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They Llvo In Japan , Korea
Slam and China ,
1&MERICANS WHO ADVISE KINGS
Urotlior Jonntlmn's Bhrorrrtnosii In
Dcmnna UyMoiiKolInn Koyalty
Denny and Mr.
Ucnnlsotv.
Americans in Asln.
1883 1 > n I'Ymik ' a. Carpenter. ]
UA.VOKOK , Slnm , Teh. 30. [ Special Cor
respondence of Tun Ucn.J Hon. Jacob T.
'Chllas , our minister to the court of Slam ,
Was In the United Stntes nt the tlmo of the
presidential election. Upon the announce
ment of the result ho nt once sent in his
resignation to Secretary Bayard , to take
effect March next , nnd ho has just returned
to Unngkok to complete n work which he-is
preparing on Slant nnd the Siamese. Hohas
teen gathering notes for this book" during
Ills four years' stny hero , nnd ho writes nt It
daily , clicking out his pooticoplnions of these
Btrango people upon on American typo-
Writer. Ho tells mo ho has enjoyed his stay
in Slam , but that ho Is glad to go homo and
that ho will again take his chmr us editor of
the Ulchmond ( Mo. ) Conservator with pleas-
tiro. The mission to Slain Is worth 5,000
gold dollars a year , nnd Uangkok is ono of
the few places in the world where Uncle
Bam owns his own house. The lega
tion building is a big , rambling , two-story
Btructuro with vtlAo verandas running
around both stories nnd with great porches
looking out upon the waters of the busy
Menaii river nnd its thousands of floating
houses. A garden of tropical plants nnd
Croat trees surrounds the house , sloping
Sown to the banks of the river in front
tThcse trees are filled with birds , which keep
Up n continuous singing the year round ,
Gorgeous llowcrs bloom in the gardens and
the grnss Is always green. The minister
goes from ono part of this city , of the size of
Chicago , to another In his own gondola rowed
l > y thrco dark-skinned men in n livery of col
ored cotton and when ho takes a drive his
carriage Is managed by n Malay coachman ,
tvho drives Hko Jehu and cuts the Siamese
Tagrants to make them keep out of the way.
Bangkok has a pleasant foreign colony and
the climate though hot in the summer is on
the whole healthy and pleasant.
The minister to Korea gets $7.500 n year ,
Mr. Dlnsmoro , the present incumbent ,
Cid
ono of the most popular of our foreign
ministers. Ho was appointed through the In-
Huenco.of Attorney-General Garland and
Others , nnd ho was not an oftlco-scokcr. Ho
elands very well with the king and the court ,
find It is duo to his nerve that the foreign
colony escaped so well the mob , which nrosc
tvhen the missionaries wore charged by the
people with killing babies and grinding them
to mnko foreign medicines. Mr. Dinspu-
Snore Is nn Arkansas lawyer of about thirty ,
flvo years , nnd if ho coos back to America
ho will probably resume the practice of the
law. There is a prospect , In case Judge
Denny should conclude to resign , that Mr.
Elusmore may succeed him ns advisor to the
IHK CLIMATE OF KOHKA.
'The climate of Korea Is fine and the lega
tion establishment is a compound of yard
Burroundod by a high wall and containing
half a dozen one-story Korean buildings.
> Tbo residence of the minister has many
rooms finished with the great varnished
> beams of Korean architecture , and his parlor -
' lor and dining-room are so arranged that
they can bo thrown together. There is a
guest house at the back for the use of the
minister's friends , and the ships , which
t ftrrlvo every ton days or two weeks , bring
tAll sorts of delicacies from Shanghai , which
Is the great foreign residence place ot the
Western Pacitlc. The minister to Korea has
A guard of \\olro soldiers furnished by the
king. When ho goes out to ride through the
, /sity he has eight men in livery to carry him
Mn his sedan chair and his soldiers march in
( front and behind him.
The diplomatic places of Japan nro gen
erally esteemed more desirable than these of
( China. The Japanese nre a plcasantcr pea-
iple. and there Is no danger there of being
Knobbed or stoned. Still the Chinese consuls
tare better paid , and the minister gets 112,000
to. year. Colonel Charles Dcnby of Indiana Is
tour minister to China , and ho is so well liked
chat during my stay a paper was gotten up ,
feigned bv the missionaries and others , ask
ing the government nt Washington to
continue him in oflloc. He is a tall ,
VDO looking man of sixty , with a smooth-
haven , statesmanlike face , a bright blue
ye , and n rather judicial aspect. His homo
pt Poking is in the legation buildings , con-
Misting of a number of one-story brlclc struc
tures , covering several acres and surrounded
by nn 'mposlng wnll of blue brick. Tbo so
ciety of Peking is made up of the mission-
Ariel , the diplomats nnd the foreigners em-
feloycd by the emperor. Tbo minister Is shut
4pff during thrco or four months of the year
, from visitors , as the river Is frozen up , and
during this tlmo ho gets his mails about thrco
rooks after they arrive in China.The min
ister to China gets no favor from the court
pie Is not received by tnq better classes of
, tbc people nnd his standing Is a humiliation
* Ao the United States. Ho has good markets
> nd can live , as far as the creature comforts
jird concerned , as well at Peking as at home.
This matter of living well Is the same in
lspan. Our minister has as good markets as
jtnosu of Washington or New York to supply
Ills table and ho has a big house rent free.
