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THE TRUE FOUNDATION STONE OF SIN FRHNCISCOS 6

a distinguished National statesman in
the course OF an address delivered by him
some years ago at famous BANQUET
given by one of the big Eastern munici.
palities said: "Oities are not made. thew
grow. All of the worlds wealth spread
upon square mile Of ground situated in
tue midst OF the Sahara Desert would not
make city,"
The commercial thought has in view
something more than q mere aggregation
OF structures, no matter how costly thew
may be. when the word "city" is spoken.
1t is the difference between a quiet villa
and busy entrepot. Transportation
facilities are essential, of capacity and
accommodation, cheapness and celebrity,
to make thorough ana sufficient commu-
nlcatlon with the most distant rural re-
gions OF production; so that there is con-
ven1ent ease in dealing with the remote
farm, the distant mine, as well as with the
nearer mill and mandatory. The trans
portation factor, viewed from a CONNER
cisl standpoint, is one that enters more
largely into the determination of the sue
cess or failure of ''city" than any other
On it depends the growth or decay of both
importing and exporting and without it
in Its best possible conditions ''city" is
an impossibility.
But given satisfactory transportation,
both of land and water. there is further
requisite something to transport 1t may
be the products of agriculture, wheat,
corn, livestock, or any of the many pro-
duotions of the farm and ranch. It may
be the output OF the mine or the quarry.
1t may be the varied products of the fac
tory, the loom and the workshop. 1t must
ioe something, something to trade in, and
Aherefore something to transport to and
arom the place of trade.
! Given these two essential factors-trans-
portation and material, there are yet
other elements necessary to form the COM
pound known as the "city." The opera
ton of trade with it's concomitant trans
portation gives work to many men. To
the great majority wealth without per-
sonal comfort is unsought. There must
be not only comfortable living; there N usJ
be the ability to live economically amid
healthfuI environments and convenient
surroundings. The modern education
teaches many things which were sadly
neglected in the early days of our coun-
try's history. In nothing is the improve
ment more distinctly marked than in the
manner of living. Sanitary science is en-
phatically modern.
One hundred years ago there were to be
found located upon European shores the
then great marts of the worlds trade,
where business was transacted in dark,
gloomy and unhealthful dens; where no
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Cinnamon should not be old fogies, and
am preparing their minds not to be.

Cinnamon should not be old fogies, and
am preparing their minds not to be.
s'WoNe CH1NN Foo"
1t has always been the case that even
among the better class of Chinese a
strong feeling has existed against the in
sistent attempts OF the American mission
ary to evangelize at least a portion of
China's unbelieving millions. 1t was sup
posed for time that this crusade against
Christianity was really retaliatory move
ment, calculated to inspire terror in the
hearts of missionaries. No one paid any
attention to the matter. however, believ-
ing it to be a mere threat.
Now, however, the movement appears
to have taken a definite state. Certainly
the Chinese of this country are wealthy
enough to make a decided stir, and if they
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Taking these facts into consideration,
the plan OF the Chicago Chinaman is not
to be lightly spoken OF. because If the In
dian Buddhist priest could, unaided and
quietly, secure recognition of the princi-
pies he represented, there would seem no
reason to doubt the ability of an organized
Chinese contingent to make at least small
progress along the line in which its efforts
were directed.
The theosophists hold that 1897 will
bring to close one of the cycles that are
rounded out each thousand years. They
further declare that this period means to
the world great religious changes. 1t may
be that the Introduction of Confucianism
into the United States is one of those
events which it is promised shall aston
ish the world.
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United States-one at the Atlantic sea-
board, one at the junction OF the Missis-
sippi with the lakes, one at the junction
of the plains system of railroads with
that of the mountain system, and one at
the Pacific seaboard.
The history of civilization shows that
the greatest enduring energy is pos. ible
along the line of the normal mean tenn
perature-the lsothermal of so deg. Fair.
