Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-17
WHAT CHlNAMEN EAT.
Philosophy Of the Stomach in the
Flowery Kingdom.
The Menu Which is Daily Set Before the
CelestiaIs, and on Which they Wax
Fat and Flourish.

AOOuN twenty CSuluISS ago III tue
Celestial Empire there was established
OK worship, as a reward for the great
assistance in agriculture rendered by
that horned animal. Then it was for
hidden to kill either OK or cow. 1t
became also a sacred habit to leave the
cows milk exclusively for the calves,
TO whom i. rightfully belonged. China
men do not Use the milk of sheep or
the goats, though they are very fond
of the meat of these animals. But,
then, they are exceedingly fond Of
wUmau's milk. The well-tO.do par
ents often keep wet nurses for their
children up to the seventh and even
ninth year. Sometimes even men of
age, and particularly OIL men, resort
to woman's milk either as an article
of luxury or as dietic means. Among
rich Cinnamon it is point of pride To
keep number OF wet nurses. Of the
rich Celestial it may be truly said that
"he is worth 50 many wet nurses" as
of the rich MOhammedan that "he is
worth so many wives" or of the Amer
lean that "he is worth so many dol
laTS.n No Chinese woman would milk
COW, for such practice, in her opinion,
would stain forever her chastity.
Excluding beef and dairy products,
Cinnamon eat everything that is ed'-
bic, horse and ass flesh, snakes, rats,
mice, dogs, grasshoppers, spiders.
worms, COcOOns, sea-cucumber5, swal-
lows nests, and so on. Once, while
living in villa near Pekin, L saw a
very strange scene. There appeared
cloud of grasShOppers. Suddenly
the field was covered with Cinnamon
who ran frantically hither and thith-
er, gathering them in. They filled
large sacks and bags with the insects.
They carried portable stoves on which
they roasted their curious game. 9th
er Cinnamon greedily devoured the
grasshOppers, payinga penny for ten.
At the head of all meats Cinnamon
put, of course, pork. In their opinion
10 the hog belongs the first place In the
list OF domestic animals. Ii you ask a
Chiuaman why, he Will answer you
proudly, because 1t was the hog from
whom the Cniuamen descended"
DON'T YOU see the Celestials have beaten
Darwin on the theory of the descent Of
man. Il is only natural, then, that
among Chiuamen hogs should enjoy
full rights of citizenship. Like dogs,
they wander wherever they please. A
Chinese street without number Of
hogs is an impOssibility. Are there
many hogs in China? should think
so. On single holiday in memory OF
their ancestors the CeleStiais eat fully
$50 coo hogs. / must admit that Cat
nese pork is superior to any found else
where on the globe. Poor Cinnamon
who can not afford to buy pork eat
meat ofdOgs, asses, horses, rats, mice,
rabbits, hares, goats and sheep. But |
never saw them eating cats.
OF birds the Chinese eat silver pleas
ants, ducks, geese, chickens, jackdraws
crows and many others. CurlOusly
enough, the so-called Cochin-China
fOlws are very rarely seen here. Sailed
eggs are in great Use here.
Among the choice delicacies OF the
Chinese must b. mentioned the fins OF
sharks and the nests of sea swallows.
Under the latter is understood not the
whole nest, but only the mucilagtnou5
inner cOatings of the nests. 1t Is baliev-
ed that the swallows who build their
nests on the sea rocks cover their nests
AID glue them TO the rocks with the
in &c OF sea cane, which, on being dried,
loukSlike mucilaginOus membrane. On
the market these nests are found in the
shane Of hemisphere of the size OF q
half orange peel. The nests are sold
here at from fifteen to twenty-five dol
nhnN- 1sn1 nrIDRl-
pally for making broth, to which they
give a peculiar aroma and taste, mach
valued by astronomers.
Rice stands, OF course, at the heau OF
vegetable foods. Without rice Cruel no
meat is served here. Fan means
both ito have a meal' and ITO eat rice
Cruel" The brown rice, which Is COM
mon rice, but heated and musty, Is
much liked. There is also red variety
of rice.
Honey is much used here, but chiefly
as a cosmetic. After being mixed with
flour it is used by the women IN the
hair dressing. With their hair saturat-
ed, sticky and shiny with honey, they
must be indeed sweet.
As everybody knows, the Chinese are
nassiopately fond of Tea which they cut
tiyate for the rest of the world. Ihey
drink il at every meal, at home and OUT,
,,,bsn idle and at work, in shops ana III
",iicas-in short everywhere, at any
time of day or night. The red, black,
anJ Green sorts Of tea they prepare only
for eXport, while they themselves use
axclusively yellow tea. They take tea
-, mall ems, and without sugar.
Though in China there are excellent
sorts of grapes, yet no wine IS prepared
there. The Chinese make two klhus u
mbistv of sago and of rice, and drlnS
V o o.S deal oft. Women also drink
"a smoke here. A tin gill OF the
S Su nf an hour glass is used Tor
SI,biSSv drinking. They had no glass
VIE here until recently, when an
Hnoerican gentleman taught SONS
SdiaSiiaIs TO make glass. During my
tSir,T vears, residence here L nave
LIZ seen a single drunken Chlnamsn
on the street. No coffee OF cnoe'"'' -
used here. .;. oo;,oF this coun-
try Yields products enough 70 s snd ~
t5s snpetite of all the Ceiestiais, aHt th ~,
view Of their peculiar philosophy VI on 'n nf
stomanh, they ought TO De sote' az "a
sbem to reach the blissful stste vi 81
oistv Yet how many OF them s ara
lean, hungry, with Tistfal b eysS %I
hollow I stomachs! What a mes neaf fsIfows
ing tragedy each of those thin leiiTT 20
NY nss whose all-sbsorbing iuea Is "
PrethickI When look upon the crown tSsI
oeeL ti checked Cinnamon ana tnetI
OF n The few who are IN the Oilss nfn
ofota of corpulency,, l csnu tha fat.
tSinking Of the lean-heshed anu tue i"''
saSbed Kline Of Pharaoh.