Daily Colonist (1885-01-23) by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: British Columbia; Newspapers
Published: 1885-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

lill Wurruiily,

G-. V/. Latige & Son, Victoria,

Si.i.K Aoi'Ms roitlltiiirisii C'oi.iiMiiiA. (>u-iUdwUiuS|i

Rash Biios., Ileal Estate Brokers, will

open an olliee al Coal Harbor in a few weeks. In the meantmie, inteiidino invest ors shoii Id call on tliem al theirtdlico in New \\'t-stmiiislei', li. C.

CiiAi, Haiiiioii projierty on easy terms and at prices ranging from §25 per lot upwards for sale by Ranh <!i Lii-SKrr, Real Estate Brokers, (Joveriiment street, Victoria.

I'iriritiis AMI I'li'i'iini', Fiia.mks.— The liiigest, tiiid litiest a.!mrtnieiit in the liro\ ince, at .los. .Soiuiiiers', (ioveriiniont strc(!t. 2w

NoTK P.vi'KP in boxes, at iialf price, at Hillliell \. Co's.

J. BAC?<ALL & CO., VICTOKIA, B. C„ THE CNLV EXCLUSIVE P.IUSIC HOUSE IN BRITISH COLUWBJrt.

The LARGEST STOCK OF PIANOS AND On CANS IrJ THE PKOVINOE. A COMPLETE A8S0RTr.1ENT OF EVERYTHINO PERTAININCl

rn THE Music Business. ai^ ly

■ Fob Stinos ok iNsKcra, ScoitpioNS, Centipudk-s, a.sd riii: P>rii;s ok Poj.son-bus Inskot.s. — Keep the wounded parts covered with a cloth well moistened with Perry Davis' Pain-Klllor till relieved. It is woll to take the medicine inturiially also, .:''20

'The Uo^o DanccrU Strange Ou«tom.

[Bnti Prniidsco CIironlcle.1

A 8tTun','<) custom prevails in the Him-alivyaii distriuts, it is a cftri'mony performed l)y tho Hadis, or rDpcdiuurers, to bring pro.spority to tho villn;,'os to which thc;y lii'lon.tj. A ropu is strctohixl from thi> suinruit of a clitt to tho valley bo-lictith, ilio ends beiii^' miide t'list to Btiikcs driven into the f^roiuiil. Tho B;idi, sciitcd astride on a wooden saddle, well greasetl to iiuikt; it run freely, rides from tho top to the hottoiiiof tho rope. Tho puce, of (juurso, varies acoordinsr to tho ilogrco of iiioliuation given to the rope, but as may be imagined, it is always very rapid and sometimes terrific.

Prec.Tiltioiis are taken to prevent neci-dents. Till' sadillft is fastened, for instil nee, so that it can not ^lip round ttio ropu (us saddles on horses have soiiio-timea been known to do, to tho discomfort of their ridora), and tho Biidi'? fei t aro biiUnstod by sand bags to maiiitiiin his perpondiculnr, and tho only danger in from a possible breaking of thu rope. This is usually niaiio of bhidiar grass, and naturally the Hadi taken groat earo tosi'o lliat it is ecpial to the strain it has to bear. The reiiiuneration paid to tlia liadi for this novi^l form of Blondiuism is 1 riipoe (TiO cents) for ovory 100 cubits of rope traversed, and tho longest journey of tho kind on record is one for which 21 rupees were paid, and which nceordingly measured 2,100 cubits, about ;?,ii7:) fei't.

The praL'tii.0 is not so dangerous now-a-days us it was in the "good old times" of native rule, wluMi to tlio risk of a fall was added the certainly that such a mishap would entail death, bocause it was the custom, whenovor a Badi fell, for tho surrounding speotAtora U) i>ronii)lly dispatch him with swords. The rnpc or bast usrd for Ilio eoromony is suppiisi'd lobe oudiiwi'd with reiuark-al)lc propia'tii's by tiie suciw..ssful ae-eoinplishnu'Ut of the feat, and it is cut

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