The Brussels Post, 1888-10-5, Page 6g flTi .eer: alT.(e F.otes.
Some of the richest mop in Bug•
laud owe ail their wealth to bear.
And some of the pooroet men there
owe their poverty to beer.
A. Getman paper state e that10,•
000 persons die in Germany every
year from delirium tremens, chile
46 per cent. of the convicts in the
prisons are drunkards.
Burlington Free Props :--Dr.
Johnson said that brandy was the
liquor for heroes, whioh, if true, ex-
plain why no many men aro heroes
only to the bartender.
A dieease called the "red eye" is
afflicting people in some parts of
Spain. It is no novelty in this
country. It came with the first
distillery, and has been growing
ever since.
The stomach of a whiskey drink-
er was on exhibition in London re.
Gently, and it did more for the cause
of temperance than 100 lectures by
weeping orators. It resembled a
bout -leg which had put in about
twenty years in an alley.
Dr. 0. S. Elliott, of Toronto, who
has spent so much time and thought
neon enebriety, has just contributed
an artiole to the Journal of Inebri-
ety, Hartford, Conn. It gives the
characteristics of dipsomania, and
and describes the two principal
forms in which the disease appears
—the periodic and the chronic.
After dealing with these he esye
"It is a subject worthy the atten-
tion of our beat and wisest men,
one by which economy is effected
and reform promoted by the same
act. Taxes are lessened, revenue
increased, society benefitted and
homes made happy. Could other
prinoiples be eo worthy the atten•
tion and action of our municipal
and legislative assemblies—to wipe
out the stigma and disgrace of Can-
ada being so far behind almost every
civilized country on the face of the
earth in making suitable provision
for the care and treatment of this
suffering class ?"
From a health standpoint, from a
moral standpoint, and from a finan•
cial standpoint, all other questions
in politics become in comparison of
trivial importance. That such a
rich blessing is in store for the near
future is apparent to any one who
bus felt the popular pulse. Politics
in which a question having such an
immense bearing upon health is a
dominant issue is worthy of the at-
tention of every physician. There
probably WAS never a time when the
medical profession had such an op-
portunity to use their influence in
politica for good. We are happy to
note that 95 per cent. of the physio•
ians we have met during the last
60 days expressed themselves un-
qualifiedly in favor of the prohibi-
tion of the liquor traffic, and will
use their influence to that end. Tho
influence of our 10,000 professional
readers used in the right direction
would further the cause of Prohibi-
sion by 100,-000 votes.
A LETTER F11031 JAPAN.
Christians ',Vltneeelng the Celebration
of a Japanese Feast.
( 13 Torii Zaka Azabu
1 Tokyo, Japan, July 25.
Editor Ottawa Free Press:
We are now experiencing the hot
weather, tbab season of the year
which drives the foreigner to places
more remote from the equator, and
canoes the native to don extremely
thin garments. The long resident,
however, notices a change in the
season, not only thie year but last,
the rainy season, which generally
terminates about July 10th, has been
on us between that date and July
25th. Although we are eubject to
earthquake concuesiona yet thus far
we seem to be more favored than
you people of Ottawa judging from
the terrible catastrophes reported.
