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New-York tribune., 1907-04-14
"RICE CHRISTIANS" /"

Despite the fame and unquestioned service OF
Ynany veteran missionaries 20 the Chinese people.
several Chinese stated 10 me that the later work
~ the missionaries Is wiser and better than that
~ former days; or, one expressed IT, that the
last Ten wears have accomplished more than the
vror,,ous ninety" The praise for the younger
mon has been pronounced; but this is not unex-
eS4ed when one has seen the character and calbre
F The recent crop OF missionaries-though IT would
he dIo7crlt to see how they could surpass the many
,saDts whose fame is part OF the history of Chi
nese missions.
,,erts most official Chinese raised their eyebrows
or shrugged their shoulders. Il think very few Of
,ber, are honest" said one; they are after the
missionaries money. protection or prestige Again:
..7rba missionaries have reached onlv the lowest
classes OF Chinese" Careful inquiry among the
missionaries themselves has confirmed this-at
Ieoat with respect 20 the situation prior 1900
s,ne,r work had until then been accomplished al
most wholly among the poorer people: since 1900.
however many OF better class have been reached.
On the subject OF 'Tlice Chrlstians'- e.. persons
rofessing conversion for personal gain-several of
fba hest informed Chinese agreed that not more
than 60 per cent OF the converts are honest One
OF the most successful OF independent native pas
tors disagreed with this saying that the percentage
Is now fully so: probably % per cent are deceiv-
ing the missionary. This statement made In
tbe presence OF a veteran missionary, who as
eentea In the independent churches. he added
the proportion OF these pretenders Is practically
neeligfble, for there IS nothing 20 be gained by
irving 20 deceive a strictly Chinese church even
~ II could be accomplished.
New-York tribune., 1907-04-14
WHAT THE CHINESE THINK OF MISSIONARIES

to get anything ike a ctvu answer from the COM
manders OF some of our large ocean steamships.
II YOU ask even the simplest question in the most
polite manne-, goa are likely 90 receive gruH
response.
one Of these captains happened 10 be standing
near the bow of bis ho3t one dag, taking ubser-
Vattons with his glass
DO you know what snip tGat isc' asked q
passenger.
Go ask the cook" replied tile captain. without
taking the glass from his eyes.
oh l beg your pardon said the other. Il
thought you were the cook "-L LIppincojts.
New-York tribune., 1907-04-14
The DOCTORS GOOD REPUTATION.

Whatever fault they ind with other phases NJ
mission work-and many have scant patience with
the oistincuvely religious propaganda-the Chinese
nave unanimously praised the medical and eduoa
uonaA branches. Remember that this nation og
s'O'voV0 persons has modern medical science
outslce OF the missions and that there Is no end
oL Sickness much OF 81 due 20 ignorance and
MN The ordinary medical missionary treats from
@vyO to lb.oOO dispensary cases a year
% this humanitarian work which writes its ovv,
sood record in the healed bodies OF the peoDl.
comes in for nothing but praise Some OF fba os
Meals manifested sincere gratitude in SPEAKING =,
~nst the missionaries had done IN this dirsct,on
tOF China
SIMILARLY concerning the educational work y,
missions, could elicit only one opinion INIT,
within fve years China has had nothing OF VIVA,
tne West could call education. except as the rns.
Niohs gave g. Chinese statesmen and philosonber,
were ignorant OF the simplest facts OF geoRranb,y
history and nature. such any ten-year-old how
"a america understood. The leaders OF new China
"Ney credit the mission schools with having ayyalx
ened the educational impulse in the nation ana
WIN having pioneered the way.
Suflousy enough. some OF the educated Chinese
sso"edly non-christian, displayed such a lnoxyI
eoee or the genius of Christianity as 20 reproac,
= tor having done little for Chinal YES" eat1
one 4 grant that missions have done a great deal
ln an educational way for China but nothing Iu-o
t N-at they should have done" In passing Judgment
~ epoh the missions and missionaries most OF tbess
shlnese assume the Christian point OF view. Thue
SA'lsse constantly treat their own people with
New-York tribune., 1907-04-14
FROM EAST INDIES.

