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20 ODDITIES OF LIFE IN CHINA. Mtcr.n cr atoms. Tium> %m> m%w NKRA l\ IHi; CITY or I’KKIK. I'u udn nieatitl INflrrrnrfa Hftffrrn ihr Krilov* and White .Hprrlmrn ConveraiiCinna I lilnrai* Wrddlßia-U hat John I lilnnumn l>or W hen He lln* a Pnln— %m r|- <*n* Well l.lknl There—Remarli able l*ateat Metllelae Alrertle lurntx—'The Atnirlrnn Hunker and Hl* C htarae Tlaltor— Wamlerlnu TrndranirnThe Habit of neta-RrllahlJltp of the 4’hlnatnnn. I reliihl anti PHiarnirr TrnfVle In U herlbarron - An I nlmrnlhr Hare. (By Prof lx*®r Taylor lle.idlird of th# C'hatr of Mental and Moral Phlto*Of>hy In tha University of Peking.) (Copyright 10 by 1 T Headland ) In all the walk* of life the t'htneman l always widely diff<i<nt. often exactly antithetical to ua The divergence In customs Is this surface Indication of es sential and vital disparities of type I have set down hera In random paragraphs, gome every day matters. Intended to throw a little light on life as 1 have seen It In and around Peking To attempt to get a Ch.namsn to as- Hor* ready for Shoeing. ■ten a reason for anything I* futile. One day while riding a donkey through the country west of Pekin I noticed that the women of the country villages, mosily farmers' wives and daughters, did not bind their feel. 1 said to the dunkey driver who was running along beside me. “The country women do not bind their feet, do they?" "No " "Why?" "They do not bind th*lr feet." "Why Is It that the Chinese women blno there feet?" "They bintf their feet." "Hut why do they do It?" "That Is Ihelr custom." "But why Is It their custom?" "There Is no why—no teason whatever." Ask a child: "Why did your brother not come to school to-day?" ■'My brother did not come to school to day" Or Inquire of a man: "Why Is It that the Chinese build a pagoda thirteen stories high?" and he will most probably answer, "That Is the Open *lr aeamstres*. * The Btreet Barber. way to build a pagoda." The Faille Aorhlngs of Oriental Con ▼eraatinn. The Chinaman Is very sociable but at the same time conosrvatlve and non-com mittal. When two Chinese meet on the street, neither of them woplrt think of passing the other by without stopping and holding a little social chat. It I* purely ■octal, however, for neither tell* the other ai.y thing about himself. The conversation will probably ba something after the fol lowing style: "Are you well?" "Well. Are you well?" "Well. Where are you going’" "Down street. Where are you going?" "Up street. Where have you been?" "Just up there. Where have you been?" "I have been down there. Good-day.” "Good-day." Marriage Is a Battery In China. When th* Chinaman wishes to marry the flrst requisite Is to secure a middle man lo transact Ihe business. Of all un reliable people ths most unreliable Is the middle man- who Is usually a woman. In case the young man dfslre* lo see the bride before marrying, he bribe# the mid dle men to find out at what time he can stand on some street rornor and see her go by In a cart. If she hapt>ens to he beautiful aha Is allowed to go. If homely. lieautlful girl I* substituted for her. and the young man goes home satlatled and happy, the middle man In the meantime pocketing tha money. When the wedding day ar rive*. the girl It put in a dosed chair, end carried about tor an hour or two with a great retinue of beggms hearing mottoes or lanterns In for# her until time to take her to th# bridegroom’s home. She Is brought up to his door, a red clwth put upon the ground or floor, and ahe step* out of the chair Into Ida hopie and by this act is married. One of the Fokin University students one dsy In conversa tion with the writer said that their tthe students) method of getting a wife was better than either the Chinese or the tor dun method. "Because.” said h*. "the Chinese cannot see hi# wife before he marries her. and Ihe foreigner h* to get his own wife, while we can see Ihe girl In church every Sunday, and as they have brothers In th# University and we have Bisters In the girls’ high school, wc ran learn all about her. nnd thin we have mw one to go and get her for us." I insixt'-d that oura Is Ihe hotter method bemuse we ran g*i belter aiiwalnt-d. "But," said he. "does II not make you awiullt angry If you ask a girl lo marry you and she refuaea?" h Social t •>lom. -*i- •-■ - ■ always given flr.t, a* In all Chines* non* iHdaftir* Although Ihla la rmitrary to our ruatntn. It la more reasonable. We •ay John Kmitli—they say. Smith. John. It la tha Smith that la raally important rind itcccaaaty 10 know. The John la aa>-oi dary When two Chinamen meri on the itnti they stand at a respectful distance mill each gravely shake* hie imii hantl II you tried to ahake a Chinaman by the hand he would probably regard tl as .