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-HY LORD nOES NOT SEEM TO PARE SO WELL IN CIVILIZATION" AS WITH 11 VUHAHIANS j. it that child life is so Infinitely happier Which we arc accustomed to regard ither as even entire!) thoae which claim to rank bi tbe very triari )f civilisation? This a question thal gal inevitably occur i any one xvii has trai? ned thc and in Africa, i i ovei the llstresslng pages the every year by the numer Ul Bl prevention of cruelty I illdren xx ilch have Aft, organise! In th- United Statea cruelty children ii tg savage usrli nigh- unknown. lt is only thi pr ar.d enlightened people, wh lal system talla levelopment based upon tha u-chlriaTs Christianity, who torture children pleasure. Ari the higher the degree of rn frequent and the gi tba cruelty, until one is tempted to bellev, gjg-gttn-t. and refli Mflgpna -ental affection which natui tho hearts of even brute cre.i centuries before joalah asked, "('oin a woman forget her child?" ia)conceived lt as Impossible use sny rrtater strength Bul hi would certainly have i found necessary to use i moi parallel than this i he lived in the ni el i Kurt pe ''nit, -1 states.

Asa sm unable for obvious i to say much Amerl espect; 1 the OH vV I. and esp glai atgtJstl of the is etles pr go to sh sr "ia- there li a far prearer number of unnatural par nts a-goag tbe rich the wei' than among the i' of itment of pr geny, la maloly neglect and Indifference to the i beni upon fathers arid mothei it la I i be feara by 1 -Bs-rltal nt State In the li? ter cf education. er, these ural parents happen to bel ng the I cl I by an aim al di lb IsUghi In Inf. ting pain, suffering snd i non upon the Ht! Ev, ryb ly I member the -ase of Mra ntagu, tia- da igl In-law of 1 tagu. and a ma tharefore I of who de liberate ly I ter child to death.

And was only ll day 1 I pl fi social rani a large eat In Cl Chester Assizes for I ward their two ehil Ira n. tl two years vii. Th, husband, who wai Bbb ute of the mnty mag Infants with th his wife broke Ivory bru child's bead and ls erated the other child's frith a spoon, which she had thrust lown as -fee could push I bt a ise his refusal I cast oil She was a I to tie the little to atakea i ihe lawn, a would he left the entire day sui li at night, i ia 1 of the way. Tha te Earl ol LondeBh ri ugh, 1 11 pt lagdon Asalsea a fee for cruelty to hli i Ijaexcusable seeing thal I lendeni ipport, but 1 provided under the will of their grandfather. is ll nly in Engl I cr lelty i chil? dren is shown to to 8 degree among tht wealthy than among the Thua In Italy as in France, the il couti an Infinitely larger number I convl i of the well-to-do than of pe -eire to the humbler walks in Ute.

Ferrisnl, the pi I tor of the Gov, rumen at ime, in a ri; ni wni has recently published on the aubje t. case of a woman bearing a patrician name and belo.risrlr.g ta th? most exclusive circe, wh ae greatest pleasure used to in thrusting needles into the flesh of ber little girl, of an toother of similar rank wh i delighted In putting lighted mat-hes up her little girl's while in a third case the unnatural n.e.!.':' us, to derive her mest agreeable form of enl from searing the body of her i i girl with a red hoi inn. Simiiar instances be found reatrordajjd amng the records of the tr! ila lt the Paris tribunals during the inst tw In Slr il 1 Mackenzie's book, "Holy Rut he describes a well-authenticated case a i eovite chatelaine torturing her daughter tod by turning her into a human pin-cuahl piercing bare body with hundreds i I in all the literature that ha- been publish) upon the aubji one cannot fail be stru by two peculiarities: first of all, the inflr number ol giris that are aubje ted to cruelty by their parents than beys. The rea thia ia, I suppose, a giri alwaya ntl re in Um present, and means ntl I exp lure, than a boy, who will need i be later on in life with a marriage portl may be other reae, na of a pay hoi ci al character. It ia as a rule the mather, tata-r Ulan the father, who is thc perpetrator and one can understand a heartless ar.

coquettish woman eager for admiration ar. 1 yet that attractions are the wane, being jealous of a daughter growing up to that of youth, beauty and conquest which she herself losing. Another peculiarity ls the absence any Jewish naru- fr th- Hat of convl I have been obtained against un na Wrests, fr.m which it may be gathered that the Hebrew rare haa retalnel among its ol er Orlei aa attributes rhat most beautiful of all. love for children. any further evidence were "leaded th-- ln Civilisation upon the treatment nf chll tt would be found in the very noticeable that has passed over the Japanesa they have adopted Western ways.