We find this experience asserting itself
in happy location as best answering the
geographical needs of our trade in the
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people living east of the Rocky Mountains
have cited the report of the California
State Board of Health to bolster up the
assertion that consumption is California; S
most deadly enemy. The facts in the case
effectually disprove all such foolish state
ments. The crucial test OF the healthful-
ness or unhealthfulness of a city is it's
death rate, and, in giving proper value to
such evidence, the rate of mortality must
not be taken for short period of time; it
must be observed over a lengthy period of
years. Extraordinary seasonal changes
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the big ship walk over the land, the two
seaports of New York and San Francisco
will continue the business of embarking
and disem barking the enormous volume
of merchandise that the world S trade puts
into motion, and this volume must in
crease with an increasing ratio as the
population of the world increases and the
expanding tastes of civilization add to the
worlds wants.
Much has been said, pro and con- about
the San Francisco climate and the health
fulness of the City, and certain envious
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cities of New York, Chicago, Denver and
San Francisco.
That in course of time the two seaboard
cities will outstrip their other sisters is
q matter hardly requiring argument.
Under present conditions very large
amount of merchandise passes through
both Chicago and Denver without tran
shipment, and with improved facilities
still greater percentage of it will do so in
the future. But until some coming genius
shall have discovered means whereby a
railroad train may traverse the ocean and
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TURKS AND THEIR RELIGION.
Glow did you find the Turks?"

How did you find the Turks?"
Ihey are in many ways very de-
cent people," replied Mr. Crawford ST
assure you would rather trade with
Turk or Jew in any part of the east
than with Christian. have the high
est respect for Christianity, but the
Christians Of the east are not like U.s.
The business men among them are to a
large extent a set of sharpers, so much
so that the word Oriental Christian In
the minds of Eastern travellers is almost
synonymous, with that Of thief The
Turks are, as a, rule. very devout. Near
ly all of them read the Koran, and even
the men of the better classes are careful
to conform to the details Of everyday
Mohammedan worship In know Of one
very prominent Turk who is noted for
his liberality, who is, nevertheless, con-
slant in his attendance on the mosques,
and who -prays five times a day. He has
costly rug upon which he always
kneels when he turns his face toward
Mecca and makes his prayers. This
rug is carefully, watched that nothing
unclean may touch it. If dog should
happen to run oyer it the whole family
would be excited and the house would
be turned upside down until it was pu-
rifed. The Mohammedans, in fact, are
more rigid in the practice of their re-
ligion than we are. They are not
ashamed of their faith, and you see
many merchants sitting and reading the
Koran in bazaaRss during the intervals
of trade. They will say their prayers
when the times comes, no matter what
is going ON about them. They keep all
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Gen. Charles E. BUzzeH, OF Lake
port, N. H, Department Comma rdsr
OF New Hampshire G. A p, has Some
thing OF interest TO say 10 the people
in regard to the remarkable curative
and nerve remedy. Few men are more
widely known Ghan Gen. BuzZelI, who
Is Street Commissioner of Lakeport,
and the most prominent builder and
contractor IN the state. The General
gays:
Il was terribly run down I'm health
and as a result of over-vyork, became
nervous, weak, tired and without my
cld-tir-?e energy and ambition. crew
so fearfully nervous that I corid not
rest nor sleep nights. but world be
obliged to get Up and walk abo1t sev-
eral times each night. I wcnld get
tired and nervous so easily and quickly
that it became almost Impossible for
re to attend 70 my business 1t the
same time had most severe and dis
tressiDg backache.
4 took DR.. G-eene'e Neryura blood
ard nerve remedy and it helped me
right away. My nerves were so
strengthened and fuYigorated that the
nervousness left me, and I could again
sleep soundly nights, ard wake morn
ings refreshed and feeling strong and
cured. L am now perfectly well and
Letter able than ever to attend to my
business have recommended this
wonderful remedy to several others
and it has cured them all. 1 urge PEG
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work is concerned, it is much easier,
and l can write faster, but as far So my
sense of proportion is concerned, it is
sense of proportion is concerned, it
is much harder. l find that I am in
danger Of making my stories too SEN
sational,and 1 have to guard against
being too effusive. You see, [ have
been writing now for a long time. L
wrote Mr.. Isaacs' thirteen years ago.
and have written altogether twenty
eight novels"
still, Mr.. Crawford, you are only
about forty. You are just at the be-
ginning Of your prime Some Of the
greatest of our novelists have done
their best work after that age"
Yes" was the reply. ''Th7ckcray
wrote Vanity Fair after he was forty.
