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(gt .8 . â€" JAPAN’S' RACE PROBLEM .â€" PROTESTS AGAINST THE HIRING 0F {IINESE COOLIES. Laborers From China Brought Into Ja- pan to Work on :1 Railroad at Cut Rates. It seems that Japan has been having a little race problem of her own. The details are sparingly given by a native piess that courts consistency. From the sparse news accounts and the ediâ€" torial comments of some of the 'I‘okio papers, it appears that the importation of Chinese laborers to work on a new railroad line in Kagoshima province’has helped to show the Japanese w ere the ,. shoe pinches in this country. Early in July the contractor to whom he construction work on the railroad had been awarded imported thirty Chi- ,nese laborers. The wages he paid were I10 yen a monthâ€"about $5 goldâ€"and ltlmt was about 50 per cent. cheaper ithan the hire of Japanese laborers. Still {the Chinese were satisfied and they were good workmen. I So pleased was the Japanese contrac- itcr with his experiment that he sen-t to "China for 100 more, and before those ‘coolies had landed at Nagasaki a third Aeonsignment of 800 was contracted for ,with Chinese emigration companies in Chefu. The Manichi Dempo naively states that the Japanese laborers took great alarm at the importation of the Chinese ooolies, who were willing to work for tlialf of what a Japanese laborer de- manded. Mass meetings were held by the citizens of Kagoshima-ken “to con- Bider this grave peril to the laborers of 'Japan,” as the Manichi put it. But the sentiment of the outraged la- borers of Kagoshima-ken did not stop at mass meetings. One night in the latter part of July they posted emotice written in Chinese on the doors of the Chinese laborers’ huts that if they didn’t stop working in Japanese men’s places they would be DRIVEN BACK TO CHINA. The local police oflicials took alarm at the indignation of the citizens of Kagshoima-ken and sought advice from the central Government at Tokio. ’I‘okio, realizing the possibilities of embarrass- ment in any overt act against the Chi- ncsc, ordered the police of Kagoshiina~. ken to use their utmost powers to pro- tect the foreigners in case of an out- break and then summoned the enter- prising cont ‘actor to a conference in 'I.‘okio. . It happens that once, No. 352, which was promulgated in 1898, forbids the employment of for- _cign labor in Japan except under limi- 'ted conditions, which restrict such em- ployment only to the old treaty ports where foreigners congregate. 'I‘hc latâ€" est papers from Japan. have it that the contractor has either unconsciously dis- ol‘eyed this law or that he intends to zl‘orce a test. case. In the early part of August the mat- .tei- was still under advisement by the ’l‘okio Government and the Cliiuamcn vcre still working, under police pro- tection. In July the latest outrage againstthe Japanese in and about. San Iii-anoisco was scrupulously reported by the Ja- panese (itonsul there to his home Gov- ernment. This was an instance of boys throwing stones through the glass of a Japanese gardciier’s greenhouse at Ilcrkcley. The outrage was duly noted by the Japanese press and dilated upon by that }':-:ll'l of it. which had been yellowcst in exploiting THE SAN FRANCISCO INCIDENT... .Yet at. this very time the Chinese labor- iis who were working for half pay in Kagoshima-ken were working under 'rphlice protection because of threats 'against them by Japanese. I Only two Japanese journals paid any attention to the Kagoshima-ken incident {and those were not of the sensational Hype. The Asahi. one of the steadicsl )ol‘ the Tokio journals, defended the imâ€" [port-alien of the Chinese editorially, say- nng that because the capitalists who‘werc building .the railroad would profit by line cheap Iabor general prosperity lwould be reflected through their indi- ividual. prosperity all over the province. General interest 'enc0 over the interests of any one class, {said the Asliai and then it closed with illic sage deduction that if the'laborers :rf California would realize this econo- n‘iic principle there would be no objec- an imperial ordin- Ition to the presenCe there of Japanese ilahorers. The Mainichi Dempo of Osaka took a ,(lifferent view ,of the delicate situation. l“'l‘liis is a very grave question," said itlit Mainichi's editorial of August 17. “It is not merely local. “For Chinese to engage in labor in Japan it is necessary to obtain ofiicial permission first. otherwise a legal pen- alty is incurred. 