THE OiMAirA DAILY 3iEE: TJIUSDAY, XOYEMUEK 22, 1000.
5
KROGER ARRIVES TOO LATE
Dclny of tho Qelderland Spoils Plans for
Demonstration at Maneillcs.
ENTHUSIASM IS RAPIDLY DYING OUT
inception to (lie llcier I'rroltlent When
llr I. ii mix Mkrly to Hp Itiillicr
Tump iiml rerfiiiietory In
.Nn (II re.
MAUSKIM.ES, Nov. 21. 2 p. ra. Tho
Dutch cruiser Uolderlnnd, having on board
former President Kruser of tho South
African republic, Is reported to bo off
Toulon, Tho reception of Mr. Kruger Is
llkoly to be postponed until tomorrow.
MAItHHILLKS, Nov. 21. In spite of a
heavy rain which prevailed all night and
during tho forenoon today, tho streets of
Marseilles were filled from on early hour
by great crowds of people Intent on ex
tending a wolcome to Paul Kruger, presi
dent of the South African republic. At 11:30
a. m. tho steamer (leldcrland, carrying the
noted voyagci, not having been sighted, the
committee having the details of tho recep
tion In charge announced an adjournment
until 2 o'clock p. m. Early In tho day Dr.
Loyds and Messrs. Fischer and Wcsscls and
the- other Hoer delegates boarded tho
launch of tho captain of tho port, with tho
purpose of meeting nnd boarding tho Gel
dorland nutsldo tho harbor. Tho sea proved
too rough, however, to permit of their
carrying out their Intention, and they wero
obliged to return.
Tho sceno nt tho dock was very
picturesque. Every coign of vnntago was
occupied by sightseers. Tho landing Blase
was gaily decorated with tho Transvaal and
Frco Stato colors, tho French trl-color and
shields bearing tho bluo cross of tho arms
cf Marseilles.
Drt'iirut Innn Very lVtv.
A red carpet covered tho ground, forming
a bright splash of color at tho quay-side.
Decorations elsewhere In tho city wcro
practically non-existent, only a few flags
being vlstblo nlong tho route which Mr.
Kruger will travcrso In going from tho quay
to tho hotel.
Sonator Paullat, tho president, and other
members of tho Paris and Marseilles recep
tion coniintttco assembled at tho landing
Btngo during tho forenoon, nnd behind them,
drawn up In a long line, wcro delegations of
various patriotic societies, with embroidered
silk standards.
The Salnto Mario lighthouse nt tho end of
tho breakwater serves ns n viewpoint for
n. largo gathering of spectators, ns the Qel
derland will bo seen first from there. Num
bors of small boats wcro flitting about tho
Inner harbor filled with spectators. Some
of tho boats wcro decorated with llttlo Boer
nnd French flags, but nono of tho steamers
at tho dock was dressed with bunting.
Ilaln, which had ceased for a time, began
falling again at 11:30, whereupon, In view
of tho fact thnt the Gcldorland may not
arrive until lato this afternoon or to
morrow, tho Iloor commltteo announced
that It would dlspcrso until 2 o'clock; tho
delegations from tho societies furled their
standards and marched off, nnd tho crowds
elsewhere In tho town rapidly dissolved.
Tho Goldorland cannot reach Marseilles
before 6 o'clock this evening.
A blunder In tho calculations of the tlmo
the doldcrland would require between Port
Raid nnd Marseilles resulted In tho fiz
zling out today of tho Intended demonstra
tion and Imperilled tho success of tho re
ception tomorrow. Tho French reception
commltteo did not tnko Into nccount tho
rbIo that la sweeping tho Mediterranean
and the low speed of tho Geldcrlnnd, but
allowed all their arrangements to stand.
Tho Doer delegates, victims of the or
ganizing committee, awaited expectnntly
a', tholr hotel from rnrly mornlni; until tho
afternoon for tho arrival of tho cruiser.
For several hours tho carriage Intended
for Mr. Kruger remained at tho entrance
to tho hotel, tho horses of which wcro dec
orated with rosettes .of nocr colors. Vari
ous delegations nnd societies that had ns
somblod at tho landing stngo remained
there through henvy showers until they
realized, In tho nonslgnalllng of tho Qel
derland .that their presence was futllo.
Crowd AVun Small.
