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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-09-16

NEW YORK. Sept ia dispatch to
the Tribune from London says:
Lord Salisbury has been at the for
eign office but there are no immediate
signs that the situation in China has
been cleared. London editors certainly
are as much in the dark as they were
when the premier was at the vosges.
The Times is keeping abreast with DR..
Morrison rather than following any offi-
cial cues in forecasting and condemning
secret understanding between Ger
many and Russia.
r. has been the current belief IN dip
lGmatic circles that an understanding Of
this kind would be brought about. but
it has been based upon natural infer
ences rather than upon definite infor-
nation. Russia and Germany acted in
concert at the close Of the war between
China and Japan and obtained naval
stations and territory 1t has been the
natural suggestion that they would re-
peat this process in the existing crisis
and there has been nothing IN the ne
gotiations over the retirement of the al
lied forces from Pekin to modify this
inference. Practically. diplomatists
have been convinced that the German
emperor. after supporting England
strongly in South Africa during the last
year. cannot be depended ur0n 10 take
up British interests in China but will
be more likely to make terms with
Russia.
The validity of Dr.. Mor-ison's infer
ences is accept4l by well-informed men
in diplomatic circles. 1t is in the nat
ural order Of events that the German
emperor, who has ambitions of his own
in the far Fast. should have a good
understanding with Russia respecting
the far East.
Lord Salisbury's own policy remains
a mystery and only one thing can be
asserted with any degree Of confidence.
That is that the British forces will re-
main in Pekin Indefinitely England
beirg without diplomatic ally in the
Chinese complication viii naturally
maintain an attitude of mastery in
activity and decline to send away her
troops until the imperial government
has been reconstructed and some effee-
tive measures have been taken for Sc
cGring the punishment of the guilty
Press dispatches are filled with fore
casts of the peace negotiations at Pc
llir ana the conditions which Russia |
and other powers are likely to impose.
Most of these summaries are ingenious
guess work and all are premature. The
demand for the return of the emperor
10 power is accurately stated without
loubt. but this leaves the question Of
ne empress influence unsettled and /
hat lies at the bottom of the present
The leaders of the Box
n revolt and of the imperial army can
lever be punished if she retains any
influence at the palace.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-09-16

LONDON. Sept. 15.-Lord Roberts re-
ports to the war Office under date Of
Machadodorp. Sept. Il. as follows:
French occupied Barberton yester-
day with the cavalry. which he took
across the mountains. He met slight
opposition. the enemy being completes
" surprised Twsnty-thrse officers and
50 men who were prisoners were re-
leased. and 43 locomotives and other
rolling stock were captured. The for
mer will relieve US OF great difficulty
as we have TO put up with few
rickety engines.
French reports that he has sufficient
supplies for three weeks for his force,
and for week for his horses. One
hundred Beers. with many Mauser RI
ties and a quantity Of ammunition,
were captured. There are large guam
titles Of cattle and sheep in the coun-
try. which is good news.
French intercepted large conveys,
showing that Barberton was used as
depot Of supplies for the Beers in the
south and southeast. The bulk OF
French's force is stin S5 miles behind
the cavalry owing to the difficulty OF
getting the wagons over the pass lead
ing to Barberton.'"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-09-16

NEW YORK. Sept. ia dispatch to
the Herald from Pekin says the en-
press dowager and the emperor. with
5000 troops as a guard, are now stay
ing with Mongol prince in Mongolia,
$50 miles westward Of Pekin. watching
events here. No pursuit Of them is
intended by the foreign troops.
If Pekin is to be held, immediate steps
must be taken to meet the problem
Of a food supply for half a million
population or else there win be certain
starvation next winter. The yearly
contribution Of the southern provinces
Of a hundred thousand tons OF rice for
the Pekin Manchus is stopped by the
military operations and part of 1t has
been confscated at Tien Tsin.
The Russians are keenly pushing
their interests. There are 500 of them
here now.
In Manchuria they report fighting
everywhere with Chinese troops. point
ing to a permanent occupation down
to the great wall at Shanghai Kwan.
The japanese have 10000 men here.
They occupy the whole north part of
the city. the largest and richest share
Of all.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-09-16

SHANGHAI, Sept. 15,-News of the
contemplated withdrawal of the allies
from Pekin has caused great mistake
which is likely to eventuate in disturb
ances in other parts of China, where
the people are certain to attribute the
evacuation to a defeat of the European
forces.
Even here the Chinese as a whole do
not believe that the allies ever reached
Pekin. They think the story fabrica-
ton concocted for the purpose Of inn
posing upon the officials.
Competent observers believe that a
lesson must be brought home to China
now in order to prevent serious out
breaks in the future.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-09-16
ROosEvELT's TOUR.
Reception Committee of Fifteen viii
Escort Him Through Montana.

