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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-03-28

How In Chinese Rconomin.
-
The Chinese are pre-eminenty econom-
icai, whether Il be IN limiting the num-
Der OF wants. in preventing waste or In
adjusting forces In such manner as 70
make little represent great deal: Inc
universal diet consists Oh nee Deans'
millet' garden vegetables and nsn' win q
little meat on hign festivals wholesome
iood In abundance may De suppned ~
less than penny q day ior each aduit,
and even in famine times thousands Oh
persons have been kept alive for months
on about hait-penny Q DAY each Ihis
implies the existence oi a high degree OF
culinary skill In the chinese. Ther MODES
OF preparing tood are thorough ana vaIi-
Gus. There is no waste; everything Is
made 70 DO as much duty Us possible
What Is left Is the veriest trifie. The
physical condition Of the ChineSe dog or
cat who has to live on the leavlngs Oh tne
family, shows this; they are clearly Kept
on starvation allowances. The Chinese
are not extremely fastidious In regard to
food all is fish that comes to ther net'
and most things come there sooner or
later. Certain disturbances oil the human
organization, due to eating diseased meat
are well recognized among the people |;
but It is considered better TO eat the meat,
the cheapness OF which is certain and
run the risk Of the consequences wnicn
are not quite certain than 70 Duy dear
meat, even with the assurance OF no evii
results. Indeed, the meat oil animals
which have died Of ordinary ailments Is
rather dearer than that OF those which
have died In an epidemic such as pleuro-
pneumonia. Another example OF careful,
calculating economy is the construction Oh
the cooking pots and boilers, the bottoms
OF which are as thin as possible that tine
contents may boil all the sooner, Tor fuel
is scarce and dear, and consists generally
Of nothing but the stalks and roots OF the
crops, which make rapid blaze and dis
appear. 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 4 vast army OF iuel-Gatherers
spread over the land. Boys ascend trees
and beat them with clubs to shake on the
leaves; the very straws get no time TO
show which way the wind blows before
they are annexed by some enterprising
collector. Similarly professional manure
collectors swarm over all the roads OF the
country. Chinese women carry TINS MI
mute economy into tneir dress; notning
comes amiss to them IL It Is not used In
one place It is in another' where itappearS
thing Of beauty. Foreign residents VINO
give their CASTOR clothes away 70 the
Chinese may be assured that the career
Of usefulness of these garments is AZ last
about to commence. Cmnese wheeioar-
rows squeak for the want Oh q lew crops
OF oil; out 70 people VINO nave no nerves
the squeak is cheaper than the OIL SIN.
ilariy DIRT Is cheaper tnan not wa'er' ana
%, as Q rule, the people 90 NOT WASH
the motto Cheaper than dirt, winch the
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-03-28


and among the common articles Of food
are dried ducks pressed and sailed. These
hang up everywhere, and l see smoked
Sleeps heads, dried oysters strung on
strings and dried clans. The Chinese
fruits are especially fine, and they have
oranges, bananas, plums, pears and per
simmons which would make your mouth
water. Canton sends thousands Of dollars
Of sweetmeats 10 America yearly, and
their preserved ginger Is sought for by the
gastTononners Of the world. The Chinese
themselves are great eaters. Cook shops
for the rich and poor are found every
where, and big Chinese dinner some
times has 100 courses. Mr.. DENLY, the
American minister at Pekin, when re-
ceived by the viceroy Of Cantor, was given
o dinner Of twenty-slx courses, and he
smacks his lips when he discourses upon
the delicacy Of sharks fins and birds
nest soup.
DROWNING BABY GIRLS.
! took ride on the river this afternoon.
Canton has about 900 people who live
on the water, and there Is no buster city
In the world than this Of bosts. Crafts Of
all kinds from the small steamer, the
great Chinese junk and the river cargo
boats to the esampans and little tubs rowed
BY spoon like paddles move here and there
or dart In and out through forests Of
masts. Whole families live on boats
about twenty feet long and 20 wider than
the average city vestibule. Here children
are born, grown up and die. Marriage
takes place and the whole business and
actions Of life goes on. Little children
swarm over them and tots two years old
with cues hanging down their backs play
about upon their decks. The boys have
little round barrels or drums about foot
long and six inches In diameter tied by
strings to their backs, and many girls Of
the same size have nothing. II the girl
falls overheard II would be good fortune
10 the poor fellow TO get rid Of the ex-
pense Of raising her, but the boy must
have his life preserved. Poor girls are Of
no account In China, and infanticide Is
still common. You can buy girl baby
for from one cent up to q dollar, and at
the Jesuit children's asylum near shang-
hal one Of the sisters told me that they
bought hundreds Of girls every year for
less than dollar apiece. At Foo Chow
Mr.. Wingate, our consul, told me Of
poor woman who strangled her own baby
girl in order that she might adopt the
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-03-28

