The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-02-08
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STRANGE cUsToMsTHATsTILLtt
;sss= EXIST In MANCHURlA.
That Little Known Corner of the World,
: / y q Which Is as Large ~ sixteen Of Our
setates-Abounds In Wild, Auimals-
Primitive Means OF rransportatisn.

V
chnria, that oriental province upon
which the paws Of the Russian bear
now rest, as little corner of the
world. It is nothing of the kind. If
it could be lifted and set down within
the borders Of the United States it.
would cover all the far eastern states,
together with New York, New Jersey,
Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia,
Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois. It's area is 400, 600 square
miles. It is situated in the north
eastern part of China, directly south
Of the Amur or Great river. Well does
that stream deserve it's name, for,
emptytng. into the Pacific at the Sea
OF OkhDtsk, 1T extends backward
through nearly one-third of the vast
extent of Asia. On the east Manchu-
ria lis Bounded by a strip of Siberia and
by the highland and solitudes which
separate 1t from Corea, the hermit
Kingdom: On the south is the Yellow
sea and westward 1t stretches away
toward Mongolia, without natural
frontiers. In Manchuria everything is
still primitive: The mule carts, which
form the only means of transportation,
have clumsy, nail-studded wheels, with
axles as big as kegs and which bump
along ever unseen stones in the same
ruts which have been followed for a,
century. Wives are still bought in the
market place, like calves and dogs, and
are taken home, clad in gorgeous col
ored silks and wearing headdresses OF
tinse1 and artificial flowers. There are
$4,000, 600 people in Manchuria living
in three provinces, Sinking, ,Kirin and
Tsi-tsf-har. The first Is the largest
and best known. The chief city, Mukv
den, is known as 4tthe affluent capi-
tai" and has "a population as large;
as Washington It is surrounded by a
low mud wall, ten miles in circuit,
within which Is another wall, three
miles around, thirty-ive or forty feet
high and fifteen feet in width. The
Eeity 1ssIikesss Pekin on d ssma Her aacale.s
The streets are wide and: clean and
the large, well-built shops, with their
counters and other arrangements, in
dicate great trade. There are indica-
stions OF prosperity everywhere and the
city lis regarded as one of the best in
China Over toward the Corean border
there is less civilization. It has been
the custom for many centuries to hold
fair IN One Of the towns near the
Yalu river, which commands the Co.
rean trade This fair is under the
supervision of officers and soldiers.
The Manchurians sell dogs, cats, pipes,
leather, stag's horns, copper and
horses. They take from the Coreans
baskets, rice, cooking utensils, corn.
swine, paper mats and oxen. All the
trading must be done in five hours,
which gives the fair the appearance
of a Donnybrook gathering. Just be-
fore the sun SETS all the Coreans are
driven back across the frontier. Man.
churla is said to resemble the prov
ince of Quebec, except that within it's
borders are enormous ranges of noun
tains which rise as high as 10000 feet
in the air. The larger part of the ter
ritory is covered with forests, which
abound in wild animals, the capture of
which affords employment, clothing
and food to thousands of hunters.
There are bears, deer, wolves and
even tigers in the forest fastnesses
while In the more open portions are
myrlads of lark, pheasants and even
the familiar crow. Thescondor is the
largest bird of prey and rivals it's
brother of the Andes in ferceness and
strength. So abundant is the game
that 2, 400 stays are annually furnished
to the Chinese emperor that he may
eat simply the delicate bit of meat
found in the f1eshy part of the tail.
The rivers abound in carp, sturgeon,
salmon and pike: Down on the coast
there is tribe which clothes itself in
garments made df fish skins. The ma
tives eat enormously, beef and pork
being their favorite meats. They are
also said not to be taverse to *eating
dogs and horses, and among those who
raise silk worms the contents of the
cocoons that have been boiled is an
ericurean delicacy highly priced
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