Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 October 1891 — Page 10

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1891.

8 ligbtnin. J. IT. Carlisle, of Sonth Carolina, etately and tall, the pietare of a hoothern if ntleiuan. cauit forward, and witb bis BtroiiK. dtp roic and weighty thoughts, charted with dep conviction, made everybody feel a tbouah in tb natural order of things the liafctmng wai now beirju follow, d ly thunder: not aueh thunder as atartlts na by if Yociferouiness, but uch a ia th( Airs gocietimes rumbles and roll and dies away, and breaks out aRin as though it wrre rendering a low, sweet lullabv ovcrth cradle of nature, or were charxmmc into repoo come re&tleas spirit fcnluen iu the Alpine mists. Here again, too. does our iijruroof speech agree strikincly with the facts in the case, for those rolling: sentences from the lips of Dr. Carlisle were literally charming away the great Methodist demon of division. Coming from n diticguiahed representatiTe of the M. E. Church South, what else could be the intent or the ettectof his appeal to ns to talk more hereafter of oar concords than ")f our discords, and to quit our envyings .and vexings. that we might throw ourselves initedly upon the common foef This reminds us that all the speaters referred to the topic of Methodist union, and doubtless these eloquent gentlemen, in the fervent wishes thev uttered for a closer federation of the Methodist forces, not only voiced the sentiment of the conference, but afforded a fairly reliable prophecy ot the action It will take upon this subject. Uishop Hurst spoke of the Canadian delecates as being worthy of a special welcome, because of the skill and zeal they had shown in weaving the Methodist families of Canada into one household. Mr. Green. , layman from England, closed his lively speech by expressing the hope that as the result of this ecumenical gathering the dividing lines between the Methodist bodies would at least be worn down a little, if they were sot entirely worn away. Even Dr. Stephenson, who represents the most conservative of the English bodies, could not help touching the key-sote of union. Inferring to the first ecumenical, he observed that, as the result of that meeting, the Methodists had buried many of their differences, and "please God,'1 he added, "we willbave some more fnneralsas a consequence of this second ecumenical." the body, by loud and long-continued applause, teeming to indorse this grave and deadly purpose. AN OLD MAX ELOQUENT. After the magnificent efforts of Bishop Hurst and Dr. Carlisle, it seemed almost inevitable that the tide of interest at the opening service, from having llowed so high, must begin to ebb. But this was quite a mistake, for the old man eloquent of the Dominion of Canada had yet to be heard. A -wonderful man is Dr. George Douglass. Ashe sits in his chair, blind, and with his bands falling down helpless in front of him from paralysis, he looks half dead; and that really has been his condition for years. Yet, when he rises, and that marvelous voice, with its rich Scotch brogue, and deep, organlike fullness, rolls out sentence after sentence, faultlessly modeled after the best antique style of eloquence, yon feel at once that however dead may be his other parts, brain and heart aro not only fully alive, but are gloriously on lire with his theme. To listen to this most eloquent of Canada's ministers at his best as the conference did to-day has tin effect similar to that produced when one looks at some masterpiece of one of the great painters, or walks entranced through baronial halls redolent with memories of the glorious past, or listen in the alow of even-tide to the pealing of a chime of cathedral bells. To make our picture of the opening scene complete let it be noted that the brother in black was a conspicuous ligure in it, for in the person of Bishop Wayman, very black and looking very happy, he was on the platform with the other notables and had the central ' position there, with Bishop Bowman on one side. Dr. Stephenson on the other and Bishop Keener, of the church South, offering a fervent prayer in front. Woman, lovely woman, was also in the scene, even as we had expected, notwithstanding her rigid exclusion from a place among the delegates. Bishop