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'. A’FAMOUS CHINAMAN.
Ll HUNG CHANG, Hl-S RED JACKET
‘ AND OTHER ORNAMENTS.
Li is Richer Than Anybody, in We Send
‘Money to Convert His Heathen Sub-
jects. In Many Things He is Up-to-
Date; in Others, Ages Behind.
> There never has been so picturesque
a visitor to America as Li Hung
Chang. . ,
Although he is seventy-four years of
age, this is the first time he ever left
the Orient. ‘
Li Hung Chang is at once the embod-
iment of the old and the new. He rep-
resents the oldest civilization on earth,
and yet is the champion of many ad-
vanced and progressive ideas. He is
not only the richest man in the world
but he is also one of the mst influen-
tial, holding, as he does, the power of
life and death over millions of his sub-
jects. 4
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LI HUNG CHANG. '
Wedded to ideas that were old before
the dawn of modern European civiliza-
tion, Li Hung Chang is a thorough
democrat. Living in a country where
people worship their ancestors, he is a
self-made man, with hazy ideas as to
the identity of his own grandfather.
By the force of his own genius he has
risen to commanding influence over
royal and princely houses whose origin
is lost in antiquity. Inheriting nothing
but brains and energy, Li Hung Chang
has absorbed power in every form.
Wealth, place, honor, fame, military
and political power, all are his.
Neither Europe not
offer a single man whose achievements
equal those of Li Hung Chang. He is
richer than any Rockefeller, Vander-
bilt or Astor. He is more powerful
than either Bisr‘arck. Gladstone 01'
Cleveland. Neither Queen Victoria nor
Emperor William possesses a tenth of
the despotic power of this Celestial.
' There are few men whose learning is
so great and whose observation has
been so wide and varied. Aside from
all of this, there is no human being
either in Europe or America whose
daily life is surrounded by such bar-
baric splendor and picturesqueness.
In his intercourse with foreigners, Li
Hung Chang years ago abandoned the
absurd formalities of the Chinese. He
was easily accessible to intelligent
travellers, whom he delighted to en-
tertain and question. Interviewers,
_ artists, and even ordinary tourists
from Europe found no difliculty in pass-
ing the innumerable barriers of his pal-
aces at Tien-Tsin and sitting down to
dinner with this wide-awake China-
man. -
Distinguished visitors to China were
sought and entertained by him. He
made elaborate preparations to receive
and entertain General Grant, with
whom he had lengthy discussions re
garding America, the civil war, and
the politics and social customs of the
United States. He asked particularly
about West Point, and surprised Gen.
Grant by his knowledge of many things
pertaining to his own career.
Li Hung Chang stands six feet one
inch in his stockings, and the boots
which he wears have soles of wood
about an inch thick.
The famous yellow jacket is of the
finest satin, and is embroidered on the
breast and back with double dragons
in a circle. Li uses a Chinese water
pipe with a long stem and a silver
bowl as big as your fist, in which the
smoke passes through scented water.
' issionaries, merchants, diplomats
a d d-iploma‘ts’ wives have supplied
enough information in respect to the
domestic life of Li Hung Chang to en- ,
able us to form a very complete idea
of his home life.
He is very kind and gentle to all
whom he likes, very formal to all
others. He worshiped his late wife,
and treated her with an affection and
respect which would do credit
to any Christian husband. He recog-
nized the superiority of Western in-
ventions, and utilized all that he eould
in the administration of 'his personal
affairs.
Curfew in Kansas.
The City Council 'of Topeka, Kan-
sas, has enacted a curfew law. It
provides that all children under 16
years of age found on the streets or in
public places unaccompanied by guar-
dians after 9 p. m. in summer and 8
p. m. in winter shall be arrested and
fined not less than $5 nor more than
$25. The fire bell rings every even~
ing fifteen minutes before the hour.
Keep the Farm Tidy.
