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Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-14

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The wageworker., 1909-08-14
Girl Missionaries DESERVING Chinese

her mothers zeal in converting Leon
and other celestials to Christianity.
the agitation against sending young
white girls down into Chinatown.s
dens to lead the Mongolians from the
worship of Buddha grew to such pro-
portions as to cause many of the wom-
en- missionaries to abandon the work
at once.
A number of the elder women stuck
to their posts for time, and it was
not until the Cinnamon themselves
began to show signs of hostility to-
ward their teachers that the general
exodus began.
The hostility of the Chinese against
their women teachers grew out OF the
persecution suffered by practically all
the Cinnamon in the city after the
Sigsl murder. The burden of the
crime fell heavily upon the heads of
all the members of the race. and as
the activity of the police increased
the resentment of the Chinese against
the missionaries grew until it began
to appear dangerous for the women to
continue their viSitationS.
The wageworker., 1909-08-14

trip is about forty-five miles and takes
nine hours There are mountain
chutes. fat rapids and other rapids
between Elk lake and Latehford and
as the boats do not run them. there
has to be a boat at each portage, to
make connections The engines on
the boats are all wood burners and
run quite slow, SO it makes the trip
rather tiresome-
1t was in 1870 that Charles IL gave
to his cousin Prince Rupert-she bold
but none too successful cavalier OF the
civil war-she exclusive right to trade
with the Indians in that great stretch
of country whose rivers run down to
Hudson's bay The Hudson's Bay
Company was formed by Prince Ru
pert and his associates, who exploited
the concession. and its history for
nearly two5aro-a-half centuries has
been one CT astonishing boldness and
success Furs were the company'S s
main concern in its early days Its
agents. established in factories or
forts. traded with the Indian hunters,
collected the pelts, and dispatched
them by the inland waterways on the
ioiAS anu pSAAio0S iooee " eiie Soasa
for transmission to England. Even
to this day the conpanys fur trade
is being carried on in like manner.
though in more northeriy regions, for
the settlement of population in the
south has driven the fur-bearing ami
mails to the primaevai solitudes beyond
In unbroken sequence for about a cen
| tury the companys fleet has sailed
from Edmonton down the Athabasca
| into and on down the Great Macken-
| zie river to the Arctic ocean, return
| ing in the autumn with the furs taken
| ten months before.
The wageworker., 1909-08-14

$50 after a tit- Deke,s be sz-z
your man amt got no show Of beIu--
elected Suppose l did vote fer hfEs.
it'd be just wasting NY vote
That made the Deke hot Is fha-
sos' ne says Wen. who are you 90
ing to vote for. anyway
~.Mesr says Bill, throwing cut his
chest I'm going to vote for the parry
what-u elect the next president I'm
going to vote SocisIfstLabor-'
Huh says the Deke, and you taIk-
ing about wasting your vote
Then it was BEIi-s turn 20 get hos
say, he says. III tell yog what III de-
III bet you that we get more votes
right here IN Grant Center than you
do Bes yoa ten dollars
Sorry I never 5et,r says the Deks,
cause it's easE money
You're 'fraid.' says BILL hut see
ing it's yoa- I'll make you another
pTopeFsIsnun- II you ger more votes
N this town than we dos III swear CD
for year, and # yoa don't / want
you 10 take a good, still drink q
whisky at the hotel every dag for fEe
same time Is il q soz
Well the Dese thought IL over and
it seemed a sure way to get ELI 80
sign the pledge He didn't zu7rcse
that more than two O. three men IL
town would vote Ike Bill was zN1G
TO; and. of course. he couldn't back
down before the crowd So he soo&
the bet up Then everybody passed
the word round. and 4 lot o. feiIs-s
went up and voted Socialist Labor 5zrsz
to have a joke On the Deke- And
when they came to count I'd, ESITs
man was way ahead
The Deke has been paying ED The
bet Ike a man ever since A lot cl
| women always come along with hiuk
They think he's noble hero. and th1s
whisky is something Ike boiling ksrc
sene"
But does the deacon think so-~
asked
-WeE.- said the landlord, - carl
say Eut it's surely Affecting his rze-z
oTy- Why, sometimes he comes hers
in the morning and has his drInE. z-s
then forgets all about II and eOzes
again after dinner"
The wageworker., 1909-08-14
Light to Invade Lovers Favorite Haunt

