The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-11
CHINESE PUTTING.
a Translation Which Shows That All
Sin Knows His Busin SIS.
From the Newcastle Chronicle,

From the Newcastle Chronicle
The following, which is a verbal trans
latton of an ink makers shop bill at Can
ton, equals anything in the putting art
now brought to such astonishing perfec-
ton by our own countrymeu
At the shop Tae-shing prosperous in
the extreme very good ink; fine! fine
Ancient shop, great-grandfather, grand
father, father, and self make this ink;
find and hard, very hard picked with
care, selected with attention. 1 sell very
good ink, prime, cost is very. This ink is
heavy; so Is gold. The eve of the dragon
glitters and dazLes; so does this ink No
one makes like it, Others who make ink
make it for the sake of accumu-
lating base coin and cheat, while
I make it only for a name. Plenty
of A-kwan-tsaes gentlemen, know
my ink-my family never cheated-they
have always borne good name. l make
ink for the Son of Heaven" and all the
mandarins of the empire AS the roar of
the tiger extends to every place, so does
the fame of the dragons jewell mean
ing his ink. Come, all A-kwan- tsaes,
come to my shop and see the sian Tae-
shing al the side of the door. 1t is Seaou-
shwuy street (Smau Water streeJ), out
side the south gate.
The prosperous in the extreme" is
equal at least to the lone million capltal0
of any of our insurance Ohlces; while
Observation-Disclosures, father and self. :"
throws utterly into the shade the claim
to antiquity and stability often put forth
in our home prOspectuses under the cap
/ tivating announcement of "esta blished in
1922
The epithets 'fne, fine, hard, very
hard" etc, which the ink maker bestows
on his article, are quite as attractive and
certainly more definite than the extra
superhnes" of our countrymen: the
picked with care, selected with atten-
ton, rivals any day the purchased by
Mr.. Jones himself, who has just returned
from the London markets. while gilt
tering and dazzling like the eye of a
dragon" is decidedly pOetical flourish
TO which none of US have yet had the
| hardwood to aspire. Again, the modest
assertion, that others make ink for the
sake Of accommodating base coin and cheat
| while at the shop Iae-shing does it "only
for name, - is what we need never ex-
pect from the self-sacrifcing patriotism
OF John Bull, immense as are the sacrifices
which he processes every season to offer
to the purchasing public. Il sell to live
by my trade, says John; the Chinaman
If didn wouldn't you call me a fool ?"
! Smith processes to sell at the smallest
| remunerathg profit" but the Canton
ink-maker goes ahead, and tells his Gus
toners that prime cost is very"
Brown & Brown each bear most excel
lent characters, but we question much if
| the modesty of the partners will allow
them in their next hand bill to assure the
/ public that their family never cheated. "
or that they themselves have ALWAYS
/ borne good name. ~ make ink for the
/ son Of heaven, and all the mandarins in
/ the empire is upsides and day with pat
/ ronized by her most gracious majesty the
! principal nobility and gentry" while the
I everywhere fame" of the dragons Jewel
/ extends undoubtedly over much wider
/ field than Z occupied by the principal
| dealers hered outs.