Evening Star Newspaper, March 20, 1897, Page 13

— THE EVENING STAR. | a *UBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT “*NDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Beassylvanis a Cor. 11th &t., by he Evening Star Newspaper Company, 5. H ScaUr¥MANN’ Pree't. New York Ofice, 49 Potter Building. prema ‘The Evening Star ts served to subscribers fn the rity by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents per week, or 44 cents per month. Copies at the tonnter 2 cents each. ty mafl-anywhere to the United States or Canada~—pestage prepald—£0 cents per month. Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with Parts. Che Fy ening ST ah pases 3-24 forefgn postage added, $3.00. (Eni second-class masi matter.) [7-All mail subscriptions must be pald in advance. Rates of 1 cred at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., | WASHINGTON, D. ©, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1897-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES LLM LL EERO PEERY Upholstery and es Time is striding ahead, fol must soon be gotten under way thought must be given to the h You will do best to have t upholstery expert. Call on us. your service for the say so. W perfect stock to draw on to car You will find that our pric and represent worthful quality. estimates for work are based u SS Ee oC & - a consistent store all through. 3 rules. * : Window Shades. li you want new ones we will submit samples of the very best materials that are used— and give you the — figures in black and white in a jiffy. If you have anything to com- pare them with we will get the work—leastways We gen- erally in any competition where quality counts. Measure r windows. aps vou don't need to go pense of special ma li they are standard size ave four special lots of Shades that you ing. we | que Shad ready tu put up. Now 7 a9e- Shades insertion: 75c¢. s by 2% Regular price, with lice a teady zo put a ai xow Furniture Cover- ings. Here is another important matter that should be attend- ed to now while there is time to give a litle extra attention to it. We will show you some novelties in Furniture Cover- ings that are ornamental as well as protective. It is cost- less insurance against dam- The price for our serv- iccs and the materials won't be much. Drapery Stuffs. What a clever pair of hands and an artistic eye can do with these new Drapery novelties is a surprising. The effectiveness of the patterns themselves ac- complishes more than half the undertaking. Wonder if vou will not be quick to see how nk prices ar PE RAILWAY RUN. | LONGEST THE ah » Exeter, 194 Miles | Without a Stop. | York Herald. | r daily run made | train in F n the New The world has just of the longest reg! ratlwa: the Paddi . a dis thirty as the narkable much ! | not | | z| a- | | | | ine | ushes | | sary to ta This, however, as it © track minut The engine which draws this essentially “through train’ Is a curious-looking, pon- dera@s affair. quite unlike any locomotive seen on American roads. It has on either side a single huge driving whet] seven feet eight inches in diameter, while what must by comparison be termed the small wheels “NINTH AND THE AVENUE.” eee tetetentetetetntntetetetetet s Upholsterings PERRY’S. ks. That spring cleaning . Some planning to do. Some ouse’s warm-weather dress. | he advice and assistance of an Our practical artists are at e have the most complete and ry out your plans—and theirs. es are as low as prices can be You will also find that our pon the same policy. This is At every point goodness 80-inch Japanese Crepe, in a _match- less assortment of choice’ colorings und designs—12%%c. and 25c. a yard. 8é-tuch Satine, In the very newest shades—20c. a yard. 86-tuch Plain and Figured Dentm— and new crea‘tuns—25c. to ‘ard. Satin Derby for both drapery and up- holste-y, in five distinct combinatlons— SUNS kind for $1.25 a yard. &: in D: sk for drapery HONORING THE (0 THE MEDAL OF HONOR Recognition of Gallant and Meritor- ious Individual Servc>. RY'S BRAVE Tokens of Valor Awarded by For- eign Countries. DESCRIPTION OF THE MEDAL Each of the principal nations of the world has its special mark of recognition of gallant and meritorious services on the part of individual soldiers. England be- stows the Victoria Cross, Germany the Iron Cross, France the Cross of the Legion of Honor, Russia the Cross of St. George, and the United States the Medal of Honor. The possessor of any one of these tokens of valor is envied by men, admired by wo- men and loved by children. Consequently, they are eagerly sought, proudly worn and carefully cherished. They