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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-13
WORRYING MISSIONARIES
Chinese Boycott Villagers Who Have
Any Dealings With Them.

Rev Dwight Goddard OF foochow, IN
the Missionary Herald. describes some OF
the trials OF Chinese Christians, and gives
these two examples. one Of general perse-
c1ftgon." one personal and special: The
church AZ Gakliang tn our Inghok field has
over 100 members. but only forty OF them
come from that village; the rest come
from the hamless round about and up
among the mountains. During the past
year a graduate OF Miss Newton's girls
high school a. Focchow, who lived ~ the
village OF HonEkong, seven miles from
tbs church, opened a Christian day
school. Being herself deeply consecrated
to the Lords work. she at once began to
teach she villagers and persuade them 20
become Christians. She had great sue
cess. so much 80 that before the year was
over a number had joined the church at
Csaxlsang. and had bought q house IN their
owa village for school AMI preaching
place. Among the learners were a
number from the uciehhortnE village at
C5nkang. three miles away After a while
six vagabonds banded themselves together
20 drive them out. They called a meeting
81 the villagers az the village temple. and
there f1rty-eight persons met and agreed
to che following articles. aS against any
OF tire villagers who became Christians:
: Not to allow them the T1ght 10 the
, Not 10 anow them to cut n7ewood on
the noun ts&sn s3de.
2 %ot 20 allow any fellow snip or deal
Ina yVttA them tboycotO-
T. Not 70 allow them the portion az the
ancestral property that r1soIly fell 20
tbesr snare.
5 II thcy planted seed in amy fed they
VIII let taelr CONS and p3Es cas- and tram
Pc e Until destroy 81.
The above ss "a good instance ~ general
persecution. In some instances 81 Is more
severely carried olt. even 20 assault and
ban5shTneat, whsle "a others q IS only
nominal Tae oSher instance IS THAI OF a
waiogy. who prsor 80 her marriage had an
SestTVai property lcEt heg. A. che death %
Ger husband SIZE vas oppressed rF his
brc-'aers and father, vho sought in every
way 81 Eee possession % tire property.
Taay Gz8 take possession O. the netds but
could not torce Der - relln9g5sa the t.tle.
I'nen thsy souElt % gam their end by
marrying her 20 a man wao wou4 agree
20 divide With them. ard they ser So FAR
as - attempt cofnguls. on. SIS hv custom
trey had = righ- 80 dc. bsgt s3a fad 70 the
ctty and ni& among fr.en3s. Thre size
heard ths gospel and believed Ths Vas
TIE cause for Ts3ouefe8 T,etev pe-secss-
thors bssT g was also her sagez Ion. Tor sas
CA~4sesaGs nave row a-eQi friends. arf her
relatives dared uot 50 30 her as thess had
planned IN al cases cF persecution
eEerYth "a depends ca she character %
IRE magistrate. II As cleas-s 20 urosect.
he ran Sc 50 amply. for tae AVS are fairly
ro54 Bat e. as ofsen happens. ths mays
sraFe Is ee-runt, - DDS 10 the rnzseriss q
tbe oppressed hy fa4nr 20 Interfere and
os.en sty opsgsiy aa@tt4a< she prosecutors.
HERBERT l. BRUCE
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-13

RAINY. ny which IL was found the camera
could DC made - flx o1 plates what De-
fore could onsv be seen az Intervals
through the telescopes. BY tbs process
ssverv sssr UP 10 i certain rnagnituie--the
fourteenth. as originally pianne1-wiA ne
shown in its exact position. Just as the
mars OF the earth actually represent the
locations Of cities and other offsets
The stars 70 be represented on the map
comprise Only about one-Third OF tle
total number OF those that have been
brought within the vision q man BY the
powerful telescopes. An estimate o. TINS
total number places II a. se.We.es, Wfllch
Is about ten thousand times the numoeT
that can De seen with naked eyes IN al
the section OF the heavens around tne
earth. Most men have experienced the
sensation OF ave that attends s-tent
contemplation OF the heavens on a GEAR
night ana have been overwhelmed ey the
immensely Of the visible universe Ho"
much more marvellous IS the fse1 lhat oe-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-13
A NAP OF THE STARS.
IL VIII Locate 2e.ooo. osso of Them,
and still There Are others.

