The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-10-09
CHINA AND THE CHINESE.
The Old City and the Outside Settle
msnts-French, English and
American Consulates.
the FfiCh and Horrors OF chIn
Life-Iufsntlcide ana its
Iion-DIsease, Poverty nm"
Death-Contrnsts OF
Wealth, Etc.
,correspondence Baltimore SUM-

tCorrespondence Baltimore SUM-
Su,SGHAI. China, Aug 20.-Although no
doubt many of your readers have hearu Oh
Shanghai, China, few OF them kno" lna'
the city OF Shanghai proper is only CRY,
filthy Chinese city, Inhabited Dy thsln
49, SHANGHAI. /. e. commercial Shang-
hal Is composed of three distinct settle
ments separated one from the other. Com.
ing up the Whangpoo river, orancn Vi
the Yang-tse- Kiang, the stars anu s.riPes
first meet your eye floating rom tne hnIeil
can consular building IN the Anel I
settlement, separated by the hong Ken
creek from the English settlement; tneh
comes the French settlement, separator
from the English by the 1ank-l-pan creeh'
Thus YOU can see the enslgns Oh tnIee
nationalities within short distance Vi ea.n
other and the characteristics pecuilar 10
each are seen and felt. On the border OF
the French settlement is the old city OF
SHANGHAI surrounded by its stone walls,
and what / saw in a visit will try and de-
scribe to the best OF my ability. Weu 90
/ recollect how only few years ago the
Chinese salesman in the China tea COM
oanvis store on Baltimore street, was quite
n curiosity, and how | sometimes stopped
and gazed at the celestial and pined ior
sight of his country. -.
NV wish has been gratifed, and l have
been disappointed. During my stay In TINS
port have noticed almost all novelues anu
Corson. a resident merchant, who Is very
martial TO Americans, and was kind enough
10 indulge our Inconsistencies, we drove out
into the surrounding country, viewed the
fine panoramic scenery, beheld tne huIner
Gus mounds, or grave pits, OF the unIoftu-
mates killed during the late insurrecuon,
were shown what MIR. Corson styled baby
towers'-nothing else but yawnlng Pls
With a small tower built over them, ana
used for that crime so fearfully prevalent IN
this empire, ''infanticide." Female chil-
dren. born to parents that are poor, are, IN
many cases. thrown into these PITS tners W
die OF starvation or OF sufiocauon by doors
arising from numbers of infants that shared
the same fate. IL seems Impossible
that such n crime Is tolerated only
short distance from the representatives.
of three great powers, but such Is
the lamentable fact, and even to-day tnis Is
pracliced 10 an alarming extent Inc lao'
e. howsver. outside the limits of the respec
rive settlements the consuls have no author
itv. and the Chinese government is wlliully
blind Another unnatural pracuce Is the
sale of their children, which they do In great
numbers, TO rid themselves OF the care az
tending their bringing up. Women constr
tnte a purchasable commodity, ana was
assured that there are regular marls Where
they are proffered, bought and paid for C. o. q.
Cerfalnlv these doings, facts they are are hldi
as N were. under bushel. They are not ap'
parent to a transient visitor, but being ac-
auaInted with parties well informed eau
youch for their sincerity. In inc Euiopsan
settlements the Chinaman has attained q
higher social position, conforms in some In
stances To European customs, and is In many
respects superior to his bigoted, preJudlceu
ueiehbor within the walls.
NV friend and to-day paid visit TO the
old Chinese city. Within the waits eau ps
seen the coalition of the natives, as III Wa'
years ago, before the combined Efforts o.
European and American culture and mis-
sionarv labors produced any effect upor
them On our way Mr.. Corson took us to an
opium den in the heart OF the American
settlement, and there we beheld the SAT-
and consumption of this drug in full opera
flor. Around the walls of spacious com
partment are arranged benches covered viii
mating for the accommodation OF custom
ers A small lamp, piece OF wire ABOUT
foot in length, and peculiarly constructed
pipe comprises the OUTFIT, and Tor the sun
of five cents you are furnished with thes'
necessities. In taking up the drug, which
is furnished in a small receptacle and is o
about the color and consistency OF molasses
nIaciue Il on the end OF the small piece o
wire. holding il over the lamp, and burnln
it until about like putty, applying 1t to tn
ori6ce in the pipe and arranging the lamp
the flame of which Is TO consume II, praC
ticed smoker who at the same time take
delight IN the charm of these preliminar
movements, occupies about five minutes
He REQUIRES abouy an equal time to smok
the pipe out The amount OF opium fun
nished is generally sufficient for Tour or nv
pipefuls. -,
clan. been com pared with tobacco, he mair
tanning that il was more agreeable, had
better flavor and did not affect the throf
and tongue like nicotine vapors. But den
onstrative facts have shown that It's etfec
are fearful. His views are contradicted
the many faces one sees in walking throug
The streets. And as to a more agreeab
smell than tobacco, he had better come an
stand outside this opium shop. as did, an
he would be convinced to the conrar.
"Opiophagi," or opium eaters, are less n
merous than opium smokers. Beginning
smokers and after being long accustomed
the drup the more depraved and fatal tas
is acquired whose almost inevitable cons
ouences are the constitution shattered ar
DESTROYED. There are other such estaolls
ments in the American settlement, ana
many more in the English and french 81
elements.
we secured what is called jin-ric-shay.
conveyance can only describe as an ov'
grown baby carriage with coolie harness
to ii. They travel quite rapidly, WI
their pigtails, IT not wound ABOUT TN
heads, streaming in your face, or else pa
ing a tattoo on the mans Tying hee
These people are very enduring, and traN
ar a trot several miles, and with slight II
90 on again, and can continue this all d.
Pm afraid some of our great wa
ers and runners would sta
but a poor chance alongside
jin-ric-shay man. Traversing along
"Bund," in Englishtown and throu
Frenchtown, we halted at the entrance
the Chinese city. We were conscious OF {
nearness by the stencil that emanates In
within and impregnates the neighborht
Immediately around. For a small reco
pense a guide was procured, without wn
IL would have been an utter impossioiiity
find your way among the labyrinth OF GRO
ed alleys that traverse the city in every
ceiyabie direction, some describing compl
circles aud bringing you back to your ST
ing place, when you imagined yourse
mile away. Do not imagine by an allie
thoroughfsre l6 to Is feet In width; NO
deed Filthy little passages not wider q
49, - go fant lined nv as dirty look