are the national insignia of courage and worthiness, and their wearers are respected accordingly. and op sort that Is usually $2.25 holstery—t $acu a yard. Jepin vortie es—sp id_ d -sig: the very newest—$1.59 to $7.50 exc Lace Curtains. When you are here you are at the right place te see the latest effecis in Lace Curtains. It is a splendid assortment— no discounting that. There are designs that you will not find anywhere else here. They are qualities that cannot be improved upon. And_ the prices are just as low as we can make them—with all the advantages we possess. Let us throw some of the patterns over the rods for your inspec- : | : 3 tion. 53 White cnd Ecru Nottingham Lace Ka Curtains—3% yards long—95e. to $5.50 a pair. Iris!: Potnt Curtains—3% yards long— $3.50 to $15 a pair. Lace Bed Sets. Handsome patterns in Irish Point Lace Sets for bedwear large size—$6 to $18. Denim Table Covers. All new styles—t-s—3ac., 50c., 75e. —6-4—$2 and $2.25. Soehensenseendontentons sort Sordeaseotontneseoseos coe Sees Feather ‘Pillows and Bolsters. sreseeseesengeageotens sete resort We use the A. C. A. Tick- 3 ing because it is decidedly the A best—and the filling 1s genu- ine live geese feathers. Nota bit of odor—we guarantee ¥ that 5 Pitlows—$2 3 | wae ee Seotoeg Curtain Poles, in Cherry, Oak, Ash, Walnut and Ebony tet —5 icet long and with all the $ trimmings—25c. to $2. $ Oak and Mahogany Ta- bourettes—g8c. and $1.25. Big values for the money. RRY’S, So Deengorsensenseegeeseeseeg ee foe eoteate of the engine, six in number, known as Le s. are four feet six inches in diam- eter. The water tank of the engine holds 20,- oo gallons, and when running at full speed there is a steam pressure of 140 pounds to the square inch, while there is a heating surface of 1,561 square feet. Each day the run is made, le aving idington station at 10:25 o'clock in the mornin, nd it never fails to roll into St. David's station, in [xeter, exactly on time. The time allowed by the sched. ule for this run makes no lowance for delays of any kind. Even th @ Jost in going over the loop around Bristol and the necessity of slowing down when going the train through Bath fs not allowed for. ———see—____ Beach Grass, ingtield Republican. The beach grass is one of the most won- derful of plants. There is no other plant outside of the cactus family that thrives so on sand: planted deep in the salt sands of he shore, the wind sweeps the sand above and through it, and yet it rises and sweeps its keen-pointed blades over. the packed surfa sometimes three or four feet high- er than Its roots. The people of the cape know it as a device of nature to hold the ore together. But even the beach grass, sturdy and undiscourageable as it is, needs 4 sturdier backing. It wants the broad- rooted heath family behind it, and the trees that break the force of the wind. A good while ago the planting of beach grass on the cape between Provincetown and ‘Truro saved what threatened to be a posi- tive inroad of the Atlantic into Cape Cod bay, which would have cut the peninsula in two where its level is very low as afore- said. This result was due to the habit of this precious member of the gramineae of rising above obstacles. Think of poor Provincetown as an island—and a doomed island, moreover—of Cape Cod bay as a toy of the great tides of the Atlantic—of quiet Plymouth as a rectplent of those tides—of all the other changes that might From the Individual bravery in battle was rewarded by the ancients in various ways. Among the Romans a victorious general was usual- ly honored with a triumphal ° procession and pageant. When a Roman saved the Ufe of a fellow citizen he was crowned with chaplet Gf oak, the possession of which ve him many valuable state privileges. The Greeks had no triumphs, but citizens who saved or protected the lives of others were honored by a crown and a complete suit of armor. Among them want of mili- tary virtue was oftener punished than valor was rewarded. This was especially the case with the Spartans, among whom bra- very was accepted as a matter of course, and as nat worthy of any special recogni- tion. There is a tradition that the only Spartan who survived the battle of Ther- mopylae was branded as a coward and his face shaven on one side as a mark of dis- grace. It is further recorded that stung by the reproaches he received, he sought an honorable death the following year in the ranks of the Greeks in the battle of Plataca, but the stern justice of his coun- try forbade him even an honorable bur: his death being considered an act of 4) spair rather than of bravery and devotion. The