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—
An Ancient Custom.
From Republican Traveler, Arkansas City,
an,
Pilgrimages to some shrine of St. Vitus
to care the disease known as Bt. Vitus’
dance are no longer made. The modern
way of treating this” affliction is within
reach ol every household, as is shown by
the experience of Karl A. Wagner, the
eleven-year-old son of George Wagner, of
515 9th St., Arkansas Oity, Kan. The fath-
er tells the story as follows:
‘“‘Over a year ago,” he says, ‘Karl was
taken with St. Vitus’ dance and continued
to grow worse during five months he was
under a physician’s care. His tongue be-
came paralyzed and we could not under-
stand & word he ‘sald. He becams very
thin, lost the use of his right leg and
seemed doomed to become a hopeless in-
valid. We had about given up hope when
Dr. Wililams’ Pink Pills for Pale People
were recommended to my wife by a lady
whose daughter had been cured of a simi-
lar affiiction by the pills.
i] bought a box of them at once and soon
noticed a
change for
the better in
Karl's con-
when be had
taken five
boxes the
disoase dis-
ap d. A Hopeless Fuvakid.
a was six months ago and there has
been ne return of the &isease. The cure was
offectnal and permanent, and IYeelsatisflied
that mo other medicine could have pro-
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joleed over the restoration of ourson, and
cannot help but feel that Dr. Williams’
Pink Fills for Pale People are the most re-
markadle medicine on the‘market.”’
No discovery of modern times has proved
such & blessing to mankind as Dr. Will.
fame’ Pink Pills for Pale People. Acting
directly on the blood and nerves, invigor-
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they restore the strength and health in the
exhausted patient when every effort of the
physictan Jioves unavefling.
These pills are sold in boxes at 50 eentsa
box or #ix boxes for $2.50, and maybe had
of all druggists, or direct by mail from Dr.
Williatns’ Medicine Co., Bchenectady, N.Y,
At the Strozzi palace, in Rome, there
[Is a book made of marble, the leaves
being of marvelous thinness.
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There are 250 glaciers in the Alps
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The average life of women who work
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Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund money if it fails tocure. 25c.
A novel and simple cure for the head-
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Shoes made of porpoise leather are
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Prayers for Celumbus.
Prof. Park of Andgver figures rath-
er amusingly in the reminiseences of
the late Prof. Schaff, just published.
In 1842 Schaff, being a privat-docent at
Berlin, introduced Park to his German
friends, among the rest-to Kahnis. He
relates that, under the continuous-pelt-
ing of Park’s questions, Kahnis finally
excigimed in despair: *God forgive
Christopher Columbus for diseovering
Americal!”
Encouraging.—Myrtle—Oh, dear! 1
wish I could think of some mew way
to say no. I've had to refuse 60 many
men lately that I am positively be
coming weary of the old way of de
clining. Alice—I wouldn't ‘worry about
The fellows probably en-
said something original each time.—
Chicago News.
Crete’'s Woeful Condition.
Crete has lost through political dis.
turbances of recent years olive trees to
the value of $10,000,000. It will take
forty years to restore the orchards to
full-bearing condition, and in the mean:
time 200,000 Mohammedans and 300,
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[N SPAIN'S PHILIPPINES,
RULE A CURSE TO
HER :
FERTILE ISLANDS.
Che Lot of the Native is Not a Happy One
=Extortion and Cruelty Practiced by
the Spaniards-—Characteristics of tho
Islands and Their Inhabitants.
The Philippines lie wholly within
the tropics, reaching at the south to
within four and a half degrees of the
equator, writes Dean CO, Worcester, of
the University of Michigan in the New
York Independent. Big and little, they
size from Luzon, with its 40,000 square
miles, to tiny islets hardly worthy of
the name. Destructive eruptions have
occurred within recent times, while
earthquakes are frequent and often of
great violence.
The climate is intensely hot, and in
many of the islands very unhealthy for
Europeans. There are four months of
rain, four of sun, with intense heat,
and two months of variable weather at
each change of the monsoons.
The tropical scenery in the forests of
this archipelago is of unsurpassed
splendor, the heat and moisture com-
bining to produce vegetation of a mag-
nificence: which beggars description.
(Gigantic tress, towering to a height of
200 or 300 feet, are festooned with
graceful rattaas, beantiful ferns, and
exfuisite orchids, while underneath
splendid tree ferns rear their lovely
heads thirty or forty fees into air.
The population of the islands is es-
timated at froin eight to ten millions.
Excluding foreigners for the moment,
we find the natives divided into some-
tiling like two hundred tribes, each
with its peculiar dialec4 and customs.
With the single exception of the Ne-
gritos, these tribes are of Malay ex-
traction. The Negritos are a race of
dwarfish blacks, confined at present to
a few of the loftiest mountain ranges.
They are commonly believed to be the
aborigines of the islands. They are
a puny, sickly race, and are rapid-
ly becoming extinot. .
