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The Seaforth News, 1929-09-19, Page 3The Mighty Are Fallen Manchus, Once Rulers of China, Now Pull Peking's Rickshas Shaaghai,—The most common oc- cupation to -day, if the once proud but new vanishing race of Manchus is that of ricksha puller, Dr, Jermyn Lynn, Chinese profess: or of law at Chao -yang University in Peking,' who has made a special study of the Manchus, predicts that in a few decades the former ruling race will be extinct or absorbed. Dr, Lynn points out that the principal Single occupation of the 260,000 Man chug now resident in Peking is rieh- eha pulling: The life of a ricksha cool- ie is not long at best anis the Manchus, softened by many decades of protect- ed, luxurious living, aro ill adapted to this rigorous employment, Con- sequently they onsequentlyth'ey succumb faster than do the harder Chinese stock who are more accustomed to strenuous physical ef- fort. Many other Manchus aro employed as domestic servants in the homes of foreigners while still another large group find employment in the theaters of which the Manchu aristocracy were such generous patrons. Before the fall of the Manchu dy- nasty in. 1911 the duling race lived largely to themselves in a separate quarter in Peking and did not mingle or intermarry with the Chinese. But in later years, they have abandoned their former seclusion. The Manchus began to pay tribute to China as early as 8330 B.C. and it was not until nearly 4,000 years later that theycon- quered. Peking and established a new dynasty on the dragon throne. The Blue Snow Flower In Switzerland next in impressive- ness to the mountains, are the flow- rs. They are unforgettable both in minute' and exquioice beauty, A field. of 'Alpine floweds is like nothing ise we have ever seen. In the ease see- ing alone is believing for the colors are bey .nd all description, wonder fun: They have a purity, a delicacy, not found away from the mountain hightsl. It almost seems, as one writer has suggester, that the nearer "we come to the whiteness of driven snow and the blue of heaven, the richer are the flowers colods." What pictures for those -who have seen, do such flower shames as Gentian, Pri- mula, Anemone, Arnica Alpine for - call up] At one's feet the radiant for get -me -note and the little pansies flowers and then as one lifts his eyes, the towering whit summits of Matterhorn and Eiger and Wetter horn. The :writercarries about with him two little ,pressed Soldanellas, the flower that often forms a blue border on the edge of the snows. It literally grows under the ice, melting a way for itself by its own internal heat. Its season 3s short and it must needs reach the light, as soon as may be, and so not finding a way, it makes one -one of the world's tiny con- querors, . so frail and delicate seem- ing, yet apparently so hardy and un- afraid. One las occasionally won- dered if any way the gift of the stern necessities of its dwelling. The ancients, it is said, had four cordial flowers for cheering the hu- man spirit. There selection was rose violet, alkanet and the blue flower- ing borage. The little a"oldanella is one of my cordial flowers. A glance at the pressed specimens in my pocketbook can sometimes do great things for my courage By winning that beauty on those snowy heights, they have also won the power to bid me to be of good cheer. • Manner Not Matter New York Herald -Tribune: There bas been no disposition in this coun- try -to attempt to prejudge the merits of the Young plan in detail, it should be said. The right of Great Britain to protest its terms and urge their revision has seemed to us unques- tionable. In fact, having regard to the long list of generous concessions which she has made, sympathy could sarcely 'fail to go out toward any de- mands whloh her representatives brought forward; The generally un. favorable reaction to Mr. Snowden's policy at The Hague ran against his methods, not against the substance of bis protest. Solitude Bear me, some God! oh, quickly bear me hence To wholesome Solitude, the nurse of Sense; Where Contemplation prunes her ruf- fled wings, And the free soul looks down to pity Kings!, --Popo, (Call It Cag•vcrk► A 11749 "GET" More Detail Rain or Shine Produces Clear Sparkling Negatives. Any Hour Any Day Any Season Still or swift -moving. objects. Insist on Gevaert—the faster,. better him. You'll have fewer failures and enjoy the thrill of better snaps. Ask your Dealer — The — GIIV,RIIRT