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New-York tribune., 1907-06-30
Ten Per Cent of the Pop
ulation Are Now
Christians.
By William T. Ellis.

Copyright. 1907 by Joseph p. Bowles)
Reginald Heber has taught more people than have
biographies that there is such a place as Ceylon
and he has determined their impression Of Il For
almost everybody knows his hymn. From Green
lands Icy Mountains which runs:
What though TIE spicy b-eezes
Blow soft Ger Ceylon's Isle.
Where every prospect psases.
And only man Is vile
Ina ts q tife hard the Ceylonese but 81
has forever marked this island as identified with
Christian missions And they are here. not so au-
parent perhaps as the pleasing prospects, for this
IS q singuarly beautiful land, but still easily
oiscernible 10 a seeking eye. The first signs Of
Christianity IN this land OF palms. spices and tea
are the lofty church spires of Colombo; the next
tie silver crosses about the necks of the diving
bows.
These boys are mostly Roman Catholic as are
nlne-tenths OF the Christians in the island So ef-
Sectlve has mission work been that Christians are
always included by the natives IN any enumeration
OF the religions Of Ceylon Ten per cent of the
islands population Of three and a half million peo-
PIE Is Christian. The preVaiug faiths are in this
numerical order; Buddhist Hindu, AIahometan and
Christian Except for the crosses and scap,llars
ohe natives &c not wear clothes enough 10 conceal
taelr scapulars) Tie Christians may not be known
by any outward token
TIE same IS true OF the Buddhists The FIIndus
nre EsInils from India. and they are sneared on
i2ce and body with various sect marks in ashes
New-York tribune., 1907-06-30
ALTERNATIVE SUGGESTED.

overhasty In making threats about what VIII be
done II we go ahead and dispose OF our sewage
by emptying it into the Upper Bay" said James
New-York tribune., 1907-06-30
A P0LYGLOT INSTITUTION.

Tne vigor and popularity OF the association IN
eSlon are atested by the fact that there are nine
teen branches scattered over the island with 25O
NeHiQefs' OF whom $50 are members OF student
New-York tribune., 1907-06-30
4 FALSE TOOTH WoRsHIPpED.

This is a centre Of Buddhism It IS to Handy
tfs ancient capital, that Buddhists make pilgrim
eEeS from all over the island and also from india
tyer BUDDHIST guide nafVely informed US that IAN
eae world comes to kanGy every fun moon" For
az Handy is the famous shrine containing Buddha's
Tooth The tooth that IS annually dlsplaved is
pposps' me original having been taken away and
destroyed by the Portuguese although tna fepnle
1etenoaats deny this. Said one Of them: .'Of
course. this IS the real tooth else why ould ,,ili
a-s - ~ PeOPie worship itE This reasoning salts
nee hiry cs II cid the other devout vrorshirners
Wnoan saw az the shrine Of the tooth In th,z
temple llere IS ratheF startling representation In
series OF pictures 81 colors, Of future nunish
intnts i was surprizng 20 find that a warm des
siy awaits Aarsi my experience with BuddhIsts
Nso .eo ne 10 believe that there be a special
merit attached to lgIng In the temple area sacred
New-York tribune., 1907-06-30

Former United States Senator FELTON, resigned
this aek State Prison Commissioner. although
his term did not expire until 1910. FELTON, ap-
pointed by Governor Pardee. who expected 70 sue
ceAA himself but when he was defeated by Gillette
q plain that friends OF Gillette would get con-
the state prison directorate As FELTON,
al ruled tho directorate for four years. there was
nothing for him TO do but retire
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-22
TEST OF GOOD POTATOES.
New York Press.)


The popularity Of the Irish potato. 50
called. is in the fact that it is not Irish
The potato originally grew wild in the
fields Of Chill, Peru and Mexico. The
unregenerate potato, which is still found
in a wild state among the mountains or
Peru, is a delicate vine. which bears a
fruit about the size OF plum and as vel
low as an orange. Sir John Hawkins did
not take the potato to Ireland until 1860
Sir Francis Drake took II to England
years afterWard. BOtaniCaily il was or
iginally known as Batata Nirginiana. but
in after years il was properly identified
and classified as SOlanUm TubOrUm.
As the winter stock will be soon laid iu
it may be well for the inexperienced to
be able 10 select good potatoes. To test
the vegetable cut the raw potato in two
in rub the halves together. If the mOis-
ture on rubbing is great enough TO drop.
the potato will be SOggy and set when
cooked. A potato that will be dry and
mealv when cooked will give a good rich
froth. while a poor one Will show only
watery froth by the same rubbing action
Moreover, the two pieces or halves viii
stick together if the potato is good one
OF course the whole process is 70 test
the amount of starch in the potato and
The more starch the better the potato
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-22
RALLADE OF A BORE.
puck


