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The morning call., 1894-05-13

II. and in looking over the valley you see
hundreds of these clumps, and realize the
force of the statement that the whole
empire ls one vast village. Many of the
villages l am told. consist of only one
family or clan, and the Chinese are said to
take better care of their relatives and to
WORK together better than any people Of
the world
Inc best of the towns here are close to
the river, and we have passed many walled
cities, with pagodas and temples rising
ABOVE the other ridge shared roofs. At
some of the biggest centers this ship stops
10 take on and discharge cargo, and | have
gone through number of cities since l
came TO China the names of which | had
never heard. Take the city of Nganking-
not Nanking, the old capital nf China,
you have all read of tbat-but Nganking.
now many of you have ever realized
that II existed? 1t is city of about a
naiI million people and is bigger than St.
Louis. 1t is The capital of the Stale OF
Ganhui. which has a population of more
than third of the whole United States,
!hough 1t Is not as big as the State of New
YORK. 1t lies right on the banks of the
1angtse. about $50 miles above Marking,
ana lG has miles of walls about it. These
walls are twenty-five feet high and so wide
that you could drive a buggy around the
citv on the top of them.
Nganking is well built and rich now,
though 1t was nearly ruined during the
TAPPING rebellion back in the fites. At
that time the rebels held IL under siege,
and food became so scarce that human
flesh was used, and, 1t is said. was sold in
market places for its weight in silver
The city has now a great native trade,
though it Is not one of The treaty porls
and foreign steamers cannot stop at it,
II has one of the finest pagodas on the
Yangtse. 1t is seven-storitd tower of
rose pink, rising, as 1t we're, right from the
banks of the RIVER 10 a height. Judge
about half that of the Washington
monument 1t is many sided, and
its top is decorated with a beaut-
ful cap of bronze. which is built in
rim gs, like those Of some Of the temples in
! Siam, to a point. This tower was being
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just how Frank Johnston happened to
be in New Bedford. with only 81 65 In his
pocket. the afternoon on which L bring
him to your notice, is of little account In
the telling Of this story.
He stood on the pier there, one hand in
the aforementioned pocket, running the
few coins through his fingers meditatively.
clumsy bark of about 400 tons burden,
painted dull yellowish drab, with
Emerald lettered upon the stern.
Nobody was aboard her to outward ap-
pearances. but 1t was not necessary for a
nautical person to inquire to what especial
use she was put.
The signs that her bulwarks were NOV
able amidshps. and the presence of a
heavy brick structure. containing two
large iron boilers, with fireplace beneath,
built just forward of the foremast, proved
to Frank Johnston that she was one of
the long list of New Bedford whaling
vessels of which he had so often read. He
marked with interest that she carried four
long ''double-end" boats.
Even the hacked and worn gunwale,
where the mate had stood in his spiked
boots and fumed at the meE cutting off the
long "banket pieces" stirred Frank
peculiarly.
"Thinkin' of shippin'?"
Looking around at the sound of the
works. Frank found short, stout in
dlvldual, with an alarmingv red face,
beaming upon him interestedly.
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the vicinity of the Emerald before his abb
sence was discovered. or Captain Boomsby
might have felt inclined TO visit the brig n
one OF the boats and use his right to seize
desc rting sailor.
fernaps 1t Is not exactly the proper thing
Tor the hero of story to desert ship.
Ferhaps 1t was not quite right for Cap
tam Rogers OF the Caprice to harbor Frank
Johnson, when the old mariner scanned
FRANKS face. IN the light of the cabin lamp,
when Frank told his story, he felt that he
would take the risk-and he hadn't led a
lie which Is very far from right, as good
many men can testify.
Moreover, when Frank reached Charles
ton-the destination OF the Caprice-and
her friendly skipper used his influence to
secure him position there with the
owners, he began at once laying aside
money from his earnings to settle his
slight Indebtedness to Captain Boomsby
when the little Emerald should come back.
A larger return than that would seem
hardly just : and very. very far from
human.
Besides, Frank forfeited that munificept
prize-"the one hundred and seventy-fifth
ay."-C. G. Converse In st. Louis Re-
public.
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men ntion of the different kinds OF craft and
their loads. and among the ships there are
many which would be surprise to Amel-
ican readers. There are Chinese lifeboats,
for instance. everywhere. They are low
iunks with oars and sails, and they watch
the river during the storms ana PICK up
such sampans and fshing-boats rs are
overturned. They are under the control
of the districts through which they 60 and
form a sort of river police.
Now and then they capture smuggler
or a pirate. and here and there outside of
some of the villages saw boats which had
been cut in half and set up on end.
asked what they were and was told that
they had belonged to pirates and tbieyes.
The culprits had been caught and be-
headed and their boats were thus put up
as warnings TO their brothers to beware of
the law. such boats are usually put up at
the places at which the crimes were CON-
mitted.
Everywhere you meet with native and
Government officials. The different prov
inees have their customs officers and they
levy a heavy tax on all the native boats.
Each official gets his squeeze and the taxa
ton is terribly heavy. The customs COL
lected for the General Government are in
the hands of foreigners, for the EN- peror
cannot rely upon the honesty Of his own
officials, and so an Irishman, Sir Robert
aaTI, cOlIcclS Ills uubi6S IUE UlLJ, hUu HIS
boats and officials are at all of the leading
ports You see the customs officers scat
tered all along the banks of the river. and
al high water they sometimes use the little
huts OF bamboo which are brought down
in he RATS from the Upper Yangtse.
This valley of the Yangtse- -Kiang is a
vast garden. All along its course the grass
