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Show v.- -- THE PROVO HERALD ..4.- OVER POISED 8trangi j " A PRECIPICE , s pTlfirTf 6rmattonTh1ch(-.Standthe Precipitous. Atnong Rocks of the Grand Canyon.- - Flagstaff Ariz. The strange pillar formation called "Thor's Hammer," lr fotmd in that region of,, natural won-- ., flefs, "Jtn'eranTrCfanyoir'ir1ionr.'"" It is perched on the side of the precipice abd to the eyes of the tourist It always seems about to slip Into th abyss, but like the leaning tower off Pisa the center of gravity fallt wtth-intbase of the strange formation. Standing in the presence of the precipitous rocks of the Grand Can- - S3 Wakened by the world's - rest, the i last empire of old, old he of unchanglngideaBrof " reverence for the past, has aha Ken off the shackles of autocratic, tyrannical government, and western notions of liberty industrial activity and mod-era progress have taken pos- - . Session of. the celestial empire. Victory after victory has placed the constitutional party in almost complete control of the country. In a frantlo ot ,ts t0" tering power the throne IS8uedJcl"aRredict- abjectly acceding to the various demands of the revolutionists. But Manchu rule in China '",'.. is ended forever. V. ' Wu Ting Fang, twice ambassador of his country to Washington, and one of the most famous and distinguished statesmen in China, has declared himself In favor of a republican form of government and has taken a leading " tWaga-,-- - s t - j' " 1 0 'Vr' , WW, 'J -- . " - place ofthe "constitutional A par-ty- . republic, founded upon lines similar to the government of the United States is to be the future of China. What influence this awakened giant of Asia may exert in world politics Is a .question that is causing no end of anxiety In; the capitals of the variousjowers and is one which only the future can answer. Twice during the three century history of the Manchu se race has the cry been heard: "Down with the The first attempt made by patriotic Chinese to rid themselves of the tyrannical and oppressive yoke of their Tartar conquer 4 ah t3t ik' t o'-i- iJtm trie sar "" fe. Jt i t. w" v n. domlnation-of-tbe-Ghine- Man-ehus.- strength, they were able to strike their first effective blow. , The introduction of "foreign educational the sweeping abolition of theJr ancient and useless "halls of learnini?." the establishiuent of foreign schools, modern factories and the construction of extensive railroads have all combined to awaken the vounger generation of Chinese to the fact that tliey were not a they supposed, the superior of all other races, but a century behind the leant proKresslve nation. " " nifth-ods- And, that. A iW T1 TS"t ?V ' JL. " - rt C 4 here might be no doubt about it, Japan administered an effective lesson, and with eyes wid open, the supercilious Celestial realized that, his national existence was In peril. Aroused from his long lethargy the touderous Chinese giant turned about and clamored for the education of the west, and no scholar on " Jt. ' Thor's Hammer. tower to heights of 5,000 feet, piercing the clouds above, the abyss yawning at his feet, the spectator Is overpowered at their imBtands He transfixed I mensity. There Is probably no npot on earth, where man Is more impressed with his own insignificance or more overwhelmed with the majesty of nature. It is the grandest of gorges. It inspires one with its sublimity; It appalls him with its heights its depths, its awful solitude. The hand of the infinite has chiseled these rocks Into most fantastic forms, their towering turrets and , Imposing nyiiwrets standing out boldly-l- a against the deep blue of a southern sky. And over all la the Illusion of distance, One cannot, con-cel-fe the vafnessltf It all, and Is met by a series jf surprises, as It Is borne in upon him. that yonder gorge, or rock, or peak, or - crag lies" perhaps miles away. At the bottom of yon, which f baa-relie- river, turbulent and pictar-esuiu- ?, -.niadl)!..uljfi.-,-oajstid" ky environment, lashing Itself into foam. About the mighty peaks the eagle soars and struggling vegetation contends against fate for a.roothold among the rocks. its-roc- ' on iras in 1861, and lor seven years there waged a civil war in the Middle Kingdom that far exceeded in bloodshed the conflict between theJorth and th Jnjhe United States. - And It 1b an Interesting cblncidenceT-tha- t these two national upheavals were in progress at the same time and both inspired by the same sentiment, love of country; while in a still more striking manner did this mighty Chi- nese protest become a counterpart of the American revolution in its avow,ed purpose to' claim Its country for Itself and banish forever ... beyond the confines of the empire the "hated Manchu usurper. That the victory of Washington and his loyal hosts was not duplicated by, the Chinese revolutionists at that time was due to. the fact that their efforts were impeded, interfered with and finally successfully resisted by that same power whose unjust domination of these resulted in the - WOMAN RAILROAD Through Her Wise Management Mrs. Kidder of California Has Accunv ulatsd a Fortune- - the-Sou- - -- ii 'i 7 It. Mi - m -- minds or plans of the leaders of this new movement, during the past decade young China has been at srhool. Bright and intelligent ob-'trqlie-eyed- " youths "from the Dragon land have traveled beyond the seas and In thlB and other lands have 3vw. 4. v.