When the weather is warm ana the glass
running high
And the odors of Araby tincture the air;
When the sun is aioft in white and blue
sky.
And the morrow holds promise Of being
as fair;
In the season of summer I'm free to de-
clare
And the same I am equally free to main
One person has power my peace to i'm
pair;
The man who tells limericks gives me a
pain.
When the foliage flushes and summer is
by
And russell and red are the popular
wear;
When the song Of the woodland is
changed to a sigh.
And the horn of the hunter is heard by
the hare
In the season of autumn I'm free to de-
And my language is simple and lucid and
plain
One persons acquaintance 1 gladly for
swear.
The man who tells limericks gives me a
pain.
When the landscape is iced and the snow
feathers fly
When the fields are all bald and the
trees are ali bare.
And the prospect which nature presents to
the eye
Is chiefly distinguished by glitter and
glare
In the season of winter I'm free to de-
clare
That the limerick person is flat and inane
This person. | think, we could easily
spare
The man who tells limericks gives me
pain.
From New Years to Christmas, I'm free
to declare.
For ways that are dull and for verse
that is vain.
Ore bore is peculiar-and not at all rare:
The man who tells limerieks gives me a
pain.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-22
SOME LUCKY WINDFALLS.
Tit Bits.J

II II B-LSsJ
That the days of romantic windfalls
are not over is proved by the report that
a lady clerk in Washington is 81 10000
richer by the death of a grsat-uncle on
whom she had never set eyes. And Miss
Hume is only one Of many lucky people
who. within the last year or two, have had
unexpected fortunes shOwered on them,
according to the newspapers.
For example, George StratfOrd. a New
York policeman, was said to have inner
tied $500 600 on the death of an uncle:
Michael Mcdonald. a Caretaker. of Great
Harwood, near Blackburn, shared with a
brother the fortune of a millionaire uncle;
a young Russian named Gopvic. a tram
conductor, succeeded 10 an estate worth
600 coo: four Bristol artisans found them
selves heirs to e250,000 the estate of a
wealthy uncle of Brooklyn; and a Ger
man maid of-al l-wOrk suddenly found her
self a millionairess.
Among other recent favoritas OF fortune
have been Miss Wright an American
telegraph [. who is said to have inherited
a round million from her aunt Miss Cor
ycle: Miss Leeds. a St. Louis salesgirl
was one of the heirs to an estate valued
at s. ,O00, 900; an eX-telephone girl, in the
States, inherited a large part of her hus-
bands fortune, estimated at over s2,OOO.-
0O0: and a German dentist awOke one
morning to learn that a Californian rela-
tive had left him e1,5O0.000.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-22
SEVEN FEET OF NAILS.
(Tft-Bits.)


A scientist has estimated that in life
time of seventy years a man grows nails
which, If IL were possible to preserve them
uncut. would reach the phenomenal length
of feet 9 inches. Exactly on what ar
guments this statement is based il is hard
20 say, for a little observation will show
that during the greater portion of mans
life he cuts his nails on an average Of
once week. and at each pairing removes
a sixteenth of an inch, or the equivalent
of quarter Of an inch a month. work
ing out at three inches A year This
would give him a growth of feet inches
during the thirty years he lives between
twenty and fifty. In the other forty years,
when the growth is less rapid, he would
certainly produce four feet OF nails, so
that eleven feet is a better average for
the nail producing capacity Of man
It should be noted, however. that the
growth of the nails on the right hand is
in most people, more rapid than those on
the left and il may be that the scientist
in question has based his argument on
the slower growth of the left hand nails
Another curious point is that the rate
of growth Of the nails depends on the
length Of the finger; thus, the nails on
the two middle fingers Of man grow more
rapidly than those on the first and third
finger. respectively, and these. in turn
are more speedy in their growth than
those on the little fingers. Again. nails
''ripen" quicker in summer than in win
ter when the cold seems to render them
harder.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-22
MARvELS OF SURGERY.
Recent Wonderful Operations That
Have Been Successful.

