The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-09-08
SOME CHINESE ANECDOTES.
steries Illustrating and Explaining
Chinese Character and
Habit.


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go a.. ,ha p.o,ec saes he Lon.
a. oi.hA m H.. - 70, sxaetIv
nonrIar on The con,insn, neitber is
,hs -Ah.rSon;an anv,vhsrs A chinese
-. ais To- nI,s an Armen.
t. ~ a. nIns d-ovp.east |
v.aLaa.. :. - M, 1, .hortlv he has
- ins,;no, mors b,ybIv
A.~.,a-.d e. an o,h.r raca The
- -. :, ~ d,sltra vi,h which
a. = ~s-s.5as !. ,harotora natent.
M. sh-rss5nes. ;s ss remarkable as
~. navars 90 ohssrvation A good
.,orx n ,his connectiop IL told by DIR.
ssors,son the peLino correspondent
- w. ,,,hosa ,s,enr.ms on the
chins.s cr,sis 4 GEAR or two apo used
A. "a Ia shiyars down the hacks
:, r. nai.s,v,s ninis,ars because
.h.r - sIu.ys a, le.stea lav ahead
.mo,aI ACKNOWLEDGEMENT lie was
Ii. chinass nm The yancts
on = r,sar no, "Tha smart chief
omo.r cau. tor INV fare and as I
,honght chargad me too Iittle. I ex.
,rssssd INV s,,rnr;se and said hat I
r.u.vaa tha fsrs vas a. so II Is. he
rsnlisd ahut we only charge mission,
- az ana 7 kney1 von were a mis-.
.~,orarv AVER before Won told me,v'
This was British acuteuess. A little
wbils hetora Dr MorYison. who Is rs
little like a missionary as may be,
travelled from shanghai to Tientsin,
also In Chinese dress, ..The converse.
lstion was short. sharp and emphatic.
The chinese romnradore ON the boat
looked AT me searchingly. What pid-
Gin belong youP' he asked, meaning.
What "a xonr huslnessq To try him.
hnmbly I answered; NV belong
J.sns christ nldvin'Athat Is. Il am a
missionary 10 which he instantly
and with some scorn replied: No
dam fearl'" This was Chinese acute
ness. So conscious IL the celestial Of
b,s own commercial ability than 30
vears aeo n Picking official said to an
American traveller: "E~nelishman and
Mclean man come here makee big
pid0ip. bimeby long come German
man; some time YOU makee see Chi
nese eatee everything up"-a predic.
ton which. IA being fulfilled every
where in the far east and the archi-
pelaao.
The Chinese are not so much law
abiding as la~w-eyadine. They never
know ANYTHING they do not wish to
know. and none car be denser than
thew when thew choose. Not so long
AGO a Chinese was summoned TO a
Me,bourne police court for being in
c....s.ion - .onaoant ,net for In
- h.li.a.,an Tha oosa nos n,aar.
-.o~.a ~. 4. No.. a. o, ~,
n po wav could n. he mads IN under,
s,.na ~, : AM had hssn ;nsic,sd
n. 80, t. ~. H. =. mnarturhahI
ana .xnrsss;on,ass ~. onIv tha al.
mona-arad am "A md ali thot tha
co,,r, oouIa rs, ont % hin vac. .Mv
~ .avvw : sovsvn Attsr soving
.h,. - h.,oI.sS .a.;anr
e. \. ra,aussa a. .to,id;, H.
nmon .osa wa1 .Lrnwn ,.wvar
syv,,h ,n,r vrorsh,n,s norTniss,on {. ha
Ia ~ ,h,nL 7 cor n,oLa tha Ch,na-
- nnaars,anan ~ v,.s narTni,tad
c,.,a,n. ~ % a. noor
ss...;., n. shan.ed 40 h;u. .Ioh,
van A.. ansd ,wo nonnds,n "No dam
800 or,sS III AsIan mv.,arv wi,h
a. i,d.scritabIa axnra,s,on ,only
ou.,r Tha word a ~, " 90 treouen,ly
go h. re Ch,n.sa a. n laoocv - ~
a.. when hard swearing was n mora
) tash,ouable western ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
1900 a. &C., rl., use ft wIrnout
the slightest idea what It means.
For instance, a Chinese cook in sgd.
usy,i when applying for a situation,
concluded a long list OF qualifications
by the startling announcement: "My
Clistian man, mum: nv eat beef; nv
saw Roddam." DIR. Morrison saws his
"Laoban could say I'm English, or MD.
gin, chow, sit down. ali right. one
piecee and goddam.' This last exotic
he had been led to consider as synon.
ym6us with very good.
The passive resistance of the Chi.
nese is remarkable In the govern.
ment as in the individual. During
the reign of one of the greatest Of
their rulers. who died in 1923, the
patriotic pirate Koxinga ravaged the
coast of KwanR.TunQ and Fu.Kein,
and proved 50 strong that the impe-
rial junks were unable to cope with