The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-28
CHINESE EVIL srIRITs.
How They Are Warded on aud How,
Easily They Are Fooled.

Julian Ralph in the London Mail
Every one knows that What thc Euro
psan missionaries have TO combat iu Chi-
ma is superstition. but very few realize
what q Noahs flood Of 1t s1hmerees thar
| race.
Let US seiecs n house IN a beautiful city
that I know on the Grand canal Let ~
look az IL Inside and out in order 70 grasp
an mixing. q uny fraction % this super-
sfition-a whisper Of g.
Before the front door ls toug-snut,
/ or evil spirit barrier Il is only q pile
81 bricks five feet high and one foot tlick.
/ but % IS as efhcacious iu keeping away
| demons as ~ 30 were wall OF Harvey
| ized steel surrounding the house 10
/ severe. because. ages ana ages Bea. b. was
! discovered that evil spirits cannot turn
a corner They are built like locomotive
| engines. apparently. They must go right
"a door in order 10 get through d.
| when they come 70 a fone hui lu front 81
a door they crowd up against it im-
ngiue them banking up there Ike srow
| that piles Itself up 90 mound or drift
| against whatever opposes tt.
/ on the front OF this house ls liftle box
/ open az tine sop. il Is q receptacle for
| sacred words and good luck words which
| may be upon bits ~ written or printed
I
/ 1t Is the pride and duty ~ every in-eih-
gent man so pick up such bits Of paper
/ ana PUT them IN she nearest hoN-jus' as
| tne Turks save every scrap OF paper
which may have the name OF Allah UPON
g.
This house stands besIde thu ceual or
az the head OF and facing q street There
fore SIS roof must be fortified against evil
spirits
a close and mastery study o. che WAYS
/ Of evil spirits has demonstrated that they
7 move along currents OF air. Therefore.
any house that fronts an oren space or
S. beside curve iu a river or canal is
esnt .ialy exposed 90 che visits of these
nefarious influences which may be said
10 blow along the wind currents like bits
OF th,stledown. 4 roof ls tn itself no
protection against them For's. toothed
with cannon. have 90 hc built upon The
roofs and make believe forts are found
Z to Doe iusf as cflracious as real 0ncs-such
stupid fools are 400 the evil spirits
a little hrcastwork % cement Two cr
three feet long and three o. four inches
hlgh with beer bottles stuck in o. muzzl
outward is am that is required TIE
devils come blowing along ard ne just
about 20 allTht on roof when they see
ore of these mock forts.
"Hi-yah" they scream. eve shall be
blown TO bits " we touch that touse'
So or they go on she same air current
that brought them there.
You have seen that they DO not know
enough TO turn "a corner. ana NOW Won
know that they can Boz fooled with beer
bottlo cannon. but you shall yct learn
that they are bigger ounces than even
these things suggest. Their Stupidity pro-
vides .he white men who travel in China
with very cheap and easy way Of ln-
gratfatiug themselves with the "a ives.
They need only 20 carry a lot ~ wine AMI
beer BOTTLES iu the 'glass hoat' in which
they voyage along the waterways. ani 70
give them 20 the people whefeFe- ihef
stop such gifts are appre 80. Zee
cause bottles are to great demand ana
fctch comparatively steep prices over
there.
Sow. let ms look inside the hQgse-the
women house preferably. 81 the dwelling
a a nice one because mo. ] p.opc
home in China is made up OF three nous 9
those OF TIE man. the wemen ard tn'
servants. They are ali separated AMI m
closed within a wall.
T-he wife. her baoy boy the No. WHO
f,nA perhaps tine No. wifei and the ser-
want women ure OH together. go- iping
I.tko souals eating little cooked nuts 1uh
sewing or cmbroderiug The No. and
No wives are no wives ht ail-mefe eoh-
eubnes They are houghtcn ch1ttcis. and
n
proud OF having them, nud soys 20 her
less fortunate friends your man
docs 40. take proper care OF you.
Nv man has two No. wives
y HON order about" Should she
fail 10 bear q SON. aud should one ~
the concubiues bear one. o. goes hard with
lthe true wife. who then-aud only then
Hoses "face" and sees the boys mother
lhcld In the esteem which she longed 20
keep
This rs because girl babies 10 not count
You can get them for next 90 nothing IN
famine times iu the Nofth aud even ln
Central China. where tho people are pros
psrous and whore girls can earn money in
tho SILK mills girl babies fetched only 10
, when I was there Il is quite right thar
This should be so from the native point
of view. because after q man dles ne hns
, no place Co heaven unless taore D. son
. on carth 20 worship him and provide Hin,
. with spiritual occupation and reason
. for continuing TO exist Girls are only
a care and an expense
, As the women slt about exchanging
p scandal and telling stories and rowinr
/, the true wife SAYS 90 one 81 thc servant.
Better take the httie Slop Basin and
wash 81 AMI pui O. 20 hed" or she saws