The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-17
PEcULIARIrIEs or CHINA.
The Wonderful system of Asrieul-
Inrt. Thai l. Hra ctiCeh.

The Wonderful system OF Asrieu'-
ture That - Practiced.
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go a. - 80, e,. ne
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- - b., IN tl,.-es l. i,r.5--rstooi
m - 80 rfsiD If t-r.ra every avail
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s1-,.-etry s-4 av.r,. f.ar-5cIe Of fertility
r.,,,,~,,.5 =, 49, s,f vS.,e-s ar. v-f.i FOR
I ,r,s-s.t,- ,r4 l. NAV, ASS Ia r7rious Is
5{s.~.h.,,,5 over tbe fet1s
--r- r.ras- Plain itSet< Is ore OF IN. most
R,-rs.a,f,i sections Of the Globe 4. IS
49, ~ -,,,1.s If, -.-~-r ana varies frcr
~ 4, ~ r,,-as s, vs5th occ,ioviug the
r.,--5.ss..r7 psr- II he en7p.re and con
-.lrtrr over asl ra1 scv.r4 miles - Won
5z~f-,-lv fertile soil The mos, interest
ing feature 81 thts plain is i-= enormous
I no,r-s-i7n ss il SUPPORTS acroriiuc a.
. ne census Of fS1e rot loss than ~ on 80
I human. beings making A. the most dense
IL sert.e5 of srs mart O. the world Of the
/ sam sizs its INHABITANTS Amounting 70
rea-lx- fV,,-fhi-,5s ~ the entire p,ulJatior
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OF stratrricnI ImDortancc
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50. -
-e-t,-',s3 ~. s--,at 49, 800 ~ ,o.1-
- - - 60. -. - $50, -
tbssa iit,is -bar1els l. slp,,vs ron, a1o1-,
downward 50 that cleavage in the loes>
/ mass ) invariably vercical The ioess re
Z Eion Of China - perhaps the most broken
/ country in the world. with its sheer cliffs
/ and upright walls. terraces and deep cIt
/ raviueS Owns 10 the ease with which
! IL can he worked. caves made al the bases
o. straight cliffs. afford homes to millions
Of people in the densely populated north
ern provinces where the Boxers have thus
far been most active Whole villages
( cluster together IN carved ont champe
some o. W1ieh extend back more taan -
feet The capa biliues Of defense in
I country such as this where an invadina
I army must necessarily become lost and
1 absolutely h@wiliered in the ranele Of
I interisCing ways end where the defend
I ers may always remain concealed or have
innumeraaIe means o. escape is peculiar
I ly significant at this time when cOusid-
Grafton is being given 70 conquest Of
Caine.
Il may not be generally known that
the Chinese we're the 6iscoyerers of coal
as a fuel. The Venetian traveller Marco
Polo says: II is a fact thar all over
the country Of Csth8v tCbinal There Is "a
kind q black stone existing in the beds
Z Of rhe mountains which they dig ont and
burn Ike frewood. This stone burns bet
ser and costs less"
Grcat Rixarx
-ae MYERS O Ch-na are her Story ana
-. =" -S-'-t-- - -u 'ie No[4a 80
- q - - GU none wa sue" sias"l-u
- '-i q Na'eT uahSl'o1, SUoh i@c'll'ieS-
me tAFee sIe4. rivers O. me empire are
aug ing 1~-,ld Oh 'As Cees.l
no - 80" n. 'e.l a. ,-'1 ~
.He - - - y. OA-'o- ~ e. -
'Hs rs - nN--'hs : hl-oh u,
-''S "a. o--7 y eN's.lS-Ns @'.-
pans anu .HA'.s empty lllS 4.'o
- So -, e->yi e's'-is
IL
's'
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- - - ), - ~ MN 80 M
kin. and The new treaty port OF 4ankow.
The Hoang Ho or Yellow River i noted
especially for us frequent and violent
foods Its current is very rapid and its
course ssn,sous nearly approaching in
length the Yarg--se. The Pear. OF can
ton river while not nearly SO large as the
others Is stream OF great importance
ana innuuera bic vessels trade upoD Is
waters A some points il spreads INFO
large Ia-se-s 4-+s44ss II f44z~e=- 2,-t#4-=
narrow gcrsss when. # damned. would
AFFORD large storage caoacltv tor i-rica-
ton. The Chinese. however. have no.
practically worked cut irrisation in -
different phases as COMPLETELY as vros.l5
be expected az such an AGRICULTURAL ueO-
PIE
Irrieaiion. nevertheless i practics1 10
a considers BE extent through he use %
the waters Of the Grand canal and nv
wells TIE Grand or Trnrs-isl canal l. a
work az great rnacrsti7de II WIS con.
( s,r,ots1 In ne seventh century, ARA g.,
jor~e5 in ,he T-hir-aer-h ,sr-,,rv u,
traverses the Cra,t plain a-5 aov,-s vvi-N
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