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Show w ' I 7. ; 'If ;,V Ismex - - m v - sr - - r' . . .:. t m m r . a P. NESBJT . X. r5AIIGK mm Ctwi rtJJA - 8,81 apolitical IM Jrt Wzi China,; 'fl changes to ttatM,;frlli.wlllifor jlU -- I - the people grate import theJe bm nwsrWiiI to a culmination another utlQttiaUle:.ftfrr--thattime Wftzar 'the Inhabitants thetrleat as does the H their intellectual ana 11' il material - eVclal We. as Americans, must feel an; pdeandjntorest inthls breaking ol the deadliest drug habit because grip hasJfeeeiL brought aboatHargely-tbroug1i-aie- "7 efforts of the United States. Or, in other wds UncteBam set the hall rolling . M 'i 'X - lf- "i, r HJ11Sm fitigepf Jl ft ft-- - ffxvV;', A l2 Jljvr-af- -i l' ldW" 1 V:i MA 1' Iffl lfL-- - - V . M L " ' .. v. ' ; if if ( - vlX "J fSk 5 ' " r r:tfB&& k tit& st4l - f&EACJ&P 1 I ' hJl 5S5S - - - ' Xzp: rT f. hm 1 w 1 J&tSfsr - L ' rS&3.' SSS!WS I &L! -- ?:"A VT.r wna HiiggPBtptt that as feltort-ther- e should earlier to the a sequel for the plac no be International ing of the. production and traffic in opium un xsJIllwl 48 It. rah il. H. Baker a cure ror what awmatomrooai la often termed Is T The wife of Henry Peck possessed mart fi unpleasant habit. to think he was tamo and gentle as a rabbit, And she would criticise his actSv DRpvin . his lack of action, And srotiTpoof Henry Pnck fcntll he Uir -dered on dlslractlon. She was not what one ought.. to term der International law. The culmination of the long fight is now in eight. An international Conference was held She seemed recently at The Hague, the. capital of the Netherlands, to arrange Jor mcaaures that will put up the bars againBt opium and other Many Twas abbed;wlfe,-or-c)B hahlt ffirTntng flrngB all .over the Ftmply-tllshe. wished it Ulideiv : conof the mcn who attended the Shanghai "StoodTn'at she was boss. ference were appointed by their respective Henry Peek with gre.at ddUghX JeaB- "governments to represent them at TheTTagtie. Jfpw gTTflaTxIie salt we sprinkle s of the two . The power awl significance Upon our food would make her voice a At the however. - swe;t was vastly different, that tinkle. those in attendance Would make her lose her ruling: way. ' dominant demeanor, AtThe L And liar routd onlv advise and recommend, thus insure a household life much empow-rwere the conference delegates Hague sladder and server. when be next upralded him for sum ' hyi their respective gQveriimcnts16 agree - VS V'i?v& J , fr" X jfo' X X 7 MJ - V f-f- lWSSLI? JSMffcl r COMfJFzce- I : PPfeaipiMpM v,pJ'V Lj 'LJ' 'VCH fr:fv 'Sjj J' " " (SSi :t I I H 1 111 II " irflP -tJ (V l K Ih - Hp- It! V tt it :f W KfeLiM "1 - t'EwCJg, ll x, 1 i S& V U lc - V up- - late development hiJaWde to free the Chinese, aad, the world, from the bondageof the oplra drag upon progress. H I ft VPS tUJr"J 1 . IT? (A 1 1 . iA f V -- I ::. of-- ' I ' . - 4 ; for .. ....Iv. A of the mostpopulouB country . 4 fT""!1': ut - - gath-ertng- KrM- W t t ;.iJh? VV . - - afr-bel- -- ls ShanKhal.:-linXcrencei: . d - - r4wf-- 1 U v"y .r ilrat the movement elmpiy had as Its object' : " ( MWXiKG- - 0 the banishment of opium1 y from China,' but "misgradually the scope of the the embraced it nntil work" expanded sionary anti-opiu- the use of opium has become a haWt and finally within the past few months the fight against the evil has been expanded in scope until It embraces prohibitive or restrictive action not only against opium, but also against morphine, cocaine, and, in short, all habit-formin- g drugs. . The fight against the opium evil, with Un-- ' cle-- Sam - as the chief aggressor- ,- has been golngon steadily for some years past but It Is .only now on the eve of complete Buccess that, it .has come to attract attention from all From the time classes of , the community. when Chinese began, to settle In the United .States- - bringing withthem. many of- - them, thetr. love of opium smoking it was realized that the evil was one the menace of which : '. nay-- - ' - ' " -- After prolonged sesunon definite measures. decided upon which, It elons, measures were Is expected, will fully carry out and" put into s effect the objects of the conference. will be reported to the various governments represented., to be followed by' legisg lative action on the part of their the execution into regulations bodies putting mat agreed upon.Thls jBKHppoBedIy a mere have'iveii. the all as powers, ter of