LIFE-SAVING. METHODS OPTIIK MKN OX COAST AM) IjAKK STATIONS. An Interesting IV a and IVnetl Sketch of th t nttt-d State Mfc-Savlug Service as Shown it the World's 1"ttli. OSHlBLYth hardy life-saver in the ser vice of tho Oov eminent in the least tnlkpd about and mint interesting ninn in tho Federal servioo, says tho Chicago Record. A now occupation lion boon fouml fur tho tishi-rmnn in the winter mouths where before ho lind to rely on tho profits of the llshing season. J'hn Unitod Htatjs in tho first Notion in tho world to establish and to maintain life-saving service. Jt ho already had its effort in. fostering navigation, and siiu'i) 1H7J, when it wns founded an its pr.'sont basis, ha proved a grain! success. On th English nnd French coast HtntioiiN havo been setup nt dan gerous points for tho mariners ly vol untary contribution of ship owners. Neither tho liritish nor tho French Governments takes nny interest, pecti ninry or otherwise, in this work of charity nnl protection. Tho marin ers in distress are left entirely nt the mercy of salvage companies. Tho life-saving scrvieo of tho United States is under tho direct coutrol of tho Federal department and is ono of tho growing organizations of tho Gov ernment. Within tho last decode tho increnso in tho value of tho service, according to departmental statistics, fcns been enormous. Tho total num ber of disasters in which the lifo-savers have had anything to do since tho for mation of the corps has been t4.1l, the total vulue of the vessels w recked 871, 3ti7,H,"0, tho total value of cargoes JJOT,342,4(!), thn total amount of prop erty involved 8104,710,311). By tho live-saving stations alone of tho prop erly involved 87,821,417 ha been eavod and only $25,8HH,Kfl:! lost in wrecks. In all of tho lil.lf) wrecks there were 52,870 lives in danger, of which number only C27 were lost. The VTEW IV TTTF. tilPK-SAVrafl ratio of lives lost to the lives endan gered and of tho property destroyed to the property involved in wrecks has boon wonderfully lesuenod in the lust twenty years. Every year Congrosn appropriates l, 000,000 to the life-saving servioe and every years now stations are built And equipped. The only Nation on the globe that supports even one life Having station aside from the United States is the Turkish Empire The tbiltan 1ms established a station on the Bosphorous to protect the Oriental mariners from its dangerous reefs. Tho son and lake coasts of the United States, exclusive of the coasts of Alas ka, huvo an extent of 10,000 milos, protected nnd patrollod by the Gov ernment's life-savers. Upon these const there are 262 life-saving sta tions, of which 199 are on the Atlantic coast, forty -nine on the great lakes, thirteen on tho Paoiflo coast and one ou tho falls of tho Ohio at Louisville. The stations aro all placed at points of navigation. liflffi-CCTTIKO TACKUC. From the eastern extremity of the const of Maino to ltaoe Point on Cape Cod, a distance of 415 miles, there are sixteen stations. In the Revolutionary days the Massachusetts Humano So ciety was formed, and life-saving was as aim. This organization is still in existence, arid watches for wrecks on the roast of Massachusetts. On ac count of this protection the general Government has not found it neces sary to establish stations except nt places where wrecks are unusually fre quent. Between Sandy Hook and Capp May on the Xew Jersey roast, whero the coast-wiso trado is congested, there aro forty stations. Between Capo Henry and Capo Hatters is a danger ous spot for mariners, and in the 121 miles of coast there aro twenty-five stations which form a complete chain. TOR OI,D MOTAP. At each station there is a crew it soven men and n keeper. Kach man of the crew receives a salary of 8H5 o month, and tho keeper a salary of $1)00 a yenr. The crew is under strict discipline. Daily drills and rigid ex ercise is exacted. The stations on the Atlantic coast are manned from Sep tember 1 to May 1. During the Bum mer months the men fish in tho vicinity and