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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-04
WOMEN MAKE FLOUR,
Primitive Milling Methods Still in
Vogue in China.
NO henson Why Americans Should Not
control the Flour Market of the
Celestial Empire-Hint.
Worth Taking.

With such an enormous ponu1ation
and SO little to do, it is not astonishing
nat China's industrial system is the re-
suit OF a constant effort ito make work.
instead OF to save work, as we do.
For example, in China the grain crops
are harvested with little hand sickles.
ana the sheaves after being cured are
carried in bundles by women and chill
oren and spread out for threshing on the
great floors like those described in the
Bible.
The grain is threshed out of the straw
Dy ~treading on it, or by being rolled with
heavy stone rollers. The straw is then
lorked OH, and the grain is swept upinto
heaps with hand brushes, while it is win
moved by being thrown into the air by
shovelfuls and allowing the wind to
blow the chaff away.
The mills for grinding are of two
kinds, those in which heavy stone roll
ers revolve over stone tables, and the
other where the upper and under mill
stones are used. In the latter case the
lower stone is anchored to the table,
While the upper turns on it, sometimes
being pulled around by a blindfolded
donkey or OK, but more frequently by
human hands.
The primitive roller mills are usually
operated by human labor, the work fire.
quently being done by old women of the
family, whose failing strength or poor
eyesight make it impossible to do the
heavier or finer work of the household.
The wheat after being ground is
poured into an ordinary sieve, that is
made to slide in grooves over a box
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-04
E R RAILROAD WAR.
Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific
in Bitter Struggle for Control q
of Government. =

Sir Thomas Shaughnessy is one of the
los potent political forces in Canada
to-day. His predecessor as president of
the Canadian Pacific railroad, also an
american, Sir William Van Horne, ex-
erted his influence without opposition
and hence did not come into the lime
light of publicity.
The announcement of Sir Wilfrid
Laurier's cabinet that it would build a
line from Moncton, N. B., to Winnipeg
and lease it to the Grand Trunk railway
for 50 years is al open notification to Sir
Ihomas as the head of the Canadian Pa
c1fic railway that the government Of
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-04

which a man seated on a stool on one
end of the box jerks back and forthuntil
only the bran is left. This primitive
method serves instead of the American
boiling machines used in u mills.
Although Chinese labor is so remark
ably cheap, yet the ~tediousness and la
boriousness of this method of making
flour, entirely by human labor, is so ex-
pensive that the wheat flour made in this
way costs them from three and a half to
four cents per pound, and as such a sum
is about a half days wage for the labor
ing man, it makes wheat -four entirely
beyond the reach Of the common people.
In order to supply the demand for a
cheap flour, the Chinese habitually mix
their wheat with peas, beans or millet
before grinding it, but even these cheap
ened flours cost more than the average
grade flours in America.
The Four Track News says that, with
out considering the difference in quality
and ineness, American flour can be ex-
ported from our Pacific coast and soldl in
China cheaper than the cheapest grades
of native -four
1t seasy to see what a great field will
ultimately be found in China for Ameri-
can mill machinery, and If American
millers would take pains to manufacture
a grade of flour especially for the Chi
nese market, cheapening the wheat pro-
duct by a large adulteration of corn, an
immense market would be found at once.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-04
Tricks Of, Bmatoun
That ARpeA 70 Country Visitors
Clever Mtw-Noat.GuaesF Fool Their P,f,,o.
Bogus Suoae, AA1zanged for the Benefit of Sl.nvni,o
SPECTATORS. #E#8&# E& #"

~ the most interesting part Of
rarp city in the eyes Of visitors
1 oot of town is Chinatown, which
.sdsd by thousands Of sightseers
rsar. Ninety per cent. of them
risht and are bent on seeing all
....dful things which Cinnamon
.,sir Caucasian associates are pop
T. s,nposed to do. As a result Of
Curiosity, a custom of working off
l. On the visitors has grown up in
'atovn, and it has proved to be a
rs nrodtable business all around.
vost everything that visitors to
a+ovn see nowadays Is more or less
an,ont Whether the visitors come
isht or by day, the greater part Of
Entertainment provided by their
L is fraudulent. although they
Z "#AE. |HE-H#a.r T. 80. q
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-04

