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IINISTER WU
GIVEN TEST
Secretary Ray Sends a Cipher
Message to China.
ft MUST KNOW THE TRUTH
China's Representative at Wash
ington Is Delegated the Task
of Getting News of Conger.
A Washington special says: The
Pekin mystery has not yet been
cleared up. No word of an authentic
character has come from the Chinese
capital in weeks. The fate of the
Americans there is unknown. The
reports and rumors from China are
untrustworthy and conflicting. It is
idle to speculate on the course of
events in the Chinese city until some
thing definite is heard from the for
eigners direct. Observation has shown
that Chinese news is wholly unrelia
ble and exaggerated. This state of
affairs is a source of annoyance to the
American people and the officials of
the United States and the time is rap
idly approaching when the uncertain
conditions will become intolerable.
Nothing from the great empire is cer
tain except the uncertainty of news.
Shanghai is the breeding spot of the
countless rumors and tales from China.
It is from that place that come the
reports of the massacre of foreigners
in Pekin and of the great Boxer out
rages. The reports are conflicting to
the point of absurdity. The alleged
massacre is said to hare occurred on
June 30tb. Then came reports that
the legations were safe as late a3 July
4th. All foreigners have been reported
dead and then came the report that the
German minister was the only victim.
The Chinese government has permitted
no news of the ministers to escape the
censor. In view of this state of affairs
it is well for the public to wait for
more definite advices from Pekin be
fore allowing themselves to be alarmed
at the reports of murder and horror.
All may be true, but the chances are
that they are not.
A TEST OF MINISTER WU.
After waiting an inexcusably long
time, the Washington officials have de
termined to make a desperate effort to
ascertain officially whether Minister
Conger and other Americans at the le
gation in Pekin are still alive.
The Chinese minister, Mr. Wu, has
undertaken to get through a cipher
message from Secretary Hay to United
States Minister Conger, at PekiD, and
to deliver back the reply of Minister
Conger, if he be alive. Mr. Wn has
forwarded th 6 cipher dispatch, to
gether with an extended explanatory
message of his own, and the results
are now being eagerly awaited, both
by Secretary Hay aud the Chinese
minister, although it is appreciated
that some days must elapse before
runners can carry out this plan of
opening up communication between
the American government at Washing
ton and the American minister at Pe
kin.
It was soon after Minister Wn pre
sented the text of the edict issued by
the Chinese imperial government that
Mr. Hay requested him to get through
a message to Minister Conger. Since
the Chinese government had succeed
ed in getting through its own commu
nication from Pekin, Mr. Hay felt that
it was quite reasonable that like com
munication be opened between our
minister and the government here.
Mr. Wu readily assented to the propo
rtion. Mr. Hay thereupon wrote the
message aud had it translated into the
official cipher of the state department.
The contents were not made known
to Minister Wu, but in its unintelli
gible cipher form it was entrusted to
him to be placed in the hands of Min
ister Conger at the earliest possible
moment. Mr. Wu determined to act
through the medium of an influential
imperial official at Shanghai, who by
reason of his position is better able
than any one else in China to execute
such a mission.
GOOD SHOTS AKE WANTED.
Commanding; General Wheeler Issues
Orders to His Subordinates.
In a general order issued from the
headquarters of the department of the
lakes, Brigadier General Wheeler says:
“In view of the fact that two battal
ions of, the Second and Fifth infantry
regiments are to be sent from the
I nited States for active field service
as soon as practicable, the command
lug officers at posts of this department,
" here parts of these organizations are
stationed, will use every effort to see
that all enlisted men are given thor
&ugu instruction in pointing and nim
lQK drills, management of their rifles
a nd target practice.”
Constipation.
You cannot possibly enjoy good health un
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case, the poisonous products are absorbed in
to the system, causing headache, biliousness,
nausea, vomiting, dyspepsia, indigestion.
Ayer's Pills
are a gentle laxative, suitable for any and
every member of the family. One pill at bed
time will produce one good, natural movement
the day following.
25 cents a box. All druggists.
“ Ayer’s Pills have done me and my family great good. They are
like a true friend in trouble. There is nothing equal to them for
tick headache and biliousness.”—Mrs. Julia Brown, St. Louis,
Mo., Dec. 5, 1899.
An Expensive “Tip”
is the one which you cut off and
throw away every time that you
sntoke a Five Cent cigar. There is
nearly as much labor m making this
end as all the rest of the cigar, and
yet every man who buys a cigar cuts
it off and throws it away. You get
all you pay for when you smoke
Old V lrginia Cheroots
Three hundred million Old Virginia Cheroots smoked this
year. Ask your own dealer. Price, 3 for 5 cents. 7
Stickler For Propriety.
Tess—“ She is the most precise and
circumspect girl I ever met.”
Jess—“ln what way, for instance?”
