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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-12

liberal IDEAS. educated In Europe. such
as his son. Lord III. the Secretary OF inc
Navy. and the directors of the naval
and military schools. all OF whom would
follow the Viccroy In his Disgrace. j do
not see any other man among the Vice
rows OF the provinces who would be able
20 nm l.. Hung Chang's place with any
chance OF success Most OF them. Ike
the Emperor himself. are very ignorant
Of the strength OF the japanese and or
modern warfare, and they probably be-
lievo that the common Chinese soldiers
armed with iahccs and swords. will be
sufficient TO crush their enemy IL d sui'i-
Gent number OF them ure sent 70 the
front The Chinese in general despise
the Japanese. and 40 not believe that they
would have any show against China y
lepions OF men.
The disgrace OF III Hung Chang would
also be a terrible blow 10 progress and
civilization, OF which he Is the champion.
The men who would take his place are
anxious TO Keep China altogether closed
90 foreigners. IL Hung Chang was once
disgraced for alleged apathy during the
Nienfei rebellion. but his title and oiiiceA
we're speedily returned 10 him. By taking
from him the famous yellow jacket the
Emperor has shown his dspleasure that
Japan should have been allowed TO get
nh, Il Of China in preparing for war,
but his act docs not necessarily imply his
deposition from Office.
CHINA DESPISES THE JAPANESE.
III feeling between the Japanese and
the Chinese has been for centuries more
bitter than It IL now between Germany
and France. The two races hate each
other. The japanese are very much
afraid OF China and are anxious TO van-
qulsh her before she gets too many men,
of war and well-nTmed soldi rs. The Chi
ucse. on the other hand despise the Japa-
ncse and absolutely refuse TO consider
them as men. In the course Of the inter
view which I had with Ii Hung Chang
We happened 10 speak OF Japan, and he
exclaimed: '"rhese little fellows are nc
mon: they nre simply monk ays--an In
tclhgent race Of monkeys. who have q
| great talent for initiating and copying
/ Western ideas. but they are no more than
monkeys" Later on. as / was telling
HIN Of the kind reception rendered me
( b. her Majesty the Empress OF japan
/ and that she had very kindly appointed
n commission Of ladies to take part In
the Woman's Department OF the Chicago
Exhibition. he said: "rhe morality OF
japanese women is very low. indeed. and
! j suppose the Empress VIII send ovci
| there some women who viii make q
| great deal Of money in behaving them.
| selves wrongly. in dancing indecent
| dances. and. II necessary. in learning
! the American way Of kissing so as tc
please Chicago men. in exchange for a
few dollars" ii Hung Chang was Ger.
tainly wrong IN making this remark
for IN" morality Of the Japanese women
| and especially or the higher class. is
much better than I'm most countries OF
the world. and undoubtedly better than
in China.
HIS INTRODUCTION TO THE STATES
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The Strlngency.

washington Starr
.'Pretty hard times" said one MOSQUE
TO.
YES" replied the other. II don't know
when we have presented our bills 50 often
with SO few collections"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-12
OBJECT or THE TEAMS.

OBJECT OF THE TEAMS.
The ball is put in play as follows: Ihe
teams line up IN their respective posi-
tions and the referee throws the ball up
In the middle of the field. This Is done
at the beginning OF the game, at the
beginning OF the second half. after each
goal, when foul is made, and whenever
time has been called IL il the object OK
the teams TO defend their own goal while
trying 10 put the ball into that OF their
opponents. II should be the object or the
player. when his side has possession oil
the ball. 10 gain an uncovered posilioh
so that his side may pass 1t to him. ana
80 on by passing the ball TO make a soai'
IL Is here that head work and team work
are essential. The duty Of the home
man and the two forwards Is 10 get a
favorable position to throw goal ana 10
assist each other in this matter. the
centre men are placed TO assist either the
forwards or backs. as the strain may
come on either Of them. Their ann should
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-12
LIHUNGCHANG
UiS Country Owes Her Powerful Arma.
mentS 10 His Liberal Ideas.
RULES on LAND AND SEl.
alS Army Of ROuntainecrs Equipped
With Modern Weapons.
ZEN OF TALENT SURROUND hin.
,lthough stripped Of the Yellow jacket
he Il Not Thereby Dcposcd
from rowcr.
ZEN OF TALENT SURROUND HIN.
tNcw York Hcrald)

