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Love....
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"Wliy art thou sad, oli, lotes-n`ae-
Own?" asked Mr. Selena Harkuesee
"Ilecause of what thou haat told.
Inch' said 0 Haim San, the Geisha.
'''P/aat 1 must leave thee? Oh, tusli
little one! That was uot spokea like
one in whose heart burns the flame
Of the Yamato Damashi-i—the spirit
of old Japari—of 'which thou hest so
often boastecl to me. I am but,- an
Itgin San—a Mr. Foreigner, that is
all."
"I know well that thou art a for-
eigner, and that I am a daughter of
Otcl Japan; but X am sad. It should
not be; but so it is, and I would al-
most that thou wert a believer in
the custom a My country—the jo-
hAnd what is that, oh, fairy -flow-
er? The 1 -gin San are not altogeth-
er to well posted in the customs
Of your estimable country.”
"It ie the custom, which decrees
that those whase love is hopeless
shall clie in each other's arms."
"The deuce it Is!" said Mr. Samu-
el Harkness. "But this is foolishness
little one. We do not wish to die—
you and I. We are young. Let us
not be melancliolje pretty chrysanthe-
mum; let us talk of oilier things.
:Whither goeth thou to -night?"
"I go to help to entertain the
guests of the Marquis Kinoshita,
They are met to -night to celebrate
ourglorious victories."
Harkness started. He had heard
of the ..tnarquis—as, indeed, who has!
not heard of the man who is so deep!
in the confidence of the Mikado, and
whose voice is so powerful in the
councils of war? He was silent for
some time; lie gnawed liis golden
moustache. Then he raised his eyes
to those of the pretty, pensive Gei-
sha..
"Wouldst thou like to come with
Inc to my country i1 the great West,
o Hana San?"
When she looked at him her eyes
were swimming with tears.
"Thou kaowest,” she said simply.
"If thou wilt help thy servant, I
will take thee."
"EOW CAD I, poor singing -girl, help
thee?"
"Thole hest the private ear of the
great Marquis Kinoshita?"
She flushed.
"Thou knowest that I hate him.
as I Iose thee," she said simply.
"But it is true that lie allows me
to pour wine for him."
"Then after to -night's banquet wilt,
thou slip a tablet, -which I shall
give thee into his wine? It will
but make hire sleep. Then will I
enter, and thytask shall be done.
Come, liana, I will give thee zna,ny
thousands of yen if thou •wilt do
this for me!"
In stark justice to Mr. Samuel
Harknees, it must be said that the
-course he was now proposing was
distasteful to him in the extreme.
But liewas desperate. Re had built
such bright hopes on this war; it
was to be the foundation- ofa career
of journalistic glory 'which would.
number hin among the elect, who
could treat editors cavalierly-, if- he
so clime and he had had such a bit-
ter awakening.
Shut tip with his scribbling breth-
ren like a tiger cub in a cage, there
was absolutely no opportunity even
of keeping his paper supplied with
news, let alone of scoring over other
correspondeols; and, crowning mis-
fortune of all, a cablegrane of his
had been kept back without his be-
ing ootified, whereas others contain-
ing the same liews had been despatch-
ed, with the consequence that the
spoiler' was spoiled, his rivals had
got ahead of him, and a curt cable
front his editor ordered him to re-
turn,
- -• c.areer was ruined—unless lie
could return to his editor bearing the
papers which: could tall so thrilling a
secret history of the war, and
which he knew reposed in the safe
of Hie Marquis Kinoshita..
11.
Long and earnestly clid Mr. • Samu-
el Harkness, the special war commis-
sioner of the "New York Yeller,"
plead with 0 liana, San, the singing
glen and at last. when many thou-
sands of yen had passed from him
to her, he gained his way. And con-
sequently it came about, that late
that night Mr. Samuel Hai -knee.% dis-
guised in Japanese CITOSS, stood with-
in the private rooms of the great Mar-
quis Kinoshita, eyo to eye with a
trembling, fluttering Geisha., and lis-
tening to the stertorous snores of a
drugged marquis.
