The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-03-13


Guitcd States, with Three or Four
Hundred Million Population. Over
Half Crowded OH Il Plain Less Than
three times the Size Of Nebra ska
\ Mountainous Land with Mighty
b"~Crt~-DclayS at the Har1ors--
Best Route TO Follow i'll Visiting
HclIn@-Ghiisa Great sorrow
dl, OycrGowiiig yellow Riycr-IEcr
Immense CaHaI-'Thc Great NaI'
Fifteen Hundred Miles Long-lH
ti.irS Nalicd--'ihc Queue. Origi-
u@IIE u Badge Of Scryitude. Now a
source OF E'ride-Nomcn Wear
GFuij@cTS-NiaHcslu Women Paint
ana Powder to Excess, But do Not
sind the Eeet-Ori@.n OF Foot
l}inding-Hosy il is Donc-Eoot-
binding vs.. Corset iacing.
topyright, 1906, by Joseph b. Bow
Copyright in Great Britain
All Rights Reserved.>
lGrngkong. China. Dec. 10, 1905
'ao contrast between the China Of
'iuujty, hoary with aSe and the
.u China, just awakening into life,
Is SEQ great as to suggest the treat
u.Ht Of the two periods in. different
articles. And if the contrast between
a. lLina of yesterday and the China
a .oday is great, what shall we say
of the contrast between the FloWery
NmgdOm and our own country? The
mu stars shine overhead and the
s'm" laws of nature operate on the
,ln.h but in mode OF living, appear
Hlt. customs and IA bits of thought,
the chinese people could scarcely be
mogn different from ours.
First, q word as to the land which
they occupy; its very Vastness inn
posses one, unless he has recently
I-uIted his geography While the
G.gntceu provinces which constitute
sUna proper have something less
tnu 100000 square miles, yet the
chinese empire with its tributary
ltl,s has an area of about $500, 600
square miles and extends over 80 de-
gpopS north and south and 10 degrees
cas-. and west. We hardly realize
when We speak of China that her om-
r@rAr holds sway over q territory
uoa"iN twice as large as the United
States, that his DEGREES are law to
population estimated a t from 250,000,
Guo to 400, 100000: that her climate
is Ike that of Russia in the north,
while i'm the southern provinces her
IL
Hat She has SO many noun tdinS aud
~@"l mighty deserts that more than
half Of her population is crowded
.ugother upon q plain which contains
but "a little more than 100000 square
miles. Williams, in his work, entitled
"fhe Middle Kingdom calls this dis
.tjct Tho most densely settled of any
.HJ of the world Of the same size, :
8I estimates that upon this plain,
b
SKA. 177,G00, 900 Of human beings
dwell.
The harbors Of China are hardly
a hat one might expect on 50 extended
linn" Of sea coast. While the haT-
."r ut H0ugkong is an admirable one
"ur Of the best in the World-tne
..c at Shanghai has no hills to pro
'c,l #. the one at Chefoo is open 70
H.. storms and the one at Iaku does
.r5 deserve 10 be called a harbOr at
.. Iii leaving Shanghai we went al
lnur and Il half by launch in order 20
nat:h a steamer of only 5000 tons; at
"hnfto a still smaller ship was delay
4 n day because the lighters could nos
H!nad it III the wind and at T2iIu,
'0a seaport Of Tientsing and Pel1in8
g spcnt a day on the bar waiting for
feet of water.
The capital Of the empire has until
-lutIy been so difficult of access that
comparatively few tourists have visit
: IT, The large ocean steamers stop
Shanghai and HOngkOng only
king ii necessary for one desiring
s visit pekinG to take smaller boat
..d risk indefinite delays on account
. wind and tide.
Since the completion of the raiI-
.ar3 from HankoW TO Pekins it is pos
.hIc 10 accomplish the journey from
~aauGhai to PekinG in less time, and
addition enjoy the advantage Of 4
"jt inland. When the projected road
completed from HankoW to Canton
tourist can land al shanghai, take
liver boat 500 miles up the Yangtse
<5npg to ;fankoW, then by rail to
'"tIn@, about 500 miles north. then
l"k through IIankoW to Canton near
. as far south, from which point
I"re are daily boats to HOn2konS.
I'f}S trip, covering nearly Il thousand
.rIc& of river travel and about 1900
rN"s of railroad travel (not includ-
the return trip from Peklng to
jHUkoW) can be made in the time
merly spent in travel along the
'a~t and furnishes an Infinitely bet
.r opportunity for the study of the
.rnNtrN and the people. AS Il matter
"' lr"Caut5On | OuSht TO add that
I. sing is SO far north that before the
.J."*il~ of the railroad it. was cN-
"HtEIN dIffIcult TO visit 1t after TIE
@' Of December, and even now it IS
-jrublo that the trip should be made
Zorro the middle OF November.
china is we'll Waterod; the largest
.fn. tho Yangtse Kiang, which emp
into the ocean at Shanghai. IS
900 miles long, drains more than
aIf u million square miles and 'oo
t5es above its mouJn carries a vol
.H ~ water estimated at 500 cubic
.rS of the earth and is naVI5a1is
large vessels for more than g
"*'l-and miles.
Ihe Yellow river, or, in Chinese
t HWang Ho, drains a basin almost