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INDIAN SUN WORSHIPERS.
liotv THEY NtUICT AYD IYWU. %
yew mint'.
I'rrtaiM Ihr l.aal OrrmoHT of |k>
Itliil-Ylral lamp the lian.r to
>(l f lh* •• from I lit* I an*.
Iturlnl nl the Old rhlfl Kolloaartl
1,, tbr Inn llrntep—'The Yew Chief,
tVHnae Helertiou llntl Hern Kept
Secret, AnnouneeH hi (He lleml
Medicine Hnn—YY n-rn-Ke-tlek linen
n l.llllr Ylnnle lo Min.r Ilia Yleltle.
urdrnl nf (he Oder nutna—The Yew
< hlef Inherlla Min Predeeranur'n
I nnillT. anti Han in Ynpiiari nit
■ nnnell, for \Y hlrh He llaa an Yl-
Inwnnee Front (he Tribe llrnlals.
,m_-a City, Dec. M.—YY'llh till the my
l rious and ancient rite* of the run arm
, ipprr*. the Sac nnd Few tribe of In
,i m* nil their tMt-rvailon In Oklahoma,
tv ,or* they trilll practlca Ihe pagan re 1-
v of, of their fathers, ha* recently In
. ailed a near chief to till the plain left
vacant by the dcaih of Kah-mal-way,
who sickened and died In the srowlnc set
eon. Nah-nuU-a ty, the Spirit Chief, ha
who had panted throtiifh mnnv ajar* wlth
, .it so much a* a scratch, lu- who had
pc i. ilecoratcd by the great pale-fat-e sol
.. r for quclllr.K an uprtsln* atnor.g tone
• oung braves tvbo*c heart* had hern
i i.via hod by firewater, he who could
. vtnmar.d the evil spirit to depart and the
unod spirit to arise, tuid at last fallen a
1 dm to ht* ow n w ill. He had sipped too
frtely from the bottle th.it make* the old
loimf again, and witn a vision ofter.
THE APPEAL. TO THE SCN.
before him he had passed on to the
happy hunting ground. Nah-tn*l-w:i> w*
n rlcttm of temptation. He could not re
► ; st the cup that ch—r*.
The taking off of Nah-snal-way by an
evil spirit ttai the cwuae of squaws' la
mentation* for many sleeps. and the
bravs* went about alletuly with the black
paint of sorrow spread freely upon their
naked breasts. The medicine man cut
thetr wrist* an l studied the llames from
the sacred candle. Rations came with tin.
tj*tml regularity, and yet a aenae of Im
pending evil darkened the existence of
t < Indiana. The deo.i chief had eurely
led a cures ui>on them, said lojoking
Ildpt an .lit! chief of the Fox clan B<>
I.unking Ola.-a was allwl upon for un
explanation of his words, he sold:
My brothers. Nah-maJ-way was a bad
medicine chief lie drank the while mans
Ufe water and blamed us for his dying
1 tokl him the pale face had put snakes
In It. and he would surety die, but he
laughed at me and said I was no prophet.
1 tell you. mv* brothers, that he has left
his curse upon ua and we must have it
taken away or we will die."
t eremons to save the *,jnpws.
Then Red Eagle was told In a dream
that the Sun Spirit would take the tribes’
squawfs. Ho made a prayer to the bun
Spirit and w.is toU that his squaw must
b, 1-tKlccd to save the other squaws of
the tribe. To make this spiritual aac.l
--h c he was to order the sun -laiice and
place his squaw In the midst of the dance
circle as an offering to the sun. If the
sun was not angry with them he would
order tha squaw to get up anJ leave while
the dancers were looking at her. but If
the sun way angry with the tribe then
he would etrlke the squaw dead. Red
Fox sent alarm ordering the braves to
prepare for the dance and Instructing
them how to dresa and paint.
