OCR Text |
Show ' J: - r- v r K V K vwf B m Ameme Abvemthm MINES AND MINING York merchant interested a letter from ShanghafTEhlaa; which interested him curiously. It was from an old friend and associate, whom he had believed to be another example of unaccountable disappearance, rederlck Townsend Ward bad gone to Mexlco more than two years before to sell some old ordnance to the government Having accomplished this in due season, he had suddenly dropped out of ken, on the eve of supposedly returning home. Fancy, then, the surprise which greeted these words, If any act of so erratic a person could amaze. " I have eBtered Into the Chinese service, have very fine prospects at present and hope soon to transbeen I have fortune. a comfortable have formed from a Yankee Into a Chinaman In good style, with a good establishment I, a few days y ago, took the second city of Importance In the from the rebels. I have made a pretty good thing of it and hope in a few weeks to take another city." This communication was a veritable bolt from the blue. A restless, almost penniless vagabond of a man, whom his friends had given up as lost, suddenly emerging in China as a master of men and a conqueror of cities! Our own- - bloody slaughter house had not yet opened its shambles, but the newspapers were so absorbed In an extraordinary political situation . that they gave scarcely a parawas graph to such a curious piece of news when It. made known to them. few weeks later another similar letter reached ' I am independent of them all and consequently for them. do not care a ' China is the country for a man who Is able to take risks and is gifted with good common sense. I have made more money In a few weeks than I conld at brokerage In New York in twenty; years Sixty years ago American pulpits ard church conventions rang with the glad tidings that a Christian movement had sprung, spontaneously as It were out of Chinese soli. The future of. missionary effort was thus assured, It .was hoped. native force in the blossoming of a that would speedily win the heathen to the ban- ners of the cross. These hopes, however, were blasted, as the rise of the religious cultof a Makka schoolmaster developed Into one of the most ruthless and devastating civil wars of history, and the natnra of the outrageous trsvesty, which bad perverted a few Christian doctrines Jnto a grotesque blasphemy, came to be understood. Hung Su Tauen had sought in vain for that recognition before the literary boards st Canton which was the passport of official ambition. In Canton he had absorbed some crude. notion of ClirliSlan doctrine from a Methodist missionary, and when he returned home, crazed by disappointment, to live as a humble pedagogue, he began to dream dreams and speak prophecies as As time oner directly Inspired from heaven. went on, his propagandlsm drew to its banner hordes from the ranks of discontent and crime, and an "army of ragged desperadoes began to move from west to east In the early fifties to establish the claim of the crazy fanajlc (who professed to be the younger brother of Jesus Christ and directly consecrated by the Holy Ghost) to be the imperial head of the empire, the annals of Orientalbarbarlam. It was estimated by conservative opinion that In ten years ihia infernal regime known as the Talping rebellion had cost the empire some two and a half billions of dollars and the destruction of several millions by war, starvation and wboh sale massacres. Hung Su Tsuen, as Tien Wang or "Heavenly King, was enthroned at Nanking and he practically controlled the great provinces of Klang-S- u and Sheh-Klanthe heart of the richegi. tea and silk production of China. Hla robber bands indeed raided down to the very gatea of hanghal. and the foreign merchant there were hard put to It to defend .the city, sometime though nominally on amicable terms with the Nanking despot, on whom their trade ao largely " depended. ' One autumn "morning at Shanghai In 1859 a - I r 11,658,156 An nnparalleled S lnslgnlllcant-lookln- g man called at the office of Tah-ka mandarin of the third button, a banker and merchant well regarded by the foreign resident. It was Frederick Townsend Ward, who had Just landed In Shanghai from San Francisco. He was rough and with a sailor's roll In his gait, but with a glance of fire and a solid, square-se- t Jawbone to redeem his face. Tab-k- e was' not encouraging when Ward spoke' of hla desire to enter the Chinese service as a freelance, and answered that he could get s belly-fu- ll of fighting by joining the Shanghai .volune, . aeedy-lookln- teers. Thank you for nothing," tald Ward, but I can do. that without your help. I didnt come' for that sort of advice. 