Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1892 — Chinese Never Save Life. [ARTICLE]

Chinese Never Save Life.

Much has been written of the peculiarities and eccentricities of the Chinese, but it is not generally known that the people of the Celestial Empire will not rescue one another from accidental death. At a Are in San Francisco several years ago six Chinese were imprisoned in a room by three-half inch iron bars, which could easi'y have been broken away. There were two or three ladders in the neighborhood, which could have been placed at the windows and the unfortunates easily rescued from a horrible death. There were hundreds of their countrymen looking on at their frantic efforts to escape. Yet they offered no assistance and gave no evidence of sorrow. A man who has saved many lives, in speaking with a Chinese, once said they were very heartless, and cited this San Francisco lire as an example, whereupon the Celestial exclaimed: “I tell you. You sabbee Joss? Gol-Almighty, allee samge. Chinaman call him Josh; Melican call him God. Call him anything. Allee samee. Now you say Gol-Almighty make ebletihg?” “Yes, everything.” “Make allee men?” “Yes.” “Know ebleting?” “Yes.” “Now you think you know more than Gol-Almighty?” “No, I do not.” “He makee allee men. He see one man. He think him no good. He say, ‘You no use; godie.’ You think you know bette than does Gol-Al-mighty. You go swim; you no let man die. Now Gol-mighty he say, ‘He velly smart. He catehee man I die. Yelly well, that man he begin new. He cally that man’s life, all him sins, all him troubles, all him bad luck. You have heap good tings?” “No.” '‘No hab much houses, much money, much land?” “No, not much.” “All light, you nebbe hab much luck. How many you sabee?” “About fifty." “Oh, you nebbe get out. You cally all fifty life. Ebleting you do, no flnis.h, wolk allee time, heap tlouble. You nebbe get old; you livelong time. Sabee fifty life! You live hundled years—hab bad luck allee time. Gol-Almighty, he sabee best.”