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The
ioux County Journal
VOLUME VII.
IIAHKISOX, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1895.
NUMBER 21.
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TALMAGE'S SERMON.
WORK OF CHRISTIAN MISSION
ARIES IN CEYLON.
Nature's Luxuriance Adda Weight to
too Belie that It la the HI to of the
Garden of ltd en Christianity Muat
THuaiyb Over Hindoo superstition.
The Iela of Palms.
In continuing hi wries of round the
World sermons through tli press Hev.
Dr. Taltuage ha this week chosen for bin
ubject "Ceylon, the isle of Palms," the
tut selected being, "Tbe ships of
Tarshish firat" (Isaiah lx., 0).
The Tarshish of my text by many com
mentator! la supposed to be tbe Island of
Ceylon, upon which tbe seventh serinon of
tbe round tl world serie lands ns.
Ceylon wa called by the Komani Tapro
bane. John Milton called It "Golden
Chersonese." Modern hare called Cey
lon "the isle of palma," "the iale of flow
era," "the pearl drop on the brow of In
dia," " the abow place of the universe,"
"the land of hyacinth and ruby." In my
yea for si-em ry it appeared to be a mix
ture of Yoscmite and Yellowstone park.
All Christian people want to know more
of Ceylon, for they hare a lone while been
contributing for its evangelization. As
our ship from Australia approached this
island there hovered over it clouds thick
and black as the superstitions which
have hovered here for centuries, but the
morning sun was breaking through like
the gospel light which is to scatter tbe
last cloud of moral gloom. The sea lay
along the coast calm as the eternal pur
poses of God toward all Islands and con
tinents. We swing Into tbe harbor of
Colombo, which is made by a breakwater
built t Tast expense. As we floated Into
it the water is black with boats of all sixes
and manned by people of all colors, but
chiefly Tamils and Cingalese.
There are two things I want moBt to
ace on this island a heathen temple, with
its devotees In idolatrous worship an.l
au audience of Cingalese addressed by a
Christian missionary. The entomologist
may hare his capture of brilliant Insects,
and tbe sportsman his tent adorned with
antler of red deer and tooth of wild boar,
and the painter bis portfolio of gorge 3,0)0
fict down and of days dying on evening
pillows of purple el'""! etched with fire,
and the botanist his camp full of orchids
and crowfoots and gentians and valerian
and lotus. I want most to find out the
moral and religions triumphs how many
wound bare been healed, how many sor
rows comforted, how many entombed na
tions resurrected. Sir William Baker,
tbe famous explorer and geographer, did
well for Ceylon after his eight years resi
dence iu this MMd, and Professor Ernst
" Hachei. the professor from Jena, did well
, when ho sivept ihese water and rum
maged these hills and took home for fu
ture inspection the insects of this tropical
air. And forever honored be such work,
but let nil thut is sweet in rhythm, and
graphic on canvas, and imposing in monu
ment, nud immortal in memory, be
brought to tell the deeds of those who
vtere b-oes uud heroine for Christ's
sake. 3
Bite of Paradise.
Many scholars have supposed that this
island of Ceylon was the original garden
of Eden where tbe suake first npeared
on reptilian mis-don. There are reasons
for belief that this was the site where the
first homestead was opened and de
stroyed. It is so near the equator that
there are not uore than 12 degrees of
Fahrenheit difference all tbe year round.
Perpetual folitiro, peipetunl fiuit, and nil
styles of animal life prosper. What lux
uriance and abundance and superabund
ance of life! What styles of rliitiinge Jo
not the birds sport! What styles of sea!
&e not the fishes reveal! What styles of
song uo not tue groves ume iu men- li
bretto!
Here 011 the roadside and clear out on
the beach of the sea stands the cocoanut
tree, saying: "Take my leave for shade,
Take the juice of my fruit for delectable
drink. Take my saccharine for sugar.