Minister Hubhard receives $13,000 a year
nd this , It must bo remembered , Is In gold.
diver is current In Japan unil-thu rate of exChange -
Change adds at least one-fourth to the pur
chasing value of our consular and diplomatic
t salaries all through the cast. A salary of
3,500 out hero becomes about forty-five
tiundrcd dollars , nnd n salary of (18,000 In
KOld is $15,000 la silver. Servants are
cheaper In the cast than iu America and Uie
diplomats have , as a rule , throe servants
hero where they have ono nt homo. In
Korea , China and Slam Chinese servants nre
used and all ministers and consuls use Chi
nese cooks. /
The consul general to Japan is Mr. Groat-
house , a ICcntucklan by birth , who was ap
pointed by President Cleveland from Cali
fornia , where he has been living for some
years. Ho. has a comfortable homo at Yokohama
hama nnd the foreign community there U the
largest In the empire of the Mikado. Consul
i Jornlgnn , of North Curollnn , has a pleasant
Btatlon at Kobe , and his salary Ut 43.500 a
year. He is tired of consular work and is. BO
hnxlous to get back to his law praotlce in the
united States tlmt ho told mo ho Intended to
resign , whether President Cleveland was
elected or not. Ho has nmdo nn excellent
consul and his reports are among the best
that have come to the state department.
Consul Ulrch. nt Nngusukl. is another pop
ular consul , lie is u young Wc-bt Virginian ,
Who bellovos in American rights and who
Will stand up for them. Not long ugo there
was u dinner given nt Nagasaki and Mr.
lilruh uskod permission to bring Ad ml rid
Bhufeldt with him to the dinner. The Kng-
Jl9h consul , -u ho had the dinner in charge ,
objected , saying that none but residents of
Kagasukf wora to be Invited. Upon coming
to the dinner Mr. Ulrch was surprised to see
this same English consul bring to tbo table
ft captain from one of the English men-of-
war in the harbor. Ho at once rose and left
tlio table und the other Americans who were
present , us soon as they
APFIIKOUTl ! . . TUB 1XKC..T ,
Aid likewise. The action KO alarmed the con
sul that , IIQ apologized to Mr. Uirou , and since
then the Americans have hud things pretty
te- tnuch their own way , The consular rest.
- flenco in Nagasaki Is ono of the prettiest
places In Japan. It U a largo cottage on u
Ljllsldo overlooking u beautiful harbor , nod
t-ioro Mr. HIrch keeps bachelor's hall und
carries on the consular business.
As to the consuls in China , they are all
moderately well paid , and not u fuw of them
ure llcimbllcans , who have been retained by
tbo present administration , Charles Sey
mour , ut Canton , is one of the most valuable
| ncu in the scrvicn and ho has one of the
ott difficult of our consulai positions. Ho
a Kcpuullcan from Wisconsin and bus
l under several presidents. Consul
General Kennedy llvosnt Shanghai. Ho re
ceives 15,000 a year nnd his reputation for
efficiency Is fnr nbovo par. 1 nm told that
the people of Shanghai will petition his re
tention , but his place la n good ono and the
fact that ho comes from South Carolina will
opernto against him. Ono of Genernl Ken
nedy's secretaries Is Mr. George Shufcldt ,
the son of Admiral Shufcldt , Ho has been
connected with the Shanghai consulate for
the past eight years nnd understands the
consular business of China. Ho is n graduate
of Cornell and ns Jio Is n Hopub-
Hcnn , It is thought that ho will bo
given ono ot the good-paying con
sulates under the now administration. The
vice consul , Mr. Ummcns , is a Iluont Chinese
scholar , and , like Mr. Cheshire , the Chinese
secretary of the legation nt Poking , ho Is nn
appointee who gets his place more from
the necessity of his services than from any
political Influence.
Consul Smlthcrs of Tientsin is n Delaware
man. Ho has boon in the consular service
nt different places for more than n score of
years , and Is n republican. The consul at
Hong Kong is a Virginia democrat , nnd the
consulate at Puchau will bo vacated by the
resignation of Mr. Charles Wlngnto , who ,
though n republican. Is tired of ofllco and Is
going baolttb his farm In Now England.
The Amoy consul will probably bo retired
nnd nil told there will bo half a dozen fnlrly
good places In China nnd Japan open to the
republicans.
Dnngkok Is the ilrst eastern city I have
visited which hns nnt n larco foreign col
ony. There nro thousands of men and wo
men from England nnd America In China
nud Japan , and there is n colony of a hun
dred or so In Korea. The foreigners hnvo
the control of the customs service in China.
The head of the Chinese navy Is nn Cngllsh
naval ofllcor , and Americans net ns the
foreign ndvisors to the governments of
Japan nnd Korea. Judge Danny , the foreign
advisor to the king of Korea , I mot nt Seoul ,
the capital. Ho is an Oregon man , who wan
a judge before ho entered our consular ser
vice nnd Who served for n nupibor of years
ns consul to Tientsin , and nlso as consul general -
oral at Shanghai. He Is acknowledged to be
ono of the bright men on the Asiatic coasts ,
Ha Is perhaps the only foreigner who has
been able to carry on a long light with Li
HAng Chang , and that with success. LI
Hung Chang Is the secretary of state to the
emperor of China. Ho Is the strongest man
In the empire , nnd it was through his in
fluence that Judge Denny was appointed to
his present position. At this time LI Hung
Chang was m favor of the Independence of
Korea , but ho has since changed his mind
nnd ho wants It to Do looked upon
as subordinate to China. Judge Denny ,
ns the adviser of the king , refuses
to ndviso his majesty to acknowledge
the claim nnti hence the quarrel. Now LI is
doing all In his power to oust Judge Denny ,
but so far his attempts have been in vain.
