, 1881-01-29
THE LEpROUS CHINESE.
A Tour Through the Mongolisn
Quarters At Midnight.
4 Lifting DISGRACE.
4 Fearful IIfe and n Eiof oa the .i!= Face
az Our tify. a, Portrayed br ihr
Statr>Riaa's O.l-

4 Fearful .Ife and E!of ea the gr!= Face
az Our tifJ. a. Portrayed br iiir
State>maa's 0"i-
Duty calls the cnterprisinc and ubiquitous
newspaper reporter into many odd places.
he sees society and people in general, in the
highest and lowest rras Of lIfe. He se-s ;he
skeleton III the closet. ana he knows secrets
tha, are hidden from all but tAe penetrating Z
eve Of the mute moltbei young man who
delves into Ill hooks and corners to satisfy the
craving appetite Of the reading public in gen
eral. Anxious not - fall back onto such stale
and time-Worn items n &" the weather aud
''the cows the STATKSTsSs news-ul"nE~r
with a brother scribe aud O!hcsr H"pp-r
who kindly volunteered % accompany D.
pencil pushUrs IN order TO g;v" tone = tie
party. took a SPIN through
cHI:h-rowS AT MTDyI.Ur.
We first entered an opium len, where the
almord-eyeI Celestial obtains has chlef en-
,oymenr in life. On Lunk- or tiers ran-ei
along the sides q the wall we're Cinnamon,
busily preparing the opium FOR smoking. or
having a!reaiy satisfied thl, craving they
.lreamingly aoat away from The l,Ter world
into the regions 81 disiointsi fantasy. Why
IS this curse allowed T. exist naturally
asks the reader 1T wcakeus tie BRAN and
and steals away th- soul Of h. who indal.es
IN II. Why Because our laws are s, fIamri
that there Is no preventive against tins e,Il
A man. be he white OF saffron c,.orct, IS al
lowed to smoke this prepared roppy yulee "a
his Own d0miclle. and II one Ul these
TEA-CHESr-raLEISG crLEsIALs
is arrested for partakin. Of the obnoxious
drug. hundreds OF his cOun,rymen val swrar
tina. kc resides IN the place IN which he
was found. Besides this 1t takes but a
couple OF whiffs from the pipe to exhaust the
drug, and II not caught IN the very act 10
prosecution Is Of avail This is the reaS, n
that So many young white hoollums indulge
in this curse and 60 "scot free. Is there
no way 70 warn the young men, who smoke
opium, that It brings idio.y, imbecilr;y and
4 premature grave, aud that once the habit
il acquired it l. next to an imposslh!l.ty 10
shake 1t of.
IL rep'ytc certain queries the book keeper
or head Chinaman informed us that the price
paid to indulge IN this wee was two hlts tOr
the white and one bIt to Moug0llaus, .rd
that 1T was g heap good.
CpvpirIo> oF TIE HOUSES,
Although IN 4 number Of the houses VISITED
everything was comparatively clean aad
tidy. in others there was surieI; Of dirt and
filth and the vile smells arising We're Simply
nauseating The reason there are q isrse
number Of fires III th!s quarter Is because Of
the crowded condition oi tn hoaseS and as
soon rs 4 building catches from 4 chance
spark or flame the tire Is immediately
smothercd with blankets In one shanty
this was not the case. There were no occu-
pants but rcusIng fire was m tull blast and
IN 4 stove that was ia the last stage o; I'M
trinity and dilapidatIcn. The front door OF
the so called stove was broken and the side
door was open. In a building 20 old. dry
and crisp. very little would cause 4 conhag-
ration that would cause sorrow III
MANY HOUSEHOLD
The stove pipes in n number of instances
were touching the inhamable wood and add
ell another danger to the city's welfare. The
gambling dens were not in full blast last
evening but IN one or two places a small
game was being carried on Every thing
seemed 10 hc remarkably quite As al were
making great preparations for the Chinese
New \ lear day which occurs On the 2Sth Of
this month, when hig time may be expect
ed. Ca that day the rule prevails among
them 10
SQrAEE IT ALI ac,oUNTSs
for the year and tins Is making some of the
celestials hustle rather lively. IL one of the
stores we ran against an intelligent Young
Chinaman who explained the mysteries f
counting and the mode of conducting the
lotteries on which We viii touch IN a future
article. OF the Chinese prostitutes who
showed their lcgerOus cOuntenances at the
various windows we leave alone as the ner.
mention Of there being such n pestiferous
disgrace within the cOrpOratci limits OF this
city Is IN itself crying shame.
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The t0ST OF GEN. MCnOwELL'S NOTE.-
Sand an ex-army officer to a STATESMAN re.
porter to-day: "Gen. Mcdowell has been re.
warded for having gone from the Pacific
coast to New York - vote far Garfield, but
his vote cost the Government about 81 200
lie got an order from the War Department
for himself and his aide-,ic-rlmp to come
east, and under that order both of them
draw their regular mileage and allowances,
amounting to about Sl,2eo. The record,
VIII show the fact.
FEEDING SrocK.-It Is an Ill wind thai
blows nobody any good, and so while many
stock owners are IN sorrow, our friend Tom
Lee on Dry creek Is doing well by feeding
otner folk 5 sheen and horses All told he
has 5000 head 20 take care of OF this
amount about 800 head are railroad horses,
which are doIng well The ether quantity
are sheep belonging to one Of our citizens
and are beng fed oa wheat hay Whatever
happens. Tom Lee Is Fever caught mapping.
ST. PiULS School. This school u-der
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