The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-30

are many Of then. however. that are uni
que one large poster that meets you on
every side BE- Foreign methods or re-
pairing the teeth" Yang Ia pa ga yen.
SIN another is poster advertising ISL
cycle pills" TIE hsing che Tan. which
guarantee boy children 20 the family that
use them "a sufficient quantities. sun
others aud there are many q them, pro-
mise succor 10 the unfortunate girls Win
out danger 20 either their health or NE
a very lefgc proportion advertise ths
cures that may be- expected IS taking Pill
/ Rrimagcs 10 certain temples ana nrinkihe
water from the springs connected mere
with hut the most common Of all temples
advertisements b. ASK ana IL VIII ne
answered. VA chiu oil yirE. II not IN
frequently happens that the wall OF me
c.ty in certain localities Is covered win
strips Of cloth one foot by two, indicating
that the sick have received Answers 10
their prayers by the worship OF the soa
In that Place. who In many cases Is foA'
Friendly Feeling Tor Americans.
Up 20 the beginning % the present
troubles 81 has been somewhat remark
able face that no American citizen, travel
or. bus ness man. diploma, or missionary
hns ever been murdered H. China by the
Chinese This car be said Of the citiHths
or none OF the other great powers Which
have had constant and long-coniinued ~
t,rcourso with the East This Is not
mere coincidence or accident inc
Chinese like Americans. OF course ms
statement is made with She reservation
thnt they do not like any foreigner a.
| resident OF china, bat as compared WIN
1 the people of the great European powers
| they like the Americans. whenever they
ask a man Of what nationality he is a"a
his answer s. that he Is an American they
at once CNclaim. I'VE are friends.
Peripntrtic Trades.
Many trades which with us are station
| arv are pcrratctic la China. the olach-
| smith packs his shop on "A wheei-narrow.
/ Two boxes that look Ike cheese boxes
| contain the outfit fof the shoemaker, VINO
docs his work On the sidewalk, in the ice
az some wall So does the chiropodist lie
| f. much Ia demand. as the Chinese suHer
/ severely from clrns despite their cloth
shoes an but the higher classes ar
| shaved by peIipatetic BARRIERS who wAn"e'
about advertising themselves with sohss'
or tweezers which they ring Ike tuning
| forks. They are great gossips.
| Our travelling restaurants nave bee"
on,icipated many years by the Chinese
purveyor Of food who carries his tahle
/ on one end Of a pole balanced py ms
| stove and cooking utensils on inc o'ht'
| with mis- dough. his hashed vegetaoics
and little oil aud salt. he roasts' tF.es'
/ hakcs. br0iis OF tcssts quite 2 SURPRISING
/ number OF dishes and their taste woulo
be more surprising than their number 20
an Occidental
| Even the coufcctioner IS n wanderer
/ ne carries a bowl OF Jar OF mixed tanF
4 aud a number OF siraWa ~ ooN. ~
/ winds no "A little Of the liquid tany on
| Tie end Of a straw and bows II AFTER the
| stvIe Of a glass blower into the shapes
OF birds and animals
Iucalcienry of Chinese Artts"nship'
There isn't a native iron worker IN
/ China who can make nail that can ne
/ driven without hole being boreu TOT "
without outside instruction there "ouIu-
M be a Chinese nail made 1000 years from
now. The Chlnaman makes no improve
ments.
/ N tho ChInaman falls 40 see the I'M
| p-osiafe utility OF a thing, he gets rld
OF II promptly for what u VIII otlhS
! A thu beginning 81 the Chinese-Japan-
csc war parts OF tho large guns OF the
Talku forts were in the pawnshops. h"Nlns
b. en- pawued as old brass. haH gun
| being a somewhat inefhcient inpieineh,
OF warfare. the Chinese gunncrs labored
under considerable handicap In this re-
spect.
/ AN the stud nts in Chinese school
studv aloud Tie din would drive an
American school-boy or an American
teacher % the verge 81 d Distraction. Never
theless. by this method the Chinese school
children learn a great deal-sucn az II H.
visiting without Luggage.
! once a Chinese COVE mont representative
I who was new 10 this country ana us
ways. came 20 the house Of al eminent
| New York banker for weeks Visit. ~
was winter but he came without lugkake
and vet every day be appeared at dinner
. s.Fs
his trunk: he put hts trunk in his clothes
! instead OF his clothes In his trunk. Ills
Clothes were like the peal 81 an onion. eA-
cspt that any LAYER might be worn out
side Many OF his garments were SILK
clothes lined with for, or fur garments
lined with SILK. depending upon which side
was out. lie wos puzzle 10 hts host un-
an he explained his method.
The Chinaman doesn't black his boots,
but whi,cns them on the edge Of the sole.
How Chinese Women sew.
Sewing a. usually done out OF doors by
the Chinese women. When a seamstress
sits down 10 sew she pins the work to
hcr bosom and begins sewing from her
instead Of piuning II 20 her knee and sew
ing towards her as our women do. The
American woman wears her thimhle on
the end OF her finger and often pushes
her needle with the end OF her thimble
The Chinese woman wears her thimbie
between the first and second joint and
IN this way gets much better pressure
on her needle. has a more comfortable
place for her thlmhlc and can wear n ring
when not AZ work.
sowing without Flowing.
Flowing is done with forked stick. one
fork ~ which Is tipped with Iron. on
one occasion rs I was passing along the
road saw a man blowing his field with
two animals. nj wife. VINO had bound feet.
ana his son Both were hitched TO the
Vi3w. while he was pushing with all his
strength. on another occasion saw a
hound-footed woman with her plow on
her shoulder. with a single donkey-a
small donkey too going 10 pillow her field