Show OF TRANSIT IN CHINA STREET CAns UNKNOWN IN LI HUNQ CHANOS LAND tho oloe Knllllnl Tint tue reused I the IIIIr tlllr The hlnasnss Tuul by staler Tthe II InTh 110lkh I r CIIISI TIIAV I ls by water when it1 he can nnd no wonder Jw I won-der for the roads In lit country nre Ii I 0 very poor and mmt i1ltl QollllllooaIlOIl it accommodations ac-commodations on land arc about ns bad ns the road a4j Inthesouthenstcrii part of the empire there are scarcely nny wheeled vehicles 1 vehi-cles In north China however they are very common particularly In tho legion around tcltln rue Iekln cart shown In this picture li oue of the better class of theta seiil ole It Is I better only In respect of the wheels which oro often solid and ares great deal heavier eveit than the clumsy wheels shown here I 1 he wheels are attached to a short axle tree and above them rises n horI hor-I nf oblong box which In I fastened tho axle The passengers sit In this box I whkli Is cushioned to alleviate lisa I jolting TnsMngcn get III or out usually usu-ally at the front though sometime titers I a slide door at the title for their uccommodntlon All these cart are drawn by ono horse and the driver kits mix ho I Is I shown In the picture Hundreds of theso cart mny be hlrcd fur n pittance The discomfort of rid J jIv t I I I A IHICIN CAUT C tug In them li about equal to that of I the elevated road during this cruh hour A more comfortable way to pet over the ground In In sedan chairs There arc two lilndt both of which are I shown 1 In lie picture I The narrow I art U I made of bamboo and often I tlniM itt li I too narrow for the comfort of any one with lie nllghtest tenth ncy to obesity To add liiMiU to Injury tho uncomfortablo fat person U I not licrmlttcHi to ride In the wider chair i f 1V 1 HhSTiiM WOMAN ix JIXIUKIIII tiniest lie belongs to this iiinllty Tho common jwoplo are pruhlhlted 1 from using thl chair but thaw who 1 hno any sort of privileges may tow themselves away In the commodious nITulrund go teetering along nt the rate of four mile on hour Two mm support It on their shoulders and It Inn In-n very comcntcnt and comfortable article of the sort i The Jlnrlksha U an Innovation from Inpan found almost exclusively ut TlenUIn and other of lie larger treaty ports HI ho a great liuprnvcment on the wheelbarrow uicd for carrying people and good In noose parts of tho empire and particularly In tho province pro-vince of Klnngil ThIn wheelbarrow U 1 propelled Just us our ordinary Y n i wheelbarrow are but It I bias an add boat mollvo force In the ahapo of a I mnn tugging away at a rope In IranIAn IranI-An enormous number of people h In the ilttu gain their livelihood by mini nlng these various forms of conveyance convey-ance They stand nt tho street corners ready to start on thin slightest Intimation Intima-tion that their service are wanted Many of them are tho employes 01 small capltallits whoso money Is I Invested In-vested In the conveyance Others own tho turnout themselves bcdans and their bearers are hired at buildIngs build-Ings erected for the purpose and sn American who patronizes them li I doubtless reminded of our livery hlablcn In Canton the men who corry these chairs have n nickname signify ng talllcw horses |