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States.

Every Chinaman IS on the make.
don't care how small he is officially, OF
how young he is in years, each and
every one of them Is after the mighty
dollar. 1t matters not whether it is an
American dollar or British sovereign
or Chinese tael, it Is all the same to
the pigtail gentry OF the empire. 1t is a
very rare thing indeed for a foreigner
to secure an audience with the prime
minister of China; In fact 1T was even
more difficult than securing an audience
with James g. Blaine when be was sec
rotary of state, and that, you know, was
regarded as one OF the most difficult
things in Washington.
81 had a very indefinite idea OF Chin
csc customs, and had assumed, with my
American ideas, that being presented TO
to the prime minister coupled with 1t a
presentation to his immediate family.
But | was doomed to disappointment.
On my way from Shanghai to Peking !
had heard q great deal about the won
derful beauty OF the wives Of Ii Hung
Chang, and had looked forward to the
pleasure,of meeting them. But during
nv entire, nterview with the minister
never set eyes on anything in the shape
of Chinese wAmanhood Notwithstanding
the fact that e has some twenty odd
wives, each ami every one Of them with
as much curiosity as any American wo-
man that ever liNd.
81 mentioned thy had but one rail-
road in all Chini, aud that, too, but
twelve miles in length.
shortly after derk high official OF
the government ca led upon me. and
through my interp etc. informed me
that my presence was demanded at the
imperial mansion. ! had on my dress
coat, which made me ali the more out
of keeping with the Elaborate costumes
of the richly clad Chiaamen about me.
thanked on either sid by one of these
gavly dressed Cinnamon, marched out
and found litter carried by four sturdy
natives. The litter WAS covered with q
canopy upholstered in the richest Of
Chinese silk. On either side stood a
swarthy Celestial, flaming torch in hand.
AL approached the u.en bearing the
litter sank to their kneAs, so that /
might step aboard. WhenA was CON-
fortably seated the curtains -dTawn.
the men rose. and the proca end
"a It's way slowly 20 the III
Hung Chang. There was g
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the only game TO be shot, but that just
now we are having the fall flight, as the
bronze beauties are flying TO their win
ter quarters, and they are so abundant
as to preclude the thought Of seeking
other game.
There is a natural reason why this
particular locality should be. asst is, one
Of the very best places In North America
for fall duck shooting. To appreciate
this reason it is necessary TO look again
at the map. Whitefsh bay, 1t will be
seen, is an irregular triangle at the
lower end Of the great lake, with its
lower angle pointing southerly. Now
the duck, as he flies from the northern
winter, will fly hundreds Of miles over
land, of course, but he prefers to keep
in sight of water as much of the time as
he can, and invariably seeks a place
near the shore to spend the nights OF
his pilgrimage. Hugging the shore,
then OF Lake Superior brings him to
Whitefsh bay, where just now a few
gunners are lying in wait for him.
A few sportsmen from Detroit and
other of the lake cities have learned the
tGIdCblOuo VI lu0 uctS uOOA AOON3 0hA
there are here and there on the lake
shore and on the islands in the st. Ma
RE aud Detroit rivers below the rapids,
quite q number of summer cottages.
The most of these are exceedingly
primitive. being mere shooting boxes,
but few are used for family homes
through the short summer.
The sportsmen who come singly or
by twos to try the shooting will not,
unless fortunate enough to claim &C
qualntance with the owner OF one OF
these places, get so good accommoda-
tions, but one Of the charms OF the
sport consists IN "rOughing it" and no
place is better adapted to pleasant
camping out than the Lake Superior
snore. There are scores and scores OF
sheltered hooks along the coast (Which
is rocky, sandy and we'll wooded in
turns) where handy Indian guide will
rig up a tent or a hut and make a party
comfortable in true backwoods style.
The camp is hidden tolerably well In
the first place, for the duck, even in the
wilderness, is wary and shy, and will
pass your tent at distance If be sees
IL. But it may readily be placed among
the trees or behind some friendly rock
not far from the cove where the ducks
will settle at nightfall.
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and would certainty succeed before he
died. The connt ciaiue that 1t Is
simply q battle betweei. English and
American enterprise and capital, and
that. as naturallaed An sican, ne Is
determined to see the thing
brought to successful con-
clusIon. After many months OF work
the count finally sailed for China, back
ed not only by American capital, but
with the letters of introduction which
guaranteed to him an Introduction and
an audience with LII Hung Chang, the
prime minister of the Chinese empire
and the seventh prince, the uncle OF the
Emperor. The counts remarkable ex-
perience in China reads like fairy taie'
and Is hest told in his own words. In
describing it he.said:
ION my arrival at Shanghai was IN.
formed that shortly steamer sent oy
the Viceroy Ii Hung Chang would De
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-11-20
COUNT MITKIEWICZ.
