Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 23, 1888, Page 14

SHORT TALKS ABOUT KOREA. The British Hog's Methods of Root- ing After Korean Trade. HOW THE PEOPLE DO BUSINESS. Shops and Money—Missionary Baby- Eating—Nobility on the Half- Shell-A Visit the 1oyat Schools to Korean Notes, [Copyrighted 1685, rotn, Korea, Nov. 50.— [Special Correspondence of Tue Bee|-The Americans have now the swing in Korea, though the British 18 supposed to be trying t in by the Chinese gov Back of the by China to legation to Washington, ssent troubles between British influ most sclfish hog t its way of the ent opposition or Korea's sending and mixed with the p the two countrics, is a strong ence. Great l3ritain has the foreign policy of uny country on the face of the globe, it would be glad to throw Korea to China in order to keep it out of the hands of Russia, where, by the way, it is now in no dunger of 1t would in this way the more casily Korea's small for- eign trade. The honor of the Brit ish is a matter of shillings and The British half-peuny in their eyes than the comfort of this whole round carth They forced the Chinese to become opium- eaters toadd a trifie to their national in come,and itis anopen sccret inJapan that th adoption of English railways und the lettin g of lish subjects was the price support i treaty going. control natio pence. is bigger paid for their vretended revision. A British forcign minister upon being sent to n expressed himself favor of the rights of the Japanese und he was told by the home government that he wight do what he could for Japan, but that he must remember that any thing that was asked for by the Japanese m be de manded by the Chinese as well. AMERICANS PREFERNED, Americans opened Japan, and had Ameri- cans pushed their trade as the British have done, they might be the foremost power there. Thoy stand to-day in the same rela tion to Korea that they did to Japan along back in the sixties, and in the words of Admiral Shufeldt, who made the first treaty with Korea, it is hoped that they will hold their position and take advantage of their opportunitics. Korea has one of the best climates in the world and its mineral re sources are almost altogethier undeveloped. Minister Dinsmore tells me that the king espectally favors Am and that he is anxious that capitalists should come in and develop the pgold mines. The total output of these mines last year was, as 1 said in a former letter, about three million dollars in wets and dust, But this was chiefly the result of placer mining, though some of it was extracted from quartz. Ko- rean quartz miniug is of the most primitive character. Large round stones are rolled back and forth over the quartz, which rests on a hard surface. It is admitted that fully 50 per cent of the gold is lost, and the use of practical machinery mig parts of this country a sccond Californ Gold is found in all of the cight provinces of Korea, but the mines have so fur existed only in several. I asked Minister Dins- more whether he thought good terms could Dbe made as to these mines. He repli “Yes, and Americans would have the pr ence over others in making such cont I understand that a German firm has lately haa a mineralogist looking at the mines, but no sale has been made yet. I think the in- vestment would be a profitable one and rea- sonably safe.” “How about the éountry. Do you think the desire for improvement has come to f the king can_have his way. The s, you know, been opened only six years. ~ Last year the import of foreign cot- tons was nearly two million dollars and thoe Increase over the year preceding was more than half a million dollars. Our American cottons are high, but the demand for them is growMg on t of their superiority. The most of the people here wear cotton the year round and a sule of ten thousand pieces of American sheelings was made to onc of the guilds here a few months ago. The demand for Amcrican kerosenc hus not increased over that of the past. and this is on account of the poor grade of oil shipped here. Tt froze in the winter, notwithstanding our clhi- imate is ubout_that of Ohio, and the people ‘went back to the poor native and high-priced ol MONEY MATTERS, There is now one big American firm in Korea, and here at Scoul the foreign colony, which' is miade up of three or four score of bright men and women, is almost altogether Americans, The business firm is at Chem- ulpo, the port of the capital. Its members are Morse & Townsend, two bright young Bostonians, who have spent years in Japan and Korca, and who possess the confidence of the native merchants. Korea does a large part of its buying through its merchant guilds and in this way lurge sales are made at one