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10 TO-DAY IN THE CHURCHES. VISITING MINISTERS A\ II*L PREACH IN MANY PULPITS. Rev. I/. C*. Rirclt nl C lirist rhnrcli. Rev. K. W. CuTvtlion at the Fir*t Ilai>listt, Rev. \V. 11. Younir nt the Dotty Street Hnp!ls*t, Ilev. E. \V. NYay at the First Presbyterian Chnrehs Rev. Mr. Cawthou Also at the Young Men's Christian As ■ociation. The services in the churches to-<lay will, like those of last Sunday, be distinguish ed by the number of visiting ministers who will fid the pulpits. At the Duffy Street Baptist Church, which has been without a regular pastor since the resig nation of Rev. J. D. Chapman, Rev. Dr. W. H. Young of Athens will preach. This will be the last Sunday but one before the arrived of Rev. Robert Yen I>even ter of Hawkinsville. who was eicted to the pastorate some time ago, but was un able before to leave his duties. Another interesting service of the week will be that to be held nt the Seventh Btreet Methodist Church Thursday night, which will be conducted and addressed by Rev. S. W. Rogers, formerly of Philadel phia, but now of the South Georgia Con ference, who has just returned from a trip through Europe and the Holy Hand. One of the visiting ministers to-day is Rev. li. W. Way of Gainesville, Fla., who will preach at 11 o'clock at the First Pres byterian Church. Methodist. At the Wesley Monumental Church there will be services at 11 o’clock n. m. and at 8:30 p. m.. conducted by Rev. Ed. F. Cook, fh*‘ pastor. The Sunday School will meet at 5 p. m. The Epworth League and prayer meeting will be held on Wed nesday at 8:3o p. rn. The Junior League will meet on Friday nt 5:30 p. m. The services at Trinity Church will be held in the Sunday School room. There •tvfll be preaching by the pastor. Rev. Bascom Anthony, at 11 o'clock a. m.. and at 8:30 p. m. The Sunday School will meet at 6p. m The Epworlh league will meet on Wednesday at 8:30 p. m., and the pray er meeting wifi be held on Thursday night at the s.ime hour. The services at Grace Methodist Church will he held at 11 o’clock a. m. and at 8:30 p. m. by the pastor. Rev. Osgood F. Cook, who will preach both morning and evening. The chorus choir which has been strengthened by the return of sev eral members from their summer vaca tions. will give a. fine programme of music. The Sunday School will meet at 4:30 o’clock p. m. There will he preaching nt the Seventh Street Methodist Church at 11 o’clock a. m. and nt 8:30 p. m. by the pastor, Rev. J. A. Smith. The Sunday School will meet at 4:30 o’clock. The Senior League will meet on Tuesday at 8:30 p. m. The prayer- Fcrvice on Thursday night will be con ducted by Rev. S. W. Rogers of Philadel phia, who has Just returned from an ex tended trip to London, Paris and the Holy Land. He is a member of the South Georgia Conference. Episcopal. The congregation of St. John’s Church and Christ Church will unite in services at Christ Church. There will be a ser vice and sermon at 11 o’clock a. m. and a service at 6:30 p. m. Rev. L. C. Birvh will conduct the services. Christ Church Sunday School will meet at 5:30 p. m. A service will be held also on Wednesday afternoon at Chriet Church at ti o'clock. At is*. Michael’s Chapel, services will be held at 11 o’clock,when the holy commu nion will be administered by the rector, Rev. F. Juny. A service will be held on Tuesday night at 8:30 o’clock. Sunday School will meet Sunday afternoon at 5 o’clock. The Rible class will meet on Thursady night ai S:3o o’clock. At St. Paul’6 Church, corner Duffy and Barnard, services to-day will be as fol lows: Early celebration 7:30 a. rn.. morn ing prayer 11 a. m.. Sunday School 5:30 p. m.. evening prayer at 8:30 p. in. Rev. L. C. Birch will conduct the 7:30 a. m. and 8:30 p. m. services. Baptist. The pulpit of ihe First Baptist Church will be oci'U! ltd morning and evening by Rev. K. W. Cawthon of Quitman. The subje<<t for mor ing sermon will be "Broken Cisterns," and for the evening "Closed Doors.” The B. Y. F. U. will meet af er he mor ting; service. The Sunday School will me t at 6 o’clock. The irid-wtex prayer service will le held cn Wednesday evening. The subject v.i:l b<‘ th* "Righteousness of the King dom of Heaven.” The Duffy Street Baptist Church will ho with, u i r>as or for oi Iv two longer. Rev. Van Deventer of Hawkins ville wll assume chaigc of the pastor a e on Sunday, Sept 2. The pulpit wi 1 he ftlud to-day and next Sunday by Rev. Dr. W. H. Young, of Atherus. The following willl be ihe order of ser vices for the day: Devotional m eting of the young ie< pl* at 10 oMock a. m., preaching at 11. Si n ’ay School at 5 p. in., and prenaching at 8:30. Presbyterian. At the First Presbyterian Church, Rev. E. W. Way of Gainesville, Fla., will preach at 11 o’clock a. nv There will be no night service. The Sunday School w 11 intot as u sual at 5 p. m. The midweek prayer meeting will be held on Wednes day e.ening at 8:30 o'clock. There will l>e preiching at the Lawton Memorial at 11 o’clock a. in. and at B:3J p. m. by the pastor, Rev. W. A. Nisbet. I.n th * • it. In the Lu'heiHn Church of the Ascen sion, sejvic'W will b held as usual at 11 o’clock a. m., and at 8:30 p. m The Sun day School will meet at 5 o’clock. At Sit. Paul’s Lutheran Church, the r vices will he conducted at 11 o’clock a. m by ihe paa O'", Rev. M. J Kpting. The Sunday School will m et at 5 p. m. Homan Catholic. At the Sacred H art Church eer- Yices wUI be as follows: First mass at 6:30 a. m., and eecond moss and bene diction a* 9 a m. Bnt rtainment for the benefit of th.* Sunday School will be given on Wednesday. Aug 22, at the school hall.’ Tl 'k ts are for at Conner s bvok ■tore. riirlutniu Science. First Church of Whilst, Scientist. Pub- J# t of sermon "Christ Jesus” Service* 11 a. in. Sunday School 12 m. Wednesday evening: m- et.ng 8:30 p m. Metropo’itan hall co*ner Whitaker and President a re ts. All are invited. Y. M. C. A. "Succeas” will he the subject of the ad dress this aft mo* n at the Young Men's Christian Asscelation by Rev. K. W. CawtWnr, who is supp v ng tire pulpit * f ♦ h*- First Baptist Ch irch Mr. Cawtl on is a y ung man of a illty and his ad Ire s should prove Inbrestitg. 'lhe will b gin at 4 o'csl ck. —When Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews took formal charge of the University of Ne braska last week there was no speech makltig and uo ceremony whatever SAVANN AH GIRL IN LONDON. Her Pictures of the Metropolis of the World. London, Aug. 8, 1900.—1n this year, when foreign countries offer novel sights in the highest development of art, Americans have been thrilled with a fascination for the deep and a desire to reach beyond the continent and share in the world’s affairs. Many tourists have left the gay French capital, metropolis of pleasure and fashion, for cooler September days; and taken the*r first view of lands be yond the seas in London. Great, won derful, magnificent London—gem of an tiquity—with its houses of Parliament, the Tower, that has been the background for the darkest scenes in English history and containing through successive ages, relies of men and women who have been oracles of senates and ornaments of court. The Duke of Buckingham, Sir Thomas More, Lady Jane Grey, Ann Bolyn. and Catherine Howard repose here. The British Museum. Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey—a monument of monuments, in whose silent vaulted chambers sleep eternal kings and heroes. This ancient structure, comparable to naught else, began to exist years back and passing through its historic chapels one travels with the various changes of ages, from the earliest monks of monas tery to reigns of kings and queens, down centuries to illustrious genius and poets, who grandly proved— “ Man’s life is measured by his work— not da yes; No aged sloth, but active youth hath prayse.” As one go'*? miles of walk, each step proves of more interest, monuments in marble and bronze of such hight and workmanship, beyond conception. But one of other chief pleasure derived by an American from a visit to London, is a view of Her Royal Highness, Queen Vic toria, who comes several times a year, and in this season for the garden party at Buckingham. On the brightest of a July day with no shadows save blue skies, providentially sent when the Queen travels (so the Londoners say)—near the famous Hyde Park corner, stood the great mass of humanity waiting eagerly and ex l>eeiamly. At the appointed hour equerries rode by, following came the Italian ser vants of Her Majesty brilliantly arrayed, then the Life Guards in gold and scarlet on line steeds, in front, and at the roar of the royal equippage, ’mid cheers and shouts, this sweet, serious-faced little wo man. in whom the hearts of England and Ireland are centered—this great Queen loved in such a degree as are her domin ions vast, passed on thro’ the gates of Constitutional Hill to the palace beyond, followed by members of the royal family, nobility and aristocratic ladles in splendid victorias, with high mettled thorough breds. and gorgeous flunkeys, wearing ex quisite toilettes—resembling the chic Pa risienne. London is rated the largest city in the world. with its distinct customs and style, that quite differ from the American, ’tis as a great scene where one comprehends the whole of human life and all its varie ty; in brief, one of the most remarkable cities across the seas. A Savannah Girl in London. THE PARSON'S ADVENT! RE. < ang It t One of Ills Church llretheren Mealing Ilia Chickens. From the Baltimore. Sun. Hampstead, Md., Aug. 2.