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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-26
Baltic Fleet at Suez.

Suez, Nov. 26.-The Russian bat
tleship Sissoi Veloky, flagship of Rear
Admiral Volkersam, and the Navarin
arrived here from Port Said. The
flagship exchanged Salutes with the
British cruiser Hermione, while the
band of the Navarin played the British
anthem, followed by the Marseillaise
and the Khedevial hmyn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-26
Kansas CITY livestock Market

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 26.-CATTLE-
Receipts today, 100 head. Market unchang-
ed. Native steers. S3.5og625; southern
native cows and heifers, s1.5DQ5.OO; stock
ers and feeders. s.. 50d4.10 bulls, $175G3. so;
calves, 81. 100000; western steers, SO. O0Q4. IS
western cows, $150d3.50.
HOGS+Receipts today, 5000 head. Mar
ket steady to strong: Bulk of sales, $3.50
"a. rs; heavy, $4.70ll4 IS; packers, 81 60Q4 80
pigs and lights, So. 90q4 20.
SHEEP-Market nominally steady. Mutt
tons, $500 Is; lambs, A5og6o0; range
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New York Money Market.

New York, Nov. 6.-MONEY-Money on
call nominal; no loans; time loans I'M
changed.
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper, 4A9
AZ per cent; sterling exchange weak, with
actual business in bankers bills at SASSY
for demand and at a. S3&4 I4.S4 for go day
bills; posted rates, $4.S5 and S4.S71%d4. IS;
commercial bills, $4S4%0D4 S47s.
SILV Ett-Bar SlIVer, 0o14c; Mexican oOl-
lars, 47c
BONDS Government bonds steady.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-26
Grand Jury at Work.

Lawton, Ok, Nov. 26-The grand jury
for Comanche county returned indict-
ments against ]. NJ. Lowery, former
Frisco agent at Cache, for the embez-
Element of $3.50 of the company's mon
ey; F. W. Simpson and G. T. Kendrick
for the murder of Frank Simpson; Roy
and Maude Campbell, for the murder
of their infant child; Eliza and Joe
Throckmorton, for the murder of G.
ThroclmOrtOn
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that permit their trusts to make none.
Mr. Lawson's articles are breeding the
kind of public feeling that makes legis-
lation ruleless. Nothing is so perilous
to great intrests as the public impress
sion that a vote for them is prima facie
evidence that man is bought
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Kansas City Grain.

FURNISHED by ]. E. Gall, Commissions.
Grains, Provisions. Cotton and Stocks.
Office ITO West Sixth street. Telephone
1856. Correspondent Christie Grain and
Stock Co., Kansas City, MOI
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Chicago Produce Market.

Chicago Ill, Nov. 26.-BUTTER-Mar
Eet steady. Creamery, 16d241zc; dairy, Is
QG21c.
included, 1S12@2212c.
CHEESE-Market steady. Daisies, 116
liz 612c.
LIVE POULTRY-Marlxet steady. Tur-
keys, 13c; chickens, SIC; springs, SC.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-26
Teachers at Wichita.

Wichita, Nov 26.-The Southern
Kansas Teachers association has OPEN
ed a two days meeting here. More
than 300 teachers were in the opening
session and by evening nearly 500 had
registered. Chancellor E. BENJAMIN
Andrews, of the University of Nebras-
ka, addressed the educators last night
on Problems of Greater America" The
hall was crowded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-26

Wall St, New York, Nov. 26.-STOCKS-
Large amounts of the speculative favor
ties changed hands at the opening in the
stock market today within small frac-
ton of yesterdays closing The tone was
firm and buying confident in recent buoy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-26

Ketchum, Mrs. Will Snyder, Mrs.
Frank Deppe, Mrs. Frank Russell
Miss Jennie Schlicter, Miss Anna
Myers, Miss Jessie Myers, Miss Ellen
Holiday, Miss Edna Staples, and Miss
Harriet Staples.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-26
Sugar and Coffee in New York.

New York, Nov. 2e-SUGAR-Raw SUI
gar firm Fair refining, 4Ac; centrifugal.
Sc test SIC; molasses sugar, 4c. Refined
So. IS; granulated, $545.
COFFEE-Market steady. No. Rio,
S3kc.
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COTTON Market.

