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"WBi|AM3mhd. **.
4 90 ST *
HENRY BIEHL
14 NOBTHJJMAIN STREET,
f - IJTLBR F."E:JM2sI'A
■P> DEALER IN,
Hardware and House Furnishing (-roods.
Agricultural Implements,
Kramer Wagons,
Buggies, Carts, Wheel Barroivs, Braipmer Washing Machines,
New Sunshine and Howard Banges, Stoves, Tabic
and pocket Cutlery, Hanging Lamps. Man
ufacturer of Tinware, Tin
Roofing and' Spouting A Specialty.
WHERE A CHILD CAN BUY AS CHEAP AS A MAN.
J. R. GRIEB. • PROF. R. J. LAMB.
GRIEB & LAMB'S MUSIC STORE.
NO. 16 SOUTH MAIN ST, BUTLKB. PA.
BSole Agents lor Butler, Mercer and Clar
ion counties for Behr Bros. Magnificent Pi
anos, Newby & Evans' Pianos, Smith-
American and Carpenter Organs, Importers
of the Celebrated Steinmeyer Pianos, and
Dealers in Violins, Bruno Guitars, and
All Kinds of Musical Instruments.
SHEET MUSIC A SPECIALTY
Pianos and Organs sold on installments. Old Instruments
taken in exchange. Come and see us, as we
can save you money.
Tuning and Repairing of all kinds of Musical Instruments
Promptly attended to.
Established 185 i)
E. GRIEB,
THE JEWELER,
No. 19,'. North Main St.,i BUTLEB,;PA„
DE A LER IN
Diamonds,
Watches,
Clocks,
Jewelry,
Silverware,
Spectacles, &c., &c.
Society Emblems of all Descriptions.
. Repairing in all branches skillfully done and warranted.
1850 ESTABLISHED 18SO
THIS WEEK,
And for the next 30 days we shall con
tinue to clear our shelves ot Winter
Goods to make room for
HEW SHE GOODS.
Come early as the prices we have reduc
ed them to will move them rapid
ly as they are marked verv
low. You will find some big bargains at
TROUT MAN'S.
Leading Dry Goods and Carpet House, Butler, Pa*
THE/BUTLER CITIZEN.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
J. W. MILLER,
A rchitect.
I r»nit-e on \\. < orner oi ijiamoud
j I- aii«l specifications for cheap uu«l expcii
.live buildings ii<a«l<* uu siiort i«uii. o.
A. A. KELTY, M. D.
Onice 3 di>irs MUlli of II"- \ .'K ley House,
Main SI., Iluilrr. I'a., ou secdi'l Hour of K»-i •
terer's huiltllnir. l.'est.lenee on \V Jefferson .st
(*. VI. ZIMMERMAN.
TUYBICIAN A Ni> PIKOKON,
eat No. 45. 8. Main street, over Kraut &
DIUK Slore. Ktitler, L*a,
SAMUEL M. BIPPUS.
Physician and Surgeon.
So. lit vVeti Cuuuiughmii St.,
; B 3?TT3isrisr'^
W. R. TITZEL.
PHYSICIAN ANl> SURGEON.
S. W.Corner Main and North Sta.
B QTLER PE.M ZfcT'A.
DR. S. A. JOHNSTON.
| DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA.
All work pertaining to the profession execut
ed in the neatest manner.
.Specialties fiold Fillings, and Painless I.x
-traetinu ot Teeth, Vitalized Air administered.
OBlce OB Jefferson Street, one door East of Lorn >
lloD*e, l p Stairs.
Ofllce open daily, except Wednesdays and
Thursdays. Communications by inail receive
prompt attention,
N. B.—Tlie only Dentist in Iliiller using the
beit make* of teeth.
j. w. IIUTCIIISON,
ATTOKNEY ATI AW.
I ftlie en second tioor <.f the Uuselton block,
Diamond. Butler, Fa., Kooin No. I.
A. T. SCOTT. J. I*. WU£OH.
SCOTT & WILSON,
ATTORNEYS AT f.AW.
< 'ollectlons a specialty. Ofllce at No. H, South
Diamond, Butler. Pa.
JAMES N. MOORE,
ATTOKNKY-AT-LAW AJ.U NOTARY rCBLIC.
Office In Kooin No. l. second floor of Husellon |
Bloek, entrance on Diamond.
P. W. LOWRY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
ltootn No. :i, Anderson Bulldhig, Butler, P». j
A. E. RUSSELL.,
A'ITUKNK\ AT LAW .
Oftlee on second floor of New Anderuon Block
Main St..—near Diamond.
IRA McJUNKIN.
Attorney at f-aw, imice at No. 11, Ijtst Jeller- j
sou St .. Butler. I'a.
W. C. FINDLEY,
Attorney at Law arid lienl Jlslate Agent, in j
nee rear of I ./.. Mitchell's ofllce on noith stile
of Diamond, Butler, I'.i,
H. H. GOUCHER.
Attorney-at-lnw. oftlee on second floor oi
A uilerson building, near Court House, fiutier,
I'a.
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J. b. BRITTAIN.
A tl'y at Law OOice at S. U. Cm . Main Si, aiel
Diamond, Butlei, i'a.
NEWTON BLACK.
All y at Law—Oftlee on South side of Diamond j
But lei . I'a.
.JOHN M. RUSSELL,
Attorney at Law. OlUce ou South aide of l»ia
mood. Butler, I'a.
C. F. L. McQUISTION,
EftCINKF.K AM) SIItVKYOIt,
OFFICE NKAH DIAMO.NU. Bimaot, I'A.
L iS. McJUNKIi\ f
Insurance and Real Estate Ag't
17 EAST JEFFERSON ST.
BUTLER, - PA.
