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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1895-03-06

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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1895-03-06
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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1895-03-06
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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1895-03-06

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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1895-03-06

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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1895-03-06

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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1895-03-06
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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1895-03-06
In Woltsol's Dlammut1 Stores k0ellt III
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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1895-03-06
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-16

W. J. hampton in Detroit Free Press.
A well-dressed and sharp-faced woman
passed into the lawyers Office and very
shortly was standing by his desk.
II beg your pardon" she said, in saluta-
ton. but can you spare few moments Of
your valuable timer"
Il am very busy, madam" he replied.
but if you have anything of Importance
to communicate shall be glad to hear Il.
Pray be seated
Thank you. no." she said. looking around
am woman with history, and"
Excuse me- apologized the attorney,
seeing fee appearing on the horizon,
possibly you had better step into my pri-
waite office with me, where you will not be
interrupted"
She thanked him and they went into the
adjoining room.
Now" he said. when they were seated,
Il presume you wish to consult me on this
matter of your history"
"Yes, sir. That is why I am here"
Very well: proceed. Anything you may
say to me will be held in the strictest con-
fidence. You were saying you were a NO
man with a history" This very sympa-
thetically, as an encourager
Yes, SIR" she began, as she laid docu-
poleon Bonaparte in eighteen monthly
parts at fifty cents a month. and"
He threw up his hands, but she had him,
and he couldn't get away until he had put
down his name, and now when "a woman
with history is mentioned in his hear
ing it makes cold chills run down his
back.
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personal attendance upon the emperor in
the field or upon journeys. 1t is a sort of
a riding cape. and it has been awarded to
two Europeans, one of whom was Gen.
Gordon and the other Frenchman named
Giquel, who established the arsenal at Foo
Chow. Lii Hung Chang has been getting
all sorts of presents from the emperor
right along 1 have before me a list of
the gifts which he received on his seven
tieth birthday. This was about five years
ago. and all the officials gave him presents
He had carloads of silk, a ton or so of
gilt scrolls and jewelry and other stuff
valued at more than a million of dollars.
Both the emperor and empress dowager
sent him valuable presents. The emperor
gave him sixteen pieces of costly satin,
one dragon robe, an image of Buddha and
a lot of autograph proverbs signifying
good wishes and good luck. The empress
also wrote him a lot of autographs. and
gave him a statue of Buddha. She donated
him twelve pieces of satin and a robe
which was made of the throat skins of
sables. which are in China considered the
most valuable OF all furs and can only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-16

and his back. This is made of gold or sill
yer thread, and a stork embroidered on a
mans breast shows that he Is of the first
rank, while If the bird be a pheasant. its
wearer must be of the second rank. For
the other ranks there are peacocks, wild
geese and quail. Each of these squares is
about the size of a ladys pocket handker-
chief and the work is beautifully done
The military officers have their breasts
embroidered the same way. but they use
beasts instead of birds, and lions, tigers
and dragons take the places of the quails
and the storks.
Umbrellas on the Battle Field.
One of the funniest things in the eyes of
the foreigners during this war has been the
fact that the Chinese generals carried UNI
brellas and fans when they went into bat
tie. This is also matter of law. Each
officer has his own rank, and this is fndi-
Gated by the number of umbrellas and ban
ners which are carried in front of him
when he goes out to ride. Even the small
est mandarlns whom saw going through
a Chinese city had one or more dirty red
umbrellas carried on high pole in front
of them, while Falstaff's army Of serv-
ants carried red banners upon which were
the Chinese characters indicating their til
ties An officer CT the first rank has
the right to two fans, and every great
man as he goes through the country
has men in front of him who beat
gcngs to warn the common people to get
out of the way. These umbrellas and ban
ners are always in red. The fans are of
the same color, and officials have carried
fans in China from the remotest antiquity.
1t is impossible to enumerate the little
things which indicate official rank in Chi
ma. Everything has to be just SO, and the
foreigner who tries to go about in style is
sure to make mistakes. For instance, when
went to call upon the Viceroy Ii Hung
Chang had to go in a sedan chair covered
with blue cloth, while the American consul
mo Of ic fH0 rff11 tnI
color. and l. as private citizen, could not
use 1t. These chairs are swung between
poles and are carried by men. You can
tell the rank of the man in the chair by the
brass tips at the ends of the poles. Those
of high mobiles have dragon heads. and be-
low these come heads of lions, while COM
mon citizens must have the ends of the
poles perfectly plain. The winter dress of
these officials is different from their sum-
mer dress, and one of the Tautois of the
Human province whom I saw had on an
official coat lined with fur, while his Off
cial boots were of black broadcloth, with
soles of white wood fully two inches thick.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-16
Honors After Death,
THE IRISH sCHoOLMAsTER.

