HON. W. W. ROCKIIILL.
WHO HAS OONB TO CHINA ON
AN IMPOHTANT MISSION.
tin I Well QnalMod for (ho Tank, flar
ing 1'nKncil Many Vcnr In the Land
t lloiern Served Once at Aiilitnut
Secretary of HIntr.
Wllllntn Woodvlllo Rockhlll, ap
pointed by tho president to go to China
to udviso tho government hero of tho
condition of things in the celestial em
pire, la probably bettor qualified for
that task than any other mun In Amor
ten.
Mr. llockhlll has spent many years
ns a student, explorer and traveler In
tho far east, especially In the Chlncso
empire, and has won world-wide Tunic
by his work on China and the Chi
nese. Although ho Is ns yet In tho merid
ian of bis life, Mr. llockhlll has uc-
WILLIAM W. ItOCKHILL.
jompllshed vast results In his special
ty of orientalism. lie Is tho son of
Thomas Cndwnlader Hockblll, a luwyor
of Philadelphia, and ho was educntcd
In France. Ho entered, as n lod of 11,
tho Lycee Uonuparto In Paris, and for
several years ho wns a student of tho
Chinese, Sanskrit and Thibetan lan
guages and of comparative philology
In tho CoIIpbo of Franco. In this
science tho Ficnrh nre most excellent
mastors. In 1871 bo was enrolled as a
student at tho Ecolo Mllltnlro of St.
Cyr. When ho was graduated In 1873
ho was given n commission as a lieu
tenant of tho French army In Algeria,
and sorved In that country until 1876,
when ho resigned and returned to
America.
After n short stay nt home Mr. Rock-
hill returned to ParlB to resumo his ori
ental studies. In 1884 be was well pre
pared for tho post of second secretary
to tho American legation at l'ekln, to
which he wns appointed by President
Arthur. One year later President
Cleveland raised him to the post of
secretary of legation, In which capac
ity be served until 1888.
It wns In the las nnmed year that
Mr. Hockblll began tho work which
was to mako him famous. Resigning
bis diplomatic post, bo started out up
on a Journey through mysterious Mon
golia and Thibet. For this ho had pre
pared himself by a thorough study of
tho spoken languages of China and
Thibet. He reaehod tho eastern region
of tho latter country and surveyed
rnoro tbnn 1,700 miles of theso un
known lands. On bis return ho pub
lished tho results of bis Investigations
under tho title of Land of tho Iamns,
which book Is now an authority In this
(inok
Tho volume was yot In tho review
stngo when tho daring and accom
plished author set out for a second
journey over the same territory. Ho
was gono ono year, traveled 30,000
miles and published bis observations
In bis book, Diary of a Journey In
Mongolia and Thibet. Ho was re
warded with tho Victoria gold medal
of the Royal Geographical society
and was elected honorary member of
tovoral learned Institutions and socie
ties In America and nbroud.
In 1893 Mr. Rockblll was appointed
bead elerk of the dopnrtmant of state.
In 1894 third assistant secretary of
state, and In 189G assistant secretary of
state. More recently he was assigned
to his present position of director of
the bureau of Amcrlcnn republics. His
translations from the Chineso Bacred
books rank with tho products of tho
best oriental scholars In Europe, nnd
he Is without a superior as an export
In sinology.
PHOTECTINO THE GAMG.
League Itccriitly OrBuiUt to Do tlia
V'orl.
I)Vors of tho woods and of wild ani
mals know tbnt there has been an
alarming decrease In all kinds of
North Amcrlcnn game, nnd that some
of tho noblest species are In imminent
danger of extinction. The matter Is
attracting tho attention of stnto legis
latures nnd public-spirited persons,
and bns led to the organization of tho
I.cnguo of American Sportsmen, tho
aim of which Is to cicnte a standing
army of gamo protectors, with repre
sentatives In every state and territory
of tho Union. There are now nenrly
3,000 members, Including such men as
(Jovornor Roosevelt of New York, Gov
ernor Richards of Wyoming, Dr. 0.
