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nglish As Japs Write h.
A Quaint Package of Letters
From Yokohama.
The Japanese certainly do tr,y to eteameliiii eompany, and he applied for
learn the Englieh language. They find
the English language a eretts- hard nut
to crack, but that''doesret deter them.
They keep right at it and crack it.
An American gentleman, emelt at Yo-
kohama for a transpacifie steamship
company, now on leave in New York,
brings a quaiut package of material it-
lustratine the efferts of the English
schooled "'Japanese to gain a. half -Nelson
on the language of Shakespeare.
A few mouths ego a young Japanese
applied to the steamship agent far a
jeb se clerk in the Yokohama "steamship
office. There being no Vacancies, the
agent civilly got nd of the applicant,
and en the following day he received
tide explanatory letter from him:
Dear Sir: Many thanks for your spar-
ing precious time during business hour
on my visit yesterday.
I failed on that oecusion, owing rather
to my slv nature to epeak out my
eipal inotive for a clerk life and should
be muell obliged if you svill take it in-
to consideration. The cause for iny be-
ing clerk is that I am a. lover of
Chalice Lamb, with whom I have many
points in common. I have an effeetion•
ate sister for whose sake I will sae-
rifice my life and lead at single life like
the English' Immoriet, Was he not a
clerk in the Indian Company till his re-
tirement through the approaching age.
I said my sister, but to tell the truth
she was my cousin and the past three
years was a tragic comedy to us, and
from pure love, by mutual conaent, we
will lead it brother and aster life.
My second motive is that I may be-
come a. gentleman through your fever,
with whom I had no means to know
each other but such insolent way on my
pare
How glad my parents and dear sieter
be if they hear some day that I get e.
position in your office.
I intend to enter soine sehool
two or three days and train myself in
bookkeeping and in the practice of type-
writer.
Hoping you would net kindly forget
me theough en artless fronties (front?).
Yours faithfelny,
Kalseitaro.
Here is a letter from a Japanese ship-
ping firm to the steamalup company
respecting ---well, respecting whatever it
means:
Dear Sirs:-Accordine to your 'favor
of November 28, 12-10tre with reference
to a discrepancy of 275 sareee of flour,
we send you the invoice No. 81. "'Which
you have not. We beg you to return us
the invoice when you will not be ehort
of it -and to inform us what it will be
intend by you in reference to this diss
erepaney's explanation.
The writer of the following letter had
lit'r'y ambitions, and his application is
addreseed to the "Chief Editor" of a
newspaper publisrhed in English in Yo-
kohama:
Dearest Sirr-Let me, pray have some
honom• write to you who have no know-
ledge with me. Well now I am lived: in
this town leisurely without baying any
work. From the boyhood I read several
Faiglish books so industriously ars I do
not its away of the hand till night from
morning. Of course my knowledge of
the english might be pretty irregular
and unexperient ao that learned it my-
self without training by any teaclier.
However, in order to fill up my aspirin
tion (that I am desiring to translate to
Japanese homewaed intelligence to the
english language, for a long nine) I
should be sertify to have some Adieu-
ous from the treader -of my writing. Not
only it; there are such proverb as the
following:
"blind serpent never feared all thing
timidly." So I decided to try to do
Homething having write to you this
without ceremony and a. better thought.
Dearest sir beg you to say than
that I heve tir; wish to publish my trans-
lation in the edge of your wetly paper
hereiufter.
Had you are te listen to my writing
on the above I ehall- werk several kind
of the Japanese papers and ethers, for
which ought to be liked by the foreign-
er, asking your excelence opinion.
Sir, if mine would have been most
scarcely one interest in ten, I BO more
veal( of as it is the slender part of me
at any rate glance me your good an-
swer remain hero. Yours faithfully.,
• Cife of the Japanese employees of the
steamship office in Yokoharne was sum-
moned up -country by the illness of a
brother. Here is the letter which he
wrote to the agent upon his arrival
home:
"My Honorable Mr. J.: I will never
forget your kindness. When I was hast-
ening to return th my home I felt that
train was exceedingly slow. 'Certainly
train was quick, but my thought rather
sooner than its running. All .things
which caught my eye on the way were
very bea.utiful and attractive in the past
time, bpt noW they seemed disagreeable,
gloomy, clumsy and sorrowful.
Then in the future what appearance
they will have th show me! All time
on the wit yhome 1 could not avoid to
think fragments of the following
phrases: What is life? What is hu-
man being? What is ambition? Life is
earnest or life is an empty dream. From
dust to dust. What is the immortality
of the soul?
Such uncontrolling thoughts came to
occupy their places in my mind, Phan-
tom after phamtom. Imagination after
imagination, all time. I found sueb. an
irregular conception of thinking and
could not get a categorical th•ought. But
for a moment I changed from business
man th philosopher.
When arrived at my home X saw three
doctors and many relations gathered
around my broaher's bed. At a sight of
such a deplorable scene I thought that
my brother lies at last gone, so I haste
eded to mei him. but happily he was
breathing, but could not perceive tie
well, and only heard my voice. In that
moment I thought all was gone, my tear
dried, mind confused, may I felt as if I
became a neutral being,
But fortunately he came to eorrect his
Mind and to correet (ibjeets well, after
about two hours by taking care of doc-
tors. Then how great was our glad. It
was beyond description. But after that
he is staying in a very perilous point,
whether lie \all die or live sink or ewim
iso in a Alight &info of condition his
fate is to be destined, Doctor said his
destination can be known in the course
ef a few d•ays, then I want to know
probably tendeney of. condition of his
eicknese.
