Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-04-22
BoHElrss cuRpsts.
Triumph OF Chinsss IsEeauity
over Designisg Americas Law
-Hsw the Bssss Of ContsHtieu
are Removed.


Tbs Law passed BY the late Legisla.
turs forbidiins. under heavy penalties.
the disintsrment OF human bodies
buried in this State, without FIRST obtain.
ing permission from the County Com.
m~issionsrs was suggested by and aimed
at the usll.known custom Of the Chin
csc Of digging up the bones Of their
oountrymsn and shipping them home to
China. This custom has prevailed not
only from religious duty. but through
the contracted obligations Of the com.
panies 10 which they belong or by whom
they are brought 10 this country. TO re-
turn them 10 China alive or dead.
RrruRsISo THE bones
Suitably boxed up. labeled. and cor
tihed 10. fulhls the contract. For every
Celestial not 90 returned, or otherwise
satisfactorily accounted for. the com.
psny has to forfeit three times the
amount Of the contract money 10 the
relatives OF the deceased, or the Govern
msnt. For this reason Il 10 that ct q
suitable time. q few months altar burial,
THE GRAVES wxRs ~hr.oPEsyD.
And the bones taken out for shipment.
The new Law would apparently dis
courage and prevent In . great measure
the emigration Of Chinese to this ooun-
try, but John 10 too cunning 10 be caught
out or kept out on any such arrangement
a. that. Since the law went into effect
not one Chinese corpse has been buried ,eih
any bones IN u. Skillful practitioners.
employed by the companies. remove all
the bones from the body a. soon rs con-
v~enisnt after death.
TEE BosK REMOVAL CEREMONY.
The corpse Is laid upon the operating
table face downward. Some aromatic
Joss paper Is burned In q censor sus.
pended from the ceiling, throe tea.cups
full OF sanctihed rice water are sprinkled
over the body and around the room. and
o priest repeats the sacred Chinese pro-
verb, "Koong bee fat choy." which sig.
niass "Psacs aud good will TO US all"
This 10 the religious formula for the 90.
casion. The two skilled surgical opera
tors now step forward to their work with
KEN o%LrrrERISo KNIVES.
An lncision is made from the top OF
the head down tho spinal column.
branching of down each leg TO the heel,
and along the back Of each arm. Tbs
akin and flesh IL then carefully aud
speedily peeled and trimmed away each
side from the skull, shoulders, back.
ribs, hips, arms and legs. and 10 less
time than Il takes 10 describe II the
YLEsHLEss sxELrroS
IL drawn forth. leaving the homeless
corpse lying there. Then the clothes
which deceased wore during life. often
comprising all his worldly possessions.
are carefully stuffed In to supply the
place Of the bones removed. and the.
body being neatly sswsd up and washed,
II Is wrapped In . plain shroud and do.
livsred to the friends for burial.
bOiLihu Tuk boNhs.
The skeleton 10 now unjointsd and
the bones boiled several hours. sufficient
to remove all adhering fiesh or refuse
matter. They are subsequently, baked
in an oven and packed Tor shipment.
Il IL unnecessary to enter into the de-
tails a. TO the disposal Of the soup or
burial OF the body, the removal and
preparation Of the bones being the main
point In view.
BETTER HAN Y L STYLE.
The advantages Of this new method OF
securing the bones over tho old style are
very apparent, and the Chinese consider
IL q great Improvement. 1t involves no
delay or uncertainty. nor the extra work
Of rsopening the grave, and the bones
are more agresably secured and pre-
pared. with no obnoxious or oppressive
law to interfere. The story started q
few days ago by q misinformed contem.
porary to the effect that the Chinese wore
obviating this law difficulty by placing
the corpsss In large earthen pots, for
shipment to California. was untrue. alb.
surd and impracticable. The idea Of
pottsd Cinnamon is irrsvsrently ridicu.
lous to say the least.