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robe of a common laborer, and a Chinaman
will put on flesh on a dollar a month. The
majority Of the people Of this part of China
are well fed and we'll dressed. They have
good faces, and they are, believe, far
happier than the average American labor
ers. They seem to enjoy their lives and
their families. and they are far above the
average of the world in their manners and
culture. i have mixed Unfortunately
among them and find them polite and kind
ly. They crowd about me wherever I go.
They finger my clothes. and when / take a
photograph or stop to write a note, they al
most block the street in their anxiety to
see what the foreign barbarian is doing.
Their curiosity, however. is free from NAL
ice. and they are not the fierce foreign
the river. find much In them to admire.
and wonder every day at their economies.
Chinese Economies.
Let me mention a few of them.
In the first place in' the way Of fuel.
Nearly all of the fires in Marking are made
Of straw and reeds. Every wisp of dry
grass Is cut and saved. There are thou
sands of people who do nothing else but
reap the reeds which grow along the banks
of the Yangtse Kiang and bring them into
the cities to sell. These reeds are thick
as the base of a walking stick and are often
fifteen feet long. They are cut and stack ed
Cp along the banks and from thence are
carried up and down the river in fiat-bot-
tened boats. Such wood as is used is tied
up in little punches and Is sold by weight.
Charcoal Is sometimes found. and see here
and there little balls of coal dust Of about
the size of base ball. The powdered coal
IS mixed with mud and dried in this shape.
No one In China. however, either rich or
poor. thinks of keeping warm by means of
fuel. There are no furnaces nor baseburn-
e-s. and wadded clothing among the poor
and fur garments among the rich keep out
the cold. A fire Is never built by a poor
man except when Ii Is absolutely necessary
and the hot water used for the tea and rice
In the early morning Is sold by hot water
stores. You can get a bucket of boiling
water for one-tenth OF n cent, and there is
one such store IN Shanghai 10 every twenty
families. A large amount Of rice is cook ed
at one time. and the breakfast rice IS warm
ed by the pouring of hot water or hot tea
over it
Tea Shops.
Speaking of tea, there are tea shops or
restaurants all over China. and you get
very fair meals in these for small prices
The cooking ovens are at the entrance of
the tea house, and you have often to pass
tn, cocks in going in to your meal The
tea Is put into cups and hot water poured
over it, After you have swallowed half of
the contents the cup Is filed with hot
water. and one drawing Of tea is supposed
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.
minimum. and these Chinese millions would
grow fat on what the thrifty French and
Germans waste. The food for a poor man
in Marking costs him no more than two
cents a day. and at 81 a month a man will
support family and lay up money. 1 met
a fat. jolly looking Chinaman this morn
ing. who told me he had q wife and five
children. and his income was sufficient for
all his wants. He earned about two gold
dollars a month as a carpenter. and his
wife makes one dollar more by going out
to work. II costs five cents a day to feed
q patient in the Methodist Hospital here.
and a farmer may be hired for from: ten
to twelve dollars a year. provided he has
his rice. his head shaving and his tobacco.
Il costs about s. a year to buy the ward
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Pilot Knob Fort.

