. The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc. of the world . otechnic composition,consisting of gunpowder, 16; niter, 8; charcoal,3; sulphur, 3; cast-iron borings (small), 10. Chinese Glue, a superior glue and varnish,obtained from a species of Algce which aboundson the shores of China. When once dried itresists the action of water, and is used by theChinese to fill up the lozenge-shaped intersticesin the network of bamboos, of which their win-dows are frequently constructed, as well as tostrengthen
. The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc. of the world . otechnic composition,consisting of gunpowder, 16; niter, 8; charcoal,3; sulphur, 3; cast-iron borings (small), 10. Chinese Glue, a superior glue and varnish,obtained from a species of Algce which aboundson the shores of China. When once dried itresists the action of water, and is used by theChinese to fill up the lozenge-shaped intersticesin the network of bamboos, of which their win-dows are frequently constructed, as well as tostrengthen and varnish the paper of their lan-terns. Chinese Gordon. See Gordon, Charles Chinese Grass, China Grass, Rhea orRamie Fibre. Sec Ramie. Chinese Hemp. See Corchorus. Chinese Immigration. Until the Califor-nia gold discoveries of 1848 there were literallyno Chinese laborers in the United States; nonwas there then, or for years afterward, the leastprejudice against their coming — the one ob-lection to the Chinese being that they kept for-eigner* out of their own country, not that theyinfested others. From 1840 to 1850, according CHINESE i. Enameled copper plate. 2. Porcelain vase (Siwen-te, 1426-1436). 3- Painted screen. 4. Porcelainvase (Ming, 1368-1644). 5. Snuff-jar of green paste. 6. The War-God. Kwan-ti, in porcelain. 7. Tea-potof terracotta. 8. Embroidered altar-cloth. 9. Silk em broidery. 10. Hair-pin. CHINESE IMMIGRATION to the records of immigration, only 35 cameover, and those all in the year from June 1849to June 1850. The treaties of 1844 and 1858with China expressly aimed at securing a freerinterchange both of commodities and current buncombe, even in California(the surest indication of public feeling, becauseits one aim is to please the unreflecting) was toproclaim America the asylum for the poor andoppressed without exception; and San Franciscobusiness men welcomed the early Chinesecomers, publicly fraternized with their traders,and mad
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