Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-06-26
FREW. M

and six or seven can frequently be
counted on pasSersby on account OF the
difference in their length and color.
Leggings, oyervest and gown are added
according as they are desired or can be
afforded. The coolies generally prefer
natures own garb when the tempera
ture permits IL and an upper-claSs man
ordinarily wears long gown reaching
to the ankles, short jacket, white
stockings, silk shoes and little black
skull cap.
A lady'S wardrobe differs from this
only in substituting for the gown Il
skirt. This is veritable divided skirt,
for It's component parts have never
been Joined together. A loose panel
down before aud behind, and under
meath is scant skir' which buttons up
at the side.
In dress, everyday China Is dull In
color aud extremely filthy, but upon
holidays and feast days gay silks are
donned by rich and poor, and display
Is made which is absolutely savage In
It's brillIancy and combination. AT we'd
dlngs the guests are gorgeously clothed,
aud bridal procession Is as pretty
as we'll as frequent sight In the
streets OF towns. The bride always
goes TO the home OF her husband, and
the procession Is no small part OF the
ceremony. The happy young woman
expects TO live In submission 10 her
mother-ln-law, and hopes In time TO rule
a household when her sons bring home
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not bear sons. This marrying in OF
sons and marrying out" o. daughters
gives rise 10 the great clans who all
bear one name and follow one line oil
trade. They make UP the Villages usu
ally, and sometimes compose whole
towns. and not frequently become motor
ious for their lawlessness and depreda
tions. Almost every district has is
"Olfye" or Gold" clan, which names
are as common as Smith and Jones are
with US.
The government takes this clan sys-
TEN into consideration In q curious way
in dealing with criminals. There Is nc
detective system in China, and IL would
become rather puzzIIug affair 10 hunt
OFT an individual In whole village oil
the same name. and so, instead OF
searching for criminals, their presence
at court is simply demanded Of their
kinsman or clan. n the cuIprit is not
forthcoming at the appointed time, fear.
full punishment Is visited upon them,
their houses being burned and their
crops destroyed, even though the OF.
tense has been but petty theft
When the line Of telegraph was run
from Pekin TO Canton the people OF the
turbulent Human province, believing
that the poles interfered With the ''sa-
cred influences OF the elements" went
out in companies and cut them down
Upon failure 70 deliver up the criminal,
many villages were wiped from the face
OF the earth, every man, woman and
child being murdered.
Justice is no hair-splittlng affair In
China. Petty otfenses are punished
by the stocks ordinarily, and graveE
crimes by foggIBg. sIicing and oehead.
INK, but the dealing out Of punishment
IS left largely to the dis4sstion Of Tue
magistrates, and In some dBruly dis
tricts criminals OF all grades are be
headed promiscuousIy. The economics
spirit Of the people forbIds long impris
onments, and corporal punishment L
deemed cheaper and more effective.
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