- i iv JPSJSJ met the fate which was theirs in this last conflict, they fell into the hands of the conquering hosts of rebels. Success was almost within their grasp when the Peking government became... alarmed and frantically appealed to the British government to send a soldier who could train an imperial army to meet and quell the Tai Ping rebels. Gen.'Charles Gordon was commissioned for ad In IhatJJia-nreparaU- en old-fait- h, few-tur- withLLHung Chang he succeeded In putting into the field an efficient and well disciplined army which was afterwards known - as the "ever victorious army" for they never lost an engagement with' the enemy, and in six months he ad 'complete' 1? -- learned for future accomplishment Is more to be desired than the slavish devotion of the worship of ancestors and-complacent contemplation ' of hoary ages past. Chinese graduates of American and European universities have Imbibed with the various of their, scholastic curriculum a spirit of independence, and hence the new nationalism In China' which has succeded In breaking the bonds, of ancient tradition and .humiliating servi. ' era-nlr- e. d tude,The startling sucesslve Incidents which the eye of the world on central China were not the result of any local but the culmination of a carefully prepared plan which occupied the earnest and serious thought of the Young China party for a number of years. ., anti-foreig- n exterminated' the insurrectionists. pre-udlc- e Defeated and discouraged, the rebel leader. Hung Hsleu Chuen, retreatod to Nanking and -r JJne&hLalnLjJiljxa.ophy - there committed suicide: and were of Their moveefforts demanded conleaders The unsuccessful. The Manchu exceptional ability, government was saved to j. nakel gavages X'h na was ment was born In the spirit of enthusiastic pathat these were romri-ari- d tinue its dominating oppressive, sway and the proved their fitness-- . J"habi'ed For two thou. ' home onitrature and the am to nrld their ha. the triotism but it ended in total riot and demoraliresto by the beenjlemonstraud distinguished Englishman who came - it had-- H as and Its great sand yearspoets zation. cue has ever since been known as "Chinese , dHbefaleThoroughIy organised methods and" teachers and Its men of science. Many of our to .not avowed their their, Its leader. Hung Hsleu Chuen, first raised permit Gordon." determination modefh inventions were discovered by Chinese the cry. "Down with the Manchus" and his' en- Note the difference between the attitude of. zeal or. success to betray them into any act sages a thong&nd years ago, and ali..rirJoned as --- -thusiasm was infectious. the powers towards the Peking government In v wnich might be offensive to any. foreign power. or dangernuB toys whlch 'wouhl.not fltld foolish, ' The Chinese turned to him "as a divinely apthe recent rebellion and that of England toamong the k leaders, of the revoto the happiness of the human race. Whin Manchu despot nearly' fifty years wards tJae pointed saviour of their land, and he, being lutionary party; or he "Constitutional party."", their pa pslons are aroused the Chinese peopie ' " more or less of a visionary type, believed hlm- x' ys" as tkey prefer to be termed, is Dr. $un.Yat Sen, ago. have certainly revealed a savage cruelty equal, self to be Inspired and commissioned by Heav- whose whole life has practically been devoted s. The powers refused to aidjor respond to the but not surpassing'., perhaps, the .cruelty of Hi? en to accomplish this herculean task. Peking - government's appeal for assistance. . to the task Of bringing about the presenter! si a In the middle ages.' But If nil TreMi'irworld y flnar dally of piyslcally, apparenjtly,rengnizing " UiS career has been both thrJU'lg and pic- ,, -- He had received a certain amout of Chris- are measured up it pecms that they have thing " ..' tlan training and it is an astonishing fact that i tnat tne unmese nave a just grievance ana a ,. tureaque. much to lose, as well as much to xaln, in virtue y " .. .. ' II . . . . mKaIa tnni'nmnrvf n.nm nHmnrllv ha wiriA fr po- ''The.Jotlof jthe reformer In Chlha Is' not a and in happiness, if they adopt the standards ii in me uniy-waperieci ngni 10 aqjubi ' r V . ' ; I happy one, and the persistent agitation of Dr. sibie. Christian principles. But that his religious , . of European civilization. For, after all, our teal exceeded his good judgment and sound rea- - A During the past few weeks Tai Ping .history Sen soon evoked the wrath of the authoriwestern system of society has not, In spite of re--" son is Indicated by the fact that while he has been duplicated, but with a higher purpose ties with the result thdt It was officially decided all our "progress," glven'a great measure of and-inorferred to Christ as the Elder Brother, hejmi- that his bead would be worth fifty thousand Intelligent direction. The battle cry happiness or material comfort to h was the same and "Down-witdollars. The fearless young reformer, however, 'the Manchu" piously termed himself the "Younger Brother" laborer, " v thus placlng'hlmself on an 'equaljty ""witt Divlny found