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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 ■ ri*r fg T*-Ho W Rto„ Are inoi,.., h „"“ and Hoodlam *’ ur >,” or Oolp-.B#me<i 01 , at Tier -r ■'* "'“® t.r ..e r.n^^:^zz:zi h ;z°Tf l:mr .Veu,™*-*r 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 v*Vi —*•. ■ ■■■ luMmv 1 1 "" \ 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 Don t temporize with Rheumatism; it out of teas smaiiman st„ Pittsburgh, f. * “•“*>•*' th* taouityoc * leading r ' o - ” medical oollege here. He told me to con your blood now. Don’t be satisfied with a partial cure; every atom of the poison must uVied twMv* I ‘um*l 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. In Rheumatism the inflammation is inter -1 l nal, dec P- scated and far beyond the reach of IZT,“"JIW'.'iuZ liniments and external applications. We have , h S ‘l'lmh.w prepared a complete and most interesting book agam restored to perfect health.” on Rheumatism, which every sufferer can have free on application. Send for this book and write our physicians fully and freely about your case. Wc make no charge whatever for medical advice. All correspondence is conducted ia strictest confidence. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, Atlanta, Ga, 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 ————km— nuts ——■a— r? FiiuMcwfosi* mammmmmmmmmrnui . ~ -~n co***c k*. ■■■■■■■■—- 'j to** <!■■■——r:^~r~r~~-' ) cniw#!*—*i*jcr ■iPMC3rr~T~~~; piamAmoCam —• ~~~ i maccaaoni WtttC" 1 Iwoivc Saiaoi ~ ~ 1- 1 Sr 1 n acm —— ~~ 1 milat -SoeAf% ■mrbv r~-.—c**niAT yMW—— i :j MufM’PuiNl - 1 ~ _ -'-yi Criftsc. 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. P. P. P., a wonderful medicine; It gives an appetltei it invigorates and strength ens. P. P. P. cures rheumatism and all pains In she aids, back and shoulders, knees, hips, wrists and joints, p. p. p. cures syphilis In all Its various stages, old ulcers, sores and kidney complaint. P. P. P. cures cutarrah. eexema. erysipelas, all skin diseases and mercurial poisoning. P. P, P. cures dyspepsia, chronic female complaints and broken-down constitution and loss of manhood. P. P. P-. th* best blood purifier of the age, has mad* more permanent cures than all othsr blood rem edies. I.lppman Bros., sole proprietor*. 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. 11