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Evening journal., 1909-07-30
NEW CASTLE FAIR.

Tt MAY be well 10 call the attention of our
Il friends in Kent and Sussex counties 10 the
fact that we are going to have fair in New Cas-
tie county For some time Delaware was with
out fair. Years ago fair was held annually at
Middletown. Then there was State fair at Do
yer. Then there was fair and big one, too, at
Hazel Dell. near this city. These fairs went the
way of all flesh The interest in agricultural ex-
hibits died out Delaware, State strong in agri-
cultural matters, had nothing to gather the farm
ers and others who delight in such things. Our
neighboring states continued their county and
state fairs and they have prospered. There seems
to be no lack of interest in them.
II was TO be expected that the active farmers
in Delaware would nct go forever without fair.
And so a few years Ago very modest fair was
started by the Crangkrs of New Castle county
who appreciated the vSlue of such gatherings
Evening journal., 1909-07-30
Friday, July 80. 1909
CAMP WATSON.

IA HAT great time they had at Camp Wat
4 son Yesterday No Delawareans could
visit the camp and see the colonies, the generals
and the soldiers without feeling several inches
taller and believing that for State OF our size
Delaware is ND with the best of them The cere-
monies were conducted with all the dignity be-
fitting the occasion. They represented Delaware
as a State. They showed that IN remarkably
brief time the militia of Delaware has made
wonderful progress and that we have soldiers
who will compare very favorably with the sol
ders Of any other commonwealth. M
The camp has business-like air about H. ne
officers are devoted TO their duties They take
much interest in their work and the men are
responsive and willing They represent the young
men who are the 'bone and sinew OF the Sta.e.
All things considered, the State owes debt
of gratitude to the officers and men who have
stood so nobly by the militia during IT'S many
ups and downs Of the last twenty years FOR a
while we had really no militia and there was it-
tie public interest in the soldiers But during that
depressed period few men stuck by the militia
knowing that time would come when the peo-
pie of the State would think that we should have
an excellent regiment And we have one now
The young men who compose the regiment
leave their occupations for a week and devote
themselves to the State They deserve credit for
so doing They 60 through the long and difficult
routine of camp life for the encamprnent means
to them work and not play. -
Altogether we see rfcthfng about the camp
that is not worthy of commentator. The OF
hcers and the men are jealous in performing their
duties, the site is all that can be desired the Gov
ernor and his staff have been with the troops dur
ing the meeting and the encampment OF 1909 Will
60 down in the history of the State as one OF the
most successful of field gatherings.
The Democrats of City Council last evening
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Peoples Column

Anonymous communications for
the peoples column VIII not be
printed. Names OF contributors TO
the column will not be printed. but
must be furnished THE EVENING
JOURNAL as an evidence OK good
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lished in 1883 amount to s7,1sl, ,79e.46 OF
which S4,27s, ,154.9O were paid to incapaci-
tated members, and s2.9os.6E.5s were paid
in death benefits.
Evening journal., 1909-07-30
REVIEW OF OUR POLITICS

Attitude Of the Democratic Party To-
ward the Negro and the Secord
Ward Contest.
Editor Of THE EVENING JOURNAL.
With your permission, wish to call at
Evening journal., 1909-07-30
How to Fight the Flies.

HOW 10 right INC EilCs'
Flies are responsible for the
spread Of contagious and infee-
tious diseases. They adhere TO
window panes. dishes and other
perpendicular surfaces by means
OF minute globules Of oil. and
often their oily footprints are
GERM LADEN. Flies should
be excluded from sickrooms.
They carry filth germs in, and
they carry disease germs out.
Food supplies should be particu-
larly guarded. The same flies
that are attracted to the food on
the table and are so especially
fond OF milk likewise delight in
filth. even of the most danger
GUS kinds. which they are sure
10 carry around with them on
their feet. Fly maggots live and
grow In manure and 9th, and
. mature flies hover about the
; same material TO lay their eggs
. and seek bits Of food. cleanIi-
: ness about the kitchen and back
. yard. screen doors, window
screens, fly paper and fly poi
sons are the housekeepers prin-
eipal Weapons in warfare asainst
/ flies.
Evening journal., 1909-07-30

The United Publishers Associa-
fion of New York City has investl-
oated, and certIfies to, the olrcu-
IatIon Of this publication. These
facts have been established, and
guaranteed to advertisers.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Footwear In Summer.

