Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-19

fared toward the point. so rs to resemp'e
q huge cleavsr. In skilled hands = man
should be able to decapitate an OK. ne
was out Of practice, however. HIS once
had been q sinecure. There had not peen
an execution IN Tung Chow In accaos.
He raised the sword; 1t whistied throusn
the air. A thud was heard, but the spec
tators were Mortified. n It be possible u
horrify such a graven-imagea ass. .,,,
blage to see that the condemned was sun
kneeling, with HIS head yet attached 70
his body He had received tcrriD'e
wound, without Its being the additional
grace OF death blow. The executioneI
had missed his neck and struck MI,
back along the shoulders. lie hinse"
turned away. his nerve all gone. 49,.
A couple of attendants rushed 10 w
condemned and steadied the swayins pooy
He seemed TO be unconscious. the te.a.
BILE blow on the backbone propapiy p
ducins paralysis, IL not instah, u." r,
There was q hitch In the proceeu,ns, ar,,.
was an awkward moment. An N' a
consultation among the omc,a,s', tho
volunteer headsnan was cnne1 -, for
f,r,her duty. A buriy butcher OF my
o,aintanee. 10 my utter surpriss-ne e1 ,n.
ell 90 me later that lie voiunteereu io
,ho .dvertising that such pubic appea'
80 ,vo,Id give him in his business
walked into the open, spat on MS "a"o'
Sa,,a5 Tho sword. and in a moment there
was n headless corpse. Inc uouy w"
,,,ro,,n into a ditch, covered only win
,,,aco ~ coarse mating. while the head
uus nut In a little cage ana hung over
the gate of the water city, or entrance 10
the harbor, as a warning 10 criminals
Th,. LEGALITY was chosen az being at the
hA
,,aiefactor generally being hung In some
n,ace indicative OF the crime. Some days
later. passing by where the body had
hosn thrown. I saw that some good sa-
rnaritan had given 1t burial, heaping quite
a mound of earth upon IT. AS respect Tor
a mans bones increases In direct ra,o
with the size of his grave, this soldier
was certainly entitled 10 the respect or
man Of the middle classes.
AN AMERICAN COLONY.
Uncle Sam has been rs resardful OK
the safety of those claiming allegiance TO
the Stars and Stripes as his limited meet
i'm Chinese waters would allow, and about
once n year the Monocacy. Palos, Kear-
sarge. or some equally glorious but obso-
lcte vessel used TO steam into the roads
and drop anchor. The great Chinese iron
clad, built by the Armstrongs, OF Eng
u.
with its brave showing OF modern ideas
end armament, with It's torpedo-tubes ana
fighting tops, monster guns, and quick
firing rifles, booms forth n condcscending
welcome to which the United States YES
sci gives a modest reply. Then Old Glory
Is flung TO the breeze and the boats are
lowered. The smart sailor-men make
quick work TO the shore, mile or two
distant. but almost by the time they
get there the entire foreign population
comprising some eight or ten families,
Is on the sands TO greet them. Every
body at Tung Chow is an American, and
they hail anywhere from Alabama 10 Mas
sachusetts. Arkansas to New York. Ken
lucky, Pennsylvania, and Ohio are also
represented. Some Of the older mission
aries, whose term OF service antedates
the war can remember the almost strain
ed relations existing during the great
struggle. BY common consent the war
became a tabooed subject. as matter
admitting of no debate and best unreier-
red to. The community. consisting or
Southern Baptist and Northern Presby-
terrain missionaries, was about equally
divided in numbers and sympathies. ana,
while no public mention was made or IL,
the one side could not help eXuiting over
rs news of Bul Run or Fredericksburg.
and feeling correspondinSy depresseu
while the other side was rejoicing over
their news OF Vicksburg or Gettysburg.
But to-day even the fact that such sec
tionalism ever existed is forgotten. There
Is the common flag flying in the breeze,
the most welcome sight possible I'm for
elgn land And so all go on board and
are entertained by the hoSpltable officers,
who spread a great feast. After the din
ner an inspection OF the vessel Is made,
and Kentuckian and New Yorker VIII
Join hands over the long bow-chaser OF
the Kearsarge. that fired the decisive
shot into the Alabama. and Vie with each
other in singing its praise.
II is the marked contrast between the
size an! equipments OF their modern navy
as compared with the relics OF our navy
Of thirty wears ago which are still Kept
I'm service on the Pacific that has made
China somewhat arrogant in It's tone to-
ward American interests In that country.
They know nothing Of our white squad
ron. our Columbia or Minneapolis, our
Indiana or Iowa. The loyal Americans
IN China. far from modern advance in
such matters, may be equally ignorant
| OF these triumphs In naval construction,
but they pin their faith to the dag flying
| above those sfabby old wooden war yes
| sels knowing OF the poten,lalitle5 and
possibilities that the flag suggests.
MISSIONARY ENTERPRISE.
The American commercial interests in
Shantung are not very large. but the
| missionaries Of this country have made
| 1t one OF their strongholds. The Presby-
| terrain College at Tung Chow, under the
supervision OF Mr.. Calvin Natter. has
| become one OF the best educational instl-
| tutions for the Chinese in the country
| Or. Matter, though 4 minister. Is born
| scientist, and combines this with thorough
II Int fri
| cate chemical Investigation into his work
| shop. and there run an engine, work with
| a lathe, or make q casting. He IS man
| who would In this country be such an
| other as Edison. AS IL IS, even ~ that
| far-off land. he has rugged up an electric
| light plant for the college and built
| compound engines for his shops. and
| keeps as nearly abreast OF the times as
| is possible. The college turns out boys
| who know the principles OF the useful
| arts as practiced by us.
| They learn how to survey, to mould,
work with machinery, the principles OF
chemistry. the theory and practice Of
| electricity, and. In general. are fitted TO
! lead the men of their generation In the
| march OF China toward the real posses
| sion Of civilization. The college Is so ap-
| precated by the government that when
| the troops first occupied Tung Chow. in
1850. the reglmental armorers were sent,
| by order of the general commanding. to
| take a course of instruction under DR..
! Mater While the money value OF this
college and the other schools and the
| churches OF the Shantung peninsula may
not equal the endowment OF some single
| fortunate institution in the United States,
yet they represent the result of almost
! half century of labor by devoted band
| of men and women, many Of whom have
! died. and all OF whom have suffered
! hardship. These labors are now begin
ming to bear fruit. 1t IS due these self
| exiled co-patriots that our foreign policy
now be no niggardly one. but that sufii-
cient fleet patrol the waters where this
storm seems likely 10 settle, and there
uphold the dignity OF our flag and the
! inviolability OF the person or property Of
| an American citizen.