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The St. Johns herald., 1893-10-19
SOME JAPANESE CUSTOMS.
Usual AccOmpaniments of the Native
 When Out of Doors.

Usual AccOmpaniments of the Native
 When Out of Doors.
 In Japan almost everyone, says the Waverly Magazine, carries a lantern. By day and night it is dangling at his belt. It resembles a thin, flat box. Each end of the box is fastened to a sort of paper, which, lying in folds, forms, when drawn out, a lantern. The Japanese usually carries also tiny wooden box, shaped like cylinder, to hold his candle. A small medicine chest, with half dozen little boxes, each containing a small portion of medicine, fan, pipe and a short sword, all form part of the outfit. The belt of a Japanese is, therefore, very important part of his dress.
 His slippers consist of a sole with a worsted thread at the upper end, through which the great toe is thrust to keep the slipper on. His pillow is a framework of whalebone, or some such substance, into which the back of the neck near the head fits This is to keep his knot of hair in order, for he does not have his hair dressed every day; and, therefore, is obliged to take care of the piece, which is greased and bound into cue, the rest of the head being closely shaven.
 The rich Japanese send their chil- dren to school in inferior garments, in order that the children of the poor may not be ashamed to wear their shabby clothes
The St. Johns herald., 1893-10-19
THE TONGUE AND SPEECH.
Imperfect Articulation Rarely lnpedes- 9
 Man fn His Work. -

Imperfect Articulation Rarely lmpedes-
 Man fn His Work.
 For making the S and z the tongue has to be partially applied to a portion of the palate next the teeth. Not only, however, must the contact be in- complete, but it's place is indefinite may be half an inch farther back. To make sh and zh the contact has to be made not with the tip, but with the upper surface of the tongue, and must be an incomplete contact. Though for making the liquids the tip of the tongue and the sides of the tongue are used, yet the requisite is not any ex- act adjustment of the tip, but an inn Herbert Spencer, in the Contemporary Review. For the tn tip is used along with the edges of the tongue, but no perfect adjustment is required, either to the edges of the teeth or to the junction of the teeth with the palate, where the sound may equally well be made. Though for the and d com plete contact of tip and edges of the tongue with the palate is required, yet the place of contact is not definite, and the tip takes no more important share in the action than the sides.
 Anyone who observes the movements of his tongue in speaking will find that there occur no cases in which the ad- justments must have an eXactneSS corresponding to the extreme power of discrimination which the tip possesses; for speech this endowment is useless. Even were it useful, it could not be shown that it has been developed by survival of the fittest, for though per feet articulation is useful, yet imper- feet articulation has rarely such an eff feet as to impede a man in the main tenance of his life. If he is a good workman, a Germans interchanges of b's and p's do not disadvantage him. A Frenchman, who in place of the sound of tn, always makes the sound 2, succeeds as a teacher of music or dancing, no less than if he achieved the English pronunciation. Nay, even such an imperfection of speech as that which arises from cleft palate does not prevent man from getting on if he is capable. True, it may go against him as a candidate for parliament, or as an i'orator" of the unemployed (mostly not worth employing). But in the struggle for life he is not hindered by the effect to the extent of being less able than others to maintain himself and his offSprinr
The St. Johns herald., 1893-10-19
Soldiers of the Sultan,

Gen. Lew Wallace says that the Turkish cavalry is admitted to be the finest in all Europe. The soldiers of the sultan's Circassian body-guard, whom Bull Run Russell called ''the most picturesque scoundrels in the world" are, Gen. Wallace says, "blood- thirsty and treacherous, recl1leSSly brave and exceedingly beautiful. Even among the meanest of them you see noble, well-Set heads of finest mold. :" The sultan himself is man of kingly bearing, but with thin face and colorless eyes, keen as a falcons. When he appears in public on cere- monious occasions he rides milk white Arabian horse, which he man. ages very skillfully, and his manner is most gracious as he bows right and left to the people. This commander of the Faithful, according to popular Turkish belief, has never signed a death warrant, and doubtless the reputation is deserved, for such mat fers may easily be attended to vicari- oaSlV
The St. Johns herald., 1893-10-19
4 Ouaint Superstition.

