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"The court will soon return to Pekin. Me empress will be in a great page to ‘ua haw 'the foreign devils' have de- ‘atroyed the won‘k “centuries. She will :11: take any active step at present. It “In all in'the future. Let the Europeans Hook out: Some any the word will be tmmthe Claim will all rise arm- *d an! neatly for war. Then there will Mame indemnity paid. China will We out the debt in her own way. She will then be made free from all her op- «,3! those who have studied the native ‘30: years (he fact of his excessive ' cordial": is also looked upon with un- mixed suspicion. , “Never before were the almond-eyed ‘mues sojolly and complaisant with imam; now. The late unpleasâ€" . Ha Mum Johnny Chopsticks total! in nothing without. that ,We which makes his white so powerful. Consequentiy' he has hedges himseii around with . animation]. He has determined rn the ways of the foreign devil in that he may fight him with his own- was. Bm Kong letter: The renal or me war department at Wmhington to grant the mount of the American {egotion at Mn (or artillery to defend the com- md' L3 looked upon as a very in- move here. the other leg!- (has aha all well_prot§cteq‘by artillery ‘ _ -.__x -â€" wan-cu u..- w--- :- m u the American legatlon occupies an Important strategic position. the de~ tenses c! which would aflect those of all in. other taxation; there in much feel- lngexpteaed over Mr. Rockhfll’s objec- tion to the armament. ,A‘ ___ v" w w- ..-_..___,V In spite of the ,many important con- tusion toEuropean Opinion, shown by Chinese ofllclals recently no one doubts N that the empress is plotting a. ter- rifle reprise! 3nd that before much or on smnooooo indemnity has been Wu In elort win be made to drive all no white: out of rChina.‘ '1' gfihib’le change has come over 110 Chinese since the settlement of the mar dmcnluen. gin sort of talk 18,0! ’course. not 11 but one hears in vague ways *d a: something coming which shows “whether or not rep: isals are pluL ’ummarity of Chi men believe it “Junta. EREPARES TO FIGHT. cnnm ncnxvnw Aw mar. QUANTITIES. u. my â€". w-__. . To those unaware ot- the depth of mflmty that exists in the Chinese me. these changes from traditional policy would not seem sunpicious. To those Who have studied the idiosyn- incies of the Oriental they are very nub 50'. None of the other powers are to sanguine of the goodness of the Cm- W as we the Americans. “meal of u: Awakening in ‘ Flowery mam Without Pu- allol in laden Kiltory ‘Thmihaa been a secret edipkjs- uni." am a "prominent and progres- m Miami to me mcently; “what 3 i no {on} Chluaman will tell, but In any warn his friends. In a general manor. ,- ‘W-W , My European expert workmen are employed (In the various Chinese ar- m and are turning out as good mm: as cm be bought’in Europe. 1! the annals m winking night. and *1 and it is scarcely. necessary to ask the reason why. , ‘ A resident of Shanghai informed me neatly that in spite of her agreement “in. h arming as rapidly. as the ma- , ,AA AL_L aha can be produced. He says that W: of gunk loads of small arms and ammunition pass up the Yang-Tee- ’thx weekly, nothing like the present ever having been seen at Chl- uue annals before. - u , t Mflm , , ‘1‘ amy ofieiais have been sedretly “filer! by the dowager empress that they aim spare no means to recruit .Mr‘amy as rapidly as possible. ‘ She‘ Tilt: 1130' ordered that she be kept in- ma concerning the number of re- cruit added each week and of their Whey at drill. Division com- mie“ must also report concisely as t the possibility of concentrating force: 11:19:)? An: attain points. 1. .1. ...... .4...