K.crca's Cretan "Prince.
Prince Kui Who , second ton of the
king of Korea , and heir apparent to
the throne , hns just come to this coun
try for the purpose of mastering the
English language. Eul Wha will prob
ably attend the University of Califor
nia or Lcland Stanford , Instead of go
ing cast , as was his ( list intention.
The prince Is of small stature and very
dark , resembling the Japanese In his
general characters. He is In tha care
of Sin Bft Too , second secretary of the
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f
PRINCE EUI WHA.
Korean legation nt Washington , who
is acting as interpreter for the royal
Oriental.
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Profits' Forkiddcn.
In considering a bill granting the
English City of Rochdale authority to
build and , oncrote municipal tram
ways , the- Police and Sanitary com-
inltteo of the House of Lords , , acting
on its own motion , recently added an
amendment forbidding the applica
tion of any profits from the undertak
ing to.tho general expense ofitho city ,
or to any purpose , other than the
needs of the service and the reduction
of fares. This action was not without
ono or two legislative precedents and
accords with the prevailing practice of
Glasgow and most other British mu
nicipalities in their "municipal trad
ing" enterprises.
Cricket's "Wane in England.
Cricket is said to bo' losing Its popu
larity in England. In several of the
British newspapers this is discussed
as an established fact-and it is said to
bo duo to somewhat the same reasons
that have led to the decadence of
.baseball In the ; United Spates , Just
as hero professionalism has ruined the
national game , so the snmq evil stems
to have arisen hi England. It scorns
that the beat cricket clubs are made up
of iprofessionals and alleged amateurs
who are really professionals and do
little else than play the game and reap
financial benefit thereby moio or less
surreptitiously.
"Princess Wants "Divorce.
Mallo of Mocklcnbsrg-Strelltz , who
BUOS for a divorce , and the Royal Lady
who was match-maker , many kings ,
queens and other royal persons are
unhappy in the
married i elation ,
but for reasons of
fitato must bear the
unpleasant yoke.
Princess Marie of
Mecklonberg - Strc-
lltz Is no exception.
She and her hus
band , Count Jn-
matel , do not find
life one
PrinccEs Marie. BWCct BOI1K'
so she is suing for
a separation. She and her husband ,
who is the son of a wealthy Paris pat-
cnt medicine manufacturer , plighted
w \thelr troth under the sponsorship of
&e Infanta Eulalle of Spain , who was
the guest of the city of Chicago during
the World's Fair in 1893.
Modern Immigration.
During the llbcal year which ended
on June 30 last 341,711 foreigners en
tered this country through the port of
New York. Probably the total immi-
cratlon for the year will not fall far
short of 530,000. The noteworthy anc }
not altogether agreeable difference be
tween the Immigration of 11)00 ) and
that , of . lrty years ago is that now
most of the newcomers are from
southern and eastern Europe , while
they used to be from western and
northern Europe.
Municipal Steamboat.
The ' efforts of thn I oudon County
Council'towards establishing a pas-
Be.ngort steamboat service on the
Thames following the collapse of
private enterprise in respect to such
service have passed from the stngo of
theoretical discussion to that of detail
ed study. The Rivers committee of
the council has preuared a definite
scheme , which Is being conoldered as
the basin for application to parliament
for the requisite powers.
Music as you "Pedal.
A Chicago man In responsible for
in Inxoijtion which. If generally adopt-
I'd. li destined to turn the boulevards
Into temples of music. The Chicago
man calls his do-
vlco a musical bi
cycle. It consists
of nn attachment
to nn ordinary
wheel by m ans of
which as a bicycle
rider pedals along
his wheel thrown
ozrt a tmccoBslon of
nniBlcal airs. The
frame of the musi
cal attachment Is
HO made that It fits Musical Wheel.
exactly Into that of
an ordinary bicycle. On this frame are
stretched piano wlrcn.whlch are struck
by nmull hammers located on the
cross-piece. The.e hammern are actu
ated by a nmall cylinder , which In turn
gets its power from the crank shaft.
Jiy cnanging the small cylinder any
number of different tunes may bo
played , and the time can be made faster
or slow as the rider drives his wheel.
Perhaps the most Important part of
the entire Invention Is a device by
which the music can bo entirely shut
off If desired.
The Armor "Plate Contracts.
The navy department has just adver
tised again for bids on the entire
amount of over 30.000 tons of armor
plato for the now battleships and
cruisers authorized by the last two
sessions of Congress. It has acted
wisely in no doing. Hitherto two firms
have monopolized the armor plate
business , but the tccont bids have
brought out n third , the Mldvulo com
pany of Philadelphia.
