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China has shown her teeth.' 'Die great inert mass of Orientals Is Hot lifeless, after all. , As the devil” approached her capital she aroused herself from her drugged sleep and prepared to strike hack. Her aetivity'hn* startled the Powers. Fifty warslilns are plowing through Aslutie wuteflPto check her murderous designs, • Ninety thousand troops are rushed with feverish haste'toward tile turbulent province of I'efchi-li, where Pekin, the capital, is where the iiiotUh of tlie employ/ the Gulf of Pe-shl-li, o|iens. The fact is tftat since the w;ir with/ Japan the Chinese have been doliu* precisely what tiie Hoers did tifler ilkw Jameson raid. It is even said that' their leaders have gained their chief encouragement in the present anti forh eign uprising from the remarkable sum cesses of the ltoers against the Itritisfl* last winter. (_) There is no longer any doubt that the Chinese troops are armed with modern weapons and know how.to ttyrht, whlch > they did not five years ago.; The Brit- Isli mistake of underrafiirgilie enemy, if made by the Powers in Ihe present instance, would entail results t(s> ap palling to contemplate. An upheaval then would involve the whole empire, all foreigners would be slaughtered or driven into (lie sea, and the Yellow peril would literally menace the entire ffm\ I , i '**■'7o,%//Wt’ OF ' c ' oxtw world. It would then be necessary to decide whether to abandon China ut terly, with the future in a mice which would always be impending, or to send the utmost resources of all civilization to conquer an enemy numbering from a quarter to one-third of the human race. It is easily understood, there fore, why Europe is hesitating before a problem so gigantic- that there is nothing in modern times with which to compare it. The arsenals and batteries of Husslu command the northern approach at Port Arthur; a tleet of British cruisers, a regiment of soldiers and a formida ble fortress holds the southern up* BOXERS INVOKING TUE GOD OF WAIL pronch at Wel-hal-wei. while yet fur ther south, at Klao-ehau, Germany has a fortified naval base. The mouth of the Chinese dragon is Mlled with foreign teeth.' H£hat, then, is her etiujbment to cheek of the arc B>Ws fjerlTefli. ™ r\d Equipment to Jtepei the JrWaders. resource! tta resist the force of the civ ilized iiartflPs: ji Population .Vd,000,000 AnnijmJ revalues. . . Jw575,000,000 Ueveffuesgplleeted and an-f p.roprlated by officials.. Such a popuhdJou and if xjist annual revenucaiionlrt form ntion that woufd/ifcifke thejAlietf Tow ers tremble. Instead, whin has China to show oinJnnd und sea? n . ♦ Her na/v? V w Six erntsefs of 3300 tons oaeftor" 7 ‘ of t^u^eac^/'^i One cruiser of 1800 i torpedo boat.V f _ ' ■ - ■——„ One gunboat. Two armored cruisers of 4800 tons. Four antique gunboats of 400 tons. Four modern torpedo boats. None of these ships is adequately manned or armed. In her entire em pire China has but one dock where even repairs could be made, and that with a capacity only for a 3000-ton ship. With tliis insignificant navy she must defend 4000 miles of coast line. Six of her cruisers are at present locked up In the Gulf of Pc-chi-li. China, therefore, can expect nothing from her navy. What, then, does her army offer. Her army: To begin with. China is dominated by a foreign army, 200,000 strong. The Manehus garrison the empire. They ride high-handed over the Chinese, and are commanded by Tartar generals. Very little loyalty could be expected from the Chinaman if forced to enlist. The entire army system is corrupt. Itevenues collected to support the gar risons have been diverted and divided between the generals in command and the viceroys of the provinces. It is probable, therefore that 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 ICal lias 10,000 men. They are the l>est body of troops iu tlic empire, nud are now entrenched between Pekin and Tien-Tsin . In the Hunting Park, outside of the walled city of IVkiu, is encamped Prince Ohing's field force of 10,000 picked men. * Outside the walls ( of Pekin are Gen- LI HUNG CHANG’S KESIIJENCE IN PEKIN. (Formerly tlio temple of the sages aud righteous men.) oral Tung Funsieng’s Mohammed| a badly drilled and murderous 13,000 strong. They are the troths that have menaced the European ele ment in Pekin for some time, and are the ones who have probably broken Into the city and endangered the lives of the foreign element. , North from I’ekln, swinging around the shore back of Pei clil-li, is of 20,- 000 men. General Nieh Tien-Tsin witli 13,000 men. These . , \ General Yi-KWTong. ! One of the™most formidable forces In Chisms the feudal armies of Mon golia, Wbj> are allied by mutual inter ests to tire Empress Dowager and the MtAichu (ftnasty. Tiie force consists Of separate commands of cavalry num knuu some li)0,000, commanded by native princes. They are loyal to their feudal lords, but fight without pay and would unite against a common enemy. Scattered down the coast and along the noang 110 and Yaug-tse rivers are numerous arsenals and military camps. A list and 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 20,0txt men, mostly-Manehus:' I have visited the forts and garrisons - © ' FAMILY OF CHINESE CONVERTS. tliere, and they are of the most antique and old-fasliloned kind, totally unfitted to make a resistance of any impor tance. The Chinese forts are mounted large ly with old breech-loading cannon and every kind of a rifle manufactured in the last half century is used by her army. There are, in some of the forts at Tnku, for instance, a few Krupp guns, and in the Pekin field forces and scat tered around the Mauchu