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Superstitions of the Orient Among eastern nations the uni- versal craving for the (supernatural finds its expression in a belief 'which, if not of the loftiest kind, is mot devoid of a certain picturesque- '.ness. In most of. their religions we find the two principles of good and evil. Though we seldom hear of the good influence, no doubt it has its share in the workings of creation. The evil spirit faith is found in-<*ne form or another along the entire coast of Asia. To the mind of the Oriental the 'air i peopled with beings more powerful tihan he is, and he seeks ,to guard himself against their at- tacks. The rule of reason, gives way to the phantasms of fear, and su- perstition supplants religion. To these Orientals the evil spirits are 'the personification of ill-luck. They are forever roaming about seeking <, closer intimacy with humanity. They people the air, they haunt the fireside and in the unguarded free- doTn of the domestic circle they be- !ome capable of infinite harm. The fresh air if, not favorab-le to their workings. In the impure atmosphere of a room are they most dangerous. Having effected an entrance they proceed to attack the individual. If these evil spirits are successful in gaining access to the house the C'oreans believe The Family is at Their Mercy. Therefore, the most ingenious ef- lorts are made to keep them out. This is effected, the C-oreans be- lieve, by placing on tlie roofs of the ihouses a row of figures, which to call simply grotesque would be to ibelittle them. Pereival Lowell says: "The first thing to catch your eye, if you stood in front of one of the royal buildings, would be a row of bronze figures, squatting in Indian file. Your first glance would suggest a pack of mischiev- ous boys in the act of sliding down the roof. The procession is headed by an animal that looks, like a mon- key and is called a sonokong, seated on his haunches, with his arms akimbo, as if ho were impertinently quizzing the pascersby from his safe vantage ground. Behind him sits a figure suggestive of a pig. Rather more stolidi and indifferent than the first and also, if possible, uglier. Behind him another pig^ and so they go travelling up the ridge. Between the virtuous and the vi- cious is third class of spirits that are neutral. They inhabit the earth and are very inoffensive. They frequent all sorbs of places, but prefer the mountains. The Coreans have a legend in which one of these spirits beguiles a man to the summit of a mountain, where lie finds four old men engaged in playing the game of gobang. They are seated in a circle, the fr<'b ; i'ig in their midst, while around them on the grass lay flagons of sul. AS the man approaches, the play- ers bow with civility, offering him ii. cup of sul, which he drinks. Tarrying but a short tinvo to look at the game, he starts to descend the mountain. Mindful of his wife and children, he hurries towards home, arriving in safety before sunset. On Entering His Own Abode he is surprised to find it occupied by people he had never seen before, who look upon him as an intruder. .Questioning the inmates of the house, he learns that the present incumbent was his grandson. The wanderer lind returned to another A 5weet, Crisp, Delicious 44 Bite -To- Eat" Post DiUnty bits of pearly whito o^n, perfectly oooked and to delicate 'brown." VlUftlly eata direct (com *. -ate. i*"* 1 * *.aa-^- -; se with trream ana tttf**. Or, Rprlnkle TttiUoti ovr n Muoer of Trh berrie thoa 44 (k oruum and sugar s dth to remember. Post Toattlcs are sold by Grocers everywhere. Orl 0*.. Ltd Wtmhn. 0trlo the grave, are common to human- ity. The passions which thjill th torment of human souls are OH in tenee in faraway heathen Japan as in those lands which boost a higher civilization. Corea, "The land of the chosen," "the land of the morning calm," as it is called, is full of strange superstitions which have peopled the realm of fancy with numerous good and! evil spirits, such ae spirits of the harvest, tho spirit of the morning star, tih celeatials, etc. Of particular significa-nco is the worship of the tiger, long believed to be a divine beat, and .ften re- presented on. the national flag as having wings like a dragon. The Karene of Burma make sac- rifices to the earth and buijd a mall house, two or three feet high. Some fowls are sacrificed by cut- ting off their heads and the feathers are