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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-07-05


odors have been modified by the long jour
ney it had to make before reaching the in
land capital. This is the time, above all
others, at which the river and its shores
become the scene of animated life. At
regular intervals the cannon boom, for
without smell of powder, much shouting
and screaming, and oft-repeated fireworks,
the proper holiday mood is wanting. Le-
gions of small boats, like midges glancing
over the water, move about in all directions
as connecting links between the large,
firmly anchored vessels.
From some one point the sound of the
@tara-booka' is heard, and to its monoto-
nous rhythmic accompaniment female sing
ers warble their slow and melancholy
ditties, ending generally in a chromatic
scale. From another side the sound of
eastanets meets our ears-a sure sign that
here the aforementioned and far-famed,
though certainly not admirable, dancing
girls are in full performance. Along the
shore hundreds of tents are erected, lighted
according to their rank and degree in the
social scale, either by the most primitive
little oil lamps, or progressing upward, most
luxurious colored lanterns. Inthese booths
refreshments of all kinds, but mostly coffee
and sherbet are to be had; and here one
finds the sedate and well-to-do paterfamilias
and the youthful though independent dom
key driver side by side, smoking. The
entertainment consists in listening to ballad
singers, comic actors, reciters Of Koran
verses and romances; and all these artists
manage to collect an ample public around
them, and one which is very simple in
tastes and most grateful and appreciative
for whatever is offered it. Add to all this
constant, endless screaming and shouting,
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1884-11-29
The Chinese in San Francisco.
RALPH L. GOODRICH.

thing of the appearance OF the land of tea
and chop-sticks. There are perhaps about
$4,000 Chinese in the city, and they are
huddled together within very narrow lin
its. You can readily imagine how densely
this portion is occupied, when | say that l
visited tenement house containg seventy
rooms In which there were, on an average,
twenty-five occupants to room This
people are naturally clean in person, but
there is an odor about them and their hab-
itations that is exceedingly offensive to per-
sons whose organs of sense have not re-.
ceived the Chinaman's peculiar education.
In San Francisco they rest under race
stigma. There is real and deep seated
prejudice against them, nor is it altogether
unnatural. It comes not only from the
laboring classes with which they are con-
stantly thrown into competition, but also
from people who are infinitely raised above
them in wealth and social position.
The offspring of Cinnamon born in this
country are disallowed all the privileges
which would in great measure place them
in a better moral position. They are abso-
Lutte denied admission into the public schools
or instruction at the public expense. Yet,
beyond question, the enormous wealth
and prosperity of the western coast, are due
to the industry, frugality and care of this
despised people.
do not intend to discuss any social prob
lens but only to give some of my personal
experiences with the Chinese in condition
where they have not been compelled,
though closer relation with Americans,
to throw off many Of their natural charac-
teristics and prejudices.
The center of the Chinese quarters is at
and near the corner Of Dupont and jackson
streets. From earl morning until late at
night the streets and alleys where they
have their homes and carry on their business,
are crowded with them, dressed in their
peculiar costume which varies from that Of
the well-to-do merchant to that of the gar
bage cleaner, jostling one another with
stolid and unsmiling countenances. Most
of them are pleased to trade with "Meli-
can man." If, as some of San Franciscans
assert, they have an utter contempt for
American manners and civilization, they
nevertheless do their utmost to ingratiate
themselves into the favor Of their white
brethren. You may enter one of their
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1884-11-29

