Arizona republican., 1899-09-11

/ Twenty-six years ago there was scarce
ly mile of good wagon road in Egypt.
During the last six years mere than l.
600 miles OF fine roads have been con-
structed. Egypt today has more miles
/ Of railroad than Spain or Portugal CT
! Austria-Hung gary.
Under the Ptolemies it is estimated
that the population did not exceed
5000 600; under the Mamelukes it fell
+ to 5000, 0OO When, the British began
thsir rule in 1882 the population was
( less than 100000; it is now almost
/ 10 600 600, an increase of &C per cent
/ in sixteen years. British enterprise
and British government, joined with
modern methods, have wrought Won
ders in this land CT the oldest civiliza-
/ tion of historic times Missi1nary Re
view Of the World.
Ideal Japanese Lady-Beauty, from
japanese standpoint, consists of a
long, oval face, regular features, al
mond-shaped eyes, slipping slightly up
ward. a high, narrow forehead, and
abundance of smooth, black hair.
Their movements are graceful, al
though the style if their dress pre-
vents them walking with ease; their
fest and hands are de1:cately formed
charming.
They take little or no exercise, and
one wonders Sometimes how the little
ladies employ their time-there seems
SO little to be done in a japanese house.
To begin with, there are no regular
meals. The shops near at hand supply
daily numberless little dishes, which
seem to be eaten at all hours of the
day or night-,al few pecks at a time
with these impossible little chopsticks.
Very little is kept in the larder except
some slices OF d3ikOn, ferma1ted tur-
nip, some rice, and sweet biscuits.
The honorable live fish is sold by
men who carry around large water
tubs from house to house and cut of
as much as is required from the unfor
tunate fish, and replace the sadly mu-
tilated but still struggling remains
back in the tub
Eggs are cheap and plentiful; bread
is never used, SO there is no necessity
for IN even.
The great standby is tea A Jap
anese lady is seldom s5en in her home
without the quaint little tea tray by
her side, and the inevitable pipe, con-
tanning enc Whit of tobacco, which is
in constant eQuis.tion.-Ccrnhill Mag
azine.
Many quaint and interesting customs
have been kept alive for centuries in
the cid university town CT Tubingen, |
in South Germany. Every day in the
year at a few moments before neon a
small group CT musicians takes its
stand on dizzy platform high up on
the church steeple, and plays first to |
the east and then to the west a choral |
or sacred melody This music can be |
heard family and weirdly for miles |
around. and the effect below is very !
quaint and pleasing. World |
Magazine.
Admires the Canadian Half-Breed.-I
The more I have seen Of the half
bloods OF Canada, the m'lre l have !
ccme to admire them. They are of |
fearless stock, and have inherited |
many coed traits from both races. /
They regard with amusement and pity /
their half brothers, the full blood AL /
gonquins of the remote forest, but /
they understand the arts Of wood lore i
which make life more than endurable /
there. They have French, English, /
Scotch and scandinavian family /
names, and any one who thinks they |
lead an uncomfortable lie is very
much mist3ken.-Scrib1er' Magazine. /
Life of the Hindu Wifa-A Hindu /
wife is made to feel that her life is a
failure unless she is the mother OF a
son. According to the Brahmin relig-
ion, man can, with certainty, escape
hell if hes has a son living at the time
CT his death. Where a woman does
not give birth to 2 son in eleven years.
her husband must cast her aside, and
choose another wife. by whom he may
possibly have a son.
"A girl has miserable time Of it ali
her life. Only at night is mother al
lowed to kiss or caress her child. The
boys are allowed to roam at will; but
the girls must remain indoors, and can
only get cut at long intervals, for
short periods.
AT years of age the child is mar
ried-that is, the first wedding cere-
mOny takes place. 1t is more of a for
NAL betrothal, but with all the binding
CT q genuine wedding The child must
now remain indoors, a2d her face must
Re hidden from all men. If she is the
daughter Of a cast-off wife-that is,
one who for eleven years has borne no
has to suffer many persecu-
tons, which eventually lead her to al
NEST any evil or sin.
AT II years of age the husband. too
clsen very cid man, comes to take
the child to his hcune. Often the child
does not wish to go, and shrieks while
she vainly attempts to escape from the
messengers sent to bring her to the
waiting husband. When the husband
dies, the wife is shut up in a room.
sometimes fer years. where she sees
70 enc. Her imprisonment depends
CT the caprice ST the mo5her-in-Iaw.
As 2 widow. however, she is in dis
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