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Chinese Boys.

In China the boy soldiers are better
drilled than the men. Every Chi
nese banner regiment has its troop of
boy soldiers, carefully exercised and
far superior in discipline to the rest
of the army. They carry old flint
lock muskets and show themselves ex
pert in the use of these antiquated
weapons. The military spirit which
seems almost extinct in China, if the
behavior of the Chinese armies in the
wa with Japan is any Indication,
seems to be strong yet in the children,
and this fact gives some promise that
the future of China will not be alto
gether clouded. American boys could
not show greater earnestness or readi-
ness than these little soldiers of the
orient, to whom China win r long
be looking for support and defense
These boyish evolutions took place at
the recent triennial resiew OF the
forces of the southern provinces OF
Gilman. Y. Sun.
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parade, a naval battle and reception to
Admiral Dewey, all of which will take
place Monda.. august 81. On the 2sth
committees will receive President Nc
Kinley and visiting governors, who will
review the annual parade of the Grand
Army of the Republic. In the evening
the veterans will be received by the
president and Commander in Chief
Shaw. On the Goth the th~irty-fourth
national encampment will convene in
annual session. On the 30th there will
be a grand sham battle in jackson
park, with an illuminated industrial
parade in the evening. Besides these
official entertainments there will be
parades and reunions every afternoon
and evening and private illuminations
and band concerts of great attractive
ness aud interest.
On June 80. 1899, the Grand Army
consisted of 6,9o5 posts, with "a total
membership of 2s7, 1851. 1t is supposed
that 1000 O of this number will visit
Chicago during the encampment, con-
stituting indeed a grand army in
every sense of the word. The business
sessions viii be presided oyer by Com
mander in Chief Shaw. No matters of
vital Importance will come before this
years eneampment, but considerable
interest seems to be taken in the cleo
ton of Col. Shaw's successor. 1T has
long been a custom not to reflect the
commander in chief and to give the
office one year to the east, the next
to the west. The west is entitled to the
honor this year, and a generous rival
ry between several good men is sure
to spring up before August, although
at present the politicians of the order
seem to think that Senior Vice Com
mander Irwin Robbins, of Indianapolis,
is sure of promotion.
The Chicago committees are in close
touch with the officers of the Grand
Army. both working together in per-
feet harmony. One decision has been
arrived at by the local committee on
free quarters which will undoubtedly
please the veterans. There will be no
outdoor camps and sleeping on damp
ground. The. school board will place
as many of its magnificent school
buildings as may be needed at the
disposal of the old soldiers, and COM
Portable cots will also be provided for
them. Camp life is very pleasant to
war veterans, as a memory, but when a
man gets to be 60 and over he prefers
a comfortable bunk to a bed in a can
vas covered tent.
Another pleasant bit of news is that
the line of march of the grand army
parade will be very short. The gallant
boys of 81 and '65 were very fond of
following martial music in the days
that tried mems souls, but 80 odd years
have wrought many changes in their
tastes and one of them seems to be a
preference Tor light, easy marches.
While they are still enthusiastic
enough to follow the flag, and ever
ready to practice the cardinal virtues
of their order-charity, fraternity and
loyalty-yet the weight of years has
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and continued until his death to pro-
mote the welfare and prosperity of the

