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Bridgeton pioneer., 1901-07-04
To Our Pastor.

Praise God tonight. ring out our song,
That He has blessed our church so long,
And in this room tonight we meet
Your kind and smiling face to greet.
Thro all these years you've led us on
Unfaeringly before us gone
A friend you've been to young and old
Both tried and true, and pure as gold.
So now to you this song we bring
And from our true hearts we will sing
Thank God for all the good you've done,
And may he spare you years to come.
The elders cay they'll by you stand
The trustees each Iextend band
The matrons will you ever bless
While you or them their babes caress.
The young men of your counsels talk
And in your footsteps try to walk
The maidens all have one IT gret
They say you're not perfection yet.
That what you need to sweeten life
They all are sures little wife,
But in all gold there's some alloy
And each ones faults must some annoy.
You've by us stood in days gone past
And true the years are flying FAST
In sorrows hour you came to share
And lifted many load with prayer
In days of JOY you took your part
Your mirth and jest made glad the heart.
Now may your last days be your best
And with the Fathers smile be best.
Jesse P. Reeves, President of the
society, made very pleasant address,
felicitating Rev. Beadle, and upon
behalf of the Juniors of the church,
Hiss Maud Cornwell made a few re-
Alarks.
Il Mrs. John E. Minch rendered the
colo BLESSED" from the "Holy
City" Addresses were made by
Revs. S. W. Beach, W. J. Bridges and
DR.. J. B. Ware. All were pleasing
and congratulatory, and appreciated
by everybody.
, A quartette, Mrs. Minch, Miss Ry-
nick, Messrs. Woodruff and Dona-
ghay, sang very prettily and an ad-
7ress upon behalf ofthe Elders was
..de by Thomas U. Harris, Esq.
Mr.. Beadle was very much embar-
assed when he arose to reply to all
he nice things that had been said of
him and for a minute or more he
could not make himself heard above
the storm of handclapping that greet
ed him.
Mr.. Beadle's remarks were in his
usual. happy vein and he was sincere
" grateful for the demonstration of
good will that had been accorded him.
After the reception there was a
happy social time, and refreshments
were served.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1901-07-04

Prayer was offered by Rev. John
Seppard, of Conshohocken, Pa, and
the following poem, composed by
Miss Sallie Westcott, was effectively
read by Miss Mary Harding:
Bridgeton pioneer., 1901-07-04
Gave Them a Reoeption.

Recently Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Stout,
were married, and arrived home from
Olean, New York. Last night re-
ception was rendered them by Mrs.
Maria Rogers, another of Mrs. Stout,
at her residence, No. 100 New street.
There were present some seventy five
invited guests, and they enjoyed the
event greatly. The rooms were taste
fully decorated with ferns, plants and
flowers, and the hours passed away
rapidly with music, vocal and instru-
mental, recitations and other social
pleasures. Refreshments were served
later in the evening.
Some women will waste baby talk
on pet poodle and then wonder why
their children grow up to be so worth
less
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-10

