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REINDEER IN AIASKa.
The work OF FarnizhiRE Them 10 Oar
Esauimaux Fellow COuhtrymen.

Prom me Sfufhf lfsf- fnfFHipFncrf-
DIR. i. T.. white, physician and surgeOn-in.
charge on the revenue cutter Rear, arrived in
this city a few days ago from San Francisco.
The Bear returned from her yearly Arctic cruise
on Soy. IA, AMI while up AUrth transferred
over 200 head OF %relndeer from the siberia coast
10 PORT Clarence. in northern Alaska. where they
will In time bee divided among the natives TO hs
used Tor beasts of burden or tor food. lr, White
the reindeer and the manner In which the ma
lives view tine proposition Of the government to
make them self-sustaininR. tie said:
There are now abDut 800 reindeer at Port
Clarence In The GoyeIFmsnt herd and all th9
m charge OF the deer by the Government are
thriving and their change OF residence seems en-,
tirely satisfactory a. them. In all about 100
people live NJ the station, known as the Teller
Reindeer station, named after Senator Teller,
whO was the father Of the scheme tn transplant
siberian reindeer % Alaska for the benefit OF
the EsquimauE. The other people who live at
ths station are young EsquiInaux, supported Gy
the Government. aud being educated IN the
The natives take to the scheme like ducks to
for the deer. Al arst Siberian Esquimanx we're
brought over, but as they did not give satlslac-
ton as teachers. the Laps were Imported. The
the deer for al least three years, and then. Z i
L. shown that they are worthy, each graduate is
more. aud cent bach to his psopls. With
this start and the experience, there seems
aats should not be- able To- properly care
for the deer and lay the foundation Tor
ali his people. A. hrst the natives dd not show
much Interest Ia The matter, but A. soon as they
we're made Ia understand y hat the Goyernment
plainly la sympathy WIth tho departure.
Various villages all along ths enast have cent
Tor ths dgST. and ~ a lee yrart the arrange
meat y III begin " hear fruit, aud there can 10
There are q good nam wld deer IN AlasAa. but
the natives hsEsr ue them. usinE d"Es for all
=" Alynu Tia siberian e,t.st Ala. nattYss ~.
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the rich New Yorker 10 being expended to-day.
The cAyeTnOus fireplace IL once more followed
out In the thickness Of the walls. the lofty man
telpleces are run up To the ceiling, massive aud
irons are set In the fireplace, and logs big
enough to last a whole winters night are
hoisted on them aud set s-blazing. some Of the
andirOns that are displayed are certainly mag
nihcsnt reproductions Of classic models. while
the iron castings that surround the hearth are
rich with castings and repOusse work.
There is a distinct leaning. too, toward a re-
yiyal Of Dutch tiled hreplaces and settles, and
ingls hooks are as much the height Of fashion
as big sleeves and kapOleOnta. In one store that
deals IN these things Is 10 be seen the old sliding
pIls screen that MAS IN use When the "tasket
- Gems" ana Friendships Offering were
read behind IL rosy shade; and there has been
an AppreciAbls influence upon the price Of brass
and copper cnAl ~scuttlss. The whole movement
indeed, has It's curiOlslY mingled sentimental
AMI financial aspects.
II Is true that there IL = little spice Of hum
bug Abuut ths thinE. for while mAny chssTful
and lnlly things are said anent the nAshlnE IRE
light and the glorious cracking o. the back lOg,
the fact TenAins tina the shTssd architect and
householder have quietly agreed that . plain.
veil equipped American furnace vii bea cry
good thinE 10 have la the bAssmsnt Tor heAiinE
the hAls and for turning on In TIA mOrninss shsn
the set l0s u sputtshng And the Goa IRE 10
skOslnI nOfs than : suspicion ~ Arsbelli0ls
Meditation " smoke. Bat tbs revival l. "a Al
mlrabls 0hs Az say. and ~ kat3 sol4s Eeal
msaninS lnto tia sshumsnt o. Heath aRd
HOme. skleh sADsh0s u l-etihR shea The
ksarA Z register % sstsAm radiator.
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rowing class OF people from necessity. changing
from place 10 place as the pasturaRe gives. out.
In this they differ from their coast brethren,
who live IA settlements and do not move around.
On this trip the Bear brought deer all along
the siberian coast, through Behring Sea and
averages about So n head, the natives being
paid In trade, no money being in circulation Ia
the country. The Government has permission
from the Russian Government Ia trade with the
natives, whiskey and Bibles alone being contra
terror to the coast with their herds they all want
Hour, firearms, ammunition, cooking utensils,
pig brass p2ts To boil things in. and the hear
harters for the deer, giving the articles desired.
the price footing up about 81 a head.
