THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 9, 1910.
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Newspapers Beginning: to Play Important Part in Public Life in China
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kHANQHAI. 1803. (Spclul Corre- have combined togetner not to cut prists
pondence of The Bee.) unina and to defend Jhemeelvea from tne pnniers
la now looking at the world and othera. v ,
through the right end of the The Sin Wan Pao haa a circulation of
opera glans. Its tour hundred about 20,000. but thla la equal to more than
mllllona have their almond eyea 100.000 In the United States, because every
copy of a Chinese newspaper Is sold over
and over again. It first goes to the rich,
who use It for the morning. In the after
noon the boys call for It and sell it again.
Is thinner and better than ours.
This Is necessarily so, as many
of the characters are black,
and they hold Ink like a sponge.
The advertisers ' often want
white letters on a black back
ground and the paper must be
good . or the ink will show
through. The Hln Wan Pao is
now using a glazed onion-skin paper,
which la made of Norwegian wood pulp
especially for this market. It looks as
though It were greased.
newspapers for selling goods. There are
many Chinese patent medicines, and such
advertisements may be seen In every
journal. '
Patent Medlclaes for Boa ad Feet.
In one of the Interior papers of a fow
days ago I saw medicine for bound feet
advertised. It was displayed with a
scare head, and with faces sad and joyful,
labeled. '"Before and after taking." Tim
trarslation read!
"Our Lily Print Powder haa b"en sold
for many years, and it la miraculous In
Its effects. By Its use the foot can be
the newspapers. Most of the Peking pa
pers must be submitted to the censors,
and a bulletin of press regulations has
been Issued, Which provides how news
papers may be established, and how they
must be carried on. This bulletin lies be
fore me as I write. It provides that
twenty days before a newspaper is es
tablished Its name and policy, and the
names of the publishers, editors and
printers, must be sent to the officials;
and, at the same time, a security amumil
ing to $500 must be filed therewith. All
editors, publishers and printers must be
of sane mind, and over 20 years of age.
They must have never been punished or
i.., u-'l It wants something yellow to
stir up Its blood. Moreover, It is finding
that something in the new newspapers,
which are now springing up all over the
empire. Within the last three or four years In
about 400 periodicals have been established,
and half that number of dallies are now
coming out In the different cities. There and the next day perhaps half that. Every
la a "yellow journal on the borders of Tibet; copy Is supposed to reach five different
newopaper reporters are Interviewing the families. 8o that, as far as the advertise-
statesmen in Peking; and the native editors mcnts are concerned. It touches five times
are demanding a boycott against foreign as many people as a United States journal,
goods down in Canton. There are already
How the Papers Look
I wish
. ,n..i.t n,.r h( . . . . . . L uany papers
rao, wiien eprwu 7'" " row point, rr.ee per ooiue w casn.... ,oca, ,,., before mdnlght of tne duv
double bed. It Is divided up Into pages A,g0 0UP ParttBt)n p0Wder. the sole cure .,. , . .,,
or sections, each of about the sle and for 8oreg cau8ed Dy the blllding. Sixty of m,88tatements must be in the following
I could show you one of these bound tlght wlthout palnfuUy .welling. ,mprlgonedj and mU8t be ln goo1 ,tandlng.
nese newspaper.. The bin an and yet can be easily brought to a nar- AU da paper8 mu8t be 8ubmltted t0 tha
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the morning It is worth 1 cash, or shape of a gentleman's handkerchief. The cash a bottie. Sold only at the drug store gBUe
An erica was discovered, and it had been the empress dowager, aa well as soma of
In existence over E00 years when the Frank- the dolngn of the -prince regent and the
fort Oatetle, the first newspaper of our cabinet officials. It is more interesting
civilisation, began Its publication In 1615. than were the Issues of the past, although
Until recently the Peking Gazette was It Is staid and steady and lacks the goaalp
set up from movable type made of wood of the new Chinese dallies.
twenty-one dailies In the Chinese capital,
and e.ght here In Shanghai. Five have
been started In Hongkong; and more "in
Canton and otrcrs of the provincial capitals.
1m the Coangoa!aai Rooms.
