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15th ; and Dodge.
lOc .
for 40-Inoh wide
fancy n n v o 11 y
dross ) floods , Hintill
checked suiting
nnd plain lion-
I'lottus In nil uol-
OI-H , worth i")0 , gent
nt lOoyd.
lOc -
for Boys' Km e
I'antri. Bt/.ca from
1 to li
lOc AII
for Ladles' pure
Black Silk Mitts
In nil sizes.
lOc
PA IK
for Men's Silk
Suspcndera , worth
up to f > 0c.
and lOc nnd 12Jc
a yd for very line
embroideries in
Hamburg , Swiss' ,
Jaconets , etc , in
all widths ,
worth uptoCOc.
5c
YAUl )
for Valenciennes
Lace , worth li'io.
25c
YAUl )
for all silk , Not
'top Bourdon Lace.
worth oOe.
x I5c ,
19cand25c
for butter colored
lace in Point Von-
j'eo , Doufollo. Or-
ienulo nnd Point
d'Irlnnde ' , worth
up to 50e.
A DISABLED STEAK CAUSES BUS SACRIFSGE
OF ( P31 / # " B
Dress Goods
At 4O Per Cent. Lessth n Landad Cost.
The stciimrr "Dim" whloh loft Southampton March 17th , broku her propeller when
thrco days out ami wtm cotupo led to sail south to the Azores tor repairs. From thence.
titter ti months' detention liur cargo was transfprrod to the steamer "Ncckur" which just
arrived In port.
On Hill vessel was a largo shipment of hlith grade dress goods nnd silks tvlilcli on
account of the Oclay and advanced stngo of the Reason wcru sold to us at a serious
hiicnllco.
Beginning tomorrow and continuing nil the week
wo will make our Dreas Goods Uopartinent nn over
powering magnet for any lady who reads or hears of
this. See those specials'
l.OOO Pieces. All One Price ,
42 inches wide , wor h 39c-
PLAIN BLACK GOODS
Invisible Pin Chec * Effect. Worth 35c yd *
TAN WOOL SERGES and GRAY
WOOL SERGES. worth 3a.yBga. MONDAY.
40O PISCES
A Light Ground , Small Floral Fesign , Reg
ular 50c goods ,
4O in- all wool
Storm Ssrge ,
Worth GOc.-Nuvy , tans , browns Two tone mixtures worth USc.
BLACK ZIC-ZAC
!
Worth 50i : unit 75c yd ; BO at 54 Inches wldu : worth $1.00
Stall ml aOc.
43 INCH IMPORTED
Worth 81.5O.
New changeable broken check effects. All
New Colors-
CIIINA'S-BIG ' ARSEM
V _
"Oarp" Visits the Government Qun Fac
\ ( ' . tory nt Shanghai.
; j , MAKING ARMS AND MUNITIONS OF WAR
A Hundred Acres of Foundries aud Their
Two Thousand Workmen.
IL- WONDERFUL MECHANICAL SKILL DISPLAYED
Celestials Make Great Shells and Steel
Bails of Native Iron.
r . Clllmpso of the Unrrackn nnd Typical Uni
form of Soldiery The Kmplro Well
1'rvimroil to Do/oinl Its Institu
tions An Interesting Letter.
( Copyrighted ISO I by Frank G. Carpenter. )
SHANUHAI , China , April 14. ( Special Cor
respondence of The Dec. ) One hundred acres
of factories for the making of arms and
munitions ot war !
Vast foundries for the snVeltlng and roll
ing of steel !
Gun works turning out cannon as big as
the biggest now being made at the Washing
ton navy yard ! Shops covering acres do-
.voted to the making ot the latest of modern
magazine rides I
An army ot 2,000 Celestials In blue gowns ,
. with their pig-tails tightly wound about
t'liolr half shaven heads , manipulating with
* 'their Blonder , yellow fingers the finest of the
modern world's Improved machinery , and Jo-
1 Ing successfully all kinds ot factory work
under Chlneso foremen I
These are some of the wonders I saw at
the great government arsenal near here
today.