COMPANY OP AMERICA Toronto rra aW Courtesy i`w of a Lost Art A man who has traveled far and wide across the country rises to re- mark that he has not found that cour- tesy has become a farting memory, an old-time gesture of hospitality and gentle breeding no longer practiced in these hurrying days On the contrary, ho says courtesy has boon shown him everywhere, part- isularly in New England, where form- ality and reserve have sometimes been advertised as among the typical pro- ducts. The experience of many an- other wayfarer will doubtless prove the soundness of the conclusion that curtesy has not disappeared, but con- tinues to thrive in most unexpected places. Ono has only to drive up to a garage for information about hotels, roads, scenery or the state of the universe—quite apart from any sale of gasoline or oil—to find instant, un- grudging response to all queries. One has not to asst passers-by for the story of tome local institution, perhaps the way to a certain shop, to bring courteous response, often- times in great and elaborate detail and warmly solicitors. A young woman in a politeness contest sponsored by a metropolitan newspaper visited offices and shops in search of likely candidates for the a- warding of a $25 prize for courtesy She had some difficulty in deciding upon the winners. Practically all of her studied and oftentimes involved, luestions met with good-natured off - instances did she encounter a disinter- ested attitude, is none absolute dis- courtesy. The weaving together of peoples of many nationalities and interests, the mingling of trades and professions, the dropping out of provincialism and suspicion have brought about renewal and growth of courtesy throughout the land. Tp this happy result probab- ly the automobile has contributed more than any other one factor, un- less it be the commondesire to lend a hand. Christain Science Monitor. "I wish I knew how to shake Tom." "If he's as handsome as his photo, Y can take all that worry off your sboulders." A landlady wrote to her tenant:' "Dear sir: ; regret to inform you that my rent is much overdue. Will you please forward me a check?". Colton tells of 'Voltaire, whoa on_ hearing the name of Haller mentioned by an English traveller, burst forth into impassioned praise. ''; a traveller told him that 'such praise was cem- tonoin]v Haller AH HA BI rested by I e ",s int of Voltaire, means spoke so highly "Well, well, it doesn't matter," re- plied Voltaire, "perhaps we are both mistaken." Idloness le emplyness; the tree in which the cap is stagnant remains fruitless, I•Iossea Batlou. STMUA FOR, QUICK. HARMLESS COMFORY Chins" en forJt ,.00107arinKeleallHEA,Twfaislitiess A Garden. It Pies beside the busy road -a leaven of rest and of beauty. So few of the pedestrains and motorists guess, when racing past on the Scottish highway, of the glories which lie just on the other side of ;he hedge. Rn passant, one would say, "It is a garden"; but once inside the gate and wandering through the riot of color, one exclaims "This is'a paradise—a paradise made by someone who loves and under- stands flowerai" In confusion and. profusion they grow, these tended and beloved blooms. There is no limit or dividing line, for a weed, picked up for its beauty, is planted and thrives, and, by some miraculous means, be. comes an independent citizens, shat- ing equal rights with the more stately, garden -reared flowers. Prom among the tall grasess peeps; out a clump of deep -toned purple pansies. They come upon one with such a shock of surprise, as though they realized that growing among tall grasses was not quite usual, but be- ing there, bless you! they would re- main, to gladden the eyes of those who found them, with their velvety richness. Round the irises, tall and stiff, cud - dies a patch of Virginia stock. Lilies, statuesquely beautiful, rise from among the pure foam of Snow -in - Summer, like beautilu1 maidens ris- ing from a frothy sea, Campanula bells, their blueness matchir-g the sky, swing their heads in the breeze and whisper words of wisdom to adoring sea pinks; and an orange lily tops a bed of lavender, Pansies, some rainbow colored some blue, some yellow, meet the gaze wherever it dents. In beds of catmint nestle scar- let mush, like rubies on a lavender gown; while close to this crimson and lavender grows a lovely scarlet rose. One might call it a demoscratic gar- den, for in it all things grow with equal fervor, from the green grass, interspersed with