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The 60ss .6e0sar Of 6an9ho,k,

them away from him. In crossing the Plains
OF Sharon TO Jerusalem was besieged by half
dozen leper women. who reached out 10 me
their decaying stumps Of hands aud called TO
me IN the language of Palestine. / threw them
a lot OF copper 10 get rid of them. In going up
the steps 10 the platform upon which stands
the Golden Pagoda at RangooA, ia Burmah, [
had 10 go through double file of lepers. each
OF which had little tin pan In front of him.
and all OF whom turned up their bleared eyes
at me with besecching exclamation as pass.
ed. saw some lepers in Japan, aud heard a
great deal at Canton about Il village of lepers
just outside of that city. These Chinese lepers
are the worst Of their kind, and they subsist
largely on the food which the Chinese leave on
The graves OF their ancestors. They arc not,
think, permitted to come into the city. There
arc number Of leper asylums in China There
are leper boats which go from one place to an
other asking aims of the other boats on the
rivers, aud the sailors arc glad TO give TO them
to get rid of them. Leprosy is SO contagious
that the man who touches the leper is sure to
get the lepr0sy, and the disease is one of the
most horrible known to man. Of all the lepers
saw the Chinese were the most CHASTITY and
the most disgusting, aud / would rather sleep
all night in a smallpox hospital than be struck
with the breath OF II Chinese leper.
FRANK q. CARPENTER.
The National tribune., 1889-11-28

say was "Allah yatik," or God will give Il TO
you, and with this, according to Oriental eti-
quet, they had TO be satisfied. As | uttered
the word they usually looked at me with aston
ishmcnt. and laughed or frownod as they went
away. In China, if did not want TO give,
said no, but in Egypt found that very good
term for getting rid Of thom was Ma fish" or
j have nothing for you. There are scores of
beggars at the coast ports of Korea, though the
people are by no means so poor as those Of
China. BY this ] moan that they had plenty
to eat aud wear, but not that thoy live In any.
thing else than squalor.
The National tribune., 1889-11-28
POVERTY IN THE EAST.
All About the BeggarS Of More than
Half the World.

Tow the Countries Compare in WeRlth-The Jap
anese. Koreans aud SiameSe are Fat-The Hin
docs ~ Living SkelcfOns-The Terrible Poverty
Of China-BegRar Clubs Among the Mongolians-
A Land Where Aims Asking is a Business, and a
Look az the Chinese q Charitable People
Their Soup Kitchens and Their Blind As,lums-
How Chinese Luaatics are Kept-And How Mad.
ness Is No Plea for the Murderer-A Look at the
10000 Begging Priests Of Bangkok-Alnisgiying
I'm JerHsnIcm-Fces aud Feers In the Far East
TeRer BcgcarS. and Other Matter About the Many
Aslatic Millions who are Hanging ON TO the
Ragged Edge of Starvation.
The National tribune., 1889-11-28

gar prescribes the fixed beats for each member
Of the organization. aud the beggar who asks
aims outs de OF his beat is subject 10 a fine
Many Of these beggars' clubs have lodging
houses in common where they get beds for
about one-tenth of a cent night. They have
their club dinners. and they go about their
business ia systematic aud business like way.
Not a few Of them mntilate themselves or their
children 10 excite the pity Of the people. aud
there IS man al Shanghai who has cut of his
feet, and who sits with the bare stumps beside
the dried-up and decayng pieces he has cut Off
and points 10 them aud TO his legs as he holds
out his dirty, long -fingernailed hand and
screeches al yon in Chinese. He is clad in a
The National tribune., 1889-11-28

There are few begears in Japan. aud the peo.
pie live very well. The poorest huts are clean
and every man has his bowl of rice and his hot
bath daily. The Japanese are very happy
people, their wants are few aud IL takes little
to satisfy them. At few OF tho temples you
will find beggars. but rs n rule every man cx-
poets TO work for his living aud does IL. | met
no beggars Mt all in Greece, and was struck
with the manly, independent manners Of the
people. The bcggars Of Constantnople were
also few, though there were one or two dirty
Turks who besicgcd me every time crossed
tho great bridge running from Pera to STAN.
b0ul.
The National tribune., 1889-11-28
The economization OF fuel IN all these eoun-
tries is wonderful Wood is sold by the ounce

