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St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-02

The "levee" section of the North
side seems to be the headquarters OF
the slave" traders. Detectives anG
secret service officers have Investigated
number Of externally unpretentious
houses and have discovered conditions
they never believed could exist. To
step within the portals Of these houses
I IS like being transported to the orient.
Rich rugs, tapestry, Chinese and Jap
anese bric-a-brac, virgin gold and Jade
ware studded with diamonds and pre-
cious stones, greet the eye Of the vis-
itor
Lured by Tales Of Wealth.
It is into these dens OF splendor that
Cnsuspecting girls have been lured.
Wild tales OF the wealth and pleasures
that will be theirs in the orient are
poured into the startled ears Of the
girls by women SO schooled that the
unsuspecting victims really believe the
glowing promises that are made. .
You win find scores Of wealthy
merchants and business men in Chi
nese cities who are far from home"
say the deceivers. .sThey are seeking
wives from their own land"
Another story is that wealthy orien-
tails want American companions and
governesses for their children who are
to be trained for college courses In
the big universities Of this country.
Traffic . Surprise
That Chicago has been used % q |
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-02
SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.

Mr.. Allison, who is 70 years old, ant
who graduated at Missouri universit,
In 1852, has reentered the universit.
in order to take a special course i,
surveying.
President Jordan, OF Stanford uni
versity, has had occasion to decid,
that the fact that valuable ancient Gu
rios presented to the university were
stated by the donor to have been OBJ
tained through spiritualistic revela
tions does not taint the curios
Rev. i. Ward Denys, rector Of st
Mary's Protestant Episcopal church Of
Baltimore. plans the building in his
city Of the only counterpart in the
world Of the church at Stratford on.
Avon, In England, where Shakespeare
was christened and married, where be
worshiped and was buried.
The Rev. Walter ]. Stanley, rector
of st. Peters Catholic church at DAN
bury, Conn, has been created a knight
OF the Order Of Leopold II..by King
Leopold Of Belgium The honor was
conferred in recognition OF Father
Shanley's interest in and defense OF
the Congo Free State in Africa.
Rev. DR.. E. L. Eaton, Of Pittsburg,
Pa, one Of the leading preachers Of
the Methodist church in this country,
is expected to leave the pulpit in Oc-
tober to devote his time to organiza-
ton and nationwide extension Of
new reform movement to be called the
National Ministerial Prohibition alli-
ance.
AS memorial to the late Jay Cooke,
one Of the founders and rector's war
den Of st. Paul's Protestant Episcopal
church Of Ashbourne, Pa, memorial
hall will be built there. The plans
for the building, which will cost SIS.
600, have been accepted. The funds
will be provided by Mr.. Cookies chill
dren.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-02

for them and sending dangerous wit
nesses against themselves out of the
country.
Chicago Girls Among Captives.
The names of ten more young won.
en- that have disappeared from homes
in Chicago and other American cities
and were shipped to Shanghai are in
the possession of the inspector Of the
Chinese immigration bureau. The po-
lice of this and other cities are gath
ering evidence against the promoter
Of the slavery and their prosecution
will follow. On this point the govern
n.ent agents say they must rely OIL
the police and state authorities, since
there is no national law against ex-
porting women for such purposes.
American Consul James L. Rodgers,
at Shanghai, has enlisted the coopera-
ton OF the English and Chinese au-
tEorities in that city, and evidence of
many sales of American and Canadian
girls to Chinese masters has been pro-
cured
+ The authorities have unquestionable
proof of the Incarceration in Chinese
harems Of at least dozen of the girls
who were shipped from Chicago. Hill
da Olson, aged 20, is said to have COM
mitted suicide on arriving at Shan
gnai in order to escape the fate of be-
ing slave to Chinese master.
Others were shipped to interior towns,
where they were held by one master
after another, until they were finally
sold to Chinese, who took them so far
into the interior they could not be
traced.
The horror of the situation OF the
girls, all of whom are young and were
selected because of their beauty, can
be imagined when it is known that
the Chinese purchasers own them as
chattel slaves, may sell them to
others, or may keep them as long as
they please. and in event of their dis
pleasure order their heads cut of, al,
without incurring the risk Of trial OF
punishment.
Prices for Girls Vary.
The fixed price for Chinese girl
slaves at Shanghai is from $3.50 to
s400. The price paid by the Chinese
men for the American girls betrayed
nto their hands by the two women
'ngaged in the traffic varies from $500
o $1,000 apiece. A youpg woman OF
special beauty and mplishment
,rings higher price than q palmer
md less accomplished one. ii
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-02
After the BUGS

