The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-16

Such a prescription could not fail to kill
or cure.
Each ingredient In this prescription was
weighed out on pair OF hand scales by a
boy.
People who doubt that the Chinese use
insects and certain reptiles in their ma
terra medica need but watch them catch
Ing beetles as they collect around an arc
light on summers night, and then go
down and get Chinese prescription filed
Great care was used. each ingredient be-
Ing wrapped separately and plainly
marked.
But the filling of the prescription gave
Chin Quong another opportunity to be
agreeable and also to show something
queer. A drug needed had arst to he
ground. A mortar made of iron and
shaped like a canoe with the stern chop
ped off was produced Into this was fit-
ted sharp wheel OF iron with long
wooden axel running through its center.
Putting the drug into the trough Chin
Quong proceeded TO take on his shoes and
fitting the iron wheel into the trough he
put a foot on the axei on either side OF
the wheel and showed II backwards and
forwards. How he could stand the tick
ling on the bottom OF his feet belongs 10
the mystery OF the prescription.
A
"A Chinese Is Chin Gee Hee Chin has
been on the Coast since the early DAYS.
For ten years a miner of gold in Califor-
MIA. ana fer over twenty years a mer-
chant, contractor and all round business
man in the Northwest he has arnassed
fortune that carries more than six fig
ures on the credit side OF the ledger cash
account Chin Gee Hee dresses as an
American and has done so for many years
Why. he declines to say. He is as sharp
as razor at cake walk and the man
who Sests him In a bargain can be sure
he has got his moneys worth. Speaking
Of Chinatown. Chin Gee Hea said with n
tinge OF sadness In his voice whether from
commercial or sentimental reasons could
not be guessed from his face IT'S going
down. There IL no Chinatown any more.
/ can remember when there was a theater
here filed every day at 81 head can
remember when there were plenty of Chi
nsse ladies'. Now there are only n half
dozen or SO wives OF merchants Chinese
come hero In season, work In the Gamer
les. earn their money and go away and
take IL with them. Seattle has no China
town. no more. no more"
A Chinatown without lis fonws as tina
hishhinders are called would be Ha.n,e,
played with Hamlet left out; Seattle has
had its tonxs Detective ". l.. Mere
Gith can tell He probably knows more
about the Chinese on 1he Sound than any
other officer In this state Oregon, or
British Columbia First as an inspector
os customs ana later as q detective Mr.
Meredith has had 10 deal with Chinese o.
all kinds and in every way from a fSh,
fer life - q pleasure party.
\ highbsnde- is probably the worst. most
reckless dare devil criminal when re
starts out to murder there ia on earth.
He values his own life at nothing ard not
Orly slays and spares not but will accent
eny risk 20 get a chance st h4s victim
He 10 b3ackrnaii-r ard a thief ev instinct
ard education. a murderer hy profession
willing 20 Kill fer fun. naoney or revenge.
He - feared ana hated yes fawnea upor,
b. his ewn people ard nnlsss his career
e13s In a moose. ~ Tire hsicaet knife or
ris;oa. his life has beer 4 failure.
The picture Is not overdravn II you
2o85s IL. ask AIRY officer who has had to
DEAF wltA hstcnet nsen as Tire hixhaanssrs
are sorzae-3cass called. and then read IN.
records - their deeds in d tsossar CHI
ratovns. every tire written IN blood
Such monster was Gee Tack l~tter
known as Black Jack who on Aprfl s
1854. murdered Qasng Tuck Wing Of Butte,