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LEGATION LIFE IN PEKIX
Dow a Few Marines Gould Keep Back the
Fanatio Hortlo.
DUCAL PALACES TURNLD INTO FORTS
IjKirrlrni'i of lie- lliiviijn llefiire
ami Diii lnu I In- f I luecr
CunliitiiN or SiiimtnnIiiii In
ilu- llnmciti.'l'lirdiic,
Tho succession to I ho Dragon Throne o(
China Is hereditary, but It tint's not, how
ever, descend to uny particular son of the
lelgnlng emperor. Tho choice nsunlly falls
on the olilt'Ht hod, but tho emperor Is Blip
posed to curofuliy wulch nntl Judge the abll
ltli's of his different suns unil choose for the
euecesslnn thut one which would make tho
best emperor anil give his people the wlBest
und mott peaceful rule. Should tho emperor,
however, ille without making any selection
tho princes of the family, being Iho brothers
or uncles of the emperor Just deceased, mo?t
togethor nnd from the generation succeed
Ill); that of the late emperor select somo
on of tho family to occupy tho throne. For
those members of tho family who are not
r.o fortunate as to be selected for tho suc
cession great tlucnl palaces are selected and
assigned to them for toyul residences. Th
forbidden city In tho heart of tho city of
l'ekln Is of course the residence of tho om
peior himself, and to this city U brought
Iho member of the family who Is selected
us Iho heir apparent. Hut outside of tho
forbidden city l'ekln Is dotted with tho groat
parks or compounds that surround those
loyal ducal palaces. The grounds usually
rnngn from two to live ncres In area and
ro surrounded by high brick walls of great
itrength, cutting them off completely from
the sound and smells of tho city outside.
No llrreilllitry Nobility.
Tho Chinese have always been opposed to
iny hereditary nobility, and while these
lucal pnlaecs are assigned as Imperial resl
lences to sons of tho reigning monarch It
!s always with tho provision that when the
lauilly of the occupant has. by the opera
tion of t'hltu'Fo law (which provides that
tnperlal descendant lose 0110 degrco In rank
utth each generation until the third) when
Ihcy have been reduced to tho level of the
lommou people, tho palaces then revert to
Iho crown for reassignment to sons of tho
then reigning monarch. It Is on account oi
Ihls peculiar law that tho paluccs of Pekln
jro occupied by un ever-changing popula
lion, first princes of the blood, then their
children and grandchildren In succession
lifter them, thou the vacation of the palace
and its reassignment ngain to princes of
tho reigning finally.
The fourth ueuorntlon from the royal fam
ily has no olllclal title or rank; still nil
rorsons of royal descent, to tho remotest
generation, are allowed to wear the yellow
girdle, lndlcatlo of their royal descent
These yellow glrdlo men, or Huang Datzas
uro one of tho features of 1'cklii. Many of
IhtMii have ii'horltcd wealth from their royal
nncestorn nnd are prominent men In theli
community. Hut others have fared differ
ently with fortune. Somo hang around the
Imperial olllcea seeking tho humblest em
ploymeut; ethers are tho scribes and teach
ers, nnd even domestic borviuus may bo
found wearing the yellow girdle.
Uiit'iil I'ltlitoon fur (Mir IOhvojm,
Tho treaty which closed tho Krouch and
Kugllsh war In 1S0O llrut granted to tho
powers tho right to maintain their ombas
sles In tho Chinese capltnl. In the early
days, before tho building of tho r.illrond
from Tltu Tslu to l'ul.ln, tho lino of travel
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was up tho river to Tung Chow anil thenco
into tho tapltal through tho cast ono of
the southern gntes of tho city Kntcrlng
l'ekln through this gate, tho forbidden
city with Its Imperial palaces lay to the
west, and It was but nntural that the first
envoys should turn up tho first street lead
ing toward the palaces. It so happened
that this street hud been for centuries the
quarter In which lodged tno envoys from
tho tribute-paying nolglibnrs of the Chinese
empire. Coreans, Mongols, Tibetans and
Indo-Chinese, and tho street which Is
known among foreigners as Legation street
is called by tho Chinese tho street of tri
bute nations. Tho fact that tho foreigners
established themselves In this quarter has
In a largo mensuro lnlluenccd tho Chinese
In their treatment of them, nnd, while n
mlstako was made In this respect, still the
early ambassadors chose wlsoly In selecting
for their residences the handsomest of the
then unoccupied palaces belonging to tho
crown.
