LIES TO INCITE RIOT
Frank Carpenter Tells of the Despicable
Methods of Celestial Sa-.ants.
VILE CARTOONS AND OBSCENE PICTURES
Foreigners Held Up Before the Popular
Gaza as Veritable Devils ,
BABY STEALING ONE OF THE MINOR CRIMES
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Accused of Scooping Out Eyes and Slicing
Up Maidens for Medicine ,
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CHRISTIANITY IS DUBBED HOG WORSHIP
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( Copyrighted 1E34 by I'rnnk a. Carpenter. )
KIUKIANO , China , May 10.
8eo the long-haired harbarlnnx !
Look lit the kidnapers of babies !
There goes a pig-goat blue-eyed devil !
These are some of the expressions which
are hurled at me In Chinese In every city
I visit. A tall Chinaman , In a blue silk
gown and big spectacles , spat at mo as 1
walked through the streets hero this mornIng -
Ing , and ; wherovcr I stop a crowd collects
and the remarks which my Interpreter trans
latcs for me are by no means elegant or
polite. At Hankow I had great trouble In
getting a man to go about with me. There
was a well educated Chinaman , who spoke
good English , but he suld'lf he went the pco
plo would call him "a foreigner's dog , " and
ho evidently did not want to be seen on the
street In my company. I confess I don't like
It. Even the babies yell at the foreigners
In some of these towns. The dogs , who will
not molest a strange native , recognize a
foreigner by his smell , and rush for him ,
snapping at his heels. I carry a good club
and I think that this protects me to a cer
tain extent from both dogs and men. This
Is ono of the most rebellious parts of China ,
nnd the Chinese here are far different from
those you find I' America. They are big ,
broad-shouldered fellows , with stronger fea
tures than the men of south China , whence
our coolies come. They speak a different
language and are more Independent In their
actions. The better classes all over the em
pire hate the foreigners , and the millions
which the viceroy of Hankow Is putting Into
his factories and rolling mills are spent be
cause ho hopes by them to make China en
tirely Independent of the rest of the world.
It was throughout this Yangtse valley that
the great riots of 1891 began , and they ex
tended from here all over the empire. They
resulted In the massacre "of hundreds upon
hundreds of natlvo Christians , and for a lime
all sorts of foreigners feared for their lives.
At Wusueh ono of the English customs offi
cers and \Iethodlst missionary were killed
by the mob and foreign property was burned
and looted at a dozen different stations along
the river. Today nn Intense djsllke to for-
elgntrs prevails among the literary and ofil-
claUcljiss.es of the empire.
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CALL 'IT HOQ WORSHIP.
They look upon us as savages and boors ,
and 'they ' would If they dared sweep us from
thb country today. It Is from them that the
stories come as to the wickedness of the
Europeans. They distribute cooks full of all
Berts of lies about the missionaries , and the
chief cause of every riot comes from such
publications. Just before the Tientsin
massacre a pamphlet was issued charging
the foreigners with stealing Chlneto babies
and cutting them up for medicine , and tlio"
same , stories were printed and shipped over
the empire by the million during the riots of
three years ago.
, At this , time there were published colored
prints , under the title of ttho "Devil's Pic
ture Gallery. " These represented In the
vilest of scenes the alleged practices and
Institutions of the religion , ot the foreigners.
I have secured a set of these prints , and they
Ho before me as I write. I have also pro
cured a > translation of the Chinese characters
which surround them and wlilch so explain
the pictures that the most Ignorant China
man can see just what they mean. The
word for hog and Jesus nr.e pronounced al
most , the same In Chinese and the Christian
religion Is called here the worship'of the
hog. Among the pictures are cuts ot hogs ,
labeled Jesus , hanging to cftrscs , with
Chinese men and women kneeling before ,
them and other men and women going
through the most obscene and licentious
performances In the background. Ono of
the hogs so hung Is filled with arrows ,
which Chinese soldiers are shooting Into
htm , and a mandarin Is directing the attack.
The foreigners are represented In these pic
tures by goats , the words or characters repre
senting the two being practically the same ,
nnAione of the cuts Is entitled "Slaughter
the Pigs and the Goats. " Some cuts repre
sent the slaughter going on , and others In
cite "UKe 'pTopIe tb rise against the "hog sect , "
US' they call us. The pictures state that the
ChrlHtlan religion Is a worship of lust and
the pigs arid" "goats are painted with green
heads , which In Chinese typifies this. Many
Of the paintings could not bo described ,
much less Illustrated , in any respectable
ntjwep nprj qnd the whole Is Incendiary In
the extreme. Many of the common people
believe the stories. They look upon us as
demons , \vhd tore possessed of witchcraft
powers , and backed , as some of the publica
tion * } are , by extracts from public government - ,
ment documents , ( hey receive full .credit.
