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New-York tribune., 1900-07-15

representative Of a suZerain whose suZerainty
has ceased to be real and is merely nominal.
since safe conducts and passports issued by the
Picking Government We're spurned and treated
with contempt by the Thibetan authorities.
POPULATION AND MILITARY STRENGTH.
The Dai LIamas government extends over
population of about G.O0O. 900 including the in
mates of the great monasteries, 10000 monks
alone occupying the buildings around his palace
al Lhassa- His standing army does not exceed
5000 troops, armed with long matchlocks of
Chinese make, bows and arrows, long knives and
spears. But it is estimated that i q call 10
arms were made the Grand Llama could easily
muster a force of 100000 hardy fighting men.
highlanders all Of them, and fearless. not only
by nature, but likewise in the belief of the
divine attributes of the Dai Llama and the
conviction that death while fighting in his behalf
insures bliss in the world hereafter Armed
European fashion, led by white officers, and im-
bued with the iercest kind OF hatred for the
Chinese, they would prove invaluable allies to
the great Powers in case of any necessity OF at
tacking China from what is now its most vul-
nerabIe point namely. from the southeast. The
country abounds in ponies mules dOnkeys and
yaks which could be easily utilized for trans
port services while in every part Of the country
there are flocks of sheep and goats, which
would constitute Invaluable supplies for the
commissariat service of any European force in
vading China via Tnibet. EN-ATTACHE
New-York tribune., 1900-07-15
EAST HADDAms ANCIENT BELL
THE CONNECTICUT TOWN HAS ONE CAST ELEVEN
HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
From The Hartford Times.


From The Hartford Times.
AT East HaCdam ouiv a short distance from
the Nathan Hale schoorhousr which was lately
dedicated with such imposing ceremonies bv
the Sons Of the Revolution and the people Of
the town is an old bell which antedates the
II has a nosition ON the stone. wall al the. rear
of tb4 rr.fty IittI. stone church inst ar the.
ed.a of me cemetery and from its apI,-ar.i,lc,
nom. v-gI5 e,int,os, tba+ = had known rll. hlr
Of summer and the cold Of winter for almost
eleven centuries II is not very large, and the
greatness Of old age. So common To couT,r has
rnad, INIT slight iuroad- f;uur il
When %athqn Hall. died for his country tnIS
oLd bell was of the age of Alrthuselan ~, oldest
7.4triarch Of I,frl. record Al TN, +ir1. Chris
fruha,- ,sDllI1l4lJe discovered America i. had
been ringing oui the dav- NJ NOR, than hair "a
Thousand Years II talI.a th, deaths .f the
thousands of Spauiards who were lost iu the
destruction If ,h. Great Armada. witnessed th,
IucurSlo.S Of the N,urS and Arabs across m.
straits nr Ciilraltar as the, drsuolied tn,. fair
VINEYARDS of CASTLE and for more. than four
hundred wears knew non, Iut Moorish rule
T-Iir.r. ,,-ae lu- a wild f,rs.--l.G e.ya g..lrl-
~. ,pa, mis- ,l3 h.l y-.s cast and rbn I;rItI-n
Triee ,yara So rnucb territory ruled Dy .-auUIsh
I,ar,ra vim ,riob- tra ,rt, L,,,yr .gv
Wien F4rdinan5 ana Isabel, asc.nG,I the
+br,r'.. of 5nsin tho IittIe old heU In th, East
f4ailta,,- cbIirrbvard halned 10 ring ntI- tnr
ti5irge - al th1 rounrrZ round n was then
in the tower of one Of the churches Of AraEou.
tho bo,na r,royiuca az Ferdinand For more
th,r civ bn1ared wears II had been ther- call
10 - -;,h ard ,,[,nr- T., sarvIr... rirl-
IN n,t M io, of thair marriage celebrations
49, t1IIiTr, ti,. dam rrnIIiern
his cetIIr tyhen NapoIeon started
~, biG eacl,trq tnIJr nf spain and was finally
u.itb man. othars was r,Ilar from its rlac, in
49, - - ~ ,, ,bI,r.b y,bict II had or-
cIIriDJ 50 lon Tv,enfv Years aftervard
g., 1904 ar 1891 sbiTInad of bells from
New-York tribune., 1900-07-15
AH UNKNOWN LAND