The revolution would have been among
the landmarks of the century. But
Ii, in 1880, was no longer a young man.
he lacked the adventurous spirit. The
dynasty had loaded himself and his
family with honors. His brother had
been created a viceroy. Even if am
bition had had it's will, the sentiment
OF gratitude was not dead. There was
perhaps another thought A dynasty
created by the sword of Gordon might
have rested under that sword, and Ii
would have reigned as the pupil OF an
English resident, like the rajahs of
Hindustan.
Whether some hint of this came to
light or not cannot be said. But the
presence OF Gordon in Tien Tsin and
these repeated conferences with Ii
reached st. Petersburg and London.
They may have awakened anxiety in
Pekin, and assuredly did not escape
the keen eye of Sir Robert Hart, the
gifted statesman who presided over
the customs service and was for a long
time the confidential adviser of the
Chinese foreign Office. Russia was es-
pecially uneasy. She was not friendly
with China and could not view without
alarm the presence of Gordon talking
military themes to the Viceroy. Com
plant was made to London and Mr..
Gladstone, ever complacent where Rus
STA was concerned, gave orders that
Gen. Gordon should quit China. So
the incident closed. The vision of tile
crown passed away.
Gen. Grant.
The relations between Gen. Grant and
Ii had almost the element Of romance.
From the moment that Gen. Grant ar
rived in China the Viceroy took the
deepest interest in his movements. Mes
sages from awaited the General at ev-
cry point. Arriving at Tien-Tsin on an
American war vessel, before he could
debark theeViceroy came on board. THE
fact that Gen. Grant had held sover-
eign power sank deeply into the Vice.
roy's mind. And sovereignty could not
be divested by any mere resignation or
suppression by electoral forms. Then
came the element of imagination 10 be
expected from a poet Ike III whose
mind was permeated with hyperhole
and Oriental fancies. He and Gen.
Grant were born in the same year. The
name OF Gen. Grants opponent was
Lee. His own name was l.. Their stars
were IN accord. The fervor with which
the Viceroy evolved this graceful fancy,
as though Il were A message from the
stars, N yet remembered by members
Of the legation then present.
In 1896 II Hung Chang visited New
York IN the course Of tour around
the world He WAS received with un-
usual honors and enjoyed himself 10
the full. When the newspaper men
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EARL LIS CAREER.
LIFE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF
THE CHINESE STATESMAN.

