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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-19
THE SITUATION IN CHINA.

Much is going on in China, but it is hard to tell what. The able correspon- dent of the London Times at Shanghai says that 1t is difficult even for obser- vers on the spot to draw clear line between the forces of reaction and re- form, or to say to whom support ought to be given in the national movement now developing itself The progress sive party in it's chief strongholds- the Kwang provinces and Hunan--is widely identified with hatred of the foreigner; while 1t Is evident that gov- ernment of the country by the effete Manchus and an unregenerate mandar- mate is doomed. But the situation, he says, is not without hopeful signs, Modern education has created ana is multiplying a class which does not re- gard exclusion of the foreigner as the cornerstone of Chinese nationalism; etllu dlbHuuSus DtCduS6 or lil6 llHllullY of the race, this class is now compara- lively silent, it is likely to be power- full factor hereafter,
 For the present, all that can be said with certainty is that in dealing with the Chinese government the fact should be recognized clearly that reform will come in spite of it and not from It.; that the party opposed to progress, led by the Manchus. yields everything to fear and nothing to reason, and that recent enlightened utterances of the throne, such as those which foreshad- ow the abolition of opium and the granting of constitutional government. are primarily intended to satisfy the immediate needs of a situation which might otherwise become dangerous concessions to a public opinion which,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-19
SARA T. KINNEY, Secretary Conn. Red Cross.
SENTENCED.


 "She thinks her husband is verita- ble lion."
 How do you know?"
 ''She says he is the king of beasts."- Houston Post.
 The doctor-Professor, speaking as a thinker and man of science, what would you call this age of the world?
 The professor-I should call it the car short age,-Chicago Tribune.
 Young Blood-Doctor, what is meant by the exaggerated ego?"
 Doctor-That. my boy, is what you had that time you tried to buck the stock market. Detroit Free Press.
 Managing director Well, and what are your qualifications for the post of night watchman?
 Appicant-Well, sir, for one thing, the least noise wakes me up.-By- stander
 Whats the trouble between HenpecH and his wife?"
 "She overheard him telling a friend that his hair was coming out in large handfuls. and she has always been proud of toe smaIlness of her hands, Houston Post.
 First convict-1 have scheme to get out of here. Second convict--What's the use? They'd nab us in 10 time
 First convict-Oh, I don't expect to stay out, but I feel as if little va cation would do me good.--Brooklyn Life.
 Yes" said the fellow with the bald brow, 'it's certainly true that if a man hasn't any respect for himself, nobody
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-19
The Famine in China.

To Editor of the Journal and Courier:
 MT. Rodgers, the American consul general at Shanghai, China, writes in regard to the famine conditions in Chi na as follows. MT. Rodgers is also the special. representative of the American National Red Cross in China,
 The conditions are almost unseeable, if not unspealable. I only saw q por- tion of the camps at Chlnkiang and at Ranking, and l was told that they are infinitely better than those which line the canal to and at Tsingkiangpu. Yet the wretchedness, the misery, the al- most appalling horror of the camps I saw are practically indescribable. It must be borne in mind that no rain of any consequence has fallen in this part of China for many weeks; as a conse- quence the camps are located not adja- cent to reasonably dirty and filthy ca nals and pools, but beside foul ditches and stagnant ponds there is no att tempt at sanitation and the mat huts are crowded together and each contains many men, women and children. who are clothed in rags, who are dishevelled beyond description and who are living on a scanty tea cup of rice a day and besides such roots and other vegetable substances as can be gleaned from a country already swept nearly bare. This is the condition of these people near the prosperous cities of Ranking and Chinkiang, am1 they only consti- tute small percentage of the whole, the refugees in the river cities and towns probably numbering altogether seventy-five thousand. What 1t is all like at places within the famine dis trict can perhaps be imagined, If such disaster as an epidemic of smallpox or typhus fever should occur this re- fugee population will certainly spread somewhat. although some assert that they will prefer to take their fate and misery in company with their fellows. Be all that as 1t may the climax of this famine condition in the essential quantity of starvation or not will not come for six or seven weeks, the time when the real Chinese winter of the latitude is on. That there will be a great loss of life goes without say ing; the only question now is how much can it be limited.
 There is no question about the feel ing of gratitude entertained by the viceroy for the charity of the American people toward these afflicted members of his race. He reiterated his expres- sions in that respect time and again and gave every evidence of his appre- ciation."
 The Red Cross has thus far shipped to China three hundred tons of four valued at about $10,O0O, and has cahled $45,00O in money. Twenty-Five hundred bushels of seed wheat for spring plant ing will be shipped to China on the 21st instant and five thousand bushels, which have been contributed in Port lami Oregon, will be forwarded as soon as arrangements for its transpor- tation have been completed. The con- tributions from Connecticut already amount to more than $12O0 Further contributions for this object win be gladly received by Mr, Thomas Hooker, the treasurer of the American National Red Cross, at the New Haven Trust Company
 SARA T. KINNEY.
 Secretary Conn. Red Cross.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-19