BY a marvellous piece of surgery.
Miss Dot Stephens. the well-known
music hall artistic. will be able to ap-
pear on the stage again. in spite of the
fact that in October last she had both
her feet cut off through falling out of
a train. At cost OF ez00 she has been
htted with pair OF artificial feet
which are not only so wonderfully
made as TO entirely escape detection.
but which enable Miss stephens to
walk a couple Of miles without fatigue
and without the aid of a stick
This remarkable surgical feat reminds
one OF the remark some time ago by
Mr.. Gillespie, the welI-known London
magistrate, to the effect that he sup
posed everything is possible in sur
gerry nowadays" This conjecture was
nearer the truth than Mr.. Gillespie
probably imagined.
me cause of the remark was a man
VINO came before the magistrate
charged with attempted suicide The
prisoner had severed his windpipe with
a razor. Thanks, however, to a re-
markable piece Of surgery on the part
OF two doctors of the East Ham hos
pital. the wound was stitched I'D and
Even this astounding feat, however.
has been surpassed by DIR. Richard
warren of the London hospital. Two
years ago a Spitsfield tailor was
stabbed through the heart while quar-
rellng over game of cards He ar
rived at the hospital in a state of col
lapse, and the doctors decided that the
only chance of saving his life was to
stitch up the wound in the heart DR.
Warren was intrusted with this diff
cult task. The chest had to be opened.
three ribs cut through, and part of the
breast bone removed before the vital
organ could be reached, after which
three stitches were put in the heart
Art1ficial respiration was then resort
ed to, and two months later the tailor
was discharged from the hospital as
cured, although he was obliged to wear
shield of black leather and aluminium
over his chest to prevent any injury to
the wound.
Apart, however, from the fact Of
stitching up wounded hearts. il will
probably astonish many people to learn
that it is by no means a rare occur
renee for surgeons to make hearts beat
again after they have apparently
stopped. At Guys hospital some
months ago an operation for. cancer
was being performed. and under the in
huence of the anaesthetic the patients
heart suddenly ceased to beat In an
instant the surgeons hand was thrust
inside the body and he commenced
pinching the heart. which began TO
beat again, thus saving the patients
life.
Quite recently DR.. J. NJ T. Finney.
at a meeting of the Southern Surgical
and genealogical society, held at Bal
timore, explained how he grated a
girls little finger on her face where
her nose should have been, and then
amputated it. The patient is now
very presentable looking child.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-22
oVERDRAFT ON HIS PATIENCE


Private" John Allen tells some good
stories of a man in Jackson. Miss, who
so far as his financial notions go. is of
the type made famous by Colonel Car
ter of Gainesville
The cashier of the bank at jackson
with which the Mssissippian did bust
ness one day very politely intimated that
the gentleman's account was oVerdrawn
Thanking him for the information. the
Jackson man left the building promis-
ing that the situation would be rene
died the following day. But nothing was
heard fTcm him then. nor for some weeks
after Then. when the cashier had an
opportunity to do so, he again referred
to the matter. Temarking that the gem
tleman was now even further indebted
to the bank than before. Again came
the polite assurance that the matter was
to be adjusted that day; and again did
the jackson man fail to keep his prom
Use
on his next visit to the bank the pres
ident himself took occasion to call the
depositor's attention to the situation
The Mississippian became very indig-
nant. Look here, sir he exclaimed
this makes the third time the officials
OF this bank have pestered me about that
measly overdrawn account If you don't
quit bothering me about it III take it TO
another bank
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-22
NOT ALL IN THE NORTH.
UndianaDolis NeWs

