18 THE OMAHA DAILY BM3 : STJKDAY , APRIL 21 , 1805 ,
peace wllh all the world , crowned -with
honor and Rlory , surrounded with his napp ?
family , ho hnd no thought of the morrow ,
llul In an unexpected hour the craih came.
Whoii he arrived at his ploco of business
lie found his fortune ruined. His son , the
hanker , approached him and said , "father ,
return home , the bank has failed. " He was
silent , and. after a moment , calmly said tea
a friendVo nro all ruined hero ; the bank
1ms failed. "Ward cannot be found. The to-
curitlei nro locked up In the safe ; he has
the key ; no ono knows uliere ho Is" In a
few moment * the KPiicral entered his car-
rlaRo nnd as driven home. He never re
turned to Wall street.
TUB VANDnnnlLT LOAN.
One of the saddest features connected with
this financial failure was the loan ho ob
tained Irorr Mr. Vamlorbllt of $1&0,000.
"Ward had approached the general on Sun
day nnd said that "the Marine bank , whore
wo keep our deposits , \us In danger , and
must be relieved at once. " On that fatal
Sunday the genrral called on William II.
VanderblH. who at once drew his check for
the $160,000 without security. The general
expected to return the money Immediately ,
for Ward had assured him that there were
securities for more than a million dollars In
th ? vattlH to the credit of Grant & Ward.
When the deception was dhco\ered the
first thing the general did wa to transfer
nil his Individual property to Mr. Vanderbllt
Tlir house In which he lived , all of those mag
nificent trophies which he had received from
nations , and the splendid curios he had
gathered from all countries , were to be given
to pay this honorable debt.
One of the faddest days I spent In that
men arable home was on the occasion whlla
all of those valuables were being packed for
transference. Amid the Mistier and annoy-
nnco Incident thereto , the Invalid general left
Ills room , pasjod slowly down the stairs Into
the parlor , and stood before a family pic
ture a group of himself , Mrs. Grant. Nellie
nnd the three sons. He had seen that pic
ture adorn the walls of the white house
when ho was president , hang In the cottags
by the sea at Long Branch , and In his cltr
residence -when he fancied himself a mil
lionaire. What memories It sucg'sted ! What
emotionIt excltedl He gazed upon It for
the last time , and then , as he ascended the
stairs , he murmured"Give me poverty and
honor rather than wealth nnd discredit. "
All those mementoes of hh greatness and
glory are now In pouesslon of the govern
ment In our National museum In the city of
Washington.
As evils never come single-handed , so mis
fortunes multiplied. The citizens of New
York had created a trust fund of $2r > 0.000 ,
the Interest on which had been placed tc
the cre-llt of General Grant. The fund had
been guaranteed by ex-Governor Morgan ol
Now York , but from some technicality ol
the law the guarantors refused to pay the
Interest , nnd for n time this source of rev
enue was cut off. To such ( traits was the
reneral reduced that , when the bank failed ,
ho had less thnn $ SO In his pocket , and his
nlfo less than $120 In her possession.
To those disasters were added Imputation'
cast upon him who wa the prldo of hli
country , ami this wns more than Grant cculO
endure. The shock of battle wns less tre
mendous ; the mortal agony was less ncute
Grant wns silent. language Is inadequate tc
express the depth of his feeling * nnd thought
I saw him amid the profound silence. He
was a picture for a master artist. He
seemed dazed , The surprise wns Immeasur
able. The transition was so sudden. But thi
tables soon turned The deep deception o :
Wnrd became known. Sympathy for Gram
was universal. Hxpresslona of kindness cams
from all quarters. He was once more th (
Idol of the nation.
Hut a greater evil was at hand. His bodily
health gave signs of decay A terrible cancer
npp area. The most eminent phjslclans were
in attendance , but gave no promise of recov
ery His pains became excruciating ; he
could not swallow without torture , and his
sufferings at the table were Intense. Liquid
food was a necessity. Death seemed preterit-
We' , and for a time ho desired to die. l < oi
Jiours he would sit alone , propped up In nu
chrilr , with hands clasped , looking at the
Wank wall before him , silent , contemplating
the future. Ho seomeJ not alarmed , but solemn
, But ho revived
emn , as the end approached
his apathy disappeared ; Us Indlffe-rencs was
" "lie hndCknotlier battle to fight. It was will
poverty. His sword was sheathed , hut his
pen was ready , and wna destined to be
mighty. The proprietors of the Century Mag
azlno solicited him to write ? four articles or
the battle of Shlloh , Vlckshurg , ChattanoogJ
nnd the Wilderness campaign. They assured
llilm of nn honorable compensation , not less
than S2.0CO , and that the public would nal
Oils productions with delight. He consented
In the Century for 1SS5 appeared these arti
cles. It was Grant's first attempt at literarj
comi orltlon. It was a success. He became
Intelested in his work , and for a while for
got his pain writing his memoirs.
