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The fourth and last big meeting for
men was held at the opera hoise res
terday afternoon. The down stairs
was comfortably filed and rad the
rain not interfered no doubt tie house
would have been crowded as the meet
ing had been splendidly advertised by
the committee.
During the month of November the
Y. NJ. c. A. have held these large
meetings at the opera house with The
one purpose of helping someone out
side the kingdom OF God TO give his
heart to Jesus Christ and this 1;nal
address of Mr.. Harry ". Arnold Of
New York City was forceful appeal
to men and many were convicted and
acknowledged their sins by confes sion
at this time.
Plan of Meetings at Building.
Hereafter. at least for awhile, the
meetings will commence at $50 at the
Y. NJ. C. A. auditorium lasting but one
hour and closing promptly at $50.
fIOIH ~ To . U ClOtha liitIt W al bC
bible classes in the building and it
is expected that many men, young and
old, will take advantage of this priv
llege to study the bible teachings I'M
der the leadership of competent In
structors. Rev. ]. Wesley Potter of
the Trinity NJ. E church, will be the
speaker next Sunday afternoon, giving
the first of his addresses Men versus
Sheep"
Special Music.
Preceding the regular song service
at the opera house meeting, was given
the half hours concert by the male
chorus and Mr. Edw. Lauberscheimer
soloist, who gave two numbers BY re
quest The Helping Hand of~Jesus,
and The Man Of Galilee"
After the song service of four hymns
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Weak Little BOYS

may become fine strong men.
Some of the strong men of to-day
were sickly boys years ago.
Many of them received
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SCIENCE AND INVENTION.
Work Of the Worlds Busy Brains in Discovering nventing and
Creating.

by which the Italians agreed to keep
out of the United States and the Sulfur
Company out of Europe. When the
treaty was made the Union Sulfur Com
pany was selling sulfur at $3.50 a ton,
or trifie less than one cent pound.
Not Owned by the Standard OIL.
1t is emphatically denied that the
Union Sulfur Conlr any is owned by the
Standard Oil. 1t Is said that the Stand
ard Oil was never interested in 1t IN
any form, shape or manner, either
directly or indirectly. When Mr.. Frasch
developed his process he associated with
him H. Mckay Twombly, and they own
yet the controlling interest. Ninety per
cent of the stock of the company is own
ed by Frasch, Twombly. the Abram S.
Hewitt estate, the Edward Cooper estate
and l.. H Severance. The only cOnnec-
ton the Standard Oil had was at first
Frank Rockefeller and +. B. Squire
were associated with Mr.. Frasch, but
they left it several years ago and before
the company had begun to make a
profit, which was not until 1908.
The company has some 80 derricks
on the grounds, sinking wells from 80
to 100 feet apart, and each well will
produce as high as from 400 to 500
tons day, keeping up steady flow of
weeks at a time. One well made a
record of producing $4,000 tons of sui
fur. The company is capitalized at
100000, but pays from s150,000 to
s1S0,000 a month for labor. supplies,
etc. The sulfur is shipped by rail to
Sabine Pass, where machinery loads
it on ships for delivery along the sea-
coast. The company has storage de-
pots at Baltimore, Philadelphia, New
York, Boston, Portland, Three Rivers
and Quebec, from which it distributes
sulfur by the carloads.
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and two to five wide, with an area OF
rather more than % square miles. Hong
Kong is the great center for British
commerce with China and Japan, and
a military and naval station of first
class Importance. The population in
1903 was 324 $50. of whom 314.447 were
Chinese, 6,S93 Europeans and Ameri-
cans and $3.50 other rationalities.
About one-third of the Chinese are
British subjects by birth. There is @
constant flow of emigration and fmmi-
grafton from and to China passing thru
Hong Kong. 1t is a free port. The
Chinese tea and silk trade is largely in
the hands of Hong Kong firms.
The harbor at Victoria, the Capital
is very lovely, and said to be one OF
the three most beautiful in the world.
1t is surrounded by great hills and filed
with ships from every quarter of the
globe. One is filled with admiration for
the British in gazing upon that wonder-
full city of Victoria. Every bit of build-
ing material which enters into the mag
nificent structures on those distant hills
was carried up on the backs of coolies.
There is a narrow strip of land at the
bottom of the hills, and on this are the
warehouses and the two or three shop-
ping streets. Everything else is on the
hills, and way up on what are really
mountains can be seen magnificent Eng
lish residences The little narrow roads
which wind up the sides are splendidlY
built, and the views one gets of the city
and harbor below from any of these
nights are almost beyond the power OF
description. The English soldiers in
their red uniforms add picturesqueness
to the scene, and the big Sikh policemen
are seen here as in Shanghai, but the
streets are not so bright and gay as In
the former city, and one misses the Its
tie painted Chinese ladies, the gay-
capped Chinese baby boys, the rushing
rickshaw coolies and all the other things
which make Shanghai so attractive.
Victoria extends for upward of four
miles along the southern shore of the
beautiful harbor. Kowloon, practically
an outlying suburb of Victoria, is free
from the extreme heat of the Capital,
being exposed to the southeast mons
soon, and has been covered with PUBLIC
buildings and villa residences. Numer-
Gus villas have also been erected along
the beautiful west coast of the island.
The National tribune., 1908-04-09
Important to all Women
Readers Of this Paper.