Hurst, in speaking of the first Methodist meeting on this continent in 1706, said, with a peculiar gesture and emphasis. ' "And there was a woman there," which seemed to mean that it waa a reproach there should be do woman in this body, and appeared to array the Bishop on woman's side in the great fight being made to admit her to the General Conference of the M. E. Church. Another speaker who seemed to champion women's cause was a layman of the 1'rimitive Methodist Church of Great Britain, who said that his church admitted women to the ministry. The announcement fell like a boom in certain quarters; but when the brother, in continuation of his address, remarked that they had 'just buried a woman preaober with great honor.77 there was an evident feeling of relief. The conference roared at the suggestion it seemed to find in this remark, and Drs. Buckley and Lanahan, who both feel that it would be more honorable for any woman to be buried than to bo admitted to either General Conference or pulpit dignities, laughed together till their sides fairly shook. Woman, however, isby no meansbnriedso far as this conference is concerned. We may expect ber to beam upon us smilingly, for our amusement and edification, at every session, aud when Benjamin St. James Fry, of St. Louis, a warm advocate of woman's highest aspirations, shall finally read his paper on "Woman's Work in the Church," which, of course, wiil be followed by a general discussion of her status ecclesiastically, we shall learn, it may be presumed, not only how she stands in the church, but with what favor she is looked upon by the delegates to this Ecumenical Conference. II. T, Another Woman Joke. Detroit Free PTeis. She hustled np to the ticket window in the Michigan Central station, aud knocked impatiently on the frame for the busy man behind the bars to wait on here at once. "What do yon ask for a ticket to Cincinnati!" she inquired, when he apoeared. "J don't ask anything for one," he replied 011 A V6 1 Wby.it isn't a free ride, is it!" she asked with surprised expectancy. Of course not." You have tickets, haven't you!" "Yes, madmn." "They aro to Cincinnati, aren't theyr 'Yes, madam." 'Can I get one!'' Vertainly. madam.' How much is it?" 'Seven dollars aud a quarter, madam." "Well, why didn't you say so at first!" she snapped, as she took out her money. "Your didn't ask me." "Yes, J did." "1 beg your pardon." T say I did. 1 asked yon what you, asked for a ticket to Cincinnati." "And 1 said 1 didn't ask for one." "Well, what did you say that for!" "Becauso I didn't want one." -But I did." "Yon didn't say so.'' 'T did. 1 tell j ou. I asked you what you asked " "1 beg your pardon," he interrupted, "but you will have to tand aside and let the others in to the window." bho moved out. but not until she had jammed her umbrella into the man behind her, and he gave tho ticket clerk a cigar in sympathy. Try It ou the Other Dog. Robert J Burden. Now, my boy, yon have never tasted liquor. Well, then, if you go to imbibing ber and light wines ia order to acquire a "habit of resistance so that you will be able to refuse whisky, you had better prepare for all possible evils ou the eame plan. You should go out and let a man shoot you full of bird shot, and, by and by, when you acquirn the pront r habit of resistance, be couldn't kill you with a cannon. And if you jnst accustom yourself to drowning in a shallow creek, after a while you can wade across the Atlantic ocean with your mouth open. You've heard, of course, tho venerable story of the man ho cut ott the the dog's tail. The man was very tenderhearted, and the tail was very exceeding long and tough, bo. to spare the dog who was extremely sensitive the agony of having all that great tail cut off Hi one cruel blow, the philanthropist cut it off gradually, amputating an inch of it every morning. It took about two weeks to cut it all oil. and two days before the last operation the do howled himself to death. I tell you. iuy bov. this theory of f ortuinc a habit of if MaUnre in a great thine. Still, you had better do like tho philanthropist, form the habit on some other dog. It won't make you howl so loud. - Destruction Ahead. Ab. yes." said Aunt Sary. "Jennie's a great singer, borne dsy she'll be a regular belladonna!"