E. E. ABRAMS & CO
Fire and Lite
IN S IIITANCE
Insurant: » Co. of North America, incor
porated 179*, capital $.1,000,000 and other
Btrong companies represented. New York
Life Insurance Co., asseLs j'JO,OOO,000. Ofliee
New Uuselton building near Court House.
BUTLER COUNTY
Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
Offico Cor. Main & Cunningham Sts.
•5. C. ROESSING, PIIESIDKNT.
WM. CAMPBELL TKKASIHKI.
H tIKINEMAN, M-« KKI»K*
I il R V C roltf*
J. I. Purvis, Samuel Anderson,
William (Jamptiell .1. W. liurkliart,
A. Trout mini, Henderson (iliver,
<!.('. Koessliu.', .tallies Sli |.lieii-iOii,
Dr. W. Irvin, llenry Whltuilre.
,1. K. Taylor 11. C. HeineniiUi,
LOYAL M'JUNKIN, Gon. Atr't.
-iBTTTH-iTTi-R,, PA.
.). E. kas tor,
Print ieul Slate Pooler.
Ornamental and Plain Slating
Ot all kind - done on .short notice.
Ollice with \V. 11. Morris No.
7, N. Miv in St„ Uesitlonce
North Klin street,
l^utier, Pa.
A. i. FHANK K CO,
ounus,
MEDICINES,
.AMI CIIEMICAI.H*
EANtn am> rori.Ei' AKTICES,
SPONGES, Itßiraili-a, PKRFITMEKY, Ac
"~l*hjatctans ITehcilpilon3 carefully
pounded.
5 S. Main Slreet, Butler, Fa.
T
The Opportunity
To secure bargains is now <»t
|< re<i you. W«- are closing out
nil Wia.-on iliie »oo<ls ami want
to close lieiu <»ut <| i^ly.
J
Scote'i tijts -o i" , li<>_\s clipt'l
I i:a|Jß liOc, heavy Melton shirts
t'onner price <o. A l»ig
litt ol heav v gloves ami mit
, tells <tl gleatl\ iciluiot |<iices.
It will pay you to tmy under
| wear of us if you don't wear it
> until next season. Come andsee
1 COLBERT 6l DALE,
70 S Main street,
liutler, Pa.
Cliristiua-s Goods for
Every body.
A pjileuditl line of fancy tout u«e
--i ful articles of every description.
Match safes—in liress, nickel, eel
luloid, oxidized silver and rubber.
Toilet cases,manicure s«ts, shaving
sets, gloves and tiandkerehiei boxes
ia luatLer and plush.
Odor caee3 iu leather, plush and
celluloid. Smoker's sets, vases, per- ;
fiimo stands, anil an endless variety j
of fine goods, which must he Petn to
he appreciated. All finer, nicer and
cheaper than ever before. The pub
lic is invited to call at KEHIOK'S
Drugstore, next to iiowr.v House.
Kxaniinw our goods and get our
prices.
.
Diamond : - : Hotel,
fronting J'luiiioiid, liutler, J'a.
THOMAS WASSOX, Pro'r.
(iooil rooms, {rood meal.s, - tuiiling in con
liection, everything first < las.s.
NIXON'S MM T \
S., N. Mi MAN: T. IA Tl.lU, I»A
Mel , aijall L'-urv Open all night.
HrealTTiLsl if* <vui.s.
I)liiiu*l 25 fMils,
iti r« nl.-t
jf. «vnl.i,
hI.MKON NIXON PKOPR
mm.
No. 88 and 90, S. Main s»i.,
BUTLKK. - - PA.
Nt-ar Ncv% llou>»* inrnn rly JioiialdMii
It oust' piod at'ciiiiiiiiiHlallftiiH for Iravclns.
GoodstablliiK ctuuifdiM.
ly l II KITKNMIH I.KIC, PropV
Willard Hotel
W. 11. RlillllNli, l'ro[>'r
BUTLER, - PA.
M'AHI.INU IX eoNNKCTION.
KIDI'I.K liADf for C«M!»HtCIAI. TIIA VKLKItS
SAMPF.K I.IVEKV IN CON NA TION
Hotel Vogeley
(Strirtli/ First Chun.)
iir:snv i, RECK, I'UOP'U.
J. H !•'AUHF.f., Manager. Hntlcr, I'a.
Jonl a l i'S K est; in l ai 11
All our readers visiting Butler
will do well to go to Sain Jordan's
restaurant (or their meals. We serve
lunches, soft drinks, tobacco and
cigars. No. I, S. Main St., under
Schneidenmn's clothing store.
I 'I
EVERY Housewife
EVERY Counting Roofn
EVERY Carriage Owqer
EVERY Tfinftij Mechanic
EVERY Body ablo to hold a brush
Bnouix> Qua
JOIK*BON
' M \ t* r> r.
wiu STAIN OLD a NIW FUHNITUHC farnimt*
WILL STAIN Glass AND CnihAMAHk at T J TT .
MULL STAIN TINWAHL
WILL SIAIN VOUN OLD Baohli* tirnt
MILL taiAiN KAST'S COACH AND
WOLFF at RANDOLPH, Phlladtlphta
As*, in Dri.g, Paint an J Uoiue Furuithi>><j biorm.
FOR SALE!
| l will sell my house ami lot on W. Pearl
• St. The lot has a oO teet on W.
| Pearl, ami <lie house lontains four rooms,
\ with a £oo,l eel la,.
For particulars inquire of tne at lISVV.
Pearl SI., liutler, Pa.
MRS. fc. J. IFFT.
Advertise ii* Uu ClTJZiti,
BUTLER PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1800-
THE RISK OK PRETTV VIN'
A 1 rue t ale ALCILII ITIE
t.ife of a Chinese bloif. roas.