HOW he NEGOTIATED CERTAIN CONCESSIONS
FROM CHINA.
The CONT Conversss With Correspondent on His
Experiences in the Celestial Empire-HOw Ho
Dined With aud Bribsd the Prime
Minister.
sr.eal corre.pona.nes q be RsoLslsr.

WASHINGTON, November 17.-Count
Eugene Mitkiewicz is an interesting
character. Few men within the past
few years have occupied more OF gem
eral public attention, and few men are
personally more popular in Washington.
Several years ago the Count conceived
the idea of going into that compare
lively unknown country Of the "heathen
Chineen and of obtaining certain valu-
able concessions for American capt.
talists.
The count determined to penetrate
the barriers which had been raised
about the Chinese empire principally by
British capital and British enterprise.
The greatest difficulty encountered
by the count ia pushing his scheme was
really in America. He first had TO
overcome the natural prejudice in this
country against foreigners. His
scheme also was so far away, and At the
same time so gigantic In its conception
and the results it promised, that many
American capitalists who were APP
nroaehed were startled by its very mag
nitude. The irstman 10 take hold OF
the Chinese concessions was no less q
man than the prominent banker, Whar-
ton Barker, Of Philadelphia Later the
gigantic deal had for its supporters
snch men as Colonel Elliott F. Shepard
and the Chinese minister at Washing
ton - -
nrodnce these Chinese concessions and
5alfver them over 70 his associates Ia
ma enterprise. But he has by no
n,esns despalred Of accomplishing this
rssI,lt. IN fact he said to-day that he
REGARDED this IS the work 81 his lie
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To get your birds you must go through
the same discomforts that duck shooters
always have to face, excepting here
there are no game laws that forbid you
to shoot after nightfall. At least, II
there are any such, there is no one here
to tell you about them. Your Indian
guide will profess the densest ignorance
on the subject if you have the curiosity
10 question him, aud naturally enough
you are not over anxious to press the
query.
So. If you choose-and you will choose
go TO the blind at the waters edge in
the afternoon, when the raw air does
not nip so cruelty as before dawn in the
morning. There are shooters here who
use the sinkbOx, but the conformation
of the shore makes the blind equally
effective when it is we'll placed, and Is
vastly to be preferred for comfort.
Your decoys are out, and your guide,
close by, but hidden, as we'll as your
self, will call the birds with an imita-
ton Of their notes so exact as to startle
you. They come in swarms. 1t is a
true "flight," and you need hardly look
for pairs or single birds, though these
come too.
Wheeling in toward your decoys they
come, twenty, fifty in bunch. 1t will
test your mettle. If you prize your
sport in proportion to the slaughter,
YOU will have no trouble in bagging
half a dozen or dozen at shot.
There are gunners even here who will
shoot at flock on the water and follow
the shot with another before the birds
have risen. The single birdshot, how
ever, may do as well here as anywhere
else on earth and keep his conscience
clear.
From early dusk to dark you may
have an hour of good shooting. 1t is
enough to whet your longing for more,
and when at an unrighteous hour next
morning your guide arouses you it is
with no laggard steps that you follow
him to the waters edge. Your coffee,
or 1t may be a taste of something little
stronger, has warmed you up, and for a
whole forenoon you are tingling with
the delight of good, wholesome, manly
sport. Y. a. DAVIS.
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The Casino has come forward aud re-
formed, hoping In the bright and glor-
iouS future TO greet the good and great
and occupy the parQuet along with Mr..
Palmer and Augustin Day. The
Fencing Mastery is one OF the prettiest
and most romantic comic operas I'have
ever seen, 1t is Italian, but none eff
fuslvely so. The principal scenes are
laid in Venice, and all the trading and
visiting seem to be done in gondolas.
Marie Tempest is the fencing master--a
daughter who has been reared as q son
by her own father till she is the most
skilliul swordsman in the place. She
becomes the court fencing master, and
during the campaign keeps the royal
fences IN repair. Francesca, the young
swOrdsman falls In love with FORTUNE,
the rightful heir to the throne Of Milan
and owner of line Of gondOlas oG Fifth
avenue. he is sent on a perilous mis-
sion, which it is hoped will result In his
ignOminOus death, bnt francesca re
solves 10 90 with him, and buying new
Wade & Butcher sword she goes with
him, joyfully knitting several Of his
prominent enemies and asking their
friends to send in the bill for same.