is as green as Egypt in winter. and two or
three crops year are everyw here grown.
In looking over the landscape you see no
fences or barns The people live in villages
made of thatched huts, with walls OF plated
reeds, which they plaster inside and out
with mud. Sometimes the hnts stand alone
In the town, and at other times they are
Joined together in blocks. The best of them
are not more than twenty feet square. and
the average farmhouse has only one story.
The earth forms the floor. You could, |
venture. build a good one for So. The
houses stand flush with the Shiny mud
sidewalk, and the filthier and diItier this
is the better it seems 10 please the people.
Each village has a elump of trees about
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lively play results, the coveted gem going
far beyond catalogue price. and some ines
beyond what is considered its real value.
During the two nights sale last week
not less than thlrty-seven stamps brought
So or more each. Some of the best prices
are given:
United States-90-cent black and car
mine of 1869. SO 80; 90-cent Justice De-
partment, S1l; So State. 81 55; So State.
S62 55: $40 State, S22 10; $50 State, S24
30-ceut War Department envelope, $40 10;
500 revenue of the second issue. SGT 25
81 proprietary stamp. S23 rs; 4-cent med-
cine stamp, issued for the firm of Jacob
Aippman & Bros, SIS 60; a 25-cent stamp
formerly used by Louton q Co.'s Hum
boldt Express, S965.
ii. j. Crocker was the purchaser of the
So and $50 State Department stamps.
The price secured for the $500 revenue
beats the record by 70 cents, the same
stamps having brought $66 90 at a sale in
New York about two mon this ago.
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idea that China consists of one vast fat
plain is incorrect Where | am now writ
ing | am surrounded bv magnificent hills
and all along this great river you find
breaks of rolling country. l saw the snow
on the mountains v hen | came up past the
city of Kinkiang, and at Ichang. above
here. there are gOrges which compare With
the canyons Of the Colorado in their mag
nifcent grandeur. These are 1000 miles
inland, and the sources of the Y2ngtse are
two miles above the sea.
These gOrges are narrow chaSms, with a
current so swift that the boats which pass
up them have TO be hauled along by gangs
Of men, and the water in them, il is said
sometimes rises 100 feet above ils ordinary
level. They are comparatively short and
IL they could be passed by steamers the
vast region of the Yangtse could he tapped
and steamboats, could travei 1000 miles into
the interior. There is still talk of building
steamers small enough and powerful
enough to Withstand the current of these
gorges, and it is not an impossibility that
the whole of interior China will at some
time be opened up by steam.
The Yangtse to-day is one of the great
est trade routes of the world. China is
said to have more boats on her waters than
there are in all the rest of the world COM
bned. She is the best watered country on
Gods green earth and has more wonderful
waterways. Suppose you could stretch a
river wider than the Mississippi in an al
most straight line from New York to Chi
cago Suppose it to be naVigabe for the
biggest ocean steamers for that dis
taDce from May to October, and let
ships from Russia, Germany, Eng
land and other parts of the world
sail through it and load at It's wharves.
This would be about what can be
done on the Yangtse Kiang below
Ichang. Ii you wish TO carry out the CON-
parison, however, you must let The great
river extend farther west. Ii you could
stretch it on in Straight line il would go
TO Denver, and sill be navlgsble for large
boats and barges. You must push it on
further west to San Francisco. and you
are still 800 miles from its source. 1t is
said to be $500 miles long, and it has its
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river. their white sails growing smaller in
the distance. until they form wbita specks
upon the dim line of the horizon.
The cost of making and keeping up this
series of EN- ban kmentS must be enormous.
The Yang So changes its course every now
and then; it cuts away the soil and new
dikes have to be built. In many places
there are several rows of earth, one behind
the other, and the remains of discarded
embankments are everywhere visible. In
the summer the river rises and floods
everything not SO diked. Houses are often
swept away, villages are destroyed and
the land becomes great inland sea. All
along the coast are the vestiges Of past
floods, and here and there you see grave
yards that the river has eaten into, and
you note the gaping holes left by the cof-
fms. AT one point. about 100 miles from
where l now am, | saw a coffin extending
half way out of the bank. Ii undoubtedly
contained skeleton, and the wood was
rotten with age. The water was then
within foot of 1t, and by this time it must
nave been washed out to sea. Here and
there we could see men irrigating the soil
bv treaimill pumps. worked by half-naked
celestials, and everywhere man seemed to
be waging brave fight with nature and
getting the best of It.
Speaking of cofins. could see them
now and again lying on the river banks.
1uc1 MbIO RCuCtali4 CbftitQ WAN d
thatch of straw, and this is a common
way for the people to dispose Of their
dead. They have not enough money to
give their friends decent burial, and
they lay the collins out to wait US Ill they
can earn the funeral expenses. Near
Shanghai l saw houses for the storing of
dead babies. They were little one story
huts, with a window or hole near the top.
The fresh cCtfins are put into this window
and placed upon the ledge. half sticking
out The next comers push the collins on
the windows into the charnel house and
put their own infant dead into their
places, to be showed in turn by those who
follow them. As to the scenery along
the Yangtse. however, it is general idea
that China is one vast plain, covered with
grave mounds. | saw some graveyards.
it is true. but they were comparatively
few. The people bury near their houses
when they can. and the grsveyards y ere
probably far back from the river. They
use the elevated spots and the hills. A
large part of the country is rolling and the
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1T NEVER MISSES.
An Alarm Clock That Awakens a
PASSENGER on Time,


