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* « w " ' BEAR'S IMPUDENCE MAKES DIM TERROR Si ILLINOIS HAPFO'UNGS Trap fcun ts Rigged Up to Put an End to His Career. .A.WOreel sr VEN the most casual observer of cur­ rent affair* must have «been impress­ ed by the steadily Increasing volume of matter that Is appearing in period- i ical literature relative to China and to its evolutionary progress toward Its proper and destined position one of the great civilised nations of the earth. In the last decade affairs oriental 1 have been & series of surprises to the world, and in thin respect the transformation of China has not been the least wonderful. In late years the Chinese government has astonished the Christian peoples of the Occi­ dent by its political audacity and persistent activ­ ity in* suppressing not only foreign trade in opium but also in abolishing throughout ita vast provinces the prevalent growth of the poppy plant Today !t confounds the predictions of for­ eign politicians by hastening, instead of delaying, the formation of a central constitutional govern­ ment with a responsible cabinet. Agjain it has Instituted a system of secondary education along modern scientific lines, and has transformed its antiquated literary examinations into more suit- ablA tests of official fitness. At home It is redeeming its treaty obligations •to nist A standard and national coinage. It has h 'JE34JZ.Z/V&r' C2V" jFBt!b09 GopyrtjgXT uvpfjeunop BRUIN FELLS FARMER Infuriated and Badly Wounded, a 400- Pound Maine Bear Knocks Would- Be Captor 8enseless and Almost Tears Him to Pieces. f-br;r ,. fe^WHSfl'lts first budget, has initiated a system of imperial taxation, reorganized its postal and tele­ graph services, and nationalized its railways. Abroad its statesmen have brought to a head the Mongolian question, maintained the status quo in Manchuria, and opened relations with Siam. Through its strength, its conscriptive methods, and its training the new army promises to. be soon such a military force as will command the respect of foreign nations. Its insignificant navy is to be largely increased, and has already given signs of efficient activity by its participation in diplomatic missions and in international reviews. The foreign policy of China promises to be in­ sistent, and perhaps aggressive, where the in­ terests of its subjects are concerned. Especially significant ts its late reported demand on Mexico for an adequate indemnity, amounting to tens of millions of dollars, for the massacre and destruc­ tion of the persons and property of Chinese by the Mexican revolutionists. Perhaps the most impressive action of all is the regard for aliens within its own borders shown in recent days by the Chinese government. Confronted by a most serious (in appearance, at least-- revolution in Its greatest province (Sze- Chuan, with its 80,000,000 of people), the govern­ ment on its own motion take® early and efficient measures ot preserve the lives of foreign mission­ aries and alien traders operating within the dls- turbed and dangerous areas. In a period of such transitions it is well worth the while for Occidental nations to keep well in­ formed as to the progress of affairs in China. Few people are aware as to either the extent or as to the methods by which such marvelous changes have been wrought In the governmental conditions of the Celestial Empire during the first decade of the twentieth century. It has been universally recognized that from the.conjoined standpoints of area, population and productivity, China stands unequaled among the nations of the earth. t\ may be noted that the population of China has been for centuries a problem of the greatest interest, which successfully defied solution. La Revue Jaune, the new Chinese?Belgian re- Yiew, for May 15 publishes the data as far as Compiled, the whole empire numbering 439,214,000 souls. They are distributed as follows, by provinces: An-Houe 30,000,000 Canton 32,000.000 Po-Kien 30,000.000 Honan •26,000.000 Hunan 22,000,000 Hupeh 34,000,000 Kiang-Sl 24,500,000 Kiang-Su (Shandhai) 23.900,000 Kw-Su *8,000,000 Kwang-Si 8,000,000 Kweichau *.. 