Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-04-21
TIL E CHI | n E S E
AND THE
CHIN a GU RS TON

'tirc~" nri-inai.t~ II many Of tn" IRIS
ami iut.j~rric, OF . her "a'iou>-T.i'
,au.- .utcl.,ci ~ ui>i.hyrd III the
I-~.ul Ms iur wants vi China sup
tir~Ity rin;rru,l pfo,iuci, and traffic.
And even in the things that for
are hive been rnnllann III Other
e. untric,. We final tiat IN unnumber-
81 instances their Ttr;tl!"llsm with
those of t'.IutlS If hul modern date;
turt ;htv. tOr, Il. former periods htv"
shown h> thrir u~r IN CHINA and
nowhere else t..at they We're bun fur
th,r proof, 81; the ~cli->l!liring and
sell supplying character II the CHI
nc-.. mHnI. 1t WAS this mat discov
erci til" polarity OF tn" magnetic
n-c.llr and applied II 80 use in the
compass, and obvia;cd 1t, dip 10y the
simal.,t d-yi- oi placing It's wei -;ht
hcloV The point 81 su pension; and
/ wa9 tins. too. that first perceived
and made allow nee for the yarIl-
ton of the needle from the true
pole. 1t was tn this thpt WAS due
the invention of printing and It's
perfection to the highest u"Sree per
mittcd by the Ian ;uA" Tor with .hc
Chinese Alphabet there is no lyar-
ttge i'll Interchangeable types. 1t was
from this that arnsr the invention ui
paper III the first century Of out era,
the production of inks having car
ION hIer. is with the printer sink
of 'o.dny, and the Manufacture of
lamp-blark from the burning of oils.
Ii VA, tbs that devised III, drilling
81 Grain rs distinguished from broad
cast sowing, a me bod that saves III
thr annual Srcdtime of Chlua as
much rs would feed The inhabitants
Of Great Britain and Ireland. The
prlni i've Chin' 1t mill Ton the hull!ng
ii nee Is sub tunIi.iy the same a.
tine mode n mill fo. iccortlcatIIIg
wheat; ani another apparatus for
tie sumo purpose, IL lever armed
! with Il stone at is outer end and
actuate i at the other 10y arm. radiat-
ing from tne shaft of a water-wheel,
differs III no essential respect from
the principle of the trip-hammer.
What III our day Is known as the
Belgian system If canal propulsion,
and now on trial on the Erie Canal
WAS derived from the Chinese meth
cd of crossing rivers. The plan by
which llfebolts are worked to and
fro for tue relief of stranded vessels
is the same rs that 10y which the
ships of mandarins were drawn
against the current of the Yellow
River centuries ago. The paddle
wheel was used for purposes of pro-
puls:Un in China long ages before it
revoived III western waters. 1t WAS
the structure of the Chinese juhk
that afforded the prototype of the
water tight bulkheads used i'll our
Modern steamships. Upon RATS or
hurdles of bamboo the Chinese
spread layers of earth which they
cultivated like garden soil, aud thus
anticipated by ages the floating gar
dend Of Mexico. In our own coun-
try factory system of making cheese
and butter WAS initiated about thirty
years ago; the like was done 10y
Chinese sugar makers generations
before the existence OF our continent
was known to the eastern world
and the same workers of the zane
first used the waste ba1asse for heat
ing the evaporation pans. Within
the past sixty years the division of
labor has become the distinguishing
feature of the industrial systems of
Europe and America: the poiteries
of klnG-teChln have practiced the
same for many ages, the consecutive
labor of fifty different workmen be-
Ing necessary to lhe production OF ii
piece of the finest ware. They ter
raced the slopes of the mountains
with walls of stone for the growth of
vegetables, as the shores of Lake
tIc TRULY lOI tIlt
cultivation of the vine. Mindful of
the chemistry of the soil, they early
learned to temper sandy lands with
clay, and clay lands with sand; and
they carefully gathered and applied
ali manner of fertilizers at time
when the wealth of the Roman plains
was passing through the great cioaca
to the Tlber ana the sen. They We're
tue first to unwind tho cocoon of the
silk worm and weave fabrics from its
threads. They were the originators
of porcelain, and kao-in, the name
for The clay of which ii is made, has
passed into the industrial nomen-
c!ature of Europe. They Invented
Sunpowdcr, not only tor fireworks
ana Tor explosive mines in war, but
Tor ilrc-ariti~, for the embrasuies of
the Great Wall are fitted for the le-
ception of The swivels of wall-pieces:
and more than SIX centuries before
the Christian era their cannon DO. e
he inscription: " | hurl death to the
| 'iuiopI duU tAttl luluullOu ~ tue
rebel" They discovered, too, in
remote times, that the best charcoal
Is made from willow, II fact recoy-
nlzed to this day by manufacturers
of .unpowder III all parts of the
world. They burned petroleum in
lamps long before such use was
dreamed of among the western peo-
piles; they sunk salt wells hundreds
of feet through varying strata and,
finding that inflanmable vapurs arose
III large volumes, they led them to
the furnaces for use as fuel In heat
ing the evaporaters. TLey rendered
potable the mdddy waters of their
rivers by treatment with alum
process employed in Europe with
effect tor removing clay and other
earths from water intended for use
IN various branches of Manufacture.
But these are far from all They
adopted the decimal system fui
i measures of quantity aud weight
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