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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1904-09-16, Page 2JAPANESE BABIES. tinique Baptismal Ceremonies—No Rock- ing or Singing to Sleep. When a baby is a month old it is taken to the favorite Shinto temple of the parents, Vitae it formally receives its name and is registered by the priest, on act equivalent to baptism among us, The parents leave an offering, as Much as they can afford, to pay for the ceremony and for the prayers that are offered to propitiate the gods in favor of the little one, Then they go from house to house among their friends exhibiting the baby and are entertained with cakes, sweet meats and tea. The baby receives presents of paper dogs, which are emblems of good health. "Healthy as a dog," is a Japanese pro- verb. Friends are invited to the house of their parents on the evening of the same way and are entertained in a simple way. The next day baby is strapped to the back of an elder brother or sieter, a strip of cotton cloth being passed under its arms and around its knees, and its life for the next two or three years is spent in that position. If he has no older brother or sister, he is strapped to the back of his another, and is carried about with his head rolling helplessly twelve or fourteen hours a day. indoors, on the street, in the fields, at the washtub and everywhere else the mother happens to be engaged. You will see women working in the fields, hauling loaded carts, mend- ing the roads and doing other arduous labor with their babies strapped upon their backs. Rain, wind, sunshine are all alike. Indeed, among the common people you seldom see a grown woman without a baby. When she takes it off she deposits the youngster in a bamboo basket or a tea box, gives him some simple plaything and be amuses himself. He can exercise his arms by pulling at the sides of the box, and his legs by getting up and down; he can assist in the development of his dental apparatus by chewing the edge of the boards, but he never seems to be tired or dissatis- fied, and you seldom hear him ery. He will lie down on the floor or the pave- ment and go to sleep like a cat or a dog. He needs no cradle or pillow. Japanese babies are never rocked or sung to sleep. He usually takes his dinner in public, The most common sight in Japan is a woman nursing a baby by the roadside. —Cor. Chicago Record. HIS IIPAYEL WAS SURELY CAREE Dodd's Kidney Pills Removed the Stones. And now Reuben Draper is Well and Strong after his long Suffering. Bristol, QueeeSept. a-. ;(Special.)—Reu- ben Draper, a well known resident here, keeps the proof right with him that Dodd's Kidney Pills will surely cure the much dreaded Gravel. The proof con- sists of two stones, •one the size of a small bean and the other as big as a grain of barley. Ile passed these stones and was relieved of all the terrible pains they caused after wing Dodd's Kidney Pills for a. short time. Mr. Draper is confident that Dodd's Kidney Pills and nothing else caused his cure, as he tried two doctors without getting help, and was fast getting weak and despondent when he stopped al] other treatment and started to take Dodd's Kidney Pills. In a week he pass- ed the large stone 'and. four days later the smaller one, This cure causes a feeling of relief over people in these parts, as it shows those terrible operations, long thought to be unavoidable in eases of Gravel, are no longer necessary. • Opalized Shark in New South Wales. Since they were first discovered the famous opal fields at White Cliffs, New South. Wales, have yielded many curi- ous fossils, particularly those of prehis- toric marine life. But the latest discovery is a most ex- traordinary one, and will prove of the deepest interest to the scientific warld. It is that of a fossilized, or rather opal- ized, member of the shark family, which was found on Block No. 0, at a depth of 35 feet from the surface. The Sydney press states Abet the specimen measures 3 feet 0 inches from the snout to the tip of the tail. The body is in seven sections, the circumference of the largest of which (the head and shoul- der portion), is 13 inches; each section is 6 inches in length. The deeply indented eye sockets show very plainly "and thin veins of purple opal encircle the fish from tip to tip." At the mouth these veins make an ob- long and clearly defined course, though the continuity is occasionally broken. No particulars as to weight are given, but as the fossil has been sent to Lon- don, these and other matters of interest will soon be determined.