Jacksboro Gazette. (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 5, 1907 Page: 2 of 4
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I
PR
JACKSBORO GAZETTE
rrm.isHED every Thursday by
J. N. ROGERS & COMPANY.
ciai as weH as our industrial welfare.
Therefore, my friends, when you have
assigned to me the subject, ‘‘The Val-
ue , of Newspaper Advertising.-’ I
md myseft incompetent to point out
the-great,, invaluable service we are
receiving from these intelligent pub--
Entered at the Post-c/mce at Jackf11 llcations from^this potential factor in
noro, Texas, as second-class mail o.iv civilization and our material prog-
matter. ress. 1 will therefore commend to
your honorable body as to the re-
Business office on northeast corner of suit and true merit of newspaper ad-
Public Square, Jacksboro, Texas. vertisir.g, the words so tersely, yet so
forcefully put, by the most fatuous
ftemit cash by Post-Office Money Or- circus leat^r of the world, when he
der or Bank Check at our risk, dther- was asked ‘what are the best meth-
jods of advertising?’ his reply was:
“Give me the influence and support of
the railroad,- the newspaper, and the
brass band and I will sell any ^article
on earth.’ There is no piece of ma-
| chinery qr implement used by the
farmer which is of greater assistance
to him than the information given
him through the columns of his week-
ly or daily paper. There is no edu-
cational institution that can survive
should the newspapers of cur land
cease to be published. Liberty it-
self would wither and die. No in-
wise «.t risk of sender.
Subscription: $1.00 a year.
It is the one who is able to always
dig up a good healthy suggestion and
i\ pleasant smile that helps to keep
this old world running smoothly,
i
There has been considerable talk
about Governor Campbell calling a
spdeial session cf the legislature, but
according to an interview recently
published in the dailies* he does not dustry could be successfully built or
intend calling a special session.
Texay Five Million Club in connec-
tion With the T^vas Real Estate aiyl
operated without Its assistance. We
may therefore pay tribute to our fear-
less newspapers for what they have
done for this age and have confidence
they will accomplish tenfold for the
rising generation that follows.”
rjsr.
Inductri%l Association* and Texas Com
mercial Secretaries’ are preparing to
make a Tgxas ertii^it arf^he Illinois
MTSltSP.*’ “ >“| WEATHERFORD CETS
V _______
Richard Mansfield, the greatest ac-
tor, since the death of Sir, Henry
Irving a few years ago, died at his
home near New York City the morn-
ing cf the 30th. Mr. Mansfield had
played at different times in Texas
cities where he had numetorfs ad-
mirers.
. SANTA FE CUTOFF?
CHIEF CIVIL ENGINEER
AND TWO ASSISTANTS
NOW MAKING SUR-
VEYS.
GUT PRICES
ON SUMMER CLOTHING
Just a Few
Rea! Good Bargains in
Men’s Two and Three-Piece Suits and Extra
Pants.
And Two and Three-Piece Suits and Pants
for Boys.
This is about your Last Opportunity on Light
and Medium Weight Clothing.
Next week we open np our New Fall Cloth-
ing*
Every Garment Guaranteed to
he worth the money you
pay for it.
AYNES DRY COOPS 00,
belching smokestack. They show, as been of a very gratifying nature to
The Weatherford Herald has consid-
erable to say about the extension of the
Santa Fe. Also special to the Fort
The Fort Worth Record said,^in Tues-
day’s issue that Ex-president E. A-1 Worth Record states „hat the chiefciv-
Calvin, in his speech at Lake Como on ”orth Keco™ “f chl*t cl^
T , ~ ___u engineer of the Santa Fe railroad,
Labor Day, that the Texas Farmers 6 . . .
Union, representing near 250,000 farm- wf ^wo assistants, arrived in Weath-
ers. had in the State convention, by 1erford last Thursday, and for the past
two days has been engaged in running
lines out about the big cut west of town.