Many Stories Told of Him In Regions
Where He Prevailed.
From the Scottish American.
In the days when teachers were few and
far between an old-fashioned Irish school
master went the rounds from district to
district. OF him many stories are still told
in the regions through which he Travelled.
He did an excellent work on the whole and
trained in the three RS" many men who
afterward became prominent in public life;
but his broad Irish accent was the occa-
sion of many laughable scenes between him
and his pupils.
On one occasion the master examined his
school from the spelling book before the
committeeman. He always called the boys
by their last names. pronouncing their
Christian names last, as in a roll call.
Brown, Payterr the master shouted.
Peter Brown stepped forth tremblingly.
"Phat is the pleyrul of the wurrud 'fut? :"
Peter had no knowledge of any such word
as "fut," but he answered at random:
"F'utsr'
Wrong We aireT Numbered the master.
1.-THE plyural of 'fut' is fate Sit down.
Bill, Jeems, shtand Opp!
James Bell rose.
"Diffoine the wurrud lake.
"a lake is a large body Of water
"Blockheads we all aire the day!' shouted
the master. angrily: "sure then wuddent
yer own sins till we that lake is hole in
booklet O wather? Mkt b'y-Dooly,
Moichae:"
Michael Dolly stepped up with confident
and somewhat roguish CLEAN in his gray
eyes, He was the son of a recent settler of
the schoolmaster's nationality.
The master quickly perceived the knowing
look in the boys eye.
"An' whoy do We LUX at me wud the car
I'ner yer OF. Dooly Moichael!" he exclainl-
ed. rs it that We think I'd be putin ye u
wurrud in the Oirish language? It's a
hrosue We suspect me af. is it?''
NichaapS frackled feat,1ras
grin, though he tried to suppress it by
keeping his lips shut together very tightly
indeed.
"Faix, We shall have utr said the school
master. Spill and defoine me bhfeiteamh-
nuibh."
This real word from the Irish language
| which means "transgressions," was too
much even for the special knowledge Of the
bright 1risi-Arnerican boy. and "Dooly
Michael went down with the rest.
The committeeman were convinced that
| they had schoolmaster of wonderful cru
dition and capacity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-16
The Obstinate Juror Vindicated