aud coal is ground into dust aud mixed with
mud, ia order that ii may last longer Your
poor Chinanan does not think Of using fuel %
keep himself warm. lie expects this 20 be done
by wadded cotton Clothes aud when it Is re-
membcrcd that North China has climate rs
cold a. ours, IL will he seen that the suffering
from the weather is terrible. The only use for
fire in China is for cooking, and though IN
nearly all the inns which visited there were
kangs, or bake oven-like leages, upon the top
Of which one is supposed 20 sit during the day
time, aud on which he sleeps at night never
found any of these warmed by fire. When /
ordered fire 10 BE- put Ia them IL was made Of
straw, which smoked me out Of the room and
failed to produce more than m0mcntary
warmth. In travelling up the Peiho River /
saw hundreds Of Chinese women pulling up the
stubble of the wheatfelds in order 10 use . for
fuel, and everywhere in India saw the women
gathering the droppings Of animals for use as
frewood. Neither the Chinese nor the Indians
think Of such thing as bed-clothes or night
gowns. They sleep In the clothes which they
have used during the day, and duriHg the cold
est Of weather the death rate Of the country
rapidly grows in size. / visited one part Of
India where the people were 50 underfcd that
the population had not that natural increase
which goes on ia the rest Of the world. aud In
the great province Of Bengal, which contains a
population almost large as that Of the United
States. the average man and woman had not an
ounce Of fat on them. Their clothing was such
that you could sec their arms and legs, aud
they were. as rule, b0ny. ] did not see a good
sized cali Oh the legs Of q single Bcngalize peas
ant, and there is no doubt but great part of
the people of India are steadily underfed.
The National tribune., 1889-11-28

STA is the home of
the professional beg
gar. Its people num-
Der half the population
Of the world, and there
is nowhere else so
much absolute want.
In India l found moth
ers feeding their chill
dren opium in order to
reduce their appetites.
and the killing of of
girl babies in China
rather than undergo
the expense Of raising
them is a matter of
common notoriety. In
dia aud China have
their beggars by the
tens Of thousands, aud
in all the Chinese cities
there are regular beg
gars' organizations.
governed by fixed laws
aud ruled by head beg
gars. This head beg
The National tribune., 1889-11-28

whipping Of lunatics Is not uncommon. In
some towns in the interior of China you may
sec lunatics going about naked, and i saw
sight something like this in Upper Egypt. /
was once attacked by lunatic in Cairo, and
was about to use heavy ebony club which ]
had TO defend myself, but four Cairo policemen
rushed in and seized the lunatic, while others
led my donkey out of the way. The Chinese
think a madman has devil inside of him. The
Egyptians believe that the mad are especially
favored by God, who has taken their spirits to
The National tribune., 1889-11-28

Speaking of Egyptian beggars, the great travel
to Egypt has made tho word backsheesh an in
ternational one. The fellaheen, to whom the
10th or 18th of a cent represented some money,
was surprised TO receive dimes aud shilings
from the wealthy nabobs from Europe, aud
the custom of asking for aims steadily grew
until now you hear ii everywhere, from Alex
andria TO the Soudan. Many of the beggars of
IN response TO their begging, and they make
their appeals as n matter of habit, often laugh
ing in your face If you refuse them. / have
had boys and girls. however, whose clothing
was confined to a single garment, or consisted
of nothing at all, run for miles after my car
riage, and il is not uncommon in India for
beggars 10 run three miles and be satisfied at
the end with cent
The National tribune., 1889-11-28

found one species Of bcggary everywhere
This was at the hotels aud with everyone who
did anything for mo in tho way Of service
The servants asked for fees on every ship and
at every inn, aud the men who carried me
through the cities iD chairs or led my donkey.
always bad 10 have cnmshaw or n fee in
addition TO their regular charge. This
WAS especially so in India. where the
manager Of one OF the hotels followed mo down
to the train aud asked me II / had not present
for him. He was a highly cultured IIindoo,
aud he spoke better English than ! do lie
stuck 20 me until gave him rupee aud then
went on TO beg from my wife. ] saw him after
ward bleeding the other guests at tho hotel,
aud judge that he made good thing out of
his daily fees. got no advice or information
from the natives IN China or India without be.
ing expected 10 give a present in exchange for
ii, and every man who ran an errand for me
expected gift. In crossing tho Pacific found
that there were as many fees 10 be given on the
ship as as the Atlantic steamers aud whenever
/ left a hotel found all the servants waiting
on the outside 20 bid me good-b by. This. how
ever. is no worse than IL IN i'm the hotels of
Europe. aud hotel. walters will soon be- beggaFs
the world over. You can got little done at an
American hotel without you fee your waiter
and the bell boy. III you do not you will got
the ends Of the tenderloin steak, aud your calls
will be answered next week.
The National tribune., 1889-11-28

