HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1904-11-25, Page 6LIFE OF A CHILD IN CHINA.
Boys Have Many Presents and Feasts
and May Have Three Names.
At birth it is supposed that many spirits,
both good and evil, attend the Chinese °held,
Rid candles are lighted in the birth chamber,
as For a wedding, and attendants must speak
only good words. The little one must not bo
frightened. but it is to be received with joy.
The baby boy's head is shaved on the 'twenty.
eighth day, but the ceremony is on the tbir-
Meth if the baby is a girl, and in Dither case
this is done before the ancontral tablets or
the shrine of the goddess called 'Mother."
A. boy receives mauy presents, whllo girls
are not altogether forgotten, the gifts taking
the form of gay little caps ornamented with
tassels and bells, and gold, silver or copper
images of Buddha, to hang about the neck.
Although baby receives his first name at this
time, it Is changed by his schoolmaster when
he is old enough for school, he receives an-
other when he is married. and if he succeeds
at the examinations, which may not happen
before middle age, he receives a third.
Often such names as vagabond, dog, -
eat, good for nothing, ugly, are given the
'baby,
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ink the
oldo t e him. By thetmebeis d
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ough
to go to school it is supposed that the
spirits have forgotten about hien, and he
may be ;given a better name. When a child
Is
differencea year ldinhere is favor feast,ofboy. always
These
feasts for the boy aro repeated every ten
years. -Good Housekeeping.
Question of Politeness, Not Opinion.
(Nashville Banner.)
Representative Cooper, of Texas, tells a
story about Gen. Sam Houston, of his State,
and a practising physician, who did not like
the old General, being strenuously opposed
to him politically. One day, after a heated
political discussion, the physician said:
"General, I like you well enough socially,
but. politically I would not believe you on
oath."
"I would believe you, doctor,'' was the
Quiet reply of the General.
Then, sir," vehemently exclaimed the doc-
tor, you have a much better opinion of me
than I have of you."
"Not a better opinion, doctor, but I simply
have a little more politeness than you have.
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Homeopathic Power.
Natrum muiaticum, a homeopathic re-
medy, is eonluh,.)0 teble salt. But in the
process of dynamization, homoepathi-
cally, its particles are sub -divided till
they approach the infinity. A German
druggist once bet $50 that be could take
a certain number of doges of it every
day for a month, reasoning that in that
time he would not take as much salt as
could be held bit the extreme point of a
delicate penknife. But he had not cal-
culated on the power of homoepathic
doses. Before the month was half passed
he willingly paid the bet. He had made
a "proving" of natrum muriaticum and
did not like it. "Affections of the inner
head, headache as though a thousand
little limners were knocking at the
brain, etc.," is the way Guernsey gives
it.
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Appalling Japanese Bravery.
(Cleveland Leader.)
According to official Japanese reports, one
regiment which went into ono of the most
deenerate assaults upon the defenses of Port
Arthur with more than 2,100 effective men
lost 2,600. Only six officers and 200 men came
back from one of the most terrible struggles
in the history of war. Such fightinsf. as this
is disheartening to the most stul. ole s,.ttes-
onsts which any army can encounter. It
reveals a willingness literally to conquer or
die, which is appalling to officers command -
Ing opposing forec.+.
The War in the East.
(Pot Shots From a Popgun.)
There's a nimble Russian General,
Runs tarter than a cat kin,
He''l stop, perhaps, when stopped by death,
But they cannot pure opatkin,
1Couropatkin Solus:
What's up with me. I've no more luck
Than the Thlbetan Llama;
And still T pray both ttight and day,
Am I to win," Oyama.
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Living Expenses in Japan. .
(New York Press.)
Japan is no longer the land of cheap liv-
ing. Rents have advenced from 200 to 300 per
rent. Europeans who used to pay from 06
to 012 for a whole house now content them-
selves with a single room. Prices of food,
drink, etc., are a ]ung way beyond those of
Europe. A bottle of beer coats from 18 to
e.5 cents. A 2 -cent cigar fetches 13 cents.
The only cheap article is French champagne,
owing to the low duty paid. Germany's trade
with Japan i falling off; America's and
England's is increasing.
Ile Was 'Unable to 'Work, and Becom-
ing Destitute, ileibre Be Used. the
Great Canadian Kidney 3.cnnedy.
Tyndall, Man., Nov. 14,--(Special.)—
Unable to work because of Kidney Bis
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ent -a, and fast becoming destitute, Me. J.
J. Perkins, of this place, found new life
tend health in Dotld's Kidney l'ills. In
his gratitude he wants an the world to
know of his cure, and that the owes it to
Doddi.'s Kidney Pills, Mr. Perkins :gays:
"After two years of Kidney Trouble I
got a .bad tate doctor said 1 was inettr-
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ihaud ettoh terrible pains in my back and
kidneys that I thougltt I would die.
