The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 17, 1895, Page 22

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1895. 21 S I et i 8 Youkew *hang has been given back his cket and his three-eyed peacock The Emperor has called him to and he should by this time be on to Japan to aid in the settlement f var. His career shows the ups and downs of Chinese officials, and a look at it will give some idea of the queer ranks and orders of nobility with which the empire of China is honeycombed. Li Hung Chang is a self-made man. His father was a poor scholar in the province of Anhui, and he had to scratch around and skimp himself in order to pay for Li's education. Li passed the exa province and those of the district in which he was located, and when he was still in his teens he went to Peking and wrote his essays in the big examination halls there. Seventeen thousand other students of all ages from 18 to 80 years were being exam- ined at the same time and Li came out the b This gave him his start and he f of one of the generals the rebels in the rebellion. This war oc- bout the time Franklin It cost the country and 1t was largely was put down. is a diplomat, as well as vho were acting famous_Taipi curred in C Pierce was Pr 10,000,000 of t ngh Li it Hung Chang Ii ns of his own | | that offices are only given on account of | literary merit. The truth is that the best | places” are given out through influence, | and_every Chinese State is surrounded by intrigues and intriguers. There is no court in the world about which there is so much ! plotting as about that of Peking, and there {1s none which has so many nobles and officials of different rank. The Emperor is, of course, at the top. Heis the son of | heaven, and is supposed to hold com- munion with the go: All of hisrelatives are nobles, and the imperial clan has a court of its own, which holds secret meet- ings and regulates matters concerning the | family. There is a genealogical record i kept in Peking and at Moukden, and this contains a record of all the branches of | the Emperor's family. Each of its mem- | bers has an allowance from the Govern- | ment, but they have not a great deal of | power. | The Emperor is supposed to be supreme, |and he can _appoint his own successors, choosing which of his children shall suc- | ceed him. He is supposed to make this | selection in secret, and the announcement | of his choice is not to be made until his | death. The present Emperor has a num- | ber of relatives, who are known as princes, | and among these is Prince Ching, whois now at the head of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs and who is said to be somewhat progressive in _his tendencies. These princes have their own rank, and there are twelve different_orders of nobility among the members of the imperial household. | The highest princes get about $13,000 a | year, and they each have a retinue of 360 servants and an allowance of ratious, so \ m MIOKH\L LN SKETCHES MADE FROM PHOTOGRAPHS. a statesman, and irom cue position to another until he zot to be commander-in-chief. He took Chi- him one of his generals. Gordon drille the Chinese according to foreign tactics, and together they vanquished the rebels. The result was that Li became the greatest | He was given one big | man in China. office after another until he became only second to the Emperor. This is the pos tion which he holds to-day. He is super- intendent of northern trade, and con- trols the commercial matters of all Nerth China, numbering more than 170,000,000 of people. He is the Governor-General of the province of Chili, and is practically the Secretary of State. He has for years been the chief medium of communication between the Chinese and foreign nations, and he is the most progressive Chinaman n the empire. It was he who introduced e telegraph into China, and the wires un into his palace at Tientsin con- him with every court of Europe and ry part of the United States. He to be a very rich man, and his in- come ranges between $50,000 and $100,000 year. No one knows how much he made outside of his offices. I heard it said in Tientsin that he was worth $50,000,000, and on the other hand his friends claim that he is not worth more than §2,000,000 or $3,000,000. Whatever he has must come from his own idea of his share of the receipts, for the Chinese Gov- ernment pays small salaries and expects | the officials to steal the balance. Li has risen in rank as well as in power. He is now an earl, and when I saw him last summer at & banguet in his palace his head was decorated with a cap out of the back of which stuck his three-eyed peacock feather. This lastis even a greater distinction than the yellow jackgt. Itis one of the greatest things an Emperor can give, and 1s usually conferred only upon srinces and nobles of the highest degree. he feather was about two feet long and was fastened to a big cap with a turned-up brim by a great button, which rested on the center of the crown of the hat,and | which was also a mark of high rank. The feather stuck out behind the hat and quiv- ered as Li Hung Chuniz put his yellow fists together and bowed low in saluting his guests. There were other peacock feathers upon some of the Chinese high