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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-28
FARMERS.
OF LONG ISLAND
Few People Know That Some Of tho
Finest and Firmest Vegetables
Comes from John China
mans Garden.

The Gothamite who thinks himself SUI
perior to the Californian because he
does not employ Cinnamon as domestic
servants has little idea that some of the
choicest fruits and vegetables come from
the Chinese farms of Long island. Nor
n enjoy them and crunch the ~suoculent
vegetable roots with satisfaction, but the
matter a goodly portion of the South
eats of the Chinaman's products.
While Long Island is by no means as
true that the people consumed a
large as the middle West, nor has 1t
the untenanted country of certain
parts of the South, it is nevertheless
deal that is good to eat; and in the cul-
tivation thereof nc one is equal to John
Chinaman.
Where the Eastern farmer demand 10
acres and the Western farmer thinks he
needs 100, the Chinese worker of the soil
will look over a small patch of soil not
more than an acre in it's entirety, and
decide that it is enough. If You ask him
if it will be plenty he grunts and smiles
to show his satisfaction. Then he goes
to work.
To him every day. all summer. is. seed
time: each day is harvest. His mission
is to SOW that land with seed and make
it send forth choice vegetables and he
does it to the utmost.
With fingers that are small and delft
he plants the tiniest patches so close
hat you would find trouble in locating
the seeds; and then he leaves it all to
nature, now and then going over it all
with a rake. 'NtN
Thu hines are remarkable for the
dizziness with which they handle small
articles. The Chinaman can play cards
with the tiniest strips of pasteboard.
and can handle easily little Instruments
that you would lose under your thumb
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-28

should be poured over the tea, but THE
tea should by no means be boiled.
The Yang-tse-kiang is the river which
runs right through tn. center of the Chi
nese empire, cutting the country almost
in half. They say that the pes. teas
were raised south of this river, and that
no good tea could be raised above 1T.
The great central tea market is at Han
kow. Here there are vast tea factories
and tea warehouses. and the very air
is filled with tea.
1t costs about two cents a pound TO
pack the tea, and there are a number
of local taxes. which will nov probably
he greatly increased on o or the
| war.
Great quantities of tea are exported
to Russia and Mongolia every year IN
shape of bricks. These are made OF the
lower grades of tea and of tea dust. Inc
leaves are ground UP and steamed n
!. cooked until they are soft and musny.
| They are then put into molds about, the
size of an ordinary brick and are pressed
int shape, so that they become as ha!u
as chocolate cakes.
The finer varieties are nodded into
small cakes. in fact. of Just about the
| size of the small cakes of sweet cnoco-
late which you buy In the candy stores.
After the bricks are finished tney are
carried by boa.s up the rivers anu Ca
mails to Tien-tsin, and from thence go
On camels into Mongolia and on TO Rus
STA. There are about 60 bricks IN one
package, and they are SO tna1
they can be carried on camels. TN
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-28

nail. That is the secret of his success
as a farmer. He will work all day at
n patch of ground, scarcely shifting
his position, and when he has finished,
he will tell you that there is not one
half incl of soil that has not Its seed
sticking in it. 1t is his way of farming.
Over on Long Island, at a place know
as Steinway, you can find john China
man on his native heath, as it We're.
HIS NATIVE HEATH.
Here you may see him in queer
clothes and queer houses, "lising queer
products, and with a queer looking pa
CODA like summer house near by. to lend
a real Celestial air to his surroundings.
1t seems like a little bit of China dropped
into rural W York. 1t is a special fea-
ture of the district. ad is pointed out aa
an inducement to ummlel DoarderS.
If you would learn how to husband
the natural resources of the soil go wit
ness a Chinese farmer at work. He can
give points to the most thrifty squatter
that ever worked a Harlem field. Sew
eral fortunes have been made at Stein
way, and their owners are now enjoying
them in China.
The Chinese, farming community OF
Long Island was started back In the
SOS by Shen 10, who lost his fortune in
his native land and came to renlake il
in America. Now there are several
truck farmers there IL the profits are
divided among them. TIL same system
prevails among the vegetable gardeners
Of California. In q few days Lee sWah
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this barbaric medium of exchange from
n section of the country to the
other. A common day ADORE must
spend some hous in counting his
wages when paid off. I was amused
here to Sc the method of paying off the
coolies who freighted the ship. When
a package was tossed apo the back of
a coolie he received from an overseer
a bit of stick, with some characters
marked on it. AS he passed along he
handed his wooden certificate 70 a
squatting agent, and from another by
his sid received a copper cash" He
was paid on the spot for each load deliv-
cred. and when the day ended he had his
money in his pocket.
The ulk of trade of Fusan is in the
hands of the Japanese. but five or six
foreigners manage to pick up something
more than mere living there, and at
least three Of them have a snug surplus
to show for their years of chilling exile
and self-denial. Imagine a man perched
on the end of the North Pole waiting
for somebody to come and discover him,
and you have a fair conception of the
foreign business man in Fusan, so far as
social life and the things worth living
for are concerned.
HEADING TO SEoUL.
AS to Chemulpo. what shall be said of
it? A measly collection of houses. half
Japanese, half Chinese n a dash of
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-28