"Iher reindeer are somewhat taller than the
ordinary cOttOn-tAil deer. with big bodies, slen-
der legs, and hoofs large and about the size OF a
cow I. lhey are IN some respects hardy animals,
seed and caught. In the summer they live ON
leaves ana fresh grass, the Arctic coast being
covered, with tundra. a network of leaves, viii
low, ahd moss, The grass Is excellent for "A few
months, and the deer become quite fat. In the
winter they live on a species OF yellow moss
row for, being able to smell IL. and they keep
digging until they come To IL. In the interior
IN p'n one "'f herd nave wh Ss H ms arrived ri ''TT Jk ssr
turin. near Cape Serdee. the natives were
making their annual sailing OF deer. and the day
ner Of slaughter Is quite interesting, being hui
mane, One man holds the deer by the horns.
mails ribs, piercing the heart, and death results
instanily: The natives are snperstitiogs. and
th0 Allllhk ID alltAueu Win a great snow OF
ceremony. When the slaughtered deer dFoDs
fresh water Is poured in the wound and also In
the mouth. lunches Of hair ar then seized aud
thrown "a the winds. and tie cuItHBy up Of tho
animal u proceeded with. Every Ling 10 saved.
there belug no waste.
F" For some time the authorities had trouble In
buying live deer, the natives being superstitious
sbout parting with them. A. hrst when told
thai deer were wanted they prepared ~ Kill
them, They were willing 10 sell dead deer, but
they could not understand shat vas wanted
With them alive, and we're lOAth 10 part With
them. trouble being experienced In buying deer
even nov. The same conditions eHist ON the
NO reason Why the deer should not thrive a.
sell IA ono place ~ smother, providing proper
care ~ giyon the animals"
IhF liocllT says that = great deal - trouble
and delay l. caused IN hATtenng for the deer.
AMI suggests that IL the Government you'd e.
labiish AZ agencJ. GA the siberian coast and
haEe the dssr HufcLA@sd tkafa. 10 mlaht - moBs
Z" ~ AZ, ant4zs aud al-O " tbs naeaha VI select
iIg ths best dssE.
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,ions: in III" European quarter a fine town hall,
stately banks, and other large buildings Of
stone: In the Chinese quarters, houses con-
structed after n pattern peculiar TO china, of
almnst equally solid materials, but packed so
closely together and tlrunged 80 hensely as to
he in This respect probably without parallel in
the world: and finally he sees streets stretching
for miles, Astounding with cgrringes drawn for
the most part not 10y animals, hut by mem, and
termIEg with a busy population, in the centre of
tie town chiefly European, but toward the west
and east almost exclusively chinese.
Ascending higher he finds churches, public
buildings and many houses. all Of exclusively
European design extending now about one
third NJ the distance mp the mountain for the
most part detached or semi-dctached. some Of
handsome appearance. and nearly all frOnted
with stnnc-lrchcd verandas, which Mt n dis
tsnCc give somewhat of II ~palatial flavor even to
the smallest; ne would see moreover beautifully
lsi | out gardens. public and private. and solidly
constructed roads, some of them bOrdered with
hamGoos aud other delicately fronded trees and
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NOW THE WEASEL KILLED THE RAT.
a Battle IN an Dat Hin In . Country Store
In Maine.

During my recent trip to Maine" said a COM
merclal traveller, ~ was at the store Of a coun-
try merchant one morning trying to sell him a
bill Of goods. Happening TO step into tho back
room, used In part as a storehouse for potatoes
and grain, | saw a slender little white animal
running about as il perfectly at home, which !
recognized as a weasel in his winter coat. /
threw a potato at him, which of course failed TO
hit and did not seem even to alarm the weasel,
and cOming back into the front store, spoke 10
the merchant about the wild beast running at
large on his premises.
"'Oh, that's all right he said. I'm very glad
he's taken up his quarters with me. wouldn't
have him hurt or driven away on any account.
The rats have been bothorlng me a good deal,
eating my potatoes and grain, but he'll make
short work OF them. They'll never stay long in
any place where = weasel is
w were still sitting by the stove talking
when there came a loud squeaking from the
back room.