There liVeJ, oil the oiil.-kiits of 11,. great
city ol Canton, in tlie year ISGO. u l-oor
, fain 11 J> iiaaictl i.-YUii Theit lift It' home
! lon I oiuv l>een a happt ninl > coin tor t ahie
! one, hut Ihe great Tin Ping reheltnai,
i which hail hecn raging niuce I vl'i, hail de
i itroyi'il their home, together irifli many
' thou .ainl.s of olh.-i , ho I hat they were left
j with nothing hut :i little hauihoo <ottage,
a few china cu|»a ami .iiic..rs mid two
! niat.-', tthi« Ii were absolutely lie,, -.<»rj to
their existence,
i Tsznn ami his wife had two children, • >ne
| a large, gawky hoy named Hi, Jon, and
I in l.ing, a very pretty and ainialde girl,
;13 years <>hl. 110 .lull worked v.ith his
! tuther in the ri>.e fields of a rich man, and
I all they received for tin sr lalmr.wac simidy
| the food that kept the iiltle family alive.
| The ri- Ii man, however,kept (living small, r
tatioiis each week, and at la-f Tszitu he
came desperate with hunger, for he always
let Ibe others eat belore he touched i
morsel He had economized iu every po?
siblc way, ami bad even gone so tar as to
cut a hole in tin wall in wbicL to sit their
little oil lamp. ■>> that the one light would
serve for the two small ro,»ins which com
prised their home
Many and many a time bad Ts-sun s wife
asked him with teals in her eyes and the
haul lines of hunger and t are on lu-i face,
to go to the liiuperor, Ueiu Fung, for as
sistance. Hut women l.now nothing ol the
courts nf China, . o she did not know what
an impossible thing she asked her husband
to do, and even if T's uu could have gone
lo the Hwang Ti, in tlie lanperor is known
to bis people, be would not have been
given assistance, as the ruler was a cruel,
fiery Tartar, and bail a most turbulent
reign. He was tin; grandfather ot the
present young Kuiperor, whom we will
shortly know something about.
Matters became worse and worse iu the
j liltle family, and finally, after a hard
I niggle, it was decided thai little Yin
1 l.ing bail to lie ,01, l us a slaye in order to
l save her parents from starvation. When
she was told of her I'ale alio wept for
[ many day.» and many nights, but, like a
' dutiful child,made no union trance against
I the wishes of her parent for in China
| children are taught obedience even before
[ lliey are taught to talk; o when the day
I linnlly came for her departure il »vna very
' ail day for the liltle poverty stricken
family. Viu l.ing looked upon In r coining
livery as absolutely in re ary for the sal
vatioii and welfare of her parents, and not
once did she ask thai she might sta) home.
Four long weary days the hunger
stricken father and In id eyed child
walked the slree! < ol ( anion before he
found a purchaser l'«i bis daughter, and
then be was bought by a rich Tidoo (ien
eral, who eommaiided tin- 1.1 ml i mii '
'''iiiiiln HI fa'hini As lie. »» very heauti
lul and hail a wonderful head of long black
hair she broiighl many hundred dollars to
her father, who bade her a hasty farewell
and Marled tor home.
The General was a man of great wealth,
ami being a distant Tartar relative to the
Kuiperor. Heir Fung, bad a large amount
of influence iu the imperial family. He
bail a long talk with )in Ling, and lie |
coming impressed with her modesty and I
natural grace, presented hui to hi: wile u.,
her special liiaid. She was ,1 ies..,Tl iu a i
beautiful silk robes, adorned with splendid
jewels, sii Ibat her appearance would not
contrast harshly with the gorgeous siir
roundings of bis wife's tea rooms, over
which little Yin was given entire charge.
Iler sole duty was to pour out and hand
little i ups of perfumed lea to her mistress
and any of her Irieuds who had the honor
of being admitted into the secluded apart
nienl. To little in l.ing il was like unto
Ib>. transformation from the low crawling
worm into the gaudy butterfly.
Tin- -ii.l.li n change from :< life of pinch
ing pov it I y to oiii: of In Miry mi. l .splendor
hud developed in Yin l.ins; her amiable
nature mi.l graceful lit-iiHbjfj .11..1 liuil
brought ..ill In* r true worth us inj.illly as H
Min scorched lily biightem- up midcr the
.•oft refic.-hiug dews of night On account
nl the extreme [.".e1l y in vvliich he had
lived, her feet had never lieeu hound with
silk lo prevent Ilii ii naliiial size, and al
though tbey were small they were not lie
formed and did not can so her I" waddle
lihoul like tilt-, I 'hiliene l.ulies do Kii their
tiuy little tcel. This plea, ed the old (lull
era! very much, tor lie thought Vin Ling
was a Tartar like himself, auil lie hud never
seen a Tartar -lave quite HO beautiful. .See
ing thi.-, Vin Ling decided lo remain .silent
in regard to her nationality and kept on
amusing and pleasing everyhodj in her
own sweet way. In a short, time li, was
the pet of the household and all the
great Indies loved her, for she was
always doing .nine little act of kindness
and e .peeling nothing iu return
Now listen to the story ami ee how the
little plant grows, how it puis forth leaves,
sweet flowers and becomes the beautiful
tree —the tree which shade:) China.
X year had hardly passed when the old
General became .-«» iu love with the pretty
Vin Ling that he decided to keep her no
longer as a lave, lint make her his daugh
ter. When the old warrior told her that
she was to be his flme no lunger, the
burst into tear: and timidly naked to be
allowed to stay. Then, when he. told her
that she was n >t ti> be bis tdave, hnt his
daughter, a bright . mile broke through her
team and she ran to where he sat and kiss
ed hint. It was like the lir.it soft ray of
the '.iin coming from behind the rain clouds
and ki- ing the hard gmy rocks of the sea
coast. She nestled up in In arms like a
timid liti le bird celling -belter, and put
ting her in in - uronml l.u ucck wept, again,
but this time her tears were tears of joy,
they were the lainbow bower. Then the
old (ieueral became happier than ever, and
lie immediately called for his ecrctary, a
little weazened faced old man, who bud
been with the family "Ironi boyhood. He
was instructed to immediately prepare a
copy of the adoption for the public and
also see that it was properly entered at the
courts.