One morning when the sun had acarca
ly p, .ed over the tree tope Red Kara
came bounding from his tepee blowing
fiercely upon hie medicine whistle. The
brave I. Who had been (minted and dressed
for this signal for nearly a week, were
out of theli tepees In a few moments,
and racing toward the dance grounds, to
the southeast of rho Indian village. They
ran wlih all their might In order to ar
rive I- ore the sound of the whlatie had
died In the echo Hastily forming In a
seml-clrclc. the medicine men waited for
a second e.gnsl Red Eagle caked In a
shrill voice for hi* aquaw to follow him.
Snr kite.-j.- i Inside Ihe curve of the circl*.
while the brave* danced and chanted title
appeal;
Ah. y, the crow say*.
The fox ssvs ah. ya.
You will not kill our squaw*.
O. J-nther, do not kill our squawg.
*Ve will dance the sun dance.
We will do right.
Finally. Red Eagle stopped his dancing
and went with his squaw o the outer
edge of the dance circle, where lie gently
shoved her toward the tepee The red
skins yelled Joyously, for they knew the
curse had bent removed from the he.idi
of their squaws. It still remained to the
trlb, however.
Kn>\% nn-So, the Wrillrlnr >§•••.
|>r*r*e thr OeiH'fi
Two week* had now elapsed since Ihe
death of Noh-mal-wuy, and yet n® chi f
nad bean named. Whenever chief dle
aiKl leaves hla curse upon the tribe, the
selection of a proper man to succeod hlt.i
I* indeed doll cut* problem. Tula cute.
must be removed by the head med'clne
man before anew chief can be selected
Ka wan-so, the head medicine man of t v*
trlhc. au.l master of ceremonies at u
Important dog feasts and medicine *r
falrw. was not 111 attendance at the sun
daock, having gone Into the hills to com
mune with the Great Spirit relative t
tha appointment of anew chief I ln
hi* return he called the redskin* In front
of hla lodge and spoke to them In a loud
voice: "I have talked with fhe Ore*.
Bplrlt about this matter and he aay* J
must order u dance to make you oil gool
again He say* we must bury the dead
chief with proper ceremony, and in th
meantime 1 will choose the chief he Use
Instructed me to. He aald lhat our oil
chief was a false man. and we muat bury
him good or ha would come back again
As master of ceremonlea h# then or
dered the brave* to put oei their black
palm Huil assemble at the burial ground*
at sunrise. There, with the principal
medFlne chiefs forming a circle aland
him. anl tft* yo*un|r of
tribe seated around tha outer edge, Ka
nsu-*o caHed upon the Great Spirit to
hear them pi tneir deliberation*. A berry
uug which had been cut tor the purpose,
waa Itrolight forward, and each one ate
a ted herry therefrom to drive away for
ever the evil curse of (he departed chief
whom remain* lay wrapp-d In n blanket
hi the mldt of the circle After an In
vocation, (he young tniai rawtd (h# hotly
amt • arrle.l It „ a small hut. which .
to be it* 1.,., retting place
The Ainerl • in flag was holvtetl over the
hut to distinguish It from other* Then
the two hundred Indians, as If rrlteved
of a great sorrow, sang
Our Father, have pity , u *.
Make u* o he wise.
Make otir new chief a great man,
Make our new hlrt , good man
last.lll.* th.. and l atinos, a
< hlef.
The eha-.; rang out across the plain*
him 11 the wooden grave had been nailed
securely fast, while the gue*ts of this
Htrange burial ceremony ant around with
bowed heavis. Then Ka-wnn-so gave n
Plen-lng ury. known a* the “death cry."
after which all adjourned to the dancing
(srcla. Ttili wna a smooth place, about a
tpiarter of a mile square. The Indiana
lost no time In getting Into (he danrr
Tl* *un was now directly above them
and very hot Tin? brave* were imlcn! to
the waist Tney formed a circle around
two big tires. Tv . tom-tom, or drum
tieaters, sae neur tbe* fl r e* and beat ,t
regularly, making rvo effort to keep time
with each other T.-cn the leading m.-dl
clne man. alth.l by the two hundred
voices of the brav< * chanted another ap
l ‘l to the Urea’ HplrM, w hile the dancer*
hopped around the dp*, tholr bodies sway
ing and thu paint rolling from them lb
the flood of iKTsplratton. Tha flre blaz-d
high a* the Indian* piled on the sacred
wood, blessed by the medicine (t en. The
dancer* grew more excited. Some fell to
<lie grosin I Other, went into the medtin,
kidge and were supposed to be very el -k
They went through all sorts of mot lot s.
