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nounced him. After that the union prob
ably had no further trouble.
China MS WOrkingman's Country.
We are accustomed to look upon China
as the hell of the laboring man. There are,
IN fact, few places where such men have
more rights and where their unions have
more weight. 1t is true that hours are long
and wages are low, but these are conditions
brought about by other things than the OPP
preston OF capital. AS far as l can sec
the officials are all afraid Of the working
man and public sentiment has as much
weight here as at home. In building rail-
roads and establishing factories the unions
will have to be fought. Even the emperor
is afraid of them, and Ii Hung Chang,
great as he was, did not dare to fight them.
A monument of the power Of the boatmen's
union can be seen in the river just opposite
the great city Of Tien Tsin. 1t consists of
a number of stone piers. upon which the
railroad from the seaport and that from the
coal mines were to cross into the city. The
boatmen wanted the business of transfer
ring passengers and freight across the
river; they objected to this bridge and said
the station should be on the bank Of the
Pelho. Lii Hung Chang had ar income
which is supposed to have Appropriated
81, 900, 900 a year. These boatmen each made
so cents or less per day, but combined they
brought the great viceroy to terms.
SIOp Carriers and the Magistrates.
Another instance of the power of such
unions happened shortly before l visited
Marking. That city has a population Of
500, 900. 1t is noted for its rich men. its
handles and its extravagant officials. There
is a magistrate there who has AN income
which runs high into the tens of thousands
OF dollars a year, and he naturally feels his
Importance, for he stands at the top Of the
heap.
At the very bottom Of the Chinese social
pile is the Stop carrier. The cities here
have no modern conveniences, and all the
garbage, dish %washings and Stops Of every
description are carried out Of each house
every day by men who have the special
trade OF slop carriers. These men carry
the Stops out through the city in great
wooden buckets. each man having two
buckets hung to the ends of a long pole
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barber's son was admitted to the literary
examinations through which alone offices
are obtained. The BARRIERS unions demanded
that this be changed. They were refused
in many places, but they carried their ap-
peal higher and higher, with the threat Of
striking, until they at last got what they
wanted. Had they struck they could easily
have brought the province and empire to
time.
The BARRIERS unions regulate wages in
different districts. In the Ningpo district
they charge 81 a week, and in certain other
places they also regulate the prices OF
shaving. The Wenchow BARRIERS union re-
Gently passed a law forbidding their mem
bers to shampoo their customers, and they
have also an absolute rule that no barber
shall clean ears during the last six days Of
the year. A part of every ordinary shave
in China is the cleaning and scraping the
ears. The barber has special tools for the
purpose, and the operation takes time. At
the last of the year all BARRIERS are busy,
for then everybody must be shaved, and
the time saved through the omission of the
ear cleaning adds considerably to the
profits.
They Smashed the Machines.
The laboring men are much excited as to
the foreign invasion. They fear that the
Introduction of modern machinery will de-
crease work, and the officials are afraid
of an uprising on this account. The work.
men have already destroyed much modern
machinery. A Chinese from America started
a shoe factory not long ago. He imported
some Of our labor-saving tools, but the
cobblers broke in and smashed them. They
reduced the shoe-sewing machine to scrap
iron. The Shoemakers' union denounced
the employer, and he had to quit business.
Some of the modern silk mills of Canton
were similarly treated years ago. as were
also cotton mills in different parts Of the
empire.
Nevertheless, the Chinese quickly learn
how to handle the most complicated mod
ern machinery. They can do anything. and
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which rests on one shoulder. They are
often bare to the waist and the buckets bob
up and down as they swing along through
the streets. Outside of the natural courtesy
shown to the burden carrier by getting out
of his way every sensible one steps aside
for the slop man.
Not long ago one of these fellows was
trotting along, grunting as he went through
one Of the busiest streets of Marking, when
a magistrate strutted around a corner and
was jostled by him. One of the buckets
was spilled and a part of the slop few over
the magistrates gown of lavender satin.
His excellency became very angry. He or
dered the slop man to be taken to Jail and
told him he would punish him severely.
The next day there was no slop carried out
Of Marking, for the slop men had struck;
they refused to lift a bucket or permit any
one else to do so. 1t was the same the next
day, and in a short time the conditions were
far worse than they would be in Boston or
st. Louis If all the sewers were plugged
and the garbage men prevented from work.
ing. The city stank so that even the
Chinese could stand it no longer. They
rose en- masse and the magistrate had to
give in.
Similar strikes have recently occurred at
Shanghai from the contractors increasing
the weight of the buckets in which the
slops are carried.
How Barbers BuIIdOzed officials.
The BARRIERS union is one Of the strong
est in China. In our country many shave
themselves, but this is almost impossible
here, where shaving consists not only in
taking the hair from the face, but from the
whole Of the head, except the spot on the
row where the pig tail sprouts out. The
BARRIERS go about from place to place, car
rying their tools with them. During the
summer the most Of the work is done In the
open air, the barber usually carrying his
stool along with him.
The trade is considered a mental one, and
for a long time, according to custom, ne
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1902, by Frank G.. Carpenter.)
China, Feb. Especial
Correspondence of The Bee.)-
Scochow has more trades unions
than any city of the United
States, and its working men are
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-29
Found i the Petitioner.

