About The sunny South. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1875-1907 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1887)
j L* 4 A ' f THE SUNNY SOUTH, ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY MORNING. JANUARY 15, 1 88 7. THE YAM-TZE. Some Observations and Experiences in the Great Valley of Cen tral China. By an Fx-Mlnisicr of the Unite d States Editor Sumrr South: The Yang-tze-kiaiig, “Son of the ocesn,” somethin s called “the girdle of China,” from the circumstance that it passes through the whole empire from west to east, is the princi pal river of the Asiatic continent. And if re gard be had to its numerous tributaries,to the ■umber of large cities to which its waters give free access, to the fertility of soil and variety of products along its banks, and to the vast population scattered far and wide over the immense valleys, plains and water sheds drained by it and its confluents, it has no equal \ oa the globe. With its source far up in the mountains .vf Thibet, its couise is thence southwaid until it enters the great tea growing provinc of Yu- nan, near the 28th parallel north latitude. From thence its course is southwest until it falls a little below the 2<>lh parallel, when it turns almost due northward through the province of Szc-chuen. It then turns nortb- • eastward ,-u d enters the province of llu-pe at (bout no east longitude, and then proceeds east by north through the province of Ngan- hwui until it reaches the point whore five large cities constitute the great commercial mart of Ilan-kow. Thence flowing in the same gener al dir-ction it sweeps through the rich province of Kiang-su, passes the ancient city of Nankin on the right, crosses the Grand Canal 48 miles below, and final y disembogues i a to the yel low sea, several leagues northeast of Shanghai, having traversed a space of neaily four thou sand miles. Between the coast and the Grand Canal, a distance of nearly two hundred miles, its aver age width is about three and a half miles, its average depth is about sixty fathoms, and its current about 4 miles per hour. Between the Grand Canal and Nankin, its average depth is relatively greater and its average width consid erably 1* ss than it is below the canal. Be tween Nankin and Ifan-kow, a distance of some 3tK) miles, its average width is about two miles and its average depth about 15 fathoms. For nearly nine hundred miles above the coast, it is navigable at all seasons by the heaviest ocean fleets, and for about six hundred miles ■till further by navy river steamers. Winter and summer, at high or low tide, its waters are always muddy and full of sand and sediment- Its alluvial deposits are slowly but steadily filling in the narrow channel of the yellow sea. and thus constantly enlarging the Chinese territory toward the borders of Japan. In the time cf Confucius, about live and a half centuries before the Christian era, the vast al luvial plain win reon the great cities of Shang hai and Su-eliow are now situated, was under the surface of t he yellow sea, the coast line then hi ing not far below the sand hills east of Cbin-kian . The traflic along the line of this immense river is something enormous. The tea trade alone, between Ilan-kow and the Kurope.ni cities, sometimes employ three competing lines of the heaviest ocean steamers during the entire season; an 1 the local traflic betwet n Han-kow and Shanghai and intermediate river ports, employ three or four lines of river steamers, besides myriads of native sailing craft, such as Junks, Lorchas, Bungoes ami dug-outs. In making a voyage of tiie river be tween the coast and Ilan-kow, one is often surprised to see, in the far inland, the tail sails of Junks and Lorchas careering above the reeds and willows as if sailing over dry land. The illusion is dispelled later on, when it is discovert d that some narrow creek or canal connects the river wltbsome large city, wh cb, in all probability, has no place on the ordinary maps of of the country, it is not nni:li won der tin n that the commerce of this great v, lley, no less than it strange mediaeval civilization, should have attracted the attention of the civ ilized woi Id. If our voyage be in midsummer when the river is ustia ly at high water mark, the whole country for the first hundred miles will appear •« be a Dniiless plain of half submerged land, utilized only lor the cultivation Ol nee ana other wuieiy living plaids; and this dull, dreary, monotonous landscape continues pretty much ui broktn until we reach the sand hills a few miles east of Cbin-kiang. But it will be compensated by the novel ami interesting Beenes on the broad bosom of the great river. You see Junks ami Lorckas a nl every con ceivable form and variety of native craft push ing to and fro, up and down, and across the deep majeslic current; some propelled by gro tesque looking sail towering disproportionate ly high above the clumsy hulk, some by long rows of side oars like the ancient gallics of the Koinans, and some by cables, drawn slung the banks ami up the heavy current oy irodps of half naked coolies. Great fishing nets and bas kets susjiem ed from the ends of long wooden beams or levers, will be seen in every little eddy and counter current along either bank; the unique contrivance being identical, in mechanical appliance and arrangement, with that employed by ihc ancient Egyptians for raising water from the Nile, or that employed by our colonial ancestors for raising water from their wells. As the patient fisherman pulls down the end of his long lever the net rises from the water, often well laden with «ali and turtle; and then an assistant goes out in a small boat, with two great eyes painted on its prow, unfastens a little flap in the net, dumps toe contents into his boat, ami silently pulls to the shore while the net is being lower ed into the water for another haul. About two miles below Cliin-kiang and in plain view of the