else will have much respect for him"
 But it's equally true" replied the keen one, that if he has too much, nobody else will have any."-Philadel- phia Press.
 Jonah was trying to explore the in- terior of the whale.
 My, but this stuffy place" unused Jonah. T wonder what 1t remands me of"
 Then, after a pause:
 "oh, yes; it is exactly like the New York subway"
 And then Jonah began to gasp for breath.-Chicago News.
 Uncle Eph'm, did you hear about that colored man down in Georgia who has made bet that he can eat thirty possums in thirty days?"
 Not a word O trufe in dat story, boss"
 How do you know, uncle?"
 How I know? Good Lawd, boss, i yo' can't find anybody in Jawjy dat ud take de uddah eend O dat prop sition!i I-Chicago Tribune.
 The beautiful leading lady was in deep distress.
 Tn spite of all can dc" she sobbed, T fear that am going stale, I have lost my diamonds. I have lost my pearls, my three husbands by divorce, my imported bulldog and my automo- bile. Now, Is there anything else I can lose that will once more bring me be- fore the limellght?"
 The manager shrugged his shoulders
 Yes" he replied coldly. Hose your affectation and learn how to act - Chicago Daily News.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-19

if openly defei, might result in the throwing of bombs. Tn spite of the warning of far-seeing advisers like Yuan shih-kai, it seems that the court considers all immediate danger past, and with it the necessity for any radi- cal change in the established system. Constitutional government, so far as the latest edicts are concerned, is post poned, the correspondent thinks, indei- niteIy.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-19

According to some new regulations the employees of the railroads in Prus- sia--which are government institutions must have their ey ght tested when they enter the servic, gain when they enter on another branch of work which makes greater demands on the eye sight, and again when appointed to any official position. Besides this the eye sight must be tested anew every five years, at which time the men are also to be examined for ocular and consti- tutional affections, and also for injur- ies to the head In certain branches of the service the employees are allowed to wear glasses to- bring their vision to the proper standard, but artificial aids are not permitted to switchmen and bridge tenders, signal men, locomotive engineers and stokers, conductors or despatcherS
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-19

Clerk-You can't get a room here for that man; he's drunk.
 Man Supporting weary friend)- That's all right. What of that?
 Clerk-This is a temperance hotel.
 Man-Well, he's too drunk to know the difference.-Army and Navy Life.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-19
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations. Wants. Rents and other Rmall advertisements. One Cent worGs sach insertion. Five Cents a Word for D full week.
 Display advertisements, ger inch, one Aazsrtion, s1.2O: each subsequent inssrs Rson. 40 cents; one week. sS.SSi e@@ RsSnth. SIC, one year. $40.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-19

The Emperor William was snowball- ed lately and didn't do anything, or or der anything done, to the boys who snowballed him. In similar situation try to be as magnanimous as the great Emperor.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-19

