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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1900.
FOODS FOR INVALIDS AND CHILDREN
(Copyright, 1899.
THE OREGOIAN'S HOME STUDYCIRCLE:
HOME SCIENCE AND
HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY
Contributors to this course: "Zlrs. Kelea Camp
bell, Mrs. Marjaret E. Sanger. Mrs. Kate
Gannett WeT.e. Mrs. Louise E. Hogan. MI& , of q diseases to which children are liable
Anne Barrow. Mrs Mary Roberts Smith. Mta ,would disappear entirely under strict su
imily G. Balch. Mte Lucy TVheelock anou vervisioT1 nT hv(T.PJ1 L ,,. ,,,,.
OtherS.
VIV. Foods for Invalids and Ch-
drcn. Xly Lonlwe E. Hopnn.
Owing to differences of temperament,
and constitution, even case of feeding
needs individualization, and where then
is doubt on the subject, even in condi
tions of health, the advice of an authority
on the subject should be sought. Fortu
nately for both invalids and children.
scientists and physicians are inclined to. "J
pay special attention to tnis important,
phase of preventive medicine, and It in
possible for mother, nurse and phyticiar'
to co-operate on food questions with sonui
hope of achieving deshable results.
1 he study of dietetics as applied to the-r.urst-ry
and the period of childhood, ati
-u ell as in its relation to Invalids, requires
practical application of theory to Indi
vidual needs no matter what system 01J
feeding is decided upon. Parents must
tmdei stand that what is provided for thti
average table in the way of food may not;
a'wajs be given with Impunity to chil
dren. "Wc'.i-trained nurses and expert
physicians appreciate more fully than par-
nts the benefit In disease that cornea
from well-selected, properly prepared and
Parents as
thoroughly assimilated food.
a niiO and many untrained nurses forget,
although they may acknowledge the im
portance of the fact, that the food an
adult can receive and assimilate does
harm to the tender organs of a child
organs that depend very largely for their
development upon a proper selection and
admiirfstratioH of assimilable food. Care
lessness and ignorance at this period of
life are quickly followed "by pernicious
rf ults.
The treatment of almost all diseases re
quires the special application of f6od
principles, and many of them, especially
in children, may be avoided by care in
this direction. Any one who will study
the nature of food products, whether
nitrogenous, carbonaceous or mineral,
their proportion of waste and water, those
needed to build tissue, furnish heat, puri
fy the blood, etc, will comprehend at once
the, value of dietetic knowledge in the se
lection and preparation of the food re
quired tinder special conditions. Dr. Bur
3iet, of London, says this knowledge is
the foundation of sound practical dietet
ics, and the subject is one of the greatest
Importance. Dr. Rotch, professor of dis
eases of children at Harvard, says in
"Pediatrics' ': "Just as the highest aim in
mrdical art should be directed to the
province of preventive medicine, so the
highest and most practical branch of pre
ventive medicine should consist of the
study of the best means for starting young
human beings in life. It is a proper or an
Improper nutriment which makes or mars
1h" perfection of the coming beings In
life. . . . "We should be guided by what
nature has taught tis throughout many
ages in studying the form of nutriment
suitable for an especial period of life."
A rourishing diet must be supplied dur
ing the entire season of a child's youth,
and at the same time be supplemented by
fa.vorablc hygienic surroundings and by
plenty of exercise of various kinds to call
every set of muscles Into play, lack of
sufficient exercise diminishing tissue
change. During this early period of life
larger supplies of certain food elements
are required than in adult life, when phy
sical growth has ceased and bodily activ
ity has grown less. It must also be un
derstood that under various conditions in
the liCe of the same child different foods
and quantities will be required. The diet
must be adapted to the power of the con
stitution at the time, and it must be of
the highest nutritive value possible
for present digestive power. If the
child's digestion is normal and its life an
active and out-of-door one, it can assimi
late more and stronger food than If. from
variations in climate and other causes, It
1( 3 us a more quiet life, and if for any rea
son its dirfstion is not tip to the normal
standard, consideration must be given par
ticularly to quantity and assimilation. It
must always be remembered that eating,
through repair, is intended to balance, not
to increase, the waste caused by the con
stant action and change going on in the
organs. This waste, if not fully counter
balanced, will soon cause suffering and ill
ness, but the mistake so constantly met
"with of overfeeding must be absolutely
avoded. The amount of nutrition In the
cases of delicate children and of Invalids
must be even more carefully considered.