depleting their agony latter, pt*se-*or*
of the sacred otter *klns. which most
of th© dangers were About their loins,
torn th© akin© from their bodies and went
about pointing them at the Indian# who
wer© shamming ilckn©##. There were
then xhot at with the sacred beans, after
which th©y arose ami were pronounced
cured. Tills ceiehration lasted until Ht
that night and was supposed to be the
real introductory to the Initiation of the
new chief. After the dance they ad
bathed in tho river near the village.
Karly next morning the Indian medicine
men from surrounding tribes began to ar
rive. From the eawt came Running Klk
of th© IVmicas. from the south Whistling
Bear of th© Arapahoe* and from the west
Big Hear* of th© Orege*. All of them
nrotight the sacred plant along o that
they could take part In the ceremonies If
Invited. Other redskins came, until there
were 300 In all. Ka-wan-so cadd fheni
WA-PE-WTC-SKK. THE NEW CHIEF.
logether on the open prairie to the south
of the ground* need for the dance* The
night before a number of sweat lodge*
had sprung up near the plTf. and " 'hew
lodge* were the new chief and 111* fnm
lly. Aft*r th# Indttin* h f l
themselves, Ks-w*n-*o, In an U"Pf** lv '
voice, announced the nemo of the new
chief anil celled him forth. Ip to this
time nobodv had known who was to be
chosen. The choice was a surprise to a I
Parlor Haste by the >ew Chief.
Wa-pa-kr-*ek. a well-known medl tne
man. and quite influential anion* hi* fei
low-trlhesmen, was the new chief, and
when he appeared there was a general
•Uenc*. The new chief we* short and fat.
but quit* weak from three days’ fasting
He had been In th* *weat lodge sweating
the impurities of Hi* common Imllsn out
of hi* system. He wu# clad only In n
breech-clout One of the medicine man
near him threw a sacred white otter skin
at him and the new chief fell a# If dead.
Then the two men who hid him In grab
bed him by th* feat and unceremoniously
dragged him around the lodge, while all
ihespectators threw their otter skin* at
htm. Suddenly ha Jumped to hls feof. and
reaching up Into th* ale brought out a
lom-iom Where It came from no One
could UNI- It waa merely a feat of Jug
glery; which the Indiana would not try
to solve If they could. They wanted to
think the Ureal Spirit handed the drum
!o thetr new chief, and th* delusion waa
accepted aa a fact. He then went to tho
THE MOKNING NEWS: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23. 1000.
I enter of thc flamt ground# and there.
[ with two hug© Am Tl. Ail flags floating
: over him. K.van*ao Wa-im-ke
■ sek cht*f *f the Kur n<l Fox Mil** of ln
i man# >rt
I <k|ftr of mrdidne m©u. With bowed
I had* *n* IndUHtf fat around and listened.
When Wti .in-io had finished thr tribe
amt It* guests adjourn* and to a bln do?
least in.l ate their fill at th* expense of
| \N : pA k**-#ek
In addition to reviving ihe chieftaincy
Wg-pa-ke-sek fell heir t. th** family of
\ the departed chief. of three
squaw* and atx children. width. with hte
| own family of flv* squaw- ami i.*n * hit-
I dren, will make up quite a gathering in
i tha Sac an l Fox Whit* Hou<v H*-tdaa
■ thin he will hov* tho ninf nmnb i# */ iha
1 .oundi to feed and chain*. At* th* ln
j com© of the hlef Is derived from tha
rental ground of the srlt*©’# land, hr haw
sufficient to support hi# ofllclel houwhold
in princely #t>l© without work
Not in a quarter of u century and per
haps never again, will a clan of sur. wor
shiping Indiana choose anew chief Thoae
of this . lan arc rapidly dying off or be
lug Y*row<te<l from their reservations Into
tho IK*hoots net aside for them Horn** have
►een for.*d Into allot inn :* wher an In
dian soon l>**e* his Identity The govern
ment agents have dealt hai *hly with
those who kept up their ancient customs,
, until to-day there are ft*g trlU who are
tree to hold their service* without Inter
ruption hv the whiter
m: %> AC*THK* ON I IRW.
