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New-York tribune., 1909-06-20
E. R. THOMAS CROSSES s1MPLoN PASS.

Geneva will see a number Of well known Arnert-
cans present at this centre Of religious thought
Among the latest to accept the invitation srs Dr.
Jacob G. Schuru1an. president Of Cornell. and Pro
fessor John =. Greene. Of Brown University. Dr.
Leslie r Ward is due both for this celeorat1cn
ana at the CONGRESS Of the international Insttots
of Sociology to be held at Berne on July 20.
The country is gradually being opened up 70
aptouobilists and one Of the first to cross the
smpIou Pass after its being declared open TO
automobiles was z. r. Thomas. OF New York. who
found snow before reaching the summit The route
from Oiion to Bex. passing Chesieres. Viuars and
Cryou is TO be thrown open the 24th OF thts
month. Special control marks viii be issued and
placed IN a conspicuous position on the machines
owing to the nature Of the Swiss mountain roads
the authorities are taking the greatest possibls
care to prevent accidents. and autoulohflists arc
cautioned 10 observe the regulations which havs
been framed for their especial protection.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20
4 LEOPARD HUNT.

Ia 2 moment all IS wild excitement: mid the
shouts Of mutual encouragement and advice, not
TO speak Of the canine chorus, it is difficult to
make ones self audible but eventually we are
successful in dispatChlng two OF the swlftese
runners 10 endeayor TO cut on tne leopard @ ,IoiII
the haven Of a particularly forbiodlhg looklI,s
strip Of bush which can be seen lying niue
way ahead on the same side OF the sprut fast
as the youths run, with two-hfths OF the PACK
babbling at their heels they are nevertheless too
late 10 achieve the desired object and are Just
In time to see ringed tail disappearing WITHIN
tangle Of thorns. rank grass ana cfiIIWooo'
which IS not less than thirty yards wide, ana III
length extends fully a quarter of mile !:
After little discussion picxets are placed al
the most commanding points. and the snlallest
boy present Is sent up the largest aYalIaoie tree
On the edge OF the bush. We cross the spruit
and by creeping close down among the covert
on the opposite side establish ourselves where
there is the possibility Of shot should ne eject
70 cross over, we can command the sahug
bed for at least hundred yards each way.
Meantime the beaters enter the pnsh. tne IA. IN
dispensable office" accompanying, but not, on
this occasion preceding them For re" MN MN
utes nothing is heard save the SOUND OF CRASH
i.g drift and breaking sticks. as the men slowly
force their arduous passage: then comes a WHO WHO
shout from the lockout up the tree-lust visible visible
from cur rositioT-a ccompanied by Tnuch point
Ing and such violent gesticulation tilaL the Sc
curty Of ilis position would seem 10 De IN some some
Danger. Every one takes up the cry, the doss
bark and I fancy that can gee soineInllLs
rustling through the thick stun opposite. per
bsps twenty-five PAGES distant Ihere Is oaIelg
tine 10 raise the rife and put IN "a single shot
before ll is sill again but nevertheless fl seems
good policy To plant few more bullets In the
direction whittier the movement seemed TO have
been tending IL takes some minutes before the
heaters have converged on the place. ana We al
then advance with due precaution. Alas! noun
tEs rewards our eager scrutiny OF the ground lot
blood speor. True the underground Is so thicA
that few CORY spots might easily escape ds.
lection; indeed. the animal himself might pe
erouching close by without any one being the
wiser The latter thought IS one that Is so APT
10 seize upon the Imagination when the nrst ek-
element Is over that il supplies the motive for
the order to beat an Immediate retreat. pos
sbiy wounded leopard. and covert like thls Is
hbeut the nastiest combination * Is possible 10
conceive
Al this moment the undaunted "Ofce springs
forward 6etraying every sign Of excitement
he has be-. shifting round for the iasl lew Iiilii
utes-sn5 assarveaTs in q sort Of tunnel Of grass
snt desA sticks Unwilling 20 let him gamoie
further ~ith fortune to-day, we call him oacK
nergettcsiiy-absolutely no good-the dog is as
su sf Gre as 81 the beginning OF the hunt; ana
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20
THE FIRST ENGLISH AMBASSADOR TO
CHINA.