Formerly Japan used be Paradise of children, to and everybody gav way. The festivals and public holidays were th aa orgar.it-* for the aake of tbe little onea sn i evi grown people wont to enter with into games ami amusements, lt the Mikado Ol th- Tye, wh ruled the of bal Nippon, but Hoya San, which may mto English as "My Lord Baby." "lose gOOd days and they wei- Billi a fifteen anl twenty years ago cruelty to was punishable by death; and while lt "Perfectly true that 1 never heard of ar.y ona this penaPv. yet I never during mv JJaler stays In saw a child maltn I however, with the Invasion of Western civ Japan ls far less of a baby's Eden han ovgone rjaya. The chlldren'a festivals sn iheir Importanoa and aie fewer in number, 5''jundat: ms of BOya San'a throne are ahak n. the fae- of the tiny is ri, longer as ti jnn- merriment and content -rit I first went there, lt ls the effCN of courslrn and I supposi that in due u-v a we 8hal; ibai it become ne ry to organise al Tokl i a society foi me pre of cruelty to children, on the same linea OattSjr London.

1'sriH and other European 'rom'' this look of contentment Iran deprives io traction of one of Its greatesl at thrniJir' nothing more charming the osraUt lhe 0rient Ita child life, and la reflate 1 the 2 rouns-atera Cnamlable sa the Chl warmfh and Incapable of th'nw ssaure my readers thal one haa Tl Oi.r tbe pict iii con little "rsT, eharacter la a lbrt2lWh.uh w11 tfhlU. riding the settlement it ld Chinese grand In front the Batlsfaer 'x hod a Tl 'mo the world. which'na, for hi. twn nrt oier. was as clad, bln-rapore, so lt is elaewhcre can i- obs.

-vam Anuri. Mn I Egypt who n. Mmbe hfPPJ faces of the pot-bellied and aa a Eg? rill bea" wltn'sj IOW sn wi thti, life ls entirely fra I mothers, Impovei of which pe I -a, 'bin- than to devise bi rture and for thi Port Said ind fr rn the wi al oast of Vf the Cape i touching thi vai "ce lng me ol those JV trembling little and girls! frenuently In ivlllzerj ases of suicide im mg children, ngiy frequent In Germany. England and ar- unknown among the nations we are a eusl imed to regard as un li 1: aa in ne -1 of our missions) au i ir hat musi have b.i ihe I tnjTs, the min I of a child who la led by lt-- nri, ral -ufferlnas i i its own ff' oftentimes -roo a the physical tortures Nor tl remi ix tha can devised by the State for th lat is it is within wi of th. Stat, I tn the sh ipe of phvsl how ni one il eb in tha law irenta guilt) of which end by crushing th mun spirit at the time when lt i 1 it Ita happiest and Its brightest? EX-ATTACHE REA TWO NEW-ENOLAXPERS AT THK tVIl.n WEST klyn, July ts Wt aa mu awi I ii our friend arish us to red all the time, while we came np from Massa bu? ln a while when are felt the i ea it.