Today's great crowds wcro for the
grcator part mado up of shopkeepers and
worklugTOen, who lost money by attending
tho gathering, Thirty thousand would be
n generous cstlmato of tho crowd, which
was massed thickly at several points, while
only sparse assemblies wcro to bo seen
elsewhere.
Up to n lato hour no news had been ro
colvcd of tho Qelderland. although It Is
fully expected that she will anchor In tho
harbor boforo daybreak tomorrow. No
Importance. Is attached to tho roport of an
Injury to her machinery, the theory being
that sho Is going slowly In consequence of
the heavy sea. An amusing statement ap
peared In u local paper this afternoon In
which an alleged rumor was published to
the effect that tho delay was duo to the
capture of tho Qelderland on the high sens
by a Ilrltlsh squadron or to deliberate
dnrrnge to her machinery by a mercenary.
Tho Doer commission has Issued n state
ment that tho program Inteuucd today will
bo carried out tomorrow,
Tho attitude of today's concourse, whllo
unanimously favorable to Mr. Kruger and
tho Doers, was nevertheless quite free from
nnythlng oltcnslvo to the UrltlHh, which
tended to enhnnco tho nbsurdlty of a
noisy promenade along the principal boule
vards this evening by a score of nntl
Drltlsh youths, whoso efforts led to no dis
order' whatever.
LORD ROBERTS IN ACCIDENT
London .Stnmlnril linn XrtVH nt HIn
Itclnir Thrown From Horn? nnd
Severely Injured.
LONDON, Nov. 21. Tho Evening Stand
ard In a Bpcclnl edition this evonlng says:
"Just as we are going to press tho news
has reached London that Lord Hoberts has
been thrown from his horse and received
severe Injuries
"Lord Uobcrts' bodyguard removed him
to Qovtrnment house, Johannesburg. Ho
wis badly shaken and bruised, but It Is
expected he will be nblo to tako the field
again In the course of a few days."
Tho Dally Telegraph learns that Lord
Hoberts has telegraphed privately to tho
secretary of otnto for war, Mr. William
St. John nroderlck, that ho felt no 111 ef
fects whatever.
Lord Uobcrts' accident occurred on Sun-
You're Cheating
And you're cheating your
self, too. You arc trying to
mike yourself believe that your
cough doesn't amount to much.
What about that family history
of weak lungs ? Stop cheating
and take Aycr's Cherry Pectoral.
It soothes your throat, quiets
your cough, heals your lungs.
The rst dose relieves.
Thr leat He., enough for an ordinary
roldiMc, Juit rlfttit (or uittim. bmiidiltU,
lioaraeneaa, wlioopliiir.cnucli, lurd cnldaj
day last while ho was riding. Ills horse
fell with him and ho was shaken and
bruised, but no limbs v;tro broken.
The officials of tho War ofaco say they
nro "not In a position to report nnythlng
In connection with tho rumored accident
to Lord Roberts." This utterance Is Inter
preted hero ns giving Indirect support to
the Evening Standard's statement.
THEY SURPRISE AN OUTPOST
Hue Kill SI t'liMisprot Inc llurTs"
.enr lluliiiiirnl nml 'la Up
Tlilrl) "One I'rlNotii'rn,
LONDON', Nov. 21. A long dispatch re
ceived from Lord Hobcrts today refers to n
number of minor occurrences, Tho only
Incident of Importance Is tho surprise, of an
outpost of the Huffs," southwest of Bal
moral, November 19. Six of tho "Huffs"
wcro killed and flvo wcro Injured. An
officer and thirty men wcro mado prisoners.
Tho post has since been rcoccuplcd.
SCHALKBERGER IS NOT DEAD
Humor of III" Di'IiiIkc Xut Creilltril
In London ItolierU .Sii)N
.NulliliiK 'f K,
LONDON. Nov. 21. Tho reported death
of General Brhalkborger, acting president
of tho Transvaal slnco Mr. Kruger's de
parture from that country, Is discredited
here. There Is a mcro rumor that ho died
nt Johannesburg November 19, but tho re
port lacks confirmation. Lord Roberts' dis
patch from Johannesburg this morning
does not mention tho death of General
Schalkberger.
Smiirn lint Doubtful of llnern.
