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FIFTY YEARS IN CHINA.

MISSIONARY JUBILEE IN CANTON,

REVIEWS OF THE HALF CENTORY,

POLICE COURT.

Thursday, September 27th.

HEFORE MA. H, H. J. GoмPERTZ (Fixer POLICE MAGISTRATE).

A BTKANGR AMUBBATENT.

medical college new stands, I saw the commo- tion and heard the noise on the river, though it Fa Dot until several hours afterwards that I learned that it was a trouble between the Chinese and foreigners. As a reeult of the (Concluded from yesterday),

misunderstanding hostilities commeread and in The Rev. Dr. Graves, who was grested on October I went to Macao sa refagus with the rising by the audience vyanding, discourse ladies sur children. The Chiness attacked and on "Fifty years of Canton." After expressing burned the foreign factories at Shap Saat Hong his thanks to all who had assisted at that sad in return the Allies burat the houses on the

William Whyte, stond, officer of the s meeting and to the speakers for their kind river front from the factories to Trung Hai Mun | Hivia, wes charged with being drunk and remarks, he said-I feel that you have consiliere the French hospital now stands. Our † disorderly in Dos Vivax Read on Wednesday. here to celebrate the flight of time. Father dwelling. a rented one, was among the houses The defendant was alloged to bave enjoyed Tim and I have Leat friends for some yours, destroyed, nud we lost, most of our furniture the joke of throwing himself on the line before en I must speak a few words for him. Canton which had not been unken to Macro. As the approaching trams and seeing how quickly ha has changed considerably since fifty years age. Clunese bere refused to open their gatos | could cause them to stop. He did it once too The means of conveyause were vory different and carry out the provisions of the Treaty, often, however, aul had to toe pulled out from in those days from what they are now. When Sir Francis Davis made a demonstration under the guard, Then the police took charge I arrival hora on the 14th August 1856 there from Hongkong, and sont up a number of of him. wore no foreiga factories sero and few mis-ships but lan was oot supported by the riopoxies of the sagictios now represented here. | Government at home and no the forces. I sailed from New York on April 19th on had to be withdrugs. Inside the city the board the barque lioryra, amiling ship of 600 Chinese erected stone arotes in celebration of lans We were 114 days on our journey. Now the defeat of the British. Missionaries have you have floo steamers of 15,004 and 27,000 tons, breu here since the early days. The London There were throw passengers besides myself. We Mission was represented by Dr. Stabs, came very slowly, compared with modern days, medical missionary, and a son-in-law of Dr

and arrived in Hongkong in dun course, having

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LOUTEEN.

Four untire slivomakers from To-kwaruz were. charged with stealing $750 worth of leather from a wreck in Kowloon Bay.

Mr. C. D. Wilkinson fod Mesers. Wi kiosou

and Grist), who appoured for the prosecuting, "pplied for an adjouromsut, which was granted

UNCLE SAM” AND “BROTHER

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Uncle Sam, ak a nickname for the United States, dates from the War of 181 Large qualities of arms precisions were (as a weitor in the New York Tribune recalls) stored at Tany. New York, and during the war Elbert Anderson, an aring contractor, had occasion to make a visit there. The inspcolors at the place, brothers, Ebenezer and Samuel Wilson, the latter of whom we always familiarly known as Uncle Sam. A number of working-man ware e day overhauling a consignment of casks purchased by Anderson, all of which marked "E. A.-U. B."

Kema

Morrison. He had a medical hospital at Kom lost one man overboard, The accommodation

Li Fau opposite the west end of Shameen. was very different in, those days) · Our umal His medical works in Chinese were awong the fare was hard tuck. salt benf, wilt pork, codfish first, if not the first, published and were the only and potatoes. On Sundays wi hal sewed text books used for some years, at least in South apples and occasionally some tiuned meats China. Near him resided Messrs. Preston, Friday was duff day, when we had a kind Hutton and Sraith (the father of the Hon. Mr. of sweetened flour padding for desert. How Sereomba Smith, Colonial Secretary of Hong ever we had plenty of fouah air. We were kong). They were young, men who had come young and had good appetites and quite rasatiy to join the Wesleyan Mission. no complaints were heard about the fand. At the Factories Dr. S. Wolls Williams, of the At one fiue, however, wo auto very near | A.B.C.F.M., had his printing office where the to having to go. without water. For sona Chinese Repository, the Cantoness Touic days wo had only the fṛul melling dregs at the Dictionary and many other valuable books were bottom of the tanks to drink, to muke tea with.

