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manifest 1t is certain, however,
that only ten years ago, during the
war with the French in Tonquin, the
reorganized regiments were little
more efficient than the mob Of shout
ing, gong beating, and somersault-
turning Celestials, who were the
sport of both French and British sol.
diers and sailors in previous wars.
Even now, however, the constitution
of the army differs little from what
it was when China, at the beginning
Of this century, having been, so to
speak, the cock Of the walk In East
eTn Asia from time immemorial, was
regarded by all her people as abso-
lutely invincible.
The leading branch Of the military
service is found in the "Bannermen. F"
These are the descendants Of the
original invaders, who, by law, have
the right to guard the Emperor's per-
son and the twenty-four gates of the
forbidden City" Pekin. As there
are over 100, 900 Of these men In Pc
kin alone, it is obvious that they can
not all be so employed, so selections
are made from their number to form
a privileged corps, the crack regi-
ment of the Chinese army. This
body is armed with bows and arrows,
save on great occasions, when they
wear swords and carry lances or hal
herds. They stand guard at the gates
of Pekin, at the palace, and, escort
the Emperor on his Journeys. The
regiments next in honor are also
armed with bows and arrows, very
good bows, no doubt, and excellent
arrows, but still somewhat behind
the times. AS though in recognition
of the fact, they are provided with
matchlocks, with which they are sup
posed to exercise six times month,
firing three shots on each exercise
day. Much more importance, how
ever, is attached to the archery prac-
tice, for, though it is no disgrace to
a soldier not to hit anything with his
matchbox, some discredit attaches
to failure with the bow. The prln-
cipal drill is with the scaling ladder,
it being taken for granted that the
enemy will always seek refuge in
some place that needs to be scaled,
though much attention is also given
to leapiug and jumping on horses,
cunning at full speed. These do not
comprise all the drills, for the SOL
diers are taught to use the sword,
the club or military fail, and also to
beat the gong in the most ear-split-
ting and terrifying manner.
The army of the Green Standard
constitutes the great body Of the
Chinese militia. Assembled when an
emergency demands the use Of troops,
they are generally disbanded when
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BACK Number WarrIors.