may bo palled together at any time, although not on regular duty. On tho frTeat lakes the stations are manned from tho opening of navi gation in tho spring until closed late in the fall. The stations on the Pacific coast are in service nil the year. There is a regular system of promo tion for tho men. From the keeper down they are numbered. In the absence of No. 1 tho next man, No. 2, is commander of tho crew. From sunrise to sunset tho 10,000 miles of sen and lake coast of the United States is patrolled. On foggy dny the men STATION, WORLD'S FAIR. aro constantly on duty and walk the coast with lighted torches as a warn ing to laboring vessels. The night patrol is divided into four watches and two surfiuon aro picked for each watch. Tho patrols on tho Atlantto const connect and form a continuous linn from tho far-eastern cost of Maine to Florida. When the patrolmen from different stations meet nt the boundaries of thoir territories they exchange chocks, and these aro for warded to the captains at each station as an evidence that tho whole eoast has been oovered. Eaoh man carries a beach lantern and several red Costan hand-lights. Upon the disoovery of a wreck, a vessel in distress, or one run ning dangerously near, shore, he ignites a hand-light, which givts a brilliant red flame. This serves as a warning and tails of assistance at hand. The greatest work the servioe has aooom plished has been in the line of warning vessels off shore and preventing dis asters. The uniform is simple, consisting of a blue blouse, aoap with tho letters U. S. L. 8. S. embroidered on it, and oonrse flannel trousers. The badge of the servioe in a life buoy on which a boat hook and an oar are crossed. The men picked for the service are mostly fishermen from the looality where they are to do duty. They are men who know every inch of the ground they are to cover and know every bump in the bottom of sea within a mile from land. There used to be great loss of life in the servioo, but tho danger gradually diminishes as new inventions are made. No patrolman on his lonely watches on thn beach can shirk duty. When the Bj.tions are placed so far apart that pa trolmen do not meet, eaoh surf man car ries a clock with a dial that can be marked only by means of a key, which also registers tho time of marking. This key is secured to a post at the end of his beat and he is required to reach it to bring back the dial prop erly marked. Ida Lewis was made famous by her daring feats of bravery at the Lime Hook light iu Newport harbor long be fore any life-saving station was in the vicinity. Equal feats have been ac complished by the surfmen, but as it was in the line of their duty their deeds have been lost in the every-day humdrum. The forerunner of the ser vice were the sheds which were built by the fishermen on the Atlautio shore, where they kept a boat, mortar and life-lines. The door was always locked, but in case of a wreeU the house was broken int- by tho first man on tho soeno nnd thn boat was hauled out to tho water's pilgo, rndy when tho fish ermen should come to man it. Thero were no such inventions a the life lines now in use in tho '20s, ami tho bravo fishermen worked against great odds. Tho first rescno with tho imple ments similar to those the Government lifo-savers nso now was off Handy Hook on January 11, 1830. Tho British schooner Ayreshire, with 202 souls on board, mostly Irish immigrrnt', was wrecked about 300 yards off shore lato at night. The natives of the fishing settlement wero aroused nnd with their mortar sent the life line to tho impenVd boat. In tho metallic car 201 of tho 202 passengers on the ill-fated schooner wero safely brought to shore. This mortar with the ball that carried tno lino are on exhibition in tho life-saving station nt tho Fair. The rusty iron ball has a long history. It struck tho deck nnd went crashing through tho timbers. Tho vessel sunk nnd wns in the course of time buried in tae sands. In 1875, during a heavy storm, tho wreck was uncovered and washed