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,71 4 :. !l r $1 A YESR CiSa IS ADYASCE. "LEf THE BHDS THOU JSJMSV AT BE .Tfl'i COUNTRY'S, THY GOD'S AND TROTHS." .&EST ADYERTIS1K6 MEDIUM. VOLUME XXVIII. WILSON, IST. C. NOVEMBER 24, 1898. NTJMBER 47. - - ' ' 'XbfuUt nee. : S -- 3KMEXIAN CLAIMS, .Cr! ANGELL TALKS' OF HlS MISSION TO TURKEY. I In-1 "..v-JUn Ister Thlnkit Armed Dem .'sitlon Necessary toSccnr Pay. incut of Aiiicricnn Claims Turltey -i si-!i Man o More. .. Professor J. B. Angell, formerly pres i,! t:ti f the i Michigan university, who U.r :r.m tliaii a year Las Lcta the Unit ,(1 tat'S minister, to Turkey, talked freely the other even ins on tha deck of -.ttu Teutonic regarding his mission. A"I have : passed a vtry'cukt and thankful year, " he began. "Nothing happt'MHl torufile iny relations with the falnm of Turkey. : I caunot say that I acquired a groat-affection for him. My personal impressions of his majesty wtire that he is a man of great shrewd ' iitwtiioufih lie lacks in sociability Mime of those traits that an American admires most. He is- surrounded by j very intelligent men, but he is the gov eriiuiejit. His people regard turn as the religious head of Mohammedan faith, and they now emphasize the religions snle of their national policy, by always .referring toheir ruler as the caliph. He pLiys his policy well. lie is clever ..hi' creating 'and perpetuating the. jeal vousies of one power against the other." 'l "Do you look for a religions upheaval in Turkey?" "No, I think that it is ''-impossible while the powers are watch - up the Turks as they are now. The sul tan is too shrewd to proclaim a war of fanaticism. Tranquillity is his policy. " "Has the, Greek war changed Turkey's position in Eurf;e?" "Indeed it has," was the prompt reply. "Turkey can no . 'longer 'bo called the sick, man of Eu-ropi-. Turkey has started: ou an era of commercial prosperity. She has a strong army, well officered .by ' Germans, but she is wholly wanting in modern siege guus-aud warships. Their navy is a tub ! You eau see it all by looking into a pool. One of our best battleships could siuk every cruiser they have and do it at jts leisure. The sultan has great respect for. us since our war with Spain. He watched-every move in .the game. As I have said, it is a military government, because Mohammedanism in military:. The army is a religious ajriny, and the sultan, who rules independently of bis cabinet, can 'put 860,000 efficient men in the field in short notice. He asked ,1116 about our ships, and guns, sending for uio immediately after the splendid victory at Manila in order that I might, explain how it all happened."; "How did the Turkish people feel re ' gard'ing the decisive defeat of Spain?' -''i am glad you asked me that, because it gives a line on the Turkish character that Volumes would not so clearly de scribe. The Turks were delighted at the. result because; the Spaniards drove the Moors out. of Spain in tlie fifteenth cen tury. Oh, they are good haters and pass a grudge xlown from one -generation to another."" '. --. -' 'Tell mo about the clf-im for indem nity made by our government for the outrages upon American citizens and in t juries to American property in Armenia 'and other parts of Turkey," "We made the same claim as did all the j;ceat pow ers " replied the former American min ister, "but the sultan made a general answer, denying his responsibility. That was not satisfactory to the presi dent. The claims were filed in Constan tinople. The sultan's report to the great powers(was' that be had claims against thein lu mitigation of damages. I promptly 'made the point that no such claims could be urged against American citizens, because, while the Turkish con tention "was that the Europeans had suffered -loss in a general riot, the prop erty df the Americans had been destroy ed by the very soldiers who were put to guard such property, ' and their acts were those of agents of the government and not dis" individuals.- That is the point of our contention as it stands to . day, and I was directed to urge it just . as strongly as language would permit. To all this we received the same reply that was given to the other great pow ers. Practically Turkey never made a ' specific answer at all." "Will Turkey pay our claim of in demnity for , outrages inflicted upon American citizens and injuries to Amer ican property in Asia Minor?" "A bankrupt has an advantage. He can pay nothing and owe the rest. If the United States ever expects to collect that mon ey, she must make a demonstration in force l efoie the Golden Horn," replied Mr. Ai'gdl. ..'