customs ana Language, Cno iiiiliie0e
throw of their apparent stolld stupidity,
and let flow their hating speech where Is
take the place Of RS. They Willingly and
delightedly offer to teach you the strange
and apparently laborious hieroglyphics; and
after YOU know how to hold and use the
brush-pencil with which they write, the
task is comparatively easy. Their shops
contain hardly anything but what has been
imported from China, or made in this coun-
try by the Chinese artisans. The merchants
import yearly from their country about
fifty million dollars worth Of goods. There
are traders who deal exclusively in all
kinds of silk, or teas, or china bric-a-brac.
There are tobacconists. and cigar makers,
butchers, fsh-mongers, fruit-dealers and
restaurateurs If every grade. Many of the
restaurants are cleaner and have more
agreeable smell about them than some which
are kept by white people. They are In
tensely fond Of fish. Rats and mice as a
delectable dish, fear is only myth.
It will repay you to visit their under
ground shops where they repair and man
ufacture jewelry and various kinds Of gew-
gaws. It is surprising to see how deity
and almost marvellously they apply their
apparently Intellectual tools and crude ap-
paratus for these purposes. They are in
everything expert and skillful imitators. In
this respect they are accurate and truthful.
A portrait painter will not take pains to
wash over mote, or hide any age-betray-
ing wrinkles.
There are mission-homes under the d.
rection of Baptist and Methodist societies
where the Chinese are taught the rudiments
of the English language. They master the
language of the streets fairly enough, but
the + sound is unattainable. They have
two theatres in Aourishing condition,
which are nightly crowded with men and
boys; OCCASIONALLY you may see few women.
The latter are vastly in the minority, and
generally the female portion of the Chinese
quarters does not bear virtuous repute.
The well-to-do merchants who did not sue
coed in persuading their wives, if they had
any, to migrate from the Celestial Empire
with them, are endeavoring to import what
they call such into this country, In some
cases they have attained their object, while
in others the Acknowledged Helens are sent
back to their mothers and grand-mothers.
| visited large manufacturing institution
in which thousand or more Chinese me-
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1884-11-29


In large establishment it is a sa,ion.
monetary object, especially when there
much competition in the products Of tLs
establishment, to get labor as cheanlv
possible, and this many manufacturers vilI
i do
IF taken in hand early and properly ID.
ucated the Chinese make the best Of bonso
servants, being strictly honest, and nevp,
aspiring to be above what they are. The
Kitchen in this case never puts on the nrp
tensions Of the drawing room. Whatevp,
their peculiar vices may be, and the Cali.
fornians accuse them Of many and mon.
strous ones, they are Jealous employees and
invariably faithful to the trusts confdedb
them. Laziness is not a national failno
with them. It does not require the eyeu
the presence of an overseer to keep thema
their tasks. They 60 through with them
Increasingly with unabating ardor until the
termin alton Of the day. They are like
machines, and when at their work seldom
converse with one another. No class Of
laborers are to be more thoroughly depend
ed upon in every emergency than the child
rem Of the Flowery Kingdom. As there
are very few Chinese women in San Fran.
cisco, the men are taught such duties as
more particularly appertainrto female do
mesties, and tits said they make excellent |
chamber-maids and disseminate fewer fam.
lily secrets and unsavory scandals,
The Chinese at the least are q singular
and peculiar people. Their civilization
perhaps the oldest on record, and the most
astonishing feature Of it is that it has ad
vanced to certain stage and then ceased
to develop any further Their Language
compared with ours is miserable vehicle
for the expression of ideas, and exceed
ingly crude and expressionless, nevertheless
centuries before our Savior appeared, Vn'
nese philosophers had evolved and f0Fnl
lated in this very language the same moD
preeepts which we considerable tounaauVl
OF our religion and civilization lH
themselves believe that they are the nH
antique, civilized and permanent race l4 "a
world, and hence look upon all otnef w.
izations as something abnormal gross q
of and ephemeral existence. lnSy r 1.
with plying contempt upon our Vis Y,
and upon our morals, where in O0'n
discover 50 much infdelity. In many
dustries they far excel other pe0P'
skiIl in dov+or;tv and in the uneA'''
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1884-11-29

Ittakes about 100000 gallons otP9 aigJ
per year to supply the handks''D'
European and British indians
The Evening critic., 1884-06-23
THE DEMOCRATIC PROSPECT,
As Seen Through the Eyes of Rep.
reseuratfye Holman.

