Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-07-10
|Ese suPERs1iIIons.
|ng the EVIL spirits and the Great
3ra = ON of Canton River.

6ng the EVIL spirits and the Great
Drago OF Canton River.
ruined sort Of q courtyard be-
teur photography was attempt
0t coolie could be made or
stand up before the big camera
)pod. Superstition is one Of the
ctions and Inconsistencies of
character, and. sbrewd as they
eating and bargaining, their
and penetration fail utterly
~ come to spiritual affairs. A
ms prayers and offerings are
lacate and appcase the evil
lis hard-headed logic working
the good spirits are bound
fter and kindly help him, SO
Averting Of the schemes of the
is is the real thing for him to
He believes that photography
ention Of the devil for stealing
spirit, and that when his i'm
ars on the paper something of
bodily self has been taken
they have the greatest terror
an arm or leg, or any part of
cs, and dissection otter death
bst awful thing foreigner can
them with. With all their
the devil and the machina-
the evil spirits. they yet seem
Dor opinion of the wits Of these
Zones, us they try to hoodwink
bive them by the most childish
I(crous devices The reason of
putting a screen at the door
prevent the devil from jump.
i md the round doors and win
at are emblems of the sun, are
to keep back all spirits, none
Ne to pass through one of these
relies. At the midwinter and
her festivals all the supersti-
up up. Dog meat, which is as
imposed in the markets as fish,
hecked ducks. and always with
TX tuft at the end of the tail
to prove its superior quality,
at these times to promote
4pr the rest Of the season. One
ITO partake of the qualities of
NAL whose flesh he eats. and as
dog meat make them tireless,
md enduring, rat meat is believed
Nv quicken the hearing and to
~ hair grow luxuriantly. This
INA shared by all primitive and
led people. and the American
the same belief. At the
MINER festival more noise is made
any other time of the year, as
&St dragon of the Canton river
len to be propitiated. He once
"a a fisherman down to
depths and devoured him,
~ fiery eyes and phosphores-
body are often seen prowling
yer in search OF another juicy
nan. The boat population turn
n,onium loose in June and fright
4 dragon cit of his appetite by
y0ngs and firecrackers, and tons
EQns Of boiled rice and gallons of
randy are poured into the river
stitute food. They have a real,
Tear of the great water dragon,
w scored point on the soothing
1srs, who dread the horrible,
Inch-long, coal black, hook
X Canton cockroach far more,
W. deadly cobra WIS found on
zen island. The cobra, or for a
line the "what is it," was known
On the island, but it lowered too
about the clubhouse and mani
Itself too late at night for any
believe it more than the legiti-
dragon OF bottled spirits. The
light-owls who claimed to have
q gross their paths by moonlight,
ave had it coil itself around their
], were treated as people are
4 at home when they tell of the
rpent. The American Consul de-
led to settle the question, after
t.felt its coil, when he was enter
) clubhouse early one evening.
y course of time the intrepid
ican caught his cobra, bottled it
mt it to the Hong Kong museum,
be Chinese shook their heads
at the proof that the original old
n was sending its young after
ers. Cor. 81. Louis Glo6e-Demo-
MRS RAG CATERERS.