CHINESE SPLENPOK. THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS BEFORE THE REIGNING POTENTATE. A Formal R.eptlon hjr thm Kmptrnr HIT XmM C.ramnnjr In tlio Mlilut nl Rich Tr.pplns.-Olaaiiinc.nt Tnmpl. ad falser. In Mi. Forbidden Cltjr. After tlio prernit cinprror nnreiuleil the thrmio of Chltin hi Rovpriimrtit flildod the point ami agrocd to rowivo the diplomatic corps in tlio winio man ner that they aro rccolvrd by the sover eigns of EuroM Thn flrst ccn-iimny (if the kind, which took place on Muroli S, 1801, was nn rvrnt in CIiIucm history. Thn member of tlio vintl li'Kittionr arrived at Fu Him, or Kiwt Flower unto of tho forhiililoii (iify, at 10 o'clock on that moruiiiK in r1iiii chain, each es corted hy two monntcd nfllcers of tho Imperinl gnnrrts. They were thorn mot by tho momliers of tlio Thiiiir li Yaincn, who conducted tliom to tho Willi Vuiik Kong, tho teniplo of t he great river god, vtiien they wero offered tea and sweet tnents. An honr later they wore encoded to tlio Tun KnaiiK Ko, or reception hall, liandmmin bnililinu; profusely decorated With gilded covering and ornamented with gay colors. Thn hall is approached by eight marblo steps, which lead to n broad marhlc. terracn. Aronnd thin ter raoo is abaluHtrado supported by pillar of marblo, puro white and beautifully engraved. Tlio emperor arrived about tho aamo time iu hid chair, which wan covered outside, and in with yellow nilk, tho ofll cial button on top being gold iimtead of iilver und tho end of tho benring pole being elaborately carved and capped with gilded dragon. Tlio dean of tlio diplomatio corps, escorted by iiioinlicr of tlio foreign office, wa conducted into tho hall, tho aide of the approach to tho steps, tho atop themelve and the ter race being crowded with eunuch em ployed in tho palaoo and civil and mil itary officer whoo rank did not entitlo them to enter tho prononco of tho em peror. Each member of tho diplomatio corps was givou a separate audlenco by tho emperor, who wa seated upon u marblo throne. A they crossed tho threshold they bowed, advanced threo or four pace and bowed again, then ad vanced to a point between the two dragon pillar, whero a third Mop and bow were madn. Thero a foreign enrpot cov ered tlio floor of thn platform, which was about three feet high. Tho imibaHHadors and minister stop ped about 13 foot from tho emperor, whore they mado their speeches, which wero translated by an interpreter into Chinese. They thou advanced and hand ed letter of credence to Priuoo Ching, who had been Htatiding on tho left of the emperor. Taking tho paper, ho ascended tho stop, approached tho tnblo in front of tho emperor and laid them upon itnot kneeling until ho had do posited thorn. Tho emperor replied to tho speeches in tho Muntchoo dialect aft er the diplomatic had returned to their place between tho dragon pillar, hi remark being translated into Chinese by Princo Ching, sentenco by sentence, Tho exit from, tho linll wa niudo by walking backward, with bow at three places. The sides of tho audience hall worn covered with inscriptions and rarn paintings of enormous size. Tho ceiling was composed of wooden square 1 lees in size, aivmea oy neavy rnircrs, all gorgeously painted with tho dragon figures. Tho supporting column were of red lacquer, covorod with figures of gold dragon. On tho right of the emperor stood Princo Po, on his loft Prince Ko, and near him Princo Ching. Tho room was lined on cither sido by two row of high officers of tho Imperial guards and chambcrluinn, many being princes and dukes of tho imperial family. No arm wore visiblo except the swords worn by the emperor and tho princes. Tho im perial escort, bearing long rod lacquered spears, with silver points and a long tiger tail, could bo seen just outsido the doors. They presented a pictnresqno appearance. On cither sido of tho em peror was a straight stem six feet high, supporting at the top what appeared to be painted imitations of peacock tails spread out, tho feathers indicating rank in China. Lengthy inscriptions in Man tchoo wore engraved upon a marble plinth back of the throne. Six immense incenso bowls of old cloisonne, each guarded by an immense cloisonne dragon of great value, were placed around the platform, while from the ceiling were suspended eight cloisonne lamps made during the Toa-Knang dynasty. On the table in front of the emperor, which was cov ered with yellow satin, embroidered with figures of dragons, was placed the pipe of his majesty, a piece of carved jade and gold, the handlo