The engineers have been extremely
resolution, called upon the Texas Leg
isiature to pass a compulsory law, com-
pelling every child of scholastic age in
the State to attend school for at least non-commttUl, merely stating they are
three months in the year. here for n° sPe'lfic but as no
| surveying has been done at this end ol
the line recently, they were sent here
It is common, perhaps too often so, I to run some lines for practice.
.for the world, generally, to think Many refuse to be satisfied with these
when one man tas gained fame or statements, but have begun to connect
riches, that it all came to him through the frequent visits of President Petti-
what they are pleased to call a bone of the Santa Fe system to Miner-
“streak of good luck.” They lose al Wells this summer, with the work
sight of the long sleepless nights, being done by the surveyors who have
and the Blow progress made, only gone further west running their lines,
step by step, yet thus can be traced I These people also recall how the Santi.
the success cf almost every man who Fe lost the purchase of the Weather-
has reached the greatest heights or ford, Mineral Wells & Northwestern
only moderate eminence. “Good I road a few years ago on account pf the
Juck” 'is only ability to see and to 1 ownership of the Rock Creek coal mine,
grasp opportunities as they come to J It is also argued that the Santa Fe has
does every striving for beauty, that" me. The mesquite tap road is sur-
the community having them feels sure j faced with the rock, and it is as fine
of its future. Parks ace net found a' piece cf road as there is in the
in towns of mushroom growth, nor in j State. The county engineer and i
j those conscious that whatever pros- j made an estimate recently as to the
perity they enjoy rests upon causes ’ cost of surfacing with the Jacksboro
that are apt to pass tomorrow. Ev- rock and my recollection is that we
ery flower planted, every green spot found that it was something like $600
made, speaks the confidence of the peo per mile for a twelve-foot roadway,
pie who caused them. They tell got j “I think that it will be found event-
only the pride of present achieve- ually that the use of Jacksboro rock
ment, but proclaim their faith in fu- will be the solution of the West Dal-
ture development. I las pike problem. I am unable to
SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONVENTION
PROGRAMME FOR BROWN
SCHOOL HOUSE CON-
VENTION SEPT, 15.
10 a. m. Devotional service led by
J. C. Brown.
Address of welcome, James Allen.
Response, T. M. Marks.
Importance of the organized Sun-
day school work, by J. A. Perkins,
district president.
Twenty minutes with the Sunday
school lesson, by all teachers present.
Song.
Why am I in this work? led by I.
Stoddard.
Noon.
1:30 p. m. Devotional service, lead-
er selected.
Business of the committee.
Song.
Organized classes and their helpful-
ness in Sunday school, led by J. C.
Brown.
Benefits of a Sunday school in a
community, led by W. V. Allen.
The Home Department, led by J.
M. Hughes, county president.
Elementary work, by Mrs. J. C.
Brown.
Essential qualifications of the Sun-
day school teacher, by T. D. Sporer.
Secretary’s report.
All Sunday schools are urged to
send delegates with the reports from
their schools.
Come praying for the success of
this convention, and for the success of
the Sunday school work in general.
ON THE TRAIL OF THE
AMERICAN MISSIONARY
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS
This Distinguished American Journalist is Traveling Around the World for
the Purpose of investigating the American Foreign Missionary from
a Purely Disinterested. Secular and Non-Sectarian Standpoint.
Illustrated with Drawings -and from Photographs.
Li
POUT ARTHUR NOW SCENE
OF RELIGIOUS CONFLICT.
They have a more utilitarian vaj- say whether or not Mr. Pippin has
%.
fm,
y
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Jfrcksbm, not lose sight of
the railroad propppitiens that are
looking northwestward. NR very well
not yet announced its choice of a cut-off
route across Texas for its California
| business, and, say they, while Coleman,
Brownwood, San Angelo and ether
West Texas towns are claiming it, as
a matter of fact the logical route is by
eouid this town fail to get the road,l way of Weatherford,
that penetrates the great undevelop-' in this connection today The RecOrc
ed section of country between the correspondent interviewed Will Massie,
Texas and Pacific and the Fort Worth who is a cattleman of the plains coun-
and Denver. The Reck Island is j try, and is in thorough touch with the
ready at any time when it becomes j situation out there. He stated that he
to penetrate the southern and his neighbors are firmly of the |
f, and that leaves I opinion from developments which have j
■ between Jacksboro and taken place recently that the Santa Ft
west of Jack for one I cutoff is to be built to a connection
of the several roads so much talked | with the Weatherford branch. Mr.