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The National tribune., 1889-11-28

lfound beggars at every railroad station in
India, aud was beseged by them at every
stopping. There is no country SO over popu-
lated as are some of the districts of North In
dia The average in Bengal is half acre to
the person, and. as the people live almost alto
gether by farming, this means that hundred
and sixty people must be supported out of these
S0-acre farms. You can have no idea of the
poverty OF the poorer classes of these Eastern
countries In India and Egypt and China the
greater part Of the fuel consists of manure, and
the average house does not cover much moro
space than hall bedroom. The homes of the
poorer classes in Egypt are little mud huts,
which you would think not big enough for
cowshed. and hardly well enough made i'm
which 10 keep your sheep. These houses are
packed together In little mud villages, aud
good hard rain would reduce the whole of the
habitation 10 the consistency ofmud pies, There
are few rains i'm the East, however, aud in some
parts ofthe Valley of the Nile there is not drop
Of rain from one end of the year TO the other.
The Hindoos live in houses no better, and they
are so crowded that some of the family usually
sleep out OF doors during the summer aud they
pack themselves one on top of the other during
the.Ninter. It is the same in China, and about
the same in Korea save that in these countries
the houses are thatched with straw, and they
have pitched or cone-shaped roofs The East
Indian houses and those Of the Egyptians have.
as afrule, no ehimneys. and this is also true Of
many Of the houses Of Japan. In Japan smoke
finds Us way out through holes at both ends of
the roof. aud ia India IL gets out as best il can.
The cbimueys IN China and Korea are As rule,
made Of clay. In China they come out Of the
tops Of the houses, and in Korea they come ont
from the side, about three or four feet from
the ground.
The National tribune., 1889-11-28

There is no country which is so subject to
famines and foods as China The floods Of the
yellow River Of few years ago are said to
have wiped away the homes Of 300O0.0J0 pco-
pie. and ianiDes which cause the starvation Of
millions are frequent. During the past year
in the Great Plains there have been extensive
famines and the Yiceroy Of that part OF the
country has sent out appeals for charity. The
CbiDese Of the better class are very benevolent.
aud % wiil b surprising 10 many 10 know that
tie country has its free soup bOuses, where the
poor are given q bowl q rice aud soup once
day. There is such a house in Canton aud /
was told there is similar house At Peking
There Is q blind asylum at Canton and every
morning as ] passed through the business
streets Of tie city saw long files Of blind beg
RaTs each having tall staff IN his hand The
companies marched in single file, 80 that the
The National tribune., 1889-11-28

The Chinese are much fatteF, as n race, than
the Indian, and the greatest poverty saw ia
China was IN the southern part of the country
The people of the North seemed better made
and better fed. / found but little poverty in
The National tribune., 1889-11-28
}Indioa[" Monkeu

sheet Of cofee-saclinc and the half OF his body
Is bare. ] saw at Peking a man going about
with an iron pin stuck through his cheek and
there was most persistent little fellow in that
city, who ran FOR miles along by the side Of my
donkey whenever ] went out, and thrust his
armless body, naked TO the waist, in front OF
me every now aud then. / met hundreds Of
women in North China. each Of whom had feet
no bigger than tile palm of your hand, who got
down on the ground aud bumped their heads
against the earth as they held out their skinny
claws for money. ] remember in going up tile
PeiAD River that threw six cash. or about six
teBths Of a cent ata woman on the bank. She
got fonr Of them, but two fell into the water
She grabbed the four. bui hnwlcd as though
sbe were being murdered at the loss Of the two.
tearing ber hair and screaming as long as the
boat was in sight.
The National tribune., 1889-11-28

one behind held on 10 the coat of the person in
front Of Aim. The Captain Of the file seemed
10 sec well enough 70 get along, and be led his
company Of blind from store ~ store and from
house 10 house. asking for rice or cash / noted
that the amount given gas usually about one
teuth Of a cent Or handful Of rice. In case
they were not well treated they made their
stand "a iT0ntoi the boHse aud sang aud howled
ubtli The merchant was glad 10 give them some
thing 70 get rid Of them. Canton has a fonnd-
ing asylum, which contains 500 foundlingg
and Arcbdeacon Gray says that the rule Of the
institution gives one wet nurse TO two babies.
visited big foHndling asylum at Shanghai
but this Was kept by the Jesuits. and thev not
lnireqnenDy bought babies To iii up their
wards The price Was from 70 cents upwards
CHINA has no system Of w0Fkhouseg. and I
could learn nothing Of there being any public
Iunatic asylums in existence. The basis Of the
social and governmental structure OF the En-
pre- is that Of the family, aud IL there DC a mad
The National tribune., 1889-11-28

Arouse the faculties, stimulate the circulation,
purify the blood, with Ayers Sarsaparilla.
The National tribune., 1889-11-28

man his family is ex-
pected 10 take care Of
him. Tie Chinese
have no such plea as
insanity as an excuse
for murder. and while
] was Ia China the
PekiBg Gdzette pub
lisbed an account Of
the execution Of a lu-
matte who had killed
his father. The poor
man was sliced to
death, aud the fact
that be was known 10
be 4 madman made no
difference. The peo-
pie who had charge Of
him were also killed
for their carelessncss
IN allowing him 10
commit the crime, and
they have a way in
China Of making the
whole family respon-
sible in a large de-
gree for the acts of
It's members. Violent
l0naties are supposed
10 be kept chained in
;he houses, and the
The National tribune., 1889-11-28
looPrEIonrED By FRANK q. cARrENrER. issal

Special Correspondence NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON, ID. C., November, 1889.
The National tribune., 1889-11-28

BUrmah. The men and the women looked fat
and healthy, and though their chief food was
rice, IL kept them in good condition. i found
but few beggars outside of the priests. and the
priests are the professional beggars of the Siam
ese and Burmese. do not think there Is much
want in Siam or Burmah, and this notwith-
standing the fact that there are in Siam alone
tens of thousands of Buddhist priests who do
nothing, and that the city of Bangkok has Co.
600 begging Buddhist priests. These priests
dress in yellow clothes they shave their heads,
and they go about the city in gangs, each hold
ing round black bowl of the size of a half
peck measure. They do not ask aims, but they
station themselves before the huts of the people,
and the women bring out cooked rice and put
il in their bowls, getting down on their knees
rs they do so and worshiping them. 1t is said
that it costs Siam $25000,0 900 year to support
its priests, and these bcggars are sleek fat,
oiy-looking fellows, moro impndent than any
other persons in the East. They usually havo
cigars or cigarets in their mouths, and they ac-
cept gifts with q supercilious smile They be-
lieve that it is n sin for them TO work aud they
are n set of holy loafers rather than anything
else. They work the river population rs well
as that on tho land, and go from floating home
to floating home in boats. ] have yet TO see
the spot in Siam where these yellow -gowned
priests are not part of the scenery, and at GER
tain hours of the day tho streets are painted
bright chrome with them. Every man in Siam
is supposed to be priest at some time during
his life, and the King, who now has gold trees
IN his palace, and who is worth at least $i0,-
00O,0O0 at one time was begging priest.
There are hundreds of beggars in Jerusalem,
and the square in front of the Church of the
Holy Sepulchre is infested by them to day, as
was the gates OF the Temple in the days of Je-
sus Christ and the Apostles. You SEQ the lame
and the halt and the blind begging on the spots
whore Christ healed the sick, and gave a cop
per to r cripple who was borne on the back
of u turbaned Syrian under the very shadow
of the Tower of David. / was not troubled
much in the Turkish country by beEgars,
and in Syria ! found the Egyptian method
of getting rid of them to work very well.
When they asked me for gift. all had to
The National tribune., 1889-11-28
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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-09-26
ADDITIONAL EXPOSITIONS.

Frank Rapley, of INLAY City, is here
attending the fair.
Wallace Adams and family. Of Case
vile. are here OH visit.
+. NJ. Cady. of Port Huron, is avisi-
tor at the fair this week.
Geo. Haynes, of Marlette. is visiting
friends here and taking in the fair at
the same time.
Mrs. l. r.. Wadsworth and daughters
of Valley Centre. visited our office to-
day andMrs. w. left her best wishes fol-
future prosperity OF the EXPosIToR.
NOTICE-Having sold my millinery
and fancy goods stock | hereby notify
all who are indebted to me to call il
and settle up their accounts as | only
expect to remain here for a short time
IOWA Mrs. &. y. PERKINS.
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4 tramp had just finished bountiful
supper and thanked the lady for it, say
ing, II did not expect to get such IA
good supper, num-" "Then for such a
good supper perhaps you would not re-
fuse to chop some wood" remarked the
lady. 1.-THE laws of health prevent me,
mum; you remember the rule, After
dinner rest awhile. after supper walk a
mile and l guess l will walk the mile"
he answered.