'I was unable to work and was becom-
ing destitute when a friend persuaded
jake to “try Bodd's Kidney. fills. Five
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STATISTICS OF THE NEGRO.
Death Rate in this Country Nearly Twice
That of the White.
The final census bulletin on the negro.
ebo
population shows that there are 9,204,-
531 negroes in the United States,' in-
cluding Alaska, Hawaii and Porto Rico.
Uaif of this great uumr er
years of age and from 11betoare und16 par cent19.
of them have white blood in their veins.
The center of this black population is
De Kane. county, Alabama, it having
moved from Dinwiddie county, Virginia,
northeast 476 miles, since 1700.
Thus the negro population constitutes
about one -fifteenth of the city popula-
tion and one-seventh of the country
population of continental United States.
This proportion, although still large, is
the result of a steady decline during the
nineteenth century. The death rate of
negroes approximates 30 per cent., while
that of the whites is 17 per cent.
At present fully 90 per cent. of the
negroes live in the southern states and
77 per cent. of them reside upon farms.
But the northern migration to the big
cities has been noticeable during the last
two decades and is in a largo measure
responsible for the excessive death rate
among them. Bad habits, poverty and
disease make terrible inroads upon ne-
groes living in the big cities.
The largest numbers of negroes living
in compact masses are found in certain
urban counties, several of which lie out-
side the great cotton -growing states.
The four each having 75,000 negrees are
District of Columbia, co -extensive with
Washington; Shelby county, Tennessee,
containing Memphis; Baltimore City,
Md., and Orleans parish, Louisiana, co-
extensive with New Orleans. The ne-
groes form one-third of the population
of the 'entire south and 48.6 per cent.
of them are reckoned among bread win-
ners, as again 46.9 per cent. of the sou-
thern whites, but these figures appar-
ently in favor of the southern black
men are accounted for by the prevalence
of female .labor among the negroes.
Among females at least 10 years of age
4.7 per cent. of the negrocs and only 11.8
per cent. of the southern whites report
money -getting occupations. — Kansas
City Journal.
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The Czar's Many Houses.
A prominent and distinguished member
of the large Russian colony in Paris,
writes my Paris correspondent, has been
giving a French interviewer amazing ac-
counts of the magnificent possessions
and properties of the Czar. in all he is
the master of 100 palaces and chateaux,
scattered about al over his vast empire,
and each one of them is a marvellously
furnished and lnarvrllou:8ly filled with
servants. Something, like 35,000 butlers,
grooms, footmen, valets, chefs, coachmen,
t'prdenera. etc., are housed in the hund-
red residences, and their total salaries
amount to the enormous sum of 20,000,-
000 francs or £S00,000.
In the many stables are some 5000
horses, while the heads of cattle may be
placed at 50,000; but even the distinguis-
ed members of the Paris Russian colony
hesitates at stating the number of in-
habitants of the Czar's kennels, the dogs
being entirely innumerable. Naturally,
the Czar is not familiar with all his pal-
aces and chateaux. Out of the hundred
indeed, there are not less than sixty-two
upon which he has never sat eyes and
which, in all probability, he never will.
But the servants are there, and every-
thing is ever in readiness in case the
Czar should take it into his head to
look just once upon his truly magnifi-
cent abodes.—From M. A. P.
6linard's Liniment Cures Distemper.
Cocoanut Oil for Toothache.
Mr. Consul Werner's report on the
trade of Kiungchow for 1903 says: With
regard to cocoanut oil it may be useful
to mention that it is used by the natives
as a speeifie for toothache, and it is
said to be a never failing remedy. The
directions for use are as follows: Pro-
cure a fresh cocoanut, cut it in half,
place one-half with the concave side fac-
ing upwars on a large cup containing
some cotton wool. and inside the cocoa-
nut put some live charcoal. When the oil
exudes on to the wool, take the latter
out, and insert it with the aid of a
blunt needle into the aching cavity. Care
must be taken not to let the oil drop
on to the tongue or skin, since it raises
a most painful blister.—Indian Review.
A Japanese War Charm.
The custom of the Sen Nin Niki is one
that has arisen in Japan during the pres-
ent war. Ever since the war began, at
all times of the day, and even ight,
small groups of women can be seen gath-
ering in the streets; one or more of the
women will have a piece of cotton cloth
with one thousand marks or dots stamp-
ed upon it. "Sen" is the Japanese word
for one thousand. "Nin" is the word for
human being—either man or woman.
"Riki" is, in the Japanese language,
strength. In combination the words
mean "the strength of one thousand peo-
ple."