published. This office was burned down during When it came to washing our faces, I put the the war and Dr. Wells ontored the service of towel on the surface of the water and rubbed it the United States Gevorument as Secretary of over my facr flower we managed to get Legation. He was known as a smologne and some water in the Straits of Sandu and all was respected by all for his sound views and i ruaris, replied that he did not know, "nuless was well again. After arriving in Hongkong In up to Cauton in the American steamer Willamette. There was no an English steamer the Lily, running on alternato days. Those two Htoamers formed our communication with THE MERCANTILE BANK OF Hongkong. The stearner Shark which ran to Macao, was captured by pirates. We had our INDIA, LIMITED,

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One of the men, being in a facctions mood at the time, when he was asked the meaning of the they meant Elbert Anderson and Uncle Sam, alluding naturally to the inspector. As all the provisions purchased for the Government wera marked "C. 6," that is, United States, the name of Uncle Sam stuck.

Samuel Wilson died at Troy in August, 1854, the age of eighty-four.

The other nickname for the United Statem, Brother Jousthan, although it is now rapidly falling into disuse, can boast an older and more historic origin. During the Revolution, when ha

consistent Christion-character. Dr. Kerr and Mr. Macey lived over a hong situated where the Medical Missionary. Suciety's hospital now stands. Dr. Kerr was well known to many present, having been connected with the Pres-at byturian Mission for 46 years and dying in 1900. The Baptist Mission, was in Chui Yam Street where the Medical College now stands. My colleague, the Rev. C. W. Galliard, and his

: had fallon s'iors of ammunition, wife lived here and I boarded with them. Our

a meeting of his staff to whether chapel was at. Ten Hing Kai where the Duck anything could be dom. "Noug of his market was and is still. One pr aching place officers, however, was ble to make any was in the second storey of this building. The practical suggesting to Washington declared,

We must cousalt Brother Jonathan, then, Presbyterian Mission stood on the site now referring to Jonatban Trambail, Severnor of occupied by the French Donner Hospital. Connecticut. Brother Jonathan proveri enant Mesta, French and Preston were in charge of to the occasion, and so to consult Brother

in charge of the mediuni work. Mr. Franck died on his way home while Mr. Prestou did good nork in preaching and in publishing colloquial books The Wesleyna Mission was a Tsang She and here the Rev. George Piorey lived Ho did a useful work in Chias as a preacher, promoter of colonial books, and still lives a teacher but especially as the author and

can come in bere." We were restricted to five opeu ports and to travel in the pountry, a radins of 30 miles from each of these porta. Some of the missionaries ventarit up the river bat were sont back. They were the soon ting parties

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i England. The Rev. Daniel Vrooman, of the Showan, Tomos and Co. The Mexican was ABC.F.M., lived at Hoam Ha Lavu and gavo the currency then. It was broken into smal picces and we had to use steelyard and weigh much of his time to working in the country the money. There were no foreign coins nedaro died in Sao Francisco several years age. adeller in circulation. In Canton the mer. The Rev. Mr. Roberts, an independent Baptist chants resided in what were called the factories,sionary was living at Tanh hok Kok. where his chapel still stands. A few years which name was applied to the place where all

afterwards he went to Nauking. Dr. Ball, the agents of foreign firms lived. This extended-

Father of Ir: J. Dyer Ball, and Mr. Bonney, from Shap Sam Hong Strait to the river frout

of the American. Congregational Board, and and from the canal or mont West of the city Dr. Hopper - of the Presbyterian Mission, wall to where the stemmer wharves are now

wera in Amorica On furlough when I The nearly to the present Casiom House.

arrived but oame back and renewed their ONLY ONE WOMAN'S STORY. Chinese call the concasion Shap Sam Hong

work in Canton after the war. The Sha. This was the daily experience of Mrs. Sarau the thirteen hougs, from the thirteen businesa

meen W66 sand

flat covered by the Middleton, of u, Nursery Road, Morden Road, houses first erected there. They wore known water and with houses built on piles, such she says:

Merton, Surrey. Writing ou Jan. 18, 3900, a. the English Long, the French bongosos as are now to be seen below the Dutch "For many years I was a perfect marlyr the American hong, the Danish hong, and Folly on the Houatu sido. Down the rivar to liver complaint and indigestion. I felt sick so on, Between these business houses and

were the various places I here just mentioned, and bilions, with a bad taste in my mouth in

the mornings. God s dizzy reeling sensating the river was a godown and the Euglish As you can understand the difficul ties in our though I were falling.

