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The laws of China give the parents the right
to sell their children. They are supreme over
them, and q father can use his children as
slaves or sell them to others to be used as
slaves. Children so sold are accompanied by
regular bills of sale, just as we would sell a
horse or cow in America, and they are most
often bought for adoption, to be raised as the
sons or daughters of their purchasers. It is
estimated by one of the British Consus that
80 per cent. of the families of China have chill
dren who have been bought. and in Korea |
was told by Judge Denny that babies were
often taken from there to China for sale. The
chief sales of slaves however, are of women,
and a healthy, gOod-looking girl of about II
years of age is worth from SO and upwards in
Peking, and if II or 1S, she is worth much
more. Wives are almost always a subject Of
purchase, if not in money in presents, and
concubinage is a matter of bargain and sale.
At Shanghai, where some of the worst and
most beautiful women of China live, the Ceies-
tiaI strangers are taken in by them. They
come to Shanghai to see the elephant" fall in
with these beauties and drive them about the
town in European carriages. The girls are
very bright, and they often succeed in making
the Mandarins from the country fall in love
with them. They pretend love in return, but
say they are slaves, and that if the country
lover wants them a wife or concubine he
must pay their debts to their masters and buy
them. This done, they engage to meet their
lover at his boat to go home with him. Just
rs the two are about to start crowd of angry
roughs run in, seize the girl, charge the man
with trying to abduct her, and carry her away.
The Chinese cOuntryman appeals to the girl.
She is in the plot, and denies knowing him.
He dare not have his disreputable doings ex-
posed. and departs poorer aud wiser man.
l am told that this confidence game is played
at Shanghai daily,
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getting place in the customs in Korea, and he
has gone there with his wife.

