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Chinese Laundry Tickets.

| The Chinese washerlnen have a sys
tenn of ticketing a bundle of soiled
clothes based on the many gods and
goddesses of the laundry. Though it is
complicated, the laundryman seldom
the wrong person.
! Furthermore, if the ticket is lost the
chances are that you will not get your
linen, unless you are particular friend
of the proprietor. Instances are on rec
ord where an American has gone to
court to force the Chinese to yield up
the washing, but the judge was not
| convinced that the case of the white
man was good one.
The Chinese laundryman at the be-
ginning Of each week makes out
batch of checks, in duplicate, to be used
as wash tickets. He selects the name of
some god or goddess or of some OBJ
ject, as the sun, the moon, or the stars.
To this name he pretixes number, as
''Moon, No. l." Moon, No. 2" and so
on.
In the space between the two legends
! for the signs are repea ted twice-he has
/ his own name, as, for instance, ''Wah
Lee"
When customer takes a bundle Of
washing to the laundry, the Chinese,
first tearing ticket in two in a ragged
fashion, pats one-half on the packet for
reference; the other half he gives as a
receipt to the person who has brought
the package of laundry.
Tt must be presented when the laun-
! dry is demanded, and no fears need be
entertained that the package Of clean
clothes will not be forthcoming, for
they are scrupulously exact in these
matters.
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most every kind of climate and Venezue-
la can boast of more climates than any
other land on the American side of the
world, excepting Mexico. The innumer-
able varieties, however, reduce themselves
to three species: the intensely hot, the
moderately hot and the temperature, or,
as a recent traveller expressed the idea,
lone is hot enough to cook an egg in q
minute the second takes ten minutes and
the third is cool enough to keep an egg
fresh for a couple of days" Along the
seacoast and especially round Lake Mara
caibo, the thermometer frequently stands
at 40 degrees in the shade all day long;
a little further inland, on lands somewhat
elevated above the marshes, the mean
temperature is about 80, while on the ele-
waited tablelands of the interior very
moderate climate prevails most OF the
year. with occasional flurries of snow i'll
the winter. From the diversity of climate
it might be supposed that Venezuela is
capable of growing any sort of agricul-
tural product that is known anywhere
else in the world. but this is not the case,
for the elevated plateaus of Venezuela,
unlike those of Mexico, are by no means
fertile, and large portions, comprising
thousands of square miles, are quite unfit
for cultivation. even of the primitive kind
most popular among the Venezuelan In
dams. But there is plenty of room for
the farmer in the less elevated regions OF
the republic, for it is estimated that
throughout all Venezuela only one acre in
800 is cultivated, so the two and quar-
ter millions of population have ample
room to spread and it is not likely that
fer good many years to come Venezuela
will be over-crowded.
1t is the best watered country on the
globe. Within its limits there are over
900 rivers of navigable size, besides IN
Vulnerable creeks and smaller str ams,
and nearly all this vast number have then
rise within the boundaries of the republic
sprine,ing from the mountain ranges that
divide. in almost every direction, the ter.
ritory of Venezuela from that of her
neirhbors. With so great number OF
rivers, Venezuela ought to be one OF the
best known and best explored countries
on the globe. but it is not. from the 1act
that the luxuriance of nature is such tha'
the rivers flow through almost unoroken
and impenetrable forests. Everywhere
trees in closest array, the branches inter-
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lrae2uelal of British Guiana. This
progression. Within six years
|p',aln has acquired a territory
Us large as the State of Illinois,
var or cesSion or purchase. The
obstructive.
o0u0afy dispute recently called
''0 .iie effect of greatly interest
|f'ople Of the United States in the
VI country. which, although
/ from Us by thousands OF miles
'alld' s vet brought near by the
, S1 oy similar form of govern
Enough small and weak power.
Is large country, having Il
W" east TO west of more than
d oFfadth from north to south
wv ana an area of over 59I,-
wy niles. Roughly speaking.
1 It IS about as long as from st.
"r "uIt of Mexico and about
:. rom st. Louis to the Atlantic
me were drawn direct from
" Washington, and from st.
