16 THE OMAHA * DAILY" BjUJdJ ; SUNDAY , DECEMBER 2. 1888. SIXTEEN PAGES.
Tf. A. Collins , Uie Artist , who has executed the Crayon
Portraits for Gco. Heyn , the Photogmphcr , for several j
years past , and who during1 the past year and a half has j
done Mr. Hcyn's work exclusively , has just opened a studio ' .
in Nos. 423 and 424 Ramgc Building , corner 151 ! ) and " t
Harney Streets. He extends a cordial invitation to his I
many patrons , friends and the general public to inspect his
studio and work , both of which will be found second to
none in the west. In addition to his justly celebrated and
extensively advertised Crayon Portraits , he also does work ;
in Oil , Pastel , Water Colors , etc. j
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THE LABORERS OF JAPAN ,
Curious Ways and Work of tbo
Almond-Byed Artizans.
JAPANESE CARPENTERS' WAGES.
Japanese Cooper anil his Twelve Fin-
| Carpenters llousckcop *
crb Book-keepers MnmU'ao-
turlnft ; liauorci-'s AVages.
JAPAN , October 2S. [ Corrcspondcnco of
Tin : HinJ : The Japanese artisan has four
hands and twelve lingers. Ho uses his feet
as an extra pair of hands and his two great
toes can wrap themselves around the articles
with which ho works like an American's
thumb. I saw a cooper nt won : this morn
ing mending a bucket. Ho held the bucket
between his feet while ho sat down to his
work and put on the hoops witli a hammer
nnd wedge. His legs were bare and his cue
was tied in the old Japanese fashion , while
Ills almond-oyes closely watched the work ho
had before him. After ten minutes of
pounding ho hud down his tools and took
n smoke , and during the hour that I sat near
him ho smoked four tunes. The Japanese
pipe only holds a pinch of tobacco and ho
rould do this cheaply , but the time consumed
was nt least twenty minutes. This perpet
ual biebta is ono of the features of Japanese
labor , lam told by old American residents
that n Japanese workman will not do ono-
tlilrd as much a day as an American work
man , and in every case they seem to do their
work in the hardest of ways.
rixri.MU i.vnoit Minnons.
The methods of labor of Japan are the
fllreet opposite of those of America. The
carpenter ? , for instance , pull their planes
the other way , and when they use the draw
ing laiifo they push it from them Instead of
Hulling it towards them. They do moot of
their work sittini ; , and they do all the work
on the pull stroke instead of the push stioko
nnd they btand the l.o.trd , as n rule , at an
angle of forti-lvo ! decrees against something -
thing rather than lay it on a saw-horse or
bench as wo do. They do their marking not
With chalk , but with a reel and inked string
wlxm they wish to saw In u straight line ,
ami the whole work of turning the rough
logs Into the Hncst of e ibiuet work is done
by hand. There are no plmiint , ' mills in
Japan und the saw mills can bo counted on
the lingers of ono hand. The usual method
of sawing logs Into boards is to stand the log
at an nnglo against n support and saw it by
hand. Tlio saw us > ed ! } not the powerful
cross cut saw of America , but a wide , short
Japanese instrument , which lias a liuiuHo
nuout two feet long and which looks like a
butcher's cleaver Hied Into a saw.
The human baw mill Mauds on .top
of the log or under it nnd pulls away for
ten hours a day for nbout thirty cents.
BUlllod carpenters In cities got nbout forty
American cents a day nnd the best men in
the business do not got over forty-live. Still
you will Had no better workmen In thu world
than hero. T elr work Is done with the use
of very few nails and they have to bo cabinetmakers
net-makers as well as carpenters. Kvcry
Japanese house has walls which must move
in croovos ia nnd out every day , and the or
dinary home is as llnuly put tog-other ns a
bureau. The Joining ot everything is by
dovetailing , and thn Japanese could teach
our American workmen much in the | uli U-
lug and Joining of line wooiln.
IICQI.S IIUII.PIN'O AT TUB TOP.
Speaking of house-building , the Japanese
begin their worlt at the top. TJio roof goes
on first and then they begin to build the
walls and to construct the Interior. Ono of
iUo greatest curiosities to mo in Tokio is u j
new hotel which is being built. It is to bo on
the foreign style and is to have four stories.