—Chambers' Journal. Minard's Liniment Cures Burns, etc. .41...1.,_ 19,.E - Who Knows Anything About 124,5 All buyers, sellers and users of EDDY'S IMPERVIOUS SHEATHING PAP are interested in this 'question ` 7 Will every reader of this enquiry "WHO KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT BANNIGER" please drop a line on the subject to THE E. B" EDDY COMPANY, HULL, CANADA 27 WHERE THE CHINESE LEAD. No Other People Have Been Able To Make Such India Ink. • With all their modern improvements and all their science none of the advanc- ed nations have been able to produce the equals of the Chinese and Japanese lacquers or India inks. Chemists, ink manufacturers and artists have tried for generations to discover the secret that enables the Chinese with primitive pro- cess to produce these materials in such perfect form, but the secrets still are se- crets. The manufacture of India ink in par- ticular has baffled all foreigners. It is made in China today practically as it was made four centuries ago when Chen Ki Sonen invented the process. The oil is pressed out of the seeds of a certain plant and then set to simmer, while the workman adds a mixture of powdered redwood, grated sandalwood and seeds of ahnonds and other powders. After the simmering is ended, the re- sult is filtered and set aside for a long time to settle. Then it is put into tiny earthen dishes, each of which has a wick made out of a reed. A great quantity of these little dishes are set on brick and over each is placed a funnel shaped clay cover. Then the wicks are lit and the soot produced by the burning mass is caught on it inside. This is so delicate an operation that the workmen watch the slightest change in the weather, for a small difference in temperature will make a big differ- ence in the quality of the soot. The finest soot is prepared in rooms that aro absolutely airtight. If there are any windows in them they are covered with paper pasted over them, so as to close every crack in the walls. Every little while the workman goes cautiously to a dish and dusts the gath- ered soot off with a feather. Althougr it is so soft and fine that it will float in the air it still is not fine enough for the Chinamen. They put it through sieves, and only after it has passed through them is it considered fit for mixing with the liquid material that turns it into "India" ink. Nobody out- sdie of the Chinamen in the secret knows what this liquid substance is. After it has been mixed it is kneaded for many hours and then ground fine again in mortars, which stand in water baths so that they shall not be the slightest change in the temperature. Then the stuff is shaped into the sticks that we know, and it is beaten with little hammers until each stick is perfect. After this the sticks are placed into wooden forms to harden. The forms have raised letters carved on them and these impress themselves on the sticks, making the trade marks which are fa- miliar to all users of India ink. Even after the sticks are hard and ap- pear perfect. The Chinaman is not sat- isfied. Each stick is wrapped with fine silk paper and then they are laid into a box. The spaces between then are fill- ed with ashes obtained from rice straw. Every day the ashes are taken out and new ashes put in, until every bit of moisture has been extracted. Then the sticks are unwrapped again, brushed, rubbed and finally polished with a pol- isher made of agate. After that the India ink is considered ready for the market.—Louisville Cour- ier -Journal. An Awkward Reportorial Error. Rt. Rev. .Alexander i1ScKay-Smith, the wity coadjutbr of the Protestant Episco- pol diocese of Pennsylvania, told a story recently at a dinner which was to the effect that a young Scotch minister, hav- frig married the daughter of the wealthi- est member of his church, in a country' 'Wean in Pennsylvania, was obliged to apologize publicly for an error in the re- port of the wedding. The reporter had Asked where the pastor and his bride in- tended to live, and had been told "at the old manse" As • this statement appeared ee print the reply was "at the old clans: s." 1Pilgrim Monument. The landing of the Pilgrim Fathers at Provineetown is to be commemorated by a monument 250 feet high on High Pile Hill, which is in the centre of the old Cape Cod Town. The Mayflower com- pact, the first declaration of civil.rights on this continent and .the forerunner of Independence,. was drawn up there on November 11 (November 21, new style). The obelisk' is to be erected by the Cape Cod Pilgrim Memorial Association, which has raised about $15,000. The town has been authorized 'by the Legislature to contribute $5,000, and the State will duplicate any amount which reaeehs $25,000. One hunderd thousand dollars will be necessary to build the monument of rough stone to the requisite height. The monument when completed can be seen from any town on Cape Cod, and will be visible