*• eanll and battery. To lift one'* hoi lo an acquaintance. man or woman, would be an Insult, White l the Chinese hue of mourning ll tloaa not atay while long, however, ai the more eol til and dilapidated a Cblm ■■ mourner l"Oks. the greater In the rme l Irhplletl lo (he dead, For Ihla reoon ihe altllcud orn s leave th'lr heads unshaven until they attain a remarkable degree of dlnrrputabllity. Siime lllaeaaea and tllmenli, Smallpox la almost unlver.nl. No pre. csullona are taken against Ita spread \t kei a child ls taken 111 with Ihe dis ease. he Is carefully tended until he bus "bloggomrd nui,*' as the Chinese term is, when he Is allow.d lo go mi In the street and i lay with Ihe other children, ll Is taken ter granted that every one man have smallfox: the a toner, the lielier. ; On nil sides one comes across blind I eop’e lllludriess Is mainly Ihe result of smallpox and la so common as hardly ,lo be regarded as an affliction No pro tlrion Is made for Ihe blind In the shape of homes or ho.pltal* Many of them wwader at out as traveling, musicians. sciK't mes singly, wunrtlmr* In small band*. Baldness Is fully a* common In China as In America. The Chinese call It Huang T'ou, "Shiny Fate Women suit r most ftom 11. Thl* is partly b < aits, .of Ihe greasy hair dressing used, and still more one to the fashion of drawing the hnli so light on framework that It Is slowly but surely dtagged out by Ihe root*. When the center of a Chinese woman’s head Is as bare as a billard ball, and only a thin fringe of hair encircles lh“ lower part, she paste* a large piece of black cloth on her scalp, to which to fasten ihr rem nants, and blacks In the remaining optn spaces with China Ink . Deafness and dumbness are less common than baldness and Mintin'p-, perhaps lie cause Iheie I* neither style nor disease to produce them Th* Chln“e believe that If wax from Ihe ear touches Ihe Ups. dumbness ensu>*. Another belief current In Peking Is that blow upon the soft spot of an Infant'* skull will cause dumb ness. 8> meone once asked me If the Chinese have the toothache They have every- thing. Now that the foreigners are In Pekin, the owner of an afflicted tnolar, If he ha* any foreign acquaintances, ap peal* to them to pull the tooth If he burn'!, he must Just grin and bear 11. There are no Chlnrse dentist*. It would ho hard to find n raee with poorer teeth Some t tilnesr Hcmcdlc*. Headache I* also very prevalent, hut for this 'hey have a r nudv, cr what they allege to be one. They take the skin of the temple, or that of the forehead or bridge of the nose, and pinch It between the thumb and linger until It Is black and blue * Still another temedy Is lo tussle a Chinese freight ear and loromotlve. large black plaster or the leaf of some tree or plant over the epul. For sore throat they pinch the neck Ihe same as for headache, the Idea of course, veins to produce counter Irritation. Whether It eure* or not I cannot say. Nor do I know whether ihelr treatment for sk'n disease and wounds I* efficacious. The almost universal lenmi' i- a plaster, nt what composition I do not know nt? Chinese understand the u-e of laxatives, nnd of certain forbidden drugs and many poisons, hut their treatment of open sore* don no; seem to be attended with good results. • Patent Medicine Advertisement*. Th# translation Of yellow posters past ed upon the walls of court* or houses along every e'reet and alley of a Chin* * village or city would make an latere it.llj pieca of llteratuie. but would not he ao nanteit bv tnv — f>- -l u hi* oiibltesl 'an ce THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER3O. 1000. reael by any respectable people. There are many of 'hem. however, lhai are uni que One large | - .ter that meets you on every side is “Foreign methods of re - [ailing the teeth," Yang Fa pu ya yen. HUH another ! a poster ndverllslng “Bl rycle Mils.” Tie using eh'e Tan. which guarantee boy children to the family that use them In eiilhclenl quantities. Httll others, ami there are many of them, pro mts. succor lo Ihe unfortunate girls with out danger lo * tthcr their health or life Avery imi prop rtlon ads* rtlae Ihe . urea ttuit may Ire expected by taking I*ll - grim,age- lo certain temples and drinking water from tli, springs connected there wlih, but ’he moW ■ • inmon of all temples advertin' merits Is “Ask and It will be answered.“ Yu chlu pi >l* ; g b n °t * n " Irvqucnt y hap, ens that Ihe wall of the city In certain I ■ tittles Is coy-red with strips of < loth one fool by two. Indicating that lie sick have receive! answers lo llielr pray, rs by Ihe worship of the got! In that pn e. who In many cases I* a fox. I'rlrndly lerllnu foe Anierlenns. I p lo ihe beg.nnlng of the present iron •!'-* It ini l.teu a somewhat remark aid. i that no American el’lxen, travel tr, bus m • man, d'ldema*. or missionary. Ia ever teen murd- red in China by Ihe Chin.'.. Th can be ssld of Ihe clllxen# nf non.