It will bo the greatest hotel in Japan and will
rank here ns Flaglcr's hotel in Florida ranks
In the United States. It covers about nn
aero of ground As yet not a stone of the
foundation has been made , but thereof
roof is already up and this
stand on a great four-story skeleton of scaf
folding awaiting the building of the lest of
the structure. This scaffolding is mauo of
long poles from thosizoand thickness of a
campaign flag staff down to the size of a
bamboo fishing rod , nnd the whole is tied
toccthcrwith ropes. Imagine an acre of
scaffolding of this nature upholding a heavy
roof anil the whole made of sticks nnd ordi
nary ropo. There was , 1 was told at the of
fice , 7MJ ( ) uolcs in. the skeleton , and 2,000
men had been at work for months in making
it.
it.At
At the bad : of this building I saw two
men clothed In six inches of cloth about their
waists pumping water oy pressing down a
treadle with their feet. The labor was very
hard , and they have been at it continuously
every day since have been in Tokio. They
probably receive less than 25 cents of our
money per day for it. In the United States
the work would be done by Htesim , but Japan
knows little of bteain us yet , outside of the
government factories and the railroads , and
human musclois a cheaper fuel than wood or-
conl. Professor ficorgcbon , a bright Ameri
can who is employed by the government to
teach the Japanese agriculture , has Just re
turned from u visit , to the silk regions of the
interior , nnd ho tells mo that the motive
power for running the reels of many a fac
tory consists of two men , who walk around
in a circle like a horse in a tannery or a
thrashing machine , pushing two poles , which ,
by-a series of cogs , run the works in the
room below. These men , said ho , receive 10
cents a duy for their work , and the silk feel
ers , who were girls skilled at the busmeis ,
got lr > cents n day. Still , labor is higher now
than it has over been in Japan , and Ur. Sim
mons , one of the best authorities on the Ja
pan of the past and one of the first Ameri
cans to come to this country , tells mo can re
member when farm laborers received only ii
cents a day. They now receive , says Prof.
( ieorgcson10 , cents a day , and on this , I am
told , they can live very comfortably. This
10 cents , however , represents the hardest of
work. Farming In Japan is done by hand
and every grain of rlro represents a strained
muscle and a smell from vile innnuro
which would give an American the germs
of typhoid fever. The grubbing hoe is Uio
spade of Japan and a not-work of ropes is
its wheel-barrow. The work on the roads
is done without the aid of horses and the
dirt is carried on tncso little rope nets about
four feet square , which are laid on the
ground nnd hoed full of soil or stones.
They hold nbout two bushels each , and have
ropes tied to the corners which can bo put
over a pole. Then u man takes hold of
each end of this polo ami carries the load to
where it is needed , und dumps it down. This
work goes on all over Japan. I understand
the wheel-barrow h.is been introduced , but
the men prefer the old method.
A IIIIVOI.t'TIONCOMINO.
The day will come , however , when machin
ery will bo tiM'd by the Japanese people. The
leaven is here , and it is workly slowly. It
has already done much with the government ,
und it will , eventually , though It may not bo
for generations , leiiven the whole lump of
tin-so ! WOOO.OOJ of people. It will revolution
ise the country , and the muscle which is now
hauling Jinnkshas by the hundred thousand : ; ,
which is sawing logs by baud , and
which is doing countless o\hcr \ things
which steam or electricity can do us
well , will bo turned to manufacturing
and it may bo much to the tlctilmcnt of the
of Ilia other manufacturing nations of the
world. Tlio Japanese ! are wonderful imita
tors. They Jaro ibrlght enough and skill
ful enough to do anything that almost any
oth < r man can do , and they nro not back
ward in catching up a good thing when they
sec it. They Imvo hero a lunct full of coal
and Iron , copper and other metals. They sell
us every year frll.OOO.OCO worth of raw silk.
They could as well send thu manufactured
product , and they have IVS.OUIVYS of other
kinds which could bo turned into articles
that all the world wants. With their natural
ability to copy , with their industry and'lliolr
rcbourscs'there , is no reason why they should
not compete with us on nearly every ground.
CHEAT UMNO.
Tlio chief danger lies in the cheapness of
their living ami the fewness of their ivauts.
In the country here I am told that a moder
ately well-to-do family can live very nicely
at a cost of from 5 to 10 cents a day for their
food. Prof. Gcorgeson says that an ordin
ar.V laborer can live loyally on 10
cents a day and that the servants at the ag
ricultural college pay about \y \ cents for
each of their meals. This represents rice ,
vegetables and now and then a bit of iish.