6,000,000 Sechouan 79,500,000 Shang-Si ••9.000,000 Shantung 53,000.000 Shensi *6,000,000 Tche-Kiang 11,800,000 Tchili (Peking) 29,400.000 Yunnan 8,000.000 Manchuria 17,000,000 The approximate population of the dependen­ cies, from other sources, is as follows: Mongolia, 2,600,000; Tibet, 6,300,000; Chinese Turkestan, etc., 1,200,000. Enormous as is the population of the empire, there are but few very great cities, as would be expected with the limited transportation for their maintenance. Possibly Canton, Peking, and Sln- gan have each a million of Inhabitants, while Tientsin, Hankau, Shanghai, Chungking, Fuchau and Suchau probably range in population between half and three-fourths of a million. In view of these data the belief vanishes that China is the most densely populated portion of the world. The population of Europe is 430,000,- 000, in an area of 10,000,000 square kilometers, while China has practically the same number over an area of 11,000,000 square kilometers. Influenced by the Bplrit of the century, China is gradually changing its form of government to that of a constitutional monarchy. The burning question before the Advisory Parliament, which nearly caused its disruption, was the restriction of imperial powers. Parliament strenuously urged the establishment of a responsible govern­ ment along English lines. As a compromise the Prince Regent yielded to the extent of adopting a system analogous to that of Germany, and im­ perial edicts instituted, In lieu of the old or­ ganization, as officials of the emperor, Suen-Tong. a prive council, a general staff and a responsible cabinet. The privy council consists of forty-four, of whom ten are non-voting councilors, "especially well-informed men, who have received a modern education." The general staff (two princes), re­ ports direct to the emperor. The responsible cabinet Is formed by a premier, with two princely asslstant^and ten portfolio ministers, as follows: Foreign affairs, interior, finance, public Instruc­ tion, war, navy, justice, agriculture, public works and commerce, communications, de­ pendencies and colonies. The pre­ mier, Prince Ching, is a wily, typical politician of the old school, to whom reforms are unacceptable save as temporary makeshifts. The cabinet, appointed and dis­ missed at the pleasure of the em­ peror, is responsible to him and to public opinion 'only. Criticised by some as a system controlled too largely by princes and nobles, it Is viewed by others as an important advance towards the constitutional methods of the Occident. Viceroys, appointed and removable by the emperor, govern the provinces with practically unlimited power, which In the past has often resulted In unbridled corruption and tyran-. nical oppression. Under the edict of Nov. 6, 1906, for the reformation of local governments, provincial assem­ blies were established. Their func­ tions were advisory, and the adminis­ trative powers remained entirely in the hands of the vice-regal officials. It might appear that public opin­ ion would be ineffective under such conditions, but the contrary result is usual. In an exceptional case tho provincial assembly of Kuang-Si pass­ ed a resolution which the governor vetoed. When next convoked the as­ sembly refused to sit, and its appeal to the advisory parliament at Peking was sustained. The assemblies have takea con­ certed action to extent their influents# in imperial affairs, and have occa­ sionally attempted to coerce the im­ perial government--usually *1th in­ different results. Twice the assem­ blies have held congresses in Peking, and lately the congress urged on ^he government the organization of civil guards in the provinces, opposed the nationalization of railways, and ask­ ed a change of the law that the pre* mier must be either a prince or no­ ble Finally, the members, In the way of com­ promise, agreed to favor an increase of taxes provided that their wishes were granted as to civil guards •and the premier. The first really national and representative body that ever met in China under authority of an imperial edict convened on Oct. 5, 1910. It has been variously called a senate, an advisory assembly and a provisional parliament; the last appellation seems most appropriate, as the body had no legislative powers, its functions being confined to petitions and reports to the throne on matters pertaining to the formation of insti­ tutions and enactment of laws in accord with the age. The parliament proved to be an able, indepen­ dent body, equal to the situation, broad-minded in its views, and realizing its responsibilities. Rarely does a single act mark the upward turn of a decadent nation, but In China it was the signing by the emperor, Kouang-Su, July 26, 1898( of the edict on the liberty of the press, drawn up by the ardent reformer Yang-Tou-Wei. Reciting the various needs of railways, the im perlal edict of May 9, 1911, points out that for years the emperor has fostered local railway projects, but that hitherto'the Chinese companies "have so maladministered