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The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-08-17
flcklNLEY In his letter of acceptance
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rlckINLEY In his letter of acceptance
WILL Mr.. Mckinley will reply
REPLY. to Mr.. Bryan's recent
speech upon the dangers of Imperialism
by charging that Mr.. Bryan is encourag
ing Aguinaldo by his expressed opposi-
ton to the policy of the administration,
and that all those who agree with the
democratic leaders views are but max
ing the way toa successful termination
OF the present trouble in the Philippines
more difficult for Hanna and himself.
For this bit of advance information
the country is indebted to the indefat-
lgable press agents of the republican
national committee. The statement at
tributed to the president bears such un
mistakable indications of the weakness
which characterizes Mr.. McKinley's ut
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-08-17
ALONG ABOUT AUGUST.

Along about August when the breeze is gettin'
lazy,
With hardly inergy enough to stir the clover
fields,
get to feeling satisfied an reckless as daisy,
A-carin' nothin' tall about the fruits that la
Dor yields.
have had my share o sorrow,
l have felt misfortunes touch;
But along about August
Nothin seems to matter much.
/ try to stir myself bit a-tryin' after money,
But what's the difference with warmth an
sky an flowers free?
s'pose l ought to initiate the bees, a-gettin'
honey,
But, honest truth, I'm mighty glad wasn't
born bee.
You kin sing about your May time
An your merry Christmas tree.
But along about August
Seems the fittenest fur me.
I've never yit been called on to assume a lofty
station,
But Pm purity proud an naughty, as may as
we'll confess.
I'm proud to be dweller on an earth whose
fascination
So beautifully blossoms even in the wilder
ness
know that I'll regret it
know it's wrong to shirk
But along about August
l get mos too proud to work.
Washington Star.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-08-17

The original proprietors of the Central
and Southern Pacific are rapidly passing
away. Croker, Stanford, Cotton, Ham
mond and Huntington-all gone in few
years. And yet others take their places
and the world moves evenly on.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-08-17
II. B. DICK. Obsery

H. B. DICK. Observer
Weather flags, indicating the weather for the
ensuing day (but not the current day. will be
displayed daily, except Sunday, between a. m
and d. m,
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U. S. Department of Agriculture.
WEATHER BUREAU,

WEATHER BUREAU.
Local office, Conrad Bank building.
Meteorological summary for week end
ing Thursday, Aug. 16, 1900:
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ITemperature|Wd Movt R'nfall Sunshine
Date Max. Min. Miles. Inches. Per Cnt
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NorE-Give old and new address when order
ing paper changed to new address
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-01
WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.

'''NAA CIV ron sUNpAI
The comparison between Deacon Brad
bury" and David Harum' is inevitable.
The two men. both convincing characters.
nave much Of the same quality of strength
and homeliness The fact that both use a
dialect form of speech has something to do
with their resemblance. TO be sure. and
they are both villagers.
Edwin Asa Dix. the author OF Deacon
bradbury. has produced a more logical and
weii-wrought story than did the author Of
pafio Harum" The very simplicity Of
plot in David Harum' threw into relief
the delightful quaintness of the stories Of
the old horse trader and banker. The story
OF Deacon Bradbury is simple and straight
Forward. hut II is more dramatic. THE
Century Company
Inc Deacon, with his family, lived In the
vermont village of FELTON,. He was
respected farmer, and came of family
which had always been influential in tire
ncighborhood. lie was rather better edu-
Gated than many of his acquaintances. and
he was anxious for his son Charlie to have
opportunities thar he had not known. The
farm was not paying as we'll as 1t had in
the past. and he felt quite equal to run
ming i, for years to come. Charlie went to
work at the village drug store and became
much Interested In the study of chemistry.
Then cdIne What was regarded as a tragedy
by the family. He was brought home from
the drug store one evening by the sen Of
the proprietor. Charlie Bradbury was
drunk: there was no mistaking it. 1t was
bitter shock to the family, and especially
10 the deacon. \ Bradbury had never been
oisefaced before. What made IL harder
sun was the fact that the thing vas aoon
town talk. The Bradburys did not Know
II. but IL was Enos Reed. son Of the owner
OF the drug store, who told the story. put
ting the worst face possible on the affair.
Enos was eager 10 hurt Charlie Bradbury
III any way possible. for Matte Pickering
favored him. Here the reader mas the KEY
note OF Charlie Bradbury's trouble The
TACT that Charlie had been overcome by the
fumes of q gas with which he was expert
nenting. and that he had taken ra v brauiy
when in dazed condition was not known,
Young Bradbury was too proud to explain.
and he lived in the misery OF the Gnisunder-
stood
The Postmaster offered to take him into
the Office rs clerk. and he went. That he
could still be trusted was a delight to the
boy. The months passed away. and Char
lie was fntrusted with the counting of a
large sum for the village post office more
than SEQ. 1t was on Saturday night He
was to lock it up and place the key to the
desk In certain place. Sunday morning
came. and Mr. Leavtt. the Postmaster.
went to the office TO get some change for
Mr.. Pickering. The money was gone. TIE
two men went 10 Mr. Bradbury's and asked /
about the tin box and the money. The
deacon WAS stricken with rage. Mr Leavitt
denied that he thought Charlie took the
money. The son entered the room in tine
to hear his father say:
Just because my son gifts Grunk-'
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-01
FOR SUPERIOR WATER.