"Mr. Holman, what do you think OF the out
look politically for the Democratic party3"
queried THE CRITIC OF the Indiana Congress-
man to-day.
81 am we'll pleased with 1t. We are In bet.
ter condition to win o victory now than we
have been In twenty years. am
satisfied that tho people want a change,
and Will have It II we put forward the proper
mon TO lead u.s."
"Judee, who do you think will be the nomi-
nee for President at Chicago?"
ut looks to me as though Governor Cleve-
land was the coming man. He will surely be
nominated II New York wants him."
"Who Will be put on for Vice. President?
"Well, there Is good deal OF talk about
Morrison or Governor Palmer OF Illinois. We
have got 10 look out for the votes In our party
OF two elements, neither of which Gov. Cleve.
land represents. refer to the soldier element
ahd the anti.monopoly element. ! think that
Governor Palmer, more than any man we have,
would BIO acceptable to tho former. know
that In Indiana the mon who were In the army
and who vote the Democratic ticket have an
organization OF their own after the manner OF
the Grand Army of the Republic. No man in
our party would be more acceptable to the
soldier element than Palmer. Then, next to
Allen q. Thurman, he is tho greatest repre-.
sentative anti.monopolst In the country"
slave you any doubts about that ticket car
rying Indiana"
"None In the WORLD"
The Evening critic., 1884-06-23
& OHIO RAILROAD,
THE MODEL, FAST LINE AND THE ONLY
LINE BETWEEN A

THE MODEL, FAST LINE AND THE ONLY
THE Ea SE A hsEM TMa WEST.
DOUBLE ThA sTkhL I hAffsIY ooUpLER'
scn fis I'm Ia efect SUNDAY. JUNE Is, 1881
Leave washington rom station corner OF New
Jersey avenue and o street.
daily at SJS a. NJ, loi5 4. NJ, ioio P. NJ, With
through coaches and Palace Sleeping Cars to
sb9'ye points without change ioi5 A. NJ. daily to
da ESr S r NJ P 4 dls sns
troll. with Sleeping Cars 70 Pittsburgh. ''''' ~
For Toledo and Detroit, via Monroeville, Ioi5
A. M and d1y WIZ lIa Sleeper for Toledo via Wheel
Trains for Philadelphia and New. York at $40
n. and io;loP. M. daily, with Psrlor and Sleeping;
For Baltimore ON week days, 500, $50. $40. 8 co.
$40, 800 and 1905 A. NJ, i2IO, 40. 2sS. 800 $50
aS0 C1Sminute train> 44o $50, ESQ., 100 $40. $40
FOR baltimore ON Sundays, $40, 500, $40 A. M,
LIS 2a5 400 44o $50, $50, 100, $40, giO ioP NJ
- For points on the Shenandoah Valley Railroad
fSf 4 as. 90 A. NJ a ans ,;lo and 40
For way stations between washington and Bal
mere, 500, A. NJ, 1910 p. NJ, $40. 4.40. Z and
1910 ! r 3 NJ On Sundays $40 A. M. and LIS, 44o
FSr slstons on MstropolItan Branch, 40
NJ. daily; for principal stations on Metropolitan
Brsnch. $40 daily for Lexington, stanaton
cept Sunday, $40 p NJ daily; for Frederick, sso <.
NJ: loi5 A: M. AS r a. daily, except Sunday.
except Sunday.
M, 2.25, $40, Q. rs p. NJ.
From New York aud philadelphia, c.55. $50 A.
NJ; daily, $50 ?. M. daily, except sunday.
NJ. Sunday. 853 A. NJ. 637 +. NJ.
From Lexington, SO. a. Nj. daily, and 2 10 p. NJ.
daily. except Sunday.
From frederick and intermediate point., s25
A. NJ. 215P. NJ. and 5.l2 =. M. daily except Sun
day s.l2 p. NJ. daily from Point OF Rocks.
Trains leave Baltimore for Washington at 2, 44O,
$50, 715, 1880, o, 80 and 1870 A. M, 1915, ESQ a.
40, o, 625. 1880. and l0.l5 p. NJ; ON Sundays q
7l6. T30, $40, A. M. 130. 8. 025. 73O ana p.
All trains irem Washington stopat Relay STA
For fsfiHer Information apply at the Baltimore
. q Ohio Ticket ONCE, Washington station 6ig and
1851 pennsylvania avenue, corner of Fourteenth
street, where orders will be taken for baggage 10
w. M. CLEMENTS, q. X, LORD
NJ Off, baltimore. a. p A.
The Evening critic., 1884-06-23
RANDALL AND MORRISON.
That IL the Ticket Suggested by
Teuuoaaan nanoNraf