- at the arsenals the force has been Gonna! and extensions to the plant are animal}! being added. High explo- *8 am being manufactured in vast Tm...” .. T . , V ‘nre sloth of qenturies is disappqarjng in the fivsirc of the national spiri; to animate itself. The fvar of European “nation is nerving the Chinese to a m a! ass'ertativeness never known W. Intelligent Chinamen have esti- Jnded their power. Measured by Japan flay are convinced that the world will In at their mercy in a. fey: ygars. nu. ..â€".- u.-- - All over the country there are signs of Milne and reconstruction spring- !“ from the chaos which has reigned m the past year or two. The Boxers ,iLU.__...A.1 we“ vâ€"y r""' v V.“ In" been and are discountenanced «as: they appear openly as such. They are superceded by new orders which "has more secret methods and better of organization. The crudestyle '0! die Boxer! is now universally de- buied and they are held partially re- -qpnsible for the troubles brought upâ€" 'on the country. Not only is China waking up to the .m a! beingmrmed so that she an 1133181: encroachments upon her in- ‘ugflw, but she is sending her young ‘flood atrroad to master the secrets' of all “ ‘ and crafts and will in a de; ’ale be absolutely independent of for- ‘etn tuition or guidance. ' 1.-.... I.--“ n “on. “we seeing“ to ‘bave been a rap- cht betWeen the emperor and ‘W- for, so far as surface indica- mm meal! anything. they are working ‘ugetber humoniously. One of the best posted men in China; In speaking of this combination of op- m said: “The fate of the world The refusal of the may depend upon whi ‘ix 0! these two-‘3 figures survives. Tod 3: these two are working hand in hand.i l‘he danger is protecting herself behi‘rl the libvrniity and progressiveness a! he emperor. She is using him as a shiga‘d and a cover for purposes which or :lark and fiend- ish. Of those she showg‘lxo sign at pres- ent. Her game is a ailing one. To sweeten her name she iflclaiming credit for the reform neaaur‘v which Kwang Sn develops. i - The c‘urrent opinio , among those who are informed in. at if the dow- ager empress lives lo; enough to be in a position to place-3 :1 army in the field numerous enough: carry out her 'plans she will not neg; 18 to notifies l Kwang Sn. Fifi“ l n_- 1...“- KW , "at was magma by' lief husband the rumour Hrs Kury .1. P! g _ . and steamboat mg :3, an income of $30,000 a yu‘r. She claimed her right to mu mm " m: 320,000,000 md by M310: d m com .2» will recoiva it. quuuuuuuu v- -._- There is only on ture. The degth 0 press in the Interim largely in the' hand his Hberal advisers. paramount China In : sue her destiny an ing a. palitlcal rm; nant producing po .turing- world. The on her will ‘compe enormous output 0 ‘ naturally l'expand {i ‘ Vternatlve pic-' -. downer em- Eld leave thing! ”*‘Kwang Sn anq : fivth his influence ’peacefully pur- tead of becom- (mm the dam!- the‘manumc: - life forced up- 9â€"â€" ‘ \m. ‘a, Vrgy which ‘wil Vin smoe practi- Ea] direétlon. Cape Town qu Express: General faithful four-foote lowed the fortunes , the outbreak of t a, run to earth at Pa. fl enjoys life with thus is located at Gregg enjoys lie with thg 5’; attends every pend} ’wfhenevef a compah away he accompa way station. wal ‘ trained, and then v 1y _to ca_mp. . {h I! 1.0 vamp. I ., Church parade, hymn” morning“ is a fixture he' as x uilues, though when the state of” “filler necessl- (ates the holdlngx igxe services of the recreation room remains outside; Should the servlc j prolonged more than five minutes ga- t'ho usual time, the dog solemnly :rches In to mâ€" qulre the reason. ,‘ mgrther, the unl- 11:31 is made muo': ;; I by the men in camp, but he is given to mklnx granny friends. it I_._..--â€"-â€"â€"-- wmow or Hanna! 1. PLANT wms. . tad Iwuc nu... .