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SAVAGES IN JAPAN.
/THE HAIRY AiNOS AND THEIR RESER¬
I VATIONS IN THE EMPIRE.
Odd Cnslorrs Pvnotlced l»y These
? Aboriginal People of Japan,
llniyine Styles In Baby Names.
f Their Ileseaublance to Our indiaus.
j The Ainus, generally known to Amer¬
icans and Europeans as “the hairy
Ainos,” are the only aboriginal people
now- living in Japan. They are called
“hairy” in contradistinction to the
smooth faced Japanese, Koreans and
Chinese. Their present home is in Hok¬
kaido, or Yesso, tlie most northerly part
of the empire, although it is supposed
that in earlier times they occupied
most of the entire country. Ancestors
of the Japanese of today found them in
possession ami by force of superior
arms and civilization gradually drove
them to the north, much in the same
way as the savages were driven back
toward the Pacific by the early settlers
in America.
The Ainus live today pretty much as
the Indiaus on their reservations in the
west. They are still for the most putt
half savage, and the Japanese name
for them, "Yesso,” means barbarian.
They tire very skillful in hunting and
fishing, which are their chief occupa-
tions. They are under the protection
of the imperial government and are
entirely separated from the Japanese.
The latest census showed that they
uutuber very nearly i7.0(a).
curious customs ot _
Among tile many
the Aiuus perhaps the quaintest .s llieii
method ot naming ibeir cliiidreii. 1 hoy
observe a ppcui.nr economy in giving
names. i lie iulaut must go without .i
name until it shows itseii worthy ol
hearing one. If it is sickly and not
likely u> live, it is not considered worth
while to waste a name upon it. As
each child must by immemorial custom
have a brand new name, used by no
one in the community, names are scarce
and must bo guarded. If the cftild
should be given a name borne by some
one else, the ghost of the former pos-
sessor of the name tuay come back
from the underworld to avenge the
slight.
It is customary to take a name from
some incident that occurred at the
child’s birth or it is left to the parents
afterward to choose one for it. Should
the infant come into the world with a
smiling face it might be called Ikishi-
ntaburu, which means a smile, or fond
parents may call it Kumbissage (a
pulling rope of the gods) if they wish
their child to be in the special care of
•the gods.
From the age of 7 to 10 Ainu children
of either sex have their heads shaved,
but after 11 they are allowed to have
long hair and wear the same clothes
as grown persons. They wear no cloth¬
ing unless the weather is very cold.
The favorite and almost exclusive or¬
nament is the earring, usually made of
metal. What clothing is worn is made
of straw. They never wear shoes or
other covering for the feet except as a
great ’uxury and mark of distinction
on ceremonious occasions.
The men carry small knives and to¬
bacco pouches, and the women carry
small looking glasses and knives. The
knife is used as symbolic. The maiden
Wears it with the blade bare, but when
she marries it is worn in a sheath. The
women also paint their faces, using a
kind.of iuk for the purpose.
The Ainus live mostly by fishing and
hunting. They hunt the bear and deer,
catch salmon and other fish and grow
potatoes and millet. Whenever they
can get it they eat rice, which they re¬
gard as the best food, though they do
not raise it themselves. Both sexes
smoke tobacco and drink liquor.
The marriage customs differ widely
from those of the Japanese. The ques¬
tion is first settled between the youth
and maiden, who then refer the matter
to their parents through a mediator,
who should be a relative of the pro¬
spective bridegroom. The man must
spud a present of lacquered ware,
which is regarded by them as one of
Ihe most precious things in the world.
«• O-lTTO 0.0
RUCHAI AN, GA,. FRIDAY, via; r U tct G) 1 9 i go l.
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Tins, however, is reclaimed by him if
his wife afterward seeks a divorce.
Aiuus live in dwellings of about the
same class as those of the American
*ndians. The rude hut has two wih-
dows, one of them for ordinary earthly
uses, the other reserved for the en-
trance of the Rods. SSf.'Ed
4
to enter tire house when the woman is
in it alone, and he is not permitted to
walk behind a woman. When a man
meets a woman, he must sak^te first,
by smoothing his lieard and «*ibbing
liis bands. Then she responds by
touching her nose with a finger of her
left hand.