—The Rev. S. J. Derr, the Lutheran minis;er at Hamp stead. Carroll county, had a novel ex perience a few nights ago. He had re turmd home from attending to some |>a rochlal duties and was putting up his horse when a noise occasione I by the fluttering and cackl ng of the chickens in his henhouse caused him to direct his attention to that quarter. As he. approaeh d he saw a lame white boy whom he knew limp away fiom the henhouse and s omi’ir off noieehssly. The minister with *qnal caution and discretion silently took the place the b y had been O'cupy ing at tiie half-open door of the henhouse and waited. In a f w s conds a pa r of pullets was hand and out, then another pair and another until he was holding a half dozen of his own chickens, which h party inside was benevolently bestowing with a very free hand. The minister concluded that half a dozen chickens were quite as many as he could conveniently hold so he said: ”1 think 1 have enough for this time.” The remark brought the party inside to the front in pr < ipitaie haste, when to his great surprise the minis er recognized a memb r of bis own c >ngregation. a broth er who bore a fair reputation for piety. It w uld require a geo 1 de.il of repu tation. however, for any brother to stand up straight in such a predlc iment. The minister mildly chided him for disturbing the slumbers of th fowls, bade him re turn these of which he was the receiver to the roost and told him to go home and pray for forgiveness. Tlie More the Merrier. A4 a certain country manor in Derby shire, says London Spare Moments, there lived many years ago a jocund squire, noied as much for his love of a good joke as for his sporting propensities. Being out hunting one day. he rode so well that the only rider in front of him was his servant, Sammy. He. however, soon disappeared, as, In vaulting a hedge, he dropped into an old disused quarry on the other side. The squire, close on Sammy’s heels, im mediately followed. He found Sammy shouting warning as hard as his lungs would permit, lu< he stopped him with: "Sam! Sam! Sam! <ha’ silly fool; ho’d thy noise and let a few more come in.” LEMONS AS MEDICINE. They regulate the liver, stomach, bow# !•. kidneys and blood as prepared by Dr. H. Mozley, in his Lemon Elixir, a pleasant lemon drink, it cures biliousness, consti pation. indigestion, headache, appendici tis, malaria, kidney diseases, fevers, chills, heart feailure, nervous prostration and all other diseases caused by a tor pid or diseased liver and kidneys. It is an established fact that lemons, when combined properly wiih other liver tonics, produce the most desirable results upon the stomach, liver, bowels, kidneys and blood. Sold by druggists. 60c and $1 bottles. REV. JOHN F. StNDKII* WHITES, Dr. H. Mozley, Atlanta, Ga. : j have been relieved of a trouble which greatly endangered my life, by using Mosley’a Lemon Eiixir. My doctor declared mv only relief to be the knife, my trouble being appendicitis. I have been perma nently cured and am now a well man I am a preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church. South, located in the town of Verbena, Ala. My brother. Rev. E. K. Cowan, recommended the Lemon EllxiV to me. Ship me a half dozen large bot tles C. O. D. mozlevs lemon elixir. Cured me of a long-standing c.vo of chills and fever by using two bottles. J. C. STANLEY. Engineer E. TANARUS., Va. & <_Ja. R. r MOZLEY’H LEMON ELIXIR. Cured me of a * ase of heart disease and indigestion of four years’ stunding. I tried a dozen different medicine*. None but Lemon Elixir done m* any good. TULES DIEHL. Corner Habersham and St. Thomas Sta., Savannah, Ga. MOZLEY’# LEMON ELIXIR. I fully indors© it for nervous prostra tion. headache. Indigestion and constipa tion, having used it with most satisfac tory reaulta, after all other remedies had failed. J. W. HOLLO, VYt KuX Atlanta, Ga. THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 1000. THREE ROUTES TO PEKIN. FROM THE SEAPORT BY BOAT, 111 DIRT ROAD AVI) 111 II AIIJtOAD. One Wny for the Allied Armies—Tlie Most Interesting Eighty Miles in the World To-day- I Tle Boat Trip Occupies Four Day*—T he .Mul* ( art Taken Three Days, the Itn llroad Train Three Hours—The Hail roads Are \ou Destroyed and the Allied Armies Can Only Get to Pekin by Dirt Hoad Method, the Most Dan gerous to Life. By Prof. Isaac T. Headland, of Pekin University. (Copright, 1900, by I. T. Headland.) New York, Aug. 17.