city, is the famous “Silver Island,” the only really beautiful spot we have yet seen in China, it is the cone of a little mountain cropping on; some three hundred feet above the swift current, and covered w ith fern and forest growth from the water’s edge upward. Us sidts are steep though neldom prec pitous and are ascended by a spiral roadway about ten feet m width. All along this serpentine pathway, sometimes on an over-hanging ledge of rock, are pagan Temples of strange oriental pattern, inhabited by priests and Uiars. On the crest of the island is a level space of per haps four or five acres, area, at the southern extremity of which is a fort armed with heavy Krupp guns and manned by a small but well disciplined garrison. But we see no family residences, no garden patches and no eviden ces that the island is inhabited by others than priests and soldiers. On the south hank of the river, just oppo site, is a very high bluff, likewise well fortified. The north channel of -the river spreads out over a vast fiat and is too shallow and treach erous to be navigable, so that the fortifications on the island and on the high bluff opposite, command completely the narrow channel which is the real gateway to the interior of China. It is said that the Chinese mandarins never comprehended the use and value of this Gibraltar of the Y ang-tze until after the Brit ish fleet under Lord Napier ascended the river as far as Nankin and laid that city <u ruins, a lesson which these shrewd and pra ' -al peo ple have never forgotten. Mj first impressions of Chin-kiaag were not very agreeable. I was accompanied from Shanghai by the United States Consul, who was well acquainted with the place. We land ed from the steamer at the China Merchants’ Wharf, or rather where there was then no wharf, Jabout a mile below the little Foreign Settlement. It was about 9 o’clock at night, and quite dark; but two coolies of the Consul’s household, each with a lantern as large as a flour barrel, were on the bank awaiting our ar rival. It seemed to me there must have been should in a spirit of independence characteris tic of his country men, presume to do as he pleases and act sensibly by carrying a medium sized lantern, large enouga for practical pur poses but not so large as to block up streets and sidewalks?” “In that case,” said the Consul, “the Chi nese masses, and a large per centage of the native officials also, would set him down as a comparai ively small and insignificant person age, whose wishes might he very safely disre garded. By treaty stipulations, our Consuls rank with the Taotoi. an officer of great digni ty, feared by the masses and respected by all ill not less than two or three tbousftpd Chinamen, -n —— J --- — atea of all grades aud conditions, congregal along the bank, and that about every third man bad a lantern in his hand. But there wen none quite so large as the two which first attracted my attention. “Those are my official lanterns," said the Consul. “In this country size represents tank; big man, big lantern; little man, little lantern. None but the higher officials can have large lanterns." “And who are those grave looking gentle men in long white gowns, each with his coolie and medium siz-d lantern?” I asked. "They are merchants, merchants’ clerks, traders, consignees and compradors,’’ was the reply. “And those in the rear in nature's shirt sleeves, each with a tiny little lantern, who •re they?” “They are lower servants, cooks, runners and common coolies; and yon observe that their lanterns range in siz-> according to the rank or station of the owner.” “Suppose however," put in a newly arrired American who had joined us. “that an offici tl of the United States, for instance the Consul, classes; and, whenever he faili to assert the privileges of his rank befc re these impression able pet pie, he is sure to lose their considera tion in consequence.” We crossed the open space in front of the landing, the dense crowd of people making way as we passed, and soon turned into a very crooked street not exceeding nine feet in width. It seemed to me to be some back alley, literally reeking with the accumulated filth of whole decades. Gesping for breath, with hand kerchief over mouth and nostrils, I ventured to inquire of the Consul whether his lamp coolies had not taken us out of the way. “(>, no; not at all,” said he, "this is one of the most frequented streets in the city. It leads almost directly to the Consulate. I ought to have sooner apologized, however, for the absence of my official chair, which I am sorry to say is now at the shop for repairs.” “O, never mind the chair, Consul; I really prefer the walk,” I replied. Very soon we turned to the right and began to descend a flight of very dirty stone steps to the margin of a most lilt by and repulsive look ing creek of stagnant water. We crossed this on a row of little pontoon boats and began the ascent of the steps oil ’lie opposite side, when the Consul remarked that we had “just cross ed the Grand Canal.” “Then this must be its south entrance from the river; but, really, I had mistaken it for a main sewer of the city.” “Yes, this is one of the south entrances to the Great Imperial Canal which connects Shanghai with l’ekin, and said to have been dug nearly two thousand years ago.” “Then there are more than one entrance from the south bank of the Yang tze?” “Yes; the other is about a mile below, near- ly opposite Silver Island.” As we tramped on, single file, one lamp coolie before and one behind us, the dense crowds in the narrow street gave way on either side, lhus making a narrow lane for one passage. A hot, sickening stench, such as I never before experienced, aDd which no pen can describe, came up from the damp pave ment, and the close high walls of the houses effectually shut out every breeze. On either side of the street, I often observed small rows of kongs or large earthen jars sunk half way into the ground. These