Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-29

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to the Pacific coast. |,
There is not great number of high s
buildings in s"Frisco." the fear of earth
quakes 1--WE have some shakes now and l
then, you know deterring capitalists :
from erecting tall blocks. As the city {
has not been violently shaken up for a
number of years, the newer buildings
are gradually looming up higher. The
palace HOTEL" said to be the largest
caravansary in the world, is seven sto-
ries high. 1t is worthy of complete
description, but it would consume too
much of your valuable space, and Chi
natown' has not yet been written of.
Suffice it to say right b ere that every
precaution has been taken to make the
grand structure earthquake proof.
Warren Leland, of the irrepresslble Le-
land family. 0hey seem to have been
born to keep hotels) has the lease of the
house, and there is no doubt of its being
well managed.
The most striking part of this strik- |
ing city is Chinatown. Here Orientals |
flourish in all their pristine glory, and
when one walks through their precinct
he hears nothing but their gutteral
tongue and can readily fancy himself in
China. Many of their buildings, partic-
ularly those on Dupont and Jackson
streets. ARE of the Chinese style of archi i
lecture. and when night comes they are
brilliantly Illuminated within and with
out by countless Chinese lanterns. Will
you follow the writer on a midnight trip
through Chinatown? The tour win end
either in a hole in the wall, or hole
IN tho ground. A party of five inspect
ed the Chinese district together, prece-
ded by a guide who carries candle
whose dim light show us into innu-
uerable dirty places. 1t is amusing to
note the effect it had upon each one
of "our party" The Englishman,-a
swell from London, bless you,-daintily
holds his eye-glass and superciliously
scans the indolent, opium smoking
'Chinee.' The Frenchman frequently ex-
claims '.Mon Dieu;" whilst the Teuton
utters the same exclamation, perhaps
not so often, the difference is this: the
lGerman says, "Mein Gott!' The two
eastern youths went through the unclean
district in nonchalant manner, guyine
every one they met. ''John, all males
are Johns. and females 'Marys" among
, the Chinese, it seems,-has utilized ev
cry bit of available space. The Chinese
STOW themselves away like unto the her
ring, In boxes. You would be astoaishee
to see them, reclining in "bunks." OF
}, the floor, twenty to thirty of them in s
stuffy, little room.
1t is wonderful to see how deftly they
) use the razor. They shave each other
) hair off closely, barring the back hair,
r which they wear in the pig tail,' tt
. which they cling with a devotion worth,
} of better cause.
! That they are, in their way ingenious
! cannot be denied. They chase gold
. make shoes, take in washing. sew, scrub
make cigars-in fact, they are ''mor
than peculiar" AS the men perform
all the different branches of labor writ
: ten of, it is puzzling to know just wha
: their women's sphere is.
/, The Chinese are frugal, and some o
l., them can be engaged at short bit-tel
9 cents-per day. AS they are submissive
j, although tricky, it is not astonishing
that many whites are ruined by Chimes
t cheap labor. Thousands of Cinnamon
= in San Francisco, are making cigars
:. whilst there are only about twenty-fiv
8 white men who are working at the sam
e trade A Celestial saves every penn
Il until he has snug sufficiency. and if h
h wants a wife, he goes to the "flower
= land'' to buy her, or he returns to Chin
/, there to remain. Would that they wer
, all back, never to return. They shi
,s their dead back to China as soon as po
W sible. They are temporarily placed
= vaults, sometimes buried until the bodie
le are exhumed), and goodly quantity {
q. edibles put near them, that they may nj
e go hungry on their road to - wei
O. who knows where?
ID 1t is a curious sight to witness Oh
he naman's religious (?) devotions. He TAX
,e food to his Josh (godD. If heathen
ly about to leave here for his native Ian
ne he picks up two queerly-shaped ston
IN which are always on the floor behir
it, the god, and making what he terms
ed grand salaam, knocks them togethe
n and drops them upon the floor in fro
ot of Josh. If they fall with the point
h. ends outward, the journey will be-
y course every one would believe in thi
en- prosperous. But woe be unto
or "pig-tailed knight" who has the journ
ey to make, if he throws the stones so I'll
lp- they point inwardly-that is, iowa
We each other. The writer visited one jos
'er house, where he saw large and sm
ses wooden god, and also a large and
The small wooden devil. Doubtless til
n" have the four to avoid confusionl
ing If any of the Chinese are given
oes rowdyism, they are called "high bi,
ith ers." The Californians call their roue
mas ..hoodlums," but what's in nam
lie, The young hoodlums frequently ats
MS. the unwary Chinaman in the most cr
Of manner, throwing stones at him, and
ter laboring him numerically. 1t Is not
gs. be wondered at that Johnny" alw,
the takes tho street car when forced to
s a out of his own district at night.
Quite number of these Orient
co have amassed a goedly sum of mon
gh- and they wear superb diamond rim
1ck which fairly scintillate as they work
pei gold-chasing.
'ter 1t is indeed curious to 60 into one
he'd their restaurants late at night. In
-" best ones they have Chinese pri
San donnas, whose shrill notes are accom-
rds MED by Chinese harpists. The m,
two is pleasant to get away from. 1t is 8
ex- more wonderful to visit the dens wh
on opium is dispensed. They sell and C
ace. sumo vast quantities of it, and weig