Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 July 1895 — Cold Spot In China. [ARTICLE]

Cold Spot In China.

It is not commonly known that the capital of China is ice-bound for five months out of the twelve, or that the stolid-looking Chinese could use a very Inferior style of Skate, of their own manufacture—a mere chunk of wood arranged to tie or the shoe and shod with a rather broad strip of iron.