routine, vCOi-r'their promise. Foremost of the" regiilatlons 'agreed upon are those for uniform national laws and regulations to control the production, manufacture and distribution of opium and Its derivatives. Almost as important will be the regulation by the universal postal union of the transmis the malls jGolng- - yet sion of opIuBL-throufi- b further in the direction of complete control will be the restrictions that are to be placed upon the cultivation of the poppy, from which opium Is derived, and limiting the number of ports through which the drug may be shipped countries. There was by adopted - also uni form m arks of Identiflcatlorr for packages containing opium In' Interna- having the Far East to ascertain if it would not be possible to form a distinguished inter- atlonal commission that would study the opium problem as It then appeared in the quarter of the globe where it had proven the greatest menace, and would "further, report, the wisest measures for betterthe situation.. J" ing " It required a year and a half of letter wrlt- - concerned could be induced to meet each other oh a common basis, in explanation of this reluctance it. may be pointed out that a number of the countries, notably Great Britain, and her colonies. France, Holland and Slam, derive large revenues from the opium traffic, and in some Instances opium production Is a government Should the monopoly. traffic in opium be virtually abolished, aa wouldjOTner;;ojatereJ it is likely to be in time, these various powers people particularly those residing on the Pastand to lose revenue to the enormous aggrecific slope and In the western section of the - conntrywhere'the" bulkof "th e Mongolians" gate rof one hundred million dollars a year. "' " No wonder they hesitated. However, in the "nettled enatneconmon cause of humanity trl- "However, It was only after Uncle Sam came umpned and It was arranged that an internainto possession of the Philippines, following opium commission should be created. ... tional n n the Spanish-Americawar,, that, o':r public-mewhich took up its work at and government officials were thoroughly tneThis commission, city of Shanghai, China, early In the year Xia"3' fllscua8gd phases of the moral, eco problem. In the Philippines our people found great numbers of Chinese, who were confirmed. . . ; ,' nomic, scientific and political aspects of the opium problem, not only as existing in the throughout the world! The out-come of the gathering was the unanimous FarEaaL-bu- t opium-producin- v adoption of a series of recommendations In" which the delegates and experts assembled, strongly urged that their respective countries-tak- e action In three matters, namely an overhauling by each nation of its own regulations .with reference io the opium traffic; the adoption of measures for ihe suppression Of opium smoking, and, finally,, the enforcement of restrictions upon the manufacture and sale of morphine. The experts of the different nations having agreed upon the measures that ougbttobe .taken,J;Q . curb.JtheeviU.lt was up to.the United-Stat- es, she having Inaugurated tie project, to make the next move In the matter. This she did with no loss of time. Our . officials wrote to the various powers suggesting that they get together and take action on the recommendations that had come from Shang- - iJ - . Trained Nurse Who Snores ,- " n - 1 1 . ' T ' t, , Jh, ni 4 - j' " , -- -- o ,7. k- - .J1"' iir- " 7. rawr Tlt-Bft- sr .' ' -- S tin r X ovrr me-th- v- . ' telljjftAaUi ; - - her temper run, .. v . He pulled a valve above her head and. down there came a ton! Lost His forehead knitted "with lines of"' grief, the man is on his knees. ' "Lost! Lost!" he moans. Trembling, the others stand about him, waiting his next words. " They have offered him what littler consola Bon, what little aid, Is in their power. 7 But what do words avail when a. " strong man is struggling with the blinding realization of his fears?" X - "Lost ! Lost ! " - h- e- wall srgatlngf his foreEeadtipon the - . - i ! " ;4 - . hts-fiaha- ' ' rand - ' ' uselessbsother 0i!nt-enaneeyra-- 1 -- elated x- ., - - and tawi HejgJdaJuerobJiimnnUy arose And hastened to a wholesale house whera aitwas sold by acres. For h saw that this remedy should not be- - flunr tromhakers.TT-, And when next time his wife began to tet- - . - Then Henry Peck sat down and thought' and long he cogitated: dele-gaUO- T 1 ....... " , A". ,' pin, And though he then apologized, she wyuld hot let hlra In. floorL .:." ..conference Whenthe ..Inter haUoDal,-confe- r - Realizing that he has reached ths was ence first proposed, China showed her crisiB in his life in which mondane- X Intense interest by appointing a strong iir'uVg such progressive men as Dr. interference' i Yen, who ww educated irr American colleges wait, wonderinglyTha rnan BtralghU" and Is In sympathy with American ideas and ens up, and rises to hls feet, the light of a new determination in- - his eyes .:... .. Ideals. .' the glow of a new resolution on his X 4 "".'"T-'"''--.'