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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

the Japs were considerably ahead of the
best Of the Christian, ahies.'
To the lust for blood was added the hor-
rible treatment Of the women. Mr.. Dillon
writes:
SO far as have been able to make
out, and | have been at Some pains to in
IeSugate the subject, no officers of Eng
l1sh or German-speaking nationalities
nave been guilty OF these abomina lions
against defenseless women. And the
crimes of this nature which were COM
united in the cities, towns and villages
In which l was staying were numerous.
1t cannot be gainsaiu, and should be
openly affirmed, that after a time severe
measures were proclaimed against the Of
tenders, and l remember that on the Is
OF September a Russian soldier was ar
rested by some Indian troops in the act
Oh violating a woman, and was duly
handed over to his military SUI
periors for punishment. But 1t
would be unfair to pass over III
previously a Sikh had been pouncsd
upon by the Russians and delivered up to
the British for condign punishment for
similar offense; and, two days ca Ter st II,
TWO other Indians had been shot dead by
American soldiers for violating a China
woman. To compare Municipalities in re-
spect of the guilt of their representa-
tiveS would be at once misleading to the
historian and prejudicial to the cause of
humanity. 1t Is enough to know that out
RACES against female honor We're fetnous
and many; together with the taking of
unprotected lives and property, they were
the crimes most frequently committed
by the allied troops
As teS the Boxers, at first utter exter-
miration seems to have been the rule of
action.
Down to the beginning of November
the British were the only troops which,
to my knowledge, gave quarter to Box
ers, taking the Wounded members into
hospital and caring for them as for their
own men. They also refused, more than
once, to shoot In cold blood Cinnamon
who had fought against them in battle,
but were taken weeks later without arms
in their hands. Or the other hand the
Japanese, who, throughout Hiis invasion
of China, have been on their Sunday be-
haVior, We're the only power among the
allies who understood the natives gained
their confidence, restored perfect order
and re-established the reign of law The
Japanese districts of Tien Tsin and Pc
kin, for instance, were model cities quite
apart from all others. They We're crowd
ed with Cinnamon who had returned and
We're going about their ordinary business
without fear for life or property Mar
kets were held here every day and VIC
tuals bought aFidssold at the time that
all other wards OF these cities were in a
state of chaos and without vegetables or
meat. The Japanese: were an.Wsated by a
desire to show Europe that If a thorough
reorga nization eof China be desirable,
they, and they salone, can effect it.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

away the most unweildy vessels, images
and ornaments between their coats and
their skins 1t was very comical TO see
self respecting individuals, their features
serious and solemn, while their bodies
were so monstrously misshapen that even
as gargoyles they would have been I'M
possible One officer left with what many
fancied must be a ladies' tournure, eX-
panded by the heat to alarming dimen-
Sions His Friends explained afterwards
that the protuberance was caused by a
magnificent vessel of old china which he
in some mysterious way had Secreted on
his person.
The peculiar horrors Of this war the
author certainly does not exaggerate. 1t
may be questioned however, whether he
does not see the Manchu dynasty and the
Chinese in more amiable light than
they deserve. The matter resolves itself
into this: If China does not respect the
lives of the foreign representatives or Of
the Americans or Europeans who dwell
within her confines, she must be n.ada
to do so. This general rule holds god1
for Dahomey or China. The conclusion
of this remarkable article is as follows:
China has never meddled in European
affairs, never given the powers any just
sin consists in her obstinate refusal to
put herself in a state to do either. She
IS not encroaching upon the territory of
others, although her population has be-
come too numerous for her own. Her
only desire is to be left as she leaves
others, in peace. She has a right to in s
isolation. Russia allows no foreign mis-
scenarios to convert her people To in
duce a Russian subject to abandon his
church for Professionalism or CathoIi,i m
is crime, punishable by law Why
should a similar act not be similarly la
beled and treated in China? it is, Ct
course, useless to expect the powers to
change their line of action. But it IS
hardly too much to ask that the press
should modify it's language describing it.
Why should cultured and more or less
truth-loving peoples persist in speaking
of. the glorious work of civliziHg Chind,
when it is evident that they are running
her people. and demoralizing their own
troops besides? The future historian
viii find it difficult to explain how il
came about that the free Christian poo
pies, whose generous blood boiled with
Indignation against the high-handed ac-
ton of the British in South Africa were
at the very same time enthusiastic in
their praise Of the good work done by
the brave troops in China
The policy of the powers is sowing
of the wind, and the harvest reaped will
surely be the whlrIwind. But that be-
longs to the music of the future .
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REMARKABLE CRIMINAL
Passed Away When Ham White Died
Recently in Il Texas Prison.

