Omaha daily bee., 1889-03-10
AN ALMOND EYED JAY GOULD.
He Lives in a Gorgeous Mansion n
Canton.
HOW QUA OBEYS HIS NAME
Parental Authority in characteristic
GastrOnomy-Black Cat Stew
Drowning Girl Babies
Blind Beggars.
HOW QUA oBEYs HIS NAME
The Riches. Man in China.

CANTON, China, Feb. Is. Especial Cores
Dondence of THE BEE. i visited this after
noon the Vanderbilt of China. He is q rela-
tive Of the Chinese minister at Washing
ton and his grandfather died less than a
generation ago, leaving an estate worth
fifty million hard gold dollars. His name IS
How Qua. and he has acres of houses in the
busiest part Of Canton, his own residence
occupies the site Of a good sized farm and
he has diamonds and pearls by the cup full.
One of his diamonds, a ring which cost
5000 900, was sent to England to be sold
not long ago, and 1t Is probably now in
the Jewel baskets of one of the mon
archs of Europe. He has plantations OF
Ace fields and many acres OF the choicest
Tea gardens. His money is well invested
and he would approach the wealth of Jay
Gould, were it not that the official every
now and then CONE down upon him for a
gilt Of from SIC, coo to 800, 900, he
dare not refuse. This rich man
Is now forty-nine years old, though he
does not look over thirty-five. He Is a typ
Seal Chinaman of the literary class, has a
broad, high, forehead, thin, yellow cheeks,
and eyes that shine as brightly as his cholc-
est diamonds. HIS hair Is like Jet and his
cue reaches TO his ankles. He was dressed
In silks and furs when he received me and he
had a tight, round, black silk skull cap on
the top of his head. He shook his own hands
before his breast in Chinese salutation when
our American consul, Mr.. Seymour, intro
duced me to him, and then he reached ont
his long mailed fingers and grasped my hand
D la Americana.
HOW QuA's PALATIAL RESIDENCE.
1t was in his grand residence on the banks
Of the Pearl river, in the heart Of Canton.
We walked through a wilderness of build
1ngs devoted to the servants and relatives Of
Che family before we came to the reception
room. How Qua supports about four hun
dred Of his poorer relatives and when a man
makes a fortune in China his whole clan
settles down upon him. In the various courts
MI kinds of work seemed to be going
on. Here servants were cleaning the fish
for the family. There rice was being ground
ifnto flour and dried in great baskets and just
next the reception room we heard the buzz
Ing OF babel. IL was How Qua's children
being taught by their tutor, and like all
Chinese children, they studied out loud,
singing their lessons out at the tops OF their
voices. Now and then the sharp ciapper of
che ruler could be heard when ore Of the
boys made a mistake, and the father told me
nc intended to have the boys educated at
che Hong Kong foreign college aud to finish
them of in America ana England. He
talked English himself and he is among the
progressive of the Chinese. AS we sat and
chatted the choicest Of formosa tea was
brought in, the leaves of which were, l
Judge, worth about eco a pound, and we
seated OURSELVES In olack ebony chairs,
which In couples were arranged on the
eides OF small tables, aud slipped the tea
from covered china cups without saucers.
There are no easy chairs in the Chinese.
Yeutlcman's house, and this palace in Chihs