'I‘o permit the entry of Chinese cheap labor in Japan will create a tremendous social problem and .such permission is. \VII.L BE HUINOUS POLICY. “If the Governor of Kagoshima-ken permitted the contractor to bring in the Chinese coolies the responsibility he as- sumed was very great. and oflicial ac- tion should at once be taken.” . The Japan Advertiser, the only Eng. glish paper published in Japan, did not ,seize the opportunity for making com- parisons, but. warned the Japanese Gov- ernment of the seriousness of the prob- ‘lciu that was present-ed. lAugust 'IS: “The problem that has thus been pre- sented to Gov. Chikanii of Kagoshima- Len in particular and to Japan in gen- eral is of paramount. importance for iii-r: rv-usnns, not as regards the materi- It said on - ."-...m‘.....- ,. .. .. M...» ...-.... ..:x.'.~..-.i.._.._...._.. W __~_ | _ , I Should haw poem it Zani-Buk is the finest embrocation al effect of the present innovation. but on account, of the principles involved. First, because this is the only instance where the provisions of Imperial Ordin- ance No. 352 have been either disobey- ed or brought to test, and, second, be- cause Japan is brought into the dis- agreeable alternative of permitting the entr of Chinese labor or of playing tl'ii- inconsistent part of demanding of America what she herself withholds from China. That Japanese public opin- ion is chary of tackling the question is obvious from the general silence in re- gard to it." ._.____,1.____ __ ~ A RHEUMA IISM REtIPE PREPARE THIS SIMPLE HOME-MADE _ MIXTURE YOURSELF. Buy the Ingredients from Any Druggist in Your Town and Shake Them in a Bottle to Mix. A well-known authority on Rheuma- liSlll gives the readers of a large To- ronto daily paper the following valu- able, yet. simple and harmless prescrip- tion, which any one can easily prepare at home: Fluid ounce; Compound Syrup ounces. Mix by stinking well in a bottle, and take a teaspoonful after each meal and at bedtime. He states that the ingredients can be obtained from any good prescription pharmacy at small cost, and, being a harmless to Extract. Dandelion, one-half Compound Kargon, one ounce; Sarsaparllla, three vegetable extraction, are take. This pleasant mixture, if taken regu- larly for a few days, is said to over- come almost any case of Rheumatism. The pain and swelling, if any, dimin- ishes Willi each dose, until permanent results are obtained, and without in- juring the stomach. While there are many so-callcd Rheumatism remedies, patent medicines, etc., some of which do give relief, few really give perma- nent results, and the above will, no doubt, be greatly appreciated by many sufferers here at this time. Inquiry at the drug stores of even the small towns elicits the information that these drugs are harmless and can be bought separately, or the druggists will mix the prescription if asked to. .Pâ€" â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€" THEY \‘VON’T SIIL’T DOORS. And They Will Ride Backward, Reports a Traveller of Englishmen. Travellers returning from England tell of two habits of the people of that cruii'iry which impressed tficm. One is the ave 'agc Englisluiian’s aversion to shutting the door behind him. “I don't know how it is in the Eng- lish houses,” rcuuirked one who return- e~l recently from abroad, “for I was not in one of them; but I stayed in a hotel in London where there were a good many English people, and a dozen times daily I had to get up and shut a door to keep the draught away. “It didn’t make any difference whe- ther it was a serr'ant or a guest who went through, the door was left open. This was in the spring of the year, too, when the weather was chilly. I noticed the same thing in railway coaches and hotels of smaller towns.” The other English peculiarity is a pre- ference for riding backward on trains. The Englishman will make for the scat with it’s back to the engine every time, plant himself down in it with every evi- dence of comfort and look wonderineg a: anybody who picks out a seat facing the direction the l‘tllll is going. --.â€"â€"/-_.