Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-05-23

money.
are to the eye. The ferns are lovely
altogether beyond my powers of de.
scrlptlon. The palms, magnolias and
oleanders are handsome. while the
MOWERS are OF all hues and scents. |
| nave not seen the roses, but am told
| they 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
primroses and even heliotropes and
geraniums.
Dstrust 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 fact, her objections to these were
stern, and such relations were forced
| upon her 80 or more years ago 1t
was not special opposition to mis-
sionaries. but to foreigners. Mission.
! aries have had the confidence of thou
| sands of Chinese, but there has been
a 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
not understand the need of change and
the fear of its 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-
lions do not belong to him.
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
sociation is with all sorts and condi-
tons, 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.
It is believed that every 500 years
| heaven sends down great man whose
strength 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 4,
there was an llnheard 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 1t was
not known whether the light would be
put out or not However, the sea
| monster was propitiated and he De-
came the symbol OF universal domin-
| ion The dragon was made the crest
| to the emperor and gave his name
to the throne. | think he was not
| 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
shade used only by the emperor. 1t
! is a crime for any Chiraman to use
| this yellow and a sever penalty is at
tached to doing it, | doubt If 1t was
ever done by any subject. II 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, decapt
| tation is the result.
am also told that there is law
now however dead letter, that no
subject may leave China, the penalty
| being the loss of his head. 1t is
proof of the old objection to any for
etur intercourse That the Chinese
have been totally ignorant OF the ad-
vantages OF western civilization does
| not need to be re Gated China would
rather have continued to be the center