"The mangosteen is also fruit that comes
from the East Indies and is palatable and the
most beautiful of fruits It has a purplish
brown rind. while the meat is white and of n
delicate flavor approaching more nearly deli
cate plum than anything else have There
are. however. some fifteen varieties. many quite
unknown TO the Occdentals, with a great range
I'm taste when grown in different localities The
fruit has been rarely tasted in America as there
are only three four trees of it IN all the West
indies. although the experts Of the department
believe that The climatic conditions there are
favorable and every effort IS being made To for
ward its introduction into Porto Rico. The at
tempt also Is being made 10 graft the plant ON Il
harder root. as IL Is delicate Of growth.
'ChayOte IS West Indian plant that the de-
partment has eudeavored TO Introduce into the
Northern market. and which has been taken u.
TO certain extent and placed on the menus
Of the Washington ana New York hotels Pre-
Viously # had been long favoTte vcgeja BILE
among the creoles OF Louisiana The vege-
table resembles the cucumber I'm that IL grows
on vine in similar way. The vines are pro-
life and are perennial. developing In their crop
from year TO year and needing no replantng
from season 10 season.
THE fruit can b. prepared in many different
ways, and in addition 20 n the roots of the
plants may be eaten. while the young slips are
comparable 10 asparagus tips. The fact OF its
adaptability and hardness leads 10 the belief
New-York tribune., 1907-04-14
A MILITANT PASTOR.
c. +. Aked. of Fifth Ayenue Baptist
Church. DispenSes zuth Titles.

This city wizSsecure this month noteworthy
addition To ~ pulpit forces. The new vcorner
TO the ranks of metropolitan ministers is Charles
Frederic Aked, who not only desires 10 dispense
with the title OF doctor. To which he is entitled
by his degree of d. D.. but even with that OF
reverend, which is universally bestowed on
members Of the clerical profession In this he
goes step farther than those two greatest pull
pit lights of the last century on both sides of
the Atlantic, Henry Ward Beecher and Charles
Haddon Spurgeon. neither Of whom would allow
himself to be dubbed doctor. but did not reject
the title reverend
Mr.. Aked comes to this country from Liver
pool and is the second notable Englishman 10
come hither this year. albeit the first. James
Bryce. O. NJ. COrder of NeriD. has come not to
stay permanently. but to represent the King at
the national capital for more or less extended
period. Mr.. Aked the new pastor of the Fifth
Avenue Baptist Church. expects to spend the
rest OF his working years in this country and
in all probability will not again make his home
in the land of his birth. as he purposes to ac-
quire American citizenship.
He has had before him the example of a num-
Der of the most eminent men in the history OF
leading New York churches in deciding to
effect change Of lands in making n change
IF pulpits. DIR. John Hall. so long the lead
ing Presbyterian pastor of this metropolis
serving the wealthy Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Church in the fine edihce erected for him for
thirty years. was Presbyterian pastor in Dub
lin in 1861 when he was called to this city. He
had come to this country as delegate from the
Irish General Assembly to the PRESBYTERIAN bod
les here. and his addresses and sermons were
regarded extremely eloquent He remained
with the Fifth Avenue church until his death
in 1895
New-York tribune., 1907-04-14
The REroRT COURTEOUS.

Captain c A. NJ Taber the mariner. poet and
scientist who lives in Wakefield. Mass. is respon-
sible for the following little tale anent the arro-
ganee OF sea captains
Il is almost impossible. he says. Tor a passenger
New-York tribune., 1907-04-14
ANOTHER FROM ABROAD.

fellow pastor with Or, Hail. in an equally
eminent New York pulpit was DR.. William NJ
Taylor who began his long pastOrate in the
Broadway Tabernacle (CongregatiOnaD Church
in 1872. Like Mr.. Aked he had been pastor
in Liverpool before crossing the sea for new
field OF labor. He visited this country in 1871
and filed the pulpit of DIR. r. s. storrs's Pill
grim Church in Brooklyn for two months max
ing so favorable an impression that when Dr.
Joseph p. Thompson resigned from the Broad
New-York tribune., 1907-04-14
R0pE for AMERICAN GIRLS Who THINK THEY ARE T01hIN~
UNCLE SAM NOW IMPORTING.
AMONG OTHER PLANTS,
FENUGPEEK WHICH FATTENS
ASIATIC MATDENS. Gz8%sD

They said they needed no advice. The depart
inent turned its attention to districts further
south, with the result that Texas and Louisi-
ana now contain rice fields that sweep for
stretches comparable with the wheat fields OF
no place else In the world and at such price
that the Carolina grower has been forced to
retire from the field and his lands going
back to widness. These lands, It is believed
viii grow the rush
New-York tribune., 1907-04-14
Would Hold Them Most
Strictly to Practising
What They Preach.
BY william 7. Ellis.