Walter Scott did not begin the Wa
verify novels until he was forty-two.
But you must remember that Scott had
written most Of his poems before that,
and Thackeray had been dabbling in
all kinds of writing. But think what
a capital those men had in their past
experiences as basis Of their stories.
This is a great thing for a novelist at
the beginning of his writing. You
must not, however, understand me as
trying to pose as a great novelist. [
am not. l have only written a few sto-
ries which some of the people are kind
enough to like"
Il think you are too modest by
great deal, Mr.. Crawford" said I. You
have a strong hold on a vast number
of people, and many of your novels
will last
Il don't know" replied Mr.. Crawford.
when did you first realize you could
write stories?" L asked.
1T was when 1 wrote Mr.. Isaacs,'
my first novel," Mr.. Crawford replied
II had then been writing for seven
years. and had done nearly every kind
Of literary work except fiction. I did
not think 1 could write fiction. I did
not think 1 had enough imagination.
It was my uncle, Sam Ward, who urged
me to try it, and 1t was through him
that I made the attempt
How did your success affect you?"
''It was. of course, a great pleasure"
was the reply. Il began at once to feel
the change. and within three months
my life was modelled on a different ba-
sis. After writing Mr.. Isaacs,' and
before it was published, I had written
DR.. Claudius.' doing it in the intervals
Of my other work. AS soon as Mr..
Isaacs' appeared the editor of the
Atlantic Monthly made me good offer
to write a serial for him. L wrote it,
and I have been writing fiction from
that day to this
"a great many people, Mr.. Crawford,
notably college professors, think that
there is some secret purpose contained
in every book, some mission which the
author is trying to further What is
your end In novel writing?"
cit Is that Of most literary men,"
was the reply. ct is to interest and
amuse in order that I may make mon
ey out of it, I write novels because
it pays me to write them, and because
it is my mode of making a living.
I have no great lessons to teach, nor
moral ends to further. Novels written
for such purposes seldom succeed. A
man. might be able to write one such
story, but not many. 1t requires a pc
culiar nature to write a. great novel
Of that kind, such, for instance, as that
Of Abraham Lincoln. Had he been a.
novel writer he could, from the out
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time. he did not go around the world,
and his carefully itemized expense &C
count shows an out-go Of $235.73 IA.
Mr. Meredith is an Iowa farmer who
was haunted by a desire to see far
countries and strange sights. So he
sold his stock to his brother, rented
his farm and set forth, his wife having
undertaken to keep herself and the
children alive on the rent while he was
gone. His itinerary took him to San
Francisco, the Sandwich islands, Au-
stralia, Palestine, Egypt, Italy, Paris,
London, Liverpool, home. His wan
behring's lasted year, and he expended
the aforementioned sum of money all
but $50 of which he earned by common
labor on the road. Speaking frankly,
the most absorbing parts of the book
are those relating to his finances. It
Is easy to find books of travel which
are more interesting on other counts
than is this Mr.. Meredith has nothing
new to tell US of far lands, but when
1t comes to his financial management,
even Lee Merriweather is not lin it, in
comparison. The book does not give
the impression that Mr.. Meredith had
an uncomfortable time, except when he
was seasick. He seems to have en-
joyed himself extremely and to have
been remarkably fortunate in finding
comfortable lodgings, decent food and
kindly natives wherever he went His
experiences as laborer were varied He
worked as an overseer on one of the
SpreckelS sugar plantations in the
Sandwich islands for $50 a month. This
was, financially speaking, his best job.
AT the other end of the scale was his
employment in an olive-wood factory in
Jerusalem at 40 cents a day.
1t is Thoreau who says that cold and
damp are as rich experiences as warmth
and dryness. and the man who fares
forth to foreign lands with as slender
q financial backing as Mr. Meredith
possessed must be fully convinced Of
some such philosophy. The elementary
simplicity of setting forth to see the
world with a high heart and an empty
pocket has something very attractive
about it. We are carried back by the
notion to medieval days and the
travels of pilgrims and Adventures.
