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The Grit-advocate., 1900-06-22
HURRY TROOPS TO CHINA.
Authorities AT Washington Are Taking
Pnompt Measures.

fEompt MEASURES.
Washington. June 1S.-Thc firing by
the Chinese army from the Taku forts
on the international fleet, the lombard
ment and reduction of the forts and oc-
cupation of the forts by the intrrna-
tional forces; the hurry orders from the
War Department to load the Ninth in
fantry ,on board the transports at Ma
Mia for Taku: orders for the North
Atlantic squadron to be held in
readiness for service on the. Asiatic
station; conferences between the State
Department officials and foreign am
basadors and between the war. navy
and state officials at the White House
with the President, We're the salient
features of the news and official acts
to-day in Washington.
The Navy Department officials are of
the opinion that China declared war on
the United States when her troops
fired at the gunbOats which attempted
to pass the Taku forts for the relief of
the legations at Pekin. They maintain
this position, whether or not there We're
any American vessels in the fleet that
was fired Mt, because the American
squadron is an integral part of the in
ternational fleet off Taku.
The War Department has apparently
taken IL similar view of the situation
because it is learned to-day that 800
troops will be sent to Taku in addition
to the full Ninth regiment. and it is
limited broadly that if Macarthur de-
cides against sending and more from
Manila some of the troops in the Unit
ed States will be hurried to China.
1t is feared here, as has been fire.
quently pointed out. that Russia will
utilize the present opportunity to seize
the whole of the Pchi Ii province. put
it under Russian martial law and as
sumo the responsibility Of the citizens
of all foreign nationalities at Pekin,
and in the Pehi Ii province. Russia,
it is understood, has already asked for
indemnity. and this fact gives her pri-
ority in the seizure of railroads in
China.
The following cable message from
General Macarthur. bearing on this
subject. was made public at the War
Department this morning:
"Ninth infantry. Colonel Liscum, Or
dered to Taku on LoganS transporta
tion Port Albert: probably start 24th.
Typhoon will delay movement"
The voyage from Manila 10 Taku will
occupy ut least Il week.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-06-22
KANSAS CITY DISAPPOINTED.
Ask for $500 Tickets to Convention Hall
But Are Refused.

Kansas City. June lit developed
to-day that considerable friction was
displayed in yesterdays meeting of the
subcommittee. when the local mana
gers requested $500 admission tickets
for Kansas City. Chairman Jones Of
the national committee said he did not
think Kansas City was entitled to any
tickets. The honor of securing the con-
vention. he thought should he sutfi-
cient. j. q. johnson. national commit
teeman from Kansas. took the same
view of the matter.
This was thunderbolt to the Kan
sas Cityans, who entered a vigorous
protest. They had. they declared. eX-
pended about $15O,OOO directly in pre-
pairing for the convention and the com
mittee proposed to violate all prece-
dents by cuttng the convention city
off entirely. Finally, as Il compromise
the subcommittee offered the Kansas
City committee 800 tickets. This was
Immediately declined, the local COM
mittee saying it would be better of
with no tickets than with so small Il
number.
1t is stated to-day that the local COM
mittee will insist upon having at least
5000, and that under no circumstances
will it accept the 800 offered
c. A. Walsh. secretary of the nation
al committee. left tonight for Chicago
and will return June Goth. remaining
here until after the convention. John
l. Martin. sergeant-at-armS. has OPEN
ed permanent headquarters here
The Grit-advocate., 1900-06-22
Activity ut Hong Kong.

Hong Kong, June 1S.-All the
unprotected foreign buildings in Pekin
have been destroyed. Hundreds of ma
tives have been murdered. The boxers
have cut the railway behind the col
umn of British, American and other
foreign marines sent by Admiral Sey-
mour ,BrtsM to the relief of Pekin.
This has cut off the columns supplies
The column is reporated to have had
an engagement with the Crinese. but
with what result is not stated. Al
wires to Tien Tsin are cut.
The United States battleship Oregon
is taking on coal and provisions here.
preparatory to leaving Great activity
is displayed by the British naval au-
thoritics in Hong Kong. The cruiser
Terrible and transport. with 100
troops. have sailed for North China.
The urmorcd cruiser Undaunted left
suddenly for the north Saturday. un-
der sealed orders. The cruiser Buena-
ventura is expected from Manila to-
day. to coal and rush north. The slOOp
Rosario and two torpedo boat destroy
crS will leave soon. The southern
provinces of China are still quiet.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-06-22

1t seems strange that with all the
bcasted scientific achievements Of
the age" man is still at the mercy Of
some of natures most petty creatures.
Take so small a thing as mosquito.
The greatest philosopher that has ever
lived has not been able to frown down
this insect. and no invention Of science
has deprived it Of its sting. Country
life is robbed of half its joy by this
pest. and suburbanites over winter
fires tell hideous tales of devastation
and woe that it has caused.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-06-22
Famine Grows Wore in India.