From the Lewiston Journal.
A standing joke around the Maine courts
is the juror who stands out and refuses
to agree with the eleven obstinate men who
don't think as he does. Judges are not apt
have been sknown on occasion to give him
a terrible snubbing. There is still living
in this city, says a Bangor gentleman who
thinks jurors have rights of opinion. as well
as Judges "a man who is very proud of a
little experience he had as juror. 1t was
in Judge Cuttings day. and that excellent
jurist was on the bench. The jury had
heard an important case, and failed to
agree because this particular juror stood
out against the arguments and solicita-
tons of his fellows, and declared he would
stay there till the ants ate him I'D and
carried out his remains through the key
hole before he would consent to what he
believed to be an unjust verdict Judge
Cutting asked how they stood, and the
foreman replied, Eleven to one, your hon.
or Who is the oneg asked the Judge
angrily. Let him stand up The Juror
arose and received a scathing rebuke from
Mr.. Cutting, who peremptorily discharged
him from further duty. The case went
over to the next term, and was again tried,
resulting in verdict in accordance with
the views of the one juror. 1t was then
taken to the law court on motion for a
new trial and was upheld by the full bench
as manifestly right. The man says when
ever he thinks of that case. he thanks God
he had the sand to stick to what he be-
lieved to be right, and take the rebuke a
This will do for an exceptional case, but
the one man against the eleven is not al
ways filled with good judgment as this ono
seems to nave been.
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made out of blue or red silk thread and
when man gees into mourning they are
white silk The average common cap is of
the finest black satin. and 1t surprised me
to find that the shapes of these caps change
from year to year, and that last year S
block is not the proper shape for this year.
The Chinese are as particular about the
cut of their clothes as we are. They have
their favorite fashionable colors, and there
are just as many dudes and handles in
Picking and Canton as there are in New
York and Washington. The official button
is about three times as large as the ordi-
nary silk button. 1t is about as big as the
largest buckeye and it's color and material
indicates the rank of the wearer. 1t stands
straight up on the crown Of the cap and
1t sometimes fastens on the peacock
feather. The highest button is of dark red
coral. Members of the second class of
nobility wear coral ball of light red. The
the fourth of dark blue. A noble or official
of the fifth class wears a ball of crystal,
and mandarin of the sixth class has a
little round ball made of mother-of-pearl
the mandarins of the seventh and eighth
classes who wear big marbles of gold, and
members of the ninth class. who have their
hats decorated with silver balls.
Ihese official caps or hats fit close to the
head, and have brims which are turned up
all around, and extend as high I'D as the
top of the cap. The caps are of black
beaver. and they are usually covered with
c. VI SIN lciSSei, p" DeSluS at tne button
and runs out to the edges of the top. The
laws provide as to the kind of hat an Of
fetal mrst wear. and his dress is regulat-
ed by the statutes. The sleeves of all Of
flcials must be very long and come down
over the hands. and whenever the mobiles
and officials call on the emperor they must
not have their sleeves rolled up. The idea
is that no man can fight we'll with his arms
enveloped In bags, and a would-be assas-
sin, when he is compelled to come in upon
his knees and have his sleeves extending
for a foot beyond his hands, would REQUIRE
some time to prepare for action
Dragon Gowns.
The laws provide that certain colors
shall not be worn by common people, and
only the highest mobiles and the emperor
can wear dresses embroidered with the
five-clawed dragon. A great many of the
officials have their gowns embroidered with
dragons, and you can tell the rank of a
man by the number of gold dragons he has
on his gown, but these dragons must be
fcur-clawed dragons and not five. The laws
regulate the length of the gowns. They
state how the sleeves must be cut and the
number of buttons that an official must
use on his underclothes. Their cuffs must
be cut in the shape of a horses hoof, and
the man who understands the Chinese can
tell just how high an official is and
what he is by his clothes. Every high
noble ard many of the officials as well
wears a square of embroidery on his breast
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-16

look at 1t will give some idea of the queer
ranks and orders of nobility with which
the empire of China Is lIoneycombed. LII
Hung Chang Is a self-made man. His
father was a poor scholar in the province
of Anhui, and he had to scratch around
and skimp himself in order to pay for Lis
education. Lii passed the examinations CT
his own province and those of the district
in which he was located, and when he was
still in his teens he went to Picking and
wrote his essays in the big examination
halls there. Seventeen thousand other stu
dents of all ages, from eighteen to eighty,
were being examined at the same time, and
Ii came out the highest. This gave him
his start, and he was put on the staff of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-16