.' ; "I :,thiuk it would bo a very good thing if the warships that are going to M.milu eiuild anchor a few days in the fia df. Marmora and lire v. salute to bis laaji sty the sultau from their 13 inch Suns, "the concussion from which would prn! ser;. i v shatter every wmc ow in the )..." '. '" -. - " What will be the outcome of the tr-.uld. Win Crete: Will Engl Ku:u:iAti ,-t: for the lives of t hnd become ie unfortn- Uatj, t it tuns.-"' "Jf the grj at powers say mi, vcs. Nobody can answer at pres ent ;is to what the final outcome will be. There certainly have' brutal- massacres in that d hujil. Nn outrages have occi jeen many stressed is- rred in Ar iii'-nia ir in the Balkans thi.-i year. No body can foretell what the end will be. luikey :;t.i this hour is unfriendly to KiiM,e t hough she made peace with her aitir i!,e war of 1877. "Iltr l resent ani- J"""' :-r i ''v;-:-: (nit df a n.u-ut demand by ' bi' Koveniiuint of the c.-.: f i or .another '!.- r diluent .f the inceii.;iity. growing "it f that contest ; 'J Li:: made Turkey .S:!CU'ltl.?' - . "Did' Colonel 1'av I ae a ccufc-rence with you regarding, th.! ciaim for in demnity put in by ibis g..'tmmeut?" "Hu dUi not. My repoits v i re made dj rectly to Va.shini4t(.n, and all my in-truetiouH- came. Ui net. mU, as I have aid above, no progress has been achiev ed. I have lived for a year in a tranquil hind where history is not 'made." v ;. ; . . CASTORIA. E?aratha TliS Kind You HavB Always Bouht the WAR BALLOON'S FALL. Experience of Sersennfr Bnonr, One of the Corps at Santiago. . 'A private letter received from Sergeant Thomas O. Ecouo ox Company K, Sec ond regiment, whoso 'experiences in the war balloon ascen si ou in front of San tiago ou July 1 r-e from hiirj to the Sprin and who is now ia hospital at West Ta;$ the first tinia the i a t icJd in a letter Seld Republican, j the government- a, i-'l.s.. lives for-j cu!ars a i l extent 1 burgeons at the ', of hi injuries. Tho hospital say that Mr Boone's right kidney is turned arornd u:;d that an operation is necessary to pat it ia placa Mr. Boono'sJettfer ia pare s.syk: ' : . "I havo net told yon of my accidents before while in Cuba because I did not care to arouse the anxiety of my friends at home, and although I have been un able to walk .for some, time still I did not consider" my condition .113 serious as the surgeons here claim it to bo. I will tell you how I got hurt. It was a streak of continuous bad luck. On the 1st day of July I went up in the balloon on the battlefield tt 7 a. and the balloon was being moved ail lover the field when shot to pieces 80 yards from the Spanish line at 1 p. m. We thought our height, together with their bad marksmanship, afforded us protection. We were badly mistaken. At least 200 bullets 'and four shrapnel shots went through tho inflat ing bag, allowing .the gas to escape, and we came down with .a-rush, striking the top of a tree alongside a creek, throw ing us out. In falling I was caught in the abdcftn.cn by a (point of the anchor of the balloon, was suspended for a mo mentit seemed a lifetime then drop ped into the creek, with the water up to my shoulders. I was badly bruised and shaken up, but owing to the excite ment of tho time I did not notice the ' pain. , "Thrive of our detachment were killed and four wounded out of 21 men,-which shows that we were in a pretty warm , place. Well, I did net go to the hos pital about my injury until July 14, and I was then so-weak I could scarcely walk. The surgeons at the field hospital placed me in an eld army wagon with out springs at ft o'clock one night to bo taken to another hospital seven miles away over tho worst road in the world without doubt. We had gone about half a mile when the wagon turned com pletely over, the wagon body catching niy neck under its side and the corner of a box catching me in the abdomen. I was unconscious for two hours. My neck is still vcrv sore. W hen I regained . consciousness, I was placed iu the wag on, buttthe bumping over ruts and rocks fairly drove me mad, and I said I could hot stand it. I was told that I could walk, which I did. Tho wagcu went cn. I' reached the hospital at 7 o'clock the next morning after a night cf - agony. At this hospital I was told that I was injured internally and that they could do nothing for roe, that I would' have to go to the United Spates for aa opera tion, and Lore I am." 7 A NTE I ' S EVICT; A I.TRCSTWOK'THV I'KkSO.NS lil till tatt- to manage and nearby our business in the-jr counties. It is iiiaiuiy o'.;ic e ork con ducted at home.-- S.iiary strsight $q i y ca ra n 1 e xpe n se ' - d e f) n i t 1 .-o n a ti el e no more, no less s tiary. A, on.