It is all the laborers seem to need , and they
grow fat and strong on It. Supposing the
present wages to double or triple , there
would still bo a chance lor the Japanese to
engage in manufacturing at n prolit , which
would ruin the high-priced establishments of
the United States und Europe. If the coun
tries of Asia take up manufacturing , and if ,
as is now the case , you can get skilled labor
for .10 cents a day , and this labor can live on
less than one half this amount , there will bo
a competition from the eastern countries
greater than we have ever had from Eng
land or Germany.
TUB 1'iiicB or lAiion.
The wages in Tokio , which is to Japan as
Now York is to the United States , are about
as follows in American money :
Carpenters get from lit ) to 45 cents a day.
Cart men , who manage and help the pullers
and pushers of carts loaded with heavy mer
chandise along the streets of the city , get
from ll ! ( to ! JG cents a day , and the uion under
them who act as the dray horses of Japan
and work Just as hard us our horses , get
from S to 0 cents a day. Wood carvers are
very fine workmen hero. They receive from
,15 to 53 cents a dav. Paper hangers get from
23 to 45 cents and stone cutters receive from
t. ) to 5K cents. Blacksmiths are paid from ' Ate
to b cents a day ; mat-laynr.s , corresponding
to ouv carpet layers , get 33 cents a day , and
painters do well If they receive from 19 to i0 !
cents a uay. The wages of gardeners rnntro
froru 19 to IIS cents and those of ordinary day
laborer from 15 to " ' 1 cents. No European or
American country can compete with such
wages , and the laborer hero who works , nt
them , while ho does not Imvo tha comforts of
the laborer of the United States , is happy
nnd really better off than some of the
laborers of Europe. There is no herding
together of many lamillcs in one room on ac
count of poverty , nnd nearly every house
hold rents its own cottage or house , This
house often consists of but ono room. In such
cases thu rent is about 40 cents in American
money a month , and a Tokio guide book ,
which lies before rno , states that the average
monthly expenses for food Is about ? y.'J > for
each person , and that the necessary outlay
for the e'.othlng is about W.75 a year.
co r oFiiorsiiniriNO : : ,
This book gives nn estimate ns to the cost
of a laboring man of Japan starting house
keeping , and it puts the total at i5H in Jap
anese money , which would equal less than
fl American. The list of necessities re
quired is so interesting , and gives such a
good idea of Japanese housekeeping , that I
copy it verbatim :
Four and n half mats , ( tna carpet ) , 90
cents ; a long hlbaehi , ( stove ) , 40 cents ;
heart , for boiling rico , f > 0 cents ; iron pot for
rico boiling , 43 cents ; iron pun , 20 cents ; iron
pot for boiling water , 23 cents ; a tripod , ( i
centsa ; lout- iron tong , 'J cents ; a brass long ,
1 cent ; a llro'ishovel , 'J cents ; a charcoal
basket , 4 cents ; a tea pot , ! l cents ; a water
barrel , 10 cunts ; n rico-eleanmg basin ,
Scents : a small barrel , 3 cents ; a wash
basin , IB cents ; a cutting board , T cents ; a
table knlle , 4 cents ; a dipper 2 cents ; a bas
ket 3 cents ; n largo basket 5 cents ; sundries ,
10cents ; rice box4 cents ; askower , ! 1 cents ;
a wooden spoon. 1 cent ; tea cups , 4 cents ;
wooden bowls , ( for plates ) , 3 cents ; chop
sticks ( the knives and forks'J ) cents ; broom ,
li cents ; lamp , 10 cents ; bottles , ' ) cents :
ipiiltM , 75 cents ; , two pillows , I ! cents ; and
grand total , fi.ll.
This estimate is so complete that It Is , I
doubt not , the entire outtit of many n Japan
ese homo of the poorer classes. It bounds
very nivapro , but In u land where the bread I
is rico and the drink is tea , where no sheets
and carpets aru used , and where the lounge
and rocking elmir has yet to bo Introduced , it
seems to suflico , The pee nut classes pillow
their heads upon blocks of wood covered with
a wad of paper. They use tlicir own hri'ls
for chairs , and their lloors auu comforter
form their beds.
AMONG TUB Mlll : ( HANTS.