Tin- I'lun 1:hkIIhIi l.rKutlon.
Tho English selected a largo palace
which lay nlnng tho west side of a cnn.tl
that drains the lakes within tho forbidden
city nnd lies Just north of Kegntlou street
The qualntness and Oriental magnificence
of these ducal palaces has been largely
preserved by tho legations that havo occu
pied them. The tnasslvo entrances stand
unchanged, tho open pavlllions with their
lacquered pillars nnfl rich carvings nre
used as ball rooms. Tho courts nnd ar
bors and walks, with their rookeries and
terraces, still stand, but the details of tho
dwelling houses have been changed to suit
tho requirements of modern comfort, and
thero Is little comparison between the se
verely simple furnishings of tho former
Chinese occupants and the luxuriously fur
nished saloons of tho modern nmlmssndora.
(ilass windows anil tight doors have re
placed the old Chinese fret work and
paper windows, while chimneys havo been
built in ovory avnilablo corner. Tim win
ters In l'ekln are cold nnd whero Chlnesi
find comfort In wearing additional suits of
clothes tho white tunn Insists on his llres
to keep warm, and the ninny chimneys
built In these .old palaces havo so dis
turbed the spirits of their former occupants
that they have caused moro discussion
than affairs of stnto.
Ilnw Iht- l.rmKloiix Wert- Dofi-mleil.
The heavy walls which surround these
legal Inns hao proved effective means ot
defense, while tho Chlncso mothod of
building hoiuos up against each other nnd
their numerous alleys hiiiI courts nnd nar
row passages, and their many back gntes
olfer such facilities for "underground"
communications as enn bo found In ik
other olty In the world. Tho British lega
tion, In which such a small hand of ma
rines has been able to ilofy Chinese hordes
numbering tons of thousands, is adjoined
on both the north and south by the com
pounds of friendly Chinese. At tho north
west corner wero tho Imperial carriage
yards, on tho west wero still othor en
closures of friendly Chinese, while the stu
bio gales nt the southwest corner of t tit
legation opened Into a largo Chinese mar
ket. The walls around tho legation, al
most three feet thick, have been cui
ihrough into the compounds of the frlcndh
Chinese anil through them and from the
Chinese market It was an easy matter to
Binugglo supplies and provisions, nnd alsn
to spy on tho besieging mobs around them
These legations are. In fact, llttlo cltlCH
within themselves. Tho Kngllsh legation
has on Its premises no less than eight ot
ten different walls and covers an area of
ibout six ucres. There nro separate es
tnbllslinients for tho minister and for the
first and secoud secretaries of tho lesa
tlon. extensive qunrters nnd barracks for
consular students nnd military escorts
private stables for tho minister and pen-
oral stables for others of the legation, a
doctor's house and a hospital, a parsonage
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and a chapel, a school and homes for
teachers, besides' extensive qunrters for
servants.
Tho other legations, exrept tho Amer
ican, aro maintained on tho same general
plan, though nono of them on so elaborate
a scnle as that maintained by the Kngllsh.
Tilt- Aiiierli'itii 1, emit Ion.
Th" American legation occupies tho
most humble quarters of nny foreign em
bassy. On the south sldn of Legation
street. Just beyond an old mnrblo brljlgo
that crosses tho canal, it lies in the
shadow of the great wall of tho Tartar
city. The Chinese cannot understand nnd
hnvo never ceased to wonder nnd specu
late on how ono who Uvea bo simply as
tho Amerlcnn minister can exact such con
sideration and respect from tho embassa
dors of tho other powers, who maintain
court with oriental splendor in tho mag
nificent old palaces of the Manchu princes.
