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Show tSRASS 03 Missionary Tells of the Modes of Travel in China Written far The Union by Ben F. Sargent. LINTS1NG (Chantung. China), will rest your weary bones, Aug. 1, 1916-Only in the largest Trusting sleep will end your every cities are there electric cars, and ache anu care. there are but a few systems of steam cap* -WTCramon modes of travel , B< l a l a s ! ' t i s n o t to bc> f o r i n dreams a r e . I you still move on, Over rocks or ruts or streams or The Jinrickasha. I s a n d y g T O U n d ; , This may be called a grown up 2- jOr you wake from troubled sleep, wheeled baby cab with the "puller" in the shafts. But they can make time when they want to. The, "ricksha" is an importation from Japan. Donkeys. light your candle in a rush Vow to kill that little beast prowls around. Grab! graib! grata! the chase s frantic; that These are direct descendants of the j Cheer up, sufferer, you'll succeed; wild ass of the desert as described J And within some little pond, you will by Job, butOiges of abuse has sadly | drown your "chamois" swift changed him. One of our dignitar- i And will hope for sweet repose from ies was riding one to a picnic when i suffering- freed, he was tumbled into the mud. Re- j turning to get another suit of white j J u s t a s o n c e ^fai.n y°u dream, he was met by Mrs. Arthur Smith, i c o m e a Penetrating call who said: "I'm. afraid, Brother Lloyd, Prom the kith and kin of BaalanO-. that you didn't pray about that donkey before -.- sto.O/iug out." "Mrs. Smith," was his reply, "I tD-inkyii^sc Chinese donkeys are"' past praying for." . . The Cliinese Cart. The joys of the Chinese cart has been set forth by Miss Glover of the Methodist Board: Tune-Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys Are Marching." speaking- -stOed; 1 And the fowls and dogs and pigs ail respond with loudest voice, Telling you 'tis time to rise and onward speed. Up! Up! Up! they all are calling, Wake up, sleeper, you must rise; Por a hundred L of road lie before your wheels today, E'ef a,t night on restful k'ang you close your eyes. ! In the Chinese cart I sit, colleagues, i S o y°u e a t y°u r soft boiled eggs, and thinking, dear of you, j y°u drink your cocoa hot And the many easy chairs ; far I Au(l w i t h i n y°l l r narrow cart you sit away; And my ey£s are-filled with spite of all that I can do, While o'er Ch'angli's plains we bump the livelong day. so l o w ; . a I dust i A n d y o u r sleepy eyes they close, and j no more the sides you grasp, ' And from side to side with cruel force you go. Chorus.: | Thud! Thud! Thud! the care goes | "bumping; i Cheer up, travel'y>mu'll get there; [And upon some\ "^ \ k ' a a g , you Whack! Whack! Whack! you head goes bumping, Sit up traveler, hold on tight; Or you'll find that Chinese carts. ... when you hit them sudden like Make the trees and stars to dance before your sight. Reserved wealthy. The Chair. for invalids and the The House Boat. Represents the poetry of motion. The "trackers" are at one end of a 200-foot rope and your boat, •8x35, is at the other end. This boat is di- | vided into several compartments. The very front is for the deck hands (trackers) and then comes your general utility room, followed by your dining and kitchen arrangements, and back of that the sleeping deck, while the captain of the craft and his family have the rear. Thus stowed away you drift \Ahr&]mlkXh& ,lMft*&u^mer days with, a j perpetual changing environment, not i | caring to come to your journey's end, ! content to drift thus all your autumn j days. j Wheelbarrow. I This is a one-wheeled jinrickaslia, J except that it takes two men to work. j it, and the one in the shafts pushes. I The passenger sits, or partly reclines facing him. Por passenger traffic this is used wholly on the hill country. Por freight it is common all 1 over China and a good barrow man thinks nothing of wheeling * 300 pounds alone. j The Cornel. j There are Camels in this part of J China but not many of them. Once or twice a year I am told a camel , train will pass through here carrying-goods from, the extreme northern border and beyond. Walking. Walking is always good in China except when it's bad which is after as well as during heavy rains. But the rains dry off quickly in this region at least and there are .always good foot paths, however bad roads may be. These are used by the barrow men to advantage. The roads where the carts go are [simple cart tracks made by centuries of travel and often many feet below the main surface, of the land, instead of being a little above it, as are our state highways. They are common property though not state property and the man whose land is adjoining feels at perfect liberty to dig them up to bank up his own land. The result is very detrimental to the smoothness of the road. One thing greately needed here in China, is a |