- ...... th Was sharper than white vinegar and:,' slinging as red pepper-A- nd Henry thanked his Ulcky stars bat-- ' was a speedy stepper, .. out for he fled pursued,Ju her and hr -- . anti-opiu- hiwV Immediately became quite flustered, speech slie Ufed was hotter than hotiept brand- of mustard, - Austria-Hungar- . - Th Rob-si- a la '- Poor Henry Peck! e 1 g .... g tional transit. The nations that are Interested In this trusade and were represented at tbe conference Include the United States, China, Great Rritaln, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Persia, Portugal, Some of the other powers. and Slam. were not directly notably represented because they are not much" affect ed by the opium evil, but they have given as eu ranee th at th ey will abl d e by the regula:. "TtoTTs which have been agreed,, upon by the world-wid- - cellar and he shook up her head some gait. ' ' , . rapidly teaching the destructive habit to the natives of the islands. There was much agl-- . tation of the Subject both In the' Philippines and here In the United States and the up shot of the master was. that the congress of J c "theTJnited States paBsedlaws prbhiblting the The of aSwound received in the Civil story spondence that a family by the name o? Scott of share of .my findings. ' Otherwise would have opium into the Philippines importation war which sealed the hiding place of a fortune to buy the property.'! . .. occupies the tayern as a farmhouse., and (hat except for medicinal purposes. ' from that mo- - for more than half of a strange the country around it Is devoted to the raisAnderson Is a civil engineer. He was en- nent there was - marked - im provement - of trick of fate which antury,nd cleared the aider's memory " ing of citrus fruits. condltiona gaged by, the government for some time m in the evening of life was,brought to ,Los An- "No one has disturbed the original lines of work ori''the Panama canal, but hag left his The example of Uncle Sam's action and the geles by the hidert son. X. K. Anderson of the building. Thq adobe blocks are heavy. employment to search for the treasure which complete success which attended It, awakened New Orleans, who is at the Van Nuys en route have obtained permission from tne owners ""-to he maintains his. father has hidden in the old China to her own need and gave hops of ftJtothe oW placer mining tleidsof-Clifornl- 8, and search will "my prosecute them give placer mining fields of California.. in progressive men oi v,mna were Bays the Los Angeles Herald. X : deeply moved by the spectacle of another na- - - Anderson's father Joined in the' gold "rush - Hon (and one that had always been tradl- and was one of the miners ofJheJL4.9 jlaysJLrla . UoiiaUyiendlyt--China-romDftUncounty, near Auburn and Newcastle. Within a year he bad snatched very doors of the Orient with an evil that was realized by all.; thinking men to be sapfrom the river bottoms a fortune. Then the ping, the life blood of a large. share of Asia's call . .. of the south for volunteers reached hlra. V The result was a strong population. tie Dunea tne gold beneath tne .adobe blocks "in all those months I was ln the hospital quired to keep awake every seccrid. are open movement in China, and outof this of a tavern In the vicinity of his claim, have to warned me, somebody think," ought to me. All those soft snaps' that give you a grew a direct appeal to then President Roose--. strapped all the precious, substance he could satdthe trained nurse, according to the New chance to sleep half the night are beyond tne. velt from represeptatlves of .missionary carry about bis body.and hurried to Join the ( York' Times. "Or course I had It from the reach of the en&tjog purse." ' Confederate army. j cletles in the Far East and from commercial 1 snored a little, but I never folks home that at , -- Anderson " organizations- and institutions in the United took lr seriously until I went "on my first case, eaysthat his father was struck-iUnintentional Truth. . lnof various these an was .' I found States. It a the Cni.oa troopsDy Jheplea who, engagement then sthat' It is a serious matter tor s . LI A . .. ' ..