Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-08-19

latter can get employment when tie former can
NOT oecsuse he will work at wages on which white
LABOR would statve. Besides, the ChinamAn l..
sstlshed II you thrust him into sleeping quarters
no better IMAM dogs kennel. The paltry com
pensation allowed him places him in clover for he
has no wants to supply. Every dollar of his
wages is saved. A Chinaman will work for al
most any price as a house servant but won mnst
keep sharp eve on him lest he don't steal double
the amount of his wages in something which he
can 90 off and .el. About the only recommend.
lions he has a. house servant are thai he ustinc
lively minds his own busioess aud is never tale
bearer. Moreover, whatever YOU NAV teach
him to do he never torgets, but always does It the
way GU told him first with a persstency that
knows no innovation.
WELL KNOWN CELEBRITIES.
San Francisco has n oumber of eccentric char
scters TO be seen daily the streets all lsborng
under some sort Of mental alteration, and all as
harmless as doves The most notorious is En-
peror Norton, "A large framed man Of rubcuud
face aud big honey combed nose. He sports a
military GARD, with turkeys wings stuck in his
hat, carries big cane, and laburs under the hal
ucinauon that he Is Emperor of Mexico. Just
now he is wearing half yard of black Grape on
his arm sleeve AS token of his sorrow at the
death of the late Queen of Spain. The Emperor
has been lmmortsIzed by a statuette taken of him
which can be seen IN scores of bar.rooms. lie
nagines that he ht longs to a number of secret
societies OF the highest order. Tie j. AN old 49-er,
anu was formerly a merchant oil wealth and hlg h
standing. Ii is sand that he lost his property hy
the Meiggs forgeres. Since he became broke he
has been sort of privileged character, and has
managed to exc out au existence by issuing cei-
tifcates of Indebtedness on which he raises a
small amount OF coin which he promises to pay
when he ascends to the Mexican throne.
Th old "tln foil man" is another celebrity. lie
wears slouched and dilaptated suit and shuties
along the sidewalk at a snall-like pace. His eyes
are ever the alert for the smallest piece of tin
foil which glstens on the sidewalk, and no sooner
Is 1t espled than he grabs it with the greed of a
mser, and consigts il to the dirty little pouch he
carries. Some say he has tons of this precious
metal stored away, while others claim that As fast
AS lie gets 1t he sells It TO procure him the ueceSsi-
ties of life. He never speaks a word to ANYBODY,
and whenever have sccosted him he has invar-
lably replied with grunt AMI moved on
Another celebrity is The Philosopher" said to
be an old Harvard graduate. who goes about in
his ragged dress with straw ia bis mouth, pack
on his back, and always ready to do chores. rnen
there Is grey haired old gsmin Known as
Mountain Jack, whose whole aim is to gnzzle
all the beer he can buk the Crazy Contractor,
who imsgines that he put up the leaning tower Of
Pisa the sampler who makes it his business to
visit grocery stores, especially fruit stands and
test whatever Is offered for sale by eating his fill ;
aud lastly the Gutter Snipe," who revels IN the
NTH ana garbage of the streets from which he
calls his daily food. These are few of the more
noted characters which San Francisco can boast,
and whom see daily. TOBY CANDoR