Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-06-27


and eightieth meridian Is reached
atont fonr days west Of Honolulu. yon
drop whole day out Of the calendar
Thus. IL when you come to meridian
1870 IL should be Saturday. you win
call the next day Monday You get No
Sunday that week
From Yokohama the steamer sails
southwark and westward along the
Asiatic coast 20 Hongkong, stopping on
her way from ~ TO "a hours each al
the Japanese ports Of Kobe and Maya
saki. and also steamiug mp the mouth
Of the Yang-ts Kisng river a. close to
Shanghai as the depth Of water will
permit. Thence the traveller journeys
on southwestward $40 miles more 10
Hongkong The trip Is Ms picturesque
and interesting as possible II one Is
mere tourist. journeyipg for pleasure
But just now half the travellers are
American business men. and a consid-
cradle proportion Of them are On the
way to Manila. They are taking goods
to the Philippines or going there to
make sales
By the route they have been Obliged
20 come the distance from San Francis
CO to Manila IL about 1900 miles. BY
direct line from San Francisco TO Ma
Mia. the steamer likewise touching at
Honolulu, the distance IL something
like 4. 800 miles.
Loss Of time IL not the worst feature
Of this going to Manila by way Of ia
pan and China. Cargoes for the Philip
pines must be unloaded upon lighters
at Hongkong and be shipped in steam
ers bound for Manila. BY the delay
hundreds Of dollars worth Of perishable
goods-fruits. eggs, meat. etc.-are
somstimes ruined In single consign-
ment- A considerable proportion Of
what 10 left ID sometimes stolen, Yes.
that Is the right wofd-stolen- For pet
~ thievery you may put the Chinese
against the world. For wholesale rob-
berry Of these Manila bound cargoes the
white man takes the palm. and during
the trip from Hongkong TO Manila. or
at one end Of Il. stealing on both the
large and the small scale II not uncom-
mon-I do not pretend to say at which
end. whether by thieves In league with
the lighters at Hongkong OF with the
American petty customs officials at Ma
mia or both state the fact without
comment
Both the stealing and delay would be
done away BY . direct line from our
Pacific coast to Manila. II the hole Of
disappearance IL at Manila. II could be
then pinned down at the 6rst shipload
may nay that do not believe It il at
Manila. but that II neither here nor
there. speak now Of the advantage Of
q regular freight and passenger line
from our Pacific coast to the Philip
pines American merchants already in
Manila are delayed and must wait
months to get their orders filed One
agent has ordered q lot Of goods from
an interior northern state shipped TO
him around BY way Of the Suez canal
he finds this routs actually cheaper
and quicker than the other
At Nagasaki. japan, where the
Hongkong bound steamer Goals. won.
ans equal right to labor 10 fully assert
ed Women and girls help the men and
boys pass coal from the lighter boats to
the steamers hold Woman's privilege
Of getting less pay than . man for
the same work Is also here duly illus
trated- The women are paid only two
thirds ~ much ~ the men. These wo-
men and girls are facetiously named
the "Nagasaki coal ladies', and they
are Fights to behold They are black
from head to foot, and many Of the mar
risd women have their teeth dyed black.
too. lest BY any possibility they should
want to run away from their Husbands
and pose ~ single ladies' The depths Of
villainy in the feminine heart are ap-
parently bottomless to the oriental
mind. Many Of these .'coal ladies" are
graceful little creatures. with~slender |
hands and feet, as ont Of placs here as |
Z canary would be trying to lift q crow.
bar. Yet they do an amazing amount
Of work all these little brown men and
women. Imagine. you In America.
I, 800 tons Of coal being carried aboard
Z steamer in baskets holding ten pounds
and all done in len than eight hoursl
That il what these Japs can do One
detachment loads the Blankets. the Others
form q line and pas them from hand
TO hand TO the vessels bunkers Their
power II In their numhas. like ants
building IN ant hill
The Chinese will interest the traveller
more than the japanese. This silent
consoles worker. who wraps his cue
around bis head and tackles his task
ltke machine. has depths to his char
actsr that cannot b sounded By the
plummet taking the measure d the
more boisterous, frothy Japanese. The
future win prove II % The Chinaman
has the pure faculty 81 sticking to bud-
ness In greater degree than The son q
any other racs.
On tbs Pacific and Oriental stsamsrs
~ Cinnamon Who have besn In the
employ q The same company 30 yearA
O. a these h IN old fellow who wast
O. board our ship. Hi name VS. Long
Hing, and be was ~ only baldheaded
Ckinaman I have evse sesh BE bad
about DIX hairs III n his cue. and be
M not he womanss .clsvapeo 70 add
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