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Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24

The public ls-aroused to a know
edge OF the curative merits of that
great medicinalitonic. Electric Bit
tiers, for sieb stomach, liver and
Kidneys. Mary H. Walters,of SAG
Vi. Clair Ave Columbus, o., writes:
"For several months, Il was given
up to die. had favor andagus, my
4erves we,e wreckedSI could not
sleep, ani'my stomcb was 80 weak,
Aom useles doctors drugs, that /
aould not eat Soon after beginning
o take Elictrlc. Bitiers, I obtained
relief and 10 a.short time / was en-
hrelY cured Guaranteed AZ r.. O.
s1ana store; price Soc.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24
NorIcE orEoRtELruRM

NOTICE OFF ORR EhIURF&
] 70 T.. @, Puckett bis legal representative
or As.iln:
Yan ave hereby uoliasd thit T. tho un-
'si ned have xpfnded one Hundred da'lors
on q ca OF toe claims or two hundced dol-
,ars on both claims dur.ng the year 1904, in
jhor and improvement upnn the following
lode cl inns situated 10 the Red Rive
Mining Distriot in H. couity OF Taos and
Territory oEN-w Mex'co and uscre failv
dsscri he'd ~ the ! G tinn certificates VIII 6
are recf ded in % TO AMI g ltwri- -
thu County otta s-nl reri ory Of \
Mex co: b. G II King mining lode clain.
is r.ro d Il M,rca 22ed r10, IN Book %
on p ,ge l2l, .aid rlsi u having he5o iccat-
ed on JAN. 9th 1899; aud tho Gold q cen
mining loie claim is recorded April 10th
1900, in Book NJ. % on Pape 1a9. said c a N
having been located January 18Th, 1900
S lid mount was expended during the
said year for the purposs of holding
said clam under the provisions of
section 1924, revised statutes OF
the United SFatos and amendments th ere
Co. il within ninty days after the
service Of this notlce by publication. yon
fail or refuse TO contribute your portion Of
such expenditure "a co-owner, together
with the cost OF the publication OF thi
notice, your interest in this lcde Claim
will become the property OF the under
scriber, your co-owner.
John L.. Cnmmina
First Puh'ieaiiOn May Il, 1904.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24

Uncle james Garland received
The cad news last week of the death
Of his son-in-iaw II. p. McKevitt
Of Washington, d. @. Mr.. McKe.
yitt was for years quite prominent
IN the newspaper business of Texas
but Of late has held an important
position, in Government Printing
Office at Washington.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24

The-waeoR road ID the Independ
nee frO@,Re'f II er is now passa-
ole for wagons ba a number from
Red River expect to repair the road
from Eest prnil which needs con
siderable work before much freight
San be brought over 1t.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24

Dr.. aud Mrs. VIM. II. Powell os
tAe INDEPENDENCE attended churcl
m town Thur~ony evening and af-
Der church che Doctor aud Mrs.
Bessie Wise gave the audience a
musical treat.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24

2osephs Ito has snd familv who
&ve been spending two or three
'uPnks-I. BelIe.Rn Anchor on AN
aEs5HG. left Fee their homs near
Mleblos Tuesday.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24

M. D. Pierce and Andy Manson
qOs developing The CaribeL up Pho
uReP- This property is one of the
1es, in camp, Master Bdiie sou
a M Pie~ge se~papdins the waek
a the-nsine.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24

nv. B J. Young aud two daugter
Wrses MrrlAnd Stella and Miss
TassA O. fEslt went TO Ellz beth
lawn, today
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24

Ell Rfice who has been develop
ing tt"~R j. H. mining claim on
The Sh Fork Of Red River, has
move amp 10 the naper Uolumbine
where Ia will work the assessment
on tie Oklahoma.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24

Wilson-aadUahnson has make a
Big strike ~ tAeir property near
ne Independence. 1t resembles
ne Independence ote and is un-
@bUstediy the extention to that
EoPeStY
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24

Bnsis Eanaeas thr Elizlhethtown
uDrchAntowas a visitor in camp to-
rsRana-nade,euL Office a pleasant
su7f
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24

Last Saturday noon the daughter
Of Melsuadez Rail Of Questa was
led to the hYmenial alter by Andres
Martinez. A number of Invitations
we're received heee and all unite
With the Ptospeetor in wishing
AsBa happy welded life.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24

SIM M4llette who hts been de-
VWbPing.she Begsn las cut a fine
EGingIsad on iiAt property.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24

