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AN ARMY OF BEGGARS Mendicants Here, There and Everywhere In China. THE CHIEFS LIVE IN LUXURY

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•s-rwt. nl»uc caunlii and croeka, in nurkol i>i icna. at tho city ptra. both >'Ut«!iW and Inoldc. and i-«i>ool*Ily in the temple vard». I lie re are lie Etta ra here, tvssara there and beesara ererj»l.ea.i. and a mote pltlalilo night one enm. -t meet. Many of them are crip-pli-d "r 'atltk-ted with lepmusy and all ar<- .liemu-d llterall) In rap^ ehon. uio.v i 'g through the numeroua calm:- in the city and Mopping when I « i-tieil to'take a view. I lauded iiy a clean, ftvah painted. I=rge yamen. a|x>tleaaly white, with blue black tllea on the roof, and placed my camera agalnat the wall to photograph a hfe pap>da on the «tbe( aide of the canal. The usual CblnAte crowd aoon came around me. and nof a few licggara. 1 asked an Intelligent young Chinaman through my Interpreter who lived In this tine big inaUnion, no untumalty well kept for a Chinee* bonne. 1 wan not a Utile nytoniiih.id when 1 wa* told the legjtar chWjif-SboeLow. Tht* led me to tnake Inquiry about thejyatem of begging hi China, which ■ la wonderfully we!^ organized under arbeme that works admirably and .la of course very ancient, like all other Institutions In the Middle Kingdom. The chief has a fine residence, concubines by the .half dozen and very fine clothing, and he Is seen In the best of* society, bu} only where be la not known. Aa a mark of hla dignity be moves about with a long stick, which la allowed him by the city authorities. 12c slso has the power of life and death over hla beggarly subjects and punishes all offenses committed by

them.

The beptfar chief la a regular tendant at the marriage ceremonies and funeral proceeslooa of private families. In order to get hla pay tor keeping away his hungry crowd of beggars, who otherwise would hinder the festival or procession In a disagreeable, noisy way. t was told that the beggar chief of Soocbow has an Income of about J13.000 a year. The billet of the one In Shanghai city la worth abont t;..000. Most storekeepers have an agreement with the beggar chief to - keep hla staff away. They pay about II a year each, and !h return for thlr trifling amount the chief give* a printed receipt to the storekeeper, which the latter paste* on hla door, to the effect that he has paid hla tax and la exempt from the demands of beggars. There atw different kinds of beggars. Imperial beggar*, or lao yen ting (the words mean "old man's button”) have probably no parallel In the world, aa some of them are descendants of the ancient Ming dynasty or distinctly re-, lated to the present reigning Imperial bouse. They are scattered all over the country, are said to number upward of 10.000 and are specially numerous In Peking Imperial beggar* are easily recognised because they are allowed to wear garments of the Imperial yellow of different shade* Characters are painted In black «i the back and front of their robes to denote their profession. They wear either a straw hat or a relvet cap ornamented with a brass

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When first I saw. them 1 took then to be old degraded offldala. for there are hundreds of them In Soocbow. They carry a wooden bell -In tbelr hands to announce tbelr arrival. AS'g rule they are over sixty, year* of age and hare no family to support them.

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During the Americaii rltOl war savrral northern soldiers were talking together one day Just Iwfore the advance upon Corluth. A (all. ungainly raw recruit atrjqicd up to them with a bundle of soiled clothes In his hand. “Do yon know where 1 cun gel this done?" ho asked Two of the group were practiea ere. A bright thought flashed their head- and. as the sequel si unfortunately found expression, yea. we know. Jhst go up there with

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and are fnrnlsbed with the magistrate' They ape. of too aristocratic to he under the rule of 'the ordinary beggar chief. In Nankin there la quite a select pany of them, the order having been Instituted as far tack as the Ming dynasty. Tlnng Wu. the founder of the Ming dynasty, was oocc a t self. The rise from beggar • probably bests the-record of any dynasty U Europe. In pious remembrance of hla former profession Hung Wu to•tltuned this order, '' Urg-Jn certain cava or nrrisra that •re made In the city walk Tb* largest of these recesses Is forty feet Ion# by twenty tret wide; the inmates are vary • lodged and are decently

your bundle." pointing to the headquarters of Ueneral Grant. “Ton will see a abort, atout man"—describing the general—"who does washing. Take your bundle to him." The recruit 'thanked I hem and walked off In the direction Indicated. He gained entrance to headquarters and stood In the general's presence "What can I do for you?" said General Grant. "I was directed here by pie of soldiers. They told me that you did washing ami I hare a bundle here." General Grant probably Joyed the situation, hut his Imperturbable face did‘not relax. lie simply asked the quo-'t'.on. “Could you Identify these men agulbT' "Yea, air." well. You ahull have a chance.” Turning to au orderly, he directed him to call a’ guard, go with the r the Jokers were standing, ready to enjoy the discomflture. and let him Identity them. ‘'Take the tnen to the guardhouse, give them this man's bundle of clothes and ynakc them wash It thoroughly. See that the work Is well done." The general was obeyed to the letter. Gao*cal Sheridan'* Request. When General John M. Wilson. C. 8 A, retired, was superintendent of public buildings and grounds In Washingunder Cleveland lie was Invited aftcrnuia by General Phil Sheri to accompany him on a. carriage e about the city. The hero of Winchester was in flue splrlts'until they approached Scott circle. In the center of which loomed the equestrian statin' of Genera) Wlnfleifl Scott. Then Little Phil became Serious, ftidnlng.. it and gazed earnestly

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“Wilson."'said General Sheridan. . hare an Incurable malady and do not - expect to live more than n year. When I am dead I suppose that my eqo*w trlan statue will bexreeted somewhere In Washington. 1 request here and now that yoqwe to it that I an. seated upon sutt^on ontrngeoiuvlooking horse as that upon which the sculptor has placed Scott." The Scott horse, by the way, modeled after one of the favorite n ridden by General John Morgan, the daahlng Kentucky Confederate cavalryman. a fact known only to General Wilson and a few other persona in Washington Herald.

The magistrates are liable to pay the Imperial beggar* aa show a nee every year, but II Is said they often forget It, aa they

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