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Servations Among the
h1ipe o4jnAbe': PAteitie
Coast.
4Wri0on by a Canadian in Vancouver)
It.i4 not,the easiest task that a Eu-
ropeknmay undertake, to'desci ibet or
even to aiialce observations respecting
the bttbita.and customs of the rnhabl-
tante of the Ohineee quarters. In the
lh'at place, only one directly interested
in'that ^form of;:philanthropy, or else
one possessed by an overweening curi-
osilt ,,would` care to take the risk and
unpleasantness of an investigation.
Ifiowever, little by Little one comes to
k 4tw a few things, and though one
be routes famiiliar with them, theyare
habits of asstrange people, and lose
nolle of their' pa'rtt etre interest from
reppeated observation.
t'elllllv#1te; limy, descriptions with
more:. reference. to the life of the Chi-
nie;women than men, though they
are',necesaavrily related.
Admittance to a Chinese home is a
thing not' . easily secured. At New
• .Year), and on certain high and festive
occasions,>the friends and customers of
the Chinese merchantman are invited,
or rather expected, to call on their for-
; ,en acquaintances, but this is a very
Arent tiring rem entrance to the
amhhoinc. • The calls, are usually made
arly,in the day, but the Chinese ladies
ar'e;.not among the receivers. It is not
a, social function at all, but merely a
respect. cold and business like,
t• >ghark of eianing,e.ven the most formal calls of
arlstocrafic society in more civilized
latlds. Among the Chinese there is no s
Duch thing es would be understood in
Canada by the term "home life." This
mriayibe.made clear by the simple re- a
-Fite of a few observations. The Chi- neile,wo,nen are not the companions of f
"'their husbands, they are simply their
'wives. Their apartments are very
poorly furnished, rude and inexpensive ,
outfits proving the rule. Few adorn- co
' ments or embellishments or pictures, d
end none of the knick knacks and brie- c
,•;',a -brat that mean so much to the com- r
£ortof.an ; European home. At meal
time the•gentlemen (?) and ladies never s
dine together. The wife and mother t
' df the family stands as a waitress dur- b
ing thee,meal, paying careful attention s
'tosthe .requirements of her lord and n
d when they and their male 1
ends : ve finished their r epast, tthe c
other, attended by other female is
laves enjoys Hgrself regaling upon
bat is left. The women, that, is the g
ore respectable, the aristocratic of °
nese society, are not permitted to
O out of their houses or appear upon b
e streets. Even in so modern a city
Vancouver, and also San Francisco, li
ere are ladies who have not been c
> aide of their own apartments for
ars. They are obliged to content
emselves looking through the lat-
Ces on the roofs of their houses and
away. A lady friend of mine knew
o ape in Frisco, who, having become
sonotewhat imbued with western ideas,
chafii.s under the restrictions of her
confinement, threw off the "yoke of
bondage," and donning European garb,
went out to call on a white female
friend. Her husband, who was a law-
less fellow, and somewhat shady in his
own morals, hearing some days after
of this adventure, beat his Si ife almost
to death, and threatened if she ever
again appeared among common folk
he Would kill her.
The; men- 'are 'polygamous, and the
more' prosperous here have two or
three 'wives. To show how they re-
gard these poor creatures simply as
chattels, the ladies will spare me the
blushes•. when I say that I personally
k*ow'of'eases in business transactions
It 1VFnglarge amounts,' the Chinese
irieicchanta thrust their wives for -
Ward selectors in the bargain, offering
to hirgth ddifor specific periods of time.
While there are many well educated
s►ntiigenUemanly Chinamen. here upon
•
the Oast, men whose mra}�ners are'
smooth an cotlrteoue asthe� proverb
"Ali Sin," �mmortallaed li BretHer
the same cannot be sari b the wont
One needs but to view ata distan e
learn that the Chinese women }acif
advantages of education. They a
ignorant of all literature, arid it Is wi
the,1itnPet difficulty that they ace 1
tereijted in any studies.