P0Ssed Away When Ham White Died
Recently in Texas Prison.
Austin (Tex.) Cor. st. Louis Post Dis
patch.
Frank H. Hargon, who effected the
fobber, Ham White, learned, when ne
passed through Austin this week, for the
hrst time of the death Of the criminal
whose career he ended
MT Hargon Is a justice of the peace at
iIIano but had been at Marlin for his
health Ham White died in the oeniten-
lary at Rusk few days ago of con-
Ham White committed his last crime on
July Z, 1899. Mr.. Hargon was then a
deputy Sheriff in Llano county.
On the afternoon of July T. 1889" said
Mr.; Hargan to the Post-Dispatch, two
Peddlers were stopped ana robbed by a
I zone h1 a9, wa nine miles west OF
took from them $102 in currency and S13
In silver. The peddiGrs exported tile rob
pefy 70 US at once, and S:.ve a good de-
scr1ptlon of the robber. S::eriff Porter
and started for the scen. IN a buggy
We struck trail and foI,wed 1t west
ward Tour miles to a pasture which We
caused to be surrounded. A man on
horseback passed the guards that night
and next morning we took up the trail
again, and after chase OF ninety miles.
captured White eighteen miles from Aus
TN. He made no resistance. All tho
money was found on his person He was
convicted and sentenced to fifteen years
In the. Rusk penitentiary. He had con-
sumption then, and am not surprised to
learn of his death =
Whites most daring stage robbery
was committed in Colorado. He placed a
lot of dummies, each pointing a revolver
across the road, il, ambush. When tho
stage came along White fired several
slots, and The driver and passengers,
thinking the dummies were live outlaws,
surrendered and gave up all they had
White got $1,2OO in money out of that ad-
venture
White was forty-eight years old, land
had been an outlaw since his nineteenth
year. He was wounded many times.
When he was seven years old he saw
man named Wroe kill his father He
SWore that when he became a man no
would avenge the crime When he was
nineteen he went to the home of Wro4 IN
Bastrop county, and calling him out OF
the house, killed him with a shot gun.
Wroe's brother-inlaw shot him in the
knee, but White escaped. Then he took
up the robbipg of stages as a means OF
livelihood. and his first venture was the
robhing of the Lockhart-San Marcos and
San Marcos-San Antonio stages, single
handed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17
THE RIOT OF LOOT.

THE RIOT OF LOOT.
LootinG may be said to have been gen.
eral. The richest harvest was that CLEAN
ed by the japanese. They helped them
selves freely to the silver in the mint
| and treasury at Pekin. The Russians
showed the greatest ability in plumber
ing The lawless looting which the rules
of war against barbarians were said to
warrant was continued until there was
nothing left worth carrying off, AS to
the plundering Of the apartments in the
Forbidden City, Mr.. Dillon declares there
was a satanic humor about worthy of a
modern Hogarth. Everybody wanted a
souvenir"
'The civilizers burst into the imperial
chambers, despite the respectful requests
of the mandarins present. but it was
only, forsooth, 10 have look or to take
q photograph. Then they handled the
furniture, but merely in order to ascer-
tain the nature of the metals and the
hardness of the wood. Then drawers
were pulled out and cases opened, just
that they might glance at and alFlire
the barbaric splendor of the Chinese
court. And then, there was a pause
during which the intruders looked less at
the valuables and more at each other
One man would life up costly jade or
nament or fine piece of sIlverwo *
anime it with a blush. lay it down in a
half shame-faced, half regretful Way
and move on to another drawer. Then
he would return to the first and begin
these rites over again. One gentleman
had only just turned his back for sec
end on most artistic and ancient piece
Of Jade work, and was coming back to-
admire it once more. when he saw it dis
appear in the side pocket of another. who
remarked with a diplomatists euphem-
ism, One cannot go without a souvenir
That word souvenir was the formula
which every sone had been seeking for.
Once found, they all breathed and plJn-
dered freely. Each one wanted a SOU
venir, and as there was little time to pick
and choose, he took a number of articles
home for inspection. The full tide of
footing had now set in and could NO
longer be stemned even by the sturdiest
of those who were wont to be honest
IN daylight and virtuous in the preseuca
Of crowd. An officer of high rank.
coming in. shook his head sadly, but
exclaimed hopefully enough: Gentlemen,
no footing, please. Each one may take a
little souvenir, but nothing more But
coolies carrying Goals to steamers in
Hongkong could not be more expeditions
than was this respectable gathering of
military and civil officials, in slowing
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2 Specials for Men