and continued until his death to pro-
mote the welfare and prosperity of the
order.
On November 20, 1866, the first ma
tional encampment OF tie Grand Army
was held at indianapolis, 22S represent
atives from 20 posts constituting its
membership. \ permanent organiza-
ton, with Gen. Stephen A. Hurlburt, of
Illinois, as commander in chief, was eff
feeted, and the Grand Army at once
entered upon its glorious career. Gen.
John A. Logan succeeded Gen. Hurl-
burt as commander in chief. and was
in his turn succeeded by some of the
most gallant and famous veterans, the
present commander being Col. Albert
d. Shaw, of New York. a nan long
prominent in the political and mill
tary life of the Empire state.
The thirty-fourth annual eneamp-
ment of the Grand Army of the Re-
public will be held at Chicago. begin
ming August 81 and continuing until
September 1. Owing to the extreme
age attained by many members of the
order, which may prevent them from
attending future meetings. it is pro-
posed to make this years gathering
the most notable in the history of the
organization. The encampment was
given to Chicago on account of its cen
trail location and the liberality of its
citizens, who agreed to contribute $780,
900 for the appropriate decoration OF
buildings, the construction of arches
and incidental expenses. Two mag
niicent arches will be erected along
the line of march of the navaIa and mill
tary parade. one TO represent the naval
branch of the service and the other
the army At equal distances between
these arches. forming a patriotic court
Of honor, viii he placed heroic figures
of civil war heroes. decorated with
eorps badges. flags and other patriotic
emblems. At night the arches and dec
orations win be a perfect blaze Of cleo
.ric lights. Another attraction talked
Of by the committee in charge is a re-
production of Appomattox court
house. but its construction is by no
means certain.
Among the programme features of
the encampment are a land and naval
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-03
SHELDON IDEA DEvELoPING.n
Fraternal Insurance Among All De-
nomination. TO Be Estab-
lished.

The Central Congregational church
of Topeka, Kan, of which Rev.
Charles NJ. Sheldon is pastor, has
taken the preliminary steps toward
the organization of a church brother
hood similar to fraternal-insurance
associations. The organization will be
chartered under the laws of Kansas,
will be under the supervision of the
state insurance department, and will
be a mutual fraternal benevolent in
urance association. 1t will, how
V have several other functions and
purposes.
Rev. Mr.. Sheldon outlined his idea
of the plan of such an organization
during the week he edited the Topeka
Capital as a Christian daily. His idea
was adopted-in a general way at the
netting and a committee was APP
pointed to outline in detail a plan for
the organization, also to prepare a
charter, constitution and bylaws,
and other necessary papers.
Rev. Mr.. Sheldon's idea is to make
the proposed organization embrace
the entire church membership OF the
state, without regard to denomina-
ton. In addition to the insurance
it will have a fraternal feature and
will tend to bring members of all
churches closer together and assist in
building up what Rev. Mr.. Sehldon
terms a universal Church Brother
hood"
AS contemplated the organization
will also assist in church work gem
orally, care for the poor. relieve the
sick, bury the dead. and engage in
other charitable and philanthropic
work. This will be the general plan
and scope of the organization as re-
vealed by the discussion. If the or
ganization proves a success in Kan
sas it will be established in other
states and eventually be made ma
tional in its character.
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TIDAL WAVE IN A RIVER.
A Traveller In China Describes the
Great Bore of Hang-Chau as
Seen by Moonlight.