He cast a quick eye round the
apartment. A huge. safe of European
manufacture, and therefore the only
ugly thing in the room, stood hi the
corner,
°Quick!" he said. "The keys!
Willi her eyes fixed, she handed the
bunch to him as ono in a, dream.
"Thank Heaven it isn't a combina-
tion lock!" murmured Harkness, as
be turned the key and the great door
swung open.
Ilis limited knowledge of Japanese
made the search among the papers•
which the safe contained a someWliat
pretreated proeeecling: bet at last
• he got the bundle he wetted,
"Stay!" said Harm, anlin Made
to thrust, them into the sleeves Of his
kinnewo. "I Would see the papers,"
She hastily ran through them,
while lie stood impatiently waiting,
Theo there was a sodden footstep
•Veitlioat, and befoite Harkness coteld
turn off the lights, or meke a dash
for the window, the door opened.
- "Hatt' said the rieweeornee, ict
VapaneSe, "It is the honorable guest
Who half tOt Yet. departed, 1 nicievel-
; led' Pe hee•e, light from WitliOtit, ler
it is past the marquie $ time for re -
The new -comer was a, little brown
man, who looked like a Japanese of-
ficer. But a Change came ewer
countenance as he SurveOed the room.
"What is this?" he said, viewing
the open safe. "And this?"—pointing
to the sleeping marquis.
Far a moment Harkness had
thought it would be possible to
smooth the matter over; but now he
saw that that would: be bnpossible.
Fool! Why had he not locked the
sate? Anyhow, he must make a dash
for it, for ()Veil a blighted Gamer is
better than an early and unpleasant
death,
"A spy! A foreign scum of a
spy!" shrieked the officer, suddenly
realizing the meaning of the scene.
Then Harkness darted to the win-
dow, wondering as ho flew why the
Jap still stood by' the door. A.
bright knife hurtled through the air,
Missing Harkness by a hair's-
breadth. It was but a ton -feet drop
to the ground beneath, and once
Harkness gained it, they say in. the
war correspondents' quarters, lie did
not stop running until he reached
Nagasaki.
"And now," said the Japanese of-
ficer, who remained in the room, and
whose voice liad suddenly grown to
resemble G-rosvonor's, of the "Cour-
ier," "here are thy ten thousand yen,
Hana San; give me the papers."
With melting eyes, Rana San hand-
ed him the bundle of papers.
"I do this," she said softly, "be-
cause I love thee."
And as he thought of Harkness fl3r-
big tlirdugh the ntght, Grosvenor put
a somewhat cynical valuation on the
love of a 'Geisha.
Still, 0 liana 'San did love one
thing—her country. She was a busi-
ness -like little Geisha, and with the
thousands of• yen paid lier by Hark-
ness and Grosvenor she started a
ten -shop of h:er own.
But when Grosvenor went to the
translator's to hitch the precious pa-
pers, he found that they merely told
the story of Ko -hi, a wonderful Ja-
panese giant, who died 2,000 years
ago! -
The poor little singing -girl had been
raucli too clever for them both.
ENGLAND'S LATEST.
One Vicar Forbids the Hatless to
Enter Church.
"Judge in yourselves; is it comely
that a woman pray unto God uncov-
ered?" (I. Core ii., 13).
The no -hat movement, which com-
menced somewhat unobtrusively in
Newquay, Cornwall, England, last
year, has so asserted itself this sea-
son as to threaten the extinction of
the craft of hatters anclonilliners.
AU ranks and ages, mainly among
the visitors, have adopted it. Men
with bald heads toed men with luxur-
iant locks are among its devotees,
and ladies, regardless of tangled tres-
ses and disordered fringes,appear
without head -gear.
