Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1895-03-20

time holding up the globe begins to
itch, and so when the crocodile wrig
giles the earth begins to shake.
The ignorant people think that an
eclipse is caused by huge monster,
who comes into the sky and inconsid-
erately gobbles up the sun or moon, as
the case may be, and bang their TOM
toms to scare him away. They are
afraid of thunder. but not of the light
ming, and have no ideas, of course,
about the cause Of. them. They believe
that the rainbow is composed of poison
Gus gases. Boys are taught that if
they point their finger at rainbow
they will have felon on it.
Mr.. Pott showed copy of the st.
Johns Echo, published in English by
the students of the college. 1t was a
neat-looking sheet, and many of the
articles showed a good deal of thought
A student named law Fob Kung signs
his name to an article on 1.-THE Politi-
cal Advantages TO Nation Which
Come From Christianity. Part of
it is worth quoting. He says:
Nothing exhibits more influence
upon human society than religion, the
birth of which dates as far back as the
creation of the first man and woman,
and has connected itself with the
movements of the human race down to
the present generation. Nor is there
anything existing that can surpass re-
| ligion in deciding the fate or the out
come of nation. as it is the only indis-
pensable means of bringing men up to
higher state of civilization.
! "Our beloved country, China, has
been crushed with the weight of 1000
years of falsehood and superstition.
and buried under milenniums of ignor-
ance and depravity. China, as read
in the papers, as compared with Chris
tian countries is 1000 years behind in
the race of national progress. And
the author of this piece, with more
emphasis, further adds, What is worse
than that. she means to stay so, if pos
sible.
what has prevented her rapid
growth? Or, in other words what
causes her to have lost in the race
Her conservative religions have de
prived the people of the desire toward
perfect civilization her fanatic ism has
bound her feet like strong letters so il
is utterly impossible for her TO take
rapid strides.
IF China were to cast off these bou
dages and adopt Christian principles
her condition would undoubtedly be
improved, not merely in her spiritual
condition, but in political as well.
Though the former is greater in import.
ance than the latter, yet / desire to say
a few words about the latter.
lin the first place, justice of the
superiors and loyalty of the interiors.
Justice, am ashamed to say, is almost
unknown in most of the yamens, OF
courts. and very few rulers show justice
to their people for the mere sake Of
doing right. Justice can be obtained
by bribery, therefore the poor always
suffer punishment. while the rich enjoy
imm unity from no better reason than
because they are rich.
I'm consequence, the people are not
faithful to their superiors, and every
possible plan is devised to cheat them
in order to conceal their own faults OF
crimes; therefore, the oath, SO relied
on in other countries, finds no place
in Chinsese courts.
In the second place. truthfulness
will be adopted as a means of mutual
communication among the people. In
reading the papers the other day |
noticed piece discussing the Chinese
question. l saw it written there. say
ing: The Chinese are race of liars.
He is partly right in saying so,
though not absolutely, for there are
many honest men in China. He con-
demned us too harshly. But, anyhow,
ii is true, indeed. that in the state of
society which exists at present. honesty
will be laughed at, and an honest man
is reckoned no better than fool. -
n. Y. Tribune.