The Peoples Voice (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, August 24, 1900 Page: 3 of 8
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A Chinese Minuter.
Sir Chi Chen Lo Feng Luh, the Chi-
nese minister to London, has been the
most prominent figure among the Chi-
nese diplomats in the West since thf
trouble began at Pekin. It is believed
that Lo Feng has been used as a kind
of clearing house by the Chinese gov-
ernment in dealing with its ministers
abroad. Messages and decrees have
SIR CHI CHEN LO FENG LUH.
been sent to the other ministers
through the London legation.
A JVetv DuKe.
Duke Charles Edward of Albany,
now the Duke of Saxe-Coburg aud
Gotha. is the son of the late Prince
Leopold, youngest son of Queen Vic-
toria. Leopold
died in 1884, three
months before the
birth ot his son.
The mother before
her marriage to
Prince Leopold
was the Princess
Helen of Wald-
neck-Pyrmont, sis-
ter of the Queen
of Waldeek-Hol-
land. Young
Prince Leopold
was far removed
from the throne of Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha until the death last year of the
crown prince of the realm and the sol-
emn abdication of all his rights by the
Duke of Connaught, Victoria's third
eon. The new ruler i3 1G years old,
«nd during his minority the regency
vill be held by Prince Ernest of
Hohenlohe-Langenberg, a son-in-law
of the late Prince Alfred.
Duke of Albany.
Cen. Miles' \/niform.
The new uniform of lieutenant-gen-
eral, which has been built after designs
uade by Gen. Miles himself, promises
o create a reform in Europe whicb
will bring the old-style military dress
of high rank up-to-date. Gen. Miles'
new regimentals are lomething to
shame the antique styles of the conti-
nent and Great Britain.
While abroad the American com-
mander was impressed by the coats
worn by various officers in the impe-
rial army of Rus-
sia. On his return
he set to work
mentally to invent
a uniform for his
own wear. The
concrete result Is a
noblo creation of
the art of the mili
tary tailor. The
coat is of a rich
dark blue material,
illuminated with
triple rows of but-
tons. There are
collars and cuffs of
dark blue velvet,
and the cuffs are
three inches
depth. There are
gold epaulets, with solid cres-
cents, bearing three stars in-
stead of two. as under the old regime.
The shoulder straps, of dark blue, are
four Inches long, bordered with gold
embroidery, and on each strap are three
stars embroidered in silver. In select-
ing his headgear and that of his staff
Gen. Miles has followed the Russian
fashion, and on great occasions he will
wear the cap which, in Europe, seems
to be the symbol of a great and ter-
rible power. The illustration is after
a photograph recently taken.
Gen. Miles in New
Uniform.
Major Von Madai.
Hart's Sense oj- Humor.
Sir Robert Hart, chief of the Chi-
nese maritime customs, was a penni-
less Irish lad. yet by perseverance and
onesty he rose to the highest Euro-
pean position in China. He lias a keen,
though often unsuspected, sense of hu-
mor. Once when on a visit to the
home land Sir Robert was accompanied
by a Chinaman who acted in the dou-
ble capacity of companion and spy. So
closely did he dog the customs offi-
cial's steps as to become a general nui-
sance. At last even Sir Robert lost all
patience, and one fine morning the Ori-
ental woke up to find that a substan-
tial part of his pigtail was missing.
Unwilling to appear before the public
tn this disgraced condition, lie insist-
ed on remaining in his room, aud Sir
Robert spent the remainder of his
visit in peace.
She Snubbed Astor.
The Duchess of Buccleuch, who was
the first of the English aristocracy to
administer the irrevocable cut to Wil-
liam Waldorf Astor, was the lady who
first befriended the former American
in his efforts to edge himself into the
royal set in London. Elhe is the dear
friend of the Prince and Princess of
Wales, and is the arbitress of fashion
for all London. The duchess, it is
said, was liberally paid by Mr. Astor
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DUCHESS OF BUCCLEUCH.
for her patronage, and there is no
question but that she gave quid pro
quo. The outrageous insult to Sir
Berkeley Milne, however, wiped out
the money obligation, and she joined
heartily with royally when royalty
pronounced the doom of the snob from
New York. The duchess before her
marriage in 1884 was the Lady Jane
Hamilton, third daughter of the first
Duke of Amercorn. She is mistress o!
irobes to Queen Victoria.
In command of the first German
marine battalioin. It was to him that
Emperor William addressed his fa-
mous "no quarter" speech.
