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Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-17
Army and Navy.


What would you think OF a great armed
camp. filled with ammunition guarded by
soldiers and surrounded by walls, in the
very heart OF London, Paris, Berlin or
Washington? That is what the Legation
city is In Picking. The ~rectangle l have
described is made up OF many walled com
pounds. Each legation has its own COM
pound OF grounds. and each set Of grounds
It's own walls about II. The walls about
the American legation are at least twelve
feet in height, and the walls Of some of
the others are so wide that the soldiers
march upon them. The city is cut up by
m-acadamized streets which cross one an
other at right angles, and going through
them one rides everywhere between these
high walls. The entrance to abe COM
pounds are through great doors which are
barred after nightfall, and in front Of eacn
door a soldier stands guard. Some Of the
entrances are beautifully ornamcnted with
huge marble lions on pedestals. The SOL
diers usually stand between the lions or
just outside ,hem. and one sees uniform
after uniform as he walks through the
streets. The greatest nations Of Europe
have their Representatives here. and the
soldiers OF each legation have their own
dress. one sees the Cossack in his fur cap.
long coat and high boots, the japanese in
khaki. the French officer looking as though
he came from a bandbox and at the British
legation the bare-kneed H~ighlanders who
march to the sound of the bagpipes as
they go through the streets. In all, there
are more than L.S0O soldiers and officers
in charge Of this camp. They are tried
men and ready to shoot at command Each
legation has quarters for It's soldiers and
each has its own ammunition and guns, as
well as stores Of food in case of 4 siege.
In the scheme of defense of this little
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LeEntIon city.

Now turn your eyes to the foreign city
which extends along this wall TO the Hat
amen. and to the wide street which runs
from that gate until II is parallel with the
palace entrance before us. II is perhaps
a mile long and half q mile wide. forming
a r%ectangle In the very heart Of official
and business Picking. Tbs massive wall.
as high as a four-story house and so wide
that fifty soldiers could march abreast
upon its paved highway. is the southern
boundary. An open space several hundred
feet broad, which was cut away after the
siege and cleared Of all Chinese buildings,
lies between it and Hat-a-men street on the
east, and there is another wid space along
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Gossip and Stories About Noted People