Sninss thai are part of the quarter Tho
guide leads them up dark a,lsr, ~
through winding Railways where thev
cannot see their hands before their
races n finally into little box-lil,o
rooms where white women and China
men smoke what is supposed to be oni-
um LOT their amusement. All converse
s.ion rs carried on in whispers, a good
ueal is said about the police and other
hangers OF the expedition, and the Wis
itors are worked up to a proper state of
excitement. -
What the Cinnamon and women
smoke is not opium at all. Generally a
small piece OF wax is cooked over the
lamp and inserted over the pin-hole of
the pipe bowl. A convenient cigarette
IN the end of the pipes broad stem sup
plies the smoke.
A lew puffs and the smoker rolls over
IN what appears to be deep slumber,
me guide leads the shivering party out,
and warns all hands to keep the matter
very. quiet, -
Next he finds a Chinese gambling
den In full operation Fantan, Chinese
dominoes and games with.the long strip
Of cardboard covered with Chinese
characters are being played. The liable
lis covered with money, the banker
Shauls his coins from the center of the
table with his sharp-pointed stick and
the players suck away at their gurgling
water pipes. A carefully arranged pro-
test is made when the visitors enter, but
the guide arranges matters and the play
Is resumed. This is just as complete a
fake 81. theSopium smoking. The sup
posed gamblers are just play-acting for
the benefit of the visitors, but they do
1T veryGwell, and the visitors, especially
the women--for there are women in all
Of these parties-go away properly
awed. Visits to joss houses, restaurants
and alleged dens are made, fake fights
occur, dramatic e are enacted, and
by the time the trip is oyer the visitors
have seen about all they can stand.
The New York Sun says that for .
long time there was al Chinatown .wom-
an who used to commit suicide every
night for the benefit of visitors. She
was a good-looking girl and had a room
at the top of a Doyers street tenement.
For a long while the, fake opium
smoking took place inner room. A ro-
mantle and touching talesof this girls
downfall used tosbe told confdentially
to visitors by theeguides, so that she
was an object of special interest. Alta
certain stage of the exhibition each
night she would startle the visitors by
tossing her pipe aside, crying out, ~ am
Etireds of all this!n.5fand then, taking a
hastyt swallowsfrom a bottle labeled
ss..carbolic .acid," shewould fall grooming
to the floor, and the guide would hustle
the visitors away so they wouldn't be
arrested as witnesses.
The fake suicide was a bowling sue
cess and a great money-maker for the
woman who did It. Thewardman from
the Elizabeth street station put the per-
formances under the ban, however, and
the guides had to cut it out of their
repertoire. The programme described is
gone through as many as a dozen times
some nights, and the strange thing is
that visitors never seem to detect the
imposition. They swallow it all with
perfectsconfdence, and pay as much as
IS a head sometimes for the evenings
entertainment. /
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-04
The Piano Eye IL Swift.

A pianist in these days has to culti-
veto the eve SO as to see 1900 signs in
n minute, the fingers to- make 1000
movements and the brain to understand
oil these signs as we'll as direct all these
movements. In playing Weber's "Moto
Perpetuo' a pianist has to read 4,541
notes in lesssthan four minutes, or about
10 ner second, but the eye can only re-
,eive about ten consecutive impressions
nor second. So that In quick music it
saems that a player does not see every
note singly but in groups, probably a
bar or more at one view. In the sec
and set of Chopin's 'Etude in r minor
4 e necessary to read as many as 1850
signs in 2h minutes. or about 26 notes
ner second.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-04
Peanuts Cure insomnia.