tslcago Irl3sune.
Few people are aware ih4t the great
astronomical ceSe-vatnrses Of the world
are engaged a. the present time IN the
preparation Of a nan ~ the heavens IN
wfliea snail b. definitely located probably
anoas 90 stars. The work was
autno-ized IN 1SSs az a congress in Paris.
was begun IN 1881. ard has cost already, IL
= estimated, more than s.eo.ose Il was
originally expected that the map would
s'e completed a. about the end OF the CEN
fury, bur now L ssenns probable the end
finished IL VIII Be CONFESSED OF =, 6aa sec
tons. and II they should De connected IN
their proper places the whole would cover
an area OF about two acres
The possibility OF making such a mar
was suggested By the progress in photog-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-13

There IS certain family IN Great Brit
ain which IS 50 highly respected BY the
royal family that its members are per-
united 20 wear their hats even in the pres
enee OF the Queen or n the house OF par
lament when that august body is IN SeS-
sion The curious custom IS u1ernento
OF the famous combat between the repre-
sentatives Of King John % England ard
Philip II. Of France A difficulty arose
between these two royal perSonages re-
spectlng affairs in the Dnehy q Norman
dy, This IN the year llSs II VAS decided
that the matter should be settled by 8
combat between an Englishman ard a
Freachman. the champions TO be chosen
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-13

~ ne monareas n the -~s-...,.-
res. Waen both cane ~ - I've eva
v-'Asssiasan Ct France fed vssss',.ss sd 10
..s bow with the hprsv - sN'sasass-
nasa Ains John asked A:s r.r.-.s.. : ''sssn
% aaEne his PRICE fhe - - asasiFs
Neither lands nor titles. nn@ = resiaa:
oFance of <ass day only re- 49, - sesasss,-
myself and my Successors a ' ,.. II,
- a tae presence - yonrxelr - - Sss-
other soye-e4gns OF sh,s real,,, : ~. I'D al
aueSt was granted. ana $40 re -
scen3ants ssin wear fhsir 49, ,' Ia ~
presence 90 royalty. sa 70 =.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-13

yend the blazing suns that meet the wan
de-inx SAKE are millions more revealed by
the glass. ard. for all we know. countless
other millions buried in the darkness
behind the stars thai have yet aefied
SssiF-,~es
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-13
CHIEF NATIVE GOODS.
why COOP RscE rs EXPORTED AND
INFERIOR IMPORTED.

. pw. az ,be Present Condition
OF Production and aons""P'ioh
NJ Native Produers-Tbe En"r-
rsoa. Grow IN sn Population '"s"-
.. ana Internal Development
tztthfn n Few Yesrs-Beer ana
sEeohoIIe Beverages -
-. p,u.Ifax of the SEXES In the
Empire
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-13

For sudden and severe cola -.
moderate dosss-aos al hedtirne' -. -
nous old Jesse Moore Whisky. -
Hunt & Co.. sole agents for he 80
Coast. scsas
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-13

<ha japanese Galfsvafss every 2salsaoa7
fr.s, ~ sr9an5 Along Ehe side Of the
-.sI~1aa I nosicaa a strip Of land not more
-a,-- sA-aa sae~ wide hus several hundred
yards n length. i vas nos more spaes
than nssrT Al American farmer "ols1
49, zgkovess "a a decent uarg.a for his
s-slsfsss sssrch or turned 20 waste along MS
fsn.s corners Bgt there was 10 waste
.n7srs fss.s thrifgv Ilttie border Every
fne. az il was doing duty, and nave SCI
.sor1 seen a prertier crop Of cabbage than
Il bore.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-13
Porcelain aud Pottery