The women are, as usual, more s
perstjtious than the men, and some
their superstitions are worthy of no
To see and hear them pathetically c..
ing upon the departedspiritsof so
loved one to come back, is to witness
sight which, ludicrous and all as it
brmge tears to the eyes and sorrow
the heart of anyone who has lov
and lost. I need not here enter into
statement of their belief that each i
dividual possesses seven spirits, whi
at death take different directions, one
going into the air, another into the
earth and one into another incarna-
tion. lam not competent to deal with
this subject; but they often resort to
practices that painfully, exemplify
these beliefs. For instance, a case has
just been described to me by the wife
of our local missionary to the Chinese,
in which a boy about six years of age
was dying. Before I relate the sce ie
as witnessed by them I may say that a
Chinese doctor had been called, not
one of the more recent graduates from
the medical schools of China, but a
"quack," and his diagnosis (?) of the
case led him to the conclusion that the
child must be singed. He therefore
took his tapers and, lighting them,
burned the flesh at close intervals all
over the little body, so that it was
carred deeply. Imagine the . pain.
But when it became apparent that the
ad would die, it was most pathetic to
ee and hear the father and mother,
the former weeping over the prostrate
orm and crying, "Oh, come back 1 0,
my little girl come back. Come back,
my little girl." The mother cried,
'Come back, little doggie 1 0, doggie,
me back," etc. Of course we won-
er why all this nonsense. From the
hinese point of view a very clever
use was being played upon that old
erpent, the devil. Arguing, of course,
hat the devil is a Chinaman, born and
red, he has the Chinese view of the
uperior value of the boy over the girl.
ike all other Chinamen he is supposed
ot to care much for girls, and certain -
y nothing at all for dogs. So if he
an be deceived into believing that the
ttle sufferer is a girl or a dog, he may
ive over his anxiety to catch the spirit
f the departing one.
When there is a boy born into the
family there is great feasting and re-
oicing for ten days, but when a girl is
orn the father goes around looking
ke a man that had been "fooled." A
ustom among them that is rather
uni ue, is the manner in which the ar- ing evil on other lands.
rive of a•little-stranger is announced
as A WORTHY'EXPONENT OFA WOR-
to THY SHORTHAND SCHOOL. RS
Lel We have just received from Messrs D.
tel MoLaioiilati�&.Co., elf the) Canada Business
t
he College, Chatbam, their new catalogue for
re the iehorthand department. It contains a
th ` number of lettere from leading business
houses, and • men of. high standing through-
n•ont Canada and the United States, who
e. have had', pupils of the school employed in
of their office, and all speak in moat flattering
te. terms of the e+: Money of their graduates.
all -
me Mr Clark Wallace's assertion that
a between three and four million bicycles
is, will be made in Canada next year lays
to the honorable gentleman open to the
ed charge of having wheels in his own top
a story. This number of bicycles would
n- 1 mean one for nearly every man,woman
ch and child in the country.
AYER'S
Hair
VIGOR
,Restores natural
color to the hair,
acid also prevents
it falling out. Mrs.
:H. W. Renwick, of
•Digby, N. S., says:
' "A little more
than two years ago
my hair
began
to turn
gray
_and fall
out. Af-
ter the
Fuse of
one bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor my
hair was restored to its original
color and ceased falling out. An
occasional application has since kept
the hair in good condition."—Mrs.
H. F. ?ENw,Icx, Digby, N. Se
Growth
of Hair.
".Eight years ago, I had the vario-
loid and lost my hair, which previ-
ously was quite abundant. I tried
a variety of preparations, but with-
out beneficial result, till I began to
fear 1 should be permanently bald.
About six months ago my husband
brought home a bottle of Ayer's
Hair Vigor, and I began at once to
use it. In a short time, new hair
began to appear, and there is now
every prospect of as thick a growth
of hair as before my illness." —
Mrs. A. WEBER, Polymnia St., New
Orleans, La.
YER'S HAIR VIGOR
PSEPARED BY
!� C iA 4,1 �; i WELI,,IMASS.1) .S.
SHILOH'St OIIBE is mold on a gnaran.
tea. It cures incipient Consumption. It
le the beet cough cure. Only one Dent a
dose. 25otls„ 50ots., and $1. Sold by J. Hr
Combe, Clinton.