If you wish to be cured Of insomnia
eat a pint of freshly roasted peanuts just
before retiring. Secretary Wilson as
'sures his friends that this remedy Is a
sure thing and that a pint Of peanuts
every night has relieved him from an
insomnia with which he has suffered
for years. A number of prominent men
r,ho have tried the secretary's remedy
say that it works like a charm. Ordi-
nary peanuts that are to be bought in
) store will not do the work. The goob-s
ers must be freshly roasted and a full
pint Of them consumed. Washed down
with a big drink of water they are sure
70 induce sleep, but the slightest sip of
alcoholic beverage neutralizes the effect.
The cure is said to be the discovery. Of
n of the scientists in the department
of agriculture.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-04
Seeks Damages.

Mrs. E. P. Farmer, of Canton, who
was recently declared insane, has
commenced an action that is. likely to.
make trouble for the authorities. Mrs:
Farmers children were sent to the
children's home at Sioux Falls when
she was pronounced insane, and she
has commenced an action to have*the
declaration of the board of insanity
set aside, and to have the three chill
dren restored to her Keeping. \.
Nearly n hundred witnesses have
been s~ubpoenaed, some of the lead-
ing lawyers in the county are en-
gagged in the contest, and much feel=
ing has been stirred up :.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-04

know it and go away satisfied
they have seer the real thing.
Cinnamon who live In China
are not fools, neither are the
women who associate with them
The white men who pick up a living
lore or less questionable ways in
Euarter. None Of the Cinnamon, and
inly very few of the women, could
nduccd to make public display Of
private lives for money, but they
lot at all averse toarranging little,
bitions for the edifcation OF visit
who pay we'll, thinking they are
y the real thing. sseE-
ere are fully a score of men Of the
Eek" Connors type whogcall them
8 Chinatown guides. They have
in the quarter for years, Know
man and woman in it, knowGthe
ping dens, the joss houses, the
b joints; in fact, are a part of the
Ter and well qualified to show peo-
bout.
minute a visiting party strikes
etown it is taken in tow by onesof
guides. Sometimes the guide
the party by appointment, for.
OF them have connections with
clerks uptown who tout for them,
Pftener the partyswanders about,
a guide picks it up and makes q
I'm to show 1t Chinatown.
course, the party wantsgto zee OPT
Fnoking, a game, of fantan in opera
the quarters of white women Who
with Chinamen. and al the other
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-04

RuSSlan statesman stNsnO Is 10 BE MaO0
~ $Chancellor.)
services of the empire separately man
aged and in the hands of strong, ex-
perienced and ambitious men-the
Young czar has undoubtedly found it al
most impossible to dominate a growing
" discordant administrative system.
M. de Witte is unquestionably the man
above all others to he placed in general
authority. If he had been there sooner,
it is not to be believed that the Kishineff
would have occurred. hisown
wife being a Jewess. On the other hand,
if he had been in full authority, the Man
.churian question would have beensman-
aged in a different way, since as it is
now understood that much Of Russia's
apparent inconsistency has been due to
the independent action and conflicting
attitude of at least three different de-
partments having to do with Man
churia,, one being the foreign Office, an
other being the war department, and
another the department having charge
Of the railway and financial interests.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-04
Victim Of Rats Rite.

Cambria, Wis, Aug. 27.-DaYid G.
Williams; ag1ed's63 years, who was vas BIT
ten. by a. ratTtwo weeks ago., died
Wednesday from blood which
resulted from ethe bite. Mr.. Williams
was a member Of thelower4h house Of the
last legislature. is}..s.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-04
All Chilly.

Paris, Aug. 24.-An the membersso of
the Hdmbert family were convicted
here of swindling and the court SEN
fenced Nine Humbert and her husband
each to. fyes-years' imprisonment and
to 100. francs fine. ,ss
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-04

a City Of Vast TerrasOs.
ladisfa9Bqtla o4aAz9beMe
on a level with tho foundation of
. the next terrace.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-04
Death OF ssBill Arp.,.

Atlanta. Ga, Aug 26.-Major Charles
II. Smith, known throughout the
United States under his pen. .nameSof
.."Bill Arp" died in this city. He was
born in Lawrenceville, Ca, in 1926.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-04
A Busy Month";.

