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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-03

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 two scales, one coffee mill. 36S1 Avenue E, corner 37th street, Avondale. Will sell separately. 12-i-3t
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sALEsMEN WANTED.

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FOK SALE.


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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-11

Naismith, the manager OF the Alberta Rail-
way and Irrigation company of Lethbridge
tells of his experiences at Frankalta,
where one of the Rocky mountains tipped
over. burying a town and killing large
number Of people This mountain was so
delicately poised that an excavation at its
foot caused it to crack and some millions
of tons of earth slid off, covering the rail-
road track and changing the whole face
of the country. The earth continued to
rumble for days, and people from all parts
of the country came to see the great con-
vulsion Of nature. 1t was just after the
disaster that Peter Naismith went up TO
take a look at the ruins. AS he stood In
the midst of them a great groaning came
from below him, and it looked as though
second slide was about to occur All of
the party ran for their lives and Naismith
faster than amp. 1 asked him If he were
frightened. He replied;
II Should say l was. l ran down that
mountain as though all the furies were
after me. Indeed, l ran so fast that one
of the local papers said that on the way
overlook a jack rabbit going at full speed
and gave HIM kick. exclaiming as l
did so:
" Get out of the way, blank you, and let
somebody run who can rum"
When 1t is remembered that Jack rab-
bit can outdistance the ordinary horse the
strength of this remark is apparent.
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ToIxIo's Temple to Mercy.

In Toxic, the largest city of the empire,
are noted temples in various parts of the
city. 1 shall mention but one of them,
the great Buddhist temple, popularity
known as the Asa-Kusa Kwannon, because
It was dedicated to the goddess of mercy.
The main building is quite large and con-
tains gorgeous shrines and idols. but dingy.
Everything about the temple is dirty. 1t is
in constant use, men, women and chill
dren are there as worshipers. visitors OF all
kinds, soldiers, smoking dealers selling
charms, children playing, chickens, cocks
and pigeons moving about promiscuously.
The diseased and the healthy are there,
rubbing together, the one seeking cures,
the other pleasure. 1t is a most striking
Jpxtaposition of piety, pleasure, specula-
ton and curiosity, I'm fine, a spectacle,
than which surely nothing more motley
was ever witnessed in a religious edifice."
The whole surface of one stone idol was
very much worn, particularly the eyes,
nose and other parts of the face, by wor-
shippers rubbing the stone image and after
wards themselves by their hands on the
parts diseased, hoping thus to cure the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-11
pupil Farmers.

This young man was a pupil farmer
Scores of such have been sent out from
England 10 the United States and Canada
to learn farming. There are men who
make a regular business Of drumming up
lies in different parts Of Great Britain, and
persuade them that there is great money
In ranching and undertake to teach their
sons the business for a consideration. The
boys are charged all the way from $1,000
upward a year for their instruction. and in
some cases they are made to do the dirty
work. 20 clean up the stables. wash the
dishes and labor early and late. AS soon
as they find out the deception they run
OF, but the money has been paid In ad-
vance. and the agent always comes out
ahead heard of one young pupil farmer
who was met the other day by man who
knew him when he first arrived In Cal
gary lie asked the boy how he liked the
work and II he was still studying The re-
ply came quick.
II am not. chucked that job six months
ago. and now l have two pupil farmers
myself"
This same game was played in Iowa and
Minnesota by several Englishmen some
years ago. One Of them brought over large
numbers OF boys at good prices. He had
games and amusements 70 get money out
OF their pockets. teaching them 20 play
polo and selling ponies 10 them for the
purpose. He made small fortune before
his frauds were discovered.
Speaking OF the young Enslishman's Jack
rAbbits reminds me Of . story thai Peter
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-11
Stories Gathered Cattle Country OF the Canadian Norhv

