Show I n H HJ i t J 1 1 1 h Great S Slave CoUnt of the II IIan i y I lr co tar Su it Tn n 4 4 I r rC nINAS H I N A S FEM A LE SLATES SLA VES 0 Human n an nd SeU n re Wives 1 Coat Coal and n flow lIow TI Their men it the tho Price of c to for an n I I 4 aud how They rhey U lAbor lAborI I 3 ot or tie th Num uni f II vel I I II I Arc Bought and Sold in lel soo 1000 sn nt are re I Sal S of oC airl liable 4 I Thc Number the I LarIn at COn 11 i 4 G Apiece II fJ I d I f l I I I by bJ Prink Q G Car Carpnter I i 1011 Nov OV U 11 us u powers China mUtt must In i ar to modernize j 1 I i iome Wit bring about tb the abolition of China II noW th lb t slave lave I of the ord It hu flu I slaves than Ihan all the rest t of ci the i world put together The are I hould 4 human BUr any at a low 1 bi Ingi ho ar aI In servitude here I I baa Inhabitant It I hll hh and thu makell t tI I to 10 The TheR In south China Chinat R rare Ii I greeter JIre nearlY OWnS 4 t 1 Thre Is II a ee famIly of I 1 In Canton Macao or orI I I but what ont one or mol more I 1 ilaw hoy are om corn but bul th girls are found In every everyl Ii blod end and In every houlle l I f FOR SAIE Al AT I LOW W PRICER PRIC I I u IU n t girl girlIn In for 30 3 I lid did not lee aee the I WIll girl herself but LUt hr wu waa among I 1 wils over at atI I hop nd I admired her bu herI j I I YurI Ming mid Ye Vee lb ehe I pratt he I Jq for mr ERIe Il he I a a slave lave III gir I hut tr wIll part with her bel anti and iiI hl ii lii III fIO 40 sliver In Oil 1 t I tring from 10 to JOO and up ard Ill In ht part of China They are aret 4 t sold ot It are age from three to I 1 nuil nOli t commonly at t Iten or J The fhe In rl EM ran from JO 10 upward tic I t tu tn age e and beauty The pt pret 1 I th 1 Irl irk re the mt desirable all a In InI sale te thy Ihy 1111 4 r f fir I itt Iri III n 10 0 Ihl family 1 bu UIl vs I th I iI mOlt moat ot of th the girls 1 vc hou Ii 4 rk about the It II Is III Isi than to ti hi r i cut ii I J Jy a 4 J n 44 r I It U a girl 1111 of eight ou IU ouI IUt I cir ar I hi I until ht hl I Is tH ftc t j 4 t 4 1 SIght Ight rear eari ot of work for fort l t n It I hi and clother and andt t tI n fl 4 r for tor 1 tell 11 tImes time I t 0 I 1111 In auch sales lIal at a t rhu In nut nUl In the agreement i l that thai Ui th Irl 11 not to be for fori i It their mae ma inn It II OM th Y plea please 1 n 1 IN A I are no nt in III IIII 4 1 ft II I is III territory I hut In ri e It t th h It I IC full of t 11 They 11 tl t h sr ani tt 1111 4 of th Every 1 I lad lady II PS TI hr h r it 11 u 11 I I ti h 11 t r th Ih I lb h ti h hI tIr dl it It I Is ii on 1111 I f 1111 lIn 11 t t 4 I t lI hi Iy I II jn I h Y r called u II n II HI th 4 I Iwo s II t ht mothr ti 1 I to RE ace J ii 11 II 1 il Id 1 1110 ut I IJ 2011 hili h hai fret ut 1101 lg J I ger ti HI In n thi Ih 11 ut r f 11 f 1 In going tin till th het ull I iI f It a woman ilI t II Ing out t all ii HJ th or of a l tv t TI rh Irm ar are n h lit n it of r ih slave un hr i inI anol 1111 hut of J h her r T 1 nn t ni 11 Is II t toted si 0 th Ih or of her neighbor If R are ure often presents from ont o 0 1011 not nol In 1 I frequently t form 1 a PaTt ot of the J bridal They are commonly J hou bought ht UK as wives and often oCten t ftc t tA A HAt J loon AN A t I 0 GIRL un I 1 hir 11 tI other da day of oC a t I who s M out nut for tor an English h ht 4 t speakIng t 1 t It weta walli ht her r as aa oneat one lC at hI his st wIves In whIch ue cue I I he tn an hr If be chooses chonle man Is III with the viceroy or if tint hl his Income nominally Is k ii I III nt tt i It I Is l ten n hn tiit tn In r allty lie has 1111 four Wivi WiTt i 1 it i l and I III II Iii I hI his family In another 1110 III It lid iiI p I wrote his hll mth I I Pr er I 1 I II to teo of oC his hili wives to 10 toI I him d t I i lonesome The old lady r P I h needed the wives to toi hll sItten children and i that Ihal ii h loi Iter buy two to more mort where hl he o II Th mandarin baa decided