Be a thrifty farmer, as it means a
great deal to yourself, as well as to
those dear to you: Thrift begets con-
tentment. ‘A little time spent here and
there, repairing things needing a little
attention, adds a great deal to the
pleasure of the good wife indoors, who
- loves'to see the buildings kept in order
and a general appearance of metres:
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WEEKLY
MRS. HENRY WARD BEECHER.
NearlyElghty-six Years Old, Yet Actively
Engaged in Literature.
On the 13th of next August Mrs.
Henry Ward Beecher will celebrate
her eighty-sixth birthday; and judg—
ing from present appearances she will
on that occasion greet her children, her
grandchildren, her great- grandchildren
and a host of other relatives and friends,
with that hearty cheerfulness for which
she has always been famous.
her recent return to the 01d homestead
inBrooklyn, where she lived with the
great preacher, and where several of
her children were born, the venerable
old lady looks twenty years younger,
and feels so. ’ ‘
It was almost a calamity for her-
when adverse circumstances forced Mrs.
Beecher, five or six years ago, to give
up her house and to move into a flat
with her penates—mostly treasured
relics of her married life. Brave wom-
an that she is, she bore the setback of
fortune heroicallyfand settled down in
an apartment house with a. fixed deter- _
mination to make the best of it. Some
time ago the present owner of the
Beecher homestead offered it to its
former mistress, rent free. for the rest
of her days. She gratefully accepted,
not without warning her generous friend
that she came from stock noted for its
longevity. Her father, she said, died
prematurely at the age of 72, but her
grandfather might be alive to-day if he
had not met with a fatal accident short-
ly after celebrating his one hundredth
birthday.
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Since .
MRS. BEECHER.
From a photograph by Rockwood, New York.
In the evening of her life Mrs. Beech-
er is the type of sweet, dignified wom-
anhood. No one has ever seen her in
an unsympathetic mood. The change
in her material condition, her financial
reverses, even the banishment of her
late husband’s hymn book from Plym-
outh Church—which was the unkindest
cut of all—resulted only in emphasizing
the strong side of her disposition. Her
direct income. after Henry Ward
Beecher’s death, was a. little over $2, 000
a year. Plymouth Church did not even
allow her twelve months’ salary to
prepare for the battle of life, as has
often been done elsewhere. “I shall
have to go to work, then,”- said Mrs.
Beecher. who above‘all cherishes inde-
pendence. So she became a. magazine
and newspaper writer, and has kept at
work ever since. Her modest‘home re-
mained the meeting place of friendly
gatherings as of old, and she is still the
leader of Plymouth Church’s social
life.
The Mrs. Beecher of today has snowy
white hair, and her form is much bent.
but aside from occasional fainting spells
her health is comparatively good. She
writes about a thousand words a. day
with her own hand, and every week
contributes a literary article for the
benefit of some charity.
NOT THE SAME.
Teacher—Well, John, what is the
principal product of the Island of Cuba
’mported to the United States?
Boy—I don‘t know, ma’am.
Teacher-What! Don’t you know
where the sugar comes from?
Boys—Yes, ma’am ; we borrow it from
;he woman next door. '
-—New York Herald.
Central New York Justice.
There is a justice of the peace in"
)neida County who is regarded by
any as a wonderfully keen fellow,
.th a moat accurate sense of justice.
.11 the village where he resides no man
.s more important than “the Jedge.”
Recently a man arrested for larceny
vas arraigned before him. The. pris-.
iner pleaded not guilty. ’ '
“Well, I think that you stole it, any-
way,” said the judge, without further
nquiry or pariey. “I suspect you,” he
.hundered, “and I’ll give you fifty-nine
lays on suspicion.”—Utica Observer.
Came in Handy.
Judge—What
:tances can you give?
Counterfeiter—Please, your honor, I
made the money to ' pay for my lodg-
ngs. ,
Judge—Very good; it will pay‘ for
:our board and lodgings for the next
extenuating circum- .
ive years—Tit Bits.