Any ono who thinks that China Is asleep
to wliat U going on In the modern world
lias only to visit ono of Its great govern
ment gun factories and bo convinced of his
mistake. I havu spent some tlmo at the
gun worku ot the Washington navy 'yard ,
where are being built the guns for our
largest warships. Wo prldo ourselves upon
them an a nation and consider them among
the finest gun works of the world. Away
, out hero In China there are similar foun-
Orlea doing oven more wonderful work , and
that tg a largo extent with native-
jnmlu machinery , and Just now \Utli Chi
nese Iron and Chlncio coal. Of the two
thousand men employed In the Shanghai
.weeks only two are foreigners , and these
are consulting engine-era , ono of whom ,
Mr. N. 13. Cornish , Is an Englishman from
Devonshire , who wan for years connected
with the great Armstrong gun works In
England , and Oio other , Mr , Hunt , an Eng-
lUliman who not only knows how to run
all kinds ot machinery , but has Invented
several engine * , and who , wlth Mr. Cqrnlah ,
| H making many Improvements In Iho Chi
nese munitions of war over those of other
nations. U was through Mr , Cornish that
1 was able to go over the gun worki , and
with him I had chits with thu Chinese
managers , foremen and workmen.
STriBB1 * * SCENES ,
Leaving the Hotel Ota Colonies , in tie
foreign quarter of Shanghai , I rode In a
jlnrlksha , pulled by two men , far out Into
the country. The day was cold , raw and
rainy , but I decided to risk arrest by tak
ing my camera with mo , and , wrapped In
oiled silk. It lay between my legs as wo
dashed through the muddy streets crowded
with bare-legged coolies with hats as big as
umbrellas and rain coats of a reddish
brown jute , who were carrying heavy loads
swung on poles from their shoulders. Wo
passed many women In bluojjowns of wad
ded cotton , who hobbled along on their
little feet through the mud with a knock-
kneed gait , and met at every turn
the 'rlkslias and sedan chairs of swell Chi
namen , whose eyes were so shrouded by
their big , black spectacles that they looked
Ilko Gargantuan brownies rather than
scholarly Chinese. Many of these swells
had on their winter bonnets of wadded silk
and their clothes were of the brightest of
reds , blues and greens. Their bonnets cov
ered the entire head and were fastened
under the chin In a wadded cloth which
piotccted the neck and throat. They were
so made that only the front ot the face
was exposed to the weather , and they ex
tended out behind Into n sort of a capo
which fell to the waist and concealed their
cues. The gowns of many of them were
fur lined nnd thu silk brocade of which they
were made seemed more fit for a ball room
than a rainy , muddy Chlneso country ride.
Ilesldo these rich worked the poorest of the
poor. Wo passed scores of sweating men
pushing freight wheelbarrows , each contain
ing a load for a horse , and were Jostled by
the hundreds of other queer looking char
acters who nil the country roads of China
with as many travelers as you will nnd on the
roads approaching ono of our llttlo cities on
a circus day.
Just outside ot the walls of the native
city 1 passed a guard house filled with
Chlneso coldlers. Tho'suh came out at the
moment , and I lattfTnptOU to photograph
them. But when they saw the camera they
scowled nnd went Irfslilo1 the guard house.
Not far from this I came to a fortification
which I afterward learned was the bar
racks of the troops fthlch the viceroy keeps
hero to guard the arsenal and to protect
Shanghai. A white wall , perhaps twenty
feet high , surrounded them , and I could
only see the great flogs , of black net work
cmbroldedred with red Chlneso Hgurcj ,
twenty odd feet long- , which floated from a
polo ahovo the tent of the commander. I
saw many soldiers , however , and I photo
graphed a good nalurcd one who evidently
did not understand what my camera was.
