Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-09-14

Their MEN and women Look AND
Dress Just Alike.
A stranger is puzzled to discover amoni
the Annamites. which are the men ant
which are the women. Their costume de
ies all attempts to discover the SCI Of th,
wearers. And when one feels the mos
certain he has made . correct guess, mos
certain is he to find himself wrongs con,
dition of things ct once embarrassing and
ridiculous. The dress consists Of . looss
pair OF white trousers and Q short whits
jacket. Over all is worn q long, neat coat
close fitting at the throat and reaching tc
within q few inches Of the ground. The
coat is open on either side from the wais,
downward. The garment has no varia.
ton in pattern or difference in length for
either sex. It is nearly always made Of
cloth Of the same description. quality and
color (bluish black. A turban, worn
much In the SAM way as the Hindoos Of
Bombay wear theirs, completes Q costume
which must commend itself to any one for
neatness. modesty and GOODNESS.
The Annamite woman, though not Of q
highly moral type, are averse to more per-
sonal display than IL necessary. The
Annamites are surprisingly fair for Asiat-
AObs Dun IL tuoI6 10 y Cu6I II III Ill Auu6-
mite face the charm vanishes when the
first place the teeth are disgusting in their
dis~coloration, the result Of too free in
diligence in betel chewing; but the disen-
chantment is complete when the person
talks. Each word CRATES on ones ear from
it's utter harshness. II 10 not, however,
till q couple Of women begin to wrsngls
within 20 yards OF one that the jarring ef-
feet OF . harsh, unmusical tongue 10 felt. /
can liken the noise TO nothing except the
short, snappish yelp Of . puppy when dis
turbed in his enjoyment Of Q bone. I'm
agine the effect produced when two quar-
relsome women gather round them q crowd
OF interested spectators, who shortly take
sides and help in the discussion.
The houses are wretched little concerns,
constructed Il cannot say built of Q few
leaves and bamboos; but, wretched a. they
are, those who live in them seem coDtented
enough. l ought to add that huts Of this
description are not allowed in Saigon.
Tho Annamites do not appear to have
developed any attachment for trading
perhaps they find Johnny Chinaman M
too many for them. Be that o. it may, the
trade Of the port is in the hands entirely
of Europeans and Chinese. The former
are represented mainly by IN English and
q German firm. Incredible as it may seem,
Scotland has sent lone Of her sons to pile
up the bawbees in this colony. Perhaps
some one versed in the intricacies OF the
why and wherefore of everything will be
good enough to account for Sandy's ab-
sence from a port which wants only an in
fiux Of capital to make it one Of the busiest
places in the East. But there's the rub.
Capital will not find its way to Cochin
China until merchants minds are disa-
bused Of the idea that the French local
government looks with suspicion on any
enterprise that is not worked under French
auspices and with French capital. A writer
in . recent issue Of . French journal, in
questioning the wisdom Of France extend
ing her colonies in the East, candidly
admits that she is only striving after terri
tory in order to benefit other nations. A
return lately published shows that Of the
shipping which visits Saigon less than .
tenth sails under the tricolor, while the
import and export trade in French hands
forms 80 small Q part OF the entire trade as
to be practically unworthy Of notice.