The signal defeats the Chinese
navy has encountered in its engage
ments with the japanese ships show
that the Chinese have learned little
more Of the art of using steam YES
sells Of war than they knew in 1860.
In that year, during the war with
the British, small gunboat grounded
in a river, was abandoned by the
crew and captured by the Celestials.
Noticing the superior speed of the
gunboat over their own tub-like
junks, they determined to use the
vessel, so iIoated her off the bar,
lighted the fire in her furnaces, pro-
duced the proper amount Of smoke
from the funnel, but was greatly sur
prised that she did not move, and
concciving that the foreign devils
must have bewitChed her, sent for
conjureTs to remove the spell. All
their Efforts WERE however, in vain,
they finally concluded that the boat
needed couple or eyes painted, one
on each side Of the bow, toenable her
to see her way. Before this could be
attended 30, the boat was recaptured
by the foreigners and further expert
ment indefinitely postponed.
The efforts of the Celestials to
utilize Western methods Of army dis
cipline and Western arms in the
land service seem to have been greet
ed with somewhat more success than
this attempt to press a steamer into
the employment of the Flowery King
dom, but with all the improvements
that necessity has forced upon the
Chinese military authorities, the
army remains, for the most part, in
a condition that renders it scott
and byword to the troops Of any
civilized nation. Nominally on
paper, it is an imposing force. Ac-
cording to the Chinese official reports
it comprises all the arms of the SER
vice in overwhelming numbers.
There are the troops of the Eight
Banners, including Manchus, Mon
gols and the Chinese, or rather the
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and artillery men who have tried to
use the Chinese product are often
tempted to believe that it is some of
that powder that was first invented,
The Chinese guns merely throw out
the shot and that is about all, Dur
ing the opium war the English,
watching the Chinese batteries, often
saw the round balls used drop from
the gunat the distance of few yards
and roll away, and even when the
Celestial shooting was at its best, the
balls glanced from the wooden sides
of the men.of-war generally without
throwing Oft splinter, Besides
their cannon the artillery men are
provided with bows and arrows, gen.
orally much more effective than their
guns, They have no gongs, the re-
port Of the artillery being supposed
to answer the same purpose, but they
are provided with one weapon, which,
so far as known, is peculiar to China,
1t is known by a Chinese name.
which, translated into English, sig
mites the "stlnk-pot," and 1t justtles
its appellation, 1t is II small vessel
or Jar of pottery filled with sulphur
and other combustibles, and is used
by lighting the inilammables within
and then throwing it among the
enemy, One match, burning under
the human nose is bad enough, but
the general effect of this peculiar
weapon is that OF a barrel of Matches
and no wonder can be felt at the fact
that, when landed on the deck OF n
hostile ship it speedily drives the
defenders from the scene, With can
non, stink-puts, and bountiful sup.
ply Of very large tlrecrackers to use,
when their guns from any cause fail
to go Off, a Chinese battery is we'll
provided for either attack or defense,
and is Justly regarded as the bulwark
Of the national independence.
TO what extent the warlike appli-
ances Of ten or twelve years ago have
been supplemented by more modern
and improved devices is uncertain,
but Judging from the fact that of the
troops dispatched to Corea, some at
least were armed with bows and ar
rows, it Is fair to presume that in no
inconsiderablc degree the time
honored implements of war still hold
their place in the Chinese bands, and
were it not that the Japanese are
better provided, the international
duel would be about as interesting
and as bloody as if it were fought
with mops, washboards, aud fiat
irons.
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is one postal clerk to each car. 1t is
the duty Of the postal clerk to dis
tribute the mail into the pigeon
holes, and then, after the car has
started, to drop the mail matter into
the bags of the different stations.
Returning, the mail clerk has all tho
mail matter in the bags ready for
transportation. The mail bags arc
received from the stations through
an open window on each side Of the
car and deposited in the same man
ner, The mail clerk Is ds isolated as
the postal clerk on the regulation
railway postoillces, as there Is no con-
nection between the mall and the
smoking compartments, The cars
cost about 81, 300 each. A patent
electric heating apparatus warns the
cars in winter. The cars are also
lighted by electricity.
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field. 1t has never yet happened in
the history Of the world that ma
tion Of meat eaters was conquered by
an army of grain feeders, and until
the Chinese alter their diet Europe
has nothing to fear from them.
Nor need the Japanese be greatly
alarmed at the prospect before them
of a horde of Chinese being poured
into Corea from the plains Of China,
for the Chinese idea Of military drill
and tactics is Of the most primitive
description. Only ten years have
elapsed since the Governor Of Shan
tung reported the results Of grand
review and declared "the perform
ances of the soldiery were found
worthy of high commentator, as
well in shield and spear practice as
in posturing, tight-rope dancing and
other military exploits. A little
later the Director General of the
Yellow River forts also had review,
and in his report to the court stated
that "the performances Of the SOL
diery in evolutions, spear, shield and
archery practice, and in turning war
like somersaults, was of the most sat
isfactory description" AS late as
1884 a Governor of province on the
Yank-tse- Kiang tested his troops in
shouting, and affirmed that their
performance was past all criticism, 1"
while "in gong-beating and trumpet
blowing" he never had heard their
equals. "They also ran very swift
ly."
While the last named military ac-
compliShment may be greeted with a
smile by those unfamiliar with &C.
