THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNALS PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. MAY 3. ISM.
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Ir wlllUm Jennings Bryan.
loprrUht la Wnt BrttaH
All Blgau
ANGhOON, Burma. IB '- - lour
round the, world travai
by. steamer about S.eoe miie
ihnuiii the troolcs. Entering
lh torrid son aoon after leaving Hong
kong, almost touching the equator at
, Singapore and not entering ,the tarn,
parata son again until he la nearly half
way through the Bed . h h ""Pi
Urn to atudy the temperature, and qur
. opportunltiea were still farther enlarged
- w-tk.- tST,--wWei tre4rAs
iari elsht degrees Below th eauAlQnl
While on the water the heat Is P9A so
1 11...MA nsisg retleted hr the eoeaa
breeses, but on land one suFferirdurTnif
tha ralddl of the day. It la not that
. tha heat In tha shade is greater than
1 the summer heat In the United States.
' but one csnnot alwsyr be la the shade,
and tha rays of tha sun are piercing to
a degree which is Inconceivable to one
. without experience in these latitudes. At
the sesports. too. the heat is intensified
' . by the weight and moisture Of the air.
and the temperature- Is Py
: same tnr year-round -at least ons who
vlalts this part - of -th . world Irt the
, winter ttm annat imagine it worse.
While the .native population wort
: barebacked, barelegged., barefooted, and
sometimes baraheaded. Americana and
Kuropeana reaort - to every possible
dtvte4 4o protoot. tbemaclvrs fromttH
' climate. '. - ' ."
What to Weir. ,.
The white fcelmet hat. with a lining
of cork, is tha moat common headwear
for both men and women, and it does
not require a very long atay here, to
convince one that it la superior to tho
straw hat White clothee which reflect
' the rays of the sun are alao largely
urn br Hh . Knr e ve ninmrrri?!
-' Jacket-reaching to tha walat. and before
breakfast they lounge about in pajamas
if... variegated-coipra.
Eating extends through the entire day.
breakfast Is ready at S or and anda -at
18. lunch, or trrnn. s tt m csneo
oonnlx the hours from 1 ta3,-lhn tea
1. niin at 4. and dinner la aerved from
. a to lflrld. These are the houra fr
JSurc-peana and Americana, and for those I
natives wno nav mniiira ""n
but most of the netlves look as if they
had mlsaed some of these meals.
Wa sre among the dark-skinned races
here. Chinamen ar a darker - yellow
than' those seen farther north, tha
" Malaya are a dark brown and the Tamils
are quite black, while the Blngalese and
"Indians are between a black and brown.
Mark Twain Pys a high compliment
'"bto"ttiesirnarkltklnnwi v''"Pl at the
pens of the white races,- contending
. . that their complexion Is always good,
while the white face hss. freckles, ptm-
lesrani
equator which every traveler visits, vis..
Singapore and Colombo, and moat of
- the boats also stop at Penang. a thriv
ing city on the Malay peninsula, some
40( miles north of Singapore. . Slnga-
pore Is on a small island of the same'
name not far from tha mainland, and Ita
1 harbor is full of sea-going vessels from
'all nations.- Tha ships from Europe to
China and Japan call here, as do also
' the boats between Europe and Java and
- between India and Australia. - Here, too.
are to be found representatives of many
nationalities, 2 distinct languages being
spoken in this ons city.-The Portuguese
: were the pioneers snd there are still
'." some descendants of the early traders
living on the island. - Next in point of
. . time came tha Dutclv and their nation
Is still more numerously represented
among the business Arms. England.
largely supplanted both In the control
of the commerce of tha port, though the
Germans seem to be numerous. .
Singapore and Penang ara tha great
export ports for tin, three fourths of
the world's output of that product being
- mined near by.- Tha United States tak-.-tlO.600.000
worth of tin from the
Ftralte Settlements, and t,000,000 worth
of other product) and sell ewly tliKli-
009 worth in return.
. 1 Two Great Seaports. ;;;; 7 '
WHAT CAUSES THE EARTHQUAKES
By Professor Hugh Sherwood.
flTE recentarthquak Irt Califor
nia, which worked sucn nsvoo
-bav originated In- Sonoma
county and extended through Santa
Rosa and Sen Francisco and on to th
southward and alao. northward .
