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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-26

be bee line from north to south China and
would be largely patrOnized as soon as the
chinese discovered its value. There are no
people on the globe quicker to make use OF
q good thing and a cheap thing than these
Chinese.
As 1t Is. they have the dearest Of modes of
travel and though their wheelbarrows and
boats carry goods for almost nothing in
comparison with the labor spent in running
them, they are dear in competition with
steam AS IL is. the steamers on the
1angtse are kept up by Chinese freight and
passengers, and every steamboat 1 have
seen has been crowded with them They
roe nrst and second class and many OF
them take sort of steerage passage sleep
ing IN ounks in a large compartment in the
rear end of the steamers.
The First Chinese Railroad.
The first railroad in China was from
Shanghai to Woosung. a distance of about
Twelve miles Woosung is the bar at the
mouth Of the Whampoa river, and this road
did big business till some of the Chinese
thousht II was injuring their luck. and they
complained to the authorities. The officials
bought the road at high price from the
foreigners who owned II. and threw the To-
cOnotlVe, which they said contained a devil
INTO the river. Some OF the rails are still
Ieit and II may be that the road will be
again built in the future. One thing Is very
certain, and that Is the moment the Chinese
appreciate that they can make and run
ROADS or their own their superstition will
not stand In the way OF making them. and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-26

which is so filed with boats that their
masts make you think of a thicket of hoop
poles. Is the vast plIin covered with the
buildings of Hankow, which is even larger
than Wuchdng, and which is the COM
rnercial capital of this part Of the empire.
As you look over the landscape your eye
meets as much water as land. The mighty
Ysngtse above and below you flows on like
great inland sea, its bosom loaded with
score Of steamers and thousands of queer
licking junks. There are boats before you
which have come 1900 miles down its
waters through the deep gorges of 1chang.
and mixed with them are ships from Can
ton. Annoy. Foo Chow and other great
places along the coast. There are tea junks
ing craft from a thousand different local
tiles. each having a build and make pecu-
h2rly its own.
AS you look you realize the force of the
assertion that China has more boats than
all Of the rest of the world put together.
The Yangtse is here cut into by canals and
the great lagoons lying back in the country
are spotted with sails The river Han.
which has flowed ! 800 miles in it's winding
course from its source to its mouth, has
brought down hundreds of river junks and
ships are being loaded at scores of these
wharves for all parts Of the empire and Of
the world Today the trade of this place
amounts to about $31.OO0.O00 a year and
every dollars worth of this has to be car
ried away by water. In the years to come
large part of il will go by Land and rail-
OF Asia, II not the biggest on the globe.
A Manufacturing Center.
The probabilities are that this place will
be some day one Of the great manufactur-
ing centers of the world. There Is coal and
iron near here in close proximity to one
another and the water communication is
such that coal can be shipped hero from
almost any part of the empire. Already a
population Of more than 1000U0O00 are
tributary to this point by rivers and canals
and the great trunk line of future China
VIII probably run through Hankow from
Peking to Canton, taking in more big cities
and greater number of people than any
other railroad on the globe. Picking has a
million of people. Tientsin has more than a
million. and IL would be on the line only
eighty miles south of the imperial capital
From thence IL would cut its way further
south about 500 miles through one of the
most thickly settled parts Of the empire to
daEkow, where 1t would strike these cities
OF TWO million From here on to Canton II
cannot be more than 500 miles and the
land Is rich in the extreme and 1t teens
with millions. Canton is one of the great
traolng centers Of the world and IL Is said
10 have about three millions of a popula-
tion- The whole length of the road would
De less than 1.50O miles and there would
not De waste spot on it. 1t will take but
little grading, and II would 1 Judge. be a
comparatively cheap road to build 1t would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-26
Queer Goings-on i'm Chile.
From the Chilean Times