The Japanese are content with ll'tlp , nnd
It Is from this attribute of their nature that
Americans need not expert to compete with
thcvi In business In their own country. They , \
do business on a margin that would rum an i
American tradesman , and if thuy make 5 .
cents on tlfU sale ot a watch , or 10 cents In
tclliK { ) u clock , they uro batistlud. Where u
thrifty tradesman can live and bring up a
family on $10 u month there is little hope for
the luxurious American. The whole nation
seems to be engaged in what n Conncclcut
Yankee would call a whittling business. The
stocks of many of the stores would not
brini ? $5 at auction , and the merchant sits
like the Turk in his bazaar surrounded bvhis
goods , and with his legs crossed serves his
customer" . His floor is his counter , nnd his
goods hang on the walls ornroip Hed'.vith n
easy reach of his hands. Ho has a space al
together about as large as a small bedroom ,
nnd the whole of the front of this is open.
The floor is raised about two feet from the
ground and the customers sit on the cdgo as
they haggle over the prices.
NOT STRICTLY OXU 1'KICB.
The Japanese merchant always asks thrco
times as much as he expects to pet. You of
fer him about one-iifth and gradually reach
the third. Ho gives you a tiny cup of tea
and places beside you a bowl of charcoal for
your pipe while you arc looking at his goods ,
and as a rule it scums to bo indifferent to him
whether you buy or not. If you go away
without buying ho bowa politely and says ,
"Sayonara , " farewell , with as ktfld a smile
as though you made a purchase , and if you
otter him something outof the usual order ho
makes his calculation on a Cninese calculat
ing machine , consisting of a box of wooden
buttons strung on wire. Uy moving thcso
up and down he adds nnd subtracts quite as
quickly as wo do with pencil and paper , and
his ligures are rarely wrong.
The Japanese bookkeeper always has ono
of these machines before him , and the book
keeping of a Japanese store is worth notice.
The ofllce is in the same little room in
which the goods are kept. The book-keeper
sits on his heels bctiind a low bench built in
the shape of a right angle and about two foot
high. Hero ho has a paint brush and some
Jmlln Ink and with this ho paints the day's
transactions in Chinese letters in books of
rico paper bound by tying the leaves to
gether with string. *
There are many argo stores In Tokio , and
thcso as a rule , do their business on strict
busincsb principles. They have many clerks ,
hut the cash boy and the elevated c.isli rail
way are unknown. Clerks , as a rule , go in
ns boys and servo years of apprenticeship
getting little but their board and clothes.
After they have served perhaps ten or eleven
years it ia customary for their employers to
set them up in business of their own. Hut
this moans an outlay , perhaps , of fifty or n
hundred dolhu-n , and as a rule thoclerks hero
work for their living. They dress in Japan
ese fashion ami never wear their shoes while
in the store.
A rrvs'Y HOOK STOIIH.
I was told of some clerks in ono of the
largo book stores here who cot from $15 to
iO a month and this was mentioned us an
extraordinary thing. The average cler.lt
gets two days of vacation in a year and is
entitled to two suits of clothes and his board.
I chatted with a bookseller through my
interpreter. Ills store was a liolo In the
wall with a great overhanging roof shading
it from the sun. The hole had a floor about
twelve feet square and this was covered
first with straw mats thrco feet by six In
sbo , and upon these was laid a stock of Jap
anese literature of all descriptions. There
were shelves about the walls , nndthuso were
also piled high with books. They were laid
Hat , and were not stood on nnd as our hooks.
None of the books had luathorbacks , and the :
pages of each of them wcro printed on but
one side of the paper. This coini's from the
USD of the rico paper , .which is bothla that
it will not bear two Impressions , They
looked more like magazines than books ,
and tliu average slzo ol the Japa
nese book is about that of Hamur's
Monthly or of the Century Mngarino. The
bookseller tightened the girdle of his dress i
as I asked to BOO his books und ho showed ,
mo what looked like a lodger and day hook.
noted that these books , UH the Japanese
printed books , began at the back and ran to '
the front pace , instead of the reverse as our
books do. Ha told mo ho kept an account of
ull b.ilcs und that ho did ver.v little business
on credit , I bought a ffook cf him and ho
wrapped it up in an advertising sheet Just as
our incivhaiiU do , nnd I am told th.it the
Japanese are fast learning advertising.
