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Show thc dmam city or cram (SPECIAL C0PRL5P0INDE.NCD There ia one city In the Orient that Jailor will show you how they came disappoints no one; and that is Can- there. Along his cell are heavy ratton. A day or a week in Canton is the food of dreams for a lifetime. The blaze and splendor of her shops and the babel of her narrow streets, the horrors of her prisons and the delights of her graveyard linger on in memory with the unreality of some dream city. Shanghai and Hongkong, with their English shops and broad streets, give no idea of the real China, but in Canton one finds himself in the heart of the ancient kingdom. Comfortable river steamers, with English officers, ply between Hongr run up the kong Canton, a river. Along the way one Chukiang passes remains of ancient and modern forts, French, English and Chinese; river towns and fertile areas of rice and tea. The Shameen. near which our boat lands, is the foreign settlement, a small area containing consulates, banks, a foreign hotel and a few residences. Its streets are broad and well shaded and its gardens attractive. On the river side lie gunboats of the powers, and all around the Shameen flows a broad canal, whose two bridges are guarded by Chinese noldiers and blocked at night by massive gates. Over the bridge our procession passes and in a moment is lost in the labyrinthian depths of the native city. This is a city of blood and dark mysteries, a city from which even Chinamen flee to escape the robbery and murder which follows in the train of the mob and the private edicts of the mandarins. This is the city of starving poverty and plundered wealth, the city from which 97 per cent of the Chinamen in the United States have j emigrated. Our shout to other , coolies, peddlers and merchants to clear the way, and as the advance, the poles of our chairs crowds give way and stand scowling or merely curious to see the occupants of the chairs. There is much good nature, however, for this is famine time In the crowded provinces of the upper river and the American consul has given away stores of rice, and so the people say America is their very good friend. Some laugh at our clothes, or our fair skins, but there is no shouting or insult. some rumor may set fire to the city and make the streets impassable to foreigners. On through the babel of shops we pass through the streets of of fanmakers. gamblers, silk merwood carvers chants, stonecutters, and curio dealers. Markets are everywhere, and seem clean and Inoffensive. A .visit to one of the ancient clubhouses gives some idea of how the wealthy Chinaman enjoys his leisure. There are fine gardens and ponds of The massive stone pillars goldfish. are carved in high relief, and over the stage are ancient wood carvings of One beautiful sages and courtiers. room Is no longer used because a member of the club died there very mysteriously, and his friends are afraid of the devils. The main abode of the devils, however, Is the Temple of Horrors. Here are ancient wooden figures representing the various punishments which the devils will Inflict upon those whom to bring the flesh away at every blow, clubs to break bones and cords to strangle. It le not difficult to extract confessions by such persuasion. Not far away is the execution ground where the executioner "makes much money," being paid by the head. It Is a relief to go from this sicken- - of many learned works, was at first a poor weaver; Herschel, one of the most eminent astronomers, rose from the low station of a flfer boy in the army; St. Paul, one of the greatest and most dashing and inspiring of Biblical characters, was a weaver of goat hair, and David, the sweetest singer of them all, was a Ehepherd boy, who tended hi flocks in the hills and dreamed the wise sayings which have come down to usUo cheer the world into better and geV-le- r living. red-heade- tans, warranted burden-bearers- To-morro- shot-maker- . '; : 1 & $ are absolutely Indifferent to the death of their nfighlKrs; people who have maintained a great empire since the dawn of history, but are ignorant of the road to the next province. Here are people honorable and upright In in every bucinens. yet savagely-corrup- t branch