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THE OMAHA DAILY J3EB- SUNDAY FEBRUARY 17 , 18S9.---TWELVE PAGES. TillEJJPEROR'S - ; ' RED PENCIL It Marks the Copy For tbo Daily Poking Gazotto. THEWORLD'SOLDEST NEWSPAPER Now In UN ICIijIit Iliinitrotli Ycnr Vn Abundance ( if Sanmitlons Horri ble IMinlsliiniMH ClilncHO KCR- l > .tis Jhu Civil Service. OlPSttnl .lolirnnlNiil. PnKi ! ( i. China , Kob. 3 [ Special Cone- epondcnco of TIIK Hri : ] Ono of tl.o oldest tiling in this old capital of China Is its news paper. The Peking Oi7etto has been pub lished almost daily for bXjoins. ( ) It Is the oldest newspaper in the work' . It was read by the Chinese centuries before America xv.-is discovered. Its llrst copies wcio struck off hundreds of yours before Gutenberg fiavo printing to r.uropo , and It was in existence COO yean before the I'mnkford ( Ja/etto , the lirstdallv paper of our civilisation , began its publication In 1015. Ago 1ms , however , pro ducud no more change upon it than upon the Chinuso people , mid its contents me iiiucl the amo to day as they wore when it was founded in the darkness of the middle ages Its method of printing is the same and It Is still sot up fiom inovablo typo of wood am struck off in dark , low rooms by the long linger nailed hands of those almond eyed celestials , Still it is the most nristo cratic paper in the world , and the Chinese emperors of the past have been its editors H.ln , the official organ of the Chmcio government mont and it is simply a record of ofllclnl nets and reports. It is a crime to aild to or sub tract from It in Its ropilblicatlon. The Cliinosu gavoinmcnl allows noconimcntnpoi its acts , and this is the only organ by whicl those millions of people , making up mot ethan than one-fourth of the whole world , c.ii know what their uilcr is doing. inmi : : > iiv TIM : I-MI-I noil. The Peking Gazette is edited within the holy of holies of China in the forbidden city whcie the cmpcior lives. The reports 9 J from all narts of China and its provinces I ! eomo In daily to thoimpetial cditoiial dusk anil with a red pencil his majesty marks the cliaraetors which indicate whether they tire tn-RO into the waste basket or tire to bo pasted on the bill boards of the palace , from which the scribes take them down for the HBO of the newspaper. Tliolhst copies nro written , and these beautifully cngrossec command , Colonel Ucnby tells me , a. prleo of J100 n year. Private printing llrms buy thcso copies am rcpubllab Uicin. They are set up in Pck ing and ml over China , and are sold in many cases , almost as cheaply as are 0111 American newspapers. Some editions gofer for thirt > cents n month , and thcie are Chlncso clubs , who subscribe together anil take tlioir tuuis nt reading the various is sues at the Ca/ettc. ! John Cninanian doc not move by elect ] icily , and the Peking Gazette n month ago scpms to suit him ijnlto s as well ns that of yesteiday. A copy of this gicat journal lies befoio mu It is bound In imperial \ellow , but it looks moro like a cheap patent mcdicino advertisement in the shapp of n long , llabby account book than a gicat , inetiopolitan newspaper. You could itmko 5JO Poking Gazettes of ono of the Sunday editions of Tiir Hfii : Jt is not as large as an olllcial envelope , though its shape is much the baine. Tlirco inches wide and six inches long , it contains about sixteen pages of Chinese characters. Tliero are about seven lines of words on each page , and thcso run up and down the paper liom top to bottom , instead of from loft to right ncioss the page as. with us. The paper is of a tinted white , and be tween the lines are stripes of rod. The whole is bound with two paper strings within a paper cover of cheap \ol lov , and the beginning of its read ing matter is at the back of the book Instead of at the front. It contains no adver tisements , no editorials and no social gossip. The latest Manchu archery match and sport ing news is not icportcd in it , and you will not find the pi ices of camel's or dog's meat , nor other market reports within its columns. It : s not cried upon the streets , and there are no newsboys in Poking. What Its circula tion is it is impossible to say on account of its being reprinted by so many linns. It is well known , however , that all China reads it , for curriers carry copies of it to the vaiions provinces , and it Is discussed and read by the educated people of the cities. TKAN81ATI3II INTO ENGLISH. The Poking Gazette is translated into Eng lish , and the Chinese Tunes , of Tientsin , and the North China Herald , of bhanghai , ucvoto a part of their space to it daily. From these translations one gets the Insiuo and most au thentic ideas of China , and by reading be tween the lines ono sees that the Chinese poonloiuo the same now ns they have been In the centuries of tlio past. The doings ot the emperor are all