Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-11-23

their Acknowledgment. and they are
always ready to face danger if there
Is good chance of profit The emf
grants are generally farmers or me-
chanics, who, finding business dull,
borrow money and journey to a foreign
lot.
OF the Cinnamon In the United
States perhaps One-twentieth are mer-
chants, who deal chiefly in Chinese
products. such as ducks feet, stuffed
with chicken liver, wrapped in en-.
trails, dried oysters. shad preserved
in oil, pork cured in sugar. dried cab
bages, sailed turnips, ancient eggs Of
ducks and many other things esteemed
dainties by the Chinese palate. These
articles, on account of the freight and
heavy import duties, are very costly,
but no Chinaman considers menu
complete without them. The Chinese
merchants export from the United
States woolen CLOTH flannel. cotton
goods, petroleum.. ginseng. and many
other articles. Shoes and cigars are
extensively manufactured by the Chin
ese, the number of cigarmakers being
estimated at several thousands.
Though many Cinnamon are scat
tered about the suburbs Of western
towns as cooks, household servants or
hundrymen, and many others live on
ranches or orchards, most of them con-
10.
In many western cities there is a quar-
ter called China town." the houses of
which, crowded like rabbit-warrens
with yellow humanity, wear squalid
tumble-dOwn, greasy, fOrlorn air. and
are pervaded by curious, indetinabl
smell. which is everywhere perceptible
and often overpowering. The streets
Of a Chinese quarter swarm with men,
women and children; the shops are
adorned with gaudy gilt signs and
lanterns of various shapes, sizes and
colOrs. Here and there a blank wall
Is covered with notices on bright red
paper with black letters, which are
read with much apparent interest by
the Cinnamon. On the sidewalks in
the front of the stores are stalls. where
fruit, vegetables and edibes of nm
familiar and unprepossessing appear
ance are exposed for sale. In the door
ways and corners talors and cohblers
ply their trades. a fortune-teller sits
at little table. on the wall behind
which large notice sets forth his
powers and pretensions.
The proprietor Of drug store is
frequently physician wearing large
trimmed spectacles and assuming n
mysterious air Among his curative
agents are powdered beetles. cock
reaches, skins of caterpllars, snakes
bones, lizards, deer-horns and the blood
of toads. The drug ginseng is found
in every store, and is believed to be a
preventative Of youth.
The restaurants occupy the upper
floors of three-storied buildings. and
are distinguished by gaily painted and
gilded balconies, adorned with rows
of great lanterns. The rooms are
decorated with handsome Chinese fur
niture and deliberately carved screens.
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ners with many courses and musical
accomplishments. The eating-houses
for poor Cinnamon are chiefly in cell
lars. and are rudey furnished. The
merchants have their own kitchens. and
eat their meals at the back of their
shops. helping themselves from a large
dish placed in the center of the small
table and using chopsticks.
1t has been said. and with truth,
that the Chinaman in the United States
does not even change his tailor or his
barber Through the windows of the
BARRIERS shops you may see Cinnamon
having their heads and foreheads shay
ed, their scanty boards trimmed, their
queues combed and braided with silk
to increase the length, and other toilet