Show IN OLD TIENTSIN CITY CllYj BOMB A9PPCT8 OP LI HUNO CHANGS QTI10NQIIOLD h III tnl h Ihe Only Alrahle Inrt of ThU Tjtlrllj hln n Town III li < r At ion l Bntlr llrlnc Unit b Illtk IIKSI ricrtJRRa show some of llio 11 belter aspect of I ha big city 01 llcntsln seventy f fI mile up tho Trill ntnl about eighty nillr < i from 1cklti duo picture shows the town hall In which thohuslncs of tlm munlclpamy I transacted which nan creeled liy Kuropran architects Another view give n glimpse of Victoria road I on which tho lownhallUsllunted This part uf llio city U I lighted by gas nml I near Ibo river runt where the rntlro foreign population live ThU Is I the only attractive part of llio Wg town fur tho Ihlncsc quarter la I uncleanly anil I decidedly unwholesome Tha traveler who gets hi Itrsl Men of China nA lie I inlera the inimtli of the lclIIIII l I Mruclt with tlm rxtrnonll nary llatncM ntut inonutony of tho country Them In nothing pretty or InterMtlng ubmit Ilia Hat legion IKV I I turnit thenumth of tho rUcr atul tho tl1 tow n where the Ornnd eatml Join limx HAII TIKXTXIX he rive Here mid them I n lltllo I Illnifi with IU ailjneent raiejnnl ml little patch ot rive Irrigated by lichen ntnl trunKlm Th Irnveler lm > U > nty opportunity to see nil that Is tn IKI I seen for Ilia Menniern nro com HllisI to travel very slowly nml eun hen they seldom reueh Tientsin without with-out grounding mini banks A recent writer In llio fortnightly lovlaw say that Tlent > ln U n r vila Ion Tho Wg cities of llio south hate nucli Hint picturosqua nlimit them ml In Tleiutlii Iicro nothing 1 bright or attractive outside the foreign quarter quart-er exclt tlia ilothcn of Un Inhabitant Tho city I the lioino of II Untie Chang ami tho splendid hospitality with nhteh lie hat tlmo again treated hi Mint from other laniU pcrhap account In port for tlm very glittering glitter-ing estimate of hU character patriot lim anil ability wlilcli ha l > ccn spread i over western land ThU U I tlio headquarter head-quarter nf hi Kuropoan tnilneil col dlcqi over oixw In number who It I wat supposed won M provn almost In vlnclblo In tlmo of war They mot tho Japanr hiiwevcr ul Ilng ang anil were put to light 11M easily as the untrained un-trained soldier of tho Chinese emperor em-peror II Hung Chang hat been credited with advanced Itleainndn great liking for all thing western nml It U sur irlilng that hn ha nntdona something io linprovu tho sanitary condition of IhU city There U no large Chinese limn more filthy thaiiTlenUln Kvory foreigner who vlsllnlt carrlr away a vivid Impression of dirt heat and bad nicll 1 ho city though It hna near a million Inhabitant docH nut spread over MI iniirli territory u many n smaller Chinese city It 1 U I tho commercial com-mercial port of 1ckln and hero nru stored vast quantities of wheat rice millet textile and prepared mciiU which cnmo up from the ooutli by way lot Iir uf tho llrand 1 cunal to supply llio I mil lloni of northern China wIth the irean of kubslstcncc Commercially Tlcnt tin U I far moro Important than Any other city In tint northern part ot the empire Like 1ekln tho city ontllde of tho foreign quarter cOIIIta chiefly of nmJ brick and bamboo house only one story high nml huddled together with Utlu kemhlance of arrangement Nobody ever heard of the street III a north China toun living III for trafllc and those of Tientsin 11111 ucil un eell and full of rutir nru bad enough I I VKTOIIIA IIOAIl TICXTSIN to bring almost any spring curt to I I s > ecily viet The streets nro tliero ceptaclv for the refuse of nil tlio house built ulonjf them and the to nru no contractor to haul away tlio not I koma garbage WIOM > smell nscvnd to I heaven In dry weather thu ruadsaro I many Inche deep with dust Tlio result re-sult of Tientsins sanitary condition It that It la I a very unhcaltVul place where some cpidemla or another Is nearly uhvojs breeding Smallpox la 1 found there nearly all the year round After a few hours Inspection ot tbo Chinese quarter tho Mrnnger Invariably Invaria-bly turn with relief to tho moro pleasant pleas-ant foreign city along the rl rand to tho wharvci where all It I bustle and whoro ara crowds ut vessels of every sort from houtcboat to gunoout VUHors to 1cllln sometimes tnlio tlio river route and snmctlme the road The distance by tho road IA I eighty miles but ns the Pel Ho I a remarkably remarka-bly crooked stream the distance by river I nearly doubled It cost nbout 910 to buy transportation for one from Tientsin to Iekln mid tho passenger han to supply hit own provision The quicker roll to l ly way of Iho road nnd a pair of mule sometime traverses trav-erses tho rough highway In fortyeight hours though thlt speed make hard work for the animals |