For the foreigner who has recently
stepped upon the Japanese shore
everything bee such a novel and
new appoarauce that he is at a lose
to know where to begin to describe
for the benefit of his friends in his
native land. You will, no doubt,
suppose that on account of the ex•
biome heat plants, trees, shrubbery,
etc, has a withered appearance dur-
ing tho summer months, but such
is not the caee. Those have a re-
markable growth. The hedges, 8,
10 and 12 foot high, uniformly eut,
never scent to wither. Trees, cut
or trimmed in fantastic forme retain
their shape throughout the season,
From my window, as I write, I see
trees whose branches, &a., form
square blocks, globes, bemiephores,
t&c., &c. But of all the trees the
most wonderful growth is sustained
by the bamboo, On my way to
Omawa, a ku, or port; of Tokyo, a
largo number of these have shot
forth to a height of 25 or 80 feet,
ald•this in the short period of two
or three weeks. Sono foreigners
have proposed sitting out some night
to watch them grow. The city
blends with its suburbs impercopt•
illy ate a foliage. The expertness of
•
the catic•a in their ra'•pcetivr call
Inge i. noteworthy The carpenter
has vet nil the mechanical fuel' that
is to t',n hnndd of the Amerman,
and for that '•eneen hal to fall back
on hie own pendia and elltil. IIe
cute hie bt'u'y timber for the house
witti I,ta tittle saW, raises his brains
bynsc' power dt l ]t' the
n rl ial }
regular "lee to ya, v1 floe ya" of
the l,thor••re, lite all his vit.cce es
the farmer .1„ee ht. berm, '1'he roof
is a eetuplc of I•trength to all the
huntie ., to 'tit 'turd wind, rain and
, earthquake , lt', ks ; and ales to
bear the heavy copper or metal
1'l
roofing, which is several inches iu
thicltueee. The Woreen's Mission
are 5, eiety in eou,.cotion will the
Methotii-t church of Canada has
just l.uii' a laden building to meet
the danced for education made by
the people of Japan. The aceom•
medttlien in the past was sof eteut
for 300 young ladies, but those
buildings have proved ioadequato.
But lot rile lake you for a trip abut
Tokyo from 13 Torii Zaka, residence
of Rev. Dr. Cochrane, the site of
the Methodist academy, The means
of tianefi r from one part of the city
to mother is very different to that
need ite our city of Ottawa. That
almot.t invariably used is the gin•
rikehn, which was introduced a few
years ago to eupplant the sedan,
which is now only nerd in the motto -
:einem' regions. It greatly resembles
a large baby carriage, but supplied
with two wheels only and propelled
by a man instead of a woman. So,
you gee, we have compassion upon
the weaker sex even in Japan. I
acknowledge that the occupant is
sometimes more weighty than a
"two year-old' cherub." The gin-
rikeba is supplied with oil•oloth top
and front curtain, so that the pas-
senger is perfectly comfortable in
spite of the rain and storm. Thirty
thouee.nd men, in light blue or white
jackete apt knickerbockers, are en.
gaged in this business and charge
about 8 sou 110 hour. Tbie is by no
means a slow mode of travelling, as
they average about three times the
rate of en ordinary walker. Every
ginriksha, cart, etc., is supplied with
a Japanese lantern, and a very
pretty effect it has on a dark night
to see the myriads of lights dancing
hither and thither from street to
street. Agatu has within its bound-
aries some of the Japanese elite, al-
though the Oiled gentlemen occupy
lands, as a rule, in another part of
the city. From this ward or "ku"
we pass through Shiba and Shiba
Perla, with its 6 or 8 large Buddhist
temples, whose pillars, ceilings, tee.
are covered with gold -leaf. I am
told that fabulous sums of money
have been spent ou these sacred
edifices.
A great feetival is in progress at
one of these temples, crowds of
people are wending their way to•
wards this point, many carrying
their little offering of rice or a few
sen, which is thrown on the temple
steps. Rundrede of Japanese lan-
terns line all the approaches to the
temple. Those in the evening will
be lighted and will present a very
fine spectacle. A few days ago the
great feast of St. Boon was cele•
brated in all the temples. It was
on a very large scale and lasted
from Saturday till Monday evening.
This feast was held out of respect
to departed ancestors. The restan•
rant, at which some "Azabu" for-
eigners take lunch, was one blaze
of light. On the Monday evening
tombs were illuminated and ofleringe
(sacrificial) were made before the
doors of Tokyo residents. Having
given word to our man "Karumn,
Ghiunza," we find oureelves rapidly
drawn up one street, down another,
across squares, over bridges, pag-
ing on our way many stores. Small
shop occupy stated portions of the
city. We may count 20 or 30 be-
tween the "oornere." A fine as-
sortment is displayed. One, if only
casually observant, gets them down
as one long, or rather wide, shop,
but noting the divisions or parts.
tions we correct the mistake, The
front of every shop does not consist
of one of Howe's monster panes,
but rather of board slides, which
are run back into a case very early
in the morning, and thus all day
long the whole interior of the shop
is exposed to the view of the passer-
by. Fish, vegetables, rice, soap,
paper, geta (Japanese shoes), hooks,
etc. are passed in quick succession.
