The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-12-09
John Chinarnan..
Some OF His Characteristics. :
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,What.manner, of man is he? ,Veryblack
of hair, very lowof statute, and not O thing
of beauty. Tn laughter he shows his gums
horribly But-he is seldom The Man
Who Laughs, except among his mates
With Americans, when he is not address
|sed, he is immoyably serene, silent and
serious. "sA sA5oia sfiA5--s1 .2I
Hesis a born gambler, Whatever his
age % condition, games of achance---with
|ludicrously trifing stakes possesses a
wild fascination for him. Every Califor:
MIA town has its Chinese quarter every
Chinese quarter abounds in gambling
houses. J. On the subject Of, opium, too,
the variance between his theory and his
practice reveals the human nature strong
within him. Opium smoking, he inYar-
iably AYERS, is bad, very bad = and yet
six out ofseFery seven idlers whom one
meets on an evening walk Through the
Chinese quarter, bear indelible evidence
Of. the habit written on their jaded, ghastl
ly featuresscb 5EoW .sSlgis tsss 81 % lis sgA
He is gregariotis! He must have, not
one, but several friends, to whom to whis-
per-" Solitude is SWEET No practical
BILE pecuniary temptation VIII induce him
to come to the Eastern states, unless half
q dozen or a dozen of his comrades are to
accompany him and to live with him, He
loves to dwell in towns. = Even as house
servant, he does not sleep under his mas
ter's roof, ifshe can possibly avoid it, but
goes to the Chinese quarter to spend eve
ry night with his comrades. He will
work as late as heI isl1wantedJ however,
without complaint, and shediwill- be on
hand at any required hourin the morning.
He Is a great night bird, and his turn IS
convivial. q He and his mates join in fire:
quent little suppers, whichethey keep up
until nearly daylight. The materials for
these nocturnal banquets are believed to
be contributed, unwittingly by Johns
employer, and brought away surreptitous.
ly in J ohn's basket. His mistress often
keeps her most valuable stores locked up,
and issues only a week s, SUPP to him at
a time, but he1is frugality embodied, and
can make gleanings enough for the mid
NIGH suppefs, and sometimes, PERHAPS
for shpplyin himself with pocketAmoney
beside 2 aELO3I 10 sYsrn35ssuaeM 81
ASK him Why he will not lodge IN his
employers house, and he3repliesI that he
and his friendszlike to meet at night, and
tell each other what they have learned
during the day. buIt is doubtless their Gus.
tom to instruct newly arrived servants in
household matters. Just as he is going
away atnight, John wilt often question
his, mistress. as to how she compounds. d
particular king, Of cake or accomplishes
some other triumph of cookery /. and in
answer to her ihquiring look, will exI ain
Ithat he wishes tell alfriend who has not
Ebeen~ here~long. ----s.
Il John prizes the pennies. An offer Tot
lhalf a dollar more per month may take
him away from a household to which he
seemed warmly attached But his people
Iare so numerous in California that it is
| easy to- fill his place Agents Of the Chi
nese 9 ompany, on furnishing a servant
variant him for one year, and if he runs
away. or proves dishonest, send assubsti.
tute instead. beStilly ladies who wish to
Eaveid changes, often Keep, Johns pay q
halfsa dollar or aasd dollar in arrears 30
make sure that he will not leave without
fair notice,,rT Girlsvin California, for gen,
eral homework, receive, IN gold, $50 pei
month and upwards Cinnamon obtain
about the same prices, though some skill
ed cooksio btain fromg$ 25 to $40 and boys
are hired as low as SIC? Coy. Biaisdel
of Nevada, tells me that he leaves Il his
i house for weeks and sometimes months
under the; sole9 charge of his, Chinese
steward, without the least1 apprehension
Such trust is not uncommon, though oil
course it is sometimes abused. AZ firm il
San Franchises lately found that a China
man, who had been, with them for lsyears
and was trusted ias fully as the partners
themselves, had stolen several THOUSAND
dollars worth. of goods little by little
Still on theswhole, the Chinese compare
fayofably, in point of honesty with, houst
servants Of any other nationality obtaina
bic In qApaericsag InII general trlpralit
i they seem to be superior to. every Other
class Of masculine servants. Some ladies
fear to t-Ssts them with, theirlittle daugh.
tiers yet, with their almost universal
Unemployment, have only heard of a sin
Lyle instance in which any improperly
was attempted by them In qnietness
tractableness, teacha leness,, and 3.iilniit a
ltiYeness, theyaarei certainly unequaledsd .
i It is said that the Japanese clergy
1 pause every e fifteen minutes IN their
diseources, and.sayrto their congre-
CATION 81 et US take a smoke.n5 ,l s9a7
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