But come with me Into the composing
rooms and see how a Chinese newspaper
la made. The printers work in pens made
These journals represent every shade of and rge hlgh above thelr nead8. Th.
opinion and not a few of them are sen- c, backward and each contains
satlonal. Some are ardent supporter, of tnou,and8 of jead character.. The types
the imperial government, and other, are tWcker tha but not talK Th
,,.,o,,, ii, sjvmv vuuui curiam local
issues, whi:e others denounce them. The
publlo official, are beginning to wake up
to- the power of the newspaper, and not
a few of them are starting journals to for
ward their views.
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uuui uiis-ltail vuiii nail. 111 lire in Bl ll)B nigu uiri uuvi. i Th trmnv reatrlotlnna In tK.
afternoon it will bring a quarter of a cent sheet, and the whole is a collection of clou, and Mora, gtll,et. AH others are rh!" ' , Z "Zlu.L -tk!
character, such a. are used on Imitations." u of tn, proceedlnI1 cloged trlal8
boxes, with car oon.. he electio. The same paper advertised puis for are pron)bltd. and all secret decrees must
cuts of advertisement, .cattered through Wfim.n and DlllB tor men. u a80 an. . .... . . . . ffiin
here and there .H v;n. he vlrtues of halr restorers, and Xne artlcleg provlde aln8t the b,,ca and printed on double page, of about the '
The paper begin, at the back and one drU8g certaln to mako Chinese pigtails tlon of anything which is likely to destroy '8 knd 0hap f the olJ-'aBhlo"e1 Ptent Woma.'a Dallr.
read, up and down the column. Instead grow t t gtablity of the BOVernment or to lower drug ,tore almanac- 11 tnen contained, j Tle only woman's dally newspaper pub
of aoros. them, aa with u.. The first page Qne advertiHement related to a runaway the 9tandard of the living of' the reople U 6ot now the lmPerlal decrees, and gave ,ighed ln Asllli l not in the world. U la
ic taken up with the title and Important wlfe and anoth(,r to a female slave for Xne flne for tne various 6ffenses are fixed"' th0 fttlcM I,ew8 of recorded uei by a woman in Peking. Its editor Is
advertiaements. This space commands fne the return of whom a g0od reward was and for lome imprisonment not exceedlna tn tlme8 wnen the emPeror went out to Chinese girl belonging to a well-to-do
. . . . , . .a , . . unnn (I s&crlflce mt th Titmnln nf Hmvaii. n nil . ... , . . , ' , . . , ,
ottered. six months Is the penalty. All paper, may . "7 7 . . , 7 7 . lamny. ntr miw u rmB
Nearly all these dailies publish cartoons. b, .ucperded-at the will of the government. wnenihl8 Imperial majesty prayed for snow woman's Journal. It Is published ln aa
Thi. In MniwMallv so of the Danera of '.-a .n htu or rain, or started the spring plowing. It ...tractive form and la written ln claasla
the table of contents, and the Imperial Peklnr Th, change in dynasty, the opium published shall be liable ln the aame way av tha officlaI reports from the provinces chnese. jt js Urgaly devoted ' to educa
edicts telegraphed from Peking, while the' evil and the new almy are graphically a, th editors. Altogether the regulation. nd tne ,tntences ot 'nK to fleath Bnd tioaal matter., and especially to tha ad
third has heavy editorials on itaaing ques- pictured. Papers of that character are are strict, but in a fast changing country, , . vancement of women. It advocate th
hlehest prices, and the "ads" upon it
bring three times as much as those on the
inside of the paper. The second page has
are made in the establishment, and boys
are kept busy day ln and day out casting
new . type for the paper. 8omo of the
dallies are now putting ln stereotyping out
fits, and the Sin Wan Pao is cast In cyl-
llere in Shanghai there are altogether
about 100 periodicals. These Include month
lies, weeklies and dallies, the latter being
among the roost important ln China. The
paper, are published ln the foreign section
of the elly, and are therefore free from
goveniment inspection. This allows their
editors more latitude of expression than I.
permitted to the paper. In the native town.,
and the Shanghai paper, therefore go out
to all part, of China.
Inders just like an American newspaper.
