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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-06-20
LIFE AND PROPERTY
BOTH IN PERIL.
Reported Outrages by the
Chinese in Different
Quarters,

London, June Is, 4 80 9. m.-Ob
servers at Shanghai and Tien Tsin
think there is great deal more
trouble ahead FOR the concert OF
powers than merely reaching Pekin
with 2,O44 men Serious disturb
ances are taking place at Yunnan
Fu and Mepg Tse. as well as at
other points at a considerable dis
,ance from the capital
The whole Chinese empire seems
to be ia terment.
The intentions Of the Empress
Dowager are still equivocal with a
balance of testimsny on the side Of
determination to expel the sppropria
tors of part of her country or to
lose her dynasty in the attempt
is related Of her that on Monday iol
lowing the murder of the chancellor
Of the japanese legation, she was
reused to sense of danger and went
personally to the Yung Ting gate of
Pekln, where she advised the rioters
to disperse But she took no steps
20 apply force. and the appearance OF
things is more threatening than be
.ore
While Admiral Seymour, with the
international relief column is forcing
his way to Pekin, several of the pow,
ers are arranging largely to reinforce
their details at Tien Tsin. Germany
purposes sending l,2o0 men Great
Britain sent 600 from Hong Kong
yesterday and 400 will go Sunday
Italy has ordered 1000 to bold them
selves in readiness
Russia, according to ST Peters
burg dispatch of Wednesday, has
decided to bring her force at Tien
Tsin up to 5000 Thus the combin
ed forces at Tien Tsin will probably
soon be about 10000 men
An explicit statement made yester
dav afternoon in the house of com,
mons by the parliamentary secretary
of the foreign Office with reference
to the identity of opinion among the
powers upon the question of the ap.
piication of force and the method OF
applying it, is accepted by all the
morning papers as quite sufficient
for the present. and the hope is ex
pressed that nothing will happen to
diminish the harmony
An Incident, however, has already
occurred involving the British and
French at Tien Tsin which nearly
ended in violence A dispatch from
Tien Tsin dated Yesterday, says :
e,For some days the French aud Rus
sian authorities here have been jeal'
Gus because of the supposed facilities
given to the British authorities by
the British employees of the China
railways Yesterday llWednesdsy)
some French marines attempted to
take charge of an engine required at
the front. Locomotive Inspector
Weir refused to give up the engine
and Frencbman attempted to bay
onet him Weir caught tbs muzzle
of the rife and the bsyonet passed
over his shoulder For moment
serious trouble between the British
and French was imminent, but the
prompt action of the British consul
lar and naval officers, backed by the
American consul and the railway
officials, preventing collision Con-
ciliatory expressions were exchang-
ed The French consul withdrew
his opposition and the British re-,
NAMED in charge Of the engine as
before.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-06-20

The ChiLese Boxers must be great
lot of soldiers, when sixteen British
marines cao chase two tbeusaud of
them. That incident is significant Of
the helpless plight of the Celestial
empire wben the European na.ious
determine to smash China aud divide
the pieces
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-06-20
WHAT OUR MINISTER THINKS


Washington, June IA cable,
gram has been received at the state
department from Minister Conger at
Pekin, stating that Tuan, the father
of the heir apparent, has been ap
pointed president of the Tsung Ii
Yamen also that three of the new
ministers have been appointed, ell
affiliated with the party opposed to
foreigners On the whole, SIr Con
ger reports the situation as not ma
,erially improved Guards are repair
ing the railway and as soon as they
have arrived at Pekin it is Mr.
Conge7's belief that the safety of
the foreigners at that capital will be
assured
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-06-20

WOMAN MISSIONARY KILLED
New York, June Is News has
benn received in this city of the
murder of DR. Edna G Terry, in
charge of the station of the Metho
dist Episcopal Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society at Tsung Hus,
Chiua.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-09
A Happy old Acc in Burmah.

