POLITENESS OF JAPANESE.
Ordinary Terms of Respect and Court
esy Are Regarded as Ill-Man
mannered and Improper.
The Japanese language is over
flowing with complimentary or
humble expressions. So thorough
ly imbued is ii with this tendency
to present every fact in an elabo
rate dress that the simple truth
is regarded as discourteous, even
improper.
Corresponding to our verb “to
give” is an entire series of Japan
ese verbs, the same in meaning,
but varying in courtesy.
Here is an imaginary conversa
tion, wherein everyone who w ish
es a reputation for even passable
courtesy rnusl refrain from saying
anything except iu the most
roundabout manner.
You are. we will suppose, at a
tea-house, and you wish for sugar.
The following conversation is
pretty sure to take place. I trails
late it literally. simply saying 1 hat
every tea house girl, usually in the
lirib blush of youth, is addressed
as “elder sister.”
You clap your hands. (Enter
tea house maiden.)
You 11 a i, elder sister, august
ly exists then* sugar?
She The honorable sugar, au
gust lv is it?
You So august l v.
She—lie (indescribable expres
sion of assent).
She goes out to procure the
“honorable sugar.”
Whether (iiis is a more satis
factory mode of address than tin*
laconic demand : “Waiter, sugar!”
is an open quest ion. It is at least
evident that it is one which takes
more lime.
THE COFFIN HANDKERCHIEF.
Family Relic That Has Been Travel*
ing About the World for
Fifteen Years.
The “Cofiin handkerchief,'’
which for 15 years has been a con
tinuous traveler around 1 he world,
is again in Neweaslle, Ind., having
been received by Harry T. Cofiin, a
business man.
Fifteen years ago it came into
the possession of the family and
was started from one member of
t he family to a not her, each in turn
“working it off" on some other
member without his knowledge,
says the Chicago Tribune. In this
, manner it has been kept on the
go for 15 years and has been t o Ma
nila, I’or to Kieo, England and all
points in the Cnited States.
During the Collin family re
union in Newcastle last summer
it was slipped into the trunk of a
ZS’ew York member of the family,
who several weeks later discov
ered it and sent it on, with the re
sult that it went around the
world, reaching Omaha, where a
member of the family lives. The
family considers it a relic and will
keep it traveling as long as there
is a member of the family living to
send it to. It bears a proper in
seription, and each recipient adds
a little to it each time.
IRISH CONTROL THE TRADE.
Horseshoers in New York City Are
Still Principally of That
Nationality.
In the last report of tin* police
departmerit. lilt*<l with the comp
troller, there is given a full lisi of
those* who. during i lit* quarter pre
ceding* did horseshoeing for the
department. Of the two dozen
names on the list all but two are
Irish, says the New York Sun.
While in nearly every other
trade in New York city there has
been so lively a competition a*
jpraet icalit to t ransform it. the an<
eient and honorable calling of
liorseshoer remains almost exclu
sively in strong Irisli hands. The
gow or blacksmith is an Irish
man here, though the green grocer
long ago gave place to the tier
man corner groceryinau.
German barbers have been
largely superseded by Italian
barbers, negro bootblacks by Ital
ians, Italian fruit dealers bj
Greeks, Irish lish peddlers In
Russians and Scotch by Swedisl
carpenters.
There would appear to be some
thin" about the work of the horse
shoer which is very attractive to
the Irish mechanic.
Doubtful Good.
Mrs. I>o Ruffle if you ever did
any good in this wide world. I'd
like to know what it is.
Mr. I>e Ruffle—Well, for one
thing, I saved you from dying an
old maid.—Stray Stories.
TESTING FLOUR AT MILLS.
Sample Is Taken and Made Up Into
Bread as Soon as Grain
Is Ground.
“It is surprising to note the dif
ference that exists between the
various brands of llour,"said <>.!>.
llulehinson, the represent a t ive of
one of the big mills in Minneapo
lis, Minn., reports the Milwaukee
Sentinel. - It all depends on how
the flour is milled and on the kind
of wheat from which it is made.
