The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-14

are crossed IN Western China. trave'ers
have often enough spoken Ia eulogstic
terms.
Proficient In ship building.
In shipbuildng the Chinese have beel
proficient for centuries. Marco Paolo
speaks % a large four masted vessel c n
lalniug ATTY or sixty cabins. which ar
used for trading 20 and from ire Islands 10
the Pa ific There hulls were tult. he says.
iu water lghf compartments. and cine o.
the biggest junks We're manned by two or
three hundred sailors. The Chimes were
the nrst 90 build snirs IN CONF Dents.
ard 90 was iu imifa ION OF them that a
similar method was employed 10 more re-
cent times by European constructors The
highest praise has been given 10 the Chi
nese for the skill with which they manage
heir vessels. Their river Navigation IL
superior 60 that Of any o:her nation, The
iuuks being handled with consummate In
gennity. IL was the Chinese. also. wfo
1Tst invented the compiss WI ch va
ed hy them more 'han 100 years ogo
without the aid q Western fcience ". n
Ierlui results have been a hleved IN tho
Industries OF China by me invention Of
ever though simple c0ntrivances. Hue
elates how salt manufacturers In Scech-
nan utilize volcanoes for furnaces vi n
perfect safety. which may certainly be re-
earied a. a high test Of deNtsrliy. Foo
their mining operations ths Chinese nee
a torch made OF sawdust ard res o.. which
burns brightly without flame and co IS
not ignite the inaammabc gases W tho
shaft Metals are worked. ani great b rs
cast. with a precision and hnish hat may
compare favorably with similar proiuc-
lions Of European workmanship Tn
manufacture OF porcelain BE- carr ed o..
chiefly in the provinces OF Kiangsl under
the most perfect system - div u "a labor
So advanced. IN fact. are the Chlnese
respect TO art productions that an eNten-
sive business is done. as elsewhere nearer
home in skllml limitations o, ancien
ware which Be- as much priced hy Chimes
amateurs a. % IL by European collie tors.
The antiquity % porcelain manu- cture Is
great the finest specimens q Caina vase
dating from the Han dynasty. at tho be-
ginning OF OUT era.
Junk Travelling On Waterways.
or an methods Of io-cmoiion in the chi
uese Empire the most agreeable. by uni
versal consent is junk travelling on The
WATERWAYS. The weather. classes 80 about
% = crcst extent. and FOR heir con
vcnIencc comfortable and well fitted boats
are ON hire az al the cheif inland ports
Besides these there are. - course. public
iunks which DO not ofier many NOR COM
ordinary steamboat ard which possess the
Same disadvantage bf being overcroW -
and dirty The usual mode % travelling in
the southern provinces o. hy wafer. but On
the north and to- those districts which DO
not possess good river or canal communi
cations. there are other and more painful
means OF transport. lu the first pace,
there Is the pslauquin, which corresponds
more or lcss TO the sedan OF our forefath-
crs The bearers % these aristocratic
convcyancos accomplish. most surpris-
ing feats in the way OF Climbing noun
tains or crawling along the edges Of a
precln.cc. but IL Is "A fatiguing thing 20 be
shut up for q long journey in a box
should however the palauqnin re re-
iecte,l there b. only a choiee ~ evils. The
seelbarrow q favoeife vehicle la tn
north. seems scarcely cempitihc with thc
digalts of ere travelling Euro pc -. in g BITE
~ tho eupcriori,y conferred uron 10 hy The
hosting OF a sail IN a favorable " nd. and
there only remains. unless horse ~ m
ass be ridden b. preference, the alterna-