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Pwmber 20, 1911J
to taks place. It was a time tor solemn '
and trustful prayer. ?
The morning came and with It the
whole story of the swift, well rlanned. ^
and bloodless revolution. It seems that (
the final movements of the revolution ^
have all been carried out by a society
called the "Dare-to-d'e-Band." They
are said to be in every province of
the Empire. Our own province of Chehkiang
claims five hundred. Of course
the whole Empire is in favor of the
revolution, but it seems that it has been 1
difficult to indllCfi nonnlo '
? ? rvw|/iv> vv/ carve IUC
final step. Here they finally had to send ]
to Nlngpo for a young leader named
Wang to arrange the details of the coup
de tat"
The soldiers of the great military,
camp3 In the city and on each side of it
were all practically revolutionaries.
On Friday the camps were notified .that
the city would be taken by the Revolutlottatles.
The time appointed was Saturday
night in order to alarm the people as
little as possible. The soldiers inside
the cltv opened the gates. Some say
four Manchu guards were killed In
opening the first gate, but others deny
this. The soldiers from the outside
camps then marched In, being welcomed
by the cltv camn and entertained by
them at a mldn'ght feast. After this
they were divided Into three companies.
One marched un the Great St-rppt. One i
took the east Great Street, hPd the i
third went nn the West Great Street? 1
the three principal streets of the city. <
The firovernor's yamen was taken and
burned to show that the old order bf ,
tblnes hpd passed awfty. ,
There was feemfe fighting here and 1
blftveh Ms're wounded, four probably <
thtally so. The governor's body guard 1
resisted, but after they had surrender 1
ed the governor asked protection for <
himself and his family, and it was given 1
him The Manchu city was surround. 1
ed and the Manchu general was called I
on to surrender, but at first .refused 1
and the surrender was not finally made 1
'till twelve o'clock Sunday night. You t
will doubtless hear of how the Manchus I
nave Deen nutcnerea m otner piacesj
but here they have been spared lh the
Badst Wbhdei*fui way. Tbey are allowed
to live bn in their own houses and
Will be fed by the Revolutionaries for
three months. After that time they will
be expected to take care of themselves.
You know they were all government
officials and have no way of supporting
themselves.
On Monday morning we all set out for
a walk across the city to see what had
become of the ladie3 in the Girls'
School. It was again a bright, beautiful
day and everybody was happy and
smiling. They were congratulating each
other as If it had been New Year's Day.
?
The Revolutionary flag was streaming ^
from nearly every house. It is pure
white and on it are certain Chinese
characters which mean "The R turn of ^
Light." As we looked at the happy
faces all around us it did indeed seem ^
like a happy dawning after a long night ,
of sorrow, and I think each one of us
was praying In his heart that the Son
of Righteousness might even now be ^
rising on them with healing In his ^
wings. j.
We found the ladles all quite well and s
happy. A spec'al guard of forty sold- f
lers had been sent to protect them. tl
Four Vacancies tary
Prepares for College and university. Ex-(
Mississippi will testify to the good work and g
address,
YOU CAN AFFORi
OF THE GOSPEL," Round or Shape Notes, for S:
songs. Sample copy S cents. E. A. K. HACKETT,
TH? PKfiSBYTCRIJ
rhere bad really been no reason for
ilamlsslng school.
We were so happy over the noble way
In which the Revolutionaries have behaved
and are praying most earnestly
that they may be constantly guided and
led in the paths of peace.
OUR SUMMER VACATION; OR,
CHINESE MOXTREATS.
(Written for the benefit of our friends
it home, that they may have further
nsight into our lives as missionaries.)
By Rev. Lowry Davis, Hashing, China.
Our party consisted of three mlssionirles
from Kashlng, with two servants,
sne from Hangchow, with a Chinese
school girl friend traveling to Klangvin.
two from Soochow, and one from
Klangyin, with three servants. The
aumb'j.* of servants Is the first thin?'
that strikes the eye of the American
reader, feut when we remember that
i first rate house boy costs just $3.00
a month American currency, and a
splendid cook only 25 cents more, and
that the cook will never do housework,
jr the ho ikj toy coolie work, and that
the money saved during the summer
jy taking seivanta with you more than
balances a1! extr;? expenditures as far
ss servants are concerned, the usual
irlticisms of the globe trotters (who by
.he way know about as much about real
uissionary problems as a cat does about
atdmohlum hydroxide, for the writer
has met some of these celebrities) pass
>ff as so much vapor.
