THE CHINESE EMPEROR. Story of the Present Celestlnl Soverolgn’i Accession to Power. The announcement ot the birth of hn heir to the emperor of China, which was published a short time ago, recalls the story of the tragedy which signalized his accession to the throno. His prodooessor, T'ung-chi, died, as was announced, of smallpox, January 12, 1875. It is said that his death was really due to poison. At the time ot his death his empress, Ahluta, the daughter of Duko Clung, whom he had married in October, 1872, when he was 1G, was pregnant Her child, if a boy, would have been the legal emperor, as well as heir by direct descent She was put in what was represented as honorable confine ment rendered nocessary by her be ing the widow of the dead emperor and the possible mother of the future emperor, in the course of whioh she, with her unborn child, died. Her death was officially attributed to her refusing food because of her grief at the loss of her husband, but there is said to be good reasons for belioving that it was due to the same means wmcn are auegou 10 nave caused her husband’s death. The China Mail said ol her death at the time: “Her fate has Indeed beon an un happy one. Wedded at the age of 15, she became a widow at 17,' and since the death of her husband has. if native reports are to be believed, led a most miserable life. She is said to have refused all food for some days previous to her death and have sunk from exhaustion. Wheth er these reports are true or not, we can easily believe that her position was a most unenviable one. At bast, she was exposed to perpetual seclu sion for many years to oome, while she was exposed to intrigues which, in view of her expected confinement, might have had her death and that of the possible child as their object. Death was probably a relief. ” Other more outspoken authorities attributed her death to foul means. The reason her death was desirable was because the two dowager empress es, who were regents of the Flowery kingdom, wanted to clear the way for the then infant son of Prinoe Chrun, the “seventh prince,” a mem ber of the lmperiai family, although not of direct descent, whom, for rea sons which do not appear, they had agreed to make the nominal occu pant of the throne. One of these dowager empresses was the hapless Ahluta’s mother-in-law. This infant became of age March 1887, and as sumed control of the government in February, 1889, when Ahluta’s moth or-in-law, who had survived her co regent, withdrew from power. The present sovereign, who reigns under the style of Kwangsii, was married February 26, 1889. The birth of his heir renders the succes sion of dynasty comparatively secure, although lie himself is in bad health and is not likely to live long. When he was proclaimed emperor, in ac cordance with Chinese oustoms, his dead predecessor was declared to have adopted him, and an ediot to that effect was promulgated through out the empire. A True Scholar. Theodore Mommsen, the famous historian of Rome, had not only the appearance, but the manner of a scholar. Once during the half-hour's drive from Berlin to Charlottenburg, the ■ car in whioh the professor rode went badly off the track. The rest of the passengers alighted, the horses were removed, and the stranded car was left until help could be found. Mommsen remained, reading his book. An hour passed, and the sound of levers and jacks and the plunging of horses’ hoofs aroused him from his reverie. With no sign of disoomposure, he rose from his seat and went to the door. “Ah," said he, “wo seem to have come to a standstill."—Argonaut. Yum-Yumy—Very, “There,dear,” remarked the young wife, who was trying “love in a cot tage,” just after the lapse of the honeymoon, while she sat with her husband at the breakfast table, “you forgot to get sugar yesterday, so you have none for breakfast ” “Oh, yes, I have. I’ve got you." “But you can't sweeten your coffee with me,” she said, with a love-light in her eye. “Maybe not; but I can sweeten my life with you." “How nice that sounds,” she said: “just tike books.”—Toledo Blade. A Lover's Mistake. Mr. Westside—Why does that young lady to whom you are en gaged always wear a piece of court plaster on her cheek? Johnnie Masher — That’s easily enough explained. She has a twin sister, and they are so much alike that I am always kissing the wrong one. To avoid battle, murder and sudden death my intended now wears that piece of court plaster.—Texas Siftings. _ Broken Promises* Mother—You have broken your promise to obey your papa, and 1 shall have to whip you! Little Son— Didn't you promise to obey papa when you were married? “Y-e-s.” “Did your mamma whip you when you broke it?’’