Will you please allow me to stay home
more a week? I have weehed to write
yen as soon as T came here but could
not. Pletse mouse my unpolita word
mid erewdeil sentence. I remain yours,
obedient fellow, K. AL
Another likely Japanese boy (that is,
he was 25 or 20) wanted a job With the
tt, as follows:
To -•• • . s. S. Co.,
Gentlemen,
Dear Sir: ant anxious to get a job
of the firm, but have some weeeelenee
et the Custom House. aud if you he ne•
eeseity other at present time, please
want me, and I ant very sorry for the
buey, give me preeious Answer. Your
respeetfully,
Ity II. Keeling.
Here is how a Jeprtnese firm milted for
one Of the steamsbip company's maps:
Sir: Kindly Ii•O wants to give ,your
Hanging Map to Hang to My Miev.
Sayaina & Co.
Another firm asked for a shipperei
guide, as follows:
Centlemen,•-I beg to offered to grant
me your shipper's guide white' you re-
pareted every shipper's if you can, give
me and obliged, T. Kayo.
The following poetic e et methodic let-
ter was written to the steamship agent
by a Japanese clerk on his vacation;
My Dear Sir; -just I have arrived
here Kftmakura where I wish to stay till
the end of this week. enjoying myeelf, in
swimming in the sea every morning and
evening, ta.king the walks in the field,
the mountain eide, the seashore, hearing
the music of the waves and birds, her-
monying with the song of the wind white'
sings with fire trees that tells us the
glory of Kamakura age about six hun-
dred years ago, as If the After of the
grandeur of Mime.
Also my eyes will never tired of look-
ing out of those green numinain,
broad oeenn Godlike Mount Fuji and
the beautiful' motion of the sky in day-
light & sunset. The wind from the r14. -
is more cool than Palliser (punkah) in
the office even the day time.
I am getting very well feeling happy
occupying 0110 room very neat and com-
fortable. I have made a table of lessons
which I wish to do as following:
Awake 5 a. 111.
5-0 Swimming 6-7 walking 7-8
Breakfasts.
8-10 Study book keeping by the Book
you ga.ve me that I ant very glad & wish
to learn all filially.
10-12 play sing -song (not hymn).
12-2 tiffin Winn -luncheon).
2-4 Reading Chinese poem. English
Grammar by the- book Mr, M---- given
me care full selected.
4 --el Bathing -Tea -and writing letter
& composing Japanese poem and press.
English translatiou• also..
7-7.30 Diuner.
7.30-9.30 Swimmuig end walking,
makinffi friends, also 'gee te Enoshima.
P. S. Whenever you, es;ient me of tee
business whieh I refersejetease telephone
No. 2 Kamagura. I lateressent you now
by parcel post the Karaajtora Thee: (?)
but I am afraid do you fan of it or neti
and excuse me only a littleeand this is.
my thanks for your present a good Book
Keeping Book. --
I am, dear sir,
Yours obediently,
Joseph.
A Japanese employee of the steamship
company wini called to his wifee; bedside
in Canton, Chine, and while there he sent
the following really tragic letter to. the
agent's wife;
Dear Mrs. I am arrived at
Hongkong 17th Deeember and I have to
hasty home to hOO my wife. I am bad
luck wife was ill time when I am left
Hongkong to Japan. She have vomit
blood after that blood have been stop
then she have a bad cough and asthma
to very very ill and not one Doctor can
be able•to quackery that sickness as my
wife have after I am home then I am
do all my best for 10 days I can not saft
her life very luckless my wife deceased
7 a. in. 28th December I am very sorry
to lost my sweet and kindness wife and
spend all my money as I have and 3 poor
childrens so young my baby only 14
months old now without- mother.
I am let my childrens to my mother
and my sister to look after. I hope my
sorry smya be over and have to make
money again soon. I send you. that sil-
ver piece to by C. P, R. letter box and I
hope you received that kindly remember
my to all your family and your self kind
regards from
Your
THE BIGNESS 'OF NEW YORK.
Story Revealed by an evitation to a
Wedd ing.
•
A number of stories have been
printed showing how the bigness of
New York works in bringing about
singular situations, Here is another.
"Ten years ago," seid the man who
told it, "I was present at a wedding
in this city. Within. a• year those
people and L were as far, apert
.1 we had never met.
"A few weeks ago I read a wedding
notice in a New England newspaper.
The names of the contracting parties
were familiar. The bride was a wo-
man whose wedding I attended ten
years ago.. The name of the bride-
poont was familiar, but I failed to
recall when or where 1 had /net him.
"A few days later I received my in
vitation to the wedding. I lutd
changed my address several thnes,
but this invitation, thanks to the
persistence of our post effice system,
found me.
"Then my curiosity went on the
gait. The result will interest you.
"The first marriage ended unhap
pily in a foreign land. The wife was
deserted and found her way back tei
this city. There wits no ground for
divorce, and the deeerted wife lived
quietly for several years in a New
England town.
