The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-12
The Monaghan In America Differ
ont From tho Monaghan
in the Orient
They Dry Foreign Devil" and Spit
on the Caucasian Who
Passes.
ehe Land Not 30 Flowsry ~ Fancy Paints
IT. Civil Service But No
Civility.

CANTON, June lb.--Ih0 Chlnaman aUlohu
q . different being from the ChinamAn at
homo. Here he permits himself to hold an
opinion Of foreigners, and he permits his
boys to express it with mud and pieces OF
tiles. The first glimpse We had OF China
Ras within the mighty semi-circls OF bills
that forms the harbor Of HongkonR, q port
bqusl in respect Of its tonnage to New York.
lind in no way suggestive Of the China q
The Biographies, the land Of the tea chests
Ind missionaries.
Tho uame means fragrant streams." and
nothing could be more appropriate than
khis appsllation II applied TO the native
~auarter, for there the streams are fragrant,
Indeed, in these fostering summer, days.
Even one who knows the hideousaess OF the
Chinese quarter Of San Francisco 10 appalled,
at tho foulness and loathsomoness Of the
creeping lanes and mazes Of the homes OF
The Chinese In thar own country. And
when one gets hopelsGsly %entangled in their
nrooked streets it Seems az II it were only
by . special dispsnsation Of Providence
that one might be delivered alive from these
shutting, stolid-faoed crowds of wsaE-
|ers who shout out foreign dsvil' and spit
lin your face a. You pass. It Ia only in China
one realizes how foul . habit expeotoration
may become.
The Chinese at home are Of all people the
most uninterssting, their country the GRIM
NEST and most grotssque, and their religion
as dull and stupid as their stony and fero-
oious gods. Western civilization ISIS nero
hem to this great garment, . few dots here
and there. and though we are not q hundred
miles from a English port, Canton il -
heather as it was a million years ago Since
the eccentric theories Of Palgrave and Able
Carreau. it has become the fashion to speak
Of the Chinese as the coming race, and even
Lord Wellesley has lent his support to some
such view. M. Carrsau has even gone the
length Of expressing. the belief that the
eonqussts Of Tamarlane and Genghis Khan
will be repeated and tbs soversiRns Of the
west will regret having provoked the DO
scendants OF Han-Yen. II they ever do sc-
complish anything, it will be by sheer force
and brutality Of numbers. as@&s @fa&
The Chinese do everything backward.
Their compass points to the south instead
Of the north. The men wear shirts and the
women trousers; while the men wear their
hair long, the women coil theirs In a knot.
The dressmakere ars men; the women carry
burdens. The spoken language 10 not
written and the written language il not
spoken. Books are read backward. and
any notes are inserted at the top. White ia
used for mourninR and bridesmaids wear
black. Instead Of being maidens, these
functionaries are old women The Chinese
WI hands instead of the hand Of one
whom they would greet. Vessels are
launched sideways and horses ara mounted
from tho off side. They commence their
dinner with dessert and end up with sou
and ish. In shaving. the barber operates
on the head. cutting the hair upward. then
downward, and b polishes it off with q
small knife, which Is passed over the eye
brows and into the nose to remove any gu
perfiuous hairs, and the performance is
completed by removing the wax from the
ears with . bit of cotton wool on q wire.
The Chinese have no religion, that is, If
by religion 10 meant anything more than q
code Of morals which is not to be carried
out. They have cults, but no creeds. and
innumerable form of childish idolatry
which are never believed in and often are
laughed at. They are a practical race.
They have no god of their own and are
ready to chin-chin any joss whose claims
may appear to DO the best and whose pow
ers Of evil and good are the most easily rec
ognized. Confuciushimself was a practical,
conservative, and sober-minded ritualist,
and he laid down five essentials: Disinter-
sstedness. justice and public spirit. good
form in devotion and tanners, education.
and good faith. Excellent in themselves
these are, but the only thing that will OK
cite q Chinaman to mirth is the idea that
these are in any way being carried out. A
we'll now lady who wandered in China
and was unable to keep it to herself. was
''attraoted by a bright little fellow about
49, - .--~ l. g..
had refused to worship the village idols,
and who repeated various Christian hymns
with much feeling" And yet with all his
perspicuity he carried in his arms a ''wse
baby girl, whom he confessed was his WIFE"
The labor question 10 IN it's crudest stage
and it is absolutely impossible to make
head against the secret societies, II a lady
in any Of the Straits settlements discharges
her cook she will find it quite impossible to
Engage another. They have taken to ban
fishing the leaders with good effect. At
Penang two police officers accompanied a
Chinaman named In Then on board the
Empress Of China with his wife and fonr
daughters. They were escorted beyond the
lines and will not return from China. Last
year another labor leader was exiled. but he
d%isregarded the decree and came back.
He was at once sentenced to imprisonment
for life. Lu THEN. before leaving, made
his will in favo1 of his family for S11b, 900.
30 LnAt luDQT leHuAuR HUpehIb W 10 y pIOuG-
able employment here a. we'll az in America.
He is accompanied by his clerk or score
tary and an imposing retinuo Of servants,
and 10 much afraid that his old friends in
China will reason that if he 10 not good
enough for Penang he cannot be good
enough for China. and that his head will
fall.
The restaurants are arranged in the same
manner ~ those in Paris. The customer
eats his food on the sidewalk, and at the
same time gives a demonstration OF the
elasticity Of the human stomach, but The
Chinese diner out il a little too free in his
expectorRtion. For common people the
Chinese have no recognition and no forms
of politeness. bat ii he circumstance
warrant. the host has ready: "God be with
you forever. Take m house. my homo. my
all; ! am your slave; l bow down and kiss
your foot;" but il does not follow that the
stranger will 0 be murdered before tho
morning.
The physicians are admirable for their
outspoksnnsss. They prescribe for = patient
by permitting him 10 draw one out of q
bundle of straws, which indicates the dis
ease and the prescription required for its
cure. They are most inveterate medicine
takers, and in certain quarters the air 10
heavy with the fragrance of a special pre-
paration Of rhubarb, ~llcorice root, oris root,
Iovsee and musk. During tho season whole
junkloads Of these drugs come down from
the interior.
The mixture Of old and new 10 Qrotssque.
Tn civil service ia based entirely ON exam
ination and education Is the only passport
to ofhcs. The highest university in the
empire ID the Imperial Academy At Pekin,