Medal of Honor. have changed considerably since those y days, and now nearly all the eivitized nations of the world give special marks of distinction to such of their peo- ple as have rendered noteworthy scrvice to the state. The medal of honor of the United States properly takes rank with similar tokens of the older countries of Europe, and is as equally sought for and displayed. The badges of the Loyal Le- gion, the Grand Army of the Republic and kindred associations are honorable re- minders of the great struggle for the pres- ervation of the Union, but, unlike the sim- ple medal of honor, they do not mark in- dividual acts of courage or self-sacrifice on the part of the wearers. The record of many of the exploits for which the medal has been given shows them to have been as brilliant as any of the much-lauded decds of kmghts during the so-called age of chivairy. The War Department has re- ceatly published a list of officers and en- listed men who have recelved the medal for distinguished services during and since the war, and includes the names of over 1,700 gallant Americans, many of whom have long since gone to their eternal rest. The medal of honor was instituted by Congress in 1863, and is similar in charac- ter to the “Badge of Merit” instituted by Washington in the earliest days of the republic, It is the only authorized mili- tary decoration for valor in this country. Although of small intrinsic value, it is highly prized as a national testimonial of herotsm on the part of the possessor, either in the capture of flags, the rescue of wounded comrades under perilous circum- stances or similar acts of unselfish dev tion during the civil war and in the subse- quent thrilling campaigns on the frontier against the Indians. For Heroes of the Revolution. In August, 1 General Washington is- sued an order from his headquarters at Newburg, N. Y., in which he said “the general, ever desirous to cherish a virtuous ambition in his soldiers, as well as to foster and encourage every species of mill- tary merit, directs that whenever any sin- gularly meritorious action is perfomed, the author of it shall be permitted to wear on his facings, over his left breast, the figure of a reart in purple cloth or silk, edged with narrow lace or binding. Not only in- stances of unusual gallantry, but also of extraordinary fidelity and essential service in any way shall meet with a due reward. * * * The road to glory in a patriot army and a free country is thus open to all.” Honorary badges were also provided at the same time for “long and faithful services.” Before this, however, in March, 1776, Con- gress ordered that a gold medal be struck and presented to General Washington “for his wise and spirited conduct in the siege and acquisition of Boston.” Other medals were also struck by order of Congress in favor of other heroes of the revolution. ‘They were made in France under the super- vision of Benjamin Franklin. Although the first medal voted by Con- gress was the gold one intended for General Washington, the first medal actually struck was a silver one intended for Lieutenant Colonel Fleury, an officer of the French army, who rendered service to our country in the dark days when the republic yas struggling for existénce. He enlisted as a private soldier, and by gallant and valuable service rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel. His memory ts perpetuated in one of the four figures which adorn the sides of the Lafayette statue in Washington. By Special Act of Congress. According to the records of the War De- partment, ~ but eighty-six medals in all have been struck by special act of Con- gress since the foundation of the govern- ment of the United States, and only three of these commemorate episodes of the war of the rebellion. Of these three one was voted to General Grant for his victories, }one to Cornelius Vanderbilt of New York for patriotic generosity in the donaiion of supplies, etc., and one to George F, Rob- inson, now a paymaster on the retired list, for saving the Hfe of Mr. Seward, Secre- tary of State, when attacked by the con- spirator, Payne. The reguiaticn medal of honor was first established as « reward for imilitary serv- ice by a law, appreved July 12, 1862, which provided t the President of the United States be and is bereby authorized to cause 2,000 medals of honor to be prepared with suitable emblematic dévices, and to direct that the same be presented in the name of Congress to such non-commissioned officers and privates as shall most distinguish themselves by their gajlantry and action, and their soldier-like