London. June 1S.-The vceroy of In
dia cables:
This weeks famine reports show a
heavy rain in Burmah. Bengal and the
Dcltaic and central districts of Behar.
ION the west coast the monsoon cur
rent is weak and has not progressed
north of Goa. nor penetrated to the
most affected regions. and the hot wea-
ther conditions still exist. There is no
improvement possible in the affected
districts. nor any decrease of numbers
Of therclcf works until there shall be
Il heavier general rainfall. The relief
total now reaches I.92OOOO."
The Grit-advocate., 1900-06-22

An investigation of the watershed Of
Rock River, ILL.,, will soon be made by
the Division of Forestry of the Depart
ment of Agriculture to determine the
cause of the diminution of the volume
Of that stream. This 10 supposed to
be due to the denudation Of the forests
along the head waters of the river and
to excessive artificial drainage for
commercial and agricultural purposes.
The decrease in the volume of the wa
ter has become alarming, and in re-
sponse, to the agitation Of citizens OF
that locality Representative Hit ap-
piled to the Secretary of Agriculture
for an investigation. G. F. Schwartz,
Aeld assistant of the Division Of For
sstry, will visit Illinois to investigate.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-06-22
Satisfaction must be expressed at

Satisfaction must be expressed ut
the present activity Of the historical
societies in the middle west. They
realize that the earlier the work of col
lecting and preserving the early rec
ords of the states is begun the better
1t will be done, and that each year it
Is postponed valuable material is lost.
The German-American Historical So
ciety Of Illinois will appreciate this In
the work it is about to undertake in
the collection of information relative
to early settlers of German ancestry.
The data which 1t has decided to
gather will throw an interesting light
upon these sturdy pioneers who did SO
much to build up the middle west.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-06-22
Clark Carries Montana.

Helena. Mont, June 1T.-The Demo-
cratic primaries have been held in ev-
cry county. Senator Clark's friends
carry nineteen counties and divide the
delegation in one. The DAILY forces
carried four counties, not IA single
state officer who signed the protest
against Senator Clark being admitted
to a seat in the United States is sent
to his county or state convention.
Clark will head the delegation TO Kan
sas City.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-06-22

A writer in the Revue Socialiste as
Serts that the chief bar to woman's
advancement is her lack of will. The
statement is made that a woman
spends all Of her life yielding to the
wishes of some man. When a child
she is forced to make sacrifices for the
benefit Of her brothers. and she learns
to wait on them and concede every
point to the masculine usurper. She
1t IL who nurses the sick man and
humors his uncertain moods. This is
good training for wifehood, and as
wife she learns that she has married
her husbands family and must defer
10 all of the relatives she has acquired.
Her husband expects obedience, and
she must wear smiling face wheh
she Is in pain, and must always suit
herself to his humors.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-06-22

Besides water and gas works, two
ferries, street-car line, an abattoir
and a factory; for making the uni-
forms of municipal employees, Amster-
dam also operates its local telephone
system. Municipal operation began in
1896, at the expiration of a sixteen
years franchise granted by the city to
the Bell interests, and the long-dis-
tance lines were assumed about the
same time by the general government.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-06-22

fChicago detectives are much puzzled
- discover that Bertillon measure
nSents taken some years ago when
criminal was boy do not at him now
aS q man
The Grit-advocate., 1900-06-22

Mr.. McNeally's Long Island hen has
. lively rival for the incubator purse
Ia that Rhode. Island biddy that lays
. dozen sgss a day. Prosperity has
evidently struck the hen coops. "
The Grit-advocate., 1900-06-22

Manila. June 1S.-The gunboat Con-
cord, with marines aboard. has sailed
under sealed orders, supposedly for
China.
The British cruiser Buenaventura
has sailed for Hong Kong. with troops
and stores for Hong Kong and Tien
Tsin.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-06-22