During October the Ainus hold a re¬
ligious fete, which is called the bear
festival, because they sacrifice a bear
which has been carefully fostered for
three years.
Judicial punishment among the Ainus
consists of a severe beating with a
stick administered to the culprit. The
crimes are generally theft—stealing ar¬
ticles or the wife of a neighbor. As
there are eight men to one woman the
majority of the males are not married,
and wife Stealing is very common. The
accused is subjected to a long examina¬
tion by the chief of the community and
is then compelled to resort to the ordeal
of fire. He must take a stone out of
boiling water. If innocent, the Ainus
think he will not be injured. If the
question cannot be settled in this way,
the principals in the dispute must fight
it out.
Tbe Ainus are polytheists, though
they limit their gods to two, a god of
tiro and a god of water. The first is
called Kabekamoi and the latter Hato-
kamoi. They, also, like most pimples
who have a religious system, believe In
some sort of heaven and hell.-Japan
and America.
GRANT’S RETREAT.
The General Went When a Police*
man’s Clu'j Pointed tlie Way.
Speaking of nightsticks reminds me
of seeing General Grant in his to my
mind greatest hour, the o ;l.v time he
was ever beaten, and by a policeman.
f told his son. .' red Grunt, of it when
1. ■ been me a ; c ■urn: i. icr in .he
nineties, but 1 do net think he us-pro-
dated it. He was u t cast in b;s great
tat! or s mc!d. i .v < ,.s.on i re. i to
vas ait r ill, go. er:.i ' si -o. ! tci r.i m
tee pro . ■ i - ■■us ■ • ■ , L*,'
P ift!i .; vt aiu' hotel, v. l.cn ■ uc m i ",
the .Jason c temme \, ,.s > ,i . !. in 1
lire line was uraun kali v.;, \ down tlio
block toward Fifth avenue, but the po-
lice were mu< !t hampered by the crowd
and were out of path uce wi.cn i. stand-
ing by. saw a man in a great ulster
with head buried deep in the co! nr. a
cigar .sticking stir : ht out. coming
down the street from Lie hotel, I
recognized him at sight as General
Grant. The policeman who blocked
his way did not. lie grabbed Him by
the collar, swung him about and. hit-
ting Him a resounding whack across
the back with his club, yelled out:
“Wltat’s the matter with you? Don’t
you see the fire lines? Chase yourself
out of here and be quick about it.”
The general never said a word. He ___
did not stop to argue the matter. He
had run up against a sentinel and when
stopped went the other wav. That was
all. The man had a right to be there:
he ne had nan unit., none i I was was never ,K ' 1 so ’ much mucu an an
admirer of Grant as since that day. it
was true greatness. A smaller man
would have made a row, stood upon his
dignity and demanded the punishment
of the policeman. As for him, frighten- there
was nrnliahlv never so badly
ed a policeman when! told him whom
he had clubbed. I will warant he did
not sleep for a week, fearing all kinds
of things. No need of it. Grant prob-
ably never gave him a thought.—Jacob
Riis in Outlook.
POPULAR SCIENCE.
Mercury’s year is only SS days, that
of Venus ’225 days and of Mars 687
days.
Cumulus, or' thunder clouds, rarely
rise over two miles. Seven miles is
the outside height for any cloud.
The edge of the moon is so broken
by peaks, ridges aud valleys that tlie
length of totality during a solar eclipse
is affected by them.
The sun’s heat raises from the earth
37,000,000 tons of water a minute. To
do the same work artificially a cube of
coal 200 miles deep, wide and high
would have to be burned every second.
The archaic, wasteful “beehive” oven
process of making charcoal has been
superseded in "many parts of Germany
by modern methods which save all the
ammonia, gas, tar and other products
of the wood.
A human body -contains some of the
small things of nature. The blood, for
example, is a colorless limjid in which
fittle recT Ti tulles ai ring. Every
drop of it ec 1 , a million of
the globules, and t 4 . i e susceptible
of division into smaller globules still.
Milking; llie Rlintl See.
Success ii desperate eases by con¬
servative treatment is the lesson often
repeated and yet never quite sufficient¬
ly learned by any physician or surgeon.
