Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-02


their moaning and end their mlseries.'
Many villages present the same ap-
pearance, as if rebel horde had devast-
ated them. As Chinaman remarked,
where only q short time ago one heard
In passing along, the barking of dogs
and the singing Of children at play, now
all is hushed and stilP'--the dogs eaten
and the people too weak to laugh and
sing, or to do aught but to pray for food
or speedy death. Here is what one Of
the distributors writes Of the condition:
"Up to the present time the people con-
tented themselves with eating those who
had died, but now they kill the living in
order to have them for food. Husbands
eat their wives, parents eat their sons,
and daughters and children eat their
parents" Women and girls are sold at
less than 81 piece and human flesh is
offered for sale in the markets. Writes
another: GA mother, after having with
ner husband eaten their little boy six
years old, whom they had themselves
killed, prepared also to cut the throat
of their little daughter, eight years old
The little girl began to weep at the sight
Of the fatal knife, and the neighbors who
heard arrived just in time to save her"
| Mote by Pere Aym eri-"Sometimes
parents, SO they may not be themselves
the horrible executioners Of their own
children, agree with other parents-I
will kill his child for him and he shall
kill mine.") 1t is the same story in all
the provinces, and bodies Of men COM
bine to attack the SIN aller hamlets, not
to rob them of treasure or seek revenge
for wrongs inflicted. Literally and truly
they go about as wolves ''seeking whom
| they may devour" 1t would be pos
sible, were it requisite, to continue this
chapter Of horrors existing in these five
provinces almost Indefinitely, for only
d half is told, and that half is weak and
tame as compared to the actual facts,
but the particulars of the latest reports
are SO revolving that it is inexpedient to
further their publicity. The widest
imagination never pictured atrocities or
suffering equal to the scenes SO common
now throughout the famine region, and
what the future has in store for them,
who can say? These are nOtreminiscen-
ces of the past, but faithful statements of
what is and what must be the condition
Of China for months to come,
for brighter immediate future is not
to be looked for. A full year must
elapse before the natural fruits of the
earth or government and private sup
plies with the best Of management will
be able to meet with ithe requirements,
and in the interval China will be deci-
mated. To expect the foreign COM
munlty to continue to any great extent
| their liberal contributions of the past is,
m the face Of the universal stagnatiOn
Of trade, unreasonable, and for the flu
lure it must devolve on the benevolently
disposed of all nations to alleviate so
far as may be, the sorrows and suffer
ngs of Cathay. To leave the victims to
the mercy or enterprise Of their rulers
Is to leave them to perish, for the cen
tal government is too utterly efete and
bankrupt and its subordinate officials
TO given to peculation and self-aggra-
abatement to give us hope that neces-
dty may stimulate them to efficient ac-
Ition. So far the aid from this source
has been shamefully inadequate and
Intermittent, consisting very largely
in the remission OF pOstponement of
taxes they would have found it impos-
Isible to collect Even such material aid
las was extended was unavailable
Through lack Of means to transport it,
and | know of no sadder satire on the
exclusive policy of China than her gov
eminent stores of Wondering grain, her
starving millions scarce two hundred
miles away, and the rusting rails and
Imoss-grOWn rOad-bed OF the WoOsung
Railroad as a monument against her.
In closing [ may state that the total
foreign aid so far amounts to l3O, 1870
Itaels. of which America has contributed
"a paltry 200 taels. I have done, and if
my story diverts a single dollar from
the thousand channels Of sporadic
Ncharity; if | cali convince people that
just now a pound of rice is worth ton
Of tracts, or that the prayer of gratitude
from poor wretch saved from death is
sweeter than fulsone enlogies from
wealthy corporations, then shall [ be
what now | am not,
A NEVADA GIRL.-A daughter of Dan
Newman, over at Sierra Valley, cap
tured the first prize at last years Ne
vada state fair for being the best eques-
trienne. After the young lady had
been declared boss she turned around
and told the world at large that she
would just like to see somebody trOt
out something in the shape Of horse
flesh that she couldn't ride. if they
thought she was sailing under false
colors. The result is that although she
has since been on various animals that
were brought forward she has kept her
seat in every instance. Now there's a
girl that's good for something She
can bake cookies and bread and all
such things; darn stockings, make her
own dresses and do anything and
everything that makes her a good
housekeeper, and when it comes to
playing the piano she is no SLOUGH eth
er.-Neuoda (Cal., Transcript.