formed by the body and tail of a dragon, its mouth as the tobacco bowL Within the pink walls that surrounded the forbidden oify are several temples and 40 or more palaces and other build ings which are occupied as residences by the emperor's immediate attendants and officers of the guard. They are all , of one story and of uniform architecture, differing only in dimensions. Their ex teriors are painted that peculiar white whioh Europeans have never been able to imitate and roofed with tiles of im perial yellow. The Fu Huo, or East Flower gate, is reached from the Tartar city by passing over a marble bridge, handsomely decorated and bearing sev eral tablets with inscriptions that be token long liifo, prosperity, happiness ' and other blessings. Immediately before the gates are the western gardens, hand somely laid out in the highest taste and skill in landscape architecture, and sur rounding a lake that covers several acres. The nearest temple is dedicated to the great river god, and there the emperor offers saorifloes to appease that disorderly Joss, who is responsible for the flood whioh so frequently devastate the low lands of northern China Chicago Reo CATCHING COD IN MAINE. Th. Fluhormon Mot Out Trawls With Thr. Thnumtnd Hooks AttMlied III thn herring fishery everything I done with thn seine. In fishing for cod, halibut and linko hand lines aro used to a limited extent, but most of thn cap ture are madn by trawl. All of the craft aro schooner rigged, and but few of them carry topmasts. Thi give them a slovenly appenrancn aloft, but they do away With the spar because the craft roll less in a sen when at anchor. There am no (inn lines about the bulla Thn object i mom and stability, and while they are good sealioat they arn not fast sailers. Tho owner of the craft find trawl, small boats, salt and pro visions, and two trips a year is thn av erage for thn craft which salt her fish on board. Out of tho fleet a few tnko ion r.nfl re turn to market with fresh fish every two or three weeks, but thn majority catch and salt down. Thn crew go on shaics. Whin tho craft return, the owner flKiiro up the expense of tho outfit and mid to it half thn value of thn catch. What i left i divided pro rata among thn crew. If thn catch ha been good, each one of tho 10 or 1H men has made about $40 n r month, hut it i quite a likely that hn won't have mado a dollar a day, though he ha had free board all tho time, and good board at that. Fishing on thn banks at any time of tlio year is hard and dis agreeable work. Codfish aro very erratic in their movements. A schooner may have fish around her for 80 day, one day being a good a another, or sho may sail and drift for threo or four day without getting a bite. If luck i with her, down goes the, anchor, and the trawler begin to work. A trawl may ho do crilcd a a ropn many hundred foot long, to which at interval of 1)8 Inches fishhook aro attached by line about two font long. Them aro 8,000 hook to the average trawl, which is attended by two men. Each man ha l.fiOO hooks to bait and earn for. Tho ropo is weighted to sink within a few foot of the bottom and is thou buoyed. Tlio trawl is gen erally set late iu tho afternoon and overhauled tlio next morning. If luck i with tho fishermen, COO cod may bn taken from a trawl. They aro a voracious fish, and iu seizing tho bait firmly hook themselves. It often hap pen that tho 8,000 hooks mny lie over hauled without securing moro than 60 fish, but again tho catch may be 2,1)00. Thn boat of tho trawler look some thing likn ordinary river skiffs, but aro very buoyant and easily handled. A schooner with 10 men aboard put out 4 trawl and 8 men. Thn rest aro left to work tho craft and attend to the fish as they come iu. Lowiston Journal. Tho Chlnon Religion. Chinese religion has never hud tho puerilities, tho animal cults, tho cruel ties und fanaticism of other religious. Liko tho Jews, tho Chinese had very vague idea of future rewards and pun ishments and of lifo after death. Their ancestor cult had no mythologio inotivo liko that of India or Japan. Tim Chi nese, liko tho Jews and ancient Egyp tian, had the philosnphio conception that continuation of life lie not iu tho immortality of tho soul, but in tho per petual remembrance of tho righteous by mankind. Tho Chinese could not perse voro with metaphysical problems, and so did not advance Confucius appeared at a time when tho Chinese, felt tho need of a religion ; but tho greatest of their religious re formers was Lao-1 sou, who was born about 604 