TFIE BOYALTIES OF BUSSIA

The Home Lite of the Czar 13 Exceptionally Pleasant and Bejond Keproacb, And He Sets an Excellent Example for Other European Courts Characteristics of the Grand Dukes YUdirair and Alexis. Bt. re ttr slurs Letter In N'cw York Son. IZn98ia has been strangely before the public eye for the last two months, not in one light only, but in three very different lights. She has become notorious for the persecution of the Jews, noted for iic pending famine, and, more favorably, for the intense admiration conceived for her by the French, apparently without one dissenting voice. Latent for years, the French sympathy has reached au acute stage since the visit of the fleet to Cronstadt, and under the third republic thedemonstratiensof friendship lavished on the Muscovite are extended to every member of the imperial court. It is testilled by the hopes so warmly expressed of an early visit of the Czarina to Paris; by the reception awarded to the Grand Dukes Alexis and Vladimir; by the tokens of admiration pressed on the Russian embassador. Baron Mohrenheim, so embarrassing at times as to induce this astute diplomats to remove himself for a while from France on the plea of a leave of absence, and by the ovation given with more zeal than discretion to the Princess Joarewski, the morganatio wife of the late Emperor Alexander, in oblivion of the fact that she bad been banished from Russia by the present Czar. There is, however, no doubt that, independently of this sudden ebulition of enthusiasm, the Russian imperial family is deserving of much esteem and praise. The Grand Dukes Vladimir and Alexis are both brothers of the Emperor. Vladimir is the elder of the two. If not quite so tall as his brother.be is yet a well-grown man and has a tine figure, the gentle expression of the mouth and eye common to strong characters, and bodily force, which are essentially the distinctive features of the splendidly-framed race of the Romanoffs. With Prince Vladimir great energy is tempered by equally great refinement. He is the most cultured and artistic of the wholo family. A soldier who has proved what he could do in his profession, ho is still fond of literature, lovts music, has a taste for collecting curios, antiquities and works of art. miniatures and ivories, old fans and engravings, and pursues his researches himself with tho gusto of a connoisseur in the dingiest bric-a-brac shops of all the cities he visits. He is president of the Academy of Fine Arts of St. Petersburg: takes an activo interest in the intellectual movement of the capital; deserving literary men and artists find in him an intelligent patron and a generous protector, all the more so that there is something in the Grand Duke's nature secretly akin to theirs. He has the gift of assimilating himself readily to almost every situation in which he may happen to find himself, while remaining ever a perfect grand seigneur. If he sits down to a publio gambling table at some watering-place he will lose or wiu with an Indian immobility of countenance; if he travels he receives official deputations or spends a night incognito at a country hotel with the same equanimity; a clever sportsman, he is reckoned a first-rate gun at the shooting parties gotten up in his honor in turn by Baron Rothschild, the Prince De Wagram and James Gordon Bennett, and it is needless to say that he rides splendidly and hunts with the best. A TACTFUL WIFE. In 1&74 Prince Vladimir married Princess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schweriu, sister of the reigning grand duke, an exceedingly pretty girl of twenty, dearly beloved by tho old Emperor William, and very German by education and inclination. However, as soon as she was married she honestly became a Russian, and with consummate tact has never attempted to exercise any German influence; on the contrary, she adopted the French sympathies of her new country, not in politics, from which she carefully kept aloof, but in literature, conversation and social relations. She finds time to f nihil all the duties ot her rank while superintending the education of her children, and her receptions are undoubtedly among the most elegant and brilliant in St Petersburg. The second brother of the Czar, Alexis, is one of the handsomest men in Russia. He has been compared to the Emperor Nicholas, of whom it is said that he realized the ideal of a demi'god; and some find a likeness in him to Jean de Reske, the fashionable Hungarian tenor. He is great admiral of the Russian fleet. He is unmarried, and will in all likelihood always remain so. This is the more strange that his manner aud disposition do not seem to imply eternal celibacy; but probably his resolution to remain single dates from an early love episode that left an indelible impression. The Empress, his mother, had two beautiful maids of honor; one, Mile. De Hancke. was ranch admired by the Prince of Hesse, brother of the Empress and aid-de-camp to the Czar, who, disregarding the strong displeasure of all his relatives, married the young girl morganatically. Before the excitement caused by his conduct bad subsided the Emperor was Informed that his eon Alexis had fallen madly in love with the other maid of honor. Strong measures were resorted