"A year ego etridenee of the death
of her husband was received. He had
committed suieido on the Continent
"The widow returned to Now York
and by reason of her talent in music:
she became a teacher in a private
family. Later the family moved tO
New Engisind and the young 'widow
went with theme Her second hus-
hall(' 18 a WWII= of the • ade with
whom hho mitdo hor home.
e "Here venial in the vast ,e; of the
(qty. All the time the srun g woman
Bile story' wag teaellin here she
need in the Hanoi block wh have
lived for the last three years. And
wi»ereer met.
"Her isecond husband is a man who
eighteen mantles ago came to me
esith a leiter of introduction. He un-
folded o Schein° which resulted in
hie receiving' from nie a letter to a
promoter eith whom lie wee soon
afterward sueeessful.
'Mere WAS tes we live
now, why there Amulet have been
PAW eeentaintance between 118 after-
ward. Tide es a eommercial age. He
probably isnowe now that the woman
he married my kinswoman, but
whet of thatP
"There is Net one' other incident
which put me in a train of thought.
It may or may not intereet you.
to the second wedding of my kins-
woman I had a call from the mother
of her first husband. She lives in
the middle West,
"She wits on her way to Europe
to find the burial place of her son
and to bring his remains back ta his
old home. She knew nothing of the
wedding of her former daughter -ins
law, and I did not think it would
enlighten her burden to know H." -
Now York Sun.
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COULD A KING GET WORK IF HE
LOST HIS JOB?
(By 0. 0. Smil
°Poor little thing!" gays the average
mother when she hears of an advent into
the werld of the future ruler of a king-
dom; but if they only knew the king -
ling is liable to be much happier in his
childhood than the offsprieg of a multi-
millionaire,
The child of the rieh man is usually
surrounded witlt pomp and circumstance
from the opening of his eyes, whereas
the children of kings, save in Spain,
where even a British -bred mother is
powerless against custom, are brought
in a practical, businesslike, "simple
ifff5""ltind of way that must be for the
good of both ruler anr ruled.
'Phe 'simplicity of the upbringing of
British royal babies is well known; but
it will bo news to most folks that Rae
Hiroshito, Who will one day be Em-
peror of Japan, is being reared in ti most
ripartan manner. Despite the Oriental
luxuriance of his grandfather's court, he
wears' a little sailor milt, just like that
whieh would be put on a little middle
class English boy. The only emblem of•
imperial dignity he is allowed is a small
sword, and that only on special moistens.
Crown Prince Olaf of Norway, n. sunny
little chap, the idol of his people, is
being educated the philosophic prince.
plo that he who rules must first -obey.
Like his cousin, who will one day rule
the English, -he will have taken a deal
of history as well as constitutional law,
and many other matters that aro of
hardly any .interest to the average
schoolboy.
Edward Forced to Obey.
It was King Edward, who, as a school-
boy, tried to get off to cricket when his
tutor wits instructing him in the British
constitution by inquiring:
"But how about my constitution, sir?"
e*One CM sympathize with his desire
for lees w.ork and more play, and also
with' eisappointment when his tutor
insisted on obedienee.
A. short While • ago a magazine in-
quired What would the children of roy-
alty do lean the kingdoms and empires
were suddenly to become republics.
Them is not Much danger of such a con.
sununatien; but one ina3r say that in
many eases the youngsters Would find
themselves well - equippee for the
battle of life. The heir apparent to the
British throne, for instance, has the
making of a fine sailor in him, and he
will have the knowledge, too, in a year
or SO.
Czar's Son to Learn Business.
Simplicity itself is the life of the
Russian reyal children. Their chief
playmate is "James Hercules," the
Czar's body servant. It is said that the
Czar, despite his belief in the funchw
mental loyalties of the Russian people,
is inclined to give his son an -education
that will fit him for commercial life as
well as for the strenuous business of
being an emperor absolute.
The Italian royal children are the idol
of their people, for they are the off-
spring of a genuine "love match."
There was tend deal of consternation
in the Quirinal Arlien Prince Victor Em-
manuel returned from a tour round the
world and announced that he intended
to marry Princess Helena of Monte-
negro. It had been expected that he
would wed the daughter of one of the
great royal houses, and the "powers that
be" were disappointed.
King Married for Love.
The prince had his way for all that,
and his three children --two girls and
a boy -benefit by the simple tastes of
their parents. Picnics and grand genies
on Monte -Cristo Island they enjoy all
the suminer, and durine the winter the
family are always together when state
affairs render it possible.
Humbert, the royal panes, is but 3
years old, so that he has not been taught
much kingship as yet. There is ho
doubt, however, that, like other royal
parents of modern times, th.e father and
mother will teach him to be, before
everything else, a man.
After all, the secret of suceessful ruling
is to be looked up to by your people.
His highness the Crown Prince of
Afghanistan ie en intelligent young. man
who has been brought up in an oriental
manner. He was taught to read. and
write Persian, and was also given in-
struction in arithetic and geograpby. He
rides and shoots excellently,
• -
USEFU L NSECTS.
Many of Them Are Real Aids to Horti•
cuture.
'Many inseets that live among plants
and flowers perform a work of the great-
est importance, seys Lieber Lend. mid
Meer. The best known of all these in-
sects is the lady bug, whose larvae do
effective work in killing plant lice. Then
pomes the dragon fly, familiar enough,
so much so that few are aware of their
propensity for devouring slieesian
frit Mee and other grain -destroying in-
sects.
