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70 Learn of All European Tongues.

TO take up positions in the innumerable
German houses of business and COM
mercial agencies which the Kaiser S
lieges have founded in China during the
last forty years they are required inn
mediately on their arrival TO master not
the Chinese language but English. for
use in all transactions with the Chinese
merchant guilds and for ordinary bust
ness intercourse throughout the Chinese
open ports. while. OF course, a spatter-
ing Of piGgeon English is needed by them
for their dealings with servants and
with natives of the coolie class.
IT was likewise brought home TO the
Regent that English is the language not
only of Great Britain but also Of the
United States, of Canada. of Australia,
of New Zealand and OF ali that part Of
Africa open 10 trade. 1t is the official
language of the Indian Empire, the Ian
guage most familiar to seamen. and TO
merchants. and finally II is the language
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Of the two is that the adoption of the
English language by the Chinese as a
compulsory study gives both TO the
Americans and to the British an enor-
nous advantage over their other foreign
competitors for the acquisition of Chi
nese trade and for pre-eminence in Chi
nese markets. Nor is this all. For 1t will
serve to establish closer political rela-
lions on the part of China with the
United States and with England than
with any other foreign powers. Just in
the same way that international animos-
tiles arise from international misunder-
standings, so in the same way do mutual
understandings pave the way for sym
pathy and friendship.
Leaving aside any question of graft
tude, a Chinaman who by his mastery of
English has obtained access to all sorts
of stores of knowledge and of science
contained in American and English
books will always entertain a create
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~Sordid and Petty Causes WI

; He said the most pathetic cases were
those of women with children who were
in real want and came into court thinking
the city had a fund there to relieve their
poverty, when all the court could do would
be 10 send the husband who had no money
to give them to Blackwelrs Island.
In contrast to these touching cases was
the one of the woman who sailed into court
last week clad in a lace gown and a big
white hat loaded down with ostrich plumes.
She demanded that her husband be made to
support her. The trial brought forth the
information that she had an income of $3.50
a month. She departed in high dudgeon
after the court had refused to raise the
amount to $500, she had asked
Another woman wanted the court to COM
pei her husband to give her the cash for
purchases, and demanded to be allowed to
go at once before the magistrate, to tell
him how terrible it was 10 use a book-a
grocery book-to buy things She was de-
tanned in the waiting room a while TO watch
thin, pale women, with babies in their
arms and other children at their sides with
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Increased Demand viii Soon Arise Through
our the Empire for Books Printed Here.

Germany at the hands Of Russia 10
further the object that they have In
view. That is why Emperor William in
sists that the language taught In the
public schools Of the province Of Posen
should be German instead OF Polish. He
wishes the children to grow up as Ger
mans rather than az Poles, 20 be trained
to Teutonic instead Of Polish ideals. and
TO look to the unity Of the Fatherland IN
lieu of the revival Of the former gIorfss
OF Poland under Polish king.
The Car. for identical ressons-nans-
ly. the safety of his empire against for
efgn inva sion-is seeking but in vain. In
Russianize his Finnish grand duchy
and his Polish and German speaking
western provinces by enforcing the Rus
sian language, In lieu OF Finnish. Polish
and German, employing devices FOR the
purpose that appear in American eyes to
be Of the most tyrannical character.
The Hungarian government, which
brides itself on the advanced liberalism
OF It's institutions, is endeavOring In the
same way TO force the Magyar language
on the Run;anians OF the Hungarian
province of Pennsylvania, and the en-
deavor Of Austria to compel the Italian
speaking population Of Emperor Francis
Joseph's southern provinces to adopt the
German language is not only a source
Of continual discomfort and Of disturb
ance, but even Of so much luminosity On
the part OF the italian nation as 70 rem
der their participation IN the Triple AL
lance wholly nominal and OF no avail.