Improvement Is JVceded.
Although we lead the world in ag-
gregate wheat production, in yield per
acre we are far behind the most en-
lightened countries of Europe, and
stand next in order, and but little
above, the average attained by the
miserable ryot of India or the but late-
ly emanciated serf of Russia. Al-
though wo make millions of pounds ot
the best butter and cheese in the world
we still expend time and energy in
producing tons of stuff hardly worthy
the name of butter. We still have to
build up our reputation in many mar-
kets where it has suffered by the un-
scrupulousness of some of our farm-
ers and shippers. — International
Monthly.
A 'Veep Mystery.
What has happened to James Looth-
by Burke-Roche, member of the Brit-
ish parliament for Kerry? Is he fight-
ing the Boxers in
China, is he pros-
pecting in the
Klondike, or has
he been foully
dealt with or
killed by accident'
None of Mr.
Roche's friends in
New York o r
Washington can
answer these ques-
tions, and the M.
P.'s baggage has
been stored away by thp proprietor of
Holland House, New York, pending
the clearing up of the mystery. Mr.
Roche registered at the Holland House
in April from London. He left there
about May 15, saying he would soon
return, and leaving orders that his
room be not disturbed. Since then he
has never been heard from.
Burke-Roche.
HON. W. W. ROCKHILL.
WHO HAS GONE TO CHINA ON
AN IMPORTANT MISSION.
Marie l'lump for Marriage.
Throughout the empire ;f Morocco
and in Tunis there are villages where
the elder members of the adult popu-
lation follow professionally the pursuit
of fattening young ladies for the ma-
trimonial market of Barbary. The
Moors, like the Turks and most otli^r
Orientals, give a decided preference to
"moon-faced" wives over leau ones and
are more solicitous as to the number
of pounds which their brides weigh
than about the stock of accomplish-
ments they possess. A girl is put un-
der the process of fattening when she
is about 12 years of age. Her hands
are tied behind her, and she is seated
on a carpet during so many hours ev-
ery day, while her "papa" stands over
her with a matraque, or big stick, and
her mother at times pops into her
mouth a ball of couscoussou, or stiff
maize porridge, kneaded up with
grease, and just large enough to be
swallowed without the patient choking,
says the Brooklyn Eagle.
"If the unfortunate girl declines to
be stuffed, she Is compelled, so that
ere long the poor girl resigns herself
to the torture and gulps down the
boluses lest she should be beaten. In
Brazil corpulence Is also considered
the essential point of female beauty,
and the greatest compliment that can
be paid lo a Brazilian lady is to tell
her that she grows fatter and fatter
every day.
I-ate FhiU.
I and dessert spoon, and the carved de-
sign heavy and curious. Horns-of-
plenty are typical of worldly prosper-
| itv, the laurel wreath of fame, the
torch of Hymen or success in love,
with climax of a happy marriage,
palms for victory and the crown of
eternal life, "word done, heaven won!'
COAT AND CAPE.
1—Pale beige silk coat, with much
cut work to show the point d'esprit
lining of white, mounted on a pale
blue foundation; the coat is braided
with narrow silk braid, about the cut-
tings; the Napoleon collar is faced
with panne of this same color; the rev-
el's are decorated by full puffed motifs
of Cluny lave, embroidered with gold;
about the edges are double ruffles of
lie Ik Well fur llie Tank, Hav-
ing l'as*eil Many Ytar.l in tl o l-aml
/ lloieri—Serveil Once i A« wtant
S#®r«'t!«ry of Mute.
William Woodville Rockhill, ap-
pointed by the president to go to China
to advise the government here of the
condition of things in the celestial em-
pire, 1h probably better qualified for
that task than any other man in Amer-
ica.
Mr. Rockhill has spent many years
as a student, explorer and traveler in
the far east, especially in the Chinese
empire, and has won world-wide fame
by his work on China and the Chi-
nese.
Although he is as yet in the merid-
ian of his life, Mr. Rockhill has ac-
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mousseline de soie, edged with fuelling.
Beige hat, with ri ses.
2—Cape of white cloth, with beige
silk, stitched and applied design; long
boa ends, and ruffiings of accordion
plaited chiffon, with ruched edges.
Folded beige toque, with black velvet
flowers.
Long black gloves, elbow length are
one of the smart fads of the hour, and
they are worn with cosjtumes where
there is a note of black.
