The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-03-02


stance, is tragedy OF that very year the
advertisement appeared some seventeen
years later:
Tho lady Huang nee Sauna Of Yu-
heng Hall, at Wuch'eng. seeks Tor her son.
This son, Nien-tsu ("Mindful OF Ances-
tors,") was carried of by the TAPPING
rebels OF Christmas Day, 1860. lie was
fourteen years old at the time, and his
father. Ts'ai, was dead. All these years
nothing has been heard of him, and his
mothers suspense and trouble have been
very heavy. Should any who know OF
his whereabouts do her the honor 10 write
and inform her, she will, as she is bound,
gratefully recompense them. II they can
bring him back TO his home she will re-
ward them with hundred pieces OF for
eign money. She will assuredly not eat
her words. A quest"
Many other proofs of the devastation
caused by the TAPPING rebellion are TO be
found in the advertisement sheets OF to-
day. Here is one which, at the same time,
is an unconscious satire on the difficulties
OF communication for Wuhsi, where the
advertiser lives, is in the next province TO
Anch'ing:
Chang Mei-erh, formerly in the registry
Office OF the district magistrate of Wuhsi,
was carried off by the rebels in 1868. His
wife. nee Shao, has rebuilt their house on
the old site, aud employs a man TO con-
duct the business for her. She is informed
that her husband is living at Anch'ing,
outside the west gate. Should any gem
tleman do her the favor to conduct him
back TO his home, she will be greatly IN
debted to him.
But the persons advertised for are not
all victims Of these old-time troubles. The
kidnaper has something to answer for.
My second son, Auai-po. boy of ten
der years and no great parts, was educated
at home IN the country and had no
knowledge of the world. Even when we
came TO Shanghai last year he stayed in
doors learning his lessons. and never left
the house till one day, the 2Sth July last,
when he went out 10 get cool and he never
returned. We searched everywhere for
him, but found no trace. l ought to say
that the boy was altogether unacquainted
with the customs of Shanghai and the
character OF the people, and fear that he
has been decoyed away by scOundrels for
some bad purpose. The gold charms he
was wearing and the silver he had about
him will not, | am afraid, be sufficient for
his necessities; on the contrary, he will
be borrowing money or doing something
OF the kind. In that case | Will not hold
myself liable. Should any OF my relatives
or friends see him l earnestly hope they
will direct him to return at once, and so
earn my gratitude"
Here follow the advertisers name and
address.
If purposed TO provide in the course of
this one article an adequate description OF
the whole contents OF an average adver-
tlsement sheet of the Shen Pq0, | should
l.. 4 4 4
j have done to the hue and cry" TAX
ing a random number of the paper find
that it contains ll6 advertisements, which
may be classified thus:
Native theaters, 3; sales by auction, 9;
lotteries, Is; medicines and medicos, 81 !;
new books and new editions, 10; hue
and cry" 4; houses to let, 3; steamers TO
leave, Il general trade announcements,
Il; miscellaneous, IL.
Nearly half the general trade announce
ments and about a third OF the "iniscel-
laneous" are foreign, as are all the sales
by auction and iair proportion of the
medicines. The rest may be taken as
purely native. The three theaters whose
advertisements appear day after day in
the Shanghai native dress are all situated
within the limits of the foreign settle
ments, and are an ingenious combination
Of indigenous and imported ideas Two
performances are given daily, matinee
from ! 10 !. and an evening performance
from g till midnight. From first To last
some twenty plays NAV be acted, no IN
necessary time being lost by intervals be-
tween each. The names Of the three the
aters tea gardens they prefer to call them
selyesl are the Old Red Cassia Tree. the
Chant TO the Rainbow, and the Celestial
a u 1t
the last Of these:
THE FAIRIES TEA GARDEN,
The 9th OF the 10th moon: Daylight perform
An Empress End. The Assault on Hui.
The Dragons Cloak. chou City
The Jasper Terrace.
The Pass Of Hao.t'ien.
The Women's Shop. Snow in July,
The Roll of Pure Officials.
Battle in the Five Quarters.
The 9th of the 10th moon: Evening perform.
The Pacifying of the, Two Faithful unto
Northern Seas. Death.
Story Of Changed Abuse OF Ts'ao-Ts'ao.
A new play dealing with Civil and Military
Officials.
TEN TBIBs WARRIOR.
The Lamp of the Pre- The Mount of Fra.
ciOus Lotus. GRANGE
White Sparrow Temple. Visiting the Ten
Fanes.
The subjects of these are drawn, some
from mythology, more from history, few
from everyday life. The "Dragon's
Cloak" for instance, describes the inves-
titure by his army of Chu Yuan Chang.
the celebrated founder OF the Ming dv-
nasty, in 1868; the Jasper Terrace" the
journeyings of the ancient Emperor Mu
(B. G. $3.50 and his visit to the Kuniun
Mountains and the fairy Queen-mother OF
the West. The "StorY OF the Changed
Sword" and the "Abuse OF Ts'ao-Ts'ao,"
are both taken from the "Record of the
Three Kingdoms" A. ID. 220-265,) a we'll
known work which, though it exonerates
the Chinese from certain apparent want
OF idealism, hardly deserves to be called.
as some would call it, the prose Had OF
China. Visiting the Ten Fanes" depicts
the passage through the Ten Hels OF
Kuanyin, Goddess of Mency, and Budd-
hist counterpart OF the Regina Celi.
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