The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1891-11-12
STEALING OF roNKIN WOMEN,

6lovs-Dsalers Who Sell Mothsrs end Chill.
d-en Like Cattle.
While In most parts OF the world
except Aries, slave catching is becom.
ing :hing of the past the practice is
still carried on to some extent in Tom
kin, In spite Of the efforts OF the French
TO put an end to ii, says an exchange.
The slaves who are wanted are anly
women and children. The slave deal
ers fnd them In the forests, away from
the villages drag them into the noun.
ta:ns. and sell them to Chinese mer-
chants who carry them into the west.
ern provinces OF China and sell them
TO rich families
This odious traffic began about TWEEN.
ty-fve years ago. Formerly Tonkinese
women wero almost unknown in China.
The practices OF exporting them ss
slaves came about in this way:
In 1885 the Chineae soldiers who
Invaded Tonkin, which was In revolt
against China found themselves in.
numbered by prisoners but at last de.
cfded to ship them TO China and see Il
they could 1ot sell them. 1t was a,
this time that emigration agencies
were recruiting In China thousands Of
workmon 10 toll on the Grano Islsnds
Of Chilli. The hundreds of male pris.
oners were easily disposed Of to these
emigration agents, and the women nnd
children who We're among tho unfor.
tunateS were sold to well-to-do Chinese.
This opened new trade, although
ct FIRST It was not easy to sell the WON
en-, because wealthy families did not
wish to have servants with black teeth,
caused BY theis practice Of chewing tho
betel-nut So small price WAS asked
Tor them. however. that all the women
were finally sold.
To-day these women are In much de-
mand in some parts Of western China
As servants they are gentle, obedient
and laborious. and a.e SO highly es.
teemed that they command . good
pracA
Tho Anelcn. Story About His Rolling
Birassif Into n Pail.
A recent writer speaks Of 1t as the
quiet inoffensive little creature that
curis itself into ball at the first ap
proach CT an enemy" ] have seen
thousands Of them in our pine woods
net 50 vcry little but inoGensive. un-
less You object to their appetite for
pack straps. shoes and salt pork. But
whoever saw one ourl itself into q ball
when nolestedP
II you bother a porcupine hs will
maize few awkward attempts at q
Eailop toward the nearest tree, raising
the quill on his back somewhat as a
dog "bristles his crest" when excited.
Al o. reaching his tree he will mako
eEort work Of putting himself out Of
reach of all weapons of shorter range
thao firearms.
The tradition about his rolling him
self into ball. although not so bad a,
the Quill shooting story, is, l tank.
entirely wrong when attributed to the
fn.erican porcupire. think this be-
lei corces frcui the books where the
heii:s of To English hedgehog are de-
eerbei,. This l rnders4a ard to be
much smaller animal than ours. feed
jag On insects and perhaps fruit
Oar porcupins has for steady diet
the earl, of tree, usually ma"le. but
around old Logging amps he fnds such
celicacies as Old boot packs pork bar
yels AID cCok-house siush; in fact any
thing ccntaicing salt or fat in any
form. he Is an adroit thief, and if
you give him a chance will steal q
paek-strap or a shoe from under the
walls of your tent while you are
dreaming on your bed Of balsam or
hamlQok hopghs-Fayeat and streaM