Miss Susan Wymar. teacher in tho
Richmond school, Chicago, ILL.,, writes
the following letter to DR.. Hartman re-
garding Pe-ru-na. She says: "Only
those who have suffered as have, can
know what a blessing it is to be able
to find relief in Pe-ru-na This has
been my experience A friend in need
is friend indeed, and every bottle
of Pe-ru-na l ever bought proved
good friend to me."-Susan Wymar.
Mrs. Margaretha Dauben, 1914 North
Superior ST., Racine City, Wis, writes:
Il feel so we'll and good and happy
now that pen cannot describe it. Pc
ru-na Is everything to me. I haye
taken several bottles of Pe-ru-na
female complaint. am in the changY
Of life and 1t does me good" Pe-ru-na
has no equal In all of the irregulari-
ties and emergencies peculiar to wom-
en- caused by pelvic catarrh.
Address DR.. Hartman, Columbus, O..
for free book for women only.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-06-22

In Japan fashion compels married
women to blacken their teeth. not as
An ornament, but to make them ugly
and save them from temptation.
Gilpin observer., 1900-06-14
Sound of a Thunderstorm.

1t is generally agreed that the sound
of thunderstorm cannot be heard if
at further distance than between fif-
teen and eighteen miles, although Sir
Richard Phillips has stated that thun-
der may sometimes be heard as far off
as twenty-five miles. Lightning he
says, is reflected $50 or even 200 miles.
The velocity of lightning is so great
that the sounds produced at the vari-
ous points of flash may be regarded
as simultaneously produced. AS COM
pared with the sounds of cannon firing
the fire Of artillery has been heard
some $40 miles away. When fired
amongst the mountains of Erzgebirge
the people at Antwerp heard it quite
distinctly. To certain extent this
can be accounted for by reverberation
The report of cannon travels particu-
larly far, as 1t communicates vibration
to the soil
Gilpin observer., 1900-06-14
Swiftest Ocean Current.

Among the twenty-five known great
ocean currents, or rivers of the sea, it
appears that the swiftest in Its course
is the branch of the great equatorial
current so well known as the Gulf
Stream, its speed at various places
varying from four and a half to five
miles an hour, with its waters at n
mean temperature of 81 degrees Fair.
After running 5000 miles towards tho
north, as far as 40 degrees north lati-
itude, 1t still preserves, even in winter.
the heat Of summer. The influence OF
this vast body Of warm water upon the
seas and coasts it washes cannot be
overestimated. 1t covers the ocean
with a mantle of warmth and serves
to mitigate the rigors of our Euro
pean winter. The existence of this
wonderful stream was first discovered
in 1912 by Ponce de Leon, a Spaniard.
Gilpin observer., 1900-06-14

idly than ever as Macneil took his be-
loved away from Phyllis. And he fair
ly beamed down on the human lover as
his idol was placed by his side. lean
ing right against him.
-"Old fellow looks pretty happy"
ventured Angus, calling the attention
OF Phyllis to the satisfied air which
dwelt in the attitude and expression
of both casts. Phyllis nodded sweetly,
but said nothing. Macneil drew lit
tie nearer and looked down at her ST.
lently-for so long that Phyllis became
nervous.
Il wonder what you are thinking
Of" she blurted out suddenly. Mac
neil swept the Turkish stool over the
carpet with a movement full of haste
and determination. Once more Apollo
winked at the beautiful face beside
him, no longer coldly beautiful with
the icy loveliness of plaster, but
glowing and warmly radiant in the
light of the fire-and love. Apollo
knew what was going on far better
than the mortals themselves. And
lovemaking in the room below him
seemed quite in keeping with the old
new thrills of passionate admiration
and worship which were pulsatins
through his breast of tinted plaster.
He even went so far as to smile kindly
and in knowing fashion when the hui
man lover seated himself on the Turk
ish stool and made bold to take pos
session of his sweethearts hand.
Phyllis" said the human lover
softly, Phyllis, dear, 1 was thinking
displease you-that / should be think
ing such things, my darling?"
No" signaled Apollo and the
East Wind together from their station
on top of the piano. Phyllis was silent
and her lover drew both the little
hands into his own.
What are you thinking of, my
dearest?" he asked. as the girl remain
ed speechless.
Il am thinking that-that-I love
you, too" was the answer which he
OWNED rather than heard, and the
East Wind and Apollo craned their
heads so far forward to see what was
happening that they nearly came to an
untimely end by dashing themselves
down to destruction upon the keys of
the piano. And after that-well, when
next morning came and the other
pretty bachelor maidens would have
separated the plaster lovers and put
the distance of the room between them
again Phyllis wouldn't hear of it.
They look as if they We're making
love to each other" she explained,
blushingly, "and-well, l like to see
them do it!"-Chicago Tribune.
Gilpin observer., 1900-06-14
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Two Ecnmenical Delegates Who Has
4. Had Rare Experiences.