Governor Crane of Massachusetts , is
so much of a reader that he never
goes about without several small
books In his pockets. Talking on al
most any topic ho will say : "Apropos
of that , I've just boon reading " And
will dive into a pocket and brlns out
a book , find that It Is not the volume
ho Is In search of and go for another
pocket , and so on until he gets the
book ho happens to have In mind. In
every pocket , however , there seems to
bo n book of some sort.
Starvation of Horses.
A writer In the London Times says
that the "great blot' ' on the conduct
of the war by the British was that the
horses wore "systematically starved. "
They lacked food and died for that
lack because the department had "pos
sibly through Inexcusable ignorance of
their duties" not made preparations
for giving the horses suniclcnt food to
keep them allvo.
Lawyers in China.
There are mild to bo no lawyers in
China , yet Hong Fu Ling , who was
killed recently during the fighting at
Tientsin was a very close Imitation
of ono. Hong Fu Ling gained a wldo
reputation among the foreigners at
the Chinese city and was chosen to
represent their interests In the courts
Whenever occasion required. Ho
proved himself capable and faithful
and his death cast a gloom over the
foreign colony.
Although Hong Fu Ling wns called
a lawyer , ho was not really one , for
there are , strictly speaking , no lawyers
In the vast domain of the kingdom
of the sun. There nro licensed nota
ries , who pay the mandarin n certain
amolint for the privilege of drawing
up the complaints and statements of
the people who may have business in
the court over which the mandarin
presides. They extract heavy fees
HONG FU LING.
from those whom they servo and use
their influence with the mandarin. By
a concession on the part of the gov
ernment the Catholic priests have n
rank which gives them the right to
plead a case before a mandarin. It has
been said that this rlcht was abused
to Hiich an extent that the pcoplo re
volted. "If a man did anything for
which ho could bo held , " salda writer
on the subject , "ho would go to a
Catholic missionary and bo converted.
In'return the missionary would plead
his case , using his Influence and mon
ey with the mandarin and the criminal
would uo free. By that means the
number of converts has grown rapidly
and the natural hatred of the Chinese
toward the foreigners bus boon inten
sified. "
Emperor .William hofl succumbed to
the motor crate , and spends much
time trying to master the art of run-
nine one.
Trice on Her Head.
Thw Oreen Turtle Club of Now Or-
Icani has offered n reward of ? 1,000
for the head of this young woman.
Her name is Lillian Clayton Jcwott
and she la a resident of Boston. Mis ?
Jowctt Is the president of an antl-
lynrhlng society which Is largely made
up of colored pcoplo , although she herr -
r > elf Is white. She has been holding
indignation mci'tings In Boston eVer
ulnco the iccent lynching in New Or
leans. She has long posed As the friend
of the colored race and has received
, MISS JEWETT.
many threatening lettois from the
southern pcoplo whom she has reviled
for their treatment of the negroes. The
reward is'properly regarded as a huge
Jir.ce.
&raits of the "BraVc.
Poker MacQuean sends to Leslie's
Weekly from the burgher camp of
Wakkerstroom , In the Transvaal , a
picture of the Boer army In the ninth
month of the war , which must recom
mend that devoted body of patriots to
the esteem of freemen the world over.
Night and morning In the laagcis , he
says , there Is heard the chorus of
psalms and hymns. One night he heard
2,000 voices singing sacred songs
among the kopjes.
They have no idea of reprisals
against their English foes or of cruelty
to the prisoners and wounded these
stern , determined but conscientious
fighters for n principle. "Again and
again , " says this writer , "I have seen
them carefully attending the English
wounded on the battle field and chat
ting In friendly tones with their pris
oners. "
The Bner soldier Impresses Mr. Mac-
Queen as a man built on a broad and
generous plan. Ho is religious. Ho Is
humane. Ho is pure and bravo of
heart. Ho Indulges In no bravado after
a victory ; he does not whine after a
defeat "tho world has not heard the
last of the Boer us a farmer , a soldier
and a patriot. "
-the "Planets.
Professor James E. Keoler , the emi
nent astronomer , for the last two
years director of the Lick Observatory ,
Mount Hamilton , died last week In
San Francisco. Professor Keoler , who
was a native Illlnolsan , was filling his
second term of service at Lick Observ
atory. He wns the first practical as
tronomer to take hold of it , having
gone there as "astronomical observer"
PROFESSOR KEELER.
under the Lick trustees In 18SC. For
two years , or until the transfer of the
observatory to the university , ho car
ried on the time service and made all
possible use of the equipment.
