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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-01-27

than his fellow. However. II there be a
distinction. It is in favor of the twenty
INSTRUMENTATION man. as his is the more d.
rect line and has involved a greater average
age of ~progenitors.
There are at this day more who bear the
name OF Chan than any other in China.
But a Chang, or Lee or Wong cannot secure
preferment on that score. Thus it is that
great men are chosen on their merits in
China, and the name Of WI is as good as
the name of Chan.
There are more self-made men in China
than any other country. In fact, nearly
every great man of rank outside OF the
Imperial family, has risen through his own
efforts.
WI Ting Fang Is no exception Brains.
and not the money of his father. who was a
Singapore merchant. have made him what
he is-one of the most famous diplomats Of
to-day.
In personal appearance Minister WI is
q man well-fed. weIl-groomed and OF dis
tinguished mien.
From a chronological standpoint his
shaver head is a most interesting study.
His receptive faculties ~predominate. and he
absorbs rather than pursues Information
and knowledge.
His point of memory Is well developed.
but It is more Of the consecutive reasoning
than the phenomenal spontaneous vanity.
Secretiveness and cautiousness are also
strongly marked In Mr.. WI.
His reasoning faculties are extremely
prominent. as is also wit. MIR. WI loves a
Jest.
His physiognomy Is nc less interesting
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-01-27
CENTER Of
in the UNITED STATES
on THE FARM OF HENRY MARI. NEAR COLUMBUS. IND.

rDeeiai Correspondence Of The Sunday Republic.
Columbus. Ind. Jar 2s.-This city is re-
$-eiving attention from the 1885, go inhabi-
bits OF the United States. All this noto-
rsety IS heaped upon Columbus because 1t
n to bear the distinction for the next ten
years Of being the center OF population Of
The United States Of America. while the
uact spot OF the center of population is
not within the corporate limits Of the city
ef Columbus. yet it is within the borders of
Columbus Township, Bartholomew Coun-
", and therefore Columbus Is the nearest
city to the exact spot.
From the time of the unofficial announce
rent, about two months ago. that the CEN
ter OF population was at a point about seven
niles north OF Columbus. there has been
considerable ''ngurin'" In the case. and
after a hasty calculation by local survey
srs, the spot was located within one mile
of TayIorsville. and on the farm OF Frank
wright. Mr.. Wright sprang into national
prominence in a short time in consequence
The spot was marked. as described by the
surveyors. Just when Mr.. Wright had re-
covered sufficiently from the shock to APP
p~reciate the honor that had come to him
the official announcement cam from the
Census Department Of the Government
}ttating that the exact spot of the center
Of population of the United States for 1900
a at the intersection Of longitude IS degrees
q minutes 81 seconds west from Green
xich, and latitude 80 degrees . minutes
ss seconds north OF the equator. This
caused a quake. and Immediately the
rcenter OF population" was ruthlessly
sna,ched away from Mr.. Wright and car
ried about thirteen miles to the southeast,
landing two miles nearer Columbus than
the point at which 1t was first announced.
The survey was then made from the Of
fetal announcement and 1t was found that
the exact spot is in a clover field on the
farm OF Henry Mari. on the east forty"
OF an eighty" at a point near the cor
ner Of three townships. Columbus. Rock
creek and Sandcreek. being in Columbus
Township.
"Yonder it Is" said Mr.. Mari to your cor
respondent. after We had traversed a wheat
field and entered the clover field. pointing
70 a fence rail to the far side of the field,
which had been placed perpendicularly in
the ground to mark the spot. That is
the center of population" he continued.
referring TO 1t with a feeling Of pride.
Thus the exact spot Of the center of popu-
Alation is marked only by a slender fence
sail. TO which is nailed a cross-board. The
rail as it duivers from the breeze. is the
only thing TO distinguish the sport from the
broad expanse Of fertile acres in every d.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-01-27
-Four Characteristic Poses Of Minister W. Ting Fang, Skehhed BY Sunday Republic
Artist While the Famous Diplomat Was Entertaining a Delegation of Chinese Merchants
Of St Louis Who Called Upon Him Last Sunday at the Planters