daubed on the posts of the house to keep off the evil spirits.. And not alone in Japan, China, and Corea are to be found all sorts of superstitions, but each of the is- lands off their coast in the Pacific and even in bhe more enlightened English settlements of Australia and New South Wales, but in the latter countries the beliefs take, more of a human turn and many of the superstitions of European coun- tries prevail. "Dominion'' Superintendent J. E. Rogers, of tlie Ontario Provincial Police, re- lates an amusing incident of his ex- periences in passing Canadian money in tlie Illinois metropolis. It was about the time when he was despatched to Chicago to file the extradition papers in the case of Dr. Beattie Nesbitt. He sought to pay his hotel bill with Canadian bank currency, but was informed that a five per cent, discount would be charged on all bills, with the ex- ception of the Dominion one and two-dollar notes. Mr. Rogers had tendered tlie amount of his account- in Bank of Commerce bills. Some- j what exasperated, he began to | thumb over his "roll." The clerk; world, his wife ami children had long since passed away wad his name was but a memory in the household. What seemed but a moment in reality was a hundred years. It is rather curious that the Rip Van Winkle myth should find its parallel in distant Corea. The household superstitions of Japan are very numerous. Every section has them; they are many or rare, according to the degree of in- telligence possessed by the people. They are harmless, often exciting laughter, yet so entrenched are they in the household that religion, argument, even ridicule, cannot destroy them. Some of these su- perstitions have a moral or educa- tional purpose, inculcating lessons of benevolence, neatness, habits or cleanliness. A room is never swept immedi- ately after the departure of the in- mate for fear of sweeping out the luck. At a marriage ceremony nei- ther the bride nor the groom wears any clothing of a purple color lest their marriage be soon dissolved, purple being a color most liable to fade. If the cup of medicine is up- set by accident during the illness of a person it is the sure sign of his recovery. This looks as if the Ja- panese had faith in our proverb, "Throw physic to the dogs." There are some curious idea/n in regard to the finger nails. They must not be cut before starting on a journey, lest disgrace falls upon the person at his destination. Nei- ther should they be cut at night, lest cat's claws should grow out. C'hildren who throw the parings of the nails into the fire are in danger of some great calamity. If a piece should fly into the fire while Uie person is cutting them the person will die._ The Howling of a Dog portends de^ith. If a woman steps over an eggshell she will go mad ; if over a razor it will become dull ; if over a whetstone it will break. If a man should set his hair on fire he will go mad. Children are told if they tell a lie an oni (imp) will pull out their tongue. Tlie whole- some terror of the oni. standing ready to run away with his tongue, lias caused many a Japanese youth to tell tihe truth. Ghosts are very popular and are not limited to apparitions of human beings. Tho she badger and the fox love to return to their former haunts. Foxes play practical jokes of every description. They follow their victims, who are usually men ; while the badger follows girls in the guise of a handsome youth. Ghosts are raised in various ways. The most popular is to put in the ondon (bhe lantern burned at night in every Japanese sleeping-room) 100 rush lights, repeating aji incanta- tion of 100 lines. At the end of each line one of the rush lights is removed until only one remains. The ghost seer takes this one into a dark room and blows it out, when the ghost should appear. The Ja- panese have a horror of the dark- ness; tihey always keep a light burning to ward off the ghosts. The junkmen believe in a ghost who comes to them and politely asks to borrow a dipper. The an- swer decides ttie fabe of tho junk- men. If a dipper with a bottom is bestowed he uses it to bail water , _ _ _ enough to swamp the junk, but if 1 ignorance of the wise accoun- the bottom can, "be knocked out and tant of the inetaropolitau hostelry, thrown at him he disappears. In this last euse, the act must be ac- companied by an incantation or the ghobt turns into a sea kappa a many-clawed monster who will drag the junk to