- "The latest agony," said a spendthrift to his tore open nis scaip ana roDDea nurse to snore.X taresUthatthej:TJnitei .States: government. - ouiiei wiucn dissipated companion, "Is the way I felt thW' "I took the tjase from "a nurse whose own considering , it historical attitudsn wgard to him of his memory foj firtylyeaTfsrTJurlng that should take note time, the son says, the parent was like a child 'the opium' traffic In health bad broken .down. The patient was . '""'"'"V. . 1 lt oe with all knowledge of the hiding plate or the . ' the initiative in assisting' China to ;secur YZ nervous, .and excitedVpver the contemplated .: U7,ieTg - - - prohibition of that; traffic. mat ' "v; gold.gone. JJefore he died, a year go, his change, and that made, my ordeal" more ml o uuu or so in JDy 14 hA - i jwii. uuij vara a hvo rt nam rau ef m t a(ih This was la the" year 1904. but it was a memory of the gold rush returned to him and was In the he. that living again definite past were: plans that preceded coupleof years later nia part in tne conflict. ; , of ftrtlrtri w.II together th first half of the nighLH. .d And as I looked, Op in amaze-was during ttteselast moments that : the -- was a kindly man, and soon if.mlsnirht he 1t la the: matter. :Jri':thafyeaf CiBhop Charlfig"lt T man JWS : old told tnsuttiir-rhAiiM-trr-TrT, inmand the mother whera ha hls.soa "Ml wdo was. naiurH. Brent of . pwtcijti "a had buried what tortuna. was he claimed . bavoo the ,,i.dldB.t th)nk rd tto a arbutby;and: appreciate ally, :in. a:, position,-tfe,t The 'son is hurrying td unearth it possible lt.what I ! d0?ed off. It was a fatal sleeP tto me. x London wrought by opium, wrote to. President, Rooseburled treasure the said . Anderson some niva. next me The velt appealing to him 'to promote 'morning the patient's sister told, r "My father said he hurled the gold . under a about th nnrinrv ' ment thaf would .gather in its embrac4-TepreXXiautlble. are. tne corner ofan old. adobe tavern. patronlzed-h- jf Sltyames could not rest at:att.e4ald. sen tatlvea from aU the 'countries -the miners In 0u early daya - This tavern was heard you In the ne-- room.X-Bragt is up" in "Maine huntlnsXHe wrttM Vafflc in, and the use. of ppium is a matter of v Before bight I wy looking for another Job he's shot JinuU lUaiiwy,-- f beafoff record. moment- "- thereupon President Roosve - iu - "Don't doubt tt. thelggeet " Xa" of Nwcaa. , Of course I did not'have to gtvs4ip nursing It would have to be a mon bad his 'secretary of stai7 :Mrrrfflftu"R)6ire-brtw1 am rX - ster for Braggs to hit k. s . un Trahacrlp t up correspondence with all;th Pbwn .. misstep or fault He seized tli These-measure- possessions - In ' 1 A. ' jf-Bo- "TcanT And that conar button," h saySr 'Wonder If there's anotherons-i. the house.'l n He Guessed Wrong. ."Harold," says the young wife,-."Iyou were to become aMormon7 and were allowed to have six wires, who would you pick out for the other fiveT" :.X .' X .: ""Why," Harold muses, "I should se- - X lect five duplicates of you, my dear. X : - Instead of appreciating his galian- - 'H try, as he had expected, she bursts i Into tears with: X- : AjBdwhirye.-werBTgnjgageyqax-- -' vowed I was the only girl on earth. umi inere never was nor couia oa anyone like me!" X Harold exerts himself to sooth; her, and finally says : 4 :' '.. T "You know I wouldn't he a Mormn anyway, darling." X ; With a fresh, outburst of tears tle grief stricken"; wife exclaims; ; .X X "Ah! You mean that if there were:, any others ka me you wonHut-'m- a ry'themt lou brute! I'm going nom to mamma." ; T " " . . " ; , -- Other. Consldehatlont.XX:2rrS is the most beautlfjul I hsT' ever seen," enthusiastically says the young man who Is telling his" fathtr about-th- e gtrtto whom he has become engaged while'away on his vacation. , """No aoubt"my sonTTf eplTed the ther "But," he adds,""looks are notf everythIng.Mere; besu.ty.docs not ways constitute lhat which maintxfjj. the affections and insures happiness throughout life. There- should bv ,"As to that," Interrupts- - the aoou "she has about million Jn her owiat "She" a-.- " - naine.":. ; ; y ' v. " '. , . j X. : j |