MIX-LEUUKI) POLICEMEN.
Thr Airrat of n Hriiitkru Ant "on*
thlaitf A limit Animal I'rUoiia *il l*rl
■ (Mil l ■
"Just cast your eye over this," Hui<!
a nuturalist. "There Is evidence that
among the animals theru is a police
department or an atnbitlnnce corps,
one or the other."
The reporter closed one eye, holding
It shot with one hand, and with the
other gn ed through a powerful mag
nifier. II" saw three ants, and one
was appan iitlv in a very maudlin con
dition. It raised its legs in the air,
waved its head to and fro like an ele
phant, and evinced a decided desire to
walk backward. In the mean time
the other two ants were vainly en
deavoring to coax it along, tit lirst
caressing it with their antenna', and
finally, as if out of patience, seizing it
and man hi it off out of the range
of vision.
. "That," d the naturalist, "is a
casoof-dru „ and disorderly; #lO or
ten days.' 1 :eel the ant on sweetened
rum, so th it was actually drunk;
then I admitted two sober ants to see
if they would take care of it. and you
see they have done so.
"The idea of intoxicating ants is
original with Sir John Lublmek. He
found that ants nearly always arrested
other ants that he had made drunk. In
fact, if you asked me what was the
most intelligent animal next to man I
should -ay the ant. No, not because
he will get drunk, but for a thousand
reasons."
"lio you suppose ants imprison their
kind for offencesasked the reporter.
"There is no doubt of it," w;is the
reply, "as they imprison vast numbers
of insects for various ri asons. In fact,
the lower animals have their prisons
and prisoners as well as we do. <>f
course they are a little different, bit
we must allow for a difference in
tastes. Everybody knows how ants
make prisoners of various species of
aphides, and slaves of their own kind.
One of the most remarkable cases of
imprisonment is that of the bird horn
bill, so called from the wonderful de
velopment of its bill, which is only
used in crushing fruit. The breeding
season is probably not looked forward
to with any great degree of pleasure
by the birds, as it is a period of close
imprisonment for the mother and of
great labor for the father 1 inl. As
the time approaches the female search
es for a hollow tree. and. having form
ed a rude nest. tak-s her place within.
The male now flies away and returns
with its bill full of mud. which it
plasters about the opening of the nest.
Load after load is thus brought and
laid on until the i revics is completely
plastered up, with the exception of a
single oritiee large enough to admit
the bill of the prisoner. The mud
soon hardens, a&d.the bird is firmly en
closed. and so remains until the young
are hatched ami well grown. The
male bird is not a hard jailer, however,
but works to obtain food for its mate,
so that she comes out of prison in
much better condition than her unfor
tunate jailer.
"Trees are not the only prisons,"
continued the speaker. "In marine
life there is no end of prisons ami
prisoners. For example, here is the
beautiful sponge called Venus's llower
basket which grows in eastern se.is.
They are unsightly objects when first
taken up. the rich sheeny silvery
framework that we see being merely
the skeleton of the sponge, so to speak.
So much like basket work is this skel
eton that when they w ere first brought
to Europe they were supposed to !*•
the worn of men, and so brought fabu
lous prices. In this one that 1 have
you see there are two prisoner crabs,
but how did they get in ? Each Is as
large as the end of your little finger,
and the largest hole in the skeleton is
not larger than a pinhead."
"The reporter gave it up.
"The truth is," said the naturalist,
I "that the crabs are prisoners for life,
and have served out a life sentence.
If their younger days these cral are
dMled by different names, and in one
the zoea—Miey ar extremely
small, and live a roaming sort of life.
During this time our craha must have
crawled through the minute window
of the living sponge, ami were unable
to get out. The sponge grew, and so
did the crabs. Finally the s|>onge was
fished up, and the animal matter was
washed away, b-aving the bright,
silvery prison with the two great
prisoners crawling about—as great a
puzzle as the egg in the liottle."—yew
York Sun.
f ■
1 Lang Service.
John Qutncy Adams received a sala
■rj from the United States government
■ for sixty-nine years, and the sum total
HP must have amounted to one-half a
million. At the close of his presiden
tial term he had had fifty-two years of
office-holding, and bis salary had ag
gregated $425,000; still, he had seven
teen years of congress after this, and
died at the capitol at a congressional
session. At the ago of fourteen ho
went to llussia as tlio private secreta
ry id the American legation,and he was
in after years minister to England,
• ,'i ritiuny, Portugal, Russia ami the
Netherlands.