This is in the truly Japanese part
of the city. It is a vary common
thing to meet a cools with two
coachmen and two footmen, the
duty of the latter being to rttn
ahead of the horses and cry "Ha,
Ha," "Be, Be," when immediately
a way is opened in the crowd and
OR 'hie Lordship' or 'Ladyship' goes
to his or her destination. On
reaching the Ghinza we would almost
suppose we were in Canada, but
soon the absence of the foreigner
promenading the street galls to mind
the feel that we are Still in a sit et
114 Tokyo. The buildings are bt i1t
invariably on the foreign plan, t le
interior,.l.lowover, is truly Japans
•
THE BRUSSELS POST
A rtit»..l Il.n,r on ,t Inch the user•
chart en. In I!tpatl:>'c faahio t (ie.)
with I' n• ',lit under nu,l body rest
iug ou 1,,, ileum. Thin floor being
abort 14, feet abavo the platform,
wo alt outage/et down on the mite
strewn el • a the edge and beginning
nttr shop, find that soon u r
of t
knew It ,f° Holo," 1e
knee I 1\ 1 1„ is as yet
alight I I .s Inn'ting ie the usual
Hoot veva'. or. It ie very soft and
is the. ...e, material need by them
in their .tr,.ping apartments, in fact
tllrougi .u,tlte house, This is the
reason oily all persone entering a
Japanese house remove the boote
and x: er lippems provided at sell
dogrelttee From this you will in-
fer the. tie! douses must bo very
clean •1 e is really the 01450. Evcn-
my 1 s. t,llronching nod lanterns,
etc., a i" log prepared.
The fr„tis of the houses being
opeu, the t.. houses of merollandise,
a flood ,.f nght is thrown into the
roadway, out now and then we pass
through a oho' or street not so it
lnmivated. These dark streete are
frequently especially adorned. There
are ninny persons who might be
termed itinerant shopkeepers' who
are one evening in one quarter of
the city and at another time diffee
ently situated. Forty or fifty of
these, as we pass along on our re-
turn have taken possession of a nar-
row street. Both sides of the road-
way are token up by these men and
women who are sitting on the
ground behind their assortment of
geode ant under the rays of the
lights from the ehope behind them
and those of their own. The etreet,
it is needless to say, is lined with
onlookers, and now our "kamuma”
shows his authority. He begins a
continual strain of shouting (Ha ya 1
Ha ya 1 Eel Heel Eee 1) until he
has passed through and again has
perfect freedom exoepting the bur
den he is dragging behind. Among
this crowd we notice some who have
accidentally met and as they recog-
nize one another a series of bows
follow generally 3). This' praottoe
is also performed by the little ones.
Their bow consists not in •a mere
"crook of the neck," but a banding
forward of the body.
We aro now again nearing Azabu,
having made a very hurried circuit
of one part of the great matropolie of
1,200,000 people.
The Toyo Erwa Gakko in connec-
tion with the Canadian Methodist
body is now undergoing renovation
preparatory to the reception of stp•
dents at the ()lose of next month.
The dormitories have accommoda-
tion for a large number of young
men as lodgers. here students
come from all parts of Japan, some
of their homes being six and eight
hundred miles distant.
It is indeed good to hear the tune
"Coronation" in their own and also
in the English tongue heartily sung
by them before entering upon the
duties of tiro day. "All hail the
power of Jesus' name."
"Chi yorozu no temi yo,
Totolsi Jeeu ni,
Mi I'amuri easagete,
Okimi to se yo."