told to hobble them at night so that they
could Craze freely; but also in such way
that they could not get far from the camp
before morning. He was also told to lock
his rear wagon wheels upon starting down
a steep hill and was shown just how to do
both. The immigrant said he understood
and started off. The first hill he came to
he carefully hobbled his oxen and started
down As a result the wagon ran over
them; his wife and children and provisions
were thrown out and the animals consider
ably bruised
After some time he got his team again
harnessed and crossed the valley to go up
the blum upon the other side He now re-
membered the advice about locking the
wheels and put on the brakes and chains
before starting. When asked why he locked
his wheels on going UP the hill. he replied
that he was afraid that the weight of the
wagon would pull the oxen the other way.
Another of these immigrants was disap-
pointed in the quality Of the land. He went
out to look at his homestead and then came
TO the colonization agents and told them
that he was going back to the old country.
what is the matter7" asked the agent.
why" replied the young man with a
cockney accent, that blooming land is no
good"
II thought" said the agent. "that gave
you particularly fine tract. The soil must
be good"
We'll" said the cockney. IT dug hole
to examine It and what do you thing I
found. There was about foot and a half
Of black loan on top and below that moth
ing but bloody cla-i"
n A d Nm WIN
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twelve square pillars Of the same material,
which was erected in 1913 The next build
ing is the depository of all the Buddhist
scriptures. Ascending steps we enter an
other court; along it's front is a stonA
balustrade. In this court stands the tenn
pie of Yakushi. A native guide book,
speaking of it, says: Though the exterior
is ordinary black and red, the ornamental
ton of the interior has no parallel In
Nikko. II is a blaze of gold and har-
monious colors." Next we reach a most
artfully fashioned gate, which is called
the Great Gate NiklSo." Its carvings ig-
ures and other concentrations were so
beautiful and perfect that the artist him
self put one of the patterns upside down
lest the absolute perfection of his art work
would provoke the jealousy Of heaven.
The next special object of interest is the
Chinese gate. 1t was adorned with carv-
ings and figures peculiarly Chinese, the
door of the gate is perhaps one of the
most perfect works of art in the entire
mausoleum. Through this gate we enter
the main shrine. The chief excellencies
of the main shrine are legion, and cannot
stop even to mention them. After leaving
the main shrine and ascending several
hundred steps we came to the tomb OF
Iejasu which is like a small pagoda. 1t
is single bronze casting of light color,
occasioned, 1t is said, by a mixture of
gold. In addition to what have par
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-11
Money in Ground SQUIRRELS.

Another remittance boy added to his In
come by pretending to have gopher farm.
His father had no idea that the word
gopher meant much the same as ground
squirrel, and when his boy wrote an en-
thusiastic letter saying that he had now
stock of 100 blooded gophers on his range
he thought he was doing well. When no
added that the animals were in good con-
dition, but that it would take 81, 900 more
to keep them In shape for the market next
spring. he sent on the money, evidently
thinking that the gopher was some new
breed of sheep or cattle.
Another young Englishman came here
with an intense desire to learn ranching
and he had no sooner arrived than he got
a place as a cowboy. He was anxious to
begin work at once, so the second day after
he came he was told to go out and round up
the lambs and get them in the corral for
the evening. The young man started en-
Enthusiastically out. Dinner time passed and
he had not returned. The hour for supper
arrived, and he was still absent. A little
later he dragged himself into the house,
dead tired. He was asked why he had
stayed so long, ana replied that he had
had lot of trouble with the lambs, but
that he had finally succeeded in getting all
but two into the corral. but that these two
ran so fast that he could not catch them.
The other cowboys considered this strange,
as the lambs are not hard TO drive. so they
took a lantern and went out to the corral.
AS they opened the door about score Of
jack rabbits dashed past them. The young
nobleman had mistaken jack rabbits for
lambs, and had finally managed to get them
inside the Enclosure. 1 will not vouch for
the truth of this story.
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A Gold brick Story.

AS rule order is good in the ranch
country and confidence men comparatively
scarce. The old stagers here are on the
outlook for swindlers. but nevertheless
some of the best of them are badly taken
IN A recent story is told concerning the
selling of gold brick to bank manager
and newspaper editor Of Calgary for the
sum of $4,000. The Canadian bankers are
the shrewdest of their kind. and the man
ager of this branch at Calgary has been
long in the business. Nevertheless when an
old man came into the bank few months
ago and told him he had discovered a gold
mine in the Rockies and taken therefrom
enough dust to form two large bricks he
listened. He also mentioned the fact to the
editor, and the two again heard the story.
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pickle bright aud HI. Dad.