From the st. Louis Republic.
you would be surprised to know, prob
ably, that the old fort at Pilot Knob has
not been disturbed since the war said a
veteran. 1.-The land where the fort stands
is now owned by the Iron Mountain Com
pany. 1t refuses to allow the souvenir of
the battle of Pilot Knob to be destroyed.
The ten-foot ditch around the fort has not
been filled up, and 1t presents pretty much
the same appearance as when Gen. Price
made an attempt to take the fort. 1t will
be remembered that Price and his army
were camped on Shepherds mountain. tie
fort being at the base, near a ravine. Price
stationed his artillery on top of the noun
tain and ordered a charge When the in
fantry reached the ditch, II was realized
that a mistake had been made, and the
soldiers retreated, as many of them being
killed by Prices men, who were keeping up
incessant firing from the top of the noun
tain as were shot down by the federals
within the fort. 1t was the intention of
Gen Price to capture the fort the next
morning, and he had made hundred lad
ders to scale the ditch, but they were never
used. as the federals spiked the cannon and
blew up the fort at daylight. The rem
nants still remain, however, and are viewed
with interest by hundreds from St. Louis
who spend the summer season at Arcadia"
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China have soles nearly an inch thick, and
these soles are made of rags which have
been washed and dried and then pasted
layer upon layer. until they reach the thick
ness required They are cut then into shape
and are SO polished along the edges that
you would think them made of leather or
wood. The upperS are made of different
qualities of silk or fine CLOTH sand the China
mans shoe If manufactured in America
would cost more than the kind We use our
selves. In the making of the rain boots
for muddy weather and hard travelling, soles
of iron are often added, and the itinerant
shoemaker who sits in nearly every block
OF a Chinese town has big-headed iron shoe
tacks to drive into the soles to save wear
and tear, and there are places where you
can have your Chinese cap renovated and
made equal to new. Even the rich, who
have thousands Of dollars invested in their
fur garments, do not throw them away
when they get dirty. They will wear a
coat Of silk lined with lambs wool till the
lining is as black as your hat But some
day the coat will disappear. 1t will be rip
ped apart and preparation Of lime and
other material will be used which will make
1t as white and pure as when 1t was first
bought. The clothing Of the poor is patched
and repatched, and there are women by the
score in every Chinese city who go about
doing mending. 1 see them sitting In the
narrow streets outside the houses working
away under the hot sun. and they go from
house to house and do the patching Of the
families for a few cash per patch. 1t Is
the same with the members of crockery and
broken china. These are so skilled that
they Will take cup or teapot of the finest
and thinnest of porcelain after 1t has been
broken into pieces and by means OF wire
rivets. which are fastened only to the out
side OF cup or pot, put 1t together so that
You could not tell II You saw only the in
side that II had ever been broken. They
will mend a half dozen pieces in this way
for from two to three cents. The work is
marvellous. 1t could not be done by the
akr ayxar Of ari, t1,,t ;t
the specialties of the Chinese itinerant
tinker
l might go on for a column describing
others Of the wonderful economies see all
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and large number Of the beggars are sup
ported every winter by the government of
the towns and villages, but as soon as
spring comes this appropriation is dropped
ana they are literally turned out to grass
Professional DeGsars.
As to beggars, there is no country in the
world that has more impudent beggars
than China. but / doubt whether in pro-
portion to its population 1t has more than
many parts of Europe. The Chinese beg
gars are. however, organized into bands
They have a trades union of their own and
they go into the business as profession.
They have their kings and the cities are
divided up into beats and woe to the man
who attempts to jump his brother beggars
claim. There Is sure to be fight and he
Will be run into prison or out of town.
These beggars expect TO get 4 certain
amount-say One-tenth of 4 cent q day
from each store keeper on their beat and
You can sometimes pay them to keep other
beggarS away.
At Wuhu a missionary owned house fac
ing on two streets. He had beggars on both
sides Of him. but he finally arranged with
the beSSar in front to keep his rear cleared
by the payment OF a small sum per month.
AS soon as the bargain was made the beg
gars at the back of the house went away
and he has had no trouble since then Here
in Marking there Is roya! guild of beg
gars, established. it Is said. by the Empa-
ror Hung Wo. who began life as a beggar
and became one of me greatest emperors
China has ever had. The head of this guild
can prevent a shop or a family being an
noyed by the beSSars, and there is a sys-
lem OF buying off the assaults of beggars
which prevails throughout China. and
which exempts the man who pays from
their visits. AS it is every one gives to the
besgar. The sum is generally not more
than one-tenth OF a cent, and sometimes
cnly half that. This is in silver, and II
means only hair the same amount on a gold
Da sis Think OF giving a man the twentieth
or fortieth of cent to satisfy his hunger,
That is what some of these beggars get
There is kind of copper cash, about half
the size of an ordinary cash, or as big as a
nickel, which is worth about this. and this
coin is called beggar cash. II a storekeeper
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Subtcrrancan Lon don.