( rnwtl ttraevn lo a Newark l*lay
h(in* by 1 1111*11 til W|*r©ta©le‘.
From ihe New York Free.
Newark, N J Dec. 19 —Crowds throng
ed lo the theater to-day to witness the
unusual tad© of nn artte's's hotly ly
ing In mate The body was that of Mia
'’Virginia J*< kson. soulrette of the Neu
Century Theater Stock Company, who
died of peritonitis laat Monday afternoon.
The crowd filled the entrances, women
and children shrieking as they were
jammed and elbowed in the doorways.
Il v i one of the mow remarkable sights
ever witnessed here, and those who ar
ranged the demcntrat!on were freely
criticised for thefr attempt *o advertise
the theater at the expense of the solem
nity of death. Before Mis* Ja kson #
death nothing was said to her of what
wa* to tAke place, and doubtless she never
dreamed such a piogramme would he car
ried out
There w as little reverence or evidence of
grief In the throng Ih passed the coffin
between the hours of 11 n. ni and 4 p. m.
Nearly all appeared to t*e drawn there
by curiosity pure and simple. The body
lay amid flowers, under artificial light.
After the doors were cloned a flashlight
picture of Ibe scene was taken, showing
the coffin ami tho principal mourners sit
ting about It.
The ostensible purpose of taking Ihe
picture was to forward It fo the mother
of the young actress In Han Francisco,
where th* body was sent to-night.
••Private*’ Allen n Phlloepher.
"Private" John Allen, of Mississippi,
who for sixteen year* ha* been the funny
■.nan of the Hou*e of Representative*, re
tire* from public life wlih the esqjration
of thte Congress, says tha Washington
correspondence of th* New York Tribune
Hl* retirement Is parity due to falling
health, and (drily due to the ambition of
“an upstart ’’ a* Mr. Allen call* hi* suc
cessor In Congress l-ust summer ''Pri
vate" John * physicians put him under
a sever* regimen as to diet, aud warned
him that If he wanted to Hv* ha mutt
he prudent In hit habits. For th* space
of et least a week Mr Allen followed
striotly the advice of hls physicians. Than
he resumed Ms former ways, has been
persisting in them ever lnce. and looks
.hotter than for a year or more. 'Tv* been
dodging my doctor* ever since t bean to
ignore t ielr tide ice, because I know thej
Kill roast me,” said the MisslselppUn "I
came to the conclusion while I was under
their regimen that I would rathtr be dead
th.ro prudent, so her* I am."
LI HUNG CHANG OF CHINA.
a vm run iii; or tiu: turn
STATgm % N.
Ii > Nnrprlalaa FrauLnru llimit the
Fmpme-Hr %lal(e *lbal Mir '-
imrlril the Mas *re—wlteform ot
( Klim MnH 4 omr. Hut | Null I out*
Front Wlfhla—H bat I I kt >ar
la l*a rl II Inn —ln Ihe Inlerrirn Hr
takril Host ( lh** l|ueallnn anil
Uua rarflnilarlY linaer In liimu
About tbr I nutina —The IHploinnt
Who Thnaakl He Knr%r All About
I*l—Ylm* uf Miens. IHreeinr Gm
rral ol HailaaM nud l rlrg rpht,
nn Ihe Rmrr Moienrnl.
CV)p>right, lA*V by Oemr King l*n\
New York. Ik-. 21 —The note fr e
consul raid that His Kx. oliinoy wouki ••
glad to *ee up a* hl- bouse t e nex mon
Ing at 10 An tmerpreter no not ne n
eary a? among thi retainers f t * Vi. *.
rojr there were ulwh.v* some ate* wre
%\*'ll verse*l in English. The consul wou. i
et*nd hit own man to attend to such !•
lirnlnary ewremoniea ns were **• entul.
