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IT, The Emperor COMPROMISED the matter by
letting the table be brought into the audience
chamber and the Diplomat was permitted TO
come in. He walked up 10 the Emperor and
then Frustrated himselffbefore the table and
held up the Cars letterin both hands. While
IN this position, the Emperor took an unfair
advantage Of him aud LEFT him on his knees.
But the Count turned timetables By looking about
him irrcyorently, and making grimaces. The
Emperor saw that be was being made ridicu-
lous aud thereupon asked him TO rise In
the present audience there was considerable
trouble made by the Board Of Rites Of China.
but tho audience was finally secured, and there
will he little question about il hereafter.
What China really needs is n frst-class war
with the foreign powers, and the whipping
which she is sure 10 get sooner or later When
this comes, the great Chinese Empire will fall
into pieces and there will be half dozen big
Celestial countries where there is now one.
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Even worse than the families and the trades
unions are the secret societies These extend
All over the Empire, and their name is legion.
They are scmi-rclgiOus, and have, as a rule, the
power Of life and death over thcir members.
The Triad Society is one Of the strongest. IL
was the cause Of a great rebellion in northwest
and middle China al The beginning Of this cen
fury, and its object then was 10 overthrow the
Government. This rebellion lasted eight years
ID caused the devastation Oh the provinces in
which u went Oh, and there was much blood
shed. The secret societies were mixed up in
the TAPPING rebellion, which very nearly re-
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HUMAN SHUTTLES.
Plan for Shooting Passengers Through Tubes
from City 20 City.

A Plan for Shooting Passengers Through Tubes
from City 10 City.
A company has recently been formed in Ham
burg for the purpose Of putting into practical
working shape a novel plan for the transporta-
ti0n Of passengers and freight in pneumatic
tubes The line consists Of a pneumatic tube
large enough to take car 40 inches in dame
ter and about 81 feet long This car is divided
into three compartments each Of which will
accommodate passenger. Each compartment
is 10 contain an apparatus filed with com
pressed air, so that passengers can have an
ample supply Of pure air rs long as they remain
boxed up.
This car is to shoot through the tube at a
high rate Of speed, but with a gentle sliding
motion.
One Of the foreign papers, in referring to this
railroad, remarks: Travellers will be allowed
a limited amount Of baggage, but smoking will
be strictly prohibited" An experimental line
is 10 be built on this principle between Ham
burg and Buchen. distance Of about ID miles,
which the cars are expected to traverse in IL
minutes.
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Powdcrly, the great labor acitator, would be
in his clement in China. The trades unions Of
the Chinese are the most remarkable in the
world, and they bind the members OF the diff
ferent professions and trades 10 one another
with hooks Of steel These unions are pow
erful element in such times as the present, for
their political influence is greater than that Of
any Of the trades unions Of the United States.
The tea merchants have guild. The bankers
have guild. Even the fellows who push tho
Whcclharrow cabs have n guild. There are
something like 400 banks in Picking. There
are 300 in 1ionstin and large number in
each og the Chinese cities. Suppose the bank
crs running these establishments decide not 90
lend any money 10 certain classes or to the
Government, and you can see their influence.
They can control the financial policy OF the
Empire They fix the rates of interest and
regulate exchange. A barber is a very small
man politically o. tue United States. Still the
BARRIERS of China, through their trade union,
get what they want OF the Government For
a long time the higher classes attempted 10
keep them out of the literary examinations,
which are the only passports 10 Office. The
BARRIERS union came together and demanded
that their children have the same rights as
those of other men. They got them. One Of
the features Of barbering in China is ear-clean-
ing. Each barber has little tweozers or scis-
sOrs, with which he cleans the little hairs in
your ears and trims them 10 suit. Chinese
have the backs of their shoulders and necks
kneaded after shaving is done. Now, the bar
bers decided they didn't care 20 do this kind Of
work az certain times. Tho union came to-
gethcr all over the Empire, aud now for six
days of the year you cannot get your ears
cleaned IN China
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Inspired by jealousy.