were generally filled with slops ami human excrement, swarming with flies and vermin, and emitted an odor sufli ;ient, it seemed to me, to extinguish the fires in a steam engine. “Are Chinamen supposed to be deficient in the sense of smell?” I asked. After a hearty laugh, the Consul replied. “(), no, but people here soon get used to these things and then don’t mind them.” “Bill how about typhoid fever?” “0, Cliin-kiang is perfectly healthy. Shang hai is sickly, butChin-kiang is all right.” Turning another corner we entered a wide, airy street, well shaded with luxurint maples ami elms. ‘Now then,we are in the Foreign Concession’ said the Consul; meaning thereby that we had just entered the little settlement of foreign residents. When we reached the opposite end of the avenue, we were at the foot of a high hill, on the side of which stood a very large two story, modern looking building of stone and brick ovi rlooking the entire city from the West. “That,” said the Counsel, “is the British Consulate of course.” “And why of course?” I asked “Because it is the Ernest and most expensive in the city. You have observed, doubtless, that at each of t lie treaty ports you have visit ed, the finest and most ex [tensive house in,the l lace is occupied by the English Consul.” “And owned by the British government, here as elsewhere, I presume.” “ti, yes, always. The English, unlike our people, understand the importance attached, by Chinamen to externals. That shabby little building at the foot of the hill is the American Consulate. It’s the best that can be rented for the amount of money allowed for that purpose and is an you see, inferior to the Constable’s quartets attached to the British Consulate.” o' ..ire; an.,’-.,, ...■'/in .o--js.fi’j-,-. v ed that the salary of the English Consul was considerably more than double that of tlie American, and that his additional allowance for contingencies was likewise about double. (lur Consulate service [lays about forty thous and dollars annually into the National Treas ury, ove • and above all expenses, whiie that of Great Britain falls short of current expenses by .something over a hundred thousand. And get our cheap demagogues in < ’ongress are ever ready to raise the cry of “Economy” whenev er the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill is up for discussion. Cbin-kiap" is ope of the oldest cities in the Yang-tze valley, anti amongst the oldest in the Empire. It has lieen destroyed many times by war; first by the Tartars who overthrew the Ming dynasty in the lfith Century, theji by antiquity, it is still one of the curiosities of this curious country—far more remarkable, in every respect, than the celebrated porcelain tower of Nanki iankin, though seldom even alluded to by tourists who have flooded onr literature with books about China. Its base, which rests upon a ledge of solid rock, is formed by blocks of c ‘ ‘ * - - - - cast iron four feet in thickness, wedge- shaped in form, and about twelve feet from back to point. These huge iron wedges are so arranged as to form a circular pedestal about sixty feet in circumference. On this rests the tall shaft made of Recti' ns of solid iron. Its circumfereuce just above the pedestal is about thirty feet; tbeuce sloping gradually as it rises, the circumference at the top is probably not exceeding eight or ten. Its present height is perhaps about fifty feet, but in other respects its form and architectural design are identical with the ordinary pagodas seen all over China. How three mammoth blocks of solid cast iron (some of them weighing many tons each) were ever brought hither by any mechanical appliances known among the Chinese remains a mystery. But, admitting the antiquity of the structure, this mystery is no greater than their manufacture, at a time when the art of smelting and moulding large hulks of iron was yet unknown (or had been lost) among the na tions of Europe. W. L. S. SADDAY NIGHTS, At Sugar Hill. tion er hiB sintimeiita. He reasons he gin fur settiu’ money afo’ wimiuin is ve’y deceivin’, an’ not propositions to be counted agin ’em. fur ef wimmin is mo’ numeracious’n dey orter be, dat ain’t dere fault, fur dey didn’t mek deyselves, an’ ef de Lord mek em mo’ plenti ful dan money, hit nius a ben ’caze he thank ’dey was better’H money. ‘BreT Thusaleh have tole yon how de Bible bars witness to de superciliated excellence an’ grammaticle necessity uf ’oman, an’ ef we turn to de pages er hist’ry, we shill fine dar de same testament to dere honor. Dar is Ilullena Troy an’ Wentser Medicines an’ Busan B. An thony, which have ben norated ail over de worl’ from de most ancient times, fur dere beauty an’ domesticated wirtuea, an’ in our own times, dar is Queen Victoria an’ Marfa Wash- in’tun, an’ Lydia l’inkiiam an’ Mrs. Winslow, which dere names is all as cerebrated as dat uf any er de stunner sex. In fac’, wimmin have extinguished deyselves in ev’y spere er life, an’ befo’ de dawn uf another gineration shall eradicate dis terraceous ball wid its ’pulgent beams, de sacud name er ’oman will shine forf frum de long ellipse whar de overshadderin’ voice er man have so long held it enshrouded.” His splendid bust uf illerkence were greeted w'd seeh storms uf applaus, dat it was a long time ’fo’ bre’r Jorum could tek his scat, de la dies in pertic’ler, krp up sech a clappin’ er ban’s an’ wavin’ er haukerchers tell it look lack dey was a gwineter keep him dar all night a bowin’ an’ a smilin’ back at ’em. When at las de meetin’ come to order agin, nobody didn’t have de insurance to git up an’ put deyselves in comparison wid bru’r Jorum by makin uf a speech agin ’ini so de s’ciety objourueyed tell nex’ uiout’. THE DEBATIN’ S’CIETY. Subject: “Wimmin or Money” Re ported by Dannel Handy, Col ored. Las’ Sacday, bein’ de fust er’Jinnerwurry, de s’ciety met accordin’ to de rules, punctually at half pas’ eight, an’ de president renounced de subjeck er debate, “Which air de mos’ en- ticinest, Wimmin or Money.” Bre’r Thusaleh, he bcin’aw'derer, an’ sorter hankering atter Sis Beady’s M'ria Jane, tuk de fio’ just ail’ spoke fur de ladies. “Misser president ” sez he, sorter castin his eyes over tow’ds M’ria Jane, “I is ’sprised how any pusson kin axe dey se’ves lech a question as dat, when dey looks rouu’ dis beer ’semly, an’ res’es dere eyes on dc lovely rup- pereentertrives er de gentile insex which have honered dis meetin’ wid dere presence. If 1 spicioncd dar was a gempleman in discomp’ny what wouldn’t rather look on de face uf a gen tile fa’r one as on a ten dollar bill, I’d blush fur my inner. AMERICAN WOMEN. Miss Marrvat’s Severe Criticisms. [New York World.] Miss Florence Marryat has recently publish ed a decidedly severe criticism of our Ameri can women. Her tour in our country does not appear to have been eminently pleasant. She came here to lecture, as everybody knows, and to look -"found generally. Her glances seem to have fallen in the dark comers. The dis courtesies of which this lady complains are certainly of the most ill-bred description, but it Btrikes one as rather singular that she should have been the victim of so many. I do not re member ever before of having heard America’s daughters declared to be not only generally uncultured, but absolutely lacking in decent politeness, and can certain y claim from my own personal experience that this is untrue. I have numerous types in my mind at present of the noblest women created, the jewels above price, who have actually, with due deference to Miss Marryat’s hastily formed opinion, been horn, raised and bred in America. These are women who are the soul of goodness, high- minded, generous, kind, mothers in the ten- derest significance of the word, graceful, and frequently tale ited. It is a pity Miss Marryat did not have an opportunity of meeting such women. The time spent in making her un kind remarks, if devoted to a chap t-r of the books this lady is capable of writing, would have been productive of a very entertaining re sult, whereas the fair critic" has attacked a subject upon which siie is lamentably igno rant. If, as Miss Marryat says, she met with unpleasant treatment from rude women at the theatre, it is scarcely necessary to say that such persons, unfortunately, are found among every people, and that no one with any idea of justice thinks of judging a great nation by the thoughtless jostlers in a promismous crowd. English criticism is becoming stale, flat and unprofitable. Occasionally some impetuous American rises to remark on the subject, but the sturdy embarking of the determined pil grims hither is a more potent stroke of criti cism upon our English friends than the sharji- est tongue could utter or the bitterest pen in- Smith. VOTES. (a). All book move* up to this point and Mcnrrei in ti a celebrated same between the Edinburgh a- d London - lube <b». — Mr. St-* nton coneiu — . .. balark played B-B 5 by 9 P- Q B 2. with ratuer the baiter Tin, Edinburgh c'nb here played S- Q B 3, but isirWed ' a’tlee better followed if Cbeaa -ice —Exchanges and all letters pertaining to should be addressed J. B. BBDWINE, Atlanta, Ua. ToCoirespondmU: OurthanknarednetoC.W- Macr-riane, Itich r ond, Va , A. V Boa'rite, Colum bus Gin LF.Fnffia, Austin, Texas, Pr.-feeaor 8. Engels leg. Mibheim. Texas, Profeeso C V. Tuck er. El Dam Tl J Brooksliaw, and Dr. E. W Kee ney Newport, Kv.. si d F B Phelps, Ca- dwich, 111, for appreciated favors Contributions and Solution* ere invited. „ SOLUTIONS. No, as. l.QxPch. No Si Anil' rs b-gine with 1. Q-Q 7 Also by 1 KxP. 1. K-B6, t. Q-Q 8 7 ai d 1.P-B3. PKOIILVM CRITICISMS AND SOLVERS’ LIST. N *. 35, by Prof. S. Etigclking, wee or-ened by the following: • \e ysimpe, M ss E. MBae; it is round, anc that is all you cun say hi favor of it,” F. B. I helps; *1 canno comph - er t it.” fdw. Carney, Jr ; “go.k1 Bill ugh for a two-mov-r.” J. D Bm.dv; “rhisian nece-sarily-a-y 1 would changelh-lllark K«m»r for a ItiHck I* shop and re nove t,hn Pluck Vlu-en, then the ‘moduli ’ is indde i n ore securely,” (c) prevents 8-K1, which folb wed by B— 3 would have airai Black a ~ (d) 1 think B- K 3ae odju rer Had Blsck had thia pawn unmoved on the »th move he would not have luab , _ (e) g-KBB followed, if necessary, by Q-B Iu wurtb luntidBrlt-f. . (f) . j think it would hmye been better here to baye flint 'played BxB, especially at, if White recaptured with Knight he would I ate to bring it bath into play via Q 2. . (g) i n his exa^ iaation of this move. Whita over looked Black s very forcible r*ply a d Bp^nlated apon 8—b 3. in which cas B Q 4 and F- B 5 would Save been tronhlssome. m , D D . (b) V*»ry obvi u«ly B sek dare not play 8xB, ard if RyB, 19 KxR, *xR 30 Qx8 and Whits has a little the better game. ... . j (i) . ..lac* afterwards remarked that he had some notion of playing R K 7 he e. bat it won'd sesy probably have reunited in pr*tty mnch the same po sition. ... „ (j) . I is somewhat doubtful whether er not Fx" aeeert**! eriority of the Bnightov- r the I for a dr*w i»y blocking the poeition as much as pos sible. (k) The winning move, as White can row place his K-iiahr at Q 4 without fear or c pture, and «>noe i here Black s four unsupported pawns on White Sau re, are verk easily att»cs fd. _ „ (l) Bl*«v ».ow laved B-B 3. 40 8 Q 4 ch. Bx;8, 41 KxB. K B 3 42 P K3.K K 3 43 P 114 K B 3. 44 P— 5 BPxP, 45 PxP PxP, 6 KxP and the k me is wjn, although Black did not resign till Lis 8.st move. CHESS NOTES. K J Keddirg. Phelps 8 tsseeu and W J Kerris. N . 