THE SCBANTON TREnTrPrE--SAnTRDAT STOBNTOG, AUGUST. Iff, 1899..
It
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THE CAREER OF
UHUNG CHANG
Somethiai About tbe So-called Bismarck
of the Orient
ONE OP THE GREATEST LIVING MEN
Interest in. the Remarkable History
of the Foremost Man of the Chinese
Xatioa oa the Eve of Ills Intended
Visit to the United States.
William E. Curtls.who last year com
pleted a tour of China, writes to the
Chicago Record: I have private Infor
mation that Li Hune Chang will be
here In September, and will remain
about four weeks. The Itinerary of his
Journey has not yet been prepared, but
It will be in advance of his arrival. I
hear, too, that the statesmen of Eng
land are In much doubt as to the posi
tion which the old man will occupy at
court when he returns to Pekln. It can
safely be assumed that he will exercise
more Influence than he has ever had
before, for n man who knows what the
rest do nut know Is very much re
jected In China, and LI Hung Chang
has accumulated a great deal of valu
able Information during his Journey.
He has seen the kings and csars and
emperors, and their ministers, and has
talked with them face to face us an
equal. That alone will add Immensely
to his power and popularity, and he
will be supposed to understand
whether he does or not the Inside
facts and purposes of diplomatic Intri
gue in Europe.whlchlnChlnate regard
ed as the most important Information
that a human being can acquire.
The position of LI Hung Chang at
Pekln was a matter of conjecture for
Ffivcral months Inst year. The reports
were contradictory. Some of them
represented that he had been placed
upon the shelf, with nominal and un
important duties Imposed to detain the
wary old statesman at the capital,
where he could be constantly under the
observation of his enemies, so that any
scheme he might contrive for his own
restoration could be circumvented. But
from other sources we learned that he
was gradually recovering his Influence,
making powerful alliances with princes
who have access to the emperor, and
with the co-operation of Tzl An, the
late empress dowager, who had always
been Jils steadfast friend, was likely to
agaluWcame master of the situation.
There are unquestionable evidences
that modern Ideas and the spirit of pro
gress had In some way filtered through
the barriers of conservatism that In
close the Chinese court, and that meas
ures which Li Hung Chang had advo
cated for years were being adopted.
It Is difllcult to find out what goes on
within the pink walls of the forbidden
city, but It la at least true that the
recent progressive policy of the emper
or was adopted after he took up his
residence there. The removal and deg
radation of Wang Min Huan and
Chang Tung Lin, the two most con
servative members of the government,
was another indication that his mas
terful mind was at work. They had
been his bitterest enemies and severest
critics, and, being deprived of power
and banished from court, can no long
er stand in his way.
Wang was one of the most scholarly
men In China. Chang was one of the
few hereditary nobles, and. In addition
to his place In the Tsun-ll Yamen, was
governor of Pekln, and a member of the
board of military affulrs. The nominal
cause for their degradation was dlsre
Bpect for the empress dowager and the
n Be of language calculated to estrange
her from the emperor, which was ut
tered nearly a year previous. In the
edict of dismissal the emperor explained
that their punishment was postponed
because he wished "to avoid domestic
irritation while the empire was engaged
In a foreign war, but It was the univer
sal belief that these ministers were re
moved because of their extreme conser
f Vative and anti-foreign prejudices, and
their stubborn opposition In the minis
terial council to the construction of
. railways by the government, to the
granting of concessions to private cor
porations for the same purpose, and to
other modern Innovations. This under
standing was confirmed by the promul
gation, Immediately after their dismis
sal, of the edict of Dec. 5, 1895, which
may be termed the starting post of
Chinese progress, for It Is the first de
cree on record from the son of heaven
which recognizes the necessity of rail
ways to the welfare of China, and the
advantages of modern Improvements
over the antiquated methods whicu he
and his subjects have inherited from
the age of Moses. The degradation of
Wang and Chang wus unprecedented In
the annals of Chinese history. No men
of their rank were ever before disgraced
In such an arbitrary and unexpected
manner, without even being given an
opportunity to explain or defend them
selves. They were taken entirely by
' surprise. One of them was actually
upon his way to a meeting of the Tsun
ll Tamen when he received the first
Intimation that he had been degraded
and prohibited from holding office for
ever. Wang soon after committed sui
cide. Chang became Insane.
