Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-09-11
that he would take the turkey and n,

take the turkey. Hum" remarked
the redskin, "you never turkey me
Onee,n Nor do the foreigners e
turkey me once" in dealing with
the long-tailed, yelloW-skinned Ash
attic. They have come half way round
the globe to make fortunes, and they
mean to do II; and if any mongrelb
gets IN their way he is pushed out Of
1t IN a very summary manner. I'M
agine Ship Island ceded to a foreign
power, and made a free port; imagine
further, that the right to fortify the
rivers and harbors in that vicinity had
also been given up, and the right to
smuggle in the direction of Mobile,
New Orleans and Texas considered as
not only legitimate but laudabIe, and
you can readily see that the new town
would soon get to be a place of great
commercial consequence.
There are numbers of Chinese pf-
rates about the mouth of the river.
Every large junk is armed with a for
InldaDle battery, sometimes az much
as eight old 3 .pounder guns, mounted
on antiquated naval carriages. 1t is
said, with what truth / don't know.
that any and all of them will turn
pirates If occasion offers. l suspect I
however, that their ornaments are
more 10 assist n smuggling opera !
tons, lnasmuch as the gunboats, on
attacking, are frequently forced to
take up positions at long range, and
use their ri1ed guns to drive the |
smugglers ashore. The article salt
peter Is much used by the Chinese in
making fireworks, and is taxed yery
heavily when imported. Cargoes are |
taken on board at Mecca or Hong
Kong, 10 be run ashore at convenient
places. 1t Is put up in handy pack.
ages, and a crew Of not less than 2Da
men Is put on board the Junk. When
sne neave5 In sight of her point of des-
tlnation, hundreds more are ready .
on shore to assist in unIoading
her. Should a gunbOat appear. tn
scene Is one OF busy animation, n
guns are manned and well serve Ie
keep the harpy at a distance ' LIZ 10
largo Il gotten out as ra1 ,dJu 90
RoSlDie. To say the vesse'. is ont of
9 oIeston, but the caEfO NAV prob-
aP4y be landed. In tsasR ene9upterg
a good many C~hinaIaen will he Eina5
before they will Do driven from the
property. I Tue
The large fiasring population Of En-
ropeans alW avs at Hong K ono mates
business Tor a number ofCbinese sbon
6eepersI who are esEabIished on
Queens read, and disyJlay every i'm
aSluaoe thinG of Chinese handicraft
~ "c' lie attic ntion of strangers
IT, AZ n eager r. carry away some
IN to illustrate their travels. Here
= numerous establishments you may
De accommodated. We will go into
the shop Of Wo-Shing and take a Hook.
The place IS small, but very neat, and
the things in sight are very attractive.
Handsome silk dress patterns may , a
had at prices ranging from IS 10 a.90
the latter very superb. A silk p anzea
(grenadine), better than you WI i And
in any Of our dry goods st0' .,as for
81 % per dress pattern sleev a buttons
and studs of ivory and DIP arI. in end.
less variety; puzzles s-nd carlos innu-
merable. Here alSo Won NAV nur.
chase Ghlha ware ,astonishingly cheap;
also; nuge pULch bowls and vases,
soitu SILVER "-dps and vessels, exquis-
lteIy wrought; hair brushes, cigar and
eaFq o4ses, parasOl handles, paper
IOl9eCS and combs in ivory, carved
ano finished better than any other
place in the world. The hair brushes,
Doth OF ivory and tortoise shell, are
perfect gems, and are as high as thirty
dollars q pair! The shop-keepers
know their busint .s right well. They
speak "pidgeon" English, French and
Spanish; are polite, attentive, and as
shrewd as the sharpest Jews! 1 got
TO know the people of this shop pretty
well, and learned something of their
business. The company consisted of
twelve shares and the capital stock
was 5000. They averred that their
profits did not amount to more than
Sl20O per annum, 81 twenty per cent.
on the capital, alth ough they probably
sell from forty to fifty thousand dol
lars worth OF goods a year. The econ
Omy of the Chinese may be well Illus
tratFd here. The sleeping room o.
the several partners (three general y
present in Hong Kong, bOOk-keer ar
2nd.tWo young clerks and a porte + 10
up stairs, over the shop, VIII oh "a
about IS by 50 fe ct. They inv -iabIv
sleep CA & hard bed; that is T. Sar .
piees OF mating 74 feet long : ~ d taef
broad, which Is woven Z o1hja. a
wooden pillow is placed nnder The
neck to keep the head eie' yated: blan-
ketS OF European fabrics zion are used
Tor covering. This bed is rolled up
cay ume a put aga out of sight;
Or Ghe oIShS cts age neatly folded in
narrow ic i'd, put full length, and
pIaceo AT the back OF the couch. In
rear D the shop and in q very small
T9om is the kitchen, with the simple
C1in4 arrangements for cooking,
WI -ch Is nothing more than a brick
~ nge, in which a couple of wide,
shallow cast-iron kettl Is are set. A
shallow wooden vessel, or tub, rather,
Is ntted TO cover thes 2 kettles. A
small charcoal furnace I, or boiling tea
water IS also provided. Their cookery
consists of stews, and v Ehen the meal
IS ready 1T Is served in the shops,
where proprietors and employees as
sem0le about a round t lble and enjoy
themselves hugely. Ri, e is the bread
OF the Chinese, and is C 0tlked dry, as
1t IS with all people who use it
IN large quantities. They use neither
knives or forks atstable, but choU-stickS
IN lieu thereof. These ere "a eoupJe of
small sticks, say eight inche 8 long s,nd
the sixteenth of an inch in diamet. 4r.
The part held in the hand, OF betWee U
the fingers rather, is sometime \
squared, and taperstoWard the point
Withthese sticks he picks up a bit of
meat or vegetable as d~extrously as
II can do it with a fork. In eating |
rice he e~levateS the bowl on a level
with his mouth and shovels in with
the sticks. a little sp~oOn-shaped Dip
per of China-ware conveys soups and
liquids. The sticks are sometimes
made Of silver, ivory or ebony, and
are carried at the belt in a case pro-
vided for the purpose. Eight cents a
day pays the board of 8 Chinese shop
keeper or merchant, and he does not
stint himself either. Good rice is
worth ten cents a pound; vegetables
are abundant and cheap. Fresh fish
are worth three or four cents a pound.
fresh pork, however, is not cheap, it is
worth not less than eight cents a
pound, but not more than a third of a
pound of that article is consumed bya
man q day. A Chinaman never drinks
cold water. lnevery shop or habita.
ton (for every shop that we have
seen is also a habitation) a pot of hot
tea is kept in place of water, which is
drank always without milk or sugar.
and alta temperature entirely too high
for u unframed palates. Ican't say
that | have ever seen anything extra
ordinary about the tea made by the
Chinese in China. l know that the
lower orders drink villainous stuff,
such as would find no sale whatever f!
with US, and am Of opinion that the L
others drink low grade tess p
tea furnished - also. The
T. me 1or the passengers by
the pfUe de 50. Lo cost seventeen