Tess— ‘She had been lounging about
in a loose wrapper today, when she
suddenly remembered that she must
write to’fier fiance. u buo weuv
got dressed up before she did it.”—
Philadelphia Press.
Signs and Tokens.
“We’ll have a rain this afternoon.”
“Does the weather bureau say so?”
“No; but those folks next door have
gone to the country and left all their
up stairs windows wide open.”—
Chicago News.
$25,000 TO BE GIVEN AWAY.
The Money Is Now In Bank—l>o You
Want Part of It?
As you know, the TJ. S- Census is now being
takeu, but the • xact figures wll not be kno.\n
until the Census Offl e at Washington pub
lishes them. The last Official Census was taken
in IS'JO anU then we had (12,022,250, which w.is an
increase of 12.466,467 over the census of 18W.
It is estimated that the present Census will
give us about 70.000.000 population. The Press
Publi-hlng Association of Detroit. Mich., is of
fering $15,000 lu prizes to the nearest guessers,
♦15.000 will be given to the nearest guess,
$5,000 to thsnext nearest, SI.OXI to the next.
SSOO to the next, and so on. There are all to.d
1,000 prizes and $25,000 in c.sh to be given
away. The monev to pay tnese priz-s has been
put un In the Central Savings Bank of Detroit,
and there ean be no doubt but that the prizes
will be awarded in the fairest tnauner possi
ble. The Sunny South has made arrangements
with the Press Publishing Cos., by which each
person who sends 50 cents for a six months
subscription to The Sunny South can have one
guess in this great contest. Two gnesso-t trill
be allowed for One Dollar fora year s subscrip
tion A certificate of your guess will be moiled
vou as soon as your remittance is recelvs.l.
and you will have to hold this until the Official
Announcement of the Census has been made
In Wa-hington. D. C.
Remember his contest closes one month be
fore the official announcement Is ra<K and
vou must send in your guess at
be too late. Address Sunny South Publishing
Cos., Box 420, Atlanta, Ga.
Piso’s Cure cannot be too highly spoken of
as a couch cure.— J. W. O BbIEX. 322 Third
Ave., N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 0, IJOO.
‘•The trouble about onions, ' philosophized
Uncle Allen Sparks. “Is that when you eat
them you have to take so many people Into
your confidence about It.” —Chicago tribune.
Albert Burch, West Toledo, Ohio, says:
”1 all's Catarrh Cure saved my life. write
him for particulars. Sold by Druggists, 75c.
"Sure Pat. and what are ye wearln’ ye’r
coat buttoned up lolke that for on a warm day
lolko this?' 1 , . ... A ,
“Faith, ve*r riverence, to hoide the flbict Ui
haven't got on." —Punch.
Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces lu&ainraa
lloh, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle.
Patent Horseshoe Nail.
Horseshoes which wear unevenly can be re
pslred by an Australian's patent nail, which
has a head much larger thin the com m m nail,
the four nails nearly covering the worn surface
o' the shoe and raising It to the right height
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YELLOW JACK
Sj|||||fjp^ that dreadful fiend that threatens the beau
tiful sunny south every summer can attack
‘A and kill only those whose bodies are not
i kept thoroughly cleaned out, purified and
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liver is dead, whose bowels and stomach
) I are °* half decayed food, whose whole
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' anc * Wealthy, and keep them pure and clean,
protected against any and all epidemic dis
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find that all infectious diseases are absolutely
FOR MALARIA,
CHILLS AND FEVER.
The Best Prescription Is Grove's
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The Formula Is Plainly Printed on Every Bottle
So That the People May Know Just
What They Are Taking.
Imitators do not advertise their formula
knowing that you would not buy their medi
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contains Iron and Quinine put up in correct
proportions and is in a Tasteless form. The
Iron acts as a tonic while the Quinine drives
the malaria out of the system. Any reliable
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Original and that all other so-called “Taste
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superior to all others in every respect. You are
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superiority and excellence having long been;
established. Grove’s is the only Chill Cure sold
throughout the entire malarial sections of the
United States. No Cure, No Pay. Price, 500
Southern dental college.
DENTAL DEPARTMENT
Atlanta College of Physicians and Surgeon*
Oldest College in State. Fourteenth An
nual Session opens Oct. 2; closes April 30th.
Those contemplating the study of Dentistry
should write ior catalogue.
Address 8. \V. FOSTER, Dean.
02-03 Inman Uuildiiig, Atlanta. Ga.
MK DIO A B HKI’AHTMENT.
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materials are unequalled. Free access given to
the great Charity Hospital with IKK) beds mid
30.000 patients annually. Special instruction la
given daily at the bedside of the sick. Ths next
session begins November Ist, 1000. For catab gu*
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M. D., Dean, P. O. Drawortifil, Now Orleans,-La,.