Thcso soldiers were dressed In all sorts of
bright colors , and the uniform of many of
them consisted of the brightest of blue cot
ton sacqucs , trlmnipd with black velvet and
ornamented with red stripes. They wore
wadded cotton pantaloons , which they tucked
Into black , short topped , wadded , cloth boots ,
and their heads were covered with stiff skull
caps of silk. They look entirely different
from the people about this part of China ,
and are much more muscular and are taller
than the Chinamen we have In America.
They come from the interior , and the best
fighters among them are from the rebellious
province of Hunan , where the Insurrection
against the missionaries of a year or so ago
originated. There are only a few thousand
of them In tlili barracks , and they are but
a small part of the army of the viceroy of
Nanking , who lives at his capital In the In
terior.
THE AnSENAL. "
Reaching the arsenal wo stopped for a
moment under the white wall , ou which was a
gaudy painting ot onu of the heroes of Chinese
mythology , whU In suppossd to give luck to
the otllccra within , while one of these Chi
nese soldiers took my card. In to Mr. Cor-
nlsli , and a moment later I wan Inside of
these vast works and surrounded by the din
of machinery. 1'ractlcally the only differ
ence between these works and these of any
ot the great gun factories ot Christendom
lies In the georKeoua colors of red'blue and
green In which tlie Chinese delight and with
which they paint n.ot only the interior wood
work of their shops , but some ot their ma
chines as well , and In the fact that all of the
work Is done by Chinaman. The first room
Boston Store's ready money reigns supremely , safely ,
, surely , without a rival , without competition in buying cheap
BOSTON STORE BU YSJ FOR CASH ONLY.
People who do not want to run the risks of credit sell to
Boston store and sell to Boston Store cheaper than to those
who buy on time. Facts which were never more forcibly illus
trated by the many cash bargains which Boston Store offers
tomorrow.
These rich brocaded silks are
in exquisite desjgns and many
of them have seeded grounds.
Magnificent quality. They
were imported to sell at $1.50.
For one clay we will sell these
rich silks at 690 a yard. Black
silks will be greatly worn this
season for dresses and waists ,
and none will be so much sought after as these
125 Pieces 150 Pieces
Black and COLORED
MOIRE MOIRE
in plain and satin FRANCAISE ,
sti'ipoj , 20 inuhos 22 inches wide ,
wide. _ worth 81.50.
Unquestionably worth 8Jcyad. ( ;
425 Pieces
200 Pieces Latest Shadoj
25 in. wide ,
JAPANESE JAPANESE
SILK WASH SILK
.22 Inches wide ,
olejjnnt lustre , sold vorth ( GOo.
elsewhere at SOo.
New Importa'aon Eich , Soft
Figured IMPORTED
INDIA SILK SURAH
nil calors , worth up SILK
to $1.00 , go at 2oc ,
4-lu , oOo. worth $1 and $1.25.
wo entered was about the size of the biggest
shop In the Washington navy ynrd. It
covered. I Judge , about an acre ot space ,
arid In It were being turned out some twelve-
Inch guns for the navy. You have seen
pictures of such guns In the newspapers.
They are the biggest made at our navy
yard , and they are Immense Iron can
non , the barrels of which are thlrty-flve
feet long , and which fire projectiles of steel
which weigh 1,000 pounds. To make one of
these guns costs In neighborhood of
150,000 , and the Chinese are now Just finish
ing their fourth gun of this kind. Those
completed have been tested and shown equal
to anything made In Europe or- America ,
and the projectiles for the guns are made
here. The Chinese , however , like the other
nations of the world , now believe that these
Immense guns are not so good for defense
and warfare on the sea as the smaller vari
eties , and they will build no more of them
at present. Near these I saw some twenty-
five-ton guns , and then visited the shops ,
where about 300 Chinamen were at work
making the latest improved patterns of
Armstrong rapid firing guns. I looked at a
4.7-Inch gun ot this kind which had Just
been completed , and was shown Its working.
It moved so easily that a baby could have
almost worked It , and the Chinese foreman
In charge told mo that they had Just fin- .
