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HOW UPRISINGS BEGIN
IN THE CELESTIAL EMPIRE.
Side Lights on the Situation in China bv a
Teacher and Missionary ttho Has
Lived in Pekin for Years.
teSl.Vi.* Of * Trpiel
ed. Are o# the Lowe.t Clae.ee, beggar, T h.e ' S °- tn,U
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New York, June 9—’There is probably
oo country irt the world that has, and has
Jway* had, eo many and such large up
risings m tha empire et China. Naturally
a people of peace, they are yet a people
of war—tio, not of war, but of family
squabbles, for their uprisings, except in
extreme cases, do not rise to the dignity
of war.
When there is a strong Emperor at the
head of the government they ore peace
ful. but when, as ia the present Instance,
there Is a woman on the throne, the
who> empire Is turned Into a quarrelsome
harem, with the Empress Dowager in the
character of-the domineering mother-in
law. making trouble for the whole
world.
At 6uch a time rioting even on a large
scale may be precipitated by the most
trivial causes.
A typical Hlot 1b Pekin.
Let me describe an experience through
which my wife and I parsed. My wife,
who is a physician, was going in a sedan
chair to see a sick woman. I followed
on a donkey to escort her. Just as we
were passing through the east gate of
Pekin a company of soldier* came out of
ml side street and started the eame way
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I THE SITU aT I .QN
THCTAR east
V’low at the present situation In ih Far E ast, held by many intelligent Chines*
we had to 50. My wife was compelled 10
get out of the chair on account of the
muddy street*. The crowd that had gath
ered to see the soldier* called ua foreign
devils. I suggested that we crois over
and go down a aide street. A* we did
thte a hoodlum came out of 0 corner shop,
with nothing on sere a pair of trousers
and a pair of rhoee. determined to raise
a row. He followed us. gathered a crowd,
and began to throw bricks, stones, dirt
•nd mud, while the original disturber of
the peace got cloae enough to kick my
wife several time* without my knowl
edge. Then he kicked roe and 1 knocked
him down, and wae about to step on him
when several friendly Chinese stepped be
tween us and him. themselves receiving
many of the blows which were aimed at
ua. For nearly a half hour we were in
th mob. and. while not seriously Injured
phyelcaUv. ooth our nerves and fee.mgs
wgre badly hurt. It always hurts an
American to kick him. I okll
to the fact, however, that the mob was
started by on *coundrl, or, aa the ( ni
nese would call him. a Fler Tu iw
man who encumber* the ground-in effect
a loafer), and some of the better cla.s
risked their own comfort and safety to
protect u*. The city authorities issued an
edict at once, tbe scoundrel was aireE ' < **
•nd a wooden collar about ‘ w <> £et ‘
square, which he had to wear for
month, waa put ehout hi* neck.
When It is designed by sny of the hood
lums or the members of a secret society
to create a disturbance, about the firs
thing they do IS to placard the city. The
announcement is first cut on a board the
operation costing S cents perhaps. Prom
this rude engraving they <*n P rlnt fr “'"
e hundred to a thousand daple*. These
are given to the members of the eouety
and are sent to different portions of the
City to be posted on the Wells of the
houses or courts, but more especially near
the city gate* and at the cross streets,
for k> these localities they will be seen
by th* largest possible number The
word Is then pastsed from lip to UP, an "
this the people call Tad Yen-or as w
**y, report, gossip. No people in the
World, perhape, are greater goeelper* than
the CWdasfc. They tell everything they
know and everything they can think
*Thi is especially the case at Tien Tsln.
The Tien Trinese-or. a* they are some
times called, “tietu sinners, which they
most emphatically are—are constant y
placarding the city stating the day they
expect to attack the foreigners and mas
aacre them or drive them out. Fven th
"Tlent sinners." however, arc not Wild
•e the Mohammedans, as is indicated b>
the proverb which says, "Ten oily mouin
ad Pekingese can’t outtalk one IJJW
Tientsin* se; nor can ten Uppy Tientsi.n
•ss outtalk one thlevlfig Mohammedan.
Schools la Tless Tala and rekl*.