1 could make yon help me and help yourself at the same tin. You don't see It now, but you wIlL- Who, then waa Ward? Born at Salem. Mass., about thirty-twyears before bis arrival In China, he came' of a race of deep-se- a akippera who had sailed on all oceans, arctic and tropl?' cal. and been noted for their handspike and be- laylcg-pldiscipline. Daring anJ resolution ran In bin blood. At the age of nineteen he had won hla first n the Futi mate's certificate. He took a turn In New York at the business of ship brokerage and marine for several supplies. Thence he disappeared years and was heard of In Central America, where he had Joined Walker, the filibuster, nar rowly escaping the fate of that adventurer, Ru- mor also associated him with the exploits of Wheat and Hennlngsen in the same region. He had been heard of also In the Crimea as enlisted in the French souaves, from which be managed to escape by desertion to save himself from court martial after having slapped his captain In the face. These and other adventures loomed In, his drum-hea- background. Not disconcerted by Tah-ke- s cold reception, he took things Into his own hands. He had enough money to hire a small force of rapscallions, native and foreign, the kind that Infest an Oriental seaport like rats, and among them a few deserters from the British military and naval forces,' who knew something about drilL The most important of these acquisitions was James Burgevlne, a North Carolinian adventur- er wo had severed allegiance tooths "Heavenly had sold to Ward for a baga-KIng." Tah-k- e telle R batch of condemned muskets and bayo nets which armed this ragged and unreliable battalion. Ward and Burgevlne whipped them into shape not only by camp drill but by skirmishing with the Taiplngi at every opportunity, for from their cities of Sung Kiang and Sing Poo, only two or" three days march from Shanghai, the rebels made constant irruptions. Wards primary object was to Inspire hit men with confidence In him and In themselves. He lived on the country and when he captured Taiplngs he converted them into recruits Instead of refusing quarter, as was the habit of the Imperialists. Very soon the exploits of Wards Irregulars began to make s buzs in the foreign clubs and counting rooms' He had created his own standing and when he went again to Tah-k- e that worthy received him with low salaams. He went straight to his mark like a bullet, with the manner of one dictating, not' accepting. terms. k He proposed a formal contract, was to negotiate with the Futal which Tah-kof Shanghai. Ward was to ha vs tlOO.OOO from the government for every city he captured, of which 125,000 was to go to tho Chinese partners. He was to havo the first day's looting, after which the captured place would be turned, over to the imperialists. N 1 to . h - (, e r year, furnishing him with arms, ammunition and tore. within a certain limit of coat which the other thought would suffice. Within a month Ward led hla first expedition against Sung Kiang, which was garrisoned by about 5,000 Taiplngs under the command of an Englishman named Gardiner, an of the British army. The attack failed, with aerious losa to Wards 500 assailants. One thing had happened, however, which proved of vast Import to him. He had taken a rebel prisoner of some rank, wh6 confessed to him that one of the bastions had a choked-usubterranean sallyport If be could make a secret entrance through this. It would save the necessity of a desperate and bloody assault General Ward reoganlzed hla little command and. with 6,000 Imperialist to made hla second attempt Sung Kiang, with Its e circuit of wall twenty feet high, was and to Wards great credit be prevented anything like Indiscriminate massacre. , Leaving 8ung Kiang with an officer of hla own In command, he returned - to Shanghai where his achievement had caused a tremen? J dous sensation , , There comes now an Interim in Ward's fighting toil, for half a acore of unhealed wound . compelled him to go to Faria for treatment, but we find him back again In the early summer of 1861 where hla pretence waa sorely needed. The foreign power still' pursued their hand off policy and allowed the Talpinga to sound within- - earshot of the their drums and tom-tom- s swarming treaty port In a diplomatic way. Indeed. formal recognition of the "Heavenly King" at the dominant power