IllIHI. IN', Nov. 21. Tho Vosslscho Zel
tuug points out "the dangers of permitting
Doers to trek Into Gcrmnn southwest Af
rica, since they are unmanngcablo and In
capable of accomplishing orderly condi
tions." Giving a word of warning, It says: "Tho
Doers wculd seek to hold togother, thus
forming a stato within a state. Tho Ger
man colonlnl authorities should remember
that It will bo generations beforo tho Doers
forget thnt they onco possessed nn Inde
pendent political existence."
THREE HOLDUPS REPORTED
Tnii .HnlooiiH mill it I'eilrNtrliin Oper
ated On !)- lIlKlitviiyuiru I, nut
4. ft I Kilt,
About 10:30 p. ni. Wednesday thrco
marked men held up Fritz Stnchor, who
was nlono In his saloon at 3C12 North
Thirtieth street. They emptied tho cash
dtnwer of about $25.
Twenty minutes later two masked men
entered tho saloon of William Huutslngcr
at 1 SIC Military avenue, lined up tho few
men present with faces toward tho wall
and secured J20 and a revolver. Then
ench took n drink of tho best whisky the
placo afforded and, bidding all a pleasant
good night, disappeared In tho darkness.
At 11:30 p. m. two men attempted to
hold up u railroad man nenr Tenth and
Mason streets, but wcro frightened away
by n patrolman before any booty was se
cured.
i.ivix; in iiti:i,.n.
Stundnril In Far llliclicr Than It Wun
Fifty Yearn Ak,
A standard of living far higher thnn that
of fifty years ago now prevails In tho cab-
Ins of Ireland, says a writer In the Nino
teenth Century. Tho peasnntry havo not
to rely so often as formerly upon their
vivid Imagination or their memory for a
meal. There- wna onco n meal called "po
tatoes nnd point." Tho potatoes, before
being eaten at breakfast, dinner and sup
per, wcro pointed nt n herring hanging up,
or placed In tho center of tho table, to serve
as an Imaginary relish to the simple fare,
tut too precious to be consumed except
on somo festal day, such as Sunday. That
quaint gastronomlcal pretense, or subtor
fugo Is said to havo been common at one
tinio In tho cabins of Ireland. I doubt If
It Is practiced In these, days. Of course
tho IrUh peasnntry meet with upB and
downs, cxperleuco fat years nnd lean years,
llko other people Ono of them, with a
turn for rhetoric, said of his class, "Sorao
tlmes wo drink from the cup of fullness and
sometimes wo nto off tha empty plate." I
know from personal knowledgo that In por
tions of Clare, where milk Is scarco, tho
peoplo concoct a substltuto composed of
water whitened with flour, which thoy call
"bull's milk." As a rule, however, tho
food of the peasantry Is now more substan
tial and more varied than It wan In times
past, though In somo respects It rany not
bo perhaps so wholesome. The potato Is
still what it hns been for a century and a
half tho peasants' stnplo arllclo of food
hut there aro more appetizing adjuncts to
It than formerly, Buch ns butter, eggs nnd
American bacon.
Tea Is drunk universally In every cabin,
no matter how humble, nud In most cases
la partakon of three or four times a day.
Bakers' bread has been largoly substituted
for tho homc-mndo "grlddlo-cnko," except
In districts remote from bakeries. Indian
mal porridge, or "stirabout," as tho peo
plo usually call It, Is now eaten only In
tho poorest cabins, It was Indeed nover
popular with the peasantry. They resort
to It only under tho compulsion of pov
erty, ns It is cheap. It bears the stigma
of pauperism. It was first Introduced Into
Ireland during tho famlno of IS 17 by tho
government, as an Inexpensive and whole
some food for the starving people, nnd It
has been widely distributed as n form of
relief during tho mnny periods of distress
through which Ireland has passed slnco
then. The "yallow male," ns It Is called,
therefore came to bo associated In tho minds
of tho people with times of poverty and
misfortune, and I know that even tho poor
est families feel a sort of shame in oatlng
it, ns If It meant unutterable social degra
dation. SOT I'MIANKU WITH IIOMH,
A .lllmiourltiii Thrown u Few llrlekn nt
the Internal City.
