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WHERE LITERATEURS MEET.
Horn: or tmk 41 thou
AM) THE 111 < Kt.KIIEHIM .
TrnnMim, George llliul aint Ttnilnl)
l.tvt'il Thfrr-(•rianl 4 11*n, sttiarf
Glennie, Mlm i.nrnrii and < nnn
lo)lr Aimiik ikr I.utter Da? * om>
rr-Ti'nn)iu'ii A inn on M Hvrti."
Iltm (iromi' FI lot l.hril nl llrotik*
t oh—l*rof. Tyndall’* l*iulrli> .
By M B Wright
Oadalrning. catr; Guilford, bulls;
ChkMlnffonJ. drunkards. llasemere
footo.
Ho rut s the frink old Surrey thyme
Kin England ti t* an adage to ilif offer!
that only a Mind man or a fa l leaven a
ripe tin kk berry btaah unumphd. Tran*-
plaited to Old England this raying might
•X(i!aln f t mi. reference to
HAalatlii ie. Ila)env re abounds m hi> kle
leriicg but nobody rata them It ala#
abound- In mil horn, which ought to te
move the stigma. but not * ven I .e ,ju
Thors know enough to appro late tb*
i Nlnet of lai cm
the tor*iera of Ilaslcmere we-e once off*.*r
♦d to Tcnnyaoti tor 1.40) ;oun a.
• What'll the use ol I • r I that will g aw
nothing but hurts?’* ho demanded.
'Hurt ■’ are the fruit *f the huklebctrv
or whortleberry. Amlc from Ih* "hurts
that kind !• worth now a thousand *1 II rs
l*r a' re. ThN Ie largely hr* ause lh ro
glot. has be >tne u sort of Mimm**r literary
center n.* of the great n irm- of F.ng*
Jih lliomture ar* *on'* -to i with tt. nml
ihe* modern school at writer* shows an ap-
P relation of l(f* beaut Ira by taking up iea
tdonco.s there.
Haahmere I* about thirty mllea from
London and la eaay of aeeeao, fro
many of the re-idents think It la i high,
hilly, breexy spot, rank with shrubbery
r . .hi • w r.
luxuriance of (hi- huckleberry. Pictures
quo 11 Ik 100. but ll* pletuiesquetwat ta<
100 111110 variety lo attract the arlhl
greatly. For the tired brain-work* ts of
Lsondon. however. It I* supremely hr irtng
with li* Irroh breeze* an I * xhl aral im
Openness. So those of the I Irtory lolk.
who an afford It so thither and make
their summer home* there The Id ul of
lla.lemere's literary colony I* the reverse
Of Bohemian. They have handsome
houses, live well, tires* w* II mi l ilraw lo
them well-living ami well-dressed p ople
Consequently prh-ea are high. b ih i'or
summer and for wint.-r living a - d on v
those aulhora who have "arrived ’ can af
ford lo live there. Villa* acl soilage*
*'crofl." “nests.” "crest*," "hural*" and
"intake ' with varloua from nnmea are lei
furnished or unfurnPhtd al very hl*li
rule*.
Urant Allen'* "The Croft" (wllhoul any
front name) I* still let almoal every sum
mer, as II was during the author's life
time while he was travelling abroml,
nail-rial hunting, and guide-book miking
with his family. Hl* llternry work warn
done In the season of winds and snows,
when the banshee wall* around the rim
of the Devil's l unch How! It was here
that he wrote the "Woman Who Did" and
perhaps It was the winter gloom of the
r iiton that tinged the story with melan
choly. "The Croft" lets al an amazing
prne but It never fall* of occupants.
Ilstleairrr'i Mart In the I-lteraey
World.
Haslemer* begun to be a literary neigh
borhood twenty-five or thirty years ngo.
with the coming of Alexander Gilchrist's
widow* and Prof. Tyndall. In Itrookhank.
a rustic cottage at Shotter Mill. Mrs. Qll
chrtet finished her husband's "Ufe of
lilika" Throtigh his frtrnd*hip for Mrs
Olklhrtet Tenn>son earn** to live during
the summers at Aldworth not for aw,i>,
after his nrat refusal to buy land that
would "grow nothing but hurt*." Mr*.
Gilchrist gives various picture* of Tenny
son a hesitations end uncertainties before
lie finally decided upon the purchase
afterwards considered the "luckiest of hi*
life, of the place where many years, after.
It*, was to die. Brookbatik was then only
halt the size It Is now Tennyaou and
M* wife visited there for two day* while
home-hunting. Mrs Gilchrist's son well
remembers the shambling figute wsgtder
tng over the uneven drawing room floor
It mu* have been also In a cloud of
smoke for Tennyson hinted broadly his
yearning* for his pipe In one of hl very
earliest calls at Itrookhank. Christina
Rossetti visited Itrookhank and found the
Moslemere climate “genially cold ” Mado*
Brown and the Hossettl brothers were al
po gu* Ms of Ih© rot.