affairs that they are in inextricable confusion; they have built neither main lines nor branches. In the Province of Kuantong they have issued' bonds covering half the work, while the railroad has hardly been com­ menced. In Sze-Chuan an enormous sum, in­ trusted as bonds to a bank, has been lost by fail­ ure of the bank. In Hupeh and In Hounan largo sums have been spent uselessly in past years." It should be said that Canton, which had made the greatest progress from local resources, accept­ ed the nationalization. The importance and grav­ ity of the action of assemblies and local organiza­ tions in Sze-Chuan and Hounan may be estimated from the fact that their combined population quite considerably exceeds that of the United States, and is about one-fourth of that of China. The action of the imperial government has been described by a Chinese writer as "a truly unex­ pected and unfavorable blow to provincial auton­ omy." An early successful issue in Sze-Chuan will be a welcome evidence of that central, co­ ordinated power which is vitally essential to the future utility of the Chinese Empire. New York.--"The brazen impudence of the Maine bear," said a man from Malt the other day to a reporter here, "is what makes him a terror to the backwoods farmers of that state and was what led to the putting of a price on his head some yearB ago. It also led to the invention of various devices for destroying him. "The favorite device was the trap gun.' In nine cases out of ten when this gun went off it settled the bear. I have known instances, though, in which the trap gun fell a little short of doing its work thoroughly and ed to unpleasant consequences for the farm­ er who set it. As I recall it now, a little the worst t6rn-up man I ever saw or heard of was a farmer named Harvey, who made a trifling miscal­ culation once on a Maine bear that had touched off a trap gun. "The bear bad busied himself for some time in playing havoc with Har- vay's farm products, both of growing crops and live stock, and so Harvey lost patience with the marauder and rigged up a trap gun to put an end to his career. An experienced woods­ man, one William Johnson, directed the arrangement of the trap gun, and h- Bruin Fells the Farmer. fortunately for Farmer Harvey accom­ panied that citizen when he started out to visit the gun the next morning. "Ordinarily the Maine bear gets into trouble with the trap gun during his night's outing. In the case of t' " Harvey bear the bear had put off his visit to the baited trap gun until morning, and it was just as Harvey and Johnson were drawing near the spot where the gun was set that tee took hoi. of the bait and- fired the gun. "Hearing the report the two men hastened forward and saw the bear, a very big one, writhing on the ground, beilowln" like a bull. He was badly wounded, but not so badly but that en he saw the men approaching tie could i,et quickly to his feet and make a rush for them. "Johnson was alart enough to get out of the way. but the bear caught the less experienced Farmer Harvey and felled him to the ground with a blow from one paw thai knocked him senseless. Then the bear clawed and chewed and ripped Harvey to such an extent 'hat when Johnson succeeded in at last killing Bruin with a club he toou the farmer on his back and car­ ried him home for dead. "Harvey'3 face was torn out of all recognition. The fiesh on his arms from his shoulders down was stripped off "to the bone in many > places and bis chest was frightfully lacerated He wasn't dead, though, as the doctor found when he got there and looked him over. When I came away from that region, where I had been hunting about that time, there was a question hether the farmer would recover from his wounds, and I nevi heard whether he did or not. But the bear weighed over 400 pounds." WEARING OF SILK STOCKINGS first Pair Is Said to Have Been Worn ,.i - i by Henry II. of France In the Year ef 1556. -""ft ftps been asserted that silk stock­ ings were first worn by Henry II. of France on the occasion of the mar. tiage of his sister in 1559. But before i that period, Edward VI. of England ' bad received a pair from the "mer- ot the time, 8ir Thomas . *. * , .