FORTUNE, however, loves another, but
not beyond his control, as she seems to
be q bit Of a hirt, ana in fact francesca
encourages her to elope with we'll
known Venetian proprietor OF trolley
line on the Grand canal. He comes
every evening and plunks with his
Venetian plunker 20 low, sad refrain
O.. L. . baF t.rlo
for lack Of proper attention. Francesca
is in favor Of this latter and encourages
his passion, egging the young lady on,
and yet doing it quite squarely. Finally
FORTUNE agrees 10 meet this girl and
speak to her freely; also to tell her that
he is very likely To come into possession
OF the throne by showing his subjects
that they are at that time paying too
high a duty on wearing apparel, and
that wages have gone down, thus turn
ing the tide Of added wealth, called the
unearned Increment, into the pockets OF
the rich.
Francesca so assists the other man
that he gets the young lady just before
Fortune arrives, and pretty soon there
has to be an explanation, and no longer
can the beautiful boy swordsman con-
ceal the fact that he loves FORTUNE and
would cheerfully die in his defense, as
he had almost done already several
times.
by aud by all is well, and FORTUNE
wonders how he could have been such
an ass all along, and the audience cor
daily join in also, having wondered for
some time why he did not know more.
Then Francescs goes away to her rooms
and returns in a long dress made Of
Italiad red and yellow plaid with a
special train TO it.
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st. Louis. Mo-; William Fl. Elder, Gin
cinnati. Ohio: Patrick A. Feehan, CHI
cago, ILL.,; John Joseph Williams, Bos-
ton, Mass; j. B. Salpointe, Sente re, n.
NJ; Patrick John Ryan, PhIladelphia,
Pa, W. Fl. Gross, Portland. Ore; Mich
seI A. Corrigan, New York; John Ire
land. st. Paul, Mimi; Francis Janssonr,
New Orleans, La; Patrick w. Riordan,
San Francisco. CAL; and Frederick x
Katzer. Milwaukee, Wis There IS an
other Archbishop resident In the United
States, the Most Rev. Thomas L. Grace.
who lives at St Paul. Mimi, but a. ne
resigned that see on July 81, 1854, and
accepted titular charge he takes no
part in the administration Of the affairs
Of the Church.
II Is expected that al these active
prelates will be present except Dr. Ken
rick. who Is eighty-six years OF age and
too feeble to travel; who viii % repre-
sented By his coadjutor, Bishop Chap
ellie.
There are seventy-iour bishops In the
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"My instructions had been to walk
up to the foot of the throne, bend my
knee and bow low. l did this and re-
NAMED there until commanded to rise.
Standing before the prime minister l
stated my case with al the eloquence
of which 1 was capable, and the fact
that was finally successful justifies
me in part In saying that eloquence
won the day. Before left III
Hung Chang had promised me all
1 asked for, and more. Return
ing from China l brought with me Of
fetal grants of concessions more valua-
BILE perhaps than any one had ever OBJ
tanned. That they are not now being put
to practical use is due only TO the fact
that English capital, through its Ameri-
can agents, has interfered and tempo
rarily Frustrated my plans. In the end.
however, am confident that American
genius and enterprise and capital will
win the day even against British gold
and British cunning"
WALTER WELLMAN.
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dry bills even then. It is wonderful
how other nations succeed in this coun-
try. These four poor girls are now able
70 eern a good salary In few moments
playing leap frog and cutting up at a
great rate Then ali day they can go
and see the city of New York and the
pleasant animals in Central Park. They
lead lives of ease which come as near
that OF the Pullman car conductor as
anQthinR know Of
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several. provinces. but none of them viii
have direct voice In the proceedings.
But by order of the Pope, transmitted
In letter Of July 81 through Cardinal
Ledochowski, provincial councils were
held by each Archbishop before he
went to New York on the subjects to
come before the conference. He will
thus speak with the opinions OF his suf-
fragans on the questions at issue.
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Ireland. In practice that seems to have
settled Itself. Said he In q letter he
wrote from Rome on April
81, 1892, to the Rev. j. c. Byrne. OF st.
