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SIGHT MAKES MIGHT
That Is the Opinion of Many in Re
gard to China.
M Army Officer Explains Why He
Mm Sure That the Armies of the
Civilized World Will Con
. uer China'i MUllont.
fSpeclal w'ashlngton Letter.
'E WAS a marvelously gifted
writer who declared that "old
thinirs have passed away; be-
Hiold.allthingsarebecome new." In the
mutations of time the changes in our
environments are wonderful, and so
also are the changes in ourselves.
One who was blessed with the philo
sophic instinct and the training of a
seer, and also gifted with the inspira
tion of poetry, penned the oft-quoted
lines:
! have dipped into the future far as hu-
man eye can see.
Saw a, vision of the world, and all the
- woriders that shall be,
"When the war drum throbs no longer, and
; the battle flags are furled,
Jn the Parliament of Man, the federation
of the world."
Bat even that seer could not know
-that nations should furl their battle
dBags and muffle their drums; thatthere
should be universal conferences! look
ing to the conservation of universal in
ternational peace; and that again and
.again the war drums should throb and
the battle flags be waved on high, with
htrtndreds of thousands of men in battle
array, nation against natiott, fighting
like savage beasf s for supremacy over
apparently desirable portions of the
icrnst of the perishable earth.
But there shall be wars and rumors
of wars for manj'.years before the ad
vent of that millennium for which myr
iads of rhen and women have prayed.
In the development of the great plan
of which we know so little right and
wrong must clash and oftentimes the
"wrong must seem to triumph, only to
spur on to greater endeavor those who
persist in forcing the right into the van
of the battlefield of human endeavor.
Very 'few people think of the fact
that, divinely inspired and projected
though it was, Christianity groveled in
the obscurity of the world for 300 years
lefore it was made respectable by its
acceptance in Rome and its enthrone
ment on equality with the scepter of
the Caesars. Ten generations of men
and women lived and suffered and died
without seeing any sign of an answer
j to their prayers.
Capt. Whittleton, an old army officer
who has served his country long and
swell, and who still renders efficient
aerice in a quiet way in one of the
great executive departments, discussing-
the conditions in China to-day
said : .
fThere is a great element in human
affairs which the most effective and ef
ficient soldiers never take into calcu
lation. It is probably just as well that
they do not,, but rely apparently upon
their own endeavors.' I am not a reli-g-ionLS"U
but simply1 a man of affairs,
and one who has seen the terrible
-power of Right when arrayed against
"Wrong in the struggles of mankind in
this world. In the actual combat there
is a power with those who are right,
which makes them invulnerable to su
perior numbers, and which enables men
-to almost accomplish miracles without
realizing that they are doing a work
which is greater than their own con
option of the duties of the hour.
"It is on this account that the mil
lions in China have no terrors for me.
CHARGING UP LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN.
"What they have done is wrong. Thej
laave outraged all civilization by their
-treatment of the diplomatic ministers
of the nations of the world. They have
leen wrong in their indiscriminate
massacres of innocent women and chil
dren. They are as wrong to-day, as
King Herod when he ordered and con
summated the slaughter of the inno
ents. ; : Because they are wrong, they
will be made to suffer, and the nations
of the world need not be intimidated
with their vast numbers.
Mn private life, without the incentive
-to Io something for the right, no con
siderable number of men could be in
winced to go on a picnic and climb the
rugged heights of Lookout mountain
on the coolest and most pleasant day
of the year. And yet I saw thousands
of men climb those heights on a hot
.afternoon, in the face of a terrific and
well-directed fire of capable men who
wtfe defending the mountain. They
were inspired with a purpose, believing
-that they were right, and they went on
ward and upward until they were
lighting- above the clouds. , Every man
.knew that death and wounds must be
inevitable, and that all were amenable
-to JLe stern law of impact and impinge
EscBt when the shot and shell and minie
Iraliei were singing and ringing above
about them. But there was no fal
tering; of individuals, no wavering of
t.he lines.
