Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1890 — HAVE NO NERVES. [ARTICLE]

HAVE NO NERVES.

That b the Reason Why Chinese Can Work So Continuously. An English physician residing in China points out that the most characteristic difference between the Chinaman and the Caucasian of Europe lies in the former’s lack of nervousness. We in America, who have seen the Chinaman working incessantly in his little laundry, shall find no difficulty in believing the statement of the English physician when he says: “The Chinaman can write all day, he can work all day, he can stand for a whole day in one position, weaving, hammering gold or cutting ivory, without once being attacked by nervousness. This peculiarity makes itself apparent in early youth, The Chinaman can bear any kind of bodily exercise. Sport and play to him are unnnecessary labor. He can sleep anywhere and in many positions—-amid thundering machines, deafening noises, the cry of children or the wrangle of grown people; on the ground, in bed, or on a chair. ” In his own innocent way the China3M& is almost a Sybarite. He Stopped Over. He (a traveling man) —I haye but five minutes. Say, will you be my wife? I must catch that train. She (never utters a word). He—Only three minutes left; say the word, my darling. She (silent as the grave). He—One minute /est. Promise to be my wife! She—l promise. Ho- I'll take the next train. 1