Earthquakes ar not limited to the
"tlm of many Tor we rmv records," In
- th disturbed condition of the rocks, of
'wore violent and widespread catastro
"phea In past ages, ever "line Asolc
times.. -'
They ar" not all produced by on
cause, but by different causes, or mor
likely by a combination r(T natural con-
" dittona. Kecent Investigations hav led
om to the belief that, they may be
caused - by- hydraulic pressure,, result
ing from columns of water extending
1nt fiesures In th srth's strata to un
measured depths, or along ora-vast
. rynclinal axla, in regions , wher arte
sian walls ar obtained. Objection ar
urged, but physical tests give Argument
to this supposition.
A theory advanced by geologistg In
later years Is the upsetting of th
arth's equilibrium a a result of th
pressur of vast accumulations of aedl-
' ment deposited at the 'mouth of great
rivers, and representing an enormous
i weight . transferred from other points.
during a period of ages and accumulated
-In on place. . It was suggested at th
ttm that tha tat disturbance at Mt-
Pele was caused by the pressur upon
" the rrust f accumulations at i h
snoutha of th Amsson and Mississippi
rivers.
Earthquakea Before Man. -- -
1 The Idea is quit frequently advanced
that earthquakes rsult. In part at least,
gram Btmospherlo conditions, but it is
nt probable that th weather haa any
fleet whatever upon earthquakes or
eruptions. They ar th result of deeper
eeted causes; th most general of
which la th cooling and contraction of
th earth' crust, which produces-a
tremendous slipping and ; grinding of
formation upon formation. Th strata
are. In places, full of faults and sllcken
ides. Indicating convulsions In pre
Matorto times - Som strata have fallen
thousands of feet. m '
Such eilrnsK-e... dlaturbanoei " toak
cdac before ths advent ad Vain, Hti -irl
rr
tha trade poaaibllltles of tha tropica
have been very much overestimated by
enthualastlo expansionists. The natives
raise their, own food at a .much lower
cost . thsn wa could possibly ssll it to
them, even it our .food were suited to
their wants. - They do . not need our
building material, and as for clothing,
one American is worth mora as a cus
tomer thsn 100 of these natives. While
a few wear rich robe, tha maas content
themaelvea with a very scanty costume
of very cheap cotton a costume which
soma on has desrribed ssa handker
chief, around the lions andj!alleclot
reund1hnieacr." No shoe manufac
d ar aaleaman1 to these
parts, for erwn the -coachmen and foot
men In livery sre bsrrfnnted. I onm
supposed that we might work up a trade
In breech clouts and fishing rods, but
I find the latter grown here In profusion-
and .the 'former Is not valuable
enough . $o furnish a., basis, for much
trade, V ....... ; .. . .
They , Love Jewelry. .
--Ther Is bna branch of commerce that
might be developed if this were not tha
boms of the. gem, and if tha natives
were nut 'skltlfoi'yoldsmtthsr-Jewetry
Is a passion here,: .Women fairly load
themselves down with ornsments when
they can afford It. They wear rlnga
on the ringers snd toes, . bracelets and
anklets, ear ornaments - galore' and,
atrangest of all. Jewela in tha nose. Wa I
notl4 onwofnsit yB(ijH5r" writ 1
enormous pendants hanging from each
ear, one from tha top, one from tha aids
and one fromvthe lobe, and our coach
ntan at Handy was resplendent with six
In either ear, but- his Jewelry was more I
modest: in sise. The nose ornaments
look like-shirt studs and are. screwed
Into ons or both nostrils;- sometimes a
ring hsngs from the point of the nose.
The necklaces vsry greatly in style
'manwhip snd value. The island" of 1
faylnn Is rtrh In. genu, and-JurnlihaaJ
a variety of stones for the Jeweler's art
From tne rsct that nearly all of th I
precious stones mentioned In the Bfbll
sre to- oe round nere, it is thought that
eT
Isrselites . snd that her ships carried
weaitn-to- Bolero on. ; :
the extravagant Uaeot
Jewelry here, one Is almost tempted to
forgive even the moat vulgar display
of precious stones made In the Occident.
and'then", toft, the: rubles, fie sapphlrea,'
ne oiamonas. ine emeraias, tne ame
thyst, the alexanderites. theeat's eyes,
the opals. "etc., exhibited in the stores
here are so beautiful that one muet be
proof against -. vanity to , resist - tbslr
chsrms.
