Show i i itt ati S tt ili itt it tt ti i i 5 5 t i 4 1 ff f f f ac aff ff f t A current ca F fe ee ob topics TO IV 9 acts X AN Z 1 IX 11 f k 40 Y of sy sf rf 0 40 aist v i att f rf A chinese Mi sins nider sir chi chen lo 10 feng luh the chinese 11 ese minister to london has been the most prominent figure amons among tho the chinese diplomats in the west since the trouble begin beg in ln at pekin it la Is believed that lo 10 feng has been used as a kind ot of clearing house by the chinese government in dealing with its ministers awad messages and decrees have SIR CHI CHEN LO FENO FENG LUIL LUH been sent to the other ministers through the london legation A nato duac duke charles edward of 0 albany now the duke of 0 saxe coburg and gotha Is the son eon ot of the late prince leopold youngest son of 0 queen victoria leopold died in 1884 three months before the birth 0 of his son the mother before her marriage to P pr r n c e leopold was the princess helen of wald i ceck pyrmont sister 11 f of the queen t of waldeck hol I 1 land a n d young duke of 0 albany prince leopold was tar far removed from the throne ot of saxe cobers and gotha until the death last year of 0 the tha crown prince of 0 the realm and the solemn abdication ot of all his rights by the duke ot of connaught victorias third eon con the new ruler Is 16 years old and during his minority the regency will will bs do hold bold by prince ernest ot of hohenlohe langenburg a son in law ot of the late prince alfred hart t sense jefne 0 f humor sir robert hart chief of the chinese maritime customs was a penniless irish lad yet by perseverance and honesty he be rose to the highest european position in china ile he his has a keen though otten often unsuspected sense 0 of humor once when on a visit to the home land sir robert was accompanied by a chinaman who acted in the doable capacity 0 of companion and spy so closely did he dog the customs officials steps as to become a general nuisance at last even sir robert lost all patience and one fine morning the oriental woke up to find that a substantial part art ot of his pigtail 1111 was a missing unwilling to appear before the public in this disgraced condition he insisted on remaining in his room and sir robert spent tho the remainder ot of his visit in peace she snubbed A ifor the duchess of 0 buccleuch Buc who was the first ot of the english aristocracy to administer the irrevocable cut to william wililam liam waldorf astor was the lady who first befriended the former american in his efforts to edse ed e himself into the royal set in london she Is the dear friend of the prince and princess of wales and Is the of fashion for or all london the duchess it Is said was liberally paid by mr astor actor A AL it fl L 9 1 1 0 14 it V op DUCHESS OF for her patronage and there Is no question but that she gave cave quid pro quo the outrageous insult to sir berkeley milne however wiped out the money obligation and she joined heartily with royalty when royalty royally pronounced the doom ot of the snob front from new york the duchess before her marriage in 1881 1884 was the lady jane hamilton third daughter of the first duke ot of Amer corn she li Is mistress ot of robes robea to 19 queen Victo victoria gen miler lilot uniform the new uniform of 0 lieutenant gen ral iral which has been built after designs made by gen miles himself promises to create a reform in europe which will bring the old style military dress of high rank up to date gen miles new regimentals are something to shame shama the antique styles of the continent and great britain while abroad tho the american commander was impressed by tho the coata worn by various officers in tho the imperial army of russia on oa its his return he set to work mentally to invent a uniform for his own wear the concrete result Is a noble creation of the art of the mill tary lary tailor the coat Is of a rich dark blue material illuminated w with I 1 t h triple rows of buttons there are collars and cults cuffs ot of dark blue velvet and the cuffs are three gen ali a ln in new inches inched in n depth there are uniform gold epaulets with solid crescents bearing three stars instead of two as under the old regime the shoulder straps of dark blue are tour four inches long bordered with gold embroidery and on each strap are aret brea thres stars embroidered in silver in selecting his headgear and that of his staff gen miles has followed the russian fash fashion lon and on great occasions he will wear the cap which in europe seems to be the symbol of a great and terrible power the illustration Is 13 after a photograph recently taken major von madai IA N 4 in command of the first german marine battali batt alloin oln it was to him that emperor william addressed his famous no quarter speech ampro improvement bement lr it I t Ji needed ceded although we lead the world in aggregate wheat production in yield per acre we are tar far behind tho the most enlightened countries of europe and stand next in order and but little above the average attained by the miserable crabl ryot of india or the but 11 lately serf of russia although we make millions of pounds of the best butter and cheese to 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 markets where it has suffered by the unscrupulousness of some of our farmers and shippers international monthly A deep what has happened to james boothby burke roche member of the british parliament for kerry Is ile he fighting the boxers in china Is he prospecting in the klondike or has he been foully dealt with or killed by accident N none 0 n e of at mr r roches friends in new york or 0 r washington can answer these questions and the M burke roche P s baggage has been stored away by the proprietor ot of holland house new york pending the clearl clearing ng up of 0 the mystery mr roche registered at the holland bouso in april from london he left there ther about may IS 16 saying he would soon return and leaving orders that his room be not cot disturbed since then he h has never been heard from coo jorfor for the koy in endeavoring to abolish the time honored title ot of brakeman on passenger trains railroad officials are striking a blow at one of the tha small email boys first heroic ideals in life the tha defense of the railroad man Is that brakemen have ceased to be ba brakemen since nowadays owing to air brakes they have nothing to do with braking in a legitimate tense sens it Is true that tho the brakeman maintains his established right ot of calling the names name ot of stations in bli own perplexing way but otherwise his bis duties are very different from what they were 0 twenty years ago it Is therefore pro proposed posed to call the brakeman assistant con r ex |