51oreover, I have seen mule teams,
during war times, pulling loads
I,i7agh mud and mire and . accom
plishing what even the dumb brutes
could not have been driven to attempt
under ordinary conditions.1
"Why did 27,000 Spanish soldiers at
Santiago surrender to 16,000 American
soldiers, when the Spaniards were en
trenched and the Americans were pn
the outside and in the trenches? It was
because those American soldiers repre
sented the invincible power of Right,
and those who were in the wrong knew
it. Moreover, preceding circumstances
manifesting the power of right princi
ples made destiny so apparent that
even the Spanish government at Mad
rid saw the handwriting on the wall
and authorized that surrender. Other
wise the hundred thousand Spaniards
under command of Gen. Blanco might
until this day have been carrying on
war, living on the country, and baffling
superior numbers. The surrender at
Santiago was the consummation of
a great plan, far above and beyond
human knowledge.'
The soldier-philosopher went on to
say: "In the preliminary develop
ment of this new world, the Spanish
freebooters under De Soto, Cortes,
Pizarro, and the rest, were an essential
element. But when their time came to
make way for better men and purer de
signs those Spanish freebooters had to
give way. It was the culmination of
their destiny that they should be de-
THE INVASION OF CHINA.
f eated by a small army in Cuba, and
driven from this hemisphere because
right makes might.
'"Now as to China: she is like the
man that hid his talent under a bush
el. The centuries have come and gone
and she has not increased her talent.
She has lived behind her wall of selfish
ness and declined to see the cross.
Finally, in desperation of supreme self
ishness, she has resorted to the sword
in a most cowardly and brutal manner;
and she shall perish by the sword.
"In one of your recent letters you
said that China can send 60,000,000 sol
diers into the field. That is very true;
but it is not the whole truth. China
can raise such a.n army, and can equip
the men with modern guns and ammu
nition, but China cannot give . those
men the inspiration of being right. The
Philistines produced the Goliath, but
David, having right on his side, needed
only his sling and five smooth stones
from the brook."
All of this, uttered with great em
phasis and considerable vehemence,
was interesting and philosophically
correct. But it 'overlooks the element
of right on the side of China; the in
vasion of her seclusion by methods
and teachings, unwelcome and ex
asperating. It is an assumption to as
sert that China has buried her talent
under a bushel, because we have no
means of knowing what progress China
has made during all of the centuries of
her existence. We have only a very su
perficial knowledge of her true his
tory. One of the officials of the department
of state to whom these observations
were narrated said: "The government
at Washington has been considering
the question of right and wrong from
the beginning. There is no better
aphorism in diplomacy than to 'be
sure you are right, and then go ahead.'
Days and weeks went slowly by, the
whole world being in anxiety concern
ing our representatives on Chinese soil,
and almost two months elapsed before
the government at Washington said to
China that her conduct was 'unf riend
ly.' Even that mild declaration of na
tional and international purpose was
ignored by China. What provocations
the government at Peking may assume
to have had cannot now be considered.
If provocations there were, China
could have ordered that all negotia
tions with the remainder of the world
should be broken off, and the diplo
matic ministers and foreign residents
could have been requested to depart.
Whatever of right China had has been
obscured by the great wrong which she
has done. China seems to have ac
celerated the date for her dismem
berment, or for her humiliation. The
nations of the world cannot endure
what has been done without resent
ment and punishment."
These men, who reason from the
standpoint of great experience in af
fairs, seem to believe that in the pass
ing away of old things ancient China is
to become a memory with a history,
and that the nations of the world will
have power to open that vast country
to the free access of the pioneers of the
civilization of the orient.
If it is so written, we shall witness
this marvel of the beginning of the cen
tury, and with our own eyes see that
"old things have passed away, and all
things are become new."
SMITH D. FRY.
Thoughtful.
"No," said the lady prisoner, "I
cannot show you the bottle in which
J I carried the vitriol, as it was broken
in the affray, but before I used it
I had it photographed. I will give
you one of the pictures at once!"
Such thoughtful appreciation of the
demands of journalism was sure to
raise in behalf of the accused, a power
ful influence not to be ignored. In
dianapolis Press,
9 5 '-
EVAPORATING CORN.
