Evening journal., 1900-10-01
SOLDIER LIPE IN
FAR AWAY CuINA
Wilmington Boy Writes His
Experience iRFIOWery
Kingdom

II. p. jackson, OF this CITY, has re-
ceived the following interesting letter
from his brother. C. Pierce Jackson,
who is corporal in the First Regi-
ment. United States Marines, in China.
Tien Ts,n. August Z, 1900.
Dear brother and all al home;
am alive. safe. sound and we'll at
this date. The report reached Maya
salia. Japan, before we reached there
that the Grant was ,ost. There was
,nnch rejoicing there when we arrived.
We reached China about tho first OF the
month but things have just become 30
that the mails can be pushed through
regularly. We Tiny company are quar-
cred in the walled city doing patrol
duty. The rest OF our crowd went 10
The rponf and are now, l suppose, IN
Pekim. They are supposed 20 have
reached there yesterday. Our work
here is not as hand as the rest for there
is no marching. We turned out TO
meet the Boxers three days ago, but It
proved they Sid not come and attack
as W. expected. They have gone north
aguin and II they so far enough, in
stead OF being thick as they are now,
they will be thin enough 20 look
through collectively I mean) FOR the
Japanese are north Of them and they
slaughter Chinese like dogs. England,
America and Japan are doing all the
work. France and Russia have troops
here but tor some reason they are do
ing very little. They go along but the
fghting Is done by England, America
and Japan. Now 1 will tell you a little
about the people. There are no wide
roads The streets, nothing more than
alleys paved with stone in some places,
in others with about six inches Of mud.
You rarely see a wagon. A c0O,ie comes
along with a balance pole on his
shoulders, 70 each end of which IS sus-
pended whatever he wants TO cayry.
Up Il goes balanced on one shoulder
and OFF he goes almost at a trot. Then
they have a sort Of a wheel barrQy. II
is not at al like one of ours Instead
of the wheel being as one end like ours
is about 40 inches high and placed in
the center and boxed in The load is
carried all around the body. Il Is a
queer looking thing. and they can use
tt and presume they have been doing
just that same thing for thousands of
years. The working class are called
coolies. The merchants and others are
practically idle. They loll around fat
as pigs. smoke American cigarettes
They let their ienger nails grow until
they are long enough for an eagles
claws. That is a sign Of their position.
Now about their food can hardly
describe IL TO you so you viii know ex.
actly what it IS. OF course you know
what chop-suey Is They put chop-suey
IN crust Of dough and fry o. lt makes
a good meal. Another curious thing
they eat is what you would call leath.
er, if YOU saw It. I have seen Il pre-.
pared, but IL comes ready for use an
long sheets about the thickness Of raw
hide. / am told il is made of green
teas. It tastes very well. They make
hne pudding. of rice, dates, nuts, etc
Another eatable lis something like oul
doughnuts only not so sweet. They
sell for about a cent apiece.
Chinamen i've together a great mum.
Der in one house and cook very little
Early in the morning marketing 4.
done and al other time Of day peddler.
of eatabIes go through the streets cry.
ing their wares. They buy almos
everything they eat ready cooked
therefore as said before they do yer,
lifie cooking.
A. to their personal appearance, al
most everybody OF any size In Ameisc.
knows how Chinaman looks. Th'
wnmsn dress Ike men except the hair
They put it up instead OF wearing
cue. They have tiny feet. In fact ther'
is Qothing TO the foot but the insteI
and a dwarfed heel. The development
OF the toes or the normal shape of the
foot is prevented by binding the fee
when the child is very young. The mer
shave the face clean in most cases. The
eyebrows and ears are also shaved
The razor would make barber in vii.