The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-04-13
FROM OREGON. j
EUGENE, Org, April 8, 1893.

4eanding the prejudice againt them,
owing to the scarcity of girls to serve
in that capacity A few Of the oldest
so.tlers among them here have Ameri.
eenized themselves to the extent of |
entting of their "pietails," (cues)
wearing American clothes and indulg-
Ing In American profanity.
However, the Chinaman is too in
teusely foreign in every respect to ever
become anything else than what he is
today. and it was wise ''dispensati0n'' |
q Uncle Sam to firmly request him to
JoDsin ut home. ~
10 not one of his chief
characteristics: besides he has a strong
zhabit Of possessing himself of others
goods without Riving an equivalent in
>xchsugr: their manner Of living is
peculiar, also, to themselves they
1ever sleep where they work, but rent
. house, aud from twenty to thirty &C.
cupy that as their home, each one pay
Ing his share of the rent and the house
10 supported, that is, they who are out
OF employment, in different ways, one
OF which is by contributions frOm
those who are employed as cooks in
public kitchens, Of tea, coffee, sugar,
ETC., which gets intO their capaci ,us
jackets after each days wu,k is done,
and they tread their honey ward way to
ehetr den among their | rethren.
The writer had occasion to visit one
OF their dens once when about two
dozen of them were at home, and the
Interpreter absent, and my unexpected
advent among them caused such 4
commotion and chattering as tn re-
mind me Of IL f,ck of geese pou, ce%l
upon by HI enemy, and the incessa",
chattering of the Whole crowd 1T once
Was as confusing to the sens. Of hear
Ing 10 the variety of odors was TO the
sense Of smell. TIE Interpreter, how
ever, was soon brought in, the infor-
nation gained, and an exit made int"
street in no very leisurely manner,
where the atmosphere Seemed very
pure and sweet in comparison to thai
left behind.
On another occasion I ATTENDED IL
private concert, being attracted To the
dOorby strange, weird-like sounds is>
suing from the open door, The Per-
fOrmance was on native instruments
Of different kinds, the director Of the
performances adding his voice to the
shustc." For i short time it. WIS in:
teresting asa curiosity, for the sound
Of the instvutn~nts, aud, it, fact, the
whole proceeding savored 81 nucl, ut
= far-off, foreign nature AS to produce
y sons .tion entirely different to any
thing ever heard before, but the sing
ing rythmic, ever-recurriug lnonoton-
Gus sounds soon disptlled every other
feeling, and it became tiresome.
The co,nical 81 te of "Johu" is ever
apparent, and this is intensified when
ever he is excited or suddenly taken by
surprise.
His FIRST sight Of an ell ctric motor
car under way was too colossal for
Johns intellect. He gaped ut it a while
IN opened-eyed wonder, then throwing
up his arms he yelled "whoopee, no
push-ee, no rull-ee, he go.ee like Ill
alice same-ee.'
As class Chinese are inveterate
gamblers, and wherever their home is
there is their gambling den. Such is
their passion for play that every other
consideration, characteristic or passion
gives way to it. In trade they have
no superior; are always supicious
closely scrutinizing scales, weights
measures aud haggling about the price
ssfevsrything purchased; his money is
short Of the price, or he never has the
uhsnge; to no contract is lie exact; the
odd cents of an account he never pays;
. bargain fails to bind his console, ce
and 1t he has haggled tifteen cent
artilce down to ton cents 10 will offe,
nine in payment; his love of money
rules him, and for it he will commit
any crime, lawful or otherwise. he viii
undergo torture, submit to disgrace
sell wife or children. in fact anything
will he do to obtain money. aud ye'
gambling is paramount 10 it. The
gambling table is his heaven; nothing
can be compared to the intensity will
which Chinaman throws himself sou
and body into the whirlpool of gam
bling; in it he fOrgets everything bu
the present; he possesses neither past
nor future; the accum ulated wealth o
years goes without regret at tn
time; the lares and penates of the ira
dati0nAl nOme-that bind him to hi,
race-sre risked on the turn of the die
but away from the gaming table hi.
shrewdness is seldom 1T fault. TIL
''pigeon English" Of the Chinese has
curious origin; no Chinaman pile
volubly the organs of speech; he fail
at the dipthongs and ignores th
aspirates; half of the v0w.ls becOm
stumbling. blocks to him, the meanin,
Of many words have no synonyms II
his thought or Language. Business h
pronounces "bichon,' sounding mOr'
like ''pigeon" than anything else
henoe the name ''pigeon English
given to his attempted utterances.
10 related that \ Chinese school maste
,translatiD9 my name is Norva,; o.
the 6 rampian hills my father feeds hi
hocks-s frugal swain," gave it thus
my name Hong Narval; top sid
grsmpain bill fxder chon chon Ii
sheep. Very small-bearted man."
fact neither the ideas Of this cOuntr