Wisdom That Comes Only W illi Years.
It is a singular analogy which is of
fered with the life ot human (lowers by
the gmwth of those of a frailer and
more perishable t. Fair and sweet
and delicate are youth and maidenhood,
as the straw bell and anemone and
twin linn.can; rieh and beautiful are
the early years of life as roses ami car
nations are; but in the riper, maltirer
life is strength for \ithl work that
needs must exhaust the earth, so soon
is it to be followed by mild decay,
iMir statesmen do their greut work in
this season; our poets try their wings
in May and June, but their larger
(light is now; our novelists write
from intuition only till the ripeness of
experienee eomes; our young lawyers
may have talent and acutnen, but
they have not the power that is theirs
later with rounded Intellect ami com
pleter knowledge of life; our young
physicians may !>•■ fresh from walking
famous hospitals abroad, but they have
not the habits and memories of twenty
years by night and day at the side of
sick beds to make their wisdom seem
like genius; our young preachers may
tickle the fancy with their airy
eloquence and gift of words, but they
will not touch the heart as they do
when they have tasted all the springs
of sorrow and sympathy, the draught
that added years, and they alone, shall
proffer them. It has needed what is
equivalent to the fervent and accumu
lated heats which belong to that mid
dle of hie as of the year, to "all out
the full force of what is in them, and
the (lame burns then with all it.- might,
for presently it must fall in ashes,
presently the beats will all be gone;
no more will the \it.il efflux of the ris
ceding sun send its Impulse through
the nuts of life, no ui"re will soul or
flower expand to the r: h light of day,
but the autumn damps and the chill of
the grave will rise round them.—Har
per's ]t<u<tr,
N'lsrhfeiips in (he Navy.
C.ipt. W. II I'arker entered the navy
as a midshipman in Octol>er, I" 4 11,
lieing then fourteen years of age, and
was almost inline I ately ordered t> the
I*. >. steamer North Carolina, anchor
ed "tr New York. When he went to
Issl in the evening a surprise awaited
him b>r which he was totally unpre
pared. "Up to this time." he says, "I
li t 1 sufTerel much with earache, and
my mother can >-l me to wear night
caps. My caps were of many colors,
blue, red. green, etc., for they were
made of remnants of my sister's
dresses. Now, as I made my final
preparations for repose I open*-1 my
trunk and put on a < lose fitting night
cap. It was the signal for indescriba
ble confusion. If 1 had put on a suit
mail it cotiid not have caused more
astonishment among those light-headed
reefers. They rushed at my trunk,
seizeff the caps, put them on. and join
ed in a wild dance on the deck, in
which were mingled blue caps and
white caps and all colors of caps in
pleasing variety. I had to take mine
off before turning in, as it really
did seem to me too much for their feel"
ings, but I managed to smuggle it
under my pillow, and, when all was
quiet I put it on again. Hut, when
the midshipman came down at mid
night to call the relief, he spied it and
we ha<l another scene This was the
last I ever saw of my caj<s. ! have
never had one on sinre, and consequent
ly never had the earache."— l'h.Ui'lei.
phia Time*.
The American Catneln.
The camels now running wild in
Arizona were bought by the I 'nitel
States Government in Asia Minor.
There were seventy-six camels in the
first "colony." They were first em
ployed In packing between Fort Tejon
and Albuquerque, in some instances
carrying 100 gallons of water to the
animal and going nine days without
water themselves. Tiring of the*
camels, the Government condemned
lliein, and they were sold at Henicia to
two Frenchmen, who took them to
Reese ltiver, where they were used in
packing salt to Virginia Pity. After
ward the animals were brought hack
to Arizona, and for some time were
engaged in (lacking ore from Silver
King to Yuma; but through some
cause or other the Frenchmen )>ecame
disgusted, there )>etng no market for
camels just then, and turned the
camels loose upon the deeert near Mar
icopa wells, and to-day they and their
descendants are roaming through the
Gila Valley, Increasing and multiply
ing and getting fat upon the succu
lent sagebrush and grease-wood with
which the country abounds.—Tomb
itonr Epitaph.
CLIPPINGS FOR THE CUKIOIJN
It Is an honor in Morocco to receive
from the Sultan a lonf of black bread.