the reddest of clover, to the most fashionable and aristocratic of blooms. And all this wonder glows and perfumes the air on a square piece of land under the shadow of the hills, and is lulled to sleep at night by the sound of a cascading burn which flows beneath the road, and so past the garden. SAVE THE CHILDREN In Summer When Childhood Ail- ments Are Most Dangerous. Mothers who keep a box of Baby's Own Tablets in the house may feel that the lives of their little ones are reasonably safe during the hot wea- ther. Stomach troubles, cholera in- fantum and diarrhoea carry off thous- ands of little ones every summer, in most cases because the mother does not have a safe medicine at hand to give promptly. Baby's Own Tablets relieve these troubles, or if given oc- casionally to the well child they will prevent their coming on. The Tab- lets are guaranteed to be absolutely, harmless even to the new-born babe. They are especially good in summer because they regulate the bowels and keep the stomach sweet and pure. They are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brock- ville, Ont. Lightning -Rods The U.S, Bureau of Standards has recently published some interesting evidence of the value of lightning - rods, deduced from reports of fire marshals and insurance companies in the United States and Canada, in which the losses on rodded and un - rodded buildings have been separated, Says Charles Fitzhugh Tolman in his Science Service feature, Wby the Weather? (Washington): "Most fire losses from lightning oc- cur in rural districts. The proportion of farm buildings equipped with light- ning -rods is not definitely known, ex- cept in the State of Iowa, where a careful estimate indicates about 50 percent. During the period 1919.1921 twenty-eight rodded buildings in Iowa were destroyed by lightning, with losses amounting to $87,979. In the same period 508 other buildings in the State were destroyed by lightning, and the losses were $1,060,668. Thus the value of the rodded buildings des- troyed was only 7..7 per cent. of the total, although the number exposed to lightning hazards was about 50 per cent. Very similar conditions prob- ably prevail ove rthe greater part of the Mid -Western United States, where it is believed that about half of the. farm buildings, at least of the better 'class, are protected by rods. The Bureau, in summing up the evidence available, reaches the conclusion that the chance of an unrodded farm build. Ing being destroyed by lightning ap- After trite bir y b , rrIO gain thirty .pounds 1 in three months, and win back health and strength was the happy experience of Mrs. Mar. garet Brethour of Corn- wall, Ont., who gives all the credit for it to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. "After the birth of my baby, I was in the hospital four menthe," she wrote, "and carte home weighing only sixty-five pounds. I began taking Dr, Williams' Pink Pills and it wasn't long until I weighed ninety-five pounds and my general health was of the best. Every Spring since then I take the pills as a tonic, and wouldn't be without them, no matter what they cost; I strongly recommend them to all mothers." Buy Dr. Williams' Pink Pills now at your druggist's or any dealer in medicine or by mail, 50 cents, postpaid, from The Dr. Williams Medicine e icute Co., Brockville, 5.se 50\ PER 802 Dr l itant PINK PILLS "•A HOUSEHOLD NANO IN a, COUNTRIES" Woman Explorer Travels Miles Over Icy Wastes Bombay. ---From the frozen arctic to the sweltering heat of the tropics, is the experience of Mrs. Olivia Cressy- Marcks, English explorer, who bas visited every country except Australia. Last year, in November, Mrs. Dressy-Marcks set out on a journey which she hoped would lead her across the frozen wastes of Lapland. From Denmark to the arctic circle was, comparatively speaking, easy travel. There procuring reindeer and guides she set out in a "pulk," the na- tive sledge, on her journey of more than 1000 miles, crossing the norther - most parts of Norway, Sweden, Fin- land and across Lapland into Russia. Leaving Moscow and skirting the Crimea, she Tossed the Caucasus into Persia. There her mode of travel changed and from the primitive Lap- land "pulk" she took to the modern motorcar, airplane and boat in Arabia. After visiting parts of that country she come to Garachi (India) by boat and then went on a little trip to Bal- uchistan and thence to Bombay by rail across the desert. Mrs. Cressy-Marcks' journeys are made with