for out at sea. BUY YOUR FEATHERS EARLY. "It is pretty . rd to tell now what will be the biggest hit in fall millinery," said Samuel Herman, a representative of a Chicago millinery house. "From present appearances, the best leader for the eariv showing will be of white felt, with green and white heckle feathers, and later the Iarger velvet bats will coarse in. Then the ostrich feather will again hold its own. Milliners now are fearing an increase in the price of ostrich feathers because of a promised increase in customs dues on this import, The picture hat and the Gainsborough will continue to hold their own late in the fall"—Milwaukee Sentinel. Minard's Liniment Relieves Neuralgia. NO FEMALE ANGELS. The Rev. Dr. Naylor, of Westminster, L. I., insists that there are no female an- gels in heaven. "Angels," he says, "are strong and glorious creatures, ranking second to the Son of God, and doing His work." Mr. Kaylor ought to know all about it, if anybody does; but, granting the correctness of his definition, why should it exclude female angels? Are there no "strong and glorious creatures" among women? Perhaps Dr. Naylor has never happened to glance over the golf links. "Strong and glorious creatures"—why, really,that comes nearer being the very definition of modern women. A woman has to be strong and glorious nowadays —glorious to catch the shy and elusive modern man; strong to hold him after she has caught him. No doubt the Rev. Dr. Kaylor knows all about. 'angels. The trouble is that lie still has much to learn about women. —New Fork Evening World. Minard's Liniment for sale everywhere, Flies Carry Contagion. e Wilso Fly is ads ' ' Bill the flies and disease germs too. Styles in Muffs, ,,,, When the muff first came to us from France in the days of Charles IX,, black was decreed by the king to be the badge of the common people, and the court fol- lowers were restricted to the colors. Muffs have gonethrough more styles than it would seem peseible to invent for such simple ariiCleof convenience. They have been long and narrow and again large and round. One of the most curious styles was that of Louis called the "chiens nutclrons" because they were made to convey little dogs in. The muff when first introduced was the exclusive property of the nobility. These muffs were very small and consist - of a single piece of velvet, brocade or silk lined with fur and the openings fastened with rich jewels. Such arrange- ments' came in during the early part of the early part of the seventeenth cen- tury, but in the previous century the ladies frequently carried a piece of rich fur, which was used either as a muff only with cold. weather, but in the old days it was a regular part fort man's dress and was carried at all times. at all times. Gentlemen,—While driving down a very steep hill last August my horse stumbled and fell, cutting himself fear- fully about the head and body. I used MINARD'S LINIMENT freely on him, and in e. few days he was as well as ever. J. B. A. BEAUGHEMIN. Sherbrooke. teOi.ires TO AFRICA. Lord and Lady Roberts are to go to South Africa this fall, one of the prim- ary objects of their journey being ' to visit the grave of their only son, who was killed in Natal during the Boer war, and buried in the battlefield. His death was due to an act of bravery, such as led many English officers to death,and, perhaps, gain the Victoria Cross, which has cost the lives of so many British officers. Lieut. Roberts fell while trying to save some guns which Buller had lost in one of his many defeats. The young man never knew that he had won the most coveted English honor, but Queen Victoria gave the simple little cross to his mother with her own hands. Nervousness, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, and klnc(red ailments, take wings before the healing qualities of South American Nervine, Thomas Hoskins, of Durham, Ont., took his preacher's advice, followed directions, and was cured perman- ently of the worst form of Nervous Prostra- tion and Dyspepsia. He has recommended It to others, with gratifying results. it's a great nerve builder... -13, X -Ray Pearl Fishing. M. Dubois, in a paper before the Aea- decoy of Sciences, Penis, shows that it is possible by .means of Roentgen rays to examine the living oyster without in any way injuring it and to ascertain whether or not it contains a pearl. If it contains only a tiny pearl the oyster is •returned and is allowed to live until the disease has developed a large pearl, STAR IS FAR AWAY.. "in July I always look for this Isl• 10tw " The astronomer fixed his great teles- cope on a star that looked no bigger than a pin point --a small, bribht star, shining with a white and steady light. "That little star," he said, "is so far away that it takes its light 3,500,000 years to reach us. The beans from it that you now see was given forth 3,- 500,000 years ago. What, I wonder, was the world like then "And do you know how fast these star beams travel ? They travel at the rate of 12,000,000 miles a minute. Think of it -12,000,00 miles multiplatecl by 3,5001- 000 years reduced to minutes—that is the distance from the star to us. "Here is a strange fact. The star may have been annihilated 2,500,000 years ago, but we, in that case, would know nothing of its annihilation till 1,000,- 000 years from now, for whatever should happen on this star would take 3,500,000 years to reach us. "Imagine a Russo-Japanese year on the star. 