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Parker, Bridget &Co. Four I Low enough to be calle Double-breasted Blue The The Manufacturers' samples 75c., 85c $1.00 to Strav We'll just list them afte cealed stitching-good goat $1.50 to any other hatters. Split and I Flange Brim Milans............. Flange Brim Mackinaws......... Just the hat for Hats In plain white Hats we're selling i Negligee Shirts - - - Hosiery - - - - - 2 Neckwear - - - 50c. Underwear - - - 54 PARLEIR Head-to-F4 Hom * It's in the home Johnnys shine. The'n pared, dainty and de fasts are known far "What to eat " isth Pet1 the dernnf of the ii the physical weD-be At aR grocers. Write for ow: annema Tn UP A WTNaLE ON gnusuarnr Marvelous Performaanee of Intrepid Uiders and Their Animal. Pseen It-Dhts. Some of the feats af horsemnahip on 1 record are so marvelous as to be almnoet I incredible were they not supported by the unimpeachable evidence of so many who actually witnessed them. It Is not amany years since a reckleme Dane made a wager I that he would ride his hors to the sum- moit of the spire of St. Bavior's Church, In Copenhagen, and, Impossible as the feat msay appear. he actually won his wager and descended to the earth in matety. The con- temporary accounts of this mad performn- ance are in the highest degree thrilling, with their picture of the blanched, breath- m tcrw lokn up with straining eye smaller as he wound his way round and4 ngeer moetta e horse andrie dehdto pesattheir fe; util at lat the topmast pinnacle, and waved his hand 'tn oundrtand Jsfeat a al ei mayto say that spire wsdeb 2 ssn a mift and irii 9th and the Ave. Suggesti( For Quic Tomc Only half of the business o'clock-and lots of you mer ting your work ahead to take the most of the few sh6ppinj SUITS-first and most i sli'p on-and better made, bet to them than nine-tenths of the pay most of the bills in this liri appeal just right. Beautiful si just enough spring at the bottc trousers that drape just rigl weaves and patterns to choos The youths vary their tall -and don't hesitate to tell us clothiers who know their tasti Prices for the I I sale prices. ;erge Suits for boys 3 to i6 years $5 Suits -- - $3. $6 Suits - - - $5. of Boys' Pants in wool crashes, cai .& $1.00 Pants - - $1.50 Pants - - - r Hats for the. a word first about the dollar stra-a sweat leather-good silk bands-hal We say...................... ;ennette Straws - - - .$i to $5 I Square Crown I ..... $3 to $5 j Square Crown I the Boys' outing tomerrov and blue with fancy edg it - - $1 to $4 Men's Oxf 5c. to $3 Boys' Shoe to $2.50 Men's Bati c. to $15 Boys' BatI1 BRIDGE >t Outfitters, 9th and P< Comft the Petti- daily and perj quickly pre- food wholeso cous break- nmical, e a and wide. cooked is dem~ ~housewife's it be ? Btr~akiA ~stion for thousands of housewil odern home methods and suc ing of the family. It makei A cerel ilustrated recipe bo~t sent fre Amwea- renar- Co. DP~AR'TMir enturous monarch Ferdinand VII, when e rode his favorite horse to the top of he tower of Seville Cathedral. This, how- ha that of th Dane, fo here iafarly ide inclined pathway which climbs the iposible that the kigcould evreeg rom the venture a~ve. There is an ac- -emor wouirutla hr of tes escribed. It Is stated ithe records that the year 1610 a man rode to the top of smest ofthousad of nokr. hei nation ofIts chroilr Is pr- his that the ascent was made by a stair- ase which ar have bees a feature of old t. Paurs, Almost equall woneru are thefet me of thmatsa u an Icneataqic .e .ok rmte.itmh hehe.'ih a etese b 4om Parker, Bridget 4 C )fs Today k Buying >rrow. day tomorrow-up to one who have been busy get- the holiday will make houri in the morning. rnportant. Just ready to ter fitting, with more style clothes to order. $15 will e. These $i5 Suits seem to oulders on the coats-with m to be graceful. Peg top t-a hundred different e from. for suits from $1o to $25 they've found in us the s. 30ys. old in two lots. 95 10 tsimeres, cheviots, etc. . 48C. . 79c. Men. s. The Sennettes-con- s that tmealf .... "..$1.00 $1 to $5 toll Brim Mackinaws...$1 to $5 toll Brim Mackinaws. .