West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-02-19
eLlMPsEs OF coRsA.
Th' Nouug King who = Crcst Admircr
of the United states.

Ah' N"nhk hing VINO u a Greet Nduirpr
OF the United states.
All of our mission went to- SEQ his
Majesty, writes n missionary. Tho
young mon whom we aro teaching En-
gliSh offered to oct us % good place To
* "a hiuug' SEQ sights We accepted
their olcr We have bcrn many times
impressed with the hiuduv., of the
Corcons toward u~. and thj, has added
another Go the list They secured a
small room, had 1t cleaned put down
nice, clean boards. took ,umc of our
chairs to sit ou and hired three sol
dlcr,. When we reached the place and
the people saw foreign ladies the crowd
increased wonderfully, tast,ari pressed
into the house to sec them The sol
diers were not regularly armed and 1t
soon became evident 60 them. as well
as To- Us that it took moro than their
uniform and "k0' 90 To make the
people "stand back. They soon sun
piled themselves with good oak Clubs.
and. 10y swinging these faithfully and
using their lungs frequently they man
aged 10 keep a small place m front of
the house clear Without their services
II would have been impossible for us
To have remained there. Mrs Nj f.
Scranton took with her the United
States flag, which we put up
While waiting for the King one could
not hut bo impressed that the "boy of
the street was present i'm full force,
making the air mcludiuus with what
would bo equivalent in America to
lemonade, and peanuts. and
seemingly doing a brisk business.
Along the middle of the street new
earth was strcwn. Every few minutes
some official with few attendants
passed, nearly always mounted on a
donkey, which is the animal used by
officers ON such occasions. some of
these men had very patriarchal APP
pcarancc.
The procession proper was headed by
cunuchs from the royulpalacc. These
were followed 10y soldiers who marched
along the sides and i'm the center of the
street \ General of high rank stopped
m front of us and | thought he did IL i'm
honor of our flag, but my interpreter
told me hc stopped Tor the King. The
royal banner a large empty sedan
chair and walters passed. music fol-
lowed next the step became livclicr.
considerable rHttling of what to me
was old iron, but really the sign for
silence. the Kings umbrella, and the
second scdan-cham was wide open on
three sides and we had good view of
the King He noticed our nag looked
stcadiastly at us, and, in the Judgment
of some, bowed slightly. GLOW
did he loOk!' is the most natural qucs-
tion. He is a young man of quiet, in
tcIllgent, digniiicd and manly appear
ancc. Lieutenant FOulk, our repre-
sentative here, once said to me: THE
Kings word is good ' This remark
came TO me rs | saw the King to-day,
and was impressed that he is man
to do, as far rs possible, his own think
ng. come TO his own conclusion and
abide by his word He believed i'm
opening his country TO foreign nations,
and has great confidence i'm the United
states. He has ordered his palace to
be lighted by the electric light. 70 the
unlnitiated this may seem cXtrayagant.
but two things made the Kings course
clear. He reasoned thus. Americans,
after trying every thing, from tallOw
candies 10 electric light, find the last
the best and cheapest / will learn
from their experience, and begin where
they arc now. The present cost OF light
ing the palace is simply enormous,
caused by Che officials approprating
large amounts for their own use. They
could do the same with the petroleum,
but not with the electric light An
other reason j.: Chna's power is ov-
rything in Corca They have every
thing there that is TO be bad, and when
any new invcntioni Is suggested the con-
,crvatlVc5 send To- Pckin and get it.
But the electric light can not be gotten
there, and The King hopes in this way
to teach his Ministers that there are
other countries in the world besides
China - Con. A. y christian AdUocaLe