Gertrude says that exel en.I ls ll la oi thal sra i In Brooklyn, and Brookl) but I bal vt ent yesterda; to 1 va I -li! nol look mu 'h at th ta and the Park aa we xn nt In, be prlt of Bay, and ki in thal llfferen! Hhs xv inti I to ire ind xv ird. Hu: ch irg, Wh in in I xvii trance -x i. We consulted ten I la tcly innei 1 irt. 1 Hntant Kiding era and i take a sea lid: "then you i lon i something xv. folios nest ts ilmei i ng.

a i ve 1 a i ve rn and ca i-. 1' -i xx. 'x of 1 ed proj rai Ireai allow hind i- he found ga come ruthei arandstai think foun 1 oul ihe mistake I it um oui i three tin 1 told um the i um kick! But 1 lei um kn res I and I th lught he wss golm I But hi He made rv- xv real." "Ri .1 pine?" Baked (Jeri rude reape no; the foll gnaw; the riders an! I them "1 waa afr ii I tl rei nore respectl "Not a natom the rej i gr i. ery Vr! girl red p.n.v len with flat I fu mi Other nan wa re swinging I lager There op, a indera. th rn in With a tray if dark liquid In lumbl, ra 1 nevi "Cigars and cigar, tea! Every ona allowed ti amoke!" riur poll eman had gone iff Bul presently ha re? turned li- me i ova li fee ia bth he Bald 1 "Have Boma honey-coated.

"I I star-. Aii flavors continued the rxipeorn man, "fora i i. There wai mu I smoke, much ri than there greal ka av i free 'yn? th, i ind a 'n an be-ran to tune up their They and I copia ix- Pt on i ni there room enough Thi hoi wind sometimes swept gusi thi gli th it 're I ter waa more i.pie cam. and appeared to lose them? es in sp i Our hostess was calm, as befitted a dwi Brooklyn Hut. being a i untry woman, yielded excitement that up me as lt came were the wild riders! Th- wh ping redskins scouring ovei plain aa they did In Cooper's novi ls My hi in began lo bea.

Indians darted forward and ranged th, after troop ol horsemen came i on What ls lhere in masses of mer, oi animals i. io- before the Cnlted States Cavalry came rnv bean was In mv thru! ai. 1 1 actually would bax- liked to become hysterical I r. -t myself, however, by looking ar rb man me, who was calmly slpplns beer tvhen he wasn't smoking cigarette. Il mus' be tlon ibinK to be able to quail ber an ph.egmatlcslly ai that when ci those rough riders gallop and'tli-- flags are flying and the drama dramming tiumparts braying 1 me had not already de-crlbed thia UT.

1 West in The Tribune far bette) tn.ir, can mic i-i my pen nm on for a few is wonderfully well xv irth ahlli i i itt To it ia ilka seising for once ihe last a life almost gone by; thai Btlrs and eshll iratea aa a gallop over the plaina might till id illai it, And tor ihsei pl I ir, iqu ness aaa ever any lite ita mea the pict ii I ly makes when reta ba ka ut at the fa. en tn rldei iif.s high ins brero then canter- gracefully oul Bight? Seeing thal flgure one beilcvei every tale ol the chivalry ol the plaina. And whal ao treacherous, ao sinuous, Prue! unreli Ming thi oiled anil shining li 11 the Indiana when the; iti? li wai lance be? fore h.a;:. of the LUI Big Horn! Thai policeman srai riKhi. issucks Cossacks alwaya brina; to rulnd the retreat fi 'scow, hu the ihmush the anoa againai despairing Pi edin.

manner'' srA the whlrllna dervish real, tl following ths. profession, he csn whether ile- notice astral bod) which ihe bucking di ila dreams A HOTEL FOR FISH AFTER SHELTERING IMMIGRANTS CAS? TLE GARDEN BECOMES AN AQUARIUM "ENLARGED AM- REFURNISHED" I.IKE A i.l.UKi. A GR! "TOR A BUND AST Ll ANNEX. aay lin! Aquariun in md i ii.nd..-, tha ra Then there ever imiiii gr itlon d', bur ii aeemi i npr ib iii-. wever, will with vlrtuea of water ti: xx.r- ma ii.

old specimens. when the New-Tork Aquarium (for tl name! I.pen to the pu ult to saw tl s. Woodman, the super? intendent, Mys he hopes to the happy in Beptemba bul i i. temperament, a nd Oe. before his fish can make their Initial tail-flop to the public The blllty for the of course, Ile with I tractor; ail buildings ari always delayed by could hear full facts lu the case no loubl should lind that soiw Bldonlan ior in Interim -a la building ol Solomon'! Temple.

