The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11
PEOPLE AND THINGS.

When the sword is rusty. the blow bright,
 the prisons empty the granaries full, the steps of the temple worn down and those
 of the law courts grass grown; when doc
 tors go a-foot. the bakers horseback.
 and the men of letters in their own car
 rages. then the empire is we'll governed. The size of a mans hand determines the
 width of a brick. just as the height of an
 average man determines the number of
 ''hands" to which we shall breed horses
 We could probably produce them of nineteen
 hands commonly. only the animals would al-
 ways need a mounting stool or ladder for
 IA A German colony that settled on the
 heights of Halfa. Palestine, thirty-four years ago has prospered Not of its ninety
 families is poor. All are fairly well-to-d do
 They have raised grapes from Affentaler and Reisling. scions of which wine free
 from alcohol is made. This is sold to the natives and serves as very refreshing drink
 Some years ago 6 very wealthy man in
 England got 1t into his head that he had lost all his money. To pacifiy him his sons told him that they had saved the rem nants of the estates and were able to offer
 him employment as a clerk. At $7.5o
 week he worked as happy as a prince for
 
 died his estate amounted to nearly $15.o0o.- 900.
 The Armenian porters of Constantinople are believed to be the champion weight car rers of the world. They have been known for centuries as "hamels''-i e., camels. But while a camel is heavily burdened at
 300 pounds for a days march. these men.
 according to general belief, quoted in Cur zon's Armenia, will carry for a short dis | tance probably from ship to shore. as much
 as 500 pounds There is . we'll attested
 story of a 'hamer having been seen in
 the streets of Constantinople with a grand piano on his back.
 According to The Chemist and Druggist. | the native drug stores in Japan are still largely stocked with dried snakes, toads,
 lizards. crabs, etc. infusions of which are
 the popular household remedies throughout the country. Various secret remedies,
 which are supposed to be as universal and
 potent in their curative effects as many of l our Western plasters. are much in vogue, and massage Is largely practiced. Face
 paints and powders may also be seen on the shelves
 someng Poa Kis Is the son of the Chinese
 ambassador in Paris. His father Is justly proud of him. for he is a little fellow of ac
 complishments and is already more talked | about than his distinguished progenitor. Hc
 is known "the Chinese would-be child" Only years old. he speaks French flu | entity and has 2,5O0 Chinese characters at his command. This indicates a memory
 such even 'geniuses" seldom possess. for
 each stroke of these characters has sep
 arate significance all its own and is so diff
 ficult to acquire that a knowledge of | thousand of these characters Is the mark of
 highly educated Chinese gentleman. Give me the money" says a recent spec
 ulative philosopher, that has been spent m
 war and will purchase every foot of land on the globe. will clothe every man. wo-
 man and child In an attire of which kings
 and queens would be proud. I will build school houses on every hillside and in every valley all over the whole earth; I will build
 an academy in every town and endow 1t, d college in every state and fill 1t with able professors; I will crown every hill with n place of worship consecrated to the promul- gation of peace; I will support in every pull pit an able teacher of righteousness. so that on every Sabbath morning the chime of one hill shall answer to the chime of auother around the eatths wide circumference. and the voice of prayer and the song of praise should ascend like a universal holocaust to heaven"