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SOLD AT THE PRICE OF PORK.
4 story illustrating Social Reform
in China.
CFrom Parsons Magaz,peJ

conundrum with which the missionary
In the East has to contend is the question
Of morality The Chinese conception of
morality is peculiar. and a plurality of
wives is not only permissible but often
rir,ss commended. Prostitution is COM
men and the sale OF women is not infre-
quent In the early seventies Judge Yuan,
a truly good man. who presi led in Chi
nan-Fu ordered the police to f;lther in all
specimens of frail womanhood hey could.
Nearly a hundred were q rested ana placed
in the COURTYARD of the magistrates
house. Then ensued scene remarkable
even for China.
First of all the good Judge read a pro-
cIamation declaring that he desired to
make good women of the unfortunates be-
fore him. and that in his opinion the best
way to do this was to marry them off to
some good man. Accordingly. he would
sell them Off no one being Ilowed 20 take
more than one Al first no ore had the
courage to select a wife. but finally an old
farmer pointed to one. and. struggling aud
kicking, she was carried to a scale and
weighed
Ninety catties." said the weigher
''How much a catty." asked the pros
rective purchaser. in alarm lest he had in
sufficient funds.
What is the price of pc k today"
asked the judge.
Ninety cash a catty,' replied the far
mer
"Then sell them at ninety cash cat
typ said the judge. and that was the pre-
vailing price. Before night not one wo
man was left.
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Most people have had nightmares when
the occasion was favorable. and can re
call distinctly what their sensations were
during the experience. And most of us
will agree that when chased by the va
rlous phantoms addicted to careering
through dreamland in such circumstances
we are entirely destitute of any wish to
stop and fight. All courage deserts US
and we are possessed only with the wild
yearning to get away. A New Orleans
lawyer notes this fact of cowardice under
the influence OF bad dreams and says that,
as far as he can discover, every dreamer
behaves in precisely the same way as he
himself does. He thinks that the reason
may lie in the choking sensation which
almost invariably accompanies nightmare,
and he adduces the fact that when man is
choked by an assailant when awake It mad
dens him and he loses all control of him
self. This may account for the phenomenon
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ADVANTAGES OF LANGUAGE.
simple Words Instead of Hnclsneycd
Phrases Always Preferable.


We read with interest that certain
young and hopeful persons are to be
united in the holy bends of matrimoEy.
and this not altogether novel announ, e.
ment suggests the influence of the mar
| riage ceremony upon the use Of I'm
guage. Trains start at 10 o'clock, Al
| now and then somebody is said to bs
married at that hour. but, as rule,
though 1t may be u when the cars start
it is high noon" when the Clergyman
makes his declaration to and about the
waiting couple. Nobody hes yet explained
what makes the noon high" but the fact
is accepted as an incident of the occa-
sion. Just so. while now ard then $. me
people are married., it is expected of
them either that they shall be united
in marriage" or in the holy bonds of
matrimony' or else be Joined in we'd
lock-. And weddings are not alone in
their stilted phraseology. Take funerals.
Generally We are told that the Solemn
burial service" of the Episcopal Church
was used. This is always a relief Friends
might have selected the humorous service
of some other church or have had service
for baptisms Of infants. and. when it is
made clear that they had solemn ard
burial service at a funeral. you realize that
they have done. the proper thing by tho
one who has passed away
That phrase recalls the story they tel
of the late and mueh-esteemed Judge Par
dee. of the Supreme Court and of Hart>
ford Some lawyer speaking Of an expec.-
ed witness said he had passed away. DIED.
sir" said the Judge. In this court pep
pie die, not pass away" Similarly, meat
ings are holden" and wills are proven
and people who use those terms seem to
think that additional weight is given
thereby to the statements they have to
make. The fact is that the simplest Ian
guage is the elearest and the strongest.
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THE BALTIMORE IN PORT.
Cruiser Arrives Ina American waters
After Long Voyage.