The infinite ingenuity behind the heal¬
ing processes, the never renounced
struggle toward normality, is an ever
renewed source of wonder. All that is
needed to elicit it is confidence in it,
delay in doing anything radical, watch¬
fulness to follow up the hints to action
as they begin to show themselves.
We know of a living and happy pa¬
tient who ten years ago had albuminu¬
ric retinitis from long existing Bright’s
disease despite what all the textbooks
say [ as to “two years” in such cases.
‘Don't do the irrevocable thing until
forced to do it” is the warning that
lias saved many organs and lives.
Above all, never proceed with surgery
(“the despair of medicine”) until physi¬
ologic and medical methods have been
exhausted..
The Wiener Ivliniseher Wocbenscbrift
(, ' ds ,tle s access o( Herr Heller, di-
rector of an asylum .or the blind, in
educating the remnant of visual power
retained by a “blind” child. There was
only perception of light in a narrowed
field left, but this by education was
niade to yield such indications to the
eager mind that after 14 months of en-
deavor the boy lias very useful vision,
ca » distinguish colors and forms and
even can read.
There are possibly thousands of blind
people who have renounced vision in-
stead of cultivating it to a degree that
v - ouhi render the blind types us, 1 ess. -
American Medicine.
Apple Pf s-.
To feel in apple p:e order is a phrase
which dates back to Puritan times to
a certain Hepzibah Merton, it seems
that every Saturday she was accus¬
tomed to hake two or three dozen ap¬
ple pies, which were to last her family
through the coming week. These she
placed carefully on her pantry shelves,
labeled for each day of the week, so
that Tuesday’s pies might uot be con-
fused with Thursday’s nor those pro-
sumablv large or intended for washing
sweeping days eaten when house-
*jj E) u] | ; ;j wlighter. Aunt Ilcp-
^jUgh's "apj 'oie order” was known
tlirougliout the entire settlement and
originated the well known saving.
Chronic Borrower—Gan you lend me
$20 for a few days?
Weary Friend—Why don't you pawn
youi u waivur „„ hv
‘'Because it is a keepsake from my
dear mother, and I don’t like to part
D mon ey is a keepsake from my
dnar father, and i don t like to part
with it, either. —Exchange.
_________ _
Ticw Sleeping' HtrlJnc to
via Iron .tlDiinlain lloute.
The Tron Mountain route is now op-
crating a through sleeping car line lie
tween Memphis and Texarkana, leav-
»>g Memphis at 7:45 p. m. daily, mak-
mg direct connectnms at i exarkana
‘ nr :1 P , ' lni '- 1 Pa! pmnt* in lexas. Lie-
„ anC reclining chair oars and oomiort- j
day coaches are also operated on :
rhis train. The tnornirig train out itf
.Memphis, leaving at 9:00 a. in. daily,
carries reclining chair cars aud coach-
es to Texas points. For tickets, berth
and further information; apply to j
1. E, Reh lander, f. P. A.,
_C hattanoog a, ienn,
THF ISLAND OF TAHITI
_________ :
it May Be iiiR-iitty Termed tbe Para- ;
dise of tlie Pacific.
Picture an island sot in a reef of coral
of myriad hues—the lagoon of a light
green, outside the white foaming break-
ers the vast ocean of intense blue. On
shore are great hunches of coeoanut
palms lifting their plumes in stately
magnificence, then there are lanes of
frees blossoming in red and yellow flow-
ers ’ aud nestling in their midst are the
low thatched ll0l,S0S of the nativos ^
The delightful and healthy climate of
the island brings to maturity all the
products of the tropics, which are no
where found in greater fullness and
perfection than here. The wayfarer is
soothed by tlie fragrance of sweet
smelling flowers and delighted with the
abundance of oranges, bananas, bread¬
fruit and coeoanut which give a. percu-
nial supply of food to the natives.