It is run off on a rotary press, which
prints 10,000 an hour. It goes to pres. at
4 o'clock in the morning and bas tele
graphic news up to that hour.
The paper used by the Chinese journal.
tlons. Further over there are special leie- popular, and they are rapidly Increasing BUCh at. thla now is, they are almost a
grams from all part, of Cnina, and still in number and circulation. The daily necessity.
further Important ntws and correspon- journals f now contain the nows of the
donee. The Chinese news bas the first court, and are full of interesting gossip
place, and local telegram. Often crowd out about tho prince regent, the,.- empress Peking? baaette.
the cables. The paper has also law 're- dowager and the highest officials. The old Peking Oa.ette haa been modl-
Dorts. translations from the foreign news- " fled. It is now issued n a different form,
papers, personal gossip and even fashion
notes. I am told that its advertising la
anti-footblndlng movement, support, tha
. The Peking Gazette? of today is largely anti-oplum crusade, and, in general, 1. for
devoted to the modern movements now woman's rights from a Chinese" standpoint,
going on over China. It contains me- .
mortal, relating to the schools and the ea- Foreign Nmtspn
tabllshment of constitutional government. Thr. now foreln nuhiiht
It
is full of edicts regarding the opium at nearly al, of the of thJ, Oountry.
uoTernmeni rrm nc.aiauani, but it comes out regularly and nas a wiae evil, ana me importation or morpoine; anu There are a half docen or mora her at
Within the last tew months the Ira- circulation all over the empire. This is it nas mucn to Bay aoout railway, ana Shanghai. The North China Dally New
In Chinese Newspaper Offlcf.
1 spent sorr.e time going tnrougn the es
tablishment of the most Important of these
papers. It is known a. the Sin Wan Pao.
and ha. about the largest circulation of
any newspaper In the empire. It belong
to a limited liability company, made up
largely of Chinese, but most ot the stock
Is owned by an America, Or. John C. Ferg
uson, who 1. also proprietor of the Shang-
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nfnartiiv inrreaslna- and that the Chinese Derlal eovernment haa been rather strict the oldest journal ln the world. It was foreign loans. It contains now and then . th shBj,Khai Tim coma out
are beginning to appreciate the value of as to the character of matter going into being read by the Chinese centurle. before a paragraph concerning the emperor and mornlng tha Mercury and Qasetta
every evening. The French have a dally
1 ' . known aa L'Ucho de Chine, and tha Ger
man, have one, the Oalasiatlshe Lloyd.
Shanghai haa four foreign weeklies. Tien
tsin haa several dallies, including the Pok
ing and Tientsin Uaxette, and so has Hong
kong, including the Hongkong Press, tha
China Mall and the Hongkong Telegraph.
There are papers published in Ui English
language at Amoy, Foochow and Hankow;
and there is a Uerman paper published at
Tslngtau ln Shantung. Tha Japanese hav
several paper, in China, and there are
Portuguese journal, ln Macao and Hon-
Stories and Anecdotes of People Worth While
The New Mlnl.ter to China. who aiuays sal in republican convention, ai.d their only work seems to consist in retulta which Mr. Edison wanted. A visitor only 4S-but we may well be thankful
t PAi.wniTV ,h ., wrf fnr Hlaina 'a. lonir as there was saluting. to whom this was told exclaimed: that he lived for the last twenty years.
minister to China was a Cai- a Blaine to vote for. Colonel Snow used A few day. ago, relates a correspondent "Then all those experiments were prac- If, I say, he had followed his own bnt,
i.wv.- ,..h in. i. mnr- to tell this litUa story of the late Marlon of tho New Yoik Sun. an old peasant In tkally wasted." lie would have been killed in the Indian
' ... . ... . . : ,, "Nnt n t nil an IH Mr l.Mlumi ' ' T nnW linrlalna, nn hn Pin. 1 1 rl era vamrirut tnn
nis oUNuay cioines emeieu iu v a . - - - - . - -, w w.. ... . . .