I have been aggravated more than
once at q well fed hog roofing up the
bluegrass sod when there appeared to
be no purpose other than that OF ..in-
born cussedness." I find that there in
more in the purpose than this imagin-
ary disposition. An old bluegrass sod
has under its surface plenty Of bugs
and worms Of which Madam Hog il
fond and for which she is willing to
do large job Of roofing. I have
found one way to keep her from root
ing UP the bluegrass sod. It is by
keeping her of it when the ground
r. soft.-Farner Furrow.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-02
Traffic in Young Women in
America Is Disclosed.
BECOME SLAVES. OF MERC|LESS MANDARINS
Lured to Dens in Chicago on Various Pre-
texts and Taken to Orient by Ring Of De-
ceiving Females-Astoundine Prac-
~ tice Barred by Secret Serv-
s# ice Officials $Ef&#*@

Chicago.-Recent astounding dis.
closures have brought to light the fact
mat traffic in human lives has been
going on for some time in this coun-
Try and that this city has been the
recruiting point. Young American
glrls nave been lured from home and
friends under various pretexts and
cold into living deaths in Chinese
harems.
ihey are employed as "secretaries''
and travelling companions, with
promises Of big wages and the pay
ment OF all travelling expenses. once
within China they are delivered to
those who have paid in advance for
them, only to be hurried to the in
terror beyond the reach of civilization,
70 pass their lives in hopeless despair,
the absolute slaves of merciless mas
ters free from the restraint OF all law
and accountable to no one for their
victims lives.
Local police and federal secret sery-
ice omcials who uncovered the opera
TONS OF those engaged in deporting
the girls were surprised at the
extent and ramifcations Of the
system they unearthed. Instead
OF involving few women and
the deporting of a few girls it is now,
admitted the Investigators are on the
track OF half a score of traffckers,
hnd the number of girls lured from
home may exceed 100 in Chicago
alone, to say nothing of the extent
of the operations of the ring in other
sections of the United States and Can
ada
Two of the intended victims OF the
traffic escaped from their captors after
arriving in Shanghai They told an
ofiicer of the American navy their ex-
periences and about the fate of their
former companions. It is possible de-
mands for the liberation of the young
women by the American consul may
make the affair International.
Astounding Facts Disclosed.
Forty nine American girls have been
Eold into life slavery ID Chinese
harems. Most of the white slaves de-
llsered into the hands OF Chinese mas
ters are lost to civilization and can
hope for no escape from their bond |
lge> save by suicide. They are help
ess prisoners in Chinese interior
owns subject to the whims of man
larIns and wealthy Cinnamon who
Tere enabled to purchase them
through connivance with woman
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-02
lot It Down

While the little mistakes and disap.
pointments OF the years work In the
field and garden are fresh and an.
parent, It is q good time to make q
few notes more than mental ones
with the view to correcting the din.
Guilty next year. In the rush OF plant.
Ing "a the busy season the exact way
that things should be done, IN the
light cf past experience, often escapes
attention. and repetition of old fail
ores y tho result.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-02
Amber in New York City.

Large masses Of amber have recent
" been discovered in cretaceous strata
on Staten Island, now the borough Of
Richmond Of the city Of New York The
deposits are being commercially worked.
It Is thought that some Of this amber
may be the product Of sequoia-trees
that grew on the Atlantic coast in Gre
taceous time. Youths Companion.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-02
meeting the situation and the fact that
most of tha offenders have placed the
Pacific ocean between themselves and