At muster Of the Northwestern Division Of
the Salvation Army at Omaha TO meet Mrs.
BOoth-Clibborn. Of France. on Sunday, Nov. Is,
Miss Nettie Birdler shot and killed Capt. Hat
tic Smith on the sidewalk in front Of the Bar
racks Of the Salvation Army, aud then shot
herself through the head, dying instantly.
Both young women were from Iowa, and had
been friends for sometime past. There is no
known cause Of the tragedy, but it is thought
the Woman Birdler was jealous Of Capt Smith.
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Na.saehn,ett, Woman's Relief Corpa.

We are in receipt Of a handsome pamphlet,
containing the Proceedings OF the 10Th Annual
Convention Of the Massachusetts Woman'5 Re-
lief Corps, held in Boston, Feb. IL and -, 1891
IL is embellished with a froutispiece of a fine
haI,-toue portrait Of Mrs Mary Knowles, the
Department President, and one Of the most
efficient workers of the W.R.C, and she well
deserves such distinction.
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Agents wanted. Comrades preferred. Sec page l.
Mas.aeIlusstt,,s Pooh Dan.

II is reported that at the coming session Of
the Legislature efforts will be made 10 have the
offices Of the Adiutant-GeneTal and Inspector
General of Massachusetts separated. The Adju-
tant-Gencra is at present his own superior in
his capacity Of Inspectors General. As Inspee-
tor-General he reports 10 himself as Adiutant-
General, commencing his report ITO Samuel
Dalton, Adjutant-GcneTal," aud concluding
with Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Samuel Dalton, Inspector General"
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ADMIT ONE.

Many a life has been lost
because Of the taste of cod
liver oil.
If SCOTS Emulsion did
nothing more than take that
taste away, it would save the
lives Of some at least of those
that put off too long the
means Of recovery.
1t does more. It is half
digested already. 1t slips
through the stomach as if by
stealth. 1t goes to make
strength when cod-liver oil
would be a burden.
scorr & BOVINE, Chemists. I3s South sih Avenue,
New York.
Your druggist keeps SCOTS Emulsion Of eod-ltvsE
oil-sll druggists everywhere do. o..
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The United States Government has brought
suit against the Tennessee 4 Coosa Railroad
Company and others to recover Is, 600 acres of
land along the road from Gadsden, EtOrah Co,
70 Gunter's Landing Marshall Co., Ala. The
Government claims that it never gave up the
right to the land, and asks for receiver
Much Of the disputed property has been sold
by the railroad company and improved. 1t is
now occupied by farmers and towns.
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HE troubles Ia China
are increasing. Our
missionaries are being
mohbed at different
stations in the interior
Of the country and the
lives of foreigners are
becoming ore aud
more unsafe. China
seems 10 be on the
verge of a revolution.
il is the biggest EN-
pire in the world to-
day has more than
100000. 600 inhabit-
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Another Minister.

II Is learned that Italy hopes that Congress
will voluntarily vote small indemnity to the
families Of the alleged Italian subjects who
were killed i'm New Orleans. Thisaction would
be followed Immediately by the designation of
Minister in place Of Baron Fava, a step
which will doubtless be taken in the not dis
tant future anyhow.
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You Thus see you can judge nothing Of China
by iA American representatives. The masses
81 people at home are of d much higher order.
They are nation Of scholars, aud 10 a large
eAieni Oi iAlHEyH. They naturally tend to
plotting ana seGeHiug. Every ono of these
provinces bias is political cliquos There are
great many families WHO work together and
Tie secret societies form another great element
which DIS usually against rather than for the
Government LFcytHlug runs by family ia
CHINA, The rich man takes care Of his poor
relatives. tbe family records are reiiciously
Kept and the people arc more cauuish than
tie Scotch. There are iu AL China only 500
clans. a. this rate thefc must De something
like half million in each clan although the
people arc so scattered that this family mna-
ence b. somewhat lost. There are tculs De-.
tween these claus. aud tic mcmbers of clan
generally See lnt aud revenge aH injury 20 ono
~ thclr members. Some 20. these clans are so
bad that they constitute class of hlacymaiI-
CT tIcy combine together 10 support their
own lnCu loI OACg China il about the on
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CnIsIsr Inss-

be arranged. Nearly 200 years ago the Chinese
Emperor received an Ambassador from the Car
Of Russia, Peter the Great The Ambassador
came 10 The palace on horseback with a giant
on one side Of him aud a7dwarf on the other
both on foot. lie insisted on delivering tho
Cars letter in person and he was finally given
an audience. According TO Chinese ctiquct,
DO should have placed the letter on % table ia
The Ycst.bule m the palace, knecllng in front Of
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A CHINESE OFFICIAL.