Ccw York IIcrald)
TIE Wa urtwccn Japan and China
A,.-f. out once moro. and most promi-
,..,r. tle rrurc of IA Hung Chang. the
,..-., o. China and the greatest states
.,u of Asia.
sea,ial Grant. after travelling around
r. world. said that he had met but four
great statesmen Bismarck in Germany.
sanb.tta Boa France. King Leopold l. I'm
Ec.fum. AND III Hung Chang IN Chinr
rhr influence OK this last iu the political
sfair. ol hs.a has been immense dnTl"f
p, last twenty years. In spite Of what
h.s been sid and written against him L
cannot De doubted Tint be s the most
hurrI and progressive man OF china
rr ouIy ono having friendly feelings To-
ward f,r,Irucrs. the only one really anS-
,.rs 60 goo civilization entering China
-.l tl s.c DIS country follow the re-
D. .ul,r oc the world ia the way Of pro-
s
A.tnout him the Chinese would not
t..r .l. modern Tnan-of-war or even
.n... c.l. Il was hc who was COM
..e , ,ho imrerial forces
..,.fa d.. great Tupinr rebellion. which
..-t china lNp1I'p lives. and which re-
..t.r .., OIL. overthrow of the rebels. II
....t ,.. dimril,ies with
I...... ir l,l. and 10 is ne who is called
o. +..I.... tne Emperor when any Crisis
,...s f...e fn the affairs of the nation.
,. ,,t, Introduced the tcle-
&c., ,.o,rs ago.
.pH I.'' '''.'' T.. ,,ts
arI .' IS hc who is no" ooiHs al '' '''9
,.,.r 9, l.vc china adopt railroads ana
-.,.,.f resources.
.. 81 ,h. frs, place
J' 'i.'' '''' ,,..- ,.,.',.., t,
fr.u scholarship. ani Ill i'hE nuns
OH. .r tho moss noted scholars 81 'hlnd-
e., ..,......l ,t-ec ,iplic examinations.
.~...... ,.,..., ,,,r,. time, one
"Ni.' 4'.'"7 "'' .''7 -. ..,.
of 80 OF the success. 10 ON "' ''''''
No. Ftafa -
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-22
Donnybrook.

Donnybrook is ON the outskirts Of
the city Of Dublin, but Donnybrook
Fair Ground is no lonxer the friendly
fighting ground Of former days. Once
the tents made OF wattles, with
patchwork quilts or blankets or old
petticoats spread over them, held
rows of tables made of doors placed
on mounds Of clay. The benches,
Too, rested on the same uncertain
foundation. and when the young
Irishmen grew unsteady the bench
sent them all down to the floor. Out
ON the green there were fighting and
sports and at night the fiddle played
ji9s for the jolly young people. 1t
appears from the accounts given by
the strangers who visited Denny
brook almost a hundred years ago
that there was good reason for tho
worldwide meaning given to the
mere expression Of "Donnybrook
fair" But its glories have departed
and it is many . long day since tho
shillaleh was welded around Denny.
brook Castle
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-22
THAT FRIEND Of SYLVIA'S
Written for This Paper. By Grant
Allen.

mental or an UNDERLYING. . French, as I
observed, l neither know nor desire to
Learn: but ] insist upon the purity of
our native language. 1t is with me .
perfect passion.
"Jowles," ! said severely, raising my
fortinger in Misrepresentation, I'm aston
ished that YOU, aft r. twenty years in
my ervice, should still be unable to say
'Ludgate Hill correctly. Your pro.
nunciation of the words is unworthy of
a bog-trotter. 1t betrays the ungrace-
full ldiom of Bow Bells. Retire at
once to your W oom in the Office,
sir, and say 'Ludgate Hill' to yourself
twenty times over, till you feel perfect
ly certain that you ran manage the as
pirate"
Jowles went off like a lamb capital
subordinate, Jowlesl, and in half an
hour or less returned with the Brad
shaw" and the carefully conned re-
mark:
Train leaves Ludgate Hill at 1910
tomorrow, SIR"
Not so much effort about it, Jowles,H
! said. condescendingly, with an en-
%couraging smile. Not quite so much
effort about it. But you mean it we'll,
and at any rate, that's a distinct inn
prOvcment."
So at 1870 the very next morning I
was whirling away, post haste, through
the county of Kent on my way south,
to inspect the man Hampton.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-22
a wise woman, for she knows when to