On one of the many visits to China,
Eliza Ruhaimah Scidmore, author OF
"Java, the Garden of the East" etc,
made a visit to the mouth OF the
Tsien-tang river to observe the great.
bore of Hang-chau-the tidal wave
that sweeps into that stream three
times a year. She thus describes the
impressive phenomenon as it appeared
at night:
1.-THE moon was riding at the very
zenith, and it dizzied us to look up to
it. Each one stood evenly within the
circle of his own clear-cut shadow on
the ground, at hat moment of the
moons transit, and the bore was due;
but it was a calm night, and 1T was
three-quarters Of an hour after u
unaccustomed ears had caught the
first far-distant, muttering undertone
before the White Thing was seen, a
CHASTITY line advancing as evenly over
the water, and as quickly, as the dark
shadow of an eclipse sweeps over a
landscape. Nearer and nearer it
roared, showing greater and whittier,
until we could see the whole cascad-
ing, bubbling, frothing front, with
spray-drops showering from the crest
higher up in the moonlight. With
the roar of awful waters the dread
thing came on. raising it's white crest
higher and higher as it licked the
edges of the piles beyond which the
hunks lay. There were shouts and
yells, and the usual boatmen's pan
demonium let loose on the junks as
the roaring wave approached. A
rocket sized, some firecrackers sput-
tered and gongs resounded, but all
s~mallsounds of earth's creatures were
drowned as the fearful White Thing
crashed past, and a frightful kissing,
a seething, flashing and swirling Of
still higher pillows succeeded-the
most sinister sound of water ever
beard-all speeding, rushing, whirling
madly, irresistibly on
"As the ten-foot wall of foam
reached the edge of the piling and the
junk platform, it f1oated the junks
loose at the instant. Each junk rode
to the floods fury bow on, and con-
tinued to rise, to lift itself bodily up,
up, dlO0R the Sed wall DGIOTt OHc >
fascinated gaze. In the fierce after
rush the water went swifter and more
swiftly by, until n had a dizzying
sense of danger to come, but past
fleeing from. Something held one fas-
cinated to the spot, although in the
fewest minutes, barely a quarter of
an hour, two-thirds of the whole body
and mass of the flood tide had flung
itself against the wall, and, it seemed,
might continue to rise with the same
force for hours. A salt, fresh smell
of the sea, the breath of the oceans
coolest, deepest underworld, came in
with the awful tide. A CHASTITY mist
succeeded. Shreds of vapor scudded
over the triumphant moon. and the
seas curtain fell on one of the most
sensational, spectacular performances
the Pacific ocean and the moon ever
make together.-Century.
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have accomplished much in the last
two or three years in the way of con
structing good roads. What is want
ed is a general plan of road building
and improvement that will apply to all
the states, and Gen. Stone has suggest
ed the best one in this direction to
omy hat would come with the intro
duction of postal savings banks would
thus be accompanied by an increase in
land values by the employment of the
peoples savings in making good roads.
The one improvement would depend
upon the other, and both would be for
the direct benefit of the people and the
country.-Chicago Record.
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have e~ndeavored to set NJ a moral standard
for his subscribers during Sheldon week. I"
remarked a fat ex-Kansan, as he rode with
a friend on a South side car, according to
the Chicago Inter Ocean.
How 50? 1t looks reasonable to suppose
that the worse a man is the more he needed
"Humph! Looks that way. But / used
to live out in Topeka, and I've subscribed
for that paper the last ten years. Well, the
week that Sheldon ran it | never received a
single copy. Reckon they thought / wasn't
tt to receive it,"
sized you up as Jesus would, " ehuckled
the friend as he slid off the car.
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Fell 1.o Feet.

Gus Olson, of Chicago, an expert en-
gagged in building the steel tank for
the municipal waterworks in 0cono-
mowoc, fell a distance of 800 feet, is
still alive and has no broken bones, but
is bruised terribly. He was working
on a ladder suspended by a rope. The
latter gave way, but Olson chung to
the ladder until it struck a guy rope
105 feet below, to which fact he owes
his escape from instant death.
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shot and KILLED.

William Douglas, an inmate of the
state reformatory neal Green Bay,
was shot and killed while trying to es-
cape. Douglas was about % years of
age; was sentenced from West SUI
perior for burglary. superintendent
J. f. Hog, of the reformatory, says
Douglas was an assumed name for the
man shot. He belonged to a good
family in Chicago, but had fallen into
evil WAYS.
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Too Mach for the Elephant.

A Chicago Snowman recently advertised
a ''piano-playing elephant" and drew a
crowd for the first performance. After a
preliminary spiel" describing the talents
Of the beast and his education, the elephant
was led into the ring. He stepped up to the
piano, ran a scale, stopped, lifted his trunk
and ran believing, from the tent. The
Snowman stepped forward. Ladies and
gentlemen" he said, IAN unfortunate oe.
eurrence prevents the intelligent animal
from continuing the performance. l am
sure that you will all respect his reason.
teeth in the piano ~keys."-San Francisco
Wave.
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Rape for Cow Pasture.