Earl Young Isft yesterday for
Provo, Utah to sttend the Brigham
Young Academy. 1t is a good sign
thai q young man has a level head
when he is an yious TO get an edu-
cation and the Prospector is pleased
to know that OR friend Earl has
such an ambition.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24

Rrs. Rogers and the Misses Belle
Fletcher aud HELEN Roger after
spending two or three. weeks visit.
ing in the family of MIS-. Rogers
sister Mrs. b. J Young, returned
to Sanf I'd. Colorado this week.
Brad Wilson brother of Mrs. Reg-
ers came up after them,
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24

Jsck Bidweu was.o over from Eliz
lhtown, the Rrstof tue week on
Eaing business.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24

The people Of Taos ARE making
preparation for a big time during
San Garronimo Feast.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24

A letter from A. x. Thompson
Of North Yakima, WASH. reports
Mrs. Thompson's health as improy-
ing and Carl working IN a drug
store during his school vacation.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24

Frank StapIin, editor snd pub
Usher of.the Farmineton Enter
prise, is in Taos apd Twining This
this week on business in connec-
ton with the receivers sale Of The
Fraser Mountain Copper Oompa-
ny's property which comes off to-
morrow in raos aud of which com
pany Mr.. Staplin is receiver7
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24

The subject for class meeting
next Sunday evening will bef"Are
you your brothers. keeper
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION.
homestead Entry 30. 1905.
Department Of the interior,
Land OF az Santa 'Fe,

Department Of the interior,
Land Oa az Santa Re,
New MEXICO. July p, 1905
NotIce is hereby given that the FL
lowinc-pamed settler has fled notice of
his intention to made final proof IN
snnpor' IF his claim. and that s id proof
wil Ne m"da b fOre The nroha clerk
at Taos. y. NJ, on S pt. q. 10 3, w;
Tecfl Vi.il H. the The 81 y. Wa
Lo's.3 & 4, SAc.5 Y. 2aN. Il. Ii e.,
IL psmos The following witnesses
10 prove his c%nn'ibncus residenre upon
and cultivation o9said land, viz:
,Jlan n. Gom9z y. of Csrro, N. NJ.
Frarciqco Co9tez. of
Teodoro Vigil Of "~
Ahelino GtvoA Of
MsnueR X. Oterc, Register,
First Publication Jlly 81, 1904.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24
RATRsoF -suBscRIPIloN
LOCALS.

sAeIndepenaeoce isssaeking ore
&shipmenss
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24

Espie Htmblin the little 6fteen-
year-son Of Mr. Lee Hamblin and
Mrs. Fannie Hamhlin, quietly de-
parted this life about 7 o'clock
Wednesday morning after an Hines
Of only one wesk. Drs{ Van Frad-
enLnrr psd Pain ualted on him
hi@S2uring his illness and pro-
douGctd typhoid feyo bat owing
to his qaick death it is4hought his
his ai.ment might have been some
thing more seeious~ The family
have he sympathy Of the entire
community in there sad bereave
ment, The fupe:nl occurred yes
te~rday. Manassa Correspondent Of
La Jala,( Colo )Uhronicle.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24

Fresh home made candy at Uncle
steves
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24

o. d. Mallette commenced hay
ing this week.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24

VIM Pritchett was over from.
Twiniug-
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24

Mrs Bessie Wise has returned
to Taos.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-01-05
Gold Standard for Mexico.

Mexico has placed her money
on Il gold basis. She has done
this by establishing and by un-
dertaking to maintain "a fixed
gold value for her silver dollar.
This dollar. so well known in
many countries, is retained, with
it's weight and fneness nnchang
ed: but it is to have by law a
fixed value of fifty cents in gold
Thus the present ratio is nearly
observed, for the actual gold val
ue of this dollarl is about forty
seven cents. Dollars of the old
stole will be coined, but only for
export. They will not come
back, for the importation of them
IS forbidden. Our Times.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-01-05
Change Of Base.

The Dispatch has closed it's
printing establishment at Wads-
worth and moved to Sparks.
Henceforth the paper will be
known as the Sparks Dispatch.
Since the S. P. cut-off left
Wadsworth off the line that town
has suffered the fate of many a
Nevada town. Wadsworth was
a railroad town" and when the
main stay of its support was
taken away, its inhabitants scat
tered and left the once lively burg
Gas Goldsmith would call IT'D "A
Deserted Village. -
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-01-05
Phoebe Mines TO Be Sold.