The above is the first verse in
Boman type as translated by Rev,
0. S. Eby, D. D., B. A.
A CANADIAN Bor.
TEN FOLLIES.
First.—To think the more a man
eats the fatter and stronger he will
become.
Second.—To think the more hours
children study at school the faster
they learn.
Third.—To conclude that if ex-
ercise is healthful the more violent
or exhausting it is the more good
it is doing.
Fourth.—To imagine that every
hour taken from sleep is an hoot
gained.
Fifth.—To act on the presumption
that the smallest room in the house
is large enough to sleep in.
Sixth.—To argue that whatever
remedy pauses one to feel imine•
diately better ie good for the system,
without regard to more interior ef-
foote. Tho "soothing syrup," for
example, does stop the cough of
children, and arrests diarrbcoa,only
to cause, a little later, alarming con-
vulsions, oe more fatal inflammation
on the brain or water on the brain ;
or, at least, alwaye protracts the
disease.
Seventh.-- To commit an act
which is felt in ilself•to bo prejudec-
ial, hoping that, somehow or other,
it may bo done in your case with
impunity,
Eight. ----To advise another to take
a remedy which you have not tried
on yourself, ox without special in.
(pities whether all the conditions
are alike.
Nintb.--To eat without any ap-
petite, or to continue to eat after it
has been satisfied, merely to gratify
the taste,
Tenth. ---To eat a hearty supper
for the pleasure experienced during
the brief time it i8 passing down the
throat, at the expense of a whole
night of disturbed sleep, and a weary
waking in the morning.
Household Hints.
1%eelt salted provisions under bring
always.
\ellen yon Mut a t.oap that is pure
and voile your skin continue to 11se
it. Fregueot changes' ere bed for
rho u:aw loner.
1
Silit d,essee should never be
brushed with a whisk broom, but
should be o refuliy rubbed with a
velvet tuition kept for that ptirposo
only.
• Salt nod water will prevent the
hair from falling out, and cause new
hair to grow. Do not 5110 so strop
i as to leave white partiolee um) the
1.1au' when dry,
In came of it cut smoke the wound
with burned red flannel on which
bee been placed a small quantity of
' sugar, then rte up, after epriokliug
with sulphur, and it will heal
medietely.
If matting becomes soiled it is
easily renovated, uulees stained, with
a little salt put into a pail of trepid
water. Mop the etrew with a soft
cloth wrung cut well, noel dry it
with another ns lbe mopping pro-
greeees. Never use soap. Some
people use slim milk for rubbing
out the spots.
Very many attacks of sick head-
aohe eau be prevented if those who
are subjected to them aro careful
about their diet and restrict the same
to vegetables and fruits easy of di
gestion. They must forego meat,
obese°, pasiry, beer, wine, etc,; in
fact, neither eat nor drink anything
whioh is stimulating in character
and at all likely to tax the digestive
organs.
Baked potatoes must lee eaten as
soon as they aro done. When they
are taken from the oven they should
bo put into a napkin or towel and
the skips broken, so as to allow the
steam to escape. This will keep
the potato meetly. If it cools with
out breaking the skin it will be
watery and will have an acrid taste,
which is caused by the retaining of
a hind of juice which lies next to
the skin.
ABOUT 0050515,
Blank never produces a bad effect
wheu it is Alava: tttecl with two him-
iuous colors.
Green and blue produces an' in-
different effect, but better when the
colors are deep.
Green and violet, especially when
light, form a combination preferable
to greeu and blue.
Dull green and dark blue note
paper and envelopes are now at the
fashionable stationers.
When two colors aoaord badly
together it is always advantageous
to separate them by white.
Lemon and white and sea green
and white are favorite coloe nom•
binatione for evening gowns.
While gray never produces ex.
actly a bad effect in its association
with two luminous colors, yet in
moat caeoe its assortments aro dull.