time, Mr. Townsend tells me he has been shipping cotton here direct from Ma s sachusetts, and that the people who have been accustomed to the chieaper and poorer Euglish goods_like our product much botter, The average Korean spends all he makes on his back and his belly, and the people, according to their incomes, spend as much upon clothes as any people in the world, Business with them has to be donc largely upon the credit systom, and they think nothing of forgetting 10 meet their puyments at tne time they are due. Interest is here at the rate of from 3 0 5 per cent & month, and the country is too poor to have banks, 'The unit of money is the copper or brass coin known as the cash, of which it takes more than 1,500 to make & Mexican dollur worth here 15 cents, 1t cost me in the neighborhood of 50,000 h to wravel from the sea coast to the capital and Daclk, and 1t is the custom in traveling in the interior of Korea to take an extra pack horse along to carry your money. The people out- side of the three sea ports know nothing of silver and gold, and oneof the common sights near Fusan, which is the southern port of country, is a cooley laden down with a bushel or $0 of these copper coins, which he carries upon his back. Each coin has & square hole in it, and the common way of putting them up is strands of hundreds’ strung on straw cords of about the thickness of a clothes line, Ten dollars is a load for a man and §30 would break down a mule if the journey was long, LIFE OF FOREIGNELS, Considering the poverty of Korea one might suppose that the foreigners here had 8 hard life. This is far from the case. They have comfortable homios at Seoul, and their gruvmunn. which come in large part from 1 in ight rica hing, are pienty and good. They have a easant society among themselves, play nnis, have concerts, and as far as I can hear, are most freo ‘from social bickerings and strife of any of the foreign colonies of the wesi Pacific. Their lives are reasonably safo except In suck cuthreaks as that of last June, whgn some of the anti-foreign fanatics among the natives started the story that the foreign dovils were feasting on Koreun babies. Then for a time it looks squally and the troops have to be called from one of our men of war, which usually lics in the harbor & Chemulpo. The foreiguers keep in door ,ahe king sends out a proclamation, the oreans quiet down and it is again all ‘quiet on the river which flows by Seoul. 1 visited to-day the king’s royal school for the teaching of young Korean nobles on the American plan. "I saw about forty bright oung men sitting in & room before desks t might have been used in an American college, and using English books. I heard their superintendent, Professor Bunker, ad- dress them in a lecturo in English and could seo that they understood what he said, though hoe talked very fast. I was asked to make a speech to thew, and the few words I uttered brought forth some FEuglish words in reply, Kach student had his pig round hat ou his head, and these school boys all THE OMAHA DAILY BEE wear their hats iri the school room. sor Bunkeg tells me there are many bright minds among them, and I learn that many of the pupils are of the royal family, and all are the sons of nobles. The best of them when educated will probably be sent by the King to serve in his diplomatic vice abroad This reminds me that T met young English-speaking Korean interpretor Who accompanied_the legation to Washing ton last winter, He was recallod by the king after a fow month's stay. He has, he tells me, received a new appointment and he will be sent back as cither first or second secretary of the legation, and will be at the capitol before the close of winter's festivi ties. the KILLING OF CIILDREN. Speaking of Korean baby-cating by the missionaries, the king in this case sent out a proclamation asking any one who had known of babies being stolen by foreigners to come forth and make his _charge good. He called attention to the fact that foreigners were civilized, and asked the question as to how civilized people could cat children, *Bat," the proclamation went on, “if children are being stolen, let the information be filed be fore the proper authorities and the offenders will be arrested, and if found guilty by evi dence, will be pinished. A reward of 40,000 cash will be paid for cach person s found to the informant, but in case the in. is not supported by the evidence smant shall be fined in a for bringing the charge.)) This tion was signed v the royal seal, and was pasted on the gates and on the great bell in the center of the eity, ‘Phe selling of_chil dre however, not uncommon in Korea, and 1 am toid that many are exported to China, ~ Good, _fat, w