CHfOTKir* Eliot ttKl Mr ©- 'UPM
lirookbsnk when th© grrat nov©H*t was
ruling from Ikt l*hor* In wrlttlnjc th©
first part of Mld<il© March Ok! resident*
of ih© locality still rem©mier the qwer
couple prowling about the lane*, both of
them with laggard atep* and bunging
hrada, making iopie wonder why In tin*
world they walked at all. "The \©ry ug
liest pair you irtf saw." 1* th- vivid l° <*•
recollection or Ih© follow ©uupi© Kt*>m
George Kilot’s letter* one gather* that
they walked every day. ©vWhntl\ a- a
duty #*h© kept strict account, not of Hi©
spar# ©overe<l. but of th time they act'*
out of doom: never mile# but always
hours Brookbank !a In a dip of the and.
tienro !©*• bracing than more favorite
a pots This must have made it more
pgreeablc to (eor||© Fllot. who hated th©
wind and in her letter* I* a way* com
plaining of It, Brookbank Is not pictur
esquely Mtuat©d. being do*- upon the nar
row road, but In those day* It *•*#
ii very rustic road lined with vine* an t
flowers George Hlk>t wrote of the per
petual undulation of health and copae. anl
-:©ar views of running water, with here
and there a grand pin© wiod *te p. woil
cloth ed promontories. snl #!©nmlnx t*l*.
hut she did not *ee much of tnat ae she
*4t tnot of tty* summer In the bit of
garden wrapped in a dork with *• h 4
water bottle nt har feet. If local legend
Is to be believed.
The “sense of standing on a round
world. *• which ah© claimed to Jove so
much, she accomplished by leaving Brook
hank beneath tier; only to rata* Into the
region of the hated wind*.
Port and Srientlaf nt Hnslriaerr.
T©tiny*or*. who waa one of the hill folk,
found th© in Brook <a* k On©
wonders how th© flasGdtou* and some
wtiat sickly woman bor© with that br©©*y
maw of the hill*. in those mit©* of room**
lxxusl gossip do©s not deal poetically with
V r ioi. .According to those who knew
* him there he wns an lr*e*snt smoker of
I roars*- tobacco in cuttv pip-*, of will'll
fie w.c very fond ll* e‘#ned to have
] a aori of Individual site* tlon for hi*
1 pipe*, au % h ' on#* might have for hi*
•kg* nud generally carried with him in
h!> various jo*'k* fa. half n tlosen of
! them. afaln**d and oiiy from long servl- •
In manner he had the toputii ion of be
lug iath i harsh towurd .-trungei In
i Inn liotermlnatbsn to avoid the public
nd to thw.irt fta nuiur.il intr*et In him.
! li# ftom* mo * fhowi tj him -If * Tart ar,
, ami g.v# aiii# pi of t v *• yr* i* 'iff at
li*l not redound to hi* I il i .pularlly
It I* even said by f*#*in* tu.it T# nnv -on
at heart really enjoyed hi* cel* #rS\ ic*l
often ostentatiously lb and fiorn fiursult
; when thor#* w .** ih pure
j Tyndall **ain- to Haelem**r- In !W* Imr*
Ir.g thr* vear# h* nl I wlf* Its#*•! in
ja n r# shanty whl’* ti sr lioum* was
budding In two r -n. Mr* Tyndall, u
lord s dought* i ad r *wn work, an I
was happy . if l.it**r the < ir* of Hi#*
vrvgn - w#i *l* 1 i** t it #
lousncs- ..f || n #h. ;* i lt#>us< • ; Tynl iil
< abil his •> w h* m*- 1. *ry imm* •* tt*
house was l#*t While the . wtier wa- *.ff to
the continent. IPs Alt I * chalet and his
beloved n u tain limbing Just as In hi
bachelor days, f r he dll n t marry till
h* was '* year** I lie w u mu**h re
s|#ecte*l and liked by ihe tow nspeopie.
Ill> a:*: * iran • and m inner* were plejs.
ant and hU hand *>.*r op#u for local rn
I*; <v m* nis aid harit • ll wa* *vi
ilently a g•* and •* n a.' a l*o-l his f
fher wdi proud of him, tor the ld*r Tyn
dal 's grav#-*t#>ne Is Inscnb* t ' Mather *f
prof Tyndall" But km*l and generous
a* he w.s. Prof Tymlill resnted hi*
grlevanc*s When h* mi* here the land
an rough and will, a brood expanse of
K‘*rr and h#*atrier H* would h v>- il’ ** 1
to keep It o and m* bitter against sp
ulators and the huth'ers of the suburban
villa Myh of dwellings His dlegist
rt’ache.t Its hight or depth when, ref tim
ing from hit Alpine summer he foun Ia
n w hour#* upon hi* own :.i 11 top. within
\ew of his windows It was a orsitv
little house, as artist rt small soul** a
his own mansion, and wPh equal right to
h# there Prof Tyndall either thought dif
ferently or cared n thing ah ut his neigh
tors righ's He bought a strip of
ground close upon th© off*-tiding house
purposely to erect there what may justly
he called a Sidle Wall. At close view U
was a mean erection of lathe* and poles
stuffed and covered with heat tier, an eye
sore to the new-comer*. From th© Tyndall
window* It wa* almost invisible, meltlna
Into the color of the heathery hillside a*
|if a part of Itself Prof Tyndall died
while yet Id* wall was new. It came down
I soon after hi* dea h
Tradition* of the llriglon.
