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Show riU.ltMlinfTTtBrnnwiM--" HUMAN LIfTaT TEN DOLLARS That Chinese Hold Existence Cheap Is Proved by Experience of Trav-, Trav-, eler in That Country. V There are 100,000,000 children in China under ten years of age. One wonders how there are so many remaining, re-maining, for multitudes of children die off through exposure, ill care, starvation starva-tion and disease. Hundreds of thousands thou-sands of these children live in the Chinese sampans, which ply the rivers and throng the water fronts of the great cities. For generations these boatmen knew no other home than these boats. In case of babies, a rope is attached under their arms and if they slip over the side of the sampon into the water they are fished out the best way possible. But life is plenty and cheap in China. "How much, then, is a man better than a sheep?" Not much better bet-ter in China. A friend of mine, a Brooklyn judge, who arrived late at the daily public execution in Canton, and who could only stay for the day, was told that for $10 they would secure se-cure a special victim to satisfy the American's curiosity. And they proceeded pro-ceeded to find a man who for the sake or his family was willing to barter his life for $10. Of course he got the $10 and his life. Christian Herald. |