ue, therefore, than is generally sup-
posed by those who consider only
the need of providing fresh air and
recreation for people wfiose circum-
stances prevent them from providing
it for themselves. As they testify
to a higher state of social and hu-
man itarian development, so they ar^
a peculiar attracting force on those oi
like sentiment. And as they manifest
a people's confidence in the stability
cf their town, they make an argu-
ment of much material force to such
men as every community wants to
add- to its population. They are the
evidence of a people’s faith, not only
in their continued growth, but lS the
quality cf their society, and the es-
tablishment cf parkq ought to be an
item in the program of every organ-
ization having for its purpose the up-
building of its city.
considered the matter recently, but -I
am quite sure that he is ready to do
whatever seems best for the improve-
ment of the pike, so long as the coun-
ty can afford it and without preju-
dicing the rights or interests of oth-
er roads in his district.”
HOW TO BUILD A CITY.
about throughout
being built early
the northwest.
so
North Texas,
in the future
'.|£W
The wordi from New York, is to
that the feeling of anxiety
Massie was a member of the committee
from his town—Floydada—that went
j to see the Santa Fe officials and finally
signed a contract with them providing
fof this proposed extension to come
through that town. Floydada was quite
i
week and this
improvement
JACKSBORO STONE
IN HIGH FAVOR
AS ROAD AND STREET
BUILDING MATERIAL
IN DALLAS COUN-
TY.
In discussing the extensive road im-
provement under contemplation in
Dallas county, County Commissioner
H. H. Bennett of that county, said
•;n a recent into:view in the Dallas
News:
‘’bUr.ce the West / Dallas pike was
thrown open to travel a few months'
ego a great deal of travel has been
diverted thereto from other roads, and
hopeful of obtaining the cutoff until re
ion which has been I cently, when all contracts with towns in
in financial circles for-sev- that section were declared off by the
was perceptibly qui-1 railway company.
his was Reflect- An examination of the map discloses ... ,
in prices of the fact that it is much nearer to Texi-^<*™*»P«** SUbUrb °f WeSt
Quite the most influential co by way of Weatherford than by way ,a as 1as en 50 ,al)id that the
bringing about- the better- of Brownwood, and the more Mr. Mas- a y amount of t-ravel that goe8 over
the pike Is something enormous. Now,
as a matter of fact, I'don’t car? what
kind of gravel is spread upon the
county roads, it will eventually be
ground into dust, and with the com-
ing of dry weather and hot winds
much of it will be completely blown
away. The heavier the travel oyer a
road the sooner that status of af-
was the announcement of the I sie studies the situation the more he is
Secretary of the Treasury of his in- convinced that the cutoff is to be built
tention to make large weekly depos-1 to a connection with the Weatherford
its of government funds with the na- j branch, and that this city is to be lo-
tional banks during the period of the I cated on the great trunk line of the
crop-moving demand. The response I Santa Fe, which will ran from Galves
was prompt, not only in the Ameri- I ton to the Pacific coast.
market, but In the great
centers as well.
Tex-
im-
as well as
r as possible is |
special
It is known that grading on the cut
off line is now steadily progressing in j
thU direction from" Tqxico, and it must | £a*rs wilt b« brought about,
soon reach the point that is to deter-
mine whether the line is going to
Brownwood or coming to Weatherford.