Take my fiber for the cordage of yor.r
ships. Take my oil to kindle your lamps
Take my wood to fushion your cups and
pitchers. Take iuy leaves to thatch your
roofs. Take my smooth surface on which
to print your book. Take my 30.000,0IO
trees covering. 500,000 acres, and wi'h
the oxKirtntiou enrich the world. I will
wave iu your fans and spread abroad in
your miiliivllHS. I will vihrate In your
musical instrument. I will be the scrub
iu brushes on your floors." Hero also
stands the palm tree, snying: "I nm at
your disposal. With these arms I fed
your ancestors 150 years ago, and witn
these same arms 1 will feed your de
scendants KiO years from now. I defy
the centuries." Here also 1 lands the nut
Bg tren, sayiiic: "I am ready to splco
your bevensss nud enrich your puddings,
sad with my sweet dust wake insipid
luings palutable."
Here also stands tbo coffee plant, say
tug: "With the lluuld boiled from my
berry I stimulate the nations morning by
morning." Here stands the tea plant,
saying: "With the liquid boiled from my
leaf I soothe the world's nerves and stim
ulate the world's conversation eveniug
by evening."
Here stands the cinchona, saying: "I
am the foe of malaria. In all climates
my bitterness is the slaughter of fevers."
What miracles of productiveness on
thece Islands! Knoiigh sugar to sweeten
all the world's beverages. Enough ba
nanas to pile all the world's fruit baskets
Knough rice to mix all the world's pud
dings. Knough cocoanut to powder nil
the world's cake. Enough flowers to
garland all tho world's beauty.
But In the evening, riding through a
cinnamon grove, I first tasted the leave
and bark of tht condiment so valuable
and delicate that, transported on ships,
the aroma of (he cinnamon is dispelled if
placed near a rival bark. Of such great
value Is the cinnamon shrub that years
ago those who Injured It in Ceylon were
put to death. But that which once was 4
jungle of cinnamon Is now a park of gen
tlemen's residences. Tbe long, white
dwelling houses are bounded with this
shrub, and all other style of growth con
gregared there make a botanical garden.
Doves called ciuuamoii duves bop among
the branches, and cr-,, more poetically
styled ravens, which never could siiirf,
but think they can, fly acroxs tbe road
giving full tent of their vocables. Birds
which learned their chanting under the
very eaves of heaven overpower all with
their grand march of tbe tropics. The
hibiscus dapples the scene with its scarlet
clusters. All shades of brown and emer
ald and saffron and brilliance; melon-i,
limes, magnosteens, custard apples, gu
vas, pineapples, jasmine so laden with
aroma they have to hold fast to tbe wall,
and begonias, gloriosas on fire and orchids
so delicate other lands must keep them
under conservatory, but here defiant of
all weather, and flowers more or less akin
to azaleas, and honeysuckles and Boxes
and fuchsias and chrysanthemums and
rhododendrons and foxgloves and pan
Hies, which dye the plains and mountains
of Ceylon with heaven.
A Cingalese Ceremonial.
Two processions I saw in Ceylon within
one hour, the first led by a Hindoo priest.
a huge pot of flowers on his head, his face
disfigured with holy lacerations and his
unwashed followers beating as many dis
cords from what are supposed to lie mu
sical instruments as at one time can be
induced to enter the human ear. The pro
cession halted at the door of the huts
The occupants came out and made obeis
ance and presented small contributions.
In return therefor the priest sprinkled
ashes upon the children who came for
ward, this evidently a form of benedic
tion. Then the procession, led on by the
priest, started again more noise, more
ashes, more genuflection. However keen
one's sense of the ludicrous, he could find
nothing to excite even a smile in the move
ments of such a procession meaningless.
oppressive, squalid, filthy, sad.
Returning to our carriage, we rode on
for a few moments, and we came on an
other procession, a kindly lady leading
groups of native children, all clean, bright
happy, laughing. They were a Christian
school out for exercise. There seemed as
much intelligence, refinement and nappi
ness in that regiment of young Cingalese
as you would find In the ranks of any
young Indies seminary being chaperoned
on their afternoon walk through Central
I'nrk, New York, or Hyde Park, London.