Islictl a dozen of thpso weapons , and that'
they were now working on some which
would flro 100-pound shot.
China has no xcruples as to patents , and
she now gets all oC the latest improve
ments In war machinery and copies them
here. There Is no doubt about the gieat
mechanical ability of the Chinese. Hero
are 1,000 ! men , who have been brought up on
lines entirely different , from those upon
which they are now working , and they mnko
as expert workmen as our mechanics , who
have had generations of hereditary descent
and years of experience. A great part of
the machinery used hero was made by China
men , and Mr. Cornish tells mo that ho
found that parts which he had thought It
impossible for a Chinaman to turn out , and
which he had expected would have to be
Imported at great expense from Europe , had
been made ; by these men , from drawings ,
Some of them are so expert ( hat only general
directions and the knowledge of the results
required need \ia \ be given them , and they will
straightway make the designs and castings.
I was shown one machlns , I think It was for
Iho rifling of some of the guns , though I ant
not sure aa to this which contained n
screw of only thrco Inches In diameter and
thlrty-llvo feet long , which was designed
and cut by a Chinaman , and I noticed a
yellow-faced Chinaman , who makes the
finest of the Improved sights of iho Arm-
ttrong guns. The work Is as delicate and
as beautiful as that ot a watchmaker , and
there Is an Improvement on the original ,
which this man has added. The rifling ma
chine for the big guns would have cost
$15,000 to Import. These Chinamen were
shown the drawings ami they made
It for halt that sum. It Is BO in nearly
every variety of machinery , and amcfne
the things now actually being made In
these work ] are all sorts ot modern pro
jectiles , from the revolver bullet up to
great shots ot steel weighing 1,000 pounds.
They make cartridges from those fitted
for a revolver to the kind required for a
six-Inch rifle , and I saw Chinamen drilling
steel , cutting gut grape shot and making
brass cartridge cauei from disks of metal
alid paid a visit to the warehouses where
I was shown the 200 different kinds .of
shot and shrapnel which are made hero.
They are now turning out about 30,000
I > oumUi of shot a day , and they have made
recent experiment * with Chinese Iron
which demonitrates Its superiority In some
respects over any other Iron of the world.
SUPEIUOH NATIVE IHON.
No one knows much about the mineral re
sources of China. Hut coal mid iron are said
to exist In nearly every onu of the
eighteen states or provinces of the
empire , and there have been some
Iron mines which have been worked
for yean. Up to this time China has
besn Importing the raw material for her at-
Benals , but ho U now experimenting with
her own supplies , and the manufacturing
China of lite future will probably bo entirely
Independent of the rast icf the world. The
coal and Iron formations ! in the province of
Chill are , said to be the largest In'tho world
and tlie product Is unsurpassed. The Iron
now used here comes from the province of
Hunan , in about the' center of China , and
some idea of Its character may be learned
from a test which was rcpently made here.
A shot was cast of this Iron for a three-Inch
rifle , and It was fired against a target with
the same charge and the same gun Jn compe
tition with Imported shot" of stel. The
target consisted of thrco Iron plates an Inch
thick. Interleaved with boards of wood. The
steel shot penetrated the , target , but none of
them went through It. The Chinese cast
Iron shot passed clear through the target
and were lost. The process of manufacture
of the Iron Is not known at the arsenal. It
comes .here in the shape tot Iron plates or
slabs , from half an Inch to ; two Inches thick ,
and I should say , at a guess , for I did not
measure them , fifteen by Jwenty-flve inches
In size. I saw a great quantity of the ere
lying outside of the foundry. It Is ot a red
dish brown color , and looks much like some
which we get from the Lake Superior mines.