$3 to $5 r-wide brim duck s. 50C.c. wm m )rds - - $3.50 to $6 s - - - $1.75 to $4 ilng Suits - - $1 up ing Suits - - 50c. up 'T & C&0 nna. Ave. )rt >lexing problem. A me, palatable, eco- sily an d quickly anded. What shall ast foJ 'es. It meets at once esfully ministers to rdeliius desserts, a coupon in every package, pon request. P, cincano, catch tarepeatedy like a balL.Te will, up any small object, and, without checkn the horse's speed, leap In a standing posi- eli tou c~ffs. on which there scel lepthem tirt feet down nto a rver; while a common teat Is fdCor sc.gl nhe fromone of his fellw ad ta possible In an armchair. Dangrla the Toothbruds. Pi..ih tb, eib J~em... The use of the tootbrush, Is almost urnS- versal, although other methods of cleaning the teeth have been suggeisted by dentists. The bristles have ertain disadevantge. Any bristle detached from the brush may 4.harm It ma e nt harynx or even Into .h e vemfwa aprndiP. Twoe unitqs stas distrinit osuet er 1we+ Yisqk has aies a AnaUs ."at tim a~ atbge iummus. is sqie e~ine sa- +qp es rn Itusa im** p 1att es s FAX$ AW? Advntag .s in 3Mg -- Rule es to are..satation.U Yieket., Cleverly fit-ed. "A man may give a in payment of a bill and obtala a rebW but-the obliga- tion Is not liquidated after the check has been received an; t the bawik, v which It is drM"n," paid a Washlistn bank teller this mornin. "In othed words if the cheek becomes 41, ths the algo"t for which.it was drawar stiB womzimiinder. the control of the man- who owes. the bMli although he may not know it until his i count in balanced and .ls canceled chede returned to him. "Checks posess a great mAny advantages in conducting buines4 but it must be understood they are In nature but orders for the payment of money and are payable- In the order in which they are presented- that Is to say a man may pay bills with checks numbered IGO. 106, 122. etc., but at the bank number 10) would not have pre- cedence over No. 122. Rust 3e Dated. "Checks must be dated. If not dated at all and they do not contain any statement as to whom they are t6 be paid, they are never payable. They may be ante or post dated as well as dated- on the day of de- livery. By being antedated they may be made to cover prior transactions and in a measure determine the relative rights of the parties to them, provided that no. fraud is Intended or done. Postdating in the main determines the date of payment. "When postdated so as to fall due on Bunday they are payable on the following Monday. Checks postdated or maturing on legal holidays, should be presented the day before. When postdated checks are paid before the dates mentioned the money paid on them can be recoirded. If blanks are left for the date, the holders, of checks are thereby authorized to Insert the tru dates of delivery, but no other dates, and if they Insert any other dates, it makes the checks void. Changing 'the dates of checks without consent of drawers will do the same. Rule as to Presentation. "The presumption Is that when checks are drawn, funds will be provided a~t the banks on which they are drawn to meet them, but presentation for payment must be made within a reasonable time. If not so presented the holders will be charged with any consequent loss. When persons receiving checks and the banks on which they are drawn are In the same place, they should be presented the same day or at the latest the day after which they are re- ceived. After duly presenting the checks it is also the duty of the holder, if they are not paid, to notify the drawers before the close of the next secular day following the presen- tation and dishonor. Np particular form of notice is required. It may be written or verbal. "The principal case in Which losses occur from failure to use due'idiligence in the collection of checks is wlhere the banks on which they are drawa. falaLn the meantime. If the banks continile solvent 'the drawers will remain liable to' pay their checks for months at least after they are drawn. Pre- sentation and notice.of Ashonor will also be dispensed with where t,4ere are no funds to pay checks and where the banks on which they are drawni susbend payment be- fore they can be presinteig with proper dill- gence. After receiving khecks they must be presented for payihenty unless such pre- sentation would be useles, before the ori- ginal claims can be su6! on. for, by ac- cepting checks, ther@ is an implied agree- ment to use that method of procuring the money for which they are drawn. "When checks are 4egotiable and pass by Indorsement and deliterf'the same degree of diligence will bied tifted of each per- son to whom they *re 'midorsed, In order to hold those indorhink them, an Is required. of original paynes to hdld original drawers of checks. But by putting checks In cir- culation the Itabift of the drawers can- not be prolonged. They