Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1887 — THE CHINESE IN CHINA. [ARTICLE]

THE CHINESE IN CHINA.

An Ex-Consul Gives the Result ot His Experience With Them. ‘•After residing for some time in a mty where 80,000 Chinese ar? congregated,” said Mr. Bromley, Consul at Tieh-Tsin/to a San Francisco Examiner reporter, “you can rest assured I know what lam talking about when I say they are ready to pour into this country in torrents, and are only watching their opportunity to do so. In Singapore, Bombay, Manilla, and various other points,'ithfey are crowding everybody Out; and even Japan will, I think, soon place a restriction act to keep them from overrunning their country. They never can become civilised in our sense of the word, for what is known as the literate or learned men of the country will not allow any innovations on their old time and are opposed to all progress.

“Such men as Viceroy Li Hong Chang and Marquis Tseng,who see the necessity of advancing with the present age, are powerless to effect any radical reforms, and their every effort, such as building railroads, or introducing foreign inventions, is hampered by these same numb skulls, Another point that retards progress is the fact that the officers in power require a 10 per cent, ‘divy’ in advance before they allow any improvements or special enterprise to be inaugurated, and it must be paid, too, or else it can not be worked. - “The luwer class, which forms the bulk of the population, live from hand to mouth, say averaging 10 cents per day. The filth and squalor in Tien-Tsin are awful. Begging and robbery are reduced to a science. The beggars have regular plans and work the place on systematic principles. As for the robbers, they are a power in the land, and before a silver train starts these gentry have to be ‘fixed’ so that the treasure will get through to its destination in safety. The Tin Tai (government officials), magistrates and mandarins form the wealthy class. They are frequently very rich andtrj to be extremely exclusive.

“I often met Li-Hang-Chong, the Viceroy, and 1 found him to be a very shrewd kind of a fellow. In Chinese politics he stands pre-eminent, and is the power behind the throne. He is very rich. Every time he makes a visit to Peking it costs him between $60,000 and $70,000. Part of this is for so-called toll at the gates ,of the ancient city. He professes to be greatly attached to America and American institutions. “Morality among the married in China is good; in fact, excellent. A woman’s downfall mean’s beheading, so they take no chances.. In reference to this point. Americans and Europeans in general could readily take a lesson, and there would not be so much misery, murder, suicide and other crimes if morality was as closely observed as among these heathens. “There are still millions of acres of land not taken up in China, and there is yet room for four times the present population, but let them know in gen-eral-very few know at present—of our country and the chance for money making here, and they would attempt to pour in by the million, by fair or faul means. I claim that our restriction act can not be too forcibly carried out.” Fourteen Dollars for a Kiss. New York Journal. i James Brose, a sturdy, altogether aged oitisen of New London, came to this city to see the sights last Sunday. While wandering along Cherry street late that evening he noticed a crowd of blithesome girls laughing and chattering on a corner. While he was passing the merry group he was most astonished to suddenly find a pair of arms around his neck. At the same time a silvery voice exclaimed: “Oh, dear old darling, give me a kiss!” Mr. Bross had never been greeted in that way in New London. “Go ’way, go ’way, you bold girl, cried he, “You ought to be ashamed of yourself.” “Oh, beg pardon,” said the girl, who had stolen a -kiss from the aged New Londoner. “I mistook you for my father.” —— Mr. Bross passed on, laughing over the joke until he stepped into a store to buy a cigar, when he was astonished to find that sl4, which he had in his vest pocket was missing. He found a policeman who arrested Annie Clark, a black-eyed maiden, whom Bross identified as the girl who had kissed him. Justice Kilbretb, in the Tombs Police Court, held Annie in SI,OOO for trial. Indiana's Representative to Sweden. Inaianapolii Journal. A highly MBMtional story has been made public concerning Hon. Rufus Magee, minister to Norway and Sweden, through the columns of the New York World. The story is based upon the assertions of a servant discharged by Mr. Magee, which the World says it sent a correspondent to Stockholm to investigate: The result is a long statement to the effect that Mr. Magee is not polished and diplomatic in his manners; that he does not live in such style as a minister should; that he is paid commission bv business houses to whom he introduces American patronage, and that he exacts and is paid fees for acting as a guide to tourists in the Swedish capi

