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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-11

terness; and 80 cizS have men in the
consular and diplomatic service.
The Why of china's Latest Massacre.
Regardless of public opinion, the
French missionaries have pressed to
the limit their prErogatives. Columns
could be written of the manner in
which they have abused their power
Whole villages have been forcibly i'm
pressed to work for them. In the in
terror, few weeks ago, Iran across
case where they had imprisoned the
head men of village. At Nanchang
they insisted on the punishment of two
men whom the mayor had promised
to protect; the latter, his face" gone,
wrought a dire Chinese revenge by
committing suicide in their church.
Straightway an uprising followed in
which an entirely unoffending British
family was massacred, as well as the
French priests, and all the foreigners
in the place would have been slaught-
cred, had not timely rain dispersed
the mob.
For all such crimes the French de-
mand eXorbitant indemnities. The
most trivial offense against a mem.
Der of one of the French churches
must be heavily atoned for. This ap-
plies not only to the national land
grabbing of France and Germany on
account of missionary troubles, but
also to petty neighborhood squabbles.
A convert of the French priest is i'm
mune from the law of his own land.
He may be murderer, thief, a ras-
cal of any kind or degree; his church
membership is an asylum, and the law
cannot touch him. The missionary
alone is his judge. No outsider can
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-11

Copyright, 1902. by Joseph B. Bow!as)
Picking, China.-The most serious
charge made against missionaries IN
China is that by their interference
with civil law they exasperate the
natives to the point of uprisings and
massacres. This subject deserves the
fullest investigation and most careful
treatment; for it is no light thing to
accuse ministers of the gospel with
being responsible for riot and muir
der. Yet regret to write that find
ground for this widespread criticism.
A look at the setting of the facts
is first necessary. China has long
been regarded as a huge, hulking,
helpless incompetent among the ma
tons of the earth. She has never re-
ceived the consideration due to a
great country. Foreign powers have
never trusted the lives of their sub
jects in her keeping; wherever they
go, there goes the law of extra-terri-
toriality. An alien in China is not
subject to China; he knows no law
but that of his own self-restraint or
of his country's consulate.
Every White Man Nabob.
A foreigner can do pretty much as
he pleases in China. Instead of being,
as his friends at home imagine him to
be, terror-stricken mortal, momen-
tarily afraid that the Chinese ogre
will demand his life, he is more near
ly an ogre himself
Bitter experience with armies and
navies from over seas, and with the
loss of territory seized as a penalty
for injury to foreigners, has made
Chinese officials fearful of these
strangers. Every magistrate knows
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-11

have any redress against him. This
has made the French churches ref
uges for evil-doers, and it has also
caused the French missionaries to be
dreaded and hated by Chinese high
and low.
Matters are improving somewhat of
late. The high-handedness of the
French clergy has abated, since the
troubles in France have deprived
them of the privileges of instant ap-
peal to the French minister at Peking
A new and better policy will probably,
perforce, be adopted. The noble sac
rifice of the French priests and nuns,
and their tireless, selfless labors, may
then have their reward in the affection
and esteem of the people.
Willy John Chinaman's Ways.
AS rule, the American and British
missionaries have followed a directly
contrary policy, as the utterances of
the two ministers of these nations,
which shall later quote, will show.
Their general rule has been non-in-
reference in civil matters. Times be-
yond counting they have been put in
a predicament by the willy Chinese,
who can see an advantage to them
selves long before it is on an Anglo
Saxon's horizon.
Thus many an ardent young mis-
sionary has found that a sudden &C.
cession of inquirers has been due to
the fact that the protested converts
wanted him to take up their side of
a quarrel against members of the
French church. To join the one
church seemed to the Chinese the
only recourse left to enable them to
get justice from, or to get even with,
the members of the other. If the
American missionary would not help
them, as the French missionary
helped his people, then his was the
loss of face" and following.
In these circumstances some mis-.
sionaries have doubtlessly appealed to
the native officials and to taeir own
consuls on behalf of their people, in
cases other than persecution; the
treaties accord protection to the ma
tive Christians when prosecuted On
account of their religious faith, al
though this is doubtful advantage.
When the Gospel Goes to Law.
The net result of all this has been
only trouble for all concerned. The
missionaries have been caused end
less annoyance and at times serious
difficulties. There is general agree
ment among the Apglo-Saxons that
they will not go to the yamens in be
half of their Chinese members under
any conditions. Some have expressed
to me the wish that tho boards would
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-11