icpoitcd , and his god like character appears on ovorv page. In the Peking Gazette of the IOth of Decem ber i see it stated that the emperor will go at 0:30 : a. m. of the monow to inspect the prayer which is to bo recitedat the sacriilce to heaven , and that after the burning of the sacrifice ho will proceed to thn hull of fasting. Fiom u copy of. last year I sco it announced tnat ho will go in person , on the 2d of January , to a tcm- plo and pray for snow , the want of which is Doing seriously felt , and that similar pray- cra will be offered at the sumo time at other stuto temples by nobles , prinCus , and other members of tlio Impeiial nobility. An px- traetof a few dnjs later show that thcso prayers were not in vain , for the Gazette etatos "that the emperor has sent out a de cree expressing his piofound gratitude for tlio grateful snow which has fallen to the depth of live inches after his prayers. " The game , paper suites that he proposes to go' that day to offer sacrifices to the god of lit erature , and that ho will , n few days later , offorsacrillccs to the god of war. From the issue of the Ulst of last January 1 sco that ho then conducted tlio spring sacri- itccs , and on tlio ITith of last April n decree IH published stating that the emperor will go out at 4 ; 45 u. in , to visit the tumplo of agriculture , and to go thiough the ceremony of plowing. Such extracts ore published daily in the Puking Gazetto. They show how the emperor of China is the god , saint and king of his people- . Other extracts give somoidcaof his pal ace life , and some show that though infalli ble , he is not Immortal. Heio is ono stating that twenty roots of ginseng , which Is tlio cur call of China , wore sent to the emperor from the governor of Klrin , It gives their weight at nine and one-half ounces , and their value at about $ 'Jr > 00. This is considerable over $200 an ounco. Ginseng Is worth in America , f am told , about 00 cents n pound , but in China it brings moro than its weight in gold. The full story of the emperor's coming mariiago may bn read in tills Gn- retto , and the condition of his wardrobe may bo told by velvets and other things which are forwaulcd to the palace. It gives the full record of all the receipts of the ffovornuiont , and I see that olllccs are sometimes sold , and Unit live liteiary degrees lately wont for about -1,000. The charities of the omplio are also re ported , and the celestial heart grows as ten der sometimes ns docs that of the Christian , Ou the ! M of May , 18S7. I see that U Hum ; Chang has given HI.000,00. ) pounds of rico nd moro than $100,000 to the sufferer b of a famine In his province , and that on the 14th ot June 815,000 were collected for the poor in the Canton provmcc , and that a lituruiy graduate thoio has lately donated -00 teals to found n chaiitablo school. rOLICECOUUT ( jUXSVTIQ.VS. The crime notes of this ofltclal paper tire numerous , and the honors of purgatory may be road In the lines Jlxing the punishment. The sentences whcio the criminals urn to bo liced to death are many. Strangling Is common and decapitation is nu easy method Of talcing off. The bastinado and Hogging are found In nearly every issue , and I ttco that corrupt oillcluU nro often degraded from theirwiks. In a country where ancestral vroT htu prevails , the moat tculblo crtnialatho killing of patents , and purri- ch ) a. are , in China , Invariably sliced. Tbe punishment of slicing to death means the nutting off of ono member at a time. Finger bv llntrer , oar by oar , too by too. and the legs by Inches until the criminal at last ftl i under the torture. Here Is u decree of MMtt a punUb Wont wblcii sbowe that the lu- sanity dodg docs not prevail In China , and that the Insane murJercr gets the same de serts as the snno one. The decree was pub- llshod on the 10th of last .Inly , and the crime octurcd in the province where 1 wrlto this otter I copy the decree verbatim. The article is hctiucJ "A Parricdcbv a Man ac. " It roadi Li Hung Chang reports having passed sentence upon a man who killed his father during a lit of temporary dcraiiue- nient. U'h.inc 1'saitou bad always been sub ject to ( Us of Insanity , which rendered him unconscious of what ho was doing as lung as they lasted. As ho was not dangerous his father had not reported Ids case to the au thorities , as he did not want him plicril In conllncmcnt. Ono morning last Match ha went into a baker's shop and began to dance about wildly In one of his tits of insanity. His father c.uno In anil ordered him home , whereupon he picked up n cleaver ana struck the old man upon the head and neck , killlnir him At the Inquest he was not able to talk and Jabbered away In some kind of gibberish. The Inw Bajs that the nn who , i.ino or Insane , kills ills father , B mil suffer death oy the slicing process , and this is the sontcnoe that has been pissed