BOISE. Ida. Sept, Ex-senator shoup
has organized a reception committee
of fifteen to meet Governor Roosevelt
at Butte, on the morning of the 18th.
and escort him through the state. The
committee viii leave here Monday and
take special car at Pocatello, which
win be attached to Roosevelt's special.
The special will be run up the St.
Anthony branch and make stops at
Idaho Falls and Blackfoot. arriving at
Pocatello at D. m,, where the prin-
cipal meeting Of the trip win be held
in the evening.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-09-16

LONDON. Sept. ia special dis
patch from Shanghai, dated Friday,
September IA, says that prior to the
departure of Ii Hung Chang for the
north, the new German minister DR..
Mumm Won Schwarzenstein. exchanged
Views with the Chinese statesman. The
dispatch adds that it is reported at
Shanghai that the suggestion that a
Russian cruiser escort Ii Hung Chang
to Tatu was dropped. owing to the OBJ
lection of Admiral Seymour
The statement is reiterated that Hsu
Tung, the emparor's tutor recently
hanged himself.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08
EabY's Head Was "WObhlY." /"

She is a very little girl, only . years
old. but In the short period of her few
years she has enjoyed u large expert
cnce of life with dolls of all kinds and
descriptions. who. In the course of
their existence under her loving but
not always kind administrations. have
undergone many yicissitudes. So the
little 5-year-old, when there came a
real live baby into the house. felt him.
self 10 be something of connoissem
In children. When II was put into he,
arms. this real live baby, she regard
ed IL with critical mir.
Isn't that "A nice baby;" cried the
nurse with the joyous pride with
which "A nurse always regards a new
baby. In which she feels that she has
proprietary interest.
"fes." replied the little girl hesisa-
tlngiy, "lt's nice. but it's heads loose. "
New York Tunes.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08
Useful, All-ROund Jacket.

The useful, all-round jacket which
no woman is without takes many
forms, but is never more serviceable
than when made after the May Man
ton model illustrated in the large en-
craving with fitted back and half
loose fronts. Favorite materials are
beaver cloth and heavy cheviot in
black dark blue and oxford gray and
the darker shades of covert cloth.
When additional warmth is required
the revcrs can he faced with fur,
which, besides meaning comfort, adds
to the style. but as illustrated the jack
ct Is of heavy black cheviot, with re-
vers and collar faced with peau de sole
machine stitched. The fronts are fitted
with single darts. The back includes
centre seam and side backs, and Is
joined To the fronts by under-arm
cores. When the revers are roi,cd
back to the waist line the Jacket is
closed invlsibly with large hooks and
eyes When the shorter revers are
used II Is Tapped over In doubie-hreast'
ed style, and closed with buttons and
buttonholes. The high harlng collar
IL eut In sections and fits the throat
snugiy. The sleeves are two-seamcd
and aare over the hands, where they
are stitched To simulate cufs. Pock-
cts. with laps. are inserted back Of
each dart, the laps being machine
stitched round three Sides.
To make this jacket for woman OF
yards of material twenty inches wide,
two yards forty four inches wire. or
one and hye-elghth yards atty inches
wide. with three-auarier yard of silk
for collar and levers. Will be required.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08

Ghetto. the name of the Jewish
quarters in oriental and European
cities. according to Theodore Elize. the
German Shakespeare scholar. Is de-
rived from the historical fact that the
Jewish traders in the republic of Ven
Ice, who. by law enacted In the
fourteenth century, were only allowed
TO reside In the little town of Mestrc,
received In 1916 permission again TO
settle In Venice upon two isles where
the governments foundries (chettos)
were situated. The ghetto" OF Rome
was probably not known by that name
before l556. when IL was established
by Pope Paul ". Similar separate
Jewish quarters later on existed In
Prague. Frankfort-on-the-M Main, May
ence and other cities under the same
designation.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08

