Life — April 11, 1901 — page 19: what you’re looking at

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Oxce: daring a. dry season in China, the Viceroy, Earl Li Hung Chang, called oniie American Minister, Mr. Conger, and <poke of the weather. Yes." said Mr. Congei te ey everywhere. It is dry in my countrs, too, T read in one of our papers the other day that in many paces in the West the people were praying for rain.” “What! sald the Earl, “do your peopic pray to thelr God for rain’ “Ob, Fes," sald the Minister, “they often pray for matn.”* “And does thelr God send tt when they pray for 1t?°" asked the Earl “Yes, sometimes thelr prayers are answered and sometimes they are not.” + All the same Itke Chinese Joss, hey ?** said tbe Bari, with a grin and a chuckle. —Nep York Brening Sun. 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