was In the air. Yard's , coming , shattered that . Intention, which, if carried out, would have destroyed the empire.. . He grasped the situation and, through -- p te five-mil- cap-ture- obtained of the province of Cheh-KIandirectly from the Peking authorities a commlsslon to talse and command an Imperial Chinese levy. His experience told him that, well drilled and daringly handled, the natives had plenty of and would fight and die in good soldier-stuf- f their track! A singular thing happened jat this time. At the principal temple of Confucius one day he dlec&vernd Jn one of the consecrated niches a scepter-llkstaff of ebony with a curiously The carved kead of jade minutely inscribed. effect oi Us native valet was remarkable, and he learned that it was one of the great talismans of the empire. When he appeared with It before his troops the next day they fell to their knees id ranks. Thenceforward he carried no sword, eely this mBglo baton attached 4 to Uls wrist with d thong. In tho eyes of the Chinese, even the Taiplngs, it made him an. invincible leader. Shortly afterward. Indeed, It saved his life. A large detachment from the main force of Chung Wang camped too near his city of 8ung Kisng- - Sallying forth with regiments, be struck their camp like a thunderbolt at night, cutting the force to pieces, ' The clock now struck twelve for Frederick Ward. A Courier arrived poet haste from the Futal of Shanghai, ordering him to report there contln for cooperation with the Anglo-Frencgent He obeyed with two picked regiments, leaving Sung Kiang strongly garrisoned under Colonel Forester. Admiral Sir James Hope had arrived and had Insisted that General Ward should be fully recognised as the most efficient factor of salvation. The first move was against Kaschlaou, which threatened the supplies of Shanghai. Ward and his Celestial carried the defenses In tbs most gallant fashion, leaving Sir James Hope's contingent but little to do except gather In two thousand prisoners. All the English fficers were delighted with the splendid dsshyand confidence marking Ward's attack, and whCo Sir James Michel, the arrived from Hong British commander-!n-chieKong with 8epoy relnforcMnrnts he agreed cordially with Admiral Hope when these two reviewed Ward's forces at Sung Kiang. It was advised that Ward be commissioned by the Chinese government to raise from 6.000 to 10,000 men and be Invested with a large range , .. of authority. The result was an extravagantly phrased re- aeript from Peking that commissioned General Ward to raise and command 6,000 men. named and made him a mandarin him admiral-genera- l, of the "peacock feather." With It came the famous "Yellow Jacket, equivalent In China to the Golden Fleece or the Order of the Garter. The new force waa' designated Chun Chen Chun, The Ever Victorious Army. a council of war It wss In April, 1862,-thwaa held at 8ung Kiang. Sir James Hops, General Sttveley, the French Admiral Potret, General Ward and Viceroy Llch being present It was here that Ward's general plan was fully sanctioned. . Thla showed great grasp of military The proposition was to capture the strategycities of Kshdlng, Bing Poo, Najaor, Tsaolln and lesser fortified places within a radius of forty miles from Shanghai. Neediest to linger on the details of th on Kahdlng. 8tng Poo, Najaor and Tsaolln. General Ward in each case, magic baton in hand. headed thesasaulting column through the breach made by artillery, and hla men charged to the very g16 of Tophet, resistless In tbelrardor, mad wl the" Joy of battle. In th Tsaolln affair the gallant French admiral Protet 'waa shot . dead at b side. fell before bis assault like s house of Ts-cardboard, but one of the last hostile bullets fired pierced Wards chest with s fatal wound. He was taken aboard a British gunboat commanded by Lieutenant Roderick Dew and was brought down to Nlngpo. Splendid fbneral obsequies st tbs temple of Confucius In Sung Kiang were held, at which all the foremost personages of that part of China, native and foreign, attested tbelr grief and paid their homage to the deed of the man who had practically arreated th disintegration , of the emolro. e d of-liv- alight, - Transferred, but Had May-Ha- v a Grouch. r r r. 5. vice-royalt- - 4 FAR Day-Hrlst- 1860 a New In the ma- the staid merchant: I was then referring to his first letter about starting up country, but I have since returned, to having been badly wounded while attempting comscale the walls of Sing Poo City, and was I pelled to return to Shanghai for