Judge Denny lives nt the capital of Korea
ami lie has there ns nlco a homo ns ono could
wish. Of ono story , It extends over several
acres nnd It is n sort of a mixture of Korean
architecture nnd American comfort. It is
ono of the finest places iu Seoul , and Mrs.
Denny , un accomplished American lady , und
not u Korean as has been .stated , presides
over it. I am told that Judge Denny has n
salary of $12,000 a year from tbo king , and
nnd ho ought to bn worth at least that to
Korea. Ho is a flue lawyer , a man of cul
ture , and through long training , added to
natural ability , ono of
Tim siiiiiswnnsT IIIW-OMATS or TIIU KAST.
The foreign adviser or the state depart
ment at Toklo is Mr. Henry Denisou , n
young Now Englauuor , of about thirty-live.
Ho has n flno house furnished to him by the
milcado , and has received a rank from the
emperor. Ho gets a high salary und ho Is es
teemed one of the most valuable of the for
eigners connected with the Juuuneso govern
ment. Ho hns moio influence than any other
American m Japan , and ho is constantly
deajing with matters connected with Amer
ica.
ica.Another
Another American connected in n responsi
ble way with the government of the Mikado
is a tall , fine-looking , gray-mouctochod gen
tlemen , who has been in Japan foru quarter
of n century. This Is Mr. Peyton .Toudan , of
Baltimore , who came therp us n boy and has
boon there cvur since.
In the educational branches of the Japan
ese kingdom , Americans hold high rank.
There are not so many connected with the
mpertal university as there were u few
years aw , owing to the principle adopted by
the Japanese of not allowing foreigners to
do for them anything that they can got or
teach the Japanese to da. Still Prof.
Fonalossa , of Salem , Muss. , is now
the great art critic of Japan , und ho
Is , 1 am told , to have the charge of
the old art works of the empire , which
largely through his efforts are now being
collected by the government nnd pichervod.
Prof. Feualussa , looks upon Japanese art ns
theOREAT
OREAT AKT DEVELOPMENT OP THE -AORI.D ,
and ho says the Europeans and Americans
have as much to learn In art from Japan as
Japan can learn from thorn. Ho has made
a study of Japanese art since ho came to
Japan , n decade ngo.lo taken place in the uni
versity , and ho is nn enthusiast upon the sub
ject. During my stay in Japan ho was trav
eling over the empire in company with our
late Japanese minister. Mr. Kulti , collectinu
the art works about Kioto , and having some
of the most noted of thcso photographed by
tbo court photographers. Sir. Fenalossa is
married , and his wife , a Now England lady ,
is cue of the court circle of Tokio.
The head of the agricultural college of
Japan is au American , who Is also married
and who has a family hero with him. Prof.
Goorgeson was connected with several of
the leading agricultural colleges of the
"United States before ha came to Japan.
His last position was in the agricultural uni-
"verslty ol Texas. Ho DOW has u fine posi
tion hero and is aiding the mikado to intro
duce improved methods Into Japanese farmIng -
Ing and stock-raising. A largo part of
Japan is uncultivated , and the people , owing
to their Buddhist religion not having been a
nation of meat-eaters in the past , have
never paid much attention to the raising of
cattle or sheep. Prof. Georgcson believes
that this will in time chaiigc , and that vast
areas which are not now farmed will bo
eventually brought under cultivation.
There are a large number of American
missionaries in Japan. Tiicso have their
homes all over the country , and there are
extensive settlements in the larger cities.
Like all foieignurs in tbo empire , the mis
sionaries liaro largo houses uiid very com
fortable homos , and were 1 going to choose
a country iu which to do missionary work ,
I would pick out Japan. The people hero
tire more clean and friendly than the
Chinese , und they are as far above these
liea'hen of Slam as we are above the Indians
of our western plains. The field is a good
ono , for throo-fourths of the Japanese are
inildels and the other fourth docs not more
than half believe In the Buddhist religion.
Our missionaries are , I aia told , doing good
work , and they have churches und schools
everywhere. Dr. Hepburn , the author of
the only English-Japanese dictionary , is an
American , and now , in his seventies , ho
prefers to live in Japan. Ho has been
here a lifo-tline ami ho now acts ns the
president of a missionary college at Tokio.
Ho came to Jupau long before the revolution
and was ono of the first missionaries hero.
Ho lives yery nicely iu Yoholioum with his
wifewho Is , notwithstanding her threo-scoro
nnd odd years , as spry and a * bright as the
doctor himself. Another of the pioneer
Americans of Japan is Doctor Simmons , of
Tokio , who came out to Asia as ono of the
Urst missionary.doctor * and liked it so well
that ho has remained hero to this da # .
There Is un American physician In Yokohama
hama and there nro two In Tokio. Dr.
Whitney Is connected with the American le
gation and ho has been In Japan moru than u
decade. Ho talks the Japanese Hko u native ,
und though u young man , proposes to live
here nil his life.
Two of the brightest Americans In Tokio
have matriod Japanese ladles. Ono of thci > e
is Mr. Dunn , a bright , falr-complcxlonod
young man connected with our embassy to
the court of Japan , aud the other is Lieuten
ant Foulko , who was for a time connected
with the American legation at Korea , and
who Is said to bo ono of the best posted
umong the foreigners on the Korean lang
uage , literature nnd customs. Mr , Dunn ia
a relative of Senator Thurman. Ho has
been in Jupau u long tlmo and ho has been
connected with the Japaucao government ,
Ho thoroughly understands the Japanese
tongue und in the change of administration
ho U one of the mcu who will stay.
