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China has shown her teeth.
The great Inert mass of Orientals I
not lifeless, nfter all.
As the "foreign devil" approached
her cnpltnl she nrouscd herself from
her drugged sleep end prepared to
strike lmck.
Her activity hns startled the Towers.
Fifty warships are plowing through
'Asiatic waters to cheek her murderous
designs.
Ninety thousnnd troops are being
1 rushed with feverish hnsto townrd the
tnrttilcnt province of re-ehl-ll, where
Pi'kln, the cnpltnl, Is situated, and
where the mouth of the empire, the
Gulf of Pe-shl-ll, opens.
The fact is that since the war with
Jnpiiu the Chinese have lieen dolus
precisely what the Boers did after the
Jameson raid. It is even said Hint
f J1:olr leaders have pained their chief
hcourugornent In the present nntl-for-I
elpn uprising from the remarkable sue
I cesses of the Boers ngnlnst the British
There Is no longer any doubt thnt the
Chinese troops nro armed with modern
weapon and know how to fight, which
they did not five yenrs ago. The Brit
ish mistake of underrating the enemy,
If mndo by the Towers lu the present
instance, would ontnll results to np
pnlllng to contemplate. An upheaval
then would Involve the whole empire,
nil foreigners would be slaughtered or
driven Into the sea, and the Yellow
peril would literally menace the entire
world. It would then be necessary to
decide whether to abandon Chiua ut
terly, with the future manaco which
would always be Impending, or to send
tho utmost resources of nil civilization
to conquer nu enemy numbering from
a quarter to one-third of the human
race. It Is easily understood, thero
fore, why Europe Is hesitating before
a problem so gigantic that there Is
nothing In modem times with which to
compare it.
The arsenals and batteries of Russia
command the northern approach at
Port Arthur; a fleet of British cruisers,
a regiment of soldiers and a formida
ble fortress holds the southern np-
proach nt Wcl-hal-wol, while yet fur
ther south, at Kiae-chau, Qeruiauy has
a fortified navul base.
The mouth of the Chiuese dragon Is
filled with foreign teeth.
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resources to resist tho force of tht civ
ilized nations:
Population 400.ono.000
Annual revenues ?"5,Ooa,000
Revenues collected and no
preprinted by officials.. .9373.000.000
Such a population and such a vast
annual revenue should form a combin
ation that wotdd make the nllled Tow
era tremble. Instead, what has China
to show on land and sen?
Her navy:
Sis cruisers of C.ViO tons each.
Three crnlsers of 3400 tons each.
One cruiser of INOO tons.
One torpedo boat.
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LI HCNQ CHANG'S RESIDENCE IN TEKIN.
(Formorlv tue temple o( the sages and righteous men.)
One gunbont.
Two armored cruisers of 4S00 tons.
Four antique gunboats of 400 tons.
Four modern torpedo boats.
None of these ships Is adequately
mnuiied or armed. In her entire em
pire China has but one dock where
even repairs could le made, and that
with n capacity only for a aoOO-ton
ship.
With this Insignificant navy she must
defend 4000 miles of coast line. Six of
her cruisers are at present locked up
In tho Gulf of Fo-cbl-ll.
China, therefore, can expect nothing
from her unvy. What, then, does her
army offer.
Her army:
To begin with, China Is domlnnted
by a foreign army, 200,000 strong, Tho
Mnnchus garrison the empire. They
ride hlgh-hnnded over tho Chinese, and
are commanded by Tartar generals.
Very little loyalty could bo expected
from the Chinaman If forced to enlist.
Tho entire army system Is corrupt.
Revenues collected to support the gar
risons hnve been diverted nnd divided
between the generals In command nnd
the viceroys of tho provinces. It Is
probnblo, therefore thnt In the entire
Chinese empire there Is not equipment
for a body of troops exceeding 200,000,
and even for that number it is ques
tionable. General Yuan Shi Kal has 10,000
men. They arc tho best body of troops
In the empire, and are now entrenched
between Pekin and Tiuu-Tslu .
In the Hunting Park,-outside of the
walled city of Pekin, Is encamped
Prince Chine's Hold force of 10,000
picked men.
