The skull appeared at midnight, like a dream, And said, "The things you spoke to me to-day Were like the speech of those who speak, but ser To know not what they say." "Such things as those to us are no concern, For after death,- but would you hear of death?' "I would," Kwang Tsze replied. "Then to me turn, For I am scant of breath." "Time does not change for us with hopes or fears, We know not of the seasons' death, or birth, Tranquillity and ease are ours, the years Are those of heaven and earth." "No King in his proud court can e'er enjoy More bounteously-," "I fear you overdraw Your picture," said Kwang Tsze, "suppose that I Could change death's changeless law," And that the lord and master of all life Could bring your body back to life again, Restore your friends and children, parents, wife, The skull stared at him with a stony gaze, And knitted brows, and said, " And thinkst thou then That I would leave these joys of endless days To toil once more with men ?" The Upland Meadow. 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TOPICS OF THE DAY. LATEST ASPECTS OF THE CHINESE ACCORDING to Bradstreet's the Chinese boycott of Ameri can goods has gained headway only in two places-at Canton where it has "made some progress," and at Shanghai where it "has assumed a really serious aspect." Other papers, while noting that the boycott is not being adopted as extensively as was feared, claim that it has stirred up or brought to light a very threatening spirit in China. Thus a despatch to the New York Evening Post (Ind.) reports that "the movement against Americans is spreading," and that "an ugly rancor against Americans personally is being brought into existence, .." while the St. Louis Globe Democrat (Rep.) foresees another Boxer uprising which will involve many nations besides the United States, and says: "It is beginning to be feared now, however, that the boycott will extend to other countries. The spirit which has been aroused by the attack on America is showing itself in a movement against all foreigners. It is an evidence of the new program of selfassertion by the Chinese, such as led, during the Boxer insurrection, to an assault on all foreigners in the empire." But whatever may be the actual state of affairs, it is generally believed that, if the trouble is allowed to go on, the "smoldering race hatred," as the New York Evening Post (Ind.) again remarks, 'may be fanned into a flame, and serious consequences may follow." The latest act complained of is a scheme to prevent the landing of American goods by refusing the use of lighters and persuading coolies not to work on American ships at the seaport towns. Wong Kai Kah, the Chinese imperial trade commissioner, who has been sent here to negotiate for a new treaty, declares in an authorized interview that the boycott is not sanctioned by his government, but is simply a private enterprise" on the part of merchants and gentry of the Flowery Kingdom. President Roosevelt, however, is not so sure on this point. In fact, says the New York Herald (Ind. Dem.), he "seems to have made up his mind that the continued boycott against American goods is encouraged WHOLE NUMBER, 802 by Chinese officials." Hence he has directed Minister Rockhill to call the attention of the Chinese Government to the Tientsin Treaty of 1858. This treaty provides that "at each of the ports open to commerce, citizens of the United States shall be permitted to import from abroad and sell, purchase, and export all merchandise of which the importation and exportation is not prohibited by the laws of the Empire." The Springfield Republican (Ind.) and the New York Evening Post (Ind.) do not approve of this. In UNCLE SAM-"Wow! pinches !" THE SHOE THAT PINCHED. восла Great jumping-jacks! Get it off, John. That shoe their opinion it is an unwarranted effort to compel the Chinese Government to find a market for American goods in China. But the New York Sun (Ind.) declares that "the notification is specific, proper, and reasonable," and further says: "It is imputing folly to those charged with the protection of our treaty rights to represent them as capable of supposing that the right of Americans in China to import and sell non-prohibited goods puts upon the Chinese Government the responsibility of providing a market and finding purchasers for the imported wares. 'The treaty right to import and sell, however, does impose upon the Chinese Government full responsibility for the continued free access of American goods to the Chinese market, whether conditions for sale in that market are good or bad. It is the plain duty of the Chinese authorities, in case of any interference with the landing of American goods, as a violent incident of the boycott, or by any other process, public or private, to secure to the American merchants their full enjoyment of the rights defined in Article 15, either as to the landing of goods or the sale of them, if purchasers are found willing to buy." Another cause of friction is the desire of the Chinese Government to revoke, or buy back, the concession granted to the American China Development Company of the right to build a railway between Canton and Hankow. The facts of this case as gathered from press accounts are these: This company which is now controlled by Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, secured the right to build this railroad about seven years ago upon the express understanding |