Show i WIL WHAT T THE TIIE CHINESE THINK OF LOVE i I E DO not nol believe In love lovo for love Jove loves loveis WE is s not the tho greatest thing In the world It is not even a thing nor tu substance Love is the antithesis of reason for tor forman forman torman man sees with reason and only feels with love and It is the most violent form torm of ot brainstorm says sas tho the Chinese Annual Love Lovo is a symptom of a disordered brain as a nightmare is a symptom of a disordered dis dis- disordered ordered stomach It is a deadly contagious contagious contagious con con- 1 disease for Cor it turns the strongest t thea head hea and makes the wisest man a R. fool In Indeed eed there is no fool like an old fool who Is affected with When a moon has contracted this love disease and is un under er its Influence he acts In the most idiotic manner and performs all sorts of antics all of which he entirely renounces and repudiates when ho is free from Its hypnotic spell Perhaps there Is no greater eater difference existing between tho the Chinese and tho the American people than that between their Ideas of love In fact tact wo we Chinese sc do lIo donot donot not believe In love for we aro are not sickly s sentimental creatures but cold philosophical fatalist beings We ar- ar arrange arrange range our matrimonial affairs through hard reasoning and not through the tender passion To us marriage Is a serious business s of the thc head and not a light affair of the tho heart henrt In Ili these matrimonial transactions transactions transactions wo we apply the most rigid keen calculating business principles and that thatis is why we are so successful In the marriage marriage mar mar- e enterprise as we have hao never been by Cupid at nt the game gamo of ot love o We Ve never pa pay homage at tho ho altar of o this stupid brainless sl yellow kid the disturber of peace pence the breaker of oC hearts tho the destroyer of or homes and tho the promoter of ot affinity stock companies We cannot tolerate his pretence presence n tn China as China Is not a a. land of lovers Consequently the cool quiet hours of our midsummer nights are not disturbed or spoiled b by hot air nil from the wooing and cooing of oC creatures S. QUEER Jon JOIl FOR SEAFARERS N THE fIlE New England States where the IN number of ot workers often orton far tar exceed the demand for their services necessity necessity sity compels men to resort to unusual methods of ot earning mone money Yankee In Ingenuity Ingenuity In- In H is generally equal to almost any emergency and that Is what led Jed a a. Connecticut man to discover discover dis dis- cover that a edl worthless t fish which is common In Long Island sound round is valuable for u. u use U e as fertilizer The oil obtained also has a a. commercial value val lie The fish clore closely I resembles black bass bassIn In appearance but Is unfit for eating owing to the number pr of ot bones it possesses pos pos- That is wh why it is 18 called bony bon fish and hundreds of ot tons of these saltwater salt saltwater water fish are caught and sold Bold ever every season furnishing employment to many persons says the tho Chicago Tribune Tho The best oost fishing grounds are at New Ion- Ion don It is an Interesting sight for tor persons from all parts of the country to watch tho the steam shovel scoop the fish out of tho the water by thousands |