Red and yellow accord pretty well,
eepeciatly if Mulled xed be a purple red,
rather than scarlet, and if the yel-
low rather greenieh than orange.
Among the newest shades 'dawn'
is conspicuons. This is a rosy gold-
en hue, and it is most effective
when combined with vivid .Roman
red. .
Yellow and green form an agree.
able combination. The arrange.
ment of yellow and blue is more
agreeable than that of yellow and
green, but ie lees lively.
The newest brown is the color of
pale molaseee ; the newest red,
clover blossom. Blood sed is lash-
ionable in Paris, and magnolia is
the latest shade of cream color.
Primrose, combined with Boman
rod, is a rage with Parisian belles,
and there is nothing more striking
than dark gray associated with the
dullest Flemish red.
5
SUPERSTITIONS ABOUT INSECTS
Tho Koran says all flies shall
perish eave one, the bee fly.
Itis regarded as a death warning
in Germany to hear a cricket's cry.
The Tapuya Indians in South
America say the devil assumes the
form of a fly.
Flies are sometimes regarded as
furnishing prognostications of the
weather and even of other events.
Spaniards, iu the sixteenth
century, believed that spiders in-
dioatod gold, where they wore found
in abundance.
Although a sacred insect among
the Egyptians, the beetle receives
but little notice in folk loco. Ib ie
unlucky to kill it in .England.
In Germany itis said to indicate
good luck to have a spider spin his
web downwards towards you, but
bad luolc when he rises towards
you. "
The grasshopperais a sufficiently
unwelcome visitant of himself in
this country, but in Germany his
presence ie further said to announce
Orange guests.
A Welsh tradition says bees come
from Paridise, leaving the garden
when man fell, but with God's hless-
Oar J, 1.888,
•^.n' Bele .... 1_'[wtisnot. t'.mecel ryj,•b mi QdVi..31R7•f.tunmetust
ills, ee that o stri 1
Celt .Is' ,th,o,
'l'11eItpei,1.1 •tp'
ail ,hat than ..
bettvv a the 1, 11
phyla 5110,1, ,•i -'1
the anaeuls e,..r.
' It is said 14 „•. ,
tits• seven -y• bit 15.1 u. -I
time.: nppt ar 1
the elplealet, We, e
a n it i+ Ili•. igh 11,•,
tuiueut.
Gerinen Irl •
btetlos Ira dint ' • •
ate 0100 d t.1u1 it, Ischio tt, u.
lolly n bronze vac ie c
"pull ie 1 a, r r,
to sou n lrvvt,u 1%i11 t1 1111)
5501111 1h0 1.1•x1 d1ty.
'1'ncre lull; milli 1:. it 11 r,i,ie,
in Ireland, nor ; ,Il s; . 1 • pug
their web in an 11'1'1, rat, u. u 0
cedar roof. .\ hid • i , • h .y
caved bInha iele,.l; , t.tu el 1 u18,at
by spi'unitng he nub un, ,s n e::v„
where lie swuglil recut, '1'r , -"mi
IB slut C 1)ut•i l in th,• eec,, • t' Alni
lam,
'refire atilt C'ttO'OT,lt
tt
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ail h, �' feel
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" ttc...tur•rled to Elrusseis
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1
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If the birds— be '-i1, r . expeo'
thunder.
If the conte rue et: ural and
oollect trgcther in the moo', n e ex
peer thunder.
If the 0100• 55' 111110 y large
expect much rein, and else 'hander.
Two currents in summer indicate
thuuder.
If there be any falliuu etarif dur
a clear tweeting in summer expect
thunder.
Iuoleasieg atenoepheric elecuicity
oxidizes ammonia in the air and
forms nitric acid, 'which effects
milk, thus ace .unt.i, g for ,he sour
iug of wily by tueuder,
Thunder in '?lc evening i,._licates
much rain,
When 11 thunders in the morning
it will rain before night.
Thunder in 'I north indicates
cold, dry weather.
Thunder from the south or south
east indicant, ;..ul weather ; from
the north or northe get, fair a eather.