Among other useful Weeds which we
do not see as often aro the ichneumon
wasps and flies. Each female of the
many species bores into a caterpillar and
lays one or more eggs in its body. These
eggs hatch, end the larvae which come
from them live on the caterpillar, utter-
ly destroying it . As they increase very
rapidly, they limit the inerease of other
insecte.
Next in importanee are the so-called
caterpillar flies, which are searcely
known. They are mieful because. they
are parasitse, byieg,their eggs not in,
but on, the outsides of the boding! -of cat-
erpillars. Seen in the woolen they are
buzzing flies of gray, Meek and yellow.
A LOVELY VEST.
Husband -Pine Ault, Delight it ready'
Made and it. file beautifully, doesn't its
Wife -Yee, nII but the Nat nnd penta.
TO MAKE UP
BIBLE 1..ESSONS.
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LOUISVILLE CONVENTION OF SUN.
DAY SCHOOLS' COMMITTEE.
4 --
Of World Importance -Plan Changed
Ouly Once in Every Six Years, and
Time is NOW At Hand fer Work.
Fifteen million persons, perhaps even
a greater number than that, and located
in all parts of the world, are looking
forward to the gathering in Louisville in
June next of the luternational Sueday
School Aesoeiation. The importance of
the .1008 gathering liee in the fact that
the Lesson Committee, or the American
end. of it, will then be elected, and upon
the men then named will fall the task
of direeting the Sunday. school courses
of study up to 1010,
It is a matter ofegreat moment, to the
whole Protestant Englisiespeaking world
for the international systene which ia
now used in over 155,003 schools every
Sabbath day, is the work of 31 men, 15
of whom are sejeeted by the Interna-
tional Sunday School Aseociation eme
ventiore Thie method of scripture study
was started in /872 and has been such
a success that it will doubtless be con-
tinued, as no limitation has been given
from any quarter that the coming as-
sembly will change it. In fact, the world
is so wedded now to the present metholl
that it would be almost revolutionary to
attempt any other plan.
The American Sunday School Union,
which has its headquarters in this city,
has in preparation a little hand -book
that will be spread broadcast over the
United States early in the coming year,
calling atteznion to the great convention
at Louisville, being a forerunner of what
is expected to surpass any of the eleven
international gatherings. The first was
held in Baltimore in 1875, followed at
three-year intervals by conventions in
Athtnta, Toronto, Louisville, Chicago,
Pittsburg, St, Louis, Boston, Atlanta,
Denver and Toronto in order.
The programme for the Louisville
meeting, June 18 to 23, is not ready, of
course, but the committee is working
hard on it, W. N. Hertshorn, of Bos-
ton, is chairman, and with him are con-
ferring Judge John of Louisville;
Dr. H. M. Hamill, niaslwille, Tenn.; N.
B. Broughton, North Carolina; Justice
J. Maelaren, Toronto, Ont.; Dr. George
It. Merin, Minneapolis; Dr. Alexander
Henry, Philadelphia, and Marion Law-
rence, Chicago. These men aro of such
ability that the six days of the conven-
tion are certain to be full of interest.
A conspicuous place is likely to be
given to the reseort of the Sixth Lesson
Committee, whieh will practically com-
plete its work with the 1008 convention.
To albs committee comes as a legacy
a well-defined plan of covering the
whole Bible in a certain term of years.
This is being done now for the sixth
time. The first period, starting in 1872,
was of seven years, and the Bible was
studied consecutively, alternating from
the Old tb the New Testament every
six months, The second seven years
was notable for one full twelve months
being devoted to the gospel of Mark.
The third seven gave a year each to
IvIattliew and Luke. The course was
then changed to six years, beginning in
1894, when twelve months were given
to the study chronologically of the life
of Christ. The fifth period was made
biographical, as every one can recall, for
it ended in 1905,
Now there are optional lessons which
will continue until 1911, though the
committee named at Louisville will at
once start on the course of study that
will follow then. The announcement of
the American Sunday School Union
shows that in 1908 the first six months
will be spent about the books of the
New Testament and the last six in the
older books of the gospel. The odd part
of the plan is that foreigners aro in the
majority on the Lessons Committee, al-
though there are two and one-half times
as many use the international lessons In
this country as in all the rest of the
world, this being due, of course, to the
fact that the Church of England, Scot-
tish Church, the Episcopal Church of
the United States and Canada, the Luth-
erans and a few others.
The American Sunday School Union,
which is really the basis of the inter-
national body, introduced in 1824 the
first system of lessons, each consisting
of about a dozen verses to be committed
to memory, an explanation accompany-
ing them. They were the same for all
the schools and for all themation. The
popularity of this system brought about
Judson's, and later risk's questions in
three grades, covering the gospels and
Acts, five years being allotted to the
course. Various other alterations were
made until 1833, when the National Sun-
day -School Convention approved the
union questions, which reached an edi-
tion of about 1,000,000 copies, equal, it
was believed, to seven -tenths ite the
Sunday school pupils then in the United
States.
Another •development came with the
formation of infant classes, easy lessons
being required and 'these were printed
on attractive cards. Work was aleo
provided for advanced Bible classes. The
passage of time brought about still more
books, there being lessons by McDowell,
Tyng, Breed, Parvin and Schapf, all
of which gave way to the international
leseons. When the present uniform Sun-
day school lessons were proposed in 1872,
the union introduced them in all its
schools.' Its system of easy lessons for
as revised are still used widely wherever
eydoufnogre
savtidseellyilintrsr uer°anl teinomuendlutnoitileies, cat -
family religious instruction 's mamtaire
ed. Thus the union having introduced
/AA
"I can take you to a hundred
homes right eround my store, in
which'St. George's is used."
