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Our entire establishment is stocked with the newest fall goods. HTandsome new designs for little money. We've the same great bargains
in almost every department to show you. We could commence to enumerate all the good things we have in store for you. Come and take a
look through.
GOODS Q.ET OTJKr pRICEs AND OUR TERMS.
We assure you it will be of interest to you.
' . . , Ileilroom Suits , price olsowhcro $18.00 , Pictures , prlcoolsowhc.ro . 130
tlody llrussels , prlco olscwhorotl.15 i'lutio J.iunp * urlco clsowliuro Jt-.OO
Our price 59c Our price $4,87 Our price $9.48 Our price $1.47
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UentluG Stoves , prlco clsowhcro JM.OO Dinner Sots , price elsewhere $10,00 , , Ucdrcom Suits , price elsewhere $30,00 , Luco Otirttilns , prlco cleowhoro ? 2.6D ,
Our price 67 Our price $7,20 Our price $17.45 Our price 95c
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Blccl Ranges , prlco ch > ewherof45.00 , ToaSots , prlco elsewhere $7. DO , rolillng Ilcds , prlco olsowlicro $18,00 , Sideboards , prtco clsowhcro 118.00 ,
Our price $23.68 Our price $3.40 Our price $9.50 Our price $9.68
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Antique HocLors , price elsowlioro J2.CO Pillows , prlco elsewhere $1,25. r , & iv. KAIIN k nnos.i Cook gloves , prlco elsewhere I.9&0 , Ingrnln Carpets , prlco clsowhcro 3Co ,
UENTljEMHN Tlili is lo certify tlml T linvo nndo n series
Our price 97c Our price 47c of KIUHT. tostH how with lone your the "Etrttc , stove Oak" would ifenlni hold [ fie : Stoves , SECOND , to dotoiinlno , how tlio Our price $4.97 Our price 19c
several pui-ls of tliostovo would act under ahlgli read heat.
I fired the stoves repeatedly until they were rcrt hot nil
over. I healed them to llio lilKlirst possible temperature and Kssmas&mammKmmBm
cooled them olT ns rapidly ns possible. Under these most se
vere tests tlio e.xuiiiislon ami contraction did not alteo' , the
Hall Hacks , prlco cUcwhcro $12.50 , Dlnnhets , price clsowhcro $2.60 , 'plates In the least particular. Ingruln Carpets , prlco clsowhcro 76c , Bed I.cungcs , prlco elsewhere 11C.CO ,
The stoves stood on the third floor of oar ( I vo-story ware
Our price $5. Our price 84c house. , giving with about excellent llfty dr.iuu feet lit. of II no length. Including stovepipe - . Our price 45c Our price $6.90
Icharfted one of tlicin wltli one and onu-litilf small buckct-
fulq of coal slnck on Tuosduy uvonlns. Junotttlh. 18i ljitj
o'clock1. When the Hie was milking lurtfo hliuotsof Ilinno the
screw registers lutho ush-pit were closud , the poker-hole icu-
Center Tables , prlco olsowhorc $3,50. Comforts , prlco clsowhcro $1.70 , Isterlntho Dlpu-colltir feed wus door opened wascloscd. mill all remained and the chock so to u-Khter the end In of the tlio I'ailor Suits , price cslowhere 535.00 , Blnjjlo Lounges , prlco elsewhere $8.SO ,
Our $1.49 Our price 79c test. Our price $19.45 1 Our $3.89
price $ . Until the followlm ? Thursday afternoon nt , 4 o'clock tlio price .
body of the stoio continued to bo no ivnrni thut n hand could
not comfortably be lulu tipon It- After that tltno It bon in tti
cool olT. The live cells from the orluln.it clmrent of slaclc
nliovo referred to were visible until IDu'ulocIc mid 15 uilnutoi
of ilio uvcnliiK of thatday. .
