Show Power of Money In China Tho rich Chinaman if condemned 10 death easily procures a substitute Somo poor wietch without money to secure hla spirits from becoming wandering wan-dering devils with tho price of his miserable life can purchase proper care for his spirit Anything In fact can be done if you have the money It Is this belief that causes the Chinaman to commit suicide by taking his life on tho premises of his enemy to take vengeance on him Ills spirit he believes will forever haunt him There Is another reason also he knows that as sure as fato the officials will under such circumstances comedown come-down upon his enemy and strip him of everything Poor Chinese havo been known to sell everything they possessed teardown tear-down their houses to sell the timber fell or rent out their wives and children chil-dren and even sell themselves to procure pro-cure money for the proper rites for the peace and comfort o ftho ancestral spirits Ono thing alone he will not do namely sacrifice his son Kenneth Ken-neth F Junior M D in National Geographic Geo-graphic Magazine |