THE COLOMBIAN, BLOOMSBUROL V
OPPOSES 1 1 11
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China Awakened Throws
Off Deadly Habit -
SMOKING PROHIBITED
Hale of Pipes, Lamp and Other Ap
pllanrm Must Cease Within a
Year Vigorous Measures to I)lv
pel Legacy Forced I'pon It by
Christian Traders.
China, awakening from her torpor
! centuries, is attempting to cast oft
t:i slavery of opium smoking forced
vj her by the Christian traders. For
more than a hundred years she has
been prostrated by the pungent
fumes of the drug the most pre
cious and the most deadly known in
materia medlca.
The situation Is not conceivable to
an American. The problem is more
serious than the slavery or trist
question in the United States. The
insidious Chinese vice is not sectional
or of a class. A conservative esti- !
mate places the number of victims of
the opium habit in China at 100,
000,000, or one-fourth more than
the population of the United State,
says the New York Times.
In the tropical meadows of India,
in Persia, Turkey, and Egypt aro t
great fields of popples red, purple
and white. As the sun sets, dark
skinned natives pass among them
wounding the green pods. To-morrow
they will return and scrapo
away the milky Juice that has flowed
from the wounds, and dry and
knead it for weeks until it becomes
a reddish-brown cake. It Is packod
in great bales, and, under the old j
orrtpr nf thlnsrs. the Christian trader I
startod with it for China to sell it to
the Mongolians.
Curiously enough, the story of
opium in China is a record of official
condemnation and Individual abuse,
of theoretical morality and actual
vice. Opium was not much used be
fore the seventeenth century. As
early as 1796 edicts of the Chinese
Imperial Government declared the
traffic in the drug to be illegal. The
decrees were not enforcd. Of what
value were prohibitions when even
the men who Epread them abroad
were victims of the vice? The mer
chants connived in the opium trade.
Thoy found it profitable. The Brit
ish Government refused to suppress
' -3 traffic. Why should China heed
.'.a condemnation of the Christian
.. i: slonarles, when they could see
e people of British India profiting
.. . the Chinese opium trade in sums
.vnsing from $5,000,000 to $8,000,
.. j a year?
In August 1006 China asked the
Government of British India to con
sent to the annual reduction of the
Importation of opium into China in
such a way as to end the trading in
ten years. As an evidence of good
faith, it was announced that the em
ployment of opium smokers by the
Imperial Government would bo for
bidden, and that the cultivation of
the poppy in China would cease In
ten years.
The imperial edict, made public on
September 21, expressed the deter
mination of the Throne to eradicate
the evil effects of the widespread use
of opium, and the Council of State
Affairs was commanded to draft reg-'
ulations giving effect to the decree
and providing for restrictions in the
cultivation of the poppy. It was also
provided that negotiations should be
opened with the British, French,
Dutch and Persian Ministers to ter
minate the Importation of opium in
ten yearB. The importation of ine
phla and hypodermics was pro
hibited. The regulations for the cure of
those addicted to the rice apply to
several classes. All under 60 years
of age must reduce the amount of
opium consumed 20 percent, yearly,
so that their use of it shall cease in
five years. They must also pay li
cense fees for the privilege of using
opium. If they have not broken
themselves of the habit in ten years
they will be publicly disgraced. Gov
ernment officials under sixty years
of age must give up the use of the
dr :g in six months, and the soldiers,
e: lors, teachers and scholars In
three months. Anti-opium literature
will be distributed, the formation of
antl-oplura societies is being encour
aged, and medicines will be prepared
for those who seek to break them
selves of the habit.
All places for smoking the drug
must be closed within six months.
Smoking Is prohibited in places of
public resort.' The sale of pipes,
lamps, and other appliances must
cease within a year. All shops in
which opium is sold must be regis
tered, no new ones can be opened,
and those In existence must show
decreased sales each year, or they
will be closed and their contents con
fiscated. All the shops must cease
to exist in ten years.
A large part of the credit for this
great reform is given to Wang-Ta-eih,
the Chinese Ambassador to
Great Britain, a reformer who re
cently formulated a Constitution for
China. His plans for the abolition
of the opium vice were put into
shape by Tang-Shao-yl in Pekln, and
finally, through the influence of
Viceroy Tuan Shlh-kal, were adopt
ed by the Council of State Affairs.
It la not what an advertiser pays
for the ad, but what the ad pays him,
that constitutes the criterion of its
value.
SCOPE OP THE AITLE.
Many and Appetizing Dishes Can Be
Made from this Fruit.