Regardless Of the fact that August
was looked upon. as one Of the
months in which farmers over the
northwest would be too busy to look
up new locations, the excursion the
first of the month proved to be
heavier than any since the early,
spring, Over 100 came in, either to
secure lands by homesteading, or to,
buy. The Indications are that the
filings for August willsgo as high as
for any of the other monthssof. the
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-04
yeteran,s Touching Appeal.

An affecting letter was lately received
from an old soldier, by Pension Com
missioner Ware. 1t appears that while
valiant in wal, the veteran lives in dread
Of his WIFE and his complaint and in
structions closed thus: 81 got blood
poison by beinge hit with a hens eg wen.
IscamfpaAI frogR thatfgunfs a$hees Has
not good wen yousseendsmy penshnnsfs
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-04

nerlcans as the young English peer
married Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt,
psnter of William K. Vanderbilt.
Wedding took place in New York
1895. The duke seems to be a
unassuming young Englishman
Ut any specialepolitical ability, al
ne has been chancellor Of the
. S league a~nd,psymaster general
ccupant of the latter office is not in
aolnet, however. and, indeed, the
On is little more than honorary.
the subordinate position Of Junior
secretary otstatefor the;colonies
an advancement. The duke is
IFS old and succeeded his father as
luke of Marlborough in 1892. The
luxe Of Marlborough was the victor
enheim.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-04

Park Rapids, MINI, Aug 2S:-R. f..
Davis, president of the First National
bank, was drowned in Fish Hook lake
Thursday afternoon.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-04
ne1I ToIled b. Electricity.

lat the ChAEehl. AZ the Sacred Heart
+ tp,d FasGss skSii B does the work
which formerly required the services Of
ave men, -----
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-04
Burglary at Sioux Falls.

Cracksmen early this morning ems.
tered the meat market of John Arch
er, at Sioux Falls, and, after blow
ing the safe to pieces; securedaiits icon-
tents and fled, leaving not the slight
est, .clew. They secured aIsthe cash
which had been taken in since the.
closing of the banks. The robbers
may have been the. same men who on
the morning of the: 18th inst. dyna-
mited' the safe in the pQstofffce at
Sherman. 49, ais S7fiF' go
An Old Timer.
H. D. Walrath, of the First Ma
tional bsank of Wateytown; Mas sent to
the state historical soci#y the first
national bank bin ever issued in Da-
kota territory. It was issued by the
National Bank of Yankton, Feb. $,
1873, and is a. dollar note It bears
the name of NJ. K. Armstrong, press
ident.
ss<s News Notes. :
The new dormitory building for the
state blind school is well under way;
$4,000 having been appropriated BY
the state. The new $4,000 public
school building, lis being pushed rap
idly. School will commence ;Oct:a 4,
and the building will be finished by
that time. ss 49, 70
Bender Park,,tat1Lead, is being dew
astated by the timber bug, which
has already done SO much damage. in
the Black Hills.
EARLY in: September asfchanges will
be made in the management of the
Bank Of Alpena. I. Z; White, exs
county treasurer, will become a stock
holder and will be elected to the POI
sition of cashier. ,&S&sss2 ~. siesss
A new train service will go into
effect on the C%enteryilles line this
week, giving in early train north; and
an evening train south.
Work has commenced on the con
structionsfofe anew postoffice build:
ing at Scotland. The structure will
be unique in that chalk rockaYiN sbs
the principal material usedssin its c,o,na,
struction. - = Z :
The Spencer grain srai elevator ilSiltt IL u
Amour has been purchased ~ thsl
Reliance Elevator companSxt
1Lh.na1;, ..l.-l-5 III E&
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-04
1.A11RAoRM1sToN CHANT.
rnsush Reformer Who Is Now Visiting
I'is : This Country.)

english Reformer Who Is NowFvisltlns
.Hn This Country9
t,a,,v teach for . time. She was after :.
ward a nurse, and some years ago was
drawn into reform work OF various
L;nds. in which field she has made q
sn1endid success. She is an author OF
Considerable power, and has ven pub
Iiisied a volume Of poems She mas sew
eral times visited AmsEieayssssss ssssssss1s
rhey Give and Take.
p.on1o Who borrow trouble are a.
ways willing to lend II. we've no'1s.1
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-04