Tea a Necessity.
item of trade, f or : nowhere does the
white men-appreciate this luxury mora,
had not tha Ice marhtne made imports
tloa unneoessary, Tha-larger boats now
manufacture their own Ice from -con
densed sea water, and thre are plants
at all the lmportsnt ports. Ws went
f romTSdrneo' to Singapore " on a ship
which was equipped with an lea ma
chine, and we complained when the sup-
ply gave out. An English' passenger
took advantage of our distress to com
pare. national. charaeterlBt Ice. and. Jiu
morously remarked that when the Amer
icans moved into a new territory the
at once, established an lea plant, while
the English gave their first attention
to theJaylhg out of cricket ground s. -
One does not travel far In the orient
until ha becomes a crank on the sub
ject of water. He receives so many
warnings that he soon : suspects -that
disease lurks In every glsssful. If he
tries the bottled wsters, they pall on
the taste, and If he relies on boiled
wster, he is tormented with fear that
It has not really been boiled, or that
some other water has been accidentally
substituted. "The 01d0ken Bucket"
la recalled as a vision of delighCsnil
"the well at home" is remembered with
sn admiration never felt before. (Faucet
may be substituted for well by those
who Hvs in a city.) , '
Where Only Man Ig Vile. . 1.
Colombo Is sltusted on the Island of
Ceylon, lust - below the southernmost
pelnt ef the mainland ef India. lleeei
too. Is a commodious hsrbor visited by
quires but slight displacement of the
rocks, when multiplied by the force of
gravity" and th mass of th esrth's
crust, to produce the destructive results
a ta - J 1 nn gr it - -.
ajuit w Ttnwisjtiw eg 1 1 is ss vnsj w i w jm www
That a contrsctlon-of th -crust 4S still
going on Is shown by th fact thst th
coast of Norway and Sweden la slowly
rising above sea. level, sccordlng to ob
servations msde by- the Swedish govern
ment, nA tha coasts of New Jersey and
Greenland ar believed to be very grad
ually sinking.
It Is - thought - that earthquakes - are
also produced by the evolution of gases
and vapors' in highly hested subter
ranean cavities, and this cause msy tend
to contribute toward earthquakea along
th coast, wher, owing to fracturer wa.
ter Is most likely to seep through to
highly heated regions, snd where, ow
ing to structural weakness, earthquakes
sre looked for most frequently.
Seismic convulsions occur Jn regions
remote from volcenlc activity, but more
generally take pi see with most violence
In regions of volcanic activity and along
th great lines of fracture ef th earth's
crust. They may. occur anywhar and
at any time, although some regions ap
pear more favorable, particularly where
oscillations of the unstable border of
the continents' against the" mor stable
Interior tak place. There ar several
great lines or trends of fracture In the
earth's crust and th Pacific coast line
marks one of these, with a weak point
at San Francisco. Th Rocky moun
tains snd coast ranges are range of
fracture, thrown up by convulsions,
and the Strata of rock hav been much
broken and contorted. "
Convulsed Mlsilstlppi Valley.-
No part ef th earth can be said to
be exempt from seismic disturbance.
Th Appalachian mountain system has
been by no mesne free from disturb
ance. Th Charleston earthquake may
be noted In modern times, while in
place the rocks bar been much dis
turbed, snd ther ar faults of thou
ssnds of feet, among th greatest, known
to geologists, Indicating earthquakes of
a vlolenc unknown to th age of man.
Th worst convulsion ever known In
this country occurred in th Mississippi
vslley tiwniy a century ago. ' Such con
vulsion ar not confined to modern
shore lines, bu It" msy' be presumed
thst even thArthquake ther occurred
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i . " -jpmiissrr -w : :
. . " : ' ' A Temple in Colombo.
all rgerchant fleeti. It vies .with Singa
pore aa an equatorial port. ' The '''spicy
breeses" of Ceylon are immortalised In
song and story it Is tha land .
i-.Whara-avery prospect pleases ZZL-
- And only man- la ylle.'