The tribes of Malay origin vary in
their development from a state of ab-
solute savagery to civilization.
Extreme poverty is the rule among
the civilized natives, and its caus® is,
found in the heavy burden of taxation
imposed upon them by their Spanish
masters. Every person over eighteen
years of age is required to procure
annually a credula personal, or docu-
ment of identification, the charge for
which varies from $1.50 to $25, ac-
cording to the means of the applicant.
Should these sums seem insighificant
it must be remembered that the aver-
age native has little or no opportunity
to work for hire; that if (he does suc-
ceed in securing employment his wages
are often not more than five cents per
day and that he is usually unable to
dispose of his farm products for cash,
being compelled to exchanga them for
other commodities. In addition to
this personal tax there is a tax on co-
coanut trees, a tax on beasts of bur-
den, a tax on killing animals for food,
a tax for keeping a shop, a tax on
mills or oil presses, a tax on weights
and measures, a tax on cock fighting,
and s0 on to the end of the chapter.
At every turn the poor native finds
Limself face to face with the dire ne-
cessity of paying tributo; and he fre-
quently spends his life in an ineffect-
ual effort to meet'the obligations thus
imposed. ; a
Delinquent: taxpayers are treated
with the utmost severity. The first
step is usually to strip them to the
waist, tie them to a bench or post, and
beat them unmercifully. Women are
subjected to this treatment. Should
none of these methods prove effective
deportation follows, with confiscation
of property and the leaving of women
and children to shift for themselves.’
I once saw forty-four men deported
from Biquijor becausethey owed taxes
varying in amount from two to forty
dollars. I was informed that they
would be allowed to return to
their families, if' they oould find
them, after working out the amount
of their several debts, The wages
allowed them were to be ‘six cents per
day. Board was tobe furnished them
at a cost of five cents per day, and
they were to clothe and shelter them-
selves! In ‘other words, their sen-
tence amounted to deportation for
life. f
Should a native manage to get
abroad and secure some little educa-
tion, he is likely to be invited on
board a gunboat some evening and not
heard from thereafter, the reason for
his disappearance being that he knew
oo much.
The Governor-General is surround-
td by a numerous corps of officials to
tid him in the performance of his du-
lies, while the islands are divided
lato prowinces, over each of which
presides a Governor and a horde of
ninor officials. The whale Adminis-
Iration is rotten from skin to core.
With: few exoeptions, these officials
have come from Spain with the delib-
erate and frankly expressed intention
of improving their pecuniary status.
A few years ago it used to be said
that the Governor of a province who
failed to become wealthy in two years
was a fool.
Hostility toward foreigners is in-
tense. The extensive export and im-
port trade of the_isiands is in. the
hands of foreign houses, to the great
disgust of the Spanish, who never
weary in their attempts to frame leg-
islation for the ruin of these money-
making interlopers.
All in all, it ean hardly be said tnat
the lot of a Philippine native is a
happy one. He constantly chafes un-
der his burden, while the half castes,
with their. greater sensitiveness and
superior intelligence, are perpetually
boiling with more or less well-con-
cealed fury. Were arms and ammu-
nition to be had, Spain’s rule in these
islands would be speedily terminated.
number some six hundred, varying in |
led by the half-castes, have repeatedly
risen against the Government.
Naturally the Philippine native is a
peaceable, easy-going fellow. Under
a decent form of government he would
give little trouble. No one familiar
with existing conditions can doubt
that Spanish rule bas been a curse to
these islands, and it would be a happy
day for them should some civilized
power take possession of them, Their
largest cities are well-nigh defense-
less and could be readily captured
unless defended by a powerful naval
force.
Flower-Viewing in Japan.
Miss Ida Tigner Hodnett writes of
‘“The Little Japanese at Home” in St. |
Nicholas. Miss Hodnett says:
It is one of the national customs to
gc out on excursions, in parties of twc
or three families, to view the flower:
ing trees and plants in their season. |
The Japanese love all flowers, buf |
prefer those to which they look up— |
the flowers of trees. They visit the |
plum blossoms in February or early |
March; the cherry, especially be: |
loved, in April; the lotus, in July; |
azaleas, during the summer; chrysan:
themuma, in the autumn, and camel |
lias, in December. = In the pleasure |
grounds conneoted with every temple |
there are always magnificent collec-
tions of flowers. An expedition es:
pecially to see the flowers is called a
hanami, or flower view. The bank of
the Sumida Raver, which crosses the
city of Tokio, is covered with cherry
trees, Thess give a pleasant shade, |
and the spot ia’ a favorite promenade |
for the citizeas all tha year round, |
but in time of ‘‘cherry bloom" the |
crowde that throng the avenue are
larger than ever. It ia crowded on
moonlight nights, and also when the |
snow lies freshly fallen.