than his head. A ~fullness Just before the
ears indicates his love of the good things of
life. and the general shape and character of
his jaw denote a strong heart That it is
a kind heart filed with love for his fellow
man no one who looks into his kindly
sparkling eyes can doubt.
But Mr.. WI doesn't often let you look in
to his eyes. He Is either looking you
through and through. while you know he is
weighing you. or his eyes are dropped, as
~ In meditation. Should you insist on his
returning your gaze he will disarm you
with a smile.
Mr.. Wu's upper lip is long. and he can be
firm. The ~fullness and slight protrusion Of
the lower lip indicate an ability to win peo-
pie to his views rather than force them.
His thumb Is long and powerful, its nail
spatulate. but not short. showing him q
born master. His fingers taper decidedly,
and by their different forms and respective
lengths betoken for their owner a character
full OF Intellectual complexities and de-
sires.
His lifeline Is in harmony with the
wrinkles Of his wrist, and old age should
be his portion.
From all outward signs, Minister wu's
greatest ambition Is TO do good-not as q
means. but an end. How much good he
will accomplish in his efforts toward the
uplifting OF his fellow-man will depend
greatly upon the course events take In
Minister WI himself knows. and he win
not tell.
Minister VIZ asks everything and tells
nothing.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-01-27
THE GREATER NEED.

THE Young Peoples Weekly prints q Pc
thetie story Of a poor. half-starved child,
living In a city alley. Some one had given
her Q ticket to q free tea and entertatn-
ment.
She was wild with delight. and was run
ming to tell her mother OF her good fortune
when she stumble over q child crouched
On the stairs. crying.
She asked what was the matter. The
child said her mother had beaten her bs--
cause she asked for some breakfast and
she was so hungry she could not help cry
ing.
We'll" said the other child. placing ths
ticket in her band, take this. and get .
good tea. I've had no breakfast. either. BAG
my mother never beats me-" r.
And she passed on. leaving the ticket In
the hand Of the astonished child. =
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stance which Is in all respects identical
with the natural rock. The contraction OF
the earth's interior. and other forces. bring
a tremendous lateral pressure to bear on
the lower strata, causing them to ben up
ward and crumple In various well-recog-
nized deformities. This Is illustrated In the
Harvard laboratory By subjecting layers
Of q OF different colors. to show stratin-
cation. to a powerful lateral thrust. after
weighing them above to represent the
pressure which is usually brought to bear
on such deformed beds by the everything
strata. The result Is q gradual develop
ment in the wax model Of folds and frac-
lures initiating the results that one finds In
nature in the same dynamic conditions
Still another experiment concerns itself
with geysers. which are made to spout with
rhythmatical regularity. and to show the eff
fects of 'soaping'-a method often en-
ployed in the Yellowstone Park to hasten
the time Of eruption-by the increased ac-
tivity consequent on the boiling water be-
coming more viscous and filled with bub-
bles But perhaps the most Interesting OF
all the Harvard experiments Is the one IN
dertaken to show the formation OF sand
delta plains by glacial rivers. These deltas.
usually more or less imperfect from the
action of win and weather. are found over
many parts OF the glacial area OF North
America. and may be seen in process OF
formation. to name a well-known example.
at the mouths of some OF the glacial rivers
Of the Alaskan coast. A ~well-known an
cient plain of this character. dating from
the glacial period. is in N~ewtonville. Mass.
a few miles from Cambridge. The glacial
stream flowing from beneath the fee IS sup
posed to have carried out and deposited sue
cessive layers Of sand, working its way
bach and forth in various radial directions
over the low delta SO formed in the sea or
lagoon that washed the ice front. The de-
posit is leaf-shaped. and when the ice Of
the glacier has melted away. a serpentine
stem" or steep ridge appears-known as
the "esker'' of the d~elta-which marks the
sand-choked channel Of the original stream
that meandered in its caverns beneath the
ice. The sand of the delta is In layers-as
II clearly seen. for instance. in many rail-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-01-27
Blank street. and ha. been restored to the
low the Conductor Il Rewarded.