Toilet Sets , price elsowlio.ro $7.00 , Portieres , prlco uHov , here 38.50 , It will therefore bo soon that this stnvo actually hold tire Pailor 8uts ! , prlco olsuwlioro 340.00 , Intension Table ? , prlco elsewhere J7.GO ,
continually for tltty-threo hours iml llfteen nilnutsa. This 1s
Our price $2.80 Our price $2.89 uii extraordinary icc-ord llOipcctf , ono ally of - which siiliini CONUA.U you tied run , niUJNK Wiill bo , riant. proud. Our price $24.50 Our price $3.80
The 1884 Improvements on Estate Oak Increase flro keeping
and economy of fuel 15 pur cent above the results lurtlc.i.cU. ,
Hanging Lumps , price elsewhere J7.GO , SOLE AGENTS FOH CnelTonlors , price elsewhere S12.50 , Uru&scls Carpets , price elsewhere 95c ,
Our price $2.90 Our price $1.49 Our price $6.90 Our price 54c
EASY TERMS. EASY TERMS
$10.00 worth of Roods , $10.00 worth of goods ,
? 1.00 week , $1.00 per month. $1.00 week or $4.00 per month ,
125.00 worth ot goods , J23.00 worth" goods
$1.59 week , or J6.00 per month $1.51) week or JG.OO per month ,
150.00 worth ot Roods $50.00 worth of goods
$2.00 week , or $8.00 per month $2.00 week or $8.00 per month ,
? " 5.00 worth of goods $75.00 worth ot goods
$2.50 week or J10.00 per month $2GO week or $10.00 per month ,
8100worth of goods , ' { 100 worth of goods
$3.00 week or12.00 per month FOBMEBIcT PEOPLE'S MAMMOTH IHSTALLMEETT HOUSE. $3.00 week or $12.00 per month ,
$200 worth J4.00 week of goods or J1G.OO , per month Scnfl 10 cents to cover postage oa big ' 94 catalogue Write fon'BalJj Carriage-and - stove- Catalogues , mailed free. Open Monday and Saturday Evenings. $200 worth $4.00 of week good or ? $15.00 per month.
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THE MIGHTY CIH OF PEKING
Queer Sights and Strange People of tha
Capital of the Eastern World.
MARKETS , BANKS AND STOCK EXCHANGES
Great Government Department ! ! How tlio
Chinese I > csp so ForvlKii Nations Tlio
Ulnuts ot North. China Tlio Vilest ,
Slimiest uuil Moat Interesting City.
{ Copyrighted. 1831 , by Frank (3. ( Carpenter. )
Tha destruction of the Chinese army nt
Plnyang , In Corea , and the crippling of their
fleet at the mouth of the Yaloo river , In
dicates that Iho Japanese threat that they
will march their soldiers Into Peking befor *
winter Is by no means an idle one. The
Yaloo river Is the boundary between Corea
and -China , and as It Is now the Japanese
practically control the country. The terri
tory of North Corea Is very poor , and the
Chinese wll have to bring their supplies of
food with them If they attempt" another In
vasion. The Japanese will not need a large
army to keep them out and they can now-
center their forces upon China. Peking Is
by no means I'arfl to reach. The ground be
tween It and the sea Is as flat as a floor and
1C the Japanese can bo landed on ths east
coast of the Quit ot Pechlll they will be
within a few days' march of the great
Chinese capital. The only thing that prevents -
vents them from getting near It by water Is
the big forts at the mouth of the Pelho
river. Thcso are manned with Krupp nnd
Armstrong guns , and M Hung Chang's army
la behind them. Wherever they land they
v 111 have to fight hat remains of this nrmy ,
but a victory would mean the capture of
Peking and the practical subjugation of
China.
Peking Is perhaps one ot the least known
cities of the world. I have paid two visits
to It and I spent a month In It six years
ago. During the eprlng of thin year I
prowled about its streets for days and de
voted myself to making a study ot the town
and Us people. U Is an Immense city. It
contains , about lf > 00,000 , but these are scat
tered over an area of twenty-live square
miles , end the people as a , rule live In
ono-story houses. The city IB surrounded
by walls which were built hundreds of
years ago and which must have cost many
millions of dollars. These walls are In good
condition with the exception of ana or two
places where the floods of last winter under
mined them ami carried parta ot tlielr fac
ings away. It Is hard to give an American
an Idea , of one ol these walled cities ot
China. The walls of Peking are sixty fost
thick at the bottom. They would fill the
average country road or city street , and they
.ate as tall ad n four-story house. They are
10 wide at the top that you could run three
railroad trains side by side around them , and
they are GO solid theit the cars would move
more smoothly over these- tracks tlinu they
do on. the trunk lines between New York
and Chicago. Thcso walls are faced Inside
and out vlth brlckc , each as big at a
fcmraoUar bible , and tha space between Is
filled with earth nid ttonts , * o rammed
down Unit , the ages luwo imulo the whole
oi e to'Id ' tiiasj. They are liullt , In fart ,
inurh like the great will ot China , and the
brides ot the tv.o urn utmost exactly tha
name. I ha.ro tifteto ma n bilck which I
brought from Iho great will. U nt'lghv
about twenty pound * . It IK bl'j-j-Kitty In
colqr , and It is covered with patches ol
while lime mortar Jiut | | k thone that I
fttivr in the broken pluciir ot thi walli of
Piking.
