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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-05-22

Let me give you some idea OF these mighty
eiveFs % China. They have q common mother
IN the mountains aud high plA,eaHs Of Thibet.
Elld They lOw !0F hundreds 81 miles right across
China 70 the Pacific Ocean. Tho Am0or ~ the
Forth flows along south Of Siberia. and il will
probably be part Of the raii-and- Water line
which tie Russians are now making from their
Capital TO the Pacific few hundreds Of miles
below the HOang 10 comes IN, aud several
hundred miles further south j. the Yang Use
kiang. Sill further south Is the Pearl River
81 Canton, aud between this and The Yang Use
kiaDg Is the big river Han. The Hoang 10
has iis sOurne in Thibet within an hundred
miles u the Yang Tee kisng. and IL flows as far
az from New York 10 Denver before IL gets
large branch. By the time il reaches the sea
u has lad course as long from New York
70 Sah Francisco. and ii you could stretch out
lts winding waterway over the Atlantic u
would make muddy stream from New York
% Ireland. The most o. the region through
which il lows il treeless. and the stream Is for
miles not more than ] so feet vide. You can
stand On It's banks and look over thousands Of
square miles Of plains as level as a mlllpond,
and its course through China is ever such a fat
country that when q food comes il oyeraows
IT'S emhzDkmenls. The public improvements
81 China Of the past have been far better than
those q the present. They had at one time
two walls running along this river. and these
walls were , feet vide and u feet high. They
were well kept up and the people were safe.
Nov they arc used as roads, and the animals
are allowed 20 barrow into them. The result
b. tB2t every Low and then the river breaks
through and takes new course. Il has been
known 10 change us course nine times within
Tie last $500 years and il has had that many
different mouths into the sea
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-05-22

And still we wonder that the Indians wor.
ship the Ganges. They call it Mother Gauga,
and they believe that IL flows out of the big toe
of the god Yisbnu. They think that its water
takes away their sins, aud if they have their
hair cut of so that il falls into us waters at
certain times Of the year each hair iusures
them million Of years in Paradise. 1t is not
uncommon for them 10 measure their length
along the whole course Of the river That u.s.
they fall PROSTATE, mutter a prayer, then get
up, put their feet whore their head was, and
thus go along. dragging their body over it's
whole course. There is an island at the mouth
Of the Ganges known as the Island Of Shnga
which is held TO be sacred and 10 which thous
ands of the Hindoos make pilgrimages every
year. There are sacred places all along its
banks and the pilgrims come Ivy mi lions. The
scenery of the Ganges through Northern India
IL that Of plain. la tho Hmaaya Mountains.
however, 1t is wildly picturesque, and It runs
through gorges thousands of feet deep. The
Indus runs through one gorge which has walls
1900 feet high, and this is In tho wiIds OF
Cashmere. The finest ruins Of India are on
the Ganges, and its valley has been the scene OF
the greatest events in the history Of India
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-05-22