Blank street. and has been restored to the
owner.
How the Conductor II Rewarded.
The conductor who found the article and
turned IT In is notified by his division super
intendent and given the address Of the
owner, so II he chooses he may investigate
for himself and ascertain that the article
was eturned to It's owner.
OF course. there are a great many articles
lost upon street cars which do not ind their
way back into the hands Of the original
owners. But in q majority OF cases II Is
the fault Of the owners All but q few OF
the things lost upon street cars that are
found by the conductors 60 to the lost arti-
Gle department. II the owners Of these
would take the trouble to investigate and
Identify their packages. purses and UNI
breilas. they could secure them As It II
every conductor on the main lines Of the
Transit Company secures monthly many
valuabie articles Of wearing apparel. books.
and SO forth Every conductors home con-
tains from six to twenty umbrellas. many Of
them very valuable and the greater num-
Der very good ones
Conductors ike the system and the pa
irons OF the street railways certainly APP
preciate IL. The lost article department II
maintained at considerable expense by the
company. but 1t diminishes the number Of
complaints that pour into the company, and
that Is one of the FIRST objects striven for
by every up-to-date street car line.
Conductors have many amusing expert
ences. but mona more so than some they
have with passenger on street cars who
endeavor to get ava with umbrellas and
other things that are left behind by pas
sensers who leave the cars In a hurry.
Not long ago. a lady leaving q car In
haste. remembered her umbrella as soon as
she stepped on the sidewalk. She called
to the conductor to get her umbrella In
her seat and she would get 1t from him
the next day. The conductor knew the
lady's face. she having ridden frequently
on his car. He nodded assent and walked
into the car to get the umbrella To his
surprise IL was no longer lying In the seat.
He noticed that another lady who had been
sitting across the aisle from the seat which
had been occupied by the owner Of the
umbrella. had moved across and taken the
seat just behind the one in which the UNI
breila had been lying. Another glance
showed him that the umbrella was lying ON
the door under the lady's feet. He said
nothing. but when the Lady started to leave
the car with the umbrella he co~urteousiy
informed her that he would take charge Of
it. Indignantly, she asked him to explain
himself. which he did. gently taking hold
Of the umbrella a. he did 80. The lady left
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the car in high dudgeon. declaring that Sic
would report him. "
When the conductor turned the umbrella
In that night he included In his report q de.
scription of the lady who had performed
such clever footwork with the umbrella
and had made threats on leaving the car.
He asked that the umbrella be not returned
to her. =
The next day two ladies' called at the lose
article department at about the same time
Both asked for an umbrella. both desczfb-
ed the same one. and gave the same hour
and car on which it was lost One lady
went away from the department with the
red blood tingling In her cheeks and her
ears smarting as II some one had struck
her. The other carried q gold-headed I'm.
brella with her. and wore on her face q
mingled look Of triumph. indignation and
Amusement F-f-
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way cuts in the old sands of Massachusetts,
each surface layer or bed terminating In
a steep slant to mark the successive ex-
tensions of the front bank OF the delta.
The appliance IN the Harvard laboratory
consists Of a piece of lead bent into the
general shape of a glacier over an artificial
tin cavern. and set in a tank OF water, with
a hose supplying the glacial stream. which
Is fed through a nne with alternate coal
dust and marble dust for sediment. to indi-
cate distinctly the layers deposited in the
little lagoon The apparatus has worked
perfectly. the experiments giving variations
in the forms of the deltas according as the
water was maintained at a higher or lower
level. but always showing the characteris-
tic front and surface deposits with clearly
defined bedA.
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sions. such as no longer occur. To-day he
holds that they were caused by the same
steady. gradual processes that we see in
4 daily operation ali around us. The Harvard
apparatus e~xempliies these processes. 1t
shows. on a small scale and In a brief
space OF time. how they work themselves
out In ages and over great areas Of land,
and how, always and everywhere. they are
the result OF the same unvarying natural
laws. They are a practical combination of
the old theories.
Though now used mainly for class instruc-
ton in connection with work In the field. IT
d interesting to note that much Of the APP
paratus was originally devised to throw
light on certain obscurities in the laws gov
erning geological process. The first expert
rnents were in ripple marks. such as one
sees on q beach after the tide has ebbed.
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INTENDED 10 PARALYZE.

SOMEWHAT suggestive OF the Scoth YER
dict. Not proven" is the Judgment rem
dered in a Western town when. says thu
Green Bay. the mos, popular citizen 4
soundiy whipped a tough character. ~
To vindieate the majesty Of the law, the
offender was brought up for trial The Jury
were out about two minutes -
We'll" said the Judge. in a familiar. or
hand way. what have the jury to sayr -
May it please the COURT responded the
foreman. I'VE. the jury. find that the psfs-r
oner is not guilty Of hittin' with intent t.
kill. but simply to paralyze: and he done
it,"
The verdict was received with applsusa
a the prisoner received an ovation.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-01-27