The recent report of the Board of Pub
lie Improvements deserves attenticl 4
from st. Loyisans who are interested in
the progress of the plan 10 filter the
water which ST. Louisans use.
There is no reason TO doubt" says the
report, that the installation Of q tiitra-
ton plant will render our water SUPERIOR
10 the water of cities like New York and
Boston, which collect in impoundins
reservoirs the rainfall from large areas
which they are Obliged to protect from
sewage contamination
This assertion, coming from engineers
who have studied the situation carefully
and have no personal interest in the
premises, should be a sufficient answer
TO the promoters who are trying to
folSt upon the city the Meramec water
shed as source of water supply, with
The unavoidable Accomplishments of an
lmpoundinS reservoir and 4 district to
be protected from sewage contamina-
ton.
The unwillingness Of the board. rs ex-
pressed in that report, TO design Il filter
plant. using only the information OBJ
tainable from other places, has ample
foundation III the consideration that
there would always be 4 doubt as to
whether the city had availed itself of the
method Of filtration best adapted to st.
Louis's water. Only by a course Of
scientific experiments can the city be
certain that it has spent its money to
the best advantage.
A strong commission of st. Louisans,
specially appointed, considered for about
year every phase of tile City Hospital
question, ayailing itself of knowledge
which its members had CLEANED in ex-
tensive travels in order that the million
dollars to be spent on a hospital at some
future time might be applied to the best
advantage.
1t does not appear logical that the city
should enter upon the construction of Il
public work to cost about $4,000. 900
without looking over the field as care
fully as in the case of the City Hospital.
The way to lock over the field is to cuu-
duct practical experiments with ST.
Louis's water
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-01
EMPIRE OR REPURIICt

When the Democratic National Com
vention of 1900 is called to order for its
opening session in Kansas City on the
Fourth Of July the great representative
body then gathered together will stand
essentially for the best and soundest
Amer1canism as opposed to a new policy
OF peculiar peril to American principles
and institutions.
The American people have now
reached point In their national history
Where they must definitely choose be
tween continued allegiance TO the fine
faith Of their fathers and a decisive and
deliberate reputation of that faith for
the sake Of foreign dominion and con-
quest for the imperial rewards of loot
and booty. Opportunity created by war
has developed this temptation to aban-
don the creed of liberty and justice up
On which the United States Government
WAS founded and to which it owes its
greatness and majesty. 1t rests with
The American people 10 say if this temp
tation shall prevail
President Mckinley and the Republic
an party have already surrendered 10
the glamour of Empire. In SO far as
was possible 10 him, the President has
committed the United States TO a policy
which is in direct conflict with the
spirit and letter of the Declaration of
Independence and which has already
caused the violation of the American
Constitution. If Mr.. Mckinley is re-
elected he win be reelected on an issue
and sanctioning Imperialism.
such authority and sanction must be
contained in the vote of November by
which his administration and policy are
approved.
Tie Democratic party stands steadfast
IN It's loyalty to the true American faith
winch forbids the denial of liberty 10
any people and which declares that all
true government must rest upon the con-
sent OF the governed. 1t calls upon the |
American people TO remain true to this /.
laIth and 10 forbid the substitution of |
an Empire for a Republic. Its National |
convention opening on the Fourth Of |
July Will formulate platform con-
sistent with the spirit of that finest Of |
anniversaries. On this plat |
form the Democratic party will appeal |
to the American people for support. In
the response TO this appeal Will be |
voiced the final decision of the American |
people as between a Republic and an |
Empire. The ISSUE is plain and must |
be settled in November .f lunp
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-01