Eighteen new national banks have
been established in the state during
the fiscal year just closed, June 80,
and all but two have been. organized
with capital of $25;0e0-theetwot
having a capital of $4,000 each."
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-04
Coming tn America

] qspeihaxsnliAu 27.l 1tlsenneuncA
that 100 Il. The Wealthfest merchants Of
Stockholm will visit the United States
and the st. Louis fair in the autumn of
1904. j. l. Us, $50.
Oshkosh. Wis, Aug, 27.--4Oshkosh
celebrated the semi-centennial anniver-
sary of its Incorporation as a city
Wednesday. &C
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-08-15
MORE TROUBLE FOR LITTLESTORES

With charter right To sell everything
from n dress 10 u dinner, operate Il
factory or II railroad or carry on. in
short, almost any kind OF business, Il
cooperative mull-Ordcr society. In
tended to embrace the whole United
States, with branches IN Europe, aud
backed by Chicago financial interests,
WIS incorporated in Trenton. ~ H.
recently. The name of the new COY
poruliou, which * expected by chi
CagO iuanclcrS to r"yOlutionlHc the
mail,urlrr business il The Cash Buy
crS' Union. First National Cp-Opclm-
tive Society" und the authorized cnpi.
tai Is S5,OOO,Onu, divided into jOO,0O0
shares of so each. The Metropolitan
Trust ana Savings Bank of Chicago
acts nS registrar If the stock of th'
society and the First National Bank
Is the socIety's depository,
The plan of the co operative society
Is similar to the great cooperative so.
"'.'lns In England. which, according
goo 20 l...nt cahlrgrum from London 10
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-08-15

and passengers upwards of one hun.
dred million dollars u year. Much of
this vast sum of money goes to steam-
ers which are regularly enrolled on the
merchant cruiser" list of European
governments. which are manned by
naval reserve officers and, sailors. and
are available for service AGAINST us in
war.
The British Empire has l4.S0.OOO
tons of merchant shipping: Germany.
2o6n,Opo tons: France. 1.4SO.OON tons
Norway. 10000 tons: Italy. l,1SD..
W0 tons. Ey far the larger part of all
these fleets is engaged in ocean carry.
ing.
Hut the United states Of America.
which produces far more merchandise
and now sends more abroad than any
other nation. has II fleet registered for
dccp-sea commerce of only $4,000
tons.
American commerce. the labor in the
mines. the forests. the shops and In the
shipyards are interested I'm this uues.
ton. and American farmers. whose
products supply twothirds of the val.
ue and Il much larger portion of the
bulk. Of our exports. are equally con.
cerncd with all other Americans in
whatever will contribute to the en-
ployment of American ships. their ac
tive and sustained competition will
| foreign ships. and the inevitable re-
ducton In freight rates sure to follow
such increased competition.
| The New York Board of Trade ant
| Transportation invites you to give til,
facts herein set forth your earnes
consideration. 1t Is of the highest i'm
portance that American shipbuildin.
and ship-owning for ocean commerce,
must be revived. This Is not u politi
cal question: II Is not u party question
Ii Is u business question. pure and sim
pie. and II full. frank. good.tempere,
discussion of 1t ought to bring tn
whole country into harmonious sup
port of some plan which will b. prac
| ticable ana effective.
Friends of free ships. subsidies. dis
| terminating duties and every othc
policy that has been suggested are cor
daily urged to present their views
and arguments. The system which hes
stands the test Of free debate Ii til,
system which II most worthy of adop
ton.
But on one vital point all must III
agreed beforehand. and that is tha
something must be done und dom
quickly. IL we are to save the remnan
of our Ocean.carrying trade and re-
deem our shipyartls.
| The deplorable condition of the ship
owning ana shipbuilding industries 1
In itself conclusive proof that II vigo,
Gus remedy IL needed.
The question Is. what shall that rem
edy be?