One of the most important reasons for
this is that energy must not be wasted
in getting rid of superfluous material, as
organic disease may result A little food
thoroughly digested Is far better than
much that is half-digested. It is neces
sary to understand how to supply, as
rearly as possible, the same materials
that the body is regularly losing, as. for
instance, when we give heat-forming food
in cold weather and liquid in hot weather.
Drink constitutes food, as well as what
we eat.
As each nutritive ingredient serves its
own peculiar purpose, it can readily be
sern why it U necessary for a mother,
rurse or physician to understand some
thing of the elements of food and their
notion. A mother or nurse should be
able to detect immediate needs in indlvid
tiil caes, as on account of troximitv
they are generally the only ones who no
tice the daily variations in conditions re
oulring daily modifications of diet. While
they need not actually cook the food re
quired, they should know just what to
select -under certain conditions, and ex
act! v how to have it prepared. They
fhould not only be able to note by re
sets whether directions have been car
ried out, but also be willing, if necessary,
to see to it personally that this Is done.
A little supervision judiciously applied
n f I frequently prevent difficulties that
are likely to occur as a result of care
lessness upon the part of servants.
One should seek to know the changes
needed in health. Illness and intermedi
ary stages. In illness this knowledge
would enable one to ably supplement the
fforts of physicians, and In cases of
slight indisposition one might frequently
be able to seize the opportunity through
careful diet of overcoming ailments which
nncared for might prove serious. For in
stance, if one recognized the fact that
the eliminative processes were hampered
one would cut down albuminoids, as, for
instance, in cases of constipation the sup
pY of fruit, vegetables, cereals, etc.,
shou'd be relatively greater in menus
than milk, eggs, meat, etc Again, as
the preparation, intervals and amounts in 1
feeding children and invalids are of equal
Importance, with such knowledge as is
Indicated one would be likely to feed
less at a time and make the occasions
more frequent, and the food would be
more daintily prepared in order to make
It more easily assimilated, than is re
quired for conditions of health. In cases
of illness one would fully realize that suc
cess in treatment depends very largely
upon the trouble taken in the combina
tions and preparation of the foods that
are allowable, and one would endeavor
to give as varied a diet as the necessary
limitations wou4d allow. In such consid
eration temperaments must always be
studied and tastes and likings consulted,
-which questions are of the greatest im
portance through the Influence they exert
on the digestion of food,
we might, although proving disagreeable
and troublesome at times to the mothers
and nurses, do more good to the suffering
infants."
If food Is not such as the digestion can
master, It is useless and can only -do harm,
2Cot being turned to proper account, the j
by Seymour Eaton.)
DIRECTED BY PROF. SEYMOUR EATON
blood receives no new supply and Is im
poverished; there Is no nourishment given
for development of the body, and inherited
tendencies to various diseases are encour
aged by those whose duty it is to ivroviile
food of a nutritious quality and to see
that it Is carefully administered. Many
th VnrlfWlc Intmtlnnl ill.nrJnra Innliirltnir
many resultant throat, - catarrhal and
i nervous troubles. Nature resents care
lessness, and is relentless in her punish
ment. What the doctor calls cholera In
fantum, rickets or marasmus, etc.,, and
the mother is often Inclined to considei
a dispensation of Providence, is only too
frequently the direct result of violations of
the most common laws of home science.
Tne whole study of feeding children and
Invalids may appear to be a vast one, yet
It resolves Itself into a few simple and
generally acknowledged facts. The evil
conditions that arise from improper feed
ing are not alwajs th result of lack of
knowledge, but very frequently because
what we know we do not do. When en
deavoring to apply the principles of food
and nutrition, we must both know and Co.