Corean, backed by denuded hills. at the
mouth of a muddy river, and a tide
rushing about it equal to that which
makes the Bay of Fundy famous. 1t
is the chief port Of Corea and the water
gateway to Seoul. the capital. just what
the distance is to Seoul I am not quite
able to make out. By the little Japanese
steamers, which ascend the river to a
landing some two miles from the capital,
it is so miles. Overland the dist nee is
declared by some people to tie 20 miles.
and by others 80.
The Japanese are rapidly building up
Chemulpo. Signs of improvement are
seen on every hand. The place may be
mildly said to be booming The Japan
csc have a small garrison here and they
seem to have charge of the police and
the customs. Notwithstanding her pro-
claimed independence" Corea Is still N
the hands of the japanese.
In the euplaemistic style of the East,
poor Corea is known as 1.-The Land Of
the Morning Calm" I hould say from
the brief glimpse that I have had of 1t
that a deep sense of calm rests upon the
country both mornirg and evening. We're
it not for the pounding Of clothes at
night by the washerwoman a state of re-
pose would seem to mark each hour of
the "a. A decree has been issued in CO.
rea which permits the natives to wear
all colors of clothing, and soon white
as the universal garb of the lower orders
will disappear. The saving in washing
and pounding will be something enor-
nous this comes to pase.
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Of the colony. will return to his home
IN Asia with more thar $50, 900 to his
credit, all dug out Of that same soil on
which the Long Island farmer finds 1t
hard 20 support his family.
The Chinese farmer lives In suualor,
A laundry i'm the slums or a suuatter's
Shanty Is nothing to 1T. The farm house
rs a mere hui made of dc boards
knocked too Their and some tar paper
nailed over them. There is an odor of
opium and another of the grass around
the place although decaying vegetables
contribute their share of the general
Old boxes and baskets lie
around and lumber up the passaReways;
old fruit cans and paper scraps fill In
the chinks, as it We're, and a general de-
bris covers the ground.
John generally selects a tree near run-
house, n while the house is pretty sure
to be dirty, the fields are the pink of
neatness in all that pertains to good
farming. Vegetables are his stronghold
and formerly only the Chinese varieties
We're raised. Johns best customer I'm
those days was Mott streea.
HIS FINE CROP.
In the field he years 4 native hat,
uses primitive tools and generally does
everything upside down. Even his ex-
plantations are topsy-turvy, but then
every one knows that he writes back
ward. He never puts his p~hosphates In
the ground: he justsprinkles them along
the top of the hill. 1t is queer stuff, too,
which looks like o He plants his
vegetables upon a hill with deep gullies
on either side. He builds t~rellises and
then when the fruit Is ripe, craWls I'M
derneath ON his back and Snips 1t off
with a pair of shears. 4
But such fruit! No Jersey or Delaware
horticulturist grows more toothsomo
products. His squashes, cucumbers, to-
matoes and pumpkins have a reputation.
His beans sometimes weight three to a
pound-by the way he sells everything
by the pound. He has succeeded in rails
ing ginger and cane and ginseng
of a toothsomeness which makes him
the best praised man i'm Mott street
when he goes there.
The rural Chinaman is a thorough be-
lever in irrigation. The whole sub-soil
of his farm is a network of water pipes.
Every plot of ground has a water barrel
placed on one side n a pipe and q, fau-
Get leading thereto. To show how queer
he works-after leading the water all
under his fields to his water barrel, he
and throws it over the growing plants.
But in the field he is a picturesque fig
+! ure in his umbrella shaped hat. From
| daylight until dark he is at it, stopping
| only to eat and after dark he still goes
on, carrying his pailfuls of water over
the fields. 1t would be perfectly useless
for an agent to try to sell him SUCH a
labor-saving device as a garden hose.
He would not understand such q modern
invention
! But after all he fills his niche. 1t is q
profitable niche of course bl-' he Would
| not fill it If 1T weren't.
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is a mile or more distant from the
wretched collection of novels which con-
stitute- the Corean village Of Fusan. 1t
is said that since Hideyosha's destruct-
i've invasion. more han $50 years ago.
the japanese have kept a foothold at Flu
san, and today not less thar 5000 Japan
ese of rather an Indifferent class have
perma nent homes there. A small body
of Japanese troops are garrisoned there.
A stroll along the road in the direc-
tion of the Corean town gave me ar OPP
portunity to study the character of the
ma tives. I saw the stately Corean in
white dress, his head surmounted by
the black, conical head covering SO far
miliar in the pictures. perched upon a
high saddle upon a diminutive donkey,
his White-robed attendant in ponder
Gus straw hat. whipping ana cackling
behind.
] saw groups Of natives squatting Hike
geese along the roadside: women who
hid their faces in their white gowns or
took to their heels as I approached:
droves of dirty, unkempt children, some
of them entirely naked as I peeped into
the Wretched huts of the loWly.
INSIDE A HOME.
The Corean sleeping apartment pro-
foundly interested me. 1t is no more
nor less than a large stone and mud
built oven. It has a stone floor and is
de stitute of ventilation. save a1 to he
ualtry hole through which the interior
is reached. A trench passes beneath the
straw mud chimney at the further end,
and in this a fire is built which warns
the floor. and in ii a dozen or more
people crawl at night and sleep. Phys
ically they are robust and strong.
I never saw coolies who can carry
such burdens as those I have Ulcoun-
tered in Corea. A Corean hut is usually
thatched with straw. A few chickens
and some blac. Pigs bury themselves
in the litter, n long-haired children
roll in the dust.
The captain of the steamer. who had
a dozen Coreans in his crew, told me
that he GUN them better sailors thar
either the Japanese or Chinese-always
quiet, docile, amenable to discipline, and
Industrious to a degree. All the testi-
m ony that l have thus far taken con-
vinces me that all the Coreans require
is stable. honest. enlightened govern
ment.
At Fusan one sees droves Of coolies
coming into the towns from adjacent
rural villages, carrying on the peculiar
chairs on their backs loads o. the cur
rency of the realm to be used in paying
for merchandise. The money, similar
e. the Chinese cash. is strung on {
stout straw cord. and 1t would require a.
much Of it as the coolie car
carry TO pay for an ordinary luncheon.
Bullocks are employed in transporting
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-28