Switzerland has suffered cruelty in the
past through strife on the subject OF
language. while parliamentary and pop
ular government in the Dual Empire
has been rendered weIlnigh irnpracti-
cable on account Of the nationalist
squabbles on the score of language. The
empire comprises some sixteen or more
distinct races. each at daggers drawn
with the others and with language Of
it's own, the preservation of which it re-
CARDS as necessary to protect it from ab-
sorption by its neighbOrs and from dis
appearance as a national entity. Ger
mans, Bohernians. Poles, Ruthenians,
Servians, Croatians, Rumanians. Mag
vars, Italians, SlOvaks, etc, have, how
ever. one bond OF union. and one alone
namely. their loyalty TO and affection for
the chivaIrous old monarch who has
taken the trouble to learn all Of their
languages. and who is able 70 speak 70
each Of his subjects in his own tongue
and TO comprehend what each has 70 say
to him without the services OF an inter
preter This mutual understanding In
the matter of language between his
Iieges and himself is the basis Of their
sympathy, their love and their loyalty 70
Francis Joseph, which holds together his
Dual Empire. EX-ATTACHE-
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hungry eyes, asking that their husbands be
made to buy the children bread, and finally
went her way. convinced that a grocery
book which one could use freely was not
to be despsed.
The women bring the children to further
their cause. and II they have none OF their
own borrow freely from the neighbors.
One timid woman was accompanied by
FIVE of the neighbors TO support her in the
time Of trial. The husband, who had been
drinking for several days. insisted that she
and the baby should live up on the roof of
the apartment house, with only such
clothes and food as he was willing TO toss
up TO them. When he was helped to a seat
before the Judge he assured that dignitary
that he was perfectly sober, and as he
staggered out he turned mournful eyes re-
proachfully upon his wife. and said be
tween hiccoughs:
LII did l think. my love. you would
ever treat ne IKE thish.'
One man left home because, as he said.
they had been married twenty years, and
in all that time his wife had poured out her
whole hearts affection upon a dog. lie
thought he should have at least equal con-
slderation with the dog, and would stand It
no longer 10 be kept In the background.
The wife was made 20 see the necessity OF
giving some of her attention to the hus-
band. while he was induced TO be more
tolerant Of the dog. and the inference is
that all three will 1--we happily hereafter.
The next in order was a wife who COM
planned of overattention from her husband.
He kissed and Rugged her until II made
her tired" ard she felt that she must have
a rest. I'm delicate, and can't stand so
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rr-o,,rtsht. 1910 by the Brentwood Company
china has chosen English as her Neia-
II, summing a cold shoulder TO the
.e..hines of Esperanto. That is the
,,ean;rr oe the imperial edict recently
issued at Picking by the young ana
progressive Regent ordering the aoop-
sion of English as the one foreign IAN
euaee TO be studied in every scleh'lAc
and technical high school Of the empire
IN fact the decree is equivalent 10 a
command that every educated Chinese
should familiarize himself with our IAN
suage. But IL does not mean, as many
on both sides of the Atlantic appear to
hsIteve that English is 10 take the place
Of China's various native vernaculars-
like the huge and equally densely
x,pulated British Empire, CHINA, WIN
her many different nationalities, is a
land Of not only innumerable dialects
hut also OF many languages that nave
no noints OF similitude with one another
h,t the written or printed characters,
and the native Of Manchuria hnds IL
cutie as dificult 10 understand the
Chinsnan along the southern frontier OF
,be empire as does the mandarin from
Picking or the merchant prince from
Canton 10 hold any intercourse with the
natives Of Tibet and Of the other ex-
IRENE western provinces without the as
sistance Of an interpreter. Indeed, /
have known Chinese from the northern
rscrts 10 communicate with their fellow
countrvmen OF the extreme southern
ports and with Cinnamon at Singapore
by means Of pidgeon English.
Now. while pidgeon English is all very
well in its way, and in some respects
both picturesque and entertaining, ii is
at the best a patois of limited vocabu-
larry. devoid of literature and Of no
earthly use TO the Chinese save when
dealing with foreigners who have resided
IN China or else with fellow countrymen
Of their own from far distant Chi
nese ports open TO foreign trade. 1t does
not provide them with any means Of &C
cess TO the mines Of Western lore and
science TO be found in American and
English books. That is why the Regent,
in Difference to the recommendations of
his most enlightened advisers, aspas or
dered the learning Of English as part
and parcel Of the ordinary curriculum
OF compulsory studies in all the colleges,
high schools and universities Of the en-
pire.