Then dawned upon him the purpose te
write his personal memoirs , the sale of wTi cl
lias brought the widow nearly half a mllllot
of dollars. At first he dictated to a steno
Kraphsr and corrected the notes thereof
When the progress of the cancer had Inter
rupted his speech , then with pad and pencl
Hie- would wrlto many hours of the day HI
Intellect wns clear , his memory suggestive
Facts nnd figures of his great campaign cam *
trooping through his mind. It was the mas
tery of mind over a suffering body. It wa
the greatest achievement of his time , Intcllec
defying the pain of disease nnd the approacl
of death. His hold on life was strengthens
by hla determination to live until the worl
Hut there was something higher that sus
talned his great soul In this final battle of hi
Jlfe. "Life to him was a walking shadow-
death was not an endless dream " His calm
ness In suffering was not rtotcal philosophy
l > ut Inspired by Christian fortitude. Heare
in the Methodist Episcopal church , and bap
tlzcd In his last Illness , his religious natur
was sincere , calm anl steadfast The prln
clples of Christianity wore deeply engrafte
upon his spirit. Finn , but never demonstra
tlve , no was not a man of religious pretense
Ills life was his profession. He knew tha
Christianity had nothing to gain from hli
lsyoriil ins Influence of a well-ordered life an
t godly conversation ; but that he hnd evc-ri
thing to gain from the power and promises t
the Lord.
More than all things else he was tacltur
touching hla religious faith and experlenci
Not , however , from doubt and fear , but froi
mental characteristics. The keenest , closes
brightest ot all observers , heas the mo >
reticent of men. Ho lived within litmsel
Ills thought-life was most Intense ; his men
cry nnd Imagination were picture- galleries i
the world and libraries of treasure. ) though
Ho wan a world to himself , HI * most Int
junto friends know him only In part ; he wi
fully and best known to the wife ot his bosoi
and the children ot his loins. To them tt
man of Iron will and nerve of steel was gei
tie , tender and confiding. And to them 1
unfolded his beautiful religious life.
OBNnilAIj GRANT'S BAPTISM.
> It was In the early part of April , 18S
when I gave him Christian baptism. Of la
the disease had made rapid progress. Deal
seemed Imminent. Even his physicians hi
ltvon ; up hopo. I had watched with htm a
night. At G In the morning the baptism toe
lilnce. All supposed that the general w <
dying. Wrapped In his silk robe , with
worsted cap upon his head , the great soldi
reclined In a large arm chair. His pul
was feeble , his brow cold and an oppressl'
stillness jinnailed.
As I entered the sick room Mrs. Gra
tald to me : "Doctor , the general has n
liccn baptized and we v.-lsh you to baptl
lilm now ! " I consulted his sons ; and to li
ulfe and sons I replied "I wilt baptlzo hi
It ho Is conscious ; I cannot baptize an u
conscious man ! "
We all knelt around his chair , and as
began to pray the general opened his ey
and looked steadily at me. As his physlcla
thought that he could not live flvo mlnut
longer. I prayed that God would receive 1
departing soul ; but n grateful surprl
awultoil us , I then approached him ai
Epoke to him about his baptism , when
answered : "I am obliged to 5011 , doctor ;
had Intended to take that step myself. "
In the meantime his son had brought In
sllVer1 bowl full ot water , and. with the g
cral'ji expr ssed wish , I baptized 'ho lilt
trlous sufferer In the name of the Kathi
and of th Son , and of the Holy Ghcat. 1
was fully conscious , and with his own ha
wlp ° d iway the water that had run dot
upon , his face.
A few days thereafter I spent two hoi
w'th the general In religious conversation ,
asked htm If he recalled the scenes ot I
baptism , to which he replied :
"Yes , perfectly. And as you came litho
the room I wondered why they had call
you at that hour of the night. "
To my remark , "All thought you hid t
flvo minutes to live , " ho gave thlj cbaract
Utlo answer : "I knew I was very low , I
I did not Intend to die ! my work U not done
Three time * I hare been raised from the
valley and shadow of death. "
An ! during fur > months thereafter he lived
and uffcrrd , reviewed his first volume and
wrote the second -volume of that great monumental
mental work which reflects his fine literary
taito and the nobility ot bis character. In
that conversation he suld to mo :
OPINION or run scmi'Timcs.
"t believe In the holy scriptures. Whoso
lives by them will bo benefited thereby. Men
mas1 differ as to the Interpretation , which
Is human , but the scriptures arc man's beat
guide. "
He revered their source , recognized their
Influence , responded to their requisitions ,
trusted In their promises , found consolation
In their hopes. Hli faith In God as the sov
ereign ruler and Almighty Father was simple
as a chlU's and mighty au a prophet's.