The Hindoo procession illustrated on a
small scale something of what Illndooism
can do for the world. The Christian pro
cession Illustrated on a small scale some
thing of what Christianity can do for the
world. But those two processions were
only fragments of two grent processions
ever marching across our world the pro
cession blasted of superstition and the pro
cession blessed of gospel light. 1 saw
ihem In one afternoon In Ceylon. They
are t-i be seen in all nations.
American Mlanlonnries.
Nothing is of more thrilling Interest than
the Christian achievements in this land.
Tbe Episcopal Church was here the na
tional church, but disestablishment has
taken place, and since Mr. Gladstone'
accomplishment of that fact in 1XS0 all
denominations are on enuul platform, and
all are doing mighty work. America Is
second to no other nation in what has been
done for Ceylon. Since 1S10 she has had
her religions agents In the Jaffna penin
sola of Ceylon. The Kpnuldings, the
Howinnds, the Drs. Poor, the Saunders,
find others just as good and strong have
been fighting back monsters of supersti
tion and cruelty greater than any that
rver swung the tusk or roared in the
jungle.
The American missionaries in Ceylon
have given special attention to medical In
struction and are doing wonders in driv
ing buck the horror of heathen surgery.
Cases of suffering were formerly given
over to the devil worshipers and such tor
tures inflicted as may not he "escribed.
The patient was trampled by the fot of
the medical attendants. It Is only of God'a
mercy that there is a living mother in
Ceylon. Oh, how much Ceylon needs
doctors, and the medical classes of native
students under the care of those who fol
low the example of the late Samuel Fish
Green are providing them, so that all the
alleviations, and kindly ministries, and
scientific acumen that can be found in
American and English hospitals will booh
bless all Ceylon. In that islaud are
thirty-two American schools, 210 Church
of England schools, 2.'4 Wesley an schools,
234 Roman Catholic schools. Ah, the
schools decide most everything!
How sngg"8tive the Incident that came
to tue in Ceylon! In a school under the
care of the Episcopal church two boys
were converted to Christ and were to ho
baptized. An intelligent Buddhist boy
said in the school, "Iet all the boy on
Buddha's side come to this part of the
room and all the boys on Christ's side go
to the other part of the room." All the
boys except two went on Buddha's Bide,
and when the two boys who were to be
baptised were scoffed at and derided one
of them yielded and retired to Buddha's
side. But afterward that boy was very
sorry that he yielded to the persecution,
and when the day of baptism came stood
up beside the boy who remained firm.
Some one ssid to the boy who had vacil
lated in bis choice betweon Buddha and
Christ, "You r a coward and not fit for
either side," but he replied, "I was over
come of temptation, but I repent and be
lieve." Then both the boys were bap
tized, and from that time the Anglican
mission moved on more and more vigor
ously. I will not say which ef all the de
nominations of Christian f doing the
most for the evangelisation of that Isl
and, but know t Ma Ceylon will be taken
for Christ! Sing Bishop Heber'i hymn:
"What though tlu spicy breeze
Blow soft over Ceylon' Isle."