As to American merchants , there are a
number In Asia , though not so many , per *
haps us there vroro ten years ago , Walsh ,
Hill & Company is ouo of the oldest Arms iu
Jupao. U does business with all parts of the
uorld und ships millions worth of goods to
America und Europe every year. It has
houses ut Kobe ami in Yokonoma , and its
p l > ttr mill at Kobe is one of the largest in
Jupau nud it will rank among the largest
mills of the world. The two Mr. Wulth * . of
Japan , como of u Georgia family , which
afterwards moved to Mew York , and they
nro relatives of Congressman Gcorgo Darncn ,
of Georgia. Mr. 0. P. Hall , the yo nncnu
of the firm , Is from Boston , nnd ho Is , like
his partners , n good follow , well road nnd
cultured.
EFFECT ASIATIC CUI.TUnB.
It Is n surprlcs of travelers to find that
Americans abroad are , In nearly nil cascs-
collcgo bred men , nnd that tholr contact wltli
the society of the rast lias rather polished ,
them than anything else. The society of
Asia , as far as the foreigners are con
cerned , Is ns good ns you will find nnywhoro ,
and the several capitals have a coterie of ns
elegant people ns you will sco In Now Yorker
or Washington. In Korea there Is a rery
plorisant fdrolgn colony , consisting of the
foreign ministers nnd consuls , the employes
under the king , nnd the missionaries. They
have their social dinners , their literary nnd
musical clubs , and their lawn tennis ground.
They hnvo comfortable homes furnished in
American styles nnd the latest of the
mngn/incs nnd papers nro sent to them
by fortnightly mnlls from America. The
head of the king's school Is Prof.
Bunker , nn American , who graduated nt
Oborlln college not many years ngo , nnd his
wife , who came out hero ns a medical mis
sionary , Is physician to the queen and Is
very popular nt court. General Dye and
the American olllcers who came out to reor
ganize the Korean army , are another ele
ment of Seoul society , and the only foreign
mercantile firm In Korea Is that of More &
Townseud , of Chouiulpo. two young Ameri
cans of pcrhnus thirty-live who como orig
Innlly from Boston nnd who have uu cxtou
siv business hero und In Japan.
MISSIONAIIIBS Monnr.n.
There are missionaries scattered nil over
China. They nro earnest , conscientious
workers as a rule , and wrapped up iu
their work. They live In largo compounds
or In yards surrounded by walls , and their
.lives nro sometimes In danger. 1 mot at
Canton a Mr. t'ulton , of Ashland , O , , who
was broken in health nnd was about to
go homo for a vacation. He bad been
working m the Interior of China , and his
sister , who was a doctor , was with him.
They had under thoni a young- Chinese
medical student , nnd this young celestial
had in seine way gotten hold of a skeleton
-which ho hid in his room. Mr. Fulton ,
ilndlng soap scarce , had muda n barrel of
soft soap , and this was standing outside the
house. At this time the cry was raised that
the missionaries were killing Chhmmonniid
were using their bodies to mnko incdtduo.
They mobtjcd the missionary's house , nnd
when they found the skeleton and thin solt
soap they looked upon these ns-prima fncio
evidence of the crime. There is no soft soap
in China and they lno\v nothing of dissection
or of study of anatomy by slreleton. The
result was that they burned down the house
nnd the missionary nnd his family narrowly
escaped with their lives.
Speaking of bright American ghls , a grnd-
uato of Vussur , Miss Bacon , bus recently ar
rived in Japan und she is now teaching in the
empress' school lor girls nt Tokio. One of
the loading physicians of the great mission
ary hospital of Canton , China , is Miss Doctor
Nllcs , the sister of one of the editors of TUG
OMAHA Br.i : , and there Is nlady now married
nnd living ut Tientsin who came out hero ns
n n cdical uiissiounry and who , when Li Hung
Chung's wife was in danger of dying , pcr-
foimeu what was thought b.y the Chinese an
almost miraculous cure. A brother of the
great preacher. Dr. T. Dcwitt Tulmugo , of
Hiooklyn , has been forty years u missionary
at Amoy , China , mid his gray-haired wife
nnd young daughter still assist him In his
work.
The head of the imperial college ut Pek
ing , where the noble young Chinamen are
taught the western sciences is Dr. W. P.
Martin , who was for yeam a missionary ,
and it wns an American missionary ,
Mr. Williams , who wioto the best book on
China. Williams' "Middle Kingdom" is
conceded by all to bo the most exhaustive
and best woilc ever published on China and
the Chinese. It Is oi two largo volumes and
It is the authority of the English us well us
the Americans. Mr. Williams was for years
located at Peking and he many times acted
as minister und charge d'affan-s of the United
States legation there. Our legation build
ings arc , I thinlc , still owned by his estate
nud his name is so highly respected in. the
cast that I am glad to add this testimonial to
these 1 daily hear. Dr. Hupper , another of
the old missionaries , who came out to China
in the forties , as far back as the days of
President Tyler , is noxv at seventy-five ,
founding a college at Canton ; 'and Dr.
McGownn , another wiito-haircd < mau , whose
daughter is married to the English cpnaul ut
Canton , is.tiow connected with the govern
ment of China in his professional capacity
and Is ono of the leading scholars of the cast.
