Show A Visit to 1111 Its Oily of I Ho trio flights a 1 How tho Asiatic t France F With Turbans ami With ul S l a 1 C lal II ce IRIA Visit In III Cholon anil lip fit Hlen Mills ho of or j City of III lo tl Iho Tho Iho Jow OK His Iha French 1 I Ate A ra Wearing J fl he la While n III t a Mans I s Burdell in III Kingdom lu III Colonies Cil es of India of ul 1111 About Cam anil KH 1111 King p f fRANK G 2 I H HH r t oo oooo oo 1 oo oooo oo oo oooo j oo oooo oo I I J 1 1 I T r r 1 r oo I 1 for News by b Prank a Carpenter r f THE FALLEN MONARCH v vi i MM Cochin Chinn nee Dec C G GI 1501 I These notes arc written In III algon tho Iho of ot China Chilla at lit tho Mid In Inot of ot the Trench 1 In Asia H Il Is west of ut Slam tar far farbelow below ami hott hotter r than limn Java on the Iho edge of IIII TOllay the tho ter wan WM In the ami tho of tho tropic wraps on one mound HUo a n 1010 1 am on ho Ihl French steamer lying IrinG at on un nd I might aa UI welt well bi be In a I Turk Ian hilt bath for the inspiration stands out In white drops on tho Iho bael of my lilY freckled hands my col coi coil yv l Is 19 with the 1110 heat 1 I loft the colonial of at John Joltn Hull Hullon on the of havo dust dUlit of the tho Dutch Islands blands from my fret tt am now In the tho city elt of ot ofHie ottile tile Hie French colonial possessions POSs l lons In InA Aa A ln ASIATIC Cochin Chinn Is 18 the Iho of tho Iho colonies of ot Farther India It Is enly about as big as ns West Virginia nl mon mo t three times ns largo ns IS MassI and It lias n population of a 0 million a 1 half Still It Is tho most prosperous of tho French possessions out here the tho center of ot French In Influence fluence Just back of fit It li I Cambodia Cam la 18 ns as bit big as na Ohio ami north ot or It III Is Anam larger than Cambodia luul China Chinn put together and still farther north the tho province of ot which with tho protected state of Is 18 bIgger than nil 1111 France I tho Iho rench have here over miles mile which Is miles more than their In Their country Is one of ot tho Iho of the Fill Far Kait I It II Is inhabited by 22 2 people among lire arc some of If tho wildest lentil known people I of the world Those along the coast n kind of crosB between tho Chinese und una the tho Malaya at al nil all tho largo huge cities there are thousands s of puro Chi Chinese nese Jese THE METROPOLIS OF 01 FRENCH ASIA You cnn can easily seo that the tho French rule rulo Saigon There arc French signs over the stores French buildings In Inthe Inthe the business parts of the town French Jor everywhere A dozen natty French girls dressed In tille with parasols In their hands met UK nt tho landing Inn The fhe customs om cers were rench and there were scores of and on the wharf In white duck with white while helmets who spoke to us 19 In French as ns wo went on shore Tho rho natives hero here talk pigeon French lUlU ana altogether there U II French I like It II Is a R beautiful as well built as any of or Its size In the tropics It Is situated on the tho river Sni Sniff ff ir 1 n branch of ot tho Donal DanaI about for tor forty ty miles tram from the tho ron It Is not tar far the tho great Mekong river v which rl In the Chinese empire and nn lows flos note IT than a 1 thousand miles south bo boo J rench mill Slam un until til It enters and ami then Hows Howson on ou in a It mighty to tho Chino China pi a There are canals hero horo which con conn n 11 t tho Iho river with tho Me MI Mekong kong Tho country Is Hat lIat and It Is cut cutUP UP Ip by lIy waterways Tho Salon Saigon river li It rn n wide vide ns tho Mississippi at nt Si St Mel l ep enough for Cor the largest steam steamon on Ol AVe We had no trouble In lu making our nul nulIn Vay In from Crom the tho uti to 10 tho the sea the tho land lIll is s BO 80 low tha the farm houses are built on poles but It rises a n ns nil you go up lIll tin till river takes you through plains ns rich richt t K those of the tho Nile valley Tho rho river I b lined with of ot palm trees are cocoanut stoves hero here nil and Inti Luck kick of those of ot rl c and other fur ur signs of lion were white oil tanks on the Ht banks an all we up ur tho th I and a 1 little later we could see soo tho mast of or 1 h shipping In iiI of lit Saigon h 1 spires ot a gr nt cathedral ii rI the sky n R half w IW Were winding cur way wn Clarl of or nil all kinds Into the tho heart henrt of tin city A ST CITY OF THE TROPICS on the wharf I took a stroll droll lf oll hns tome ot of the t of a n J Interior town You f a n western nation has tho I III The streets ore willo BU su 11 that the rod roo them Is aa nu ns CIS Iron ni n a n d 1 ori Trees have been J I along tho Iho roadways capital Is 19 moro more like ft n forest tin our national capital nt a II It II Is 18 o hidden In trees tree that ns Jiu qU come up the tho river you cnn can see Aee only fie th roots of tho Iho nn tm th spires of