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Show FOREIQN?VARES IN CHINA. t IncreaBlng-tDemand There for the - products of the West. Tho Chlncso pewant Is no longer content to burn lean oil; ho wants kerosene. ; In- scorci of humblo Laos homes I saw.Ameritan lamps, costing 20 rupcos-apjeco, and a mnglstrato proudly sho"wod me a collection of 10 of theso shlnTng articles. Tho narrow1., Erects 0f Canton aro brilliant withj; German and American chandelicrsVand myriads of prlvnto houses tlirQifehout the cmplro aro lighted byr- foreign lamps. Tho dcsjrdjOf thQARiatlc to possess foreign lartifiris equalled only iby, his passion fqr,-foreign clocks. Tho demand de-mand for cjocksilnsatlablo. counted count-ed 27 In thojirlateapartmet8iof the emperor of "China and my wlfd Id" in tho bedroorn 6t the empress doVngor, whllo chcdperoncJtlck to tho delighted delight-ed wonder of.myrliih of humbler people peo-ple Century. |