Years ago the Santa Fe run a line
from Weatherford to Jacksboro and out
to Round Timbers. This is a splendid
i statement by a
r of the Italian govern- route running through one of the finest
now in Texas study- farming sections northwest of Weath-
‘ I of Texas long fiber- erford;—and still there is no road rein-
states that he comes ning through this territory. With the
We are ail interested in the West
Dallas pike. My own idea about the
matter is that, between the points I
have mentionrd, the pike ought to
be surfaced with Jacksboro rock. 1
have within the last few months com-
pleted several miles cf read in mj
district which has beeii surfaced with
the material named, and I want tc.
tall you that the results obtained have
feasibility cf secur-
isiand cot-
y long in fiber to be
for the Indian va
cotton used in Ital-
The Egyp-
is mostly raised in
and tough of fiber, but
the price in Italy be-
- a pound This
,ey. This is
the short-flbered Ameri-
Signor Vallls hopes to
some one of the
varieties of the sea is-
i raised here, a complete
or the Egyptian cotton.
not yet corn-
extension of the Rock Island through
the southern part of this territory,
there would still remain the largest
t^ritory in Northwest Texas without a
railroad from east to west. This \yould
be a rich territory for the Santa Fe,
and would put Weatherford and Jacks-
boro in communication with each othei
and with the great expanse of country j
to the west of them. This road is reai-!
ly needed by both towns and with a !
combined effqrt they might secure it j
and add much to their trade relation
with each other find the territory trav-
ersed by this road,
Ini l IKi®—=»
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SUGHJD'’
MAKES THE
srimdim©
'SSs
b,
I of
Associa-
yaid the
not unde-
“Not
assist in
institutions,
“— that
of
' sac
said
The Utilitarian Value of Parks.
Under this heading the Dallas
News makes some very opportune re-
marks, as at this time, there is an
unusual awakening on the subject of
parks-aud pleasure grounds for Tex-
as towns. The News says:
Parks make a deep, though subtle,
impression on the mind of a slrau-
| ger. No one, on seeing a city pien
| tifully supplied with them, can be in-
sensible to the feeling that it is
largely populated by people of the bet-
I ter sort. He is apt to infer at once
that the softer and humanitarian sen-
I timents of its people rise somewhat
above the dead level. More than that
parks are proofs of progress and an j
evidence of stability. Though ill fact
practical utilities, they suggest the!
wealth of luxury. They as much ev-
idence a city's solidity as does a
If you want to
drink real coffee,
IW a Pack-
age of Arbuckles’
ARIOSA and grind
it in your own
kitchen as you want to use it.
Roasted coffee loses its strength
and flavor if exposed to the air,
and even its identity as coffee
after grinding. Loose coffee sold
out of a bag, bin or tin is usually
dusty and soiled by handling.
‘ Don’t take it 1
Coopiio wall JQequk«r-- ntt of iSe National Put*
Food L«W, GHm^Na. 2041, Sled ol Wodonr m.
O. P. Thomas of Abilene Tells
How to Do It.
O. P. 1 hemas, representing Abilene,
at the session cf the Commercial Club
Secretaries’ Convention recently held
in Fort Worth, discussed the most
valuable elements as practical in town
building under present conditions in
Texas. These which he says have
done more for Abilene than any oth-
ers are:
, “The .county fair proposition, good
roads, raVal relations, how to secure
new industries, transportation facili-
ties, public parks and shade trees,
and what inducement we should of-
fer new industries including each and
all elements that affect our progress
and development and should be en-
couraged by our commercial club or-
ganizations but to my mind should be
made the primary or most important
work of our association.
“Good roads should be looked after
by your county commissioners, and if
you will make your commercial club
strong enough its influence will be
sufficient to furnish your commission-
ers^ witlT the kind of backing that
almost invariably insures a progress^
ive movement on their part. When
your good road proposition is solved
you have practically solved rural re-
lation, provided, cf course, your mer-
chant pursues a broad-gauged, liberal
policy toward the farmer, and looks
after the question of providing a
good local market for his products at
all times. /
“On the matter of new industries, I
want to indorse the position taken by
Mr. Hershev of the Santa Fe, as I
understand it. First, there should be
a genuine opening and a feasible lo-
cation fer the industry contemplated,
and when that is shown the moral
support and co-operation of other bus-
iness interests acd the people general-
ly should be sufficient to secure with-
out a bonus, though while stating this
as my individual opinion, I am com-
pelled to plead guilty to the fact that
the city of Abilene stands ready to
meet new enterprises and additional
railroads in a reasonable manner.