do not think the Nile ia as yellow "a the
Gauges and know that its scenes are by no
means so picturesque. The only scenery in
Egypt is that Of fiat green strip on either side
Of a slOw-iowinR dark stream, the vast ex-
panses Of rocky desert bounding the green on
both sides beyond. The Nile has deposited
nothing like the amount Of soil Of the Indian
rivers, and the average depth Of Nile mud be-
fore you reach the sand Is less than forty feet.
This is quite contrast with the five hundred
feet Of the Ganges plains. The Nile, lis far as
Egypt is concerned, Is beautiful river. Its
banks nre If black mud. There are few trees
along them, and they are usually made the
roadways Of the people You see donlscys and
camels, vailed women aud tuTbanned men
walking along them. Beggars by tha hundreds
sit upon the ground, with their gowns down to
their waists picking the lice out Of the seams.
Half-Daked boys lie sleeping by the side of the
river, with dozens of flies clustering on their
eyelids, and the only sign of shade comes from
tall, lean palms which rustic AS they look down
OH the lazy, poverty-stricken specimens of hu-
manity below. The beautiful scenery of the
Nile is in Nubia and In the Soudan region, to
which IL has not been safe TO 60 since the Mahdi
tried to conquer Egypt
FRANK q. CARPENTER.
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1,s00 miles long, and they all carry down
states every generation. The Brahmapootra
looks like sea when you get back from the
Gulf of Bengal and there is so much mud
mixed with IL that steamers AnchorinR at one
of its mouths find themselves aground next
morning by the stoppage of the mud which has
flowed against their keels This mud IL Of the
richest character. and the Brahmapootra in
connection with the Ganges, with which il has
Joint delta, has built MP the best part Of the
land surrounding Calcutta. Calcutta itself is
built on such deposit, and the deposit n so
deep that anger was bored nearly 500 feet
through this fertilizing soil and The end was not
reached. AZ that point the nugcr broke, aud
II Is hard 10 tell how much farther down the
rich soil went. Que Of the best authorities on
India is Sir W. w. Hunter, who has complied
the statistics for the Government He speaks
OF this fertiizing material brought down by
the GanEcs and BrahmaPootra, aud ho says IL
amounts 10 $50 900 600 tons of earth year As
he figures IL. IL would take $50, 900 boats, each
carrying q Thousand tons. 10 bring down the
earth which these rivers carry in one year to
the sea; or, IL you would load II upon freight
cars. in would take more than 100000 ears
each carrying 80 tons. 10 bring down this
amount oil earth. Remember, II Is MS rich as
guanO, and yOn will see that no such manure
train exists elsewhere 10 the world. II each
car was l6 feet longer than the average freight
car, aud you would put these cars on n single
track, the track would have 20 be G. 900 miles
long. il would 90 twice around the earth and
leave enough cars 10 fiji double track running
through the center. is il any wonder that
northern India can use all OF its manure for
fucl2 The people by irrigation cause this
water TO DO spread out over the whole OF the
country. IL drops some OF It's fertilizing
matter. and this has mado these lands produce
three crops year for ages. Still. enough Is
vps.. A
and the State of Ohio, If il were 400 feet deep,
would be just about this size Of the province
known as Bengal, which has been made by this
water.
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TIE ltta~aaAx

steamers will carry u.s. and what has stopped
us heretofore are the rapids Just above lchang.
This navigation company has built a number
of boats. however, wiat very shallow bottoms
ana they claim that they will he able TO pass
these rapids aud go on for about GOO miles fur
Their into the interior OF China. This will
bring them very near the borders of Thibet
and with abroad building there is no doubt
but that within n generation one may ride
almost into the City OF Lassa itself. The big
gest cities of China are along this Yang Use
kiang River, and its width may be appreciated
hy the fact that within the 500 miles between
Shanghai and llankow one is often out of sight
OF land. IankoW is treaty port, aud it has
number of foreigners residing in il. The ter
rtory is so thickly populated about it that
standing on hin near the city il is said that
one can see with the naked eye tho dwellings
of nearly 100000 people. Marking, the old
Capital Of China is between Hankow and
Shanghai. and il is here that some of the finest
satins and velvets made. j saw beautiful
piece of velvet which Mrs. Bishop Fowler
bought at Marking for dress II was of n
dark-bue and was wonderfully silky and soft.
Many of the silks for the Chinese Emperors
wedding were made here aud n great deal of
the paper aud ink among his wedding presents
came from this place. Il was at Marking that
the great porcelain tower existed which in olden
times was the biggest thing under the heavens
Ii was 26l feet high and u bad nine towers. 1t
was made Of the finest porcelain bricks, and
you will find here and there i'm China an old
resident who keeps one of these bricks as n
relic IL was blown mp. however about a gen
GRAFTON ago by the TAPPING rebels, and there is
no sign OF it left. We have Consul ut Nan
king, one at lIanEow and one at Chink lang on
the Yang Use Kiang River. and there are mis-
sionaries scattered throughout its various cities.
! Travelled with some ladies and geutemeR OF
tho Southern Methodist Church who expected
TO make their home at Chinkiang, and / had
letters TO parson at Marking.
You can have little idea of the wonderful
beauties of Chinese scenery. The Yang Use
kiaBg is more pictnresqc than the Rhine or
the Danube, and the gorges at Iehang are wild
as any portion of the Rocky Mountains. In
going up 10 Foochow | rode through the Swift
zerland OF China on the River Min, and found
here city OF million people with stone
bridge that was said 10 be thousand ages"
old. IL is called the bridge OF one thousand
ages Theo0untry about Foochnw was mount
ainOus, and the city was built on the side OF a
hill. Great hills surrounded il aud il lay
sl0pIng toward the river in an ampitheater Of
vast dimcnsic1s. Many OF the mills were COW
cred with pines. aud some Of those north of
the city were more than a thousand feet high
Through these hills the wide River Min flowed
filed With Chinese iunks and with the thou
sand odd water craft manned by Chinese women.
who scuied their b0ats TO aud fro over its
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-05-22