—There is no eighty miles in the world to-day which is at tracting so much attention as the eighty milts of space between Tien Tsin and Pe kin, and it is the problem of transportation and travel over these eighty miles that is engrossing the experts of Europe, America and Japan. Hannibal and Napoleon cross ed the Alps, but I doubt If that was n feat which required better engineering or more endurance than would bo required to transport an army from Tien Tsin to Pe kin during the months of July and August and a part of September. Winter’s cold stimulates to greater exertion; summer’s heat only enervates. Climbing mountains in winter tills m< nV b ood with fire, wading through mud and water and miasmic swamps in the heat of summer fills men’s blood with malaria and saps away their lives. Food can be kept for a whole army ; in the cold of the Alps, but it soon spoils on an August day in the heat of a Chi- j nese plain. The trip from Tien Tsin to Pekin under 1 ordinary circumstances may be made in three ways: first by boat, second by dirt j road, third by railroad, and as we have j — : —— — — 'hinese wall near the city of Tsun Hwa, Northern China. 1,000.000 bodies buried here as fast as they died. made the trip in all three ways and at all seasons of the year, a description of how we made it may not prove uninter esting. The Trip ly Boat. An American, in Pekin who wishes to he married must either import the United States consul from Tien Tsin, or himself go to Tien Tsin to be married. We chose the latter method, and started from Tung Chou on a bright day in the early part of June. It was in the evening when we weighed anchor, which we did by unhook ing the ant'lior from the shore, the ladies of the party in one boat and the gentle men in another. The wind was not quite fair, and so our boatmen concluded to row rather than hoist the sails. We traveled until about 10 o’clock, when we drop ped anchor by hooking ourselves to the bank out in the open country. The next morning the wind was blowing so strong as to make it almost impossible to travel, but we insisted upon moving and offered extra money for extra work. About ten o’clock, however, the wind was so strong as to make It impossible for us (o round a particularly sharp curve and we were blown against the bank, where we re mained three days and nights, the wind blowing a gale, and the air tilled with clouds of dust so that we could not see a distance of a hundred feet. We shut our boat up tight and concluded to wait for the storm to pass over. All day it blew and the boats being full of cracks and holes, the dust and dirt sifted in on us from every side. We wont to bed and in the morning when we awoke we could not open our eyes, the eyelidts wore glued together with mud. I cannot toll how my wife looked, but 1 know I was the most unattractive bridegroom that ever looked into a mirror. We arrived nt Tien Tsin, however, after four days and I Ch!n si .ini k on t Hot river. were properly married In the presence of the consul. We went to Corea on our wedding trip, lnndlmr at Chemultpo the tiny the Japa nese landecl their Hist troops. We re mained at Chemultpo two weeks and then went to Soul, where tve stayed two weeks, when we were nsked to leave by Ihe sec retary of the legation, the present minis ter. Ilr. Alien. We left there at sunset, and at 5 o'clock tiie next morning the Japanese took the Corean K ing prisoner. We took passage on a river boat which was so crowded that xve had nowhere to sleep but upon the hurricane deck, and when we arrived at Chemultpo we dis covered that the steamers hod all been taken off to be used ns so that we could not return to Tien Tsin. After two weeks, however. Capt. Rodg ers of H. M. S. Archer offered to take us to Che Foo, and after two weeks here we returned to Ttcn Tsin. knllinu In llouil Heds and Cornfields. Now came the trip hock to Pekin. We hired a boat arid scirted about 3 o'clock In the afiemoon with n fair wind. We pushed or pulled ourselves with boat hooks up through the maze of barges and boats until we had paaaed through the stend bridge-of-lsvits. when we hoisted our sail snd