NEW YORK, Sept. S.-The United States
cruiser Baltimore. in command of Rear
Admiral j. c. Watson, arrived and anchor
ed off Tompkinsville at 7;45 this morning
The ship sailed from Yokohama on May j
last. On her voyage she made stops a,
Shanghai, Hongkoag, Singapore, Colombo
Suez, Malta, Gibraltar. HaYre, Grayesend
Belfast and Greepock, leaving the latter
port on August %.
The officers attached to the flagship are:
Rear Admiral ]. c. Watson, Lieutenan;
Commander A. Ward senior aide, Lieut.. +.
Marble; flag lieutenant, Lieut.. ". S. Cros-
ley; aide. Capt j. NJ Forsyth; Lieutenant
Commander w. G. Cutler Lieutenant
Commander r. II. Eldridge, Lieutenant
Commander ]. NJ Orchard. Lieut.. Spencer
S. Wood. Lieut.. Oleanie Tarbox, Lieut.. l..
NJ Everhart Lieut. A. T. Chester. Lieut..
E. H. Watson. Lieut.. o. S. Krepper, Lieut..
NJ. J. Mccormack. Surgeon +. B. Stephen
son, Passed Assistant Surgeon Lewis Nor
ris, Paymaster E. Fl. Rogers and Capt.
Dion Williams of the Marine Corps.
The Baltimore will go to the Brooklyn
Navy Yard where she VIII be pus out Of
commission in order to undergo extensive
repairs. AS she has been in service for
about ten years, it will be impossible to
know the full extent OF repairs needed I'M
til after she has been surveyed. She viii
probably be out OF commission for year
or more while repairs are going on.
This is the first time the cruiser has ap-
peared in home waters since the battle of
Manila At Greenock the flagship stopped
ard many OF the officers and men were
ashore. Owing to the existence Of the bu,
bonic plague at Glasgow AT the time of the
vessels stay at GreenOck Health Officer
Doty made a more thorough investigation
than is usual The surgeon Of the Balti-
more told DR.. Doty that he would not
certify that the tackles had not visited
Glasgow, because they usually went every
where when on shore leave. DR.. Doty per-
mitted the Baltimore to go to the naval
off Tompkinsville. with the
that she was under quaran-
tine. and that no person should be allowed
on board nor any CT the ships company go
on shore without the permission of the
health officer.
Dr. Doty said that the temperature of all
on board would be taken before any dispo-
sition was made of the vessel II all were
well there is no danger of a breaking out
of the plague, as this is the tenth day since
the departure from Greenoek.
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CUBAN CORRECTIONAL COURTS
An Order Empowering: Towns to Es-
tabiish the Tribunals.

HAVANA, Sept. S.-An order has been
issued by the judges OF the court of first
instance empowering towns where cor
rectional courts do not exist to establish
such courts. This viii give about fifty
correctional courts to the island. \ judga
OF the court of first instance will act as
judge of the correctional court in all
cases where a higher penalty than ten
days Imprisonment or a fine of SO may
be imposed. and the accused will be tried
by jury. This reform will be very popu-
lar. many of the towns having asked for
such courts, which will make the admin
istration of justice many times cheaper
and quicker, both for the State and lii
giants.
Mr. Frye has been appointed inspec-
tor of schools. He will make general
inspection OF all the schools in the ISL
and.
Governor General Wood will start to-
morrow for the Isle Of Pines. OF the south
coast of Cuba. He will be gone three
days.
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NO AMERICAN SPOT COTTON.
English Spinners Take Radical Ac
tion Mt Manchester.

LONDON, Sept. S.-There was large
attendance in Manchester yesterday at
the meeting of the cotton spinners. which
unanimously passed resolutions to pur-
chase no American spot cotton during
September. Only three of those present
opposed the action. and they on the
ground that the resolution was not strong
enough.
1t was resolved to meet again on the
21st instant to take more drastic meas
ures.- If necessary. The attention of the
meeting was directed to the heavy buy
ing of American spot cotton during the
last two or three days, suggesting that
the emergency committee used its knowl-
edge of the proposition to boycott the
brokers to provide themselves with cot
ton. The operatives will suffer by the &C
tion taken. as the amount of cotton on
hand will not supply the mills for any
time.
Liverpool stock is about 10000 bales,
compared with 100000 bales for the cor
responding period of 1899.
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The Chinese situation.

