Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-02

Harrington Littell. Wuohang, China
Thursday of last weelS, we invited the
officers of the American gunboat Will
mington to visit our Wuohang com
| pound, and see the work. Five of them
accepted. Dr. Wilcox, the lconsul al
Hankow, Mrs Wilcox, and seve al other
! friends Joined the crowd. Fifteen sat
down to tittin. The officers were
Capt. Prime, DR.. Rosenb louth, Messrs.
Peoples, Lander and Leonard II was
4 mighty good 10 see such a set of Ameri
I cans again hearty, substantial fellows,
real typical Americans We see go few
of our own countrymen here, that we
were g ad 10 get hold OF them. After a
| jolly luncheon, we showed them the
church, hospi ais, schools and other
buildings in the compound. They were
more than pleased They we're sur
prised and expressed great satisfaction
at the extent and solidty of the work.
The church was greatly admired. Tho
| ships doctor looked into the hospital
arrangements. and spoke several times
afterwards OF The completeness of The
outfit. The wash and bathrooms Of the
boone School also pleased the visitors,
with the long rows of cupboards, one
for each boy, and The lin lined troughs
which carry the basin wafer away. In
each cupboard there is a basin, cup,
soap, b. ushas, &C., and above, on racks,
hang the towels.
Alter seeing the work cur visitors
climbed to the top o. Serpent Hill, and
had view OF the city Then We
piottd them to thu Temple OF Horrors,
and showed hem the wooden figures
representing the punishment OF the
Buddh!ss He'll At -four they saw the
usual Thursday full dress drill, and
seemed dc lighted W th il. Then the
VINO compound came down 10 he
DIVINITY School 10 tea, and met cur
gues 8. AT 30 they returned to Hankow
by the steam aunch OF the Wi mington
buG MT untii Cap. Prime had inv lied
us all ABOARD The shin. dc sad he
won d send the 'arnah for US the next
Afternoon, ard wanted The gentleman
from Wilmington par leu arly to come. -
| was mo- SLOW 10 accopt, nor were
eight others from his side So the
neat day We all went. And what time
we had! TIE Officers just laid them.
selves out to be nice They took us
everywhere, even way up Oh the out.
looks rear The mast OPS, and explained
everything. 1t was good to see the
name Wilmington on all sides. The
sailors, too, looked unusually fine. In
The captains cabin, where we had lea,
we saw the silvet punch howl and ours
given by the city Of Wilmington. They
had Blue Hens Chickens engraved and
embossed all over. It is very hand
some set. There ia also $500 Bible,
set in silver, presented by the school
child,en OF the city OF Whining ton, - as
plate on the OUTSIDE says 1t is a
magnificent copy. The paymaster pre-.
sented everyone with hat band. We
had most interesting and lively time,
and left, after two hours, very re-
luctantly.
But the captains kindness was not
over yet. Nothing would do but We
must bring our school boys over to see
the ship. lie was sorry his cutters
would ony nod 20, but that many
could come, and the teachers, native
and foreign, with them. We could not
lose an opportunity like that of show
ing the boys Hell-equipped eunboat.
When they heard of 1t they were much
excited and could hardly wait for the
appointed day. The 40 boys who could
not go tthe two younger classes) were
full of envy. Only the older boys could
have appreciated the valuable part of
the trip, so they were seleoted. Iester-
day was the day appointed. Between
our two visits, no wrote a letter saving
that the officers had discussed our work
among themselves, and telt that il was
a great one; and that they desired to
express their satisfaction and appreoia-
tion OF your good work." As the doctor
said, Any one of the branches of the
work on the compound would be enough
to convince one that the effort was
worth while. We said that if travellers |
and non-reade-s Of missionary literature
could see what he had seen, they would |
not talk as they SO often do. The men |
watched cur boys running and jumping,
IN preparation for the inter school sports |
next Saturday, aud were astonished
at the speed and grace of our young
athletes. They saw Horace run hun.
dred yards 10 ii seconds; aud 90 over
nine lights, in a 100 yard hurdle In 10
seconds leach jump being 2 feet 0
inches high The officer in charge of
the drill or board ship, was particularly
At las the time for visiting tho Will
came. The 10 BOYS, beaded
by the large Boone School flag, with
its colors, (red, black and Yellow and
its motto, PRO Dec, Eco esiae Of
Patriae, and the Chinese name of the
school, marched 10 double file to the
river. They had on theirn ew uniforms,
and looked very fina There was also
A large American flag. Mr.. jackson ia
going to compete the stock of flags by
buying Chinese one
A t the river We waited for the launch,
which towed two large cutters. All
we're t1ylng the stars and stripes. The
boys were SOON aboard with a dozen
teachers. The ship was about two miles
down the river The captain met US as
We arrived, and called out, Boys, the
ship is yours, Go where you like, as
high as you can, and as far down as
gon want Then he called sailors to
show US about. and we divided up into
groups, and saw everything. The sailors
we're most obligins. They went out of
their way to be nice to the boys, and
looked upon the duty as pleasure. /
was proud OF them. They were clean
and neat, and some we're educated eyi.
iently pretty we'll. 1t did the boys good
70 see what kind of men we turn out as
'ailors, for the Chinese seem to think
any kind of a coolie, dirty, diseas d, or
what not, will do for most work which
s not srhoiarly. The guns we're ex-
planned fully, and so were the signals,
Iearch. light, pi!othouse, wheels, charts,
70. The cantain had an electric bat
iery brought up. and let the boys have
shock. The old orusty confucian
teachers tried it too, and their grimaces
we're only less amusing than their
rs lonishmeat.
Before we left the soldiers and sailuts
had drill, without weapons or dumb.
lells, which was glad the bows saw
nioked up pointers for the school
lrill. Mr.. MeCarty and Mr.. jackson
Jaw the boys safely back. Even we'll
Informed men like Mr. Hu and peter