brick tea takes the place Of money In
many parts of Asia and in Mongolia it
passes as currency. each brick being
worth from Is to 20 cents. The MOngobs
divide the brick init 30 equal parts.
THE TEA TRADE.
The Chinese tea trade has been declin-
ing for years. and this war will be a
terrible blow to it. India Is fast pushing
it's way into h ca markets of the world,
and you will find good Indian tea now
sold over the United States. The trade
has practically row up Within h past
kets have been steadily declining. In
1870 England imported ten million pounds
of tea from Assam. e years later DIT
was taking more than sixty million
pounds and there are now more than
a quarter of a million acres of tea PLAN
brings a higher price in the England
markets than the Chinese tea, n not
half as much Of the Chinese tea is used
as was rs ears
It is supposed by raany in this country
that green tea is caused by the copper
basins in which the tea is fired. This
is SC to a certain extent. but there Is
a natural green tea, that is, a green
tea produced without the use OF color
ing matter. Any kind Of tea may be
made green OF black, according to tine
length of time of firing. If the tea Is
picked when not yet ripe and fired quick
ly it will AVE a green color. This green,
however, is often produced by putting
INDIGO and soapstone into the drying
pans. The natural color of the tea leaf
is green, ard h purest OF tea, which
is nov as the sun-dried tea, Is OF a
green color.
If the Chinese tea crop is for any rea-
son a total failure this year, it is not
only the American but John Chinannan
who will suffer.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-28
SOUNDS STRANGE.

