The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1889-01-12
cAEss ECONOMY.
The Extreus Degree NJ FrugAilsy rrss
TIED ~ the C>lessiais-


Ths Chime are pre-emincntly Geo.
nomical. So the North China Herald,
whether IL In limiting the numbcrof
wants, in levcnting waste. or In adj
justing foi,s In such manner rs TO
make litS represent great deal
The univaal diet consists Of rice.
beans. mill. garden vegetables. aud
fish, with dittle meat on high festi-
walls. Whcsomc food in abundance
may be supplied at less than penny
a day for ,ch adult, and even In fam
inc times lousands OF persons have
been kepulive for months on about
half-pcnn|a day each. This implies
the exstcce Of a high degree of cul-
mary skim the Chinese. Their modes
of preparg food are thorough and
various. There Is no waste; every
thing is ade TO do as much duty as
possible. What Is left Is the vcriest
tritlc. To physical condition OF the
Chinese or or cat, which has TO live
on the lcgings of the family, shows
this; theare clearly kept on starva-
ton allo'anccs.
The Cineso arc not extremely fas-
tidious iregard To food, all Is fish that
comes ttheir net, and most things
come tire sooner or later. In tho
north tn horse. the mule, the donkey
are i'm UNIVERSAL use, and in some dis
tricts hcamel also does duty. 1t must
be unde,tood that the practice Is 10
eat all z these animals as soon as
they epire. whether tho cause OF
death b'accident, old age, or disease.
This Is one as matter of course. aud
the facthat the animal had died Of an
epidem malady does not alter its
ultimas destination. Certain disturb
ances the human organization. due
to eatig diseased meat, are we'll re-
cognizd among the people; but IL IL
considerable better to eat the meat.
the chapness which IL certain, and
run th risk Of the consequences, which
are nj quite certain, than 10 buy dear
meat zen with the assurance of no
evil rsults. Indeed the meat of ami
mails shich have died of ordinary al
ment is rather dearcr than that OF
thosesvhich have died in an epidemic
such y pleuro-pncumonia.
Authcr example Of careful, calcn-
latin. economy Is the construction OF
the ooking-pots and boilers, the bot
fomsof which are as thin as possible
that'the contents may boil all the
soorfr, for fuel Is scarce and dear. and
eonists generally of nothing but the
stall Is aud roots of the crops, which
male rapid blaze and disappear.
Thdbusiness of gathering fuel is conf
mlted TO children, for one who can do
nothing else can ut least pick up
strs,vs and leaves and weeds. In au-
tuIin and winter vast army OF fuel
CATERERS spread over the land Boys
ascend trees and beat them with clubs
to.,hake of the leaves; the very straws
gei no time to- show which way the
wLd blows before they are annexed
b,some enterprisiRg collector. Sim
daily professional manure collectors
swarm over all the roads Of the eoun-
thy. Chinese women carry this minute
economy into their dress; nothing
cones anliss to them; il II Is not used
In one place IL ~ i'm another where IL
appears thing of beauty Foreign
residents who give their cast-of
Clothes away to Chinese may DO as-
sared that the career Of usefulness OF
these garments is at least about to COM
nenco.
Chinese wheelbarrows squeak for
the want OF few drops Of oil; but TO
people who have no nerves tho squeak
\ cheaper than the oil. Similarly.
dirt is cheaper than hot water, and so
as rule tho people do not wash;
the motto Cheaper than dirt" which
the soap-dealer puts In his windows.
could not be made ineligible To- tho
Chinese. To them the average for
eigners are mere soap-wasters. Scarce
ly any tool can be got ready-made; 1t
is SO much cheaper to- buy the parts
and put them together for yourself,
aud As almost everybody takes this
view ready-made tools are not To be
rot. Two rooms are dimly lighted
witha single lamp deity placed in =
hole in the dividing wall Chinese,
in fact. seem TO be capable OF doing
almost anything by means of almost
nothing. T,ey will give you an iron
foundry on minute scale of complete.
ness in back yard, and will make in
an hour n cooking range Of strong and
perfect draft out Of q pile of mud
bricks. lasting indefinitely. operating
perfectly. and costing nothing. The
old woman who In her last moments
hobbled as near as possible 20 the fam
lily graveyard in order 10 die so as 10
avoid the expense Of coflin-bcarcrs for
so long n distance was a characteristic
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