to. The young lady was sent away from court and her lover was ordered off on a vessel around the world. There was nothing left for the sailor but to obey orders, and his romance was thus cut short. It was then that he determined never to marry, and he has kept his word. Yet the Grand Duke Alexis is neither a hermit nor a misanthrope. He seems to enjoy life. He is fond of the society of ladies and of bons vivants. In the United States his photograph was in great request and his autograph eagerly sought after. He showed what he could do at the hunt organized for him by (Jeneral Sheridau. and when the Duke of Edinburgh married his sister he gave a large breakfast iu nis honor at Dessaux's. the Delmonico of St. Petersburg, at which he challenged the future bridegroom to a gastronomic duel to decide who could holdout longer with fork and bumper, the Russian or the Englishman. Alexis came out of the match without showing the slightest sign of being atlected by either drinks or vianda. The grand dukes are on exrelleut terms with the Emperor. Alexander is, iu the finest acceptation of the trni, a family pian; whenever he can enjoy home life, as ho does only at Fredensborg. in Denmark, be is perfectly happy. This is all the mora remarkable iu a man whoso sovereignty is absolute, who is almost a pope, whocouid, like bis ancestor. Ivan tho Terrible, cut ott the head of an architect to prevent his evor .iding a church liner than the one ordered by his imperial master, w hom none in his empire dare resist. Alexander HI can with a single stroke of his pen free several millions of serfs, but no one knows, probably no one can guess what he thinks, what ho intends to do, what he will do. The most perspicacious of foreign diplomates at his court can onlv conjecture vaguely; he has no certainty. The Czar is reticent.sileut, self-contained: he shows no preference for any one: loves to be with the Empress better than with all others: he is seriously atlected by any illness or misfortune happening to his children; he discountenances extravagance in his courtiers; will not hear of immorality at his court; prizes respectability, expects all those who surround him to conform to his standard, and is intolerant of scandal. I'nder his reign the Rns.iian court has as clean a record us any in Europe. A 1WTUIOTIC RULKR. Alexander III is intensely patriotic. Ho regrets to liud the inlluence of tho west still so potent on many points in a country which, with its civilization and progress, could well stand alone. He does not see why cultivated Russians should not speak their own laDguaeo habitually, and insists on its being substituted for French at court. The Czarowitz. havintr been addressed in French in a shop where he went iu person to make some purchases, replied coldly, but significantly, in his nativo tongue, to tho shop-keeper's utter confusion. Nevertheless, the Emperor is fond of French literature. French art and French nlavs. He is I complimentary to tho Parisian actors '

come to St, Petersburg, and they carry away substantial tokens of his munificence. While still only heir to the throne, after his marriage with Princess Dagraar, the young couple were assiduous visitors of the Theater Michel. At that time his mother had organized in the Winter Palace readings and recitations under the teachings of Adolphe Diipuis. who became the celebrated French actor of the Uytnnase: the young grand dukes listened to, then read in their tnrn scenes from Moliere. Racine and Corneille, and one of them whose pronunciation was faulty, bad to put in his mouth pellets or india rubber in imitation of the pebbles of Demosthenes. Later on the readings turned into private theatricals in the Anniskoff' Palace, where tho Czarowitz had an establishment, tho ladies in waiting taking the women's parts. The Grand Duke Alexis had succeeded in imitating Dupuis to the life, and both the actor and the imperial family were convulsed by the perfection of the interpretation. The Czar has. therefore, had efficient training for the functions of impresario, leader of the orchestra And Erompter, which he delights to till during is holidays at the Danish court, where pnvato theatricals are one of the favorite amusements. Alexander III takes a lively intorest in his navy, and travels in his dominions as much and as freely as the knife and the dvnaraiteof the Nihilists will allow him. With the imperial familvbe starts for Denmark on his new yacht, the Polar Star, constructed by Russian builders with Russian materials. It is a magnificently appointed vessel, measuring 346 feet by forty-six, and its average speed is eighteen knots an hour. It is lighted by electricity; the dining-faloon can seat ninety guests; a long passage, carpeted in red, leads to the chapel, in which is a superb iconostasc. or sanctuary for the holy images, without which no good orthodox Christian ever thinks his habitation comElete. The. Czar is a devout but not a igoted man, and those who have bad the privilege of seeing him when he can relax the tension of his oflicial life in Russia with the horrible dread of occult dangers incessantly threatening him and those dear to him, can assert honestly that there is no kinder or more amiable man than Alexander III. RULES rOR READING.

