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other ports, by right Of conquest, those
OF Port Arthur and Wei Hal Wei, which
guard the entrance to the great gulf Of
Pechili, in the blight of which lies Tien-
tsin, the gateway of Picking. But, ow-
ing to the protests of Russia, backed by
France and Germany, the Japanese
were deprived of their hard won pos
sessions on the mainland on the plea
that they would be constant menace
to Peking and to the independence OF
Korea and therefore detrimental to the
peace of Europe. This was the sharp
edge of Russian diplomacy, and when
once entered it was driven home with
sledse hammer blows. When at last a
Russian ultimatCm seemed imminent
the Japanese consented to evacuate the
Liaotung peninsula, as compensa ton
for its retrocession demanding loo, co., =
eco taeis and the island OF Formosa.
Where the carcass is there the vul-
lures gather. The Germans were look
ing for naval station on the Yellow
sea, in the Shangtung peninsula. when
two German Catholic missionaries were
brutality murdered by a Chinese mob
with sufficient official encouragement to
make the matter OF International i'm
portance,
Not long after Admiral Diederichs, Of
subsequent Manila fame. sailed. with
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-24

the matter of ceding Alaska to the
United States, it is in pursuance of a
deep seated and farsighted policy; In,
this instance the blocking of Great
Britain's scheme of an empire that
should reach without a break from
Baffin's bay to the Boring sea-
Gar Nicholas II is an amiable, affa-
BILE young man, of small stature, weak
eyes and frail physique. He means
well and would doubtless, like to see
universal peace brought about, with
Russia, of course, as the dictator of
terms. But he is in the hands of an or
ganigation of enormous power; he is at
the mercy of Russian traditions; he has
in his service vast numbers of enter
prising and INSCRIPTIONS adventures,
whose habit of pushing his flag a little
farther and yet farther he ostensibly
deplores, but never repudiates.
The great object of British diplomacy
as measured against that of Russia has
been to keep the latter from access to
the Mediterranean and from obtaining
port on the Pacific free from winter
ice. Vladivostok, the projected western
terminus of the Trans-Siberian railway,
does not possess the required conditions
for a winter port, being ice bound a
portion of the year; but in the magnifi
cent harbor of Port Arthur, southwest
of it, in Chinese waters, the Russian
found his ideal and has been waiting
long years for an opportunity to seize it.
1t is well known that during the war
between China and Japan the warships
of the former were quickly destroyed
and the province of Manchuria was
overrun by the Japs, who held, among
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The family Of Count Tols;oi has n
large circle II aaqaaintanoess ard hsrf-
~ an evening pzssss but there srs
guests. At one music party q iadTs
singing diEplsased Count Toistors boys.
ard they adjourned 70 another roDsa
and made noise. Their father ioat
patience and went after them. snd q
Characteristic Hdnonfifon enHBed.
Are you making = neiss on par
poss p hs asked
After some hesitation came The an
sEer in the Affirmative. Yes
Does not her singing please you
Well. no. Why dos sss hoNlT' De-
cIared one q the bays Nith veEa,i0n.
so you wish % protest sEslnas her
sinxinE7~ asked LyeT Sokalsxfseh Ia a
serious tone Then Ko cot ara
nay 80 or stan5 IN the naiaGs II
the room arS tell every one pres
snt. Tat would ~ rusa. bat a.
right AMI boeesf. Bet you have "a
toesthsr ars ars saussiinx like xrsss-
bopp<rs "a a corner. I ~fiI not sa4afs
such protest.
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as were made for Kiauchau. one OF the
reasons advanced being its assistance
in protecting Manchuria: in other
words, for having driven out the Japs
in order that it be permitted to ap-
propriate the same territory TO itself.
Being dominated by the Bear. poor.
harried China could do nothing else
than yield with the best grace possible
to her friend" from the Baltic sea.