Anticipating the aPPeerance of hat-
less ladles' in his church, and regard-
ing such an act as irreverent, the
Vicar of Crantock, whose cliarch lies
about a mile from Newquay across
the Gannel, issued a printed circular
which was poeted in the porch: and
distributed. This bore a request that
"Ladies who walk with -uncovered
heads will not forget the universal
Christian custom which prohibits
their so entering the house of Gott
They must please use some simple
head covering or kerchief while with-
in the church, or refrain fromenter-
ing it."
The vicar further remarked that
"this is no more than to ask men
to uncover on entering God's house,
which is happily unnecessary," and
appealed to all reverently -minded
visitors to see that the requests are
not disregarded.
On Sunday evening last a lady was
daring enough to miter the,• church
during the service and make her way
to a front seat, carrying a specimen
of artistic millinery -In her handShe
was courteously rue:tested.by the ver-.
ger to place it on her head. This
is tlie only instance in which the di-
rection has been disregarded.
In all weathers and winds, the hat-
less brigade still increases and mul-
tiplies at, Newquay. In other places,
however, lady enthusiasts are attend-
ing divine service with mecovered
heads without let or hindrance. At
Cardiff, and even in the remote vil-
lage of Woeberley, Herefordshire, the
practice has boom° comparatively
common.
"
• NOT MUCH TO EXPECT.
"You said, rtsserted the irate •cu -
tomer, 'What this tonic woold make
hair grow."
• "I did," admitted- the clerk.
The customer rerneved his hat and
showed' a head as smooth as a billi-
arce ball.
"I've been using Oita tonic for
three menthe," lie said.
"Oh, that's, all right," answered
the clerk promptly. "You have no
EMI' to grow. If you had the tonic
would work all. right,. What more
can you expect?"
BLOODIER THAN LIAO-YANG.
It remains clear that Liao -Yang, .in-
atead ot being the bloodiest battle of
modern times, Was nothing of the
kind. Th:e totat losses, positively
and relatively, were less than thee°
in several other battles, including
some ire the American Civil War. The
following figures Will serer° fer 11-
.
hietratioti:
Total num- Total
Battles. bee, engaged.
Graveled° o, 300,000
Gettysburg 150,000
Leipsic - 472,000
Koeniggettetz 436,116
Lia0-Yang 40,0,000'
lofts.
132,000
49,000
113,000
58,000
42,000
Cotineel-e"Did you observe an:0,11;0g
particular aliont. the prisoner?" Wit-
ness --"Vee; his Whisitera" Counsel
—"What did yeu o.beerve With' refer-
ence to his • Whiekees?" Witness --e•
"Tlia,t he had torie.'4e
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A WORD 01? CHEER,.
There are weary feet
That we often meet,
In peths we frequent here,
Whose steps would lighten
Would we but brighten
Their way with a word of cheer.
There are loads of care
That full many bear
As they wend their toilsome way;
But forms would strengthen
And lives would lengthen
If a kindly word we'd say.
There are woes untold
Which. the heart may hold,
And bear with a secret grief;
But, oh; how often
Might trials soften
By sympathy's sweet relief!
If a sunny smile
Would beam the while
That the frown e of life must chill,
How much of sadness •
Might yield to gladness
As the soul of love would thrill!
Do not count it lost,
'Tis of little cost
When some heart may yearn to hear
That precious token
Of kindness spoken
That comes with the of Cheer.
DOMItISTIC RECIPES. •
Deviled Oysters.—Drain the oysters
and lay them for a time itt lemon
juice and melted butter seasoned with
red. pepper, Then ilip in bread
crumbs, then in beaten egg, and
again in crumbs, and fry in deep
lard. A nice supper •dainty for the
"11" .months.