There li an eloquence of pathos In the open
ing sentence of the preface of his memoirs.
General Grant proposed for himself other
plans of usefulness to occupy hla declining
years He would have mingled In the busy
scones of life ? where men do most congregate
Ho would have been Identified with the great
enterprises of hi ? diy , and to Increase a m-
lion's wealth nnd the power and the glory
of that city In whoso enchanting park ho
shall repose beneath the noblest of monument
ment ) . He would have enjoyed In domestic
and social llfo wealth and well-frarncd re
nown ; but heaven haJ decreed otherwise.
"Man proposes nnd God dlspowi" Is the first
line to the preface to his book.There are
but few Important events In the affairs of
men brought nbout bytnen of their own
choice. "
Such was his fnltlt In providence , which
Imparted to him absolute power In his great
filiation ; and when burdened with the great
est responsibilities , when conscious that n
nation's llfo had been confided to his care ,
when the darkness of adversity overshad
owed him , he trusted In the Lord , who Is
mightier than the mighty. Doing nothing
for show , yet he made public recognition of
God by his faithful nnd conscientious attend
ance upon dlvlno worship. No public man
over heard more sermons than he , nnd he
was the best ot hearers. Whether In the
obscurity ot Galena , or In the conspicuousness -
ness of Washington , or In the private walks
of life In Now York he wns ever In his pow
on the Lord's day , nnd his pastor wns always
stiro of his presence on a stormy Sabbath.
Ills faithful attendance at church wag
largely Inspired by his respect for the Sab
bath dny On a Monday In April , 18S5. he
said to me : "I did not go riding yo'tcrday ,
although Invited and permitted by my phy
sician , because It was the Lord's day , and
because I felt that If a relapse should set Ir
the people who are praying for mo would
feel that I was not helping their faith b >
riding out on Sunday. " And on a Saturday
night , to divert his attention from pain anei
uneasiness , his oldest son suggested some
Innocent diversion , but when Informed thai
It was near midnight the honored fathei
snld * "It Is too near the Sabbath to beglr
any diversion. "
A MAN OP PRAYER.
He wns a man of prayer. It was on n Sab'
bath evening In March of that year when 1
called and found him nlone with Mrs. Grant ,
I Informed him that 300 Methodist preachers
with their bishops , In conference assembled
hal stood up nnd offered prayer for his recover -
orHis response was In accord therewith
and he Informed me that a company of friend :
In Boston had leagued together to pray foi
him every day. and that the little chlldrer
In the neighborhood had sent him word thai
they added Ma name In their little prayci
when they prayed for "papa and mamma. "
I saw his great eye moisten , and. In answe :
to my sugge'tlon that we should join In this
universal prayer , ho responded1 "Yes" will
emphasis The spirit of the Lord cime upon
us , and , as we prayed for his soul , for the recovery -
covery of hl-j health , and that his life mlghl
bo rpared until hla work was done , at each
petition he responded "Amen " That amer
by that silent man was more significant thar
volumes by others Thereafter It was his cus
torn and habit to call for prayers. To an hon
ored priest of another church he said :
"I know and feel very grateful to tin
Christian people of the land for their prayer
on my behalf. There Is no sect or religion
as shown In the Old or New Testament , ti
which this does not apply. Protestants am
Jews and nil good people of all nations , o
all complexions as well ns religions , and al
nationalities seem to have unity In wlshlni
or prajlng for my Improvement. I am i
great sufferer all the time , but the facts yoi
have- related nre compcn'atlon for much o
It , All that I can do Is to pray that th
prayers of these good people may be an
swered , so far as to have us meet In anothe
and batter world. "
Grant wni not a bigot. While he de
mandsd religion as the safeguard of a fre <
people , ho accorded to all the largest freedon
of faith and worship Ho was without pro
judlce. Ho claimed that public educatloi
should be nonsectarlan , but not Irreligious
His famous Des Molnes speech on education
was not against the Homan Catholic churcli
but against Ignorance and superstition Th
order Issued during the war excluding certain
tain Jewish traders from a given mllltar ;
district did not originate with him , but cam
from higher authority , and was not agalna
the religion of the Jews.
In his private lite ho bore many of th
fruits of the Spirit. Ho loved his enemies
Not as ho loved his friends , but he love
them as enemies by doing them good as h
had opportunity. On ono ot those deluslv
April days , when hope revived in all ou
hearts. I said to him : "You are a man c
providence. God made you the Instrumon
to save our nation , and we may have a grea
spiritual mlszlou to-00001111)11311 by you , an
may raise you up" In the most solem
and Impressive manner , with a mind clea
and purpose distinct , he replied
"I do not wish to proclaim It ; but slioul
He spare my lite , It Is my Intention dii
resolve to throw all my Influence by my e >
ample In that direction. "
COMFORTING THE SORROWING.