,JI'"0Ii' the territory lying to the
east of these lines would APP
|" extent that of Venezuela.
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Venezuelan forests as can be found
above them.
The fertility of the Venezuelan soil,
when the forests can be subdued and ma
tive vegetation checked to a sufficient ex-
tent to permit the growth of cultivated
crops, is said to be almost incredible, and
so many stories are told of the quantities
of food products raised on a single acre
that imagination is fairly staggered at
the narratives. OF course, the greatest
production is in the line of tropical plants
and fruits. and, no doubt, when plans are
devised to transport ripe tropical fruits
long distances without impairing their
quality, new source of wealth will be
added to the State. At present the rich
est fruits grow almost spontaneously,
while the cultivation even in the careless
fashion common among the Indians, of
garden vegetables brings princely re-
turns. The staple productions are coffee,
cocoa, cotton, sugar, corn, tobacco and
wheat. 1t is estimated that about 400
600 acres are now planted in coffee trees,
and as the quality of Venezuelan coffee
is excellent, and by some persons
the bean is preferred even to that of
Java, the acreage is annually increasing
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Blessing in DISGUISE.

In a remote country district lady,
locally described as lone of the board
ers," CHANGED to call at a most unpre-
wall, hanging in the most conspicuous
place, she saw the announcement:
lei on parle francais.
She was surprised, and no doubt her
face betrayed her feelings. Why
should French be spoken in this out-of-
the-way place? And, if spoken, why
should the fact be published?
The old farmer came to her relief.
"Waal, yes, most folks looks kinder
ibefuzzled at that he said. ''Some-
times they stares and stares at it, an
don't dassent ask no questions. Moth
er bought it of man that brought
things round to the door-not EXACTLY
a peddler-a kind of agent he called
hisself. And as soon's mother set eyes
on it, and the agent told her what the
words was, nothin' would do but she
must hev it. She's kinder pious, mother
isl
only increased, the old gentleman went
on, twinkle in his eye:
"Ah, see you can't read 'em, nuther.
Neaw, 1 thought you city folks knowed
furrin words. WAL, I'll tell yer. Them
words jest means, God bless our home
Thet's what the agent said. Now yer
wouldn "a thought it, would yer? And
l dunno myself but it's kinder brought a
blessin'. Mother says it hes"
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BOreS.

Dean Hole, of Rochester Cathedral,
England, in his lecture OH ''Bores and
Impostors," did not refer to the man
who is bore because he will talk
when you wish to speak, but to those
social mosquitoes who annoy and irri-
tate. Said the dean:
1.-The bore always talks to you about
what you don't understand or don't
like. One of them wrote to me some
time ago, stating that he had heard
that many years ago the Danes stretch
ed the skins of their dead on the cathe-
dral doors, and asked for some infOr-
nation on the subject. / replied that
was too much occupied with the bodies
and souls Of Christians to give much
thought to the epidernis of the early
Danes. Another wrote me that a man
in Rochester owed him money, and ask
ed whether / could hot collect it for
him. / replied that | was a dean, not
a dun.
"Then there is the idle bore. He is
terrible nuisance. / knew one of them,
an idle farmer, who used to call upon
an Industrious farmer and talk, and
talk, and talk. Once, after wasting a
whole afternoon, he got ready to go.
His horse was at the door.
Going through the town.? the in
dustrious farmer asked.
"'Yaas.
Know the cooper's shop?
'Yaas-fellow who makes barrels
We'll, just stop there and have two
hoops put around your waist or you'll
burst with self-importance'
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stand as barrier in the path of civiliza-
ton, are destined in the future, to form
one of the principal sources of the ma
tional wealth. At the National Exposi-
ton of Venezuela, held at the capital in
1883, there were exhibited 2,O70 different
varieties of wood, composing 600 distinct
species and embracing every kind of wood
used in the arts and architecture. There
were several kinds of rosewood mahog
any, cedar and other ornamental woods.
with oak, pine and others which are found
in equal or greater abundance elsewhere.