Special correspondence Of The Sunday Republic.
Cambridge, Mass. Jan. 2s.-Nothing could
Illustrate better the striking difference be-
tween the old and the new school of geoio-
gfsts than the very interesting work which
IL being done in the Harvard geological
laboratory, under the direction Of Doctor
7. A. Jaggar, to show in miniature by
means Of specially contrived apparatus the
great geological processes of nature. Three
quarters OF a century ~ the average
eeologist believed that the holder phenom-
ena Of the earth's surface-the mountains
and valleys, the elevation of islands and
continents, the depression Of the ocean
bed-were the result of tremendous convui-
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verging direction. The cross-bOard bears
the following Inscription:
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1901-09-13
vres gratuits, ne pas savoir lire ct
6crire sera un cas- pendable.

lily a, a Duluth, 29,884 person
mes du sexe masculin ct 23,O85 du
sexe f6minin. LIE premier quarter
possede 1885 personnes du sexe
masculin ct 1854 du sexe f6minin;
lie beau sexe y est done en- plus
grand nombre. Dams les autres
QUARTERS lie sexe laid est plus nom
breux. lily a 1886 habitants mes
aux Etats-Unis ct 20,983 mes a l'6-
tranger. LIE Canada est largement
~repr6sent6 a Duluth; on y trouve
un grand nombre de Canadiens-
augIais, ecossais ct irlan-
dais. II y a, a Duluth, 357 n4gres,
quelques Chinois, Japonais ct
en- tout, l65 de ces der
niers. La population du Minneso-
ia est de l,75l,394 don't 932,490
sont du sexe masculin ct 8l8,9O4
du sexe f6minin. Nous sommes
done en- assez grand nombre pour
ne pas cralndre encore un enl4ve-
.ent de la part DIES femmes. Nous
l'emportons sur le sexe f6minin
par 1856.
Charles de Manhoe, agent
du "Samedi'' illustr6 de Montreal,
6tait d Duluth, ces jours derniers.
II a fait une bonnie moisson d'a-
BONES.
Mile Eugene Chabot est de
retour, depuis quelques jours, de
son voyage dams la province de
Quebec.
-Am6d6e Boissonnault est en-
vill6giature q Cloquet, Mimi, ct
Grignon, q Montreal.
-L'6veque McGolrick a dome
la confirmation q plusieurs enfants,
q I6glise st jean aptiste, lie pre-
mier septembre.
La fete du Travail a 6t6 c6le-
br6e avec 6clat le 2 septembre So
leil rad1eux; beau d6fl6 des ira
vailleurs; agreeable pique-nique ct
amusements q Lake.
jolie dance; bonnie musique.
Pas d'accident. Tout le monde
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1901-09-13

II est 81 estim6 de tout le monde
sans exception de natlonallt6 nj de
politique, qu'un pareil outrage
semblait impossible.
II parait avere que Czolgosz est
un anarchiste d'extraction polonai-
SO ne en- ce pays ct qui SO ligua
avec cette soci6t6 infernale. Bien
quill ME avoir des completes, il ny
a plus de doute qu'iln'ait 6t6 choi-
81 pour Get abominable crime par
I'm groupe d'anarchistes qui Sc re-
elaine de la notoire Emma Gold
man CONNIE chef inspiratrice.
Celle-ci est sous arrets ct la police
secrete informe contre plusieurs
completes. ST lie paquet de docu-
ments que lie meurtrier jeta dams
un 6gout avant lie crime est retrou-
We, on saura a quot sen tenir sur
lie compile de plusieurs anarchistes
qui ont tremp6 dams la complot.
Les anarchistes ont trouv6 un
refuge aux Etats Unis parce que
nous pensions qu'ils men v~oulaient
qu'aux pouvoirs h6r6ditaires. Mails
q present qu'on salt leurs vis6es
n6fastes tendant a la destruction
de tout gouvernement, il est pro.
bable que lie proclaim Congress va
s'occuper d'eux dune facon pratt
que ct leur administer une dose
de leur medicine. II ny a pas de
place pour eux dams I'm pays civil
Sc ct encore moins dams une r6pu-
blique aussi d6mocratique que la
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1901-09-13

Quelqu'un a dit avec saison que
"l'ecole est l'6glise de %l'enfance"
En- travaillant a Greer des 6coles
catalogues ct FRANCHISES, on assu-
re Ia permanence de nos 6glises
franchises ct ne nos pretres fran
Gals. L'enfant d'aujourd'hui sera
Ihomme de domain ct dirigera
les afaires de son temps. Sill est
lance jeune dams la bonne vote, il
ne peut faire autrement que de
continuer lie role appris dams son
enhance.
II faudrait des 6coles FRANCHISES
en- meme temps que des eglises
FRANCHISES, des instituteurs catho-
liques sous la direction spirituelle
du cure. De cette maniere on as.
surera la permanence de notre Ian.
que aux Etats- Unis, tandis que
notre fol en- sera consid6rablemen
assistee.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1901-09-13