Flour made from hard spring
w heat w ill give from 20 to to more
loaves of bread jier barrel than
that made from the softer winter
wheat. It contains a larger per
centage of gluten and absorbs
more water. The mills are ex
ceedingly careful about the kind
of Hour they send out, and the
testing department is one of the
most important branches.
“A fter t he flour is ground comes
the crucial test. A sample is tak
en and made up into bread. We
have four bakings a day, and from
2o to MO loaves are baked each
time, each one representing a
sample of flour. After the test
has been made t he bread is turned
over to the associated charities.
“You may have noticed that the
color of flour is no longer a marble
white, but a creamy white. This
comes from the fact that the rich
portion of the grain, right under
the woody coating, is ground into
1 he flour. What is left can hardly
be called bran, for it is only the
coarsest part of the outer liber.”
GREEN DIAMONDS FOUND.
Klerksdorp in the Rand, South Africa,
the Point of Recent
Discovery.
Considerable interest has lately
been aroused in Johannesburg by
the discovery on a mining prop
erty at Klerksdorp of a green dia
mond of about three-quarters
karat. The gem had slipped into a
rrevice in the iron plates of the
crushing mill, and was found dur
ing the dismounting of the mill to
make room for a new stamp bat
ten .
I n ! ST! over 70 similarly colored
diamonds were found upou the
same pro|>erty. They had all
slipped between the dies and es
caped destruction. It is conjec
tured that many other green
stones got crushed out of exist
ence.
For the tirst time since the date
the Klerksdorp ('. and 1). company
intends to resume operations on
this particular ground, and the
prospects of unearthing more of
these green gems are being eager
ly watched from t he Hand.
DUCK IN DEADLY FORM.
French Dish That Is Not Recom
mendable as Hot-Weather
Diet.
A short time ago the death was
announced of Comte Leon de Lau
bosk in from the* effects of ea I ing a
dish of duck a la Rouennaise,
states the Laris Messenger. I >uck
u la Rouennaise is considered very
deadly during the hot season for
the following reasons: In order
to prepare the dish according to
the recognized ru’ . the duck
must be killed by s, it ion. 11
happens, therefore. ; i at the binod
coagulates in the body of tlie bird
in such a manner that no amount
of cooking suffices to sterilize it.
In hot, stormy weather, such as
we have had lately, t his eoagulat
ed blood would decompose and
contain sufficient poison to kill
anyone eating of the dish. The
moral of the story would appear
to Ire: Don't have yon; ducks
cooked a la Rouennaise.
Sloppy Going.
In a Chinese tliorou the
middle part is <• i- < hh
higher Jhau the p v ■ ■ or
either side. In the rainy season, if
a vehicle should slip, the occu
pants run considerable risk of
being smothered in the mud and
water which always accumulates
on each side at that period.—Lon
don Tit Hits.
No Guessing.
A woman will consult a clairvoy
ant to find out if her daughter is
going to marry a millionaire, but
if she is suspicions of her hus
band’s fidelity she digs up 1 he evi
deuce herself.—N. Y. Press.
Marriages in Germany.
The number of marriages in the
German empire in 11)02 was 457,
208. In 1)4.78:5 (or 20.7 percent.;
of these eases the women were
older than the men.
IN THE STREETS OF PEKING.
Always thronged with People En
gaged in Trading and Other
Avocations.
“Peking, the metropolis of
rhina, is erected on a very fine,
fertile plain, not far from the
great wall, in the most salubrious
part of all China, abounding with
corn, fruits, herbs and roots and
all the necessaries and comforts
of life, except that of tea, none of
which grows in that province,”
says a writer in t lie* New Orleans
Times !lemoe rat. "The* st rents are
always crowded, though Chinese
women never appear in them, ex
rept in covered seats and eliairs.
The reason of this crowding is
that all provisions arc* brought
thither by land carriage, no river
or canal coming within three
miles of the* city, which occasions
the streets to be tilled with carts,
camels, horses and other lieasts
of burden, with their drivers, in
somuch that it is difficult to pass
through the gates in a morning or
evening. .