Summer shoes and stockings
should be Of the lightest weight.
; Brown shoes are always cooler
than black, being more porous,
and white canvas shoes are de-
lightful for summer wear.
BEACK STOCKINGS SHOULD
BE TABOOED IN H OF
; WEATHER. The dye is bad
) for the feet. sometimes really in
furious. White stockings, Of
course, are the best of all. but
, tan or gray may be worn to
great advantage.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Evening journal., 1909-07-30

The Democrats of City Council last evening
evidently concluded not to take chances OF moa-
keying with the courts, and in that decision they
are wise
Evening journal., 1909-07-30

New York once; eo4 Cambridge building, Corner Fftn
Avenue and Thrty-third Street
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The Historic Bird.

&c FEAkING Of Christmas turkeys"
- said Sir Thomas Upton in the c.
dries smoking room, reminds me of a
Piccadilly club
A Ievonshire man sent this club about
Christmas f1ne large swan in a hamper
The hamper was addressed to the secre-
tary, who notified the club members Of
the treat that was in store, and a special
swan dinner was arranged for the day
before Christmas
"The swan came on at this dinner look,
ing magnificent-erect and stately on a
great silver-gilt salver But tough, It
was 50 tough you couldn't have carved
the gravy. All perceived that they had
been hoaxed.
"A few days later the sender of the
swan dropped in at the club.
Got my swan all right, I hope?' he
said to the society.
Yes, and a nice trick you PLAYED on
u.s. was the reply.
Trick? What do you mean
Why, we boiled that swan for sixteen
hours and when 1t came on the table it
was tougher than block of granite.'
Good gracious Did you have my
swan cooked?'
Yes, of course
The other was in despair.
Why, that bird was historic he
groaned. L sent him up to be stuffed
and preserved. He had been in my family
for $50 years. He had eaten out of the
hand OF King Charles H.
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frank Carpenter Tells Of Vast Changes Marking the Old Chinese Capita

in a carriage over a well macadamized
road. shaded with willows. The road
slopes from the center. and is perfectly
drained. 1t is about six miles In length,
and is one of the thirty miles Of paved
highway which the city has built within
the past three or four years.
Marking lies on a creek five miles back
of the Yangtse-kiang. 1t was made an
open port in 1899, and now has an annual
trade of ten million taeIs. A lively for
eign settlement is rising along the banks
OF the river. and modern buildings have
been constructed all the way from there
To the city l found two dozen cabs
and many jnrickshas at the wharves,
and, as | landed, heard the steam whistle
or the engine on the new railroad, which
mas just been completed joining the river
with Marking.
Shortly after we entered the walls of
the city DR. Garritt, the president of the
Presbyterian Theological Seminary, who
was with me, began to point out the new
school buildings, erected by the Chinese
government; and, off in the distance, he
showed HE the smoke stack of a modern
mint, which is now coming money for
the vlceroy. When 1 was there last the
natives were chopping up silver ingots
ana weighing the chunks to pay their
large bills, and all ret all transactions
were in cash, little round copper coins
wit. hole in the center, of which 1t
Took 1000 to equal the value of one OF our
dollars. AT that time l carried about ten
pounds of coins with me my d. nkey,
as | rode UP to the city. Today my cab
fare was paid with a Chinese banknote of
the province of Hupeh. lying 400 miles UP
the river: and the change / got in return
was in silver coins fresh from the mint
Such things seem str nge in this town
of the ages. Marking is one OF the old
cities Of history. 1t was in existence 800
years when Jesus Christ was a baby. and
its municipal hair was gray with double
that age when Mchammed, as a boy. was
playing on the sands of Arabia The
wall which now surrounds it was bu IL
century before Shakespeare wrote
the Merchant of Venice and its mighty
porcelain tower, which cost S3,OCO,OOO
was erected fifteen genera tons ago, when
one of the most progressive monarchs of
China had his capital here That tower
was made of the finest porcelain slabs,
and ii blaZed cut unde~ the sun. rising
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IIam T. Stead, IT NOW has ITOu At
mlghty's boots on and is tramping ahead
along the paths of modern progress. One
of the best of the new railroads now
connects it with Shanghai, another is
building toward Picking and Tientsin. and
others nave been projected to Canton and
Hankow
The changes in the place were apparent
on landing. When / visited the city four
teen years ago / had to show a Chinese
passport before ! got off the boat. The
port is now free to every one, and / was
able to go as l pleased Then / rode
from the river to the town on a donkey,
and We climbed up hill and down, half
swimming the pools and wading in mud
all the wav. Nv trip of today was made
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LOW China's Ancient Cap
/ ! ital Is Changing With
the Modern Civilization-The
Porcelain Tower Supplanted
by a Gun Factory-The New
Schools - Co education in
China-An Ambitious Celes-
tial and His Four-Dollar Eve
Markings National Expo
sition = Preparing for the
New Constitution = Some
Progressive Movements of a
Progressive Viceroy.
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Frank G. Carpenter is seated on the
! the left of the wheelbarrow.