"oROnilED OF THEIR EYES.
In tho' blue books of China , for Instance ,
yovri'flndihow' the foreigners scoop out the
eyes of Chinamen for medicine or to grind
up to make photographic materials. The
Chinos have eyes which are Invariably black.
Thry think that their eyes have , different
qualities Iron ) ours , and that we are always
reeking to get them. In one of these prints ,
which I have , two bloodthirsty villains in
foreign clothes are cutting out the eyes ot a
dead Clilnnmnn , while another foreigner' Is
gloating over a saucer full of eyes , which he
has Just captured. The blue books of China
cay Out thit Christians shroud the dead that
they may hide this fcooplng out of the eyes ,
and from my translation of "The Death
IJIow to Corrupt Doctrines" I copy the fol
lowing ?
"In CHBO of funerals the religious teachers
of the Christian sect eject all the relatives
and friends from the house and the corpse
Is put Into the coilln with closed doors.
Both eyes are secretly , taken out and the
orlfico sealed up with plaster. They call
thla the sealing of the eyes for the western
journey. The reason for extracting
the eyes Is this : From 100 pounds of
Chlneiio lead can bo extracted eight pounds
of silver and the remaining ninety-two
pounds can be sold at the original cost. Hut
tha only way to obtain this silver Is by
compounding the lead with the eyes ot a
Chinaman. The eyes ot foreigners are of
no use for this purpose. Hence , they do
not take out those of their own people , but
only those of Chinese. " The writer here
goes on to ipeak of the use of Chinese eyes
as photographic material and ho iliows that
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lli'fue eycti spread over the surface In a way
lake magic pictures , which the Christians
prize.
Further on In the wqrk there Is an extract
from the public rc-conls , showing how a
Chinese tcholar cheated a mlia'onary and
laved hi * eye * . I copy the extract ver
batim'
"In the ftlgn of the Emperor Wan Lie a
foreigner named Pa-Ta-LI came Into Ohc-
klaag , , and becnji Jp pgrsuade.meii to Join
tbo ChrlilUu * ct , and great number * were
ensnared by him. Now , there was a cer
tain military undergraduate named Wang
Wen-Mil , nn athlete , who , hearing tha
when any ono who joined this sect died they
secretly took out hl * yes , had a desire to
test the matter. So for Rome days he nto
nothing , and word WAR sent to the pries
that ho was about to die. The priest came
and , sure enough , he had a little knife In
his hand. Coming forward , he was abou
to cut out Wang's eyes , when he , ( springing
up suddenly , beat him and drove him out o
his house , nnd cut off his head nnd dc
stroycd Ills Imago of Jesus. When this
affair came to be known In the capital the
emperor rewarded him liberally. "
HOW HIOTS ORIGINATE : .
Speaking of the medical treatment of the
foreigners , these books describe just how
the foreigners make them. I would say
first , however , that the average Chinaman
of the Interior knows no distinction between
German , French , English or American
Merchant and missionary arc nil one to
him , and n great riot will kill the men In
business as well as the preachers of llio
gospel. These books , which have been cir
culated by the million nil over China , stnto
that the brains of Chinese babies are very
valuable to us , and a part of the recent
riots at Wuhti wore caused by two mis
sionary nuns calling pome children Into ono
of their houses. Their parents had nn
Infectious disease and the nuns wanted to
protect the children from It. A relative
of one of the children tried to take then
away , but the children would not go , am !
ho roused the people , telling them the nuns
were going to kill the children nnd use their
eyes for medicine. In a shott time a mob
of 6,000 Infuriated Chinese was collected
The nuns were arrested and the buildings
of the missionaries burned. After the rlol
was over a placard In Chinese was put up
by the rioters Inciting the people to more
bloodshed. I visited the town yesterday.
It Is a dirty Chinese city lying on the banks
of the Yangtse and Is now comparatively
peaceful. The mission buildings have been
rebuilt. The placard I spoke of Is quite
long , but a part of It reads as follows :
"The country Is betrayed and the people are
ruined. Human beings are trampled down
and reduced to dust. Lately the Christians
are building churches In every portion ol
this city. Every convert Is paid a monthly
sum of $ G , and It Is by such means that
Ignorant males nnd females are led to enter
churches where men and women congregate
together without discrimination. Now
women are procured from other places and
arc paid to abduct children , whoso eyes and
Intestines arc taken out and whose hearts
and kidneys are cut off. What crimes have
these little children done that they should
suffer these terrible deaths ? " The procla
mation then goes on to state how the chil
dren were being smuggled away , and cites
a number of Instances of Chinese babies
wlilch have disappeared through tlio magic
of the foreigners. It states that a year ago
a woman by the name of Shcn had a 1-
year-old child lying In a cradle , when "It
was taken away In the twinkling of an eye ,
cradle and all , without leaving the slightest
trace. " It speaks of underground cells
where the devilish foreigners hide the ba
bies , and closes by calling upon the people
to rise and drive out the barbarian thle\es.
