The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-02-09

president Mckinley. Admiral Dewey.
1.-TWO notable names as they look in
Chinese type.)
pleir worldwide reputation for bust
Hess honesty and sagacity has won for
them fast business friendships which
Ii the demagogues on earth could not
areak or make.
I Steamship lines and brokerage and
Banking are largely in Chinese hands,
ond the stated Clearing House of San
francisco passes upon such a volume
Chinese commercial paper as to sur
rise those who do not keep pace with
ne wonderful progress Of this people.
Having such great interests in financial
CIRCLES the Chinese merchant needs
1ally adviser and counsellor, just as
Els Caucasian neighbor does, and 50
me greatest innovation of the nine
zenith century follows-a Chinese daily
newspaper in San Francisco.
= Vast as are the differences in other
ational characteristics between the
chinese and Americans, in none are
ihey greater than in the art of print
Ilg. This is owing mainly to the vast
difference in the constructive form OF
ihe respective languages. The English
language has as many roots as 1t has
derivatives, and no attainable classif-
iation could bring them into a form
Fhere composition would be possible.
rhe Chinese language, on the contrary,
taving neither the photographed or
chronological departments-each word
,eing fixed and unchangeable-is de-
lived from PA root words, which eX-
,and into $4,000 characters or words, in
rdinary uses, and can be expanded far
beyond this. Where, then, the ordin-
Try letters and marks of the English
language can be placed in a small case,
n less than 100 squares or boxes, 1T re-
uires IA 900 boxes or spaces to hold a
ont of Chinese type.
The great cases are ranged about the
DOM, resting on the floor, and. with his
,tick he dances from one section to
mother. forward and backward, until
he spectator, not knowing what the
printer was doing, would be apt to
believe him afflicted with the st. Vitus
lance. Each type is a word complete
itself, and is in a box with other
.ype for other words, but all come
rom the same root, and any one Of
he English language.
The Chinese character which means
storm" will also mean rain" wind"
thunder" lightning" electricity"
telegram" telephone" and so On for
all words that have their roots in
Storm" The storm is known to pro-
luce electricity in the form of light
Ming, and ali the other words follow.
A Chinese printer will dance all around
his great case and average 1900 char
acters day, or what is equivalent to
5000 ems of type. His method of dis
tributing type is also unique and pos.
sibie only to such a language. The
great case, it will be noted, is in 10
sections. each section being a reposi-
tory for certain roots and derivatives.
The printer takes handful of type and
first distributes them into ten small
boxes, each holding the root word of
one of the large squares. He then
stands with the snail box before tie
section it represents and pac the
characters in their proper boxes To
those who know only an English font |
of type it looks strange to see TYNE in |
many boxes that have never been nix
ca, while others In the same boxes ha
been used many times.
This Is accounted for by the fact that |
while they are from the same root they |
are altogether away from common us.
age and are only brought into play |
when the copy of some scholarly |
Chinaman is being set.
The type used is between 10 and IA
points and of middle size. The size of !
type range from TO 8, being largest |
and equal to two-inch poster type. The
Chinese printer is never afraid of |
Knocking his forms into pi," as the
are all easily distinguish
able and WGadily reset. The body Of
Chinese type is nicIred exactly as is an