To one Just out from America the
;onfusioti and bugtie of preparing for
1 few weeks' vacation, locking hp a
arge house to be sure that no thieves
luring the summer would possess
themselves of your property, having 17
pieces of baggage first carried to a
Small hOAt nrt n nonrhu /?on?1 ~ -?
? ? M UVMI *a J V/UllUiy luncu
Lhrough the city, out the water gate,
Into the Grand Canal, and again carried
piece by piece Into the railroad station,
with danger every moment of the water
way of having your summer dresses
)r Suits dumped into the canal water
'or a bath?such coiifuslotl Would well
ligh drlvfe a fresh American wild. 6ut
ldd to this the difficulty of getting the
Chinese baggage and ticket office open
n time to buy tickets and check the
L7 pieces, amidst the howling mob of
soolies and servants and gentlemen all
nixed up together In great confusion;
ind add to this (you see we have an
sxample in addition) the wrangles with
he baggage master over certain kinds
>f baggage, as to whether they should
ro as freleht or nthf?rwlnn nn/1 that,
he rush to the train to secure seats
n time?all this would have put the
Inishing touches to many a New Yorksr
Just from home. But Just breathe
his Chinese atmosphere or two years,
imell the delightful odors of the streets
lay after day, and imbibe the malaria
rom many a friendly mosquito, and
iven an American must slow down a
>lt, and learn to take things as they
:ome. But the writer must confess
hat it will take some time yet before
te can face all such music without a
nurmur, as some of the older, thor?ughly
initiated missionaries can do.
Vhy, we have one or two men out here
vho, I verily believe, could go to sleep
n the midst of the turmoil above decribed,
and rest as sweetly as an In
ani In the cradle. Perhaps this Is
he grace of patience "which Paul had
Christmas at the FI5HBURNE MILISCHOOL,
Waynesboro, Virginia.
ladets from almost every state east of the
:ood conduct of our students. For catalog
JAS. A. F1SHBURNE. Pria.
Da new Song Book In your Chnrch
or Sunday SchooV and one for'
every person;"FAMILIAR SONGS .
3 10O. Words and music, 1*3 very best
14l North Wayne Street, Fort Wayne, lad.
\ N OF THE SOUTH
learned," but even he only after 60
years.
The foregoing narrative givee most
of tbe circumstances attending the
leaving of Hashing by the three
members of the summer party?Miss
Irene Hawkins, Mrs. Lowry Davis, and
the writer. The train was a delightful
one after it finally started, and made
the time to Shanghai in two hours, or
aoout 30 miles an hour. Arriving at
Shanghai, we all immediately arranged
to drive to the Missionary Home, established
by Mr. Edward Evans, and
the boon of all missionaries traveling
through this part of China. Mr. Evans
is continually assisting his missionary
friends In every poss'ble way, and rendering
their lives while in Shanghai
more bearable than they could be without
the Home. Before leaving the railroad
station we were compelled to
pass through another wrangle amidst
a howling crowd of Chinese. The baggage
was all thrown into one huge
heap, In utmost confusion, as It is even
in oraeriy ixmdon, from which the hapless
passenger must select his possessions
by sight (and yells) from an outside
railing, till finally, after having
gotten all together, he presents his
baggage ticket, and turns the whole
over to another lot of wrangling cool'es
with wheelbarrows, who after some
two hours deliver your goods In the
city.
After all this you may be sure we
enjoyed the good supper at the Missionary
Home, a good night's rest, and
some shopping the next day, preparatory
to boarding otir Yang-tsze steamer
at 11 P. M. that night. When evening
name we decided to go out to the
Shanghai park to bear the music, but
while there a heavy raid came upon us,
through which we hastened back to
the Home, arriving at 10 P. M. Our
party by this time had Increased to
six, those added being Misses Wilkin
son and Hirseland, of the Elizabeth
Blake Hospital, Soochow, and Dr. Lee.
of the Girls' College, Hangchow. With
us were three Chinese. In the midst of a'
heavy rain we called rickshaws, nine of
them, and after much trouble in gett<Ag
Started, owing to the coolle3 thinking
they knew more about where we wanted
to go than we did ourselves, we
finally set out. After a feW Incidents
on the way, such as having summer pith
hats fall out and get run over in the
mud, getting lost in'the darkness, owing
to the stubbornness of the coolies,
we finally reached the boat, the "TEH
HSING". where attain nnthlnir hut n
hubbub of coolies greeted cur already
deafened ears. After settling with the
rickshaw men, and winding our way
through the harrow passages of the
ship and the multitudes of Ch'nese passengers
on the lower decks (there are
frequently 1,000 on one ship), we came
to our cabins on the upper deck,
where we finally settled down in comfort.