The prompt action of Germany in de-
cliring to adopt the "scuttling policy" OF
The Russo-American proposal has served
10 clear the diplomatic atmosphere. and It
seems no longer probable that the United
States will be subjected to the humiliation
of tagging out OF 3ekin at the heels of the
Russian troops merely to keep a foolish
engagement. made by the Root, Smith, and
Wilson ad interims, obviously detrimental
70 American honor, prestige. and interests.
In short, with Germany, Great Britain, Aus
tria and Italy united in opposition to eyac-
uation. there is every reason to expect that
Russia Will accept the majority policy
gracefully, and thus avoid a rupture of the
international concert.
The State Department is stu at work on
= plan to secure agreement upon middle
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Only the Author Lacking.


It may be said with absolute conviction
that there is nothing wanting today for
great novel of New England life but great
novelist. The material lies to his hand. as
abundant here as anywhere. Would he
treat OF social movements? There Is rich
variety and striking color in the success
sive waves OF immigration that have
poured over the old Puritan States-Irish.
French, and Polish-sweeping across in
successive tides. Would he treat of cap
ital and labor? Nowhere is there a finer
setting than in the little communities built
up around the great manufacturing indus
tries of New England. Is his aim poetic
romance? 1t would be hard TO find a mora
impressive setting than in the lonely
places of our hill country, which. in the
hands of an imaginative writer would be
not a whit inferior to the Devonshire Of
Lorna Doone" or the "Wessex'' OF Thorn
as Hardy's novels. The possibilities Of the
New England coast for the romance of adj
venture were only family shown by Mr..
Kipling's entertaining but shallow Cap
tains Courageous" We may be sure that a
Stevenson bred on our shore would never
have sighed over the lack OF romance. AS
for studies OF men and women and their
relations no novelist need travel far afield
and New England is specially rich in ma
terials for those great studies of family
groups, from generation to generation,
which lend interest to the works Of some
of the Old World novelists.
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OIney'a Powerful Letter.

Certain it is that Mr.. Onsy's reversiou to III.
Democracy VIII have a wide influence
Nh. Clney was the stTsnget man in Mr. Clgvs
lard's Cabinet. -Four years ago, with the rest Of
Mr.. CloycIand's encourage he could not sec hi
way clear to voting for Alr. Bryan on the silver
issue. and frankly announced that be would r5t,
Tor Mckinley Following the Vermont election,
lis detection j. almost enough to make the Re.
publican leaders anziorsly enquire whether Ml,sI
Chusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island can be
relied on a. sure Republican States.
But it Is not merely in New England that Mr..
0incy's attitude will be influential. ThroughOu.
all thi, section there il a very large Gold Delnl-
crat and independent element that will seri0gs' $
consider what he has to say, and be inclined 10
think that he must have had some strong assurance
that the election Of Mr. Bryan will not mean fee
silver before he would have consented to make u
public statement
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outwardly Senator Elkins is optimistic
about Republican chances in West Vir-
sinia He admits the enthusiasm with
which Mr.. Bryan was greeted by the resi-
dent voters Of the State. But then, per-
haps. Mr.. Elkins reflects that in close
States it is not always the resident voters
trust party Is so welded to the Hanna
Mckinley colonial policy that it frequently
carries the idea into domestic politics, and
in the present case there is an almost IN
limited negro constituency TO draw upon in
Maryland, Virginia. and the District of Co
lambia. Colonists come high, to be sure.
but in some instances they are worth the
money.
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The EauIt of Congress.