started on what promised to be the firs* pleasant sail of otir honey moon. Boon we discovered that the whole country was Pooded. nnd Just ofter wr passed the native city of Tien Tsin the boatmen left the river course and turned off on a branch which nod formed a deep in an old roadbed. The Chinese have a saying that “An old road will be come a river and an old woman a moth er-in-law,’’ and we found the first half of the proverb to be literally true. After passing a wav from the main bed of the river for a little distance we found the whole country was flooded, and it was not long until wo were sailing through a < ornfield. As the sun went down in the West the moon came up In the East, and we continued to sail, very much on faith, for we had no compass until nearlj* mid night. when we dropped anchor, still in a cornfield, the boatmen went to bed. my wife went into the boat, and 1 stripped ; and plunged into the water, the first and only time I have ever taken a swim in a cornfield. The next morning the wind continued fair and we continued our sail, the water gradually becoming shallower as we near rd Tung Chow, and we confined ourselves to our old road-bed. j On the third day out I saw what struck me at the time as a rather remarkable . ight. An old man and his son had been out in a boot trying to harvest some of their corn, and were on their way home with a boat load. They came floating in from a side road, and as they came into lour larger road-stream the old man with • a. rope around his body plunged into the ' stream and ■ warn across towing the boat j with him, and when he got to the opposite side, be used the rope to pull his boat up I me stream. When we entered the main 1m and of the Peibo river we were within about twelve miles of Tung Chou, in other words we had sailed “across lots’’ about sixty-eight miles, or following the course r.f the river 108 miles, for by the river is I_’ miles from Tien Tsin to Tung Chou. It is always necessary for people living in Pekin to get an annual shipment of “stores" from San Francisco, so canned foods cannot be gotten into Pekin except at greatly advanced prices, and as our were at Tien Tsin we had taken them vith us to Tung Chou. When we ar rived here, however, we discovered that U < nuse of the bad roads and the Chinese- Japanese war, carts and even wheelbarrow men were asking outrageous prices, and bo we left our “boy" with the stores on the boat and we sent a man from Pekin to get them, agreeing with him for 60 much per hundred weight. Without going into a detailed account of all the delays, difficulties and aggravations, we will only state that it took that man two weeks to transport our few stores—about three wheelbarrow loads—from Tung Chou t3 Pe kin, a distance of fifteen miles. This trip cost us thirty dollars and four days’ time, end it is this kind of travel that the Boxers” aid the conservative Chinese are fighting l’or at the present time. After such a description it is unneces sary to comment on the. difficulties that will confront a European or American general who undertakes to transport an army f.om Ti n Tsin to Pekin during the months of July and 'August or a part of September. In the first place, he is vitln.ut boats. In the second place, he is without men to dr.ig, push, row or sad ihe beats if he had them, and in the third place, he has a contending army to encounter who could harass him on every hand, and as a last resort could strand his b.ats-if he had them—high, but not dry’, In the mud and sediment f some unfriendly cornfield or malarial swamp, and the “red-coat” and "blue jacket,” or "Tommy Atkins” and "Billy Blue” would be left to extricate them selves from their dilemma in disgrace and defeat. The Journey by Dirt Rond. The Chinese have a saying that "Men may travel by’ dirt read or by wat* r read, but the wat r r.ad is much the preferable.” If what wo have just de scribed is the best methol of travel in ’ hina any one can imagine the less de sirable m thods. However, to imagine t cm a little experience is necessary. One of the Chinese ministers in Wash ing on a few years ago ii speaking of the various methods of travel, said: • Vrs, your floating 1 palaces and Pullman cars are all right for rapid transit, hut for real solid comfort give me a PeK.n cart.” The Pekin cart is like a large Saratoga truck on two wheels The shafts exten I out behind a foot and a half and form a platform on which to strap one's bag gage As the mule trots the cart Is given a rocking motion backward and forward s