At Kandy, about It miles from the
cosst, there Is an excellent botanical
garden. rivaling' ths garden at IBuf ten-
AF, .v,n mm Vannv timmlt rivals Hn It ATT-
extensive gardens at Singapore and
Penang, but they ara Inferior to those
on Ceylon snd Java. These gardens are
snout-equally dlstsnt from the equatorH
tha former north, the latter south, but
the garden at Kandy has twice the alt!
tude of the Other. Wwerlnterested
'Jin comparing tha planta and examining
lnaaew specimens. wnne tsuuensorg
is superior in her collection of orchids.
the ferns st Kandy surpass anything
we Tiavt seen. Here tha -yellow bamboo
la added to tha varieties seen elsewhere;
her too. ws saw the screw pslm whose
lesves form a spiral line like the thread
of a screw. Another curious variety
Is the sealing wax palm, tha higher
Joints .of. which look exactly like red
sealing wax. The travelers palm, which
we slso ssw in Java, Is to be found here,
its nsme being derived from the fact
thst:eachleaf .'stem, catcbea: and holds
sufficient water to slake a traveler's
thirst. The talipot palm attracta the
attention of all visitors, not . only be
csuse its leaves formed the parchment
for tha early books of Buddhism, but
because it flowers but once, 'and then,
aa If exhausted by itsrnalf century's
effort, dies. The sensitive plant grow
wild here snd seems almost humsn In
Its perception, aa it shrinks from the
slightest touch and f olds ts leaves as
If withered.
Fruita of the Tropici. r
I hsve already spoken of tha fruits
of tha troDlcaespaclallv those of Java.
hu I think I ought ta quality my wnrda
SJnc reveling In msngosteens. ram-
fractura, marking the boundary of the
ocean when the continent was smaller
than it now Is and when a-.part of the
Mississippi valley -wss occupied by-the
watara of th -gullf Meilno In pnntT
terttary-tlmsSr or It may have- been-due
to hydraulic preasume.
Th Pacific trend has been one of
former volcanic activity Mounts Baker.
Rainier, St. Helens, Adams, Hood, Jef-fcraotwThre-Slaters.,
Crater Ijka,
Mhasta and others, sre all extinct volcanoes,-
while, parte of eastern-. Oregon
snd Idaho ar covered by -onof the
world's .great lava Aieds. Along this
same trend to the north In the Aleutlsn
Islands, and to th south in Mexico, are
numerous. active volcanoes.-
Natural Forces Waning.
T It Is undoubtedly true thst the series
of shocks In Ssn Francisco and vicinity
were caused by convulsions of the rocks
passing. through .that -region and orig
ins ted In a slight subsidence,- or oscil
lation in the bed of' the Pacific. Sur
face indications, such ss a rising or a
falling of tha crust, or fissures, may or
may; not appear, but the rocks In that
region have been disturbed and possibly
to greet depths.
It-has been ssked If there waa any
connection between the recent eruptions
of Vesuvius and the California earth
quake, This Is a matter for specula
tion. It Is quite generally believed by
geologists that disturbances In on part
of the earth's crust msy produce dis
turbance at distant points. Th earth
quake and . the convulsions were .both
msnlfestatlons of th sam agencies at
work.
Since the California, earthquake there
hav been prophecle and predictions of
widespread dlsaater and disturbance and
there ha been considerable alarm felt.
But these fear ar not well founded.
Geblogy teaches that these great nat
ural forcer are waning; such manifesta
tions are dying out as tha crust be
comes thicker and mor solid and set
tled. W sre not on the eve of renewed
and widespread earthquake and volcanic
activity, aa some would lead us to be
lieve, but, rather, are living in th last
days of such phenomena.
Tart Bailroad Banting. ,' ,
From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
. One hundred and fifty millions of dot
Isrs is a larg sum for any Industry
to ar la as rear, and yet this turn.