Knowledge and action must be combined
for good results. The few underlying prin
ciples to remember when studying how
to individualize each case of feeding.
whether it be invalid or child, are these:
First What Is given to an Infant as a
substitute food must resemble its natural
food as closely as possible. This can be
done with the aid of a physician, upon
whom every child's health should depend,
lf Pssible. during at least the first 12
i j.iiuukAi& jl na jjicuauuua tA.K3it:iiut;.
tuiiu roiiowing miancy comes me
more difficult period of childhood, although
not usually considered so, when necessary
supplies of nutriment must be furnished
to repair the constant waste caused by
the active growth of the child. It is at
this time that the constituents of various
foods should be thoroughly understood
and the amounts necessary for various
jjeriods, the methods of preparation and
administration required, etc. General
knowledge will not be of service at this
period unless directed toward specific
study, such specific study taking up the
laws of heat and Its effect on foods dur
ing cooking, the proper balancing of die
taries, the relation of fat to food, the use
of cereals and sweets, when and how to
use meats, eggs, fish, etc., what are the
reasons for the use of inorganic salts, con
tained more particularly in green vege
tables, and fruit, what foods are laxative
In their influence, which are suitable for
winter and which for summer use, which
foods are supplementary -in certain con
ditions of rapid growth, and which are
basic needs for all times, as, for instance,
during the school period, when children so
quickly develop anaemic conditions from
overstudy and lack of hygienic care. These
and kindred subjects come up under this
special phase of the study of foods for
children.
Third Following the period of childhood
comes the time for the study of estimating
correct quantities and proper selections
of food to be used in regulating the diet
suSted to the Individual needs of girls and
boys approaching maturity, the excesses
to be avoided by those of sedentary hab
its and questions of similar import.
Fourr,h A simple presentation of the
physiology of digestion would undoubtedly
i-ervc to show why there is need for care
in diet during Illness. Inasmuch as every
alimentary organ has its specific work to
do, it Is plain that certain conditions call
for certain foods. When digestion is
faulty or disordered from illness, it is
necessary to know -which class of foods is
to be withhold and which should be given,
as. for Instance, In typhoid fever, there
must be no tax upon the intestines, and
foods must therefore be given that are
easily absorbed and digested In the stom
ach, such as peptonized milk or beef, white
of egg in water, koumyss, etc It is also
necessary to know that in cases of doubt
In illness total abstinence from food is the
safest plan until a physician can be called,
as this Is sometimes the only way by
which absolute rest can be obtained for
the diseased parte. Foussagrlvefc, of Paris,
says: "The number of cases of disease
which can be arrested in children by insti
tuting a preventive diet is almost incredi
ble." The late Professor Gross, of Phila
delphia, once said: "The diet of the sick
room has slain, its thousands and tens of
thousands. The ordinary preparations for
.ho sick are, in general, not only not
nutritious, but insipid and flatulent. Ani
mal soups are among the most efficient
supporters of he exhausted system, and
every medical man should know how to
give direcuons for their preparation. The
life of a man is his food. Foussagrives
maintains that the feeding in Illness is a
question of the very greatest delicacy,
"which embarrasses educated physicians
themselves, and It is a subject of Important
research.
With opinions like these and many others
not noted to encourage us in our effort,
we may well study further a subject which
is of vital Interest in its influence on the
happiness of our homes.
2. JPZyttJ
A----fl
Philadelphia.
ED. BOYCE'S MISTAKE.
"Set Back" for the Chief Fomcnior
of the Coeur "d'Alene Ontragrcs.
Spokane Spokesman-Review.
Ed Boyce steered for the wrong harbor
when he ran his pirate craft into congres
sional waters. Boyce has been noisily de
manding legislative "investigation" of
General Merriam's performance of duty
in the Coeur d'Alenes, and the demand
has been granted with alacrity. A full,
fair congressional Investigation is courted
by General Merriam, the Idaho adminis
tration, and all friends of law and order.
First, because it will dispose of Boy.-e's
false representations; and, second, be
cause it will dispose of Boyce.
Outside of the Coeur d'Alenes, and the
Pacific Northwest, few persons know the
true character of Edwin Boyee. With
many he passes for a sincere, resolute,
law-abiding champion of the rights of or
ganized labor. Before the congressional
investigation is ended, his true character
will be revealed, and the revelation will
shock the country. Just as it shocked
President Samuel Gompers of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor.