from the bronse gates toward d ink and krow ,0u0 things not io do" all of which In 1S91. Remington was a during, adven-
than a loeal reputation ln lifisj. Crawford. ,
when he foueht for McKlnley'. He had met Mr. Crawford in riorence,
t.ue.n .."". v... . . . ..... ,.,,ii..r n Indicates that it is as Important to know turous fellow. He learned to nalnt amid
nomination and for his election itaiy, ana wnen me noveuat cnm iu w i- - ... . " . , .. . . . i knna:
. relate, the Washing- Ington Colonel snow was tne unit io.u ...... ' V' ' ... . .vllni,d Ail of th
..... . . . a a a. I J W hit tha um i a Yt ,irL o1 V.' o n u r . 11 n riPi'Cnr I 1 1 Ja. i. II V i C v nvuv wii vsinti t-iaw ejav.iu wa. -.w
un li.e BtutnD tie at- no -nuww jiiui m- uuu.a ... v ... - -Tlton Art the Pilot.' ... i nomilMti.in. 'J
. .. .. a. a '.-,- i..., . . an Ka 1miltri" T.m : JVIIBH H.nU WHS inO VUUUl III VUIHVO ----
a iot ot attention. and novelist a ..tner, x noma. -'-""'-" " "J T" Z ' "ot often that Hie German emperor of Ueutenant Ca8ey. 0,,e of the heroes of of the style
a inenup .ay inn. a .lory .o .u.ianw w.. - . ,,u.w ... - a i,.u.u I, , n i ... i r
Bryan,
ton Pnat
nai limes, it was wnn ur. erguon that tracted
I went through the offices. The Sin Wan mm9 0f
loa Is situated oil what might be called ba told at a big political meeting ln Chi- portico. They represent scenes connected man away, but he happened 10 glance at
tne rieei suetri oc tnina. inia is a part cag0 ha(1 as muC, bearing upon nis future with the revolution and tne founaing of uit card.
career aa anything he ever Old or sold. Ic the government. Immediately lie sprang to attention
v.as at the closing meeting of the tarn- , Tna pane representing Washington's re- alla pr.tuinl anno, tt th s.tine time
p...gu. tne so-called "Flag .ally." presided ceptiou at Trenton wnen on his y to his JlB iuuaiy cuiuu.out tiu nuaru in Ur-
over by Mark lismia, that Mr. Cathoun inauguration in New York contains among Iuan aiiu vvumn a lew s.conus twenty
sprung this: the poyulare portrait figures of the seuip- h)lM oiuiti. uiiuM1 ..u tie ui-jwii
"I was recently campaigning down ln that tor. his wife, his three chlmren and Hnn
part of tne state we call 'k.gypt,' " said he, doiph Kogers, tha sculptor ot the mam
of the Shantung road, which is lined with
newspaper offices, and He. In the heart of
foreign Shanghai, with big buslneaa build
ings on either side.
The most of the papers, however, are
housed In low, dark, Ill-lighted structures,
the offices being reached by narrow stairs.
I was especially Interested In the sleeping
accommodations put up for the compost-,
tors and editors. It will seem strange to
our newspaper men that the employes of
Chinese dailies should be "slept and eaten."
Their wages always include board and
lodging. But the meals cost but a few
cent, each per day, and the lodging Is not
a. good as the steerage accommodations of
au Atlantic steamer. For Instance, In one
Journalistic building I found ten men sleep
ing In a bedroom not over twelve feet
square. They lay one above the other in
bunks built around the walls, and the only
private property I could see was the boxes
In which th men store their clothes. Not
only the compositors and reporters, but
nome of the editors sleep on the premise.
In this way. They are always on hand and
there Is no trouble in getting out an extra
at any hour or the night.
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Waste t Nvtt.paper Men.
As 1 wvut tiuough tuu establishment I
asktd us to the wages. Tliey ura exceed
ingly low. Compositors are paid by the
month. They eaoh receive from H to 17
for thirty day. of hard work, there being
no rest on Sundays. The 13 men are the
apprentices boys who have had a slight
education and are learning to set type. Ed
itorial writer are fairly well paid, some
receiving aa high a. 35 a month, while re
porters get 25 cents and upward' per day,
Some space work is done, and correspond
ents are paid for what they send In, ac
cording to the valuation of the editor. The
tu an Pao has in all about 00 corres
pondents who send in letters and telegrams
and a bugler
duors of the capllol. inn novelist, woo
had never seen the doors befure, quIcKiy
laeniUlud his mother and fathur.