An ancient and venerable mulber
ry tree, its trunk propped up with
stones, marks the spot in .Jerusalem
where Manasseh earned the prophet
Isaiah to lie sawn in two.
i A distinguished botanist has found
that by simply soaking the stems of
cut (lowers In a weak dye solution,
their colors can be altered at will with
out the perfume and the freshness
j being destroyed.
Asan illustration of the strength <>f
paper, it Is said that a Hank of Kng
land note twisted into n kind of rope,
can sustain as much as ;i2*.t pounds
avoirdupois suspended to it, and not
be injured in the least.
In Donegal, Ireland, there is a rock
cavity into which the tide rushes
with great force, producing a sound
which can be heard twenty or thirty
miles, and sending a torrent of water
several hundred feet into the air. It
is called McNwine's dun.
A curiosity in Irwin county,
tlenrgia, is a large pine tree witli two
distinct bodies and <>nh one top. The
two trunks grew out "f the ground
about live feet from each other, but
at forty feet bigli grew together, and
from thence made only one tree ami
top.
The remains of certain mushrooms
whi' h make excellent tinder are found
in lo aiiv all the ancient Swiss laeua
trine dwellings, and it is Mip|H> ed that
their inhabitants either u-e them to
kindle i n* or jxiumhsl them and em
ployed them us snuff, as some Asiatics
do to this day.
An ear of corn <>n exhibit!, n at San
Louis i ibispo, < 'a!., gn w in the • xai t
form of a hand of a child, showing the
wrist, hand, thumb ami lingi rs, all p-r
-ft* t excepting the little linger, which
double. It is rovergd with a small
grain of corn to near the tip of the
lingers, which are bare prongs of cob,
giving the a| prarance of a band dad
With a mitt
An extraordinary pearl has l>een
found at Xichoi Hay. It iscomposed
of nine distinct pearls about the sire
of pi .is, of a line lustre and lirmly bed
drsl together in the form of a perfect
i r<>** aU.ut an inch and a half long. It
is a perfectly unique curiosity, and is
expected rays the Mellxnirne A rj/u. to
fet< ha fabulous price, ow ing to the ex
traordinary coincidence of its perfectly
rej.resenting the sy ml>ol c>f Christian
ity- '
In a Persian Pltjr.
Hesht contains over ten Hum-an ! in
habitants, and is ini]>ortant as being
the principal Persian city ..n the CjL*- .
pian. ays a orrespondenL It is noted
for its tobace.i, whi' h is very dellrate
and iiii'al. and for as rt of embroidery
on broadcloth ralb*l R-*ht work,
which is sometimes seen in America
in the shape .if tablc-o .vers and *"fa
cushions. The city is very unhealthy,
lowing to malaria from the low grounds
and the stagnant pools of water which
cover the numerous rice-fields. The
streets are narrow and winding; the
houses low and built for the most part
of mud and sun-dried brick, and
thatched with mud and straw. Some
of the summer places in the neighlxir
hood are very pleasantly surrounded
by rose gardens, and have tine avenues
of shade trees. In a visit to one of
these in company with a Persian of
high rank, we were both amused and
disgusted at the absolute control he
had. not only over his servants, hut
over all inferiors as well. As we came
to a party of boys bathing in a small
! river the humor seized him to make
one of his servants bathe, and. not con
tent with this, he mad" other servants
throw several of their fellows Into the
water with their clothes on, and was
(juite delighted at the sorry plight
, they were In as they ramr ashore. He
hail the Ixiys, who came up begging
for a "shia's," thrown heels over head
from a high bank into the water. One
little fellow was seriously hurt. The
gentleman thought, when his fun was
over, that he hail settled all scores by
, tossing a few silver pieces among
them.
Quern Victoria's Proposal.
Mrs. Oliphant w rite* In the Century.
"There was a story current at the
time, that at a state ball, very near the
period of their lietrothal. the young
lady gave her princely suitor a rose,
which he, without a luitton-hole in his
close-fitting uniform, slit the breast of
his coat to And a place for, and that
this was a token to all the court of the
tinal determination of the great event
—her Majesty, as it is pleasant to hear,
having shown herself a little coy and
disposed to put off the explanation, aa
happy girls are wont to do. No more
perfect marriage haa ever been record
ed; the Queen herself attributes the
formation of her character to it, and
all that la raoet excellent In her Ufa**
LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
Bt.i Qtiilia.
A Georgia woman hits finished a silk
ipiilt containing 2,400 pieces, and over
i i,<m;o yards of thread.