Little IS known about Thltet. the Only "illte
men who have ever penetrated the metropolitan
province Of Lhassa, namely. the EnglIshInah
.Iauning u 1911. the French missionaries Hue
ana Gabet. il 1871 and the EngHslman a. II.
Savage Landor IL 1S@!. having been seized and
daoorted Is soon as discovered. True. there are
a few Protestant and Roman Catholic missions
in rhibet as is indicated by the presence Of d
yioar Apostolic Of IN Pope On Thihetan soil,
but these missions arr established in those parts
Of Thibet that are near the northern and south
err! frontiers. beyond the immediate power OF
the Grand Llama, and remote from the seat Of
the Thibetan Government, al Lhassa. In the
same way, Mr. Rockhill, now Assistant Secre-
tary Of state at Washington; the Russian eX-
UIOrer Prjevalsky, Prince Henri OF Orleans and
The Conservative, 1900-11-22
JAMES III. Eek ELS.

James H. Eckels delivered an address
last week before the Young Mems
Christian Association of the Fourth
Presbyterian church, Chicago. In part
he said:
"If were preacher I would take
The Conservative, 1900-11-22

brothers. keeper This question has
remained unanswered in scripture in
order, think. that we may all answer
it for ourselves, and it is always
answered in the affirmative. All the
work that is done by the charitably in.
clined, by the religiously inclined, and
that is done for the good of others,
is done for the good of ALL This is what
helps and improves society and makes
better men and better women. The
home and school associations are sup.
posed to have beneficial influence on
the boy and girl. The church carries
forward this work toward the higher
Christian life. The school develops
from the standpoint of practical life,
supplementing the teaching received in
the home-not always, I am sorry to
say, carrying on the religious instruc-
tions of the home. That something
which is left out by the school, is sup
piled by the Young Mems Christian
Assc citation. The greatest good accom-
plished by the institution is in teaching
the young man to look out for his best
advancement, not only with regard to
his own interests, but in connection
with the development of those around
him. No factor is more essential in
young mans faculties which fit him for
a business position than his character
Business men want to know, not only
that he is honest in his work for them,
but to what extent he is truthful moral
and upright toward his fellow man in
his life apart from his position. If the
individual is upright and truthful it is
safe to say that the aggregate will be
also. You must work up from the in.
dividual to the aggregate, not from the
aggregate to the individual. The Young
Mems Christian Association and such
organizations, therefore, ought to have
the assistance of the church. There
must be kindred feeling between them.
No organization, would venture to say,
has been so beneficial to the church as
the Young Mems Christian Association.
Business men can afford to help
these institutions in a selfish way, as
they make the young man better clerk.
The church should assist them as they
decrease crime and drunkenness. For it
seems that the country needs nothing 80
much as good citizens. Building up
character in school, college and church
is the best way to make good citizens.
All must bear in mind that which is
potent fact, namely, that good does not
not always come from generosity, as
many generous people do little good
nor does it come from virtue, as virtue
is not always beneficial to others; nor
from scholasticism, as scholastic men are
not always much good. But that in
which this institution does good is in
building up of character according to
the example of Christ. And that work
The Conservative, 1900-11-22
Cbe Conservative.

teristic egotism and selfishness COM
menced his attack upon democracy, not
considering for one moment any result
except his own success.
In the democratic state convention
at Omaha when the whole state was
afire for Cleveland he attempted to force
upon us silver plank and fairly launch.
ed himself upon his career of disintegra-
| tion and destruction. At that time we
had full control of every branch of the
general government. From the Hud-
son river to the Missouri and between
the great lakes and the gulf (the very
heart of our empire) there were but
four states in the hands of the republi-
cans. The great fight for tariff reform
had been fought and won. Then came
the onslaught of the Bryan mob upon
Cleveland. They joined the republicans
in vituperation and abuse until even the
cheek of Billy Mason was suffused with
blush of shame.
They loaded the tariff bill with the in.
come tax and other weights until it sunk
beneath war of popular disapproval.
The name of democracy when branded
with the mark of the Gain of populism
became byword and honest democrats
has trampled into the dust the infam-
GUS conglomeration of political vagaries
known as Organism.
Democracy is Shorn of Power.
Democracy is shorn of all semblance
of power in every branch of the general
government Thirteen democratic gov.
ernors, including those in the great
states of New York, Illinois, Wisconsin
and Indiana, have gone down under the
storm of indignation that arose when
the monster of reputation and national
dishonor raised it's head bearing the
stolen robe of democracy.
North of the seeded states Bryan
has saved from the wreck four noun.
tain states whose combined population is
less than half of that of Nebraska.
Could any less havoc have followed
campaign of bombast and class preju-
dice?
Today democracy stands purged of
all this foul humor that has been inject
ed into her system. In the next demo
cratic convention not even Nebraska
hybrid will have the temerity to even
hint at one of the Thousand vagaries
massed in the one word Organism"
"Great is tammany and Croker is it's
prophet" like all utterances of the peer.
less prognosticator has sounded the
downfall of that engine of corruption.
In the presence of the great defeat of
alleged democracy the tears refuse to
flow. T. M. S.
JAMES III. ECKELS.
The Conservative, 1900-11-22
A DEMOCRATIC RETROSPECT.
EDITOR CONSERVATIVE:

EDITOR CONSERVATIVE:
1 feel that I must congratulate all
democrats upon the victory achieved at
the polls on November 6 for. .decency and
true democracy. In the defeat of Bryan
the republicans are to be commiserated
for populism has already turned it's
back upon democracy and is again re-
turning to its haunts amid the miasmic
swamps of republican corruption and
bigotry where it was bred.
1t is source of pie asure to every true
democrat to look back over the horrid
nightmare of the last four years and
feel that not one democrat of those we
had learned to love for their integrity,
patriotism and devotion to justice, has
been tainted by the noxious exhalations
of Bryan. There is no call for ''reorgan
ization" of democracy. The simeon of
populism has swept over the land. De-
mocracy bent to the blow and now that
nothing is left of that awful scourge ex-
cept low rumblings in the mountains of
Colorado and Montana the democratic
party arises at once. Even our enemies,
the republicans, have been forced to
honor the steadfastness of all our lead
ers to the honor of our country.
UnjustIy.. Criticised.
Bryan has been criticised unfairly be-
cause he made his bed with Croker, Alt
gelt, Allen, Jack Chinn and their ilk
The truth of the matter was he had no
choice. Not solitary democrat in the
Union with reputation to lose ever
bent knee to the egregious egotism of
Bryan. None but those whose reputa-
tions, if lost, would be an undisguised
blessing, could afford to associate with
the peerless prevaricator of the Platte.
The nation has had another lesson
that no man can pronounce himself cit"
The republicans neither in 1896 nor in
1900 faced democracy. 1t was Bryan
pure and simple. No allegiance to
democracy was asked. "Any old thing"
went if allegiance to Bryan" was as
sured. His monumental egOtism
actually imbibed him with the concep.
tion that his remarkable individuality
was sought by the nation and he needed
no party.
All the campaign method needed was
for him to show himself to the waiting
throngs. Such conceit is without
parallel in the worlds history and there
is no God given ratio capable of express.
ing it.
What Bryan has Done.
Those who think Bryan was friend
to democracy should ponder, and if pos.
sible, conceive what greater destruction
he could have wrought had he been an
enemy.
I,xx ko1 1orlo1ilo
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-06-16
GENTLEMANLY WARRIORS.
Savages Supplied Their Enemies with
Food and Ammunition.