Thi* region of Ha*4©fner© has It* tra- i
dltion* like almost every |n h of beaut 1- j
ful Kngiand. How many time# the ok)
con- hlng road between laoiuhm and Ports
mouth povdiig her© has entered Into Kng
lish romance! Baring Gould In hi*
HriMtin Inquire." has laid th© tragedy of
his novel Just here where three men
hung on Gibbet 1111 lon the very spot j
where they waylaid and murdered •
sailor on hie W Mil to
! A tfi Ni* I- I• \ Ll* ■ \ nil P
Smlke re*tl on this epot os they truv- j
eled the Portsmouth road They w.k-d
Uion the rim of the Ibvll'fl Punch Bowl,
aid Smlke listened with greedy interest
a* Nicholas read tne inscription upon the
stone reared upon that wild *|Mit to tell
of the murder committed there by night.
The grass on which they ©tocwl had once ;
tw*en dyd with gar© and the blood of j
the murdered man had run down deeply, ]
drop by drop Into the hollow which gives* i
II if* name “The Devil's Punch Bowl'* |
thought Nicholas as he looked down Into j
the void “never held fitter liquor th-in '
thit.“ A toil crose mark* the *pot. and
a stranger must a*k for the Pros* if h*
wishes to find it. not for Gibbet llill.
The rummer hoarder on Iflndhead 1*
sometime* superstitious and easily frlgh’-
©n©l ut names. Beside* Gild*©* Hid has
i ft a patrician wound and Htndhead sum
iner boarders despise all thing s low and
common even eighteenth century tragedy
How much more elegant is “Pro**" than
“Gibbet!"
f ovidit Doyle’s Work and tnaurmriii
While the present day n tmti are not m*
; great as those of the past. Identified with
Hu*bmere. there are still enough cf them
i to give It rightful claim ns literary r*n
i ter. Stuart Glennie nn 1 Ml** i.ucv Gar
net I, th© writers on folk lore. liav th* r
I ii ernes ami do much of their work her*.
• N©ar*by I* th© onc-nmr home of George
I Mai don a Id. now occupied by hi > eon.
I Conan Po>lc pitches hi- tent am >ng •
| hucke'.berry hushes nt Pnd* rehnw. next
! door to the Tyndall place Headers of his
j “Sherlock Holm s" a’oie* wl*,l ld-ndf>
m-tn* than one of th* m with the Sort* y
j (ountry. ills place is of modern at)l*.
1 having been built hut a few y-ai*. Be-
I side it Is a tennis court, %*• 11 worn, for the
j athletic doctor i* a devote** of the lively
! game. Around th© house n and stable*,
i where the author keeps h hunters, are
j scattered guns, fishing tackle, crick* t
■ bats, and other Implement* of sport In
the cricket season Pr Do*l© do** lilt**
i literary work. H* !© more likely to b* on
! the field for he p ay* on on© of the lost
teams lit England. Th© hui ii.ig * a*oo
ftml* him ©louring th* hills for ralibifa
nd other game. It I* In ihi dpth of
winfer thnf he buckles down fo his p-n
nc-1 loe* meet of hi* work Tt *** *e no
i habitants of llasiemer© more **nthusi i*t!<
over th© country than he On* r a son f*>r
j hi* nan ing thither wa* the bra Ing ef
fect of th* fin© air uj**n Mr*. l>oyl©,
w*hofe lungs re noi strong
Of th© b 4 * r writers vh re are many.
I The B.tunl;i\ Review. Aihenaettm, A*m l
emv un i th*- half- rown tn-igasi te* ill
'*©ml repr©-* ntailve* at tim* to th© ©en
i©r. At ttm©* (Mi* may imauii *■ , hat • -
j Atheno©um (‘lull and th© Muvile have < ome
down on excursion ticket©
J Hunday ex •umlons ar© :h© bane of th©
; plac© Its nearness to lauwton bring* th©
j excursloil*t* down upon It far *> fr©-
(|uentl> for th© |© ce of th** literary *l
ony. The day aft**? ih** incursion of nn
I excursion th* pta* © look* * if a plague
[of locusts nad laid waste t>e hind Fields
•ind way*el©* ar© denud'd **f d>w*rs. thi
i gras* everywhere trampled, tree* strip
lied of leaves, the whole f ••© of the re
gion strewn with rag-, torn finery and
greasy lunch papers. But the hurt* sfl!l
j bang black upon bu*'i©* lamdoit * ’Airy
Innd ’Arr!© f con*4*i©rlng them not fit t
eat. Should they ever discover th©!r
| edibility lla*>m©r© would prohohijr ba
j overrun ard th© author* driven out.
| Rich, warm, healthy blood I- given
Hoods Sarsaparilla and thus cough*.