An CSective Arrangement Which
Any Man or Boy Handy with
' Tool Can Make.
As the time to put up green corn
for winter is at hand, I will give my
way. If the corn is gathered at just
the right stage, that is when it is
perfectly tender, it is nicer than any
brand of canned corn I ever bought.
Gather the corn early in the morn
ing, so that a lot of it can be got
ready by noon. Put a wash boiler or
COMMON SENSE EVAPORATOR.
a large-sized lard can half full of
water on the stove. Husk the corn
and pick very clean of silks. When
the water boils put in the corn, let
ting it remain for 15 or 20 minutes;
or just as soon as the milk is set
take out quickly. Put in more corn,
adding more water from time to time
as is accessary. The water should
cover the corn; only be sure the wa
ter is boiling when corn is put in.
When cool enough remove corn from
the cob by first cutting the thinnest
possible slice off the ends of the grain
with a sharp knife; then scrape with
a dull knife until all the pulp and
chit are scraped out. This leaves all
the husk of the grain on the cob.
The corn is now ready for the evap
orator and will dry in 24 hours if
proper heat is kept up. If covered
tightly until cool and then placed in
paper meal bags that have been sub
jected to heat in the evaporator,, and
put in a tight box or drawer, or some
other dark, dry place it will keep
until corn comes again. No worms
will get into it.
I will give plans for an evaporator
which any man or boy handy with
tools can make. If the evaporator
cannot be made the corn can be dried
in the sun, but it must be subjected
to heat before putting away.
Get a goods box two feet square
and three feet high. Take out one
end and one side. Bore six two-inch
holes in top and tack on screen wire.
Nail cleats 2yz inches apart on sides
to hold up trays, which should be
made iys inches shorter than box,
so that every other tray can be
pushed back, and the others pulled
forward, so as to give a chance for
distribution of heat. Then a door is
made of the boards that come out of
the side of the box so as to close all
up tight. Now set four posts 7y3
feet above ground, just far enough
apart to admit box; next build a
furnace as per plan. Then board up
inside posts and set box on top. A
layer of rock or brick must be laid
between the furnace and the boards
to prevent them taking fire. Use an
old stove door to close up front of
furnace, propping it up about an inch
at the bottom for draft. This evap
orator can be used for drying all
kinds of fruit. Rural World.
THE MARKET GARDEN.
Remove the' seed-bearing tops from
asparagus to prevent added plants
from seed. For new beds, fall plant
ing answers, on sandy or well-drained
soil.
To make a wet garden dry, and get
rid of a surplus of coal ashes: Dig
a trench across the upper end and
down one side two feet deep, fill to
within ten inches of the top with
coal ashes, level down the ground.
To get choice egg plant seed, se
lect a few. of the finest plants in the
patch, pick off all but two or three
of the best fruits and let these grow
until they are dead ripe. Keep all
new bloom on these plants from set
ting fruit.
All garden varieties of beans in a
ripe state are much superior to white
field beans for the table. Gather and
dry immediately they are ripe. Se
cure late green beans before frosts,
salting down the surplus for winter
use. Select for seed the largest pods
that are the lowest on the stem, or
if some hills have been left for seed
take only the best. Farm Journal.
Plant More Peach..-Trees.
There should be more peach or
chards, and the sections in which
peaches have not given good results
may now prove suitable, as the aban
donment of the peach for several
years also obliterates the diseases. In
some localities, where the peach
formerly failed, good results are now
reported. Peach trees may be plant
ed closer together than apple or pear
trees, and they come into bearing
when three years old, some varieties
earlier. It is claimed that if a peach
orchard gives but one good crop in
four years it will pay for the experi
ment. x t
FOOD FOR REFLECTION,
Millions Are Waited Every Tear ia
Repairing? Roads Which Were
Worthless to Bealn With. :
TEere is food for thought in the
report of the Maryland geological sur
vey for 1S99. In the first place -we
are told that the people of Maryland
have expended during tne last ten
years upon the so-called construction
and repair of their own roads, the
sum of no less than $6XK)0,CO0. It
seems that the greater part of this
money has been frittered away in the
attempt to repair roads which . have
been poorly laid out in the first place,
and for the lack vof certain necessary
engineering qualifications can, in the
nature of things, never be made, into
good roads. As, an instance of this
it may be mentioned that many of
the common roads have no natural
drainage. We are told that most of
them are in a poor condition for a
part of the year, and some of them
for the whole 12 months.