When the tsung-li-yamen. o. gov
erning power of China, looked to Eng
land for assistance. IL received only the
assurance OF her most distinguished
consideration. Great Britain had re-
fused TO join with Russia. France and
Germany in demanding the withdra wal
of the Japs and insisted that she want
ed no share in the spells. But. finding
IL impossible to keep Russia out OF
China, either by diplomacy or by show
OF force. England concluded that the
next best thing would BE- TO take what
she could get. lest the time should come
when there would not be anything 10
take. And so, protesting she would
ne'er consent" she consented TO accept
2 lease Of Hsi-wei as a military
harbor upon its evacuation By the Japa-
nese
Was IL by chance merely that while
Russia secured the best port on the *
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, treme north coast OF China. her friend
and ally, France, insisted upon having
a naval base and station at Kiungchow
and the island of Hainan. at the most
southern point? Between the two. at all
events, they command the situation. so
far as bases for the assembling of fleets
and forces for the invasion of China
are concerned.
And so it went. for 1t seemed that
China now could find no nation so poor
as to do her reverence. AS a counter
balance to the French concessions OF
territory SO perilously near to Hong
kong, John Bull demanded and received
an extension on the land side of the is
land for his military necessities and
industrial expansion" Then. again. lit
tie Japan came back with claim to
the Chinese coast opposite Formosa. or
at least a pledge that it should never
be aIienated to foreign power. fearing
France as an ally OF Russia, and just
ly, too, as recent events have demon
strated.
The partition of China, indeed. as Sir
Charles Beresford has pointed out, has
subject be hastily reviewed it will be
seen that-v
First, Japan took Formosa by right
of conquest in 1895.
Second, Germany helped herself TO
Kiauchau in 1897.
Third, Russia stole Port Arthur and
Talienwan in March, 1898.
Fourth, Great Britain "sorrowfully
accepted" Wei-Hai-Wei and a slice OF
the mainland opposite Hongkong.
If China has not been partitioned In
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he has emerged at last, not at Constan-
tinople. from which they drove him so
often. but 1000 miles away. on the coast
Of the Pacific where he looms in the
eye of his enemies more terrible than
ever snd more fraught with power for
the destruction of our civilization
Nearly one-thtrd of the human race
is resident In China. whose territory Is
larger than that OF the United States.
American trade with the Chinese has OF
late years been coming up by leaps and
bounds Last year. while we sold them
goods TO the amount of ST.. GOO. 900. Rus
sia's total was less than 81. 0o0. 900.
China bought from US more goods than
she bought from all Europe combined
outside OF Great Britain. and yet It Is
thought tkat we have not begun to
reach the possibilities of this trade.
which, IL unrestricted. IL Is estimated.
win at the end Of 20 years reach $780,
600. 900 annually. The market Is there
fore one of great Importance to the
United States. but the Chinese states
men declare that II we viii dance we
must pay the piper, and that IL we are
to have influence there we must be
prepared to protect them and ourselves
In mutual rights.
This is the question paramount at
first glance. The superficial or surface
excuse for mixing in Chinese affairs is
that Of protection to our missionaries
and the Americans already resident in
China engaged in mercantile pursuits.
who are estimated at about 10000 In
number, scattered along the coast and
in the commercial centers.
At the recent uprising of the Boxers
800 missionaries were engaged In the
district of Tien-tsin, where the rebels
were concentrated, and there are. per-
haps, 5000 all over the FlowsSy King
dom. These will find safety only in
the larger cities OF the interior. such as
Picking, whittier the marines were hura
ried at the first news of the uprising,
and in the coast cities accessible to bat
tleships and gunboats.
Although the foreign powers now act
ing in concert for the protection of
their subjects In China are ostensihly
working only for the preservation OF
life and property, the real reason for
their being there Is to be found In the
encroachments of those same foreigners
on the territory OF the country they
have invaded. The first effect OF the
Chino-Japanese war of 1895 was to
arouse an antipathy toward all foreign
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iiad tie sreat fighting nations of the
- q. AIMED 10 the teeth.