Tien Tsln, Ilk* all other ports, has stif
fen# from Us intercourse with foreigners.
With th* Tien Tsln*** it ! * much as
torn, hold it to bo with the new woman,
"sh* has ceased to be * woman, and has
not yet become a man’ -they have teased
to be purely Chinese and bav* only becoroo
foreignlzed to tb* extant of drinking Im
parted wine, beer and whisky; smoldii*
clear* •i>d clgaretu* sweating. •
Tltn T#in* who Kn own not a word of
taspeetgble English 1# often sble to
**Wbll9 U Hung Chong wss viceroy, with
his residence at Tien Tsin, it made more
(for anci im P rove ment than tm
m dlcnf . her reg;me ' He established a
m dical college and dispensa y, bo h for
men ami and a un.versity. which
n l l? W uncier management of Mr. C.
Tennv, and is one the best manasr
notffthVtKnnTem 8510 13 111 *He emphe. if
tbi, hB K ,St ° f ali ' and is ’ Perhaps, cn as
t™ a basis as any of Hum. The stu
° *,n all these government schools re
ceive assistance from the government to
, ® ext '-nt of from five to ten ounces of
u, V r r i a mo,uh ' according to their rank,
in f\kln there are three large education
al mst.iutl ns. the Pekin Impel ial I n!-
versl y. the P kin (Method si) Un.ver ity
and the Tung Wen Kuan, or Imperial Col
**{[?• , The Hek,n imperial University,
nich is presided over by Dr. W. A. P.
Martin, is w,U equipped with teachers
and apparatus, and has a fair number of
studen.s tut 1 was told by one of its
most prominent inen two days before I
left Pekin that it may be closed because
of ihe intense anti-foreign sentiment that
prevails anting Us stud nts. This senti
ment is the result of the anti-fore gn at
titude of the present government. It ts
well known that when the university was
ol> nd by the authority of the Eniperor
three years ago there was a presptet of
hating 1.0(10 to 1,500 students of the liber
al type, and the brightest yourg men of
ihe empire. As it is. the institution has
inly about 350 students, and they follow
1 ke a lot of sheep those whom the great
viceroy, Chang CMh Tung, calls "the old
mess back leaders of the conservative
par y.”
The Peking University Is at the Meth
odist Mission, where all the mi si na lea
of the city hove been gathered and whero
they have been defended by the male mem
bers cf the missions, >he gallant marines
and th?- 150 students of the college. In
harmony with this mission there is a
girls’ high school, in which there are 150
students, and also a church, which seats
2,000 people—the largest auditorium, per
haps, in China. Out of the twenlv-<ig it
graduates of this school one h s been dec
orated by the Emperor, by the Queen of
England and by the Czar of Russia—Dr.
Y. K. Tsao. the physician to Chang Yun
huan. delegate to the Que n’s jubilee—
and twenty others have e t ed rei.’ioua
(Christian) work cn sala ies of from one
third to or.e-tcnth what they could get in
business.
The Tung Wen Huan, or Imperinl Col
lege, is under the auspices of the Imperi tl
Chinese customs. It a c turner the super
intendence of Dr. Ma tin lor many year.-,
and has done a great work, many of Us
graduates now being connected with tbe
Chinese diplomatic service and with the
legations and consulates of oifferent coun-
A SHORT TALK TO “PLAYED OUT” MEN.
To Those Who Are Overworked, Nervous, Tired Out, or Suffer From Any
Chronic Disease Dr. Hathawiy Has a Word to Say.
J. XEIVTOS HATHAWAY. M. D.
The Oldest E*tnMll*e<l Specialist In it pl<!t ,y generally known by the me.l
- South. (cat profession, not only of this count*)’,
. „,„u mv method of treatment Is the only one which
but to those ofEuropei w* >■ any r , l * r „t:on, and which puts physically
cures varicocele and strl . f rlll(> , which enables them to take th*
and mentally weak men eight .0 have,
place in th * '’“I" ", nl mv WJ p ; , s . book, entitled "Manliness, Vigor. Health."