One Is apt to believe that their down
fall may be due In a measure to ven
geance, when It Is remembered that
through the influence and machina
tions of these men, and others of the
conservative clement at court, Lt Hung
Chang was compelled to shoulder all
the responsibility and the blame for
the disastrous defeat of China in the
late war. He was even condemned to
meet from his private purse the obli
gations that remained unpaid at its
close, amounting to several millions of
dollars; although lt may be said that
most of them are still unsettled. He
was stripped of the honors that had
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been heaped upon him year after year
more than any man beneath the em
peror had ever enjoyed. He was re
moved from his offices as viceroy of
the metropolitan province, and super
intendent of northern trade, and
Wang Wen Shao. who had been vice
roy of Quel Chow, was appointed to
succeed him. He dare not go to Pekln
after the treaty of peace was signed,
for fear of meeting a fat worse than
official disgrace. The treaty was car
ried there by an imperial messenger,
and General John W. Foster, who had
been the legal adviser of the Chinese
plenipotentiaries, followed it the next
day to explain its terms to the Tsung
li Yamen.
Not only did Earl Li refuse to face
the opposition to the ratification of
that convention, but Mr. Foster was
not able to find a native interpreter
who dare translate his words to the
princes who sat around the long table.
The "humiliation of China was so keen,
the fear of official vengeance was so
great, that he was compelled to appeal
to Mr. Cheshire, the Interpreter of the
United States legation. Mr. Foster
explained to the Tsung-11 Yamen the
exceedingly difficult task they had Im
posed upon Li Hung Chang, and en
deavored to convince them that he had
made much better term9 than could
have been secured by any other man.
He told them, too, that If the treaty
was so ratified the government of
China would be no longer recognized
by civilized nations.
There was, undoubtedly, a large party
headed by the most powerful Influences
In Pekln determined upon the downfall
of Earl LI. More than sixty memorials
of a most hostile character, condemning
his conduct of the war, denouncing his
treaty of peace, and impeaching his
loyalty, were received from various
mandarins in all parts of the empire,
and submitted to the emperor by the
board of censors with more or less In
dorsement. It Is conceded that no other
man' in China could have sustained
himself or survived such an assault.
But LI remained silent and submissive
In his yamen at Tientsin, waiting for
the storm to subside, when, onone.of the
last days of August, 1895, he was sum
moned to the presence of his sovereign.
I was at Tientsin at the time, and had
an Interview with him the day previous
to his departure. With the rest of the
world around him, he pretended to be
very much surprised, and to be unable
to explain the motive of the call. He
expressed an opinion, however, that the
Tsung-11 Yamen probably desired to
confer with him concerning the details
of a commercial treaty, which ho had
been authorized to negotiate with Ja
pan, to carry out some of the conditions
of peace, and was making his arrange
ments for departure as coolly as If It
were an ordinary Journey. But the for
eigners In Tientsin thought otherwise.
Some believed that he was to suffer
still further punishment for the failure
of the war. Others, who had better op
portunities to know the truth, were con
fident that the summons was not unex
pected; that It was the result of his own
contrivance through the empress dow
ager, and a step In the plan by which
the disgraced viceroy expected to re
store himself to favor; luat he sought
an audience with the emperor in order
to defend his conduct; to explain the
causes of the disaster and the reasons
why he had been compelled to accept
such humiliating terms from Japan.
In coroboratlon of this theory It was
discovered that the enrl was ready for
instant departure, and was on his way
forty-eight hours after receiving his or
ders. This was Indeed a significant
circumstance to those who are familiar
with the cerpmonles and formalities of
all distinguished men In China. And
what was even more significant, he had
already prepared for shipment a large
number of gifts for persons of Influence
at the court, their value being estimat
ed at )2ri0,000. His escort was composed
of 230 persons, including 100 picked sol
diers of the vice-regal guards. The re
mainder were secretaries, clerks, ald-de-camp,
valets, cooks, chair bearers,
coolies and other servants. Mr. Peth
Ick, his American seoretary; Wu Ting
Fang, director of the Tientsin railway,
and Dr. Lin Lucn Huen, the viceroy's
private physician, who was educated In
America, also accompanied him.
