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expected TO bring their wives. AS soon as
Secretary Foster arrived in Tien Tsin Ii
Hung Chang called upon him. He was in
PRODUCED during his visit to Mrs. Foster
and TO her nieces. the Misses Orr who
were with Secretary Foster during his tour
of the world. The great Viceroy was
charmed with the ladies. and when he
spoke OF the banquet he said he would make
a great innovation in Chinese custom, and
would ask them to honor him with their
viceroy took Mrs. Foster to the table on
his arm
The dinner was given at tie admiralty
palace on the edge OF Tien Tsin, and this
was decorated with tho"s ands Of Chinese
lanterns and the gardens about it were
ablaZe with light. All of the streets lead
Ing TO IL shone with red paper lanterns,
and upon the sidewalks were companies Of
ii Hung Changes famous soldiers. who, with
modern rifles, guarded the incoming guests.
During the feast, which lasted for hours
some of the finest of the Chinese bands
played American airs outside the palace,
and the strains of Yankee Doodle. Hail
Columbia and The Star Spangled Banner
hOated In through the windows. Toasts
were made and responded to by celebrated
Cinnamon. Secretary Foster talked. through
an Interpreter, OF the good relations which
ought TO obtGin between China and America
and Ii Hung Chang responded In the same
way In a speech fun OF compliments to the
United States. i wish / could describe the
dinner.
Gorgeous Preparations.
It was so different from anything that We
have IN America that despair of giving to
you an accurate picture. The Invitations
were on cards larger than one OF the pages
Of our magazines. These cards were OF
crimson and the invitations were engraved
upon them In letters of gold. The Chinese
dragon and what ! suppose Is II Hung
ChaDg's cOat-Of-arms. were at their head,
and under this the words stating that the
NicerOy OF China, Grand Secretary of State
and President Of the Imperial Admiralty
requests the honor .Of my company at din
Der IN the naval secretariate on Tuesday
at pm. These golden words were Dor
deTei with an engraved golden border, and
accompanying them was the card of Ii
Hung Chang, which was as big as sheet
OF note paper and as red as the pressed
bricks which make up the city of Washing
ton In going to the dinner / had to have
my own Chinese card carried before me
by q servant In official livery, and / rode in
blue silk chair borne upon the shoulders
Of four servants, who were gorgeously
dressed up for the occasion and who
charged me. by the way, Just 81 In silver
for the job.
We passed through court after court Of
this admiralty palace, and my card wal
carried In through a crowd Of Chinese ON
Gals and I was motioned to follow. tn,
Secretary OF the navy met me at the dool
and then Mr.. Tseng Laisun. the old coma
fential secretary of the viceroy, took me II
hand and led me In to his excellency's pres
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his friends at his vice-regal capital, Tien
Tsin. The crude ideas that we have con-
corning the Chinese make us think of them
rs ignorant, pOverty-striclxen and barbarous
End few people realize the luxuries with
which some of them are surrounded i
cannot better show the real state of the
richer classes in China than in describing
a banquet which i attended a few months
ago in one of Ii Hung Changes palaces
The dining room was as large as that of the
White House, and it was gorgeously dec
GRATED with golden scrolls, Chinese pic
lures and bunting. The menu comprised
many courses and hundred of dishes were
served during the feast. The bird's-nest
soup for each guest cost. l venture, s. a
plate. with shark fins that were worth their
weight in silver. and the Chinese mobiles
who sat with were dressed in silks and
Fatins costly as those worn at our presi-
Dental receptions, and ate with ivory
chOpsticks tipped with silver. The dinner
was given in honor of Gen. John W. Foster
our ex-SeCretary of State. who was then On
his way round the globe. and who was
ors which they accorded TO Secretary Sew
ard and to Gen. Grant The most striking
Of these fayors appeared in this banquet.
4 Striking Novelty.
Chinese custom Keeps woman in the back
ground. You seldom meet the wives of the
nobility. and at big dinners Chinese ladies
Gre never invited and foreigners are not
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The Comte de Paris AnecdOte of Lin
coin.