II has been demonstrated to him that
English is the language which, more
than any other. has obtained foothold
on what may be described as the outer
fringe Of China; that it is the language
most used in China's foreign trade, to
such an extent. indeed, that when any
Young Teutons are sent out to the Orient
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much loving" she complained. The hus-
band was restrained frcm his too ardent
devotion, and the wife was .exhorted, in the
face of other loveless lives. TO appreciate
whatever demonstrations of affection came
her way.
In the grist the court mill ground out on
the same day was the case of husband
driven from home by his wifes efforts at
sanitation. Everything about the house is
disinfected, sterilized, boiled. pasteurized
and inspected daily" he said. 'She is so
afraid I'll harbOr a germ of comfort she
keeps me in hot water all the time. | can't
stand it. I'd rather wallow In the dirt
somewhere. She's so afraid of microbes
she insists on my kissing her through a
piece of gauze" And he made a wry face
at the recollection.
In the last hour OF this session a bright
looking woman. with two beautiful children.
came in, saying her husband had left her
with no money and nothing to eat.
Why did he leave your" asked the long
suffering clerk for perhaps the fftieth time
that day.
He left me because I'm not educated
enough. not good enough 10 live with him.
He made me promise before l was married
that l would not have any children and
that / would go to the night school and
learn languages. The children came, and
he said l broke my ante-nuptial contract
and was ignorant and he won't live with
me no more. l used to stand all day with
the baby in my arms and print pictures and
help him. Now he says I'm fool and not
artistic enough for his wife. And he can't
stand it to live with me-"
She got a summons TO bring the husband
OF artistic temperament into court.
Back of her was a pretty little woman
who wanted her husband ordered TO come
home at earlier hours.
He used to be all right" she sighed,
until he got TO be chauffeur for an actor.
and now he apes him and buys champagne
and talks about the chorus girls Says
can't hold candle to them. | want him 10
love me and stay home with me-" she re-
quested. plaintively
The clerk was reaching for his hat, when
he heard a loud commotion I'm the adjoining
courtroom 1t was a tall, angular, muscu-
lar woman. demanding in strident accents
Of the court that the shrinking little crea-
ture before her. a daughter-in-law be com
PEELED to show respect TO the aged I'm
an old woman she shouted, in stentorian
tones but she has no respect for my gray
hairs. I'll make her respect them If YOU
don't. I'll show her" She was led outside,
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shaking her fist. She would not be concit-
ated- 1t was a case where the man of the
house was willing to work and support the
wife and mother, but he could not stand
their uuarreIling.
The Court of Domestic Relations has re-
vealed the fact that while the mOther-in-
law Joke may be out of date. the original
who inspired it is. in spite of modern prog
ress. still holding forth in the same old way.
Tn going to have a bill introduced into
the LEGISLATURE" said Mr.. Wilson sadly, as
he closed the Office door behind him. Ito
compel every young couple applying for a
marriage license TO show before receiving
the desired document a certificate saying
they have sat here for three days and lis
tened to these accounts OF domestic tribuIa-
tons" L. EVANDELIA
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since the day when. in the words or the
Old Testament, the Creator COMPOUNDED
the language" of the builders Of the
Tower of Babel so that they might not
understand one anothers speech tnere-
by creating so much discord among
them that they were compelled to aoan-
don their impious undertaking.
If remained so to the present era, ana
NOT only in the Old World but even on
This side of the Atlantic disputes are
constantly cropping up on the subject OF
languages. While here the trouble mas
been largely confined TO the Roman
Catholic Church, the hierarchy OF Whicn
In the United States has patrioticaily
refused to countenance proposals OF any
ecclesiastical and educational character
calculated TO interfere with the Ameri-
canization of the immigrants and OF
their children, in Europe II mas oe-
veloped nearly everywhere on the Coh-
tinent into an important political ISSUE
largely owing TO the fact that whereas
the frontiers Of empires, kingdoms. prin-
cipaIities and republics are continually
changing or vanishing entirely the
boundaries of language are likely to en-
dure. no matter how vigorous the efforts
of governments to obliterate hem
Thus. in Lorraine the French Ian
guage. and with 1t French sympath1es.
