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bility which seems inconceivable to any
white man who has ever come into contact
with the Neutrality-suspicious. means are
taken to trip up the recalcitrant member
over some trfling police regulation. Hav-
Ing succeeded in this object the union au-
thorities quietly notify the municipal elders
in whose hands is centered the administra-
ton of local justice that disciplinary meas
Gres are necessary, and they inflict punish
ment accordingly.
The various unions keep the roads of
their own districts, and collectively main
tain the town police and the school. Each
village has d real interest in educational
matters for this reason: A scholar Chat
Is. a man who has passed. by examination,
into the literary class has the right at all
times to see the mandarin, and as 1t
is a well-accepted custom that a scholar
should always intervene on behalf OF any
of his own village in trouble with the au-
thorities, it follows that the more scholars
district can produce the better for the
inhabitants thereof.
To lessen the number of police (and there
by the rates for their supporO the labor
leagues enact that any person who catches
a thief red-handed on his premises is bound
TO give him up to justice. no matter what
are the circumstances which might incline
rule reduces the captor to the same level
as the criminal. This law has in the past
been stumbling block to missionaries
who have not always realized the mistaken
impression Of Christian morality produced
upon natives by the pardon of thief
caught pilfering during a prayer meeting
or class instruction p
The usual penalty inflicted for petty lar
ceny is the walking punishment" The
offender. stripped to the waist, and pre-
ceded by tom-toms and bells, IL marched
through the streets attended by . police
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CHINESE TRADE, UNIONS
rfx Prices of Goods and Boycott and
Tcrrerize Their Victims.

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
On the surface of things. trade unionism
appears to he distinctly a modern develop
ment of sociology. The surface. however.
as an Irish public speaker once s1piently
remarked is merely superficial" and
unions under the name of labor leagues
have been known to China from time i'm
memorial. All tradesmen belong to the
guild of their own trade. which exists
mainly to prevent underselhng. Only in
certain districts is there an effort made to
control rates of wages. and nowhere to
limit hours OF labor 1t is these leagues
which ordain that shops retailing the same
class of goods must all be concentrated III
one district. an arrangement which always
seems so ridiculous to the foreigner Thus.
In a native town. one street will be entire
ly inhabited by jewelers.. another by silk
merchants, and so on. 1t is very convent
ent for the customer. though the plan is
not intended fo- his benefit but merely to
simplify the system of spying. There Is al
ways minimum price fixed by the league
for every article on the market. and even
the smarteSt foreign bargain driver will
find II well-nigh impossible to beat the VEN
dor down below this price. even though a
less sum might repay him personally.
The methods by which the labor leagues
enforce thel- authority are unique. If q
man is found out underselling or otherwise
infringing the rules by which he is bound
a hint is quietly dropped to the local head
OF the Beggars Union, and that worthy de-
tails a specially numerous and loathSome
body of mendicants-lepers IL availa ble-to
Day assduous attention to the offender s
establishment II this penalty fail-a possl-
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English Girls of Today.

Ten years ago very few girls rode in the
park, unattended by a groom or drove in
cab or hanson alone They were not al
lowed to dine out, or pay country visits by
themselves. and certainly no girl, except
those who Hveo in the sacred precincts OF
BeIgravia (and never beyond), was allowed
to take a walk without some sort of chap
eron. Ten years ago girl always came
back to her mother after every dance. She
would have been viewed with grave dis
pleasure if she frequented shady corners, or
"sat OUT with her partners, and she was
always within call when a tired mother
wished to go home, and no correspondence
between two young people of the opposite
sex would have been allowed, even under
the most searching maternal scrutiny. Abb
solute Difference was paid to the maternal
opinion on questions affecting the character
or choice of friends, or the general conduct
of life and from her verdict there was no
appeal.
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man or executiorer, who administers a
heavy blow with bamboo cane every few
steps. The cangue is another ordinary PEN
atty. A man wearing this collar can neither
rest nor feed himself, for the projecting
wood prevents him from reaching his hand
to the mouth.
1t is difficult to overestimate the power
of the trade unions in up-country towns
where they control the actions of both the
elders and taotai. For instance, should
the latter interfere with a member of a
guild, the labor league simply orders all
shops to be closed and the municipal dues
withheld If this dsocation of business
continue more than day two. "a state
of rebellion" in official parlance, thereby
automatically exists. The district mandarin
is compelled to take cognZance of the out
break, and the local gentleman is either de-
graded or beheaded. In civilized countries
trade unions are not an unmXed blessing,
but it is certainly matter for congra atula-
ton that they are not quite so autocratic
as in China.
Mr.. Gayboy lover his paper)-"Well, we'll!
Here's another shocking story of crime.
Truly, one-half the world doesn't know
how the other half lives
Mrs. Gayboy (significantly)-"Yes, ana
very frequently mans better half
doesn't know how the other half lives
PHILADELPHIA Press.
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HEgeateHc o dn eremdyi clearly "
noced
r. o premature allure of vital is t ito get D Geee
may
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The Other Side.
From the Philadelphia Press,