“Public parks and shade trees shoulc
be taken care of especially by your
civic improvement league. If your
town or city has no such organiza-
tion, let me suggest that your com-
mercial club take up the proposition
of getting one organized.
“Transportation facilities, of course,
is a big subject and covers a wide
range. Incidentally a commercial club
should use every effort at command
to promote and encourage adequate
transportation facilities for towns and
communities.
“In taking the ^position I have re-
garding the different subjects men-
tioned, J do not wish it understood
that my purpose is to belittle the im-
portance cf either, but more to em-
phasize the fact that in this day and
time if we are to accomplish results
that tell, certain subjects and certain
work as primary and most important
to expend our efforts upon. And to
my mind, as previously stated, agri-
cultural development of the country
surrounding, and industrial and ed-
ucational work deserves consideration
Groveland Items.
Groveland, Sept. 1.—Since the two
rains last week crops are looking bet-
ter and it is thought that there will
be a very good cotton crop made.
Geo. Rambsay of Wise county has
been visiting O. A. and R. Bi Kel-
sey the present week.
Ben Price, accompanied by his wife
son and brother, went to Young
county and others adjoining to look
at the land. They have not return-
ed yet. /
On Saturday evening quite a num-
ber of young people were entertain-
ed at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Calvin Callaway. All seemed to
have an excellent time.
The Advent meeting at Spark’s
Springs last week was attended by
several from this neighborhood. There
was dinner on the ground Sunday,
and the baptizing in the afternoon
was attended by a large crowd of
our people.
Cotton is opening ljery fast this hot
\> eather. Mr. Colwell and sons will
begin picking tomorrow. \
Miss Ida Mullinax of Oak Dale has
been visiting Mrs. S. Price and fami-
ly.
Misses Lillie Colwell and Ollie Kelsay
and Messrs. Deward Mullinax and Or-
vil Pyron went to the picnic at Whitt
last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Brant and chil-
dren were in our community this week.
Mr. * Brant bought cattle from Mr.
Rhoades.
Mrs. Eaves and daughter, Gladys, are
visiting Mrs. A. Rhoades this week.
Lorena.
Port Arthur, Manchuria.—Port Ar-
thur, Dalny (or Dairen, or Tairen, as
the Japanese indiscriminately call it)
and the entire Liaotung peninsula are
a center of interest to those who
watch the struggle for supremacy be-
tween antagonistic religions that is
one of the important phases of the
complex far eastern question. Here,
on Japan’s newly acquired territory,
it is to be demonstrated whether or
not her Christianity is to expand
along with the borders of the empire,
or whether the old faiths, Buddhism
and Shintoism, are to follow the sun
flag. As this great promontory rep-
resents, geographically, greater Jap-
an, its strategic importance as a field
of religious conflict is apparent at
once.
An investigator of religious condi-
tions may find Japanese Christianity
here, of a specially significant type.
And he will also notice the lack of
idols, shrines and temples that con-
front one at every turn on the island
which the Japanese now call “the
mainland.” Chinese shrines remain,
but these, as in China, are compara-
tively few. Of interest to the west-
ern world is the fact that the only
new missionary agency that has
come in since the war is a veteran
American missionary, Rev. -T. C.
Winn, one of the leaders of the- Pres-
byterian force in Japan.
A New City That Looks Deserted.
A creepy feeling possesses the vis-
itor upon his entrance into the edict-
made city of Dalny, upon which the
czar had centered such great hopes
and lavished such Vast expenditure. It
seems like a deserted city; yet it is
of the army. The same energy and
efficiency displayed in keeping the
widely-separated host of soldiers fed
has always characterized this man’s
religious activities. When he had or-
ganized the Christians, who were
mostly army officers, into a church,
the question of securing a paStoi
arose. '
Thereupon a unique distinction was
cojjdrred upon one of the veteran
missionaries of Japan, Rev. T. C.
Winn, a 'Presbyterian of Osaka. Mr.
