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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-05
NEW SPELLING FOR CHICAGO UNIVERSITY.

Chicago. Jan. 4-The University Of Chicago will
use and advocate the spelling BY vote Of
20 to Is the University Convocation placed itself
record to-day as favoring the OF the reformed
spelling adopted by the National Educational Asso-
cha ton. The vote implies the use of reformed
spelling in a number of magazines and papers is
sued under the auspices of the university.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-05

Hawaii's ambition for representation In Ma
tional conventions raises the pertinent inquiry
why men should have voice in choosing can
didate when they never hope to vote TOT
him. 1t might also be asked why the polyglot
islanders OF the sea should have anything 10 say
about the choice of President of the United
States of America.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-05

Governor Roosevelt thinks a very gratifying
feature of the present prison laws Is the raplo
dimnution in the population of the prisons
Yes! If he is sure that there Is not CORE
spending increase in the number OF persons at
large who ought to be locked up.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-05
THE OPEN DOOR IN CHINA.
A FAIR FIELD AND NO FAVOR

FAIR FIELD AND NO FAVOR
From The Brooklyn Eagle.
Re It to be hss fe9 f snIl asSeDgd
lay dS = sun 10 v en o1ar ' door s ~
washington. the big northern bear displaying not
International contract. This to be expected.
The contract will be known as an understsnding
it will be disclosed The proprieties of diplomats
life will keep part of the curtain down.
IMPORTANT IN HISTORY.
From The Philadelphia Press
ere & Hay 49s Son The dgSm 5g%B
War bulks large in the public imagtnat ton. but
M stratio 5e come TO be valued in history. it may
easily be that the agreement announced Yesterday
seem the larger achievement and the more Inn
portant triumph.
FROM A PRACTICAL SIDE.
From The New-York Herald.
Looking at the practical side of Of the sd matter 5
trade Of China in 1858 increased but per cent
ne sas from the Of ae our ON 'Ps
exports to the Flowery Kingdom are kerosene oil.
land there at such low cost as to defy S9mEp;etion
merce are exceedingly gratifying
a CONSEQUENCE OF EXPANSION.
From The Troy Times
Ii is the direct consequence OF the stride which
the United States has taken as world power, The
but this country could by no possibility have be-
come such factor in promoting the peace and civ
illzaton of the world had IL not been for our sue
cess in the war with Spain and our acquisition
OF the Philippine Islands.
ITS SWEEPING CHARACTER.
From The Boston Journal
OF course. other nations Will enjoy the fruits OF
victory, but the victory Is all
sweeping 1t Is be conjectured from the fact that
besides equality IN customs duties Secretary Hay
has succeeded In having Il agreed that there shall
he no determinations against American goods or
railways in China built and financed under for.
eign authority; that there shall be no dserimnat-
ing tonnage dues against American shipping: that
American citizens shall have equal business op-
portunities OF all kinds.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-26
Chinese Superstition.

Similar in some respects to the cele-
bration of Christmas in Christian
countries is the observance of the
devils birthday in China. On this an
niversary many costly gifts are laid
upon the altar of the evil one. There
are many other superstitions current
In sending the kitchen god to heaven
every year, the Chinese housekeeper
has to burn it and let the fumes as
cend. 1t reports on the good deeds of
the family for the year and brings
good luck. Before burning it the
housewife dips her finger in jar OF
molasses and smears the upper and
lower lip of the idol, so that when he
arrives at the pearly city he may tell
a sweet tale on the family and thus in
sure benedictions. A family, when
gambling, will cover the eyes of the
idol until the card playing is through.
A woman in Luhoh city went to the
temple to pray for the recovery of her
son from smallpox. He recovered, but
was marked with the effects of the di-
sease. She returned to the temple in
a great rage, put coil of rope around
the idols neck and soused it several
times in the river, saying: an teach
you to lose your benign influence, you
rascal"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-26

months later she received from China
a ninety-nine year lease OF the port
and district. In 1898 Russia obtained
from China twenty-five-year lease
of Port Arthur, Talienwan and their
adjacent territories and waters. The
lease can be extended by mutual
agreement. The same year the Chi
nese government gave permission for
Great Britain to occupy Wei-Hai-Wei
for as long a period as Russia shall
hold Port Arthur. To compensate
France for the concessions given to
Great Britain and Russia a ninety
nine-year lease was given her of the
bay of Kwang- CHAIRMAN, on the
coast opposite the island OF Hainan,
and last year two islands at the en-
trance of the bay were definitely coded
to her. Hong-Kong was coded to
Great Britain in 1S41.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-26
The Religion of Calna.