q wise woman, for she knows when to
be silent.
1 went down to table d'hote. The
young nan Hampton sat exactly oppo-
site me. 1 locked at him hard lin
point OF fact, 1 stared him out of coun-
tenance. l won't deny that at first
sight of him 1 was considerably molli-
fed. He certainly vas q very hand
some young man. and to the outer eye
most %gentlemanly also. His manners
We're charming, and he seemed on u
casual view to have the bearing of an
a%ri,tocrat. I began to think better of
him. now that I saw him face to face.
He talked q great deal to Sylvia, and
Sylvia to him. 1t was Clear az day to
me they understood one another BY
this time perfectly.
Throughout the greater part Of din
ner my opinion of the young man rose
steadily but surely. It was evident
that he knew several really good PEG.
pie, and when I say really good" I
need hardly add that I allude to tho
members of the British s%ristocracy.
He spoke of q friend of his, one Sir
Howard Fitzgibbon, who vas stopping
just then at q place called Beaulieu,
and he alluded to his uncle, Admiral
Townsend Jones, who, as I knew, was
married to q sister Of Lord Horsham's.
This looked really we'll. and I began to
imagine the fellow might. after all. be
everything he pretended to be. when
just Is the salad came on, and the talk
grew familiar, On unfortunate slip Of
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-22
III.

i left London paralyzed with fog and
snow. found Antilles smiling among
palm trees and roses. AS IL general
rule dislike the continent: but | will
admit that the climate of the South of
France has certain advantages.
AS soon as 1 got there 1 saw at o
glance wasn't q minute too soon to
checkmate this man Hampton. Maria
and Sylvia were full of his name. 1t
was Mr.. Hampton this, Mr.. Hampton
that, MIR. Hampton the other thing en-
actly as in the letters. When l spoke
of him to Sylvia the girl blushed visi-
bly,. l made a mental note of that.
Her blush spoke volumes. She vas
man Hampton.
"Shall l see the fellow tonight,
Maria?:" l asked at last in my ~severest
voice, for | was anxious to observe him
and report upon his chances ut the
earliest possible moment.
Why, of course. Norman" my wife
replied, with IL smile. He'll como to
the table d'hote. He's q delightful
young man, you know, SO handsome and
! gentlemunly."
Him." 1 replied: Handsome and
gcntlemanly, is he:: All. yes, l dare
say. 1 know the sort. Some beggarly
young fellow, n, doubt, who spends aii
hc has on dressing we'll, in order to
make an impression OF some other
mans daughter. Handsome and gem
tlemanly, is he? The d%isgraceiul
young upstart!. Ill teach him how to
be handsome. I'll soOn take it out of
him."
We'll. but Norman. DEAR" my wife
began: Il a,sure you. really, he's the
very incest young man."
/ cut her short at II / drew my
self up to my tallest elevation. Five
feet six is not, perhaps, in itself u COM
manding height, J. admit. but 1 latter
myself that when l draw myself up to
it. and hold my chin erect. l look as
imposing u person rs any OF my equals.
Not u word. Maria." 1 said. waving
my left hand toward her with a ccm-
manding air. iii not hear u word
about him. 1 won't be p.ciudiced. l
hate prejudices. I'm going to inspect
the young man myself by ard by, and
see what I think of him. l am some
judge of character, l hope and believe,
and if he's really u fortune-hunter. as
I take him to be, I'll 500 find it out.
He won't impose upon me, SO it's no use
trying it,"
Maria had lived with me quite long
enough to know that when l say q
thing 1 really mean it. No paltering
with Worthistan & Co.. at home or
abroad. She dldn t att mpt to continue
her abortiye remarks in MIR. Hamp.
tons favor. She held her tongue like
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-22
OUR RURAL READERS,
SOMETHING HERE THAT Will.
INTEREST THEM.
Care and Attention Should Be Given to
the Corn Crop to Make q Two
Wheeled Stone Boat-ClOver as Manure
-DehornlnE Calven-Notes.
Drilling In Corn.

