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A JVotcd. Chinese Statesman.
A noted Chinese statesman recently
beheaded by order of the dowager cm-
press because of 'his too liberal views
was well known in diplomatic circles
at Washington , as he had served as
minister from his country' to the
United States from 1886 to the latter
part of 1889. He was Chang Yen
Hoon. His death occurred last July ,
but the outside world became aware
of the fact only a few days since.
Chang was an able diplomat and
well thought of in official circles. He
was a pronounced antiquarian , and
while in this country made many vis
its to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
in New York , where he could study
its rare collection of priceless antiqui
ties. Especially on the specimens
from his native land was he an au
thority , and his Information in con
nection with them was of great aid
to the antiquarians of the United
States. A memento of his visit to
this country is to be found at the
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CHANG YEN HOON.
Metropolitan Museum of Art. It con
sists of a hammered bronze vase of
the Han dynasty , and is over 2,000
years old. This was presented in 1897
while he was returning home from
Queen Victoria's jubilees
Opera Stng'er Arrested.
Another American woman , has been
subjected to the ignominy of arrest
and detention by the infamous Brigade
des Moeurs , as that
particular division
of the Parisian po
lice are designated ,
which is intrusted
with the duty of
putting Into exe
cution the laws
dealing with the
women of the half
world. The most
recent victim of
the Brigade des
Moeurs is May
Garlick of Baltimore -
- more , wife of the
Marquis de Feo.
Garlick.She is now seriously
May Garlick.
ly ill from the ef
fects of the brutal
and vile treatment to which she was
subjected by the police , who , insist
ing that she was a notorious charac
ter , arrested her and kept her for sev
eral hours in prison until she was
identified. Then she was released with
the usual apologies. May Garlick ,
prior to her unfortunate marriage ,
was one of the leading singers of the
Castle Square Opera company at the
American theater in New York. Her
husband , who is an Italian , deserted
her after shamefully maltreating her ,
leaving her without means , whereupon
she returned to the operatic stage ,
making her European debut at Monte
Carlo.
Dr. Edward A. Ross , who has been
at the head of the department of
economics and sociology in Stanford
university since 1893 , has just been
elected an associate member of the In
stitute International de Sociologie at
Paris. There are only five other mem
bers of this society in the United
States.
"Bobby Jones.
Daughter of Gov. Dan W. Jones , Who
Will Christen the Monitor Arkansas
at Newport News , Va. , Nov. 10.
A Spanish paper asserts that two
descendants of Columbus , Manuel and
Maria Columbo , brother and sister ,
are at present inmates of the asylum
for the homeless in the city of Cadiz.
It Is said that documents in their pos
session incontestably prove their de
scent
Gen. Frost Fosses Atvay.
General D. M. "Frost , one of the
most distinguished citizens of St.
Louis , died suddenly at his home in
that citv last week. '
His death was very
sudden , for , al
though the general
was 11 years old ,
he had been re
markably healthy
and had not com
plained of any ill
ness.
Gen. Frost was
a native of New _ .
D' M' Frost'
York and a gradu-Gen' ' ' '
ate of West Point in the class of 1844.
He had fought with distinction in the
Mexican war , and the outbreak of the
civil war found- him in St. Louis a
prosperous lumber merchant. He took
sides with the confederacy and for
two years served in that cause. The
principal incident in his civil war ca
reer was his defense of Camp Jackson
in this city and his surrender in May ,
18C1 , to the federal troops under Gen
eral Lyon. The state militia had been
called together for their annual drill
and were encamped under Frost on
the outskirts of the town. Before
they could find an opportunity active
ly to express their sympathies with
the south they were captured by the
home guards and the Missouri volun
teers. After the close of the war
General Frost returned to St. Louis
and settled on his farm near the city.
One of his sons , R. Graham Frost ,
who died several months ago , repre
sented a Missouri district in congress.
Lincoln as a "Boy.
There was held near Galesburg , 111. ,
recently , a celebration in honor of the
ninety-first anniversary of the birth
of John T. Barnett , or Squire Barnett ,
as he is generally known. It took
place at the log home west of Galesburg -
burg , and many descendants from
Knox and Warren counties were pres
ent.
ent.A
A peculiar interest attaches to the
life of Mr. Barnett , for he was one of
the young men friends of Abraham
Lincoln , who was a few months his
senior.
The squire says that Lincoln and he
were often together , and that , although
he thought much of Lincoln , he never
voted for him but once , and that was
when he ran for the legislature against
Peter Cartwright. He recalls many
pleasant incidents. When he first be
came acquainted with Lincoln the lat-
JOHN L. BARXETT.
tor was engaged with William Berry ,
son of John Berry , in running a gro
cery.