Paul, MINI. 1.-THE so-called Faribault
plan is now formally allowed, In spite OF
Germans and Jesuits, The decision is
tolerant potest. which means, canonIc-
ally, 1T is fully allowed"
1.-THE man who could give such a
translation" laugh his opponents,
"ought to go to school again and begin
over his first book OF Latin. Besides,
what have you accomplished? On July
% the Saltwater people abandoned your
much Wanted arrangement and went
back to the old parochial school plan.
On October the electors OF Fari-
bault repndiated the plan at the polls
and It will be no longer continued. You
have set the whole Church In this coun-
try into two opposing camps, whose
contentious even the express commands
OF the Holy See have not yet been able
to quell."
SHARP AND BITTER
It is not Necessary TO go over here the
long details of the public controversy
on the education question which has
been waged; Father Hollands pam
phlet last December and Archbishop
Ireland's famous interview with me on
December 8, 1891, at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel In answer. The controversy has
been sharp and bitter, with the Cardinal
and DR.. Ireland ranged % one side and
Archbishop Corrigan and HE associates
on the other. The Cardinal. while keep
Ing public silence, has sent two import
ant letters 70 Rome In favor OF the Ire
land sIde-oDe from the Council OF
Arch bishops In ST. Louis last year, the
other, later and much stronger. on
March 2, 1892. In the last he virtually
committed all the archbIshops to the
Faribault plan, although protest
against it. signed by seven OF them. had
been sent by Archbishop CorrIgan TO
Rome. When the decision tolerant p0tssi
was announced credit for IL was also
claimed for him In his semi-offlcial
organ Ia Baltimore.
On his return here from Rome Arch
bishop Ireland refused TO attend din
ner arranged for himself and Archbishop
COrrigan by the president OF the Man
haitian College. His jealous advocates
in the West have also 10 the public
press and in private kept belaboring the
New York Metropolitan in sledgehsm-
mer fashion. He, however, has not fol-
lowed their lead. In letter to the Rev.
DIR. James J. MeGovern, OF Chicago,
dated May %, 1892, be said:
81 have, been represented as o sort
arch -consplrator against my good fr,
the Archbishop OF ST. Paul.
ately, we have always rehair
cellent terms"
And in 90 interview
on Sunday. May %, be
suaye manner so well y
gain bis presence:
''No one can hayl
ton than / Of g
courage OF the
Mis- friends ar
Zoo thankful
,degree the
bf prnde'
- words
THAI
other 81
Grace o,
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THA PLAY.
ABOUT TEE BALLET IN
GOTHAM.
Irasas. description Of the Black Crook and
Eow The Actors Succeed in Making Their
LiVng-A Comic Opera That
Bill Likes.
BALLEr IN


LCoppri0hf. 1892. by Edgar y. Mel
- - -viyal Of the "Blaek Crook" aud
Dlins in New York has given,
say. an atmosphere Of earnest
hanous freshly Numbered ruiles
young muscle which pervades
Their theatres also and makes the
bass VOL player a most hazard
was perfectly astOnished a
90 while here with NY family,
had other shopping that could
u fnHEW later / allowed the family to
-,ually upon the billboardS, while
aup sed myself that later on l would
Jul balance OF my trading for winter
10 do little DR.. Parkhursting be-
alss pck Crook" is a play which
ss synopsis OF and reads after
oN me. but I'll bet dollar that
l.. DO so on the ground. l will
LL lbr.ef epitOme, so that those who
go y understand the play itself be-
W. ,Itendiug il may do so, enjoying
y. sHuic and incidental parts while
80 h. thus saving great deal OF
The Quality OF the dialogue Is
Az e10lgl for the commencement DAY
IAN idiot school. II blind man were
.-~-~s home alive after attending the
pol ook" be would have 70 put his
ta4t mis- asparagus bed. IL would De
r.s n N other purposes.
T sneral literary tone o. the play
..T,rt., one Of the works of Steve
Rode. or the persiaage Of Nine. Yucca,
Vbo lifts the horse az Huber's dime
4 ngseum.
And yet one does not 90 away. 1 was
alone. and at 10 a. m, could get one lone
sal by the man who plays the pOpgun
r,he orchestra. I sat over three hours
aiding large fat lady with real al
rrltor neck and moss green freckles on
4 AT first she rested equally on me
4 "A a gent on her right, but the gent
cEer sight got weary, and taking a
hEeriug look at the ballet he went
/ fWaT.
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IRcHBlsHops ELDER AND FEEHAN.

