Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-07-29
A CHINESE CRfEsUS.
A MOngolian Millionaire Of Utah.

A NIOngolian Millionaire Of Utah.
All SAY, WEALTHY CELEsTIAL-How HE MADE
HIS MONEY! GLANCE AT THE INTERIOR OF A
RICH CHINAMAN's HoME-HIs LIFE AND FAM
lily.
correspondent of the Kansas City Times
writing from Evanston, Utah, says: While going
down the main street of this busy little railroad
town recently encountered al old friend in the
person of Charley H., a most valued agent of
- insurance company. In reply to my query
as to what earthly business brou sht him SO far
from Kansas City he told me he was just about
to ''write up All Say, the superintendent of the
cOolie labor of the Union Pacific railroad COM
pany, and one of the most remarkable men Of
his race in the United States.
'COme along with me to the house of All Say"
Charley said. land will show you novel sight,
a vertabie Chinese mansion and give you peep
into the domestic life Of a millionaire from the
f1oWery kingdom, and subject. presume, of
his majesty. brother Of the sun and moon.
Here was an invitation | could not neglect.
and without further ado walked along with
the insurance man. who. not content with the
opportunities afforded by 50 coo 900 American
writing up genuine. live. and very rich Chi
naman. | conceived the idea of writing up
Mr.. All Say.
An Say is specimen. and good one of what
Ch;naman can accomplish in this country
where prudence. ability. and thrift are supple
mcnted by a fair education. In fact. the union
OF tie frugal virtues of the patient Asiatic with
the energy and liberality OF the western Cauca-
sian (Which conjunction seems to have taken
place in the case Of All Say) is a combination
which, under any ordinary Giro u:nstances, is
almost certain of insurins financial success.
All Say is no mandern OF three even one
button in his native land He is seii-made. and
has no reason to be ashamed of his handiwork
When first he gaZed the land q geld from the
decks of an emierant ship Ali Say mad as little
worldly wealth and knowledge OF the ways and
wies OF the "Mclican man" as any of his pauper
cOmpatriGts. He began life in the usual humble
avocat tons which supply the wherewithal to
keep the domestic chODSticks going He had
faculty OF shrewd observation. though. which
soon taught him that if he could apply his really
comprehensive intellect to the solution of the
questions in American life. and deduce Il correct
result from them in an American way, that his
Chinese Industry and economy would give him Il
start in life which his natural ability would sue
cessfully improve. All Say made Il NapoleOnic
stroke-he AmcricaniZed himself instead Of sur
rounding himself with a Chinese atmosphere in
an American climate as is the fashion of the
greater number Of his conservative and. ergo.
stupid cOuntrymen.
The fates were propitious. and he did not need
to gaze OH the entrails of a chicken to see that
they were SO. All Say never read D'Israeli. but
he applied in practice what that author wrote
that the successful man is he VINO is ready
when his opportunity comes"
The opportunity came in the shape of the
Union Pacific railroad That company had need
to employ thousands of coolie laDorers in its
construction. The management felt that it
would be of infinite advantage to both
parties to have in personal control Of this large
body OF men some one man who was OF their
race, language and religion, and yet who was
sufficiently enlightened, educated aad,liberai to-
act in concert with the interests and other
officers of the road. Where was such rare
combination to be found? l am no firm be-
lever in the ''mute, inglOrious Milton theory
and have noted that place is always vacant
for practical genius to earn its bread and meat.
All Says light was under no bashel. He was
chosen as superintendent ut yearly salary OF
$4,000 per annum. His star is at it's zenith.
and this American Chinaman can safely draw
his cheque for something over $3.50, 600. He is
not wholly American in domestic life His
house, a neat, substantial and unpretentious
place. is American enough outside. but when
one enters into the atrium he literally encOunt-
ers the Lares ct Penates of a thorough China
man. tr ts :. .t
AS entered the door was astonished and
when my first feeling Of unskillfully repressed
amaZement had subsidized was gratified to find
myself on the hearth-stOne of vertable
wealthy Celestial. Without specializing on the
relative degrees Of civilization to which Asian
or Caucasian have attained, nor how far above
the Acknowledged Asiatic the European now is in
the re1neinents OF social life, l could not resist
a half humorous admiration Of the economy of
an arrangement whereby the sitting-rOOm, cab
met, sanctum. chapel and office were all dexter
Ously arranged in one common chamber and
yet the building was as connOdious as any
average American house.
Entering the door YOU are struck with what
in my ignorance l supposed was q tolerable
specimen OF Chinese statuary placed upon
kind of prie-dieu, or small altar, hardly know
which. This was. however, the Joss or dOmes-
tic god of the proprietor. The furniture was by
no means disagreeable mixture of American
and Chinese work. and was simple but elegant
in material and finish. Here All Say received us
pleasantly and in fair English rising as he did
80 from his desk at which he had been working
with his secretary. an American. Fol Mao. his
wife. sat little distance off in rocking chair,
singing Chinese lullaby to one of her children.
1t was pretty picture of domestic enjoyment.
The walls were covered with some few indif-
ferent works in oil and a number of genuine
Chinese chefs dGuvres, and what was very
singular, vast number of little strips of tinted
paper, which was informed served the admir-
able purpose of being journal of notable
events OF each passing day. The death of a rel
alive, domestic. or public incident of more
than usual importance was written on one of
these scraps and pasted chrOnOlogically on the
wall, making it one vast scrap-book.
All Say, in person, Is of medium stature.
PHEASANT COuECenanCe anu one INDICATIVE OF
real native energy and force; he is of middle
age and a deliberate and unimpassiOned talker.
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The Bug ExterminatOr.
From Texas Siftlngs.
In thespring of last year smoothed-tongued,
glb-mouthed young man who had gone through
the lightning-rod course and graduated In the
book agency business, passed through Washing
ton and the adjoining counties, introducing
what he called the 'bug exterminator." He
was very fair and reasonable, and as he was
only taking orders for his invention he merely
required One-third (50c.) cash. and the rest he
would collect in the fall when he passed
through. In case the exterminator failed to
kill every bug upon which it was used. accord
ing to accompanying directions. he would re-
fund the money. Nothing could be fairer than
that. so he was well-received everywhere, and
went away with about $500 in his pocket leav-
ing his address with every purchaser in case he
should neglect to send the exterminatOr. Well.
in due course of mail. every farmer received a
neat-looking little package labeled bug Ex-
terminator-certain death-due $1-none gen.
uine without signature" etc. Upon opening it,
the farmer discovered two nice. smooth little
square blocks, containing the following direc-
tiOn IN No I. ssplacQ tho huu IN fhic hlonl~.0