The pigs or slabs are lald.down hero at about
$20 a ton , or $10 a ton * In gold , thus costing
about half a cent a pound. Mr. Cornish
tells mo that the Chinese make castIngs -
Ings of Iron which would be consid
ered Impossible In America. They will
cast kettles as big as.thn . , largest American
apple butter kettle , holding about as much
fluid as an old-fashloiicd wash tub , and only
a sixteenth of an Inch , thick. These kettles
are wonderfully stropg. , You would think
they would snap like , glaps , but they are
thrown about as though they \\cro made of
copper , and are very liard , to break. In the
experiment above mentioned , Mr. Cornish
told mo that ho had no , Idea that the shot
would go through the target , nnd ho was
disappointed In not being able to find It. Ho
says the Iron Is far superior to the average
European Iron , and. that ho Is satisfied that
It Is made with charcoal. It does not melt
easily , however , and the foundries do not
Ilko It.
EXPERT MECHANICS.
Thera are hundreds ot steam engines of
all kinds In these works , and they are all
managed by the Chinese. I saw ono of 400
horse power , which was In charge of a boy
and a youth of .22 , and I noticed that num
bers of the Chlncso mechanics are under
ago. Some of them are old men , but It Is
hard to tell the ago of a Chinaman , as they
all shave , and have tow 'gray hairs. I spent
some tlmo looking at the men putting up
an engine of 2,000 horse power. It Is of the
most modern variety , aiifl has cost a fortune.
The Immense furnaces burn gas , nnd n look
Into them would scare the religion out of
any modern Shadrach , Meshach and Abed-
nego , If the viceroy' of Nanking cared
to play the part ot tho/crucl Uabylonlan king
of the scriptures. Tlfeso furnaces are con
trolled by two easily moved levers , and a
mistake would blpw the whole Into atoms.
A Chinese engineer about 30 yearn old hau
entire charge of them.
The steel works of this arsenal cover about
four acres. The. mennro , now experimenting
In making Ingots for aj-mor plate , such as
we turn out at Dcthlahem , and they are put
ting In a steel furnace 'which will bmclt fif
teen tons of Bteel at one time. U It Is a
success they will add , others. They have
made some small Ingutu , and I saw some
steel rails for railroads. * which they turnoJ
out the other day to show the Chlneso
authorities that they could , make them , Th y
do all sorts cf forging. . TJhey are now put
ting In a 700-ton steel prpsswhlch ; will exert
a force ot 2,000 tons ontheoro beneath It.
I saw great steal hammer * forging out Im
mense lumps of steel , and I VvSs surprised at
the wonderful way | n .which . these people
handle all sorts of metal and machinery.
There Is never a mistake and the men are
on hand every time.
What I saw today hat removed from my
mind all > loubt as tcMth * ability of the
Cnlnesp ( p construct and- manage modern
machinery , and I question much whether
they have not the germs of a creative
ability , which , under prop r conditions , might
produce as great Inventions today as the
Chinese mind has done In the past. The
compass , guipowder ana printing originated
STOS E SAVES VOlJ
and sells you Dry GooJs , Slices , Jackets , C.ipes , Millinery ,
Furnishing Goods , and , in fact , everything worn by man ,
woman and child at lower prices than anywhere else in the land.
It is this continued , persistent everyday , all-t'ie-time un
derselling that merits our constant increase in business and
wins for us the lion's share of patronage.
LADIES' OIL HIRKtY-RED
Table Cows
Worth 75
1,000 Ladles' Wrap NEW
pers the newest NEWCotton
and most popular Cotton Cha Hies
patterns , perfect j
llttlnir , full width
Worth 7Jc.
nndnl/e , In Indigo
blue , blacks and
whites. Itcgulur
Jl ( iirillty LIGHT MD DM
500 Scotch Lawns ,
LADIES' PERCALE Worth tip to 15c ,
DRESS fND APRON
HKST QUALITY IN
Unlit colorlnss , ams ,
Wnttuau back , cir
cular rulllo nbout Ucst Grade , worth 12Jc.
the hlionldors ,
trlmtnod with
em
broidered Ilnlsli- BLUE Odd BUCK Olid
1ns braid , r- . ' WHITE
$2.25 quality '
MO'JRM PRINTS
' ,
LADIES' SATEEN All worth , 74c.