New York, Nov. 26.-COTTON-Spot cot
ton closed quiet. Quotations per 100 lbs:
Middling uplands, $50; middling gulf,
So 49,
Galveston, Tex, Nov. 26.-COTTON-
Market lower at 15-16c per pound.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-26
Range of Pr1ceA

FURNISHED by J. E. Gall, Commissions.
Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks.
Office no West Sixth street. Telephone
3S6. Correspondent Christie Grain and
Stock Co., Kansas City, MOI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-26
Range of Prices on Stocka-

FURNISHED by ]. E. Gall, Commissions.
Grains, Provisions. Cotton and Stocks.
Office ITO West Sixth street. Telephone
1885, Correspondent Christie Grain and
Stock Co, Kansas City, MOI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-26

woolens washed in distilled water.
Topeka Laundry Co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-26
New York Butter.
Wool Market.

New York, Nov. 26.-BUTTER-Marke
unchanged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-26

Family washings that please, at
Topeka Laundry Co.'S.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-26
kansas City. Nov. 2s.

Open High Low Close Yes
Dec IL o1A o1M 1 o15s o15s 1o2
May IL O21A o25s 1 01s4 1 OPS O212
Dec $50. 425s-1a 42=zs 42-% 424 1926
May 80. 42-M 42B-A 412z-T 417s-42 AZ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-26

St Louis Mo, Nov. 26.-WOOL-Market
steady Territory and western mediums,
2O621c; fine mediums, 17q1Sc; fine, 16q17c.
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Topeka Market.

W. 'FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
FURNISHED by s. E, Lux. successor to w.
nue.l ,-r-
ORANGES-FIorida, $S.o0Q3.25; Wash
ington naveIs, So. 40a4.Oo.
u IIEMoNs--c California, per box. s4.5O9475
GRAPES-Per basket. 3QAc.
HONEY-24-rack case, $285
COCOANUTS-Per doz., CSC.
PEARSLPer box, &2.5Od2D.
EM lGsAdFasr G ERA rs bbL. s5.5oasS
CALIFORNIA GTE sT 'EE crate 500.
TURNIPS-Per bu., 40c.
CARROTSIPer bu., CSC.
RRaoIRssEEIRADIsH-Pe ID. s1kc
NEW DATES-6Q614c per Id.
oTATOES-Nobraska, 4ec per bu.; Col
0r SWEET ssf ePaoTAToEs-P bu.. sOaesc.
CABBAGE-So@90c per cwt.
ONIONS-Per bu., S5cQS100.
Observation-Disclosures Dbl, $500
CEIERY-Jumbo. per bunch. 6Oc; Blue
Ribbon, per bunch. Soc; Red Ribbons, per
ouhcn' ''e' OYSTERS.
sTANDARD-Per can. @c.
REV York EXTRA sELEcTs~Per
can' ''e BULK OYSTERS.
EXTRA SELECTS-Per gallon, S.6
sTANP PAIFT cfEAEg aiclg24Fi ,i g; 10
REV YoRK sTATE~Iwhite). per h.,
14c
LJMBURGER-Per h., 141zc-
BLOCK sWIss1 PEI lb 1,c 1534e
POUI.TRY-Hens, &c h.; springs.
large. re: broilers. saloc lb:
TURKEYS-Live weight, 14c ID.
BUTTER-Country, 1641Sc.
EGGS-Candled, &c.
HAY.
NEW PRAIRIE-Loose. per ton. .s5OOas.OO
-. .............. 550Q6.50
ALF'ALFA-Loose ............ 7.50dS so
ALFALFA-Baled ............. S.00SI95 50
STRAW .-.... ------.-.-.-..-.... 5.00Q6.oo
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Topeka Hide Market.
Topeka, Nov rs
IPrices paid in Topeka this week based
on Boston quotations:l
GREEN SALT CURED........... e1ko
NO. TALLOW ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. "a
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LUCAS HAS A man.

CONTINUED from First Page.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-17

engagements of health. Diluted phos-
phoric acid is one of the most power
full influences known To science for
shielding the human system from the
Inconvenience of old age. Use it daily
with distilled water and SO rctard the
approach of senility. To retain per-
pctual youth, avoid all foods rich in
the carth's salts, use much fruit, espc-
cially juicy, uncoOked apples, and take
daily two or three tumblcrfulS of dis
titled water with about fifteen drops
Of diluted phOsphOric acid in each glass
full. Thus will your days be longer in
the land.-MedicaI Age.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-17

shoemaker can get along very well
without i. Fans as well as shoes 20
with the umbrella stock. and the fan
Is as commonly used as the other arti-
CleS.
You might mistake the silk store for
4 tea house. for tea drinking IS the
most noticeable occupation of those
within view. But the tea is every
where. Tea is Il part of every social
and business conference. Tea is the
Chinese promoter of good fellowship
the balance wheel that keeps head and
heart steady when there is business to
do or personal experiences to recount.
The silks are seen above. whittier some
of the little tea parties have adjourned
to examine cOlOrS and qualities and to
strike Il bargain. One of the little
wooden men is washing his face with
both hands just as you or 1 might do
when taking Il thorough sousing. These
little details 20 far to give us a correct
picture of the real China.
Fair Grounds, st. Louis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-17
Lies About the Inside Inn