OUNDOAT'S * ELECTRICAL -EFFECT.
The riots of 1891 were general. They ex
tended all over the empire and proclama
tions Inciting the people to drive out the
foreigners were everywhere put up. Dates
were fixed upon again and again for a mas
sacre , and the Hunanltcs , among other
threats , said they would butcher the Chris
tians , foreign and native , and slice them
Into pieces , and weighing divide them among
the people for a cannibal feast. These Hu-
nnnltes are the best soldiers of the empire.
They come from an Immense province south
of hero and are the most fierce of all of the
Chinese. They form to a large extent the
great secret society known as the Koloa
Hul , and they have their organization every
where. They are especially strong at Nan
king , and from that point the working of
the rioters seemed to be directed. There
Is no doubt but that the educated classes
of the Chinese Incite these troubles. They
say they come from the people , and they
cannot control them , but this Is evidently
false. At Hankow the viceroy or governor
of the state , who lives In the big capital
city of .Wuchang , just across the river , said
he could do nothing , and thousands of Chi
nese students who were there to attend the
examinations collected on the walls of the
city to watch the people massacre the for
eigners. At this time , however , an English
gunboat appeared on the scene. Its com
mander sent his compliments to the gov
ernor , saying It was unfortunate that he
could not control his people , for at the first
outbreak he would have to shell the city.
The messenger then went on as follows :
"The commander would regret this very
much , as his guns ore pointed Just In the
line of your excellency's palace , and they
will , probably destroy It. " It was wonder
ful- how quickly Wuchang became quiet.
Runners were sent out by the hundreds
from the palace that night to all parts of
the town , 'andone of the most rebellious
cities became thp most respectful and quiet.
The tracts against the Christians and the
books and .pictures . which I have described
are gotten up by. the scholars' of the empire.
Ono book Is called "Death to the Devil's
Religion , ' ' and eight men alone subscribed
to 800,000 of these and scattered them over
the empire. Boatloads of these books were
carried t.hrough the provinces near here and
the pawnbrokers and booksellers aided In
getting them "to the people. Doggerel songs
against the Christians are written nnd
taught to thb children In some of the cities ,
and you hear their cries of derision burled
at you everywhere you go.
INCITED BY VILE PICTURES.
These pictures , of which I have already
written , iftlnt not only the Christians on
earth , but they show their fate after death.
In one all the horrors of the Buddhist hell
are called to bear upon , them. A hog labeled
Jesus U being sawed in two by two devils ,
and other devils are tormenting the foreign
'
ers. Ono 'picture shows how the foreign
books shduld be burned , and there Is a great
fire , with Chinese coolies bringing stacks of
volumes and throwing them mio the fire. In
the background are foreigners tied to crosses
and Chinamen tormenting'them. . On the
ground Uo ptlicr foreigners , held by China
men , while other Celestials pour down their
throats , thrpugh funnels , the vilest of slops.
This print la labeled the beating of the devils
and Clio burning ' of the books , and the Chi
nese character's on the margins read : "The
depraved religion of the hog Is propagated
from foreign lands. its followers insult
heaven and extirpate ancestors. Ten thou-1-
sand arrows iind-a thousand swords will not
expiate their crimes. Their magical books
stink like dung. Let them 'bo burrtcd and
let - be' oured down the throats of the
devils. "
Another' ' cartoon 'states that It Is hateful !
that the name of Jesus should descend to a
thousand generations , and It describes how
the believers should bo treated as above.
It states that all Chinese believers * should bo
forced to drlpk slops and to defile'the picture
of a cross placed before them. Another'
shows how , children ore mutilated for the
making of foreign medicines , and a third
contains a picture of a nude Chinese woman
tied down In a chair , while two villainous-
looking Englishmen are cutting sllcoi out of
her for use In thq manufacture of theh- devil
ish potions. Another shows a woman so
tied , with her breasts cut off , and the Chi
nese script states that the foreigners catch
Chinese girls and cut off their nipples and
breasts. There are In all thirty-two of these
vllo sheets. They are each about twice the
dze of a sheet of commercial note and ore
printed In half a doien different colors. The
work Is fairly good , from a Chinese stand
point. though It would be considered very
bad In any European country.
