Noble County Sentinel. (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 6, 1899 Page: 3 of 8
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THE CHINESE LEGATION.
ADMIRAL DEWEY.
Hospitality is mote freely extended interest in this room and can tell vis-
by the Chinese legation than by any
other in Washington, a fact taken ad-
vantage of by a large proportion of ttie
floating population that comes to see
the official and social life of the capital.
The Chinese legation is rich, the house j
it large and the minister, \\ u Ting i
Faiip. and his wife are deservedly pop- I
ular. If the indiscriminate rush on re- i
ceptlon days is somethin
the well bred and diplomatic Chinese !
make no sign but only smile and say
plra?ant words as the long procession
of men and women, largely the latter,
flies by with curious, eager eyes. La-
dies from remote congress districts
■write down in tiieir memoranda, "Visit
to the Chinese Minister's," almost as
Ion as they arrive in town. Many of
them at home belong to missionary so
itors all sorts of fascinating things
about the collection.
JACKSON'S BIRTHPLACE.
A CenteutIon That "Old Hickory" Wai
Horn In Ireland*
Ex-Congressman A. H. Pettibone,
now editor of the Bristol Daily News,
of a trial. anj who is one of the most scholarly
men in Tennessee, contributes an in-
teresting article to his journal on the
subject of the birthplace of Andrew
Jackson. In all of the biographies of
the fiero of the war of 1812 the his-
torian has invariably set it down that
Andrew Jackson was born in the
Waxhaw settlement in North Caro-
lina. Mr. Pettibone, in a well-written
,n™ ai 11U.1.C unu 6 , — and plausible paper, undertakes to
cieties that send out tracts and Bibles show that this is one of history's cr-
> end "Christian workers" to the j rors and that as a matter of truth An-
Chinese and they are anxious to see drew Jackson was born in the north
Ivhat the accredited representatives of , of Ireland and was brought by his par-
khat countrv really look like. Most ot • ents to this country when but
I hem, while pleased with the magnifl- 1 ono year old. He says, with good rea-
Icence which they
fare permitted to
See, are disappoint-
ed to find so little
Vindication ot hea-
thendom in evi-
Itlence.
I Even the furnish-
ngs are not all in
trictly Chinese
ashlon. Comforts
nd luxuries used
jjby Americans have
been adopted with-
mt prejudice. The
n e apartment.
Jliowever, w h i c h
evokes satisfied
toll's and ah's of ad-
miration is the Ori-
fntal room, a most
fgorgeous affair,
■with onyx walls,
(ornate carvings,
rich draperies,elab-
forate embroideries
■ beautiful cabinet
'and costly porce-
| lains. Here one
1 gets an idea of
I Chinese culture
; and luxury ot
w h i c h acquaint-
ance with "China-
town" in our big
cities f^ils to give
any hint.
Wu Ting Fattg is
not only an amiable man, but he is a
thoroughly accomplished diplomat,
J with an excellent command of the
: English language, acquired in Hong
ii I Kong and perfected in England,
" | whither he went to study, having
' been admitted to the bar at Lln-
s. I coin's inn. Mrs. Wu is as well
«)C
ion
\ I
ATTACHES OF THE LEGATION.
r
euni e ii ".
. liked in Washington as her immediate
predecessor. Mrs. Yang. That is say-
' ing a great deal, for, when the former
Chinese minister was recalled, it was
said that whoever his successor might
be, his wife could surely never become
so popular.
Mrs Wu is bright-faced, dainty and
attractive, with the tiniest of feet and
the gentlest of small voices. She did
not speak much English when she ar-
rived but has added to her vocabulary
until she gets along very well with vis-
itors now. She shares in her hus-
band's progressive ideas and manifests
a lively interest in Americans, their
customs and doings.
There are about fifty attaches of tho
legation, all living under the same roof
with the minister and his family. Most
ot them are socially inclined, and are
• seen much at the theaters and at pri-
vate and official entertainments. Sev-
eral of them are remarkably popular,
and are frequently seen escorting
daughters of congressmen and other
young women about the city. In such
circumstances they are most consider-
ate of little details, and always pro-
vide the finest flowers that can be had,
and in other ways look after the com-
fort and pleasure ot their companions.
They are a generous people, and th<
personal friends ot members of the
legation fare well at their hands in the
matters of tea that would cost $20 a
pound if you could buy It, and rolls of
soft, shimmering silk.
