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of remodeling its system of training.
In fact, the soldier in China is held more
in contempt than esteem. The men who
are entrusted with the destinies of the
army must prove their efficiency in the
sacred writings of Confucius rather than
in the science of war. The officers of the
army are drawn from those who sue
cessfully pass the civil examination, the
training for which is useless not only
from the military standpoint, but the
administration of civil duties as well.
Aside from these examinations the only
other test required is intended to prove
efficiency with bows and arrows, a relic
of antiquity scarcely to be imagined
outside the wilds of Africa.
Even with such force it might be pos
sible to accomplish something as has been
shown by the success of Gen. Gordon.
were they given any practical training.
One of the prominent features of the
drill of the army consists of teaching the
recruit to assume an attitude and ex-l
preston to brighten his opponent At
the time of the opening of the war with
Japan, and, in fact, at the present time;
much OF the armament consists OF hall
herds. pixies, bows and arrows and long
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the city will rise up, up, up until her
streets are on level with the broad,
fiat top of the ssa wall Future genera
lions will listen with absorbed attention
to the stories of how Galveston used to
be flooded by the encoraching waters of
the gulf, of how in the terrible storm of
1900 the city was nearly swept from its
foundations and washed into the bay,
but they will never see Galveston's
streets rushing rivers of water, they
will never know the horrors of the cat
astrophe of 1900. A new Galveston-a
monument to the triumph of man over
nature and natures eleme nts. This new
Galveston, rising grandly and confident
ly above the ruins which the raging
waters Of the gulf left behind them, was
not SO much as dreamed of before, the
eventful year of 1900. Frequently the
city had previous to that year been un-
der water, but her people had simply
waited for the waves to roll by, and then
went on doing more and more business,
as the great southwest developed her
inexhaustible resources. But when the
15-foot tidal wave swept in upon the
city the Inhabitants awoke to sense of
the danger which confronted them, and
the prophecy made over 20 years ago
came true.
Stephen F. Austin, the Virginia pio-
neer, who lsd the first American colony
into. Texas, rode across the coast plain a
few feet above the level of Galveston,
and saw far inland stranded schooner
The vessel had bsen carried there by
some great storm wave of the gulf and
had been left a strange and hopeless
wreck upon the prairie. Some day."
said the founder of Texas, "the elements
which did that wi1f~sweep over this
coast again." And they did. There was
no meteorological station in those days
to record the highest of the water and
| the velocity of the wind, but the. waves
which bore upon their crest the great
schooner far inland and then abandoned
1t to the lonely stretches OF the prairie
waste may have been as high and mighty
as those that rolled on Galveston in
1900. II that thriving commercial city
resting SO dangerously near to the level
realized the full meaning of Austin's
prophecy. perhaps years ago. the build
ing of the sea wall and the. rails ing of the
grade of the city would have been un-
dertaken. If it had been seen what would
have been saved? Six thousand precious
lives, and property valued at ST. .O00. 900,
enough treasure to cover the cost of the
present improvements i've times over.
But it is true always and everywhere
that fud;viduale and cftfe4 and uaffonc
provide adequately against catastrophes
only after a GROWING disaster has fall
len. Then treasure boxes are opened and
energies set in motion which bring
about some such transforming scene
as that which is. being enacted at Gal
weston.
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under military banner than this of Cor
Soldiers of fortune from practically
every nation of Europe and America,
men who were fighting merely for the
adventure and pay the service promised,
yet the power of one man not only made
heroes of them, but heroes of the Chi
nese coolies as well.A 1t was an expert
ment that proved possibilities under
right conditions.
OF capable military leaders China de-
yeloped but few during the TAPPING re-
bellion, or since that time. OF the few
Gen. Ching, who served with Gordon,
after his desertion from the rebel forces.
was a notable character. and of great
military ability. During the several
petty foreign wars In which China was
engaged down to the time of the, out
break of the war with Japan, no char
acter of anything like equal ability was
developed. nor did the more important
conflict with Japan bring to the front a
leader of such worth as to be classed
with him. This lack of military leaders
would seem to place China as non-nil-
itant- power of whom the world need
have no fears.
