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Wu Yang-tse, in } trade re- } It rrectly called China ink ; ! nd from Anhui it goes tw ev I { China and allover the world. In 1895 about two tons of it, val- wed at were exported from sbhangbai

fore ntries. The materials with w! this beautiful blask ink is made are ges r colza oil, or the | expressed ‘ t DOISONOUS see f a tree exten sively cultivated in the Yang-tse valley, and also well known in Japan. To this earnish and pork fat are added. The lamp flack made by the combustion of these substa! sis classed accordirg to the ma terials and the grade of fineness and also according to the time taken over the proc- ess of combustion. The paste made of this lampblack has some glue added and is beaten op wooden anvils with steel ham mers. Two good hanmerers can prepare in a day 50 pieces, each weighing half a pound. A certain quantity of musk of

the musk deer, or of Baloos camphor, for goenting, and gold leaves, varying from 20 to 160 to the pound, are addcd to give a metallic luster.

The materials thus prepared are molded im molds of carved wood and dried, which takes about 20 days in fine weather, and adorned with Chinese characters in giid- ing. About 30 or 82 average sized sticks of ink goto the pound, The price varies from 2s. or less per pound to as much as #7, there being over a dozen different grades. Nearly all writing is done by the natives throughout China, Japan, Korea, Tonquin and Anam with this China ink, rubbed down on a stone ink slab and ap- plied with a paintbrush of sable, fox or rabbit hair, set in a bamboo holder, and when not in use carefully covered with a protecting brass cap. The superior kinds of this ink appear to be used in China and not exported. — Manufacturer.

INDIA NEWSPAPERS. Daily and Weekly Publications Flourished

There Before the European Conquest.

India can jointly claim to have a share —a very considerable share—in the birth ; ef the newspaper. Ages before te Euro- pean conquest every court had a weekly, sometimes a daily, news letter, which was gent out to the principal towns and read with diligent attention by wealthy people, nobles and especially by all officials. It was not, however, until after the English conquest that the newspaper, as the word is now understood, was established in In- dia, the first English journal in that coun- try appenring about 1818, and not unti! the middle of the country did the Indian natives begin to publish papers in their own language.

The Indian press may be roughly d)- vided into three classes. The first consists of English newspapers published in the large cities, such as Calcutta and Bombay, generally very creditable productions, con- ducted by scholarly Englishmen or Anglo- Indians. The second class is composed of papers edited and published by natives, the matter belong generally half in Eng- lish and haif in a native language, though the proportion varies. The third class con- étitutes those journals which are publish- ed entirely in « native language, this class being by far the most numerous of all.

The oriental is fond of parade, even in language, and the longer the words the more attractive In his eyes and to his ears isthe style. It ie not at all remarkable, therefore, that, considering his imperfect knowledge of Eng'ish, the long words of which the Indian native editor is .so fond should sometimes be misplaced or incor- rectly employed, nor that the metaphors in which he delights should frequently be grotesquely mixed. Most of the natives who read English are familiar with the literature which is distributed in enor- nious quantities by the missionaries, and bave adopted from it many pious expres- sions that, appropriate enough ina homily or prayer, are ridicuiously out of place in & leading article. —Exchange.

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” Then, having done what I just did, With not a frown to check ar chill, Suppose her red lips seemed to bid Deftance to your lordly will? Oh, tell me, sweet, what would you do? I know, and so do you! —Pearson's Weekly.

English Divorce Laws,

The children of the marriage are the busband’s if he chooses to have them, but if he does not care to perform a fa- ther’s duty the wife must support them. If he is unfaithful to her, she cannot di- vorce him (in England) unless he has also committed the ungentlemanly sin of personal cruelty, and in all cases of divorce and separation it is a man’s reading of the man made laws that en- tirely decides not only the case, but the consequences, as to the custody of the children and the amount of alimony. And if, despairing of justice, the faith- ful wife endures patiently through life for the sake of her children’s future, the English law permits an unfaithful husband and father at death to will away every peuny of his property from his wife and children to a charity, a stranger or a mistress, possibly leaving those whom the law made his depend- ents dependent on the ratepayers of his parish. This is not possible in Scotland, nor was it formerly possible in England. The law of dower protected the widow nntil this century, when men tinkered the laws so as to gain a larger latitude for themselves. The operation of this masculine privilege often gives oppor- tunity for cruel oppression not dreamed of by right minded men. In fact, it is only because the large majority of men are better than the laws allow them to

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“NO 245

THE MELANCHOLY DANE,

Where Shakespeare Found His Chara t<s of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark.