arsenals are some modern field pieces and siege guns, but the equipment in the face of a modern army is absolutely ridiculous. The tottering old empire must rely, to accomplish its avowed purpose of driving the “foreign devils out,” not upon Us navy, hardly upon its army, but largely upon its population. Once relieved of what little restraint now holds them in check and this long suffering race will wreak a revenge upon civilization and their own rulers that will "stagger humanity.” - The race for an empire that is now going on in Asia is a race for human ity. The nation that storms Pekin and strikes a blow at the barbarism and ignorance of antiquity that still ra diate from the throne of the Dowager Empress will commence anew cycle in Cathay and confer a lasting obliga tion upon the civilized world. M lio will win the great prize? Lord Charles Beresford made an in vestigation of the condition of the Chi nese army, and declares that not even the imperial Government at Pekin knows the real strength of the military forces. Some of the commands are Manenu and some Chinese—distinct the one from the other. The army is entirely a voluntary service, but when once a man has joined it he finds it difficult if not impossible to leave it. Besides the Manchu and Chinese ar mies there are 100,000 Mongolian cav alry, excellent men, ruled by their own princes under a system of feudal ten ure. They are not paid. This cavalry force is said to be devoted to the pres ent dynasty. Direct evidence of the friendship of the Empress Dowager for the Boxers has been given in the removal of rlPrinee Ching as chief of the Tsung-H- Yamen, or Foreign Office, and his re placement by Prince Tuan, father t>f the heir apparent to the throne, who is a sympathizer with the Boxers. Prince PRINCE CHING, FRIEND OF FOREIGNERS, AIOVKU FROM THE TSENG-LI YAMAN. -—— ■ - ChlfiSrls one of the best known and •most able of Chinese statesmen, and is Known to be friendly to foreigners. NOVEL FLOWER-STAND. Plants Made to Grow Out of Bamboo Stalk*. One of the prettiest flower stands which has appeared of late. Bays the Loudon Express, is made of a piece of bamboo from four feet to five feet high, 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 receptacle for flowers is made in this easy fashie a. Bamboo grows in sections, so that as there is a solid piece of wood between each portion of the upright stick, nothing remains to Vie done but to pour water into the holes and to place a branch of flowers in each. Lilac and laburnum look exquisite when placed alternately in the bamboo flower stand, but almost auy kind of foliage is effective when used in this way. Hi '' THE STAND IN FEEL BLOOM. The lower stand should be placed in the corner of a room or entrance hall, and the stand becomes almost invis ible when It is nicely filled with flow ers. A Huuiininc-lUril’n Uinbrelln. In front of a window where I worked was a butternut tree. A hum ming bird built her nest on a limb that grew near the window, says a writer in the American Sportsman, and we had an opportunity to watch her close ly. “in fact, we could look right into the nest. One day when there was a heavy shower coming up we thought we would see if she covered her young during the rain. Well, when the first drops fell she came and took In her bill one or two or three large leaves growing close 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 hole 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 came back and unhooked the leaf, and the nest was perfectly dr^. Only Quintain Foit in England. This interesting relic is to be seen at Offhan, in *Kent, just oft’ the main road between Wrotham and Maid stone, England. It is in an excellent state of preservation, it being kept In repair by the owner of a house hard by. The stipulation that the Quin- ■ =p-i OLD QUINTAIN POST. tain Is to be iu order by the 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 one end of the cross bar, which swings on a pivot, a heavy sand bag was fixed. The other end, the broad flat end. was the object of the tilt by a player who rode against it. lance in hand. The object was to tilt it at the broadside and to ride swiftly by before the sandbag, coming round, should strike him to the ground. The somnambulist who tumbles from a roof is au illustration of one way to fall asleep. VETERANS “ADJOURN.” Blue and Grfcy Reunion at Atlanta Brought to a Close With a Brilliant Program. The Atlanta battlefields reunion of Blue and Gray was brought to a close Friday, by great barbecue at Piedmont park. Men who witnessed the scenes and incidents of the closing day will carry with them to their graves ineffaceable memories of what history will know as the most notable event in the history of Atlanta. The speakers at the big barbecue in the afternoon struck a truer, higher note in the grand diapason of Ameri can brotherhood and national fraterni ty than has been reached by any man of national importance since the civil war. The most interesting feature of the day was General Gordon’s fiery re joinder to tbe speech made by General Albert D. Shaw, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Reuublic. In speaking of our ideal American citizenship, General Shaw had used these words: “There can now be but one ideal of American citizenship, one stars and stripes, one bulwark of future national glory, and one line of patriotic teach ings for all and by all. In this view the keeping alive of sectional teach ings as to the justice and rights of the cause of the soath, in the hearts of the children, is all out of order, un wise, unjust and utterably opposed to the bond by which the great chieftain Lee solemnly