Outside ot the Chinese minister's
house the finest Chinese room in he
country Is to be found In the Russian
legation. Count Casslnl, the present
ambassador to this country, formerly
represented the czar in China. There
he did some wonderful things in se-
curing the concession of a railroad to
.connect the trans-Siberian system,
' with Port Arthur and the cession of the
latter place to Russia, thus acquiring a
coveted ice-free harbor on the Pacific j
coast. The count was at Peliin during
the Chinese-Japanese war, and has
traveled extensively through the Celes- j
tial kingdom. On all occasions he was
highly honored by lhe Chinese gov-
ernment, and he brought with him to
this country some of the many beauti-
ful gifts bestowed upon him when he
left China. These he recently had ar-
ranged in one of the drawing-rooms in
the legation One of the most strik-
ing articles is a great blue and gold
hanging of embroidered silk, of Im-
mense Intrinsic value and having his-
torical associations and traditions
which put it beyond price. There are
also other rich tapestries and cabinets
with bric-a-brac as precious nnd beau-
tiful as any to be fouad In the Chinese
legation Itself. Some of these things
were the gifts of the emperor and soma
of high government officials. MUs
Casslnl, the ambassador's niece, who
was with him In China, takes a dee!
son, that prior to the glorious battle
of New Orleans no one had ever
thought to interest himself in the
matter of Andrew Jackson's birth-
place. After that wonderful victory,
when his name had leaped to the very
topmost place on fame's pinnacle, and
the presidency of the United States
was standing out before him, It was
to his interest, argues Mr. Pettibone,
and became the task of his ambition,
to keep the secret of his birthplace to
himself, since the constitution of the
United States provides that none
other than **a native-born American
citizen" shall hold the office of chief
magistrate of the republic.—Memphis
Senator.
the table, intending to transfer them to
the pockets of his evening unmention-
ables, but forgot them when he went
down. He dined, had a few 'words
with her majesty, retired, smoked and
went back to his bedroom. The money
was gone. The servants, accustomed
to generous fees, naturally supposed
that the money had been delicately
left there for them, and of course Mr.
Rhodes could neither explain the cir-
cumstances to them nor trouble his
royal hostess about so slight a matter.
The next morning he was driven to
the station in one of the queen's car-
riages. Luckily he had his return
ticket and reached London, like Dick
Whittington and many another fa-
mous man, without a penny in his
pocket. Unlike Whittington, he didn't
have even a cat. However, he had only
to walk to his offices to find the penny
that he needed and others to keep it
company.
MAKES HER LIVING
Hj putting I'p Bonbon® For Sale to
College Hoys.
New York Evening Post: A young
; woman living in a town in which one
' of the largest universities is situated
has hit upon an excellent method of
earning her own living. Her skill in
making "fudges," those toothsome
chocolate sweets that are said to have
originated at Vassal', had often been
praised by her friends, and it occurred
to her one day that what she did for
pleasure might be turned to profit. She
made a few boxes of the sweetmeats
and induced a neighboring druggist to
let them be on sale in his store. Tne
first boxes, and afterwards a second
and larger lot, were quickly disposed
of, and orders for more were received,
chiefly from the collegians. Her next
step was to get some plain white boxes,
pack the fudges in them and tie the
boxes with a broad ribbon of the col-
lege color. Having some little skill
with her brush, she decorated each rib-
bon band with the college name, and
put this newly titled fudge on her mar-
ket. There was an immediate and gen-
erous response. The undergraduates
were delighted with the compliment,
and the tasteful daintiness of her
wares, and although her business be-
gan only last October, she has already
found it necessary to enlarge her plant
to keep pace with her orders. An as-
sistant is employed to help her with
the unskilled part of the process, and
she herself works every day, and often
late in the night in an effort to supply
the demand for her bonbons. She has
established agencies throughout the
town and in a neighboring city, and i3
probably building up a permanent and
excellent business.
CECIL RHODES HADN'T A CENT
Eml rriualnK Predlcmment in Which
Mllllonarle Once Found Illmaeir.
From the New York World: Cecil
Rhodes, the south African millionaire,
like other g:eat men, is careless about
money. On one occasion he received
a command to dine and sleep at Wind-
sor castle and turned up at Paddlngton
station with no money. His private
secretary bought his ticket for him and
gave him for pocket money a couple
of sovereigns, which was all he had
with him. When Khodes reached the
old castle al ove the Thames and be-
Ran dressing to dine with Queen Vic-
toria he laid-the two sovereigns upon
Cireat Itabbit Hunt.
J. M. Rogers, of Eden township, fath-
er of Ivan D. Rogers, is in the city to-
day. He tells of a rabbit hunt in Eden
township recently when 763 rabbits
were killed. Their combined weight
was 4 400 pounds. Two crowds partic-
ipated in the hunt, at the close of which
the losing crowd, the side that killed
the least number of rabbits, paid for
an oyster supper for the entire crowd.
One hundred and fifty plates were serv-
ed at the supper. A few days previous
a crowd went out and killed 436 rab-
bits. Another big drive in Eden town-
ship is being arranged for and will oc-
cur within a few days.
