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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26

By ARCHIBALD R. COLQUHOUN.
thor of Selma in Transformation" Overland to China" ETC., $3.50 49,


as the Emperor would not countenance
these. a five years war resulted. in which
Russia certainly got the worst of II. But
the persistence of the rising Slav was too
much for the Manchu, and Peter the Great,
in 11l5, took advantage of the circumstance
that many Russian prisoners had been
permitted to settle in Pekin to send an
emissary and arrange certain questions of
trade. a Russian church and school was
erected and permission obtained for a car
AVIAN to visit Pekin every three years.
Thus did Russia get her first foothold In
the city, which was to feel her influence so
strongly.
The Seventeenth Century saw the advent
of Holland in the East. where they occupied
various islands, but were unable TO estab-
lish themselves az traders on the mainland.
Portugal had already arrived on the scene
and counted Macao among her Dependent
cics, as well AS Formosa. The Dutch and
Spaniards tafter the temporary union of
Spain and Portugal disputed the possession
of Formosa, which fell to Holland, but was
eventually retaken by a Chinese pirate.
During the same century the British East
India Company established a factory in
Japan and opened agencies in Annoy and
Formosa. An attempt to trade with Can
ton was at first frustrated by the Portu-
guese, who held Macao, but was finally es-
tablished, through the treaty of Oliver
Cromwell with Portugal, and was carried
on. despite the anti-foreign disposition of
the Manchus.
Unfortunately for the reception of Great
Britain the merchants of the East India
Company did not scruple to abase them
selves and their country in order to be al
lowed to trade with Chinese ports. They
were subjected to severe supervision and
We're obliged not only to humbly acknowl-
edge the supremacy Of the Manchus and
their officials but to distribute wholesale
brides in order to get their goods through
the customs. Nevertheless profits were con-
siderable and trade flourished.
The disabilities were increased at various
times by different means. as the Chinese
regarded the merchants as legitimate OPP
portunities for squeezing" Their exac-
tions. restrictions and humiliations at last
reached the stage of the last straw, and
| great Indignation was felt at what was con-
sidered the weakness of the East India
Company. Smuggling became common and
in consequence the emoluments of the local
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26
Timeliness Essential
About the Other Parks.


1T has been hard work. but the results
are satisfactory. 1t takes hard work to do
artificial sprinkling. and even with that
there will be no success unless the work
is begun in time. If you wait until the
grass gets brown. and the leaves of the
trees are blistered. and the flowers fade.
you might almost as we'll keep on waiting:
it Will not do much good to sprinkle after
it Is too late. You must take time by the
forelock in this case. as in others"
Very different from Tower Grove Park
and Shaw's Garden is Lafayette Park.
which also. is not controlled by the City
Park Commissioner. The ~treeless condi-
ton of this park. however. is a heavy
handicap. There is very little shade any
where in the nine blocks Of ground that it
occupies. The flower beds are In fair con-
dition, but the grass is burned and dead
almost everywhere. and the young trees
are droopy and scared. Little effort has
been made to keep the lawns fresh by arti-
fetal watering. although this means has
been largely employed on the flower beds.
The most frequented parts of Forest
Park are in good condition, especially the
flower beds and the lawns about the main
entrances and the lakes and ponds. In
obscure places. however, there are many
large patches of dead grass. and there are
some trees that show the ravages of the
drought. For the most part. the Forest
Park trees are of the hardy. substantial
species that will Withstand heavy drought
or severe cold ard suffer no more than
temporary damage. The s%prinkling carts
and hose are used to some extent. but
the ridiculously small appropriation for the
care of this great pleasure ground is given
as the excuse for failure to do more sprink-
ling. and. generally. making a more de-
termined effort to save the handsome lawns
and shrubbery.
The severity of the drought is shown in
all the other parks of the city-O'Fallon.
Carondelet. st. Louis. Lyons. and the nu-
merous other breathing spots. In some of
them there is practically no grass that is
not burned brown by the dry heat. and in
all there has been little or no effort to
counteract the effects Of the drought by
artificial sprinkling.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26
I1rEN FnR rrE sI.NnAY EErrRLIC.