“The artificers also contribute
to increase the crowd, as they
work in the houses of those who
employ them and are perpetually
looking out for business. P.arbers
go about ringing bells to get cus
tomers. They carry with them a
stool, basin, towel, pot and fire,
and when any person calls to them
they run up to him, and. placing
their stool in a convenient place
in the street, they shave the head,
clean t he ears, put t lit* eyebrows in
order and brush the shoulders, all
for the value of a little more than
a halfpenny. They then ring their
bell again, and are ready for an
other customer. The tailors who
ply in the streets go home to the
houses of their customers and do
their work there. They do not use
thimbles as ours do, but tie a rag
upon t heir fingers; nor do t hey sit
down to their work, but sew
standing, except when they grow
tired. The work is upon the table,
and they stand close to it. The
motley crowd busied in their sev
eral oeeupat ions causes a vast con
fusion. while jugglers, ballad sing
ers and nostrum mongers are en
circled by their respective mobs.”
QUAY AND THE INDIAN GIRL
L_nator Saved Her Brother Because
of Singular “Extenuating
Circumstances. ”
"Ha* Indians all know Senator
Qi y as their friend. A few
months ago a pretty Indian girl,
fr< ni somewhere away out west,
journeyed to Washington to se
cure the kindly offices of Senator
Quay in procuring a pardon for
her brother, says the New York
Ti ibune. lie had committed mur
der. Senator Quay listened toiler
story and then said:
• there any extenuating
eirci: (ances connected with tie*
shoot mg?”
“Yes, my brother killed at .“00
yards.” said the maiden.
This brought a ray of hope to
the senator, fie thought that any
man who could kill at .“00 yards
would appeal to the president.
Attorney General Knox was vis
ited. Mr. Quay said: “I have
never asked you for anything
since you have bet n in office. 1
now* want something. 1 desire a
pardon for this Ind n.”
The case was • Tied to 1 he
president and he w. « told of the
extenuating eircun • nces. There
were probably others than his fine
shooting, for tin* Indian was par
doned.
Oranges in Jamaica.
An article in the Fruit, Flowei
and Vegetable Trades Journal, of
London, gives the reasons why
Jamaica oranges can be had for
nothing in Jamaica, and do not
pay for packing! A car of oranges
from Kendal to Kingston i;!<>
odd miles) costs £14 <‘>s; the sane*
car laden with bananas costs
merely £8. Orange marmalade
made in Jamaica can be bought at
4Jd a pound jar in Jamaica, so
that it does not pay to make mar
malade and the demand tor
orange wine is small compared
with the supply. So the oranges
are left to fall and rot.
To Give Up Tribal Bale.
On March 4. MMMi.Na.OOOred men
in the Indian'territory will give up
tribal rule and become American
citizens.
Bad All the Time.
The good man who goes wrong
is a bad man just found out.—< hi
cago Daily News.
SHOWN BY FINGER NAILS.
s:~as of Illness and Even Mental De
pression Easily Discerned
by Experts.
“One who makes a ' lost* study
of tinker nails " ill find many curi
ous things about them to excite
his wonder and interest." says an
expert on such matters, "hut none
more so than the stories of physic
al condition told in their growth.
“You lin.w the nail of a person
in good health grows at the rat'*
of about one-sixteenth of an inch
each week slightly more than
many authorities believe—but
during illness or after an accident
or during times of mental depres
sion this growth is not only af
fected and retarded as far as
length is concerned, but a Iso as re
gards its thickness.
“The slightest illness will tints
leave an indelible mark on the
nails which may he readily detect
ed as the nail grows out. If one
has a sudden attack, such as acute
rheumatism, which sends the tem
perature bounding upward to 104
or 1(1.1 within the '■■pace rf ;wn or
three hours, it will be found on the
nails, indicating the difference in
thickness of growth between the
1 ime when health was enjoyed and
the thin growth of the ill period.