I say a good deal mure in y^ o ~o pl„ o[ thls boog have been read. Anew
than I can sa) here, O . n) a CO py to nnyonc In plain wrapper,
f ,ll:!o,i hns ‘^ u ’ , r ; :) , ln a who eonnot. for any reason, es 11 at mv
postpaid, free. ",‘ however do so; you cn commit with me and hove the bene
af C t mv advice w thouuct el’hsr a, my office or by letter.
Ton wan. to be cured and cured as speedily as poMlUt. If you can be cured.
J NEWTON HATHAWAY, M. D. 1 m!" l ßuii*o) i: io*" n. * p. w.
Dr. Hath-ri-y Cos., %AVANNAH. OX
A BRYAN STREET,
THE MORNING NEW'S: SUNDAY. JULY 1. 1900.
tries. The present consul in New York
is a graduate of the Tung Wen Huai.
It is sometimes said that the uprisings
and outbreaks, riot* and mobs in
China are caused by, ar.d a • mainly
against, the missionaries. Such reports
are not true. The Chinese m*k* no dis
tinction between those who are and those
who are not missionaries. Indeed, the
present Boxer outlaws, brigands, thieves,
kidnappers, robbers er whatever you
please to call them, for they are ail of
these, make no distinction because of the
callings pursued by the citisens of any
country who wear European clothing.
They are ail equally "foreign devil*'’ with
out difference or distinction.
Why the Boxers Are Xot I’at Down.
China is severely crltioiaed because of
not putting down the Boxers. Bui the
truth is that China may._fairly be justi
fied In not putting down the Boxers—on
the plea that she can't do it. Any one
who has listened to the pop-pop-pop of
Chinese guns when the Chinese soldiers
are ''practicing” outside the wails of Pe
kin, trying—but failing—to shoot together
—in volleys—will agree with this. Not
long ago I had the good fortune to wit
ness an inspection of the Pekin brave#
by the Mayor of Pekin, and it was a
spectacle. 1 can assure you. not soon to
be forgotten. It looked like Boston Com
mon (without the grass) on the Fourth"
of July, when all the folks are in from
the country. The tents for side shows
are all stretched, the fat man stands be
fore his tent, the alligator lies winking
in his pond, the peanut vendors have es
tablished their stands on every side, and
the little boys have all bought horns,
which they insist upon blowing every
where and at all times, while a great lot
of men have put on striped clothing, as
though a thousand clowns had escaped
from the circus and were now- having a
good time while out of reach of the ring
master's lash. The horns are blown, the
flags wave the peanut vendors sell pea
nuts and candy, crowds gather together
around an organ grinder—minus the or
gan—and he cuts capers with his sword;
the whole being highly suggestive of a
crowd of small Chinese boys I once saw
playing soldier during the Chinese-Japa
nese War.
The youngsters had each found a sm ill
stick or a large weed, which they used as
guns, and had arrayed themselves into a
company. Tien they made a feint as if
to charge with all thfir force on some 1m
aginary antagonist. They screamed and
ran about in quite as milita y array a
real Chinese soldiers, or as a crowd of
school beys playing "prisoner’s base.''
This they kept up for seme seconds until
one of those in the front rank cried out
in mock terror. "The Japanese are com
ing! The Japanese are coming!" w ten
they all took to th’ir heels like real Chi
nese soldier#, and fled in and sorder and r,ia
tnay. " The obvious reason why the Chi
nese soldiers do not defeat the Boxers is
iheir utter inability to accomplish the
task. As they said about the Japanese,
"one or the other must retreat, and as the
Boxers will not, we must!” It is o Chi
nese proverb that "no good man will ever
become a soldier.” And it is to be feared
the proverb Is nearly true—in China.
Chinn and the Power*.
Ever since Li Hung Chang was appoint
ed the representative of the D agon throne
at the coronation of ihe Russian Emperor
tjiere has been more or less suspicion of
Russia on the part of other Powers. Ii
was about that time that Sir Nicholas
O'Connor, in an interview wl:h Prince
Kung. told him in a language as blunt as
any Britisher ever spoke and as forcible
as any that ever fell from the lips of a
son of Erin, that unless he and his coun
trymen altered their methods and me del
their w'ays, he should not be surpri-ed it
within five years he heard of Prince Kung
' being a beggar on the streets of Pelting.