the Son Of Heaven and the Prophet, Priest
and King Of the people. He worships for them
in the temples at Peking. When the great
Temple Of Heaven was burnt down not long
ago a shudder ran down the 300, 100000 spincs
OF the great Chinese Nation. 1t was thought
that this was a warning from heaven that the
Emperor should be deposed. Within a short
time the great day for State worship will again
come in China. At the coming of the Winter
sostico the whole nation is supposed 10 pray,
at least in the person Of the Emperor. This
great worship takes place at night. The En-
perOr squats on the bottom Of a great elephant
car, and drawn by the white elephant which
the King Of Siam sent him, is escorted by 200
grandeCs princes, and attendants while bands
Of music play along the way 10 the great temple.
lie first goes into the Palace Of Fasting. There
he mcditates before a copper statue represent
ing a priest with his mouth covered by his
fingers, indicating silence. Upon the Altar Of
Heaven he should sacrifice burnt animals
calves, hares, deer. sheep aud pigs. How this
worship will take place, now that the Altar Of
Heaven is burnt down, / do not know; but the
occasion may call out some expressions Of opin-
ion from different parts Of the Empire which
will be more OF less dangerous.
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The trades unions Of China resort 20 terrible
remedies IN order TO carry out their ends. i
heard Of case In Shanghai where an employer
did something contrary 10 the rules of the
guild of his worEmon. His men objected, but
he refused 10 accede 20 their demands aud
they concluded 10 make an example Of him.
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Oilcr elements Of trouble IN keeping China
together are religious. Wc think II China as
tho land Of Coufucus, aud Do not realize that
ID has MS many sclJs and religions A. America
has, About 0uo-tiird If thc whole Mahometan
world is iu Chine, and Of every 10 China
mon ono is a MaAJmct-n. You ilud mosques
X Picking ana Canton, aud there aFe 100000
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CHINESE TROUBLES.
The Revolutionary Elements Of the
Greatest Empire Of the World.

A Land Of Many Peoples and Many Lam
guagcs - The American Chinaman the
Scum of the Couutry-Great CLANS, Trades
Unions, Guilds, and Secret Societies-C CHI
nesc Roligions-The boy Emperor and the
Foreign Ministers.
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country IN the world which still has pirates
and some of these families are a sort Of tramps
or banditti. Many bodies of men Of this kind
are found along the Yang-tse Kiang River aud
in the regions where our missionaries troubles
have lately been. They are Of such strength
that the Government is often afraid 90 offend
them. The boat people of Canton have clan
Of their own, and every profession has its or
ganization.
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Sure Enough.

THF0H1OH bHrtSUIp,I
"Pat, Pat, you should never hit man when
he is down"
"Begorra, what did work so hard to get
him down fOr2"
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CHINESE BARBER.