From the Gentlewoman.
OF wide culture and sympathy, he would
talk well on most subjects. from recollec-
lions Of his own adventures TO the latest
discovery In science. A story which he
used to tell of Lincoln bears repeating
Lincoln used often to come into the head
quarters staff to which the prince was at
tached when serving in America and chat
for half an hour. telling anecdotes In his
inimitable way. Once, when a war with
England seemed imminent, owing to the
strained relations existing, some one asked
Lincoln for his opinion.
Il remember" replied the President
when I was a lad. there were two fields
behind our house separated by a fence In
each field there was a big bulldog, and
these dogs spent the whole day racing w
and down, snarling and yelping at each
other through that fence. One day they
both came at the same moment to a hole
In 1t, big enough to let either of them
through. Wen, gentlemen, what do You
think they did? They just turned tail and
scampered away as fast as they could in
opposite directions. Now, England and
America are like those bulldogs"
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hot water, and the mobiles would wipe their
lips with these and rub them about over
their faces in order to refresh themselves
between the courses. Ii Hung Chang had
two or three servants about him all the
time. and these assisted him In eating and
in keeping his dress straight. Both the
Viceroy and all his Chinese guests had their
pipes and cigarettes lit by their servants
for them, and inasmuch as the food was
served in little bits not larger than an
ivory dice, in order to be easily grasped by
the ivory chopsticks, they had little else
TO do but swallow.
There were about fifty guests at the table
and both Chinese and foreign dishes were
rsed. By my plate were knives and forks
as well as chop sticks. and quite a number
Of dishes on the bill of fare were foreign
The dinner consisted of twenty-one courses
The menu was engraved in letters of gold
on a red card a foot long and about six
inches wide. 1t was printed in both Chi
nese and English and was as follows:
Pigeon Eggs Soup. Fried Fish. Champig
ron Sauce. Birds Nest Soup. Meat Pie.
Red Shark Fins. Wild Duck. Bamboo
Shoots. Fillet and Vegetables. Stewed Leg
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color Of amber, and was more stimulating
than chartruese. The wines were the reg
ular ones which you find at any foreign
dinner, ranging from sherry to champagne.
/ ate most Of the Chinese dishes and found
them not at all bad. The pigeon eggs soup
had little yolks of pigeon eggs floating
about in II, and the birds nest soup was
served in bowls about the size of a large
coffee cup, and needed salt to make ii
palatable.
This is one Of the greatest of Chinese
delicacies, and the material from which 1t
is made is perhaps the costliest eatable
found in the markets of the world 1t sells
as nigh as thirty dollars a pound, and China
spends hundreds of thousands of dollars a
year for IL. 1t is made from the birds nests
of swallow which is found in caves and
damp places of certain islands of the In
dian ocean. The nests are of the same
shape as those of a chimney swallow and
they are made of sea weed The bird chews
the seav eed and mixes IT with it's saliva,
and the soup is, In fact, made of this saliva.
The nests are carefully cleaned, all the
feathers and dirt being picked from them.
Ihey have to be soaked thoroughly and
then boiled until they are tender They
come out the color Of transparent white
jade stone. They make a sort of a
white jelly when they are mixed together
ham are placed and pigeon eggs be-
low. The soup is again boiled. and when
served 1t looks more like angels food than
swallows spittle. 1t is said to he very in
siSOiot anu Will give Il man OF Sixty
the vigor Of twenty-five. The shark fins
are said to have the same strengthening
properties. They are made Of the splinters
of the fin of a shark, and are cooked into a
soup and are served with a bit of ham,
bamboo shoots are the roots of the bamboo
Ihey taste like cooked nuts and make YOU
tnink OF white carrots. These Chinese are
very fond or all kinds of fungus and that
winch was served at this meal was a sort of
1eiiy-iike mushroom.
Enttnr WIFI, CI,on.tf.p5.
All OF the Chinese dishes were served in
such shape that they could be easily taken
up with chopsticks. In place of salt each
man had a little bowl OF japanese soy into
which he dipped bis food before eating it.
The Chinese consider it barbarous to bring
food on the table as we do. They think
that everything should be cooked in small
pieces and they stew and boil almost ev-
erything. Such meats and vegetables as
are fried are first cut up into the shape of
hash and the only pigs which are cooked
whole are those which are intended for
sacrifices. Even the priests cut these into
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-20

