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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-08-11
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To a European. e.yan TO stIn joints
and corpulency a Japanese dinner IS a
tedious experience but O. real japanese
dinner including chopsticks lacquer
trays and tiny cups. is a thing never to
Doe forgotten.
The guests remove their shoes on
entering the house and, except when
provided with @ pair of cotton over
shoes must spend the evening 90 stock
i1gea feet unle7s happily the host has
an extra pair The wife Of O japanese
gentleman does not preside at his table
unless there are ladies' iu the party but
appears with tha tea and sweetmeats
which always preceje "a dinner She
merely Erccts the guests and appears
again only when the goodbys are said.
silken cushions are scattered about the
floor ana the guests are arranged ace
cording TO rank for the japanese are,
of course. great s,.cker7 for form and
ceremony Little tables some six inch
es high. are placed before each one and
hareiopted waiting maids inguCetuland
prettily tinted kImonos bring in lacquer
trays with several tiny covered bowls.
Before leaving the trays on the tables
they set them on the floor and, drop
ping on their knees make their best
bow touching their foreheads To- the
floor
The host sets am eyampl, by rem0y-
Ing the covers from the tiny bowls. and
The guest, doing likewise. finds an as
sortment OF food quite new and geuer-
ally most distasteful. mastering up
much skill, one attempts getting the
food on chopsucks from the tables TO
ones mouth The first few times most
of 10 falls on the floor or 90 ones lap
The wretched sticks wabbo and cross
each other as II focused When almost
desperate, the good host is apt TO come
to the rescue by suggesting lifting the
bowls and with the aid Of a ohOpstIck
shoyeiing the food In. as one would p0-
tatocs into q barrel
Tn each course there ere half q dozen
dishes and the host tells what they are
First a bean soup, chestnuts boiled
and crushed. fsh, picked tine and roll
ed into littie balls and baked raw fish,
cut into thin slices and covered with
ice This is dipped into rich sauce
called SOY and is really very good.
Little cups Of warm sake. the native
brandy made of rice are served with
each course. Napkins and bread are
unknown quantities,
The second course Is a small FISH boil
cd whole; bits of fowl boiled with p0ta-
toes or lotus root: a salad OF onions
peas and beans with a few leaves OF
lettuce, sea snails served with eggplant
mashed and a thick soup made OF fish
and vegetables, with mushrooms for o
relish
The third course Is a curry OF rice
and picked vegetables, and for q fourth .
and final course you have sort of
,grmiceli served with soy and q sweet
iqueur called mirin, shiruko rice cakes .
'eaweed and confectionery OF an Sorts .
which are very sweet and taueloss
During the dinner each guest rises
and proposes the health of the host
and one other guest until the whole
party IS disposed or This custom Is
rather hard on the guests, for sake is ]
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ants charged with any such duty.
What l suggest is a grand states build
ing-not a Federal institution IN any
sense, but a peoples building where
every man from every state may feel
40 home-bUllt for his comfort and I'm
his interest principally
The plans Tor such q building should
be made by the very best architect I'm
the land, and be should be- chosen IN
an honestly managed. clean COMPETE
ton open to all the architects Of the
country
The site Is q magnificent one-a grand
opportunity for am architectural dis
play, fronting. as 10 does. one face on
the proposed government thoroughfare
and one upon Pennsylvania avenue the
principal commercial artery OF the city.
1t Is directly opposite where it Is pro-
posed 10 erect a mammoth union rail-
way station. and therefore will be
about The first thing one sees upon
reaching town and should also be every
strangers objective point
on the first floor fronting the new
avenue, there should be the states
rooms, also great reception rooms,
checkrooms, toilets and a bureau OF
inquiry. where guides may be obtained
90 do the city. and also the names Of
hotels, boarding houses and am other
useful information The states rooms
would mn the first and pretty nearly an
the second story these rooms 10 be
regular offices for each state--a meet
Ing place for all visitors from that
state, a sort Of home for the way
larer. in charge Of a state officer noted
for his good humor and patience, whose
duty 1t would be 70 be Of as much sery-
Ice TO his co-Citizens as possible
There would be registers in each
room, where every one from that state
would give all the information concern
ing his whereabouts and the duration
Of his visit that he might see III, a post.