THK 1MPKUIAL CITY.
In approAChlng Peking , lcn befcr you get
to the clly ) ou ieo the Immense towers
which stand on l ) > o tnp vf thin Kali ov r the
rates r/hlcii : it r the dr. ' . 'Ihcce lovers
ire as lull * JB , big New York rut , They
lisa nine itoriu tcvr tltt wall , and they
have roofs of blue tiles. They were used In
the past as watch towers , and they have
many port holes for cannon. There are
thirteen gates which lead Into the city , and
the towers nnd the walls near these are
plastered over with proclamations and bills
much like a theater bill beard. The gates of
Peking are merely holes through this wall ,
and they are about as widens the ordinary
street and perhaps twenty feet high , They
are Ihied with stone and are beautifully
arched. They nro closed at night with great
doors sheathed with Iron , and they are
paved with lienvy Blabs of stone. The walls
of Peking arc twenty-seven miles long , and
the area which they Inclose Is Irregular In
shape , and it consists of two big parallelo
grams. . The one at the north Is ths real
capital of China , for It contains the Tartar
city , the great government departments , the
foreign legations , and the Imperial city , In
which , surrounded by from 6,000 to 10,000
eunuchs , the emperor lives. The lower par
allelogram Joins the Tartar city. It has half
a dozen temples , Including the Temple of
Iet\en. ! which was burned down not long
ago , and which Is now being rebuilt of Oregon
gen pine.
The Chinese city Is where all the nicrcan-
tllo business , of this great capital Is done.
It Is cut up Into narrow streets , and It Is
filled with all sorts of stores. It lias , mar
kets of all kinds' , and ! Us fur market covers
several acres. It has Its wholesale as well
as Its retail fur market , and I have gone
out at G o'clock In the morning and found
perhaps a thousand almond-eyed merchants
dressed In gorgeous silks moving about
through great beds of furs of nil kinds.
The Jurs are piled upon the ground , and you
can buy sables for about $3 a sltln and Uger
skins for $75 , which will be worth twice that
amount anywhere else In the world. You
can buy the finest of ermine , and for $10 you
can get n coat of lamb's wool , of the kind
that our ladles use for long opera cloaks.
This Chinese city Is a city at banks and of
stock exchanges. I visited one morning the
silver exchange. It was a room like a
barn , and ( he people were buying nnd sell-
Ins stocks Just au they do on Wall street ,
yell ng and howling and pushing each other
like mad as they did so. It Is a city of book
stores , and there ore some streets which
contain no other shops , \Ve have the Idon
that the Chinese merely live upon rice and
on ruts , and that their chief Industries are
tlis making of matting , ot fans and of silks ,
The truth la that China decs a vast busi
ness , and she producer all sorts of commodl-
tle > . Nearly every one of these Chinese
streets contains shops of all kinds , and the
main business ot China , Is not thfi supplying
of goods for the foreign markets , but the
making of these required for her own people ,
They have as many wants as we have , and
they requireas good goods. The nobles
dress In the finest of Bilk , and there are
hundred * ! of slorer which sell nothing but
pictures. The art displayed In most of the
paintings Is abominable , but they are jilc-
turod nevertheless , and tlio Chinese pay
good money for them ,
A IJUSY MATIT.