1t seems to me that corn is being
raised with the least thought and
many times with the least care of
any 0f u main farm crops. have
had considerable experience in rails
ing It, and think there are many
points in favor of drilling it in rather
than planting it in the old way.
With the aid of a boy or man I can
drill ten acres in one day. When the
Orn is up Two or three in. with a
smoothing barrow I 90 over it
lengthwise OF the rows This is dis
cOuraginR work for a novice. hut in
two or three days you will be sur
prised at the result-it will have
Strengthened up and grown so much.
In a week 7 repeat this work by
dragging it again, which loosens up
the ground. 1t seems to no more
good than can lie accomplished with
a cultivator and in much less time.
Last year l left about twenty feet
which l did not drag and the dilier-
cnce could be plainly seen during the
whole season in the summer grass in
the row.
The difference in cutting hilled or
drilled corn is greatly in favor of corn
planted IN the hill. I pay 81 per
acre for cutting planted corn and
81. so for drilled corn. A reaper will
work very success ,fully cutting drilled
corn, as the knife never has to cut
but one or two stalks ut a time. OF
course the reaper cannot be used
when pumpkins are raised; but the
main difference is when the crop is
harvested I can get a much larger
yield per ere of grain and fodder. l
have often heard my neighbors say,
II should drill my corn this year If l
had my drill arranged just right. but
l cannot arrange it so as use it Salts
factorily."
The change is a simple one. In
the first place, put a narrow strip On
the frame o. the drill in font of the
wheel, say n in. by two in, large
and long enough to reach by the
wheel far enough to let the wheel
return in the track made by the
marker to make the row wide enough.
We attach Il small chain to the end
OF this projecting piece with an iron
weight attached to the other end Of
the chain sufficiently heavy to make
the mark to follow. For instance 1
use u tooth drill with the teeth seven
in. apart. Row with the second one
from each wheel; that leaves the
rows %forty-two in. apart, which is
about the right distance. lnow fit a
board n.thc grain box. each side of
the cup that sows the grain. or. if
you prefer, place the iron plates
over the cups. eX ept the one used
for sowing. l prefer to remove all
the teeth not used. Iprefcr To use u
little phosphate in the row, and one
tooth each side. This can he ar
ran ged the same as for sowing the
grain.-J. q. MunSon, in the Farm
and Hone,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-22
the tongue revealed the true nature of

the tongue revealed the true nature Of
the creatures a~ntecedent.
You were speaking of Sussex" I
said to him, with . very gracious nod.
DO you belong to the county? My own
ancestors, the Worthistans, who came
owe from Normandy with William the
Conaueror, were originally Sussex peo-
ple."
"Oh, yes, I'm a Sussex man" he n
swered. looking up and twirling his
mustache q little to hide a smile, I
fancied. Il played for the county once.
1 come from 9 place ON the Downs
called 'Ighfeld."
l could hardly believe my ears. NY
cheeks tingled. My hair stood erect
on my head with horror. That q per-
o who murdered the queens English
like that-an ignoramus, a vulgarian,
a man of straw-should venture to
thrust himself forward for my Sylvia's
hand; why, it was shameful! 1t was
preposterous!
Some seconds passed before l could
find strength to answer his remark. At
last 1 managed to reply in a very
shocked voice. and with marked en-
phasis:
II wasn't aware there was any place
called Highfeld in Sussex"
He smiled once more, quite a supe-
rior sort of a smile that made me posi-
lively angry.
II said :'%lghfeld'" he replied. Its
on the borders Of Hants. I've lived
there all my life and 1 ought to know
it,"
you've lived there all your life,"I
answered. yes, indeed, sc l should
think! But Hightield is q SPOT I
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-22
ABOUT HOOKING BIRDS.
How the Pretty sonssters Are Captured
and Trained.