'The war news would come to us a little stale, eh ?—Portland Oregonian. Takes ' Its Light 3,5oo,000 Years to Reach Our Planet. Dr. Agnew's Cure for the Heart acts directly and quickly, stimu- lates the heart's action, stops most acute pain, dispels all signs of weakness, flutter- ing, sinking, smothering or palpitation. This wonderful cure is the sturdy ship which car- ries the heart -sick patient into the haven of radiant and perfect health. Gives relief in most acute forms of heart disease in 30 min- utes. -11. A Bank's Tall Building. The finest banking building in the world is that of the Hanover National Bank of this city, It is 22 storeys and cost $5,000,000. The bank was establish- ed in 1S5i in Hanover Spuare at Pearl street. The heraldic device of the build- ing is a galloping clay back horse on a shield, with the word Hanover under- neath. The bank did not get its name from the "White Horse of Hanover," but from its location. The appointments of this bank surpass anything in any simi- lar institution in the world. The two hundred employees have quarters on the 22nd. floor, where they eat, bathe, exer- cise, read and rest. On the Nassau street side of the building are private dining rooms for the President, Tice -President and other high officials. In the main dining room for the other employees meals are served from noon until 2 o'clock. The baths are as fine as one would expect to find in a palace, The new building has not been in use very long. In the old structure the 100 book- keepers used to work in the cellar; now they perform their duties over 300 feet above the ground.—N. Y. Cor. Rochester Democrat. Neglect a cough and contract consumption. - hlloh Contihof CureTheonicLung T cures consumption, but don't leave it too long. Try it now. Your money back if it doesn't benefit you. Prices: S. C. Wates & Co. 801 25c 50c. 51 LeRoy, N. Y., Toronto, Can: No Blind Discounts. An effort has been made to obtain special conditions and great reductions on Belgian railways for the blind, who, it is argued, cannot benefit by the beau- tiful scenery through which they may pass. The proposal has been rejected by the Legislators considering the matter, who see the prayer of the blind followed by petitions from the legless, the arm- less, and indeed all the damaged, for a reduction in their railway expenses. Another Way to Get Credit. (Boston Transcript.) Thompson—I say, how is it that Jameson has unlimited credit in all the stores? Jackson—Oh, that was the result of a little game that was put up by the help of his wife. She had it reported around that she married him for his money, and naturally it took, for it was Hard to conceive why she 'should marry him for any other reason. ENGLISH SPAVIN LINIMENT Removes all hard, soft or calloused lumps and blemishes from horses, blood spavin, curbs, splints, ringbone; sweeney, stifles, sprains; cures sore and sweeten throat. coughs, etc. Save $00 by the use of one Bot- tle. Waranted the most wonderful Blemish Cure ever known. Moon Phases. The phases of the moon may be ex- plained by the fact that the moon is a dark spherical body which shines only by reflected light. The new moon, -popu- larly so called, is seen only when the sky is sufficiently dark to present a complete outline of the disk. This illu- mination is due to the light which comes first from the sun, is reflected to the earth and back to the moon and thence to the earth. What we really see is the earth light shining on the moon. USING ONLY THE BEST. Doubtless there are mysteries in ad- vertising, but they are being gradually uncovered. Among the discoveries which experience has made is this: "In adver- tising it is not a question of selecting many mediums which are good, but rather the few which are best." The sardine famine off the coast of Brittany, which has extended over sev- eral years, promises to be relieved by un- usual catehes this year. Mlaard's L,inialent Cures Oaudroff.; ISSUE NO. 38 1004. Mrs. Winslow's hoothing Syrup should always be used for Children Teething. 