The mandarins. whose rank was shown by red
ond bIue buttons affixed TO their caps, mace
Themselves most agreeable to the EngIlsh. VINO
were the first Europeans with Whon lIiey hdc
ever come I'm contact and were as much at thelT
use I'm two or three hours II they had spent
their lives on English men -of-war- -,
1ba transsbipment of all the presents for the
p-rnneror (these alone meant six hundreu laI &c
nasasl the guns under Captain Parlshs chaIse,
the hand and military guard and the persona
baggage Of the members OF the embassy CCph @
rne time and it was not till August . that the
exnedition was transferred INTO 1aiks MHch
80 canable Of navigating the Pel-ho River.
WeIs S@paartnav and his immediate suite went
~ hoard the smaller ships Jackal ana Clarence;
ond the Lion and Rind0stan, with SICK men anu anu
others on board were ordered 10 remain at @ tILS
IsIsDd Of Chusan until Lord Macartneys return
go, pelzing At Taku further chahBe was
necessary. and the ambassador went ,I on Do" o st
vessel specially prepared for MIN Win = ms f
on,,,odious suite OF rooms. and the notlha VI
th;rtv or forty junks then proceeded up the tive,
Tbon9t often sixty or eighty teet long. tiese
il0usi ,era Of such light construction and so
LII in the water that they did not draw more
tx1 tls aiohteen or twenty inches OF water FROM
TN, ina. as II vas stipulated by the Chinese gov
n,aanf that the expedition. once IN Chlllese
aterr should be entirely at the expense VI c, Cto
,coaror and they were daily suppneu WIN
lIpT,fI,ire they could want; in fact so lteraiiy
s-e his orders carried out that on nnulhg ule
English gentlemen had mace soS asdd i6 6v the
nandarins who assured them that oy 'ilg ia E-i1
neror's peremDtory order they were Ho' "''''
70 snend their own money -, r,
Is they sailed slowly up the river uISy "eaS
As ~ - 70 observe the country through which
-, Mer nasaed The long, low banks OF the river;
Matted here and there with rice and mlliet, anu
~ ofber parts overgrown with rushes. s~ee1ie1 ~
III " ar,, With vast numbers of people VINO came
o,,t 20 some to do the Englishmen honor ana
out' reater number to satisfy their curiosIly.
1ar 81 ,icarov Of great age came. in obedience
~ oh1 tho I ITcmDeror's command. a distance OF nun
~ ded - miles to visit Lord Mccartney NOT only
IL he nIxa but the river seemed croWdeu VII
the I;,nd otd natives: they came in their Junks
nd zen rushed on foot up to their Knees 'lIto II
anu anu Iar IN gel a closer view. and, though the
the iLVN iLs,d not show themselves In such great
wOne ..ters there was lack of them ana as TO
NJ children boys and girls In state Oh hpaIly, y
u tne rrsre In ruyrinds. Night brought nc break
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20

carriage, all the soldiers, diplomatic body man
darins and band in fun dress accompanSlh
them. The building in which the EngliSim men
were lodged a very hne one oVerIHonlus
the Emperor's Park, with distant view 81 the
Tartar Hills in the distance. Here mandarlhs
without end to call and make arrahst-
meLts for the ambassadors reception, he IN turn
explaining TO them the objects of the embassy.
The question Of the kow-tow was again ralse1
but Lord Mccartney firmly refused 10 offer ms
homage to the Emperor in this manner unless
the latter would consent TO chinaman or hlsh
rank performing a like obeisance before the
Kings portrait in. token Of his equality; Lord
Mccartney however, suggested that he WouIo
be quite willing to 90 one knee In the Euro
Ucau fashion and kiss the Emperors hand, and
this offer was promptly accepted by the EN-
peror not little to the astonishment or the
rnandarins, and even the hand kissing was elm
mated as being foreign to their ideas of good
manners. 1t appeared afterward that strong
party al court wished the ambassador TO be IN
tremendously dismissed, but the Emperor him.
self was both inclined TO receive him and TO
relax the strict ceremonial in use when he re-
ceived his own tributary princes.-Hon Nina
Kay-Shutteworth, in The National Review
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20

now the barks change TO growls and sounds as
OF worrying. The men exchange giances ard a
forward movement is simultaneous At first
nothing can be seen. Then the dogs hinduuar-
ters can be distinguished as he pulls and tears
at something which is evidently lying on the
over fine male leopard, stone dead BY some
extraordinary freak Of chance one of the random
bullets had hit him behind one ear and almost
lifted off the top Of the skull of course killing
him instantly. He must have dropped in his
tracks without utterinS a sound, in the act of
attempting to creep away in the long grass. It
is the kind of luck that might perhaps occur
once in million times, and certainly reflects
small credit upon the marksman Still there is
no necessity TO give ones self away to one S
followers. and attitude of calm Indifference
seems most fitting to the oCcasion.-NIajor Ste
venSon- Hamilton, in Blackwood's.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20
TWO GREAT IRISHMEN.