- .1 cat. a herbs. hungry-looking tvlinv, made its nppeurnnce. Biowiy crouch ing ready to spring. it mode its way inch by inch toward the supposedly un- 33%”? bint.'1:ich*:::mwuching e not , ’ e corner louse”. m of: yard the cot mastic #0:; Like e yellow: streak its body leaped toward the cooli- ntoo. Quick as in leap was it‘ was not quick enough for the gagncioun Blanca. 3A: the cat reaped into the air Blanca ,met the animal with his great horn- iiko claws. striking it squarely in the' face. Surprised. but not shaken in courage, the-cat rolled over pnd over. and utter recovering itself gave a hint cry and ‘iieaped again. ’inm time Bianca struck in viciously with one einw and one ‘ wing, knocking it spinning. at the-earns P time shriekingout in bi high voice: ' “Bianca. Bienco! Scat! Scat! Aw poor ' puny. poor my." 3 Again the out came b tune-mm! 1311!: ‘ i did- the bird meet it unaroly in the - face with'its elem. end then. before it P could recover itself to spring again. I Blanco jumped on its beck. picking its 1 body with a vengeance that made the e a a fur fly. For over five minutes both ’- bird and animnl waged battle. until. weakened by loss of blood end the ter- rific drubbing administered to it by the bird, the out crawled out in the niley. ‘f where it dropped deed. pursued to the ‘- last by lenco, flushed with the 51017 if of victory. Bianca unstained but few Finjurieegrom the battle, and despite a 7: â€" -n-Lo in.- n, .n. Phllsd‘elphla' Inquirer: This fl" I story of a poor pussy 3nd “Blanca." I’ pugnacions oockatan owned by Police man Charles IcKemu. It happened mm “talcum-m on 31rd and Julie» luv-AI h..- w..-‘_, I . flttle witness and a slight loss of ap- petite he was all right the next day. The cockttoo has been in the Me- Kcnua family fox-nearly 60 years. hav- ing been handed down from thrve gen- erations. It in a. handosme bird of the South Africa variet . white in color. With n beautitu! ye ow mpnoL Old Needlework. Connoisseur: The needlework pic- ture seems to have mode its first ap- pearance in them-st yesrs of the reign of Charles 1.. for. although Elizabethan and Jacobean are said to exist, one with indicate that they can- not _be assigned to a date before 1630. The earliest Stuart pictures are worked with silkspn coarse. inuuisrly woven brownish linen canyon. in the line, slanting stitch taken over s single thresd, which “tent stitch," method of Ivor! is technically known so or petite point This as produced an elect much resembling that of tapestry, by which, in deal. the embroidered pic- ture was probsbly suggested. As time went on the simple stitchery was elabâ€" orsted. portions of the design being iwrouht in silver "psssing"â€"a line me- . ..._ mu“: nos-cod fhrnuzh the ma- wrvu. - . ,â€" . . tame thresd passed through the ma- terial .astead of being Ipplled, henge Its name, The Boston postoiiice omcinls and cmployea an; inking great credit themselves and finding much satisfac- tion in the bet tint there was not a single piece of mail remaining in the odce to be delivered after the carriers ind started out on their last burden. some trip on Christmas morning. COCKA’IOO KILLS CAT. £2225 A REIGN 0F LUXURY. SIMPLICITY A Pun lo‘uer: Flcklo' mm nour- aubscrlbu to the umlldcujonp It one believed tho (9le of that! senses and judged sold; tram 3W- ;ppeanncu they would icy: “We are on the.eve of the coup 11' cut. TM empire wul supersede the repubdc." Everywherc There 1- the luv 1 play of Luxury .- W vâ€"'-.â€" wâ€".. .. -.v_fiv Everywhere and among all all-cl l_n Paris tom there II (b! sumo MIDI” or luxury u character“ flu 9”“ empire. The magnificence of the Nu!)