Hern's n Missouri Idol nmnsher who has
the courage of bis convictions In tho mut
ter of speaking hlH mind." ut nny rate A
Grundy county man who Is making 11 tour
of Luropo "lid Homo" one afternoon a few
weeks ago with tho follownlg disastrous re.
suit, as ileecrlucd In his lutcst letter In tha
KniiHUM city Journal:
"St. l'eter'H disappointed me. It Is largo
enough, but too light and baro. Tho Inside
Is of gray mnrlile and there Is no stained
glass. So It looks like nn untitled urt sal
lery. The famous bronze statue of St. Peter.
Bitting in n chulr. from which tho toe has
been kissed, would not enteh vour nvn It it
were not for the guide book. Tho great
vntlrnn palnro is nbout ns pretty ns the
and the pictures by Hnphael uml Michael
Almoin were nn utter disappointment to nil
of us, Tho 8 stino chunul. In whl,-li i
Angela's greatest paintings cover tha wn'ls
and celllnss, Is u Inrgo plain room. The
piL-uues are nil in 11 darit. purplish grny
color, hard to mnlcn nut nml ninnri
you do mako them out. They remind mo of
rather plain nud faded circus bills with
nt iuriuriiiiit on ine trapeze.
Uupliiiel a greatest pictures nrn rleh In enl.
ors, but aro not moro Interesting. Ho nnd
Angelo never saw n naked woman or child,
;.i.KlM"52t "or were ever even ut Atlantic
City. They give children the muscles of a
ii.iiiHiii Kiuiii.iiur it a isnrnum strons man.
1 no ruins of ancient llnm,. nr., ni.n .,.
disappointment, n a rule, With tho excep
tion of the wonderful Coliseum and 11 few
more th ngs nil tho rest nro nothing but
stone piles, so far as they uppenr to tho
Inmirnentu Liberate Lieutenant.
OALION. O.. Nov. 21.-A rablegrnm was
received here by the family of Lieutenant
I,. W. AHtaetter of the Fnlted States Kn.
glueerlng corns, announcing that he has
been liberated by the Insurgents nnd that
ho will start for home soon. Lieutenant
Alstnetter was captured about three
months ago whl!o building a rr'ay near
.M lull 1 a.
TELEPHONE RIGHTS ARE SOLD
Russian Government Puts Up at Auction
Franchises for Leading Oitics,
BIDDERS ACCEPTING LOWEST RENTAL WIN
Amrrlenn Concern, Which Wn
A 111 o 11 k Tlionr Seeking the I'rlv-llr-Re,
Stirrers thp MUfortime
of I.onIiik In livery limtnuce.
ST, PETEKSHUIIG, Nov. 21. The tele
phono franchises wcro sold at miction yes
terday. Tho now reglmo begins In No
vember, 1901. Tho government has pro
scribed tho condition of rentals and the
franchises were given to tho parties fix
ing tho lowest subscription. Tho St.
Petersburg municipality won here, agree
ing to demand 45 roubles annually, com
pared with EO roubles hitherto charged.
The Western Electric company of the
United Stnlcs bid unsuccessfully every
where. Tho subscriptions arc! Odessa, 43
roubles; Hlga, 67 roubles; Warsaw, 03
roubles nnd Moscow 79 roubles. The prices
for restaurants, hotels, etc., nro 30 per
cent higher for a slnglo user and 10 to
20 per cent lower for telephones In general
use, tho custom being to placo telephones
In a corridor for tho uso of the cntlro
building. Tho long-dlstanco system re
mains tho property of tho government.
A dispatch received hero from Kharkoff
(a city of European Kussla, 420 miles
southwest of Moscow) nnounces tho snlo of
15,000,000 pounds of Iron oro at 3 copecks
n pood, delivered nt Nlkolalcffsky to an
Dngllsh concern, Austrian companies nro
nlso negotiating for a Inrgo quantity.
A drill compnny of New York has secured
n 1600,000 order for ntr-comprcssors nnd
other machlnory for n 2,200 metro tunnel at
Khnrbin, connecting Vlndlvostock with
Port Arthur and Europe. The latest
American tunneling system will bo cm
ployed. Tho work will last a yenr.
The JSemstvo, or provincial assembly of
Ycllotzk has petitioned tho government
to call nn agrarlnn congress In which nil
the Zomstvos will bo represented to dis
cuss a commercial treaty with Germany.
A company has been organized nt Mos
cow with a capital of 2,000,000 roubles to
oxplolt peat properties.