We are accustomed to speak Of the
humane and chiyalr0us manner in
which modern fighting is carried on,
and to congratulate ourselves upon the
advance which has been made in this
respect, says the London Mail.
But Is this advance as great and as
real as we imagine? For example, how
do our present-day customs of war COM
pare with the old-time fighting methods
of the Maoris, the natives of New Zea-
land? 1t will surprise good many
people to hear that when a band Of
Maori warriors was going to fight the
warriors of another tribe 1t was not
unusual for the numbers 1t was pro-
posed to place in the field to be COM
municated to the enemy; moreover, one
side often provided the other with arms
and provisions, 50 that the enemy
might not be placed at too great dis
advantage.
Here are a few stories which Illus
trate the generosity which the MaOris
of former days displayed toward their
enemies. A chief was asked why when
on a certain occasion he had command
of the road, he did not attack the am
munition and provision trains of the
English. The Maori, utterly astonished
at such a question, exclaimed: "Why,
you fool, If we had stolen their powder
and food, how could they have foughtY
Another chief, who considered that
he had been insulted by the chief of a
neighboring tribe, said that the other
chief, had he not been much the strong
er Of the two in arms and ammunition,
would not have dared to act in so In
sulting manner. This speech came
to the ears of the nelghboring chief,
who thereupon divided his arms and
ammunition into two equal parts, and
sent one-half, along with on invitation
to fight, to chief No. l.
On another occasion a chief who was
fighting against us, and who was shot
Of guns and powder, sent this messaAN
to the governor: My custom with ri
gard to my enemy is, if he have not y
weapon | give him one, that we may
fight on equal terms. Now, o govern,
or, are you not ashamed of my defense
less hands| clergyman who lived
long time in New Zealand relates how
in one of the lntertribal wars the be-
sieged sent word to the enemy that
they were short of provisions. and tire
besiegers at once handed over a supply
of food.
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The young man that thinks that there
are any God-given qualities in him that
will enable him to achieve success
without hard work will live in disap-
pointment and die in remorse. AS a
matter of fact, we are not all born
equal, so far as our mental capacities
| are concerned. Most of us have inner
tied some peculiar and undefnable pre-
dilections--some for music, some for
languages, some for mathematics, some
for the acquisition of wealth, and so
on. But you may set it down as an un-
deniable fact that the young man that
has inherited the love of work is going
to live the most satisfactory life and is
going to do the most good during his
brief span on earth. Genius has been
defined as IAN infinite capacity for TAX
ing palms," and while the definition has
been attacked by some philosophers
there is the best evidence to prove it's
correctness. Demosthenes is generally
accepted by scholars as the greatest
orator we have record of. AS n young
man, he was not only an awkward
stammerer, ridiculous in gesticulation
and rhetoric, but his early utterances
gave absolutely no promise of origin
atty of idea. How he overcame by
patient study and practice not only his
physical defects, but acquired the
learning which found expression in his
Grafton, ION the Crown" is we'll
known history. The greatest scientists
of modern times-for instance, Lord
Kelvin, Helmholtz Robert Mayer, to
whom we owe the doctrine of the con-
servation of energy-were or are al
most recluses in their devotion to their
vocation. Given a mind of ordinary
normal strength to start with, some
equipment of early trsining and
healthy ambition any young man may
reasonably hope to succeed if he has
the industry to pursue persistently the
purpose he has chosen. He need not
bother to ask himself whether he has
genius or has talent. The capacity for
hard work is true genius. He may be
quite sure, however, that unless his
ambition includes something outside
of himself, the winning of it will give
him in the end no satisfaction. That Is
one of the curious laws of life, one of
the compensations that tend to equal
ize in way the conditions of existence.
II you want money or power, for the
sake OF money or power, you might just
as well be breaking butterflies.
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men on the other side Of the thin board
n rtitin1a

men on the other side of the thin board
partition conyersing in low tones.
THE terms were share and share
alike, so there are $500 for your share"
How much do you think the rest OF
the stuff ought to be worth?'
Fully $4,000, l think. We made n
big haul this time"
Yes, and it was we'll done, too.
wonder how old Fairchild looked when
he came down to the Office in the morn
ing, and found his safe openedY
He must have felt pretty bad, for |
see by the papers that the police have
no clew to the fellows who did the job"
Il don't think l ever did such clean
job or such safe one. But when shall
we divide the jewelry"
Meet me at the same place to-mor-
row night as you did tonight, and |
will bring the swag with me. We can
then go somewhere and divide"
"All right. What time?"
Mine o'clock-same as tonight"
I'LL be there. Goodnight"
So saying, the men left the saloon
and separated.
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men who were concealed, and a, a.
signal they were to arrest the person.
whom he designated.
AS the clock struck 8, the two tb,ou
approached from different Directs
and met at the corner.
One of them carried a satche, VIII,
was apparently very heavy, judging Nv
the way in which he carried it.
AS they stood a minute, tallsin,
drunken man came rolling down IN
street, and in endeayoring to pass then,
gave lurch, and struck heavi1,
against the man carrying the satcbeI
almost knocking him down, and cans
ing him to drop it.
Whasser mean, sir, by Chic) get'n IN
gentrm'n's way? Yer drunk. sir
(hic)."
You fool, you're drunk yourself! IN
on about your business"
So saying, the thief stopped to Mol,
up his satchel, when a violent nuSh
from behind threw him fiat upon tho
pavement.
AT the same instant a shrill whistle
rang out upon the night air, and before
the two thieves fully realized what had
happened they were securely hand.
cutfed and on their way to the station
Behind them walked Bob, CARRYING
the satchel, and entirely recovered
from the effects of the liquor from
which he was apparently suffering only
moment before.
The next morning Bob appeared at
the inspectors office, carrying a
satchel.
The inspector looked up from his
desk, at which he was writing, and
said:
well, Westbrook, what have you
captured? Something worth the trou.
bic, l hope?"
Il don't know that it's much of a
capture, SIR" said Bob.
well, what was it?"
only the robbers of Fairchild's Jew
elry."
The inspector grasped him by the
hand and shook it warmly.
My dear fellow, permit me to con-
graduate you! You have discovered
what has puzzled some of the best men
in the force. How did you do it?'
Bob then related bis experience with
the letter and his subsequent adven-
lures.
When he had finished his story the in
spector said:
"Westbrook, from this hour you are
detective, attached to the regular force.
l think the thieves will have cause to
rue the day"
The inspector was right. Many a
criminal has Bob since brought to JUS
tice, and often have the criminal class
es had cause to rue the day when he
was made detective.-SpareM Moments.
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Training a Nose