that he will lose his job, if not his
head, should aught befall foreigner
within his jurisdiction. Instead of be-
ing hooted down the street as a ''for-
eign devil" the foreigner swaggers
along expecting all other pedestrians,
and jinrickshas and carriages as well.
to get out of his way. The small
urchin, less discreet than his elders,
sometimes cries foreign devil" only
at the risk of feeling the foreigners
stick.
The race question in the southern
states is not half so serious as the
race question in Asia. The white
mans sense of superiority to the yell
low expresses itself in a harshness
that would shock America were it
widely known. If a ricksha man does
not go fast enough, beat him with
your stick A secretary of the Amer
lean legation at Picking told me as
Joke that he broke his light cane on
coolies shoulders. If a Chinese gets
in your way, shove him aside, kick
him or pull his queue. When I have
seen the way the Chinese are fire.
quently abused by white men I no
longer marvel at the anti-foreign feel
ing which resides in most native
breasts. The wonder is that the Chi
nese have endured so much without
reprisal. For 1t does seem as if the
natives have no rights which the for
eigners are bound to respect. The
present outcry against the white man
in China has manifold justification.
Missionaries Above the Law.
AS an enlightened Chinese educator
said to me, Anybody can do what
ever he wants to China at present"
Thus 1t came to pass that the French
treaty gave civil rank and authority
to French missionaries. There are
ugly reports afioat concerning the
means by which this provision was
put into the document; but these do
not necessarily concern the present
discussion. The American and Brit
ish missionaries, who would be en-
titled to the same rights by the most
favored nation" clause, promptly dis
ayowed any intention of accepting
them.
Not so the French. They have been
openly political agents, as have also,
in some cases, the Germans. The
French bishops travel in the full re-
gala of viceroys. When he goes out
in his chair bishop has outrunners,
umbrellas, flags and all the other fun
merry of Chinese governor. He de-
mands to be received always in the
state BETTING his rank. Upon this
point Chinese officials, high and low,
hare s-ckea to me It'll grsssest bit
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religious crank whose methods were
thought to be an outrage on good
taste and responsibility. 1t has fallen
to the lot of very few men who have
lived for the benefit of their fellows
to receive during their lifetime such
measure of recognition and honor as
has been accorded to this high priest
of most aggressive religious organi-
cation. He has worked hard for what
he has won. He worked for his Or
ganization, however, and not for him
self.
Gen. Booth was born in 1929. He
became a Methodist minister, and
with passion for the reformation of
the individual he engaged in evangel-
istic work. He was 80 years old when
he began his life'S work as a Saliva
zionist, at Mile End road, East Lon
don. His tabernacle was a tent
pitched in a disused burial ground.
His audience was from the White
chapel district. For IL years the work
that sprang from that sermon was
known as the Christian Mission, and
its endeavors were confined largely to
the East End.
From that beginning there has
sprung into being an organization in
So countries that has $4,000 commits
stoned officers and 700 army corps.
The work extends from England into
Russia, Canada, India, Sweden,
France, Switzerland, Germany, Africa
Tasmania, New Zealand, China, Korea
and the United States.
Included in the charitable institu-
tons of the army are the prison gate
and rescue work, inebriates' homes
boys and girls homes, farm colonies.
immigration, naval and military
homes, Samaritan brigades, hospital
and benevolent visitation, Indian day
schools, bank and an insurance so
ciety. Gen. Booths life is so closely
allied with the Salvation Army that
any sketch of him necessarily in
cludes review of the gradual growth
of that organization in all it's
branches.
Closest to the heart of Gen. Booth
of all his social reforms is the one
launched in 1890, outlined in his book
Darkest England and the Way Out"
The scheme consists of three main
planks, city colonies, land colonies
and colonies over sea.
Received all over the world by
kings and other rulers, Gen. Booth
retains the simplicity and democracy
that marked him as an unknown
Methodist minister, yet he is an auto
crat in the management of his huge
organization. He is at home with any
kind Of an audience. In his recent
automobile tour through England he
addressed factory hands in their
plants, mass meetings out of doors
and fashionable audiences in theaters
which he hired, all in one day. And
in his present American tour he will
follow the same course.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-11
A StickIer for Expression.

