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who had attended my father during his
last illness devoted Themselves assidu-
ously to the sufferings Of his famous
war horse; and his sufferings became
so very great. Everything that skill
and devotion could do was done. He
was chloroformed, liquid nourishment
forced down his throat, and when he
could no longer stand upright a feather
bed was laid on the stable floor to give
him ali thu relief possible.
Our little town, indeed the whole
neighborhood, was intensely sympa-
thetic. Not only the gentlemen of the
town, but the farmers around, came TO
offer suggestions and condolences. 1T
was all of no avail. The efforts to re-
lieve him merely prolonged his suffer-
ines, which, when all hope was gone, ]
advocated being put an end to at once.
1sut my brother could not bring him
self to that, though poor Travellers
eroans and cries We're heartrendins In
the extreme and could be plainly heard
in the house. / don't think any of us
were able to sleep that last night, and
it was really relief when all was
/ over. When ! went to look at him
after DEATH from being powerful
I well-grown horse. he seemed to have
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BROWN SUGAR.
That Delectable Product to Come
Again. s5AG

What will the housewife say whom
she asks her grocer for his best sugar
and is shown scoop of the yelloWisn.
brownish sweet, such as her grand
mother used to buy? You can almost
hear her shrek Of awe as she Is told
that this is the best sugar In the house..
You can Imagine her surprise when
tho grocer quotes the brown sugar TO-
her at G1-2 cents pound and the old
fashioned" white sugar at 5 cents.
For brown sugar Is now the proper
thing. Whoever does not know this
is ignorant of the rulings on the food
law. The crystalline sugar we have
been eating is adulterated; oil OF thla.
pretty white sugar. whether granu-s
lated, powered or In loaves. has bean
bleached by a chemical process which
the Interpreters OF the food law have
seer fit to condemn.
1t is learned that there is no such
thing as pure white sugar; that sugar
to be pure must be brown. The
Nleachtng process consists OF mineral
blulng. BY this and other processes a
great deal OF the natural sweetness IL
extracted from the sugar. and II ise
often further adulterated by the nddi-
ton OF insouble substances. such as
marble dust. ssii d
Confectioners have made SO bold as!
| to advertise marble dust for the very
purpose of adulteration, and 1t is 70 Y
grettable to say there was demand
that we'll repaid the advertiser for his
expense and his daring. It Is even
claimed that sand is used In white
sugar for the purpose OF increasing
Its weight and bulk.
There Is foreign substance, called
ultrnmnrine. remaining In the process
az MANUFACTURES, which Is often added
to white sugar to give 1t the requisite
blue tinge. Whatever the result OF
the commissions permanent rulings,
we have been taught that white sugar
is impure. and brown sugar Will coMc
! into style again.-What To Eat
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THE LURE OF THE EAST
AWAITS JACK TAR AT CHEFOO

of service, made name for himself
as an interchangeable itinerant evangelist,
going about through the country, liV-
Ing In inns, travelling by mule, and
preaching wherever ne could make an
opportunity,
A third man famous throughout mis-
sionary circles everywhere. as here, Is
Rev. Dr. Calvin w. Mateer Presby-
teran, whose work has been along edu-
cational and literary lines, His trans
latlons are permanent contribution
to Chinese literature. He still, like tho
two associates Just mentioned. Is strong
and busy.
There is scarcely any name better
! known In Chinese missionary annals
than that of tho late Rev. DIR. j..
Livingston Nevius, eminent M u
preacher, author and educator. DR.,
Nevius's versatile activities include the
importation Of many fruits, which he
| instructed the natives how to grow and
| graft Now these are an important
commodity throughout Northern China,
and foreigners say that they arc in
debted for the presence of fruits to DR.
| Nevius and other missionaries. DR.
Nevius Is buried In the American ceme-
| terry, near the Presbyterian compound
| Mrs. Nevius, the wife of DR.. Neyius
] terrain board here, conducting two day
| schools of thirty pupils. each besides
doing considerable literary work.
i, The . preponderance of Presbyterian
names is due to the fact that this has
for nearly half century been sta
ton of that church. Out on Temple
/ 1Illl, surrounded by Chinese graves, Is
the mission compound and the native
church, built in semi Chinese fashion
This is a self-sppporting congregation
and 1t maintains two native helpers
The variety and eXtensiyeness OF this
one missionary work is shown by tht
statement that, in addition to direc
preaching work, a kindergarten,
girls school, n theological class, ant
twenty Ave day schools are maintained
The missionaries in China plan for al
enduring work and on the basis O
! cultivated Intelligence.