DELAG0A BAY AWARD PAID
I'ortiiKiil Finally Mnlici Settlement
for I'll 111 o nn Itullronil Selr.ure In,
18M Ainerli-iiii Get Slinre.
LONDON, Nov. 21. Tho Dclagoa bay
railroad award was paid today. Tho Ameri
cans received their shnro through tho Scllg
matis. Tho Dclagoa bay railroad award of $3,062,
800, with interest at D per cent from Juue
2S, 1S89, la tho result of the sclzuro of tho
Delagoa bay railroad by Portugal. The facts
of tho case havo been told many times dur
ing tho last few years. Dcsldcs tbo princi
pal of the nwnrd and tho Interest, totalling
about $5,000,000, Portugal paid on account
$140,000 in 1S90. Tho Americans interested
aro tho heirs of Colonol McMurdo, who.
with a number of English capitalists, built
tho road nnd ran It until seized by tho Por
tugucso officials.
ITO'S CABINET IN DANGER
Minister HonIiI, Ai'cuncd of Accrptlnir
Ilrlbcs, Iteferreil to a
Tiinimnnyltr.
LONDON, Nov. 22. "Tho overthrow of
Marquis Ito's cabinet," says tho Yokohama
correspondent of tho Dally Mall, "Is
threatened. Already Viscount Katsuua,
minister for war, has resigned In conse
quence of a scandal affecting Hoshl Torn,
minister of communications, who Is ac
cused of accepting largo bribes and will
probably bo arrested. Tho political op
ponents of tho accused minister denounce
him ns a 'Tammanylto,' probably becauso
ho was formerly minister to tho United
States."
CZAR SEEMS SOME BETTER
Tndny'H llullrtlii Dexcrthen 1IU Con
dition an (iuoil l'nuieil Very
Siitlsfnetory Duy Vefiterdii-.
LIVADIA, European Russia, Nov. 21. Tho
bulletin Issued today by tho czar's physi
cians was moro satisfactory. It read aa
follows:
'Tho czar passed a satisfactory day yes
terday. Ilia condition Is good. His tem
peraturo at 9 last evening was 102.2; pulse,
C8. Ho slept but llttlo during tho night, but
from no disturbing cause. Ills majesty's
general condition Is satisfactory. Tempera
turo this morning, 100.6; pulse, 70."
I.nlior Injunction Dlnnolreil,
LONDON, Nov. 21. The appeal court has
dissolved tho Injunction of Justlco Farwcll
of tho -high court of Justlco of August 30,
who enjoined Oencral Secretary Hell of the
Amalgamated Society of Hallway Servants
and Secretary Holmes from "watching nnl
besotting tho Oreat Western railroad sta
tions and approaches with tho view of In
ducing non-unlonlsts to refrain from tnk
Ins tho places of Taffvalo railroad strikers.
Tho master of tho rolls declared tho Amal
gamated society was an entity unknown to
tho law and, therefore, Incapablo of being
sued. Tho cnBo will bo appealed to the
Houso of Lords.
(prninii Influence In I'nlrxtlne.
DEHLIN, Nov. 21. At a mooting of tho
flerman Holy Land society In Cologno today
tho president called attention to tho growth
of German Influence In Halestlno slnco Em
poror William's visit.
"German Catholics In Palestine," ho
said, "no longr recognizo France's pro
tectorate over Catholics In the Orient, but
havo placed themselves under German pro
tection." Ho announced that Catholics In
Germany had raised 760.000 marks for the
church to bo erected In tho Holy Land on
the site presonted by Emperor William.
Cliecru for rw Uiiflicmi,
HELFAST, Nov. 21. Tho duke nnd duchess
of Manchester nrrlvcd at Tauderageo castle,
Armagh, yesterday, and were received with
great rejoicing, Honflres blazed nnd
Illuminations were genernl. Tho crowds
cheered as tbo couplo drove through tho
town and tho duke thanked his tenants for
their reception of his bride. The duko and
duchess will go to India and Japan from
the United Slqtts.
1'riinNlu'n nny of I'ulille Penitence.
HEKLIN, Nov. 21. Today bolng a day of
public penitence In Prussia all publlo build
ings, the Holchstag and the theaters were
closed. No evening papers were published
and the police president of Ilorlln forbade
the Hoyal opera chorus to sing this evening
parts of Wagner's "Parsifal" nmTHnnders
"Tho Messiah."
