Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-26

Bad boys in China meet much the
same fate that they do in the United
States for ordinary offenses. but II
little Hop Lee or All Moo is especial
ly bad he is much more severely pun
ished in China than wicked little rom
nv Jones or Sammy Brown in THIS
country. Where Tommy and sammy
would only go to the reform school to
remain until they gave evidence OF De-
ing better boys, Hop Lee or An MOO
might be thrown into a miserable pris-
on along with the meanest KIND OF
ruffians in the empire. Or they might
he sentenced to parade the streets
with a cangue around their necks IN
place of collar. cangue Is a wood
en- platform three or four feet square,
with a hole in the middle through
which the head is placed. Then planks
are nailed close around the neck SO
that the head cannot be Withdrawn.
and the boy, with the cangue resting
on his houlders, is turned out to drlrt
about the town and be tainted by all
the other boys and by every loafer
that he meets.
Ordinarily naughty little boys In
China are punished after the, same
fashion that bad little boys are pun
ished in this country, except that in
China stern parents use a strip OF
bamboo instead Of an apple tree
switch, and while the. apple tree
switch is. good in it's way it has not
the wonderfully persuasive effect OF the
split bamboo.
The Chinese believe emphatically in
the proverb, Spare the rod and spoil
the child" and several good strong
pieces of split bamboo are part. OF the
household furniture in every home
which rejoices in boy. The schooi
teacher, besides having small cakesi or
india ink and little wells of water, in
invariably on his table also has heavy
wooden ruler and rattan stick. II
a boy fails to study as assiduously as
he should do, repeating his lessons
over and over at the top of his lungs,
the teacher will whip the palms of his
hands with the wooden ruler.
If boy forgets his lesson and breaks
down in the middle Of a recitation the
teacher reaches over the desk ana
vigorously taps the slothful student
over the head with the rattan cane.
The hundreds of thousands OF peo-
nile who live on the boats in the river
at Canton have their own methods OF
punishment for bad boys. Some OF
these families seldom go on shore OF
where it would be possible to secure
good piece of bamboo and the bad
boys who think that life on boat faI
away from a bamboo grove would be
a perennial delight might be disil'
lusionized when they behold the moth
er of house boat family Furnishing
her wicked offspring. She does moi
wait to pick up switch. Instead she
picks up the offspring himself and I'M
tremendously hurls him into the riv
, er. He comes up gasping and sput
tering and tries to crawl back into thu
boat but his irate mother throws hin
back into the water When the moth
er thinks the boy has been sufficient!
punished she permits him finally tt
. crawl on board.
I In the homes of Chinese gentlemen
: while the bamboo switch is not al
: lowed to be idle, boys are often pun
4 ished for gambling or smoking opium
s by being chained to heavy weight
e which they are obliged to drag abou
t with them wherever they go. If lit
8 tie 20 Most Delightful, One Of tn
: Golden Lilies" sees her small brother
: Hon Yooey. smoking opium and run