OF Mutton. Fungus in Clear Sauce Pates
de Fois Gras. Corean Shrimp Dumplings.
Truffied Turkey, Ham. Salad. Roast Duck
Asparagus, Butter Sauce. Fruit Custard
CHR csc Cakes. Fruit Jelly. Cousee, &c
Fruit. Coffee.
Chinese Food I'm American Dishes.
The foreign dishes were served in Ameri-
can plates. and the Chinese In exquisite
little bowls Of the finest porcelain, each
holding about q pint Of stew or soup. At
each plate there were six of the finest cut
glasses for wine. and two silver goblets for
Chinese liquors. One Of these was a. big
a. an egg cup. ana the other did not hold
much more than q thimble. The first con-
tained samshu or rice wine. This tasted
Ike sherry, and II was served hot. The
other contained q liquor made Of sorghum.
This was as hot as boiling oil. 1t was the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-20

/ HUNG CHANG has
been stripped of his
yellow jacket. He has
lost his three-eyed
peacock feather, and
the report has been
disseminated that he
has been degraded
from his high posi-
ton. Few people in
America realize how
high his position was
and the wonderful
pOmp with which he
has hpaD entsrtaipipp
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Z n.>k u. Cat..As<
Rather Tardy.

From Truth.
A Friend-"What ails Mrs. Akehardt, doc
tor?'
Physician-''I. am unable to diagnose def
niteiy at this time"
why, haven't the fall styles in diseases
been announced yet?'
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A Good Reason,


From Puck.
Brown-"Say. I'll give you q sure thing
on the third race tomorrow. Play Mud
sticker to win"
Green-'Thanksl But why don't you play
II yourself2'
Brown-"I can't. I've already lost all the
money can spare this month"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-20
FOR MENTAL EXHAUSTION
Use HOrsf0rd's Acid Phosuhate.

Or. THo6 ]. RIDDLE Richmond. Va, says: II
have bad occasion to prescribe It In conjunction
with other Treatment. In . number Of nervous
troubles, such rs mental exhaustion and impaired
vitality, and have met With satisfactory results"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-20
Ii HUNG'S BANQUET
"A Dinner With the Premier of China
in the Admiralty Palace.
AMERICAN LADIES PRESENT
Native Food Served in Yankee
China Ware.
SOME VERY CURIOUS DISHES

Copyrighted. 1894. by Frank G. Carpentcr)
Written for The Evening Star.
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is 1T ANY WONDER 7
That PGOl's Often Die So MIs
teriOlSly?
AND ALSO so NEEDLESSLY.

Lesson From the Microscope That
should De n solemn Warming 60 All.
The subjoned picture shows sections % mag
hifed drop taken from person sudettag With
Brights disease OF the Kidneys. Imagine the
warning action OF these organisms upon the deli
cate tissue OF the system. Is Il any wonder that
80 many thousands Of PsoPle die 20 prematurely q
Brights disease OF the kidneys-il,at many
yemen become hollow checked salloW comp ed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-20
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ZIBA n. GRrNDY.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-09
ALL ON BOARD LOST.
Wreck of the Port Yarrock on tho
Irish Coast.

Twenty-six lives have been lost by the
wrecking of the British bark Port Yarrock,
Captain Forbes, from Santa Rosalia JuIy4
|or Antwerp, which some days ago put into
Brandon Bay, County Kerry, Ireland, in a
disabled condition. and which during gale
dragged her anchors and went ashore.
very heavy sea was running in the bay,
and when the bark struck the surf made a
clean breach over her. 1t was reported that
the captain and six Of the crew were i'll, and
this made the vessel shOrt-handed. Nineteen
men. however, were fit for duty.
Some surprise is expressed among seafar-
ing men that apparently no attempt was
made to claw of shore when ii was seen that
the anchors would not hold. AT any rate the
vessel was helpless, and took ground on
sandy bottom over six miles from where she
had been anchored.
The bark struck almost broadside on, and
the surf pounded her with terrific violence.
As the tide rose the surf became stronger,
and soon the sea was sweeping over the
decks Ofthe bark. Her matches were evi-
IDENTITY battered down and the companion.
ways closed for there were no signs OF her
filling.
1t was impossible owing TO the position Of
The stranded vessel. for any assistance to
reach her. and in short time she began 10
break up. First her three masts went by the
board. and the wreckage floating along side
caused the hullto keel over at sharp angle,
thus affOrding better mark forthe sea, that
was growing stronger and stronger. Soon
butts and seams on the weather side began 10
open. and in a short time the vessel began TO
break up.
Some of those on board the bark attempted
TO reach shore by means Of planks or spars,
but they were swept off and disappeared as
soon as they left the vessel. Not "a person on
the bark was saved.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-09
Foreign.