- of tin oilier great |xiwrr* which have laid cnistanl and lons-continued In ti i our- with the Hast. This Is not a mere collltrlde n' e or accident. The Chinese like American•. t if course Ihls statement Is made with the reservation that they do ud like any foreigner as a resident of China, but as lOnipared with lb. p ople of ih<- gfeat European powers, they like the Americans Whenever they ask a man of what nationality he Is. and his answer Is that lie Is an American, they at cnee tk. .aim. “We ate friends Peripatetic Trades. Many trades which with us are stallon ar\ are per i |'U lel Ic in China The black smith pack* Ids shop on a wheel-barrow Two hexes that limit like che.se boxes contain the ouitlt'of the shoemaker, who does his work oti the ddewalk, in the lee cf some wall Ho dees the chiropodist He l much In demand, as the Chtnese suffer severely from corns, despite llielr cloth time- All but the higher classes are shaved by petlpatstlc barbers who wander about advertising themselves with gong*, or iw*egers which they ring like tuning forks. They are gteat gossips. Our traveling restaurants have been on lelpated many rears by the Chinese purveyor of food, who carries his table on one end of a Pols, balanced by his stove and CO kit g utensils on the other With his dough, hi* hashed vegetables and a II tie oil and salt, he toasts, fr a*, hake*, hr,ll* or b asis quite a surprising numbe. of dishes and their taste would h. more - irprl-lng than fhelr number o an Occidental. Even the*. nfecllonr I* a wanderer He carries a howl or Jar of mixed taffy and a numb* rof straw* in a box He wind- U|> a little of the liquid taffy on the end of straw and b ows It after Ihe si vie of a glass blower Inti the shapes ul birds and animals. Inrdllrleney of I hlnese ArMsnnsblp. There Un i a native Iron worker In China who can make a nail that can he driven without a hoi- In mg bored for It. With >ut outside Instruction there would n't be a Chinese nail m id- I.o*o years from now . The Chinaman makes no Iroprove ni'nt*. . If .he Chinaman fall- lo see Ihe im mediate utility Of a think, he gets rid of It promptly for what It will bring At the bealnnliig of ih. Chlneee-Japaii ese war parts of tli latge gun* of the Taku forts were In rhe pawnshop*, laivln* bsen pawned a- old bras*. Half a gun he nk n somewhat Inefficient Implement of warfare, the Chinese gunners Inbored under considerable handicap In this re -1 All 111* stud tits In a Chinese school study aloud Ti e din would drive an American school-boy or n American t.scher !•> ihe vet* cf and stractlon. Never theless. by this met hod the Chinese school children learn a gteot deal —such as It Is. Visiting Without I.UBKoae. Ojicc a Chinese gove ment representative who was new to this country and Its ways, came to the house of an smlnent New York bank.r for a week's visit. It was winter, but he came without luggage and yet ev.ry flay he appeared ai dinner w ith g change of garments His body was hi* punk: lie put his trunk In hi* clothe* Instead of hi* clothe* In hi* trunk Ills c'oth* * were like the |eal of an onion, eg i-tpt that any lav. r might le worn out side Many of hla *.irm*nt* were silk . lollies lined with fur, or fur garments lined with silk, depending upon which aide wa < out He was a pussle lo hi* host un til he explained hi- method. Tim Chinaman doe- n't black hi* bool*, but whitens them on the edge of the sole llim Fhlaeae Women Keir. Sewing Is usually done out of doors by the Chinese women When a seamstress sib. down lo sew she pins Ihe work lo her bosom and I egins sow ing from her In-tead of pinning It lo her knee and sew. Ing toward* her as our women do The American woman weir* her Ihlmble on Ibe end of her Unger and often pushes her needle with the end of her Ihlmble The Chinese woman wear* her Ihlmble between the llrst and second Joint and In this way got* * much better pressure on her needle. ha a more comfortable place for her Ihlmble and can wear a ring •when not at work. aliasing Without Plimlsg. Plowing Is done with a forked slick, one fork of which I* tipped w-llh Iron. On one rc.aslon a* I was passing along Ihe rmd Is .tv n man plowing his field with two animals, hi - wile, woo had bound feet, an.l hi* son Both were hitched lo the I I .sc w hile he was pushing with all hi* strength. On another occasion I saw a bound-footed woman with her plow on her hou'der, with a tingle donkey—a small donkey loo— going to plow her field Woman lake the place of Ihe donkey on ll if farm of the man who owns no don key. ••hot Far Oat." All Chinese artisan work on an ancient and flttnly established principle, expressed In their language by Ihe words "Ch'a pu to." that I*, "not far out." If n thing Is "ch'a pu to" you are Mipthsed to be satls iv l with It. Exactness Is too much to usk of n Chinaman. The eht eing of lioraes I* a very different process from that hy an Amerlean black smith. The Chinese lead* Ihe horse up to a framework < ompesed of two posts and •i h rlxontal beam, then with a long rope attached to the animal's head hr run* - ound the other p * and thus hind* him tHtwxn the two. The r- pe I* then brought >•■ nd the body and over the beam to wh oh both body and head are llrmly #*- i cured, and the horse Is thus unable to move sideways or lie down. The smith then puis a small * 8)1 'nd*T the foot and driver the* rhoe. Bookseller* are among 'he common huckster* of the M Idle Kingdom Nol however. Ilk* our book a** - "'* J Chinese lake* hi* carl or wheelbarrow, toad* ll up with a I kinds of books. It may b* food book* or t* wm> b* book*! which contain ih<* moat common and vulgar fttretf aonicr Thl# esui or barrow he hiIV ex from place to |>lte#. nnd it hr uc • M ' * In Aelltnc fifteen to twenty worth lr day he ns.xkra a *oo l living. Tklr%ra mail Chine nr ihievra are required to !