Tho apple is in its glory. Its possi
bilities in the matter of appetizing
dishes "to set before thfl King" are
almost endless. Here are some of tho
more delicate and less familiar of
them :
To make apple flout tnke a table
spoonful of red apple or crabapple
Jelly to each of white egg nnd whblc
until tho mixture Is quite Hrjlit and
foamy. Pour a plain custard Into a
deep glass dish and pile tho mlxturo
over it. Serve with sponge rush fin
gers. For ginger apples takes some hard,
smooth-skinned apples and cut them
into quarters. To every pound of
apples allow a quarter of a pint of
water and half a pound of sugar.
Boll the water and sugar together
until they become a thick syrup, then
pour this over the apples, allowing
them to stand for twenty-four hours.
Then add the same quantity of bu
gar as used for tho syrup, and to
every pound of the fruit half an
ounce of bruised ginger and a pinch
of cayenne pepper tied up In muslin.
Let this simmer until the fruit is
transparent, add a Binall tablespoon
ful of gin, and put into Jars, cover
ing as tightly as possible. The ginger
and muslin should be carefully ro
moved. For apple snowballs, boll one
quarter pound of rice in water until
perfectly tender. Pare and core a
few apples, replace tho core by two
cloves, brown sugar and a sqeeze of
lemon Juice. Cover each apple with a
little rice and tlo up separately In a
cloth. Boll for half an hour and
serve with a sweet sauce flavored
with lemon.
Pare and remove the core from
seven large apples and place in a
pudding dish. Put in each apple one
teaspoonful of sugar and a little
grated lemon rind. Bake until soft but
not broken. Remove from the oven,
pour over them one pint of hot milk,
in which have been stirred the beaten
yolks of three eggs, one small cup of
sugar and a little salt; place back in
the oven and when the custard is set,
let cool. Cover the top with the
whites of the eggs well beaten.
Pare half a dozen good apples for
apple compote, scoop out the middle
without breaking the fruit. Place in
a pie dish with a quarter of a pint of
water, half a pound of sugar and the
rind and Juice of half a lemon. Cover
the dish and cook in a hot oven un
til the fruit Is quite tender. When
done, pour over the syrup with a
dessertspoonful of rum added to it,
and serve with Devonshire cream.
To stew apples in port wine pare
and core two pounds of sweet apples,
put them into a stewpan with three
wlneglassfuls of port, one and one
half pounds of sugar, the rind and
Juice of two lemons, and cinnamon
to taste. Simmer gently, removing
the scum; turn the fruit with a fork
from time to time without breaking
them. The apples should be lifted
out first, and the liquor boiled for
five minutes afterward and then
poured over them.
To prepare pink apple snow, pare
core and boil six large apples to a
pulp, and press them through a sieve.
Sweeten to taste, and then to every
tablespoonful of apple add a tea
spoonful of currant Jelly. Whisk
the whites of six or seven eggs with
two heaped tablespoonfuls of sugar,
and when frothing add them to the
apple mixture, whisking all together
until quite light. Pile high on a glass
dish and add a currant or strawberry
Jelly garniture. This dish ie one
very suitable for children and in
valids. For fried apples, slice some ap
ples, dip them in a batter made of
one egg, sugar, milk and flour
"enough to thicken. Fry a golden
brown, sprinkle with lemon Juice and
serve very hot.
Apple skin Jelly does not sound
attractive, but it as good as Jelly
made from apple Juice. So much
Juice is left in the parings that If
these are boiled down and strained
ono will find they have as good a
grade of Jelly, and a few extra tum
blerfuls. HOUSEHOLD SUGGESTIONS.
If you heat your knife you can
cut hot bread easily.
A teaspoonful of turpentine added
to a pall of warm water is excellent
for all cleaning purposes. Also put
a little in suds on wash day.
Straw matting should never be
washed in anything but warm water
and salt.
Angel cake can be cut easily If
knife is wet in cold water.
To polish floors rub them once a
week in beeswax and turpentine.
To test eggs, drop eggs in dish of
cold water; if they sink they are
fresh.
On Reading Newspapers.
"J can always tell whether a
woman is acoustomed to reading
newspapers by the way she holds
one," remarked an observing busi
ness man recently. "She takes It
up haphazard fashion, glances ir
relevantly here and there in an absent-minded
sort of way, so that you
fell quite sure she isn't sensing a
thing she reads. Then she opens the
paper awkwardly and invariably
separates the portions of the sheet, a
thing that makes a man crazy in his
own home, for he loses track of the
departments and it Is contrary to hie
ideas of order."
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When Giving Children Powders,
A novel way of giving children
powders is to out open a chocolate!
cream, insert the powder and close
up again. It is even better than put
ting It In Jelly.
