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Chinese AnatoHlV.

No Chinese representative of the
healing art has ever dissected any por-
tion Of the human frame. Accordingly
their ideas Of anatomy and physiology
are matters Of faith-confirmed by i'm
ages which have been reproduced dur
ing untold centuries. Their osteology
teaches that the skull is formed of one
bone; so is the pelvis; the number of
ribs varies with the individual, and at
the junction of the arm with the fore
arm is placed a cubital patella. Ac-
cording to Chinese splanchnology the
small intestine communicates with the
cavity Of the heart, while the colon,
after describing sixteen circumvolu-
tions, terminates by opening into the
lung The heart governs the vital pro-
cesses-in cooperation with the cavity
of the stomach it supplies all ideas and
all pleasurable sensations. The liver is
the habitat of the soul. and it is from
this gland that all noble and generous
sentiments emanate.
The gall bladder is the receptacle OF
courage, its ascent in the body is the
cause of a fit Of anger. They have an
idea of the continuous motion of the
blood, but 1t seems to be the product
Of an imagination more riotously ORR
entaf than even that which created the
other items of their physiology knowl-
edge. They do not know the pulmonary
circulation; they naturally know moth
ing Of the valves in the veins; they do
not even appear to have quite grasped
the motor function of the heart itself;
but they nevertheless profess to differ
entiate no less than seventy-four varie-
ties of pulse, simultaneously recogniz-
able on the person of single indi-
viduall In its ultimate structure the
body is composed of five elements-fire,
water, earth wood and metal. Each of
these clements is in a harmonious rap
port with the corresponding members
Of the series of five planets, five met
ais. five solid viscera, five colors and
five tastes. All diseases originate from
disturbances Of the primary and essen
tial quintic harmonies of these correla-
tions.-Shanghai Times.
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MEN amzlMAaIERS IN
THE E0 he WORLD

anees. 1t did rather badly at home. one
remembers, bat perhaps that was be-
cause Its application was so entirely
British.
Now. although it has been announced
that there win be a new play from
Plnero this fall, no one seems unduly
excited over the prospect. On the other
hand, the one topic in the playgoinS
world here is the new piece which Bar
RE is writing for Ellen Terry and which
Is to be seen here first and afterward
IN the United States OF course, the
idea for the play was Barrie's. Rumor
declares that Il has to do with the reia-
tons between q certain mother ana
daughter. And no sooner had the dra-
matist confided it to his manager,
Charles Frohman, than the American
impresario declared that Ellen Terry
must be secured for the part of the eld-
er woman, so of he and Barrie posted
&c the country town where Sir Henry
Irving's former partner is spending the
summer. The first plan was to get Miss
Terry to cancel the provincial tour
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His Cool Behavior.

huuGple French official who was
sent to one OF the hottest depart
ments of France found mis- bureau a
perfect furnace. until he had a brilliant
idea. He improvised a cistern and sat
in it all day. The public came into
his office and painted but he was up
to his armpits in water. cool and com
Portable. Nobody minded: it was
thought very clever Of him. and he
grew in the local esteem. But one day
there came an inspector whose busi-
ness it was to maintain the dignity Of
the public service. He stood aShast
What! A Registrar sitting in els
tern? 1t was a stigma on the republic.
The case was reported to Paris. and
the offender was on the point of being
dismissed when a cynic suggested "A
more ham 'r0'ts pUnishrlruI ~.ud
him to Algeria" Even the cisterns
are hot in that climate. - London
Chronicle.
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PHcr0's R50ai

