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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-03
DID not SEE ANY BARRIERS IN KOREA,

and, as the people wear their hair long,
there is probably no demand for them. The
average Korean mustachC is like the Old
joke gotten OF on the dudes: 1T is like a
base ball game, having nine on each side,
and one in the middle, for umpire" If the
Korean has any beard it is thin and stray
Cling, and as u rule his whole strength, like
that OF Samson, goes into his hair. The
boys OF Korea dress their hair like tae
school girls of America; they part it in the
middle, and wear it in long braids down
their backs. They are not considered men
until they are married, and it is at this time
hat they are permitted TO wind up their
hair into knot on top of their head and
put it under their hats. One of the most
| insignificant and cont ,mptible specimens of
manhood in the far east IS Korean boy of
forty, with his hair parted in the miGdle,
trailing in a braid below his waist He is
kicked around as though he were six, be-
cause lie has yet got no wife to make man
of him. The Koreans save the combings
of their hair, and the parings of their nails,
in order that they may be buried with
| them when they die.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-03
PROUD OF THEIR LONG HAIR,

and both women and men let their locks
grow as long as they will They are very
superstitious as to the day for washing the
head, and they consider it unlucky to
wash the head on Mondays, Fridays, or
Saturdays. They will not cut their hair
on Mondays or Fridays or on their birth
days, and as the birthday of the Burman
comes once week, many of the people are
restricted to four days for hair-cutting
They have many superstitions in regard TO
their hair, and this is the same in China
and Korea. 1t is Il legend in China that no
thiCk-haired man has ever held the place
now occupied by Ii Hung Chang. The
Chinaman thinks that the man with small
head and long hair will die poor, and that
the man whose hair turns white, while he
is young, viii be haunted by bad luck. A
woman whose hair is glossy whose face is
round and plump, may possibly become
the wife Of the Emperor, and the man with
long eyebrows wall live to be hundred.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-03
Happy HOosierS.

VIM. Timmons, postmaster Of Idaville
Ind, writes: electric Bitters has done
more for me than all other medicines com
bined, for that bad feeling arising from
Kidney and Liver trouble" John Leslie,
farmer and stockman, of same place, says
Find Electric Bitters to be the best Kid
ney and Liver medicine; made me feel like
a new man" J. w. Gardner, hardware
merchant, same town, says: Electric Bit
tiers is Just the thing for man who is all
run down and don't care whether he lives
or dies; he found new strength, good appe-
tite and felt just like he had new lease on
life. Only SOC. bottle at A. C.. Smith &
Co g drug store.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-03

In pursuance of a Resolution of the City
1889, notice is hereby given that on Monday,
the 9th day Of December, 1889, at the front
door of the City Hall in said City. will offe&
for sale at public auction and will sell to the
highest bidder for cash, the following des-
cribed lands, belonging to Salt Lake City,
which are situated in the city and county of
Salt Lake and Territory of Utah, described as
follows, to-Wit:
All Of lots t. 2 and in block So; all of lot 4,
block 81 all of lot I, block So; all Of lot g.
block 119; all Of blocks 1928, 153, and 147; all Of
lot f. block 161; all Of lot4, block 1872 all Of lot
3.block 1875 all Of lots 1, 8 and 4, block 1853; all
Of lot f. block 159; all Of lot t. block 163 all Of
block 145; all Of lot I, block 1875; all Of lots
and g. block 1876; all oflot 2, block 1877: all
Of lots 1, and 4, block 1873; all of lot 4, block
116, all Of lot t. block IS, all Of lot block SO;
all in plat D, Salt Lake City Survey and all of
plat J, excepting the east half of block 10 and
the Capitol Grounds.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-03
THE CHILDREN OF SIAM

have their heads shaved with the exception
of lock on the crown. This is not allowed
to be touched until they reach manhood,
and the ceremony of cutting it off IS one Of
the greatest events of the child's life. The
hair-cutting Of prince belonging to the
royal family costs thousands of dollars.
A great feast is given, and the barber who
does the work receives valuable present.
He clips the locks with golden shears, and
shayes the spot with gilded razor. When
their heir apparent to the throne is shaved
in this way the whole nation rejoices.
There is grand festival at Bangkok, in
which the royal white elephants take part,
and fasting goes on for days. Poorer
children have this hair-cutting done at the
Buddhist temple, and the priest acts as
barber. The Buddhist priests all over the
east shave their heads, and there are 20, 600
bare pated priests in Bangkok alone AL
of The males in the kingdom are supposed
at some time in their lives to become
priests, and everywhere you go you see
these bare-headed, bald-headed, yellow
skinned anatomies stalking about, with
yellow sheets wrapped around their other
wise naked frames.
The Burmese are
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-03