Winn had always been engaged in
pioneer work. Before going to Osaka
he had been the first missionary at
Kanazawa, -on the east coast, and
many times he had been mobbed.
Once he found a mob, armed with
knives, stones and sharpened bamboo
poles (which make the wicRfedest oi
spears) waiting outside his meeting,
and even tearing down the walls tc
get at him. He calmly went out,
faced them for a moment, and then'-
walked through them, find a way
opened for him. But they followed
with increased imprecations. Once
they closed around him, and again he
turned and face£ them/
A little further on, as the crowd
grew more and moys vehement, and
the 'clamorings for his life became
more insistent, he darted suddenly
up a dark alley, although he knew
that should he begin to run his fate
would be.quickly sealed when caught.
Strangely enough, he was not fol
lowed. It was many years before he
learned why. On one occasion he
was introduced to a big Japanese,
then become a Christian, as the man
who had once saved his life. It sp-
in Deserted Dalny.
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portions of the
ear. There is only one way to cure
deafness, and that is by constitution-
al remedies. Deafness is caused by
an inflamed condition of the mucous
lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube is inflamed you have a rum-
bling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed, deafness is
the result, and unless the inflamation
can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal condition, hear-
ing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by ca-
tarrh, which is nothing but au in-
flamed condition of the mucous sur-
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafnbss (caused
by catarrh) that can not 'be cured by
Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send for cir-
culars free. F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall’s Family Pills for con-
stipation.
U. S. Senator Vest’s Famous
Eulogy on the Dog.
Gentlemen of the Jury—The best
friend a man has in this world may
turn against him and become his en-
emy. His son or daughter that he
has reared with loving care may
prove ungrateful. Those who are the
nearest and dearest to us, those to
whom we trust our happiness and our
good faith and name, may become trai-
tors to their faith. The money that a
man has he may lose. It flies away
from him, perhaps when he needs it
most. A man’s reputation may be
sacrificed in a moment of ill-consid-
ered action. The people who are
prone to fall on their knees to do
us honor when success is with us may
be the first to throw the stonfe of mal-
ice when failure settles its cloud up-
on us. The oue absolute, unselfish
friend that a man can have in this
selfish world, that neveu deserts him,
the one that never proves ungrateful
or treacherous, is his dog.
Gentlemen of the jury, a man’s dog
at our hands and no work should be stands by him in prosperity and in
taken up in such a manner as to in-
terfere with our progress along those
lines.
“1 believe, however, that a certain
kind of educational campaign should
be fostered by commercial clubs of
our State, and while I do not advo-
cate entering the field of politics I be-
lieve it well enough to give more at-
tention to legislation calculated to ma-
terially affect emigration and Industri
al progit-ss that we halve done in the,
'past.
full of people. A sense of perversion
haunts one; for here is a big, sub-
stantial European city, with raws of
attractive brick houses, and all the
outward tokens of a prosperous west-
ern community; and yet there "hre
less than a dozen white men in all
Dalny. One may live here for days
without seeing a Caucasian face.
White hands built these houses and
streets and a white brain designed it
alL But now the squat Chinese town
off toward the hills is no more orien-
tal than the population of Dalny, al-
though externally* the city appears to
be the antipodes of any Japanese set-
tlement
The signs of ruin and defeat on
every hand are depressing. Some of
the finer buildings were burned by
the Russian forces before they evacu-
ated, and no attempt has been made
to tear down or reconstruct these.
Others are in sad disrepair, simply
because the Japanese, who are camp-
ing in them, do not know the use of
the buildings, which are so unlike
their own. The windows are curtain-
less and shutterless. Bricks are fall-
ing and decomposing. The very
metal storks that stand guard on the
eaves of the houses are tumbling un-
heeded to the ground. The dwellings
are going to ruin and their occupants
are uncomfortable; thus nobody is
satisfied. So numerous, however, la
the Japanese population that it is im-
possible to jpent a house; the Ameri-
can consul asked to be transferred be-
cause he could not get a home for
his family.