I wish I could $ now you the markets of
Peking. You can get as good meat there
as you can In New York , and thera la no
finer mutton In the world ilian that of north
China. The sheep nro of the. fat-tailed va
riety , and I saw many which had tails weighIng -
Ing over n pound' ' . It la queer how ( hey kill
the animals which they sell , They have no
slaughter houses , and a sheep 1 $ often
butchered on the giound In front of the shop ,
and the blood lies on the ground whllo you
buy. There are all sorts of fish , nnd they
ar alwnjB fold nllve. No Chinaman would
buy a dead fUli , and In case > ou wimt to
buy ICM than a whole fish at a time , the
Chlucie pe'-IJIor will pull the fish out of the
R-uter , lay him squirming on the block , anil
cut a plcca of qtilvrrinE flesh out of his side
for you while you wait. He dors not kill
Ills ruti. r.nd after you arc through ho throw *
It b-ul : Into a separate pall ot viator and
waits for another customer to taUfc oft the
re-ft. Ont > of the chief mcati uoM Is porl > ,
nml you bs Uoti trotting about through the
streets of Peking , They wallow In the pud-
dk-3 light under tli ? shad y of the cm-
pnot's palace * , nad Ihry are Uo dlrtleu
hogs In the world. The.-o tre all sorts o
game for s.V.e In the nurkctt , * nd you cant
K < -t bnlim iml < ] uall find. tculrrel of al
klnt ! - . 'j'i : ; ChUiesn ry tin best rahera el
poultry 1,1 the \vorl4. They have duel.
farms MiC ] ; o.oi furms , * nd they lic\v al
about arUdflil Incubitlan T vy cell grea
quantities of dried ser .rul < irlc > ! > mck&
and tbrj' t.trrf bushel bukeU full otdrlu
ducks about the city for sale , They sell all
; lmls of fruits and they are adepts In the rals-
ng of the choicest of vegetables. They
aury their grape vines In the north In the win
ter , and you can buy your nuts by the
bushel. As to cats , dogs and rats , I did not
see any sold In Peking , and I don't believe
the better classes are accustomed to use
them. I am told , however , that such cats
as are sold In the south are raised and fat
tened especially for the market , and that
their diet Is usually rice. Dog flesh Is sup
posed by the people , to give heroic proper
ties to those who feed on It , and the same
effect Is produced by bears' meat and the
ground-up bones of wild tigers. These
things ought to bring a high price Just now
In Peking , for the people certainly liave
reason to increase their courage. Another
queer article that you see In the I'eklng
market Is false hair. I passed several
places where long-queued Chinamen stood
beside a board upon whlcli were hung long
bunches ot black Chinese locks. Bach of
these was a false pigtail , and It Is said that
one of the chief articles of export from Corea
to China Is human hair. The Chinese braid
extra locks Into their queues , and they often
patch out their queues with silk thread.
I might write a full letter about the queer
things shown In the Chinese part of the city
of Peking. I could tell you of a vast busi
ness done In gold and silver paper , which
the Chinese burn at the graves to furnish
their dead with money to pay their passage -
sago to heaven. I could show you shops
selling nothing but cofllns , In which single
articles of this kind cost as high as $4,000 ,
and where the dutiful son often buys his
father a coffin and makes It a present to the
old man years before his death. I could tell
you of stores where thousands of dollars
worth ot incense or Joss sticks are sold
every month , and I could take you Into es
tablishments which sell nothing but birds
and gold fishes. There are big stores full of
furniture , and shops which make nothing
but porcelain stoves. There are places where
wood Is sold In bundles by weight , and estab
lishments where coal dust Is mixed up with
mud and gold In lumps the size and shape
of a base ball al so much apiece. There are
great markets for the selling of chickens
and flowers , and all sorts of toy stores , and
stores for the selling of paper and cloth.
There are lock peddlers by hundreds , and
hardware establishments , and If you are very
hard up and In want of a meal I can show
you a IHUa hole around the corner where
you can get camel's meat soup and mule
roast at low prices. There ore places for
gambling , anil dlmo museum shows. There
are restaurants of every description , and
opium Joints without number. There are , In
fact , stores of every sort and deicrlptlon , and
the- best things In China come to Peking.
THC SON OP HEAVEN.
The most Interesting part of Peking , how
ever , Is the big Tartar city. It Is the
capital cf one-third of the population on
the globe , and In It lives the son of heaven ,
the emperor of China , to whom all his sub
jects must bend their knees. It contains
the thousands of Manshu official * , the for
eign legations , the government departments
and all the paiaphernalla of this queer
Chinese court. It la the most Interesting
city on the face of the globe , anil Us Bights
really beygar description , From the walls
the whole city looks like an Immense orchard ,
with here and there one-story buildings
ahlnliiR out through the trees. In Its cen
ter there la a wallcd-off Inclosure filled with
massive buildings , roofed with yellow tllci ,
Tlila Is the Imperial city , In the Innermost
parts ot which Is n brick pen Inclosing sev
eral rquure miles , where the emperor lives ,
surround by eunuchs. lie Is perhaps the
rarcit bird In the whole Chinese aviary ,
diul I will follow this with a fcpcclal letter
describing some of his antics. lie Is kept
apait from Chinese and foreigners , and you
might live In Poking fifty years and not
sec him. He really knows nothing about
his people or his surroundlnaa , ami he Is a
sort ot u puppet who stands still or dances
Mhen his htshest officials or the old em-
prckf dinvafur pulls at the string ; .