At that time many thought there was a
deep laid project beneath that appoint
ment of-the great viceroy.
The cartoon accompanying this article
shows the view of the present situation
he and by many intelligent Chinese. It is
the vvcrk of Tse Tsan Tat. an educated
Chinaman of Hong-Kong, Little explana
tion is nteded io make its meaning cleai
as the Chinese symbols have been trans
ated. The signature and seal of the au
thor will be noticed at th? lower left hand
corner, as well as the Chinese mark of
cop> wr ght. The United States In the form
of an eagle has lighted gra efuliy bui
firmly upon the Philippine Islands; but
i'e wings are spread as if for further
flight. Englard, in the form of a bulldog,
is sitting on the Hong-Kong district, with
the eye nearest to the eagle closed, but
with the other eye. which is open, the
bulldcg is very sharply scrutinizing a frog
abided Fashed a, and which, cf course,
r.presents Fiance. The frog has gra ; >ed
Hainan, and is reaching out after 3za
C uan, or Su Ch.van, as it is usually
s elled. Japan is represented as the ri sing
son. The eyes of Japan are turned Up
ward the bulldog, and the entente be
tween England and Jopan with regard to
Russia i3 indicated. Germany is humor
ously represented by a sausage curled
around the jutting peninsula of the Shan
Tung district. The string running from
Japan to Formosa should also be notic
ed. The largest figure in the cartoon is
the great menacing bear at the top, whose
paws are already cn Ihe northern borders
of China. The bear is big. because Russia
is so large, and eo near, and so formidable,
The Young Emperor’* Mistake.
But with all our making fun of the Chi
nese because he cannot light, we must
not forget his power as a diplomatist.
He may be easily overcome with the wea
pons of modern warfare, but look out for
him when you come in contact with him
in a diplomatic, way. Your European
representative froths and fume*, pounds
the table and sometimes swears, and the
Chinaman patiently waits until-he gets
over it and is ready to talk business, and
then suggests that “we go on with the
affairs of state." Among th# ranks of
those who wield the tongue and pen, the
Chinese statesman stands in tha fore
I have been asked a thousand times why
I confine my practice to those chronic
conditions of disease which other physi
cians fail to cur*.
The questidn answers itself: It Is be
cause I am enabled to cure th*3* diseases,
otherwise I should long ago have ac
knowledged my inability and given up my
specialty.
Twenty years of constant study and
practice In the treatment of one class of
diseases In all their different forms and
complications, has enabled me to win the
reputation which I have nnd has given
me. the enormous practice which, for
more than ten years, has been greater
than that of all other specialist* in my
line combined.
If I had not been M* to cure, I could
not have constantly increased my prac
tice. As it Is, to-day the greater number
! 0 f my patients aro those who have been
given up as "hopelee* cases” by other
physicians.
Summer
JjiJ^
The general opinion is that Rheumatism is strictly a
winter disease, and that as the warm weather comes on the fi
pains vanish, but those who have experienced its tortures during
Rheumatism is caused by the absorption of acid poisons JfP
into the blood, which when eliminated through the skin cause
Eczema and many other irritating, itching troubles. But when ***
from any cause the pores of the ski are suddenly closed, then
these acid poisons are forced back into the circulation and- ‘ *
penetrate the joints, muscles and nerves, causing the most intense and excruciating pains; the muscles contract, the
■pTrpiD'W’ D/Y]\JF A pour joints swell, and it frequently happens that the limbs are perma*
Fd * CJx X DvylNL nently stiffened and fingers and toes distorted as a result of this
* INUdIY V O I IJ.Nv.JO* jt is called in this stage Acute, but when from neglect or improper
treatment it becomes chronic, then the pains, while not so severe or sharp, are continuous, often shifting from one part
of the body to another; they become worse as you grow older, and will eventually render you helpless and miserable.