*7 - % " , Gresham, who Imported them from Spain, the country, it is thought, wherein they were first manufactured. There Is a tradition that a grandee, the happy possessor of the first pair ot silk stockings made in Spain, thought he could make no more appropriate disposition of the novel utilities than to present them to his queen, and to that end he placed them in the hands of the minister of state. Greatly to the consternation of the well-meaning grandee, the minister returned him the stockings, intimating that he would do well to bear In mind that "the queen of Spain has no legs." Elizabeth of England, however, not ashamed to own that she had legs, re­ ceived a similar gift In a very differ­ ent manner. Soon after her accession her majesty's woman, Mistress Monta gue tendered as her New Year's gift a pair of knitted black silk stockings, the first of the kind mate in England. Elizabeth was so pleased with the stockings, which she declared were "pleasant, fine and delicate," that she determined thenceforth to wear no more cloth stockings. She kept her royal word and no doubt would have laughed at the economy of the Mar­ grave John of Custrin, who, seeing one of his councilors wearing silk stock lngs on a week day, said to him "Barthold, I, too. have silk stockings but I wear them only on Sundays and holidays."--Harper's Weekly. , Matrimony is the mother ot ageassr Harem 8kirt Kills Horse. Washington. D. C.--A woman wear­ ing a harem skirt precipitated a near riot in the downtown section, brought the police reserves on the run and caused the death of a cab horse that was seized with equine hysterics. The woman alighted from an Alexandria car near the postoffice, where a crowd of men and boys, shouting "tear it ofl he*," started an attack. Lieutenant Sprinkle of the First precinct station hurried the woman into a cab and the driver whipped up his horse. The jeering crowd started In pursuit. After traveling a few blocks the horse sulked. The frightened woman Jumped from the cab and sought to Inspire some energy into the animal. Taking one look at the cause of all the trouble, the horse let out a groan of protest and dropped dead. At this point the reserves arrived and drove away the crowd. Makes a Deadly Tea of Weed. Perth Amboy. N. J.--Mrs. Andre* Kramer and her two children, eight md ten years old, are In a serious con lition at their home here as a result tt drinking tea made from poisonous weeds Mrs. Kramer took the potion or rheumatism on the advice of neigh >ors and when she was taken serious y ill the two little girls took sips of he deadly drink before calling the letghbors. Springfield.--A rumor whiclj gained circulation about the state house that approximately $35,000 of -'bonds held by the state as an inheritance from the estate of Charles W. Spauldlng, treasurer of the University of Illinois during the administration of Governor Altgeld, had disappeared and could not be iocated was set at rest when State Auditor McCullough gave out a statement telling of just where the bonds had been placed. According to McCullough, the bonds, which are |18,000 issued by the city of Marshal !• town, la., and |16,000 issued by the city of Buckley, Wash., are in the hands of the Central Trust company of Chicago, where they were placed fry former Attorney General Hamlin, j Edwardsvllle.--Sympathy saved Jo­ seph Sanders of Madison from having charges of assault with intent to kill preferred against him by John Gros- hans of Poag. Sanders was arrested by Game Warden L. Southard on com­ plaint of Groshans. Sanders when ar­ raigned told a pitiful story of his wife and baby and aroused Groshans' sym­ pathy. He consented to let Sanders plead guilty to trespass and pay a fine of |10. i Bloomington.--A great collection of seventy-two dyes that are sympatheti­ cally compounded has been presented to Wesleyan university. There are possibly only two institutions in the United States that have a similar Ger­ man collection. Mount Vernon.--Loren N. Wood, who has been purchasing Jefferson con jifv coal lands, has disposed of his holdings amounting to about 7,000 acres, to the Big Muddy coal syndi­ cate of New York. The purchase price was not given, but the figures run high into the thousands. Delavan.--Mr. and Mrs. John Cul- bertson, the former a pioneer Illinois editor, observed the fiftieth anniver­ sary of their wedding here. Springfield. -- Seventy-five year® ago Abraham Lincoln planted the cornerstone in the town of Bath that still remains where he placed It and from which the platting of the town has been done. An all-day program attracted thousands of vis­ itors. Former Lient. Gov. L. Y. Sher­ man was the principal orator of the day. Other addresses were by Coiv gressman Joseph Graff and Senator John Dailey of Peoria. United States Senator Shelby M. Cullom and former Speaker Joseph G. Cannon were unable to be present, but sent congratulations. Pana.