Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-31
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-,dent at Al }. Boone, the Protestant
l-Haw Gesissonary Bishop of Shang.
Need in CO visiting bis brother, Rev.
croRGsne, rector of Christ Church,
tive insur Bishop Booze, who does not
at Augusearcely pset middle age, has
Dunn vreater part OF dis life, youth and
. |runswicS in the Celestial empire. Being
: thoroughly familiar with the country,
through long residence there and study,
he talks most entertainingly of the inter-
esting kingdom OF flowers.
On the subject OF the treatment of for
eiguers by the Chinese, the Bishop re-
marked yesterday TO a representative Of
the MORNING NEWS that no one need fear
being interiered with by the natives if he
uses policy and common sense. ST was
entering city for the first time l would
approach the first respectable looking ma
tive | saw. engage him in conversation
and walk down the street talking to him.
He would readily talk about his city, give
q sketch Of it, tell you where TO look for
objects of special interest and
treat you respectfully. That would
the other citizens, by whom you would be
treated civilly. OF course quarrel
could be easily provoked. Strike at a dog
il il happens to pass you, or II some OF
the curious come up to examine your
clothing give them shove and there will
soon be trouble. If one can speak the
language, remark can be turned of and
the foreigner need not apprehend rough
treatment. Even during the French
trouble there was no retaliation on the
Europeans. The foreigners were advised
by their Consuls not to 60 in the country
cunning for awhile, fearing that the
country people might be provoked.
When the Europeans went shooting the
next time the country people chlded hem
for staying away SO long. The interest
which the country folks have IN the gun
ners is the pay for attending them"
Bishop Boone has jurisdiction from
Shanghai up the great and densely popu-
lated valley OF the Yang-tse-Kiang river
as far as Han kow, which is at the Juno.
tion of the Han and Yang-tse rivers.
There are two other clues, WI Chang
and Han Yang, adjacent to Han Kow,
and the population of the three is about
100000. WI Chang was city 500 years
before the birth of Christ. The popula-
jurisdiction is estimated at 10000, 900
souls. one and half times the population
OF the United States. Practically but one
dialect is spoken in all that territory, but
in the lower part of the empire and along
the lower coast there are many dialects,
and so different that the people OF Que
province cannot understand their neigh
bors in an adjoining province, perhaps
only beyond range of mountains.
In regard TO missionary work the
Bishop speaks hopefully. The gain con-
sidered for year may hardly seem APP
preciable, but when the work of i've or ten
years is counted up the increase is strik-
ingly apparent. In the last seven years
the converts have increased from $4,000
10 10000. Bishop Boone has now in his
diocese 1000 children attending public
schools, sixteen native clergymen and
thirteen candidates TOR orders.
The Chinese have the telegraph and
many European and American convent
ences of trade. American and Euro
pean clocks and watches are numerous.
The Bishop tells good story OF the ad-
vantage which the thrifty Yankee taxes
of one OF the orientaPs beliefs. The celes-
tial goes upon the theory of the dual prln-
ciple in nature and matter. There must
be male and female OF everything. and
SO he buys two watches, one to carry and
the other to leave at home il he does not
want to take both around, for be believes
that one will not keep satisfactory time
unless there is a mate for it somewhere.
The superstition, which is fostered by the
enterprisIng foreigner, has developed
the manufacture of sort OF double
watch, the trade in which is quite exten-
siye and profitable.
Bishop Boone has been in the United
States about seven months. His last visit
to this country was seven years
ago. He attended the recent General Goa
vention OF his church in Chicago, and will
probably remain in America several
months longer. His visit 10 Savannah
will last two or three weeks.