The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-06

third fourth tAeroatLer Mlshins
clothes said 10 reported within twentyfou
Clothes washed and dried eighty cents per dozen.
Work done in less tEan three days extra price win be
charged,
Goods not caiod Tor ia sixty days will be sold.
The price list was furnished the HERALD reporter
by Sam Woh o! Eighth avenue HIS rivals IN trade,
sam Lang and Lang Kwong, who have also pitched
their lcnts Eighth avenue, make u slightly lower
charge Tor shirts as an inducements TO their patrops
so that the law OF competition ~ IN iuil swing among
the Colestals. somewhere M the ueIghOorhood OF
hundred Cinnamon are now engaged In tho
launary business and tue number rapidly Increasing
CHINESE TEA STORE .~s NN
one OF the two tea stores kept ny Cinnamon In New
York Is In Mott street. the region occupied by tho
main body OF the Moaeolan colonsts. inc proprie-
Tor Is Quot Intelligent man, WAC speaks some Eng
lsh ana Is known among his compairiots by the pic
turesquo name OF Choug Lin. Has siorc occupies the
parlor noor OF small house, ana Is noticeable rather
Tor us iamo among the cUlonsts than Tor any preten
IL can put forward TO Importance II Is SAID that
tue best tea TO he had 10 New YORK can here DO pur
chased for seyenty-ivc cents pound, ana as Chong
Jin's custom Is almost wholly Win his country
men tnero may DO good deal OF truth In Tho asser-
toa. caong Lin, however, Is not wnoiy unlike
simple James" and wnen the reporter asked II no
had no better tea the asutc merchant imlned iaey
replied that no hGa tea wcn worth 81 80, 81 and
,ured fellow Would willingly have cd
enough to give u hlm. Chong Lin was
"cniidnkc and bland" but the reporter thought Il
would DO mistake TO unit himself Tor iinoiong
lodging house tca ny lhdulsing IN the real China
beverage. Owing to the dread vi exciting hosti!ity
among The lower classes there Is no sDlnglu hung
out to denote the business carried on, but tho
interior aspect OF tho store rs not WITHOUT
interest. Piled up round the outer room are
yelowish boxes coutaihing tea, and on shelves arc
various other products OF the Foxcry Land with
which the Chinaman soiaces bls exile preserves IN
pots, curious looking pIpcs bundles oil
Incense tapers Ter In The religious ceremonies oil
joss house when The dcvout Chnpmcn pay
homage 10 their ancestors A small counter
cuts oil ingress to the second room, which
has tho Appearance oil serving sleeping berth.
kitchen aud general Warehouse. Ii does not
IA fanif AauIf n
SUPP and In truth the rroas cannot be very great.
At least American trader would not DE likely TO 30
regard them. but from Chnoso standpoint may DO
different similar Establishments arc Kept by
Chinese tradcrs-oue In Brooklyn aud ono IN Sixlh
avenue. w tIl some time ago there was fourth,
bat the hard times smashed az tho ucslcss owner.
CLUB HOUSE
Next door to Chone Siu tea store Is the somewhat
unpretcntous club ho usc where the Cinnamon como
10 wniie away tbs tedium OF yber unemployed hours
IL unproon,Ious IA lIs WY rs iis isbbOs IL
consists OF Two rooms on tho paror floor, r.dner
poorly furnished. and resembling more tne dwoling
place OF a not over prosperous Amcrlcan mechanic
ia.n a clue noaso according 10 our IDEAS There
mere several ChinanaI longing about smoking
oil extraordinarily complicated n.achincs whict
they call pipes These are made OF brass and 50
constructed that the tobacco smoke passc. through
water, furnishing the amateur with vDat Is called
s'wot SMOKE" 4 luxury which John Chinaman Mighty
appreciates. In the basement there Is "a snokc-room
Of = different cnar 'ctcr Where those addicted 10
opium enjoy peasant drenlns There IS the rcgu-
l,r nencn, spreaa Win ,h'a maa, 0a a ,na
munmy.ilke hish priest wno prcsid*s over THIS
Iccntariy Asittic disipaftot. In addition To Ms
othor attractions the hdbttHts indulge IN mild
Kind OF gambling. Jonn CDlnamal loves MS aAme OF
ching cnlng with nh the ardor mai European dowa-
gers bcstow What aud ccaftc, and
viii sbuck tho tiger' Tor hours WIN great
delight 10 himself ANA without mucn financial
loss tor hts gambling JOhu IS
d prudent aud economical fellow. ching cling
vs. played Win number Of square Chinese
coink, having a holo Ia tho centre Tue ctuupier
tai ca d number Of these IN bis ntnd and making a
pile covers III with litle lox Inc gamblers then
make lseir bets whether the nuinDer 81 coiUs 10
ODD Or Oh. When the bets made the croupior
counts out Toe CON IA gtoups Of Tour and
iye, and scsoraiDK a. the numbers result tho
question Of lOss gain ~ dccIard. In its game
the chance pretty oven against the bank, and
taia fo.at % view ITO game " mach iafcr 20
toe pi4yerr tbaN faro 0tbBr games 81 chance
wnrn Anleristns arc willing 10 lose
their money. fu n late raid made by the
pohce a rsosas gambling dcn some twcn-
ty-cght Jbiuamcn we're captured. but the amount
$50, that the snns1liue nla-t have boen OF very
mIid type Tue raid rifher puxz cd the Lclcstttis,
ars rather Ia quandary 10 the ~ aniug Of
laws anu police regulations, but they nevcftncioss
submit Win the Oost possible grace, though making
rather wfy faccs nrOpg ilien.stlvcs
QGlkr ORDERLY.
The police speak "a the mos nrttriug manner Of
the orderly haDt,s 81 tue tnib, immigrants Ibcy
scarcely ever srcn IA the pole courts, aud when
tnoy do appear ~ ~ thc ingt dtpcts, who, nbas
ing tnetr pceccahle u*pO~itlnr, Insult attack
tnem. Ibcy neitner r,0t0us nor dishonest. and
wncu aliOweB 80. devote lnrint ives
nDSUluteiy 10 Their bus pafsuitf lna ple IRE
without coming into collision win tbeif ngl alDurs
They.nrc also al npy 10 ther habits ana thongn they
lcrJ together more thuE y, pcrnals, go0d Tor
tnry foason.. they are rlta tHctr pstsVDs ana
cent lher attire. laAen Tor All IA All Tie ieatnen