"Yes," said he. "mother used to .wear her
hair just like that."
Then, gating at the largest child, a
Faunileroyian figure ln kilts, wltn long
flowing hair, he added speculatively:
"itut 1 wonoer it 1 ever reauy uid look
"and was just getting started on my
speech, wheu a man who was the worse
for several drinks bioke in:
" 'I can lick any man in Egypt," lie re
marked loudly.
"NoOody paid any attention.
" 'I can lick any man in tne country,' ha
voluntee.ed again.
"Nobouy uci.tu.cd the challenir.--.
" '1 can lick to stuftin' out ot any man 'nat' '
in the state of Illinois,' declared thj 4
scrappy-member. , iiood ' MoUJe.Un. .
"No lakers. There is a preity story of ModJesKa and
" I can lick any man in ihe new leauing woman who was to piay m
whole United States, and I can lick huu Part of k.iioetn in Bciiiner s dreary play,
to death,' was in last challenge. "Mary Hiuart." i
"A litile siubby railroad brakeman .''n n"w leading woman, who was to
walked sloaly over to him, planted a flat assume the part .of the red-naired sov-
on tne. would-be champion'. Jaw. and the ereign. wa a ueaumui young per.ou
in iii.e, uiestlueu arms
tvui.utu tuu loyui sulute.
una on. leuauiu. us a.iton saed. Ho
loon, .'.la nut t"i siareu ut tlie soldUrs,
u no k.aieu ...i.i una remained mo.io.i-
teaa. ...v.r wau. iid tor ilvo uniiuma, not ou p,iot, or am !''" he gruwied.
kiiuuui u.ti iu uo, ne cannly wa.KtJ
out a..u k..ontu utou.id tnj Va.itan until
lie Itucntu a tn entrance, alaO BUulued
uy a u mjiuit .'. ii-rj ne aaaai wiunm
UiJ iuiu u..u oa'n reciveu nw toja.
aiuie. - ' 1
ctiii grvatty us.onlthed the old ptaa:it
m,wu aa, ana aa ue knew mat .iitflc
are only tu eiiiratite io tne Va.t.an
lie went noine Viliero ins SiS.ers llvou, a
.nun uiaiauce t rum .he V a.luau.
"rtow is it .nat uu cuii.e ucK ao soon?'"
aaked li.e to u.u women, "is .cpl ul or
buy?"
ine ioreign soldleis wljl not lei me in.
ese papers cater to the foreign
.'hey axe mostly blanket sheet
which w used to have, and
to be snubbed by one of his rmain. Thw two nass.d throueh they sell on the average at 6 cent per
on subjects, but an actual instantce oc- a bu8lard that winter, to which the re- copy. As far a advertising; is concerned
curreu lust summer. His majesty was on cent etorm Wa. like a summer xephyt'f they are well supported and most of theta
boaru tne Honeiiaoilwn, and appi oaciiuig Wnen tnt.y gQt back , tne uecncy( thanks are run at a profit.
a certain lieriuun port on tne iNortn sea. t0 th(J ,cout under Lleutenant Colonel
int.- imperial yatiu took on a pi.ol, and charley (-white Hat") Taylor, Kerning- thine Paper Abroad.
una autiiorny posted luiuseit at me wneel. tQa a 8evore cold Bnd ,ne surgeons There are quite a number of Chines
'a lie' eiiii-eror. wlio regarus iiiruseit as a tnere) who had bcen Bent for tn anttc- 'papers outside China, some of whloh hav
peiieci ina.ter ot sieeiiiia, stationed him- ,patlon o Bome 8C.,ious work, commended a considerable circulation here. Thera are
aea in u.e vicinity o. u.e puot, and sug- Kemington to go home. He demurred a. three such ln Singapore, one ln Penang.
gcned giving hnn a nand at the wneel. nurd a8 he knf!W how but the doololB .oven In ban Francisco, four In Honolulu
ine rougn sea-uug, not recounting tho wn.rtn.. lo hlm. and lieminaton had and one in Manila. Japan has two. Svdnev
there are a number la Hong-
emperor, lunifi aiouna Willi u nan. Are . 0 two and
I'he next day Lieutenant Casey, with kong. .
