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Show ORIENTAL ECHOES. lin hoar V.'i,h U-:Mt ibo Noted 7"av;kr, Wri:cr acd L'.ctcrpr. II lit Mi llltMi fOMINfi 10 1 1 All- Vii'il 1-4,1 llir.mli l.akn MUM Va Vell.w Ji.iiV.I, I'eacoik rraitier and t nflhi. H waa lha unbounded pleature of a Ni w.i man to spn. mi hour with Fiftiil. U. arjient(.r,lhe grat traveler, writer and It t-turer, in hia ro ma at the Knntafurd lust nlicht. Hla le.tert have lieeiiftiilai.il hla vnlre heard to ftll the clvilued landa of earth. Hi annual pi fe.-rlha'h na have often curried him Into Ian J. (hat nero not clvilired In-t In-t at utintia ol vouulty where an A inert ru iiBvnr hef .re tr.d. All Ihl haa hin hisde po-alhle by an extenalve ar-utliiiaitca w ith and tbe full coofl. uence if bltrh tll.ia: In uufuwu ftnd l.aat night Mr. Carpenter carried hla fellow acrll-a on ft fanrllul globe Uniting l. ur, that for time appeared almoat real. it ail tbe lands travrted nu ml fnurl ul (uurney none were hide Iriti-tetdii g than Iboae Where dwell the countrymen of t onfucim Mid (he tut cts of tbe mikado. The letter, Mr. Carpenter la plea aed to dteitfnaleaa the Yank sea of Ihe Orb t hi, ar. 1 ll ty will form the Illume uf hia finely iliu;raled lecture Id tbe Itieit-r lorn rruw night. ( ouci-riiiug tha itereopticou view to bu u-ed In the lerlure tomorrow night, Mr. t arprhU-r said, "llioplo-turea "llioplo-turea lire Ihe llnt-at uf the kind ever -howii lu Aim nci and will be a reve-latiuit reve-latiuit tu Hi ae wimae pleasure it will be t bet. i, id theui. They were tuksn 'nun niy own riHrfttlvp and thiae of 'ha ptmiugrapher uf tbe Mikado, llieieare one hundre-i ol Iheiu and Hi-v were colored bT the moat famous Japanese arii-t, who are th ureaieat coiorlnl in the World. They will app r at leaat twenty feet tijuare on the cauvaa and wnl resemhle lUHguifl o.i tit paintiniia. The) represent every I hat of Japaneae life, from the em P'iror to lin- pretty girl, tnelr unique 'uiutet and tun v lea un i niouuieraole other thlUvta. "In the arounmlatioD ol (hear ctiutiiiiied Mr. I'arieiiter, "I bad evry potRihla lauihty. On my trip to the Orient I cwtrlvJ letter Ifnm tha J ai.aiieae mililaler at Wahlugtou, Hit e'Tuiy or aiau and oilier Inip diant eUloiat. It very thing waa tttrwwo opu lu m aud I waa icvd a cue a lu pUcea whein It had hitherto beti luipoatible for an American to cuter.' Conversation u.lu drlflwl to the Japaueat.Cbli.ese war aud lis efTect and Mr. Carpvnter said, "lhai will ii iv mo au ni.porluuliy lo aay anuie-Uiuiat anuie-Uiuiat ui Id lluiig t haug, who at tho leli-t'iNplih' dispatches) iu the NxwN ttu evening tay, Is on the way to Ku-r Ku-r i to a'tt nd the coroiiatlub of Ihe i tr of ituteia. lit it carrying his i-ePin with him that be may have ll 111-t.r at hand lu Ihe evm that ba f-'iuuld die lfjre bia return bum. He I .a m veiity-flve year ef aue, aud all i tl.Uia conaldcu-o, Ihe blRgeat man lu t hloa t day, notwithstanding the report re-port In the ii 'iitrary, ll bis niir I ii tluenue with tha emperor thau any other uiau and Is the tutor uf lha em- per r. Ittahiea be la much loved by the Lmpreas Oiwaier win waa aud is j the gnat rtiinadr of China. Mr, : t hang atands aix leet two Inches lu ' bia slot kiiitc and constantly wears ! guw-ii of silk thai reach from his neck to lit leal. A skull cap with a aalltaire dlntuoud aa big as the end of your tnumo, auiiiiuuma hia heed.'1 "What about hit yellow jacket aud peac-ick leather',''' 1 hey were takru from lilm becanaa nf lUv dltaatmu da lea la Ih Chluet aullen-d al tle bands of Hie sturdy, bald Iltfhllng Hltla Japs. These wera losiea, however, over which Ihe great Chang bad no control aud hi ajoiu mini were accordingly returned. 1 kui of tbe optulun that bis peacock 'rather will be en atlcklug out uf bis rap which lie Will Wear ou atate ooca ' "Who will coins witk blm to tbe I United rtiati-a?" Ha will probably have ft large rt-: rt-: lime aud will travel lo great stale. He la, you know, aaid to be very rich, being be-ing acbeuuiud lu the 6ii,iiuiJ,Owo el. and, Hku all wealthy Chinamen, speoda money like water. While in Tluhltiu 1 allende l one uf bis dinner, ll waa a awe alfair. The otip at thai dinner cost 6 a plate. "tieoeral John W. Foaier, ex-atmre-tary of atate, who It la said got t loo, dud lor axalallug Hi Chlllian In aeuunug their tiva'y w.iu Jmpbu, lol l me recently re-cently that uur BDVerumeut would piobHbly ahuw lA Hung I rang k",1 honor uu hi arrival bete. It la likely that he whl travel tn aneulal Irani, aud the probability is that be will visit hall I Lake uu his way from Waahlhglou to the Pan tla iroiu whenoebe will set sail to Chimi. iimI fiJect, lu your opinion, will tils vim lo l.urope and America have uu ft, ma,'" "Well, he wili see our great rail, ways and eteaiuships, will visit uur mines and fnuiurlvt, aud learu how etsily China with its overabundance of ixtreii.eiy cheap I. bur uau manu-.n.-tiire goe.it, ship f ieiu to America nud tell them iu our people cheaper I ti w it w o ct produce theui our-arivos. our-arivos. Whuu he gela back heme It will pr.hably mean a in w eru lu Chinese maunraoiure, U may indeed be a much dearer trip tu the United Status ihrtu the autsunt uf uu. in-)' we will spend In enterlaiulng Ibu old aim. nd ay. d prim e." Ih addliiuu to ibis Mr. Carpeuler aaid many more valuable aud interesting interest-ing thluu rertiding bis trip through (he Oileiit, Hla xperlenoe lu Chi a, J au and Ron a were uf a leuiaikable character and a unrrHiluu uf iheu: lu tne author's uuuaaumlug matleruMot iiiaiiuer ulmuil earn the Hateuer lulu ib cuuuliut uud hume of lb ktraug I eat peupl uu eartb. -e ... . ., |