Among Il letters which awaited
Eugene Wares consideration when he
took the work Of pension commission
er was one from a man in Ohio. The
writer said he was receiving a pen
sion of $50 per month, but, as the
Lord had prospered him, he did not
think he ought to accept it any long
er. Even to man as new in the pen.
sion office as Mr.. Ware this seemed
an unheard-of idea, so he wrote to an
Ohio special agent about the matter.
The agent replied in a day or two
saying: Il have found the pension.
er. He is in an asylum, hopelessly in.
sane"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-29
NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT
OF G. A. r. at Washington, D. c., Oc
tober Git.


For the occasion OF the national
encampment of the G. A. r. at Wash
ington, D. c., October Gil, the South
ern railway will sell tickets to Wash
ington and return at less than one-way
rates Ground trip from Memphis
S1S90) October 3, /, ), and 6. Final
limit for return, October Is. By de-
posting ticket with joint agent before
noon of October Is, and on payment of
a fee of so cents, ar extension of the
final limit can be had to November 3.
The choice of two routes is offered.
Trim leaving Memphis at p. NJ. car
lies both coaches and sleeper to Wash
ington without change. with dining
car service, arriving at Washington
at 652 a. NJ, second morning, over
the shortest mileage and with quickest
time and at seasonable hour of arrival
Side trip tickets will be on sale to
holders, only, of return portion of G. A
r. tickets, or joint agents receipt
showing ticket is on deposit with him
to nearby battlefields, October GA
inclusive. Limit to return within five
days.
For further information call on any
ticket saent of the Southern railway,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-29
@|||| & YlzEEIZE|zng|SI Y|!|E KISS
!&HS1fss fss=@s:s=:y q xzsGyJt&Sc