WRITTEN O III SUNDAY EEPUBLIC.
Six weeks of drought, with the hot sun
beating down upon the earth, has resulted
seriously to all but two of the big parks
vi ST. Louis. None are ruined, of course
the grass on the acres OF lawn will put out
as brightly green as ever next spring, and
all but a few of the trees and shrubs VIII
sprout and blossom and deck themselves
with leaves again. But for the rest OF the
year there will be many ugly brown spots
on the lawns. and many dead leaves ana
hare branches on the trees and shrubs. Inc
flower beds have. with few exceptions, been
well kept. and while there is a dimming Of
their glowing color and withered leaves lie
tangled in the foliage, they are still beautl-
iCl IN look at.
The task of keeping a big park through a
long. drought is an enormous ore, as can be
appreciated even by the man who has only
n bit of a front law and n tiny bed OF
flowers. The moisture that Nature refuses
TO supply must be supplied artificially, and
this means much hard work. Even hard
work will accomplish inferior results unless
St is-done Just right and is begun IN plenty
OF time. In only one case has this been
fully done. and that is in Tower Grove
Park and Shaw's Garden. which are under
the same management and are entirely be-
! yond the control OF the city.
In these two great garden spots there
are few traces CT the drought. The lawns
ere green and soft and fresh; the trees
and there are myriads of them, some being
of the tenderest species-are strong ana
healthy, with only here and there a dead
leaf; the shrubs, which dot the big grounds
with knobs Of darker green. are utterly
devoid of signs of distress; the flower beds
are as gay and bright in color. and as
fresh in appearance as though there had
never been a long period of burning heat
and scorching aridity. Here and there, In
places remote from water pipes and never
touched by shade. one finds a tiny patch of
grass that has been blistered brown; now
and then one, sees a few leaves with black
and yellow tracing around their edges, due
10 the same causes. But as A rule, there
IS no sign of the ravages of the drought
about either the park or the garden. This
condition is not due to accident. nor TO
luck. James Guerncy. keeper of both the
garden and the park, thus tells how prompt
ness and hard work and science enabled
him to circumve the drought:
"One morning, just when it had been dry
for a few days, / locked up at one of the
buckeye trees, and it seemed to he saying to
me: Master. this will never do; We are all
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26

August Has Proved d
ReCOrd-Breaker on the
Subject of PRECIPITATION.

, WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
According to the records in the United States Weather Bureau in St Louis,
the drought which has done so nucn damage to the parks has ben the most
, severe in the history CT the city for thirty years. 1t has. practically. been "on
, since July s. when 90 inches of rain fell and ended he last of a erie of showers.
, 10 more rain fell until July r H. whenth here was a good shower. amounting to
the month All this M the weather was moderate, but the air vas very dry,
, and evaporation was rapid.
With the second day OF August, the real hot weather began. 1t hask kept u with
, out ntermission, ma with only One shower amounting to 4 inches August Is.
, Doctor iyattsr records SHOW that this has never been equaled in n August
, since the Weather Bureau was Established Previous to this year, August 1915,
, held the record for dryhess, with rainfall IN only one day; but thsfa fall was Of
, .M inches hree points in excess of hatf or 1900 1885 holds the record for excess
, of precipitation, with rano on thirteen days. m a total of 6S inches. The rec
) Oms 10Y that the umber % ranY days in August have been Is follows.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26

Doctor IIyattsf figures SHOW a deficiency in rainfall this mont of 21 inches;
beno only i inches.
Angus. 1900 has, also established a new record in this cy for excessive heat
Previous to the present month, the hottest August was that Of $751;. when the
mean temperature for the monthw vas SIS degrees. The meal temperature for
August, 1900. including the record for August % was within a fractono Of IS de-
Grces, which beats the 1881 record by nearly three degrees. The excess tempera-
tureio for the month"; has been, 50 far. 1850 degrees, n average Of nearly eight de-
grees a day.
Doctor Hyatt does not expect the few remaining days o. the month TO ma
tcrahy alter any of the records as they stand. He will ut prophesy as to rain
and the nc of the drought but he does say hat the Early part If September
cannot reasonably be expected to bing n great relief September, 1899" he
says. was botht the hottest md the coolest OF record. On the 5th and 6th, III
maximum temperature vas r2 degrees; o. the Goth. the minimum was 81 de.
Grees. Likewise there were only thpe showers in the course If the month, with
a precipitation deficiency for he month If over 30 per cent"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26

$4,000. This sum was handed to a high Of
fetal of the Public Roads and Highways
Department. 1t entered into the mind OF
this dignitary that the work could be done
for much less. He very soon found an en-
terprising contractor who undertook the
task for 5000. No. 2 had. however. views
similar to those of No. l. and was equally
successful in finding a No. 3. who. in his
turn, considered $500 an extravagant sum
for so insignificant an undertaking. Tho
street was eventually paved at the cost Of
SIS" And yet some say that the Chinese
are not in all advanced condition of ~civiliza-
ton.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26
STREET PAVING IN CHINA.