The Lawyer's "Right to Weep.
The supreme court of Tennessee has
decided that a lawyer has the right to
shed tears to Influence the verdict of a
jury , and , in fact , says that if ho can
brlnK tears to his eyes at will he is
derelict if ho neglects to do so. The
case was ono in which the defendant
had appealed on the ground that the
weeping of the attorney for the plain
tiff had unduly Influenced the jury.
"Religion in Colleges.
The Standard , the Baptist weekly ,
combats the prejudice that many
strict sectarians have against the
state universities , and quote figures
to show that these institutions are not
godlesa. For instance , In the student
body of 2,925 nt the University of
Michigan there were 2,535 church
members or adherents last year.
fifouldn't Co to TS&ar.
Francis L I o b ,
the son of General
Herman Llob , of
Chicago , ran away
from homo last
week rather than
join the U. S. ma-
rlnes. Young Llob
disappeared uml
c - " '
mysterious Ir-y
cumstances. Ills *
father is of the
opinion that some Francis Liob.
of tlio frlemls of
his son may bo concealing him , but
nothing has been discovered that
would bear out that theory. Friends
who have known the young man inti
mately speak in highest terms of his
character as a man and of his excel
lence as a singer ,
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The wagon road from Tientsin to
Pekln crosses the S-shnpcd loops of
the Pel Ilo ( river ) nt several points
between the two cities. The country
is very level and devoid of picturesque
features.
The river la shallow and very broad
In places. The channel Is only suited
for light draught vessels and Is hard
to follow. The Chinese boats are
poled up the river and sail or drift
down. The Chinese have now blocked
the channel. A largo part of the coun
try can be flooded by means of the
Grand Canal. Thla rises high above
the surrounding country.
The land la given up almost entirely
to the cultivation of millet , the prin
cipal Chlnofcc grain , and to truck gar
dening. The truck gardens arc the
most Interesting. The cabbages , as
paragus , peas , tomatoes , pumpkins and
other vegetables they grow arc
the finest in the world. The Chinese
cultivators arc indepandcnt of nature
and the elements. They depend neith
er on rain nor sunshine to rnrise their
vegetables. The work goes on unin
terruptedly all the year round.
There nro hardly any woods here ,
but from time to tlmo there arc little ,
thick clumps of trees , which give Bhado
and have a peculiarly Chinese appear
ance. Small hamlets nro scattered
everywhere. The landscape develops
many strange features as one approaches
preaches the larger towns. Chief
among these are high poles with de
capitated human heads stuck on top
of them. This Is the commonest form
of punishment in China , and the man
darin puts the heads outsiJo the city
to remind travelers without delay of
the fate that awaits evildoers. Tele
graph poles diversify the scenery with
head poles. Another curious feature
consists of rows of huge , grotesque
elephants , tigers and other animals
carved in soapstone. They form a
sort of artificial menagerie. There art )
avenues of these things leading to the
entrances to several cities. They arc
rut there as objects of art , and not for
any religious purpose.
In many places in the country there
are also colossal statuca of gods and
warriors.
After Pelt-Sang is Yanc-Tsun , eight
een miles from Tl-ntsln. The houses
nro built of mud brick , made with
straw. They are quite comfortable
inside , and very pretty in appearance
on account of the vegetation around
them , as at so many other towns ,
there Is a canal , crossed by n boat
bridge.
Lofa , about thirty miles from Tien
tsin , is a more Important place than
most of the others mentioned. The
country is somewhat rolling here.
This place is the seat of an Important
mandarin. His headquarters , or ya-
mcn , is a big building of blue brick ,
ornamented with dragons and queer
Chinese leasts. The entrance is ap-
and papier macho , illustrating in an
extremely realistic manner nil the
tortures inflicted by Chinese law. It
is far more horrible than the Cham
ber of Horrors nt Mine. Tussaud's.
Hero you ECO a representation of a.
man being sawed In half and another
being slowly ground to pieces on a
grindstone , and so on.
Ho-Sl-Wu Is a town of considerable
size about fifty miles from Pckln.
Anting Is a small place on the rail
road some fifty-four miles from Tien
tsin , which may , Jlguro In the inarch
of the allies.
At this point the natural route of
the army turns westward. Fcng-Tal ,
seventy-four miles from Tientsin , is
situated on top of a ridgj , from which
Pekin comes suddenly into view. The
sight of this great and mysterious city ,
with its walls and quaintly roofed
temples , is ono that cannot fall to
create a deep impression upon the
traveler. It makes ono think of a trav
eler in ancient days coming in sight
of the sacred city of Jerusalem.