in this ins'ance. The neigh bnrs who had not i cported the man's insanity to the olll-eis. nnd who have thcrofoie ren- dciod tliomsclTcs liable to the same penalty , ns for not pi eventing the commission of a murder , have been lined and given 100 blows each Or. the 27th of lust September 1 sec that n murderer who killed a rival through jealousy was sentenced to bo strangled and the Woman in the case was ( logged with 100 blows for loose living. It is almost impossible to conceive that such cruelties exist in this latter part of tlio nineteenth century , but they do exist hero in full force , and the boaid ol punishments of Peking , passes upon such sentences daily. K\cn the most otdinary punishments of China are homblo to us , nnd the torture of tliccanguocan haidly bo appreciated , Our IIIL'tins cold December day I ssw sitting on ono of the n irrow streets near tlio tartar wall , n Chinainnn with n boar.l four leet square so fastened about his neck that ho had just loom to turn his head through the hole in the center , His lianas wcro tied and his b no feet wcio bound by a chain. His queue was unkempt and bluck bnstlus two inches long had mown up all over his un- stiaved head. Hcsidu him stood another man with a similar boml about his neckmid the two were chained together. Upon tliofo boards were pasted bills containing Chinese diameters showing that they had been guilty of some petti offense and wet o doomed to wear tlieso bo.iuls for weeks. The boards \\oie so lixcd that they could not feed them selves and they shivered and howled ns tlio cold winds from the Mongolian mountains came tin ougli their ragged clothes. I sn ip- ped my camciaupon them and took theii pho- togratms , but 1 cannot photoiaph the heart- sickening ; sight in pen and ink. Ones feelings are sevciciy worked upon bv the poveity and cruelties of Climn. 1 have been beggars wno shivered and howled tor alms , covered by nothing moro than a stiip of loosely woven coffee sacking , and every tiiuo I go on the wide street which ' runs toward the palnco I am pursued b'y a half-naked boy without arms. Ho holds up his bare stumps of shouldeisnt mo and keeps ace with my donkey until 1 throxv him some cash. Whether he was born ns he is I do not know , but I am tolu it is no uncommon thing for parents and others to mutilate children in eider that they may boused as beggars. Ueggars sometimes cut themselves , and there is a priest hero who goes around beg ging with an iron skewer stuck tinongh his cheek. He moves this about so as to keep the check continually sore and goes along willi a brass basin winch ho pushes in your face as lie asks for alms. He has a Keen c.ve to business too. and lie would not allow linn- self to be piiotoginphed for less than six Mexican dollars. Ho lorms nhoriible sight , and ono gladly gives to get rid of him. llli : t.O\ 1 IINMEN'TAI. IIKTUITMbST1- . Speaking of the boaid of punishments , this bond has contiol ol all the punishments of the ompiie , and it might be called tlio judi cial dcpaitment of the empeior's cabinet. Tlic ompctor isou , know , tin absolute mo lurch , Iliswoidis the word of God to the Chinese , and lie docs as ho pleases. He has , however , Ins cabinet and this great cinpno has its governmentorgani/ation oven as have the oilier nations of the world. It has its civil service , founded largely upon litciury culture , and the liteiatmc graduate heio ranks higher than the military Hero. The emperor has his grand hccietanat , consist ing of chancellors and assistants , w ho assist him with his edicts and dcgices , and who lay matters before him. Ho has a gieat council of state , with which ho consults every mottling between 5 nud (5 ( o'clock , and tills is made ut ) of a number of imperial piinccs , of sccretaiies , chancellors and other influential men connected with the six crcat boards of the empire. These moining meet ings might bo called cabinet councils , and it is tit thcso that the chief official appoint ments arc made. The six great boards administer the bus ! ness of the government much as do our gicat depai tments at Washington. Each has two presidents , four vice presidents nnd a num ber of clerks and directors , Tlio best of the offices mo equally divided bcitwcoii tlio Man elms and tlio Chinese , for it must be roniom bored that the Mnnchus , or tartars , are prac tically the governing class of China , and that n tartar emperor has sat on the tluonc lor hundieds ofoais. . These six hoards are the tieasury depart ment , the board of the civil office , tlio board of rites and ceremonies , the board of war , the board of punishments and the board of works , which inicht bo called the interior de partment. It is the tieasury deiiaitmoiit which takes chaigo of the government funds , which makes out the list of girls eligible for the imperial harem , nnd which lias chuigo of the revenues , I visited