When Burman parents are past their
prime their children pray them to
"nobosat," which means that they
should be at the children's charge for
the remainder of their lives, as the
children had first been at their
parents. The turning point is not
marked by any formality, but child
approaching parents on a solemn oc-
casion adopts the gestures of venera-
ton. The aged are not idle; they pre-
serve a great elasticity of mind and
interest in things; they study their re-
ligious book and occupy themselves
with their grandchildren. When they
are too old to go on pilgrimages with
the others they keep the house and tell
their beads alone. The old people
wear palmer clothes than the young
and, according to old Burmese fashion,
less of it. The human dignity Of the
aged is of kind that apparel can not
add to. STEPPED in the spirit Of Budd-
hism the aged never yield to anger.
Wanting neither for necessities nor
honor, the pathos of their serene old
age is purely that of years. A peace
full end is their lot.-Ferrar's Book on
the Chinese.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-09
cannonadlnr Hail Storms.

Consul Covert, at Lyons, sends to
the state department an interesting re-
port on an effort being made in that
section of France to dissipate hail
storms by firing cannon at the clouds.
Fifty-two cannon, manned by 104 can
noneers, have been distributed over
$500 acres of rich vine land. For the
expense of the experiment the govern
ment of France appropriated 1886, the
departmental council $3.50, the Nation
al French Agricultural Society $2,316,
and number of wealthy wine produc-
ers added fourteen more cannon. A
high point in the vine land to be COW
cred by the experiments was selected
as a central post of observation and a
signal code was adopted. When a
shot Is heard from the central post all
the cannon are fired, at first twice per
minute and then more slowly after
the first ten shots. These experiments
have proved so satisfactory that Or
ganized forces will be established In
places heretofore ravaged by hail, and
they will lombard the clouds when
ever they get angry. The wine grow
ers are organizing to attack the hail
storms in many of the great vine
lands of France. It is said that the
practice of shooting at the clouds was
known in France over a hundred years
ago and that it originated In Italy 1t
is to be more extensively carried on
this year than ever before.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-09

guitar, piano or banjo. He could
write pretty verses and recite them
fetchingly, and among his other ac-
complishments was a knowledge of
palmistry, and so, he could tell for
tunes"
Della Poynter offered her hand to
Winter, that he might read it. There
had been time when she would have
given it to him for-well, for keeps"
Many women-men too-believe i'm
plicity, in what the cards say" and
in the mysterious traceries of the
palm, though they pretend that they
do not. And the most of them think
that none of the seers can see any
thing but the good in their palms.
Mrs. Poynter's dislike of Winter did
not extend to the terrible degree Of
ignoring his fortune-telling powers
yet. When a woman dislikes one that
much, she is dangerous. However,
she tantalized him with sneering and
cynical remarks, until, at last. in an
undertone that no one else could hear,
he told her some things that he need
cd not the aid Of palmistry to unfold,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-09

The man with the hoe Is entitled
to q grub stake.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-09

As to the necessity for forest preser-
vation,s we may learn lesson from
some of the older countries in the
world, notably India. Not because In
dia has protected her forests, but be-
cause she has not. The English au-
thorities in India have been trying for
many years to protect and conserve
the forests of that country, but with
only partial success. Some areas have
been set aside as public forests, and
these are supposed to be under the pro-
lection of the government, but the
short-sighted policies of the native
populations make it extremely difficult
TO enforce laws relative to the saving
of the forests. In spite of the watch
fulness of the officials, the natives set
fire to the forests, generally for one of
two reasons. The first Is to scare out
the game; and It often happens that
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-09
The Fire-f|y's Light.
BY WILLIAM LIGHTFOOT WIS.,
CNHEP

Author "The Harp of The South" etc.
copyrighted 1900: Daily Story Pub Coz
The Trumbo house, handsome and
picturesque suburban chalet, was
flooded with the white light of electric
sncandescence, but a freely lit on the
wire-gauze screen of window and
flashed his pale, pink light, intermit-
tently.
Persons in the room laughed at the
feeble attempt to lend lustre to the
scene, and an observant fellow re-
marked:
at is like the frequent attempts Of
fools to instruct the wise"
June Stanton, particularly, and the
company, generally, had high hopes
4 of Henry Winter, the bright philoso-
pher and up-to-date man who mad
preached short sermon from the text
Of the fire-fly's fash. Winter was to
do wonders yet as an inventor In
deed he had already done some little
wonders that way. Now he was labor
ing upon larger one, and they all
knew it.
They who knew Winter best were
fond of him. Others were inclined to
sheer at him as self-conceited. But
not to his face. He was too COM
bative for that.
One of the first was June Stanton,
and she was more than fond OF him.
But Della Poynter-"nee Vance
as the amateur society reporter would
say-cordially disliked this man. She
had past. Futures were cheap to
her. And there were other reasons
for her dislike.
Winter was social star. He had
a rich and melodiops baritone voice
and could accompany himself with
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-09
RUSSIA OF TO-DAY.
The Depressing Poverty of the Russian.
People.