When near his end .ho sought thus t
cl'rer that precious woman who loved hli
as her life : "You ought to feel happy unde
I any circumstances. My expected deal
i called forth expressions of slncerest klnc
I ness from nil people of all sections of th
country. The confederate soldier vied wit
C the union soldier In sounding high prals <
The I'rotestanUthe CUttiollcs , and th
Jews appointed days for universal prayt
in my bahalf. All societies passed resolt
tlons of sympathy for mo and petitions the
I might recover. It looked as If my slcl
ness had had bome'hlnK to da with brltif
Ing about harmony between the section
The attention ot the public has been calk
to your children , and they hava been four
to pass muster. Apparently I have accon
pllslieJ more while seemingly dying tha
It falls to the lot of most men to bo ab
to do. "
On ono of those days when the treacherot
disease seemed to gain the mastery 1
said to me. "Doctor , I am going. "
replied : "I hope the prospect of the fi
lure Is clear1 and ] bright. " His .answi
was : "Yes , oh , yes. "
Then followed a scene of Infinite tcnde
ness. The honored wife , the precious daugl
tor , the devoted sons and their wives , eat
In turn approached , and he tenderly l.lssi
them.
"lD you know me , darling ? " wa tl
loving wife's Inquiry , and he whisper *
back "Certainly I do , and I bless yi
all in my heart. " *
Such. love melted the marble heart
death , 'and the king of terrors fled a
frighted.
The sufferer revived. Heaven adili
moi.ths to a life so dear to us all Whi
he recovered sufficiently I asked hli
"What was the supreme thought In yo
mind when eternity seemed EO near ? "
"The comfort of the consciousness th
I have tried to live a good and honorat
life , " was the response which revealed t
hidden life ot his soul ,
Again the angel ot death cast his shade
over the one we loved so well , and amid t
Kotl erlng gloom I slid : "You have ma ;
friends awaiting you on the other side
"I wish they would como , and not ling
long , " was the answer of his Christian fal
1 and hope. They came nt last. They cai
to greet him with the kiss of Immortalll
They came to escort the conqueror over t
last enemy , and to a coronation never so
, on thrones of earthly power and glory.
r ,
la lliu ( irnnrlcr.
id The nomad of the Afghan steppes gaz
earnestly across the grassy waste , says t
New York World.
"Ah ! "
Ho marked the flying Kurds pursued by t
Irregular Russian horse.
"Thoso Cossacks are filled with Intempi
ate zealt"
" "
"Alway
Ho held his eye unshaded by his hand
"Chasing the Khan. "
Bo saying , he turned with a sigh to I
meagre goatsklu of koumiss.
VAST INLAND WATERWAYS
Two Thousand Miles of Navigable Rivers
in tbo Chinese Empire.
THE FLOODS AND THEIR FLOATING DEAD
Shipping nnd "ropulntlon Millions Horn ,
l.lvonnd Die. on the Wnlen Halt HoaU
nnd Stilt Trtxon CrllcotliiR the
Jupi\nc < o Indemnity ,
( Copyrighted , Jf93 , by Frank O. Carpenter. )
Japan , It In tald , will demand many mil
lions In ROM or silver from China In addition
to the territory which Is to be grantej as the
price of peace. It Is a question In the minds
ot ! all who know an > thing concerning the
Chinese government as to how It will be able
to collect this vast sum. It will probably get
the money In the ( Itsi place In the shape of
a foreign loan , and the customs will be
lortgageil to pay the Interest. At present
hlna has perhaps the lowest taxes In the
rorll , and the farmers pay less on their
.mils than they do In any of the countries of
iiircpo. The Increasing of such taxes would
reato a revolution. The only way that the
; overnmcnt can raise money will bo through
( vying duties on Imports and exports. This
111 fill the rivers with tax gatherers , and
hlna will be honeycombed with a network of
lllclal robbeis. Kvery officer will put some
t the receipt ! ) In tils own pocket , and prices
f all kinds will rise The rivers are the
Ighwaya of China. The country U Bald to
ave 1,000 roads , which are In poor condition ,
nd the rivers and the canals form the chief
leans of communication , There Is no land
n the globe which Is better watered. There
ro provinces In China au big as New York
, -hlch are cut up by canals like Holland , nnd
n which you can visit every man's home by
oat. You can travel a distance longer than
a journey around the world on the Chinese
"r.tcrlor waterways , and the Nile lias Its Im-
tatlons In the Yangtse Klang and Hoang Ho ,
2ach of these rivers carries as much silt as
he Nile ? every year , and the sea Is colored
, 't'llov , ' for from thirty to fifty miles on each
Ido of their mouth ! . At the mouth of the
Yangtse Ktang the water Is as thick as pea
ioup , and all along the mighty river men are
cen dipping It up , pouring It into ditches , In
irder that It may bo carried off and spread
over the land.