Dowlo Shown White I'eatlier.
LONDON. Nov. 21. John Alexander
Dowio, tho Chicago Zionist, abandoned his
meeting in Manchester yestordny and hur
riedly left this city last evoulng. Ills de
parture was due to tho threatening atti
tude of a demonstration by Owen's col
lege students, Eomo of whom wcro arrested.
Cznrevlteli Nenr St. I'et er.liuric.
fvT. rnTEIlSHUnO, Nov. 21. The czare
vitch has arrived at fiatlzfa near hero, com
ing from Copenhagen.
Ilrenel' friend In Trouble.
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 21. DaRlardl, nu
Italtaa anarchist, recently arretted In
Sweden and transported to tho Italian fron
tier, where no was delivered to tho Italian
police, turns out to have been nt one tlmo
intimate with Drcscl, the assassin of King
Humbert.
Itiiitl lllrtliitny Party,
.tinVlltflttr, Huron Vniftnn V.. n, .
Vliu.i ui'inr, iicooo 1 no.Tim, ,iui. i.IU-
peror William itiucncu witu tho Kmpress
Frederick today on tho occasion of her birth
day. His majesty toasted tho empress In
the presence of six reigning princes nnd
princesses.
Convict I'urole In .orwny,
CHHISTIANA, Nov. 21. A law has Just
gono Into operation In Norway permit
ting tho conditional dlschargo of a con
vict for rjood behavior after ho has served
two-thirds of his sentence.
TyplntN Uplilr nile lit CopenlinKcn,
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 21. Tho typhus
epidemic hero is assuming serious propor
tions. Twenty new nnd serious cases wcro
officially reported today.
Honors for Sir Tliuniaft,
LONDON. Nov. 21. Sir Thomas Ltpton
hns been gazetted as honorary colonel of
tho Second Volunteer battalion of tho
Highland Light Infantry.
CMIIOI S TIII.VOS AHIM'T CHINA.
Feature of Life In the Cclrntlal Um
pire Noted liy 11 Foreluitcr,
Probably tho most striking thing that
Impresses Itself upon onj who has Just
lauded In China, writes a correspondent
of Leslie's Weekly, Is tho sea of yellow
faces upturned In ldlo curiosity, watching
his movements. It takes a long tlmo beforo
one is ablo to find distinguishing features
sufficient to recognizo the Individuals of
this raco apart, for along with tho sallow
nnd monotonous faces Is tho everlasting
Ettalght black hair. This tho Chinese
themselves consider tho dlstlnctlvo featuro
of their raco nnd they habitually refer to
themselves, both In their conversation and
lu their literature, as "tho black-haired
people." Along with these physical char
acteristics Is tho generally worn bluo cot
ton dress. One looks In vnln among theso
crowds of rnlddlo nnd lower elnss Chi
nese for a fleck of any other color. Women
on tho streets mny havo a few flowers and
ornaments In their hair, but everywhere,
as If It wero tho only color In tho world,
Is tho monotonous blue.
It rather shocks tho Bcnslbllltles to find
nil tho coolies nud laborers stripped naked
to tho waist, their bluo trousers tightly
fastened around the wnlst with a girdle,
while their shoulders and arms nro burned
and tanned until they nra almost blnck.
These, however, Eccm quite respectable
compared with tho sights which greet your
eyes as you pass off tho business streets
Into tho qulotcr rcsldcnco streets. Here
boys, without a particle of clothing, from
tboBo Just nblo to crawl up to 15 and 1G
years of ago, can bo found everywhere
playing In the streets, rolling In tho dust
or squatting In tho shailo of tho brick
walls. In somo parts of China baby girls
are nlso to bo seen In tho streots In tho
same unclothed condition, but this is quite
rare.
Except In tho coast provinces of tho
south, tho Chinese build nothing but brlclf
houses; but what surprises tho now comer
Is to find thnt tho bricks, Instend of being
red, aro n bluo-grny or drab color. Thn
peculiar color Is duo to tho method used
In burning them. Tho government main
tains a monopoly on what wo would call
hard burnt brick, and red or yellow brick
aro only allowed to bo used In government
buildings. Theso brick used by tho com
mon people nro really steamed, water being
poured over tho top of tho kiln during tho
process of burning. Tho brick thus burned
quickly becomes moss grown, so that Chl
ncso buildings soon havo nn appearance of
ago that 13 qulto deceiving.