Each one of these one thousand clots
or narks in the cloth are to indicate the
place where a stitch or knot is to be
made by a woman, who, while shaking
this knot, gives her best thought, wish
or prayer for the safety and protection
of the soldier who will wear this piece
of cotton cloth as an "obo" or be't while
fighting of rhis country. The prayers
of one thousand women for one man are
believed to protect him from all dangers
and to give him strength to overcome
and conquer the enemies of his beloved
Japan.—Front Leslie's Monthly Maga -
eine for September.
Effort of the 'New Reporter,
(Kansas City Star.)
A Green county paper hired a new reporter
the other day and bent Mm out after some
news. Three hours later be returned and be-
gan writing. Atter twenty minutes of hard
Work he handed the editor a sheet of paper
on which he had written: "Joe Green had
en accident at his home to -day. Hie wire
fell off tho porch and hanged on the dog. It
wast an unfortunate occurrence."
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The Telephone Ear.
.A peculiar development of the sense
of hearing has been discovered as be-
ing the result of the use of the tele-
phone. Most people when using the be-
strument hold. the receiver to the left
ear because it comes more natural to
adjust the mouthpiece with the right
hand. So it happens that from an ex-
tensive use of the telephone the hearing
of the left ettr is sharpened at the ex-
pense of the right. In the majority of
eases the difference between the two is
not very great, but in some persons it
is alarmingly so. The sensitive nerves
are so irritated by the sound coming di-
rectly on them, and in a tone which is
strange, that it sets up a reaction which
has a cumulative effect and upsets them.
" Pure soap !" You've heard
the words. In Sunlight
Soap you have the fact,
Ask for the 0ctagon/Lae cis
The Corean Flag.
The Corean ensign and merchant flag
is a white flag bearing the great
monad in blue and red. This is a
symbol of great antiquity. It is to
the Mongolians what the cross is to the
Christian. To them it is the sign. of deity
and deity, while the two parts into
which the eircle is divided is called the
Yin and the Yan—the male and female
forces of nature. Some throe thousand
years ago one of the writers, speaking
in reference to it, said: "The illimitable
produces the extreme. The great ex-
treme produced the two principles. The
two principles produce the four quar-
ters, and from the four quarters we de-
velop the quadrature of the eight
diagrams of y'eublii," This means little
to us, though the writer may have ex-
plained the matter to his entire satis-
faction. But so much we know—that
the symbol had a mathematical as well
as an occult meaning. There is a little
puzzle connected with the Corean flag
which may or may not be perplexing to
the novice. Divide the great monad by
a straight cut into two pieces so that
each half of the circle may contain an
equal share of the Yin and the Yan.
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Minard's Liniment Cures Colds, etc.
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Are Soldiers Great Smokers?
If recent statistics are to be railed
uponn the number of men—high placed
officers—in both services who do not
smoke would bear out the theory that
smoking is going out of fashion in the
British army and navy. It appears that
the majority of naval officers are eon -
tent, like the French and Russians, with
an occasional cigarette. Of course there
are exoeptions. The army has no ofif i-
cer who rs a more inveterate smoker
than was the late General Gordon, who
was miserable unless lie had an ample
supply of cigarettes. Thus among the
non-smokers we find Lord Robers, Gen-
eral MacKinnon, General Sir Redvers
Buller and General Gatach'e.
Minard's Liniment•Cures Carget in Cows
A woman has onlyYone tongue and
two ears but she can generally talk
fasten than she can listen.
Lever's Y -Z (Wise Head) Disinfectant Soap
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To Care for Plants in Winter.
Giro plants all the fresh air you can.
Open doors and windows at some dis-
tance from then{ on pleasant days and
give them a chance to breathe in pure
oxygen in liberal quantity. Give all the
sunshine you can. And aim to keep the
temperature of the room between 70
degrees by day and 55 at night. It will
probably exceed these figures in both
directions, but try to regulate it in such
a way as to avoid the extremes of in-
tense heat and dangerous cold.
Use water liberally on the foliage of
your plants. By washing off the dust
it keeps open the pores of the leaves
through which they breathe, and it tem-
pers the hot, dry atmosphere usually pre-
vailing in the living room. The only way
to modify this condition is to keep water
constantly evaporating on the stove or
register and make frequent use of the
sprayer: Lippincott's Magazine.
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Deepest Gold Mine.
The deepest gold mine in the world is
said to be at Bendigo, Australia. It
is called the New Chum mule, and its
main shaft is sunk to a depth of three
thousand nine hundred feet, or only
sixty feet short of three-quarters of a
mile. Tho most difficult problem of
working a mine of such a depth is how
to keep the tunnels and general workings
cool enough for the miners to work. The
temperature is usually about 108 de-
grees, and this is, of course, terribly
enervating. To make it possible for the
men to work at all a spray of cold water
is let down from above and kept con-
tinually playing on their bodies. They
are naked from the waist up,
Where Doctors do agree T.—
Physicians no longer consider it catering to
''''quackery" in recommending to practice
so meritorious a remedy for Indigestion an't
Nervousness as South American Nervine.