As the result of a careful estimate
made by the survey, it is shown that
the farmers of the state of Maryland
expend $3,000,000 a year more on their
hauling over the present poorly built
highways than would be necessary if
the hauling were done on first-class
roads. These figures are to be com
pared with the information collected
by the department of agriculture in
1S95, when, as the result of data re
ceived from 1,200 counties in various
parts of the United States, it was
ascertained that the average cost' of
hauling one ton for one mile over
country roads was 25 cents; which was
just three times as much as the aver
age cost of hauling over the improved
macadam roads of six European coun
tries. If this large sum of money
represents the loss to the state of
Maryland from poor roads, it is easy
to say that the total loss throughout
the whole United States represents a
figure so great that it must have an
important bearing upon the prosper
ity of the country at large, and par
ticularly upon the farming interests
as such. "
At first sight it seems incredible
that in. a country so progressive as
ours the condition of the common
roads should be over half a century
behind, that of the old world. It is
true that the vast extent of the
United States, and the great mileage
of our roads in some states relative
to the density of the population, may
be offered as an excuse for our back
wardness; but while this plea may
hold good as regards the thinly popu
lated western and southern states, it
cannot be applied to the older, more
populous and wealthy sections of the
country. Scientific American.
POINTING FENCE POSTS.
A Little Contrivance That Will Be
Appreciated by All Who May
Give It a Fair Trial.
For pointing fence posts, secure a
forked sapling (a) eight feet long and
three. inches in diameter. Just below
the fork insert two tough oak legs six
or eight inches from the fork through
FENCE-MAKING HELPER.
li2-inch holes, so the feet will be five
feet apart on the ground. For hewing,
use any block or stump, as at b. In
cutting, use a double bit ax of Zy2
pounds weight, one edge very thin, the
other thick enough to withstand any
contact with knots. In the absence of
a natural fork, use two pieces of good
timber (c c) two inches square and ten
inches long. Bevel one end to give the
proper spreads Nail or bolt these to the
end of an eight-feet piece, making an
artificial fork. A. Byers, in Farm and
Home.
THE THINKING PERSON.
Exercising; the Brain a Little Saves
Many Steps and a Lot of Unnec
essary Effort.
It is surprising how people will frit
ter away time and take thousands of
unnecessary steps because they do
not exercise their brains a little. I
have seen men make four trips from
the house to the barn to get four
little things they needed. I have seen
women make six trips between the
table and pantry in moving six little
things, three from each place, when
the whole could have been done in one
trip. I have seen them go into every
room in getting ready to go to town
or to church. Dress would be in one
room, collar in another, hair pins in
another, hat in another, then back to
the first room for a handkerchief, and
so on, until they had walked nearly
half a mile; and when they were
ready to start they would be sweat
ing and "all tired out!" I have seen:
men leave the doubletrees, clevis or a
chain a quarter of a mile down the
field, and an hour later have to walk
down there to get them. By keeping
our wits about us all the time we can
save a multitude of steps and hours
of time every week. An old farmer
once said to his son: "Don't take a
step, John, until yon see whether you
can save two or three. Do one thing"
going and another coming if you pos
sibly can. Don't wear yourself out
unnecessarily!" Farm and Fireside,
M'KINLEY'S WAR RECORD.
A Thrilling- Incident of the Battle of
, Antietam in Which He Was the
Central Fignre.
"There are some romances of war
which almost reconcile one to its grim
tragedies, because war alone can weave
the threads and develop the qualities
of heroes," said a writer in Success.
