The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-12

The canllestick which cost III Hung
Chaue nine cents 10 make and which Us
sold 20 an importer for So. is declared no
idle story. This takes place every cas-.
III Ike, the United States. but he also
likes CrinI. II he can get good Amtli-
can dollars for himself and his Industries
Doe will not refuse them. But the Amcii-
cans are learning the cost of things. ana
III Will fad Dis reign of immense prouts
must change 10 one or fair prout only.
MAKING CYCLES.
r. is said thar Lis last and greatest
mercantile investment Is the making Of
bicycles Dum0r has IL that a hundred
thousand BICYCLES made IN Japan VIII
Shortly arrive here. They were mide
GA che granted land ~ ii Hung Chang.
It is untaxei property, and be pays no
rental for his buildings, which were put
up hy granted servants az no expense.
Tho material in the bicycles cost song
and tho labor even less. Tor 'hinesr
w0rhmon willingly work Tor turnip n
DAY and dinner " rice. Those machines.
saws this rum0r can be sold here FOR Sl3
apiece. such as they are. Ihat DIS the way
tho TT Hung fortune was made.
The personal characnor.etics or this
statesmen are great good -nun0r. ltc ls
always eood-natnred, always lalghinS-
j. BIS two years Co day since tnc In
uaror took away that yellow riding iuck-
a. and deprived him Of the priced paa-
cock feather, and for six months II had
without these decorations. ltls soldiers
hardly knew him. His title OF Prince,
bestowed upOn him n few years ago. WAS
threatened. and Dee was 10 be deprived OK
the guardianship OF the Grown Prince.
Put through 10 AN the old Chuaman was
unmovoi. Zee know that his counsel was
necessary % the Emperor. and no smiled
with al. indulgence at the mistakes Of his
sovereign.
when tho Jacket and tho feather were
O.. .ff faa|.rI L ina e.
his homo. ninety miles away. and frollck-
ed a whole evening with his grandchil-
dran In the plain little home he occupies.
Since the war ii Hung Chang has taken
M civilized. or. as he calls them, West
crn customs with a zeal no never sup
posed himself capable Of before. lie has
tasted Western cooking. and he likes 10.
10 has had German soldiers IN his COM
mand and he finds them clear-headed.
Tie has had French wOrkmcn directing
his factories. and never such work was
turned ont before. Ills watches are equal
10 Geneva works. He had tried seamen
from ENGLAND. and such seamen ne never
saw before. These foreign productions
have made him unpopular az home, and
n is doubtful n he could now muster
such n personal calling as used 70 be
~ Cl.nese Gordon wanted II hun
Chang TO head a rebellion and overthrow,
the Chinese DYNASTY. Ihen ne coul~
have done IL. Now it IS doubtful
DEf - Il FL ~ 49,
4 great regularity about the old states
man who will visit rs is that he loves
Chinese personal customs. He WIN not
cut an inch from his queue. nor let a iuzI
grow upon his yellow forehead His med
feline b. as Oriental as II was IN the days
when the Chinese let man With 2
hr0fon arm die because III was me VIII
OF the ancestors" And his superstltons
are strong When away from home he
carries the the bit OF red cloth religiousiy.
Ills worship is 10 his fathers. and when
his mother died. few years ago. he
resigned everything and mourned IN ashes
for months according 10 his religion.
~ some OF the notices Of this the nap
piest rich man In the world might be
copied by other rich men, trouble in
homes OF wealth would be scarcer.
Let the family OF man who has