Pittsburg authorities have taken a census of the bathtubs in that city, and find that there are only eight in the entire S4th ward. That is the mill dis trict, running west along Carson street from the Point Bridge, where twenty five hundred people live, where five hundred men vote and where 512 school children are compelled to grow up without the most ordinary bathing ac- commodations,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-19

There are many women who are get ting their rights. One of them is Mrs. Flora Lewis of Dayton, Vamhill coun- ty, Ore, who supports herself and three little girls on a seven acre farm. She has two cows, chickens and. a gar den. On one acre of the farm she rais- es wheat enough to feed her chickens for the year. Her receipts from the place for the month of November were $4S19, Her three little girls attend the Dayton schools and are receiving a good education.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-19

The Indianapolis News rises to in- quire if, looking at it from another point of view, would 8 congressman consider the distribution of garden seed among his constituents a good invest ment if he had to pay for it himself?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-19

IA South Dakota divorce does not pass for a divorce in the courts of New York unless both parties were apprlsed of and represented at the proceedings. This is the law lately re-declared by Supreme Court Justice Bowling.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-19

The French know how to slave and save. It is estimated that the peas ants of the south of France spend on food for a family of five an average of four cents day. For breakfast there is bread, with preparation of salt fish to spread on it for dinner, stockflsh or a vegetable soup or salad, and for supper lentils, beans or other vegetables. water is the chief drink, with a thin wine once in a while. Rab- bit is occasionally used as a flavor in a vegetable stew, but that is a luxury Beef or mutton is seldom tasted. Most of them dress poorly, But this econo- my is not for nothing, Many of them have bank accounts, and in the matter of hard cash are well enough off.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-19

Boss Brayton hasn't yet been driven out of the Rhode Island statehouse. This Is the way one of the Rhode Is- flanders writes about him: He not only holds daily audience in room POT, or sometimes in another room as suits his convenience, in the Statehouse; he holds secret audience with the select few whom he admits to that honor, and he has a doorkeeper, who admits the elect and who excludes the common herd. What would be thought if the governor, secretary of state, the gen. eral treasurer or other officer elected by the voters, furnished with a public of- flee in the Statehouse, were to lock his office door, stationing trusty hench- man to admit these selected to be hon. ored by an audience?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-19

iHInlIInallIlIlllIIIlIrIHInIlulNIIlIrINlllH MeiIink's T H ,Is E R ,I. F Home W a y $ Safe. you keep at home that you
 would hate to lose either by fire or burglary-im- portantpapers, jewelry, silverware. A Meilink Safe might prevent just such a los-a loss that would make the price of a safe seem ridiculous ly small. These safes come in several sizes, are attractively finished, are practically fire, water and burglar proof and are not high priced. All we sell are made with combination locks and the largest have inside drawers.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-19
EAmratanm.

MIR. FREDERICK WELD will engage the services of q limited number of good singers for corus choir. Voices tried at 139 Orange St.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-19

For the first time in thirty years ther' dispatch.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-12-01
The National Dairy Show.

The National Dairy Show occurred
at Chicago the second week of Octo-
Der. The show was held. at the Stock
Yards in the quarters of the National
Live Stock Exposition. About 600
head of dairy cattle of the different
breeds were on exhibition and also a
comprehensive exhibit of machinery
that pertains to the dairy business.
Most of the herds on exhibition came
from Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and the
Eastern states. Wisconsin made. a
particularly strong showing on Guern-
seys, including the exhibits of the
Helendale Farm, j. Gilbert Hickcox,
John H. Williams and M. d. Cunning
ham. Canada contributed a strong
Ayrshire exhibit. Thomas w. Law
sons Jerseys were strong contenders
in their class. Owing to limited space
we are unable to publish a detailed
list of awards. While the first show
was not very largely attended, there
seems to be no good reason why the
National Dairy Show cannot be made
quite as important in its field as the
National Live Stock Show has become
in fat stock circles.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-12-01
Sis to $25 Saved
If You Buy an IOWA
A Golden Butter Mine