D.lH.aating in the s. tUation, elbowing
Ri others aside, speaking with the voice
o. absolutism. we see Russian-the
Tartar of whom Napoleon said, In an
other so years Europe viii either be all
republican or all Cossack." He is the
successor of the Scythian nomads, the
great conquering khans and of those
fierce unknown races before whom, in
far distant times, the Teutonic tribes
fed westward, overwhelming all Eu-
rope. Now, however, the tide has turn
ed. and he meets his opponents on the
Pacific coast, in the far northern part
Of Asia, where for centuries he has been
as fur trader and penal coIonist
Suddenly he has made great strides
southwark, Selling territory 362, goo
square miles in extent, erecting forti-
fcations of immense strength and
working so energetically on the vast
Trans-Siberian railway that its 5000
miles of line within a few months will
be entirely completed.
He has robbed Japan of the most inn
portant fruits of her victory over China
in 1895, he has ousted her from the
mainland and thwarted her in Korea.
he has deposed Great Britain from her
pre-eminence at the court of Picking
and operated the governmental machin-
cry in a way that has caused universal
dismay. According to late advices from
the United States minister at Picking,
he has gathered more than POO GO SOL
diers in Manchuria, so long ago as at
the close of the Japo-Chinese war, hay
ing increased his forces in the Amur
river province TO 10000 men and his
fleet in Chinese waters to % warshfps
IL need not be said that Japan has re-
garded the cars aggressive operations
with deep anxiety and resentment. or
that she has been increasing her arma-
ment ever since she retreated from the
mainland in consequence of his mem
aces. and that her best soldiers are of
the opinion that war with the Russian
colossus is inevitable
And what is the character Of this
giant who has such an unappeasabla
earth hunger" that he reaches ont
from the Baltic sea TO the Pacific ocean
aad evidently aims to encircle tbs,
globe, unless his progress is arrestedq
II is not assuring. despite his unvarv-
Ing professions of friendship for Amer
lea during many years. What we know
as the spirit OF the twentieth century
he laughs TO scorn. So far from poiog
forward along the lines OF our advance
he has gone backward The bonds of
his. peasants have been frightened the
local self governmeSS which was in the
hands OF then comSs.unes has been n
rogated and the powers formerly exer
cised by them are now controlled nv
district chiefs appointed from the no.
biilty by the governors of provinces
who themselves are nominated nv ~
ear
Despotism, says Stepniak. has
stricken with sterility the high hopes TO
which the splssdid awakening OF the
first half of the century gave birth.
Mediocrity reigns supreme. Any man
Of brains who expresses an opinion goes
10 prison"
1t WILL in the end" said General
Skoheled. with the destiny OF Russia
"a mind. be our duty to organize mass
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ers on the part OF the interior people.
whose superstitious prejudices were
played upon by the educated classes-
The restless revoIutionists. always
ready TO rise In China. took the field
against those they called the common
enemy. Like q great python disturbed
IN its sleep. the vast network OF secret
societies upheaved its bulk and over
turned the distolnted social system
The missionaries. an representing the
foreign devils most conEpicuously.
were naturally the first objects Of at
tack
The governors OF provinces and
groups Of district officials are semi In
dependent Of imperial authority. which
has little 20 do with the people In ger
erai. but they are held strictly 70 ac-
count for their manner Of adnninistra-
ton and may be removed al discretion
by the txung-li-yarrn and even b.
headed Tor any departure from the ira
iitiOnzi course. This EfIl account for
the contradictory behavior Of the va
rfous governors % provinces and for
their flnldity IN Furnishing the rebels.
who have been, Or seem 70 have been.
virtually protected By the central gov
eminent
Ths deposition Of Emperor R~anEEu.
the Punishment os The Chinese progress-
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1895. he fought sc . niishiprnan at
the battle % Navarino and served in
Sir James Ross' expedition "a The Arctic
IN 1s35. He was the first 10 discover
traces OF Sir John FrznkIin's expeti-
iioH In 1s5e He waz IN command OF
the White sea squadron 81 the CTsEean
war and has heea active IA sesezsiSc
and geographical work.
II heredity counts for anything. the
son reeeniiy born % Neville Lytton- heir
prssIrnpf1vs 70 the szrsdcrn of Lygt0n.
ought % Develop into cne OF sfsz gEez.-
est literary men OF bis time. On RS IA
thsx's aide be = = grzE6sca % Owen
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brated his fifty-first birthday annfver-
sary, has received from the German
emperor present OF a set Of china
manufactured in the royal porcelain
works.