I cold*, and pneumonia arc prvvcu.cd. Tak *
' it now.—ad.
TEE MORNING NEWS. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14. 1900.
SUPERSTITIONS HAUNT CHINA.
% tillK %T DlWlli M’%* 1% IIBALIYO
WITH I KIIATIIU.
I nhfr>al l’#wrr f the
IVtiu i|ias*->Milaarist %r* I
ally Hcfcardful of bt* haperatl
tlna*lVlt) flic M*'IIhmIII Ml**lm
ft<mi* l.oat one lilNiney —% I’mm'hlii
t Keep n Oragan !>•• Imlnlglug
In < linoflr %% Ink*—The Foreign
hurrliiiin n. Il# I li I near l*r leaf anil
tlic Muil ldl.
tlty Prof Is in T lleadlaml of the rhrir
of Menta and Moral philosophy In the
t’nlverslfy of P*kln )
Copyright, l'*" by 1 T. Hcadkand.
In the reconstruction of China, which
mut Am* in spite of th- present lio*er
distur an< • * m* t..iter dtlUcultlea wi l
mtd the for#*igi r at every* step of the
way The r# onftruction or reformation
must. In th i H ire of th ia* the
w. rk af the foreigner The Phlnomm I*
rot able to u ompl sh It Nevcrthalee*.
It m ist If and r* by tb • co-op# ration of
• ith*t lh majority or a most powerful
inti ilty of ititeiligeni and influential
young Chin# -•
Among tr- • dlfWcultl* s there will bo
no e | . i.ii - m >re ihfll'-uU to overome
Fane Shut Grove Proteciloos.
than superstition, first, because supersti
tion Is so nearly related lo th© religious
nature of th Chinaman, and. second, be
cause it Is so d©'ply and firmly rooted
in the charn )©r of the people. This dif
ficulty will be enhanced by the fact that
ih© Chinese are a p©opk* of character be
yond that of almost ail, If not ail. non-
Phrlstlan people Moreover, superstition
will b** addded to superstltloci because of
tta Ideas they hold regarding the foreign
er—that Is. that he Is h Kuel txu, or
\\ h> Korelgnrri Ire I *Ul©d Drdla.
•I©vll.“ literally, "son of a devil."
Th© Chin©-* i*l©a of o devil is that of
m red-haired, red-whiskered, blue-eyed In
dividual who quails at nothing. In this
ronitection very amusing story I* told
of a red-haired, re I-whisker**!, blue-eyed
British consul at Canton. One day. when
t H chin* **e ofli in I wa- calling, the consul
ack* and him:
“Why is it that th© Chinese call us
devils?"
The ofH< lal at first hesitated, and fin
ally said: “1 lo not wish to tell you "
“But I should lake 1? as a great favor
If you would tell me. I am very anxious
to know "
"But you will he angry if I tell you."
• . ■. s’ vi. S
f
w
.4 - * • X ’ *
To Kfcp (hr Kji h Dr.ißOn From Winking.
••Jly no means On the other hind. 1
l ill bo greatly ohllgcd to you."
tt. nii thus pressed until he was unable
to refuse, the ollV lal nn.tlly answered:
• levil- "
Tile natural superstition* of the people
havn bran taken up by thr and
have been circulated at II more widely by
all kind* of placard*. both In pro** and
In verse. I have before me one lo verse,
a pari of which rend* a* follows:
"The devils are not human beings like
you.
If you doubt what 1 say.
You may see any day
That the eyes of the devils In color are
blue,"
tn the original this rend*:
-Kuel tut ahth-Jen so ctt-uan,
Ju pu hstn
Txu h*l k'an.
Kuel txu yen elm tou flan,”
ring shun a klrnnge "Science" f
Baht re.
Superstition* are not only connected
with the religion of the people, lint with
their nattirnl science a- well. The T iol*t
priest* ns alchemist* have organised all
tb.i* the |iwtr* of nauir, into a system
of *U|>eri|ttlon called "Feng Shun." (lit
orally, "wind and water."t and this' en
ters Into the dally life of the people.
