Economy Of fieri And floneyjn New American Islands. M SBionary Boards to “Invade" Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines—Episcopalian Force Will Be Led Cy the Rev. P. Duarte—Planning a Great Concerted Agitation. In consideration of the moral and] religious responsibility Involved Id, the j political anu military relations Into which this country lias been forced with Cuba. Porto Ulro anil flie Philip pine Islands. I>r. Arthur .1. lirown, j secretary of the Board of Foreign | Missions of the Presbyterian Church of tlie United States of America, a siiort time ago sent a letter to the foreign missionary bands of the vari ous churches with a view to obtain ing •» frank mutual understanding and ».. agreement as to the most effective distribution or the work among the several Boards If it should Is? found expedient and practicable to under take mission work in those fields. I/ctfers had come to the Presbyterian Board from persons In tlve different Ktates urging the Importance of tak ing up this work and offering to help furnish men and money, one minister having raised and paid over $1,000 for the support of the tlrst missionary while the General Assembly Itself gave strong approval In the report of the standing committee to the effect that “We cannot ignore the fact that Goil has given Into the hands of the Amer ican Christians the Philippine Islands and thus opened a wide door to their population and by the guns of our battleships lias summoned us to go up and possess the land." Or. Brown stated in his letter that the Presbyterian Board felt assured mat this opinion was held by other denominations and that it would be unfortunate if several Boards should enter any one of those tlelils at the same time, thus unnecessarily dupli cating expenses and perhaps Introduc ing elements of rivalry. TO PIIOMOTK COMITY. "Wo have heard much In recent : years of the principles of comity.” he | slid, “and we are earnestly striving ; to promote that comity in lands that are already jointly occupied. We be lieve that tlie new situation tints prov identially forced upon us affords an ex cellent opportunity, not only for lie ginning (his work but for beginning it tigjit from the view point of Christian fellowship and the economical use of: men and money.” The Invitation to this conference was sent to the American Board, the Baptist Missionary Colon, the Mission ary Society of the M. K, Church, the Board of Foreign and Domestic Mis sions of the I'. I). Church and the Board of Foreign Missions of the Rc formed Church in America. Tii1 officers of th * Protestant Epis copal Board expressed their sympathy with the object of the meeting, lmr held that it would lie premature and impolitic for them to take action at present since their auxiliary, the American Church Missionary Society, has been conducting work in Cuba, since the Philippines and Porto Rico were not yet in possession of the Foiled States and it was Impossible to (ell what their political status would lie; and because the Board or Mann tiers under whose province the work would come would not meet un til September and the (leneral Con-! vention not until October. H Is manifest," objected the Epls-1 copal Board, "that an arrangement by | "•bleb this Church would be restricted iu its work to portions of the islands! would Interfere with the jurisdiction! of missionary bishops who might be j cl ctod by the (tenoral Convention and would Impede their efforts.” The American Church Missionary' Society already has planned an hi-! v ision of Cuba under the Iter. I’edro JMiarte. who is now in charge of the ' church at West Tampa. Florida.! which is composed largely of Cubans, many of them eagerly waiting for an opportunity to return to the Island.! Tie* .Episcopalians had three chapels! in Havana and its suburbs before the! war but only one of these remains. 1 Mr. Pena, a lav reader, conducts Its' services. The church missionary so ciety has been unable to communicate| with him by letter for several months, I but money has been sent to him by cable to relieve distress among the Protestants. In addition to the work In Havana the society supported a eliapi 1 and CHURCH BUILT BY THE NATIVES Ol TlJii CAROLINES. school In Mantanvas. This was thni former field of labor of the Rev. Mr.! Duarte, lie having obtained permission| from the Cortes to hold Protestant meetings In Cuba. It was through his efforts also that a cemetery was pro vided where Protestants could be de cently buried. When the war broke out the chapel at Manranzas had to men and women were elaborately tat tooed. The people worshipped the spirits of their ancestors and were ex tremely superstitious. The American Hoard has been as sisted in its island work by mission aries from Hawaii. A feature of the work is tho u.ss of missionary ships. Sfuee the beginning of its work iu the missionary society of the Metho dist Episcopal church, the Board o' Missions of the M. E. Church, South, the General Conference of Free Bap tists. the Foreign Missionary society of the I'uited Brethren in Christ, the American church Missionary society of the Protestant Episcopal church, and the New York ami Indiana Year MISSION HOUSE IN MATANZA8. , he abandoned and was used for a vau deville theater by the Spaniards. Mr. Duarte has hopes of regaining pos session of it ns soon its tlie Americans and Cubans can return to the isl j and. l urrrrrr. field in Hawaii. The Episcopal church lias another fruitful missionary Held opening up before It iu Hawaii where a diocese was formed by the English c-hurch as early as 1801. This Mas at one time offered to an American bishop, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, but was refused, and 1lie present incumbent. Ht. Rev. Alfred Willis. D. D.. was con secrated in lS7-_'. Now that the Isl ands become American territory the Episcopal church will push the work there with vigor. The American Board did not ac cept the invitations of the Presbyte rians to the conference liecatiso they | already have a Held in the Mieronesian I islands, which Include the Carolines, ! the Ladrotu s, the Marshall and the j Hilbert Islands. Before the missionaries appeared i the men in these Islands went nearly or unite naked and the women wore uvo mats Udted at their waists. Both 1S52 there have been four of those, nil bearing the same name, the “Morn ing Star." Those ships make yearly trips among t?ie islands of Micronesia carrying missionaries and