- ages. the' mndeur at tho howls. «- travagant displny at am And 1‘1an in all forms In Paris mm- b the sub- jact of comment throughout Europe. You have only to breathe this air at splendor mad feel um Mubucanlun ls dead. temporarily. at lent. In la belle France. - _ . ,aA . Inlay»: A few yeere ago no French 311.1 tocrat wou‘id have dared to v: tun: out in the mu 0! . puhllcnn Perle with e ally 1th and carriage. resplendent harnessed horses. driven by a gorgeously iiveried iootmeu, nor would Grew when preei dent have dared to drive out preceded- hy gaudlly dressed planer: in you trimmed Seekets, escorted by damn! cavalry troupe. Now the smartest of the smart aristocracy have their so- perbly liveriod powdered men on their carriage boxes. and Mr boubet drives forth on sale ocmiom in e etyie suggestive of a desire tor royal splen- or. It in not long since one was accus- tomed to seeing coaching: with dram-l [led mama wabbiln‘ on the new of mud-Muttered can-lua- and (MW in; sorry looking back: with u minis- :r of Tune. in the carriage behind em. Ah- _ t Today the enrriuu of the French ministers m as dam and smith u those 0! the aristocracy. Since the dec- uon of I’m-Meat Loubu. of than: one night hm expected “I’ll! Mal. liv- erlea haw been revlntmlioed. the El!- aeo hu been math! magnificent 1nd the utmost flaky pm. I. teen muo- ducod Int. the live- and Inrmndtm of those who are I! the be“ 9‘?" one of the little thing: which go to demonstrate the trend of the time- oc- curred at 1 dinner recently given by e wealthy m to one of the hone of Perlei‘en society. The centerpiece oft‘he table mn'mI-dureaowefl, from out of which the chem- lng thee of Hamret VII. the - ler efnger. who ungthe menu as t couna' followed each aha. This in:- nrioun device with lb Emu center- piece wu never outrivlll'rd even at the fi-utl «the (pendent m. but It shameful and heartless extravagance in ‘ lace ot the fact that cltfneue of the re- tpubllc were surfing whiTe the wute went on. One always wonders now what will be the next novelty in luxury devised to gratify the cum-ices of e wealth-med plutocraey. Tales of «tr-amt exâ€" penditure can be told out a! number. A magnificent (etc was recently given in n paletlnl home on the Avenue du Bole dc Bouloxne. “Romeo and Juliet" im- ‘pereoneeed' by the moat distinguished eunoftheopenwnmnxonnrenl balcony In the mat hull of the pnlece. the tiltled guest! "mm to the Inn- etc from the mine “It the alien. The rich bourgeoi- an even more ex- tnvnmt and lavish]: thelr dinghy ‘ than the gavel-nth: and nrietocntle el- ements of society. fluently I well- hnown artiste attended nn enter-teln- - ment at the hotel at. wealthy mer- ' chant where she lied been enmed to ..- ,7I,IAI_ -L- clonnl satin. [Cllflllt Wu! .v ”5.x - sing. The magnificence with which she found heme" surrounded elmoet over- whelmed her. She had errlved in n suite of tuperb salons. surrounded by tho most fuhionnbly dressed people and attended by inrqueys in liveriee which outshone those of a royal court. I As she had gone to the fete very sim- iplyl dressed the nrtlete felt quite dis- ltrait. She was, however. the recipient ‘ not only or n handsome fee for her eer- vlces. but of a witch set in diamond: fore souvenir. such I! a king would give for e present to one he desired to highly honor. An item of the city tux list will show- how xenon! luxury he- become even In cases where this new litre-luxury an- not be alorded. Over two mink, at a qunrter doling we: paid for men on wrluelend hone-Int yen.- Everyone who uptu- to my "a ;Iutunkeepen curl-need a sum ‘ one It me. The -Mloubh rene- nntl when- Inenue no meet men!" are throued night endjdw with tech- ion-Mel to whole pun. there up. Aâ€"4 “+_.