know it, is the greatest sparkling place
in the world after dusk, and thousands
OF couples undergo long trolley rides
for stroll through the secluded lanes.
Deputy Commissioner William C
Cozier of the department of lighting
has fled with Park Commissioner
Kennedy the plans for a new lighting
system. Ii Will replace the present
system. which consists of 259 old
fashioned naphtha lamps and few
electric lights in scattered places.
The old system doesn't give much
light, and in most places Prospect
park is as dark. after nightfall, as
the blackest black paint could repre-
sent it
The new plan calls for 760 OF the
new Tungsten lamps, which Commis-
sioner Cozier has already begun to
install in Fort Green park, as well as
some arc lamps, The maps show that
when the lamps are all in place there
won't be dark spot left in the park,
hardly. and the shady spots will be so
few and far between that a handful
of blueeoats viii be able to discourage
even the most heartsick youngsters
The wageworker., 1909-08-14
Gotham Finds Autos a Costly LUXURY

ment, eight, the president of the
borough of Brooklyn Is; while even
the department of finance has five.
For the maintenance of all these
machines the city is paying out more
than Sl5o,oo0 a year in supply bills.
As a result of the expense an in
vestigation has brought to light the
fact that they are largely used Tor
the personal recreation of individuals
or for Joy riding" as it is more gen
orally known.
The city. while it has been urging
al sorts of reforms to prevent Just
this practice on account of the great
number of deaths which have oe-
CURED here lately from reckless auto
mobile driving. finds itself placed in
the position of being an offender in
the same class.
Altogether Father Knickerbocker is
finding his gasoline carts an expensive
luxury. but no way OF bringing about
reform in their use has yet bees
discovered.
The wageworker., 1909-08-14
Noted English Suffragette Is Coming

IS said to fully expect she will have
to so to jail in the end, she does not
know whether it will be before OF
after she comes to the United States
At any rate a Jail sentence will not
detain her long. as the English suf-
fragettes, by their hunger strike
have way of persuading the author
tiles TO let them out of Jail. so they
will not starve to death.
Mrs Pankhurst. small, quiet wom-
an. so years old. but as youthful look
ing as ner daughters. has remark
able personality. In her suite of Is
Offices in London she keeps in touch
with the suffragist movement in every
part OF the United Kingdom and it re-
quires 1s typewriters to keep her cor
respondence going. She founded the
Woman's Social and Political union.
She and her daughters are leaders
of the political end of the suffrage
agitation and call mass meetings.
window smashing journeys and ar
range for street parades and train
speakers
Mrs. Pankhurst is regarded by the
house of parliament as a veritable
terror,
/ She is the widow Of the late DR..
| Pankhurst of Manchester, She was
/ educated in Paris. is q vegetarian, a
i total abstainer. and no one would
| think from her placid demeanor that
she could inspire others with so much
| fanatical hysseria-
Already there is much speculation
1 in New York over the effect of hel
visit on Mrs. Blatch' conservative
equal suffrage friends Mrs Macka,
| is conservative and has been working
/ all the year with Mrs Blatch. ans
what part she will take in the demon
strations for the radical English WON
an remains to be seen. Equal interes
is felt in whether or not Mrs Beimon
will take an active part in the pro
ceedinss
The wageworker., 1909-08-14

I was sitting on the veranda of the
hotel of Grant Center, when a boy
came running up the street and
shouted, breathlessly: They're com-
in, They're comm. They're most
here,"
At this cry the whole neighborhood
awoke to life. Men hurried up from
all directions, and the storekeepers
came to their doors Then more boys
came down the street, all with the
same cry: They're comm, They're
comin,,s
Circus in towns'- asked the land
lord
No. no." he said But you wait
and you'll see some fun. I've got to
be going myself" With that he left
me and disappeared into the hotel
A wild shout arose in the street. l
looked up and saw strange group
approaching 1t consisted OF an old
man. tall and erect for all mis- long.
white beard. and five or six severe
looking. elderly women Walking
slowly and solemnly. as if to the gal
lows, they came up to the hotel and
turned and mounted the steps Then
the crowd, which had been gathering.
made rush and swung in behind
them. almost treading on their heels.
/ kept my seat, and the whole process
sion, principals and all, brushed past
me and entered the barroom of the
hotel Wondering what it could all
mean. arose and followed
When / found myself inside / saw
the landlord standing sedaIely behind
The wageworker., 1909-08-14