Outsldo the walls of Toklu are Goo-
eral Tung Funslcng'a Mohammedans,
'badly drilled and murderous rnbble,
1.1,000 strong. They nro the troops
thnt have menaced the European ele
ment In Pekin for some time, and are
the ones who have probnbly broken
Into the city nhd endangered the lives
of the foreign clement.
North from Tekln, swinging around
the shore back from the Gulf of Pel-ehl-ll,
Is General Bang's force of 20,
000 men.
General NIeh is close to Tlen-Tsln
with . "5,000 men. These troops' are the
ones who caused Admiral Seymour's
return. They are drilled by German
officers and are armed with Mauser
rilles.
In Manchuria are 15,000 men drilled
and fairly well armed, commanded by
General Yl-Ke-Tong.
One of tho moss formidable forces
in China Is the feudal armies of Mon
golia, who nro allied by mutual Inter
ests to the Empress Dowager and tho
Mnnchn dynasty. The force consists
of separate commands of cavalry num
bering some 100,000, commanded by
native princes. They are loyal to their
feudal lords, but fight without pay
nnd would unite against a common
enemy.
Scattered down the const and along
the rionng IIo and Ynng-tse rivers are
numerous nrsennls and military camps.
A list nnd location would give an inad
equate idea, as the figures obtainable
are largely based upon hearsay.
It Is known, however, that LI Hung
Chang, at Canton, has at his command
over 20,000 men, mostly Mnnchus. I
have visited the forts and garrisons
FAMILY OF CHINESE CONVERTS.
there, nnd they are' of the most antique
and old-fashlqned kind, totally unfitted
to make a rcslstanco of any impor
tance. The Chinese forts are mounted large-
ly with old breech-loading cannon and
every kind of a ride manufactured in
the last half century is used by ber
array.
There ore, In some of the forts at
Taku, for Instance, a few Krupp guns,
nnd In the Pekin field forces and scat
tered around the Mnnchu arsenals are
some modern field pieces nnd siege
guns, but the equipment in the face of
a modern army is absolutely ridiculous.
Tho tottering old empire' must rely,
to accomplish its avowed purpose of
driving tho "foreign devils out," not
upon its navy, hardly upon its army,
but largely upon Its population.
Ouco relieved of what llttlo restraint
now holds them In check and this long
Buffering race will wreak a revenge
upon civilization and their own rulers
that will "stagger humanity."
Tho race for an empire that Is now
going ou in Asia Is a race for human
ity. Tho nation thnt storms Pekin and
strikes u blow ut tho barbarism and
Ignorance of antiquity that still ra
diate from the throne of the Dowager
Empress will commence a new cycle
lu Cathay and confer a lasting obliga
tion upon tho civilized world. Who
will win the great prize?
Lord Charles Beresford uinde an In
vestigation of the coudltlou of the Chi
nese army, and declares that not even
the Imperial Government at Pekin
knows the real strength of the military
forces. Homo of the commands are
Mancua nnd some Chinese distinct
tho one from the other. The army is
eutlrely a voluntary service, but wheu
ouco a man has joined It he finds it
dlltlcult If not impossible to leave It.
Besides the Manchu and Chinese ar
mies thero are 100,000 Mongolian cttv
airy, excellent men, ruled by tbclr own
princes uuder a system of feudal ten
ure. They are not paid. This cavalry
force Is said to bo devoted to the pres
ent dynasty.
Direct evidence of the friendship of
tho Empress Dowager for the Boxers
bus been given In the removal of
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Prince Chlng ns chief of the Tsimir-JI
Yamen, or Foreign Office, and his re
placement by Trlnce Tuan, father of
the belr apparent to the throne, who la
a sympathizer with the Boxers. Prince
PRINCB CHISft, FMEN OF FOnEIOSEBS,
REMOVED FROM THE TBfKO-til VAMAK.
Chlng is one of the best known nnd
moRt nblc of Chinese stntesmen, nnd
Is known to bo friendly to foreigners.
NOVEL FLOWER STAND.
Plrnits Mads to Grow Out or llamboo
Stalks.