Creamed Mushrooms on Toast.—
Make rounds of soft bread, half an
inch thick, and toast one side. Lay
the untoasted sides upperraost on. a
flat tin or plate; spread with very
thick cream, season with salt and
paprika or a very little cayenne, lay
a large mushroom, peeled on each
round, fill with the cream, seasoned,
and covering the dish set it in the
oven for twenty minutes. Only coun-
try felk can get cream thick enough
to make this dish as delicious as it
may be.
To cook bacon or any kind of salt
pork, cut into slices and put over
the fire itt a frying pan, with enough
water to cover the meat. If the meat
is old, add 2 or 3 spoonfuls of good
vinegar to the water. tever the
Pan and let parboil for five minutes
or longer. Now pour off the wetter
and set the pan (without cover) over
a brisk fire or in a hot oven. Turn
the meat often and cook until quite
crisp.
Breslau Beef—One pint cold conked
meat chopped fine, yolks' Of 3 eggs,
cup bread crumbs, 1 cup milk,
cup stock or its equivalent, 2 table-
as.poons butter, salt and pepper to
tat -e,- Mix well, put into entail cups
or molds, place in a pan of hot wa-
ter and bake in moderate oven one-
half -hour. Serve on platter with
sauce poured over them, made as
follows : One cup tomatoes strained,
1 tablespoon butter, 1 tablespoon
flour. Cook until well thickener',
season with salt, pepper and a. dash
O f allepice.
An English Squab Pie—In the west
of old England runs an old saw as
follows : "Apples, onions, flesh and
dough make as good a pie as any I
know." According to this these are
the ingredients for a savory pie. Put
a layer of fresh young pork in a
deep baking dish, season with pepper,
salt and a little powdered sage. Then
add a layer of apples and onions
chopped together, another layer of
pork, and so on until the 'dish be
tull, finishing with tile pork on top.
Partly cook this in the oven, then
take it out and cover with a light
paste, replace it in the oven and
bake a light brown. •
w Cake Shorteake.—One scant cup of
sugar, one-half cup of butter, one
cup of cold water, one egg, two cups
of flour, three teaspoons of 'baking
powder. Rub the sugar and butter
to a cream; sift the flour and baking
powder together; beat the egg stiff
without separating; add the egg to
the sugar and butter, put in the wa-
ter and flour -a little at a time, stirr-
ing steadily. Bake in layer tins.
Put crushed berries between the lay-
ers and whole berries on top as be-
fore.
Lemon, jelly.—One-half box of gala-
-tine, one-half cup of eold water, two
cups of boiling water, one cup of
sugar, juice of three lemons, and
three scrapings of the rind. Put the
gelatine into cold water and soak
one hour. Put the boiling water,
the sugar, and the scrapings of the
peel on, the flee and stir till the sug-
ar dissolves, Take it off and stir
in the gelatine, and mix till this,
too, dissolves. 1Vhen it is partly
cool turn in the lemon juice and
strain through a flannel bag dippea
in water and squeezed dry. Put in
a pretty mold: By way of variety
apple juice may be used instead of
the two ewes of water, and why one
lemon. The juice from ApPles boil-
ed and strained as for jelly. 'Apple
parings are quite as good as the
whole , fru i t.
Homemade World ing Cake.—Dissol Ve
a large teaspoonful of soda in two
tablespoonfuls of warm water and
add it to half a pint of thiek sour
cream. Beat well, then turn into a
bowl ill which you have blended half
a pint of brotvn sugar, half a cup or
butter, a tableepoonful each of cin-
ieamot and allspice, and a teaspoon-
ful of grated nutmeg, with a cup of
New Orleans ntolasses, Add gradual-
ly' three and a half cups of sifted
pastry flour. The batter should be
quite thick and stiff. Have ready
o pound of raisins, etoned and halv-
ed quarter of a pound each of sliced
citron and cleaned currante, an ounce
of 'cheeped lemon pool. Flour these
ingeedientS well and stir lightly into
the batter. . Turn into a large round
pan lined with greased paper and,
bake in a very moderate ,),treti an
hour an it half. When, perfectly cold
remove (corn Ono •Pari and ice with a
plain boiled frosting flavored with
orange. Let this become hard and
rani before adding the decorations,
which are of frosting applied through
paper f unnol,
FANV StJGCESTI0NS.