f, lances are as numerous as Henry Martini
ard M1user rifles. or canron. there are old
and new. but krupp is wei represented in
all contingen,s.
German Instructors.
| Only part of this provincial army Is I'M
| Ger German Instructors. Such have been at
l work among them ever since the late un-
, easantnesS with Japan. ana from my own
1 experience / can say that the Chinese
dFiiled after the Prussian system, make
soldiers of 10 mean quality
We introduced into the ranks the iron dis
cip.ine of the fatherIand the great system
that has made the Germans d nation In
arms. and found that by these means even
! the most obstreperous and dangerous ele-
neh,s among the soldiery could be turned
into useful men.
Chief instructor OF the German-drilled Chi
nese troops is Colonel Honmann in the
province of Wuchaag. Prince Henry of
russia. who reviewed Hoffmann's army
last year. expressed his utmost astonish-
ment at the results achieved.
The Chinese learn easily. they are very
Initiative. are fond OF the glitter of arms
and of uniforms, and their religious belief
makes them uaIninuful oi death. While the
GERMAN Instructors dried only part of the
Chinese army, their influence was wide
spread. No matter how much the Chinese
may hate the foreign devils" they admire
their military skill and know how to profit
by il.
Strange to say. none of the diplomats ac-
creulted IN Ptk.n appear to have taken the
reform OF the Chinese Army seriously; ONLY
the German Minister. with his trained mill
tary eye. saw tie change that eventually
might Work to the undoing of his own la
bors. IL Is said that for three months he
has kept the wires hot with protests and
prophecies of evil.
Chinese yIancuvers.
in January last l attended in my mill
tary capacity. the maneuvers of the Ger
man-drilied Chinese troops.
Nice.oy Chang Chi Lung was Command
er-in-CEief. The armies operating against
each ether were. together. about looo0
heads strong. OF these. Loco men with for
iy-two guns were in the offensive; the
rest occupied Il strong position with two
batteries and small cavalry force. The
officers and pupils of the Wuchang Mill
tary School led the defensive
The attacking force had 10 make its way
over territory almost impossible on ac-
count OF natural aad artificial ,mpedImenfs.
The soldiers marched with the full compile
ri'nt OF accouterments peculiar to the
Prussiaa army. packed knapsacks, pioneer
implements. rolled mantles. etc.
Jhey stood the fatigue well. and the Of
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-01
FOREWAKNED, FOREARMED.

The conservatism for which st. Louis
has a worldwide reputation seems to be
at the bottom of the fear expressed in
many directions that the depression fol-
lowing the close Of the Worlds Fair will
tend to neutralize its good results. The
persons who advance this argument
point in illustration TO Chicago after its
big Worlds Fai:. Prices of real estate
declined, large districts were honey
combed with tenantless houses and bus:-
ness in almost every branch fell off.
There was more in this depression, they
say, than was accounted for by Con-
gresham Cobb when he said: After
any great event there is Il feeling of de-
preston. of loneliness. of a banquet hall
deserted with its emptiness and hollow
evidences of the fullness of a short time
before"
The very conservatism which leads st.
Louis TO such reflections at the inception
Of a great enterprise will do much to
avert or minify the depression. Chicago
had no such misgivings when it started
its fair. 1t discarded every bride and
ran its course without q thought Of uiti-
AAoec ASSuAIS. out, even Win SuCu q
policy, Chicago suffered very little from
depression due to the fair alone. Its
fair was held in 1898. the year Of the
panic and financial depression all over
the country. The fair saved Chicago
from the immediate effects of the de.
preston and, when the fair closed, the
depression struck Chicago. This, coupled
with the natural dispiriting conditions
which come after the BALI and intensi-
fled by contrast with the previous festi-
val conditions, affected Chicago.
1t is safe assertion, in view Of pres
ent fears, that st. Louis will feel the
depression following the fair only as the
society girl suffers with migraine after
ball. There are muscles sore from
dancing, stomach temporarily impaired
by ices and salads anonymously
mingled. There is disorder, the wreck
Of flowers, fan, dance card, robes and
wraps, but there Is no deep-seated, or
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-01
LADEN WITH PROMISE.

