The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-03-20
Around the World With VII
liam Jennings Bryan.


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a.p * chose b~,tAeeu the aatl
Dive an opporfunity Tor b*ltHHS
nien prevails - The orient Is N'.
as ia the oCcident.
There * one kind of bird coitt
when MOVIES neither erhetlS 1865
~blnadsh4I. although tbs element ~
Is also present ~ II i'
fer ia th, singing matches NtA"
iarks. Tne Chinese are very t'hA 81
birds and one cdl~1pi 90 ufoh ~
street Without seeing mt2 '.''H
bird cages. The birds are aired Hluti
= ~ dogs are exercised ia Our cohh-
my The fgNorite singing hir4 - tt'
lark and these are entered ~ 131t.
owners il contests. considerable sums
being often placed upon "a blld TO-
award is made bN the blIde tAtiH
selves one after another conie~~lhA
aqreat moan bnt ONE songs,er ~ left
upon his perch. The WtnheE IS lut''
CEuItant. while the others Sh"" ass
much humiliation As 4 ChlHahaail &h'
has lost his face. and VIII not ait'I-
ward sing.
IN another article have referred
ia The SapcIetitions so widespread h.
China. There is one form Of super
stition which has iuterIeIvd with Dom
religion and commerce. IAt NATIVES
have for centuries been the victims "t
sorccrets and fortune t"iiefS,N toli'-
Tossing q knowledge Of terrestrial anu
celestial forces. style themselves
"FungShui" doctors ana make "A 1NiltG
by selecting lucky burial sites. iofrtell-
inc the future. etc. There are certain
spirits which are supposed 1" pr'9i"c
over certain places, and any chahS'
in the conformation of the ground rs
Thought to anger the spirits. y rail-
road cut or ill is sometimes objected
to FOR this reason. and a church Sllr'
is. in the opinion OF the SuIef@lhpuS'
liable to cndanger the peace and safety
of q community. However, commerce
is extending in spite Of the spirits
and the Christian religion is gradually
making Roadway against superstition.
AT Peking | ttCnd a morning ser
vice at the church where
some eco men and women listened 10
a sermon in their own language dcIN-
cred bv an American missionary. on
Thanksgiving day we ate dinner at the
Presbyterian mission, and during our
travels through him met q number
of ministers. physicians. and teachers.
They all testified to the stimulus given
to the spread OF religion by the ndcHt\
shown by the Chinese Christians dur
the Boxer troubles. prof. Isaac 7.
ueadla,d ~ tbn Nntbodiet university.
at Picking. has published 4 volume en-
titled chinese Heroes" in which lac
= number az instances of cousc-
Grated dnrotion on tba part of tho
Chinese to The Christian faith. and
why should MOI China 30 "a promising
mission field Buddhism HRS here
done its perfect work and cannut rcas-
oIiabIN ask for Il further trial. the phil
osophy Of the has also been
inlpotcnf for thph armGnfus de-
..nIon,nrnt Of mo thfne-foLd man
china has followed am ideal ana fol-
II with j diiiprnce rarely cvbtb-
tied b1It tIat idral has beon wsighgd
in thc baIaDoa ana faund yyantfna II
is often said i, 1rfa.sa nf conf1cIon-
ism that IFS founder gayn la hi dis
cinIrc tho Golden pnln cfotod i, H.
form bnt too littIn r1nuhasie
bac horn oivan Ia rho diffrrcnr. no |
tween The doctrine If Coufucius DO
INTO others as Won yyotld no, have |
others do unto yotI . ana No doctrine
or the Tazari,n "whateonyer !. |
vouId than mon chould 4, Ia yoil Ia
80 even "a to the,p Tbrrc * = v.oriG |
Of difcrnncn hotwaen png.ff,. ham
Irsenacs ana nosifiye b-cIIfnincee and
Christianity could vol afford 10 rs, liz
case aoaipct c~onf,cian ic,n ~, 49,. cn,n
pariso1 or tho 60 twn doctrines
IN the AnalectS of Confucius the |
philosopher IS asked. is there one |
word which may serve rs j rule Of |
for all ones lifcy- He yy;te |
answered. rs not reciprocity such a |
VOID ~ Here va bava mo ,Inct 80 &c |
= b]aIancing IF IA vaIl no 49, ~