HEADQUARTERS OF THE CALL.
3 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT
GARDEN, LONDON. July 27.-Wonder
how Mr.. Pinero likes it, Wonder IL he
isn't a bit jealous Of Mr.. Barrie? This
years season, like last years, starts
with new plays coming from both dra-
matists, and once more the elder plav-
wright seems in danger Of being
eclipsed By the younger. In spite of
Mr.. Barrie's string Of successes-"The
Little Minister" Quality Street and
The Admirable Crichton''-probably up
to last fall no one thought OF his wrest-
ing from Pinero his title Of premier
British dramatist, Pinero least of all
But Lefty" and Little Mary" pro-
duced within a few nights Of each 9TH
er. afforded a rather striking compari-
son so far as popularity was concerned.
The Pinero play interested the town
and has run somewhat over a hundred
nights, but Barrie's dramatic joke"
was the craze Of the season and gave
up the ghost only after 250 perform
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; HENRIETTA STREET, CONENT
GARDEN. LONDON. July 27-Before
long. marksmen in some part Of the
United States may find themselves op-
posed on the shooting range by an at
atractive English girl in the person of
Miss Florence Lewes. She is the young
woman whose exploits with her rife
AT this years "Bisley," the annual
British shooting competition, have at
tracted so much attention. MisSI
who is a grandniece Of GeOrsWHenry
Lewes. George Eliots friend. explained
the other day. just after she had made
80 out Of a possible 35 bullseyes. at 200
yards, that she took Up shooting not
long ago because she intends 10 emf
crate TO Canada shortly SO her ap-
pearance on American ranges is an
event quite likely to occur.
Women rife shots are rare in this
country. One Of them turns up at Bis
ley now and then. but fer the most
part their personal appearance is
rather weird. and they don't really
know how TO shoot. Miss Lewes. on the
contrary, is quite the trimmest figure
ever seen at the Bisley range, and her
craftsmanship made many Of the male
cracks" green with envy. Tall and
good looking, she shot in a brown COS
tune, belted at the waist. her jacket
being fitted with yellow elbow patches.
She also wore a very effective white
helmet, with an "anti-sunstroke" flap
behind, and high brown shooting boots.
When at work, Miss Lewes is busi
nesslike 10 the last detail Sitting
down on the range, the other day, she
. prepared her rife in the orthodox fash
ion, without any help A glance at the
flags told her how much TO allow for
wind. and then from her satchel she
produced a "vernier" and small pencil,
with which she carefully drew the
aiming line on the back sight bar. Her
subsequent work with the rife showed
that she possessed both the steady
nerve and the clear eye of the born
shot. Upon her first attempt at Bisley
she missed the center ring Of the tar
get only three times and in each case
the shot was the closest possible in
ner" She shoots also at 500 and 600
yards, where his scores vary from %
10 2S out Of a possible 30.
It is only two months ago that Miss
Lewes first went in for Workmanship,
% tlA -AAlE AlldA oAlE was " 80 10 1du-
ada in August. I expect TO lead a de-
lightful life there" she said, but
know that it is necessary TO ebe a good
horsewoman and to know hHV to use
the rifle" So Miss Lewes placed her
self under the tuition of Private Gray,
the famous instructor Of the London
Scottish regiment, and for the last two
months has shot regularly at the
weekly matches. So far, the young
woman's silver trophies number nine.
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which she had planned, but at this the
actress baked. so Barries play will
have &c wait until this tour is finished,
which viii be early in November. With
the fantasies of "Crichton" and Little
Mary" in mind. however, not TO men
tion Barrie's significant remark that if
playgoers would stand the latter play
they would stand anything. Londoners
are specHlating over his latest deliver
ance as they are not likely to speculate
over any other piece this season. Mean
While Pinero is holiday-making in Scot
land and saying nothing. He must
realize, however, that he never has had
a more dangerous rival than Barrie,
and one wonders how he likes it.
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and China has been the fly in the ointment for
the Indian Government The Tibetans first re-
fused to comply with the agreement, in that they
deliberately took all trade from Yatung, leaving
that village nothing but spot the map far as
commercial value concerned Then came the news
that Russia had concluded treaty direct with
the Tibetan Dalai Llama by which she was have the
of the trade from that drear country of snow
and rock
fed the British Secretary for India home: I'VE can
undertake negotiations nowhere else than Lhasa and
"a British commercial mission will for that place
suitable date in the forthcoming spring there to
the Chinese Resident and a duly appointed high
official of the Tibetan Government. We think that the
negotiations should culmnate in the appointment of
permanent British representative consular dplo-
matte to reside at Lhasa."
This, then, IS in brief, the British justification of the
Younghusband expedition Now that the troops of the
Indian Government have had to fight their way from
the frontier right up the gates of Ltasa itself, shed
larger question than the establishment of consular
representative the Forbidden City that the leader of
this mission has face. For the first time in the his
tory of that strange land army of white soldiers has
faced the walls of its sacred city Can it be reasonably
expected that with these invaders there will be executed
a treaty of trade relations?
The power of circumstances to alter will prob
ably receive convincing demonstration before Colonel
Younghusband begins the homeward trek.
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TALK OF THE TOWN
NDH9RHGs OF RHE
TIMEC ~
HeFOrg0t.

