Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-23
CHINESE PEACEMAKERS.
How They Are Respected in the
Land Of Rice.
Eeliigerents Commence Their Fight by
Beating Themselves-CuriOus Instances
of How Disputes Were Settled
"Repaintins His Front Door,"

SHlua IL pfoUdoIy lHc IHOSG peiced-
BILE and peace-loying nation in the
world. Its Government has submitted
to gross wrongs and acts of injustice
at the hands of other Powers without
recourse to war, and sometimes with
out even protest, such as, if attempt
ed toward any Western nation, would
have caused a bitter struggle and much
shedding of blood. The highest hon
OrS which, as State, it has to bestow
upon its people, are to be sought and
found in the line of civil promotion.
Not the great General, but the popular
and successful magistrate or ruler, is
the man who may hope for and receive
the highest honors from the Emperor
Its only privileged class is that of the
students or scholars.
a great difference has existed in this
respect between China and Japan. In
the latter Government the privileged
class has been the samorai, or .. two
sworded men," that is, the military.
And in recent times, during the reor-
ganizaton Of Japan by its present able
rulers, this class has given great trouble.
and attempted at least one revolution.
This important difference between
those two great Eastern nations NAV
be correctly stated by saying that for
hundreds of years the Chinese have
been taught the arts of peace, and the
Japanese the art of war. Yet though
the Chinaman is not wariike, he is, as
an individual. quarrelsome. This riay
seem to be a distinction without a Diff
ference, and yet there is difference;
II may seem to be very strange. and
still it is fact. The average China
man always goes about with his little
chip of pride, conceit and self-esteem
nicely balanced upon his shoulder,
waiting and watching for some one to
knock it of. The never-endin@ code
Of etiquette tends largely to develop
and help on this quarrelsome DISPOSE
ton.
If your Chinese cook calls his Chi
nese friend, your bottle washer, bv his
given name, instead Of addressing him
rs Venerable Elder Brother" there is
ill-feeling aroused at once, though the
. two may be old friends and even rela-
tives. If Chinan.an enters a room
where another is seated. and the other
does not rise to receive him, there may
be high words about it. If Chinaman
meets an acquaintance whose queue is
coiled on his head, and that queue is
not at once brushed down and
Strengthened out. there is quarrel.
On one occasion the wife of the
writer sent servant with note to
lady friend, directing him TO bring
back an answer. He did so, but
brought the reply to the writer in the
office, who directed him to take il into
the house. He took it to the servants
quarters, intending to give it to the
butler to deliver to the mistress; but as
the butler was absent he handed it to
another hOuse-servant, with the woros:
1.-The master says you are to give that
to the mistress
why don't you take it YOURSELF
was the reply.
Ugh! Is that the way you talk to
me?" said the first.
In an instant they had grasped each
other by the queue, and were putting
each other about the yard. screaming
out abusive language. and making
noise enough generally for mob. The
writer was forced to 60 and pull them
apart, and it was only after they had
been lied. each by the queue. to two
hitching-posts in the stable-yard for
half an hour, that they cooled down,