"You ean seek those, who do
the baking, what they think of
St George's
Baking Powder
"And every one of the hundred
will tell eq.!, the same -• that
St, f.desetge's stands every test
mid never knee its strefigth."
weneyeeyese tei4y 01020* Cook ,took.
Frenetic:1 tire & Chemical en, of
, e
ILumnerautomommiromstioiremixolo
the first syetem. of uniform leesone for
Sunday schoole, has ever bad an outlook
for improvements in Sunday school les -
Wu systems, and with the coming of
new committee may be expected to main-
tain its leaderehip,
vfilet-iosijtistloieotntocilltti 88;toetiitt.leilliyeeti8;ulotfintrielslillavIlYt71141e.o.Sonitolb;INslt4ytsotoTiptrtillalniletxiktiiiilltiaogs
but tho trained missionaries_ had to
porno. There Wa8 one worker in 18e1.
Ten years later a move was made to
plant a Sunday sehool in every destitute
community in the Missiseippi
Two yew% were allotted for the worie
There was as much enthusiasin over
tlds proposition as there waB over the
great tercentennial fund of the EpiseePel
Church, Ono meeting in Philadelpbia
raised $12,000. In every. city of the
country there were gatherings at which
men of the ealibre of Damel Webster
made addresses, Sunday -schools and
churches sprang up in profusion and
over 5,000 collection:4 of religious read-
ing were. distributed.
Iu 1833 the Union further planned to
Miura a Sunday school in every needy
place in the South, and in 1834 agreed
to appropriate $12,000 to Me in trans-
lating its publications into foreign lan-
guages in response to earnest appeals
front 'Am,eriean benign missionaries.
Prom 1850 to IMO, and again 3U years
later, bands of cellege and other stud -
eats were enlisted as S. S. missiomtriea,
for anal summer. In the firet five years
they started about 10,000 now -Sunday
sehools,
After years of experience, the Union
has divided the entire United States
into eight great districts, for Sunday,
whoa extension and mission:ley work.
It new sustains 200 to 230 missionaries
regularly to fourse and foster Sunday
schools in needy communities, chiefly re-
mote front the churches. These Union
workers 'lave oreenized an average of
about four school's for every day in the
past 84 years.
The Mon has thus organized in
America 115,000 Sunday scnools, with
035,000 teachers and 4,500,000 scholars;
given aid to schools in response to
335,000 CILSOS, eneouraging over 20,000,-
000 in the study of Uod's word. The
first nine years there were 20,000 con-
versions of teacher's, and 30,000 of
scholars. In seven years of this century,
06,242 couversions have been reported
In the Sunday sehools of the Onion; 702
churches of different denominations fol-
lowed front these; 149,105 copies of
the Scriptures were provided chiefly fur
the destitute; an average of 204 Mission-
aries were enmloyed each year, and
the 'Union received for their support
$1,259,008.38.
Spurgeon's Tabernacle, London, has
Sunday schools allied with the church,
with a membership of upwards of 7,000.
Some mission Sunday schools in foreign
lands have a large membership. That in
Aintab, Syria, once enrolled about 2,000
members. A 'Methodist mission Sunday.
wheel at Mend, India, claims 4,134.
There are many other large Sunday
schools, among them being these:
Stockport, England' ... 5,324
Bethany, Presbyterian, Philadel-
phia ... . 4,826
Third Presbyterian, Chicago 2,082
Westmineter, (Minneapolis .. 2,540
Tompkins Avenue, Congregational, .
Brooklyn ... . , . 2,595
Bushwiek Ave., Methodist Epee,
Brooklyn ... 2,355
Calvary Baptist, Washington ... 2,336
Baptist Temple, Brooklyn ... . 2,314
Holy Trinity, Roman Catholic,
Chicago ... 3,107
Sacred Hethrt, Roman Cotholic,
New York ... 2,367
Imameulate Conception, Roman
Catholic ... 2,100
St. George's, Prot. Episcopal,
New York ... 2,217
Imma,culste Conception, Roman
York ... 2,208
•Siloam, Methodist, Philadelphia. 2,223
St. Luke* Prot. Episcopal, Phil-
adelphia. ... ... 2,140
Salem Reformed, Allentown ... 2,162
Marcy Avenue Baptist, Brooklyn 1,909
Simpson Mem., M.ethodist, Phil-
adelphia, 1,699
Holy Apostles, Philadelphia ... 1A04
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian, New
York ... • • • • • • • • • • • • 1i59
St. Bartholomew Chepel,. New
. 1,860
Knox Memorial Reformed, New
York ... 1,800
Hanson Place. Baptist, Brooklyn 1,537
Spices and Condiments of India.
India, possesses a large export trade
in spices and condiments which reached
laet year 11,008,000 pounds, valued at
$46,606,605. This does not include cutch
ane tumeric, which, although used in
India as spices, are exported mainly for
industrial purposes. Cutch is used for
tanning and dyeing, but it is ale° used
as a drug, especially in .America, says
Consul -General Michael of Calcutta in
Daily Consular and Trade Reports. Tum-
eric is a handsome herbaceoes plant that
is cultivated all over India, its yellewish
tubers producing a powder used to some
extent as a condiment, but whose greats -
ea use is as a chemical to detect the
presence of alkalies. Cutch is produced
largely In Bengal, Bombay, Madras Pro-
vince and.13unna, and its annual average
exports amount to 221,986 pounds, val-
ued at $011,335. Of this the United
States takes on an average ebout 70,000
pounds.