this great depait- incnt of tl.cso four hundred millions of people ple yesterday. It looked moro like a bai n .vaid than u government office , and Colonel Ucnby , ouV American minister to Poking , nnd myself had to stct > carefully to keep our feet clean as wo walked within * the enclosure. Just outside there was n pool of muddy water covering the ontno street , and wo walked close to the side of the building to keep fiom slipping in. Imagine a court covering several acies sur rounded by a low , shncklcy , unpaintcil , wooden structures , with heavy tiled loofs. The doors to the inelosuru at o double , and ragged dirty Chimini'm w Ith long CIICH and pompons airs guard them. Upon each door is [ lasted a highly colored pictnio of u demon , nnd the doors themselves swing on heavy lilngcs. In the interior coint you find norses , dngs nnddonkoys. nnd hero and there : i great Chinese cm t , awaiting its owner , who is working in ono of the sUble-lllto buildings which look out upon it. There are no windows dews but those of paper , and the whole looks inoio like the outbuildings of some nnucstr.il farmer tnnn anything else. Uvery- Lhitig seems going to seed. Thorn is no at- L mpt at iitipiovcment anywhere , and this s the condition of nil the great government departments of the Chinese umpire , I found slimy pools in the court jf the board of public works , and the ho.ud of rites and ceremonies , which is now working on all of the nrrangu ments for the emperor's wedding , looks as though it might have been knocked up out of odd pieces from Nona's ark , and shows no signs of the ten millions and odd dollars which it proposes to spend in the m.irriago : olebration of its ruler. This board super- ntonds the worshiping of the gods , and it supplies the food lor u.uiquets and saciillccs. Here , however , cleanliness In not next to god- incss , for every surrounding is that of dirt and tilth. I could not get into the board of uinishmcnts , though Mr , Chuslro , the Chi- icse secretary of our legation , who talks Chlncso like n native and who knows the teoplo thoroughly , went with mo nnd tried to iflrsmulo the keepers , in none of tlio do- Mrtmcnts was I able to gut at the clorkit , nero o BOO much of their mode of working , I'lioro is no doubt , howovor. that the govern- nont is thoroughly organi/od , and that it ccepi good track of the doings of this great utlon. As to how honestly it doci so is n pjcstlon which I shall discuss in the future. There Is ono branch , however , which does lot uxistTIn any of ourgovcrnments , and that s tlio ccnsorato , Tnero are censors every- vhoro in China. Thcso keep their oycs upon ho various officials nnd thuy report whether hey do their work well or badly. They mvo the right to reprove ovcryono from the omporo. ' to the coolie , and though the mil- loror can degrade them thuy often criticise ils actions. They pass their comments upon the eunuchs of the palace , and only a few vccks ago a favorite cunuc'i of tlio empress lowngur hit. . * la head cut off for putting ou oo many ulr and for improper acts while- on a trhi away from the capital. If ono Chi- mnian wiongtt another lie can appeal to the censor and tlio censor will take tils case and see that holi righted. They net-thus as spies upon the oulolals , and the spy system of China extend * to its custom house officials md to ovorv part of its government. The foreign ofllco Is not ono ol tlio grout board * of. the government , uud there are a number of subordinate boards in addition to the ones above mentioned The civil service of China would furnish the material fnr u Inrro book in its description , and Its civil service examinations would make the white hair of Commissioner 1'dgerton lift his straight silk tile high from Ills old head onoun shoulder * , and would make liishop Oborly , our other civil service ex aminer , turn pale with horror. It is esti mated that about two million persons nro examined every yo.ir In Chlni , and that only " per cent of thcso pass , The candi dates for o.llees arc of all apes , but of only ono sex the male. Women have no chance in China The cntvlidatcs among the men range in * , cars from sKtecn to eighty. In stances li'ivo occuiicd of father , son and grandson appearing nt the same examina tion for the same dcgiccs , rind the innn who falls honorably in an examination has tlio right to enter for the next examination unit tty again Kxnu.ination hulls exist In every province ot thoChinesootnpiro nnd the ball at Canton covers ovci sixteen nctes , nnd has mnrothan eight thousand cells , in each of which n student Is penned when ho writes Ills examination essay 1 is necessary to pass three c.x unin.itions bufoio ono can got n high place under the go\ eminent The first Is held in the district in which the student lives , mul if ho gets this degree the tri-aditato Is not subject to corporal punishment for