Happy Vin Ling wa- then given llirce
.special maids iu waiting and a large ward
robe was prepared for her, consisting Of
:■ i 11\ dresses of varion colors and ever so
many gorgeous robes. Her newly found
father had a ma tcr engaged 1., teach his
daughter how to read and write, which is
an accomplishment among the buninine
si-\ only acquired by the daughters of very
wealthy people and high officials. Tin
l.ing progressed rapid!) in her .studies and
her new mother, assisted by the ladies of
the household, did not neglect her in any
ot the more re lined accomplishments, aueh
as playing the "sum yiu, weuviug silken
mats and other aits which are necessary to
the life of all Tartar ladies of high rank.
Bo rapidly had the little maiden devel
oped that three years later, at the age of
lii years, she was known as one of the most
beautiful and accomplished women in the
province of Tung, it not iu >ill
Southern China.
About this time (1^1)3,i ttie venerable
owing to his age and great service,
wa3 tailed to Pekin lor promotion prepara-
| tory to a title proclaiming him as one ol i
the "heroes of the suppression of the great
Tai Ping' rebellion Now it was always !
i iistoniary for .-itch a distinguished official
io present to hi • benefactor, the Emperor,
j -.line present as .1 token oi their respect.
The nev.s of hn coming promotion bad
been ot great joy t.> the General hut when 1
| be commenced lo think ol what lie could j
pre 1 nt to the Kiupcror he
t.. tiue badly perpleicd For several davs
be went about with a ad. thoughtful look
upon In * face, atnl no one but little Yin
, l.ing could comfort him
I line day bis l'aee grew radiant, and lo- I
i burst into a merry laugh. Ilia wife saw j
I tho sudden change, ami asked him w hat
lia.l turned his huinoi o uddeitly lie
j hesitated about replying, but finally aid:
"1 wa. only wondering what his Majesty ;
i would think if I should give liiui our little
1 Viu Liug
"Why, that IJ glc.ri.uis!" eicliiiucd Lis j
• wife Where could our little one get a ;
better home 01 Avar* mori magnificent »
I clothes?'
Then she went up t.< her husband, ami, 1
I rent? Ibat no one wa= near, whispered in J
' his eai
I think the Empeior would only be too j
| glnd t.. have our pretty Tin, am', between '
i you and me he might take her for on. ,1 1
Ins wives.
Then they talked over the matter and ;
decided that il'Tiu Ling did not vrisli to ;
go, why she could stay with them .1 long 1
us she pleased lint under no_ considera- |
(ion would they force her to leave Ibeui.
\\ ben Viu Ling was told that she could j
live at the imperial palace if slie wished,
-ho cried soft]} and said that although it
would give her great joy to be placed iu
•Hi li au exulted position, ill -lie would
gladly abide by the judgioeut i.l hei new
! parent s. •
"You know what is best for me," aid
; .die. "My lite and welfare are in your
j hands entirely, and whatever your decision
I nut) be in the matter I will only be too
happy to obey, as yon have {riven me so
many happy moments that I would now
sacrifice everything- if necessary, to do
what you desire.'"
This obedient answer so pleased the old
tloneral and his wife that they immediate
I ly gave a great dinner in liouoi of their
J daughter, at wliich many great officers and
| mandarins were present. The preparations
were then commenced for the joiirtic) to
| Fekin, which is a three month ' trip over
land. Tin l.ing was adorned in her hand
somest lobe and 11111.1 co.itly jewel. , and,
after a tearful parting with her fo tor
mother, cull led her sedan chair, which the
swift coolies .oon tarried out of sight.
After an uneventful journey the pail)
reached IVkiu in safety and engage.l rooms
at a small inn.
When the day finally came for tin- lien
oral's promotion lie went to the palace, ac
companied by bis guards and lin Ling
with her Iwo maid • After the ceremo
nies place the Uencrnl stepped
token of his esteem Willi! f'in|n |.it . Tie
became very much affected as his ilongli
ter kissed him goodbv, and 111 his basic to
leave lie merely mentioned that the girl
was his adopted daughter.
Ilciu Fung was immediately fascinated
by the hamdsome featurej of Vin land.and
as lie stood before liiin. blushing a deep
crimson, she looked more beautiful than
! e.vei lie had fallen head over heels in
I love with the pretty maiden, and there de
ierniined to make her his wile, as he fully
I believed lie was a Tartar girl a the cir
j . unistanees have shown although she WHS
iin reality .1 full hi led Chinese "ill
Now the llfiiperor would have been very
angry had he known ot the girl * birth, foi
a Tartar ruler was never allowed tn marry
any other but Tartar 1 idies, for fear that a
Chinese >Oll might become heir to the
throne, and this they did not, want as the
Tartars hud been 111 possession id the iin -
periul palace for over lour hundred year •
in Ling was given special apartments
in the palace, and the nest day the Em
peror called upon her. He told lier in a
very lev. words that lie wished to make hei
his wile This ud.len proposal greatly
abashed Vin Ling, although -he had hoped j
that it might bo bo The nest day. they
were n.anietl in high stale in the palace,
notwithstanding rite tact that even one
of ilciu Fung's seventy-two wile wit
nessed the ceremony.
Hut even this did not disturb tin Liug,
tor she s iw the Emperor loved her and -he
Wft ; happy.
The Euipeor is allowed t«» ha\e three
principal wive: . The first one i known a t
If Wang Ti (Empress), while the other two
arc called l'u Shin (i/iteen ). The law.