There Is a man who works in New York and
lives out In Jersey who is up to date in all
things. His business calls him out nights a
great deal. He has had q great deal OF I'M
pleasant experience with The suburban train
service, and 1t has made him sour and some
what shaky on the subject OF human nature.
The man In question lived in Harlem before
he got the country fever and went 10 Jersey.
Ii was while travelling on the elevated road
that he ot.in the habit OF taking nap on bis
way home in The early morning hours. He had
been making The trip on the same train regu-
larry FOR several weeks and the guards got TO
know him. SO one night he dropped asleep
and when bis station was reached The accom-
modating guard woke him up. IL might be
well 10 men ion parenthetically that the night
guards on the elevated are quite noted for this.
Ihe habit contracted by the man while tray-
cling on the ~ stiucs him when he moved 10
the country. He tried 10 make friends with
the tralDmen and TO impress upon them through
the medium OF cigars and inuumerabe drinks
where bis station was They got so they re-
memDered him perfectly, but through sheer
iacK OF pr ctice they neglecIed 10 call him about
every other time. AS result he was carried
py ms station regularly, greatly 10 MS annoy
ance and 10 the hasiy destruction OF his com-
mui alton book
He was about to give up In despair when a
happy thought struck him. He would bny a
small alarm clock and set il two minutes ahead
Oh the time the train was due TO reacn DIS uesti-
nation. he did so, and the plan WORKED TO a
charm. Now every night II you should happen
10 be on the same suburban train with this man
you would be startled just before the Jersey
village where he lives is reached by The rattle
OF an alarm bell buried In the inside pocket Oh
TINS dr0wsy passengers oyercoat.
Il realize Pm setting bad precedent" the
man said % a friend one night, "bnt Eve got 10
protect myself. The trainmen should be re-
spOnsible for us nighi-workers. but the ma or
lily of them are troubled by our same COM
plant, so / don't know as we can blame then
for forgetting TO call us at the proper time.
fou see these suburban trains don't make
so many stops as those on the IL do, so thai
explains why the Il guards are so muci
wider awake, guess. At all events. place
my complete confidence in nothing except my
good little aiarm-clock. As long as keep II
set with railroad time, il never fails me, and
when neglect to regulate 1t, why that's my
own fault'-New YORK Herald.
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FRANK JOHNSTON'S LAY.
1t Was Only One Hundred and Seventy-Fifth
Therefore He Deserted the Emerald.