On September IA, IS, and 16 the
COTTON BELT ROUTEwil sell round
trip tickets to Birmingham, Ala. at
rate of one fare for round trip. Re
turn limit Sept 9th. Account Ma
tional Baptist Convention (colored).
On and after June l the Cotton
Belt Route will sell daily tickets to
all summer resorts north, east, south
and west. Inquire in person or by
phone for full particulars.
On June 1st to Sept. 30th the Cot
ten Belt route will sell tickets to Sc
arcy, Ark, and Ravenden, Ark, at
the rate of $40 and s4.75, respective
ly.
On September 2, 9. 16 and %, the
Cotton Belt will sell round trip tickets
to points in Ohio and Indiana at rate
of one fare plus $2 United to 80 days
from date of sale and good for only
continuous passage in each direction.
Account Home Visit )rs Excursion 10
Ohio and Indiana.
On October 2, 3. and 5. the Cot
ton Belt route will sell round trip tick
cts to POINTS in Ohio and Michigan
at rate of one fare for round trip
Return lint November 8. account Of
Home Visitors Excursion to the Cen
tral Territory.
On Monday, September /, the Cotton
Bet route will sell round trip tickets
to Memphis and return at rate Of $2.75.
There will be a special excursion train
leave Pine Bluff aat 80 p. m. Tick
cts will be good until s a. m. Septem-
ber 4, when special rtain will leave
Memphis on return trip.
On October .. 8, and the Cotton
Bet will sell round trip tickets to
Washington, d. c, at rate of $24.45.
Limit for return, not later than mid
night of October IA, but extensions
and stop overs may be had Account
National encampment G. A. r.
W. P. M'NAIR, Agent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-29

Iron Mountain will sell homeseekers
tickets at one fare, plus 81, on the first
and third Tuesdays of each month, to
and including October 81, 1902, to all
points in Indian and Oklahoma terri
tories.
During the months of September
and October, 1902, the Iron Mountain
will sell special one way second class
settlers excursion tickets to San Fran
cisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles, San
Diego, and other California points,
also Prescott and Phoenix, Ariz., at
the exceedingly low rate Of $50.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-29
H. N. ATWOOD, Ast
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Summer Tourist Season Opens on
June !.

Liberal round trip rates to 2Ol re.
sorts situated in Mississippi, Alabama,
East Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia
Florida, North Carolina, South Care
lima, Virginia and to Baltimore, Pti-A
delphia, New York, Providence and
Boston, good to October 81. through
coaches and sleepers witsout charge
to most resorts in E4sr Tennessee,
North Carolina and Virginia. A full
supply Of summer resort guides, names
OF hotels, and proprietors. rates OF
board, etc. Write, telegraph or tele.
phone to t4 call on us for above, or
any details of routes, schedules, etc.
Reservations of berths or drawing
rCems made any time in advance.
c. A. Benscoter, A. G. P. A, Chatta.
nooga, Tenn; c. A. DeSaussure, D.
A., Memphis. Tenn; L M. DeSaussur~
c. p. & T. A. Memphis. Tenn.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-29
IRON MOU TAI. Low RATES

On sale daily until further notice
round trip tit,,ets to Ell Paso, $3.50;
return limit 80 days from date of SALE
On Wednesdays and Saturdays dur
ing July and August the Iron Noun
tain have on sale extremely low rate
round trip tickets to points in south
eastern states.
On sale daily until September 10
round trip tickets to points namea be-
low at rates named: Buffalo, $500;
Niagara Falls, $3.50; Sandusky.
$26.9o; Detroit, $26.6o. Tickets good
for return October 81.
Home visitors excursion ticket. to
points in Ohio and Indiana. The iron
Mountain Will sell round trip tickets
for one far, plus 50. Dates of sale,
Sept. >, 8. 16 and %. Good for return
80 days from date of sale.
National Encampment G. \. R.,
Washington, D. c., October 6 to II,
1902-For this occasion the Iron
Mountain will sell tickets to Wash
ington and return at extremely low
rate of S2445. Dates of sale, October
2, 5 ana !. Return limit, October IA,
except that by derositing ticket and
payment Of 80 cents Joint agency fee
and extension Of limit 70 Eovemb ber 3
may be secured.
Effective August THE Iron Noun
tain Will put OF a .ew t4a;n from -
tie Rock 10 Hot Springs ,ea;;2g Ii
tie Rock $50 ?. n. arriving a. Hot
Springs 1e:Q5 p. u. T-is VII e1a3le
parties desiring % v.S.l us ESQ. .
leave Pne Bluff al $50 ,. =. al q,
rive at Hot Springs al 144a5 :.
National Convention C1-..:e!a..
Chrcch, Omaha, NeD., Octote- 5 70
tH-On OC-cber -. 1s aad : ~. lot
Mountain viii se2l tickets q Cm5aa
ana ret,:ra, eve fare s2oQ5. ticketa t.
he so9d ~e'..t,ling leaving Omaha Tot
ca; .Ea,l oetcaer lG, no- late:
TIN Dltcter -, except that b.: 3e
j't-sf-i ~ "a - P" ~ .O-It Go|tt ~
!! .y,2e21 i - certs eeta,n ticket
A4:y le extended 70 tt.nlu3e NoFem9e@
-
Snoeis1 summer rates u Colorado
ara Utah. TIE St. Lo1is, iron Noun
ta.1 ana s. s':rern railway will sell
SD -I1o92d tolaist excursion
t.i.s:s 10 sto'a@ade Point: ana Salt
lake City, season q 80 4 =. Cal en-
agent tor tu} partjcI!ays.
s,%H9etl. commencing JQne aHa
diseo.ra"" So. ~. ti4al .e5u3n ri.
il q II gei.efs oct 81 Round r'o
rare to Searcy. S4}a: round nip rate
to R8ys2!.I So
Colorado and Ccah Excal sicns. Sea
sen ls09-The Iron Mountain have
scme ve'v attractive Inducements 70
offer Colorado and Utah excursion
ii,s
EomeseeFers Summer Rates. Sea,
sen ct lSez-On account CT above tie
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-29
Cneap 7ourd Trip Tourist Rates t
Coiorado=Utai1