EdnCus IL tte,.
%
Dickie Bright aud His Dad.
The stories of how some of these remit
lance men take in their parents are inter-
esting. They are sent out here with the
idea that they may make their fortunes,
and they frequently bring large sums to in
vest. AS soon as they arrive they go into
crazy speculations and wild extravagances,
sending back to their parents for more
money from time to time. One character of
this kind was Dickie Bright, the grandson
of the man for whom the disease of the
Kidneys was named" Dickie's father was
rich and he had supplied Dickie with
money and sent him out here to grow up
with the country. Dickie invested in
ranch and asked for large remittano~s from
time to time on the plea of increasing his
live stock.
At the same time he sent home ford
stories of the money he was making and
how he was fast becoming a cattle king.
Shortly after one of his most enthusiastic
letters he received a dispatch from New
York saying that his father had Just ar
rived there and that he was coming out to
see him. The boy was in despair. He had
spent his remittances in riotous living and
he had no cattle to speak Of. Adjoining
MIN, however, was one OF the largest cattle
owners of the west. He conhded in him
and persuaded him to lend him 1000 head
of his best stock for one night. When he
made this request his neighbor asked what
he wanted to do with tho cattle. He re-
piled:
Il shall put them in my corral, and when
the old man comes will show them as my
herd. Dad can't stay but a day, and will
see that they are driven back safe to you
the next morning"
The rancher was something OF a sport
himself. and PIE finally consented to help
the boy out of his trouble. The cattle were
sent over. Old Dr. Bright duly arrived
and he was driven out and shown the herd
which Dickie said was only a sample Of his
stock, which he had brought in to show to
his father The boy added. however, that
It was not good TO keep the cattle penned
up. and that they must go back upon the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-11
Remittance Men.

Among the characters of Calgary are the
remittance men. They are the younger sons
Of wealthy or noble English families, who
are out here to make their fortunes and
grow up with the country. Some have
come because their people did not want
them at home and others because they liked
the wild life of the pralries, which until re-
Gently, has oorresponded somewhat with
Kipling's description OF the country east
OF Suez:"
Where the best is like the worst
Where there amt no Ten Commandments,
And man can raise a thirst"
These remittance men get so much money
every month or every quarter and most Of
them spend It in drinking and carousing
Many are ''ne'er do wells" and they fan
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-11
Temples and Shrnes Wonderful of the Jop0

CT7A PAN Is particularly noted for the
III temples and shrines. They exist
k&A-Fl wherever you go. No country af-
kffsi3s4 fords more suitable natural sites
SNeAAasS for such places Of worship accord
ing to It's size. Japan has had two relfg-
ons, the Shinto and the Buddhist. and a
union Of the two. There are Shint0 temples
and Buddhist temples and combination
temples. The Buddhist temples are gener-
ally the most deliberately adorned The
eight hundred myriads Of shinto gods and
the multitudinous deities of the Buddihists
require almost innumerablo places where
they may be worshiped. 10 AFFORD even
list Of the more important temples would
require more space than a single communi-
cation Ike this, not to speak of particular
mention Of them. Accordingly l shall make
special mention OF a few temples and their
shrines in Japan situated in Mike. Toxic,
KyOta, Kamalura and Kumamoto
Nikko, without doubt holds the first
place In the way of temples and shrtnes in
Japan. Japanese proverb says, do not
use the name magnificent till you have seen
Nikko. "Nikko is a double glory-a glory
Of nature and glory OF art-mountains,
cascades, monumental forest trees have all
ways stood there" Gorgeous temples and
other richly ornamented buildings in the
temple areas, massive stone walls, fine
streets, high stone steps, elegant parks,
splendid avenues lined on both sides VITA
the lofty cryptomerla trees, romantic walks
and trails leading in all directions to other
temples. shrines and charming resorta
make NiEko a peculi 'rly fitting place Tor the
japanese gods to dwell and Tor themselves
to worship. 1t seems however, as though
the gods outnumbered the worshipers I
shall first speak Of the mausoleum OF ley
asu, named after Ieysau one Of Japan's
greatest generals. and without doubt the
greatest ruler ever produced by Japan.
This mausoleum, with all its enclosed build
ings, etc, is the chief attraction of NilSko.
As we ascend the wide stone steps near
the entrance we come to the large granite
Tori, twenty-seven feet six inches high
and its columns three feet six inches in
diameter. To the left is a graceful five
story pagoda, 1O4 feet in height and its
roofs on each side eighteen feet wide.
stone pavement and steps lead to the gate
OF the two kings, which is finely ornamen-
ted with carvings, etc. 1t might be we'll to
state that the gates OF the japanese tenn
pies are more than mere doors swung on
hinges. They are imposing structures OF
from one to three stories and are fine spec
linens Of what is to be seen within.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-11
Billy cochrnne's Bull Fight.

