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MOLE AGENTS FOR THE EMPIRE TYPEWRITER

M. MUMEYA,

Intimations.

THE CHINA MAIL.

IS SMOKING NECESSARY?

Specially written for the " China Mail" by a Parsee Traveller.

By co-religionista have lately adopted and acquire, to a large extent, an India and elsewhere, the habit of smoking in broad daylight in front of anybody and every-

MITSU BISHI GOSHI KWAISHA body: perlips to outsins and dignity

(MITSU BISHI CÓ.)

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themselves to public society, The Farsees were and are the only ration. in the world who are nou-smokers and anti- smokers. Let me therefore give a brief COAL DEPARTMENT,history of this nation. This Parsees are the remnants of a once mighty rucs from Persia, who bave ruled over many parts of

SOLE PROPRIETORS of TAKASIMA, So

OONI, HOJO, NAMAZUTA SAYO, SHINNEY and KAMIYAMADA Ool Herine.

Asia, etc., since the fall of the Persian Empire, which was conquered by Mabome- dans during the reign of King Zezdezard about 1200 years ago, under whose sway the

with immense loss of life and property. The Parsons are the following of Zoroaster, a great prophet, las-giver and philosopher, who was born in Bao in fodia, about 4000 years B.C. Zoroaster's religion is chiefly

JAPANESE ARTIST AND PHOTOGRAPHER, SOLE AGENTS for KISHIDAKE, MI mighty Persian Empire crambled to pieces

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FRANCISCO TSE VAT, General Manager. Hongkong. August 12, 1908.

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an eminent German scholar, who is con sidered an authority on the Parsee scrip turos, gives it as his opinion that the leading For the convenience of our ellents the Office will also be open on Sunday from 9 to 11 an

FFICES: ST GEORGES BUILDING (BROOND FLOOR),

GORDON & CO., General Managers

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idea of Zoroastor's theology was mono. theism, i,,, there are not many gods but only One.

The Parsees, while offering their devotion to the God Almighty, hold fire before them an the symbol of the Dsity, un account of its purity, brightness, activity, subtility, fecundity and inecrruptibility-hence they ato erroneously called by some firewor shippers; bat several historians, among them Sir John Maicolas, have proved that such a reproachful term should not be ap plied to the Parseas. The numerical strength 816 of the Parsons in India and elsewhere, iugledingmales, females and children

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the

is now about 100,000, which in cem parisen with the rest of the Indian popula tion, estimated at thirty crores and upwards, it but a drop tu the ocean. They aro flourishing under the benign British raj, iu trode, commerce, merchandise, etc. Many hold and enjoy high and exalted positions in various government depart- Bonts. They aro divided, like Catholica and Protestants, into two parties, the Orthodox and Reformers; the former having as yet retained their old ca toms and superstitions borrowed from the Hindoos, whereas the latter, who are well educated, bave adopted European costuraes, "customs and also the habit of smoking not only that, but proselytism ton. These last two practices are looked upon with great repugnance and contempt hy the Orthodox Parsees, I cannot refrain from mentioning that the educated males have been Anglisised in tote, whereas the educated females have still retained their old Hindoo costumes-of Sari.

Let me now quote hore remarks and opinions from various eminent physician regarding the labit of smoking.

Dr Foot, au eminent American inedical man anys:It is a trite adags that man

is a creature of habit. Indeed, every

Hongkong, June 1, 1909.

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TOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN that FIRS INSURAN E OFFICES will be OLUSED for the transation of Publier Business on FRIDAY and SATURDAY, the 1st and 2nd pros. respectively.

By Order,

AR. LOWE

Secretary

Hongkong, December 30, 1908,

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It is a good habit to speak well of your neighbour, instead of saying hard things About him, even when ho prorokes you, It is a good habit to do unto others as you would have others do to you. It is a good habit to proserve personal cleanliness inside and out, by keeping the outer skin pr cuticle free from all obstructing accumu- fations and excretions, and the inside Lady LoGARD his kindly consented to skin, or mucous membrane, uncontem- inated by noxionė vapours, poisonous drinks, Lawhclesbo food, ets. Every. practice, indeed, which makes the cou science clearer, the mind happier and the fanctions of the whole system more regular and thorough in their per formance may be put down as a good habit, and every practice producing an opposite effect way be denounced na a bad habit. It should also be borne in mind that what we may indulge in, or pussuo oocasvually with benefit, may injure us if it becomes a habit, and that self deception in easy if wilful ignoranco is encouraged. Ons of the most prevalent of bad habits is the use of tabacco. Tals polsonous weed in extensively used by nearly every class of the community everywhere, la New York

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GOODWILL, FURNITURE Thi EFFECTS of the Business of Hotel aud 1741 Boarding-boote keretoforé VARRIED ON *st No. 13, Queen's Rod Central, under the time ofCONNAUGHT HOUSE" hereby gives noties Liss he will NOT Ba RESPONSIBLE for any of the Debta or Libile in respect thereof prior to thes

thousand smokora, and nearly se many chowers of tobacco, to say nothing of soud takers. It is estimated that ita citizens spend daily over ter thousand dollars and less

thousand for TUESDAY, JANDART BIH, AT 5.30 Px. than nine bread. The Europeans and the present white inhabitants of this continent borrowed the habit of smoking from the laborigition of America and the Asistion somehow or other got hold of the trick themselves. Many fashionable ladies on both sides of the Atlantic smoke cigareites, and a agar dealer to Boston makes the announcement that ho sells ou au average three hundred cigars daily for the use of the fair ones of Now England.

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