The free press., 1894-07-26
NOTES AND COM M ENTS.

| Gazette the Otller udy lildt ie i've
on the borders of "the great pie bel
which extends through New-EnglanC
and across Northern New York. "
A MOVEMENT has been begun tc
present a well bound copy Of tine
Bible in japanese to each one OF the
60. 600 native physicians in Japan. II
is proposed that these Bibles shall
be given by the medical men OF
America and England.
UNDER the treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo, all persons in the acquired
territory who were regarded as citizen:
of Mexico were considered to become
citizens of the United States, and
thus many people Of many tribes in
! Mexico, Arizona and California are
legally citizens.
THIS is how o Kentucky Judge
charged the jury the other day: III
Won believe what the counsel for the
plaintiff has told you, your verdict
will be for the plaintiff; but if, on
the other hand, you believe what the
defendants counsel has told you, you
will give verdict for the defendant.
But if YOU are like me, and don't be-
lieve what either of them said, L
don't know what you will do" The
jury disagreed.
RECENTI,Y an article went the
rounds of the papers to tie effect
that children and uneducated work
ingmen do not use more than five or
six hundred words in communicating
with their fellows An intelligent
lady who had bri ght child of seven
determined to test the truth OF this
by writing down the different words
used by the child in one month, and
she proved that the statement was
wrong, by exhibiting nearly eleven
hundred words which the child had
used, and used understandingly.
THERE are more. working days in
the year of the American workman
than of any other save the Hun
garian. The lattr u 2rks 3l2 days
in the year, and thus has almost no
holiday save Sunday, Ehe number
of working days in the American
year is 30S. This is the same
as the Dutch; it is 30 days. more
than the English, Al days more
than the Russian, and from to is
days more than the working year Of
any other European country. 1t is
noteworthy that even newly arrived
immigrants keep American holidays.
THE foreign population in Japan,
according to the Revue Franchise
du Japon," amounted on December
81, 1898, to 5000 persons, of whom
6,73O were males and 2,300 females.
They belonged to the following nation
alties China, $50; England, ], 460;
United States, 700 Germany, AS;
France, $50; Portugal, $50; Holland,
80; Russia, 70; Switzerland, 70;
Denmark, 55; Austria 45; Italy,
40; divers, 55. AS it is seen, the
Chinese element is the most consid-
erable and still the anti-foreign par
ty which has caused recently two
dissolutions of the Chambers in Ja-
pan never mentions the Chinese in its
attacks, which are reserved eXclu-
sively to foreign residents of Euro
pean origin.
PEOPLE who object to multiple.
ity of departments in the Govern
ment should be thankful that they
do not live in New Zealand. where in
addition to the usual State divisions
there is the Rabbit Department,
which is the most important of the
lot. =, 1t has the organization and
equipment of forces and the plan
ming of campaigns against the rab-
bits, which, if not kept under con-
troll, would overrun and devastate the
south island. The need of this de-
partment is shown by the fact that
in the last five years about GA, 900, 900
rabbit skins have been exported, and
it is estimated that nearly 300, OOO,-
600 animals were killed to obtain
that number of salable skins. In
spite of this wholesale slaughter the
number of bunnies is constantly in
creasing, and the handling of the
enormous multitude of.animals is an
undertaking requiring both judg-
ment and force.
TIE French capital has Just had a
mix days Culinary Exposition,
ch was very largely attended, and
S.f Regarded az a success by it's pro-
dloters. America has already had a
number of food expositions, but they
: have differed widely from that held
in Paris. Cooked foods were speci-
atty in the exhibition ct the Palais
de pIndustrie, and visitors had an
opportunity of witnessing the pre-
;paration by skilled cooks of dishes
from the roast beef of old England to
the most delicate of French desserts.
The raw material and the cooking
were, of course, the principal features
OF this unique fair, but the decora-
tive part was not forgotten. The
proper way to serve food and the art
of table garniture were illustrated
with rare skill. Cooking appliances
were an important feature of the
Culinary Exposition. 1t took the
conceit out of American visitors who