officials among the guests, but Li Hung Chang was the only one who had a three-eyed peacock feather. The double-eyed peacock feather isa much lower honor, and the single-eyed peacock feather is worn by many ordinary officials, and it is possible to buy the right to use it. Even lower than this is what is known as the blue plume or the crow feather. This is conferred as a reward for services upon officials below the sixth de- gree of rank, and is worn by the Imperial Guards. E SR As to the yellow jacket, this is only to be used when the man who has it is in personal attendance upon the Emperor in the field or upon journeys. Itisa sortofa riding cape, and it has been awarded to two Europeans, one of whom was General Gordon and the other a Frenchman named Giguel, who established the arsenal at Foo Chow. 3 Li Hung Chang has been getting all sorts of presents from the Emperor right slong. 1 have before me a list of the gifts which he received on his seventieth birth- day. This was about five years ago, and all'the officials gave him presents. had cartloads of silk, & ton or so of gilt scrolls and jewelry and other stuff valued at more than a million of dollars. Both the Em- peror and Empress dowager sent him val- uable presents. The Emperor gave him sixteen pieces of costly satin, one dragon robe, an image of Buddha and a lot of autograph proverbs signifying good wishes and good luck. The Empress also wrote him a lot_of autographs and gave him a statue of Buddha. She donated him twelve pieces of satin and a robe which was made of the throat skins of sables, which are, in China, considered the most valuable of all furs, and can only be worn Dby the special permission of the throne. At another time the Emperor gave Li Hung Chang $10,000, and he has already received more honors than “{ other Chi- naman who has not noble blood in his veins. s Few people have any idea of the nobility of China, The country is divided up nmoni he officials and it is generally suppose &, a 1 | princes are the brothers or sons of nese Gordon into his confidence and made | Emperor. he worked his way up | that it costs the Government_about §75,000 | a year apiece for them. These hi'helft the Next to them are his 1 Majesty’s cousins, who get about forty- five thousand dollars a year, and the other relatives get less, until the Jowest of the imperial nobility are paid about $4 a month and rations. In addition to these there are dukes, counts, barons and mar- uises, which ranks are conferred by the Emperor, and not_a few of which aresold. The Manchus or Tartars have a nobility, and the different ranks are conferred upon the Chinese, as well as the Tartars. The Empress must be a pure Tartar and all the ladies of the imperial harem are of Man- | chu blood. It is not necessary that the{ be of royal blood, and a_pretty Tartar girl, even though her father be a plowman, has & chance of getting into the palace. The mother of the Emperor Hien Fung was a keeper of a fruitstore. She was very bean- tiful, and one day the Prime Minister saw her and took her into the palace. She was taken up by the Emperor and made his fa- vorite concubine, and in due time became mother of the succeeding Emperor. Some of the members of the Emperor’s family are very poor. I was told of a num- ber of princes who live in Peking and who are chronically hard up. I heard of others who delight in going about through the city in disguise, and who do all sorts of curious things. The Emperor's father is | now dead. He was a great noble and when he was alive he was a man of considerable influence. The Empressdowager has more power than any other person in the coun- try. She educated the Emperor and she winds him about her finger. He has not yet been able to cut loose from her apron strings and_she governs him also through his wives. She picked out the women who compose his imperial harem, and she has the whole court under her long-nailed thumb. B8he is a strong friend of Li Hung Chang, and it is through her influence | that Li is sent to Japan. She also governs the eunuchs of the palace, of whom there are supposed to be 3000, and she is, in fact, the power behind the throne of the Chinese Government. Every one has heard of the Chinese but- tons and how they indicate rank. A great many peo{:le, however, have no idea what the official button is. “All Chinamen have buttons about_as bif; as a hickory nut on the tops of their skull caps, and i the case of the common people these buttons are made out of blue or red silk thread, and when a man goes into mourning they are white silk. The average common cap is of the finest black satin. and it surprised me to find that the shapes of these capschange from year to year, and that last year's block is not the proper shape for this year. The Chinese are as particular about the cut of their clothes as we are. They have their favorite fashionable colors, and_ there are just as many dudes and dandies in Peking and Canton as there are in New Yorkand Washington. The official but- ton is about three times as large as the ordinary silk button. It is about as big as the largest buckeye and its color and ma- terial indicate the rank of the wearer. It stands straight up on the crown of the cap and it sometimes