Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-06-30
Written Tor the Beaeon.)
Remarks on the Celestial Empire
By HowAnD DUNBAR BRowNrEy,

Of them are awful sights to behold, beini
diseased and having sores all over thei
hands and faces. There are few hospit
ais. In several Of the cities up the Yang
tse river there are dispensaries but botl
the hospital and the dispensaries belong
to the missionaries. The missionaries
are performing their duties diligently
and their efforts are beginning to show
their effects. At Chin Kiang ! went t.
the Methodist American Mission, being
invited by Miss White to ten, and alter q
very pleasant visit she took me over tbs
school and had the Chinese to recite and
play. They did exceedingly well as2art
clean and are not allowed TO mingle with
the townspeope There are three mis-
sions az Ngankiang, the American Cath
Ole, the French Catholic and the China
Inland Missions. This Il not treaty
| port as yet, hut II Is expected TO beopen-
ed in short time
Ill
Asa MILITARY GouSTRY -Itisthcmost
backward ON earth as regard 10 modern
times There IL no doubt 81 It's being a
strong power, perhaps about 2000yeara
ngo Nearly every town has powerful
wall around IL, standing as ii did when
first put up with no signs u decay. The
wall at Mankin, the former capital Of
China, Ia so tots feet at the base, with
q road 90 feet round the top. There are
numerous forts along the river, but most
Of them have old.iashioned muxzie lond.
ing guns-quite a lew have modern gums
but they do not In general know how
20 uee them, and let them get rusty and
clogged. especially IN the breech ead fine
Iacehanisfns The Mauser rifle 0f their
own manufacture ~ the only rifle used
Numbers 81 their guns arc made IN the
Shanghai Arsenal and some Of them are
very good. The forts are built 81 mud
and maeonry. Near Woosung, orwhat
Is known NJ the Woosung Ports, every
hill has a large gun on IL. but exposed ~
all kinds Of weather with nothing toeoy-
or il at all The Chinese are very curious
leoplennd willnot fight with or under the
commander 81 another province These
provinces Are like our states, aud when
the army Of one province gocs 10 war Il
viii have 10 be an officer from that pro.
vince in command or they viii noi fight
There IL always some interior distnrban.
ces going on between these provinces
China has not a bnttlc ship III her navy.
though they have some very ilneerusers
There II only two disappearing guns
along the whole coast Of the Yangtae
river as Tar a. Hankow, these two being
at Nankin and % g inch calibre in ucpnr.
ate compartments oinnaonry. They are
ia excellent condition The scenery oitbe
Yangtse river N magnificent aud novel.
| The mountains follow along tie river
banks ali the why to Hankow and arr
very picturcsqne The crops are tine and
promise m abundant yield The fisher
men line the river banks aud catch iAh
with n Dip net Rice, wheat, barley and
cotton are the principal cfopa There IL
only one waterfall that saw. which wns
just below kichau, falling over the rocks
down an almost perpendicular wall
ltl
MICRO. Ningpo II about lao miles
from Shanghai. The Ningpo river IL the
most winding river ever saw. This
place Is one oi the grayeyards Of China,
and the Chinese bclieye that Il they are
not buried here they cannot go ~ heaven.
ID II about the eame ~ the holy City II
with the Jews The bank for miles and
iniles il nothing but graves. not like our
graves but Just put the dead on the
ground and cover them with dirt. They
reach as far inland AZ You can zee Eve
~ Chinaman that can burg his dead here
does so. ! never thought there were 50
many graves IN one plaee in an my lie
and they arc buried two or three Ia Il
mound and one moand built uponnnoth
or. There were trees and bushes growing
ON them and caribou were cropping the
weeds off them. The river below was
lined with junks. some war iunks. and the
rest laden with different products, A
Chinese gunbont Of wood with old.fash
toned guns on her was laying III tho
stream. The entrance IL very narrow
and with forts all around, consequently
II would be Il hard place to capture, II
II said That there can be had III tune o
war at this place 10000 junks, which
would mean about 100000 men besides
their regular troops and those In thu
forts. The city proper is only ON one sid
Of the stream. There IL an English Con
sui and few other foreigners. The I'm
perial Chinese Customs are here. Their
was a German collier, the Shan Tung, un
loading coal
I'LL
MISUNDERSTANDING 210 miles iron
Ningpo. The trip up was lovely having
very calm weather The islands wer
mostly Of rocky formation with very lit
tie vegetation on them. At Nimrol
Sound we passed the q $. s. Vickaburl
and us. S. Annapolis, they were holdinI
target practice. The scenery was YER