Earl Id Hung (’hang wan ut !)• house of
a frirevl down the }tiitbttng W**ll row-I
It happrrtul that tliere was Ptoppsig a:
the hotel it (he tlinn a gentleman who
han been tn the diploni.iti- aervi.e for
ieverel years and who had just come
to l*haughal irom a term of service s
acting consul In Canton, where l.t U.i l
l>e**n viceroy for some lime This lii>e
nmt prof*ept*d surh an acquatntan with
the viceroy and Ins w.*\n that wo wet
all ashamed of our |gnor.nice anl lnex|a*rl
etice, and listened eagerly to his advl* **
"You can't spread It on too thick.
skt this wise man of experience. “The
baldest flattery will idea*** him Hand
It orn to him on any kind of i plate
and ne will smile Iting all the ohangas
on his being the gr*at mar In a 1 the
world and you will win him right at the
start "
We accepted Ihe advice meekly and set
out to find how II would succeed At the
"friend's house.‘ a lire* brick structure,
the external appearance >f which showed
no trace of architecture, we pent
tn our card* and four or five Chlnt**\ In
Naig flow a,a gowns of blue ia wile or kiv
ender silk, came to the door wax and
eyed us cur loud v. Presently we were tak
en Into a pleasant room on the side of a
j court, where thars came to us a smooth
voung mar In •• long coat of gag*ouw
blue, who .poke English with aiimsM
flawl*?s accent, nn*i talked wisii us as
famlllarlv about the dolt k- of tha news
paper Wirld Hti if he were the high PTieet
of the cruft It developed later that he
was a nephew of that Marquis T**tig,
who le reckoned among tha world's great
•-4 and St fold VM that the
Viceroy was erig.iged at tha moment on
most important matters, and then he en
tertained Uf* with the latest Isomlon gos-
Mp The nephew* of the great Marquis
ia a clever young man. and he w are verv
nice goKl-rimmed apecfacles. which help
to lend dignity to hia short stature.
Htm Karl M Receives Visitor*
W* were led through a long, dark hall
to a ana rely furnished room St one side
of whltti stood the VI-eroy waiting for u*.
He seemed very old. Two sturdy servants
supported him 4* tie stood, one at each
shoulder, each wlih one arm aero** hi*
hack The old man advanced slowly to
greet u atal lie etout attendant* aup
ported him tie put a trembling hand out
a few Inches toward each one of us and
a* we took It he wiggled It a few times
feehjy. Hl.e hand was soft and flabby
and cold. He smiled ever so ltlt| and
boyred slightly The Interpreter said his
excellency was very glad tftdecd to see tta.
There was a small marble-topped tabV
In the renter of the room. Four chairs
were (dared atawit It and f.l moved toward
one of them lo sit down. Ills two men of
muscle caught him by the arm* At the
shoulders and lowered liim gently to Ills
seat. Then the Interview began, and at
the first question an attendant came and
poured out rhamtatgue Instead of tea. the
drinking of which by the viceroy would
lie th signal that the Interview was end
ed True to hie old custom. LI Hung
Than* did most of the quest baling He
wanted to know all about the actions and
conduct of the troops of the allies ut
Tien Tsln and on the way to and In
Pekin He was particularly concerned
about looting and the atrocities of the
Russian* and French. II was almost Im
possible to get In a word or a question
unices It was attached hv main strength
to some wholly Irrevelant answer to one
of his question*. The political man from
Washington—friend of the wise and ex
perienced man In the diplomatic service—
t>gan to d.oqsttr of getting a c hance to
line any Of the carefully honeyed wools
At last there was an opportunity and he
Jumped at It He told the Interpreter to
assure Hla Excellency of the gn-at es
teem and high regard which the peop#
of the t’nlted State* had for him Young
Mr. Trc-ng translated quickly s*>d the re
v\y was swift end straight.
