Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-12-22
SOME CHINESE WAYS AND DAYS.

! traditions and true to the customs of his an
cestors, is again bringing out and planting II
dishes on little heaps of pebbles, his immemo
rial lily-the hyacinthe of his youth, its poetry
romance and song Say what we will of th,
necessity of his going" John, in hi:
bulbons way, raising the fragrant flower which
is sign and token of the coming of his new
year, perpetuates custom which is not sur
passed for beauty even among the fair
skinned Caucascians who sit down upon him
and vote him nuisance and pestilentla
pagan. AS to his reverence for custom
that is one thing; his cap lcity for moving a
saw through many sticks of wood in the slow
Curse of a days work, is very surprising to
the fabby muscled and short winded OBJ
server. ga Chinese w-mill," remarked a
side walk philosopher the other day as he
looked at pair of Mnngolians the while they
| each pushed and pulled a coarse toothed hand
saw through the limbs and trunks of nut pine
upon which they we're at work. Never any
relaxation or persplratOn; never any blow
ing or resting; never any going to the nearest
bar for tod; never any adjournment on pre-
tense of political engagements; never any
oglng OF the passing female; never anything
out saw, saw, saw from frosty morn to chilly
eve! OWN this be quoted on us we wonder,
when we run for Vice President in 1880!
God knows what day may bring forth If
what mice and rats and gophers may be
caught gnawing at our ti.es Ill the cAvernou,
and inscrutable future. But let us trust ia
Providence which abldeth by ALL even by the
GhinamenD Where the carcase is, there
shall the eagles gather together. Aud If the
eagle, proud bird of America, embematlc o:
Liberty and Freedom shall scent him out
aud devour as a savory morsel rotten
mule why may not a Chinaman, who Is not an
emblem of anything but rice and shark inns,
stewed spiders and powdered nevis legs, and
the entrais of apes, why may not this strange,
snuff colored being from the antipnGes smell
out my wood pile and come and haggle with
me for the job OF saving it! 1--WE shall pre-
vent those APPEAL extracts of 80 from going
10 outlawry if We keep on in this way, renewing
the running account of our indscretions }
How much you slaw 'em w"od2' queries
John. in his canny, business-like wayne
meaning to ask what We will give him to re-
luce our pile to its needed dimensions Then
we (the superior race evident i'll our side of
he trafficklng), ask him to name his figures.
Zone dollar hap" says John. He somehO"
knows he won't get it, and is prepared to be
re item down. We name Zone dul!ar;' he
.ouks astonished and makes feint to 60; but,
he proposes dollar and "a quarter and the |
bargain Is struck. Spite of all the oratory |
tgainst Chinese cheap labor we have hired |
his uncouth heather to work for us More |
,ver, the work is to be done at his price aud |
not our own. Are outwitted by this uu-
5aptised knave from Hang Chow! We have
nisgivings that we are--nut only "utwitted
,nt tempted to a violation of that Eleventh
Commandment which says, "Thou shalt nos
1--WE hire t" a Chinaman, neither shalt thou
Tor they nei ghhor deal with him nor permit
lin to occupy the land wherein thou dwell
EST and art white!' In the meantime john
,endeth his back over the aromatic wood and
aweth like strong an running race. We
'ote, in this c'nnecti"n, (and are very glad
o see i'), that John Is finding stout rival to
lis ass packing trade of refuse wood III Ger
ain swarthy Mexictns. These seem to be
DING a considerable business with pack am
nails in fetching what look like dead limbs of
he nut pine from somewhere on the eastern
ide of the Carson. train of seven OF
light well-laden animals passed us AS We came {
yesterday from the Warm Springs.
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