Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-01-08
HEROINE OF THE WAR
THE FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE OF THE
CHINESE ARMY.
Miss Talcott. u Brave American Mission
sry-The Splendid Tribute OF Chinese
Naval Onicer-Christianity Helped by
Coed Works Rather Than Words.

Naval Onicer-Christianity Helped by
Good Works Rather Than Words.
In conversations have had with Tsoy
Chan, the young Chinese naval officer
who was in charge of the torpedo fleet
at Wei Hal Wei, and was captured, and
has since resided in Japan. he spoke in
the highest terms of the Miss Talcott
whose hospital and missionary work has
been referred to i'll former letter. At
my request he prepared testimonial to
her, which give herewith. / learned
from him that Miss Talcott is a lady Of
nearly 60 years of age. She performs
her arduous, patient work in an unos-
tentatious way. She keeps away from
missionary crowds and conventions in
order to avoid notoriety She never
talks for publication or refers to her an
tecedents Her friends in New England
will be pleased to learn that she is
highly appreciated here She enjoys
universal respect, and it is conceded
that no woman ever labored in this mis-
oAohag hOih Nith cuNh SOott lCSultb ds
Miss Talcott has obtained. She performs
her work under the auspices of tho
American board. She has been here
number of years aud the probabilities
are that she will end her days here
The following is the tribute to her noble
character, written by the ex-prisoner:
In the early part of February, 1898,
aft Il
two Chinese officers from the Japanese
hospital came, by order, to stay with us
in our place of confinement. They were
prisoners from King Chow, a city about
90 miles northeast of Port Arthur, One of
these officers was wounded in the thigh,
and the other in the arm. They had
been in the hospital about three months
and were we'll pleased with the treat
ment they received The Japanese doc
tors and nurses had been very kind in
every way possible, so these officers
spoke Of them with gratitude.
"But louder still were the praises of
these officers over n certain foreign lady,
whose kindness and acts of love had
made deep impression ON them, as
we'll as the other Chinese prisoners
They related her gifts Of candy, oranges
and other tokens of sympathy, and al
though they could not converse with her
yet, they knew by her looks and behavior
that she had great interest in them She
had given to the Chinese officers and
which were read by those who were able
to do so, for many of the soldiers could
not read. The officers said they heard
Christianity was a perverse doctrine, but
they will never say in the future anoth-
or word against it, for as far as they can
judge, it's object was kindness and be-
nevolence, so we'll illustrated by the acts
Of this lady. They said no amount Of
preaching could have produced such ef-
feet as the simple hearted love Of this
lady. Their hearts were quite melted by
her loving gentleness. I was quito sur
prised to hear this from such men,
whose conservatism was proverbial, but
even the most stubborn hearts seem to
yield to the piercing rays Of Christian
love aid benevolence. Their converse
tion SO constantly drifted to her good
ness that my curiosity was quite aroused
to know who she was. asked the jap
anese interpreter to find out this lady
and beg her to call ON us, but he said
the Japanese authorities were very strict
about outsiders calling on prisoners of
war. However, this lady did call one
day, without our begging, but was re-
fused entrance, as she had no permit.
Our curiosity drove us to the board
fence, through which we peeped to get
glimpse of this good angel. AS she re-
ceded slowly with a disappointed heart,
our yearning and anxious souls followed
her till she vanished entirely out of
sight. Never did thirsty crops pine more
for pleasant rain than we did to see her.
''In March the Rev. Mr.. Loomis, in
his second call upon US, was accom-
panied by four ladies. Among these was
Miss Talcott, the lady whose famous
kindness and benevolence we heard so
much about Her very face was sun
light, beaming with Christian love-
Her countenance was aglow with an in
ward delight and seemed ever ready to
soothe and bless the sorrowful and
broken hearted. She had in her mys-
terious happiness, whose deep fountain
we could not fathom or understand.
Our friends had not given an exagger-
ated account of her kindness and char
ity, for we ourselveshad the rare oppor
tunity to share these and appreciate
their divine effects. Before they left
the ladies sang The Rock of Ages,
which moved our hearts deeply. The
Rev. Mr.. Loomis offered prayers, and
when he asked Gods blessing upon
China my tears rolled out involuntarily.
1.-THE second visit we had from Miss
Talcott was in April, when the Rev.
Mr. Allchin of Osaka came Also They
brought a large box of oranges and pre-
sented me with a book called Jesus
and the People. She asked about ouI
progress in Bible reading and showed q
thorough interest in us bodily and spir-
itually.
"In Osaka many prisoners brought
from Hiroshima remembered Miss Tai.
colt with grateful hearts. Altogether