You see that we'll dressed fellow
coming across the street? I'll bet you
are afraid to ask him to direct you to
Third and Market streets" said Chief
of Detectives John Martin the other
day.
I'm not looking for trouble" re-
piled the reporter. But why?"
That's Jimmie Blank. It's an old
story, but is always fresh to Jimmie,
because his old friends always have
it on tap when they meet him.
Fifteen years ago Jimmie was a
bUnko man. One day on Kearny street
he walked up to a seedy looking young
fellow and asked him the way to
Third and Market streets.
1.-The stranger with a scornful look
strolled across the street.
Long afterward Jimmie met the
same chap. and. not recognizing him.
asked:
Say, old man, 1 am a stranger IN
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Whr the Crescent Flies.

The crescent symbol Of the Moham-
medans has nothing to DO with their
peculiar religious opinions and cere-
monies. 1t was not originally a SYM
Dol OF the followers Of Mohammed at
all. but was first used by the Byzan-
tines. Thousands of coins have been
found In all parts of Turkey which
date back to the time when COnstan-
tinOple was known as Byzantium. and
on each of these the symbol Of the
crescent appears. proving conclusive
ly that 1t was in use as an emblem
among the people of that region long
before Byzantium was overthrOwn
and it's name changed to Constantine
ople. The story of the origin of the
crescent symbol is as follows: When
Philip of Macedonia besieged Byzan-
tium he had planned to storm the city
on certain cloudy night but before
his arrangements were completed the
moon shone out and discovered his
approach to the besieged citizens. who
accordingly marched out and repulsed
his forces-sOmething which would
have been impossible in he darkness
After that event all Byzantine coins
bore the symbol Of the crescent moon,
which was always alluded to as the
savior of Byzantium.'
After many years the hordes under
Mohammed II captured Constantine
ople. At that time the crescent was
used everywhere and upon everything.
Suspecting that there must be magi-
cal power in the emblem the MOham-
medans appropriated it and have since
used it as their only symbolic decora-
tiOn.-Boston Transcript.
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BEAUTIFYING BY SYSTEM.

THE city of Riverside has, through the work of a
committee and with the sanction of the local
Chamber OF Commerce with painstaking care and
with much OF detail prepared for beautifyng the city
streets with upon definite system. Riverside is
already famed for aractveness In the its dwell
represent all civilized portions OF the globe. Tour
lists go there great numbers The charms of skilfuly
placed sem-ropical foliage effectively employed
give architectural beauties fitting environment Attention
the task OF making the city beautiful has paid fnan-
cay golden harvest has been reaped and other aur
tourist in view Persons with wealth
and refinement appreciate that which peaes the eye all
the when is coupled with city comforts. The
shrewd people of the south this and acting
cordingly
In any line Of cndeavor wise system counts To
produce the best results the best system indispensable
The Riverside committee is evidently in complete har
mony with this view The Riverside Enterprise pub
fishes the committee motto, follows: "If write
better book, preach better make better
mouserap than his neghbor though he build his house
the woods, the world will make beaten path his
door, Nothing left to individual caprice in the River
side plan i'll the selection of the variety the number
OF trees to be planted in the SO many
woods be in locality, determined number of
pepper eucalypt flame trees, magnolia
other determined varieties in other specified localities
Uniformity in locality secured The result will be the
best that Riverside do and the world heretofore
will make a beaten path its door
The value of information of this is found in its
application Riverside but of several communities
in Southern California continually striving be
sdered attractive and desirable than any rival
place of residence. Riverside. already we'll adorned
adopts system that may only be beautiful but that
may become pre- -eminenty much possible
1t is the idea of the party versed entertainment
compared with that of amateur who underest-
mates the desires, ability and intelligence of these be
entertained Therefore the work proposed is entitled
respectful consideration.
The climate and soil of the cities north of Tehachap
endow them with prolific growths, but there is of
these communities that has done its best o become
show city. Alameda is beautiful with its wealth of shade
trees and large residential sites Oakland has fine streets
and Berkeley vaunts its contours and views of
bay and Marin County miniature Switzerland
The counties north and south of San Francisco
tiful with orchards and vineyards. But will ven
seriously combat the assertion that Northern
California community has yet resolved to do its
best to be beautiful System and determination are all
that lacking. Money abounds. An Italian sky is
overhead What city will tear leaf from the
Riverside book and Systematically plan become the
best possible show north of Tehachapi?
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BEFORE THE WALLS OF LHAsA.