Now, too, In the ol inc Aquarium lhere la trouble shout 'be na cf nrnttr, xj.ri!->i night to Blake tl tish, notwltl tai ng their pr ii ilqu slim H-r will ba Croton, while the sea irater Tne fact occurs it tl In tm c. io not hav, rater fill i for them, it. eu the dlffi rent from that hei and iy ho nai ri uk iron Th i i icesa i r. if a I i leaven tai much in ll IS-' I against the a ri i-i-. inlmals li i mi ig, rle, i it ng read tank are ranged aa thal nd a i in kept ia hoped riun, will di froi vam il ixygen, as they fr- quentl; Bright in an i In nt other rv ol i.

vaiei Pro iv i a rglng the tanks In a few i mt (not air) lt ls not, the intention ii. thc aqua nd -i il I In hi no- e. i ices lilas, ti i- is, turtles, i nucn tkates, a nun I Ini vi 'It- nnl) a iv. na vi i way of gell icks on the i i. that In, h-a I PM nat, filer 1 1 fl I front ntre of i in I r.

fa fi /I.TTTy-' TANKS IX THE GA Ll io th.i mk bar lt ca. himself a whal, avlll bios ff quent ly and a rill find hi t. seas I th, Ratter) by an out rage. 1 immunity All tha po i i lin i lea and bottom, with white turn Indea all of the mk throui il the bo iine i. serving lo maki tha lighter lhan usual and lo oul I ie fl ixMi 'Tiri-.

Kl-. lt ls iii no aquarium la white lining In lha bale rix- then Isty iv numb, These in than those on the lower flo ir. bul not dil from tb. i lng off th mv the ofl! of the lem ind in mts Ther-- i larg, i tm In whli it ia lectures trill be given, and ll la a I the ie-i" of those In charge 'bit i i un ne. of bl itogy may iy.

Uh the raw mau rial righi st hand In thia larg re art i number of sm iii self-susta aquariums In vetsela aomethlng larder th ilk hit and imewhal smaller than an ssh can com I iffle growth ever a out Of the by thi anli he waler has to be repiei lo mike up fol Ihe evap a i ii ai iv Sp, The plant life them ls mostly of a vb red ls not wan i. i ll th rn unit vi nw min il form I lie) pi i aenl mos! Int featur, ai i.rn Imo.itun-* aire.il) Install, I i formi "i coi inie barned rtha to I he I ei i. ox! iii- i- fl races), a -r of ie i n.s, I of Ighh I nod Bern id leahorse, line full grown I lllak-- ,1 gOO nai for i marine mewhst tari tha four lix ii it thi if ih, li id. -k md art ol ls is the ii dd, I hits of mi othei vegetable growths bli back and promenade about ol sll heh il I In thi bottom or one I a derb) it i from I. i Island mud it in ix overeat xx a both and vegetable Tb.

hal appears tu have Im ii iught in K. iwery, and n- t. doubt tliat ii belonged in fsmoui cltlsen ol Ih oils, unfortunately lust lo some or four a result of felo-d a un ile Bl i vents others lr fart the Xew-Tork A.i 11 in i lina Bl world, and much ol ihe credit foi this v. il: probshl) traces to system ol flltrat in employed be 'I, Ins'ltul I I. kind in a Rich ali the water In the is carefully I To accomplish ih.r.

each x.i'ii ga na a lay. Two of tbi-ite fii.e; i are, for lha sall aster and of bro.nz* other two of roppsr and the frs'h ix a Ur. Thara will be u'td in iii- tanks I i I I V. I Tli POM MERRY-GO Mv Ii i Vork "I'-'. "And th, I the "I ii faltei ur' lei Ihe "1 ve a I still fur I fron gai wr" IVha i ive ion'! i x.

i've ferior "Yes, thai i I st tht han of getting with ev, a au iui thi ind-organ buslne Bb tut i organs bi Km the iIght -im irgan i inder erith pi on ii hi it 'itel barn though the i don'l na cotnr, ms ihey do ls mu-li I li In Aneri i hli ii. I xv. i i We mik, for, i re- I Ib a .1 me i.ia. i i lillies und 1 for i ry lt Ith ii tm I far mi on your bes. lo lynch you i fi 1280, a ii 1 rn ht ir' ii organs fai ir.ii.