2,000 MILES OP CHINESE IUVERS.
I have traveled more than 2,000 miles upon
.hesa wonderful rivers of China. The scenes
lens their banks are like those of no other
trcams of the world. Irrigation goes on
veryvvhere , and the fertilizing material
which they contain rejuvenates the Chinese
oil as the Nllo does that of Egypt The
Great Plain of China , which , by the way , Is
' .ho most thickly populated part of the em-
ilro , has been built up from the sea by the
Chlnesw rivers. It runs along the Pacific
coast for about 700 miles , and It Is from 300
0 COO milts wide. It la ono of the richest
: > lains of the world , and Its soil Is mixed
ivlth salts and the evidences of decajed veg
etation. It comes from the Loess region In
io far interior of China This region Is a
fc-ast territory covered with a yellow earth
about 1,000 feet de > ep. This roll Is very fine ,
and when a ptreain flows Into It , It seems
' .o spilt open vertically , and the rivers which
run through It pass through gorges of sand
' 00 feet deep. J-'rom time to time the yellow
ioll splits off In sheets from the sides of
hese gorget' , and It Is carried down to the
sea During the hot season the winds blow
'hrough this Loess region and carry the dust
over China. This aids In Its fertilization.
The silt carried down by the rivers to the
sea Is so great that the land every year
Inches 100 feet upon the sea , and this has
been going on for ages. Near Shanghai there
Is a large Island which has been built up by
thD Yrngtso Klang , and the land
north of this Is , to a great extent ,
tin pioduct of the Hoang Ho and the
I'elho. The Yangste Klang rlv r is said to
bo 3,500 miles long. The Hoang Ho rises In
Thibet within 100 miles of the mouth of the
Yangtse , and It IB almost of the same
length. It Hews as far as from fJevv York
to Denver before It gets a large branch , and
by the tlmo It has reached the sea It has
gone as far as from Now York to San Fran
cisco. It Is only navigable by small boats
and a great part of Its course Is througl :
the Great Plain. It has vast embankments
to keep It In its course , but every year 01
so a flood comes , and hundreds of thousands
and sometimes millions , of pcoplo are nvval
lowed up by It. When I llrst visited Chltu
1 arrived just after one of these big floods
About 20,000,000 people wore ruined by the
river , and millions had been drowned. Dur
Ing my trip of last year I sailed up tin
Pelho to Tien-Tsln and saw evidences of the
great Mood of the jear previous. This cov
ered the plains surrounding Tlen-Tsin 1
ruined hundreds ot villages , and at ono tlmi
It seemed as though It would endanger tin
great city of Li Hung Chang , which , yet
know , contains 1,000,000 people. Right belov
Tlcn-Tsin I caw thousands of graves whlcl
had been washed out by this flood. Th <
cofilns were l > lng on the ground , and durliif
the flood the dead Moated by the thousand !
to the sea.
sea.A
A UIDD ON THE I'KIHO
The Pelho river Is the one which flow ;
from near Pekln on down to the sea , am
up It all the freight which supplies ! tin
northern provinces of China must go. Ii
U a winding , muddy stream , navigable onlj
for Iarg5 ships about fifty miles , or as fai
as Tlen-Tsln There Is a bar at its mout !
and It Is only at high tide and with i
propsr wind that you can get over this
During my trip this summer we lay for tvvi
days outside the bar , under the shadow o
the Taltii forts , before we could get over
and In ccmlng away we had to wait Uvi
days for the proper wind and flood to go
outside of the river. Secretary Poster am
party were on the same ship.Vc had i
cargo ot bones for Japan and betwixt tin
smell and the sea the delay was by ni
means pleasant. In going up the Pelho yoi
wind your way through a low , flat plain
which Is covered with one-story houses o
mud. These houses are built right oloni
the banks ot the river and the land bncl
of them Is divided up Into farms and or
chards. The blossoms were out the Urn
that I went up the Pelho and the browi
plain was spotted here and there with vas
patches of white and pink flowers. Hal
naked children squatted on the banks am
there were thousands of people at work li
the fields. In the early morning you coul
see them going out to work from tha vll
lages. They inarched by the hundreds alon
the paths , going always In single file. A
Tlen-TMn I found an ocean of shipping * lyln
at the wharves , there were boats of all kind
and from all parts ot China , There were acre
of rafts. madt > of logs , which were to be sol
RS lumber There were great barges an
junks loader ! with all kinds of merchandlst
and as we lutircd the city wo came Into
forest ot masts , among which swarmed ten
of thousands of blue-coated , brown sklnnc
men , loallng and unloading the ships t
which they belonged. Thcrs were so man
of thesa coollcj that they made me think c
a swarm ct ants , and they were nul'e as bus
as ants at their work Every man went o
n tha trot , and I saw them at work from carl
i morning until late at night. There Is n
machinery used on tha wharves of any Ch
ncso city. There are no derricks and n
t'team ' engines. Human muscle carries a
the freight , and the heaviest of packages ai
bo-ne off on the backs of men I was sin
prisjMl at their strength. I saw coolies i
Tlen-Tsln who could lift BOO pounds , an
10 soina were carrying bales of cotton on the
y backs. At HanKow I saw coollea unloadln
Ingots ot steel which weighed half a tot
These Ingots were brought from Uelglum I
China , In order that the Chinese might e >
rerlment with them In the making of ral
roaJa A half dozen coolies would take hoi
of on ? of these big pieces of steel , raising
by means of ropes and poles , and they vvoul
grunt and sing aa they carried It oft of tl
ateamer. All the boats on the Yangtse ai
unloaded In this way , and at all ot the pori
, , j then are great hulks or barges ailed wll
men who watt for steamers and who hand
all of tlttir frc-lght.
CHINA'S VAST DOAT POPULATION.
IB There are millions upon millions of peep
who got their living oft of the Cblno :
rivers. China Is Bald to have more boa
than all the rest of the world put togethe
and Ita boat population would In all prob
blllty be greater than that of all Europe ai
America. Ou tbo Pearl river In South Chin
Is at the city ot Canton , there are said to 1
300,000 pcoplo who wore born , lire and d
black and white elf'spainted on each sldo of
their prow. There are cargo boots , which
have bigger eyes , and there are vast ships ,
the eyes of which1 nr * ns largo around as n
dinner plate , The Chinese paint ryes on all
their boats , nnd a .Bailor would ns soon think
of trying to travel through a city blindfolded
as of Bulling on a , boat which had not a pair
of eyes painted on tha front ot tt. I found
whole families Hyingon these boats , and I
saw some not ntoro than twenty feet In
length which contained three generations of
Chinese. I remember ono woman who rowed
mo to shore at Hong-Kong. She was workIng -
Ing away , with a baby ot nbout 2 years old
tied on her back. I heard a squall In the
rear ot the boat , and looking back I saw a
raw , red baby frantically waving Its rosy
arms and crying out Its protests through Us
toothless gums. This woman had no other
homo than her boat , and on such boats chil
dren are born , gro > v up and die. Marriages
take place upon them , and alt ot the features
ot household life are to be seen In connection
with them.
On some of the larger boats at Canton the
children fairly swatm , nnd llttlo ones ot 2
and 3 years play nbout their decks. 1 saw a
number of boys on these boats who had little
round barrels or drums about a foot long
and six Inches In diameter tied to their
backs. I was told the.e were life preservers ,
and that If the child foil overboard ho could
float till his mother or father came to his
rescue. I was surprised to sco that many of
the girls of the boats had no such protection ,
and , upon asking why , 1 wns told that It was
considered by some of the people a piece of
good fortune to lose a girl , ns they would In
this way ifave the expense of raising her. I
doubt this , however. It Is a fact , though ,
that poor girls arc of little account In China .
This Is especially so among the boat popula
tion. I visited one place just off the river at
Shanghai , where there were peflups COO
Chlnse babies In a foundling asylum. One
of the people In charge told me that you
could buy girl babies all the way from a
cent to $1 apiece , and that they took babies
from their mothers upon the payment of 20
cents apiece by the mothers. Girls are
cometlmcs bought this way and raised for
Improper purposes. Women are sold regu
larly by their parents for wives and concubines -
\ bines , and I was told that a full grown
maiden of fair beauty was worth from $25
upward. There are hundreds ot boats at Can
on , upon which dinners and banquets are
given , and which have numbers of girls
connected with them who arc kept for the
amusement ot the guests. There are boats
which ara owned by beggars , and I was told
iy one of our consuls that bnbles were some-
lines bought and their eyes put out In order
that they might be raised as blind beggan
OFFICIAL BARGES AND JUNKS.