1 Miss Alice Martin of Luxby, Ky.,
has a quill containing 4,B'd blocks
three-quarters of un inch square.
Mrs M. Hakor, of Lone Tree, lowa,
has a quilt upon which she lias been
' at work seven years, in which is
worked the solar system. She made a
trip to Chicago to view the comet and
sun spots throgli the telescope that
she might locate them accurately.
Miss Alllc Martin, of L< .ley's Mills,
made a quilt containing l,BG'i pieces,
and the local editor challenged the
state to heat it. Mi s A 111#- tilioraim
of Paris came to the front with a com
posited tied covering constructed out
( of B,i4H individual bits of eaiieo, and
' she is now tin- champion.
I.UFFKV MIMI Wit I ll< It > Colors.
Illue is a in. ky color lor daughters
to wear, they say in the south of Eng
land, while green is very unlucky.
< Tli"e lire,mm) ,1. 1.1 US
lln\ • overt true;
In green an-! whito
ForMlken quit*.
In the northeast of Scotland we
have:
Dins
'f* I'iTii Irnej
1 Green
'8 lo\ c .loan,
Yellow
\S ft,molten.
In sonic portions of New England
sixty years ago, the man who had
been jilted and was not inclined to
mourn over it won gr. -ri. to annoy
the fair on" who had jilted him.
A I! rati into Dnrlrr.. Al. read.
Mrs. Ainandihal .loslne of Nsrain*
dll.al, a 11in<In lady of the highest
eiutc, arrived in Philadelphia recent
ly for the purpose of entering the wo
man's nodical college as a student
A Philadelphia Tirnrt reporter ob
tained aii interview with Mrs Joshee
who is a quiet, self-possessed little
lady of about 26, hardly five feet in
height and dark olive complexion,
regular featup - and large black eye*.
Her dress difb r. I in no wise from
an American lady, except she wore
a varf of curious pattern and coloring
around lor nek with theends crossing
in front and til around the waist.
She conversed fluently in English and
said she was the first Hrahmin lady
who had ever left India, and that her
departure bail created a great commo
tion.
"Will it cause you any disgrace or
caate annoyance when you return V"
"I do not think so. if I faithfully
almerve certain rules of conduct while
here present>ed by niv religion. There
will IN- a meeting of the principal
Ilraliniins when I return, who will al>-
aolvc. as it were, from my transgres
sions."
"I>o you exjs-ct to remain here
though the entire course?"
"Ye*. I shall take the complete four
years" course and then return to Seram.
pore to practice. I think there may
possibly l>e a few other high < ;t*t Hrah
min women coma to Europe and
America to study during the next few
years, but very soon i hope we ahall
have colleges of our own in India,
which will obviate tlie necessity of so
doing. My cousin. I hear, has just ar
rived In London, where she will take
a complete medical <ourse."
Mrs. Joshee'a husband is postmaster
at Serampore. which is a town of
alxmt 1k • inhabitants, in the presi
dency of Bengal. on the Hoogly river.
r'uhio* Sot-,.
Glossy wool fabrics will be worn
again.
Reseda and sage green are again in
vogue.
Brass headstoads are the most fash
ionable.
Madras plaids are worn over plain
woolen gixxla
Leather waistcoats are now worn
with cloth drosses.
Dark crimson is the most fashion
able color for riding habits.
Skirts are short, scarcely touching
the ground, end slightly raised at the
hack by the tournure.
.Steel gray cashmeres are becomlng-
Ily worn as a polonaise or tunic over a
fray or black velveteen skirt.
The most fashionable buttons are
bullet-shaped, small, and when of
•tell, jet or metal are facetted.
Black gloves have been revived for
wear with all aorta of dresses and on
all occasions except weddings.
Lace ruffles Inside high velvet col
lar* are among the latest and moat be
coming novelties In neck lingerie
Humming birds and other flat
feathered ornaments loop tha draper
ies of acme of the Parisian dreaaaa
i Tha small hat of limp fait of the
same color as the costume 1 the cor
rect wear for tailor-made cloth, che
viot and flannel suits.
('laspa and buckles of metal, jet and
siiiok'-d pearl adorn the Hashes and
draperies of little children's, misses'
and iadii-s' dressy suits.
The color-, preferred for pirl*' dres
sy suit - and outer garments arc pigeon
gray, sapphire blue, and red in the
garnet and ruby shade*.
