The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-27

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abundant Yield OF wheat, corn. rice,
miller, arrowroot, vegetables and fruit.
The northern plains. however, are
yaIueless from an agricultural stand.
point because the land is saturated
with salt.
Harvest Wax With Worms.
One Of the novel crops" Of This
province Is an odd variety Of wax
harvested from the wax tree with the
aid Of armies Of wax worms, which are
sent forth 10 forage, much as the silk
worm forces are martialed for attack
on mulberry leaves. After a summers
d%epredations on the wax trees the
worms eXude a substance which when
melted forms wax. After the little
|haryesters have paid their wax tribute
the Chinese collect them and place
them indoors where they are stall
fed until the following spring, when
the process IS repeated.
silk culture Is one Of tie most i'm
portant industries OF S%hantung. one
Of the varieties Of fibre produced Is
pOngee, or Chi-fu silk, obtained from
worms that are fed on the leaves OF
dwarfed oaks. These oak |sp.nners are
not always treated with the same con-
Siderati0n accorded the wax worms.
for, when the pongee cocoon is finished,
the worm often finds It's way to the
table OF a wealthy native, where II Is
highly priced as II 'delicacy.
Still another rather important In
dustry Of Shautung affects from far
across the sea, the peace Of mind Of
modern American maids with unruly
tresses. The women OF Shantung.
young and old, busy themselves tying
into form the hlmy nets OF huir that
make well.groomcd co!irures possible
On blustery spring days on Fifth ave
nue., or when the lake winds swo0p
down on Michigan boulevard. Hun.
dredS Of thousands of these airy manu-
features, large in numbers but few In
pounds, are shipped to America an
nually.
Birthplace OF C%onfuclus.
Shantung will eve hold a place OF
supreme affection In the hearts Of
Cinnamon, for il was Ia this province
that one OF the worlds greatest moral
teachers, the famous sage. Comfuclus,
was born. Even more importunt-ln
ancestor-reverIug China-Confucius is
buried In S%hantuns. This was also
the native province Of MenciuS, one
OF Courteous most distinguished fol-
lowers.
The tomb of Confucius neal Chowfu
is the object Of pilgrimage TO many
but strangely enough It is not nearly
as great Il drawing card us is Tai
Shan, the highest Of China's FIVE
sacred mountains, which Is also In holy
Shantung and not far from Chowfu.
At Tai Shan one finds what might be
called holy mountaineering" de luxe.
Up the peak, which Is 5000 feet high,
has been constructed Il broad paved
path with stone steps wherever the
decllvity Is steep. and In the spring
this highway Is thronged with as many
as 10000 pilgrims a day, on the cliffs
which the climber passes precents are
carved, constituting huge religious
bill boards by the wayside at inter.
walls are temples where offerings TO
the priests are made convenient.
Taolst, Buddhist and C~oufucian
shr.nes are lu%termingled, though the
mountain itself has been considered a
sacred place since before the latter
two cults came into existence. Al the
very crest OF the holy mount are
three temples NJ the three faiths,
Twentieth century communication NJ
a sort was opened TO the sacred places
Of Shantung when the Tleu-rsln.
Pukow railway was completed In 1912.
But Il VAS only " u sort. one express
train u week to Pukow suficed for su.
perior travel. but no arrangements
were made FOR taking care Of religious
tourists.
one still goes to the home Of Con.
fuclus AS one would have gone In the
Middle Ages. Express trains do not
pause at Chowm station, 81 miles
south Of Tsl.nan. unless great officials
arc aboard, and wish to ollght there.
BY special stipulation of Duke kuug
descendant Of Confuclus and head VI
the clan, the railroad passed six miles
from the city ana there are no ade.
quute accommodations for large nun
bers Of travellers.