Fail nil Hair.
When the hair has become dull, fad-
ed and lusterless, use brllllantine,
which you can procure of your hair-
dresser. Hair will seldom get into this
condition if it is properly looked after,
washed regularly once a month, and
brushed for ten minutes every nlglit. It
is not good for the hair to dip tho
comb into cold water, as some women
do; the hair will have a hard, dull
look when it dries. Soda should never
be put In the water when washing th
hair.
;■ we mm
iigpyii
e
„ v\, . . s vi
In the uniform of bis new naval rank.
BEYOND CALLING.
Practical Ch rlty of Kin*'
King Oscar of Sweden and Norwaj^f
always ready with his purse In the pro
motion cf scientific research, appears
to have rendered a great service tc^
mankind by having, at his own ex-
pense% caused a #deaf and dumb man
to be trained under a certain system
of massage of throat, ears, etc., ad-
vocated by a great Swedish surgeon,
with the result that the lucky patient
has begun to speak and can hear.
If it wore not for this thing called
'.ove, half the physicians in the world
.youid have to go out of practice.
The Malting .of a Piano.
' There are forty-eight different ma-
terials used in constructing a piano,
from no fewer than sixteen different
countries, employing forty-five differ-
ent hands.
KIpliiift'H CJocnl l.uek.
The first story that Kipling writes
after his illness will bring a fabulous
price. It will be sought as eagerly by
progressive publishers as Hostetters
.Stomach Hitters is by nil who suffer
from stomaeh ills of tiny nature. No
matter whether it be indigestion, con-
stipation, biliousness or nervousness,
the Hitters will euro it. It is an un-
equalled spring medicine.
There is one good thing to be said of
praying; when people are on their
knees, for the time being they are out
of other mischief.
GRAND LADY OF ILLINOIS.
Mrs. Lucinda B. Chandler, of Chi-
cago, is the Honorable President of
the Illinois Woman's Press Associa-
tion; Honorable President of the So-
ciety for the Promotion of Health;
DEATH IN POLITICS.
AWFUL MORTALITY RECORD
IN PHILADELPHIA.
Horn Dfalh* Thau in War -Water Ap-
propriation, Withheld In the Hope
That City May Bell the Works—Had
Statu of Affair,. B
Taggs
Jaggs
-Can I call you a hack, old man?
-Ca' me anything > ' like. 1 don't care cr rap * asher ca m«.
Three hundred and seventy-one per-
boub have died in Philadelphia of ty-
phoid fever since Jan. 1, 1899. The
shadow of murder hangs over their
deaths, which can be laid to corporate
greed and political corruption, says a
dispatch from that city. These ene-
mies of civilization and of American
institutions have poisoned Philadel-
phia's water supply. Heretofore It
was supposed that only savages pois-
oned an enemy's wells. Philadelphia's
fight against her two enemies is for
life; for the lives of the young and
of those who would easily succumb to
disease. So Philadelphia sympathetic-
ally watches New York's struggle for
clean streets and for a fine, wide thor-
oughfare that corporations and poli-
ticians would convert into death's
crossing. Here are the new, the real
facts concerning this epidemic of ty-
phoid, which is the greatest crime be-
cause the commonest honesty would
have prevented its occurrence: It was
not wholly because of factional poli-
tics or to prevent the present admin-
istration from spending money that
the ordinance appropriating $3,700,000
for tho improvement of the water sup-
ply was held up or that the council
refused appropriations to the bureau
of water in the hope that the water
supply would become so contaminated
that tho citizens, as the only relief,
would demand the sale or lease of tho
water works, which the city owns, to
one or other of the corporations which
have been moving heaven and earth
to grab them. That hope lias been
partly realized. Some of the results
are: Three hundred and seventy-one
persons have died of typhoid fever
since Jan. 1, 1899, and the most coil
servatlve physicians declare that 95
per cent of the deaths were due to
the pollution of the water supply.
Such a death rate from typhoid was
unknown in this city or in any other
that pretends to care for her people's
health. Since Jan. 1, 1899, 3,522 cases
of typhoid have been reported to the
board of health. Fotty-<wo more per-
sona have died in Philadelphia since
Jan. 1 than were killed In action dur-
ing the entire war with Spain. Two
hundred and forty-six more died In
this one city than died of wounds re-
ceived during the war with Spain.
Only 1,775 more people died of dis-
eases during the Spanish war than
have been attacked with typhoid fe-
ver in this one city during the past
ten weeks. The hospitals are ovei-
crowded with typhoid fever cases.
Nine out of the 37 hospitals have 337
cases. A big ward in the almshouse ia
given over to sufferers from typhoid.
TUB history of the struggle between
the grabbers and the people is one of
heinous greed on the one side and of
almost hopeless courage on the other.