.dale that the ElllptTol must cliooc his
in-cc 1 lor from among the on -of hi.) three
wives, but his selection must remain it
secret until after his death. The children
of any of hi < other vt ives are givcn the I itle
of princes and prine< cs and married oil
among the nobility.
Vin Ling grew daily more lovable to the
Emperor, anil he became so infatuated.not
only by her beauty but her education and
amiable nature, that lie made her tirst
among all of his seventy two wive:, lie
had even changed her name so that she
was ufterward known as "Tue Fay" or
"Exalted Lady." \ year later she pre
sented the Emperor with a beautiful boy,
which happc led to In- the lir-t male child
that had been born to any of his wives,
lie immediately elected the little fellow as
his sin ce 1 nr. and liuim-d him Tung (.'hoe.
This birth immediately raised "Tue Pay"
to "Wong Tai llo" or • liign I Empre ."
Six months after he had named his sue
cessor the Emperor died, and a short ti»ie
afterward a second young prince was
born. In the mean time little one year
old Tung ("hoc ascended the throne iu the i
arms of his mother, 1 111 Liug, the latter i
t.heu easting a.-ulc all loruicr titles and be j
coming empress agent, and in fact the real j
power behind the throne. For three year. |
:tbo reigned iu h.-i son's name, and then |
Tung Cltce died without ever occupying
the throne of the great nation. Luring
this time Viu Line had grown handsomer
than ever and was a great, favorite with
nil lier people Her reign had been a
prosperous and a peaceful one, and. with
the assistance of her private advisers and
public boards, the nation had been kept in
splendid order. During all these years «he
ha<l carefully guarded the secret ol nation
ality, ami as she hud given the good old
Tidoo general and hi i laniily apartmentin
the imperial palace, she bad little to fear
of the story ever being known
Like all public people, however, he had
a few enemies, ahd one of these looked Hp
Iter past history, and. as the was about to
as. end the throne ill IS7» in behalf ot her
secoiid son, hwong Suey, who was then
not quite IU years of age, the affair became
known. This sudden revelation caused a
tremendous sensation among all classed,
and the Tartar ministers at the head of the
government investigated the matter tlioi
ougl.lt finding the statements, which
they at first believed to lie lulse, true, they
set about to Lave a new Euiper>.r As this
was the first time China had ever been iu
lUI h a pre.lt. anient they di.l not know
which way to proceed. They loved the
baud -tone Empress very i.it.. h. and would
have bceu catistied to let mattcis go on as
before, but their constant cry was that
China wouid be under the rule of a real
• • hiunman.
in. Ling, as.-,-toil l.y the old t.en.ial,
' fought the qnestion and at the expiration
of two years ascended the thrnue amid
much jubilation, and having with her the
1, spe. t and honor of nil the people, l><>th
Chinese and Tartar, f..r In-r wonderful
■ mind and powei
Now ibat alt Was LnoWII 11,' I.eaUl.lnl
Liupii- . lookt'd back up.ai the lino* wUcn
she w:u. once simplv Vin Liug, the poor
little 1 bine <• girl w iih no ln.es t.< her feet
• .«nil hardly enough to eat, «nd mih these
recollection, eame many sad thought .
\\ eic h.-r pareir t .dive ..r dead ami wheie
: ivade.ir broiler K<> Jon. who had suffer
ed alike with hei' llasltly wiping away
her leai lie coiiiuialided that a parly of
penal envoys be sent to her native
: province ..I t,riaii;r 'fill.' two
thousand miles away, and a thorough
1 ion. i. instituted tor her wretched rela
j tivu *
1 lie put; 1...i10) thai the parent- bad
I died a few years after :Le was old. and
| Ibat her brother then a grown inau. waj
.-nil alive .<nd working somewhere in the
] piovim e formany Weary months the
j mandarins searched, and at last they were
| rewarded by finding him at work for a
farmer in a small village near Canton. He
1 *.v.i- 11 line looking fellow, hut bad uev. r
liseu lrom the poverty in which be was
hoi 11. for be was working for *9 a year and
his board He wus also very ignorant,and,
! Having m.vu been insid. ot auy . ity. di.l
: not km.w what .1 mandarin or "t wan Fr.o '
| looked like
\\ ben be saw l.he two handsomely dr.--
. ed genllemeii with long Ida. k satin robes,
1 witli many jewels on their lingers, and
j .rearing strange shaped hats with a lug red j
' coral but tou 011 top and great gorgeous
peaeni k feather- dangling at their .side.,
step out of their sedan chairs 111 front of his
humble home, he trembled 'ike a tea plant
In a heavy typhoon. As the soldiers anil
guards drew tip in lino, one of the manda
rins made a sign, whereupon the entire
ns.-emldage bowed their heads to the royal
but now terror stricken to .ton. His lace
blanched as white as the monntaiu t'.ps.
und ho suddenly turned and ran swiftly
j away, begging to be lot go he had done
nothing.
'Oh. wh) do you a 1 rest me.'" lie tried,
■ f»r it was many years ago that I stole the
old chicken, and then it was a case of
in-cc--it for in)' dying mother had to bo
110111 isltetl. Only let me go and I'll ui-yer
do it again."
Tllll pleaded I lie loyal relative lllltil be
was made to understand Ibe good luck
which had befallen him. lie was
immediately hurried to Pekin, ami it is
net-lib ito say that the meeting between
the long separated brother and sister was a
deeply affecting one.
Although happy at meeting her brother
it made the great Empresi very sad to
think Ihnt lie was an ignoramu s but a
the best way otil of the woods she had
given biiu the title of "imperial I nolo of
Emperor Ivwang Swcy" olt a salary offiOO,-
000 laels (s7oo.tH)o>, to Keep him in the
stvle becoming u liiau ot his connei lion.