At race tracks persons desiring to bet on the result frequently manage to touch the hump of a hunchback, be- ieving that this will bring good luck. According to the beliefs of ancient Arabians and Germans, hunchbacks were the pets of fairies. The latter frequently removed or increased the humps, and hunchbacks who had thus been treated by the fairies were sup posed Co possess some mystic power They were supposed to bring good luck, and this might be imparted to persons who came into contact with the humps the fairies had given them.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-04

A writer in the Philadelphia Times
gives the following process for preserv-
ing fruit: "Get fresh fruit, wash it
clean; put in common three or four
gallon earthen jars and press it down
as closely as you can without iniuring
it; then take two ounces compound
extract salyx (you can get this from
any druggist); dissolve it in four gal
Ions of boiling water. When cool,
pour ON enought to cover the fruit.
The salyx prevents fermentation and
the water keeps the air from the fruit.
Iput up twenty gallons OF Strawberries,
twenty-three gallons of raspberries,
forty gallons of peaches, seventeen gal
Ions OF grapes and did not lose single
gallon. Every jar kept perfectly fresh.
The fruit looked and tasted as it did
when picked. 1 keep boarders, and
they all thought my fruit the incest
they ever ate. 1t is much finer than
canned fruit. / think it strange that
everyone does not put up fruit in that
way, as it is certainly elegant and SO
cheap and healthy"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-04
WHOLE NUMBER 1.733.

planting in Puget Sound. He will
also import Long Island Sound " seed,"
and he believes he can then raise an
oyster that will be equal in all respects
to the Eastern bivalve. Mr.. Smith
says that the reason the Puget Sound
oyster does not attain larger growth
Is due to the freshness of the water in
which it is found. Besides, the oyster
beds, so far as he has observed, are in
shallow water, and are alternately wet
and dry as the tide ebbs and flows.
The oyster to reach full size and take
on the genuine flavor of the Eastern
article must have deep and salt water
for its home. He will therefore select
some place in the Straits or the Gulf,
and is confident that in year or two
he can supply the Pacific Coast with
native oysters in every way the equal
OF the product of the Long Island
Sound or Chesapeake Bay oyster beds.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-04
CURIOUS THINGS.
Small Matters That Are Objects of
Some Little Wonderment.

Amber, although reckoned as a pro-
duct of the mineral kingdom, is, in all
probability, resin from an extinct
species of coniferous tree.
The first balloon ascension in the
United States was made by Messrs.
Rittenhouse and Hopkins of Philadel-
phia some time in the year 1888, about
ITO years ago.
A gold coin of the weight of four
penny-weights and valued at Cd I'D,
struck IN tiie reign OF Henry VI, is
known as an CANCEL" but why, no
coin collector can tell.
Nashe, writer of the Sixteenth
Century, says: "If hogge loseth an
eye he dyeth presently" Also, "Goats
take breath not at the mouth and
nose only, but at We earse (ears) also. "
Under Draco's law, enacted at
Athens, 62l b. c., all idlers were exc
cuted, the law being carried out to the
letter with as much severity as though
the offender had been found guilty OF
murder.
The Victoria Cross" which we
often read of having been conferred
upon some British soldier for conspic-
uous bravery, is of the Maltese form,
made from Russian cannons captured
at Sebastopol.
The barber derives his class title
from the Latin word barba, beard.
Rude, uncivilized races were originally
called barbarians" solely on account
OF the unkempt appearance OF their
beard and hair.
Plants breathe through the "sto.
mata" or breathing-pores in the leaves.
In case the plant or tree is of aleaf-
less variety the stem, which is also
provided with stomata, performs the
Office of breathing.
The term carpenter is from the
Latin carpentum, meaning a wagon,
and originally denoted the mechanic
who constructed the wooden parts of
vehicle, the wheelright being the
one who made the wheels.
The Shah of Persia carefully treas
ures an heirloom in the shape of a
small cube of gold literally covered
with Oriental letters and characters.
1t is said to have fallen from heaven
during Mohammed's time.
A fish was caught in the lake at
Heibronn, Swabin, in the year 1897
which had brass ring attached bear
ing record OF the fact that the same
fish had been caught I'm the year 1890
and released after having the queer
liable affixed 10 his body.
1t is believed that whales often at.
tain the age of 400 years. The num-
Der of years these huge creatures have
lived is ascertained by counting the
layers Of lamine forming the horny
substance known as whalebone."
These lamina increase yearly, just as
the "growths" do on q tree.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-04
PARIS EXHIBITION OF 1900.
Preparing for an Exhibition Twice
as Large ms the One Of 1889.

