The Chinaman.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 11, 26 June 1900, Page 1

The Chinaman.

The great mass of the population of Oiiina will hardly be affected hf the disturbances now proceeding in I the northern districts, Thft Chinaman, acnording to mosi observants, has & naturally phlegmatic teuaperarneet, aad fof | that reason is not easily roused t<J ; action. His daily life i B conducted jon the most regular prinjiples, ■ According to Mi- J. K. Goodrich s i ! description in the " Forum," h<fe never risos after daybieak, and often begins work at 2 a.m. A wet «lotk rubbed over tte face and neck serves fo* his toilet» and hi* first act every day is the worship of hisjancestors. Then he dviuls tea, often cold, eating very sparing 4 The idea that the Chinese are fon 1 of " rate and mice and such small deor^ according to this authority* is erroneous. One may live in a Chinese city for years, he says v Without seeing rats or mice offered for sale a» food. They are sold for liißdicine; but even for this purpose they are not so -easily caught as to be cheap. Beoausi the rats steal their moat precious article of food, nee, the Chinese holil that they are criminals of tha ■deepest dye, and that they merit the worst kind of torture. Black dogs and cats are favourites among amoag the most superstitious natives of the south. These animals invariably command & higher price than others, an 3 am eaten in rnidsuaamer, in fcfao belief that the meat insures both healtb and strength for the running year. The recreations of the middle-class Cbmanien ace restricted partly bj their dressj partly by their idea? of decorum. They have no violent games. Thsy play battledore and shuttlecock with their feet however, .u'sjng the thick soles of the shoes fas the battledore, and never touching the shuttlecock with thei* hands until if f alia to the ground. The gentlemen fly kites for amuse* ment, or wander through ths fields, carrying a bird oa % perch, and throwing crumbs in the ai£ for it to catch. All Chinameqi are gamblers, and it is injtjrestin^ to learu that in the treaty porfc^ the more advanced natives have acquired mory than a rudimentary knowledge of certain European antf and American card games. Poke? and whist appeal to them especially,. Mr Goodrich implies that fcha political life of China is tot* complicated for the avera^ , European to understand.

A Fraad.— Mrs M'Gariem ; "The i^y lamp ye sold me is no good, an' Oi wai;| yez to iake it back." Dealer: " Eli £ Why?" Mrs M'Cjiriem ; " Divilachun| can we get out of it," "What's the. dilference," aaked tb£ the teacher in aiithmeuc, " bei.\een on^ yard aad two yards ?" " A fence," ea .1 Tommy Beales. ' 'JPfaem Tommy sat on ta4 ruier fourteen tinges. The Clumsy Man (comiag' !from th* ballroom : "How can I ever rep&y y o l foi.- that delightful wait? ?" She (who'?* tiRJo has suffered) ; Oh, don't pay me Settle with the dressmaker." --''•' H<sr Patheri « Young man, ara yo fc alne to support a family ?" Suitor : " We*? sn, I haven't a -very large ineoma m yso f K but I tbiak I «an k<ep off" cxe&iA uifel my wife,comes msb mherit^ac^