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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-22

Silk dresses were worn in China 450
years ago.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-22

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup for chiidre
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, CSC a bottI
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-22

A factory for liquid air is being erected
at Los Angeles, Cal, for refrigerating pur.
noses
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-22

To Cure Cold In One Day.
Take LAXATIVE BRoNo QuININH TABLETS. All
druggists refund tho money II II fails To cure
3. W. GROVES signature Is on each box. 2'e
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-22

This years list of accidents in the Alps
numbers seventy-nine, of which fifty-three
resulted in instant death.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-22

There is no other ink "just as good" as
Carter's Ink. There is only one ink that 10
best Of all and that is Carter's Ink. Use it.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-22
Frcy,s Vernifuge

Saves the lives of children. &c. Druggists
and country stores OF by mail. Il. & S. FREY,
BALTIMORE, MD.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-22

Don't drink too much water when cy-
cling. Adams Pepsin Tutti Frutti is an
excellent substitute.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-22

To be minutely accurate. a man loses
time every time he looks at clock.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-22

When a poet falls in love with girl
ut is natural that he should run to
metre.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-22
THE sum OF II.

A sky that bends above you
With bright stars shining true;
A tender heart to love you
And who's as rich as you'll
#. L. S., in Atlanta Constitution.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-22

! PUTNAM FADELEss DYES are fast to sum
light, washing and rubbing. Sold by all
druggists.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-22

Snails, by means of an acid which they
exude, contrive to bore holes in solid lime.
stone.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-22

Some men are more polished than their
shoes would Indicate
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-22
THE REALM OF FASHION.

New York City.-No coat yet devised
suits the small boy more perfectly
than the box model with coachman's
capes. The smart May Manton de-
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20
Can Ants Hear?

Naturalists have generally accepted
the opinion that ants are not able to
perceive any sounds that are audible
to human ears Prof Weld OF the
Iowa state university controverts this
opinion. He describes in Science care
full experiments made by him with
four species OF American ants, from
which he deduces the conclusion that
these species at least are able to
perceive sound but whether they do ii
by means of organs of hearing or
through the sense OF touch being ex-
cited by atmospheric vibrations he is
unable to say with certainty. He in
clines TO the opinion that they do
really hear, as some individuals
showed perception of the direction
OF the sound, such as that OF a shrill
whistle. and others, which were not
disturbed when violently shaken in
their glass prisons. seemed to be "driv-
en- nearly frantic by shrill sounds"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20
Trial of Voting Machines.

In the light of the successful expert.
ments with automatic registering de-
vices in recent elections in many
towns, particularly in Massachusetts
and New York, there is little room for
doubt that the voting machine will ul-
timately supplant the paper ballot as
a means of recording the popular will
in national, state, county, and NUM-
cipal contests. This belief is strength
ened by the results of many tests Of
the voting machine in the recent cleo
ton, all of which were successful and
highly satisfactory to the electorate.
The people of Buffalo are particularly
elatec over the results of two trials
Of voting machines in that city. So
satisfactory have been these tests that
The Buffalo Enquirer declares the peo-
pie will never voluntarily dispense
with the machines.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20

fought inside the walls of Pekin. For
two months to a day the French mis-
sion settlement of the Pei Tang was
besieged and bombarded by the best
artillery of the Chinese forces.
The defenders of the legations,
only two and half miles away across
the city, could hear daily the heavy
cannonading, and by this token alone
knew that 1.-The flag was still there"
No communication was possible be-
tween these two storm centers of re-
sistance through all the weary, hope
less days. Each knew the other was
still holding out only by the distant
grumble of big guns.
The attack against the Pei Tang
was more formidable than the fury
legations in that the defenders were
a handful by comparison. The losses
in killed were more than twice greater
with unique accompaniment of hor-
rors. The story is predominant in its
qualities of tragedy and heroism, with
out the slightest detraction from the
splendid courage and sacrifice Of those
who fought inside the legation barri-
cades.
The Pei Tang is the chief stronghold
OF French Catholicism in north China.
1t consists of an imposing gothic
cathedral, a convent, founding asy-
ium, schools, dwellings for the priests,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20

ance." Again recurring to the same
idea he says of Confucianism:
1T enjoins that kindness be requited
with kindness and an injury with JUS
tice. 1t does not sanction retaliation
in a vindictive spirit, such as, l regret
to say is shown by some persons pro-
Tossing to be governed by the tenets
of Christianity"
1t does not follow, Of course, from
the sting of such criticism that the
Chinese are what they believe them
selves to be. The most intelligent of
them are, in fact, the slaves of the
grossest superstition and many of
their practices are repellant to hui
manity and to common sense. But
they are not savages, and in spite of
the dark spots in their minds they
have an intellectual keenness and stub
bornness combined with that national
self-righteousness which makes the
problem of converting the 400, 000,000 a
tremendous one indeed.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20
cIu Trn9 Fang on Religion.