Every housekeeper knows how the
sun rots the lace curtains that are
exposed to its full strength in sum-
mer In rooms exposed to full light
and sunshine and in upstairs rooms,
the daintly sprigged dimities, sold
for summer gowns and often to be
bought for from ton to fifteen cents
0. yard at the midsummer sales, are
of much service when made up for
curtains. They are fresh and dain-
ty, launder well, and are perfectly
suited to the season. For use in
summer cottage, on, the sittingroom
and upstairs room of a farm home
they are pretty and appropriate.
The dining -room of a farm house,
through the windows of which the
sun streamed brightly, were curtain-
ed in winter with draperies of un-
bleached muslin lined with oil -boiled
Turkey; red calico and bordered with
an oriental striped cotton in which
red predominated. The effect of the
sunlight on this Color was almost as
cheerful as that of an open fire. The
red was placed next the glass. and
as the big bay window occupying al-
most the whole end of the room was
on the side of the house, the color
was unobjectionable. And anyway,
we live on the inside of our houses
don't we?
Sometimes where there is a cluster
of three or more windows -one is puz-
zled to know how to curtain them.
A. good way is to put a short val-
ance over the middle window or wm"' secretary. At the main entra'nce we
RUINED PALACE OF JEHOL
FORMER F.E$IDENCE oF THE
'CHINESE EivEIt
PEclt.
Famous Bronze Temple Which was
Built Bluing Reign of
Chien-D.1,11g.
The palacie grounds at Jeliol are
watched over by a special high official
who is appointed by tho imperial gov-
eminent at Pekin, and who reports
directly to the Pekin imperial offici-
als.
The Palace buildings Proper, which
are few in number and pot ef great
size, are not open to any one, Chinese
or foreign, with: the exception of the
official in charge, unless they have 'art.
Imperial permit, who at stated inter-
vals during the year removes the im-
perial seal from. the entrance and
makes a, lonely inspection. These
buildings, which are near the main
entrance to the grounds, are enclosed
by a high wall.
It was to this Palace that the Em-
peror Ilsien-Peng fled with his Court
in 1860, When the allied forces,
French and English, occupied Pekin,
and it was here he died, by suicide or
assassination, in 1861, from which
thne may be dated the commence-,
ment of the “reign" of the present
Empress Dowager.
Since the death of Hsien-Peng the
buildings have been sealed and no
repairs made. None of the buildings
or temples in the park had been re-
paired, with the exception of those
occupied by the imperiaeservants,
who number about one thousand..
Decoy is everywhere.
The grounds,- however, are in per-
fect order.; the walks are well kept
and clean. 1 was accompanied her.
two of my servaets.and my Chinese
dows and straight breadths hanging were met by several hundred ser-
vants in official dress—hats, dress,
boots all new and clean. These were
drawn up on each side of the walk.
At the first inside gate we were enet
by the dignitary in charge with more
servants, and conducted to a beauti-
ful little tea house overlooking a
minature lake, which had been pre-
pared for my reception; tea, cakes,
wine, etc. I then started on my
rounds. Many niinor officials, with
servants carrying a chair, table, bas-
kets of refreshments and a large um-
brella, followed.