or dinary offences , and he has the chance , I think , at minor offices This might bo called the dcgico of bachelor of aits The examina tion of the second degree is held nt the pro vincial cipitil , and fiom four to eight thou sand nnd upwards appear at each of thcso ex aminations. At one such examination held not long since , the average ago ot the stu dents was thirty. Sixteen per cent weioover foity Ono student was sl.xti-two and an other eighti three. Supposing tlio student passes Ins examina tion liUvhas then the ilirht to enter the great examinations at Peking , wlicie , If success ful , ho will get nn appointment for olllce. Theio Is still a higher examination which makes him one of the members of Hiinlln college , nnd this rank Is the highest literary rank in the cmpiic. Li Hung Chang is a Hatnlin , and si uio many other big olH cmls I visited this college the other day It Is as ditty and bain-like as are the other government departments , ami is hardly woith n description. The great uxaimiritloii hull at Peklnir cov ets , 1 judge , at leist twenU aciea , and 17,0)0 ) students wcio examined in it n few wei'its ago Mho number passed was , I think , about twe bundled , nnd there were forty deaths dining the tluce dnjs test. The students wo-e all examined as to their clothes anil persons to see whether they had any notes concealed upon themana such us were found guilty wcro piohibitcd from future examina tions , nnd wcio punished by tlio canguo in the same way ns for stealing. Their fathers and tutors were uiso punished. 1 visited the halls to day. They arc not what would bo called halls in America , and they look moic like u stock .yard than anything else. Take a level twenty acre field and build within it long lows ofuairow , pou-llke cells. Your matei ml is of brick and the walls between the cells are thick. The roofs arc of heavy tile and the cells have no windows nnd are open at the front. They arc not as high as your head and they are not moro than live tcot deep nor more than four feet wide. In the walls ut distances ot two nnd three feet from the lloor are ledges , in the tops of 'vhich boards are put to form seat and table , and the whole is so arranged that when the scholar is in ho cannot get out. IIo is furnished hero with pen , ink and paper , and here he sits for three d.iys and three nights and writes his essay and an swers certain questions. The examination is on the Confucian philosophy , on the icpcti- tion of passages from the Chinese classics an.l on nifiiciilturo , war , poetry and finance. Only lately mathematics and some of our sciences have been added to this , and it is a curious fact that nt the iccont examination the highest grade in mathematics was taken bv n iotith from the far west provinces of Cmmi Tlio boy had studied Ins way through mathematical scicncs by books alone , and ho distanced the men of tlio colleges. It is impossible to appreciate the severity of these examinations The misplacing of , character , a blot upon the manuscript , or tlio slightest mistake will impair a whole p iper and render the examination void. A student nt the last test who had done very well up until the last day , then became very tired and fell asleep His candle was over turned and his papers buint up. Ho was so disappointed by the accident th-it ho killed hunsolt before the examinations wore over' and , as is tlio custom ot caring for dead stu dents at such tunes , Ins body was dragged out through : i hole in the walls and handed over to Ins friends for burl il THANK G. Angostura Bitters are tbo best remedy for removing inditrebtion. Ask your druggist for the { jonuino , prepared by Dr. .1. G. i3. SiegortiSc Sonx TIRED OF THE OLD FACES. A Dcninuil for New Resigns for American Coins. Mint Director KimbaU thinks Unit tbo designsof American eoinsaro inrtrtistic , and bo is de&irous to have a change , says the Philadelphiallecord. Senator jMorrill is also interested in a changea < ? ho believes that thocoiusof oyery great nation of the world surpass those oC the United States in an artistic sense. A bill is nnw pending in congress , earn estly supported by Senator Mori-ill and the mint director , which stipulates that there shall bo a change in the style of coinage every twenty-live years. "With tha exception of the now 5- cent piece and dollar there has been no change in design for about forty years , " said Charles E. I3arber , engraver at tlio Philadelphia mint. "It is perhaps natural that people should clamor for : i new style , but they will bo very hard to satisfy if every new coin shall be subjected to as much ad verse criticism as was neaped unon the now dollar and nickel piece. Jt is a dilllcult task to make a proper design for a coin. The most skillful artists ana sculptors have submitted designs that arc entirely impracticable , owing to their imperfect uiidcrstailding of the low