Women are as subject to kidney trou'
BILE as men, which fact is often over
looked.
Many woman's complaints often prove
to be nothing else but kidney trouble
or the result of kidney or bladder dis
ease.
If the kidneys are not in a health,
condition, they will cause the other or
gans to become diseased.
You may suffer a great deal with pair
in the back, bearing-down feelings
headache and loss of ambition.
Poor health makes you nervous, frrf-
table and maybe Respondent; it makes
anyone so.
But thousands of irritable, nervous
tired and broken down women have re-
stored their health and strength by the
use of Swamp-Root, the great Kidney
Liver and Bladder Remedy.
Swamp-Root brings new life and ac-
tivity to the kidneys, the cause of sucf
troubles.
Many send for a sample bottle to sec
what Swamp-Root, the great Kidney
Liver and Bladder Remedy, will do fol
them. Every reader of this paper who
has not already tried it may address DR.
Kilmer & Co, Binghamton, n. Y, and
receive sample bottle free by mail.
The National tribune., 1908-04-09

Sikh policemen, with their dark, hand
some faces and high turbaned heads,
and pigtails, pigtails, everywhere.
A Teeming Multitude.
The population of Shanghai in 1903
was $4,000, and besides those living in
the native and European parts of the
city there is a large river population,
thousands of Chinese living in boats.
The climate is not healthy, and all Eu-
ropeans and the wealthy Chinese make
frequent trips to Japan and ChefoO to
preserve health and strength. The early
Winter is very pleasant, but the Sum-
mers are long, swelteringly hot and
most unhealthful. Society is gay. with
all the diversions common to city life,
and characterized by a certain freedom
or disregard for the conventions so often
found in the East. 1t is said that the
largest and most elegant opium dens in
China are in Shanghai. On account of
its favorable position in the immediate
neighborhood of the richest silk and tea
districts, its proximity to Japan, and
situated as it is at the mouth of the
YangtsZe Kiang, Shanghai is trade
center, and its commerce and prosperity
will undoubtedly continue to increase.
That 1t already does a great business IL
The National tribune., 1908-04-09
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF BATTLES


Official Record-From 1854 to 1900 With Dates
The date of of the 1920 battles krmhes other
incidents of the WAR OF THE REBELLION of the
1851 engagements of the SPANISTI-AMERICAN WAR and
PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION be referred easily
a word in the dictionary.
All of the battles of WARS
with brief sketch of each including the losses
The Sons Daughters of the Revolution
things of interest," the battles of the REVOLUTION
full and complete.
has been adopted authority by the UNITED STATES
PENSION BUREAU, and there copies that Office
gives the number killed and wounded engagement
during the American War; Philippine Inrrecton, and tho
Disturbance in China
The principal Rebellion Spanish War;
Philippine 1nrectiOn and the Disturbance recorded
cronoogcaly they occurred from day day. This alone
is worth the price of the book.
AS book of reference equal reporters
authors speak in highest of the work.
1t will be found ready reference settle disputes dates
of battles and other Incidents and by marking the
men in which comrades took they will leave
their children and grandchildren will be proud exhibit.
The book will enable memory long
marches, which they
Sumter AppOmattox, and from Cuba to the Philippines
The from which this principally from
official records careful search of nearly
the Rebellion Records and the reports of the Departments
for years.
The book neatly bound in CLOTH pages we'll
indexed The edition limited; WILL therefore, necessary to
order
IT. after eaanainotion pleased mih the book,
y0ur comrades. II not return 1T and get your money
Sent postpaid Price $10O per copy.
Address: THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE 51s Thirteenth Street
N. W., Washington, D. c.
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The 1st n. Y. NJ. II.