A.iiuiru, i.i.nin U .emeu crestfallen to whom Remn4rton surely would have been, Tho emplro also has several missionary
whs killed wnlle on a scout, and 1 wlrtd journals, some of which are medical and
Remington on his way to Omaha of Casey's oth rs religious. It begin, to have maga-
death. Had he remained at Pine Kiugo rines, and wlih the new sonools and the
we would not now in all probability huva new civilization it will probably build up
the many great works of art tnat Hem- a new literature.
lngton has left us,
tils Kmo room, .iui ne moUsiii better u
it. a..u in u.iew minutes reiuinol to tnu
tuu..., O...U in (ileal Humility laiu rt tiux ul
c.. ttbua viiu puot, wnii tue reiiiara:
' .uuu alt tlie ii.ot!"
He vi.a v.jsnsil,
Harry liui.ov.ti,, ,i,c iu.um urukcr, while
out. on u luur ot iventucay, was
lulceu tu recv i.u.u. accoiiiuiuuuiiutis al Hid
t.uijiB iiousa ui day City, it-ports trie Cin-
Hark llauua and th Bu.
When Senator Hanna was walking
through his factory in Cleveland, some
years ago, on tha lookout for new Ideas or
c.nnuti lu.uc.cr, .ne i.uit-i was crouued anything which would aid the progress of
latter passed down and out. Uen minutes ctliig experience had beeu mnittxl to a few leiliMU iuv ,..i., b..u mat eu.is tue pupe,
later b came to..
" "i 1m mistake I made,' he remarked,
' that I tried to bite otf too much ter
ritory.', "
'ids story made the hit of the meeting,
tuuaiit Mr. Hanna's fancy and, accord. ng
to report, drew Mr. MoKtaley's aiientlou
again to Mr.-Calnoun. At any rate. Presi
dent McKinley appointed him to thu Inter
stale Commerce comtiilss.on, and a career
in public lite followed.
Peddler to Peach King.
Down ln the slat of Ovorgla, relet the
season in modern society piaya. On tne
night of tr first pcrlormance, In the most
important scene of the drama, wnere me
cap.l.u Mary dnlionts i-luauatn In Fother
inaay c., an v. as not well. 'Ihe new lead
ing .To.ii.n, wearing a wig for the tirst Umu
in tier cuieei and luuHiu uncomtui'laoie In
the high Kiizabethan rulf, was ill at ease
In the beginning, and losing one cf tne
chief words and thereby the meter, from
her opening lines, sne began to tlounder,
and soon ' Uritd up" completely.
This letl Schiller's unhappy .tlary stand
ing in th center of the stage wailing to
be adeauately insulted. But fClisabetn s
who was luuKiii tu-ard to a cnut and a
aauie o ta.ua vli.n n.a bruin,;., Auglj,
.ne n.aii ..no ottn. a lnj suop at li.crsi,
and vnun. lie i.i.ueu lo speua tne C.iils.
nas i.o.iuaa in i.-.iie, was gia.iy aisa
poiiileu. A secretary was sent to inquire and some
time alter lie returned to tha pope, ac
coi.ipaiiitd by tn old peasant .n his Sun
day domes, who explained .he cause of
the oeiay. 'Ihe papal iroops have re
ceived aiiicl uiders not lo render military
honois lu "tnu Aiost Serene S gnor .An
pi,i turm. Him holv father's bro.Iier." and
lo tno Wiins, and at 1 o cluck in ine morn
not iluuuweii was uwaktiicu oy voices in
ine hull.
A juung mun was falsing objections be
cause ins request lor accomiiiouations was
leluseu. liunouell opened Hie Ooor of ins
room unu invited th uung man to share
Ins bed u.tn hi in, having sixeu lilm up as
liuslwurthy and clean.
business, he overheard a little red-headed
ltl remark:
"Wish 1 had old Hanna's money and he
was In tRe poorhouse."