EVIL OF FOOTBINDINO
FAST DISAPPEARING THROUGII
AMERICAN INVASION.
To the Practice Is Attributed the
Extreme Nervousness from Which
Chinese Women 1 Suffer Vurious
Methods in Force.
There are different methods of
footblnding, Just as there are differ
ent styles in small feet. It all de
pends on the section of the country.
In the northern part, around Pekln,
the standard of excellence is a club
shaped foot with the big toe extend
ing something like the index finger
from a clenched fist.
To attain this ideal, the four
smaller toes are bent back diagon
ally under the sole, the big toe pro
truding. The foot Is then crushed
from the front backward until the
ball touches the heel and the instep
bulges up and out, the effect of the
whole being a club-llko thing resem
bling a cow's hoof more closely
than the delicate, graceful lines of a
human foot.
A bandage of heavy, unbleached
muslin about an inch and a half
wldo and from a yard and a half to
two yards long is bound snugly
around and over the foot to hold t'.io
strained and twisted muscles firmly
in place. Gradually the outraged foot
adopts tho new form thus forced
upon it, but the process is slow and
excruciatingly painful. During the
process about 10 per cent, of the
victims die, it is said.
One of the first results of the tro
mendous pressure of the bandages is
to check the circulation. The feet be
come numb and lifeless, as if frost
bitten, in fact, Chinese women often
do freezeo their feet and never know
it, because there is no difference in
Uio feeling
Hound feet are not only misshap
en feet they are very small feet.
Binding first retards, then stops tho
growth. A grown woman of thirty
will have the feet of a child of five.
Aa a result of generations of dwarf
ed feet on the mother's side, Chi
ueao women have by inheritance
small feet, even when allowed to
grow normally.
Whsro the parents are very ambi
tious that their daughter shall con
tract a grand alliance when she
grows up, binding begins us soon as
the child has learned to walk with
confidence. If it is begun before she
can balance herself she will probably
never learn to walk at all. If very
much later, the feet will have grown
too largo ever to be brought down to
tho desired size.
Sometimes the mother, remem
bering the agonies she herself en
dured, and flinching from the idea of
inflicting them upon her beloved
baby for binding usually begins
between two and three years of age
will weakly put oil tho evil hour.
She knows she ought to do it; she
knows it has to be done; but her
tender mother heart revolts from the
pr.In entailed and spring lapses into
summer and autumn into winter, and
the child's feet are still unbound.
Tho process of foot binding begun,
say, from two to four, Is generally
maintained till the girl has attained
her full growth. Evory day the
bandages are removed, the feet
washed, lotions, powders and scents
ara freely applied to keep down pers
piration and swelling, then fresh
bandages are bound on. Little by lit
tle the bandages are tightened,
i Not infrequently it will happen,
Vhen the ambition of the parents is
of the ruthless sky-vaulting type,
that the terrible pressure of the
tightened bandages becomes too he
roic for flesh and blood to bear.
Then the feet suppurate and the
flesh drops off, leaving only the
bones. Women may be seen hob
bling about on skeletons of feet, and
others whose feet could best be de
scribed as stumps. Sometimes gan
grene sets In and the pathetic little
victim to family pride and race tra
dition dies. Short of all these hor
rors there are plenty of feet that
have been bound so tightly, a crease
or cleft two inches high will be
formed between the toes and the
heel.
Even where binding is a complete
succcess the pain and discomfort en
tailed by It are something awful. In
hot weather bound feet ache intol
erably. To them is attributed the
extreme nervousness and irritability
from which many Chinese women
suffer, not to speak of other grave
maladies.
With the very young all that is ne
cessary is to remove the bindings
and the toes will straighten out of
their own accord. In the case of full
grown women a trifling surgical
operation is necessary, followed by
vigorous massage and manipulation
and the strapping of the feet to flat
boards until they regain their nor
mal shape.
No sooner had the American mis
sionaries in China convinced them
selves that unbinding was entirely
feasible) than they proceeded to form
an anti-binding crusade by muklng
unbinding obligatory on all women
and girls who attended or desired to
attend any of their groups of
schools. The movement was lat:r
strengthened by a body of nativu
preachers who passed a resolution t
unbind the feet or thoir wives aud
not to betroth their sous to girls
with bound feet.
Suggestions for the Sick Room.
When fanning an invalid If a few
drops of aromatic spirits of ammonia
be sprinkled upon the fan It will be
found very refreshing.
OBSERVING STREET ETIQUETTE.
A Few Suggestions Which Arc Al
ways Worth Rearing In Mind.
In no place are good manners
more important than on tho street.