The decision reached at the meeting of
the Worlds Fair committees to send
Governor Francis and Mr.. William II.
Thompson 10 the Paris Exposition TO
work there in the interest of the Louis
lana Purchase Worlds Fair promises
much. To establish a Louisiana Pur-
chase Worlds Fair bureau at the French
capital. 10 interest exhibitors at the
Paris Exposition al the American ell
terprise and to CLEAN information as TO
expositioIs. of which Paris has held
many. would be distinct gain TO the
Louisiana Purchase Worlds Fair.
If such Il commission from St Louis
could carry with 1t TO Paris the official
sanction of the Government of the
United States its work would be made
easier and its opportunities would be en-
hrged. The effort to obtain such in
dorsement for the commission should be
made.
Paris and France should be especially
interested in the celebration Of the
Louisiana Purchase. The Great Ma
poleon and the French nation were the
other parties to the Purchase transac
tiOn. For this reason France should
take an especial interest in making the
event memorable on its one-hundredth
anniversary.
On every count the project Of an Of
fetal visit by St Louis commission to
the Paris Exposition is attractive. This
work should be done by heavy men, and
Governor Francis and William ii.
Thompson have shown their weight in
the work they have already done for
the Fair
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-01

| WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Unfortunately for the civilized Powers the
latter have insisted right along that the
/ Chinese is bad soldier and an arrant cow
| ard
They think one European American
biuejacket Will suffice for every hundred or
| thousand men the Middle Kingdom can put
into the field.
They will find out their error by and by.
Perhaps they have found 1t out TO their sor-
row by the time this appears In print.
There are probably not more than half a
dozen foreign devils" who had occasion
20 form a well-grounded opinion Of the
preseat-day Chinaman as fighter As a
Pruss!an officer who spent several years
in China as army Instructor. l think nine
will prove interesting. even IL not accept
able to the majority OF martinets ana Dip
loma;s that judge the whole world from
their own narrow standpoint
The Chinese army got its moral black eye
as a fighting machine in the late war with
Japan-Japan which fought according 10
GeIman tactics. There We're many instances
OF cowardice them. And small wonder.
John Chinaman is mercerary 10 the back
bone and he was led by Generals and Of
ficers who had been robb!ng him as long as
he bore arms and who were roboing him
even when he was facing death.
/ don't want to say that tine thieving Chi
nese official is dead. but ! do say that the
spiri. of the army has improved. that It's
efficiency is vastly superior now and that
the pira tical officers day Is over.
The man body OF the Chinese army of the
present day fights under leaders drafted
from the ranks and elected TO their posi-
t!ons by the soldiers themselves.
That means: The soldiers have confidence
IN them; IL means that the officers can rely
On their men.
Newspaper tax about "fanatical hordes"
is all nonsense. I know all branches of the
Chinese army. the first including Manchu.
Mongol and Chinese bannermen. used prin-
cipa.y for garrisonins the great cities: the
provincial troops. which are under the d.
rection of the Governor Generals, and the
irregulars-none deserve that lille OF con-
tempt.
The first group is eXceiently well
equipped with Mausers and machine guns;
the irre,ulars arm themselves with imple
ments they best understand to handle The
ma jority of the provincial troops. about
10000 men. are well dri led active fighters
AS these troops are no; under imperial
Generals but subject to the Niceroys or
Governors, their armament differs accord
ing to their masters progressive spirit or
financial resources. Halberds. pixies and
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-01

