Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-11
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS

THE American newspapers have been very
much at sea In their apparent belief that
Ii Hung Chang has been degraded by the
Emperor Of China" said Philip ]. PIERCE of
Sacramento, who lived a number Of years
In the fowery kingdom, at the Arlington
yesterday. Being deprived Of some mark
OF exalted rank is not always a sign of SUBJ
stantial disgrace in China. The chances
are that Ii himself suggested that he be
deprived Of the yellow jacket, because he
allowed the trouble with Japan to reach the
dignity of war. when he should have known
and been prepared for II beforehand. That
sounds funny, but I'll explain. The Chinese
regard their emperor as the son of heaven
and worship him as such. They believe that
he and all who are associated with him are
what an Indian would call great medicine
and that they should have power to foretell
and prepare accordingly for any calamity.
The emperor and his advisers take great
pains to advance this belief among his sub
lects. Therefore, when the unknowable
happens II is the custom for the great men
in the empire to assume reproach and dis
grace for their failure to prevent it, Ii
Hung Chang has frequently done this him.
self When there was a terrible flood in the
yellow river district he ISSUED a public
proclamation, blaming himself for the oc-
currence and calling on the emperor to
punish him for IL.
snow
assumed humility when catastropnes visit
the land. A resident in China, for in
stance, Will get an invitation to a funeral
OF dead Chinamar. 1t will be sent by the
eldest son and Will contain sentence after
sentence descriptive OF the writer's unlliai
conduct, which caused his parents death
and calling down condign punishment upon
his own head as well as those of his broth
ers. Every time calamity falls upon the
people the high officials Immediately over
them invariably recommend that they them
selves be punished for The occurrence. The
fact, too, that Ii Hung Chang Immediately
upon being Invested of the yellow jacket
was given greater powers and an increased
army shows the real state of the case. The
emperor is too shrewd, however, to dis
grace Ii Hung Chang even If Ge wanted
TO. He knows that the Tartar dynasty
whlch he represents is weak and steadily
growing weaker, and that Ii Hung Chang
could easily consolidate Chinese opposition
10 the present government and overthrow
IL with ease II ne only felt so inclined. The
peculiarftics of Chinese customs are SO
numerous that even one familiar with the
people sometimes gets stumped at some of
Them. l don't believe the present war will
De allowed to reach complete termination,
because / am inclined to think that Euro
pean nations and our own country will in
est"
1T is seldom that a man is charged with
deliberately manning himself from a mer-
cenery motive" said Frank Hunter of In
dianapolis at the Riggs House last night
Tut David w. Hart of Kansas City will
nave TO answer such an allegation when
some suits he has brought against various
insurance companies are called for trial
Ii appears that Hart went to the worlds
fair at Chicago last year, and on his way
there casually picked up about $4,000
worth OF accident insurance policies. While
riding an aln rrfs, As-
on. The insurance companies refused 10
pay the damages agreed upon for loss of a
member, basing their declaration upon the
charge tnat Hart had stuck his foot out OF
the car and deliberately allowed il to be
cut eff so that he could secure the benefits
or MS insurance policy. Upon this refusal
Hart brought suits aggregating s7OOn
against three leading accident companies.
dfd proposes TO. file number of others
against smaller concerns among which are
numoer OF associations and fraternal
bodies"
"Notaries of the shotgun and the small
bore rife are having much sport out nv
way with the squirrels said John Little
Icr1 OF Montgomery county at the National
this morning. During the past few wears
there has been a law in Maryland which
prevented the killing OF squirrels from
January until August and this protection
has served TO make the bushy tail rodents
OF the woods increase in great numbers
Since the LIST of August the slaughter has
been gong merrily on, and BAGS of from
eighteen TO twenty-five squirrels to a gun
nave been frequently chroniclei Ii Presi-
dent Cleveland was to go out in the woods
OF montgomery now he would nave a good
deal better sport than he had last year, for
there are three squirrels now where there
was one then. At this time of year the ami
maIs are cutting young hickory nuts and
acorns. and pretty soon they will begin on
the chestnuts. The best time to hunt ssIuir-
refs this season of the year is between sun
up ana , O'Clock in the morning. and from
j O'Clock to shutdown after dinner There
are going To be good many quail In Mont
SCmery this year in spite of the fact
that there were none at all last sea
son. but there will be little use for
strangers 10 go out there and expect to
nave sport. because nearly every farm is
posted now. This was done because the
legislature did not pass law, which sports
men ardently desired. making IL illegal 10
XIII quail in Montgomery county for two
Years. Consequently as the law don't give
the birds protection enough to insure
plentiful Conveys the farmers themselves are
going TO try to do IL by posting their lands
ana preserving a sufficient number of birds
each season to provide fiocks for the next"