Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-11
ABSENCE OF NERVES.
A DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC
OF THE MoNGolIAN.

The ChinAman an Automatic WORKMAN.
His Capacity for Sleep Under Adverse
Conditions-Br~athing and Ventilation.
Il Is not very common 20 disco: dead
Cinnamon, though il has doubtless been
done; but we do not hear OF any reasons fer
supposing that the nervous anatomy OF thu
dark haired race differs in any essential
respect from that Of the Caucasian But
though the nerves of Il Chinese as cornpareJ
with those OF the Occidental, nay be- rs thu
geonetricia,s say, similar and similarly
situated, nothing Is palmer than that they
are nerves OF q very different sort from thoss
Win which We are familiar Ii seems tn
make no particular difference TO Chinese
now long be remains n one position Ha
VIII write all day, ike In aatouston. Ifha
Is handicrsIttsnan he will stand all day j,
one place from dewy Eiofn till iusSv eve.
working away at his weaving, his gold
beating, or whatever 10 may be. ard do IA
every day, without any variation in tia
ronotony, and apparently with no srecisl
Consciousness that there Is any rnonotony "a
be varied. In tho Same way Chinese schoo!
children are subjected 10 an amount OF con.
fnenent, unrelieved by any recess o- change
OF work, which would soon drive western pu.
pills 10 the verge Of insanity. The very infants
N arms, instead Of squirnipg and wriCclina
as our children begin % do Is soon rs thew
are born, lie As inpaSsive as 50 many mud
gods And az more advanced age when
western children would vie with the monkey
IN Its widest antics, Chinese children viii
often stand, sit or squat IN the same p>.s:.srs
for great length OF time.
IL seems to be a physiological fact that e,
the Chinese exercise is superfraus They can
not understand the mania which seems "a
possess al classes CT foreigners alike - walk
when there is no desire 10 GO anywhere.
much less can they comprehend the impulse
TO race over the country, =; the risk Of ones
life, in such q singular performance es that
known as a paper boat" OF the motive
which inpels men OF good social position To
stand all the afternoon iii tho sun trying 10
knock base ball 70 some spot where it shall
be inaccessible To some other persons or. on
the other hand, struggling to catch the same
ball with CELEBRITY SO as 70 kill" another per-
son on his "base| Why any mortal should
do acts like these when he is abundantly abb,
TO hire coolies 10 10 them for him II, we IT,
peat, essentially inconprehensible 10 u
ChInaInan, nor Is 1t any more comprehend
BILE because he has heard 1t explained many
times.
In the item of sleep, the Chimes establishes
the same difference between himself aud tn,
Occidental as in the directionS already speci-
fed Generally speaking, lac Is able to sleep
anywhere. None Of the triGing disturbances
which drive US 20 despair annoy him. With
a bricl, for pillow, be can lilo down on his
bed of stalks, or mud bricks. or rattan, aud
sleep the sleep Of the just, with DO reference
to the rest of creation. lie does not want
his room darkened, nor does he require
others to be still The infant crying in tho
night may continue b cry for all he cares.
for it does not disturb him. In some regions
the entire population seens to fall as!eep. "a
by common instinct Qile that OF the hiber-
mating bear during the first two hours Of
summer afternoons, and thoy do this with
regularity, no matter where they may to.
AT two hours after noon the universe at
such seasons is os s;ill as two hours after
midnight. In the oaso OF most working
people at least, and also IN that Of many
Others, position in sleep is of 10 sort Of con-
sequence. Il would be easy to raise in China
en army of ], 900, 900 ulen--nay, OF 1900 co.
tested by their capacity 10 90 t. sleep
across three wheel barrows, with head down
ward, like spider, their mouths wide open
and fly INSIDE.
Besides this, we must take account OF the
fact that in China breathing seems % 10
optional There is nowhere any ventilation
worth tho name, except when a typhoon
blows the roof from IA building. or when a
famine corupels tho owner 10 paiI the hous,
down 10 sell the tirnbers We hear much Of
Chinese overcrowdIng, but overcrowdiuE "a
the normal condition OF tho Cbinese. and
they do not appear 10 be Inconvenience by
1t at all, or IN 81 trifilag "a DEGREE that IL
scarcely deserves mention. IL they had al
OUTFIT OF Anglo-Saxon nerves they would b.,
as wretched as we frequently suppose them -
be. The same freedom from tho tyranny of
nerves is e1hihsted in the Chinese sudurancs
OF physical pain. Those who have any nc-
quairstance with tho operations AL hospitals
IN China know hoss common, CT rather Aov
almost universal, 1t rs for the patirnt - bs.T-
without GLocaing a degrees Of pain from
which the stoutezt OF IA would shrink Ia
terror.
1t would be easy 10 expand this topic aloIio
into an essay, but we must pass Il hy.
merely calling attention b y remark Of
George Eliot in one Of her letters "Ths
highest calling aud election" she says-irr.-
tsted, 10 doubt, by Theological formulas, for
which she had t.xte-',s - do without
opium and t. tear pain WITH clear eyed en-
DURANGO" II she is right, tharo can lie 10
Ettie d1abs that me-. Chinese ct ia2st hayo
made their calling AID skrsttou safe. II
remains % spalk q the worries and anxis-
ties 70 which hIr12aisy IL everywisere sub
jected IN this cttrscted rurfd. Tho Chimes,
arc not only Is accessible 20 these evils Il.
any otnar peorle, but ta- Iscre -. The coz
ditsoas Of theft soad he are such tbs. ia
aIJ given region there II G lsrss proportion
who are always On the ragged edge Q; ruin-
Il slight diDinnfsol o the rainfall fneSn<
starvation To hunAreds Of tAoaxaIds. 4
slight Increase In sne raS1saB means tbs de-
vas.ation Of thcsr homes by destructive
foods. for wa-ch there 10 70 krso~n remedy.
No Chinese sssfe from Tho eu.asAglenseut Of
a lawsuit. which, tough lie bs poE:ocsly H.
nocszt, I.sJ work rs rim EAay d tls@s
disaster are not ouiy sceo, 81. issts steaIlLy
AID sieady approach Il percsived, Ike tie
gradual mixing Of The Iron raruGd
To Us nothing Is r7ars dreadful than The
esyect&sson a. = charity, wk.ch
cansot he foTlaztsa, ard ~Esc-s uAy brinx
ali ta.t As hos-1sis n ~ tr1:n The Cklsss,
face these tsii-ss, Dcrtsa,S t>czaso t-aT seem
TO be tbetr noroal ssaze. ~1A ''eSezr eyed
.s,dnsaace,- which y ozSe a tho racst te-
psaaxxasna Of cSs rscs. Tho~s
who have r:.1essd The perfocsiy gssi>s star
> ssioo IL times c! 9eysrssssaz fannie CT
nllhons VII bs abe e. s,6c-,tar,d xhas a
bere rasas. tt bo tally appreciated i. s--n.t
10 seen. bv. sssa O. % matter What scale i.
q as dic3cuis tx &C oecl3ez-;ai reilly u a..
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