The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-10
Lilo IL China.

| ioeo houscs arc usually Du1lt o.
| orick, one story high, and covered will
tiles and earth. They are built DC
higher for fear of disturbing the goot
ana evil spirits, and are covered with
earth because earth Is plentiful and
timber Is scarce. The houses are On.
Vlded Into two rooms, one for tho males
the other for the females. Each does
MS or her own cooking. Husband and
"lte never eat together, nor are they
ever seen together on,the street. Chin
csc husbands are extremely Jealous of
their wives, and are afraid OF evil spir-
Its; and in order to keep ono In and
the other out, their dwellings are sur
rounded by'a high wall. The turni-
ture Of Chinese dwelling consists of
small table about three feet square.
chalrs similar loa bar-room chair, and
the cong (beD Is built of brick some
thing like an ofd-fushioned oven md
mas hue ior the smoke to pass off.
When a Chinainan wishes to retire, he
builds a fire under his bed, warns it
up good, arrangcs sheep skin and blan-
kets, crawls in and is happy. Their
dishes are not very extensive, the
kwactszc (chop-sticks) being most i'm
portant, rs they are used for convey
ing all manner of food to the mouth.
Tue only currency OF the country is
called cash. Is small copper pieces
with a square hole in the centre. Six
hundred o. them make ono dollar. Sil-
yer circulntes through the Empire, but
1t goes by weight altogether. There
nrc banks III the large towns that issue
their notes, but their notes arc not
legal-tender cash for the payment of
debts, and only pass in the towns where
issued. No banks fail In China. In
case bank should fail the banker
would be behcaded. Any person who
receives money or other property from
his customers for safe keeping must re-
turn tho same when called upon to do
80, or be held as guilty of a high crime,
the punishment for which is death,
After the debts are paid. all else that
he has goes to the Government. In case
he has hidden the property 80 1t cannot
be found, the property of his relatives
first III line ia taken till the depositor Is
made good, Bankers are honest in
China. Chinese physicians know little
or nothing abo It the human system,
never go to SEQ patient but once, and
insist that the same medicine will not
do at all for man and a woman, though
their complaint be the same. The
beasts of burden are COWS, donkeys,
borses, mules, and camels, and they
frequently get them strangely mixed.
A 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: '"rhe Temple Of
Heaven" the walls of which are two
miles square. The temple itsolf covers
about one-fourth Of an acre, and Is
built in tho form OF dome. Here the
Emperor is supposed to attend every
three months to offer sacrifice, which
consists Of from six to eight hogs, four
or five sheep, and two or three oxen.
At the Llama Temple" is an image of
Buddha 70 feet high, made in the pro-
portions of man. From 1000 to 5000
priests offlciate at this temple. Our
missionaries saw 1,S00 at one time
knecling on mats and chanting Buddha
praise. At the fTemple Of the Great
Bell'' Is the largest hanging bell III the
world, being thirteen feet in diameter
and flftaen teet high. There are about
70, 900 different characters cast on the
bell. Tho bell is rung when they want
rain, and no other time.