I can't describe the effect such things have
on the lower classes ct the Chinese. They
despise ui as a nation , and they believe all
such reports as these. The missionaries
work among them under the greatest of dis
advantages and they really do a vast deal of
good. No one , however , cau appreciate the
awful difficulties they have to contend with.
and the lies which they have to refute at
every step. If it were not for the literati
and scholars they could make more headway.
As It Is. I find their churches In every city
I have visited , and I have seen a number of
mlwlon schools. In all of the points where
the riots occurred they were for month * In
danger of their lives , anil the man who
nlnk * that preaching ( he gospel to th
heathen Chinee U a eln cure U very much
mistaken.
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We could not Improve the quality if we
paid double the price. DaWltt's Witch
Ilaic ) Salve. U > ha be t zalve thaeiperlenco
can produce , or money duf bur. '
WESTERN FARM MORTGAGES
Official Pignies Proving the Stability of
Such Securities ,
DEBT ON ALL FARMS IS BELOW 17 PER CENT
I'n rm Mortgage * Iliuo Dnuvn Intercut
1'cinctimlty Ulllmut .Scaling I'rliU'lpul
A Itccnril S too It Imrrftorn Can
Not Show tlm Punt Year.
BOSTON , June 1. ( Correspondence of The
Bee. ) So much was heard last year about tha
mortgage companies which failed that no
only were the solid companies smirched by
the odium thus created , but they were ut <
terly Ignored by Investors. It was a yea
of depression In that particular buslnes
which will ever be remembered as one o
complete stagnation. Literally no buslnes
was done at cither end. Lenders stoppci
loaning , and borrowers were forced to qul
borrowing. Though unable to borrow , th
farmers paid off both Interest and prlnclpa
out of current earnings , a thing which many
railroads were unable to do. But there ha
come a change In the situation. Investors
arc realizing that these Investments arc man
desirable than most other offerings , and they
are now quite freely patronizing the wcsteri
loan companies. Many of these latter have
sold more loans during the first four months
of 1891 than they did during the entire year
of 1S93.
Several factors are at work effecting the
change In sentiment , and not the least In
Importance Is the knowledge that so many
companies have emerged from the panic wltli
clean records. There Are today some of the
strongest companies In the farm mortgage
loan field that can be found In any line o"
business. This fact and the Individual rec
ords made by the companies has a good
effect upon the minds of Investors.
THE MARGIN OF SECURITY.
To the populists wo are Indebted for the
compilation by the United States govern
ment of statistics as to the mortgage debt
of the entire country. It was duo to their
continual wall that the farmer was burdened
beyond his power of self-relief with a load
of mortgage Indebtedness , that congress
finally decided to make a thorough Investiga
tion of the matter. In 1889 congress ordered
a special census to be made of the mortgage
indebtedness , and appropriated $1,000,000 for
the purpose. Of course the desire , though
perhaps not the expectation , of the populists'
who had made so much noise , was to prove
that the farmer was Indebted to the eastern
Investor to such an extent as to make the
farmer hopelessly Insolvent. But when the
returns of the census takers commenced to
show a condition exactly the reverse of their
allegations these calamity criers claimed that
the figures were doctored. Fortunately
though , the work of the compilers was capa
ble of being proven correct , and It was so
proven by corroborative icsults from other
sources. There Is then every reason to ac
cept unhesitatingly as true the figures here
Inafter used , as they are taken from the
census reports for 1890.
The situation , as brought out by the cen
sus statistics , Is , briefly , this : There are
over 4,500,000 ot farms In the United States ,
and they average 137 acres each ; 80 per cent
cf all , except the southern farms , are owned
by the people who live upon and cultivate
the land , and less than one-half of them arc
mortgaged. The farms which are not free
of debt are mortgaged for less than 50 per
cent of their real value. , This Is the point
which Interests the lender. He Is desirous
of knowing the value of nis security , and
In view of the fact that before the census
figures were obtained It was stated that the
farms were mortgaged for more than their
value , the following deductions are Impor
tant : The total debt on all acres and lots
Is but 18.67 per cent ot the total value of all
acres and lots. That , of course , gives no
clew to individual security , but It may be
further stated that the average value of
farms owned is $3,190 , and the average
mortgage on same U $1,130. These latter
figures completely disprove the great point
made in 1889 by Farmers alliance lecturers
that the debt exceeded In amount the se
curity. They prove that there Is , In the
aggregate , a splendid margin of equity be
tween the amount of the mortgage and the
real value of the property.