posed babies bring from £ to $25 apiece, and a father hus wperfect right to seil s children, Babies sometimes bought for adoption, and as to girls they are sold for purposes of which Slavery sts to a serf- s ugo proc th the less said the better, some extent, in Kore aom than such slavery as we had y in the south. Korcan society is divided into three classes, the king, the nobles and the common people. “The latter live in thatehed huts and they are the poorest of the poor. The nobles or the yang ban arc the curse of the country. Thoy own all the lands and live by squeczing the people who till them for the Tho vetter of them dress in gorgeous silks, ‘They never o on the strects without they have a iot of retainers about them. When'they elimb up a hill they have one coolie behind” them and two to hoid up their arms. ‘The more mouey they have the more servants they keep, and the' generals of the ar long the wost bompous of them. One of thest si gowned, black horse hair hatted Korcan generals was going up one of the hills about ital the other day. He had two men behind him to push him'and two others held his arms, when General Dye, who by the way is twice the man’s age, walked by him with a springing step and asked him’ as he passed if he expected to lave the retinue with him in battle. It took some time for the IKorean to appreciate the sarcasm of this remark, but it finally cropt through his top knot thav among ~ the wesiern people laziness and nability were not marks of honor, and the nest time the two came to- gether the yang dan general walked alone. SOLDIERS, The American generals who came here to orgauize the Korean army reccived a sot- Dack from the trouble wbout the baby-cuting of last June. The people were stirred up against the forcigners, and forcign innovae tions were for the time unpopular, The country is now in quiet, ane General Dye tells me that he bopes that'their real work of reorganization will soon begin, They have a royal military school, where they drill some of the ofticers daily in the palice grounds, They find it hard, however, to get the higher officials who belonz to this do-nothing, noble class to engage in work of any kind, ind as yet the Korcan army on the American plan is in_embryo. Colonel Cummins is disgusted with the whole situation. He says he came to Korea not to teach school, but to or ganize an army, and 1 believe in s heart he longs for the flosh- pots of Wushington. There are about one thousand troops her at the capital. At the invitation of the general-in-chief I at- tended an exhibition drill in the court of the bavracks ncar the palace. About four hun- dred troops went through muny surprising evolutions. They ave tall inuscular men, wear < bat onthe top of theit knot-crowned heads, and armed with rifle Their dress is a sort of Zouave pautaloons ending in great shoes and stockings of padded cotton. Thoy have a long loose blouse waist of purple fuced with red, and 2 is u red band about their black hats. heir sleeves are very wide and they look anything but martial, Our minister hus twelveof them about the legation und I was s accompanied by one during my walks throigh the city. A very fierce looking sol- dier met me twelve miles from the capital and acted as my escort into the city, and [ found that those of the high privates’ T dealt hwere by uo means averse to ah occ onal fec. A WONDERFUL cITy, What a wonderful city is Scout! It's 300,- 000 people are made up of strange charac- ters, and my eyes have been bobbing about like'the rays in a kaleidoscope in my efforts to appreciate it all, Everything is new, and every nev thing nge, The big wall which surrounds the city is a wonder, and its three great gates are more wonderful still. ‘They are ciosed cvery night at sunset with irou-plated wooden doors, and after this time none outside the city can get in, nor can any inside the city get out, As th sun fulls behind the mountains which su round the capital a band of soldiers piayin wusic, which sounds for all the world lik a Scotchman's bagpipes, goes from gate to gate and bars them shut. At the same time watchfires spring up upon the hills in cver direction, and from these the king knows thatallis well. ~These watchfives are sig- nals, and they form a part of a continuous line of fives which are built upon the hills in all parts of Korea. They tell by the difterent flames and the intensity whethe all is well along the coasts of the cast a west und in the mountains to the north and uth. ‘Chey ure, it seomed to me, royalt farewell word for the day, and they rewlly meant that the country was quietund thie capital might sleep in peace, The city'does sleep, too. Its people go to bed with the shadows of