T
II suppose your experience is that a good
many tenants find 1t cheaper to keep NOV
ing than to pay rent remarked the in
quisitive man.
mo doubt" replied the candid real estate
agent. land we frequently find ii cheaper
to keep them moving than to make the rs-
pairs they require"
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Her Heart like a Polluted Spring.

Mrs. James Srigley, Pelee Island. Ont, says: 81
was for i've years afilcted with dyspepsia. constl
patton heart disease and nervous prostration I
cured the heart trouble with DR.. Agnew's Cure for
the Heart and the other ailments vanished like
mist. Had relief In half an hour after the first
dose" Sold by F. s. WILLIAMS, 9th and F SITS. (;
EDMONDS 4 WILIIANS, Sd and Pa. ave. II
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A Cure for Pain
=QuiCk==Safe==Sure=
DR.. Miles, Pain Pills
Cure all kinds of Pains and Aches.

DIR. Miles Pain Pills have given great comfort
to myself and family, well as to scores OF
friends and chance acQuaintances l always carry
them with me, and relieve a headache or pain
wherever find it. REV. W. d. BARGER,
Hagerstown, Md.
Nothing gives relief from headache like DR..
Miles Pain Pills. They give almost instant re-
lief. have used them myself and in the family
with splendid results. MRS. A. ]. SMALL,
Hagerstown, Nd.
We have been using DIR. Miles Pain Pills for
quite while and find they without an equal.
For headaches they cannot be beat. They go right
to the spot.
MR. AND MRS. F. NJ. McCREARY,
Ellerslie, Md.
There is nothng the market that is equal to
DIR. Miles Pain Pills for headache. would not
take 81 90 apiece for the last package bought If
could get like them.
MRS. J. w. CONVICTION,
Sharpstown,- Md.
have found Df Miles Pain Pills most valu-
able cure for sick nervous headache. Have used
them myself and given them to others. and they
never fail MRS. WM. ii. WHARION,
Crisield Nd.
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on. GREEWES|
NHERVzERA
PROJECTS WGRfEw AT THIS
CRITICAL 7KffE.

For the great crisis which comes to women
just beyond middle age, nothing will prepare
them so we'll as this great medicine
MRS. VIM LAMSON, ORANGE, MASS, SAYS:
'My trouble turn OF lie. was confined to the
bed for three years. suffered great pain and
very near losing my life; l did bat Just ive-ilst es
capped the grave employed two doctors, and derived
nc benefit from them Mrs David Goddard, of Orange
Mass who had been cured by Dr.. GIeene's Nervura
blood and nerve remedy, advised me to Nervura.
g / was confined 20 my bed when began use the
medicine. gradually began to improve and have now
used five bottles and entirely cured do hard work
every day, and firmly believe that if had used Dr.
Greenes Nervura should now have been in nv grave"
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City, yet # the persons who need help VIII
not do this, great good will be experienced by
them in the use Of Dr. Greene's Nervura, the
perfect invigorator for those who begin to feel
the wear and tear of life.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-04-12

remedy for the grip and catarrh. I
have used it in my family, and they
all Join me in recommending it as an
excellent remedy George H. White.
Hon. j. P. Megrew, Superintendent
U. S. Capital Police Force, of Wash
ington, D. c., says:
Having suffered from the grip, I
was advised by friend to use your
Peruna. I also used it for my catarrh,
and can now cheerfully recommend
your remedy to anyone who is suffer-
ing from the grip and catarrh.'-J. P.
Megrew. ..r ..
Miss Anna Russell, Past Worthy
Counselor, Loyal Mystic Legion, 293
Endicott Bldg, st. Paul, Mimi, writes:
"For years have unfortunately
found my system in peculiarly recep-
tive condition for catarrh when 1 was
exposed in any way to inclement
weather. At those times 1 would be
severely afflicted with la grippe and its
unpleasant consequences. t .st
Nov for the past year and half
have used Peruna in such cases and
have found that it not only cures me
quickly, but 1t also cleanses my blood
and renders me less liable to catch
cold. 1t is the finest preventative of
colds that I know Of and a very su-
perior tonic. Russell.
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Steve Brodie Was
a Product of w
the Slums

