Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-11-30

hOInOI ~ Al utO, tat1 49,
some districts the camel also does
duty. II must be understood that the
practice is TO eat all Of these animals
as soon as they expire, whether the
cause Of death be accident, old age, or
disease. This is done as a matter Of
course, and the fact that the animal
aas died Of an epidemic malady does
not alter its ultimate destination. Ger
tain disturbances Of the human organi-
cation, due to eating diseased meat, are
well recognized among the people;
but il is considered better to eat the
meat, the cheapness Of which is GER
tain, and run the risk of the conse-
quences, which are not quite certain,
than to buy dear meat even with the
assurance Of no evil results. Indeed,
the meat Of animals which have died
| of ordinary ailments is rather dearer
| than that of those which have died in
an epidemic, such al pleuro-pneu-
monia.
Another example of careful, calcu-
lating economy is the construction Of
the cooking pots and boilers, the bot
toms Of which are as thin as possible
that the contents may boil all the
sooner; for fuel is scarce and dear, and
dear, and consists generally of nothing
but the stalks and roots OF the crops,
which make a rapid blaze and disap-
pear. The business of gathering fuel
is committed to children, for one who
can do nothing else can at least pick
up straws and leaves and weeds. In
autumn and winter q vast army Of
fuel gatherers spread over the land;
boys ascend trees and beat them with
clubs to shake off the leaves; the very
straws get no time TO show which way
the wind blows before they are an
nexed by some enterprising collector.
Similarly professional col
lectors swarm over all the roads of
the country. Chinese women carry
this minute economy into their dress
nothing comes amiss TO them; if it is
not used in one place it is in another
where it appears a thing of beauty.
Foreign residents who give their cast
off clothes away TO Chinese may be
assured that the career of usefulness OF
these garments is at last about to com.
mencc.
Chinese wheelbarrows squeak for
the want of n few drops Of oil; but to
people who have no nerves the squeak
is cheaper than the oil. Similarly
dirt is cheaper than hot water, and so,
as a rule, the people do not wash the
motto, Cheaper than dirt, which the
soap dealer puts in his windows, conld
not be made Ineligible TO the Chinese
To them the average foreigners arr
mere soap wasters. Scarcely any too.
can be got ready made; il is so much
cheaper to buy the parts and put then
together for yourself, and as almost
everybody takes this view, ready made
tools r not TO be got. Two room!
are dimly lighted with a single LAM
deity placed in a hole in the dividing
wall. Chinese, in fact, seem to b,
capable of doing almost anything by
means Of almost nothing. They viii
give you an iron foundry on a minut,
scale of completeness in a back yard
and will make in an hour a cooking
range, Of strong and perfect draught
out of a pile of mud bricks, lasting in
definitely, operating perfectly, ant
costing nothing. The old woman whit
in her last moments hobbled as neal
as possible 10 the family graveyard il
order TO die, so as TO avoid the expens,
of coffin bearers for SO long a distance
was a characteristic Chinese. Til,
China Herald.