The daily sentinel., 1899-01-10
cH1NAMEN POOR HUSBANDS.
MOnGolians Always Have
Cause to Regret II.

A Vancouver dispatch gives currency
to certain scandalous stories current
in Shanghai, by which English girls are
represented as having formed the hab-
it of marrying Chinese young men at
tached to the legation in that city.
There might be no great harm in the
marriage of Chinese man to Cau-
casian woman if the Mongolian could
be educated up to the Caucasian matri-
monial standard. But the complaint
that comes from Shanghai is that the
Chinese cling with great pertinacity
to their Mongolian view Of the mar
riage state. If the wife rebelled at this
view of the marriage relation the Chi
nese husband would lock her up and
when opportunity offered, sell her. An
infusion of English blood in a matri-
monial form does not seem to have
much influence upon the customs of
the country. The English wives, sen
sitive as to the shame of the lives they
were forced to lead, would make no
complaints to relatives in England. In
most cases the marriage had been en-
tered into in spite of the protests of
parents, a circumstance which tended
to silence complaints that would other
wise have been made. There is abun-
dant ground for the conclusion that
the average Chinese does not become
a good Christian until the third or
fourth generation.
When the timid-looking man got out
of the barber chair after being shaved
he fumbled in one pocket after another
while the porter busted his clothing,
says the Kansas City Journal.
well" he said, with note of aston
ishment in his voice, as he plunged his
hand for the fourth time into his right
trousers pocket and felt around.
That's funny. thought had quar-
ter in that pocket"
He repeated the search of his other
pockets, while the barber who had
shaved him leaned his elbow on the
back of the chair, crossed one leg over
the other and eyed him suspiciously.
Guess I must've lost it, said the tim
id-looking man as he put his right foot
on a chair and began to roll up his
trousers leg. The barber winked at the
artist in charge of the chair next to his
and moved nearer the razor case. The
man rolled and pulled his trousers leg
above his knee, and by this time every
one else in the shop was watching him
with intense interest They saw that
he wore a woman's black stocking. Just
above his knee he wore two garters, one
about four inches above the other. He
slipped the upper garter down, rolled
down the top of the stocking carefully
and there were several treasury notes
lying spread out fat against the under
clothing that covered his leg.
What do you carry money in that
way for 2" asked the bar ber, as he handed
the man change for the five-dollar bill.
"Footpads," was the laconic reply Of
stranger.-Kansas City Journal.
Chinese Candles ~ Russian Dainties.
To most people a tallow candle ap-
pears more in the way of necessity
than a luxury, but the Russian blue
jackets who are enjoying shore leave
lust now from the Rossia and the Ad-
miral Nakimoff appear to find in as
similating candles of Chinese make as
much gusto as an English child would
have in eating sugar stick. The
other day a party of stalwart Muscovite
bluejackets were to be seen going along
Queens road, and the avidity with
which they polished off joss candles was
sight for the gods. Some of the men
who were evidently petty officers.
elected to dine off candles as thick a.
ones arm-regular No. joss pidgiA
arrangements-and streams of grease
trickled from the corners of each mans
! mouth. British and American Jacks
like their beer and rum, but they draw
the line at Chinese-made tallow can
dles.-London Telegraph.