Hart Merrlnm, chief of the United
States Illologlcal Survey, Mr. W. T.
Horuadjy, director of tho New York
Zoological park, President .Joidan of
Lcland Stanford Junior university,
President Oilman of Johns Hopkins
university and Mr. Ernest Setou
Thompson, tho artist-naturalist. An
Illustration of the good which the
league Is doing comes from California.
Long before tho first white man en
tered tho Golden Gato a vast herd of
seals nnd sea-lions played about the
entrance to Snu Franclnco bay. Part
of tho herd' still remarns perhaps
thirty or forty thousand an object of
Interest, oven of affection, to tho peo
plo of tho state. Yet a few months
ago tho California flsii commission de
cided to have all these creatures
killed. Expert hunteis and riflemen
nnd already been engaged ; but the
leagun took the matter In hand, and
Interested the authorities at Washing
ton so cffectunlly that the herd wus
mvod. Tho protection of song and
Insectivorous birds; wnr against tho
"gamo hogs" who disfigure the papers
with pictures of thenuelves posing be
side piles of gamo or before clothes
lines full of llsb; above all, the crea
tion of a love of wild animals and a
gentlemanly nnd exalted standard of
sportsmanship these are the Interests
of tho league. At present It Is work
ing to snvo tho antclopo of our west
ern plains from going tho melancholy
way of tho buffalo.
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A Chinese Minuter.
Sir Chi Chen Lo Feng Lull, tho Chi
jeso minister to London, has beon the
nost promlnont figure ntnong tho Chi
leso diplomats in tho West slnco the
troublo began at Pckln. It is believed
that Lo Feng has been used as n kind
of clearing houso by the Chineso gov
jrnment In dealing with Its ministers
abroad. Messages and decrees hnvo
AVKATII OF SPBAGUE.
THE OLD WAR aOVERNOR TAKES
DOWN HIS OUN.
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SIR CIH CHCN LO FENG LUH.
been sent to the other ministers
through the London legitlon.
A JVcbu "DuKc.
Duke Charles Edward of Albany,
now tho Duko of Saxe-Coburg and
Ratlin, Is tho son of tho lnte Prince
Leopold, youngebt sou of Queen Vic
toria. L e o p o 1 d
How n hotelier Fret In llnttle.
Tho worst time tho soldier passes
through, saya u veteran, is not whon
ho Is under flro no mntter bow thick
tho bullets fly but about halt an hour
before tho battlo begins. Whether a
man Is a novlco or an old campaigner,
ho Is protty sure to feel solemn then.
Ills thoughts turn toward his homo
and friends; ho speculates on tho pos
sibility that he may be spending his
last hours on earth. In fact, nothing
makes so great an Impression on the
soldier's mind us tho time ho spends
just before tho battle. It sobers the
most dining and reckless men. Hut
tho mood soon passes. Within flvo or
ten minutes after the firing bns com
menced nil tho depression has disap
peared and is succeeded by a feeling of
keen excitement, amounting In some
cases to a regular frenzy. Tho soldier
sees his comrades falling around him,
but tho only Impression, ns a rule, is
ono of regret, with possibly nn Idoj
that their death must be avenged.
Duke of Albany
died In 18S4, three
months before tho
birth of his son.
The mother beforo
her marriage to
l'rtnco Leopold
wns tho Princess
Helen of Wnld-neck-Pyrmont.
sla
ter of tho Queen
of Wnldeek-Hol-1
a u d. Y o u n g
Prince Leopold
was rar removed
from tho throne of Saxo-Coburg nnd
Gotha until the death last year of tho
crown prince of the realm and the sol
emn abdication of all his rights by the
Duke of Connaught. Victoria's third
hob. Tho new ruler Is 1C years old,
and during his minority the regency
will be held by Prince Ernest of
Hohenlohe-Langenbcrg, a son-in-law
of the lato Prlnco Alfred.
Gen. Miles' Vniform.
