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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1911-10-26, Page 3THE SIGNAL : GOISRICH ONTARIO Ttai asuaz, OCroSsa Ile, 1911 a TIE AN) ONLY IIENDENE meat of Thibst that had bees execs eked far esoisttie(1 was to be eisttged The City ofChenglu.:i. a spent, the five sere is twingin (� �+�� W `nest into subjection. Up Everyday Scenes in a Chinese Provincial dab he has 1 thirteen Cbtae» otlsoiaL ism tnl satboe;y when earl,. were before Thibetao rulers. Cha NOW PEKE s May Prolong Their Lim to Al as advanced age wash is aloe rapid than repair. The orgasm ad o I mere slowly and less eleettw0y than BEWARE OF IMITA- TiONS. HOLD ON THE MERITS OP IINARD'S LINIMENT BOOK BINDING MAGAZINES, PERIODICALS and • LIBRARIES bound or repaired. (i()L11 LETTERING on LEATHER GOODS All orders prompW attended to on leaving them al THK SIGNAL. Goderich. A. K. TAYLOR. STRATrniRD CIVIL ENGINEERING VAUGHAN M. ROBERTS. CIVIL and Hydraulic Engineer. Ontario Lund Surveyor. Omo.-Mclean block. 0odsr'lcb, corner Mo•treal street. T.Isp'oee W. MEDICAL DR. W. F. °ALLOW. M. B. office and residence. North street, Ooderich• eurth of County Kegnary Whoa Telephone 14 iill F. J. R. rO1113TL It -EYE, EAR 11 nose and throat only. House surseon New York Ophthalmic and Aural Institute. Clinical.'tail-t.. Ear. Nom and 'lbruit Hospital Golden Square. and Moe r:feld Eyes Hospital. Loodoe. England. Otaos, M S. W aterloo Street Stratford. opposite Koos Church. Ho..rs I to 12 a. in.. ttotp. m.. 7to8 D. m. Telephone Capital Graphically Described by Miss ti 'y w b„n male the new view�oy e[ dasiltNa mud will prof -any Turner. eostaue his policy in the subject ion ot use Thibstan tribes. In order to have men and homer for this purpose, Many readers of The Signal have leaked away that they were able to tea acres in Use city are given up to been much interested in Misr Tut net s w us with fifteen cases. The rest tar then ere reee, but laeRe+tt u the great East Te letter from China areWe pleased had been bought byv the Chinese for pyo gnwad in the same part of distribution in the various parts of the ti dry as our work. t,,Withio the lest few pears the de- inand has arisen for saddles fur the horses end leather boots for the soldiers, and so there bas grown up an extensive leather industry to supply the demand. The boots of the Chin- ese have Leen for the most part of cloth, or woven grass, with cloth or thin leather spies. One of the econo- mical devices of the Chinese is to paste old bits of cloth layer after Ieyer upon cardboard, drying each layer carefully before the next is applied. In certain sections of the city one way see such sheets out tefore each borne. Whau the required thickness has been obtained the sheat is then used in making the soles of shoes. The rest of Miss Turner's letter will be published next week.; to be able this week to present an- other, in which Miss Turner gives a interior. description of the city of Chengtu. It is interesting to see the work - This letter is written front Monkey shops along -the "'Creels side by side Mountain. July 11th : with the shops where the products of One can appreciate the story of their work are for sale. Here is a Rehab of Jericho sod the spies after great log lying on trestles and two seeing the gre.et walled cities of China. men using a saw etre mating it into The wall bounding Uhengtu has a cir- boards for use In that furniture shop cult of ten mile., and is thirty or forty next, IL Here is a place where strips fest in height. Oa its top four or five of bamboo are being tinted and after - carriages could drive abreast, "nor be wards woven into great sheets of mat - pleat," as Browning says. The wall ting for ceilings, etc. Here is a black. is pierced in the four sides by gates, smith shop where the smith ani his which are marked on the map. You apprentices, bared to the waist, work will see that the city does not lie ex- by the glowing forge or shape the actly with the cardinal points of the metal upon the anvil. Here is • sil- compass. The gates are, however, versmith'r shop where ornaments are called by the four cardinal directions. being made -bracelets, earrings, fin - In order to enter or leave the city one ger-rings, etc. Here is a jade shop must pass through one of these gates. where the stone is ground and poi -- As the wall is so thick, it is almost ished into bracelets and ornaments for like passing through a tunneL Before the hair, by means of a grindstone HAIR BEAUTIFIER. we reached Chengtu Miss Brooks worked by a treadle. In another shop spoke of the echo in the great East