In the manufacture OF porcelain and rot
terry Japan has another thriving and grow
INK branch OF industry. Tie total value
of her ceramic products for 1870 was sftft-
- or = So - ven; fer 1871. 81 .54s. Isl; for
1s92 s. SSt 90: FOR 1Sas. 81 ss5 sac. while last
year she exported nearly 81 90 90 worth.
more than oue-third 81 which went - the
United States or course. on .he artistic
side n ceramic products Japas occupies a
very high rank and few puf shaSes are
more eagerly sought FOR than her oh Sal
surna ware, tho golden age Of which vas
me nrss half Of the present century. There
Sc a. world u difference between these
treasures % antique art and the modern
manufactures % porcelain and pottery
The latter ts for the market. the former
was not. Concerning the work of the old
cr japanese ceramic artists Prof Cham
oeri1in SAYS They we're no hired work
nea. 10 mere eordId manufacturer. but
artists and not only artists but c.ansufen
faithful - thejr feudal chief BY hin,
they were fcd. for 2 In ana for the love ~
their art they worked. Pieces were made
Tor special occasions. for presents say
fron ts~fr loyi 20 the sheEua az Ye1do. or
far the trauSseau OF their lords daughter
Time waN no ohiecf. There was no pnbll,
ar mediocre tastes - eater 20 Nothing
S3s made Ger The million. Hence the dis
tu~ttca or ere eariV Safsuu,a vrara -hA
telicacy - lta drawIaE. the selbluea bar.
mony - its co,oring, n s. mere piece OF
anatAo3H optimism 20 suppose Il possible
thst suca a tradition can DO kent IN N fl,..
a&ys which have pvaaures tbas f~frhtf,,f
hnf a1ty descriptive term art manyfac-
e,grc'r'
Matches
Nothing shows mere clearly tAs way he
!eaustTiA wlnt = setting IN Janan than
tee EroNth - t1e s1seuFactla-e AZ Matches
lr 2Ns8 Tire vaIae - matches Manufactured
ea7 So 80 ~ St#s@s ven. Ttse eek var
az had grown - s. - sd Ir 1851 81 waE
aaNut ne same. In lss1 C. had swsilea 20
Gk>,e& ~ 1885 tha eNpert ~ matches
alone amounted - 2 sg7 81 cr more ~ses-,
are entire raaruta sure three years Be-
fore fass yesr fhe export amounted 20
E* & TIE vast 6uik ~ sNfs fsras
s. Sc sf v0s-sa went 20 Chtua. TIE Trnftssg
States purchased nearly so@a gross me
ens-Te eNpcF5 Rsx ciose an So = 3sA &c
Gncss- The marches are ues very coed.
hlt tacy are veF9, very CHEAP
Vegetables.
Japan zas Ra aa8reant art yra~t.g
grower - fAt3e NaEeEa ttas a-le~as.=z
nearly sl5 tAs e7manee American eAlsfas-
Reas ccaGs. carEats. tErDtes. ozlsea. D.
- res setc2ee- raa ~sas. sa4naea. ssa
a.a@ts ee.s~y. ayI ea2kes. swset uocasces
aaa l~-s8 p0tA caes srs e2us rson enough sn
eae raaae. especially "a TakenAr4a ara
kooe. s1ere tae fene.Ea raza s. catered
- TIA lr#cs earte1s aa- "a tEs saharss.
sarre csg aHs aeaefre te a-ess est.gesr
f1r supremacy sr- NsG.lcHs rs sraa este
ass ssf& sa4Ea n.al ao1 nog evan sse
oe2ss R0SS>ssg SxSsS- s-s S@Es Essa wa4sA
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-13

The lr-sa Presbyterian Erpe g.,
raised the psst Year ssa,esa for Roma -
sons and SiSeee for foreign niSssops sl's-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-13

= Eee5erkck AuEBsta Esartho3.sf VAS
eles ee& Eres4teas of Are Sac3esa aes A.
IlSssS kg@Gs@44Se. :. k4E-zs Gez42y EigAl-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-13
Beer.

There are In Japan 1850 3istillerles OF
various kinds and grades. and they pro-
duce 1890 0a9 gallons OF sake" annually,
and 4Soeo gallons of other alcoholic bev-
eTages. Sake. as you may Judge by the
quantity produced which Is at the rate OF
three gallons Tor each man. woman and
child ~ the empire. IS the most widely
used drink IN Japan. II has a peculiar
pnngeut taste and most foreigners have to
cultivate a Hiking for e.. II does not con-
tain much alcohol but II goes TO the
head quickly It's effects disappear quite
as quickly. Brewing is Just now receiv-
ing considerable attention and bids fair 10
take a prominent place among the newer
industries. one Of the beers produced haS
. dark color and a good flavor and may
form part Of Japan's future exports. In
deed. Il Is already exported in small qusn-
titles. and the export OF 10 IS Increasing
while al the same time the import is de-
creaslng as the following ng9res VIII
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-19