>♦. ani are, organis'd Into a guild. Thi* lx re quired In order that the gov rmrnt may keep tontrol of them. Ilxvlrtg th m thua <rxaiilx*'l she gorvrrment l able so hold the king of th* guild rmponxlblc* for all stealing done. Thl® x not a bad j lan. a* ♦h* lollop ing in' Idem Will fhow A friend of ih* writer wax one day golna through ora of the gatex of Pekin on horseback, hi* m*'*klnto*h fumened to hlx aaddlr be hind him. In the crowd thlx w atolen. lie rode to the police station at once, rationed the long and g*ive the i*oll‘-e two days to find the booty. They called up the king of thtrvea. lhreaten<*d him that they would have the government on his head, and when ny friend called two days latter the garment waa th?re. It should be stalled that the thieves are compelled to divide with the |>oh>’e. t'hlneer begunrx. like thieve*, are or ganized Into a guild. Thlx lx partly for aolf-protectlon and partly for eelf-heip. Evtry business house In the city lx b*- ■iegfd at Mtafeel intervals, unless the pro prietor "buy* thm off " Thlx he does by paying tlw* king of Iteegars a stipulated aulti, when small red slip of paper M pasted up on the side of the door whlvli ta recognized by all the beggars. In case a beggar lx badly treated by any firm, n dozen or twenty of them band together arid besiege the house, whirl) In unable to rid Itxelf of diem until they have received a sufficient recompense. When thlx lx done the beggar* withdraw and ho.ise lx left In peace until time for the next beggar to come. Their .*xpreasion when begging i "The more you give, ihe more you‘ll have." Yueh K*l. yueh yu. < hlnear Are Itellnlile lu Haxlneax 1.1 fe. Despite his Incffb lettcy nx an artisan aid workman the Uhlrraman ax a buxi pexx tn.n hax *haracter. Indeed he lx *he buxineex man of the East. He Is reliable and honest. There lx not a big European buxines* firm In the East in which China men do not hold responsible positions. Every' one of the Institutions of the Mwng Kong and Shanghai Banking Cos. has a t’hltiese cashier; even those in Japan The Chinaman, In a position of trust lx trust worthy. The I nlrrraxl W hedbxrrow. The Chinese early discovered that there lx less friction caused by one wheel than two. and that a one wheeled cart runs ea sier on a bad roul than a two wheeled vehicle, and on this account the wheH bartow *ame Into requisition, and lx now universal. In Sliunghal the wheelbarrow la used to carry people. The wheel Is In the center, the passenger on one side and his baggage on the other. In fcMiangtung a xail Is attached to thi barrow to get the benefit of the wind In Pekin one often x*e a donkey or two, or a mule or two. or a donkey, mule and horre hit ched b> a wheelbarrow Sometime* they have four mules hitched to it. with two men In front at the side* to drive and help balance It. and a man assist In bal ancing It. The wheel lx wpboul Hrc or If It ha* a tire It lx put on In aectton* a foot or more In lengtn. \ Vrootleal Race. Not lelfSlUi'. The Chinese are eminently a practical ■ hough In no sense scientific people. Every thing that we can do. they can do. though In a very primitive style They have an * xpresslon "hslang la l*u. ' which. In English, would me.tn that we think out some method for bringing about a certain end. The European Invents a ma chine which, when tl 1* set going, accom plishes ih* work. The Oremal has nol yet arrlve.l at that condition of Intellec tual development He can do nothing more than think out a plan by which he can do Ihe work himself. In other word*, while the Chinese are the "najet practical leopl* In the world.- they lack the mental power to save muscle. SHADOW titllDHMMi. trunnion Sense llnles That Will In sure Fine, I.tt*urlnnl Plants All Winter. Nlne-eenths of the window* used for window gardening are too crowded for the plants to look well or lo well. Turn anew leaf right now by throwing away every poor or Insignificant growth. Better to buy new stock in the spring than to turn your precious wlndosWspace Into a hoepiial ward for alckly plant*. Keep the foliage Immaculately clean Wash the leaves onee or twice every week. A plant’s lungs sre It# leaves. Showering the follsge wsshes Ihe dut out of the pores, refreshes the plant and Impart* vigor. Beside* this, clean plants .lo' not harbor Insect*, the greatest foe of the Indoor garden, and the hardest to fight. Ixxisen the crusted earth at the top of the pot*. The root* need air, and In soft, pliable earth they get It by capillary transmission. A hard top crust ee ils the soil up a* though In a Jug Neither atr nor water find free entrance through it. Plant* In hard aoll often suffer from lack of mols'ure at the root*,, though wa ter ha* been given every day. Slide the shade* up to the top of the up per sash: take down the curtains nt the plant window*, nnd let Hod's Invigorating