With It north wind it seldom
thunders,
Much thunder in July injures'
wheat and barley.
Thunder in r a WI indicates a
mild opeu Winter.
Distant thn•';ter speaks of coming
rain.
Good Words.
Holiness is ett uneelfing of our-
selves.
•We must trite' God where we eau -
not trace ban. There are many
echoes in the world and but few
voices.
Religion is the best armor a man
can have, but it is the worst cloak.
Though wo know not where the
road winds, we know where it will
end.
Some persons, instead of "putting
off the old man," dress hien up in a
new shape.
It is exceedingly probable that
the improbable will happen.
Cheerfulness is an excellent wear.
iug quality. It has been called the
fair weather of the heart.
I find the doing of the will of God
leaves me no time for lieputing
about his plans,
The sublimity of wisdom is to do
those tliiugs living which ere to be
desired when dying.
Head the faith of the heart been
sufficient, God would not have gin•
en you a mouth.
We must be as courteous to a
man as we are to a pictnro, which
we are willing to give the advantage
of a good light.
This sorrow winch has cul down
to the root --try to think of it not as
a spoiling of your life, but as a prep-
aration for it.
If you do not wish for His king.
dom don't pray for it. But, if you
do, you must do more than pray—
you nitest work for it.
Hold fast to the Bible as the
anchor of your liberties ; write its
precepts on your hearts and practise
them in your lives, To the lath -
01108 of this book we are indebted
for the progress male in true chili.
nation, and to this we must look as
our guide in the future.
Sam Small is a candidate for the
State Senate of Georgia. If ho
gets there he will have plenty of
material to work on.
A funny procession at Newbury,
England, was formed of clogs which
had been liberated from muzzles at
the repeal of a law. The prones'
sion was headed by a band of music
in a brake down by four horses rid-
den by reel -coated postilions.
A new idea in trioycling has boon
invented by' an Englishman who
lass beou travelling with his wife
through Franco on a machine fitted
With a bamboo mast on whiob a
sail eat be hoisted, The wind has
semoiimes koptpliim moving, 'exon
en up grades, without rising the.
pedals.
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LIVERPOOL & QUEBEC SERVICE
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Sept.10 Polynesian Sept. 20
Sept. 27 Sarmatian . Sont.25
Oob,s Sardinian Oes,4
Oot.10 Parisian Oot..11
O0,18 Circassian Oot, 10
Oot, 28 Polynesian...-. ......... Oat, 25
Nov.1 Sarmatian Noy, 2
Nov. 7 Sardinian Noy. 8
Nov. 14 Periodao; Nov, 15
Bates 01 Passage by Mall Steamers.
00.'2110 2'o OIV1MFOOL.
Cabin 000, 370 and 580 according to accom-
modation. Servants in Cabin, $50 Inter-
mediato $30, Steerage 820. Return tickets,
Cabin. 3110, 0150 and 5150. Intermediate,
300. Steerage 040,
t. IlyPolynostan, Oireasalan or other ox -
Redeemers. Cabin fifty, sixty and seven-
ty dollar, according to accommodation. Re-
turn tioltets, ninety. ono hundred and ton
and ono hundred and thirty dollars. Inter-
mediate sixty dollars. Steerage forty doll-
ars.
Passongore can embark at Montreal the
day before without increased charge. Go
yourself or smut for your friends, Prepaid
certificates at reduced rates. Per lull in-
formation apply to
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Thanking the publics for past favors and
support and wishing still to secure your
patronage. We aro opening out futilities
in
GOLD &, Silva WATCHES.
SIEVED. PLATED WAD.E
from established and reliable makers,
ally warranted by ns.
Clocks of the
Latest De,4Lms.
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Wedding Rings,
Ladies Gem Rings,
13roaobee,
Earrings, ate.
Also have in stock a full lino of Violins
and Violin Strings. lo.
N. 13. --Issuer of Marriage Licenses.
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