patients by their assistants, When the
days work is over they can go home and
go to bed and be fresh and ready for the
next days work. and they certainly do
an enormous amount Of work. enough to
kill the best Of surgeons IN a large city.
their average being about ten major
operations a day, and they often only stop
for lack Of beds in which to place the pa
uents after operations"
The DTs. Mayo are the sons OF DR.. VIII
liam Mayo. an English surgeon who served
in the United States army and who settled
In Rochester after his retirement from
army life. These facts are sufficient in
terest TO place In the record Of Governor
Johnson's case since they demonstrate that
the governor OF Minnesota has had the very
best OF professional attendance and care,
Notwithstanding that a small and remote
community has been the place where he
went for treatment.
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SAGAG am 01A1A NAG N.Y.
As IL is now, the United states marines
have the most strategic position, and prac-
tieally hold the key TO the defense. 1t is
their duty to guard the great wall at the
west end OF the Legation city. They have
the section running from the middle of the
south wall to the Chen Men gate, while
the Germans guard the remaining section
Of that wall running to the Hata-men
gate. Each has its own ~guardhouse, and
our marines march up and down this wall
day and night. AS arkne approaches,
they close the iron gates which shut off
the wall back of the legation from its ex-
tension around the city. A sergeant and
three men are always on guard; two OF
these remain in the ~guardhouse, and re-
lieve each other from watch to watch.
Our marines are not allowed to talk
lille on duty, but standing here beside
them. we can easily see how they com
mand the whole city. They have artillery
on the wall, and a great storehouse OF
powder and other ammunition inside it.
Tables nave been made which give the
range of every important point in the le-
cation quarter and Of the Chinese and
Tartar cities from the gate of Chen
Men; and with these tables. our marines
nave Nv NiOIc CITY at lHelE mercy. I0ey
can shell any building of the palace and
all OF the great government departments.
They could easily send balls into the Tenn
pie OF Heaven; and with red hot shot
they could. in a very short time, reduce
the whole city to ashes.
At present, the force OF Uncle Sam is
less than that OF some other nations. We
have only 40 marines. while the British,
Japanese, Germans and French have
many more. The total foreign force in
north China is over 5000. but a large part
of IL is stationed at Tientsin and else
where. The north China foreign troops
are 10 Austrians, $50 Americans, 20 Bel
gians and over 500 British. i'm addition to
$500 Indian Sikhs. The French have al
most 100, and the Japanese as many.
There are 30 Germans, 200 Italians, l3
Russians and g Dutch.
Within the last few months the Rus
SLAMS have withdrawn some OF their
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American WIDOW and q peculiar
N will, for its figures and Tony
8$S Faust's for its setting. was un-
&1 folded in St. Louis last week
the marriage OF Count Liehard Won Grost,
low Won Hastily Won Kutrow Of Rinslingen,
Bavaria, and Mrs. Louise ]. Rasch of No.
t10l Nebraska avenue. The count (his whole
titles required two lines on the license).
became acquainted with Mrs. Rasch when
someone trampled on her toes while she
watched the parade Of the Yelled Prophets
and the courtship was successfully culmin-
ated over a dinner the same day at Tony
Faust's.
Tn count was a schoolmate OF the pres
ent kaiser and comes from a powerful Ger,
man family, he declares, Some years ago
his grandfather died leaving $4,000 to him
on condition that he get married
To most men IL would have been easy,
but not so the count. He had traversed
the major portion OF the civilized world
without falling a victim and the proviso
appeared in the light Of an impossibility
TO him.
However, he made an attempt to fulfill
il and several weeks ago came to America
TO gaze at its beauties.
Friday. Of last week. he stood IN front OF
Tony Fausts looking at the floats and now
and then casting a sidelong glance al a
modishly-gowned woman near him. sud
denly he heard her give a little scream as
the crowd IN front pushed back. The words
accompanying the scream were given with
a good German accent and the counts
mind was made up. The $4,000 was In his
pockets.
Introducing himself to Mrs. Rasch. he
soon gained her consent TO dine with him
at Tony Faust's. SO impassioned was the
Germans WoOing that by the time the
third course was served Re was Inquirlng
from the head waiter the location OF tho
best jewelry store IN the city.
Count Won Grostlow is 80 years old and
his bride several years younger. She Is the
widow OF Louis Rasch, who died four years
ago, leaving her considerable property.
Speculation On linking Fortunes.
No one in New York society. in the opin-
ion Of the New York American. will be at
all surprised il after a couple OF months
Mics Mary Hartman. daughter Of the late
railroad magnate becomes the bride OF
Robert Walton Goelet.
II has been admitted by relatives OF Miss
Hartman and OF Mr.. GOelet that had the
financial wizard lived a few weeks longer
there would have been an elaborate wed
ding in the hilltop castle at Arden. And
has elapsed after the burial OF the master
OF Arden-that the wedding soon will occur
anyhow. only It win be a quiet wedding.
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0Ab of Uncle Sam in Peking. We
are In the center Of the wall which separ-
Ates the Chinese from the Tartar cities
and in the very heart OF the Chinese capl-
tai, The Legation city lies right below us.
We are sixty feet above Il and high over
the vast mass OF low-tiled buildings which
form the two sister cities. Turning to the
south, we look over business Picking, with
its thousand Of Chinese stores ana beyond
1t can see the Temple OF Heaven and
Agriculture, where the little emperor gets
Dc on his yellow knees. and prays for
hfS people. 1t is there that he sacrifices,
and there he starts the spring blowing Tor
the nation.
Now let US turn to the north. We are
facing the huge Tartar city. It's residences
are almost hidden in a forest OF low
trees but the temples show out here and
there and the imperial city is right at
our front. The legation quarter bumps up
against 1t, and Uncle Sans home adjoins
the white road which leads to the Ping
Forbidden city. which is i'm the center Of
the Imperial city. II is there that the baby
emperor lives, and there, surrounded by
countless yellow servants and 5000 pig
tailed eunuchs, he lie now squalling for his
bottles and his nurses. That American
marine at the guardhouse beside us could.
by lifting his rifle. sent a ball into the
palaces, and the south-central gate which
leads to them. is not 1900 feet from where
We are standing. See how the yellow tiles
of the palace roof blaze under the sun
and the towers of the great gates stand
out against the blue sky. That road just
below us, which hugs the American lega-
ton. goes on 10 the palaces. 1t is the chief
path Of the officials on their way to see his
majesty and they must walk under Uncle
Sans walls a part Of the distance.
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from Picking, and the Japanese
havs decreased their force by one-half
Some Of the diplomats think that this is
only a play to the Chinese galleries. They
want to make the natives believe that
they are anxious to remove their guard
from Picking, a contamination which the
Chinese devoutly wish. The Withdrawals
mean nothing, however, as both Russians
and Japanese have large forces in their
respective spheres In Manchuria, and
could put thousands of troops into Picking
by means of the railroad on e couple
days notice.
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Familiarity.