The family is the basis of the whole Chinese
social and governmental structure, and there
is no country in the world where it holds so
strong place as here The wealthy man has
to support all his poor relhtives, and visiteda
millionaire in Canton who had to keep 400 of
his kinsmen. He was about so years old, and
his mother was about 20, He obeyed her as
though he We're still boy, and she in reality
ruled the family. He introduced me to his
mama, as he called her, and took me over her
apartments. Just as | was leaving dirty
Chinaman, who looked as though he was on the
ragged edge of poverty, came in to see the
old lady, and he was introduced to me as
"mama's brother" lie was, l doubt not one
of the poor relatives who had come to get his
monthly allowance. The family is responsible
for the doings of its members, and when a son
does wrong his father and his teacher are often
punished as well as the boy himself. Many of
the Cinnamon who have gone to America have
been pounced upon by their needy relatives
when they have come back here with little
fortune. This has been eaten up, and they
have gone back to America to make more. In
the government Of the cities the people are di-
vided up into families, and each set of families
is responsible for the doings of all the people
in it, Every family has to have board hang
ing up in the house on which the names of all
the men, women and children in it are noted,
and such boards are sometimes put outside the
houses.
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The queerest of women have seen in China
are the laboring women of Foochow. They
work like the men, and they deem themselves
happy if they make, on the average, five cents
day the year round. They might be called
the Biliingsgate women of China. Their faces
are as bronzed as those of fish wife, and they
wear pantaloons, betting their blouse gowns
in at the waist. They comb their hair most
extravagantly and fasten it with dozen silver
hairpins, each of which is foot long, and
which stand out from the head like the arms
of a miniature windmill. They wear ear
rings of thin silver hoops as big around as the
bottom of tin cup, and their hair is decorated
with flowers. / remember seeing a girl here
walking in her bare feet through the most
crowded streets of the city, with this gorgeous
hair decoration, and with a great bunch of
flowers in her waterfall. Her clothes were of
cotton, and she was carrying two great buckets
filed with the foulest of slop
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Not long ago an investigation was made in
40 different towns and villages in the Fuhkien
Province, and it was found that 40 per cent. of
all the girls born in that province were MUIR
dered. In another province out of II towns,
% per cent. were put to death; and Williams,
the American Missionary, and the best author
ity on China, states an instance of the chill
dren of eight brothers, of whom 16 had been
killed and only three girls were left. AT Can
ton and in other parts of China, the girls among
the boat children are allowed to shift for them
selves. If they fall into the water and are
drowned it is only so many mouths less to feed,
and often no attempt is made to save them.
The boys have little wooden barrels tied to
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wish I could show you Chinese wedding
procession. You meet them every day in every
city of China, and there is no place where so
much fuss is made over marriage as here. In
Canton / met four professions in single ride
through the city, and in each case a roasted
sucking pig was among the articles of eatables
carried by the guests on table or chair swung
between poles. This pig is always carried in
front of the procession, and it is the outcome of
Chinese superstition They think there may
be demons or evil spirits met with on the way,
and that the procession will move onward while
these devils of the air are devouring the meat.
Behind this there are tables with other dain-
ties and number of sedan chairs. The mar
riage chair in which the bride is carried
is gorgeous in gold and glitter. 1t has
much red paint upon it, and its carving
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There was a young man from ST. Paughl,
Who went TO his girls house 10 caughl;
She was berating the servant
In language quite feryent,
Now he doesn't 20 near her al aughl.
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rope or the United FoocHow
States. There are thin almond-eye beauties
and fat Acknowledged beauties, and the giddy
girls of Shanghai are far different from
the rosy, yellow faced maidens of Pc
king. The Shanghai girls bang their
hair. They have eyebrows SO trimmed that
they makean arch like the willow leaf, and their
faces have the rich, rosy beauty of the octo-
rooms or the girls of Spain. Their hands are
delicately formed, and their eyes, dark and
lustrous, look out bewitchingly from their
almond-shaped eyelids. They are more like
Europeans than any girls have seen and at
Is or 16 they are in their prime. The Hong
Kong women, in most cases, do not bind their
feet They have fine, open faces, high fore
heads and they comb their hair a Ia pompadour,
with two great wings punching out above the
ears. They are fond of iewelry, and the
wealthier of them wear bracelets and rings and
heavy earrings. The picture l give is that of
Hong Kong mother-in-law. She controls
a large family, and her face is full of strength
of character The brocade of her dress would
attract notice at White House reception, and
her skin is the color of Jersey cream. She re-
minds me much of the mother of the richest
man in China, of whom spoke above, and who,
by the way, wears diamonds worth fortune.
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their backs, and they
are also in many cases
tied by strings to the
boat. In the killing Of
the girls it is the father
rather than the mother
who does away with
them, and drowning or
strangling is the most
common method. There
is a founding asylum
at Canton which has
room for 500 babies.
The babies are kept in
rattan cradles, and these
are hung up TO the wall
in order to keep the
rats from getting at
them. These are nearly
all females, and they
are taken from mothers
on the payment of 20
cents apiece. They are
kept until they approach
the age of one year, and
ara fhan sold
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There is as much diff
ference in the looks of
the women of China as
there is in those Of the
different parts of Eu-
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Every Chinaman has his concubines if he can
afford it. and his number is limited by his
means. There are in the Chinese Empire about
400. 100000 people, or about 60,000000 families.
Supposing one man in four to have a concubine,
there would be 20000,000 c0ncubines in China.
Williams estimates that two-ffths of the
Chinese families of the better class have one or
more concubines. The relations of man and
wife in China produce conditions that do not
exist in Christian countries. Wives here, / am
told, do not object as rule, to their husbands
taking secondary wives, as these become the
servants Of the family. and the first wife is the
boss. The Chinese compare the wife to the
moon, and the concubines to the stars, while
the husband is the sun, around which these
revolve. The laws of marriage in China are
very rigid Relatives do not marry, and two
brothers cannot marry two sisters The chill
dren of a secondary wife are legitimate, and
she has her fixed place in the household
Widows are not expected to remarry, and the
woman who mourns her husband to the end of
her days is sometimes honored by the erection
of a memorial stone or gate. She may, how
ever, be sold by her father -in-laW, and as q wife
her mother-in-law rules her.
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In no land in the world have mothers and
mothers-in-law such power as here Old men
obey their mothers as though they were boys,
and the wife is the slave of her mother-in-law.
The young men or boys have TO obey their
mothers as to marriage, aud one of the Chinese
who was educated at Yale College was not long
ago employed as interpreter at our Consulate in
Canton. He was making about $l0O month,
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iN-i1A" reluson, and when she
goes out she must be in a closed chair.
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In every one of the Asiatic countries that I
have so far visited marriages are made by
match makers. 1t is not respectable for man
to do his own coHrtiug, nor fer his parents to
do it. The parents pick out the girl it is true,
but they makeFtheir oVertuTes through third
parties, and these are known as match. makers.
There are both men and women match makers,
and they are supposed to understand all about
human nature, and to be able to judge at
glance whether a boy will make good hus-
band or a girl will make good wife. They
have their fixed fees, and they collect the
amount paid for the bride, which in some prov
inces ranges from $25 to Sl00. The first thing
that the match makers look after is as to the
day and hour that the bride and the BRIDE
groom were born. They have their horoscope
calculated to see whether the marriage will be
a happy one and after that they have to choose
a lucky day for the marriage. They arrange
the sending of the presents and these are given
both by the bride and by the groom. Ny guide
on the way to the great wall told me he had
given $25 worth Of presents to his wife before
he was married, and when the presents come
1t is customary to receive them with an eXplo-
sion of firecrackers. The bride gets jewery,
dresses, food and ham. She gives bit of the
ham to each one of
the party bringing the yAAe
present and sends the VIZ
foot of it back. After /|SIgSrN
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marriage she is the YW 3
slave OF her husband ELE 4, + EsgA
aud his family. She VI gkE 40
only rises to dignity W. E7ssszek-3Y ~ ~
after she has become ,R% y ri 9tSE5lesiY
mother herself. She RA&S 4 NaN
is then worshiped by sssas-ez-~[ hy
her children, and after s@Ssss. ....e5sess-Ss5
her husbands death ESsZsss Ssssg5sssJ
her word becomes law. LIS4sesssssss5
There is as much diff 74S ssezMEs%II "
ference in the looks of 1SSESs5zSSASaS
the women of China as + ~ SS| ~
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and gave the words TO charge; leading and
starting a cheer, his men moved forward on the
double-quick, and soon became engulfed in the
cloud Of fire and smoke. The cheers were
taken up by the other regiments along The
line, and they, too. moved in; but Creighton
reached the wall frst scaled it, aud drove the
enemy from the position at the point OF the
bayonet and over the field, pouring in a heavy
hre and infictdng severe loss; but to accomniisb
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The Origin Of Some Old Expressions.