supplies. It is tfie intention of the American Board to confine its labors for the present to this work, and to leave tho i Philippines to other boards that are ' not represented in this part of tin* | world. The work in Cuba and Porto 1 Rico will probably come within the province of the Home Missionary so ciety. the noon is opev. With the exception of the Episcopal and American boards, the other Prot- ] estant missionary boards sent repre-1 sentatlves to the conference called by the Presbyterians and resolutions i were adopted declaring it to be the I judgment of the conference “that the i Christian people of America should Immediately and prayerfully consider the duty of entering the door which tiod in ids providence is opening.” The fact was noted tTiat "Seven boards have already undertaken work in Cuba or are expecting to undertake it namely, tlte Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist convention. ly Meeting of Friends. “That three Boards contemplate work in Porto Bieo, the M. 10. Church, the M. 10. Church South anil the South ern Baptist Convention. "And three Boards are disposed to consider seriously the opening of mis sionary work in tie: Philippine Is lands. namely, the Presbyterian, the Methodist Episcopal and the Baptist. "We feel that it would lie unfor tunate if several Boards were to enter any one of these Heins at the same time, except of course in large centers of population. ‘‘We therefore recommend: (1) That each of the Boards mentioned appoint a committee of two on the field or fields which It thinks of entering, each group of committees to confer with a view »o frank and mutual understand ing of the most effective and equita ble distribution of the territory and work under the several Boards. “(2) That the committee take early steps to secure all available informa tion regarding these various islands as mission,!iy fields, and that all in formation thus obtained be shared with the other committees concerned, with a veiew to subsequent action. "Ch That the committee on the Phil ippine Islands be requested to inform tltc American Board that no Board has expressed an intention of undertaking work in the Lnilro .. Islands, and that the question was raised as to whether the equipment of the American Board in connection with the Caroline I-.. lands does not fit it better for work 'n tin* I.adroin t.” Tiie American Board has signified Its intention to care fur the work in tlte I.adrones. The committees tire gathering all possible Information about the conditions in the different islands, but no definite plans will be made until their political future is determined uf.m. IVarh Snmliv1«» Iin. The strawberry sandwiches, so call ed, of the earlier season are now suc ceeded by a similar article with a peach tilling. Bread made of baking-powder biscuit dough is rid of its crust and ut into oblongs. The peaches are -Heed, then sprinkled with powdered sugar, and if to be specially good, a dessert-spoonful of whipped cream is placed on each. They are of course served separately on small plates and eaten with a fork, not piled and hand ed around for the finger service so as sociated with a sandwich in its generic sense. HORSES IN HISTORY. A Few of Those That Have ISeen Made I'uinonl. Readei'3 of Macaulay will remember the famous black Auster, the horse of Herminius, and the dark gray charger of Mamllius, whose sudden appearance in the city of Tusculum without his master brought the news of the defeat of the allies at Lake Regillus. Con nected with that battle, too, were the horses of the great "twin brethren," Castor and Pollux, coal black, with white leg3 and tails. But those are legendary. Not so, however, the well known horse of Caligula, Incitatus. This animal had a stable of marble; his stall was of ivory, his clothing of purple, and his halters stiff with gems. He had a set of golden plates, and was presented with a palace, furniture and slaves complete, in order that guests Invited In his name should be proper ly entertained. His diet was the most costly that could he imagined, the finest grapes that Asia could provide being reserved for him. Verus, another Roman emperor about a century later, treated his horse almost as extravagantly. He fed him with raisins and almonds with his own hands, and when he died, erected a statue of gold to him, while all the dig nitaries of the empire attended the fun eral. As we come to later times, so we get more examples of favorite hors es. William the ^Conqueror had one that he rode at the battle of Hastings, about which almost everything seems to be known except hi* name. He was of huge si.ro and was a present from King Alfonso of Spain—"such a gift as a prince might give and a prince receive.” This gallant horse, however, did not survive the battle, for Gyrth, Harold's butcher, “clove him with a hill, and he died.” Richard I.’s horse was called Maleck, and was jet black. He bore his master through the holy war and arrived in England before him; in fact, he survived the king seveial years. The second Richard, too, had a favorite horse, called Roan Barbary, which was supposed to bo the finest horse in Europe at that time, and it was on Roan Barbary that the young king was mounted when the In cident wherein Wat Tyler was stabbed by the mayor of Walworth took place. About a century later we get to the Wars of the Roses, and in the many battles of that civil disturbance two horses played important parts. These 'belonged to the great Earl of Warwick, the kingmaker. Ills first was Maleck. a beautiful gray, which he rode at the battle of Tow ton. It was this horse whose death turned the fortunes of the battle, for Warwick, seeing that his men were giving ground deliberately Sprung from Ills favorite horse and killed him. Then his men knew that the kingmaker was prepared to con quer. but not to fly. They rallied and finally wen the battle.—London Stan dard. SHE WANTED FLOWERS. lint t!i« Cong rcm man IVutl to Draw the Unc Somewhere. A certain southern congiessman was heard entertaining a company of hid colleagues last week in the democratic cloak room of the house with an ac count of an unusual experience. •‘Dur ing the woman suffrage convention,” said he. “several ladies from my dis trict were present. Early in the eon rention one of them came to the cap itol, called at my committee room and requested an interview, which was readily granted. 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