The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-03

| terials. Then he gave directions for the
! supplies to be shipped at once.
what security have you to offer?" ask
| ed the white merchant
Big Jim drew himself up with scorn
81 have no security to Offer" he replied.
81 have the money. 1 want credit Of no
man." From his pocket he drew wallet,
out of which he counted the $4,000 in gold
notes, and the trif1ing incident of pur-
chase was closed.
Big Jim Town, a Chinese settlement
near San Jose, was at one time owned by
! Chin. He also has ranches scattered over
! the state and contemplates starting a
steamship line along the Chinese coast.
! His wealth is declared to reach the null
! ti-miIlion mark.
When an American becomes enormously
! rich he usually builds a palace and buys
a top notch branch of the society tree
for his gaily plumaged wife and daugh-
! teys, that they may sufficiently dazzle
| the social aviary. He is seldom the hap
! pier for his financial position, and subse-
! quently dropping out of the business
maelstrom, leaves his dollars for rene
! gade sons to squander.
A rich Chinaman lives his allotted time
His sons inherit his wealth and they do
not abuse the trust. Obeying the COM
| mands of Confueius, they must pay all
and any debts contracted by the father
! but the father Is not liable for debts in
| Cured by his sons. A rich Chinaman
attends banQuets, where he drinks sam
! shu and eats birds nests, sharks fms,
! sea weed and other impossible delicacies
dear to the Chinese palate.
A PRICE ON HIS HEAD.
He attends the continuous performance
| theaters. He employs several Wallets to
care for HIS wardrobe, which is magnifi-
cent. Sometimes he Is so fastidious that
he has three sets of coats and trousers
embroidered in the same fiowers-rich
display of buds for morning blossoms
! for the afternoon and full blown flow
ers for evening.
Incidentally. he acquires a harem.
! Such are the opportunities improved by
! Chin Tan Sun-not accepting the harem
! And what of the white wife? She is
the wife still. She is living in Chinatown
! in her own establishment, provided with
money and servants in plenty. But she
! has never borne any children to her huS-
band.
The calamity Is paramount to all
! others in Chinese eyes Confucius has
! esta blished a law that each family must
/ have sons to perpetuate it's name So a
wife who is childless gives her consent
! to the taking of other wives, who, how
| ever, are not recognized as such, for
| her place is never usurped officially. The
number of concubines is optional with
her master. The children to these wom-
| en- address the childless wife as
mother" For their own mothers they
! have only a pet name.
The second wife of Chin returned re-
Gently from a visit to China She has
! two fine sons, of whom their father Is
exceedingly proud. And the women of
Chin's harem dwell together In such love
and peace as passeth the American femi-
nine understanding.
Everybody remembers the killing Of
Little Pete when the See Yups and Sam
Yups were at war. Because they were
members of rival tonss, although per-
sonal friends, the enraged associates of
! the murdered one suspected Big Jim, he
/ being a See Yup man, and put a price
upon his head. Between two days he
| discreetly started on visit to his native
/ land, from which he is expected to re-
! turn next month.
Chinatown is the habitat of demons that
4 never sleep-the demons of hatred and
revenge lurking wherever the foot of a
! highbinder treads. Who can foretell the
fate of the richest Chinaman in Amer
lea?