These charges are elaborated in the clipdap style peculiar to the World; the language used shows there ia personal malice at the bottom of the sensation. The many friends of Mr. Magee, among whom the* Journal has always been glad to be one, Will give no credence to such imputations upon a gentleman whcaa they are satiaifled ia far above such dishonor. They will await the denial of Mr. Magee and the exposure of the evi dent plot against his good name and character. z r” J I > Wheat-Growing in India. The report of Consul-General Bonham at Calcutta, British India,treats at length of the wheat interests of that country during the fiscal year ended March 31, 1884. «The area devoted to wheat was about 27,500,000 acres, and the total yield 189,000,000 bushels. As compared with the wheat of the Pacific coast the India wheat is inferior, but when exported to Europe it is mixed and ground with a superior quality, by which process a fair marketable grade of flour is obtained. The method of cultivating the soil is in the main the same as it was centuries ago and there seems’to be great difficulty in inducing the farmer to invest in modern agricultural implements, and yet with the simple and primitive method the Indian farmer can, in the opinion of the Consul-General, successfully compete with those in the United States in the production of wheat. This is due to the fact that the Indian farmer’s outfit represents a capital of not more than S4O or SSO, and his hired help works, feeds and clothes himself on about $2.50 a month. A table is annexed showing that the export of wheat from British India has increased from 300,000 cwt. in 1888 to 21,000,000 cwt. in 1888. and that the increase of 1886 over 1885 amounts to about 5,000,000 cwt. The Consul-General says that some of his predcessors have claimed that the United States have nothing to fear from India as a competitor in the production of wheats In this view he does not concur, and believes that to-day India is second only to the United States in wheat growing. Furthermore, wheat growing in India is yet in its infancy, and its further development depends principally upon the means of transportation to the seaboard. He fears that with the cheap native labor of India and the constantly growing facilities for transportation the United States will find her a formidable competitor as a producer of the staff of life.

Business Failures. . St. Leuis Globe Democrat. The following figures, which are taken from Bradstreet’s, show the number of business failures in the nine months just ended of the calendar year SBB7, and of the corresponding period in recent years: ■Nine *O. of Nine No. of months. -failures. mouths. failures. 1882 .5. »T 18858,438 18887.358 18867,518 1884.8,808 18876,958 This shows that the business wrecks in 1887, thus far, have been fewer tnan in the like period of any year since 1882,. and that the decline since 1885 has been marked and continuous. Estimated on the basis of the past few years the failures of the entire year 1887 will probably number about 9.700, as compared with 10,568 in 1886, 11,116 in 1885, 11,620 in 1884, 10,299 in 1883, and 7,665 in 1882. The following, taken from the same journal, gives the assets and lia bilitiee, and the percentage which the former bore to the latter, which were involved in the failures for nine months in the years named: Per cent. Actual m- aaseta to cetc. I.iabilltiea. liabiUtiec. 18MN6,452,000 171,162,00 C bl. 1888 68,M2.0C0 1»<,05t,00C 58. Igß4 10.-,452,0'J0 195,951, 0C 55. 18% 43,864,000 90,976,109 48.2 1886 37,397,000 77,110;00e 48.5 It 87 44,5«,109 90,642,(8.0 49.1 It will be noticed that the average assets of the stranded business enterprises in the past nine months were greater than in the corresponding period of 1885 or 1886. This fact, coupled with the decline in the aggregate number of failures, is a favorable indication in the trade conditions prevailing throughout the country just now. Damp Weather and Rheumatism. New York Mail and Rxpreu “Rheumatism?” J “Yes, doctor. My shoulders ache, and I can hardly raise my arms to my head.” “It is bad weather for rheumatism.” “Why should it be?” queried the sufferer. “I haven’t caught any cold, I wore an overcoat, and the dampness hasn’t chilled me.” “I’ll tell you why,” answered the physician, who is a weil-known lecturer in one of the leading medical colleges of this city. The dampness of the atmosphere makes the air lighter. This affectsits pressure on the bodv. Of course that produces a temporary disturbance of the system.” “But why should that affect my rheumatism?” “Any disturbance of the system affects the most sensitive part of a man. If he has rheumatism it brings on sharp pains. If he has corns or a bunion, those give him trouble, and if a nerve is exposed in one of his teeth he is at once informed of the fact.” “Then there is really a reason for those pains in damp weather?” “Indeed there is. To a sufferer from such disorders there is no surer oarorheter in the world than his aching member.” Penny wpe »nd point! fnoliflh penile who »ro ufflictfd with catarrh do not 'eke Hall» Catan h erne which is tor sale by all druggists at 74 otnts