Each of the high officials who live along
: ho Chinese rivers has his own boat. This
s decorated with flags , and the bigger the
nan the more Hags and bunting. LI Hung
Shang has a steam launch. When his wife
Hod , not long ago , a gorgeous funeral
tiargo was made for her. This was deco
rated with white , which Is the Chinese
color for mourning , and It looked gorgeous
to American eyes. The Chinese have boats
which are worked by the feet , and which
are shaped just llko a slipper. These are
jscd as dispatch beats. They are not much
.ilgger than the ordinary canoe , and they
: an bo made to go very fast. At Canton I
was shown boats which had paddle wheels
at the sides , nnd which were worked by
nan power. The men turned the wheels In
side the boat , ( Which connected with the
laddie wheels outside , and a half dozen men
wore doing the work of an ordinary engine
I could fill this column with descriptions of
.ho different kinds of boats used by the
Chinese Each section has Its own peculiar
make of boats , and a Chinese sailor can
tell to what part of the country a ship be
longs as soon as ho sees tt. There Is a
vast boat trame , In the far Interior ol
China. I saw boats at Hankow which had
como dcwn almost from the borders of
Thibet. They were made so that they
coulel jump the rapids anel work their way
through the grejit gorges of Iclmng These
gorges are 270 miles above Hankow nnd
nearly l.OQO miles from the sea. The greal
Ynngtso river here flows through Immense
canons , the rocks of which rise for hun
dreds of feet straight up above the water
The gorges are In places less than 1,000 feel
wide , and the great river rushes thrcugl
them at the rnto of nine miles an hour. II
rises and falls ten and twelve feet In a sin
gle night , nnd It bolls and seethes as It goes
through. Here is an eddy , there a whirl
pool and there against the rocks It dashes
In a spray almost llko that of the sea. Tin
rocUs are filled with all kinds of ferns , thej
are of granite , and along the edpes blue
gowned , plg-talled workmen are quarrylni
great blocks of granite , which are snippet
down the Yangtse-Klang. There are mllei
of these gorges , and the scenery about then
Is the most beautiful In China. The boat ;
are tracked through the gorges , and there li
< ] U\to \ a population nlong them whoso mall
support is from such work ,
DUCK AND GOOSC DOATS.
The queerest boats I saw during my trli
on the I'wrl river were those devoted to tin
raisin ; ; of geese and ducks. The Chinese an
the best fowl raisers of the world. The :
ralso ducks by artificial Incubation , and thej
know just how to feel anJ care for them
For flve days after they leave the bhell they
ara not allowed to hear any noise , and theli
food consists of rice water. After this they
are given boiled rice. For the first two week !
they arc kept In n , coop , and then they are
put on the boats and made to shift for them
selves The boats are very clumsy , and they
ara tometlmcs like rafts. One boat wll
sometimes hold more than 1,000 ducks , whlcl
arj in charge of ono or two keepers. Tin
duck farmer rows or sculls the boat to tin
low land along the banks ot the rivers 01
creaks , and he drives the ducks off from tlmi
to time to feast on the worms ani I'nalli
which are here to be found He has tin
ducks so trained that he can call them bad
to the boat nl will , nnd ho hurries them ui
by giving the last duck a blow with a stick
After the ducks are grown he carilos then
from one market to another on his boat
Thcra are fowl markets In all of the cities
and the goose market of Canton is filled will
thousands of birds every day. Tow Is an
uMd both dead and alive. The ducks an.
geaso are dried and pressed , and they ar
shipped In largo quantities , all over China
Taxes will now bo collected on all such artl
cles of food , amCthero will be > nothing whlcl
passes through the rivers which will no
have to pay a share to this fund demandei
by Japan.
SALT BOATS.
One of the chief resources of the Chines
government Is through the sale of salt. an
the taxes on nit will be now greatly In
creased. The salt trade In China Is a gov
ernment monopoly , and no one can sell I
without a license from the salt oommlsslonei
There are salt boats and salt junks on a
the rivers The salt Is carried In junk
through the larger streams , and is taken t
the villages through the canals In smalle
boaU. The country ,1s , divided Into circuits
and the ualt In each circuit Is supposed to b
produced there. It Is made from sea wate
around the coast , and from brine In the Ir
tcrlor Just above the mouth of the 1'elh
river I passed vast sjalt vvoiks. The grottn
looked much UKa the marshes near Ne'
York , and the salt was produced by evapor :
tlon. There wore windmills for pumping th
brine from the sea , and there were fires
mountains of salt which had been piled n
ready for shipment * The government r <
quires that all salt shall be sold at fixe
rates to government agents , H Is dlstrlt
uttcl through salt merchants , and over thes
there Is a special salt commissioner for eac
district. The wit commissioners pay fe
their places , and a good offlce ot this klnl 1
worth from J10.000 , to $12,000. The sal
after having bteri linded In a district ,
kept in a bonded warehouse , and the govcn
ment fixes the prices. It makes a profit t
every sale until the salt reaches the ham
of the retail dealer. U has the right to ii
crease the prices , and there will undoubted !
bo a rise In this rtpcct as soon as this wi
Is over.