and it now has about a dozen profess
several hundred students. who are edu-
Gated somewhat after the same methods
as our cadets at Annapolis. They live
at the college and receive pay for going
to school
The most Of the teachers in the mill
tary academy are Chinese who have been
trained in modern tactics. Some have
been educated abroad. The vicero, has
an army of about $4,000 troops and
among these are 1900 who. have been
drilled a1tef the modern system. The
army is largely Differed by Chinese
who have been educated in foreign mill
tary academies. 1t is armed with mod
ern guns, and the foreign military at
taches say that it would prove an eff
fective force in time of war.
In the new army and in thei.. schools
the Chinese are now using many Jap
anese instructors and drill masters. These
will not last, for most of them are in
efficient. and this is especially so of the
teachers. The Japenese are artificial
and in the modern sciences and school
methods are at best but. skillful imi-
tators. The Chinese are now employing
them because Of the similarity of the
two languages, and more especially on
account Of their c.eapness. Their work
Is not proving good, and these people,
t'Le ..eas..s -.~I, ...lns ~ roSe.lls. MN
soon come to appreciate this, and will
be ready to pay for better trained brains.
Speaking of the Chinese wanting the
best. DR.. r. c. Beebe. the head of ...e
great Methodist hospital and school at
Marking. tells me of an incident which
occurred this week in relation to one
OF his patients Said he:
China wants good goods. and is pre-
pared to pay for them. For instance, l
have one-eyed patient who broke his
glass eye the other day. and. as / was
going to Shanghai. he asked me to buy
him new one. ! did so. and i have
1t here" With this the doctor opened
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Der of foreigners are employed. One of
the government high schools has three
American teachers, and others are con-
Quoted by Germans and Japanese. The
commercial academy has several foreign
can. who has charge of the classes in
banking and commerce. There are for
eign instructors in the naval and military
schools, and also in the industrial schools
and those where the modern langua ges
are taught. The naval college here has
been 4 existence for ten years or more,
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s4.40 gold. per month; nevertheless, he
was willing to pay $3.50 extra for a
good eye, rather than a second-class
one
Tuang Fang, the viceroy Of Marking.
rules something like ninety million peo-
pie. He has under him three large prov
inces. and he is making reforms in all.
One of his latest ideas is to hold a ma
tional exposition at his capital For this
purpose he has laid out a large n,1blic
garden and park, in which buildings will
be erected and permanent industrial
museum created. He will send out no
tees and advertisements to all parts of
the emnire. and will invite exhibitors
from everywhere to come and show their
wares. After the show is over the bazaars
are to remain. not only to stimulate
trade, but to give the people an education
as to the resources and possibilities Of
China. The park selected for the pur-
pose contains about six hundred acres
carriage road has been made around
1t, and some of the exposition buildings
e,.4.aLy under way. Connected with
4e show will he athletic sports, and, in
ne grounds. tennis courts, running
racks and cricket and ball fields will be
ermanently laid out
Marking is getting ready for a consti-
tutional government. Its viceroy was the
chief of the comm sson sent around the
world to examine such things for the
officials at Picking; and the present
scheme OF reorganization of the govern
ment of China may be called one of his
babies. Upon his return from abroad he
sent in a memorial to the throne, and
shortly thereafter established educational
bureaus here to teach the people how to
vote. and preparatory institutes to fit
them for the provincial parliaments
Lectures upon politics are given every
few days, and there are public debates.
at which the people come together and
discuss social and political matters. The
imperial DEGREES are read. and their
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meaning and probable effect are argued
pro and con.
Law schools are also springing up In
the three provinces of which this is the
80 he VI these was opened only
rev weeks ago at Marking and it AL
ready has 300 students. According to the
latest order from Picking, all civil Off
Gals are required to take a course i'm law.
ana there are certain Offices not open ex-
cept to those who have done so. For this
reason the officials. both old and young.
now aspire to legal education.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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or more acres They are still standing,
but the viceroy has decreed that they
are to be demolished and he will build
Il great public market house upon the
same space. Such structures are needed
no longer. The new education demands
modern school buildings, and the old Chi
nese classics must take back seat.
Today modern schoolhouses are spring
ing up in different parts of Marking. The
city has already eighty schools run by
the government. II has several large
kinderpartens and many primary and Sec
ondary schools. 1t has normal college
with SEQ students. a polytechnic school
with 80 and industrial schools of vari-
Gus kinds In all the schools gymna-
Sums have been established. and the
boys drill several days every week. The
viceroy has planned an athletic park,
where school meets will be held once
In sprinting jumping, pole vaulting and
other athletic sports. Several such events
have already beer held, and they were
witnessed by thousands of Chinese of all
classes
Among the new school movements going
on here is the beginning of co-educa-
tional system. His excellency. Tuan
Fang. the viceroy. believes that boys and
girls should be educated together, and
he has established such school in his
palace 1t has now about fifty pupils
taken from the children OF high-class
families. The little ones range in age
from ten to fourteen; and they are being
educated. as 1t were. under the viceroy's
eye. Their course covers four years.
after which they will go to the high
schools outside. II Is combination OF
the Chinese classics and the studies Of
our public schools. The most of the teach
ers are Chinese. the professor of Chinese
literature being a Marking girl. The in
structor of knitting comes from Japan
The male teachers are Chinese and for
eigners.
In the other schools Of Marking a num-
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ACROBAT IN HOOP.
Figure Dances About When Strik.
ing of Hoop Vibrates Cords.