Buddhism is the principal religious
faith of the Chinese. Long as this
religion has existed, it is little under
stood by Americans. It's founder,
Buddha. was born 623 years before the
Christian era. His theory of deity
embraced trinity, known as the
Three Precious Ones. The moral code
of the religion contains ten prohibi-
tions-killing, stealing. lying, selling
wine, charging interest on loans,
speaking false of others, self-praise
and back-biting, pars!mony and SCOT
fng, uncorrected anger and reviling
the Three Precious Co rs.
The Buddhist church in Thibet has
its pope. its cardinals, it's bishops,
priests and nuns, exactly as has the
Roman Catholic church. And more,
lit has infant baptism, confirmation,
candles. sacred water and professions.
The teachings of Buddha were re-
'duced to writing SO B. C. The entire
canon of the faith was compiled in
"A. ID. 400. In this Buddha is described
as coming from heaven, being born of
Ia virgin. welcomed by angels, re-
;ceived by an old saint, presented in a
temple, baptized with water and later
iby fire. He is described as astonish-
ing the doctors with his understand
ling, was later led into a wilderness,
where he was tempted by the devil,
land thereafter he went about doing
wonders and preaching. He was a
friend to the poor
1t seems doubtful when Buddhism
was introduced into China. 1t is re-
corded, however, that in the year 60
"A. ID. the emperor. Han-Ming-Ti, had
a vision wherein he saw great gold
len image around whose head was a
halo. and it was believed it meant
truth. The emperor's brother, Prince
Tsu. having heard of Buddhism from
India, said the vision was nothing but
the great Buddha A mission was sent
forth, which returned after some years,
bringing back wooden image, a
counterpart of the golden one, one
book and Hindu priest.
The great temple at Pekin, called
the Yuig-H o-Kung, or the Lama
temple, is a Mongol Buddhist monas-
terry, in which there are some 1900
acting priests. Here the dogmas of
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-26
Dies IN the DeSerf.

J. M. Meneck left June "a in COM
pany with four others for southern
Utah in quest of a far-famed lost cop
per mine. The party went into camp
and Meneck starred out upon a pros
pecting tour of the deserts. He did not
return. and his companions, who
searched for him days in vain. have no
doubt that he has persisted. Meneck
was a representative of the Smithson-
ian institution and was making a care
full study OF that section of the coun,
try. He was about SO years of age and
graduate Of Jo1ns Hopkins uniyer-
sity.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-26
The Chinese Treaty.

The treaty between the United
States and China negotiated in 1858
and proclaimed in 1860 provided that
the Chinese government should guar
antee protection to the American min
lister in his journeys to and from Pc
kin, and should protect him and his
suite while in Pekin. The treaty of
1868, negotiated by William H. Seward
and Arson Burlingame, provides for
the protection of American citizens,
American property, and American
trade. In article it is declared:
Nothing in this article shall be con-
strued to prevent the United States
from resisting an attack by any hostile
power or party upon their citizens or
their property"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-26

was appointed commander Of a second
class district in India. He entered the
army In 1868, and has many times won
distinction and decoration for con-
spicuous gallantry. He fought on the
northwestern Indian frontier, in Abys-
sinia, in the Beyotee expedition, in
the Jowah Afridi expedition, in the
Afghan campaign at Candahar and in
the expeditions Of Zheb Valley, Hay
ara and lsayi. He has three orders
and numerous medals.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-26
Chinese Deities.