Was the Great Type of His Race
His Opposition to Foreign innovn-
tions-Years of Services for China
Meeting with Gen. Grant-Rose
From Handle Origin.
From the New York Mail and Express.
In the musical comedy San Toy"
song is sung by Gen. How, an alleged
viceroy of China, called I'm Going to
Introduce Into China" That hits on
Lii Hung Chang exactly. He was al
ways going to introduce European
civilization into China, but he always
Just failed. He was keen enough TO
see how far China was being left be-
hind the rest of the world, and he was
progressive enough to see how he
could make her catch up, but he was
not aggressive enough to insist that
she do so.
That was why China was beaten by
Japan in 1894, and that is why China
is now disrupted, following the attacks
on the legations a year ago last sum-
mer. Ii Hung Chang. when he had
the opportunity. could not overcome
was by his knowledge of Occidental
methods. He might have been the
greatest man in the world.
He might have been that al
most impossible thing in these days
a dictator. Instead. he died practi-
cally disgraced. 1t was no ones fault
but his own. He was ambitious, but
he was not willing to take the chances
of realizing his ambition, and that's
precisely where he failed.
Rnse From Humble Life.
His career furnishes a striking ex-
ample of the great possibilities lying
before a man of ability and persever-
ance in a country where scholarship
never fails 10 meet with just recogni-
tion. BY his unaided efforts he rose
from the humble station in which he
was born-his parents were but little
better than coolies--to the exalted po-
Rition Of virtual ruler OF three hundred
and fifty millions OF people.
In China civil promotions are made
a. a result Of competitive examina-
tions. and II Hung Chang was three
times one OF the 200 successful men out
Of 1900 competitors, his last contest
winning him the highest degree con-
felTed On = eiyu servant Of the em-
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officers were Americans and Europeans.
The success of this army under the
command of Chinese Gordon spread
the fame of Ii Hung Chang far and
wide, and his rise in office and lower
thereafter was most rapid. In 1870,
however, his career received a serious
check when, after the rien-Tsin mas
sacre, he was jisgraced and his titles
were taken away. For two years af
ter this he remained in retirement, but
at the end of that time he once more
assumed tn burdls of public srvice in
the Office of Srand Chancellor, which
he had held before, and was chosen TO
act independently as mediator in the
case of the killing of Mrs. Margary.
Disgraced by Emperor.
In his office of viceroy of China he
was the chief administrator of his
country during the troublous times
Of the China-Japan war; which result
ed so disastrously for the Chinese, and
as such he was held responsible for the
misfortunes attending that struggle,
and was deprived by the young Em-
peror of some of his most treasured
decorations, losing with them the long
cherished power which, from the length
of its exercise he had come 10 regard
almost as an inalienable right. But
he had friend at court, even in the
hour of his disgrace. The ex-Enopress
of China was for years the firm friend
and ally of the Viceroy. To her par
TALLY was due in some measure the
tremendous power welded by him, and
1t was she that brought about his REIN
statement in favor and secured his APP
pointment as China's Peace Commits
sioner.
1T was never easy to transact busi-
ness with LII, and yet he was always a
man of his word. He would turn a
question over and over again-quick
TO detect the slightest error In your
statement" says writer who knew
him personally. TT was never safe
to go TO him without having your
case prepared. He would take moth
ing for granted, nor accept 'assur-
ances' or understandings.
HE never professed affection for
foreign powers. and was free from
sentiment so far as they were con-
cerned. II he ever had sentiment as
regards foreigners, II was toward Gen.
Gordon and Gen. Grant. But TO the
average foreigner ii was the man be-
hind the counter-hls business 10 make
the best bargain. You came there TO
serve your purpose. he would serve
that OF China. lie had no pride ~
opinion as against "A fact. and once
the fact became patent, he would fol-
low n 20 is conclusion with logic
and courage. in this II was unlike
any other Chinese statesman, ana u
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pire. To his scholarship. then, Ii Hung
Chang owed his early success in life;
but the qualities of mind that were af-
terward to make him master of China
were not exhibited until the TAPPING
rebellion, from 1859 to 1864.
Lii Hung Chang was a tall man, not
too portly. six feet in hight and of erect
carriage. His shaven head, with its
long queue, emphasized the contour of
his head. His swarthy, yellow skin
proclaimed the pure Chinese breed to
which he belonged--for he had not
drop of Manchu blood in his veins. His
penetrating, black eyes glowed under
cavernous arches. yet their severity