Caedamon (lesser and greater) grows
all over India and is used by the natives
in sweetmeats. The lesser cardamon
grows wild in the mountains of south-
ern India and is considered the most val-
nalee of all the Indian condiments. The
natives use it for flavoring purieoses.
The betel nut, while a native of Celina,
grows throughout tropical India. It is
the most popular nut with the native.
Everywhere on the streete in India one
Sees women squatted dosvn mixing betel
nut and offering it for sale to the pass-
ers by. It is used to stimulate the
nerves. India imports yearly about 40,-
000,000 pounds, worth $1,300,000, but ex-.
ports less than 100,000 pounds.
Other condiments and spices produced
freely in India. are eatechu, mustard,
rape, cote, onions, garlic, celery, cepa.
cum (chilli), caraway, cloves, cinnamon
hem, ginger, cruciferae, mints, cubebe,
(three kinds), coriendee, cocoanut, sad -
Have a Good Beginning,
The late "Ian Maclaren" was talking
to Regroup of literary beginners. "Begin
your stories well," he.said, emphatically.
"There's nothing like a, good beginning.
Indeed, it's half the battle." Then with
a smile this excellent if iner of stories
tuition "Alwitys bear (4 enind the ewe)
of the youeg inan who, desiring to marry,
secured a favorable hearing. from his
sweetheart's irascible father by opening
tho interview with the words: "I know
a way, sir, whereby you can !Jeri
money.'"
Polishing Aluminiuni.
To reetere. lustre to tarnished alumire
it is Auffieient to immerse ft In
water slightly acidulated with eulphurie
acid. Te smell articles of aluminiUm
soft bruit' may he applied. For the bath,
water with a little carbonate of Node
Will spinet.
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,,, Ontario oopitirtment of Agriculture„.,
It be Radom Overtire farmer allows
hiniself to be ceyried away by a panic.
ine customary hard common sense and
conservetive methode usually protect
him front this evil; but, when we hear
of young pigs being sold at fifty cents
each at 'weaning time, or eleughtered to
stop their demands for food, it would
seem as though something away im-
proaehing a pilule must be abroad in the
land.
Panics Aggravate Evil,
There probably never was a panie
die not aggravate the evil which
set it in motion, and the demoralizing
effects of the present panic among farm-
ers. uniet be apparent to every oye.
Doubtless there are some farmers who
are forced to sell their pigs through
sheer necessity, but such unfortunate
eases aro not suffieiently numerous to
account for all the young pigs and breed-
ipg sows which are being dumped upon
a doubly glutted market at present. The
farmer with feed in his bins has need to
do some careful calculating before de-
ckling to throw away his mge. Selling
stock on a poor market in order to sell
grain upon a, high market is not always
a profitable enterprise, and the number
of dollars coming into the treasury dur-
ing the year may be considerably less
under this method, than had the grain
been marketed in the form of meet.
Farm animals, and especially• hogs, con-
sume and turn into valuable meatonany
products, which, otherwise, would have
been wasted, and though the farmer may
not always 'realize the highest market
prices for the grain fed to his hogs, the
otherwise unsalable products for svhieh
the hogs have provided a market will
generally, under a careful system of feed.
ing, inuth more than make up the de-
ficiency.
Where is the Profit?
What does the farmer gain by sacri-
ficing his hogs and selling his grain? In
the first .place, he obtains prevailing
market prices for his grain, which might,
or might not, have been obtained had
the grain been fed to hogs. Secondly,
he saves the labor of feeding tho hogs.
Thirdly, he has less risk, and less capital
invested. Againet this, he has incurred
a heavy loss by disposing of his stack
on a glutted market. He still has the
lsbor of cleaning the grain and teaming
it to market. He has lost.the sale of a
number of products which the hogs
could profitably utilize. He has sold a
lot oi valuable fertility, the absence of
which will lessen his next crop: and hence
increase the cost of production. Ile has
placed himself in a position where lie
cannot take advantage of the high prices
for finished hoga which seem certain to
prevail when the present excitement has
burned itself out; and, after all, he is
not absolutely certain that he got any
more for his grain than if he had fed it
to his hogs. 'Ibis last point calls for fur-
ther consideration.
Some Important Figures.
During the past two years the Ontario
Agricultural College has collected some
very valuable data regarding the prices
realized for feed consumed by hogs. Part
of the hogs were fed at the college, and
part were fed by. farmers in different
parts of the Province. The experiments
deal with the food consumed by 297 hogs,
aggregating 56,718 pounds when sold,
ofr an average weight of 190.9 pounds
each. A variety of foods was used, com-
prising barley, peas, oats, middlings,
bien, corn, skim milk, roots and miscel-
laneous foods, which were valued by the
feeders at certain sums, and duly charged
against the pigs. The young pigs at
weaning time are valued at $1.50 each,
which is considerably above the cost of
raising pigs from birth to weaning, in-
cluding maintenance of _sow, etc., as
shown by experiments conducted at the
college. Deducting from the selling
price the cost of the pigs at $1.50 catth,
and the charges for miscellaneous foods,
we find as follows:
If the pigs were sold at.44e cents per
pound, live weight, they would return
$20.45 per ton for all meal consumed, in -
ret pun ennui turns xi); 'egSpetpeepung
eluding middlings and bran, 20 cents per
cents per bushel for robts.