The interior department has made an
important land entry ruling. The exist
ing law provides that an entry Of land
made by minor, under any Of the vari-
Gus laws, is invalid. The department has
decided that person under 81 years Of
age, who has TO support . mother, brother,
or other near relatives, provided he COM
plies with the requirements Of the law, Is
. person whose age In such cases is not a
barrier to prevent him from making q
land entry.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-03-28
THI NEW CROISUS.
4 Pen Portrait Of tho Richest Nan In
the "FlOVery Kingdom"


Frank @. Carpenter writes from Cam
ton as follows:
visited this afternoon the Vanderbilt
Of China. He Is q relative Of the Chinese
minister at Washington and his grand
father died less than q generation ago,
leaving an estate worth fifty million hard
gold dollars. His name Is How Qua, and
he has acres Of houses In the busiest
part Of Canton. His own residence oc-
cupies the site Of q good-sized farm and
he has diamonds and pearls by the cup
full. One Of bis diamonds, . ring which
cost 900, 900, was sent to England 10 be
sold not long ago, and Il Is probably now
in the jewel caskets Of one Of the mon
Archs Of Europe. He has plantations Of
rice fields and many acres Of the choicest
tea gardens. His money is well invested
and he would approach the wealth Of Jay
Gould were Il not that the officials every
now and then come down upon him for .
gift Of 10000 to 500, 900, which he dare
not refuse. The rich man is now 20 years
old, though he does not look over IS. He
is typical Chinaman Of the literary class,
has q high, broad forehead, thin, yellow
cheeks, and eyes that shine as brightly
as his choicest diamonds. His hair Is
like Jet and his cue reaches TO his ankles.
He was dressed in silks and furs when he
received me, and he had 4 tight, round
black silk skull cap ON the TOP Of his
head. He shook his own hands before
his breast In Chinese salutation when our
American consul, Mr.. Seymour, intro
duced me TO him, and then he reached
out his long-nailed fingers and grasped
INV hand a Ia Americaine.
now ouA's PALA11AL REsrDEScE.
Il was In his grand residence on the
banks Of the Pearl river, in the heart Of
Canton, We walked through a wilder.
nesa Of buildinea devoted TO The seryants
and relatives Of the family before We
came 70 the reception room. How Qua
supports about 400 Of his poorer relatives.
When A man makes a fortune in China
his whole clan settles down upon him. In
the various courts all kinds Of work
seemed TO be going on. Here servants
were cleaning fiCh Tor The family; there
rice was being ground into iiour and dried
in great basfets. and lust next 20 the re.
cent;on nom We heard the buxzin9 az
babel n was How oua's children beine
taught bv their tutor and Inc all chi.
NO. .h;,dr.n .hov .tud,sd ant lo,,d
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-03-28

Go 70 BaTthoIet BIos. Or your YakI-
ma dairy butter.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-03-28