If there -was not another count against
Boyce, the official correspondence between
him and President Gompers, relative to
the connection of the Western Federation 1
of Miners and the American Federaton
of Labor, would convict him and condemn
him In the estimation of every law-respecting
American citizen. Elsewhere
in this paper the reader will find
ample extracts from that official
correspondence, which Is very much
to the credit of Mr. Gompers, and very
much to the discredit of Ed Boyce. In that
correspondence Boyce openly repudiates
the principles of trades unionism. He tells
Gompers, In dark hints, that he knows
an "easier" way to win the battles of or
ganized labor, and then he throws- off all
concealment, and declares for armed re
bellion against government.
Mr. Gompers expressed his emphatic
condemnation of these lawless utterances,
and asked Boyce how it was possible that
a member and president of one of the
large trade unions could express such sen
timents. Boyce promptly retorted that he
was neither a member nor the president
of a trade union meaning that the West
ern Federation of Miners, and the so
called miners' unions of the Coeur
d'Alenes. were not trades unions in the
sense of other organizations of waec-
earnOrs. In nnnthpr Iptter Pnvpo nwda
his meaning still clearer by declaring that
little or no sympathy existed between
the members of his organization and the
union worker- of the Eastern states.
Here is an open boast, reduced to writ
ing and officially stated, wh'ch fully sus
tains the claim of Governor Steunenberg
and the officials working under him, that,
war on Boyce and his lawless organiza
tions was In no sense aggression against
the principles of trades unionism.
"These organizatons are not law-abiding
trades unions," declared Governor
Steunenberg. "We are not trades un
ions," declared Ed Boyce.
"They are not worthy of the sympathy
of law-abiding union men," said the gov
ernor. "The wage-earners of the East are
100 years behind the times," said Boyco;
"there is little sympathy between us and
our Eastern brothers."
"The coeur d'Alene unions are lawless
organizations." said the Idaho adminis
tration. "Resort must be had to the
sword," said Boyce.
Boyce is soon to learn something that
may do him good for the rest of his days.
He -will learn the temper of the Ameri
can people. He will learn that when the
truth Is known, union men will turn from
him. In contempt and horror. He will
learn that the time has passed when he
could safely utter his seditious senti
ments. He will get more "invest'gation"
than he will have stomach to "digest.
t o -
TRIUMPH IN OREGON.
Phrase of Dr. Blackburn Treated In
Ironical Vein.
PORTLAND, -Jan. 12. (To the Editor.)
The editor of the Philadelphia North
American has been asking the effete East:
"What achievement of the passing cen
tury has contributed most to the advance
ment and welfare of the human race?"
Statesmen, generals, admirals, actors,
scientists, litterateurs, doctors and par
sons have responded with learned dis
quisitions, after the manner of the East,
contemplating, among other things, the
freedom of mankind from the yoke of
spiritual authority, the masters'- of elec
trical forces, the preservation of the re
public, the aseptic treatment in surgery,
and the work of the bacteria, the last a
sort of Infinitesimal pigsticking.
As was to be expected, they were not
equal to the occasion. The proximity of
the North American man to Chestnut
GATE-WAY OF TIIE NEW PALACE OF THE EtIIR OF BOKHARA.
street is bad, bad for his paper and for
his journalistic acumen. His sphere of
inquiry was limited to the zone of viri
descence. He should have looked to the
breezy West, westward even to Oregon;
the same with the proverbial musci on her
hinder parts could have put ginger Into
the symposium. He may ha.ve baen Ig
norant of our virility, our intellect, our
spontaneity.' He may have harkened to
envy- He may have heard that we were
a mind-your-own-business crowd; that it
was whispered at the cross of gold gath
ering that our coat of arms was two
drunks and an umbrella; that our prece-
dents are no precedents at all, and other
things as vain and empty as a Seattle
ad. Had he consulted this titanic state-
hood "one that excels the quirk of 1
blazoning pens" he would have discov
ered the discovery that he sought to dis
cover, and his people in turn would have
discovered his genius.