After nearly a Mirth's illness of ty-
phoid fever Miss Lily Cullen, daughter
of Rev Thos. Cullen, pastor of the As-
kin street Mettiodist church, London,
died Thursday night. Four other
memhars of the family, including Mr
Cullen, are down with the same dis-
ease, and their condition is so critical
that it is thought best that for the pre-
sent they be not made acquainted with
their loss. Miss Cullen was one of
London's most popular and proficient
public school teachers. Deceased was
only 19 years of age, and was born in
Brockville.
You DON'T HAVE To SWEAn OFF
says the St. Louis Journal of Agriculture
in an editorial abont No -To -Bao, the fam-
ous tobacco habit cure. "We know of many
oases oared by No-To•Bao, one, a promi-
nent S. Louie architect, smoked and ohew-
ed for twenty years; two boxes cured him
so that even the smell of tobacco makes
him sick." No -To -Bac sold and guaran-
teed no pure no pay. Book free. Sterling
Remedy Co., 374 St. Pant St., Montreal.
Sold by Allen & Wilson.
Thirty-eight years ago, last week,
the great financial panic of '57 set in.
It followed it period of war and war
prices, as panics and times of depression
generally do, and it extended over the
world to combatants and noncombat-
ants alike. Men cannot waste life and
treasure without' injuring not only
themselves but their neighbors. Na-
tions are interdependent, as United
States Ambassador Bayard put it so
well in his recent address at Dundee.
One nation cannot be hurt commerci-
ally without bringing hurt to those
with whom she trades, and the pur-
chasing power of a country cannot be
impaired without bringing correspond -
to the relatives and friends. All call-
ers on the family are presented with
an egg, which has been previously.:dyed
red, and it is eaten in the presence of
the member of the family who is re-
ceiving. White people and Chinese
who call are treated alike. A not un-
usual question among them, especially
those who wish to be polite, is, "When
maythe eggs be expected ?"
Tese are a few of the characteristics
of home life among Chinese women
who belong to the better class. Their
life is the same ceaseless rrund of mo-
notonous toil "from 7 till 6," etc., just
like that of any other country with as
old a civilization. One thing: is worthy
of mention, that is, the ladies of even
the most aristocratic and t'ea.lhy
families are never idle. They, must do
something and something' profitable.
The wife of the wealthiest mertltt in
Vancouver is forever busy makin but-
ton,holes for a firm of Chinese tail re in
the city. They work embroidery, etc.,
and coin money, which belongs to
their husbands.
They have no say in the choice of
husbands, nor does personal like or
dislike enter into the considerations,
for these things are settled long before
they know anything about who is to
be their partner for life.
The lowest classes belong to the
"Samaritan" class, and are slaves to
that employment from the departure
from the land of their home. One of
the hardest fights that has been made
by our missionary society on this coast
has been to prevent the importation of
Chinese women for immoral purposes.
It has met with a measure of success,
but the arguments and claims and re-
presentations often made by the pro-
prietors of these women have been
such that, though we were convinced
of perjury in the case of the defendant,
yet no hold could be obtained to re-
lease the slaves. Their life is not any
better in this land, nor perhaps any
worse than it is in a heathen land.
Cecil Rhodes is going to import
English birds in South Africa. It i
not thought the English sparrow wiyl
be one of them.
Mr Keir Hardie, ex -M. P., says the
British farmers are better off than
their American brethren. Mr Hardie
can hardly be called an optimist either.
The man who patented the brass
spring fingers one sees on lamps for
holding the chimney in place received
for many years a royalty amounting
to £10.00.
A steam launch belonging to the
British cruiser Edgar is reported to
have been lost in Japanese waters, and
48 men who were on board of her are
said to have been drowned.
Lowe Township in Ottawa County
has won distinction all over the Dom-
inion by the resistance of its inhabi-
tants to the tax collector. The latest
report is to the effect that Quebec pol-
ice have been sent to forcibly collect
the taxes.