The most wonderful rivers OF the East how.
ever. are those of India. There are three of
them, the names of which every schoOl-b boy
knows, hut the immensely Of which few mon
appreciate. These three rivers are the Ganges,
the Indus and tho Brahmapootra. If you will
tako your map Of Hindostan you will see that
tho country is mado up of a vast peninsula,
hanging down like beard from the edge
of the Himalaya Mountains. Just along the
foot of the hills Of tho Hmaluyas, and for
hundreds of miles down into this peninsula,
running square across il, there was once moth
ing but sea- and the remainder of Hindostan
was an island. These mighty rivers have car
ried down mud from the mountains until they
have filed mp this sea, and the best part of
India has been made in the same way that
Egypt was made, and its territory is being
added to every year. Take first the Brahma-
pootra. All of these rivers rise in the mount
aims of Thibet and each of them flows for 500
TO 600 miles through tho Himalayas before they
reach the plains. They are all from 1900 to
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-05-22

Speaking Of these embankmeDts, the problem
~ repairing them Is one Of the great questions
u China, and Gen. James H. Wilson, who Is one
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-05-22

The Yang Use Kiang River 1ows into the sea
near Shanghai. The big steamer upon which |
sailed into this port plOwed its way through its
muddy waters, and for a long time after we
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Special Correspondence NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WAetIfNgTON

IoorrmouTED ny FRANK q. oAarrsrFa 1891
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-05-22

@g. Bhckaehe, kidney pains. weaiSness, and ri,en-
IN matism relieved Ia ono minute by the cele-
baS bTated CUrIcUHA ANTI PAIN PLASTER. aBo
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-10-30
A Faint Hope.

Net0 FOlA HeTdidI
Miss Artistic am so fond of painting. In-
deed, | may say am welded TO my art.
Jack (hcr admirer) Would il be any use to
inquire whether you have any conscientious
scruplrs against bigamy?
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&C BIG BENZ
A Sportsman's Story OF Alligator Hunting.
lI. Nicholas

Years ago, near place called Enterprise, on
point jutting into Lake Monroe, during all
bright days a certain big alligator used to lie
basking in thesun. He was we'll known to the
whole neighborhood. The entire cOterie of
sportsmen at tho only hotel used to call him
"Big Ben," and proud hunters would talk, and
even dream, of the time when a well-amed
rife-shot would end his long career. But Big
Ben was as cunning as "A serpent and whenever
any one, afoot or afloat, came unpleasantly
near he would slide off into tho water, which
meant "good-by ;" for the rest Of the day.
One fine morning one of these sportsmen,
padding up the lake, luckily with his rifle in
his canoe, came upon Big Ben 80 sound asleep
that he stole up within range and put bullet
through the aligator's brain. What to dOnext
was problem. He could not tow the monster
all the way to Enterprise with his small canoe.
A bright idea struck him. He put his visiting
card in the beasts mouth and padded swiftly
back. A number of hunters were at the wharf,
and the slayer of Big Ben hastened to inform
them with apparent sincerity that while out
padding he had como within easy range of the
"'gator," who was, no doabt, still lying mo-
tionless on the point. A hotiIla of boats and
canoes, manned by an army with rifles, in
stantly started for the point. To avoid confu-
sion it was unanimously agreed that all should
20 down together. and that tho entire party, if
they were lucky enough TO find Big Ben still
there, should fro vOlley at the word Of com
mand. As they approached the point the hearts
of all beat quickly; and when, with straining
eyes, they saw Big Ben apparently asleep and
motionless upon the bank, even the coolest
could scarcely control his feelings. The boats
were silently drawn up within easy shot, and
the word was given. Bang, bang went score
of rifles, and Big Ben, riddled with bullets, lay
motionless upon tho point! With cheer Of
triumph the excited sportsmen leaped ashore,
and fastening rope around the dead alligator
speedily towed him to Enterprise. There the
original slayer awaited them upon the wharf.
When Big Ben was laid upon the shore, opening
the animals mighty jaws he disclosed his yis-
iting card and thanked them most politely for
their kindness in bringing his gator homo for
him,
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-10-30