as Large as the One OF 1889.
The French are taking time by the
forelock with regard to the proposed
international exhibition at Paris in
the year 1900. A commission ap'
pointed to consider the question of
the site, has had no fewer than 80
carefully elaborated schemes presented
to it. These 80 schemes fall naturally,
however, into four categories. There
are those which select site in the
environs of the city, those which re-
commend the interior of Paris, those
which would simply utilize the fortifi-
cations. and those who would place
the buildings partly in the outskirts
and partly on the Notifications. OF
outlying places, Vincennes seems to
find most favor. This, however, is
probably too far away, and the same
may be said of St. Cloud, Courbevoie
and St. Ouen. 1t is most likely that
the site Of the great exhibition of
1889 will be selected, although in that
case the available space will be great
ly enlarged. In scheme submitted
by Messrs. Falconet and Dalbin it is
proposed to include the Tuileries Gar
dens, in which case the exhibition
would be twice as large as the last one.
The Eiffel tower, supposing it outlasts
the next seven years, is once more to
form one of the attractions.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-04
EXPERIENCE IN CHICAGO.
Paid Dollar TO Get I'D an
Another to l:es Down.

John G. Pope, the Portland traveller
returned last week from visit &c
Chicago and trip through the south.
ern States. He says the idea of free
coinage of silver has many warm
friends in the south, but is regarded
with holy horror by most of the people
he met in the East.
"Of course l visited the Worlds
Fair" said Mr.. Pope, and there is nc
end to its variety. Snrr-:.N' are
evory where. l remember one / en-
countered just two weeks ago. 1t was
a sultry Monday morning and l hap
pened to wander past the captive bal
loon lust as it was ready To ascend.
I" Want to go up?' asked the bal
loonist.
"How much is it?" 1 asked eau.
tiously.
"Only dollar" said he. Jump
in" and in 1 jumped.
1--WE went up hundreds of feet
above the roofs OF the big buildings,
the air was fresh and cool and delight
full. / was gazing on the beautiful
landscape below us when the conduc-
tor tapped me on the shoulder.
"We are going down now," he said.
" Do you want to 60 with uss"
"Great scottp 1 answered, "did
you think I wanted to stay up here
and sit on clouis?"
"Oh, no." he said sweetly, al
didn't think that. But it will cost
you another dollar to ride down."
a gave him u silver dollar with a
hole in it and we came down. But
one must be careful in Chicago"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-04
Deaths Exceed Births.

