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Show FOHJIGN WARES iN CHINA. i I l.urtaclng Demand There for the Products of the vVest. 'I ..e Chlneso peasant Is no longer . intent to burn bean oil; ho wants ! rosene. In scores of humble Laos jmos I saw American lamps, costing . 0 rupees apiece, and a magistrate proudly showed me a collection of 19 of those shining artlclon. Tho narrow streets of Canton are brilliant with German and American chandeliers, anil myriads of private houses throughout the emplio are lighted by foreign lamps, The desire of the Asiatic to possess foreign lamps Is equalled only by his passion for foreign clocks. The demand de-mand for clocks Is Insatiable. I count ed 27 In the prhate apartments of the emperor of China and my wife 10 In tho bedroom of the empress dowager, while cheaper ones tick to the delight ed wonder of mrlads of humbler people. peo-ple. Century. |