For four days we enjoyed the wonderful
scenery along the Yang Tsze. At
first the river was so wide that a glass
was needed to show the distant shores
to good advantage. And then the floods
for which this year Is famous In China
had widened the river considerably. It:
was a veritable Amazon. The beautiful
mountains on either side, higher and
more Interesting the further we traveled
ud stream, the broad exnanse of nlnMd
water, beautiful beyond expression In
the afternoon sun or early morning,
the Little Orphan, a picturesque Island
with an historic temple, in mid stream
with the many ports and foreign buildings
Interspread along the 500 miles
from Shanghai to our destination, made
the trip Itself worth all our trouble In
preparation. And at a very reasonable
cost, too, for we bought return
tickets; Including seven days on the
boat, first class, with only foreigners
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on our dack, and with avary attention ot
the Chinese waiters, and even the Captain,
a Jolly Scotchman, for 1,000 miles
of travel, all for the modest Bum of
less than $15 American money, or about
what one of the new fashioned hats of
America would cost in a small city!
And the seven servants of our party had
for purposes above stated, for cix weeks,
including the 1,000 mile trip with all
expenses, cost less thnn *
VUU OC I v a lit
bill of the average rich American church
member for two months, or of ^oir.e
ordinary banquet that a member might
give to a few friends. Yet there are
still, even In th's enlightened age of
Missions, not a few people at home
who complain of the luxurious. eas> going
lives of missionaries, and their
money spending powers. I will also
add that the ship sailed under the British
flag, a Scotch captain, a Danish second
officer, Chinese officers on lower
decks, and our American party of seven.
When we arrived at Kluklang, where
we were to go ashore and take automobile
and coolie chair for Kullng, we
found the river so high that at first small
boats were necessary, passenger and
baggage being crowded together In the
ngni river craft till we reahed the first
Rest House, where the coolies had a
terrific quarrel, all the while jumping
Into the water and making furious grabs
for our luggage! Such noise we had
never heard before. And not till the
baggage had been we'gbed and given to
coolies to carry the 14 miles on their
backs to Kullng, and we had again entered
the small boats rowing against a
swift current, did we have any respite
from the hubbub. Finally after a mile
of rowing we again Jumped out on land,
and entered the large automobile wh*cb
In forty minutes carried six of us across
the plain, while the others came on behind
In carriages and rlkshaws. When
we arrived at the foot of the mountain
It was too late to ascend that night
And then there were no ava'lable coolies.
But as next day was Sunday, we
had to rest over till Monday, particularly
as we were determined to set an
example of Sabhnth v-~*?
?w,uciure our
servants. In China this question is one
of the most serious with the native
Christians. But In spite of the heat we
enjoyed the day, reading sermons,
strolling around the neighboring paths,
etc. '1
Early Monday morning we heard a
racket among the coolies similar to
that at Kiuklang. Racket seems to be
part of the coolies' make up. Then
came the settling up with the Chinese
Rest House Keeper. He wanted twice as
much as was right for his services, and
wrangled with us for more than half
an hour, which almost drove us to more
serious matters because of his impudence
(but as a rule, however, the Chi68e
are the politest people we had ever
met). But finally we stepped Into nnr
eedan chairs, started, the noise ceasing
at the same time, and step by step ascended
the glorious mountains of Ruling,
fully as beaut'ful as many of the
ranges of our American home. The sun
rose as we mounted up, and lighted the
way with a wonderful glow. Many
places on the road were simply steps,
the last ascent, just before entering the
town, being 1,000 teps, or as many, I believe,
as one would walk In ascending to
the top of the Washington monument
and down again. Up we went till 3,000
or more feet above the hot plains had
been reached, when all at once the
Chinese town appeared (where the
laundrymen, shopkeepers, etc., live),
and th?
^ VWMMVIkUl UiVUlItalli City Or
Kullng. A business block, and then
residence after residence, some of the
missionaries, mostly bought when the
town was first opened years ago, and at
a very low rate, and some homes even
palatial, but of course belonging to
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