must be presented within the same time by indorsees as by payees. A Trickster Outwitted. "One very peculiar thing about banking is that, although a person may 'have $500 in bank, his check for S505 would not be honored by paying out all the money on deposit, unless, of course, it was under- stood by the bank that the depositor cotild at times overdraw to a small extent-a check in paid for its face value. I once knew a man who kept a balance In a bank. He got into some trouble and gave a cheeli to cover the sum of money needed. He gave a check for $10 more than his bal- ance, knowing full well that the bank would not allow $1 overdrawn. He thought he could get to the bank in time to draw out his money before It could be attached by law, for he knew his check would not be honored. But he reckoned without his host. While the man to whom the check was given wqs waiting for the papar, he inadvertently saw by the check book that the balance in bank was $10 less than the amount of the check. He knew the check would not be honored at the bank, but said nothing. He realized that he was 'up against' *a fraud, and determined not to be outdone. He accepted the check, gave a receipt and bowed his thanks profusely. He hastened to the bank for his money. Did he present the check to the paying teller? Nay, nay. He walked to the desk where the deposit slips were, made out a deposit slip for 510 in favor of the man who had gisen the check to him and presented It to the receiving teller. This, of course, added 510 to the balance, for any parson can deposit money to the credit of another. Then he went over to the paying teller and presented his check. The books show' ed the balance 810 short of the amount of the check, biut upon inquiry the receiving teller made entry of the 810 deposit, and the whole amount was paid. You never saw a more surprised or more chagrined man In your life than the man who gave the check when he caine to the bank a few minutes later, and, upon presenting a check for his exact balance, he was told that there was no balance, as a check had just been honored for the whole amount of his -account. Then he was told of the deposit. He left the bank, and has never done busi- ness with us since." Burden of Wealth. Fromi the Nashyille Asserican. Doubtleg~ there is a certain port of hap- piness In making money, in being success- ful In. business, and tbqre are many who take more pleasure in making, in accumu- lating money than £ ith yesaefision.'Doubt- less, also, that tnine4 .wealth tends to destroy ambition, per R~enilergy and that spirit of activity calculaited to develop the best that is In'man."'Tho man who is horn rich and who ba neo, to labor for a liv- ing should find une apleasure in the imrovement of hilgnana; -In wandering amid the delights oft~e'~eld of literature, or of art, or of science; in travel and ob- servation of this ilgt7world .and Its changing wonders. ~ Oetilgre8 in a rational -rather t .nin a fsinble way; in dispensing th 0~ ful-charity and benefactions; In IabeshiWda the many wy offered, for teI)of anan, ofth home ofwenethere are- 'o many ways a0n o .wehan : e healthy -mind'and..ffibited wediti mnight attain .apns it' S5absurd t qg pet at radmany bQ etestog which eententment 1 iidamid .c of soul may be..ehievea. The man ofwealth who lives in, ith and for his moneywho thinks only of- -i~l or his famfy. -live. a'-.o mean ...an h life. and wealth ca~hardly gie himi aus more .aisfactlonthan f-ean stae a mg- key, a pris pi r ~ tdos. Ih besse sion of wbeiuti olttfu h ality bmpe45 hlwo se~ Wealth, naude acqui'edtsei~ ethn utoec uelqbab t forts-t .~*b i~oi SEGNS Or IV TEOWN IT GNA19M Celestials in New York Who Nave Abandoned Ortental Custom. Western Idasm Dram the New Ye Tribne. The annousement of .a beneft perfOrme anee for the A=usian JeaW. to be given 1X a Chnme theater in 1w York eity he other day caused great aomlsment n some quarter. - "What! The Chinese giving to charityT" "h a or an unselas, chisamor "Chinaman helping Jews! How funnyr Theme were some of the ejaculatIons of New Yorkers unfamiliar'with the Inner life of the modern Mott street Chinaman. To a casitul observer. the almond-eyed denisens of. the Chinese colony seem just as stolid and sordid and selfish as ever. A few more may have cut off their queues and donned American dress, but the average New York citisen is likely to interpret this trans- formation am superficial, nade for mercen- may purposes, and liable to give way later to the