Contrary to general supposition, the
deities of the Chinese are not myth
cal. Each of them is supposed to be
patterned after and to embody the
noble traits of some man who has
lived in the past. Confucianism is
now well understood, and both Bud
dhism and Taoism have been so thor
oughly explored that it is hard to be-
lieve that anything of Importance re-
lating thereto is to be discovered. At
least one more book upon this topic,
however, remains to be compiled
namely, a Chinese NEUROLOGICAL die
tionary. Such a work should contain
an account of all the principal divini-
ties actually worshiped by the Chinese,
with authentic details of such as are
historical, together with a record OF
the steps by which many Of them have
been promoted in the Chinese PAN
theon, until, like Kuan-Ti, the god OF
war, from very humble beginnings
they have become "adjuvant OF
heaven" The number of these divin-
tiles is very large and includes many
that have been continuously worshiped
for over 1000 years. Whether the
Chinese have ever at any time in their
long history had perception or con-
ception of one true God, Father and
Creator of all things" is a question
that has been long and learnedly dis
cussed by scholarly students of their
classical writings. 1t is still an open
| question. But there is no doubt at all
that for many centuries past they have
worshiped the sun, the moon, the
stars and a host of ancestral deities
All the gods of China may be said to
have been dead men, and, by the right
of ancestral worship, it may be
affirmed that in sense all the dead
men of China are gods. Temples are
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-26

IBERIA. He later visited Persia, touring
that country thoroughly. The photo
graph here presented was taken In
Teheran, Persia's capital, four years
ago. The general is an excellent lin
guist He speaks French, German and
Russian fluently. He has traversed
India, spent some time in Burmah, is
familiar with the topography of
northern China. and has Travelled much
over the region which lies between
the Gulf Of Pe-Chi-li and the Amur.
He fought in the Formosa campaign
in 1874, against the Sasuma rebels in
1877, and against the Chinese in Korea
and Manchuria. He is just 81 years
old.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-26
Cessions to Foreign PoMers.

Each conflict in which China has en-
gagged has resulted in loss Of terri
tory. The principal cessions made by
the Mongol government as the price of
peace have been the following: The
island of Formosa was coded to Japan
in 1895, after the war with China In
1897 Germany seized the port of Kiou-
Chou on the east coast of the Shan
tung peninsula, her excuse for so doing
being a massacre of missionaries
which had taken place there. Two
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-26
NOT RECENT PASSION
The First International Marriag,
In 1910.


Some people are given to tn
that the Englishman's predilecti
the American girl is a recently
oped passion, says the Saturday
ing Post. Such is by no near
case. II American visitors shoul
to see a portrait in oils of one
very first American girls to cat
Englishman of position let them
ney to Boonton Hall, in the couI
Norfolk, the hall that was In {
days the seat Of the Rolfe famil
this hall hangs a portrait by De.
of a handsome young woman.
high cheekbones, and CONF
splendidly swarthy. Around tn
trait are the words Matoaka Re
fila potentis Prince Powhatani
Virglniae. and on a space belo
portrait are these words, ma
alias Rebecka, daughter of the n
Prince Powhatanl. Emperor of
nough Komouck, Of Virginia; q !
tian convert, and married to the
shipfull Mr.. Thomas Rolf. Al
1916" This portrait Of the far
Princess Pocohontas was pain
few week. before she died o
ship about to sail for Amer
was buried in the parish ch
Gravesend. at the mouth Of b
Thames. and to this day the
can see the following entry In
ish register: 1876, March 81.
Wrolfe, wife Of Thomas Wrol
Virginia lady born. was bus
in the chauncell." Unfortun,
original edifice was burned
century ago. otherwise Americs
now look upon the tomb Of
American girl who to,
husband.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-26

The leaders of the Belgian labor
party have issued a manifesto on the
question of universal suffrage. They
declare that the time is opportune for
a firm and decided struggle, and adyo-
cate stubborn resistance to all legisla-
ton Of any kind until their desired
reform is effected.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-26

Buddhism are taught under the con-
troll of a Gagan, or living Buddha.
The studies comprise course of in
struction in metaphysics, ascetic du-
ties, astrology and medicine.
Many Chinese are Confucians. These
follow the teachings of Confucius,
which are the worship OF ancestors.
One of the provisions Of this creed is
that 10 son shall live more expensive
ly than his father or mother.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-26

The Richmond locomotive works
has shipped a second consignment of
NJ .en-wheel passenger locomotives
With six-wheel tenders to- Helsingfors.
England.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-26

In New York the storing of automo-
biles is becoming problem. Some of
the livery stables decline to accept
them on the ground that they are ruin
ing the livery business.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-26

An engineer employed by an Ameri-
can company, who visited the Cerro
del Mercado in Durango recently, says
that the iron in sight in this mountain
would supply all the shelters in Eng
land for 800 years.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-26
Gen. EuEuS6imd.