From the Army and Navy Journal.
Mr.. Monnier tells this story about official
life in China "a short time ago the EN-
paror of China made up his mind that the
street of the legations in Pekin should at
last be paved. To insure the work beir;E
done, he himself provided the money-some
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26

fical means. the results have been much be-
low what would have followed good rains.
When nature sprinkles, she does so in ex-
actly the right way; all the conditions are
favorable: the sun is obscured; the air is
full of moisture; there is no evaporation;
and when the water gets to plant or ground
it stays there. Now in artificial sprinkling,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26

thirsty. and unless YOU do something for Us
We are going TO suffer- l wondered If there
was to be a drought. and after awhile l
looked up to the buckeye tree again. Yes.
it seemed to say. There is going to be a
long dry spell. See how my leaves are be-
ginning to droop already. They are not
fresh and strong like they ought to be. We
want water
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26

nature. instead of helping. opposes. In
stead of adding to the work by giving us
moisture-laden atmosphere. she gives US 4
hot,dry air that vies with the earth and the
plants in drinking up the water. 1t is prob
ably safe to say that In artificial sprinkling
nearly as much water evaporates and is lost
as stays with the plant and the ground. es-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26

other Southern State. The thing for the
negro to do is to ignore politics and bless
the bridge that carries him over. Politics
have ruined more negroes than almost any
other agency"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26

tit is all because we have kept it we'll sprin-
Killed.. There is not a square inch of IT that
has not been sprinkled every night. or at
least every other night.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26

pecially in a case like the present, when ev'
erything has been dry for so long.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-08-11

You will feel better tomorrow, i
you take Collins Ague cure tonight.dv
D. f. Clark and J. w. Wheeler, 0,
Kelso, were In town last evening.
Just received a car load of Coffey.
Vile S & j flour at Cobb & Nc Glas.
sons.
r. S. Hartman, of Pilot Grove,
Mo-, leaves for Oklahoma City today.
When you go to buy bluing; ask, for
Red Cross ball blue. Large package
5 cents.
Col. r. w. Blue arrived last night
from Baxter Springs and is busy with
law business at his office today.
S&P, Dandelion, and White Lily,
are the best ALI can be found at
Cobb & McGlasson.
Miss. X. Pearl Drew is visit
ing Mrs. T. f. Thomson in the country
this week. She will return Sunday.
Warm days and cool nights cause
malaria and chills. Collins ague cure
will quickly cure you DIV
A child of A. M. Gibony in the
north part of town is quite sick. DR..
A. NJ. Clinkscales is attending the
child.
Collins ague cure cures the kidneys,
works the liver tones up the stomach
and puriies the bowels. DIV
Miss Bernice Lewis, Of Adair, takes
Miss Purviance's place as city circu-
lator for The Daily Chleftaln. She
will begin work Monday.
Buy your meats at the Vinita meat
store. Fresh meat skillfully handled |
and deliveries promptly made.
A. NJ. Seaber and E. T. Smith, OF
Bhe Chicago Art Co.. we're in town
yesterday but found Vinita pretty
we'll worked over 10 their line.
Say; do you know that the best
meats, fruits and Vegetables are sold
It the Vinita meat store?
Landlady Arter, OF the Cobb house,
ays IL is nothing unusual for every
oom In the house 70 be full besides
wenty or thirty cots in the hall.
Ladies, colored under skirts 70 in
Jumbo anniversary sale at 81, that the
eader has seen sell az s..
The Katy passenger took four extra
caches south last evenleg. They
Vill probably be used to carry
he Muskogee base ball excursl0nists
0 Vinlia tomorrow.
Our health giving preparations are
they are the best and do
heIr work well. Peoples drug store. Il
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-08-11