11 soothe the. child, softens the gums cures wins colic and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. 11011.1•11001111•1•11. •11.4...1111610•01•11.111...1141.011,101.110,. LADIES' and 0 Wala SekirSendl Y r styles and cloth samples. THE SOUTIICOTT SUIT CO., London, Can. EPAY AGOOD SALARY to ladies and gentlemen, Permanent position, rapid advancement, good salary and expenses. Clean, desirable business, Write the J. L. Nichols Co., Limited, Toronto. (Mention this paper.) µi�1Ecr' Rx� i e ,�...aM,. ores of Pali Kinds Cured by"Mecca" Recommended by Right Rev Arthur Sweatman, D. D. Bishop of To- ronto; W. II, Blake, Esq., K. C., Etc. Large sample free. Address FOSTER MFG. CO., Toronto, Ont. Reflections of a Bachelor. A boy wants to, smoke about the sante age that a girl begins to flirt. It is a great triumph of reason for a man to be aide to teach his wife never to play cards. Some women are built so funny they can get stouter and stouter and look thinner and thinner. Most of the disappointmeps that come to engaged people are due to the fact that they think they will go on being that kind of idiots all their lives. It is very embarrassing for a man to come home late and tell his wife that he mistook the top buraeu drawer for the bed because the light was so poor. !WONDERFUL RESOURCES OF THE WI, ST If you are looking for a home and want t o visit t h e West you can do so with very little ex- pense as the UNION PACIFIC will sell One-way Colonist Tickets EVERY DAY at the following rates from Missouri River terminals : (Council Bluffs to Kan- sas City inclusive.) SEPTEMBER 15th to OCTOBER 15th: $20.00 to Ogden, Salt Lake City, Butte, Anaconda and Helena. $22.50 to Spokane and Wenatchee. $25.00 to San Francisco, Los Angeles and many other California points. $25.00 to Portland, Tacoma, Seattle, and many other Oregon and Washing- ton points. F. B. Choate, G. A., 126 Woodward avenue, Detroit ,Dlich Practised on Revenue Officer. An infantry captain recently told of a raw recenit from Ki ntucky, a gawky mountaineer, so awkward that it seem- ed impossible to "lick" him info a sol- dier. "Soon after my company was sent out for target practice on the ranges," said the captain, "my Kentuckian beat out every man in my company, some of them veterans, wearing the distinguish- ed marksmen's medals, in a common can- ter. The gawky Kentucky boy's per- formance on the range filled me with. amazement, as it did everybody else who watched his marvellous shooting, and when he was through I said to him : "Look here, boy, where did you ever get a chance to practice such fine shooting 'T `Pipkin' rev'noo officehs, sub,' he replied with a grin. 'Yo all fuhgits, suh, that Ah'm from Kentucky."' CANADIAN NATIONAL FACTS AND FIGURES The Independent Order of Foresters have just issued from the press a very neat little booklet giving a great grist of facts and. figures with regard to Can- ada, its resources, mineral and agricul- tural, etc. Historical points, territor- ies and other Canadian information of great value. This little booklet should be in the hands of all. It will be sent on application to Dr. Oronhyatelcha, Su- preme Chief Ranger, of the L 0. F., Tem- ple Building, Toronto., Canada. TESTING COFFEE FOR PURITY. Genuine roasted coffee, no matter what quality, will not impart its color to cold water, nor will the bean lose its smooth surface or hard, tough consistency when subected to a soaking of any duration; whereas chickory and other imitations become soft and spongy when soaked and render the water muddy, so that it is only necessary to give the suspect a bath to determine its genuineness. Of course the bean must be dried. before grinding and the water must be cold, otherwise the test will not he conclusive. STATE OF 0810, CITY or TOLEDo,.I eq. LIMAS COUNTY J ERNS J. CHENEY makes oath that hole the senior partner of the firm of P. J. C1iENEY its Co., doing business In the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm willay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL- LARS for each and every case of OATA121tf that cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S CATAalw CURS. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence,this 6th day of December, A.D.,1886. + + A. W. GLEASON, sEAL} Notary' Public. Hall's Catarrh C•ire is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the systteem. Send for testimonials, free. d F, J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold byall druggists -75e. Take Hall's 'Fatally Pills for Constipation, Crushing the Old Man. (Washington Star.) "Young man." said Mr. Dustin Star, "i bad to Mork for my money." 'well, father," was the chilly rept,. 'en» *ugh people In our set are throwing that at aaa without You talkina about hi'