(coUyrisht 1907 by Joseph B. Bow1es)
Eor generations men have been saying that some
Gay the world would have to reckon with China.
Now that day seems 10 have begun. In the place
of the huge, inert, gelatinous which could
be struck in one part without the other parts
feeling the blow. there has arisen a new China
a OF dignity and readiness 20 assert her
own claims China the helpless IS fast becoming
China the ominous. and that portentous fact can
not too soon penetrate the thick and self-sulcient
conplacency OF civilization.
For hundred years the world has been hearing
what the missionaries thought OF China nobody
inQuiring caring what China thought OF the
missionaries. Occasionally some Western trained
Chinese diplomat, like the willy WU-Ting- fang
wno by the way, his late Official associates IN Pc
king, who have since crowded him out OF Office
contemptuousy designate as 'that foreign devil
Wu"-would deliver double-ended opinions con-
ceTning the missionaries But the real Chinese
opinion has been difficult 20 obtain. The average
Oriental Is afflicted with congenitai inability to tell
the truth
Il was of the East that David said: s'ATl men
are HaTs" Yet there IS. nevertheless. moro open
speech among the Chinese to-day than ever before
with Western bluntness many are now expressinr
tnenselVes concerning China and foreigners So I
nave sought the views upon the missionary oues-
uon OF the most prominent and aggressive Chinese
ouaclals ana otherwise, whom I could reach es-
pscaily those speaking English. Summing them
- ma a marked agreement OF opinion. although
had been forewarned that the official class Is
nosule TO missionaries and foreigners because Of
me trouble fhaV haUo voa1a
New-York tribune., 1907-04-14

way Tabernacle the following year from II
call to Dr. Taylor. the acceptance Of which be-
gan relationship which only ended with DEATH
Other we'll known New York ministers who came
to this city from abroad include DR.. W s. RAINS,
ford. who recently resigned the rectOrship of
st. Georges Protestant Episcopal Church. aftac
score OF years service. who came to this cOUn-
try from Canada; Dr. David Parker Nor
gan who recently resigned from the Church
Of the Heavenly Rest, who cams from Wales
and DIR. +. WalpOe Warren, son OF samuel
Warren. who gained literary fame as the
author Of Tel Thousand Year in the mid
die of the last century DIR. Warren came 70
this country from England to become rector or
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. with which the
name OF the young DR.. Tying is connected JUST
as that of his father is with St. Georges. DE-
Warren had the distressing experience OF q con-.
ffict with the contract labor law. then recently7
enacted the case being carried into the courts.
and decided against the clergyman In this city,
but this decision was OverrUled IN the United
States Supreme Court. so that now clergy =
men are free to accept calls in this country and
come hither TO fulfil them.
A notable instance in which an effort was
made unsuccessfully to secure an English nltns
lister for famous pulpit in this metropolis waa
when the Rev Charles A Berry, OF WOlver-i
hampton England. declined call TO the pulrie
of Plymouth Church. Brooklyn. left vacant by
the death OF Henry Ward Beecher. just twenty.
years ago. Mr.. Berry. who had preached In the
to this country to pay tribute to the great
pulpit orator. was the unanimous first choice OF
the people as his successor. 1t was not for a.
year or after his declination that Dr.
secured as the second pastor OF Plymouthi
Church
New-York tribune., 1907-04-14

greater cruelty ana heartessness than do the for
eieners vet they declare that even air OF su-
periority toward the poorest natives is reprehens
BILE on the part OF the missionary. A Chinese may
revtle and beat and kick his cOuntryman, but a
foreigner may not speak sharply TO him.
New-York tribune., 1907-04-14
PLANTS HARD 10 GET.

Back Of the situation as it at present exists
there IS a story OF great difficulties overcome by
the explorers Of the department in securing
the necessary cuttings to get start in the
production OF the rush from which mating is
made. The agents OF this government went to
Japan where all the commercial rush
grown and from which country the manufact-
urers OF America have had TO buy their raw
material. They were able 70 purchase a few
plants IN q locality until the japanese growers
found out their object and realized that the
monopoly was being endangered. Then they
would no longer sell. The agents would be
forced 20 move into another locality and pur-
chase untn sale was again refused. In time.
however sufficient cuttings were secured to
give the department what It needed. amounting
20 several carloads.
The i6ea OF the department is TO develop the
new crop on loWlands IN the Carolinas. where
the original rice crop IS no longer profitable Tt
was there that ten years ago the Department OF
Agriculture approached the growers OF rice and
preferred its assistance IN the Improvement of
that crop. The rice farmers told the experts
thas the best rice IN the world was being grown
there, which was probably true. and that they
were making plenty OF money from the crop
New-York tribune., 1907-04-14