treatment got several shot wounds, the roof through the cheek and down through the missionaries the Is, of the mouth. They, that and some English and Dutch merchants, talk very badly about me and my measures, I having used both rather unceremoniously when found having connections with the rebels; but. Jack, Hs GO "What do yon think of thlaacbem of having the countries exchange children?" asked the Sewlckley man. T don't think anything about it said the Wllkinsburg plan, "What is Jiu.OOO. A The Garfield smelting plant of the the idea?" An English farallyjfor instance, exAmerican Smelting A Refining comchildren for a couple of years pany is receiving a very' generous changes with a ores firom first German family. References are tonnage of copper-silve- r exchanged and all that sort of the property of the Bris- thing." , tol, Nevada, section. 'I see." The smelter of the Mason Valley Thus both sets of children get a Mines company produced approximate- chance to learn another language and ly 1,500,000 pounds of copper during get acquainted with another country. July. This brought the production It's quite a scheme." for the first seven months operations "It'a an elegant scheme," declared to slightly better than 10,000,001 the Wllkinsburg man. My neighbors have a kid that I would like to tea pounds. Silver la at present the highest in exchanged with some family In five years. In 1907 the price ran a little higher, and in November, 1906, ALMOST INCREDIBLE. It advanced to 71 cents an ounce. Since that date,, however, It took to the toboggan for a long time, at time hovering. horribly close to 50 cents an ounce. The Tonopah Miner figures the production of the Tonopah district last week at 9,957 tona of ore,' the estimated gross value of which waa $248,-92The various properties of the samp were well provided with encouraging developments during the week. Thirty-seve- n mining companies navs reported to the Engineering ai d Mining Journal dividends paid in July, the total being $6, 888j)7f; metallurgical,' coal, iron and hblding companies paid $3,748,605,xwhile Canadian ana Mexican mining companies paid chinery and Junk business received 4 HE SHOULD One Man to Hava Kid Considerable exploration work Is now in progress in the Gilmore district In Idaho. Ore shipments 'from the Park City 1 strict for the seek just ended amounted to a total of 2.500,680 pounds, vnjued at approximately CHINESE 'WARD SOLJflE AND MAKER Of HIST G.T. FERRIS BY8Y mectVAY CO NTHE early autumn of WILLING V at - -- - demonstrated period of prosperity the midyear slno by (commonly known as spelter) statistics recently Issued by the geological survey, which show an Increase In both production and consumption, of approximately 9 pet cent over the previous six months. Silver made another almost sensational advance on the 15th, reaching 62 cents an ounce in settlement on the Salt Lake market. This means s gain to Utah silver mine operators for the week of 6158,000, figuring on last year's production In the state- - of ounces. During the month of July the Totompany mads a nopah Extension new record, He June .results measured 661,144, and those of July juat 62.056 better, the company producing 5,611 pounds of bullion from 4 603 tona of ore. The mill made an extraction of 92.94 per cent. It la reported that Lower Mammoth ha Mis- - ltie- - er on tbe AAUO-televel and 100 feet west of the abaft about a foot of ore that sasayed $1.40 In gold, 4.6 ouncs a liver and 2.1 per cent copper. Streak of even higher grade ore are said to have been encountered on the 1,000 level. The strike of extremely rich gold ore at a depth of 120 feet In the 200-fotunnel on the Yellow Dog property at the camp of Dyke In the Pine Forest range Is proving the great attractive feature among mining men and proapectors in thla section of the tate, says he Winnemucca 8tar. There. have been at least two tablet given by different statistical Journals of mining dividends .declared and paid In the month of July, and one glvea five Utah companies paying a total of 6221,980, while another glvea seven Utah companies known to hare paid profits laat month of $289,849. At a meeting held August 2, 1912, by the mine ownera and operators of the state of Utah, for the purpose of Investigating remedial legislation as regarding th lsaue of patent to public domain and tariff legislation, a committee of five was appointed to decide upon some organization to ob tain the needed relief. While the final Chino figures are not yet at hand, the preliminary returns