36, by Eiyie e tVoodard was so universally cond mnnl, yielding as it does to no less ? han hve keys, we cannot refrain from saying with C. H A., New Yorx, a very co peteut critic,-hat th Prob lem, viewed from the standpoint of thj author’s conception, is ‘ 'a masterly composition.” We com mend to our solvers the author’s key. I Q-Q 7. The E roblem wa« dissected by the f illowing: Author's ey given by C. H. A. ar d C- W Macfarlane. The I* 1 er gave 1 RxP, 1. P-K 3 and 1 K-B GaJso. C. H. Wheeler g ve . KxP and 1. P—K 3 remarking there was at le st another hot the Pr« »bk m was wor hy of no mitre time. I». J Redding, J Victor %nd KxP J D. * u. dy gives 1 P—K 3, «. RxP. and K-B 6 H.F Harrs give- 1 K-B6,L F Griffin and E»1w.» ar' ev, Jr., g t ve 1. RxP F B. Phelps and Miss E. M. Blake give 1. RxP and 1. P— K8. A V Boat rife yivee i,KxP, 1 P—K3 and I Q-Q B 7 W J. Ferris gives 1 RxP and 1. P~K 3. hel • Hasscen gives l.KxP. li. Ernst givesl*xl* and K—B6. l'BIZES FOB T11I8 * KKK’h PBOBLIM9. For the fir ft solutions to Problems 43, 44 and 45. 100 blank Diagrams, and f« r tt.e second solutions . r 0 ditto For first and second solutions of No. 43 and No. 44, a copy of a chess magazine. Nooiewil be awarded two of the s?x prizes. You can only win one prize. PKOBLKM 1*0. 41. Motto:—* The Body Gnardp ” For the Sunny South, by J. C. J. Wainwright. djtc*. a Mori;a: The latest addition to our editorial fraternity is Mr. A. A Bush, Oswego, N V. who h s recently be- S m a c ess col mu in the Syracuse, (N. Y.) liera d. uch so* cess to you, Bro. Bush. A chocs column has been started in the N»w York Star, and. we learr from the Commercial G.iz fte that Mr S im Loyd is reepons ble for it. 1c is cer tainly not a Steinitz pa. t-r. We learn from the Mar that Mr. Si ini«z is out in a card reitura ing his charge* against Mr. Loyd. it is very probable ttiat a irat r h will be arranged bei w.en Mr. B. Bodges, of Nashville, Tenn , and Prof A F. Worm, of this ci*y. The gentle ’ en who are engaged in bringing it 'bout, contemplate induc ing the two champions to meet in Memphis. Such a contest would be exceedingly interesting in vi«w of the rec*m bri liant achievements of the T« ties see player aud of the prominent place Prof. Wurm occupies amongst Southern players The Danish Gambit as played by L. F. Griffin, of Austi**’, Texas is becoming a terror to the flayers of Austin Mr. A. F Maokensia, (care Messrs. De Cordova it Co.. Kingston, Jamaica,) announces that his new book. Chess. Its Poetry and its Prose ” is now reaily. Price, V shillings, four pence, mailed postage paid. A new column has been started by Eirme! Ham ilton in the Pioneer Press, Si. Paul, Miun. It starts well fbd we ho e it will po continue. The Ja* uary International contains much matter of marked interest. Amo g other things the official programme of the Sixth American Chess U ngre-s is pnnted and it < objec h c**m'. ended. Address W. Steinitz, P O. Box 2037. New York, for a copy of this strong aud convincing docu * ent. We earnestly com. u eun the project to our readers. There is no hintr more important to the real Chets interests of this country than this Congress Problem lovere cannot do be ter than to send ten rents to our f.ienO, Prof. O. A. Brownson. Po-krla o Dubnque county, Iowa, for a copy of the January Chess .Journal. MOST PERFECT MADE! Prepared with strict regard to Purify, Strength, and Health fu lnese. Dr. Price's Baking Powder contains no Ammonia^imejAlum or Phosphates. 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An’ it have been so ever sense de beginnin’ er de warl’, dat ’oman was de bes’est tiling in it atter man, fur doan de Scripture tell us de Lord liissef seed dat man couldn't pit along fidout a’email to bij»’im ? l\n’ be tul. de to rlTS-tt • oman ni.-+ and-'in the British in 1842, and last by the Tal-pltiC ‘ A in Kebellion, of which it was the strongllek , _ 18KJ; but after' each disaster it wta rapidly re built, and now number? about two hundred • it bar been the scene thousand inhabitant? of many tragic events, among the most nota ble of which occurred when it was taken by the British forces, in July 1842. After a most desperate resistance by the Tartar general in command, he, rather than surrender to the “barbarian,” delih .-ratcly burned himself to death on a pile of wood and official papers, nothing being found of him but the skull and the bones of liis legs and feet. In 18:>! ( when the Tai-pings first captured the city, they massacred the entire Tartar garrison to a man, and then burned nearly every house in it, including many of the inmates. When tiie Kebellion was finally suppressed ill lstil, there was scarcely a house standing within the an- cieii. walls, and tiie population had been re duced from something over live hundred thou sand to about five hundred persons. Thu general aspect of the country in the vi cinity of tiie city is not unpleasant. The high hills and green valleys to the south and east, afford an agreeable relief to the eye, espe cially after a short residence in Shanghai or at otijer points along the coast. The climate is variable, like that at Shanghai and Tien tsin; but there is less malaria than at almost any one of the Treaty ports south of Che-foo. Its location at the junction of the Grand Ca nal and the Yang-tze, the general topography of the surrounding country, and especially the high hills commanding the Gateway to the great river, which divides the Empire into two nearly equal parts, make it a military post of vast importance. As a distributing p rint, it possesses superior commercial advantages over any port in China; and for other reasons, not easily defined or readily appreciated by foreigners, it has always been, and is still, one of the favorite localities among the Chinese. But when I last saw it (in 1881), it was still a very rough place, and all things considered, about the least desirable as a place of resi dence in China. Perhaps nowhere else, un less it be near the island of Hai-naa, a few leagues southwest of Canton, is the Chinese character seen to so little advantage; and per haps nowhere in China have the few resident foreigners developed more aptitude for strife and petty contentions among themselves. Still, it is an interesting place to visit, provi ded your stay be not too long. There are few places in the great Yang-tze Valley, around which cluster so many