evening and by the law the man or boy who is_out after dark is bound to be whipped. Women have the rht to £o about at nizht and forcigners are never halted as arc the Korcans., Such Lunterns as are used are of the rudest shapo aud they cousist of a frame wori holding a candle with a thin gauze cloth thrown over it. There is u great bell in the center of Seoul and this is rung early in the morn ing for the opening of the gutes. This bell isin the middle of the long wide street which divides Seoul in_halyes and it forms wtof the capital. About it are the iipal shops and it is the center of trade. Ko n stores are the sizo of alarge dry goods box. They are arranged aroutd narrow courts with a little platforn about two feet wide running around their outsido and forming a sart of a shelf two feet high, going entirely around the court. On to this shelf or porch cach store opens aud the mer- chants sits outside his store and not in it He has a curtain in front of nis goods and ho brings out picce by piece s you ask for it, He keeps nis hat'on while lie trades and smokes during the whole transaction. Sit- ting ou his Lecls he doss not apparently care whether you buy or not, and I'am told that he considers that a large ‘order should bring a much higher comparative price than i smaller one, Mr, Townsend wanted, not long ago, to exnort some small Korean ‘mats to the United States, He askeda merchant the price and he was told they would be 10 cents apicce, and was asked: Low mmny he wanted, He replied that he would take 50,000, whereupon the Korean, taking his long pipe from his mouth in astonishment, said: YO, if you want 80 many 1 shall have to chargo you 20 cents apiece. It will b im vossible to fill your order at less than cents.” And so it is with all business, The ou want the m it costs. and a large merchant by the thought 2 )l bis stozk and he may in buying more, T'he goin ysod in shonping is, of " course, the cash, and in buying you always take a servant with you 10 carry your money bag for you CHESTNUT VENDERS, None of the shops of Seoul are, however, large and the trade of this capital of 300,000 people 18 made ub of what the Yankees would call & whittling busivcss. 1he loud est-miouthed and most enterprising persons in the whole city seem to be the venders of onsted chesinuts — They are little boys with their hair parted in the middle like girls and braided in one tightly woven cord down the back. Their stock usually consists of about 8 quart of chestnuts and they have a little pan of couls over which they roast them while you wait, Another thriving trade seems 1o be the cook shops where all sorts of Korean daioties from raw fish to toasted is rotes. [ Liver are sorved upon little 1 foot b that | if you order a dinuer the boy servant | and | 1ogs bright | I | soned highly with red pep und_tables a gl and about. fifteen inches in diame. little legs and of the table containing on his head ter, These have four or five covk shop will Lift up the the dishes, Dbalance it walk off with it with the of the table hanging down about hig neck, Suct qistos a1 sawy were not at all appetizing and everything was sea ra. The roofs of the country hats are now covered with red peppers and I see them sold_ by the bushel in the markets near the wide street of the bell The Korcans may use them as appetizers. They have, it Scems, an ever present craving for food and they make their bellies their gods. To eat, to smoke, to sleep and to squat is, to all outward appearances, the chief em- ployments of the people, and to be fat in Korea is a sign of wealth, A big stomach is anhonor, and the very small children in the country districts. who, T blush to say, rarely wear more than a hittle jacket coming down two inches below the armpits, are, in nine cases out of ten, pot-bellied The skin of their abdomens is stretehod like a drum head, and a leading authority on Korean lifo says that mothers, in order to increase the size of the stomachs of their babies, stuff themn day by day with rice, paddling them on the stoni achi to press down the contents and make room for more The soldier in _General Sherman's army who, during a fight began to cry, and said he wistied he was “a baby, and o gal baby at that,” would never have done so had he lived in Korea, The “gal” baby here, if they belong to the better classes, end their life of fun At sevon yoars, After this shey are not to bo seen on the strects, and 1o woman has anything to do with any one but her brothers, het father and her husband. Korean ladies have a place in_the back af the house to themselves, Fashion in dress does not change with them, and their lives ave those of almost perfect desolation. Those you sce on the stre