to todo todo i do this I as he It I that thai tile hili IH lity should bould learn English he heIs Is III II ni locking after an or orAnt Ant girl to act rt a as his hll companion anti aM at 01 the sanie Hame tIme prepare his hll little once tJUI fr the new Chinese era How much lit h III Ia ay I do not know but I 1 Ill he consider a high price I lIME TIn Th i I k n much choice In girls here herens I ns nfl all II here In the world There are to III where girt are noted for I The cities Chow nOli III a famous for tor rearing hand jitt girls as aa Georgia In the 1114 u from run where the Ule sultana lullan oti to Is III rIff There al are per Hon aon in III cities who make a bush bul lieN flees I shave girls 1111 They drum drun the t I for tor promising young hut ut them through a tegu IU 4 t lir cou course ot of training They have haf farms tarm 1 tiers hen the discs are taught to sing v InstrumentS and to pia play upon the other to beauty wilt will cane canie them to lo qI II for tor high prices price to the rish man mandarin darin Th These lIe gina are the daughters of poor people or the daugh daughten ten ter ot of ilia slaves vel The slave girl 1111 ot oC Shanghai arf rood good looking and there are thousands of right pretty on onUte Ute the flower bouts of Canton WOMEN BOUGH FOB Fon I It Is II common here for tor a man to pur purchase chase rhue his hi s ife Indeed there are ale more wivel acquired In this wa way thaI hut In an another any other every very man In China h a right to all a many wives u he be can ta and all as I have hae already sail Ihl a wife is III than a hired gill The first Wife Is III the legal one but tilt th oth others rl have their rights although th they are Practically slaves Ind If largest larKet class claM ot of slaves here are at these or concubines I have ha te 11 It es estimated e that there thre are bt f such slaves In the empire All m mere of all classes clell have hat one or more or of ant and men with Uh means a number Such vo men are re usually well treated and it H their are rich they have hac TT slave ot of their own The of oC the wife wiC In the household is III largely at the caprice of the muter master titi lil though she hf I Is supposed to have no voice In the management of oC affaIrs ana can cannot cannot not even eren control h her r own children her lot lilt Is a stul one ulle Per Ier b by her bet husbands mother mOlher and hi his othEr wives she he eats eat her hel heart out outI 4 I for tor although well 1111 the Is II still lUll a slave THEIR HUSBANDS SEIL I It Is 18 not a common thing thine for tor Ii a ne nee husband huband to ell hie hi wife ICe or lila concubine l especially when they have hae given him children There are cases Mael however In which wives art are sold but the act II disgraceful and I is u to opium fiend and the poorest classes The man who I is addicted to the opium habit will I hi his children ana not infrequently hili hi wife to supply his appetite Wh Wives are aN sometimes sold hy by gambling husbands bulland bt being put 11 up On the turn of oC a card or lOt inc take out or of the cash It at tantan A lue or of this hind recently happ at al n In Inveterate gambler there having dered all his bl property at fan tan arranged to his lanes and lid get geta ft a new capital by deeding awa away his bet better ter halt half Ie He made all arrangements but before beCore the sale Bale was the wife forestalled hi hll brutal desIgn by taking hr her own life lite he swallowed e 1 opium aol when till the came eam home to tell her that he had iod her hershe she h as al dying H He called In II a but It an 1111 too tto late d Doctor oltman one of oC the or oC the university at Pekin tells ell the story tol lit of a 6 Judge Judi Yuan Tuan of th the district of o u which gives Ih some Idea Ie or of the standing ot of women In hi China This judge was wal something of a Dr Park Parkhurst hurst hurl In and he the reformation ot of his hla district lie or ordered dered all gamblIng houses