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 Java it's a native Malay word signi- flying 'fthe land of nutmegs.''
 Asia comes from the Sanskrit, Ushas, signifying Hard of the dawn D
 Steel billiard balls and aluminium wall paper are the latest evo1utions in trade.
 Beet sugar culture is to be tried on one of the North Carolina pen-iten iary farms.
 Connecticut in Ehe Indian form was Quinnitukut, meaning ''the country of the long river"
 Egypt expresses hhe' Hettew for ''the land of oppression" alluding to the bondage of the Israel.tes.
 Africa traees its origin. to the Phoenician afer, a black man, and the Sanskrit ac, the earth, a country.
 A woman just married in New York has given up her bicycle at the request of the bridegroom My! how she must love him!
 Europe owes it's name to the Gseek eurusa, broad, and op, to see, or ops, the face, in allusion to ''the broad face of the earth
 Oregon received its name from the Spanish oregano, wild marjoram, which grows in abundance on this portion of the Pacific shore.
 Portugal was the Portus Cadillac of the Romans, literally the gate of Gaul," as approached from the Medit- erranean and the Atlantic
 Milwaukee is disposing of garbage, under direction of the health dspart- ment, at two-thirds of the expense in volved when the work was done by private contractors.
 The death has just occurred at Bradford, England, of Joshua North up, said to be the oldest Methodist preacher in the kingdom. He was born on March 19, 1799, and preached from 1920 to last July.
 AMERICAN TRADE WITH CHINA.
 T. R. Jernigan, the ex-consul gem eral of the United States at Shanghai, in an interview with the Railway Age correspondent at that place., pcrnfs out the disadvantages under which American labor is tryin g1o do busi- ness with China, as follows:
 eThere is one feature of American business in China not pleasant to lock upon, and which is not prOmotive of American interest. It is the custom that has so long prevailed of employ ing foreigners to represent the inter- nf ,nII- oil [, large business enterprises in China have foreigners for head agents, and wihi4 no reflection upoa the industry and integrity of such agcnts is in tended, it is submitted that the GUS tom does not accord with the feelings of nhhiomal pride. So soon as an American enterprise is started, the first step is to employ a foreigner as head agent. You have visited the business houses in Shanghai and know that the majority, registered as Americans, have foreigners for head agents, as if no Americans could be found competent and worthy to fill the responsible positions. This is one reason why American houses have but few men trained to the busi- ness methods of Asia. The British merchant has followed the opposite custom, and the result is that the British have number of experienced business men employed, and young men being trained to take their places. At one time the great port of Shang- hai was full the year round with yes sels flying the American flag, but it is seldom that more than three or four American merchant vessels are seen in the port at the same time; while the British flag, carried by the British merchant marine, is seen every day in every direction. Great Britain, Germany France and Russia have banks at the leading open ports of Asia, but there is not an American bank in either China or Ja- pan. There is not business man in the United States who will not admit that a bank is une of the primary ele- ments of business success.
 "The future busiuEss or China could easily be secured by our countrymen | if they would only recognize the car dinal rules which lead to business success in their application to China An examination of the reports of the 1 banks named show that all are in a prosperous condition, and the inf1u- | ence they exert fin favor of their res pective nations must be decidedly ad- 1 vantagenus. There are but few young Americans being trained to conduct business between China and the Unit ed States, and China promises to be a most valuable field to cultivate. It is the, undeveloped country of the world-rich in resources, wide in area and embracing climatic influences ot | every degree. The fertility of the ! soil is unsurpassed. Although Ameri- cams are busy at home, we should not i forget that our great energy and in ventive genius will, ere long, require new fields in which to find employ. ment.' T. J. M.