Rents are due
to wash-day, unless you wash
with Pearline. It's thewashing
in the old way with soap and
rub, rub, that makes the holes
in your clothes You can't get
them clean without rubbing;
you can't rub without wearing
them out. Amonth ofordinary
use won't make the wear and
tear of one such washing.
Try a little Pearline-av5tA-
ont s0ab. The dirt comes out
easily and quickly without
rubbing. There's no need to
dragit out by main strength
there's nothing to hurt your
clothes, omatterhowdelicate
There's no hard work about it
either. It'seasyaOashlng-both
for the woman whowashes and
the things that are washed.
It's safe washing, too. Pearl
inc removes the dirt, but won't
harm anything else.
Beware of limitations. Is6 JAMES PYLE, NY.
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Carloas Work Done by q Clock.
Isn.I.... H.. IE..l

Darius J.. GoR at Pawtucket, r. l., is one OF
the proprietors of the great braid works. but
has fancy for mechanical and electrical ex-
perimonts. lie has in his front hall q tall, old
fashioned clock. an heirloom, which, strange
to say. never runs down. Ii stands near tho
front door. and is connected with It by rod
with gearing attachments. Whenever the door
Is opened or closed the winding arrangements
are given a turn, 80 that the act of entering or
leaving the house keeps the clock constantly
wound. But this IS not all. By means OF
electrical appliances operated by the clock in
its movements. the gas jet in the hall is raised
nt dusk aud lowered at bedtime, an early rising
bell is ruug in the servants hall, later rising
bell is rung To summon the family from their
repose, and still an hour later the clock rings
the breakfast bell. Whenever it strikes the
hour soft musical cathedral chimes are struck
simultaneously in the chambers, aud for IA mo-
ment the house is filed with melody Had
Mr.. GoG lived and conjured In witchcraft
days he would certainly have been hanged.
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An Anthem nesrrIhoL

Two old British sailors were talking over
tbeir shore experience. Ono had been to a
Cathedral, and had heard some very fine music,
aud was descanting particularly upon an an
them which gave him mnoh pleasure. Ills
shipmate listened for awhile, and then said:
:" / say, Bill, what's u hanthem?"
"WhatI" replied Bill. "do you mean TO say
you don't know what hanthem Isl
Not me-"
"Well, thon. I'll toll yer. If I was to tell
yer, Ere. Bill, give me- that andspike, that
wouldn't be u hanthem; but was / to say,
Bill, Bill. Civ, Civ, Civ me, give me- that, Bill,
give me, give me that and, 'andspke, and,
'andspike spike, spike, spike, ahem, ahem,
Bill give mo that 'andspike, spike, ahem
why that would be a hanthem"
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An Irishman's Family.


An Irish landlord. who is now on visit 10
this country, relates that one of his tenants
came TO him before his departure and asked 20
have his cottage enlarged.
Sure" he said. IL do be too small already,
an me family does be needin' more room"
But Francis" replied the landlord. you We
not been married very long. How old Is your
oldest2"
Faith, they're eight years."
"Theyp"
"Yis. Two av them. Twins"
"Ah! And what's the age of the next7"
"They're six, yer honor"
"They?"
AVIS. Twins"
"Good Lord Have you any morep"
avis. The next two be three years."
Boy or girr"
Both, sor TWAS"
Francis, this won't dc"
So thought sor: but there were only wan
in the last lot. Hos year ould"
"Well," sighed the landlord, I'm afraid
shall have to enlarge your cottage"
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Successful Farmingl

In no part of the country does n farmer get more
satisfaction out of farming than I'm Michigan. The
soil Is very rich and loamy, adapted to cereal,
fruits or small truck gardening. The crops are
steady, bringing a bountifui harvest from year to
year. Then the great cities Of Chicago. Detroit
aud Buffalo being close are guarantees Of q
society excellent, health unsuTpasscd lands cheap.
Probably no part Of the country presents better
opportunities for the farmer than Michigan. o. NJ.
BAREEa, Land Commissioner, Lansing. Michigan,
will promptly and fully answer any and all inqui-
ries about Michigan lands, making no charge for
his services in this direction.
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DUTCH COURTSHIP.
How Young Men In Holland Express Their Prefer
encs for the Girls.
~ T. Pressl


