Massacres of Christians by heathen Chinese, and horrors of the Boxers; containing a complete history of the Boxers; the Tai-Ping insurrection and massacres of the foreign ministers; manners, customs and peculiarities of the Chinese .. . re. An offer of one hundred thousand taels,about $70,000, is said to have been offered for his capture or assas-sination. The newspapers have been discontinued and some of theschools given up. Such of the viceroys as had inaugurated modern improvements ordered them discontinued, and one of the greatest of the viceroys, who had bought a modern carriage, dared no
Massacres of Christians by heathen Chinese, and horrors of the Boxers; containing a complete history of the Boxers; the Tai-Ping insurrection and massacres of the foreign ministers; manners, customs and peculiarities of the Chinese .. . re. An offer of one hundred thousand taels,about $70,000, is said to have been offered for his capture or assas-sination. The newspapers have been discontinued and some of theschools given up. Such of the viceroys as had inaugurated modern improvements ordered them discontinued, and one of the greatest of the viceroys, who had bought a modern carriage, dared not use it, but went back to his sedan-chair and his liveried coolies. The officials who were friendly with foreigners became afraid to manifest themselves, and apparently the only outsiders with any influence at court were the Russians, with whom the Empress Dowager seemed to be as hand and glove. A GREAT WOMANS LIFE. The real story of the Empress Dowager is prosaic, but it hasits romance, nevertheless. Her Majesty was the daughter of oneof the noblest of the Manchu families, and as such, when theEmperor Hienfung, wanting to add to his imperial harem, sent outnotice, she with all the other pretty princesses of the Tartar nobility.
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