- niy j-75. Ket(-re:i('cs. l-n rt serit a iUiressec stamped envc-lo'pe-, - l!oit).rt Prest., Dept "M. .Cltieago. ,. SANITATIOM IN 3 AM T I AGO. What Americans Have Done 1'or One of Cuba's Dirtiest CiliffJ. The city of Santiago, long known-as a breeder of pestilence and cne of the dirtiest and most . unhealthy places in dirty and .unhealthy Cuba, hv.s been. in American hands only about two nionths and is 'now in condition of cleanliness that New York might almost- have en vied a few years ago. Uniier the system introduced' by General Weed, who, it may be remembered, is a physician, San tiago is divided into five sections, each one under tho general supervision of a medical man, who has under him in spectors of sewers, streets, houses and dispensaries and a number of street cleaners. Five hundred cubic yards of refuso are burned daily, disinfectants are distributed wherever they are need ed, and a heavy fine is imposed for un-" cleanliness or for any fa'iluro to report unhealthful conditions and deaths. , The results are shown in a decrease in the death rate within a month from an average of 70 toonc cf 20 a day. Among the troops the principal diseases are ty phoid, malarial .and yellow fevers and dysentery. The cases of yellow fever, several of which have been among the so called immunes, are few in number, and the disease is of a very mild type. The mortality from malaria or dysentery is much greater than that from yellow fever. "Now that the Spanish troops have all left for Spain' it is hoped. that yellow fever .can be mado still bits dan-' gerous 'through' the continuance of Dr. Wood's good work. Medical Record' ('(insidcriiiK tlw Possibilities. ' (-"'. i- ; iizliii l.iv Jin r.ix'Ut 'C.iu. o :r wa .t todj vhaj's right 'Bout thorn 1 'hilii.pii.es we took in splen (i:d sty!.-. ' ' My 6iinion? AVell. I'll slate That 1 think wa'd hotter wait. 'Pun. tlmro i: ho more news from Dewey after wii ie. An, ks- f v p 1 ' :.':'. tiiiVl !. :;dy yi.-i to mix Into p!atf.,i h- h cvent.s'll mebbe rue .ue ::. car-ilMate; idod lh.:l I'H wait Till we Uliile. news fivm Dewey after 'fl.shiiigtun Star. !. .a yourself to ' sh.u ly tor tured at, the stake of disease? Chill; aiui fever will undermine, and eventu al lv 1 -ji tU' n. the strtngesFcon.sli turi .iv '! !; I !!: !-CUR A (Sweet jC liil Ton:..- of !..'.;) is m re fTerlive than fminm - :'! iiiL' combined with Iron is an (v(:;i-i ( i'or.ic and .Nervine Med, c;ve j iU"sant to tak-. is sob! under -r.osiji tve guarantee - to cure or money refunded.. Accept no substi tutes." The 'j list as good"; kind don't MCARAGUAN CANAL. DUR FOREIGN TRADE AND A SHORT CUT OUTLET. Warner 3Iil3i sons WI';. Iluiit "VV.r! r Tells Sfl'rc of the Rea ..tb'e Cnr-al ?h'bi:Id Be h S.'il It Ccst to tne Xa- . Former United for Var vs before i r iNe w lier Miller delivered an r.;l: the Li ; n r. J i , ,- r a ' $iSi6ciai;v. j York at its. htuuc nurteis in : ooklyn the cither niUu, his iiuLve.-t I cing "The Commercial an 1 Other Advantages to Be Deriveu by iLc Constrt.eticn of the 'Proposed. katagna Cauai. " Mr. Miller said he had been trying to interest the people in the scheme fc)r ten years. "The incidents of the past few mouths," be said, "have demonstrated the necessity of tha canal as a means of defense. The people of the United States would willingly have paid almost any price had the canal been cut through at the time the Oregon made its great trip of over 13.000 miles around the Horn. The manufacturers of the United States today hold ah enviable position. By the returns from the last census the Volume of our manufacturing products exceeds that of any other nation. We not only supply tho home market, but can and do produce a large surplus for a foreign V WAIIKEK MILLER. Tho Nicaragua canal market. would give a larger foreign trade than any other scheme that has ever coine before the American people. The building of the Erie canal has mado New York what it is, the metropolis of the coun try. The building of the canal made possible the settlement .and building Tip of tho west. "The building of tho Suez canal gave Europe control of the trade in the orient. With the foreign trade in the Pacific England has an advantage over us, in the first place by means of the Suez canal, and in the second place that it is only 15, G20" miles by way of Cape Horn from Liverpool to Se.u Francisco, while from New York to San Francisco it is 15.6G0 miles, an advantage to Liverpool of '40 miles. But if the Nicaragua- canal were constructed the ad vantage would be greatly in favor of the United States. Then the distance from New York to San Francisco by way of the canal would be only 4,907 miles, saving a little over .10,000 miles, while from Liverpool to San Francisco the distance would be 8,000 miles, giv ing the United States an advantage of more than 0,000 miles. We cannot look to Europe for a market for our manufacturing products, because she is producing cheaper than us. it we wane to create a maruet, we must