In certain parts Of Holland, when . young
man thinks he has found bis affinity IL is Gus
tomary for him to ask for match TO light his
cigar at the door of the beloved ones house.
This little subterfuge is intended to arouse the
parents of the girl 10 the fact that something
Is in the wind.
If second call with a similar object Is made
soon after, no doubt is left of the young mans
intentions and the parents proceed to investi-
gate the young mans character and antecedents,
with q view of ascertaininR his eligibility as n
member of the family. When he calls the
third time, always for match 10 light his cigar,
they are prepared TO give him an answer.
IL his suit Is regarded with favor. he Is
politely requested TO step inside for the first
time and is served with light If he is not
accepted, he Is refused light and the door is
shut in his face without further ceremony.
But, having prepared for this contingency, the
downcast suitor will in all probability light his
weed with a match from his own box, and
walk away musing on the transitory nature Of
all earthly things. When the accepted suitor
is invited 10 enter the house, he, as = matter of
course, informs the parents which of their
daughters has eaptivated his fancy.
When this is settled. the young man steps
forward aud they join hands. While the en-
gagement Is by no means a settled fact even at
this important stage, yet il is stated as truth
that when, OH the occasion Of tue young mans
third visit. his inamorata has offered him q
second cigar, which he had smoked In their
house, tho engagement has nevcr been can
cellod
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Real TronbIe.

81 am SO troubled about my husband, said
Mrs Badman. seeking sympathy from the pas.
tors wife. Io goes from bad to worse. lie
Is an intidel aud an atheist, and now he says lie
il an agnostic and doesn't know anything and
doesn't belieye anything and doesn't think
anything"
My dear sister," replied the pastors WIFE,
"y0u don't know what trouble Is. Ny hus-
band thinks he knows how to cook"
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% nnra -

A widower with number of small children
married widow who was similarly blessed.
In time the newly married couple added TO the
number. Hearing u voice in the yard one day
the father went out to sec what was tho matter.
"Well, what was it2" asked hts wife, as he re.
turned out of breath. "Yonr children and
my children were pounding our children" was
She Eeply.
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C constructed q new battery 10
DEPEND THE ENTRANCE

Of tho harbor and the Citizens Committee be.
ing confident of their ability 10 defend the
place, we returned towards Lagune after few
days, the Revolutionary Committee promising
10 send word of any movement which might
traDspiTe To Miragoanes by courier. These fleet
footed c0uricrs travel very fast, aiding them
selves with two long sticks, aud can beat horses
crossing the mountains, They generally take
some cocoa leaves along with them which they
chew, and 1t is said 10 be great stimulant and
also relieves hunger.
We camped on the Pimel River at night,
about 10 miles west from Lagune, aud next
morning were attacked by over a thousand of
salomon's men with two field pieces. We ro.
pulsed them with very small loss to us-one
killed aud five wOunded-and then fell back
toward Mirag0anes, sending word there OF
what had occurred. AS most Of the trade Of
the Republic is done by water, the roads are in
a very bad condition. We fell back To where
the road passed under a long cliff aud came out
through gorge We left our so Inachete men
at the back of the cliff with orders to come up
on the rear OF the Solomon troops whom VIC had
them checked ut the gorge, to fire, and then
charge with the machete.
We had checked them, as planned, and they
had about 300 men depl0yed In the woods on
the narrow fiat, aud had unimbered the guns
about ! 200 yards off, and fired couple of shots
up the road at us, when We heard the firing of
the nachcte men in their rear, and their yell
Ia charging. We jumped into tho road and
ran down, firing, while more ran along tho con
OF the cliff, shouting. as rapidly as possible.
THE sALoMoN FORCES BROKE
down the steep side-hill or bank toward the
sea, being unable to'stand the charge front aud
rear, but especially afraid of the machete par
ty, and being in dread that tho Hay yEien rule
Of taking no prisoners would be followed.
We captured the two pieces of artillery and