ECTH1 HEAVY
Shirting
11EHT QUALIITY Worth 25c yard.
of French Sateen
In ( Iirk ciilorlniM
with dolsii IK ! lloral
OUTING
designs the Infest
designs with circu
lar ulHu abouttho
i PLHNNEL
s.lioul < ltir.sRoiit.C > Uc ,
nul : 7uc , n01 th up
to 81.00 Worth 25. . yard.
hero , nnd we may have a Chinese Edison In
the future. I asked questions of Mr. Corn
ish concerning this , ns wo walked through
tho. works , and he told me that several of the
mechanics had Improved upon the original
models which had been Imported , and I saw
n machine for cutting stcol which a friend of
LI Hung ; Chang had adapted to the making
of candle wicks , and which , by his favor , ho
was running with the arsenal power. Said
Jlr. Cornish :
"The lack of inventors In China may coma
from there being no patent law. These
men tell me they don't care to work at get
ting up new things , because their neighbors
will steal their Ideas. Besides , you must
remember that the Chlneso mind has for
years run In other directions. A mechanic
Is not of much account here , and the man
who can write a three line poem or can
( l ote Confucius would bo thought more of
than any inventor. Tupper , the poet , had
ho been born In China would have out
ranked an Cdlson , and the literati look down
on such work as beneath them. "
COCOANUT POWDBH.
I did not have tlmo yesterday to visit the
powder works whore the Chinese are making
all sorts 'of powder from the brown cocoanuts -
nuts , which are used for the heavy guns , to
the small black grains , which arc made for
modern rifles , but I saw samples of the
powder nnd Mr. Cornish says there is a
chemist now on his way from Germany to
China , who will teach them how to make
the smokeless powder which has been re
cently Invented.
I asked as to the hours of work and the
wages of the men. Mr. Cornish replied :
"It Is a curious thing that we have an
eight-hour law In existence In these works
and our employes work fewer hours perhaps
than In any oilier native establishment In
China. The men begin work at 7:30 : n. in.
and work until 11:30. : Then they have an
hour for lunch and work on until 4:30. : In
case of necessity , however , of war or other
wise , we could work them almost twice that
long and wo could add to the force largely
without much trouble. Our mechanics get
from three to six Mexican dollars a week ,
or from $1,50 to ? 3 a week In your currency.
The very best of the foremen receive as
high as $50 a month , and under foremen
get about thlrty-llvo Mexican dollars a
month. Our possible supply of labor. Is ,
of course , unlimited.
"Uy the way , " continued Mr. Cornish , "I
suppose the eight-hour rule came from the
fact that this establishment was originally
organized by an American , who cama hero
a 'score or more of years ago and was em
ployed by the Chinese to run It. lie ran It
so well that ho made n fortune out of It ,
and for this reason It was taken out of his
humls. The Chinese don't object to money
being made , provided they make It them
selves , and they saw that Mr. Falls was
getting rich very fast. They now handle
the thing themselves and If thera are any
fat contracts or squeezes to be made It Is
a Chinaman who has charge of them , "
At this moment one of the officers of a
Chinese naval vessel came In to sco about
getting two six-Inch guns , for hl.i ship ,
which was lying at the arsenal wharf , and
with him we took a trip over a Chinese
man-of-war. Out of this I will write In
another letter ,
Enraptured Lover At last , Minnie , at last ,
after all these weary yearu at waiting and
hoping , you have promised to bo mine !
And now , darling , It only remains to name
the day ! Don't put It off too long , Min
nie. Consider how long I huvo been trying
to bring my courage up to the popping
point , and be merciful ! I'leaso don't pro-
eras . Mlnnlt Will tomorrow do , Gerald ?
Uev. Dr , A. T. Plcrson , whoso nnmo > was
mentioned , a * U ? successor of Dr. Hpurgeon ,
Is to'-becsme pastor' of the Salem Street Con
gregational church of Worcester , Mass.
ncWItt'a Witch Hazel Salve cures ulcers.