Bridesmaids mint wear short trairiM
on -hurt Kate Greenaway dresses in
jile colors, with Ixiiim-ts to niat/li, if
the wedding is at church.
Bonnet pins, two pronged, like old
| time forks, are ornamented with ar
row-heails of brilliants or small but
terflies and birds enameled in natural
colors.
A dainty coat for a boy of four is of
1 a bright sapphire-blue plush, with a
plaited skirt back and a deep collar,
the latter bordered by a ruffle of Rus
sian lace.
Serviceable hats for every-day wear
are of brown felt with a slightly r- 11 •!
brim, and are trimmed with two
partridge wings and a lx<w of s'-al
brown velvet.
A pretty walking dress for a girl of
fourteen is of soft green, gold and
crimson plaid, made with a plaited
skirt, and a jacket of dark green plush
with a shoulder<apc of the same.
Serviceable and pretty morning
dresses for winter wear are made <f
black and white or red and white
scotch flannel in the Mother Hubbard
fashion, and fastened alxmt the waist
b\ a silk cord a ta*s< Is combining the
I two colors of t lie dress.
A very pretty and suitable evening
die** for a voting girl is of cream
white surah silk. The skirt is trim
med with two shirrixl flounces, #-a< li
ten Inches deep, and over this falls
two deep shirr <-d bouilloim. The
ixxiire is cut square and the sleeves
reach to the elbow. **oft oriental lace
trims the entire <ir **.
The Polar Bare.
Far away to the north of us stretch
es a land white with snow during
most of the year, where bleak winds in
unobstructed fury sw<-ep over desert
ed wastes ; where night hangs like a
sorul>er cloud for month* and months
unbroken, and where those crystal
mountains called iceberg* are l<orn.
There is the home of the jxdar hare.
There, where man aimlessly wanders
in a vain search for f<*xl or shelter,
this dainty creature thrives.
Strangely enough, however, it some
times hapjtens that men are overtaken
with starvation In the midst of polar
hari-s. This is txs-ause the little
creature has a peculiarity which make*
it difficult for the inex|x>ri< need hun
ter to shoot it.
When approached, it seem* to have
no fe-ar at all, but sit* up, apparently
waiting for the coining hunter. Just,
however, as the probably hungry man
lx*gins to finger the trigger "f |u* gun,
and to eat in anticq at.on of the xav.v
ry stew, the liar* turns alxut ami
bounds actively away to a safe dis
tance, and, once more rising njxm its
haunches, sit* with a provoking air of
seeming unconsciousness until th<-
hunter is again nearly within gun
shot, when It once more jumps away.
This must le tantalizing enough to
a well-fed sportsman, but how heart,
freaking to the man who knows that
not only his own life, but the lives of
aii his commies as well, dejiend upon
the capture of the pretty creature.
Notwithstanding, however, the aj>-
parent impossibility of approaching
near enough to the har<- to shoot it*
there is in reality a very simple way to
accomplish it This plan is practiced
by the natives, who no doubt have
learned it after many a hungry fail
ure. It consists in walking in a circle
around the animal, gradually narrow
ing the circle until within the proper
distance. Simple as this plan is, it is
so effective that, with care, the hunter
may get within fifty yards of the hare*
which seeins completely bewildered
by his circular course.
I'erhaps the sad story of the heroic
suffering and final loss of t'aptain I>e
Long and his brave comrade might
never have had to bo told, had it not
been for their probable ignorance of a
matter of no more importance than
this of how to shoot a polar hare.
When they left their ship, the"Jean
nette," they tok with them only rifles,
thinking, no doubt* that they would
only fall in with such large game as
1 wars, reindeer and wolrea.
As a matter of fact* such large ani
mals were very scarce* while ptarmi
gan, a species of grouse, were plentiful,
and would have supplied food in abun
dance to the whole brave band had
there been shot-guns with which to
•hoot them As It was, the rifles
brought down but a few of the blrda.
and thus, in the midst of comparative
plenty, U> brave feUowa starved.—SL
ißdMu.
• J FOOD OP THF CELFATIALH.
I'ork mnit lit f at lh Mead of ihr < hlIM
•lilt of K>r <Nhr ItrllCMUl.