Not often do see two master minds at
work in the same country and at the same time
completely illustrative Of two opposing types
were Swift and Berkeley Opposing but not
necessarily hostile. Each Of them had exactly
what the other lacked. SWift's nature was the
more intense and passionate; he A master
of satire and invective a mighty political lead
pitch of patriotic fervor. Berkeley's character
larger sweeter more humane but he never
touched the chords of passion no cheering
crowds ever followed his footsteps as they did
those of Swift after his victory Wood and
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20
ITALY AND SOUTH OF FRANCE
AENOA. >PsI~A4E lH HhAGillEa PARk
III "EDEh PALACE. F"

over twenty-five years service. He told his officers
on Monday night that on account OF business IL
would be impossible for him continue at the head
OF the regiment The officers expressed regret. and
appointed a committee to arrange a dinner in hts
honor He Joined the regiment private IN Com
pany l. April IS. 1881. and has been colonel since
September o. 1904. He will be succeeded BY Lieu
tenant Colonel Frank n. Norton
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20

in the curiosity of the people, and when the ves-
sells were anchored they were lit up with Ian
terms denoting the rank Of the people on board,
while on shore there was general illumination,
and such a stir and din among the people that
with the addition of mosquitoes sleep was al
most impossible.
The house which had been prepared for Lord
Mccartney was two hours distant from Peking,
and on reaching it he found to his annoyance
that it was both out of repair and most made
Quately furnished. On his complaining the next
day to the mandarins they at once assured him
that he should be provided with a better house
in the city itself-meanwhile Mr.. Barrow and
Mr.. Dinwiddie were deputed to unpack the
more fragile of the gifts for the Emperor and
arrange them in his adjoining palace Of Huen-
min-yuen. The mandarins conducted the mem
bers of the embassy over the palace, Whlch
was well worth seeing, and in the great hall OF
audience, throne room, containing the chair
OF state Lord Mccartney ordered the presents
to be displayed. The consisted. among in
Vulnerable other things. of planetarium, an
orrery some large globes and various astro-
nomical instruments (Which had been sent out
in the belief that they would be appreciated IN
the Celestial Empire"), some clocks and cut
glass Iustres, well as some specimens OF
British pottery, etc.
once in Tartary the Englishmen found a
great change in their surroundings; instead of
the highly cultivated plain in which they had
experienced such great heat, they found them
selves in barren and rugged plateau at a con-
siderable elevation, where the piercing cold was
hardly less disagreeabIe than the former heat
had been The next few days they passed
through many villages usually spending the
night at imperial palace. On September . &
vious TO entering Jehol their final destination.
The inhabitants of the town, miserable, dirty
place. turned out to see them pass, Lord
Mccartney and Sir George Staunton in { cir
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BLINDNESS
AND SENSE


Are the senses-of the blind more acute than
those of normal people? 1t is generally sup
posed that a sightiess person. more especially II
his infrmity is congenital has the remaining
faculties abnormaly developed in order TO com
pensatc somewhat for the deprivation of the one
sense. Upon this point some interesting expert
ments have been carried out by German sclen-
lists, the sum Of which would appear 10 upset
popular contention in a pretty convincing man
ner They found that the blind no more
able to detect the direction of sound than the
sighted person. that the sense of smell was
somewhat more deficient in the former than III
the latter and that the normal person possessed
a keener senSitiyeness of touch than the afllcted
It is, however, somewhat difficult to reconcile
this contention with absolute facts. one may
use the most delicate instruments 1t Is possible
for human ingenuity to cOntrIVe Tor the deter-
mination of the above question, but after all they
merely constitute a tangible basis for compari-
sons. One has only to recall the remarkable
ACCOMPLISHMENTS Of Miss Helen Keller who is
no doubt the most extraordinary blind person or
the day. To pit such an example against scleh-
tific Investigation would however. only be con-
strued as the exception proving the RUE. We're
it not for the fact that there are lnnumerable
other instances which could be clIeo OF SIM
liar character. In the German experiments the
question of standard Of Intelligence does not ap-
pear 10 have been taken into consideration. ana
vet this after all is an important factor. The
blind person must be trained in the use of his
remaining senses as much as the sighted person
Is taught to distinguish colors, objects and SO
forth. while it must also be borne in mind thaI
the possession Of all the senses rather tends 10
assist the individual work Of any one. Ihls can
be proved in various ways. For instance, Click
two objects in the hand in close proximity to
bliudfolded sighted person and a sightless indi-
vidual. The former viii be quite at sea IN de-
tecting the locality of the sound, but the average
blind person will readily determine its direction
and source Again. face the two uncon5clouSly
TO the wall and tell them to step forward The
former viii unhesitatingly collide with the OBJ
stacc. but the latter viii pull up and say that ne
can "feel" its existence. Such experiments could
be repeated I'D lib. with similar results. Under
these circumstances it is obvious that far more
conclusive testimony is necessary 70 disproVe
the p0pular impression concerning the peculiar
sensitiveness of the blinds remaining faculties
than the German experiments anord.-Cham-
berss JourpRJ
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20
A REvELATIoN.i }