They realize that it is a step in advance in
medical science and a sure and permanent
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THE CLOTHES BUSINESS.
The effect of advertising on many dif-
ferent kinds of business has been noted
by a well-known writer. "Wearing ap-
parel of all kinds," he says, "is now lib-
erally advertised, and the result, accord-
ing to recent statistics, has been to
increase the sales 'all the way from 300
to 800 per cent.—without increasing eth
pried to the consumer or reducing the
profits to the manufacturer, but the
reverse."
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Due Precaution Taken.
(Now York Herald,)
"I should think you'd be afraid to let
our little boy run your automobile."
"Oh. no: I have It insured.'
Butterflies and Moths.
Though butterflies and moths are
found. ' widely distributed all over the
dobe, they are by far most abundant
in the tropics. For instance, Brazil can
show to the collector not less than 700
different species within an hour's walls
of Para. There are not half as many in
all- Europe. In Britain there are 67 spe-
cies, and in all Europe there are 300 dif-
ferent kinds. They are found as far
north as Spitzbergen, on the Alps to a
height of 9,000 "feet and on the Andes
up to 18,000 feet. As there are some
200,000 species, it is easy to see why
butterfly hunters are great travellers.
HOW'S THIS ?
We offer One Hundred Dollars' Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0.
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Cheney for the last 15 years and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business trans-
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obligations made by this tire.
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Take Hail's FamilyP11Is for constipation
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A Birthday Mystery,
Here is a strange little puzzle, which
has the same answer, independent of the
fact that no two people solving the puz-
zle were born the same year and conse-
quently use the same figures. Write
down the figures of the year you wore
born. and from this take away four.
Add your age at next birthday if it
conies before January, otherwise your
age at your last birthday. Multiply the
result by 1,000 and from this deduct
685,423. Substitute for the figures cor-
responding letters of the alphabet, as A
for 1, B for 2, etc. The result is a. Chin-
ese table delicacy which is used in this
oountry for. electioneering purposes.
Strike out the first letter and trans-
pose those that remain to form a word.
Like Tearing the Heart
Strings.—"It is not within the concep-
tion of man to measure my great sufferings
from heart disease. For years I endured a1-
most constant cutting and tearing pains
about my heart, and many a time would
have welcomed death. Dr. Agnew's Cure
for the Heart has worked a veritable mir-
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A Question of .Age.
How old are you? The adage says that
women are as old as they look and men 09
old as they feel. That is wrong. A man or
woman are as old as they take themselves
to be. Growing old is largely a habit of the
mind. "As a man thinketh in his heartso
is he." If he begins shortly after midddlo
age to imagine himself growing old he will
be old. To keep oneself from decrepitude is
somewhat a matter of will power. The fates
are kind to the man who hangs on to life
with both hands. Ile who lets go will go.
Death is slow only to tackle the tenacious.
Ponce de Leon searched in the wrong pia;•o
for the fountain of youth, It is in one's self.
'One must keep oneself young inside; so
thatr
shreneived outerayby day.'ewhen es the inner
man ceases to exert itself, when there is no
longer an active interest in the affairs of
this life, when the human stops reading and
thinking, and doing, the man, like a blasted
treo, begins to die at the top. You are as
old as You think you are. lleep the hare
nese on. Your job is not done.
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Matrimony and Longevity.
'(ICansas City Journal.)
The ancient minstrel joke as to why mar-
ried men live longer than beachelors, and the
replyhsityU
edapiroffun,ut11. longer, now scientifi-
cally asserted that matrimony ie conducive
to longevity. .A. certain learned professor
has calculated that the mortality among
bachelors from the age of 30 to 45 years is
2? per cent., while among married mon of the
bachelors wiinos attainr thent. ageror of forty-one eas
there are seventy -sight married mea who
reach the samo age. The difference is still
more striking in persons of advanced age.
At 60 years there remain but twenty-two
70 ° eleven fbachelora-i fort tiivventy seven mar-
ried mon, and at 80, three bachelors for nine
married men. _
Minard's Liniment Cures Diphtheria.
BUD DUMB FRIENDS.
Don't tease the dog.
Even the cat has feelings.
Give them some time to rest.
Only painstaking ones should keep
caged pets.
All animals appreciate a little head
massage.
Food experiments are not wise in hot
weather.
Horse hats acre d, good thing, if not
always becoming.
An animal's actions tell exactly how
he is treated.
No wonder some animals act mad
these days.
All animals require a constant supply
of fresh drinking water, whether they
seem to or not.
Cats and dogs should not be given too
muoh meat, nieely-cooked vegetables and
cereals being good.
A big family of children keeps one
animal too busy, often expecting it to
play till it falls from exhaustion or
snaps. They should be taught better.