Hero is the Grand canal which is a
great artificial waterway connecting
Pekin with Nankin. It is cairled be
tween embankments which rise high
above the surrounding country. In
times of peace the canal is covered
with a vast fleet of Junks , some of
which are bigger than a large ocean
steamer. They draw as much as ten
feet of water , and have an immense-
length and beam. The famous west
gate of Pekin is the ono through which
the ordinary traveler from Tientsin
makes his entrance. The gate has
the thickness of a Now York city
block , and in the passage through it
there are a dozen gates of different
patterns , some opening in the middle ,
some working on hinges , and others
falling like portlculllses. The walls
rise to a height of eighty feet , and
over the gate there is a temple aj hun
dred feet high , with trees growing
around it on top of the wall.
MAP OF THE COUNTRY BETWEEN TIENTSIN AND PEKIN.
EARL OF ROTHES.
"Tho Grand Bootjack to the Queen"
Will soon bo a guest of fashionable
society at eastern watering places. In
splto of his somawhat suggestive title ,
the "grand bootjack" Is by no moans
a menial. Ho is Indeed an earl and
ono of the proudest in the peerage of
Scotland. Ills own title is Earl of
Rothes , and his court title is ono *
which comes to him by Inheritance
from an ancestor of five centuries ago ,
who was made "bootjack" to his ma
jesty of Scotland. TJio earl Is only
twenty years old. Until ho married
the countess ho wns very poor , but his
father-in-law , the famous "Plush Ed
ward , " manufacturer of plush , Rave
propriately decorated with the heads
of decapitated criminals. In a pound
alongside It other criminals may be
seen undergoing various form of tor
ture. A common punishment that Is
inflicted for the most trivial offences
is the cangue , a huge collar of wood ,
almost to heavy to be borne , but so
arranged that it prevents prisoner
from lying down.
Forty miles from Tientsin is the Im
portant walled city of Lang Fang ,
which is near the army's route. This
place is about four thousand years old.
I had a peculiar cxperloio hero in
what is described as a first-class Chi
nese hotel.
There is a famous joss house in
Lang Fang which contains twenty
idols , or gods , Including the God of
War , the God of Strength , , the God of
Death , the God of Eyes , the God of
Fertility , and others. Followers of
Buddha and Confucius use these joss
houses impartially.
There is also a Tcmplo of Tortures.
This Is filled with figures made of clay
him enough money to restore the state
of his ancient house and enable him to
support his title In style. Earl Rothes
and the countess are now making a
tour around the world.
In Cape Colony.
For the benefit of any youns men
who may wish to come to South Afri
ca under the same conditions as I did ,
I s nd the following , writes Albert C.
Pickers from East London , C.xpe Col
ony : The English government , hav
ing made contracts with private par
ties in the United States to furnish it
with mules for army use , found it nec
essary to get men to go with the mules
to feed and water them. In consequence
quence , Mr. Charles Hagen of Now Or
leans was sent to St. Louis to recruit
the men. As the agent of the British
transport Monarch , ho promised many
things. When wo arrived on board the
ship our troubles began. Wo were
very nearly all sick , owing to our in
ability to eat the kind of meat and
vegetables which wore furnished us to
live on. There Is no work hero at
present and there will bo none until
after the war. The South African winter -
tor has set In , and although the days
arc very warm , the nights are actually
cold. After the war a tradesman can
make good wages , but common labor
would starve hero , as the Kaffirs do
all the work for llttlo or nothing. So
I would advise all men to stay at homo
until after the war at least , and also
not to sail on a British transport if
you never come , as the officers are the
most overbearing race of people that
ever existed.
An Officer \7ndcr Age.
F rst Lieutenant Hugh A. Drum of
the 25th infantry , now In the Philip
pines , is ono of the youngest officers
of his rank in the regular army. Ho
is a son of Capt. John Drum of the
10th infantry , who
was killed in action
at Santlaso on July C ,
1. 1898. ?
Young Drum was , - *
ono of the three f
young officers .ap
pointed to the fM
regular army at
the same tlmo and
under similar clr-
i cumstanccs. The
.
Wcthcrell and F. w. Rowoll. The fa
thers of all throe had been hilled at
Santiago and each young man was un
der ago when ho received his commis
sion. Lieut. Drum was bom at Fort
Brady , Mich. , Sept. 19 , 1879. and spent
his boyhood at army posts , chiefly in
Texas and Now Mexico.
The Prince of Wales has been pre
sented by a British officer with the
sword which General Cronje wore dur
ing the early part of the Boer war.