on the shorn. Between th old timber was found the iron ball firmly im bedded. Tho life car which brought the peoplo ashore is also on exhibition. Tho ono man who wan drowned nt temptei.' to rido on tho roof of thn car, but was washed awny in tho great waves. The appropriation made by Oongresi for nn exhibit of tho life-saving nor vice at tho Fair called for all kinds ol boats and equipments used in tho ser vice. There ore two largo self-bailing nnd self-righting mahogany life-bosti and several old-fashioned vessels. Tin self-bailing boats nro the ones chosen by tho service Tho average boat weighs 1200 pounds, is twenty -six feel long nml tho beam measures seven foot. The self-righting nnd self-bailing boat is too heavy to be hauled on the beach anil is mainly used on tlx lakes. A track aud n sloping plat form is needed to launch it success, fully. The life-saving ca:- cirries nil the equipments of the station nnd ens be readily hauled by tho men. The life-saving station at the Fail will bo maintained even after the term of tho Exposition. The situation hai been found to bo better udaptod to tin service than the old one nn I tho post will bo removed. The crew which no mans tho World's Fair station belongi in Ludington, Mich., nnd will return at the close of the Fair. This crew, tho best drilled on the lakes, is com manded by Captain John Tufts. Tlx members of tho crew aro tturfinau J. F. Pratton, M. W. Griunell, J. Nelson, F. Carlson, B. Carlson, O. Wilkinson, and J. Mitchel. They are detailed on regular life-saving duty while here. Drills are given every Monday, Wed nesday and Friday afternoon at 2.80 o'clock. On Saturday nn exhibition of life-boat capsizing nnd righting it given. Tho exhibition on Monday, Wednes day nnd Friday consists in tho full work of saving ship-wrecked sailors. The surfhont is mnneuvered on the beach, a lino is fired over tho wreck, tho whip nnd hawser are sent out and then breeches buoy. Iu this tho men, ono at a time, come ashore. At tho end of the hawser printed instruction ore given in English nnd Frenoh. The life-saving station and tho ex hibits at tho Fair aro under the super vision of Lieutenant Chnrloti H. Mc ClelUn of the revenue-marine service, assistant inspector of tho life-saving servioe. He is tho author of several books relating to scientific life-saving, and is the inventor of most of tho ap paratus used iu tho service. He rep resented tho service nt tho Cincinnati Exposition in 18S7, tho New Orleans Exposition in 1884, ami 1885 and the London Exhibition of 1883. Biggest or All Searchlights. A searchlight of 375,000,000 candle power, set up at the World's Fair, is the biggest and most powerful electric searchlight in the world. It dwarfs into insignificance by comparison tho 100,000 candle-power searohlight on Mount Washington, hitherto the great est in existence. With tho exception of the reflecting lens mirror, which was made in Paris, this great light is entirely of American manufacture. The height of tho light is ten feet six inches, and the weight 6000 pounds. It is so perfectly bnlanoed that a child oould move it in any direction. The reflecting lens mirror is sixty inches in diameter, three and one-quarter inches thiok at the edges, and one sixteenth of an inch thick at tho cen ter. It weighs about 800 pounds. The maximum current at which tho lamp operates is 200 amperes. This gives a THl BIO IRARCRUnRT. total luminous intensity to thn . fleeted beam of about 373,000,000 candles. The light was successfully tested at Middletown, Couu., before being sent to the World's Fair. New York World. KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS BTRIKF.9IX PENNSYLVANIA IN 1S02 ONLY THRKK 01,'T Of TMKXTVmviN WOK T TIIK WOSKMK. Hasshbi nn Prof. Albert 8. nolle, chief of the bureau of Industrial statistics, bis completed bli snnual report. Among othsr mstters contained In this report Is sn account of sll the strikes tliat happened during the year 1802. Not including tbs strike of lbs employes of the Carnegie