The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-10
,,anchuria, May 20, 1908.

,,on Nanchuria, May 20, 1908.
NJ DeaE lid di YOU in my last letter, we
' s5a 'pef at daylight on the he's sth
Vt and after dellgntr ,a voyage voyage
broagn wang ,uS p hours later. We
It NeVcniftSTin sight OF Port Arthur
srs the japanese f aaa s sne ,du russians d,r
fhe IIss.u rel bottled for SO long our
% secuiff ananese had the Russians SO
/ bg the ;.. BOTTLED bottled for so long during
,s'a lsasnt war; but we could see MOTH or
be recen nom " of the Notifications. The
bg Sul u. was was ideal on the trip and we
Teata Iel.o m enjoyed ourselves, as
81 tno MOI the ship practically to our
f3 lau there being but one other pas
gives . an hoard. We stopped a day
;slssr o Jn where I called on the
N sSsn Consul-General, who invited
lneT'cs1ihn amer that evening. | accept
ne % . u unnrse, and we had a very en-
Cd 81 81. eyening, there being several
GaoLS and gentlemen present. He is
3dIs5 anu anu and comes rom Minnesota,
0acI I.ost there is where he was APP
Of al is4 rom having previously lived
I, lS s,as Consul i'll odessa, Russia,
he ~@' years. and speaks Russian.
1 =. i loIjoving morning our cavalcade
% n .ol,i on Moukden over the
.l,aDCsN Railway from Wing Kou,
llls ar through several important
l',sg7 towns en- route. We had tiff
ID li' md dinner on the train, and ar
ID anu bore at a little after Z o'clock
l'S ~. r evening. where we were met by
u ,n ..onrrosentative, who conveyed us
u ~, IVY rosnective lodgings in a Rus
:.r drosliy and his own dog-cart.
s ,a,b Or Young American, Gregory by
a-uIl' and myself are stopping at the
,.,S, Club, an institution which
~! luaI rorpntIv sprung up in this far
va Mace. It is unique in every
AVE., nss If the word, being located in
S-s, chinese buildings, and furnish
i't IN foreign style. 1t might be in
.,. 81 TO know a little more about
Thu reading room is about so feet
( ,,ng and 20 feet wide, with one door
'nJ onv number of windows, and it
!. tho latter that | will endeavOr to
isscribe. They are a network OF
stbs so arranged as to give the
vbOe affair the appearance OF a
chinese puzzle, over which is pasted
> niece of white transparent paper,
With small pane of glass in the mid
dlp This whole effect is very
rptty and it serves TO give quite suf-
iripDt light as we'll. The interior OF
NE room is ochre painted and there
i no ceiling. The roof is of brick,
Or more correctly speaking, tiling,
but unlike our smooth glossy tiles at
/ tone They are concave and are laid
/ Tithout mortar or plaster of any sort;
| one row is laid with the convex side
hvnwards, and the other vice versa,
/ md so on until the whole is complet-
4 d They are absolutely rainproof so
4 ng as they remain in their proper
Niton, and if the work is done we'll
I hey last long time. Of course there
i re rafters, over which layer OF
1 straw is spread, sometimes, and these
are supported by huge cross beams
| md whole trees for uprights, NOR
/ Used in crude manner.
The walls are bedecked with framed
hctures, consisting of magazine COW
us for the most part, but they are
/ gay looking and not at all inappropri-
tie The floor is covered with three
nagnifcent rugs, products of local
hops, and they are deserving of a
better description than l can give, but
needless to say they are works of art,
/ and durable. There are several fine
Father chairs, as we'll as long couches
attending the full width (almosD of
ne room at either end, and along the
Me by the door there are two
Iangs," or Chinese platforms, on
Slcn are placed more easy chairs,
I'D 1t is here that one reclines and
'adS during the early evening. They
ae lnnumerable papers, magazines,
MRS' ETC., and on the whole it is a
NAsnttul place and a great deal of
Geot is due to the small community
foreign gentlemen who have con-
%l'ed and achieved this club where
VI Oh them meet in the evening and
universe, read or write. They also
nave TWO small bed rooms, where we
NV ny saying, together with a bar room,
%ard room and cardroom COM
aaN' We got our meals there
the boy having a cook and
dhes, &c.
.' U1F posses are stopping with our
S. @ representatives here, young Aus
S talaa by the name of Brown. He
T tS oil alone in the native city in a
S i,lese mousse, and he has it nicely
n n% up and is very comfortable. He
r Saas lne language like a Chinaman,
Sa Is great help to anyone living
@e interior; in fact, it is absolute
,,t essential, as but very few of the
! lives IVES speak English. I wish I could
NJ WE IT, as would then soon pick up
an language myself; of course, 1
rtb, unaerstand a little as it is, but
ouv worth speaking about. One
Nh VI t nen leaves here Friday, the
Sa.ri or Europe to spend his
nns OF, as he describes it, 81 am
roT.o M Europe where all the old
ss huu u war horses spend their de-
81 5Srs' Years" He is travelling alone.
lin IN Nc IS IN Denmark. | first met
Ia Sa view i York city three years ago,
gsncb,SSa line old gentleman.
G6a ruufla lies east and north of
nrb 5 upper and is bounded on the
Ia And nnussla, on the east by Rus
lelov Q Oorea, on the south by the
I'D tSo ' va, and on the west by China
Manob elloW Sea The inhabitants
a&ougb II are mostly manchus.
GDsse A there are a number of
Resent Here' 1t Was here that the
kukdsn !cynasty was established
trnerlLr Is the capital of Manchuria
adent thls country was an indie
aacbn. monarchy, inhabited by
as aso exclusively, put about $40
liza H. a. curing an instruction in
i6o,, lucy marched nm Pakino with