The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-01-01
CHINESE NEWSPAPER ADS.
The Column of Personal Paragraphs
Makes Very Entertaining
Reading.

native press. There are, in fact, only
five daily papers published in the YER
nacular Of the Flowery land. Shanghai
and Canton each support two; the re-
naming one is published in Tientsin.
These journals are run on strictly
business lines. They give their readers
q fair quantity of news, and an abund-
ance of personal paragraphs many
Of which are very personalindeed. But
II is the advertisements that form the
leading feature Of native Chinese
daily. Advertisement rates rule cheap,
and thus II comes about that almost
every Celestial patronlEes at some tire
or other the advertising columns of his
favorite journal. He even airs private
grievances through the medium Of the
press. says the London Express.
Here is the concluding portion Of an
announcement inserted by a lifted
swain whose lady love eloped with one
Chou Ling;
81 cannot control my wrath and bit
terness. My loved one has it is plain,
been eDtlced away by this rascars de-
ceit. How, wonder, can a mere tail
or's dummy like this succeed in winning
her? Surely, he has not law or justice
before his eyes. 1t is on this account
that l am advertising. Should any
kind-hearted gentleman give me infor-
nation Of her whereabouts by letter /
viii reward him with 500; should he
bring her back to her parents will joy
fully give him $40. l win most certain
ly not eat my words. His Kindness and
benevoIence for myriad generations,
to all eternity, shall not be for
gotten"
Another announcement of the agony
column class, written apparently by
mother to a son who hasrun away from
home, runs thus:
IF you delay longer and do not re-
turn cannot, cannot bear it, and shall
most surely seek an end to my life, and
then you viii stand in peril of death
by thunder. ] am now at my last gasp,
and the family has suffered from in
suits most grievous. If you come, no
matter how. everything is sure to be
arranged. / have thought of plan
by which your father may still be kept
in ignorance. My life or death hangs
on the issue Of these few days. Only ]
pray that all good people everywhere
will spread this message abroad, so that
the right person may hear il. So will
they lay up for themselves boundless
store Of secret merit"
There is not so much Of the broken
hearted parent about the following:
MY second son, Huai Po, boy OF
tender years and no parts, was edu-
Gated at home in the country, and had
no knowledge Of the world. Even when
we came to Shanghai last year he
stayed indoors learning his lessons, and
never left the house until September
&c, when he went out to get cool. and
never returned. ought to say that the
hoy was altogether unacquainted with
the customs of Shanghai and the char
acter of the people, and presume he
has been decoyed away by rascals for
some bad purpose. The gold charms
he was wearing and the silver he had
about him will not, ] am afraid. be suf-
ficient for his necessities. On the con-
trary, he will be borrowing money OF
doing something of the kind. In that
case l will not hold myself liable.
Should any of my relatives or friends
see him earnestly hope they will com
mand him to return at once. and so will
they earn my gratitude. But l shall
pay no monetary reward
China is a happy hunting ground for
quacks. Appended is translation of
an "ad." typical Of its class;
Our recipe has come down to us from
a physician Of the Ming dynasty. A
certain mandarin was journeying in
the hill country when he saw a woman
passing southwark over the mountains
as though flying. In her hand she held
stick, and she was pursuing an old
fellow Of a hundred years. The mand-
arin asked; Why do you beat that old
man2' She answered; He is my
grandson. for am 500 years old and he
ia. He viii not purify himself by
taking his medicine. and so am beat
ing him. The mandarin alighted from
his horse. and knelt down and did
obeisance to her. saying: Give me.
pray you. this drug, that may hand
il down to posterity for the salvation
of mankind Hence it got its name
Fairy Recipe for Lengthening Life
Take it five days, and the body viii feel
light; take il for ten days, and your
spirits will become brisk; for 20 days.
and the voice will be strong and clear
and the hands and feet snnnle. for one |