'j";! W - - - ' ' - . Bathing at Colombo. . : HfStzf THTT
JZ - . . .- ?' S Al. 1.1-..,. i imi then affesed ta aell me
WtantfX etc- I Have eaierrnnppTeratia4n'ur tM ttam t-U
am convince tnst no tropical rruii can
compare with It; and when to tho apple
ara added the peach, the pear, the plum
and the cherry, and to theae fruits of
the tree are added tha grape, tha straw
berry, the raspberry and tha blackberry,
not to speak of the plneapplea, orangea
and bananas of our southern states, who
will say that the temperate tone is not
a highly Ifivored ss tne warmer lanas t
We horOnTybave. sJr-aDUndftneerTirTT
both tha necessaries and the luxuries.
but we escape some of the- torments of
the tropics. Animals, reptiles and insects
run floTTSefe.-Th Ilger laman-eatlng."-
the
snd
serpents ara large and poisonous
- the Insects are omnipresent. We
tha mns
qulto, which seems to be a universal
pest and la found evsrywhare "From
Greenland's Icy mountains to India's
coral strands," but here lta activity la
perennial and Its - appetite reaches its
maxrmum."ln- all -the Hotels the beds
are protected by-mosquito bars, for
without, them sleep would be Impossible.
The ant Is even more annoying than the
mosquito, for while the former does most
of its prowling at night, ths latter "Im
proves each ehlnlng-bourV-f-rrjjrr:
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Bookloving Antg.
If the natives play the sluggard, tt Is
because they refuse to profit by the
example of Industry which the ant sver
presents to them. It Is not uncommon
for the legs of dining tables and cup
boards to be set In bowls of wster. aa a
protectlon-from these Insectsy.and-where
this precaution Is not taken , the diner
divides his - tlms between eating and
fighting ants. Ths white ant has a liter
ary turn of mind and pays special at
tention to books. We have heard of
several libraries being ravaged by this
Insect, -the lesves being so perforated
thatthe books looked like honeycombs.
In Jils search for knowledge Jhe ant has
nlwn.hln of thfl fAftmafn
whlch grows her to "the length of Two
great aslt .represents not the gross
earnings, but the " Increased earnings
of the railroads In -this country laat
year. What-th biialne of the people
of A merles,-amounta-to-may- beimag.
Ined from the fact that they paid flfO.
000,000 more money for freight charges
In 1305 than they did in 1004 It takes
a great many ions of freight at an av
erase charce of 1 ner cent oer ton tier
mile tolTeuOl1S099,090,ahQ"Ut:
as above noted. Is not th amount of
business done but merely the Incresse
of that business In 105, as compared
with lt04. And the railroads are not
doing all the carrying for th American
people by a long chalk.
- Symptoms.-
(From th Chicago Trlbun.)
If your wife Is growing restless; If she
tentatively tugs r
At th dingy window curtains; If shs
studies all th rugs; ,
If she talks about wall paper; If shs
views the window panes
With sn eye thst sees them -tarnlahed
by a lot of streaks and- stains, -
Then "you niay Si well be patient and
quiet as a mous - '-
For no feeble man can stop her shs
rill
soon
'. elean '
house.
Tou had better plan for boarding some
where els a day or two,
For th chances ar she'll start It with
a rustling, bustling crew - -Or
scrubwomen and of dusters, and th
. chairs will block th hall
And a lot of dainty china will b put
where. Jtwmf an
And an aproned, tdwslsd, draggled eight
- will say ah is your spouse, -For
th signs of spring ar potent eat
rill
soon
clsan
bouse.
Tou will eat upon the Icebox, you will
eo:
sleep upon th tov. v-
Tou will slip upon a box of soap and
down the stair will rov;
Tou - will find your valued volumes
mixed with kitchen pans and pots;
For th tlm yon'll b an alien you
r ' and ail your llttl tots
And there'll b a tlm of. trouble time
of shake, and dust, and fuse.
Till th fever has subsided she will
aoon -r
clean
fcouaa.
: I At fhrw 1nrhM. rtn fv nrA atnlTia whAt I mimimA - on rnnvrtln Ih - TtnunHn 4ntA
nnt ri.irAni Tha hmtu Haar ! t SlnsaDors dollars at elsht fortv-flva. and
hoarsely to each other, and when It rains
the air Is vocal with the croaking of
frogg and the- slngTnr"oftnecta.