Even children's toys are no longer sim
pie In this age OF wonder working. Year
by year they grow more complicated, and
now Connecticut man, maybe descended
from Mark Twain's Yankee that startled
King Arthur's court. has transformed the
old-fashioned hoop into one-ring circus.
This man has devised hoop that has an
acrobat attached. The acrobat is sus-
pended by means Of two cords that run
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ica1 consulate being one Of the best
houses in the city.
Marking has always been a great edu-
catioBal center. When l was last here
visited it's examination halls and saw
10000 Chinese boys writing essays. Each
sat in a little brick cell, watched by po-
iicemen. and 1T took them three days and
three nights to go through their tests.
Such as passed expected to go to further
examinations at Pekng, where, If sue
cessful, they would be given appoint
ments to office. Those cells cover fifteen
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a box and showed me false eye. AS
we looked at it, he continued:
Il got this eye in Shanghai. and 1t cost
me one dollar and fifty cents. When 1
showed it to my patient, he said: That
eye is too cheap for me. 1t is made by
the japanese, and will break easily. There
are other eyes made by the English
which cost four dollars, and / find that
they are cheaper in the end. l wish you
would send back that dollar-anu-a-half
eye and order me four-dollar eye
That man was working for Sill silver. or
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CAME to Marking in
q big river steamer,
The city lies on the
Yangtse, two hun
dred miles west of
S h a n g h a and
about four hundred
miles east of Han
kow. It is famous
as the old capital
of c h i n a. b u I
to use a fayorite
expression of Will
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across the diameter Of the hoop, on each
Of which he rests an arm AS the hoon Is
rolled along the cords vibrate as II is
struck and the manikin filings. its arms
and legs about in gay abandon This in
vention will probably suggest to many an
ingenious small boy or his father a way
to rig up plain old hoop to get more
fun out of it. In the illustration the aero
bat attachment is shown, but 1t will be
readily seen that any other form of toy
In which activity counts can be made the
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Copyright. 1909. by Frank G. Carpenterl
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-19
Nj tOrcycles
BARTER AND EXCHANGE

1 WANT a good automobiles; have car
riage or good mortgage for trade. Address
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Cash must accompany al orders for
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first insertion.
Rates apply 60 either n Daily OF
Sunday nee.
Combinations Of initials os numberp
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CARD or

We desire to extend our most heartfelt
thanks to the many friends and neighbors
and especially the firm Of +. p. Kirken-
dai. company and employees for the beau
t1fuI floral offerings and Kindness SHOWN
son and brother, Earl Daniel.
MRS. MARY L. DANIEL.
MISS IONA DANIEL.
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BIRTHS AND DEATHS.

Births-E. II. Orchard. bOos Cunning street,
boy; Philip Geol, 1906 North rwenty-fourth
boy; y. Marsh, 2275 North Nineteenth. boy.
Deaths-Guy G.. Barton, Walnut Lodge
tenth. 81 days; Lucsls d. Anderson, 2Dl
Valley, . days.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-19

PLUMBERS NoTICE-special meeting,
Saturday at l p. m. on account Of death
Of Brotfe err Rissi. PRESIDENT.
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EDUCATIONAL

MISS EMMA GROSS and Miss Carol
MARRIOTT are conducting a summer school
at the Y. NJ. C. A. rooms. 3O6-311. Phones
Webster 2777, Webster 24S9.
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BUSINESS CHANCES

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