ml'ar to the motion one gets In riding a camel. The cart Is without springs and the wheels are made suffl clenth strong to carry the weight If they were without tires. The tires are put on in sections eighteen Inches In length and are only to keep the wheels from being worn out on the ground. Add to this the fact that the Chinese never "work on the ronds," but that a road Is wherever the carts happen to drive, and you get some idea of the "solid comfort of a Chinese cart." The passenger Is bumped up and down, until he wishes hie brain were rest lng upon a patent air cushion; he i bumped up and down, until he wishes his brain were resting upon a patent air cushion, he Is bumped backward and for ward and from side to side until If he is not careful his head will be pounded into a Jelly or covered over with scars as though It had come In contact w Ith John I-., homebody's strong right arm. The only way to sit In such a cart Is to sit tnllor fashion. In which case your test go to sleep and your legs become cramped. | You are compelled to arise at 3 o'clock in ] the morning and travel till about 9 or 10 , without breakfast and then get your : Lieakfast in a Chinese inn which, if you see it cooking, would “turn the stomach" of an American pig. Your bed at night in this Chinese inn is brick, and when you arise in the morning, after having had mosquitoes buzzing about your ears all nigh:.. you are liable to wrap in your bed ding three kinds of insects which, for the sake of my reader’s tastes, I will not take the liberty of naming further than to say that one is an acrobat, the other goes w ith the bed and the third with the beggar. For three days you must bump over these roads breathing in the clouds of aikalie dust which is kicked up by your two mules or perhaps by the mules of a cart or two just ahead of you, so that when you come into the inn you are cov ered from head to feet with dust in a way that would make a coal digger as compared with yourself a respectable looking guest. Still another method of traveling by dirt road is by mule-litter. The mule-littc* is a sort of a sedan chair swung betwee.. two mules, one before and the other be hind. If you are not in a hurry and not affected by sea sickness it may seem to you that this method is better than the rart, especially if you have good mules, Jf your mules, however, are frisky either the one or the other is liable, at any mo ment to jump out from under his bur den and disappear across a grain field wagging his tail at The passenger he has just left, and you are compelled to wait until your driver is able to recapture and reharness your snorting steed. It will he well for you if you do not come down in anything worst 1 ' than dust. You are just as liable to come down in the mud, or in one of the shallow streams over which you must cross as on <erra flrma, for fording small streams is one of the pe culiar antipathies of the Chinese pack and litter mule. It should be remembered that one or the other of two conditions exust on Chi nese road. Either it is an ii#h or two deep with dust or a foot or more deep with mud. The former is the condition of the road between Tien Tsin and Pekin a good part of nine months, ond the lat ter the larger pert of the other three. These other three months are July, Au gust and September. As I have indi cated in our boat trip you may look out over the country as far as the eye can reach and you see nothing but water, unless it be here and there a village of mud huts built upon some natural or artificial knoll, to and from which the inhabitants are compelled to go in boats until the waters subside, and it is a con dition of this kind in Shantung to which the present uprising is more or lose; due. There are two other methods of mak ing the trip from Tien Tsin to Pekin by dirt road. The one is by horse, mule or donkey back, and the other is afoot. However. I have known members of our university in Pekin who, when- going from the city to the western hills oil horseback, had to dismount, strip and tie their clothing to their horses* head and swim with their horse across the roads which had turned into rivers. In such a condition 1 of affairs it is easy to under stand w'hat would be the difficulties of making a trip to Pekin in the heat of August, by soldiers who ore unaccun tomed to the climate, where a drenching rain comes up in half an hour, and one’s shoes are covered with a green mould o\er night, when they are compelled ro carry with them their bedding and drag after them all the