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MIR. RALrorn AVID rnE eoLr Gun.

a rather amusing story IS going the
rounds In London of Mr. A. j. BaIf1ur
and the Casslobury Golf club The 9TH
or day Mr.. Balfour and Lord George
Hamilton went down to have a game Of
golf on the Glastonbury golf links near
Watford There Is rather a sensible
rule 10 force al this club which enables
members 10 always get into q cab
which is going 10 the club from the sta-
ton by paying sixpence The rule,
however, on this occasion was the
cause OF rather a surprise FOR a golfer
and the two right honorable gentlemen.
The expectant golfers had ensconcad
themselves in their cab and were Just
driving OF when an excited looking in-
diyidual with golf clubs, rushed out
Of the station and stopped the carriage
merely uttering a mumOied phrase
about there being room for another
and got in Mr.. Balfour and his friend
were considerably surprised as they
were unaware OF the rule But when
they arrived az the end OF the short
journey and their fellow traveller calm
by offered Mr. Balfour sixpence as bis
share Of the fare, their surprise quickly
changed 10 amazement However, when
the bylaw was explained Mr. Baltol
not only laughed az their eXperieuo.
but commended so exceedingly con-
ven!ent an arrangement.
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objection to their wrtipg i.e.
attending to their constituents in 90. 10.
halls OF congress. III tda
This building would ba ,-,.-..
situated for their purposes i, '...'llly
way between the capitol ana ,t ii'l'
departments. While each come W.. uIg
would have q workroom. amri. ,'''.ln
Ton rooms. parlors and waiting 800
would be provided. where tbg, ' '..l-
give ear 20 their constiuapfs, ,-. ,.-.l
ana indulge Ia social converse.
In the top story there mlpbt b..
'aurant barber and bath arungaro, r ~,
ana other features OF club M. U. .'
owe It TO our congressmen m NE
their life here as comfortable no 100.
bic. IL may also tend TO lmrr1,.
rather TO Keep up, the prasap, t,.,
standard Of legislation. '''"
II ought to be the object OF sy...
state TO keep on NE IN It's gu3ft.,. ~
this building a mass Of useful n.tg ,as
figures about It's commerce. etc l-..-
which It's Representatives mipht r.t ,...
data at moments notice that fr.y
may need This would lIiimafaI,. ..
ate an exchange bureau here vss..
one might find out anything he ,ysr,s
10 know about any or every stat. Do
would tend 20 unity the states t...
them IN as close touch socially ..5
commercially as the capitol does mold.
icllly To the nation as who'd. ...
can readily see how infinitely r...
beneficial such a building with u...
purposes would be than is even m-
beautiful library Of congress
According 20 my plan. when ms
screens are raised the auditorium lana
the grand han may be thrown tar..tar
the exhibits desks. etc. I'm the at..l
lowered 20 the s,orerooms Do the nr.a.
ment, and you would have one ....
hall capable OF aCcomm0laUre &. .1
people for great conventions and ...
semblies. You would decorate n.s
room every four years and have .r In.
augural BAH there that would ba soma.
thing 20 remember As Ct is now. tts
work Of an entire branch OF tha e...
eminent has to be virtually stopped flop
a couple OF weeks 90 order that Hs
building may be prepared for thaJ cen.
em0ny Surely we are wealthy enough
TO AFFORD the luxury of one such H.n
owned by us Jointly at the Fedora.
capital Of our country
+, w. FITZPATRICK.
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/ office, where letters may be addressed
10 its care, the principal newspapers
OF that state kept on file, writing ma
terial etc.-in fact, a room for the par
ticular comfort and use OF every one
visiting the nations capital from that
state.