fastens on_the peacock feather. The highest button is of dark red coral. Members oi the second class of nobility wear a coral ball of light red. The third class have a button of light blue and the fourth of dark blue. A noble or official of the fifth class wears a ball of crystal and a mandarin of the sixth class hasa little round ball made of mother-of-pearl on the top of hiscap. Below these come the mandarins of the seventh and eighth classes who wear big marbles of gold and members of the ninth class who have their hats decorated with silver bails. These official caps or hats fit close to the head and have brims which are turned up all around and extend as high up as the top of the cap. The caps are of black beaver and they are usually covered with a red silk tassel, which begins at the bottom and runs out to the edges of the top. The laws provide as to the kind of hat an offi- cial must wear, and his dress is regulated by the statutes. The sleeves of all officials must be very long and come down over the hands, and whenever the nobles and offi- cials cail on the Emperor they must not have their sleeves rolled up. The idea is that no man can fight well with his arms enveloped in bags, and a would-be assassin, when he is compelled to come in upon his knees and have his sleeves extending fora | foot beyond his hands, would require some time to prepare for action. Thelaws provide that certain colors shall not be worn by common people, and only the highest nobles and the Kmperor can wear dresses embroidered with the five- claw dragon. A great many of the officials have their gowns embroidered with dragons and you can tell the rank of a man by the number of gold dragons he has on his gown, but these dragons must be four- clawed dragons and not five. The laws regulates the length of the gowns. They state how the sleeves must be cut and the number of buttons that an official must use on his underclothes. Their cuffs must be cut in the shape of a horse’s hoof, and the man who understands the Chinese can tell just how high an official is and what he is by his clothes. Every high nobleand many of the officials as well wears a square of embroidery on his breast and his back. This ismade of gold or silver thread, and a stork embroidered on a man’s breast shows that he is of the first rank, while if the bird is a pheasant, its wearer must be of the second rank. For the other ranks there are peacocks, wild Eeese and quail, Each of these squares is about the size of a lady’s pocket handkerchief, and the work is beautifully done. The military officers have their breasts embroidered the same way, but they use beasts instead of birds, and lions, tigers and dragons take the places of the quails and the storks. One of the funniest things in the eyes of the foreigners during this .war has been the fact that the Chinese generals carried umbrellas and fans when they went_into battle. This is alsoa matter of law. Each officer has his own rank and this is indi- cated by the number of umbrellas and banners which are carried in front of him when he goes out to ride. Even the small- est mandarins whom I saw going through a Chinese city had one or more dirty red umbreilas carried on a high pole in front of them, while a Falstaff’s army of ser- vants carried red banners upon which were the Chinese characters indicating their titles. An officer of the first rank has the right to two fans, and every great man | as he goes through the country has men in front of him who beat gongs to warn the common people to get out of the way. These umbrellas and banners are always inred. The fans are of the same color, and officials haye carried fans in China from the remotest antiquity. It is impos- sible to enumerate the little things which indicate official rank in China. Every- thing has to be just so, and the for- eigner who tries to ‘go about in_ style is sure to make mistakes. For instance, when I went to call upon the Viceroy Li Hung Chang I had to goin a sedan chair covered with blue cloth, while the Ameri- can Consul went 1n one of green. Green is the official color, and I, as a private citizen could not use it. These chairs are swung between poles and are carried by men. You can tell the rank of the man in the chair by the brass tips at the endsof the oles. ‘Those of high nobles have dragon heads, and below these come heads of lions, while common citizens must have the ends of the poles perfectly plain, The winter dress of these officials is different from their summer dress, and one of the Tautois of the Hunan province whom I saw had on an official coat lined with fur, while his official boots were of black broad- cloth with soles of white wool fullg' two inches thick. I met a Chinese noble at Nanking and fook a photograph of him. He had on a black fur cap with a peacock feather sticking out of its back. His blue silk jacket was fastened with buttons of old, and his long gown was of bright yel- ow satin. He took me through his estab- lishment which was made up of a number of houses surrounding courts. In one of these courtsthe family furs were hung out for ajring, and there were hundreds of fur-lined garments of all kinds, some of which must have been worth several bundred dollars apiece. One