AMUIUCAN MCnCHANTJ IK Oil I * A.
The American merchants In China ure DOW
to be found chiefly ut Shanghai , but the
American firm of Kussoll Ac Co. Is to he
found everywhere. It has its big houses at
Hong Kong , Canton. Tientsin , Snungtmi nnd
on the island of Formosa , unu it is one of
the largest firms doing business in Asm. It
had for years its owu ships and its business
houses ure like palaces. It hat > one ut Shang
hai , which would bo a good building in New
York or Boston , und which is pointed out as
nno of the sights of the city. Hussull i Co.
uro nearly as old as the century , They do
business wltn all pnits of the world , and they
have houses in New York und Hoston , und
uiso in Lyons , Franco. Tnoy ship every
thing from matting to silk , and they hnvo
factories which mnko sllic In Shanghai nnd
elsewhere. The head of the firm is Mr.
Forbes , of Hong Kong , and u noted member
ofitis.Alr. Vincent Smith. Many of their
employes nro now Englishmen ] , though the
house is strictly American , yet hero and
there you lind u true Yankee among them ,
nnd I met at Tientsin Mr. Hobert Brown ,
tlio head of the firm there , and found un ox-
union soldier of about forty who had lived
in Now Jersey , and who was proud in being
ono of the nephews of our Uncle Sam.
Smith , H.Vker & Co. is nnothor American
firm which does n good business in Japan
and the China und Japan Trading cotnnanv
have houses in Japan ana China , and send
tholr goods everywhere. I found in Yokohama
hama und Toklo the Japanese nnd Aincr.c-in
Trading company , headed l > y a typical
American merchant traveler in the person
of a young man of thirty. His name was E.
V. Thornu and ho was introducing American
lamps and notions among the Japanese , und
shipping goods homo .to America for Hale.
He was advertising as freely us though bo
wcro In n big American city and his business
seemed to bo good , I mot nt Tokio an
American named Clarke , . , who was
introducing these globo-llku liotllcs of
firo-oxtinguishor among the Japanese nnd
I saw the Waterbury watch wherever I
wont. It sold In Japan for less than I
nought ono before I left America , nnd Its
agent , Mr. Charles Flint , formerly of Wash
ington , told me he wns selling them to the
merchants by the ten * of thousands through
bis agent , nnd that ho proposed to introduuo
them in Korea and China.
We have some American lawyers in Asia
outside of these acting as advisors to tlio
rulers , and at Shanghai there is an Ameri
can broker , Mr. B. D. Hico , who comes , I
think , from Boston. At Amoy 1 took tiflln
with u Californlan who was there as marine
surveyor , uud hare at Bangkok , Mr. Jessie
Cbllds , tuo nephew of the minister , and a
graduate of Amherst of only four years ago ,
is ' making u good living as an uttonnoy-at-
la'w. I have met several sea captains on
tlio Japanese steamers who are Americans ,
and I Jlnd that three-fourths of the travelers
I meet come from the United States.
FKANK G. CAIII'U.NTKK.
Booth's Unlvatioii lialiy. .
The other clay I hud the much petted
child of Mrs. Ballinctou Booth , the
pale , pretty captain of the Salvation
Army , put into ray arms , Bays a Now
York letter to the Kansas Oily Jour
nal. It IB u plump baby in white om-
hroulored robeswinch the mother takes
as much pleasure us in any woman not ia
uniform in having notrand sheer und
dainty and keeping immaculately clean.
13ut the peculiarity of the infant is not
its chubby arms , nor its sweet temper
nor its propensity to grab for llowors ,
hut the bailees with which it ia always
adorned , The Salvation Armymother
keeps a store of them , and. garnishes
the child with a now ono on every OCCH-
Bion , "Gou's Infant , " "Dedicated to
Jesus , " "Ono of Chriat'a Little OneV
"Holy to the Lord , " "A Growing Sol
dier , " "The Little Corporal , " "En-
listed for the "War , " are a few of the
emblems which at ono time or another
emblazon the babe. Usually they uro
worked in gold floss on purple or scarlet
ribbons , und serve for Bashes or are
pinned from the neck to the waist of
the child's gowns. They are Mrs.
Booth's ono dress mania.
6Irlo Van Zandt thinks of coming to
America next spring with a company of her
own'in English opera.
PEAST ,
tli
Origin and Aucrtdnt History of Eaa-
THE LOQQIA.
The Ancient IjnvqM > H o Colouration
A Gain Wayi/l' / Homo Kastor
Curl-
XSnntor Humlnr
This is Easier Sunday , Iho most Im
portant day in the Christian calendar
and the ono whoso varying dnto dolor-
mines the tlmo of the occurrence of all
the movable- feasts of the church ,
According to St. Lee , it is tlio "feast of
feasts , " and the joyful character ascribed
cribod to it marks the norvices in the
Catholic and Episcopal ohurchos of
Christendom. The "dissenting de
nominations" do not hold it in such rov-
oroncc , as a rule , though some of thorn
are coming nearer the mother church
in their regard for it ,
Tim word , castor , is derived from the
ntirao of tlio Saxon goddess Eastro , the
same deity whom the Germans called
Osturn , a eoddoss of light und spring ,
honored as the dovlnity of the dawn ,
and whoso feast was celebrated during
the month of April. The Anglo-Saxon
called the spring mouth "Eastormon-
adh"nnd , naturally , the Gorman na-
'tloiis called the great church feast
that foil at the beginning of
the spring , "Easter , " a title that
has descended to us , llko such names as
Thursday , etc. , long utter the heathen
divinity httd been forgotten. All chribl-
iaus , except these of the Gorman fam
ily , call the feast ot Christ's resurrec
tion by some modillcation of the .Towish
"pasclm , " the term the church herself
uses in her liturgy , and the Christian
feast , in a certain sense , is derived from
tlio Jewish foust of the Passover. This
' 'oast was celebrated on the llth of
Nisan , to commemorate the wonderful
deliverance of the Jews on the night of
their exit from Egypt , when the de
stroying angel sinotb the first-born of
the Egyptians. The celebration of a
special Pascal ( or Eualer ) feast among
chribtiaus goes back to the remotest an
tiquity.
