The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-02
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"a The OIhlVV"
rs- Nss ..,o,alpary name of the book Just
p s' Nv Or. John II. Girdner IS a'. rae,
tlien y deai Of attention, ana mum
h sO0u do not seem to understand
HI q peVp.s a,ce II or what 1t means.
~ 70 p'vN ,sxew York 1t Is or New
I't ., ss' neither Of which is OF course, course,
ian.' being medical man Dr. 'lr ,.,n, !.
Ff'''l - me new work "Newyorkius'
n cc'ns" disease, the nature OF which
il'p's.s s,nnsred with such words as mp
rlf Y VV nd neritonltis, for its meaning.
;ssdel'is ,rdiratcs that the patient ar
y y, e vtth the disease has ms sew aork
~, ..~sd IN the same way as ms vern.''i =,
'l' .'s,, or pcrltoneum may become in-
'pel .srly portion of the book DR.,
a 'ne u athe Greek sufhx tits as
6lFina sa,.oi science. means lnflamma-
IS "A when 1t is attached TO word
w ANY, thcp signifies that the thing Tor
s mo word originally stood is IN
'nsu. ~ Instance" continues DR.. Grid
iuu,' attached to appendix gives us
N..tgtls to perltoneum' ana we nave
p...t,ls. and SO, when we say OF a
'u'y'' ,s., he has Newyorkitis, We mean
IN !. has gotten his New York Unnamed
y s,,soI reader will ask at point;
e ~ =, mart Of the body of Manhattan
Il mo New York locatcdg' | re-
,as Y asking in what part of the body Of
,. y man Is his Boston locatedf Or a
n,r his Chicago? or Philadel.
M ..r his Philadelphia? or a ST. Paul
Il. 81 Paul? am not writing on
- Or on cerebral location | am
..,abIne an abnormal condition.
%. .o,trorersv over the missionaries
,s cblna's troubles, begun by Mark
4 ~. sssault on Rev. William s. Ament
!. continued In the reviews and news
b [s.,r since With increasing vigor. is like,
n receive a fresh impetus from the
{ shBt,tIon Of Henry savage Landor's
&. China and the Allies" Mr.. Lander
!, rreat deal to say about the start of
n. ,ronbIs and the part the missionaries
T. t,rsa before and after violence began.
a ia this essentially American contro-
sns over Mr. Aments actions the Impair
III testimony nj the distinguished English
tnysisr wifi no doubt receive the great
EsSdderstlon. Both sides will probably
lain bis support, but the friends Of the
missionaries will doubtless have the greater
bison to rejoice.
nj ln recent newspaper interview Mr.. Am
la ave an explanation Of the cause of
Ae Boxer uprising which had an element
~ nortlty, and IN which he will md him.
IN curiously confirmed by Mr.. Lander MIR.
lnent said:
81 Permit me to give you an explanation
ny own for the outbreak in China. II
uue that modern industry OF the West
n underbid Chinese industry, that Amcrl
" made thread sells more cheaply than
thread right in Chinese
Files but the movement was started hy
IL cult Of those who followed hypnotic prac.
w splrituallsm and such rites. The
lnglnal Boxer was an old Buddhist priest,
BON saw under arrest. He understood
| Hyprctlsml mesmerisn and the trick OF
&ahtustsm. He organized societies. These
&nvtd e,etement and attacked. rho Ch1s
Xnse
Some have criticised this explanation rs
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n 49, uoN''i''''S pesan puu Oh ma
Isl .s,.- .-''l,o'e p'lNo"ui AhoNleuse VI th'
W - pIies'hood OF lnloeI ana otnel
HI " Tue lar haSt
n ~ WORK Is published by the Scribners.
49,
b s'fsfs history Of the navy. which Il
|, esNfy adopted al Annapolis and tn
AlPaTa Work everywhere, appears nov
more comprehensive form than eve
|. gs Inc author has had the aid o
Il sAneflcan war He has deyeloned n
/ asr length tbe intorest,rg tbanc If
'afi By the rebuilding of our navy in tn
\ twenty years. The navy in the Philip
I ~ and in Chinese waters has also fur
sad an interesting field for the h'stor
4 y ronparlsons and observations.
~
N Dc third addition of General ]. II. VIII
as cAins, recently issued Inv tho Annie
= Confines to attract attention. Charlie
fE'fi Smith says. In letter to the au
= have visited China. ana l consldc
L 50u have told us more conrisely abou
/ a~ugely complex country than all tn
n % books have read on this snhiect
L a'n Charles DENLY. formerly ministe
nina IN a review Of the book prlutc,
u . Evansville dnd.l Journal, says: "Th