The address on religion which WI
Ting Fang, the Chinese minister to
Washington, delivered in New York
the other night, will serve to illustrate
the very great difficulty of PROSECUTING
In the Flowery Kingdom. For exam
pie this learned man of the far east
quotes from the scriptures the injunc-
ton that IL man smite you en- one
cheek you should turn him the other
and that imperative command, Love
your enemies, and makes an applica-
ton OF them that is too pertinent to
be pleasant. There is no likelihood,
he declares, that men will live up TO
such a standard, and then he adds: AT
this very moment Christian mission
aries are calling for bloodshed and
vengeance, and Christian armies are
devastating the land, sparing neither
age nor sex, There Is indeed vast
gulf between doctrine and perform
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20
Portal Recefpfs.

If the intelligence of a nation may
be judged by the amount OF money it
spends for postage the annual report OF
the postmaster general makes show
ing which is flattering to the people OF
the United States. During the twelve
months ending with June 30. 1900, the
total receipts of the postoffice depart
ment were upwards of 100000, 000
while the annual deficit of the depart
ment has been reduced in the same
time to s5,3s5,OO0 Three years ago the
annual deficit was 100000, 50 that
the present showing is a good one, par
ticularly when the large expenditures
FOR new and costly features in the pos
tai service pre- considered.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20

Pekin early in the summer. The rank
ing officer was Lieut.. olieveri, an Ital-
ian, and this command was the total
number bearing arms through the
sixty days siege In this time four
teen soldiers were killed and 125 men,
women and children persisted in the
explosion Of three separate mines tun-
neled beneath the building from be-
yond the imperial city wall which
protected the Chinese in their work.
Eleven men and women were killed by
the rife fire which swept. the com
pounds, making the total loss in killed
$50. OF the wounded and manned
there were nearly 100 more. The Chi
nese sappers were digging night and
day. 1t was only a question of days
before the site of the cathedral and
mission buildings would become one
vast and ragged crater, huge pit, en-
tombing thousands.
Among those killed in the explosion
of the first mine were forty children at
prayers in their dormitory and thirty
women in the adjoining wing OF the
asylum. When the relief column res
cued the survivors on August 16, or
two days after the taking of the city,
and the end of the siege of the lega-
tions, the sisters had begun voluntar-
lily to abstain from food, that what re-
NAMED might be doled out among the
children, the refugees and the exhaust
ed soldiers.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20

Winamac, Ind. special tc the Chi
cago Tribune: People here are sur
prised that the story of the Pittsburg
hens that are fed on asbestos siftings
and lay fireproof eggs was considered
worth telegraphing to the daily papers.
Winfield Scott Purcell, farmer, liv-
ing near the Pink Marsh, returned in
1887 from a visit to the Hawaiian Is
lands, bringing with him pair OF
fowls that had been Matched in cleft
in the center OF the volcano Mauna
Loa. This farm is now overrun with
chickens that refuse to roost anywhere
except on a redhot stove, and will eat
nothing but birthstone. The chickens
are valueless for food, but are regarded
by strangers as great curiosities. Mr.
Purcell says they are never troubled
by insect pests of any kind.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20

termination, although there are minis
tiers in Pekin who chung to belief in
official assurances we'll into the siege,
and when convinced against their will
clutched at the ghost of the same opin-
ion still. But the Boxers did not have
to blow down or force the gates of the
imperial city when they marched
against the Pei Tang The gates were
opened for them and this could have
been done only by direct order of the
imperial government. This evidence
is written in the wreck of the mission
settlement and the graves OF $50 men,
women and children who persisted in
the siege.
When the Boxer hordes were loosed
against the foreigners in north China
5000 residents and refugees, including
native Christians, were sheltered in
the buildings Of the Pei Tang, the ma
jority Of them women and children.
Archbishop FEWER, far-sighted in
things militant, had judged Alright the
signs of gathering danger, and with
long experience and rarely intimate
knowledge of the Chinese he placed no
faith in the perfervid promises of gov
eminent protection, and realized the
magnitude of that which was about to
happen. He sent repeated warnings to
the legations urging the ministers to
withdraw, or to persuade their gov
ernments TO protect them with armies,
rather than guards, before it should
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20
APPLES IN CANADA.
Canadian and American Fruit Compared
Shipping Apples.

