Show chinese national vice william edgar geil gell who has trav aled much in china thinks that the great peculiarity ot of the chinaman is that he lives in a fictitious environ ment to him the m world orld is one ot of un realities he lie worships demons enor sums of money are paid by the chinese to locate the devil coal mines are not worked because it la Is held to be wicked to disturb the demon who lives in the bowels ot of the earth shall we drive shafts into his back the chinaman asks one misfortune Is the common use of opium vast sections of the land are devoted to the growth of the poppy on the steamboats on the canals Inthe in the great business houses everywhere men lie down and smoke opium it Is a na mania everywhere hedged edeeb to be bad |