These large rooms would open into q
grand hall, lighted from above the Sec
ond story and the fun size Of the light
court OF the building In this hall OF
states court there might be por-
. toned on sections for the display Of eX-
hiblis from each state, its products.
etc, but Il would be chiefly a great
lounglng ROOM whore people from the
four corners Of our country might meet.
get acquainted and feel az home. on
this court and closed from st by drop
screens in ordinary times would Doe the
auditorium, fronting on Pennsylvania
avenue A great galleried amphithea-
ter seating 5000 people at least. and
seven wide exits and broad stairs
would allow OF quickly emptylng It's
crowds directly 20 the street level and
In immediate proximity 20 an the car
lines This auditorium would be for the
use Of an the great conventions Assem-
bling here, each 70 arrange a long
time ahead for dates, etc. with the
board OF control.
Scattered over the various floors
would be the congressional committee
rooms. The reason Tor their being in
this building Is that. although congress
when IN session meets at noon. until
then the congressman are at their Of
fees. scattered through the business
blocks OF the city or In their committee
rooms az or about the capitol. Having
these committee rooms near their Of
fees would be a wonderful convenience
These men are here IN the interests OF
their states Il is but just that those
states furnish them an office where 9th.
err than the purely legislat tive business
Of the state may be attended 10. Ev-
cry day too, there is growing a greater
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TO turn their weapons against the un.
lucky I'll and Ho. who were promptly
executed, The Chinese astronomers
knew what to expect after that for an
imperial edlct proclaimed that when
they give notice OF an eclipse too soon,
let them be put to death without any
forgiveness. and when after the time
let the same thing happen TO them"
That event occurred about Zl5o b. G.
and a thousand years later the imperial
heart had not softened. apparently. for
mention Is made OF one Chow Sin per-
haps "a remote ancestor OF the modern
"Ah SIM. who was the first 10 use
ivory chopsticks and who was so cruel
that an his subjects feared him Tie
became infatuated with an abandoned
woman, and to please her invented
several kinds Of torment. with which
he experimental upon his victims. one
was called the heater" This was "a
piece OF rcdhot metal, which the un-
fOrtunates were compelled TO hold In
their hands. Another was known os
the rooster which consisted Of a well
creased copper pillar over a pit full ot
burning charcoal Onthis the condemned
man was compelled TO walk. and when
his feet Slipped he fen into the fire and
was roasted alive. 20 the great delight
OF Chow Sin and hts inamorata. In Or
der 20 settle @ discussion as 20 which
had the most marrow In their bones.
young men or old men, the king caused
number to have their legs broken.
and these are the first victims mention
ed as having directly suffered in the
cause OF science.
Accustomed as they were 90 deeds o.
cruelty. the Chinese of every az. Iav.
revelcd IN bloodshcd snd shown am
amazing inscnabMy to suffering
From the earliest times also they have
displayed an nsensatr hatred of fore
e.guers, who from the Grst they termed
'harbarIaus.' 10 was in tha reign Ul
Muh, about 1000 b. c.. that the DEGREES
were enacted known as the Give great
punishments." which were cutting OFF
the nose, ears and feet, branding and
death A thousand different kinds OF
crime were punishable 10y the first two.
300 by he third, 300 by the fourth. while
there we're 200 which incurred the death
penalty. But an these could Doe c0m-
muted by money payments. according
10 O published scale. and this system of
compromising with crime has operated
20 the enrichment Of the mandarns
and the corruption Of the courts up 90
the present time.
one OF the greatest fighters Of hIs age
was the Emperor Wa Ti who was vice
tori1us n mon. han I'D battles but who
was so guperu-.lus That he always
carried with him O. famed magician
WI being DESTROYS of receiving a mos-
sage direct from the gods. the magician
al laH' told Dim he would dni 10 inside
a certain cow which Ia ordered killed
The mo age was found as f0retoIJ
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WHERE POLICEMEN ARE Drsr.