Tin next store to tins was that of a Ian-
turn maker , and indeed the stores seem to bo
iUmbled together without regard to order.
carpenter bhop ) ° next to a bhoo store , and o
bath house humps up against a hardware
.tore. This lantern shop was making the
lanterns whioh are now largely used at .
awn fiitcs in America and which forme thu
lights for Japan at night. Every ono carries
one of these paper lanterns hero when he
goes about at night , and the evening you
read this letter you may bo sure that at least
live million of thorn are moving hero
and there throughout tho- streets
and roads of Japan. The Jinriksha
men have them tied to the shafts of their
carriages ; the pedestrians Imvo them at
tached to sticks , and in front of each store
nnd house ono hangs. At dinner parties
they nil the trees of the gardens with bright-
colored lights , and they are exported by the
millions yearly.
HOtV TIICT WHOLES tl.B.
I spent. Komotimo in going through the
wholesale stores of Tokio. The Japanese
lire good packers and they pat up their goods
for shipment in a different way from ours.
There arc few nails used in fastening up the
boxes or crates , and rope almost universally
takes the place of nails. Great store boxes
are tied tip with rope , and in some of the
lumber yards I see that the boards arotiejd
together in bundles and stood on end. and
not laid flat , ns with us. Each bundle of
two or three boards has its price marked on
on it , and thesu lumber yards nro
practically .stores , and they may bo
found in all nurts of the city. As to
the use of string in tying up packages , this is
very rare. A strip of rice paper is some
times twisted about a parcel , but woolen or
cotldn string is seldom seen. 1 noted in the
buying of some photographs that the clerk
who made ill ) the package had Bomo of this
string. It is thu same that our grocers uso.
The dork first measured the package this
wayand that and took Just enough to make
the knot nnd no more. .Still string is cheaper
hero than with us. I mention this as an ex
ample of the economy of the people.
FOHTU.NUS ANU FIKUS.
And still you will find but few itch Japan
ese I The rule hero Is that the people are not >
accumulative , In our sense of the word.
They have never learned the philosophy of
Investment , and they spend all they make.
They have in the past had no chance for the
investment of money , except in lands , and
the saving done lias been largely for ro-
bullding their houses in case of fires
which are very frcipicnt. I Jr. Hepburn ,
who has been in Japan for inoro than
thirty years , is my authority for the state
ment that a Japanese house Is thought , on .
the average , to last only live years before it
Is destroyed by tire. The frame work and
the Interior r.ro like tinder , and whole vil w
lages are swallowed np almost monthly in w
lapancso conflagrations. The people are the si
most careless people in regard to tires I have sim
ever seen , and there are no lire departments m
io speak of out of the four or live largo cities. ol
This danger has thus boon an incentive to
saving ' , but above this there is little. .Seven-
tenths of the people , at a rough estimate , live
from hand to mouth , though the postal sav w
ings banks which have been Introduced bid w
fair to teach them differently. Interest IB Cl
high , nnd the banks malcn money. There is
not a luega government debt , and the most of g *
it Is hold at homo. FIIAXK O. OAiiru.vnm. br
til
pc
pcm
Would it ho proper to speak of the wickerwork -
work around a demijohn us a spirit wrapper ! dc m
The fellow that boats thu weighing ma dcmi
chine is like the Arabs ho "silently steals a cli
weigh. "
It takes a maiden of thirty-throe to confess
hit she is nut . mi
.1 IlUb no bitterly set against smoking
U ter all.
>
A colored man , a hen roost and a daak night .
( | ll
liscount all the ulhnities known to chemical
science.
"Hubert ElsomerD's" fame is secure. A faiMi
ate thing in inillinery'is called thu Hobort MiHi
Klbcmoro bonnet. Hi
than
After nil. it Is the popular vote tliflt elects
an
man. Tin- vote thn defeats him is bound
o bo unpopular with is followers ,
"What game do you scholars play the cm
nosti" Inquired ono of thu school trustees. cei
'Hookey I" cried Uio hi j B in unison. 1'r
KM
Teacher Willie , what U the capital of iiri
familial Wnlio The there
money taken by , l
Jiutcd .States financiers and boodlers. flute (
In ono flat in St. Louis there are families to
nine nutlonalitics cook toran
presenting , and all ran
inions for dinner after their national eus- the
Oil ) .
qUI
A man 's ' rarely found who kicks when his me
tame is misspelled In the police cotnt record j
f a owspapw. ThU in i notable exception
of
the rule.
fat
Henry George has gone to England for n wr
cst , but wu thought ho was getting lots of It Alii
.ere. None of his theories have IJOD-I wen- his
for ! > u month * pabt , fas
150 i.- ' .