From the london Daily News.
1t gives an impressive idea what SUBJ
terranean London Is fast becoming to learn
that, on emerging from the river, the new
city and Waterloo line will, in it's passage
up Queen Victoria street, run for a part of
the way underneath the low level main
sewer, which In its turn runs along beneath
the District Underground railway. So that
at this point in the city we shall have first,
busy main thoroughfare. below that a
steam railway, then a huge metropolitan
sewer, then an electric railway. reaching
it's terminus at a depth of about sixty
three feet below the streets, and here it
will communicate with another line-the
Central London-which will lie at depth
.f Ky Set.
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From the Detroit Free Press.
The prosecuting attorney in the breach
of promise case thought he would make
life burden to the unfortunate young
man who was the unwilling defendant.
do you mean to say" he asked after a
lot of embarrassing questions. that after
you had been absent for entire month,
you did not kiss the plaintiff, to whom You
were engaged to be married, when you
fiji st saw her on your return?''
Il do" responded the defendant firmly.
"WHl you make that statement to the
jury?
Certainly. If necessary.
do you think they would believe your"
zone of them " oIld. l know"
"Ah. indeed. And why should he, pray?'
because he was present when 1 first
saw her. He was a the gate when l rode
up. and she stuck her head out Of the sec
ond-story window, and / told her how
dye and said I'd be back to supper in
half an hour. I'm no giraffe" and every
body In the court room smiled except the
attorney.
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E o,..>k 4. CaA.pAa~
DrO1l stephen Grant.

From the Youths Companion.
Stephen Grant was an cratic genius,
whose jests and extravagant sayings were
enjoyed by his contemporaries. Mr.. Bell,
in his Bench and Bar OF New Hamp-
shire" gives the following specimen Of his
droll way of putting things He was a
rolling stone in his profession. the law,
and once went to Wentworth to live. but
did not stay there long. Being asked his
reason for leaving the place so soon he
replied:
There's not room enough there. The
hills come down all around so close to-
gether that there is no space to turn round
in A little shoemaker moved In and began
business there, but when he tried to pull
out his wax he hit both elbows against the
hills"
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to last one customer for a meal. After he
leaves the tea grounds are gathered up and
dried They are sold later on to poorer
restaurants or TO families, and nothing
the water in 1hiich tine potatoes arr. boilej
and the other vegetables cooked is saved
and sold for the feeding Of hogs. and the
bones OF the meat are bought by the max
ers OF chop sticks. Mr.. Ferguson, the pres
ident OF the Marking University told me
that he had for long time trouble in get
tlES any meat brought TO his house with
the bones in II. and he found that butchers
always cut out the bones and sold them
separately from the meat itself. You see
no empty cans or bottles lying about the
houses OF the foreigners OF Nauking The
Chimes take them. They sell the bottles
and the tin of the cans is used by the tin
ners. A large part of the tin used In China
comes from the petroleum cans of the STAN
dard OIL Company. and every bit of iron
is worked up by the blacksmiths into knives
Snd Sn--r'rg in1. 'h-rs'ntS LARGE o =. ..
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Surely a Mistake.