the combings from the barbers' shops gate, so that we would understand the are being sorted for switches. in cause of the great volume of sound China even a coolie would disdain to Every woman knows that there i there. She said that when she was comb his own hair, and the barber is a nothing so good for hair and scalp going through it for the first time she necessary member of every commun. trouble as Parisian Sage. If Parisian feared there might be a riot, as., the ity. lie it its n bu chives the head, Sage is used two or three times a sound of the traffic passing to and fro washes it and dresses it, and besides week it will keep the scalp nice and ore so great. the regular barber sh. ps there .are clean and remove dandruff. It snakes Each gate has on the wall above many who Lave portable stands and the hair lustrous and fluffy, and keeps it a bui'ding something similar to a who pursue their occupation by the it from falling out. pagoda, the purpose of which is to roadside, on tl a river bank whets We urge every woman who loves guard the spirits of the wind and they are in demand for the sert'ice (if radiant and fascinating hair to go to water, and keep the city in safety.... the boatmen. and on the mountain E. K. Wigle today and get a large 50. The great gates are shut at nightfall side. I believe that the charge for cent bottle of Parisian Sage. He guar - and opened at daylil,ht. They are shaving and dressing the hair is forty enters it to cure dandruff, falling hair eery massive, and since they occur at cash -less than two cents gold. A and itching scalp. o: money back both sides of the wall the city is very great many people :at douse think that securely shut in when these great the Chinese are as a nal ion discarding A Five Old Name. doors are closed, and one can believe their distinctive mode ,f hair-dressine Woodstock Sente,e:-Kcview. all the stories_ of lengthy sieges in which was fon e,l upi n them in 1641 The suggestiop has been dropped mediaeval ages, -Once shut for the when the Manchus conquered the that the coof the Duke of ('on - night, the gates are opened only by Chinece. The fact of the mwing atter i., taught may ingof possibly revive the pCpu- permission of the city official who brut that it is not yet legal to remove the lathy of the roe ofd nave of Patrick. the matter in charge, and that is very queue and show the hair to grow on The sukt's name is Arthur Williamrarely asked and very seldom grantedmeas. the front (alt of the head. A Matrick Albert. and there is a pret -y The name Chengtu means "the per- ure has been passed making it legal little store to elle effect that when his feet capital," and we are inclined to for soldiers to have short hair, but the mother, the late Queen t iet,ria, was think that it deserve the name if any measure introduced to make it legal on one of her all ton few visits to lye - capital in China does. A great deal for all was defeated in February. 1'be land, an old Irish woman called out to has been done to improve it in recent Government, however, , is taking no her : -ransom* next sin Patrick and years, but even when Marco Polo, the action where the other form of hair- all itelautY will die fot von.' The great Venetian traveller, visited it in dressing is being fcllbwed, although story must ler true, for the next son is youth Tho clreulaties la peer, the bleed thin and watery, the appetite poor and digestion weak. We want to say to every aged oar. son in this vicinity that Thal. ear de- licious' licious' sod liver and tree tonic (wlth- cot ell) will prolong lite: It creates an appetite, aids digestion and makes goad blood. In this mature! ismer Viaol retards waste wad mimes weakaese with strength, giving new life to the wen system. If people fa this vietaity only real- ised how Vinel invigorates old people we would sot be able to supply the demand. Try a bottle of Viso! with the en- dsrstaading that your mow win be returned' if It does sot help you. H. C. Dunlop, Druggist. Gcdericb, Out. Become Independent : Attend L1OTT TVRuN lel. ONT. Studeta of thi. year are in poeitious worth from $30 to $100 • month, write for c..t,'u ue. Suter now, Superior iu-tructlon in all Departments. Refined Woman the World Over U X it a found anywhere. By all means let us have a revival of Pat:t •ks and Patricia%. They are grand old names, and it is a pity they are growing so scar ce. the thirteenth century he was very in former years it was a crane punish - LEGAL called Patrick, and even Ir'en favorably impressed.ad Fora Chinese able by death. It is said (bat many admit that the bearer has been!I ;amnd DROUDF(w1', HAYS SiKILLOR- city it is very clean. Many of the of the students in Chengtu- have short still is a Bred -to the nasi.