1t takes training to make perfection,
and the training of the Chinese soldier
is the one great essential lacking
Through all its defeats administered
since the days Of the coming Of the white
man, the empire has never felt the need
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smooth-bore muskets, while practically
one-half the men in each regiment are
banner bearers and not armed at all. OF
methods of commissariat nothing is
known, nor is there such thing as hos
pitfalls or medical service. The reasons
for this state of affairs lie, in a great
measure, to the fact that funds appro-
priated for the army have been misap-
piled, and gone to enrich boodling OFF,
Gals
The Manchu army, which is practice
ly the only imperial army of C14ns.
numbers from $4,000 to 100000 Men.
though on paper it boasts of 100000. o,
these about 10000 are stationed in ga
risons-in Manchuria, and some 5000 in
Peking. This army is the support Of II
Manchu dynasty. and is recruited
most exclusively from the Mancbns pES,
the Monguls~
The provincial army, called the Green
Flags, consists of Is corps, one for each
province. These various corps are un-
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der the command of the governor OF tb
different provinces, and there is no CO.
operation between them. This force
numbers less than zoe, 900 men, though
its paper strength is more than SOC. 900.
This makes the total army of China num-
Der about sos, 600 men on the present
peace footing, with paper strength, or
war. footing. of close to ], 100000.
That the Chinese army as it now ex-
lists, with all its crudeness and super
stitions, is useless, or even worse, was
proven by the war with Japan. That IL
is possible to make soldier of no mean
ability of the Chinese coolie was proven
by Gen. Gordon. but China will have to-
take a long step forward and forget tho
approximations of centuries before she
can do in large way what Gen. Gordon
did with small force. With militant
Japan as drill master, it is possibls
that the army OF the empire may be mace
into formidable foeman for Russia.
but it cannot be done N war comes
quickly.
China, with it's 400, OO0, 900 people,
could easily dominate the east, and pre-
vent her own disintegration, If she sue
ceeds in making soldiers of her raw ma
terial, but to do so must be the growth OF
generations and not the work of q day or
oficial edict, and the chances are the
modernized army will not come in tims
to save the empire.
DANIEL CLEvERTON.
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Vivanjiere,

genius. See that of bat, for In.
stance. Is it not unique enough to
suit the most exacting, and can you
not imagine how charming it would be
when made of gauzy black material
that need by no means be expensive.
The ribbon girl is another charming
costume, that is far away from the or
binary, and is not difficult of construc-
ton, 3or necessarily expensive. To
prove that all Of these are late and up
to-date we need only say that our art
list sketched them from costumes made
for the present New York season, and
that each and every one Of them will
be worn befofe the beginning of Lent
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-A ALVESTON will within the
N%& next three years be in posi-
Aytx ton to bid defiance to the
W 49, worst storm and tidal wave
~NH which the Gulf of Mexico can
kick up. The 17-foot sea wall
facing the gulf side of the city has been
about completed, and the Work OF rising
the grade of the city to the level OF the
top of this barrier is to begin, according
to the terms of the contract, within the
next go days. The board appointed by
the governor has awarded the contract
for this work. The plan which the con-
tractors propose is to construct a canal
20 feet deep from the bay inside and
about 200 feet from the sea wall. They
estimate that it will take IL 900 600 cubic
yards of filling to raise the city to the
level of the sea wall. This gigantic en-
gineering feat will, when completed, take
it's place as one of the nine wonders of
the world, and will cost the county under
the contract price of 1872 cents per cubic
yard nearly 100000, for which the
city will issue bonds.
At the time of the awful catastrophe
of September, 1900, when the city was
almost wiped out of existence and 5000
residents persisted, the prediction was
quite generally made that the city would
never be rebuilt; that the thriving me-
troplis had received a blow from which
she would never recover. Industrious
newspaper men and magazine writers
under such captions as THE Solving of
Galveston's Problem" THE Lessons of
Galveston's Flood" ETC., told how Gal
veston's site might be abandoned for a
safer location. La Porte, the only ele-
waited point on the Texas coast, being
35 to 40 feet above the mean sea level,
was picked out as the probable location
of the new Galveston. Twelve members
of the rivers and harbor committee Of
congress, with Chairman Theodore F.
