Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-04-15

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death of Father Damien, the leper
priest, says that outside of the walls of
Jerusalem is leper hospital tended
by deaconesses from the German re-
ligious houses. Year after year these
heroic women, without pretentious-
ness, without any trumpeting of their
work, almost unknown to the world,
have waited upon lepers, while them
selves literally dying by inches. Their
courage has only came to light by the
chance notice of travellers.
The Queen of Corea is no figure.
head. She belongs to one of the
greatest families of the country, and
it is an open secret that she has at
times her voice in councils of the king.
She has an establishment of her own
inside the palace grounds, and the
king, the crown prince, and the queen
have each their separate household.
The queen dresses, of course, in the
| Corean costume. She wears fine silks,
and has beautiful diamonds. She car
cries chatelaine watch, which is
studded with diamonds, and smokes
American cigarettes by the thousand.
The will of Hannah Lightfoot, a
! colored woman, was admitted to pro-
bate in Memphis, short time ago, and
revives the memory of an ante-bellum
incident. She was born free, and had
some little property. She loved and
was beloved by colored man, a slave.
With great industry she added to her
savings sufficient money to enable her
10 purchase her lovers freedom, and
married him, receiving bill of sale
with him, which she carefully pre-
served. 1t is pleasant to know that
she prospered in the worldly way, as
she deserved, and left considerable
property 10 her children.
A singing competition took place
recently between some hundreds of
London working girls, representing
some nine clubs. The Pail Mall Gaz-
cite says: The evident anxiety of the
girls to acquit themselves well in the
performance of their part-songs was
touching. The members of the young
est of the clubs-it had only been
formed few months, and all its men,
bers learned their songs after twelve
hours work in a sweets factory-had
been quite sure that they would win the
prize as long as they were down at
Camberwell, where their own musical
performances were the only "sweet
sounds" they heard; but when they
heard the members of other clubs ON
Saturday a great fear fell upon them,
and they whispered to the lady-presi-
dent that they would rather not sing il
they might withdraw. They sang,
however, and professor Thomas, who
acted as judge, encouraged them greatly
by kindly telling them that they propn
ised very well.
While in Canton 1 visited prisons,
temples, pagodas, mills, shops, duck
hatchings, and everything of interest.
To see the ducks l hired boat, man.
aged by three women, and spent over
three hours on the river. l have had
occasion to remark everywhere in my
travels the decent behavior of women |
One hardly expects much in a country |
where little girl babies are sometimes |
killed or sold into any kind of slavery |
because of the poverty of the mother.
Here were three women who were born |
on boat and whose whole life is spent |
on one, and yet they had as much de-
cency and natural modesty as if they
had received 5unday-school education |
A fine girl of sixteen sat on the deck
of the bow, vigorously pulling her oar
in front of me, and smiling through
beautiful set of teeth. She wore wide
trousers under kind of sack or gown |
her feet were bare. Every time a
breath of air ruffled her sack or trousers
she instinctiyely pulled them down.
just as a well-bred American girl |
would her frock, though there was moi |
any more exposure than a well-formed |
ankle. Most of the large junks, J |
earned, had women captains.