legends of remote antiq uity, or where there are more objects of inte rest to intelligent foreigners. It was near here where Marco Polo, the Italian traveler who ex plored the country a half century before the discovery of America, crossed the Yang-tze on his iourney homeward, Golden Island—to which it has been supposed he alluded—or rather the high hill on the Mouth bank of the river, and which was then an island, is about a mile and a quarter above the present foreign settlement. It is an island no longer, but even as late as 1842 the British fleet anchored South of it, where is now a semi-circular plain of dry land in a state of high cultivation. On the Western slope of this little mountain, still known as “Golden Island," is one of the largest temples in the Empire. The one to which the Italian traveler is supposed to allude was destroyed by the Tai-pings more than a quarter of a century ago. But it has since been rebuilt and still holds its place as one of the favorite shrines of the Chinese Buddhists. Just above it, on the very crest of the hill, is the ruin of what i» said to be one of the oldest (as it was one of the tallest) pagodas in the Empire. On the rocky side of the high hill—at the op posite or Eastern limits of the city, and nearly opposite Silver Island—is the _ famous iron tower, or pagoda, which, according to the pre- tendon of rome Chinese authorities, was con s' racted about the middle of the eighth cen tury. Even baring its claim to such remote j.niii* linn’s, blit lie nuver boLhhred hisse’f ’bout nickin er no money fur men, but lef’ ’em to do dat fur deyse’ves, which prove dat de Lord sot mo’ sto' by wimiuin 'n by money. An’ look at Jacob, dat good ole patriot er de Bible, he sarved fourteen yeer fur Rachael, an’ dey seem to him jes’ lack no time, ’caze he love her so hard. Do dat leok lack lie thunk money was mo’ cnticiner ’n wimmin? He jes’ nuver studied nothin’ 'tall about it tell he got cat gal, an’ den he sot in to playin’ dem tricks on Laban ’bout dere cattle, snowin' dat he put de 'oman fust an’ prop’ty atter her. An’ Sol omon, which lie was de wisest man what have ever lived, he sell of de ’oman, “her price is above Keubeq’i,” an’ be orter know, fur he hail three thousand on 'em- But dar aint no iiet-u i'Y gwine back to de Script urs, nor to ole times, nor to furrin places fur ’zamplcs when we has got de mos’ loveliest wimmin in all de warl’ right beer afo’ our eyes, which I doan sth namin’ er no names in per- tic’lar;” (beer Bre’r Thusaleh looked right over to wliar M’ria Jane was settin’) “but I jes’ wants to incinerate dat ef anybody have any doubts ’bout which’n is de bessest, wim- uiiu or money, jes’ let him come to Sugar Iiill au’ cast liis eyes on secli a s:ene as is settin’ befo’ my o^serwation to night,” (lieer he wave his ban’ at de ladies) “an’ lie will beconvarted fum de ilerotl er his ways quicker’n a flea kin hop.” When bre’r Thusaleh sot down, de ladies all waved dere haukerchers an’ hollered an’ ’plaw- ded tf-11 it look la.’k nobody else wasn’t gwine to have a chance to sell nothin’, but at las’ de president got ’em to shut up, an’ bre’r Chris- mus took de fio. ’ “Ladies, an’ gemplemen, an’ Misser [resi dent,” ser lie, “I aint a stand in’ beer wid no aims nor objicts er disparadin’ fum de gentile insex, which my prepossessor have defriended wid so much cibility. I depreciates de bene fices er 'Oman’s afiluence, as much as anybody, but l can’t low wid bre’r Thusaleh, dat she air mo’ enticiiies’n money, which I will now per- seed to maiiitame detrufe er my popersition wid perwarious reasons. An' de fust er dese reasons air, namely; in de fust place, money will sarve many pupposes which wimmen,|dey ain’t iitten fur. I has travelled in my day, ladies an* gemplemen; my ole massa was de sukket judge, he went fum cotejto|cote; him an’ me wentitoev’y cote|in Georgy as jedge.an’I tel you what my brederen, we traveled a heap bet ter ’dout women as we could a done wid 'em, but we couldn’t a gone ten mile 'dout mon ey. Wimmin doan pay yo’ tavern bills, an’ ef yoa steps in a back doe somewhar to git adrap ersumpen to warm yosef a 'oman’U swaller de las’ drap er dat sumpen ef she git a chance, but she ain’t a gwineter pay fur it. idy at home to do yo. Wimmen is mighty handy at he dey is powerful on- cookin’ an’ washin' but handy creatures to go a travlin’ wid, but moo- ay is good everwhar. “I)e nex’ reason why money is mo’ ac count' n wimmin, is ’cue it's a heep scacer. You can’t walk acrost de street ’dost runnin’ agin a ’oman, but you ain’t a gwinler pick up a dollar at ev’y cornder. Ef you wants to ride on de street cars, you can't set down, 'case all de seats is full er wimmin an' dere bustles; ef you goes to de succus you can’t see de clown fur de wimmin’s hats dat towers befo’ you lack chn'ch steeples, only a keep thicker, an’ when you’s ready to go home fum chu’ch uf a Sunday, you can’t pass de doe fur de wimmin dat is stannin’ dar to talk. In fac’, my bred eren, hit’s a beginnin’ to look lack dar’g mo’ wimmin in de wari’n anything else, an’ de mo’ pn ’em a man hatter pervide fur, de scacer de money gits. “Den, anudder reason why money is mo’ hankered atter’n wimmin air, becaze it’s a heap harder to git. Anybody kin git a gal fur de askin’—two or three on ’em ef he wants ’em—but money ain’t lack gals; hit doan come fur de axin’ which some gals doan even wait to be axed.” Here Mis Caliine Tatom hollered out fum de fur eend er de room: ■ “How come it, den, you nuver got Sis Miry Hitts’ Marann fur de axin’?” Den ev’ybody dey jes’ begin to langh fitten to kill deyselves, ’caze dey all knowed bre’r Chrism us had ben atter dat gal lack a yaller dog atter a bone, ever sence ale aunt Abby. bis wife, died las’ summer, an' bre’rChrismus was so sot back toll he couldn’t fotch another word, bat jes’ stood dar scratchin’ of his head, an’ starrin roun’ de room lack he didn’t know whar he was, tell bre’r Thusaleh ban’ him a cheer an’ mek him set aown. Den bre’r Jarum ha got up an’ spoke fur de ladies. “Misser President," sez he, “senoe bre’r Chrismus have took upoa hissef to pn—sento de fa’r sects, I taels myse’f incipiently moved to rise au’ ’ipnu my nuranimous aondaiMa The Clinging Girl, the Purring Girl, and the Brilliant Girl not in Favor. [New York Mail and Express.] The proper thing iu girls this year is dash ing and straight and strong. She greets man kind with an impressive stare as she strides along the Jtreet with her chin in tiie air, her shou!e(^4jweIl backhand l..