old-time blouse and wooden shoes of the true native returning at last to China with a fortune. Closer study of the better class of New York Chinamen, however, shows that they have caught the spirit of progress from their new home. Whatever may have been the type of celestial portrayed by San Francisco labor agitptors a quarter of a century ago, there Is a goodly portion of the 10,000 natives of the flowery kingdom In this city who have successfully assimi- lated many Amei'rican customs and adopted principles altogether foreign to their own ancient civilisation. This broadening of the oriental mind has not occurred In a few days. The evolution of the Chinaman from his old-time bigotry and self-suf- Bciency to a higher plane, where he sees his failures and wants, and, in Yankee par- lance, to "get there," has been the result of years. John Chinaman In this city Is in- deed awakening from that dreamy nar- cotic lethargy which once seemed the curse of his race. Offer of Help. When the news of the massacres at Kish- Ineff reached the Jews of this city, and a general appeal for charity was made, there were two Chinamen who responded as if their own people had been aflicted. Joseph H. Singleton, president of the local organi- sation of the powerful Chinese Empire Re- form Association, and Guy Maine (pro- nounced Ming), head of the Chinese mission of St. Bartholomew's Church, met the Jew- sh relief committee, and Mr. Singleton maid: "We want to help you. We believe In lib- erty and want to aid those who suffer from bigotry." "The Chinese will give a benefit perform- ance for the Russian Jews," -said Mr. Maine. "We ought to raise several hun- dred dollars for you." Jim Ung, stage manager and "boss" of the Chinese theater at No. 5 Doyers street, shook his head at first. "I no know," he said. "I likee help, but I t'ink pelfolmance not muchee good.- No clowd. No monee." Contrary to Jim Lng's expectations, the theater Was thronged on. the night of the benefit. The forty actors who do not draw salaries, but divide the "gate receipts" be- tween them, offered their services for noth- ing, and played their parts with particular vivacity. It was a tragedy of the times o the bloody Tartars, when the Chinese were first made to wear the queue by their sav- age conquerors as a token of subjection. Fow Chung, the Booth of Doyers street, had a record number of curtain calls, and the box office-receipts turned over to the Jewish committee amounted to $280. Permanent Burial in America. This evidence of Chinese charity, in con- tradiction of the old-time belief that "John Chinaman Is only for John Chinaman," Is only one illustration. At the time of the Jacksonville disaster the Chinamen of this rity, through the efforts of the Rev. Huile Kin, who is In charge of the Presbyterian. mission in Mott street, raised nearly $10Q for the relief of sufferers. It has been the Chinese custom for Im- migrants to foreign shores to ship back the bones of their dead to their native land. At Hong Kong there Is a great clear- ing house for skeletons, where all that Is left of the wandering celestial at last re- turns for a final resting place. Here rela- tives of the dead may come, and for the sum of $10, to cover shipping and aiorage. they may obtain the coveted box and its rattling contents. In the Chinese cemetery Dn Long Island the body Is only allowed to ie for about four years. Then comes the grewsome task of digging It up, pulling the bones apart and cleaning them, packing the gaunt cargo in a tin-covered box about the size of an Infant's coffin, and shipping it to Hong Kong. The more advanced Chinese, however, have revolted against this uncanny 'cus- tom, They now want their bones to,rest in the land of their adoption. They have bought a plot of land at Kensico, and or- ganised what is known as the Christian Chinese Burial Association. Among their by-laws Is this significant sentence: "No heathen rite or ceremony shall be allowed a~t any time at the burial or on the grave of a deceased." PAT.TIWG SUPPLY OP TUETLE. rax Imposed on Fishermen by Nicara- guan Government Given am Cause. rrom the New York Timhs.. "We have a new Venesuelan question on our hands, so far as the fish trade is con- ened," said a Fulton market dealer, "and one that promises to seriously affect the pockets, if not the appetites~e of New York- ers who like green turtle soup, 'The Mom- ruito coast, off Central America, Is the green turtle fishing ground of the world, relatively.the same