Nil better lilt * of the condition of the gov
ernment of China couia be gotten than by
a trip throu h this Tartar city. It Is one
of the oldcat louiu In the world. It wu *
founded mure than l.tX)0 ) years before Christ ,
and It had beta thu cuplUl ot million * for
ace * . It oiclit tn be the greatest city on
tlio face ot the glob ? but there Is no spot
mor flltliy and tllmy and foul. The city
knows nothing ot modern Improvement * , It
Is cut up Into wide ktreati. but th roaOi
have no sidewalks. , and the rutlo Chinese
carts sink up to their hubs as they move
through the city. There are no water
closets. The streets are the sewers , and the
most degraded savage of our western plains
has a greater regard for the exposure of his
person than have these plg-talled , silk-
dressed , gaudy , fat Pekingese. The city
has absolutely no sanitary Improvements , and
the street lamps are framework boxes backed
with white paper , and they are seldom
lighted except during full moon. It Is ab
solutely unsafe to move about In the night
time without a lantern , It you wish to keep
your feet clean , and you have to balance
yourself In the day to keep out of the mud.
All of the houses are of one story , and the
government departments look more like
broken-down barns than the offices of a
great empire.
I went one mornlne to visit the state de
partment , and as I looked at It I thought
of our great building ot ths State , War and
Navy , which cost , you know , more than $10-
000,000 , and which Is the biggest granite
bulldlncr In the world. The street was a
mud puddle , and I hugged low , shackly
buildings till I finally came to a gate at
which a dirty official was standing. He
shook his head as I entered , but I pre
tended not to tee him , and pushed my way
In. I entered a court , which looked for all
the world like a barn yard surrounded by
low , wooden stables , with heavy tiled roofs.
This court was tilled with donkeys , horses
and dogs , and half-naked children sprawled
In front of the doors to these buildings ,
which were , in fact , the ofllces of the de
partment. The buildings were filled with
clerks who wrote away at bare tables , the
light coining In through latticework walls
backed with white paper. They scowled at
me as I looked , and. one ot them gave me to
understand that I had better move on. I
next visited the famous Hanlln college. It
was worse than the state department , and
everything about It was shabby and going
to seed , I tried to get Into the board of
punishments , where the horrible cruelties
which the Chinese government metes out to
its rebels and criminals are passed upon ,
and where torture Is common , but I was
stopped at the door and was positively told
that I could not go In. It was the same
with all the government departments. They
could not have been shabbier had they been
knocked up out of odd pieces of old Noah's
ark , and everything was filthy and the pic
ture of ruin. The only really new things in
the cltv Efcmed to' be the clothes of the
officials , and I laughed again and again as
I saw thcso mandarins bow down In the
mud and go throughithe forms of the Chinese
court amid their ifllthy surroundlnes. They
are among themtcltras , as far as words go ,
the most polite ot'all nations , and they look
upon us as boors and barbarians.
FALSEHOOD AND DECEIT.
The most of tbq people believe that they
will conquer the wnrUI , and I doubt whether.
a thousand out of Uhe mljllon and a half
people In Peking toinw anything : of the Japan
ese victories. The court officials distribute
all sorts of lies.mud . they have probably
told the people that tthey nave whipped the
Japanese on bothland ! and sea , and that
the mikado will beOn-ought to Peking. The
majority of the citizens of the Chinese
capital really bdloTe that America is sub
ject to China. ( They think that Colonel
Donby Is sent toullhe capital to pay Uncle
Sam's tribute to 4H lr emperor , and this , I
a in told , Is their ordnlon as to every foreign
legation. They have nicknamed the street
upon which the foreign ministers live "the
street of the subject nations , " and they would
consider It a disgrace to ask our minister to
dinner , and I venture that Colonel Denby
has never bten on Intimate terms with a
dozen high class Chinese oillctals. This , I
know , will seem strange to Americans , but
It Is actually the truth.