Comments on Everyday Practices Fernlclous and Otherwise Comfort and Discomfort. Robert J. Burdette, In New York Herald. On the "Care of the Eyes" was the title of an article I was much interested in recently. My memory is neither so accurate nor so imaginative as it was a score of years ago. but the article in question runs, as near as I can guess by memory, something like this: "Have a reading lamp for night use." There is a great deal ot wisdom in this. In a brightly lighted room at noon, or as late as o o'clock r. M., if the room bo on the sunny side of the house, a person with strong eyes may be able to read coarse print without injury. But after 9 o'clock at night, and in a very dark room, most people will find a lamp indispensable to comfortable reading, especially in m tine print or poor paper. The learned physician who writes the article does not say that the lamp should be lighted, but, speaking as a layman, I should certainly advise lighting the illuminator. I may be wrong in this, but nevertheless such has been my own custom, aud I can now read a circus poster in two colors without the aid of glasses spectacles, that is. "Hold the book at your focus' This is a rule that any person able to read should commit to memory. Very few people realize the importance of thin aid to preserving the eyesight. Until I read this valuable rule I used to prop my book up on the other side of the room, where 1 could not distinguish the print from tho margin, and try to read. I did not suppose it made any difference about the focus. And many people, 1 have no doubt, who supposed they were blind, because they could not see to read a book: at a distance of 150 yards, will, upon learning this rule and putting it into practice, soon lind that they can read quite well enough to drive everybody out of the room. The medical profession has been very remiss in its duty that it did not publish this rule long ago. "Reading in bed is strongly advised against; it is injurious." I should say so. I have always found it so. If yon get comfortably fixed von read about one page and then find the blooming book isn't cut, and the paper-cutter is down stairs and your pocket-knife is in the pocket of your trousers, hanging away over near the coldest window. The colder the night the more the book is not cut. You get settled down again, and the lamp smokes. You fix it and drop back again. The pillows you piled up have fallen down, and your head comes crashing back against the headboard of the bed. It is late at night, and the bang brings somebody out into tho hall with a shriek of 'What's the matter!'' After a while order is restored and you get quiet, then interested, finally absorbed, and then somebody comes out into the ball crying "What's the matter?" again. You say "Nothing; it's all right." "But your lamp is burning!" 1 "Yes." yon say, "I am reading." A wail of dismay and rebuke follows this confession. "What! in bed!" It is a matter of a quarter of an hour before the book tastes right again, and then once more the appealing voice comes drifting from a distant room. "Are you going to read all night!'' You say but it doesn't matter what you say; the public is not interested in your commonplace remarks. But whatever you do say elicits a pathetic sigh that makes your heart ache and secures you quiet for yourself and your book once more. And then, just as you get to a place where you just couldn't stop for anything in the world the beggarly lamp falters, turns yellow, grows black in the face and goes dead out. dry as a bone. There is no fun and no good reading in bed. It doesnt help matters much to sit np in your den, or, if you prefer, your study, and read. It annoys the rest of the family. I have tried it, and always experience great difficulty in getting to bed quietly after 1 o'clock. One or two challenges in quick, frightened tones that always thrill me with terror by their very earnestness, I am sure to encounter. Sometimes I remove my slippers and glide along the ball with the stealthy tread of a ghost that has intentions on the hat-rack. The very quiet is startling and the challenge comes: "Who's there!'' And I havo to say "It's me." I never think to nay "It is I." and explain. Ou the other band, I sometimes seek to avoid unpleasant notriety by walking boldly down the hall, with the tramp of a policeman. Then the voice, or it may be two or three voices, says or say: "What's that!" Which is still worse, because the implication is that I am not a human being, but a "thing.'' PORTUGUESE WOOING. Girls Are Shut Up Uke Nuns and They Are Hard to Get AU Philadelphia Telcprash. The Portucuc .e aro very conservative in their ideas of the position of women in society, and they got their ideas from their Moorish masters m bygone centuries. Consequcntl', girls lead a very shut-in life; they go regularly to mass Sunday mornings, and take occasional walks during tho week, always accompanied by one or two chaperons. Young men never call at the house, and if they did would not be admitted, "except on business.'' This strictness leaves but one way open for an interchange of sentiments, and that is tho window, and it is quite the thing to mako use of