The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-06-30
Late Chinese News.

From late files of papers from Shanghai we
learn that the Vieeroy Of Liang Kiang has re-
ceived instructions to use any means il his
power to stop all foreign manufactures which
have been or may be established in Shanghai
In pursuance of this policy the MandariRs in
the interior are i~ncting the people to pull down
the stores and furnaces erected by foreigners,
for the purpose Of drying the coc0ons Of the silk
worms, assuring them that such structures are
no longer under the protection of the authorities,
and that no penalties will follow their destruc-
tion@ On the other hand, We learn that an
Order in Council has been received from Singa-
pore to the effect that all Chinese who claim TO
be British subjects must adopt foreign clothes.
This implies the necessity of their cutting of
the cue, and SO some have mounted wigs, while
others tuck the cues that they will not part with
down the back under the coat. We have seen
the Chinaman dressed in " foreign " clothes and
have noticed that in those garments ne is more
of q Chinaman that ever.
Miss Fields, known to many on these islands
personally or by reputation, as a most indefati-
gable labOreT In the missionary work at SwGtOu
has just completed a dictionary of the Swatou
dialect, and is now in America to enjoy a hard
earned rest after several years labor ia the south
of China.
II is prescribed that the land telegraph lines
from Shanghai to Woosung, and from Annoy to
Hollow shall be built by Chinese alone, and
that the cables of the reat-Northern shall only
connect up to a point outside the ports, but will
not be allowed to land! Just what difference it
makes in the long run whether the cable line is
run ashore, or the land line out 10 sea to make
the connection does not appear. In either case
the news, We presume, would be allowedt o come
through. .
A man named Ogilvie is wanted at the Central
Police station at Shanghai, land we may add
that Marshal Parke has also a fine portrait OF
the same party hanging in his office here.
The reason he is wanted" is that he walked
off with f5, 500 belonging to an Edinburgh In
surauce Company.
The Electric Light Company, and also the
Water Works Company OF Shanghai are pushing
their works ahead and the town promises to be
quite modernized in the matters of water and
lights before long.
Speaking of lights reminds US that we notice
that owing to the cloudy weather on the occa-
sion of the late eclipse of the moon, that phe-
nomena could not be seen. Nevertheless the
Chinese kept up a vigorous firing of crackers to
scare away the FaH or Fiea kOn which they
afCI bAAC5 ~ udiAO l. IOO Inc AdN thdh
they tried to avert a catastrophy which they did
not know was taking place, evidences great faith
in their almanac makers, which is only to be
equaIled by their credulity in regard to patent
nostrums. Just how great that credulity is may
be guessed at from the statement that one
patent medicine" man finds a ready sale for a
quack medicine warrented to facilitate the
practice of foot binding The advertisements
say that this nostrum " has been widely known
and extensively used for a long time. 1t not
only renders the compression of the foot very
easy, but avoids the necessity for tight binding,
and the pain consequent upon the swelling +!
Price Sc cash a bottle"
1t is stated that the Corean loan has been
taken up in Teintsin. If so, then it has been
negotiated through Chinese merchants, and the
yMuil thinks Corea is evidently destined to be-
come, financially, as we'll as politically, depend
ent upon China.
We have at last found out how fre-crackers
pie living in the western mountains used to light
large fires and throw in lengths of bamboo that
exploded at the joints with u loud snap, to dri 2
away a lot of mischievious imps about eighteen
inches high, who used to live ON crabs and frogs
they ate with salt, stealing the salt from the viii
layers. In the sixth century it was already the
habit of the people to light these fires, and as
the centuries rolled away, while gun powder was
used, bamboo did not fall into disuse. Gradually,
however, and with the deliberation characteristic
of the Chinese, the cracker took the lead, and
finally became the national explosive. So it re-
mains to this day.
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