For the year ending July l, 1898,
San Francisco had 6,O61 deaths and
1889 births. This is difference OF
over 1000 and shows that, If that city
were not recruited by immigration, its
own increase would be paradox in
that it would be no increase at all and
only canceling of portion of the de-
crease. These figures are interesting
as showing the tendency of life in
large centers.
There is a metropolis OF 100000 peo-
pie, and yet the number Of births
was only 1889 or the small average OF
about ii per day. On the other hand,
the deaths averaged over l6 per day.
At that ratio it would not take many
generations for the people of San
Francisco to die off, if no newcomers
were added to the population. This
excess is not due to bad health condi-
tions, because the per cent. of the death
rate is only 1886, which is less than
that OF most large cities. The indi-
vidual method of meeting death shows
225 were due to casualties, of which
100 we're suicides and % homicides
Of the total, 6,O6l, there were 1888
who were natives of foreign countries
only SS9 of Eastern States and 2,22l
OF the Pacific coast. These last fig
ures show that Eastern people evident
ly improve in health and live in whole
some surroundings, while the foreign
ers are largely in the low and un
healthy section of the city. The large
number of deaths among natives o.
the coast is caused by the fact that II
includes nearly all infants. Compared
with the year 1922, however there
is All improvement from a death rat'
| of 2O.9I to 1896 per cent, and the to
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-04
THE PORTLAND RING.
corruption Under the Former Ad.
minisiration Brought TO Light.

A Washington dispatch OF the 25th
say that Supervising Special Agent
Tingle, of the Treasury Department,
declares that the government has a
good case against the ex-officials of the
customs service who have been indict-
ed at Portland, Or, Notwithstanding
that the indicted men claim that the
action against them was inspired by
political motives, the purpose being to
GUST them from office as Republicans
and to put Democrats in their places.
Mr.. Tingle, who is himself Republi-
can, says that this allegation is un-
true. He says the department has
been convinced for several months
that there was ring Of smugglers in
the Northwest. Ever since Inspector
Noyes was sent there to investigate,
and reported that the Portland Collec-
tor and his subOrdinates were impli-
Gated, and since the reports Of Inspec-
tors Wood and Lewis were received,
there has been no doubt that the right
parties have been caught. Mr.. Tingle
says he regrets as much as anybody
that he had to perform the disagree
able work of detecting these officials
in dishonest practices, but he was
bound to perform his duty and will
push the cases to the end. He says
the Collector at Portland must have
received about $50 a head for each
Chinese he smuggled in. There were
l LOO Chinese brought in all, and the
revenue derived by these enterprising
treasury officials must have amounted
to about $4,000. 1t is believed that
majority of these Chinese were ad-
mitted on fraudulent affidavits, but
the amazing thing about the whole
smuggling operations of the customs
officials is that they not only required
the Chinese who were candidates for
illegal entry to pay $50, but the Chi
nese who under the law were entitled
to enter had to pay as well. Mr..
Tingle says that at Victoria the SNUG
glers had regular headquarters. where
bogus affidavits were made out and
signed with fictitious names, acknowl-
edged before a mythical notary public
and counterfeit notarial seal affixed.
In great many cases the photograph
was also attached as a means of identi-
fication. Tingle estimates that there
were $500 pounds of opium smuggled
in, the duty on which would amount
to 100000. 1t was very difficult to
catch the boats with the contraband
stuff on board. Several times they
were searched, but they had been un-
loaded in the river. The government
has been working on this case dill
gently for months, and only succeeded
at last in making out cases against
the Is indicted men by means OF some
of the guilty ones who volunteered to
turn States evidence. When it was
found by the others that these had
turned against them, there seemed to
be general desire among the dis
honest officials to become witnesses
for the government, in the hope that
this might grant them immunity from
punishment. Several members of the
gang almost fell over one another in
their desire to become prosecuting
Witnesses.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-04

SPEAKING OF finances an exchange
says Nobody ever stops to find out
what becomes of all the pennies annu-
ally coined by the government. but as
a matter of fact they are being contin-
ually turned out at the rate OF several
millions a month. Being of such
small value little care is taken of them
and the government is called upon for
more. The demand is a source OF
profit to the government, as it buys
the pennies in blank form from a Con.
necticut firm at the rate OF l 600 for 81
and merely has to coin them at the
Philadelphia mint. Among the mil
lions of small coins which have mys-
teriously disappeared are 100000
old copper pennies, 100000 bronze
two-cent pieces, 5000, 900 nickel three.
cent pieces, and 500, 900 Of the old cop
per hali-cents, of which not one has
ever been returned to the government.
Samples of these coins turn up once
in a while, but they are extremely
rare"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-04