Tennesseo Democrat.
said Tennessee Congressman OF the Demo.
cratic faith to THE CRITIC this morning, 81 OBJ
eerve that OF the States that are reasonably
sure 10 go Democratic this fall Virginia,
Maryland, Louisiana and New Jersey have
decided for the Ohio platform on tho tariff.
OF tho States that viii probably go Democratic,
New York, California, Connecticut, Georgia
and mississippi have decided against tariff
for revenue only platform. All these States
are In favor of tariff reform, but they recog-
nlze the principle OF protection. SO far" CON
tinued this statesman, "the only states surely
Democratic that have decided In favor OF
tariff for revenue only are Kentucky, Texas
and Delaware. 1t ia noticeable that In the
surely Republican States where Democratic
conventions have been held they have
invariably declared for tarin Tor
revenue only platform. The question
that naturally suggests Itself TO
me lie, Whether the States that are surely and
those that are probably Democratic should
dictate the policy OF the party in the coming
campaign, or whether those states which are
known 10 be surely Republican shall do IL? As
for me, am In favor OF taking the ndvice OF
those whom we know will DO with u.s."
"Who do you think is the best man for your
party 10 nominate at Chicago?"
" have never been a supporter OF Mr.. Ran.
dali, but must say, in my Judgment, the best
and most logical ticket we can put before the
people this fall 10 Samuel J. Randall, of Penn
syiyania, and william II. Morrison, OF I'LL
The Evening critic., 1884-06-23
A QUESTION OF SALARY.
A Spicy correspondence Between
Judge Lawrence and the Commits


Judge Lawrence and the Commits
sfOners.
First Comptroller Lawrence has written u
letter to the District Commissioners notifying
them that there is no authority whereby they
should pay District Chemist De Smedt his
usual salary whilo he was serving the Post.
once Department, and also that the payment
OF the salary so made would not be allowed
The Commissioners have written rather
pointed answer TO Mr.. Lawrence.
They state that the service rendered by Mr..
De Smedt to the PostofIice Department was af-
terworking hours, and they did not know that
he received pay from the Postonice, while the
latter Department did know that he was paid
by the District and was a salaried offlcer. II,
therefore, any payment was erroneous, the err
ror was that OF the Postof1ice and not the Com.
mfssioners. Mr.. De Smedt has, without the
knowledge or consent OF the Commissioners,
deposited in the Treasury S13s on that ac-
count.
The Commissioners claim that they paid
the salary properly and there is no error on
their part TO correct, and the protest that such
an fmputation should not be made. They say
II Is not their affair and the deposit should be
made to the credit of the Postoflice, where tho
error, II any, exists They say they will
doubtless have errors enough OF their own to
correct, and ask that they be not charged
with errors that belong to other departments.
The Evening critic., 1884-06-23
sAnRoaDs.
PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE.