At 5 cents per pound, live weight,
they would return $23.87 per ton for
meal, 20 cents per hundredweight for
skim milk, and 10 cents per bushel for
roots.
At 516 cents per pound, live weight,
they would return $27.29 per ton for
meal, 20 cents per hundredweight for
rsokofillte and 10 cents per bushel for
At 6 cents per pound, live weight, they
would return $30.71 per ton for meal, 20
cents per hundredweight for skim milk,
and. 10 cents per hushel for roots.
At 6% cente per pound, live weight,
they would return $34.13 per ton for
meal,*30 cents per cwt, for niilk, and 10
cents per bushel for roots.
Considering that middlings and bran
enter quite largely into the mixture, and
taking into consideration the prices re-
ceived for hogs during the year, WO must
admit that this is a remarkably good
showing in values received for feed. We
must also remember that the grain was
fed as it came from the threshing ma-
chine, and the price obtained for un-
eleaned grain 'by feeding it to therm pigs
should certainly leave a comfortable
margin of profit to the farmer.
Let Us Consider.
The points touched upon would bear
amplification, but perhaps enough has
been said to set some one thinking. Let
it be understood, however, that there iS
no attempt to dictate to the farmer. Ev-
cry farmer must be his own judge as to
what is the best course for him to pun'
sue, and the farmer who finds himself
compelled to sacrifice his stock is de•
serving of sympathy. But let thoee with
feed on hand take careful counsel with
themselvei, and thoroughly consider all
the features of the situation; before de -
ailing upon a line of aetion. Let our ac-
tion be governed by sane delibera.tion,
andelet us do all in our power to stem
the disaetrous tide of panic whieh ate
pears to threaten.
Geo. E. Day.
Ontario A glicultural College.
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ADVERT:SING IN BERLIN.
No Billboards -Price of Space on P11-
lars Fixed by City.
Billboanls for advertising purposes are
prohibited in Benin. Their place is taken
by pillars or columns erected at street
co Theerst
columns, which are usually of
wood and iron, are about twelve feet
high and three feet in diameter. Built
at the edge of the sidewalk, they form
tahactonosiptiyepous feature of street life in
It is interesting to note, says the
Chele, that the matter displayed on
therm columns is more in the nature of
reading notices than of pictures.
The privilege of erecting and using
/these advertising columns is awarded
by the city to the highest bidder. Ac-
cording to the terms of the lease now in
force, the city receives an annual rental
of about $95,200, but cannot grant a
similar privilege to any one else. The
life of the lease is ten years.
The price which the successful bidder
may charge for space is regulated by
the Berlin authorities. All posters be-
fore they are put up must be approved
by the police. Except in special ebees,
the advertising space is awarded ac-
cording to the order of application. The
city reserves the right to demand the
posting of its notices free.
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THE QUESTION OF 'KOWTOW.'
From the North China Herald just to
hand, we learn that the Chinese censor
has memoratized the throne on the ne-
cessity of abolishing the degrading cure
tom of high native ministers of the
Crown kowtowing and. addressing or re-
plying to their Majesties on bended
knees. Kowtowing has been a fruitful
theme for discuasion and controversy
ever since the nations of the West first
invaded the shone of the Great Central
Kingdom. Hitherto the question con-
cerned only these who eame from foreign
lands on diplomatic or other missions.
No one for a moment thought of sug-
gesting that the kowtow was a degrad-
ing custom so far as the Chinese high of-
ficials themselves were concerned. The
kowtow before the throne consisted in
kneeling three times and touching the
ground with the head thride at each
genuflexion.
Western diplomats and others in Chi-
na have not been in the past 'unanimous
in their opposition to the performance
of the kowtow, but the British represen•
tatives from the first have consistently
refused to submit to it. Lord Alaeartney,
who arrived in China in 1793, as the
head of the first British embassy, .when
presenting his credentials, would only
consent to bend one knee in the presence
of the Emperar. Over twenty years
elapsed before the second British mission
arrived in China. The question of the
kowtow was again raised, and as the re -
suit of his refusal to perform the cere-
mony Lord Amherst was never officially
received by the Emperor, who issued) an
imperial edict to the effect that the
tish Ambassador had not observeen.
rules of politeness in vogue in the f "Le
tial Empire.
The French Ambassador s
In 1844 received "special instrueWedunt
to submit to the kowtow. Theis'ex.i?'
etructions, however, he ignored, as he
held the opinion that ambassadors must
condttet themi3elevs according_ to the
atinwefs-
ueages of the court th which they were
accredited. The whole question eluting
the last half century has assumed an els
together different aspect. For over ono
hundred years prior th the establishment
of permanent doreign legations in the
Chilies') capital in 1800 European repre-
sentatives were not accorded an imperial
audience. Since that date the kowtow
has never been insisted upon. Whether
the question, so' far as foreigners me
concerned', is now finally disposed of re-
mains to be •seen.-Wesinninster Gazette,
•
Robbie Spoke.