B. C, or half a century bo foro Confucius. Ho introduced tho word Tao, "way," for tho idea of divinity, which previously was confused with tho visiblo sky (Suhuug-ti). Tao is tlio do mcnt from which everything comes and to which everything returns. Lao-tseu also taught that the departure, of the soul from tho body was no disaster for us. But he was too vague to be a con vincing reformer. Confucius was not an original thinker like Lao-tsea ; ho culled what ho liked from tlio older writers, and allowed people to beliovo whut they chose. When consulted, ho spoke in an oracular manner, and while satisfying no one ho offended nobody. Nature. A Bjmp.tliatlo Youth "Papa," said Georgie, "I'm so sorry sometimes about all the trouble. I give mamma." "She hasn't complained. " "No, she's very patient. But she often sends me off to the shops for things, and they are a good way off, and I know she gets cross waiting when she's in a hurry." "Not often, I fancy. " "Oh, she's nearly always in a hurry. She gets everything all ready for baking and find at the last minute she hasn't any baking powder, or she gets a pud' ding all mixed and finds she hasn't any nutmeg or something, and then she in an awful stew, 'cause the oven is all ready andnaybe company coming, and I can't run a very long distance, yon know, and I feel awfully sorry for poor mamma. "Humph I Well, what can we do about it?" "I was thinking you might got me a bioyole. "Boston Traveller. Latter Chum For Pmldont Monro In the White House mail on June 1 was a letter addressed to "His Excel lency, James Monroe, President of the U. 8. " It came from British Guiana and contained an urgent request for the autograph of the author - of the famous doctrine against foreign enoroachments on the American contiuont The writer is a Venezuelan resident of British Guiana, who evidently expects great things of "President Monroe" in the territorial dispute between Great Brit ain and Venezuela. Washington Star. Tho Doolalvo Tost, "When do yon think woman will reach the climax of her ability?" "When aha oan send a ten word tele grant without adding a postscript. " The Growth of tho Finger Malls, A prominent inanionro, who has de voted many year to tho study of the subject, states, a thn result of his ob servations, that tho finger nail of tho human sccics grow mom rapidly In children than in adult, and that thn growth is slowest with tho aged. Hi observation, however, do not stop at this, for hn find that both in childhood and age they grow faster in summer thnn in winter. In nnn instance a nail chat minimi 18!) day to renew in win ter renewed in summer in exaotly 116 lays. During both seasons tho patient upon whom thi experiment wa madn rnjiryed normal health. Tho method of testing this growth wa in each instance thn nmn. Thn nail wa pared close and slightly notched at thn quick. Both thn right and loft hands worn studied, with tho result that hn afilnn that thn growth of thn finger naintsis mom rapid on tho right hand than on thn left. Oiin peculiarity of the growth of fin ger nail, in addition to those stated, is that thn period of renewal differ pro portionately with thn length of thn fin gers. Thus it is mom rapid in tho mid din finger than any other. In the fin ger on either side of thn middln finger thn period of renewal i about equal and slower. It is oven moro slow in the lit tle finger, and thn slowest of all in thn thumb. Comparing thn same finger with thn different hands, thn person who discovered theso curious phase of growth state that on an averagn thn nail on the left hand finger require 83 day longer to renew thnn those of the right hand. In one particular, thn growth of thn nail and hair and heard i governed by tho same law that of growing moro rapidly In summer than in winter. New York Ledger. A Juration of HurtlMl. Tlio Boor as a body tiro unprogress- ive, u nad venturous, avorsn to cliaiign. Tim British aro progressive, active and eager for adventure Thn Doer arn hunters and cattle owners. Tho British are miners and trader. The Britisli havo thn force of educution, science and capital on their side ; tho lioors, ou tho other hand, decline to avail them selves of the resource by which wealth is accumulated, and through which tho power conferred by wealth i acquired. Tho Boer roooivo no rn-ciiforeeiiieiit by emigration; tho British population is increasing daily by tho constant influx of now batches of emigrants. Given theso conditions, and tho result i cer tain. In virtue of nature's law of tho "sur vival of thn fittest," tho