was tempered with a look of geniality
and humor which was wont TO break
over his face like sunshine. A gray,
dropping mustache softened the firm
lines of his mouth, while a thin, gray
imperial gave peak to his solid chin.
Altogether, his appearance gave one an
impression of unmistakable greatness.
He had an abrupt and at times turbu-
lent manner-with capacities for vehe-
ment anger-and there were occasions
when courtiers and high people would
seek safety in fight. These occasions,
however, were rare. To most men he
was stately, imperative person. with
a capacity for asking questions and
gwen 10 1ilOChlnR anu duQ
unique views of Western affairs.
Ii was always Chinaman, and not
superior to the superstitions of his
race. There were stories of his adora-
ton of a snake at one time current
in diplomatic circles. 1t was in the
simplicity of his greatness, as history
records of most men of his stamp, that
Ii did not disdain the superstitions of
his people.
wholly Oriental.
Essentially a Chinaman, il is difl-
cult to make such character clear
to the Western mind. Learned beyond
any man of his class, vet his learning
would be ignorance to us. He knew
few English words, which he would
speak in a timid, laughing way. like
child with "a Christmas toy which II
did not quite comprehend. Otherwise
he was familiar with no language but
his own. 1t was beneath his dignity
10 acquire the barbarian forms OF
speech known as English and French.
He would not say this, because he was
too polite. but IL was in his innermost
thought.
Ii Hung Chang. was all his life y
busy man. Even In his later days he
used 20 rise frequently at o'clock In
the morning 10 begin his official la
bors, from which he would take no rest
until p. m. Nor did he always limit
himself 20 these hours. Inspections II
troops, OF arsenals and OF shipyards
and the countless details u admins.
tratiye duty which could not be penned
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within the walls of bureau, taxed his
time. Some idea may be had of the
multiplicity of his duties when it is
remembered that he was at one and
the same time Viceroy of Pe-Chi-Li,
the metropolitan province which in
cludes Pekin; senior grand secretary
of state, high imperial commissioner
of foreign affairs, senior tutor OF the
emperor. director general of the coast
defenses of the north and of the itn-
perial navy, and northern superIntend-
ent of trade. Yet he found leisure to
give audience to distinguished visitors
from all parts of the world, and took
delight in exchanging ideas with those
who brought with them a fresh intel
lectual breeze. Living modestlv in
Tien Tsin, the provincial capital, locat-
ed about nineteen miles from Pekin,
at the junction of the Pei-ho river and
the Grand canal his meagerly furnish
ed yanum gave no hint of the i'm
portant work done within its walls.
From the moment of the rafting of
the early morning gong to awaken his
drowsy staff. till the close of the Off
cial day twelve hours later, every MEM
Der of his large corps of ser 'etaries
and assistants was kept busy under
his ever watchful eve. 1t was no sine
cure to belong to the household of Ii
Hung Chang.
An InftexibIe Chiuamnn.
He was an infiexible, conservative
Chinaman, even in the matter of dress
and of food. He would not remove a
button from his garme 1T, nor a hair
from his pigtail. How would look"
he would say, 'in French clothes, or
talking French-eating French food?"
Yet he could, when occasion demanded
1t. forget his prejudice to Western
ideas, even going to the length Of using
the French cuisine in mis- own house.
hold, as was his invariable custom on
the occasion of the splendid banquets
given by him in Gordon Hall, Tien
Tsin, to native and foreign no.
liabilities. At these functions
champagne and Burgundy, trufileds
pheasant and pate a la Perigord were
as much to be expected as they would
be at Delmonico's.
il Hung Chang first began TO at
tract the attention Of the world dur
ing his viceroyalty of the province OF
kiangsu. In which Shanghai is sit
uated. II was then QS59) that the Tai
ping rebellion broke out, I'm the sup
preston OF which he demonstrated
such wonderful powers OF generalship.
His association with the foreigners OF
Shanghai suggested 20 him the idea OF
down the rebellion, and the idea waE
no sooner conceived than n was put
into execution. Vie organized the
ever victorious arny," OF which The
rank and nle were Chinese, While the
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tried to interview him he turned in
terviewer himself. and hardly gave
tnem chance for a question. He fol-
lowed the same idea with all the public
men he met. Since his American visit
Ii has generally been persona non gra-
ia with the Chinese court. His resto-
ration to honors has only been recent
and even then he has not been the
force that he was at one time. His
opportunity came years ago. and he did
not grasp It.
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ID EVERY ITEM DESCRIBED IN THESE
ALWAYS HIGHEST IN QUALITY AND LOWEST IN PRICE
TWO FLOORS