Upon his arrival at Pekln, the ex
vlceroy took up his residence at the
Ilslen Llang-Ssu, the Temple of the
Sages and Righteous Men, on Goldfish
avenue, just outside the Tung Han (east
flower) gate of the forbidden clty.whlch
he has owned for several years. nlle
he was there awaiting an audience with
the emperor he was visited by a gentle
man who writes that the temple was
"the forlornest place you can imagine,
entirely without comforts or conveni
ences such as one might expect to find
In the abode of a man of his rank and
wealth. The floor Is covered with filthy
and ragged straw mats that look as If
they had not been swept for a year, and
the only furniture in the room where
he received me was a very uncomfortable-looking
European bed, a round
table with a marble top and two wooden
chairs of European manufacture. It
reminded me of a room In a cheap hotel
In an American town, such as you find
In southern India; very unlike what you
would expect to see In the residence of
a rich and powerful mandarin."
It Is Interesting to Li's mood at this
time, and his visitor continues: "The
old man Is very despondent concerning
his own future and apprehensive of
the results of his audience with the
emperor. He knows that the latter Is
continually surrounded by his enemies
and that there are only two persons In
the whole court that he can depend up
on. These are the empress dowager,
who is several miles away and never
comes to the Forbidden City, and Prince
Kung, who Is getting old and lazy. He
feels his disgrace keenly, and his eyes
were moist when he spoke of the hu
miliating termination of his long ser
vice for his own counry. Hu said it
would have been better for him If he
had died five years ago, when he was
at the top of the heap. But occa
sionally In the conversation his tre
mendous nerve and vigor would appear
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nation.
At 4 o'clock oh the third morning af
ter he reached Pekln, the ex-vlceroy
was admittea to trie presence oi ine
Son of Heaven. The old statesman,
with seventy-four yearsof service be
hind him, fell upon his knees and lay
prostrate with his forehead upon the
floor before the dissipated end meager
witted young sovereign, and pleaded
for mercy.
The ntirllnnoA Is lid ir havA been
prolonged for two hours, which was
considered very remarkable, because
the emperor seldom sees any one for
more than a few minutes. It Is com
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centrate his attention upon a subject
for any length of time The audience
was followed in a few days by an
finrmiinrampnt In the official gazette
that, by imperial command, Lt Hung
Chang would remain at the capital
find wrfnrm his duties as senior grand
secretary, a position to which he was
appointed In 1885 but had never ac
tually filled. He was also namea a
momlwar nf the Tsunir.lt Yamen. These
assignments were considered encour
aging, and favorable to his restoration
to power. But a few days later another
paragraph appeared in the official
gazette, which was considered cm
inniia. and excited a fear that the
favors were not genuine. It announced
that, by orders or me emperor, i,i
Hung Chang would not be permitted to
n.Mruca Ihn thrnnn fllrme. but must at
all times be accompanied by another
member of the grand secretariat, or me
Tu,,r,,T.n Yamen. The Blcrnlflcance of
this peculiar decree was readily under
stood by those familiar wun tninese
nniitim it was plain that the ene
mies of the earl still had control of
the official machinery, ana rearing nis
influence over the emepror, had ar
ranged to prevent him from exercising
It in any manner without their know
ledge.
Aimiit thla time Mr. llayashl. the
Japanese minister at Pekln, paid a vis
it to the temple of tne uages anu
THohtix.na Men In Goldfish avenue, and
permitted his Interview with Ll Hunff
Chang to be the subject of lengthy let
ters to the Tokyo newspapers. The
ex-vlceroy was represented to be in
the depths of despair, and with tears
streaming down his cheeks bemoaned
his fate and the disgrace which he was
unjustly suffering. He compared his
humiliating position to that of the
Mnt-nniH I to. the plenipotentiary of
Japan, with whom he had negotiated
the treaty of peace, wnue no was ue
inc; honored by the gratitude of his
countrymen and the approval of his
Imperial master he was ueprivea in me
honors he had previously earned, was
ho i.hwt nf suspicion and contempt
and the victim of persecution from his
ossoelates In the government, aui nv
to submit In silence
and await the vindication which he
believed that sooner or later relieve
him from Injustice
The newspaper correspondents nt
tvuin ki.nt rareful watch of the move
ments of the ex-vlceroy, and report sev
eral visits which he Is said to have paid,
to the palaces of the empress dowager
at Eho Park, about ten miles from the
Forbidden City, where he must have
received grateful consolation. There
were rumors, too, that ne naa asiceu me
unurnr tn relieve him from all official
labors and responsibilities on account of
his age ana infirmities anu pprmu mm
to enjoy rest and retirement at An-Hul,
hio nntivp nlApp. down on the Yane-
tsl, near Nanking, where his adopted
son, LI Chlng Fong, has recently erect
,wi n mcictiltirpnt mnnnimi of modern
architecture. But If this Is true, and lt
does not seem plauslfife to tnose wno
know Li's tenacity or purpose and in
flexible determination, the emperor de
clined to release him, and he continued
to perform his duties as senior member
of the grand secretariat.
