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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3630, 29 March 1906, Page 4

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Sweat Klnaer, that I lo’s tho raafat O’ ony, Slu* wl’ tiW’ h;:3t > I smackst baira hr-'ewer '.’ifO’hiruucd Rii iw. 1 hall thee, though a blessed tbaist la heaven lans.;! For* weel 1 k< u-, raw banda pbftv’B, JJor gourd v ah’s, b-.-i' laiia:/ ways, Codld gar rue freer blame or praise, Or proffer hand Where “Uaiuia ilatbia” and his lays Thc;,it!;er stan'l. And sao these hamely lines I t*e»<h WT jinalln Wortis ut Tla wi-i. lit eclib of tlu> b.i r.ys l.sui '.vend i'rae thee u> mo Like simmer brooks vd’ infiny a bond O' v. imp! ln glee* —James Whneomb RUaj Chinese Women Hii.l Their Feet. The small footed Ohi.w -.0 womt a usually make their own shoes of bus of silk embroidered in gold aiid ofciov:;. Very dainty work they imho of ib t a shoemaker simply soling them b.ls of embroidery. In curio shops the ghmo tro - ter may sometimes pick v.;,< •: y~. .mubanu shoe. The tiny foot must to <A ten a:m carefully washed uud d< u • ■ T - d. 1. am. of them arc perpetually sweh-.-n and inflamed. There are women ware business it is to go from 1 - ■ bathing, bandaging and l ; t • maimed members. A woman of rinm has sometimes one amah whore sne ■: ! duly it :j to can? for --ev tiny but Iron blesomo feet. Chinese women who possess small fm'i are, while proud of them in a way. '■» n shy and unwilling to exhibit them to foreigners. I had, great difficulty in coaxing a Chinese woman of rank to giro mo a glimpse of her woe foot. Tae four smaller toes are prated under the solo, and tho whole v, eight falls really upon the groat too in walking. The ankle is very largo and distorted, hut the leg is thin and wasted from inadequate exercise. The tout ensemble from a western point of view is far from beautiful if not absolutely repulsive.—

Mamating a Door. To slum a door may bo r-i evidence c.f bad temper or ] .-d hv.-m'-ts, bat it ialso a popular s. perstltioa that .o' Ming a door is -wicked. This beh .undoubtedly duo f.o tv suppi;.. i;ion tv tallied by mv-y nations i -at IV sot.L» < i the deparit-. i hover about ;’3s?i.l.u» w'aejt they depart.’’! from their bodies. Tilt Indians of this courdry frequently bowled and beat tho air-.. b h brushwood in or der to drive away tA- spirit of the pr*s oner they bad just bib., i. The negroes of the On ,t> ah?tain from swooping out tlioir ban * !'■ .-r a j ear uftnr a death Ims occurred for iVar that tbdust may interfere with ilia sj hit of Lie departed. It :s in i:nrii.« rn hnropjthat the superstition concerning 1 be slammi’ ».*! of a door arose, the ' r I erg •'v'-sr tained that ;;v.na rpirhmi. yu bo caught In the slamming,. life 3IUSS'-i.’:J Nervous irritability and a desire to distinguish himself tret* plainly visible in Alfred do Musset at the age of) ears Once he got a pair of now red shoes, mo. bo went into raptures abort them. He was so impatient to sh</w himself in his new shoes that ho could scarcely "'ait to lie dressed. While )u. moda y tv as dressing Us halt ho was trembling with impatience. and at last he esolaimc.l in an angry tone. “Ivlr.lce baste, mamma, 01 else my new shoes will rot old!" The precocious boy v.-m p ur.pered and spoiled and allowed to become a despuf fai the houso.- - «• Old Custom Uamitti Dcnvu. How many can tell the origin of the habit of closing the eyes in prayer? Far back in the past the sun was the nniversal object of worship. As it rose above the horizon the devotee thanked it for Its return to bleas Ihe world. As it set In the west he implord i;n early return. Eia face was always toward the sun in prayer, and his eyes were closed to prevent blindness. The habit has passed down from father to son for thousands of years. Though the object of worship has been changed, the custom survives —Progressive Thinker. Horsepower ami Speed. Horsepower does not always mean speed, for the City of Rome—very little smaller than the Teutonic—is of 11 *OO horsepower, against the Teutonic's ill,000, while the Paris, which is only £OO feet long, as against the Groat Eastern's 630 feet, is of over 20,000 horsepower. Such comparisons show the wonderful development in late years of ship and engine building' Precarious Indeed. Tourist (at Niagara)—A coroner must have a pretty good tiling of it around hero, i Coroner—Well, it’s rather precarious. 1 You know ourWomo depends ir on the ( floating population. j One of the hottest regions of the earth's surface is in the immediate vicinity of the Dead sea. Experts in the science of hydrography declare that the sea lusts not less than a million tons of watw a day through evaporation. The muscles of the forehead and scalp should he regularly exercised several times a day. It is said that the individual hairs of the scalp can be stimulated by rubbing the nape of the t ,ck with a coarsely woven glove. Even if we have only a dinner of herbs to offer to our guest, if it be I in the spirit of true hospitality U will he belter than u stalled ox where pride and envy are, and with them the spirit o( ; contention, I

It is stated that the daily '.-ply oi mill; for the New Yurie ua-rket amounts to about 10,000 cans oi millc, ova* 17*‘ cans of condensed tnilk nu.l upward a 400 can? of cream.

I" is an old story that the slow modes jf travel of, lay, 70 yea r* since gave perhaps only too favorablo opportunities for studying the natural features of a countrv.