While ShakeSpeare no doubt wrote the tragedy of ‘‘Humlet,’’ as it isfound today, he borrowed many of his data from an earlier writer, Saxo Grammaticus, a Dan- ish histerian who died about 1204. His writings were in Latin, and in Shakes- peare’s time had not been translated inte any modern language. ‘The story is to be found in Belleforest’s collection of novels, begun in 1564, and an English translation of it was published entitled ‘‘The Hys- torie of Hamblet, Prince of Denmarke.” Horvendile, in the novel, is the name of Hamilet’s father, Fengon that of his uncle and Geruth thatof his mother. Fengon traitorously slays Horvendile and marries

his brother’s wife. In the second chapter Hamlet counterfeits the madman to escape the tyranny of his uncle. Through the machinations of his uncle he is tempted

. by a woman, the uncle thinking thereby

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Worn Knees.

Many stories are told of the keen wit and ready speech of Dr. Mason, once pastor of the Scotch Presbyterian church in New York. Not only was he a great and eloquent preacher, but many of his most telling lessons were given in private rather than in the pulpit. So heard, they wers sure to be repeated and not forgotten.

He had a great fondness for animals and particularly for horses, of whose good points he was said to bean excellent judge. On one occasion a brother minister, who was intending to buy a horse, met Dr. Mason and stopped to ask his opinion of phe animal, which he was then driving.

Dr. Mason surveyed the horse with long and careful scrutiny, and after several in- articulate sounds of approval and disap- proval he finally pointed to the animal’s knees, which were decidedly worn in as-

t. ee That is a good sign for a minister,’ said he, with a humorous smile, ‘but it is a very bad sign fora minister's horse.’’— Youth’s Companion.

Between Rich and Poor In India,

Our standard of civilization is personal comfort—luxury, a thing absolutely un- known in native India. There is soarcely any difference in the made of living be- tween the rich and the poor. If you go into the house of a rajah, there is the same bare floor, and only a simple platter to eat from, such as is seen in the home of the poorest. To put it crudely, there will prob- ably not be even the luxury of a wash basin and towel, tor the rich man, like hie poor brother, washes jn the open and dries himself in the sun. Such is the extreme simplicity of life that wealth is still buried in India. A man may spend it on jewels for his wife, but not on pleasure or per- sonal comfort. This simple life, which fostered no distinctions of elass, bad been preserved for 8,000 years by Indian civi- lization, but ours will destroy it in 60 years.— Mrs. Steel in Humantarian.

Unprofitable Vacation.

‘‘The last time I had_a vacation,’’ said the cheerful idiot, ‘‘I had te double up with a stranger at the hotel, and when I waked up I found that he had walked off with my new suit and left his old one.”’

‘Ah!’ gaid the shoe clerk boarder ‘* Beat you out of your clothes, did he?’’

‘No,’ said the cheerful idiot, ‘‘he beat me into them.'’—Indianapolis Journal.

There are 11 cities in the world with a population of over 100,000, They are London, Paris, Berlin, New York, Chi- cago, Philadelphia, Peking, Vienna, To- kyo, Canton and St. Petersburg. The

‘populations often given of other Chinese

cities than Peking and Canton arte un- trustworthy, though some of them prob- ably exceed 1,000,000.

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wan THE CLINTONIA.

fe California, where great redwoods grow, The tall clintonia stands—a stately sight, Shedding in ferny ways its scarlet light~—- A lily in red robes, as if to show A life more rayal than pale lilies know. The brooding firs through winter's fog and gloom Dream of the time when these bright torches bloom. This flower of cheer was loved by great Tho reau Through Maine’s dark pines and lakeside greenery— By our beloved Thoreau, ordained to be A priest to lead us to God's temples grand, Whereon the wonders of his skill are speng

( fairest of these, the tall clintonias stand,

The altar candles of a continent. Lillian H. Shuey in Overland Monthly,

ie POCKETS.

Chirty of Them Made Ie a Patr ef Breeches of the Year 1611.

Perhaps the best proof of the advanot of the Japanese in civilization is to be found in their use of povkets. The pee ple of that country have usually six or eight pockets cunningly inserted in the cults of their wide sleeves. These pock- ets are always filled with a curious mis- cellany. Ascommon as the twine in the pockets of young Americans is the pray- er amulet written on sheets of rice pa per and composed by the bonzes. In ac- cordance with their faith, these amu- lets are swallowed like a pill in cases of mental or physical distress. Another essential seldom missing is a number of small squares of silky paper. These are put to unexpected. uses, such as to hold the stem of a lily or lotus, to dry a tea- cup or to wipe away a tear. Among the Chinese and other nations a pouch is used instead of a pocket. Thie was alao | the case in western Europe in the mid- dle ages and for some time afterward. The pouch was attached to the girdle, along with a dagger and rosary. It was called an aulmoniere or gipciere. It was often ornamented with carious patterns, gold and silk threads, coats of arms and religious sentences. A dramatist of the time of Henry VIII wrote:

From my girdle Mpard my pouch; By your leave he left me never a penny.

Breeches, however, had pockets at an early date. In an old play written about 1611 it is mentioned that a man had his breeches plaited as if they had 80 potk- ets. But pockets did not attain theirs proper position until the adoption of the modern style of men's garmenta With waistcoats a great epportunity for pockets presented itself. Later they were” made very broad and deep and were covered with embroidery and buttona In the reign of George III waistcoat pockets reached such size in land that they became objects of ridicule, so that they svon began to

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to undermine the prince and find out whether his madness is counterfeitod or net.

In the third chapter Fengon, the unuwle, tries a second time to entrap Hamilct in politic madness, and causes one of his , councillors to be secretly hidden in the queen's chamber, behind the curtains, to bear what speeches pass between Hamiet and the queen. Hamlet kills him and thus escapes danger. In the fourth chapter Hamlet is sent to England by Fengon, with eecret letters to have him put to death. While his companions sleep Hamlet coun- terfeits the letters ‘‘willing the king of England to put the two messengers to death.’’ Here ends the resembiance be- tween the history and the play. The Ham- let of the history returns to Denmark, slays his uncle, burns his palace, makes an oration to the Danes and is elected king. He goes back to England, kills the king of that country, returns to Denmark with two English wives, and finally falls, through the treachery of one of these la- dies. This is the supposed source of the | plot of Shakespeare's ‘‘ Hamlet.’’—Chicage Chronicle.

Plight of a Famished Man. !

‘How do you suppose a famished maa feels,’’ asked the man in the smoker, ‘‘when he has neither money nor food and finds a $10 bill lying on the pavement at bis feet?’’

‘‘As if he were looked after by a special Providence, I should say,’’ was the answer.

“That Was my experience once when I was strunded away from home waiting for the letter—with money in it—that never came. I was looking into the window of a restaurant where a delicious locking boiled ham was displayed, set off around the edges with feathery green. Happening to cast my eyeson the pavement J saw the bill, folded just as it had fallen from its owner’s pocketbook. Boys, do you know how many things $16 will buy ina anticipation? First, there was the biggest and best supper a starving man ever tast- ed just within reach. And I went right in and ordered it..’

He tapped his pipe and looked thought-

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‘Did the supper taste as good as you anticipated?’’ asked one of the crowd.

“T don’t know. I never tasted it.’’

“What? Was it a failurey’’

‘Yes, so far as I was concerned. Tho bill was a counterfeit!’’—Chicago Times- Herald.

Grant’s Tribute to McPherson.

In his ‘‘Campaigning With Grant,’’ in The Century, General Horace Porter says: In the battle of the 22d General McPherson was killed. When this news reached Gen- eral Grant, he was visibly affected, and dwelt upon !t in his conversations for the next two er three days. ‘‘McPhersvn,’’ he said, ‘‘was one of my earliest stail offi- cers and seemed almost like one of my own family. At Donelson, Shiloh, Vicks- burg and Chattanooga he performed splen- did service. I predicted from the start that he would make one of the most bril- Mant officers in the service. I was very reluctant to have him leave my staff, for I disliked to lose his services there, but | felt that it was only fair to him to put him in eommand of troops where he would be in the line of more rapid promotion. 1 was very glad to have him at the head of my old Army of the Tennessee. His death will be # terrible loss to Sherman, for 1 know that be will feel it as keenlyas i. Meo- Pherson was beloved by everybody in the service, both vy those above bim aud by those below him."’

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