Iteol company st Honieatesd, I her were only 26 strike during tbs yesr, a much mailer number tbsn uaust. Of these, 1 w by lbs employe of rsllwny compsny, 13 by the employe In Iron snd teel Indus trier 2 in cigar manufactories, 4 in tex tile msnnfaciories, 1 In a brewery, 1 In a cooperage works, 2 In til work and a lock out by coal operator. Kleven of these strikes occurred In Philadelphia and 5 In Pittaburg. The whole number of person nKAged In the etrlkes wo 4,10s and ths nnmber Involved 7,411. Only three strikes succeeded, four partly r, while the other fnllrd. The total loss Incurred by the employe wa 1373.2411, snd ths employer' los., ao far s ascertained, wa t.VMM. Tho summary of strike statistics IsTfol lowod by a lengthy account of the strike at Homestead. Ths loss lo ths striking em ployes In this contest was about tl,2).000 The expense to the State for transportation snd maintaining ths trooi ass tll,23).3l Tim rsx.ti.iT or rm.r. riniiTixo. Nrw Cast!.!!. The other day before Judge Ilazen, (irorge We'eh nnd Jelferson Mooia for prize fighting at Wnmpum on August II, were sentenced to pay a tine of 110 ami costs and given two months In the Alle gheny workhouse. Two meno!d s preparntion for rheumn tlsm at HuiKettstown a niniitli ago. Many cures were reported, but two weeks ago one of the women who It ml taken tin; medicine died, nml shortly nlterwant two others also sii'ken-d, their illness resulting in death. The rlieuniKtic ni.lieme Is now hlmwl fur these re-ulis. 1 lie victim were Mamla Campbell, sited 41 years; Mrs. Aid. Ilussell, ogtd i 4, and Klla Springer, Mrs. Mavritk nnd her children wen gstlicreil around asinve In their farm hnust nenr I'ond Hill, when the pliK.'e was struck bv lightninv, which tore up the floor, wri ck i H the atnve and hurled the people snout tin room. A i" n of M rs. Mnyte, whv wns un der tn'Slnient for a setvre attack uf astlima, found himself completely cured by Hit shock. Jon Ksktx. while playing on the coai house of Mrs. .Mury Weill l nr. at Adelaide, exoited the woman's rave nnd she knnckeu him to the ground wnb a hruom. Hi arm wss broken in the hill. Ths ungry woman with lie! teeth iiilled s piece ol the pllutr ed bone from In arm. P.skk cracker at Kris gngged nnd tied Dick Whiting, a watuiimxn. oy the suit while titer blew it open. When the charm wa tired the whole front iiftliesute wai blown out, ami Whiting, ad Imugli stunned by the shock escaped mutilation. The bur glars got only !"). l.txcot.w Nrii.i. and John Miller ,of Scotf. da e. misionk euch other lor burglur. and struggled tiercel v lill a tlusli Irum Neill's re volver dihcoveiod their identity. The real burglars, who hud entered Neill & llryan's atoie, vtcaped. Tiir amnllest baby that ever lived In Montgomery county was born to Mr. Davis Wacboh al "llsttie Hollow. The mite ol huinnnlty wiiuhs but a few ounces over s pound, but it seem strong snd healthy. WniLt getting off a McKeesport electric car the rings on the hand of Mrs. Naniuel Kinley caught In the neiting of the car gate, snd before she could release herself bci linger was pulled off. Mrs. JtME Cnt M. of New Cstln, caughl a burglar in her bouse. The plucky wom an grabbed him by the cost lulls, threw linn down and gave him a severe 'eating. Wasiiimitos and JetTtrsnn college tin other day began a second century on the present site, the oUiest building' now oc cupied, huving been built in 171M. A KKwrocsni.Axndng at Homettend per hnpa fatally bit Kohert Coyne, Tucsduv. (in-Schick has been held for court lor ceiling ths dog on the boy. Whii.s hiui"'ig Monlay, John CoT-,ter. sged 21 years, of Port Matddu, tell over a log. Ilia gun was Jiicharued snd lbs heavy loud blew oQ bis bead. Tiir B00 strl'-lng miners st the Madison ti,l Afrintt tvi I ma- iibb. iiriii.hiit'i will accept the 10 per cent reduction and gJ to nmk iu m ion uutb. Ai.rrrt RcKtiR, of fiouth Kethlcheni, is dead from a singular complaint. He fe'l asleep st different times slid was wilb dilU tulty srouaed. A. W. Htsiiop. of Oinnellville. unm