The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-05

At the Chicago cUstom-house Il Chlnese
merchant paid this week 500 OF lItl7nt
and duty on the most refharN4ly re,a Sam
ever receipted for here by Sncle SAN.
The items were ducks eggs ~ volumes
OF Chinese novels, sharks ms, sea
weed, birds nests. mushrooms anu ~
pairs of dried lizards. Ihere We're uou(t-
less other articles not enumeraIeu III ''S
bulletin given to the press. -,
The intrinsic value Of this invoice lhul-
Gates that our colony or celestlal iran
sients has been growing IN wealth. anu
luxury IL also indicates that they are
of the opinion to-day held by the Manchu
dynasty since IL assembled the throne or
the Chinese Empire, an opinion express
Ell officially in 1916 when Lord Napier
sought to open commercial relations be-
tween England and China.
The vicerOy wrote that the great MIN
listers of the celestial empire were not
permitted TO have interviews with out
side barbarians.
The nature of some OF the imports
shows that our celestial transients adhere
10 the pharmacopoeia Of their own land,
which consists Of 3l4 ingredients from
vegetable products - from minerals, and
IS from animal substances. Among the
tones prescribed by the native practi-
toners are dried lizard, tortoise shell,
bones, and teeth Of dragons, shaVings OF
rhlnOceros horns ana other little things.
Part of the medicinal code is compare
lively simple. a standard authority pro-
claims that there are sixteen vital spots
on the front Of the body, and six on the
back, and in order to find out whether
there are internal injuries these spots
should be covered with onions, red pep
per salt, white prunes, grain or vinegar.
Then an oil cloth umbrella, il held open
between the suspected part and the sun,
Will reveal the whole truth. AS To bones,
the standard alleges that the common
man has 800. but that while from the
nape OF a common mans neck 10 the top
OF his head there are only eight pieces
OF bone, In the case Of sal Chow men
there are nine. The. most expert treat
ment OF bones suspected not to be in
good health is to run a steel needle in
them, which, perhaps, though we may al
feet 70 despise II, may be quite as effec-
tUal 10 the recovery Of patients as our
more complicated methods OF modern
treatment.
The rhinoceros horn and the skin OF
the animal are believed to be Of the nigh
est hygenic value. Horns alone bring
$1Vp apiece. Ine horn IS believed 10 pos
Sess powerful antidOte 20 poison The
horns OF deer and other cornigerous an
imdls are commonly used as nerve tonics.
A frequent ingredient ia Chinese doctors
prescriptions Is something known as drag
on ) blood, OF which the invoice uudoubt-
edly contained also "A fair proportion
Instead, however. OF being drawn from q
dragon, II is only the solution Of dry,
reslnous substance which covers the root
of the rattan.
our celestial transients are going 10
1--we well In consequence OF this interest
Ing invoice. n luxurious menu i'm China
Such as that OF the dinner given at
Hong Kong TO the Duke Of Connaught
includes birds nest soup, steWed sboii
fish, mushrooms. sharks fins. cutie fsb
and other deicacies from the sea fried a.
garlic and fat. Birds nests are ,ba
greatest luxury OF oriental gourmands
The sea weed mentioned in the invoico
Is part OF the delicacy. Tho nestle -
really those or the common swallow vhich
derives from the sea weed IL feeds mo-
the glutinous saliva which forms its nest
ana supplies the aroma and nutrinenf "a
hlshly priced. Sharks fins. which forn,
part or the invoice, are also higbIv ;,rf1a1
by epicureans OF the Orient ana -
bought from the Indian ArchlpeIaeo b,
Junks. PS'"eo py
The Chinese colony In Chicago is a,t-
uehtly prosperous and ambitious Its
feasts will be this year as rich az ,hoso
OF the emperor's table, and In It's dietary
as In It's religion II will continue Ia des.
pise the outside barbarians from among
whom IL obtains the revenues with Which,
TO live and TO lie according TO Confucius
and Mencius. Our Chicago importing ce-
lestlal merchant may hatter himself with
reason that he IL raising up In this Lar-
barous land celestials who in due tine
VIII 90 back TO the land OF their birth
and become mandarins worthy OF the
empire and worthy OF the land In which
they nave everything but the ballot
which they do not want.-Herald.