From the Chilean Times
A remarkable occurrence has taken place
on hill called Cerro Negro situated In the
mineral district of Condoriaco. AT n snot
on this hill between the Molle gully on the
west and the Tocobano gully on the east
an enormous subsistence of ground has
taken place. The length of the subsistence
Is four squares by two and a half in width.
or in round numbers about forty English
acres. The depth of the subsistence, for
about half it's length. is eighteen meters,
and from eight to ten I'm the other half
About the center there is an eminence re-
sembling an island, which is surrounded by
q fosse OF from fifteen to twenty meters
deep.
The surface OF the subsistence Is broken
here and there by assures OF varying
depths, and toward the center the ground
is formed OF a light powder in which a
man, who was attempting TO reach the
center, sank up TO his waist. All the springs
Of water in the adjacent gullies have be-
come completely dry. All around the emil
hence in the center of the subsistence the
earth appears TO be in movement as II
trickling into a depth below. On the side
OF the subsistence great pieces OF the hill
appear to be in process OF Segregation. and
enormous landslips appear 10 be Imminent.
The trees and scrub on this side OF the hill
are withered and appear TO be dying. No
gases or vapors issue from the assures in
the ground A government engineer has
been sent to the spot to study this extra
ordinary phenomenon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-26
From the National Review.


maker of macaroni in Naples was Of
fered important orders from abroad which
would have brought large and permanent
increase to his business. but he declined to
accept them. II suppose" said an English
friend to him. that the solvency of your
customer was doubtful" mot in the least, ~
was the reply. ''Or the price too low
'Oh, no, 1t was higher than what 1 get
now" perhaps the additional capital re-
Quired was too large" mo, there was nc
difficulty there" he answered. Then why
on earth did you throw away such an open
ing?" II can make both ends meet as II is
and why should / add new worry to my
life?'
The answer was conclusive and typical
OF the average Italian. Whether 1t be a
good or bad trait. the desire for wealth ir
him seldom reaches that intensity which
drives on the Englishman to wear out his
life in a restless passion to accumulate
more and ever more. The old Roman en-
ergy has worn itself out. to be replaced BY
that acQuiescence in, II not contentment
with. a moderate portion which Horace
preached In vain to his countrymen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-26

ii was OF service to the government in the
recent rebellion there. 1t Is for the purposes
of defense that the Chinese will build rail-
roads. The best thing that could happen to
the country would be frst-class war with
the foreign powers This would lead to the
pushing out of enterprise in every direction.
Roads would be built, and their buttonhole
eyelids would be stretched far enough apart
for them to see that China Is by no means
the center of the earth, as they suppose.
This northern road was first built to take
coal from the mines to the Taku forts and
the naval ships. When was in China. five
years ago, II was only about eighty miles
long. 1t has. / am told, now about reached
the great wall. and will soon penetrate Mon
golia- There are now two factions here in
favor OF railways. One wants them as
means of defense, and the other wants them
for commercial purposes. Neither, how
ever, would advise the bringing Of foreign
capital to build them; and their motto Is
"China for the Chinese"
We went back to the city after visiting
the arsenal, which was much the same as
the one l saw at Kiagnan, though not so
large, by the river Han, and as we did so
got picture of one Of the railroad cars
of the China of the past. 1t was buffalo
cart. with wheels as large as the front
wheels of a farm wagon made of a single
block of wood and fastened to the axle with
wooden pin. The shafts were tied to the
axle, and there was not enough iron about
the whole to have made a hair pin.
The chief freight car here is a Wheel
barrow made entirely different from those
have seen in other parts of the empire.
1t is longer and it has handles at the
front as well as in the rear. Two men
usually work 1t when the loads are heavy
and l have seen ton carried on one Of
these barrows They are made with a
screeching bamboo attachment. and there
is no iron about them except the tires.
The pieces are pinned together with
wood and tied with rawhide strings Each
barrow costs about S. and 1t will last 1t is
said, for lifetime. In some parts of China
there are wheeibarrows which have sails
fastened above them in order that the
wind may help the men who push them
along the road. These wheelbarrows, the
Chinese cart and the boat form now the
passenger cars of these millions Of people
Hundreds OF thousands of tons of goods
are carried over the country on the shout
dors and backs OF men every day and the
traffic of the far north is largely freghted
by little fuzzy donkeys and big woody
camels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-26

behind the city of Ha1yang. you look down
In fact upon the homes Of almost 5000. OOO
and you see hundreds Of villages, thousands
of boats, In which families live and die,
ard have spread out before you the three
great cities Of Hankow, Hanyang and W.
chang In front Of you. facing the south,
flows the broad Yangtse river. which is at
this place stin mile wide. and which is
sc deep throughout its course that the big
gest steamers that sail the ocean can come
up here and anchor at its wharves. The
city on the opposite side is Wuchang. 1t
has. perhaps. three-qUarters of a million
peopie,a and the high wall which runs around
II Is twelve miles in length. 1t is the home
OF one OF the most progressive governors
OF China ans is the capital Of the state of
Hupeh. which is bigger than the whole of
New England Turn to your left and you
see at your feet the city of Hanyang. with
its vast iron works, for the making of steel
rails Beyond it across the river Han,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-26