tho common women or_ser vants, and these have green gowns over their heads and their dresses, which, T am_told, are cut after the same style as those of the ludics, consist of a short skirt with a_waist band about a foot wide which comes up and clasps their breasts, squeezing them almost like a corset. Over this comes a short jucket with sleeves which, when wrinkled, plajnly shows the decollette dividing of yellow skin between belt and vaist. ‘I'he only jewclry 1see is in the hair- 15, which are, in some eases twelve inches longg and as big around as your little finger, They are made of silver and jade and some- liuve knobs on them #s big as the hand of a two-year-old baby. The servants of the co wear a peck of false hair on_ their heads coiled in thick rolls, The Korcan dics are very glad to see foreign ladies, but fow of them are able to return the cails Oneof them told an American friend of mine that she found it very hard to lead such asecluded life and she longed_for the cus toms of our country. All Kovean ladics smoke, They have their polite w ing and their code of ettiquette.and ot a foy of them rule their husbands. The laws of di- vorce are almost altogether on the husband's side, and widows among the better c do not marry agam. The only women who have the right to be scen by men outside their own families are the dancing girls, and these ave much like the Geishas of Japan, They are called in at feasts, and there are many famous dan- cors who are employed cspecially to appear before the king. = These girls wear fine dresses of silk, and they whiten their skins with powder and paiut.” They sing in a sort of & chant, and their dance is a series of pos. turing like that of the same class of girls in Jupan. Many of them become_ concubines, and concubinage is coumon in Korea. ANMUSEMENTS. cof thechief amusements among the men is archery, and the Koreans shoot markibly well. Many of the vang ban have targets - their garden, and trials of skill reoften held. In company with Colonel Cummins I visited the wrchery grounds of the Mulberry palace. The distance betwoen the place where the archers stood and the target was fully three hundred yards, and the judges had_such_confidence ‘in the ac- curicy of the shots that they had their seats within five fect of the bull's eye As to other amusements the people seem chave few. There are no public halls_and veally the peonle lave little outside of their food and their rest. A civil- ization they havs s one that has long e to sleep. ( od and sturdy they nced the incentive of security of property to ever make them rouse to the present. Just now they arc i the past ages of even Asiatie civilization, Wil they walke? This problem is one just now proposed to the people. After centuries of despotism, and feudalism, and stagnation, the streams of foreizn thought and life were six years ago admitted. The thick crust of the hard clay of ages is only beginning to moisten and it will take generations to bring the soil of this people Lo the now far advanced life of Japan. To-morrow we leave the capital, and travel by inchuirs, cach born by eight coolies, to the sea coust of Chemulpo, where we take the Japanese steamer for China, I feel that I have but ataste of Korea, but t taste has shown me that there is here a rich meal for the man whose soul longs for things un- known and unwritten, FRrANK G. CARPENTER. e e PEPPERMINT DROPS. A weigh off—the ton of coal. y call it “a duck of a bounet” because s 50 much bill to it, If one is looking for big E vents he may tind them on a fife or flute, As faras may concern the applicant for divoree, his Brid sighs is a cantilever, A young_ gir > story always be- gins sweetly and harmoniously with Chap. 1. When the ballet girl begins to vote, will there be more tights around the polls than usualt ¢ Gould says he favors peace on carth, and that's all right, but Le seems 1o want the entire picce. Senate *‘cold tea” is not a drink that can be trifled with., It had a bad effect on Sena. tor Riddleberger. Who says poetry is not_encoura count Ihe Bird made over year with his feet, “potato socials” in Kansas e name may be from the fact that young folks 2o there to pa A debating elub of young ludics up-town has been dissolved because th marriage wis assigned for discussion. body would take the negative, Oatmeal must go in spite of its medical de fenders, Taken dry it is explosive, and taken in the form of mish or porridge it is crup- tive The bond of sympathy existing between the words “winking” and “drinking” give the Kansas poet anadvantage over his neigh bors. On thequestion of annoxation to the United States the people of Canada are divided into three great partics—annexationists, doubters and bank zashiers, Everybody is sayiug that Clarkson is to have u place in the next cabinct. Baby Anson and Mike Kelly are democrats, so they have no chunce, Havpy fathers should not bo in a hurr name their children after lucky politic For aname that will wear well through good and evil fortune there is nothing to beat Dennis. “Y'es, sir,” suid the young man proudly. ST undérstand two languages. 