lot f.'iOa l bill which had been raised to -V) bv pasting beer stump tigure over the reul bill figure. Johx ltrssMA. sged 60, a coks wheeler, fell from the track ut the Morgan works, near Scottdute snd broke bis neck. He died instantly. .Tor Smith went to New Itrigliton with a lo) l of fruit. Ths horse lo k the wsgon hack without tbs driver, slid foul play it leured, Joseph l.tNiir.na. a bridgo builder, wai Instantly kit ed by falliiu from the I'llts luirg k Laks Kris railroad bridge at Heches ter. :TtTK uotamikt r.OTiiRocK sa j mere srs 12.0u0.000 del of merchantable timber in the JJoudinot tract in C'euter county. At s meeting of Wlghton's Troy miner neur I'hillipiburit, thu strike against accept ing monthly pay was declared oU. Is opening a new street in New Castle a large meteoric stone was found seveu feet below the surface of the earth. All the oil ha been pnmned out of ths big tank st Z diker, but Harry Lane's body waa not found. K. II. Cahr, s merchant of Mlleaburg and county auditor waa throwu out of hi uugyy aud killed Conditional, Judge B. F. Deonisun was once irgulng a rase before Judge ltoger S. 'J roc no, and In U.e course of his re marks' kept constantly referring ta "llrowne on Statute of Frauds," nl-a-uys making two syllable of the word lirowno, and pronouncing It as If It were llrown-ee. Judge Greene fidgeted around In his :halr, stood the mispronunciation as long as he could, and then blurted out; "Judge, whv do you say Tlrown-ce?' You wouldn't call me 'Cireen-ce,' would you?" Judge Dcnnlson slowly replied, In a rather dry tone of voice: "That depends on how your Honor decides this case." Uertuitntown 1 Telegraph. I SOLDIERS' COLUMN WSIE'B FORKS. What a Comrtds of ths 8llth W. T. Saw at That Fight. A COMTl ADR writing I'or the Toledo "Blade" say that he would like to f- N l h some of the rTSE-,. KTji'M hoy who were en- itsged in the bat tle of Wise' Forks, N.C., wtlt something about that engagement. Accordingly, I will nndettake to write a shor' story shout wh it I saw. Unlisted In the Fsll of 19(14 in th 8.1th N. Y. for the town or Portvlllc, N. Y., nml or assigned to Co. A ol that regiment, winch had lieen detail ed from Plymouth just In Tore lbs bat tle of that pla e, to garrison lloinoks laUnd, N. C. Our reifinient re mained there, and with severs! detachments during the Winter, ex cept whin we wire raidinif ahottt th country on various expedition', until the 3d of Msich, I8C3. when we re. rrited rrdeis to bo to New Berne, N C, snd Irom thence to Wise's Forks. We wet iiudcr the command ol Gen. Kcliofltlil, i.nd arrlvrtit at that point on the Htli. ('ono.i' and Cnx'i Division were, nnli'tcd cro the country In Kintr-tnn. The lack ol wespnns delayed their movement till March 6, when they S'urted umlei ('ouch, while Srhotield went by tea tc Moorhcad City, slid thence by rail If. Hew Heme, whence he readied on t lie 9th at Wise's Folks, near Pnntbwisl t'reik. on his wuy to Go ilgluiro'. Cox had sent up two regiments tin dn Col. I'pbam, 1.1 th Conn., to seize snd hold the crossing ol tho ttcck, hut lloke.wholiad bci n reinlorctduyCbeat ham's f'otps from the Tenneesee, had that morn iiji flanked snd surpiised rpliiim there, atnkinir him suddenly in the rear snd captnrinii 700 men. Klatctl l.y this move Hoke advanced on Schofle!i!, attempt iiig to hnre in be twixt Csitir'a and Palmer' Divisions, after the Virginia fishion, hut he wa checked by the arrival of Holers' Division, and desisted without serious lighting or loss. By Oen. Pchofield's order Cox held tils position until Couch a'rivea. lloks skirmished sharply tho next day and 'ruck heavily st Cox's left and center the day after (Match 10), resulting In hesvy loss to the tnemy. viz: Schiifluld leported our lost i n) v :)()() and the enemy at 1,600. Hoke retreated across the Netise anil u ned the loide. Bcholleld wa- reinfoiced, Imt the lack of pout inns delayed him till the 14th, when ho squill advanced on the 80 and entered Goldslioro', with but little resistance, on the next day, Just