Of this great building are given
to the showing and selling of the
high-class housefurnishings enum
Grated in these columns during the
present week, yet we have been
compelled to open up an annex in The
rear which is used as a warehouse
for reserve stock. Such informa-
ton is given to give you birds
eye view in cold type of the doings
of this part of this great and still
growing business. IF you live
in this city, or if you are coming
to the Fair as a prospective pur-
chaser of any item mentioned
herein. be sure you come direct to
us and leisurely take look
through the most comprehensive
Furniture and a.rpet
Store in this part of the world
and we promise that you shall not be
Imoortuned TO Ruv.
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gave a reason for his prolonged tenure
of r,0vor

gave a reason for his prolonged tenure
of power"
The viceroy and Japan.
The growth of Japan in Western
ideas, her pains with her army and
navy, the introduction of Western
school systems. Ii Hung Chang watch
ed with suspicion. Why should the
Japanese want to be Europeans?
Were they ashamed of their ances-
tors? Why not, with the color, the
poetry, the art, the faith. the his
tory, the legends of an immemorial
past. remain Japan?
While these We're the opinions of Ii
in his valiant moments, they never
interfered with his steady policy of
peace. He was sedulous to maintain
terms with Japan. Time and again
he requested the United States minis
ter to do him some good Office at To-
kio, looking toward peace. 1t was to
our government that he always turned
when peace was in peril.
In this h was sustained by the high
minded noblenlan who then represent
ed Japan in Peking, Count Ennomot-
to- afterward a member of the Mika-
dos cabinet. Count Ennomotto was
a passionate believer in peace, seeing
in war only the playing by Japan OF
lhG 6oAAS VI NcSlcAA dSBiSoSlOH. IL
his wisdom, patience and untiring
zeal, sustained by the American gov
eminent, is to be attributed the main
tenance of peace with Japan at the
time of war between China and
France. If Japan had taken part in
the contest and allowed her ports to
become the base OF French operations
against China, the result would have
been disastrous to the Celestial king
dom. The viceroy was grateful 10
Japan and especially to Count Emo
motto for averting this catastrophe.
And when Japan, as a further earn
est of good will. sent special embas-
sy to China, headed by Count Ito, the
Japanese Premier. the viceroy re-
ceived il with honor. and saw in its
coming a browning victory in diplo-
macy.
Gen. Gordon.
In 1880 Gordon visited Ii and was
for some time his guest at Tien Tsin.
Russia was threatening another of her
eartr-hunger wars, and ii was anxious
for the counsel OF this resolute man.
Gordon's advice, so the rumor ran, was
that II should take his command TO
Pekin and overturn the dynasty, Of
fering 20 go along and help. The pale
NicerOy listened IN silence. The temp
tation was an allurlnR one Before
such troops as he could have command
like Gordon Pekin would have fallen,
China under tho new dynasty would
have had a different place IN the world.
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Mozley's Lemon Elixir.

have been great sufferer from
dyspepsia for about fifteen years, my
trouble being my liver, stomach and
bowels, with terrible headaches. Lemon
Elixir cured me. My appetite is good,
and ! am we'll. had taken a barrel
of other medicine. that done me no
good. Charles Gibhard,
No. 1878 Jefferson ST., Louisville, Ky.
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$l2.98
Bamboo Furniture

JUST TO YOUR LIKING.
Just what you want. and at
just the right prices. HERE
you see such pretty pieces as
HALL CHAIRS, CORNER
CHAIRS, J A r D I N E r E
STANDS. SOFAS, ROCKERS,
SCREENS. EASELS ,CABI-
NET and BOOK SHELVES.
These pieces ranging in price
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SIS. 90
Bed Room Suites.

THE biggest and best. and
the lowest-priced and highest
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NAH. Every handsome wood
is shown in the assortment,
such as CHERRY, WALNUT,
BIRDS EYE MAPLE, MA
HOGANY and GOLDEN
OAK, and when you buy here
you may rest assured you
save one-third. Prices from
SIZE. 90 down to
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MoxIey's Lemon Elixir

Cured me of indigestion and heart dis
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MoxIey's Lemon Elixir

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5000
Hat Racks.

ALL the new devices on sale
this week. Every right kind
at every right price. WE
bought them cheap and now
know them TO be big bargains,
from $500 down to
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$3.50
ParlOr Suites

A SPECIAL sale is to be
made in beautifully Uphol-
stored Silk Damask and Ma
hogany finished three-piece
SUITS. A real $500 item to
go at
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ST.
Morris Chairs

LOOK where you please, seek
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Great values and money saw
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All the pretty styles in either
VELOURS or DENNIS from
4A5 IN nm down IN
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ParIOr Tables.

Magnificent showing for
MONDAYS prospective buy
ers. EVERY late idea in
best, newest and prettiest
woods and finishes. HERE
you see GOLDEN OAK, solid
or imitation MAHOGANY,
EBONY. LOCKWOOD and
BIRDS EYE MAPLE. All
at 80 per cent. under prices
and our askings start at rs
cents each and go on up to
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ST 90
China Closets.

MANY Superb kinds came
yesterday. Every style you
could imagine is in the assort-
ment and one-third saved in
buying here. WE show them
in GOLDEN OAK, WALNUT
and MAHOGANY, and priced
from $500 down to
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Furniture
and Carpets
Ladies' Desks,

A very choice assortment In
MAHOGANY, BIRDS EYE
MAPLE and GOLDEN OAK
styles. We show every new
conceit in these handsome ne
cessities and will save You
25 per cent on your purchase.
PRICES range from $4,000
each on down TO