Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-05-23

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are to the eye. The ferns are lovelv-
altogether beyond my powers of de-
scrlption. The palms, magnolias and
oieanders are handsome. while the
mowers are of all bues and scents. I
nave not seen the roses, but am told
tney cannot be excelled. | can speak
Ior last autumn's chrysanthemums.
which We're of all colors, sizes and
sorts; for the camellias and gorgeous
Tulips, the sweet little violets. the
prlmroses and even heliotropes and
geraniums.
Distrust of Outsiders.
The foreigner is in every large city
in the eastern part of China. The mis-
sionary has penetGted to the far west
and north and the business man goes
everywhere he believes it possible for
him to make money.
We know that China never desired
treaty relations with the outside world
In TACT, her objections to these were
stern, and such relations were forced
upon her 80 or more years ago. 1t
was not a special opposition to mis-
sionaries, but to foreigners. Mission
aries have had the confidence of thou
| sands of Chinese, but there has been
hatred of encroachment upon their
territory and fear that the western
influence would injure China in some
unexpected way. The Chinaman of
today thinks as his ancestors did thou
sands of years ago, and change is
looked upon with suspicion. He can
not understand the need of change and
the fear of it's effect is the bottom
secret of his hatred to foreigners.
As class missionaries have kept
| within bounds in their dealings with
these people. Very few have inter.
fered between their members and the
law; very few have ever tried to shell
ter man guilty of crime, the wise
man realizing that complications would
thus arise which must inevitably
shake his influence in the one thing
that brought him to this country He
knows that political and civil func-
l think recent events have proved
that there were no men in China who
foresaw the past summers situation
as did the missionaries, because they
| lived among the Chinese and knew
them in every walk of life. Their as
ISOLATION is with all sorts and condi-
lions, and hence they read the mind of
the people and see the undercurrent
This explains the fact that these men
knew that China was moving for evil.
They knew the signs.
ODD Traditions.
1t is believed that every 500 years
heaven sends down great man whose
sstrength and mental ability are far
greater than any other then living. At
the same time that he comes there
also appears huge animal never be-
fore seen. So, two or three thousand
years ago, at the coming of great
emperor (his name | do not know /,
there was an unheard of disturbance
OF the waters. The earth shook and
the skies were dark. A leviathan in
the shape of dragon appeared and
the whole world (China) was in dan
ger. He grasped the sun and it was
not known whether the light would be
put out or not However, the sea
monster was propitiated and he be-
came the symbol of universal domin-
ion. The dragon was made the crest
to the emperor and gave his name
1 fn no tx,lr he anf
again seen upon the earth, but went to
his place under China, where he makes
known his anger by shaking his tail
and thus producing an earthquake.
The dragon of the throne has five
claws, and such a design is worn upon
the back and front of all officials in
court dress. Imperial yellow" is a
shade used cnly by the emperor. II
is crime for any Chinaman TO use
this yellow and severe penalty is at.
tached to doing it. I doubt if it was
ever done by any subject 1t is also
said that when the emperor goes
abroad all houses must be closed and
no one be found upon the street
Should any be found peeping, decapi
tation is the result.
am also told that there is a law
now however a dead letter, that nc
subjec. may leave China, the penalty
being the loss Of his head. 1t is a
proof Of the old objection to any for
eign intercourse. That the Chinese
have been totally ignorant of the ad
vantages of western civilization does
not need 20 be repeated China would
rather have continued to be the center