of government. It Is not pos sible to grasp the reality of life under such anomalous conditions without such an Intimate residence as no for eigner has had. Much of the Inside Information given to the world by teachers, missionaries and consular officers has been gained from the wily and astute mandarin who enjoys such opjKrtunitle8. These officials are (he secret of China's weakness. Having political and magisterial powers, they plunder and oppress the people and resolutely oppose any change which X i 4 BAHBEE SHOP 1 Two doora boutn of P. O, 55 ! ' A .4 t ng : the courtyard Problem Presented for Inspector of Schools to Answer. An inspector of schools on one occasion told a class that they were the dullest set of boys he had ever met. A few days later he received through the post an effiifion addressed to tha Examiner What Goes to Schools. It was a long letter, In which tha writer complained of the gentleman's ?Piartnes, and wound up as follows: "If we're the dullest boys you ever met, why do you et sich posers? Why don't you give us a chance? You ax us questions as men couldn't anser. Any fule can ax qucstshuns, III ax you one of feytber's: If It takes 3 hundred and forty-fivand a half yards of white codderoy (corduroy) to mak a helephant a black waistcoat, how long would It take a lame black betle to crawl thru a barril of treakle? There THREE THROUGH TRAINS TO CHICAGO EVERY DAX VIA THE UNION PACIFIC LINE. C. 8. WILLIAE3, Commercial Agent, 10ft W. 2nd South Street, Salt Ex. many fortune tellers. The city court and prison Is of grewsome Interest. Before the gates are cage and stocks In which are culto the peoprits set outInasa warning stone paved court, Is ple. Inside. the Judicial chamber In which a score of soldiers and coolies lie sprawled It the shade. On the floor before tha tench are bloodstains, and the hldeoui LakeCitj t:::n:a::uu::::n::n:u::::un:a::K::::a!nt:KKiKn::nnann::n::::::aa:K:K:a rn:aa:aauanaaana::::a:a:aa::: U jaaaan::uuaaa:auxaanaa:::a fa mi In thc HEART r ' Chile's Nitrate Mine. The rural mitif of Chile, which fiirnlshrd th" vorlrfe mipplf of that tons last fertilizer, yloidPf i,2o,w work for fiirril.shod 21,000 jear, The at Work men. production of nitrate Is might deprive them of thHr privileges. limited In ordr that a hUh price mar Th povprnment tax No man dare be known as a rich man b maintained. In China, lest the mandarin send In on the on put was 21,000.000. the night and rob him nnder some World's Smallest Coin. pretense. The smallest coin In the world bavins a genuine circulation Is probHope for the Humblest. of one the greatest philos- ably the Maltese "grain," a tiny fragFranklin, statesmen of America, ment of hronte about as big around and ophers was once a printer's boy; Simpson, as the top of a slate pencil, and worth the Scotch mathematician and author only onetwelfth of a penny. and ClIICIGO, UILLWADKEE& ST. PAUL Room tor Hope. PrtMh Gen'l Agt. Pase. Dept., Salt Lake, Utah EASTBOUND at limes rieB on slopes of the mountains In dene cloud, darkening the sunshine. Othrr maintain that the i J , NEW SERVICE e Derivation of 'Panama.' It Is siipiosed by pome that Panama derived its name from thc native word for butterfly. Explorers of the Inter ior tell of swarms of butterflies, which I. A. Benton GEO. W. LUNT, Prop. laboring tr.fr, who are now clamoring for an eit-- j,our day should not allow to worry them. The learned pentbrrnn may not be absolutely correct In his figures. Denver Post. are DINING CARS Our dtock la entirely new and freh and none bnt pure drugs are uned In compounding prescriptions and finally recipes, whk-l- i are our upeclalty of tl-.l- s In I Service a la Carte on all through traim For descriptive pamphlets or other Information, Address The Burlington station in Chicago is in the heart cf tho HI; :::: ou land within a few t:: city. Is minutes walk of tho principal ill business houses and tho best : hotels. You can board a street- - jjj car right at the door for any part of tho city. On arrival in a large city these things count. The Dorlington No: CHICAGO 6 Is j ill our crack train Denver to Omaha and Chicago; !:: I:ae Denver 4 la p. m. Another good train leaves 10.:$5 p. ta. Dob't forvet our 2.00 p, m. and 10.35 p. m. tralDs for Kansas City and h entran. . Carriage (Tie Cobbler I Main Street Choice line of Drus. Patent Medicines, Druggists, Sundries. Totlet Articles, Perfumery, Stationery, Cigars and Tobacco : : : : .: See our swell line of LEATHER PURSES d GIVING HIM A "POSER." 