antI and other places to 10 be closed and de demand mand d that all the questionable wo women women men ot of the town should ht hI brought to hi his When they came he told them that he Intended to make honest wives vI of them by selling them Ulem at lUte tion to the highest bidders lie He lent forth a proclamation that they would bl be for sale Rip only to bachelors and that nu one could buy more than one anI There Ther were several score females In the party palt and the sale lale attracted B a great reat crowl crowd When the Ibe hour for the auction rams rame the judge e and th the chief of oC pollee acted as alou auctioneerS They announced to the assembly that thai the be purchasers could each earh select a wife If from those In inthe till the and that she woUld be put anti sold by weight The men mell hung back but at last an old farmer walked up and out a stout hearty woo wo H HALL ALL RUSSIA PRAYS PIA YS FOi FOR THE CZARINA Her M ty Condition Made Still MOl MOia by bythe bythe the 40 oo r i E A Aa a 4 1 Y Yh z j J 44 h if 0 i o L e t i ir r Jf I p J r W t J Ii j jt jI I 1 p t 1 p ili A 1 It r Z p f f 9 i c a ar V r 11 iJ 14 L 1 of i t 1 HI i Jr I r rIf If 1 5 k 1 J t 11 Ivery loyal subject ot of the czar pray pm s daily for the health ot of the tho czarina upon whom who III the hopes of oC the Ihl del dep end The Tue empress yet et may Present her hor august husband huball with lin an heir J f man of oC forty Carty hel hei said th the jull and and she wa was pUI on the srol scales s Ninety Ue ties said the nut But how much a catty cally asked the farmer rather eat cat itS II I I enough to 10 11 PaY for Cor so ao much woman Thu rhe I sale lIall stopped t ir I rn uvon Cr I enough nothing hill been heen said laid about th the II I price per Ir cull catty The old Judge how however however ever Immediately asked What II the I price of oC pork today Ninety cash 1 ti catty the officer Then sell 1111 them at cash ordered the I Judge and at al that price site he was wal sold Ninety tash a b at the present prent valuation nut tie he more inure titan than 5 cents In gold gaill goldso so 10 that the farmer really paid about SUO for hll hi wife ACter fter the first sale the women went ot off rapidly and by nIght the teat lut one otie was sold old 51 l I am alii told that there lire are II slave brokers In all the large Chinese cities Their Increases Inc aae at t or of famine and the starvation which nl now I I In north China will cause to ell their children some it Il IlI will be a question or of allowing them to 10 I tarve or selling them and the chances ore are that thai girl 1111 babies will I be n a drug drui In InI Inthe I the market Think of buying it baby I tot fOI 20 tints ThIs Thill II the prIce which one line of oC the infant asylum of oC Shanghai 1 for tor them UI m The he asylum Is II a mill mis Institution and the children art arc bought as a matter of charity and ye le ligion They are reared surrounded b by Christian Influences are taught all aorta of oC domestic duties and when thy they Arrive at the age 10 are re Fe hUlban The brokers brokeN as al a rul rule do not bUY babies Ihie COlt of rearing them antI and the risk rIk of death is II too great real They The Prefer to have 1111 or 00 boys ot of eIght S years and upward The prices vr vary lii In different localities I am told that in Ie Pekin a girl of oC ten Len or twelve Is II worth 25 2 to U while women woman will brin bring train to Girls as 1 it 1 tule ul sell higher than boys boy Iu In time the cue case of oC a family wanting a likely 00 boy for tor adoption In buying buln slaves the broker oCt often en insists on them being left with him for Cor a while before concluding the deal lie He takes take them on trial just juet justas 11 as tou oti would take a horse lie wants to find out It if the animals animal are healthy and sound Tile The greatest Is I leprosy There are many lepers all au over China and In the stages the dill dIl ease Is III haid to detect One method