When St. Polyearp went to Rome in
A. D. 151 , ho found two modes prevalent
among Christians of celebrating tlio
Easter. These who.lollowcd the church
at Jerusalem observed the 'day simulta
neously will' ] thojpasbnvor. The gcntilo
churches in Italy- preferred to cele
brate Easter ontho -
on thoSunday following
the fouitoonth day of the vernal full
moon. This diir t'nco was sharply de
bated until the council at Nice ( A. D.
H23) ) decreed tbatfllsfitiuld bo celebrated
on the fourtcontK > o.r , trmt lunation , of
which this four-Moiita day falls on the
vernal equinox qrai/wcok Inter. Or , as
it is sometimes stntlw ' "Easter is that
Sunday followingfth'o first full moon ,
which falls on , ottgne-xl after , the 121st
day of March in 5pfvorv year. " In 1889
the March. < full mobirij ollvon the 17tn ,
the April full mo'jjm , Mobday labt , the
15th , which , detcrjfiiiio'd. die observance
of to-day. ii t-i * -i
As Easter is the vetitest Sunday , so
(
the week follow ! tig is the greatest week
of the year , nnd in" ancient times was
kept like ono whole feast. In Iho year
889 the Emperor Theodosius forbade
law courts to bo hold during this week
and in 58JI alaw was enacted forbidding'
all faoryilo work during the wcok , and
it continued in force for several cen
turies.
In Ihe days of papal supremacy Easier
was always n day of great solemnity in
Rome. The artillery of the castle of St.
Angelo announced the break of day ,
and the pope said mabS at St. Po tar's in
great pomp. Tlio church wns lined
with the military ; the Swiss guards
put on their festival uniforms. After
the mass the pope was carried in pro
cession to the Loggia , over thoontiv.nse
to St. Peter's , from whence the benedic
tion was given to the people. Th'o plaza
of St. Poler'a on this occasion often hold
over 100,000 people. At the extreme
end were stationed the carriages of
the cardinals , ambabsadors , pre
lates , princes and strangers of
distinction. The center of the
court before the obelisk was occu
pied by troops of infantry and cavalry ,
and before the entrance to St. Puler's
where ranged the bands of the diller-
ent regiments. The entire pla/u was
one mass of moving heads , and the
porticos at each side wore covered with
spectators. About midday the proces
sion would emerge from the babilca ,
tlio pope wearing Jiis vestments of
white and gold. Ho would ho greeted
by a salvo of artillery , and a blare
of trumpets and drums. The proces
sion would wend its way up to the
"Scala Regia"and the pope seated upon
the "Sedes Gestatoria' would bo ad
vanced to the front of the balcony sur
rounded by the cardinal and bishops.
The pope then roc 1 ted the accustomed
prayers from a book hold by a bishop
kneeling , und raising his hand would
pronounce on the assembled and kneel
ing thousands the blessing "urbi et
orbi , " on the city and the world.
The effect was electrical , and at the
conclusion of his words there was a gen
eral pealing of the bolls , the cannons of
St. Angclo again thundered , and the
truni pots and drums of the soldiorti joined
in the grand acclamation. The day was
then spent in feasting and in the evening
the pupola of , it : , Peter's was il
luminated a sight t such ns no
other city und ' b < A ether building
in the world couldir | < isaiit. Fireworks
on the Monte Plucio concluded the
fosta'a colobratoa ! i , It took 4,000 lamps
and afterwards 800 jujmboaux to" light
up the cupola , anuili's jffent was won
derful , and prtwetij d" the glorious
Btructuro in its fuy gVry.
The donor of the Iwt now thing in
Easier gifts , and tWchildron who give
ono another hurd buiiud eggs are alike
unconsciously perpetuating a ray tholog-
ieal rite , but Iho uiodfsrn development
of the practice UVory different from
its original bln icity. There is
no doubt that trtlB vustom is of the
the greatest autijiJjty uid various ori
gins have been qipsl jiod to it , Some
trace it to the Porjjwns , who from very
early times hold feasts at a period of
the year corresponding to Hauler , and
supposed to bo held in commemoration
of the creation and tbo deluge events
which were constantly confounded in
the Pagan cosmogonies. Sir Robert
Kor Porler.brothor o ! Jane Portor.who
wrote "Thiiddeus .of "Warsaw" nnd
"The Scottish Chiefs , , " says that nt
these fuaaU "cBgs'wero presented to
friends in obvious allusipus to the Mun
dane egg , for which Ermuzd and Abri-
niun wore to contend till the consum
mation of all things. "
Again , in the religious mysteries of
Egypt and Greece , an egg was the em
blem of the universe. In the Phuunl-
cian records the egg is represented an
encircled ia tlio folds of a twpent ,
which ia warming it into life. In
Egyptian sculpture it Is similarly de
picted as issuing from Cuoph , the
world-creating spirit , and it has boon
conjectured as symbolical either of the
whole tmivcrso or of the earth itself.
