The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-22
IN OUT.OF.WAY
PLACES in CHINA
J. D. Gillian Tells
Interesting Tale
of Experiences
in Country
(By j. d. GILLIAN

power is cheaper than horse power
and man is jealous whenever a men,
ton or proposition is made to use
anything but the methods that have
become sacred by age and custom.
In Korea, Japan and China men are
burdened with loads SO ponderous
that white men shudder at as they
view them; they would not under
take to carry them at all.
On arriving at Seoul, capital of
Korea, was wondering what l could
do to have my steamer trunk cared
for when white man said to me-:
Never a thought about that, sir,
will have it carried up to my home. "
Carried" exclaimed l, ut weighs
hundred and fifty pounds or more
l am sure" Calling coolie armed
with a "jiggy" the trunk was lifted
to it's place and off went the fellow
: TRANQUILITY happy and soon arrived
at the friends home mile or so
distant to claim Is cents for the feat.
The jiggy is an affair not unlike the
running gears" of a wheelbarrow
with the wheel absent. The contriv-
ance is placed on the carriers back
handles down, the legs extending
outward; and on these legs is placed
the load Straps then affixed to the
upper part of the rack like thing pass
over the shoulders and hold the jig
gy in place. Heavy loads can thus
be borne for long distances. But
this is Korea, not China.
Everything movable in China is
subject to carriage on human back or
shoulder. Injured to toll for ages,
moving no other manner of earning
a livelihood, the native unquestion-
ably acquiesces in the impositions up
on his body. The bamboo stick, pill
ant, easily procured, of almost unbe-
lievable strength and endurance, is
commonly used for shoulder sticks.
But, the bamboo is of far greater
assistance to the people. 1t can be
mand into an Infinite Tor at least
very grea) number of useful arti-
cles; hence will not try the enumer-
alton of the ones | have observed. |
have eaten it, the sprouts of it, when
attacking some feast, and have rid
den in chairs made out of the larg-
er growths. The tree is very beauti-
full as seen in the various groves and
by the wayside.
BY the most rapid steamers plying
between Shanghai and Foo Chow the
time is two days and two nights or
about the same as it is between
Shanghai and Nagasaki, Japan. Both
trips are in the Tung Hal, East Chi
ma sea. Both voyages are apt to be
rough, too, and so we discovered
them. On the way to Nagasaki we
encountered the winter monsoon
driving like Jehu directly from the
north, hitting us broadside on. So
fierce are the waves at times in their
tossings that on striking the sides
of the ship they create a sound like
an explosion and cause the stout old
vessel to SILVER from stem to stern.
From Foo Chow we took some
trips into the interior of the country
far removed from the track of the
commoner globe trotter into regions
where the whitet man is seldom seen. |
Here one can see Chinese in their
(im-) purity and study them at first
hand.
Il arati0ns for. such trip is an
item interesting enough in itself. One |
must plan for the length of time to
be gone and equip himself according
ly with changes of clothing as we'll as
change for exchange, as he may have
to buy money at some of the places
he stops, and must willy-nilly con-
suit the money=changers who
abound everywhere. They buy your
money lat their own pricel and sell !
you other money also at their own |
figure. All the bed-clothing neces-
sary for the requirements of the ira
Weller, who may be more or less fas-
tidious, all the food he will consume
en- route, unless he dare follow the
fare provided at the ubiquitous inns
along the devious ways, coolies to do
his cooking and carrying, including
himself if away from the waterways,
ETC., etc., must be planned for.
Let me outline journey of three
days out Of the million-and-a-half
city of Foo-chow, capital of the Flu
ken province with its ten million
souls, eighty-five per cent of whom
are illiterate. We left this mighty
,ity at 10 o'clock at night in a house
boat some of whose rowers were
and we rode till in the
morning, where we transferred to q
steamer for days pull up the riv-