most Oh tna OHenderS nave placed tn
Pacific ocean between themselves ant
prosecution.
'.It is true this sort of thing ha:
been going on for some time," sale
Chief Collins. II have detectives
working on the case now and expect
to do something before long. The in
| formation came to me from Washing
ton first, and then took the case ur
with the government officers here, bu,
they could do nothing. l don't care
| to state what our next move will be-"
One Woman Suspected.
One woman against whom positive
evidence has been gathered as cen.
tral figure in this system Of kidnap-
ing, abduction and sale into slavery
is the wife Of recently deceased
bookmaker. Several others are wom-
en- who formerly conducted resorts in
Chicago and now make their homes
in Chinese treaty ports.
While 40 cases are charged against
The former, the latter are said to have
recruited hundreds who have entered
upon a living death from which there
lis no possibility Of escape save by
suicide.
The wife of the bookmaker, when
questioned, Indignantly denied the
charges. She lives in a splendid apart
ment and is supposed to be wealthy
..The charges against me are prepos-
ferrous" she said. Il cannot imagine
how they originated. have been to
China once. Then visited married
lady friend in Hongkong. There is
delightful colony of Americans in
Hongkong. found life there charm
ing. Most American women who go
there do. There is much wealth and
money is spent freely. But white
women no more associate with Chinese
there than they do here. I never
heard of any American women being
married to Chinese there.
AS for my being connected with
band of slave traders, the charge is
absurd. On my only voyage was
unaccompanied. have never sent
anyone there.
Il have told stories Of the fine eli
mate and Of the splendid times WON
en- have there, but I do not know Of
anyone who has been Influenced to go
by my yarns.
Two Of my friends have been
dragged into this scandal. One is the
wife Of q German banker and the other
the wife Of q merchant. Both were
Chicago women. They went to China
as single women and married there
Every summer they come back to Chi
cago and stay with me at my fiat. /
They make this trip to escape the
heated term In the orient. They are
wealthy women. and left only O. few
lays ago after months visit with I
ne. I have never heard OF any women
.eturning to China with them.
7 know Of large number Of Chi
ago women Of legal age who have
zone to China during the last few
ears and secured wealthy husbands"
he said. It is their own business
md don't see why the authorities
hould raise any objections to their
,oing. They are surely better OF than
hey would be here
do they marry Chinese!" she was
sked.
"Oh, no; they marry whiiss men.
here are thousands Of single Write
zen ii the Chinese cities who. want
rives from their own lands"
Z
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-02

three sides so that it will be easy to
shovel into. then fastened one hook
On each corner at the bottom to hang
the bag on. A two-inch strip three
feet long was then bolted on to the
fiat side Of the hopper, and in this q
number of holes were bored. This
finished my bagholder, and all have
to do Is 20 hang it on a spike. using
the different holes in the strip for this
purpose, according to the size Of the
bag. The illustration shows the plan
This is another of those little de-
vices that is useful to the farmer.
There are comparatively few things
that are more useful than a good bag
holder. Ordinarily two men are re-
quired to do the work that one mar
can do if he has a bag holder that is
practical. It appears as though our
Stephenson county IllD subscriber
his plan that will answer every n,tr-
pose. Some will object to it on ac-
count of the hooks, and the liability
Of tearing the bag, but we venture
even though there is some injury,
that the damage will not be so great
but what the top of the bag will last
as long as will the bottom where il
comes in contact with the floor.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-02

pean and American civilization that
fringes the seacoast.
A number of persons have been sent
to the penitentiary under the federal
statutes for importing women into
the United States. but the authorities
have never been able to reach persons
operating in the other direction.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-02

had kidney trouble SO badly they were
agonised with pain in the back, head
end loins, rheumatic attacks and uriu.
ary disorders. am glad to recommend
such . deserving remedy.
lSigne6 MARCUS 4. MAYER
Sold by all dealers. SO cents I bor.
r-Milburn Co. Buffalo. N. y.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-02

Coquelin and other
famous singers and
actors, writes:
Gentlemen: / wish
ss many suffering men
and women % I can
reach to know the ex-
cellence OF Doans
Kidney Pills. / was
greatly benefited BY
this remedy and know
H nrrn1 a0vo~o1
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-02
)Tlya,lR0loUp :. ~
QtEKg;'r!a:}SelQ1Cl1&
A HANDY BAG HOLDER.
Former Tells How He Made One
Which Did Better Service
Than Many Others.

A subscriber In Stephenson county,
illinois. writes to the Prairie Farmer
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-02
GRATIFYING PRAISE.
Latter from Marcus Mayer, tie Grea,
Patron Of Music and Drama.

Marcus 3. Mayer, who brought TO
America Nine. Patti. Dnae. Salzini
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-02
WEIGHED by His Soap.