before the arrival of Sherman anil his whole army. This is just a briefnutlino of the history nl the cngairement of Wise' Forks ns I shw it, I well rcmeniter that juit sa our small ri or detach ment had arrived Gin. Palmer Hiked II we wot M down just outside of the fort snd sisist in rctip'.urlng a piece of artillery fiom the tnemy. Mi at of us fell in, tin! marched down luto a piece of' woods towards the enemy's fort. The tclicl immediately commenced firing on us, and after being broken up somewhut we again fell into lino slid m.vla a temporary halt; throwing up sotuo logs, poles, brush, etc., for a defense, we wero or dered to I'hI! down, which order was quickly obeyed, aud after we had given the enemy a few she's were or dered to run for our live, and I sup pose that it wa an inttreitina ilj;ut when like a flock of sheep, we rsn through that open Held, pell-mell, helter-skelter, while the rubs were after u lull chase, until we were in the fort, white the bullets were flying around us thick and fast. O. T. Dun ms, in "Nations. Tribune." CHANCELLORS VILLK. West th 03rd Fa. Old on th Night Jaokaon was Killed. In a communication to the "Nation si Tribune" of Washington, D. C, a comrade writes a follows regarding the engagement at Chancelioiaville: My regiment wa a the sdvancu nl Gen. Hicklcs'a movement to the smith, preceded by Berdun's Sharpshooters. We halted on the embankment of a lailroad cut, where the 'J 3d Ga. had surrendered their old Enfield guns. While in this position we could look st our rear and sue the battle rsging in fury along the I'lank roud. The posi tion we then occupied bsd been oc cupied previously by a rebel battery, and, according to the nmp, wss about the place where the word "Lee" occur on Map No. U. We by down our arms here snd were Instructed not to return the Are If we were tiro I upon. We were undisturbed, snd as It be gan to get dark one of Gen. Sickle's Aids emus riding up. I heard him tell Col. Kiikwond to get his men up ss quietly snd quickly as potsible.and pi-maps we might get out yet. Well wo got into the wood after a little while, and then csme out into the small Held, crossing the rail bridge we hud built that morning. We march ed across the fluid and. eutered the woods at the point where" Vista" Is on map No. S. On a narrow road toward the Plank rosd we passed some guns and cais sons md dead horses. We followed the road until we oauio to a column of Infantry lying in Ho across vbe toed facing us. We fled right lato the woods, and the head of our rsglment passed their lelt flank aad halted, ami with oar colors shout opposite their flank we Isy down. Two men were or dered from each oompsy logo to the front as pickets. J suss Wksling.froui .1(7 rarA my company, was ons or them, and be) nun returned and told the Osptaln there was no use standing picket oot (here, as the woods wa full of! men, 8er?'tOroscmt went back to the rear, anil when lie returned he ald it wss only Ave or sis rods to the Plank rosd on our tight. While in this position there were some shots fired over us, and on of them wounded a man la Co. B. Some of onr men fired, and without order the whole regiment began firing. We fired at a right-oblique over the mon who lay In our front. Our firing wa not returned and we ceased Bring. At the same time a horseman came nut the road In rear of the men In onr front and laid, "Ceso firing; you are firing on our own men" ind he tnrned and rode back. Soon after the same officer, or an other, rode up lo the fame place and called for the commander of that bat talion. No one answered. He had the men open flies, ann ue rode op the road to the left of onrrl.rht snd mado the same inquiry. Bnme.ine answered htm, and he rode back to our front and made the inquiry again. Col. Klrkwood arose snd walked ont to the road. The officer said he was going to lend bit men through the woods as skirmishers, and for our Colonel to support him. Snort the word ws whispered along the line to move by the left fl ink. keep quiet and keip off