Tomorrow the mems furnishing
goods store offers all its genuine
dog skin dress gloves, 81 to s1.25
kinds, at 75c, and big lot of
Neckwear, tecks, bows and four
in-hands, odds and ends
of soc and 75c lines at, ~
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Mail Orders.

VIII Go There" received several letters
from parfshfoners threatening dire ven
geance in case he dared to make use of
their names.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17
Thrcatened the preacner.

A preacher in Southern Missouri, after
having announced that he would preach
the following Sunday on "Hen and Who
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

would have quelled 1t almost without an
effort Yet they were kept with a Dame
cles' sword continually falling on Their
safe for an hour. Men I had been speak
ing to before lunch were in their graves
by shutdown, and no mortal will ever
know the reason why. The thirst of
blood had made men mad. The pettiest
and most despicable whipper- snapper who
happened to have seen the light of day
in Europe or Japan had uncontrollei
power over the life and limbs, the body
and soul, of the most highly-cultivated
Chinaman in the city. From his decision
knew what might betide him an hour
hence, if the European lost his temper
He might lie down to rest after having
worked like a. beast of burden for twelve
OF fourteen hours only to be suddenly
awakened out Of his sleep, marched a
few PAGES from his hard couch and shot
dead He was never told, and probably
seldom guessed, the reason why. 1 saw
an old man and woman who were thus
hurriedly hustled out of existence Their
days work done they were walking
harge on the river. They were the only
living beings found out of bed at the
time, and In the pockets of the woman
q candle and some matches were slowed
away Nobody, not even the boat watch
man, h2d seen them on or near the boat
Ihey We're bounced upon, taken to the
rivers edge; shot and buried. 1t was the
work of fifteen minutes or less. Sh art
sh1tt was given to any native. Euro.
peans had their own business to attend
10, and adjudicating matters of this kin
could be but an interlude. Executions
We're too frequent to have much prec Gus
time wasted on the preliminaries. No
IlIe ever broke out to my knowledge
without a number of Cinnamon being
inundated next day on the altar of ius-
tice or vengeance. The Chinese wee
treated as Christians were in the reign
of Nero
TREATMENT OF WOMEN.
If at the beginning there may have
been some isolated cases of Japane e
cruelty, Mr.. Dillon writes, 1.-The japanese
generals very sternly set their faces
against this species Of deviltry, visiting
the offenders brought before them with
such terrible punishment that among
their troops the practice died suddenly
out and the Japs succeeded in setting
an example of political wisdom TO all
the foreign allies" A further compIi-
ment is paid to the japanese:
In battle fearless and fierce they were
wont TO spare the lives of harmless peo-
PIE IN all towns and cities, and to post
up notices on the doors within which
such protected citizens dwelt, calling
upon all their allies to spare and not to
molest the inmates, who are good, loyal
people. In worldly wisdom, as in their
commissariat and hospital organization,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

And this they have gone far towards
proving to Europe and the world in the
most convincing way. Looting was first
put down in the japanese wards of Pc
kin -
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17
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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-02-27