In Germany. the question of gentle
women earning their own living Is
still In It's infancy. 4 girl Of the mp
per classes rarely leaves her home for
that purpose. unless forced tostrnsent
measures by absolute poverty; where
a. In England girls strike out inde-
pendently. sometimes merely on nc.
count Of sympathetic surroundings.
However. the great question has b.
gun to seethe In Germany. aud the
signs Of approaching changes la tho
world of women are Ia he FOUND in
German contemporary literature.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08
The Woes of the Drunkard

Could one dip his pen in fire, and expert.
ence the agonies of the lost. he might por-
tray the woes OF the inebriate. Drunken
ness is the parent of every evil known to
man. 1t is one long, impetuous, awful
career of anguish and death, disease, insan-
ity, imbeciity remorse, crime and Ge-
henna of unspeakabe suffering and re-
morse. That man is capable of such degra-
dations and self-elected woe is one of the
certain proofs of hell Such life is hell.
Men who defile the body dethrone reason,
pollute the spirit, transform themselves
into devils suffer the woes of perdition in
two worlds.
Language on this theme can never ex.
aggerate nor equal fact. In the heart of
every great city is a literal, an awful pen.
demonium. The crime OF civilization is
that u not only talerates but legalizes it..
IL authorizes men to poison their fellows
until homes become dens OF vice and crime,
until parents become criminals. until chill
dren are cursed with poverty and cruelty
unspeakable, and existence becomes both
for the drunkard and his family nothing
less than infernal.-New York Observer.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08

lustrated, the material is covert cloth
in tan shade. with collar, shield and
cuffs of velvet in the same shade. ma
chine stitched; the lining, taffeta in
tiowered stripes.
The back is seamless. shaped only
by under-arm seams. The fronts are
cut simply, and hang straight from
the shoulders. They are Tapped one
over the other. and are closed by
means of handsome buttons and but.
tonholes. The sailor collar is stitched
to the neck and rolls over: the shield is
attached TO the right side and hooked
over to the left beneath the collar.
but can be omitted as shown In the
small cut. The under-arm seams are
left open for short distance from
the lower edge to give ample freedom.
and the edges of the coat are finished
with applied bands OF the cloth. The
sleeves are two-seamed. with Follower
flare cuffs.
To cut this coat for girl of eight
years of age one and three-quarter
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08

for travelling and to slip on over the
pretty gown she wears to the informal
evenings that all young people enjoy.
AS rule, the material chosen is
double-fae d cloth, plain outside, plaid
within. and the cape is unlined, but
very pretty evening wraps in the same
simple model can be made of lighter
cloth, drap d'ete or even cashmere
lined throughout With soft silk and in
terlined with wool wadding, if seam
be made at the back. 10 cut without
a seam fifty-eight-inch goods will be
required
The smart May Manton model Illus
trated is cut without a seam, and is
finished with simple machine stitch
ing, the fronts being underfaced with
the cloth, all outer eo~es turned under.
The hood is the latest style, and hangs
gracefully over the shoulders, at the
same time that it is entirely practical
BILE and can be drawn up over the head
when required. The high collar is cut
in sections that are curved to fit the
throat and that flare becomingly when
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08
Girls Long Box Coat.

Box coats are almost uniformly be-
coming to little girls. The loose fit
means comfort and ease in slipping on
and off, and the lines are such as to
suggest without concealing the figure
The long one, designed by May Man
ton, here shown has the added merit
Of giving tall, slender appearance
and of entirely covering the gown. Co.
vert cloth, cheviot and beaver are all
correct in black. blue, tan and mixed
tan and brown, but the covert cloth is
especially smart, and is far less diff
cult to handle than the beaver. AS il
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08
Americas Internal Foes.