Bids will be received for a remedy
that is equal to DR.. Caldwell's syruI
pepsin. For particulars ask Peoples
| drug store.
Miss Ella May Covel is expected
back from Chetopa tomorrow where
she has been spending a couple OF
weeks with her cousins Misses Nellie
and Pearl Holderman.
Ladies who take pride in clear,
white clothes should use Red Cross
ball blue. Refuse limitations.
The Eufaula ball club defeated
Muskogee in the game for the champ
ionship Of the territory yesterday by a
score OF to 0. Joe Little and Ferd
Lemon are playing with Muskogee.
Look out for malaria. 1t is season.
able now. A few doses of Prickly Ash
bitters is sure preventive. Chap
man & Briggs. DIV
A party of Pryor Creek people con-
sisting Of DR.. Joe Mayes, son OF Ex.
Chief S. H. Mayes; j. G. Hogan, ]. z.
Hogan, Lee Hendricks and P. w.
Samuls, were in town yesterday even
ing.
Are you runnin for office this year?
No you durn fool; I'm runnin' to
Peoples drug store for bottle of DR..
Caldwell's syrup pepsin to c1re this
Indigestion. DIV
A special train Of 30 cars of wheat
passed through South McAlester
yesterday bound for Liverpool, Eng
land. Oklahoma wheat will soon be !
followed by Indian Territory cotton
to the same port.
The ladies wonder how Mrs.
to preserve her youthful
looks. The secret is she takes Collins
agne cure, it keeps the system in per-
feet order.
Mrs. Jonathan Gore, her two
daughters, Mrs. Young, Miss Daisy
md her son, Nat, spent the day in
Vinita and took dinner with S. r.
Crockett and family.
Jumbo store viii sell Monday morn
ng ladies' and gents ties that you
vii buy at lOc each that every person
Ihould get dozen.
Col. Spencer alking through meg
Iphone from the roof OF the Halsell
today was one Of the features
u the Jumbo anniversary sale.
A well improved farm, good bearing
orchard, an abundance Of small fruit
ust marketed 500 worth Of black
lerTies. To trade for town property
n vinlta. S. A Perry. Big Cabin.
/. +. 49-d&w2
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-08-11

Fine melons at Nichols.
Cold ice melons at Gus Nichols.
Halls family pills are the best.
John Dege is in Atlanta, Georgia.
Fresh bread, cake and pie at Gus
Nichols.
f. G. Talbot, Of Carthage, is in the
city.
Fresh, tender mutton and beef at
Gus Nichols.
G. L. Gathers came in from Grove
lest night.
Machine oil at W: W. Miller's. All
kinds.
Or. Miller, Of Bluejacket, is in
town today.
Fresh vegetables and fruits-Vinita
meat store
Fritz Ellis will probably leave for
Texas today.
For Sale-Five number one young
mules. See Chas. Newman.
Sheldon Morris came in from White
Oak last evening.
That sick headache is malaria, try
Collins ague cure. DIV
J. S. Darby came in from White
Oak last evening.
Don't forget that Cobb s. McGlas-
son handle Dandelion -four.
W. c. Mccreary has been quite sick
for the past week.
When you want the best acur Try
S 4 P at Cobb & Nc Glasson's.
There will be preaching tomorrow
afternoon at s O'clock somewhere
about the First National bank corner.
Music by the Vinita glee club.
Ask your grocer for Red Cross bah
blue. Large 1oz. package five cents.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-08-11
Probabilities.

Generally fair tonight and tomorrow
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-08-11

Leaves tomorrow night Chicago markets. Already
out of prices
The Afro-American advance., 1900-04-21

JOSH BILLINGS PHILOSOPHY,

The man who told us "that Virtew
IL Its own reward" might have added
that vice waz, too.
The man who fully understands a
subjekt IL allwuss satisfied to use the
simplest terms to explain IT,
The man who tells yu that there
Isn't an honest person living, haz
studdyed hiz own karacter too we'll
II yu expekt to keep yure friend.
you hav got to see oil his virtews
with both eyes. and hlz failiugs with
one.
II would be good trade II we could
Danish about one.haff the learning
out ov the world. and substitute com.
mon sense in the place ov IL.
IL IL CRATE deal eazier to be sassy
than to be sarkastik; but thare Ia
menny kriticks who haven't diskov-
cred the difference yet, and probably
never whl.
The world hav allwuss longed for
sensashuns. II man could invent
new Punch and Judy. he would be ad-
mired more than the one who could
make one barrell ov -four GO az far
AZ two.
The Afro-American advance., 1900-04-21
FOOD FOR A KING.

