The Newtown bee., 1878-03-28
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The Chinese of CalifOr-
 nia.

The one universal subject now occupying the
 attention of the pulpit, the press and the public generally ,on this Pacific slope, the Chinese" l There are few manufacturers that do not cm. ploy them in some capacity many farmers con sider them the most reliable of help. and hun
 drcds of families find them useful in the house.
 hold, and content to do what not one Irish girl
 in twenty would be willing to. Even the young boys can cook, wash and iron, and in short timer can be taught to do the work for quite Il
 family. Their wash-houses are scattered from
 one end of the city to the Other and one might
 almost say they were never closed; for week
 days, night times, and Sundays, their places
 are open, and they are seen busly at work
 plying their vocation.
 To walk through the precincts of Chinatown
 on Sunday, Is to sec another country of the
 same name the dissimilarity lying in the broad CT streets and the architecture of the houses.
 Here, all day long, may be seen the various
 specimens of this strange race. and heard the various dialects ofa curions language. Aim. lessly sauntering about or briskly with some definite object in view, geSticulating, gossiping,
 buying or selling, laughing or morose in looks, they appear altogether ncomprehensible,- marvel and wonder.
 The laborer takes 1t for holiday, and they come in from towns adjoining to visit shops, attend their place of worship, or the Royal Chinese Theatre" in the evening, for they have no homes in the sense we have, or domestic life; and hence the street saunter and out-of- door lounging is far preferable, and more to be enjoyed than the close and iil-ventilated room,
 tl.tfA ,l.
 Probably they find us, in many ways, as cur ious as we do them for they are as interesting me now as when first came to this coast six months ago, and met them in all daily walks to and from different localities.
 It Is stated that about ne-twelfth of the pop ulation of the whole State Is Chinese. They call this land of rich resources the ''Golden Noun tains," and come here, as do many other for eigners, to try and make money; and when they have secured suug little o0mpetence,t to return to the country that gave them birth. Many go home in the interim to visit their families and friends, and then return again for another term of years, perhaps permanent stjourn in Amer ica. They are allured hither by climate un- equalled upon any continent, by the fair prices paid to thorough workmen, and the high rates given unskilled labor; by the advantages of gold and silver mining, and because they can better their condition in many ways They come from the laboring classes of society, and embrace all trades and professions. Strictly conservative. they think what did for their an- cestors, will do for them; and therefore they do not believe in changes. They possess won derfnlly good memory, and are very initiative; the masses do not know how to read or write, and their religion is a superstitious ldolatry. Even here, they have set up their temples with heathen gods to worship and adore. There are tablets with numerous inscriptions, urns with tncense-sticks, grotesque carvings. god- desses with attendant diytnities; gopgs and bells to awaken the gods to a realizing sense of their presence there, as essential to re oeiye the prayers of its benighted people, and priests to instruct the worshinper in the cere- monials ofhis worship. They also have certain and birthdays of these pagan gods and goddesses, which occasions call out large crowds who offer prayers and gifts in most serious manner. These "Joss houses,n and their apologies for them in different localities, are never during the day without some "poer