Burton, Of Ohio, at its head, inspected
La Porte. A ship canal was projected
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channel in theinner harbor was 5000 COG
for repairing the jetties $750,G0Q II
the fall of 1901 board of engineers was
appointed to study the problem and re-
port on the best method for protectins
the city. This board reported in April.
1902, and work was soon after begun o.
the sea wall. This wall is built Of coD-
crete and is to protect the east and souts
sides of the city, with levee to pre-
tect the city on the west. The work on
the sea wall and levee has progressed
far enough to permit the beginning CT
the work of rising the grade of the city.
The sea wall is 31z miles long with its
top II feet above mean low water. This
wall IL founded on piles and protected
from undermining by sheet piling and
riprap. The sea face of the wall IL
curved so that Its upper portion is yer.
ticle and it's rear face is to be filled be.
hind by an embanLment, the top ct
which will be paved with brick for 4
width of So fest and planted with Der
muda grass for a further distance of 81
feet. The levee portion of the protec =.
tive barriers of the city is to be 300 fee+
WluC Will DUO oiOPSS "a OhC iCCt Ia - ,
feet, and is intended to be built upon. IL,
brief. the city will be surrounded OF,
three sides by structure whose top is
higher than the high water in 1900. Tho
fourth or unprotected side is that faciLHs :.
Galveston bay, and here the city is high
er than the highest water ever recorded
previous to 1900. The diagram produced
herewith shows. transverse section OK
the sea wall and is self-explanatory.
The total cost of the work undertaken
will be 3,505 GAO, of which sum 81 ,294, :
1855 was for sea wall. Special machinery
was made for the building of the sea
wall, and by the end Of last year the
work was being actively prosecuted. Dur.
ing this year this work has been prac.
tically completed. Galveston now lies
behind massive stone wall, but gradu-
ally as the skill of engineers is exerted.
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white with color between-emerald
green, for instance-or sapphire blue,
or vivid cerise, or mauve.
A chic within across the "silver
streak" consists in deliberately braid
as the cloth; this identical braiding is
fascinating, and looks so well with fur
facings. The short sac coat of a mole
co1ored cloth costume I have seen was
much braided over with identical
braids and faced back with musquash
moleskin, the relieving note being
found in a waistcoat of scarlet velvet
studded with tiny gold buttons. There
Is infinite charm in this effect of vivid
color, gilt studded and just almost out
of sight, as it were, or, as one might
say, overshadowed, as was this, with
furry fronts.
The note of gold that year of two
back invaded everything is getting
rampant again, and when it reappears
ia such attractive whims as bullion
embroideries, or tiny gilt buttons, or
the gallons that border toQues and en-
rich coats, we can but give it a smiling
welcome. A tailory toque of fluffy
cloth (matching ones tailor costume
or the blouse Herewith worm border
ed with gold gallon, and finished with a
cockade Of the same, is the incest mo-
ton of the moment for morning wear
and the universal whim just now in
Paris. Such q hat of emerald-green
fluffy cloth with knitted waistcoat of
emerald green looked awfully nice the
other day with black coat and skirt
of severe build. The severe build of
tailoring is going to reassert itself, so
all the tailory authorities declare, and
these CHEEKY, vivid red and green and
pink, and blue and white knitted waist
coats seemed to have just timed them
selves to the event. If we once again
exploit the severe tailor-made, we shall
have something better than ever be-
fore, something with such a
CHEEKY waisteoat. and fitting immacu-
cloths and tweeds. We shall supplant
with a perfect mould the destinations
of the picturesque tailoring. and who
shall say the perfect mould is not as
becoming as the picturesque-at least,
where that which is within be shapely
or can be rendered shapeIy? s.