pass anything in Europe. We beat the
world on Turkish baths, and l got bath in
Denver a few days ago which was moro
palatial and luxurious than anything 1 saw
in the famed city of the Sultan. I took a
swim in a marble pool as big as a city lot,
and was rubbed down by a white man
whose skin was like marble and whose
frame was as symmetrical as Michael
Angeles famed statue of David.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-03
A. L. WILLIAAs. SOLE AGENT

For D. & r. G. Pleasant Valley, Castle
Gate and Anthracite. VIII make the fol-
lowing low rates Oh coal:
D. & R. G. Pleasant Valley, 81 rs per ton
at yard.
D. * R. C. Castle Gate, s4.75 per ton at
yard.
D. & R. G. Nut (nest egg size), $3.50 per
ton at yard.
D. & r. G. Mine Slack, $3.50 per ton at
yard.
BY the carload will make rate Of 80
cents per ton below this; 80 cents per ton
additional for delivery.
Office, 1861 S. Main street, Scott-Auerbach
building.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-03

eyes, and her 1.-THE, symmetrically formed
frame, loosely clad in the Siamese sarong,
is beauty, Notwithstanding that her black
hair is short, and that her teeth are red
dened with betel-nut chewing. She is as
straight as an arrow and as graceful as
gazelle, and her hair makes you think of
the saucy page-boy of the stage. Take the
same girl thirty years later. Her plump
cheeks are sunkeD, her cheek bones stand
out, and her jet black eyes, dull and life
less, look out of yellow sockets. The skin
of her forehead is stretched with wrinkles
like the corrugatiOns of wash-board, and
over this stanus out this short white gray
hair. Her mouth has been discolored and
spoiled with betel-nut chewing, and her
collar bone is the frame upon which the
parchment-like skin of her person seems
to hang. The old women of Siam are the
homeiest old women in the world, and if
one married a Siamese girl he would need
to keep barrel of the Brown-Sequard
Elixir on hand. This agcing is most rapid
in the lower classes, where the work is
hard. and the customs Of the people tend to
make old age come quickly.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-03

THE LAND or THE SHORT HAIRED GIRL.
All of the women of this country wear
their hair from one to two inches long, and
their locks stand up like black or grey
bristles out from their cream -colored faces.
A SiaInese buttercup of sixteen, with her
plump, yellow checks, her bright, black
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-03

What is cold in the head Medical au-
thorities say it is due to uneven clothing of
the body, rapid cooling when in a perspira-
ton, etc. The important point is, that "a
cold in the head is an inflammation of the
lining membrane of the nose, which, when
unchecked, is certain to produce catarrhal
condition - for catarrh is essentially Il
'cold' which nature is no longer able TO
resolve" or throw of Ely's Cream Balm
has proved its superiority, and sufferers
should resort to it before that common
ailment becomes seated and ends in obstin-
ate catarrh.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-03
WHEN THEY GO INTO MOURNING,

and in Siam when a King dies all the peo-
pie in the country are supposed to cut of
their hair so close that their pates are as
clean as billiard ball. The head of the
corpse is shaved in India, and, while watch
ing body being cremated at Benares, I
saw about a half bushel Of human hair
lying on the stone steps, not far from the
fire. l asked where it came from and my
guide told me it had just been cut fIon the
heads of the friends and relatives of the
deceased. The Indian barber is a surgeon
as well as shaver. He bores the holes in
the girls ears, and pierces their noses for
the nos ring. He often acts as a profess
sional match maker, and his wife Is a
ladies' hair dresser. She trims the nails
of the bride for weddings, and takes off the
fine clothes of the widow, and dresses her
in her funeral garments. l had these
HindoO BARRIERS meet me at every station
in India, and they were always within
call at the hotels.
shall not soon forget
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-03
A Sure Cure for Piles.