THE ESSENTIAL POINT.
But while the above facts prove the sta
bility of farm mortgages In general , It is no
assurance to the investor that his Individual
loan is as good as the average. Experience
teaches that no matter how good may be
the ninety-nine leans held by other Inve.tcrs ,
the 100th loan , If a bad one , will cause Just
as much loss to the owner as If the entire
100 were bad. It Is evident , then , that
s'afety does not necessarily exist In a favor
able average. Where , then , must the In
vestor look for safety ? The men who man
age and make the loan companies are the
most Important elements of security , be
cause their Judgment In placing only good
loans has been tested and proven true. But
there are , of course , other elements to be
considered. No men are Infallible and all
are liable to be mistaken. It follows , then ,
that besides choosing reliable companies to
deal with , the Investor must give some at
tention to other matters , such , for Instance ,
as the record made by the territory , wherein
the loans are as to the nonfallure of crops ,
whether Improved or unimproved property ,
the habits and prospects of the borrower ,
etc.
RESULTS TO INVESTORS IN WESTERN
LOANS.
The past year was a crucial one for In
vestments of all kinds , and it Is a safe es
timate to say that 89 per cent of .allexcept
real estate loan securities shrank.consider
ably In market value. The annual reports
of Insurance companies prove this , for there
are very few of their stocks and , bonds
which have not been markeddo yn In mar
ket value. And what Is true of Insurance
companies Is equally true wheri"npplled to
small Investors , except that the , circum
stances are aggravated on account of the
latter's small holdings. Those wio bought
Cordage , Reading , Atchlaon , Starch and
hosts of other stocks when prices .were high ,
and who do not , as Insurance companies do ,
liave a large assortment ot better securities
amongst which to divide the losses , find that
at least 75 per cent , If not nil , their- capital
lias gone. On the other hand , the face
value of real estate mortgages has not
changed nor has the. Interest defaulted. It
Is true that some of the largo so-called west-
srn loan companies have failed' and -that
lorses have thereby been entailed upon in
vestors. But these concerns owe their
downfall to causes other than poor -western
Farm loans. Of course the loss to the In
vestor Is just as hard no matter what the
cause , consequently It Is a matter ot con
gratulation on all tides that the. two larger
ones are about to resume business and save
the Investor from loss. The western loan
justness must not , however , be charged
with the failures , for the investor' who se
lected his company from tlioio who confine
their loans to the legitimate lines of such
concerns has received his Interest Just as
promptly In 1893 as In any other year , and
ills principal has not been scaled down a
cent. The holder of other stocks and bonds
who can say the same Is a curiosity.
J. HENRY \XOOD.
DaWltt's Witch Hazel Salvo cures piles
JEWELS HIDDEN LONG AGO.
Uld-Vaalilimeil Valuable * Itcccntly Found lu
n Weil I In IIU I I'I. |
What has been known for half a century
as the old Freeland residence , six miles
rom Jackion , Miss. , was recently torn
down after having been a ruin for many
years , lays a correspondent of the Phlladil-
> hla Times. Beneath It was discovered
what had been an old curbed well , and on
clearing this out there was brought up a
small steel casket containing several nr-
Icles of old-fashioned jewelry , These nuiti-
lered among them a watch of the style
worn during the last part of the last cen-
ury and a comb such as was affected by
adloa of continental times. These were set
vth | large pearls , which must have been
aluablo , but which are ruined by the action
f the water. A tiara of small diamonds
bore the device of "D1' In
mall German characters , but be
yond this Uicre i P.O clew as to
the owner of tlio JOW | B. The family to
whom the house belong ha * long been ex
tinct nnd the plnco for omo years until re
cently has been Inhabited by negroes. Same
of the older citizens , remember that thin
mansion replaced andilier far handsomer ,
which was destroyed by fire , nnd which was
one of the bldot plicae In the state. At
the tlmo of the war the house was rented
to a poor family named Luccy , who would
hardly hove possessed such Jewels , so their
presence In the well cnn icarccly bo ac
counted for on the theory that they were
hidden there for safety. This present value
of tlio articles lu not more than $100 , but
when new they must hate been Worth some
thing over $1,000 , according to the valuation
of a local Jeweler. They are now In the
pCEseislon of the Rcntletnan who owns ; the
land on which the old place stood. The
watch Is cnr.'oiis for Its antique workman
ship , though most of the works have been
eaten away by rust.
AM ) H'K'KTs HIS II.II'l'Y T7/K.V.
Hitch IllnUo Wllltnmt.