"The civil was had scarcely broken
out when a sturdy lad of 17 walked into
the recruiting office of John, C. Fre
mont, tihe great pathfinder, in an Ohio
town.
"He- simply asked to be enlisted and
sent to the front. His eagerness was
noticed by the veteran plainsman, who
spoke kindly to him and ordered that
his name be enrolled.
"There began a life romance which
culminated in the white house. The
boy was William McKinley. He was
assigned t o the Twenty-third Ohio regi
ment, of which Rutherford B. Hayes
was colonel.
"At Antietam came an incident
which, in my opinion, is one of the most
thrilling of that awful war. Lee had
pushed his victorious legions1 into
Maryland. Stonewall Jackson was by
his side. Longstreet was in the front
of the fight all on the southern side.
On the northern side were McClellan
and Sheridan, grimly contesting every
foot of the advance. On the first day
of the battle, September 17, 1S62, the
troops on both sides fought with, such
desperation that no less than 23,'C00
men were wounded or killed. On the
second day, from early morning, Lee's
terrific fire was directed upon the fed
eral line, which had been turned
against his right. On the banks of
the creek, to the left of the bridge, was
the Twenty-third Ohio. Col. Hayes had
been wounded shortly before, at South
Mountain, so he was not in command
of his regiment this day. He was in
the village a few miles to the rear,
watching the smoke of battle in agon
ized unrest. Gen. Scammon was in
command in his stead. Away to the
rear was the commissary sergeant of
the regiment, waiting- for orders. As
the hot and dusty day wore on and
evening fell this sergeant grew impa
tient to be at the front, not to fight,
but to carry food and drink to his ex
hausted comrades, who had had neither
breakfast nor dinner. Finally he hooked
up two wagons, called for volunteer
drivers, and started for the fronrt with
out orders. Ashe approached the front
one team of mules was shot down.
With the other he pushed on, braving
the leaden hail and the bursting shells,
and succeeded in reaching the boys of
his command.
"How they cheered him as he drove
up! A few minutes later Gen. Scam-
"HOW THEY CHEERED HIM AS HE
DROVE UP."
mon rode up to ascertain the cause of
the cheering. Instead of reprimanding
the boy, he thanked him for his
thoughtfulness and bravery and per
mitted him to distribute the refresh
ments under fire. With his own hand
Sergt. McKinley for it was he--passed
around cups of steaming hot coffee and
liberal rations of bread and meat. The
fight was maintained right along. The
battle proved to the north that Lee
could be defeated.
"Col. Hayes was so pleased when he
heard of tMs exploit that he asked
Gov. Todd, of Ohio, to commission the
boy a lieutenant. This was done Sep
tember 24, 1862.
"Thus in one brave boy's life there
has been a triple icraiance his enlist
ment by a presidential candidate, his
recommendation by another man who
becamepresident for a commission, and
finally his own accession to the chief
magistracy of the nation."
Didn't Know the Article.
Some people from the city were
camping on the shore of a little lake
in Vermont. One day two young la
dies of the party went to the nearest
store and asked for deviled ham. Of
course the rural proprietor did not
keep such a wicked-sounding article.
After the young ladies had gone out
a loafer said to the proprietor:
"What on airth'd them gals want?'
"Land 'f I know," was the reply.
"Some hellish stuff or 'nuther."
Judge.
Worse Than Ballets.
A soldier of the Twentieth Kansas
tells this story at the expense of a
fellow-soldier: "When we were sent
out on the firing-line, Pete Hogan was
lying behind a tree, out of the way
of bullets. All at once he yelled out
like a wild man: 'Captain, I cannot
stand these darned ants biting me all
the time! Zip! A bullet passed close
to his body. 'On second thoughts, cap
tain he yelled, 'I can stand them!'
Saa Francisco Argoaaut. -
PICTURES OF THE SLAIIT.
Grewaome Enterprise of a Case Hard
ened Pliotograplter Who Took
"Sittings" of the Dead.