In the botanical garden at Kandy we
ssw hundreds of flying foxes which look
Ilka bussards. Some of these', foxes
-j,4
The Tropic Frenzy,
I find that there Is a disease In these
latitudes called tropical frenay an un
controllable anger which aometlmes man
ifests itself when European officials deal
With native subjects. This hss been seri
ously discussed In medical meetings,-and
It has been argued ..that acta of violence
lonth - naxtofDffictals should .ba.exr.
. th. ouno. The aubtect haa
been scientifically conatdered at a meet
Ing of German physicians. This disease
seems to be coif ln.edtoJEuropeans,
the natlvea. being Immune from it at
least It is not considered a good defenae
when urged by a native as an excuse for
I uuiug violence to an Europesn;-
My experience with the money chang
ers of the orient has made the money
changers of America seem .virtuous by
comparison. . This -is ths . worst place
for shaving;, for discounts, for premiums,
for commtxMons and for exchange that
I have visited. "In traveling one has
frequently to change money from th
currency of. one nation to that of an
other, and as there seems to be no fixed
rate, he never knows what he Is going
to realise.-(By th way, on who thinks
that a gold .dollar la good the world
around can learn something from the
discounts.)
At Colombo I had some Singapore bills
converted Into rupees. -- The cashier -at
the hotel said that th rat was one
twenty, and gave m 11 rupees for 110. A
few minutes afterwards I had occasion
to buy soms tickets of a tourist agent
;aTiTieairowd m is -rupees -for- rior
the next time I made change I received
10 rupees and TO cents for .$10. - This is
a sample of ths experience one hss her.
How Banks Do Business.
At Singapore I drew soms money on
my letter .of -credit.-which calla - for
pounds; as I wss going Into English ter-
rltnry It would be rnnvnnlant to carry
somw--poundnotesr hut th bank In-
By Count Leo Tolstoy.
HE life of men. consists only In'
this thst -tlm keeps- further
snd further unfolding that
which-wage0ncealed. and "show
ing the correctness or Incorrectness
of the way along which they have ad
vanced In the past. " - '
Ufe 1 the enlightenment of the con-sctonsness'-
conernlng-ihe falsity of
former foundations snd the establish
ment of new ones and the realisation of
them. ...
The life of mankind as well as thst
of the Individual man Is a growth out
of a former state Into a new one. ' This
growth Is InewltnMy accompanied by the
recognition of one's mistakes and liber
atlon from them.
But there are periods both In the life
of the whole 'Of mankind as well aa in
that of-the separate Individual when
the mistake committed in the past life
Is suddenly clearly revealed, snd the
sctlvtty which should correct this mis
take Is elucidated.
There are periods of revolution, and
In such a position the Christian nations
now find themselves. -
Mankind used to live according to the
law of " violence and knew no other.
Then the time came when the progres
sive leaders of humanity proclaimed a
new law of mutual servlce, common to
ill msnk!ndT.
The Old Law Is Violence."
Men sccepted this law, but not in Its
full meaning.- and although they tried
to apply tt-they; still continued "to- ltv,e
according to th old law of violence.
Christianity-appeared-and -confirmed
the truth that ther is -only ons law
common to all men which gives them
th greatest welfare th law of mutual
service, and Indicated why this law had
not been realised in life.
It waa not regarded because man re
garded th uae of vlolenc as necessary
snd beneficent for good ends andre
garded th law of retribution ss Just .
Christianity ahowed that violence Is
always pernicious snd that retribution
cannot bo applied by men..
But Chrlsllsn humanity not having
accepted this explanation of th law
of mutusl service common to all men,
although it desired to live by this law.
Involuntary continued to llv aceorUing
to th pagan law .of violence. .
uab. a contradldtoryjiau of things
SELF - GOVERNMENT
-Hst-t ' . . , ' 1
t fcaund notes
f ewty.