Kvorythins they do must bo done it; such
n way (1* not to Interfere with the Feng
Shtta of the place or the Immediately
surrounding country The principle* of
this system are believed by high and low
alike, a* may be *een from the following
Incident
Opp site the Me'h diet compound In Pe
kin I* the resilience of a liuecg Tal Tati
or “yellow girdle man." a man who Is of
dir*.a and scent from the royal family Now
■he I'hinese house lias no chimney. hui at
the risk of be'pg out of the fashion the
foreigners prepared to construct chimney*
ot, their house*. One of these chimney*,
it happened, rose exactly opposite the
front gate of the "yellow girdle man'*'.
house Now. all this mans rhl'il'cn were
of course, he mud to knew thr
n. He railed In the g omancer. who,
oi. examination, discovered that our chim
ney had destroyed the Feng Shut of his
.place. One day the old man dressed him-
I ee.r In his best silk garment* and cama
ever to ill on the •foreign teachers. ** ila
| pen? n half h ur or more .n pleasant eUn
ier* >twn on variou topic* whl h led up
it., the "luck ’of the place and the vsba
and in|H*rtance of male children, and then
explained the nature of his vi-tt. which
w * to a>k If the for* tan teacher would
not tear the chimney down to a level
with the highest part of the roof iti *r<l**f
that bis “miserable horn# might b* bless*
* I with the I * in of male offap'lcg '* Of
c oniM the r reign teacher cons-nteJ. the
| hlmr* y w.i- tern down and. behold, at
| . < onrhrmatimt of the acumen of the go
-rn.it • r and the power of th** I mortal
principles of Ker.g fUiua "yellow girdle
mans' next chi I wo a boy!
Mlsdaaarln Ksroaalrr Feng ahua.
With n the walls of the illy of Kucha©
■ acre it# • bill which ih#> Inhabitants of
i,i i * I-I k ip* n- \*• jr imp 1 ' '>t is
governing the health and * ntr IHnf tbe
g. prosperity as well .* happmess
..f th#- city and j • 'pie In th* earlier days
cm#* Kn,: ih tnissl ittariea bo'jgnt prop
erty and built upon that -.111. wb**i the
l„ ~p!.. f* arlng that the Fong Shu if me
city would be Injured, aro-e .n*l d*- droved
the entire property of th** itllMldt ror ]'
•i• ':i g.fit • htirch. seliol hou-- on I dwei
lig Aguln th* dcith of n ofb ‘1 n
H o geba.. w - bebev -1 by the people■ to
h. r* ault*d from a ml>-i n bcict
U.g on . hill not fr fr m nl* of
-11 *1 rest fence The |>eoplc here were
more considerate than tb©-** in Fucha.
and requ* sled the mbilon *r!#s t* .* **pt
a sit* in a different pari of ih city, which
th# v. of course. *on*e.l* I to do.
For many y.ar. I fin MnthodDt mlzzlo i
In Titn Tulii lij.l rr-at illftl. ul<y wlih bolh
official, .nil because of a alw
rh.iprl loraixl JuM lnwlil.- the -a.-l Fate of
Ilie cliy. The mason given was ihi the
chapel <leMro)'<<l the Fen* Hhu of the
place Kffort* were ma'le again and analo
to settle the matter, but always wlthoit
■IKMH. Finally both Ihe officials on the
one hand alk I the mls'lonaries on ihe other
jrew tlre.l of the constant trouble, and the
former offered either to buy the chap l
and property or to give In exchange anew
site. They were jsk*al to select a ette.
and. If they were able to find one which
was satisfactory and Hive a ruffiet nt
amount of money to erect a eutiubie
chapel, the mlsslonarl** would move. A
site was found, a chapel was erected, and
everything was mov*,| away from the od
chapel, which still stands In the old pla -e
and does nol se.m to Injure the Fen*
Phut since the forelßner Inis roiw
A I th*>, Feno HU’* ilttll, ultle* do ro>
i o-'"tir, however, between the tthtnese an I
the missionary. When ihe railroad was
being, surveyed from Tien Tsln to I*ektn
Innutn. rable difficulties were found In the
way, and Ihe firs! tiling that hud to he
done In leaving: Tien Ts n was to cut a
half clr.lc In order lo gei around l’-e
thousands of graves When the ralltoad
[was being surveyed from Canton to Wu
t'hang the same difficulties occurred.
Whenever It was proposed to make a cut
through the moun.uln 'he first qees lan
that arose ww* as io whether making a
cut of that kind could spoil the Feng
Shu* of the place, for a range of hills to
the nor.h of a city or a plain act* as a
protection lo the graves, or a* rang'* ef
hills ground the Ming tombs act as a pro
ten ton to the remain* of the emperors of
the last dynasty. Feng Hhua I* more l ke
iy to lw dlsturlied by alterations or Inter
ferences from the direction of the north
than from any other direction. For this
reason graves are sheltered by edifloe*,
shutting them off from the north.
Itrngnns of the I inter World,
Allies! IO this curious superstition I*
t tat w hie a govern* boring or delving into
ihe e„rth. lirsgoris. It appear*. Inhabit
the under region*, anti to disturb them
Idg ily inadvisable, not to ay perilous,
i ipening mine* or boting for oil must to*
#d with strict attention to this im
portant detail. There are certain local
-111,.s where. If the Tool* priest* or geo
• I forbid the opening of a
mine or the erecting of derrUt, whole
village or a score of villages would arlee
en n ism and drive the intruding dragon
disturber* out of the country. The prop>
of these villages are without heat him!
without light except that furnished by
ih, burning of sissJ* or cornstalk*, or a
tallow dip or dish of grea or oil. but
, that matters not.