1 know Eng- lish as [ um speaking it now aud 1 can also understand it as it is spoken to me by tele phone.” ‘The young woman who cannot sing the old songs should look for a young man who can- nottell® the old jokes ‘and wmarry him, It might be rough on thewm, but it would do the general public good. Somebody hus invented a *‘walst attach ment "It may be less 'armful than the old waist attachment, generally applied after the old folks have gone to bed, but it will never beconie half g0 popular, “George, dear, what a beautiful diamond iy ! It looks ready to fly.’ I aon't iy it wunts to fly,” growled George. ““Heaven knows it's high enough now. The plate counter is at the other end of the Come on," Editor's Child—What's the papa to-day! He's in anawful bad humor. Editor's wife—Yes, my dear. The regular funny man of the paper is sick and your father is trying to keep the department going. With a rashuess which be never realized until too lote, he had kissed the Boston girl right on the mouth. ‘*Never do tgat again, sir!" she said. **M-M-Miss Waldo,” said he. “if the Lord lets me thaw out this time I will never attempt the like again—at least with- ut au overcoat.”’ zed in this %000 this matter with EMBER ENCLAND'S MERRY GHRISTMAS L] Its Celebration in thes Country of Holly and Mistletoe. ORIGIN OF CHRISTMAS BOXES. The Carol Singers—A Good Old Cus- tom Wocfully Degenerated— Cards and Presents—Christ- més of the Poor. Christmas in England. | For The Omaha Bee,) Many of the holidays thatare peculiar to country are unknown in other parts of the world, and nothing serves ctually to make a man feel o a stranger than to be in a forcign land of his own national holidays. Iispecially is this true if youare in Eng- land on the Fourthof July! But the 25th of December is very different. The kingdom of the Nazavenc is not bounded by vors and sens, and Kknows no races, colors, or earthly forms of government. Monarchies, kingdoms all alike to the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, His reign isover and within human hearts, and where these ave found loyal to him, the form of earthly government under which they live is a mattey of subordin- ate concern, The English seem fonder of holidays than Amc ans are, and have more of them. The two great national holida are Christmas and Easter: the anniver- ics of the birth and vesurrection of oue Lord. No matterif it is not cer tainly known that Christ born on the 25th of Decomber, on some glad day he came into the world, and, in the absence of any positive knowledgen! date so remote, the wonderful event may as well be eelebrated on that day as any other. The church of England is famous for the observance of times and e and this spivit pervades the ent glish people. Among all classes Christmas is atime of speecial re- joicing, and the man is not to be envied who cannot be happy in “merry land™ at such a time. TIE WEATHER is very unlike our own at this season. Instead of our cold, bright iti dark and damp in England. Night be gins about 4 in the afternoon and lasts till 8 1n the morning, and often it is so dark that the gas must be lighted in midday. At first thought onc would think this weather very disagrecable, but 1o a person who is aceustomed to it, it possesses a weird interest th is not found elscwhere. The str homes are generally well lighte to wander through the strects and in the eclegant shops by gaslight 1s charming pastime. Many English cities are mueh handsomer by night than by day. As in our own count ations are made by ¢ Christmas holidays. Shop-windows are clegantly arranged, and every induce- ment held out to allure pugcl; for holiday goods and presents. Evergreens are popular and plentifal. 