the mail We passed along the left side of the roud lor shout 200 ynls, and then can.e back into the ronl and marched back to the Held The iruns snd Csls S'uis had been changed Irom the rosd by thi time. When in the field we formed In rear of a line nf men bel mglng to our division, a small r n being about two rods in our reur near the place where the 00th Pa. is shown nn map 8, but not facing the direction th y are. A soon as It was daylight Sundiv morning tho enemy came charging across the Held on us. Ws checked them In front, but they passed our rUht (link in the woods and con pel I ed us to retire across the run. We re firmed in t he field and formed our lines along the log breastwork which extended several rods r.ut in the Held. The enemy passed our right flank, snd we were compelled lo fall back and cro'S the PI ink rond in the direction of tho White House. Capt, ltysn wai in command, our Colonel and Adjutant being killed and our Msjur captured. NAMURI. llUHHAM. lit linns; I nsng. LI Hung Chang, viceroy of China, ay. u writer In Frank Leslie.'" Week ly, dues not livo in l'ckln, hut toast his palat'o in Tien-Tain (ninety mile from the cnpltal), where be la sur sounded by bis armies, and bas his) licet near at hand. It Is well known that the members of the Su tn ml Yamen, (Grand Coun cil of tho Kinpirc), who sat In lo klng, have the most profound hatred for liio viceroy, and huvo tried sever al times; to get rid of him by means which would recall those used in the M Idil lo Ages. Hut Li Hung Chang Is too well guarded in Tlen-Tsln. Kvcry attempt has been a failure, and uftor several of them the heathens In ollli'o cauio to the conclusion that tho only thing to be done was to get tho viceroy to como to Peking. They demonstrated to the Kmperor and bU mother that LI Hung Chang's ambition might lend bim to over throw the actual dynasty and make himself a monarch, and that It waa qulto necessary to have him live tn Peking, whero tho ISumml YatueD would watch him. ' Tho Emperor saw the Imaginary danger and ordered the viceroy ta muko his headquarters in Peking. Ho did not even answer. Two orders were sent, the last be. Ing ho Imperative that he answered at once: "I am coming. Arrange quarters for the fifteen thousand soldiers I take with me." One can easily Imagine the alarm of the Emperor and the members of tho Summl Yamen when they heard of those fifteen thousand soldiers, and they answered promptly: "Stay where you are by all means, and keep your soldiers away." LI Hung Chang may be considered the most liberal and most progres sive man In tho Chinese Empire, Oo Ants TjIU? This query U made by a writer, and he then goes on to say: "I one day saw a drove of the small black ants moving, perhaps to better quar ters. The distance was some one hundred and fifty yarJs. Almost all which came from the old home car ried some of tho household goods. Some had eggs, some had what might have answered for their bacon or meat, sotuo had one thing and some another. I sat and watched them closely for over an hour. I notic d that every tl oie two met In tho way they would hold their heads close to gether as If greeting one another; and no matter how often the meeting took place this same thing occurred as though a h irt chat was necessary. "To prove more about it, 1 killed one who was nn his way. Others be ing eye witnesses to llio murder went with speed, and with every ant they met this talking took place as before. Hut instead of a pleusiut greeting, it was sad news they bail lo commun cate. I knew it was sad news, for every ant that thoso parties met hastily turned nack aud tied on an other courso, us much as to say: "For the king's take and tor your safety do not go thero. for I have seen a monster, Just behind, that la able to destroy us all at onj b ow. 1 saw him kill one of our fauil.y. 1 do not know how many mote are kll'el." So the news spread, and it was true. How was the newi coruuiuul cated, if not by speed..
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