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who may be peculiar as Mr.. Harte
states in his poem; but the ChinaInan
certainly has not the marvellous vari-
ETY. of superstitions possessed by the
! American
OF the American press he speaks
wonderingly, and says that to his as
constituent he has discovered that sell
dom is an editor shot or beheaded in
this country. Yesterday beneath the
window a boy screamed, 'The empress
of China elopes with her coachman!'
1 bought the paper in which a column
was devoted to it. Fancy this in Pc
king. Shades Of -! The
papers have no respect for man. wom-
an. or child. the president or the
! Deity"
OF American physicians, to whom he
devotes a chapter, he tells very good
story illustrative of their occasional un
| certainty. One American doctor called
upon another to display with pride a
cyst" which he had removed from g.
patient. why. man." said the other,
that isn't a cyst; it's the mans kid
ney." He dwells upon the many
quack and fake medical schemes with
which the country Is overrun and de-
clares that there is no place in the
world where people put such faith In
so-called healers as here.
IF there is any race-on the earth that
l.
the hearted, ingenious product of
all the nations of the earth-black. red,
white, brown, all but yellow Imagine
yourself going out to what they call a
stag dinner, and having an officer Of
the ranking Of lieutenant Shout, HI.
John, pass the wine. !"
The women of America shocked this
Chinaman very much; they pol1ed fun
at him, played jokes on him, and abso-
lutely bewildered him in every way.
The women, together with the Ameri-
can funny story, and the politicians, ne
gives up as absolutely beyond him. One
| woman told him thaDs she had a. family
tree which went back for three GEN.
| turtles, whefeupon he replied that he
could trace his descent for 5000 yearsI
Of course she did not believe him. In
deed. he found that nobody in this pc
cullar country took him seriously. The
chapters upon the religion of the Amer
leans and American missions to his
own eountrymen, make very interest
ing reading. In closing. he says: 81
should like to lecture in America on
the inconsistencies OF the Caucasian.
They really challenge our own. Instead
of having one splendid church and
devoting themselves to the real ethics
of Christianity, these Christians have
divided irrevocably, and so lost
strength and force. They are in
oGftSS luI1lGu themselves, ana
their religious colleges are graduating
men to perpetuate the differences. No
more splendid religion than that ex-
| pounded by Christ could be imagined
If they would join hands and like the
ConfucianS devote their attention. not
to rites and theological differences, but
to the daily conduct OF men,"
~
Susannah and One Other-By e. Maria
AHA nPSi hn1 gi1ra PhiJiffac & "a Tor
sale by St Paul Book and Stationery
company.
The writer Ia this very well written
and interesting story gives us study
| OF a selfish woman, and how to save
herself an unpleasantness with a jeaI-
Gus husband She sacrifices her very
charming sister. Emma Corneston-
the selfish woman-has been having a
Irritation with Adrian Thraie, and her
husband, having discovered it, writes
her that they must separate. His wife
receives it and thinks to save herself
by pretending the letter has not come.
and writes at once announcing her sis
ter Susannah's enga cement to Adrian
Thraie. Of course the jealous husband
sees at once what mistake he has
mace, so ne writes her TO forgive tiY,,
for the letter he has written and begs
her TO destroy it when it arrives. So
my lady has arranged everything for
.Sas0ii' oul poOf SuS2Inah and
Adrian. never having met, find them
selves in somewhat of predicament
when 1t is gently broken to them that
they must pose as engaged at a house
party. Here are the elements of a
very good story, and the author makes
the most of them and brings every
thing out happily in the end, in spite
of the Vaccinations eof an unprincipled
woman. The story is one of the best
of the year.
Abbott's First Latin Writer-By Matber
A. Abbott. American Book Company
New York, Cincinnati and Chicago.
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