relief which was an absolute , neces sity in coin designing. The designer of a medal , which admits of hiirh relief and htatiiosriuo figures , is pretty sure not to succeed in dosigiiiiif/ stamped coin. " "For tins rcnpon there is very little real competition in the designing of coins. Whim the directorof the mint advertised for now designs some time ago those Unit wore faiibmittod to him wore most grotesque and ridiculous. They were largely of the spread-eaglo order a goddess of liberty borne aloft on a soaring board , surrounded by sky rockets , shooting stnrs nnd HroworitH galore. It in a marvel that the direc tor's desire was not altered through sheer dishoartonnient at these alleged artists' lack of esthetic culture. "Of course , America is not without artists who understand the art of coin making and are gifted with true os- thetio table. Uut the American de signer is at a curtain diBiulvaiitago bo- catibo of the limitations imposed upon his work. Wo have no heraldry in this country , and the nature of the design required is HO distinctly defined by law as to allow but little variation fiom ono idea. The European nations grant a much wider scope , yet I cannot say that I assent to Senator Mori-ill's emphatic declaration of the immense fauporiority of tlioir coins to our * . " The mint olllginls are loathe to'ox- press any opinion about coin designs that may appear antagonistic to the vlowb of the director. Superintendent Fox , however , said yesterday that ho thought no change should bo contom- platud.untU suitable- designs have been submitted for approval. Ho thought it would bo 11 good Idea to have designs submlttsd periodically , say every twenty-five yours , but ho believed thcro shoulu bo no law that will compel a change unless such change bo a mani fest improvement. Nature usually mukcs a gallant light ngninst dibonsonnd yvhon helped hy Dr. J. II. MoLoan's Stronijthoning Coritiul and Ulood Purillor-will eradicate It from the system. NOT BORN TO BLUSILUNSEEN , Some Pootlo RO303 Rosouocl From the Boo's Wnsto Brisket. WEIRD MEDLEY FROM KAN3AS Soulful IjlMrMoftlio Wliliiii.-ui-Tiirtii.3r Jf.li.et Orilrr A I'nsfloniUc No- \ltinte Uliat n Dollar Won Jim \ \ nlklus. MHSP. The corn licit abounds in pools. This statement niny suoin somewhat startling nt the lli-st blush , but it is novorthuicss truo. Tliu fact that thuy Imvo nuulo such an usrullnnt rocortl in cultl * . atintf the cereal him not prevented hoi * sturdy youth from oultivatinir the inu es also. Hero are specimen gems selected at random from ti vast number of pootio ullusloni wliieh have found their way into Tin : Hiiollioe. A patriotic Kan- faiin sends n contributionunder the mod est title , "Original Lines. , " in which ho declares that Though winds lit ? chill Yi't h ovilom'i llowor Kver blooming still In sunshine or shower On Hill , in vnle , Like liberty mid life , In storm or Hide , The i ipht of in.in or wife Though the world prevail \Vhcro rules the lint'lish spcaldiij * elans. This production , aa u whole , is ti sort of poetic pot pourri both as to the va riety of subjects treated and tbo s > tylo of meter employed. The dietion booms to bo a hasty combination of Walt Whit man , Martin Tapper and Amolio Hives although tbo amorous realism which distinguishes the passionate Virginia poetess is wholly expended on such plalonk * objects us tbo Goddess of Lib erty and the "Glorious West.1 Hero is a young lady who nt ono time betrayed 9\mptoms of becoming a dis ciple'of iila : Whcolcr Wile ox. but she got rid of her pas sionately poetical impulses and \\as saved. What a. vast volume of hys terical stnn/as tbo public would bo spared if other young ladies similarly situated would go and do likewise. She was standing by a river , watching it as it rushed down to the sea , With its ciushlng , roaring , slushing , with its sobbing passionately , Whoa si strange thing happened. For the waters laughed , "O , Foolish , " us they hurried to the se.i. With jour crying , sobbing , sighing , with .vour grieving constantly , Have your soi row ; but to-moirow let your hcnrt be glad anil f reo "So , " the young lady concludes. "I dropped my load of passion to be ) buried in tbo sea. " Another contributor submits a ballad , entitled "What a Dollar AVon. " It oc cupies thirteen stun/as mid tells how the authoress invested the sum named in a lottery , and theieby replenished the cash-box of a largo and increasing family. In submitting it for publica tion the writer naively remarks that she had been offered $13 for the poem , but had consideiod this beneath its market value , "it being written upon a novel subject. " It begins in this way : Kind lender , listen now While n story I teUite , And sco if you will say ] t was licltlc foituuo or fate. She then goes on to tell how the fam ily were in straitened circumstances and this with some other features of the