, 1877-03-10
Art Mt 1fome..-T1le "N0.Name
Series ..- Astronomical
and Botanical.
The Kafrs---Medical Gohools---Val-
liable Piotures---Educatiou
in Belgium.
Musical Fishes.-.Water in Trees
.-.Tungstate OF Soda-..
Honey.DeW.


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lno tso"nlesohe ploo'c1u ioteeu upoh tho AZ
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stssteu ''i0''ktu''on y, en"'a'"sn ''tu tno
u"..a nLh'ss - 1e,s1eu " soou 'ea, ~ pct.
pleA'ty w wy e.ea9 ',s"t "n." t.ile Ht1'o uo'N
M'u"s upo,' eomo ~ VI ~ n'ost onscutc a,u cuh'
uS'"s Potn'"' o..' ."' aat''a y t"c "otht 1"o
rev. " oloso'' "as pec' 'oF "oo'e c'eh1ecn
Ieats u"sassu ~ y nl+sl"1afy n'nons tao
Cn,hcse. tcn yea,s ol WHICH t'hse were spent IN
tac'r ,'atlSc m .at'o, aha tho remainder IN san
ffahc'sso. iho literary execution Oh h's ooo&
aa'"e s"us w ','a'' oa oec'ucu eait"st, ns'u
vigorous, see'', aau p,q"ant "rtef' WING Inc
spa't Wne' a'i,'"scs e'mecs lie posssss'on
o. e"uou' po'o' as'a saeacoub 'nlh". 1hero
- u" ul'er a'sehee VI cant III tue oooK, a''a,
except that VIC arc ulrcetty informed TO
WoFx oi sute~t lawyer, or fhahrltr' VINO !'as
s'udcd a'I''eals question IN Its varied aspccts
from an impafs'al p"il1e ot stew' Tho book ss
a"o as II - .'mely' ehl the grave Importance OF
~ SUBJECT shoua procure us peFasnt W oil c''l-
1eh' WHO afe ihtefestca III t"e weii-oelhs OF our
country
Inc MOS. s'afllne feature presenting l%eh'
W sapetnc'ai eohsuc'atioa Oh INC ltcc ihgress
o. the aloheo!lans INTO our ports' Is tho possi-
u'iitS 't"at cH'ha inaY IN time pour upon our
hno1es Gu Vast tlde oi Immigration ae eom-
Wcse'y 10 'nuhaaie tno ianu, aha destroy our
e@9te"ee 10 Hi iha!'!aual natlon. Out VI aeF
crowded popa'acc ol from N'o,uV.ou to too''
o"'ooo sue cah well spare, say luu'HU,VoV,-a
nu1noeF sulllc!cht TO impcrai, at least, the doa-
lnancc Of our Institutions and our civilization.
But let us calculato tho probabilities OF 80 dire
m event, as fnr ns they may be determined by
tho nmonnt et im'ntaFatlon tint has taken place
" oaa as a5 .eto u. a1o
49,, l., ro,, rr,,,.s,,
~" S..'.. ..n,S'..'
"" u'uSol " ".'i1.'s' A'tct ease1al eSaH''.la'
non Of OH aVa.anlo data that there arc In the
these, OQ0 arc II, tho State Of California, CO..
ny, ~ n mn I tto .,t,,.r 1soo,Go Sta.ss ",,., ~
Nv 'o'oou !" .ho otheF fae,1c ota1es' ana tao
rest arc scattered about in tho States east Of
tho Rocky Mountains. According to tho Bt2tts-
ties Of Prof. Porter, 41,0O Chinese came to
Amcrica In TIM t1cratie hctwren 1a5> ami taG1
.oI ~ 0nO -. a., s1s.s,. ,ss.,ss. 1voo 49,, ..-o
According TO tho Custom. Itou,c ttattst,rs. M
ODU arrived bctwcun JANUARY. 1876 and April.
Ism. Noi,tnr n rc,.nnohla ,,ct1,.,,,r fr,, ,,,,
.,.a1 ,,,,,,ne ~. M ~. 49, ..5 S...,'
tota. "u'hoc9. I"ooo, 1of ocatts atla returns
to China, anu 1t ID fairly rcckonc1 that tho ro-
ina!ndcr would amount to about 13500o. This
estimate Ia conati]crab1y higher ttnn lint or,tt.
lad hv s,o,fstfs nn,I,.,J T., .,o,a,, H. % ~ u",,
-, passsa ~. ~. ~ a'an ~ ~ ,e-e e'io enn
tranrisco t''e"'Hq lioH OF April IL, 1876 which
gave return of III, 900 as tho number Of Mon
goans now In tho country. But, taking the
lc,r..u n. +,ov .,,,,, nj, ti,o },ot,. NJ ~. rt~
Ssusss ~ .nss s."''u o' .no oaoas u tne PIX
1nncss et.os VI So1nPanest aha comparing
thcsc with tho most authentic data, Ar. Gibson
conrudcs that lust reckoning viii place tho
number of Celestial. at,o,u us IN AnriI i. 1s7,,.
At 1rO.un '''''''' 03 " = 1''''
~ rs,.;s" o' ,.,. . A., u,,
Iakihg Into account the proximity OF Our
Western shorcs TO tho coast VI Chiua, aud tho
attrarffona .y1,,p ar,, In III al t,,,r,ro
ton, there docs t seen, INV serious ea,,sc for
narin concerning The future, Iii tho fart That
l500EU Siol,polans haye beet, atJoI to our f,ut,.
ulatlon In q term at twcnty-yu yesrs, In d
single year Atnortea has received from Europe
ctnigratcd from Asla #, auurtcr of a century.
Thu acconI pulnt III thc Chinese nroblom