:, -, So, =. -, 4, =,
soiuen mes whicn nuns out Denea.n
ne. emnIcloerea pe1lcoa'. oolcen M
les ~ 'ne Vn'ne.e eApts.s,on iot 'ne
smailes. Oh lAoieS ieet' and Madam no"
3ua mao snoes not more 'nan TWO inenes
N diame.er' Ineifsoiee were round ratner
.nan oD.ons, ano tner sopS were en-
O'O'us,eu IN s'i'er anu 'nk' Anoy "eie
% small that she could not walk alone,
and this old lady, who has for years con-
trolled fortune greater than that pos
sessed BY Miss Mary Garrett or Mrs. Mark
Hopkins, cannot move from one room TO
to another without the assistance Of her
maids.
TYING SEsf.
me small ieet o. the Onlnese women u
one o. the nrst slents N Emma mat suck
ems the foreigner. In Iienssn ana Nofth
China al tho Chinese women compress
their teet. ana they hoDo'e aDoot the
streets with canes, resting their heaVy
forms on the stump Of the natural ioot'
There 10 . woman here In Canton whose
loot q % smAll that the part which goes
into the shoe u no larger around tnan .
trade dollar, and the compressed loot % .
horrible deiormity. l had one pnoIo-
uaphed, and the sight nued me with
disgust. Tbs leg nom the knee 70 the
loot 10 Ike . pipestefn. Inc peauty OF
ballet girls cali 10 missing and the skin
seems TO be wrapped around the amin. II
Is crackled and rough, and the loot itseii
seems to be broken IN two In the middle.
The insteP was doubled over under the
heel and the four small toes were wrap
ped around under the sole Of the ioot.
The big toe and q part OF these tour were
oil that went into the shoe, and the Chi
nese ladies, IN reality, walk on their toes
They have the heel Get about the middle
Of the shoe. like the French heel and We
get French heels and rouge from China.
The compression Of the feet Is said TO
date back TO an empress who had . club
foot, and who made the other ladies OF
the court bind mp their feet until Il BE-
came fashionable thing. Another ex-
PLANTATION 10 that Il was adopted TO keep
Chinese women nom gadding about, and
Il %, IL Is sueeess. All Chinese women
except the Manchus or tarters now bind
their feet and u 10 Q very low peasant
who has feet Of the natural shape. The
,,vaaaino Ia nth haV,da0oa wrhleh ara mt
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-03-28

Five hundred boxes Of soap ct Barth-
olet Bros. only tl.26 per box.
Potatoes only 50 cents per sack at
BaTtholet Bros.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-10-02
The INDIAN ASSOCIATIONS.
An interesting Meeting Held Yester-
day.

The meeting of the Women's Indian Asso-
citation was well attended yesterday after
noon. Mrs. Frye, the president of the Port
land branch. has recently returned from the
omaha mission, where she spent some time
visiting the progressing Indians In their
wooden houses; also the non-progressers In
their mud huts. The workers are few for so
large mission and the work is impeded for
lack of money; yet Mrs. Frye was made to
rejoice with that which she saw begun, and
says good work, one to encourage us great
ly, has been accomplished. The faces among
the progressing Indians were very kind, and
their homes neat. Thirty or forty women
gather on stated afternoons and learn to sew,
receiving the garments they make. Mrs.
Frye was pleased to see many articles which
were sent by the Portland people to the
mission last winter. The missionary espe-
cially called attention to some nails sent by a
little boy. and which had been most useful to
help arrange a new mission house. Let the
boys and girls see by this what small hands
and willing hearts can do to carry on so.
great work. A letter was read from sthe
Lambona mission. saying that money was
much needed for their heating apparatus.
Mrs. Howard Taylor described the house of
the mission, and stated fact which will sur
prise all of our readers. Chinese children
had sent $3.50 to this mission. What is the
next thought These people who sent this
money towards civilizing the hated Indians
of our American land cannot enter in.
Mrs. DR.. Webster read an interesting arti-
Gle from "The Indians Friend" the account
Mrs. Quinton gave of her visit to the Oma-
has, where she called council.
A board meeting followed these interesting
exercises, and arrangements were perfected
for the annual meeting to be held October
oath, and which promises to be Of more than
usual interest. M
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-10-02
PORTLAND FRATERNITY.
Annual meeting Last Eight-Revlew
of Last Years work.

