Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-07-09

'ii0 breakfast material. These comprise
rl,'' isn' pork, bread, and vegetables
- ,o'ger' next put in an appearance,
craving out Of their hunks. still drowsv
with sleep or slccp-giving drugs. A mil
oi wafer and coarse rag in the kitchen
SOON restore the circulation of the body
anu Mt one and all for the mornino
meal This is made Of the articles de-
so'ioau' but cooked in ways very differ
en' from those employed in civilized
c"cies The rice is plain boiled. the fish
Dol'ed or steve and served with an ar
oma'le sauce in which ginger cloves
ana red pepper are prominent factors:
inc pork and vegetables are chopped
in'o thin pieces and sewed topether.
Inc drinks employed are hot and cold
'ea' and sometimes minute quantities Of
strong arrack or rice brandy. After
OreaSiast many Of the dodgers depart for
'helf daily work Among these early
D'fus are cigar-makers, clerks, peddlcrs,
ana shlpping runners Those who re.
man are usually seamcn, merchants, gam
plers' and agents. These after their re-
P'st ilght a cigar or cigarette, opium or
hasheesh, and take "solid comfort" for
an hour Or more Those who have liter
airy tastes lie down in their hunks and
read, Tor, strange to say, most orientals
assume a rccumbent atti ude when read
ing or studying; those who desire ex-
cltement resort to dominoes and other
games OF chance, while the majority
simply smoke and "swap stories" At
noon second meal is served similar to
breakfast, but including besides soups
and stews, in which macaroni and YER
micelIi are chief features. At ) o'clock
dinner is given. 1t is like its predeces-
sors in the articles served, on there is
more Of them and all are more highly
spiced and seasoned. House-c,eaninc
and bed-making occur usually between
breakfast and lunch, and are very prim-
tive in character. The beds as described
are hunks or shelves covered with
white Canton mating and the pillows
wooden footrests. The man of all work
simply sponges off bed and pillow alike
with a sponge dipped in water contain
ing a little chloride of lime or eau dc
jayele, and allows the heat of the room
to dry them off. This novel way of
making beds has one advantage. 1t
dlsiniects room and inmate and destroys
whatever vermin there may be about.
lnthe evening the guests resort, one
afterOne, to narcotics, and at midnight
nearly all are sound asleep.
Nesight is more impressive or fearful
thauone of these living rooms at 10 or
tAs m. The dark floor and ceilings,
iasaee5ioomy and grimy furniture, the
sing lamp, Pickering and smoking on
thehble, the silence, and everywhere
thehnks, each containing a man court,
inglumber through some narcotic drug
lnaR up a strange picture, You en- er
theapartment and each inmate turns
tomrds you-the Javanese 6ercely and
swiftly, the Hindu curiously and
sloEly, and the Cochlnese with the
Iethargy of death. Every face belongs
to an unfamiliar or unknown race; every
article is sealed book. A word from
the proprietor and the eyes leave your
face and resume their former occupa-
tiOns.
Here and there at times are attempts
atornament. The black statue OF Rama,
worshipped in Ceylon, the bronze image
Of Buddha, the allegorical portraits of
Health, Plenty, and Strength of Confu-
Gus, the crucifix of European faith, and
even the sharks and tigers teeth of the
Malay, are attached to the wall or dis
played on some fragmentary mantelpiece.
The proprietor of one of these places
said "It doscn't cost much to live. l
can board man for 81. IS week-per-
haps even less. don't make much
money on my board, but do on to-
bacco, opium, and hasheesh. Ny folks
drink very little; not so much as
10 cents day. When they go off on a
spree they order fashionable din
ner and cat all they can hold. Then they
smoke five shells of opium about two
ounces and sleep for twenty-four hours.
How many houses are there like
mine! No one just like it or so good, but
about thirty in the same business" Five
other proprietors made the same remark.
Ch'cago, Mem York.