The Meeker herald., 1891-01-24
CHINESE AT SCHOOL.
Work Of tho Missions on tho Pa
clio Coast.
Johns Instinrt for Material Gain Renders
Him an Apt scholar. Hut lie Is
DepIorsbiy Deficient In Kes-
sOhinx Power.


The Chinese whom we see in this
country as immigrants are, almost To u
man, from the province of Canton, and
the Cantonese are Mt once the most en-
terprising, the bravest and the
toughest subjects of the Emperor.
clcvercst merchants in all parts of
China. the most daring navigat-
ors, the finest soldiers and the
most efficient police. They push out
into other countries, says writer
in Kate Fields Washington, when they
can no longer endure the ovcrpopuln.
tion, poverty ana squaior MT home. Pos
sibly onc in twenty can read ana write
in very limited way. The rest have
neither the Tim. nor the opportunity To
learn.
There arr no public schools In China,
and life thcn is 80 wholly II struggle
for the barsst needs Of existence that
the means would be lacking To attend
them II there were. Where n family Of
from four Ia six persons jointly earn
and nrc expected to hous., cloth. and
feed themselves on four dollars "a
month: wh-rc the common peoples
food consists nf pSor ricc a, cent and
half pound. now and then IA veg
-;abl. which they arr able To raise
themselves, and perhaps once "A week "a
ii;tl, hSh; wh.rc they must work in
fr-cEing weather GU, 81 doors clad in
cotton garments; from such region
any -ssap- In welcome. any refuge, IL
Heaven ~ compared with IL. The Can
e.. a
,l1n or hardship after whn, he has ici,
behind him ., huIa-. Fighting comes as
natural la him as iT-rains ar starving.
l; il only one Of the incidents. after all.
OF an existence who@s highes, aim was
the pFn-uriHg 1t hrans Ia auH;ain It.
.1if AMI whUac boundaries w-rr drawn
by III. hand "t an sn~snrahi. fate.
What ! has- said herr will account
for the slow pra.rFs-Aa whsrh seems Ia l.,
madr by the various ehaFi;ahlr aGscnci.-.
established by the wht,r i.1pic for the
l--nSn, Il tile thin-a.s. Four religious
ss-csr,irs, for lnsianr', has. uE-H-sl mis-
ss1n schools for them Ia ,hr city ot
Portland. Thrs.r Institutions hr- all
,luln.. carnra. work. bot oniy on- has
carvd tho s~rSir-s "f an American In.
s,rlsc,ur whs can talk ,s HE pupils in
tho Chinese laHgsuascI the r-s, hav-
white esEsaas a, thrls hrad. with Chi
n.s- Interpreters. preachers and teach
-r~s Tbs Cserp;tan l. The Presbyterian
school. ps,'ss'ird 1vrF by i.rF. Nslliams =.
Holt, wha lived ,rH yrAFs in China and
sceass- an cSlsCr; in slsvating AMI writ
ina. the language os 'h- country. AMI
a,nrv especially the diairu, 1t the Can.
,aa-Ars iiss work may isr ,aigrn. II is-
cal oisisssus Ia 'e ,r trusted. as about
be s-ss, sars~ - ssr saceess e each
efforts paFias. the f.sT yeats be aas
i-s-n i,.sc h. has had asiss,r ,s" i,,nsirsrd
fsit,iias at tis.ssr uaiy at-uu, a ipsrn
har.- shawn a dsslFu .o carry ;l,-'ir sslu.
ca,isn any iss.assssr Isass ''s- ESa.lsiss-t,.a.
~ stacy. This is nas ,c~aasr the r~s'
ar~ lazy oF >;ap8i Zoe 'hry arr Tho '-rr
ss,rrr~-,. Tlsr paP..s ar ;nssssiy house
hold srss ais.= asal uicg !. ia s.ss,rss They
make NJ faa.,rF "t .usaisss. 81 school ia
,iss evening after haai days work asad
spending taa "r ;hEru hnass a, their
books. anal ;l.r ChiaaHaaa has ye; sp ir
.suHi " h. San s4ps learn his hnsissh al
plsaisrt in ssls day aissI lsc rs'ssiy slsc t-rst
:n Fvsii words II a ssasIc syllable
The vlsnlr ssssgblc IA that thry arv ara.
,isc,ic a,ppu, every Thin. h0yufssi what
they ss,r is s.giias. ,D bring them in sasn-
isasne,tia,s profit "r tGakr their wufA.a.
.lay lives triE'a easier They can Hs.i
a wtlsr ta.Fisc, tnr .h.'ir labor anil y,tta.
saarst isssirr wages " they san speak.
rvsst anil write Enrltss. 'irrvtarv they
SOCK such Arssys lcslsss The s-tca us
learning toe lraruisg-s avn sake. os
s-ci,srs- an -siuca,t,1a foe Tho san,I us IN.
,s,rnai rsssauryss> aasi rciislssl IN r. ymcn;
j, will hrins Wish IL. ia sarthrss sEam
,,srir minilss fus centuries their am
cyys'"rs haVc hal M higher aHhisiun
than The sa,istassinn If Tho '-psiiiy wants
~ The day ani .isc provision II hole 'n
crawl ia,. a, night Wha, can i.a ~.
tccissti If the cITcgt uf such s.sfrli,I iniiua
cuccs uPpa The 'tsuushs and character
%. ,llc Isrss.ni ecngTa;tpn1
Irnr~IisyI iiy ,is., instinct of material
gain. tltc Chinasuau seeks the school
ani lseains his ssutiicss Ills progress ia
rlscassneaally rapii up 'o 'hC point
wl.ry rncrC mcfHurizins c-ass,s anil ,llc
exercise II the reasoning faculty ,c.
gins Here hc makes his ars. s.ufahlss.
No. tina, he tlp.cs nts s-r. along. for his
shrc1vyiucss a. dcvisins cSg.r,licnts IS
marvellous lie will surrBpus; Difficult.
ties in his avn fashion mrs. clcvcrIy II
they lie ,iir,scsly in the Path he has fiyc,i
his resolve ,s travel. In hy far the
larx-Cs, number If cases where they lie
uu,sitIe ~ ,ha, straight line. h.s has no
,lasirv TO carry his research further.