Among the first place I visited wa a
Buddhist college; about PHI men studying
to become priests, gathered around the
teachers. Slepping into (he building
where the high priest wa instructing the
class, we were asilogetic and told him
we were Americans and would like to see
his mode of teaching if lie had no objec
tions, whereuHin he began, doubled up as
be -was on a lounge, with his right hand
playing with his foot. In hi left hand he
bald, a package of bamboo leaves, on
which were written tbe words of the les
soa, each student holding a similar pack
age of bamboo leaves. The high priest
first read, and then one of his students
read. A group of a finely famed young
men as I ever saw surrounded the vener
able Instructor. The last word of eacl
aeuteuce was intoned. There was in tb
whwli scene sn earnestness which Itu
pressed me. Not bl tu understand t
word of what was said, there is a look ol
language and intonation that Is tbe aarui
among all races. That the Buddhisti
hsr full faith in their religion no oni
can dwubt. That is, In their oponlon, th
way to heaveu. What Mohammed Is U
tbe Mohammedan and what Chrlat Is U
tbe Christian Buddha 1 to ths Buddblst
We walled for a pause In the radiation,
and then, expressing our thanks, retired
Near by is a Buddhist temple, on ths
altar of which before the image of Bud
dha are offerings of flowers. As night
was coming on we came up to a Hindoo
temple. First we were prohibited going
farther than the outside step, but w
gradually advanced until we could see all
that waa going on inside. The worship
er were making obeisance. The tom
tom were wildly beaten, and shrill pipes
were blown, and several other Instru
ments were In full bang and blare, and
there was an Indescribable hubbub and
the most laborious style of worship I had
jver seen or heard. The dim lights, and
lie jurgon, and the glooms, and the flit
ting figures mingled for eye and ear a
horror which it is difficult to shake off. All
this was only suggestive of what would
there transpire after the toilers of the
day had ceased work and had time to ap
pear at the temple. That such things
should be supposed to please the Lord 01
have any power to console or help th
wornhipersis only another mystery In this
world of mysteries. But we came away
saddened with the spectacle, a sadness
which did not leave us until we arrived
at a place where a Christian missionary
was preaching In the street to a group of
natives.
I had that morning expressed a wish to
witness such a scene, and here it was.
Standing on an elevation, the good man
was addressing the crowd. All was atten
tion and silence and reverence. A religion
of relief and joy was being commended,
and the dusky faces were illumined with
the sentiments of pacification and re-en-forcemenr.
It was the Rose of Sharon
after walking among nettles. It was the
morning light after a thick darkne. It
wa the gospel after Hindooism.
Ancient CI vltizntion.
But passing up and down the street of
Ceylon you and all styles of people within
five minutes Afghans, Kaffirs, Portu
guese, Moormen, Dutch, English, Scotch
Irish, American all classes, all dialects,
all manners and -customs, all style of sa
lnam. The most interesting thing on
earth la the human race, and specimen
of all brunches of it confront you in Cey
Ion. Tbe island of the present is a quiet
and Inconspicuous affair compared with
what It once w as. The dead cities of Cey
Ion were larger and more imposing than
are the living cities. On this island are
dead New York, and dead Peking, and
dead Edinburgh, and dead London,
Ever and anon at the stroke of the archae
ologist's hummer the tomb of some great
municipality flies open, and there are
other buried cities that will yet respond to
the explorer's pickax. The Pompeii and
Herciilancuiu underneath Italy are jmall
compared with the 'Poinpeiis and Hereu-
Innetims underneath Ceylon. Yonder i
an exhumed city which wns founded 500
years before Christ, standing in pomp and
splendor fur 1,200 years. Stairways up
which fifty men might pass side by aide;
cyryed pillars, some of them fallen, some
of them aslant, some of them erect; Phid
iases and Christopher Wrens never heard
of here performed the marvels of sculp
ture and architecture; aisles through
which royal processions marched; arches
under which kings were carried; city with
reservoir twenty miles in circumference
extemporized lakes that did their cooling
and refreshing for twelve centuries; ruin
more suggestive than Melrose and Kenll
worth; Ceylonian Karnnks and Luxors
ruins retaining much of grandeur, though
wins bombarded them and time put his
chisel on every block, and, more than all,
vegetation put its anchors and pries and
wrenches in all the crevices.
You can judge somewhat of the size of
the cities by the reservoirs that were re
quired to slake their thirst, judging the
size of the city from the size of the cup
out of which it drank. Cities crowded
with inhabitants, not like American or
English cities, but packed together as only
barbaric tribes can puck them, But their
knell was sounded. Their light went out.
Giant trees are the only royal family now
occupying those palaces. The growl of
wild beasts where once the guffaw of
wassail ascended. Anurnjnhpura and
Polliiimrna will never he rehuilded. Let
all tbe living cities of the earth take warn
ing. Cities are human, having a time to
be born and a time to die. No more cer
tainly have they a cradle than a grave.