sun shine In. Sunshine to a plant I* what gold Is to n Klondike nvner. In extremely cold wearier stay the wa tering pot Plants need little water dur ing severe weather, and" they chill or freexe twice as quickly after a fresh drenching If watering become* alwn luloly necesasry, hove luthe temperature of the room, nnd give only In the morning Watering In the evening during u cold snap I* to Invite a visit from Jack Frost. Pet your plants. Turn them, train them Into shape a they grow, pick off every dead leaf or faded flower. Haphazard care doe* not pay with house plants. Bora S I-a Mance. <m Cures Dandruff, Falling Hair, Brittle Hair and all Scalp Troubles, such as Itching, Eczema, Eruptions, etc. Purely Vegetable, harmless and reliable. CURE GUARANTEED etvti offer oil nthrr remedies haw /MM or mnaeprefimdeil. A CMICACO MAM WffITCSI 61 Parnell Aes .CMceeo. M*r IS.W* 1 oMwt "(Ink* tlAnilrnlf Cure'* for tmldnee* and MW tow*auin*tiuihslrb*#*n teems, Is*ls* ef H **k* mi tawt wsemiesrsd with h*tr Al** Mat ai leneht er of ths <enr*< raolJuJi-.lj I Mfigftjfe r For Sale by all DruggM* and Barber*. Trea tise on hair and Sc.il pTrouhle* free on requent t a MlliaHtiO.. - Chicago Beware of imitation*. The only hair preparation admitted to tbe Farts Exposition. For sals by Llppman Bros.. Columbia Drag Cos. and Knlgbl’a Pharmacy, Savan nah, Oa- THE NATION’S CUBAN FOE. It AURHIIfg IHCRBAME IY THE PRE tUKIJ gOI HUE Ilf HAt AY A. Inhss Hostility 40 Saaltarr Mei ures—few Cabans Pie of Ihe Fes-er Wf.l.-h Is Considered by Them n Minor Disease The Tharonah Work of (hr Plalafrrtlag Corps and Ita t niiopulnrtty Amona Ihr Cabans—The Sewers of flatana litre Forth the Infection, and This Year t llninlle 4 nndltlnaa and I tu rn lu ration Front Infreted Fart* flare t anaed Ihe Epidemic—Kglcf ent ( ultnn Fhyalelans. Washington. Sept. 2*—The actual san itary condition* now egisilng In Ihe clsy of Havana are Hill* comprehended In Ihla country. Still less, perhaps. I* It under stood that yellow fever ha* attained the propot uons of an epidemic there this summer. II I* a trtllnrf fact that up to Ihe Fh day of August Ihe death rate from lhi* plague had heen exactly eleven times as great a* la*t year, tha number of death* betr.g seven!y-even, agilnst seven. A few days In'er La Animas Hos pital and Military HoapHal No 1 were crowded 10 Ihe limit of their capacity. ptiysK ians. nurses and even Ihe disin fecting corps were worked night and day. and Ihe sanitary department had cabled to New York for more nurses. By the middle of the month Ihe record was broken for th* year, with forty-seven new (*■•< and thirty-six “*upecls." From that lime on the situation became exceed ingly serious, and the American authori ties wi Havana ore having a light which will i-ontlnue (or m.tnv weeks. The tight against yellow fever began with tiie first day* of Ihe American oc cupation, with tlen. I-udlow ns military governor of the city. With the Immediate organization of the sanitary department aod the engineering corps heroic effort* were made I#* clean the city, and put it In decent living condition. The success which crowned these effort* has long been a matter of record, and I; may he slat'd ai once that the prlucliwl reasons for this year's virulent outbreak are. first, a heavy immigration; second, favorable climatic conditions. The actual and primary rea son. however. Is that the earth bed of the city of Havana Is a permanent reser voir of Infection, which Is freely permit ted to I wss through Ihe city from one end to the other through the sewera. hewer* a Vast t'Mltiire-Proeeaa ol (•ernis. Thl* earth bed contains untold millions of yellow fever germs which arc constant ly escaping from the open newer trap*, and ihtjiigh the crannies of the at>oml nably paved streets. There I* absolutely no hope for a total extermination of yel low fever In Havana until Ihr city is properly sewered and paved with an her mell Wily sealed inivlng Then, with due restrletlon* on Immigration from fever-in fected parts, chiefly Fanams and Mouth America, ami with a continuance of Ihe stringent sanitary precautions now en forced by our authorities. Havana and other Cuban clllev may become safe resi dence* for Americans and other foreign ers. and the danger of Importing Ihe fev er thence Info our own country will be removal The work Iwgun under Gen Ludlow has been continued under Gen. Woo.!, and there Is a splendidly organized Sanitary department which Is now work ing night and day to save lives and check ihe spread of Ihe disease. MaJ. Havard. the chief surgeon of the Island, has gener erm supervision of everything; ihe imme. dlate work I* under the charge of MaJ W. O. (lorgas. assld-d by Dr Theodore C Ltster. Dr. Shocker and a complete of fice and hospital staff There is also what I* known as a yellow fever lioard, con ’lM ng of Dr* (lulteras. Finley and Al bertina. iind MaJ 1 lorgas. who I* a sur geon and physician; the duties of Ihls board being to Inspect and give a rteds on on all reported suspects. The regu lar fever commission sent here to study the disease and report upon