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How England Regards Long,
fel1nxu 9si

AS to the rank accorded to tongiel-
low by the English people, think
any attempt to determine that accu-S
rately would be Improbable, II would
be Improbable In the case of almost
any poet. Tastes differ, and there ~
rarely q consensus Of opinion ON such
Q point, All that can be safely zE,., Sa -
Ia not regarded in England as poet
by the very first rank. and that. on the
other. he is regarded as 9 genuine
poet, whose best work will live as
long as the English Language lives,
have. indeed, heard him decsicd and
ridiculed by some people, have
heard 1t said that his verse Is feeble
stun. mot poetry" at all, hut he y
In good company Wordsworth used to
BIO decried and rldIculed
LonEfellow, of course, has his limltR-
tions. No one would ascribe to him
the majesty OF Milton, Wordsworth.
whe5e manner Is at times like LOnE-
fellow. Is. think, both stronger and
Ia his simple passages more perfect
Sir Henry Mortimer Durand In the
Outlook. fYssis8
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proof of the real righteousness of the
enterprise is that 1t makes the best
lace produced in China. 1t also makes
a handsome profit. Out OF this, how
ever, Mr.. Mcmillan takes only mis-
sionary's salary, and the balance Is
used in extending the misson-al-
though, since he Is responsible to no.
body but himself, he might without
criticism devote the profits to his own
use. So pronounced is the missionary
bent or Mr., McNlullan's mind, that he
has brought out an European assistant
to run the business end. while he de-
votes himself to the spiritual side OF
the work. 1t Is certainly the best form
of missions to give the natives lucrn-
tive trade, along with instruction In
Christianity.
Another Independent mission at Che
foo Is the School for the Deaf, run by
Mrs. A. r. Mills, the only, institution
OF tho kind in China, Twenty-Five deaf
pupils are taught and tho expectation
is that some of them, in turn, VIII be-
come teachers OF the deaf, of whom
there arc said to be 100000 In China.
A Group Of Famous Veterans,
The present official head OF tho Pres
hyterian Church in tho United states
of America Is still a resident or Che-
| foo! At the general assembly held In
| Des Moines last May, Rev. DIR. Hunter
| Corbett, veteran missionary, who has
heen In China for more than forty
wears. was elected moderator. and he
| is now visiting the churches through
| out the United States, He will return
| to China in March, Although he has
| received the highest honor within the
| gift OF his denomination, DR. Corbott
win resume his work of preachina
! here In street chapel, In connection
| with which museum is maintained
in order to attract the natives. DIR
Corbctt also does a great deal of coun'
\ try work
Another veteran missionary at Che
foo Ia Rev. DR., j. b. Hartwell, Of thu
| Southern Baptist Mission, which de-
nomination maintains work here. Dr
4 Hartwell has, In nearly half a centur,
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the whole Civil War, endured so much
and ran so many risks. when he might
have looked forward to peaceful and
honored old age, should have been
taken off by lockjaw.
"He did not long survive his master.
II was in the June following General
Lees death that his end came. ! was
sitting in the veranda of our home in
Lexington with my brother General
GUSTS Lee. when Traveller, always a
privileged character. but of course a
special pet since his masters death,
came browsing around in the yard and
seeing some One on the piazza. adj
vanced. whinnying, for the lump of
sugar that he always expected / en-
tered the house to procure him one, and
when l returned with it. found my
brother examining his foot. saying
''rhis horse seems to be lame" A very
small nail or tack was extracted. and
the wound was SO slight that it did
not even bleed.
after eating his sugar with relish
and being caressed to his hearts con
tent. he moved leisurely away. In the
course of day or two the hostler re-
ported him unwell. We had no veteri-
marian in Lexington, but the doctor
was summoned. and the two doctor:
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Richmond, Va, Feb. IA, 1907.
History of Traveller.

come in direct competition with the
surface lines.