then look to the people who live in the Pacific ocean and not to those in the Atlantic. Tho people who live around the Pacific ocean number more than 500,000,000. They may-be small consumers at present, but look at the future, and with the division of China, with the concessions made for the building of railroads and the opening of mines, is it too much to say that in ten years the market will grow larger in volume than all our foreign trade of the present time? If we can open the canal, we jwill furnish all the railroad supplies and steel rails. At the present time Japan gets all her steel rails from us. Give us a cheaper and quicker route, and neither England nor Belgium can compete with us. i Build the Nicaragua canal, reduce the route over 10,000 miles, and, in my judgment and that of others, the population of the Pacific oast will double in five years and quad ruple in ten years, and it will become a great market for the manufactures of the cast." Mr. Miller then gave a brief history of the Nicaragua canal and said that 'nearly $5,000, OuO bad already been spent on it, and that the government was now discussing it, and that Presi. dent McKinley had appointed a commis. sion, with Admiral Walker as chair man, to go to Nicaragua,' resurvey the route and report back its judgment aa to the feasibility of building the canal and its cost. He said the report had not been made yet, but that the members of the commission agreed on its feasi bility, but differed as to its cost, their f.ne, s ranging from $90,000,000 to 61 iojKiO.OOO. Mr. Miller said be was positive the capal could be constructed for $llY 000, 0.00. . "Th-1 canal is necessary," he said, "and v. hen completed will be worth to the United States more than $1,000. 000,000. The day the first steamer sails th.rnuf.di the Nicaragua canal property ou the Pacific coast will increase 100 pi r cent in value, and within a half , cen tury tho Pacific coast will be as populous-tin the east. If the government takts and constructs the canal, the tolls 'will pay interest on the investment and "In a minute" one dose of Hart's Essknck ok Ginger will relieve any ordinary case of Uohc, Cramps or An unexcelled : remedy for Diarrhoea. Cholera Morbtis.JSumnier cQnVplaintsarsd ainhteriiaKiaii!sl fSolt . H '; tne cost 01 maintenance, rven 11 it am not the enterprise is of such vast im portance that it should' be constructed any way, une liirie canal nas pain to tne state of New "York more than it cost md has paid its cost to the people a thousand times over. "General' Tracy said when he was secretary of the navy that if the canal J wjre not built the government would hi ve to maintain two navies, and the past few months have demonstrated that he was right. Now the Oregon and Iowa have got to go to the Pacific, an other long voyage of over 13,000 miles, and 5,000 men are to be sent to the Philippines. I do net know what the peace commission is r;oiug to do abroad, but it looks very m?ch as if President McKinley intends to" keep at least a por tion of the Philippines. We have got outside our old borders and must stay there. That necessitates the enlargement of our navy ar?d of bur army" In conclusion Mr. Miller said the gov ernment that holds Cuba also would" hold the mouth of the Nicaragua canal. New York Sun. FINEST MANSIOri lN AMERICA The Two Vanderhilt Houses Are Be ing? Made Into One (ireat Palace,' Another' VauderLiH maijsiou," one surpassing in magnificence that of Cor nelius, is being built on Fifth avenue in New 'York. Mrs. W. D. hloano is oon strnctina a nalace on the site of the residence of Mrs. Elliott F. Shepard, using her own house as well for the new place. It will be one of the finest ...sins. W. D. SIX) AXE. mansions in the United States. Many years ago William H. Vanderbilt in stalled in tho two houses now in course of construction his two daughters, Mrs. Elliott F. Shepard and Mrs. W. D. Sloane. They occupied the northerly part, while Mr. Vanderbilt retained for himself the southerly end. Tho three houses under cne roof lasted until the death of Mr. Vandeilt. Thej,Mrs. sioane ana .ours; snepara occupied tne house between them. Since the death of her husband and the marriage of her daughter, however, Mrs. Shepard has lived almjbst entirely at Scarborough. Some months age Mrs. Sloane secured Mrs. Shepard's share of the house by private arrangement and began prepara tions for having the whole northern end of the block turned into the magnificent place now being constructed. A hand some stairway, wide and extravagantly beautiful, is being built. It is of-Afri con marble and rare woods. The new mansion will connect with, that of George Vanderbilt by means of a pic ture gallery, which will contain paint ings aud other art treasures