endure, despite all the labors OF the
German government 10 Teutonize both
one and the other during the forty years
which have elapsed since the war OF
1870. On the other hand, German was
spoken almost wholly in Alsace prior 10
1870, when the province belonged to
France, and when the prevailing senu-
ment there was distinctly anti-French'
and disloyalty to the Gallo empire was
the rule rather than the exception. In
the formerly Danish duchies Of Schles-
wig and Holstein unavailing attempts
are all the time in progress to obliterate
the Danish language, and with IT the
Danish sympathies of the population
while the Kaiser has adopted methods
that appear at first sight to be most ar
bftrary in the eastern province of Posen
for the purpose Of supplanting the Pol
ish language there by German.
But II must be borne in mind that Ger
many has more to fear from Russia than
from any other power, that Posen is her
frontier province bordering on the Car
dorninions, and that IL is Of the most
vital Importance to the safety OF the
German Empire that this outpost prov
ince should be inhabited by a population
thoroughly imbued with German senti-
ment and with loyalty to the Fatherland.
instead of by people who. entertaining
nationalist hopes of restoring the king
dom of Poland, would be likely to avail
themselves OF any disaster suffered by
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regard and good will for the people
whose books are open to him than for
those whose books are closed by reason
OF his ignorance of their language. This
is likely TO prove of inestimable benefit,
economically as well as politically, TO the
United States and TO Great Britain, for
pretty we'll all thoughtful men and stu
dents of present conditions are agreed
that China is destined In the near fut-
ure to become not merely the greatest
market for foreign trade, but likewise
one of the most powerful factors in the
concert of nations.
While community Of language such
as that in course of being established
with China by the two great English
speaking empires of the world-namely.
the United States and Great Britain
constitutes a basis of sympathy and
friendship, diversity of language has
from time immemorial been source of
strife among nations. 1t has been so
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NATIONAL GUARD NEWS.

In view OF the fact that there will be no
facilities 10 qualify above the grade Of
marksman this season at the new rifle
range at Blauvelt. Colonel Appleton OF the
9Th Regiment has arranged. through the
courtesy of General Bird w. Spencer. OF
New Jersey. TO have the officers and men OF
his command practise for the higher grades
az Sea Girt. \. j. This practice will be held
on September IS and =. and TO this end a
camp viii be established on the range
Tents. cots. blankets. ponchos. campstools
washing facilities. soap. towels. ammuni-
ton and rines will he supplied without ex-
pense. Meals will be served to members OF
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Which Rain Married LfUes
Voune Couples Wbo Desire TO Wed Should
Spend a FesO Days There Before
RuS6fnG Info Yoke.

parts of the city. II was only last year
that the uusightly ruins OF he old City
Hall were removed. The dealing with this
problem is an example of costly ineffi-
cheney.
The exposure Of graft in the Police De-
partment has forced out Chief Martin,
but there is no guarantee that this graft
will be eliminated. Mayor Mccarthy start
ed out with plan to make San Francisco
the Paris Of America and he certainly
made a wide open town possible When
complaints of Chinese gambling and Ten
derloin registering became too strong the
Mayor grew alarmed, and his first move
was to make Martin the scapegoat. Now
new police order has gone into effect
which stops dancing In dives at 1 a. m.
and prohibits women entertainers
scheme is being developed by Profess
sor Childs, formerly president Of the State
Normal School at San Jose. for an ex-
change of moving picture films among the
schools of San Francisco, Oakland, Berke-
ley and Alameda. Professor Childs and
others believe that the ctnematograph is
one of the greatest aids to education. sur
passing the stereopticon in giving pupils
a clear idea of subjects that lend them
selves TO the pictures Principal Wheeler
of the Piedmont School, Oakland, has made
great success with the stereopticon, and
is now arranging to introduce the BIZ
ograph in the study of geography.