In the summer, when the circulation is more rapid and the skin most active is the best time to get rid of Rheuma
tism, for S. S. S. can then more quickly and effectively reach all affected tt j f\T? /~YDT A '"PT7C
parts and dislodge the irritating substances from the joints and muscles and F UJL.L (J*F Ol 1A 1 Kv*
dissolve and expel the acid poisons still floating in the blood. /"ND T7T TT T /"YU? D A TR.T
S. S. S. at the same time builds up the general health, tones up the v-'iV. F UJLJLr vjF FVVJIn*
nerves, purifies the blood, stimulates the skin, keeps the system clear of all poisonous accumulations, and thus makes a
lasting, permanent cure of Rheumatism. Many of the medicines advertised or prescribed contain potash, mercury and
other minerals. These do not cure, but ruin the digestion, inflammatory rheumatism. no use FOR CRUICMES.
destroy the bones and cause the most offensive sores. “ A few jroars ago I had a lever® attack Mr. James Kell, of 633 Tenth street.
Other so-called cures contain large quantities of opium in f ° r Be ' rßral eel V E y Washington, and. c., write# to * let
* # o 1 sr was unable to walk. Physicians treated ter of recent date, as follows:
some form, which afford only temporary relief and lead me and 1 took their medioino iaitwuiiy, “a tow months ago i had an attack ot
, ,-. , r , . - ~ , but received no benefit, my condition Sciatto Rheumatism in its worst form.
tO rilinOUS habits, and you soon find that when not fud of growing worse all the time. A friend ad- The pain was so intense that I became
oniafpq thp hndv ic full nf mine ' ri f ed S " S ‘ S ‘ 1 felt 80 muoh better a{te r completely prostrated, and was for a long
opiates me DOuy lb lull Ot pains. taking two bottles that I continued it, time perfectly helpless. The attack was
5 S S IS made exclusively of roots and Herbs and * n 8 abort while was cured oomplete- an unusually sever* one and my oondi
• ,Ucluc exclusively OI roots ana nerDS, ly> and havo uever lelt tho .lightest lion was regarded a* being very dau*er
and is safe and harmless for old and vounc:. rheumatic pain since. OU. I was attended by one of the moat
_ . J 6 CHAB. J. SMITH, abl ® doctor* in Washington City, who ia
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be eX P elled - ° r the little Particles left will reunite d( Xed"m'oontfnu* 1 /hU*
f M SSa **J and the Same influences that brought on the first ‘ 8 o p n e £ 0 ) for Bheu^sm'
l V iv/ attack will do so again.
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front, and he never forgets that the pen
Is an Index of a higher state of clvlllza
■ tion than the sword.
The mistake made by the adherents of
the young Emperor, Kwang Hsu. was in
entirely disregarding the army, p6or os
that body is. If Kwang Hsu had first
surrounded himself with .1 bodyguard that
would have protected him from the eu
nuchs of the palace tind the Empre-s
Dowager, he might have carried out his
magnificent reforms to a successful end.
And never In the history of China did
so magnificent a beginning come to such
a lomematde nnd pitiable end. That a
young man raised from Infancy In a pal
ace prison with two old conservative wo
men as his chief advisers and associates,
should break away from all the mossback
official customs and musty traditions,
both of his own ancestry and that of
the people he governed, and set himself
to study the Christian's Bible, Western
science In all its branches. Including
mathematics, chemistry, physics, medi
cine, history, and even the English lan
guage, Is evidence enough that Kwang
Hsu Is not a "weakling,” as some of
the papers represent him to he, but a
character which, when the true history
of China is written, will shine cither as
the first martyr for liberty and reform,
or the Constantine Charlemagne, or
Cromwell or the Orient.
FOODS THAT FORM tiAS.
Some Suggestions for a Dj spept tc’i
Mena.
In this dyspeptic agt th’ cruc al ques
tion Is: How docs each kind of food di
gest? What are the chemical changes
which It sets > p n the stomach Thanks
to the careful ad painstaking Invest ga
llons of a dist n u shed German profess
or, Dr. Miller, it is possible now to ar
range a table showing the precise pro
portion in which various foods generate
gas la the hufban system. By a study of
this table those persons inclined to dys
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mammmmmmmmmrnui . ~ -~n co***c k*.
