The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-02-12
CHINESE FESTIVALS.
SIX Curious Feast Days That Usher
In the New Year.

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abstain from eating flesh, and they
| sometimes observe IL as day or fast
ing. The second day is Dogs day CKu-
Yau. This day is especially held sa-
! cred to the canine hosts Of the FloweTy
| Kingdom. The Chinese, nOtwithstand'
| ing the fact that they eat the flesh OF
| the dog and esteem 1t a great delicacy,
honor their dogs more highly and take
| better care of them than any other race
Of people. In every large Chinese city
there is a workman whose sole trade is
| that of making collins for departed
CANNES.
Tie third day, Hogs day CChen-fa
| is celebrated in honor of a hog that
once drew valuable manuscript out
of q bonfire of trash. The fourth feast,
Sleeps day (YaongYat), is honOrcd i'll
memory of Pun KOon Venga, a shep-
herd who clothed himself in leaves,
grass and bark OF trees, refusing TO
make use of any part Of the sheep, Ell
Their for food or clothing. The fifth day
Is Cows day (New-Yat). This day Is
consecrated 10 the COW that sucked the
orphan who afterward became rich and
built the celebrated Temple OF Cows.
The sixth day is Ma-Yat, or Horse day,
and is set apart to call to mind the use
fitness of that noble animal.
An Honored Chinamnn.
Queen Victoria with the prince con
sort and her family. attended in state
the opening Of the great exhibition of
1851. While the choir was singing the
"HaIleluiah Chorus" a Chinaman su-
perbly ROBBED suddenly emerged from
the crowd and Frustrated himself be
fore the throne. No one knew who he
was. He might be the emperor Of Chi
ma himself come secretly TO England to
share in the great dOings. The lord
chamberlain, greatly perplexed, applied
TO the queen and the prince for advice
and instructions. He was informed
that there must be no mistake as to the
strangers rank and that it would be
best to place him between the arch
bishop of Canterbury and the Duke Of
Wellington. In this position of honor
the Chinaman. with magnificent dig
nifty, walked through the buildings to
the delight and amaZement of all who
watched. Next day IT was discovered
that he was the keeper Of Chinese
junk which had just cast anchor in the
Thames and which everybody was in
vited to visit on payment Of a shilling
a head
Gods Opportunities.
God never calls a man to what be
cannot get. Bishop Potter, think it
was. once made this very wise saying:
Our best thoughts are those which
seek us and not those which we seek"
Gods opportunities in the same way
are those which seek us when we ere
at work Christ called to Peter and !
Andrew when they were laboring at |
their nets. Our best oDortunities are |
not those after which we are running
around. ncGlcrtiUc tho pressing duties ]
ut hand They are the horny hands Of |
toll which Il necessary ara just as |
will.2@ to firmly grip the handle Of /
p.oU - 70 Wild q pen or unsheathe
c..t-orirg sword. Gods messengers OF !
temporal ;1d snt.itual success some
times appear a-t.rad in the rough gar
mentS Of a laAcror instead of being COW
cred with the white robes of corona
tion.-Rev. Dr. Frank De Witt Tai
cage. Presbyterian. Chicago
Christ and the Common PeOpI-
| don't wonder that the common PEG
pie have ever felt Il deep interest in .Te-
sus. There is that in his character o
command the love and respect Of every
man who has a spirit to appreciate true
nobility. He possessed a moral cOur-
age which was most attractive charm. |
Do not think of him as all gentleness
and tenderness. with a scheme of re-
demptiOn free from all moral verte-
brateduesS. He believed tremendously !
in great spiritual truths and had the
of his convictions. How hS
made the proud Pharisees quail under
bis just charge of hypocrisy. How the
money changers fed before the crack
# his scOur%e. No man ever became q
great leader who lacked in moral cOur-
lge. The common people have always |
felt that in Jesus they had a moral
eader who feared no foe and who or
Tered no charges when he himself was
lot ready 10 lead the way. He never
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ne has not already done for them
Rev. Or. Charles Bayard Mitchell.
Methodist Cleveland
Pedigrees OF Arabian Horses.
The Arabs have no written pedi.
Zrees. 1t is all an affair of memory
and Of nOtoriety in the tribe. Certain =,
alleged pedigrees OF Arabian horses,
touched in romantic language and rep ,
resented as carried in a small bag and !
hung by a cord around the animals
leck. have been published. but these
Ire fOrgeries got up probably by horse
leaIers, Egyptian. Syrian or Persian. !
The breeding of every horse is a mat
er of common knowledge. and il
would be impossible for his owner 10
abricate pedigree so as to deceive the
latives, even if he were so inclined. |
The BedOuins, it seems necessary to =
Omit, are in general great liars. and -
hey will lie Ito a stTanger) about the
ge, the qualities or the ownership of
horse hut fhav will NOT lie abouf his e