The Washington herald., 1906-11-23
HEARD AT HOTELS.

people Win an inilInate knowledge, pro-
duced By over thirty years association
with the inhabitants. is Bishop n. c. Har-
ris, missionary bishop Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church FOR Japan and Korea,
who is a guest Of the Raleigh
There are 200 japanese communicates
Of our church" remarked Bishop Harris.
we have colleges at Tokyo, Kobe. and
Nagasaki and thirteen girls schools with
about 1850 students Other Protestant
churches that are doing missionary work
n Japan have about the same strength
that ours has. The spread Of Christianity
has been gradual but steady. and the
day viii probably come when Japan VIII
rank as q Christian nation There Is no
State church over there. and all religions
are given equal liberation. The Prctes-
tant churches now in that country are
firmly established, and are thoroughly
national
The japanese have often been repre-
sented as a people without commercial
honor but I wish to refute a statement
mat Is so unjust and untrue Individual
faoefs there may be who are tricky and
unreliable. but is not that true in almost
every country The government is prompt
and scrupulously honorable IN the dis
charge or us obligations, and as a gov
erbment II ranks among the best in an
ethical way.
One OF the common stories given TO IL
iustrate the alleged crooked wavs Of the
Japanese is that old one that Chinese
Clerks and cashiers are EMPLOYED in tbe
banks OF Japan because the owners were
afraid 10 trust employees Of their own
race. This story is false and ridiculous
as 1 proved by personal investigation. II
IS true tnat many Chinese have been
taken INTO the financial institutions of
Japan but 1t was because Of the skill OF
tn Chinaman in detecting bad silver dol
lars Of Mexican origin. The A5exjca7e
were extensively c0unterfeited and the
Chinese being more familiar with them
were hired because Of their peculiar abi1-
ity 10 tell the false from the genuine"
There are several Texas COngressmen
In Washington getting ready Tor the ap-
preaching session, among them Repre-
sentatives Burleson. Russell. Smith. and
Gillespie. Burleson is from Austin. Rus
sell from East Texas, Smith from Colo
rado City. in the far west. and Gillespie
from the booming city Of Fort Worth.
They were in the Metropolitan Hotel lob
By yesterday comparing experiences of
the late campaign, and this naturally led
TO the swapping Of stories. II comes as
easy for Texas statesman 10 indulge in
story telling as for q plantation darky
TO confsCate a watermelon.
Il have often heard our colleague. Bob
Henry, Of the Waco district" said one Of
the quartette tell this one or himself
IT seems that Mr. Henry formerly lived
at Texarkana. but concluded TO move %
the bigger town Of Waco. as afording him
finer political opportunities. In fact he
no sooner got fairly settled in his new
home before he announced his candidacy
I for Congress and Immediately began
canvassing the rural districts 10 get aC-
quainted with his future constituents.
"One day while making his rounds I'm
the wilds Of McLennan County ne struck
an old farmer. and shaking hands,
cordially introduced himself. I'm Mr.
Henry he said, perhaps you may have
heard Of me. and I've come 10 tell you
that I expect TO be a candidate for Con
gress this fan
' Yes responded the old granger, I
did hear the boys l3nin about it "
THE use CT concrete as building ma
terial is getting more popular all the
time said AIr. 3. J. Smith, d leading con-
tractor OF New York City. at the Shore
ham. Indeed. think the time is coming
when towns and cities VIII build OF il al
most 70 the exclusion Of wood. stone, and
metal
a great material is concrete. and II has
made more headway in the past i've years
than in all the ether period Of its exist
ence. BY its aid we have learned to make
buildings so thoroughly freproof that
nothing in them can burn save the wooden
furniture. Among its claims TO pre-eIGi-
nence is It's ability 10 stand the tremendous
pressure Of eco pounds 10 the square
foot which insures q big margin Of safe
ty. Its greatest claim. however. is its uni
versatility. There is 30 place IN the land
where "a contractor cannot get ali the
broken stone, sand. and cement needed.
and these are the elements that enter into
the production Of concrete. anybody is
free to make it, for there IS 10 mystery
about it, not any patent that may be in
fringed Il is the building material Of the
future. and the dcom Of the wooden house
has already been sounded.
1t is delight 70 get back to Washing
ton now and then remarked Judge
Asher Caruth. who. IN the years that he
represented the Louisville CKy) district in
Congress. was accounted one OF the most
witty. eloquent. and agreeable lawmakers
in the national body. Judge Caruth
never returns to the Capital that he does
not get q welcome amounting to an ova-
ton frcm the Kentucky colony and
others, for his popularity is FAR wider
than the confines of his Bluegrass Com
monwealth.
Il think said he. IN conversation with
friends NJ the Garric6 Club that about
the best thing the old Democratic party
can do in 1905 is 10 put up a Southern
man as its candidate. About all the intel
Izence and strength OF the party is in
the South, and We have been giving the
nominee TO the East and the West long
CROUCH. Some will argue that 70 do this
means certain defeat, but I answer that
if defeat be inevitable it would not do
any damage to have a SOutherner head
the ticket, and if We must go down 10
disaster it would be with Colors 1yi1g
after brave and gallant fight for ancient
party principles
Mr.. John \ Rice. jr.. of Bordentown.
\. J., who is a frequent visitor al the
Arlington, is not only an agreeable and
polished gentleman. but ranks among the
successful inventors of the day. and his
talent in this line has gained him COM
Portable income.
My home. said he 10 Herald report
er, is a delightful old place, overlooking
the Delaware. It is part of the historic
estate which was owned in the early part
Of the last century by Joseph BOnaparte.
King Of Westphalia and brother OF the