The interest Of this little volume is
that it frees the reader for the time
being from the tyranny of the COM
pick superiority Of modern life and
comfort and sets him face to face with
chance upon the highway that leads
everywhere. The sensation is a rare
one and not easy to come by, but so
exhlIarating that it is worth percepti-
bly, more than the price Of the Iowa
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the fast days. In Ran1azan, which ID
the Mohanmedan Lent, Il Ii against the
laws Of the Koran to eat and smoke
during the day time, and from sunrise
to sunset they Will not allow morsel
OF food to pass their mouths. They will
not smoke, and many OF them will not
even swallow their spittle. Many OF the
better class Of Mohammedans contend
that their religion IL better than ours
on account Of it's sanitary rules. It
prescribes, you know, the details OF
mans daily life. The Mohammedan has
to take certain number Of baths. He
has certain habits Of eating and drink
ing. He shaves his head with the ex-
ception Of a lock on the crown, and he
will not eat certain kinds Of meat"
THE ARMENIAN COACHAiAN.
How about the sultan and the Turks
Of Constantinople, are they very re-
ligious?"
You do not get good idea Of tho
Turks from the people Of CONSTANT
nople," replied Mr.. Crawford. THAT
city is made up Of a mixture Of races.
The Turks out in the country often
have long boards and fair faces. They
are more like the Persians than like
the people Of the other nations Of the
Levant.
LAS for the sultan" continued Mr..
Crawford. The is not Turk, at least
he is not one in the minds Of many
people throughout the Levant. He is
supposed by some to be of Armenian
birth and he has been nicknamed the
Armenian Coachman' from a story
that his real father was not the sultan,
but an Armenian, who drove one of the
coaches in which the ladies of the
harem took their outing. OF course
this nickname is not uttered above
whisper in ConstantinopIe. 1t would
not be safe. Every one, however, has
heard the story and the features of the
sultan add some force to it. He looks
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On Our Book Table.
BOOKS.

From the E. w. Porter Co.:
Dodd, Mead & Co. New York. 1.-The Pay
ing Guest" by George Gissng rs cents.
The Upper Room" by Ian Maciaren. so
cents.
From the st. Paul Book and Stationery
company
F. Tennyson Nelly. New York. 1.-The
Bachelor and the Chatting DISH by Deshler
WEIGH. The Fat and the Thin" by Emile
lola.
From the publishers:
Rand. McEally & Co. Chicago. "Stanhope
Of Chester" by Percy Andreve % cents
'Marposella," by Mrs c. S. Doggett. 81. .
Henry T. Coates Co Philadelphia
Echoes of Battle" by Bushrod Washington
James.
Laird & Lee. Chicago THE Jucklins, >"
by Opie Read. 81.
The American Book company. Chicago.
Stories Of American Life and Adventure -
Stories of Great Americans for Little Amer
icans.'
MAGAZINES.
Harper's Monthly Harper's Weekly. Har-
per's Bazaar. Rev York. Harper & Bros.
The Forum. New York. The Forum Publish
ing company.
The Pall-Mall Magazine. New York The
International News company.
The Chap-Book Chicago. Stone & Kim
ball.
The Bookman. New York. Dodd, Mead &
Co.
The Midland Isonthly. Des Moines John
son Brigham.
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CHAT WITH THE NOVELIST ABOuT
HIMSELF AND HIS LITERARY
WORK.
OBSERVATIONS AMONG TURKS.
NEW VIEW OF THE ARMENIAN
QUESTIoN-THE TURKS AND
THE KURDS.
is THE SULTAN AN ARMENIANs
How Crawford Writes Novels-TaIks
or HIS Characters-Novel Gem
sorship Proposed.

copyrighted, 1896. by Frank G.. Carpenter)
WASHINGTON, Jan. S0.-One Of the
best novels ever written about Con-
stantinepfe as it is today Is Paul
Patoff," by F. Marion Crawford I
read the story during my stay in Tur-
Key few years ago, and have reviewed
1t since the sultan has been having
trouble with the Armenians 1 had
just finished the second reading when
L met its author here in Washington,
ana had most interesting chat with
him about Turkish matters. Mr. Craw-