Tahiti may be rightly termed the
“paradise of the Pacific” or even the
world, as in no other place is there so
much variety of scenery. At every
turn the constant surprises keep the
traveler in a delirium of delight. Some¬
times the sea lies before him, the
waves wreathed in a foam of white
breaking the s 1v a continuous
roar: n the other do the Milt' sleep
mountains in fort of I owe (i
and steeples 1
and then a silvery hand of water falls
from perpendicular heights to the tur¬
bulent stream below ’i lien you pass
under the sheltering shadows of tall
interlacing trees which excel even the
grandeur of our elm. Further ui you
pass throng!) lanes lined with bauau: s.
mango and groves of coeoanut.—Over¬
land Montlny.
HAD NEVER BEEN ABROAD.
Iltil For All Thai lie Had Traveled
“•S ’ 1 ar and Wide.”
“Have you spent ail of your life right
here in this one placeV” asked a stran¬
ger of an old fellow lie (“tine across
seated on a rail fence whittling in front
of a log and slab cabin in one of the
back counties of Arkansas.
"Not by a denied sight!” was the
terse reply. "I been hyar the better
part o’ tiie time; but, la, I hev traveled
fur an wide!”
“Ever been abroad';”
“Well, not eggsackly to say abroad,
onless you call it goiu abroad to go
from here way over to Petersville. 1
been over tliar twice in the last 40
year. It’s Sffig miles to I’eterville, au 1
been furdor than that, fur my ole wom¬
an an me went clean to Hogback ridge
on our weddin tower, au that’s 41 mile
from here. Then I been over in Pettis
county to sec my wife's folks twice, an
that's twenty odd mile from here. Then
I been over to Uocky Ilill ez menny ez
four times, au that’s 18 mile. Ez I say,
1 been here most o’ the time, but then
I’ve traveled fur an wide all the same.
I’ve seen the big four story mill over to
Petersville an the engine kyars over to
P ville. ! rid three miles on ’em. an
it’s nil i want o’ tin* pesky things. I’ve
t’l :i > lf v.i;h two heads au a feller
...t could eat fire and dance on broken
glass in ids hare feet. I see a man
hung once an a boss race fur a purse o'
Ves, sir: t liceu fur an wide, au 1
reckon I’ve seen tlie biggest part o'
what there is to see in this world, an 1
dou't lot oil (loin no more gaddiu
about.”—I.ippiucoi t's.
Tlie* GtrafVe’s TimliHfy.
A gira e is very timid Oil hearing
slight sounds, hut is indifferent to loud
ones. A writer in The Leisure Hour
says: “Noisy smads. like n man walk-
by with hobnail boots, it docs uot
notice, but n lady coming in with hard¬
ly more sound than the rustling of her
dress makes it start, with pricked ears
and eyes distended, We remember
well, after a terrible explosion of gun-
powder on u barge on tlie canal, ask-
ing the keeper of the giraffes of that
1,0W tlH ’- V had lak> ‘ U ik aud he said
be was surprised how very little notice
they took. They jumped to their feet,
but almost at once lay down again
when they found nothing happened.
“But,” he added, "if l were at night-
time to creep along that gallery in my
socks they would he so scared that 1
believe they would dash themselves to
bits,” They fear the lurking foe, and
j, bing hang scares them less that) a
faint, rustling sound. They are in that
respect very deerlike.’
The Bloodstone,
Bloodstone, which is really green
chalcedony spotted with jasper, is ac-
i, v fi.p fniimvimr efikSmy tnc.,mi-
fix ion A- a .dice of ?
. attlj etoot , ot tue cross, . ami . i on it
dropped the Sav iom s blood, i rum which
time the stone is said to have home
red spots, which are supposed to in-
crease and to deepen ,u color when
danger is near, it is also said to revive
the spirits and to inspire to gieat
ui.us. to tutiu txi.es.si uutuin„ auu
laht ; !”’ 1 n,lt to reuder lts wearer
invisible at Will.
Power Withont Heat.
As we watch the world famous pin "ge
of Niagara we are offered an impres-
sivo lesson as to the small value in
heat of much motive power, in so far
as tlie descent is perpendicular, so that
the water leaves the foot of the falls
with comparatively little current, the
effect of the concussion is simply to
warm the Water through but one-sixth
of a degree F. To heat the water as
much as one degree the falls would
have to be 777 feet in height.—Gorge
lies iu Everybody’s Magazine.