met a Chinese noble at Marking and took
photograph of him. He had on a black
fur cap, with a peacock feather sticking
out of it's back. His blue silk jacket was
fastened with buttons of gold, and his long
gown was of light yellow satin. He took
me through his establishment, which was
made up of number of houses surround
ing courts.
In one of these courts the family furs
were hung out for airing, and there were
hundreds of fur-ined garments of all
kinds. some of which must have been
worth several hundred dollars apiece. One
of these big officials always has lot of
lackeys about him, and there is a world
Of ponp connected with each one of them.
In every town there are government offices
which are known as Yamens and the gov
eminent clerks and subordinates are called
Yamen runners. The number of these
officeholders are legion. and the office seek
ers are found everywhere by the thou
sands. Foo Chow contains half a million
people, and 1 have heard it estimated that
1t had $4,000 men who held office, though
large number of them were probably con
nected With the government of the province
In which Foo Chow is located. Surprising
each of these men to have five hangers-on.
or to have a family of five. this would make
q total of 125,OOO people to be supported in
some way by offices.
Honors After Death.
The Chinese have way of ennobling men
after they are dead When a man does
eoihe'hhs sieae NC iot oaiy sets honors
himself, but his dead grandfather may he
made marquis or count Memorial
arches are often erected on account of
good conduct and for deeds which have
caused the death Of the doer. Widows who
have committed suicide out of grief for
their husbands have sometimes such arch
es erected for them, and young girls who
have cut pieces of their own flesh out of
their bodies in order to cook them and give
them as medicine to their dying friends
have been so honored.
FRANK G. CARPENTER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-16
ONE TOO MANY.

Superiority of Fools Acknowledged ~
an Easy Victim.
From the Detroit Free Press
The policeman was standing dreamily On
the dock looking out over the silently
moving river when a man, evidently from
the rural districts, came up to him ex-
citedly.
'Say, Mr.. Officer" he exclaimed, ''is Tire
water there deep enough to drown a man
of my size?"
well. should smile." grinned the Of
Ger.
"Jou s'pose I'd drown IL I'd jump into
Likely enough. If didn't fish you OUT
you wouldn't do that if didn't want
you to, would your" he asked. in a hurt
tone.
I'm afraid I'd have to-"
"All the good it would do me. then, wou0
be victim and a suit of store clothes
drawed out of shape?"
That's about it,"
Il guess I might as well h Int, them"
he said. resignedly.
"Just as well, 1 guess" >-Aasaded tho
officer,
'But wouldn't be responsible" said the
man. looking wild again.
'Of course, you would be-" replied the
officer.
y guess not"
ldlotS AIM responsible, are they?"
|. mo. But you are not an idiot"
Amt 1? Well, l guess you don't kno<p
me-"
You don't talk like one"
And I don't look like one, hope" he
said, more nationally, but a snoozer up
town here took me for one awhile ago, and
he didn't miss 1t a millionth part of an
inch"
What do you mean?"
Just what 1 say. I come to town this
morning from up The country with s27 In
my pocket. 1 got to talking with a Teller
in the depot, and after bit he asked me
over and paid for the drinks. Then he
walked me down town, and in front Of Q
big store with bank in front of it, he
stopped, and said he had bill to nav In
there. and would loan him few dollars
on his check, and then he could go to the
bank over the way and get it cashed The
check was for $50, and he said he thought
the bill was $25, but. if 1t was all thesame,
he would take the 81 that I told him
had and would come right back If 1 would
wait outside. So 1 took the check and
waited, keeping my eye on the bank all
the time. like as If it would git away.
Well, 1 waited around there till I thought
they'd sic the dogs on me, and he didn't
come. and then I went over to the bank.
They looked at the check, and-well, You
know the rest. If l amt jack idiot what
am 1? Now, get out of the way and let
me jump in there There was enough durn
fools in the world before 1 got the habit,
and 1 guess l won't be missed. Git out Of
the way" and he began swinging his arms,
but the officer restrained him, and finally
got him headed up street, and watched
him until he disappeared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-16
octoscnnrinn Arrangement. in Main

e.
From the Lewiston Journal
Mr.. William Weeks of Bunker Hill, eigh-
tyfour years old, has been making two
trips a day with two yoke of oxen from his
wood lot to Damariscotta pond, and an
eighty-five-year-old Rockport man is seen
out horseback riding occasionally, but
1.-THE Sheepscot Echo" is excusable for
thinking that one of its neighbors, Mrs
Sarah Mathews, yet takes the lead. That
lady was eighty-six years old last Janu-
airy. but THE Echo" reports seeing her out
coasting recently. and thoroughly enjoying
1t, too.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-16

be worn by the special permission of the
throne. At another time the emperor gave
received more honors than any other
Chinaman who has not noble blood in his
veins.
Few people have any idea of the no
bility of China. The country is divided
Up among the officials and 1t is generally
supposed that offices are only given on