It Is mad* up of Dr*. Carroll, 1-azar and Reed. Americans; and Dr. A Agra monte, the Cuban specialist In yeilow fever and oth er tropical disease* The Cuban physl cl.ns. by the way, who have received their education In thl* country or abroad, rank with the heal yellow fever experts In the world. The work of Ihe Cubans trained In the sanitary department under Amcr- I an methods has also heen highly effi cient. All these, with thr American wo men nurses who care for their stricken countrymen, and the forces of the disin fecting and house cleaning departments, make up a small army. The expense of carrying on the right against the (ever Is about (v.fldi u month, and this Is Inad equate and falls 10 cover certain point. Tnr city I* dlv d>d Into leu districts, sai-h In charge o' an Inspector, who.* duty Is to have Ihe men of hls corps, in spect taeniy houses within that district ach day. and 10 send In every night to chief office a printed blank filled out with a report of the condition of different hou.es, recommendations a* to what should be done, etc. Thl# li the house cleaning department, and ihetr surveil lance o’ these Cuban houses, with thetr Infe.ted and frequently filthy court*, their Incredibly vile sanitary arrangements and Ih* Ir general lick of decent living con ditlon*, Is Indispensable, and I* Ihe most valuable precautionary measure possible Best Localities In the City Are At- St rang* though It appear* to those up familiar with the subject, It |* a fart ■ hat one of the chief Infected districts Is In th* very heart of the city, lining both silos of the Credo and Including th* In gleteira and Tehgrapho hole’s, the I •out re ami Sluxo cafes, the new and hand some Delmouh'o's, the Tacon theater, the Union dub, Havana's largest rllib. the Dlarlo de la Marina newspaper building and a heat of cafes and restaurants and apartments, which are filled night and day by ilie crowds that help to msk* Havana picturesque and attractive. This very summer yellow fever cases—eeveiat of them fatal—hove been taken from Ihe Inglotrrra. Ihe Louvre, the Sluxo and Ihe Tacon theater, and the Dlarlo' de la Ma rina building developed *o many cases that Ihe sanitary department Anally or dered II closed. Y'et. In the very face of tho permanent condlt ons which make such an alarming state of affairs possi ble, it Is a fact that when some time ago Ihe American authorities tried the experiment of letting the Cubans have charge of the yellow fever hospital they neglected It to such an extent that It was necessary to take It away from them Even Haivndnr Cisneros, who aspires to the presidency, took occasion recently to cast a slur on the expenditure* made hy Ihe military government for the preven tion of yellow fever, and resented the proviso of the late propos'd charter that the United State* shoud retain control of the sanitary department. The disinfecting corps take* action after a case of yellow fever Is reported In a house. Some twenty Cubans In charge of a captain go to the premises, and with in the next hour the house looks a* though It hod been through a combination earthquake, cyclone, and washout, par ticularly the latter, for after you are turned out of your room and your be longings heHtly thrown Into closes* and trunks, the hose la turned toose with a solution of hlchlorlde of mercury and ev ery nook and cranny drenched. Follow ing this process the doors and windows are sealed, a noxile Inserted In a donr and formalin gas pumped Into the room until the hardiest germ must succumb. The law forbids you to enter the room for forty eight hours. The warning I* superfluous— you have not the slightest Inellnatlnn to enter It for twice forty-eight hour*, and then you coma to grtcl, for even tha faintest odor of formalin gas cauaes poig nant regret The opposition of the Cuban* to the necessarily drastic method* • on* of the most serious obsiacle* encountered by the sanitary aulhorllle*. I know of one Cuban landlady who refused to allow milk. Ice or medicine* lo be brought Into her house 10 an American guest who hart the fever. In her wrath against *ha AmerL-sn* who put her to the trouble or having her house Invaded by the author ities. She made *uch a row at headquar ter* that her house w* |*ul “uuder lb* red star," which means that now only Immune* are allowed there and that an Inspector visit* Ihe place and qinwllon* the boarder* weekly. In some Instance* the Cubans deliberately eotlceal the fever and report ll as some other Innocent dis ease; In nil case* they re bitterly and un alterably opposed to the work of the dis infecting corps and the house cleaning nd resort to various subtle Cuban dlvlces to avert the much dreaded visitation of either of these department*. Sinister Altitude of Ihe Cobans. The reason Is not far to seek: Cuban* are by Idrth Immune, or if they have the fsver thev have a very light attack, usually In childhood, which they dsrad no more than we do the A Cuban does not die of yellow fever; ll I* chiefly Hpaniarda and the unwelcome Amen, anos who do that, wnd since the Americano .