Willi ii I
related this t Incident to an Englishman
ha -recalled .an Instance-where a mad-.
presented,; a 200-pound nota ... and.. asked
for smaller bills: . the bsnk chsrged him
a commission f o -eonvertlng-the large
bill-Into rupees and then anotheiveora
mission for converting tha - rupees inte
-pound notes. . -
-I found In China that tho notes Is
sued bv a hftnlt In enm rttv wntiM ti
(Jfscbunf ed when presented at a branch
of the same bank In another city.
Throughout tha Malay statea the Chi
nese are conspicuous as money, lenders,
but at Singapore they come into com
petition with the Indians, who sre their
superiors In this line of business. -At
Colombo we saw no -Chines at all. "-r
Wa have found the American mls
slnmry satarywhsrs. , hut hla work
among the Malaya Is less promising
than anywhere else. Missionary work
has been quit successful smong the
Chines In th Malay archipelago and
among tha Tamils at .Singapore but
nearly all the Malaya are Mohamme
dan n, and while they believe .In. one
God and recognise Christ ss a great
-prophet, they believe tho author of
their religion to hav been a superior
teacher, . , r ; .
The: Genua ..Horvrs.
In traveling on haa an opportunity
to study human nature In all lta phases,
and in an extended trip meet repre
sentativea of. all the - nations. Th
North German Lloyd haa a Una run
ning from Tokohama -to Bremen (this
Una, I' may add, makes it possible for
one to go from San Francisco to New
York within two months, with but two
changes of boats, and still stop long
enough atthe principal, ports la.Jearn
something of th cities and the people);
we went from Singapore to Colombo on
one of tha boat of this line. - Besides
a few Americans, Germans and Hoi
landara snd a still largar numn--of
English, there were several Japanese en
rout for Europe, and Russian officers
and soldiers returning from Japan. Wa
made soma agreeable acquaintances
among the company, as tt is possible to
do ; on , every voyege,- but Just before
leaving the boat at Colombo w came
Into contact with a tourist who belonged
to th.gnuSLhog.; " .
Our boat arrived between J and
in th evening, aid th porter Informed I
kept Increasing the criminality of life,
and the external comforts snd luxury of
the minority, nt the same time yicreas
ing the slavery and misery of th ma-
orUy-a.mnng Christian nat torn
In Istter times the. criminality and
luxury -of the life of one portion of
Christendom have attained the highest
degree, especially among those nations
which have long ago abandoned th nat
ural life -ef agrioultur ami rlln -un
der th deceit of Imaginary self-govern-
men LZ7ri' T " ----
The nations suffering -from the mis
ery ef their position snd th conscious
ness of the contradiction they are In
volved In, search for salvation every
where In imperialism, militarism, so
cialism, the setsure of ' other peoples
lands, In every kind of strife. In tar
iffs, fechnlcsl- Improvements, In vice.
In anything except the on thing which
ran save them the freeing of them
selves from the superstition of- the
state, of the fatherland and the cessa
tion of obedience to coercive state power
of any kind whatever. ,
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Significance of - the - Revolution. 77
Owing to their agricultural eye; . to
the absenc of th deceit of self govern
ment, to th greatness of their number,
and, above all, to the Christian' attitude
toward vlolenc preserved by th Rus-
tan people, after a cruel,- unnecessary
and. unfortunate war-Into which they
had been drawn by their government,
and after th neglect of their demands
that the lands tsken from them should be
returned, have understood sooner - than
others th principal causes of th ca
lamities of Christendom of our-tlme, and
therelor th great revolution Impend
ing over all mankind which alone can
save it from it unnecessary sufferings,
must begin precisely among this peo
ple.
Herein lies trie " algnlflcanc of . ths
revolution now beginning In Russia.
This revolution hss not yet begun
amongst the nations of Europe and
America, but the causes ..which have
called It forth, In Russia ar th ssmel
for all the Christian world.