Ata meeting of the London, Eng.,
city corporation, on Thursday, that
body, for the first time in its history,
refused by a consideratle majority to
pass the usual vote of thanks to the
outgoing Lord Mayor. The question
was debated with much beat, several
speakers declaring that Sir Joseph Re-
nals, the retiring Lord ayor. had
been a discredit to the osit on.
KIDNEY FACTS
In Jan., 1882, my son was taken with
kidney disease. Though attended by three
physicians and change of climate he grew
worse and by 1893 had fallen from 195 lbs.
to 95 lbs. In ten days from starting to
use Dr Chase's Kidney -Liver Pills we
were able to move him home. In four
months he gained 50 lbs., and was fully
restored to health by the use of this medi-
cine. Jso. S. HAsTrxos, 23 St. Peal at.,
M ontreal.
AN IRISH ECHO.
On the subject of Irish guides the
echo story which follows may be old,
but it is well worth retelling.
A Killarney tourist was assured by a
guide that the echo on Loch Gill was
far finer. So off went the tourist to
hear it, and hired two men to row him
out, accomplishing the transaction so
swiftly that there was no time for
them to arrange for the usual echo to
be in attendance. In despair they
Woke an oar, and one swain ashore to
fetch another. The echo then began.
"Good -morrow," cried the tourist.
"Good -morrow," said the echo, with a
brogue. "Fine day, God bless it,"
cried the tourist. "Foine day, God
bless it," said the echo. "Will you
have a drink ?" ci ied the tourist. "Be-
gerra, I will 1" roared the echo.
The old story of Prometheue is a parable
an allegory. Prometheus was on terms of
intimacy with the gods. From them he
stole fire, and gave it to men. For this sin
he was bound to the rocks of Mount Cau-
casus, and vultures were set upon him.
They only ate his liver. This grew again
u fast as it was pecked away. Are his suf-
ferings to be imagined ? Yes, and realized
Take a modern interpretation of the par-
able. There is no cooking without fire. In
cooking and eating the mischief lies. The
stomach is overtasked, .the bowels become
clogged, they cannot dispose of the food
that is given them. The impurities back
up on the liver. Then come the vultures
The sufferings from an outside, visible
Burt, are a mere pin•scratcb to the torments
of a diseased liver.
But, moderns are ahead of the ancients.
There is a sequel to the old story D -
Pierce is the author. His "Golden Med
ical Discovery " is more than equal to the
vultures of dyspepsia and its kindred d;
eases. Every atom of the ' riiseovery' •
an active agent against disease. It f
like a ferret, wherever it is sent. It ii -
sore as the needle of the compass. Th:
is to more need o£suffering from dyspep,•
than there is of aategitig one's self.
Mt. W, ROGERS, of sol Grant„ 51., LonisviII
y has this to say for him -elf and the '• Gold, n
Medical Discovery " i was a dyspeptic. 1 h.,.'
of had n comfortable night in .in years. r h:.,.
aken three bottles of Ur. Pierce's Golden 511.
lent Discovery. 1 ant now fifty years old. l 1, •
hirty years younger." Vonrs truly.
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end 3t c'etita in one -cent stamp
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ASA* TrerlheXMattstan.
Many olties•l 8 sail softy ,used' the .tele.
tele oar for certain g Meal to the Peet OAloq,
Opt Boetpn ie MOM:WO now departure, in
the shape of >a mall=oar derlgned for the
receiving of mall direct from the bands of
the;oollectors. The, ear willrun on oohed -
94 um", to certain points along the line,
d.l$ will thea be oesy for the: oolleotor,
to ;menet it tat tbeeg pointe and turn their
mall into it instead of into the several
anb -stations. The mail will be cancelled
d assorted on the ear, and left for im-
mediate dispatch at the oontrai °Moe or
soma railwalt station,The oar has straight
Ohio, like•a .regular railway post.offloe,
which gives plenty ot floor spaoe and room
few hanging Touchers It will have a full
complement of;tablss, oases and ranks,
but its most important -feature will be a
°meeting maobine. The current which
drives and lights the car will feed the oleo -
trio motor to, run, the canceling reaohine,
which will have a,.capeoity of 40,000 can-
oellations per hour. By this plan it is ex-
posited that letters *1lI be delivered on an
average an hour sooner than if they were
taken to the sub-statiohs and handled in
the old way.