Iady-wIn you send this rug on approvals
Salesnan-Certsinly. ma am
IIttle Girl (who is with her motherl-Hadn't yoo
better tell him be and get II there time.
mammal You know give the party to-u1orrow
night.-LIf>
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20
LONDON HOTELS.
GUARD NEWS.

For practical instruction preparatory 10 the field
service to be held under command OF Major Gen
eral Leonard Wood. in August, Captain John T.
O'Ryan commanding the 1st Battery, has ar
ranged for mancsuvres between his COM
mand and some members Of the 7th Regiment on
the battery farm. near Purdy's Station. y. Y
Captain Organ has invited Colonel Appleton,
the other officers OF the regiment and some Of the
privates report at the farm on June p and re-
main until June cS
The officers and men OF the 7th will be supplied
with shelter tents and other necessary equipage
1t is planned that both organizations shall take
part in field exercises involving attack and de-
fence scouting and establishing and breaking camp
The 22d Regiment. with the same object in view,
will go to Van Cortandt Park Saturday after
noon with shelter tents. The evolutions will tn
clude the making and breaking OF camp and some
extended order movements
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20

Corporal McCanns squad. Of Company D. which
has won the company competition for general ef-
fciency will be entertained at dinner and theatre
by Captain David S. Brown. jT.. next Wednesday
night. During the past drin season the record OF
the several squads in discipline, recruiting, at
tendance and equipment was noted carefully, with
the result that McCann's squad had total Of
O6O points, against 100 for the next squad.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20

Colonel Bates OF the list Regiment has NOM
mated First Sergeant T. B. McManus OF Com
pany II to be second lieutenant Sergeant Robert
son. of Company q. also has been nominated for
second lieutenant in that command, and Corporal
Bellah, of Company II, has been nominated for
second lieutenant of Company A
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20

Captain Joseph De Vries. assistant surgeon OF
the 18th Regiment. who Joined the command In
February 1906 has resigned account OF business
DR. J. c. McEvitt formerly of the I'd Battalion
of Naval Militia will succeed him.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20

In connection with the joint manRuvres to be
held by the army and the national guard in
August 1t is known that the troops will have no
permanent camp. but will be kept pretty much on
the march, and will encamp IN a position each
day. Arrangements will be made to transport the
troops 10 the scene of the maneuvres on army
transports.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20

Colonel William A. Stokes of the 2sd Regiment
has applied to be placed the retired list after
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20

Members Of the 1st Battery have unanimously
elected Corporal Hubert NJ Paul second lieutenant
vice short appointed the stafr Of Major Wilson
the battalion OF field artillery
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20

vice short appointed on the star of Major Wilson.
commanding the battalion OF field artillery
Company I of the seth Regiment. Captain Charles
Healv will hold a summer nights festival at Man
haitian Casino on July - requisition has been
nreDared for new heating plant for the
armory Major Duffy and Captains Glyn. Costigan.
Delauy PhZan and Cummings each completed
fourteen years of service on June 10 and celebrated
the anniyersy by a dinner All the above officers
originally enlisted in Company 6 as prtvates-
In Squadron c Second Lieutenant James II. How
lett will be elected first lieutenant iii the va
eancy caused by tbs promotion OF Bryant to the
caotaincy of Troop 8. First Sergeant Henry Bass
ford Is to be elected second lieutenant. vice How
LETT
Company 1 of the 7th Regiment has twenty
seven men who during the last season did not
miss a drill or parade of any kind, thirty-fi five
who did not miss company assembly and forty
nine men who did not miss drill other than a
company drill.
Out Of 1Ol members on the roll the 18th Regiment
at its muster Fort Hamilton June "A had 1913
officers and men present and S0S absentees- The
9th Regiment Just across the Narrows. on duty
at Fort Wadsworth, had a much higher percentage
OF present than the 18th. The 9th, out Of a total
Membership of 714 had sS7 present and only a alb
sent.
Colonel William A. Stokes of the 2sd Regiment
has applied to be placed on the retired list after
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20
DUSSELDORF Park Hotel: ,,.s,.s:: s,. e'-