an echo throughout the length of the believed It was worth a good deal more to him rvi - ' and"-citso town and for he its Yang became exUe ah Ity. ' hamlet, ,tseTalleyt:in preservation ' - Notwithstanding . this and , other faults ot aboard ungainly junks and northward along the ' from his native land. mass The organization which he and his colleagues shimmering lines of the new railroad until It .JudgmenfTils cause appealed'to the great - of the people, thousands flockedl to his vie- - -- was heard within the' crenelated walls of tna succeeded In creating. waxed mighty in numbers , "Abner. how about this saiou dance you've and influence: In constant and close touch with pDrhidden ' City and the son of heaven ab- torious banners and, his war against the Man-booked , for the opery houBe? Some, of our '" of was a' series chu government , Jectly apologized for past neglect and mistakes Uninterrupted derelopmenti in China and progrert jof the rTrbest tUIzens are a little worried about of the throne and granted every demand of c reform party, le was ble to "direct, at long dis-- ': s out I've all ut; triumphant achievements. . ';"Oh, tbeN objcctlcmable T . V ...s- . 1 City after 'city fell' before: hla patrioUc aa- - lthetyelutionlsts.V--":"':-;r'.yrr"know ; lance, ,1U various movements, until the psycho' Ther was nothing yagne or visionary In th'?. logical moment arrived when; confident of their . That's Jest It We was afeered you would'.' ,auK and, Wuchang, Hankow and Han Yang . , . s-J-" ; ,s? - i -- le""' V "d T I rr , . A . . -. " 1 A ';. ' a V e the-avera- ge -- y, Life in Plunkville r C 7 ; Je , I. n JS&V&.fZ?- - . Sacramento, Cal. As president of it In California, MVa. John Kidder, who recently dlsijpsed of her controlling InteresMnh joadj ha been no mereflkure-head.rWbeher . husband died and she found among her other poBsesBlbns alnarfbw gauge-railroad running through the Sacramento valley she confessed to her . earth 1b more keen and Intellectually alert to friends that she was ''stumped." "JJis-learn and acquire than the. yellow man of the pose of It," they suggested. Np, sb Orient. couldn't do that The road had been T fhf ttwtorn unrlrf thin rfVolatlnn nf the. rttrebantTirpTrde and she felt that spirit of- revolt and change in ("hlna feems she must retain it for at'iesrstr-S- o, ""very" slidderi."" Most of us believed that the a true western of being example with world-olsuperstitions, was still re- - womanhood, she started right in to y fusing to admit theUSjingE.oI. modern proga TWtrn-fb- e duties and responsibilities ress. We believed that" It was untouched - by railroad management and ah pf' whlch tn twenty live succeeded. To know how well, ejus" years has changed the Japanese nation, miraculously, so that It has shuffled off Its and Its old moralities, adopted the shoddy clothes of Kurope, darkened its cities by the black smoke of busy factories, made slums of its flow eF gardens, established a great army and a great navy to fight a war which has the verge of bankruptcy, adopted brought It the philosophy of greed and grab, and generally learnt the beauties and Joys of western civilization, China still seemed to be sleeping In the sull, or dreaming away Its life In the old faith of smiling contempt for the rush and roar of western progress. 1 r All travelers from China bear witness to the temperate, contented, cheerful, laughing character of the Chinese peasant, and to the InteK llgence, the courtesy, the equanimity, the kind railroad -A- meTicaTr-mWsTnevruaTy Jmmortal DecaratJonit.lndepndence; And yet how much is known of the history of the "Tai Ping Kwok," the Tai Ping Rebellion or "The Great Kingdom of Peace?" The cable and the wireless have so brought the ends of the earth together that today, we read In the morriing paper what has transpired in the evening on the other side of the earth. But In those days, China was, if land burled In mystery, practically unkfltjiwn ' and unexplored and whose political andeconomlc conditions attracted but little attention from the outside world, and. so far as we are concerned w were too deeply engrossed In our own gi- gantlc struggle to maintain the unity of 0ur own states, to give a thought to what was transpiring across the Pacific. The history of the Tai Ping rebellion is one . of Intense interest and fuirpf tragedyTpa'CKos. and romance, but is merely referred to here as being the first cohesive effort made by the .Chinese to regain the government of their own land 'and free themselves from the thraldom PRESIDENT it' "' , ' - 4 i h MM J',,:X--. Mrs. John. F. Kidder. ' has only to mention her name ia th far west. . ' ; dtrect-ei Theliyle weslerner quietly the operation of the road every. ' to; ber- employi Increased its value and is now' said""", to be worlh more than Jl.OOO.OOQ. she accepted the offer to sell ; to her.lntenst in tUo fornla Midland, and by so doing end' , swears-allegian- ce ' her career as 1 prenldent probably the only one of her iex the United States. Havk Killed b Ucometrv. la-.--;- ' - Gary, Jod. While at the tbrotU of hi passengerVlocpmotive W. Mor--gan, a Hsllimore A. Ohio saw a hawk strike the engine gineer, bird "dropped to th rnd pilot of-th- e engine and was found a rfcbbit. . .- -s in '. Its t!aw . . , . " ;! |