"'Ill bet the weasels caught a rat cried the
merchant. and we both ran back to the store
room 90 see what was doing there.
surely enough, there wasa hot fight on be-
tween a hlg rat and The weasel The weasel had
the rat ]coTnered in a bin half filled with oats.
the second round was about Ia begin. The rat
neSk 'i ba, a IRON ,T3 me pnHGturss IN The
teeth swapping sAyageiy az each approach Of the
wcasGl, which ran l!tLeiy To and fro watching
go @ANN" - 80 NNAAA AALAAA An@
parsntly took any note Of our presence.
The weasels tactics plainly were 10 drive
the rat from the corner, snd il was interesting
Ia watch MS fcints and PUSHES. Al his close an
PTuaCh the rat would daTI forward to suap at
his elusive Toe, and Immediately back into his
corner again, The weasel was everywhere az
once, felnting to attack him in front. running
around him along the top and -idts uf the bin.
ana working 20 keep the rat On the move.
At last lac ran down the side Of the bin he
hind The rat as IL 10 attack him ia the rear. The
rat whiT!cc, snapped NlCiuusly at tile weasel.
which drew back out Of reach. whrrcup0n the
rat, seeinR lac enemy upon one side and a clear
space On the ether. turned and bOlIrd from lie
corner. Before he had half crossed the biu lie
weasel Was upon him aud Lad Spized Him Ia the
neck close a. the head, hs slender budy hug
gang CLOS 20 the rats ~ that that animal could
not turn bis head sufficiently 10 bite him. That
took the night out ~ the rodent. which ran about
sguealiug, ths Neasel holding fast rnd sucking
his blood until the RAJ dropped.
hen quite sure that bis victim as dead.
tbs weasel Tried 60 drag him from tie BIN, but
"a. h1t equal a. the task. II Nas with some
AIM ulty that Ne drove him from ais prey. and
- long as ~ remained la tie stoT-Fo6m lie r.
tsat~ili irlsl ~ size thr rat. which the
Merchant i0ik ~ the front door aud hunK far
into = Eafnnt lpt ares the rad.
10 lsft tbs RAJ ia the BIN, tie aaaEsl would
bury. among the uata. after b. foand ~
asYlaht dL-A 4ssy 70 hhs,' he tald 'ns
IAAsa a's ras Pat u thai Va slEs4Ay."
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and rising. tier over tier, up the slopes of the
mountain. those on the upper levels interspersed
with abundant foliage. The silent and deserted
basin has become a harbOr so covered with ship
ping that even II the visitor has been round the
whole world he could never before have seen 50
much In a single coup d'Ra. AT anchor or NOV
ing are some forty to hfty ocean steamers, in
Guiding ships OF war. large European and Amer
lean sailing vessels and hundreds OF sesgoing
junks: while in the space intervening and
around are many thousand boats. for the most
part human habltatiOns, with steam launches
rushing In all directions.
"Going ashore. the visitor sees long lines OF
quays and wharyes, large warehouses teeming
with merchandise, shops stocked with all the
luHuries As we'll as the needs OF two oiViliza-
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fringed with the luXuTiant underground of
scmitTupiCHl vegetatiOn; while meeting here hut
comparatively few passengers he would scarcely
realize the neighbOrhOOd ~ "a large population
except from what has been sptly termed the
indescrihable hum Of cOngregated humanity >
arising from the Town haTtOT beneath,
Ascending still further IL the summit Of tho
ridge, he, In the course 90 a two-mtle walk,
Mount Kellett and the heights abOve the Maya
zine tap with the many intervening knobs and
FaVines at "A high elevation, are for the most
part interseCted by roads and studded with
houses. similar 10 those last described. built In
one OF two places 50 close together a. Ia present
almost an urban aspect; and looking down
whence he came. he. while no doubt recognizing
the grand mountain amphitheatre Of nifty years
ago would at the same time notice that its
arena, occupied by city and shipping. has
changed as though By the wand ~ an enchanter. -
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A Revival or THE HEARTH.
Tie "reminiscences Of the Ops1 Crate, the
AadIroas, abe Coal Fire. sad the log.

HE - - oBNA -N@N ~
Aadiroas. The Coal Ftrs. sAd the LOG.
With each succeeding winter the open fire.
place Is coming more and more into fashion and
use. Not only the CRATE, wherein one may build
. hsApinG hre OF sea coal aud then cit and watch
tAs glow steal steadily from lump 10 lump, but
the open hearth on which one may burn a good
Yuls log aud almost roast an or. There are
plenty Of mai believes yet. OF course, gas logs
and fires Of colOred spar. but the open hreplAees
70 which reference l. made - coming more and
more into vogue are the real things.