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QUEEN’S LACE HANDKERCHIEF .W-ALTZ.“
Copyright, 1894, by New York Musical Echo Co.
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Queen’slaco handkerchief waltz. . _ ~
“31'1”!" belt ready for delivery.
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FASHIONS FOR CHILDREN.
Examples of the Pretty Styles Devlsed to: ~
. Little Boys and Girls.
(By Special Arrangement with the N. Y. Sun.)
The fashions for children are particu-
larly pretty this season. A gown suit-
able for a child between two and four
years of age is of pale pink or blue
linen, made like a simple smock, .With
the top ‘of the back and front breadths
setin a multitude of very small tucks,
from which the skirt falls in unre-
strained folds. This is finished at the
bottom with small tucksand two tiny
niches. The bishop sleeves are tucked
at the wrist in the same manner as the
neck of the frock, forming cuffs, and
from the top of the tucks to the gather-
ing in at the shoulder the sleeves form ‘
big puffs. The dress is finished at the
neck and hands with a tiny rufiie edged
with Valenciennes lace. .
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The first little maid in the illustration
is dressed in a frock of embroidered
muslin. The deep fi‘ounce is edged with
embroidered Swiss at the bottom. This
is set on the skirt with an embroidered
frill at the top and a row of insertion
of the embroidery above the frill. The
same muslin forms a pretty sleeveless
bodice, cut pointed at the neck, back,
and front, and trimmed with the same
edge as the skirt. This is worn over a
plain mull blouse, or, if the weather
is cool, a soft white silk. Delicate pink
ribbons finish the gown about the waist.
The broad-brimmed, flapping leghorn
straw hat is trimmed with a wreath of
very pale pink flowers. The next little .
maiden is in light blue pique. The bod-
ice is cut in a series of points around
the body and edged with narrow lace.
It is worn over a white muslin blouse
trimmed elaborately with lace inscr-
tion and edge, and the. long, tight
sleeves are surmounted by two flounces
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instead of pads. The quaint poke bon-
net is laced with the most delicate
pink, over which fall blue feathers to
match the gown. The tiny bow under
the chin is of blue, like the feathers.
The g0wn of white serge on the last
child is very stylish. It has a trimming
of dull red. The full loose blouse is
fastened closely about the waist with
a red belt, and below there is a frilled
basque lined with silk of a dull red
shade. The full revers and flounces
at the top of the tight sleeves are lined
with red silk and trimmed with narrow
rows of the same material. The white
silk skirt worn with the gown is striped
across the chest with rows of the red
silk stitched on. A red Tam o’ Shanter
is worn with the gown, and is trimmed
with one red and one white quill, fas‘
tened with a white rosette on the left
side.
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Attractive styles are also provided
for little boys. Scotch plaids are used
for kilt suits, as in the illustration. The
little coat and waistcoat, for real ser«
vice, are best made of tweed of a
black and white mixture, with the cap
of the same material with a flat band
of the plaid about it. A suit of checked
tweed may be made With a Norfolk
jacket belted about the waist under
the pleats. The golfing stockings
should repeat the shades of the cloth.
The wee sailor boy is in heavy blue
linen trimmed with narrow white braid
about the collar. The Panama hat has
a binding and broad blue ribbon band
about the crown to match the linen of
the suit. The hat is worn well back’on
thehcad.
Tying Postal Cards.
Two of the most interesting auto.
tomatta now working within the lim-
its of the United States are those
used by the- government for counting
and tying postal cards into small bun-
dies. These machines are made in
Connecticut, and the two are capable
of counting five hundred thousand
cards in ten hon-rs, and wrapping and
tying the same in packages of twené
ty-fiv-e each. In this operation the pa-
per is pulled off a drum by two long
“fingers”~which come up from below,
and another finger dips into. 0. vat of
mucilage and applies itself to the
wrapping paperin exactly the right
spot. Other parts of the machine
twine the paper around the .pack of
cards and. then a “thumb” preSSes
over‘the spot where the mucilage is,
and the package is thrown upon a
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