The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-03-06
LIFE IN CHINA.
iNaw York Sun.l

in China, George Dean returHed to New York two weeks ago, with the intention of remaining, His mother, tAree sisters and a brother live ia the same house tAey occupied when he weat away. He had been Asre only t~o days when he h,- came honesiek kOS China. He thought sha, time would eoaqusr the feeling. bat t became stronger every day, and on Thursday he bade Ais mother and Sisters farewell, aAd Sailed Co Liverpool on his way back to the strange country he had learned to love betteT than his native lARd
 al miss so mAay things and every thing comes unhAndy to me here" he said, " For instance, every one drinks cold water here, and laughs at me be- cause want to do as tAey do in China and take my water warm. In China 1t Is tmpolite to take your hat oh on entering . house, And here have forgotten my .elt dszcn times. and been stared at and frovned al by svez 90 m any because ob- served the Chinese etiquette and kept my
 bat on my hoad os gotnx iAto people aouses, hna myseii oFdering my dss
 sat frs, at diHncr, AS | and all Chtnamen do at hsme--l mean in Shanghai and my embarrassment has bccn great. po-
 
 tea from their sauccrs, which arc placed on top oi the cups. forgot myself more than once aud did tho samc, with an sfScct on others that made me very an comfortable. On go,ng out invariably nave taken my fan. and a fan like mise couldn't be purchased 10 New York tor the price of to~a lot. l couldn't th,Ak of going anywhere without it; but It has
 brought me only udicule wherever wea,
 hnd that my usitiag cards, made anes the best Chinese iasAiop. each oae printed } on yard 0t the finss, stlk papss imagia.
 able, are simply ussless here, aad ii used
 would create a suong susp,cion that
 vas insane h Chiaa any bod, and every
 body else's bed, Is 6rmcd of mating,
 while Aerc the mating is laid on my , bod room floor for mo to walk on. When
 Ho to bed here Ay hoAd SiAkS down deep
 lsto tAe pdlow, ana splutsor aAd tumble
 about all AiRht, and cant sleep. At home
 in China, l mean Il res, on pillow, as
 hard as wood, and sleep like top,
 The other day my nepsew, "A young
 fellow whom Ike very much, asked me
 what l thought would be a nice ,h,ng for
 him to buy as q present for his father al, Christmas. answered him at once |:
 The very best coffin you can afford Why do you believe me he was h.
 suited, and my dear old mother vas vastly shocked. Is al came of my being thoroughly Chinese. h Is quite the propeu thing in China for a son to buy A ooftin for hlS living father. In fact, IL is l. expected that he will do so if ke is pos. sssssd Of sufficient hlia regard. told , ny friend so, but shocked him still more,
 and was miserable again. Thcte Is mn use. never could ge. along hsTe at all
 shall die ii don't get back home 10 .. China, moan.
 Yes, everything seems to be douc h China exactly opposite 10 tho way it is
 done hero. Here 1 am ME. Dean iu
 China am Dean Mir. They don't use r any soap to shave with in China, but
 simply rub the part to be shaved with |. warm water, put on with brush like 2 |, tooth brush. The part to be shaved h
 never the face, but the tsp oi tho head. The front of Chinese oook Is the last page, and the reader begtss at the right . had corner ot the page, and reads down a The !oot-notes are always at tho top. The title of the book Is printed on tho outside
 margin of tho page lf yOu should ever eutes a schoolToom in China, you would
 sufely thisk the scholars were engaged iE !. mobbing tho teacher, for they study thsa less0as as loud as thstT lungs will lst them . WheD they roCiis, they back up to tn. ' teachers, and stand with their faces to tho = other screaming scholars, instead ot the
 teacher, while they all yell their reci,a
 ton togsthes.
 They nevor have a1y breach Q! prem
 ise cases over In China. A future Chi
 nese belle isat three days old before hes c areats have botTothed hes se some ac. {: oeptAble scioe of a neigA bor's house D When she is old enough --aad she doesn I D have 10 be vesy old, Ior If shs were Ia ,hii country she would be playing with hes . dsIl yet-she gsos to the houA of her ] afiAaced aad maTTies him. She weep, > and walls all ,he way thcra. as if Aer idea D of mstrimony wasn't exactly a cheerful i. oao. These Is Always mourning at a
 Chinese marriage, while at iuaeSai the |, bases play, Asd thoEe is fcastisg Asd re- ' ,icing. And there, 1 think, the Chino,e !, lea is the correct ose Whea A pesson } fmarrics his troubles begin. Why should hs ujoics2 Whea he dies his noubes ! are ovss. Why should aay one moura { 1 mast go back to Chiaa.
 A trus bosn patriotic Chlnaman will turn witA loathiag frem 4 glass of fress } milk, while he will lift cup of castor etl to his lips aAd dIais 1t with gasto. Ths
 oil will Ass make Aim bilious; the milk
 will told you II was the pSoosx thing
 in China for a son to give q coffia to hts
 father. ln case the fathes has so eos, ov
 the soa h lscktsg h 6iai regard or
 money, it is tAs a@ bitioa of the hthes 10
 procure the cofis for himself, and he
 does % as seos as he Is able to It ls used abosi the hosse h various capaei- ties unul Il isewAstsd tss ths pssposs for
 which 1t was purchased. O ia,o any we'll regulated Chisese tAmiIy's hosss, asd yeu ~til surely see the cofia of ths
 head of the house occupied as . tste-a- ssse. a bench, . table, or aAythisg el.e.
 When the owner sies aaA is pat isto 1t. ii xnax ha iaken Ia fhe axa xa~s -xA i-A