ith th tn $8,000 arith a ama tran organ and a I I mon ni il fou lack expei i.i i ia? i well Certain! you an look on thi whal mali to ima full of sh I iiii ir i ir I 11 hi ,1 1 "Yet." wi I irther iel to store irgsn i. rial in, ni of the No v-n r) Merri jo-rnun la are ia areal i ind "A Tnt I- il il. ll bpi ls? I don't kn. ib I yb-xl) them i set lu i ll 'lime tl I hi I i occupy. i when I lo ll ji-nrip il No; Ix- have noih IriK har hot io the door Prefei strsng, ita.

do yo i ride an oal auch forms of mtrry-t mal life Bri Nothing but hoi now teen os test Ooodby." "LOHENGRIN" AT BAYREUTH MME. XORDICA'S PHENOMENAL TRirMPH. ENTHUSIASM OF THB COMPOSER'S WIDOW-XETV-g BS OF THB reuth. July 21 -In rhe production cr i.one,, last night, Lillian Nordics achieved h. greal arti trlumpl notwithstanding the absence of Ei si Dyck from 'he eaBt, A week or' chill? ing winda an I rah pn li the opening of the n'h Wagner feetli-al.

Van Dyck. rh- only tenor an no meed for the title rots in the opera, caught cold nnd waa ui ible I the drat representation. Th" ka en to! igei i- snared ii i ii Heit interpn i an! riisr al the theatre doors In the af in hli Illness and the substitution of Emil I laer of Carlsruhe. The public almost as littl of Oerha Iser as El -vi ha I li arned with-uir im- lng of Identity of th- "Swan-Knight." Ills forth the sevent) pagi Bayreuth this xvas ail contained In nln Kv i of (be In "Parsifal" the i uni oti ed, Tia. bi ance wei ie ho expressing in rrn.

The new would probably be a mer- malro tot, th i ro. ii t.leallty Sympathy waa felt fer Sor? es, her m. i sh lld i ifl from the unfortunate changi the programme. Jean de Rerske were vatlable! Vain wish. I'nquestion ibly the pop i iir Dyck was iii.

and Griming, ney- best known tenor i i- being rei rved far "TannhUuser." However, Conductor Mottl, bo a Initial representation of "Lohengrin," knew whal bc xx. putting forward the unheralded with on thi boar I an when the han Isome flgur, of i r'naOser and heard bea itlful tones In the farewell to the "Mein Heber Bchwan," all doubts rani rhe singer ma le an Ideal representation of all, ta slender, and of noble mien His itremel; mpathetl and clear ir a. a wer not, i he mid le tonea were la-klng In puril Tl ls fectlon -t by ex eptlon of 'i: resolute derna rids of and the cell his w.irk thr coi- li other ii i- lave made the charact 'th Bl a. der i He impersonal and beatific to end Th, xx enjoyed allki by ihosi who 'int i i ortralture, and othei if beau i familiar by urns li America la lhere ibmiintiailv no difl nlon, but lt el hav quired poi fret lom of ac I Jit om with in lime. I na, sr dram i I Fr 'rr: lier a armer Bru The -er, trained and gi ,1 Verdi, xxiii, best fi Me of first i aentatlon fl of Wagner.

But lt eat and mo 1 difficult mans. charming i itlon was ind i. he ti'n, ss ol a i i their waa tl Kli I I Mai I. rs: two illy cr, Englishwoman ii in '-rt In ISSI, an I the for the i 'oi ent I lar fr11 been per ba i a compan) nt ly re oratorio ind and bul xx a hei Ti rsl I a ii Am foi seem, I I proceedings which Telrai led the sorcei i In a petty, Wagner's i 1 irtlcul iriv dil? in) kvi must ur In 1 isl never appear simply noyed." Brema wore auburn ha in of Fr iu VV igner. rst act the au Hence, unmindful pn lent, i rokc out In a storm of minutes; indar tha rulea the lu of tbe a ifter rcond and ol approb xx ere ii.