Able litlofi Were placed iu charge of him,
and Jo day ho is ouT?-»*i^China's brightest
men. _
The Empress continued her reign until
lasi year, when her sou, Kwuiig Swey.be
cuine of age un.l ascended the throue tor
himself. She is now 43 years of ago. is
t ill handsome us ever anil commands the
respect c.f her entire people from one end
01 the empire to the other
Thus ends the history of the present
great Kwo Tai' or "Empress Kegent
over two successive Emperors,"who during
the past twenty-three years has been con
sulted upon .ill matters concerning the
welfare ol the nation alld.. as her sou is
Vet young, la Iu V be consulted lor luali)
years to couie.
"Pal ' on Ohio.
it.
:.ow the reader will please jump into
the buggy, in his mind. That is the beat
way of taking a buggy ride when its mud
dy In a jiffy we'll he off to the lilliputa
| tiaii village of Glcnlord. We tart from
Newark, a pretty little city, because we
missed mil road connections last liigbt and
have an appointment to fill at 10:30 this
morning The air is fresh and the b.ng
tivuks ol gold autl silver 011 Hie eastern
•ky are Hod's bull, tin oi a new-born Sab
hath The driver.cracks his whip, for
IS miles of bad road lie before us. The
horses bound forward and the mini split: be t
backward until we took like leopards
from the jungle ,of A ia.
We notice thai the topography t grow
ing more bill) a we proceed southed t
wnrd. Perry county, Ohio, i. about its
billy as ltutler county, Pennsylvania. As
yon travel from Columbus towards the
Ohio river the territory grows more broken
und hilly. In other directions the land is
even, ami in ::onie places, almo d us level
as a table. As one skims over this prairie
in a ear, the long line of level farms, rich
in barns and sheds and orchards and corn
dhicks and hay stat ks is onl) interesting
as long as it i - novel and that ii not long.
There is a palling samcne < in the scene.
One's eyes yearn for the luxury of a hill,
and lie grows so weary of the scene that
lie is ready to bur) himself in l.elliimv s
''Looking Backward" anil wonders if the
most up proved socialism will not superin
duce a samcne s in social life as tiresome
as this sauielic liu the landscape. On
these prairies I miss many of the upstairs
und downstairs neighbors of my home. I
mean the birds and tlowers of sylvan Penu
f ylvaitia. V 011 wouldn't catch such a
bright, hardy and independent tlower us
the iirluitus bio.-soui on these huge flat -
| Piaius are good enough for the soil, sal
| low-faced buttercup and the amphibious
| cat tail, but not for de-ir arbutus, sweet
| emblem of innocence and inilepeli deuce.
Perhaps the paucity of wild flowers is due
!to the scarcity ol wooded land The grand
old fore ts of Ohio are fad going the way
of the mound builders. Some farms arc
so denuded of timber that they cannot
maintain their own fences. Once many
walnut trees dotted the forests; now only
decaying tumps murk the spot- 1 where they
stood Along tho streams and in moist
places stately sycamores raise their huge
smooth trunks and stretch out their
mottled and ashy arm to unshine and
breeze and winged life. I tilt even these
old druids are banished by iho orthodox av
The road over which we are traveling i
. looked uud muddy and in both respects,
an exception to most ol the roads over
which I lately rode. Iu the level pails id'
the state the highway J ruu due north uud
south, c.ist and west Sometimes a stream,
which bad obtained quattcrs ughi long
bcloie a highway was thought of iu Ohio.
Compelled the surveyor to depart with the
line of his iiev. load lioin the cardinal
points ol the compass. However, the peo
ple along such a road build their bouses,
to use 1 heir own words, square with the
world anyhow." It a road trends -ay to
the southeast your farmer will set his
house with the compass and not with th.-
road. Oh! these Buckeyes have an eye to
the eternal litneits ot things. They ate
just as fastidious and precise iu dealing
out names. For instance, Flcatown is on
Hog Pun! What could be a more appro
pnatc natnc for a town.' The delicacy of
i. • liii;: iloi-di plm t d manifest* itself in
everything the*.-ohioaus do. Willi them
n road i< a load and not a mud rreek At
lea-t that is the rase in most of the distiuis
whit h I have visited In some places
there are several feet of gravel on the
highways aud tbry are .11 tilled to li.e
name 01 pile - Iu thi- taie every roter
not . ■ empted It,- lan i- t-tpetled lo work
out hi-ioud ta. Tin- only voters releas
t-d are lh.. e who hart- eeu their llAr-wr
titth birthday" and tho •• v.-l. ran : uhn are
It t ililij? ap. n. lou 11! Coin SIII. lithle-i
may he hin dto do the iv.trk lint Ihe
lai uit-i t-i.i . nt. mbstilute He works
on the road him-elf. and fait a pardon
able pride in Ice. pine il in ordei I tell
yt-u what, the i- nit it «ill put the a\erape
IV-nnsylvaiiia larmc-r lo :hame They
kn.tw lh.it the_\ an- a part t-i Ihe Coiniu>>u
* faith. aiol they are llot so foolish as t..
try to cheat themselves in working on
thcil own load; Il seems to me that this
is a more serious i|Uestion than th.- aver
*?>■ huMiau duoiit seems 1.1 think The
man who shirks his duly in working toil
his road tax injui. - the morals of his com
innnity I h.u e noticed that when the
loatlr- are real ha.l Ihe churches are ijliile
fUiptl and ii<\ Impassible l't'iads
tlso .at oil'the initich.iDge ot intelligence,
-lop traffic, and -omctiuies keep children
Iroiu st hti.,l, Con-equcntly they interfere
(villi the exercises of religious duties and
promote ignorance. The lanes aud hiph
tilt veins aud arteries ».f iho
c ommunity and when they are -topped
up with innd ii vitiate ; the whole system,
si..l it i. jure to break out in moral sored
or throw the community into a statu of
i orpur.