The ANIMAL meeting Of the Portland Fra
ternitv for the election of officers was held
last evening at 7.S0 p. m. Inc ioiiowihg
officers were elected:
Presidept-F. r. Barrett
Vice President-E; Q, JORDAN.
Secretary-Harry ButieI.
Treasurer-Edward ID. Noyes - -
Directors-W. w. Thomas. Sidney w. Ihaxter,
Alfred Woodman Charles +. Libby, James p.
Baxter Rev. Henry Blanchard, Rev. Asa Dalton,
Rev B HaySeS: Mrs Mrs. E mIsr st%Sr ,e' MISS
Sparrow Miss Isabelle L. Clark, Miss j. G.
Foster, Ira +. CLARK.
The work of the past year was reviewed.
The ,classes were unusually well attended.
The first arithmetic class was taught by Mr..
Chas. L. Seavey 2nd, e. w. Freeman: 3rd,
Misses M. A. Cobb, Alice Shaw and Messrs.
Walter Paige and M. II. Smart. History,
Miss Maud Washburn; bookkeeping, Mr..
Harry Butler; penmanship. W. T.. McGrath.
First reading, Miss Nina Avery; End, Miss
Winifred L. Cummings; Sd, Misses Myra L.
Williams, M. L. O'Brion, Alice M. Poland,
r. M. Sayward, Winifred Fuller, Helen NJ.
Langthorne, M. G. Chase. Glass in singing,
Mr.. Luther F. Pingree.
Donations of school books were made by
Mrs. G. o. K. Cram, Miss Eliza Fl. Morton.
Messrs. l.. 0. Short, Harry Butler and Frank
L.Howe; coal, Randall & McAllister and Sar
gent & Dennison; edgings, Morse & Pickett;
brushes, d. White & Sons; books. pamphlets,
ETC., to library, Mrs. G. o. K. Cram, Mrs. E.
G. Jordan, Mrs. L. ID. NJ. Sweat. Mrs. H. Q.
SWheeler, DR.. G. w. Bray, Messrs. Brown
Thurston & Co., Geo. Hail. Rufus Cushman,
G. s.. Fobes and Miss E. A. Day.
e The Fraternity pupils were invited by the
Young's Mems Christian Association to two
entertainments given under their auspices
and the courtesy was greatly appreciated.
Other friends have assisted by giving
amusements at the rooms for the pupils, as
we'll as by donations, and the thanks Of the
Fraternity are extended to all helpers.
The directors and teachers of the Port
land Fraternity will be happy to see all
friends of the institution, old and new, upon
Thursday evening. Oct. Sd, from to 10
o'clock, at their rooms on Free street. Music
will be furnished, and it is hoped that the
reception will be largely attended.
On the following evening, Friday. Oct 4th,
all the pupils, including Co. B Primary, are
invited to little entertainment at the
rooms.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-10-02
WHEELING THROUGH EUROPE.
Mr.. EIweli Tells Portland cyclists
All About the Tour.
The Bicycle Races Have Been POST
poned to Next Year.