Britisli aro bound to distance tho Boer in tho fu ture as they havo done in tho past. In this world, a present constituted, thn weaker is certain iu tho long run to go to tho wall. Just a in tho southern states in America tho Yankee is hunting out the southern planter, so tho Briton is compelled by tho same manifest des tiny to oust tho Boer. I hold, therefore, that no matter what one s respect may bo for tho individual lino qualities of tho Boer population, one can entertain no doubt that iu tho end tho race that goes uhoad must got tho hotter of tho race that stay at home Nineteenth Century. Carton. Frogs. Ono of tho most interesting species of frogs that have boon described ig tho ono discovered by Mr. Wallace in Bor neo a number of yeurs ago. It has been popularly culled tho ' 'flying frog, " from the fact that it ha toes of groat length, and theso are fully webbed to tho tip. If tho animal wishes to descend from tho top of a high tree, it has only to mako tho leap, and by spreading out its toes it converts its foot into four veri tublo parachutes, and thus this littlo aerial butrachian reaches terra flrnm in safety. Among tho most curious types ore tho troo frogs, and Gibson nays theso "aro reudily distinguished from all oth ers by having tho ends of their toes di luted into knobs or disks, generally pro vided with a sticky secretion, by moan of which they can cling to tho leaves and branohes of trees. They am small, elegant and exceedingly active creatures, tho males possessing loud voices, of which they make copious use during tho breeding season and on the approach of rain. "Popular Science Monthly. Bat Savon Impeachment Trials. General Harrison discusses "Impeach ment" in his "This Country of Ours" article in Ladies' Homo Journal. Ho presents the constitutional provisions for the impeachment of high officials, and recalls that the process has been put into oporation but seven times. Wil liam Blount, a senator from Tennessee, was the flrst official to be tried on im peoohmeut proceedings. His trial oc curred in 1797. The others were: John Pickering, a United States district judge for New Hampshire, in 1808; Justice Somuol Chose of the United States supreme court, about the same time; James IL Peck, judge of the United States district court for the dis trict of Missouri, in 1830; Judge Hum phreys of the United States district court for the district of Tennessee, in 1863; President Andrew Johnson, in 1808; William W. Belknap, secretary it war, in 1870. There were but two conviotions Judge Pickering and Judge Humphreys. The Sacred Bo Troo. On the night of Oct. 7, 1887, the tree worshipers of Ceylon met with an ir reparable calamity. During one of the worst storms that ever raged ou the is land their sacred bo tree was thrown to the ground. The oldest written descrip tion of this wonderful tree known to exist is that by Fa Hiam, a Chinese his torian and traveler, who visited the tree in the year 414 A. D. According to the learned Chinaman, it was then 703 years old, having been planted by King Do vinipiatissa In the year 388 before our era began. If the above data be correct, and there is no reason for doubting it, the bo tree was more than 8,175 years old when the storm ended its career on the data mentioned above. St Louis Republic. JJErOHTOlf THE CONDITION or run FIRST NATIONAL HANK cr s3B-se'rox,33Sjvxr,x,a nt Kevnol'lsvllli'. In Hie Kliile nf I'eniisylvn nlii, at the clime of ImikIiicmh .Inly 14, Ihim, linsomii'SS! t.tin still fllwntint SNS.iliin M Ovrrilt-ufls, sec UM'il mill inieeiire(l 411 I'.H. 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Our line of X)iniii Room Furni ture was never so complete as it is now. We also havo a line lino of wiirni wtwuiur, at jiricwn 10 huh uiw umeH. in Carpets, Oil Cloth and our stock is always complete also handle the celebrated Fern cliff Stoves and Ranges. Get our prices before buying. Commencing this veek, DEEMER'S Dress Goods. three received a large in voice terns. They are all to go. Not often you wil find such choice pat terns we offer them. Shirt Waists! Everyone must go. We don't from one season to the next. We've put th price down on cost good styles. A, D. ALWAYS LEAD House Fur Goods. of Tron and 33ra.se MATTING, just the thing fort Window Shades and prices the lowest. V are reducing all Wash Only weeks since they of the latest pat-i at the low price carry any ove them to and below. Al Doomor & Co, to Bhow goods. IS". Hanau. Detroit irrea nest
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