ties-the Chinese city with an area of fifteen square les, and the Tartar city with an area of twelve uare miles. Both of these divisions are enclosed by alls about thirty feet high, 25 feet thick at the base, d twelve feet at the top. private mansions, hamlets, an P-Mei-Shan, Artificial Hil S-Kuang-hsiang t'ai, Obs T-Quarter of the Foreign dors of the Tribute Bearing N U-Mohammedan Mosque. V-Peh-tang, French Eccl Z-Drum Tower. 1-Ta-Ching-mun. 2-Si-hua-mun. 3-How-mun. 4-Yung-hua-mun. 5-Chien-mun. 7-Ping tzu-mun. 18-Nan-si-mun. 19-Hang-yi-mun. Four Nine Se self-inflicted pain. Just as soon as one cash strikes the | noise of the donkeys and t I am at a Chinese fair. I sat down here to write, and not The Temple is very nea temple of the god of medi A great huge thing in the bronze and painted body. the women are prostrati heads quite to the ground. their offerings, on the oth front of the women and th tor on which rests an ince ead to the ground before the old man can get upon is knees. Now they both worship toget er, and pass ut. Look out! here comes an officer hallooing "zola! ola! zola!" He comes to me and very politely exlains that I am detaining too great a crowd in the emple-court, and asks me to go on the outside. We tart out, and just as we get to the gate a man thrusts a tick across the path behind us, and thus cuts off he crowd from us—makes them go another way, while we pass out between two rows of soldiers with guns. ust as we get outside some one hits me with a stone, nd I wheel and ask, Who? I look very mad, and as hough I am very anxious to find out who did it, but verybody looks innocent, and I am glad of it. The theatre is upon a high porch in front of a lit le rick house, where they have some sort of playing. Iost of it is pantomimic, and all of it might be, as far s I am concerned. The Feast of Lanterns. Rev. J. S. Adams, of the China Inland Mission, gives n account of the scenes he witnessed on the night when he Feast of Lanterns was celebrated : "It was a very dark, cloudy night. Every house and hop, with the exception of our own home, had three or our lanterns hanging in rows. Muffled in red silk, they ast a subdued light all down the street, which was very leasing, yet only seemed to make the darkness more ntense. The sound of gongs and cymbals, drums, fifes, nd fiddles, and brass trumpets announced the approach of the procession, which was an hour or more passing -ur house. The band of music came first, followed by wo artillerymen, who fired huge crackers which startled he men and made the women and children scream. A arty of little ragged boys trotted after the fireworks, ach carrying a large square box of candles all blazing way, their light being hidden by folds of calico cut out n curious shapes, with holes for grotesque little figures o dance in-not unlike the "shadow-shows" we used o rake in the nursery in youthful days. "When the ragged urchins had played their part and assed on, an interval of silence succeeded, broken only y the whisperings of the women, the men looking tolidly down the street for the appearance of the next art of the procession, and smoking away at their pipes. oft music was soon heard, and several thin old gentleen blowing flutes, and others scraping on fiddles, econded by boys tapping gently on tambourines, put in n appearance in slow, solemn step. They preceded a ɔng train of respectable citizens, each bearing a hanner little bells tinkling as they w "Suddenly the darkness w of twelve little boys carrying fish, curved in a way which 1 ural. Some salmon preceded large goggle eyes, and such c flexible bodies. Candles bur Occasionally one would burn with a big bundle of candles, cession and repair the damag as a new policeman or an old "While I was thinking ho these boys into a school an another band of music heade bore a green lantern shaped candles shining through the fantastic light. They move hibiting far too much dignity came more big and little fis and banners, then a couple cocks, pecking and striking a This effect was ous manner. from below by the men carry "A tremendous explosion surrounded by smoke and f its appearance. Its head w carved and gilded, and it was about eighty colored lanterns vailing color. This head, w on a frame by about forty curves, and as it twisted and and thither, it reminded one had so long deceived this pc ored body, with its illuminate yellow, was one hundred and carried by eighty-five coolies. gone than a tremendous ch people: What a fine sight! etc., etc, with other remark that the dragon was the main "More fish-big and littlelow-more crackers, music, ners borne by all sorts of peo