as Newfoundland bears to codfishing. The trade is almost entirely in the hands of the Cayman fishermen. Fast little boats run from the turtle fish- ng grounds to Kingston, Jamaica,. and other ports close to it, whence the turtles- are shipped to New York and to all parts of the world. "Dealers here have noticed lately that the turtle shipments have been falling off, and were at a loss to account for it. Now we learn 'th'at the Nicaragtfan governiment, rhich controls the Mosquito fishing grounds, has Imposed a tax on turtle fishing that amounts almost to -prohibition. -The tax has been in force more than a month, hut there seems to have been some difficulty In collecting -It. The Cayman fishermen resent interference with an industry they have followed without hindrance for more than 100 years. Now we hear that Nicara- gua threatens to send a gunhe to the turtle fishing grounds to: entopee the tax. This news icomes to gs from sa'ilr. ein West Indian steamnboats and in Ietters from-ser- chants. In 'Kingston Initerested in the tur- tle trade. '- "-- .-' "An average-sised turtle Is worth fr'om 50 to 80. In the New Yorkmarkit. 'The- soup' is retailed at an averagd~#r'iae of 46 a quart" Under the newr tanl if It.Mengoreede wema drenab e ht thisprc la:m theat their trade is-already "Mfieny eu..efa edrsit thegres leste 6 wl.survlve the long vogage. "e have not harnet the details of the nhpum of gi. Then tsere, is a tag em ehii t -in the cew. This wnmust me& tti - TheRieader) Me'dift Nieo --. of an in this be m ~Im Main (Smnna' ree iudeAd for i not m N -a-S TIEKMAIN' THE POTTERY TOWN8 GROUP OF CITIrI IN NORTE STAN- 0aommaU, ENGIAND. &moky Atmosphere-hiannsys sm to Great Height - Milled Laborers With Art Temperament. Prm the Ladon Mail. The chimneys of the pottery towns have the appearance of monstrous, obese cham- pagne bottles. It is Impossible for ihe eye to escape them as one looks around. Smoke Is for ever reeking from them. Indeed. it must be confessed that the first sight of the towns is hardly exhilarating. The cu- riously-shaped. reeking chimneys and the dull, damp-looking sky above them are apt to produce depression lir the mind of the traveler whose eye feasts upon them for the first time. But this, of course, is not the fault of the towns. They axe, practically, workshops- inland, manufacturing places-and it is. therefore, not popsible for them to possess the bright, clean and cheery aspect of sea- side resorts. For the making of pottery it Is necessary to have furnaces, and for fur- naces fire is necessary, and where there is fire there is bound to be smoke. The genius who Is to do away..with smoke has not yet graced this planet with his presence. Unreasonable Visitors. Visitors come to the pottery towns, and quite often they feel Injured because these towns possess not the clear, luminous skies of towns on the Adriatic sea. And some- times they state this obvious fact In vivid, highly-colored prose. To use an Irishism. they paint the dullness of the towns and the sky above and the champagne-bottle chimneys in the most glowing colors.'Thf fill whole columns of newspapers with bril- liant, glittering condemnation. The potteryttes don't like this. They take great pride In their towns. Their eyes have become used to the smoke. They have learned to gaze upon It with philosophy. I go at length Into this because when I was In the potteries I was approached by nu- merous people upon the subject. One and all of them averred that the press had never been fair to the pottery towns. There had been too much eagerness to get ef- fective, smoked-glass descriptions.' I dis- cussed the subject with the working pot- ters themselves, and I found that they were as sore about the way the towns had been described as were the masters who employed them. Even the local journalists have taken the matter to heart. And It was deftly suggested to me that I should take upon myself the task of set- ting the towns in their fair and proper place before the world. They intimated to me that the time was ripe for the dissipation of the erroneous impressions that had got abroAd concerning them. The Dog Fight I will begin at the beginning. The potter- les first got their bad name through a pow- erful and soul-stirring description of a man-and-dog fight. This man-and-dog fight was alleged to have taken place in Hanley, and all the people of England shuddered at the thought that Englishmen should be so low and brutal as to engage in such a thing-or allow