This body, known in China as the Nul
Koh, was formerly the supreme execu
tive power of the empire, superior to the
grand council and subordinate to the
emperor alone; but of late years It has
lost much of Its prestige and has be
come a sort of adjunct to the council or
cabinet, merely transcribing and pro
mulgating Its decrees after they have
been approved by the emperor. The
grand secretariat Is composed of four
persons two Alanchus and two Chinese.
Their duties, according to the Imperial
statutes, are "to deliberate upon the
government of the empire, proclaim the
Imperial pleasure and aid the emperor
In directing the affairs of state." They
receive memorials and reports from the
several departments of the government,
lay them before his majesty, record his
Instructions thereon and return them
to the appropriate officials with direc
tions concerning the final disposition of
the business to which they relate. In
order to expedite the transactions and
relieve the emperor of labor they are
accustomed to attach to each document
a brief memorandum of Its contents and
a decree conveying the orders of the em
peror, which he Is expected to sign with
his famous vermilion pencil. These pa
pers are laid before his majesty by one
or more of the grand secretaries every
morning, usually before daylight, for
the busiest hours of the emperor's day
are from 3 to 7 o'clock In the morning.
The grand secretariat are also custo
dians of the Imperial seal, which can
not be affixed to any document except
In the presence of a majority of Its
members.
It will thus be seen that Lt Hung
Chang was In a position to exercise
enormous power, provided his asso
ciates were in sympathy with him. But
his Chinese colleague was Chang Chlh
Wang, a brother of Chang Chin-Tung,
viceroy of Nanking, his bitterest en
emy and most jealous rival. It was
Chang Chlh-Tung who refused him
aid during the late war, and kept a
fleet of ships tied up in the Yang-tsa
river when Ll was at extremities and
appealing for re-lnforcements. The
Manchu members of the secretariat,
whatever Influence they may wield,
are men of so little Importance that
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Notwithstanding the publications in
the Chinese and Japanese papers and
the reports of his despair and de
spondency. Earl Ll undertook his du
ties as senior grand secretary with tbe
greatest degree of cheerfulness and
confidence, recognizing that no other
position under the government could
afford him such advantages for recov
ering his prestige and power and car
rying put his plans for the regenera
tion of China. There are few men In
the world who possess his cunning, 'his
shrewdness and his tact. No man
understands better than he the pe
culiarities of the Chinese character,
and none has been more successful In
applying this knowledge for his own
purposes In the past
Earl Ll has had many ups and
downs. This was not the first time he
had been In disgrace, but he had al
ways fallen upon his feet and had
never failed to accomplish his plans
among his own people. While he was
deceived and imposed upon by his
subordinates In making preparations
for the war, and while his hordes of
half-starved, half-armed and ragged
coolies could not for a moment resist
the advance of the highly skilled and
patriotic battalions of Japan, his
nerve, foresight and Judgment have
never erred tn Chinese politics. His
ability was demonstrated when he
passed through all of the severe ex
aminations that are required of office
holders In China and stood first among
20.000 scholars at the Pekln competi
tion, while his patriotism was tested
when General Gordon, at the head of
tho ever-victorious army that put
down the Tal-Plng rebellion some
years ago, proposed to place him on
the throne of China and permit him
to restore a distracted empire. He
undertook the restoration, but his loy
alty to an Idiotic sovereign would not
permit him even to approach the
throne.
The next we hear of Ll Hung Chang
In the official records of the government,
after he assumed his duties as senior
secretary, was an announcement In the
early part of November that he had
been directed by the emperor to take
measures to suppress the Insurrection
of the Mohammedan population In the
province of Kan Suh, In the northwest
ern paYt of the empire; and that funds
were pluced at his disposal for that pur
pose. With his old-time energy, troops
were dispatched to the- disturbed sec
tions, a new governor-general of his
own choice was appointed, the officers
who had failed to meet the emergency
were removed and ordered to Pekln and
men of well-known energy and ability
were sent to replace them, with instruc
tions to use the most vigorous means
to restore order. Itecent mails bring
tidings that the reblllon. which threat
ened to Involve the whole empire, has
been completely checked; that the lead
ers have been arrested and put to death;
that their followers have been disarmed
and sent back to their villages, and that
peace has been almost cnlrely restored.