__ _ vv uv -_ .. ‘ All 'over Perle there are springing up flats. modelled upon the London style. with Pompellen bath-rooms. enemned kitchens. electric “oven. celephenee. el. evntorl end ell the most expensive Qp- purtem of lateet dean. .. .41- -IJ An-Ll-nmul nun-O- Pu. vuâ€"â€"‘~ 7 The cold. ma, old motioned unort- menum relented m prosperous trades people or worklnmeo’o mum or else they no I0 completely annulled Ind Improved u not to be whole. Never before were one! expend": toilets neon used for "and" purpoou. Mater-loll an oxtnonflnfily rich this season Ind yell [Ice m never before I 7 __ __-A__n-_ nwuvâ€" _._,- used In Inch reckle- pronmon. Th. tolletm m excadnly costly, the moat expand" nee-0!!- belnx used. But one finds thll rum 'to luxury and ml (“why 1 tutu” not of Pa. mun lite done but of country me u ire“. LBDINMCI- burn: bllc we put. Mu e country chateau m m scone- ble nu and satur- lnp which rcwr s .0! manic cc. All use old {ea or Ind!!- tcrence m which they have been yarn and one woulg not km but for the dlflerence in mas and wanna that 1 living under a. W ! wanted with Met beds. It! och! Ines and “mm! mammaâ€" nunlpawlbe ceuorlu of a (are . These chute“: are the pun“ type! of domestic Imhltacture extant. 0933‘ blnlng the band“ a! both “dent and modern am: they no furnished with ihelr ovum “mad nut” and m and W. V do: at ‘ Depth- Nineteenth Century and W: Dr. Hint has made the mm film'- covery that um out in tin open on. wherp it was mgr-I W of no Ill Ilia-u: yup-u m..." ,,, v ‘ ed a line as long as the monument b” reach dawn to than. «heat-u mull! lover depthl. which would may St. Paul's and' ac 1110!!qu on, m. and with nanny mound fed (1 mm Below them. Then. a: than still and II'I Illu mwcuw cumâ€"â€" ‘7 gun-«mum, hamugflmtcol and hadd‘oei and call' nil. Mus In quantities. The W of an: discovery I: am it mu an not on! on: brood, 1m mtun M Illa exist. on: In the ova-n. ant ant mt Inn been looked upon a: mica! " . funk" Ind "Ion!" sum as a be found ntotherplmu wen a Is: no can. Not ofleut lithium k m (lam of cqqli‘the (Pep phonon! M 7.. ;_.. A. Unphllult nu. Mk. Pniitdeipm Enquirer: It tpere it. ever a time when we should particu- larly avoid supra-at mutation. it.‘ is It table. it he: been out! um a merry beer: dds digestion. and certain- iy iii-timed‘ ream-h and min are not conducive to I am 0! content. Til.- hostess. then-dare. who [as the not b keep the convention at dinner'h . happy chum-i. or the mum: whom guide the um. am: at home in a cheery channel. ii a minimal-y of more in. port can the «Den mum. An excelieat empie of this W “given hammer-rota youumuon, around when gable acme (imagine! men and men were other“. a“ the m mauled by the loud m othernestothommthehclput mauyhuemrtmu.vliemc; honor of a mum“ an and e Int-3 am much loved women In” but.“ tried. mm,wm unaccou- uou exam of t voice to. m to be oxen-Ive. 13W: ‘ - It “in!!! slim-3r to be as when on no. and «017- (by more M h NV} duced‘ In th as. tn 1!] tau-w (omblned' can!!! art- In "Forgive me. mm): but 8 h nah on rovful enough toknowithntu ; pleug do pot glkptjgf‘ ' Although robbed at m mud-d po- sition of mortar. the-m. with I nu: deference in MI manor. and: l myour pm; Icmmm might not be human." lad himself led the conversation In 3 amount di- rection. "Ky hoste- achtom something for bent-It.“ he aid. In calling the My “- terward. "something hr her (elm-wo- man, :nd much (or the young men than: her. bf plainly um definitely laowtu her am (kahuna-e.” A Quebec moor finn- out that 1. ha Janet} sum a Cum then u- lna! yearly the on on: an: of 815'.- 000900 on golf. Thl: Includes the cost at clubhouzu um! um. thali- unintu- nee, the not: of “to: uni servant. the cost at town; sum. gum OM bulls. and m cinema. 4 i nu the or car 3:2 E? We In" need co it .mtcon mm. 81 and for Mad manh- I’mflIH “not! «£1,000 i make “It! turn the name] "to 111%,. ta 110 m vied! tat 9: am am heir! 00 0'09" A“ m rd. would Mr!“ wouh I did Me. idle Tell PM DIV.