the bottom. The strange superstition exist/s, founded upon the belief of the Kami, visiting vengeance upon those who destroy. their trees or for whom they are desecrated, called tlie ''Uslii toki mairi," which means literally, "Go to the shrine at t'he hour of the ox." The Japanese are a gentle, sensi- tive race, very much under the in- fluence of their emotions. Love with thorn is a serious matter, Often One of Life or Death. j Disappointment in love or desrr- | tion frequently ends in suicide. Sometimes the girl become* an avenger and implores the gods to curse or visit with death the de stroyor of her peace. She makes a straw image to represent her re- creant lorer, and at the Ushi toki (hour of the ox 2 o'clock in the morning^ she goes to the shrine of her family deity. Clad in white, her Kair dihov- e>led. her eyes flashing passion, in her right hand the t raw linage, in j her left a hammer, her girdle stuck i with Trails, she reochoa tihe sacred tree which i encircled by a garland of rice straw, To it* trunk he fan- TO IDLE BODY Also on Face, Began to Ooze Water- like Matter, Torture of Itchiness. Pimples Festered and Enlarged, Cured In Two Weeks, Thanks to Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Mt. Elgin, Ind. Institute. Muncey, On- tario. " I suffered from sklu trouble for two before taking Cuticura Remedial., The trouble atoned from, itchlncaa on the back of the hands. Whan Irritated, this itchinesa turned to pluiplei. These pimples soon began to spread up the arms, from the arms to my whole body. > "\\MY ) They uleo came up on the III I/ S face. Having spread over my body they became Irri- tated by iny clothing. They began to ooze water-like matter. Then began an almost killing torture of Itchlnius. When I scratched I seemed to acalp the pimples and make them extremely sore. They festered and enlarged, then they opened and left acre pou. These spots became scabbed and ore beyond expression. "I sent for a sample of Cuticnra Soap nd Ointment which I received quicker than I expected. I was much relieved at the first application. I continued applying the Outlcura Remedies for two straight week*. then I was completely cured, thanks to Cuticura Soap and Ointment." (Signed) John Jamleson, Mar. 6, 1912. Cuticura Soap and Cutloura Ointment ara old throughout the world. Bend to Potter D. & O. Corp., Dept. 56D, Boston, U.S.A.. fur free sample of each with 32-page book. Inspector Rogers. watched him meanwhile. "We will take those without dis- count," he observed, pointing to a five-dollar Dominion Bank bill. Mr. Rogers smiled, paid his ac- count in Dominion Bank bills, se- cured his receipt, and then had his revenge by pointing out the rklicu- SUMMER HEAT HARD ON BABY No season of the year is so dan- gerous to the lil> of little ones as is the summer. The excessive heat tli rows the little sbomach out of order so quickly that unless prompt aid is at hand the baby may be beyond all human* help before thp mother resizes he is ill. Summer is the season when diarrhoea, chol- era infanium, dysentery and colic are most prevalent. Any one of these troubles may prove deadly if not promptly treated. During the summer the mother's best friend is Baby's Own Tablets. They re.gu- late the bowels, sweeten the stom- ach and keep baby healthy. The Tablets are sold, by medicine deal- ers os wt S5 cents a box from The J)r. Williams' Medicine Co., Brock- vil.le, Ont. lloly T,ake Is Refilling. A quaint legend attaches to the tract of land about 15 a<res in ex- tent which has subsided in West- \\HE> M AD DOG BITES VOL. Here Arc a Few Simple Rules On What to Do. If you should be bitten by a dog suspected of rabies, don't get scared, but act promptly. Immediately apply a tourniquet, above the wound. No tourniquet being at hand, use a handkerchief or necktie, twisting it tightly with a stick. The poison should then be sucked out and the wound cauterized as soon as possible. -If it is believed the dog was mad tlie Pasteur treat- ment should be resorted to. Only two-tenths of one per cent, of tho.se who take this treatment develop hydrophobia. Although the germ of rabies has not been demonstrated, it is gen- erally cunceded the disease has a specific genm. Rabies never occurs in the human spontaneously, hut always by inoculation. It i* also moderately well demonstrated thn! dugs and other animals likewise contract the disease through inocu- lation. Many more male than fe- male dogs go mad. The reason given for this is that male do as fight among themselves, but a male seldom bites a female. The pro- portion is seven mad males to one mad female. Contrary to popular belief, rabies is more common in a temperate gone than in the troptCfl or the Arctic regions, and in spring and fall than in summer ami winter. The only sure preventive thus far found for rabies is through muz- zling, which is another proof that the disease has its origin in inocu- lation. There is a disease called ly <'.