When It rnlna bi-cntirc we want It to
acts wnimi'i * because , wu like ;
When we order nil our lillrznnla
Tell the lightning where to strike ;
The world will be iv Jolly world
To all the mnliln nnd men ;
With life a sons the whole day long ,
And we'll be hnppy then !
When crops prow at their own nccord ,
Without a plow or hoe
When bill collectors cense to bring
The lengthy bills we owe ;
The world will be a Jolly world
To all the maids and men ,
Ami birds will slug and cash will ring ,
And we'll be happy then ,
Cards have been Issued for the marriage
of Miss Edith Crtiger Sands to Mr. T , J.
Oakley Klilnclamlcr , to take place June C
In Trinity chapel , New York.
Mr. Sllmpurse But why do you Insist that
our daughter should marry a man whom
she does not like ? You married for love ,
didn't you ? Mrs.Cllmpursc Yes ; but that
Is no reason why I should let our daughter
make the same blunder.
The engagement Is announced of Kenneth
Frnslcr , a young Philadelphia artist , and
Miss Julia Hogers , daughter of William
Hogers and granddaughter of the late Ham
ilton Fish. Miss Hogers Is herself an artist ,
and has painted several excellent oil per
traits.
She This narrow band' of gold Is very
swtet , of course , but you you said you In
tended to bring me a cluster diamond ring.
He Y-e-s , but afterward It occurred to me
that such a ring would hide those lovely
dimples In your fingers. Shi. Oh , you
darling !
"I am opposed to the word 'obey' In the
marriage service , " said a strong-minded
young woman. "It Is an outrage ; It Is - "
"Oh , It docs no harm. " Interrupted the
married woman languidly. "No one ever
pays any attention to It , you know , and It
tickles the vanity of man. "
Kolcomo , Ind. , Is the home of a preacher
who easily holds the championship of the
state. If not the nation , in the number of
marriages solemnized. This famous preacher ,
Hov. Hoyden Rayburn , i IB 82 years of age ,
and during his sixty years In the ministry
has united 1,200 couples , as Is shown by a
carefully kept record ot the transactions.
Edward Gay White , a turf writer on the
Chicago Inter Ocean , eloped one night last
week , from Richmond. Va. , with Miss Addle
Virginia Johnson , a handsome and talented
young society lady of. ' Washington , and the
couple were yesterday ) married In Washing
ton. White Is a native of oldj Vlrglnny ,
where ho Is well connected. and Is a bril
liant and versatile writer.
The family -of Yung , Kwal , ' who married
Miss Durnham , of Springfield , Mass. , the'
other day , Is said to rank next to the Chinese - '
nose emperor. He 'Is about 30 years of age ,
and has spent twentyyears In this country.
He was fitted for Yale at the Springfield'
High school. He Is & member of the Con
gregational -church , ondils thoroughly Ameri
canized. He has discarded -the queue and
wears American clothljigjir.ouju ! , .
The engagement ! df M. 'Ernest Carnet , the
second son of. the- French president , to Mile.
Chlrls. daughter of the senator of the Alpes-
Marltlmes department , Is announced In "Le
Courrler des Etats-Unls , " the French organ
In America. It adds that 'President Carnet
has two other sons , Sadl , an officer of In
fantry , and Francois , a pupil engineer In the
Ecole Centrale ut Paris. The fiance , Ernest ,
Is 27 years' old ) and Just returned from a
long voyage to both coasts of South America ,
where ho was sent as Inspector for the
French Steamship company of the itlessager-
'es Marltlmcs.
Among the Lolos of Western China It Is
customary for the bride on the wedding
morning to perch herself on the highest
branch of a largo tree , while the elder
female members of her' family cluster on
the lower limbs , armed with sticks. When
all are duly stationed the bridegroom
clambers up on the tree , assailed on all
sides by blows , pushes- and pinches from
the dowagers , and It Is not until he has
broken through their fence and capture'd
the brldo that he Is allowed to carry her
off.
One of the very prettiest of the spring.
weddings In New York was that of Miss
Johnson and Mr. Townsend on the 15th ult.
A. symphony In white and yellow were the
bridal toilets. The chief beauty of the
bridesmaids' gowns was In the materials
the softest and finest of white mull , draped
over silk , with several Insertions of fine
Valenciennes crossing each corsage. Irregu
lar fringes of buttercups hung from the
soft satin girdles In the back and the Im
mense bouquets were entirely of buttercups ,
looking as fresh as If just plucked.