The Healthiness. of Yawning.
A celebrated Belgian physician says that
yawning lesam exceedingly healthy func-
tion genoraiil' ,'besldei ;having a very sain-
tary affect in complaints of the pharynx
and sustaohtan tubes. Amending to the
results of late investigations, yawning is
the most natural form of respiratory
musoles of the ohest and neck. It is rec-
ommended that every person should have
a good yawn, with stretching of the limbs,
morning and evening, for the purpose of
ventilating the lungs and tonifying the
muscles of respiration. An eminent
authority oleims that this form of gym-
nastics has a remarkable effect in reliev-
ing throat and ear troubles, and says that
patients suffering from disorders of the
throat have derived great benefit from it.
He makes his patients yawn either by sug-
gestion, imitation, or by a series of full
breaths with the lips partly olosed. The
yawning is repeated sit or eight times,
and should be followed by swallowing.
By this means the air and mucus in the
eustaohian tubes are reapirated.
PRAISED BY PRESS AND PEOPLE,
As a cure for Dyspepsia, Constipation.
Biliousness, Sick Headache, Kidney Trou-
bles, and all diseases of the stomaoh, liver,
bowels and blood, Burdock Blood Bitters is
praised by press and public alike. The real
son is that it aotually does all that is
claimed for it.
Wm Gee, an old resident of Bayham,
died very suddenly Wednesday morn-
ing. He rose at the usual hour and
proceeded to the barn to feed his cows.
He got them all fed but one, and had a
bunch of cornstalks in his arms for
this one, when he fell over backwards,
and in a few minutes breathed his lastg
THE LEADING SCHOOL.
No institution of learning in Western On-
tario has done more for the success of Cana.
dian young men and women than the Cen-
tral Business College of Stratford, Ont. Its
reputation, therefore, is second to none. It
has kept abreast of the times, and has been
steadily improving the different courses of
study from year to year. The latest im-
provement in the Commercial course in
this school, is the introduction of a junior
business practice, by the senior principal
and proprietor, Mr W. H. Shaw, who is
now located in Toronto, but who frequently
visits his Stratford school, and who spent a
few days last week in introducing the new
work and completing and perfecting the
plane for the interchange of business prac-
tice between the students of the two colleges
ander his control.
To`,
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Mit LIFE
ra OFTEN
A NEGLECTED COLD
was
Finally into Consumptlsq.
BREAK UP tt COLD INDIP
SV e.,NQ
Pyny- Pectoral
THE QUICK CURE
PON
OOUQHB. COLDS.
BRONCHITIS.
NOARBCN/ae. RTS.
Large Bottle, 26 Cts.
In these days of talk about advanced methods of
instruction in commercial work let us show you
what two largo and successfully conducted
schools under one management can offer you.
Tho only practical method In existence. Write
us for particulars. Shorthand and penmanship
courses equally thorough anu up to date. Our
school Is unsurpassed in equipment and our
staff of teachers, all men IP !ding teachers' nor.
tiflcates. Send for oata,ogue•
Central Business College,
Stratford, Out.
P. MoINTOSH, Principal.
PSYCHiNE
(I'EONOONCOD elites:x.1
Will curs DON S U M PTION, Lung and Throat Meows.
Gampto bottlo soot fres to every sufferer. GM Express and
Post Otnco Address.
The T. A. Slocum Chemical Co. Ltd., Toronto, Can.
New Root and Shoe Store
The undersigned begs to announce to the peo-
ple of Londesboro and vicinity;that he has open-
ed a Boot and Shoo Store next to cbe post office,
whore will he found a complete assortment o
FALL and WINTI]d BOOTS and SHOES. Our
goods are first-class and our prices aro right —
Cn:•tom work and Repairing done in a workman-
like manner,
Butter and eggs taken as eheh. Come and Boo
us before buying elsewhere.
JAMES YOIINO, - Londesboro.