Fotaers Agree on Chtna.
The agreement between Great Brit
ain and Germany on a common Chi
nese policy is accepted by the Unite'd
States and Russia as a pledge rather
than as a guide to their own action.
In responding our government simply
assents to principles which it was the
first to formulate , namely , the prin
ciple of the open door and the prin
ciple of the preservation of Chinese
territorial and administrative entity.
Under the circumstances an assump
tion of leadership on the part of the
two contracting powers would be
absurd , and we have only to reaffirm
our own views without giving prom-1
ises.
"Received 25.OOO "Per"ong. .
Two years ago Mme. Alva , a singer
famous in Austra
lia , volunteered to
sing one evening
at Bendigo before
some nuns who
were about to go
into retreat. She
is now informed
that a wealthy Au
stralian , in recog
nition of her kind-
ness , "as well as , , . .
„ , . . , , Mme. Alva.
of her magnificent
endowment as a vocalist , " has left her
$175,000 , which is at the rate of § 25-
000 for each of the seven songs she
rendered. Mme. Alva is a Protestant.
Illinois and Tcjcas.
The state of Illinois has 995,199 more
inhabitants than it had in 1S90. Its
numerical gain Is exceeded by New
York and Pennsylvania alone , and is
barely exceeded by the latter state.
The percentage of gain , being 26 per
cent , is equaled by that of no other
large state , with the exception of Tex
as. The increase in population in Illi
nois between 1880 and 1890 was 748-
480 , 'being a little less than 25 per
cent.
A Woman Major.
The only woman major In the
United States army is Mrs. Belle L ,
Reynolds , of Santa Barbara , Gal. Mrs.
Reynolds is a native of Massachusetts.
When 14 years old she removed to the
west and at the opening of the civil
war , when her husband enlisted In
the Seventeenth Illinois , she joined
him at Bird's Point , Mo. , commencing
a life of three years in the camp and
on the fiel'd , helping the wounded and
sick. After the battle of Pittsburs
Landing she received her comisslon
as major from Gov. Yatcs of Illinois.
She was at Vicksburg , Miss. , when
Gen. Grant dared the experiment of
running the batteries , and she en
tered that city with the triumphant
army.
After the war she studied medicine
in Chicago and became a practitioner.
Later she removed to Santa Barbara.
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MRS. BELLE L. REYNOLDS.
When trouble arose in the Philippines
she went there as a Red Cross nurse.
She has since returned home.
JVeg"ro "Registrar ojthe treasury
A colored man is the watchdog of
the nation's wealth and , with Secre
tary Gage and Treasurer Roberts ,
forms a triumvi
rate that control
the money stock
of the republic.
Not a dollar can
be paid from the
federal treasury
without the assent
of these two and
the negro , Judson
W. Lyons , regis
trar of the treas
ury. Furthermore - Judson Lyons ,
the name of the latter must appear on
every bill and bond issued by the gov
ernment. Of course , he cannot per
sonally sign every note issued from
the bureau of printing and engraving ,
so his name is cut into the steel dies
from which the bills are' struck. But
his personal signature is required on
the registered bonds and he is often
compelled to handle 5,000 of these in
a day , the average value of regis
tered bonds issued per day being $5-
000,000.
Mr. Lyons is the successor of B.
K. Bruce , also a negro , who died in
1898. He is a Georgian and is 42 years
of age. He has taught school , studied
law at Howard university , and prac
ticed his profession at Augusta , Ga.
LiKf Li Hung Chang.
The accompanying picture is not
one of Li Hung
Chang , the able
Chinese states
man , although it
bears a striking
r esemblan ce
to him. It is
that of an Eski
mo , discovered by
the Arctic explor
er , A. J. Stone ,
and is reproduced
from The World's
Work. One can see in the face of the
picture many oriental characteristics.
The head is Mongolian in its cast and
Chinese guilelessness and cunning are
expressed in every feature.
Heroine of PeJin.
Miss Cecile Payen , the Chicago portrait
trait pninter who shared with Mrs.
and Miss Woodward of Evanston , the
long siege of Pekin , reached Chicago
last week. Miss Payen gives an inter
esting description of the siege , which ,
she says was not so black as it was
MISS CECILE PAYEN.
painted , one of the chief troubles of
those within the walls being the
thought of the anxious ones at home.
She was just completing a portrait
when the first scare came to the lega
tion , and after the momentary excite
ment had died away she persuaded
her sitter to give her another hour ,
in which she completed the picture.
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CHAPTER I.