•. 1 streets are paved with atone from hair. There are two in attendance at AN. barmstets, solicitors, notaries public The name itself, according to the prootan In the ltarttune Court, etc. private nearby quarries, and • system of our Methudiet branch of the Union testimony of those who are wise in funds to lend at lowest rate. of interest University who wear their hair in such matters, was originally a Rotu:►n foreign style. No doubt before Ion it title, the ams word as our own r. will be the universal custom. I gam .the It was brought to ire - sure many would gladly dispense with land as a title by the saint and mire the queue if they dared. ionar• whose anti verset y is cele - The teashops are very interesting. sionad on the etveu'eeoth of March. Passing along the streets during the. The real name of the saint is to be britte day one sees scattet ed groups chat- found in the old hist. •ry books., but it ting at the tables, but if one happens is by his title of Yatrirk that he is to be out at the close of the day's known all over the world. work, when "the working world is Another notable thing about this notable name it that it has a very beautiful feminine, namely. Patricia. This is the name of the Duke's (laugh - ,ter, the Princess Patricia, who is tie - ()dice, Bast aide Square, Godericb. W. KROUDMYOT K. C.. K. C. HAYS, J. L. 1'1:. LORAN. Irl. 0. CAMERON. K. C., ilARRIS- 111 '!bat. solwuas, uut.oy punks- 011iose— rasualcse etaebt. C.oaerttu. W{td door tress Square. - HARLlibGARhtJW, L.L.B.. BAR td ltiblktt, auto s.)., aouuwt, We., wide rich. Money to Mori at mutat ratta street -cleaning keeps the streets quite neat, at least those I bare passed along. The drainage of the city ie not what one would wish at home, but some attempt is made at a sys- tem. The streets are provided with lamp poste in each of which is set at night a lamp of native oil with wick aflame. On the front face of the lamp -glass is printed the section of the city and the particular block it is 111 Cr. JOHNSTON, BARRISTER t in.The streets are provided with at. solicitor, cummu.uer rI, notary public 1to signboards on which the name wooer bamttonstrew todencD urn. orthe street is printed in clear black Chinese characters. The streets are well policed. Every scribed as one of the most charming few blocks there is a stae(1 upon into the interior difnly lighted are and accomplished young ladies to be which is mounted a policeman in men at their evening meal, chatting khaki -colored uniform made after for- over the events ot the day or of their eign style, and with heavy leather various interests. What the coffee - boots and a cap similar to that worn houses meant to England in the rev - by a militiaman at home. enteenth century before newspapers There is a good postal service. The were common, that must the tea - Chinese imperial post has made won- houses cjf China mean to their fre- darful advances in the past few years. quintet's. It would be interesting in Chengtu there is a delivery three could one be with them as one of times a day, and in some parts five their own number and thus learn bow times, I believe. The postman is in they really look upon matters. the livery of the Chinese. Imperial Speaking of teahouses and news - post -this, too, made in foreign style. papers. I must not forget to say that Another thing about Chengtu Chengtu has three daily papers. All greatly to be commended is the ab- of these are "signs of the times," are B ence of beggars, that form so they ot? unpleasant a sight in most of the The chair shops are noticeable fee - cities of China. These have been pro- tures along the streets. I wondered hibited from pursuing their proles- at first, what places these were where sion within the city. One day as Miss there were rude frames and straw Shuttleworth and I were on our way pallets upon which men were tre- te, school we had to wait for a long gurntly resting as we passed. At procession of men to file out of the gate- first i thought they might be lodging way near the temple. All won small houses, but noticed later the 'sedan - straw sailor hate and blue jean gar- chairs hung up in the rafters above menta, labelled with red, and were the door!, and saw chairs being car - supervised by some oficets. We riedout front there, so I knew they made inquiries of Dr. Kilborn and were chair shops. If one wants to use learned that they were reformed beg- a sedan -chair one sends to a shop for gars who work under supervision. men. if one