4. General Y. Fukushima. who is In
command of the forces which Japan
has already landed at Taku, is a dis
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-26
British General in China.

Brigadier General Sir Alfred Case
lee, who has been assigned to the SUI
prerne command of the British land
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-26

gait
entt
let
othe
cops a
surgeo
own lii
tive pc
from CT
we shall
a tomb.
lists. col
speak!
But WI
all these
tongues
crooked
painlessnes
worth hun
dollars. d
he took We
not treat tn
not doctor
he not affect
centurian of
of his own p
They would |
and there we
people in Jei
merchant cast
who would ha
houses and Ian
such cures as
critical cases IL
geons have rece
in one case | KIN
surgeon of whom
a shekel, not a
In his whole ear
his having had b
his taxes were due
he knew of a fish
swallowed a piece
fish are apt to
bright, and he sent
which brought up I
its mouth was extra
ter, or 621s cents, t
ever had, and that
taxes. This greatest
centuries gave all his
offers all his services
charge. Without mo
price" you may spirit,
blind eyes opened, ant
unbarred, and your
loosened, and your wol
your soul saved. II c
get hurt Of body, mil
them remember that
to hurt, but it cures. al
ford present pain for fut
sides that. there are pc
thetics in the divine p
soothe and alleviate. N
chloroform or cocaine ev,
so superior to distress as
of that magnificent ano
things work together for g
who love God" Weeping
for a night, but Joy come
morning"
Healing the Worlds W
What a grand thing TO
human race when this su
have completed the treatn
worlds wounds! The day
when there will be no more
for there will be no more s
more eye and ear infirmarie
will be no more blind or d,
more deserts, for the round
be brought under arboricu
no more billiards or sunst
the atmosphere will be expu
scorch and chill, and no MOI
the swords shall come out of
dry bent into pruning hooks
the heavenly country We sha
victims of accident or NAL
or hereditary ills on earth b,
athletes in Elysian fields. w
man with such brilliant eyes
fore the throne? Why, that L
who, near Jericho, was blind
surgeon cured his ophthalm
is that erect and graceful an
woman before the throne?
the one whom our surgeon II
almost double and could in n
up herself, and he made her
Who is that listening with
ture to the music of heaven,
ing into chorus, cymbal r,
to trumpet, and then himse
in the anthem? Why, that /!
whom our surgeon found
dumb on the beach of Galile,
two touches opened ear |
mouth gate. Who is that aror
the crowds are gathering wi
ing looks and thanksgiving
of "Oh, what he did for me!
he did for my family! Oh,
did for the world" That Is
geon of all the centuries. tn
the aurist, the emancipation
vior. No pay he took on ear
now, and let all heaven pay
worship that shall never en-
love that shall never die. Or
be all the crowns, in his han
the scepters and at his feet
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-26
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
TALK ON ONE OF THE MISSIONS
OF CHRIST.
Efficacy of Divine Power in Healing the
Worlds Wounds and Derormities-The
Intimate Relations of Surgery and
Theology,

Copyright, 1900, by Louis Klopsch.)
In this discourse DR.. Talmage (who
is now travelling in Europe) puts in an
unusual light the mission of Christ
and shows how divine power will yet
make the illnesses Of the world fall
back; text, Matthew ri, 5, THE blind
receive their sight, and the lame walk,
the lepers are cleansed and the deaf
hear"
Doctor" said to a distinguished
surgeon, do you not get worn out
with constantly seeing SO many
wounds and broken bones and distor-
lions of the human body?" ooh, no"
he answered, all that is overcome by
my Joy in curing them. A sublimer
and more merciful art never came
down from heaven than that of sur
gerry. Catastrophe and disease entered
the earth so early that one of the first
wants of the world was doctor. Our
crippled and agonized human race call
ed for surgeon and family physician
for many years before they came. The
first surgeons who answered this call
were ministers of religion-namely,
the Egyptian priests. And what a
grand thing II all clergymen were also
doctors, all d. DIS were M. DIS, for
there are so many cases where body
and soul need treatment at the same
time, consolation and medicine, the
ology and therapeutics. AS the first
surgeons OF the world were also minis
tiers of religion, may these two profess
sions always be in full sympathy! But
under what disadvantages the early
surgeons worked, from the fact that
the dissection of the human body was
forbidden, first by the pagans, and
then by the early Christians! Apes,
being the brutes most like the human
race, were dissected. but no human
body might be unfolded for physi-
illogical and anatomical exploration,
and the surgeons had to guess what
was inside the temple by looking at
the outside of it. II they failed in
any surgical operation, they were per-
secuted and driven out of the city, as
was Archagathus because of his bold
but unsuccessful attempt to save pa
tient.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-26