situation made the outlook anything but choGVful. No work husb.iml could get That he was able to do , And. alas , we expected soon An increase in the family.too. Here indeed was a state ol affairs. Hut fortune smiled at last. A dollar was invested in a lottery. In duo time the drawing c.imo off , And I holding No. 17bO ) & r > < ) , Soon found m\bclf the possessor of A check that looked like a gold mine. "There id little more to add. The check was cashed without delay , the household treasury for once contained a surplus , and now , in tbo language of the poem , A happier family cannot 4io found anywhere under the sun. A local aspirant for literary faino sends a production not without merit. Thcio may be little genuine poetry in it , but there is no denying the fact that it contains both rhyme and reason. It concludes in this wise : No longer repine , Adopt this design , And you'll never have cause to rcgiet , To the winds with dispair IJegm the park to repair , lint the hull goes on Farnani street yet. Another local author tolls how Oft' in the early morning , Hufoi-o the night was done , 13efore the hills wore gilded Hv the early rising sun , I have hcarJ a voice so gentle , So still , so calm , so light , That it secincil to lie the Shadow of the coming sunbeams bright , I have sat upon the doorstep , In the early autumn night , When the stars were few and scattered , And the moon not yet in sight , Listening to that voice's echoes Sidling thiough the leafy twigs. And , then , when the reader's expec tation has been wrought to the highest nitch as to the owner of this strange , melodious voice , wo are informed : It was our neighbor down the alloy Calling in his pigs. "Is Marriage a Failure ? " asks a Fre mont child of the muse. Then ho pro ceeds to answer this burning ques tion of the hour in a lyric of ten stan/.as , which tells how a gentleman mimed Watkins was led to the parson by "a gorgeous got-up spinster" who the domineo thus addressed : We've eomo quite a pijjipw n , n ridin most all night ; Pulled up at tlio tavern hcio , Justus 'twas gcttln' light. He wouldn't stop for breakfast , until the knot was tied , Which makes > no Mrs. Wutkins , and his sweet and blushing brido. So hurry up now , parson , and tlx the thing up right , Before the folks at Hampton has discovered of our flight. And hero's ttio license , parson ; Oh , dear , j'vo got it muddy ; And heio's the ung , too , parson , I bought it of old Grubby. It may bo well to state here that the individual referred to as "Old Grubby" pluyh no part in the story , but is merely Introduced at this juncture to rhjino with the word "muddy. " Four moro verses are devoted to the wedding ceremony ' mony and then the poem o'nda ; rhis was many years ago , Jim now is broken hearted , As yours of lubor has been lost , and from his wife lie's patted. She nado him deed to her ( he farm , of his money made a scoop , Tust left'him with the clothes ho wore ; poor Jim , ho's In the soup. Mumngo was a failure , to Jim as well as others , Look i\ oil before you take the step , and of ndviso take mother's , Else you may got a vixou and prove yourself a dnpo , A d bo Jiin Watklns' double , for you'll bo in the so.up. An Abwoliito Cure' The ORIGINAL , AHIBTIN13 OINTMENT is only put up in largo two ounce tin boxes , and Is On absolute euro for old sores , burns , wounds , chapped bauds , and all skin erup tions. Will positively euro nil kinds of piles. Ask forlho ORIGINAL AHIBT1NU OINT- MDNT. Sold by Goodman Drug Co. , at 25 cuts per box by mull 3 0 ceuU. Wanted 1'olllrnof.i. Chicago Tribune : I'olitw innn on suburban train ( rising and calling put after two. voting wotuon whoaro going down the aisle ) llero is a seat , ladies , ( Young women walk on and pay no heed to the invitation. ) I'olito man ( louder ) Ladies you will flmlTPscnt back horo. ( Young women still Ignoring the proffered oourlesy. ) I'olito man ( growing red ) Of eoui"-p , ludios , you can stand up if you prefer , but 'at ' the top of hi * voice ) jou can got a sent if yon eomo buck. ( Polite man sees young women nccept a seat ut the farther cud of the ear and proceed to converse with each other in the deaf and dumb alphabet , whereupon ho goes into the forward cur to cool oIT. no Mistake * . Mv dispollinc the s , , inptoms so often mis taken for Consumption SANTA Altin lias brought glndlipss to many u household H.