The yolk represents the world , the
vrhlto the atmosphere , and the shell
the crystalline sphere in which the
stars arc placed. In nnothor hypothe
sis the egg simply represents the vital
principle as yat undeveloped , and
therefore corresponds to the chaos of
the onrly cosmogonies. In this con
nection wo can inoro readily ap
preciate the parallel that has
been drawn between the eggs and
the ark , as both contained "the rudi
ments of n future world. " Conjectural ,
as all explanations of the moaning of
these Pagan symbols must ho , they are
none the loss interesting , and it is , nt
any rate , possible that the mystery
which still attaches to Easter eggs may
have come down to us oven from the
days of druldlcal superstition. Wo
can , however , also trace a connection
between the custom of presenting eggs
nnd the early Hebrew rites. In many
places these known " "
eggs are as"pa8to ,
"pascho , " or "pace" oggs. Our Easier
is known among Roman nations by
names simihirlv derived. Thus in
French it is "pncquo ; " in Ital
ian , "pasqun , ; " in Spanish , "pascua ; "
all of which can bo traced
through the Latin anil Greek from
the Clinldco or Aramrciui form of Hebrew -
brow numo of the Passover festival. The
Jews adopted the egg as a tyno of their
departure from the land of Egypt ; and
it was used as part of the furniture with
the Paschal lamb. According to another
account the Jewish wife , at the Feast of
the Passover , placed upon the table prepared -
pared for that purpose hard boiled egga ,
the svrabols of a bird called Ziz , concerning -
corning which the Rabbis have a
thousand fables. Biodotti Hponks of
marble eggs being found in the tombs of
St. Theodora , St. Ualbina and others ;
and the inference that they may
have been regarded as symboli
cal of the resurrection is ob
vious enough. In Italy largo
number of eggs are sent to)3 \ blesbed
nt Easter , after which they are carried
borne and placed in a largo disli in the
center of the table. All visitors during
Easter wcok are invited to cat an
Easter egg , and a refusal to do so would
bo regarded as , i great rudeness. These
eggs are sometimes painted in various
colors. In Russia on Easter day it is
customary for friends to visit one an-
othpr and exchange eggs , on which oc
casions , they alto drink n great deal of
brandy. The poorer people formerly
carried eggs dyed red , while the
richer folks had theirs elaborately
gilded.
In Washington a curious custom ex
ists of liaviutr all the children of the
city assemble on the sloping lawn of Iho
white house en Easter Monday and roll
eggs down the grass to the serpentine
walk on the Potomac side. It is a very
pretty sight , and the weather is gener
ally pleasant about Enster time the
president and other 'inmates viewing
the proceeding from the white house
windows. Few , perhaps know
that this idea can bo traced in
the Christian children of Meso
potamia , who used to procure as
many eg < rs as they could and
cover them in many ways. They then
.amused thom&elves byt > trikiug the eggs
against one another , and the egg which
was broken first became the property of
the owner of the egg which struck it.
This ceremony is a survival of the re
joicing which took place at the termina
tion of the Lenten fast. The old prov
erb. "An egg at Easter , " is thus explained -
plained , because the liberty to eat eggs
began again at the festival. It is ex
plained that the practice of decorating
and pointing eggs at Easter arose from
the pleasure which was occasioned by
returning to this favorite food after so
long an abstinence from it during the
Lon ton teason.
As on Ash Wednesday , the church's
enforced abstinence from meat and
mundane pleasures begins , so on the
the fortieth daynot ( counting Sundays ) ,
when ends the Beason of Lent , it is lit
tle wonder that the f asters should re
joice. It ia singular how pertinaciously
that number , ' "forty , " outers into relig
ious observance among diversiflcd na
tions ; but this particular inclusion of
days i& certainly in commemoration of
Christ's forty day fast in the wilder
ness ( Matthew iv : ! ! . ) , though its rela
tion to the crucifixion ( Good Friday ) ,
and the resurrection ( Easier Sunday ) is
not at once apparent , any more than
thai it is con vcnicnt.
In Omaha nearly all the churches
are observing Easter in a befitting man
ner. The floral decorations , choir num
bers and themes of ministers , to say
nothing of the new Enster bonnotaro
all paying tribute to the festal day.
MUSICAL AND imtvniAxic.
Nlkita lias mude a bifr success at Odessa
HusBi.i.
I'milmo Hall goes back to tlio Casino in
the full.
Mr. Nnt Goodwin hns secured tlio lease of
tlio Standaid theater , Now York , for flvo
ye.irs.
M. Franz Hummel , -well-known pianist ,
who is just no > v ciiRaeil upon a concert tour
in Scanilimtvia , 1ms recently hud the honor
of playing bolero tlio queen of Denmark at
Copenhagen.
The rtimnr comes across the Atlantic that
Mr. Kicli.ml Matisllcld may not return to
this country until next year , hut urnv ro-
tnaln in London to undertake another impor-
tannaatiageiial venture.
It Is announced that Edwin Booth has re
covered oullroly from Ills recent Indisposi
tion. It Is also said that lie lias foresworn
the use of tobacco , to which Ills temporary
collapse Is wholly attributed.
Hccentlv u new opera by Dvorak , entitled ,
"The Jacobin , " was produced for the first
tlmo at the NiUion.il Uolium'mm theater of
Prague , and was received with the greatest
enthusiasm by the composer's countrymen.
