THE year 1909 was doubtless one of the most unsettled years for India in recent times. The evidence of wide-spread disloyalty, the bomb outrages, and the germ of unrest that had evidently taken firm hold, culminating in the attempted assassination of the viceroy and the successful murder of a leading official in Western India,—all this and more boded ill for India during 1910.
However, as one looks back at the year just closed he can but be reminded of the first few verses of Revelation 7. