Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-09

they were wonderfully light and very
warm. The natural color of this wool Is
rich dark brown. 1t Is now being used
by the Chinese in making rugs, and beau
walking on velvety moss when you pass
over them are made from it. The rugs
are wonderfully cheap, and am surprised
that they are not shipped to the United
States. These camels have. as a rule, two
humps. which are said to be pure fat, and
are delicious. If properly cooked. Their
come worn out in travelling over the
rough roads of north China. In going
through the Nankow pass, about hun
dred miles north of Picking. I passed over
highway between Manchuria and Mon
CELIA for centuries. It is filled with ragged
granite rock, and is terribly hard on
the tender-footed camels. Some of the
shreds, and some of them limped ter
ribly. The Mongols let them go as long
as they can, and when their feet become
raw, they will patch them. They do this
by throwing the animal on it's side and
tying it's feet together. They next bind
his head back to mis- hump and then clean
out the wound and take piece Of raw
cowhide from a freshly killed beef and
sew it to the skin of the foot. Whether
the skin grows on or not, I do not know,
but the camel soon RECEIVERS and builds
up new foot under the hide. These cam
els are fastened together in a caravan in
a curious way. A stick Is run through
their noses, and one end of this has a
knob so large that 1t cannot be pulled
rope is tied. and this rope is tied to the
saddle or pack Of the camel in 'front.' and
thus whole caravan is fastened to-
gether, as 1t were, with clothes pins and
the number of these camels that are in
use. They are continually marching
through Picking. At certain times of the
year they fill the roads leading into Mon
coli 600 thnr
where on their low, measured trot, NOV
ing across the country.
A Dirty Race.
The Mongols are perhaps as dirty as any
other people in the world Those whom I
saw were greasy and filthy, both as to
their clothes and their persons. 1 am told
they never wash their bodies, and seldom
their faces and hands. The poorer classes
dress in rags, but the richer wear costly
garments lined with the finest lambskin.
1 have a picture of Monaghan princess
head was framed in silver beads and she
had long tassels of silver hanging down
from her black fur cap. Her hair was
done up in two long braids, which were
pulled around over the ears and hung
down over the breast. These braids are
often smeared with glue, which makes the
hair shine and keeps it In place. The girl
was very beautiful, and some of the
ing. They fade soon, however, and the
older women whom I saw made me think
of our Indian squaws. They have no
night clothes, and they sleep in the same
garments which they use during the day.
They have no such things as stoves. A
fire is built inside their tent, and the smoke
goes out at the roof. The tents are made
of skin and sometimes of cloth. They are
circular in shape, and the people huddle
up in them and sit and sleep where they
can.
The chief business of the Tartars is cat
tie breeding, and they have large focks Of
sheep. These sheep have fat tails, and I
saw some tails which weighed, 1 was told,
from thirty to forty pounds. When sheep
Is very fat it is sometimes necessary to tie
a little sled under his tail in order that it
may not impede him in travelling over the
ground. This Monaghan mutton is as good
as any you will find in the world, and
these fat tails are especially delicious. The
Mongols use the fat in making brick-tea
soup. They mash up little bricks of tea,