it. It is not considered ill-bred to stare in Portugal; a man may stare at a girl he does not know as long as he likes: he must not do so to a girl be has been introduced to unless she gives him 6om e encouragement by returning his glances. A girl will sit at her window all the afternoon looking into the street, and her adorer from the street looks at her, and this is so much tho custom that it attracts no attention from the passers-by. From looks they proceed to bowR, to 6nules, to a few words, then he follows her to church, finds out if she is going to the theater, and goes too, serenades her with his guitar on moonlight nights, and finally makes an oiler to her father. He is then received by the family ami allowed to come to the house in a quiet way uutil the wedding, and after that the young couple usually live either with her parents or with his, and the even tenor of their life continues. Had Kuougli of the Game. Ietroir Free Tress. "I called." 6aid the Chicago pastor, "to see if you would not attend the eucnarist next Sunday." "Guebs not," answered the parishioner. "I went to one last Sunday night, and blamed if 1 dii. win the booby prize first

THE MISSISSIPPI OF CHINA

Scenes Along the Celestial Empire's Great Highway of Trade and Travel. It Can Ee Traversed on Large and Fast Steamers, and Affords the Traveler a Magnificent View of the Interior of the Empire. Shanghai Letter, in New York Tribune. If the Hoang-IIo, or Yellow river, be properly called the Woe of China, the Yansr-tse-Kiang may as fittingly be named its Joy. It is the wealth and glory of the empire. It Is to Cnina what the Nile has been to Egypt, what the Mississippi is to America, what the Amazon will be to Brazil. Flowing more than 3,000 miles, from Thibet to the Pacific, it waters and drains 750,000 square miles of the most fertile lands on earth. Its shores are dotted with great cities, and its current is stemmed by scores and hundreds of the finest vessels iu the world. The largest ocean steamers ply its waters for hundreds of miles, whilo the lines of river steamers that are used exclusively upon it are comparable in sizo and appointments with the best of those on the Mississippi or on Long Island sound. This river, indeed, is the great highway of trade, and has on its shoresfive great "treaty ports," to which the imperial government was as ready to admit foreigners as to any ports on the coast. An unenviable notoriety has been given to the river in late years by the fact that all the anti-foreign riots have occurred on its shores. This is only natural, of course, since it is only on its shores that foreigners are permitted to live in the interior of China. But it deserves to rank among the favorite routes of travel in the world, and the visitor to China should no more miss a voyage up it thau one would neglect the lihine in Germany, or the Hudson iu the United States. There is no river that may be traversed more pleasantly. The river steamers are of enormous size and great speed, and are equipped with everything that modern ingenuity lias devised for the safety and comfort of the passengers. One -peculiar feature of them is that the forward part of each is set apart exclusively for the use of "foreign devils." Thus tho American or European passenger has his quarters in what is decidedly the pleasantest part of the boat, entirely sequestered from the unattractive throng of natives. These steamers are allowed to run up the river only as far as I-Chang, the furthest of the "treaty ports." But that is something more than one thousand miles from the mouth of the river, and in that distance one has a magnificent view of the interior ot China. Then if he wishes to go beyond he can do so in a house-boat or juuk. That will not be as pleasant as tho journey in the steamer, but it will be by no means unpleasant, and it will placo before the voyager's eyes some of the most impressive scenery iu the world. GUI! AT WORKS AT NANKIN. Shanghai is not properly on the YangTse, although it is commonly considered to be at its mouth. It lies a few miles up the Woo-Sung, which is a tributary of the Yang-Tse. From Shanghai the steamers start on their long' trips np the great stream. Their first landing is at ChinKiaug, the first of the "treaty ports" reached in going np the river, and the scene of tho anti-foreign riots of l&SS. It is a large city, with a very small foreign population. Indeed, the only foreigners are a few missionaries, whose houses are m the suburbs, a few merchants, and the custom-house officers. It takes about twenty hours to make the run from Shanghai to Chin-Kiang; and then, a few hours later, the boat stops againatone of -the, most interesting cities in the whole empire. This is Nankin, the ancient capital, the name of which is a talisman to every old porcelain collector in the world. It was here that the wonderful porcelain pagoda stood, which was some time ago utterly demolished. The city contains, however, innumerable interesting buildings, and is richly imbued with memories of Gordon. Two great works here command especial attention. One is the old city wall, now partly iu ruins. More than twenty-tive miles ot it may yet be