Tho filth nud squalor of Chinese streets
aro notorious, and above tho stench which
constantly offends tho nostrils ono has a
feeling of thankfulness thnt It is so cheap
to ride, and that ho Is not compelled to
walk through tho streets. Tho latter nro
peculiar, from tho fact thnt tho wagon
roadway In tho center stands up higher
than tho sidewalks. This Is becauso for
centuries tho nccumulnted litter of the
streets has been swept and scraped toward
tho center, partly for purposes of drainage
and partly becauso It Ib tho cnslest way
to get rid cf it. In somo cities tho center
of tho road Is six or eight feet higher than
tho sides, ranking such high embankments
that you can only get off tho streot at
places whero Inclines havo been built.
Tho country roads aro Just tho opposite,
for, Instead of being built up, they aro
ImmeuBO ditches, sometimes so deep that
when driving through in n cart It Is Im
possible to see the surrounding country.
This Ib becauso tho Chintso farmer, while
ho realizes tho right of the public to tho
uso of tho road, is still Jealous to think
thnt It should use any of his earth, and ho
will dig out as much soil as posalblo from
tho road and spread it over his land. Theso
country roads become, after n heavy rain,
regular canals, nnd it Is a saying among
tho Chlncso that you enn travel tho same
road sometimes by dirt and sometimes' by
water.
Ono of tho most peculiar things Is tho
way tho fields aro cut up Into what ap
pear to bo llttlo garden patches. As a mat
ter of fact, It Is tho Chinefo method of
Irrigation, The conditions of llfo aro so
precarious that the Chinese daro not de
pend on rainfall for raising tholr crops, and
throughout tho empire, wherever thcro are
rivers or waters to bo found by wells, Irri
gation Ib practiced regardless of rain.
Ditches nnd trenches run everywhere nnd
each little patch In its turn Is flooded with
water from tho nearest well or some ad
jacent si ream.
Old well sweeps, with a wicker bucket
swung from ono end and a stone counter
balance nt the other, arc constantly being
worKcn, whllo along tho rivers llttlo Inlets
uro dun out of the banks, nud two mon
will stand on opposite, sides holding be
tween them a largo wicker dipper, to which
aro attached four ropes. This is dropped
Into tho river and then with a Jork Is
raised and tho water tossed Into a catch
basin abovo, whence it Is distributed.
In traveling through the country ono is
struck by tho absence of horses. Mules
and donkeys you see everywhere, but tho
Chinese havo tho peculiar Oriental preju
dice against the uso of tho'horso, and no
one of rank or wealth would bo seen using
one. Tho numerous monuments and memo
rials which lino thn roads and nppcar on
every prominent knoll throughout tho coun
try aro noteworthy. Peculiar among theso
are tho many different Btylcs of pagodas
and tho great tortolso monuments made
'by setting n heavy slab or tablet Into tho
back of a stouo tortoise. Tho tortolso Is
the Chlncso symbol of Immortality or In
finite duration. In tho cities and towns
theso monuments moro often take tho shape
or memorial arches or pallows, as thoy
aro called, which aro built over tho stroets.
and bear Inscriptions commemnratlvo of tho
person or event In honor of which thoy are
built.
The arch has been known to tho Chinese
from thn earliest tlme3, and In tho massive
gates of their cities and tho splendid
bridges across their rivers nnd canuls 6ome
of tho finest specimens in tho world are
to bo found From tho undoubted antiquity
of many of tho best examples it Is evident
that the Chinese wero the real Inventors
of tho arch and Its principles wero evl
dently fully understood by them centuries
before It appeared In Europe.
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HAD RIGHT TO TAKE TABOGA
Colombian Government Explains Its Seizure
of British Steamship.
