The United States of Amoricn are' rapidly , becoming so cosmopolitan in population ■ that habits and characteristics which were formerly regarded as distinctly national and local aro now. part and | a-cel of the every day metropolitan life. In addition to those of the larger cities where there are colonies of Europeans, new-comers of far Eastern nationalities, especially those of Asia, have crossed from the Pacific slope, Tlicso pcoplo have their own depots for the sale of their special imported foods, as well as for general supplies, and.in California and New Turk there are almond-eyed farmers whose vege table productions arc super-excellent. In New York il is no unusual thing tn sco the delivery waggon of a Chinese grocery store driven about the heart of the town, anil within a stono's-throw of police headquar ters one may indulge to the utmost unbridled fancies for Celestial balsams and spices. To these-.mild-eyed followers of the most eon- Bitler.Ho of all systems of living, even the spices composing their food have a certain spiritual significance. The star-nniMd, for instasce, is esteem.-d as specially acceptable •to liudflhii, and the irre which bears it is .planted near the temples. The seed-pods rare star-shaped, with eight points, some ■times called eight lingers, divided into sec tions Containing weds of. an nro niatic odour, slightly i-tiiimlaiiog and car ■initiative in their action en the general Sv.-t: U!. Li!;.' French cookery, which it greatly I «'"'bb,tlic(Jhine6eaitJ.epeiiibiiiiiiehupoii &> oaring for its cxcollouc;; what American taste condemns as insipidity is counteracted by tho habitual use of the sue:: known as w>y, which is mado of peas or bean;; and grain fermented with sail and water. 