ide ll Kriili int men as he pi thei nthual iim xxas lix. ly pral the ai I lr xxas i. perfect re ent.itlon ul ei er xx lm, ind nert suite I to the tenth in Antwerp Ka' lue 1 color to the -ame time Increasing ihe ntn riltter ol i il an i Elsa's white iwna The raiment ol Kita was simple in the early enes lill in church scene an fin ii I'roper tl, i fit th, time the action differed in lara thoae usually employed. i sngemenl lefl bi re I nt i er xx ith the prin. but comp i did no.

di traci from the i ires er ceremonials. Naturalness marked the m. mi. al and electric light effeete, When llls.i un tho i ile ny the second act the toma ry strong sh fl I was not thrown upon her All the light used ivan thal which legit! rou tl op, door behind her The ui nil Illumination did noi stream through the window where l.ohengrin and Elsa are seated ii pi lon The changes of liuhr were effected xxirh remarkable simulation of nature. regard was shown for every matter of 1 rx.

xx The of th'- chorus xvas admirable, and the orchestra xxas perfect control under Mottl. The i ular splendor of the Parts production was tile,) but there was no glare, no magnificence place no straining In the of When the dovi drea the toward I ima of the ir was not wirti bua wlnga did nol move excitedly aa If hurrying him aw av fi-am a place of danger There was only the least perceptible fluttei as the bird took up Ita i. aa.I b-1 away sererely In i manner be? the el il er. the faerie ur was undi i irbed to ihe very end. Many of i he pictorial elem, without its which Wagner had r-' Wagne nation -nt il loyalt) late husband raised the produ un.

as near as possible under the cir oumsi standar 1 of la Ideas Bl for the realisation ol hts pul; ise, t'int tl 1 iitioi might appeal to be dominated by his iplrlt. li own desire extended to the performers, Ih, chorua seeming lo be especially I.I ii ai I xx ith diner, tlon. xi.hree hours and twenty-five minutes tlm, required foi the three acts To iccompl.ah this i "recitatives," which Wagner laid do no exist the work, were sung according to his ov i-i' 'ntlon In brisk, decided tempo iii- representation was the result to redeem iii- opera from the fauiti lona elaewhere which In the curse ix bsd robbed lt of historical truth, poets meanlna nd ld altty The Bayreuth annual to tx Tt ted in thi se i narin of the Oerman theatres hus grsd becsmar nothing bul a tenor hep. xx ki, a pow voice have no other tiling hy mighty blond beard represent Uer 1 mani, manliness, and to take up the competition Kith Mani an I the touts I a few healthy Thi ls the plorable mit of a ti larj production, the consequence of ni. al invitation of Nlemann's interpretation intellectually ami art ls tl, illx inferior colleagues.

ror the sake of volume of roles tlv exquisite poeti vapor ixbt. be ever preiMrnl with rite sublime tirrill" iii- Grail Knight liar, been aaerl ii. in it Intimate dialogues have Uxsioino thu, delina spostrophes to the applause-spending first lav of festival well-nigh perfeet performance o. Pars! wis given, with Rosa as Kundra Birrenkoven of Ham? il Parslfa Theodor Reichmann Amfor tas Ournemana Bnd Plank, of Carls rah ns Khngsor represen? tation like thee of preceding years, further mention unnecessary. Frau Wagner's r-sul-Mons prohibiting the brlng in? tke theatre of sundry artirrlta are not en forced this year, and statement printed on th? rhat rhe are Instructed to refuse admission to women a-ing bonnets ia treated as a ijW in music scores, and wraps, wh'le many bonnet.i were not removed Th lights ri -Amply dimmed an! the audl tor not in darkness any time.

Hana Richter is not to conduct any of the repre? ss. As onllucta "Parsifal." Mottl ml Strauss "Tannhiluaer," there rently no room for Richter. lb- site Angermann'a famous restaurant ls now occupied by pretentious building, con? tain), the pot. nc and telegraph office. Relics of Angermann i in a reserved room at the Hammer.

