Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-07-18

so the servant pushes the stem OF the
pipe into his mouth. ii Hung Chang
takes Que or two whils, and the servant
tnCrcupon takes away tue pipe, while
~ go-s on with bis Ia sing.
At DINNER WITH ~.
Ii Hung Cnang Is not entirely unac.
customed to fore gn ways and foreign
food. At the banquet which attended,
both foreign and Chinese courses were
served. and ! noticed thai the v.ceroy
plftook equally Of both He can use a
fork as well rs chopslicks, and during
the chat / had with him he told me that
he liked q mixture Of the Chinese and
European diet. lie said h. believed in
plenty Of vegetables, but rather thought
that foreigners ate too much meat AT
this dinner III had two or three servants
about his chair all the time. These
were ready to oUoy his every motion.
They assisted him IN his eating aud IN
keeping his dress straight and from
time to time brought around a stcamng
white cloth for him to mop his lace dur.
ing the meal. This, however Is only
the chinese custom, aud IL must not be
understood as Indicating that the great
earl was Ia bad health " too old to take
care Of himself lie b., YOU know,
about seventy but he Is iull OF vital.
ity, and mentally and physically he IS as
young as many a man OF fly. lie has
both an English and a hncse physician
with him, and Il IS probable that the
Eugish physician will continue 10 al
minister the electric baths to his chez Ks
to which ii has been accustomed tJr
some years. Tie had some time u.o
paralysis Of the face, aud he has cured
THIS by the use oi electricity. During
my stay in Ten Isin he was taking
these electric baths, having them adj.
ministefed something like an hour
day, and he Oiicn said electricity acted
upon him like tonic and gave him new
lie.
WHY riR BULLET WAS NOT EXTRACTED.
In IL Hung hang face youmly still
see the mark At the bullet with which
he was shot by the japanese crank dur.
ing his recent stay In Japan Tie ball
went ~ just below the lett eye and ~ a
marked scar. The bullet Is stll IN his
face, and was, Il IS said, recently photo.
graphed by means oil the y rays. 1T
Hung hangs great bravery during this
shot has never been in print. lie
showed wonderful nerve during the time
that the doctors were probing tor the
bullet. lie allowed them 10 dig around
IN his lace. and at one TIM, whel one OF
the doctors had driven the probe into
the bone and was tapping away at Il,
saying he had found the bullet, ii re.
piled that he was mistaken aud that he
was digging NJ the bone and not at the
lead. After the bullet was found the
question as to whether Il should be cx.
tracted was raised. ii Hung Chaug's
son, however, refused to allow this with.
out he had special permission to that
effect from the emperor. lie said that
u Il was n question only Of the life OF his
father he could permit il, but tina. Ia
tits case II Hung Chang was the mes.
senger from the throne. lie repre-
senied the emperor, and that he could
not venture to have his life put In dan.
ger without first teiegraphing to Pckug.
The situation was critical at this time.
and to have telegraphed would have
meant a delay OF thirtysix hours. The
doctors thought II best not 10 wait
They concluded 10 risk leaving the bul.
let In his cheek and the wound Yves
sewed up. Il rapidly healed, and tile
yiccroy has now entirely recovered from
Us effects.
EARL ~ AND GEN. FOSTER.
The above information was given me
by General John w. Foster, imme.