Rape makes excellent COW pasture,
but YOU must be careful about letting
the cows eat too much at first. and
especially when the rape is wet, writes
a contributor to Michigan Farmer. IL
is as bad. if not worse, Than rank
clover. 1t will cause hoyen or bloat.
If the COWS are turned in for a short
time only at first, until they become
accustomed to the feed, there is usual
" but little danger. But | would not
turn them in when the rape is wet
" h dew or rain, even though they
were accustomed to it, unless the
plant is fed down so close that they
cannot fill themselves quickly.
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Much Like Demosthenes,

"Woman," he said, "really ought to be
a better orator than man."
'W.hy so?" she asked.
Because" he replied, ito a certain ex
tent at least she follows the methods OF
that famed orator, Demosthenes.
"In what way?" she inquired, still busy
with the finishing touches of her toilet.
you remember" he answered, that De
mosthenes used to practice talking with his
mouth full of pebbles"
She hastily took the pins out of her mouth
and informed him that he was a mean old
thing anyway.-Chicago Post.
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of the British to the degeneracy of the arts
tocracy. The life of luxury certainly does not
produce vigor. Indigestible suppers, late
hours, constant nerve strain and lack of ex-
ercise upset the stomach and weaken both
physical and mental vitality. The blood that
makes men heroes must come from active,
healthy stomachs. Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers purifies the blood and strengthens the
stomach. 1t cures constipation, indigestion,
dyspepsia and biliousness.
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KILLED himself.

Herman Erb, Jr.. a former mayor of
Appleton, committed suicide by shoot
ing himself in tie head. He had just
returned from a Milwaukee s~anitarium,
where he had been under treatment
for mental trouble. His condition was
said to have been caused by worry
over the Appleton library building i'm
broglio.
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COZ. AL,BERT d. SHAW.

taught them the value of comfort and
temperance in things physical.
The Woman's Relief corps and the
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Re-
public, two organizations closely
identified with the grand army, will
hold their annual convention on
Wednesday, August 20. 1t is needless
to say that these patriotic women will
receive as hearty a welcome from the
people of Chicago as their fathers, hus-
bands and brothers, and that they will
be afforded every opportunity to get
a good view of the various entertain
ments provided for their instruction
and amusement.
q w wEIPPIERT.
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Among the largest private forests
TO come under government supervision
is a tract of 1861 O0 acres in Polk and
Monroe counties. Tenn- owned By
Senator George Peabody Wetmore. OF
Rhode Island. Senator Wetmore has
availed himself of the offer Of free
assistance to the owners of woodlands
made by the division of forestry and
has asked that the tract be inspected
with a view of making a working plan
by which the understandable timber
can he cut and the forest still be pre-
ser ed in good condition.
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GRAY BOYS IN BLUE.
Many Thousands of Them Will
Meet at Chicago in August.
Thirty-FOurth Annua Encampment
of the Grand Army of the Re-
public Promises to Be the
Event of the Year.
Especial Chicago letter.

NURS is "a country of secret So
c~ieties. 1t is hard to find a
man much over 81 who does not
belong TO one or more of them: and al
though we pretend to be proud of the
democratic principles which have made
the United States the most favored ma
tion in the world, yet we are equally
proud of the titles bestowed upon us
by the high priests, and eminent com
manders, and regents. and archons, and
princes of the various fraternal organ
izations of which we may have become
members.
Some of these societies are powerful
In numbers as well as social influence.
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A easily Fire.

Fire broke out in the engine room of
the Beaver Dam malleable iron works
at Beaver Dam and destroyed the
plant. with a loss of over 500, 0O0. The
fire also communicated to the freight
depot of the Chicago. Milwaukee q
St. Paul railway. which, with five load
ID cars and contents, was also destroyed
with a loss of $4,000. Other property
in the business part of the city caught
fire, but was not damaged to any great
extent. The burned factory was in
sured for $37, 500.
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Inform Fruit Packages.

Trouble is likely to arise when the
state department Of agriculture at
tempts to enforce the law regulating
the size of fruit packages, says Rural
New Yorker. A crate of Strawberries
hacked in ''short" boxes and sen TO
New York from New Jersey would
probably come under the original
package exemption, and could, doubt
less. be sold, much the same as oleo IS
now sold in original packages. This
makes ii all the more necessary that
nearby states should enact and en-
force a law similar TO the one now in
force in New York.
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TronbIcs of jamaica.