HID Rare Experiences.
In attendance upon the conference
as delegates are two men who, in their
missionary work, have been through
as grave perils and as strange expert
enees, probably, as any living beings,
says the New York Sun. They are
Robert Laws, doctor of divinity and
medicine, who comes from the mis-
sions on the shores of Lake Nyassa in
Africa, and DR.. John G. Patton, whose
life work has been among the can
nibal South Sea Islanders of the New
Hebrides "One of the greatest re-
wards of your work" said mission
ary from Japan to DR.. Patton upon be-
introduced to him, must be the
knowledge that by the spread of Chris
tianity the practices of cannibalism
have been rooted out" "It would be-"
said the venerable missionary, "if
it were only So" Are there still
any cannibals remaining in the New
Hebrides?" asked the other in sur
prise. There are plenty of islands,
unfortunately" was the reply, where
cannibalism is constantly practiced,
and human flesh is esteemed the great
est delicacy obtainable. The life OF
an unarmed man wouldn't be worth
moments purchase on any of those
islands. A thing that constantly sur
prises me-" added the doctor as his
Questioner turned away sis the pre-
vailing impression here that canni-
balism is a thing of the past. Where
the missionaries have gained a foot
hold the practice has been eradicated,
though l have known of sporadic out
breaks in the vicinity of the missions.
But people here at home do not seem
to comprehend the vast extent of the
South Sea Islands. There are thou
sands and tens of thousands of ma
tives who have never seen a mission
ary and who, perhaps, have never
seen white man of any kind They
eat human flesh to-day. as they have
from time immemorial'
Gilpin observer., 1900-06-14
WANDERING IN DREAMLAND,
She Tried to Pay Her Fare with Sam
pies of Foulard,

The young woman's mind was
probably way off in the land of cut
on-the-bias and yolSes, and farings,
and plaitngs, and applique, and ruff
fies, and things like that, whatever
they may mean. Anyhow, when she
got on an uptown Ninth street car the
other afternoon, she dreamily opened
her pocketbook when the conductor
came around for her fare, stuck a
Sloved finger and thumb into one of
the compartments of the same, ex-
tracted couple of foulard samples,
and, with that far-away expression
still in her eyes, handed them to the
conductor. The conductor was a
middle-aged man. He smiled and
waited for the young woman to come
out of her trance. But she held the
foulard samples out to him, with her
eyes on vacancy, until the conductor,
still grinnlng, had to fetch her back
to earth. Yes, they're pretty MISS"
he said, "and I'd like to get my wife
a dress off that piece on top, but
she's" The young woman blushed
like a red-hot stove-lid, dug into an
other compartment of her pocketbook
for a car ticket, and she looked real
embarrassed when the brutal male
persons across the car aisle grinned, so
she dld.-WashIngton Post.
Gilpin observer., 1900-06-14
THELOVES
:. AND THE Il
IMMORTALS.
- As3sssssssssssssssssssS1

He was the bust of Apollo, which
stood on top of the piano. She was
the plaster cast of the East Wind
which hung on the wall opposite, And
they had somehow managed to fall in
love with each other. Perhaps they
had fmbibed something of the general
atmosphere of the apartment. 1t was
inhabited by three pretty bachelor
ma1dens, each and every one of them
sworn never to fall in love or marry
and each and every one passing
through that stage of their evolution
when one learns that it is really nobler
to own ones self mistaken and ones
views rather than to wreck the happi-
ness of a fellow creature. even if he is
only man. So much lovemaking,
open and covert went on under the
eyes of the amorous plaster casts that
ing to conjugate the moods and lenses
of the tender passion also.
Phyllis Forester was the prettiest
and sweetest of the bachelor maidens,
or, at least Angus Macneil believed So
And Phyllis invariably sat in the big
Morris chair just in front of the head
of Apollo when she was entertaining
company. The big Morris chair form
ed beautiful frame for the adorable
little Phyllis. Perhaps that was why
she so often sat in it. although Angus
Macneil didn't think so. He believed
that she was fond of occupying the big
chair because she fancied her insignifi-
cant height and extreme slenderness
were less noticeable than when she sat
up straight.
Angus himself almost always sat
upon the Turkish stool just opposite
the big chair. Sitting on this stool
gave him an opportunity of leaning
forward, and thus bringing his eyes
few inches nearer Phyllis. He often
found himself dreaming as he sat there
of the longed-for time when he should
dare to lean still little farther for
ward and clasp the little hand which
rested SO idly in Phyllis lap. Phyllis
never embroidered or did fancy work
as other girls do, at least not in the
evening. Her companions in the apart
ment declared that this was so be-
Gilpin observer., 1900-06-14
Nyolr Pest in Minnesota.