Japan has a police force modelled
something after the French system
Ia various places throughout Tokyo
there are small kubanchos. which are
something like the British sentinel
boxes, but larger.
Three men are attached 10 each box
daily. One remains inside, resting
while anothe. stands az the door and
the third patrols a beat and returns at
regular intervals 10 the box. stations
are changed every eight hours. After
"a hours work the three policemen are
given the same length OF time to rest
and three other men are sent 70 the
box.
During their "onf' days the men are
employed IN taking a census making
reports regarding the condition OF
streets, bridges. emhankments. drains
and cemeteries. They also report Wed
dings, births. deaths. theatrical per-
iormances and the presence Of suspi'
cious people.
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RACES occurred. Our minister 90 Pc
king requested a guard 70 protect the
legation and 30 marines We're sent
from United States war vessels. while
early In the war the four great powers
had made an agreement that their
forces should protect each others cit
liens or unite for common defense II
necessary
10 was IN january OF the present
year. shortly after the outbreak that
Mr Brooks OF the north China mis-
sion was killed by Boxers az Tai
an-fu, being the first martyr of this
uprising. Later two others, the Rev.
HI " Norman and Rev Charles Rob-
ius7n, were murdered at Yung chin,
ana In addition thousands Of native
converts have been reported killed at
various missions
TRUMAN J.. JAMESON.
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them to flight by setting up a row of
wooden lions which caused them 10
turn tell and charge upon their owners
He Il was who mGssacred all the Bud
dhist priests Ia his empire and destroy
ed their idols and their temples. But
he was no more enlightened than the
others, Tor his soldiers. when they
marched through the enemys country.
impaled tender babes on their pixies
and gloated over their ag0nlzed wrIth-
ings while held high IN air. a sue
cessor Of his, a hundred years later,
while suppressIng a conspiracy against
his throne, seized the rinsleaders and
boiled them IN q caldron OF OIL
Early In the seventh century q rebel
lion was suppressed by the reisuIng
omreror, VINO murdered more than 30.-
900 people In cold blood The most
sangulnary insurrectIon that ever dew
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De- the largest known In many years
LAS, years crop was small one.
caused principally by the floods .n ,he
Erazos valley. but this year the trees
are loaded with nuts The price is
better than usual owing TO the fact
that there Is no surplus from last year
and that the demand for the nut stead
i.y grows. ST. Louis Is the great mar
ket Tor the Texas nuts, and thence
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bar as 10 was ln The marlolan's hand.
writing. wa I'll had him killed. too
In the third century. A. H.. there
arose "a certain queen whose acts uro-
claimed her a worthy predecessor OF
me present empress douagar OF China.
ior She SCI up and pulled down rulers
galore starved her rivals 90 death ana
murdered am uncle OF the emperor be-.
cause Inc opposed her She was finally
overihrown. and her husband took hIs
revenge upon the mau1arIns by conns-
eating the wealth of Sun-sln. who was
The Crpsus of that time.
About the middle OF the nth century
CHINA was ruled by "a WHY emperor
who. when opposed by herds OF trained
elephants on the T0nqlln border. put
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About days journey north Picking
the mountains through which eventually
rd their tumphanty
wild and broken all the
horses FOR Is the great toward Siberia
Russian army may march it carries out its scheme invasion
ton with the Chinese
The NankOw s n In
TO CHINA and In addition being natural
is the ancient
work 1900 miles in length
10 miles In length rugged Of
the way through sort Of canyon and beneath frownng
Beyond the pass lie the great plains of Mongolia
horses are raised and whence centuries
Gengh Khan
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ad.at the French were paid 100000 taes
as compensation 20 OF the chief rioters
were executed and q deputauon OF Chic
Nos. proceeded 20 Paris 20 make o.
formal and humble apology.
After The war with Japan. In 1885,
the Chinese government did not aH0.I
sufficient protection 90 strangers. pare
Jgu.ar'y missionaries. and several cute
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they are distributed an over the world.
