The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-01-27
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in cool, moist place, and new head
grows.
There are no undertakers in Japan.
When a person dies his nearest reIa-
tives put him into coffin and bury
him. The mourning does not begin
until after burial.
The postal departments say Chicago
Is often and horribly misspelled by
foreigners. 1t is said that the word
has been spelled in 1S9 different WAYS.
Here are some Of the most puzzling:
Zizazo, JapagO. Hipaho, Jaglga, Schec-
chacho, Hizago, Chachicho and Shi-
cahbzdo.
| Mrs. Witte has been consistently
snubbed by the imperial family, and
the question arises whether, now that
her husband has been made count.
they will let her into that society. The
present empress has been the worst of
the whole lot. This is not because of
Mrs. Whites humble birth, but her He
brew blood.
One Of the features that attract most
attention In travelling through the Aus
tralian colonies is the number of
churches which are everywhere to be
found. Every little township or village
has three or four edifices devoted to
worship; in fact, one Victorian hamlet
achieved n0tOriety by being the pos
SCISSOR Of FIVE churches and no public
| houses.
A part of Thomas Paine's brain,
which Moncure d. Conway bought as
relic at a London auction some
years ago, was placed recently in the
old Paine tomb at New Rochelle, N.
Y, where new monument in Paines
memory has been constructed. The
story of the wanderings of Thomas
Paine's body, after death, is becoming
very complicated.
| Schuyler Van Ness, Of an old Long
Island Dutch family, was brought into
Long Island city police court the other
day as vagrant, having been arrest
ed for begging on a ferry boat He
was once a wealthy turfman, and
owned Morello, the stallion that won
the Futurity in 1892. The magistrate
compassionated the broken old man
and let him go.
| Fish caught on the coasts OF France
and Italy are now transported alive by
rail to Germany and Russia for the
market. The living fish are placed In
covered aquaria, or cisterns, running
on small wheels, and stored In wagons
for the purpose. The water Of the els
terms is renewed continually by means
Of a motor pump and system Of pipes
Is connected with them.
Human hairs are not, as might be
supposed, perfectly cylindrical, but are
more or less fattened in one direction
The most cylindrical hair is most in
clined to grow straight, while hair that
| Is much fattened has a tendency tt
curl; and the fiatter the hair the great
er this tendency. This is the mair
cause Of curly hair; but the readiness
with which hair absorbs moisture also
affects curliness.
The Zurich people are at present
| training a number Of collie dogs to ruI
down and catch law-breakers. Bar
racks at Selnau, near Zurich, have
| been set apart for the education" Of
the animals. By means Of DUNN, es the
dogs are taught to bring down a mar
and pin him to the ground without
biting him. They also learn to juml
over walls and to follow man int
the water and prevent him from
drowning. The education Of dog |!
completed In six months.
Four years ago William Rockefeller
the Standard Oil magnate, began al
action at law against an old army vet
eran named Lahore for trespass OF
the magnificent Rockefeller estate a
Malone, n. Y. The jury returned {
verdict in favor of Mr.. Rockefeller anC
awarded him eighteen cents damages
Lamore's attorneys appealed the case
1t has taken a dozen turns, but Is still
In the courts. Rockefeller is trying t
get his eighteen cents and Lahore Il
trying to keep from paying it.
The Chinese eat indiscriminately al
most every living creature whicl
comes In their way; dogs, cats, hawks
owls, eagles and storks are regula
marketable commodities, in default 0
which dish Of rats, field mice o
snakes is not objected to. Cockroache
and other insects and reptiles are uset
for food or medicine. Their taste 70
dogs flesh is quite fashion. YOUNG
pups-plump, succulent and tender
fetch good prices at the market stalls
where supply is always to be found
A dish of puppies, prepared by skill
ful cook is esteemed as a dish fit 70
the gods. At every grand banquet
makes its appearance as hash o
stew.
The Gaulois of Paris has been In
yestIgating that grave question, "Wh.
do men wear mustachesY' About on
hundred men answered the question
SIX replied that it was too much trou
lille to shave, one declared that 1t wa
To hide his teeth, another that his lon