The custom Of laughing 1t coal fires a. old
fashioned. and A. = system Of heating that
treated one 10 = touch OF the tropics on hafnce
and Eusts from GTssnlAnd ~ hls back, has
pAsssa. AAd ~ the Modern houses are built with
sEs told. eAd small fortunes are sPynt ga curl
oAsIy designed topEs, pok0rs. aud shOEels; Ror-
aSOdsly nozLled bslloWses are hung up BY the
nAntslpiscs. and cunnipE artlhcsrs are EN-.
DlOEsd 10 HOTk out bTazsn Tenders on the old
ha0AsIa Photographer have hesn "a SOrk get
unE ~plotuHss of cklmhsg plsoss that have en-
ell5sd the aShss Of esntuFtea. and the MAFbls
ellAns SnA slAbs shlch tbs builders sQnie time
ksJss9A SOC esaH he poslaon " kSn0S ~
taf hk Ftae 0psR hearth that TIA I9Hsy Of
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way, IL il safe 10 say that he would have pre-
ferred a shorter and n better.kept resting place.
The other picture, however, shows . Ming
tomb In a far better state Of preservation. ~
seems To have had some care from these later
generations. When we remember that all de-
ceased chinese Emperors are deinpd, and take
ship and offerings as their need. ~
seems. strange that any OF their tombs
should he permitted TO lapse into q
state OF shabby unrepair like a dilapidhteI AMI
abandoned warehouse. But we must not forget
that the Chinese have been known, when IN n
state Of righteous Indignation over the failure Of
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compelled tn travel very slowly, and even then
they seldom reach Tinntsin without grounding
on mud banks.
A recent wr ter In the fOrfntghuy R"risr says
the south have. much that is picturesque about
them. but In Tientsln there Is nothing bright or
clothes Of It's Inhabitants. The city Is the home
of III Hung Chang. and the splendid hospitality
with which he hns time and again treated his
guests from other lands perhaps accounts in
part for the very glitteriny estimate Of his char
acter. patriOtisln, and ability which has been
spread over Western lands. This is the head
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quarters of his European-trained soldiers,
over 10000 in number, who, u was supposed,
would prove almost invinclbte In time OF war.
They met the Japanese, however, at Ping Yang.
and were put TO flight as easily as the unframed
soldiers OF the Chinese Emperor.
III Hung Chang has been credited with ad-
yRnced ideas and a great liking for. all things
Western, and IL IL surprising that he has not
tion OF his city. There Ia no large Chinese town
more filthy than Tientsin. Every foreisner who
visits IL carries away a vivid impression of dirt,
heat, and bad smells. The city, though II has
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and many vessels trade between Tientsin and
the far southern parts of China.
The traveller who gets his first idea Of China
as he enters the mouth OF the Pei no II struck
with the extraordinary fiatncss and mnnotony
OF the country. There Is nothing pretty or In
teresting about the Nat region between tia"
mouth OF the river and the big town where the
Grand Canal joins the river. Here and there is
a little village with its adjacent graveyard and
little patches of rice irrigated by bitches and
troughs. The traveller has plenty Of opportunity
to see all that Is to be seen, for the steamers are
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their gods To Ito what they were asked Ia. do and
drag their idols around the streuts with ropes
around their nccks. Probably the Chinese have
no further use for the sixteen Einpcrors OF the
Ming dynasty.
The Mlnys occupied the throne less than 300
ye re. and they had II sorry time OF during
the closing generation of their d"rn'uatinu. The
hand. he was confronted by rebels ~ one side
and 10y The victorious Manchu- on the ot her. and
So he took a short cut out of his misery hy hang
ing himself after Il" had killed his daughter. TO
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lief to the more pleasant foreign city along
the river and To the wharves. where all is hustle,
and where are crowds OF vessels of every sort
from hUusebOat Ia gunbOaL
Visitors to Pekln sometimes take the river
route and sometimes the road. The distance by
road j. eighty miles. but as the Pei lao il a re-
mRrkably crooked stream. the distance by river
il nearly doubled. IL costs about $40 to buy
transportation for one from Tientsin 10 Pekin,
ani the RasSenger has TO- supply his " pro,
road, and a pair of mules sometimes traverses
the rough highway In fOrty-eight hours, though
this speed makes hard work for the animals.