There are those who recall entertain
ingly recollections of photographing
the dead. With one of these the nar
rator is acquainted, and in a recent
conversation he indulged in tales of
experiences that are worth repeating,
says the Philadelphia Times. Said he:
"I first took pictures of the dead on the
battlefield of Antietam. It was a warm
September morning, three days after
the great fight. I had a boy with me
to assist in preparing the chemicals.
He only worked for an hour. With
boysh curiosity he went poking about
and picked up an unexploded shell. He
was then on the bank of a creek about
half a mile off. I never knew how it
happened, but the bomb exploded and
almost blew him to pieces
"It would be useless to go over the
scene of that carnage again to tell of
the ghastly aftersights of that awful
fight, which made so many widows and
orphans. I was neTvous and excited,
and you can depend it did not tend to
quiet my nerves when I unwittingly
PHOTOGRAPHING THE DEAD.
planted one leg of the camera stand
on the chest of a dead union drummer
boy. By some meanshe had been part
ly buried in a patch of soft soil. Noth
ing was visible but the buttons of his
blouse and one foot. A 'dark-room
was improvised by hanging heavy army
blankets from the limbs of a low tree,
and after taking fournegatives I packed
up my traps and started for Philadel
phia. It was a slow and dangerous journey,
but I ma,de it safely and began print
ing pictures. They sold like wildfire
at 50 cents and one dollar each. I was
nearly $2,000 in pocket in less than two
weeks and determined to repeat the
programme after the. next big battle.
It came with Fredericksburg. My an
xiety to get a view of the field after
the retreat of the union army led to
trouble. I was captured by three con
federate stragglers and taken down
the Rappahannock in a rowboat. They
suspected me of being a spy, I suppose,
and the photographing apparatus
merely a blind. At any rate the valu
able camera, chemicals, jars and ev
erything else were dumped into the
river. I was taken before Gen. Lee,
personally, and charged with being a
spy. No explanation availed anj-thing.
It was not believed that I was a photog
rapher. One of Gen. Lee's staff I
think his name was Murray proposed
that I should be tested. An aid de
camp galloped off and procured the
necessary apparatus and I photo
graphed the general and his entire
staff on a day cold enough to freezethe
words in a man's mouth. The oflicers
were evidently impressed with the idea
of my innocence. A short consultation
followed, and then Gen. Lee himself
said to me: 'Sir, it appears that you
are simply engaged in earning a liveli
hood, and I believe honestly. You are
at liberty.' I was blindfolded, put back
in the boat and landed within 20 miles
of where Burnside had his wint er quar
ters. From that day to this I never
knew where I was. Here is; the picture
of Lee and his staff," and the photog
rapher exhibited the faded likeness
which had probably saved his life.
COL. BOB AND GEN. LEE.
An Old Army Mule That Obeys Mili
tary Orders- and Needs 'So
Driving- Lines.
A military mule and a military negro
driver are curiosities of the street
cleaning department, and when the
pair get a Bay street assignment they
command lots of attention. A reporter
was near the corner of Bay and Hogan
streets the otheT day when Col. Bob,
the negro, and Gen. Lee, the mule, came -to
empty the garbage barrels, says the
Florida Times-Union and Citizen.
"Halt!" rang out in stentorian tones,
and caused everybody to look up. CoL
Bob hoisted the barrel and the mule
tried to' kick a ffy from his nose with
Ms hind hoof. " 'Tention!" called Col.
Bob in military accents, and the-mule
pricked up his ears and threw his head
high in the air.
When the garbage had been collected
Col. Bob wished to cross the street,
and, shouldering his spade, he called
"Right wheel, forward march!" and
without glancing at the mule Col. Bob
marched across the street and Gen. Lee
wheeled around and crossed over, until
the cry "Halt!" again greeted his long
ears. When the dump cart had been
filled Col. Bob mounted the seat and
called "Tention, parade dress, step
lively now," and without requiring Col.
Bob to touch the lines the mule took
the right side of the street and went off
at a quiet trot.
Gen. Lee was formerly an army mule
and was purchased by the city whea
the soldiers- left Jacksonville at the
close of the Spanish-American war.
Col. Bob was a truckman in the com
missary department and drove Gen
Les during the encampment hers.