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■iPMC3rr~T~~~; piamAmoCam
—• ~~~ i maccaaoni
WtttC" 1 Iwoivc Saiaoi
~ ~ 1- 1 Sr 1 n acm
—— ~~ 1 milat -SoeAf%
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Table showing the amount of gas gen
erated by different foods.
p pals, <be meat frequent cause cf which
Is too gr at an accumulation of gas In the
ay* em, may hfiow which foods to avo.d
in < rtltr to escape Its terrors
Although the ea It g or nuts Is Increas
ing da ly. th,y are most In fig s Ible for
those persons In lined to be dysp pile on
ic-ount of trulr tl - . men ous gas en rat
ine property. Dr. M ler takes tuiai he
•'-and rd gl I,g the area eat amo. nt of
gas. or 10 ) per cent. The filling made of
bread crumbs and onions, with which
roast fowls ate giuffed, ranks next as an
Indigestible fo6d. Corn and Its products
are a t to produce great qtr ntl |rs of gas,
and carrots ate only slight y mere dig sti
hlo. Raw cabbage is about equal to car
rots, and hr ad, when fresh, Is little hsi
deleterious 10 delicate Stomachs. Even
raw milk products m r- gas than cauli
flower, and tomatoes are more and gotible
than ontora. though tplnaeh Is most diges
tible cf all vegetable* fr m this point
of view. Roasted or broiled meat pro
duces very littlfc gas, bur when stewed or
seasoned wl h sugar or vlneiar it is as
bail as potatoes as a gas producer. But
ter generates slightly lrss than plain
meat, but eggs, tflsh. leLuce, cranberries
and clabber or thick milk produce no
gas whatever.
There a'fe other considerations which
have some weight in determining th* reg
imen cf ihe dy p-p le, but the avoidance
of such foods as produce a large amount
of gas is one of the firsl precautions to
be taken by those whese digestive appar
atus is not ail that it should be.
CENT!HIES Op’ CHILDREN CLOTHE*
Shoning lion Gradual Ha* Born the
Growth of Elaboration In Dress
ing.
It is interesting to see the varying
modes adopted for the clothing of chil
dren during the lapse of centuries. Here
is a picture of a Hebrew child in the
distant age of the captivity in Egypt
wearing only a cap. Next is the likenes*
of an Aihenlan youngster seated In a
shoe-formed basket with a hat on Ms
f
At— Cswa (
Mi ' Lif
, TVr ••’"Cikt.
R,c#to \T* —• j
head. The Spartan hoy wore a little
coat ash dragged his rude wagon’ at
play, and other Grecian lads wore sim
ple slips, much like their elder*. Than,
during the long Interval that elapsed cus
toms changed, and in th* Middle Age*
far more care wae devoted to the clothing
of little girls and boys. There was a
constant approach from that time on to
the garb of the grown folks, until, with
the adoption of the Rococo style, th*
boy was as elaborately dressed aa hi*
father, In wig and stlka nnd satins. Th*
little girl to-day la a vary alaborately
clothed individual, and shows wist a
long step she had advanced from her llttla
ltrae’.ltlsh cousin In the distant past.
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Savannah, Qa.—ad
TUIULLIXG WAR PICTIHE.
How the Gordons Avenged Mager*-
fouteiu.
From the London Deiiy News.
Mr. A. G. Hales of the Daily News,
writing from Thabanchu on May 7, sends
a thrilling account of the avenging of
Magersfontein. in which he says: The
men who sleep In eoldlers' graves beside
the wlliow-clad banks of the Modder river
have been avenged. Or, if the debt has
not been paid in full, the interest owing
on that bond of blood has at last now
been handed in. On this fatal day, Oapt.