Thirty wheelmen last evening enthusiastic
cally welcomed Mr.. Frank A. Elwell back to
his fraternal home, the rooms of the Port
land Wheel Club. As the originator and
manager of the largest party cycling tour
ever before conceived, he certainly deserved
the hearty greeting accorded. For two years
before starting he figured and correspondent
on the greatest scheme he ever before under
took, giving to the idea an immense amount
of work The preiminaries arranged the
hardest part of the idea was still to come.
the managing of thirty wheelmen bent on
having good time; yet with such marked
ability did he attend to details that the tour
not only became famous in cycling circles,
but was much noticed by the newspapers all
over the country. 1t was then, with great
delight and with a strong feeling of pride
that the wheelmen rendered the reception to
Mr.. Eiwell, acknowledging in this manner
their high regard for man who could bring
to SO successful an ending such an ambitious
achievement.
Shortly after nine the party gathered
around the lastly spread tables at their
rooms. Large bouquets added to the display
which was not in the least diminished by
the many pictures adorning the walls.
Grewer furnished the repast In his usual ex-
cellent style. Sandwiehed in between the
courses was liberal supply of jokes, keep
ing the whole party in most jovial spirits.
These gentlemen were seated at the table:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-10-02
BRIEF JoTTINcs.


Webster's fish market was broken into
Monday night epd four boxes Of cIgarsaand
some tobacco stolen. ,je.grsf.s.ts AsA
The Martha Washington Society will meet
with Mrs. Caroline Hall, 257 Cumberland
street Thursday afternoon.
The New Church Union held largely at
tended meeting last evening and organized
for work for the coming winter.
The Maine Central are running unusually
heavy freight trains One went up the line
Sunday with some 40 cars on 1t.
The Methodist churches of the city will
commence union services at the Congress
street church October 14th, to continue three
weeks ga~.
Officer Durham arrested Geo. Z. Davis. bet
ter known as shorty" yesterday after
noon for the larceny Of watch from Ed
ward 7. Grover.
The Ladies' Association Of the New Jeru-
salem church will hold their annual tea par
/. ty at the rooms Of their church on New High
Z street at 80 o'clock this evening.
There was an examination for the civil
service yesterday at the custom house yes
terday conducted by the local board. There
were 20 candidates, two for clerks, two for
weigher and gauger and the rest for the po-
sition of inspector.
John Wiley Of Patten, has been arrested
by United States marshal for violating the
liquor law and brought to Portland for trial.
He has been prosecuted before by the State,
and is now taken In hand by the United
States officials
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-10-02
PERSONAL.

Mrs. Elbridge Gerry and Miss Gerry will
sail for Europe Oct. 18th.
Hon. J. A. Clark entered upon his duties
as U. S. Pension Agent yesterday. a
DR.. Fillebrown and family have taken
rooms for the winter at the Preble House.
Councillor j. F.e Bracket and wife, Lin
ington. were at the United States Hotel yes
terday. so 'a g
DR.. Henry G. Jeffords will leave Bangor
this week for Portland, Oregon, where he
will in the future, reside and practice his
profession.
The Eastman Association will hold their
family gathering at East Concord, N, e., on
Oct. 9th, Representatives OF the family
from all parts Of the country are expected
to be present. eva y 81" S"':
Mr.. Parker, r. Burleign, son Of Hon. Albert
A. Burleigh, collector Of customs at Houl-
ton, has. entered the Harvard Law School,
Cambridge. Mr. Burleigh is a graduate OF
Colby, class Of $50.
Yesterday forenoon Fred Nixon died at
his fathers home in Deering. Mr.. Nixon
was but % years of age and left this city.
some two or three years ago to join the
atrical company and has been connected
with several as an actor. &
Mr.. Lester Flagg, who for some time was
chief engineer OF the Maine Steamship Line,
and who is we'll known by SO many Portland
people. Is now second assistant engineer on
the steamship Colorado, Of the Mallory line
running from New York to Galveston.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-10-02
DEATHS.

In this city. Oct. /, Harriet NJ, widow of the
late Rev. LII. Sadler and sister of the late f. o. j.
Smith, aged SO years month.
Notice OF funeral hereafter.l
In this city, Oct. /. Angelina o. Gould, aged "a
years.
Funeral this Wednesday afternoon at O'Clock
from her late residence, 80 Federal street.
In this city, October /, Thomas ST. youngest son
OF ID. w. and JennieJ. Sexton, aged4 years and
IL months.
In Lgonia, Cape Elizabeth, Sept. 80, Mrs. Bar.
bara, wife OF William Hemming, aged At years.
Funeral this afternoon at $50 O'Clock from
residence, Fore street, Ligonia.
In East DeeIing. Oct. 1, Fred, son of Geo. W. 3.
Nixon, aged 20 years.
Funeral this Wednesday afternoon at O'Clock
at the residence of his father, Graves Hill, East
Deering.
In West Falmouth, Sept 30, Zephaniah Sholes,
aged rs years months.
Funeral this Wednesday afternoon at O'Clock
from the residence of her son, /. w. Shoes, West
Falmouth. ~
In Biddeford Sept. 80, Benz G. Clifford, aged
10 years months.
In Boulder, Col, Sept. "a, John F. Blake, Jr.,
OF this city, aged rs years months II days.
1.-THE funeral OF the late Elizabeth N Haskell
will take place on Wednesday afternoon at o'clk
at No. 164 Congress street. Burial at convenience
of the family.]
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-10-02
MAINE. GOOD TEMPLARs
On Their Way to the Convention at
Presque Isle.

The special car leaving Portland on the
regular train at 1.35 p. m. Monday, having
the representatives of the order on board, on
their way to the semi-annual session of the
Grand Lodge,to be held at Presque Isle We'd
tuesday,, October I'd, reached Bangor at 6.35
that evening. The members of the Grand
Lodge Council arrived in Bangor in the ear
Tier train, and meeting was held at the
Windsor Hotel during the afternoon and
evening. Members of the Council presen
were j. 81. Hamilton, Grand Chief Templar;
S. S. Knight, Grand Counsellor; Mrs. j. r.
Tollard. Grand Vice Templar; George E.
Bracket, Grand Secretary; F. L. Gibson,
Grand Treasurer.
From s to 10 p. m. reception was held in
the parlors of the hotel and large number
of the members of No Surrender lodge of
Bangor paid their respects to the officers of
the Grand Lodge, and the members from the
western part Of the State. The train for
Pressure Isle left Bangor at a. m. Tuesday
The special car was finely decorated inside.
and with the lettering. "Maine Good Tenn
plars" outside, attracted much attention.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-10-02
Giro on Congress- straat.

Engineer Payne pulled in an alarm from
box 46 yesterday noon for fire in Huntress
d Co.'s paper store, on the cornor of Con-
gress and Temple streets. The fire origin
ated under the stairs leading to the cellar,
some rubbish catching fire without any ex-
ternal cause apparently. The rolls OF room
paper were badly smoked. The extent of
the damage was not apparent. Mr.. Huntress
said he had $4,000 worth of stock on hand,
much of 1t In the cellar. The loss. whatever
It is, is fully covered by AN insurance of
$1,000 placed with John E. Dow and $1,000
with II. A, Harmon. The adjoining store,
occupied by Mr.. Roche, the art dealer, was
filled with smoke, but there was not much
damage here. The building is owned by the
Lynch heirs, and the small damage is cover.
ed by insurance
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-10-02
The Storm.

There was heavy southwest gale, ac-
companied by rain, during Monday night
and it did not cease blowing hard until
Tuesday afternoon. The City Of Richmond
put into Rockland. The Cumberland had to
fight her way westward In the teeth of the
gale, and after she left Portland found the
weather so heavy she returned to port. The
State of Maine went down east before the
gale, all right. At noon yesterday there was
heavy shower. and lesser one later. At
p. m. the heavens cleared ,,,.,,,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-10-02
The BUILDERS. Excnanse.

The meeting Of the Portland Builders Elk
change was held last evening at Room 10.
First National Bank building. "A large mum
Der of members were present, and consider
able routine business was transacted 1t
was voted to have the formal openingof the
rooms next Monday, at II o'clock. at which
hour the members and the public generally
are requested to be present.