St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-11-16

chap" with three celestial women with
their hair elaborately arranged with gilt
ornaments through the coils and paper
heWeIs ornamenting the high waves
and all were smoking cigaretts in true
masculine style, needless of the atten-
ton they attracted. Everywhere you
run across them, engaged in all under
takings, all capacities, all degrees of
ldllng. They nearly all smoke opium,
and most of them gamble, and there are
said to be many of the white class who
join them in both vices, and on every
block you will see these stolid- faced,
watchful old Cinnamon, sitting on little
stools back from the walk, in narrow
doorways, watching lest they be molest-
ed within and raid made upon their
gambling dens. Almost all the store
keepers deal in lotteries quite exten-
sively, and many whites patronize
them.
A stroll through Chinatown is one of
the curious sights to be taken in by
every stranger who comes to San Fran
cisco. By daylight it is an animated
panorama of molly sights. The stores
are all open, holding inside and out
every conceivable thing for sale All
sorts of vegetables are exposed to view
in all stages of freshness and decay.
Trade is progressing busily in all direc-
tiOns. Every branch of business is rep
resented. The streets are crowded.
The MOngolians move to and fro in an
endless procession. The sound of ham
mers, the noise of sewing machines, the
hum of voices, the strange dialect are
heard all about you. In the open joss
houses all the gods and goddesses in
ivory and bronze have a lighted taper
before them, and the higher deities
have burning incense, and benighted
visitors pay double its value for curl
Gus image to carry away. There are
the theaters and restaurants, with their
gliding, Chinese characters and fanciful
exteriors, the cloud of opium smoke
coming out of the cellars, the narrow
alleys branching off and leading into
what abodes of wretchedness and filth,
heaven only knows, the mixture of
'Orrid smells and strange novel sights,
altogether presenting foreign and in
describable aspect.
Kearny street, running parallel with
Dupont and one block distant, is the
fashionable retail part of San Francisco.
So rapid have been the encroachments
VI SuiDdJOWu bOWdIu luiS luOIOuSuldrt
that the whole nOrthwesterly part of
this promenade will soon be in posses
sion of these people. Dupont is thick
with them and here hustle and activity
thrive, and spirit of commercial life
is seen whose counterpart is found no.
where else in the great city. The kno-
chi (girl) and nam-chi (boy) you will
find look very much alike, only the boy
wears gay cap on its little bald head
and the girl has her locks fastened
closely down with some preparation
and wears paper flowers. The baby
(mom- -mom-chi) is an odd-looking little
parcel of humanity. In our walk, the
other day, we went into a store kept by
one All Sing. He spoke very plain
English, was extremely polite and COM
municative, and showed us many odd
things. In the back part of the store
was party of six nicely dressed mer-
chants, eating their dinner out of their
curious china dishes and with chop
sticks. Each one had dish of rice,
and on the table were two or three
kinds of food unknown to us, into which
they dashed the chOp-sticks quite often.
Take them individually and they look
clean, collectively they aIe a ''soiled'
race, for they will live in more dirt, in
more vile smelling apartments than any
other human being. 1t is said that fif-
teen Cinnamon will live, sleep and cook
in hovel twelve feet square, having
only a door to admit light and air ; un-
der sidewalks, in cramped hunks, on a
coal bin or in wood shed, they lie
contentedly down. OF course there are
: exceptions, but their habits are indeed
/ strange and curious. Some of the mer-
chants stores are large and handsome
containing many curious, interesting
and expensive articles, in quaint China
illustrated books and fans-gay dress
ing-gowns, fanciful tables and a thou.
sand and one little knick-knacks thai
excite your wonder and make you delvt
, deep into your purse impulsively anC
: count your ducats and sigh that you
| bank account is SO low. Their houses
t are nearly all painted with dashes o
green, red or black, and over the doors
or at the sides are Chinese characters
} giving their names, business or Occu
pations. One noted "DoctOr Lapati'
, has become very celebrated aud ha,
} many white patients under his charge
] By feeling your pulse he can tell wha
, ails you and whether he can help yot
or not. A prominent San Francisco
3 physician, it is said, offered him many
2 thousand dollars if he would teach hin
| his art of telling your disease so quick
: ly and correctly but he said it was {
E lifelong study to learn, and the would
l be pupil was too old.
= A petition, signed by many firms ant
2 names, was recently given to the boart
: of supervisors, negotiating the appoint
. ment of a committee to wait upon th'
! six Chinese companies who control i'm
s migration and the Pacific mail steam
0 ship company, representing to them tn
S dangers which threaten the people b,
i the large influx of their numbers t.
q these shores, and requesting that the.
e would refrain from further importation
j, till the United States and Chinese gov
i, ernments should have opportunity t.
Il consider the seriously important ques
v tiens involved. The labor market
# already over-stocked, and according
: to Col. Bees statement 1900 pauper
It are now thrown upon Chinese charity
e Since the recent raids upon their laun
II dries many manufacturers have dis
d charged their Mongolian help, and larg
V numbers of the Orientals themselve
d feel afraid to stay where they perceiv
d such growing feeling of dislike towar
l. them. In certain portions of the cit
If they are nightly subject to abuse fror
e the hoodlums, who wait for their prey
= and are never arrested. There ar
ir comparatively few Chinese East, an
( the sympathies of the people are great
II with the Mongolians, but were the
W aware of all their vices and the Ion
$. train of evils they are bringing to tn