Butter is high price-so says every
housekeeper.
And the natural. laws of season and
pasturage will send it higher-they al
ways do.
Butter demand is growing-con
stantly.
And demand for best butter is grow
ing more rapidly than for average
butter.
Less supply than demand will boost
prices. Making better quality butter
the best quality-will push the
prices up faster than anything else.
Your dairy, Mr.. Dairyman, is
mine-a gold mine, 7if you please. It's
more important to you than the dpings
of the money centers-and more i'm
portant, collectively, to the Nation.
Good stock is the first requisite.
Nobody questions that.
Next to good stock centrifugal
separator is necessity-the pan and
can raising system of securing butter
fat can't keep up.
Isn't it time for you, Mr.. Dairy
man, to be thinking of your butter
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-12-01

gold mine, right at your home, ready
for the working, capable of yielding
big and constant rewards, If only you
work it properly?
If you think Eyes" write to the
Sharples Separator Company, West
Chester, Pa, for their Business
Dairying" handbook and regular cat
'alogue. Both free, if you mention this
paper. Both books will help you in
getting ready to gain largest possible
profits from the butter gold mine. +
Another fact:-In the beginning of
the year 1907 the Sharples Separator
Company decided to award an upright
piano to some purchaser of Tubular
separator, who had bought or night
buy Tubular separator during 1907.
Time still for you to get in the list
of eligible purchasers to one of whom
the piano will go.
You can get Tubular at the regu-
lar price, and the dairy help and
profit the Tubular stands for. You
may get a piano-some 1907 purchaser
of Tubular will get the instrument.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-12-01

One COW that will produce 800
pounds of butter a year is worth in
dollars and cents as much as three
COWS producing $50 pounds each. Yet
many dairymen will not pay what the
300-pound COW is worth.
Keep the stable and dairy in good
condition, fresh air and clean.
All the good COW asks of her oW1i4s
er in return for what she does for.
him is kind treatment, and when she
doesn't return handsomely it is safe
to conclude that the owner is not CIV
ing her chance.
During the eight or ten weeks that
the COW is dry her feed should be
principally roughage, except the last
two weeks, when three or four pounds
of ground oats or bran should be al
lowed her daily.
Profit in winters depends upon the
kind of COWS one has to work with.
Dairying at any season is failure
without good COWS, and it is more of
failure with bad COWS in winter than
in summer, because winter food costs
more, and bad cow is relatively
worse on winter feed than on summer
feed.
1t is always best to do the milking
each day at the same time. Each one
of the mixers should keep his own
section SO the COWS will become &C.
custOmed to their attendants. They
will do better than when changing
about from one to another. One milk
er will work rapidly, another slowly.
Many man has been fooled by
thinking he could pick out his good
COWS. Put the BabcocK test against
your own judgment, and see which
comes nearest in putting correct val
ue on the COWS.
Don't save all the coarse and
spoiled hay and grain for the mich
cows. They will probably eat some
of it, if compelled to, but that musti-
ness is sure to come out in the but
ter. To produce sweet-favored milk,
COWS should have sweet-favored food.
A correspondent asks how much he
can afford to pay for alfalfa hay to
feed his COWS. A ton of alfalfa con-
tains about 200 pounds of protein.
while ton of bran contains about
l25 pounds. When the great feeding
value of alfalfa is better understood,
more Of it will be fed.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-12-01

Madison, Neb.-My colt had very
bad bowed tendon and a bog SPAWN.
You gave a guarantee and now 1 have
a perfect cure tried ,d dn several erad Other her
colt was not worth $50, and it would
take $1,000 to buy him now:
A. V. SMITH.
Rockfeld, Wis., bought "Save-the-
Horse" to use on bone SPAWN. Horse
now works every day and nobody could
saw that he was ever lame He belongs
to- a creameryman, H. S schess saw noi He
ing because he could work him right
along. Please send me an bottle bottle
check I am a farmer and will recon-
mend your remedies HI n A d MoRN NdrHs
mind Edr ve euaI but q signed ed contract made
absolutely legally binding to protect
purchaser to treat any case named in
the document.
Goo bottle. with written binding guarantee. Send 70,
Oh copy, booklet and letters from business men and
trainers marvellous cures Of all spavns ThoT1gga-
puff Shoe Boil injured Tsndons and all Lameness No scar
tSrov Chemical Company Binghamton. M
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-12-01