Good order is preserved in this
strange city. The Japanese are en-
tirely masters of the situation. There
are no Russians, and more Chinese
than Japanese. The former are the
coolies, the jinrickisha men, the
drivers of the low Russian carriages,
or droskas, and the workmen gener-
ally. While it is plain that the Japa-
nese are in command, there is none
of the overbearing attitude, brow-
beating and oppression that are so ap-
parent in Korea. Toward the coun-
try which it has really conquered
Japan is gentler than toward Us
friendly neighbor, Korea.
Soon after the war was over—in-
deed, before the Portsmouth treaty
had been signed—the Japanese Chris-
tians In Dalny began to get together.
Their leader was the man in charge
of the entire commissary department
tion falls to pieces he is as constant
in his love as the sun in its journey
through the heavens. If fortune ev-
er drives the master forth au out-
cast in the world, friendless and al-
so homeless, the faithful dog asks no
higher privilege than that of accom-
panying him to guard against his en-
emies, and when the last scene of all
comes, and death takes the master
in its embrace and his body is laid
away in the cold ground, no matter
if all other friends pursue their way,
there by his graveside will the no-
ble dog be found, his head between
his paws, his eyes sad hut open in
alert watchfulness, faithful and true
peared that the man was a ring
leader of the mob; Mr. Winn’s atti-
tude had led him to change his mind,
and when the missionary ran up the
alley he stepped in and barred pur-
suit. He had to knock down a num-
ber of men, and throw two into the
river, but the pursuit was discour-
aged.
In sharp contrast to those stirring
days, Mr. Winn, than whom no Cau-
casian is more popular with the
Christians of the island empire, wag
cfilled unanimously to become pastoi
of the new,,- Dalny and Port Arthui
church. When the attitude of the
■Japanese churches toward the mis-
sionaries is remembered, and it ie
recalled that in all Japan there ig
not another white pastor of a native
congregation, this peculiar honoi
conferred upon Mr. Winn becomes the
more marked. The man himself is
quiet, rtetiring and soft-spoken, ~ with-
out any signs of seif-assertiveness.
The Church in a Cathedral.
Still other extraordinary honors
were conferred up<5n the Winns—for
Mrs. Wien is as popular as her hus-
band with the Japanese, and herself a
resourceful, tireless missionary. While
the American consul was utterly un-
able to secure a home, one was pro-
vided, rent free, for the Winns by the
government Even more noteworthy
was t he‘fact that the Russian cathed-
ral was turned over to this infant
Japanese church for its meetings.
The Japanese Christians talked in
the newspapers so much about this
remarkable concession that the au-
thorities were, after a time, obliged
to withdraw it; but not until it had
been found by the congregation that
in location and construction the
cathedral was unsuited to their pur-
poses. A new building was furnished
by the government and this is now in
use, pending the erection of a church.
In this building two Sunday serv-
ices are held. The congregations
vary because of the shifting nature ol
the population. The army men who
were responsible for the establish-
ment of the church have all gone,
and the new organization might have
lapsed had it not been for the pres-
ence of the Winns. Some of the
leading men of Dalny were present
the Sunday morning I attended serv-
ice and in the evening there were
upwards of a hundred men. In the
afternoon Mr. Winn had a Bible class
a
with students and civilians, and Mrs.
Winn one with policemen. r ’
Except for the missionary's salary,
the church is quite self-supporting. It 5
is more aggressive than many long-»>
established congregations in Chris-
tian lands, for it maintains, with no
outside aid, a hospital and a commer-
cial school for young men; with, na-
turally, religious features attached to
both. The varied labors of Mr. and
Mrs. Winn include writing frequetft
articles of a timely, practical sort for
the Dalny daily newspaper!
A New War on Liaotung Peninsula.
The recent war which centered its
. most noteworthy -features here held
1 the whole world’s attention. This
present religious conflict, while less
spectacular, is also strategic. Budd-
hism and Shintoism are not here in
force or power. The ancient religions
associations are lacking. *The out-
ward signs, such as idols and shrines -
of the ancestral creeds, are wanting.
Christianity is here and displaying
marked vitality. It looks like a fare
chance for the latter.
