The farmer and mechanic., 1907-04-23

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/ Tor Hanrhfngtxr NJ 3fanss4H nef
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| IA" steep pas which we hsd }sl.t rara~
up The gun ~us drawn tg six horses
| ihFre was 3 man pu each oT hurz4
aA6 another man ou the gun Th@e
| started down cautinuSIy one of th,
| Wffcri horses kicked and the hrae4
| pun carriage started forward 49,.
| 'front.' men whipped up their norsrs a.
| Keep the lines taut ana tae next min.
i ~" i waS furious race dawn the
| Eiii. The heavy gun hal tht most
| momentum ana gained on them ANA
| rear the foot ~ the pasx tArv w,.,t
| down ~ q heap slS horses and fong
| men AMI the heavy gun on top TN
! '1~Stcks yelled and galIuped their
| horses hcadlong down the pass az
| etraishten ou' the mess bar from
| What Wc could see one of tile horses
| vs. unable 70 rise and he men were
bdd'N banged az. II MAS i wonder
| th&t they were not All Killed The
| Russians use no brakes on their ayttt-
terN nor on their wagons and II they
handle their guns like this III zines ~
peace y = no wonder they make a
mess of it IN time of war.
| NIrtn = one ef the largest cities In
Mahchurla ana is the capital of the
nis klFin Province. Like Mukden.
kWanS hingtZ, Taeling. etc. il Is !.
waited town but the wall Only runs
around three sides. The river sun
edii forms the barrler on the fourth
side This town Is situated IN 4 main
or iab!e.ahd rather. ringed around in
4 complete circle by mountains 1t is1
heid AZ present by about 900 RUS
sianS. chiefly Of the 9Th regiment.
som" of the streets are paved with
Wood ana the mercantile establish
hents are the finest | have seen A.
colding TO Mr.. tlOn, the Russian
manager Of the Russo Chinese bank
hcro and who snecks excellent Eng
llSn. ttleie are over a dozen Chinese
capitalists in kirin who have q capital
Oh between half ana million taels
each
This place is the distributing centre
for the northeast section 81 kirin pro-
vince but just now trade j. dull as
he people are not buying much goods,
beng busy repairing war damages and
DllNlnp land and atr
Al this place. 500 miles in the in
terror OF Manchuria and 50 mics OF
u railroad. u place that our manufac-
turers know only by name, / found
stacked up between million ana a |
haIf ana two million dollars worth Or |
American cloth. large norton of +
this cloth was made in North and |
South Carolina and the Large Dog ) |
Head chop Of the Henrietta Mills. the |
Dog and Horse" of the IoraV Mills |
the Man and Globe" Of the Pclzer the |
Horses Head" Of Pac olet. the Three |
Hares OF Abbeviiie. the "Runniny ,
Horse. Of Piedmont. the Man Fight |
ing Lien Of the Spartanburg MiuS I
The Fox Head" Of the Enoree Mills, /
etc, are among the largest selling /
chops and are regarded as the stand
ard Of quality by the Chinese The
Chinese know nothing of the mills ana
most of them don't know from what
country even the cloth comes. but they
'oS tiilIitIN DS tut tn0D or trade !
mark STAMPED on each piece
The eighty miles to kirn by cart
was 50 rough that going back Farmer
ana | got the cart syndicate to give Us
an extra mount. We changed the
three cart horses, also the saddle
morse, every twenty miles at the relay
stations. Farmer rode the first TWEEN
" miles in the saddle, and ] rode in
the cart and then we changed places,
taking turn about My first lap got
Dig Australian Waller who cast Il
shoe about FIFTEEN miles out and hi
the last five miles he came nearl
breaking my neck by falling down ha!Cl
a dozen times. My second lap / got
Il vicious little Mongoiian pony who
was good riding and ! kept ahead
rode this lap knee to knee with one Of
the socalled bloody Cossacks Of the
Don, who was going in from one OF
the out posts. We had no common
language, but he seemed very friendly,
pointing out the passes. caravan
routes, etc He was a bearded young
fellow. Of course, armed to the teeth
as usual. These CoSsacks seen. 10
always 60 with their guns strapped
TO their backs. / have seen tn I'm
at tn table with their guns on ami
them
We left Kirin at three O'Clock IN the
morning and swung into Kwang-
at fun tilt at five O'Clock that
Farmer ana / had each
ridden forty miles by Russian cart
and forty miles By horseback in the
meantime Each method put the
bumps in a different place 50 we didn't
sleep sound that night We slept
With nothing but Il piece Of mating
and one blanket between uS and the
nard mud floor. and were q little sore
The next day, but otherwise al right
At kWangchingtze | saw an Illus
tration Of Chinese "squeczr" As each
cart came III through the city gate the
Satekeeper went out and took toll five
cents from empty carts or a portion
OF the load from fun carts. no matter
what they carried / have snap
shot OF two carts stopped at the CITY
gate and the gate keeper with a pitch
fork ral<ing bundle of hay off each
Ihey reVer asked toll OF Us whether
because they took US for Russian SOL
dlers or knew we belonged to the race
that pays no taxation without re-ure-
sentatiOn, | don't know