Wichita eagle., 1886-08-27

heard New York lady say she would
rather "shop" in Chinatown than in any
part Of the city. As rule the Chinese
shop keepers are neat in appearance and in
telligent, and for shrewdness in dealing
need ask no odds Of any white nationality
under the sun. 1t is mistake to suppose
that the Chinaman's tongue is so construct
ed as to make him incapable Of speaking
the English language except in ridiculous
lingo. I felt like blushing for my country
when tourist from the far away east
would hold up some article of ware and ask
the intelligent Chinaman show muchee
takee." The shopkeepers of Chinatown
all talk English quite as well as the same
number of Germans, French or Italians
possibly better, who might be similarly sit
uated. Occasionally you find one who
fail to sound the '.v'' It related Of John
that he met an Irishman, and wishing to be
friendly remarked that it was belly cold"
very cold). Pat replied, Good for you,
you domd haythen, if you wore your shirt
in the inside yer belley wouldn't be cowld
Besides the bazars, there are numerous
meat markets, where you can buy slice of
a pig smoked whole or you can buy meats
which fancy would require an educated
taste to make palpable. There are groceries
that contain nothing except what is import
ed from China, and here is sold opium in
small quantities to the debauched. Our
guide conducted us to a restaurant
when we sat around small tables and drank
tea, and eat the kernais of nut grown in
China also peculiar prune encased in a
thin shell, preserved ginger and watermelon
rind concluded the cruise costing our party
of ten 1926 From the restaurant where
the continual beating Of gongs during the
repast set our teeth on edge. We went to
Joss house where the priest put on his
robes to burn incense and worship accord
ing to their peculiar forms and customs.
1t was rank idolatry-real simon pure re-
ligiOn to them, doubtless, to us the wild
est mockcry of rite which true worship
of Supreme Being holds sacred Leaving
rather unceremoniously before the benedic
ton was pronounced, our guide hurried us
to the theatre. In order to reach the stage
without passing through the auditorium
which was one mass Of pig-tails we were
taken through an underground passage and
by ways that are dark" conducted through
the green room to the stage where farce
was being performed by Chinese troope
assisted by an orchestra with gong, drum,
twostringed fiddle and pipe. l have no
doubt the music sounded heavenly to the
celestials 1t was source of regret to me
that my musical education had been neg
lected in my youth. l fear our whole !
party failed to carry away with them a
just appreciation of the performance. ow
ing as in my case to defect in their edu- |
cation We at home only know the Chin
csc as washermen, here they are
merchants, manufacturers and skilled work
men. They are likewise farmers and
galdners and the best there are in California.
have seen them in gangs of fifteen or
twenty in the onion fields, everywhere
busy where work was to be had. In Ne
vada they raise nearly all the vegetables
that are eaten besides furnishing all the
available help at housework. In nearly all
the restaurants and hotels they are cooks
and general factOtums and universally
the Pacific slope they relieve
women of the drudgery Of washing clothes.
asked lady who had resided in Ne
vada for seventeen years her opinion of the
Chinese. She replied that they were ga
necessary evil" She said: eve of Ne
vada could not get along without them.
We have no other help. and whatever they
do they do we'll" One objection to them
is that whilst they are producers they are
not consumers; for each dollar acquired by
a Chinaman the country is drained to the
extent of 80 cents; he will spend 5 cents
and send the other s. to China. He occu-
pies the land but is not voter. He fills
all avenues of labor to the exclusion of
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idolater, leech on the body polite.
Clearly the Chinese must go, and under the
present law, if not modified, few decades
will find this plant from the orient withered
and leafess They are the only race or
which our cosmopolitan coun
try will not assimulate and owing to the
vast preponderance of males there can be
no compromising gains by birth to make up
the losses by death and return to China l
have devoted more space to this subject
than perhaps its merits or general interest
but this, in connection with the
Mormon question, is a live issues, and no
man should pass them by as I'M
worthy of his consideration.
spent nearly week in Nevada visiting
relatives and fishing for trout in the Hum
boldt As an episode of one Of these fish
ing excursion nine miles distant from Elko,
[ will relate that on the return to town after
catching nice mess of speckled beauties,
undertook to count the number of jack
rabbits that would appear as We bowled
over the dusty road behind a spanking pair
IF cayuscs, as they call the mountain ponies
IN this region scored 42l and they tell
ne it wasn't much of a day for jack rab
bits, either
We arrived in Salt Lake yesterday and
have already visited all places Of In