GEN. FUKUsHIMA.
tinguished soldier. traveller and schol-
ar. During his junior years in the
lsrmy he travelled on horseback from
Berlin TO Vladivostok. clear across ST.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-12-13
DEC. 13. 1900.
VOLU1E TWENTY.

with this issue the GOLD LEAF
enters upon its twentieth volume.
With the past as our guide, profit
ing BY experience, we shall endeav"r
to make the GDTD LEAF a better paper
and serve our constituency to better
advantage As we shall he given the
strength. the mcan5 and the oppor-
unity.
Further than This we have no
promise, to make. In the nineteen
wears that the paper has been with
YOU. if it has not established char
actcr by which YOU may Judg" SINE
what Of its future. perhaps nothing
that We could -ay Of it would
strengthen your confidence or change
your opinion
In the language Of The poet, now is
the time TO subscribe and pay up
what Won owe.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-12-13
A CRY FOR KIVER.
Appeal in Behalf of the Worthy
Veterans of the Soldiers Home.


Dc col win blow rum Eas' ter Wes'.
En- make me shake en- shlver;
Dey heah me pray
By night en- day:
Iawd, sen de OF man klver.
Come down, en- please deliver
YO col win make me shiVer;
Dis pra'r pray;
By night en- day
Mo- kiver Lawd-mo' kiver
De sparrow ridin' in he mes
You notice en- deliver
Hit des can't be
lie mo den me?
Lawd sen de OF man kiver
Come down, en- please deliver
YO col win make me SILVER;
Dis pra'r | pray
BY night en- day:
Mo kiver, LaWd, mo klVer
F. L. S, in Atlanta Constitution.
| visited the Soldiers Home in Raleigh
at the meeting Of the Daughters OF the
Confrderacy on October 10th, and Mr..
W. &. Stronach, the Chairman OF the
Executive Committee Of the Home, told
us that the Home was In great need OF
bed clothes, sheets, pillow cases, blankets,
counterpanes and comforts for single
beds Now understand clear y. no matter
what You see III the newspapers or hear
people say about it, nobody has given
these needful things to the Home, and
nobody supports the Home; nor even
! make liberal donations for its support
1t is in need Of everything, and il needs 1t
| now.
The above is copied from letter
in the Messenger Of Hope, published at
the Thompson Orphanage, at Char
!otte. The letter was written by Miss
Rebecca Cameron, of Hillsboro. See
inc the above some one, went directly
to Mr. Stronach and asked if such a
state Of affairs did actually exist. His
reply was published in the NeWS dnd
| Observer In his letter he said that
only $4,000 had been given the Home
within the last year. or this $4,000
had been given by Gen. Julian ).
Carr to furnish the Hospital, and the
State OF North Carolina had given
| only the remaining $4,000 to support
| the men who risked life, wealth and
health for their country. Since Mr..
Stronach'5 letter, Thanksgiving has
| come aud gone, and some people have
remem bered the "Old Confed..' Kin
ston's Daughters OF the Confectionery
| had 5000 in the bank and divided
with the Home, sending the old sol
ders $40 900. Gen. }. :. Carr and
| Mrs. Carr both, sent gifts. and the
Julian 5. Carr Chapter OF the Daugh-
| tiers Of the Confederacy something,
the exact amount of which | have for
| gotten.
| Christmas will soon be here send
| the men who wore the Grey more
| kiver,' together with a goodlv supply
of the things necessary to cause them
to have good cheer" and don't for
| get the tObdccO. Coal and wood is
needed to keep 1.-The old man. warm,
while he is awake, as well as .'kiver'
! during these long, cold nights. Make
| glad the hearts of these men-and
| prove 10 them that their deeds of hero
ism are not forgotten. They will not
be with us long, SO let us do all we
can for them while the opportunity
is given us. Such gifts bring bless
| ings to the givers.
A FRIEND OF THE OLD SOLDIER