ot the tho cathedrals out of tho proon The trees tr A are making the town tow look like lIko n 0 garden Some havo leaves len like tan fans whisper to toi oU i an RA you walk the tr bear are great mas e of blossoms of the th brightest colors Ono Is I the or 01 touch tree such as Ill you Olt see on the Amazon In parts of Jf loll Philippines It la 18 ua U toll n Millo tho biggest and It blazes blaes with satiny nf ot Ore fire Them arc Ill equally largo with lowers of blue and many betel plums with jutting out of their tops tOilS v house of ot the brightest of stucco red pink yellow and blue with roofs Q red tile There are Im cel whole Hero n It great grent cro Bp tho there theren 1 n 11 SIN structure n Along I the dry dork docks big enough mou h to llou HoH the Ihl of our modern men meu There lire are and lolo phone and the principal streets are lighted by hr French electric arc nrc lights The government buildings are line lIue and tho marine would be h n a credit lu to any 1011 I same time In the zoological botanical garden which U II gal al 1 to 10 br hI only by that of at It 1 Is 18 kept Ip and the Ihl arc tl h being from the Jungles near b h Saigon hns French stores Oiled filled with French 0 oel I There Thel uio 1110 many French l soldiers nud on the native soldiers In French uniforms The Iho lines reach to 10 nil parts of tho colony Is 19 connected with Singapore and by y cable The ays SR tern tam lias been extended to nil all parts of ot tho Iho country and there thele arc aro subsidized steamers which take you ou into tho There Thell Is ts n paper lIao n Journal Al AI Altogether together the town has hils In the neighbor neighborhood hood of or people of or whom about 2000 French TIlE THE COCHIN CHINESE 1 find the natives very ery Interesting They The teem to bo bl a n cross between the tho Chinese the tho Malay tribes of or Far Farther ther India I ln Every I very crowd Is a anil a h of races There are many short ugly women with yellow Ilk Ins and Jet blak hair who remind you of or the girls of ot Slam They Thoy war Jackets j and punt some having chemises which fall to 10 the foat Other women like those of and others wear like the Javanese J lL Soma nun wear Chinese costumes somo Jav Javanese anese some a n mixture re children every and of every shade tram from yellow ella to 10 brown The babies wear no cloth clothing ing they carried about on tho hips of their mothers 11 astride TIll women and little girls collars or hoop of silver gold or brass their and anI many young women lomon thell covered with rings M MI I counted as 08 many ns 8 five on one linger It 1 Is I the custom to put gold fold and silver liver ml anklets on the I caw a 0 girl of four years ears the th other day who was nil dressed In three gild two gold bracelets and ten finger rings She nothing ell els elsA I A contrast between Cochin China and China proper Is the absence at of pigtail The and Cambodians do not shave their heads nil II It II Is 18 the tho with the tho Cochin Chinese Members of both tile Inn nutting It up In a I knot on the thC hack buck of the h and In the llie In o of the tho men binding a It cloth aboul tho Iho head to ko kOOp p It In place pl c The women plaster r It down with oil all Tho most common hat the tho lower classes Is a 1 conical one of straw either snow snowwhite white or oiled U a n rich yellow ollow Kery I one chows chos the betel nut nil I this Increases tho natural ugliness of Iho people The teeth of Jot black ami their lips swollen amI col colored ored 1 with b tol Every ono one Is I and the of O tho pea 10 girls carry 1111 In their thell cheeks The fhe betel nut Is ta with lime tobacco before being chewed Tho of or this Is 18 one of tho In Industries dJ of ot Saigon It t comes from shells 1 which aro TO In great Grell kilns I II IN I THE WE STOnES STOKES AND MARKETS Is the station be between tween the II Chinese an Indian You me 1110 hero on the tho thresh threshold old of oC India and you many of tho nUll customs of that coun country try Much of ot the Is III done In cells cell II similar to those of Calcutta and Bombay and In them 1001 or squat goods about them cull In out to the Sahib buy Tho Is like a It great bazar hawl In 1 which people sit In 11 cells surrounded by their merchandise Out Outside side the market houses eH money moneychangers changers and Jewelry JewellY stores for tor forU U tb people put most of ot their savings Into Indeed bracelets and nn anklets am nIl tho banks of the Iho people Th chief money changers M n block ns nl tho ace nce of ot spades They sit Bit behind tables with piles of ot gold gohl sliver silver copper before them The Tho silver Is In the French coinage the denominations one dollar twenty cents ten tel cents and live cents the Ihl copper coins cents fifth cents Cluts each ach coin having a II hole through It no that It 1 can nn bi be strung upon strings s sI I spent romo lino going through