TO be continued.l
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EEentlon ~ 81 naI Trfbnns.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1889-06-21
North Dakota Editors.

Pursuant to call number OF editors and
publishers met at the Columbia Hotel In the
city of Fargo, on Saturday last at II O'Clock
a. IN. Waldo NJ. Potter was made temporary
chairman, and c. C. Bowsheld Of Glendale,
secretary. A general discussion Of tho objects
Of the association was had, committees were
appointed to get the work In shape and ad
journment was had until evening. At The
evening session number OF other editors who
arrived on the evening train were present
A constitution and bylaws were adopted
after full discussion.
committee Of three was appointed to pre-
pare programme for the Bismarck meeting
which is to bs held at the Sheridan House on
the 3rd of July.
A committee on legislation. and another to
prepare schedule Of rates for foreign adver-
tising, we're also appointed.
Gen. Allen was present and at the request of
the chairman made very impressive speecl,
Of some ten minutes in length, which was
we'll received.
The convention adjourned to meet at Bis
marck at s p. m., Juy3.
The following is a list Of those who attend
Cd and took part in the meeting: W. R.
Bierly, News, Grand Forks; b. Il. Simpson,
Pioneer, Hope; w. N. Potter, Chronicle. La
Moure; NJ. NJ. Miller, Pioneer, Larimore; ]. E
Gates, Times, Mandan; Cbas. Wilson, Herald,
Dickinson; c. G. Bowsheld, Leader, Glendale;
H. G. PIumley, Argus, Fargo; J. Morley Wy
ard, News, Carrington; j. J. Jordan, Repub-
lisan, Fargo; W. H. Matteson, Sun, Fargo; A..
A. TrOvaten, Posten, Fargo.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1889-06-21

Taxation. .

The following is a part Of the constitution OF
the state Of California on taxation, and is pro-
posed as an amendment to the constitution of
Illinois, and an effort will be made to have it
engrafted rs a part Of the constitution Of North
Dakota:
A mortgage, deed Of trust, contract or 9TH
er obligation by which debt is secured, shall,
for the purpose OF assessment aud taxation, be
deemed and treated a. an interest In the prop
erty affected thereby.
In case Of debt 80 secured, the value of the
property 80 affected by such mortgage, deed
OF trust, contract or obligation, less tho value
Of such security, shall be assessed and taxed to
the owner thereof, in the county, city or dis
trict in which the property affected thereby is
situate. The taxes so levied shall bo lien
upon the property and security; III paid by the
owner Of such security, tho tax 80 levied up
on the property affected thereby shall become
a part Of the debt ~ secured; il tho owner of
the property shall pay the tax 20 levied OH
such security, 1t shall constitute q payment
thereon, and to the extent OF such payment a
full discharge thereof; provided, that II any
such security or Indebtedness shall be paid by
any such debtor or debtors after assessment
and before the tax levy, the amount Of such
levy may likewise be retained BY such debtor
or debtors, aud shall be computed according to
the tax levied for the preceding year.
Every contract hereafter made, by which a
debtor Is obliged to pay any tax or assessment
OH money loaned or on any mortgage, deed OF
trust, or other lieu, shall, as to any interest
specified therein, and as to such tax or assess
ment, be null and void"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1889-06-21