From 1928 to 1915 platinum coin.
we're minted in Russia.
The first coming machine was in.
vented by Bruchner in 1858.
The Lydians were the first to coin
money, about B. C. l6OO.
Julius Caesar was the first man to
put his own image on a coin.
Aristotle Gays that "money exists
not by nature, but by law"
The English mint was established by
Athelstane about 92S.
The first colonial coinage was mint
ed in Massachusetts, in 1862.
In the tenth century there were
thirty.eight mints in Englsnd.
The American cents of 1857 bore
the motto, Mind Your Business"
The notes used by the Bank ol
England cost exactly one cent each.
Homer mentions brass money as in
use B. c. 11S4 among the Greeks.
The coinage Of 20-cent pieces began
in 1875 and was discontinued in 1878
The coinage OF trade dollars began
in 1874 and was discontinued in 1878.
Brass money was coined in Rome by
Servius Tullius as early as 573 B.C.
During the reign of Henry VIII, g
to 25 per cent. of coin metal was alloy
Before the days Of coined money the
Greeks used copper nails as currency.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-04

tai number OF deaths is $50 less for
lH92-93.
In regard to births it appears that
the boys lead the girls, there being in
the total of 1889 births 2OIS males
and 1872 females, and 10 eases where
the sex was not reported. The record
OF months shows August is the most
prolific with 39I, and February the
least with 2S4.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-04
Encouraging to Farmers.

w. II. Vanderbilt, some time prior
to his death, spoke of himself as a
goner, and said: "All this money
isn't worth ray. l would give it all
for your health" to which a friend,
half-laughingly and half-seriously
replied: "Well, too much money is a
nuisance. The happiest time in my
life was when l was worth $500, 600"
And the happiest time in my life,'
rejoined Vanderbilt, "was when l was
working on my Staten Island farm"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-04

How TO MAKE Bio SOAR BUBBLES
1t is great sport to make soap-bubbles
but it is twice as much fun if the bub-
bles are big ones, strong enough not
to break when they are foated to the
floor. Bubbles twice as big as your
head, or as big as the biggest kind OF
a football, can easily be blown by any
one who knows how to mix the soap
bubble material. Take a piece OF
white CASTLE soap about as big as a
walnut. Cut it up into cup of warm
water. and then add teaspoonful OF
glycerine. Stir well, and blow from q
small pipe. This will make bubbles
enough to last all the afternoon. To
make pink bubbles, add few drops OF
strawberry juice, and to make yellow
ones put in little orange juice.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-04

A PROPER SPIRrT.-Several weeks
ago, it is reported, the Seattle banks
agree to stand together during any
panic, and in case Of a serious run by
depositors to close all of their doors
until the scare had subsided.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-04

ONE CAUsE.-Ex-Secretary Whitney
attributes the financial stress greatly
to methods Of taxation by which the
producers pay larger proportion Of
the taxes than the rich.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-04

A FRENCHMAN, says the Christian
World, declares that there are 81 900
breweries in the world. Germany
easily leads the list, with 26,240 !;
next comes England, with 1904 |;
then the United States, 1900; Aus
tris, 1912; Belgium, 1870. and
France, 1,O44. In Bavaria the annual
allowance of beer per head of the
population is 3S7 pints; in Berlin,
1884; in Belgium, 296; in England,
$50.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-04

WHEN Edison has begun something
new he has no peace until the work is
either completed or abandoned for
good. In the case OF success he i'm
mediately conceives a hatred for the
invention. Recently he said; 81
havn't used telephone in ten years,
and would 60 out of my way any
day to miss an incandescent light"