Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1896 — Fear of Death. [ARTICLE]

Fear of Death.

The absence of fear of death which la such a striking character as the Chinese nature has a logical explanation. The Chinese are taught that pnly those who face death fearlessly enter*into happiness In the other world. Foreign-, ers who have witnessed executions lit China hear witness that, as the executioner with his sword mows down the kneeling ranks, the convicts Invariably meet death with jest.