Itching Piles are known by moisture like
perspiration, causing intense itching when
warm. This form, as well as blind, bleed
ing and protruding, yield at once to DR..
Bosanco's Pile Remedy, which acts di-
rectly on the parts affected, absorbs tu-
mors, allays itching and effects perna-
nent cure. soc. Druggists or mail; trea-
tise free. Dr. Bosanco, Piqua, o. Sold by
Z. c. Nj. l. drug store.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-03
A SHAVE AND HAIR CUTTING

which suffered in upper Egypt. The
execution took place in the city of Sioot,
about three hundred miles above Cairo.
The seat was plain stool. The barber
was u dirty Turk. in a red turban and q
white gown, and he first chopped off my
hair with pair of sheep shears, pulling it
and saving 1t at every cut. Several times
he narrowly escaped my ears, and l was
trembling as though had the ague when
he began upon me with his razor. I had
dismissed my guide, and l did not know
enough Egyptian to tell him that I could
dispense with the shaving. He used no
soap. and ne wet my beard with cold water
from a polished brass basin, out of one
side Of which had been cut sort of half
moon hole. He fitted this hole into my
neck so that my head hung over the basin,
ike that of John the Baptist on the
charger, and then splashed the water up
over my face with his aromatic hands.
When he thought l was sufficiently
drowned, he ierked my head back against
his bosom, and held it there while he
scraped ard sawed and tore my beard from
my face. l never knew that there were so
many hairs in my beard before, and when
got through my cheek looked
LIKE THE SKIN OF A SHEEP
when its wool had been cut off by an
amateur shearer. | am not sure whether
the charge was or cents. but it was the
dearest shave 1 ever had, and as for my hair
had to have it rccut as soon as I got to
Cairo. The Turkish BARRIERS are about the
same as the Egyptian, and there is in real
ity no place in the world where you can get
so good a shave as in America. Shaving in
Europe is cheap, but in few countries will
you find the luxury of the reclining chair,
and az for such palaces as the barber shops
of our big cities. they are unknown A
tonsorial parlor, like that of the Palmer
house, in Chicago, the walls of which are
lined with plate-glas mirrors, and in the
floor thing Of which are set FIVE hundred
genuine silver dollars, would be curiosity
in Pekin, Constantinople, Cairo, Paris. or
London, and we have barber shops in ST.
Louis, Omaha and Kansas City which sur
The Grenada sentinel., 1889-06-08
POOR UNCLE jim.
His Sudden Death Gave His Nephew .
Mighty Close Shave.


/ was on the porch OF the village
tavern when a tOw-headed boy of fifteen
came riding up on an old roam mare to
spread the news that his uncle Jim was
dead-killed by a falling tree. 1t ap-
peared that the uncle had many friends
and relatives in the village, and it
wasn't long before score OF them
gathered about the boy and piled him
with questions. He was rather bash
full, but he gave pretty straight ac-
count and furnished all particulars.
The crowd was still asking questions
when a man about sixty years old, lame
and bent and bald-headed, pushed his
way in and called out:
Every body stand back! was jus.
tice of the peace for fourteen years, and
/ shall take charge of this circumstance
myself Now, boy, your name is Iom.
hain't it?n
.'Yes, sir"
Mother used to be Sarah Good
hue?"
"Yes, sir"
Now, l want the truth, the whoLa
truth, and nothing but the truth. l.
you lie. will send you to prison, under
the provisions OF the laws made and
purvided. Is Jim Thompson dead?'
yes, sir.
Did tree fall on him?'
Yes, sir.
Beech or maple?'
"Becch."
Dead when you found him."
"Yes. sir.
"Be keerful, boy! You are the same
as on your oath. Was he stone dead"
yes, sir. :"
Been dead three hOursP
"Yes, sir.
"Now. then, / want this crowd to
pay particular attention to my next
question. The case may go to the Su-
preme Court for all we know, and !
want every one OF you TO remember my
exact language. Now, boy, look me
straight in the eye and answer me
without hesitation. Don't ye look to
the right nor left and don't imagine l
cant see right through you. Now, sir,
did your uncle jim look material when
ye found him, or didn't he? Quick!
Don't stop to think up lie,'
Yves" gasped the boy.
"All right--that settles it l am
perfectly satisfied with the examina-
ton, and the prisoner is discharged on
his showing He'd better take this as
great moral warning. Looked
mighty bad for him at one time there, "
N. Y. Sun.
The Grenada sentinel., 1889-06-08
VALUE OF PATIENCE.
Bob Burdette Gives some Good Advice to
an Eager Young Man.

an Eager Young Man.
Oh, my son. be patient; be patient;
be patient. We can get along without
brilliant women and great men. They
are not easy to live with; they don't
mix with the brood very much, they
have to have single perches for them
selves away up out of the reach Of the
rest of US, SO that we don't see much OF
them, and they don't do the world very
much good, after all. It's just as well
that they do keep away from us, | sup
pose When they come down and mix
with us we are apt to find them out.
Then, goodbye greatness. We don't
need rushing people, so very much.
Here and there one or two of them are
good things; We cant get along with
out a rush line, OF course; but, after
all, a pull back, whose quiet eyes are
on every part OF the field at once with
out making any fuss about it. and who
at every point in the game is always
just exactly where he is wanted at
exactly the right time, and is never
anywhere else, no matter how much
yelling and "rastling' and whooping
and scrimmagng is going on in
the front, the nervy fellow who
is never ratified, and has all his
noise and breath and vim and
strength saved up for the one important
moment when it shall be necessary to
send the ball away clear over the heads
OF the painting, yelling. scuf1ling crowd.
after all, he is the fellow to whom our
eyes turn anxiously and hopefully when
the crisis is reached. Be patient; The
fretful, hurrying. eager, restless world
needs offer praises of thanksgiving to
the patient people in it. To the pa
tent man and woman who find strength
in .'quietness and confidence" who can
be patient with our faults, our fcllies
and our fanoies who can be quiet when
even the softest word would haze a
sting; and the sOftest answer would stir
up bitterness; who can wait for storms
to blow over and for wrongs to right
themselves; who can endure slight and
injury until the wounded heart has for
gotten the hurt that made the scar Be
patient, my boy; be patient. Nobody
else has time enough for it; all the rest
of us are in such hurry We cant stop
and have no time to wait. Do you be-
patient for the whole crowd. And
you'll wear all the rest OF us out
Robert j. Burdette, in Brooklyn Eagle.
The Grenada sentinel., 1889-06-08
PROFITABLE CROPS.
How Farming Might be Made More Re.
muneratIve ThanHit Has Been.

How Farming Might be Made More Re-
muneratlye Than 1t Has Been.
1t is small, not large, crops that we
need more Of My minimum crops
have invariably been more profitable,
and l have heard many farmers make
the same remark. Would it not be
well for our farmers to combine to pro
duce less for few years of all staple
crops, thereby thoroughly cleaning up
the surplus and getting better returns
for our labor than we have received
for the last decade? Certainly we have
the same right to combine to limit pro-
duction as have coal or oil companies,
millers and manufacturers. Some may
say that it is our duty to ourselves and
our coun ry to do our best in our chosen
calling-but best for whomo If we
can do better by producing less and
getting more for it, why not do it, as
long as other producers are doing the
same thing and we have to exchange
our products for theirso
Why should farmers be the only class
of producers that can not establish II
price for their commodities? When we
buy we have to pay the price asked;
when we sell we have to take the
pittance the purchaser sees fit to offer
Surely. no class Of laborers WORK as
many hours for as little pay as the far
mer, and it is time our calling is more
remunerative. Can this be done by
producing more or less? / am of the
opinion that General Butler was right
when he said that "our trouble Is
not overproduction, but underconsump-
tion," and the question is, how shall we
increase the consumption OF farm pro-
ducts2 Certainly not by increasing the
quantity, but by improving the quality.
Every one knows that soggy potatoes,
stale eggs, rancid butter, etc. last
much longer than good, fresh, No. l
articles. If all food products were the
very best, much more would be con-
sumed, thus making Il greater demand
and morelremunerative prices. Many
of our wide-awake farmers can make a
part of their productions an actual ne
cessity to one or more families in our
large cities at paying prices by supply
ing these products regularly, fresh,
sweet and wholesome. l know this by
experience, for my customers often tell
me that they prefer to purchase farm
products of the producer, especially
eggs and butter.
1t is laudable for practical farmers to
experiment, investigate and produce
maximum crops, but it Is more profit
able to produce the best and get good
pay for them American Agriculturist.
The Grenada sentinel., 1889-06-08
An Out-of-the-Way Reproof.