lestial tactics, its usefulness particu-
larly to troops whose highest merit
on the field of battle is an ability to
beat the gong, to shout, to turn
somersaults and dance the tight rope,
cannot be questioned, and the astute-
ness of its Chinese officers in training
their men to speed is as deserving Of
compliment as the trumpet blowing
of the soldiers themselves, But the
Chinese see nothing absurd In such
performances, for one Of their great
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saults, all of which are inexpressibly
terrifying to outside barbarians. "
The Chinese army has been lately
remodeled, that is, an attempt has
been made to remodel it, though how
far this has been successful is an open
question. A number of European
officers were appointed to teach the
tactics employed in the armies OF
more civilized states, and some de-
gree of efficiency has, it is said, been
attained in the use Of civilized
weapons. How far this statement is
true will doubtless soon be made
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descendants of those who joined the
invaders under the Emperor Shun-
chin in 1914, when he conquered the
Empire. These alone are said to
number $4,000 Then there is the
Wing Ping, or National army, the
members of which call themselves,
and are called, Braves, who number
about $500 and besides these are
territorial and provincial police and
militia, probably a quarter of mill
ion more.
Altogether, therefore, the empire
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The artillery, however, constitute an
entirely distinct branch of the service,
and by their inability to hit any
thing are wellspring of joy to the
enemy. For of all cannon that we're
ever invented the Chinese cannon are
the most worthless, and of all gun
ners the Celestial artillerymen are
the worst Their native-made guns
are the poorest apology for artillery
that ever came from a foundry. One
English officer tells Of gun he saw
that had been cracked in firing, and
was nevertheless continued in the
service by being patched up with
strips of bamboo and tied with
strings, The guns have no sights,
for the Chinese 40 not understand
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the emergency is past, and so have
neither time nor opportunity for ac-
Quiring a knowledge of drill or Of
military tactics. Little effort is made
at uniformity either in dress or arms,
and the men composing the militia
force are in reality a mob that could
not stand moment before even a
single regiment of European soldiers,
Unframed, undrilled, their swords,
spears, matchlocks, and bows hang
rusting on the walls Of the barracks,
save on those occasions when a dress
parade is commanded. Even then
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there is no little difficulty in making
them presentable.
The Cavalry of the Chinese service
does not differ materially from the
infantry, save in the fact that the
men are mounted on scrubby ponies
much given to falling down. The
drill, or rather lack Of drill, is the
same, and the men are armed with
the same kind Of weapons, except
that the cavalry carry bigger gongs.
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gold lettering and narrow red trim
ming, The postal car is twenty-eight
feet long, The interiors; divided in
to two compartments, each ten feet
long, One section has been fitted up
with side seats as a smoking room.
The railroad postotllce section resem-
bles the interior Of regulation post
al car on a small scale. On one side
are frames for the mail bags and, ON
the opposite side, is wide table and
a case Of forty pigeon holes. There
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est generals long ago lad down the
maxim that "when an enemy comes
and breaks down the wall of Chi.
nese city the army ought not to stay
and fight, but should retire as speed
fly as possible and await an oppor-
tunity to harass the movements of
the enemy" Another grave author
ity declares that "thc chief point in
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these mysterious appliances, and
often remove them from the foreign
guns purchased for the use Of the
navy, sometimes replacing them with
pieces of bamboo. With the native
guns it is impossible to hit anything,
partly from the lack Of sights, partly
from other faults in the piece, and
partly from the worthlessness Of the
powder. 1t is said the Chinese in
vented powder hundreds Of years ago,
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GERMANY is gong to smash an
archy and anarchists also. The EN-
peror has ordered the preparation Of
bills to extlrpate anarchlsm, and to
repress such socialists as help to
breed the anarchistic virus by palll-
atlng recourse to murder as an in
strument of social revolution. The
assassins of Europe, driven from
their haunts, will doubtless swarm
to the United States, and Uncle Sam
should meet them at the landing and
decline 10 receive them.
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water stlfTening, as the case may re-
Qulre, and ironed vigorously with a
hatter's iron, the most dilapidated
muslin base can be given form again.
The iron used is hollow and has a
beveled face. The heated portion Is
taken from the fire and incased In
the ironing surface. After being
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better class of retail hat stores which
deal In good hats at a low price. The
process for silk hats is very simple.
The muslin upon which the hat Is
built cannot be harmed by crump-
ling. Heated over blue flame, re.
treated with an alcoholic or water
solution of shellac, called wine OF
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offensive or defensive movements is
to brighten the enemy, and to this
end the faces painted on the shields
are of the greatest value, and next to
these is the ability 10 shout well, to
beat the gong ami 10 turn somer-
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an exile from his ma
tive land for several
years. lie has been
in poor health for
som c time, The
Com tic de Paris
Oouis Albert Phil
lipe d'Orleans) was a
son of the late Due
, d'Orleans, a n d a
grandson Of the late
gLouis PHILIPPE, King
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-10-18
REMAINING OLD HATS.