> J..:.. : sa.ta:n periods Of August a2a
Sep,Aze.tz =. he Burlington will make
-: = es12H.:able low fist class roun0
~ ..a.as = Da:.1ar. Colorado Springs
al Pe4t.a q 8, from ST. Louis, SIS
;.,.-4 - ,I:s@t2l!. Iiver and So from
q, e1o4 al sum q; at ether
te. Is oa.y nc fare plus s..
= er--f
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-29

First and thild Tuesdays Ct August
Sep1emhr a.d s-o9e. 70 many sec
;i@.s cf he vest a2d northwest.
Round trip tickets With q days lin
I.
Conss,t y3ur nearest ti5ket ase:.- Or
write Us af yeur proposed Zip and
la7 y advise roa the least cosG. sei.j
you ou: publications and otherwise
sist yor l. ". Wakeley, genera
passenger agent, ST. Louis. Mo.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-29
He Has Lafayette's Handkerchief.

He Has Lafayette's Handkerchief.
Joseph Murter, who is perhaps the
Oldest and best-known resident OF
Germantown, Pa. can distinctly recall
the visit of Lafayette to this country
in 1924 Murter, among others, raced
behind the carriage of Lafayette and
he was rewarded for his enthusiasm
by a handkerchief which the French
man dropped. He still keeps it as q
priceless nemento.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-29
CHEAP SETTLERS RATES THE
FAR WEST AND NORTH.
WEST

The Burlington Route will renew the
cheap one-way settlers rates every
day during September and October,
1902, 10 Montana, Idaho, Washington,
Oregon and California, such as $50,
from st. Louis, s33 from Chicago, ae.a
s25 from Missouri river points. to Cali
fornia, Portland ard Puget Sound ter
ritory, With corresponding low rates
TO Spokane district.
The Burlington route and its con-
necr;ons set reach the entire west
aad northwest territory. It is the
main lcad through the west. The map
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-29
cc5.. minnesota
lIon,esecners' r. Excursions.

Ec,y 'o9 -5u.ist rates to Minnesota
.o.nIs -..!.y. uHtl Sep,em mber 15th.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-29
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
of Pine Bluffs Progressive Business Houses
Few Letters an ADVANTAGE.