It may not Im generally known that
the beautiful pag ein al Tung Fhou was
built, to* perhaps most pagodas are. to
preserve the Feng BhU;< of the pla> e bv
tampering the movement* of the earth
dragon. Hurled In the earth near Tuns
j t’hou there In an immense dragon, every
winking of whose eye produce* an earth
j quake In order to prevent this calamity
the ge imancer* wer* consulted, and It
was de -Ivied to ere-'t a large pagoda ex
' aetly on the dragon’* eve to prevent hi*
winking, since which lime there has been
i no further trouhle In thnt locality from
■ arthquake* Just how they lasted the
I eye ,: would be intending lo know, bat
Fir geomoricer* won't tell. That lx one
of their secret*.
Foreigner* are not always careful to
avoid anlagonlslng the Chine** unnec.
tssarlly in inis matter of superstition.
For Ins'int. no Chinese woman is ever
allowed to go on top of the tvaii of Pe
kin. but foreign ladle** go there to walk
an often as fh* y please. Women are also
1 forbidden to enter many of tb* tempi**-*.
as the Chinese hold that the mere prea
: en< e of ii woman there is dctlllug. hut
! foreign ladies go In at will. And It not
( infrenquentiy occurs that foreigners con
; duct fhemaalvea while in a temple In n
! way In which we would not allow ,i Chl
' nev#> to conduct h.mself in one of our
churches
Foreign \ niidnllsm.
On one occasion an American church
dlgni:.ry of high standing was being
shown through the grea: I.Uma Temp *
1 north of pek n Seeing a little mud idol I
1 on one of the nltors which he very much
I desired he said o hts guide, a missionary
"See if you can not Induce the old priest
| to let me have this Idol."
"No. no " the mission.iry answered "I
go tnro’ign this temple often, nnd I do not
j care ro propose to the pries; anything
which might he distasteful to him.”
Then turning to the ob?"priest, who was
watchtng the conversation, the mission
i ary said
"The old teacher would like ♦© have that
little idol, but I told him I vtoiib! not ask
# for it."
The old priest, after looking about him,
sa?l in an undertone
"Tell him to take It. but not to let any
body see him "
Thereupon the church dignitary hacked
up near when* the idol was. slipped It
In his overeat po-'ket. and then put a
quarter into the old priest’s hand, who
accepted it very* much as though he had
stolen It. It look#*d very much as If a
high church dignitary was trying to bribe
n Buddhist priest to sell an Idol, which
the pr>st refused to do. hut allowed him
to steal the Idol, nnd then accepted the
brtle
In the court of this same temple there
Is a large monument which whs built over
the clothes of the Dlsl Idama of Tlhd,
who was Invited to Pekn to visit the Em
peror Ch’len Lung, and while there died
of smallpox His body was sent buck to
Tibet and his clothes were buried in this
temple grounds and this monument erect
ed to his memory On the body of the
monument are carved pictures of the ten
transmigrations tlwough which Buddha
is supposed to have |**s.ed. In these
pictures there nre delicate carvings of
.leer nnd other animals, the legs of which
have been broken off am) curried away
bv relic hunting bandits from the West
If Chinese came to our churches or mon
uments and destroyed or defaced them In
that way we would have them imprison
ed.
St.pers l lltoo From Foreigners.
Many of these superstitions are real |
sed ms v ether* have been originated as I
bugaboos lo scare children.and then have
beccane real cause of fear to whole com
munities. Among the f >rmrr we mav noti '
the superstition regarding the taking out I
of the eyes of 'he Chinese for Use ne
medicine or In photography. Millions of
people believe this The great viceroy In
his wonderful hook. "China's Only Hope." j
particularly mentions It as a superstition
which Is without foundation
While the railroad was being construcl
d between Tien Tsln and IVkln a rcoart
was circulated In Pekin which became a
street rumor, that the foreigners were
putting a Chlnee child under each of the
railroad ties There Is no doubt. I think
that this originated from some nurse try
ing to scare a child by telling It that If
It was not good the “devil" wou'd lake it
nnd put It under the railroad ties
Another story of Ihe same nature as
this Is the cutting off of the queue Sim
one tells of a man who wu* lying on his
brick bed. ob walking along the road cr
s'rcct, anil put his hand up to take hold
of his own queue only to find that it was
gone, and to see a foreign devil nearby
laughing at him. This kind of idle story
spreads In Pekin like wlld-flre. Ask anv
i one who tells It If he ever saw any on,
who had had his queue ctit off. and he
I will tell you no. but at the same tlm
: there Is as much of a sensation caused by
such a story In Pekin as was caused
about Park Row by the itoanlsh, or Boer
war. or the Roxer trouble.
UHOLK TOWS FOHIItrr TO VOTE.
Will Try to Beniemher to Cost Bal
lots This lent.
From Ihe New York World.