Tho now uniform of llcutonant-gon-crnl,
which has beon built nftor designs
mndo by Gen. Miles himself, promises
to create a reform In Europo which
will bring the old-stylo military dress
of high rank up-to-date. Gen. Miles'
new regimentals nro something to
shame tho antique styles of tho conti
nent and Great Britain.
While abroad the American com
mander was impressed by tho coats
worn by various officers In tho Impe
rial army of Rus
sia. On his return
he set to work
mentally to Invent
a uniform for his
own wear. Tho
coucrcto Jesuit Is a
noblo creation of
tho art of the mili
tary tailor. Tho
coat is of a rich
dark blue material,
Illuminated with
trlplo rows of but
tons. There are
collars and cuffs of
dark blue velvet,
and tho cuffs nre
throe Inches Su
depth. There nre
gold epaulets, with solid cres
cents, bearing threo stars In
stead of two, ns under the old regime.
Tho shoulder straps, of dark blue, are
four Inches long, bordered with gold
embroidery, nnd on each strap arc three
stars embroidered In silver. In select
ing his headgenr and that of his stuff
Gen. Miles has followed the Russian
fashion, and on great occasions ho will
wear tho cap which. In Europe, seems
to bo the symbol of a great and ter
rible power. The Illustration Is utter
n photograph recently taken.
Again Threaten to tno IIU Fiunmii
Weapon Thin Tlmo on Ono Who
Reck IIU DntiRlitor'a Hand Wlmt
Will Occur Next?
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Tho old shotgun at "Canonchet" has
lately been takon down from the wall,
where It has rested for twenty odd
years, and an aged man, bowed with
many real and fnnclcd troubles, is
again keeping watch for an intruder in
his domestic affairs. This tlmo tho
prescribed man Is Orrlc A. Weed, tho
young brother of tho second Mrs.
3prucue.
Tho onco beautiful home of Ex-Governor
Sprague Is overrun with weeds
and debts. It Is n place of many mem
ories likewise. Years ago every g03-
slp In this lnnd told In whispers how
tho war governor drove from his prom
ises with tho snme shotgun a distin
guished stntcsman who had sat with
him In tho United States sennte.
When the world seemed utterly lone
ly to him, when his wife had divorced
him nnd old acquaintances at Newport,
Jamestown nnd tho pier failed tp no
tice him when ho passed by, ex-Gov-
crnor Sprague mnde n new start In life.
He married a Miss Weed, who brought
Why young Orrle and Mrs. Whoatoit
left their sister's homo bo suddenly la
only vaguely explained by the asser
tion of tho war veteran thnt ho did
not llko tho youngster's attentions to
his daughter. They were together dully,
It Is true. Everybody nt the pier has
heard tho report that "Ibo governor"
seized tho old shotgun nnd swore by
tho eternal thnt If ever Orrle showed
his face at Canonchet again ho'd riddle
his carcass. Mrs. Spraguo has lately
returned from Europe. Orrle Weed ti
building a bungalow quite near tlu
cottage where be lives. Report hai
It that Mrs. Whcaton will join hei
brother for a brief sojourn. Mean
while society nt tho pier holds It!
breath In expectancy, wondering what
will occur next.
Gen. Miles In New
Uniform.
Major Von Madai.
Ctiiiruc'liTlallt' or (llimi'iii;.
Ginseng is paraulp-shaped, and when
freshly dug Is of a white, creamy col
or. Tho root Is bitter to the taste, but
not uuplensant, nnd Is highly valued
In China for Its supposed medicinal
properties In combutlng fatlguo and
old age. In that country It enn only
bo gathered by permission of the
ruler.
Agrd Si'otrli Unlfer.
Mr. Tom Morris, the well-known
Scotch golfer, attained his 79th year
the other day, and, ns usual on his
birthday, played a round of tho St.
Andrews links. Tho veteran golfer,
notwithstanding his advanced age, Is
hale and hearty, and utmost dally en
joys his round of the links.
Hart's Sense of Humor.