of these big officials always has a lot of lack- eys about him, and’ there is a world of omp connected with each one of them. n every town there are Government offices which are known as Yamens, and the Gov- ernment clerks and subordinates are called Yamen runners. The number of these officeholders are legion, and the office-seek- ers are found everywhere by the thousands. Foochow contains half a million people, and I have heard it estimated that it had 25,000 men who held office, though a large number of them were probably connected with the government of the provinces in which Foochow is located. Supposing each of these men to have five hangers-on, or to have a family of five, this would make a total of 125,000 people to be supported in some way by offices. The Chinese have a way of ennobling men after they are dead. When a man does something great he not only gets honors himself, but his dead grandfather may be made a marquis or a count. Me- morial arches are often erected on account of good conduct and for deeds which have caused the death of the doer. Widows who have committed suicide out of grief for their husbands have sometimes such arches erected for them, and young girls who have cut pieces of their own flesh out of their bodies in order to cook them and ive them as medicine to their dying riends have been so honored. q:WQ 4, Cfla{w Copyright, 1895. THE COLONEL'S RUSE. His Dissertation on Artificial Birds Had the Desired Effect. “Did you ever see a bird like that alive?” demanded the colonel of the young man who sat next to him. He was staring at the strange specimen ou the hat in front, which cut off his view of the stage. The wearer of the hat became intensely interested in the play and the chivalrous young man glared at the colonel savagely, but made no reply. “I say, did you ever see such a bird alive?” repeated the colonel, nudging the young man vigorously to enforce his at- tention.” Then he answered himself: “No, sir; no such bird ever lived. Look at that combination of colors. Nature isn’t good enough as a pattern for these milli- ners. They must make imfmssible combi- nations and devise birds whose colors and shape would give an ornithologist the nightmare.” he young man glared. The wearer of the hat became nervous. “There’s a whole lot of sentiment wasted over the slanghter of song birds for mill- ery purposes,” continued the colonel. ‘‘Very few song birds or any other kind are killed. They are not wanted. Nature could not supply birds with such bills, and tails and colors as these women want. It's the same thing in flowers. Why, I know a woman whu insists on having the rose in her hat dyed blue, because blue is more becoming to har."” Ap};‘arently no one was listening to him, but the colonel knew the wearer of the hat was not missing a word. “I like to see a pretty hat,” he went on, “but when I see an impossible bird like that on one it loses all interest for me. It's like seeing a well-dressed man wearing a celluloid collar. It looks cheap.” The woman in front turned slightly and filared at the colonel, but he apparently id not see her, and continued just as the curtain was going down on the first act: “You see, natural birds are expensive. They cost three times as much as these in- ventions of the milliners, made up of rub- ber, wire, glass and dyed goose feathers. That hat is a beauty, and I should say it cost a good price, if it did not have the ar- tificial bird on it. That makes me suspect that it’s all show and probably cheap.” Then the colonel went out to “see a man.” When he returned the hat was gone. Its owner held itin her lap. The colonel chuckled to himself, those about him smiled and the woman in front was apparently deeply engrossed in the “ads” in her programme.—New York Recorder. The new water works tower just com- g[eted in Eden Park, Cincinnati, is the ighest artificial structurein America. The floor of the tower, reached by elevators, is 522 feet above the Ohio River, The base is 404 feet above the stream. = If the height of the elevator shaft be added to the observa- tion floor the grand total height is 589 feet. The CALL, believing the babies to be & highly important portion of the community, will de- vote a department to their interests. There will be fashions in layettes and descriptions o1 new luxuries and comiorts invented for the small folks. The CALL wishes notification of the event whenever a child is born in the State of Cali- fornia, and will respond by sending to the mother amarked copy of the paper containing the notice. WHERE DID YOU COME FROM? Where did you come from, baby dear? Out of everywhere, into here. ‘Where did you get your eyes, so blue? Out of the sky as I came through. What makes the light in them sparkle and spin? Some of the starry spikes left in. Where did you get that little tear? I found it waiting when I got here. What makes your forehead so smooth and high? A soft hand stroked it as I went by. What makes your cheek like a warm, white rose? 1saw something better than any one knows. ‘Whence that three-cornered smile of bliss? Three angels gave me &t once a kiss, ‘Where did you get this pearly ear? God spoke, and it came out to hear, ‘Where did you get those arms and hands? Love made