A novelist who lives near Indianapolis
once engaged an Individual wh3 claimed
TO be a gardener. That his claim was with
out basis OF fact was soon made evident to
the employer, for the man proved we'll nigh
useless-sO useless in fact that it became
necessary 10 discharge him.
The man took the dismi'.'al with such
jaunty indifference that the novelist was
somewhat netled. "Yod seem rather
pleased than otherwise" said he 10 the
man.
"Oh. / Amt worryin'," was the prompt
response.
Indeed! Perhaps you won't do so well
as you think. May l venture 20 inquire
what you have in view2'
We'll" the gardener, III the
worst comes TO the worst / may take up
writing books. Sence I've been here I've
found out Il don't take sech an awfully
bright man as I used 70 think II did,
Lppineott's Magazine
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-17

responsibilities Of the supreme command
OF public affairs. 1t is moi the jester whom
we are prone TO choose.
For seasoning purposes II is well enough
to employ the salt Of Attiea II we can do
so in moderation. but we cannot acquire
the reputation for wit without making up
our minds to take the consequences.
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Half His Backbone Gone.

After one Of the rarest and most difficult
operations known to surgery, James -FOUR
nigh. q. lies on an air mattress in the
Hahnemann hospital, Philadelphia, with a
half OF his spinal vertebrae cut away, and
his spinal cord covered only by the thin
layer OF skin which lies directly over the
backbone.
The man was given up as in a hopeless
condition when he was taken 10 the hos
pital with a broken back, caused by a fall
from the fourth story Of a building. His
vertebrae was scattered. From the waist
down he was paralyEed.
1t was thought that he would eventually
die, and the operation was ordered as Il
last slim chanoe The complete success Of
the operation Is regarded as a surgical tri-
umph, inasmueh as the bOny framework
which throws a casing about the delicate
organism OF the spinal chord was cut away
without injury to the cord.
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the whole northern boundary. During the
Boxer uprising this foreign quarter was
surrounded by Chimes houses from which
the natives shot at the blrbarians within;
and on the northern boundary, opposite
where we are standing. between the Eng
fish legation and the imperial city. was the
Hanlin library, one Of the largest In the
world. with it's tens OF thousands OF vol
umes. II contained literary treasures Of
vast value; but the Chinese set II on fire
in attempting to drive away the defenders
by the heat and the smoke. We all know
the history of that terrible siege, when for
weeks the lives Of the Americans and Euro
peans hung by a thread, and were only
saved by the troops marching on to Picking.
At the close the powers determined that
such a danger should never happen again,
and 1t was that resolution which treated
the legation city OF today.
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world city Uncle Sam has. perhaps, the
most important position. The soldiers OF
the several legations have their own PAGES,
Wnicn lney are 10 axe charge OF in case
Of siege. There is a secret scheme OF de-
Tense, and this is discussed from week to
week by the commanders, who meet ana
give their views as to what should be lone
should trouble arise. In the event Of a
rebellion the senior commander would be
chosen as chief. and one of our officers
would report to him as aid.
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The recent manoeuvers OF the German
army must have made enormous demands
on the vitality and strength Of the kaiser.
but he has shown hat he is well able
TO bear them, reports the New York sun.
II is not every man, officer or private, who
could stay up till 2 o'clock in the morning,
as the kaiser sometimes did. discussing
the details OF the next days operations
and then rise again at 4 o'clock 10 start
out on a long days work in the saddl
TIL explanation is to be found chiefly
no doubt in the natural strength OF the
kaiser's constitution, but ia the next place
in his moderation in eating and drinking.
He enjoys a breakfast OF the solid Eng
Iish kind. with tea and a dish Of meat or
fish, the latter being his faYorite. The
ordinary Germans cup Of coffee and a
roll or two would never enable him to get
through the mental and physical labor OF
the entire forenoon until lunch at l o'clock,
Perhaps the majority Of men in Ger
many. and certainly In the capital, where
mems nerves are most sorely tried, eat
little in the early part Of the day and most
heartily in the evening. II is otherwise
with the kaiser. who eats heartily at
breakfast and lunch, but very little in the
evening. In Germany this Il considered
a sign OF good health and solid nerves.
. One Of the things that contribute TO the
kaiser's good appetite Is his moderation in
smoking. Three or four light cigars, and
these only when travelling, and half a dozen
cigarettes OF Turkish tobacco form his
customary daily dole.
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VII the Guards be- Removedf