There are no tenders on the municipal
trans In Glasgow. l saw few Tenders
in Europe. The cars arc of cheap
construction, dingy and dirty,
Municipal ownership is directly re-
sponsible for the Introduction OF graft
on the American scale into English
and Scotch politics. The councils of
lently hagrantly corrupt Civil SER
vice Is unknown. and the spoils system
exists to an extent that has caused
members of the Tammany wigwnm OF
| New York and the Dunno ring OF Chica-
| go to make pilgrlmages to England
and Scotland Ito study the government
of English and Scotch municipalities"
1t is significant that these two corrupt
| rings are numbered among the staunch-
| est supporters Of municipal socialism
| in America.
| London Is now stirred by graft scam
| dals growing out of It's municipal trad
| ing. One Councillor committed suicide
/ recently; others are refugees in foreign
4 countries. AT the November elections
! the indignant Londoners administered
a singing rebulse to the corrupt NUM-
cipal faddists. Twenty-Five OF the III,
| twenty eight municipal boroughs OF
Greater London elected councils on an
ti-municipal ownership platforms.
Municipal socialism has served as q
| cloak to mask the entrance of the
walking delegates of the labor unions
into politics. Bill Crooks and his no
torious followers would never have
gained foothold on straight labor
tickets They held before the people
the rule of lower taxes as the result
& of municipality owned public utilities
and for ten years Great Britain fol.
lowed this wlll-o'-the-wisp.
It is the Same bait tnaI was used u
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wildcat mining stocks have proved pro-
ftable investments. Just as there are
instances here wherein cities have op-
Grated public utilities at profit; but
with the utilities as with the mines,
for every vein of yellow metal there
are 100 worthless claims.
Electrical development in Great Brit
ain has been dwarfed by hampering
Legislation enacted by the municipal
Socialists until it is at least twenty
wears behind America. Many critics are
still without electric light plants even
for street illumination. These cities
own gas plants, which are mortgaged
for millions Of pounds. The advent OF
electricity would lessen the revenue
from the gas plants, thus putting them
&C the rates. In order to preserve the
municipal credit it has been necessary
for these cities to turn their backs to
progress. In some cities the councils
have gone to the extent OF refusing to
grant licenses to automobile companies
seeking to establish service similar
to that for Seeing Los Angeles" The
argument used was that these compa-
MES would come in direct competition
with the tramway systems established
ON the rate payers money, and should
be prohibited.
WAGES REDUCED.
Municipal socialism has reduced
wages in many of the great manufac-
turing centres of Great Britain through
increased taxes. The manufacturer.
must meet competition in the foreign
! countries to which the English ant
! Scotch goods are shipped, also the TIA
I riffs. The English system of taxing
{ rentals and not land values make
the mills and factories bear larg
part of the municipal taxation. TIL
increased tax rate hits them heavily
/, They cannot raise the price OF thei
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"He tTraveller was raised by Mr..
Springs, In Greenbrier county. Va,
(now Yves. Virginia.; was of the Gray
Eagle stock, and, as a colt, took the
first premiums under tho name OF jeff
Davis at tho Lewisburg fair for each
Of the years 1859 and 1860 1ic was
four years old in the spring of 1861.
when the Wise Legion was en-
campcd on Sewell Mountain, opposing
the advance of the Federal army under
Rosecrans In the fall of 1851, was
major to the Third Regiment OF In
fantry in that legion, and my brother,
Captain Joseph NJ. Broun. was quar-
termaster to tho same regiment
authorized my brother to purchase
good, scrviteable horse of the best
Grecnbrior stock for our use during
the war. After much inquiry and
search, he came across the horse above
| mentioned, and 1 purchased him Tor
| SIZE (yold value), In the fall OF 1851,
| of Captain James w. Johnston, son
of Mr. Johnston first above mentioned
When the Wise Legion was encamped
about Meadow Bluff and Big scwell
| Mountains rode this horse, when
was then greatly admired In camp for
| his rapid springy walk. his hiEh
spirit, bold carriage and muscular
strength. He needed neither whip nor
spur, and would walk his five or six
| miles an hour over rough mountain
roads of Western Virginia with his
rider sitting firmly in the saddle and
holding him in check by tight rein,
such vim and eagerness did he mani
\ fest to go right ahead as soon as he
was mounted.