We don't believe in knocking. hence
were not going to say Il word about the
other fellows; but in simple defense
we propose to absolutely rcfute the ma
llciOuS statements circulated by the st.
Louis hotel and boarding house fratcr-
nifty regarding the ability of the Inside
seek its hOspitable roof. We. therefore,
make the following statements in all
honesty and good faith, and are pre-
pared to make good" on each and
every one of them:
l. The Inside Inn is able. at all times
to comfortably accommodate all who
come, at whatever rates they wish To
pay.
,. The enormous size and wonderful
equipment OF the Inside Inu-with its
2,257 bedrooms. and its immense dining
halls seating over $500 people at IA sin
Crowdtng or discomfort
3. The fact that the Inside Inn is
situated upon beautiful eminenCe and
surrounded by natural forest makes
IL the coolest and most delightful spot
i'll all St. Louis
I. The convenience. comfort and
economy of staying right inside the
and the management spares no pains
to make the sojourn of each and every
guest thoroughly enjoyable in every
way. and one of the plcasantest mem
cries Of the great worlds fair.
). The rates are very reasonable,
European. and SO to 81 American plan
including daily admission TO tn"
For further details or reservations
apply The Inside Inn, Worlds Fair
Grounds. St Louis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-17
worse Thnn the Puritnns

James Gill of Toledo, O., has mar
ried girl whose father insisted on
having her full name of Missouri Ar
kansas Napoleon Four Hundred Miles
Below the Mouth of the Ohio Absher"
placed OH the records when the license
was obtained. Henry Absher, the man
guilty of infiictinG such Il dreadful
combination OF words upon his daugh-
ter. explained that she was named in
honor of an aunt who lived at Napo-
leon, on the Mississippi river, in Ar
kansas, 800 miles below the mouth of
the Ohio
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-17
IN RANCE.
Charles E. HodgsOn,
Fire Insurance
Agency.
Established 1874.

American Ins. Newark. y. J.
Continental ms. New York
Agricultural ms. Co......New York
Traders ms. .CO...... Chicago, Ill
Williamsburg lns. Co. New York
New Hampshire Ins. Co. y. Hampshire
North German ms. Co... New York
American ms. Co. Philadelphia, Pa.
Security ms. CO.. New Haven, Conn.
ms. Co. State of Illinois. Rockford, III.
Office, room 3, Buford block. Rates
as low as consistent with security.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-17
THE AGING PROCESS.
a Medical Suggestion as to How II
May Be Arrested.

n Medical Suggestion as To How IL
May Be Arrested.
To drink the waters of the fountain
OF youth is still, in the opinion of
some. within the range of possibility.
4 recent writer observes that man be.
gan in a gclatinous condition and ends
in an osscous or bony one. He is soft
in infancy; he is hard in old age. Aging
is process of Justification. After mid
die life has passed II more marked de-
vclOpment OF the Ossifc character
takes place. The arteries become thick
ened with calcareous matter. and there
is Interference with circulation, upon
which nutrition depends. The whole
change from youth to old age is one Of
steady accumulation of calCarCOuS de-
pOSitS in the system. Entire blockade
of the functions of the body is n mere
matter of time, and the refuse matter
deposited by the blood through the sys-
TEN stops the delicate machinery we
call life. The blood contains COM
pounds OF lime. magnesia and iron. In
the blood itself are these earthly salts.
In early life they are thrown off; in
age they are not. Almost everything
we eat contains these elements for de-
strOying life. Earthly salts abound i'll
the cereals. and bread itself, mistaken
ly called THE staff OF life" is one of
the most calcarcouS of ediblcs. Nitrog-
enOus food also contains these ele-
ments; hence a diet made up of fruit IS
best for people advanced in years. The
daily use of distilled water is, after
middle life. one of the most important
means of preventing secretiOns and de-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-17
SEEING THE FAIR
IN DETAIL