How tho Pretty sonssters Are Captured
and Trained.
sOf all the fcathered musicians"
. bird dealer recently said, 1.-The mock
ing bird is easily king, and his rich,
pure notes are far ahead of the Eng
lish nightingale, about which POETS
have raved and bards have sung. The
hooking bird is also the gamecock Of
the bird family, and his pugnacity
gets him into all his trouble.
1.-THE knocking birds prefer a dense
thicket as u home, and it is here the
trappers hunt for min. Just about
this season OF the year they are all
busy preparing their nests. The fe-
males, we have been to themselves
during the winter, are looking up
their recreant husbands. aud great
preparations are being made for fam
lily cares Usually four eggs are
found in the nests, which are light
blue in color. with large brown
specks. They hatch in fourteen days.
After three OF four weeks the birds
may be taken from their nests and
easily reared ny hand.
''The mocking hiru commences to
sing when he is about two months
old. The first indication you get isa
rcstlessncss on the part OF the bird,
with soft, low, unfinished notes.
Gradually his voice improves, and as
he gets older he adds to his roper
toire until he is a finished vocalist.
Not content with production; OF his
own, lie is q great mimic, and can
i'm tate almost any Of the bird fam
iiy. But the song of the mock NJ
bird you hear in the citic, is not the
song you hear in his native state.
There his notes are pure, sweet and
resonant: while in the city he often
introduces Il harsh note in imitation
of o . e noise he has heard.
IA word about how l catch birds.
OF course. the first thing to do is to-
provide myself with su table traps. !
have found 10y experience that the
double deck trap is by far. the best. l
usually e nploy three assistants. and
we start in different directions at ("
o'clock in the morning. Alter locat-
ing the bird section tine traps are set.
with a decay bird III some other spe.
cics, preferably a cardinal, in the in
terror of the cage. 1t is here that
the pugnacity of the mocking bird
asserts itself. and gets him into
trouble, for as soon as he sees this
other bird he goes for him, and the
minute he lights upon tire conven.
lent perch set for him the drop IL
sprung and the wings come together
simultaneously, and he is a captive.
At night there is a roundup so tG
speak, and the birds are pla ed in a
large room, which is carefully pro.
tected from enemies. When the
mating season comes on, and the fe'
males co nmence 20 mingle with the
males, our work is v and prepara.
tions are Immediately begun for
transporting the birds. Large cages,
with ample food and water at con-
venient places along the route, are
provided and sent by express. OF
course the cXprcssagc cuts u large fig
ure in the account. but we manage
to pull out with a little money on
the good side Of the balance sheet"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-22
Z.

My wife winters abroad. never ac-
company her. As a British merchant,
/ disapprove of the Continent. / dis.
like the ways, the food, the drainage,
tho morals. 1 particularly dislike the
French language. l do not speak it.
l don't want to speak it. j may be
wrong. but it appears to me that the
SUBJECTS for which alone the French
language is adapted arc trivial and
commonplace. l object to a tongue in
which you are always talking nonsense,
about the gardeners wife, and the SOL
of the carpenter. For my part. l don't
desire to say that the shoemaker's
daughter has tho coat Of the tall man
with the red whi=kers, nor does it in
forest me to learn that the washer
woman's husband loves the niece of
the good nshmonger. l regard such
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-22
Clover as Manure.

A writer in Practical Farmer says:
"By understanding our land, by
thorough tillage and in numerous
other ways. we have been able to
greatly better our condition. on the
farm; hut after all we could never
have attained anything like our pres
ent success without the aid OF clover.
1 used to draw manure from town
twenty years ago, and kept Il large
number Ut animals SO as to make all
l could. I believed, from reading,
that this was the only wav to bring
my farm up. Eut it SO happened
that one of the first things I did on
the tarm was to seed a 1eld with
clover And again, I was unable to
buy or make manure enough to go
over more than a few acres. A Part
of the clover field was MANFRED and
u part was not This gave a chance
to notice the effect Of clover. Well,
after a few years l began to get my
eyes open in regard to the true value
* clover on the farm. Treated
properly. it is the important crop for
Me. would not buy manure in
town as . gift. I cannot longer at
ford to keep stock in competition
with the great West and make . per.
feet slave Of myself. taking care Of
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-22

them excepting dairy as my neIghbors
do. l can do better. feed my clover,
what is pot wanted byour four horses
and one family COW, directly back to
the land to grow wheat and potatoes.
There is no bill to pay for fertilizers
either. ~
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-22
"A Boat.

Every time you see the old now
ing machine beside the road useless
and a detrlmcnt to the scenery. re-
member that it may be transformed
very easily into Il great iabor-saver.
Draw it onto the barn floor some wet
day and take il apart. Remove the
wheels and have your nearest black
smith lengthen the main axle enough
to accommodate your biggest stone
boat between the wheels when they
have been returned to their places.
Then have him make a couple of
clamps to tit owe the aAle and bolt
down on the reves In attaching
the boat see that it does not balance
but has a tendency to roe or its
nose. Then wheE loaded and under
motion the entire weight will come
upon the wheels. This work should
not cost more than so to Csc. and
will greatly facilitate the drawing of
heavy loads for which a boat is com-
monty used. A most excellent dray
has been made by putting the axle
within one foot from the rear end,
and suspending the forward end to a
stick o: oak timber AKA inches and
swinging this end under the center
OF axle No. 2 belonging to still an
other old mower. These arrange.
ments greatly lessen the draft. This
second axle need not be lengthened.
1t is easy to fasten sideboards to this
low.down continuance by boiling
sticks to them which run through
staples fastened to the sides of the
boat. For moving sand, earth, stones,
for picking up stones, etc, it has 40
equal.