In addition to Mr. Winn’s work (he
being the only American missionary
on the peninsula) the Yeung Men's
Christian association is serving the
soldiers, who stiff abound all over
this region. Another iaudabie enter-
prisqi iq that of rescue work, in
which both the native church and the
Y, M. C. A. were engaged, before it
was given over to the Salvation
Army. The reader must remember
that the debris of war is the common-
est sight here. The stranded camp
followers, and all the harpies that
follow in the wake of an army, are
almost as numerous as the discarded
army mules which trudge patiently
along every road. As soon as hostili-
ties were over, .thousands of young
girls were brought Into Manchuria
from Japan, many of them of incred-.
ibly tender years, and most Of them
actual slaves. Hundreds of these
poor creatures have been rescued by
the Christians.
Further up the peninsula, and
throughout Manchuria, are, the mis-
sions to the Chinese of the Scotch
and Irish Presbyterian,^ churches,
which do not properly come within
the scope of this article. During the
war these men, who are far above
average grade, did such conspicuous
humanitarian service* that their praise
was sounded by Japanese, Russians
and Chinese. Dr. Westwater, at Liao *
yang, was. officially mentioned by
Marshal, Oyama and given a substan-
tial contribution for his hospital. The
war correspondents likewise found
shelter and succor within the home*
of these sturdy Scotchmen and Irish-
men.
One branch of Mr. Winn's work ex-
tends to Port Arthur, where there are
a number of Christians. I alio heard -
that one British Lutheran missionary
is at work there, but I could not find
him. In- truth, war overshadows
everything else at Port Arthur. The
Japanese are pushing work on their
new fortifications, and on the disman-
tling or restoring of the sunken Rus-
sian warships that stiff lie in the
harbor. They seemingly have had
no time to patch up the buildings ^
wrecked in the siege; so that it ap-
pears as if the conflict had taken
place only a week ago. Thero stands
the hospital, bearing Its biasing red
cross, with Its corner still a gaping
wound. Churches, schools, office-
buildinga and homes are all scarred
or broken by the terrible file. The
spectacle is a heart-sicken: ng one,
making the -visitor wish that some
new missionaries of peace might con-
vert the powers of civilizatloc.
The best view of it all is f*om his-
toric 203-Meter Hill, whence Port
Arthur is seen as an open book. On
the way thither—it is aboir: three
miles back of Port Arthur proper—I
passed through a Chinese town, where
I had my first experience of being
called a “foreign deviL*’ Two small
boys van after my carriage !or half
a mile, monotonously and spiritlessly
repeating the epithet, as if it were a
religious duty with them, Certainly
they showed none of the signs ol
pleasure that a small boy usually dis-
plays when up to mischief. At the
end of the village they waited for my
return and repeated the performance.
Very few visitors go to Port Arthur,
but 203-Meter Hill, which is not now
fortified, is apparently becoming a
Japanese patriotic shrine.
The debris of that terrific assault
is still to be seen upon the mountain
—broken gun-carriages, fragments of
Shell, bullets, discharged cartridges
and entrenchments. In one of the ■*
little holes which one of the soldiers i
had vainly dug for his protection I
found part of a man’s backbone—all
that was left of a once brave soldier.
The very top of the mountain was
blown off by the battle. The whole
country for miles about is pitted with
the smallpox of war—holes torn in
the earth by the exploding shells,
and entrenchments dug by the con-
tending armies. : . .- . .
In all these tragic signs of war's
devastation the thoughtful person
must read the story or prophecy of
another conflict. The white man has
passed away from this peninsula, and
the yellow has come in again. Have
the old creeds of heathenism come,
too? That depends, I take it, largely
upon the caliber and number of mis-
sionary representatives who ara deal-
ing with the problem. The Japanese
Christians on the peninsula have
proved their fidelity and aggressive-
ness. They, cooperating with western
representatives of the type of Mr.
Winn spust early plant Christian
terprises for the incoming Japan
up as far as Newchang (which, in-
stead of Dalny, seems destined to re-
main the principal port of Manchu-
ria) and as Moukden. '
(Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowlss.)
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