steerer, exclaimed at the start that his in
formation had caused Frank
''The internal -" calculated Frank,
under his breath. gazing aft.
However, his exclamation was inter-
rupted. and the whole subject vanished
from his mind for the time. as down from
the lookout came the long, indescribable
cry at the sighting of whale.
"Ar-r-r b!o-O-o-o-
Frank was on the rail like flash. The
''old man" went up the mizzen ratlines like
a monkey, shouting as he went:
Where away?"
''rhree points forward of the weather.
beam, sir. A-r-r-r b-o-o-osW
And sure enough! A huge black mass,
over which rose pIume-like jet of white
spray, was visible for moment at the TOP
of great swell off to leeward OF the little
Emerald-her first whale!
In an almost incredibly short time. lines
and harpoons were in place. with the bag
of sea-bscuit, water butt, lantern and
compass-w hich must go with every boat,
as they might not see the ship again for
days The boats were soon in the water
and after the fish," as Captain Boomsby
persisted in designating the great animal.
Then it was race to see who would get
the first iron" into bis whaleship.
Down the long swells the boats rushed
like mad. under their awkward-looklng
lug sails, and Frank. who was one of the
captains crew, saw, with beating heart,
thai they were going to reach the huge
fish Just ahead Of the mate
At quick word from Captain Bo0ms by
the sail was lowered. as the long boat shot
into a deep valley of water, not thirty
yards from the great whale. The Lascan
"boat-steerer" steadied his 1.-the body in
the bow. iron" in hand. Then followed
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The men cheered like mad.

With its very decided spice of danger,
this part of whaler's life was fascinating
in the extreme to Frank He had grown
wondrously strong and healthy, too, since
he had shipped aboard the little Emerald,
thriving upon the fare, poor as it was. In
fact, he had never felt heartier or better
in his life.
But the taking of whale is folle we'd by
that most disagreeable of all jobs. 'cuiting
in" and frying oul" the blubber.
When the whale was finally brought
alongside the ship. strong chain was
passed about the Small" which Is the
part of the animal between its body and
the fan-shaped tail, or f1ukes. This chain
was then taken through the hawse pipe
forward and made fast on deck-amid con-
stant eompiaisant profanity on the part of
Captiin Boomsby.
The bulwarks had been removed and
the tackle made ready by the cook and
ships keeper on seeing the whale struck.
A strip OF blubber was now started" the
hooks from aloft inserted in IL, and Frank,
with some Of the crew, began to "walk
around"the windlass as we'll as they could
on the slippery deck. The huge blanket
piece" began to unroll, and Mr. Joyce and
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repaired when visited it and framework
of pole scaffold ing extended from its base
upward to a height of more than 100 feet.
Upon this hundreds of Chinese masons
and painters We're working, and away up
on the sixth story could note little fly
like Celestials clinging TO the wall and
patching up the ravages Of the weather.
was glad to see it, for 1t showed me that
there Is at least one place in China where
the monuments of the past are respected.
and where both the religion and the tenn
pies have not gone TO seed.
FRANK g. CARPENTER
Copyright. 1894
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show bright bands and lines to any ex-
tent. 1t resembled< the spectrum OF our
sun. thus proving that, like the planets.
the comet shone by reflected sunlight.
The Gale comet shines very slightly by
reflected sunlight and almost wholly by
light generated within itself.
w. W. CAMPBELL.
Lick Observatory, May 10. 1894.
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A COMETS COLORS
Spectroscopic Observation
Made at Lick.
GAZING AT THE GALE COMET
1t Is Composed Almost Wholly
of Carbon and Nj
trogen.