that China was the greatest and most powerful
country in the world, and that all other ma
tons bowed down 10 IT, The bulk OF the
Chinese to-day believe that the United States,
England, Germany, France, and the other
countries Of Christendom are tributary TO
China. ] was told in PekinR that nine-tenths
Of the people there believe that our Minister
and the diplomats representing the other great
countries Of the world are az Picking solely TO
pay homage 10 the Emperor and 10 bring
tribute 10 him. This 10 snch an extent that
the street IN Picking upon which the Foreign
Legations front is known there as the Street OF
the Subject Nations il lies within a stones
throw OF the great wall which goes around
the EmperOrs Palaces, aud the flags Of all the
great countries Of the world float from the
houses composing it.
il is almost impossible TO appreciate. with
out being in China, the divinity which hedges
the Emperor He is never seen by the people
and when he goes out Of the palace the citizens
are warned TO keep indoors. Blue cloths are
hung up before the houses and across the
streets which open into the road along which
he is 10 pass This road is covered with yellow
earth in order that his cart may not jolt his
royal bones as il goes along and that he may
ride on the Imperial color. The best Of the
Chinese archers 20 with him. These have their
bows stretched aud they keep their eyes NOV
ing from side 20 side as they 20 along. IL they
sec a head or an eye poeping out, they send an
arrow al IL, and the PeePing Toms become
blind. While ! was in Picking His Majesty
took a walk OF ride through the city, aud be.
fore he went Minister DENLY received notice
10 ask all the Americans 10 keep indoors during
certain hours that day, as the Son Of Heaven
would pass through the city. Until the present
generation our Ministers have never been re-
cciVcd by the Emperor in person. The Chinese
have fought against such receptions as sacri-
llgoous Ia 1873 however tho foreign Minis
tiers forced the Emperor 10 receive them, aud
this year the new Emperor gave his first re-
ceptiOn 10 the foreign diplomats. He probably
Will have 10 do this many times in the future
have just received a letter from China de-
sclIbing this reception aud saying that il had
great influence on the Chinese 40 Pekiug Ii
shows tho people that these so-called tribute
bearers are worthy Of notice, and makes them
respect our Ministers The last Emperor
wanted the diplomats 10 go down on their
knees and bump their heads against the floor
niHe times IN front Of the Emperor rs the
| Chinese do, but they refused 10 do this. and no
attempt was made TO demand this on the pres
cnt occasion. The Chinese idea is 10 make
the foreign Ministers, as far as possible, con-
temptible ia the eyes Of the people, aud II was
four months before the audience Of 1873 could
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~ ~. Wanled.

There was a lecture az one Of the chapels In
Pawtucket, Il. l., recently. The tickets Tor tho
occasion were gotten up in a hurry aud read a.
follows.
LECTURE on FOOLS.
AnpFrrU CNrr
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The boy Emperor Of China Is having by no
means an easy time Tho pillow OF porcelain
or wood on which he lays his royal head is
full Of th0rns, and i believe he appreciates
the danger Of his position. The Government
Of China has for years misrepresented 10 the
people the relations which exist between 10
aud foreign nations. Ii has told the masses
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BY FRANK @. CARPENTER.
toorYRIour, 1901

Special Correspondence mn NATIONAL TnIurnr
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VETANTED-By Michael Schneider. No. 80 Hallett
w street, BrdgtpOr., Coun.-Ihe addresses Of COM
rades of Co a. 10th n. T. H. A., who present ia
front OF Petersburg when me was wounded June Is,
1861 also, OF comrades OF Co. f. 5lst -. T. who
captured with him in front of Petersburg about
Sept, 70 ts6i, such have known him iu Salisbury
Prison up to about the last part of February 1865 5352t
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~ day, and ship them over % China, they
would have fair representation OF The kind
OF men they send 10 Us.
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DICHABD WITUENG ALE, late Of Co k, fstN y
a and formerly OF Bath ~ ~, should 10 once COM
munlcate with George L. Lemon, Washington, .. C.,
Iell.a % matter Of 5le--A- lul0LLauoe % lm. 53l
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- Kidney pains, baeklche, aud uuseui5r ru,a.
"a flatisu relieved % one laiaIe By ;lg celebrated
~ CUI-cJEA ASH. PAS ILAsIEE. &c.
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Attention. ID M.