In sermon upon this subject the Rev.
DR.. Locke, of Buffalo, had this to say with
regard to the drink foe:
A few months ago our army and navy
responded to the cry of the starving recon
centrados in Cuba and rescued them from
the clutches of cruel masters. May we
not adapt the Oriental proverb, which con-
stltutes our text, and vehemently demand
Whatsoever we have heard done in Cuba
do also here in thy country" Do we not
as government and as a people hear the
wailing of the reconcentrados of vice here
in our own towns and cities? The war in
Cuba cost our country $50 lives and 800
wounded, and was prosecuted at an eX
pense of S225,000,00O These are appalling
figures. Great price to pay to redress the
wrongs of that neighboring isle But how
our hearts should stand still when we
know of the victims OF vice in this boasted
land of the free and home of the brave!
How many young men have been en-
trapped! How many young women have
been inveigled! How many homes have
been broken, How many family circles
have been severed. How many children
have starved How many wives and moth
ers have been murdered How many asy-
lums have been crowded. How many pri-
sons have been peopled. Oh the tears and
the sobbing! The blasted lives and hopes.
The graves and the gallows! The maniacs.
All, all because the citizenship of this
nation does not demand its right and gal
antly defend the helpless and the weak!
Answer me! If General Wood could
stop the fearful ravages of vice and whisky
in Havana, why cannot the authorities OF
our city do as well tor Buffalo? Is mill.
tary regime better than a civil COVER
ment?
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08
Two and One half Ounces of Alcohol.

am assured from observation extending
through fifty years of professional life, that
two and one-half ounces of alcohol or the
equivalent in the finest brandies, whisky,
wines, or ales, used daily for period Of
time at all extended, will not fail to
make an alcoholic habtue of the most
timely endowed man or woman in the
world. The nervous system surely regis
ters the abnormal impression, no matter
how carefully the two and half ounces
of alcohol may be taken. Once an habitue
and under the control of the alcohol ma
MIA, the strongest man or woman becomes
impotent to escape from the tyranny of
it's power.
Thirty-six years ago two of the noblest
physicians, men of fine native and physi-
cal powers, commenced the use of two
tablespoonfuls of the purest whisky, to in
younger than myself. One gradually lost
his standing and practice and died four
years ago, filling drunkard's grave; the
other possessing great native hardness of
constitution, fingers yet, a hopeless and
helpless alcohol habitue, whom neither the
entire medical pharmacopoeia, nor the
strongest moral aid has avaied to save.
Two and one-half ounces of absolute alco-
hol are equal in volume to five tablespoon.
fuls This amount of alcohol is found in
ten tablespoonfuls of the purest whisky
or brandy. | have recently secured the
services of two eminent chemists who
have analyzed six varieties of the finest
wines, native and imported l give the
result of these analyses by volume in COM
mon measurements, each being somewhat
less than the measure stated, to avoid
fractional reckoning Two of our finest
California wines contain six tablespoonfus
of alcohol in pint. One much vaunted
American wine has a little over eight
tablespoonfuls OF pure alcohol in one pint.
One brand of port contains seven table
spoonfuls of alcohol to a pint One
French wine imported and much adver-
tised contains FIVE tablespoonfuls of alco-
hol to pint. The lightest wine, a Cali
fornia brand, contains four tablespoonfuIs
Of alcohol to pint.-Dr. Greene, in Medi
tal Record
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08

turned up against the head. Straps
are attached to the shoulders that
cross over in front and. closing in
back, support the weight. AT the
front ere three pointed straps, held in
place by buttons and buttonholes, by
means of which the cape is closed.
70 cut this cape for girl of fourteen
years of age two yards of material
forty-four inches wide. or one and a
half yard fifty eight inches wide. will
be required
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08

On the main line OF the NJ ( O. Ran.
road ia Mlssissippl. distance OF 2dd miles,
there is not single saloon. while out af
seyenty.i .iive counties the traffic Is driven
from sixty.
The truth Is out at last. The disgrace
ful riot ~ Akron, Ohio. was caused hy the
saloon. The negro We are told. attributed
his crime to liquor aud said he had been
ON spree for a month.
Under the influence Of Chaplain II. r.
Hoes, . Temperance league has been
farmed on the receiving chip Wabash at
the Charleston navy yard, and l76 Of thu
marines and bluejaekets have signed thu
sisiss
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08

black satin ribbon. this completed by
n tiny bolero of tinted guipure, cut in
a small square, back and front, and
supplied with long, close-ftting
sleeves to the elbow, where they met
sleevelets of plisse mousseline de sole.
And for wear around the throat was
provided high collar of white chif-
fon passed through diamond slides,
the whole affair asserting itself as In
the best sense recherche.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08
LOVE-.