But l can never see why we should
be either only severe OF only pictur-
esque; why cannot the two styles Co
exist, fulfilling their separate ends-the
elegantly severe tailor-made for GER
tain uses and the elegantly picturesque
frock for social occasions. A frock of
velours mousseline that saw the other
day that had a lace pelerine bodice
pleaded most eloquently the cause of
the picturesque; indeed, so persuasive
are these picturesque costumes, I can
not see how we are going to part with
them for the gowns of stiffened and ag-
gressive richness that formerly co-ex-
listed with the plain tailor-made We
cherish hopes that Fashion will make a
new departure, persuading these two
extremes to dwell together to the end,
that we may enjoy both But about
that picturesque frocA with the lace
pelerine What a nice notion it was!
So suggestive pelerine like that might
be fitted over any last seasons frock,
and the lace might be either exactly
the color of the material or else the
,,rnav,. fxrfxo fnnom
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nary. We are not going to attempt to
explain just how all the dainty cos
tunes pictured by the artist may be
made, for there is no need of explana-
ton, the pictures tell their own story.
It Is safe to say that from those pic
tured may be found some which will
De SO far above the average as to stamp
he wearer as a girl of originality and
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Bre.on Girl.
Norwegian Peasant.

HE season of masquerade
dances is with us again, and
many a young woman is
wondering of what she can
make an acceptable cos
tune, and one that will be
just a little out of the ordi-
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Gossip of the Winter Fashions

HIS summer saw the lace
!: : !; !; !: !: !: !
enc LIN collar, that was SO very
IN wide we had to call it
1A II cape. Too universal, 1t
SN,NS seemed everywhere, and its
original use altogether too
popular to be desirable. But
there were other possibilities awaiting
the lace cape. I saw yesterday lovely
evening coat, of pale blue cloth, of
which the entire top was formed by
lace cape, the lace, needless to say,
dyed the precise pale blue of the cloth
Here is a tip, thought 1. for some one
with lace tippet. She can give it to
her dressmaker, and instruct her how
to contrive with it and some creamy
white cloth a most delectable coat. 1t
must be explained that the lace top
must be lined with q layer or two OF
chiffon, under which there should be
warm woollen interlining, and then,
If course, the satin that lines the whole
coat. There is, on the whole, no more
popular idea than the cream cloth coat,
especially for theaters.
The sequin smiles, thinking how the
sartorial seers have in the past prophe-
ed it's doom, for the sequin flourishes
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-01-29
Sheriff Sale In Partition,

Notice is hereby given that under and by vir-
tue OF decree In partition and order OF sale
made BY the circuit court OF Bates county,
Missouri, at the regular November term. 1901,
Of said court, In the case OF G. A. Mnnick and
g w Minniek, her husband, plsintins, vs.. ss-
rah Hyatt and : Hyatt her husband, Martha
Kegerreis and Peter KeEerreis her husband,
Emma Brown and Abraham Brown her hus-
band, Anna Bell Lansdown, nee Thompson and
- Lansdown her husband, Robert l. Gregory,
James Davis, john Thompson, Mary Thomp-
son, Frank Thompson, George Thompson, Lucy
Ann Thompson, Della Bronson, nee Minnick,
snd = Bronson her husband Bates County In
yestment Co, and John c. Hayes, defendants.
and the authority In me vested by said decree
and an order OF sale, certified copy OF which
was delivered to me on the 18th day OF Decem-
Der, 1902, aud q renew al OF said original order
making the date OF sale on January 18th, 1903,
delivered to me on the 2srd day OF Dec 1909.
will on
Monday, January 10. 1908.
between the hours Of Q O'Clock In the forenoon
and five O'Clock In the afternoon OF that
day, at the west front door Of the court house In
the city Of Butler, county OF Bates and state Of
Missouri, sell to the highest bidder for cash IN
hand, the following described real estate lying
and being situate In the county OF Bates and
state OF Missouri, to-wit:
The west half of lots three and four of the
northeast quarter Of section two ts) township
thirty-nlne ts0), range thirty 500. -
Tat Sheriff Of Bates County, Mo.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-01-29
Order OF Publication.
STATE OF MISSOURI. GO.

n
County Of Bates.