FRENCH troops have taken possession o.
Timbuctoo. Africa.
BRAZILIAN rebels have captured BOuienten
Island, in Rio Bay.
, SENoT LARRocA. Civil Governor OF BARGE
Iona. Spain. was shot ill the jaw by an An
archist, o. on being arrested, said his OBJ
iect in firing was to avenge the death of Pal
las.
The British Government requires the Khe-
dive to publish formal retraction of his
structures on the British Army, and issue an
order praising the army's condition.
NINE conspirators who plotted to kill Presi-
dent Henreaux by means OF an Internal
machine have been shot at San Domingo.
MISS CONSTANCE Kenmore WooLsON. the
American author, committed suicide in Ven
ice, Italy.
The Khedive has acceded to the British de-
mand that he publish formal retraction OF
his structures on the army and issue an or
der praising its condition.
SLIGHT damage was done by a dynamite
explosion in Leon, Spain.
II a riot at Granada, Nicaragua. fourteen
Conservatives and sixty soldiers were
killed.
In an address delivered in ST. Peters Pope
Leo XIII. attributed the material ruin of
Italy and the troubles resulting therefrOn
TO the religious ruin designedly brought
about by those who have been governing
the country.
MANY people are dying from influenza in
Athens. Greece.
The Brazilian insurgents captured Bonn
Jesus Island in Rio Harbor; twenty-five men
were killed and many wounded.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-09
PRINCE BISMARCK.

A cablegram from Berlin, Germany, says:
The meeting of Prince Bismarck and the
Emperor William has occurred, and the re-
conciliation is complete. The Prince arrived
at the Castle shortly after 1 O'clock, p. M,
and the Emperor received him with the
greatest distinction, surrounded by a brill
liant staff of officers of the highest rank.
Prince Bismarck, his son, Count Herbert,
and several friends left Friedrichsruhe, his
country home, at $50 o'clock, a. m. en- route
for Berlin.
At 80 o'clock six Friedrichsruhe ladies,
dressed in white, proceeded TO the Castle and
presented to Prince Bismarck large laurel
wreath bound with ribbons and bearing the
inscription "a Happy Journey"
When the time arrived for the start to be
made for the station Prince bismarck ap
peared attred in cuirassier uniform, over
which he wore fur coat He was accom-
panied by Princess Bismarck and several
friends. Six girls led the way, strewing
flowers.
At O'Clock q large crowd from Hamburg
arrived and vociferously cheered the Prince.
At the station Princess Bismarck stood in
front of the saloon until the departure Of the
train. When the train pulled out of the sta
ton the crowd burst into cheers, which lasted
for some time. Some of those present cried
out GA prosperous Journey" while others
shouted ''Auf wiedersehen."
Prince Bismarck was Visibly gratifed. He
was in excellent spirits. He thanked all
those who had come to see himoff, and shook
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-09

banquet it is because you do not accept the
! invitation. You have the most importunate
| invitation. Two arms stretched down from
| the cross soaked in blood from elbow TO
| finger tip, two lips quivering in mortal au-
| guish, two eyes beaming with infinite love.
| saying. "Come, come, for all things are now
| ready"
told you that when the Queen came to
| Kenilworth Castle they stopped all the clocks,
| that the finger of time might be pointed to
| that happy moment of her arrival. Oh, il
| the King would come TO the castle of your
| soul, you might well afford to stop all the
| clocks, that the hands might forever point to
this moment as the one most bright, most
blessed, most tremen 1ous. Now. l wish I
could go around from circle to circle and in
vite every one of you, according to the invi-
tatlon OF my text, saying, Come
would like to take every one of you by the
hand and say Gomez Old man, who has
been wandering sixty or seventy years, thy
dust Of the evening stretch out your withered
hand to Christ. He will not cast thee off,
old man. Oh, that enc tear of repentance
might trickle down thy wrinkled cheek ! At
ter Christ has fed thee all thy life long, do
yol not think you can afford to speak one
word in His praise?
Come, those of you who are farthest away
from God. Drunkard, Christ can put out
the fire of thy thirst. He can break that
shackle. He can restore thy blasted home.
UO 10 Jesus llDSEllno CnIISI SAN lHSt
where thou vert last night. He knows of
thy sin. Yet if thou wilt bring thy polluted
soul to Him this moment He will throw over
it the mantle of His pardon and love Mercy
for thee, oh. thou chief of sinners Harlot,
thy feet foul With hell and thy laughter the
horror of the street Oh, Mary Magdalene,
look to jesus Mercy for thee. poor lost
waif of the street Self-righteous man, thou
must be born again, or thou canst not see
the kingdom of God!
Do you think you can get into the feast
with those rags? Why, the Kings servant
would tear them off and leave you naked at
the gate. You must be born again. The
day is far spent. The cliffs begin to slide
their long shadows across the plain. Do you
know the feast has already begun-the feast
to which YOU were invited-and the King
sits with His hand on the door of the ban
quoting room, and He begins to swing Ii
shut? 1t is half way shut. 1t is three
fourths shut. 1t is only just aiar. Soon it
will be shut.
"Come, for all things are now ready
Have I missed one man? Who has not felt
himself called this hour? Then [ call him
now. This is the hour of thy redemption.
While God invites, how blest the day;
How sweet the gospels charming soundl
Come, sinner, haste, oh, haste away,
While yet a pardoniIlg God is found.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-09
WashinStOn.