Clusters of the same flowers and white
ostrich plumes trimmed the largo white
mull hats. The satin , the point lace and
the superb diamond ornaments worn by the
brldo made a magnificent combination , and
one which accorded well , with the royal
looking canopy under which the newly
married couple stood when receiving the ,
congratulations of their friends.
ASTONISHED THE ISLANDERS .
CtTcct of Modern Inventions on tlio.
Kt n ikas.
When one of the Australian squadron was
patrolling the South seas lately she caino
up with a sailing vessel , and one of her offi
cers boarded the stranger , says the Sidney
Mall. She proved tor bo a colonial craft'
engaged In recruiting Kanakaa for the.
Queensland plantations. On board tho.
naval officers noticed inj phonograph. Ho was
told that before the vpssel loft 'Queensland
the captain visited tome of the sugar plan-
tatlqhs where South Sen Islanders are em
ployed. He took a-4camera and a phonograph
graph , and then he want Into the business' '
of photographing groqpi of natives on the
plantations , also takbxft Individual pictures
of well known natives ) from the New He
brides and others from the Solomon group.
Edison's Invention wa then brought Into
service , the best known of the natives , es
pecially those who haw relatives and friends
In the Islands , being asked > to speak In the
phonograph anything they would Ilko to
tell their friends. Largo numbers of these
phonograph letters- were procured , giving
accounts of what sort ) ofUfa the Kanakas
were having ontlio .plantations and other
news that would intotest the "old folks nt
homo" at Malllcollo.Ambrym , San Chris-
toval , Malalta and other Islands. After
securing a good suppll- the Ingenious ship
master sailed for thor Islands , and , when
last seen , was astonlsUig the natives. Many
of the photographs fad had transferred to
glass for use with the lime light , and with
the photographs-and qticnograph ho was In
a position to 'give ' sucn an exhibition of Ufa
on a plantation as fairly changed the natlvo
doubts Into an enthuilastlo ditilre to eml- '
grate , Nor was that all. At the lime light
ihow ho would produce a full-sized picture
of an absent friend , a natlvo who WHS well
known In tha Island In which the ship
master happened to be , and to the amaze
ment of the dusky audience , would make
him speak words of greeting from hln plan
tation home In Hundaberg 1.000 miles
away. If any misgivings were felt before
the phonograph was produced , that be
witched machine dispelled them by mak
ing the lime light figure of their friend ad
dress tbo natives In their own tongue , and.
In the tame voice that they knew so well
when ho dwelt among them. Neediest to
Buy , the phonograph has proved a valuable
accessory , _ . to
Mrs. Youngever Before we were married
you never smoked In my presence. Mr.
Yuungev r True , and you never dcolded In
my presence. <
HUMPHREYS' SPECIFIC
" 1O"
INDIGESTION ,
WEAK STOMACH ,
LOSS OF APPETITE ,
WATER B3ASH ,
HEART BURN ,
NIGHTMARE ,
COATED TONGUE ,
OFFENSIVE BREATH ,
JAUNDICE ,
BAD COMPLEXION ,
LIVER SPOTS.
DYSPEPSIA , OFTEN MISTAKEN FOR OTHER
DISEASES.
How a Business Man Regained His Health ,
In the mad rush for gain , many business
men glvo way under the strain , the Im
pression being that the WOHUY nnd CARE
has affected them phyblcnlly and men
tally. They frequently seek relief in
travel , change of air , change of scene , and
sometimes retire to an Infirmary or sani
tarium. In view of this condition of
things the experience of one of the sup-
poscd "overworked nnd care-ridden , " the
manager of a large corporation , Is Inter
esting. We give the story In his own
words : "I first began to feel nervous , Im
patient , easily startled , restless , tired , had
an aveslon to. work , doubted my ability to
continue my labors. Of rest 1 knew none.
My thoughts nnd deeds of the day were
lived over through the night , and I fre
quently tossed for hours without being able
to win 'nature's sweet restorer. ' At first
my trouble seemed to be entirely In the
head , and I feared apoplexy , and thought
my brain was giving out. Again my lungs
seemed affected , 'suffering pains in the
chest , and I feared the approach of con
sumption. At another time my heart was
the affected part , and the fear came over
me of sudden death. Believing that my
trouble was caused from OVERWORK and
STRAIN , I sought the open air as much as
possible , both walking and driving , but no
relief cairte.