the object of assisting na- tural science and being a keen student of topography she has made many maps and has on many occasions been able to supplement the knowledge of many countries and places, She has a private museum in her home in Buxton (England), and bas exhibited for charity her collection of curios obtained from all over the world. Arabia interests her more than any other country. Her hobbies are astronomy, prllosophy and rug collecting. "Why is the butcher taking it so bard because he's not selling m sch beef?" "He says his living's at steak." Purity The highest state of man consists in his purity as a moral being, and in the habitual culture and full operation pears to be about fifty-seven times as of those principles by which be looks great as that of a rodded banding."forth to other HOBOS and other times. Abercrombie, A Man's ]Elopes Value of Time If, Invisible ourselves, we Could fold "Every moment lost," said Napo - low a single human being through a !eon, on one occasion, gives an ou- day of his lire ,and know all his secret! portunity for misfortune"; and be thoughts and hopes and enxieties, his! used to say that he beat the Aus- prayers and tears and good resolves,' t os because they neve; knew the his passionate deligbts and struggles' value of time; while they dawned, against tempttlon, we should have he overthrew them, --Smiles.. poetry enough to 1111 a volume.— •; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Mother—"Wo11, while, what dip you It learn' at school `to -Pay?" Willie—"To Never talk your best in the corn- say' 'yes and no ma'am'," Mother— pony of fools,—Lore] Chesterfield, "You did?" Willle—"Yep." • How It's Done At Scotland Yard "The life of a Scotland Yard de- tective, if one can judge by the re- marks by Major '1', H Vitty, at the conference of the Chief Constables' Association at Brighton, seems to be becoming quite oxoitin. "This is entirely contrary to ac- cepted views, too' we were always taught to smile tolerantly; at the glam- our of romance woven round the de- tective profession by whiters of fict- ion and; to believe that in actual prac- tice Jetectivo is a pretty dull busi- nss,"—Ycrkshire Poht, "A good deal has been heard in the Press about the failure of the Plying Squad hitherto to cope with what are known as 'smash and grab' raids,' said Major T, H, Vitty, Engineer to the Metroolitan Police, in a speech at the Conference of Chief Constables at Brighton, reports the Sussex Daily News. "But it will be realised that in an area the size of the Metropolitan Police District (700 square miles) and the small number of cars available, the chances are enormously against a policecar being in the immediate neighbourhood when a ' smash and grab' raid occurs, but in several cases the perpetrators havo been pursued and caught as a result of the inform- ation of a 'smash and grab' raid being immediatly sent out by wireless, "Whoa a police message is sent from Scotland Yard to all stations it is also sent out by wireless to be picked up by any patrolling van or car. There is also an arrangement under which any policeman in any part of London who receives informa- tion or sees anything which leads him to believe that persons with a motor car or other vehicle have committed, or are committing a crime and have decamped in the car can at once com- municate by telephone with the wire- less station at headquarters so that the patrolling cars may be immed- iately warned by wireless. As a re- sult, the Plying Squad are thieves and thieves in motor -cars. "As an example of the speed with which a capture can be effected I may mention a ease which occurred a few weeks ago, when a message was re- ceived at Scotland Yard at 1.5 a.m. that a car had been lost or stolen. This was immediately broadcast by, wireless, was picked up by one of the cars which happened to be patrolling in the neighbourhood, and the stolen car was found and captured with the thieves in it at 1.15 a.ni. "Another interesting case was one in which information was telephoned up to Scotland Yard to the effect that a number of wellknown women shoplifters were drinking together in in a public -house. "This information was sent out by wireless and the nearest patrolling car which picked it up proceeded to the public -house, waited outside till the gang emerged, and then followed them, with the result that the whole lot were caught redhanded shoplifting in a large store. 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