Some havo complained that llfo In I'o-
kin was almost exile. For many years It
was comparatively quiet. Tho ministers
had little to do looking after the interests
of their governments and thero were few
complaints from their citizens engnged In
trade throughout tho empire. Tho de
lightful summers wero spent In tho old
temples on the famous western hills over
looking tho plain surrounding l'ekln. Ex
cursions nnd sldo trips to tho great wall,
tho Ming Tombs, the summer palace, tho
beautiful deer park or to the royal potter
ies, whero tho beautiful yellow, green nnd
blue porcelains which adorn tho Imperial
palnces aro made under tho direction of a
descendant of tho original Inventor, fur
nished about all tho exoitemeul that was
to be found. In the winter time the suc
cession ot stato dinners nnd legation balls
wero arled with lco carnivals hold In tho
skating links, which wero mndo by Hood
ing the tennis courts In tho legatlnu
grounds and housing them over with sheds
uf bamboo matting.
IJver since tho outbreak of tho Japanese
war, when tho moving nrmles of Chlncso
soldiers from provinces where foreigners
were unknown began to mnko It dangerous
to wander about tho city ns tho legation
peoplo had formerly done, thero havo
been secret treaties, waves of reform nnd
reat reactions, riots, beheadings, hurried
lllghts. rumors of uprisings, abdications,
the coming and going of legation guards,
md now, nt last, tho deluge.
OT'Y MOHHISON' WALKER.
l.lkt- tin- Ileal Till n u.
Chicago I'ost: "No, wo didn't gn tn the
seashore this summer," she explained.
"Wo found It wasn't necessary. With a Ht
,lo Ingonulty wo found wo wero ublo to
havo nil the principal features of a sum
mer resort right hero In tho city."
"How dbl you arrange It?"
"Why, wo shut up all of tho house o.
iept tho two smallest bedrooms nnd prac
tlcally lived In those. Then wo put about
three luches of sand on the collar floor
and at It o'clock every day wo donned
bathing suits and sat around In the sand,
chatting and telling stories. In tho nfter
noons wo put on our prettiest summer
"lothos nnd gathered on the back porch to
gossip and relnto scandals. Oh, It was
u3t like the real thing "
I'rt'Vi'iiiPil ii Triiuet!)-.
Timely Information given Mrs. flcorgo
Long of New Strnltsvlllo, 0 saved two
lives. A frightful cough hnd long kept her
awako ovory night. She had tried many
remedies and doctors but steadily grow
worse until urged to try Dr. King's New
Plsiovery. Ono bottlo wholly cuted her,
and she writes, this marvelous mod Id no
aUo cured Mr. Long of a severo attack of
pneumonia. Such cures aro positive proof
of Its power to cure all throat, chest anil
lung troubles. Only BOe and 11.00. Guar
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F O
REAL RESORTS OF SllMER
Placos Whero tho Temperature Fasily Ex
ceeds tho Century Mark.
WARM SPOTS ON THE NATION'S BOSOM
.imv tirk SlinliP llfintln with Hm-II'
neennti- (ieiit-rnl lliiinhlMj Clieel-M
tin- I'net- if .Mereurj (iil
(OKII Colill.v MlKlltl).
Tho first half of August gave New York
nnd adjacent cities u real warm spell.
......inn,, uhnn.lv the mortnlity roll, causing
automatic flro alarms to ring nnd produc
ing hero and there nn nspnau urn
streets paved with that material. So
paralyzing was the temperature In the
crowded canyons of tho metropolis that
i. 1 ci,i,Mit.,i Rtnnd nuhasl and sent
mill-imi. ....r," -
condolences to tho Buttering Klckerbork-
ers. Hut thero are hotter spois on cum
than Ootham In midsummer, and tho New
York Tribune consoles tho natives with a
rovlow of them, neglecting, however, to
tnke Into account general humidity's added
discomfort to U5 degrees in tho shndo. Here
Is tho Trlbune'H perspiring soug:
Tho summer temperatures In tho north
caBtcrn part of the rutted States this year
have been moro extreme than usuil. Hut
thero nro other places In this country, to
say nothing of other lands, whore tho
weather Is far morn Intolerable than It
has been In tho metropolis for tho Intit
few weeks.