qualities during the present insurrection.” “This was followed by an act, approved March 3, 1843, pro- viding “that the President cause to be struck from the dies iecently prepared at the United States mint for thai purpose medals of honor, additional to those ac- thorized by the act of July 12, 1862, and present the same to such officers, missioned officers and privaies as have most distinguished or may hereafter most distinguish themselves in action; and the sum of $20,000 is nereby appropr' of any money in the treasury .not otherw rappropriated io defray the expenses same.” Description of the Medal. The medal adopted was a five-pointed star, tipped with tréfoil, each point con- taining a crown of ‘laurel ard oak; in the middle, within a circle of thirty-four stars, America, personified as Minerva, stands with her left hand resting on the fasces, while with her right hand, in which she holds a shield emblazoned with the Ameri- can arms, she repulses Discord, represented by a crouching figure of a man with two snakes in each hand. The whoie is sus- pended by a trophy of two crossed cannon, balls and a sword, surmounted by the American eagle, which is united by a rib- bon of thirteen stripes, palewise, gules and argent, and a chief azure, to a clasp com- pesed of two cornucopias and the Ameri can arms. The medal is made of an alloy of copper, and not of gun metal, as popu- larly supposed. At the last ion of Congress a joint resolution was passed prescribing a ribbon to be worn with the medal of honor, and a knot to be worn in lieu of the medal, to be €uch of a pattern as follows: The ribbon to be of silk one inch wide and one inch in length; the center stripe of white, one-six- teenth of an inch wide, flanked on cither side by a stripe of blue seven thirty-sec- onds of an inch wide, bordered by two stripes of red each one-quarter of an inch wide. This ribbon was substituted for the original one previously described. The Ix ot to be worn in lieu of the medal is a Low-knot of the same cgmbination of col- ors as the new ribbon. * During the civil war tKe distinctive corps badges were regarded as @ proud mark of distinction. Before that, 4n the war with Mexico, a law was passed providing “that when any private solder shail so distin- guish himself, the President may, upon the recommendation of the commanding offi- cer of the regiment, gramt*him a certificate of merit, which shali entttle him to addi- tional pay at the rate ef two dollars per month.” During the civil war officers who rendered meritorious services were usually rewarded with brevets. —— MBLISG DEVICES. A Correspohdent Graphically De- scribes Some Prevailing Methods. To the Editor of The Evening Sta: Ten years ag théte was a “bookmaking” or “pvolselling” pfat@on.nearly every busi- ness block in Weshingten. Pools were made on horse races, base pall and everything else containitg® an element of chance or uncertainty. “A large” petcentage of the earnings of labor wert to the support of a vicious hordé ‘of tur{men and other “sports” and théir parasites. Those were gala*days for gamblers. The downfall of many young men can bé attributed directly to those convenient gambling hells. Con- €ress was prevailed upon to grant relief, and the act of April’ 26, 188%, drove the bookmakers from the, city, some of them transferring their business to the more congenial territory of: an adjacent state. A few years later the anti-lottery law broke up another nefarious business, which fed principally upon the poor and ignorant. Washington ceased to be a gambler’s paradise. Dame Fortune presided princi- pally in the clubs of the rich or in more public and promiscuous assemblages mas querading as clubs. But the gambling spirit wi!l crop out in every community un- 1 rand juries and goed citizens are al- ways alert. Ever since Adam and Eve en- tered the fruit market to speculate in futures, mankind has been trying to devise some means by which wealth can be ob- tained without labor. Even at the present time and in spite of vigorous prosecution the colored speculator dreams of a golden harvest from “crap” or “policy; but the swell gambling places of the present day are the “bucket shops.” There are many honest stockbrokers Those who actually buy or sell and deli stocks, grain, provisions, ete., are really commission merchants, and as such they are as respectable and useful as any other class of business men. But there are others who never actually buy or sell a share of stock or a bushel of wheat. They are gam- blers, and the law so brands them. The rerson who makes a business of taking Lets as to whether