FROM Harper's Drawer.
Poor Mike was very ill-almost as I'll as
he was short. and what that meant those
who know him can best say. for physically
he was hardly more than a dwarf
The doctor was called in. and after In
vestigation informed Mrs. Mike that her
husband was suffering from actinomycosis
a name which appeared TO strike terror 10
the soul of the anxious woman.
Act phwat?' said she.
"Actinomycosis." replied the doctor.
Him cried Mrs. Nike. All, docther.
how can yez say thot? A little man loI<o
Moikel couldent hould the name of ue
rpsich lisa fh' fisaze fhnt vd Uef''
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about me. could tell you how these peo-
pie will take buffalo's horn of about the
size of cows horn and by boiling 1t and
pressing Ii out make II go thin that IL be-
comes lantern and forms a transparent
globe as big as a two-gallon crock / could
show You them sitting in their shops ham
ding old cotton wadding which has been
worn by several different owners till II has
almost dropped to pieces. They will pull 1t
apart, take out the cotton, half clean 1t and
mix 1t with fresh cotton for sale Take
look at the BARRIERS who stand on every
street shaving the heads Of all males from
old men to babies. They receive from less
than cent to cents q shave according to
the rank and wealth Of their customer, but
You note that they save the scrapings Of
the head, and these bits of hair are sold by
them TO furniture dealers for the making Of
cushions. 1t is the same with eatables All
sorts of greens are eaten cooked and raw.
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u ~ ~ e II > 1 a MI
that many Ameri-
C a n s are patting
themselves on { h e
back at their success
in economizing dur
ing the present hard
times. T ey don't
know what economy
is. They should take
a trip to China and
learn something Of
the science Of saving.
The expense of living
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the razors of China are made CT old horse
shoes. and these are brought here by the
ship load from Europe. and are carried to
all parts of the empire After the Franco
PrusSia1 war they were torn from the feet
Of the horses killed i'll battle and We're
brought here by the thousands of barrels.
Secondhand Clothes.
The old clothes man OF China does big
ger business than his brothers of other
parts of the world. There are streets of
secondhand clothiers in every Chinese city.
ana clothes are sold over and over again,
until they get down to the beggars. BY
this time they ere shreds Of rags. but their
end is not yet. After the besgars find them
too poor for even their use they are sold as
old rags and are bought by the makers of
shoes. The shoes o. the men and boys of
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FUTURE GRASSES
A Garden to Be Started Here for
Experimental Purposes.
NEARLY EIGHT HUNDRED KINDS GROW,
But Only Six Are Utilized to Fur
nish Food for Man.
ONLY ONE KIND POISONOUS
NEARLY EIGHT HUNDRED KINDS GROW
ONLY ONE KIND POISONOUS
Written for The Evening Star.

HE APPOINTMENT
OF a government ag-
rostologist marks a
new departure By the
Department OF Agri-
culture. Prof. ]. Lam
SON Scribner, the ex-
pert thus designated.
will Investigate the
grasses OF this coun-
try. He VIII start a
grass garden In
Washington for ex-
perimental purposes
ard IN sraf Saal Spa-
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TO ADvERTIsERs.

Advertiser are urgently 70
Quested to hand In advertisement
the day prior to publication. In
order that fnrertion may be 81
sured- Want advertisements win
be received up to noon OF the day
Of publication. precedence being
given to those nrst received
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centers, where ell the
rays Of light meet,
where all the heat
concentrates, where
the He shines most
brilliantly. That place
Is the Grant Boule-
ward, a pleasant semi
circle Of broad streets
in the full feart CT
Paris. The boulevard
extends two miles,
A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-23
Eov tie Greatest Empire in the
World Takes Care Of Its Poor.
LIFE ON TWO CENTS A DAY
The Wonderful Economies Prac-
.iced by the CeIestials.
CHINESE BEGGARS PRACTICES

Copyrighted. 1894. by Frank G. Carpcnter) .
NANKING. China, May %, 1894.
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PARIS BOULEVARDS
The Brilliant Scenes in the French
mans Paradise.
.PARISIANS AND FOREIGNERS
Brilliant Scenes on the Grand
Boulevard.
LIFE OUT OF DORIS

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
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and large number Of the beggars are sup
ported every winter by the government Of
the towns and villages, but as soon as
spring comes this appropriation is dropped
and they are literally turned out to grass
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-21
DORIS IN DEPOT.
President OF the hackmen's Union
Trying 10 Gel Arrested.

Considerable interest was manifested
this morning in the persistent efforts OF
Frank Doris, president of the HackmcD's
Union, 10 have himself arrested st the
New York, New Haven & Hartford station.
AS exclusively announced in The NEWS,
Doris wants TO make test case OF tho
the rights granted TO Billings
Brothers allowing their men to
solicit passengers inside the building
and excluding all Others. All day
yesterday ne took his stand st tho head
OF the line, although tho passengers
passed him by, and again this morning
he showed up smiling. He
caught passenger todey just
in time 10 disappoint the rail-
read officials, who were ready, IL ia under
stood, 10 arrest him upon The arrival or
tho 1904 train. Doris returned q
little before IL o'clock and begun the
siege again. Persons came from Olney-
vile, even, looking for the "outsider," and
watching FOR bis arrest. AT last accounts
he was stlll "holdipg the FORA"
When Doris was away this forenoon his
place Ia the line was taken up by Patrick
Mulvey, driver for Nichols, but he was
not molestod.
In spesking OF the matter this noon,
Doris said, " j want TO make a test case OF
this for / don't see why Billings's men
depot. What l want Is to see all
the men put ont en- the street. / tried 10
get lie city to back me up. 1 don't expect
they'll arrest me, but they told me this
morning they would make trouble for
me, 80 expect a summons to court. It's
all a political deal; the chief Of police is
L.tA 4
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-21
THE FRIENDLY GIRLS
In Annual Session at Cleveland
Election of Officers.