Sir Robert Hart, chief of tho Chi
neso maritime customs, was a penni
less Irish lnd. yet by perseverance and
honesty he rose to the highest Euro
pean position In China. He bus a keen,
though often unsuspected, senso of hu
mor. Once when on a visit to tho
home lnnd Sit Hubert was accompanied
by a Chinaman who acted In tho dou
ble capacity of companion nnd spy. So
closely did he dog the customs offi
cial's steps as to become n general nui
sance. At lust even Sir Robert lost all
patience, and one lino moinlng the Ori
ental woke up to And that a substan
tial part of his pigtail wus missing.
Unwilling to nppear before the public
In this disgraced condition, he Insist
ed on remaining In his room, nnd Sir
Robert spent tho remainder of his
visit In peace.
In command of tho first German
mnrlne bnttnlloln It wns to him that
Emperor William nddtessed his fa
mous "no quarter" speech.
1'aMword to the. Tower.
Tho Lord Mayor Is tho only person,
besides the Queen and the Chief Con
stable who knows tho password to the
Tower of Loudon. The password Is
sent to tho Mansion House quarterly,
signed by Her Majesty.
She Snubbed Astor.
The Duchess of Buccleuch, who was
the llrst of the English aristocracy to
administer tho Irrevocable cut to Wil
liam Waldorf Astor, was tho lady who
llrst befriended the former American
In his efforts to edge himself into tho
royal set In London. She Is tho dear
friend of tho Prince and Princess of
Wales, and Is the nrbltress of fashion
for all Loudon. Tho duchess, It Is
said, was liberally paid by Mr. Astor
Improvement Is JV ceded.
Although we lead tho world In ag
gregate wheat production, In yield per
acre we uro fur behind the most en
lightened countries of Europe, nnd
'stand next In order, nnd but llttlo
nbove, tho average attained by the
miserable ryot of India or the but late
ly emancluted sort of Russia. Al
though wo make millions of pounds of
the best butter and cheeso In the world
we still expend tlmo nnd energy In
producing tons of atuff hnidly worthy
the nome of butter. We still have to
build up our roputatlon in many mar
kets where It has suffered by tho un
BcrupulouHness of some of our farm
eis and shippers. International
Monthly.
EX.-GOVERNOR SPRAGUE.
him some money and excellent social
status. That wus nineteen years
ago.
For a while the fine old homestead
took on a prosperous look. The lawns
woro shorn, tho weeds were overpow
ered nnd tho cedars, rusty grown,
shone brightly green onco more. Not
for long did this continue. Again tho
sheriffs came and once more did tho
distinguished name of Spragucadomtho
court calendar. Dut officers of tho law
were warned off. The trusty shotgun
hung In Its place untouched. Tho old
governor and his young wife played
happiness against poverty.
To them a daughter was horn, who
Is today nearlng her 18th year. Tho
young nnd pretty Mrs. Sprague had a
sister, Mrs. Avis Whenton, wife of Col
onel Oarrltt Smith Wheaton of Wash
ington. She nnd her husband were
frequent visitors nt Canonchet In later
years, spending n largo part of each
summer season there. They were
well known and liked nt the pier and
gavo social prestige to tho waning for
tunes of the Spragucs.
Colonel Wheaton died In tho winter
of 1899. With the Whentons generally
camo a younger brother of the two sis
ters, Orrle A. Weed, ns he Is popularly
known among the Metropolitan club
set of the capital. Ho has been n con
stant guest every summer since he wns
ten years old. Tbnt covers a period
of fifteen summers, because he Is just
turned 25. He hns nlways been a wel
come visitor of the family and ho was
popular with the Casino frequenters
it the pier.
This summer young Orrle mado his
nppenranco ns usual. His coming at
tracted no attention, being a matter of
course. No change wnB observablo In
his welcome. But tho other day ho
suddenly left Canonchet and moved
with all his traps to a small cottage
on the Kingston road.
Illcycles are now largely used
placo of horses on cattle ranches.