Others or these men keep themselves
straight. They bring money with them,
invest it and make 1t breed like Australian
rabbits, but at the same time they are
full of sport and spend freely. One Of
these is a son OF an admiral of the British
navy. His name Is Cochrane, and he is
said to have made a fortune of his own
in ranching and other investments. He
has one big range near Calgary on which
he keeps 5000 of the widest of Canadian
cattle Every year or so he brings in a
new installment of bulls from Scotland,
giving his agents at home instructions to
send him the widest and fercest animals
that can be secured. When he was re-
Gently asked why he did this he replied:
You see, 1 have to pay my cowboys 30
much a month, and want to raise stock
that will make them earn their wages.
Besides, 1t adds to the life of the ranch. :"
Il went out to see Billy Cochrane the
other day." said Calgary banker to me
last night when 1 arrived at the ranch
found him seated on the fence of one OF
his corrals watching a fight between two
bulls. As he saw me he told me TO hurry
up and have a look. ] climbed to the fence
beside him. and as 1 watched the struggle
going on beneath, 1 said: Why, Billy,
II you do not separate those bulls one will
soon kill the other Let them KILL, was
the reply. This is the real thing. 1t is
better than any Spanish bull fight and
would give bull any day TO see it,
We'll, we watched the struggle for an
hour, Cochrane clipping his hands and
urging his bulls on 10 battle. Finally one
drove his horns into the side of the other
and killed It. Upon my expressing surprise
at this wanton waste of valuable live stock,
Cochrane said: oh! it don't matter at all.
We have got to have some sport. We must
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-11

The last temple shall speak OF is 2.
Buddhist temple in the neighborhood OF
Kumamoto eight or ten hours distant from
Nagasaki by boat and rail The temple is
a long ride of three hours by rikisha from
the city The temple building itself is
reached by long flight of stone steps.
There is nothing peculiar about the build
ing or natural surroundings. It's Worship
ers make II an extraordinary place for
vitltors. 1t is largely the resort of per-
sons possessed of the fox or afflicted with
other grave diseases. as leprosy, etc Their
self-isolation from the healthy visitors,
their sorTowful lRmentation as they sit
alone or in groups outside of the steps that
lead up to the temple, calling attention to
their afflictions, which no earthly physi-
clans can cure, and their monotonous, dis
tressing appeals to their gods at the temple,
all tend to awaken the most heartfelt SYM
pathy for these terrible sufferers.
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Symbolic Structures Inside.

Passing through this gate we enter
court yard, surrounded by a red timber
wall. In this court yard stands an old
and very large confer tree, and close bv
II is the stable for the sacred white 7ony.
Over one OF the doors Of this stable is IA
artful carving of three monkeys, called
the Blind. the Deaf and the Dumb mon
keys. The first with his hands on his
eyes, the second with his hands on his
ears. and the third with his hands on his
liDs. which meant that these curious mon
keys will neither see, hear or speak evil.
Close by is the magnificent holy water
cistern, made of one solid piece of granite
and protected by a roof supported by
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old religion. Passinr Away.

The old japanese religions are fast pass
ing away, and with their passing are going
the old temple services. Before very long
many of the most noted temples and their
grounds will be maintained as art mu-
seums, public parks, or for educational
purposes, while the less noted ones will
be turned over to other useful purposes
for the public good. Judging from the
very rapid progress OF Christianity in
Japan and from the very great influence
1t extended over the Japanese during the
war with the Russians, II does not re-
quire a prophet to state that Christianity
is destined to become the religion of japan.
and not only 50, but that Japan will become
the most effective factor in the evangelical
ton of China in particular and Of other
far eastern nations and peoples in general.
ROBERT WEIDBNSAILA
Colombo, Ceylon, January 26, 1908.
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range right away. The old doctor was de-
lighted and gave Dickie a check for $4,000
70 increase the business before he left
When the returned to England he boosted
about the clubs how his boy had built up
one Of the biggest stock ranches in the
west and was making fortune on the
Canadian plains. In the meantime Dickie
was luxuriating on his $4,000. 1t soon dis
appeared, and little later he wrote to his
father for more, saying that cold and dis
ease had ruined his herd. AS a result he
was called back to England.