accoutrements of un army ond be prepared to resist the at tacks of a hostile army strongly intrench ed and accustomed to all the surrounding conditions. Those who criticise the al lied troops for saying, it is Impossible to go to Pekin before September, do not know the existing conditions in North China. To Pekin by Railroad. The third method of going to Pekin from Tien Tsin is by railroad. By rail we are able to make the trip in from three to four hour with all the comforts attached to railroad traveling. Second-class the fate is seventy-five cents, first-class twice that amount, and in the postal car. which cor responds to our parlor or sleeping cars, the fare is two dollars and tseventy-five cents. And yet this is the method the conservative Chinese are fighting cs com pared wiih the other two I have just nam ed. Their practice, however, is better than their theory, for when wish o go from one place to the other they go by train and not by boat or cart, and the railroad as a consequence, in spite of all the cheating done, has been paying sotae 20 to 30 per cent, on the lnvestm*u. Of course under the preseit conditions it is unnecessary to speak of this as one of the present methods, for the railroad is more or less comparatively destroyed, and probably’ not be used until peace is restor ed and fhe railroad repaired. It is folly to talk ahou* the Chinese having burned the large bridge at Yank Tsun, because it is made of iron and could noi be burned. A few of the cross-ties might be burned, but otherwise it is fireproof. The smaller bridges over small streams, and places where streams are allowed to pass under the railroad during the rainy season, might easily be burned if they could get other fuel to pile up round them. But this is not an easy’ matter in a country where one may walk miles without finding a piece of wood large enough for a walking stick. However, 1t is certain that both the railroad and some of the bridges arc destroyed and that when the allies wish to go to Pekin they will have to go by dirt road, w’hich is the worst of bad methods of travel In China. STYLES IN PAPER WEIGHTS. It run re Png, or l.ion, Expansion Prices Seem to He the Favorite, From the New York Sun. “Of all the furnishings of the writing desk none Has received more attention than the weight and none is more expensive,” said the clerk in the station ery department of a large jewelry store. “Tkose unaesihetic people who hold down their papers with an ink bottle or a five cem metal knob can never realize the thrill of genuine delight that eomi-s to the fastidious writer who utilizes expensive lltt.e brass dogs and such things to keep his accounts and manuscript In place. To one of this latter class it is a pleasure to open the window, once In a while, and let the wind scatter loose leaves seven ten ways for Sunday, just to be able to have the sails faction of clapping down a high priced dog in the midst of the disorder and paying it iutnphantly. ‘There, now. Stay there, will you?' There are cases where a proceeding of this kind can produce an high as as) worth of satisfaction. It all depends, of course, upon the value of the dog or whatever other animal or product of nature is reproduced In the paper weight. “Styles In paper weights nre as varied as the tastes and financial resources of writ ers. The average business man uses a weight made of a little bar of glass which costs anywhere from five cents to a dollar, according to the solidity and detail in workmanship. Most of the weights here come In silver and bronze and range in value from f5 to s7a. Bronze Is most ex pensive. It Is a funny thing, but noth ing stands so high In favor for a paper weight as a bronze dog or lion. Perhaps this Is because the tall and head of these animals form such handy projections for the fingers to close over when the writer reaches out In a hurry for something to clap down on flying papers. But it is not to be Inferred from the foregoing remark that these two specimens of the animal kingdom monopolize the paper weight market to the exclusion of other birds nnd beasts. All prominent representatives of the fauna and flora of the earth are re produced In bronze and are made to sub serve the utilitarian purpose of holding down papers. “The workmanship on some of these pa per weights Is exceedingly fine, and that alone brings the price up to an astonish ing figure. That Is one reason lions come so high—there ! an opportunity to put so much work on them. 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