Germany's ruler cares for game
feathered game, more than for any
other Wand. affecting special fond
ness for salmi or stew made OF
thfushes.
The prince Of Wales probably has the
art of dining down as fine as any gen
tleman, titled or otherwise. in the
world. What he doesn't know about
dining and the like isn't worth know
ing.
Queen Victoria In her earlier years,
though perhaps not being stricfly
speaking a gourmet, was fond of good
things and plenty Of them, but Of late
she has TO shade down both quality
and quantity, till she is almost on the
verge Of being a vegetarian.
Queen WilheImina has an appetite
that would do credit TO any peasant in
her domain, and no finieky things for
her, II you please. She will have roast
beef, mutton and fillet OF beef and
rump steak as her regular diet, and at
her feasts on great occasions. also. II
she can have her own way.
Christina. queen regent of Spain.
goes In for roast beef. II isn't that she
Is over fond of this diet herself, but she
believes firmly in its strcngth-produe-
ing virtues, and she In this way sets
her young son an example, for the
young king needs considerable toning
up by way Of diet.
You wouldn't believe II from those
fierce mustaches OF his, but King Hum
bert Of Italy has so great an affection
for custnrds. and very sweet ones at
that. that he would get up .n the night
to partakc of one. To vary the custard
eaten by ordinary mortals. however.
this royal parsonage has his favored
with tea.
The ear Of Russia IL inst Jisloyal
enough 10 his country to confess pub.
licly a preference for French cooking;
this. however. doesn't say that he does
not care for Russian cooking. In fact,
1t is said that n happy combination
of French and Russian manners and
methods Is what tickles the palate
of the ear Of all the Russias beyond
The Afro-American advance., 1900-04-21
MINNESOTA NEWS.
what They Eat.

j. II. Bell, state analytical clerk,
presents "A schedule OF the figures
paid for various items of clothing and
provisions by the eleven penal and
charitable Institutions of the state.
The compilation Of this information
was provided for by the last legisla-
ture. The table completed by Mr..
Bell covers the quarter ending Jan.
81, 1000. In the one item OF coffee
there is the highest range between
the maximum and minimum price
paid. 81. Peter hospital purchased
5.4sl pounds at ~ cents, while the
Soldiers Home paid ~ cents for IA
large quantity. OF course. coffee is
one Of the principal items of rations
with old soldiers. and IL ls not surpris-
ing that superior quality should be
provided for them. The state training
school. at Red Wing. pays little over
cents "a pound. The Rochester asy-
ium, however secures Its coffee for
less money than any other institution.
paying at the institution sI{ cents
per pound. Butter of very good
quality Is served at all the institu-
tions. ranging In price from - to 25
cents per pound. The state. for in
stance, uses two grades Of butter.
creamery aud dairy, taking bottom
and top prices.
During three months the state pris-
ON used 3,i0l pounds of butter. cost
ing $j20.03. The st. Peter hospital,
however, holds the butter record for
the same period Mt s.7s2 pounds, cost
Ing the state Sl ,s3l.23.
In three months the insane AT st.
Peter drank 1920 gallons OF milk.
while the young men at the ST. Cloud
reformatory consumed but i.32s gal
Ions. MIX costs the state an average
OF 10 cents per gallon.
The Afro-American advance., 1900-04-21
KNIGHTS or PYTHIAs.

Nat. Turner Ledge, No. 2, *. of y.
Meets the second and fourth Thursdays
In each month. Brothers in good stand
Ing welcome. At Labor Temple, Fourth
and Eighth avenue south.
T. B. PARKER. c. c.
RALPH WATSON. X r. and s.
Pride of Minnesota Lodge, No. 4, X.
of Y.
Meets the. first and third Thursdays in
each month. All brothers In good stand
Ing welcome. At Plummer Post Hall,
First avenue north and Washington.
JAMES ROBERTS, c. c.
w. G. JEFFREY. X. Il. and s.
J. X. HIIyard Lodge.
Meets first Tuesday I'm each month at
Window Block. Second avenue South and
Washington. Masons I'm good standing
always welcome.
@. w. LILLARD. w. NJ.
JASPER GIBBS, Sec, Guaranty Loan
Restaurant.
Anchor Lodge, No. :, A. r.. and A. VI.
Meets the FIRST and second Monday In
each month at Window Block, Second av-
enue South and Washington. Masons in
good standing welcome.
j A. SCOTT, w NJ
A. B LEE. 270i Aldrich avenue South.