Knn) Wagner his presented to Mme. Nordics, a Costly fan. plan Kary to several demonstrations leal fun rehearsals. On easton -li throw her around the singer's neck, kissed i repeatedly, and extolled her in terms of extren In sn address v.hich the princi? chorus and orchestra loudlj amiaud-d. i ie niimber of A in sttendsnes is un? usually irge.

Nordics de, lines for present to make anv gagementa for the future. Numerous tempting off. rs have 1 made to her, but none will be ac eepted until after ihe festival. Walter Damrosch came here and offered a i ontracl for season of or. ra, and Abbey anl Orau want her to foin -h.

Mer in -ompany again Her prefer ce is for America, but tba blddei xxiii be i i ri to pay fer offer a salary xery the New-York limit. With a contract amply securing prerogatives. There will be no utility singing neal season, nothing but satisfactory managerial pronouncement. Twenty-six wa re devoted to genera! rehearsal force of thirty-two orchestra of 108, Chorus of 112. and the ballet of sixty-two In "Tann hrluser." The persons engaged in and about the theatre number four hundred.

CBINESE SOLDIERS ASH SAILORS. STRENOTH or THB AND BRAVERY AT THB BATTLB OF foochow. has ma le it efforts tn the last few years ti her army and navy nearer tba standards of thoae of Western nations. Thi I atrength of the arnie la aluin' tM.MO tuen, of whom more rh in 2M.00O rmanently Buttoned for tba garrison of the city of Peking, the being Buttered throughout irloua pn tin ea of the Kmpire. these la an Ill-formed organlsstton, which might be ll i.

which gets small pay anal never with colors. The discipline of the army la good, in I bo far aa milli iry punishments are con there la hardly a mora stringent organization x-. irl As i lighting force, bowever, In the of most foreign mlllrary men, the Chinese Army has never counted for much. Hut the las: fl -x may have made a great difference In this regard, aa the American. Oerman and English ofll cers employed by rhe Qovernatent have done all in tie-ir power to effect proper changes.

Idltl to the tr, -I are the ia provincial forces which are and controlled by fhe viceroys of the provinces man darlna ties In wh the) may ba quarteraA known aa the Arm; Oreen In contradistinction to the Manchu divisions? IC il ii rs. d.v.'.. 1 Into r. d. xx hire.

biUe and yellow divisions, ailed from the oolor of rv. lr ittle fisgs. The arma of moat I ro pa wera until re most primitive types, I conalatei irs ar kn se ired ta long ind arrows and dui Within the 'uar. -w yea ver, ma bat! na i modern arma. Ta i years aga several Chinesi Stela's xx ra tent to Europe to negotiate for the purchas of aufH fies I arm th- en- re I I garria ming ritters of Slberl id along tha coaat.

anny of Ll Hung Chang, The pr.ir.e Minister snd Viceroy of Prorlnea of ml 100,1 rr rn, in 1 is tne flower These troops ira armi with und, ad-rship Brho have brought it ite Of di Bl 'y ir body of forel in troops. It is la army, in 1 ive with its chief, lm so nt. Chlhii is re cara and tr ona forming tts gar rlson. lier has law and ii r.gi 1 pun Ishmentt Inti ed spiral be ilwsys held la bounds. ir vet) tiltia respect hold native commandera Ia a China there ia little hope of ind about the only wldler haa la to and kill his ou Th hinese confine then-aahrea chiefly to- infantry.

taral cavalry the active army is only md of artillery There ls, how aver, an das. of caralry which may farce is armed in ths it pr rn I ra i inion, The navy is a different stamp from the army, and the sailors have been longer under lnflu foreign oflicera They are more trust w-orthv Separated as they are from the influ es whl turround the men on shore, the sail? or- fran, rh- temptatlona and consplra i whl ti have undermined the troops. The class men employed on the vessels is also better. The naval oflicera have been educated in the rio us ii' ademlea by foreign Instructors, and are taught an dis Ipllned according to the terns In vogue In inc service of tbe united States, England nn 1 France. The Imperial Government supports three naval ea fur the education of ea lets or i.

