The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-29

bodies ore sometimes given bctcl before
ihcN arc WCGntd. The chewing &C. said 10
take away hunger AMI fatigue. The habit
once acquired Is seldom given 40 and
see women chewing who nrc SO old chat
they have 70 pound the nuts to 81 powde.
IN order ihdt they may muaucatc them
40 moro disgusting SIGHT than one OF these
ieNthery old hess chewing the hctel aud
erpcctora;iug as II were. blood In puddlcs
The chewing is done by young women
siSu, ana tho5f Of all classes During a
visit to Bangkok | bought q hctel splttoon
such as Is ueed by the aides OF the kings
nalem. Il Is lust about as big as ten
cup and the kings wives in usinr fl lIft
It IN to their llps This chewing Is also
common In tho Philippines but not so dis
gustlns as 1t Is here on the edge Of the
equator.
The Development of Malaysia.
] am surprised at the development going
ON In this part OF the world. have wrlt.
ten Of Singapore and the $500, eco worth
of exports and Imports which come in and
90 cut OF the Straits every year. This Is
only one OF the things that is gomr on
down here on the edge of the equator.
mere are now about u dozen uewSnapprs
puoiiS5heed In this region. Singapore mas
Two dnilleS la English, two da!iies In Chi.
hese' TWO IN Malay and one OF Two papers
4 little further up the Strait is Penang,
with a population OF over 100000 ana n
U VI. -
| more Is doing considerable business, and
lHeIe are max dozen other states which
are exporting coffee, tea and tin.
Fenang is au Island nfteen miles long
ana nine miles broud, With large nutmeg
ana pepper estates. 1t Is now building 4
rahWaJ through the state of Perak, with
! WMch II VIII be connected hy ferry The
| railroad will be 317 miles long. ana e. a.,
/ planned 10 extend it to Burmah A rail-.
! road Is proposed here Ia Singapore. II is
| 10 cross The island and then 10 begin again
] II m nm nj 4. ID.
me peninsula TO Slam, and possibly to
thiha: branch Will 70 on to Burmga
ana blr6 6he en nf99aGiilty Is that some day Indo
lren tracks with Singapore.
| Railroads in Siam.
| At present considerable railroad building
is going on In slam. The king there is
very enterprlslng. and ha Is slowly bur
surely pushing railroads 10 tho northward.
He has Just finished one 1876 miles long TO
korat and viii have another hundred.mlle
road con pleted this year, / have recently
met some Americans, who have been sell.
/ Ing electrical machinery In Bangkok. and
according 10 their statements that city is
now one OF the liyellest OF the fer East Ii
( las en electric lighting plant aud eec-
| trio street ears. II is the center OF two
railroad systems. with machine shops and
foundrles, and IL Is thoroughly up to date
In many 81 Its equipments. II has twenty
! SIX rice mills now, run BY steam. Seven OF
these mills nave electric light plants, some
OF which were shipped there from the
United States. A number Of the rice mills
are Chinese, only fonr being Europeau.
The Chinese mills have large capital and
they are managed on as good business prin.
ciples as any mills In the United States.
Bangkok has three daily newspapers and
about two score printing houses. The rail-.
roads are well bnilt and some Of them are
paying dividends.
Bangkok and the Germans.
Bangkok Is rapidly growing. II 10 said
TO have In the nsighborhood Of 10000 PEG
pie and to be the center OF distribution for
the products OF at least 5,ooo.ooo people Il