No Tile Is TOO Battered to BE Impossible
of Reformation.
Straw hats are not the only kind of
headgear which is made over. The
business Of making over silk and felt
hats is quite extensive. This trade
is not found, as you might suppose,
in those buildings before which man
stands crying; "IIats for one dollar
upstairs" but is connected with the
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POSTAL TROLLEY CARS.
A scheme which VIII Doubtless he Adopt
ed In All Parts OF the Country.

eu IN AL InrIA OF tine country.
A trial trip Of the new postal troll
ley cars which have been designed to
facilitate the free mail deliveries at
ParkVllle, Bensonhurst, and other
towns of New Utrecht and Graves
end recently annexed to Brooklyn,
has been made The trolley is now
used to distribute mails in several
cities of the Union, notably st Louis
and Lancaster, Pa, The trolley cars,
while built on the same plan as a
closed car, are painted white, with
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NCoMrE DE PARIS. or Ohe tFencn. lie
was born in Paris So years ago. He
fled from France with his mother in
1S49 and was educated at Claremont,
England. In 1861, accompanied by
his brother and the Prince dc join
vile, his uncle, he went to Paris,
and then proceeded to the United
States. Here the brothers served one
year as captains Of volunteers on
Gen. McClellan's STAFF and then re-
turned to Europe. In 1871 the
Comte de Paris was made a member
of the National Assembly, at Yer
sailles. Since 1886 the expulsion bill
of the French Government has com
PEELED him to live in exile,
The Due d'Orleans, Prince Louis
Philippe Robert, the eldest son of the
late COmte d'Paris, succeeds his
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-10-18
THE COUNT OF PARIS.

Exiled from His Own Country, Died In
England.
The Comte dc Paris, once a claim
ant to the throne Of France, who
died recently in England, has lived
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If Patti ROsa's illness had not
proved fatal she would undoubtedly
have been charged with contracting
appendicitis as an advertising novel
tV
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father as claimant
under the Orleans
title. II he Du c
d'Orleans was born
at Twickenham in
1869, His youth
was passed and his
education gained in
England. In 1890
he went to Paris,
with the object Of
being enrolled as a
private soldier in the
army of France. He
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-10-18

@MIss STREETER is learning to ride
a bicycle" "How is she succeeding?"
"Oh, she doesn't get on very well. -
Life
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ironed into shape the hat is ready for
recovering. The silk cover, which Is
woven like velvet, is sewn into bag
with the seams inside. The stuff is
cut bias at an angle Of about so deg.
in America, As deg. In England, and
80 deg, in France. Deft treatment
conceals the seam altogether, the nap
being brushed over it, unless the hat
is held slantwlse In a strong light.
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THE people of France are soon to
see some logs which are mammOths
The Washington State Building,
which was one of those at the
Worlds Fair, was made of immense
timbers Some Z: them were 3 feet
square AMI $50 feet long These are
they which have gone abroad to show
what Americans can do in tree rails
ing. 1t is said the building is to be
set up In France, just as 1t stood on
the Worlds Fair grounds, and then
the common people will feel more
assured than they are now that that
is the style OF American houses.
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was recognized, however, and
promptly arrested for violating the
law Of 1886, banlshing from France
pretenders to the throne. He was
sentenced to two years imprison-
ment, but was pardoned after serv-
ing four months. This made him
extremely popular with certain
portion of the French nation, but
when he soon after broke off his en-
gagement with his cousin, the
Princess Marguerite, who had shown
so much devotion during his impris-
onment, he alienated the hearts Of
many. He is a joyial, pleasure-lovlng
young prince, and has served for some
time In an English infantry regiment
in India, and has also spent con-
siderable time tiger hunting there.
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CELESTIAL SOLDIERS.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE OLD
CHINESE ARMY.