The majority of th Russian people
clearly see that th causa of all th ca
lamities they suffer I obedience to
power and thst thsy hsv before them
the choice either of declining to be ra
tional free beings or el ef ceasing to
obey th government.
us that the hotels were full, but that '
w could obtain rooms in the morning.
aa a number wniiM leave' nn our hlp
assured -wi-that w- wer. welcome -to "
remain on? hoard- until mortirng. Just,
as my wife and daughter were retiring .
a man cam on board followed by a lot
ef - bagsage-and -directed hie porter-o-put
It In our room. .... . . -
I explained to htm, that not being
able to Arid accommodations on ahore,
wa had obtained pertnlaalon to occupy
the room until mornjng, but h brusque-"-
i j replied mat ne naa engaged tne room
two months before and must hav It. I
called his sttentlon .to the fact that th
boat was 1st In reaching port -and.
would not leave until nearly noon tfS
next day, and suggested aa politely ss
I could thst th csptala wss th proper
person to decide whether he waa en
titled to elatm th room under th clr-
captain - he went to the steward and -demanded
that the ladlea be moved to
another room, although another room
waa placed at hla disposal for tho nights
It required soma plain, straightforward
and smphatle language to bring him to
ths point where he waa willing to oc
cupy a different room temporarily, and
I am afraid that be -still regards Amer
icans as very rude snd uncouth eree
tures. - He is, - however,- th first -men -whom
I hav met so far who would
elalm-aa-a-flght Shat to-whloh
not-entitled and then demand th en--forcement
of the assumed right without
regard to theteonvenlenc of others.
Burial at Sea.
- On tha last mentioned -trip. w wit
nessed a burial at sea. th flrsthst
haa occurred -during -our ': voyage. , Ona -of
-th-paasengers-dled-after -w-lft-Rlngapore,
and we learned of It while
th-Jt uneralervtcewer Jn progress.
Th corps wss inclosed In a black
(weighted) coffin In which several boles -wer
bored. Th ship slackened Its
speed and aa tha band played a funeral
dirge the . body waa slowly lowered
Upon reaching the water It floated back
for a short distance and then disap
peared. . It waa a sad sight to see th
remains of a human being consigned to
a watery tomb, wttnnothlng-tmark
his resting plscer. and yet he does not "
sleep ' alone, for In-this-mighty ocean
sepulchcr myriads lie burled, and the '
waves moan abovthem.a .requlemss
swast ss that sung tty th trees to
those who rest upon th land.
IS SELF-DECE1T;
And If the people of Europe and
America do not yet see this, owing to' th .
bustle of their life and th deceit of
sel f - government, they - will - very - eobtt
se It.
- Participation in th coercion 'oft n
government of great states, which they
call freedom, has brought and Is bring-
In them tn Minttn.i.ll i . 1
ery and to calamities flowing from this
To beenma nrfflw - .
, . r ' - men -muai
learn to see that state, the fatherland Is '
a fiction, and that life andtru liberty
ar realities and thst therefor It Is
n, mnA ,,brtT thst should be sac
rificed tor , th -artificial icomblnatloa
called state, but that men ought In the
nsm of true Uf and liberty to frea
themselves from th superstition of th
"ndA ,rom outcom criminal
obedience to men.
ucoeasful Woman's JKotal.-
From th Baltlmor American.
Th women's hotel,- known aa th
Dolly Madison House, which wss start
ed by a company rf jadles In Wsshlng."
ton for th us and occupancy of wom
en only, has turned out to be greet
Success, and a mink., .
. " . . . vmru wno
com to .Washington alone hav been
rjr,n 10 secure accommodations there.
The rules of th house prohibit th ett
entertainment of men except In the
parlors. - Csts snd dogs are not taken
ss guests, either, and for a time this
ruls threatened- to bar many gueata
from -taking quarters In the house. But
this has been overcome, for rooms ara
now at a premium. -
- The Pea. U th War Offlc.
- From th London Chronicle.
Th sword seems to hsv had a fie-
cinatlon.Xor men. f the pen, for sev
eral war secretaries hav been noted
for their , literary achievements. Ms
caulay ws war minister under Mel
bourne. Windham, who held onV un
der Plttculd clim to be a tru jour-
tiallst, for hs helped Corbett to stsrt J
the Political Register. He alao was
a member f the famous Literary club,
snd stood by Johnson's desthbtd.
Wynn. who wsj war secretsry In Grey's
sdmlnistrstlon, wss a man of llterarv
attainments, and numbered among "nls -psrsonal.
friends. Southsy, Uallata and -
Caljrl, , '...'. .