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FAST THEIR, PRIME. (By " Sympathy.")

There are very few people who have reached a certain age who do not realise that, for them, the prime of life is past. Generally the change has been so gradual that it has been more or less unnoticed until one day one makes the discovery that he or she is being classed as "middle aged or old." It is a shock to hear one's self described for the first time as " Old Mr. or Mrs. So-and-So." However, we all have to go through with it, and it is just as well to take the gruel with a little cream' and sugar in it; if possible. " ' No definite age 'can be fixed 'as that when-a person should naturally expect to lose vigour. * The change comes to some much later jjhan .to others, and can in ' most ' cases ' be delayed, almost indefinitely, if proper care - -of - the health be taken>. VPhericKief .ciiiitsefof age "making itself felt ""early "* is "the,, failure in activity of the kidneys and liver. Unless the kidneys and liver continue to perform ably their task of ridding the blood of uric and biliary waste products, poisonous matter remains in the system which causes us to suffer from stiff .joints, rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, backache, sciatica, indigestion, -ariasmia, blood disorders n biliousness, jajjridice, . gravel, stone, bladder troubles, general debility, sick headache, and Brighii's disease. It. is possible, of course, for. young people to suffer from these disorders, but they • are far n3ore_ prevalent, aswe. get.en in years. If,- however, .proper; attention is paid to the health and vigour of the kidneys and liver, it is not compulsory upon any of us to suffer from the disorders named. This is the reason 1 that treatment by Warner's Safe Cure is so effective in cases of this nature. Warner's Safe Cure is a specific cure for kidney and liver' diseases, and acts simply by restoring the kidneys and liver to health and activity, when the uric ancl biliary poisons .'are naturally expelled from the system aiid suffering ceases. In addition to the regular 5/- and 2/9 bottles of Warner's Safe Cure, a concentrated form of the -medicine is now: issued at 2/6 per bottle. Warner's Safe Cure (Concentrated) is not compounded with alcohol, and contains the same number^, of doses- as the 5/- bottle of. .Warner's ,Safe, Cure. „ H. . H. Warner, and C 0.,; Ltd., Australasian Branch, Melbourne. ■ , „

The Burman lives in a rich country where the actual necessaries of life come easily. He may have to work hard at times, but he does not and need not. labour from morning to night and day after day without intermission. He is content 'with little, for he is a frugal eater and, more often than not, -ar vegetarian. Money is of little value to him except to buy some of the novelties that are poured into Burmah from English factories. No doubt the more he craves to possess these novelties the harder he will have to work to ,get the money to pay. for them; and this is a fact that is already having a marked effect on the national 'habits. The Burman who has not become half-occiden-tallsed does not aim at wealth for its own sake; he does not bow down and worship people who have money; Mammon has not yet secured a niche in his pantheon. He only wants enough _to feed, his relations and. himself, to bring up his children in health and strength, and to clothe them with garments thatape not only comfortable to wear but pleasant to 'the eye. If his fields produce more food than he needs he sells the surplus and spends the money in works of charity and religion and graceful hospitalities. The consequence is that at certain seasons of the year — when harvests are over, for instancehe ha>- many hours of what we mi^ht call idleness* He wants to live, as well as to be d n <?i o machine for the manufacture of wealth. THE FUTURE OF CHINA. Mr Johnston is outspoken as to the inadvii.abier.ess of attempting to apply tl'.e political and social systems of the V\ est to Orientals : — In spite of warning after warning many an Englishman is si ill apt to think that* Onentais under British rule should be put in possession of all the political "rights" of the Briton at home, and is constitutionally unable to see that a political and social system which has been slowly created during centuries of national growth by and for men of his own race may prove not onh" detrimental, but even ruinous to the uu-e interests— - political, social, and -moral — of his Oriental fellow-subjects. It is quite possible—l desire to lay special stress on this pomt — that a sympathetic and broad-minded Englishman may have the highest regard for the individuals of an Oriental race, the deepest admiration for many aspects of Oriental life and character, and the keenest appreciation of -the many splendid achievements of the East in art, philosophy, and religion, ancl that he may nevertheless consistently repudiate any concurrence with the illogical doctrine that what is good for one is good for all, and that the a&pirations of the Englishman must necessarily coincide with the aspirations of the Hindu or the Chinese. 1 would even go further, and 6ay that the man who wishes to fit out the Oriental with a complete equipment of Western ideas proves thereby that hey has either no understanding of or no true sympathy with Eastern peoples and Eastern modes of thought ; and that if he tries to give practical effect to his theories he will prove himself that most dangerous of foes — the mischief-maker who comes in. the guise of a smiling friend. Mr Johnston believes the next 15 years will be a decisive period for China : — If wise statesmanship brings her euc-

[ cessfnlly thrcftigli he| straggle, ' | she need have no fear for the remote j future. She wDI then be, 09 the" way ! to become one of- the ereatestr- nations — j perhaps the greatest — in* tbe> world; and I know little in her past history' to discourage the hope that will u&e her great powers 'for the good of -< mani kind and the preservation 1 _of the world's peace. , \\ The author seeks to remove many misconceptions with respect to China. He ! points out that it is a mistake to suppose all Chinese' officials are bad." Unless an official has very great influence., behind him acts of undue harshness "will soon result in his removal. The .Chinese are declared to be the most lightly taxed people in the world, and 1 in times of famine taxes are often, remitted -altogether. Mr * Johnston attributes the hatred of Chinese >to- foreigners >to -the -aggressive' attitude 1 ~ <*of foreigners towards them. Foreigners 1 have never -given ' the Chinese cause to love them. Personally the author, after more thaii nine years' residence", and, travelling, has' had - no ' cause' v for seriouscomplaint, and were . it not for what hehas been , told by others he would have no hesitation in saying that -no more' kindly or .hospitable people exist. -1. ■• The impression- left' after reading- Mr Johnston's book ' is : that' one's previous knowledge of the Chinese" was ' but" slight and largely mistaken. How, can one judge of so many millions Jin $& ;'mass. * Here is the character given to; the^peasants ofj pastern Shantung, with whom the author is beet acquainted : — - My own experience eoes to show that they are goo"d-t«nipered, reasonable,* orderly, and law-abiding 1 , t inveterate gamblers, quick to appreciate a kindv ness, good husbands^ and devoted fathers, neither "nor less, intelligent than others .Qf '..their j class elser where, singularly lacking in the: pro-" verbial conceit- o£ his race } full of 1 humour,* a liar in the law courts, but truth ■*' ful and honest oufeide them, and J cou-' rageous in facing hardship and disappointment. The author does well, to remind those who attribute barbarism. ■ and lacfe-of intelligence to Chinese b&cau&e* of their "re-" luctance to the introduction^ of railways and machinery that i Oxford foi*, a' time o_pposed the "approach of a' railwityto its classic halls, and that in the fcigh- | tee'nth .century the cotton-spinners of Lancashire rose in their thousands to resist by force the introduction of the spinning frame. He does not think that the civilisation of China to-day is on the- whole" lower than that of Europe in the ■ comparatively recent days of the thumb-screw and holy office. It is probably not more than 200 years since European, civilisation began to move ahead of that of 'Chitia — a very short period in a nation's hhr,>k r ,> J tory, and infinitesimal from, the, point of j view of the evolution of mankind.

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Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 26 August 1908, Page 77

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FAST THEIR, PRIME. (By " Sympathy.") Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 26 August 1908, Page 77

FAST THEIR, PRIME. (By " Sympathy.") Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 26 August 1908, Page 77