In the little town Of Peru, ten miles fron
Pittsfeld, the farmers in the winter bring
their butter and eggs to Frank Creamer'ss
and exchange them for tea, sugar or an.
thing else they need.
One day Mrs. Ackert brought some hnt-
ter in pound Jumps to exchange, and alter
weighing them, he said: Mrs, !; Ackert, thu
'I can't help that" she said, ST weighed
it by pound Of soap got here few daysH
ago"-Boston Herald.
Merely Fat Man.
II thought you said he was Biz corpora
tion lawyer" 2S5ssH
Not at all"
I'm sure you told me he spent most ~
his time attending to big corpora ton.
Yes, his own corporation. He's forever
eating and drinking Brook klyn Eagle.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-02

saying: saw in
your paper lately
an illustration OF
a b a & holde
which I think +
can beat. I make
q frame at the bot
tenn Of two-inch
strip. 6x8 inches
square, with a
solid wood back.
For my hopper I
used sheet iron Of
an old binder, cut
ting it to slant
~.& - H.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-02

OF course, you can fool some people III
the time, but when you consider what kind
they are it hardly seems worth while.
Puck ss
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-02
Merely d Fat Mar.
ITCHING SCALP HuMoR.
Suffered Tortures Until Cured n
Cuticura-scratched Day
and Night

my scalp was covered with little pira.
pies and ] suffered tortures from tn
itching. I was scratching all day and
night, and could get no rest washed
my head with hot water and Cuticur1
Soap and then applied the Guticura Oints:
ment as dressing. One box Of the ONT
ment and one cake Of Cuticura Ssap
and my hair is growing splendidly II
have used Cuticura Soap ever. since. snSl
shall never be without ii. (Signedl Ada C.s
Smith, 800 Grand ST.. jersey CITY. 81. II ases
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1905-11-16
Wives OF the Winners,

New York World,
Behold quiet, timid.looking woman
caught in Il great crowd in front OF Il
hall where political meeting is to be
held, The little woman has been seen
in many of the campaign crowds that
followed a certain nominee. But this
time she is almost crushed. However
she is determined not to give up. Sud-
denly her escort speaks to the crowd.
Hats come off. a path opens into the
hall. The quiet-looking woman passes
in. That was Mrs. William Jerome.
Behold-no crowds this time-but an
elevated train, a digniiied.looking
woman is seated beside a man we'll
known in New York as a Hearst adhe-
rent. He does not know the digified-
looking woman, but she knows him by
sight He is glancing over the paper
aud his eyes fall on an anti-Tammany
cartoon, He bursts into praise of the
anti-Tammany sentiment. Unconscious
ly he speaks his thoughts aloud, To
his amazemcnt the digniiied woman be-
side him not only reproves him, but
there and then delivers AS sound de-
Tense of Tammany hall, and the nomi.
nee, Mr.. Mcclellan, as he has ever
heard. He congratulates her on being
so we'll posted for woman.
That was Mrs, George b. Mcclellan.
The well-known public man who sat be-
side her will always remain ignorant OF
that fact unless he reads these lines.
Mrs. Jerome is so retiring in disposi-
tion that she insists upon sitting iu the
gallery at the meetings instead OF on
the platform or in box, because there
is less danger of being pointed out. But
in spite OF this she is fearless woman
and has been so since the day that she
married Mr.. Jerome years ago, when he
had 5000 in the bank and was out OF a
job.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1905-11-16
d Full of Cheer, and all her Prospects Bright
81 a Year in dvance.

Mrs. George B. Mcclellan Is equally
retiring. Her friends, who see in her
the most conservative OF women, would
be surprised, perhaps, to know how
much of Mayor McClellan's dream OF
the City Beautiful has been Inspired by
his wife. Mrs Mcclellan knows much
of art and much OF the beauties Of con-
tinental travel, and it isn't only Tam.
many politics with which she Is convers.
ant.
1t Is admitted in Mrs. McClellan's so.
cial circles that there are few men who
know more, or even as much, as she
does Of national and International poll
tics. Mrs. Mcclellan is society wo-
man of the conservative order. She
entertains extensively. She is sound
church woman and an transformations
philanthropist.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1905-11-16
Son Lost Mother.