Oregon justly claims the honor' of hav
ing discovered the greatest discovery of
the passing century, yea, of any century,
and with Hesperian modesty she an
nounces It, thus:
"War Is God's dynamite.'
Gaze on this:
Jewel, four words long
That on the stretched forefinger of all time
Sparkles forever.
Here is a discovery that will stagger
the cock-loft of any inquisitive Phlladel
phian. Plenceforth and forever who will
say that we of Oregon are not some
pumpkin? That "war is hell" is heresy,
black heresy, In the light of this new dis
pensation? Lay down, yea scribes and
Pharisees, yea Peters and Johns, yea ten
der souls and tenderfeet; the strenuous
life is on; Annas and Caiaphas have com
manded beyond the seas, likewise Alex
ander in our midst: Thou shalt not speak
nor teach in the name of the Prince of
Peace, for war is God's dynamite.
J. H. MURPHY.
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A NEW DEAL ALL ROUND.
But What "Will tlie Candidates
Doing: aicnnivliile i
Be
Woodburn Independent.
At the convention of the State Repub
lican League of Republican Clubs it will
be In order to talk republican horse sense,
have no equivocation, and not have the
whole proceedings run by one machine in
favor of a cli jue ' o. candidates hungry
for office. The :eague bar the advantage
of being early in tne field, and should
picfit by the occasion by sounding the
keynote for reform and .'lemanding purity
in politics. This organization can, if it
v.i:i, wield a power in t'ie interests of the
republican party, assist in the perpetua
tion In state offices r.f 'he republican par
ty, and Issue a. programme for the selec
tion of Candida1 ts for office who would be
a credit to the putty. There is plenty of
tirr.Dei, and of such gcod material that
the people would flock to their support.
The league can c:i for a change, dampen
the ardor 01 the old uol'tical hacks, and
insist on a complete new deal. Will the
league do this? Have the delegates when
assembled in Portland the nerve to dis
card the shackles? It will Jiot do to sur
render to what is assuredly the republican
boss of Portland and the state, and then
trust to the administration of President
McKinley to carry the party successfully
through the spring campaign. We want a
large republican majority in the next leg
islature, but we want an honest one. Let
it be also remembered that our repre
sentatives in congress, while probably do
ing the best they can with limited ability
and Influence, can be succeeded by Ore
gonlans able to accomplish more. In the
matter of state and county offices, let the
league strongly hint to the different con
ventions to keep their weather eye open
and choose men of strict probity. Don't
tire out thoroughly a public with a repeti
tion of the same old tale. If the state
league Is to be of worth to the republican
party, let It show its colors at the Port
land meeting next month.
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Sherman Conniy Banlc's Assignment.
Wasco News.
The Sherman County bank made an as
signment last Saturday of all its assets
to L. Clark, one of Its principal credi
tors, to take effect as soon as Mr. Clark
qualifies. This was the best way in ef
fecting a settlement of the bank's affairs,
as there were apparently insurmountable,
difficulties to be overcome in getting a
recelvor appointed, without going to the
expense of taking the defunct bank
through the United States district court
at Portland. As the matter now stands,
Mr. Clark will wind up the affairs of the
institution under the supervision of Judge
Bradshaw or his successor in office.
0
Suit the people, because they are tired
of bitter doses, with the pain and griping
that usually follow. Carter's Little Liver
Pills. One pill a dose,
SHIPPING ON THE OXUS
RUSSIAN TRANSPORTATION SCHEME
NOT A SUCCESS.
Beanty Spots In Centrnl Asia The
CItardjni Bckdoni Palace of
the Emir of Bokhara.
SAMARKAND. Russian Turkestan,
July 13. In spite of the difficulties and
expense of bridging the Oxus, 'the Rus
sians have good reason to be grateful for
the service the 3tream has done them and
may do them in the future. It makes
fertile tracts of land which produce a
large part of the wealth of. Central Asia,
and equally Important, from the Russian
point of view, it makes possible the ex
tension of Russian influence and conquest.
From Chardjui down the river to the
Aral sea, into which it debouches by a
wide-spreading delta, and up the river to
the very boundary of Afghanistan, the
river is the. highway of armies.