"It the illness is one that comes
gradually, like typhoid fever, for
example, instead of a ridge a gen
tle incline will appear on the
nails. Should one have an arm
broken the thick ridge can he seen
on t lie lingers of t he one ha ml. bu t
in all eases of genera I sb-km-ss t lie
ridge or slope appears on tin* tin
gors of both h;tnds. \\ hen om- hits
passed through a period of ex
treme excitement or menial de
pression the tact will ho imprint
ed on I he nails either with an al>
nipt ridge or a gentle slope, ac
cording to the acuteness of the
mental influence.
‘■In no iust;inc ;* can themnrks of
illness, accident or nc ntal condi
t ion 1 m■ ( ,carl\ seen on t he nai 1 un
til alter t 1m* growth lias canned
tlio line beyond tlie uhit.- |iajf
moon portion of it. but a week or
two subsequent fo any of these
things tlie ridge nr slope may be
ioiind on tlie nails, usually readily
visible to the eyes, but if not the
marl may be found b\ running the
t ip of t lie fil ler dou n anv of t he
nails.”
f’aris Eat Pound.
Atm.ne the sights in |‘:tris h R
'••'t pound. Where the services of
the rodents arfMitilixed for remov
111" 1he,i,‘sli from theem eassesof
d' au animals. A horse thrown in
"v‘‘r m^llt ls quite si ripped by
morning. J
Another Bump for Genius
“U *,a,c‘Ver I do," said the gaunt
',l!lil."MU' ’ I 'in it with tin
whole soul.”
^ ills wife sadly replied.“]
-w you do. dear, but if would b(
V ‘ a you’d give it upline
‘ thn‘KH W1fh your hands.”—Chi
cao° Kecord Herald.
Miss. Agnes Westley
816 Wells Street
Marinette.Wis
816 "Wells Street,
Marinette, Wts., Sept. 25, 1003.
1 was all run down from nervous
ness ami overwork and had to resign
mv position and take a rest. 1
found that T was not gaining my
strength and health as fast as I
could wish, and as your ine of
Cardui was reconEuended as such a
good medicine for the ills of our
sex. I bought a bottle and began
using it. 1 was satisfied with the
results from the use of the first
bottle, and took three more and t lien
found I was restored to good health
and strength and able to take up
my work with renewed vigor,
consider it a fine tonic and excellent
for worn-out, nervous condition,
and am pleased to endorse it.
AGNES WERTLEY,
Sec*y, Nortti Wiaconaln Holland Society.
Secure a $ t .00 bottle of W ine of
Cardui and a 2.V. package of
Tiiedford’s Black-Draught today.
WINE OF CARDUI
HAS IT
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STRUCK
YOU?
That appearances are
very deceiving.
Some things are made
i'or looks—others for service.
Just so with shoes.
You secure.
DOLLAR
F . r
DOLLAR
when you buy
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3*. ErOUiS,
.make them.
We sell them in
Women's, Misses' and
Children’s sires.
GEORGE F. GROSSER,
Notary Public, and
Dealer In Real Estate.
All kinds of blank deeds. trustor
warranty, kept on hand, prepared and
acknowledgments at tested. Depntii
tious taken. Pension work a specialty,
t.',- Olflee in IN st Ottiee Building.
J. C. LEWIS,
Contractor and Builder,
Plans, Specifications and Estimates
Cheerfully Furnished.
.lob work of all ‘kinds neatly and
promptly done. Satisfaction guaran
teed. Saw filing a specialty.
Shop South of Journal Office.
J. W. HODGES,
Physician anil Surgeon,
Office at Sturdivant's Drug Store.
Residence Phone No. *>1.
CALLS ANSWKllBU RROMRTLY.
V. L. Puscoe
Phone No. 10
L. O. Poe
Phone No. 24
PASCOE & POE
Physicians and Surgeons
Office in Raney Building, <>n South
Front Street. Rhone No 17.
Office hours8 to 12 a. in., and l too p- >»■
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