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The Celestial Kingdom

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Day
2
Month
May
Year
1888
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Public Domain
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[The following taken trom R prívale etter written to the editor of the Courif.k rora Dr. D. E. Osborne, so wcll known n this city, wlll be read with ;reat interest by many of our people.] Taiku, SiiaüSK, China, Feb. 14, '88. I have been linving somewhat of a busy ime 8ince writing yon last. More llinn ialf the Engliph people in Yai Ynen fn have been down witli typlms fever utd, amonjf the others, both the toreijrn (Eng.) phrsiciansi, consequcntly I have been the nly live foreign doctor in this l'rovinci', which Is thosize of the state of Illinois, and contains mor than fioe timet the nniiiber of inhabitants. In two weeks I rode more than live humlred miles on boneftack, and crosged a moiiiiUiii which lliey cliin, is ten miles over, and infestcd witli wolve", and they say, robben, twlco in the niglit. Do you know of nythlng In the line of opportunities for woik bttter than this ? Very few of our great walled cities are occupied by foreigners and with upwanU of 20,000,000 of peop'e in this province alone, only tbree foreign physicians. Only odc death froni typlms so lar, but others have been oii the polnt of departure. Just for relaxation. I h:ul a day " off " yesterday for a liiint. On the mountains near us are fonnd partridges, pigeous, wolves, leopatds, panthern, liares, foxes, etc, etc. This is the 2d of the Chinese New Year and the streets are vcry ffiiy. The whole male popnlation is out in its finest silks and satins, i(s official hats and boots making calis. We westerncrs celébrate one day at New Vear's time, these " celestials " relebrate two weeks. Yesterday they wereall out in the cemeteries worthlplug at the graves of their ancestors. Such intelligente and real refinement and yet sucli heathenism ! I believe nlmost every man in America would discover himself a Christian and declare the same if he could once drink deep of pure unadulterated heathenism. CbrlBt alone eau save these people and you at home have your duty in thi.s matter the same as we.

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Ann Arbor Courier
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