president seven or eight years and ell
joycd it and looked forward to a peace
full rest, beyond the reach of the waves
Of political jealousy and intrigue, and
had Il conscience with tho bark still OH
it and had n house and lot all paid for,
I would SO lay out my programme that
I might close my term of Office with a
whole skin. n bright, cbeorful liver and
a few gastric facilities for future use
rather than 20 from the White House to
the overcrowded asylum or the patriots
grave. Observation will convince tie
most skeptical that a patriots grave is
just as hard to get ont OF rs any other
grave.
1t is for that reason perhaps that I
am essentially n man Of peace. I made
fhe same remark i'll Scotland to the
Misses Monticth and their father, tho
Earl of Moontooth, Mt whose house I
took MY meals while in that beautiful
country.
l AM n practical man, having been the
first ono in Tic south to go into tho
dairy business after growing tomtits
from birdsccl, and SO / cannot but de-
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-19
A Visiting Card swindlo.

a most audacious enterprise has been
undertaken and successfully carried out
by u respectable looking man. Ho rang
tho bell of u house tho other day, and, pre-.
sentlng o visiting card, asked for the mis-
tress, Mrs. Blank, saying that tho lady
whose card ho offered had sont him. She
was II dear friend of Mrs. Blanks, SO that
tho latter listened willingly to the story
tho mnn had to toll.
Ho was tho usual poor but deserving
parent OF Unnumbcrcd children. Mrs.
Blanks friond had promised clothes and
had sent him to hcr to SEQ if she could give
him work. If not, he was to go to Mrs.
Dash, "a common friend of both. II can't
give you employment, " said Mrs. Blank,
but l will givo you temporary holp, mt
all events. Wait u moment, md l will
bring you down some money!"
AS slo descended, with her purse in
hand, she saw tho man ~stcalthily removc
some visiting cards from tho receiver in
tho hnll and slip them into his pocket.
What arc you doing that for?" she
asked, her suspicious aroused.
The man looked up In constornntion and
He'd without another word. Mrs. Dash's
card, of course, had boon obtained in the
Same way.
Mrs. Blank is now warming all her no.
qsa%intances to put no trust In any man
wao may present her card or use her name.
-Pearson's Weekly.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-19

IN THE CROWS NEST.
A Grand Outlook Over tho Beautiful Ant
arctic Scenery.

On Dec. Z l sighted tho edge Of tho ioe
peck from the crows most and shot my
first seal, which was of tho white kind, its
skin being injured by several deep scratch
es. 1t was cold up In the white cask ON the
maintop TINT morning. Before US were the
icefclds. with the strong ice blink in the
air above us, and as we drew near to tho
edge tho snow white potrels became moro
and more numerous. They arc of the size
OF an ordinary pigeon, but much more
graceful. Their large eyes nre deep black,
as are also their bold. curved boak and
their elegant wobbcd feet. They seemed
almost transparent MS with spruad, quiet
wings they scared in the DIR about the
crows most, whore I was hanging on to
one ond of n largo telescope heavy enough
to lift mo in seesaw fashion far out of tho
nest ovory time 1 lot it glido too far out
over tho upper odge of the barrel.
Like tho prlclling Of pins the snow crys-
tolls blew against my face, and I had con-
t~inualiy to dry tho telescope glasses with
my wooden mittens, MS tho vapor from my
breath settled on tho lenses in %numberless
crystals, and formed an extra sheet of
glass. But they wero glorious, those hours
ON the lookout! Tho dir was generally
clear, and tho human oyo could SEQ, even
from tho dock, great distances within those
i'm vi lllO CIOW B
nest can ono fully appreciate tho super
natural charm of antarctic scenery. Up
there you seem lifted above tho pettiness
ana troubles of everyday life. Your hori-
Zon Is wide, and from your high position
you rule tho littlo world below you. On
ward, onward stretch tho icofclds. tho
narrow channcls about tho ship are oponed
and closed again by current aud wind, and
as you strain your sight to tho utmost to
find tho best places for tho vessel to pcno-
tratc, your eyes wander from the ships
bow out toward the horizon. whoro foes
and hannel seem to form one dense vast
icolicld. Ice and SNOW cover spars and
ropes, and everywhere are perfect peace
and silence.
We always observed tho white, shining
reflection of tho icellclds in tho air, and
wo wero thus warned from afnr oven of
tho presence of q narrow stream of ice or
an iceberg. This leo blink and the pres
once OF the white petrol mover deceived us.
&C. E. Borchgroyink in Century.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-19
&luAW
Why Ho Complained.
~~