—Good News. A Matter of Opinion. Jack—Is it pleasant to kiss? May — There is only one thing swoeter. Jack—What's that? May—To be kissed! (And the clock struck 12 four times in succes sion without thinking.) Worse Than Sick. Little Ethel—Bobby Wilson hasn't been to school for two daya Ethel's Mamma—Is he Bick? Ethel—On, no’m! It’s worse than that. His ma has just cut his hair. CANINE KNOWLEDGE OP TIME. fitorlea Which Seem to l’ron Womlerfal Perception of Thle Kind. A correspondent ot tho Boston Transcript rooently sent a communi cation asking if dogs know time, and then related some stories showing that they da Ono of these storios is about a collie which starts ovory af ternoon to moot his master, who al ways comes on the 5:80 train. Trains are continually coming and going, and whistling and ringing, but Pete pays no attention to any but this ono. As soon as its whistle is heard he begins to bark joyfully, and never makes a mistake. Another dog be came so much accustomed to going to the schoolhouso overy morning with his little master that, when the boy was absent for several weeks, the dog still went on going to school, arriving punctually at U o'clock every morning. Moreover, ho never went on Saturday or Sunday. With regard to i,ho first case it might be replied, perhaps, by a skep tical person that the dog was more likely to be able to distinguish the special whistle of the locomotive which drew the 6:80 train than to know it by the hour of the day. And yet there is no doubt that dogs do know when a certain hour arrives at which something regular and accus tomed takes placo. The second case seems to prove this very thing. There is a case on record in which a doctor who was accustomed to visit a oertain village at a certain hour on a certain day each week, always iouna a a03 01 ms acquaintance waiting for him outside the town, and it was proved that the dog never came to the place at any other day or hour. Evidently all that can bo said in explanation of such cases is that animals are susceptible of hav ing periods or circles of time estab lished in their intolligenoe by use and that their ignorance of time pieces only serves to make the in stinct the keener. ' it is well known that men who have never possessed watches) and who work or bunt habitually at a distance from the clocks are very expert at estimating the lapse of time. Perception of this kind undoubtedly may be culti vated in an intelligent animal as well as in man. A Caravan to Mecca. The largest of the caravans which go annually to Mecca, is the Syrian or Damascus caravan. This starts from Scutari, the Asiatio suburb of Constantinople, and, after gathering pilgrims through Syria, makes a Anal rendezvous at Damascus. Here it remains three weeks and changes camels before it finally starts for Mecca. It consists of from 80,0 )0 to 50,000 pilgrims and is under the special protection of the Turkish sul tan. The next greatest is the Egyp tian, which starts from Cairo and goes by the head of the Ked sea These are now the only two cara vans which go every year, but thero are several others which go nearly annually. The most important of these are the Persian from Bagdad and that from Jeddah. The great Indian caravan from Muscat has been given up, and those from Babylon and Morocco have become very ir regular. Only a few Mohammedans perform the pilgrimage from pious devotion. The majority undertake it with a view to trade, while many are pilgrims by profession and are paid to perform the sacred duty for others. An Adjustable Dream. An Irish earl and his lady were riding out one morning, and meeting one of their tenantry, gave her a kindly greeting. “And sure 1 had a dream about ver honor sending me a pound of to baccy, and yer leddyship a pound of tay; and it’s joyful I am to tell ye, this morning," said the aocustomed beneficiary. “But my good woman." replied the earl, “drqams go by the contra ry." “Indade, then, yer honor is to send the tay and her leddyship the tobaccy," was the quick-witted re ply.—New York Ledger. The Cause of the Feud. Mrs. Flaherty, proudly—Do yea hear me Mary Ann singing? Mrs. Dooley—It’s her voice Oi wish Oi had, Mrs. Flaherty. Mra Flaherty, unsuspiciously— An' phwat would th’ loikes av you do wid sioh a voice, Mra Dooley? Mra Dooley—Ol’d tole a shtone to it and t’row it to the bottom av a welL—Judge. . An Anthem. This definition of an anthem is ac credited to a British workman. Un dertaking to explain the meaning of the word to an inquiring friend, he began: “Well, if I said ‘Bring me a pickax,' that would not be an an them; but if I said ‘Bring—bring— bring—bring me the pick—pick— pickax—bring me the—bring me the —pick—pickax,’ that would be an anthem. ” .. Ail Explicit UespoiiHe. “Did you tell the hired girl that you couldn't put up with her work?” asked Mr. Simmins at the dinner table. ••Yes." •■What did she say?” “She said (hat there was nothing keeping me here if I didn’t like the place. An Insinuation. Beggar—Gimme a dime, please? Gent—Here’s a nickel; that’s the best I can do. Beggar—Well, seein’ it’s you I’ll take half off for cash. One St rows I'olnt In Ml* Favor. Judge—Do you know anything fa vorable about the prisoner? Witness —He rfm awav wid me ould woman, I yer anner. —Life. =£E=^ FOR CL01HE5. THE ITIOOTEH A GAMBLE Oft, OINT1. July 14. Writ* Tour Triends. Excursion rates one fare for tbe round trip on sale at all points in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri and Iowa to any point on tbe F. E. and M. V. Railway west of West Point; Rood thirty days. Tickets on sale May 29. 