cf the value of $1,500,000. The gallery will be ac cessible to both houses. The date set for the completion of the work is Dec. 1 Then Mrs. Sloane will give a house warming. New York Journal. A "Wonderful Discover-. Tho last quarter of a century records r.rany wonaernu discoveries m medicine. i at none that have 'accomplished raore for humanity than that sterling old household r rmeuy, ISrowns'Iron Bitters. It f-eenis t '.ni-tain the very elements cf poo;l li -nlt!i, :;n.i neither man, woman oreliilu csm take i"e without deriving the jrrtfdV&t- hem-fir. Crowns' Iron Bitters is sold by u: dealers. HIS SERMONS' PREPARATION Dr. Hall Jotted Down His Thoughts Like "Paper Sparing Pope," The late Dr. John Hall's method of preparing his sermons waspeculiar to himself. It was his habit to write down everything he intended to say in a kind of shorthand of his own devising, using abbreviations such as B for Bible and G for ehurch, and wd and slid for would and should. He jotted down his thoughts, like "paper sparing Pope, " on the backs of old envelopes or any other scraps that came ready to hand, prefer ring them to sheets of paper because, in his own words, these scraps frequently suggested trains of thought to him and held a significance which be missed in formal sheets of paper. But be never took these manuscript bits into the pulpit with him. He preached without notes, using the thoughts, but not necessarily the exact words, that he had written in his study. For many years he used to preach twice on Sunday in his own church and often delivered a third sermon or uu address in another church in the evening. New York Herald. "Wind a. Handicap. Japan will never be as prosperous as she wants to be until she invents some way to suppress tlie typhoons which knock large Loles in the national wealth and diminish her papulation with un taxing regularity once cr twice every year St Louis Republic. - -4 r- ... Hint r.'UKi ng Ntotnach Dineatte Permanently cured by the ma.terly !-oc,-ss of South American Ncrvin P :j io Invalids need suffer no longer c( .i-se this irreat remedy can i-ure h- m a 1. It is a cure for the whole v -rid of' stonnch -weakness and indi gestion. The etire begins with the first lose. The reliff it brings is marvel ious an surprising. It makes no fail ure : never tfisanpoints. No 'matter how lone; vow have suffered, your cure is certain- under the use of'thU great health irivinn forced Pleasant and al ways, safe. - Sold by E. F. Nad.il, Dru mil R) THE CHINESE EMPEROR Life of the Most Secluded Mon arch In the World. THE OLD EULEE AND THE NEW. Cotli Are Hedsed Around Witn Bar riers Secluding; Them'; From the Outside "World Curious Selection, of Wives For the Young Emperor. The Dowr.Ker Empress Practically: Manages the ASTuirs of the Empire. Weak Character o the-Eiuperur. The emperor of China, who recently abdicated in favor of tbe;dowager em press, has been the most secluded mon-i arch in the world. He is surrounded by officials whose chief duty seems to be to keep him from coming into touch with the outside world. Before reach ing the building in which he is prac tically confined one has to pass through three 6ets of walls, each set being guarded by a small army of eunuchs. First, there are the great 60 foot thick walls of the Tartar city, then the walls of the imporial city, which are six miles in length, and then a third set, ' inclosing what is known as the Purple Forbidden .City. Inside of the latter; live the emperor and his family, the ladies of tho royal harem and the thou sands of eunuchs who make up the staff of royal servants. K The emperor himself lives in the northwestern part of the inclosure, and the empress dowager has a palace near by. . In another part cf the inclosure is the hall cf literary abyss, or the im perial library, and in this the cabinet officers hold their sessions, and it con tains also a department; of the royal treasury. No one outside of the foreign legations has ever got into the palaces of the emperor of China, and ho for eigner is permitted to see him. The American minister had an audi ence, but even the Chinese of Peking do not know how the emperor looks. There are not 5, 000 men, outside of bis eunuchs, who have ever set eyes on him. le knows absolutely nothing about the actual condition of his people. When. he goes out into the city, matting is hung up jn front cf all the houses and strips of cloth are stretched across the alleys and side streets through which the imperial procession must iiass. Ji i ice American minister warns all Americans not to go out, at their peril; for the emperor is alway accompanied Dy soiciers, ana ine man ;w no peeps around the corner or has his eye fasten ed to a hole in the matting is liable to be blinded