Jamais, depuis l'assasslnat de
Lincoln, le pays ma RESENT Pin
suite fate d sa dignit6 dams la per-
some de son President dune ma
Mere aussi generate ct aussi inten-
SO qu'en cette occasion. Tous les
citoyens s'accordent a d6tester lie
crime ct a regarder lie President
CONNIE lie plus populaire depuis la
guerre des esclaves. Dor6navant
les anarchistes wont trouver le
temps dur parce que l'opinion una
nine est qu'on dot les r6primer ct
prendre les moyens n~6cessaires q
cette fin.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1901-09-13
ECHO DE L'OUEST

puts trois mois atm de remplir I'm
contrat important de pierre de tail
lie. Son fills Albert est revenu q st
Paul il y a q%uelques semaines. M.
Bourgeault lui-meme reviendra
bient6t mails il lui faudra retour-
ner a Winnipeg lie printemps pro-
chain pour terminer son contrat.
lie President Mckinley, victi-
me dun lache attentat par l'anar-
chiste Leon Czolgosz, ne mourra
pas ct le peuple american respire
avec satisfaction, a notre premier
magistrat est FIDDLE de CO peuple
quill Anne tant, malgr6 les divaga-
lions du contraire de certains 6ner-
gum6nes.
I'm officer de la police mont6e
de Cincinnati, Ohio, George Hues-
mann Went d'etre degrade pour
avoir dit quill 6tait content que
Mckinley cut 6t6 tire.
On devrait faire de meme pour
IN grand nombre de ces gueulards
politiques qui parlent solvent q
tort ct q travers sans mesurer la
port6e de leurs paroles.
lie grand Archeveque de St
Paul, Mgr John Ireland, a ordon-
ne que des pri6res soient faites
dams toutes les 6glises catalogues
du diocese pour que la vie du Pre-
sident Mckinley soft 6pargn6e. A
toutes les messes dimanche dernier,
on a prize pour que Get homme dis
tingu6 puisse continuer le grand
euvre quill a 81 bien commence
pour lie bien de son pays.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1901-09-13

lie MARIE de Minneapolis va fai-
re la lutte a M. Loren Fletcher,
notre congressman.
II fault esp6rer que les Canadiens
Sc rappelleront quill a mis- a la por-
te sans avis, au milieu de l'h1ver,
une demi-douzaine de nos police
men ct que cette cruaut6 ne dot
pas roster impunie.
Dun autr6 cote, M. Fletcher est
notre ami ct Fun des meilleurs
congressman que lie comt6 d'Hen-
nebin ait jamais elus.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1901-09-13
Tentative d'AssasSinat

William Mckinley, President
des Etats- Unis, a recu deux bales
de revolver de Leon F. Czol gosz
durant une reception quill donnait
au public dams lie Temple de la
Musique a Buffalo. La tentative
d'assassinat cut lieu vendred1 le 6
%courant, a quatre heures de l'apres-
midi. L'une des bales s'est log6e
dams la poitrine ct est ~extraite, tan
dis que rautre p6n6tra plus has
ct est suppos6e etre enkyst6e dams
les muscles du dos.
LIE President para1t etre en- plei-
ne convalescence, grace au prompt
ct effectif secours qu'on lui admi-
nistra. A l'heure p~r6sente il repo-
SO confortablement dams la maison
de M. Milburn, president de l'Ex-
position Pan-Am6rica1ne a Buffa-
10, N. Y.
Madame Mckinley salt que lie
President est bien malade, mails
ellie ignore encore la nature de ls
catastrophe. On GRANT que CO nou'
veau choc matt un effet s6rieux sui
"a vie.
L'EoHo DE L'OUEsT s'unit a toul
les compatriotes Canadians fran
Gals de lOuest pour d6noncer Gel
outrage perp6tr6 contre le Pr6si
dent. II ny a pas un de. nous gu:
matt senti une douleur poignante
en- apprenant Ia nouvelle. Pas III
de nous qui matt 6prouv6 I'm senti.
ment d'afront en- lisant le r6cit dc
Get attendat contre les jours de no
tire bien-aim6 President.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1901-09-13
20 ADVERTISERS,

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