There is only one objection have
to this hotel" said the pedantic per-
son
What's that?" inquired the clerk.
I'm quoting rates it speaks of the
accommodation it offers. It's one Of
the most unaccommodating places on
earth. The inefficiency might be ex-
cused, but the mendacity is unforgiv-
le."-Washington Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-11

in the 16-pound hammer throw, his
mark being 172 feet 71s inches. He
then went after the American record
and succeeded in establishing a new
penny, of the Montreal A. A. A, broke
the Canadian record for the pole
vault, clearing II feet 51s inches. j.
]. DAILY, of the I. A. A. c., broke the
three mile Canadian mark of 1895 by
ten seconds.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-11
S!pOr( !!l8
Gossip.

The Gans-Batling Nelson controver-
sy seems to have petered out. Joe is
firm in his demand of 80 per cent, OF
the $4,000 purse offered by the Reno,
New, promoters and the Nelsonites
demand better split of the money.
1t was reported several days ago that
Mr. May, who offered the purse, stat
ed he would bet $4,000 on Nelson at
even money. That, probably, is more
money than Cans would care to wager
on himself, still he bet his end of the
Goldfield purse, $4,000, against $1,000
despite the weight conditions against
him. There is no doubt, though, that
Tex Ricard and Nat Goodwin would
call Mr.. May if they saw the money.
Failing with Nelson the colored cham.
pion will have to get search war
rant to find another opponent should
he beat Burns unless he wants to
match with Jack Blackburn, that
other tough colored lightweight. Jack
has an excellent record, but unfortu-
nately he has not been thrown in the
same caste with Nelson and Britt,
therefore the promoters are not clam
oring for the match.
Five thousand people saw records
broken in the first Canadian athletic
championship meet under the auspices
of the Montreal Amateur Athletic Fed
Grafton of Canada. The weather was
fine, and except for an occasional
breeze which interfered slightly with
the broad jump conditions were ideal.
Four records were broken, one of
which was placed to the credit of
Ralph Rose, of California. Rose put
the 16-pound shot 40 feet 71a inches,
beating the American record three
quarters of an inch. McGrath, of the
New York Athletic club, defeated Rose
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-11
Frank Confession.

Applicant-We would Xix. to rent
this house, but we can't afford 1t.
Owner would like not to rent it;
but / can't afford it, either.-Chicago
Journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-11

DYSPEPSIA Is often Caused By cata,yA
Of the StomacA-PerunG Relieves Ca
tarrh Of the Stomach and Is Therefore q
Remedy for Dysbebsia.
1esS~SSse-s-s-s-e-s
Hon. M. c. Butler, U. s. Senator
] from South Carolina for two terms, !
in letter from Washington, ID. c.,
I writes to the Peruna Medicine Co.,
| as follows: I
81 can recommend Peruna for
dyspepsia and stomach trouble. ~
have been using your medicine for
a short period and feel very much !
relieved. 1t is indeed q wonderful
medicine. besides a good tonic" !
sss~ss-s-s-s-ss-s-s-s-s
CATARRH of the stomach is the COR
~ rect name for most cases of dyspep-
STA. Only an internal catarrh remedy,
such as Peruna, is available.
Peruna Tablets Can now be procured.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-11

A man who likes work is never at a
loss. If he falls, he will rise again;
we need never despair of him.-P. ].
Stahl.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-11
Cream and Poultry.

Top prices, quick returns, square deal.
Ship to us to-day. Write for tags & prices.
r. E. COBB, st. Paul, MINI.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-11

Defiance Starch-Good, hot or cold
the best for all kinds of laundry
work, 16 OF. for 10c.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-11

Even when man pays cash for an
electric battery he wants it charged.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-11
Emperor Is Well Housed,

The emperor of Japan has no few
er than 30 residences, each a model
of comfort.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-11
We Want Your Cream.

Write to-day for tags and prices. Nortl
Star Creamery Co., Minneapolis, MINI.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-11
Guns, Traps, Decoys, Etc.