Clinton Planitng MJIIl
—AND --
DRY
The •uhseriber, having tho very latest improved
machiner and employing Abe most Skilledork•
men fp ahle to do work in ill line in tile Moet
aatiefaottry mannet, at' k aacntibie 'rAtes end
ton the andrtest notice' A tris' Nolipited
FACTO •, TATIOtif, CLINTON,
gelOIXZT C
OTHERS, Do Ybu°°•1g' 9w that Pe.
Batomarea'NOps, •Oodfrey'e Cotdial, many so-called Soothing Byrur ,
most, remedies for children are composed of opium or morphine
Do Yon Know that opilmi and morphine aro stupefying narcotic poisons!
Do Ton Know that in most countries druggists are not permitted to sell narcoe
without labeling them poisons ?
Do Ton Know that you should not permit any medicine to be given your child
unless you or your physician know of what it is composed 1
Do Yon Know that Owneria is a purely vegetable preparation, and ths$ A Ust&e1'
Da Ingredients is published with every bottle?
Do Yon Know that Castor's is the prescription ot the famous Dr. Samuel Pltolnsr.
That it lute been in use for nearly thirty years, and that more Cestoria is now 1041 taina
of all other remedies for children combined 1
Do Yon Know that the Patent Office Department of the United States, sad, ar
other countries, have issued exclusive right to Dr. Pitcher and kis assigns to use the weaet
"Castor's" and ita formula, and that to imitate them is a state prison offense ?
Do Yon Know tbar ono of the reasons for granting this government protectionw4
)ecause Castorla bad been proven to be absolutely harmless?
Do Ton Know that 35 average doses of Castorla are furnished for 31
dente, or one cent a dose?
Do Yon Know that when possessed of this pertece preparation. your chfiatw tail/
la kept well, and that you may have unbroken rest ?
Watt these thins are worth knowing. They are taco.
The ileo-rdmile
signature of'
Is on every
_• wrapper.
Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorias
t
Scratcbes,
$praiis
R
and all pains, external
or internal; are instant-
ly„prelieved by
PERRY DAVIS'
Pau Killer.
This old remedy Is known, used
and sold everywhere. Gland
keep It by you
DIRECT IMPORTATIONS
TEAS We have just received an import order of New sea-
son's Teas, direct from the place of growth. The
following are a few of the leading lines, viz: The Mazawatte pure Ceylon, the
finest packet Tea in the market, 3 qualities; Moning Congow; Choice Sifted;,
Hyson and fresh uncolored Japans alas pickings. All have been most care-
fully selected and guaranteed to satiety. To the most fastidious taste—try our
Popular Blend 25c; Russian Blend 45c; Crown Blend 50c.
F'R-CT=T'S New Raisins, Arguimbans Select; New
Currants in cases; New Figs, New Orange,
Lemon and Citron Peel, New Evaporated Plums and Apricots. Pure Spices,
whole andground. In Vinegar we sell Cider, White Wine, Crystal, Pickling
and Cross & Blackwell's Malt Vinegar in bottles. Extra values in stylish Din-
ner, Tea and Toilet Sets, the latest designs of decoration with new colors and
tints. Cash for Butter and Eggs.
N. ROBSON, - Clinton
Not Giving up Business I
But continuing with full lines of seasonable goods.
New Flannels. and Flannelettes
New Cotton and Woollen Blankets
New Tweeds, Trouserings, etc.
New Ladies' Underclothing
New Readymade Clothing
New shirts and Drawers
New Dress Goods
ROBT. COATS & SON
CLINTON
NUB GROCERY
As regular as the seasons; as steady as the Polar star, as constant as th
compass. The quality of our goods do not change; we buy the best in the
market. We have a big stock of
WOODEN WARE.
If you need a Washtub, a Pail, a Broom, a Mop or
Scrub brush, it will pay you to call.
TEA,.,We have Ben Hur, Bee Brand, Meneosny Maravilla the finest of
'"—Ceylons, Japans, the best that can be had in the market.
COFFE Ftesh Ground, leads them all. Take a look at our window, for a
i Bedroom Sot.
IOW
r'.r!•
Clinton
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