shipping Apples.
The American Cultiyator gives its
readers a word of advice regarding the
packing of apples and incidentally has
good word to say for Canadian fruit.
1t is claimed, says the Cultivator. that
much of the rapid increase in the de-
mand for Canadian apples for export
is due more to careful asserting and
packing than to quality of fruit. While
our fruit from the United States
often brings the highest prices. the
average price for the Canadian ship
ments have often been better than our
own. This is all wrong and we should
not suffer it to continue. The fruit
grower must take his chances of the
season and the insects so far as he can
not control them by spraying But
after the fruit has grown he can con-
troll the conditions of preparing il and
putting Ii on the market. He should
see that il is picked from the tree
without being pinched or bruised by
tossing into the basket or emptying it
out OF them. He should assert il hon
estly and pack it carefully, so that 1t
may be transported safely. He should
send it to market only in clean and
neat packages, whether boxes or bar
rels, and he should try TO find the
market where consumers are willing
to pay fair price for goods OF hand
some appearance and prime quality.
Having done this he may expect to be
well repaid for his labor.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20
CAVE JEWELLERS.
In the Kills of China Agriculturists Are
Primitive.

Primitive.
Although the vast mobs which infest
Pekin and the larger cities of China
are worked up to state of frenzy and
fanaticism, the great Chinese popula-
ton proper is agricultural, and natu-
rally extremely peaceful. Agricul-
ture, however, is most primitive, and
the wonder is how such an immense
population can be supported from the
soil until the great economy prac-
ticed In all things is understood. On
the great plain OF China every avail
able foot OF land is utilized for grow
ing something, and every praticle or
fertility returned TO the soil. Waters
are used for irrigation, and in many
cases laboriously distributed over the
fields. The great plain Is about 700
miles in length, and varies from 200
to 400 miles in width, occupying the
northeastern part OF the empire, and
containing over 100000 square miles
OF wonderfully fertile soil. Ii sup
ports population Of not less than IT,
100000 human beings. making it the
most densely settled OF any part OF the
world of the same size, its inhabitants
amounting to nearly two-thirds OF the
entire population OF Europe. A won
derful feature in the physical geog-
raphy OF China is the existence of
vast region of loess in this portion of
the empire. Loess Is very solid but
fryable earth, brownish yellow in col
or, and is found In many places from
500 to 1000 feet deep. The loess hills
rise in terraces from twenty to sew
eral hundred feet in height. The loess
region In China is perhaps the most
broken country in the world. with its
sheer cliffs and upright walls, terraces
and deep-cut rsvines. Owing to the
ease with which II can be worked,
caves made at the bases OF straight
cliffs afford homes to millions OF peo-
pie In the densely populated nothern
previacsa. Whole villages cluster to-
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20
Victim of coHe&e Ros0dies.

The death of Oscar Booze, the West
Point cadet, as the result of a hazing
he received at the military academy,
has created widespread sensation
and much indignation is expressed
that the war department should toler-
ate practices so brutal in their charac-
ter as those to which this young man
was subjected. 1t is said that the
young mans throat was terribly in
famed by the poison he was forced to
swallow, and he was unable to take
any nourishment whatever. His stom-
ach was so much inflamed likewise
that 1t refused to assimilate the food
injected into it, and this had to be
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20

gether in carved-out chambers, some
of which extend back more than two
hundred feet. The capabilities of de-
Tense in country such as this, while
an invading army must necessarily be-
come lost and absolutely bewildered
in the tangle of interlacing ways and
where the defenders may always re-
main concealed or have innumerbale
means of escape, are peculiarly signif-
icant of the time. when consideration
Is being given TO a conquest of China.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20

Uen. isaac knan. the capitals OF Eu-
rope. This is the first time that the
general has visited the United States,
and he is the first representative sent
by Persia to Washington in ten years.
He is a man of imposing presence,
tall, athletic and of rather handsome
features.
General Isaac Khan said that he
would establish Persian legation in
Washington without delay and that
next year he hoped to entertain extern
sively. He is fond of outdoor sports
and polo is his favorite pastime.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20

has been for many
years one of Per-
sia's leading diplo-
mats. He repre-
sented that coun-
try for ten years at
the court of st.
Petersburg, passed
three years in
Egypt and one in
Belgium. He en-
joys the confidence
OF the shah in the
highest degree and
accompanied Mo
zaffer-ed-din o n
his recent visit to
the canitale of I'm
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20

place of the usual
animal. The auto
mobile horse is so
arranged that it is
driven in exactly
the ordinary way.
Reins are provided
for steering and
stopping the ma
chine. A pull on
either rein turns
the apparatus In
the corresponding
direction, and a
steady pull with
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20

In the village of Kerschdorf, near
Heidelberg. Germany, there is lively
ninety-one year old blacksmith and
church warden. who recently climbed
to the top of the church steeple and
tied a new rope to the bell after the
younger men of the village had re-
fused to risk their necks In thu per-
foEnance OF that task.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20
nlr I.ns.s. ~ Roni.tt..

