The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-04-06
FROM OVER THE SEA.
The Yellow Man and whers the Yellow
Boys are Made.
Corre,pondence Ne,, NORTH. W.,t.

Boys are Made.
Correspondence Ne,s North-West
LONDON, March Is England Is threatened
with Chinese invasion, and ere long we
shall probably have Whang Ho and Alb Sam
rs permanent officials in our British houses,
performing the necessary household duties
If washerwomen, bousemaid and cook.
His apprehended arrival, however, has
given rise to keen opposition on the part of
those whom be Is intended to replace, and
ANTI CHINESE AGITATION
has been vigorously commenced by Mr..
Hyndham, President Of the London Demo-
cratic Federation, who foresess, In the influx
of herds of John Cbinamsn, the downfall Of
the British workman.
The idea of Introducing Asiatic labor
originated with some Vt the London Chinese
merchants, who seem themselves TO have
suffered from the nonadic instincts of the
British housemaid, and may possibly also
have experienced the ills attendant upon al
engagement Of the modern English cook; so
We may probably soon behold the first emf
grant vessel from far away Cathay bearing
the cargo of industrious Cinnamon, who
have been precluded from sharing in the
golden opportunities to be met with in other
lands. Whatever ctber advantages may
accrue from their presence in the British
Isles, it seems tolerably certain that they
will not add very largely to the literature of
the country. neither will they contribute
very much to the newspaper revenue. Lon
don, however, already possesses
AN AsIATIc COLONY,
though very few people know its locality. 1t
consists of a huge brick building in the
West India Dock Road, bearing the sign,
"Strangers Home for Asiatics." As we were
passing the institution recently, we came
across a troupe of Chinese musicians who
were about to make their first appearance in
in the metropolis. "Who are those people?"
l inquired of q Chinamau potter standing
guard at the door. "Heyw answered John
with a grin. "Those people, repeated
pointing to the motley group JUS turning
distant corner, "they are not iailors, are
they?" There are some women among
them" "No, no, not sailor! NJ, mol" cried
John with much energy, and wagging his
head with such violence as threatened to
nearly shake 1t of, emusic mat, not sailor
Play the tic attic, tea tic;" aud he jammed
an imaginary fiddle up to bis throat, and
began to saw the air with hisebow. We
soon managed to gain access 10 the interior
of the establishment, under the guidance of
one of Its officers, who was pleased to find a
ready listener to his description Of the work.
"You see," said he, "these queer looking
people land over here without friend in the
country, and won't be likely to find one per-
son in million capable Of compromising
what they want, so we do our best to look
after them"
"See, we have some of all sorts" he con
tinued. as we emerged into larg. hall sur
rounded with benches, and strange indeed
was the sight. Here was a dusky Hindoo
listening in wonderment to the pigeon
English Of round faced Cinnamon; Malay
endeavorIng by signs TO make himself TN
derstood by a Kauaka; a JavaDese smiling
over the gutturals Of two swarthy sailors
The hum Of many strange languages, al
going at once, together with the various face
and strange clothes, required an effort o
mind to convince oneself that he was still II
London, and that just outside the omnibnse
were rushing by aud the small boys wer'
peddling the evening papers.
| Here were strange Eastern smells-vagn,
sorts of fumes; lingering Whit as Of curry
q ghos,ly odor of bamboos, oil, nutmeg, ant
cedar wood; and right before us were tb,
turbans. pigtails, almond eyes and yellow
skins of the Asiatics. These association
seemed TO waft our imagination to the ho
blue heavens, the joss houses, sampans ant
| junks, the blue gowns and the red and yellow
shoes Of the distant provinces of the sun
listening to the sing song chat Of tn
Mongolians.
Most of these, however, my companion In
formed me, were seafaring men and seemed
to have no desire TO settle down Ia tie lanC
of ceaseless rain and fog; on the contrary
they seemed DESTROYS of departing at tn
earliest opportunity. Whether their fellow
countrymcn share the same prejudices o
not, remains to be seen.
MAKING MONEY.
The Royal Mint-the English money fac
tory-is built on Tower Hill, closely ad
| Joining the Tower of London, its plain
heavy frontage presenting marked cnntras
to the picturesque battlements of the his
torical building close TO ii. There Is no
much to see inside the mint, but what Their
is, is we'll worth the stinsy half hour allowe'
TO innocents abroad (only four at tim
allowed) who may wish to "prospect."
was one of the four last week. Armed will
an order from the Deputy Manager we dul!
presented oursel es and, after signing name
| in the visitors book, were conducted by
genial sort Of foreman into kind of meltin!
room. Here was a small furnace out o
| which kept pouring, like streams Of whit
barley sugar, the molten silver; having re
! solved itself into series Of solid slips, !
was then passed between rollers and dat
tened into more shapely strips, which wer
cut into shorter bars and piled.
In the next room considerable more nois
and jingle was caused by the work Of fiat
tening the bars into strips to about the thick
ness Of half dollar. They were ccininl
nothing but half crowns that day. TIL
strips were now about three feet long, All,
were again passed between carefully adjaste,
rollers, which exactly tested their evel
thickness.
In the next room We saw rounds punche,
| ont of the sfrins These an0n accnrnn lai ed