Consumption runs in our family, and
through it lost my mother" writes +.
b. Reid, OF Harmony, Me. "For the
past five years. however, on the slight
est sign Of a cough or cold, have taken
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Consump-
tion, which has saved me from serious
lung trouble" His mothers death was
a sad loss for Mr.. Reid, but he learned
that lung trouble must not be neglected,
and how to cure it. Quickest relief and
cure for coughs and colds. Price SOC
and Sl.00; guaranteed by A. H. Parrish,
Forsyth, and j, w. Owen, Protein.
Trial bottle free.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1905-11-16
TANEY COUNTY REPUBLICAN
Taney County
BY W. II. AND r. B. PRICE,

T-ANEY is the fourth county from the west
line Of the state, in the extreme southern
tier and 80 bordering on Arkansas auu en-
joying to its fullneSs the wonderful! climate
Of the sunny Side" OF the OLarks, where the
temperature rarely touches zero in winter ana the
nights in summer are always cool enough 10 make
sleep delight. ,,o.,
Tic county contains $50 square miles, ii!,OD
acres Of which about b1UtU acres are lndcr I'M
proyelneut. The soil varies from the rich alluyal
bottoms Ia the strong limestone SOILS OF the rug
es producing successfully wheat, on Whlcii tilc
county was awarded the silver medal at the Lou
isiana Purchase exposition corn sccohu 10 hOie
IA stalk grown this season on display IN this office
measuring Il feet in lcngth,) potatoes, cotton
melons, tame grasses, berries, fruits, vegetables
In fact everything except tropical products' ieaFs
and peaches do especially we'll
The surface Is rugged and picturesque, covered
with forests and trayersed by streams OF spark
ling clearness, among them the beautiful White
river, famed for its scenery ana lts hbny tfiots,
including the gamey black bass and jack salmon
while the wooded cN panses abound IN small game
of various kinds. including fox, raccoon, opOssom
squirrel, quail and turkey, a,fordins aohhuahI
recreation with rod and gun.
The population Of the county by the last census
was lG,.97, only two Of hon were coiorca ana
all but w American born. The county taA IS bat
~ cent. on the slOO aud there Is practically no
county debt Wood for fuel is plentiful aud cheap
selling in Forsyth for - wagon'!oad WIN sac,
boards. Church aud school facilities are ihir ana
"A spirit vi up-to-date-uess aS to provide Orarlts
for the use OF pupils. Improved farms are valued
at $40 to SO an acre while unimproNCd iihus ch
be had ut 81 20 to IS, There are stu about 5JJO
acres Of government lands, subject to homestead
or cash entry. The county Is hnely malcrGu ti!e
White river alone winding III ana out lor ABOUT
hundred miles within its borders.
There is considerable timber OF cominerclai val,
ue, including hickory, whitcoak, walnut, plhc ana
cedar and vast mineral wealth. as Indicated ny
the little prospecting that has been done Our
minerals include marble, hydraulic lime, mangah'
ese, copper, lead and zinc in their multituuihous
FORMS silver and gold, recent prospecting showing
the presence OF both in paying quantities, all ui
which will afford matchmaking opportunities to
men OF means, Judgment and energy.
In no spot on earth, perhaps, can poor man
SO easily acquire Il home aud make living, and
any man who is honest aud energetic Will be wei
coined, be he rich or poor. The railroad, tWhlte
River line OF the Missouri Pacitc) Is just reach
ing us for the ilrst time, and freight ana pass
enger steamer will bc put on the river next sum
mer, greatly stimulating activity IN every dirrc.
ton, aud sending values upward Now Is the
time to get in right and reap the benefits.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1905-11-16
Indian Summer.

Faint blue the distant hills before,
Yellow the harvest lands behind;
Wayfarers we upon the path
The thiStlcdown goes out to find.
On naked branch and empty nest
The woodlands blended gold and red,
Dim glory lies which autumn shares
With faces OF the newly dead
Tender this moment OF the year
To eyes that seek aud feet that roam;
IT is the lifting OF the latch,
A footstep on the flags OF home.
Now may the peace OF withcred grass
And goldenrod abide with you;
Abide with me--iu: what is death:
Fall OF a leaf against the blue.
Margaret Sherwood in Scribner's =
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1905-11-16

One night is all the time necessary to
prove that Piueules is the best remedy
in the world for backache and all kid
ney and bladder troubles. If you have
rheumatism or any other blood disease
a single dose will give relief. Sold by
j. a. Lamb, druggist, Taneyville.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1905-11-16

Ordered that the court adjourn until
court in course.