The Young Folks Christian Aid society will
hold dime social at Mr.. B. n. Hervey's resi-
dence Saturday, June 10th, beginnlng At s
O'Clock F. II. The ladies arc requested to
bring boxes with suppers for two. Tho
smusenents will consist Of base ball, boat rid
Ing, croquet and music. Come one, come all,
and have good time. EVA POPE, Pres
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sunday School Convention.

The Steele County Sunday School associa-
tion will hold Its first annual convention at
Hope, July 9th-1lth. All Sunday school work
ers and those interested In Sunday school
work in the county are cordially invited to be
present. Further announcements will fol.
low. CHAs. G. BOISE, Pres.
E. H. BADGER, Sec.
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Grand Lodge A. +. aud A. N.

The Aberdeen News, speaking Of the division
Of the Masonic grand lodge Of Dakota, says:
''Those who attended the recent session of the
Grand Masonic Lodge Of Dakota declare that
they will long cherish the memory of that
gathering. The principal business transacted
was the division of the jurisdiction and the
institution Of the grand lo1ge Of North Dako-
ia. 1t is the first division Of any body that
has taken place and the scone incident to the
parting was pathetic. Everything relative to
the division Of property belonging to the pres
ent jurisdiction had been harInoniously adjust
cd to the satisfaction Of both tue new and the
old-then came the hour Of formal separation.
Kind words were spoken aud listened to amidst
tears and sighs. Strong mon were there who
In politics would hrvs pulled the hair OF each
other, aud yet their tears sprang from the
same source-the fountain of brotherly love.
Before the close OF the lodge the Dakota body
which will soon be the South Dakota body
presented to their North Dakota brethren the
jewels Of the grand lodge, tho same having
been retained by the former in dividing the
property. This was done that tho North
might lay them up In the archives as a lasting
memento Of their previous connection with
the brethren Of the south. The jewels are
quite valuable and were purchased only a
short time ago."
North Dakota grand lodge elected the fol-
lowing officers: j. w. Close OF jamestown,
Grand Matter; F. J. Thompson, Fargo, Depu-
ty Grand Master; J. F. Selby Of HillshQro,
Grand Senior Warden; A. B. Herrick of Lis
bon, Grand Junior Warden; c. F. Jackson of
Pembina, Grand Treasurer; D. S. Dodds Of
Lakota, Grand Secretary. The next grand
lodge was located at Grand Forks the third
Tuesday in June 1890
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1889-06-21

There has been change on the political
chess board. Gen. Harrison Allen, who has
been heretofore looked upon as a sure winner
for one Of the senatorial seats from North Da-
kota. is now booked for the gevernorship.
just the why or the wherefore Of this 1t Is i'm
possible to say, unless it be that It Is deemed
safest and best to put forward tho strongest
man in the republican ranks In order to insure
victory. Ordway's chances seem to be en-
hanced, and bis friends say that he 10 almost
sure to carry of one Of the senatorial prizes.
Who tho other senator is to be 1t Is hard 10 say,
but it seems likeley that he will be from the
extreme north. While the PIONEER lays no
claim to being political journal, w are quite
frank In saying that we feel glad OF the change
which promises to bring Gen. Allen into po-
sition so much nearer the people. A man Of
great and broad sympathies, level headed. well
versed In law, aud Of long experience In pub
lie life, it would seem that tho task of adjust
ing the administration of tue new state may
be safely left in his hands.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1889-06-21

The Vermont farmer is on his mettle. The
legislature has classed bis cider In with the in
terdicted intoxicants, and it Is not only mat
ter Of creature comfort with him, but of the
pocket A writer says, III you want Yer
monter to wrlggle, touch his wallet" He is
not, however, very different from the average
Of people, but in that state the little things
have to count, and cider is not Of the smallest
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1889-06-21

Harry Baker has had II large force Of men
and teams at work all the week opening Sec
ond street north and south from Steele avenue.
1t is Intended to intsrsect Ingalls, avenue and
then Third street, and continue to the main
road, along the railroad track,