the price of wheat will or fall is fully as much a gambler as the race track man. These people promise wonders in their circulars, and for a.time they may pay large “dividends” (?), so as to lure their victims into making ‘heavier investments. It is said that the government has exclud- ed many of these schemes from the use of the mails; but their agents may be found everywhere under various guises. The so- called “private wire” is often a fraud, and the ticker is one of the conspirators to fleece the public. « The bucket shop man does not earn legiti- mate commissions. He rakes In your mar- ins, and what you. pay for “puts” and “calls.” The investon““puts” up his money and the pseudo-broker *cglls” it his own. It is thought that the agt of January 31, 1883, prohibits bucket shops along with all other forms of gambling. The following provisiong.are quoted from said act, 22d volume gtatutes-at-Large, Page 411: : “Every person who 5! of Columbia set up or ‘Weep any gaming table, or any house, vessel 6r place on land or wate: for the purpose 9f gaming * * * or any kind of gambling’ tkble or gambling device, adapted, devised’ e@nd designed for the purpose of playing ‘game of chance for money or property, or Who shall induce, entice or permit any pe to bet or play at or upon any such ga: table or gam- bling device, or on the sigé or against the keeper thereof, shall, on @ofviction, be ad judged guilty of misdeméaner, and shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of not more than five years.” }* * “Al gam@, devices orj contrivances at which money or any other thing shall be bet or wagered shall be ed a gaming table within the meaning/6f this act, and the courts shall construe the preceding sec- tions tiberally, so as ta prévént the mischief intended to be guarded against.” This latter section shews that Congress intended to suppress all forms of gambling, and the act of 188% hag, I believe, been con- strued by the courts go cover any kind of betting or gambling, If sustdined by juries and popular senti- ment the authorities would perhaps invoke the ald of the act of January 31, 1883, to break up some of those places whose capi- tal consists principally of. fine office furni- ture, gilded signs and unltmited “nerve. No persan doing..a-.legitimate- stock com- ‘mission business would pbject; and this form of temptation would he removed from the public, which would Sue spectally merci- ful for the man who hes #ticky ‘fingers for ,other people’s money. Almost without’ ex- ception the defaulter willbe found to be a gambler. q THOMAS: W. GILMER. It matters little what it is that you want <whether a or @ “servant—a want” ad. in The Star will reach the Person who can fill your need. MODERN in the District CHINESE LABORERS Rapidly Disappearing From the Pacific Slope. NO LONGER A SERIOUS MENACE Their Place is Being Taken by the Japanese. RESULTS OF KEARNEYISM Ccrrespondence of The Evening Star. SAN FRANCISCO, March 12, 1897. California is the most cosmopolitan state in the Union, and as San Francisco is its western gateway to the orient and the South sea it is natural that among its aliens should be a large percentage of Chi- nese and Japanese. The Chinese have had a great influence on the swift material development of California. They built the first overland railroad across the snow- covered Sierra Nevada mountains. But for them the road would have been constructed far more slowly, as white men could not be hired to work in the regions of snow and ice, where the rudest accommodations were lacking. Chinese labor was also largely employed cn the Southern Pacific railroad, which was built across the burning Colo- rado desert and through Arizona and New Mexico at an average rate ef two miles a day. Those were the days when the Chi- nese were welcomed to California and their labor was looked upon as valuable. Soon, however, they came in such great numbers and they ousted so many white men from employment that the cry went up, “The Chinese Mist This cry was taken up by shrewd poli- ticians and it became the party shibboleth of the thousands who trained under Denis Kearney, the orator of the San Francisco sandiots. Kearney preached the doctrine that the only way to save California from the condition of Mexico, with a peon class i work, for « few at willing to was to prohibit cents a d ol'utely the entrance of any more Chinese coolies into this coun- try and to deport those who were here. The eastern philanthropic and religicus sociations fought Kearneyism on prin- ciple, but their influence was not potent enovgin to break down the mass of stati tics