The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-22

towns in Mexico ard in South America The
circulation IS Increasing and extending. f.r
his Chinese dali. Is scarcely five months
The printing Of such a paper is an ~
tcrestIng novelty. Instead ~ the simple
tweuty-s:X letters used in tho FyHgiiSh q =
phahe; TIE Chinese tvucsCt,er must wan
der among more than a hundred eases. con-
tanning the ;l.A1 different characters with
their ideas in words. These characters are
arranged In IA correlative groups. each e!
which contains the words of similar root
or radical. For example. all diseases are in
group and all trc<S in another. In this
Way the work Of the typesetter is simp.i-
fed Instead of remembering tire partlcu-
lar little compartment for each Of :he I.ftl
words. he learns the location OF each OF the
I'll groups. Even then his task is a huge
job. compared With learning the li.izzlii z
divisions If the rack containing the Eng Ills ia
alphabet.
The Chinese type cases are inclined upon
A-shapei racks, and ATE grouped accord
iTE 10 tho rclafiVe commences Of the
words. Iteas most frequently used are in
the first aileyWay q. cases. ard the rar.S I
words are To he found in the last avenue.
In setting up al article in type the Chinese
frequently mas 70 walk more than mile,
turning up and down the little alleyway ;
Of cases. picking out type here. selecting
another there. crossing from side 10 side.
winding in and out among the racks. and
slowly building his sentence from the me-
tallc blocks "f strance-lookirg symbols.
Though printing WAS Invented in China
centuries ago. daily newspapers are very
rare I'm the ancient Empire. Movable types
are n new thing In Chinese printing Offices.
To-day there are not more than thirty Chi
daily newspapers IN all China Canton
has four. Hong Kong three. Peain Two
and some other large cities have one saCl.
But in he great capital is published the
Pekin Gazette. the oldest daily newspaper
in the world. II is Government orsa n.
amounting TO little more than an official
bulletin Of cdicts aad DEGREES. II is printed
on fiimsv &c lowish paper OF the consistency
al Chinese paper napkins. Is fastened Hike
e small notebook. ana; contains some fit, y
or sixty pages about twelve inches long
and three inches wide. There are no Illus
tratious. no head lines. The contents ara
dry AMI dre1ry. On the outside front page.
vhich i the back. is crude cut Of a man.
heCarLed individual. printed in pink ink.
while the body of rhe paper is printed in
black. II costs Sc q year.
The Chung Sal Vat Pc IS a product % thA
brains of one man and of the financial sup
Tort of a combina ton Of the mos, infiuc l.
tiai merchants in San Frdncis,o's China
town. It's history has been as brief as its
Development has been rapid.
Sg Poon Chew. the managing editor. Is n
native of southern China He came IL Cali
fornia when boy Of II. He lived In san
.'oes. first There he attended the Chinese
mission school for three years. Then he
moved "a San Francisco AID entered the
local Presbyterian school Of the Occidental
E~aTt nf Foreign Missions. and studied
there FOR five years. He then became a stu
Il. nj I'm the Presbyterian Theological Sem
inaTy. and. after a three years course. was
r, Zliiarly graduated from the san Anseimp
institution AMI ordained a Presbyterian
minister. He was member OF the class OF