The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-12

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The Country Ruled by an outxssies
Correspondence Of The Caucasian
Eaterprise.)
Biikinsvilie. ~. c.. Jan. ., ISL
Hit liz sed that the ancient history O,
China dates back three thousans
years before Christ, which raakes hi
older than the history ov most oy tn.
countries. even the ancient countrie.
In Europe. But hit liz awlso a fac
that the so-called history In about o.
poor a makeshift AZ one could i'm
agtne. for much ov hit IL nothin' bui
family history In the first place. but
few believe even half ov the so-calIed
history, fer the Chinese air not very
particular about tellin' the truth, a.
rule. AZ matter ov fact some oy
this so-called history really consists
In uninterestin' predictions az 10
what will be rather than what liz or
what has bin. No two ov the histo-
rians agree about anything and hit
4. not likely that either ov the his
torians believed even half they wrote.
In olden times the Chimes were In
savage state. and while they had
chiefs, or rulers, they ruled by force
and cruelty rather than by wisdom
and kindness. Foo-hee IL thought to
have been the first sovereign In
China. Some ov the Chinese histo-
rians claim that Foo-hee began bus
mess about $500 years before Christ;
others date him up to about 1900
before Christ So they air thirteen
hundred years apart on an important
scoop" like that. The Chinese en-
pire suffered in the early days on &C
count ov bloody revolutions; and a
people called Tartars gave them
much trouble for a long time. The
Chinese were never much az soldiers,
and are not now, so the Tartars did
not meet very effective opposition,
though the inhabitants ov China
probably numbered a thousand to one
ov the Tartars. The outcome wuz
that China built a great wall twelve
hundred miles in length along her
northern boundary to keep the Tar
tars on their own side. This proved
sufficient for many centuries. But
the Tartars finally scaled the wall
and subdued China durin' the six
teenth century and placed one ov
their own crowd upon the Chinese
throne. The Tartar who got on the
Chinese pay roll az Emperor wuz
smart an he made thinge happen
just az China wanted them to hap
pen; mixed up with the people a
guide deal, and pretty soon he wuz
rite in the swim. He made but few
changes in the form ov government,
I expected their opinions anil supur-
s'itio1 S and wus an awl-round poll |
tician every time ire roll wuz called. |
RuT the idea cv nation ov three
h ,.ndred millions ov people yieliin'
to an inferior ing on placin one ov
them on its thron. wuz an absurd |
and shows that Casna
needed somethi1' at that time and |
needed hit very badly. But the
Tartar ruler wuz smart ennuff to
place hiz own countrymen in the
army an that liz the rule yet.
About eight years after the new
Emperor wuz seated, Tartar sea
probably a pirate, attacked
the city ov Nankin, China, and mite
hev captured hit but for the fact that
biz sailors had been spendin' some
days in feastin' an drinkin'. The
Chinese ruler took advantage ov that.
and made an attack, and defeated the
Tartar fleet, capturin' 1000 prison
ers. He ordered that their noses and
ears be cut of, which wuz done. This
did not cause the death ov any ov
them, probably: but hit wuz one ov
the greatest acts ov cruelty, consider
n the number oy victims, ever re-
corded. But this did not satisfy the
Tartar who ruled China. for he soon
that the prisoners be put to
1eath, and this wuz done. But the
pirate leader and portion ov hfz
gang escaped and took charge ov
he island called Formosa, then oc-
,upied by Dutch traders. The peo-
Die resisted for several months, but
ack ov provisions forced them to
The first Emperor ruled for seven
cen years and then died ov grief
N account ov the death ov hiz favor
tie queen. He wuz succeeded by a
on, then but eight years old. He
vuz aided in rulin' by a number ov
guardians. They did some wise things
md much that wuz unwise. One ,
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