Strangers must, of course, Judge you
by what they see in passing. A loud,
boisterous manner will necessarily
cause these who do not know you
well to regard you unfavorably and
Imagine you at least be lacking in
the necessary refinement and covir
tesy of a gentlewoman.
If you are indifferent to the opin
ions of mere strangers and allow
yourself to become careless in your
public conduct you may unexpected
ly be observed by some one whose
opinion you respect and whom you
particularly wish to please.
Therefore, the best plan to follow
is to always act with dignity and re
serve on the street.
When you pass and repass ac
quaintances several times it is not
necessary to exchange greetings af
ter the first recognition.
Avoid mentioning names ns much
as possible when talking to your
friends or acquaintances in public,
and never exchange confidences when
strangers are around.
Remember, much hnrm is done by
the gossip which Is started by t!ie ri
renting of a conversation accident
ally overheard.
Do not block up a pnssagewav ;
the sidewalk by stopping to talk, to a
friend. If you muntstop for n chut,
step to one side or walk along to-
Gthcr In sorno place where you will
not interfere with p.issorsby.
If a man wishes to talk with a
woman whom he may meet on the
street ho should turn and walk v.tth
her: never ston her nnd pxmwt h-;
to stand nnd converse with you.
Never stare at people aa they
pass, and abovo all remember nJt to
do so if the person has any peculiar
ity or physical deformity; it is tho
very height of lll-breelng to do thin.
Never point to objects In pstsslnr.
and do not Inconvenience pedestrians
by walking abreast on a crowilcJ
sidewalk.
It Is a woman's privilege to bo v
flrsrt when punslng a man, but tinker
no circumstances should she show
any recognition of a man whom she
may see standing in a club window.
In fact, courtesy and dignity o
manner is always a sign of gooi
breeding.
Let mo advise you to make it a
study, and if you do I can promise
you that you will never regret it.
Window Ventih'tor.
Fre3h air cranks have been en
deavoring the past few years to edu
cate the public in the proper use of
fresh air. As a rule people are not
averse to plenty or fresh air, bit
they are strongly opposed to drafts.
To properly ventilate a room so tbat
all drafts will bo avoided is a diHl
cult problem. To successfully do so
means the purchase of costly appar
atus. A very simple arrangement
has recently been patented by a
Pennsylvania inventor, as is shown
Ventilation Without Drafts.
In the accompanying illustration.
This ventilator was designed to ad
mit the entrance of anv amount nf
fresh air, but at the same time to
prevent the air from flowing in in
gusts. When a window is raised, tha
wind blows directly into the room.
mis is impossible with this ventila
tor, the front serving as a shield. All
air must come down through the
open top, any force which it may
have being broken before it reaches
the room. The ventilator is sup
ported on hooks on the outside of
the window frame, the amount of
ventilation being regulated by rais
ing and lowering the window the
distance desired.
About Colors.
The study of color will be one of
the sciences of the future. Expert
say that every known shade has its
effect on health and character, and
the most valuable are the primary
hues red, blue and yellow.
It is worthy of note that all wom
en who have made history clothed
thomselves brilliantly. Cleopatra
the "serpent of old Nile" loved
yellow; Mme. de Pompadour in
vented the charming mixture of
pink and blue, and the ill
fated Empress Josephine used to
wear black and white and emerald
green that smartest of all color
combinations.
And in these days some of our
great actresses know the value of
color; among others, Mrs. Patrick
Campbell and Mme. Sarah Bern
hardt. Two wire hairpins used together
make a good substitute for a button
hook when one is not to be had, for
when two are used they will not be
bent out of shape.
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Itritonn Seldom Mutiny.
Tho British army and nary being
the best disciplined and the most
content in the world, mutinies among
our forces have happily been very
rare. Previous to the recent out
break at Portsmouth the last British
mutiny of note occurred on July 7,
1830, when the 2d Grenadier Guards,
then at Wellington Barracks, refused
to turn out on parade, only about six
men of the whole' battalion answer
ing bugle call. Eventually they were
induced to assemble, but many in
stead of appearing in full marching
order, paraded in tunics and fatigue
dress. For the insubordination the
whole battalion was exiled to Ber
muda for ono year.
Leaving the mercantile marine
out of the question, the last British
naval mutiny of note occurred
as far back as December 1801.
This was the famous mutiny of
tho Bantry Bay squadron, the se
riousness of which may be judged
from tho fact that seventeen of the
mutineers were condemned to death
and all the rest sentenced to receive
two hundred, lashes each. In thoso
days very stern measures were adop
ted to quell insubordination in the
navy.
