The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-11

new one is duly installed at the legation.
These Chinese diplomats have some queer
requirements of etiquette co observe in
their dealings one with another. For in
stance, when a new minister arrives at a
capital TO receive his predecessor, he must
go 10 "a hotel with all his retinue and re-
main there five days before taking charge.
This is an act of courtesy TO the outgoing
/ minister As the rctinue of a Chinese
! diplomat usually consists Of 10 or 20 per-
\ sons the rule is good one for the hotel
| keepers. After the new man has beer in
| town five days he may present his credcn-
tials. Then rho old minister passes over
to him the great seal, and this is done
with tremendous ceremony. Not till the
great seal has been transferred does the
new man assume the responsibilities of
his post. Nor does the requirement of dip
lomatic etiquette end here. The outgoing
minister must not leave town 40 once.
That would not be courteous 10 his sue
cessor, according to the Chinese notion.
He, too, must stop at hotel. The time
which he must linger near by, ready TO
give any assistance or advice which his
successor may require of him, is fixed At
4S hours. When the two days have passed,
and not before, he is free TO go his way.
1t Is scarcely necessary TO add that all
these points Of etiquette were duly or.
served on the occasion of the exchange of
ministers mt the Chinese legation Il few
days ago
The New Minister.
The new minister is already becoming
quite popular here He speaks fluent Eng
lsh, having been educated in London,
where he actually hung out his shingle
and practiccd law for time. His COM
mand of our language gives him tremen-
dous advantage over any of the Chinese
ministers we have had here in recent
years, and he is making the most of it,
He is rs curious as Ii Hung Chang At
all the dinners he attends, all the recep-
tons and in all his official and personal
intercourse, he asks innumerable qucs-
tons. BY the time he receives orders to
move on TO some other capital--the Chi
nese diplomats are permitted to stay only
tbree years at u place--he will be able to
write big book on what he knows about
America
President Mckinley has not yet sought
much amusement at the capital Beyond
an occasional horseback ride he sticks very
close TO his work at the White House.
Years ago the president was very fond of
baseball While q member of congress and
later as governor of Ohio he was frequently
seen at the games. 1t was supposed when
he came down here to be the chief magis- |
tratc of the nation that his love for the
national game would be found as strong
as ever. The local manager built for the
president use in the top of his grand stand
u nice little box, equipped with dozen
chairs, and sent the key of it TO the presi-
dent with his compliments. Mr. McKin-
ley promised TO make use of it, but up to
this time has not done so.
An Amazing Fact.
One Of tho most curious things in HUI |
man nature is the penchant which some |
men have for getting their skins full of |
rcd liquor at the oldest imaginable places |
and under the strangest circumstances. |
was once in the Mammoth cave with a |
large party of excursionists, and four out |
Of five of them appeared to have craze |
for drink. The disease became contagious,
and in two or three hours the number of |
cases of intoxication was amazing to be- |
hold. The strange part of it was that the |
liquor did not take effect till the men had |
from the cave into the open air. |
Then 1t came upon them with most dis |
astrous results In New York at the Grant |
exercises / was amazed to see so |
many cases of drunkenness among the |
guests. One would think that there, of all |
places and OF all times, whisky would be |
the last thing man would think of, but |
1t was not so. On account Of the inclem- |
ency of the weather large number of the |
spectators had provided themselves with |
bottles Ito ward off pneumonia" and, al |
though no pneumonia has been reported |
The number of DRINKS passed all belief. 1 |
saw distinguished senator fall off his |
chair, so full was he. / saw member of |
congress disporting huge bottle and oc- |
casionally drinking from it right at the |
door of the tomb of Grant. Many other |
instances of disgraceful intoxication did I |
witness on that OCCASION
1t Is pity the architects who designed |
The United States capitol did not have |
modern ideas of providing light and air.
There is no gloomier or stufIier place i'm |
any public building in this country than |
The corridors of the house of representa- |
tiyes AT the doors where cards are sent in |
by visitors who want to see members. All |
the daylight comes in from little win |
low at the end of the narrow corridor, and |
that is occasionally hidden from view by |
the passing up or down of the house Gle |
vator. To add to the difficulty the attend |
ants of the house, whether from careless.
ness or those principles of economy which |
are sometimes supposed to be official vir- |
tues am unable to say, fail TO keep more |
than one little sickly gas jet burning.
A Venerable Bishop.
Bishop Thomas Bowman, the Oldest liy- |
Ing member of the episcopacy of the Meth
odist church, has announced his deter |
TO retire from active work. He |
has gone to Evanston, Ills, to spend the |
remainder Of his days with his daughter.
Bishop Bowman is not quite so years of |
hge. He Is in perfect health and in DOS.
session of all his wonderful mental powers. |
Among church people Bishop Bowman |
Will go down in history as the greatest |
builder of churches of his time. When he
went to st. Louis, % years ago. there were |
but three English speaking Methodist |
churches there. All the increase has been
largely due to his efforts. 1t is said that |
he has built more than 100 churches In
Missouri alone His eloquence has brought |
out contributions to build at least 900 |
churches, and he has dedicated over 1, 900.
NO state or territory is without a church
that was dedicated by him. There are not
many counties in the United States tbot