and investigate the standing OF the
Church here and TO straighten out some
OF the tangles of policy and discipline
that had been obtruding themselves into
puolic notice. AS one of the organs OF
Archbishop Ireland put it,
"The Pope simply said to him:-'Go
to America, study this question (the
school question: on the scene and re-
main as long as you think necessary.
Fo everywhere, consult each member OF
the American episcopate; your mission
is ad referendum---thati is, refer all TO
US, that we may be fully instructed as 10
every opinion anent this question and
the weight Of them.'"
AT VARIANCE.
Rev. DR.. O'Gorman, OF the Catholic
University, writing over his signature
on the same subject said:-
mgr, Satolli, sent here principally
on Church affairs In which Catholics are
primarily and mainly concerned"
Per contra, the Cardinals organ, the
Catholic Mirror, in its issue Of October
Is says:
.sThe statement that he has been sent
here as delegate apostolic is hardly cor
rect. 1t is entirely untrue that Mgr.
Satolli has any commission or intention
to inquire into the controversy on the
school question"
A MooTED QUESTION.
What the council Of Archblshops Is to
consider is another much mooted ques-
ton. Common report fixes three chief
subjects: The school question, the re-
lation OF the Church to secret societies,
and the proposed second Catholic lay
congress during the Chicago fair.
BY the "school question" Is meant the
Earihanlt arnerimant OF Archbishop
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trying to deceive the Pope, and With
stealing a copy OF Archbishop Ireland's
private memorial to the Holy See co the
faribault plan. 1t Is to be remarked
that, although challenged to do SO sew
eral times, the writer OF this memorial
has never Jet made Ii public.
The Ireland side contendIng THAI
Rome had settled the Farlbault cues
ton definitely, the Archbishops next
week Will only have TO consider the bess
means OF teaching the Catholic children
Of the country who do not attend the
Catholic schools. There are In the
United States, they say. 1.4l0. 600 Cath
olics children Of school age. Or these
only 4l9.000 attend Catholic schools and
the other 100000 are In the public
schools. This is, OF course. an Indirect
way Of saying that the parochlal schools
as now conducted are failure. But up
starts q statistician and well known
writer on the other side, Mr.. George d.
Wolfe, OF the Catholic Quarterly Rericic.
he takes these dyures and from the
United States census returns contends
that the assertion made OF them are mis-
leading and fallacious. lie says thai
there are now Go 90 per cent OF the
Catholic Children OF the United States
In the Cathoice schools. larger per-
centage even than that Of the school
children in the public schools. The
question, therefore. daily takes on new
complications. One OF the 0ifilcultles ia
settling IL by the ArchbIshops Is the abb
sence OF reliable Catholic statistics. As
the editor OF the Catholic Citizen said on
the subject last week: "In sonne do
cese IL may be more edifying 10 tell the
whole truth, and the consequences VII
be a conflict as to the remedy
MORE FRICTION.
In regard TO the proposed CatholN lay
congress there is more friction. That
OF 1850 was practically run by Arch
bishop Ireland through his great friend
and adnirer, William j. onahan. of
Chicago. During It's proceedings It was
resolved that the next Congress should
be held In the city where The Columbian
Fair was located. There was a commit
tee named to make the necessary ar
rangenents for the gathering.
Ii consisted OF John Lee Carroll, OF
Baltimore; w. j. Onahan. OF Chicago;
M. w, 0'Brien, OF Detroit; v, j, Har-
son, Providence; Morgan NO'Brien.
New York; John ID. Kelley rook-
Ign; Patrick Farrelly, Nor Nm.
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THIS IS GREAT SPORT.
DUCK SHOOTING At TUE LOWER END OF
LAKE SUPERIOR
A Vi.is 70 Whitsfsh Bay, Where Game is AOund-
an. and Sportsmsn Are Few-Fino Fishing
and Splendid Shooting - Growth OF
Sault Sic. Marie.
-, corr..nond.nee OF ths R.ais.r.

speia! Correspondence Of the R'0isfr.
SAULr Str. MARIE, Mich, November
17.-It is more than TWO and nan cei-
turtles since the Jesuit missionaries es-
tablished one Of their wilderness OUT
posts in the little Indian village winch
tben occupied the site of this city
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made up Of Archblshops FsehaD. chair.
man: ireland, Corrigan, katzer. VII
lIams and RlordaD, with Bishops Foley,
SpaIding and Keane.
TO COOPERATE.
Fifteen Iaymen. Il was stated, would
be asked 70 cooperate with this "Er-
-. co,nrnlifean Mr. Onnhan WA