Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-10-27
GREAT TRAVELLERS.

SAS1S Va Jul why's LnUG VIC
cific railroad has found it no longer nee
essary to maintain its old Chinese
agency at Sacramento, and it has Just
been abolished. Tho Chinese arc al
ways on the 60 So it seems, Mt least,
to n writer in the San Francisco Chron-
iclc. What the cmigSnt trains would
do, he writes, for q full complement of
passengers unless they had Il carload or
SO of MonGolians it would be difficult
to say. When one goes about on tho
rail and secs the steady tides OF QUITO
ing aid incoming pagans he wondcro
how they manage to earn money enough
to pay SO much railroad fare. No ono
for u norncnt will question tho trut'l Of
the assertion that in rooortion to their
pcrccntaJ Of tho population they arc
much greater travellers than the white
people OF this country, -lcavin;r aside I'll
confederation Of their big journcys
across tho Pacific.
When the San Francisco Chinatown
resident -2t3 money enough t3,;>:!,cr to
take 4 trip to Lo:i Angeles, O1:,.:ac, CHI
c;ss,o or Now Yprli. l!c generally bc.Ti:,s
to think OF travelling. 1t IL tiers rot
what lie my be doing here; ii &c thinks
A;;aG:!i CITY mods :. now wa3Alou8c he
buys - tic:-ct IG:' TT town :ad away
he COOS, In the =! .ttcr Of ti.,,ct pur-
c1GG:l,; nc hasa :..9r@t advaI!ta~.a over
white I,Sr3oa3. re ho is It I'll :j,>i'cyytl,
nnd lie ff'i'N';tl1" la. he can bay IN chi
grant tic,ic5 4. - c:lt rate OF from i've
to fifteen dollars cheaper t!an any
white nan can b,lY it. Nc fit. Curl
ouJly cnoT:'r,l. r. wholly d1,, lite
# Iifl,,
M O2t.l-ObScrvcr. -...
eve CA sell q Cii1rraen q Ticket
cheaper than ANYBODY ,nE;9," GryS :. Cs,l-
ifor0i2 tic,;Ht nra1t TIC oth"r = Y. for
the reason that there is no danger of
anybody in the railroad pool
catching us cutting rst'T. All tas-
timony Is to r..:.'-;g:tti.1y before
tho pool co!li2: ,.'>r must be
by affidavit, ard ;..ty. I;nane.l5 afIida-
Wits arc not Admirable a8 cviGcucc. of
course VIC can 'alwaY:i steer clear of a
tine when we cut = r..t2 t2r tIcta."
When John travels H. iIvariu bly, car
rics ataify-lcotlin.; c&"rct sack il his
hand and Il lot Of noli?rs.rirt bundles;
over his shoulder, generally tied to-
gethcr with Il heavy cord or Il piece of
hayropc. Where they get all the cur
pct sacks Is u mystery. They arc Ger
tninly not IN AsiGtic article Of l,l.-t-;,rc,
but they cannot b. dissociGtal from the
idea OF Alongolian travel III tbs country.
Approaching the Oalilond ferry, nitcl
buying his ticket uptown, John casts q
wary eye about him for the poll-taX
gnthcrcr, who haunts the landing end
Keeps close watch over all the newcom.
erS as we'll as CutTocrs. lie is q vcry
lucky John if hc cn:l lnarcc,c to r,in tho
gantlct OF taosu Ecc.i orIlcs. AS soon
as the attack begins the Mongolian
clutches with mighty fyrusp The h;trdlo
of his carpet sack. for he knows that
this is tho firstpoint of advantage which
the seeker for his two dollars will try
60 gain.
The pon-taX man knows the trick Of
looscning the hcathen's hold. Having
secured The carpet sack lie will not let
1t Eo until the tax has been paid No
Chinaman was ever known to pay his
poll-tax chccrfully, and this John is no
exception. lie shakes his head, iabbcrs
end raves and tries to convince the tax
man that he has not the slightest notion
in the world of what he is after. That
dodge will not work, however, for il IS
IN old ono and the t2S gathcror, sitting
scrcncly on the stuffy carpet sack. wins
tho day, unless John values his two
dollars moro than he docs his cheap
luggage Gnd'flccs for the boat; in which
event tho tax man wins o two-bit
Jumper" u pair of wornout ovcralls,
some Notwithstanding provcndcr and
"pair OF cork-solc d shoes with turned
up toes,
Once aboard his train John aits be-
aide countryman Of his, who is sure
10 turn out either cousin or q cousin
of q friend Of his, They mako few
remarks about the weather, tho state
of tho labor market and tho chances of
getting rich in few weeks ut the
places whittier they arc bound. Mono
OF these remarks are of lively nature.
In fact, John on the rail is tho same
stolid, lethargic John that no is any