A novel hair ornament consists ot 1
two full iilov/n roses attached to each
other by a slender wire, which is in-
visible when arranged on the hair.
The roses are worn geishawlse, one at
each side of the head, and as the petals I nisher who is afraid of her own taste
are showered with brilliants they flash j in selection is s:ife in adopting drap
Coo "Bad for the "Boy.
In endeavoring to abolish the time-
honored title of 'brakeman" on pas-
senger trains, railroad officials are
striking a blow at one of the small
boy's first heroic ideals in life. The
defense of the railroad man is that
brakemen have ceased to be brake-
men, since nowadays, owing to air
brakes, they have nothing to do with
"braking" in a legitimate sense. It is
true that the brakeman maintains his
established right of calling the names
of stations in his own perplexing way,
but otherwise his duties are very dif-
ferent from what they were twenty
years ago. It is, therefore, proposed
to call the brakeman "assistant con-
ductor."—Ex.
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I ijflit Furnishing-#.
The craze for the blue and white of
Delft ware has penetrated to every de-
partment of furnishing and the fur-
and sparkle with every movement, i eries and china of this design. Blue
says the Pittsburg Dispatch. | and white tiling looks well in almost
The latest silver novelty Is the [ any room and a couch with blue drap-
"prophecy," or "good wish" spoons, in- j eries and pillows is a pretty corner
tended as a birthday or wedding girt j furnishing for any of the lightly fur-
In size it is between the ordinary tea | ished rooms.
WILLIAM W. ROCKHILL.
complished vast results in his special-
ty of orientalism. He is the son of
Thomas Cadwalader Rockhill, a lawyer
of Philadelphia, and he was educated
in France. He entered, as a lad of 11,
the Lycee Bonaparte in Paris, and for
several years he was a student of the
Chinese, Sanskrit and Thibetan lan-
guages and of comparative philology
in the College of France. In this
science the French are most excellent
masters. In 1871 lie was enrolled as a
student at the Ecole Militaire of St.
Cyr. When he was graduated in 1873
he was given a commission as a lieu-
tenant of the French ariny in Algeria.
and served in that country until 1876.
when he resigned and returned to
America.
After a short stay at home Mr. Rock-
hill returned to Pal is to resume his ori-
ental studies. In 1884 he was well pre-
pared for the post of second secretary
to the American legation at Pekin, to
which lie was appointed by President
Arthur. One year later President
Cleveland raised him to the post of
secretary of legation, in which capac-
ity he served until 1888.
It was In the last named year that
Mr. Rockhill began the work which
was to make him famous. Resigning
his diplomatic, post, lie started out up-
on a journey through mysterious Mon-
golia and Thibet. For this he had pre-
pared himself by a thorough study of
the spoken languages of China and
Thibet. He reached the eastern region
of the latter country and surveyed
more than 1,70(1 miles of these un-
known lands. On his return ha pub-
lished the results of his investigations
under the title of Land of the Lamas,
which book is now an authority in this
line.
The volume was yet in tlie review
stage when the daring and accom-
plished author set out for a second
journey over the same territory. He
was gone one year, traveled 30,000
miles and published his observations
in his book. Diary of a Journey in
Mongolia and Thibet. lie was re-
warded with the Victoria gold medal
of the Royal Geographical society
and was elected honorary member of
several learned institutions and socle-
ties in America and abroad.
In 1893 Mr. Rockhill was appointed | j"vs his round ,,ie ll,,ks
head clerk of the department of state,
In 1894 third assistant secretary of
state, and in 1891! assistant secretary of
state. More recently he was assigned
to his present position of director of
the bureau of American republics. His
translations from the Chinese sacred
books rank with the products of the
best oriental scholars in Europe, and
he is without a superior as an expert
In sinology.
PROTECTING THE CAME.
Uirhd Recently Orgaulietl to Do the
Work.
Ixivers of the woods and of wild ani-
mals know that there has been an
alarming decrease in all kinds of
North American game, and that some
of the noblest species are in imminent
danger of extinction. The matter is
attracting the attention of state legis-
latures and public-spirited persons,
and has led to the organization of the
lyeague of American Sportsmen, the
aim of which is to create a standing
army of game protectors, with repre-
sentatives In every state and territory
of the Union. There are now nearly
3,000 members. Including such men as
Governor Roosevelt of New York. Gov-
ernor Richards of Wyoming, Dr. C.
Hart Merrlam, chief of the United
States Biological Survey, Mr. W. T.
