Show FOREIGN WARES N CHINA increasing demand there for the tho products of the west the chinese peasant is no longer content to burn bean oil he wanta wants kerosene in scores of humble laos homes I 1 saw american lamps costI costing 20 rupees apiece and a magistrate proudly shon showed ed me a collection ol lection of 0 13 19 of these shining articles the narrow streets of canton are AM brilliant alth ith german and Amer american leall chandeliers and myriads of private houses throughout the tho empire are ard lighted by foreign lamps the desire of the asiatic to POS foreign lamps Is equalled equal led only by his passion for foreign clock the demand for clocks is I 1 1 27 in the private ats it 14 of the emperor of china and my wife 13 19 to in the bedroom of the empress dowager while cheaper ones tick to t the be delighted wonder of myriads of humbler people century |