On GOOD authority it is report
al that another option is about
to be given to New York syn
dictate on all the property of the
Phoebe Consolidated Mining q
Reduction Co. This includes
the mines at Phoebe and jack
rabbit district.
The price to be paid is stated
to be in the neighborhood OF half
a million dollars, extending over
a period of several years.
Several options on this prop
erty have been given in past
wears. and nothing paid down.
In the present Instance however,
a cash payment is to be made
when the option is executed, and
this will go long way toward
showing the good faith of the
purchasers.
A stockholders meeting of the
company has been called for jan
uary 4th, for the election OF new
officers, and to pass upon the
proposed sale. This meeting
will take place at Salt Lake, and
before the first week in the new
year expires we ought to know
the result.
We have not been able to learn
who constitute the syndicate OF
purchasers at New York, but
with Il first cash payment made
on this proposition and the prob
able building of the railroad
branch from Caliente here dur
during 1903, with the mining en-
terprises which are sure, with
such work to be undertaken, Pl-
oche and vicinity will show more
activity by the end Of the coming
year, than it has known for years
past. Lincoln County Record.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-01-05
A Snap for a Teacher.

A teacher is wanted for "a
grammar grade school with an
enrolment of only three pupils,
near Phoebe. The school pays
S45 per mouth with board and
lodging, aud the term lasts six
months, commencing Jan. |, 1908.
The applicant must have a high
school normal diploma or a life
certificate or mnst he able to pass
the teachers examinations to be
held ut Phoebe on Jan. II, Ii
and IA.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-01-05
NOTICE TO PAINTERS.

Bids will be received by the
County Clerk to paint the Court
House and Jail, outside Of build
ing and roof, all except roof tc
be painted with lead paint, ROOT
or shingles to be painted with
mineral paint. To be subject to
the approval of the Board OF
County Commissioners,
NEIL MUNRO.
County Clerk.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-01-05
A Prospector's Cabin.

AS the prospector leaves his
cabin after his summers work
and goes away for the winter. he
generally puts some form of no
tice on the door. In the Bohemia
district a miner who has just
come out says he saw and copied
the following:
Were gone. No use to break
in, as we cleaned up everything
to eat before we Left
At another place the notice
read:
There nothing left but
beans.
The next read: He who en-
tiers here leaves hope behind. -
Another. Go in and take
what.you want, but leave grind
stone"
These prospectors will likely
all be back in the spring, but it
is probable the Kansas man who
wrote the following, taken from
an exchange, will vote in Oregon
hereafter:
-Four miles from a neighbOr.
sixteen miles from a postOffice,
twenty miles from railroad,
fourteen miles from school,
forty-one miles from church,
100 miles from timber, 800 miles
to Republican, half mile from
water, quarter of a mile from
hell, and the same distance from
a Democrat. Gone to Oregon,
which is God s country to get a
fresh start. Bohemia Gore. }
Nugget.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-01-05

The Smuggler- Union, Liberty
Bell, Tomboy, Nellie and Alta
mines of Telluride, Colo, have
given notice that eight hours
shall constitute work day in
their mills, with minimum wage
of So. 90 per day; also that no dis
elimination will be made between
union and non union men.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-01-05

Senator Stewart has intro
duced bill to raise the salary of
the President from $4,000 per
year to 100000; the Vice-Presi-
dent from $4,000 to $4,000 the
Speaker of the House from S.
to $4,000, and all the Senators
and Representatives from $1,000
to $4,000 apiece.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-01-05

To avoid the slow and eXpens
i've climb of $500 feet through
forty miles of dangerous and ex-
pensive snow sheds, the South
ern Pacific is contemplating run
ming a tunnel through the Sierras.
The tnnnel will be about seven
miles long and will cost approx
imately $3,OOO,OOO.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-01-05
Stopping at Hamilton
both ways EnrOute.
Notice.
CHANGE IN FREIGHT AND PASSEN-
GER RATES ON WELLESLEY LINE.