> phobia, which closely rosemb'es hydrophobia, and is brought on by nervous dread. It has been con- tended by some that there is really no difference between these dis- eases, and that hydrophobia is imaginary. This claim is refuted by the fact that animals and very young children, knowing neither imagination, dread nor fear, do succumb to a disease exhibiting the unmistakable symptoms of hydro- phobia. These symptoms are, first, a feai of water, from which the disease ! derive* its name; then the muscles | stiffen and an attempt to drink wa- I tor brings on convulsions : next tho I mere sight of water is sufficient to | bring on a recurrence, of tho oon- vulioii, fever sets in and death en MICS in about a week, generally from exhaustion. There is no known remedy for rabieft. though opiate-* art) freolj to alleviate the pain. phalia, thp straw imaga. On her ho pra.vs tlia jfcxhi to <wvve their tv<vss to itnput tlw> guilt of i.t desecration to her l>et.rayr and t : \ isit liini with t!eir diroat v*n- i gvanca. This vilfc in repeated nightly until her victim d>iH. wibh the only iui.|nwi>li*bl*> part of tW.s act of vangia.iio -r to be fuuad all over the ooimbry. miiR>riU )< paMon long siitoe doad, of rohri button perouanu k>ii Uie au<xy\i\- p!ilia<l. CVnild Ui-eoe ruaty iuii.i hAve lan^(a.oe. wiiai talo they would tell ! Of love and deuiion, jeaUiusy Jim! veng<tMkitoe. Ixxve utrong a <i"al.li, jeLeuy cruel & Oerinany. According to the old ta,le, a convent tood on this wooded heath nora oenturios ago, And oue night tliifl building was suddenly uwaUowed up in a subsidenco, which was followed by the formation of a like, to whit-It was given the name of the Holy Lake. Gradually the waters drid up and fliwiUy dwappejired, but von when the lake no longer ex- ist i.-d the ground bill bore the nanve of the Holy Lake. Now the la-ke IILS Howard "Why do you term your wife an angel)" Coward "Be OAuie the'8 alwayx ready to fly, he'n continually -harpiuf, aud bhe han't an earthly thing to wear." Minardt LlnlmNl Curti 0>iUmpr. Mlnard'i Llnlinonl Our** Garget In Cow*. Man Wanted. "Father," said little Ruth, ap- pealingly, "why don't you stay ak home to work as other little girls' fathers do ? ' Fa/blier, who, as the business man- ager of * great corporation, has to travel extensively, smiled fondly at his little daughter. "I'd love to, Ruth." he answered, "but you see I have to earn a lot o money to tak care of my little girl and her mother, and 1 can't get tuumgh work to do here at home." "O father." cried Ruth, reprov- ingly, "1 don't believe you've aver tried hard enough! Why, 1 have seen a sign out, 'Man Wmued,' lots and lots of time*. There wa* one over in front e( our grocery- thin very morning." TALE OF DUAX PERSONALITY. Hun Who Lost Himself and Was Found Three Times. A remarkable story of a duel per- sonality is told by the famous brain specialist, Sir Georgo Ha. v age, in ho Practitioner. A man who liad passed a brilliant school and university career enter- d tho government service. He tarted for the East in good health, jut on tho voyage he was lost at ?ort Said, and as nothing was leard of him for months ho was upposed to have been killed. After many months his friends leard that he was in a state of des- titution far from where he had ande.d. He could give no account of his conduct or hia experiences. Je returned to England, and after careful nursing and rest he was ready and willing to work. He had ost his government appointment, nit family interest got him a pri- vate secretaryship in the colonies, where he rapidly showed his abil- ,1y, and was valued highly. Suddenly he MI.