seen, however as good as new. It is about fifty feet high and ten or twelve feet thick, and is built entirely of bricks. The bricks wero contributed by every province of the empire, and upon each individual brick of all the millions in the wall was plainly stamped the name of the province whence it came. These names are now perfectly legible on all the bricks on both faces of the wall. The other striking featnre is the tomb of the last Emperor of the Ming dynast)-, who reigued in Nankin five centuries ago. The tomb is a huge pyramid of rocks and earth, more than a hundred feet high, and is several miles out of the city. The pathway to it is the most wonderful in the world. At the beginning are two giant stone statues of armed men, fifteen feet high. They face each other, one on each side of the path, which is perhaps twelve feet wide. Twenty yards beyond are two life-6izo stone elephants, similarly facing each other And so on. for nearly a mile, are statues of animals of various kinds, in pairs, all hewn out of solid rock. They are the effigies of all the most powerful and most useful beings in the world, standing as faithful and unwearying sentinels along the pathway to the dead monarch's throne. At the end of this pathway is a walled inclosare, within which is a temple roofed with 3ellow tiles. And behind that is the pyramid in which the Empero ;s dust reposes. For centuries the place has fallen into decay. The Tartar government Will not do even the poor honor of repairs to the tomb of the sovereign whom it overthrew. In the Taiping war tho rebels sought to renovate the place and pav it homage. And it is said that during the last few mouths many unusual tributes of respect have been paid to the sepulchre. The pathway has been repaired, tho statues cleaned and adorned, and other marks of 'homage paid to the grave of the last monarch of the dynasty which the secret societies of China hope some day to restore to the Dragon throne. OTHER CITIES ON TI1E HI VI K. Wuhu, where rioting has recently occurred, the next port, is a dirty little place, sixty miles above Nankin. Three times that distance is the next, Kin-Kiang, also a small and unsavory place. It is rather important, however, as the center of line porcelain and silverware manufacture. Then one goes on 150 miles further to Han-Kow, one of the greatest cities of the empire. It is the center of tho tea trade, and has the most splendid water front on all the river. For a mile and a half there is a great granite wall along the bank, from its foundation to its coping nearly fifty feet high. The city stands on a point of land at the junction of Yang-Tse and Han rivers, and has more the appearance of a European city than any other in China. There are many blocks of tine warehouses and offices in tho foreign quarter that would do credit to London or New York. Although the city is hundreds of miles inland, it is practically a sea-port, for the great ocean steamers come directly up to its wharves for their cargoes. On the other side ot the river lies Woo-Chang. which might almost be called China's "city of churches," because of its numerous and magnificent temples, mostly of Burmese architecture. I-Chamr. the last of the treaty ports is 50 miles lurther up. and there the steamers stop. The lower Yang-Tse, as one goes up from Shanghai, is yellow with mud, almost rivaling the lioang-llo. At the mouth it is several miles wide, but it soon narrows down to about a third of a mile, and averages about that width most of the way up to Nankin. Its surface is traversed by countless junks, resplendent with crimson and gold. For many miles the shores are Hat and marshy, but the country is fertile and densely populated. There are hue houses here and there, with well-kept grounds. And there are also many temples tailing into ruin. This latter fact may be interpreted in various ways. Most people think it shows a decline of interest in the Buddhist religion. Tho famous "Little Omhan" island, however, is well cared for. It is a mere rock, jutting up midstream, crowned witb a picturesque monastery and temple. The monks seem to

enjoy much temporal and spiritual prosperity. Above Nankin the river banks for many miles are densely wooded, and here is the favorite hunting-ground of the foreign residents. Between Kin-Kiang and Han-Kow the country is low and flat, and is subject to inundations every year. Usually the river is about a third of a mile wide. But in flood time it rises thirty or forty feet, and then one sailing up the channel is out of sight of land, so far does the submerged district extend. This does not mean disaster, however, like the Yellow river floods, but richness and prosperity, like the Hoods of the Nile. The waters soon subside, leaving the land more fertile than before, and the river proper dues not sbilt its channel. TtUGGKD SCENF.RY. At Han-Kow the river is a mile wide. Above it grows still wider and averages about two miles all the way up to I-Chang. There, as has been said, steam navigation, under the law, stops. But it well pays the traveler to charter a junk or house-boat and go on. For live miles above I-Chang the river becomes one of the most extraordinary streams