From January LIST, 1904 the follow
ing rates will ne elective on the Wells
Ely Stag Lane TO ely:
All packages under 50lbs. Will be
graduated.
All freight and express over 50lbs.
. cents per pound.
Passenger fare $l2. 50; round trip
$22
The following apply toCherry Creek
Packages under 50lbs. graduated,
Freight aud express ot 50lhs. Gets
Passenger fare $40, round trip SIS.
Thirty pounds Of baggage allowed
each passenger.
d. G KENNEDY, Manager
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-01-05

The Sheriff of Churchill coun-
ty only gets 500 per year In
Justice to his successors he ohght
to have a bill before the incom-
ing Legislature asking for az in
crease in salary.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-01-05

Little grains of powder,
Little gobs of paint,
Make a girls complexion
Look like what it ain {.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-01-05

The automatic registering
gates at the ST. Louis Fair show
that 19.694,8 55 persons have
passed them
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-01-05

A bank was opened at Sparks
on Dec. 2, to be known as the
Bank of Sparks. VIM. Mcmillan
is cashier.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-01-05
SHORT ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A cigar factory is soon to be
esta bliShed in ElkO.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-01-05
Lodge Directory.

ISUERRY CREEK LODGE No.3a, ], o. o. r.
I Meets al Odd Fellows Hall every Mos
dar evening at O'Clock Sojourn- an
ing brethren in good standing are SSI
ORR, y. G., r. N. CLARK, Ret. see.
rotary.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-01-05
Is Is g! g % 2! w "! Hodge,

MEETS THE FIRST AND THIRD
Thursd avs of each month at 8 O'Clock
p. NJ. in the A. o. u. w. Hall at Ely.
Sojourning brethren in good standing
are cordially invited to attend the meet
ings. M. G. SHALLENBARGER, M. w.
W. A. MoYLE, Secretary.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-01-05

C>,TEPrOE LODGE so. ~. r. A A. Nj.
AIhe Na,ed Commune ton Of Steptot
Lodge, No. "a, r. IL A. NJ. will he held 4
in Nevada Hall each Tuesday evening IN.
on or before the full OF the Moon. Nom Nh
beers OF sister Lodges and sojourning
brethren in good standing are cordially IN
yited to attend W. G. GALLAG REX W. NJ .
CHAs A, WALKEr secretary.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-01-05
FOR SALE
PeasIee Buildings, Main St

Peasiee Buildings, Main st,
the building now being used by the
Sunday School, on Main street, Ely,
and also the adjoining barn, known ~
the Peaslee property, is for sale. For
particulars, terms. ect., address,
MRS. j. II. PEASLEE,
Pocte, Nevada.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-01-05
Carving u. S. Mail,
Passengers and
Freight. Daily,
except Sundays.
Shortest
Route

A Special Stage will he PUN
through from Ely to Eureka on
Sundays for two or more pas
seneers, leaving Ely at z a. M,
arriving at Eureka at Up III.
Also from Eureka to Ely.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-12-14

A man, SO to speak, who cannot bow
to his own conscience every morning is
hardly in condition to respectfully sa-
lutte the world at any other time Of the
day.-Douglas Jerrold.
Isolation of the UntauEht Deaf Mute.
The eye can never take the place OF
the ear. During the first twelve or
fourteen years Of normal life, knowl-
edge enters the mind mainly through
the ear. The little deaf mute is, there
fore thousand times more isolated
than the child who Is born blind. In
the domain of morals the uneducated
deaf mute's isolation is made danger
GUS by the fact that the allurements to
sin are mostly addressed to the eye,
while It's restraints, in youth at least
are mainly appeals to the ear. More
over, the blind child, cultivating his
hearing, Is only going back to nature
to his forbears. the cave dwellers.
Next to the search for food, listening
for sounds Is, perhaps, mans strongest
primal instinct. The deaf learner, de-
pendent solely upon his eyes, has, Of
course, the first instinct, without the
safeguard of the second.-Reader.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-12-14

Perhaps one Of the cleverest tricks
ever played ON Uncle Sans money
marts is credited to Philadelphia wo-
man. She had been engaged with
gang of counterfeiters and had learned
ihe secrets of the work. She hired
room with steam power, and with the
mid of small drills she dug out five and
ten dollar gold pieces, leaving nothing
but a very thin outside shell. This was
effected by drilling through the milled
edge OF the coin. She then replaced
the extracted gold with some baser
metal, taking care to preserve the exact
legal weight of the coin, and then COW
cred up with a small bit Of extracted
gold the tiny hole made by the drill.
BY this ingenious device she extracted
So worth of gold from every five dollar
gold piece and $3.50 worth Of gold from
every ten dollar gold piece that she
handled, and yet the coin remained ap-
parently as before. This device is pro-
nounced to be the most absolutely safe
and clever Of all dishonest practices
that has ever been resorted to In con-
nection with money. Success made her
reckless, and arrest and imprisonment
soon stopped the woman's operations
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-12-14

