CHINESE CONSERVATISM.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 104, 1 May 1875, Page 4

CHINESE CONSERVATISM.

Msl|i7.ofi article on tbe question ot railway communication' in } -/ro7-;says:-— •' ■ gtitM'But , s there will be difficulties,, aa P|hV '.Chinese, almost to a man, are Iptinfen-ely conservative. Thus tbo W^puei-'' Pao, a Chinese newspaper> H|ropreßenting this element at Shanghai, Kshows the nature and extent of the Rpr">judice against railways. The followBi&a bi*i<?f, -.extract of the argument: — p|f3Remembißr, O! reader, Jttow the Celeeprospered for 3000 years, p^iU7ther barbarians came in and intro- j their horrible customs. Now Klleyjallow no one to rest. They keep ■^%'er.ything moving. They rush with Iptheir' accursed engines into every creek |||aitd river of the country, Bpying out jpfind l worrying a 'happy and industrious ||jj>ebple. '7 ..The English are like their |||town. stearin always boiling and bubbling. ppTiiey. upset everybody to make money of them. They have drained the Poland of Sycee silver, and now they ifiwaot steady, law-abiding subjects of. ||§.ihe 'sun and moon to spend their money engines, which blow upland : cu,t people into little pieces more effectu|||^iy than the public executioner could jlffido. The idea is monstrous. §fe||7 7« Canals are much better than railK:'j*pads. The good Confurius invented 7tbem, . and it was during his life on l^arth; that they were dug. They have E^he-sn tested by time and experience, g^whereas railroads are only sixty years old; 7 7* Life on a canal, junk is tolerably f|p_6eure, A man can sleep' by night and pliffsh by day, and hold his soul in peace. ll^A merchant need not buy a coffin betie 'starts upon a journey. All he !^7wnnts is time and patience. There is |||ia commercial advantage, too. Goods fc7 -cannot be accumulated, and thus prices S7Cc&n be kept up. But note what 77 7 happens when railroads are introduced. |^;Tn7lhe first place, they nre dangerous. love accidents. The engines, are l^ivljke .gunpowder witb fire under it. |7^;Tralnß*run into each other, and leave jS-77'bnly corpses and lumber on the road; fISJ-br, tbey rush off the tracks, jump down |i*7 precipices, tumble into rivers, and very feoften crash through honest men's ||;7houses. Sometimes tliey run away of fe|x|he[r own accord, and then they go so l^ffoSt that wheels fly to pieces and kill .^everybody near tbem. The barbarians Iff know all this so well that they keep to attend to the wounded, or beforehand for tbeooffins, perfumes. ' papers, sfackere, and other P^jftinera! offerings to the priests of the p^great Jose. Then tbey publish big j^|.':bpoks full of lists of accidents, and of &7fc/the killed and wounded. Beside all fS^whieb, merchandise is carried so fast B^bytbese railroads that stores are filled HHBtt|_y, innocent tradesmen have to H^Bußtoroge whether tbey want the would occupy |^^^^»7ovor the mountains, would be of their livelihood. There is |H|^V übtu bt that canals are much better j^^^^nrailroads, aod tho wisdom of the must be respected.' " ____\___________\_\________\_m '• _*__»^--*m-^-w-__m-m-___m-m-m-mtmm-_mm-m-_m_t_%_w

jj^^^KaPAS in Horses.— lt is a popular H^Hpto cut or burn out the lampas and young horses, whose front teeth, -g^PHßale, are short, and, in consequence, ;77,j:7 tn^B|late prominent. When theyoung l77liOi.se evinces" a, loss of appetite in !»!?! addition to this appearance, he is said the lampas, and if a sensible p77 practitioner refuse to cut or burn them, animal is taken toa farrier or black- |#. smith, who is ready with his hot iron tsf] "to* -perform this useless and cruel operaFlaps are supposed to be on £r|7horses, and more especially pigs tbat do l^not feod* well. An absurd and cruel '^fY operation is performed by cutting out some of the loose tisane tbat connects |;,7;;the lips to tbe jaw. Whoever will thus Yfy '■;, 'treat animals ought to be severely H" . punished: Anoiher serious error, is I of riding apd driving a horse about iedly when suffering from an attack idic, or gripes, nnd inflammation of bowels., Thore is a fixed opinion I this is the best remedy for the dis- \ whereas, though occasionally it ts a cure, in niue times out of ten aiises tbe death of the animal. — par Errors connected with Vetefy Medicine. i French chemist has recently made »covery by which muslin, lace, &c, j highly inflammable material, may mdered fire-proof by steeping them arch mixed with half its weight of bnate of lime. S-p-7 71'b.e 7 pernicious habit of breathing l^through the mouth while sleeping jfe'Tor 77 waking is Very hurtful. •777^There are many persons who y Sleep .with the mouth open and do 'fy, not know it. They may go to sleep 77 with it closed, and awake with it |) olosed; but if the mouth is dry and i 77 Parched on waking, it is a sign that the y mouth has been open during the sleep. is a certain sign. This habit jifi, Bbbuld be overcome. At all times, g^except when eating drinking, or speak&7ing, keep the mouth firmly olosed, and through the nostrils, and retire a firm determination to conquer. 7v7oPhe noßtrils are tbe proper breathing ?7> apparatus — not tbe mouth. A man fffifxn&yl inhale poisonous gases through the |.;7inputh without being aware of it, but i||7"ri 0 6 through the nose. — Science of ffyH&dlth^: