San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-09-15
Cause Of Premature AGE.

II nave oUU gray nalrS In my mead ana
I'm only &c." said friend to me, and
coming down in a street car another
friend took up the same theme and asked:
why is it we get old so quick in this
country?" could not say, not being old
1--WE live in such hurry" he said,
answering his own question. "AI WI
think of is getting money in this country.
In the old country they think of spending
it. | mean that we are reckless Of how
the money goes after we get it, and so
we are extravagant aud need more money
and strive harder get it, and get old
young. believe there are more lunatics
in this state of New York with it's five
and half millions than In all France
with its thirty-seven millions. In France
man regulates his spending. He has 20
much income. He makes it 60 as far as
it will, and lives in regular and method
ical fashion on tha' basis. He doesn't
grieve for more because he can get COM
fort out Of what he has. But here we
are so anxious to make that we neither
spend with economy nor get comfort out
of what we spend. We waste our
strength to get it, and then waste what
we gain. for we don't get the good of it.
Buffalo News
How Chinese History Il Written.
Chinese history is compiled by per.
manent commission of accomplished
literary men, who are always at work
upon it. In 1887 an imperial edict stated
that history ought not to be written for
the emperor's use only, and remain shut
up in golden caskets and marble cham
bers; it ought TO be made accessible to all
officials. that they may know the mind of
the emperors and the laws of the land
From the Chinese standpoint. history is
divided into two parts-one an exact mar
rative of events, the other q record Of
what the emperor has said and done
This division originates two sets Of pub
locations; one in which the officers speak,
the other in which the emperor Is the
spokesman. In the first, the industry Of
the bureau of history is run in the collec
ton Of facts, but there is always a dan.
ger that the recorder may be under a
strong court Influence. Historical can
dor can scarcely find a place in reference
to nations or persons who have been in
conflict with the court. With this ex-
ception. the array of facts thus recorded
is most valuable.
The edicts published in the second series
express the mind of the emperor. He
is always man who has the advantage
of good training. and II his style is toler-
able and he happens to be fond of writing
his edicts himself. they will all be trans
mitted 10 future times in full The
scribes, who stand writing when he
speaks, translate his spoken words into
official phrases, and his opinions and de-
cisions will then pass into official history,
written partly by himself and partly by
the scribes Of the cabinet. Besides these
there are various series of historical
wOrks-the first having been prepared in
the Eleventh century-to popularize the
subject and place the chief facts of the
Chinese annals within the reach of com
mon readers, who have not the oppor-
tunity to study them in full. The last of
these has just been published. 1t deals
with the reign Of Kienlung, from 1876 to
to 1875, and is in sixty volumes. Every
important public matter is recorded under
the day on which it occurred. The en-
peror has, as usual, the lions share of the
talking, and there is room for him to say
a good deal in 120 chapters. - North
China Herald.