* nt lews! persona non grata lo the major ity of Ihe Cubans, why what Is the dif ference If they do have it anyway? A shrug of the shoulders—that significant lattin shtug-ar.l the equally significant and sinister Cuhon smile represent III" attitude of Ihlo people In the matter Nor Is there the s lghu st con ealment of sen timent concerning This. Many of the Co hans soy openly that s soon as Ihe un weVom* Americanos depart from the I*l -and Ihe Cuban flag finals over Monro, these Idle precoutlon* will he abandoned. Shortly before I left Havana one of the ultra Cuban pnper* published on editorial of this tone and concluded by saying, thnl since the Americanos did not like to have yellow fever, the sooner they got out of Ihe Island Ihe belter, so that the Cubans would have no more trouble about 11. The belief thar yellow (ever Is cpnia glou* is. by the way. an error. Visitor* are allowed nt the yellow fever hospital* If thev have huelness there, though they be non-lmmun*. and out of thirty non- Immune nurses In las Animas not one took the fever. Ons thing Is certain, that efficient measures against the scourge In Cuba will not be undertaken or continued unless the I'nlted Htate* government firm ly insist* upon them. LOST lllh FRE. fie (tend Will tarleton to an Old Couple W ho Anna lit Divorce. From Ihe Chicago Tribune. While llenry King wag reading law he helpol pay hi* ex; ensea by leaching school In Ihe country districts around Chicago. During otic of these experience# he boardtd with an old farm-r and formed a close friendship for him and his worthy •life. They were well-to-do. and appeared to be happy and contented In the evening of their days, having struggled together to acquire the comfortable farm and to rear and edit ate their children, none of whom remained with them, some hiving mart tel and sought other home-, and some resting beneath the mossy marble* of the village graiexard. Naturally Ihe young law stu dent won the esteem and the affection* of the honest od couple, and these sentiments were heartily reciprocated by him After beginning the practice of law In Chicago, llenry King lost sight of hi* od friends, bin one day when he was sitting in his office wondering how h* was going to get business enough to pay h?s rent ■he door open#l and In wulked his old friends. Ihe farmer and 111- wife. •'We've hunted you up. Henry." said the oil mac. ‘‘tie-suite we know you're an honest man. and we want a lawyer. "A lawyer?” "Yes. nnd you're Ihe lawyer we want, and. what’s mote, we want you togrt us a divorce.” "But. my dear friend*—" "Don't stop to argue the case. We've made up our mind*. Thing* have gone from laid lo worse, we can't agree no how. and we're Inrun I lo have a divorce. If yon won't get It for us. some other law yer will, hut for old friendship's sake I'd like to pay >ou the fee. Will you get the divorce or won’t you? t'ome. speak out." Hut. King wai ill. puxsied. lie sow • hat nothing could ■ -aid by nlm whl.h would mend milter* In the least. His protests would simply preeipttate Hie af fair and drive his old friends away from him with bitterness in their hearts toward him. lidded l<> the bitterness they already had In Ihelr h> iris toward each other He glanced over hi* shelf of calf-hound law book.- and tuoked In between two fat. yellow volumes he saw a thin book with the glided title, "Farm Ballads, by Will i 'arleton " He walked thoughtfully over to hi* hook ooee and. leaving the portly law volumes to repose undisturbed, look down the "Form Ballads ' and returned to hi* seat beside the table. "My dear old friends." said he, "here Is a report of a case something like yours. Shall I read It to you?” "Certain," eald the old man, "If It shows how we can get a divorce." "It does do that, I can aasure you." "Well. then, read It." raid the farmer truculently. "Ye*, read It." echoed Ihe old lady In a voice that trembled somewhat, but lack ed nothing In decision. "This b a case In which s farmer and hi* wife resolve that the law shall grant them o divorce. It begin* as follows: Draw up the papers, lawyer, and make tnem good and stout. For things at home are crosswaya and Beisey and 1 are out; We who have worked together so long a* man and wife. Must pull In single harness the rest of our nat'ral life, Whal Is Ihe matter? say you. I swan It'* hard to tell; Most of the years behind u* we've passed by very well; I have no other woman, she has no other man— Only we've lived together as long as we ever can. So I have talked with Betsey and Betsey has talked with me. And so we've agreed together that we can't never agree; Not thnt we've caught each other In any terrible crime; Wave been o-gatherln* this for years at little at a time. Here the reader pnused and glanced at his listeners. 