The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-11

\ Woman's Daily.
The only woman's daily newspaper
published in Asia, II not in the world.
is issued by a woman in PekinE It
is edited By a Chinese girl belonging
to a we~ll-to-do family. Her paper is
known as the Picking Woman's jour
raj. It is published in an attractive
for,, and is written IN classic CHIN
csc. II is largely devoted to eduCa-
tional matters, and especially 10 the
ADVANCEMENT OF women. 1t advocates
the anti-footbinding movement, sup
ports the ~anti-opiun crusade, ana. j"
general. is for voman's rights from 4
Chinese standpoint.
Foreign Newspapers.
There are now foreign papers pub
Y;shed at nearly all of the parts Of
this n There are a half dozen
or more here at Shanghai. The North
China Daily News and the
Times come out every morning., ana
the Mercury and Gazette every even
ing. The French have a daily know!
as L'Ecno de Chine, and the Germans
have one. the OstasiatiShe Lloyd.
Shanghai has four foreign Weehues.
Tientsin has several dailles, Including
the Picking and Tientsin Gazette. AND
so has uongkong, including the Hong
kong Press, the him Mail and the
Hon2kong Telegraph. There are pa
pers published in the English Language
at Annoy, FOochoW and HankoW; anu
there IS q German ape published al
Tsingtau in Shantung. IN Japanese
have several papers in China, ana
there are Portuguese journals III Ma
Gao and Hongkong.
All OF these papers cater TO tn"
foreign poh-laticn. They are mostly
blanket sheets OF the style which We
used to have. and they sell on the
average at 5 cents per copy. AS lar As
advertising are concerned they are
Wen supported and most Of them are
run at a profit.
Chinese Papers Abroad.
There are quite a number OF Chl-
ncse papers outside China, some OF
which have q CONSIDERABLE circulation
here, There arc three such iii SlnE&-
pore. one IN Penang, seven in san
Francisco. four in Honolulu and one
in Manila. Japan has two, sydney
two, an there are q ami in Hong
kong.
The empire has also seven mission
airy journals, some OF which are mcdi-
cal and others religious. II begins t"
have magazines, and with the new
schools and the new civilization it Will
probably build up a new literature.
I understand that the prince regent
is contern plating starting an organ OF
his own. lie is greatly interested in
newspapers. and has given orders t"
the grand council TO have deputies
read all the Chinese dailies n to fur
nisil with abstracts OF the important
news contained III them. Eight men
have beer chosen to translate the for
eign papers. and his highDess has
these classified and pasted away in s.
scrap book. It is said that Yuan Sinh
Kali. owned & while he
was in Picking. and that several OF the
cabinet are secretly interested liz the
different journals there. The states
men watch the papers TO sec whether
they are properly mentioned. and q
desire for notoricty Is s~pringing up
among them.
Now that China is adopting the new
civilization. the high officials are anx-
lous to learn what - going on sill
over the world. They are studying
public opinion in New York, Berlin
and London; and they watch the mar
ket reports. China is borrowing many
millions OF dollars from outside na-
tions to develop her country as to
government has TO know what goes
on abroad. The Ass0cia ted Press tel.
egra1ls are Forwarded TO tnc yicer0ys
and to the cabinet officers at Picking
az soon az they are received aud they
are translated and read before they
appear IN the newspapers.
me officers arc greedy
Tor their articles about China and
one OF the leading cabinet minister:
at Picking recently told his j~ntarnreter
to give him a full translation Of fht-
london Times from day to DAY. The
man protested that such q thing was
impossible as we'll as unnecessary.
saying that the English local news
and the announcement Of marriages.,
blrtns and deaths were of no value
20 emma The cabinet minister re-
piied that he wanted the whole thing.
ana that he would get another inter
prefer. am told that the Times is
now translated fnr him.
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lees1gninS Female (consolingIy)-
There is always one retaedv for a
broken heart. Major.
IyIo nTainr -.