Almost simultaneously with the con
struction of the railway the Russians
were building the Oxus flotilla. The Aral
sea was a scene of greater activity than
it had been In centuries, after the succes
save expeditions against Khiva and other
khanates of Central Asia had shown the
need of a transport service. Steamers
were sent up the two great rivers which
flowed Into that lonesome sea, for even
the Sir-Daria, the1 Jaxartes of ancient
history, proved to be sufficiently navigable
at times. As Russian power In Turkestan
extended schemes multiplied, and it was
even announced that a great system of
passenger tranbportation was to be or
ganized by a Russian company with large
capital to transact business after modern
methods in the Aral basin.
By the time the railway bridge across
the big river was finished the steamers
which had been constructed for service 0:1
the upper courses were ready to be placed
in service. They were flat-bottomed craft
that had been built in St. Petersbuig and
brought in sections to Chardjui. Then it
was found that by a miscalculation on
the part of some one the steamers could
not be taken through the bridge In the
way that had been intended. Two ex
planations have been given, and one Is
at liberty to choose whichever pleases
him best. One is that the river had silted
in the channel under the span that had
been constructed as a draw to such an
extent that It could net be used. The
other is that the boats were a few inches
too big for the draw itself. However that
may be, the bridge had to be cut in two
and a new draw made, which was a most
unfortunate weakening of a stru;ture none
too strong in the beginning. Since that
I time several accidents have occurred on
the bridge, and more than once sections
of it have fallen into the water.
Although there is today an Oxus fio-
tllla, traffic on the river has not grown
to the proportions which had been ex
pected. Steamer service from Chardiui to
the city of Khiva, ivh'ch Is not far from
the main channel, and to the Aral sea, 13
infrequent and irregular. Up the liver,
however, to Kerkl. a distanca of perhaps
140 miles-, the journeys are more regular.
I believe that two steamers make the
trip at frequent interval, requiring four
days for the voyage against the current
and three days to return to Chardjui.
Navigation Is difficult and the river chan
nel so shifting that the steamers have to
tie up at night and steam only in the
daytime.
I saw the Oxus flotilla at Chardjui,
where it was tied up to the river bank a
few hundred yards above the bridge. The
boats wero of varying s'ze and type,
some of them side and some stern wheel
ers but all of very light draft. Boats
very similar In character may be found
today on many rivers of the Southern
states. Above the bridge there were half
a dczen steamers, and below I saw two
or three others, though these were almost
hidden by the fleet of small sailboats that
were around them.
It will not be long before the old wood
en bridge will be supplanted by the new
one of iron, which is under construction
a hundred yards below. Piers 10, 11 and 12
are complete and pier 13 Is under way, as
was testified by the great numbers paint
ed In white on the red cylinders which
rose from the water.
The Chardjui Belccloxu.
Kerki is about half -way between Chard
jui and the Afghan post of Balkh, which
has filled such a prominent placerin all
calculations Russian and English, as to
the possible Invasion of India by a Rus
sian army. The distance from the Trans
caspian railway at Chardjui to Balkh is
270 miles, of--which at least half can be
overcome by river transportation under
the present conditions, and all but CO
miles of the remainder, to Kilif, would be
covered by a march along the river, which
would make the expedition comparatlvely
simple. and within the limits of Russian
of Bokharot territory. But the Russian
are not going to depend on river trans
portation when they decide to Invade In
dia by way of Balkh,. lf that time should
come. Beyond the least doubt it is in
tended to build another branch line of
railway from Chardjui up the Oxus to the
Afghan frontier at Kilif, as they have al
ready done from Merv to Kushk post up
the Murghab. When that Is done the
Russians will bo " at the gates of Balkh,"
as they are now really "at the gates bf
Herat."
Across the river from Chardjui is the
town of Farabia. another beauty spot af
ter the desert. Trees of many sorts grow
In profusion, and cotton plantations are
mingled with fruit orchards all around.