New York World: my Children said
the patriarch, follow in my footsteps and
lead a fast life and you will be honored."
lily?
Not when you take into consideration the
fact that it was q race horse who was
speaking.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-28
N ON THE CLERK,

Philadelphia North American: He thrust
the sealed letter through the window and
put down two cents.
We'll, what do you want?" asked the
stamp clerk. gruffly.
IAN automobile, please he replied.
sWeetly.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-28

It is upon Prince Chang that the hopes
of those who have friends in Picking are
centered. The most hopeful feature Of
the awful new is that the prince has
he AIDED the movement to suppress the
Bl xers and that he will enter Picking
and subdu them. The authorities are
urging Ii Hung Chang to give effective
aid.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-10-02
NOTICE
OF Submitting to the Voters the CUES.
tiOn Of Building New Court House,
To Be Voted on at the General Elec-
ton to be Held on Tuesday, November
9th, 1900.

ton to be Held on Tuesday, November
9Th, 1900.
Notice is hereby given that in ac-
of Supervisors of Crawford county,
said board on June 18th, 1900, the fol-
lowing question will be submitted to
the electors of Crawford county, Iowa,
at the regular election to be held on
Tuesday, November 9th. 1900.
Shall the County build Court House
at Denison, Iowa, the County seat of
Crawford county, Iowa, and borrow
not to exceed Seventy-five thousand
dollars 1915, 900 00) at rate of interest
not to exceed four per cent. az per an
mum, to pay for the same, and issue
not to exceed seventy-five (75) negoti-
able bonds of the denomination of one
thousand dollars each Isl, 100000 pay
able ten (l0) years after date thereof,
and to draw interest not to exceed four
az per cent. per annum. payable an
nually: reserving the option to the
county to pay any or all of said bonds
at any time after five (5) years from
the date thereof; also to levy an annual
tax at the September meeting of the
Board of Supervisors in each year be-
ginning with the year nineteen hum
dred and one 190D, on the taxable
property OF the county. not to exceed one
u per cent. on the county valuation in
any one year and to run from year to year
in addition to the usual and ordinary
taxes of said county, sufficient to pay
the interest on said bonds and the
bonds themselves when they become
due.
YES. No..
JOHN T. CAREY,
7S-4w Auditor of Crawford county.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-10-02
Much Business for Next Term
of Court.
ON. JUDGE ELWOOD PRESIDES.
A Review Of the Work to be Done.
Damage Cases Amount to Thou
sands Of Dollars. Four Criminal
Caeae

District court will convene next Mon
day with Judge S. M, Elwood on the
bench. Owing to the fact that Judge
Conner wishes to push his cases to a
completion in order to leave him free
to attend to his probable congressional
duties, the term is likely to be busy
one. Among the important matters
which will come before the court are
following: The final settlement OF the
DeWolf assignment is on the docket.
The case of Jorgensen VS.. the North
western which was tried here once be-
fore and decided in favor of the rail-
road but reversed by the supreme court
will come up for new trial. The case
of Gardiner VS.. Manila for damages is
apt to prove interesting as, Judge Con-
ner is the attorney for plaintiff with
Sallinger and Korte for the defense.
The case of McMinimee VS.. Smith is
also docketed as is the case ofaRev.
Father John o 'Farrell against Fl. and
and S. V. O'Hare There are numer-
:
Gus damage cases. August Weber sues
J. ]. and Mary Mccormack, of Vail,
for damages. for selling liquors to her
husband; case of Schlemer vs.. Hilk
is suit for $1,000 for damages received
in a personal alteration. John r.
Meyer sues Anna Munster for S., 600
| damages for libel and Anna Munster
sues Meyer in return. w. III. Bates
sues the town of Charter Oak for $4,000
damages for injuries received by de-
fective walk. Alma B. Lane sues Kin
ney and Mccormack, Two Vail liquor
dealers, for $4,000 each for selling liquor
| to her husband. J. p. Hunter asks a
permit to sell intoxicating liquors I'M
der the pharmacy law, and John P.
| Chadwick asks a permit to sell intoxi-
eating liquors under the Mulct law. On
behalf of the county S. V. O'Hare, as
attorney, applies for an order for a
guardian to be appointed over the chill
dren of Herman and Lizzie Kohlhoff,
alleging that the children are badly
treated. Augusta Weber asks an in
4 junction against the saloon of Kelly and
Voss. There are eight divorce cases
on the docket as follows: Libbie Huff
man VS.. Clyde Huffman for desertion
and non-support. Anna liens VS.. Paul
liens, of Chartsr Oak, on the ground
of desertion. Inge Ries vs.. Ries for
cruel and inhuman treatment. Silence
Daz vs.. Albert Daz for desertion. C.
4 A. Jaques Minnie Jaques. Margaret
Roark VS.. Albert Roark for drunken
ness and inhuman treatment. Chas. Il
Lensar vs.. Ann Lensar for adultery.
Margaret Barrett VS.. Henry Ell. Barrett
for drunkenness and non-support. Mrs.
Barrett asks for $500 temporary ali
mony and $4,000 permanent alimony:
she also asks the charge of her chill
dren. On the criminal docket are found
the following cases: State vs. Morgan,
state against Guy Morris charged with
breaking and. entering railroad car;
state VS. Shea charged with assault
with attempt to kill: state VS. Nelson
charged with seduction.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-10-02
Tea Drinkers.