\ its pi empt use for breaking un the cold that too often di-velops into that fatal disease , ! lum Minds ran bo saved fioin an untimoU grave You malio no mistake by keoplnir a bottle of this pleasant remrdv in your houm * . CALI- roilNIA PAT It UUKi : I * equally effective in eradicating all traces of nasal catai i h.lloth of these womlci fill California remedies me sold and w.u runted by Goodman Drug ( Jo. $1 a pucli.ige , 3 tor $ J .ID. Entitled to nn KVII-U I'liiniioi- . Now York Mercury : Younger Sis ter "Mother , I think it is too bad 1 am sixteen : . et jou mnko mo wear such short dresses that it mortilics mo terribly blyMother Mother "My dear , you cannot wear longer dresses till jour older sister is married , ' ' Younger Sister "Wellshe is asrood / as ongairod to Mr. Doolittlo , and I think I'm entitled loan extra llouncc. " DSL AYS ARE DANGEROUS1 anil ninny times vllliiinro to ymi .1 KI cuti lo > . Von should not dUuy < vui foi a day' ' ' .onrooinlmrto our storo.Nonrc nmklnt ; , n clean sue ! > of our cntlio stock of wlutiri iroods , nnd will name jou prices that Mill ntorest you. [ Have llanovid from Jltt if. lath Street , Crelyhton Jilocl > ; to First Door West of Postofiice , Developing the Fcnttircw , Tha human f.icots distlnmiWii'd hj Its ili-llc.icr , iH.mty , mul thu numerous tints which It IsciipalilQ of exhibiting. More than : ill , It la marked l > > thw variety of Us expressions nnd the faithfulness with which Ills capable of re-veallngthe.emotions ofthomlml. llututiiutf and delicacy lose thelr charm entirely unless the ) tire accompanied by siiK'trleal failures. Unli'fcs the foatmes am In hanaoii ) and proportion , the s\m test lace falls to charm The accompanjln Illustrations show , not only u hat n threat cli.in ) mi ) bo m iilo In transform ing the features , but nlso what a wonderful cliaiiun in expression Is effected by inoivlj BtruiiKthlng and fill- \ni \ out the muscles of the fiien. This v.oHilci'lnl cluiliKD Ism id" b ; tlifl usu of thn m n fad tl Instrument ulildi , wliun applied , places thu parts iimler a com pleto circu lation font limn and through Its operation from day ted d ly naturally brln i out sufllclpnt htlnmUis totLo utdof nature to cumpletrlts work It Is iniluno's assistant , perfectlyMmpluand saf to usu and Miould tie.upon thu tollt-t tiiblo ofMM ! lady andKeatleman , Dr. . .lolin 11. Woodbiii ) , thu will known Derm-itoUiKlst , who conducts thu largest establishment In thnnorld for the treatment of skin and M-nlp dilutions and tvhohashtumie fmnouMli the past few ) ears bj huue.ssltill ) removing blithmarks , Hipei- .lluous hair , moUs , wars , wrinkles , freckles , and all skin nnd swilp affections , has Just Issued the f th edition of his 123 p i book ( tieatln on all hkln Imperfectionswhich ) Is mallid toiiny nildroisou receipt of lOc. That thw demand for this book Is enormous Isi-honn bytlio loads of ltti'isdell\enU ( to his office"I > Wi-ht 18il M. . N m YorlMily , dally. The. book Is very Interesting and should bo roud by ovenoiiB. LOMBARD Ifo .sfo'Jf MttHH f Jfrnwn.i Cltji , U Capital & Surplus , TblH coinpnny IUM opened an Oninhn olllco nn.l lu pteimre.d to riinilsli inonuy promptly on Im- pnn nd t tty and f ai in proper ! } . No ainiluatlona funt uuay approval , Jomis closed and jiald for without delay. JOHN W. 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Kill nnd lainiiu ) Tclui'hnno 1112 U/PAIf BPSr BiB raffr-rlmr from the Tff Wtfllx ranlK , rag oiroou of yoitMui BQ ' i ' HHH ISr Km errorscnrly clccny , CJ > BUU WA H\H \ lest roanhoort , olo. wlli send a valaablo troatlua ( scnkd ) coutnlului ; full iftrttc. Iftra for homo cure , frro cf chnrizo. 2-r s Proi. V. O. VOVflXll , 1IOODUS , COJfN. am all uriu irytroiiuiud uasily.qulelC' ly andsnftfiycurud Ijy DUOrtJHAOari- Hies. SevtnalLiisi's i uiuil 111 seven , ilajrt , tioul l.WJ per box , all iliiuulsts , or by m ill from Do- utuMrL'.Co llJWhItoHt..N. V. Tull UliuUlonn . , . . _ inil MllhFllNIIMU m. / r IlD . Itf/mifir cmlrUy oiirraii.cljr > el' l > l. lt i > r , J TUDULAIt EAR CUSHIONSl Ll.li ) fri ( -ou tri lloniiidMu.lclnar 1. ( era ) rluMe.SFir A lj < i.ll KBIiill nkrvn. hurert.ru litr itU bthtr rmieJlr r.iu lIlt UNt * K * ' . HIbCOX , Miailron.l nr , ( , , r I Ilb.-Wiv . .rlt. AlLi.rVBIT ( trll.l.lllTUlJliulL JH < UJ > , lilt MIAU1..SIJ Dr. J. E. 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( jiiaiantiis Ihstitil onU 1'V ' ( .oodiniin III UK Co. , DitiKKihtH , Holu AguntH , Hill lurntin Ml eel limn ha ob. HUH obtained u reputation whoruvur in- troducoil for "CointKC'i STyiK"J'Kii- KI'.fT 1'Yr , " "CO.MIOK'1 AM ) JJtntAlllh- 1TV. " They liavo 110 fitipoi-iorh iii Hand TiiniB , Hand AVoltH , Ooodyoar WoltH , and Maulilno Sowed , Ladies , ash for the Li'Di.ow" HHOIS. Try them , and you will Ini.s no otliui * . PILE CURE FREE ! Wiiliiitun luihltlvu euro for IICIIINiJ , III.I.Nnor lli < iiiHNIi : : I'll ' , ! . llr tin UKI thoumnili of i > cs ol Im n nlHitdlnu Imvu been inri.il hu ulniiiu In oar litilli D UK inrnllvii iiowir > lli.it nu will iniill onu pin knvu HIKK louurjr tiillercT KinilliiK lUienl.i tllrer ur Hiiini'k ' l r indium , i-n Mttrun 'IIIK W Mil.IAllli ( Jo. , Ill ifAUi , N , Y 'Mhl * . < iIU | 'I hit nl urn oiln lnnolinnii.it . Yet iicliuilly oil\unuiix of I'llo Cun mil.nntuin niHll iiiiitu lot in tlru lnr ) , ui'il unu inTikut i n wl ( tuuylucu ) viu ut lU norlti.