has a chair then the men During the fair they carried sedan- come empty-handed, or if a chair is chairs, the fares for which were paid wanted there are distinctive names for at a central office. a two-man chair, a three-man chair or The stores of Chengtu are very i a four -man chair (the latter is used teresting,and as I pass through tl(s inure for long-distance travelling). streets i like to look at them and try The manager of the chair shop gets a (usually in vain) to read the Bigg- certain proportion 01 each fare, and boards hanging before them. Here is the balance goes to the chairmen. If a cash shop to which we send money he can induce the person paying to to be exchanged. When our mission- give more than the custom, then the cries first began work here the larger surplus is the chairman's. some were in the form of silver shoes, The official chairs differ in that they of various sizes, and many and varied have very curved pole., which are were tbe difficulties attendant on dif- kept properly bowed by being ferences in scales or in the quality of weighted when not in use. An official the silver. Lump silver is still used, has tour, six or eight bearers and is but for about ten years the Province followed by a Fervent mounted. Ar - of fiz-churn has had its own minted rived at the destination, this servant silver dollar -about the size of a Gil- presents the official's card to the gate - ver dollar at home, but in value equal man, who takee it to the person with to less than half -a -dollar gold. At whom the interview is desired. the cash shop ibis may be exchanged The etiquette needed to meet the for small silver pieces, corresponding official class properly is extremely to our five, ten, twenty and fifty -cent complicated, and a lack of knowledge pieces at home, or may be exchanged of it may cause great embarrassment. for copper ten or twenty -cash piece!. For instao:e, one is not supposed to about the size and style of our cent recognise anyone when riding in a and penny coins in Canada, or for a chair, or if one desires to do so the string of cash, 1000 to a string, plus person riding must dismount. Home whatever is needed to make the years ago a foreigner walking in proper exchange. in Cbengtu the Chengtu met the chair of en official rate for a silver dollar caries from 1061 whom he had met. He byword, and to 1070, but in Mating at present tte instantly the official had nig chair wet r•te is from 1110 to 112e: eo you will down and rose and bowed moat cete- we that the value of a dollar is not a moniously. fixed amount in all places or in the The sedan -chair is the popular mode Mine place at different time.. it of transportation in this part of China. makes hook -keeping a good deal more and is much the hest suited to the complies t ed uneven pavements. There are some Rice shops are found in all parts, clumsily -made jieemithaa, but them and the character for oil is one con- must be very uncomfortable when mostly combined with the "rice" char jolting over uneven roads. I saw setae.. That refers (wally to native wheelbarrow traffic for the first time oil. The Standard Oil Oompany has • when half -a -day's journey from great sale for Its product here la Chen tot, and have seer it frequently Ohio When we woWaylay avi g khans since Just outside the city, but have we wattle their agwey there to try not sees It wiWn the sit . to buy several muse. bet= t skhough a Home sten hetes tet more tiros INSURANCE, LOANS, RTC. LIctILLOP MUTUAL FIRE IN lI SO R A N C L t V.— r new ped isolated taws property natant UWesr.--d. b. Mul.wu, Pres., Seaforth P.O.; Jas. Connolly, Vine -Pres. Godwin!' 1'. V.; Thomas a. liars, Sec. -!boa., Seaforth P. U. Luectots —NUL Chesney, ceatorth ; John U. ',neve, Winthrop ; w W aim Rion, C uuetance; John benne,. era Rrodh.geo; James Evans, beech wood ; Joao N att. tiarlock ; Malcolm lick -wen. bloom hold. haeme:J. N. Yeo. Holmesville; IL Smith, H.tiuck; Jas. Cummings, kgmo•dville; Hincbley, boatmen. Noucy-boilers can pay TMorrst �a'e, gel. Maar card. recei � at t Grocer). tiioastmo Meet, l)Oderic %Ain or at 1 O am PRIVATE FUNDS TO vvea vvvv loan. Apply to H. ti. CAM- z1.w.r barrister. Hamilton street Uoderich. W R. ROBERTSON. INSURANCE AGENT. F tax AND Lea NINO : British. Canadian and American, ."•lt aa'r, Wogx s AND e.apLOTias. LIABIL- ITY /AaiL .Tv : The (bean Aooidt.1 and Guarantee °rotation, Limited. ext London. Eng. sit.-uTT AND H VAaaNITL5 bonDe : The U.S. Fidelity and Guarantee company. .'mor ar reel -once, northeast corner of Vic- toria ic toria and Bt. David's Arleta. 