A FTER DARK spocning and love
"A making in Prospect park. Brooklyn,
will be no more, The lovers lanes,
which at night are now so dark that
the paths are followed with difficulty,
will no more be sought by the love
sick youth and his sweetheart and the
leafy delis which even the hard-heart-
ed cops could not penetrate with their
vision will no longer prove an at
traction. The lakeside will not be the
place hereafter where young couples
can exchange the nothinss that lovers
are said to exchange,
The onward march of progress. all
unmin6fui of loves young. sweet
dream. will make the night as light as
dag in Prospect park, The big park.
it might be said for those who don't
The wageworker., 1909-08-14

e CTAlD old Father Snickerbocker has
= now achieved the record of being
the greatest municipal Joy rider in
the world. The record. however. is
not a source of joy. since the city is
discovering that automobilins is an
extremely expensive luxury even
when the cars are not used for pri-
vate purposes,
There are well over 100 cars repre-
sentins an outlay OF more than $780,
600 now in the possession of New York
city. purchased ostensibly to facilitate
the handling of departmental business,
The department of street cleaning. for
example, has tens he health depart
The wageworker., 1909-08-14

the bar in an immaculate white linen
coat The old man and the women
walked straight up to him Without
movement OF his face the landlord set
out a black bottle and glass The
old man took the bottle and poured
out an unmistakable amber liquid
FIJI it up." called man at my
side. and Fiji it up" Make him I'll.
it up" echoed a dozen other voices
By way of answer. the old man
turned around and held up the glass.
full to the brim- Then impress1yely
he drank it of Immediately one OF
the women handed him a glass OF
water, another patted him on the back
and the others sighed and groaned in
helpless distress And then they all
marched slowly through the crowd to
the door without paving the slightest
attention to the boots and cat-calis
that went up on all sides
After the crowd had melted away
and the landlord had relosned me on
the veranda. 1 asked for an exp:ana-
ton OF what 1 had just seen He
cnuckled to himself for long time be-
fore he could find voice to begin
s-Oh, that was nothing he said at
last. That happens every day That
old feiler was Deacon Weatherbone,
and those women belong to the tenn
perance society The Deke's great
temperance man, too-didn't seem so
a while ago, but it's true, and that's
how he came to take that drink
Kinder mixed up, know, but III tell
you all about it
ssYou see, last election the Deke was
hanging round outside the voting
place tackling everybody to vote the
Prohibition ticket, and argifying some
thing powerful. Well, along came old
Bill Todd, and the Deke went up to
him Now, Bill had a few election
drinks in him and he started argify-
ing back at the Deke. A big crowd
got around them, and that put Bill
right on his dignity, and he threw 1t
insc the Deke for all he was worth
The wageworker., 1909-08-14

NHINAToWN'S women missionaries
- have abandoned the scene of their
lahors. leaving their slant-eyed Bible
students TO return to the worship of
the gods of their illustrIoas, never-to-
eS-sorsosten. greatest-grandfather of
thousands of years ago, For the first
time in many years the denizens of
Mott. peu and Doyers streets in New
York city are without their spiritual
leaders. and the cause echoes back 10
the murder of Elsie Sigel and the dis
appearance of Leon Ling. the China
man suspected of the crime.
When Elsie Sigefs body was found
in Ling's trunk and it was learned
that her relations with the missing
Chiraman originated in her own and
The wageworker., 1909-08-14
CATS SELL At HIGH PRICES.
These CT L5ct. Blue sszS- in Coles
Are Now the Most Sought
After.