|I-. THE BEST YET! "Zam-Buk is the best household balm ever brought into a home.” Such is the opinion of Mrs. Sarah McDonald, of Birr, (Ont.) She saysâ€"“My little girl had a severe and obstinate rash on her Siill'ln I applied Zam-Biik a few times and the skin trouble which had defied all other remedies, went" away like magic.” Zam-‘Buk cures Eczema, Ulcers, Scor- fula, Poisoned wounds, Fostering Sores and all Skin Diseases. Rubbed well in for Rheumatism, Sciatica, etc. Of all stores and driiggists at 50 cents, or from Zam-Buk Co.. Toronto for price. 3 boxes for $1.25. â€"---â€"â€"’I‘- CURED Hn'i. The eminent physician was question- ing a new patient, but the letters deaf- l ness was a great drawback. .“What do you eat for dinner?” roared the doctor into his visitor's right ear. “Oh, no,” was the reply; “plenty of thatâ€"two miles regularly after break- fast and two more before dinner.” “flow long do you lie in bed of a mornin g?” “Well. doctor. I shall be sixty-nine in about. three weeks” time.” Without further parley the doctor gave him some simple prescription. at the door the man turned round and, in the loud tones done very deaf, ex- claimed:â€" “Doctor. can you cure deafness?” The physician shook his head. “I thought so. You’ve been very kind to me, therefore I will give you this prescription,” and. as he pulled a paper from his pocket, he continued, “It cured nic ” When a woman doesn’t know her own mind it is time she sought an iii- lroductiou. m W MONTE CARLO. The Gambling Games are Carried on by a Company. A recent horrible tragedy, of a kind not unrelated to other crimes which have had a similar origin, has again called Monte Carlo into more than the usual notice. If a man were to hunt. the ,world over he could hardly find a place which more absolutely fits the lines Where every prospect pleases, And only inhan is vile, than does the little principalin of Mona- ci':, in the choicest part of the Riviera; and yet it is known as “the plague- snotof Europe” and the “international a' nursery of crime.’ Two popular British novelists, Hall Caine and Max Pemberton, have lately discussed in the London papers the evils of the place and the possibility of suppressing them. The gambling games which have made Monte Carlo famousâ€"«or infamous â€"â€"the world over are carried on by a company which pays all the expenses of the government of the principality, and gives the Prince Monaco three hun- dred and fifty thousand dollars a year besides. The prince himself, instead of being the roue one might expect, is a most cultivated and amiable gentleman, who is recognized as the leading authority in Europe on oceanography. But he does not gamble. The people of Mo- naco, too, are quiet in their tastes. modest in their style of living, and con- tented. 3ut neither do they gamble. Of the visitors, many, of course, go for the climate and scenery, but more are there to try a “system” by which they hope to “break the bank”â€"a hope- lcss task. The suicides, crimes and other trage- dies traced to Monte Carlo are uncount- e'd But the attendants are both courtâ€" eous and svmpaihctic. “Monsieur has been unfortunate,” says one of them to a ruined man. “He has lost all? Truly most sad! Have the goodness to allow us to advance monsieur a trifle.” lie slips him a hundred dollars, and con- tinues, “Of course, monsieur will not do anything rash, butâ€"perhaps it would to well to go quite away for a time.” Suicides on the spot are not regarded with favor. There are, of course, international dilliculties in the way of suppressing Monte Carlo, but they are not insup- erable. ______..x.__.. Cholera and all summer complaints are so quick in their action that the cold hand of death is upon the victims hrfore they are aware that danger is near. If attacked do not delay in get- ting the proper medicine. Try a dose of Dr. J. D. Kellogg‘s DySentery Cor- dial, and you will get. immediate re- lief. It acts with wonderful l‘KlQld-liy and never fails 'to effect a cure. I Ilaughty Lady (who has purchased a staiiiplâ€"“Must I put it on myself?” Clerk (very politely)â€"“Not necessarily, nza’ain; it will probably accomplish more if you,put it on the letter.” ITCII, Mange, Prairie Scratches and every form of contagious Itch in human or animals cured in 30 minutes by