"The dear boy ! It is almost too
good to be true ! By this time they
imust be married , and Temple-Dene is
saved ! " Lady Jane Templetou sat
tapping her feet restlessly on the floor ,
her dark-blue eyes flashing and spar
kling as again and again she read over
a closely written letter spread out
upon her lap.
Good news the best of all news
had come that day to the old home of
the Templetons. The long , weary
years of grinding poverty were at an
end. More , the utter ruin that threat
ened Temple-Dene was averted once
and for all. Little wonder , then , that
Lady Jane's eyes danced , and her
mouth twitched with unaccustomed
smiles.
"I 'must ' tell somebody ! " she went
on agitatedly. And she stretched out
her hand to the bell handle.
"Send Miss Leila to me , Somers , "
she looked round to say to the footman
who answered the summons.
While Lady Jane waited a slightly
anxious pucker came into her brow.
There's bound to be a shadow behind
each human joy , however bright , and
it would be a difficult task for her to
tell the good news to the "somebody"
whom she had summoned.
It was a cheerless , cold December
day the first of the month. From the
distant belt of the Temple-Dene woods
a faint mist was rising.
Could the blue skies and the warm
sun ever have laughed down on a
world so dun and sodden ? Would
they ever again break through the
gray pall of sadness ?
A slim figure of a girl , with hurt ,
bewildered eyes and a drooping mouth
was moving listlessly along the corri
dor in obedience to the footman's
message , and in Leila Desmond's eyes
the gray day seemed to fit in with
her own "sorrow-shot" heart. ' She
almost hoped it would be always like
this now dull and dun , lifeless and
loveless.
"You sent for me , aunty ? "
She parted the heavy , faded blue-
plush portiere between the south and
the east drawing rooms , and looked
straight at Lady Jane.
"Oh , Leila , yes ! " Her ladyship
started and she spoke nervously.
"Quick ! How slowly you move , child !
Come and sit here by me. " She patted
the blue-satin couch on which she
sank.
Everything about and around the
mistress of Temple-Dene was blue
pale blue for Lady Jane had been a
bjonde beauty of the fairest order in
her palmy youth.
Time had faded the hangings and
satin coverings , the frilled cushions
and the hue of her own once rich
robe , for Lady Jane Templeton was a
miserably poor woman. Evil days
had come upon her and her belongings ,
but they had not quenched the proud
woman's spirit as they had that of
her husband , Francis Templeton , the
dreary , broken man , who sat all his
days in the library , a victim to a form
of melancholy.
The masterful spirit of the woman
had never rested , seeking a way out of
the dark cloud that shrouded Temple-
Dene. All her hopes of deliverance
from sheer ruin were placed in Ger
vis , the heir and only child she and
Francis Templeton ever had.
By day and night she had spent her
energies in rousing Gervis to the res
cue of his family.
So the words that had trembled on
the lips of Gervis Templeton day after
day were unspoken after all. From
boyhood his heart had been filled with
one image that of the girl , Leila Des
mend , his mother's eldest niece. They
were orphans Leila and Sybil
daughters of Lady Jane's passionately
loved younger brother. When he died
his sister gathered the desolate chil
dren , motherless as well as fatherless ,
into her home , bringing them up and
educating them.
But the instant the mother recog
nized that the girl , Leila , had grown to
be the one woman in the world for her
son the springs of love for her broth
er's orphan froze up. She almost hated
Leila , even after she had gained her
point and separated the two lovers.
But it was Lady Jane's hcur of tri
umph , and she could today at least
afford to be gracious.
"Come , my dear Leila , " she repeat
ed , "I have news great news from
my boy. "
A shock of fear ran through the
girl , who had crept slowly up to the
faded blue couch.
Lady Jane , busily engaged adjusting
her eye glasses and spreading out the
foreign letter on her lap , did not ob
serve blanching cheeks and trembling
lip.
lip."I
"I have heard from Gervis. A won
derful thing has happened , Leila. You
will be astonished. My boy is engaged.
He has met a sweet girl in San Fran
cisco a great heiress ; and and
well , I suppose they are actually mar
ried , for the wedding was fixed for
the last day in November. This is i
the first of the month , so , if all is well ,
they are married. Can you believe it ,
Leila ? And , child , Temple-Dene is
saved. Her money will redeem the
dear old home. Oh , how good God
is ! "
Lady Jane's voice ended in a chok
ing sound. She was honestly , from
her very heart , sending up a thanks
giving for what she thought a crown
ing mercy.
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The words rang through the brain
of the listener.