Indeed, the general opinion here is that
the guards will eventually be removed,
but that the time is not yet ripe. Many
of the ministers say they will send their
wives and daughters away from Picking
as soon as the guards are ordered to leave.
Just now china is like a millpond, and the
whole world is applauding the ease with
which the baby emperor was put on the
throne. Nevertheless the country was on
the edge of a rebellion at the time the
empress dowager died, and had a mutiny
which then occurred among the soldiers on
the Yangtse not been promptly put down
by a very wise governor there might nave
been a civil war, which would nave wiped
out all the foreigners in the interior. Al
that time our missionaries on the Yangtse
Kiang called for gunboats, but Uncle Sam
had none in sight, and we had to ask the
British TO protect them. Since then gun
boats have been sent to the Yangtse from
the Philippines, and they will now be kept
there. l understand that our legation at
Picking does not consider the Picking guards
a necessity, but Uncle Sam will do wisely
to make surety sure by maintaining our
marines in China for some years to come.
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CCOpyr4ght 1909, by Frank @. ca pen;e.)

China.-tSp. cial Cores
pondence Of The Beu.)-S and
with me beside the great tower
above the gate OF Chien Men
and look down upon the home
Of Uncle Sam in Picking. We
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Life in the Barracks.

Before I write OF the civil branch Of
Uncle Sans Chinese home 1 would like to
tell you how our soldiers live in Picking.
They have their quarters in the low one
story buildings which form the walls Of
the western end of the legation compound,
the officers being quartered in two-siory
structures in the northeastern corner. The
barracks have separate buildings for mess
rooms, store rooms, kitchens and a gym
nasium. They have reading rooms, and, on
the whole, the boys nave a fairly good
time. They nave two drills every day and
two hikes" every week of ten miles or 50
to keep them in training. They have daily
parades, except Saturdays and Sundays.
and there is a school for the n~on-commis-
stoned officers, The men take part in field
sports with the other legation guards. and
each May they nave a yearly meet in this
British legation compound, at which The
soldiers Of all the legations take part. In
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German Count Wins Rich widow.

Count Wins Rich Wido"'
international romance
with a German count, an
American widow and a peculiar
will, for it's figures and Tony
Faust's for its setting, was UNI
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road king had dropped into a directors
meeting and inquired what had been done.
He was told that a large number of cars
had geen contracted for.
Whats the capacity? asked Harri-
man.
Fifteen TO twenty tons he was told.
Might as well make kindling wood OF
them right now said Hartman. They
will never be of any service in the west.
You want cars of acton capacity; nothing
less will do in that country"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-17

CHESTER, MINI, where Gov
ernor johnson had been strug-
Cling for life at the hospital Of
the Drs. Mayo, had less than
1900 inhabitants In the year 1900,
relates the SDrfnufieid Renuhli-
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-03
time and again, there is no better
paying branch of agriculture to-day
than that Of poultry when in the
hands Of competent people,"
Poultry Pays Better.

