The herald., 1896-07-12
HANNA'S DESCENT
The eastern press of tn

The eastern press of this great ma
ton, with much erudition and rhetor-
ical flourish, and to its own satisfaction
at least, has shown that the renowned
General Hanna of Canton is a disciple
of Confucius and is by descent an al
mond-eyed Mongolian. Truly there are
superficial indications that Mr. Hanna's
official name is Ii Hung Hanna; that he
worships at and is the high priest in
the great joss house in Canton is unde-
niably true, and that his faith, his creed
and his practices are veritably celestial
cannot be gainsaid But it is only
seeming, for he is the only lineal de-
scendant of the celebrated General
Hanna sometimes enormously spelled
Hanno) of ancient Carthage. The proofs
of this assertion are to be found in these
weighty words of Gustave Flaubert:
1.-TWO heralds sounded their silver
horns" (mark you, silver horns); the tu-
multi ceased and Hanna began to
speak.
He commenced by eulogizing the gods
and the republic, saying that the bar
barians democrats, presumably ought
served Carthage; but they should also
be more reasonable. for the times were
hard. And If master has only three
olives, was it not just that he kept two
for hmself?" Just see how pure the
spirit Of aggression has descended from
his great-great-grea B. c. 2l5
to this day A. d. 1896. Flaubert continues
with his proofs:
Thus the old Saffete interpolated
throughout his discourse proverbs and
apologues, nodding his head all the time
to solicit appreciation" Strangely true
is the way history repeats itself, for this
was a convention of Hanna Is captains
and chiefs some B. G. 2l5. But there are
more proofs: Hanna explained to the
convened captains and chiefs the inf
mite obligations of the republic, her
treasury was empty; the Roman tribute
overwhelmed her; in fact I'VE don't know
what to do. The republic is much to be
ptied." No, that was not uttered in st.
Louis, but in Carthage some 2100 years
ago, and it was the elder Hanna who
oliiciated And out of his mouth are we
indepted for his confession of the fail
ure in those days of the aggression (noW
called protection) policy. Con it we'll:
From time to time he rubbed his limbs
with his aloe spatGla, or even paused to
drink from silver Uhey were partial to
silver) cup held to his lips by slave, a
decoction of ashes of weasies and aspar-
agus boiled in vinegar; then, after dry
ing his mouth with scarlet napkin, he
continued That which was
worth only one shekel of silver costs to-
I day three shekels of gold, and the farms
abandoned during the war yield nothing.
Our purple fisheries are nearly lost;
/ pearls, even, have become eXorbitant;
and it is with difficulty that we can OBJ
| tain sufficient unguents for service to
| the gods And as for the articles for ta-
| BILE consumption-this subject is calam-
! ity on which / shall not dwell Even in
| dim yesterday he had learned to shut up
| like a clam on vital question And
! well may we wonder If time and space
mean anything in connection with the
great law of heredty. Why these re-
( markable qualities remained latent Tor
over 2000 years is for the savants Oh sci
ence to unravel and explain. Suffice for
| our purpose is it to prove to the most
| benighted believer in the Mongolian the
! ory of descent of the fin de steele Hanna
| that he is egregiously mistaken. In fact
''off his eggs and trying to hatch on
| nothing" The Canton Saffete unques-
tionably must be the lineal descendant
| of the Carthagenian leper.
! In the light of this ray from far North