STRANGE TALES FROMⱭ HANGCHOW.
·BAD JOSS
Writing to a Shanghai, paper from Hanz- chow, a corespondent calls attention, to the disquieting fact that numerous wild rumours | and magical stories are
are once more in circuli tion there, as they worn this time two years |
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1902.
went well sill the boat neared Tanjong Pagar, when a squall sprang up and the sampan was swamped. The representative of France, went plumb down heneath the waves, but he came up again, and, after lightening himself by cost- ing out of his pockets sundry dolları, ha mada for the shore and, after a considerable buffet. ing and much bobbing up and down for some three or four hundred yards, reached" the
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ago and indeed: just before every outbreak of shore in safely but exhausted. The sight of a THE INVENTORS OF INCANDESCENT
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sitting on the share, was quite enough to excite the curiosity of a number of natives, among whom was a policeman. The representative be thought he might be an escaped person of of the law wanted to arrest the Count because
some sort from one of the ships in barbour. While the argument went on, however, the
trouble in Chien, Old residents need not be told that the circulation, of these pho yens is invariably one of the preliminary symptoms of trouble in China, where the minds of the people are generally prepared for mischief by the propagation of the most absurd stories, about animals, now born children and in animate objects, generally some "foss," utter ing strange ocular utterance. The ignorant Count managed to clear his throat of the sait people are invariably ready to swallow these water, and with the aid of some Malay and a stories with avidity and to prepare their mindste backskeesh succeeded in convincing the by the repetition of wild stories, absurd onlookers that he really was the Consul for prophecies and superstitions, for any mischief France, whereupon he was allowed to go. We that may come along. Needless to say are glad to hear that Count D'Abbans suffered fomenters of trouble are always ready to take not been a strong swimmer the episode might no ham from the immersion, though had he advantage of this mental attitude to work out have had a different termination.
their
UNHOLY SCHEMES,
SIAMESE FISHING-BOAT FIRED
AT BY MALAYS IN THE PENINSULA.
A Siamese Government employee, says the Slam Free Press, who has just returned from the coast on his way from Singora, brought the startling, tale that a number of armed Malays fired on a Siamese fishing boat which called at Fatani. The account says that the Siamese
and for this reason, what western people would otherwise merely smile at as absurdities of castern credulity, often became invested with a sinister importance to those whose experience proves that such apparent trivialities cannot be ignored amongst such unreasoning and silly people as the Chinese are in these matters One of the tales now in circulation in Hangchow is of this character' and is being passed along from mouth to mouth with countless variations.owners of the boat were in the habit of trading It runs that too certain large bridge, near which there are shops for the sale of foreign goods, came a man recently with a peep show, and patting his stall near a tree, hung out a large placard on which was written that the charge to look into this peep show was $30, the usual price being 6 cash. The Chinese yokels smiled and passed along, many making game of the man, who"
STUCK TO HIS STALL
tili one day a rich man passed and thought he would like to have a look and felt in his pockets. But he had only $28 with him which he offered to the show-mum but no, nothing would satisfy the mad less than $30 down, so that his curious patron, sent bis servant to borrow $2 and pn receiving it and making pay ment to the showman he was allowed to look at last. The first things he saw were rows of Chinese houses, all the people looking prosper. ous and happy. On looking again a lovely country with abundant crops growing on al sides, but the third time he looked he saw all the country covered with dead bodies not only of Chinese but forelgers, English, Japa nese, German and French, lying on each other on the ground
IN HIDEOUS PILES.
This was all he saw..
with the natives of that place, and used to barter and sell their goods there. And on this occasion, when they arrived, they were altogether taken aback by the hostile attitude of the natives. When their presence became known, many Malays assembled and ordered them to clear off as soon as possible, or they would kill them. On inquiring what was the reason, the Malays answered that they would destroy everything coming from Siam because the King had taken their Rajah a prisoner and kept him in chains in some dark dungeon in a jungley and they suguld
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KILL ALL THE SIAMESE
they could catch in return. Upon hearing this from the Malay rifles, many of the ballets the party put out to sea under a valley of lead hitting the craft, so that those on board had to lay flat within the boat.
Afterwards they called at Singora and related their story there, but the people of that state proved no less hostile, but did not threaten do everything possible to be avenged on the their lives. Ifowever, they said that they would Bangkok Government to which they would never submit. When the Siamese party re- turned to their boat they found that all their goods had disappeared! This is the story of the Siamese official, and we do not for a moment doubt the veracity of his statement, as he is well-known to us.
The man returned to his home dissatisfied a the poor return for his $30, and on reaching his hours he took two dollars to sand back to his. After this no one will doubt the story of the friend to repay the loan. His servant came foul play practiced on the transport Chamrom back and said that he had sent back the $2 by the revengeful Malays. before, and the man said "No" but the friend' said he had. Then he felt in his coat pocket and drew out the whole $28.
PASSENGERS BOOKED FOR THE FAR EAST.
The people say the showman was a "Joss", or wizard who came to warn people of what is coming. after a good harvest. They are thus warned to look for trouble and fighting and the rich man, was allowed to see it to warn them all. Ridiculous, of course, as the story is it is greatly disturbing the good citizens of Hangmont, Mr. Yau Elmet, Capt. F. B. Lawson, 'chow.
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It cannot fail to be gratifying to the residents of Shanghai, says a local paper, to learn that his Majesty the Emperor Kwanghsu is deeply interested in everything that pertains to the progress and prosperity of these Settlements, He gave uuraistakeable evidence of this solicitude a few days ago when Huang Chien- yuan, Judge designate of Hunan, was received by him in audience. Huang, it will be remem bered, is one of the Chinese Commercial Com missioners, and has been associated with Sheng Hauanbual in the negotiations connected with the projected revision of the Tariff, ever since the commencement. In the course of the audience alluded to, his Majesty put a number of intelligent questions to the Com- missioner relative to
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