Farabia also has been made the center
of considerable activity on the railway,
anu tnero are engine-houses and their ac
cessories, in spite of the fact that the di
vision station of Chardjui Is just across
the river. A railway official told me that
it was neecssary to have sufficient train
equipment on both sides of the 'bridge,
because very often it was impossible to
take trains across on. account of accidents
to the structure. When that happens
passengers walk across if the bridge is
safe for that, or otherwise are ferried,
and a new train is made up on the other
side.
The- Chardjui bekdom is but a small
oasis bordering the river on both sides,
and after passing it the line runs through
another 15 miles of sand before entering
the' cultivated fields of Bokhara, which
are not interrupted again for the remain
der of the journey. Late in the afternoon
we drew Into the Russian town called
Bokhara, a new place built since the rail
way came, and nine or 10 miles from the
ancient native city which is entitled to
the name. There was half an hour to
spare, "while the train waited for passen
gers who preferred to dine in the station
rather than in the dining car. For travel
ing companions I had two Russian offi
cers who boarded the train at Chardjui,
one a colonel of artillery and the other
an Infantry captain. They suggested that
we should spend the time in a visit to the
new palace- of the emir of Bokhara, which
was under construction not far from the
station, so we walked down the shady
road in the gathering twilight.
Talace of the Emir.
It was not more than five minutes' Walk
from the railway station to the palace,
which stands In a bare and unattractive
lawn still marred by the rubbish of ma
sonry and carpentry. Around the palace
grounds 13 a fence of iron, high enough to
keep out Intruders if any such exist m
Bokhara. We found an old woman in
the gatekeeper's lodge, bribed her with a
few kopecks and were admitted without
delay. She showed us about the place
with pride, a pride which could not be ex
plained. The big building is the worst
architectural monstrocity that has ever
come under my notice. It unites all the
crudities of native Bokhariot building with
the t,awdry decorations of the smallest and
poorest Russian churches. The minarets
and domes, Instead of being graceful, as
they are In the native architecture of Cen
tral Asia, aTe misshapen. The decorations
instead of being gorgeously Oriental and
harmonious, even when most brilliant,
aro simply glaring. Trimmings of the sort
we call "gingerbread" are thrust in:o
every possible place. The great rooms
have rough windows of colored glass
and stencil-plate frescoes to accentuate
the horror. From what I know of the
real merit of central Asiatic architecture
when left to Itself, I had expected some
thing different, bo I sought an explanation,
I learned that the Russian authorities
have built this palace for the emir as a.
splendid present, thinking that he would
come down to their city to live ana oe ai:
the more impressed by their generosity I
and splendor. They tried to build for him
a palace 'which would combine the good I
things of both countries. The result Is
the worst that could be imagined. And
now, to cap the affair, the emir shows no
sign of liking the present or even ac
cepting it except in the coldest way. ana
there is every prospect that the palace
may be left without a tenant on the hands
of the builders.
My Russian companions were quite as
much disappointed as L was in what was
reputed to be the splendid palace, and one
of them tried to convince me that It was
not a Russian present to the emir, but was
all the fault of that monarch himself. 1
did not blame him for trying to escape
any share in the matter. It was almos;
dark when we returned to the train, anu
the next morning at 7 o'clock we were in
Samarkand.
Tamerlane's City.
Although the great ruler had been dead
for 500 years, the name and fame of Tam
erlane still dominates Samarkand. No ono
ever speaks of the place without saying
"the city of Tamerlane's tomb" or "tne
capital of Tamerlane's empire." and the
humblest beggar on the street Ghares-wlth
the dervishes who guard the tomb, and the
Russian government, which has fallen heir
to the splendid ruins, the pride of posses
sion of such a historical spot. A Russian
acquaintance had advised me to patronize
Hotel de France at Samarkand, so I gar
nered my handbags into a phaeton anct
hastened from the railway station, hoping
to find lodgings with Herr Metzler. The
train poured its entire burden of. passen
gers into the station at Samarkand, for
that city has been the terminus of the line
for 10 years, and no through service has
been instituted yet by the extended line
to Tashkend. Around the station crowded
scores of vehicles of motley sort. Persian
cart and Bokhariot Arabs were mingled
vlth Russian droshkies of the most fa
miliar St. Petersburg pattern, and phae
tons which might haye come from any-s
where in civilization, but must have come.
many years ago, so battered and worn
were they. Several pretentious equip
ages were there, to meet Russian olficera
and officials, the troikas, or teams of three
horses, caparisoned -In glittering harness,
drivers and outriders in gay livery. Iviy
driver was a Tartar of most pronounced
Mongol type, his phaeton was old and his
horses were neither Orloffs nor Ukralnes,
but he untangled them from the crush ana
we got away as deftly as it might have
been done by a London cabdriver. It is
a drive of perhaps three miles from tho
station to the center of the city. As soon
as the immediate vicinity of the station
is passed, however, the view changes.