God was possibly good to some folk
to Aunty Jane , for instance , and to
the happy girl-heiress whose gold had
bought up Leila's own heritage ; but
God seemed terribly cruel to her. He
had stripped and robbed her of all
that made life sweet and fair. So
Leila sat dumb , twisting her slim ,
small fingers together on her lap ; and
Lady Jane's jubilant voice went on in
her ears.
"Such a letter , my dear ; brimful of
all particulars and details. Every
thing I wanted to know is set down
clearly. Dear boy , what a head he
has for business ! The settlements are
most generous quite extraordinary. If
she dies without heirs , everything ab
solutely goes to Gervis ; If he dies first ,
Temple-Dene is hers , supposing there
is no heir. So in any case Temple-
Dene is saved , and my life-prayer
granted. "
"It seems to be a good bargain for
both. "
Leila spoke at last , and her voice
sounded harsh and bitter , though the
elder lady did not notice it.
"A splendid bargain , " she was re
peating , in all innocence. "And , you
see , Qervis was able to arrange the
settlements himself without delaying.
for I suppose you know , Leila , that
Temple-Dene is already the dear boy's
own by mortgage. All his uncle's
money left to Gervis was swallowed
up in it when he came of age ; but
that was , after all , a drop in the ocean
of debts and difficulties.
"However , all that misery is now at
an end. This dear girl's wealth will
set the old place on its feet. My poor
husband's life is a frail thread now ,
nigh spun out ; but Gervis will see to
it that my future is an assured one.
And , of course , that in its turn touches
yourself and little Syb. My home
shall be yours always. So , Leila , the
good news travels in a widening cir
cle , and reaches one and'all of us. "
Lady Jane laid her hand on the
girl's shoulder , but Leila shrank away
quickly.
"I shall be able now to take you
out , my dear. You shall see the world
airj marry well. I shall manage that ,
never doubt it. Oh , how life has
changed all in an hour ! I can scarce
ly realize it that all the money wor
ries are to be smoothed out. But my
poor Francis ! If he could only have
held out as I have done. Indeed , he
will not even comprehend the glad
news when I carry it to him. Leila ,
they say there's a black shadow to
every joy. What if what it" my poor
husband's mind gees altogether ? It
would be better far if God took him ! "
Lady Jane stood up , shuddering
with horror.
"I must go to him Francis must be
told. " With a rustle of her faded silk
skirts she left the room ; but Leila sat
on , clasping and unclasping her finj j
gers ceaselessly. ,
Gervis married ! For this girl the I
end of the world has come , then. To
another belonged the right of loving |
her lover. Yes , lie had been hers. Of
that , at least , she could never be rob
bed. Leila , hurt and "sorrow-shot"
to the soul , felt bitter and sore.
For the last couple of years eve > j
since the girl awoke to the knowledge
that Gervis loved her life had been
a dream of happiness , into which no
ray of doubt had crept. Then came
the crash of all fair hopes in the
knowledge that the love-dream must
end. And now Gervis was married.
With a moan Leila would have risen
from the couch , but a pair of soft
arms held her down.
Darling sis , " a breathless , quick
voice said , "I know ! I have heard
the news. Aunty has just told me. I
ccruld kill him , I could ! I hope all
the sorrow * and griefs in the world
will come upon him and her , too. I
hope they will be unhappy ever after. "
The hot words came raining fiercely ,
and a young face , working convul
sively , was pressed against Leila's ice-
cold cheek.
It was Sybil , the younger sister ,
warped alike in mind and body , for
the girl was deformed. A careless
nurse had dropped the tender infant
on the flagstones in the hall , injuring
her spine irremediably. Never would
Sybil Desmond walk this earth
straight and tall ; and she had grown
up with a wild , distorted frame of
mind at enmity with all mankind
all save the idolized sister , who was
all the world to poor , missnapen Syb.
CHAPTER II. l
And you're going to take me to
England for Christmas , to your own t
home. Gervis ? "
"To our home , my wife. You must
learn to say 'ours , ' not 'yours , ' Glad
dy. "
A newly made husband and wife
sat-hand-in-hand in the handsome
palace car of a train speeding over
the Canadian Pacific railway. Out
side was the white world of new-fall
en snow , while in the car , with its
mirrors , its inlaid furniture , its flow
ers and fruit , its silken hangings , and
its scented warmth , the atmosphere
was like midsummer.
They had been marrisd but a few
weeks , these headless , happy lovers ,
and the honeymoon had not as yet
waned. For the young pair the course
of true love had flowed with a smooth
ness altogether unprecedented.