Lowest prices. Write for free catalog No /
N. w. Hide & Fur Co.. Minneapolis. MINI.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-11

According to Cy Sanborn, the fam.
Gus baseball critic, baseball manufac-
turers are working industriously on a
scheme that will result in the aboli-
ton of the baseball spike. Says San
born: 81 had talk with Charley
White in New York the other day, and
he tells me Spalding Bros. already
are try ng to anticipate the growing
demand for the abolition of the pres
ent day baseball spike. He told me
their expert shoe man had been at
work on it for some time. They are
doubtful if it will be possible to sub
stitute for the spike anything along
the lines of the cleats now worn by
football players because of the differ
ence in the demands put upon cleats
by the game"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-11

During a tanning bee the other day,
one of the Pittsburg players told how
Goat" Anderson won a place on the
Pirate team. Tommy Leach recon-
mended Anderson to Fred Clarke for
a trial al Hot Springs. While there,
Clarke WAS teaching Anderson few
things about team play. He had told
Anderson to bunt at the signal from a
man on first, who purposed going
down to second. The ball was pitched
five feet outside, and, of course, tho
catcher tagged the man going to sec
ond Anderson had made no move to
bunt or even to strike at the ball.
Clarke started to call him. "Shut up.
You don't know all there is in the
books" The answer made the Pirate
captain gasp, coming from recruit.
Cali right, son." grinned Clarke. 81
guess you haven't got stage fright
when you can give it to your manager
that way" The youngsters nerve in
roasting his boss won him a job with
Pittsburg and just now he's leading
the right fielders of the National
league in runs scored and stolen
bases.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-11
2IIS2E;p G4R2ZT

Star of New York State league, now
big show.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-12-19
fINGER-PRINT SIGNATURES.

Finger-print identification has
been extended to commercial uses
by the postal savings bank of the
Philippines at Manila. This bank
has recently issued series of stamp
deposit cards on which spaces for
stamps of different values to be
affixed. When the depositor has
stamps to the value Of one peso on
the card it is exchanged at the bank
for a deposit book showing the
amount to his credit. Opposite the
lines for the owners signature and
address is a square ruled off for the
reception of his thumb-print SO that
even if illiterate, depositors may
readily be identified.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-12-19
PLACING THE PILLOWS.

A maid in large hotel taught one
woman how to place the pillows on
the bed without a wrinkle showing
in the slip. The hotel maids way
was to take the pillow by two cor
ners, the long way, and shake the
feathers down well. Then, still re-
tanning hold Of the ends, she laid
the pillow on the bed, the edge COM
ing to where the pillow would lie.
Then she turned it right back in
place. This left all the extra fullness
in the slip beneath the pillow and
out of sight, while the pillow itself
presented a smooth, unbroken sur
face.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-12-19
ON $4,000 A YEAR.

/ do not keep carriage nor a
motor car, nor even governess cart.
My wife is not extravagant, but my
three children cost in education and
clothes about $2,250 a year. My
rent is $500 year and repairs aver
age $3.50 a year. There are four
maid servants and one gardener. |
keep very little company, yet to my
disgust and despair | find l cannot
make both ends meet on $4,000 a
year. The worst of it is that any
one item of expenditure taken by
itself seems not only reasonable but
inevitable to the London
Spectator.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-12-19
PROVED HE WAS LYING
Evidence Given by Photograph Settled
All Question as to Defend
ants Obligation.

A resident of Portland, Me-, told
of a case that was tried recently be-
fore one of the civil courts of his
city in which a photograph played
the principal part.
at was a little matter of a debt
that brought the parties before the
Judge" he said, ''and the man sued
stoutly denied ever having borrowed
cent. 1t was alleged by the plain
tiff that the transaction took place
in his rooms, and that the defend
ant had given a verbal promise to
paw inside of a month.
CATER the defendant had sworn
solemnly that the whole thing was a
fabrication, the plaintiffs lawyer
quietly produced the phonograph
which his client had in his rooms on
the day the debt was claimed to
have been contracted and set it in
motion.
"Immediately the conversation in
question was repeated, both the de-
fendant's and plaintiffs voices be-
ing clearly recognizable. The de-
PENDANT had to pay up.
81 was in court at the time, and
l never saw any man appear so devil
ishly embarrassed as the accused
when he was compelled to admit
that he had deliberately lied"
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-12-19
COLLIDED WITH A SHARK
Swimmer Attempting to Cross British
Channel Has HairRaising
Experience.