Va we drive ulong ve notice thai the
farms and their buildings are better than
those of our native country. It seems odd
to ce the stubble of corn stalks standing
tu the greeii lields of winter wheat. After
tutting this coin they siuiply harrow tho
tield and sow" their wheat. So far as 1 tail
tc this i» the rule and not the exception.
The herds, barring soine big Hocks of
Ueep, art nothing extra. We have seen
much filler stock at home. However, wo
see no worthless scrubs he-re. Yon know
there is <t surfeit of that Lind of stock in
-••me part... ol the Ke\stone state. Every
wliip-stiteh a brick building with a white
i ounce and cupalo appears on a hill or
t merges fiout a Valley like some old Qua
ker mother with sombre bonnet trimmed
wit h white faring. If you think these are
roiintiy churches above the average, you
arc badly mi-tal i n They are public
schools, Herein the Buckeyes eau also
teach you an object lr-sson or two. I have
yet to :-:c.! a poor ch«>ol building in this
slate. Those to which I jo-it alluded cost
apiece. \ll the schools of the same
township are built on the same plan. 1
fcavr been in a few of these country schools
anil found thrtu well lighted, heated and
ventilated. The ceilings and wall were
tastefully papcreu. To tell truth, 1 felt
tin an when I thought of uiy wealthy but
frugal houie county Such a perforat
cd cheese-hot with u i himiiey as is hung
to the side of a hill, within a niile and a
half of Butler's temple of Jut ice, would
never ■ here for a school house. As 1
sec it, had road.-, poor schools and indiffer
ent morals are members of the -ame house
hold "Slid, unlike tiie tippler'; wine, they
i/row worse with age. -
In wandering through th? country one
occasionally strikes a little one-story
' building at oi near the intersection of two
road* This is called the township house
' and it i- located in the centre of its little
' province. At it the citizens of the pre
cinct vote in it the officers of the town
ship transact their business, and on it no
mortal dare post bills The result is
' that it is as nice and piiui as
a country woman telling dinner
for a strangei on Suuday. J -peak
now of the exterior of the house. 1 only
got two views of an interior and they were
had on election days when the house was
put to its highest use. I found that it was
partioned off into two rooms of unequal
dimensions. The smaller apartment was
oc< upied by the election officer.-. The other
was thickly stnddeJ with freemen who were
1 smoking, winking, and at regular intervals,
squirting a copious jet of tobacco spittle on
I the door. This spitting may have been
typical ol the low regard in which they
r held their opponents and the smoke, as it
L was wafted up in columns aud . loud 3, per
haps typified the high regard in which
they held their own party and its candi
date.-. To me the whole thing va3 em
f bb-tnatic of the < orntpt state of party pol
itic and offensively odoriferous to boot,
liut the township lion e is a thing of utili
ty and ought to be adopted everywhere.
Lty ibis time wo spy our little town from
afar, look at our wteli, tee that, we can
reach our destination on time, crack the
whip and make a last, desperate attempt
to get there. Soon we meet people re
turning from church, ask if members are
lill there, and learn with a pang that the
congregation has dispersed. Our inform
ant learns who we are and why we are
late, passes ; omc pleasant remarks, laughs
and asks lis to "fall in behind and get
something to cat.'' That is welcome, lor
we hu bad no breakfast and we do as he
Inil. . We soon li in I ourselves at rest in a
little white house with a bir hearted Luth
' erau iarmei The wood tire crackles, the
: dog snores, the dishes clftttcraud the odor
jot dinner deep; in under the kitchen
; door and steals through the key-hole. We
i deem our.-elve • very forluuato aud are eon--
| tent to make tbi our headquarters ill l'er
ry county. In a trice dinner is announc
I'd. And now, having reached our desti
nation ami our dinner. I think this the
proper place to my stop. And slop it
shall In- More anon. Till then,
Yours with emphasis,
HAT.
! «'Ol.l >1 tit s, 01110, M lltfli 8, IMRI.
Windows in an Kgg.
A French cieutist who removed the
shell on either side ol an egg, without in
juring the membrane, in patches about the
•size of the diameter of a pea, and snugly
fitted the opening, with bits ot glass, gives
the following report of the wonderful ex
pcrimeut
I placed tin, egg with the glass bull's
eyes iu an iucubator run by clockwork uud
revolving once each hour, so that 1 had tho
pleasure of looking through uml watching
the change upon the inside at the end of
each sixty minutes N"o i hange was
noticeable until after the end ot the twelfth
hour, when onie ol the lineaments of the
head aud body ol the chiik made their
appearance The bean appeared to beat
at the end <■! the twenty fourth hour, aud
,in forty-eight hour two vessels ot blood
were distinguished, the pulsations being
quite vi able. When 4f>l hours had elapsed
we heard thehrst cry ol the little imprison
jed biped. From that time forward he
j grew rapidly, and came out a lull iledeed
| chick at the proper time
-■ Aid mnnot wither it nor custom
] slate its infinite variety Flesh la hardly
| heir to an ache oi paiu which cannot be
I cured by u ing Salvation Oil
It is painfully annoying to bo disturbed
liu puldit as -i mblies by .umo one coughing,
v. bcu you know Dr. Bull i Cough Syrup is
only 25 cents. '
The Mississippi Floods.
1.1.h > ear at the close of the * inlet
I >on the residents ol the lo* lands of the
Mississippi Villey are in a state of agna
tion there is pc-nerallv a tiood on hand, or
i.ne ij daily expected, and the people ate
larely deprived .f their annuel Tiaitation
Fur Miuif vears bt a time there are, how
ever. intly l<val inundations, and there has
Leen u>> general oterrtow sine* lse4 The
present flood is the greatest one for sixteen
>ears and at places along the nver, uota
l-lv at X«* oilcans, the vcaterhas pa-sed
Uir ibmuiiuiii do.HJuiark, aud Woa reported
on Thursday, 13th, to he nine and a half
ii>< lies higher than the great flood ol 1874.