After food I and Church kolonging to the Consulate. In this way were very great. We were not allowed to violent pains across the stomach, while wind was a memorial tablet to the memory of the enter the city. We would look in sometimes formed in such volumes as nearly to suffcente ap young men who had been killed at Wong Chuk but if any one ventured to outer the soldiers we. My only relief was to get the food Kei & short time before my arrival. In front would rush oat and exclaim "No foreiga devil again, and this used to be the almost invariablo TRADE MARK REGULATIONS

result of eating anything. The s'rais brought of the church, was a sondial by which we set

on torturing beudoches, and

La heavy thaping | our time, the observations being taken by a

sort of pain just over my kidneys. My life was aval officer. The face of the riser was very

a daily misery. Doctors and hospitals did me no gool, so I turned to Mother Seigel's Syrup. different in these days to what it is now.

Oh, the relief! Before I had Baished one bottle Lustead of being covered by aumorons steamars,

I was worlds better. Gradually all my poin tow boats, and launches from Hongkong, there it were. Our work was practically confined to vanished and I found myself ourod and rapidly was a single steamer ones a day from Hongkong | the suburbs of Canton We visited the villag gaining strength. I feel splendid now."

SEIGEL'S DOES. WHAT MOTHER and one from Mecac. There were rows of big- | up and down the river regularly every Saturday, eyed Tientsin junks that made the round trip preaching and distributing auce a year, coming down from Tientsin in the wome autumn with the north east musoon and strong feeling of hostility to foreigners, returning in the spring when the south-east Two years before the Arrow War the rebels mtussen sel in. Between these rows of big eyed would have captured Contou but the Chinese junks was the fairway, through which cargo showed no gratitude for this, and they con. boats passed to and from Whampoa, while fast tinued to exhibit feelings of opposition and boat made the trip to Hongkong and Maca contempt for foreigners. Further down the taking passengers. When I came here the river at Whampoa there were two docks for the foreign passengers made the trip by steamer repair of foreiga vosals. One of these was on. but many of the natives still went by sailing American enterprisy, while the other woa carried ship. I remember the beginning of the "Arrow on by Captain Cooper, & British subjoot. War" The "Arrow" was a boat of a Medi- These were destroyed by the Chinese daring terraneau rig introduced by the Portuguese, the war and Captain Cooper was seized and This lercha flew the British g and tracked thrown into prison in the city sherebe died. After with Hongkong. Several of the men on the the city was captured I went as interpreter to boat wore secneed of being rebels and in their a party of British officers to inspect the prison iguorance of international law the Chinese and see if we could find any writing or any other authorities wout on board and seized theer men, tracce on the walls, but we could find nothing. iguring the fact that they were protected by | As we look back we can only say that God has the British flag. Mr. Parker, afterwards Sir been working out his own plan with regand to the Harry Parkes, the British Consul, weat of opning up of Chins and what the future was. board a Chinese police beat and demanded the to be, only He could to), (Applause). surrender of the men but was bustled off inte Mrs. Doty gave a solo and Mr. Pomersy, bis own boat without ceremony, Iuroprissl the rendered vialia selections. The accompani- pelico host was scired by the British and s ments were played by Mrs. W. G. Lay. matters became complicated. As this was the last of a number of complaints against China, Great Britain allied berelf with France, who had two Roman Catholic missionaries killed, and against China. was undertaken. From my window at Chal Yom Kani, where the

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Hongkong & Neighbourhood

South coast of China between? Formosa Chapas...

N.E. gales. N.E. Hongkong and Lamocks strong,

N. South coast of China between }

Hongkong and Hainan.. moderate,

Pressure is still high over N. Chino, Hongkong rainfall for the 23 hours ending at 10 a.m. to-day, 4.90 inches.

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N.E.

13

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100

1,00

0.75

0.75

075

0.50

winds, SKETCH OF THE WEST RIVER... 05 freshening:

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