' Excluding l>c-f an<l dairy product*,
i write* a ivklri <orrespondent, China
men t-ai every thing that In edible
horse and a*s fledi, snake . rata,
'I"K H > grasshopper*, spiders, worms,
1 eoeoons, sea cucur/iliers, swallowV
nests, etc. Once, while living in a
villa near IVkin, I saw a very strange
H"-ne. There appeared a cloud of
grasshop(ent. Suddenly the field was
< overed with < hinanien, who ran fran
ti<-.tlly hither and thitl er gathering
them in. They filled large sacks and
bags with the inw tn. They carried
portable stoves, on which they to acted
their eurious game, Other Chinamen
greedily devoured the grasshoppers,
paying a penny for ten.
At the heal of all meat* Chinamen
put, of eiuirae, p..rk. In their opinion,
to the hog la-long* thehrst place m the
liit of domestic animals. If you ask a
(hinaman why, he will answer yon
proudly: "Ibsause it was the hog from
whom the < hinaman descended H*
Don't you *<• the < cleat ials have le-aten
Darwin on the theory of the decent of
man. it i* only natural, then, that
among < binatrien hogs should enjoy
full rights of citizenship. Like dog*,
they wander wherever they please. A
! Chinese street without a number of
: bogs is an iiiifs>Hsibility. Are th'-re
many bogs in China? 1 should thing
so. (o a ingle holiday in memory of
their ancestors not the original ances
tors. the hogs, hut merely human an
i est or s the Ceb-stials eat fully h.V ".ObO
hogs. 1 must admit that Chinese j-ork
is superior to any found elsewhere'-n
the globe- Poor Chinamen, who can
i not afford to buy pork, eat m at of
dogs, assm. horses, rats, mice., rabbits,
bares, g at- and sheep. Hut i never
saw them i ating < ats.
Of birds the Chinese eat silver
pheasants, ducks, geese, chickens, jack
dawk, cp .w* and many others. < 'urious
ly enough, the Recalled < ochin-China
fowls are very rarely seen here
Among the cb' ice deli caries of the
hin<*' niut be ii ent.onod the fins of
sharks and the n-st* of sea-swallow a.
I ii'ler the latter is understs>od D"t the
whole iiet. but only the mucilaginous
i inner coating of the newts It is be
lieved that the swallows who build
their nest.* on the sea-roeks cover their
nests and glue them to the rocks with
the mice .d sea-cane, which on l*-ing
dried looks like mucilaginous mem
brane, <tn the market these nests are
! found in the shape of a hemisphere of
the size of a half orange peeL The
i nests are sold here at from $1.% to #25
per pound. They are used principally
for making broth, to which they give
I a peculiar aroma and taste, much
' valued by gastronomer*.
Rice, stands, of course, at tfie head of
vegetable foods. Without rice-gruel
no mca] i- served here. "Fan" means
both "to eat a meal" aud "to eat rice
grueL" The brown ri< e, which is com
! roon rice, but heat<-l and musty, is
much liked. There is also a red ve
ricty of rice.
Ilonev is much used here.but chiefly
as a cosmetic. After In-ing mixed with
thou it is used bv the women in their
hair-dressing. With their hair sat
urated. sticky and shining with h*ney,
they must las, indeed, sweet.
As everybody knows, the Chinese are
passionately fond of tea which they
cultivate for the rest of the world.
They drink it at every meal, at home
and out,when idle and at work.in shops
and In offices— in short, everywhere
and at any time of day or night.. The
rel. black and green sort* of tea they
prepare only for export, while they
themselves use exclusively yellow tea
They take tea in small cupa and with
out sugar.
Though in China there are excellent
sort of graj>ee. yet no wine is prepared
there. The Chinese make two kinds of
whisky—of ag<f and of rice-and
drink and smoke here A tin gill of
the shape of an hour-glass Is used for
whisky drinking. They had no glass
works here until recently, when an
American gentleman taught some
Celestials to make glasa During my
thirty years' residence here I have
never seen a single drunken Chinaman
on the street Xo coffee or chocolate
is used here.
The unusually fertile soil of this
country yields products enough to sat
isfy the appetite of all the Celestials,
and in view of their peculiar philosophy
of the stomach they ought to be able,
all of them, to reach the blissful state
of satiety. Yet how many of them are
lean, hungry, with wistful eyes and
hollow s torn whs ? What a heartrend
ing tragedy each of these thin fellows
presents, whose all-absorbing idea is to
,be thick! When I look upon th
crowd of hollow-cheeked Chinamen
and then upon the few who are la the
blissful state of corpulency, I enanot
help thinking of the lean-fleshed and
the fnt-fleehed kins of Phnroh.