Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-04-21

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An lneident Of Life Among she
Chinese I'm Eureka.
An ancient author embodied . very
pathetic truth in the expression that moth
ing humsn ia without interest 10 human
ity. And moro than this is true. The
sympathy Of man extends to animals,
whose pleasures and pains excite CORES
ponding emotions in the human breast.
The people Of different nations may be
embittered against each other by prejudice
OF race, by Governmental oppression, or
the memory Of injury sustained in open
war; but this feeling OF arrangement and
nate Is lost and mere nationality forgotten
when the individual man or woman, over
como by misfortune and distress, becomes
an object OF COMMUNICATION and pity. Even
tne ChInaman in . miners camp is not
put beyond the pale Of recognition when
as one OF the great human family his suf-
ierings make him an object Of sympathy
to the whites. who are injured by his pres
ence, and loudly demand his removal from
the country. Even the Chinese woman,
degraded as she nearly always is on the
Pacific Coast, is still q human being, and
capable OF eliciting pity and sympathy.
however much, as . rule, che may be very
properly despised for her debased and III
womanly manner OF living.
THE SLAVE MOTHER.
This leads to the narrative Of An incl
dent Of life among the Chinese in Eureka,
which, II properly told, cannot fail to
q the sympathy and stir the emotions
OF every person that reads it. II il no
news to our people that the Chinese women
are all slaves, and worse. in this country.
One OF them, living in the Chinese quar-
ter OF this town, was owned this 10 an Of
fensive but accurate term) by . Chinaman
who left some time ago for China-before
the law Of passports went into operation,
80 that he is now in the Flowery Kingdom
to stay, as he got no certificate OF identif-
cation upon which to be resdmitted to the
United States. Before going away he sold
his woman" to an old Chinese doctor for
500. Last week she was brought TO bed
in that trying but natural ordeal which,
though an illness, Is still but the we'll or
dered function Of the female sex. The in
stincts Of maternity seemed wanting for
this occasion in some Of it's plainest re-
quirements. The m went about ~ .
mere beast Of work, doing the bidding Of
her opium-smoking master. Without even
stockings 10 protect her person from the
freezing weather, she could be seen last
Winter trudging about from place to place
with . basket on her shoulders picking up
chips about the yards Of her white neigh
bors.
A PITIFUL SPECTACLE.
She was . spectacle OF want and physical
distress, but her wretched appearance ex-
cited only the smiles and jeers OF her
country people and the passing shudder Of
the whites who observed her plight. To 9
about whose door she used to come
and pick up fragments Of fuel she would
in the few words she knew in English:
"Me poor old Maly. heap sick; maybe so
me de-"
When taken sick and not able to leave
her bed any more her condition was des-
She had been so manipulated by
the old Chinese doctor, who knows no
about obstetrics than . blacksmith,
accouchement was impossible. His
handling had destroyed the vitality
Of the organs. He had butchered the mother
and killed the offspring. In the extreme
agony suffered by the miserable creature,
The prevailed upon her 'sowner" to send
Tor an American physician. "China doc
no sabe," she said, "Melican doctor,
be sabe me, now" When too late for
human aid to accomplish anything but to
tho pain brought on by
H MALPRACTICE,
skilful physician Of Eureka vas called
In. Delivery was effected by instruments.
The child had been dead for some time
and the mother died in . day or two sitter
The operation. What disposition was made
Of the body no q knows, and nobody
cares. II was probably chucked away in
some hole and put under the surface with
! sparse covering Of earth st the least ex-
pense to her proprietor.
OUR EASTERN
II 10 not the wish Of the SENTINEL to ap-
pear - an advocate Of local missionary
work among the Chinese. nor does it pro-
pose TO reveal anything a. done by them
that may be In violation Of the hrst princi-
pies Of humanity - we'll - Of law. It Is
|ust about - we'll TO leave Thorn severely
alone. TO live among themselves - they
are disposed to. Our purpose 10 accom-.
II the recital Of the above facts
Ihall serve TO give Eastern people, who
the universal-fAtherhood-of.G
md observation-disclosures theory a. particu-
larly applicable In our relations With Obi.
nese Immigrants to the PaoiAc Coast,
something to reflect upon.