Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-12-24

Chinese houses are usually Duiit VI
brick, one story high, and covered With
tile, and earth. They are built DO
higher for fear of disturbing the good
ans evil spirits, and are covered WIN
earth because earth is plentiful and
tipber is scarce. The houses are Gl-
yidei iato two rooms, one for the maIes'
the other for the females. Each does
hi. or her own cooking. Husband ana
wife never eat together, nor are they
eyer seen together on the street. CHM
csc husbands are extremely jealous of
their wivos, and are afraid OF evil spir-
I its; and in order to keep one IN ana
the other out, their dwellings are sur
rounded by Z high wa''. Tho tUrn :
ture OF a Chinese dweI4iAg consists oi
u small t.bIe about three feet square,
chair. similar TO bar-room chair, and
the cong (bsd) is buils OF brick some
/ thing like an old-fashioned oven and
I has 1ue Tor the smoke 10 pass on.
( When a Chiaaman wishes 10 retire, he
( builds q Ere under his bed, warns it
. up good, arrangss sheep skin and blan-
kets, erawIs in aad is happy. Their
dishes are not very extensive, the
. kwaetsxe (chcp-.ticks) being most I'M
portant, AS they are used for convey
I ing all manner Of food TO the Iaouta.
The only currency of the country is
Er ia II nfafH.
with a square hole in the centre. Six
I hundred OF them make one dollar. Sill
yer eirculates through the Empire, but
/ it goes by weight altogether. There
are banks In the large towns that issue
their notes, but their notes are not
/ legal-tender cash for the payment OF
lie BITS. and only pass in the towns where
Issued. No banks fail in China In
case bank should fail tho banker
would be beheaded. Any person who
receives money or other property from
his customers for safe keeping must re-
turn the sane when called upon to do
50, OF be held as guilty of high crime.
the punishment for which is death.
After the debts ara paid, all else that
he has goes to The Government. In case
he has hidden the proper ~ so it eaGno.
be found, the property Of his relatives
first IN line is taken till the depOsitor :
made good, Bankers are honest in
China. Chinese physicians know little
or nothing abO It the human system,
never go TO see patient bat once, ano
insist thst The same medicine WILL not
10 at all for 4 man and = woman, though
their complaint Be the same. The
beasts of burden are COWS, donkays
borses. mules, and camels, and they
frequently get them strangely mixed
i great many camels are used for the
purpose OF carrying tea to Russian
siberia The principal temples, from
which they try to exclude foreigners.
are as follows: "The Temple OF
Heaven" the walls of which are two
miles square. The temple itself cover.
about One-fOurth of an acre; and /.
: built in the form OF a dome. Here the
Emperor is Supposed to attend every
three months to offer sacrifice, which
consists OF from six to eight hogs, fouI
or five sheep, and Two or three oxen.
At the Llama Temple" is an image oi
Buddha 20 feet high, made in the pro-
portions OF man. From 2 900 to J. .OCC
priests efaciate at this temple. Our
missionaries saw 1900 at one time
kneeling on mats and chanting Buddha
praise. At the Temple of the Gresl
Bell'' is ths largest hanging bell in the
world, beiag thirteen feet in diameter
and fifteen feet high. There are about
5000 different characters cast on the
bell. The bell is rung whea they want
rain, and no other time.