1f there linger not yet n superstition, theve is at least a great demand “for* the “saceed misteitoe” which the DRUIDS DEIFIED in the olden times, for no houschold is considered ready for Christmas without a bunch of this pavasite. Holly is also very popular and cheap. No mafter how plainly and economie- ally they must live at other times, no family who can possibly afford it thinks of passing Christmas without a turkey oose, and a plum-pudding. Christ- ds and presents are as common with us, and for several days the mail and express companies groan under their burden. Tt is usual on Christmas day for the postmen to be half a day late, and they often come with their mail in a wheelbarrow or hand wagan. The parcel post does an immense busi- ness at this time, and is always a con- veniont and cheap means of carrying articl We need it in this country. Among the poor Christmas presents are called SCHRISTMAS BOXES An authority on the subject says that in the carly diys of christianity boxes were placed in the churches for promis- cuous charities,and opened on Christm: day. On the following morning-—box-= mjr day---the contents were distributed among the poor, and called the **dole of ristmas box,” or the ‘box e lines by Gay occur in one more ¢ on one mountains, i and republies are was special prepar- ryvody for the asers » money Trivia: “Some boys are rich wants, Beloved by uncles znd kind, good old aunts, When_time comes round a' Christmas box they bear, And one duy makes them rich yer ‘Pheoriginal design of the Christmas was doubtless a benevolent one ubject for even good poe- land the practice has so generated as to become, not only non- peotical, but often very disgusting. All kinds of workmen, and public and pri- vate servints of every deseription, and sven idlers and beggars, not only e peet a Christmas box, but they will boldly ask for it, and_think you mean if vou don’v give it, The van guard of this Christmas box army are THIE CAROL SIGNERS, About a week previous to the holi- days groups of children begin gather- injr at the doors of respectable houses and trying to sing carols, and they gen- Iy n at the doors until they or receive the object visit—a few pence. Let us listen n_moment and hear what these hoor children are trying to sing. Over s @ group singing: JArk, the ‘erald hangels sing, Glory to the new-born King. Down there others ave syvelling their voices in full chorus deglaying that Christ was born in Bethlehem And in a manger lay. And now we come near stepping from the sublime to the ridiculous as we hear a third company meprily singing at somebody’s door: We wish _you a merry Christmas, And a happy New Year, A pocket full of money And a cellar full of "beer! Everybody who has done anything for you during ‘the year—the boy who de- livered your groceries, the milkman, lamp-lighter, cte.,—will come to you at this time for o Christmas box. Thereis one class of men to whom wealways gave our Christmas boxes most checrfully, these are the faithful postman, They will not ask it, but will thankfully re- ceive anything you may be willing to give them, They work hard and are poorly paid. ~ You get aboard a tram- dar o 4n omnibus and pay your fare, and then there stares you in the face a box in which you are politely requested to deposit something for the conductors and drivers. These servants are paid small wages, and are expected to sup- plement thewr meager salaries by get- ting tips and Christmas boxes from the public, All this is annoying to the publie, unjust on the part of employers, and unmanly in those who thus practi- cally ask foralms, But not only children but grown peo- by birth beyond all for all the ple often go out and spend the night in carol singing, sometimes for money for a benevolent institution, and somevimes for themselves, 2 Many of the rich are PRINCELY GIVERS to the poor. Indeed, in a where there is so much want fering. there is more call fo lence than with us; and_perhaps it from this that Englishmen means scem generally more than such men are with us 1t not infrequent that [ man will roast large uantities of beef, and open his doors and let the poor come in and eat during the Christs mas holidays. And somctimes th uor dealer who robs them of their regu- lnr meals during the year will feast them bountifully on Christmas day! I country and suf- benevo- is of cause is A THOUSAND POOR BOYS, called ‘‘street Arabs,” sit down dinner in hall, and_while ate, vocalists, band; and the organ would discourse sweet music tothem. It was the grandest event of their lives, and with some will remain until their entrance into that city where there is no more hunger, cold and nakedness, dreary str ind dese late homes, After thiese poor boys were rmed and filled, they arose and sang jod save the Queen,” in one glad and ity chorus. . Such scenes are com- mon in England, and they show t here much truo charity in mother countyry. Christmas in England is more RELIGIOUSLY OBSERVED than with u Not only isitatime for charity, but sermons are preached in the churches, and the people have no chance to forget that the duy is being celebrated in memo of the birth of the world’s redeemer. The church buildings are often profusely decorated, and the services are imter- ng and atteactive. People in IEngland are morve religious than