DoWHt'a Witch Hazel Salvo cures piles.
ins
Nixon Waterman In Chicago Journal.
There used to be a smart young man who
bossed Ills old papa ,
And who nt times forgot to heed the wishes
of his inn ;
And all Ills doings were so real Impulsive
Ilko nnd bold
That foIkH till shook their heads nnd said
he couldn't bo controlled.
Wherever he might go he seemed to cut a
lordly sway.
And all the people bowed to him and
granted him his wny ;
Of everything he always claimed tjie choic
est -and the best ;
Ho seemed to think he had a right to lord
It o'er the rest.
lie married , but his wife , nlns ! ns wives
too oftt'ii are ,
Was sometimes sadly bossed around by this
donifxtlc czar ,
And neighbors talked nbout the pair , as
neighbors sometimes do ,
And said they'd like to see this man
brought down a peg or two.
Fatn moves In a mysterious wny HH won
ders to pel form-
Tills man who couldn't be controlled , this
roaring tluuulci storm ,
Is whipped nnd limp nml weary ns he
goes his nightly rounds :
lie's now the father of a boy that weighs
about ten pounds.
CO A A VIII A LITIKS.
Mrs. Marie Lemon , a spiritualist of Alameda -
meda , Cal. , who Joined the ghostly throng
recently , was an accomplished matrimonial
medium. She achieved fame as the wife of
thirteen husbands , one at a time. Tlie un
lucky number was chief mourner.
In 17G1 a Glasgow paper announced the
marriage of David Lincoln to Catherine
Crow , his llfth wife , and continued : "Ho Is
71. Ills nrst wife ivija/.n. Dutch woman ,
whoso name ho has forgotieVmThe rest were
Scotch. " 'A\\\\\
Mr. Sllmpurse Dut why do' you Insist that
our daughter should marry a man whom
she does not Ilko ? You married for love ,
didn't you ?
Mrs. SUnipurso Yes ; but that Is no reason
why I should let our daughter m kc the simo
blunder ,
"Oh , " said the lady lecturer , "I have had
such a delightful conversation with the gen
tleman you fiii.v bow to mo as wo left tlio
train. Ho told mo that the emancipation of
woman had been his life work for ever so
many years , " "Yes , " said the woman who
had come to meet Iter , "that Is so , Ho has
been a dlvorco lawyer ever slnco I could re
member. "
A few ovcnlngs ago , whllo running from
Wllllamsburg to Cincinnati on the Kentucky
Central , a newly-married couple got on from
the lllugrnss regions. They were Just off
for that most delightful season , the cloudless
honeymoon. They occupied n burth In a
sleeper , and the cooing was dove-like , nnd
attracted tlie- attention of some and dis
tracted others. Finally the winsome bride
paid , "I'm going to get a drink of water.
When I come back , t > tlck your foot' out of
the berth NO I won't make a mistake. "
When she turned to come back every foot In
every berth was exposed ,
The most striking feature ot the missionary
work at Kalsarleh Is the education r.f the
Armenian women , whose social position
scorns to be even more degraded than that or
their Turkish ulsters. With the native Ar
menians , as with the Turku , llcshlnext adds
much to the price of a wlfn , Tim wlfu of a
missionary Is to them un object both of
uomk'rment and contempt. AH ehc walks
along the street they wll | whisper to one
another : "There goes a woman who knows
all her husband's bunltiesa , ami who can
manage just as well as himself , " This will
generally bo followed In an undertone by the
expression * "Madamx satann , " which means
In common parlance a "female devil. "
That widow a live' longur than widowers or
that married women arc favored by natuio
In the matter of longevity over married men
Is proved by the census statistics recently
published , In Juno , 1890 , there were. In the
United States 32,007,830 inalo persons and
only 30,504,370 females , Ttiu number cf per
sons living In a state ot more or less happy
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matrimony was. males , 11,1505,228 ; females ,
Il.l'JG.lDG , or n llflle more- than ono1 man for
every woman and nearly ono woman for
every man. llut of widows there were 2,154-
015 , whllo cnly 815,437 widowers were hope
fully looking for No. 2 or convlvlally--celo-
brntlng a return to the stuto of single bless
edness.
itisr.niious.
