Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-09-23

ing. No matter how guarded or the
reverse human nature may Individually
be, no sooner do we sit down and crook
the pregnant hinge of the elbow thai
soup may be imbibed than straightwsy
We show our real feeling. At least so
thinks Bates, who, while ssuutering out
the Boulevard de Lacour yesterday, gave
US his ideas about as follows: In Sit
ting at the different restaurants around
town, says he. I notice. probably be.
cause am man of leasUre, that folks
at the table seem to be made up mostly
of four or five different classes. In the
FIRST place, says be, There Is the quiet
man from the outside. who comes hest
tatngy in and gives his orders in low
tone. He invarbly takes soup and pro.
nounces it good by the energetic and
| sudb style he has of putting 1t away.
He goes carefully through everything
and Systematically takes it all INJECTING
the worth OF his money. On coming IN
and going out be Is little undecided
what to do with his hat, but thinks 1t is
| better to be sure than sorry; accordingly
he tucks is carefully between his feet.
On getting up be feels carefully for it,
looks at it, as if Identifying lost property
and extracting from it handkerchief
blows a blast on his nasal bugls and de-
parts in peace After him comes fiery
Individual with the hurry of the world
upon his back and the destinies of mao
kind awaiting his attention. He bolts
and snorts and gobbles and coughs him
self out in fit of dyspeptic coughing
After him comes one of the boys"
He looks little rough about the eyes,
gulps down the glass of water, arranges
his napkin, calls for a cup of coffee, and
reaches for the paper. A short consulta-
ton ensues as to whether il shall be "A
tender loin or porter-house steak, and
whether the eggs shall be shirred or
poached. This settled, he looks languid-
Iy over the paper, and when breakfast is
served up he eats it with the air of one
who doesn't scare whether the Meadow
! Valley commences taking out ore or not
The door closes with bang, and a little
man with big hands seats himself, and
| glanciug scornfuly around. wants to
know "What-aye-got?" His curiosity
being satisfied, he takes out bunch If
letters from his side pocket and glancing
around to see If anyone notices what a
man OF business he Is, pores wisely over
the letters till his breakfast appears,
Then he extracts piece OF paper COW
cred with figures from another pocket
lays it near his plate and rivets his eyes
on It; all the time reaching after coffee
and bread and SOLDERING away, but never
taking his eyes off that paper that Seems
to have charmed him. OF course, it's
all acting, and dreadful thin too, but he
thinks it is the correct thing. The party
that has just come in sand sat where he
can see all that is going on outside, is "A
family man, who, for some good cause.
is taking his meal here. He looks at
everybody as who would say " What do
you think of this? and if anybody does
express surprise, starts to explain in n
verbose way the why's and wherefores Of
such unmartal conduct. He Away eats as
II mentally comparing the usual with the
occasional and looks at the waiter as if
be thought that individual procured the
vlctuals from his coat pockets. Then
comes the man who orders everything in
the house and finds fault with it all; the
man who will set around and wait TIL
you get through reading the paper the
man who sits down when you are about
half through and starts telling you how
his bowels feel and the state of his liver,
and what kind of night he spent, and
winds up with "reminiscences of Virginia
City in the summer of 81. and INDUCES
in sad "reminiscences of diarrhea, etc.,
that befell the luckless Inhabitants in
that SICILY season. By this time a man
looks at the door and holds up his hand
TO the waiter. and both nod and vanish
and breakfast and lunch time commence
to merge and l wipe off my chin anG
60" We had been going to give him
this paternal advice for some time, and
yet walking up in the twilight We
thought the RECORD readers might MOI
take it amiss to know what Bates said.
CHINESE FESTIVAL. To-day is a biz
day with the Chinese all over theil
crowded Empire and the Pacific
Coast. 1t is the seventh day OF th,
, eighth moon. The Mongolisns hav,
, been kicking up fearful row for the las
= three days. but it will probably cHImi
nate to night. This is the birth .day O
totlt neep oiS goo, now wong. Dur
ing these Autumnal festivities, the Chi
pese worship the moon, which they be
r lieve to be Inhabited by women of mos
/ beautiful form, and as fascinating as an,
] hours Mabomet ever dreamed of. How
they account for their belief, our limittt
knowledge of Chinese theology will no
: admit of explaining. To-day the CHI
nese merchants and owners of wash
4, houses will be very busy-part of tn
!. time making offerings to the moon, whicl
: will be visible like cloud ghost in tn
: sky all day. and part of the time sendin
, out bills for collection. These bills ar
i presented with the understanding tina
the debtor to whom the bill is presente
n must pay half to-day and the rest on tn
first day of their year Any debtor VIII
Y refuses to pay half of his debts to day
/. will be debarred from tia Cb;naoa h,ob