SOME CHINESE SCENERY.
plain from the end-Ohes; '
All kinds of cheap materials are
emp,loyed 'by the ingenious woman
who has more taste and time than
money. The possibilities of crash,
the, common- kind used for dishtowels
have been disteovered by a Woman
who wanted to curtain the second-
best spare bed -room cheaply. There
were two long, rather narrow win-
dows. For each she got twice the
length she wanted in the cheapest
and coarsest crash' she could find,
faggotted them together with coarse
cotton, edged them with little balls
made of the sante cotton and sewed
on two inches apart, then as they
were for a blue room, dipped them in. What can I say of what I saw?
a very deep and dark indigo water Temples, tea /louses, pagodas and
which gave them a pale blue tone. tnarble bridges, with no repairs or,
A friend who beheld the result paint for forty years, all falling into
achieved other results out of the soft colored, picturesque ruin. Ime
same simple material. She put .her mense covered docks,. which once con -
breadths together with a cotton tor- tained linperial house -boats; hun-
chon insertion at five cents a 'ai'd, dreds of acres of smooth, green turf;
and °deed them with lace to match short, thick and smooth as velvet,
such turf as can be seen in no other
Part of China; large oaks two to four
feet in diameter, rising from this
clean turf, and as far as the eye
could reach under the trees thbusands
of deer browsing in perfect unconcern,
the hills and mountains covered with
forests,. not a few trees planted for
effect,' but natural' forests extending
at the seine price. 'To make the
lace the color of the crash she dipped
it in strong .coffee. The wetting not
only colored the lace, but shrunk it,.
so that crash an'd lace irond'a evenly
after washing. • '
She made a sp-read for the little
single iron bed in the same ifashion,
*using five 4s1r4ps of the crash. .• As
the lace was put in on the . machine
the work was chine in an afternoon. or linles.
For a spread it is wise to use a bet -
It was only one little corner of the
ter quality of crash, and if The park I could see In the time I had
strips aro put together with crochet-
ed or knitted insertion one has some-
thing pretty durable and tmusual.
REMOVING- STAINS.
011 -Colors, Varnish, and Rothe-,
Tureentine or benzine,. then soap and
waten • .
' Vegetable -Colors, Wine, Fruits, and
Red' Ink.--Sulphue fumes, or a hot
solution of chloride of lime,
Nutgalls 'Ink and Iron-Rust—Oxalic
acid .solution or bruised sorrel' leaves,
each over stectin.
Other Inks.—New milk, ripe tome, -
toes, or turpentine. '
Tannin and Green Nutshells,-
131eaching lye or hot chloride water.
Tar, Waggon -Grease, and Fats.—
Lard or 'turpentine, followed by soap
and water. •
Acid- (vinegar, sour wine, and
fruit),—For cottons, boiling water
poured, through; for woollens, dilut-
ed ammonia.
Alkalis (Lime and Lye).—Por cot-
tons, simply washing; fer W0011011S,
greatly diluted citric aced.
Blood and Albuminous
Spots.—Tee
pid Solution of one tablespoonful of
kerosene to one gallon of water. If
old, ,use iodide of potassium diluted
with four times its weight in water.
Machine Oil.—Tepid rain water with
eoap or baking soda.
Peacil and Plum Stains.—
Chloride solution.
Stains on China, Graniteware, and
• Tinware—Baking Soda.
The chloride of lime solution is
made as follows :—Dissolve two
allowed me, but one can never for-
get the picture after the treeless
plains and mountains and the dry,
sun baked soil of the outside world.
I climbed only one hill, and that to
see the famous bronze temple, a
small temple, but built entirely of
bronee—sides, doom, panels, posts,
tiles, framing and windows, fretwork,
all of bronze, built in the time of
Chien -Lung, as were most of the
temples and buildings here.
While resting on the terrace in front
of this temple, and drinking in Chin-
ese tea and the beauties of the scene,
I asked the head official when the
temple was burin
"During the reign of Chien -Lung."
"Did Chien -Lung build it?"
"Oh, no; it was a present to His
Imperial Majesty Chien -Lung from
the German Emperor."
'Whieh German Emperor, the pre-
sent one or his father?"
"I don't know, but presume his
father, as Chien -Lung reigned long
ago—two hundred and fifty years. -
The official could not vouch for the
truth of the story, but it had been
-told him since the trouble in 1900.