indianapolis News.)
Stoughton j. Fletcher, who has been
rusucatlng on his stock farm in Tennes-
see. Is In the city for a few days. "A
while ago. said Mr.. Fletcher. Il enter
tanned the belief that labor troubles were
all north of the Ohio river The other
day l was forcibly reminded of nv error.
! employed number Of colOred labOrers
in hauling gravel and in roadmaking At
half-past Z delegation Of these negroes
came to me and refused to go on with the
work.
What's the matter?' / asked.
Not shOvelers enough was the an
swer
Well, go ahead and do the shoveIing
yourselves; load your own wagons. IN
pay extra
Iney went away, and at 9 o'clock an
other delegation of negroes came.
what's the grievance nOW?' / asked
We won work no mo- under a white
boss We want colored man 70 that
job
Il told them the white boss would be
replaced by cOlOred man as soon as pos
sible, and they went away. At 1890 a. m.
another delegation of negroes appeared.
what's up now% ] asked. Then they
told me they had struck for more wages,
and not another spadeful OF gravel would
be thrown until / came to their figures
Thls made three strikes before II o'clock
in the morning. Here the cameFs back
gave way. ] told them that it was my
turn at last. that l had struck and [ took
the train and came north
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-22
ENcoUNTERINe A TIGER.
(ChicagO News.D

NCulcaBO News
How he met tiger in an Indian jun
gle is told by a hunter:
i was stalking with a very light rifle
accompanied by two native shikaris. who
mad no weapons at all. We were passing
through some rather thick jungle, when
L heard sounds as if a tiger were afOot.
and, glancing at my men, saw that they
were looking rather queer. All of a sud
den, with a rush and roar, a very large
tiger spra1g out Of the jungle about
thirty yards off and made straight for
us He passed along our front went a
few yards, then turned round and sat
growing and watching US. After this he
charged almost up to US, but did not
come quite home, and then passed back
ward and forward in front of US two or
three times My men behaved exceedingly
well, standing quite steady facing the
tiger, shouting and throwing stones and
bits Of sticks at him. Had either of them
tried to turn and run, or get up tree the
tiger would have been on to us for dead
certainty.
Il reserved my fire for the last emer-
gency, not caring, unless absolutely driv-
en- TO 1t, with light rifle, to risk a shot
which would most probably fail to stop
the tiger. The tiger continued To grow
and play round US like a big cat, giving
US an uncOmmOnly bad time for aboUI
ten minutes. After a while we managed
to back slowly over the top Of some ris-
ing ground behind us, and, once We were
out OF sight, I am ashamed 10 confess
that we went for all we were worth, halt
ing occasionally to make sure we were
not being followed. until. to our great re-
lief. we got into the open.
The above is, luckily. somewhat un-
usual experience, for a tiger generally
avoids the presence Of man il he can
Had il been a tigTess. with young cubs
suddenly disturbed by one of us one
could have understood her behaving i'm
this exceptional manner. but this was a
male tiger. and there IS no way Of ex-
planning his conduct"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-22
COULD eLoNGATE HIMSELF.
CHarper's Weekly

John Brink prided himself on having
the largest general store in the county.
IF man wishes is. and il is made [ have
it," was the sign over his store and the
motto which capped all his advertisements
in the newspapers.
William" said Mr. Brink one morn
ing as he was giving instructions to a
green clerk. no one must ever leave this
store without making a purchase. If q
person doesn't know what ne wants sug-
gest something. And, remember, We have
everything from carpet tsCks to mausole-
unns."
Williams first customer was "A leisure
ly-appeaTing chap, who gazed about cur
iOusly, but had no definite object in view
Just looking around" he explained
Wouldn't you like to take a look at
our new line Of postal cards?" suggested
the eager clerk.
NO, not this time" answered the
stranger; I'm just a little short this
morning"
"Ah." urged the new clerk. who was
not familiar with the wonderful expan-
siveness of the language, then, per
haps you'd like TO look at our line of new
and handsome stretchers?"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-22
HIS WORK TIRED CARNEGIE.
(Exchange.)

Several men achieved great wealth by
association in business with Carnegie.
amongst them being Andrew NJ. More
land, who at one time acted as secretary
and treasurer of the Carnegie company.
Prior to this he was auditor of the COM
pany, and while acting in this capacity he
was summoned one day to consult Mr..
Carnegie. who set wine before his guess
at dinner.
No. thank you, don't drink" said
Mr.. Moreland
Later on Mr.. Carnegie brought out the
cigars
''No. thank you, don't smoke" said
Mr.. Moreland
Still later in the evening Mr. Carnegie
proposed a game of cards.
NO, thank you" | don't play cards.
said Mr.. MoreIand
Mr. Carnegie looked at his guest Tell
me why you don't do any of these
things, he dryIy requested.
you've kept me working too hard all
these years; I've had no time to learn"
was the reply
Mr.. Carnegie thought moment
Andy he said, I'm going to give you
three months vacation Now for
heavens sake go off somewhere and learn
to do something besides work"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-22
THE FLOATING ANCHOR.
BrookIyn Eagle.)