Jules Verne does not care for nosorie-
~ and lion hunters, and that Is one rea-
son why he does not live in Paris. but
al Amiens. There he has a fine vita
with large garden. in the qufe;est
street He is y years old. and his chief
aiaUsements are going TO the theateE
and taking an occasional walk
BENJAMIN l. Siliiman OF New York is
the oldest living graduate az XaIe- Of
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es of Asiatic cavalry and hurl them into
India under the banner of blood and
piIlage, a vanguard, as it were, thus re-
viving the times of Tamerlane."
But in China we find the Cossack con-
templating a richer loot than that of
India, from which he has been tempo
rarily turned aside. 1t lies apparent
ly supfne at his feet, its possessor I'M
able to defend it. There are now no
natural obstacles to overcome, as in the
case of India, with its barrier of noun
tains. One bold dash, and, assuming
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Fs THE oriental disturbance to prove
merely a tempest in teapot, or is
II it TO eliminate in one of the great
est wars the world has ever seen, with
the partition of China and the Chinese
market as the victors' ultimate reward?
Many observers believe that the
storm so long gathering is at last about
to burst, and notes of warning in books,
and the utterances of pub
lie men are ringing all over Europe and
America Gathered around the pros
trate form of hapless China are assem-
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Meredith. AMI On his mothers side be
ron
roEnoed IRE other Cay that Cosonei ga-
dsr-Fo~el - snEzge6 70 3 young Eozr-
an who lives n thar town. The Colonel
II 81 yssrs cd AMI has oesE generaIlT
regar3sa AZ an, sn4oErix1hBe haehsios.
Senator Thomas s;assss Martha %
Virginia h&s nsTsT yet made Ege>ct -
'fss senate. fSough be has be~n > mem
be- fer SIX years
- bznyaz q The Pastgar izsstftsss
e44 found rzicrsbs which vii wlSs
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entitled to wear two Victoria crosses.
His own he wears on his left breast
but, according 20 army regulations. the
cross earned by his son he is not only
allowed. but commanded. to wear on
the opposite side.
Archbishop Ireland OF St. Paul has
written an important letter to the Duke
OF Norfolk. president OF the Catholic
Union Of Great Britain, urging united
Roman Catholic propaganda on the
part Of the Anslo-SaNoa faithful.
Count Won BUlOw. who recently cele-
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MEN OF THE TIMES.

Swinhurne is deaf as a post. He
1Nes c somewhat somber looking
house ~ Putney hill London. the din
in- room w&as OF which are covered
with original pictures by Dante Ca
h-iei Rossetti. which must be worth a
t16uious sum The famous poet is bald.
Wan thin. struggling reddish beard.
~ has beautiful hands.
-iT-, teen years ago Lord Roberts re-
C. ID tle thanks OF both houses OF
ia, a-7ept for his march from Kabul 10
aAstno3har- He is the only man living
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also graduates Mr.. SiIliman Is s. years
old. but still practices Law at u Nassau
street He Is a rich man and recently
refused an offer OF 500 per square foot
for iot on Broadway
Ex-Congressman EdgeTton q Akron.
o. Is one OF the Il surviving delegates
20 the first convention Of the Repuo bile
IN party. held al PiStkburg. June Is.
1855.
the British navy. Eho recently received
Greenwich hospital penSsou. Is IS
years q &ze aid entered the navy n
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rats Of; e sristeaes. He has trsss -
effect q his Es1erote "a parrhssszss.
farms ard other places. and n q Or
GER; - cases ths rata eoapsafssy eisss,-
pearea
DF, MaTShAH Lang. sss new prtnesraI
q fhe UHtTsrslfy - ALerae@E. s a
e0azia o. An1r~~ Lang aaa uas =
playmate "a ehsi1aeod - Robert Louis
stsYensea
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shr trArnSayz- osuni hsssz Ert s-s@r-
SrDIfsd railways ~ sa1 aFouaa 1.anslen
SiiEsn rassszs - flss mics carr each
ysaE Gsost =. 80 - paasenxenA
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-22
THE WORLD.

