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PEDDLING BREAD IN CHINA. One Of The Many Curious Sights Tc Be Seen In Peking. Lii ng Church. . Am;ng ,:e nany curious sights ir Chi:a. n.one present stranger aspec1 to o:r American eves than the bread peddlers and their methods of dispos irig <f their wares. They carry their stock :In trade about with them, either in m.al boxes strapped to their backs or in two boxes depending from a voke across the shoulders, or on trays held iv a strap hung from the neck and narrred t nt of them. after the ma-nr in which the pieman of Simph Simi. fame is invariably pictured by all -r:hodox illustrators of "Mothei Goo,e." In the city of Tien-Tsir thes- -treet venders oFer ,hree differ ent kinds of bread for sale. Two o1 these are twisted in oval shape. anc the third is a thin, crisp cake sprink led with the seeds of sesame, thal magic word which- at once recalls tc our minds the wonderful tale of All Baba and the forty thieves. How lit tle we ever dreamed. when we listen ed, spell lound. in our childhbod days to the thrilling account of Ali Baba's adventures. that we should ever be hold, far less taste, the fateful sesame the name of which proved so illusive to cur hero at the crucial momen1 when he was confronted by the rock of difficulty. But the peddler's bread is not more curious than his method of selling it, for it is frequently dis posed of by raffle, for which purpose he carries three dice, held in a little dis-h. In Peking. the capital of the celes tial empire, the bread peddlers gener ally come from the province, mostly from Shan-Tung. They are called po-po sellers. Their street cry, "Yao chin-man toa" (can I sell you a pound of bread?) is often heard until late in the evening. Their bread is made of wheat flour and baked in hot vapors, distinguished from another kind which is baked in hot pans. They also sell several varieties of po-po or baked goods. a special favorite with the Chinese being an oval oil cake made of the very best flour and usual ly eaten with pork, sausage or liver. The Mahommetans in China have a reputation for good bread, and. evi den:ly wish to be known as pure food advocates, for in order to enable cus tomers to distinguish their w..ares from those of other v.enders they ornament their carts or boxes with the Moslem emblem. This co'nsists of a vase con:aining a branch of the olive tree, on the top o,f which is perched the Mahommetan cap). On each side of this design is inscribed the motto, "Pure and1 True Islam." These Ma honimetan peddlers also sell a kind of patty tnlled with a nmixture of meat, vega ables, oil and sago. Another of their produtit. which is called "lai sho*uting ya chakuei." is a large roast ed cake ir dlumpling b)aked ini oil. Ma 'io these Chinese contections are mueh more appetizing than one wo.uld imagine from the description, but, like many foreign dishes, the taste for them must be acquired by cuitiva:ion before they can be thor ougYyappreciated. Th\ -eragze Chinamnan eats very ~it~rad prepatred accord.ng to our Am'frmul:as. Co)nsequently, 2 -, the heat .r c'id or the du1wth str:eet. Wo nden shut ter-,. a:sed t. clase them up at nie : )niind-, paciav the same warL t the baker<' as the bread ped dl!cy- :Ter for sale. Among them is one tueial kind of cake having the figure -of a hare imprin:ed upon it. which is eaten by- the Chinese in hon or - the birthday of the moen. A so - :'he festivities celebrating this annv .sr are over the cakes arc with*' -awn trom sale and are not aga: 'iisplay.ed until the next muoon birt ay which corresponds n sea con t: our Easter. HOW TOGO WON. Incidents That Contributed To H{is Victory In Sea of Japan. \\'hiie the outcome of the nava battle in the sea of Japan was quickl) made known by cable, the curiosity o naval experts as to the means bJ which a victory so unexpectededly de c-.;e wa brought about remained foi 'Rise Our Ver IS AT Quatti weeks unsatisfied, says Harper's Weekly. Not until June 19 was some light upon the details of the engage 1 ment obtained through Tokyo news papers. copies of which then reached Victoria, B. C. , It appears that soon after the iring c began many of the Russian seamen and gunners became panic stricken. Two gun crews on the Dimitri Don skoi mutinied when the, presence of the enemy was suspected, and their I officers could only keep them at work by threatening to shoot them down. The assumption that a battleship r cannot be s ink by gun fire was ex- k ploded. It is now undisputed that the Osliabia and Souveroff were sunk by f Japanese guns. The fact may be at- t tributed to armor plates of inferior t quality, but another plausible expla nation is that these vessels owed their fate to the heavy sea running at that time. The Japanese had long been practiced in firing under such condi tions, and when the Russian battle- 1 ships were rolling and exposing un prote:ted parts Togo's gunners scored many hits. Much credit for the result is ascrib ed by Russian survivors to the Japan