In the clrcuit court Of Bates county. Missouri,
November term. 1872, James A Ofll and 9
BTylsr plsintifs. 70 John O Burk defend
ant.
nv sSs,r Attorney, TW siivsrs. and dies petit.
ton alleging among other things that defend
tia not q residsut ~ tha-stste OF missouri:
Whereupon Il Ia ordered by the court In term
time that said defendant be notiued oy puon..
cation that pl.,ntis have commsnS sS gsnspsI
nature OF which 10 to perfeat pis'nun siec-
ord title 70 the following dsscrtbed real estste
lying and being situate In Bates county. MO-
to-wit; The west half Of the sonthwess qn ia,
range t sseS nine ta,. contsInns so acres.
and 20 diyest defendant OF sll title or intereM
In the sawe and vest Il In the plsintins oy
reason OF having acquired said utie oy use
and adverse possession more .nnn n asa
haviug been In possession, OF paid any taxes s
on same for more than th'rtT consecutive
yeavs, prior TO this date and that unless tne
said fohn Rurk be and appear at this court nS
holden az the court house; In the city o. But
Ter, IN said county, on the 10th der OF feoru
sry next. and on or before the hrst Gay OF
said term answer or eleaf 70 the petiuch W
said cause the same Will be taken rs con,s ,
and Judgment will be rendered accordingly.
And be II further ordered that copy hereol
be published according to law In the
BurLwR WEEKLY TIMES, weekly newspaper
printed and published In Bates county ME-, a.
eouri, for four weeks successfully, the last
Insertion to be at least fifteen dav before tne
hrst day OF the next term Of the Circuit c1nrt'
ABB LUDWICK. Circuit CLERK;
A true copv ~ the record Wit
TsKAL1 nees nv hand and the seal OF tnt
circuit court Of Bates county, TINS
18th dsv OF December 'M2
7-lt RIUDwICK Circuit Clerk
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Mammoth Gun Blows Up.

New York, January pa $4,000
mammoth gun belonging to thegov-
eminent exploded yesterday at the
far end OF the proving ground a
Sandy Hook. The accident occurred
while experiments were being made in
throwing high explosives under con-
ditions that might have happened in
actual engagements, although term
ed by officers as abnormal. No one
was hurt in the explosion, but Just
before the firing one OF the workmen
was caught in the shaft OF the gantry
crane in front OF the mortar batteries
and one Of his arms SO badly wrench
ed that he may die.
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Order OF Publication.
STATE OF MISSOURI, az
County of Rates,

STATE C OF y MISSOURI .sS. SIS.
In the Circuit Court of Rates county. Missouri,
In vacation. December 5th. 1902, Edyth Nit
Ter plaintiff, VS. George Miller. defendant.
Now AZ thi dav comes the plaintiff herein by
her attorney, w jackson. ana mes ner
uetition and AFFIDAVIT alleging among other
things that defendant George Miller 10 not a
residents of the state Of Missouri: Whereupon
Il is ordered by the undersigned clerk In vaca-
tion that defendant be notified by publication
that plaintiff has commenced suit against MIN
In this court. the object and general nature OF
which is to obtain decree from this court d'-
WORDING plaintiff from the bonds Of matrimony
entered into by and batween plaintih ana de-
PENDANT on the grounds that defendant has
been guilty of such conduct as to constitute
him A warrant. In this being an able bodied
married man, he has failed to support his wife
and family; tifffurther asks that her name
be changed to that o. Edyth Strange; her nal no
den name, and that unless, nss.r ta a,
this court, at the next term thereof, to be
begun and holden At the court house, In the
city Of Butler, In said county, on the 10th day
Of February next. and on or before the first
day Of said term, answer or plead TO the peu-
ton in said cause, the same will be taken as
confessed and judgment will be rendered &C.
cordnglv
And he 1t further ordered that copy hereof
be publ he'd according TO law. In the BUTLER
WERxIY LINKS. weekly newsraper printed
and published in Bates county, Mo !, for -FOUR
weeks successfully. the last insertion to be at
least fifteen davs before the first day OF the next
term of the circuit court. A. b. ttfbMfeh,
A true COPY of the record: Circuit CieTk
Witness my hand and the seal of the
IsEALl circuit court Of Bates county. this
9Th day of December, 1902.
Cat A b. LUDWICK, Circuit Clerk