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from other countries. Iron ore is found
in inexhaustible quantities; lead and tin
exist in great abundance. Asphaltum
enough to pave the streets of all the
cities in the world is found in the marsh
es and islands of the coast. and petroleum
and coal enough to light them is near at
hand. Extensive deposits of salt and
soda exist in various places along the
coast, while many other minerals of more
or less value are to be found in various
parts of the republic. In short, there is
as much wealth below the roots of the
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doctrine was being disregarded;
wegk little nation was being de-
and that the United States was
Il rcams of paper in diplomatic cor
Eppce on the question. Yet SO well
h. Bull prosper in the acquisition
an American soil that in 1887 the
official publications announced
british Guiana contained 100000
miles. Just the year before the
|rpcord, and the authorized records
civilized countries, gave the
L 10000 miles. Where did the
american colony of England get
lease: No new survey had been
| no territory had been gained by
or accretion from the sea, or by
adjustment of boundary lines.
n had got $4,000 square miles Of
4 area as large as the State of In
lind Venezuela had been robbed of
! ch
astonishing part of the whole af-
kS that no one entered a protest
kongh to be heard. The world
y the usurpation, new maps were
II the territory. BY 1890, in spite
diplomatic correspondence, the re-
+ the International Conference con-
|ro maps of South America, both
! II agree that there is no dispute
boundaries between Venezuela and
Guiana. and that the latter con-
u the area latest claimed for it in
FIbc new boundary is accepted by
Icl States, Il boundary made by
and protested against by Vene-
The scale upon which England's
] ed entertainments have been pros
Is shown by the map. Cuyani line
r to the westward of the Schom-
me as that is from the Esequibo
the legitimate boundary accord
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Iacing and forming an archWay over tne
stream; everywhere netWoIk y ls.I;.
s,e ear the traveller to make his way. let
those forests themselves, which now
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An Editor.

Some boys were asked the other day
to define editor" Here are some of
their definitions: IAN editor IS a man
who handles words" AN editor makes
his living out of the English language"
IAN editor is somebody who does not
do anything himself, and when some.
body else does, goes and tells other
people all about it." An editor is /,
man who has the industry of a beaver.
the instincts of bee and the patience
Of an ass. Book Buyer
Important if True.
1t costs SIS to change the tunes of
street organ.
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h. navy wy DIS large as either Texas
hd ton t twice as large as Ger
|eytonnau tunes as large as England.
sun ~ territory even uNder a
'nere is ample room for al
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The Atlantic takes its name from
Mount Atlas.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-11-14
rTED BY ENGLAND
o,,p,SHING REPUBLIC
oF VENEZUELA.
of Immense Wea1th-For-
~, Every Kind of Precious
,,.es of All Valuable Metals
. ;tcd Agricultural Resources.
,,,taozcd by Britain.

ch llle luSl ultcell
years readers of the
press have heard
now and then of the
progress made by
Great Britain in eX-
t @ II d i n g her rule
from the indefinite
boundary i n e of
British Guiana over
a considerable por-
ton of Venezuela.
1t was vaguely I'M
derstood t h a t the
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-05-24

moro many am.u. r.t.... ,r.. ,f...
tiyormorc. tho Ea. 0i,,,.. nee.
do nov. Phoebe IIln8fsrl 8vt s,,,I
Underwood. wn, ,raa .1...r nj a..
onion court HuI with hon Eu.s,r1.
editor OF the Indies John Urenta s.a-
ter. who has SINE. died. was another
famous woman who was tu have rs.
sisted. Francs ELLEN Burr. now OF trc
Hartford Times and Ii,lcu Gardner
were others. Mn Lord and went
through the iauul.u.h. and ucKt year
while iu London. assisted hy m, dpuEh.
ter. Mrs. blnuH. q continued with the
same i've books. Iu which nrc many
OF the most Important mlstmusiatcI
passages most frequently quoted To- o..
tablish the intar0Hte of women. Tho
other mcmhcrs ot tuc committee. 90
must be- confc.. l. dil mot carry ou the
work with mulch set There was some
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ton have been associated Miss Frances
willard and Lady Henry Somerset
Mrs. Mary Llvcrmoro. the Rev. olympia
Hannford. Sarah 4. Underwood, Fran
ccs Ellen Burr Helen Gardner. and
Miss Frances Lord OF London.