How K Seems - Hold $4,000 Peach
blow Vase In Your Hands-Chiness
Treasures of Great Priee-Gettins
New Ideas About China - Ii Hung
Chane's Confusion About Missionary
Claims "A Chinese City Block In
Miniature - The Carpenters Shop.
The jewelers. Street.-The Tea House.
A Rice Store-Hone of a Chinese
GentIeman-Hat and Shoe Store-The
Umbrella Maker.
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE BY
MARK BENNITT.l
Mr.. Wang unlocked the big glass
door and placed in my hands a peach
blow vase eight inches high valued at
$4,000. My chief sensation was not
one of admiration, but of fear that
might drop it. Many Il better man
than l has dropped $4,000. Some have
dropped it in wheat and some In corn
and cotton. a friend of mine dropped
his watch in some wheat and found il
again the next spring, but sums Of $10.-
COO dropped in grain are not so easily
recovered. l turned the vase over to
see where the value might be secreted.
4 delicate nothing was all that could
discover. l was then permitted to re-
turn it to the custodian representing
the great Chinese government. Then
l was handed another vase of the ia
nous peachblow make, value 5000.
and. as If l had not already had hon
ors enough. n third was thrust upon
me, value $4,000. In Il space of five
minutes l examined $4,000 worth of
peachblow vases, three of the greatest
treasures of the Chinese government,
the product of a lost art III the colOring
of pottery. The vases are 800 years
old and far more scarce than sums Of
$4,000. strange as this may appear to
the inexperienced among US. You, too,
may see them in the Palace of Liberal
Arts. w-ich in this instance is Il palace
of lost arts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-17

dangling from strings. With all the
signs whirling and flashing in the sun
on breezy day in n Chinese business
street, the scene is surely one Of life.
How very like an American jewelers.
store! Two groups of statuary are on
either side of the door as you are we'll
within. Several chandeliers promise
brilliant interior at evening. The pro
prietor is behind Il counter. His stock
of jewels is in number of drawers at
the side Of the room. \ large show
case in the corner contains specimens
OF faicnce too large for the drawers. \
customer appears TO be buying some
thing. just as one might do in America.
Here is u tea house, or restaurant.
Perhaps i'll China they will call their
tea houses restaurants some day, just
as we have adopted the word cafe"
from France On the ground floor the
great teapot for hot water-as big as
ten horsepower boiler-is ready always
to supply the steaming cup. The tea
rooms are above. extending over sever
al other stores The farthest Is an
opium room. with its wide benches and
stools of equal height, upon which the
deYOtees may fall back, lulled by the
pipe dreams induced by the inSidious
drug that is responsible for China'S
most deplOrable of vices. This little
model is the only evidence diScoverable
in all the great exhibit that China ad-
mits the existence of the opium Smok-
ing habit among her people. But. then.
we have opium rooms in New York and
San Francisco.
Beneath the tea rooms is n rice or
grain store The signs probably bear
legend as familiar throughout China as
the Grain, Flour. Feed and Baled
Hay" signs are TO Americans. Rice is
the great staple food of China. At his
meals the Chinese has his bowl of rice
rs we have our potato. His meats,
bread, cakes and fruits are his delica-
cieS and are TO be partaken of only
SpdrinSly. Il have never seen drunk
en- Chinese" said Il gentleman TO ME
who had Travelled 5000 miles from the
coast into China. Yet the Chinese
drinks his wine, but by thimblefuls and
upon appointed days only. Gluttony
and unbridled indulgence are not for
the Chinese. Opium smoking was orig
inally the white mans vice, and the
better class of Chinese deplore its pres
ence within the empires boundaries.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-17
pir.Ltn ON womnn's shoulders.

Surgeons at the Memorial hospital in
Richmond, Va. recently grated skin
from a young pig to the shoulders of
woman who was badly burned by the
explosion of n lamp several weeks ago
in Richmond. says the Chicago Inter
Ocean. The pig was chloroformed ana
sufficient cuticle removed from the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-17

sorTer portions of its body TO cover tie
patients wounds. The hospital phySi-
clans, who refused to give the woman's
name. say the operation promises to be
entirely successful, although the wom-
an may be obliged to eschew wearing
dPcolIete gowns
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-17

Tho Chinese umbrellas to mend"
man has Il most respectable looking
store. Below are the finished goods.
and we peep through a lattice to see
him at his labors on the second floor.
Shoes are q part Of his stock shoes
that never saw any animals back, ex-
cept perhaps TO ride TO market. SO,
while there's nothing like leather
when well put together" the. Chinese
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-17
OFFICE 1914 SECOND AVENUE.
Painless Extracting

and removal OF nerves done by MS, and
Ibe best and most careful treatment
given to all cases.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-17

