Carpenter's Letter (Ciiiitlinicil from Seventh 1'iiKe.) While in tho Connor's olllcu at tliu patucu a few dayH at?" a Cliltiemi camo In with a c;ilil It v;ih In clphur ami tliu man hail n ClilncHd i'oiIo liook, wlilrli lie allowed to tho M-iiHor. explaining that tho iiiohsiiko Ilxetl prh'c of HiiKar In a Mk li'al IiIh mast o r tin 1 in hand. When tho man loft thu ceti n.r lolil me that the Cliltiemj llrm hoiiiIIiik i hi' uililo il hi a liusliii'fiH or about $1,000,000 a tin nth ami Ihal It Hient liumlreils a yoar 1 1 ' II (allien. I'alniii'ii lohl me of a riilni'Ho who has rori'iitly inaitc Jl'Mi.oio in Ihuiih. I'ork In one nf the ellli f experts of I ho Philippines to China. At tho time of thu Insurrection hk.'iImhI tho S 1 1 ; 1 1 1 1 m 1 1 niany of tho pnrtH woio cli'Ki'il ami haniH lieciiiiio a ilniK In tho imiilii'lH. TIiIh wiih ho In llio IhIiiihI of J.evic. One of tho riilui'xc mcrclKiiiiH tlicro ornori'il tho proiluot. Mo bought every thing In hIkIH ami when ihu AinorlcatiH tnili piiHHoHHlnii ami opened tho port ho Hindi' a cool quarter of a million. Thero aro l'lilnene all over tho Philip pine doaliiiK in hemp. 1 suw them IniyliiK It In HoiithoaHtorii Mindanao. They export HhlploadH of It from Kumar. I.eyto ami HoutlioiiHtern l,uon. They no about amoiiK the farmers and buy up tho crop. They trade for hemp at their Hlore.M and buy it In ipiantlly of native ilealem and Hhlp it to Manila. It In tho Hamo with xtiKiir, rice, lobaci'o ami eopra, and In fact with every thing In whlrh there Is a dollar to bo linide The foreign tohaeco iiierclmntH tell me the ChluoKo have cut the heart (Hit of their prolltH ami I hoar tho mime from the KmIIhIi and other llruiH which do busl ni HH lu rice ami Hiignr. Tlif s mil 1 1 Moii'n mill I'eilillerN. Ml nf the hinnll retail IiuhIiiohh and In deed a ureal deal of the largo IiuhIiiohh as well Ih done by the ClilneHo. In a village, If I here Ih a hit; oHlahllHlimoiit, It Ih suro to belong to a Chinaman. They control thu Initio or the Sulu group and moHt of that nf the VlKiiyan IhIiiiuIm. In Luzon you Mini them at every croHHroad and their pod-iIIoi-h go abeut with p-ielm i u their backs from lioiiHo to limine ami hIiow Ihelr wares to the women The dry gondii man with a load of bright eittoii tut lis alm ' as high iih hiiuseir in his Moulder te be seen very day in Manila iiotw l hstandlUK there HON ( ULOS PSLANCA HICIIKST CHINAMAN IN MANILA. are whole streets glou up lo Chinese Helling of Hie same articles The chief business street outside the Ka iiillu Is Callo Itosarlo. This Is a great Chinese bazaar half a mile long, lined with Chinese stores packed with cottons, silks, hardware and notions. There aro hundreds of little eaves In the wail so full of cotton got ils that there Ih no roem lu thorn for Milliters or cases. The goods are piled upon shchcH. stacked up on the Moors, hung from the ceilings and even put out side on the Htreet In the arcade which runs front block to block. The stores have no doors ami Ihelr whole fronts aro taken away lu thu daytime. Some are net more than six feet In width and ten feet lu depth. Hut each has one or two plg-tnlled clerks and all seem to bo busy. The usual costume of thu merchant Is au undershirt and drawers. lie Is always bareheaded and usually barefooted, with the exception of his low slippers, which he often drops otf. Ho usually sits lu the street outside his store smoking a cigar ette while hu waits for custom. He Is never asleep and Is always ready to bar gnln ami soil. The Chinese stnroH aro grouped much according to tho articles sold In them. The dry goods stores take up n number ot blocks, hardware stores have their own section and in other parts ot Manila you llnd Htroets given up to Chinese shoe makers, tailors nml sugar manufacturers. Many of thorn innko sweetmeats nnd many manufacture chocolato from tho cocao bean. Making soap from cocoanut oil Is another grunt Industry. H Is made in llttlo yollow disks about ns big around ns a TIIK Hllver dollar nnd half nn Inch thick. Ono Hiieh ploco cohIh 1 cunt of our money. Tho ClilneHo do a largo part of tho ahoo liiislness of Manila and almost all tho Hhoo tiiemlltig. You hoo tho Chlnoso Hhoo maker on every corner. Ho carries his tools nho.it In a banket and squats down and mends your soles whllo you wait. Ho does hoiiio of the washing, but this so far Is largely tntmopolled by the Filipino women, who stand In tho dirty water of tho canals and pound the dirt out of tho clothes with a stick. Thero nro many Chinese In the markets, where they sell miiHt of the fancy vegetable!) ami pork, ami In fart there Is scarcely a placo or a business In the whtilo Island where they are not very much In evidence. The Chinaman here has been of grout ad vniiliigo to the army, although Uncle Sam N now trying to dispense with him. Ho has been the litter bearer, going bravely out Into the battlefields under the lire of the Insurgents to carry off our wounded and dead. lie has done a greater part of the transportation of gooilH during tho march and has handled the most of the KooiIh of the tpiartermaster's department at Manila. II Is a common Hlght to see a I rain of llfty Chinese currying great boxes on poles from ono part of the town In the other nnd you find them loading and unloading tho transports. Thero is no doubt hut that they aro far superior to the Filipinos as laborers and It Is a serious iiiestlon whether Uncle Sam Is not making a mistake In trying to oxcludo them from the Islands. Tho dovolopment of tho Philippines will