Perhaps the clcnrvnt narrative OF the
work and aims OF the revlsioniHts "
best told In the words OF Mrs. Elizabeth
Cady stanton She said recently: Yes
! will chccrfully tell you whatever l can
az to the method of work on the Wom-
ans bible and tn inception. Where did
the idea originator Years ago In my
own hond I have always been careful
student OF the Bible since l went into
womnn's work and found that the worst
foe we had was the naturalization Of
the bible. which took away the self
respect Of woman ana made her slave
20 man. AZ the years went by ! saw
clearly that this must be combated.
Women are polite by nature. They pre-
| fer 10 tcmporize. ana so that course
was followed Men have never touched
| questions concerning women. with all
| the learned professors ana scholnstlcs
/ who have been engaged In revising the
Bible none has touched women. They
/ have argued over man ana the inanl-
]
where she was In the beginning OF the
| foundations. There were hopes that In
/ the last revision OF the New Testament
/ Justice might nt last be done woman
/ and her equality with man clearly
/ brought out but they ala nothing and
stll Kept woman IN II position that
has taken away from her her self-re-
spect. n man win not correct errors
In translation which reflect on woman
then women must DO II. Six years ago
| saw plainly that II must be the final
I blow 10 be struck before woman could
! stand on the plane Of equality with
| man. At that time Miss Frances Lord
came from England ana remained two
| months with me ut my country home
/ In Tcnany. n. j, In those two months
we went through the entire Bible a.
nnd out what proportion OF Il woman
constituted. We found wc appeared iu
the King James version Ia only one
eleventh part. This proportion was
somewhat OF a surprise 20 me, I had
always hesitatcd because Il seemed
such a horculean task 20 attempt {,
revise the entire Bible. But when W,
found women filled but such a small
part of the Bible 1 decided that TN
work could be done. I ala not linton,
20 attack any doctrines, creeds. or be
lief simply the false position women ~
the Bible had been left through mani
neglect. Miss Lord ana then took M
the pentateuch and commenced upoi
IT, 70 carry out the plan OF revision
committee Of English and American
women was then formed. Among then
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slty OF II never left me. when / read
Of the foroclous attack Of the Baptist
olcrgymcn on woman during the con-
vcntion In Atlanta Il seemed Co me the
time had come. Yes. ! know well that
men will say And Il has come 10 this
NJ last Not even the Bible II 10 be
left free from womnn's iniucnccv The
assumption of revision committee
alone M enough Co be called preHump-
ton ON our part. Yet at the time six
years ago that we formed the original
committee many newspapers treated
the subject with respect and llberality.
ana nome even stated that they could
not see any reason why women should
be debarrcd from revising the Bible
any more than men. I have never yet
been able 90 see why. l may look much
further ahead than other women do, but
| believe firmly that before women can
acquire equality with men, which ~ To
be the next relative position OF the
scEes the false TRANSACTIONS OF the Bible
concerning women must be corrected.
After the attack Of the Baptist clergy
men In Atlanta In January | decided
Il was time 90 move II others cannot
stand the possible controversy and
/ stigma that may be the result OF tho
woman's Bible I can. am now 80 years
/ old My people live 10 the age Of 50
or longer. figure that In the natural
/ course Of events. may expect TO live
/ 20 the same age. | am out OF all oili-
! cial connection with womens organiza-
lions. / want nothing. / have no sails
| 90 trim 90 catch the favor OF men OF
| women / have no offices 10 aspire TO-
! am beyond all that now. ana regard
| II as the eliminating work OF my lie
/ om not going 20 say thinGs 10 shock
people, / am only going 60 bring out
! what ~ on the surface.
Mrs. stanton expects that M the brief
cst Il viii require two years for Tho
completion and publication of the Wom'
ans Bible. Although this appears O.
very short time, IN comparison with N,
!asw Testament, II rs easily explained
hy comparison Of the amount Of worl
DO De done There Ga no intention OF
tampering with anything which doei
not concern woman directly II n moi
the women OF the Bible but woman II
the Bible. And in some cases men VIII,
married them have been brought In.