GRAND OPEN LOCATION.
Running Hot and Cold Water.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05

Elliotts. June 2.--The community OF
Elliotts was much shocked today by
the news of the sudden death of Mrs.
Edward B. King. which occurred yes
terday afternoon between and 9
o'clock. Mrs. King had appeared In
her usual health till the time of her
death. Saturday the family held a
reunion at which all the children and
nearly all the grandchildren OF Mr..
and Mrs. King were present. Yester-
day afternoon some OF the children
had gone home and others had left
for Elliotts to take the train when a
harried messenger caught them at the
depot In the act of leaving.
The remains were buried this after
noon at Wells Methodist church, the
funeral being conducted by the pas
tef. Rey. Sidney Beasley. The atten.
dance at the funreal was large.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05
ANOTHER SUICIDE.
Mr.. j. III. WitherspOon Drinks Car
bolic Acid and Dies Immediately.

Mr. James III. Witherspoon, man
ager OF the Whilden Furniture Co.,
committed suicide at his home on
East Liberty street about 1880 o'clock
Friday morning. He drank four
ounces Of carbolic acid and death en-
sued within a few minutes. He was
found In a dying condition in the
garden by his wife who had gone out
to feed the chickens only few mo
ments after Mr.. witherspoon left the
huose. He was dead before DR..
Osteen. who lives just across the
street could reach him. although he
was called Immediately.
Coroner Flowers summoned a jury
and held the inquest Immediately.
The verdict of the jury was that j. II.
Witherspoon came to his death from
poisoning by carbolic acid which he
drank with suicidal intent.
The deceased had been resident
of Sumter for ten or twelve years and
had many friends here. He was about
IS years old. He is survived by his
wife and two children. He was
member of CAME Cock Lodge X. Of
p. Hollywood Camp. w. of W.. and
the National Union.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05
MIR. SAMUEL RUSH COLE DEAD,
Barnwen Citizen Succumbs to Pto.
maine Poisoning.

IBarnwell, June 2.-Mr. Samuel
Rush Cole of this city died sudden
ly this afternoon at o'clock. Mr..
Cole was taken i'll last night at 9
o'clock and never recovered from the
attack. He died from ptomaine poi
onfng. 1t Is not known how he be-
came poisoned, but presumably from
some vegetables he had eaten the day
previous. Mr.. Cole was 67 years Of
age. He was a Confederate soldier.
having served four years in the war.
He moved to Barnwell little more
than one year ago. coming here from
Columbia.
He is originally from Clarendon
county. The funeral services will be
held at the cemtery in Manning on
Friday, June 4, at 10 o'clock
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05
In The Recorders Court.

Judge Hurst had very few cases be-
before him Wednesday and the ses-
sion lasted but short while.
VIM. johnson and Henry Owen
were given hearing before the Re-
corder for non-payment Of street tax.
Tax Collector McKagen wrote each
one receipt before they were re-
leased. Mr.. McKagen is right after
the delinquents and had twenty war
rants Issued yesterday. Hew to the
line Mr.. Collector and let the chips
fall where they may.
The case Of Bert Davis for reckless
bicycle riding and running over a lit
tie colored child was left open for
a witness.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05
Funeral Of Barlow Shaw.

The funeral Of Mr.. e. Barlow
Shaw. which was held at Concord
church on Tuesday. was attended
by q large congregation. many of his
friends from this city being among
the number. The services were con-
Quoted by Rev. w. ]. Mckay. whose
brief address was a most eloquent and
feeling tribute to the life and charac-
ter OF the good man and sterling
Citizen whom all in the congregation
knew and respected at his real worth
The services were attended by a
large number of Woodmen from Hol-
lywood Camp. of which Mr.. Shaw had
been a faithful and valued member
for number of years.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05

AS the result of child having been
terribly bitten about the face by a
mad dog which attacked the child on
the streets. the people of Greenville
are greatly wrought up and they are
demanding that the city council i'm
mediately adopt stringent measures
to rid the city OF vagrant dogs and
to forbid any unmuzzled dogs running
at large in the city. Sumter may yet
be I'm the same unfortunate predict
ment OF trying to lock the stable
door after the sired Is stolen.