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Show EA8TERN USES OF PAPCH. Japanese Would Find It Hard to C Along Without It. Tho Japanese use paper ot cv-r moment. The string with which deft-handed "darling of the godn" dor up the articles you buy Is matin c paper. Tho handkerchief (tbion-away (tbion-away after use) Is paper, the 1 c tlons dividing the houses are 1 ij"- and tho pano through which an In-" erect eye looks at you Is paper! T' pane Is certainly wanting In tna'r. rency, but thero Is a simple re-; Ono finger Is passed through U.e : per that Is all! Afterward n b", piece Is stuck on tho opening vlth t grain of rice. Tho men's hats, the cloak of " porter who carries his burden, ' Ing a cadence, through the rain' It' garment of tho boatman who cor u t you on board, the tobacco pouch, o' case ull aro paper! Those ele-a-j flowers ornamenting the beautiful hali of tho Japanese ladles, and thn robe collais which aro taken for crak paper! Palnlett Dentlttry. Whon a Chinaman wants to have 11 tooth drawn ho feels no nervous apprehension appre-hension of pain, for the excellent reason rea-son that ho knows his dentist will not Inflict any. The latter simply rubs 11 secret powder over the aching tooth. After about flvo minute the patient sneezes and tho tooth falls out. Many attempts have been made by Europeans Euro-peans to get somo of this mysterious powder, but no one has yet succeeded. |