The Depressing Poverty of the BrssiaA
People.
Poverty and illiteracy naturally go
hand in hand. In no other great
country of the world is poverty-uni-
versal, monotonous, hopeless poverty
the national characteristic OF the
people. The only parallels know arc
in some of the Balkan states. At al
most any point in rural Russia you
might think yourself in the interior OF
Servia or Bulgaria, except that even in
these countries the poor peasant is
not quite so poor, and his bearing Is
more Independent. Long train jour-
neys in Russia are depressing expert
ences. Once past the limits Of the
towns, every villly &c is the same-a
wide street or two-not re ally streets,
of course, but deep dust OR mud, &C
cording to the season, and from a
score to couple of hundred gray, one
story wooden houses, usually dilapi-
dated, and a church. Russia Is still
irst and foremost an agricultural
country; she produces including (Po-
land) two thousand million bushels OF
grain, and grain products form more
than half her total exports to Europe;
therefore, at the right season, there
are great stretches of waving fields
and later, the huge mounds of straw,
whence the grain has been threshed.
But 1t is in her most fertile districts
that the worst famines occur, for IA
mine-a little one every year, big
one every seven years-has now be-
come regular occurrence. And the
country, as one flies across 1t, leaves
the general impression Of indulgence.
In sharp and painful contrast with
western Europe, there are virtually no
fat stackyards, no cosey farm house,
ma chateau Of the local lands owner, no
squire's hall-pitiful assemblages of
men and women just on the hither side
of the starvation line. And, from all
one learns, disease Is rife. Whole viii
lagos, was told by men who knew
them we'll, are poisoned with syphilis,
and the authorities, gravely alarmed
at this terrible state of things, have
appointed Of late, several commits
sions OF inquiry to devise remedial
measures. Drunkenness, too, is a ma
tional vice, the peasant having his
regular bout whenever he has saved
up a small sum.-From Russia of
Today" by Henry Norman in the Oc-
tober Scribner's.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-09
FAMILY OF DESTINY.
visitors to Corsica Go to See Napoleon's
Birthplace.


Birthplace.
Visitors to Corsica always go to see
the house where Napoleon was born.
A sojourn in this Napoleonic mansion
sets the Imagination working when
one remembers the children that were
born therein. There was Joseph, the
eldest son; Napoleon, the second; Luz
Glen, Louis, Jerome, Caroline. Elise.
Pauline-all the children of an OBJ
scure notary and in the course Of time
(and not SO long, either) they wore
crown torn from the heads of kings,
wore them defiantly too, in the sight
Of the whole world, and caused them
selves to be embraced as brother by
emperors and kings, and great nations
fell at their feet and delivered the
land and people to band of Corsican
Adventures. Napoleon, as emperor of
France; Joseph, king of Spain; Louis,
king of Holland; Jerome, king OF
Westphalia; Pauline and Elise, Prin-'
cesses of Italy; Caroline, queen of
Naples-all of these remarkable peo-
pie were born and educated in this,
modest house up back street by a
woman unknown to fame. Letitia
Ramolino, who at the age Of fourteen,
married man equally obscure. There
is scarcely tale in the famed CARA
bian Nights" that sounds more fabu-
lous. There is plenty of food for re-
Election in visit to the Casa Buona-
marie
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-09
The protestant Pope"