with a bullet or arrow. The streets are fixed up for the occasion. All the booths and squatters are driven away, and the roads are covered with bright yellow clay. Yellow is the im perial color. I i ' The young emperor is a decidedly weak character and doesn't even do; his own thinking. The empress dowager at tends to that for him. It is said that he occasionally goes into fits of rage when he is crossed, but it is the rage of a child and is over as soon as he has exhausted himself. -He has been under the thumb of the empress dowager since he was a baby. She supervised his edu cation and picked out his wives for him. She bus hini so hemmed in with officials and wives who are her 6worn allies that there has never been, a chance for the young emperor to extricate him self from his subservient condition, even if he wanted to, which he apparently 'doesn't. ' ' y I The emperor was j 17 years old at the time of his marriage, ton years ago, and the empress dowager cave him three wives to start with.: The selection was curious. All the pretty Tartar girls of the empire, numbering many thousands, were gathered together and sorted and the best of them were sent to , Peking. The selection was first made hy the gov ernors of the provinces, and no giil was presented who was over 18 01 under 12 years of ago. ' jrhejphoice lots, jwere dressed in the finest oF clothes and were carted from all parts of the empire into Peking, Ihey,.were here submitted fo the ins'pectlon of the old empress dowager, being brought into S her presence in lots of five. She passed upon them as fast; as she could and weeded out the poorest and dullest. Those who remainedJwere taken out icr the time and brought; in in new lots, and so the sorting wefit . on until the thousands had dwindled to the hundreds, the hundreds to scores and the scores a t last down to 15. . j These 15 girls were put into training. Their paces were tested and all sorts of experiments were made as to their tem pers and traits. After some months the old empress picked out the three girls she liked, find the eldest of these, who was 18 years old, became empress. The two others became 'what are called sec ondary wives, or chief concubines,- and these two latter were sisters, one - of whom was 13 and the other 15 ; years old. The marriage of the emperor was celebrated in elaborate style, and . the magnificence of the occasion may be imagined'from tho fact that it cost the government $10,000,000. f ; . Every three years new batched of wives are picked out for the enjperor. The prettiest gala -in the empire are chosen, and the emperor doesn't; allow affairs of state to interfere with him in his amusements. He is sort of a . holy figurehead, and his officials keep mak ing him more sacred every day,Hh! re turn for which they get unlimited op portunities to carry on their plots ;and peculations. The whole Chinese court js made up of intrigues and intriguers, and the uobles are clad to get their "I escaped I cing a confirmed dys peptic by taking Ayers Pills inj time." .This is the experience of many.) Ayer's Pills, whether is an afteKdinrier pill cjj . - -., - rcAypA1 Hooks on gestion. naluiency. . watef "- ; - (laughters in tne royal narem lor tne political prestige it gives, f Everything connected with the em peror is regulated by law. He has im- perial physicians who watch over his health. The law even provides just ' what he" shall eat. According to the old Chinese books, there must be placed 4aily before him SO pounds of meat ia a basin and seven pounds boiled into soup. He has a daily allowance of about a pound of hog's fat and butter, and he has the right to order two sheep, two fowls and two ducks, while his drink f or the day is , restricted to the milk of 80 cows and the steeping of 75 parcels ; of tea. ; j The emperor is lean and unhealthy. ; Ha sleeps most of the day and does what ; Wotk he has to at night, and his life of pleasure has made a physical wreck of ; nnr. It is doubtful whether he under stands his real situation. It is said that Ue uever revi8wed his own army ana tnat ne knows absolutely nothing labout military tactics. The emperor knows nothing of modern jcivilization. He doesn't even know his own country. " His eunuchs are said to have really more influence with him than any one else. They haw been his closest associates all his life, and the I head eunuch, Pi Tsiau Li, the ally of ithe empress dowager, is one of his con jfidential advisers. The emperor was born in' 1871, is the son or Prince Chun, seventh brother of the Emperor Hien Ferg, and succeeded to the throne by proclamation, at the death of Emperor Tung-Chi in 1875. He is the ninth emperor of China of the Mantchoo dynasty of Tsing, which overthrew the native dynasty of