Portsmouth has been the scene of
a serious mutiny before. In 1797
the whole fleet stationed there
"struck" for the advance of wages.
The Admiralty appeased the men by
a promise, which, however, was not
quickly fulfilled, whereupon a sec
ond mutiny broke out. Admiral Col
poyB and his captain ordered the ma
rines to fire, and as some of the men
were killed, these two officers were
arrested for using unjustified harsh
ness. Eventually the men's wages
were raised and the mutineers were
oil pardoned. Answers. . ,
Think for Yourselr.
There is nothing which adds so
much to the treasures of the mind and
increases its power as its own think
ing. Learn to think for yourself. It
Ib all very well to hear and to read
the wisdom of others. But one should
not let this take the place of one's
own thoughts. Many persons are like
cisterns; they are good to hold the
thoughts of others. But when the
time comes that they are forced to
rely on themselves they have no
power to do so. The ouside supply Is
cut oft and the cistern runs dry. But
if one is like the river, constantly fed
by its own springs, then, as the learn
ing of others comes to one, the stream
of one's learning widens and deepens.
No Faith In Him.
"Guess tbat freckled daughter of
Thompson's must have a steady young
man."
"What makes you think so?"
"The old man was in here yesterday
to buy one of these newfangled con
trivances that make a big saving la
the gas you burn."
"I don't believe the young man's a
steady. If he was they'd save all the
gas." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The best training for the golden
Blroets is cJeKningearth's alleys,
ueatner at a bkirtFacing.
Leather is used by some women as
a skirt facing It has the advantages
of shedding dust and being readily
cleaned If soiled by mud. In a skirt
of walking length which rubs over the
shoe tops, it has the disadvantage,
however, of being hard on the leather
of the walking shoes, the friction be.
tween it and tho latter wearing off
the outer finish and polish.
One Way to Have Stocking,
i It stockings are put through the
wash before wearing It will tighten
Ithe threads, and they will wear twtoe
as long.
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For Infants and Children.
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The New Spring Shirt-Waist
Broader shoulders characterize
the first of the spring shirt-waists.
The smartest design for a linen
shirt waist is made with three deep
plaits on each shoulder, Iront and
back. At the back the plaits taper
toward the waist. The pattern pro
vides for a high baud turn-down
collar, but the waist is also finish
ed with a neck-baud, so that it may
be worn with a stiff linen collar if
preferred. The regular shirt-waist
sleeve is used, finished with a
straight cuff. The fastening of the
waist is in the front through the
center box plait. The stitched
plaits and the broad shoulder line
gi"es this shirt-waist an air of new
ness aud smartness. Though this
spring the lingerie , waist will be
more in vogue than ever, yet the
tailor-made linen waist will also be
much in demaud. Grace Afargartt
Gould in Woman's Home Companism
for February.
The great aud growing popular
ity of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery is due both to its scienti
fic compounding and to the actual
medicinal value of its ingredients.
The publication of the names of the
ingredients on the wrapper of every
bottle sold, gives full assurance of
its non-alcoholic character and re
moves all objection to the use of an
unknown ot secret remedy. It is
not a patent medicine nor a secret
one either. This fact puts it in a
class by itself, bearing as it does
upon every bottle wrapper The
Badge of Honesty, in the full list of
its ingredients. Many years of
active practice convinced Dr. Pierce
of the value of many native roots
as medicinal agents and he went to
great expense, both in time and
money, to perfect his own peculiar
processes for rendering them both
efficient and safe tor tonic, altera
tive and rebuilding agents.
The "Golden Medical Discor
ery" cures weak stomach, indiges
tion, or dyspepsia, torpid liver and
biliousness, - ulceration of stomach
and bowels and all catarrhal affec
tious no matter what parts or organs
may be affected with it.
Dr. Pierce's Pellets are the origi
nal little liver pills, first put up 40
pears ago. They regulate and in
vigorate, stomach, liver and bowels.
Much imitated but never equaled.
Sugar-coated and easy to take as
candy. One to three a dose.
Uneasy lies the head that rests on
its laurels.
Only a littlb cold in the head
may be the beginning of an obsti
nate case of Nasal Catarrh. Drive
out the invader with Ely's Cream
Balm applied straight to the inflam
ed stuffed up uir-passages. Price
50c. If you prefer to use an ato
mizer, ask for Liquid Cream Balm.
It has all the good qualities of the
remedy in solid form and will rid
you of catarrh or hay fever. No
cocaine to breed a dreadful habit.
No mercury to dry out the secre
tion. Price 75c, with spraying
tnbe. AH druggists, or mailed by
Ely Bros., 56 Warren Street, New
York,
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