"when General Lee took command
of the Wise Legion and Floyd Brig
ade, which were encamped ut and near
Big Sewell Mountain in the fall OF
1851, he first saw this horse, and took
n great fancy to 1t. lie called It his
tho war was over. Whenever the gen
eral saw my brother on this horse he
!, had something pleasant to say to hin
about my colt as he designated thts
: horse.
"As the winter approached, the eli
mate in the West Virginia mountain
caused Rosecrans's army to abandon
. It's position on Big Sewell and retrea
: westward General Lee was thereupoi
: ordered to South Carolina. The Thir
, Regiment OF the Wise Legion was sub
, sequently detached from the army y
/, Western Virginia, and ordered to tn
r South Carolina coast. where 1t wa
: known MS the Sixteenth Virginia Regi
: ment, under Colonel Starke.
' upon seeing my brother upon hi
y horse, near Pocataligp, III South Caro-
: lima, General Lee at once recognize
: the horse and again inquired OF hi,
pleasantly about his colt. My brothe
then offered him the horse as gif
which the General promptly declined
and at the same time remarked:
r vol will willingly sell me the hors
6, I will gladly use 1t for a week or S
lr to learn it's qualities Thereupon n,
"a brother had the horse sent to Gener'
Lees stable. General Lee returned ii
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goods spondingly, SO they resort
to reductions in wages. Municipal So
cialism increases the price they must
pay for power, and makes their taxes
higher. In this way the deluded work
ing-men are reducing their own IN
comes.
The cities of Great Britain have fall
- signally in their attempt to give
a street car service equal to that fur
nished by private companies in Amerl-
can cities The Los Angeles railway
companies furnish a greater seating ca
pacty per thousand population than
does any large city In England or
Scotland. Glasgow has been referred
to as the city that has accomplished
most with its municipal trans.
POORER sTREET-CAR SERVICE.
! The citizens Of Los Angeles would
not accept willingly for q day SER
vice similar to that in Glasgow. 1t has
been reported that in Glasgow there
are seats on the cars for everybody.
I When visited Glasgow in September
e ! decided to test this assertion. On a
1 Friday night I stood at a street corner
! on the Trongate for Twenty-Five min
| utes by the red signal box where the
| cars are supposed to stop. Car after
car passed loaded to the footrail; not
] one stopped. There were no seats. Or
Saturday evening I stood for twenty
eight minutes at the Same corner wait
/ ing for a car.
These were not exceptional cases
The situation is this. Glasgow's S50,00l
population is too great to be transport
ed by system of surface railways
The city is now so deeply in debt tina
1t is in no position to build subway.
or elevated lines. 1t will not grant
franchise for subways to private CAPT
tai for the reason that they woult
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necessary to send them away at this
early age. Members OF this mission
do not have to pay for the instruction
or maintenance of their children at
Chefoo. The latter place Is considered
u health resort, and the China inland
mission sanitarium is situated here.
Either the missionaries come for their
summer vacation, In order to be with
their children. The school has only
one month of vacation in hot weather;
and it begins Its days routine with a
"morning swim" at $40.
Despite the rigid school regulations,
which, for example, prevent the stu
dents from speaking to the Chinese,
the youngsters have good time. Their
long vacation of two months occurs In
mid-winter, when, presumably, the
germs are frozen up, and they may
1.-Two in Chinese cities with the minimum
OF danger to health. This school, 1t
may be added, Is only one evidence of
the completeness of the China inland
mission organization, 1t looks after
comprehensiyeness and paternalism
such as I have found in no other mis-
sion.
Teaching Trades to Chinese,
The first self-supporting and money
making mission I have yet encountered
Is the Industrial mission of this city
run by Mr., and Mrs. James MCMILLAN
| This Is an entirely independent enter.
prise drawing no support from abroad
! It's principal industry is laoe-making
| which Mrs. Mcmillan teaches to the
\ Chinese who are then paid for TIL,
| work they have made. Every worke,
most OF whom are girls, Is required tt
spend half day In study Ga regular
school being maintained by the mis-
| stony until she has read tho New Ties
lament and "Pilgrlm's Progress
through, when she Is permitted L
work for full day, if she desires
Religious services are held daily II
the chapel. and native pastor for tn
organized church is maintained. On
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Miss Mary Gusts Lee Writes
Interesting Account of
Travellers Death.
CAME OUT OF WAR uNHuRr1
Died at Lexington of Lockjaw.