'Phone 176 JOHN W. ORAI°IE, LIFE, FIRE and accident inouraocs. Agent for leading utual and stook eosppaaaior. insutsow taut -nes etisotld of bart plass and at lowest rates. all at euros, corner Wort Street and Square, or address J. N. CRA1011t Godwin!) Out.. fair Moue it MARRAGE LICENSES %% ALTER E KELLY, J. P., oODKRICR. UNT. ISSUER OF MARRIAGE LiCENSES. LANE, ISSUER OF MARRI- Alan limner" Oed.tsh. Oat SHAVING PARLOR 6DFORD BLOOK BARBERSHOP- al1!b wsM #aeon wed —i.e stan d agredads b 8: d. • AUCTIONEER= rr HOM�.AS 017NORY, LIT$ STTOWE and 'trm 1 M le be 1 Bg menC.m �t..:...'ite = wren no emus asleL R'tt+srme every eater feed M ve yes orWds ' L MIN You may not be able to de hotter than others have does., but you ciao preareeiy do better than you have done. A single man is seldom as good es his sweetheart thinks he is, or • mar- ried mar. as bad as hia wife suspects he is. Muir & Hohmeier "'MEALS/MOM AND FUNERAL DI EOe TORR home -far in " the restaurants are crowded. Very often the great stove where the trod is prepared is on the opposite side of the street, and then right from the front of the shop far trio▪ " 1•1 bee. melted • wish I109tisk htbd or formeity. behittlqmesil tem 'SSW. l dm rl asimbil asks, NW tlm- WM, Ma Oh sesg MOM seeeirreaseeleerseiere a Y ' W '0.• .414 ' d 3 al N 604 jD c§ Ix ral A. EmsCLI NEW COATS FOR THANKSGIVING Some smart new styles have just arrived in ladies' Fall Coats. Handsome Tweed Coata, with ■II the -newest et y le ctie, t. . including deep collars, patch pockets and the $20 new high waist line Front $10 to GIRLS' AND MISSES' COAT4 In our store will be found the best, selected stock of dreu's and wiseea' Ce...ts, in all the newest styles, iu y 2 a(k black and color., t.. tit ages from four years. From e INFANTS' BEARSKIN COATS AND BUGGY RUGS We make a specialty of infants' smart Coate. Bearskin Poeta are the most serviceable and most comfortable, and their splendid wearing and washing qualities give them the first place in baby's outfit. Beersk'n ('oats, in white, cardinal, brown, castor and extra well made and lined throughout. Ft tem ...................... $1.95 tel $ 7. 75 SPLENDID SHOWING OF CHILDREN'S MILLINERY We show a larger assortment of infants' and ehildren'e B ninet, and Hate than any two other stores in Huron county. infants' Bearskin Bonnets from 50o Children's Bearskin Maes from..: $1.00 Children's Silt Bonnet. fCOM. .............45c Children's Velvet Hats. very stylish, from.. $1.00 Children's Felt Hats. in great variety, newest styles, at moderate prices. GLOVES_ Newscoot of Kayser Fabric Gloves for the Thanksgiving • Perrio's Kid Gloves for ladies, men and children. Millar's Scotck&ore �°6` THE SIGNAL from now to January 1st, 1913, to new subscribers only "That ne-v Suit of His" Gins him t csSUi sty of manner which comes with neat and ju:it-right attire. &mi -r(: ady Tailoring is as right in the cities as 't is in the town—as correct in New York u° it is in Can- ada—for it has the -cosmopolitan touch of thz truly artistic design. KM as expensive se you wou;d thin k. You would "NSW she $211 worsteds to he WWII'. £S more "The Price i,, she Porker McLEAN BROS. GODERICH ONE DOLLAR Don't "Nag" a Man Because lie Drinks wGs- - it Only Mates His Nerves Demand More Liquor It is quite easy for a milk•and-water man who will never create any great "STIR" in the world to behave well, but it ISN'T easy for the nervous, excitable, energetic, ambitious man who wants to DU THINGS. His brain is ALWAYS WORK- iNG-he is out in the world meeting people -he is trying to keep RiGHT in the CENTRE of the path that leads to SUCCESS. But he generally overdoes it. There is JUST ONE pitfall in the path that the very impetus of his energy carries him into; just ONE DEADLY ENEMY of success that his nervous ambi- tion makes him an EASY victim for -that is DRINK. And with drink, success• business achievement and judgment receive a DEATH BLOW. Alcohol weakens the brain and the body -thereby physically and mentally unfitting the drinker for gobusiness. and, unless he ran stop drinking it. the end is FAILURE. REMEMBER THE OAFLI N TREATMENT IN THREE DAYS With No Hypodermic Injections, Absolutely Destroys and Removes All Crav- ing and Desire for Liquor ALL PATIENTS admitted for TREATMENT under contract that it bas to he satisfactory or fee paid is refunded. 'I he Gatlin Treatment for the Liquor Habit is being strongly reoom meded by the medical profession. THE HOME TREATMENT as effective if simple directions are followed. O li, write or 'phone for booklet and copies of contract. Strictly cosfideotlal. TIE IITUN INSTITITTE ewprse noeTH gena CS JLEY y SL, sane. a Hawowave OGp„rp.