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NEWTON HATHAWAY. M. D. The Oldest Established Specialist la Ihe South. "Knowing how" la Ihe score* of uc ceee. “Knowing how" 10 do Ihe right thing et the right llm I* what makes grew men In ail the different walks of life. .Men who 'know how" do not take chance*—they do not need to. At times they seem to take great chanrea. but It seems *0 only because those who are looking on do not “know how!" Dr. Hstliawny “Knows Mow.” He knows how because of the long years of experience which he he* had in hi* one specially, that of treating chronic disease*. He “knows how" lo diagnose every cats that l presented 10 him. whether the pa tient comes to him personally or answars the questions which he ask* In nis symp tom blank*. He "know* how'-' to treat each Individ ua! patient according 10 ihe individual need* of that patient—what remedies to give. end. equally Imporlrnt. what reme dies not to give. Hr “Knows Haw" ta Care, because he ha* cured In so many score* of thousands of cases of ehronl diseases The elelght of hand performer who take* rabbits out of ha is. rgga out of empty bags, and carrot* oul of a mat s nose, doesn't perform miracle*—he aim ply "knows how." Dr Hathaway doe* not pretend to per form miracle*, though many of his cure* • erlalnly do seem miraculous. He sim ply cure* because he "Jmow* now." There Is no qssekery. .ihout hla method or hla treatment, no bumhuggery of any son. The knowledge that enables film to conduct the greatest practice of any p*. tallat In the world, which enable* him lo cur* a larger per centage of case* than any other spe lglltt In the world, to cure in leas time than anv other specialist In the world. Is based first upon a thorough, scientific training In tha leading colleges, medical schools and ho*- Idtwls of this country, combined with twenty years of active practice confined exclusively to one class of disease*—those of a chronk- nature. Amunu Those Diseases. which Invariably yield to Dr, Hathaway’s ircntmcnt, are; Varicocele, stricture, ner vous diseases, weakened and inactive or gans. blood poisoning, kidney and urinary disease*, catarrhal, bronchial and lung complaint*, chronic diseases peculiar to women, etc. If you are sick, you want the service* of a specialist who “knows how." Dr. Hnthaway “knows how." You can con sult him confidentially, either at his office or by letter, without any cost. J. NEWTON HATHAWAY. M D. Dr. Hathaway A Cos., 25A Brvan tre*t. Favannah. O*. Office hour*— to 12 m . 2 to Sand T to 9 p m. Sunday 10 a. m. to 1 p. m. was Its first healing by Henry King's cli ent*. who were not prepared for the pathos tnd Ihe strong homely human Interest of the story. Reeumtng his reading the young lawyer heard a suppressed chuckle from Ihe farmer nnd caught a swift glance of shadowy coquetry toward the old fel low from rh* good old lady's eyes as h# re id the following stanza from the ballad. In which the petitioner for divorce says to the young lawyer: Once when ! was young ■■ you and not so smart, perhaps. For me she mlttened a lawyer and several other chaps; And nil of them was flustered and felrly taken down. And I for a time was counted the luckiest man In town. But soon the pathetic recital began to affect the old people, and soon reluctant and withered hands were clasped and slowly the tear* gathered Id eye* that hd been full of hostile tire. And when the climax was reached In the touching line* "And one thing put In the paper, that l!r*t lo me didn't occur. That when I'm dead at last she'll bring me hack to her; \nd n nu underneath maples 1 plant*! years ago. When she and f was happy before w# quarreled so." The old lady wa* crying aoftly and ths farmer was patting her on the back, and Saying. "There, there, don't cry !t' all right, mother; I've been an old foe'; let'a go home and be eenstble," and the old lady was aaying It wa# all her fault, and the two ranvr near falling out again In the eagerness of each to assume all the blame. —The English adjective ''sincere." which comes to u* from tho French, who formed It after I-atln "alncerua." Is * word of an etymology as doubtful. If possible. ** la Its apidlcatlon. ft I* usually ex plained a* being a contraction of sine cars —that Is without wox, said of the strain ed, unmlxed honey—nnd as meaning put* genuine, honest. The-Stone Trades Jour nal. of London, givea It a sort of pro fessional derivation as a warning to "J' r rv-hullders who construct ceilings. p* rt of which tumble Into one'* soup and (Vs-rs which unexpectedly drop Into the cellar." and who would not be so glib to subscribe them'elvex "Yours, #tncrly," If knew the origin of the phrase. "The lent. It says, to which marble Is entering Into ihe decoration of modem Dulld** I ** I* l ul a rep tltlm of the history of l £0 ‘ man architecture. The fact is Ihet th* old Homan Jerry-builder* used defective sl.ihs of marble In erecting resldeti * 10 •ell at reduced rates and i-overed up tbs defect* with a cement of which sll sax formed Ihe chief Ingredient. They looked Just a* stalely as the others It" o" exceptionally hot sun incited the ws revaled the fraud. Hence, a perf* huilatng was sai l to he ‘sine eera, or ‘without wax.' and a frlendhtp perfect* by the tr.al cf adversity wa* *ld to M without wax.' The signature 'sloe cert, as a symbol of genuine affection a nJ probity, ha* been used aver alnce. and '* perpetuat'd m th English word stneer*-