*r arms swinging to and ' tB<*i “iied it. The opera brought society b. cki anfl Che ])roper ,in -,ame romping home with lashiny eyes and the rud dy glow of perfect health showing through the nut-brown tan of tiie summer’s campaign. The clinging girl with tender eyes, the roman tic girl with the yearning glare, tiie domestic girl with the purring voice, the "brilliant” girl with tier turgid French, tiie smuggling girj with her artful smirk, and tiie girl who clung to the skirts of mamma—they are gone. They went away in aflutter with timorous screams at the snort of the engine and the rush of the burly world. Now they’ve come back, but they’re not the same. Instead, there’s an ar my of lofty, gay, intrepid, meddlesome, dash ing girls, tvbo swagger abroad with delicious feminine audacity, and who have brought tiie breeze of the mountain top, the salty flavor of the ocean’s edge and the buoyant air of the Berkshire hill into the very heart of dirty, dusty and stale New York. Of all the types that the town has seen the girl of to-day, with her high-bred look, her daring style ami win some assumption of manliness, is far and away the most fetching thing that the world at large can show. THE MELODISTA 0 R G- A N This ip a delightful little Mosloai Instrument and nS <rds great pleasure to any family circle, it is played with a crank like a regular hand organ acd the musical notes are out in strips cf brown paper which are drawn through the in strument as the crank is tnrned and the music is very line. It is as loud and sweet as a regu lar hand organ but is not so large and will play p.Dy of the popular airs of the day. One of these organs with three pieces of music will be sent to ary address for 15 new sub-Tiber®. Ary cum ber of pieces of music can be procured at a s-mull additional cost. PLAIN HOME TALKS BY DR. E. B. FOOTE. For three new subscribers we will send ! a copy of Dr. Foote’s Plain Home Talks iwffifekf i j ASPIRING NEWSBOYS. Men Who Once Peddled Papers on the Streets. (From the Burlington Hawkeyc.J Some one has said that a boy deserves more honor than most men on account of tiie glori ous possibilities which await him. Few of the persons who pass along our streets and hear the cry of the newsboy e rer pause to think what the lad’s future may have in store for him. Yet some of our most eminent men have conime seed in life by selling papers or doing the menial work of a newsptper office. General Phillip II. Sheridan, who holds the highest military position in the active service of the United States, peddled newspapers both in New York and Chicago before he was sent to West Point. General Thomas L. James, who was form erly postmaster of New York city, and, later stiU, postmas ler-general of the United States, served in his yonth as a printer’s devil in a St. Lawrence county newspaper office. General Nathaniel P. Banka, who served as governor of his native State, was a printer's devil in Boston in his early days. The late General Anson Stager, who was vice president of the Western Union Telegraph company, and died very wealthy, began life as a news boy io Rochester. General Horatio C. King, the judge advocate geagral of Minnesota, started aa a newsboy and Sprinter’s devil in New York eity. Edwin B. Haskell, the Boston millionaire, who is one of the proprietors of the Herald in that city, was a newsboy in his yonth, as was also Mr. Charles Andrews, his partner. Mr. C. A. Beaman, one of the law partners of Sen ator William M. KTarts, who waa also a prin ter’s devil on the Boston Herald. Major Ben. Perley Poore, who has made a nation il reputation as a newspaper corres pondent, started as a newsboy in Boston. Benjamin P. Shillaber, who wrote some brilliant things under the nom de plume of “Mrs. Partington,” was a newsboy and ap prentice with the Boston Post as far back aa 1840. Manual of Modes and Specialties. Tun new alliance of commerce sod literature Is edited and published by a lady wboae editorial con nections with one, and favorable relations with m.ny of tbobost houses la three cities, enable her to treat the lubjset from prominent stand-points, and to cover exceptions! territories on topics of ab sorbing interest to readers and boyeri remote from the great oentras of trade. The work la thoroughly indorsed by tbs press of the coon try, and the public at lane, and aa a schedule of inch facts, figures and fashions ss cannot fall to be of nse to buyers and fsablons out cf town bold In the etnas represented In the Manual of Modes are merchants ol marque whose names In any eommo- ntty or country are the only guarantee of fair deal- *"x b?8pe3aS!2s senedoieof which will be added treatMnthioBMath, an hrebelare, and reliable * inventors or r— Manual, with Its pelnifsilaa proMeesad excep- tJonalarenlatloo, well worthy the OTen of aa- Ooneepoadeaee eoUeited aa aU snbisets aadesU- maiaa foraiihod. Bead card lor wale eovy to KTa j^EEey, ednor^ oreo—t rrtStSSV. J. BMin, 1ilHM. ua uan i "wimieg ia» • wot Place, 1GW Vortt OMy. Iwtoeii 74 r at., Newark, N.J. Mt-hase. 11 up wm ■ r *ta*B*m ■»~*ur Waite. 