Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1911-11-03


men sat In the public garden which
faces Whang-too creek and marks the
end OF the English Bund In Shans-
hal. One of them was missionary
whose station In In the interior Of
China. Another was an English en-
gineer who had spent many years In
India. The third was a Texan. re-
Gently arrived IN China on a leisurly
trip around the world. The three
smoked In silence while the band
played a piece OF American ragtime
and then the missionary broke the
silence.
II have lived out here for ten
years." he said. and the longer ] live
here the more mystified am when
| try 10 understand the workings of
the Chinene mind when II decides ju-
dicial problems. We had very in
teres.ing trial In my village only a
few DAYS ago and the result was very
differep. from what one would ex-
pect In a western court.
''chvS-xirs. tea merchant. who
had recently progressed. decided that
he could broaden his matrimonial re-
iations and looked about for No. .
wife. He found a girl to his liking
and after good deal of dickering
with her mother they agreed on $500
as the amount to be paid by him.
After the money had been paid
the girls mother heard new reports
OF elbows prosperity and decided she
had not demanded the price as high
az she could have received. The day
before the time set for the wedding
she hired hand Of rowdies to way
Law the marriage procession. and car
ry off the bride. and this program
was executed.
The Rowiics Got Revenge.
Chow Ling complained TO the
magistrate and soon the girl and her
mother appeared In court. The mag
istrate heard all the evidence and
then decided that the mother should
paw the 5000 she had received to him
In the way OF fine. So poor Chow
Ling Is without either his bride or his
5000. and besides that Ia not In very
good standing with his first wife be.
cause OF his plans TO supplant her
with a Younger No. 2. The mother.
who lost her s30o. refused to ray the
rowdies so the next day they went Ia
her house and broke up all the fur
niture."
The English engineer threw his
cigar stump into the creek,
That's n typical Chinese court
verdict" he said. hut we must not
think that these Oriental people are
unprogrcss;ve They are advancing
all the time and sometimes they sur
prise you In the way they adapt west
crn ideas or inventions.
"A few months ago was IN Oval
lor, india. when couple OF tigers
had been terrifying the country. They
had killed n large amount OF live
stock and had invaded some Of the
villages and killed few natives.
THE usual preparations for an
extensive tiger hunt were being made
when one OF the natives succeeded In
trapping the two brutes In q trap he
had built for the purpose. They
went inside after the bait he had plac-
ed there, the door was swung TO and
automatically holted. The tigers
were inside. right enough. az anyone
could know when he got In earshot
Of them. hut the problem was how
20 get them out
The Problem Solved.
Everyone puzzled over this for a
few days, while tho tigers got hun
Frier and hungrier, and II became In .
creasingly dangerous 20 let them out
Then the very capable head shikari OF
the maharajah OF Gwalior solved the
problem.
"Hc bought a lot OF sticky flypa-
per and carpcted the approach 10 the
hut with II, leaving the beasts no OPP
nortunity TO escape except over the
sticky substance, When these prcpa-