N FO U r D A Y 8
the Waiter wellman
north polar expedi-
ton will sail from
this pretty port for
the arctic seas. The
icy waters are not
far away. Five or
six days up the pic
turesQue coast of
Norway to Tromso,
and then, about May
1, straight north
ward into the polar
ocean. which lies at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-26
Walter Wellman and His Party
Received With Cordially.
ALL CUSTOMS DUTIES RENTED
The Dogs Guaranteed on an Island
OFF the Coast.
FROM NORSEMEN

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
Copyright, 1S94, by Walter wsllman. All rights
reserved)
AALESUND, Norway, April 20. 1894.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-26
TO ADVERTISERS.

Advertisers are urgently re-
Quested to hand in advertisements
the day prior 70 publication. In
order that insertion may be as
sured. Want advertisements will
be received up to noon OF the day
OF publication. precedence being
given to those irst received
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-26
Sweet Stuff Causing Political and
Financial Indigestion.
bow IT HAS GROWN TO Be AN issue
Tho Story Of Its Humble Begin.
ming in the World.
AS AN ADULTERANT
Written for The Evening Star.

UGAR Is LIKE THE
genie in the Arabian
Nights story. 1t has
grown and grown un-
til finally II has be-
come 30 gigantic as
to throw its shadow
across the field Of
national politics. In
fiuence Is alleged to
have been cast by IT
into the scale OF cleo
lions. Senators are
openly charged with
gpeculating in IL One
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-26

HIS IS THE CHlCA-
20 of the Chinese
empire. 1t Is nearly
roo miles from the
sea coast, and there
are at this point
three cities which
face each other, much
ns New York, Jersey
City and Brooklyn.
which have an aggre-
gate population of
something like 1000
600 of people. Stand
ing on Pagoda Hill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-26
THE HEART OF CHINA
Building Railroads in the Interior
Of the Empire.
THE CHICAGO OF THE CELENfIAIS
The Enterprises of the Viceroy
of Hupeh.
HIS VAST ROLLING MILLS
THE CHICAGO OF THE CELESFIALS


Copyrighted. 1894. by Frank G. Carpenter)
HANKOw, China, April 10. 1894
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-26

1t Was Engraved ON a Brass Plate,
Which stu Exists.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-23
CONTEST NOT YET DECIDED.
Question OF How Votes Should BE
Counted Must Now Be Oeterm-
ined by the Court.
Thr conte.t in the ThIrl and Fourth


The contest in the Third and Fourth
w.rls Vt CsrbonAala for the office Of
school director sull remains undecided.
The woes wore counted IN tho main
court room Yesterday before Judge
Archibald and judge Edwards. but no
decision was reached.
MIR Collins wa, represented in court
hy Attoruuya Donovan and OBien,
aud Attorney l. ii. Barns appeared for
Mr.. uu,heS Deputy Clrgk of the
Courts Emil Bonn AMI Mr. OBren
kept the tally. Seventy SIX votes were
rejected as illegal. wllch loft Hughes
still three votes ahead However, tho
learned julges could not agree as to
tho l,spo4tiou OF sixteen ballots that
still figure in the case
Tho sixteen votes rotsrrdl to wora
marked in the manner usually sup
posed to Indicate that the voter in
tended to yot, tue straight ticket aud
also couRinei mark opposite tue
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-23