TO THE NORTH, WEST AND SOUTHWEST.
DOUBLE TRACK. SPLENDID SCENERY.
STEEL RAILS, MAgNIFIcENT Equipment
rpA III IH EE V51 yy M MAX ~ lisa
corner OF Sixth and b streets, as foiow Ss''o"
For Pittsburgh and the West, Chicago Limited
x X daily FAST line Sseps c daily at w StD
Sleeping Cars nom Harrisburg to Cincinnati;
Cars to rtsSursb; also connec daily iy1 d aa oSe
eego, with sleegipg Car Plttaburgh 10 chicago;
the West With Palace Sleeping Car nom Wash
BALTIMORE 4 POTOMAC RAILROAD.
For Erie; Csnandalgua, Rochester, Buffalo, Mag
paIsse Cara from Ws,shington to Roehssis ana
ington on Saturday night will not run beyond
NJ dsy EXCEPT pfs sund aSsn and hmirH' at
For New York and the East, 5.15 A. NJ, 1850 A.
and liz 5 aPd NJ a Il M on Sunday
Pullman Parlor Cars. oiOA. NJ daily EXCEPT
For Ioston, wi!hou. change, lao p. NJ. every
week day; on Sunday; 4 r. NJ.
Al yeIsey CITY with boats Of broofiyn V Annex
ntiording direct transfer to Fulton street. avoid
900, 1oee and r. NJ; on sunday. at 40t, 6.Sy'
daily except Sunday. '''' '''O a. ~
For 4 Bal'i II go siS o4o and TO- A. MI 2os.
on sunday go, 1850 A. NJ, 400, 600, T40. 1905
For Pope's Creek Line, $50 A. M. ana $40 p. M.
daily, except Sunday.
For Annapolis. $50 A. M. and $40 p. NJ daily, ex.
cent sunday.
ALEX ANDRIA q FREDERICKsDURe RAIL
NAY AND ALEXANDRIA, d WASHING
For Alexnndria, $50. .7.2e. 925. HOS and 1Iss A,
~, 2o5, AZ, 9, 6.5, sos and ll.S5 I. N. On sun
day at $50. Q.25, HOS A. M, sos +. M.
For Richmond and the South. 8.3 0and 11.05 A. NJ.
daily, and p. M daily, except Sunday,
Trains leave Alexandrla for Washington, Cos
sos. 1OQ0 and 1910 A. M 305, 1913, $40, 705 and
1910 r. M. and IL 10 midnight, On Sunday at sos
and 1910 A. NJ, 705 and 1910 p. NJ.
1icketg and Information ut the Office, northeas(
corner of Thirteenth street and pennsylvania ave-
nue. and at the station where orders can be left for
the checking of baggage TO destination from hotels
J. r. WOOD
s General Passenger Agent
The Evening critic., 1884-06-23
The Virginia Midland Railway.

THE SHORT LINE 10 THE SOUTH.
soUTHwEST AND WEST. -
Schedule in effect ] UNE .. 1881.
$40 a, M.-NEW ORLEANS MAIL daily, max
Ing close connections to all points South aud
southwest. (Daily except sunday with u. 4 o.
Railway. Pullman Sleeping Buffet cara from
New York and Washington to Atlanta. Pull
man Sleeping Cars from Washington and At
lanin &c New Orleans. Parlor Car from Wash.
ington TO Natural Bridge, Va;
$40 +. M.-LOUISVILLE FAST LINE. Daily
via Charlottesville TO Cincinnati Louisville
and all Western points, PuilMan Sleeping Cara
from Washington TO Louisville.
lsAo ?, M.-souTHEHN MAIL AND EXPRESS.
Daily to ali points South and Southwest via
Danvile and charlotte. DAILY except Sunday
with z: q o. Railway. Pullman Sleeping Oars
from Washington via Danvilie, Charlotte and
Atlanta 70 New Orleans, also, from Washing
ton via Charlotte and Columbia TO Augusta.
Pullman Sleeping Car from Washington to
. White sulphur SPRING.
- $40 .. M. and 5l0p. m: daily except Sunday.
and $40 y, m. daily.
For tickets and Information inquire at Com
pany's Office, COL Penna. ave.
Gen. Pass. Agent. Agent.
The Evening critic., 1884-06-23
More lawyers.

The following, upon the recommendation OF
the examining committee, were to-day admit
Cranshaw, Il. W. Ritter, 1r., Walter W. r.
Berry, John W. Lowell, Francis W. clements,
Charles 7. Yoder, Charles N. Dalzell, VIM. l..
Wright, Walter Woolcott, ]. A. Frear, Edward
Q. DavIdeon, VIM. W. Wiltshire, IT., j. b. Diver,
NJ. NJ. Little, O. +. Barrett, VIM. b. Greene, ].
A. Maedel, It. Il. Dennis, Z. A. Main, Robert r.
Shellabarger, %. +. Peters, 4. p. Harma, d. E.
Fox, George d. Hedrln, Hancock Neagle, GeQr
+. Rolline, A. @. Du Bois, O. +. Randall, -.
Waite, otto Gresham, NJ. l.. Muhlepa1oP and
THOMAS b. Higgins. IL.
The Evening critic., 1884-06-23