the poet has called two lovely black
eyes," before he could persuade her
not to cling to him and drag them both
down.
But everything was not smooth sail
ing for Brodie. He lost money on the
race tracks and in 1884, on election
bets. lost the last of the $4,000 he had
made in his walking matches. In 1886,
when reduced to extremeties, he deter
mined to recoup his fortunes by
plunge from the Brooklyn bridge. This
he accomplished and fame and fortune
came to him at his beck. He was fair
ly fought for by managers of museums,
and finally consented to display his
charms for $3.50 a week in a Coney Is
land galaxy of living skeletons and
bearded ladies. Thence he moved to
most Of the larger cities, earning as
much as $1,000 week in Boston, that
home of culture. After a short dra-
matte career in two plays wherein he
displayed only such histrionic promise
as can be expressed in leap from a
high tower, he travelled the country as
bridgejumper. One leap of 100 feet
he made every day for week, for an
equal number of dollars.
Brodie then opened a saloon on the
Bowery, where he prospered. But the
spirit of adventure was in him. He
took time to break several records as @,
long-distance swimmer and also three
of his ribs in jumping from the Follgh-
keepsie bridge, a distance of 212 feet.
He also married again, his first wife
having died. To his many activities
he added that of a newspaper cores"
pondent and made tour of Europe.
sending home his impressions, which
were turned into the purest Bowery-
ese and published in a New York pa
per.
Brodie had an intensely human side
to his nature. During the hard winter
of 1893 he made midnight distributions
of bread, sausages and coffee to the
homeless wretches of New York's sub
merged classes. He buried many
friendless pauper and in multiple
ity of ways put into effect the warm
sympathy of his Irish heart.
Some time ago Brodie sold his sa-
loon in New York and went to Buffalo
where he opened place similar to the
one he had conducted in the metropo-
lis. But poor health forced him to give
it up and he went to Texas, where
consumption at last laid hold of him.
Brodie's fortune is estimated at
100000. He owns property in Brook
lyn and Harlem, which will grow more
valuable with the years and which
may furnish the basis for rival house
to that of the Astors.
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his newspaper peddiing by jumping
from the dizzy heights of boats moored
at the New York docks, thereby I'M
consciously preparing himself for the
event that was to transform his life.
In 1879 Brodie Joined in the craze for
long-distance walking and was so sue
cessful in the matches that in three
years he had saved $4,000, whereupon
he married the daughter of confeder-
ate colonel. He built and sublet boot
black stands and later became a street
car conductor. Even in this most pro-
sale of industries he found opportunity
to save two negro children from, a
fire along his route. When he was only
Is he saved a girl from drowning in
the ice-choked East river He then
joined the New York Life Saving
Corps and soon afterward rescued
three persons from drowning. At the
worlds fair he saved a chorus girl
from drowning and found it necessary
to present this last flotsam with what
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-04-12

IKE A TERRIBLE CYCLONE grip
bacillus has passed over our coun-
l. try, from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific. leaving behind it a dark cloud
of anguish and despair.
Catarrh follows grip as effect follows
cause.
A multitude of catarrh victims will
spring up in the trail of the awful cpl
demic of grip that has Just passed over
our fair country.
The hope to these people is Peruna
Most people know this already.
Everyone who has had the least
touch Of grip, should not fail to take
a course of treatment with Peruna.
Peruna eradicates every vestige Of
the disease and leaves the system In
normal condition.
Hon. Joseph B. Crowley, Congress-
man from Illinois, writes from the Ma
tional Hotel. Washington. D. c., as
follows:
AFTER giving Peruna a fair trial 1
can cheerfully recommend your remedy
to anyone suffering with coughs, colds.
la grippe and all catarrhal COM
plants. ."-J. B. Crowley.
Hon. George H. White, Congressman
from North Carolina, writes:
II am more than satisfied with Pc
runa. and find it to be an excellent
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-04-12

