Show CHINESE CHUCKLING I 1 the alta alla Cal california fornia slates states that it is not anti in in its politics I 1 on any other ground except that J americana americans cannot assimilate with them that they arc are he athens impure and of the lowest order of it r I 1 humanity mm anity subjoined sub joined with the cutest cunning I 1 this is what one might call euphemism I 1 such as is describing an all 4 i 1 ugly roan man as the antipodes of the I 1 I 1 apollo of Belvidere but tho the alia alla e 1 seems to have good reason for its I 1 ae Y negative love for the almond eyed 4 1 at the present time especially I 1 I ally the chinese are troubling the equanimity of the editor of the I 1 A alia ita i it will be remembered that the I 1 I 1 recent restriction bill sig signed 6 tied 11 by president arthur solely to secure the imperiled Ite republican publican vote of oregon gives the celestials Celesti als the I 1 1 I 1 right to return to the fields of the I 1 flowery kingdom and grants them certificates of identity with which they can secure their reentry re entry into the dominion of tho the united states I 1 this provision was adopted in order to prevent the in increase crease of odthe the present number of mongolian manual laborers in this country without in I 1 flicking undue hardship upon those I 1 chinese who may be compelled or I 1 I 1 desire to pay temporary visits to I 1 ithe i tho land of their nativity I 1 I 1 but heres the rub it is impossible I 1 7 for the U R S authorities at 1 I 1 the ports who have to pa pass qs the departing chinese out and issue certificates 1 1 I 1 I 1 to them to recognize and q identify them on oil their return so as I 1 Y ir to prevent all ali sin to return to his fatherland and let lot ah ali chung come I 1 billier in his place I 1 I 1 A contemporary says that the custom house officers were perfectly bewildered in passing the latest human exports to on account odthe of the similarity of their I 1 appearance because they probably felt that there was not the slightest chance of recognizing a the pigtail L when it ret returned 11 I 1 chinese live on what a white man I 1 I 1 would die on hence a few years 11 of their industrious and penurious I 1 0 o life in california or elsewhere in tho the I 1 states will enable them to amass I 1 what is to them a fortune yielding I 1 sufficient income for the remainder I 1 of their natural lives having accumulated that competency they I 1 I 1 I 1 turn their queues on americas soil I 1 sail across the blue pacific and settle down on the banks of the 4 yang tse kiang or elsewhere to I 1 finish their lives between rice rico and I 1 I 1 opium their certificates they will vill I 1 i of course sell to other I 1 1 who will assume their names and I 1 I 1 it will test the smartness of the Z I 1 k 1 custom house officials to the ut tit I 1 at most to prevent the new coolie land I 1 I 1 in aig uig n in place of the old one for I 1 1 1 bebing c an innate liar as the alia alta t characterizes him the new coo coolie lie I 1 will learn his lesson well so that I 1 I 1 I 1 1 9 when he lie is interrogated ho be can tell I 1 the officer all about sacramento lek and marysville marksville Marys ville and san francisco in his pigeon english I 1 every man here today to day of this race can stay if he wishes to cat sleep drink and die in california if he lie so desires and thealka the aeto is sure that they who go to hong kong will be very careful to get a certificate J to baither bc ither sold er or presented to my cousin allee same who wishes to come to america this of coursed course destroys tho the very intent and purpose of the recent legislation which while aiming to prevent an increase of our yellow hued strangers was also calculated to cause a reduction of their number in the expectation eliat grads bally those would leave who had made enough money out of the I 1 Mell can man but looking at the actual course of events there seems strong ground for the fear of the alia alta that the number humber of the odious orientals als will be maintained on the old footing Henc ethe california white man is growling with disi content while the cunning chinese ais is chuckling |