Many triumpF1s IN original enfcr
were seen at tire great chaus pfoa show
of cats at the Crystal palace. 1ondon
England
With the modern cat beauty il 10
large extent skin deep-shat Is to say
coat and color reckon high. and hIE.r
of color which have only recently
been achieved in their full measure
The most artistic of al modern cats
is the blue Russian. Of which Lady De-
cies has the pick and WOE most of tie
prizes Her best exhibits are of
level light blue tint. absolutely Tn
fecked by any other shade. and they
possess that second Gesiderzfum-
copper-coIored eye which. to the re-
gret of all cat breeders. IS apt to fade
into the common green with age
In the case Of the white smooth
haired cat the eye should be blue. and
such an animal as the Enbeatsn Full
mer Saowst0sm is revelation IN the
breeders power TO get the pure cozo-z
he seeks
Again. the silver tabhIes- whose vEr-
tue depends On the bsaekness OF ths
lines and the eIezrness of the marx
ing between them are preferred either
with golden or green eyes
So- in the seEEcofcr. oranges q
very popular shade in ruuxh-hasress
cats. the eye matches the coat very
closely But TO the public who do nssx
deal in special color. tine smooth-haireu
Russian blues with the copper eyss
are the most remarkable example Ss
modern color schemes and the highly
artistic cat
Some of these are worth SD
though the best are descended from >
recent and bEeH.shed progsnItos
picked up for song n a shop n
FuIham, England
The wageworker., 1909-08-14

NEW YORk.-Mrs. Emmeline Pank-
IN hurst. the leading spirit among the
militant suffragettes OF England. ae-
companied by her beautiful but no
less belligerent daughter. Miss Chrys-
toaal Pankhurst. is coming to Ameri-
ca to inject ginger. pepper and tabas-
CO into the votes for women" cam
paign in the United States.
New York police are already trem-
bling in their shoes as a result of the
announcement of her proposed advent.
for they can see but one result from
the visit. an armed clash with the
doughty champion of .women's rights
from across the Atlantic
II had been suspected for some
weeks that the Forthcoming campaign
in the cause of equal suffrage was go
ing to be the warmest ever held in
America. but now that the renowned
English woman is to aid there can be
no doubt OF it,
Mrs. Pankhurst's coming is an
nounced by Mrs Harriet Stanton
Rlafch Of the Equal Suffrage Society
and League of disappearing wom-
en-. Under the latter's auspices Mrs,
Pankhurst will open her campaign
and she will IRE the first gun from
Carnegie hall at reception given in
her honor.
The famous British advocate does
rot expect to remain with us long
because there is little matter OF go
ing to Jail in England that must be
attended to, She is involved in 5
suit regarding her right to petition
in person the premier and while shs
The wageworker., 1909-08-14
Grandmother's Two Fads.

My grandmother, said the man
who was raised on the farm. was a
woman of great determination. One
day she was showing grandfather and
me how to seize hornets and smash
in their skulls beneath the thumb and
forefnger before they could sting
little trick in which the old lady
took great pride She picked the vel
low huzzer OF the window shade, the
usual faint, crushing sound was heard
and the old lady smilingly held the
dead body up for our approval We
showed proper admiration for the
fear. but still regretfully preferred to
slap the little fiends with a board.
Not till several days afterward did
We notice the swollen finger. and dis
cover that the hornet, by some sort of
deylish ingenuity, had managed to
string grandmother
She also used to cut up with a
hoe all the snakes she could find and
feed them to the chickens. Snake
meat. especially milk snakes, gave the
chicken peculiarly fine flavor, she
asserted. No one could contradict this
theory. the fine flavor was there every
Thanksgiving day to prove ii"
The wageworker., 1909-08-14
Reminded Him of Home.

man whose boyhood had been
spent within stones throw of Bea-
con hill and that mighty edifice in
which the Commonwealth of Massa.
chusetts is yearly saved, was recently
summoned to admire his wife's new
hat Round and steep and brilliant
ly yellow it was-the very latest
cabriolet- The man looked at it long
and thoughtfully. and then, That
takes me back" he breathed.
What do you meane inquired his
puzzled wife, who had been prepared
for sarcasms. but not sighs.
why, the hats the living image of
the dome of the Boston statehouse-if
you'd only had it just little bigger.''
AE.i as he made his escape she
heard him humming: How dear to
my heart are the scenes of my child
hood"
The wageworker., 1909-08-14
Fox Asleep in = sedruorz-

A welIgrown fox. after making .
raid on q poultry PEN at the back OF q
residence in the center Of WoETsE-
hampton, England, quietly made hss
way through an open window into =
bedroom. where he was found shortly
afterwards repcsIng in q corner o.
the room with the remains OF his
morning feast round him A smart
hunt ensued, resulting in Reynarfs
capture
The wageworker., 1909-08-14
A Martyr to the Cause
By Emanuel Lissner