Ocncrally speaking. It is both hotter In
summer nnd cooler In winter In the henrt
of a continent than near Iho ocean. In
Now York City this season tho highest
temperature has been 05 degrees. Olllclnl
thermometers rnrcly go abovo 100 degrees
here, and thero nro few winters when tho
mercury gets down to zero. Hut out In
North Dakota and Montana 40 nnd CO de
grees below zero Is the regulation thing
in December and January, and records of
SO degrees below are not uncommon.
Nevertheless, for n portion of tho summer
It Is nlwnys hotter In those states than In
Now York. The mercury has been above
ino degrees several times In North Dakota
and Montnnn this season, nnd records of
10,1 nnd 110 degrees have been tnado re
peatedly In that region in past years.
'lilt- Heal Kent llt'll.
Tho heat Is more continuous, though, In
n belt that extends from Texas across New
Mexico and Arizona to the extreme south
eastern corner of California. Thus for
July tho mean temperature of Rio Grande
City, on tho gulf, Is 85 degrees, or 11 de
grees hotter than a normal July In the
metropolis. A number of placet) In north
ern Texas havo recorded n maximum of
110 degrees, and El I'aso has experienced
113 degrees. l-'ort Yuma, Ariz., at tho
mouth of the Colorado river, hns nn aver
age temperature In July of 02 degrees, or
IS degrees higher than that of this olty.
Yuma's highest Individual flight of the
mercury was IIS degrees. This Ilguro has
been beaten by one tlegrco at I'hoenlx nnl
Kort McDowell, In the sarao territory.
So far as well Authenticated records go,
the deserts of California, Just over tho lino
from Arizona, const Unto tho hottest part
of tho American continent. Death valley
encloied by parnllil r;.ns;es of mountains
and covered with glittering white salt, has
long been famous for It terrors, but not
until 1S91 was It systematically investi
gated. Writing beforo thnt time, General
Greoly expressed tho belief that there was
not a well authenticated record of I HO de
grees In tho United States, but the wi.uher
bureau expedition to Death allcy irportcd
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for July, 1891 . a mean temperaturo of 102
degrees ami a maximum of 122 degrees.
Hy those who scrutinized their proof care
fullv this will probably bo regarded an
high water mark for this eountrj. It
should be noted, however, that l'rof. O. K.
Gilbert mentions In "Johnson's Encyclo
pedia" that In 1SS7 tho thermometer rose
In 12S degrees In tho Colorado desert,
which lies near tho southern boundary of
California, only a ithort distance west of
Yuma. Hut l'rof. Gllbort does not specify
by whom the observation was made, nor
under what circumstances. Yet, even if
those figures should be discarded by tho
rrlllcnl, ns some others certainly should bo,
II w 111 still remain truethat in Death valely
tho temperature has been 20 degrees hot
ter fur a month at n time than It was In
New York during Inst month nnd Hint n
maximum hns been reached thero which
heals that of this city In 1000 by 27 de
grees. Trm pern t u ri- In the Sun.
Tho foregoing dntn all relate to shado
temperatures. It has hern a dllllciilt mat
ter to determine nccurately tho heat of
sunshine. The effects ot solar heat cer
tainly Miry with the color of a man's ral
nont. Hlnck absorbs nnd light hues ro
lled heat. The Instrument employed to
take sun temperatures has Its bulb care
fully blackened and Is then sealed Insldo
another globe, In which a vacuum hns
been secured. Now, a black bulb ther
mometer In New York generally registers
from .15 to 50 degrees higher than nn or
dinary filiade tliormomter which Is prop
erly shollered and not twenty feet uwny.
The illtference between the two readings
depends largely on the amount of dust,
moisture and other Impurities in tho at
mosphere, but In the dry, pure air of a
mountain ellmato tho black bulb ther
mometer rends from 70 to 80 degrees
higher than the other Instrument. A
traveler in Death valley exposed to tho
full sunshino of a July afternoon nnd
wearing black garments nnd hat might not
actually experience a hent represented by
200 degrees, but ho could not tell tha dif
ference by his feeling.
South America Is smaller than the north
ern half of the continent and, though
crossed by tho cquntor, does not nppear
to present Just the right combination of
conditions for greater hent than Is found
In somo portions of tho United States.