H EPORTS from London announce that at last Col
* Onel Younehusband's Commercial mission" of
regular Indian troops has arrived the gates of
the Forbidden City of Lhasa After having dragged their
gangs and their howzers the summit of the Him
aayas and used them to good effect than once on
the barren steppes of Tibet these missionaries of a
commercial creed their destination. The
world awaits the results of their preachmcnt
That the anxiety of interested nations as well,
the doubts at home might be there were
recently read before Parliament all of the official pa
pers bearing upon the Tibetan mission These coupled
with the soemnly pronounced to Russia and
recently to the United States at least define the
position Great Britain has taken in the Tbetan affair if
they do allay in the suspicious hearts of
some of her neighbors the Continent
"a trade shall be established at Yatung on the
Tbean side of the frontier. and shall be opened to all
British subjects for the purposes of trade from the first
day of May, 1904. The Government of India shall he
free to send officers reside at Yatung watch the
conditions of British trade at that mart"
That clause in the convention between Great Britain
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For native mpudence, unsurpassed in the riots
of imagination the invitation of the Japanese beSegers
of Port Arthur the Russians surrender and save
useless of thousands of human lives. be
accepted the limit in modern experience. The little
brown should be able after this 70 take unique
place in history a nation of unconscious jokers They
remember. however, that in the balance OF
profit and loss is made in human lives.
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Londoa's Lack of Storks.

The volume of statistics just issued
~ the London County Council con-
Oins some interesting figures bearing
on the condition of London. The most
remarkable fact brought under notice
is the steady decline in the birth rate.
In 1867 1t reached a little over 361k per
1000. while in 1902 it fell to a little over
2S per 1000. The death rate in 1902 was
the lowest ever recorded except that Of
1901 which was slightly less.
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The habit of keeping trial uries under the Vglant
of the Sheriff and entertaining them the expense of
the city may be highly conducive the best interests of
Justice but dstressingy expensive to the municipal
ity If pay much preserve jurors from the
glitter of temptation why expend little more to
punish them if they fall? 1t would be we'll teach the
lesson that honesty is polite if nothing else
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Chicago has nnocently and ingenuousy presented to
the world another human freak of her civilization He
is of wealth who has tired of opuence and pines
for the pains and pleasures of poverty By all means
send him West. We have thousand and one means Of
assisting him to realize his ambition as speedily as he or
any one else desire.
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PURE AIR LAw-H. P. Berkeley.
Cal. What was known as the pure air
law" for the violation OF which so
many Chinese were arrested in San
Francisco, provided that sleeping apart
ments should contain 500 cubic feet OF
air for each occupant.
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town. Can you show me the way to
Third and Market streets?'
We'll, for the Lords sake, haven't
you found that place yet? You asked
me that question more than year ago.
was the reply.
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prefer public to private employment for
yourself"
Why, public employment.
Then" said the Secretary gravely,
my advice would be that you make
the appointment
And it was made very quickly.-New
York Herald
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BRITT AND CORBETT-A. n. S.
City. At the time Of the Britt-Young
COrbett fight in WOOdward's Pavilion
Britt's corner was nearest to Thirteenth
street and COrbett's nearest to Four
teenth.
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The Superior Court, in decision recently rendered
draws fine distinction between 'ofice" and "emplov-
ment applied the lesurely occupation of the serv
of the municipality. While there may be to the
legal mind similarity between the terms if not an
identity the lay mind public office and employment
are far removed from each other the poles Their
association would be absurdity
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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT Read
er. City. There is no law in the state
of California that says a woman who
is convicted Of murder In the first de-
gree shall not be hanged. Nor is there
any law in any other State. so far as
this department has been able to dis
cover.
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SEQUENCE-A- P. p. Alameda, Cal.
In poker a sequence is FIVE cards, not
of the same suit but all in sequence.
In computing the value OF sequence
an ace counts either as the highest or
the lowest card-that is. below a deuce
or above a king. When each party
holds a sequence the hand commencing
with the highest card in sequence wins:
so, also, when two or more parties hold
fushes against each other. II there is
tie the next highest card in either
or any hand wins.
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-4HS1rerS to Queries.

