The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-29
DISCOVERED BY COLUMBUS.
That Some of Her Linen is Launder-
ed by LIS Nephew.

That Some of Her Linen is Launder-
ed by LIS Nephew.
From the Columbus CGa) Enquirer-sun.
If there is any one in Columbus who
feels more than an ordinary interest in
the coming visit of the Chinese viceroy, Ii
Hung Chang, to this country, it is his
nephew, Wun Lung Bing who dweIls at
washee-washee stand in this city. That
there is within the limits of the town one
who can boast of such distinguished fam
lily connections and whose personal his
tory is of the most remarkable kind will
be surprise to every one except the asso-
ciates of Wun Lung in the laundry bust
ness. Among these he occupies position
of the highest respect. He is regarded as
superior being. and is scarcely allowed
to immerse his hands in the tub His
work consists principally in writing those
remarkable legends in fantastic hierogly-
phics which are commonly called stick-
ees.' No honest American can ever be
led to believe that the 'tickee'' signifies
any thing under the sun until he calls for
his clean collars and finds that he has lost
or misplaced the manuscript. Then he
learns his mistake.
And yet there are few who could note
any particular difference between Ii Hung
Changes nephew and the rest of the al
mond-eyed gentry. He is an unassuming
glib-locking fellow, who doesn't appear to
wear ''swelled" head because of his fam
lily origin. He talks freely on the subject
and relates with an apparent absence Of
any great degree of pride the remarkable
story of his life, and the dramatic course
OF events which preceded his departure
from his native country, and left him an
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possible to give the story in the words and
manner of the Monaghan, which, however.
does not detract from the interest of the
narrative.
In 1875, upon the death of the Emperor
Tung Che, he Of the 4sSacred sCountanL
ance,' for the first time in the annals of
the Using dynasty the throne passed out
of the direct line. and cousin of the late
King, kwang-Seu, who rejoices in the SOU
briquet of the Succession Of Glory" was
chosen to reign in his place Now. it hap
pened that there was another aspirant TO
the honor in the person of Tenth, who
called himself Heavenly Virtue" Wun
Lungs father a son of Ill lungs fathers
fourth wife, was governor Of the province
of Hoopih, and though he was loyal TO the
reigning monarch, his son was won over
by Heavenly Virtue" and join
ed the army of the insur-
gents Through Wun Lung a
means of gaining admittance to the city
was obtained and it was captured. after
slaughter of several thousand of the
loyal inhabitants, Heavenly Virtues"
campaign was for a time eminently sue
cessful, and the Han river was filled with
the bodies of the dead. At length. how
ever, in the defile of Shang Tung, the in
surgent army was surrounded by the
forces of the emperor and hacked to
pieces. Wun Lung was one of the three
fra onT.
portion of his pig tail. which afterwards
grew out. The three survivors of the bat
tie were carried back in triumph TO Pc
king, where it was proposed to put them
to death by slow torture. The bodies of
the other 1000 rebels were thrown into
the Hwang 10 river, a thing which is
said to have brought on a plague and re-
suited in the death Of nearly every one
in the province of Klang Dong.
Wun Lung was reserved for last and
the work of torture was begun on one of
the other of the two. In the meantime
everything was done to secure a commu-
tat!on of his sentence and gain for him
the dignified exit by means Of the bow
string. or at least. decapitation. The
mighty influence of Ii Hung was thrown
into the balance, but even this availed
nothing with the wrathy monarch. He
was condemned to go by the long route
and the outlook was very dark for Wun
Lung.
Determined to save his pig-tan at all
costs, however. Wun Lung finally man
aged to escape and made his way to
America. Landing in San Francisco six
teen years ago, he proceeded TO New
York, where he set up a laundry estab.
lishment at No. 70 Mott street. All things
went well for a time, and the shirt bust
ness thrived. At length Wun Lung be-
came again fearful that his identity would
be discovered, and bethought him of
some quiet place where he might lose
himself and be lost to the rest of the
world. After travelling about for half a
dozen years finally. he says, discovered
Columbus. He decided to remain.
OF late he has received advices from
home which lead him to believe that
the wrath of the emperor has, 10 a great
degree, been Modified. and he looks for
ward TO a speedy deliverance from his
exile. The visit Of hts uncle. Ii Hung
Chang, he thinks, will settle them
for him. It affords him the long-wlshed
for opportunity Of comforting with the
great viceroy, and he will leave for New
York where he expects to have a talk
with him. II everything goes well, Wun
Lung will accompany his uncle back TO
China and come in for the enormous for
tune to which he became heir upon the
death of his father I'VE years ago. He
will also Join his seven wives. who await
him with loving constancy and the nine
teen bright children who long for the
opportunity Of calling him papa