The Gastonia
Devoted to tie Protection of Home and tie Interests of tie County.
VOL. XXII. teJ^-JMSSau} GASTONIA, N. C„ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1901.
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HIM ATT IE BOSTIOX WRITES OT
HER TRAVELS.
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Miss Attie T. Bostick, who
taught school at the Modena for
a year or two and who went to
the foreign mission field from
the Gastonia Baptist Church,
has written to The Baptist Work
er an interesting account of Ixer
recent travels in China. Believ
ing it will have a general interest
for onr readers as well as a
special interest for those of them
who know Mis* Bostick, we very
cheerfully give it place in our
columns. Mis* Bostick writes
as follows:
Dear Workkr :-Perhaps some
of your readers will be interested
in the trip which I had to take
to get to this my long-looked
forward-to field of labor, since I
traveled so differently to what
the people in the "Old North
State" do.
My brother Hired a nousc-roar
in Shanghai, and we put our
baggage on it and alept on it
Thursday* night the 18th of Sep
tember, but next morning it wai
raining hard and our boatmen
said they could not start. We
went ashore and spent the day
with our friends and slept on our
boat again that night. The next
morning when I arose we were
about three mile* out from
Shanghai, our boatmen having
started before day-break.
These houseboats are not very
large, about fifty feet long and
ten leet wide, but for the slow
traveling we do here in China,
we can make ourselves very
comfortable. Our boat hi^ four
small rooms. The one in the
stern or back of the boat was
occupied by the owners of the
boat, two brothers, a widowed
sister and her daughter. They
had three others hired to help
about the boat, two men and a
little "rag-a-mvffin” beggar boy.
Next to the boatmen’s room was
one that Miss Marshall and 1
occupied. Our part of the boat
was entirely shut off from theirs.
Next was brother’s room, iu
which we cooked and ate, and
last came a small room near the
deck, occupied by our Chinese
teachers, so yon see there were
eleven of ns on that small boat,
besides a dog and a canary bird
that belonged to our boatman,
and some rats and mice that no
one cared to own.
When the wind was favorable
and they conld use their sail we
mode scout thirty miles a day.
Some days when the wind was
unfavorable we didn’t make
twenty miles, though we started
about four o’clock in the morn
ing and travelled till late at
night. Very often, my brother.
Miss Marshall, and I got off and
walked awhile and then would
have to wait for the boat to
catch up with us. _ The men
walked along the side of the
canal and pulled the boat by a
rope where they could not nse
their sail, because of contrary
wind.
At Soochow we stopped and
spent Sunday with our friends,
the Britton’s, two good N. C.
missionaries. They live in a
great walled city, the city being
twelve miles round and the city
covering thousand* of acres of
land. We were in a temple
there in which there were many
idol*, made of stone, which
these poor people in their ignor
ance and superstition bow down
to.
We stopped at other places on
the way where there are mission
aries and found a visit with them
nolle a pleasant departure from
the monotony of the canal trip.
We never stopped onr boat, how
evar, except two Sundays, so tbey
lost no time by onr visits. Of
course everything along the way
was new and interesting to me.
I saw the farmers plowing the
great water buffaloes in water
to th* tolail’i neck. They
were preparing to sow wheat on
the Itnd they had already raised
Scrap of rice on. When we would
sit down to wait for our boat, a
crowd would gather around us
and ask all kinds of questions,
The women were generally very
muck Interested in my feet, since
most of them have bound feet.
We found the people peaceable
most of the time. At one or two
places they cursed ns and called
ns "foreign devil," hut this came
mostly from the women and chil
dren. We had a guard of two
loldltn the latter part * of our
canal trip, hot they didn't look
as If they would do much pro
, tcetimj, if we had really needed
, »t. Their uniform seemed to be
enough to command respect from
the people, or rather to cause
the people to fear.
1 At Chining Chow we left our'
boat without any regrets for both
Mis* Marshall and 1 were lick
i the last week on the canal. Af
ter spending a day in getting
wheel-barrows, and onr things
, loaded, we spent the night with
missionary friends and took an
, early start next morning, on our
wheel barrows. These barrows 1
are made so that two can ride ou !
them very comfortably. Miss 1
Marshall and I had oue that has
been somewhat improved by the
foreigner*, and wc made our
selves comfortable. I told her it
reminded me of the rides 1 use
to take in the two horse wagons,'
in X. C. The roads were good,
and with one man to push and
two to pull, we made something
over thirty-miles the first day.
