The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-30

then outs smaii DOL undey the foot ana
drives the shoe ,,
uooksellers are among the common
b,l,.rsters o. the II dole Kingdom. Not'
however like our book agents.
Chinese takes his cart or "heeioa' Nv,
loads It up with al kinds Of books u nay
be good books or IL may be hooha WI"
contain the most common anu '"isa'
street songr This cart or barrow he push
=. from place 20 place. aud n he succeeds
la selling fifteen TO twenty cents worm
Der day he makes a g0oi living
Thieves and Beggars.
Chinese thieves are required 20 be- ana
are. organized into a guild. This Is re-
quircd ln order that the government may
keep control Of them. Having them thus
organized The government Is able go hold
the king OF the guild responsible for all
stealing done. This Isl not bad plan. a.
che following incident will show friend
of the writer was one day going through
orc Of the gates OF Pekin on horseback,
his macintosh fastened 10 his saddle be-
hind him Ia thc crowd this was stolen.
lie rode 10 the police station at once,
reported the loss and gave the police two
days to ind the booty. They called 40
the king OF thieves. threatened him that
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head and when my friend called two days
latter the garment was there II should
be stated that the thieves are compelled
TO divide with the police.
Chinese beggars like thieves. are or
gauized into a guild. This B. partly for
self-protecuou aud partly for seif-heip
Every business house Ia the city Is be-
sieged az stated intervals, unless the pro-
prietor buys them on" This he does by
paying the king OF beggars a stipulated
sun. when a small red slip OF paper ~
pasted up on tho side OF the door which
is recognized BY an the beggars. Ia case
a beggar Is badly treated by any hrm.
dozen or twenty OF them band together
and besieFe the house. which ia unable 20
rid itself % them until they have received
a sufficient recompeuse. When this Is
done the besgars withdraw and tpe house
a. left in peace until time for the next
bcggar 10 come Their expression when
begging IL THE more you give the more
you'n have" Yueh Kel. yueh yu.
Chinese Are Reliable Ia business
Life.
Despite his inehiciency as an artisan
and workman. the Chlraman as a bust
ness man has character Indeed he is 'he
business man Of the East. lie Is reliable
and honest. There g. not a big European
business firm go the East In which China
men do not hold responsible positions
Every one OF the institutions Of the lieng
Kong ana Shanghai Banking Co. has a
Chinese cashier: even those IN Japan. The
Chinaman, tn position Of trust Is trust
worthy.
The UnIverani Wheeibnrrow.
The Chinese early discovered that there
il less friction caused by one wheel than
two and that a one wheeled cart runs ca
sler on a bad road than a two wheeled
vehicle. and on this account the wheel
barrow came into requisitlon, and Is nov
universal In Shanghai the wheelbarCow
Is used TO carry people. The wheel IL IN
the center the passenger on one side ana
his baggage on the other. II shangtuhB
a sail Is attached 90 the barrow to get
tho benefit Of the wind In Pekin one
often sees a donkey or two, or mule
or two. or q donkey, mule ana morse nv
ched u O wheeharrow. Sometimes they
have four mules hitched TO u. with two
men IN mont al the sides TO drive and
beIn balance ID. and a man assist in bal
anrluR IL. The wheel s. without lire or II
II has a tire il Is put on in sections foot
or more In length.
A Practical Race. hut Not Scientific.
The Chinese are emlncntly pracucal
though IN no sense scientific people. Every
thing that we can do. they can do, though
in a very primitive style They have an
expression "hsiang "a tau" which. In
English. would mean that we think
ont some method Tor bringing about
certain end The European invents ma
chine which. when IL Is set going, accom-
plishes the work. The ORIENTAL has not
yet arrived at that condition OF intellec-
tual development lie can do nothing
more than think out plan by which he
can do the work himself In other words,
while the Chinese are the most practical
people IN the world.~ they lack the mental
power 10 save muscle.