such a thing to happen. It is thirty years or more ago since the description of this alleged man- and-dog fight appeared. A generation has gone by since the advent of that powerful and soul-stirring article. But the fact of Its having appeared is still a burning ques- tion In the potteries. It Is one of the first things that is threshed out for the benefit of the stranger within the gates. Old men get excited when they talk about It. Young men burn with indignation as they listen to the oft-told story of Its appearance in the press. Did this man-and-dog fight ever take place? All the people In all the pot- tery towns say, no! From Tunstall to Longton the cry goes up, no! The manu- facturers are willing to bet their potterles and the potters are willing to bet pots of ale that no such fight ever occurred. They swear that It never occurred either in Han- ley or In any other town or part of the potteries. The willingness of the people of the pottery towns to back up their asser- tion by bets of various sizes is as active now as It was thirty years ago. .Did this- man-and-dog fight ever take place? My mind, alas! shivers before the task of de- cdn.Not the Ulack Country. Another thing that the people of the pot- tery towns object to is the fact that many people confound the potteries with the black country. Upon this point I can shed the light of an expert knowledge, for I walked between the potterles and the black country. The potteries are in North Staffordshire, the black country Is in South Staffordshire, and the distance between the two Is thirty-one miles. .The stretch of country through which one passes on the journey is as beautiful as any in E~ngland. There is also another point. The people of the ptteries assert that the dangers ar rong m working at the pottery trade are much exaggerated. I was careful as to the examining, of this point, and I went to see the representatives of the men about It. They agreed ,with -the masters as to the over-statement of the dangers of the trade by outside people. And there was another thing that struck me. There seemed to be hardly any friction between the workers and the employers. It may have been that I had chanced upon a peaceful era, but whatever was the cause, the fact remained. The pottery towns are .Tunstall to the ne'rth, Burslem, Hanley, Stoke and Long, ton to the south. Five .towns in all. But they practically form one great town, with a population of about 560,4300 They are grouped together In the ferm of an oval bete~ eihtand nine mllatina Asnv ice of t vedrec~ runs th~ga thanm The as6ide' 1s the werkers in the pteessbgiydeveloped. You wIll ue 'sigins'ofkn the faces of the ~6las giou- go' the, siseeto. Ti1* ceoe fto'an the work isp which it is skilleid...... Prem the Army aud 3NeWinI-- instruenen havp beenl asuea te the Jager or-.rige troeps of time German army- inre em ~d te inefe war- dogs, The- ilenetel wertik~ whih they raateb tran~mtmise .0 fr.mesanp. aand the aneeO im ieniln 0 Vga iss annaapstata so k bern Ko's hief endasr ~W tbe a delight~uI husmor. CHANCE is THE RI8E OF DALNY ZUBA D&T~ALY ARAMMME CITT OF VLADITOSTOCE. Quest for an Ice-Free Port-TermiW Of the Eberian ine, as Plan- ed, is Dead. Prom the 14806- MaL. Vladivostock, the "Lord of the East." upon which a cool million hV been spent by Russia, Is no more; the great "nus of the line, anoriginally planned, Me be- come a branch station, and In a few months the enormously expensive railway between Vladivostock and Khabarovsk will be in a fair way to justify the famous definition "two streaks of rust and a right of way.'* Dalny In king now. It is necessary to look at the largest atlas you possess. Otherwise the significance of this change of intention will be lost. The ice-bound Russian empire, like a huge plant in the dark, has sent out a creeper to the one speck of light there was, and has thought the huge expense of the Siber- ian railway as nothing compared to the blessings of an open port. Until this year. for four months of the twelve, a Russian might only leave his country or export his goods by courtesy of another nation. On the north crushed by an ice cap, to the south barred by other countries, the end and aim of her policy has been nothing but this-an ice-free port, an lee-free port! ' Cost of Viadivosteek. The money she has wasted on Vladivos- tock is of interest because it proves, as no official assurance of hers could perhaps prove, that she originally had no Intention of annexing Manchuria. Vladivostock