en another at Wel-Hal-Wol and the third at xx The Instructors are graduates of naval academlea of foreign i ountries, those of Annap olls predominating system of instruction ls as thorough aa tlie chinese boy can grasp, but ls chiefly practical rather than theoretical, so that by tti" the course is finished the cadet ls ready to assume hts duties on a man-of-war. The ulets are usually chosen from the families of prominent officials living In the seacoast prov? hit members admitted from any other official and mandarin claaa The Chinese NaT) proper comprises about sev enty men-of-war, not including manv small trans. pc's and revenue cutlers which in time of the present, can be armed and place! in active aervlce vessela are manned and offl rered by Chinese subjects, the only foreigners al low, on them being tbe instructors In special departments, such aa gunnery, seamanship, eiee trlcity or lorne toes As so aa a Chinese tn tor qualities, ihe foreigner returns to the academy. Most vessels of the fleet have been bulli abroad The Navy ls divided into two fleets, the northern, er Hexing squadron, with haaadquartere Wel-Hal-Wol, haa nader its Jurisdiction the pro ieetlon and defence if all the coast Ling to the th wa rd of Poo-Chow, and the Tsnysng, I Uh rn squsdron, w.th he.idiiu.ir:ers at which' fend all the coast south of Poo-Chow. Each squadron has its own admiral, ls governed di the Vlcer va of anl Canton, respec? tively, who are held personally responsible by the Emperor for the efficiency and warlike condition Reeta An authority Writing of the army and navy two ago says: "Th- Chinese Army, owing to Iti primitive weapons, 'nus never shown Itself capable Buccessfuily opposing a foreign force, but with the recent,) wrought the personnel and arms the army Will pr ibably In the next war redeem many of Ita loai laurels.

The Chinese Navy lu- ad occasions shown a record of bravery and devotion which in Other nations would have gained merit than In China. At the battle of Foo xv in August. a obsolete Chinese ships resisted until the last reasel was blown up the Hts of an overpowering French squadron, armed with most approved types gun anl armor, and supplied with torpedoei Pot the war we must foresee that things have greatly FURTPTTXO SRWABR RY BACTERIA, From The London Chronicle. Experiments have lately bean conducted by Mr. Kidney Lowcock, I C.

of Bli-mlngham, on destruction of the hichly objectionable organic mat? ter of sewage bx special bacterial life. It seems that If cultivations of thia apeclal bacterium are main t.lned in th" highes-, state of efficiency by simply th -ni xx vi supplied with slr or oxygen, will rapidly exhaust the organic matter in a liquid, and the effluent from a tilter irranged on rh's be vs pure, both chemically and dietetic illy The m. iv of ordinary land irrigation as a sewage diap ea lependa largely on thia ol organic matter by bacteria and no method of sewaga purlllcatlon approaches the aft ficlency of burl Irrigation where this bl financially The arrangement required on the nea la a very simple one, i of a care full) arranged sand sad pebble filter, having a row of alr-plpea among 'he lower layer er' pebbles, ao that dir ran be blown among these pebbles at a low pressure, and In a short time the lobbies r-ome Incrueted with a film of bacterial growth. Thia film will atari Itself, rinding ks origin in it, bacteria alwaya present In sea i re, and until thia is well formed some dissolved sewage through, but Ita objectionable character becomea lid-, reduced, until in aboul a month's ttme tha organic matter aim, s' i ten The puri fleati this pun: goes on uninterruptedly, and the effluent ls clear, tasteless and Lr.ess. Mr.

rk saxe the rei lits Of some experi? ments made by him at Malvern in ifrfc (4 a paper ri id fore Institute of Civil in No? vember Inst, and the Institute has rrrognlsad ths value of his woii. bi iwar.ltng him Teifjrd medal and premium his paper. Th- rate of purl in ia extremely rapid. About SM.000 gallona per sera per day can ba 1. and thia one of rcs: important features In tha system, for tt en very large amount of sew.ig" to dealt with comparative!) amati area BRARPRD AND HUM LT HELD.

Prom The Buffalo courier. "Did. your husband aeein to grasp the situation during the big rlke?" asked the walking delegate of Mrs. Hardlied. "He held on to his jap.

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