A last judgment is appointed for indi
viduals, but cities have their last judg
ment In this world. They bless, they
curse, they worship, they blaspheme, they
suffer, they are rewarded, they are over
thrown.
Preposterous, says some one, to think
that any of our American or European
cities which have stood so long can ever
come through vice to extinction. But
New York and Ixjndon have not stood a
long a those Ceylonese cities stood.
Where is the throne outside of Ceylon on
which 1(15 uccesive kings reigned for a
lifetime? Cities and nations that have
lived far longer than our present cities or
nation have been aepulchered. Iet all
the great municipalities of this and other
lands ponder. It I as true now a when
the psalmist wrote it and a true of cities
and nation a of Individual, "The Lord
knoweth the way of the rigbteou, but the
way of the ungodly shall perish.
Regular police were employed In
Babylon 2,000 years before Christ
Among tho tnblets discovered are found
certain records believed to be reports, of
the arrests made by the "n-elcrs" of
that far-removed antiquity. Home bad
a largo police. The London watch wan
Instituted iu 1253, and aa lute a ir.")C
bellmen were appointed to ring a bell Id
the street at night and call "Take care
of the Are and pray for the dead."
1 truly enjoy no more of tbe world's
good tiling than whu! 1 willingly dis
tribute to tbe needy. SetnHTL
FANCIES OF FASHION.
GREAT VARIETY IN THE STYLES
FOR THIS SEASON.
Lara's Displays of New Fabrics for
the Coming 8eaaon Are Already
Been-Fnrred from Chin to Toe
Sleeve of a Dressy Pattern.
Dame Fashion's Decrees.
Nsw York Correspondence:
aVIXO over beau
tiful summer good
la now In order for
those women who
are wont to go off
Into convulsion of
adjective at large
display of new
fabrics, for already
wash allk of all
kind are In for the
coming season. To
be sure, the crafty
shopper suspects
the early January
show of cottons,
silks, etc., of being
either left overs
from the previous
year or mere ex
perimental efforts
on the part of the manufacturers. The
last is tbe shrewd guess, and anyone Is
safe to buy a little of whatever new
thing strikes her fancy as being par
ticularly pretty. Thus she will have a
hand In making the fashion for tbe
coming season, for the output when
goods are really on the murket will be
made considerably In accordance with
the Impression the new tbias seemed
to make In the January experiment
Tte prices set at first are really rea
sonable, because tbe manufacturers de-
FURRED FROM TOB TO CIIIN.
sire that an Impulse to buy shall not be
curbed by highness In price.
The economical woman can make a
very little fur serve to point a whole
costume, but ecouomlcal women do
not set the fashions, and they will do
well at the start to watch closely the
way furs are utilized by those who can
afford all that la needed of them. With
the latter lucky ones it must Im a rare
skin that Is used sparingly. A bit of
ermine may give the necesaitry final
touch of elegance to a handsome street
turn-out, and It may be put into the
little collarette that Is worn about the
shoulders, or It may be Just a head uud
tall on the toque, but more common
skins must make'a blCK't'f showing;,
and" the others may be permitted to
do so If the wearer likes. The next
picture shows to what magnificence
good taste may attain. This Is a prin
cess dress of sapphire-blue cloth,
made with a wide skirt arranged iu
funnel pleats. The bottom Is garnish
ed with a trellis of gold cord on the
blue cloth, surmounted by a narrow
fur band. Trellis bands wilhout tue
fur edging show on ths sbjeves, the
fur being left for the wrlt. But over
shadowing even this U the deep fur
collarette, with Its two long hiIih
touching the bottom of the skirt This
HAIR OR OHASS Ct.OTII NKIPED FOR THIS
SIIAPR.
Is finished with a fitted standing col
lar and Is lined with sapphlro-blue
quilted satin. The muff matches It
and should be small, for It Is safe to
wear 1 "barrel" muff only when there
la little fur trimming on the dress.
