The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-05-14
THE cinnamon
EAT RATS
STORY is REAFFIRNfED BY MRS.
GRIFFITHs, RETURNED
MISSIONARY.
TELLS OF WORK IN JAPAN,
CHINA AND THE PHILIP
PIN EISLANDS.

| ton, but doubted the truth or the
declaration, but now that the story
is ted by Mrs. Griffiths, Of Fort
must be believed. Mrs. Grifiths
of the Fort Meade Post, and a le-
turned missionary, the statement
must be believed. Mrs. Griffiths
spoke Interestingly Sunday evening
at the First Presbyterian church,
under the auspices of the Christian
Endeavor society. She had cor
siderable experience in Japan and
China and spent two years in the
Philippines Mrs. Griffiths made her
talk doubly interesting by touch
ing upon many phases of the work
| of the missionary in the far east. ut
is really true that Cinnamon do
eat rats" she ';id. They have them
in the marke;, dried and hanging
III, for sale. Every part of the chick
en- and every cart of the hog are
also sold and eaten by the China
men.
Mrs. Griffiths substantiated the
tories ofttimes told in this coun-
| Try to the effect that the snakes III
he Philippines Islands grow to such
proportions that they swallow pigs
md other animals. On one oc;a-
| ion she saw a reptile that had swat
lowed a pig This snake was thirty
three feet in length, and, accord
ing to Mrs. Griffiths, was as large
around as medium sized man.
81 have always looked enthusi-
astcally at MISSIONS said Mrs.
Griffiiths, but after spending sew
eral years in the army 1 was be-
ginning to doubt just little Dit
whether there was quite as muah
in missionary work as l had BE-
lieved l had heard that the mis-
sionaries work was not hard, but
| when l reached the shores of China
! / learned the truth and was so
ashamed that l had ever doubted
| the power of the living God, and,
Wien l saw 500 Cinnamon singing
| the praises of God, my soul was too
| full for utterance.
"You often hear that the mission
airy lives in luxury and wealth. l
ave looked about their homes.
saw cultured homes, because these
missionaries should be cultured men
and women. 1 glanced about these
houses and l saw plainly gotten up
rooms, but artistically arranged.
When you take into consideration
the small wages paid to servants
you will not begrudge the mission
aries this help.
another thing that hear about
missionaries is, why, If they are edu-
Gated, do they send their children
back to this country to, have them
educated. Do you think they want to
educate their children where labor
is looked down upon? might go
on indefinitely and tell you many
more plausible reasons for sending
them home.
"If 1 could only describe to you
the city Of Canton, China, that
heather city. 1t is a picture of cen
| turtles and centuries of filth. There
is no sanitary arrangement at all.
China is one reeking mass of filth.
| Think of the missionaries living year
!. after year in such, countries. Over
here you have no idea of the condi-
lions that exist in the far east. Thous-
ands and thousands drop dead OF
i disease, cholera and other ailments
You know that the United States
government only allows its soldiers
to remain in China two years, as
the heads of the army believe that
3 this length of time is the limit OF
safety.
'.sThe temples of China are moi
what expected them to be. They
are not gorgeous temples. If yor
; could see the priests in these heath
} en- countries, you would at once
: realize that there is something IL
! christianity that there is not fount
: in heather beliefs. The temples O
t Japan, however, are different. The.
: are really very pleasing to enter
but if you saw some Of those poo
: creatures who gather there the tear
: would come into your eyes,"
The speaker described funera
service in Japan. The deceased wa
a wealthy merchant. Following tn
service each person in attendance wa
preserted with small quantity Q
!, sugared dainties. When the corps
was removed from the edifice it wa
!, taken out in a sitting, instead of
= reclining, posture.
: Never has missionary work bee
So great az in the Philippines" sal
Mrs. GrifRths. "You would be SUI
= prised to see how the Filipin
= Graves even little spelling bool
2 The Spanish priests are very jea
GUS Of the Americans and keep II
= people worked up against them.
:. = The women Of Japan are swe
women, dear little mothers. Almo
- every woman has baby strapped
- her. They go about everywhere wi
- the little ones fastened to the
backs, but the women of both ia
an and China are sad, sad, indee
Y. When you 60 into shanghi. t