introductions of the present season are being
hoped for
a new field is being opened for the operation
or the department by the acquisition of Porto
Rico. Hawaii and the Panama zone. At these
points are being tried impOrtations from further
south and from tho East Indies. There is tho
chtrmoya, which is little known. but much
sought after where ii has been introduced.
This fruit is a native OF Peru, but in tho
last season successfully grown in California and
Florida. The fruit resembles a green tomato.
but Is many times larger.
New-York tribune., 1907-04-14
FATTENING FENUGREEK.

Many OF the departments importations are
interesting aside from the feature of commercial
profit This may be said particularly of fenu-
greek. which Is being proved 2 success by the
department and offers refuge 10 the thin and
nervous OF an overhurried nation in that Il is the
greatest OF flesh producers. The qualities Of
ienugreek are remarkable and the Introduction
and culture of Il are SO easy that it furnishes a
ready enterprise that is being EraSpcd by the
ofchafdmen OF California in great numbers. The
ienugreek IS used as cover cTOp-that is. crop
SoWn between the rows of trees in orchards to
prevent the sun and wind from taking the moist
ure from the soil. II also enTiches the soil by
supplying nitrogen in considerable quantities.
1t grows readily and in its seed lies a remark
able fattening quality which occasions its value
and interest.
The fenugreek is an Introduction from North
been known for many centuries. Among the
Jews OF that country and Western Asia no
maiden Is regarded as beautiful unless she is
tremely buXom- Through many centuries when
the Jewish woman upon the approach Of her
marriage did not possess the necessary 30 or
800 pounds in weight which in the eyes of her
people was necessary To beauty her resort was
10 fenugreek So fattening is the seed from this
plant that il is asserted that instance is cited
where the comeliness sought has not been
cured through its use as food and a race OF
stout women has been developed.
Among Western nations the fenUgreek has
been known merely as an ingredient OF condition
powders that have been administered TO horses
and cattle. It is the meal from these seeds that
gives the peculiar odor to those powders. and Il
has made them expensive. The experts of the
department believe that with the growing Of the
fenugreek in home orchards the condition pow
ders can be made at vastly reduced cost, hut
fuse TO recommend the use of the ingredient by
the human family, leaving the question Of such
New-York tribune., 1907-04-14

MAeoMGLE
and the
New-York tribune., 1907-04-14
SQUEEZING" AND RELIGION.

Love. and squeeze got" was a Chinese students
summary OF the preaching of John the Baptist
New-York tribune., 1907-04-14
FIGHTING FORCES OF EVIL.

Mr. Aked comes from one OF the 4aadIugs
churches IN Liverpool. the Pembroke Baptist
Chapel. where he has been making HIS mark
not only on the spiritual life OF the church but
also on the civic life OF the people for sixteen
years He is in the prime OF life. being not quite
fOrty-three years old and in the full VigOr OF
his powers. despite the fact that a few years ago
he was threatened with consumption. He had
been wonderfully active not only in the work
both in and out Of his church which his hands
found to do. but had devoted himself TO all
forms Of outdoor exercise. especially bicycling.
and probably had overdOne the matter. for he
had to spend more than year. IN the high Alps
10 regain his health He has since confined his
outdoor exercise to horseback riding and walk
lng. one of the reasons which lea TO his
ceptance of the call to the Fifth Avenue Bap-
tst Church was the hope that the change OF
climate would make permanent the restoration
of his health.
The church to the pastOrate OF which Mr..
Aked succeeds is one of the largest and wealth.
lest OF the Baptist denomination in this city.
IL is pOpUlary known as Mr.. ROckefsller'a
church. but the senior John d. Rockefeller, al
though he attends il when in this city. and pre-
su.Iably contributes largely TO its support and
benefCenCes, holds his church membership in
Cleveland But John ID. Rockefeller, tr., Is q
leading member Of the Fifth Avenue church.
and in IT he conducts Bible class. which was
at one time led by the present Governor OF th8
state. Charles E. Hughes. himself the son OF q
Baptist minister The promise has been made
to Mr. Aked that he shall be hampered IN no
way in his pulpit Utterances here. but that he
shall feel free TO say or do what his cOnscleaos
New-York tribune., 1907-04-14
MANY FROM CHINA.