Due to Small Nail in S
Hoof.

horse, stating that the animal suited
him, but that he could no longer use
so valuable horse in such times, i'm.
less 1t were his own; that if he (my
brother) would not sell, please to kecu
the horse with many thanks. This was
in February, 1862 AT that time I was
in Virginia, on the sick list from
long and severe attack OF camp fever,
contracted In the campaign on BIZ
Sewell Mountain. My brother wrot9
to me of General Lees desire to have
the horse and asked me what he should
do. 1 replied at once, If he will not
accept 1t, then sell 1t, to him at what
1t cost me- He then sold the horse ia
General Lee for 5000 in currency, the
sum Of $25 having been added by Gem
eral Lee to tho price gave for tt
horse In September, 1861, to make
for the depreciation in Our cbrre11
from September, 1861, to TdbrY
1862.
IN 1868 Generals Lee wrote u
brother stating that this horse
survived the war--was known as tn
eller (spelling the word with dous
II in good English style), and askli
| for his pedigree, which was obtatne
as above mentioned, and sent by ulsN
brother to General Lee.
Captain Robert r. Lee. Jr., young-
est son OF the General, in his Recol-
lections and Letters of General Rob-
ert T.. Lee has much to say of Trav-s
eller To an artist who wanted to paint
l tho horse, Generel Ice wrote:
\ "If were an artist like you would
!. draw a true picture OF Traveller, rep
4 resenting his fine proportions, muscu-
lar figure, deep chest and short back,
!, strong launches, flat legs small head.
broad forehead, delicate ears, quick
eye, small feet, and black name ana
tail. Such picture would inspire g
) poet Whose genius could then depict
his worth and describe his endurance
| of toll hunger, thirst heat, cold and an
, the dangers and sufferings through
Z which he passed. He could dilate upon
!. his sagacity and affection and his In
|, variable response to every wish OF MS
rider. He might even imagine hiA
, thoughts through the long nigh,
D marches and days Of battle through
Y which he has passed. But am nt
/, artist: l can only say no is Con
a federate gray"
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Letter From Mr.. Craighill Max
ing Suggestion--It Will Be
Acted Upon at Once.
IN BOX AT LEXINGTON
Traveller Died in 1871 and Bones
Have Since Been Packed
Away.

rhe bones Of "rrayoller" ctonore,
..ee's fayorite war horse. vii, soor be
nronor,v ,nonr,oa ana ~ .ha,a.
njarci m cvbihition ,nnat ,ina,,. -,
tbn nronoeod ,oe n,,son,,, =. ~
ton.
This announcement will catch the
ear of every Confederate soldier and
OF thousands OF others In every mari
or this land. who know nothing or i'm
war by experience.
",rrayeller'' is one of tbe mast mt,
bic OF all the great wnr.lorses Of HIS.
tory. He was n flne spocifnen OF tho
GRAY Eagle stock and with General Lee
1T was Gaze Of love at fret siuht.v
In the concise but most Informing his-
tory OF Traveller. reprinted In this
article. lis shown tho keen admiration
General Lee entertained for him from
the first. His sprlngy step. wonderful
endurance and great strength caught
20 commanders eye at once. General
ices aHectlon Tor the horse and the
~nlaDle disposition of the Confederate
stray hiinselt made Traveller n pct In
INC Lee lalnlly circle, and. as Miss Lee
s"sh, nc was nourheu almost as mem
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MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP IN GREAT CITIES ABROAD
HAS FAILED TO GIVE CHEAPER OR BETTER SERVICE
. that Includes tie expendItnre

measure that includes the expenditure
of money. ss5
searched vainly through the gov-
eminent records to find a single in-g
stance during the last thirty years In
which the referendum was used to de- y
feat an act of vicious legislation.
Canton Berne has tried government
ownership Of railroads, and has found.
1t unsatisfactory. This canton has Just
granted franchise for an Alpine rail-
way tunnel to private company cons;
posed OF French and Swiss capitalists.
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Explained.

The ehaNyoman, talking OF the house
where her daughter is q housemaid;
Eyes, they ave got some hne things ana
nc mistake! Why their dinner service
Ia In a hundred and six pieces"
Mrs. Brown "a spitefui nei.hboF,
"Yus, know II is-your daughter Jsne
dropped I'll" \. VII