"Then why do they object to me a* a
commissioner to negotiate a sMtlement of
the present difficulty?" asked the viceroy
Tho political man from Washington was
stumped, hut the man from Oregon an
swered as the great Tseng mlgb! hav#
done that the objection was most cer
tainly only that of a rabble who always
about loudest and count least. The vice
roy smiled and seemed to he satisfied that
It was ao. Not warned by fhl* the polit
ical man watched hie chance asatn and
when It enme experimented with a few
gaudy expression* of hls own opinion of
the remarkable aitainmeni* of the vie*,
roy. Young Mr Tseng turned hi* gold
rimmed spectacle* toward the Washing
tonian and aald In a tone of unutterable
weariness.
"Ye*. Hls Ex'-ellenry has some small
reputation."
Perfection of Servlre by Hi* Attend
ants.
If* did not take the trouble rn translate
the remarks of the Waohlngtonlan. who
thereupon withdrew Into hi* shell end
rloeed th# door All this time a crowd
of half a dosen or more servant* hung
In the doorway or stood In the hall and
occasionally peeked Into the room Not
Ih* slightest morion or tgn of their mas
ter eecaped them Their movements In
attending to hie wane* were absolutely
noleeleee A littK- wave of the hand
brought them lo him lie seemed never
lo #i*eak to them They divined hl will
got what he desired and withdrew to the
doorway again. Occasionally he emoked
a cigar*tee. but hi* favorite was a long
Chinese pipe One of hls men would Mil
It and stand with lighted taper hoi ling
tho end of th* long stem at the Viceroy’*
lips waiting for him lo take the puff or
two that wou.d exhaust the contents of
the little bow: ll'tien after nearly two
hours of talk h* Viceroy lifted hls glass
of champagne to hls lips the two Husky
men stepped quickly to hi* chair, one at
ea-’h side, and tidily and gently raised
him to hi# feet, supported him while he
shook hands all around again, and helped
him out of Ih* room It was the perfect
lion of service.
Persistently throughout the long Inter
view Id Hung Chang talked of the loot
ing and of the outrage- committed by
the troops. When we and and Anally succetd
in getting In a few question# he answered
sometime- with nmestng frsnknesr Thu*
he accounted for the contradiction In the
edict* laeued from P*km during the siege
of the legations by saying:
The Etnpreae Was "Badly Adalaed.a
"While our government t* nominally
ail absolute monarchy. I’d* the fact that
the monarch I* -urroutwtel by advisers
whose suggestion# usually are accepted.
In this case she was badly advised. At
first she was told that the Boxers were
invulnerable and would be able to make
It rather hot foe the foreigner* so aka
support* l them llut afiarwanla ahe
foiui I out that ahe Imd beau misinformed
and the> f.'im t hanged her opinion and
liar aMI tude."
The oaiiuiH’S* with *h* h le thus a*
-uiaed the Empress Dowsger *>f compli *i
y In the* Hoist mo\ mem was eatonlah
mg. It may he worth while to ikm# that
LI Hung Oh*rig did not ask us liow old
we were, or when w wav married or
what war*' the names of our ion* He
is s verv •hffsrent person l from
the 1.1 who "jollied" fits interviewer* whsti
In Amer Va. The nearest he cam* to a
personality wss witsn he In
qulitd wrtth a grin, f>r he had
been talking ab< ut the lootiag of
Tien Tsitt and Pekin, "whether hv
chance any of HP* got any
gvxlaand*!/'
Frop the pnltti< at point of view the
mot Imiortmit thing th© chief peace
commie toner sold was hi frank admls
skm that Cnina ooukl noi *.n in th*
.our*‘ she h** puihiicd fot “'i many
years Keform >f Ihr gov* rnm* itl Is •-•
sentlai t* its life, l **id Tlir* great oh
jert of himself arul tie tsiher Chinese of
influence and t*k*iuon was to *e- are tiiar
reform ir in wlihin and t tUc luiuh of
Chinese, without the tnterjviMtion # far
etgtierj*, AYhal fh*y fear** i mot w.*h par
titlrax
(*li of the .v.Y(*'t Orient** nf 14 llung
Chung In Shtiughai ar*t one of the nnut
Influentiiil Ohln***© is Bhcng. the Chiiu-na
c. Sandra wt> ©ent the moet relistde in
formation of the ml sltuatloti tn Pekin
to this country during the siege. hi who
(lexer believed If there wn any |h>s
srble pretax* for loxd4lng him ll* Is
much younger and inure vigorous ttiai*
the old statesman, but. like the vlcerov,
he h.* iliMsrdsd lit* istun of the Chi
nese in meeting loreignsrs tksnr uuitn
of In* |x*ttlori in Hhaughai and In Chinese
.iffauH may l©* hint from (he tact th,?