itself into hooks and bands. Feet, whence did you come, you darling things? From the sume box as the cherubs’ wings, How did they all come just to be you? God thought of me, and so I grew. But how did you come to us, you dear? God thought of you, and so I am here. . GEORGE MACDONALD. Announcement Cards. The proper thing in the way of cards an- nouncing the arrival of anew baby is to have a small card engraved with the baby’s full name and the date of his birth. This little card is tied with a tiny bow of white ribbon to the card of the parents, and, en- degrees, to which a handful of salt has been added. The only criticism that can be made upon the present mode of dressing babes.is my custom to examine thisarticle of cloth- ing, and if it is insufficient I advise the mother to line it with medium-weight flannel. Every healthy infant over three months old should be taken out of doors every pleasant day during the cold weather. Adults and run-about children with coryza and colds should not come in contact with the very young, as there is undoubtedly an element of contagion in these cases, due, of course, to germ infec- tion. How often do we hear it remarked that the whole family is suffering from colds, or that ‘‘the cold seems to be going the rounds of the family ?”’ The delicate nasal mucous membrane of the infant furnishes a ready soil for germ that referring to the head covering. Itis |’ infection and development, even when in an ordinary healthy condition. Hajek, a A v A LIVING of treatment employed is counter-irritation to the chest. This may be accomplished by the use of camphorated oil, turpentine and vaseline or mustard. Whichever is selected should be applied two or three times a day in such a way as to make the chest thoroughly red. The use of sprays, plain and medicated, is of the greatest service in the severe cases. I havebuta few words to say about the sweet, more or less nauseous, cough mixtures: Don’t give them. The majority of these prepara- tions contain opium and are not to be thought'of. These few hints regarding treatment are not by any means supposed to ‘cover the management of the diseases referred to, as the writer holds that if an infant isill enough to be treated at all it is ill-enough tg require a physician’s care. Fashions for the Lilliputians. Silks are to be the fayorite wear for girls of all sizes this season. For the wee ones nothing could seem more appropriate than the soft, sheer China silks, which come in all the delicate shades and are offered at absurdly low prices. For dress-up gowns these silks are made up in accordion pleats, even for the two- year-olds. The skirts are made very fuli, and for the youngest children they are still G A e ) A\ PICTURE. [From a photograph by Marceau.] German scientist claims to have discovered a germ which he calls the Diplococcus coryza, and states that it is always present at the onset of the attack. Tt is not a good practice to make one handkerchief do service for all the little noses in the family, or even for one big nose and one little nose. By this means influenza or a simple coryza may be readily transmitted from one to the other, from the strongest to the delicate. Every baby should have his own handkerchiei. ‘Whenever there is a coryza, snufiles, cold in the head, call it what we may, there is always an accompanying inflammation of the parts commonly called the throat. Bacteria, which are always present in the AN AMATEUR “ANGELUS.” < osed in an envelope, is sent through the mails. The larger card is engraved with the names of both parents, after this fashion: MR. AND MRS. ALFRED S. HOGAN. The little card attached to it reads: ALFRED SHELLARD HOGAN JR., BORN MARCH 16, 1895. The baby’s card must be narrow so as not to cover the names of the parents; and A Conquering Hero From Fruitvale. the two cards are tied together by means of perforations in the middle of their upper edges. i 5: course the friends who receive these charming little notices of a new arrival will hasten to send atleast notes of con- gratulation to the parents. Calls in per- son are not in order, unless it be simply to inquire at the door for the welfare of mother and babe, and even this attention is a custom rather honored in the breach than in the observance. Flowers may be sent, all sorts of mes- “Ees and even trifling presents, which, while they cannot be expected to make much imgression upon the babe to whom they are dedicated, may serve to brighten or while away many a weary hour for the mother. Prevention and Treatment of Colds. Prophylaxis, or the prevention of colds, is worthy of attention at this season. The following suggestions to mothers, written by Dr. Charles T. Kerley, instructor in diseases of children in the New York Poly- clinie, for Babyhood, will be read with in- terest: The living-room should be kept at a temperature of from 70 to 72 degrees Fahrenheit. Sudden changes in the tem- perature are to be avoided. It is a good scheme, where possible, to have two living- rooms for the child, rooms which are not occupied for over six hours at a time dur- ing the day, thus giving an abundaunce of time for ventilation. The daily bath is, of course, absolutely necessary and should be given in water at a temperature