The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-02-13
NUMBER 50.

worship is over the "josh-house' dis
sppears, and the idols are 'inceremon-
iously slowed away among other useless
lumber.
He shaves with an instrument resem-
bling butchers cleaver in miniature.
Nature generally denies him beard, so
he shaves what sailor would term the
fore and aft part Of his head He reaps
his hirsute crop dry, using no lather.
His cue is pieced out by silken braid, so
interwoven as gradually to taper into
slim tassel, something like Missouri
mule-driver's black snake" whip-lash.
To lose this cue is to lose caste and
standing amongst his fellows. No mis-
fortune for him can be greater.
Coarse cowhide boots are the only
articles Of American wearthat he fayors.
He inclines to buy the largest sizes,
thinking he thereby gets the most ior
his money, and when his No. feet,
wobble and chafe in No. IL boots he
complains that they fit too much"
He cultivates the vegetables OF his
native land in California. They are
curiosities like himself. One resembles
our string-bean, but is circular in shape
and from two to three feet in length.
II is not in the least stringy, breaks on
short and crisp, boils tender very quick
ly, and affords excellent eating. he is
6 very careful cultivator, and will spend
hours picking off dead leaves ana m
sects from the young plants. Whoa he
finds dead cat, rH' ,' or cnlcheA'
~ nrows !, into 1t of water,
- :. 30 4, .or,posa .nlles
the liquid fer 'i o"'"- -ne' o'oi
bis nlantat;o. '.sr.. on and pump
kin seeds 1T, ",a' .sssert delicacies.
He COM. % his garden products about
half cooked in an American culinary
point OF view, merely willing them by
an immersion in boiling water.
There are about fifteen English words
to be learned by Cinnamon on arfl-
wing in California, and no more. WITH
these he expresses all his wants, ana
with this limited stock you must learn
to convey all that is needful to nm
The practice thus forced upon one IN
employing Chinese servant IS useiui
in preventing circumlocutory habit OF
speech. Many of our letters the Mon
polian mouth has no capacity for sound
inc. r he invariably sounds like !, so
that the word "rice" he pronounces
"lice"-a bit of information which may
prevent any unpleasant apprehension
when you come to employ Chinese
cook. He rejects the English personal
pronoun I, and uses the possesslve
"my" in its place; thus, "My go
home, in place of ~ go home
When he buries a countryman ne
throws from the hearse into the ali
handfuls of brown tissue-paper silps'
punctured with Chinese characters
Sometimes, at his burial processions'
he gives q small piece OF money to every
person met on the road. Over tpe
crave he beats gongs and sets OFT packs
Of fire-crackers. On it he leaves cooked
meats. drinks, delicacies, and lighted
wax tapers. Eventually the bones are
disinterred and shipped to his native
land In the remotest mining districts
of California are found Chinese graves
thus opened and emptied OF their in-
mates. 1 have in one instance seen
him so far as he was permitted, render
come of these funeral honors 10 "h
American. The deceased had gained
thin honor by treating the Chinese us
though they were partners in our com
mon humanity. "Missa Tom," as he
was termed by them, they knew they
could trust. He acquired among
them a reputation as the one righteous
American in their California Gomerrah'
Cinnamon would come to him from dis-
tant localities, that he might overlook
their bills of sale and other documents
used in business intercourse Win inc
white man. Their need OF such an
honest adviser was great. The descen-
dents of the Pilgrim Fathers often TOOK
advantage of their Ignorance OF the
English language, written or spoken,
"Missa Tom" suddenly died. hao
occasion to visit his farm few days
after his death, and on the first night OF
my stay there saw the array OF meats
fruit, wine, and burning tapers on
table in front of the house, which ms
Chinese friends told me was intended
as an Offering to Massa Toms spirit
-Lippincotfs.
NOTHING is more amiable than 'rue
modesty, and nothing more oon.emp'i
ble than that which is false; the ono
guards virtue, the other betrays it. IIue
modesty is ashamed to do anything tna'
4 repugnant to right reason; false mo-
dssty IL ashamed to do anything that Is
opposite to the humor Of those wisn
whom the party converses. True mo
desty avoids everything that's criminals
false modesty everything that is un'
fashionable. The latter is only gen.
eral, undetermined instinct; the ior-
mer is that instinct limited and circum-
scribed by the rules Of prudence.
t. rur bov belieyed that the accumu-