Towse. with about fifty Gordons, got Iso
lated from the main body of British
troops, and the Boers, with that mar
velous dexterity for which they are fast
becoming famous, sized up the position,
and determined upon a capture. They
little dreamt of the nature of the lion
they had snared in their tolls. With fully
250 men they closed in on the little band
of kilted men, and in triumphant tones
called upon them to throw down their
arms and surrender. A wild and motley
Th* progrtss of dress for children during severs! thousand year*
crew they looked compared to the gem
of Britlan’s army. Boys stood side by
aid* with old men, lada braced themselves
shoulder to shoulder with men In their
manhood’s prime, ragged beards fell on
still more ragged shirt fronts. But there
were manly hearts behind those ragged
garment*—hearts that beat high with love
•f home and country—hearts that seldom
quailed In the hour of peril. Their rifles
lay In hands steady and strong. The Boer
was face to face with th* Briton; the
numbers lay on the side of the Boer, but
the bayonet was with the Briton.
"Throw up your hands and surrender,"
the language was English, but the accent
wse Dutch; a moment an awful second of
time, the rifle barrels gleamed coldly to
ward* that little group of men, who stood
their ground as pine tree* stand on their
mountain sides In Bonnie Scotland. Then
out on the African air rang a voice, proud
clear, and high as a clarion note: ’Fix
bayonets. Gordons!’ IJke lightning the
strong hand*; gr pped th# ready tfcel, the
bayonets avert home to the barrels as the
Ip of lover to lover. Rifles sitoke from
the Boer lines, and the men reeled a puce
from the British and fell, and lay wh*re
they fell. Again that voice with the
Scottish burr on every note: ’Charge!
Gordons! Charge!’ and the daunt!,sw
Scotchman rushed on at the head nf his
fiery few The Boer's heart is a brave
heart, and he who call* them cowards lies.
but never before hsd they faced so grla
n charge, never before had they seen t,
torrent of steel advancing on their line •
In front, of a tornado of flesh and blood
On ruehed the Scots, on over fallen com 1
rades, on over rocks and cleft*, on to th 1
ranks of the foe, and onward through
them, sweeping them down at I have se*
wild horses sweep through a field of ripen.
Ing corn. The bayonets hissed as the
crashed through breastbone ond back:
bone. Vainly he Boer clubbed hi* rtfil
and smote back. As well might the wik
goat strike with puny hoofs when, th
tiger springs. 'Nothing could t*y th {
fury of that desperate rush. Do you snee'
at the Boers? Then sneer at half lh>
armies of Europe, for never yet hav 5
Scotland's sons been driven back wh*(
once they reached a foe to smite. Hotj
do they charge, theee bare-legged son* o
Beotia? Go, ask the hills of Afghanistan,
and If therp be tongues within them, the)?
will tell you that they eweep like hoaid
from hell.
Ask In sneering Paris, and the red req’
ords of Waterloo will give you anawe*'
Ask In Bt. Petersburg, and from Sebastoi
pol your answer will come. They though)
of the dreary morning pour* of Magersfoq
teln, and they smote the steel downward*;
through the neck Into the Uver. Thai
thought of the row of comrade* In tht
graves beside the Modder, and they gavt
th* Boers the “haymaker’s lift,” and toe*
ed the dead laxly behind them. Th*l
thought of gallant Wauchope riddled wilt
lead, and they sent the cold steel, wtth <
horrible crash, through skull and brain
leaving the face a thing to make (lend
shudder. They thought of Scotland, at*
they sent the wild slogan of their clxi
re-echoing through the gullies of th# At
rlcon hills, until their comrades far awa;
along the line, hearing It, turned to on.
another, saying, "God help the Boers Ihli
hour; our Jocks are Into 'em with th.
bayonet." Ilut when thty turned to gath
er up those who had fallen, then the;
found that he whose lion tout had polnte,
them (he crimson path to duty was o
lead them no more. The noble heart tha
beat’ so true to honor's highest note* wa
not stilled, but a bullet missing tbe brail
hud closed his eyes for ever to God'
sunlight, leaving him to go through lit'
In darkness, and they mourned for him ;
they had mourned for noble, whltc-aoule,
Wauchope, whose prototype he wae. Th*]
knew that many a long, long year woul,
roll away before their eyes would res
upon his like again In camp or blood]
field. But It gladdened their stern war
rlor hearts to know that the laat sigh
he ever gazed upon was Scotland swqepfcq
on her foes.
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