8 piece*. White to play and self mate in 8 moves. PRORI EM NO. 45. For the Sunny S»Uth by “A. Knight,” Waco, Tex. BIhc*c, 6 pincefl. k k 'A i r — '■ * n k ^ t fc.J * L .. ^ - i 1: mm wm ®f rm m, M m M White, 10 piecee. White to play and mate in 5 movee. BOMB EXCELLENT PROBLEMS. No. 46. by E. Pradignat. France From La Btrate- ‘ ‘ “ ' White. Ka? Q5 Qa*Q8, R%t S ie for October, 1886. . ^ 4, P at K 2,4 pieoM. Black, K at Q 7. White mates iu 3 moves No 47, b: _ .. __etione • f Probleu a,” issnod a (jnarter of a century ago. White, K at Q 6. Q at K B 2. R at Q B 5, P at Q B I. 4 piecea. black, KatQf. White matea in three move#. Mr. A F. Mackenzie in tka Gleaner, of December - 'problems are identical in point of eubetanee. The following position, however, presents the matter in a different, aud not quite to difficult a manner. It is by our in genioos contributor. Mr. Joseph Brooks haw, New port, Ky. It appeared in one form recently in the Commercial Gssette, but as given by that journal, it yielded to two eolations. Oar version has been cor seted b^Mr. Brookshawjiimself especially forus No. 48. at Q B 7, P at is proper to adJ that Mr. Brookshaw states that thia position waa suggested to him by what he terms, *the plagiarism of Pradignat.” Boln- tieas to feeae problems are invited. CHIN 1M PHILADELPHIA. Wa are indebted to Mr. W. J. Fe-ris, New Castle* Del., for the score and notes of this game. It is an interesting example of the “Sootch” and was played in December 1886, in the Tonrney of the Franklin Chaos Club of Philadelphia: White. W. J. Ferris. 1. P to K 4 3 8 to K R 3 3. ProQ4 4. SxP 6 BioQ 34 7 QtoQfi 8. Pto GB 3 (b) 9 B to K 3 10. 8 to Q 2 11 F to K B 4 (c) 12. Gaa'loe K B 13(e) Black. Young. 1. P to K 4 2. S to Q B 3 a PaP 4. 8x8 S-KStoKl 6.BIOB3 7 Q to It 3 (t) & B to K 2 9 C«atle* 10. PtnQ3 14. B to 1 IS KtoQ5 16. PxB IT BIO S3 (S) IS R«oH3 19 RtoKB 20 RxS 21. UxQ 22. H to B 3 23 K to B 2 24. KtoK 25. K B to K* 26. MtoQ2 84 (k) 12 BtoL 13 QRtnK 14 B to Q (I) 15 BxB 16. S Io K 2 IT Sto H4 18 Q to S 3 (h) 19. SxB 20 QlQ 21 P to K B 4 (I) 22 B to Rl 23 R to B 3 24. K B to K 2 25- K to It 2 26 R»R 27. BlK 28 P to K 84 29 Kto K 2 26. Pto8S (j) 31. P to K B 4 12. P to Q B 4 33. PxP 3L F to Q » 35. K to R t 16. B to Q 17. B to SI . 14. B to <4 Dramatic Notes. Ada Gray Company 7 : ” rf- - - - -—w Tiie.“Ited Fox” is the 'lirst success at Poole’s Theatre, New York. Some lunatic in the East is organizing a troupe of boy minstrels. John I’. Sutton, a veteran actor, died in New York on the 2d. Fred Bryton is meeting with fine success this season with his play of "Forgiven.” John T. Riymond’s health is now altogether re-cstabiished, and he looks well and hearty. Here Brodie, the Brooklyn bridge jumper, is His play is called “Danger’s now an actor. Hero.” Lester and Allen and their minstrels have parted company, and tiie latter are on their last legs. Adelaide Moore and her company are rest ing, in consequence of 1 Iarry Sargent having booked them in towns they could not find. A good many people think Lillie Hinton was overworked. Dying at the age of twenty- three, she knew four hundred parts. Denman Thompson says that people become actors either through laziness or craziness, and thinks it was both combined in his case. E. T. Stetson lias begun a §5,000 libel suit against the Jersey City Evening -Mail for its criticism of his acting in “Neck and Neck.” McIntyre and Heath’s Minstre s are no more. They were backed by Thatcher, l’rim- j rose ant West, who are losers iu the experi- j ment. Chariest). White was presented, January I 1st., with h §500 diamond locket in the form of J a gothic “W,” from his numerous Detroit! friends. '■ A dramatic journal prophesies that in the j course of a year or two Munday night enter tainments will be given in almost every thea- ! ter in New York. Miron Leffingwell and Nellie Donald, both | admired members of Janish’s corps, one day ] last week took the preliminary steps toward housekeeping. London Truth curtly describes Miss Grace Hawthorne as “an amiable lady from Ameri ca, who is scarcely known in her own country, and who has made no impression whatever, as yet, in ours.” Some oue suggests Henry Ward Beecher and Bob Ingersoll play “The Two Dromios” for the benefit of some charity fund. It would be worth (25 a ticket Eva Long, the youDg woman who ran away from her borne at Utica, N. Y., three weeks ago and joined a variety troupe, was tracked to Koster and Rial's, New York, and was sent home by a detective. Fid Gilmore, after free*ing Ed Stone out of the “Theodore” management, was ousted from the management of Langtry by a clever scheme ol the Jersey Lily and Leigh Lynch. It is a curious fact that the twins of tragedy —Booth and Barrett—and the twins of comedy —Robson anl Crane—have their summer homes in the little village of Cohasset, Mass., and fish in each other’s frog-ponds. James Stowe, formerly of Sells Bros.’ Shows, has purchased the interest of T. W. Okey in the Miller, Okey and F reeman Shows, and the firm will be known as Miller, Stowe and F'ree- man. The show papers had their columns filled last week with accounts of exchanges of pre sents, during the holidays, among the profess ionals. The boys and girls of the stage are mostly of the good hearted kind. It is reported that daring the visit of the Devil’s Auction Company at Galveston, Texas, Martinetti, one of the troupe, and Manager Greenwall, of the Opera House, indulged in a fistic encounter. Ida La Veer, wife of Harry LaVeer, trapezist, while laboring under mental depression caused by jealousy, took a dose of morphine Decem ber 2lid, at Leadville, which caused her death the 24tiL It is said that she was urged on to the commission of the rash act which caused her death by Agnes Clayton. Harry LaVeer is inconsolable over the death of his wife, and has to be watched, as fears are entertained that he may kill himself. A New York exchange says: “This is*a very hard winter on figurantes. For the tint time in many years there is not a spectacle at any of the New York theatres. Not over a do zen of them have found any employment with in the last six months, and there are hundreds of women in thia city who have no other means of earning their bread. 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