Miss Morrow, principal Of No, 80
school, went yesterday evening to Ply
mouth to spend her Easter vacation
SPECIAL SALE
For few days longer we will con-
tinue our sale of figured china silks at
- cents MEAEs 81 HAGENs
Daniel J. Vaughn, of Binghamton,
fireman on the afternoon express be
tween that place and Washington, N,
j., is spending few days with his pa
rents on PittstOn avenue.
Large stock pew styles IN ms neck.
wear at MEARs Il HAGEN'S.
Mira. COnuell, Of BceCk street, mother
of Select Councilman Connell, of the
Twentieth ward, left yesterday for
fortnights visit to ShamOkin.
Hem stitched huck towels, damask
border, 4j by "a inches for % cents at
MEARs e HAGENs,
Anton Fish, the shoe dealer of Cedar
avenue, will leave next Monday on a
business trip to Boston.
Miss Maria Murray, Of Minooka, re-
turned last night from Warsaw, n. Y.
where she had been on an extended
visit.
A French model corset for 90 cents
at MEARs u HAGENs.
The choir of St Johns church will
sing the Kyrie and Gloria of Mozarts
Twelfth Mass" and Farmers Creio.
Sanctus, Bsuelictus aud Agnes Del
The Regina Coeli will be sung as an
otfertory piece.
a Gloria silk umbrella for 9j cents
at MEARs IL HAGEN's
The choir of ST, JOseph's church,
Minooka. will sing Mercadanto's Kyrie,
and Gloria, and tue rest Of the mass in
d Minor, on Easter Sunday.
Ladies hose, stainless black and
double heel aud sole, for 2j cents at
MEARs & HAGEN's.
James Higgins, of Wilkes-Bsrre,
father Of Thomas j. Higgins, who died
here lately from the result os an acci-
dent at the lower steel mill, was on the
South Side yesterday settling his sons
estate, who carried policy of $3.50
with the Young Mems institute.
FASTER ROSES. GIVEN AWAY.
On Saturday our store will be beauti-
fully decorated with flowers aud
plants With every dollars worth Of
goods sold wo will give an Easter rose
So worth Of goods, two roses, etc
~ MEARS & II AGEN
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-23
Wanted Young Men and Women Out
of Employment

We have had IL good Yenr To meet the
demands Of tho school extra teachers were
employed they are with us now over
800 young men and women are out Of en-
pluymcnt IN Scranton. This spring aud
summer We propose 10 take these young
people In our school on easy terms,
The demand FOR people Is not great in
any line, but count up the people who do
clerical work IN all the Offices, stores,
banks aud manufactures, aud sro what hn
array Of book keepers, Htcnographers and
clerks are employed. These persons are
the business men Of tomorrow,
Hundreds Of your friends have been nt
the college ana hundreds have succredc l.
The faithful ones win; the inatteutlye fail.
Take these next lew months and learn
book keeping or stenogrHphy brush up In
grammar spelling arithmetic: keep your
oyo on penluaurh.p, got good knowledge
OF notes. drnlls, cDrcks, know something
Of commercial law, and wind up wItl the
business practice.
You have tho time come IN and see us
WOODS COLLEGE or BUSINESS AND SHORT
HAND. j. Il. WooD, PROPRIETOR
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-23
the K5NoALs APPRECIATED.
Their Presentation Of the Ironmastsr
Woll Liked at tho Academy

Woll Liked at tho Academy.
A cultured and apprsciative audi
once gathered at the Academy last
evening to welcome the Kendals in
"The lronmaster While the play
was ono constructed along the familiar
lines OF what was onoo content to be
called the drama, but which,
in our later davs Of diversified
nomenclature. would be classified
rs mixture Of society drama with the
conventional English melo drama, it
nsvertholeaa afforded tho principal nc
tors AN excellent chance to exhibit
their wonderful polish an highly de-
velopel technique. Few finer perform.
ances have b,en given in this city
But it was appreciated rather in spite
Of the play itsolf, which lacked human
intereRt, and solely M tribute to tho
mnstsrly acting Of the two principals
Mr. Kcndil gave an admirably
rounded ,impprsOuntion Of n Chivalrous
son Of industry, strong In affections
and equally obstinate in hatred; and
Mrs Kendall, m the somewhat iucxpi.
cable spoiled daughter Of pntricinu
parents. gnve rem to numerous emo.
rions with n fidelity md artistic finish
rarely eQualed, Tine subordinate parts
wore accoptobly, but not notably, dis
ributcd
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-23
notes OF south Side
Happenings Of a Day Tha! Will Interest
Many Tribune Readers.
SNEAK Thief IN Street CAR
He Stole Package Laid Down by
John j. Collins Services at ST.
Johns Church Yesterday --Beautl-
iuI Floral Decorations go Personal
Mention and Items of News Com
pressed into a Brief Space.