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Gus, Numbers Deuteronomy have ale
ready been carefully studied. and the
position of woman 100 the bible has been
fixed with precision. Sis years ago this
work began. 10 rHa for SOME time past
been suspected that o. revision of core
tain portions of the scriptures would
show thut woman hHd mot been fairly
dealt with by Biblical students The
main question Co Doc determined was
whether thcrc was any real basis in
the Bible for thc assertion that man was
the master The vorl, of the new come
mittue of women has, they claim. al
ready progressed fHr enough Co show
that thg scriptures do not proclaim the
superiority of man. The members OF
the Revision committee nud ON every
hand abundant evidence of The absolute
equality uf the roNcr The venerable
leader ~ thlH committee lH Mu. Eliza
beth C1dy stanton ~ Ncw York. who
IL now so years of age. with Mrs STAN
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lion 90 Liberia has gone on under the
expectation that education ana Inn
proVemcnt were 10 be lade possible.
The responsibility OF meeting this cN-
pectation ~ not obvintcd because ccr-
tain theories have not worked SUCCESS
fully. The negro must develop him
self sounds well. but TO let the welfare
OF thousands suffer because certain In
dlvidunla have not seemed sufficiently
developed TO meet unwnrrnntablc oX-
pectntlons n an unfair anc cruel shit
Of responsibility"
There are no horses TO aid In trans
portatlon and no knowledge concerning
the breeding ana care OF horses, al.
though II II known that horses ana
cattle can be nccllmntlzed there. There
are nayignblc rivers. but freight IN car
rled along their banks on the backs OF
men. There N native iron ore 40 rich
that II polinhca under the feet OF the
carriers. and In the college" the stu
dents are not taught geology. or metal
urgy. but study text books ON useless
subjects. ana even those text books
gero abandoned In this country seventy
ave years ago. The country has re-
sources 10 make IL rich ana great, but
the science OF itH resources has never
received the attention OF les own gov
eminent. or Of any other Government
or society which has sought Ia assist In
developing the republic. The New
York state Colonization Society ia not
aiding emigration from this country 20
Liberia, II ~ now dovotlng All itn re-
sources % acquiring Tor itself and Ia
| giving 20 the Llborian Government a
scientific knowledge Of rs resources
and possibilities. n the result ~ this
/ knowledge N negro emigration from
| this country 90 Liberia, the society viii
DO pleased, but II will not aid that emil
/ grafton unless II acquires other rourccs
| OF revenue than II now has ANA bCfor,
| telling the story Of Prot. Cooks obacr.
| vatlpns M Liberia II may ns well be-
explained that the parent society OF "a,
| New York Society, the American Colon
! izution Society of Washington. has
! practically ceased aiding negroes L.
! emlgatl o. Liberia.
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wAlr or WOUNDED KNEE.



field Pour Year. Ago.
Those who remember the terrible bat.
tie that took place some four years ago
between the Indians NJ the Pine Ridge
agency ana the United States regular
troops 1t thc place known as wounded
Knee may have forgotten that "a girl
baby was found Uu tho body 90 her
mother four days after The nrht That
Indian baby is alive ana well and b.
now the adopted daughter of General
colby who took her under his care
as soon as she WAS found and brought
her Co his wife. Hir Foot. chief of the
Sioux. had about twenty lodge
gathered about him when the outbreak
began, but after terrible ucht iu the
winter not one ~ the i2O warriors war
left to tell the tale. and when the SOLE
di"fs went over thc Huuw-CuNorpd field
days afterwards thov found the dead
body OF am Indian HnuHw and closely
held Go her breast was tus babe
about Z months old. ZIntkp Iluuni nt
she ls called, docs mot Seem Co De The
Lost Bird that her uruio indicates.
FOR when the writer called Ht the home
oi Mra. Colby IN Washington a few days
ago she came running iu and began Co
speak No uNcollont Eurlish and show
some queer balls that sine had gathered
iu her rumhi,a. She o. large for her
age and seems Co boz o. child uf nue in.
tcllIEouco. calling her adopted father
aud mother "mutlur' and father
AMI evidently not ever lnurlring that