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20 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.