Peking Is a most cosmopolitan city. We
have In America only the Chinese of South
China , Thcso come from the hot countries
at the southern part of the empire , and they
lira iniall and lean In comparison with the
people of the north. They dross differently ,
and they have a different dialect and dif
ferent liablts and customs. Peking U frozen
up for six months of the year , and you can
have Ice-sledging on the I'elho at Christ
mas , I found Iho people of every Chinese
itate different , and the dialects are as various
as the languages of iurop . Here In Peking
you find representatives of every Chinese
Mate , and there are celestials from all the
big cities , Thibet , Mongolia , Manchuria and
parts of AtghanUUn are all jrlbuUry to
China , and people ot a. > alf dozen religions
Jostle eicli ctLer it thtr wade through tha
streets. The strangest sights to mo at first
entrance were the nomadic Mongolians , who
rode Into the city on great camels , or drome
daries , which were covered with wool from
six to twelve Inches long. These como from
the cold regions of Mongolia or Siberia , and
during my visit to the Chlncao wall I passed
caravans of these camels marching tn single
file and fastened together by sticks thrust
through the thick fleah of their noses. They
were loaded with great bundles of furs which
they had brought down from the north for
the dilettante mandarins ot Peking , and were
carrying back brick , tea and coal to the
Tartars and Russians. Many of these were
ridden by Mongol women , who. In coats ,
pantaloons and fur caps , rode astride , and In
other cases by men , who were clad In sheep
skins with fur caps pulled well down over
their fierce Tartar eyes. I saw hundreds
of Thibetan lamas In their gorgeous robes ,
and I met many Mohammedans from the
west part of China.
BEGGAR'S BRIDGE.
I wish you could see- one of these Pekingese
streets , and the queer sights upon It. They
are filled with a stream of yellow humanity
of all classes , ages and sexes. You pass
gorgeous officials on Mongolian ponies , the
backs of Eome of which are decorated with
arrows , and you know they are on thplr way
to the shootingmutches outside of Peking.
You go by silk-gowned mandarins In carts ,
who scowl at you as you peep Into the IItlio
glass windows In Iho walls of their vehicles.
You see scholars with spectacles as big as
trade dollars , and everywhere you go you an.
assaulted by beggars , I remember ono boy
who followed me day after day. The weather
was bitterly cold , and I shivered In my fur
irlater. This boy was naked to the waist ,
and his arms hail been cut off at the
shoulders. Ha held a pan In his mouth and
followed me , switching his body this way
and that to show me his mutilation. 1 was
glad to give him two or three centn to bo
freed ot the sight. Another beggar , who
has been long In Peking , Is a man who has
an Iron skewer thrust through his cheek.
This skewer Is a foot long , anil is about as
big around OH your little finger. He twists
It this way and that and keeps the flesh
ragged and sore. He beats on a gong as he
goes through the streets , and you are glad
to pay htm to keep' out of your way. There
Is one gate in Peking which la always
crowded with beggars , and one ot the finest
bridges of the city , a structure of marble ,
has been given up entirely to beggars. It is
full of the lame , the halt and the blind , and
men with fostering sores , women without
eyes , and persons possessing all sorts ot
horrible diseases crowd together upon it.
They push their way from It Into the city
and threaten to cut themselves If you don't
glvo them alms. Side by side with these
beggars walk the gorgeous officials , and
poverty and wealth march together In pairs.
There is no place In the world where the
contrasts are BO great , and for nine-tenths
at the people It would seem to me their
condition could not be worse. These Chinese
are ns. Industrious as any race on the globe.
They are peaceable and easily governed , and
If the celestial officials. Including the em
peror and all his court , could bo wiped from
tlio faoa of the globe , the people would
quickly grow rich and China would be one
ot the most favored spots on the face of the
earth.
VVIlt Know Jletter Hereafter.
Chicago Tribune : It was Mr. Tankersley'a
first nomination for ofllce and ho was unfa
miliar with tome of the time-honored customs
and traditions that pertained to Iho position
ho occupied before the community ,
.Hence It was that when he had Invited all
the loungers In ( ho saloon , numbering about
a dozen or BO , to take a drink at
his expense he carelessly handed a $10 bill
aver the bar.
"Thank you , Mr. Tankerslcy , " said the
bartender , dropping the greenback Into the
till , placing his elbows on the counter , anil
regarding HIP luckless candidate with amia
ble condescension.