45-8 W. J. Dobbs, Agent. A*Great Big Cut. Owing to the hard times nearly every commodity has been lessened in price. The Nebraska State Journal, which has forged to the front as tbe best paper in the state, realizes that the public is en titled to cheaper state papers, and there fore reduces its price from $10 to $7.50 per yea r, including the Sunday issue, or $6 per year for six days in the week. There will be no reduction in quality but the increased circulation, even at the lower price, will permit of larger ex penditures for telegraphic news, etc. The Journal is for Nebraska first, last and all the time, and every effort is put forth to build up state interests. Pub lished at the state capitol it is of par ticular interest to* Nebiaskans. . Nebraska Statr Journal, Lincoln, Neb. TURNING AN HONEST PENNY. Actors Who Spend Their Spare Time In Hard Work. It must not be imagined that all actors are idle spendthrifts. An actor playing small parts with a company of fine repute was seen little about the streets, hotel offices or saloons during the day, and the company im agined he was in his room studying or resting, until one evening at the per formance a traveling man in the au dience sitting near tbe door said to the manager: “Is that young man who has just left the stage going with your company?” □ “Oh, yes,” replied the manager, “he has been with the company all sea son." “Why,” said the traveling man, “he shaved me in the barber shop this afternoon, and also one day at your last stand.” I heard of the leading man in a company in the “wild and woo'ly West,” who had been a horseshoer, and always carried his implements along with him, so that he could earn an,honest dollar during the time he was not at the performances. As soon as he arrived in a village he would visit the blacksmith shops in search of Railroad Through the Sea. An interesting experiment is about to be carried out at Brighton, England, in the shape of the construction of a marine railway for the purpose of connecting ' Brighton with the little village of Rottlngdean, some three or four miles to the eastward. The rails will be laid on the solid rock with concrete, and at high water will be covered by the sea, which, however, will not ef fect the carriages, the latter being supported on a framework that keeps them high and dry. At this part of the coast the cliffs are high, and the beach is practically inaccessible, so that no boating traffic will be inter fered with. The cars will be moved by electricity, like tbose now in use along the eastern foreshore of Brigh ton. The sovereign in Europe who stands most in need of a friend and compan ion whose fidelity and loyalty are above all suspicion is the unfortunate czar, who, like his predecessors on the throne of Peter the Great, has so often found himself deceived and betrayed by just those of his courtiers, his offi cials and even his relatives upon whom he had bestowed the greatest amount of kindness Under these oircumstances it is not astonishing that he should place his principal reliance on a superb and huge Danish dog, with short mouse colored hair and quite as big as a young donkey. The dog, a gift of his father-in-law, King Christian of Denmark, is the successor of a similar hound, which lost its life in the terrible railroad accident at Borki, when the imperial train was entirely destroyed, the czar and czarina escaping all injury save the shock to their nerves in the most miraculous manner. Alexander’s preh eat dog is not only by hU side wbcti he walks out, asleep beside .his bet at night, but Is also present when he grants audiences, sniffing at strangers in an inquiring and sometimes sus picious manner, which is not without exercising a certain influence upon the treatment accord by the czar to his visito;. INVESTIGATE the irrigated lands of Idaho and you will find . them the cheapest, the best and the most acces sible to markets. EMIGRATE • to Idaho and you will be happy. Its anew coun try, its for the poor man and the smaller farmer and fruit grower. IRRIGATE the lands of Idaho and you have a surety of crops and fruits in abundance. COGITATE? Of course you will, then send for our Idaho advertising matter. E. L. Loiaat, G. P. & T. A. Omaha, Neb. LAND SEEKERS EXCURSION ..To all points In Missouri, Arkansas and Texas on the Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain railroads. ONE FARE for the round trip. 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