which showed that Chinese immigra- tion was a positive menace not only to the Arrerican laborer and mechanic, bui to our laws and morals. It was proved very clearly that no business could withstand Chinese competition, and that no white laborers could meet them in rivalry with- out defeat, simply because the coolies had no families to support and lived in a way that the rawest and poorest immigrant would despise. So all Chinese were barred out except merchants and travelers and residents who were returning from visits to their native country. A Peculinr Race. It would seem that where so muea popu- lar excitement had been raised against the Chinese they would find it difficult to exist, but the’ Californian is a peculiar creature. Many of those who were loudest In their denurciation of Chinese cheap labor pat- ronized Mongolian laundries because they were less expensive than the white steam laundries, and others employed the nated coolle in domestic work because one gord, etiicient Chinese will do more work in the kitchen than two white women, and does it without a word of complaint ‘and with a mathematical regularity that is delightful to witness. Hence the Chinese who remain- ed in California after the exclusion act was passed actually benefited by this pro- hibitory legislation against their country- men in China. Their number diminished by constant returns to the mother country, and they were able to command better posi- ‘Chinese cheap for tions and better pay. Thus laber” literally became a iayth, the efficient celestial secured as good w as the white man. All that makes the Ciinese cesirable now as field hands in the country is that they can be counted on to avpear promptly on Monday morning: that they re- quire ro comfortable quarters or bedding or eny of the other requisites of the white farm laborer, and that they board them- selves. In many of the trades the Chinese ousted white competition. They practically have the monopoly of the manufacture of shirts, overalls, boots and shoes, cigars and cheap clothing. Many large wholesale aeal- ers employ Chinese to make their goods, for whe properly taught the celestial is an ideal “hand” on a sewing machine. He makes every bit of work absolutely accord- ing to pattern and he works steadiiy ten hours a day like a piece of machinery. But mosi of the Chinese goods are made in large factories run by Chinese. In several of these establishments the curious specta- cle is presented of white boys and girls working under Chinese bosses. If you ask these white girls how they are treated, -hey will tell you that they prefer to work der Chinese overseers because these men never annoy them with personal attention or show any favoritism. The Chinese in Business. In business the Chirese is known as one of the sharpest traders, as keen and as sure to get the better of his competitor as a Yankee; but even his enemies admit that he is “square. What the Chinese agrees to do he will do to the letter, though you have only a verbal contract with him, and he will supply you with the exact quality of goods of which he shows you a sample. It is the failure to adopt the same course with him that has cost so many California merchants valuable trade, for the China- man never forgives the white man for any intentional deceit in business. Speculation, embezzlement, fraudulent bankruptcy, ali are unknown to the inest merchant. He looks forward to his New Year festival as the yearly accounting time, and he strains every nerve to settle his affairs and pay all obligations. It is regarded as the deepest disgrace to be unable to present a clean balance sheet at that time. With such qualities, and with patience, perseverance, industry and economy, the Chinese is not a bad fellow if he could be separated from-his vices and made to con- form to our civilization. But as this is im- possible, no community can afford to ave too large a percentage of coolies. At the present rate of decrease the Chinese will soon be a memory in California. The cen- sus of 1890 gave the number in the state as 71,066. In six years this has been cut dowr to 30,000. San Francisco's Chinatown twenty years ago had as many residents as there are Chinese today in the whole state. This Chinatown is the great show- place of San Francisco, and naturally, for it gives the tourist as good an idea of Chi- nese life and customs as he would get in the native quarters of Hongkong or Shang- hai. The old business buildings have been converted into huge lodging houses, some of them accommodating in former times as many as a thousand Chinese. Each story is divided into two, and by means of galleries a building that would be crowded with thirty whites is made to hold a hun- dred Chinese. About 1876 Chinatown saw its best days. Then the decline began, un- til now fully one-third of the stores and ‘houses are empty and trade has shrunk to pitiful proportions. 3 The Highbinders, Yet with all this decay the highbinder associations keep up their strength. These societies are organized mainly for black- mait. Under the guise of protecting mer- chants, they make all men of means pay them a regular tax; they also levy toll on all gamblers and other questionable char- acters: Many merchants who. object to their methods are forced to submit to their gzactions through fear of assassination. It @ @ is e MAY G86 A Continual bargains. We care nothing son. @OOGES 5 39°: to75¢- , eee GOS Spring Ribbons. Speclal purchase of a lot of No. All-silk Plaid Ribbon, 3% fn. le, et Urely new combinations, in very hand- some colorings, ena: les’ us © 32C sell 45c, Ribbon for. 40 All sitk v "32c. Checked Ribt all colors. We Iridescent it @G¢ oo oy 2) No. 60 3tein Taffeta Itbbon, of colors. Regu! for ... 3 No. 6) AlLsilk Moi in Wack 18c. in all cotors, "Oc, 3h For 1Mfin. Worth Se. inches wide. & @ & @ @ Q @ 9 S AM-siik ffon. *hiffon, 1 yard to tin ribbon. Ay Hats. Spring Tames, jy trimmed with eee BRE: Chil on Ansel braid, cial at e SOSSSS2 is when two highbinder societies c! levying blackmail that trouble com recent murder of “Little Pete,” the cf the Sam Yup Society, is a good illustra- ticn of the lawlessness of these Chinese braves. “Little Pete” had become too powerful to suit the See Yups, and they ordered his death. A reward was offered for his head, and two men shot him down like a dog as he was sitting in a barber's chair. There is no question that Pete's friends, as well as his enemies, know” who did the shooting, but they will not tell the police. “Yhey prefer to have blood for blood, for the vendetta is as well recognized in China- tewn as it Is in Sictly. It is this establish- rent of an independent power, hostile to our laws, that makes the Chinese danger- ous. Their contempt for our court methods is boundless; they think every juége can be bribed, and they refuse to recognize the sanctity of an oath or the right of the law .to force them to give testimony. Nearly every highbinder murder in Chinatown is witnessed by a score of Chinese, but not cne of them will give any information to the police. They cannot be punished for contempt, as imprisonment has no terrors for tnem. They feel no shame when cast into jail, and they suffer no money lo: their society pays their regular wages. Thus they are as independent of our laws as though they still lived in China. Though the Japanese in California differ radically from the Chinese in many traits —though they conform readily on the sur- face to our civilization, yet the best ob- servers declare that they are as great menace te our institutions as the Chines ever were. The first to come over from Japan were students, bright. clever, adven- turous fellows, who entered many of the colleges, and showed great proficiency in mathematics and the scien: Then c: a poorer grade of stui young men who fancied that a knowledge of English would help them to better positions in their own country. These had little money. and to maintain themselves they engaged in light household work, always stipulating a that they be given several hours a day for | their studies. As they were polite and fairly industrious, these students were em- ployed as waiters or kitchen helpers in pri- vate fainilies. Their success encouraged others, and after these came the farmers and coolies who now do so large a part of the fruit-picking in California. Coming of the Japanese. The Japanese who are,now coming into California at the rate of several hundred every month are mainly common laborers who have saved a Ittle money. They go into the hop-fields, the berry ranches, and the ugar bect farms. They monopolize in many counties the picking of fruit They adopt the same system as the Chi- nese in furnishing help to the fruit grow- ers. In San Francisco and in all the large towns of California are Japanese employ- ment agencies. The manager will in a few hours fill an order for several hundred fruit pickers to work for a stipulated time at low wages. All these hands board them- selves, or, if the ranchman agrees to board them, he is only required to furnish rice end live hogs. The Japs will see td the rest. They will bunk in any outbuilding, or, if these are lacking, they will camp in tents. They give no trouble to the