Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-08-06


10 speaking OF the Ch ncse lsborers who
are being introduced on some Of the plan's-
tions at tho South 10 take the place Of the
negro, the Planter BIHHsr, published 10
Louisiana, eavs
''taere are now twelve laborers M vorA
for Dr. Kittridge on has plantation. They
receive On this po@tation fourteen collars
per menth the year round They don't
mira ;he Gun willie at work, bot when
Walking cat 90 Sunday each has e red u,n-
brsi. nnd ian They are nea, in their
persons. f5c d. bedding and everything else.
They bssse often. They sro Of a light cop
per color, have back. srsight hsr. aud
! IoaA. snore like Indians than ether psnple.-
| noticed one with his head shaved on tue
sid.s and top. AID queue behind. Ihey
wear white blouse reaching TO tusir hips.
. pair 81 breaches aud . hat, shoes in dry
weather, and In wet weather they 60 bare>
foot, and roll their byeeches above their
knees, when working in bitches or mud
Their beds are of mating, and their pillows
blocks Of wood about - large 10 mans
hand and three times ~ thick, with blouse
folded and laid on each. They have
mosquito bars, and az them and their bed,
ding up neatly, and keep them in good o.
| der.
1.-THE ratons Of these Chinsm"n ere sins
ply pound Of pork and apound OF rice
daily. They abhor corn bread, ana viii
nearly ssarvs before they will touch it
They cook careless weeds, and other weeds
for greens, and are fond Of potatoes and
other vegetables. They hang up an opos
sum till il is juicy and mellow, and then
cook j, stuffed with raisins.
They are neat cooke, neat gardeners,
and ingenious. Whatever they do is done
rapidly but well. They speak the spanish
language, and a creole OF the Lsfourche,
who speaks Spanish, manages them and
acts ~ Interpreter. They appear TO be
pescesble aud satisfied. do anything they
are required to 90 without murmur, and
as freely work 10 ditch knee deep in mud
as in the field. They are always quiet, and
work steadily all day long, but no; rapidly
They cut every weed with great care. not
allowing one to escape, but they did not cu
quite SO fast as the negroes, who were care
less in their work. Though il was necessa
~ 10 work rapidly on account Of the croT
being much in :ho grass, the Chinese could
not be induced to slight their work. They
would work among the cane with the fin
gers, and pull all the grass out, and round
the ridge up handsomely with their hoes
"From what lisaw am fsvorably i'm
pressed with Chinese laborers. The agen
. who furnished DR.. Kittridge's laborers. sta
: ted that the planters will not let the best o
! tho coolies leave tho Island Of Cuba. Thee
i'll pay them fifteen to twenty five dollar
. 10 gold rather than lot them 60.
! "As 10 the stealing propensities Of thes
I lsborsrs or their malice, don't think thes
will give their employers any more troubl
2 than they would find in white or black Ia
borsrs. They appear to be social. sn'
. much more passionless than either white
or blacks. think they are the laborer
for Louisiana"
yiBRArIoSs.-One Of our scientific cor
respondents sends US the following: Plac
watch under the edge Of pillow, whc
is fattened to about three inches. upol
which lay the ear over the watch; the tcl
will be - usual until the pulsatons OF III
heart through the blood vessels coincid
with the beat Of the watch, when the tick !
lost and musical sound il heard. Their
are many changes, especially with an irreg
{. ulas pulas.s
; Ir has recently been discovered that mar
ufacturers Of sewing silk, in order 20 in
: crease the weight, soak it IN sugar Of lead
!. Women are very apt to hold thread of Gil
d in their mouth, and the lead thus intro
duced into the system acts as slow poisor