The Santa Fe Railroad Company is ar
ranging 10 run through trains between this
city and Los Angeles. by way OF Mohave
Barstow and San BernardinO- This route
is seventy miles longer than the Southern
Pacific line. but Santa Fe officials say they
can make it IN fifteen and one-half hours
against fourteen hours by the Southern Pa
cifc Owl train. 1t would accommodate
Southern Californians east OF Los Angeles
and would enable the now Western Pacific
to get exchange on through overland tickets
to and from Los Angeles.
Some idea OF the increase in value Of
land in the Sacramento Valley may be
gained from the fact that this week Russ
Stephens. one of the leading fruit growers
of the state. paid at auction $4,000 for
sixty-six acres of vineyard adjoining his
farm, nine miles from Sacramento This Is
at the rate of 500 an acre ThIrty-two wears
ago stephens sold this same place for 81. 600
The report of the executor of the estate
OF Lucky baldwin. near Los Angeles
shows that enough property has been sold
20 nearly clear the estate OF the heavy
Hibernian Bank mortgage. Baldwin during
his life would sell no land. even during the
periodical booms. when good orange land
sold as high 5000 an acre. So the
mortgages grew until they nearly ate up
his big estate.
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Nesv Court of Domestic Relations Has
More Work ObruSf Upon II than
III Can Care for.

Not so easily adjusted was the next case,
in which the wife asked that her husband
be compelled to pay L board. as she
would not live with HIM The husband
appeared before the juy,,- and took the
witness stand with a grieved countenance.
is il trueT' asked the judge severely,
that you struck HERO
Yes. You see. it's like this. 1 was mar
ried at nineteen''-
Why did you strike her?' interposed
the judge.
We'll. your honor, she is most unreason-
able. ! love another woman and wanted a
divorce I tried TO talk the matter over
with her. and merely asked her TO loan me
her suitcase to put my clothes in when I
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ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE
c. M. SChWab Says Union Labor
Hurts San Francisco.
[Ry Telegraph 10 The Trthune. |

San Francisco. Sept. A-CharIes NJ
Schwab. who was here this week TO well
come Prince Tsai Hsun. told San Francis
cans some plain truths about the great
injury done to this city by union labor
methods. He said that the climate, fuel
oil and situation OF San Francisco made Il
an ideal place for the manufacture of steel
and for the building of ships OF all kinds
but that high wages and union methods OF
restricting the output of mechanics forced
him to reduce the Union Iron Works plant
TO the minimum of production. II the labor
unions would agree TO permit every man TO
do as much work as possible and would
accept reasonable wages, then ten thou
sand men would be on the Union Iron
Works payroll. instead of one thousand, as
at present he said
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in which the imperial Chinese govern
ment. ever since il first established regu-
lar diplomatic relations with the outer
world. has always carried on ITS official
dealings with foreign powers The Chi
nese are very patient and deliberate in
adopting so radical an innovation as that
contained in the Regents ukase on the
subject of English, and it may safely be
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Copyright Union, our publishers and, in
natural consequence. our writers will
derive much and sorely needed benefit
Otherwise China is likely to be flooded
with native and unauthorized reprints
of all our best books and literary piracy
Will assume proportions of absolutely
fantastic size.
The other and more important point
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The Supervisors decided this week to
make a contract with the Land Title Com
pany for the erection of temporary City
Hall at Grove and Larkin streets. for which
the city viii pay rental of s., $50 monthly
Ever since the great fire there has been a
wrangle over rebuilding the City Hall
Part of the old hall is now used. but in
stead OF building new structure on the
vacant part OF the City Hall site. the su-
peTyisors have rented quarters in several
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the regiment for 80 cents each. and the fare
for the round trip will be s.. No practice n
the marksman class win be allowed ar Sea
Girt, and qualifying scores viii be allowed
only subsequent to and IN case OF 2 marks
man qualifying at Blauvelt The companies
of the regiment will proceed 70 the later
range as follows: A. B, c.. d, E and L on
Tuesday. October II. and T. G, h J. and
X on Thursday. October 70. First Sergeant
Edward A Fitch. OF Company c. recently
appointed. has passed the examining board
and has received his warrant. and Second
Lieutenant Alfred L. GoIsh. OF Company d.
who was recently elected, has been com
missioned-