The man with the buckskin ~leggings
scowled.
"Dern his hidel" he said. "He's al
ways bobbin up an recallin things that
make me feel soro."
The tenderfoot was naturally curious.
whats the matter with him?" he
asked.
'Matter!' exclaimed the man with
buckskin leggings. "Why, he's the
mennest, low down, ornery critter in
these hero parts"
"But what has he done?" persisted
the tondcrfoot.
Spilled the finest layout for an old
time lynchin that we've had since the
vigilance committee quit work"
"How?"
"Why, the dern fool was murdered''-
Murdered !"
"Well, mebbo that amt jest right,
but he oughtcr have been. We all
thought he was an we found q body that
looked just like his'n. 1t looked like a
dead open an shut case, cause he'd had
trouble with q Teller that drifted in
from down the gulch a ways, an the
Teller dropped out O. sight about the
time we found the body. 1t looked
mighty promisin for the boys, all they
was feelin purity gay over it, cause they
hadn't had u decent lypchin party III
mighty near Il year. They started u
searchin party out an rounded up the
Teller what had disappeared about 90
milo ont an brought him back to tend
tho obsekies, as I reckon you call 'em.
They tried him an found him guilty an
planned to string him up the next morn
i'll, but afore they could string him off
this here Teller that you jest see, an who
by rights oughtcr been dead, walked in
to camp an busted tho hull game"
"But 1 should think you would be
glad that
"Glad nothin!" calculated tho man
with. the buckskin leggings. "What call
have we got to be glad? Amt we beat
out of a hanain when we need some cx-
citemcnt to keep from dyin of ongwee,
as q French cook that drifted in here
used to say? This here deceivin, onrelia-
BILE critter is jest like "a bad dream to rs
ever since. an the boys never speaks to
him or has anything to do with him.
He amt to be depended on. '-Chicago
Post.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-19

piore anything that looks like war. 1t
is said that our navy has actually out
lived its usefulness while being con-
s~tructed~and that it will take 900 years,
with good times and rapid work. to build
proper defenscs on our coast and from
tier. and so ! say that, knowing tho char
actcr of tho people who havo gone there
to live, 1 should most heartily deplore
our annexation to Canada.
The strongest advocate of n vigorous
foreign policy that l have ever met
was u man who was sentenced to mako
n few rambling remarks OH the gallows
for the following Friday. He fitted
away to paradiso. as ho admitted that
he was about to do, calling for u Wig
orous wal roi;cy.
His case WAS II very peculiar one, If I
may be permitted to diverge nero to
speak Of it. He was Of a joyous nature
and somewhat given to bndinage Of n
pure and delicate character suited to
smoking cars and Pussy Caffays. He
said iii n spirit of pure popularity ono
evening, whilo full Of animal spirits and
such things, to n naughty major from
Louisiana: Good night, major, good
night. We will not say FAREWELL but
reservoir, us the French have it" He
meant nothing but au revoir, but the
major. who was we'll bred and therefore
yearning for q copious insult that he
might avengo, turned and reached for
his pistol, aiming to kill the persiflager,
for he thought that he had been called
a reservoir, meaning II tank, hut in
reaching for his pistol tho major err
%roncously ran his hand into u forgotten
chasm i'll his trowziz, and Gro ho could
ret out of that and into his pocket, where
his great punctuator was, tho humorist,
feeling that he is thrice armed who
hath his quarrel just, had seized a large
Limoges Tom and Jerry bowl, and when
he got through with it tho majors CO.
coanut looked like tho abattoir annex
of the old Dastillc.
morist was executed. When the black
cap was about to DO put on, tho sheriff
asked him if he had anything to say.
Ho stated that he had hardly expected
to be called upon and felt that there
were others present who could entertain
the crowd better than he, but he thought
he could not do better perhaps than
urge upon those before him the necessi-
ty of a firm and vigorous foreign policy.
He then hitclled up his trousers, SO that
nothing might occur to mar the pro-
gralnme or cast q gloom owe the execu-
ton, and passed ON to that bright land
where the reformed murderer enioys
himself IL whole lot.