It was curious to trace the source of
this story back to the fact that the
Germans, having annexed half the
bronze instruments of the old Pekin
olservatory, some of these instru-
ments dating from the time of Rub-
lai-IC.han, 1250, they should be cred-
ited with having donated this beauti-
ful bronze work to the Chinese Em-
Perer
Itis difficult for a Western bar-
tablespoons of chloride of limn in one barean to understand the lines of
pint of hot water; steam, then add
one gallon of water. Soak the stales
antil they disappear, then boil the
goods.
For the oxalic acid solution, use
• Chinese reasoning.
CHINESE LIBRARY,
There is one notable exception to
the general emieeci condition of the
buildings, and that le the libraryMa-
es-
three ounces of oxalie acid crystals tablishedhere by His imperial
to one pint of water. Wet the stay ins ieetChien-Lung, it is one large
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Chinese building with a small cOort
surrounded hv 0. high wall. In the
beilclieg are many thousanils of valu-
able Chinese books, with their covers
of cerved wood or jade; each set of
books carefully folded in a yellow silk.
napkin embroidere.c1 bi gold, with the
name of His Imperial Majesty marked
in the coreer.
. The small court in front Of the
building is one immense rockery, min -
attire mountains, velleys, caves,
springs and cascades. The mountains
are covered with, dwaefed trees fbrced
into fantastic shapes. Tile open space
ca• aro filled with gigantic pines.
When the Main gates Of the eom-
pound ere opened one is at the en-
trance of a large cave, from Which
comes the rhythmic sound of falling
water. Paesing into the cave, which
is well lighted. from Mimic, one finds
passages leading to the right and left
and to tile small epeti space in front
of the library bonding. Standing
on the veranda and looking back the
()inside world is lost to eight,
end no sounds ere heard but thoFie
the birds,- the water and the
of the wind through the pines. appear the Ilia he seeine enjoy life.;
with the solution over steam or in
the sunshine, and wash immediately
in Weak ammonia solution (one table
spoonful of ammonia, tp one quart of
water)' to counteract the acid, then
rinse well.
Always experiment first on a, semi)
of goods on which yeti have made a
similar stain.
11.M) MADE A CHANGE.
"Isn't there something in my po-
licy," asked a caller at an Insurance
office the other day, "about inc
`having to report any change of resi-
dence.'
"Yes, sir," said the man at the
neatest desk, piching, up -a pen.
"Where have you moved to?
"I haven't trioVecl anywhere," re-
joined the caller. "I have made n
clittege in my residence by painting
it a light straw color and putting a
thirriney-pot on the kitcheo chim-
ney. I think that's all. Good day!"
NO wonder an actress is stuck up
when her name appears on so many
billboards.
hee
To titright and left of the veranda
stand the two siost lifelike bronzes I
have soon .in Milne" two ligUree, Of
hOrSes about one-half life size, the
PoSe perfect and every muscle, cord
anridlientmtotko
destuail sdooneo)etfloaeetoiorrl,y.. for ,trio
On that day, and I was obliged to
Pass once more, into the street's dust
filth and naucl houses, having seen
just enceuglk of the beauties of the
park to hope for the' time when
could pass day after day there and.
do justice to it, at least with my
camera.
There are none of General Ma's or
any other foreign drilled troops in
Jehol or in the vicinity, In the dis-
trict there are some two thousand
Danner troops, a sort of irregular
militia formation, part of xvhich goes
through the farce of 'drilling once
or twice a month, A few years ago
they were armed with bows and ar-
rows, and now only have the crudest
of muskets with . but little ammuni-
tion.
With the exception of the soldiers
at ICu-Pei-Kou and Siii-Sha, the only
regulars between Pekin and Ping -
Chuan -Chou are 'General' Ma's post
riders and road . guard, four every
thirteen miles.