Pope Clement XIV. has been called
the Protestant Pope" because he is
sued bull in 1878 suppressing the or
der Of Jesuits. This society was es-
tablished by Ignatius de Loyalo in 1887
to establish the power of the Pope.
Protestants, kings and national bish-
ops were to be regarded as enemies,
and it became the most influential So
ciety in the church. In 1866, when the
Jesuits were in the height of their
power, Pascal published book against
them, and from that time their influ-
ence declined, until France, Portugal.
Spain and other countries of Europe
demanded that the Pope abolish the
order, which was afterward restored by
Plus VII, in 1915.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-09

The world Is growing better every daY.
The pessimist who gazes on the clod
Sees naught but base disintegrating clay
His vision, circumscribed, can not behold
The signs of growth apparent everywhere
To him, more wise, who looks around and
up,
Who looks behind and sees what has
been done,
Who looks ahead and sees what Is TO
come,
In consequence Of that which was and Is
NNds wheels turn ever farward-never
back
@ts laws are fixed and can not be op-
posed:
All nature bows and man is not exempt
The mighty waves Of human progress
beat
INCREASINGLY upon the shores OF time,
And will not stay till man shall cease 10
be-
AS some swift river. rushing to the sea,
Becomes enamored Of a rock-bound deep,
And, pausing In its course, turns rouhu
and round.
A II unwilling to pursue Its way
So our advancement to the perfect state
Is sometimes checked by that mysterious
power.
Which rules the destinies of worlds and
men,
And for a while we seem to retrograde;
But as the stream, refreshed py rest BUGS
on,
with force and volume greater than be-
fore,
80 we req ew our march, and. strength
ened, rise
In thoughts and. words and deeds 10
heights undreamed,
Decadence is an incident Of growth.
The flower that dies will live again next
year.
And others of its kind will bring to bloom
And add their charm to natures boun-
teous store.
A nation. too. declines. and, passing
leaves
Naught but name to place on history's
page:
But from its seed a better people spring
And add momentum to the worlds al
vance.
And so our lofty destiny unfolds
AS. step by STEP we're drawn toward that
great light
Which emanates from Him from whom
we sprang.
And unto whom we go. That is our goal;
For surely as the end of life Is death,
The end of man is God.
Casper s. Yost.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-09


aged made their ways OF merrimen't
and enjoyment in the intervals. Here
and there, from small coteries, came
the tinkle of mandolins. with the
strum of guitars. In one vine-ciad
pavilion, on white planked floor, the
cake walk prevailed, to the rattle OF
banjos in rag-time melody.
Mirth, music, love, bright-lights and
half-lights, were the tintings OF the
picture, with dark standings where the
shadows fell.
Thalia, Terpsichore and Euterpe OF
the muses., were there in modern
garb, and Daphne with fauns, satyrs,
nymphs and neutrality-suspicious.
fitted about in this garden OF revelry,
mixing with the guests-of them, in
deed!
Della Poynter found opportunity to
whisper to June Stanto1;
"In twenty minutes stroll over:
alone, to the mound in the North
Grove, and you will see how true your
lover is"
A moment before the schemer had
whispered the same, words to Henry
| Winter. Each in turn had accepted
the message with fine show Of con-
tempt. But Della had not fingered to
discuss the. matter. She knew that
both would attend. She was informed
as to the flashes and moods of love,
in all stages of the game. She knew
jealousy. from its first hint to the
frenzies of Othello.
The North Grove was the site Of a
ruin. At the spot the Trumbos had
built their first home, when they
came here from Virginia-just George
Trumbo, his young wife and her
Younger sister. 1t had first been a
log cabin. Then with prosperity's de-
mand it had given place to small
brick cottage. Trees stood about the
cabin and the cottage, and they were
here yet. Hence the, grove. Fire had
destroyed the cottage. Then came the
grass-grown and shrub-dotted mound
that hid the debris Of broken brick
and stone. The chalet arose as the
rich mans home, and the North Grove
was an almost hallowed spot.
Near to the foot of the mound. on
the side toward the chalet. was the
deep and ancient we'll that had served
the Trumbo home in the old days, but
its waters were now unusued and it
had been covered many years with
heavy planks, almost overgrown with
the rank grass.
Henry strolled away from the
merrymakers. He had missed June
from the party, and yet she was there
lin one of the shadows, on rustic
seat alone; thinking Of what Della
sPoynter had said; struggling with, the
thought of obeying.
"What could have been Delia's mo.
tive for saying what she had said?"
She would see for herself. She glanced
about among the groups. Henry was
not there. Then she flew along the
path, and stopped suddenly, when near
the mound. She had family made out
the familiar figure that had halted and
was angrily speaking to Della Poyn-
ter, whose white form was but filmy
fleece against the black where she
stood at the foot of the mound.
A freely had flashed its pink, pale
light at the very edge of the old well
and had shown it, gaping. open,
black spot before him, which, with an
other step, would have been the door
to his hereafter.
Had he taken the step JUNE Stan
tom would have unwittingly Joined
him. moment later, in the dark
depths below. ~,
Della POINTER had torn away the
heavy planks. r.
Golf Climbs in the Malta
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-09
Golf Clubs in the Matte

On the list of January, 1899. there
were SS7 golf clubs in the United
States, 154 of them west of the Mis-
sissippi river. A fair estimate places
the number of members of these clubs
at about 175,000
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-09
| because he knew them to be true. e..


traneously.
Hers was a wondrously beautiful
hand and she withdrew 1t an II from
fire. A blush mantled her temple and
a flash of hate glinted from her eyes.
Like the low buzz Of an angry wasp
came the whispered Question-and
she meant 1t to sting:
is there anything you do not hap
pen to know?"
Nothing that I know Of" he re-
piled, audaciously. .~
The real secret Of Della Poynter's
hatred of Winter was that he was out
of her reach. and she knew that ne
knew she knew it. She would nave
loved him, tigerishly. But that would
have been useless, and so-she hated
him.
Another night, week later. The
lawn at the Trumbo chalet twinkled
with the vari-colored lights of many
Chinese lanterns. An orchestra hid
den behind the trelises and vines OF
an arbor, sent out, now and then, Its
rich, soft or rolicking numbers. and
many groups Of young and middle
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-09
Tho Upton Corner in PORK.

Recently barrel pork in Chicago ex-
perienced sharp rise. going up to SIS
per barrel. 1t was charged that Sir
Thomas Upton had cornered the mar
ket by buying up $4,000 barrels. On
this point, Sir Thomas in an inter-
view, says:
THE pork I now hold purchased
for purely legitimate trade purposes.
need 1t in my business and propose to
sell it to my regular customers. I do
not believe in corners, and il thought
that the advantage / now hold In the
pork market would work any hard
snip to American people or would In any
way compromise my reputation as a
straight man of business would throw
ND the whole deal. Not a pound Of the
pork that have bought in Chicago is
to be used for speculative purposes. AS
1 said before, 1t will all go into the reg
ular channels Of trade. The people
who are raising all the cry brought
the situation on themselves; they are
spectators and am not, and l see no
reason why l should let them have
what pork own and need in my regu-
lar business to pull them out of hole.
If the American consumer is to suf-
fer, that is another matter, but so far
as am advised it is the spectators
alone who are concerned, and have
no sympathy with them"
The Upton interview has been ac-
copied as fair statement by nearly all
the dealers in the provision pit.
Progress is the law of the prehistoric
ages, the world has been fully per-
suaded; not so fully that 1t is also the
law of history.-Rev. DR.. Crafts. Pres
byterian, Washington, D. G.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-11
Court-Martiai Sentences.

Private Arthur D. Pearce, Battery H, 4th
Artillery. having been tried by a general
court-martial convened at Fort Myer Va
and found not guilty of desertion, but
guilty of absence without leave (from De-
cember %, 1899. until April 10, 1900, was
sentenced to be confined at hard labor for
six months, and to forfeit SO per month
for the same period.
The sentence has been approved and will
be duly executed where his battery is serv-
ing.
Private Herbert A. Brown, Troop 1, Sd
Cavalry. having been tried by a general
court-martial convened at Fort Myer, Va,
and found guilty of desertion was SEN
fenced to be dishonorably discharged the
service of the United States, FORGETTING all
pay and allowances due him. and to be
confined at hard labor for eighteen months.
The sentence was approved. The period
OF confinement awarded was, however, nit
igated to one year. The sentence will be
executed at Fort Columbus. N. 7.