Don Luis Terrazas, son OF the ex-
governor Of Chihuahua, Mexico, visited
FL Paso, Tex, recently, and in one
night lost s25, OCO at the roulette wheel.
The father OF Don Luis is enormously
rich, owning almost the entire state OF
Chihuahua. He lives in palace and
has 10000 workmen in his m'ues and
on cattle ranches.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20
THE SIEGE OF PEI TANG.

be too late. His own preparations
for defense could be pitifully small at
the best. He would not desert his
native converts who sought protection
at the Pei Tang.
After urgent appeals there was sent
him a mixed handful of French and
Italian soldiers, forty-two in all, from
the little international force sent to
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20
STORY OF A BRAVE DEFENSE.

the home OF the archbishop, and a sur
rounding settlement just inside the
wall of the imperial city and in the
shadow of the massive barriers OF the
forbidden or sacred city.
Proof has been heaped mountain
high that the imperial government
was in active cooperation with the
Boxers in the anti-foreign war Of ex-
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20

HllltC. HG H6ulc
of Mr.. Hobart will be nine feet high.
The kind of pedestal on which the
statue will stand has not yet been Sc
lected. 1t is also announced that a
few slight changes in the design will
be recommended to the sculptor by the
committee. Mr.. Martiny, the success
full competitor, is on the art committee
of the Pan-American exposition. All
the models examined were submitted
to a committee consisting of ]. Q. A
Ward Charles Lamb, Daniel c. French
and Herbert Adams of the Art society
and Mayor John Hinchliffe of Paterson
and Edward T. Rell Of the memorial
committee. The statue will be set up
in Paterson, N. j., which was Mr. He
bart's home.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20

DOln TelHS IOBelHeI
slow down the motor and applies the
brake. A secondary pair of reins are
provided, a pull on which brings the
automobile TO a stop at once. In
France somewhat similar invention
has been put on the market, with tbs
difference that the French machine is
constructed in the shape OF a lsorse
The American inventor thinks that his
machine will be popular with people
who already have vehicles which they
do not feel like throwing away entire
ly. BY hitching on one of his mechani-
cal horses they may still use their old
carriages or wagons and at the same
time do away with the expense and
other disadvantages of keeping horses.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20
Especial Pekln correspondence,)

Especial Pekin Correspondence)
Through the months of tragic mys-
terry which curtained the fate Of the
besieged legations. the anxious world
beyond China heard almost nothing
OF the story of Pei Tang, nor knew
that this other and even more desper-
ate battle against odds was being
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20

General Isaac Khan, the newly APP
pointed Persian minister from Persia
to the United States, was presented to
the president last week The general
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20
Metz Form of a automobile.

An American inventor, named Max
ham, has recently patented an auto
mobile horse which is designed to be
hitched on in front of any vehicle in
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20
The Hidden Force Infer0sned.

William Richardson, General Wheel
ers successor In congress, was once
sentenced to be hanged as a Confed-
crate spy He had been taken pris-
oner Of war, escaped. and was retaken
in company OF a notorious spy. He
was sentenced to be hanged with the
spy, but an unexpected attack by Gen
eral Forest resulted In his rescue.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20

Another contingent of Canadian
troops embarked at Cape Town on th1s
18th, en- route for home.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20

monument 10 DC
erected in memory
of Carrot A. Ho-
bart. late vice
president of the
United States. The
design selected is
that submitted by
p h Hip Martlny.
and shows Mr.. Ho-
bart standing on a
pedestal in a lis
{ e n in g attitude,
with a gavel in his
hand. 1t is to be
Of bronze and will
cost $4,000. that
sum having been
raised by a COM
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20

abandoned, so that he actually starved
to death. President Mckinley has or
dered an investigation.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20
Ills TIE World ReUoIUeS...
In Memory OF Mr.. Hobarr.

The committee having the matter In
charge has chosen a design for the
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20

He who agrees with himself agrees
With others.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20

sDetroit-Hay, No Timothy, sl2 90 per ton
Potatoes, 40c per bu. Live Poultry, spring
chickens nc per n; fowls, 6hc; turkeys, Be-
ducks, Sc. Eggs, strictly fresh, go per DOZEN
Butter, best dairy, lsc per n; creamery, &c
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20

AS result of railroad wreck al
Kittening Point, Pa, on the night az
the 18th, one man was killed outright
and 10 others were more or less seriosuly
injured.
Nebraska farmers are marketing all
their corn. All state roads are run
ming extra grain trains. Much corn is
being sent direct to the Atlantic
seaboard.
Two counterfeiters, so spurious dol
lars, which were still warm, and "A
eounterfeiting plant were captured by
U. S. marshals at Lisbon, VenangE
county, Pa, on the 10th