Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-05-02
Or. PIERcE'S PELLETS a assaai s..'s an:
Laxative, or Cathartic, according to size OF
dose. by Druggists, rs cents O vial.
A CHINESE MILLIONAIRE.
The Residence and Manner of Life Of tho
Celestial Vanderbilt.

ING uesidence and Manner OF Life Of tho
Celestial Vanderbilt.
l visited this afternoon the Wander
bilt Of China. He is a relative of the
Chinese minister at Washington, and
his grandfather died less than gen.
eration>ago leaving an estate worth
sc, 900, 00O 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 cupful. One of his dia-
monds, ring which cost $50, 900, was
sent TO England to be sold not long
ago, and it is probably now in the
jewel casket of one of the monarchs Of
Europe. He has plantations of rice
fields and many acres of the choicest
tea gardens. His money is we'll in
vested and he would approach the
wealth Of Jay Gould were it not that
the officials every now and then come
down upon him for a gift OF from go
600 to 500, 900 and he dare not refuse.
This rich man is now 40 years old,
though he does not look over 35. He
isa typical Chinaman of the literary
class, has broad, high forehead, thin
yellow checks and eyes that shine as
brightly as his choicest diamonds.
Ills 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 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, introduced me to him,
and then he reached out his long
nailed fingers and glasped my hand a
la Americana.
1t was in his grand residence on the
banks OF the Pearl river in the heart
of Canton. We walked through a
wilderness Of buildings devoted to the
servants and relatives of the family be-
fore we came to the reception ROOM
How Qua supports about 400 of his
poorer relatives, and when O man
makes fortune in China his whole
clan settles down upon him. In the
various courts all kinds of work
seemed to be going on. Here servants
were cleaning the fish for the family.
There rice was being ground into -four
and dried in great baskets, and Just
buzzing Of Babel. II was How Quas
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 clatter of the
ruler could be heard when one Of the
boys made mistake, and the father
told me that he intended to have his
boys educated at the Hong Kong for
eign college and to finish them off in
America and England. He talked
English himself and he is among the
progressive Of the Chinese.
As we sat and chattcd the choicest
OF Formosa tea was brought in, tha
leaves of which were, ! Judge, worth
about $50 pound, and we seated our
selves in black ebony chairs, which in
couples were ranged on the sides Of
small tables, and slipped the tea from
covered China cups without saucerv
There are no easy chairs in the Chi
csc gentleman's house, and this pal.
ace in China had uncarpeted floors OF
stone, and its walls between the rooms
We're Of colored glass framed in ebony.
Some of tho curious shaped panels had
pictures painted on them by Chinese
artists, and the effect of the whole was
the finish Of fancy store room yet
unoccupied, rather than that OF com.
Portable home.
Some Of the fines. rooms looked out
upon little lake of lotus plants Of
perhaps an acre IN extent, and there
were glass covered corridors which
ran around this. The chairs sat
against the wall, and their unbending
backs were straight up and down.
There were no cozy hooks such as
you find in our American homes and
the soft tints of our family life were
not found in the picture. Nearly every
room contained an American clock,
and some wero hung with glass chan,
jeliers. ! went into his mothers bed
room, the best in the house, doubt
not, and where How Qua pointed as
he said, There my mamma sleeps"
was a platform between four posts,
which was covered with straw mat.
ting and upon which wos O piece OF
porcelain OF about the shape and size
Of a fivc-cent loaf Of bread, and this
was tho pillow OF this rich Chinese