Lyon county. Minnesota, is almost
confronted with the dilemma whether
to permit Its treasury to become bank
'upt or to permit the wolves to abol-
,sh stock raising. During the months
Of March, April and May the county
paid for the killing of eight-fiye full
grown wolves and 1I9 whelps no less
than $2953. And there is no evidence
that the wolves are appreciably re-
duced in numbers. Lyon county is com
paratively thickly settled and lies 100
miles west of Minneapolis. Many sheep
are raised there and the wolves prey
upon the tiocks.
Gilpin observer., 1900-06-14

cause Phyllis was too idle. Phyllis
herself declared that her hands were
not pretty enough to bring them into
prominence by contrasting them with
bits of dainty needlework, whereat
the other girls laughed scornfully. An
gus Macneil thought her hands ador-
able anyway, and rather preferred that
they should be idle. The chances of by
and by taking them prisoner seemed
somehow increased so long as she did
not work.
Seatec thus Phyllis naturally took
frequent note of the East Wind. Some
times when she found 1t advisable to
become unconscious of the adoring
gaze of her lover. she studied the cast
with much earnestness. At such times
she was almost ready to declare that
the plaster face was smiling at some
thing or somebody. Angus, for his
part, had strong suspicious that the
plaster Apollo winked now and again.
One evening he mentioned these sus-
picions to Phyllis, and after that
well, the plaster casts Jared beauti-
fully.
There was no light in the room but
that OF the open fire and the East
Wind and the Apollo were flirting
openly and undisguisedly. Angus
looked up suddenly and caught them at
1t.
That fellow is very fond of wink
ing" he remarked, smiling at Phyllis.
Phyllis smiled almost as sympatheti-
cally as the East Wind she was look
ing at.
And do you know, l have been
thinking that the East Wind is smil-
ing" she returned. Angus swung
around and looked at the pretty feml-
nine head, with its long hair flying
forward. and with deep. unfathomabe
eyes. Then he looked back again at
the pretty feminine head with wavy
hair caught up neatly, and with eyes
which We're also unfathomable. He
smiled rs though pleasant thought
had struck him.
Perhaps she's smiling at Apollo
Perhaps they love each other" he sug-
gested, while the East Wind blushed
in the freight to have the secrets of
her plaster heart thus disclosed Phyl-
lis blushed also from mere sympathy,
of course. Then the East Wind, torn
between maldenly shyness and de-
sire to prove to Apollo that the words
OF these mortal lovers were true.
swayed on the wire which suspended
her so eagerly that the wire gave way
and she fell violently forward. Had
not Phyllis sprung up quickly and
caught her she would have been dash
cd to pieces on, the floor. AS 1t was
she lay motionloss In the kind arms
which had saved her. no longer blush
ing. but quite white and still Apollo.
on top of tho plaho, flushed n ore Wv
Gilpin observer., 1900-06-14
FASHIONS PARASOLS.
Some of the Latest Fancies In Seasons
Sunshades.

some OF the Latest tancleS In Seasons
Sunshades.
If the woman who uses a parasol
would be particularly far in advance
of her feminine rivals this summer
she will buy herself the very latest
creation in parasol ingenuity, the sun
shade with square edges. 1t is not
thing of beauty, perhaps. but at least
it is strikingly odd and to be odd is
at least to be noticed The square
parasol is covered with a bandana
handkerchief in the gaudiest pattern
cbtainable and the effect is certainly
bizarre and unusual. The newest
handles for the seasons parasols are
club shaped, and some OF them are
adorned with punches of flowers and
fruit. Among the elaborate handles
wooden ones are seen mounted in gold
and silver and set with real or imita-
tion jewels. Ivory, coral, and lapis
lazuli are also cut up into the parasol
handles. Parasols for morning SER
vice are always of plain design and
material. Silk is. of course the rule
For carriage use white satin sun
shade is always desirable requisition
and 1t may be beautified by lace but
terfiies and flowers appliQued upon the
satin. One of the fancy shades shows
a parasol formed of stitched bands of
white taffeta put together with strips
of insertion and hemstitching.-Chic
go Chronicle