The senator returned to his office, relates
the National Magazine, and rang to have
the boy sent to him. The buy came to the
office timidly, just a bit conscleiice-strlckm
and wondering If his remark had been
ilia littler was proluse in his thanks and overheard and ready for the penulty. As
started to make his toilet. Fust he opened the lad twisttd his hands and nervously
his paper vailse and abstracted a bottle of 8lood on 0ne foot before the gaxe of those
liquid with which he proceeded to run nis
hands.
"What's the matter?" asked Hollowell
"Oh, I'm troubled with the ecxeina, but
I'm still your friend," replied his room
mate. From the vailse he procurea anotner
and, jumping tc her last speech, tne cur
tain was brought down. Everybody on the
bookkeeper, ihey have peach orchards mini ,a. a blank, madame could see thai,
wnere cue can walk a mile in a suaigm
line and nut get beyond the end of a roiv
They represent every section of the Chi- or peach trees. Arter the civil war anyone Btage was distressed. But Instantly tne
nese amplr. and especially the large cities could go througii the same country and beautiful young woman, disguised as the
and th provincial capitals. Th paper get fceu nothing but cornfields. Now, mure irate Klixaimu. rushed to the "star's" side
th new of the world by cables through peaches are produced on the Usorgia soil aj,d tld;
th Heuter Associated Press. Much ot It than in any other portion of the United "bear madam. I am so sorry, but you
correspondence Is sent In on approval, and States, with the possible exception of Call- know you do look so lovable In this part it
not a few ot th writer, are paid .mall fornla. This revolution iu horticulture vm a. impossible for me to say those terri-
tlio old peasant troin Hlesl now eniera the bottle, the contents of which he rubbed
Vatican without any need of showing tna upon his neck,
card on which tho pope himself had writ
ten '"Ihis ia iny broth r."
twinkling dark eyes fixed on him by the
man at the desk, he felt the hand of Uncle
Mark on his shoulder:
"So you wish you had old Hanna's money
and he was in the poorhouse, ehT Suppose
your wish should be granted, what would
you do?"
Why." stammered the lad,, "the first
I understand that the prince regent 1
contemplating starting an organ of his own.
He Is greatly interested in newspapers,
and has given orders to the grand coun
cil to have deputies read all the Chinese
dalles and 'to turnlsn him abstracts of
the Important news contained ln them.
Klght men have been, chosen to translate
the foreign papers, and his highness ha
these classified and pasted away in a sorap
book. It 1 said that Yuan Shih Kai, owned
a newspaper while he was In Peking, and
that several of the cabinet officers are
..ilv IniurbutMl In III. rilffftrAnt Irtnr.
nals there. The statesmen watch the pa
pers lo see whether they are properly
mentioned and a desire for notoriety i
springing up among them.
They Want foreign New.
Now that China Is adopting the neve'
civilisation, the high official are anxlou
to learn what is going on all over the
world. They ar studying public opinion,
in Now York, Ueilln and London; ana
they watch the market reports. China la
aalarie with bonuses for extra work.
Prlaters Union,
I found many queer things in the man-
geraent of this newspaper office. In th
first place, th printers ar not hired Indi
vidually. A contract is mad with th
foreman, who sets up the paper at so ground that people said w
much per day and employs nis own as
txtanta. In this he has to conform to
the printers' union, for everything In
Chins ts don by guild and labor or
ganisations. Tb employer hav also a
union, and so hav th newsdealer. Th
proprietor bay to par tha litter guild
so much tor each copy of their oireula-
brought about by a Connecticut Yankee, ble thing to you."
J. 11. Hale as a boy began hi start In for a second there wa a mixed expres-
llfe by carrying fruit and truck In basket elon on Modjeska' face, and then she for-
to Hartford, Conn., and selling it from glvlngly patted the speaker's cheek and
house to house. He finally accumulated walked away.
enough money to plant a little orchard of 4
hi own ln th suburbs ot Hariford on Papal Guard, and Auelu.
unfit for
Ed Lou 'a Ooa't.