in the world. It passes for miles through narrow gorges, comparable with the canyons of Colorado. In some places it is only a hundred yards from shore to shore, while the shores are perpendicular or even overhanging clills, springing from the water's edge sheer up a mile or more. From the boat's deck, looking up at noonday, one can see the stars, and, save for a few moments wben the sun is exactly overhead, he sails through a dark twilight, unable to read or see about him distinctly without some artificial illumination. At one point, an extraordinary island stands in- midstream. It is called the "Needle of Heaven.'7 It is simply a natural oolumn of rock, a few yards in diameter at the water-line, and rising perpendicular nearly 2.000 feet. On its summit are a few hardy fir-trees. But even this extraordinary pinnacle does not reach half-way to the top ot the awful chasm in which it stands. So the river winds its way for miles through this dreadful passatfe. Suddenly the cliff falls otf. and the boat is sailing through a level, open country, sunny and fertile. Miles ahead is visible another mountain wall. On reaching it. the river is found bowing through another such crevice in the granite. Often in theso gorges there are furious rapids, through which, going up. the boat has to be dragged by ascoreormore of men, who cling to the drag-rope with their ''hands, and with their feet keep a precarious footing on almost invisible ledges along the face of the rocky wall. How far np the stream it would be possible to go is not yet known. Ferhaps with a few postage ono might travel by boat clear to the mysterious table-land of Thibet,' At present one must stop far short of that. And. indeed, the foreigner going above I-Chang is looked upou with suspicion. One of these days, of course, all barriers will be removed. Steamboats will go to the head of navigation, aud the Yang-Tse will stand second to no river in all the world, whether as a highway of pleasure or of trade. BAD OUTLOOK FOR FOREIGNERS. The anti-foreign troubles, at present, show no sign of abating, but rather are growing worse. The natives are being roused to a frantio pitch of excitement and are ready for any desperate deed. An idea of how high passions are running maybe formed from the text of placard which was conspicuously posted all over Wuhu and other towns just before the outbreak at that place. It read as follows: "The country is betrayed aud the people are ruined! Human beings are trampled down aud reduced to dust! Such being the state of affairs we humbly beg to state the following: Wuhu is a treaty port thickly populated with foreigners, who cause people injury to such an extent that it is impossible for the pen to fully describe. Women are procured from other places and paid to abduct children, whose eyes7 and intestines are taken out aud whose heart and kidneys are cut ott. What crimes havo these innocent children committed that they should sutler such horrible deaths! What makes it more lamentable is that when a child is stolen the child's family also perish. The loss of one's own llesh and blood is so deeply felt that the acute mental pain drives one to wish for death quick apoplexy or suicide generally follows. But their sins have reached the limit, and the vengeance of heaven is ready to burst forth. On the third of this moon two female child-thieves went to Honan and abducted a child by drugging him. But this is more marvelous a one-year-old child belonging to a woman of the surname of Shen was lying in a cradle in the room and disappeared in the twinkling of an eye, cradle and all. without leaving behind the slightest trace. The devilish tricks are so numerous that people are in despair of protecting their lives. The fathers and mothers who lost their children proceeded to the Koman Catholic Church to look for their missing ones. They perceived several carcasses and dried bones of young children, and also four underground cells. These discoveries caused suspicious thoughts, and the people were requested to make a search and examination. The barbarians, with their thieving consciences stricken, and their hearts Muttering, bribed the petty military mandarin Yao witb forty taels, who accordingly dispatched forty soldiers to keep guard over the church's entrance. Swords were freely used on those who attempted entrance. The officials compelled tho people to create a disturbance, and the people could not but produce a riot. Now the tens of thousands of people of Wuhu, do you. on the twentieth day, with united hearts and combined strength, destroy the Koman Catholio church and the Protestant church aud all tho properties owned ny them! When these are destroyed no rebuilding will ever be permitted. Destroy again as soon as they rebuild. Chase out all the barbarian thieves. Then we can arise and ascend the mats (i. e., from unhappiness to happiness). Should any of the race bo left here we conld never arrive at the happy place. Only the Koman Catholic church is to be destroyed, but do not touch the customs. If yon injure the customs you will notescape the arm of the law. Know and remember this."

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