King James l.. hunting one day in
Nthe North, a violent tempest burst
lloose, and church being the nearest
building, his Majesty took shelter
there, and sat down in an obscure and
How seat. The minister had just mount
ed the pulpit, and soon recognized the
King, notwithstanding his plain hunt
ling costume. He commenced his SER
mon, however. and went on with it log
ically and quietly; but at last, suddenly
starting of at tangent, he commenced
j to inveigh most violently against the
habit OF swearing, and expatiated on
this subject till the end Of his discourse.
After the sermon was ended, the King
| had his dinner, to which he invited the
minister and, when the bottle had cir
culated for a while, "Parson," says the
King, why didst thou flee so from thy
textPs 'lf it please your Majesty"
was the reply, "when you took the
pains to come so far out of your way to
hear me, l thought it very good man
ners for me to step little out of my
text to meet with your Majesty" "By
my saul, mon," exclaimed James, "and
thou hast met with me so as never mon
did," 1t will be remembered that James
J. was notorious for cursing and swear
ing, in manner almost verging on
blasphemy. Anecdotes of the Clergy.
The Grenada sentinel., 1889-06-08

In the variety OF materials utilized
for paper making, the Chinese claim to
excel all other nations. The India pa
per, called by them lehi, is made from
hemp, mulberry bark, cotton, bamboo,
rice straw, barley straw, and from the
intericr membrane of silk-worm CO.
coons; sometimes the whole 0; the stalks
of years growth are used. The pulp
is mixed, after it has been prepared,
with given proportion of a vegetable
gum known as hotong, and the paper is
moulded in moulds made OF the bam-
boo filament. Those sheets, of some
sixty feet in length, which the Chinese
are said to make. are supposed to be
fabricated by artfully joining several
small sheets at the moment OF laying the
paper Being too thin to bear handling
or stra;n, it is mounted on vellum,
which serves as lining to it, and the
white borders of which set it off as a
frame would do. These sheets are kept
in a dry place, far away from aAy fire
heat, and are thus preserved for years.
N. Y. Sun.
The Grenada sentinel., 1889-06-08
PROTECTING TREES.



A nurseryman recommends the fol-
lowing remedies: A teaspoonful of
tincture of assofpetida in half buck
etful OF liquid clay, mud or muck of
any kind, applied with brush to the
stem. and branches of young trees will
preserve them from the attacks of rab-
bits without injury to the trees. Two
or three applications during the win
ter will be sufficient. A mixture OF
lime water and COW manure made pret-
ty strong forms an excellent anti-rabbit
composition. here should be plenty
OF the latter ingredient, both to make
it adhere properly and because, If lime
white upon the trees and is unsightly;
whereas, If properly mixed, it dries
just the right shade of greenish gray.
When tar is Objectionable on account
OF its injuring the young trees, sim
pie mixture of SCOT and COW manure
made thin enough to be put on with a
brush will help to ward off the attacks
OF rabbits during the ordinary seasons.
A mixture OF equal proportions of sui
| phur, SCOT and lime made into thick
cream with, liquid COW manure is also
very effectual in cases where a strongly
smelling remedy is not objected to.
Where appearance rs of no consequence
Stockholm tar is recommended. Gas
tar should never be applied to young
trees, especially if the bark be already
stripped away from them. The stems
should be tarred from the ground
to about twenty inches in height.
If the trees be planted for orna-
ment, the following plan, is preferable
if the extra expensebe no objection. In
stead of applying to the trees itself,
stick three Or four stakes round each
plant, at the distance of nine inches or
u foot from ii, then tie piece of fresh
tarred line round the stakes at the dis
tancc of nine inches from the ground.
The tar should be mixed with an equal
portion OF manure of about the same
| consistence as the tar, or it may injhre
some of the trees. A strip of tarred
paper tied round the stem is also OF
service whore the rabbits are not very
numerous. Strong subjects may be
daubed with a MIXTURE of equal parts
of gas tar, COW manure and water made
into thick paint. If there be any
marks of old bites they should be care.
fully painted over. Among miscella,
neous remedies are the following
Place thin layer of weeds or refuse
round the stems, fasten it with a tough
reed or tie of straw. Rub the bark
with something .distasteful to them,
such as strong-smelling grease. The
application of a paint made of butter.
milk and SCOT when snow falls, and
again in March, is said to be an excel
lent remedy. Wire netting Or tying
sticks or cornstalks round the necks oI
plants are etfectual remedies in severe
seasons where the rabbits are numer
Gus. Practical Farmer