The only known municipality in the
Fnlled States that has pledged every vote
for MeKlnlay and Roosevelt Is the town
of Baltimore, VI. Baltimore. Ihe smallest
and one of the oldest towns In the coun
try. has alxty-four Inhabitants, eighteen
of whom are voters. In 1896 the citizens
forgot to vote for presidential electors
until It was too late. It Is to wipe out the
stain of this. "Ihe crime of '9fi.” # It Is
called—that each free mnn will turn out
In November and cast his ballot for the
Republican nominees.
There are two voters In the town with
Democratic principles, but they ore sound
money advocates uml will be with the
majority. If they vote at nil.
Baltimore has another claim to distinc
tion in the circumstance that It Is the
<tenter of the New England pie belt. Nev
ertheless, It Is a difficult pltce lo find It
comprises three-cornered parcel of land
of it.onn acre* In Windsor county. In the
southern part of the state. It may be
reached by a drive of eight miles north
east from the picturesque village of Ches.
ter on the Mountain D vision of the Rut
land road. Ow.ng lo Its geographical Iso
lation Baltimore was made a township,
and this, under the Constitution of Ver
mont. gives It legislative representation
on an equably with the largest cities in
the state.
On an expedition In search of Baltimore,
a Sunday World correspondent driving up
the Black river met an elder.y farmer he-
I hind an equally elderly mare and Inquired
| the way.
"Baltimore? Baltimore?" erhord the
farmer, bringing Ihe mare to a stand nnd
shrewdly eyeing hl questioner “Baltl
-1 more, did ye ay? Why. ye ain't <filn' t'
Baltimore, bo ye? Who be ye lookin' for.
1 anyway?”
"The store," replied the visitor.
"There ain't none."
"Then direct me to the Postoffice."
“There ain't none "
"Then, how do you get to the minis
ter's?"
"The' ain't no minister t' Baltimore.
Folks Is ploua enough up there without
one. There ain't no doctor, lawyer, mer
chant ner thief, ner elder mill, ncr grist
mill, ner town runt agency, ner no clllfied
things C Baltimore.
"But If you be lookin' for Ihe (own
j rlerk. that’s W R. Bryant. Mr. Town
Clerk. Fence. Viewer. Health Officer,
i chairman of the Board of Releclmen, et
j ect-e-rs."
The farmer concluded by directing his
Interlocutor to the redoubtable Bryant's
i home, and confiding the Information that
he himself lived a few rods outside of th-
Baltimore town line, but that he had "set
no great store by owning up to It since
the crime of ’*6.”
Mr Bryant was found at his romforta
, ble home on a hillside opinion, ling the < n-
I Mre valley. The town clerk Is a native
, of New Yorw state lie went from War
saw. N. Y., to Baltimore a dozen years
ago and has spent his time farming.
1 wholesale fruit dealing anti managing the
I town alfalts. Mr Bryant also raises pump
kins, which Mrs. Bryant transforms Into
the finest pB-e In Windsor county.
Mr Bryant pointed out a white build
ing. which ho said was the school house
It had once been a dwelling, but th* oe
cupant went away and the town, need
ing a school house bought It Here a
I teacher drills thirteen scholars during the
fall and winter months It is here. too.
that the town meetings are held and
! where the loyal eighteen will vote for Me
Ktnley and Rocsrvclt on election day If
. they don't again forget It.
Mr Bryant's town book* show that
i there nr* thirty town offices to he fi!ld
annually and that Baltimore Is In truth
a place where the office seeks the man
This year there were two aspirants tor
OR. HATHAWAY
TO
OKOtIRAGED
MEN.
If You Have Suffered From Any of the Chronic
Diseases Now So Prevalent Among Men,
Don’t Give Up All Hope Because
You Have Been Treated by
Others in Vain.
SEEK THE SKILL OF A SUCCESSFUL SPECIALIST.
Cl J.IEVTON IATHAWAY.ID.,
THE: SOUTH S
MW SPECIALIST
More highly than all else Dr. Kathewiy
hp Hallintirnif’l? v " lu * “ ,h<> he enjoy. „
if | - II(\ 111 fj YV H V being the South'* most skillful n- well „
*■■**■* successful specialist. This he hn ,i. .i
by twenty years of hard, con.irlar.bout
labor, during which time he has trsatei
thousands of the moss difficult and foot
lYV|/IJ Id 1 11/ll plicated ease* of chronic dlseae. nur.
I of which bad been treated In vain by
other physicians,of prominence.
Dr. Hathaway Is up lo date
In every sense of the word.
His Methods.
and Is always the first to In- ■■ ■ l * BW' VI IVUCi
trod lice Into the South the
latest !■ lemlflc discoveries for the cure of the afflicted. Hls off,- p
* quipped with thi mo., approved nppllnnres for diagnosing and tr-st.
trig complicated chronic diseases and he is thus enabled lo give a com
petent op.nlon on any case presented to him.
WHAT DR. HATHAWAY CURES.