Ono of the prettiest flower stnnda
which has appeared of late, says the
London Express, Is made of a piece
of bamboo from four feet to five feet
hlch. nailed onto two smaller bits.
arranged in the shape of the letter
X. A hole of about three Inches deep
Is cut at each knot in the upright
bamboo, and a natural reccptnelo for
flowers Is made In this easy fashion.
Bamboo grows In sections, so that as
thero is a solid piece of wood between
each portion of the upright stick,
nothing remains to bo done but to pour
wnter Into tho holes nnd to place
a branch of flowers In onch. Lllnc
and laburnum look exquisite when
placed alternately In the bamboo
flower stand, but almost any kind of
foliage is effective when used in this
way.
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THE STAND IN PTl.Ii BLOOM.
The lower stand should be placed In
tho corner of a room or entrance hall,
nnd the stand becomes almost invis
ible when it is nicely filled with flow
ers.
A Hamming-Bird's Vinbrclla.
In front of a window where I
worked was a butternut tree. A hum
ming bird built her nost on a limb thnt
grew near tho window, says a writer
In the American Sportsman, and wo
had an opportunity to watch her closo
ly. In fact we could look right Into
the nest. Ono day when there was
a heavy shower coming up we thought
wo would see If she covered her young
during the rain. Well, when the first
drops fell she camo nnd took In her
bill one or two or three large leaves
growing closo by, and laid this leaf
over the nest so as to completely cover
it; then she flew away. On examin
ing the leaf, we found a holo In it,
and in the side of the nest was a
small stick that the leaf was fastened
to or hooked upon. After the storm
was over the old bird camo back and
unhooked the leaf, nnd the nest was
perfectly dry.
Only Quintain Poit In Enclnnd.
This Interesting relic is to be seen nt
Offlinn, in Kent, Just off the main
road between Wrotham nnd Maid
stoue, England. It Is In an excellent
state of preservation, It being kept In
repair by the owner of a house hard
by. Tho stipulation thut the Qulu-
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OLD QCINTAIX POST.
tain is to be kept in order by tho owner
is made in the title deeds of the house.
The Quintain Post formed part of a
very popular pastime In Queen Eliz
abeth's days. To ono end of the cross
bur, which swings on a pivot, a heuvy
suud bug was fixed. Tho other end,
the broad flat end, was the object of
the tilt by a player who rode uguinst
it, lance in hand. The object was to
tilt It at the broadsldo and to ride
swiftly by before the sundbug, coming
rouud, should strike him to the ground.
The somnambulist who tumbles from
1 a root is an Illustration of oue way to
fall asleep.
ThjH St)ITfS
New York City. Rcl and white
Striped madras, white lawns end all
over embroidery with edging and In
sertion to match are tho materials
combined In this attractive nnd dainty
A DATXTY. LITTLE FROCK.
little frock. The full body Is nrranged
over fitted linings, which closo in
centre back, the tipper portions of
which are covered with the embroid
ery to round yoke depth. The pretty
bcrtbn of unique shaping Is made of
the white lawn, to match tho sleeves,
nnd its edges are handsomely trimmed
with Insertion nnd edging. This lin
ing may be omitted, nnd tho waist
finished with tho bertha In gulnipo
style. Tho lining may be used with
CHARMIXtt WASHABLE WAIRT3.
the sleeves ns t separate gultnpc, to
which tho embroidery Is applied in
round yoke outline. The sleeves nro
gathere t Into wristbands of insertion
finished with a frill of embroidery.
Tho full round skill Is deeply
hemmed at the foot gathered at the
top and Joined to tho lower edge of
waist n band of insertion forming the
belt To mnko ns Illustrated will re
quire two nnd three-fourths yards of
striped nmdrns, thirty-two inches wide,
ono and five-eighths yards of white
lawn guimpo, with sleeve nnd berthn,
and three-olghtfcs yards of nllovej em
broidery for yoko and collar, three
ynrds of Insertion and four and one
half yards of embroidery.
Washable Shirt Waist.