Whenever bright comet new star or
other interesting celestial object is dis
covered the regular programme of spec
troscopic observations at Lick Observ-
tory is stopped for a few hours or
few evenings in order that the new
body may be investigated. The spec
troscopic apparatus at Mount Hamilton.
combined with the veIy clear atmosphere
prevailing here, is very effectiyein the
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SOULFUL, BUT NOT WILLING.

walked one day with Phyllith
Ovah in Bothton town.
In me long Pwynce Albert,
She in new Worth gown.
talked that day with Phyllfth
Ovah in Botnton town,
OF things intenth and thoulfuI.
Begged her me love TO cwown.
1 parted that day from Phyllith
ovah in Bothton town;
She'd be bwothah to me. she said,
But wonldn't be Mltheth BwowE
Wesleyan Literary Monthly.
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Cost of Education in England.
London Pail Mall Gazet

A Parliamentary return OF the Educational
Department states that the expenditure for
public education in England and Wales in
1898 was sc, ,394. 1872 an increase over the
previous year OF 9428, ,636. The total number
of schools on the annual grant list on August
81, 1893, was 19. 6S2, with an average attend
ance OF 4, 120, 457 scholars.
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Some long leasehold property In Cheap
side, London, sold the other day at price
equal to $3.50 per superficial foot.
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FIG. e-SPECTRUM CYANOGEN
of O BE- acnl
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1894-09-27
A just Sentence.

Deputy Sheriff Kittsmillcr took
two boys to the GAINESVILLE Work
House on Monday last, sentenced for
ten days Imprisonment and $50 fine,
for disturbing Church service.
These boys are of a class that soon
OF late, under the rule of Judge
Huffman, ''must go" They are
'.smart elecks," who do not heed the
advice of parents and teachers, think
it big to be rough and do as you
please, get drunk, get noisy, get pro-
yoking to peaceable people. think it
smart to quarrel and swear and tear
around just as they please.
The period for such toughs has
passed. The community has no use
for such fellows, the law and the SEN
timent proposes they must behave.
The Court of this county will correct
or kill them. 1t will impose the pen
atty of the law, and with each offense
the dose of punishment will be doubled
in severity. 1t is about three months
breaking stone ten hours day, fed
ON bread and water for the first offense,
twice that for the second, and so OH
until the tough quits misbehaving or
quits living. 1t is choice left to
the bad young man, behave, Or end a
hard life in short time in Work
House.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1894-09-27
A Patriot Priest.

The Reunion of the celebrated 10Th
o. V. |. in GAINESVILLE last week has
one of the most noted gatherings of
comrades ever held in the City. 1t
has pleasant echo for us of Logan in
the part taken by our former fellow
citizen, Rev. Leininger, late pastor of
St Johns Church. We copy from the
current issue of the GAINESVILLE Courier
the following
"Three notable and brilliant ad-
dresses were made and the Courier
regrets that space cannot be given to
their reproduction entire. Rev.
Father Leininger the scholarly young
priest in charge OF St. Nicholas
Catholic church, appeared before the
general public for the first time in
this city and he captivated every
listener. 1t is not often that clergy
men of this denomination are heard
at soldiers camp fires: not because they
are not patriotic and liberty loving;
they are busy men and as rule the
duties Of their holy Office require
their undivided attention. Father
Leininger is thoroughly American
from the crown OF his head to the
soles of his feet. He believes in the
flag and its supremacy, and he be-
lieves in an unswerving obedience to
the law, and the right. He is op-
posed to race prejudice and the
abridgement of the political rights of
citizens in Ohio or South Carolina or
any other state.
He took advanced ground on the
''enjoyment of liberty" and defined
the duties and rights of the citizen
under the law in language kforcible
and brilliant. The reverend gentle
man Is thinker and student. He
evidenced knowledge of American
history and traditions quite beyond
what one expects to find outside of
the professional politician. In a
word, Father Leininger's address
was one of The most polished, dig
ni6ed, forcetul and patriotic a
GAINESVILLE audience has listened to
since the days of the war. He is an
easy. graceful speaker, and terribly
in earnest in the statement of what
he believes to be the truth"