Writing to the Zoologisches Qarten OF
Berlin, Professor julius Schott stated
that at a local menagerie he once saw
an elephant exposed in the open air to
the conditions of temperature below
freezing point, the animal appearing to
suffer no Inconvenience, though evil
IDENTIFY conscious of an unusual environ
ment But the palm may be given to
an Indian elephant named Topsy, the
property OF Mr.. Philadelphia, trav-
cling Snowman Some years ago, find-
ing himself in northern Sweden and tie
business of his calling at low ebb,
he decided to make for Stroem, q
small town almost within the arctic
circle, and attend the annual fair. For
the journey of thirty-five miles the anil
mails body was caparisoned in reindeer
skin, and he was provided with boots
Of the same material. The weather
was very cold, the temperature varying
from Il degrees centigrade to 20 de-
grees centigrade, and snow lay thickiy
around. The inhabitants of Strocm
and the neighboring Lapps were amaz-
ed at the unwonted sight Money pour
ed into the Golfers of the enterprising
Snowman, and when the market was
over and the return journey made the
elephant seemed little IL any the worse
for his experience.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-12-14
where .as sea piaappear..

4 girl was recently overtaken and
drowned by the incoming tide on the
west coast Of France. A transplanted
Breton said of this fatality:
Can you, who see your own tides
crawl in at the rate Of ten feet or SO
an hour, imagine tides racing like wild
white horses up the fiat sands at the
rate Of half mile a minute? The ex-
traordinary flatness of our Breton
coasts gives us these phenomenal tides.
The sea does not rise and fail. 1t ap-
pears and disappears, You have vast
and fet plain OF sand. At set hour
the sea rushes In, white, wild, submerg-
ing this vast plain. At set hour an
unseen hand sucks back the waters
back thirty, forty, fifty miles = and
nothing is visible but the plain Of pale
sand again. Woe unto such as walk
on this desolate plain when the tide
begins to rise, for they must drown!
Nothing can save them. ."-Philadelphi
Bulletin.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-12-14
His eligion.

Not long ago a certain clergyman
from the west was called to church
in Jersey City. Soon after his arrival
the divine's wife made the usual WIS.,
its to the members of the parish. One
OF these, a plumbers wife, was asked
by the good lady whether the family
were regular churchgoers, whereupon
the wife Of the plumber replied that,
while she and her children were at
tendants at divine service quite regu-
larly, her husband was not.
Dear mev' said the minister's wife.
''That's too bad! Does your husband
never go to churchf"
"Well, wouldn't say that he never
went" was the reply. Occasionally
VIII goes to the Unitarian, now and
then to the Methodist, and l have
known him to attend the Catholic
church."
A look Of perplexity came to the face
Of the visitor. Perhaps your husband
is an agnostic," suggested she
Not at ALL" hastily answered the
other; hes plumber, When there is
nothing for him 10 do at one church
there is very likely something for him
at one Of the Others. Week
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-12-14
WANGkANG CEREMONIES.
How the Chinese Attract ana Then
Destroy EVIL Spirltg.

How the Chinese Attract ana Tnen
Destroy EVIL spirits.
Recently the Chinese residents of the
Straits Settlements had great process
sion, called "wangkang," to get rid or
a large accumulation Of evil spirits,
says a writer in the Chicago News.
Ceremonies Of this sort are held Dy
the Chinese about once in fifteen years.
The plan Is to construct richly deco
rated junk, fill it with dainty eatables.
money, live animals, incense ana otner
tempting things and then to take 1t
about the city with music ana appro-
pirate singing and great pomp gener-
ally.
This causes the evil spirits to come
out to see what is going on. Behold
ing the splendid junk and its rare con-
tents, they crowd inside. Demons OF
sickness are especially sought for and
shared.
After the junk has been sufficiently
paraded so that 1t is chock full of de-
mons, it is burned and the evil spirits
perish. Formerly the junk was set
ndrift on the ocean, but sometimes It
was stranded on some island or other,
causing great suffering to the inhab-
itants thus exposed to the attacks or
the marooned spirits. So now the junk
is burned at. the close of each ceremony
of the sort.
The Chinese in the vicinity Of Singa-
pore spent about $4,000 in getting rid
OF their demons this fall.