bals, special honors in the wa a cloud of incense, a big, gild coolies and attended by pries temple, with gardens all co tapers. A cry of delight rose cluster of lanterns, ten feet h in imitation of a greatly pri 100 inovnroosible haautiful The Chinese Nitchen God. Mrs. C. W. Mateer, a missionary in China, writes to Children's Work for Children the following account of the Chinese Kitchen God: This god has, perhaps, more influence than any other in China, and there is not a house, rich or poor, where his picture is not pasted up over the fire-place and wor shipped by the whole family by prayers and sacrifices. One of the accounts of him tells us that in the beginning of the world everything was eaten raw, because no one yet had discovered fire. At last an emperor arose who felt sure there must be such a thing, and ordered one of his officers, Tan Tez Kwo, to invent some means of producing it. Tan Tsz Kwo, noticing smoke ascending from some wood, took two pieces and rubbing them brisk ly together soon brought fire. Now the people so relished cooked food that they were ready to worship the wise Tan Tsz Kwo as a god. The emperor, too, deified or made a god of him, and made him the ruler of all family affairs. Another story is that when all things in heaven and earth were made, one god was called Tsaon Wong, that is, "king of the fire-place." He is the younger brother of the supreme ruler over all things. His duty is to watch over the family, especially the women and girls, rewarding the good and punishing the bad. If the women are lazy about caring for their house and children, if they tell lies and scold, neglect their husbands or secretly eat the nice things which they ought to give to them, they will surely be reported by Tsaon Wong, to the god of all things, and suffer severe punishment. They will be sick, their mothers-in-law will scold, their children will cry and be wakeful at night, their chimneys will smoke, and things will be uncomfortable generally. But the story of this god which is commonly told among the people is not written in the books. It is said that in the old times one of the gods came down to earth and was known as Chang. He was very rich, and His wife Ting Heang. richly deserved. As he w he came one day to the Wh knew him at once. was begging he was so as into the fire and disapp same moment some one pa top of the chimney and as affair was made known to Mr. Chang should be hon After awhile his two tue, went up to heaven see in the picture his tw wife, on his right, and Hi his right you see his br things. There are three of this god. The first is third of the eight month. family burns paper mo wine and soup before prostrates himself four aloud that he will accept t for his worship is on th month, just seven days b say he ascends to heaven all that has happened du orders for the year to c paper money, incense, so meats, cakes and fruit. be pleased with the nice have a sweet taste, so pleasant words about the offer a rabbit also, that He must be a small god! When the offerings ar the old picture of Tsaon burn it, so starting him prostrate themselves and a prayer as this: "Our Tsaon Wong to hirtieth day, Tason Wong is supposed o return from heaven and take up his bode in the new picture. At midnight candles are lighted, paper money and incense are burned, and crackers fired. The family stand in front of the fire-place, make four prostrations, or very low bows, and pray that Tsaon Wong will no w re turn to his place in the family. Besides these special seasons for worship, whenever there is sickness or trouble in the family they sacrifice to him and pray to him for help. Though there are no special temples built to his honor, yet every house is his temple, and no family is without his picture. Without it they would feel that the family had no head and protector. When the Chinese become Christians this is the last god they are willing to give up; CHINESE TEACHER IN WINTER DRES 3. they all feel that he is nearest and dearest to them. Is it not strange that they believe these stories just as truly as we beleive God's Word? Is it not a bleesed thing that in place of a god like Tsaon Wong, we know of the one true God, who, though He is so great and good and wise, yet says that our hearts are his temples? Every year millions in China are burning their kitchen god and trying to bribe him, by gifts of sweetmeats, to hide children to worship them. huge paper image, its head temple, its face and hands as ine. This is the ruler of it is his duty to settle d spirits who are inclined to altar is a furnace, in which show that during the past of mock moner have been of |