Wide streets cross at right angles, inclos-
lng blocks as large as those of a prairie
town In Iowa. Along each slue of every
street flows a rapid, narrow stream ot
water, and growing beside each of these
brooks a row of tall, well-cultivated trees
rises to shade the street. The row or
trees on each side .Is planted so that tne
trees are on either side of the stream, al
ternately. If one stands in a favorable
position the trees form four rows in
stead of two as far as the sight can reach,
the footpaths running along the gardeti
walls, then clear brooks flowing between
the trees that border the paths, and li
the center a broad avenue, shaded from
side to side by the interlacing branches
which meet above.
It is more than CO years since the Rus
sians, under General Kaufmann, occupied
Samarkand. In that time they have made
out of the city a much more attractve
place than any I have seen in Russia
proper. The names of the two most fa
mous governors-general are perpetuated
In the municipal nomenclature. Kaufman::
street and Abrahoff boulevard are the
finest avenues, unusually wide and welt
shaded, the latter with 12 rows of trees to
separate its various footpaths and drives.
It was early morning as we drovo
throush the streets of Russian Samark
and. The sun was still low, and the air
was cool and fragrant. In the little
streams, every few hundred feet, were
standing bare-legged .natives, sprinkling
roadways in an unusual manner. Each
brawny fellow had a big wooden imple
ment, much of the shape of an ordinary
snow shovel, and this he was using most
energetically as a substitute for a watering-pot
or sprinkling-cart. With a plunge
of the shovel into the current as a prelims
nary, he would scoop a great dash or
water out upon the road, throwing it well
to the middle of the highway. So r.e
would go down one side of the street ror
a block, returning by way of the water
course on the other side and repeating
the process there. The result was that
the surface of the street was thoroughry
drenched, with a guaranty that for sev
eral hours there would be no dust and no
oppressive heat under the mass of shade.
loiter I asked of a Russian officer why
such a progressive city should sprinkle its
streets .after such a primitive fashion,
when watering-carts were so cheap. His
answer was that labor was so much
cheaper.
There seems no business quarter to Rus
sian Samarkand, for the shops and stores
are mixed In among the dwelling-houses
In a most confusing fashion, and in many
Instances are surrounded, by the same
white-walled gardens that inclose tna
ple&santest homes. Almost every house
has a large garden, with fruit trees, flow
ers, siummer-houses and the other acces
sories of a country place. These gardens
are watered from the same streams that
border the streets. Branches of the brooXu
are carried under the walls into the pri
vate grounds, to be used at -will for irri
gation or for decorative effects If the land
scape gardener chooses to use them that
way.
"We shared the, roadway with the market
men of Samarkand, who were coming into
the bazaar for their morning'3 business..
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than the smallest burros of Mexico, al
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variety. The donkeys bore loads of brioks.
fruits, vegetables, charcoal, fodder, hay,
and one of the sturdiest was covered until
nothing could be seen of him, except head,
tall and legs, with the most fragrant and
freshest blue "violets of the sort we know
at home..
"We reached the hotel at last, only to find
that Herr Metzler had no room vacant.
He directed me to another place for way
farers, and we drove to Hotel Central, a
tall, fine-looking Tartar, who might well
have been a general in the army or
Chinghiz Chan, if proud bearing and keen
wit were the qualifications, Introduced
himself to me as the ruling spirit of tne
hotel, and said inquisitively, "Tamer
lane?" When I assented he smiled be
nignly, and shouldering my. baggage, led
me to the- best room In the house, ana
went to fetch a samovar.
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