One COW that will produce 300
pounds of butter a year is worth in
dollars and cents as much as three
COWS producing $50 pounds each. Yet
many dairymen will not pay what the
300-pound COW is worth.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-17

lively than non-rcsistance philosophers and In
ternational fuanciers are. If the authors i'm
pressions at all accurate we have good rea-
son to be treasured.
The curious conditions OF life in the conccsted
areas of modern cities. and particularly the cos
mopolitanis.r OF the American tenement dis
tricts. are highly favorable to the spread Of
ireuc patriotism. according to Miss Adams.
National and provincial beliefs and customs are
perforce exunguished wherever twenty races
rub shoulders in the narrow corridors OF h.t
Again, men living in such environment soon
discover the Importance OF the deeper, common
human virtues. and the relative triviallty Of all
others. Largely because OF the enforced contact
between American and immigrant laborvrs there
has grown up true humanitarianisn in the
policy of labor unions, The day has nearly
passed when woskngmen use their organizations
solely FOR their private ends; only the younger
less experienced unions are nowadays guilty Of
such greed.
The greater part of the volume is devoted IN
fortunately. to Il discussion Of the Obstacles in
city and national government which hinder the
arrival of the Golden Age. We wish nc SYM
pathetic, keen observer had given US more con-
crete facts about the altruism Of the masses and
less speculation about the SHORTCOMINGS Of our
Anglo-SaXon political institutions. Doubtless
Miss Adams is largely justified in hcr opinion
that present laws and methods Of administration
are III adapted TO cope with moral and social
problems springing out OF the new industrialism.
She is probably correct, too in saying That
women, in reganing their primitive Industrial
status. will gain political power. And her chap
tiers on Industrial legislation and child la.or
may. in the main. be approved. But none Of
these studies. each intrinsicaHy interesting fuI-
fills the promise of the books title. There is an
incoherence largely explained by the PREDATORY
remark that four OF the eight chapters were in
dependently written magazine articles and
lectures It is a pity that the subject matter
could not have been more logically organized
about the central theme. 1t is disappointing to
pick UP a self -professed monograph and to dis
cover that II Is only a collection OF somewhat
miscellaneous essaya This Is especially disap-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-17

its circumstances and reasons He quotes a
communication made to him TO the effect that
Mary AIMS lifelong friend Mrs. Cash. Of
Coventry. had repeatedly declared that the
novelist had told her more than once that the
legality of her marriage with MT Lewes was
purely a matter of geography; that while it
was Illegal In England it was legal in Germany,
where a marriage ceremony had actually been
performed" He quotes Also a conversation
held by a friend With Charles Lewea, the eldest
son Of c. 81. Lewes:
She made bold to ask whether II was true that
G. H Lewes left his family owing TO the influence
OF George Eliot 1T is a wicked falsehood.' was
his answer. My mother had left my father before
he and George Eliot had met each other
George Eliot found ruined life, and she made II
into q beautiful life She found US poor little
rnotherless boys. and what she did for US no one
on earth viii know. am the son OF the
woman whom people say was wrongod by George
Eliot have told you fhe real truth OF the matter.
and you have my authority to repeat It wherever
and whenever such a statement Is made In your
presence"
Mr.. Mottram docs not profess to play the ad-
vocate In this matter, though he goes near to
being one and is little uneasy in the position;
he claims to be merely IAN honest narrator Of
facts''-facts which Professor +. w. Newman
often told him should be clearly stated