Copyright, by J. 3. L:ppincott Coz
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-07-10

woman. ana 1 shall recommend It a.
long a. Hve."-M MRS. MAY FRY.
Lindley, Ind.
One Of tho greatest triumphs Of
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is the conquering Of woman's
dread enemy - tumor. If you have
mysterious pains, Inflammation, ulcera-
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ton, but try Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound at once.
For thirty years Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
andherbs, has been thestandar remedy
for female ills, and such unquestion-
able testimony as the above proves the
value Of this famous remedy, and
should give confidence and hope to
every sick woman.
Ifyou would Hlkespecial advice
about your case write o cOnf1den.
tial letter to Mrs. Pinkham, ut
Lynn, Mass. Her advice Is free,
and always helpful.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-07-10
tide over . critical period in it. his

tide over critical period IN its MIS-
tory.
AT this Juncture Japanese diplomacy
became active and the Washington
government was somehow induced to
accept Japan's theory Of theAsituation.
The sending of only half the feet to
China, which was distinct slap, and
the refusal Of the washington admin
istration to give any definite assur-
ances to Tang Shaggy followed. Tang
Shaggy, understand. tried to get the
Washington government publicly to In
terchange notes with China somewhat
after the manner Of the Root akahira
communicate, but this proposal was
declined, while the state department
ostentatiously concluded so-called
ambiguous agreement with Japan in
volving the fate OF China, while refus-
ing openly to give similar assurances
directly to China herself.
Efforts to Save Yuan.
When England and the United
States awoke to the fact that Yuan
had been thrown" they began be-
lated scramble to save him. The
American and British ministers at
Picking, after failing to secure united
action of the entire diplomatic corps,
and after communicating with their
governments, took joint action and
made representations to the regent by
inquiring II Yuan's dismissal might be
construed to mean that China intends
to alter her foreign policy. This inter.
vention was well meant, but coming
at the time 1t was rather unfortunate,
and had the effect Of preventing any
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-07-10
THE YELLOW CORD.
OF CHINA
AND IT'S MEANING
Imperial Death Warrant
OF the Celestial Empire
Reported to Have Been
Sent to Yuan Shih K al.
What Must Be Done by
Those Who Receive It.

and In giving series of farewell en-
tertainments to his relatives and
friends. Although time limit was
set within which the offender was ex-
pected to depart this life, 1t was not
considered good form to defer until
the last day; neither was 1t proper to
display undue haste.
Honorable End to Life.
theoretically, the yellow cord was
supposed to provide a way for the Of
fender to take his own life by strang-
ulation; but usually different means,
like one of the subtle and deadly
poisons long known to orientals, was
actually used. After death the body
of the man thus "honored" would be
buried with full official honors. II one
failed to die within the specified time
he was stripped of all honors and his
immediate family degraded, and he
then would die by the hand Of the exc
cutioner.
This was the function of the yellow
cord in ancient times. as l have heard
it described by Chinese friends of
mine; but not for very many years
has It actually been employed. In
fact the function is now obsolete, and
while its theoretical symbolism sur
wives, 1t is doubtful II 1t ever again
will be carried out, or that Chinese
seriously expect it to be.
However, 1t has nominally been
brought into requisition in quite re-
cent times. 1t was reported to have
been sent to Ii Hung Chang after the
disastrous debacle Of the Chinese
army in the last war with Japan, when
the venerable statesman was also tenn
porarily stripped of all his high hon.
ors. But whether the cord was sent
to Ii or not, he merely retired to his
native province. where he was sup
posed to purify himself by commun-
ing at the tombs of his ancestors;
and in a short time the difficulties of
the Picking government compelled 1t
to recall him, and to intrust to his ex-
perienced hand the negotiation of the
treaty Of peace between Japan and
China, which was signed at Shimon-
oseki. n
Liz Return to Power.
After his success, by inducing the
Intervention of France and Russia. in
preserving the territorial integrity of
the empire. Ii was restored to full
honors, which he. retained until his
death. The last previous instance
which can recall of the presumed use
of the yellow cord was in 1901, follow
ing the Boxer uprising, when. upon
the insistence of foreign powers that
some high Chinese officials be pun
ished for alleged completely in attacks
upon the foreign legations at Peking.
Prince Tuan and others were supposed
to have received It; but all Of them