During late years the government Incon
from salt has been less than $10,000,000
year , but I was told that there had been
great deal of stealing on the part ot tl
commissioners , and that It ought to bring
fully twice as much as It does. If the tax
should be collected by foreigners Instead
by Chinese , as Is possible In case of a fc
etgn loan , the salt revenue will be double
At present the marine customs are collect
by foreigners under an English Inspect
general , Sir Robert Hart. All ot the oftlclt
get high salaries , but since they took char
of tba customs they have tripled the recoil
from them to the government. The sai
would bo the result If they had charge of tether
other taxes ot the country. The governme
would ic-t all the money , Instead ot onc-hnlf
ot It going as stealings to the Chinese offi
cials who collected It It China. In fact , was
under the administration ot n foreign gov *
ernment It would soon be ono ot the richest
ot countries. Even a slight tax upon Its
many millions ot people would net a vast
revenue , and revenue taxes could bo put
upon many things without the pcoplo really
knowing that they were being taxed. I bo-
llcvo that they would stand being governed
by foreigners without much trouble , nnd
though the officials and Iho nobles would
object , the people might bo glad ot the
change ,
KXPIJNSIVK TRAVKLINO.
At present China docs everything In the
most expensive way. Traveling costs ten
times as much as It docs here. There are
no railroads through the thickly settled
parts of the country , and you have to Lake
n house-boat nnd a crow If you wish to go
from ono place to another. It you travel
by land It Is In a Chinese cart , with an
extra cnrt to carry your baggage , and If
you wnnt bedding you must cnrry It with
you. It took eight sailors to bring me from
Peking td Tlcn-Tiln , nnd I hnd to pay $10
for the use of the boat , In addition to my
cooking and eating. Peking Is just about
ninety miles from Tlen-Tsln , nnd the trip all
told cost about (1G by boat , nnd took three
days. By cnrt It cost me $25. The two
towns nre no further apart thnn New York
nnd Philadelphia. The faro between these
cities on a llrstclnspassenger train Is , I
think , $2. nnd It U made In a little less than
three hours. The cart trip to Peking re
quires two days or more , and you have to
spend one night In a Chinese Inn , where
you sleep ou the stone floor and cook your
own meals.
Ono of the means ot raising money which
the government ot China will hnvo will be
the granting of foreign concessions for the
building of railroads between points llko
Tlen-Tsln nnd Peking. Such concussions
would undoubtedly pay well , and It may
be that Wharton Barker , If ho will , get
some nbler man thnn Count Mltklowlcz te
represent him , could now put through hU
scheme for establishing a great Chinese
national bank and the building of railroads
In the celestial empire. Ot this , however ,
and of the chances for American capital In
China , I will wrlto another letter.
A I.AVUJI ix u
Fhllnilriphla American.
She sat on u sliding cushion ,
The dear wee woman of four ;
Her feet In their shiny sllppera
Hung dangling over the floor.
She meant to be good ; Hhc hnd promised ;
And so , with her big1 brown eye" ,
She stared nt the meeting house \\liulous ,
And counted the crawling- file ! ! .
She looked far up nt the preacher ,
Iut she thought of the honey bees
Droning nvvny In the blossoms
That whitened the cherry trees.
She thought of the broken basket ,
Where curled In a dusky heyip ,
Three sleek , round puppies , with frlngy cars
Lay snuggled nnd last asleep.
Such soft , warm bodies to cuddle ,
Such queer little hearts to beat ,
Such swift , round tongues to kiss you ,
Such sprawling cushiony feet.
She could feel In her clnspinp fingers
The- touch of the satiny skin.
And a cold wet nose exploring
The dimples under her chin.
Then n sudden ripple of laughter
nnn over the parted lips ,
So quick thnt she could not catch It
With her rosy linger tips. .
The people whispered "Hless the child , "
As each one vvnked from n. nap ,
But the denr wee wotnnn hid her face
For fclmmo , In her mother's Inp.
COLD IN TUB IIP.AD.
Innuciiza Is nlmost If not quite , cpldrmle no
the Grlppy , serious Kind , hut the illstiesslnff flov
from the cjoo nnd nose thnt in-ikw the miflerei
miserable " 77" gives quick rcllt-f , ami the qu ir
ter Is well spent to rid one of nucli torment
Many persons keep well through the wlntei
months , nnd then
TAKI5 COU > IN THfi HI'HINO.
Vanity Is InrRely to blame the anxiety to weni
the new faster Iwnnet , or lighter vwnp , or toi
coat.
Sometime the change In in.ide became tin
winter irirnierla look BhaM > > In the dangerowli
bright , spring sunshine the person Is cxiwsed ti
the UngciInK , sharp , wintry nlr ; result n. mla
orubleco'd thnt li hard tohake on * .
Dr. Humphreys * Specific " 77" cures O > IiH
Cirlppe , Influenza. Cntnrrh , Pains nnd Sorenca
In the Head nnd Chest C'aiiKh , Sere Thront
General Prostration , and I'ever.
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on. "
"KNOCKS OUT TIIR CRIP "
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The fnmo of " 77" hii uprcad like wildfire , bul
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IlimUMATISM Acute or Chronic , Sciatica
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