to the shore. and at that I can bear a
useful hand"
Mac" said Kettle. Il take back
what said about you're being Scotch.
You're Il good SOUP He turned to
the girl, still shouting to make his
voice carry above the clash OF the seas
and the below OF the siren and the
noises Of the dying ship: ITS our only
chance, miss, swimming. The life
buoys from the bridge are all gone. /
looked. The hands will have taken
them. There'll be a lot OF timber float.
ing about when she goes down, and
Well be best clear Of that. VIII you
trust to usf'
IL trust you In everything" she said.
Deeper and deeper tho steamer sank
In her wallow. The lower decks were
swamped by this, and the miserable
cattle were either drowned In their
stalls or washed nj Of her. There
was no need for the three to Jump.
They just let go their hold. and the
next incoming wave swept them clear
Of the steamers spar deck and spurned
them 100 yards from her side.
They found themselves among n
hNiN VI nv oiiN otoNi lSut
some swimming frenziedly. and with
the inspiration of the moment laid hold
Of Ii couple Of beasts and so supported
themselves without further exertion.
1t was no use swimming for the pres
ent. They could not tell which way
the shore lay. And 1t behooved them to
reserve all their energies for the morn.
ing, so well as the numbing cold and
the water would let them.
or n sudden the below OF the steam.
er's siren ceased, and a pang went
through them as though they had lost
a friend. Then came a dull. mufiied
explosion, and hen Il huge, ragged
shape loomed up through the night
like some vast II sank
swiftly straight downward out Of sight
beneath the black. tumbled sea
"Poor old girl" said McTodd. spit
ting out the sea water. They'd a fine
keg Of whisky down in her messroom.'
"Poor devil Of n skipper" said Ket
tie. Its to be hoped he's drowned Out
OF harms way or it'll take lying tC
keep him any rags Of his ticket"
The talk died out of them after that
and the miscries OF the situation CLOSED
in. The water was cold, but the ali
was piercing. and 80 they kept theij
bodies submerged, each holding on {,
the bovine raft and each man sparin,
a few fingers tn kppp 81 grin on thp girl
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-02-27

A Docs ADvANTAaRs.-A Dutchman
addressing his dog, said my dog 70,
have a schnap. You vas only a dog ant
1 vas a man but l wish | vas you. Yor
effry haf the best of it. Ven you &c
mid the bed in you shust durn rount
tree times and lay down. Ven | 20 mid
the bod in l haf to lock up do blaze und
Wind up tho clock, und put tho cat oud
und undress minsolf und my wife wakes
up und scols me; den dc baby cries und
l hat to vawk him up und down; den
tC get CUP again. Ven you get I'D you
stretch yourself and scratch a couple of
times und you vas up. l hat to light tho
fire and put on the kettle, scrap some
mid my vito already and maybe l get
some breakfast You blay around all
day und hat plenty Of fun. | haf to work.
all day und hat plenty Of trouble. Ven
you die yous dead. Ven l die / hat to
go to hell yet ?"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-02-27

Prof. Massey, Of North Carolina, is
IA high authority on COW peas, and he
says he gets the best results to the
land by letting the peas remain till
killed by frost and then blowing them
under and sowing the land IN rye. We
believe that Is true; and then if the
rye is plowcd under when about knee
nigh 1T will be sure not only to help
the sod permanently, but make the
crop planted on the land very much
better, whatever the crop may be. If
plowcd under at that stage, rye soon
rots and it will keep the soil porous
and moist all summer.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-02-27
ia done nv best to ruin a brother cap

Ia lone my best to uln a brother cap
tain for good and always"
You are wrong" she repeated We
hemently. The man Is incompetent
by your own saying. and therefore he
should suffer"
Kettles heart chilled.
Miss Carnegie" he said. IL am dis
appointed In you. thought from your
poetry that you had feelings. | thought
you had charity, but l find that you
are cold"
And you" she retorted, "you that l
had set up for myself as All ideal OF
most OF the manly virtues. do you
think ! feel no disappointment when ]
hear that you are deliberately propos-
ing to be a liar!'
81 am no liar" he said sullenly. Il
have most faults, but not thai This Is
different. You do not understand. 1t
is not lying TO defend ones fellow ship
master before an inquiry board"
The girl turned to the pillow In her
chair and hid her face. "Oh, co. she
said, go! | wish | had never met you.
l thought you were so good and 80
brave and SO honest, and when 1t
comes 10 the pinch you are just like
the rest. Go! Go"
"You say you don't understand" said
Kettle. Il think you deliberately won't
understand, miss. You remember that
| said |! was disappointed In YOU. and l
stick TO that now. You make me re-
member that l ave got q wife and
family l am fond Of. You make me
ashamed l have not gone to them be-
fore. Goodby, miss"
"Goodby," she sobbed from her pill
low. 81 wish l could think you are
right, but perhaps 1t Is best us 1t Is"
In the village street outside was Nc
Todd, clothed In rasplng serge II In
clined to be %sententious. They've
whisky here" he said. with q jerk OF
the thumb. Irish whisky that's got a
smoky taste that's rather a~lluring
when once you've got over the first dis
like. I'm cut Of siller myself or I'd
stand you q glass. but II you be 10
funds | could guide you to the place"
Kettle was half tempted. but with
wrench he said NO" adding that il he
once started he might not know wheI
to stop.
quite right" said the engineer
you're quite (hic) right, skipper. A
man with an inclination to level him
self with the beasts that perish should
always be abstemious."
He sat against a wnyside fence ant
prepared for sleep. Like me-" HI
added solemnly, and hut his eyes.
NO." said Kettle to himself, IL won
forget It that way. | guess l can man
age without. She pretty well curet
me herself, and a sight OF the missi
will do the rest"
THE END
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-02-27

