THE SPARTAN JAPS.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 390, 29 October 1903, Page 6

THE SPARTAN JAPS.

'"' JptStueea of Tbclr n wn«*«rfil rV«*r- j "*-_ v "Met »»d Fe»t» of I SlrenKth. j i v : »_ ~~"*"~~ - * i rv |" Jihave' said tliat the Japanese are a * Bpartau race, writes Ainia X. Ben- I jamin, in Ainslee's. J!r.ny tlpngsT>e- j sides their resistance to cold prove '■ ■:• i-J The most of them live iti siiaplicity. Thej ran 150 a long time without food. Ti»e coolies perform marvelous feats of strength and en- - durance; they draw a "jinrikisha" all <jay or carry travelers over the ■ ateepest mountains. Every summer i.;»» colony/oi. foreigners go to Mount nenr Kioto. Their camp is several* miles up the steep mountain oliii-. uut euiij vai-h morning the Japanest- bring up tb<' mail, fresh ▼egetal>les aad milk, and women often carry franks 10 the summit on their heads. In the upper classes the old "sumarai" ideals inculcated er.durance, courage and simplicity. A writer in a recent magazine comments upon the seven years' training of the Japanese of.ieer. This i> the preparation of a second lieutenant; but it is merely a continuation under modern methods, of the o:d "■.iiTTV-r:>i" requirements. The fact litat !>•■' .!,.[»'* *"«'J:f- ; »; ••: . •-• . ■;- > ''ii'-r.- tti •!..- '.v\-*:.-. u" : •■:•." <•■' I J '- lio; S'i'U V. ':-"-M ?.!'4S | for wonder, becam-e it is not the outcome of western military training—of modernization—for the seeds of ■ the western methods were sown on a long-cultivated Spartan soil. The learning of new military tactics and the adaption of up-to-date weap >r.s may be likened to placing new 11achinery in an old mill which depends for power on a great water fall. Tinnew machinery provides no power in itself.

TO CAN TREE ANTS. Inaecta Fonnd In the Woods of the Hortb vrest May He Pnt l*p aa 11 Condiment. "Some enterprising dealer in canned goods could make a ::..:::-! fortune,'" said a visiting lumberman, reportsthe New Orleans Times-Democrat, "by going into the northwest anc putting tip tree anis as a ccnd:Oient. No, I'm not joking." he continued, "and what's- more, the product would need m httr.idneticn tj t"ie ;—o:?l of that region. Ail Lhrough th : Ivra ber districts of Minreaota and Wis consin ants are regarded as a grea delicacy, an;! Ilia drtY. Iranbl? is thai they can't get enough of them. 1

don't know v. ay II S3, but r.tcn who Cc hard manual labor in cold climates

acquire a strong craving for something sour, aud the bit* - , hra.vm choppers and teamsters found out Ion? atjo that ants v.vr<- a pa'atah!Buhstitute for piekles. They a«e onl; a peculiar variety, lartre and red ii color and found in immense quanti ties under the hark of dead trees It is not very hard to collect a quar pail full, and after them hj

PTalillmr 'hey arc spread on a b*>ar« and «lri din the sun. Y»~.e:» rent 1 / t. ea* they like coarse, brnwii powdrr rr-1 i-ne a very agreeable, aromatic smell.

"Of eonr.;e, it is impossible to de.Trlbp exrctly hov/ they taste, but the general flavor would remind yon of some fine fruit and if vo 1 .: have any svitienrvshneFS over the nature of the dish it doesn't take yon long to forget it. I can't see. however, why there should be any objection to dried ants as a table delicacy. They are perfectly clean and certainly as attractive as snails or shrimps." Hade Well by Snake Bite. Tatrick Smith, a charcoal burner of Wet Woods, Kentucky,has beer, cured of malarial fever by the bitt of a sprtad ing viper, one of the most poisonous snakes known. Smith is about 33years old, and was born and reared in V.'tt. Woods as a ehaicoal burner. He occupies a i-n.aii cabin in the woeds. ( r. one si ie is a stagnant pond art the fever breeding morass txtends son.e' distance. About three months ago he was ta\<n down with a severe attack t.f ihr iarial chiil< and fever. Evtrsir.ee ii>< . he bas been fighting the inroni..- . > disease. On Friday the viper era v. '.-. ■ into Smith's room and bit him v." !; he was sleeping on the floor. Tsi !■ -•- than 24 h<>n:> the man's fever subside ! and he is now welL Chamberlain's Cough Bemedy cares the cold :..',d dois not proc Ui any b-d t fleets Ii sieng'beis tl> healthy c-tidi'io . Jr aways tur. and or q': : ekty. W iKjirs an. Sot. f- 1 !•,