When tho upper Amazon nnd Orinoco aro
explored moro thoroughly than heretofore
It Is not unlikely that new records will
bo made, but nt present the highest tem
peratures nro credited to British Guiana.
Hilt Illlll'N llf llllllll,
Tho most sustained heat and the greatest
extremes In the Old World nre found In a
region that reaches from the southern base
of tho Himalayas to Central Africa. In the
Punjab. Slnde and the northwestern prov
inces of India winter yields to summer
rather nbruptly nt tho end of April. May
and Juno nre the hottest months of the
year. Some tlmo during July the rains set
In nnd make It cooler, even If more uncom
fortable. Hut In May nnd June an Inlentely
dry heat prevails. Tho people try lo mod
ify lt--ihut Is, In their houses by hnnglng
wet grass screens In Iho doorwnys, bringing
Into play revolving fnns icnlled "thorm
nntldntes") and having their servants swing
punkahs over their couches.
In his classic work on the ellmato of
India Hlnnford gives these temperatures
for Juno, 1SS5: I'oshawur, average, SO, or 15
degrees higher than the normal teinpernturo
for July In Now York. Hyderabad, average,
ll; maximum, 100. Lahore, average, 03;
maximum, 107. The mean for Agra was 95
di'Krees nnd for Jncohobad 96. At most of
the stations Isolated maxima In other
months that year were fully 8 or 10 degrees
higher than Uioko Just given. The highest
record was 117 degrees. Hut in other years
122 degrees havo been registered Hlanford
;ea;a thut ordinarily In Hummer the mnx.ma
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In northwestern India rango from 112 to 120
degrees. And as the nlr Is exceedingly dry
In that part f tho world tho black bulb
thermometer often rends 70 nnd 80 degrees
higher thnn the shndo thermometer.
A similar state of things prevails In Af
ghanistan. Turkish Kurdistan nnd Arabia.
A not well authenticated maximum of 117
degrees has been nscrlbcd to Mossoul, near
Hngdad. Mnssawah, n small Island on the
Egyptinn side of the Red sea, has a mean
temperature In July of 99 degrees. This Is
apparently a little worse than anything in
India, but the maximums at Massawah nro
doubtless kept down by the nearness of the
water and probably do not reach 120 de
grees. Solium Not So llnil.
The nonulnr stinnosltlon that tho Sahara
desert is tho hottest place on tho globe Is
probably not erroneous, but It seems to
lend liv onlv n narrow margin. Satisfactory
evidence on this point Is yet lacking. The
best that experts can do Is to note the tem
peratures of adjacent districts, (ireeiy cues
i?i 15 nnd 127.1 decrees nn the southern
boundary of Algeria nnd adds Hint these
aro "probably tho highest observed with
rellablo and properly exposed instruments.
Krntt. nt tho bend of tho Hrltlsh weather
service, gives a record of 130 degrees for
Murzuk. In Uozzan, on tho northern edge
of tho Snhnrn. and Lootnis has somewhere
picked up tho statement that 13.1 degrees
wero observed In Africa. Hut it Is not clear
how fnr these llgures are lo bo trusted,
Oreely was doubtless fnmlllar with them
when he mndo tho remark Just quoted.
If Gilbert's maximum for tho Colorado
district (128 degrees) should be Ignored, the
highest Amerlcnn record would be 122 de
grees In Death valley. This is Identical
with lllanford's for India. Algeria litis al
ready beaten this by 5 degrees or more and
It Is not Improbable that some dny n trusty
rernrd of something better will bo obtained
In tho Sahara.
IMtATTI.H OI'' THIS Y01IX(!STKIS.
Tho new minister had n decidedly slow de
livery. "Mamma," exclaimed Heth after
the service. "I wish they'd sent us n
higher-geared speaker."
"Does your father know very much?"
asked ono small boy of another,
"Well," replied tho other, "ho knows mo,
and I'm a good deal."
Small Hoy What do they call a king,
pa?
Father "His majesty."
Small Hoy Well, If they cnll a king "his
maJoKty" what do thoy call an ace?
"I suppose," said Miss Snnpp's fiance,
"you'll bo sorry when I marry your sister
and tako her awny to llvo with me."