A&tCutAhAtf 1T " III
NWTANIED-Ibe address and company Of every
w member Of this regiment Address SEQ t. Laws
eucc % Mulberry street, Worcester Mass. bS6-2t
VyTANTED-By George f. Lemon Washington. D. c.,
w the present address of Fredcr.cs NJ Warmer Co A.
Ith Mich taY and who formerly received mall ~ jack
son, Mich. 0a6-St
TyTANTED-By j.. W. Martin, No. 90 North Fifh
w street. GAINESVILLE, O.-ihe last known address OF
date aul place Of death OF John A. Carter o. Co. O.
G2I Ohio Ia lptt his home in Evansville I'm August
1879 and has not been heard from since the 18th OF tha
succeeding september when he addressed his wife les
ter dated at Cambridge, %.
WAN Eu-ggJ y. Douahue sal Armour ayenue
~ yb.srr". I.Ihe address OF Wn. III. Naruey, ~
O.. C. I-.l. ILL
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ne buJleF OH Wcllt In the 1lcDOna!Q ned,
near PittsbuIg Pa, caught fire last week
Thousands Of dollars worth Of oil was lost
While jack Marks, of LigOnier, Pa, was
driving in his heavy lumber wagon, Nov -
he uucOTked his pocket flask TO take q warming
drink. Dropping the cork under the wagon he
got out and stopped under 10 get IL. The wagon
started, the heavy wheels passed over his head
crushed his brains outand killed him instantly
"A freight train on the Fort Wayne road
near Freedom, Pa, on Nov. Il, ran into
switch and wrecked 10 ears, piling one upon
the other. The fireman, Geo. Young, jumped
and was killed.-The Warden OF the Boise
City (ldahOl penitentiary is IN trouble. He is
charged with gross neglect of duty and cruelty
in allowing prze-iight5 among the prisoners.
IL is likely that another man viii succeed him.
The scandal has caused much excitement in
Idaho.--In the center Of YbOr, near Tampa,
Fla, fire broke out Nov. ~ Altogether,
two hotels, one boarding house, four bar-rOOms,
three baTbeTshOps, one drug store, four res
tauTants SIX grocery stores, six dry goods
stores, one lewelry Store, one boot and shoe
store, and the market house were burned. The
damage is estimated at S3OOO0O.-On the
night Of Nov. II, in Chicago, the police raided
a meeting of Anarchists and arrested 30. On
searching them knives and pistols were found
They were taken to court, and fines imposed for
carrying concealed weapons. The police are de-
termiued To break up the meetings. The Auarch-
lists arrested are the same crowd that made trou-
bic in 1856, and another plot is feared.-An
unacceptable mass Of bleeding flesh was all
that was left OF James Charleston, a terra Gotta
worker who fell in the new Masonic Temple
Nov. Il, in Chicago lie stood upon a slender
timber handing terra Gotta 20 brother work.
man, when the support collapsed. His head
broke the tiling 10 floors bclOw.-Rev. III. w.
George, Of CatskilI, n. Y, whose trial for man
slaughter in The first degree in causing the
death Of his adopted daughter, Lolita Townsend,
by a criminal operation, has created such
profound sensaten was last week sentenced TO
10 years imprisonment for authorizing the
operation on the girl.-Ihe largest and most
successful capture Of a well-0Fgauized gang Of
sale-bloTcTs, burglars aud jail breakers known
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1He SAILORS CONCERT.

The Opening Entert ainmeut of the
Season at the Port Society Rooms.
The first concert of the season for the
sailors was given last night at the Port
Society's rooms. The weather was bad but
the attendance was large and the rooms
were filed with sailors and their friends.
The concert, although impromptu, was an
admirable success. The opening song was
"Our Jacks Come Home To-day" by Mr..
Pokinghorne, which was received with
hearty applause. Mr.. Richardson followed
with a clariouet solo. Then came a comical
and capitally delivered recitation by Julian
de Bruyn Hops entitled Socrates Snooks. u
The piece that followed the recitation was
the familiar song Sailing" in the chorus
Of which the sailors joined enthusiastically.
The most charming of the pieces sung were
the solos and duets of the Misses Berrien,
who were applauded again and again.
the sailors, and there was quick response
by Mr.. John Atkinson, who kept the
audience 10 laughter with bis anusiu &
sailor dltty, "Betsey Jane" or some such
mythical pes sonage, acted in manner both
life>like and ludicrous.
Mr.. Worth played an excellent solo on
the piano. Two others of the sailors also
sang entertaining songs.
Altogether the concert was both pleasant
anc success The Port Society deserves
encouragement from the citizens in its
efforts to assist the sailor to spend pie A,
SAINT evening now and then while SO far
away from home.