There nro 111,030 ministers In the United
States.
It Is estimated that twelve now churches
are dedicated on the average every day la
the year In this country ,
Vermont has 201 Congregational churches ,
with thlrty-flvo Installed pastors , 104 other
pastors and twenty-nine churches vacant. In
thcBO churches ore 20,771 members. The
families connected with these churches are
15.3U1 a gain of 351.
The Missionary society of the Methodist
Kplfccopal church reports as receipts for
March , $212,784 , as against $103.010 for
March , 1893. The' total receipts for four
months have been $283,329 , as against $243-
018 for the corresponding period of last year.
Hov. T. Do Witt Talmago will soon
complete his twenty-fifth year In the Brook
lyn pastorate , nnd It will bo enthusiastically
celebrated by his friends.
The "gospel push cart" Is making Its. way
about Australia. It Is n llttlo portable
chnil | dragged by a horse or three men and
lighted by electricity. One sldo can bo let
down to form a platform and the Interior
contains chairs and n small organ.
In 1851 India hud 91,000 Christian converts.
At present there nro 250,000 Hindoo Chris
tians and 1,000,000 adherents to Christian
churches. The number of converts last year
was 24,000 , In the last ten years there haa
been a gain of 140 per cent.
This being the Jubilee year cf Oeneral
Month's Christian Ilfo an effort Is being madd
to raise n special fund of $350,000 for the
Salvation army. Into this has been.given
already $100,000 , the value of on estate re
cently left to General liooth for' his own
personal use , but which ho put Into the
general fund.
The United Presbyterian church of Scot
land has n membership of 188.CC4 , an Increase
of 1,689 over the previous year. The Sab
bath school scholars are 141,515 , aYi In-
creani of 1,029. The total offerings for mis
sionary and benevolent purposes were $410-
200 ; the mtf lonary contributions showed un
Increase of $11,000.
China proper Is divided Into nineteen prov
inces. Most Chlneso are Iluddhlsta and Con-
fuclanlsts at the same time ; many of them
also TaolHts. The Mohammedans In China
number about 30,000,000 , and are found
chlelly In the northeast and Rout Invest.
There are about 1,000,000 Unman Catholics.
Protestants number 60,000. Many of the na
tives are still nature worshipers. There nro
at work In the Klowery Kingdom about sixty-
six noclolles , elghteun of which are Ilrltluli ,
thirteen continental , and seventeen Ameri
can , and they support about 1,500 mission
aries. Kutlvo helpers number over 20,000
and native churches 52S , hast year over
500,000 copies of tliu blbla ncro dl&trlbutetl.
Wchlcyan Methodists In Oreat Urltuln have
a pleasant surprise In sloro as regards the
numerical returns ot church membership.
A few days ago one of the ox-prusldenta
stated that thu Increase , If any , would bo
small , Nmv It turns out that an Incroueo of
between 5,000 and 0,000 will bo reported at
the annual conference. With oun exception ,
all the great centers of population contribute
to this Incroadu. London Methodism takes
the lead with 1,500 ; then comes Shi'llleld with
G4S , Illrmlngham and Shrewsbury with C20.
while Manchester and Liverpool have close
upon 500 Increatio In each. Of Iho thlrty-
llvo districts of Drltlsti Methodism twenty-
nine uhow an Increaia ot 0,110 ; the remain
ing five , notably Halifax and Hradford and
Cornwall , reduce the figures to 6,630 , Thin
Is the largest annual Increase which has been
reportcvi for tlui past cloven yearn. The
Junior class returns are sad ! to bo coming
up by leapa and bounds , no less than 70,000
being reported. The total membcmhlp U
433,239 , with 83,169 on trial