We traveled till dark and spent
the night in a Chinese inn, glad
enough to rest from the day’s
travel. At the inn we got some
nice scrambled eggs and sweet
potatoes, and "muhmuli," a kind
of bread the Chinese make. These
with n littte butter and jelly'
which we had in our lunch bas-1
krt, made us a good, wholesome
meal. We traveled another day '
and a half and reached here Satur
day at noon, the nineteenth, thus
taking a month to make this trip
of between six and seven hnn
dred miles when it only took me
a month to cross tile continent
of America, the great Pacific
and land in Shanghai, after
having spent five or six days of
this time in Asheville or Louis-1
viile with friends. So then you sec
what an advantage yon people of
America have over China, being
able to travel ten thousand miles,
iu less time than we can go'
six or seven hundred. But China I
is awakening and it may not be
long till we, too, shall enjoy
some of the "fast” advantages of i
steam and railway. I am happy
to be here. Owing to the ex
treme ideas of the Chinese about j
propriety I am keeping house :
with Miss Marshall in Dr. Craw-1
ford’s borne and suppose 1 shall
remain here till my sister-in-law
comes home from Chcfoo, when
they will consider it all right for
me to go and live with them.
We arc bound to conform to their
idea of propriety, where there
is no principle involved or else
wc can’t hope to do much to
ward teaching them of a higher •
and better life. This sometimes '
involves denials to us who live!
so free and easy in America, but
what is it not worth ©nr while to I
deny, if by so doingwe may win |
a soul to Christ ? Think of the
denial that was made to re-'
deem us.- "Christ Jesus, who.
being in the form of God, made
himself of no reputation and took
upon him the form of a servant
and was made in the likeness of
men."
Siucererely,
Attir T. Bostick.
Tai-Ait-Pu, Shantung, Chiua,
Oct. 24. 1901. _
Sixty Dollar Ovei'eeat* War S«Idler-*.
Just at present a buffalo overcoat
is a very soiree articls, and jot the
humblest of Unclt Sim’s soldier
boy* may have owe of theta highly
prued garments for th* asking. All
ha haa to do !• to include the item
In bis requisition for (applies, and
tbs coat will be issued to him, al
though it will still belong to the
government, and if be loees or de
stroys it he must psj $40 for his
carelessutss.
The ooati in th* possession of the
war department or* relics of the
days when no men living in the
northwest was thought to bo prop
erly equipped without a buffalo cost.
All of them havo been worn, but
they are still in fair condition and
art issued annsallj to those soldiers
who may wont them.—Minneapolis
Journal. _
Ha Watted.
As iniurenca o®oer who claim*
to bo tho only man in hit bnainea*
who *»er talked bualnoae te J. Pl*r
pont Morgen remarked the other
o«7: 1 could moro ceaily eoo tho
hundred hardcet men in Sen Fran
eiaoo than do It again. Nerar mind
Vow I did It 1 walked In on Mor
gen at the ofllee one day end stated
my bnainca*.
^ did you get in here I aaid
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" *W#IL walk out,' mid bn
"1 did*_
Leap Veer* le TUI* Cantvry.
Tho twontieth ceotery will hare
the freetatt number ei leap year*
i Ido for a oentunr — nnmoly,
I ty-flre. The yeer 1901 will be
the flrrt one, then o»»rr fourth yeer
after that up to and (nalading the
yew 9000. February will three
ttotea here Are Sunday*—In 19S0,
IMS and Iff*.
CHRISTMAS
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la most here and we are still selllngUnderwear, Hosiery
Jackets, Dress Goods, Soaps and Perfumery at reduced
prices. We have s beautiful line of Table Covers,
Bureau Scarfs, Pillow Shams, and Sofa Pillow Covers,
all very nice for Christmas presents.
Ladles* Belts and Neckwear, the latest and newest
designs. We also have a nice line of Infants Caps which
we are selling at reduced prices.
OUR MILLINERY
Is always right up to the season*s latest styles. This de
partment Is a specialty with us, and we can meet your
demands In taste, skill, and promptness.
Jo F. YEAGER,
LADIES’ FURNISHNGS A SPECIALTY.
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