I'm the last year" said David Fairchild, in
charge of the Office OF plant introduction. many
new plants have been received from the Far
East the exploitation of fruits and plants from
that region being carried forward more eXteu-
sively the last year than ever before. There
have been great number Of importations from
China, but these have been mostly varieties
Of old and well known fruits. Some Of these
have been found 10 produce better fruit in
America than in their native soil. while still
others have been known 10 cross adVantageously
with varieties and produce new kind Of
fruit with exceptional qualities.
'The climate Of China is similar 10 that Of the
United States. and many Of the fruits are sim
ilar China is the original home OF the peach.
but some varieties OF that fruit, as we'll as
OF the grape. have been found to flourish to
a greater extent here. Especially is this true
where the Oriental varieties have been crossed
with the American species. A striking example
OF this latter branch OF the work is the phenom-
email success of the Elberta peach. which is
cross Of this kind This is accomplished by
planting the two varieties side by side and OBJ
tanning the cross through growing trees from
the seed of the fruit which is thus crossed. The
New-York tribune., 1907-04-14
From The Tribune Bureau. J

washington. April 13-Throughout the length
and breadth Of the world the experts of the De-
nartnent Of Agriculture, in the bureau Of plant
,n,ro6uction are busy winter and summer in
a oeaseiess search for new varieties of fruits,
cereals. trees or herbs that viii flourish some
,-bere in the wide stretches of this country and.
under cultivation. give more productiveness and
Greater wealth 10 the nation. They are finding
each year great numbers Of plants for importa-
zion. and these are being brought here through
tbe bureau. tried under the most favorable con-
6itions by expert growers. and where the eX-
nerirnents promise good results their cOTlmer-
ial cultivation is encouraged. In many in
stances II is found that plant will not grow 10
advantage in American SOIL and such negative
information is little less valuable than that on
The opposite side OF the account. for in these
instances all inquirers who are contempla ting
the introduction OF that plant may receive the
information gained by the government and save
themselves the disappointment and expense OF
q frultless undertaking.
There have been many important introductions
IN the last year. the greatest of which is prob
ably that Of the japanese mating rush, of
which this government has succeeded after
many difficulties in obtaining many thousands
of rlauts which are now in California. being
nropagated for experiments which viii be car
rIed on IN Carolina and particularly at Browns
vile. Tex. where it is believed they VIII flour
ish abundantly. On the reservation adjacent 10
the fort at Brownsville where negro soldiers
were recently stationed is a tract OF land. fer
tile and irrigable, which the War Department
has turned over TO the eXperimenters, and a
hundred acres will be used in the propagation
OF the rush cuttings. Scientific farmers have
been sent there, and It is expected that great
new AGRICULTURAL industry will spring from the
lfVfra Of
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-09
0'ciNkNCE NO. 1926.

An Ordinance making it a INSIDE
meanor, punishable by fine or i'm
Drlsonment for any person 10 engage
IN or conduct business upon which
the Town of Welsh has levied a H.
cense, without paying the same, and
fixing the penalty for the violation
thereof.
Section |. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Board of Trustees of the
Town of Welsh, that hereafter. it shall
be misdemeanOr for any person en-
gagged in conducting a business of any
description, upon which the Town of
Welsh has, or may hereafter levy a IL
cense upon such class or classes of
business, to SO engage in or conduct
uch business without first paving the
lceuSe SO levied for the current wear
in which said license is levied. and
any person, or partnership, or men,
Der of the partnership who shall do so
without first paying his license, shall
be gniiIy Of miSdemeanor, and upon
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-09
Bell 1ity News.

Mr. DoIza Dfrouen and his horse
were both struck and instantly killed
bv lightning Friday evening. Mr.
Derouen leaves a wife, father and
mother, brothers and sisters and .
hoste of friends to mourn his death
Mrs Alton Hayes left for her home
in Lake Charles Saturday morning
Heavy showers are falling every
day in our section of country.
Mrs. W. F. Smith and children Of
Mayville, and her sister, Mrs. Lizzie
Warden of Sabinal, Texas, were Wis.
ltlng their brothers, Thos. and VIM.
Cox Wednesday and Thursday. Mrs.
Warden will leave on the 10th TO, Dial.
las Texas, to visit her mother.
Chas' DELANEY is The proud owner
Of L four-lea@e7 chicken, which seems
to be in good health,