Miss Alice Dressler, 1913 North Bry-
ant Ave, Minneapolis, Mimi, writes:
Last spring / suffered from la
grippe and was partially cured, bur
the bad after-effects remained through
the summer, and somehow i did not
get strong as l was before. In the fall
1 caught cold after getting my feet
wet and attending lecture in cold
hall, and l suffered a relapse. An un-
pleasant catarrh Of the head and
throat followed, and as I was in a
weak condition physically previous to
this, it took but little to break me
down completely.
zone of my college friends who was
visiting me, asked me to try Peruna,
and did so and found it all and more
than 1 had expected. 1t not only cured
me of the catarrh. but restored me to
perfect health, built up the entire sys-
tenn, and brought happy feeling OF
buoyancy which I had not known for
years" Miss Alice Dressler.
If you do not derive prompt and sat
isfactory results from the use of Pc
runa, write at once to DR.. Hartman,
giving a full statement Of your case
and he will be pleased to give you his
valuable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-04-12

Mr. Croker's bed room, so that if sleep
refuses to be wooed by him he can
soothe his feelings by the strains of
music.
Mr.. Crokers' life is that of the
wealthy middle class English gentle
man. He forms no acquaintance and
pays no visits. Every Sunday, when
at Letcombe, he drives to Hendred, six
miles distant, to attend mass. He is
said to be generous to all local chari-
ties and he never discusses politics,
either British or American.
He maintains magnificent stables at
the Moat House, and not far distant
is his stud farm. He has an eXtraordi-
nary love for animals and owns some
of the most famous dogs in the world.
in the recent campaigns by this
means" r.e13tS"g "a 3
In regard to fires in America: "The
losses arising from these conflagrations
are incomprehensible in European
eyes. Aside from the f1inlsiness Of
American construction, which is an
open fact, there must be some question
of the fire fighting service. We should
think that in America. at least in the
larger cities. they would find it in the
end economical to adopt our German,
system; namely, to supplement the
volunteer fire companies with regular
paid force, at least in the proportion
of half and half. The cost is not great,
and the morale of the service is much
improved"
About the American girl: "She is
permitted to do just as she pleases,
with no restraint whatever. Not al
ways, but we might say usually, she
picks out the man she desires to marry,
proposes to him, and marries him
without informing her parents until
after the deed is done. Often, when
the man of her choice is negro (there
is a strong prejudice against negroes
in the northern states especially the
father organizes body of men from
among his friends and neighbors. sAd
the negro husband is lynchafA"
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-04-12
SIOO Reward 81OO.

Leaders of this paper will be pleased to
Eiat there is at least one dreaded disease
iience has been able to cure in all its
ana that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
.ne sN only positive cure now known to the
Fraternity. Catarrh being constitu-
Plsease, requires constitutional treat
hails Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
tarectly upon the blood and mucous sur
lhe system, thereby destroying the
,on OF the disease, and giving the patient
~ Dy building up the constitution and
" nature in DOR = its work. The pro-
nave so much faith in its curative
.aat they offer One Hundred Dollars for
pnials -'- ADV Va
sS ss e. 4. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O
fsmily Pills are the best Af 's
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-04-12

In the little village of Letcombe,
near Vantage, Berkshire county, Eng,
stands the Moat House, the home of
Richard Croker, boss of Tammany
hall. The house stands on site said
to have been occupied by royal hunt
ing lodge as far back as the reign of
King John; but all traces of an
tiquity, except the moat that sur
rounds it, have vanished. Since Mr..
Croker took possession of the place
five or six years ago he has consider
ably enlarged it, by additions in the
rear and also by restoring the towers
The interior of the house is decorated
in excellent taste. The dining room is
panelled with oak, while in the draw
ing room is an electric piano, which
can at any time be switched on from
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Jumped
Into T anne

The death of Steve Brodie. which oc.
curred few days ago at San Antonio,
4ie&as' removed character whose ca
reer was most picturesque. A product
OF the slums of New York, Brodie
acnleVed both fame and fortune, not
py the route of genius but by the way
cr gravity. His jump from the Brook
lyn bridge made his name.
Brodie's first industry was the SELL
ing OF newspapers, and among the
newsboys of New York, that remark
able army of ants, prematurely old,
and wise beyond their years in self
preservation and independence, he
grew calloused to hard knocks and pri-
Vatlons. He varied the monotony OF
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-04-12
AS SOME GERMANS SEE US.
Remarkable Extracts Concerning Ameri-
cans from a Leading Paper.