THE Democratic caucus in Washington
voted to make the Internal Revenue bill. in
cluding the income tax, an amendment to
the Tariff bill.
REPRESENTATIVE SIBLEY. of Pennsylvania,
has rendered his resignation to take effect
February II.
SENATOR MILLS has been placed on the
Finance Committee to take the place
temporarily of Senator Mcpherson, who is
absent.
The President and Mrs. Cleveland gave
reception to Congress and the Judiciary.
THE Postmaster-G General appointed com
missions to make thorough investigation
and report on the needs of the New York and
Chicago POStoffices.
The House Judiciary Committee voted to
report the resolution declaring that the Sec
retary ofthe Treasury has no authority to is
sue bonds as proposed.
THE President has directed the detail of
Captain George p. Scriven, of the Signal
Corps, as military attache of the United
States Legation in the City of Mexico. This
assignment is an innovation on the part of
the United States.
SECRETARY HERBERT made public the find
ingS of the court OF inquiry in the case of
Lieutenant Richard G. Davenport United
States Navy, who asked for "cOurt of
honor to pass upon his conduct while act
ing as navigating officer of the United States
steamer Nipsic when that vessel was wrecked
in the great Samoan hurricane in March,
1889. His conduct is approved, except his
manner of leaving the Nipsic after she had
stranded.
The President made the following nomina-
tions Thomas Moonlight, of Kansas. Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister PlenipOtentiary
of the United States to Bolivia. Consule
Edgar Battle of Texas. at Acapulco.
Mexico Louis BruII, of Texas, at Catania,
Italy; Frank W. = Oerts, OF Maine, at
Nogales, Mexico.
The reply of President Dole, of Hawaii, to
Minister Willis's demand for more specific
charges has been received in Washington.
THE Senate Committee on the judiciary
postponed action on the Peckham 1omina-
tion for i week.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-09
South and West.

By a Supreme Court decision in Minnesota
800 inmates Of insane asylums may be re
leased.
WOMAN two children perishel near
Ell Reno. Ok hOma, during blizzard and
mu:h suffering is reported in the Indian
towns in the Cheyenne and Arapahoo coun-
try.
A SNOW slide in White Bird Gulch, Idaho.
killed four girls of the Thomson family.
Mrs. BURTON and her son, Cyrus, of Mo-
rocco, Ind, had the hydrophobia, used
maidstone and died
AKER1DGE, one of the land owners in the
western part of Atlanta, Ga. who hal been
on trial for burning down the buildings i'll
that neighbOrhOOd, was found guilty. The
penalty for arson in Georgia is death. Aker-
idge and other land owners held that the OBJ
jecttonable buildings retarded progress.
HENRY NJ. SMYTHE. of Virginia, United
States Minister to Hayti. has written an ex-
traordinary letter to President Hippolyte, of
Hayti, and his recall has been demanded.
+. J. SHARP, az engineer. shot Miss Kitty
Klees in Tiffin, Ohio, and wounded her ia
tally. Then he took his own life
ONE THOUSAND saloons in Chicago, H.,
have closed for want of customers.
JOHN B. JOHNSON. a ranchman living near
Conn ton, Cal, shot and killed his son
George, and the boy killed him before his
wound proved fatal. The only eyewitness
to the tragedy was a ten-year-old son and
brother.