Vur is left out entirely In tho compo
sition of the next pictured gown, but
there is so much newness In the do
sign that it Is not missed. Then t?ie
fabric Is Russian green velours, so
there Is not much need fjr adding
richness. The arrangement of tbe
wide skirt Is one that demundj a hair
cloth lining, and inside that the dress
maker puts pale-green watered silk,
the patron not daring to say her nay,
lest she be accused of striving for
economy. On the outside it la trimmed
at tbe sides with large jet flaps ending
in long fringes. The bodlco is fitted
and has no belt being hooked to tbe
skirt all around the waist Down the
front it books beneath a large double
box-pleat of velvet ornamented in tbe
center with fancy Jet buttons L-oep
Alf ENTTIIKI.Y NEW CAPK.
Jet straps come over the shoulders, aud
tbe ample sleeves have long jet cuff.
Altogether It Is the kind of a gt-up
that a woman will call simply stun
nlng, and yet be at the moment of
speaking alive to every one of Its
beauties.
Astrakhan Is used for trimming of
allothcr furs, and also for street gowns.
The lutter idea is carried out with a
skirt that Is astrakhan from the hem to
the knees and a bodice ull untrakhan
opens over a vest of broadcloth. Noth
ing could be more stylish, either In all
black or In black UBtrakhan combined
with blue cloth, dull green or gray.
When snipped to bits and used as edg
ing it Is also very ornamental. A good
Idea of a tasteful way of employing It
Is given In the next Illustration, where
It Is put 011 black broadcloth. The
waist Is double-breasted and has two
rows of cloth-covered buttons. Over II
and extending to the sleeves comes a
new sort of cape, opening In front and
at the sleeves, dark green velvet straps
and buttons serving as frogs. A band
of this velvet edged at top and bottom
with fur comes around the bottom of
the skirt, which is godet pleated. The
skirt Is slashed and ornamented to ac
cord with the bodice, and the fur edg
ing is applied as indicated. A stand-
A PHKHSY SI.EEVK.
lng collar of cloth edged with velvet Is
added, and buttons and a strip of fur
go on the sleeve cuffs. Few designs
necessitate as much fur edging as this,
many have not more than a third as
much, so there's one small chance to
economize after all.
It's a sleeve and a dainty one that
makes distinct the final street dress
shown here. Its draping Is accom
plished and held by a black passemen
terie, ornament In a way thut gives a
thoroughly novel effect. The rest of
the bodice Is made of white moire,
slightly gathered at the neck and waist,
where It Is finished with a plain wa
tered silk belt. It Is garnished with a
black cloth yoke bnvlng tabs In front
and back which arc hooked to the belt.
Tbe yoke Is embroidered, and the collar
Is a white watered silk ruff. The black
cloth gives the plain skirt, aud it Is
lined with black and white striped
toff eta.
Copyright, ISM.
In Switzerland a milkmaid or man
get bettor wages If gifted with a good
voice, because It has been discovered
that a cow will yield one-fifth more
milk If soothed during the milking by
a pleasant melody.
The great artesian well at OreuHle
France, has been flowing steadily, with
out apparent diminution of volume, for
fifty-two year.
JAPAN WANTS MILLS.
..w -
A Chicago Man on His Way to tka
f V Mikado to Give Karl ma tea.
One of the passesgers on the Narth- '
western Hallway through train U the
Pacific coast recently, says the Chlcaug
Record, was Edward C. Pottr, tbe son
of O. W. Potter, for many year tbs)
president of the Illlnola Steel Company
and the present vice p resides t of tba
Commercial National Bank. Tba des
tination of E. C. Potier is Japam.
Tbe events that occaaloued Una trip
have been gathering for a Wns ttaa
Mr. Potter goes to Japan In rasponaw
to an invitation by cablegram rsuslvsd
last week from tbe government ef that
country. Ilia mlaaloa while tbar la to
determine the moat suitable tocatlosi
for a mammoth stei rail and armor
plate mill, prepare the plans for tho
buildings and the necoaaary machin
ery. All of this he expects to accom
plish before his return to this country
In April.