rcqulro Homo oilier labor than the Filipinos can furnish. What Don Carlos Talanca has said about their unreliability Is undoubt edly true. If tho United States Is to build railroads and public works wo will need the Chinese, if wo nro to manufacture hero for Asia we must have them, and If the mines, which seem to exist in the mountains, are to bo developed It can best bo done with Chinese labor. Tho question hero Ih not the samo as at homo. Our people cannot stand hard work In this troplcnl climate. They will not work for thu wages that aro neeessnry In these Asiatic HtirroiindlngH nnd it would seem that tho Chinese nro tho only solution of the labor troubles which aro to confront us sooner or later. As to the danger of tho country being overrun by tho celestials, they have been here for 300 yenrs nml at present they do not number one-eightieth of thu popula tion. They havo not materially Increased from year to year and nny great lullux could easily bo controlled by future legls In I lou. At present about 1.K0O Chinese arrive ami depart every month. None can come lu but those holding certlllcntes showing that they have been In tho islands before Haeli of these certificates gives n descrip tion of its owner, but thu Chinese look so much alike to us that they are often sold, the prlco In Amoy bolng, so I am told, from 115 to J.10 pur'curtlllcnto. The CIiIhc-mc .Xi'dtlru, Many of tho Chinese who como to tho Philippines return to China, but n great number remain hero and take Filipino wives, or, more often, concubines Don Carlos tells mo that hundreds of them nro 1 1 vlut; lu concubinage who would have married had the laws of tho Spaniards not provided that to do so they must become Christians und bo baptized Into tho church. This, under thu old regime, mndo n wed ding cost all tho way from $100 to $1,000 and as a ceremony seemed decidedly high The Chinese, however, tnko good caro of their chlldron, wjiothor thoy aro married or not, and todny some of tho best edu cated and highest of tho Filipinos have Chinese blood In their veins. Indeed thu most of tho leaders of tho Insurrection are of this class. Agulnaldo Is a Chinese Mestizo and his wlfo has Chinese blood mixed with tho Tagalo In her volns. Tho niothor of Pedro Paterno is a Chinese lLLTSTHATliD lSlili. Mestizo. (Jenernl Ignin to I'ana has more j Chinese than Filipino In htm nnd the same may bo said of others of thu Insurrection leaders. FHANK (1. (WIU'KNTKIt. Assimilation Detroit Journal. We reproached the Lion with cowardice in attacking the Hoar, thus: "llenovolcnt assimilation, merely!" pro tested thu Lion. "In the senso that you nro making a hog of yourself, poHHlbly!" wo sneered, ns ' warmly ns possible. We fancied that tho Lion winced at th s but perhaps he did not. AT Till; GATES OF PEKIX Civilization Refuses to Halt at tl:o Great Wall. NO BACKWARD MOVEMENT PERMITTED On In I'cklii 1m IIic Will elm nril of Clvill.iitlini, tin SIiikhii of I'riiKi'cNS, (lie I'eiui of 10 ll 1 1 K ll ll III I'll t . It Ih a fixed determination of Furopo nnd America Hint Oriental conservatism shall not defy tho light of tho west. Civilization refuses lo halt at the ureal wall of the Celestial empire. Iloxers and non-pro-Kresslvos shall not refuse to recognize the power which brightens and ennobles the great enlightened nations of the earth. i'ui:sii)i:nt mckinm.kv. with a statesmanship which wins the encomiums of the globe, lias announced his policy and the Chinese government must not reruso to accept the terms proposed. The salvation of the ancient kingdom de pends upon the promptitude with which tho Mongolian princes and the empress dowager move forward. No backward movement will be permitted. 1. 1 IIUNC. CHANO, I'rince Imperial, chlcfest of the viceroys of China, best known of the leaders of tho Far HuhI. undorHtnndH the conditions and America wults, confident that every for eigner now In I'ekln will be rescued and the allies will then assist the Chinese government In crushing the rebellion. 1MIKSIDHNT It. II. UOIHSON' of the Hankers Reserve Life Is engaged In a less momentous contest, but he Is equally determined. The Hankers Reserve Life Association represents a principle of vast importance to the people of tho west. It proposes to light Its way through the caiups of Its well entrenched enemies nnd to plant the banner of Homo Life Insur ance lu every community in this grent (omiuonwealth. OIIOW TIIALI. the prince imperial or liars, cannot with stand the truth. Tho people of Nebraska know they nro making a mistake when they semi their millions for insurnneo premiums to tho congcHted money centers of the east. They propose to Invest their insurance money lu their own stato. They have given the Hankers Hesorvo nearly IL'.OOO.OOO nf business this year. Policies unexcelled In the world, modern, progres sive and sure command their conlldenco. Prompt payment of death losses nnd economical, elllclent management nrif proors of tho stability and honesty of this Home Company Write n H Itoblson, President, Omnha, Nob., for particulars. YOUR LIFE AN OPEN BOOK Ity knimiiitf your iiiturH )u tun (ir pur for nijorttinlt(ow t hut cnrnMojim (lain litmltli. wealth. Invt. friMiiUiiii k antt irt)i'iTitj', an attroloical chart ni )mir IIih will rtvitl tliM miMiifMi rV chatiL'MM im klinnlri muk how to taki g i'u ri of )otir lira' th nml niakt (Ihn yon f Mrlll, til lorn will 'lodtHIIOIlhtralH m ' ' .,1.1 it. f, .,...... liilnr.. i.t..l "TLr!liT Ilk- .I.iIm of hlrtli an. 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