Stress of business and the dearth Of
time will lead to change in Presi-
dent Roosevelt's signature. He has
always been accustomed to write out
his first name in full, but he finds that
it will save him about so per cent OF
time and trouble to make it simply T.
Roosevelt. Where a man has to sign
his name about 1000 times day it
makes a big difference. There is a
man in the office of the auditor for the
Post Office Department who, it is said,
owes his appointment largely to the
fact that his signature contains but
five letters. He is Second Deputy
Auditor N Chew. He dees little but
sign his name and he does that for
about eight hours a day steadily.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-29
Too Much Virtue,

II the average MAJ were as good a
he thinks otter '.en ought to be
wouldn't he ,o:s Ill his vanity ma
him tccheavy - New York Press
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-29
Another Thru Train to
kOoi kOlOradO.

Beginning TO
One viii leave Fort Worth N.
arrival Of all evening
For guests who wish to retire early sleeping will be ready each
Both will
ard sepngar meals will
The this doubles the thru this territory
still ONlY ONE ROAD" the
Colorado
body who And using line Apologize"
1.-THE DENVER
Passenger Department Worth
N BThe from all points dollars for
he round trip good returning till every
Tickets reunited privileges than
other road
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-29

vermin sp1 cad BubonIc Plague.
Sydney, Australia, reports that the
bubonic plague is not communicable
between individuals. Rats. mosquitoes
and vermin alone convey it.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-02-12
Milton Mays For County Judge.

Hon. Milton Mays, in this issue
OF the Press. comes before the
people OF Tom Green county as a
candidate for re election to the
Office Of County Judge Of Tom
Green county, subject 10 The
action Of the Democratic prima
ry.
Judge Mays needs no intro
duction 10 the voters Of this
county. He is one of the best
known men in Tom Green, and
has, in times past, received their
ballots at the polls for the Office
which he now fills, with judg.
ment, ability and fairness. Re
has hosts OF warm friends all
over the county, who will cheer.
fully support him in this race,
and it is a foregone cosclusion
that the man who beats him will
have TO get a mighty lively
motion to his gait
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-02-12

Albert Wilcox, tie ieweler at
Heads, subscribes for tho
PRESS.
Now is the proper time to at.
tend to your plum bling and Find.
later is the man 10 DO IT, No
sboddy work done. Aft
Messrs Thad and William
Green, of Green Bros, Robert
Lee merchants were in San An.
gelo on business, Friday OF last
week.
Now is the proper time to at.
tend 10 your plumbing and
Findlater is the man to do it.
No shoddy work done ! If
Claude Hudspeth, whose origi.
nal genius is the guiding star Of
the unique and only Ozona Kick.
or was a welcome visitor in the
city Saturday.
Miss Edna Meyers, a popular
teacher in the Ballinger school,
came up last Saturday 10 spend
q couple of days in ISan Angelo,
the guest of Mrs. H. A. Ran.
some.
Tom Thomassou, formerly Of
this place, but who is now farm.
Ing near Bronte, Coke county,
and a Mr.. Kaiser, from the same |
place, were in town the last Of !
the week.
Henry Hagelstein is the lead.
ing saddle and harness man Of |
West Texas and when you need |
any thing in the saddle and har.
ness line it will pay you to call
on him as he makes the best
saddle in the world and carries
the largest stock.
Its an i'll wind ETC." and so
think the wood dealers Of San
Angelo of the late snow and zero
weather that kept them pushed
to the limit to furnish fire wood.
Nobody has heard the plum bers
kicking either, though several
water pipes were bursted by the |
freeze.
Go to VIM. Cameron & Co. for ]
your mber, nails and barb
wire. They carry a complete
stock, and can make it to your .
interest TO buy of them. Aft
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-02-12

Il am just wild to know who
the members of the new social
club are remarked a young lady
to a PRESS man the other day.
Il wonder if l nave any friends
in it'" The PRESS man not being
at liberty to tell kept discreetly
silent. However the names of all
the mem bers will be disclosed
when the "Cahooters" give their
first open meeting, when they
Will givea progressive high five
party, and some handsome prizes
10 the winners.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-02-12
FINDS WAY TO LIVE LONG.