The Japanese government has for
years been studying tbe advisability
and feasibility of establishing steel
rail and armor-plate mills of Its own.
The experiment of the United State
government In fostering the armor
plate Industry has had no more Lntrr
aated observer than tbe Mikado. Tbo
ooceaa of the experiment of tills coun
try satisfied him that Japan could pro
duce equally as good results, provid
ing that ore of the requisite quality
could be found and coal and Ilmeatono
In sufficient quantities and accessible
enough to warrant the construction of
worka.
The item of steel rails also la Impor
tant to Japan. Tho country has about
200 miles of railway, owned and ope
rated by the government The rails
and equipment were furniahed by Eng
lish and German firms, and, owing to
the long voyage and cost of transporta
tion, have proved expensive.
"A crying need of the empire Is moro
railway lines," said O. W. Potter. "But
these the government will not construct
until It can furnish Its own rails. In
all probability It will be able within
two years not only to do this for itself
but for all the countries In its imme
diate vicinity. This war with China
has evidently shown the government
that it has got to have these mills. The,
nation has a magnificent navy, yet if a
plate on its armored vessels Is Injured
it has to send to England or Germany
for one to take Its place. Cost! Of
course it will cost; bear In mind that
tbe Japanese are a wealthy nation.'
Besides, thev are going to exact a
swinging big cash indemnity from
China, and at the close of their war will
have an overflowing treasury. I esti
mate the cost of the works they con
template at from $2,.VX),000 to $10,000,
000. It will be this hitter figure If they
decide to put in a boiler-plate mill,
plpemilL etc, as they have been talk
ing of doing.
"These things will all be decided up
on when my son arrives In Japan. The
orders for the necessary machinery
will, no doubt, all be placed In this
country. The United States beat tb
world In steel making machinery and
methods. The contracts will undoubt
edly be let by competition, and If Chi
cago can make and deliver the goods at
tidewater as cheaply as other sections
can It will probably get the work."
Dogs and Their ilaythlnjr.
The dog, the greateat friend of man.
Is known to emulate the virtues and
even the vices of mankind; but few
would suspect the Intelligent and state
ly Newfoundland dog of as great a love
of playthings as any child for dolls.
An owner of as splendid a Newfound
land as ever gladdened the heart of
Landseer, records the fact that It was
intensely fond of Its playthings.
It was In the orchard, said this dog's
master, that it usually found its play
things and conveyed them to Its sanc
tum. These consisted chiefly of sar
dine tins, balls, flower pots, chunks of
wood, et cetera; but the prime favorite
of all Its possessions 'was a barge tea
kettle. This It would bark to and play
with for hours. By day It kept It In a
corner of Its stall and carried apples to
it from the orchard. At night it sleeps
close to the doggie's side, sometimes
qnlte buried up with straw.
It was clear that there was nothing
half so sweet In life to this Newfound
land dog as that old black kettle, as
any one soon discovered on making
any attempt to deprive it of its loved
plaything. 1
Big Bee Farms,
The largest bee farm in the world Is
said to be near Be ton, Canada. It
covers four acres, and the owner In
a favorable year secures not leas than
75,000 pounds of honey from 10,000,009
workers. Mr. Harbison, of Califor
nia, has about 6,000 hives, which yield
nearly 200,000 pound of honey.
Greece has 80,000 hives, Denmark 00,
000, the Netherlanda 240,000, France
960,000, Germany 1,450,000, Austria 1,
558,000. The United States has 2.800,
000, which produce 61,000,000 pounds
of honey annually. The largest weight
of honey taken in a tingle season from
one hive was 1,000 pounds, in Texas.
A5 for a Prise.
Here la a new lottery scheme adopted
by a London restaurant: A small cas
ket contains a U not. Bach customer
Is given a key,' but only on of the
wool lot will unlock tbe casket The
man who ha ths key that fit gets the
prlxe.
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