1t is a quite common remark among
farmers that the poultry on the farm
pays better than anything else.
Prices of poultry products in Canada
are not very high; yet, according to
the Canadian census, one dollar in
vested in poultry yielded two dollars,
while the general average of invest
ments in farm crops and animals was
twenty cents return on one dollar in
vested. Every little item of labor
saving counts in handling the poul-
try specialty-nowhere more so than
on the farm, when one hundred to
five hundred chickens must be han
died during a busy eason After
b%othering for several years moving
small coops here and there, and lift
ing the chickens or fowls three OF
four at a time, n poultryman finds
it much easier to load the coops upon
a wheelbarrow. For moving chick
ems and hens, a common shipping
crate made of laths is very conven
lent. In this way hens can be changed
about at the breeding season and IL
breaking up s~itters, avoiding much
labor and confusion.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-03
New For Trout Fishing.

For brook trout let your rig con-
sist Of a Leonard rod, six to eight
ounces in weight, nine feet. six inches
long, a fine "Kingfsher'' oiled silk
line, the best six-foot ~mist-colored
leader that can be procured, the finer
the better; an Orvis automatic reel,
and lastly a selection Of half dozen
different well-made flies, using three
on a cast. Every angler, l find, has
a choice of what flies are most kill
ing. AS previously stated in The
Outing Magazine, I use none but the
six metal body flies, that have wings
Of black, brown, gray and white, the
bodies being Of a gold and silver
metal. For brook trout, fish slowly,
and far off, cover all the water, using
extra care when you see a rise or a
place where they are likely to be.
In trout fishing, I have a firm con-
viction that a quick strike is neces-
sary; it is true, that trout do, as a
rule, hook themselves, but IN apt and
instantaneous strike makes it sure
that the hook is embedded in the skin.
In river fishing, large fish should be
worked ashore and then netted; from
a canoe the fish should be played till
docile and quiet, hen netted. Big
trout are too slippery to be handled,
and too, heavy to be lifted from the
water./1 In lake fishing the best places
are usually where fresh spring water
comes from the bottom or near the in
let.-Louis Rhead, in The Outing
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-03
A Tall Bear Story.

"Why, once, do you know, I found
a bear inside a hollow log. Well, of
course, [ couldn't get at him to shoot
him, and the log was too heavy to
move. I didn't know what to do. So
at last I thought of cutting four holes
in the log, about where the bears
feet must be, and I got his paws
through slick. Then I tied a rope
about the log, and made him walk
with it into camp. And-would you
believe it?-we had all our food and
all u fuel for the wilmer out Of that
one deal.'-From The Outgoing Mag
-azine for June. So. 90 100.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-03
For Roup.

Mix five cents worth of permanga-
nate of potash with one quart Of wat
er, and put n tablespoonful in a
bucket of water or milk and use as a
preventive. l prefer milk. The birds
that have the disease take one table
spoonful of the permanganate and
water mixture to n pint of water.
Give n teaspoonful three times a
day and wash their heads in weaker
solution. When I am giving the
treatment I smoke my chickens until
they begin to choke for breath, either
with pine tar or. sulphur. This Is q
good disinfectant and Is also good fol
mites and lice.-Mrs. G. Ungeheuer
C~utterville, Kan.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-03

are just common cold storage stuff.
They bring fifty cents a dozen.
though, on account of the stamp!
Never set a duck egg over a week
old. They lose fertility quickly.
A $40 rooster is generally cheaper
than a 81 one. The good blood will
tell the second year.
White China geese are very gentle,
They are also good watchers in the
poultry yards, as any unusual disturb.
nee Is soon told by the noise they
make.