Editor National Tribune: I would
like to see a sketch of the 1st n. Y.
Mtd Rifies.-Eugene S. Adams, Mount
Kisco. n. Y.
The 1st n. Y. M'td Rifles, also called
the 9TH n. Y. Cav, was organized prin-
cipally at New York City and Newburgh
from Aug. 81, 1861, to Sept. 9, 1862,
for three years. 1t was commanded by
Col. Chas. c. Dodge, who was promoted
Nov. 2s, 1862, to Brigadier- General.
succeeded by Col. Benjamin F. Onder-
donk, who was dismissed July 19, 1864.
Col. Edwin V. Sumner, of the Regular
Army, brevetted Brigadier- General
March 2S. 1865, then took command. 1t
belonged to Kautz's Division, Cavalry
Corps, and lost 32 killed and 127 from
disease. etc.-Editor National Tribune.
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everywhere things of such shape and
color that one refrains from questioning
and turns away the head as soon as pos
sible. Skinned rats hanging up for sale
are a common sight. Every minute one
comes upon what = presumably a res
taurant, where people are eating rice
and drinking tea. These restaurants
also seem to be barber shops, for one
frequently sees in them some Chinese
having his long hair combed, his queue
cut or his ears cleansed with a small
instrument. In sort of public square,
small open space, one comes upon all
sorts of strange sights, a woman having
a tooth extracted, perhaps; coolies
squatting on the ground, playing with
tiny cards some gambling game; blind
singers; fortune tellers plying their
trade; men drunk with opium, staring
with unseeing eyes, and the thousand
and one strange, strange sights seen
only in the streets of Chinese native
city. In the walled city are the tenn
lples-Confucian, Buddhist and Taoist-
all dingy. old, taudry and tumbling to
pieces. The water cloak" "examina-
ton halls" execution something,
which looks exactly like the back yard
of potter's establishment and not at
all like anything connected with execu-
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chair at time, and the crowds passing
along are constantly pressed to one side
and obliged to wait till the chair gets
by. Here are found the myriads of
humanity one expects to see in China.
Like raging river the people pour in
and out those dark, filthy streets, which
are filed with shops hung with the
panel-like signs one sees everywhere.
All the larger or more pretentious have
large Buddha on the wall in the back
facing the street, but most of them are
nothing but little dark holes, and far
back in them can be seen women and
children at work. All the trades and
occupations are represented, but more
frequent than anything else are the
stands of cooked food and of food be-
ing cooked There are piles upon piles
of fish, green little cakes sizzling in fat
The National tribune., 1908-04-09

The old idea that growing plants not
only took up the available plant food
within their reach, but excreted some
thing inimical to themselves, has been
revived. 1t is alleged to have been
found that in soil upon which wheat
had been continually grown until the
land was said to be wheat sick" there
was a substance toxic to wheat, and this
has been extracted from the soil by
careful distillation. A similar toxic
substance is said to have been found in
soil that had become sick to COW
peas The substance that was poison
Gus to wheat was not so to cow peas,
and vice versa
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tions, are all more or less frauds. What
interests one to the point of excitement
is the crowded life of those dark, oozing.
filthy. foul-smelling streets. One must
see them to understand what il is like.
1t cannot be described.
Interesting shops.
The shops are very interesting. They
say there is no place in China where
one can buy things so cheaply as in
Canton, il one is clever in beating the
merchant down. While almost all oi
the shops open onto the street, some OF
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terest to stranger. While all the old
walled cities of China are much the
same, the unpleasant sights encoun-
tered in them are intensified in the
walled city of Canton, on account of the
greater number of people. One rides
in sedan chairs in Canton, which are
not nearly as agreeable as the rickshaw:
at least one does when going thru the
native city, its narrow, crowded streets
not admitting of the former conveyance.
Outside the gate of the reeking old
city, arranged on both sides of the mar
row road leading to it, are beggars. old
men and women, who beat their fore
heads on the ground, uttering most
doleful sounds. There also stand 1eLers
of all ages, from little children to the
aged of both sexes, with outstretched
hands; in short, every possible form of
loathsome disease and bodily mutila-
ton is displayed with such determina-
ton that the strangers shall see that
it is feared nothing is missed.
The streets of the native city in Can
The National tribune., 1908-04-09