London Paris and Naples taking large
quantities ot them. They are used all
most altogether In the confectionery
trade.
The Amur about which we are begin
ming 20 hear so much In the Russo
Chinese complications. IS one OF the
-FOUR gigantic rivers Of Siberia. each Of
which measures 5000 miles. The other
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three, the Obi Yenesei and Lena, drain
northward, but the Amur. a magnih-
cent waterway runs eastward, defining
the modern frontier Of Manchuria. and
empties into the Pacific Control Of
the Amur river gives Russia free com
munications from the interior with the
Pacific, something essential to her pol
icy.
Artificial stone steps are becoming
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THINGS THAT ARE TALKED OF.

The Johnsors whose names appear In
the Chicago city directory number
$3.50. and have q clear majority OF 1850
over the Smiths
When Robert Herrlck. the novelist
and professor Of English IN the Uni
versity OF Chicago. married his FIRST
cousin De had TO 60 to Milwaukee TO
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at the capitol The functions Of these
bodies are legislative. yet the capitol
90 an intents and purposes Is a federal
institution, and the sovereign American
people as individuals have little 20 say
or do there. We keep consuls In pretty
nearly every city Of Importance In the
world, but In this capital, the people. 8
very own. there Is no one Of their sery-
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popular in Germany. a design imltat-
Ing a staircase carpet OF any desired
color Is pressed into the steps when
the material Of which they are made is
stlll soft The figures penetrate 10 "a
considerable depth and last as long as
the steps.
II y said that there are In all New
York only ten japanese women. one
Of these, Miss shIdzu Naruse. viii
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have the marriage performed, the 1000.
nois laws forbidding the marriage OF
cousins
The pineapple crop Of Florida ls exc
pected 10 break an previous records.
The value OF the crop on the east
coast alone win be 10 excess OF S300.0J0
The pecan crop Of Texas promises 10
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hery stun and goes 20 ones head more
quickly than brandy To make matters
worse after one has drunk the health
OF all Oh. company 70 Is customary 90
drink the health of the Mattresses, who
poo" their Iore0oals 20 the noor In ace
encouragement When an Is over, one
.e''s very hungry and stir In the
joints
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shortly return TO her native town.
Kobe, Japan, and there establish q hos
pital Miss Naruse was one OF 20 youn5
women nurses who received diplomas
recently az the New York hospital,
Booker T. Washington, In an address
10 the people OF his race In Savannah
recently said the two things most
needed by the negroes OF the SCUM
were a toothbrush and a bathtub.
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practlced the

English sentences he had learned from
Mr. Neld, an English resident On Brls-
sells, 50 years ago, much prding hIm-
self on the vernacular OF his Seat
down"
The gallant duke. when he arrived at
the outer portals OF the Vatican, was
addressed by a guard who said. This
way your royal hlghness' The duke
started with relief; he was ria, for the
moment OF his Latin. The same cypa-
rlence met him at each turn. and 90 the
anterooms It was repeated. Reaching
at last the door Of the pope's private
apartment, the duke was met by a mon.
signor whose mother was English and
whose own accent Is native. as be ot'
fered TO take his royal highness' hat
We'll, I'm something or other hlurt
ed out the astounded visitor. But 70
was a word the pope did not remember
20 have learned from Mr.. Neld.
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Az AsTnNIsuEn NIKE

The Duke OF Cambridge and his
friends have many stories TO tell OF bis
recent stay IN Rome one of BITS expert.
onces is specially characteristic of a.l
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the parties COM
cerned on the
occasion Of a
visit 10 the Vat
lean the duke,
hearing from q
friend that &c
was proper TO
talk Latin there,
brushed up %
few phrases and
IdNaN OIls Inc
Vatican on lis
part was equal
ly punctilious
All guards who
could speak Eng
lish were order
ed 70 the front
The chamber
lains Of English
nationality or
speech were re-
Quired TO at
tend and the
pope himself