Chatuberlulu't Colic , Cholera und ulurrhcen
Itemvily.
"I would rather trust that medicine than
any doctor I know of , " aayc Mrs. Huttle
Mason of Cuillun , Carter Co. , Mo. , In speak
ing of Chamberlain' * Colic , Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. For eale by druggists.
ROMANCES AMONG ROYALTY
Oupiil Invades Palaces and Hurls His Little
Shafts Among the Noljility.
HAPPY MARRIAGE OF ENGLAND'S PR'NCI '
I'rlnccsR All * of HrMo Said lo View nltli
Aversion Her C'omtui ; INupttiilH Ifru-
tullty of Itiuslu's flriiml Uiilio
Tonaril III * IVifu
"More strange , romantic episode * occur In
the palaces ot Europe than can be found In
all the novels of a circulating library , " * ald
a man who had passed his life In confidential
relations with royalty.
"Apropos of tha prince of Wales' formal
denial of the duke of York's secret marriage
at Malta , " continued this gossip , "hero Is the
true story of Prince George's love and court
ship of his present wife. "
No one hero In America can Imagine how
completely Queen Victoria rules In her own
family. Over her Kingdom she may not rule ,
but merely reign , but In the circle of her own
kinship she reigns paramount , nnd lulcs
with a rod of Iron ,
To show you how exacting she Is , even In
details , the duchess of Edinburgh sister of
the present czar once look the liberty nf
presenting herself before the quccu one
morning In a neglige , and so offended tin
punctilious old sovereign that this descend
ant of the emperor of all the Russians received
no more Invitations , to vlult any one of the
royal residences for thrco entire yctus.
Prlnco George Is easily the handsomest ,
cleverest and best young prince In Kurope.
and Princess May has few superiors any
where , royal or nonroyal , In all the sweet
qualities befitting a woman. The two were
nea > - of an age , and were playmates and com-
radet from childhood. So In course ot time
these about them began to bracket tlielr
names , and all their confidants knew how It
was between them.
But aftpr the fashion of sensible , prai-tlcal
old people , the queen was not occupying her
self much with thoughts ot love-making or
young folks' fancies. She considered May a
healthy , amiable young person , well suited for
dignities and responsibilities ; she knew her
people would like the heir to make an Eng
lish marriage , and she thought It high time
Clarence settled down and gave up > hlH last
foolish flirtation with Iho Princess Hdcne of
Orleans , who as a French Catholic princess
In exllo would certainly never be accepted
by Parliament for England's future consort.
Nobody dared whimper. When grand
mamma says certain thlngx arc to be , no one
of the family presumes even faintly to mur
mur.
mur.Claronco
Clarence knew quite well that Helcne- and
he could never marry. May did not dare re
fuse the offer of the future king of England ,
While as for Ocorge , ho m.ulo no comments
at all , but naked for distant pea duty , and re
mained persistently with hlii blilp during all
the gaieties nnd rejoicings In honor of Clar
ence's marrlccc.
Suddenly fate took a hand in , however , and
fate is n\cn Icet to lie galm-ald than royal
grandmammas. The duke of Clarence , who
had Ecemcil moody and distrait all through
the gift-making and ipoech-maklnt : , the balls
and dlnnera of the betrothal period mdileiily
succumbed to n slight cold , and then his fam
ily learned for tl'.n first time through the rav
ings of hla delirium how Oeeply hit affections
were engugcd by Hie pretty 1'rench exllo , nnrt
how far mutttrs hud gone between them bn-
fore the dictum went forth fur hl marriage
with May , After a nwlfl nnd fatal dccllna
the two lovers nnd plnyninlfrs found the ob
stacle to their happiness removed beyond'tho
reach ot all tardily dltsppolntmcnts and
hopes , and they who hid resigned them
selves to life-long sorrow and rvpaiatlcn were
reunited again upon u throne !
Of all the romantic litppenlngH among
the royalties , none has been more roman
tic than , thin love storyv of the duke and
duchess ot York , and tlioto who I'll this
foolish tale about the secret marriage In
Malta , have small conception of wlut
bapplnesi the tw ( > > OUI > H pecpte who are
gome day to govern KiicUud have found
In their longed for union. So devoted wi * "
they that Prince George can not bear to It !
his wlfobe separated from him for even a day.