Then the deacon heard his sons step.
charlie" he abruptly demanded. did you
take money firm Mr.. Leavitt's drawer las
night?'
Ills son started as IL he had been stung.
and stood staring at his father with dilated
eyes lie totally misread the peremptory
question. Mr. Bradbury was demanding a
vigorous denial. To his son he seemed to
be demanding a shameful confession. Char
hes teeth locked together and his lips COM
pressed themselves deiart.y IN a quickly
gathering passion Of resentment. The son
mad the same frmness. the same power OF
swift. leapirg Indignation as the father.
though the manifestations were very diff
ferent
A wagon rumbled by In the street with
out. a birds careless twitter was heard
through the open door.
Speak up.'' said Mr.. Bradbury. harshly.
Il want y Z tell these men. Hev you
been takin' money!"
Charhe's eyes were on his fathers angry
face They bore a strangely unnliai ex-
preston. and his whole face had grown i'm
movably hard.
There's only one answer y can't make"
said the deacon
Again Charlie wholly misread the words.
go misread. 10 crueler taunt could have
been uttered
The boys brain was whirling. He stood
where he had remained since entering the
room The arm OF the lounge was near
him. He put out his hand and slightly
steadied himself. All the old, hunted Ish-
maei In his soul sprung into uncontrollaole
dominion Of pride and fury. He saw only
these three men standing as accusers be-
fore him-and one his father. That they
might be others than accusers did not come
to him-espec!glly after the fathers words
ana tone. For long months, NOW, he rad
thouSht his father as hostile. implacable;
and this was but bitter phase Of the
same feeling. Hitherto he had been curiously
without open resentment: now he felt a
great rush OF 1t. and. in his turn. hostility.
While the father waited for q reply. the
son was experiencing that fatal. fateful
sealing OF the lips which comes to certain
natures under accusation. Even II no
should avail-and his long-strained soul
leaped biindiy 20 the belief that It would
not-a newborn desperation OF defiance ir-
revocably forbade its utterance.
He admitted that he had taken 1t, and ais
father Interrupted him before he could ex-
plain that he had brought the money home
with him because he had found defect in
one Of the post office windows that made
II impossible for the lock to hold. The dea-
the amount GLd paid 1t into Mr.. Leavitts
hand. The deacon had mortgaged
his farm to obtain money with which to
send Charlie to Albany to study chemistry.
but he had not told his son, and Charlie
did rot know OF his fathers kind intention.
That very morning Charlie left home.
II Is a strange fact. says the author, and
rommoner than We think. that to a man
fairly keen in his general judgmen; OF oth-
ers and his general estimate OF the outside
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-01

/. fcers exhibited remarkable skill in lead
ing the attack. deploying their men for
action and sending out advance detach-
meBts of sharpshooters.
The reserves were not drawn upon until
the proper moment had arrived and the
handling Of the artillery was worthy of
European oid-timers. Indeed. any war
lord of the great Powers would have
viewed this maneuver with pleasure il II
hadn't been for the seeds of danger. And
II part Of the Chinese army proved so
tractable-why not the rest?
My acquaintance has been chiefly with
the Northern Chinamar, and do not hes
itate TO pronounce him born soldier.
In the present troubles the Northern
Chinaman plays the dominating part. He
Is amenable to discipline. is ambitious
and follows his self-selected officers into
the mouth of hell. II so ordered.
Diplomats Fault.
That the diplomats haven't found that
out is probably due to the high opinion
these gentlemen have of themselves and of
the civilization they represent They will
insist upon treating the Chinese as spoiled
children in need of advice ard cudgelings
Because the Chinese IN power say yes
to everything the diplomats propose, the
latter think them weaklings and liars
They are liars. better ones than We They
Will promise anything and do nothing that
the foreign devils ask them or advise
thing must be done for their own good.
they go ahead energetcally enough.
Superior Strength.
I will never forget the answer / got
from an old Chinese General when i re-
ported to him that some of my men were
averse to the use of Mausers.
"Pshaw.'' he said. what does II matter?
II It comes to real fghting-that is. when
the war spirit is afame-our men will do
their duty with any weapon on hand. We
don't object to the choice they make. And
II Europe should be ahead Of us in the
matter of arms. will be always ahead
In human material
III they kul hundred thousand. why,
We will send forward another hundred
thousand.
- million men dead does not spell de-
feat with U.S. while IL We kill 10000 Euro
peans the whole so-called civilized world
will be In mourning. IL We kill h ndred
thousand. all the Powers are bankr :pt."
Cant Send Enough Troops TO China.
Ny chinese experiences teach me that
these observations are. on the whole. cor
rect. Knowing the country and the means
of the Powers on land. /, likewise. come
to the conclusion that. even in case Fu-
rope and America act In concert. no army