The next gossip that came from I'ekln
related to an alliance that Is said to
have been formed between Earl Ll and
Weng Tung Ho, formerly the tutor of
the emperor and now president of the
board of revenue a position which cor
responds to that of minister of finance.
The recent change In the polio of the
government concerning railways and
other foreign Innovations Is ascribed to
this reconciliation, and Immediately af
terward came the news of the dismissal
of the two ultra-conservative members
of the Tsung-11 Yamen, and the edict of ,
Dec. 0, directing the construction with
public funds of a double-track railway
between Pekln and Tientsin, and a
single track line by a private corpora
tion from Pekln to the Yang-tse river,
and the granting of concessions for two
other railways In the neighborhood of
Shanghai.
Those whd are familiar with the con
servative policy of the Chinese court
before this date at once recognized that
Earl Ll had recovered his influence with
the emperor, and therefore there was
no great surprise at the announcement
a few weeks later that he had been se
lected as special envoy to represent the
emperor at the coronation of the czar.
V. Orlbayedoff writes to the New
York Sun the following interesting nar
rative concerning the distinguished Lt:
Even Ll has had his troubles! And
when I say this I am not only referring
to the temporary withdrawal of his yel
low Jacket or his peacock feather during
the war with Japan two years ago. Let
us go a good deal further back than
that to the time when a formidable re
bellion threatened the very existence of
the reigning Manchu dynasty, and we
find that on one occasion, for three long
days and nights, the great Li was en
gaged in dodging In a most undignified
manner nn avenging nemesis In the per
son of "Chinese" Gordon. Ll was a com
paratively young man in those days,
and presumably a good sprinter, and It
is to this circumstance that he probably
owed his salvation, for Gordon had
sworn to riddle him with bullets on
sight. How all this came about I will
endeavor to explain briefly as follows:
In the year 1850 there broke out In the
south of China a formidable Insurrec
tion against Imperial authority headed
by a scholomaster named Hung-tsue-Schuen
of Talping. This Individual de
clared himself to be an emissary from
the gods sent to remove the Manchu
dynasty and to occupy the throne of
China. He styled himself the "Heaven
ly King," gathered aroud his banners
many thousands of followers, and by a
bold dash captured the Important and
populous city of Nanking. With this
place as a base of operations he organ
ized a systematic campaign against the
government forces, and, being uniform
ly victorious, began In I860 to threaten
Shanghai and the other ports. It was
at this Juncture that the Chinese au
thorities bethought themselves of turn
ing to the Europeans for aid, and two
American adventurers named Ward and
Burgevine were commissioned by the
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government of Shanghai to raise troops
for the defence of the city.
Ward's first military operation on
attack on a point called Bung-Klang
was a failure, half his men, American
and foreign sailors, being killed and the
rest driven on. A second attack, how
ever, supported by several thousand
well-drilled Imperialists, resulted In the
capture of the place and the conferring
on Ward's forces of the bombastic title
of the' "Ever Victorious Army." For a
time fortune continued to smile on the
imperialists' cause, Ward leading his
men from victory to victory. Then sud
denly the tide turned. The Taiplngs re
ceived large reinforcements from the
Interior, swept all opposition before
them, bottled Ward's army up in Sung
Klang and advanced rapidly on Shang
hai. The aggressiveness of the rebels was
but temporarily curbed, however. Two
years later the "Heavenly King" made
a fresh move on Shanghai, only to be
defeated once more. In September of
the same year, In the heat of the cam
paign, the Indefatigable Ward received
his death wound and the command of
the imperial army devolved upon his
second. Burgevine proved unequal to
the task, and besides this was caught
plundering the Chinese treasury at
Shanghai. Accordingly, In January,
1863, he received his walking papers,
and the Chinese government made a
formal application to the English for a
loan of an experienced officer from the
ranks of her majesty's army. And thus
It came to pas that Charles Gordon, an
officer of the royal engineers, received
the appointment as commander of the
Imperial forces In the campaign against
the Taiplngs.