just received, large assortmesto OF Langtry
and single bangs and wavesof all styles and
shades. Our lcPg bali sraids We soil at "a,
former price S6.tO. waves of all kinds dressed
and hair braids dyed an all shades. Bellcham.
Der Golden Hafr Wash. MRS. 8. HELLER,
6O0 Ninth attract northwest
The Evening critic., 1884-06-23
THE EVENING CRITIC.
.sTABLIsHED AUGUST 1893.
WEATHER INDICATIONS,

The special bulletin issued from the signal
ONCE to-day says:
Slightly warmer, generally fair weather IS
indicated for Now England and the Middle
Atlantic States on Tuesday.
The Evening critic., 1884-06-23

At the last meeting OF this lodge John A.
Rittue was elected worthy chief templar; B. f.
Snyder, worthy recording secretary; Miss
singer, II. II. s.; Mrs. Thomas M. Milsted, l..
II. B. The lodge gives family excursion up
the canal on the steam.packet to Great Falls,
on Wednesday, 25th instant. Mrs. II. A. Cham.
beers, l.. d., Installed the officers. and the lodge
was entertained by songs by George Golden
ana MIR. Blair, and an address by III. p. Oald-
we'll, grand worthy secretary.
The Evening critic., 1884-06-23
Enropeans Fso Amssse1n wi

But few people, are S1fe Of the great
afsa soeep q wne a SST 81 %
foreign variety - 4country, and ships hun
dreds OF cassae6 Qtorders In Europe. His
Port Grape>Wlne Is 1excelled, and considered
by physicians and chemists as the best wine
TO boIf6cured.-M Y..Heraid. For sale by drug
The Evening critic., 1884-06-23

Nowis tho time when lovers OF 0sa anhavo
q plscatorial feast,
The Evening critic., 1884-06-23

A coLoRED man, named Charles Jones,
was taxed So by Judge Smell to-day for inde-
cent exposure.
The Evening critic., 1884-06-23
Trensury Aooiniments.

The following appointments have been made
in the Treasury Department: Miss Cora L.
Armistead 70 1000 clerkship in the Treas.
olerkship In the Currency Bureau; Miss Le-
tiiia j. shearer, to a 5000 clerkship in the
Treasurer's ONCE; John j. Harley, Is promot-
ed from 5000 to $1,000 in the Treasurer'a.
ONCE, and Miss Maggie Young, from 81 ,QQac6
$1,000 In the Sixth Auditors ONCE. .a.Slts"
The Evening critic., 1884-06-23
An Excursion for the Children.
Ages 3to IL years.

Buys Jersey Waist or Pants that no house
in this country offers for double the money.
Ash to see them.
The Evening critic., 1884-06-23
S2.38.
$780,.

No mother ever has or ever will again
sec Suit that is bottom figures at SO Offer
ed at $500. They are all wool, and we offer
you the choice of four styles.
The Evening critic., 1884-06-23

The B. & 0. VIII run n special press
train from Baltimore and Washington for the
Chicago Democratic Convention on the same
scale rs was Afforded the correspondents who
attended the Republican Convention. The
dered by Colonel Manu., The train VIII leave
for Chicago on the morning OF Thursday, July
3, and start for homo the day after the close OF
the convention. Mr.. j. @. PangDorn VIII again
have charge OF the party.
The case of John O. Emo, the fugitive
New York banker, was continued before Judge
Caron IN quebec Saturday. 30 far the prose-
cution seem TO have proved nothing beyond
] the fact that Emo had, In his capacity OF presl-
dent OF the Second National Bank OF New York,
signed and issued checks, the funds of which
were diverted 10 other sources than tho legitt-
mate business OF the bank. There IL nothing
OF an extraditable character In such acts.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-11-22

CLEvELAND q PITTSBURGH R. r.
COndeIlstrj Time Tabs Of f4I-cIixer Trains cor.
rccted NOV. ID. lEs.-Centra Standard Time: