Kowtow and opium stories stir late 19th century headlines
A collage of brief items recounts a banana peddler brawl in an American tavern, London lighting rules of 1716, the kowtow as a formal Chinese thanks, opium smuggling tricks aboard a junk, and a census note on popular English names. The piece blends curiosities, cultural practices, and police notes in a compact, period-voiced miscellany.
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