China is an unopened book Of Won
ders to most Of us. The great Chinese
wall between the empire and other
nations is the complex language that
produces brain fag and discourage
ment to most of those who attempt to
master its intricacies and entansle-
ments. But here are men speaking
the English tongue whose mastery of
the Chinese is equally facile. Wong
Kai Kah. the imperial vice commits
sioner to the worlds fair, is a Harvard
graduate. Francis \. Carl. the other
imperial vice commissioner, is an Eng
lishman who has been more than
twenty years in China. Mr.. ID. Pcrce-
bois, the secretary OF the commission,
is Il Frenchman who has been thirty
years in China and is Intimately ia
miliar with the affairs Of the country,
owing to his high connection with the
customs service. MIR. J. y. Berthet is
another Frenchman who has been TWEEN
ty years in the empire and is here doing
valuable service in dispensing a correct
knowledge of the FlOwery Kingdom.
The catalogue which Mr.. Pcrcebois
has just completed is one Of the most
valuable books on China in the English
language, for the reason that the eX-
hibit contains something of everything
important to the Chinese, and the book
describes them all.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-17
READ THIS:

We have a paten. thin elastic plate
with natural gums that fit in all cases
end when others fail. We use no cheap
material in our Office for our work is
Ri guaranteed TO be equal to the high
est rriced dentists and TO be first class
in every respect. Notice our prices be
low, they are always the same:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-17

Hats and shoes are a Chinese bust
ness combination. In the hat and shoe
store the round hats with button dec
orationS that indicate the social stand
ing and the shoes with felt soles that
insure Il comfortable physical standing
are ranged i'll glass cases on the walls.
just like any American store might
be. The cOarser grades are at the
back part OF the store on open shelves,
where moth and rust and dust may
corrupt if the proprietor fails to ndver-
tise i'll the local paper. Everything IS
graded in China in much the same way
as elsewhere in the world. The refined
and elegant things get their proper set
tings-the good hats and shoes in the
glass cases and the coarse ones unpro-
tcctpd. The cultured people have the
good houses because culture demands
them. and the rough and unrCfincd
dwell in the humber abodes. all grad
ell by the common natural law that
knows neither cline. country nor creed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-17

Let's walk around this miniature city
block. which so graphically shows life
just as it is in China. Here is q carpen-
ter's shop. with carpenters in minia-
ture. \ shrine is at the back. for the
Chinese are 4 pious people and veneer
ate their ancestors, whose virtues are
ever before them. One Of these car
pcnters is planning n square stick. An
other is welding an TX. \ third is
gluing together the parts OF a frame.
The proprietor is talking 10 n customer.
who is distinguished by the bright fan
which he carries. Peeping through the
lattice Of the upper story we may see
4 painter at work upon a half painted
window sash. Could any scene be
more commonplace: Yet how interest
ing it is to know that the Chinese are
the counterpart Of ourselves in ten
thousand little commonplace that
make up our lives, Our Chinese friend
clasps his two hands over his heart
Il place you nearest my heart" We in
America reach for each others right
hand and send a reverberatIon through
our frames that makes our teeth chat
ter. The salutations are equally hearty
and sincere. We differ only in the
manner
let US look into the jewelers. store.
The Si1ns outside arp pafuie1 hOa ri
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-17

Here is a Chinese gentleman's town
house with two outer rooms where the
cody porter stands to receive the
guests of his master. CHANGING in, we
may see the gentleman taking a sip of
tea. In the far room is the shrine
with ancestral tablets and incense Jars.
If we look about in the exhibit all
around us we may see the real furni-
ture with which gentleman's house
in China Is furnished. Note the great
rugs with long pile and fine pattern.
The Chinese are thorough i'll what they
do, and here is the proof of that thor
ouGhneSs. The sedan chair, carried by
two coolies, sits upon the floor, of the
large entrance room, waiting the mas
ter's convenience. as Il wealthy Amer
leans carriage waits at the curb or
in the stable.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-17

China is our greatest missionary field.
1t is no secret that the Chinese do not
like our missionaries. Their aggressive
ways are irritating. 1t was Ii Hung
Chang who said: You send Us your
Presbyterians, your Catholics. your
Mcthodists and Raptists, your EpiscO-
palians and others. You all claim one
Christ. yet each missionary says his
way IS the best. Now. which are we
to believe? China has her own re
ligion. Why should we adopt another
about which we are so much con
fuSed:'
But the work goes on from year to
year and decade to decade, and wheth-
er wOrshiping Confucius, Tau or Bud
dEa the Chinese are Il wonderful peo-
pie. fact proved by the vast exhibit
here in the Palace of Liberal Arts. /
can scarcely name a single article for
personal or household use or adorn-
ment not here catalogued. think
perhaps the Americans have more GIN
cracks. but the Chinese seem 10 have
overlooked nothing that might meet Il
human need, even to their square holed
money that is worth but ten for one,
but sells here at three for cents.