Hornaday, director of the New York
Zoological park, President Jordan ot
I.eland Stanford Junior university,
President Oilman of Johns Hopkins
university and Mr. Ernest Seton-
Thompson, the artist-naturalist. An
illustration of the good which the
league is doing comes from California.
Long before the first white man en-
tered the Golden Gate a vast herd of
seal3 dint sea-lions played about the
entrance to San Francisco bay. Part
of the herd still remains—perhaps
thirty or forty thousand—an object of
interest, oven of affection, to the peo-
ple of the state. Yet a few months
ago the California fish commission de-
cided to have all these creatures
killed. Expert hunters and riflemen
had already been engaged; but the
league took the matter In hand, and
interested the authorities at Washing-
ton so effectually that the herd was
saved. The protection of song and
insectivorous birds; war against the
"game liogs" who disfigure the papers
with pictures of themselves posing be-
side piles of game or before clothes-
lines full of fish; above all, the crea-
tion of a love of wild animals and a
gentlemanly and exalted standard of
sportsmanship—these are the Interests
of the league. At present it is work-
ing to save the antelope of our west-
ern plains from going the melancholy
way of the buffalo.
How a Solriler I'eelN In Battle.
The worst time the soldier passes
through, says a veteran, is not wben
he is under fire—no matter how thick
the bullets fly—but about half an hour
before the battle begins. Whether a
man is a novice or an old campaigner,
he is pretty sure to feel solemn then.
His thoughts turn toward his home
and friends; he speculates on the pos-
sibility that he may be spending his
last hours on earth. In fact, nothing
makes so great an impression on the
soldier's mind as the time he spends
just before the battle. It sobers the
most daring and reckless men. But
the mood soon passes. Within five or
ten minutes after the firing has com-
menced all (lie depression has disap-
peared and is succeeded by a feeling of
keen excitement, amounting III some
cases to a regular frenzy. The soldier
sees his comrades falling around him,
but the only impression, as a rule, is
one of regret, with possibly an ide.i
that their death must lie avenged.
t liaraelerlslle of lilmeng.
Ginseng is parsnip-shaped, and when
freshly dug is of a white, creamy col-
or. The root is bitter to the taste, but
not unpleasant, and is highly valued
in China for ifs supposed medicinal
properties in combating fatigue anil
old age. In that country it can only
be gathered by permission of the
ruler.
Agetl Seolrli tlolfer.
Mr. Tom Morris, the well-known
Scotch golfer, attained his 79th year
the other day, and, as usual on his
birthday, played a round of the St.
Andrews links. The veteran golfer,
notwithstanding his advanced age, is
hale ami hearty, and almost daily en-
I'aiiHwortl to ili«* Tower.
| The Lord Mayor is the only person,
j besides the Queen and the Chief Con
j stable who knows the password to thf
I Tower of London. The password is
sent to the Mansion House quarterly
; signed by Her Majesty.
■ Bicycles are now largely used in
| place of horses on cattle ranches.
iAi (.in rokKk
TO P RINCE .
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himself with enough money to liv*
during the remainder of bis life.
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FROCK OF FIGURED ORGANDIE OVER SILK.
Trimmed with lace; yoke and flounce around bottom of ,-klrt and of plaJn
whlt« muslin, tucked.
Up among the orange groves of Po-
mona county, in southern California,
lives a man who in his day was
counted the most skillful poker player
who ever "cashed in a chip." It was
he who taught the principles of poker j
to the Prince of Wales, and in 1870, j
when Gen. Phil. Sheridan was in |
Paris, he was asked to show no less ,
an aspirant than the Emperor Napo i
leon III. the mysteries of the great
American game.
Sixty-three years ago George Albro
was born in Philadelphia. When a
boy he went to Washington as a page !
in the United States senate. At the j
national capital he saw the high roll-
ers of congress gathered about the
card tables and there he picked up his
first knowledge of the game, After-
wards he developed into a professional
gambler, and for years he was known
in all the large cities of the country
as a man for whom "the only limit i
was the ceiling." Fortunately for him- J
self Albro had a devoted sister who |
from time to time persuaded him lo ; I'lay even a game of whist. 1 he sight
invest a porllon of his winnings in real ! of a card, he declares, is repulsive to
estate, and, therefore, he now finds | h'ni.
mm/
GEORGE ALBRO.
has been several years since he has
gambled, and at present he refuses to
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