The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-21


Drowned-.pesce Takers" and
Their work--Ihe Yellow Temple
and the '-.Aaitar Of Hea.en"-Chi-
aese Observation-Disclosures Chi
nese Laws.
Pekin. China. Oct. Z. 1903.
Of The Caucasian
Enterprise.
The city oy Pekin In located In the
part os China an a. hit IL
sed TO git purity cold here Ia the fall.
/ concluded hit would be the best
plan TO make a long Jump. an tase
on seem more os southern
an western Cnina q little later. fe-
KIn IL a ioag way from the coast an
W gllun' ercualnled Win q promi-
nent Cnlnese omclaI l managed ter
to transport Boz over the
lines. hat would hsy ban
a CRATE site 10 hsv ridden across the
country an to hsv mixed up win the
people. But In these furin' coua-
.rles whar the masses do not SPEAK
my language an 90 not know muen
ABOUT traseisrs. you air sorlsr lost
al soon az you glt erway from the
cities. A PLAIN oid feIier like me Kan
DO purity well In England. France or
Germany an some ov lne other eoun-
tries | hev BIN ~adin' through Ter
the people air more IKE home. But
emma IL like q new world. A China
man kin go ter America an soon
learn a few Engnsh words. But
they amt no sense TO the Chinese
language an hit would take me six
months ter learn TO speak three
words ov hit: In fact / do not care
TO larn hit. AZ matter ov fact not
many ov the Chinese people know
about their own language
exsept few common words that
they 60 through life. To tell you
the sober truth / wouldn't be willin'
to pay more than 3u cents fer awl
that the whole Chinese race knows.
Yet q very few of China's citizens
hev the reputation ov psin' smart-in
the Chinese way. They hev neither
religion nor pollyticks TO worry over.
But they air crate gamblers an that
gives them somsthin to think erbout-
"Fantan" IL the favorite game with
cards. The Chinese air awIso expert
thieves Portions ov the country air
full ov robbers. Up to late years
they did q guide deal az pirates on
the high seas. but foreign vessels
that now visit Chinese ports general
iy carry too many that kin shoot 20
suite the pirates an hit liz not often
that the pirates get busy. az the Chi
nese air more or less cowardly.
notis that China Ii well watered.
The Yantse kiang liz one ov the
great rivers. Hit empties into the
ocean at Shanghai. This river Ia
three thousand miles long an drains
half q million square miles. Hit IL
navigable for large vessels for more
than q thousand miles. The Hwang
Ho (Yellow River) is awimost az
large. This river often overfiows hits
banks an hit goes by the name ov
the Great Sorrow" The original
mouth ov the river hez bin choksd
with trash an hit has changed hits
bed more than once; In fact. hit now
enters the ocean 500 miles north ov
the old location. which shows that
hit liz a purity lively river for China
They wuz q great food when one oy
the changes In the river bed occurred
an hit IL sed that many Thousands.
even millions. some say, wuz drown
ed. But that In but another instance
goin' to show one ov the peculiaritiss
ov the Chinese people: IL half ov her
vast population should be destroyed.
the chances air that they'd say but
little erbout hit The country would
still be crowded with people anyway.
In addition TO the great rivers men
toned there air several others that
In both size an length can claim 70
be pretty large ones The Chinese
awlso hev constructed . system ov
canals which serves TO connect some
ov the great rivers For instance
you can 60 by river and by canal
from Canton to Pekin. though hit
would require much time.
/ hev spoken ov the trouble the
Chinese hev on account OF losing
face" which may come from any
cause and hit il the cause ov half
their troubles. This her brought
about another class ov people to get
easy money" Such people air call
ed peace takers" an they air sup
posed to be able 70 settle practically
awl disputes or differences that may
arise by settling disputes 30 that
neither party viii appear to hev bin
in the wrong, hence neither side viii
lose face" When I finish my trip
around the world I may attempt 10
organize q band ov peace makers
in the United States an add hit to
the long list ov trusts awlready doin'
business in the u. 8. IL the u. 8.
folks air like they wuz when / left
there. they Ia q guide lot ov people
who air not worth much fer anything
else an believe they mite do fairly
well ax peace takers"
Near the city Of Pekin stands o
buildin' called the yellow Temple" !"
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