Remarkable Extracts Concerning Ameri-
cans from a Leading Paper. y
The following extracts from so
prominent German newspaper as the
Munich Neueste Nachrichten will as
tound the average American. In re-
cent number it said: -,f
"In large national or rebel wars,
like the campaign against Cuba and
Manila, the same thing (peculation)
happens in the inspection Of regiments.
The colonel receives every week the
money to pay his men. His regiment
numbers perhaps 4S0 combatants, but
he borrows 300 or 400 from neighbor-
ing regiment, dresses them in the uni
form of his own regiment. made ready
beforehand, and--there! the regiment
has a strength of 700 to 900 men! The
colonel naturally puts the balance OF
the money in his pocket, and when the
time comes for the neighboring regi-
ment to be inspected, he helps his
brother colonel by a loan Of men in the
same way. So when it apears, by
American statistics, that perhaps 10000
men take part in the campaign, there
are really but 10000. Many colonies
Ind generals became enormously rich
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DECAY OF MANNERS.
Cannon People Alone Are Truly
Rallta

Cannon People Alone Are Truly
Polite.
.1 believe the manners of men in
west and in the Soeth are very
Poh better. But the East sets the
Psion and makes the pace. What
% .ho vogue in New York reaches
'nT francisco and New Orleans in
and the nearer place sooner. So,
~ be the thing to be rude in the
~ we may expect that it will be
fashion also on the Pacific and
Il before very long. But there Is one
90 of people in America which, l
~ is not likely ever to become
"cted with the bacilli Of rudeness.
lllude to the plain people, the COM
y neople. They are too good and
substantial at bottom ever to be-
40 yery vulgar. They have never
n adopts in the graceful social arts.
the contrary, they have never
N acquainted with them, and care
Hing about them. But they are hon.
and kind, and they hate meanness
nastiness for the deadly sins that
are. And they know them, too,
sight They are simple and unaf-
cd but they are as far as possible
n being foolish. ,rs Is ,,s
a lady Of experience told me the
Or day that she believed the plain,
rv-day, common American man was
most dependable. creature alive.
" never fail you, There is no
iness they will not undertake, no
lice they will not render. And I
bntly learned Of young girl who
|w this fact by instinct. She had to
rney to Chicago alone. From the
a she was molested by the atten-
of this man and that. She be-
almost frantic in her nervous
In desperation she gave up her
and to quote her own words: I
over to where there was plain,
mon, kind-looking, middle-aged
sitting and asked If 1 might sit
him. He said, certainly and
e room for me. That was the end
He seemed to understand, and
other men Also John Gilmer
I'd in Ainslee's. ,...
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noIent and Modern Proverbs.

Ancient and Modern Proverbs.
he who knows not, and knows not
he knows not is fool; avoid
he who knows not, and knows that
knows not, is simple; teach him.
lie who knows and knows not that
knows, is asleep; wake him.
but he who knows and knows that
tnows, is a wise man; follow him."
From the Arabian Proverbs.
ie who travels by the New York
i raj knows that he rides over
bth and level tracks, in luxurious
Is, at great speed, through the
delightful country, and at a cost
ht two cents per mile.
his man is OF sound Judgment
bw his example. and you will be
""
An American Proverb.
pm the Brooklyn Standard Union.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-04-12

Hung Chang thinks the Christian
IS, to be consistent, should amend
Fading of the eighth command
to-, Thou shalt not steal, but
mayst loot"
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-04-12

/ prominence achieved by Garfield
Rs a blood purifier has not been
ed by another remedy; an i'm
ment in the complexion can be.
after few days use.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-04-12

frost-bite, chilblains, sore and
Joints, stiffness of muscles, try
"a oil. 1t won't disappoint you.
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you take any stock in this abol-
ent of Santa Claus" mo, indeed;
couldn't blame our mistakes on
Claus we couldn't live with Bob
| ALL"
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-04-12

good little boy went to Sunday
III and learned the text: 60 to the
thou sluggard." But when he got
he recited it: "Go to your aunt
BET slugged."
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-04-12

tonE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
I've BRoMo QUlNrNE TABLErs. AL
,eiund the money II IL fails to cure
ove's signature ia on the box. PIC.