John J. Collins. Of Pittston avenue.
salesman for Collins 81 Hackstt rode
home on chr 10 Of the South Sido line.
leaving town at GIop IN. llo had
with him valuable package OF small
alzs, and when getting off tho car AT
his hom., left it on tho seat A
man from Greenwood picked IL mp and
hid it under his Overooat. Mr. Collins
missed tho packagr ns soon as no got
inside his reBidoncs but the car WAS
gone too far TO oyVrtake it, Tho con
ductor noticed tho fellow hide the ar
ticlo under his coat na soon rs Mr..
Collins got off, Ont did no suspect any
thing wrong, supposlng 1t belonged to
tho man In whose possession 1t was.
The sneak thief nhgnrSd from the car
ut the foot OF tho stosp grade in Green
wood.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-23
New Wonderland.

A dramatic triumph was the production
OF "The Two Orphans last evening The
play was In good hands indeed and,
with this advantage and that Of beautiful
scenic effects by Mr.. Thone, the play IL
bound TO draw great crowds TO the popu-
lar show house. Tho work Of Miss Fuller
Nnl Miss Kemp was excellent while that
Of Gus Homer In three characters, was
certainly II great achievement Miss Mag
gle Willett nnd Miss Grace COntOit were
great In their respective roles and won
much applause.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-23
nnly rhnr.hay at St. Jahn,s.

The Blessed Virgins altar In st,
Johns church lisa bower of fragrant
hot house plants. 1t is customary ON
Holy Thursday to thus decorate Marys
altar, and transfer the Blessed Slcra'
ment to it from the tabernacle in the
main altar. constituting n repository
shrine, which is visited by ali thu
faithful. The exquisite manner in
which tho decorations are arranged on
this occasion speaks for tho refined
taste OF the sisters of 81 Johns con-
vent The church was filled Yesterday
continuously from 8 o'clock in the
morning until 10 o'clock last night
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-23
Eanrr McDarmott Dad.

Henry McDermott, su aged and re-
sp-eted resident Of this 5id-. died at mis-
home, 1913 Price street. He WAS born
IN Sligo county, Ireland. and came to
this country when young ia years He
was formerly a blacksmith by trade
Mr.. McDermOtt is survived by wife
aud four cailiren. John, Henry Bernard
and Ellen MCD-rmott The funeral
occurs tomorrow. Intsrmant In the
HYDE Park Catholic cemetery.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-23

\ pleasant party WAS held on We'd
u5sday evening in honor Of Miss Lucy
B1rschel daughter Of Mr. and Mrs
Henry Burschsl Of 5)l South Main
avenue. Thos. present were. M,'sss
Mary Morgan Jessie Hagen, Margaret
Fruchsl, Kate Nle.h. Lillian Dnk-
worth. b ssls PrJbsct, Carrie Pcobsgt
Augusta Bu-schsl, Lizzie Pisit.r,
Julia Dsukworth, Morvyth Morgan,
Louise Hale Of Nsw York, aud Messrs
Joau f Scleusr, john Chr,stophaL
William Walters, Fred Hines Frank
Dalkworth, George Burscn9l, Peter
Bluslel. Oliver Jones', Alvin Fuller,
David Lewis, John Thomas and Rotn
Henry.
Ms, Mary Davis. of North Everett
avenue, gave her second social OF the
season at her home last evening. The
spacious rooms were beautifully deco
rated and a soft mellow light shed by
a large piano lamp added 20 the srtis-
tic effect Mirth and JOY rsigued su-
prems until late hour, An excellent
supper was served Many guests from
tas North End were Dres4nL
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-23

A college mems meeting was held last
night in the Young Mems Christian as4o.
citation reception parlors, and was presided
over bv w. H. salmon, president OF tho
Yale University Young Mems Christian
association, who is the guest OF Thomas
Archibald, Of this city. The meeting was
addressed by l.. G.. Kennedy, Princeton,
'9j; Ficholas Stahl, Princeton, '9j; Spen-
'95; Miles T. Hand, Williams college, 95
Thomas f. Archibald, Yale, 90; George
Chase, Lafayette. p. g.