of 85 to 90 infant’s mouth, are now known to be great- li; increased in number and variety. The theory has been advocated that bronchitis may be due to the aspiration into the lungs of the bacteria-laden secretion of the mouth, where, owing to the inability of the child to expectorate, it decomposes. Bac- teria are then produced in immense num- bers, and these in turn cause the pneu- monia. That bronchitis is ever brought about in this way is extremely doubtful, but it calls to mind the mouth toilet, which is a most important item in the care of the young. The baby’s mouth, whether sick or wefi, should be washed at least twice a day with a saturated solution of boracic acid. If thisis carefully carried out, extension of inflammation affecting the parts may be avoided. With the onset of the coryza a dose of castor oil is always of benefit. When the nose becomes so filled up that breathing and nursing are made difficult and sleep interfered with, a small amount of alboline may be introduced, and will often give re- lief. With the onset of a sharp attack of croup give one teaspoonful of ipecac and send for the doctor, If the vomiting does They Toil Not, Neither Do They Spin. not take place in a few moments repeat the ipecac. In the milder cases, when the voice is hoarse and there ia a croupy cough, fifteen drops of the syrup of ipecac ever: fifteen minutes until vomiting occurs will be of censiderable service. In bronchitis one of the effective means very long. Wash silks in fine stripes and checks are to be had at prices no greater than are asked for the finer ginghams, while the pongees cost less than the ginghams, and are immensely more ser- viceable. Economical mothers will find pongee a most desirable material for the every day dresses and aprons of little girls, and espe- cially in the country. It is more easily laundered than the cottons, and 1t is not easily worn out or torn out. _Slips of pongee are made up in the simplest fashion, with only a feather- stitching for a finish. Little linen lace edgings of the same shade as the silk may be added, but they will bleach with fre- 3uent washings, while the pongee grows arker with the same treatment. Empire gowns of pongee are cut in one piece from neck to hem, and have the yoke chafed by laying plaits, which are held in place by some fancy stitching. The hem-is out- lined with the same stitching and a rolling collar and band cuff, decorated in the same way, complete a very fetching little gown. Charlie—I'se oin’ 'way, 'way down in the fields, and D' T 10 b se goin’ to kill bears and lions and taggers and bears and bears. Mamm, arlie, you always talk about gomg down the road to kill bears and lions, ut why don’t you go sonsetime ? Charlie—I’se faid e sheep! YOUTHFUL PRODIGIES. ‘Wren Was One Whom Age Did Not Make Less Wonderful. Sir Christopher Wren was a prodigy in youth, as in maturity. Oughtred, the first mathematician of his day, declares in the preface of his great book that an ingenious boy, “Gentleman Commoner at Wadham,” had enlarged the sciences of astronomy, statistics and mechanics by most brilliant discoveries, “graeclaris in ventis.” This was Wren at the age of 15. A year before that he had taken out a patent for an instrument to write with two pens at the same time. In the same year he was ap- pointed demonstrating assistant on anat- omy at Surgeons’ Hall. ‘Wren lived to justify his early promise, but Dugald Stewart tells of a boy who, as he hoped, “would rival the fame of Sir Isaac Newton.”” Thiswas theson of Count Pusgstall. “I canot help considering him,"” wrote the Scotch professor, “as the most extraordinary g‘wm igy of intellectual en- dowment that has ever fallen under my knowledge.” This is a great saying, in- deed, from Dugald Stewart, who was not given to enthusiasm nor to_careless ex- pression. Unfortunately we have no de- tailed information about the youth’s ac- quirements in later years; he died at 19 of general decay, apparently. But Mr. Lemaistre met him in his travels and published an account in 1806—the boy being then 5 years old. ‘“He sits on a car- pet, surrounded by blocks, and when the gravest and most acute remarks fall from the lips of this little person a spirit seems to speak rather than a child, and the fine expression which sparkles on his counte- nance tends to strengthen the idea.” Among other tests Mr. Lemaistre asked him to make a map of the Venetian Em- pire, which he did with accuracy. Those competent to judge the fact wifl readily believe that the child of 5 years who erformed it was an animated miracle. he French armies barred nearly every road in Europe to an English traveler at that date. Mr. Lemaistre asked how he could get home without touching Han- overian, French or Dutch territory. The child “instantly traced on the rl{:be the single road remaining open.” It is well for this gentleman’s credit that Dugald Stewart’s evidence, long afterward, makes the story possible.