give an output for the month of July of 3,114,000 pounds. Thla compare with !J562,000 pounds in June. Thla remarkably large increase for one month is due to a combination of several factors: a heavier tonnage milled, a greater recovery and a higher grade of ore. Unless the new Utah' owners of the Nevada Gold Northern Mining company are badly mistaken, they are Churchill in now np opening county, Nevada, one of the biggest propositions in the state,. Competent mining engineers who have recently examined the big domain tell them they have at least 200,000 tons of ore level blocked out above the 200-fowhich average $20 a ton, or $4,000,000 in the aggregate. The superintendent of the Yankee Consolidated reports that several carloads of zinc ore have been extracted and that more la in sight The new rate of $7 30 a ton from camp to the Kansas zinc smelters is stimulating the search for thla metal. The operations of the Bingham A Garfield railway during the past quarter were very satisfactory In every respect An average of 10,203 ton of ore per day were hauled, all from the mines to the mills, for the period, as compared with 7,910 tons per day for the previous quarter. Indications once more are favorable for a road to Contact judging from the personnel of a crowd' of Western Pacific officials who recently made a trip by automobile from Wells up through that big copper district and Into tha Twin Falls country. ot ot . Wakely Whlrly must be making aa awful lot of money. I Wisely I should say he is. actually believe he la making mors than hla wife can spend. Accorded Full Title. One of the New York representatives In congress tells of a social function In an assembly district po- litlcal club on the East Side, whereat the chairman of' the entertainment committee acted as master of cere- monies. The chairman was very busy Intromembers of ducing the newly-arrivethe club to the guests, who included of municipal officers. Tho representative mentioned was presented in a way to halve his official honors wlth-h- ls wife, as "Th Honorable and Mrs. Congressman Blank." Next came a couple who were not known to the master of ceremonies, hut, after receiving the correct name In a whisper, he announced: "Ms,. 4, Mm.- - lupaatar Grants, Faucet and Shopworka Casey. Llpplnootts. ' J . d " jm -- How He Left The servants were discussing tha matter below stairs. "Master and mistress sd something of n row last night, I ear," said tho bntler ponderously. "Yon should have beard em," answered the parlor maid In a shocked tone. "Scandalous Is what 1 calls It!" "They tell me e ran out, cranked ls motor car and left In 1L" "No, said the maid, positively, "h didnt leave In his machine; I distinctly heard the mistress aay h left In a huff." London Answers. i Accounted For. "How Is It so many people seem ablo to get the money to buy automobiles with?" "If you only notice, they are the easiest things in the world with which to raise the dust." Unmanageable. She Can you manage a typewriter? He No. I married one. It's usually the tool who rocks the boat that Uvea to teU the tale. WELL PEOPLE TOO Wise Doctor Gives Postum ts A wise doctor tries to give nature Its best chance by saving the Uttle strength tf the already exhausted patient, and building up wasted energy with simple hut powerful nourishment "Five yean ago," write a doctor "1 commenced to nse Postum In my own family instead of coffee." (Its n a fact that tea Is Just as injurious as coffee because it contains caffeine, the same drug found In coffee.) "I was so weU pleased with the results that I had two grocers place it' In stock, guaranteeing its sale. "I then commenced t recommend it to my patients in place of coffee, as a nutritious beverage. The consequence ls, every store in town Is now selUng lt, ts it has become a household necessity In many homes. "I'm aura 1 prescribe Postum aa often as any one remedy In the Materia Medlca In almost every case of indigestion and nervousness I treat, and with the beat results. "When Ponce introduce it into n rcaln. I family. It Is quite sure-t- o shall continue to use it and prescribe It In famillea where I practice. "In convalescence from pneumonia, typhoid fever and other cases I give It as a liquid, easily absorbed diet. You may use my letter aa a reference any way you sea fit." Name given by. . Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to WelM.!e." In pkgs. "Theres a reason." A Em Ml the akava hrtwt tlaa Wav at atann tna laMta N (nalat, traa, aa (an at Xaaua well-know- lattrtal. '1 |