The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-09

his observations from cruise ii
Chinese waters He Is a son or J /
Marsh, q wen known farmer neal
chlckasha)
When q battleship steams through
the Straits Of Hong Kong, i twenty
one gun salute is fired What IS thi.
for, one may ask2 Hong Kong Is al
English possession, and this is ma
tional salute Here the English have
their navy ward. dry docks and a large
detachment Of soldiers. Hong Kona
is located on the side and at the foot
OF Mt Victoria, and the most beautl
ful part in China.
The United States ships anchor al
the foot Of this peak, SO we get fun
view Of the city from the bay. The
streets Of this city run up and down
tbis peak and the cross ones run
around it, These kinds of cities in
China furnish employment for thou.
sands OF coolies, that carry passengers
up and down these streets, in a sedan
chair, as horses are not to be had III
China except by the wealthy European
people These chairs are built on two
poles, some twelve OF fifteen feet long
and about eighteen inches apart. II
requires two coolies to operate one
Of them. They set the chair down in
thc street and the passenger does like
wise. They then kneeI down, place
th' ends Of the poles on their shout
ders and arise. You are or then at
break-neck speed. This furnishes a
delightful ride, as these poles are very
springy Thus you bob up and down
every time the coolies take a step. '
The law allows these fellows IS
cents an hour, constant running, but
they are always ready to accept cum
shau" ttip) as he explains to you. that
It is very hard work and he has no
money for chow" (food)
| want to say here that It has been
proven beyond a doubt, and / believe
to, as well as others who know the
conditions in China that they are the
lowest class Of people ii, the world
teking them as a whole
You can not imagine what a man
can see in these cities, neither can
a man describe it.
Most OF the streets are only about
twenty-five feet wide and Il you should
enter one Of the many with full
stomach ! am sure YOU would never
get out with It's contents.
In summer they adopt thin sort
Of c.i cloth for clothing. This is Worn
without change until cold weather
forces them to put on heavier ones.
These people don't seem to realize
that water has any cleaning qualities.
| am speaking Of the common class Of
Chinese. Whereas, on the other hand.
he higher class that have adopted the
European method Of living. are alto
iether different, but where we find
me Of them we find thousands OF the
common class
Here among The low grade every dis
'ase known e man exist We see
hague, yellow fever, tuberculosis. itch
ne a thousand others. Here they are
red and handed down from genera
ion to generation.
They live In houses owned by the ii
Wealthy Chinese. story upon story, and
ome underground. These buildings
Ire gradually falling down from the
gant Of repair. Some fifty or hun
Ired families live in one house, the
irtiest filthiest holes that one could
imagine.
As | said before. horses are not to
e had here, so everything is trans.
erred from place to place By f.nd, HI
ave seen six collies pulling an iee
iagon street sprinkler and many /
tier things that require horses in
ns other land The iinriki sha is
be popular mode Of travelling through.
u the Oriental countries. This way
aeusands OF collies earn their living.
hey hire ar rent these two-wheeled
ehicles and over and above the rent
ley earn il their own. Where Ii he
lakes 20 cents for himself he has had1i
good day. These people live from
and to mouth, eating Whenever they
ave the price, which costs him about
ve per meal and generally sleeplugll
rerever the time overtakes them.
Their diet consists OF a number OF
shes which he may chose, but rice
{ must always have. as It takes the
ace Of bread and strchy diets. A
tile fish or fresh pork win constituted
first GLASS meal.
have spoken Of the low grade OF
ainese. now NAV say N few wnrdo