was a compromise, and nothing else. It was merely less bad than other places. From two to three months of each year it is frozen over, and If Russia had ever deliberately planned her present hold over Manchuria she would never have thrown away the tens of millions of roubles that are represented by the line from the port to Khabarovsk and the line from Tchita to Sretensk, fragments (joined to- gether by the Amur) of an all-Siberian route to Vladivostock from the west. The occupation of Manchuria three years ago enabled the Russians to cut off the huge corner involved by this Siberian route, and yet almost at the same moment de- stroyed the value of Vladivostock by giving them at last their long-coveted ice-free port n Dalny. which is a few miles north QC Port Arthur. The Future of Dalny. Very few' atlases as yet mark Dalny. Probably there are not 500 Englishmen In the east who are yet quite sure where It Is. But in two years' time Vladivostock. with its great railway station and raw new wharves and warehouses, houses and streets, will be relegated to the pages of geography books, and Dalny-the "Far" port-will have thrust Itself among the ful- cra and the points of anxiety of the world. It is the entering of such an appearance n the part of Russia among the powers of the east, as not the presence of a hun- dred warships could have effected. Ger- many's "mailed fit" expedition was but the petulant scream of a child compared with this sudden and silent entrance upon the stage of the extreme orient. And Russia knows Its importance well enough. There is no hurry aliout Dalny. Three years ago the twelve Chinese villages that occupy its site at Talien-wan were wept'away and the governor's house and the church built. Then the streets wem marked out for a city of a hundred thou- and, and the roadways were made. Hard. smooth ways of cement and macdam, urbed with granite and planted with trees, hey as yet delimit rectangular patches of raw Kanchurian veldt. gransless, gritty and gray, and they end with a suddenness that takes one's breath away. Then the houses began to rise. Lire a London Suburb. This is the extraordinary part of Dalny. The whole of Siberia's buildings, churches, houses, huts and hovels were probably built at less than half the cost of Dalny. it is no town like Irkutsk-flat, a capital of shanties, one-storied and wooden. Here the houses, three-toried stone and brick, red and blue, rise, each one detached In it. own little inclosure, eac~h with an Iron railing to the street, for all the world like a Iondon suburb. The architecture here Is a mixture of Margate and Man- huria, the roofs being of the characteristie upcurving type of China with a dragon at either end of the ridge-pole. Above that twelve-foot false gable, below spring blnds, sashes and villainous little attempts at ornamentation in Imitation stone. Half the houses are empty, but still they go on building, building. There is no doubt as to its earnestness. Four million pounds are being spent on Dalny. Australia will flinch from spending one-third of that sum on its new capital- it ever builds one. Immense docks are being added to by the building of docks still greater. Dalny Is to Port Arthur what Capetown is to Simonstown, and yet there are few in the east who understand that from unknown Dalny the influence of Russia will flow seawards till it reaches--. any man coul1 fill In the gap It would be worth a hundred millions to us. TEE ?LANCEETTE IN CEINA. Kmrs Kotg 'aumpwg Teib Strange Uteries of .Demnemology. amsam -orsonee Parts Mms.. Mrs. Montagn Beauehamn who foSr many years has been eugaged in missionary weet In iMn, gave an account the other day at the conference bail, Docleston street U, .,, Lann 'of. how piaanheto the latest Lomnn crass, has fream tim Immemoial been one of the recogiema ss tn Chisa of comunicatin with esta aparta. She had Mved, ahe said, In the earticdt province known as "n.m.esema " where the naive idolatry wa berned a with spbtnan== Sbe had sound these was sea power Ia tis adelsary ad meroesy, and hbarknoduass== of hoau wdte by thes natives wtho wes' to east emt amWspi~s Sbe was convinced that they m in reaily~ east sut thme sigits, "bpt tnae,sh - g yu sai.'msad bce to fees with time.anuveed powers ci. hel- s wst en to. give teSta55 of essr- cham by.beth ChmebsMam and ~se The Ciaaa hedar W hi8S A1Q A' .neS. with. ae byt hr t emat ..eis----ad of - 'ler wae' tea dlm'e end th pemtE oneg M,1s@088M 988 8 ...', -se asee sa h