Tea drinking is constant occupation
for Tibetan. In every tent and in ev-
cry house the teakettle is always on the
fire. The laws of hospitality bind ell to
present tea to their guests, and every
Tibetan carries with him a wooden bowl
of Himalayau maple BY way Of teacup.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-10-02

Mrs. D. L. Boyntonand Mrs. W. j.
McAhren will be at home" to num-
ber Of their friends on Friday after
noon. They will be assisted by Mrs.
Gardner and Mrs. Cornwall.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-10-02
strategy.

"Yes, encourage my typewriter to
chew gum"
"Why do you do thatr'
can't talk. = Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-10-02

A fresh supply Of Bran just received at
@. d. Miller's.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-10-02
SHEET MUSIC CHEAP
And Everything in the Line Of Music
at Low Prices.

The cheapest place on earth to buy
sheet music. new or old, instructors,
studies. mandolins, guitars, or any
kind OF musical instrument or supply
for same, is of the Story & Clark Piano
Co., Galesburg, Ill. Send them &c
stamp for their catalogue and price
list-the most complete ever issued to
retail buyers. 1t is handy to have, so
send today before you forget it.
CAsToHIA
Bsars the The Kind You Have Always Bough
s's. 4 &sxzzzzz5<
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1900-11-17

TO remove q troublesome corn ~ ba-
Mon: First soak tha corn or bunfen In
warm water to soften It, then pare II
dowa Is closely Is possible without
drawing blood and apply Chsmberisin's
Pain Balm twice daily; rubbing vigo-
rously for i've minutes at each aPplica-
ton. A corn plaster should be worn for
a few days, to protect 1t from the shoe.
As general liniment for sprains. brui-
ses, lameness and rheumatism. Pain
Balm is unequaleti. For sale By I. J.
Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1900-11-17

We learned that the candidates
for the post Office at this place are
already showing up. We believe
there are three for the start, with
good prospect Of Q half . dozen
more. Some of our politicians
may be patriots, but many are 10
for business, they are after tho Of
fees.
Those Of cur people who wish
to preserve their right TO vote st
coming elections will do right 10
pay their poll tax before the last
day Of December next - the law
requires tho poll tax to be paid for
two years previous to the last day
Of December this year.
We learn THAT several OF our
people arc contemplating the Dor
ing OF deep wells for rice iriga-
ton. We believe If those people
would come together. form . stock
company and buy q deep we'll boz
ing OUTFIT they could get their
wells bored at q much reduced
price, and If the wells coald b So
cured at less than FIVE hundred
dollars, we are sure that many Of
our planters would nse them.
We have something for the Old
as well as for the Young, come and
make your selections early, the
Goods are now ready and are
showed under electric light ct l.
G. Duchamp.
The FIRE alarm was sounded
Tuesday morning, the fire being
in the property belonging to Mr..
L. G. Gsuthier, and occupied by
a colored man, L. c.. Gabriel.
Prompt assistance from tho Hook
and Ladder Company aud the citi-
zens put out the fire with lightds-
IMAGES. It was fortunate that this
fire was put out because it was in
a thickly built portion Of town and
a brisk northwind was blowing at
the time. Mr.. Gsathier reqae sts
us to extend his thanks to those
who saved his property from dss-
truction.