Mr. Trving'8 son has written to the London
newspapers to fiiiy that his tmuie is really
Irviug and not Hioclrlbb , his father having
formerly adopted the IIUMIU by which ho is
generally known , by virtue of letters patent.
Dudley Buck's cantata , "Tho U'-ht of
Asia , " published by Messrs. Novello , JSwcr
& Co. , was performed In London by the
Nevello choir last week. A cable dispatch
states tlmt the performance was u grout suo-
cens.
cens.A comic opera by an American composer
Mr. Hobert Goldbeclr , will soon be produced
in the grand drawing-room of the Devonshire
house , on Piccadllh , through tbo klrtdncss of
thoiluho of London. The piece is called
"New York. "
Mr. Henry Irving has requested M Jules
Claretle to arrange with M. II , do Hornier
for the production in London of "Muhoinct , "
which will soon be performed ut the Theater
FrancaU , with M. Mounet-Suliy in the prin
cipal character.
Herr Nachbaur , the Munich tenor , who
for over twenty years has been the solo
representative of Walther Btolnltig in tiie
"Moisterulngcr" performance * at the Munich
ppera , 1ms at length been replaced In that
part by u inoro .youthful rival , Herr.Milc < iroy.
Miss Helen Dauvray , after having , accord
her agent , encaged nearly all her com
pany and booked her tour for next Beason ,
has now , It is announced on the best of
authority , decided nnt to rotnrn to the siu e
ut all , but to return instead to domestic llfo
with her husband , John Montgomery Wurd ,
the ball player.
"Lcaa" will bo the uatno of the version of
"As in a Lookinp-Glass" written for Surah
llornliardt by M. Norton. The great French
nclress abandoned several of her Italian en
gagements to reheurbe this piece , which will
bo played at the Varletos , and to nurse M.
UauiaU , who is In a critical condition , owiug
to tiisusoof morphine.
Von Uulow is utterly astonished at the
growth of the Wagorrian Buntlutcut m the
United States. "The very atmosphere , " ho
says , "is charged. I am no sooner ou shore
tlmn I hear echoes of n trcmondoua perform *
nnco of 'Dlo OottordammornnR,1 nud go to
nislst nt nnothor ono of 'Uholn oUV in the
afternoon.
A now comio opera , "Dovottn , " do < erlbdo
as purely American In every particular , com
posed by Mrs.-E , Mory J.n.vmond ana Miss
Holsy mulccr , is to bo bronchi out nt the
Now Yorlt Standard thontor on Knstor Mon
day , April S3. The opera Is In thrco nct\
and Its Boonos are laid in Washington , Ari
zona nnd Now Mexico.
It U said tnat Mr. Augustus Harris modi *
tntos n revival nt Drury Lnno theater , next
scnsonupon n ocaloof extraordinary magnifi
cence , of Shnksporo's "Priceless , 1'rlnoo of
Tyro. " of which Mr. JohnColomnn hns inndo
no. adaptation , in nccordanco with the laws
of modern tnstc. The main object of the re-
vlvnl , of course would bo spectacle.
It is not true that the Yokes sisters nro to
piny together in this country noxtsonton :
their npponrnnccs and tholr companies will
bo quite distinct and separate. Kror a nice
the death of tlio brother , Fred Yokes , the
younger sister , Koslua , has urged her sister
Victoria to abandon the English and in-cuter
the American Held , nnd to this advice Miss
Victoria has anally yielded.
The Jewelers' llcvlow.
Cowled monks in oxtdirod silver area now
feature In peppers.
The newest comb headings arc of platinum
nnd gold Intertwined.
Colored pearls nro being extensively used
In jewelry ornamentation.
A rich looking scnrfpln is n pcnrl ball
dangling from a diamond coronet.
There IB again n call for coral jewelry , the
iiioro admired shade being pink.
Ono of the latest whims Is n iiilnmtiuo gel
compass charm with a blue enamel dial.
Scnrfp in tons nro formed now of two or
thrco broad circular bnnus interlocked.
Seasou oblo queen chain pendants nro tiny
cnainclod cgga in colors to simulate porco-
luln.
It begins to look as though ladies' purses of
fine woven gold nre to make their mark
soon.
Some of the newest gold glove buttoners
nro bcautlllcd with incrustcd gold crutch
handles.
The newest hatpins hnvo heads of trans
parent amber and carved to represent nspar-
UgllB.
A gold disc completely covered with small
tonpjoisos makes a tasty nnd inexpensive
scarfpln.
Ponulur among scnrfpln wearers Is n small
gold knlfo edge hand scythe sot with tiny
pearls.
Two bars set all around with opals nn d
diamonds alternately form a bracelet of
a pleasing character.
Imitation whisk brooms on a small scale ,
of line variegated gold , are the coming queen
chain pendants.
The more recent watch ornamentation
consists of two diamond horseshoes with
ends overlapping , surrounded by delicately
engraved ( lowering.
iV diminutive green corn , reproduced In
moonstone nnd attached to a few leaves , set
with rose diamonds , forms ono of the cutest
Bcarfplns imaginable.
An artistic brooch Is formed of two oval
loons Interlocked and studded with bright
pearls , the ends held together by semi circles
of colored pearls , and a diamond occupying
the center. '
Topping a tortoise sliall double pronged
comb is an encrusted gold design , bordering
somewhat upon the heart fashion , but ter
minating in a diamond cell on top , and set nt
regular intervals with diamonds and rubies
alternating.
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