ese torpedo craft. Of the three tor pedo boats lost by Togo, one, it seems, was disabled when only 400 yards distant from a Russian battleship, whereupon another torpedo boat dart ed in and took off the former's crew = while she was in a'sinking condition. The report that submarines pur chased in the United States were used by the Japanese has been more than once denied, but on June 2 the censors' permitted the 'Japan Advertiser to state that the Japanese did avail them- ~ selves of submarines in the strait of Tsuhima and that these vessels great iy contributed to the early rout of j ~the Russians. I Point Well Taken. IA certain New York judge has a -' itle niece of whom he is very proud.I A few days ago she came to him and .aid, with a very serious air: "Uncle, there is a question about4 aw T want to ask you."J \\'el. dlear. what is it?., patiently' inquired the judge. ~Uncle, if a man had a peacock, and it went into another man's yard and laid an egg, to wvhom would the egg belong?" The judI(ge smiledI indulgently and relied: -\hy, the egg woultd b)elong to the manf who wned the peacock, but he ciul he pr ec:ted I"r trespas5m it~i eIet aml thle other's property to get it. The child seemed very much inter ed( in the explanatio n. and then ob ere innocently: "UIncle, did y u never think that a pecc culdn't lay an egg? *Knew Solomon All Right. New York Press. A little girl who attended regularly a Sundayv schi ol where the interna ti nal lessons were :aught went one aferno'mn to the class ofi a playmate and heard catechism questions for the *first time in her life. She was asked several questions and was much mor tiied not to be able to answer them. "W*\ho was the first man?" No an *swer. "D>) von km.w wvho Noah wat.s?" A shake of the head, and the question w~as passed on. Finally the teacher said, "Did you ever hear about Solomon, dear?"I Here was an acquaintance at last, and the little girl's face broke into smiles. Oh, ye," she replied confidently; our M y Fine , OUR STABLI Ebaurr PROSPER I know him all the way through Solomon Grundy, born on Monday!' vant me to say the rest?" Widows wouldn't be nearly so dan erous if they weren't so awful inno ent. When a man has a good appetite his vife thinks it is because he has such happy family life. A cynic is a man who does not in ist on believing his canteloupes are weet just bccause -he raised them. A woman says her husband is good iatured when he forgets to declare is shaving water was not hot enough. The only time a girl doesn't sus ect every man is trying to propose o her is when it is the one she wants 0. WANTED! (our Watches, Clocks md Jewelry to be re paired. Satisfaction Guaranteed, J. W. WHITE. 5 ANO ID CENTS. ~veryhing :n our Store for that Price. ewberry's only 5 and 10 Cent Store. n Store formEerly occupied by Todd, Main Street. CAGLE BROS. hockley & Livingston! ontractors and Builders OF ood or Brick Build ings. Estimates,IPlanls and Specifications urnished onEApplica tion. 3hop and Office in Rear of . C. Williams' Store. Repairs of all kinds lone. Mantles, Door an.d Mindow Frames made o order. Turned Col mns and Balusters 'urnished on applica All Work First Class2r PAtNLESS ogiur,"auan' IUCMaineo0WI er,a AND m.nt. YZdEss ,) Whiskey Curs Atl."*,eori. ules at Jack, "P S ALL THE i& Lan ITY, S. C. Southern Lime CHARLES~ Building Material of a Roofing "Rl Write foi DID YOU SA1 WE HAVE 1,000 BA Vo1 You will save money on every We don't throw "sand to blind' to one and all is our standard. is our modern method. To be honest to el By it we shall al, These prices are for your cone 2,oco yds. of 4-4 Sea Island Cloth i,6oo yds. Ginghams, (Dress) wo 3,000 yds. Prints (Standard), wor 5.000 yds. White India Linen wor 3,00o yds. Figured Lawn (Dress) Soo yds. Black Dress Goods wort 6oo Straw Hats for men or boys fi 5oo pairs of Shoes for men, Boys, 500 men's and Boys' Dress Shirts, and many other Bargains too numer These prices hold good, not fo are sold. Yours to please, O.KL"E No.2 F Br os A wonderfully capabli built on the Kodak p satisfy experienced 1 simple that children PICTURES 2 Loads in dayl Cartr Fitted with menist with iris diaphragm Full description in J at any photographii EAST Home. aragon TIME. igford, nd Cement Co. 'ON, S. C. Li kinds. High Grade L BEROID." r Prices. 'BARGAINS? RGAINS FOR YOU. thing you buy from 0. Klettner. iou." A fair and square deal Business on business principles very man, rays stand. >ideration: worth 7c., our price 5c. per yd. rth 76c., our price 5c. th 6Mc. our price 4c. yd. th 15c., our price 8 jc. worth 2 c., our price 6 4.c. I 323/2C., our price 19C. om 8c. to 47C. Ladies or Children at half price. worth 3oc. our price 25c. >us to mention. r a day or two, but until good TNER. >ding. Price, and accurate camera lan. Good enough to hotographers, yet so can use it. K x 3 inches. ight with film idges. cus lens, and shutter stops. odak Catalog F RE E dealers er by mail. MAN KODAK CO., Rochester, N. 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