Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-10-01

<.A3 York Herald. These
<MR little fellows have
ESZ%45za been brought over
to this country by
the Rev. HUE Kin, Chinese mission
airy, to be educated according to West
ern ideas. l made them a visit last
week. Before left they handed me
message written In Chinese.
This was written by Jeng Seung, a
bright-looking boy of IA. He is re-
garded as the finest Chinese scholar
among them. He told me that If he
had remained In China he would be
ready this year to compete in the pub
lie examinations for official honors.
His tutor is said to have strenuously
opposed his coming to America, main
tanning that the boys future prospects
should not be lightly thrown away.
But his father set such high value
on western education that he let the
boy go.
Chin Sune Wing Is another of the
bright boys. He is 16 years old and
has attended school In China since he
was 6. He was taken from one of the
mission schools at Canton, to which
he was admitted four years ago. His
father Is local Chinese preacher. 1
succeeded in getting connected ac-
count Of the journey from him. This
is his story, put into English:
my father and mother are both ltv-
ing. have five brothers. One Of them
Is now In Boston. I wrote home as
soon as we landed at San Francisco.
l wrote again after we reached here.
We had nice time all the way. From
Hong Kong to Nagasaki every one Of
us was seaslck. Then at Nagasaki the
Japanese made all the passengers go on
shore and take bath. We did not
mind that a bit.
From Yokohama to San Francisco
all Of US felt we'll and were not seaslck
at all. We had plenty of good things to
sat on board. The steward often
brought US turkey, beef, lamb and
other things, and we Just helped our
selves. We had part Of shipall to our
selves and were allowed to go on the
upper deck and play BALL with the other
passengers. Our steamer stopped at
Honolulu, but we did not go ashore.
When we reached San Francisco we
were kept on board the steamer three
days on account Of some trouble with
the customs officials.
I'VE spent three weeks In San Fran
cisco. During that time we did nothing
but go sightseeing. We visited the mu-
seums and public parks. We saw many
wonderful things. The merry-go-round
was one Of them. We paid 5 cents and
took a ride on the wooden horses.
"There was a machine that puzzled
us a great deal, and we got lots Of fun
out Of it. If you drop a nickel into it
the needle will whirl round few times
and finally come to a standstill, point
Ing to a certain figure which indicates
your weight. But if you don't put a
nickel in it you may stand on the plat
form all day and the needle will not
move an inch.
1--WE had heard so much about steam
ears in China that we were quite ex-
cited when we got on board the train for
the first time. We had a special car
to ourselves. How the train few over
the track! tried to count the tele-
graph poles but had to give up after
awhile.
"Near Los Angeles We saw a number
OF Chinese waving their hands at us.
We had to change cars at New Orleans.
AS we passed through Washington our
attention was called to atall monument.
We took look at 1t.
when we were in China we heard a
good deal about how Americans ILL
treated our people. Since our arrival
kindness has been shown us on every
side. Heaven must be place some
thing like this"
The boys still wear their native gar
ments but they are beginning to find
that these are not suitable to their
changed surroundings. While was
there a little fellow had just bought
a pair Of russell shoes and was showing
them to his admiring companions.
For amusement they played checkers,
kicked footballs and picked blackber-
ries. Once a week an American friend
Of theirs calls and gives them lessons
in baseball
The boys are required to devote GER
tain hours every day to studying En-
glish. For this purpose they are d.
vided into three classes. They seem
to pick up English rapidly. By
September It is expected that they will
begin their studies in real earnest.