CRIBBAGE-E. Z. L., San Jose. Cal.
-Four fours and a seven in cribbage
count twenty-four.
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ERNE'S NATIVITY-A. S. Citv.
Frank Erne, the Dugilist, was born in
Zurich, Switzerland, January s, 1919.
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SANCHO PEDRO-N.. City. In the
game Of sanchO pedro the seller must
make at least one more than he is Of
fered.
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LETTERS-A Reader, City. There
is a law in California that makes it a
crime for a person to open a letter ad-
dressed to another. Under a strict con-
struction Of that law a husband would
not have the right to open his wife s
letters. but if the old idea that a man
and his wife are one prevails, he prob
ably would have the right to open such.
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Secretary Hay, with composurc that speaks well for
his pacific disposition has informed the Sultan of Tur-
key that the patience of the United States exhausted
and must be treated with the consideration due
friendly power After series of insults heaped upon
Americans for two years it time for anybodys
patience be 1t might be we'll for the Sultan
to view Secretary Hays words threatening prel-
mary to actions that do ask but force respect
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BUDDHA-Subscribe CITY. Tho
colossal statue of Buddha, which is
hfty-three feet in height. is in Nara,
the most ancient capital of Japan.
about twenty miles east of Ozaka.
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Special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men BY the
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's). $50 CAL
1ornia street. Telephone Main 1041.
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Townsend's California Glace fruits IN
artistic fire-etched boxes. IT'S Market ST.
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Say, old man. am stranger in
Bisbee daily review., 1904-03-15
NoTchEpsrick LADDERS.
Los Angeles Capitalists Deserib,
 Primitive Mining Methods.


 E. N Mathis, health officer of Los Angeles county, California, b w. Fild, a millionaire mine operator in California and British Columbia, and Allen J. Smith. a mine expert, are spending a few days at Fl Paso, says the Times.
 They claim to have located a very rich silver and gold property which fs the extension Of the old Candelaria mine, near Chalchihuerites, which was denounced by the Spaniards in the year 17sS, and from which millions of silver bullion have been extracted
 This was worked by the Spaniards in a most primitive manner up to 1924, when the grandfather of Senor Don Pedro Perez Moreno. its present opeT- ator, secured it. Dr. Mathis. who acted as spokes- man for the party, stated that the same primitive methods of mining used in the eighteenth century were still in vogue in the camp.
 He saated: "The men carry the ore on their backs, using notched sticks for ladders, and bringing it up from the water level, depth of 25O or 300 feet. The ore bodies are about twenty-five feet in width. and carry values of several thousand ounces in silver. The owners of the CandelaTia mine are too lazy to woIh it. They get enough ore out for living expenses. and that's about all they care for. The country is the most richly mineralized I ever saw. and the most neglected.
 People will not believe that such richness would go unworked, but there are very few English people in that section, and the Mexicans don't seem 10 want to open up the properties.
 They have DO machinery in inc workings, and carry up their ore on notched sticks for ladders, in sort of a slating shaft, which has levels al about every sixteen feet. At present they have 10 stop on account Of hay ing struck water.
 Their only method of removing the water would be by hand buckets, and of course they could make no head way. We intend to go to Los Angeles and finance the proposition. be lieve that our mine will prove as rief as any in this country"