Being fully alive to the beauty of |
their country, wherever there is a |
point from which a picturesque view |
may be obtained the Japanese will
build a pavilion, or a tea house, or
some similar place of repose, from |
which the.eyes may feast on the lovely
landscape. In the family picnics or |
excursions, which are frequent, some
place of beautiful situation from which |
there is a good view either of land or |
sea is always selected.
These expeditions are not discon- |
tinued evan when the cold of winter |
comes. Snow scenes are greatly en-
|
|
i
|
|
joyed, and when the freshly fallen
snow is lying on the ground numerous |
parties are seen at points commanding
a fine view. The children are never
excluded, but accompany their elders |
on all such occasions. |
Profit in Whiskers, / |
A peculiar but profitable industry |
among the natives of Blots bel
preparation and sale of wa chis="
kers for toothpicks.
Nature has armed tho animal with |
whiskers that extend three or four |
inches from its snout, and the appar- |
ent use of which is to enable it to de- |
tect an iceberg before actual contact
has taken place.
These whiskers are quite stiff, and
this quality increases with age. After |
a walrus has been killed the natives, |
with the aid of rude pincers, pro-'
ceed to pull cut each separate hair. |
After a thorough drying these hairs
are arranged in neat packages and ex- |
ported to China, where Chinamen of
the upper class use them in their |
toilet.
A Strange Accident.
A strange accident is reported from
Logan County. Mrs. Lizzie Bowers,
wife of a farmer near Lewisburg, went
out to ring the bell for the farm hands
to come to dinner, and the clapper
from the bell fell out and struck her
on the head. Her skull was fractured
and she fell to the ground insensible,
where she lay until the men came to
the house. She has suffered a great
deal, but will probably recover.—
Louisville Courier-Journal.
A London Idea of American Manners.
In an article describing the ladies’
billiard saloon of the Waldorf-Astoria
Hotel, in New York, the London
Globe enlightens its readers with the
following veracious observation: ‘‘If
a man should be so bold as to remove
his coat, an attendant instantly hands
him a lounge jacket. All presentshut
their eyes, and do not open them again
until the ringing of a bell announces
that the shirt sleeves have been cov-
ered.” *
Of Course He Got Her.
The Old Gentleman—*‘1 would]
rather see my daughter in her coffin |
than married to you!”
The Young Fellow—*‘‘Oh, come,
now, you can’t mean that. I know
coffins are cheap at present, but she
tells me she’ll be satisfied with a very
modest wedding outfit, and I'm will-
ing to pay for the gas that’s burned
during the ceremony.” — Chicago
News.
An Old Papyrus. :
The old saying that nothing is ever
lost is unexpectedly verified by the
recent finding in a tomb at Luxor,
Egypt, where it had lain concealed
for 1800 years, of a papyrus contain-
ing twenty poems by Bacchylides, a
great Greek poet, whose writings had
wholly disappeared.
A Pert Question.
Willy Peck—*‘Say, Popper, Tom.
my Strongwill’s father asked me a
funny question the other day.”
Mr. Henry Peck—‘‘Did~ he,
son? = What was it?”
Willy Peck—‘‘He asked me what
your name was before you were mar.
ried.” —Puck. .
i
my
Society News in ludia.
‘We learn from an Indian paper thal
Mr. und Mrs. Thambynayagampillai
are now on a visit to Kovilkudyirruppu.
Mr. Thambynayagampillai is the son
of Judge G. S. Arianayagampillai and
sou-in-law of Mr. A. Jambulingam-
As it is. the natives. stirred up and
mi udellibr. — Westminster Gazette.
i caseof catarrh.”
| culprit is kept awake until
{ Under this treatment a person
Russian Gold Prodnotion.
Russia holds the third place amcng
gold-producing countries. Gold is only
found in large quantity in the Ural
mountains and vast and west Siberia;
the very limited output of washed gold
in Finland is not of any importance.
It is only natural that the Russian
government should do all in its power
to advance the gold-mining industry.
Its plan is to train up a staff of mining
engineers, and to let these experts visit
North America, south Africa and Aus-
tralia. It is also propesed to attempt
a second extraction of gold from some
of the vast quantities of residue, ete,
in the various mining districts.—Phila-
delphia Record.
Mistress—Do you call this sponge
cake? Why, it's as bard as it can be.
New Cook—Yes, mum; that's the way
a sponge is before it’s wet. Baak #t in
your tea, mum.—Bosten Traveler,
Mangosteens from the Moluccas are
now sold in the London markets. They
are sald to taste like a combination of
strawberry, nectarine and pineapple.
Beauty Is Bloed Deep.
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Shoes made of porpoise leaiker are
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The speed of our fastest ocean
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J. C. Simpson, Marquess, W. Va., says:
“Hall's Catarrh Cure cured me of a very bad
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In some parts of China the punish-
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The following letter to Mrs. Pink-
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Mrs. Pinkham invites all suffering
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