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niona county. In southern California, during the leuuilnder of bis lite. It
lives a man who In hid day wns
counted tho most skillful poker player
who over "cashed In a chip." It wu.i
be who taught tho principle of poke
to tho Prince of Wales, and In 1S7U
when Gen. Phil. Sheridan was In
Paris, ho wns aHked to show in Kms i
nn aspirant than tho Emperor Napu- ,
leon 111. the mysteries of tho giu.it
American gnmo.
3lxty-threo yenis ago Georgo Albro
vas born In Philadelphia. When a
boy no went to Washington us n pago
In tho United States senate. At the
national capital ho saw tho high roll
ers of congress gathered about the
card tables and there he picked up his
llrst knowledgo of tho game, After
wards ho developed Into n professional
gambler, and for years ho was known
tin all tho largo cities of tho country
hs a man for whom "tho only limit
waa tho celling." Fortunntcly for him
self Albro had a devoted sister who
from tlmo to tlmo persuaded him lo
Invest n portion of hlB winnings In ronl
estate, and, therefore, he now finds
THE ACADEMIC IDEAL.
"Tho I'erfcot Gentleman" from French
1'olnt of View.
Literature is backed by tho Institu
tions, nbove all by tho French acad
emy. It Is nn error to suppose thnt
the academy exists mainly for tho puri
fication of the language nnd for the
completion of tho dictionary. Itt
great aim Is the production of the nor
mal man of letters, tho equipoised per
sonality of wisdom, gravity, gaycty,
tho harmony of sometimes conflicting
opposltes which old-fashioned people
look for in the perfect writer. This
product of fancy Is ns exquisitely pro
portioned ns n Greek temple. All hit
powers nre subordinate to sovereign
reason, working In n medium of good
taste. TaBte Is the enemy of excess, so
he has to bo not too much of anything
but Just exnetly enough a sort ol
Grandlson of the desk. Of course hi
Is only Chesterfield, with tho differ
enco of tho application to ethical char
acter, and Chesterfield, it is needle!
to say, was French to tho heart's core
That noblo lord's Ideal In manners Is
tho ncademy's Ideal In literary art.
His forgotten and overmuch derided
letters should bo read again as a help
to tho comprehension of this singular
Institution whoso concern is tho good
breeding of style. Whero he enjoins
dignity of demeanor and warns against
horse play, romping, loud fits of
laughter, Jokes, and wagglshness In
company, the academy condemns their
analogues In books. The man who
takes the floor In print Is, In tho ncad
emy's view, only tho buffoon of a
larger society than the ono that Ches
terfield had In his mind. As the good
llttlo child of nursery ethics is
seen, not beard, so tho good little
writer of the academic Idoal is beard,
but not seen. Lie low In self-assertion;
disdain to shine by tricks, says
tho academy. Whoever Is known In
company, says my lord, for tho sake ol
any one thing singly, Is singly thai
thing, nnd will never be considered lr.
any other light. It Is tho plea for uni
versal, for balance. Chesterfield'!
contempt for the man who boasted
that bo had written for three years
with the sumo pen, und that It was an
excellent good one still, Is the academy
to a hair. It was an Individualizing
boast, and tho grand style knows noth
ing of Individualism. His horror ol
those who have a constant smirk on
tho faco nnd a "whiffling" (precious
word) nctivlty of tho body may be
matched by tho ncademy's horror ol
tho professional humorist. His scorn
of proverbs nnd of cant sayings Is the
ncademy's scorn of cheap and easy
inference. His admiration of the man
who comes Into compnny without th
least bashfuliioss or shceplshness, bul
with a modest confidence nnd ease, la
tho academy's admiration of the
writer who makes no attempt ta
recommend his work by tricks ol
apology, but Just leaves It to spenk for
Itself. His pregnant saying that the
wise man will live nt least twlco as
much within his wit as within his In
come Is tho ncudemy once more. Tlu
Century.
We never know the true value of,
friends. While they live, wo are too
sensitive of their faults; when wo hnvo
lost them, we only see their virtues.
