The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-07-20
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Fasas Dsnsassrsasa IN stVdyins Nab
IL q Various Rsesa

- q Varioss Rsssa
oassr - q nag seen. the relative
Valas g pasA and q pail = = DiAia
faes a nature u anybOdy doubts q.
- hin eoasiasF the fOllOUing 4etliis.
n whieh Tie Statesman shows the dif-
fereBoe bstgsen ths Asiatie ana Ias
Earopsan:
In IndlA. q man digging On the FaF-
dea does not tkrOu the earth irOm
him. - tks EnglisA gArdsner d.cs,
III pulls q toward hin The caTI.e.i-
ter uaSiRG UOOd does not drive the
80. he pulls n. IN t0ksR uf Na.sh
tact Ia tsssh u N lndiah saw are
st In the opposite Way from those "a
TIE EnslisA sac. Even Wien the In-
dian uorkmAH has been Induced 10
aoopt he labor saving mashihsTy ~
troduooa from Europe he skOss .
strange peTvsrsiy n sacrificing part
e The bsnslz through his habit &C ire
ssrEiag 20 pull rather than to pasA.
Thu4 n turning . wheel. ~ IN
raising water from . veil 90 WoTk ag
. crane. Instead u pushing the handle
down an4 % gstting the benefit % ne
weight q his body. be pulls u up. ana
- saeFieces thar natural advantage.
FOr the same reason the Wheelbarr"S
has never beoOEe hafuralized In IN
eia. although specially suited fOE q
country whsTe rOads are still cOmI.ar-
atlvsly fsS. bot fOotpaths abound
The Indian arm works In the opposite
dirscti0n from the Earopean BIT and
bFaos. AID the PIT Is stirred not IRON
len % right. a. In the West. but Grom
riekt 60 left.
The sane ruls holds good IN weap-
ons q warfare Tbs Indian swOEd -
made fcT cutting not for GhrustinE.
and the common daos and daEgers are
On the same principle
The Indian. In the use % weapons
RatuFs has provided for offence and
deisncs. does nat hit out straight from
the sho1ldsr liks the European. cut
strikes rum above downward. 90
from right 90 lef, with a Sweeping
mOysmenL NOr h. the baekhandea
slap % which must English sch0Ol
boys have had personal experience
tn0vn In the Eass
kicking cat h also rare. althOaga
Il i coming IN With football An0fn-
- physical exerCise In which the DIFF
ference - very marked Is swimming.
IN India the arms are Dot extended
edward - IN Europe. but the stroEs
h downward and inward.
Nor does the Indian take a header
into the WatsT with arms extended.
ThOss Sho have seen the famous div
srs a Delhi sad elsewhere diving
trom the n00fs q mosques into ada
eest tanks viii remember that they
came eoSn feet fOEemoss and assumed
squafting attitude before. reaching
the water
Then In riding the Indian hOrsemsn
hsepa his position. not HE che EaFo-
p1an thy bsla1zE % ~ the sxteasus
mas-les a shs thiEh with toes dirertea
inwsrdI. but By EFasDinE the saddle
With eexors-that h 10 say. With tAs
calves u the les. the tors Icing a.
Fecisd outward An ihdisn scavearer
sUesps toward himself. noi Away, lac
hts brother In the West
When the indian bsckons some one
- spPtoaeh be does - With the palm
q the hand downward: the European
n the eOrrespondlng act turns the
palm uS~ard Even IN Indian SrIt-
ins there h an avoidance Of more
ment 0s eztsnsioA.
THIS b VeFy sppaFsat IN the case %
Persian. Shich b written from rigat
10 Ell. but h alAO holds god In Iiiadi
and osAeT Sanskrtt language Near
y all the strokes are written down
ward: the upward sweeps commOn "a