White angor.ij.cu .u-uu.inumoroin fashion.
Tiger skin is a fashionable for this wiu-
The toque appears to ho a decided favorite /
just now.
Undycd wool is a favorite material for
underwear.
Sachet powders are worn in the lining of
cloth dresses.
Largo veils tied under the chin are favored
for largo huts.
Bordered India camcl's-halr goods are
again in fashion.
Shoes of yellow Swedish Kid are worn with
evening costumo.
_ Surplice rovers are becoming very fas & "
lonnblo for street wear.
Combinations of yellow and black are
much used , and nro very effective.
lioston women pay taxes wretchedly. Out
of 2y,000 assessed 3,000 have paid up.
Veils of black-dotted net , drawn under the
chin by a narrow black ribbon , are new and
stylish.
Boas of lace , feathers , or fur are much
worn. ThobC made of ostrich plumes are in
high favor.
Heaver cloth ragans , trimmed with braid
and fur , nro the popular winter morning ]
wraps for young ladies. f „
Turbans are again in style , but are worn ' g
itralghtcr upon the head. A level crown is
lirefcr.iblo to a .sloping one. I
Pretty easy gowns for home wear show , v
the back closely littod , with the waist ou loir 1
lust an inch or so below the belt.
The bell-shaped sleeve is no longer popular
for indoor garments , but it is still mueli usc < !
n wraps and out-'of-door garments.
The crn/.u for chrysanthemums has Rl
ended to tlio decoration of evening drosses. 1
I'hey are the corsage flower of the season. mni
Now direotolrc dresses shoxv a plain close ni
vaist cut off short at the back and equal in ct
ength from hip to hip , and not pointed just caw
johmd ns is usual. w
The fashion authoritlqs predict a big but- cli n
on season. Somuof the imported buttons cliWi
Wi
.re as big ns dollars and are m every con
eivnblo design. th pn
One of the neat millinery fancies of the Jo
winter is the worsted covered bonnet. White
worsted is preferred and usually small c.ipoto
hnpes are chosen.
Copper , torra-cotta , rod and brown , claret ,
nixed with golden brown , bronze-green ,
live , rush-green and Koman-icd are th th
avoritc colors of the season. th
A Parisian novelty is a hat the brim of COW
'hieh is covered witli plain dark velvet W !
'hilo soft cloth of some gay shade , tun ,
ream or scarlet , covers the crown. Wl :
A neat toguo for afternoon we.ir is of dark
recn velvet and has a front of velvet , cm- bi
rouU-red with silken /lowers / , the natural ble
ntH of the ( lowers being icproduueu where
osbible.
Hound pleated skirts have frequently orna-
lents of cord , cither silk or metal , in u row till
own each pleat to the knoo.or u little lower ,
nd the bottom scroll ends in a double hooper hei
luster of drops.
For ovonlntr wear the clirnille capotn Is p-r
inch in use. It is lined with pulled velvet ,
ibbon capotes show startling contrasts m
lors. Scarlet with carrot-green is u fro-
.lent combination. am
A hat which is verv popular among the wo
isluonabli.'s of London and Paris hasa , oval ,
inrply upturned brim , faced will ) velvet of
ic color of the hat. The brim rises out of a
lick twist of silk , which rests on the hair 1
id is of some vividly contrasting color , un
Dr. ( Jr.ireValcott and three other Ainerl- of
in women physicians , while in Vienna ro- ofiv
sally , were honored by nn invitation fiom tin :
rof. lilllroth , the eminent Mirgcon. to nt-
nd his private clinic am ) witness his own HI . . I
'ivato operations. Prof. Jiillroth stands u"
gh in continental medical circles , and the till
ct that ho has heretofore led the opposition tic
the admission of women to medical schools 101
ukos his courtesy to the American ladies all Jlc
(3 inoro note-worthy. The event created ll' ! '
nte a sensation in Vienna , and was contented ih.
ented upon by ad the leading papers. ih..or .
In the C07.V editorial rooms of the Magazine IAf
American Hibtory , ouo may Und thoindo- Ma
tigablo editor of that nutf.uino reading or
if 1
riling at alinon any hour of the day. Mrs.
artha J. Laino i.alonrf uumi a ivritor on il
'
storicul subjects , and nhe tells mo that the C'lu
for her work , which hud ocuii vno ol.i
'genius of her life , increases with
every year. She has been elected a member
t ol eighteen historical societies , nnd in cacl
case her election has been
unsought bv her--
nn honor that is rarelv conferred
upon a per
son engaged in her line of .studies. At tha
. last meeting of the New Jersey Historical
society , held in Prineeton.she was rlcctcd am
honorary member of that body and a papon
eulog./mg her works was read by ono of tbo !