When a man is going up hill, people
dig ditches in front of him: when he
s,arts do "’ n , they get out of his way
and give him the whole road.—Denver
Times.
We refuse to let any one question
the good seDse of a woman who still
spanks her children when they are 15
—Atchison Globe.
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Wine of Cardui is the guardian
f of a woman’s health and happi- u
ness from youth to old age. It
1 helps her safely into womanhood, g
j I It sustains her during the trials jj ||
of pregnancy, childbirth and
I motherhood, making labor easy M
Sand preventing Hooding and mis- Eg
£ carriage'. It gently leads her K
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4 cures ieticorrhica, falling of the i
[J womb, and menstrual irregularity 1
5 in every form. It is valuable in j
ft every trying period of a woman’s I J
B life. It reinforces the nervous
I system, acts directly on the geni- j
9 tal organs and is the finest tonic g
H for women known. Ask x
druggist for a $1.00 a of
"Wine of Cardui.
rising Batesville, Wine Cardui Ala., July and 11, Thed- 1900.
I am of
ford's Black-Draught and I feel like a
different woman already. Several la¬
dies here keep the medicines ^ in their
holnc s all the time. I have three girls
and they are using it with me.
Mrs. KATE BROWDER.
For advice and literature, ftddrf
symptoms, “The Ladies' Advisor T- Dart-
mom.”. The Chattanooga Medicine ompany,
Chattanooga, Temi.
_
AFTER THE QUARREL.
A single smile from her rosy mouth,
A sudden glance from her soft eyes sent.
Ami he turned, as the wind veers north or south,
Anil followed whither her light feet went,
Dill she linger and look for a moment then?
Did she lilt her face and smile again?
Nay, not so!
The heart of a girl, all, who may know?
Wall every pace of his «wilt pursuit
Her st - ■ |» she quickened nor looked behind.
Kves were speechless, and lips were mute;
Never a glance or cold or kind,
As if she cheikhed nor thought nor care
|, ’ or u ‘e eager footfalls hurrying there!
Was it so?
The heart of a girl, ah, who may know?
Did she love him more when look and smile
Silently hade him to follow her?
Did she love him less when she wove her wile
His bean to trouble, his hope defer?
Nay, read you this riddle, strange, but true—
She loved him most when she most withdrew!
Even sot
The heart of a girl, ah, who may know?
—Blanche Trennor Heath in Atlanta Constitu-
tion.
CAUGHT IN AN EXPLOSION
A Miner's Description of His Feel¬
ings When Hr Was Blown Up.
A miner who was blown up while
blasting a rock describes his sensations
tints:
"You see. it’s so sudden. It’s over
just about the time you begin to under¬
stand that something is happening.
You know. I had tlie cartridge in my
hand and put it down. Then I got
afraid of it. All at once everything
was light. 1 don't think 1 saw tlie
flash. Anyway my face was not ex¬
actly toward the explosion.
“But then everything got light, lighter
than day— k.nd of blinding. There was
an awful crash. It wasAust at the
same time. I was tore” i» and wanted
to get away. It was 'just as if 1 was
having the nightmare, Somehow,
though. I knew just wlmt. tlie matter
was. A man can think faster than he
lias any idea of. 1 knew’ that some of
the others were nearer tbe explosion,
and I said to myself, ’They’re blown In
bits, that’s certain.’
"You understand, this was all in a
second—all at once, really. Then it was
exactly the same as if l had been hit
with a stick. I thought it was a big
stick, bigger than any man could swing,
and that it must be worked by ma¬
chinery. It hit me on the head and all
over. I went sailing into tbe air a long,
long way. My ears roared, and the wind
blew into my face. 1 knew when l
struck the ground, for 1 remember say¬
ing to myself. 'Well. I’m done for.*
"I don’t know just when I lost my
right senses or when they came back,
but when they did come back it seemed
queer that I was there still. 1 thought
1 had been thrown somewhere else. 1
could feel fire burning me. It was my
clothes. They were smoking and al¬
most blazing. I was bruised all over
and could not hear very well. My
voice sounded as though somebody else
were talking. That’s all 1 can tell you
about it.”
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