"No," replied her little brother. "I never
did like you much, anyhow."
"Who wns Oeorgo Washington, Nolllo?"
asked tho teacher of a llttlo girl In tho
primary department.
"Ho wns Mrs. Washington's second hus
band," was the truthful but rather unex
pected reply.
Mamma (bent on conveying a lesson In
deportment) Tommy, did you notice what
a noise Eddlu Stnpleford mndo In oatlnn
when ho was hero yesterday?
Mamma's Hoy Yes. but ho can't nwko
half as much noise ns I can. Just listen
to me eating this mush an' milk, will you?
"Mamma," said llttlo Johnny at tho
breakfast table I ho other morning, "this Is
awful old butter, Isn't It?"
"Why do you think II Is old, dear?" asked
his mother.
" 'Cause " replied Johnny, "1 Just found
,a gray hair In It."
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BETTER DAYS DAWN ON NOW!
Men Who Can "Hustlo" Ara Finding Wealth
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til llllllll In (ioNIMl.
I. N. Simpson, superintendent of iho De
partment of Kxhlbll.i at the Greater America
Exposition, has pust returned from a visit
to tho Capo Nome mining country, whither
ho went last May In company with his son,
Frost, and Roscne Homnn of (his oily, lln
rencheed homo a few days slnre, leaving his
fcnn In Seattle, where he will remain for
some months. Mr. Simpson brlngH back a
less doleful slnry of conditions existing In
Nome nnd enjoys higher hopes for tho
prospect (hero than most of tho Otntihn
peoplo who have returned from this frozen
region of fabled wealth.
"Wo were at work on tho bench up there,"
snld Mr. Simpson, "nnd 1 want lo tell you
thnt every three-Inch pump and four-horse
power gasoline englno nt work on thu bench
has made money, but nil tho inrgo plants
that required coal for their operation have
mado no money. Tho luckiest mini up there
this year was u Mr. I'rlrp of Seattlo. In n.
live weeks' run with two shifts of men of
about seven men to the shift ho has taken
out nn inerage of ,1.- (o $10 a day pur man.
There has been taken out during Iho sea
son, nlnng tho beach from Shlnook down to
Golvln bay, n dlstanco of about 115 miles,
between $2,750,000 nnd $.1,000,000. Thnt was
ilonn In about two months.
"Among tho creek claims (ho most suc
cessful was tho Llndermnn claim, out of
which wns taken In twenty-eight ilayB over
$.100,000. II wns then shut down becausn
tho claim of Llndermiin was contested on
tho ground thnt ho Is an nllen. He Is
Swedo and has not completed tils naturaliza
tion. It was nothing for them to Hike nut
from $25 to $30 to tho pan on discovered
claims.
OiiiiiIiii Jlrn NliMd- (iolil.
"Thero nro two men up thero from Otnnha
who aro coming back hero homo day with
money. They tire Adams, a former Omiiha
nttoruey, and a companion named Sheehan.
Thoy nro located two miles east of 1'eiiny
river and nro In a fair wny lo get rich.
"Yes, I snw Cnplnln Rustln up thero, and
If ho had takun my advice he would probnbly
have lived to return to Omaha. Wo hnd
been out on n trip together and when we
returned ho had become nftllcted with a
cold. I Insisted that ho should go to hl
room and take ram of himself, but ho good
naturedly lnughed off my npprehonalons.
snld Jokingly In exposition pnrlnnco that
'we were up hero to get a concession and
were going to get II ' The next day ho was
In tho hospital and the following dny hn
died.
"Hut when people talk about It being nn
healthy up there thoy aro wrong. Tho
death lato at Nome Ih not within 30 per
cent ns high as It was either at Cripple
Cieek or Credo and most of the sickness
Is dun to Inck of care mid to exposure hnd
strong drink. It is so In every mining camp.
There Is nnlly a delightful ellmnto lii
summer nt Nome, nnd tho weather was tn
much niter up there that Captain Rusiln
mid I were much surprlu'd. Yes, I nm go
ing baik next spring. Thero nro plenty of
opportunities up thero for tho rustler, but
'he man who iruilil not rnml,. i,r i.
J bus-.itieis up there. "