8 LUNT'S PHARMACY d high-pitche- No Denver North of 8. P. V. On Main Street. tjit !as figured it ' ( e.iit that .'((, yrnr1? hence th days will bo f'n r.v hours lone, but .t Tral n No 2 Train No Chioajro Atlantis Kiprena Kjcprena Limited 7:10 pno 7: 0am 11:1pm LvOgden :1 8:90 " " 8: " Salt Lake : :W " " :18 " " Provo Si i am 12: am Ar Grand Juno'n. 6:40pm B:0H " 0:20 " Glenwood t S pa i:40 " 12:20am " Leadville ' M16pm Cripple Creek. 7:0 " 0:22 pm 1:: am " Pueblo 7 .40 V :4o " Colorado SpgsjjO " j pm 4ll " :0 " Denver New and elefmnt dining cara on all through trains, service a la carte. Through Pullmau and family aieeptng eara to Chicago. Three personally conducted tourist or family weekly excursion to New York City and Boa ton via Chicago or St. Louis. For ratea, dedcrlptive pamphlets and all la formation apply to any Ticket Agent or to Train w Half Block dowager empress, and his majesty, the emperor, at the summer palace some twelve miles outside Pekln. With the members of the diplomatic corps I attended the function and saw close at hand the most famous woman of modern history. She is In her 70th year, yet looks scarcely 69; of medium height, with keen black eyes and sallow complexion, gorgeously attired In cloth of gold, robes, wearing the peculiar head dress of the Manchu wom en, In which were strings of pearls. coral a.nd Jade of fabulous beauty and price. She has a soft, voice pleasing to the ear and far different from the ordinary voice common to most Chinese women. She sat on the highest seat of the throne, while a trifle below her and on her left (the place of honor In China), sat the emperor, a young man apparently of IS or 2, but In reality of over 20 year of age." A ihr jf Shaving, and Shampooing done in first claBs style. Hair-Cutti- THVH13 Between Grand Junction and Denrer EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 28, I0OO- - w name Is from nn I;, Man word meaning abounding In fi b. I V I Wheelwright and Painter. anser that!" 't'f THE LOMAX The Bent Line to SPKINQS, LEADVILLB, CRIP PLE CREEK, PUEBLO, COLORADO BPRINOS, DENVER AND ALL POINTS EAST. OLBNWOOD General Blacksmith, t it Three doors North of Post Office. Joseph Lindhart, ing place back to the streets of shops. The risksha in use in Shanghai and Hongkong is unknown In Canton, as the streets are paved with uneven and irregular stone flags, and are scarcely seven feet wide. In the widest parts two chairs can barely pass. Down these narrow lanes one passes under brilliant signs In gold and crimson and between shops crowding Into every available space. Many are open to thi street, but those with valuable stocks are closed with heavy gratings guarded by a servant. When there are many soldiers in town who might be expected to Indulge In their favorite pastime of looting, even the small shops are hastily barricaded until the Imperial troops pass on. No shopkeeper will open his doors to a Chinese soldier or sailor in uniform. As the city fades into the sunset horizon astern one feels that he is not much nearer an understanding of Chinese life and character. Here are people who vencrato their ancestors and mourn their dead for decades, but Prop. Denver & Rio Grande R, R. "Scettic Line of the World." jf Chinese Orchestra. mm, Courteous treatment, and flrat claaa work.1 9BO.O.WHITMORK, President. W. H. MoCOKNICK.VlRe-PreHiden- t. O. M. WHITMOKK, Cashier. EUUUNK (HLK8, Aastatant Cashier. ten-hou- chair-bearer- s N. A. General Banking In all Its branches. Special attention given to out of town business jA ,' $50,000 $90,000, Capital Surplus and Profits THE RULER OF CHINA. 4 CITY BARBER SDOP. lToip 13.1. d Traveler Tells of Interview With the Empress Dowager. A traveler who was recently in China writes: "The crowning feature of our stay In Pekin was the Imperial audience held by her majesty, the .THE. First National Bank St. Louis. I iMiifuii Ticket Off let: 79 Yeet Gtcond South St. K. F- - NESLEN, General Agt. SALT LAKE CITY. t: :i ammttnnmmtnnntnwtnmuutmnm |