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and inner mnusoleum. II may hr, however. that
the Manohu family. who for $50 years have &C.
cupied the throne OF China, have little respect
for the bones OF the native Mlngs, whom they
elected from the imperial power, and ARE willing
that their tombs should crumble. like their In
iuenoe In China. which. TO be sure, didn't cx-
actly crumble. but went all to pieces in n very
short time.
There are certainly M signs of imperial splcn-
dor about this resting place ~ y former ruler of
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glimpse Of Victoria road, on which the Town
Hall is situated. This part of the city is lighted
by gas and Is near the river front, where the
entire foreign population live. This Ia tho only
attractive part VI the big town. for the Chinese
quarter is uncleanly aud decidedly unwhole-
some. Another view shows some Of the cargo
boats that are drawn up along the bank in front
of the foreign quarter. These junks ply along
the river ~ far as the neighborhood Of Pekin,
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died together with little semblance OF arrange
mcnt. Nobody ever heard OF the streets in n
north China town being fit for traffic. and those
of Tientsin. unpaVed. uneven, and full OF ruts.
are bad enough Ia bring almost any spring cart
to speedy grief. The streets are the reCeptaCles
for the refuse Of all the houses built along them,
and there nrc no contractors to haul away the
UuIsOnIe garbage, whose smell ascendS to
heaven. In dry weather tile roads are many
inches deep with dust. The result OF Tientsin's
sanitary condition is that IL Is. II very un-
hfalthful place, where some epidemic or an
other is nearly always breeding. small pox Ia
found there nearly oil the year round. After
n few hours inspection of the Chinese quar-
ter. the stranger invariably turns with re-
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prevent her from falling into the hands Of the
hated MauChus. II was onr OF the ancestors of
the pre- sent ~rrigning family who announced
shortly before the Manchu conquest Of china
was completed that he would celebrate the
funeral nt his father by killing 100000 Chinese.
lie actually set about the job, but died before
he had completed Il.
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The Errnt crnn- 'oripntion " rruGht Along
II Barren Mountain sid.

Nearly !jO.GnO ienplr live in the Arg:o-thi-
rrsr co., ~ Hong Kong. Fifty ycnrs ago the
$500 TN" it, was = hHrr rock ave for a few
Fl ,h"rnru's Luts scat red here aud there. Tho
great sea ra-i3 was rarely disturbed 10y n pass
trg Ercl. \ comparatively few Engli>hmrn. a.
sisir, hy II large number OF Chinese, lave
wrough' III" great Transformation. The site of
.tery h'ti!diny seen In this picture was once pre-
%c!pl,ru.. fhe requisite lrvel tor l~uliGingS was
uhrsinrl only by blasting. In "A recent report
sir William Dcs- vucux, Governor of Hong
Kong, gave a grnpl,ir description ut the city:
The visitor sets u city of closely built houses
stretching for four miles nlong the island shore,
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soSE Aspects or TrENrsIN.
The River Front Is the Oniy Agreeable
Part or the Big, Dirty City.

These pictures show some Of tho better aspects
Of the big city Of Tientsin, seventy miles up the
Pei no, aud about eighty miles from
Pekin. One picture shows the Town Hall,
In which the business of the municipality
Is transacted which was erected by Eu-
ropean architects. Another view gives a
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the great empire. In the lapse of centuries the
rrof hN decay ell suillcien;lytn permit the for
NATION at soil there. and plants are d,CHin.
their rnrts into the ruin Ia show that life may
citing even t. the tomb Of II prince. Tho walls
Rrr telling "a pieces. aud the whole aspect OF
the ulrc. l. "a mr'uurhrly NJ a tomb can Oe. II
tie late imuerial tenant could have had his
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Nsuseieu-, Of = Former Fotestate thst Is
very mech out OF Repsir.

One Of our pictures shows the ruins Of a Ming
tomb at Nsnkin, the old capital Of the Chinese
empire. The tomb certainly presents a neg
leo;ed and dtsreputable appearance, and we can
account Tor u only on the supposition that the
body OF the imperial parsonage which once re-
posed there has bean removed to \ more modern
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nearly a million Inhabitants, does not spread
over SO much territory ms many n smaller. Chi
nese city. 1t Is the commercial port OF Pekin,
and here are stored vast quantities of wheat, rice,
millet, textiles, and prepared meats, which come
up from the south by way Of the Grand Canal 20
supply the millions NJ northern China with the
means of subsistence. Commercially, Tientsin
Is far more important than any other city in the
northern part OF the empire.
Like Pekin, the city. outside Of the foreign
quarter, consists chiefly of mud, brick. and
bamboo houses. only one story high, and hud-