"In despair I sought the president of the
company to arrange for a leave of ao-
sencc. He listened attentively to all my
troubles , nnd after scanning me carefully
with his sharp eyes remarked that his be
lief was that my entire trouble was caused
by Dyspepsia ; that the dull eye and sallow
cheek Indicated stomach troubles , ana
urged me , oh , how earnestly , to try HUM
PHREYS' SPECIFIC NO. 10. With little
faith I took a few doses , and the very first
night had a good rest , the first refreshing
sleep for months. Naturally , I continued
Its use , and the result was , no leave of ab
sence , but the return of a naturally buoy
ant , hopeful state of 'mind. I was able to
attend to business with renewed vigor , and
from that day to this all that has been re
quired to keep me In perfect health hub
been an occasional dose of No. 10. "
The Inference Is that many persons who
think they are suffering from an over
worked brain , nervous prostration , con
sumption , or. qven heart disease , aie really
the victims of Dyspepsia , Indigestion , and
Weak Stomach.
Ono of the Ountler Sex Saved After the
Dootora ad Given Her Up.
The story of one of the many careworn
women Is best told In the words of her
niece : "Auntie was truly a wreck com
pletely , run down , wasted to a skeleton ,
could hardly raise hand or foot , the slight
est exertion was nn effort. By the advice
of her doctjtys slie gave up housekeeping
and came home to die. At least the doctors -
tors offered no hope , Intimating that noth
ing 'Could b done. for her. It's true her
disturbed and she suffered
great- pain , .but It was generally supposed
she was , suffering fj-om nervous prostration
and we never suspected that her trouble
was .Dyspepsia until a friend urged the use
of HUMPHREYS' SPECIFIC NO. 10. The j
effect was almost miraculous. Auntie be
gan to gain at"onc6the , lmprovement con
tinued. stVadlly and rapidly to an entre | re
covery , gaining both strength and fleph. "
hero. Is'Tlttle doubt that-nine-tenths of
all the ' 'suffering attributed to Nervous
Prostration Is due to Dyspepsia , Indigestion
and Wealc Stomach.
IT REQUIRES THE
INVESTMENT
OF A Q'JAITER
OF A DOLLAR
TO TEST NO. 10.
IF THE TRIAL
IS NOT SATIS FACTORY
IT COSTS NOTHING.
FOR YOUR QUARTER
WILL BE REFUNDED
ON APPLICATION
BY THE UNDERSIGNED ,
A CORPORATION
DOING EU3INESS
UNDER THE LAWS OF THE |
STATE OF NEW YORK. f
10 la the true digestive tonic , a revelation
many no physic no nasty dosen Just a
small bottle of pleasant pellets IIU your
treat pocket. Bold by druggists or sent on
receipt of price. SSc. or 6 for 11.00. HUM
PHREYS' MEDICINE COMPANY , corner
iuit I T II A Mil tnUM HXB , J CW Ynr\r. \
Look Around First
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BEFORE CALLING
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1317-1319 DOUGLAS STREET.
Any nnd nil out of town people visit
inp Om.ihn this -vcolt nrc cordially In
vited to call on us , whetlfor thuy tiuy or
not. And iwt It down ns : i solid luul
sMlmtantla ! fact that whatever you have
to buy In cloth Ing , hats , shoes or furn
ishings can bo bought in tills Kro.it
spculnl xnlo for about 60 per cent less
than prices on the sama goods clso-
where.
AIKN'S ' AND HOYS' CU ) THING.
All our men's suits , worth up to $10 ,
S3 nt M.50
Men's now $15 blnck cheviot suits gent
nt $7 50.
Men s llncst J'JU niul $12J suits go nt
ABSOLUTELY
FIRE PROOF.
NOT A DARK
OFFICE
IN THE BUILDING
Hoys'llnest M.WI suit * go nt $1.65.
Hoys'superllni- $ suits po nt * 3.75.
Mcn'u-orklngp.iutausiinl prlcofl.ii.V
RO nt 05c.
Hoys' best pants , \\orth * l. RO nt ftOe.
FURNISHING C1OOD3.
Best Rio lA'i'iioh
baibrlRgan under-
vrcnr KOCH at ! )7c )
Heat yjc fast black nnd tnn BOX RO nt
lie.
lie.Best
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Best $1 nltilit sblriH go nt fiOc.
HA'Prf AND CAPS.
_ A11 men's SI.W ) and $1.75 hats po nt
85c ,
All men's nnd boy' 50o straw lints go
nt'Mli-
Western Clothing Co. ,
1317-1319 Douglas Street.
Three Doors East from Corner of 14th.
Tiic Romantic History
of ( lie World's ' Fair ,
IS TIIEJOINT WOKK Off
D. IT. Rurnhnin ,
THE MAN WHO BUILT IT.
AND
F. D. Millet ,
THE AUTHOR AND PAINTER. I ]
T/ic * Great Artists of America supplement their work
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