he i* Hrotiot gviursl of radws> and
I‘gtapiai. of the China Merchant
rtf* am Navigation Oompsny. of the Impe
rial rUnk. of ms Nanysng ('©il*g *ud
of the cotton mil It was through tha
Arnwi *n .idxlser of Mheng that my • ol
league and tnvself had an interview with
th- busy Chino** uNnemn. We were
shown into s lltlls room off Ihe ceirt,
which i© siww>s tha csntsr of a chine**
reeidsn< e. n0 there Hheng came to us.
He vt„.(?K hands and went at the businap*
of the meeting without cersmooy or farm*
aJttx of any kind He unlerstoxd (hat
we ha*l come to talk about tha crisis In
Chine*** affairs sod Its csimw. and (hat w©
wanted information shout tha Boxers and
the court. ll© Is a much smaller man
th n 14 round and welLfeil. He has “gim
let eyes." like |nsp©'tor Javert They
ar* email, rou* *1 ami black When hs
t ilk* he look> straight at you In s fa'h
ion tiial sometim©* makes you imagine
you tan fc?4 their penetimtlon.
Miruu Tslks of Heforwt.
It was a vary k*ng talk il© gave ue tha
news of lh© court which th© calde Imme
diatrly, made and then he (old us
the story of tle origin and growth of the
Ihixer movement six! Ikw It came to
have !* hold upon the an*l the
Prln* *-a of th* Imperial clan. Whan we
ask* i him how many Boxer* there were
ha replied:
• Wheti ihe Empress In a Boxer there
sir** Just ss oiany Boxer* an there are
Chine • . I nit whan sha realh' eeasaa to to
on* then there will h© no othen laft "
In other words tlion** wtvo del not re
•mt whan she did, she wtWd iwhead
Slung said timt afier Yu IfMen. the foun.
tle*r of th© Boxer#, was degraded from tha
governorship of Btiantnng h© wervt to i*e
kin and there to to'd the storv *f tlwv
woialerful prowess and Invulnerability of
the JUtxers to Hsu Tung, one of tlie tu
tors of th© young h©ir apparent, who Is
ihe son of Prince Tuan. H*u Tung in
fluenc'd Tuan, ulwuiya n rabid foreigner
hatr and th© two tuoc©r>t©ii In convinc
ing the Empress. Ho the thing grew This
was especially intFiesttng. eonhmilng as
it did the statement of 14 llung
Chang with respect to the
Kmprewa nnd her relations with the
Boxer© Hheng went much further than
14 In dtelarlng that reform of the gov
eminent by Chinese was Imperative lie
a*lmKtel frankly that China eoull not
stand another upheaval such as that of
moo. If Indeed she weathers that one Hut
If there Is no reform that ia genuine, he
said, the Chines© (homeelves would re
volt. nnd tli.it would mean the nd of the
•mpire. This was a reference to the se
cret societies that have since been stir
ring up tr>ub4e In th© Canton district
While he rsN Viceroy there T 4 llung
Chang kept them quftt, but ha beheaded
more than 3.0<0 In doing It.
Hheng talk* *! like a man who lias reached
a settled conviction He spoke of the fu
ture of China (rankly and wl:h a con
viction that was convincing, esfwcially
when one remembered that he was on©
of thoae who wer© principally responsi
ble for lh© quiet w hli'h prevailed in the
Yangts© province In spite of the positive
and Imperative demands of the Kmpr#s©
that all her loval subjects there should
rfs*' and exferfhlnnt© the foreigners It
remains lo be seen how clear wm his
vision. Oscar King Da via.