AUTHORITY GIVEN BY TERMS OF CONTRACT
I'nltctl .Stales N Walelilinr the l)e-
cloinnciit from Day to Day,
but lit .Not o Far Found
OeeiiMloti for I'rotet,
COLON, Colombia, Nov. 21. The follow
ing Is tho text of tho official decree under
which tho Colombian government directed
the sclzuro of the Ilrltlsh steamer Ta
boga, .which was used to carry troops and
ammunition to Iluena Ventura, then be
sieged by tho Insurgents:
Tho ngenls nnd owners of tho stenmer
Tiibogn, lmvlng refused cither to sell or
rent tho vessel, tho Columbian govern
ment, with its authority under the law,
nrordliig to the cunt met ol 1"W, binding
tho company to carry troops nml wnr ma
terial In lime of wnr nnd having refurr 1
to tho fnct thnt the cnmmerrlnl Intere t
of tho entire community desire that tho
ports of llucmi Ventura and Tumaoo bo
immediately reopened, heteforo decre 'j
tho temporary appropriation of tho steamer
Tubogn, nnd orders that the ownerj bo paid
u fair price for tho uso and posalblo dam
ago thereof.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. Tho develop
ments In tho Colombia revolutionary move
raent nro bolng watched hero with keen
Interest as well as with somo unxluty. This
Is especially truo of tho movement of tho
Ilrltlsh gunboat, Pheasant from Victoria, to
tho Isthmus, whero It Is understood she is
to effect a settlement with tho Colombian
government for the Eolzuro of tho Ilrltlsh
merchant ship Tnbogn by tho Vcnuczulnu
army as a transport. The fnct that a con
siderable Bum of money was offered to tho
captain of tho Tnboga for tho uso of his
ship does not legally offset tho protest cf
tho British consul ngalnut the eclzurc, so it
may bo expected Uiat tho Colombian gov
ernment will bo called to severe nccount.
As no American Interests have to far been
directly nffectcd by what has hnppetied no
orders havo yet been Issued for tho dis
patch of u United States naval vessel to
Colombia.
The Ilrltlsh embassy hero hns not been
Involved In nny manner and thu Ilrltlsh
minister resilient nt Hogotn, tho capital,
Is nctlng entirely for his government In
tho matter. Tho Bancroft was sent south
eomo tlmo ago and will bo In tho vicinity
of tho trouble Bhould any necessity arlso for
looking after American interests In that
quarter. On tho Pacific sldo tho Phllalel
phla and Iowa, aro available. They will
go south beforo long for n winter cruise, nl
though thero Ib no present purpose of using
thom in connection with tho dlsturbnuco In
Colombia, which has not up to this tlmo
assumed an aspect requiring tho present
of an American ship.
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Convenient l'leec of lli'ilroom Furni
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A window bookenso and writing desk is
a novel and useful plccu of furniture for
almost any room and whllo It muy seem
an odd Idea for tho embellishment of a
window Its adaptability can readily bo
appreciated from a glanco nt tho Illustra
tion, which was drawn from 11 caso actually
made and in use.
This is a pleco of furnlturo that any
carpenter can make from clear plno or
whlto wood at n nominal cost and It may
bo painted or stained nnd varnished as a
matter of choice.
An inexponslvo ono can bo constructed
from boxes and boards with matched edges,
a few feet of cornlco moulding, somo
hardware and with tho tools to bo found
In most nny homo.
Two boxes of equal slzo aro solcctcd for
tho baso and to tha open aides doors nro
attached by means of hinges. Theso boxes
aro placed an end so as to support tho desk
ledgo and bookcases.
Three boards aro driven together and
placed across tho upper ends of them and
mado fast with screws.
Tho bookcases can bo two long shoe
boxes of even slzo nnd arranged with
shelves somewhat as shown in tho drawing.
Across tho top u shelf Is placed nnd
mado fast; this will bind tho cases togother
und prevent them from moving whllo at
tho same tlmo tho bottom of each box
can bo made fast to tho desk top.
Simple curtains of somo light material
aro faBtcncd at tho top nnd halfway down
nt tho front of thu cases by means of light
rodB and rings, so that when desired thoy
may bo drtlwn acrosn to hldo tho shelving
and hooks.
Drawers enn bo mado In tho lower cases
to accommodate writing materials and tho
closets below them will bo qulto large
enough to harbor magazines, pnmphiota,
etc.
Halfway from tho desk ledgo to tho top
of tho window a shelf can bo arranged to
hold two or thrco glaBS bowlB, from which
growing vines can climb on tho curtains
or on lino wires strung across from case
to caso.
Tho shelving In tho cases should bo
placed tho proper distances npart to ne
commodato hooks of various sizes, tha
smaller volumes at tho top and tho larger
ones nt tho bottom, as shown.
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