In the latest attempt to swim the
English channel j. Wolfe, the
Scottish amateur, had a narrow es-
cape from a shark. The monster
struck the swimmer across the loins
and he is yet sore from having come
in contact with the monster of the
deep. Wolfe was going well on his
right side and there was every chance
that Webb's great feat would be
emulated after so many unsuccess-
full attempts when suddenly the
shark appeared from below.
The swimmer, in making the
stroke, thought the huge bulk was
piece of wreckage, but as his hand
went back it passed along a Shiny
body and at that instant the shark
jumped clean out of the water.
Wolfe turned around to see what
was the matter and the shark dived.
Those who accompanied Wolfe say
that it was one of the bottle-nosed
species and these never attack SWIM
mers in the water.
Wolffe's attempt has been the best
SO far and probably had he escaped
meeting the shark he would have
completed the journey. He was
within mile and half of the shore
when he was forced to give up.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-12-19
Making Yourself Heard

Conversing we'll by telephone il
a valuable accomplishment and the
first step towards it is to speak dis
tinctly and agreeably over the wire
The instruments and apparatus OF
the Conway Telephone Company.
and the lines that connect them
are kept at the highest efficiency
and except in unusual conditions
give US nearly as perfect transmits
sion as is attainable. The funda-
mental rules of good telephone
talking are: SPEAK CLEARLY ANE
NOT TOO RAPIDLY; speak DIRECTLY
INTO THE INSTRUMENT with the
lips very close to the mouthpiece,
throwing" the voice from the
mouth and not 'smothering" it IN
the throat or chest; and don speak
in TOO LOUD a tone. For SHORT
DISTANCES the voice should be a
SHADE LOWER rather than higher
than a we'll modulated converse
tional tone. For long distances
it should be raised somewhat, bur
NEVER enough to APPROACH SHOUT
ING. The transmitter is necessar-
lily very sensitive, and if the dIa
phragm is made to vibrate too viol-
emily the effect will be to confuse
conversation by jumbling SQUADS
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-12-19
WAS NOT PAID FOR RUNNING
Farmer More Than His Mon
ey's Worth.

There is a Nermonter who adds
to the small income accruing from
his farm by a little "lumberin' " in
the winter.
This man had this year an assist
ant in the person of tall, lank
youth of Il.
One dav the trees had been cut,
and the logs "skidded," or drawn TO-
gether in a pile on the brink of =
steep bank, where they could be
easily loaded on a sled. Suddenly
the blocking that held the pile in
place gave way and the logs began
to roll down the bank, whereupon
the farmer shouted to the youth,
who was standing at the moment
directly in their path, to run for his
life. Instead of doing so, however,
he merely dropped into little hol-
low that CHANGED to be near and the
logs came tumbling down over him.
OF course, the farmer supposed
that his ''help' had instantly been
killed. With the assistance of some
other men he managed to roll the
logs off his youthful assistant, and,
to his intense surprise, it was found
that the lad was unframed.
'Why didn't you run, as [ told
you, you idiot?" demanded the
farmer.
'Do you suppose I'm goin' to run
for $40 month p was the indlg-
nant response.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-12-19
ALL HAVE LITTLE TRICKS.

It is said that every man has some
little trick or other Which he per-
forms unconsciously, especially when
he is thinking. The sovereigns of
Europe have all their own peculiar
habits. For example, King Edward
has way of passing his finger back
ward and forward under his chin j;
the. German Emperor twirls his mus
tache with energy, while the king
of Italy strokes his gently and af-
fectionately; the emperor of Aus
tria combs out his whiskers, and the
car frequently passes his hand over
the top of his head. Lastly, ex-
President Loubet has a trick of
Struggling his right shoulder, and at
the same time smoothing the front
of his coat with his right hand
Tit-Bits.
Baker-Tell me something of
Fred's tiancee.
Barker She's the kind of girl
who always keeps the score in a
bridge game.