I Ito is isto to examine the slave In a dark dalk room under a blue light lIht It this shows that the skIn kin Si II ot of a greenish tinge the slave I all right but Ir if the tinge Une Is III reddish It Il is II ti A sign of leprosy SOME QUEER SLAVE Sf LAWS Slavery SlAver I is by Chinese laws lalI It H has ha existed from Cram the earliest of Chinese history When hen Charles Denby was u States Stales multi min lter to China lie he sent lent the of at tte a report oti on time subject In which lie he mentIoned seine lIOne or of the laws Ue 11 said SAhl that slaves who ho strike their tun inns and thereby kill them are slIced to death II If the kIll them accidentally they are strangled IIII and It if they ther ned wound them they are subject to 10 1111 blows blow and banishment On the theother other hand If the toaster boats the theIla Ila to for Cor committing a crime he suffers blows lIe has hall the right to Inflict certain PunIshments upon till this slaves Ue lie call buy and sell Bell the chill dren of hIs hili slaves anti he can an buy and sell ell hi his own children LABOR InOn SIA BS Th There r are labor slaves in III him The They ha have been worked orkell within recent years atH In III the coal mine wesl of oC There Is a systematic scheme In that region to lo Involve In debts anti then take them to the cOAl mines to tomake milk make them work them Ulem out Omie In Inthe time the mines mine they are subject to tines lines anil other oilier charges which make them fila slaves e for Cor life Time The lov govern rn recently learned or of this condition and It hu has ta taken some ome steps to put putI I it atop etoll to the abuse but I urn am told that Ihal It still exIsts You se p in III nearly every Chinese city n a cluB class of oC women who go 0 from house to 10 house houe mendIng clothes They he cometo come cometo to the families of oC foreigners and do theIr darning anti anil patchIng sitting Un In Inthe the halls hails or on the as they work Irk Some orne ot of these women art are practically slaves The They have been or secondary wives hut but their husbands have grown rown tired or of them and have han sent them out to work vork for Cor th themselves m ehe and for them TIlE SLAVES OF rUE Among the of at ChInese slaves are the men who wall wait upon the um em jeror anti empress dowager and their court These are eunuchs bought at ata 1 a fixed prIce for time the A special report urton uOn them sortie years ago ngo but for tor obvious reasons It as not allowed to get et Into the hamide or of the Printers Title rt report states that evry firth fifth year e r certain of oC China are each required tl to furnIsh for the use or of time the eunuchs Cor or which they rite are to be PaId oo a are about eunuchs con connected on with I anti amI hits hll court lie could have all as many all as he pleases and tM the restrIcted to the empress dowager I is not limited The Thela la laws however that persons not nol ot of royal blood cannot use ule such slaves It II Provides that Princes anti anol princesses who ho are arl the sons and daugh tore tera ot of the may have hae thIrty eunuchs apiece but only nephews an and younger sons twenty All of oC Ih tIme Bud nud priests who ho minister to the wants ot of the har harem m art are of oC this class Indeed of the eon con with time the court ever every one ha has his own grade grale and rank Some are imald salarIes or rather expanse e allo allow allowances ances rangIng from a month u up upward ward It Is 1101 1 that the empress dowager was ruled by bv one ot of hr her slaves Ilae that others other had influence with her before beCot the war out one of oC her became eMme angry at a wealthy wealth lIving not far front time the palace palal lie Ike to be re revenged and anI taking time the old oid empress to lo tile the top of one ot of time Imperial buIldings persuaded liar hill that she hl ought to have hac thIs mans house for tor a certain 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