If duty compels him to travel , Princess Maj
leaves even the dearly loved new baby bc < - .
hind and follows the sailor prince where-
over he goes remembering how nearly thell
eparatlon was ) for life.
This same Gossipy traveler , speaking of"
the meek submission shown by members oi * *
the royal families of Europe when the ques
tion of marriage Is decided for them by their
elders , said the Princess Allx of Hcssn.
Quen Victoria's granddaughter. Is said to
be desperately reluctant to wed the CZBM
vltch , although he Is the moat brllilantt
roynl paitl In the world.
Her reluctance Is probably the fruit ol
'let ' slater the Grand Duchess Serge's ex
perience. She , before the development ol
Allx Into womanhood , was ciclly the most
beautiful woman In Europe , and It WOE con
sidered a great match for this poor , pretty , "
princess from the little obscure principality , . ,
of Hesse to marry Into the royil family of
Russia a match which she owed Eolcly to
her great beauty. "But she has paid a
heavy price for It , " said the gossipy nar
rator. "Serge l the typical Itussljn , who *
requires very little scratching Indeed lo show
the T.irtur. Ho has all the savaga Instincts
of Peter the Great , and they are only kept
veiy slightly In check by the. opinions of a
more civilized modern world. "
Some years ago , before Prluco George
was married , he was visiting In Athens.
Ttia Grand Duchess Serge was there , and
\ery pleased to see again her kind , pleas
ant English cousin. At a hall at the palaca
one night they danced the cotillion together ,
and anything more cnchantlngly beautiful
than tliu looked It would be hard to Imagine.
On ( would have supposed that any husband
would have been adoringly proutl of such a ,
lovely wife , but the ugly tempered Scrgo
chose only to be furiously jealous of her <
evident happiness , and coming behind her
chair , where she sat beside I'rlnce George
walling for her turn In Iho figures then „
being danced , he pinched her bare arm
until the blood nearly spurted from the
ikln , Every one knows how terrible Is the
uffurlnK caused by nipping the muscles
and flesh at the back of the nrm , and the
Grand Duke Serge , like all the czar's
family , has flngern of Iron. The poor girl
gave a guup , and fell back In her chair al
most fainting with pain. George made a
motion as If to catch the malicious brute by ,
the collar , but a glance from his cousin re
strained him. Serge passed on , arid the
dance wns finished somehow ; Prlnco George
flushed and angry , and bitterly distressed )
for his pretty cousin ; she , white-lipped and
desperate looking , as one almost nt the end
of her patience. When 6he left the ball
room , as soon as the dance was concluded ,
her unit all down the back had already ) , _ <
turned green as If from some horrible brulue. ,
Now that little Allx has grown up to bo
even more lovely than her beautiful ulster , *
her fairness haa opened to her a wonder
fully brilliant future , If ono considers It i
from u worldly point of view , only , for to bo 'i
empress of Russia ls a great rice In the
world for a princess of Hesse , but It Is com. '
mon talk In Germany that Allx knowing
what her sister's private life has been , Is
very distrustful of all HussIariB , and enters ? *
upon her married life with many and great i ,
mUglvlngt ! ,
The Ml NittluuB.
In the Interior department at Washington
there la most valuable manuscript on Uio
Six Nations. It wan compiled and written bn
rxprrtu In the bureau of ethnography , anil
is Intended to bo printed at some time in
the futtiie. The work li a complete history
ot the Six Nations , contains a full vocabulary !
nt Iho r tonguci : and dialects , enters Into a
inliiulu ttiuly of their rellou | ; pellet and ]
manner of worship , bvsldcb detcrlljlng fully *
their social cuKlom * . It js said that the
maimxrrlpt may He for > cain without being
put Ititn the printers hands unlcju some ono
UtlcrtJM' < himself gufllclently In the matter to
have the work begun upon It , When com *
pitted tub buck will make several volumes , ' ,
. . . . . . .
Mere I.lchl on Illitor/ .
Washington fitar : "I wonder why Nerd
fiddled when Home was burning ! " said th
man who hun tlmo to kill.
"That show * , " said the Impretiarlo , vrltbf
a xlch , "that > ou have no comprehension ol
the virtuoio'i enthuilastlc egotism. Ho teeM i
It u a mutter of courve. He had rend wb | jaJt
crltlcii ray about u player's setting the world ) . 'Jrl
on lire , and thought ho had Uwio It , Tfeftl - . .1
was all. " ]