world in which the little strange thus
found herself-connected with tho oraat
world beyond only by q leisureIv STAGE
coacn and still more leisurely river pack
be difficult to duplicate in this
era CT steam and electricity.
Inc struggling village-a position If
winch. tired during the civil war. Law
Stli IN rulnS-WaS walled in on either
size py mountain ranges, whose aspect
changing with the alterations Of the
seasons and varying atmospheric condi-
ions, presented ever and anon fresh
beauties, presented ever and anon fresh
peauIles Tor the We to feast upon. and
amply compensated for the horizon
which they excluded. At their feet the
James River, which farther on must hear
us part in the worlds traffic. flowed
llngeringly, as if loath to leave the ouiet
spot. The heterogeneous population
thus isolated had abundant room for the
development of idiosyncrasies and fur
nlshed interesting studies for the anaIyt-
lcal hilnd. II was a theory of DR.. John
ston that a mans true nature is mirror
ed IN his a~musements; and it was observ-
ed from the first that the future author
ess was unlike other girls in her choice of
these. When the children of her own age
II out SN lldDlo, she
was reading fuentIy, gravitating ALWAYS
toward good books and those tending to
instruct rather than entertain.
PORED OVER OLD MANUSCRIPTS
Later, discovering piles Of old docu-
ments stored away in an unfreuuented
closet, she took to porting over them. and
q saying became current in the connec-
ton that Mary would some day write q
beck. She was a wonderfully self-cOn-
tanned little creature, and once, when
only six years old, happening to go too
near an open CRATE, her dress took fire.
and she was soon in a light blaze. She
was alone, but. rolling herself in the
hearth rug, she eXtinguished the flames.
saying, when asked why she adopted this
method. that her grandmother had told
her of a little girl who wrapped herself
in a blanket on a like OCCASION, and that
she thought a rug would do as well.
This grandmother, by the way, until
her death a member of her sons house
hold. was one of her principal companions,
and when she took piano lessons she
learned. for her entertainments. all of
The old Scotch ballads which she used
TO sing as a girl. Her tastes lay more
in the direction of art than OF music.
however. and a crayon likeness of her
fathers only brother, a product of this
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SAIL, OF /. AND.

Hy virtue of authority contained il
a mortgage deed from Cherry Nackl,
and Matter Machle, 10 tharlcs Evans
dadtcd February -. 1899. and regis
tered in the office of the Register o
Deeds for Wake County. North Caro-
lima. IN book I15. page 1919. we wil
expose fo" sale at the Court House
door liz the city of Raleigh ON Mon
day. the 4th day OF June, 1900. at !.
O'Clock NJ. for cash. the following de
Scribed land. situated in the town oi
Cary. Wake County. one lot: Begin
ming At a stake in Mary f.. Whita-
kers line. running thence north ONT
degree east. thirteen poles 10 Walnut
street: thence west with said street
tWentN-siN poles To a take in Lev
Coles line: thence with said Coles
line south bV east To the beginning
containing one acre and thirty-siN
poles. more or less. 1t being the Ian,
conveyed by deed bN Levi Cole and
wife. Sallic NJ. Cole. to Cherry Mackle
STONE 4 STONE.
Trustees of Charles Evans.
This MAY list, 1900.
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FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS.

Mr.. j. II. Lynn, who will offer his ser.
vices 10 Wake county as register OF deeds
presents claims that the nominating con.
VentiOn cannot reasonably fail 10 con
slider. He holds a diploma granted by q
business college of national reputation
He is d fine penSman, and possesses al
the business qualifications requisite &c
the office of register OF deeds.
The township in which he lives %. G.
which always gives large majority Demo
cratic Votesb asks recognition. never hav-
ing had ii county office. and we urge
while the great clamor for ofhcs is
going on that our modest claims be con
sidered. and the name OF J. RI. Lynn he
remembered in the great political scram-
be OF the next few months.
Mr.. Lynn has always been 4 true. hon
est and faithful Democrat.
j. G.. FERGUSON.
Kelvin Grote. May .. 1900.