J. C. and A. W. Hnre.
A "Deep Mystery.
What has happened to James Booth
by Burke-Roche, member of the Brit
ish parliament for Kerry? In he fight
ing the Boxers in
China, Is he pros
pecting In tho
Klondike, or has
ho been foully
dealt w 1th or
killed by accident?
None of Mr.
Roche's friends In
New York o r
Washington can
answer these ques
tions, and the M.
P.'s bnggago has
been stored nway by tho proprietor of
Holland House, New York, ponding
tho clearing up of tho mystery. Mr.
Roche registered at the Holland Hoiuo
In April from London. Ho left there
about May 15, saying he would soon
return, nnd leaving orders that his
room bo not disturbed. Since then ho
has never been heard from.
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GEORGE ALBRO.
has beon several years since bo bus
gambled, nnd at present lie rofuses to
play even u game of whist, The sight
of a card, he declares, Is repulsive to
him.
DUCHESS OF BUCCLEUCH.
for her patronage, and there Is no
question but that she gavo quid pro
quo. Tho outrageous Insult to Sir
Berkeley Milne, however, wiped out
tho money obligation, nnd she Joined
heartily with loyalty when royalty
pronounced tho doom of the snob from
Now York. Tho duchess beforo her
marriage In 1S84 was tho Lady Juno
Hamilton, third 'laughter of the first
Duke of Amercorn. Sho Is mistress of
lobes to Queen Victoria.
Uoo Had for the 'Boy.
In endeavoring to abolish the tlme
honoied title of "brakeman" ou pas
senger trains, railroad officials arc
striking n blow nt one of the bmall
boy's first heroic Idoals In life. The
dofenao of the railroad man Is that
binkemen lrive ccns.d to be brake
men, slnoo nowadays, owing to air
brakes, they have nothing to do w'th
"braking" In a legitimate sense, it h
truo thnt the brakeman mnlntatns his
established riant of ctlllng tho narr.s
of stations In his own perploxlng way,
but otherwise his duties nre very dif
ferent from what thoy wcro twonty
years ago. It la, therefore, proposed
to call tho brakeman "anjUtant con
ductor." Ex.
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nenvnl In China comes to bo written a
chapter will certainly be devoted to
tho exploits of a young woman whom
California people knew not many
years ago as Lizzie McCarthy. She was
born and brought up on n ranch and
beenmo skillful with the rlflo nnd fear
less In the pursuit of big game. The
family moved to San Francisco, where
six years ago the young Amazon met
Alfred F. Chnmof, a Frenchman, whom
lovo of adventure hud led to travol
over the world. They fell In lovo and
were married. Soon after tho young
couple moved to Pekln, China, whero
they opened the Pekln hotel, wnicn im
mediately became a great resort for
Europeans In the celestial kingdom.
On the last day of May word came
to Pekln that the Boxers had broken
out Into open rebellion at Chang Hsln
Tien, ten miles from Pekln, and that
they had surrounded and were fiercely
attacking n party of thirty French rail
way engineers nt that point. Tho wives
of tho Fronchmen who wero In danger
wero guests of Mrs. Chnmot nt tho Po
kin hotel, and to hor they nppcalod
with tearH and lamentations. Fortu
nntely sho was exactly tho woman for
the emergoncy. She hurried to the
French embassy and through tho good
offices of tho French minister scared
the services of a company of Chinese
soldiers and of nine Europoans. With
this small party sho set out nt once to
tho rescuo of tho besieged engineers.
Mrs, Chamot was obliged to lead her
force through a hostile country and to
cut her way through tho great mnss of
funntlcs which surrounded tho camp of
tho engineers, but she finally succeed
ed in reaching them, and In spite of
all obstacles brought thom safely
MRS. A. F. CHAMOT.
through to Pekln. Therefore tho Eu
ropean residents of Pekln spenk hor i
nnmo with prldo, nnd nro agreed thar'
sho desorves at the least the decora
tion of tho Legion of Honor,
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