(From the Boston Adyertiser)
II the fears Of Secretary Gage are well founded.
the claim made for the Currency Reform biil.
that it puts the United States firmly upon gold
basis, is really weak, and the payment Of a few
milliors in silver dollars by the Treasury De
partment would put this country back upon a
silver basis again. Since Slr Gage has been
Secretary Of the Treasury he has put into oircu-
lation Il much larger amount of silver and silver
certificates than be claims a Democratic Sacre-
tary could do, and yet there has been not the
slightest hint that the nation has gone on silver
basis. This is wonderful in itself. If the Sacrc-
tary's theory is correct but even admitting that
he ia right in his assaults upon the present cur
rency system, what an indictment he brings
against the last Congress! As the bin was offer.
cd to Congress it provided for putting the cur.
rency on 4 gold basis. Congress refused TO accept
1t in that form, and according TO Secretary
Gage. changed it into what may prove u danger
Gus bill
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auditors made showed that Mr. Bryan's
shot had hit the right spot. He did not
refer to the humiliation that had been
heaped upon Admiral Schley by the Ad-
ministration. He simply had shown by
contrast how inadequate was the reward
given to Scnley for performance which
the military experts of the world are be-
ginning to realize was one OF the most
notable of modern war. Il is believed that
this incident, simple as 1t appeared upon
the surface, will cost Mr. Mckinley more
votes in Maryland than any other single
shortCOming of his Administration.
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Sensational charges of corruption and
fraud are being made against the Quar-
termaster's Department by former ac-
countant in the office. One of them is
that large consignments OF stores we're
condemned and sold at Manila for a few
cents on the dollar Of their value. Then
they were shipped to Hongkong. reshipped
to Manila, bought by the Government at
full prices, and used by the army. Things
OF this kind have been limited ct for
months. An investigation Is in order.
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mr. GnEe's Rejoinder.


N''~Hi N"S NNlNa fAiafiftA.l
The reply Of Secretary Gage to the caustic let
ter Of CaH schurz Is about the feel lest contro.
yersial production that could be imagined In
deed Mr.. Cages maiadroit attempt 20 arouse a
silver scare would have been the sooner forgotten
il he had crawed in his shell and not snaoned
back at Carl schurz at all. As it Is he has simply
opened himself for another lance thrust from an
infinitely superior antagonist, which we will
await with interest
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-09

The New York Tribune" yesterday
headed its Washington correspondence,
relative to the latest attitude of the Ad-
ministration respecting the Chinese situa-
ton: NO Scuttling in China!" This
would seem to Indicate that the contempt
and ridicule with which the American ad-
hesion to the Russian proposal was re-
ceiyed everywhere has been efficient in
breaking the attempted Russo-American
alliance to put the murderous Empress
Dowager back on the throne and to absolve
her CT responsibility for outrages and a
war which were all Of her own making.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-09
MIR. CLEVELAND DECLINES.
Ex-President VIII Not Serve on tht
Arbitration Board.

Ex-President Cleveland has declined to-
serve on the international board OF arbi-
tration. created by The Hague conference.
His letter refusing the offer OF the place
was received yesterday at the White
House. 1t is presumed that Mr.. Clevelan4's
desire not to re-enter public life YVES the
cause Of his decision. Ex-President Har-
rison. who also was named by Mr.. McKin-
ley as a member of the board, has &C.
cepted. Three other members remain 20
be chosen by the President.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-09
Imperialism Fast and Present.

(From the Cleveland Plain DealerD
Imperialism frat destroyed the Roman Republic
and then ruined Rome. Imperialism killed two
Republics in France aud is waiting its opportunity
to assassinate i third. Imperialism is menace
To the American Republic il was the destroyer
OF the great Republics OF ancient and modern
EurOuc
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Re,Iete with Political Truths.

(From the Chicago Chroncle.)
Every paragraph Of Mr.. olneys letter is text
for intelligent thought and study. Each line is
pregnant with important political truth 1t must
have a great effect among Democrats who are un.
determined as to their course of action and are
waiting for further light to shine along their
uoliti,ll UatilVlvs
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-09

CFrom the Philadelphia North Amcricanl
NJ Ioekhil has put himself IN q humiliatng
position. lie was interviewed, and he tells the
State Department he was not interviewed. lie
has Issued contradiction. and he has rotrlcted
his contradiction. Mir. Rockhi.I i in a mess
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-09