In courts and councils alike have the
interests of the people been betrayed.
Said Mayor Warwick, who lias always
fought for pure water: "Those mem-
bers of the council who unreasonably
opposed the loan bill, the schemers
who are Interested in what was callod
a wateP scheme, as well as those m"n
who have persistently hung it up lu
the courts by a bill in equity, are the
men responsible for the present condi-
tion of affairs, and there is where the
responsibility should rest, and there
is where the condemnation ot the poo-
pie should be placed."
I.UrtNDA II fllANtiLKR,
of Chicago, 111.
founder of the Margareth Fuller So-
ciety for the study of Economics and
Governments, nnd also President of
the Chicago Moral Educational So-
ciety. Mrs. Chandler is an ardent
friend of Pe-ru-na, and in writing to
Dr. Hartman on tho subject she stat-
ed as follows:
Chicago, Jan. 6, 1899.
Dear Doctor—I suppose every one
that Is confined to their desk and not
getting tho required amount of exeIJ"
else, will sooner or later, suffer with
catarrh of the stomach and Indiges-
tion. I know by experience that Pe-
ru-na Is a most excellent remedy for
these complaints. It has relieved me,
and several of my friends have used
It with the same satisfactory result*.
Yours very respectfully,
LUCINDA B. CHANDLER.
Britain AN it Moii«7-I ender.
Britain Is the greatest money lend-
er of the world. A statistician esti-
mates that she has 110,000,000 pounds
invested in land and mortgages ia
countries abroad.
Elephants arc fond of gin, but will
not touch champagne.
Dropsy treated free by Dr. H. H.
Green's Soils, of Atlanta, Ga. Th
greatest dropsy specialists in the world.
Read their advertisement in another
column of this paper.
The ill-fed waiter is often responsi-
ble for the poorly fed guest.
Oil That Dellcloaft Coffee!
Costs but le per lb. to grow. Salser has
tht- need. Unman Coffee Berry, i>k«. loc;
Java Coffee pkR. Salzer's New Am-
erlcan Chicory 15c. Cut this out and serul
l:,c for any of above packagea or send
;jih. and K 't uM 3 pktfS, and great < ata-
i'lKue "re-! to JOHN A. KAI./.KH RKED
Cn La Crosse. Wis. Lw.n.J
Twelve Tluniiand I-etler* a Mlnote.
Uncle San; has the greatest poatoffice
In the world. Every minute, day and
night, during the entire year, 12,000
letters and packages are dropped into
tho mails. The average American
sends more pieces of mail and receives
more than the average inhabitant of
any other country 011 earth. In 1897
the number of pieces of matter of all
kinds mailed In this country was
about 17,000,000 for every day In tho
year.
Pneumatic Tire* on
The tires 011 the New York electric
cabs are quite formidable afTalrs. They
are nearly three-quarters of an inch
thick and are Ave inches In diameter.
They are tested up to a pressure ex-
ceeding that used in an ordinary loco-
motive boiler. In practice sixty pounds
to the square inch "floats," as It ti
termed, the cab. The tire of eacn
wheel costs thirty dollars.
A Country of Poets. •
Chile is said to have more poets, In
proportion to population, thau an/
country In the world. .
Show that women have a foolish
habit and they will say you are not
respectful to them.
p.To I'ermancntljrltared. It-jBt.oru,nouin>- «.ft.I
hi > 7| > - 111. Mim (.mat N.rv, Ke.tor.r.
s..|„l lor FIIK.K **.Ot( trial l.i.n l '.'"US'
I'll. n. ti. Ki.ink I.til..ral Arch St., l'hil«tloll>bia.
Are Ton Cling All n' Foot-Fane* \
It Is the only cure for Swollen,
Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen ti
Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into
the shoes At all Druggists and Sho«
StoreH, 25c. Samples sent FREE. Ad-
dress, Allen S. Olmsted, LeKoy, N. T.
The globe of tho eye is moved by
six muscles.
Hoe oullr Corves.
About half way between Cumberland
and Martinsburg, on the Second Divi-
sion of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road, Is a picturesque spot known as
Doe Gully. There Is quite a little hill
at this point that the road goes
through, and tho approaches to this
tunnel include several reverse curves.
Tho company has been engaged for the
past two months in removing these
curves and reducing tile grades. The
chief engineer tinys that the Improve-
ment will do away with one of the
1110't objectionable pieces of track on
I lie Second Division since Seven
tlnrves were eliminated, and will re-
move four reverse curves. It will not
only make a much better riding truck
for fast trains, but materially assist
the west-bound freights in climbing
ibis grade.
Fruit plants require attention M
much as other crops.
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Whorton, Lon. Noble County Sentinel. (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 6, 1899, newspaper, April 6, 1899; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc162310/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.