Jamaica is in a p~eriIous condition.
The finances are IN an even greater tan
gle than usual. Trade is depressed,
and the people are in a miserable condi-
ton of poverty. Successive officials,
each more dishonest and corrupt than
his predecessor. have sown the wind,
and now the nation is reaping the
,vhfrlvvind
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ue Hnd

"Ah. me. how the years do slip away"
exclaimed an elderly widow from New
Orleans when she met last week for
the first time in many years a we'll
known Washingtonian. who had been
a friend of her girlhood. And have
YOU any children. colonel2"
"Yes. madam" replied the colonel
with a c~ourtly bow. three by my sec
ond wife's first husband. Washing
ton Post.
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Killed by y FiIinIno.

Mrs. George Blythe, of Racine, re-
ceived word that her cousin, Frank
Foster, of the Thirtieth United States
volunteer infantry, while on duty in
the Philippines, was stabbed in the
back by a bolo man and died from the
wound a short time after. The body
was buried at Luzon.
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Drained Dead.

Mrs. William Gun, of GAINESVILLE, wife
Of the ex-chairman OF the county board
of supervisors, dropped dead of heart
disease at the station platform at Dec
hart, Tenn, while waiting for the
train. Her husband was with her. Mr..
and Mrs. Gun were on their way to
their home in GAINESVILLE after a visit
to Florida.
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A Mean Trick.

.sThe old man upstairs must have
a tremendous correspondence, post
man: you always have mail for him."
Il auarreIed with him once and ever
since he SENDS himself a postal card
every day so j have to mount five flights
of stairs to deliver tn. I. World.
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Victory Assured.

He was a candidate for aldermanic hon
ors.
"a speech! A speech!" yelled the
crowd.
In response to the popular clamor he
mounted an empty beer keg and said:
Boys, | thank you. All hands step in
side and have something"
1t was a brief specimen Of oratory, but it
touched the spot.-Chieago Evening News.
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The south-bound flyer on the Chicago
Northwestern railroad struck a horse
and buggy driven by John Deisler, a
well-to-do farmer of Horlicksville. Mr..
Deisler was killed instantly, his body
being horribly mangled. Mrs. Deisler
was injured, though not fatally.
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A Clear Case.

"What the charger" asked the court.
The prisoner, your honor" replied the
was doing, and when told that the latter
was a spy in the mint, without provocation
called the father a mince pie"
Poor ~fellow!" said the court. can ex-
animation into his sanity seems almost I'M
necessary. Philadelphia North American.
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Heavily In Debt.

A petition in bankruptcy, with LA
bilities of S391,49 and assets of $780,
044, was filed in the United States
court in Milwaukee by Adolph Land
auer g. Co, wholesale dealers in dry
goods. The heaviest creditor is the
Marshall & Ilsley bank. whose claim is
S132, 900. Much of the Indebtedness is
due upon Endorsements of paper of
the Southern agricultural works, of
Atlanta, Ga. Mr.. Landauer had charge
of the Southern agricultural works on
behalf of his brothers estate. The Sc
cured claims amour to S195, 800. and
the unsecured claims to $196, 1851.
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Few Co.snck Merchant.

The Cossacks are almost never mer-
chants. although they alone maintain
nearly 10000 fighting men and can mus
ter 12S.O00 in an emergency, there are
but 40 of their own people engaged in
| business.
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DOMESTIC

Mr.. Levi Myhill and wife were found
shot dead in the road about seven miles
west of Coloma. The shooting was
done by the husband, who fired four
shots. Family trouble was the cause
of the deed.
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Very Strange.

Sunday School Teacher finishing the mar
ration)-And this is the story Of Jonah and
the whale.
Johnny Cumso-Isn't it strange they knew
what a Jonah was that long ago?-Harlem
Life
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.ropr Imuression.


He-Am l right in presuming to think
you care for me?
She-No, you are left.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer
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Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever
used for all affections Of the throat and
lungs.-Wm. o. Endsley, Vanburen, Ind,
Feb. 10, 1900.