in America, and the way they listen to the sermon and have thei stirred with the sweet musie of that day is in- teresting to see. To describe o Christmas among the hetter classes---the rich prefents, and the cheerful, happy homes---is beyond the power of my pen. Namatter where LEnglishmen v be in this wide world ---on what w oceans or in far away lands---they are homesick to a man, and sigh for their SISLE OF BEAUTY? at Christmas time. The young man on the boundle 1, in the jungles of India, or who has joined ‘the vast throng in the mareh of progress in the new world, stops to refleet and feels a pain in his heart as he thinks of loved " whom he cannot He thinks of fond whose Christmas is a4 Dbe- his absence, or perhaps rosy-cheeked girl to whom his troth in the long s heart is too full for utter- ance as he wonders if, by another Christmas he should meet them all, and their hopes be realized in cach other. England is so small in tervitory, and s0 overerowded that many of he n men must o to distant lands to seeic o livelihood: and at Christmas these ave most tead remembered at home From many a home, with the mer world all around, will be heard the sweet but sad song “Where is my wandering There is mo country the world where the home is ivated, ¢ where there are such plensant homes as among the better classes in 13 i, and these homes are never so hright and homelike as at Christma If you can afford it, and are seeking for more light concerning how to make your home happy, you cannot do better than to spenda one Christmas in Engla AL MARTIN e LIGIOUS. Signor Ignam’ Rowman advocate who died recently, left 1,000,000 frau the pope. A chair of temperance will be endowed by the Catholic Totil Abstinence society in the Catholic umversity at Washicgton, D. C. There are mnow nine churches in the city of Denver for the tenth, and twelve Cor church edifices are needed at once i state. nglish forcign 61 stations, 4,258 out-stations, onarics, 405 female, 18, 258,808 communicants, 7, year, and §,619,421 income. hard-fisted Virginia farmer of means, within twelve months, has $2,000 to be used in educating young at Richmond college and at the itist Theological seminary. Mrs. J. Lawrence Smith has given $50,000 to the theological seminary at Louisville, This fund is for the crection of a librar, 1ding, and 18 intended by Mrs. Swmitl memorial to four of hier nephews and ni who have died in recent years, Itis reported that the amount guaranteed to send Rev. Mr. Noyesto Japan will be fully $10,000-several thousand more than was_expeeted. This matter will be in the Tands of A committce, in which the Berkeley chureh, Boston, will be represented, Tn Hlinois there are 293 socicties with over 12,000 members, nearly half ot them having been formed during ‘the year. Tnc largest society is connected with Warren Ay nue church of Chic here are twelve local Chrstian Bndeuvor unions in the state The Cherokees have in n 100 com mon_schools, with ndance of 4,040 pupils and an ave a high school for boys, with an ageregate of 211 and an average of 155 students; a_femalc sem inary, nearing completion, with a capacity for 165 students; an orphau asylum contuin- ing 145 cnildren, The Presbyterian missionaries in the City of Mexico have recently located seven preaching stations in the outlying wards and districts. In this way they touchi the people who could not be Wt into anything known as achurch edifice. Lay taicnt is utilized, one-hulf of these services being sus tained by native el to a they et 80 ols m the os souls sce this parents cause of it is the he has ple ago; and k boy to-nigh s0 cul R wregational with room tional the mission socicties report 2,148 male native help- 3 added last given ministers Souther I ces et IMPIETIES, A christian gentleman will not assault choirmuster until after the benediction, A great nuisance at the fashionable churehes ave the people who attend “to heur the music.” A Methodist aividea inis i will-ability; se ability. Should the church be insufiiciently heated put your handkerehicf in your mouth, The chattering tecth of w congregation is apt to razzle-dazzle the rector. Little girl (atchurch)— have gone astray ' —mamma, isn't Mrs, Uj johw's sacque scalskin? Mamma—Hush, Bessie, Attend to your responses—*And there is no good in Us’—can’t you ses it's nothing but plusi ¢ “And mow, little mirls,” said o school teacher, *you may 'tell me about the Epistles.” A little girl held up her hand, “Well," said the teacher. *The Epistics said the little girl—"the Ep re th wives of the Apostles,” ““Hold on sirs ! exclaimed one of the little Rambo boys, as he paused at the door; *don't £0 into the house. 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