Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-07-07

ents. their superiors and Interiors. with
respect. The boys and girls are edu.
Gated together until they are about 10
years old; then the boys Of the rich 10
TO separate school on have a private
tutor and the girls are kept nt home.
10 IS said that while the worship OF an.
cestors and obedience 10 parents Is the
religion of the Chinese. 90 education Is
their universal ambition. They Dos.
itvely worship learning and have the
greatest respect for those who have
acquired H. Naturally enough. too.
Confucius Is the particular god, the
patron saint. OF every Chinese school
md when a boy first attends he takes
his Joss sticks. painted candles and q
small packet of mock money, an 10
which he burns before a strip OF cloth
or paper on which Is inscribed one ~
the many titles Of Confuclus, the boy
bowling while his Offering burns before
the god. This ceremony Is called zen.
terlng school, and "worshlpng the
sage"
II IS a matter OF wonder how the
Chinese children learn anything az an
since all the exercises are conducted
viva voce, the pupil shouting out his
lesson as loud as he can, and the more
noise he makes the moro proficient he is
supposed TO become. The height Of a
boys ambition is to take the course
prescribed by the tsung ll-yamen, or
central government, az Picking and be-
come a diplomat though TO acquire O
degree one has TO undergo a most SO.
we're series Of examinations aud many
lives have been lost IN the attempt
II win be seen from the foregoing
that the Chinese have fairly earned
their designation Of peculiar" and
that. though they have many com.
mendable traits, they have some which
they can well afford 10 do without one
characteristic trait Of the Celestial Is
his power Of endurance; another Is his
insensibilty or Indifference to pain. lie
is essentially thick skinned or pachy-
dermatous and not only can endure
suffering stoically. but Is also unafeci-
ed by the suherlngs OF others. This Is
exempliied by the terrible cruelty ex-
ercised I'm his treatment Of criminals
and OF those charged only with having
committed small offenses against tho
laws. A person without influence. n
suspected OF any crime, IS tortured in
most revolving manner In order 10
wiring confession Sometimes he s.
hung head downward by means OF
cords fastened 10 his toes; again, stood
on his head, while the soles Of his feet
are beaten with heavy bambeos II he
confesses. rs he generally does under
the terrible punishment he Is thrown
TO the ground and beaten nearly to a
Jelly or else is taken TO the execution
yard, where his head is chopped off,
And the Chinese mode OF execution 10.
dlcates the vast difference between
their civilization and ours for while we
are only moved to execute capital pun
ishment by dire necessity. and then ef-
feet II as secretly as possible the Chi
nese use every sort OF brutal accessory
to make Of It a sport and shocking ex-
hibition. Sometimes a dozen or more
victims have their heads chopped on al
a time, being arranged in rows, so that
each one can see the CHASTITY act per-
formed on the one that goes before him.
The prisoners are chained hand and
foot and are dumped on the ground
like so many pigs and their heads lop-
ped of by an executioner with o keen
bladed ak or long knife until the
ground is drenched with blood. and an
present are spattered with the blood
that spouts from the headless trunks
Lastly, the Chinese funerals, like
their executions, partake Of the awfully
grotesque AS the Chinaman has to pay
the last debt Of nature" like other IN
dividuals, and cannot hire a subst-
tute. as he might n condemned 20 be
beheaded, he accepts the inevitable
with resignation. But he has taken ey-
cry precaution TO fool the devil" who.
he knows, Is lying in wait for his soul,
by providing a great store OF firecrack-
ers, which are let Off at every corner as
the funeral procession passes In a nlp
and tuck race for the cemetery Under
cover OF the funeral Fourth OF July cell
ebration the Just freed soul Is supposed
TO depart IN peace uncaught by the evIl
one. TRISTRAM W. WILCOX.