bound the cause of the south in his final surrender. I deeply deplore all agencies of this sort, be cause in honor and chivalric American manhood and womanhood nothing of this nature should be taught or toler ated for an instant.” When the address was concluded General Gordon was on his feet in a flash, and launched at once into an eloquent defense of the men of the south who had taken up arms against the union. He referred to General Shaw’s words. He said that he for one cold not and would not admit nor teach his children that the cause he had fought for was wrong. He be lieved under God that both sides were in the right. Before General Shaw had fully caught the drift of the speech he arose and proposed three cheers for General Gordon. “I had hoped,” he said, “that I had made clear to all of you precisely the point that General Gordon has made. I can heartily indorse what he has said.” His words snapped the tension his hearers were under. The applause that followed was tumultuous. EUROPEAN GREED The Cause of Present Hostilities In the Chinese Empire, Says Hon. W. J. Bryan. William ,T. Bryan has given out the following interview in regard to the situation in China: “Everyone deplores the destruction of life in China and is horrified at the barbarities practiced. Everyone be lieves that it is the duty of our gov ernment to protect the lives and prop erty of American citizens residing in China, and I have no doubt that the administration will do so. I also take it for granted that all American citi zens will withdraw from China tempo rarily ot take refuge in some seaport where they can be protected by Amer ican ships until the excitement is over. “If the Chinese government has tried in good to protect our citizens, suitable punishment for the guilty and reparation and indemnity for those who have suffered can doubtless be secured. If, upon investigation, it is found that the Chinese government has not acted in good faith, congress has power to deal with the matter. “For several yea s European na tions have been threatening to dis member China and it is not strange that their ambitious designs should arouse a feeling of hostility toward foreigners. That feeling, however, ought not to be directed against Ameri can citizens, and will not if onr na tion makes it known that it has no de sire to grab land or to trespass upon the rights of China. A firm adherence to the American policy of justice and fair dealing will not only set an example to other na tions, but will give to our citizens re siding in China the best promise of security. It will be better for our merchants to have it known that they seek trade only when trade is mutually advantageous. It will be better for our missionaries to have it known that they arc preaching the gospel of love and are not the forerunners of fleets and armies.” More Slaughtor By Boxers. A dispatch from Shanghai Received in London Friday morning reports that 60 missionaries and 100 native converts have been murdered by Boxers at Ta Tuan, a fortified anil populous city in the province of Shan See on the Fuen 110, an affluent on the Hoang Ho, 250 miles southwest of Pekin. NEELY EXTRADITION CASE. Judge Lacomb Renders Decision Fa vorable to the Accused. Judge Lacomb, of the United States circuit conrt, at New York Thursday, rendered a decision in the case of Charles F. Neely, charged with having defrauded the postal department of Cuba, ia which he declared that the representation of an indictment cannot be held sufficient for Neely's extradi tion and that further testimonv win be heard when the cass comes up. A Wesleyan Definition. “What is co-education, my son?” “It is a foolish system of education, father, whereby the male students are. perpetually condemned to see them selves crowded from first honors by an inferior sex.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Millions for Baseball. A million of dollars aro spent every year upon the game of baseball, but large as this sum is, it cannot begin to equal the amount -pent by people la search of health. There is a sure method of obtaining strength, and it is not a costly one. We urge those who have spent much and lost hope to try Hos tetter s Stomach Bitters. It strengthens the stomach, makes digestion easy und natural, and cures dyspepsia, constipation, bilious ness and weak kidateys. Sort of Boomerang Wish . Mrs Probe-“ That man who had typhoid sends word he can’t pay your bill for a month Probe-“ Confound him! I almost wish he hadn’t been sick!”—Life. To Cure a Cold In tine Hay. Take I.AX 11 IVB BIIOMO QUININE Tabi-kts. 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When this happens there is apt to be a practical reason for It At the moment silk coats are in high favor, with so many reasons why they should be, one can only won der why their popularity has been de layed. Although It is now three years since the first was seen, only this sum, mer has the fashion become general. The smartest of all the silk coats are those of medium length, to be worn while driving, or with some elaborate ly fashioned costume. They are worn by young as well as by older women, but are more suitable for the latter, and are, In fact, the prettiest garment that an older woman can wear.— Harper’s Bazar. Those who knowwhat intense pain comes with some diseases of the eye can hardly believe Mitchell s Eye Saive is able to do all that is claimed for it, but a trial soon convinces any one of the extraordinary curative powers of this little remedy. Price 25 cents. All druggists. HALL & RUCKEL, New York. 1848. London Malsby & Company, 39 S. I'roatl St., Atlanta. Ga. 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