Robbie was in the habit of running .
errands for an old gentleman next door
who never paid him except in effusive
thaaks. He had just returned from the
third errand ene lemming, and the old
gentleman, patting him on the head, said
-"Robbie, I am very much obliged tO
you. You're a fine little fellow. Thank
you,. my boy, thank you." Robbie looked
up into his face wistfully, and apologe-
tically replied -"Mr. Jones you don't
know how I wish I could' thank you
for something."
Viscount Wolseley, who has resigned
themolonelcy of the Royal Horse Guards
at the age of 74, has seen active service
in all quarters of the globe.
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Make him a Scott's Emulsion
baby.
Scott's' Erna:slot: is, COci Liver Oil -
and Hypophosphites prepared so that it is
easily digested by little folks.
Consequently the baby that is fed on
Scott's. Emulsion is a sturdy, rosy.
cheeked little fellow full of health and vigor.
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„ewe een'-
Keep your feet dry.
'Porunto 'street raiiway courinet ors now
Joel; the ikon; 4:f the (1113 While Ott
farce are being colleetell. 'I he met le h. -
Lel no delithheed emape,
Toronto. still wind up the yter with it
eivie everdraft of about itnienie. 'Phe
controller., don't seem to control the ex.
pendit tire.
Every cell in the Central Prison, it is
said, is filled, and the county jztils
throughotit the Province have also the
6(ntituding mem only" sign up. These
facts are a sign that winter is here.
A Torun e5 and
tegu-sneustpress\----1,83
vosis or ten cloys. in jail for being hie
-temper and hinting hie berme n
Himont to fit the crime would have
been to give him deteete ofssetteereaine
he gave the hoer. There is too mei*
use of the whip upon overlook(' animals.
seseeses
Tim Philadelphia, Iteeord saye that the
football cant:Mies this year foot un
11 killed and 08 injured. Last year oleo
11 were killed, but the number of injur-
ed amounted to 103. In 1005 the killed
numbered 31 aud the injured 131. The
figures show that the game in the .States
is not so deadly as it was. But
Record think; that ii the killing and
earnage stop the game will lose half its
attraetion to both player and looker on.
sae
It reperted that a hundred. awl
eleven persons were killed in Drool:eye
by the trolley care laet year. 'lids is 11: •
large toll to pay for city transport:4W
but it is mot out of _the way con -mined
with•other large chime Although many
of the aceidents are caused by careless•
motormen, perhaps as many ere the te-
sult of the carelessness of pedestriane
and drivers. People take too many
chances in darting in front of cars when_
they could just as easily wait until they 1
pees. Nor need any one be in such a
hurry that thesr cannot wait until the
car stops before they get on or off. Omn-
i nies elionid be held strictly respona-
b1 when it is shown accidents °catered
thr WI the motorman trying to make
sellietalo!Ci.%leeti,met: if a prohibition wave had
litrutk the t •ted States. Yesterday's
despatches einem led the fact that eight,
counties in Illinoi had gone dry and six
partially.- 00, an
amtinst the Sunday a tegiror
going on in Chieag
thirty-three million si
and of the eighty osids union
tants of the United States now
communities in whieh the law doe
permit the sale of alcoholic' bever
The liquor question cut a figure in
13, every State campaign in the r
State elections. Encouraged by
state of affairs, it is said, the :el
ance Party is now going after the
great political parties for the ineer
of a plank in their platforms havn
emmtment of laws that will preven
shipment of liquor into States the
adopted. prohibition. •
The
son of , tewa.yo, this one
ci at
trouble of sending out an e
reduce him and his tribe t
bet] British Government the
Chief, leSubmitted to Den
Mena his very werilei
atinalutesgeabteeden ideld
he may 1.
Deningizsul
almost all -autegeity over his own dig-
tra.ces lately, and fem
It seems he is enamored of he cry,
Meeks -for Africa): and e can hardly
when he has been shorn uf
sa,a.f4,,p_agrunt in
the government Of the Zult't terri-
tory. .A8 has been well sa!d, the-bittein
of Africa, are not to be piverncil with
guns altogether. They are there in their
own country and in countless hordes,
justly, if not kindly.
and the British Government will find
that it will pay to treat these men
One reason for ths appropriation by
some people of the name of the eon-
of-iteee the lack efeanuteee Which iv
fluent as the designation of a traction
fit theft-m.41r country.' The abue
of calling the 'United States "America"
is similar to the calling or Germany
"Europe." This view of it takes no
note of offensiveness of some "yellows,"
which boast that they are in appropriat-
ing the name of the continent merely
anticipating a little the time when they
will "drive the British into the sea," ai
annex Canada whether we will or
Some Canadians have shown e ;Helios
tion to exeuse the appropriation,
reason of the difficulty presented
our neighbors, and to even. present thou
selves to the bumptious "yellows"
an attitude to be metaphorically kicked
with ease anti satisfaction.
But there is a remedy. Esperanto is
tO imply it. IVIien that scientific
venal language becomee popular
ficulty will be removed. The name
poeed le an infringement on nonee
is s
tl t'uned States of Neeth
esy. The initial ktter
ths went none. Ae t te
m eign of tlie
Idsomi conies naturt
The ieles of the langua
front l''sona, the name o
re, dra, the Piosident of
stales se North America.
•at e• the Esparantists hale
vord, ib is not to be aes
.vill at awe heroine poled
permits) has He Way to
if ever It lantotane had a.
the world a, intend word
it. If Roosevelt veal I
Brander Mathews' span
met, perimpe