Captain SeaIby Of the Cretic was talk
ing about the nautical ignorance or the
average tourist.
Il once overheard a tourist he said,
ask her husband where their daughter
was.
." In the blunt end Of the ship the nus
band answered.
still worse, though" Captain Seaiby
continued. was the nautical ignorance
of a couple Of laudsmen who went sail
ing.
These q eenhCTns had for anchor lot
of stones tied up in a burlap bag.
when lunch time came the skipper
called to his mate
d" Cast anchor!
"The other heaved the anchor over
board. but in the act the burlap slit ana
the stones sank to the bottom, while the
bag flOated.
- Skipper said the man, after watch
ing the bag little while, the anchor
won't sink What's 10 be dOneY
Here said the skipper, capablv,
take this pole and shove her down
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-22
OKLAHOMA AND ROOSEVELT.

With the announcement of the result
in Oklahoma of the vote on the consti-
tuition and state ticket, il should begin
to dawn on the president that he has
made another fOrtuitOus blunder in ma
tional politics. The Democratic party.
the constitution which its majority in
the convention formulated and the
ticket which it nominated were all ap-
proved by an overwhelming majority
The advice of the president given pri-
vately, and later in public speech by
Secretary Taft, was ignored with a
vigor as delightful to observers as it
must have been painful to the admin
istration.
1t will be remembered that while the
constitution WAS under consideration,
the convention got an intimatiOn from
Washington that the president was
highly displeased with some Of the
provisions adopted in the states CHAR
ter. A delegation Immediately went on
to consult with the displeased one; it
even asked legal advice ST the attorney
general as TO what would meet the
presidential objections. As nearly as
the outside world could learn, the grav-
amen of the displeasure was the adop-
ton of Democratic principles in the
constitutional law. and the apportion-
ment of the state so as to give tie
majority party, the Democracy. a poiit-
zeal advantage.
When the convention got a report
from its Washington consultation it
proceeded TO go ahead on its own bust
ness with calm disregard of executive
opinion. The constitution was COM
pleted and the recent election was en-
its rejection or adoption. During thu
campaign just closed, Secretary Taft
made his appearance and gave the cleo
tors some administration advice. He
urged them to reject the constitution
and wait awhile for admission as a.
if not foolish. and that the whole job
ought to be done over. iaferentiaIly
with a view to meeting Republican
wishes. Just what the people Of Okla
homa thought of this administration
advice was shown by majority con-
elusive enough to convince even Roose-
welt that his wishes are not highly re-
garded in Oklahoma.
Usually, the adoption Of Il constitu-
ton and election of officers to serve
under it are followed promptly by
proclamation of admission eraanatins
from the president. 1t has been inti-
mated that President Roosevelt NAV
disregard usage and withhold the proc
lamation admitting Oklahoma. Delay
might prevent the addition of Okla
homa's vote in a presidential year It
might prevent the immediate election
of two United States senators by the
Democracy, and IL might prevent
other advantages OF weight to a Re-
publican administration
In the absence Of an official decIara-
ton it IS not known what the preside4
will do but if he does withhold his
proclama ton. he is apt 10 find that
even a minority party can make rrou-
bic enough to make him regret such a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-22
SOME JAPANESE PROVERBS.


Speak of a man and his shadow comes
A tongue of three inches can kill a
man of six feet
The fly finds the sore spot
A small-minded man looks at the sky
through a reed.
woman to rule is as for hen to crow
in the morning.
Good doctoring needs not half from
marvels.
Love flies with the red petticost (onIv
unmarried girls wear this garmenO.
If you hate d man let him live.
Many words, little sense.
To be over polite is TO be rude
The doctor cannot cure himself.
HelFs torments are measured by money.
There are thorns on all roses.
Inquire seven times before you believe
a report.
He is a clever man who can preach a
short sermon.
Treat every old man as thy father.
A man who lends money to a friend
will never more see his friend nor his
money.
Thine own heart makes the world.
The poet at home sees the whole world.
The throne OF the gods is on the brow
of a righteous man.