markets of or tho dealers aro girls In black clothes each with a II col collar colInI lar InI of sliver silver or brass about her neck and rings on her ankles wrists Man of the wore sowing Bowing oot the hI cobblers on un stones II one mending In Ihl market I saw a It ot of butchers selling pork beef by b the tho pound I wore bare to the tho waist their fat yellow backs were spotted with white drops of ot perspiration tion Some Somo of them wore bracelets of Jade silver gold TIm THE NATIVE NATIVI TOWN OF A few miles from Saigon Is III the native town of Cholon which Is twice ns largo ns Saigon lICit itself The two aro connected by a 0 steam tramway which has hag trains every few n minutes Tho round trip Is eight el miles tho Iho first class faro Is equal to tl cents Ameri Amerl American cnn can Leaving tho you Oll ride for tor miles through n 0 vast Mt Chinese The country countr Is peppered with tombs and the road cuts Its lis way through the graves It takes about to go to from Irom ono place IlIa co to the thC other tint tho train landing you In III the heart of ot Cholon I tank tonk a 1 walk through the city It Is much like n Chinese tonn to tho moro more Im Important of ut the tho bu hl s houses belli run by Chinese Chines The most of ot tho Is la Chinese I looked In vain for tor any anything anything thing of oC native manufacture Tho rho porcelain seemed to 10 bo hI from Can Canton ton lOll as ero also tho silks I saw French watches und clocks In somo of ot the tho stores storell and tho dry dl goods pieces from England Gorman Germany and Fiance I looked In vain for tor anything null I doubt whether this Is worked fit n t all by b our people Still the tho French have hoo In Farther l India over oel souls the market should be worthy of study There Is a n good chanco for electrical machinery especially light plants In Cholon I found f n dozen largo rice mills l nil lighted by y electricity city TIlE THE OF ASIA Cochin China Chinn Is one of 01 the tho granaries of Asia ARII and the Mme con can bo said aahl of Anam and The soil Is rich and vast of rico rice exported Rice Is the foundation of the of ot the It Is chief export ox port enough going out every evert year Clr to give a pound of or rice to every everyman I man woman antI child In the tho world I Notwithstanding tills this I nm told that II s than ot the tho rice rl e land Is Isu u 1 Cochin China Chinn has hs In rice of ot aro available I The fhe French rny wy that they the hope to the tho country till the bread for tor China Ina Japan they rapidly succeeding al nl although though nt lit present best of ot tho rico rice mills mill aro owned owne by Chinese rather than Frenchmen I THE Tm FRENCH PUSHING THEm COLONIES Indeed tho French Fren h aro now doing much to their colonies They Thoy nrc trying to 10 extend the tho railroads of Into China claim the southern part ot of the Chinese e empire ns their of Influence Ono of the proposed roads will Mill connect with Canton another will go 10 Into the rich province ot oC They Thoy have n biG empire to develop In their own territory has rich mines of ot copper Iron tin Un zinc sliver and an lend as na well as os somo of tM richest coal of ot South Asia It ships something like tons tOil of ot coal coni annually to and It is now i lf the th of If U The fhe atu moro moru lili iu than the Cochin Chinese They are AI more molo mixed 1111 with the Ih proper and thoy Iho have hae pure Chinese thorn l GOVERNOR GEN GENERAL ERAL It U In the French h guv It general of H 1111 hi hl ut at Hanoi on ln iho or U I i i her about from Hi It Tho Iho town nOI than people of II k M th in ina I a 1 in III KM IU I about 1 liOt roo he ht n 1111 Aim Aimin 1111 in lies Hanoi luis lias hip with i un on up III tha Ih nn fi tr i I hI boundary of Yunnon China I mill 11 population tb Iii town ton I i iu 11 y one JIll It lint hll a i line a hn ri I a clib lIlb It hail ban m RI v voral oral l larI r K tiding also allo tho II i lio hll nl 1 uni Ii n i Hi 1 1111 Rod RI rive f r mill In a It t ut ul pol on n I n na a tin the 1 OI n Mony 11 Im i m loll 1011 out flUt and plant II with u II Hi Ih are It lighted bv oler II wI 11 C of the I hI streets on 1111 ro Hanoi li II till III 11 1 of ot the mill mili tary Ibo governor troops under hll command In I Int ont nt of or HIP country and In Ih other of or French China Tho part of the Ile I fItI thElI are Bre European l of or marines of or Euro There Is 18 al o oa 1 a n native mil of ot men The governor nt present Is IA Paul DOli mal He hns hn Ills hili cabinet and no BO many subordinate that It lo MalJ that nearly 80 Frenchman In Is III nn an or 01 n It soldier Tho general gen 1111 1 bus mow In French China than in British h He ll la II of th and tf rr the of war attached to III He cnn If ho V IP hla hili In a II state of o llego and cnn can tl mon men by Uy Ho Hc In IA tho local courts and nd has hns nb authority over oyer tho colony |