ranch- man’s family, and hence they are in de- mand. They cannot do as much work as a white man; they are not even equal to a Chinese; but in a state where it is so diffi- cult to get sober and industrious farm laborers they are welcomed. The Japanese are much more quiet and law-abiding than the Chinese. They main- tain no associations for blackmail, nor is crime more commen among them than among the whites. They are quick to adopt our customs, and they learn English with astonishinge ease, though they seldom speak or write it grammatically. The edu- cated class is not a menace to free la- bor, but the coming in of the coolie class, if not restricted by legislation, will be sure to bring grave trouble. -2e2——___ Baked @xster Dumplings. From the New York Sun. A delicious course for a company lunch-! eon in placé of oyster patties is baked oyster dumplings. Select good sized oys- ters, pour over them some lemon juice and season with salt and pepper. Stand the dish containing the oysters and seasoning in a cool place while the crust is baking. Roll nice puff paste very thin and cut it into squares with a pastry wheel, having the pieces at least four inches square, and brush them over with the white of an egg. Place upon each square two or three of the prepared oysters, and put a little piece of butter.on.them. Bring the four corners of the paste together fasten by sticking through them small Japanese toothpicks, leaving the crust open between the points. Put the-dumplings in a biscuit pan and dake in a quick oven a delicate brown. Remove the picks before serving the dumplings. ——_—_-e2+—___ “Want” ads. in The Star pay because they bring answers. 937-939 F St. 11 Foubourg Pois From Monday until Saturday will be one round of If we can cut a price we'd just as lief do it now as at any other time. You can save money by buying here. Flowers,25e. 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Just a chance purchase ateToss ena%les ts at a pries unte ant for such a quelity Wash Wais ts & of ries just select from, | ; 49c. to $2.98 2) HIS FATE WAS SA Yereed From the Protession He Saved by Trade Condition: From the New York Herald The aged tragedian bent wearily over hit cane and sighed. “It is kind,” he said to the young mar who tried to speak consolingly to him “Yes, it is very kind of you to speak of me Hamiet as worthy. Believe me, I once aspired to nobler things and me name wa: on every tongue. No song and dance mar pr attained such success as that vouch safed to me. When in the last half of me sketch I apparently split the head of m¢ partner in twain with an ax the arene rang with the plaudits of the multitude. Then a change came, and the new condl- tions I could not meet ‘Tell me of the asked the stener eagerly. "Twas quickly done.” replied the trage- | dian. “In the years 1S and 1807 every bad actor went vaudeville, and I was reduced to the in the legitimate. The old man, saddened and worn, stum bled to his death in the siaughter scene oj “Hanilet. ity of making a living Dicke —+e- sand the X Rays. teal Review From the Ele | An amusing instance of | the penetrating character |x according to Nec ha anticipation of the exchange, an | be : ed In a most unlikely place & in Dickens’ “Christmas Carol.” 1 will be remembered that when the miset Scrooge the ghost of his former part- entering the be trans; clear thr cern the two buttons on t coat. It may be presumed that | wore the old-time blue coat with buttons, and that flesh and blood became transparent when metal buttons would not. It is now in order for the Society | Psychical Research to try the X fay detection of ghosts, but if they that an. of his Marth bras: are successful they must give the credit to Dickens. = se = The King and the cutionint. Fron the Cleveland Plain I Aid—“Sire, there ts a long-haired strang- er in the ante-room, who says he desires t¢ see you on important business.” "What does he look ‘An elocutionist, sire.” like?” , another!” The King—“Not ‘Marco Bozzaris?” Aid—“The same, sire.” Tke King—“By Leonidas! this has gone far enough! Jam him in a sack and drop him in the blue Aegean. This thing must be stopped right here and now.” ————_ +0-+ Courageou m the Chicago Record. ‘No doubt about it—men are braver than they used to be.” “How do you make that out?” “Look at the young fellows who get mar ried on $4 a week.” Wayworn Watson—“A dollar? A dollaz wouldn't pay for no funeral!” A Dangerous Custom. From Harper's Weekly. “They say that using hair-dye is ex- tremely dangerous.” “It must be. Last year Uncle Dick be- gan dyeing his hair, and now he’ to a widow with three children.”