Ming in 1644. There exists in China no laws of hereditary succession to the throne. It is left to each sovereign to appoint his successor from among the members of his family of a younger generation. The late emperor died suddenly and the empress dowager, his widow, appointed the present, emperor. '-;- The empress dowager will be 64 years old next month. She is said to be a most remarkable woman, and ehe ;has been practically the ruler of China for the past generation. She was the second ary wife or the first concubine of the Emperor Hien Fung, who" died along I about the time of the beginning of our civil war, and she has been practically the boss of the harem and the empire since them . She was at the head of the empire during a greater part of the Taiping re bellion. She managed its affairs during its war with France, and she had a lit tle taste of Russian diplomacy in her fuss with the'ezar of some years ago. She is said to have a mind of her own, and all of the Chinese respect and fear her. She is a stickler as to form, and she insists that all business sha't be dgne through the young emperor, 'though she really directs what., he is to do. She is very vain, and she had con sented to the spending of about $20, 000,000 on the celebration of her birth day, and this money was being collected for the purpose when the war with Japan broke out. The empress "dowager is even more secluded than the emperor, and .when she receives her officials she sits behind a screen, and the cabinet ministers get down on their nees and talk through it at her. New York Sun. Food In Porto Rico. Speaking of the food supplies, Mr. L. Browning of St. Louis says that the best hotel, the Inglaterra, charges but $1 a day, American money, and pro vides its guests with butter imported from Copenhagen in one pound tin cans at a cost of 80 cents per pound and other food at similar cost. Of the hours of meals the details are interesting. Breakfast is at 11 a. m., consisting of soup, steak, potatoes, rice, eggs, bread and black coffee. The other meals come at intervals of about six hours and are" much as the American meals are, with the addition of a few native peculiari ties. After a few days at the hotel Mr. Browning moved out- to camp, and in providing a few luxuries paid 50 cents a pound for ham, 20 cents a pound for loaf Eugar, 40 cents a bottle for pickles, etc. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Their Avocation Not Gone. The war correspondents need not go out of business ; the football season is about to open. St. Paul Globe. Copper Colored Splotches. There is only one cure for Contagious Blood Poison the disease which has completely baffled the doctors. They are totally unable to cure it, and direct their efforts toward bottling the poison up in the blood and concealing it from view.- S. S. S. cures the disease posi tively and permanently by forcing out every trace of the taint. I was afflicted with a terrible fclood disease. Which waS in spots at first, but afterwards spread au over my Doay. These soon broke out In to sores, and it is easy to imagine the suffering I endured. Before L be came convinced thai the doctorscould do no good, I had spent a hundred dollars, which was really thrown away. I tfren tried Tar ion 8 patent Vynot mwh the disease. '71 When 1 had finished my first Uttle of S. S. H. 1 was ".Treat!- improved and wao doiisrb ted with the result. The large- red splotches on my chest betran to grow paler and smaller, and before long disappeared entirely. 1 regained my lost weight, became stronger, and my ap petite greatly improved. I wss soon entirely well, and my skin as clear as a piece of glass. H. Li. Mtees, 100 Mulberry St., Newark, N. J. Don't destroy all possible chance1 of a cure by taking the doctor's treatment of mercury and potash. These minerals cause the hair to' fall out, and will wreck the entire system. For ia pubelt vWBTABtE, and is the only Utdood remedy guaranteed to contain no mercury, or otner mineral. the disease ana it trees- szr- Me.' & f ri Blood PEACE AND ITS PEICE EXPENSES OF NEGOTIATING TREATY OF PARIS. THE dtcle Sam's Costs Are Estimated at a Quarter of n Million Dollars Plea- -ty of Pocket Money For Ilia Com missioners Personal Bills Paid. The peace commissioners and their secretaries and attaches, who sailed re cently on their way to Paris to nego tiate the treaty of peace with Spain, will not lack for pocket money. Presi dent McKinley was determined that the representatives of the United States should travel in a style, proper to the dignity of this country and the impor tance of .the mission that they have to accomplish. ! They aro to lack nothingTto adequate ly maintain their official position, and even the messengers are to be given lib eral