The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-12-28

The Chinese kre pre.en1Inently eco-
noinical, whether it b. IN limiting the
number of wants, Ia preventing
waste, Or In adjusting foruos III
such d manner as 10 make u little
represent great deal The nnl-
versal diet consists Of rloo. beans. ratf
let. garden vegetable and nsh. With a
little ment on high Festivals Whole
ume food iii abundance niny DO sup
piled "A less than 0penny day for
each adult. aud sven In famine tlmes
thousaada oi persons have been kept
alive Tor months on about haifpenny
d day i: eh. This implies the existence
a. high degr0s Of culinary skin In the
Chinese Their modes OF preparing food
are thorough and various. There Is no
waste; every thing is made 10 do as
much duty IA possible. What - left
Il the verlest triIiel The physical con
dition OF the Chinese dog or eat, who
has 10 live on tho leavings OF the
family. shows this; they are clearly
kept on starvation allowances. The
Chinese arc not extremely fastidious
In regard to food; all Il tlsh that comes
to their net. aud most things come
there sooner or later. Ia the north
tho horse. the mule. tho donkey
are In universal uae. md ia
some districts tho camel also does
duty. 1t must bo understood that
the practice Is 20 eat all OF these
animals ~ soon as they expire whether
the cause OF death be accident. old age.
or disemse. This Is done AZ matter
OF course. and the fact that the animal
has died OF an epidemic malady does
not alter its ultimate destination. Cer-
tain disturbances OF the human orga.i-
zation. due TO eating diseased meat,
are well recognized among tho peoples
but II IL considered better to eat the
meat. the chaapness OF which IL GER
tain. and run tho risk of the couse-
quences. which are not quite certain,
than TO buy dear meat even with the
assurance of no OWL results. Indeed
| the meat of animals which have died
OF ordinary ailments is rather dsarer
than that OF those which have died Ia
AN epidemic such as plourn-pneumonia
| Another example of careful. calcula-
ting economy Is the construction Of the
cooking pots and boilers. the bottoms
OF which are "a thin as possible tsiat
the contents may boil nil the sooner.
for fuel Is scarce and dear. aud consists
generally OF nothing bnt the stocks
aud roots of the crops, which make a
rapid blaze and disappear. The busi-
moss of gathering fuel is committed e.
| children. FOR one who can do nothing
else can at least pick up straws and
leaves aud weeds. In autumn and
winter vast army OF fuel gatherer.
spread over the land. Boys as-
ccnd trees aud beat them with
clubs TO shake of the leaves; the very
straws get no time TO show which way
the wind blows before they are annexed
by some enterprising collector. Siuli
larly professional manure collector.
swarm over all tho roads of the country
Chinese women carry this minute econ
omy into their dress; nothing come,
amiss 20 them; II il IL not used Ia on,
place IL Is In another whore il appear
a thing OF beauty. Foreign residents
who give their cast-of clothes away 4
Chinese may be assured that the caree
OF usefulness of these garments il n
last about TO commence. Chinese wheel
barrows squeak for the want OF iey
drops OF oil; but 60 people who have n,
nerves .he squeak is cheaper than th,
oil. Similarly. dirt is cheaper than no
water. and SO, as rule. the people d,
not wash; the motto .cheaper thai
dirt" which the soap-dealer puts Il
his window. could not be made intel
Iigible to the Chinese. To then
the average foreigners are mer
soap MASTERS. Scarcely any tool cal
be got ready made; it is so mucl
cheaper to buy the parts aud put then
together for yourself. aud as almos
every body takes this view ready-mad'
tools are not - bs got. Two rooms ar,
dimly lighted with a single lam
deftly placed in hole in the dividing
, wall. Chinese. in fact, seem to b
capable of doing almost any thing b
means OF almost nothing They vii
give you an iron foundry on a minut
scale OF completeness in back yard
and will make in an hour cookin
range. of strong and perfect draft. on
OF pile OF mud bricks. lasting indeiiu
itely, operating perfectly, aud costin
: nothing The old woman who i'm he
last moments hobbled as near rs pos
: sible to the family graveyard in orde
TO die so as TO avoid the expense {
coffin bearers for so long distance
was characteristic Chinese. Mort