Life comes, life goes, brief hours and
days
Consume it's scanty breath:
Love comes but once, and henceforth
stays,
He knows nor life nor death,
Who deem they once have known loves
shape,
And seen the phantom go,
Have seen mime loves aspect ape,
They never saw love-no.
Grace Ellery Claiming.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08
The Princess Effect.

A princess effect is given to some
gowns by carrying the pleats which
finish the back of the waist down the
skirt These may be in box or side
pleats. One frock of this kind, which
has a broad, loose corsage belt, has
the belt begin under the two sides of
the pleats in the back, whence it
comes around to the front, which is
finished with an Eton jacket effect.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08
Black and white Striped Velvet.

Word comes back from Paris that
the fair Parisienne has taken great
fancy to a new weave of velvet made
in narrow pin stripes in black and
white. The effect is quite attractively
silvery and is seen in boleros. sleeves.
vests and even whole costumes. The
wide stripes of an eighth to quarter
inch, advanced as trimming, is too
striking and has not had nearly SO
warm welcome
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08
THE GREAT DESTROYER.
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.

WhoIi Buy? - Lines Suggested on Seeing
the Advertisement of a Wholesale Liq-
uor Dealer How an Alcoholic Hab.
ttue is Speedily NIade-Poison in Wine.
Forty casks of liquid woe
Who'll buy?
Murder by the gallon. OH
Who'll buy?
Larceny and theft made thin,
Beggary and death thrown in,
Packages of liquid sin
Who'll buy?
Foreign death imported pure
Who'll buy?
Warranted not slow. but sure
Who'll buy?
Empty pockets by the cask.
Tangled brains by pint or flask,
Vice of any kind you ask
Who'll buy?
Competition we defy
Who'll buy?
Dye, to make the soul jet black;
Dye, to make the conscience slack;
Nothing vile do our casks lack
Who'll buy?
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08
A Fteudtsl, Trs me.

A recent issue OF the China Mail states
that there are now $1,000 gallons OF
liquors in Manila made from crude alec
hol. drugs and dyestuifs, Anything can
be produced on the moment from a bottle
OF cold blackberry brandy TO one of "old
Scotch whisky mellowed in the wood.
And under the present regime the pros
poets for the expansion Of this traffic /.
limited only by the number of men and
women to be ruined The tiendishness OF
this traffic words are inadequate TO de
scribe
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08

New York City. = Whether a girl
plays golf or does not. the golf cape
makes most desirable wrap for
school and general wear, as we'll as
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08
Biaek satin Empire Gavin.

4 pretty black satin empire gown
had the fulness al the back laid In u
snapped vatican pleat, held In the cen.
ire OF the figure by wide bow Of
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08

There are said to be at least 52oT
motor cycles In France, on which the
annual tax has been paid.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-03-04

iSnoele passions: Il inoitts to no ru,b,os.
oiooushed IL has grandeur and solemnit,'
shul 10 the uttGarces Of tho cid Bshrsv,
usppnets In its rythm ona hears Tho tread
81 mlghty armies enlisted in a holy enuse ~
tue SUMMONS OF Gcd. who ~
has BOUNDED forth the trumpet thar sbsl,
never call retreat. '"'"
And Is sitting out the hearts Of men hsso,a
Ills tudSment seat
Not SO brilliant and musical as IN. ",,.,
Sslalse. not so sublime rs our own ..nattio
nShn OF the Republic" Is mo .Rat,is
hSmn' OF tho Beers a peonla llttle yer.ss
IA arts OF historic or poetry but who kno,,.
now TO rght and die for q cause thew No.,
SACRED, and who are carving on An ,,neonai
conflict with the lnightiest OF nation s,e a.
IN the faith that their cause is iust and ,ea,
Mod OK Justice viii give them the victor,,
This hymn. which brsathes the sn5ri,
the warning lsraeliteS OF old ana tho fc-,,o -.
OF the early puritans in their upfsiIins s No.,
often fanatic faith IN the God Of battles has
lust now a peeuliar pathos. Its two Ar,
stanzas arc as follows;
our strength Is IN the God OF hos,.
Our times are in His hand.
The wrath OF niau tina: idlv boast.
We fear not 10 the Rand
From farming dale from native ,o.r
We're coming. God OF Might
Tbs ramparts of our mnuntalr h,r
To shisld Guard Thou ths r.sSt tI