroad cut his head clean or! En- be-
TO dat time he wouldn't er knowed de
eagle on silver dollar ef hit had
screamed en- clawed himw--Atlanta
Constitution.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-03-29
Bicycle Repairing
A Speciality.

Iii III In need of any repairs 10
my line don't fail to call. Or.
ders from a distance receive
! prompt attention.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-03-29

BR!GHTS KIDNEY PILLS. NOS 4 patent
Buchu, Uvi ursa, Potassium nifratr. Jumper
berries and similar valuable Kidney rmcmeqissss m s
Fer sale by all druggists al a3c tor iuhrs'Sco
package. Try them todfy.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-03-29

Machine Shop.

III Is In better shape to handle
lall kinds Of repairing in brass
and iron than 1t has ever been
] before.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-30
The Columbia Bicycle Wins the
Grand Prix at Paris.

The Columbia Bicycle has been
awarded the Grand PriX in compete
tion with all other American bicycles
at the Paris exposition. The Grand
PriX, as it's name signifies. the grand
priZe-the highest possible award.
Recognition of the merits of certain
other American wheels took the form
of gold, silver, and bronze medals,
and honorable mention" but there
was only one Grand PriN, and the
Columbia won it,
Tile manufacturers Of Columbia BIZ
cycles took the American industry at
its birth and have led it through each
step of progress. Master minds in
mechanics have avcl their ripest
thoughts to perfectng the Columbia,
to harmonizing and improving it's
paits-to embodying in it every feat
ure of excellence, Year after year it
has represented the most advanced
construction.
The models shown at Paris are Il
result of what has thus been done to
keep the Columbia AT the front for
twenty-three years, covel ing the most
remarkable period of mechanical pro-
gIess the world has ever known, The
Columbia Bicycle has been in many
industrial eSpositions and it has
never failed to win first place where
ever and whenever awards have been
made according TO fixed standard of
excellence.
First in the American field, the CO.
lumbia remains foremost, The local
agents for the Columbia are CoArad
Brothers, 2i3 Wyoming avenue. F*
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-30
THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE TUESDAY OCTOBER 30 1900.

ployes before the strike and made him
self more so while the strike was on.
Only seventy men are employed at this
place.
The Manville colliery, operated on
alternate months by the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Delaware and Hud-
son companies. is not to start till
November I. This Is the Lackawanna' g
month to operate, but owing to the
fact that only two days OF the month,
remain, and that the place could hard
ly be gotten in shape for mining IN
that time, the Lackawanna decided to
let the two days go by the board.
All the other collierles of the Lackas
wanna region got under way, though
the amount of coal mined was COM
paratively small. owing to so much re-
pair work being necessary. All OF the
companies report a full-handed force.
This region was affected least of anv
by the exodus of miners to other fields
during the strike. 1t Is estimated that
not over 1000 left here and, as twice
this number could be spared, their
going caused no inconvenience.
Some little friction was experienced
at few of the mines. AT the Arch
bald the drivers refused to supply cars
to a miner who had prominently iden-
titled himself with the Lackawanna
union and did not get into the United
Mine Workers. He had to come out
without doing any work.
NO DISCRIMINATION.
General Superintendent Loomis. upon
learning of the affair, sent word to the
foreman that the men should be in