Mr. Kdlson Is also still busy with his new
storage battery, whlcn. he claims, will
solve the traction question. This, too, has
been scoffed at from the beginning; it is
a long time since Mr. KdiBon began In
vestigation in tills direction, but when a
"You see I am'also afflicted with the ton- thing I would do. sir, would be' to get you burrowing many millions of dollars from
plllils to such an extent that i can scarcely out 0f Uie poorhouse."
swallow, but I'm mill your friend." The senator laughed and sent the boy
The next step was to request Hollowell back to his work. Today he Is one of the
lo drop some medicine Into his left eye.
"Pal," he said, "you are a friend worth
having."
Hollowell looked at him with great ad
miration and said: "Well, my son, for a
man that can't eat. see very wall, or shak
sucuessiui portable method of storing elec- nand8i you ara about the most congenial had told her a number of times not to
trlclty Is developed another Industrial revo- 8on.0f .a.8ea-cook I ever stalked up hitch her aled to passing sleighs, feeling
lutlon will be accomplished. against." that It was a dangerous practice. It was
This leads up to the point to which spe- such faacinating sport, however, that Mary
clal attention Is directed, say the iiook- , hbIu at Wonnded Knee. could not resist It, and one day her mother
managers of a large factory, but he never
tires of telling the story that held his first
Job. v
Aakln 'loo Mnrh.
Th mother of little .lx-yearold Mary
outside nations to develop her country as
to railways and other things, and the
government has to know what goes on
abroad. Th Associated Press Ulegrama
are forwarded to the viceroy and to the
cabinet officers at Peking aa soon as they
are received, and they are translated and
read before they appear In th newspa
pers. Th government officers are greedy for
articles about China, and one of th lead
ing cabinet minister at Peking recently
told his interpreter to give hlnr a full
...... . ........ .... irunt at nn nr ins Lvnoon i imes irom n.u
u.n.r in his exDerlmenta wltn mese .- in a number ot reminiscence ot in iat attw ner so skimming past tno itouse uenina . '
The papal troop ar sticklers oil mill- . ... .. ,-.,.... man at work for .,,,, n..mi...nn In the Washington Pot. . arm.r'a "hb " to day. Th man protested that uci a
any crop. Hal thought differently and ,aiy uiuta. An ordinary priest, for lu- Ullh a palu.Uc unparalleled. More MaJor John M. Burke "of the United wuen she cam in from play she was thing was Impossible a well aa unt.eces-
when his orchard grew from an acr to ,tanc, I only entitled to houlder arms, ttM a lalf toIie of report, on experiment states," tells of hi experience during the taKen to task, her mother saying severely, ry, saying that the English local new
over a hundred acre and hi Income from -.... a moniignor gtta present arras, and ,i.. k., ...... ... un made. Two of i.i tim. cmoaian: "M.rv' haven't I told you that you must "nd the announcement of marriages, birth
th peaclu to thousands of dollars a yar. . a blshop. a little guard la turned out. hu be.t men had to alve ud the work be- Reniinatoii was one of the mostVcour- not hitch onto bobs? Besides you know It and deaths were of no value to China.. Th
hey realised that they had been mistaken. whll. a. cardinal has the whole uird .. i,. ,,n..nrii.r mnnntonv to save m.n I ever knew. Had he fol- ia .irninst the law."
Why Marlon Crawford Wondrd.
One ot th best known guide in th capl-
turued out to do hint honor. A clerxy- ihmivi from nervous breakdown. Th lowed his own Inclinations we should
men of different rank are continually work was Continued night and day for mor have read hi obituary many yeara ago.
Mary ossed her head, "Oh,"
"don't talk to m about tha
she
law.
uid,
It's
tlon.. and they dare not push their sales tol at Washington used to he Colonel Jasper passing to and fro In th Vatican palace than thre years, and mor than ,0U0 ex- inHttad of today. It ia a great loss that au I cat, do to keep th T.u Cummand
lridandntly ot It. Th latest guild ts E. Know. iurm,,ly a Kansaa City lawr, Uv ldia w ar kepi pretty pu.y t,erinM,uu were made without obtaining the tbl. artist should hav. died so early- m.nt.l"
cabinet minister replied that lie wanted
the whole thing, and that he would get
another Interpreter. I am told that th
Times Is now translated for him.
FRANK Q. CARPENTER.