The strong personality of this re
markable man Is familiar to the gen
eral reader, combining as It did the
practical sense of the modern Anglo
Saxon with the chivalry and mysticism
of tho crusader of old. With nothing
but his powerful walking stick, which
he used with tho effect of magician's
wand, Gordon Inspired his men with
an almost superstitious awe and led
them on to victory. He received full
charge of tho military operations pro
per, but stood nominally under the
orders of Ll Hung Chang, governor
general of the province, who accomp
anied tho army as the personal repres
entative of ihn emperor. Gordon's
first success of Importance was his
capture of the fortified town of Talt
san. The event also became the oc
casion of his first disagreement with
Lt. Among the prisoners were seven
leaders who had aroused the special
enmity of the mandurians, and orders
were Isseud for their execution by slow
torture. Hearing tills. Gordon put In a
vehement protest, declaring that no
such nets of barbarity should occur
while he was commander. Li's author
ity, however, being paramount, the
cruel decree was called out to the let
ter, and the victims were martyred
many long hours previous to decapita
tion. The capture of Taltsan was qulcklv
followed by the reduction of the forti
fications of Quinsan and the captuio
of the forts of Leekux and Wauti,
which achievements completed the In
vestment of Soochow, the rebel capi
tal. The siege of the place was fraught
with dangers of the most serious na
ture. Its fortifications were exceed
ingly strong, and it contained a nu
merous and well-dlsclpllned garrison,
well provided with provisions and
muntions of war. A first attack wan
beaten off triumphantly, and It looked
as If the place would only fall after
a protracted siege. Now, however
an unexpected opportunity presented
Itself to the besiegers. Several of the
Taiplng generals, wearied of fighting
In a hopeless cause, secretly approach
ed Gordon with a proposition to admit
his troops Into the city on a given
date, providing their lives and liber
ties should be spared.
The matter was referred to Ll Hum;
Chang and a solemn compact to that
effect was at once entered Into be
tween the two parties, both Gordon
and Ll staking their honor on Its faith
ful fulfillment. The consequence of
this was that when the Imperialists
next approached the city gates they
found no opposition, and entering the
town planted the Imperial standard on
the citadel.
The honorable and chivalrous soldier
that he was, Gordon's first thought
nfter the occupation of the town was
for the Taiplng leaders who had rend
ered the achievement possible. But
what was his dismay when he learned
that they already had been placed
In a row and decapitated behind the
city gate by Li's special order. Tears
of poignant grief welled into his eyes,
but they soon gave place to savage
rage and an outbreak of vindicative
feeling, boding little good to his
treacherous colleague.
Arming himself with a revolver Gor
don rushed from his tent In search of
him. Lt, tt ts said, got wind of his
danger In the nick of time, and being
fleet of foot succeeded In distancing
his pursuer through the alleyways of
tents In the grand camp and hiding
himself amid the army supplies In the
commissariat department. The pur
sut, however, lasted In one way or thu
other for several days. Gordon was
determined on vengeance and called
upon his officers and men to help him
find the culprit, but to no avail. Lt
kept well out of sight and did ' not
emerge from his hiding place until,
through the efforts of several high of
ficlals, the Irate Englishman's anger
had been somewhat appeased. Gordon
was, however, thoroughly disgusted,
and sent in his resignation to Pekln,
and lt took many monhs of entreaty
and persuasion on the part of the em
peror to Induce him to reconsider his
decision and complete his work of sub
duing the Talping rebellion. When
this was accomplished he returned to
Knglaud, after making his final peacj
with the crafty Ll.
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HEliVPuS PROSTRATION.
Pity the Man who Cannot Control
His Nerves.
Nervousness Clouds Sunny Dispositions "and Dis
rupts Families.
THE NERVOUS MAN IS CRAZY TO A DEGREE.'
from the Ledger, Milan, Ohio, I
ous prostration are probably known to but
few people in the sense that it it to me, sod
I trust that I may never be required to go
through it again," said Mr. Hudson Sheldon,
of M iln, Ohio, to a reporter of this paper.
"Six years ago this full I was token with
an attack of grip. This was followed the
next season by another sad more severe at
tack which left me with nervous prostration.
" I consulted a number of the most prom
inent physicians of this section of the country
and took treatment with each of them but
they gave me only temporary relief. They
told me I was threatened with locomotor ataxia
and if I did not get help soon there was no
hope for me. Previous to the time of the at
tack I was an engineer and held a good posi
tion, but as I continued to grow worse each
day I was compelled to give it up und seek
lighter employment.