the larger and richer ones have heavy
iron doors, which are closed except
when opened to customers. These have
very rich, small rooms. furnished with
tables and comfortable chairs, where,
first of all, a cup of tea is brought to
the customer. Then roll after roll of
silk or piece after piece of rich en-
broidery is produced for inspection. 1t
is certainly a most comfortable way to
do shopping, and recommends itself
highly to al Americans.
A mandarin, just alighting from his
sedan chair, is perhaps sight one may
happen to see on the streets of the ma
tive city in Canton if they are fortunate
1t is sight not soon forgotten. A man
DARN is probably the haughtiest indi-
vidual on the face of the earth. The
pride and conscious superiority which
has been the heritage of the race for
thousands and thousands of years are
plainly seen III his expression and car
riage. The atmosphere of perfect un-
Representatives. which he creates must
| be felt to be appreciated. From the lit
| tie red coral button on his cap, indi-
eating his rank, to the hem of his rich
| satin-embroidered skirt. his hands con-
cealed by his long, full sleeves edged
with deep lace, he is too beautiful and
sacred for anything.
J The boat life in the Pearl River at
canton exceeds that seen anywhere else.
Over $4,000 people live in sampans or
other small boats. Jammed together
as they are in many parts of the river,
they look just like enormous cock
| reaches. Often one can look directly
into these boats and see exactly how
| the inmates live. 1t is not a pleasing
or appetizing sight
The foreign trade of Canton was
greatly damaged by the opening of
| Shanghai and other ports, but it is still
| of very considerable Importance.
China is a very, very interesting coun-
! try. One finds oneself engulfed in a
sea of why's" and "wherefores." You
want to know, among other things, what
is in that clever brain behind that i'm
perturbable yellow face. Some one has
said that something queer comes over
| the minds of men when they go very
| far into the study of the Chinese, of
their character, language and literature,
| that they become impersonal, detached
from the living white skinned, red
blooded Western world. After So
| journ in China one can easily imagine
this might be so.
Hong Kong.
Hong Kong is an important British
| island possession, which was formerly
| part of China, but ceded to Great Brit
ain in January, 1S4f. 1t is off the south
eastern coast of China, at the mouth of
the Canton River, and about 80 miles
south of Canton. 1t is II miles long
The National tribune., 1908-04-09

shown by the ships of all Nations which
fill the harbor.
Canton.
Canton is the largest city in China in
point of population, containing as it
does $4,000 people. Including the
suburbs, the city has a circuit of nearly
10 miles. 1t has numerous public build
ings and old, shabby temples, none of
them presenting features worthy of spe-
cial remark. outside the walled city
it is not as pleasing in appearance as
Shanghai, possessing few points of in
The National tribune., 1908-04-09
Please let me prove that
YOU don't need to
StayDeaf