Hanna in New iork.-It is learned
upon trustworthy authority that Mr..
Hanna will return to New York from
Chicago in about two weeks, and that he
will practically make his Headquarters
in the Eastern instead of the Western
metropolis Obviously this means that
Mr. Hanna is a deal more uneasy over
the situation in the East than lie and his
associates are willing to acknowledge. II
IS suggested that one reason the boss OF
the Republican machine finds II advisable
to pay close attention to the campaign
in this region is that he has met a foemaD
worthy of his steel in the person of H.
'ton. William Joel Stone. of Missouri the
Eastern manager of the Bryan and Steven
son campaign. Mr.. Stone has applied
himself very carefully to a study of the
situation in New York, Maryland Della
ware, and West Virginia. and it is sail
that he already has the affairs Of those
States very well in hand. Hama had
nearly months start of Stone. but II is
said that the Presidents manager felt so
certain about solid East that instead of
kee0ing his eye on the politics and poll
ticilns he devoted himself to raising the
campaign fund. Then, when Stone came
along and begun TO do business, Hanna
soon realized that he would have to bunn
himself in order catch up with the swift
aud Gimbic Missour!an. Vice Chairman
Henry c. Payne, of the Republican Ma
tional Committee, will look after TIE
Western campaign this year, and. as be-
fore stated, Mr.. Hanna soon will return to
New York and stay there most of the time
until November.
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course. which is in effect the plan already
believed to have been agreed to between
Berlin and St. Petersburg The idea is to
let Russia and the United States dc''r
easy. by a partial withdrawal from Pr ..
Il is a diplomatic device to save the 4
of the two powers who have come so near
to overseeing the whole kettle of fish IN
China. and therefore, in principle. it is not
objectionable Its letter and spirit could
be observed by ordering one sick man eacii
from the foreign contingents in the capt.
tai, to leave and go to Tientsin for treat
ment In practice however, it is evident
enough that tho conditions in and around
Pckin render it the only safe course to
keep a large body of troops in occupation.
We are also told that Acting Secretary
Hill is endeayoring TO promote the idea OF
an international conference OF some SORT,
for the purpose of arriving at an agree
ment upon the nature, extent. and condt-
tons of the indemnity to be clairled from
China. and as TO the methods to be pur-
sued in its collection This is q most i'm
portant matter, since. if each nation is left
to make its own negotiations, it is certain
that there will never be an end to delays,
cross-purposes, and disagreements. The
only feasible way to secure satisfaction
from the Chinese Government is to pre-
sent common bill of indemnity and punt
tive damages, and that can only be accom-
plished through conference and agreement
between all the invading powers.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-09

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the Paris Exposition. Heurich's is pure and was
awarded a prize medal for purity and excellence
Ii you want a pure heer phone 634. Arlington
Bottlins Co for case.
, 1900-10-31

There has been found no other
trace OF his movements until the time
when the conductor OF a freight train
Glanced to pass through an empty
coach hal had been attached to his
train to be hauled to Cheyenne. There
in II Of the seats with a bullet hole
through his head was the body of a
man dressed in IA soldiers uniform of
Mue He had a return ticket from
Laramie to Cheyenne in a pocket and
by his side lay a shining. new reVol-
Yer with which he had killed himself.
He had placed the muzZle OF the gun
TO his right a and the ball had come
been instantaneous. 1t is not known
when he purchased the revolver with
which he killed himself. Upon their
arrival at Red Buttes the coroner was
able at once to identify the dead man
as William Mann of this city.
Mr.. Mann was f~fty-four years old.
He leaves two children, Jessie. aged
10 years, who is now in Illinois. and
Marietta. aged six years. who is liv-
ing with her grandmother, Mrs. l..
Purdy. The sudden and tragic ending
, 1900-10-31

The body of William Mann. who
committed suicide in a Union Pacific
coach some time yesterday morning,
was brought into the city on No. 3
this afternoon from the hill. The ar
~rangementS for the funeral have not
yet been made. Coroner Gray and A.
J. Cokefair went to Red Buttes yester.
day and held an examination on the
corpse. readily reaching the Conclu.
sion that it was a case of suicide.
Mann was for a long time an EN-.
plOye of the Union Pacific as a fire
man, and was well known here, es,
peCially among railroad OF late
he has been an inmate of the soldiers
home in Cheyenne. He came over
her" last Thursday to visit his rela.
tives and was staying at the house of
his brOther-in-law. Joseph Payne. He
seemed to be feeling in his usual mood
and gave no sign of unusual agitation
or dependency. He left the house of
Mr.. Payne about 3 o'clock yesterday
morning with the remark that he was
going to walk around town a little
while.