The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-22

FEDERATED MALAY STATES.
rules, and, yoked to great carts. they
drag the bales of cotton, bricks OF
tin and bundles Of rattan over the
roads.
4 Medley OF Humanity.
Going on into the city, we see
strange characters at every turn.
Each street is a spectacular eKtraVa-
gance, composed Of every tribe and
strange costume. We pass Malays in
velvet caps short packets and gay
figured sarongs, the latter a strip OF
bright-colored cotton which falls from
the waist to the feet. n is fasten-
ed at the top in a knot. The Ma
lays walk with a swagger. and they
invariably smoke cigarettes. They are
too lazy to work. and the most OF
them live from hand to mouth.
We see Indian Mohammedans in
turbans OF white, red and yellow.
They wear gowns which reach to
their feet. There are tall Sikh pO-
licemen in uniforms with turbans Of
red, PerSianS in white caps and IN
dams. who have caps embroidered
with gold. There are short-haired
Siamese, az brown as tobacco: shaved
headed Hindus, as black as your
boots. and willy Cingalese peddlers,
with their long black hair done up
in a knot, just back Of the crown,
and a half-moon child's comb to keep
it In order.
There are Brahmins in jinrikshas.
hauled by yellow coolies clad in
short tight trunks Of blue paper mus
lin and little palm hats which end
in a cone. Their backs are bent
double as their yellow legs trot along
inside the shafts. There are also
Parsees with tall hats which look
for all the world like inverted coal
scuttles, and with long coats buttoned
up tight to the throat and there are
Javanese with ga%y-colored handker-
chiefs tied around their heads, who
wear skirts Of lightning-streaked cot
tons
There are also whites from all parts
OF Europe. They wear great helmets.
which extend far out behind and
suites Of white linen or cotton. They
are English, French, German. Italian
ana Spanish. with now and then an
american tourist or trader Alto.
setner the crowd Is as
as any you will find in the world
singapore has about 100000 inhabi-
Iahts. ana OF these only 5000 are
The rest are Asiatics.
a aao the nulk are Chinese, Malays and
East indians. There are hnndreds
OF japanese, a few Arabs and numer-
Gus Jews. The colony is governed
oy the English, with a small parr,-
son and a police force Of about 2 o
men. 1t Is we'll governed. toe. ana
NE and property are quite as safe
mere as In New York or London.
The Chinese Of Singapore.
me Cn1nese are monopolizing the
straits Settlements. AS soon az the
english established a stable govern
ment they began to come in. and they
now move back and forth to and
eral hundred thousand a wear. Thev
are thrifty. and the best Of every
tnlng Is rapidly going into their hands
Ahey own STOCK Of every corporation.
and n British tell me that thew
can beat a European in any business
deal
Since England has taken possession
Or the Federated Malay states, the
Chinese nave been going there in
great numbers. They are crowdino
out the Malays, and this is so WITH
the natives Of all the islands in this
part OF the east. On the Malay pc
hlnsula and in the Straits Settle
menus there are now more thar 1000
600 Chinese. There are a.OOO 900 :,
tormosa and 1000, 900 in Siam Trhara
are large numbers in Burmah. and
something like 500, in the Dutch
East lndles. They are rapidly going
into Sumatra, and nearly every set