Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-29
STRANGE SIGHTS met
BY MAN IN UNIFORM
English Army Privates Tell of Wonderful Work of American
Men in Scaling Wall Of Peking During Boxer Rebel
lion of 1900-CorporaIC Guides Story. .

through the customs OF their native
land. could never be anything u
menials.
What was the most remarkable
thing | saw in China?
III great wall! L started where
ms wall begins at Shan Hai Kuan and
followed it for miles. 1t is still intact
in nearly every particular and is of a
construction that now is among the
lost arts
To learn II this travel had the edu-
catlonal value claimed for it and
whether men enlisted merely for adj
venture n travel, l questioned Guide
and discovered that his mind was alert
Tor information at all times.
-chop Suey" American.
He told me of how on getting to
China he had discovered that chop
sney' vas not originally a Chinese dish
at all, but that it had beer first put on
the market in San Francisco. although
the d~iscoverer was n Chinaman. The
name is meaningless enough, signifying
merely meat and water.
"A Chinaman of China very rarely
tastes beef" said the corporal. Not
only is the religious influence of the
Buddhist against the eating of any
beast of burden. but there is not enough
grazing land in the empire to make it
possible to raise this animal for con
sumption.
Another peculiar thing is that most
travellers AMI the Chinanan as second
to the French in preparing good things
TO eat. In the ability to prevent waste,
the Chinarnan is without a rival any
where. OF course, the peasmntry OF
China does not share in this cooking
triumph. A peasant is glad to get the
meat of a donkey, horse. dog, or camel,
nor does he scruple to know just when,
where or how the animal died. Any
animal which has died of old age is
considered most wholesome
No "Bone Dishes
A a Chinese dinner j was surprised
to see hat the Chinaman beside mo
had no bones in front of him. and while
l was wondering how he had learned to
digest them. | discovered that he had
been putting them or the floor behind
him. When | saw this proceeded to
empty the pockets where / had been
storing mine
Among the delicacies of China are
almonds, parched watermelon seeds,
spare ribs covered with q coating OF
molasses sugar, chicken liver and cen
fury eggs. The restaurateur could
prove the g were 100 years old, but
a conservative estimate would have
placed them at 4 or g..
Preserving Eggs.
"These eggs had been prepared
originally by being Stacked in lime.
This preparation was left around them
until they were ready to serve n pre-
vented any decay. Both the yolk and
white were green when served and the
white was transparent. They tasted
very little different from ordinary
boiled eggs.
The Chinese have many peculiari-
ties. once when attempted to photo
graph one of them he hid behind his
pile of wood and new would have
come to the surface had I.not desisted
ana passed on"
In four years of time Corporal Guide
has been in Japan, China, Guam, the
Philippines, Singapore. Port Said, the
Greek archipelago, Malta, Gibraltar
Barcelona. Plymouth and other points
in England and back to the United
States.
Should war come Guide believes the
number of enlistments would be such
that it would surprise even the most
antaeonistic to the present military
system. He sees visions OF a great
army. rising over night to enter the
service of the country. to go to any
length. TO perform any duty, n to
make any sacrifice for the U. S. A.