There had been the first meeting ,
when the good looking , tall young
Englishman , upon whom * * %
first ou °
turned with admiration ,
heiress or
tcrcd the sllmr round-eyed
H ramFalnveathar , the Chicago-man. -
had made him
whose corner In Iron
world-famous. . ,
the dead
Gladdy's mourning for
father had only Just blended Into ton
whites , and
dcr graya and virginal
liberally adorned otherwise
the girl ,
with shy blushes , cunning dimples anu
happy smiles/was entering the wide
ly welcoming arms of society.
Gen-la Tcrapleton was the first Eng
lishman of good birth Gladdy had as
yet known. Hiram Fairweathers
"boom of luck" had not come in time
for him to take his place in the top
most circles of American , society.
It had arrived all too late for the
patient , meek helpmate who was ly
ing in a shady corner of a country
churchyard , with tired , hard-working
hands folded restfully.
It had come too late to polish their
only child Into a fashionable lady by
means of a European education ; but
Gladys was young scarcely nineteen
and rarely dainty of face and form ,
so society willingly accepted the rose ,
uncultured as it was , and petted her
unstintingly. But society could not
keep its new idol for long.
After the first shy look , the first
few stammering words. Gladdy had no
longer a heart to boast of , though she
hereeif was innocently ignorant of the
fact. For this girl there would never
be any other man than the chivalrous
English stranger whom fate 'had introduced - <
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troduced into her life. No other love
could ever take the place of that which
filled her veins with its blissful ec
stasy. Her simple heart secret was an
open page Gladdy knew no guile
wherewith to hide it.
The astute dame of fashion who , for
a certain handsome sum allowed by
the trustees of the wealthy heiress ,
took Gladdy under her wing , contented
herself with smiling blandly at the
pretty love scene going on under her
eyes.
"Happy's the wooing that's not long
a-doing. " Gervis Templeton did not
let the grass grow under his feet un
til he had secured the matrimonial
prize of the hour.
, And , to do this young Englishman
justice , he fully meant to "have and
"
to hold . . to love and to cher
ish , " this fair , sweet woman whom he
had won , until death should part
them.
"He's got what he came over here
for , " moodily said one of many dis
appointed swains.
"That's so , " observed another. "It's
always like that. Those dandy Eng
lish chaps have only to throw the
handkerchief , and the richest of our
heiresses , as well as the smartest of
our summer girls , are at their feet.
Bah ! It's sickening ! "
"Oh , come , " broke in a kindlier
spirit , "surely it's not so barefaced as
all that ? Though , now I think of it ,
he does not seem over-head-and-ears
in love with that little Fairweather .
girl. There's a look in his eyes as if
he had missed the chief aim in IIfct
and consequently didn't much care
how things went. "
Perhaps the last speaker was not
wide of the mark. Gervis Templeton
certainly had a past of his own lock
ed ' carefully away honorably away
now.
For the young man meant the vows
he took upon himself % vhen he and
trembling ' , shy Gladdy stood together
at the altar. Ho would love and serve
as well as he could the sweet , young
helpmeet God was trusting to his
care. Never should she know , if ho
could ' help it , that she had come second
end , not first , into his heart to remain
there.
So another youthful pair set out for
weal ot for woe who might say as
yet ?
( To be continued. )
King Khamn.
Khama is king of tne Bamangwato
tribe. His 40,000 subjects are called
Bechanas , because they live in Bechu-
analand ; but they resent this name
themselves , and do not acknowledge
it as a tribal term. Khama is an old
man now lean , hungry and as ugly
as can be ; but he is a very good old
man , and in his way has probably V ,
done more real good to the cause o
the natives in his part of the country
than any other two dozen native
chiefs. He will not allow any intoxl-
eating liquor whatever to be sold anywhere -
where within his dominions. He and
all his people are strict teetotallers ,
and there is a heavy fine for making
tschuala , or Kaffir beer , a compara
tively harmless decoction of fermented
mealie meal.
Humorous Census Returns. &
Many humorous features were de
veloped in the taking of the census or
1900. One question was indicated by
the remark "length of residence , "
which was expected to show how long
the people living in various localities
at the time of the census had been
there. When the reports came In "it
was found that many of these queries
were answered in figures In this way
20x40. 15 30. etc. The enumerators
had gone around with a foot rule and
had measured the length of the resi
dences of the people they counted.
Chimney in World. /
Antwerp has the highest chimney
in the world. It belongs to the Silvec
Works company and is 410 feet high ] . "
The interior diameter is 25 feet at the
base and 11 feet at the
top. fr
ArtlHcInl Xatmcfj , Analyzed.
A German chemist has analyzed the frf
artificial nutmegs that are made la
Belgium in
large
quantities.
. Th-y in
elude
various vegetables and 20 Der f
cent of mineral substances '
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