Mothers should care for the noses of
the children and see that they grow
properly. The soft tissues of the or
gan can be nodded in early life. A
thick nose can be made thinner BY reg
ular treatment such as compressing it
daily, either with the fingers or with
instruments made with strings and
padded ends, so as to clasp the nose. A
clothespin has been used and SO adj
justed as to bring about the right
amount of compression. Many noses
are wrung and twisted out of shape
by the vigorous use of the handker-
chief. The delicacy of the structure
of the nose Is not appreciated.-Har-
per's Bazaar.
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well, what news"
Nothing much," said the other man,
except that have been unable to dis
pose of all the swag."
How much money have you raised?"
zone thousand pounds"
Good! You have some Of the jew
elry still?"
"Yes. l only sold the diamonds"
"Do you think you can get rid of the
rest safely"
mo, not just now. 1 think we had
better divide them just as they are, and
when the excitement is over we can
dispose of them"
"All right. You say you have one
thousand in cash"
Eyes. Come down to Johns and I'll
give you your share"
The men then started down the road
together.
No sooner had they moved off than a
figure emerged from a dark doorway
and followed them at a distance.
The figure was that of Bob West
brook.
The men entered a door In front of
which hung a red lamp. Following
them Bob also entered.
He found himself in a room which
was partly public house and partly a
restaurant. On one side of the room
were several stalls, In which were ia
bles and seats. Curtains covered the
front so that the occupants were con-
cealed from the view of those In the
room.
AS Bob entered he saw the men
whom he had been following enter one
of the stalls. Ordering a milk punch
he took his seat in the stall adjoining
that which the men had entered.
AS he seated himself he heard the
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Some troublesome questions are
doubtless destined to find a solution
through the courts. In case which
has just been brought to trial in lndi-
ana, an association of master plumb
ers in Indianapolis, In order to secure
a monopoly of business, drew the lead
ing dealers into an agreement not to
sell plumbers supplies to any except
the members of their own combine"
An outside plumber brought suit
against dealer who had refused to
sell him the goods needed in his bust
ness. The Judge decided that such
discrimination in trade is against pub
lie policy. and that the complainant
was entitled to damages for the incon-
'genience and loss he had suffered.
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Bob felt that he had made an Import
ant discovery. About a week before a
diamond and jewelry merchant off Hol-
born had been robbed of large amount
of jewelry. The thieves had left moth
ing by which they could be traced, and
although Mr.. Fairchild, the owner of
the place, had offered a large reward,
they had thus far escaped detection.
The following morning Bob walked
into the inspectors office.
"Well?" said the Inspector.
Il should like to have the use of
three officers, in plain clothes, this
evening, sir"
You have discovered something,
them"
Eyes, SIR"
what is it."
"Will you be kind enough to permit
me to defer an explanation until to-
morrow morning. sir? l wish to COM
plete the job before l make any re-
port"
Then you expect to capture the Grim
lnals to-night?"
"Yes, SIR"
eff you do so, 1 shall have to acknowl-
edge that you are born detective. You
shall have the men,"
That night Bob stationed his men out
Of sight near the doorway where he
had hidden himself. on the preceding
night and waited for the arrival of the
thieves.
He had arranged q signal with the