The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-13


demanded indemnity. The matter wa.
finally settled by the magistrate who r.
fused them protection being required e
make good their loss in tire way Of cloth
ing. They got 500 each for their bitter
, experience.
] was told Of the. above instance soon
after my arrival IN the interior Of China.
and Immediately provided myself with
q feven chainbored 44-caliber revolver
/ aud hreech loading shotgun and a
Henry rifle. never went on q boat cx-
cursion without these guns. loaded for
bear. and never went on foot or chair
journeys without either the revolver or
tho shotgun. or both. I never expected
10 be forced 10 Use these arms The
knowledge Of the natives that | had
them rendered their use unnecessary.
The towards would never attack an
armed foreigner in the open dav. and
when / slept at night ! either kept q
watch upon the deck of the Yacht or de-
pended upon my doc IAN Irish setter
which was my constant companionl Go
give notice by barking Of the approach
Of another boat The people are not
armed, fortunately, and they have n
wholesome fear Of foreign arms and
craftsmanship.
Ono of my travelling companions on
numerous inland excursions was an
American who spoke the Chinese Ian
guage fluontly. He stood over six feet
high and wore full grown. reddish
beard which came down upon his breast.
giving him striking appearance. This
gentleman related a strange adventure
he had with an ignorant priest who had
never seen a foreigner The American
IN cnecf his excursions inland came upon
a Buddhist temple in an unlrequented
place.
When the resident priest saw him
piteous, pleading look caused % smile 20
come over the Americans face. This
the priest interpreted % signify approval.
and he fell full length upon the ground,
and, seizing my friend by the legs, BE
sand. Il am ready. ] am ready"
Ready for what asked Che amused
American.
"Ecady 10 90 with you; ready 10 go
home. | have waited long for your
coming, oh, Shang a."
At this declaration. my friend laugh. .
gave place % apprehension. The man
had mistaken him tor God and now In
sisted that he would. Jacob Ike. not lct .
him 20. Clinging to his les with dcs.
perati0n. my friend could rot convince .
the old priest that he was only o man. as
himself; and he finally he'd 20 confess f
that he was God and told thepoor ignOr-
ant worshiper 40 his feet. that Ire had
come now 10 see that all was well. and
that he would soon come AGAIN and take
him 10 lis Nirvana With this assurance
The man let him go. but not until he had
literally 'worshiped az his feet" Ms
friend said he never again wished 20 be
taken for the deity.
This man and myself were one dav
walking through q Chinese cts and We
anne upon a street show. 4 native had
trained monkey performing ON
rapeze. We laughed aloud at some
Fright cGpcr Of the monkey The beast
detected sound strange to him, and
OOking IN our direction. caught siyht
II our heads above the crowd. SEEING
ne huge red beard of my companion the
loor monkey was worse frightened chan .
he old priest bad been The monkey
led 70 the top Of his perch, his teeth chat.
cred and he screamed and trgmbled
be incident broke up the show, and the
lan actually followed as and claimed
amlges for having ended his perform
nee
] was surprised 10 see with what rca3
ness the people believe the most absurd
lings and yet discredit tie most pal !
able facts. l one day told the crew of ,
Ut boat, as we laSily driftcd with the !
urrent. about the shape Of the earth. as =
Illustrated by "a small globe. They I
lughed IN my face and h00fed TIE idea !
s absurd. ! then asked them If tie =
hlnese could take their teeth out AZ n
leir mouth and put them back again y
lthout injury on pam. They said no. n
told them foreigners could do II. This T.
icy were not so sure about. Ny friend I
ld full set Of false teeth and / told 4
i'm 20 pull out his teeth for these people ~
sec what foreigners could do. 1c To- II
loved his plate, displaying his bare n
ims and showing the teeth ia his hand. 4
he men looked at each ether I'm blank -
nazement They said it was the "black
I" | then took hold Of my hair with
&c hand and my beard with the other D.
ID asked if ! should lit my head on ~
7 their amusement They an bcgcel NJ
G not 10 do So But they never for a n,
oment doubted but that ! could. They !,
lew nothing Of dentistry or false teeth. -;
I'd hence there could be no greater -
ystery TO them than for a man TO lift ~
S teeth out and insert them again. r,
b. y. Ton 10