The startling announcement of
a Discovery that will surely
lengthen life is made by editor
O. II. Downey, of Churubusco,
Ind. Il wish to state" he writes,
that Dr.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption is the most
lnfallible remedy that have
ever known for Coughs, Colds
and Grip. It's invaluable TO PEG.
pie with weak lungs. Having
this wonderful medicine no one
need dread Pneumonia or Con.
sumption. Its relief is instant
and cure certain" j. w. Harris
guarantee every SOC and 81 bot.
tie, and give trial bottles free.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-02-12
SAVED HER CHILD.

In three weeks our chubby
little boy was changed by pneu.
monia almost to a skeleton"
writes Mrs. w. Watkins, of
Pleasant City, Ohio. "A terri.
BILE cough set in that, in spite of
a good doctors treatment for
several weeks, grew worse ev.
cry day. We then used DR..
Kings New Discovery for Con.
sumption, and our darling was
soon sound and well. We are
sure this grand medicine saved
mis- life. Millions know it's
the only sure cure for Coughs,
Colds, and all Lundg diseases.
j. W. Harris guarantee satisfac.
ton, SOC, $1.00. Trial bottle
free.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-02-12
BILIOUS collie.

H. Sewer, carpenter and builder
of Kenton, Tenn, when suffering in
tensely from an attack Of bilious
collie, sent TO a near by drug store
for something to relieve him. The
druggist sent him bottle of Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhea Remedy, three doses Of which
effected a permanent cure. This is
the only remedy that can be depended
upon in the most severe cases Of
collie and cholera morbus. Most drug
gists know this and recommend IL
when such medicine is called for.
For sale by The Central Drug Store.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-02-12

Miss Zimru Kettle, a young
lady about eighteen years of
age, who lived with her sister,
Mrs. Little, near mullin, com
mitted suicide Monday afternoon
by shooting herself in the head
with a pistol. No cause for the
tragedy is known, The young
lady was attending school, and
seemed to be in good health and
spirits. -Broownwood News.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-02-12
This is tie biggest snow

This is tie biggest snow l
ever saw in Tom Green county,"
remarked a prominent contract.
or and builder 10 a Press Man
on Thursday last, land it will be
worth thousands Of dollars to
this section by way of putting
good season in the ground" II
have been in eighteen different
states he continued, and expect
to spend the rest Of my life in
Texas, 'the best state in the I'm.
ion in many respects. l was in
Iowa one winter when the ice
never melted on the south side
Of the house for forty days. Ugh.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-02-12
BE WISE IN TIME.

Many parents do not know that
their child is sickly and cross and
fretful, simply because they fail to
give it some of that splendid remedy
called Mothers Worm Syrup to xiii
and expel from its little stomach ana
bowels the worms that are the cause
of its distress. Worms have brought
many little loved one to bed of
sickness and TO its grave, that a %
cent bottle OF this remedy would have
saved
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-02-12
Matilda Fletcher Coming to Sar
Angelo.

Matilda Fletcher one of the
most attractive, graceful and
eloquent speakers in this coun.
try, will deliver her famous
lecture on The Heart of Man"
in San Angelo on Thursday
night, Feb. ID. Over one hun
dred tickets have already been
taken. No lecturer has come to
our town more highly recon.
mended.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-02-12

Steve Killman seems TO be
running the Legal Tender res.
taurant with a full house and the
way the boys step up to the
captains desk TO have their meal
tickets punched is a caution.
Well it is because be gives you "a
good neal, that's all.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-02-12

w. d. Currier, Of Miles. is
1.-THE whole thing" on the Mes.
senger now, having bought out
the interest Of his partner Mon.
day. Here's to you bre'r Cur.
rler; may your smoke house
never be empty as you spin off
the miles of life's dusty high.
way.