From Pekin to Jehol I travelled
without an escort, but at Jethol
Lound that orders had been sent from
the Wai-Wo-Pu that I should front
there on be furnished with an armed
escort, both civil -and military; that
I should be allowed to go where I
chose within the limits of my pass-
port, but that I must always have
an escort which would be held fa-
sponsible. for my safety and for, the
accoMModaitions I had on the road.
Two days after these instructions
in regard to myself had been received
there was sent a gezieral order.to the
military lieutenant governor to the
effect that all foreigners travelling in
Mongolia must have their passports
inspected by each' magistrate, and in
proper form must be provided with
an escort. lf anything was lacking
-
in the passport the foreigner was to
be stopped at once and turned back
under guard.
SAFETY OP FOREIGNERS.
These instructions were wired to
all the magistrates. This regulation
is most excellent, as the Chinese can
keep check: on all foreigners and know
the object•of their travels. Also it
makes the Chinese government re-
sponsible for the safety of the for-
eigners, and prevents the tramping
through the country of the ntunorous
undesirable adventunere who always
hang on the outskirts of war.
From Jeliol to Ping -Chuan -Chou the
road itt winter would be very good,
but owing to the heavy rains it ia
now almost impassable in places.
The distance is sixty miles, and
the road crosses eight small divides.
None of the passes are of any great.
height, and moderately loaded carts
need no extra mules to take them
over. There has been too much rain
this season and in many, places the
crops heve been washed out.' This
condition grows worse as eve go Eagle
The condition of the towns and hare -
lets is pathetic. ••*
Not a Sign of traffic on the road
and buildings arid inns 'deserted. ruins.
The natives along the road from Je-
hol to Chao -Yang -Fu are by Inc the
most miserable in appearance of any
I have seen in China. The spirit has
gone out of them—almost the desire
to live. They look less like human
beings than animals, and not intelli-
gent animals at'that, What I say
here applies to the Chinese in the
country and small hamlets. There
are no Mongols, and tlie town and
city Chinese look less miserable and
a trifle more intelligent.
The country people have dull eyes., .
a dirty, unhealthy complexion, bent
and twisted forms, with slow, shuf-
fling gait. When- struck by the sol-
diers they slink slowly out of the
road, without even turning the head.
The continual striving for some-
thing wherewith to fill their bellies
is their strongest instinct.. There
is no famine in the land, but be-
tween the robbers on the one side
and the civil and military forces on
the other, the.,,,people are alwAys '
hungry.
FAVOR THE LANCE.
Now Finding Many Champions in
the Army.
General French and many other
well-known cavalry officers are said
to be strongly in favor of its re-
storation., and the recent account of
fighting itt which. Japanese cae-alry
were met by Cossacks armed with
lances lias given an impetus to the
agitation. Lord Roberts is said to
be against the lance, but, according
to cavalry officers, that is because he
is not a cavalry officer.
Colonel C. E. Swaine, who lately
commanded the lith Hussars, and
previously spent some years in a
lancer regiment, interviewed i-cc'xit1y,
strongly urged the claims of the
Janco.
"The account published in the Rus-
sian journal Siva," he said, °should
be read by every officer. It stales
tliat the japancse did not know how
to deal. with the lances, and they'
nwiehrierouted, one squadron being' an-
iat"It is all very well to say that on
SOW° occasions the lance has been
beaten by the sword in the sword vs.
lance competition at the Mili 01,17
Tournaments. There is a, great dif-
ference between two sitgle Men head -
to -hand at the A.griceltural Ifall and
a charge of caveiry where real war
is going on.
"The Zulus still remember the
great elialwe of the ]7th Lancet's that
didsuch execution among them.
speitk with bated breath of the men
with the 'big assegais.'
"The great advatitas'e of the lance
over the sword is that the lancer
con reach his opponent fleet, but the
iirtmoornalanelfeeneterno:, tits rsoowykica)tektculetehtpaehjlti:
abolition of the lance would 1)0 a,
fa tit 1 i eta ee," '
The more toilette ins e trios to