Midsummer demands thnt a generous
supply of washublc shirt waists be
kept on hand, and tho slmplo styles
now in vogue nre cuslly made at
home with the use of a reliable pat
tern. The material represented lu the
drawing ou the left of the large pict
ure is red and white Scotch uuulrns,
simply machine stitched aud closed in
trout with pearl buttons. Tho back
fits smoothly across the shoulders, aud
may bo made with or without applied
yoke, the fuluess at the waist being
adjusted by tapes run thrcugh a cas
ing. The fronts havo attractive ful
uess laid In five small backward turn
ing pleats at tho neck.
The regulation shirt waist sleeves
have opeulugs finished with uuder aud
over laps, und tho wrists nro com
pleted with straight link cuffs. The
mode Is desirable fur all wash fabrics
In plain, dotted, striped or figured
deslgus.
To make this shirt waist will require
In the medium size three aud three
quarter yards of material tweuty-ouo
Inches wide, or two and a halt yurds
thirty-six Inches wide.
Ribbon and luce insertion united y
machine stitching Is the dainty fabric
illustrated lu the other drawlug. Tho
front and sleeves are cut en bias
and a strip of the Insertion Is applied
over the pleat In front, which renders
the closing Invisible.
The wulst is arranged over fitted lln
lngs of silk or lawn which match thj
color of tho riubou.
Gathers at tho neck and waist line
give the fronts a graceful, slightly
Ulousca, effect.
The back fits swarthly across the
Op FASHION.
shoulders, scant fulness below being
drawn to the centre at the waist line.
Myllsh flaring cuffs fall In scnllops
over the hand nnd finish the wrists of
the dress sleeves tluit have only slight
fulness nt the top.
Tiny dnrts taken up In the founda
tion of the stock collar curves It com
fortably to the neck and over this
the material Is smoothly adjusted.
To make this waist In tho medium
size will require three nnd one-hntf
ynrds of material twenty Inches wide,
or two nnd one-quarter yards thirty
six Inches wide, with one yard of lawn,
or tw- y .rds of silk for lining.
The Long Glove Asnln.
With the adoption of the short el
bow sleeve on some of our smart
gowns the long glove Is again worn;
Indeed, thero are whispers that Pari
sians are trying to Introduce silk mit
tens. It Is a fashion for the lady of
beautiful hand nnd handsome rings to
rejoice at
Wrapper With Wattean Tleat In Back.
The comfort suggested by this pret
ty, cool-looking wrapper Is most be
witching. Soft wool chnllles thnt hns
a green leaf on a crenm-tlnted ground,
Is the material Illustrated. The point
ed brctelles yoke and collar of leaf
green Liberty satin are overlaid with
Russian lace, and trimmed with a
quilling of thrre-qunrter-lncli Liberty
satin ribbon In the snmo shade of
green. Ribbon two Inches wide is
used for the seinl-glrdle, which Is
sewed on the underarm seam nt the
waist line, and stylishly bowed In cen
tre front. The upper part of the
front and bock lining Is faced to
square yoke depth. Tho full fronts
nre gathered and applied over the lin
ing to the edge of the yoke, ntid the
back is arranged In a stylish double
box pleat, which Is attached to the
lower edge of back yoke and falls In
graceful folds to tho lower edge. The
collar which curves high In tho back
closes in centre front, and the closing
may bo made visibly or with buttons
and buttonholes, as preferred. The
two-piece sleeves are correct In shape,
aud the pretty pointed epaulettes that
nre sewed on over tho shoulders, at
the yoke outllue, stand out stylishly
over the tops. The wrists are sim
ply trimmed on the edge with a band
of quilled ribbon. A wrapper In this
stylo can bo appropriately made in
lawn, percale or gingham, with allover
embroidery Insertion and edging for
trimming. Mndo In foulard or China
Bilk, a combination of contrasting color
or lino tucking, with trimming of lace,
will bo attractive. Cashmere of light
weight wool goods will trim daintily
with ribbon or irregular insertion.
To make this wrapper In the medium
size will require six and one-half yards
of cashmere or other material forty
four Inches wide, ten nud one-half
yards thirty -two Inches wlde.or twelvo
yards tweuty-two Inches wide. To
trim ns represented, seven-eighths
yards each of satin aud nllover lace,
ladies' WRArrsn,
olsutoon inches wide, Is needed for
the yoke collnr and bretelles, with
seven yards of ribbou for quilling and
two aud one-half yards for girdle.
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