—Current Literature. ————— ¥atal Fight With a Lion. The British Central Africa Gazette gives the Io]]owin% articularsof the death of Dr. McKay of her Majesty’s ship Pioneer, who died of wounds inflicted by .a lion while he was hunting on the south shores of Lake Nyassa on October 22: “Dr. McKa: was left on October 20 by her Majesty’s hfip Pioneer for a few days’ shooting ata village near the southwest corner of Nyassa. A temporary camlr had been formed at this place by Major Edwards, who had been en- gfiged in endeavors to make peace between the tio rival factions of Angoni natives. On the 20th the Pioneer took away Major Edwards to Fort Maguire. On the 22d, Dr. McKay having heard that elephants were near at hand, started with three boys to look for them. He had with him two double eight-bore rifles and a double 577. The two heavy guns were carried by two Makua boys, while his own Zanzibari, ‘Musa,’ car- ried the 577. The account given to Lieuten- ant Villiers by Musa of what happened is as follows: Affer walking some hours they came to a pool of waterand saw a lion an a_ lioness about twenty yardsaway. Mc- Kay fired twice at the lion and wounded it. “Both animals made off to the jungle, 300 yards away. The two iakua and some Angoni,who had come with them, ran away or climbed trees. McKay and Musa went together to look for the wounded lion. Musa saw it crouching down fifteen yards away and pointed it out to McKay, who then leaned against a tree and fired at the .ion’s head. The next moment n:‘fm_ng upon him with aroar. McKay had his rifle up to fire again, but had no time. A deadly struggle then took place. McKay lost hold of his rifle in endeavoring to keep the lion off his throat. The beast seized his left arm in its jaws and clawed his right. Mec- Kay ki('kec{ at the lion, which threw him down and began to tear his flesh. Musa ran back to the Makua and, having se- cured one of their guns, came back and fired into the lion’s side, which thereupon left McKay and tried_to charge Musa, but did not reach him and lay down. McKay then called to Musa: ‘Musa, my arm is broken, my leg is broken; bring the rifle.” Musa brought it, and McKay, unable to hold it up. made Musa sit down and, rest- ing the rifle on his shoulder, shot the lion and McKay was carried into camp, where he arrived at 10p. M. For three days he suffered much. He died on the 26th at 4 P. M. On the same day, a little later, the Pioneer returned to find him dead. He was taken to the Universities Mission Station at Likoma and buried in the cemetery there. Dr. McKay was a keen sportsman and a brave man.” — o STORIES OF THE CZAR. Anecdotes Showing Some of the Char- acteristics of Russia’s Ruler. The young Czar seems to be doing his best to make himself personally acquaint- ed with his new subjects in a way little practiced by any other Emperor of Russia since the reign of Peter the Great. He walks daily along the streets of St. Peters- burg, generally quite unattended, and as he is seldom recognized he meets, now and then, with little adventures which cause him much amusement. During one of his promenades he saw a youth selling for 30 kopecks most terribly unflattering pictures of himseli, which so delighted him that he immediately bought one and gave it to Princess Alix, with the remark: “It cannot be so very like, as no one recognized me when I ‘bought i Nevertheless the work of art was putina place of bonor in the Anitschkow Palace. On another occasion, as he was driving slowly along the Nevsk to_throw a letter into missed his aim, and the the wheels. His Maje: dered one of his terrified servants to pick it up and give it to him, and, in spite of the almost_tearful entreaties of a high police official who was on the spot, in- sieltfed on opening it and reading it to him- self. Calling the supp! icant to the carriage, the Emperor prom ed to grant his petic tion, and, turning to the officials, said mn & loud voice: “On no account is the man to be punished or anuoyed in any way on account of this letter.” 1t is much commented upon in court circles that so far the Czar has refused to accede to the often-repeated wish of the Grand Duke Michael Nikolajewidsch, and raise himself to the rank of general, though the whole court wounld be de- lighted to see him in the becoming and littering uniform. The reason he gives is hat he prefers to retain the grade of col- onel, which was bestowed on him by his late father.—Washington News. e —— A Human Locomotive. George S. Spriges, a mechanic for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, stationed at Mount Clare, who Lis friends thinks is one of the strongest men in the world, last night gave such a demonstration of strength that his friends are probably not far wrong. Unaided, he moved for several feet up a slight incline of track a freight car, which, with its contents, weighed 55,000 pounds. This is thought to be the world’s record, as the heaviest car known to have been previously moved by single- man power, weighed, with its contents, 35,000 pounds. This occurred in San Fran- cisco several years ago. Last n little knot of interested persons at the Mount Clare shops. Spriggs’ first attempt was a freight car weighing, with contents, 42,000 pounds. This he moved eight feet and it seemed easy. Then he waited a short time to gather his strength and went for a huge carof the record- breaking weight. He ned and tugged, finally starting it and ng it the re- quired eight feet.—Baltim.« erican. 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