Evening journal., 1902-02-26
STORIES FROM
HERE AND THERE

enterprising journal, has lately been
summing up the characteristics of the
various nations which are represented
in China. and which for a year and
more have been represented there in
more than usual abundance. The ar
.ticle is studiously moderate in tone
and makes no mention of the atroci-
ties which foreign soldiers are said to
have committed. THE English and
Germans are brusQue and straightfor-
ward. and pay no attention to social
Russian. on the other hand,
treat Chinese officials especially well.
and all who have been to Russia are
delighted with the treatment they re-
ceive there. The Japanese. whose lit
erature is the same as ours, are very
pleased to meet our scholars. The
French are exceedingly polite, accord
ing to their national custom. The
Americans are very goa as-you-please.
and more friendly than Other nations.
1t is curious that in Edinburgh where
the Sabbatarian element is so strong.
the ministers and elders should be
charged with being the chief offenders
in the matter OF using cabs on Sunday.
Yet the cabman's missionary himself
Is the authority for the statement.
Ministers of churches. who have stand
ing orders for Sunday cabs. and some
of them drive three or four times every
Lords Day. Hundreds of churchgoe
never use a cab except on Sunday; on
Sacrement Sunday nearly every cab in
town was in motion. The influence of
this traffic on the Edinburgh cabmen.
according to the missionary, is bad
Sabbath work steels their hearts
against religion; their physical moral.
intellectual beings are incalculaby i'm
iured. and they mostly break down into
the habits of slOyenliness. recklessness,
and intemperance. Something of this.
at least is hardly surprising if the Sun
day fare commnly offers cabby a tract
in lieu Of tip.
Edwin B. Drew. Commissioner of
Customs at Tien-Tsin. China, now on
leave Of absence in this country. thinks
it mistake for the missionaries to go
back to North China where the people
are hostile to them. Il believe he
says. that they have too much liberty.
for no other foreigners are allowed to
live anywhere except at the treaty
ports. The missionaries go everywhere
to establish schools. churches, and hos
pitfalls. and. since the Chinese do not
like this the situation is full of dan
ger. The missionaries should not be
allowed to purchase land when opposed
by the Chinese. They do good. but
some of them are more Jealous than
discreet. | believe that the govern
ments. in a friendly way, should cur
tail their liberties"
An unusual incident occurred the
other day at the University of Buda-
pest A confirmed lunatic from the To-
cal asylum appeared in charge of his
keeper and asked to be allowed to pass
his examination. He found exami-
nation work quite congenial passed
very successfully and returned to his
asylum again with his diploma as a
professor.
Chinese Quack doctors in the vicinity
of foreign hospitals in the far interior
hang out foreign flags inscribed. Cure
according to the foreign DEVILS plan. q"
This is very fattering to the European
medical profession, and the Chinese
lQuacks, like the quacks Of other nation
anties. are apparently allowed to sail
under false cOlors with impunity. 1t
Is not so. however. with the native
butcher. For hanging out a foreign
merchants sign at Nan-King 0''----
butcher has been arrested and beaten
with five hundred strokes for tho in
formation of the public"
I There are on record many instances
of hasty marriages. but as far as heard
| from Canadian immigrant holds the
prize He tells the story of his court
shin himself When ] arrived at the
lbCarding house in Newcastle. n. b. 4"
he says. 81 found myself sitting next to
a young woman at supper who ! soon
found was one of the newly arrived i'm
migrants. looked her over and saw
a round, strong, cherry lass with d
laughing face. and thought she'd do.
did not know how to go about getting
her interested in me. but just spoke a
word or two with her and when we
came out into the passage l squeezed
her hand and gave her a kiss.
SAYS she: How dare your Says ]:
III want to marry you, my dear
| Marry me?' she says laughing, why I
don't know YOU. No more do | you,
my dear says l. so that makes it all
flair and even She didn't know what
to put a stopper on that. so she only
lauhed and said she could not think of
it, Not think of it, saiys 1. artful like,
not when you've come all those thou
sands of miles for the purpose?
What do YOU mean says she,
lstarting. Come. now says /. Don't
tell me- / know what's what When a
man emigrates it's to get work; when
la woman emigrates it's to get married
You may as well admit it at once
q We'll, she protested and held OFF a
bit but we were married two days af-
ter. and / guess neither of us has been
lsorry for it since You see It was my
knowing the ways of the sex so well
that enabled me to rush things through
as | did. Nothing like understanding
EN- when it comes to courtship-saves
time and trouble no end"