Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-27

BOAT.
through the Christy atonement And
| though a feeling does seem 10 exist, which
may find expression in words like these,
! Let the Chlnaman eat his own rats and
| Wen eat ours the Celestals are in Rich
mond. are making many of them. n pros
porous living, and are here to stay.
The people Of Richmond are under many
obligations to the Chinese for not rising
up in open and terrible rebellion and
| fighting to a revolution which would equal
IN results that of our own independence.
Certainly he has the same proyocation.
and it is due solely to his love of peace,
TO his abundance of good nature. and his
, love FOR green tea, which was sadly lack
| ing in the ancestry of this American peo-
! pie, that he does not announce a George
| Washington and fight g.orIoUsly for rep
rescntation" as VOL as the taxation, for
| ii is true that while h may speak OF
| certainties. as Barkis did 'as true as
taxes is" the open hand which heaps its
| contents into the sack OF the taX-cOlltctor
| has never in Richmond closed upon the
| white shell and placed IT in the ballot
| box. John Chinaman Is allowed ana even
| coaXed, 10 pay his taxes, but ne don't
have a word 10 say about who shall make
| the laws under which he makes the
never given the Malayan much abiding
concern-not half as much as the small
| boy whose defying shouts from over the
counter in his laundry have made his pale,
thin lips frame such words as these: "The
! smallee boy is a biggee deVeL" There IS
nothing under the azure arch OF Heaven
which makes the blood Of q loyal China
man leap SO quickly and his clay cheek
burn so holly as TO have a small boy say
to his face in that shril. sQueaking tone,
possessed only by such animals: China
man loyee and eatee rats"
OUR CHINESE COLONY.
There are about fifty stray specimens
OF this race in Richmond and one in
| Manchester. They live, in nearly every
case, in the rear of their laundry, gene
rally by twos. do their own cooking
and their own oating-that is they never
have o'clock teas or "at homes" Ii Is
not true, as far as observation goes, that
the Chinese Of Richmond eat rats. but
it is true that they eat the refuse of
everything on the market.
The usual fashion of dress that has
remained unaltercd In China since the
makers Of 'bis Biographies" knew of
such a place, obtains IN every in
stance here to-day There was once a
Chinaman in Richmond who wore the
American gaTb but he left the city some
years ago, and when questioned about
him, Celestial sneered as he remarked
that he had gone to another cline. In
these fifty Cinnamon several dialects
are represented and ii Is not unusually
the case that they cannot even converse
with each other. The two who have cast
lots together. Of course. are from the
same tribe, but their next door neghbors
may not be, and IL is a matter OF i'm
possibility for a sane person. after he
has reached the age of maturity 10
ever learn two OF the Chinese dialects.
SO they neither lend nor borrow The
leading Chinaman OF Richmond. how
ever, is Sam Tuoung Chang. though Sam
Yick. on Main street. between First and
Second, speaks English with greater
ease.
FEMALE SIDE or THE HOUSE.
There Is one Chinese woman in Rich
mond. and only one. She is Mrs. Yaet
Sing. and resides with her husband. az
No. 2 south Seventh street. She dresses
like Mclean ladies dress. and her face
looks like Il had just come out from the
embrace Of hydraulic press. She is tall
and aueenly in carriage and wilowy and
graceful in figure Her lord does a
laundry and sundry business, and Mrs.
Sing Is Eat home every day.
she has tutorod her lords finer senses.
and not only does he conduct wash
tub but is merchant as well. Like
two others I'm the city, he sells toys
made I'm China, so II Is claimed, and
great variety Of trinkets. Some OF them
are exquisitely carved. Every establish
ment OF this kind Is armed with the
national game OF China. known and
played as scratch back" The instru-
rnents are porcelain forms OF the human
hand. supported by long reeds, and it Is
sunposcd they are mostly used in
china during August and September,
when the ticks are plentiful
SPIRITUAL WALL OF CHINATOWN.
1t is 10 many people ycly strange
thing that little effort Is being made by
ha Christian churches Of this city TO