-, lost again, and & - os absent for many months before 10 was discovered in poverty and listress in another quarter of the world. A second period of rest re- stored him, and once more he start- ed to make his way. This time he. started a ranch, and with a bailiff, made it a great success ; till once more he was lost, and turned up weak and ill in another part of the world. "It was then," Sir George Sav- age says, "that I wa consulted, and I was to sec him on his return jo England. I next heard that he lad been placed in an asylum. Tho doctor who consulted me died, and [ never heard the sequel." Very Quarrelsome Neighbor s NampB of tho parlies are Oxirnn and TOPS i -both wore unhappy till the trouble was j rcmliHl by Putnam's Corn Extractor. Any corn gofl out of businreg in 24 hours j f "Putnam's" in applied-try It, 25c. at ull ilealera. Needless Expense. "Father," asked the girl who was going to marry a poor man, "do you think I ought to take a course in household economics t They of- fer a lovely one at college for three hundred dollars." "No," replied pater grimly. "You will get one for nothing after you are married." English Roast-Beef. Tba euy WT. An appr dlh ir'! to cooked and economical. 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L.UMH-1. KTO, Internal and external, cnrnl "Itlfc oat rain hv oar home 'refitment Writ* ns before ton late Dr Rellman Medical Co.. Limited, rolllnewnort. Ont. IMMORTALITY CERTAIN I Swrdenlwrc;'* errnt work <> llrnvrn and licit I land thelilc uttrr death. *^t'..i;rs. .Mm 25cMtol (postpaid. H.Uw 4MEt>cli4 A..Twulo, Oil. | " "BLUE FLAME SPECIAL N.8. inanl'H Liniment Co.. LiniiUid. Ocntlnmen. I.HBI Auxust niy horn wn biidly cut In flcvon II);{I'HH by a burhml wire fetirr. Tliren of the cuta (ma)l oru^i. healed Boon, but the otlirrs bwnmv foul and rotten, nnd though I trw-d many Idndw of wuilicinu tJiuy had no beneficial ri'KiiM. At last a doi'tor :i<lvi.oil JIM- to IIKC MINABD'H LIMMKNT and in four wwktT tim ovory !>] wuw Ucalcsl and the huir was grown OVIT each one 1 in Una condition The Liniiut-iit is nortaiuJy wonderful in its working. JOHN K. HOI.DKN. Witwwi. Perry Baker. Beaons For Boutinf. "What's he bragging about now 1" "Something somebody else lias just done that he could have done i so much better." To lower our stuck by July Slat our Ktocktaking we of- fer the*e Plugs at $2 Per Set of Four "BLFK FI.AMKS" give perffxrt igit- taoii and will jrive a hotter 5-na.rk than any pJ'.ig at bhia Try Murine Eye Remedy If you have Red, Weak, Watery Eyes or Granulated Eyelids. Doesn't Smart -^Soothes Eye Pain. Druggists Sell Murine Eye Remedy, Liquid, 2Sc. SOc. Murine Eye Salve in Aseptic Tubes, 25c, SOc. ' Eye Books Free by Mail. An Kv Tonle aood tar *U Cy tnl Necrf Car* Murin-i Ey Remedy Co.. Chicago RUSSELL MOTOR CAR CO.. Limited. Accessories Oept.. WHST TORONTO Culler. "Opportunity eally knocks at many a door." "Then why don't more of us sue- 1 ceed better?" "The trouble is that opportunity > wants us to go to work." Mlnard's Liniment Curd Dlphthsrla. Sir Walter Scott's Faith. In Sir Walter Scott's diary for 1827 there is this passage. Amid his j terrible misfortune-, when he ac- ; tually wntempluted taking refuge in tho I*lo of MM or in the sano- tuary of Hlyro<i<i 1^ oscapn relent- j lesvs creditors, he w rol : -"But l| will not let this unman me. Our; hope, heaven.'.y and i-arthly, is i poorly anchored if tho cable part's j upon the si rc.am . . 1 balieve in God, who can <-hiuiii;e <'vil into good, and \ I H.ITI confident, tliat. what befnlls us I is always uh.iimilBly ?or thn het." RICHELIEU & ONTAM NAVIGATION C0.1 NIAGARA To THE SEA Yonr Vacation Trip WHKKK TO , Falls, Toronto, Tliou- Islands 81. Lawrencn Rapid*. Montreal, Quebec ,. . the Saguenay River one of nature's most impri'ssiva wenie wonders. Low rat** for tinkpt* inolndlnR Tncata and boribn. For Infor- ctinn apply to Iwl inkrt agent* or D. Pat"i--oii, Gen. Agt., T'liNm- to, Out.. <jr It. Poilwr I lixfloe, P.T.M.. Monl. trcal. Quo. The ancients hell8Vd that the world was square- hut that was be- fore politics was discovered. K I D N EY fr, PILLS KU. 7. ISSlK'-'il 'II A Distant Prospect. The tourist travelling in the west- ern part nf Ireland was trying to have Home fun at tho expense of a native of the country. "You have a very line view from here, my friend." said the tourist. "Aye," replied the guide, "we can sometime* see a !jnt? way.' "Ah. 1 suppose you can see Amer- ica when it's clear !" "Farther than that," replied the guide, without a smile. "Wh*bl" "Yes; if you will just wait * while, you'll se tho moon." Two classes of people worry ivbottt money those who have too little and those who hove ton nuu'h. Mliiard'i Llnimtnl Cur** Col<K M*. f n