Dr. Hathaway Is an able physician, competent to treat nny form of ill
ness or disease Early In his career, however, his attention was dl
reeled to the large range of special diseases to which men ar. sub-
Ject. Jiinl r.itl zing the broad field which this class of dlscas. % covered,
he decided lo make a specially of thilr treatment. This has emailed !
vast amount of study an,l research, which has been rewarded by un
precedent©*! success.
LOSS OF VITALITY,
This prevalent condition, which Is making young men old and old mn
helpless Is alarmingly on the Increase. It is portly the rerul: of the
pre-ent rapid pace of civilization, and Is so common that not mors
than one man in ten enjoys the full strength and vigor of hi* manhood.
Ho sui'i'.a <ful I wts Dr Hathaway been in treating this disease that he
confidently promises to cure the most obstinate case.
Young Men
Should h.MI h© first symptom*, such at nl*ht loss©*, dlxstne** pim
|>l©*.spots hofor** the ©yes.et as th©y ran thus sav© ye.irs of suffertnf
ai.tl mental worry. Dr. Hathaway promptly corrects these conditions
unci effectually checks their progress.
Old and Middle-Aged Hen
\\ ho f©> 1 their vigor nnd strength giving away to premature dtrliat
can *)• r* ior©d to th© manhood of th©ir youth by th© t©*f©d remed.es
of Dr. ifatliaw.ty. Hundred* of ras©* have been cured where hops
had given away to despondency and helplessness.
STRICTURE
should never be neglected In addition io the pain and suffering pro
duced by th s a'lment. It leads lo a tram of most serious consequrarss
which Involve the entire nervous system. Dr Hathaway Is the only
doctor who cures Stricture painlessly. He I, able to do this bv hit
c-r.gina! method of treatment which Is employed by him alone Tit*
pa I, nt loses no time from bustnes. and is restored completely, perma
nently and painlessly.
BLOOD POISON
or bvphtlls h a dis-ase which, unless cured transmits Ifs blighting
Iff upon posterity yet tinhorn. It gradually consumes the tltslny
i.lu,. it. victim to a complete wreck. By his perfect method af
mating ths disease. Dr Hathaway promptly checks Its progr, .nl
removes all tmtward maitlfes nitons of every sunge. He does nut >m
promlse wlthlhls disease by mere patchwork. Hls treatment Is f ti
nt*- nnd he ,<>mplculy eradicates from the system every trae*- of the
.1 sense, and prevents any possibility of transmitting the l tint
others.
FREE CONSULTATION.
Everyone Is Invited to consult Dr Hathaway freely, without cost.
Those who cannot see m personally should write him fullv. giving
it full description of their case, which will hove his most careful at
tention. By mi-nns of his complete symptom blanks he has porf< *?•*
.. system of home rcatment which enables him lo successfully trv't
c.ires at a distance. All correspondence Is conducted In Ihe sir!
confidence, anti all medicine* sent In plain packages. Write him fully
without delay.
DR. J. NEWTON HATHAWAY,
(PR HATHAWAY A CO.)
OFFICE HOFRS:
Dally: 9 to 12 a. m , 2 to 5. 7 to 9 p. m.
Sundays, 10 a. m to 1 p. m SAVANNAH. o*-
the office of town repn tentative,an Ia cau
cus was called lo de ~|e upon a , , mount
candidate. It was the ft rat caucus within
the memory of the old,-t Inhabitant and
not one present seemed lo know the prop
er method of procedure. At length one
man bolder than the rest go: up anil
said:
"I've been thinkln’ tha: voung n-lgit’ior
Glynn—ll. \ . not th, ol<- man -would
malt, a fust-rate r, nr,-entatlve of this
ere town lie s straightfor'ard and honest,
and If any one has g • anything agin him
now's the time to say so."
No one hod anything against Mr.Glynn
apparently, and he w.n declared nomi
nated Next day the disappointed Mr.
Day file,! hi* nomination papers | n the
good old-fashioned way. id y] r Glynn,
fearing there mtgni intr been a legal
hitch at the ssho.l hoi;*, on the night of
the caucus, did the same.
Glynn was elected on te second ballot.
and Mr Bryant la allll boss o'
mor#. Irt .
Sixteen volrs were raat. One •
lierfert and was thrown out. t
Voted for Untmant Governor s' '
auditor only. Two men did not
w.is In the Bolrtlrr's Home at Bent' , c
aril the other absented himself at ‘
low ~
All promise to be on hand at t n
al election.
••It Cared Me.”
"Oraybeard broka up rheumatism
me." aaya Mr. Chaa. Thomas. <*•
alar on Whitaker afreet- ‘ And put r "
beteer health than I have enjoyed
long time."
Take Oraybeard Pill* ,nr ,h * t
feeling—Dost appetite, and ,oU ® w^ l 'yoM
with a bottle of Oraybeard.
need. Beapess Drug Cos., sole V *"
Savannah, Go.—ad.