Bows ANA Arrows sim In Usc-G ongs and
Trumpets AZ offensive Weapons Drill
Turning somcrJaults. Battery Equipped
with Fire Crackers ana Cannon.
The morning news., 1894-11-01

Witness. the Hon Hampton L. Ferrill, Or
binary for Chatham county, this the tday OF
Afruu a 1894
The morning news., 1894-11-01
LOCAL PERSONAL.

Mr.. H. A Crane and Mr.. w. ]. Fripp
went up to Macon last night
Mr.. Spencer NJ. White of williamsport,
Pa, arrived in the city yesterday and
is stopping with Mr. J. A. Bates on Gas
ton street.
The engagement of A. c. Wright, Esq.
of Savannah, and Miss Jessie Atherton Of
Boston, has been announced in the Bos-
ton papers.
Mr.. A c. Wright has been confined to
his room at the Pulaski house for the last
several days with a severe attack of ma
larial fever. He was reported to be some
better yesterday.
Mr.. Arthur B. Barnwel who has been
in the employ of Lowell & baltimore for
several years, has a position with Carln &
Fulton, wholesale hardware dealers of
Baltimore, Md, as travelling salesman.
Mr. John Hanson Kennard, general
manager of the New South Building and
Loan Association of New Orleans, is at
the De Soto. Mr.. Kennard will be en-
tertained while in the city by Mr.. ]. l..
Walthour, the Savannah agent of the
company.
Cards are out for the wedding of Miss
Jennie Taggart and Mr.. G. L. Painter Of
Pennsylvania, at the First Presbyterian
church in this city, Wednesday evening,
ception, as the bridal party will leave i'm
mediately for Florida.
Mr. E H. Willard and family arrived in
the city yesterday. Mr.. Willard viii to-
day begin his duties as chief clerk of the
De Soto for the season of 1S94-95, which
position he filled last year to the satisfac-
ton of the many patrons of the hotel. He
was engaged during the summer with the
Windsor at Saratoga.
Through some error it was stated in the
Morning News that Reed Lyons, the g.
year-old son of Mr.. John Lyons had been
sent to Boston for treatment for the in
jury received by his foot being mashed
by a car wheel. The little fellow is at
home, where he is doing well, and will re-
main here in charge of Drs. Read and
Boyd.
Mr.. D. +. Croslands many friends here
will regret to learn that he has left Sa-
vannah to go to Albany. where he will
take up the practice of law. Mr. Cros,
land came here from Macon about two
years ago, and has since been in the Office
of Messrs. Saussy & Saussy. Mr. Cros-
lands family, however, lives near Albany,
and for that reason he has decided to 80
there. His friends wish him much sue
cess in his new field, and he has bright
promise Of attaining 1t.
The morning news., 1894-11-01
EXPORTS.

Per Norwegian bark Sagitta for Goole,
England-S 075 bbls rosin, Weighing ,4S7 125
pounds, valued at Sl5,01-Paterson, Down
ing & Co.
Per schr Ed A Sanchez for Baltimore
394,9S6 feet p p lumber-Georgia Lumber
Company.
Per Italian bark Melchiorre for Trieste
100 cases spirits turpentine, valued at
Sl,S46 and 4,228 bbls rosin, valued at $ll,7 TAG
Paterson, Downing & Co.
Per steamship Chattahoochee for New
Hork-3,1S2 bales upland cotton, SO bales
cams e la9 555 f2iso bs 10 Oaes 9oa % GoesfS an
bbls spirits turpentine 17,764 feet lumber,
. bbls crude rosin. ,142 bdls hides, IS bbls
fruit, 1,666 boxes fruit AZ boxes vegeta-
bles, IA tons pig iron, los pkgs mdse.
Per steamship D II Miller for Baltl-
more-1,25 bales upland cotton, 165 bales
sea island cotton, So bales domestics, SO
bales moss, 10 bales hides, 375 bbls spirits
turPentine, 1,275 bbls rosin, 81 bbls tar,
79,427 feet lamber, 16 casks clay, IA cases
domestics, 5279 boxes oranges. IL bbls
oranges, 14S pkgs mdse
The morning news., 1894-11-01

WANTED, A WOMAN TO COOK AND
do general house work; good wages paid
to competent party. Apply at - Brough-
ton street.