Wol- ferd’s Sanitary Lotion. It never fails. Sold by all druggists. Few men bewail the loss of another man's money. You may safely make a bet that it is not always safe to abet a better. They Drive Piinples Awayâ€"A face covered with pimples is unsightly. It tells of internal irregularities which should long since have been corrected. The liver and the kidneys are not per- forming their functions in the healthy way they should, and these pimples are to let you know that the blood protests. I’armelee‘s Vegetable Pills will drive them all away,and will leave the skin clear and clean. Try them, and there will be another witness to their excellence. BIBLE RECOVERED FROM SEA. A remarkath find was made recently by a Shields trawler while fishing fifty miles from the 'I'yiic. When the not. was hauled on deck a Bible was recovered from the load of fish. Inside the hook vas a ticket of membership of the Ship- wrecked Fishermen and Mariners’ ioyal Benevolent Society, bearing the name of Martin Jensen, 85 ltlaxwell Street, South Shields, and dated Janu- ary 29, 1907. The Bible and shipwr‘cked mariner‘s ticket were taken to the ad- dress indicated, when Mrs. Jensen at once claimed the Bible and ticket as the property of her husband, who was drowned nearly seven months ago by the. foundering of the Tyne collier Stag. The Bible and ticket were in an excel- lent state of preservation. ' “Much of my success inslife,” said the millionaire. “was due to the advice L-I my friends.” “Is it. possible?” exclaim- (‘d the sceptical person. “Yes,” replied the man of millions. “I always listened to itâ€"but never followed it.” Regain Your Strength by taking "Ferrovim." It's the best tonic evercompomnlod. It nourishes and strengthens the whole system. Miss Forty Summersâ€"“I had a pro- posal last night, and refused it.” Miss Crusherâ€"“You are always thinking of the welfare of others, aren‘t you, dear?” Worms dcrange the whole system. Mother Gi'aves’ Worm Exterminator de- ranng worms and gives rest to the suf- ferer. It. only costs 535 cents to try it and be convinced. ,. _._.._, . . . .._, l PUT THE CLOCK ON. British Watchmakers do Not Kindly to a New Proposal. President Wright, of the British Watch and Clockmakers’ Guild, has un~ dertaken to transform the English into a nation of early risers. At the annual meeting he proposed the simple expedi- ent of putting forward all clocks one hour, so that noon shall fall at 11 in- stead -of '12. .Thus every one would go to bed and rise one hour earlier than ii’:. present. Many objections to the scheme were raised, on the score of the enormous dif- ficulties to be overcome in upsetting the basis on which all astronomical and other calculations were made. Though the President belittled these obstacles, the Guild refused to pass his measure. ._,x,_.._.w “Now, Johnny,” asked the teacher of a pupil, “what do we see in the country besides grass, trees, and flowers?" “Patent medicine advertisements!” was the prompt reply. Take A lady writes: “I was enabled to re move the cams, root and branch, by the use of Iâ€"Iolloway’s .Corn Cur-e.” Others who have tried it have the same experience. TO ERR IS HUMAN. Robert Browning once found himself at a dinner, at a great English house. sitting next to a lady who was connect- ed with the highest aristocracy. 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Jonesâ€"â€"“That young man who plays the comet is ill.” Greenâ€""Do you think he will recover?” Jonesâ€"“l am afraid not. The doctor who is attending him live-s next door.” Put out the fire in a. hot, itching, unhealthy skin with Weaver’s Cerate. Use it for eczema, nettle rash, tetter and salt rlieum. POLITENESS. Firemanâ€"“I have the honor to an- nounce, captain, that the fire is in the fourth :s.lorey, and our ladders and hose will reach only to the seconc.” Caplaiiiâ€"“Indeed! Then we’ll have to wait till the flames come down to the second.” For Inllamation of the Eyesâ€"Among the many good qualities which Parme- lec’s Vegetable Pills possess besides re- gulating the digestive organs, is their efficacy in reducing inflammation of the eyes. It has called forth many letters of recommendation from those who were afflicted with this complaint and found a cure in the pills. 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