KMCTHMT CLIMM THE null*.
Vecenda Three Eltghls of steps Af
ter Taking a Drink and a llsnr
From tha New York Times
Chicago, Deo. It —Barney, a lon-snd-a
half live elephant, walked Into th* fTw
<*mto Athletic Association this afternoon,
waved the attendant* to one side with
his giant trunk, picked up an Imported
cigar from the cigar stand, and then
started up the marble stairway. After he
bad ascended three flights of steps he
mad* himself comfortable on tho fourth
Moor, where he spent to-ntghit munching
hay.
Kurnev in hi* feat had the assistance
of stimulant, being "a llttlo nip" of a
gallon or so of whisky, well sweetened
with molasses. He was then safely
c hained to a |*>st on the gymnasium floor
n.ongside foul lions, a cage of snakes,
rac e oone. and a score of other wild
beast*.
All of this animal aggregation was
brought from the Lincoln Fark Zoo early
In the afternoon to form part of the
"Monster Menagerie of Heaat* Famous
for Their Beauty, Ferocity, or Bcor-lty.’
w htoh will be on exhibition to-night.when
the club Jtoucte doors are thrown open
on the "Hecond annual C. A A. Ore us 1
The bills describe the show as a "Mul
titudinous. Overwhelming. Indescribable
c’rush of Amaslng Oytnnlc. Acrobatic,
til* -ta, ular. Aerial, aed Hlppodruntatl
Kcnaatlon* **
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A POTATO JOUST.
Recreation for a Rainy Day, When
Animal Spirits Must Be
Worked Off.
POTATO WRKttTI.ERB IN ACTION.
A rainy day I* almost sura lo b* a te
dious day to every healthy normal boy.
Checkers, after a time, lose thalr charm
and books cease to he of Interest. The
boy etretch#*. kicks out hi# leg* Impa
tiently and east* many wlatful glance#
out of th* windows. He Is tired of sitting
still. After holding healthy animal spirits
in check for th* larger part of a day they
are Ukaly to break looso with art Mb.
Few -porta ar* better calculated thun
a potato Joust to smueo imprisoned boys.
It ha* all the Joy* of a combet. and yet.
try as be Anil, there la no possibility for
soy boy to become rough.
In Ih* potato joust each warrior I* *rm
m| with a fork, on tho end of which Is a
potato. Th# combatants take their poeltlon
in fb# center of th* playroom, facing
each other They should be wnanMed by
not les* than three feat. Each muai lift
a leg from th* floor. ** shown In th* Il
lustration The tighter- may use their
own discretion w to whlrh leg shall be
lifted from the floor and may hold It up
with either land they Ilk*. A mwJ! cueh
lon pla -ed under the knee wilt add ma
terially to th* comfort of tha oon tart ants.
The battle I* decided by on# of the war-
rloni knocking the potato from Me oppo
nent'! fork. Toppling over three tlmee la
alto counted a- a defeat. If on* of tha
knight* I* obliged to lot (o of hi* foot In
order to keep hi* balance It to counted ••
h fall Bvtrr time tho b*ttl to miarrupt
-d In lhit way either of tho 'omeataMa la
at liberty to change tho foot he I* retting
upon, if ona of the warrior* fall* agalnat
the other and upaet* him It l* counted
again*! tht one who to retponslbia for tha
ttttnhlo.
You are not likely to reella* on .your
ft ret Introduction to u potato )ou*t tha
amount of (kill end practice required to
really become expert In handling tha fork.
A alight turn of the wrlti. a quick puah
and the practiced knight will defeat tha
novice; to deftly, to really, that you are
left wonder lint how he dll It.
Practice to the only way to learn how
he did It. One or two atloma U ail tha
help I can give the novice.
Move your fork aa little a* poaatble;
km*, e Wee pi nr alrokee are mope likely to
throw ofT your own potato than to Intar
fere with that of your opponent.
The mott ituugeroua etroke I* ona from
underneath; aiwaye maneuver In k-aap
your potato below that of your antag
onlet
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