JIKMGIOUS.
Detroit never saw such a procession
ore as that which preceded Mishop Folcy's ; .
uKc SeZe rUl ° f IU ° * 1 *
There aio in the United .States oiuht Hv
.Joinan CaHioln ; bishop * and iiivhb'shoiis ' ofc
h"se twenty areCJerman .
l.v birth or descend-
on are l-'runch or Uelpi-m and
- , two uro
Tne Methodist , .
Kpiscop.il missioning
coir- ,
initteo , in Nuiv York made
the foliuwinir mi- , .
propriat.oMs i . for missions Aruona , .rr,0 ) , i
I i lack "
Hills , 3TW ; Ol.-.hfornia . (
4. i.i , Lower California. ? ! .OOU ; Nuvatlc
tiZM , and Now Mexico , * iu"0. ;
Pope Leo might win in history the mos./S
Christian name nt l > opo Lamb if ho should !
uiccced In causing Uio warriors of litiropo to. "
10 down together. His holiness In mild to aiA
ibotittoissnonn encvchcal letter urging th 1
; rent powers to disarm.
Hishop Vladlmer , nftho ( Jpoolt church
\moncu , has the
largest dioreso in ; nt/-
vorhl. It includes all of North America - ,
Jiienos Ayres in Hoiilh America. Tli-
shop jives in Sitha , bill spends a good
S h s time in S.iu I'Vaiu-lsco. n ( . js now
ng Ins olth Ainuriean dioi'esc.
It is not in Hrooklyn , X. Y . as the para
rapher.s gcnurally Imvo iis-mincd , but ir
Irooklyn , O , that a ( 'iiigii-gatuuial clergv-
KIII. Hev. J. M. Merrill , has been tried mid-
quitted by an ecclesiastical council on the
argo of "unchristian conduct , " the sahl
induct being the use of tobacco. There
as no question about the lacn , it was only
question about whether or not it is "uti-
uistian" to smoku cigars. Mr. Merrill
as called , after the trouble bi-yan , Io an nn
irt.int church in L'oiinceliciil , which shows
lat not all churches consider it a fatal ob-
ction to a pastor that ho uses tobacco.
A Menu (
Detroit Kruo 1'rt'ss : " .Sue mo fe < 'iiro
nit inilUinttii half lei dentil , " ho ha id , an
ireo or four inun wcro wailing on ii | ( )
inior for tlio ear uii'il a milk wagon
us fniniiiK l ) .
"Hoy , you ! " cillod ; the man , as the
tron ( cuine opiio ite.
Tlio driver pulled upas if lilt with a
iclc , and lliu man put hiti foot on tlio
up and hiiid :
/on probably know my business with
" '
ju :
"I I' yesl" ff'iBnotl ' tlio man , as lie
rued pale and looked around him in a
way.
" 1 want to Iciunv who wiw the llrtst
chideiitof thu United .Statou ! "
"Wlint ! "
" ( 'oini ) , sir nodoilfjiii } , ' tnyqiiesUonl'
"To tliundcr with the II rut president ,
d you too ! Haiif ; it , J thought you
ire the milk liibpoclor and wauled a
uij'le ' ! "
Named ItjMr * . Cliivolaiid.
I'ltthburg Dibpntuh : The advent of
infant inisa into the domestic circle-
the prcHideut's jirivato bocrolary
vo no one inoro goiiulno pleiiHuro
tn Mrs. Clovoland. Him WIIH the first
to call and extend hop congrutulii-
ihs to the happy mother nnd alno to
lather. Thu president nhowod hln
sitbUfo over the ovout bv aending a
iiutlftil bouquet to the "hoiibo. Mra ,
uvoluml was to bo complimented by
vnig the child iiamiMl after her , but
preferred toHoloetthe namo. which
vice was , of r-ourbc , accorded , She
therefore named the llttln atrangor
irgiiorito , winch has always buen one
her favorite names. It is not un
ely that the provident and Mra.
jveland will bo jod-pi'Vii : ' b ) ( thfl
lid ,