--The Central Illinois Dis­ trict Medical society met In semi­ annual session here. Addresses were mads by Drs. Amos Sawyer, Hllls- boro; Carl E. Black, Jacksonville; George T. Palmer, Springfield; A. L. Britton, Athens; E. J. Brown, Deca­ tur; S. E. Munson, Springfield; J. N. Nelma, Taylorville. The officers are: President, Dr. M. P. Parish, Decatur; vice-president, Dr. Louis Miller, Pana; secretary. Dr. J. N. Nelma, Taylor­ ville; treasurer, Dr. Walter Burgess, Pana. The next meeting will be held at Pana. Beard stown.--A flock of sever­ al thousand wild geese swarmed over and settled on Beardstown. A heavy rain came up and caught the birds In midair, forcing them to the earth. Thousands of them alighted in sloughs and ponds near the city. The big flock was forced out of Its regular flyway and forced to earth. Oldtime hunters say they never be­ fore saw such a large flock. Danville.--Jeremiah Morln, eighty- two years old, a retired coal operator, committed suicide at bis home in this city by banging. He was found by two of his grandchil­ dren, who had gone to the corn crib to play. Morln had been engaged in coal mining in Vermilion county since 1866. Despondency, occasioned by ill health and threatened blindness, are the causes assigned. Rockford.--Rev. Thomas G. Thomp­ son, pastor of the first Con­ gregational church, said in a sermon here that the dullest event in Rock- ford is the prayer meeting of bis own church, unless it be another prayer meeting at some other church. He urged members of his congregation to "liven up" the services. Vuscola.--Clifford Sheiton, son of Chief of Police Sheiton, was ar­ rested on a warrant charging gam­ bling. He Is among 35 others who were informed against by two of their companions. About half the boys have appeared before Squire Ward and paid their fines. Sheiton refused to pay his fine and was put in jail. Unless he changes his mind he will be compelled to work out his fine on the streets. Paris.--Mrs. John Stuart dreamed she was putting the cat out of the house and thereby saved her own and her husband's life! She arose and half dazed went to the door to see if the cat was out. As she reached the door she fell unconscious. Her fall awak­ ened Mr. Stuart, who summoned help and then himself fell unconscious. It was found that a stove in which fire had been started for the first time had filled the room with coal gas. Both Mr. and Mrs. Stuart were re­ vived. Lincoln.--Committees are at work securing premiums for the show of the Logan County Poultry association, which will be held in this city in De­ cember. 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I used the Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, also the Resolvent, for about four months, and they com­ pletely cured me of eczema. I hava bad no return of the disease since. I neyer had a good night's rest after tha skin eruption first broke out till I com­ menced using the Cuticura Soap and Ointment. I had only used them a few days before I could see they were beginning to heal, and the terrible itching was gone. "Those that lived in the house at the time know how I suffered, and how the Cuticura Soap and Ointment cured me. I never take a bath with­ out using the Cuticura Soap, and I do not believe there are better rem­ edies for any skin disease than the Cuticura Soap and Qlntment." (Signed) Miss Sarah Calkihr, Waukegan, 111* Mar. 16, 1911. Although Cuticura Soap and Ointment are sold by drug­ gists and dealers everywhere, a sam­ ple of each, with 32-page book, will ba mailed free on application to "Cuti­ cura," Dept. 5 K, Boston. What Travelers Needed. A traveler's outfit 300 years ago was somewhat different from the present day. In "Touring In 16^0," by E. S. Bates, the following list is given: "First among requisites is a book of prayers and hymns effective for salvation without being so pugna­ cious, doctrinally, as to cause sus­ picion. Next, a notebook; a watch, or a pocket Bundial; if a watch, not a striker, for that warns the wicked you have cash; a broadbrimmed hat, gaiters, boots, breeches (as if his friends would let him start without any!), gloves, shoes, shirts, handker­ chiefs, etc." Test of Real Greatness. Columbus had made the egg stand on end. "But could you unscramble it?" de­ manded the mortified courtiers. Which merely accentuates the great truth that nobody is springing any new puzzles nowaday a What makes old age so sad is, not that our. Joys, but that our hopes cease.--Richter. Murphysboro.--A coroner's jury held Roy Dowd to the grand jury without bond on the charge of killing Richard Mitchell. 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