naborhood was in a stew, but Spencer
Jenkins reported sixty one dollars TO
the church IS comm fun the dinner, an
when the sashes an blin"s was nut up,
it was well nigh agreed in the church
that Mandy done it.
MANDY never did hurt uobody with
her hans but che would tear EN- up
with her tongue. IN it, 'psa.ed that the
hotter she got, the more work she could
do. She was never knowed TO sulk an
pout an git of in u corner an sit still
She jest made Up her mine to have her
way, an her temper never come to u
calm tell she had got thOo with what
was on hand. When she was mad, her
hair fairly riz up an her face got red an
stay ed 30. But work? She cou d do
more work in thai frame O mine thar
any six women at Swectwatcr. Luke
Sawyer. that had the wart on his nose
said he was a ridin' by one day. an seen
Mir. M~oorehead a settin' under u Tree by
the big gate. He ies. passed the time o
day, an rid on, but he knowcd Miss
Moorehead had run the ole man out, an
was keepin him out. May be so. She
was very spcritcd when once she got
her mouth a goin', an cf she did run
Moorehcad out, Iii warrant she done
somethin' to pay fur it fore night. Hel
Housekeeping was the bcs' in the nabor
hood, an n nan that couldn't eat hcl
cookin' was sure sick Mandy wasp,
like q gun that would bust an xiii you
jest for fun, but Ike one that would
shoot an hit you. Her tcmTc or Away
had a aim 20 it, an when the 'sp'osioI
was over with, it always 'pcarcd as i
Mandy done right to git mad. Tempe
that's got somethin' bchine it amt 81
bad; but when some people bust, the
amt nothin' lef. Them kino oughtn'
to git mad. They amt got sense enough
an that's jest what ails these two broth
ers that's nov q rowin' here Mt tn
church mectin'."
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-02-27

There are times when cattle get
choked from swallowing Il raw potato,
or other substance. TO remove the
obstruction there is nothing better than
six feet OF garden hose. Elevate the
head, open the mouth and pass the end
of the hose down the throat. If not
stiff cnoug'l to force the obstruction
down into the stomach, pass a buggy
whip down inside the hose and press
gently, but firmly. Grease the hose
well before using, and feed soft feed to
an animal for a day or two after
choking.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-02-27

John Scott, in the Commonwealth
quotes from a Judge Of the United
states Supreme Court: "Tou minis.
tcrs are making n fatal mistake IN not
holding forth before men, as promi.
neniiy az the previous generation did.
,he rc'riputlve isticc of God. You
nave iallcn into Il sentimental style of
r~hapsodlzing over the love of God, and
you ave not appealing TO that fear of
future punishment which your Lord
and Master made such a prominent
element i'll His preaching. And we
are seeing the effects of it i'm the wide.
spread OF generalization of private
virtue and corruption Of public con,
science throughout the land.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-02-27

- Quitea commotion has been aroused
IN the Nebraska Legislature by a
prayer uttered by the chaplain in the
House OF Representatives. 1t was In
this wise 90 Lord, we thank Thee
that the members of the Legislature can
come and go between their homes and
their Legislative halls with such case
ana such little expense to themselves u
ms cut at the Solons who travel on
Iailroad passes has reused great indigna.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-02-27

american corn, according 20 IIoard's
l'alryman, costs the Danish farmer 80
cents per bushcl. In addition TO corn
mat country imports large quantities
OF oil-mca and cottonsced meal. Conl
rs imported from England. In spite
vi all MS expense the Danish farmer
says that dalrying pays.