" I secured a position as janitor of the
school house where my principal duty was
to attend to a steam heating apparatus. I
suffered the most severe pains in my head
and back, the least noise would seem to drive
me nearly crazy, my nerves were completely
unstrunir, my legs unit arms were partiully
paralyzed and at times I would try to walk
n ml ray feet would not come up, I hud no
control over them. 1 was aide to walk but
with the greatest dithnulty. At this time I
was compelled to hire a boy to assist me.
"Sevcrul times I have gone to the depot
for the purpose of taking the train to 1W
walk, a station five miles distant, when that
fear brought on by my condition would take
possession of me and I would not dare to
enter the car hut would return home.
"The feelings of amannt such a time tre
beyond description, as 1 stated before, I had
tried all the doctors, I took patent medicine,
in fact everything that was brought to my
notice without receiving any benefit. Now
comes the strange part of my story and to
me the only pleasant part. One day when
walkinc alonir the street I chnneed to nick
up a scrnp of a newspaper. Tills scrap of
paper savin my ine. ii I'oiiuuiifu an article
on Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and I thought
as I had tried everything else I hail better
try this. It certainly could do me no hurt.
" 1 aecordinelv went to our dnunnst. Mr.
A. h. Lane, and purchased a box of the
pills and commenced taking them according
to directions. By the time the box was half
used up 1 could see some improvement and
when I had used the box there was a decided
improvement in my condition. My head,
l.fwilr nnil nnPvna iv.M mitiilt luiHar I timlr
in all six boxes of tho pills which mucin me
a well man. In fact I stopped taking them
because I was gaining flesh so rapidly it was
a burden to carry it around.
" I consider the Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
my deliverer from a total disability worse
tliun death, and heartily recommend them to
anyone similarly amicteii.
IsKiNFiil Hudson RnKLnoN,
Subscribed and sworn to this 80th day of
ISovemuer, lowl, belore me, a Jsotnry Pub
lic, in and for the County of Erie, Township
Milan, ana State or Ohio.
fSKAI.1 O. K. FsilENKonER.
To further confirm the above statement Mr.
Lnne, the druggist ot Monroeville, made the
following nflidavit:
Subscribed nml sworn to this 30th day of
November, IffiW, before me, s Justice of the
Peace, for Uiugeneld Township, Huron
County, Ohio.
Tuomas Clark, Justice of the Peace.
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AFTER TWKHTT-riVI! YEARlA
Am Age Ham mt Waaseoa KleaJy RJ
warded.
lYom the Democratic Ezpotitor, Wavteen, O.
Learning from Messrs. J. A. Read ft Son,
druggists, that Mr. Jason Abbott, a respected
citizen of Wauseon, O., wu very entbusiaatio
over hi recovery from an illness of twenty.
five years standing, correspondent of this
paper called on Mr. Abbott and asked him
for a statement of his esse, lie told of his
experience and it being so remarkable, at
our request he made it in the form of an af
fidavit of which the following it a copy : y '
Statu of Ohio, )
r'ULTON County,
Before me the nnderslimed a nnfarr tinK.
lie. In and fur said countv. nemnnaliv ram
Jason Ablmtt, who, being duly sworn so
cording to law, deposes and says :
"That he is a resident of Wauseon, Ohio,
and has been for twenty-four years past.
That he is now seventy-seven years of age.
That he has been afllieted with rheumatism
in his legs and urnis for the last twenty-five
years. Sometimes so severely that be could
not rise from his bed without assistance, and
that fur about one third of the time ho has
been afflicted with snid disease, he was to
tally incapacitated from hard manual labor.
mat nimut one year previous to the date of
this nflidavit he was induced hv hi ilrmnrkt
to try Dr. WiUiums' fink l'ills for Pule
reopie.
" After taking about six boxes of snid pills
he experienced entiro relief from his rheu
matic trouble and that for the lutter part of
the past year he has experienced the best
health of the past twenty-tave years.
" He says further that previous to the time
he commenced taking said pills he was also
troubled with kidney and bladder trouble
that since taking said niedieino he has ex
perienced gvit relief from said trouble.
''He heartily recommends Dr. Willlsnn'
Pink Pills for Pale People to anyone troubled
with the comDloinU and diseases abova in.
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hionkp Jason Abbott." '
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
13th day of December, A. D., 18115.
Oko. B. Hrisk.
Notary Publie in and for Fulton County.
Ohio.
Messrs. Bead & Son slate that they belie vs
the above statement made by Mr. Abbott to
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