Above the conflueuee of the Ohio and Mis*
-i-sippi rivers at Cairo, Illinois, there ha*
been no particular damage done, a* the
watei lias not attained any extraordinary
height hat bclww Cairo, all the way to the
Gulf, there has heen a genual use in the
waters. At Cano the rivets "Were one
hundred wiled in width, covering fifty
miles oi the low land* in Missouri and ex
tending io the hillj iu Kentucky, while iLo
«:il> itself, being situated on the low"
ground, hao heen halt'flooded. The rail
loads iu that section stopped running, and
Unuc-s La<Uiuuu standstill. Houses
and farms were covered, and the residents
obliged to dee for their lives. TVhere
break: in the levees Lave occurred, the
people of the region have been forced to
ilt camp at once, the flow of tho waters
ha.) be> u too great to admit of any stop
page after having worn a crevasse This
year the people received sultuieut warn
ing ol the flood, and no loss of life has
heen reported from any of the districts,
hut there u a general feeling til alarm tor
the safely uf some of the people tu the
Mississippi bottoms who have not aban
■toned their farms A break in the levied
would he extremely disastrous iu those reg
ions. Raits of all kinds have been impro
vised to bear away the goods and chattels
of the residents, while the cattle have been
obliged to swim or drown In the towns
along the river-bauk boats have been used
to navigate the streets, and the second ■ •
stories of the hoases have been resorted to
for living. AVhere the house has been a
small room, the roof has had to serve for a
place of refuge until some means of escape
has been found. Iu some places the houses
have been built upon an elevation, aud the
families have ntaid therein, while the wa
ter has washed the_ door-steps and un
rounded them for miles ou all sides. The
wild game of the Arkansas bottoms have
been obliged to seek refuge ou these tuglr
lauds, aud have supplied the people with
food, l-normous herds of cattle have been
drowned, uud the damage to the farmers
has been very great thousands of acres of
acres of rich land lieing submerged
A general view of the method of protect
iug tho lands is very interesting State,
government, aud private aid has gone to
do all possible to confine the river to its
natural course, and over $25,000,000 has
been expended since the war with this oh
ject in view The Mississippi River Com
mission, under guidance of the Depaitmenr
of War, was organized in 1879 "for the
purpose of making plans, specifications,
and recommendations for the navigation
of the Mississippi River " but incidentally
much has been done by that body in the
way trf-protection. On a convex shore,
where the water is shoal, the levee ha.
been carried* "ffmttg- Jhe river edge at
near as posssible, as danger
iiudei such conditions of a caving bsst —
\V hen the bank is liable to break the levees
are placed further back and where a break
iu the levee itaelf has occurred from the
caving of the bank loops aTe made, join
ing the two broken parts. it mutt be
borne iu mind that the banks proper along
the river are about forty feet high above
low water, and as the river rises live to
seven feel over these hanks, the levees are
constructed ot sufficient height to restrain
the waters within their proper limits. The
material is louud on the spot, either clay
or sand ai the case might be. A so-called
"muck" ditch a few feet wide is dug along
the centre line of the projected levee,down
to wlieri) the earth is comparatively free of
fill organic malter, such as grass and routs
of trees. By this method some adhesion
to the ground is gamed, and the artificial
construction is not easily swepl away. The
earth is taken from the front of the Isvee
line as near the water as circumstance will
permit Standard levees Lave a "crown,"
or width at the top of eight feet, except iu
the case of a very low levee, when the
"crown is not less than ltd height. The
side ?lopM arc one vertical to three or
three and one half horizontal. Present
levees are carried up from two to three feet
above the high-water uiurk of their po-i
tion. The whole alluvial front of the river
is leveed «-n the left bank, the principal
line extending from Horn Lake, just below
Memphis, to Vieksbnrg, covering the great
Vazoo Basin. Ou the right bank of the
river there arc four principal sections
which are liable to be overflowed The
lir.it is known as the St Francis front,
which ruu3 from Commerce, Missouri, to
the St. Francis Bivcr. The White River
front ii the second,extending from Helena,
Arkansas, to the mouth of the White and
Arkansas rivers. Tho third and fourth,
kuowu as tho Tensas and the Atchafalaya
fronts, run respectively from the Arkansas
River to the Bed River iu Louisiana. And
from the Bed Biver to New Orleans.
At the time of writing the levees below
Helena are in a precarious state, and all
along the levee line of the Tensas district
patrols keep watch day and night The
water in places has swept over the levees
without breaking throngh them. All pos
sible precautions at the.<e points have been
taken and boats with loads of sand bags tt>
top any break have paned up and down
the stream to render any assistance. The
whole country is in ;i state of alarm,and the
reports from the inundated districts give
no promise of ati early abatement. A
rathc-r sombre view of the situation is tak
en by tin- officials, but if the levees witli
stami the present straiu thai is ptil upon
them, the people will be assured of mfety
in the future, us the preseut conditiou? of
the weather aud season are not likely to
be duplicated for years to come
Don't Fool
away precious time aud money and trilje
with your health experimenting with un
certain medicines, when Or Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery is BO positively certain
in its cnralive action aa to warrant its
manufacturers in guaranteeing it cttre
diseases of the blood, akin and scalp, and
all scrofulous afflictions, or money paid tor
it will be refunded
SSOO Reward ottered for an incuraldu
. ase of Catarrh by the proprietors of Dr.
Cage's Remedy. 50 cents, by druggists
filled Her Nantes,
Why did you leave four last placfcf
The missus called mc names''
"What did sho call youi"
- She said I were a domestic, mute, uud
me ai hard-work-in' and honest a woman
as ever lived."
—He(CaUtioUsly,>—What would yott i»y,
darling, it 1 should ask you plutnply to b*
my wife*
liuiiing (even more cftitioufly)—Ask iao
and find out.
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