allowances for their personal ex penses. Funds to the amount of $250, 000, it is understood,, have, been depos ited to the credit of Judge Day in one of the Paris banks, and he has unlimit ed authority to draw more if that ia not sufficient. - - Despite the fact that to some extent at least the peace commissioners will be the guests of the French government, it is expected that it will cost the United States $250,000 to negotiate the treaty of peace with Spain. The French gov-, ernment has placed the celebrated Salon des Anibassadcurs at the disposal of the commission as a place in which to hold their meetings. This courtesy has re lieved the commission' of one item of expense. Despite this, however, it ia said that the expenses' of the commis sioners and their staff will amount to something over $1000 a day during their stay in Paris. . From a reliable source of informa tion it is learned that a daily allowance has been mado to tho various members of the commission as follows: To each of the commissioners, $150 a day; to Secretary Moore; $75 j to As sistant Secretary MacArthur, $50; to Disbursing Officer Brannigan and Chief Translator Rodriguez, $25; to each of the nine interpreters, attaches, stenog raphers, etc., $10, and to the two mes sengers,. $5 per day, making " a total of $1,025 per day,' or, for the 90 days that they aro expected to bo away, a grand total of $92,250. This is for the personal expenses alono of tho various members and does not include any salaries. Becauso most of tho members of the commission aro already in the govern ment service they will get no additional salaries for their work with the peace commission. Thus Commissioners Da vis, Frye and Gray, who are drawing ealCjrie.s as Urited States senators, will not receive any additional compensation beyond the payment of their daily ex penses. The same is- true of all the minor attaches, each of whom is em ployed in one of the departments in Washington and whose regular salaries are continued during their absence on this mission. The only men attached to the com mission who will receive salaries for their services are Judge Day, the presi dent of the commission; Whitelaw Reid and Mr. Moore, who resigned his place as assistant secretary of state to accompany the commission as its secre tary and counselor. . ' It is 'expected that Commissioners Day and Reid will be given a fee of $25,000 each for their work on the com mission, and that Secretary Moore, upon whom much of the work of preparing the documents in the American case has devolved, will receive a fee of $20,000. Mr. Cor bin, son of Adjutant General Corbin, who accompanies the commis sion as an attache, will probably get $1,500 as a recompense for his services. The American government is paying the expense of the ladies who are mem bers of the party, and it is calculated . that the item of transportation alone for the 35 persons in the party by sea and rail will amount to at least $25,000. The special expenses of the commission in Paris for entertainments, etc, will probably bo not less than $15,000 or $20,000. Taking intoconsideratiortfie salaries that will havo to bo paid to persons who tako the places of the attaches of the commission during their absence from Washington, it will be seen therefore that $250,000 will scarcely foot the bill. New York Jonrnal. The Guards of RIfcM. The skies are dark, the mist is dense. We c-aunot see oir -way; A pressure that is chill, intense. Has hidden al our day. We know the foe is somewhere near -Beneath this .blinding blight Of doubt, uncertainty, not fear Stand fast. O Guards of Itigbt! -"v Dimly the sun has kissed the east, Dimly has kissed the west; We're bilden to the fateful feast. Where War shall mate with rest. A cry. comes forth from out yon gloom That should be dovelike, white. . "Sheathe swords! Suppress the can non boom !" Stand fast. O Guards of Right! The promises of broken faith On sands of time are strewn; .. We bought thos; promises with -death. What sowed th -m? Mood our own! Across the seas, on every strand, I The bones cf men bleach white. The signposts of our motherland! Stand fast. O Guards of Right! Stand fact, nor heed the whining cry Of curs, who fear thfrs foe; Of women, who would fain deny " That God had made them so! Stand fast for all that Britain's worth! Stand fast amid this night! You bold the peace of all the earth S'nd fast, O Guards of Right!. punch. Relief in Sij llwtim. , Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis ease relieved in six hours by "New Great South American Kidney Cure." It is a great surprise on ac count of its exceeding promptness in relieving pain in bladder, kidney and back, in mate oremale. ;. 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