have proved it already to 200 900 people.
I have perfected a device which hts into
the ear without the slightest discomfort: IL
is sinvisible wheninserted. Sotiny. .soperfect
fitting, that you forget you arewearing It.
This device is so shaped that it mag
nifies sound. And it concentrates the Sound
on the central part of the ear drum.
In effect it's the same as an ear trumpet
But nobody sees the device and you seldom
think of it yourself.
1 invented this device because I was
deaf. and was desperate. People did not
want to shout at me, SO they avoided me.
You know how it is.
For two years tried to get doctors to
help me, but they failed. The only rehet
anyone could suggest was an ear trumpet
So was driven TO help myself. =
made an artificial ear and expert
rnelted. worked night and day in sheer
desperation. 1t was years before / sue
ceeded, and then simply by force OF my
will power.
But was amply repaid. When my de-
vice was perfected could hear-as l hesx
today-just as well as anybody.
What did for myself have done sinoe
then for 100000 others. But the help which
got cost me years of close application
Ii costs anyone else just five dollars.
But don't send for it now.
Write first for my free book. Il tells an
the facts, and gives letters from hundreds
of users. Then you viii know, as know
now, how much this help will mean to YOU
/ cannot conceive of any partially deaf
person neglecting to send for this book.
am sorry for one who doesn't. Z
When was afflicted would gladly have
given ten years of my life to hear as hear
now. Yet all I've learned is open TO you X
you'll simply write me postal.
Write today to the Wilson Ear Drum
Co., 424 Todd Building. Louisville, KY.
and simply say. "send Mr.. Wilson's book
Those who purchased these drums in the
early DAYS, and who want the new ones
which have greatly perfected. will be
offered a discount.
The National tribune., 1908-04-09
Warning.

w. A. Stewart, Springdale, Ark.
warns the comrades against one Will
liam NJ. Blackwell, who is touring thru
the country to the cost of the comrades
Further particulars will be furnished If
desired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-13

Nourse $50 14th and f streets. and
Blake's heirs. 5000 on E street.
Late in the decade Joseph Abbott own
ed lott. on which were a frame shop and
two stables. There Andrew ]. Joyce, long
a coach builder. opened busin ess in the
fOrtieS.
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Langdon and Vicinity.
al Correspondence Of The Star.

LANGDON, June IL, 1908.
Miss Lulu Baker. daughter of ]. j.
Baker. has gone to Scranton Pa, to at
tend the graduation exercises of her
cousin. She expects to be absent about
two weeks.
Mrs Mitchell. wife of G. D. Mitchell,
has suffered a relapse following partial
recovery from recent illness.
At the last meeting of the Odd Eel
lows there were forty-five members pres
emit. 1t was the first meeting in the
lodges new hall, just completed on
Rhode Island avenue. 1t is an attractive
oriok structure. arranged for stores be-
low. and will giye the lodge a commo-
dious home on the second floor.
Mrs. d. j. Roberts entertained the n.
I. Club at luncheon recently. The table
decorations were yellow and whit and
daisies aid ferns were used profusely.
The guests were Mrs. Holmes and Mrs.
Hall of Hyattsville. Mrs. Briggs. Mrs.
Hamilton. Mrs. CASTOR. Mrs. Bond. Mrs.
Mess. Mrs. Cochran. Mrs. Hunt and Mrs.
FISHER of Washington.
Mrs. Walton is having her residence on
I'D street brought down to the estab-
lshed grades
The little daughter of Mr.. Van Houck.
VINO has just undergone an operation on
her throat at a Philadelphia hospital. is
quite ill.,
The Lang6on engine house is nearing
completion and II is expected will be
ready for occupancy about July l. at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-13
Fruit and Vegetables on Market.

Peaches from Georgia. fine looking, rose
checked. luscious peaches. are on sale in
the wholesale market along B street
northwest. Considering the earliness of
the season. they are selling at low figures.
prices ranging from $500 to s.. 80 per. crate
of six baskets.
Yesterday was the first time this sea-
son peaches have been on sale in any
quantities. sufficient to keep the market
we'll supplied.
Reports from the south indicate the
peach crop will be above the average in
quantity and that this market will he
well supplied Seventeen trains laden
with peaches from Georgia on the wav
to the big markets in the north. passed
through tn city yesterday and last night
Mountain plums big red and purplish
hued fellows and as sweet and juicy as
could be desired. are on sale in the whole
sale market each day. Demand for them
Is excellent. The fruit is also coming
from the south in refrigerator cas- and
is landed at the wholesale houses in ex-
cellent condition for the market Today
they sold at $1.5O to 800 per crate OF SIX
boxes.
Waterinelons. green corn, string beans.
peas and other vegetab les from the south
are on sale at the wholesale commission
houses on B street. They will remain on
the market until the homegrown yepe-
tables make their appearance in about
two or three Week-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-13

which time the Northeast Citizens Sub
urban Association expects to celebrate the
event.
The mex six-room addition to the Lang
don School will be ready for occupancy
at the fall opening of school.