CLEVELAND, Nov. 21.--The governing
counsel OF the Girls Friendly Society OF
America, one of the prominent young
peoples organizations in the Protest.
ant Episcopal Church, has commenced
its annual session in this city. The gov
erning council Is composed of two dele
gates from each diocese and about forty
are in attendance. A preliminary meeting
was held last evening at which
preparations were made for the
business OF the convention to-
day. The resignation of Miss Edison,
the founder and only president of the or
ganization in this country, was received
and accepted and the honorary office OF
foundress was created for her.
Officers were elected as follows: Presi-
dent, Mrs. Thomas Roberts of Philadel-
phia; eastern ce-president, Mrs. W.
Remington, OF Baltimore; central vice.
president, Mrs. Groesbeck, OF Chicago;
western president, Mrs. Kipp. of
California; chaplain, Raw. A. L. Johnson,
of New Bedford.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-21
NEWS TO CONCORD.
Denial Of The Reported A. P. A. Riot
Disturbance by HoodIums.

CONCORD. Mass, Nov. 21.-A sensational
newspaper story published this morning
in Boston daily makes this historic
place the scene of good sized riot
last night, such, in fact as has
not been witnessed since the April days
of 1775. 1t is alleged that 1900 A. p. A.
members visited this town and were set
upon by the in furiated inhabitants with
sticks and stones and that the
members Of the A. p. A. frat err
nifty responded with cheers and
revolver bullets. Wheaghe people here
read the paper this morning they looked
at each other askance and wondered
where they had been during all the ex-
citemont From an authentic source ii Is
learned that a delegation OF the or
ganizstion came here in answer to an
invitation sent out by the local branch; /;
that a meeting was held in the Town
Hall and that after the meeting when the
visitors were ready to return they were
met by number of young hoodiums
who thought they would have some
fun, and commenced throwing stones.
During one of tie skirmishes q pistol
shot was heard, but 1t cannot be ascer-
tanned whether it was in the hands of an
A. p. A. or one OF the attacking parties.
There was no blood shed and no one hurt.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-21
0NECENT.
LAST EDITION
FROM JAPAN.
A Reply Through Esinister
Dunn to This Country.
By The Assoctatea pren.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.--The State De.
partment has received cable reply from
Japan through Minister Dunn at Toxic
to the United States suggestion OF
mediation. The Japanese legation at
Washington has also received from tina
foreign offices in Japan cable stating
that the reply had boon given. Both
cables were received here Sunday after
noon. fact that they had been sent
first became known through a dis
patch 10 the Associated Press
from Toxic. This much having become
known the officials here make no further
concealm ent of the details OF the reply.
The cable to Secretary Gresham Il
accompanied by unusual dignity
and formality in having. the
imperial sanction of His Majesty
rarely that the Emperor speaks In diplo-
matte negotiations, so that his action
in this case is evidence of Japan's de-
sire to express its appreciation OF
the course of the United States.
The message is in two parts, the
first giving Imperial expression OF good
viii and saying that the success OF
should approach Japan directly. The
second part is more directly from Min
lister Dunn, and expresses the view OF
the Japanese foreign Office that
as China has no minister at Toxic TO SUBJ
NIT a direct proposition it coulc be
made by China through Minister Dunn.
The cable to Minister kurino is substan-
TALLY as the foregoing. The fact
that the replies were received SurC0r aEd
were net given publicity until nov il in
part explained by the facS that they were
in cipher and were of such length and im-
portance that casual summary of them
was not deemed advisable.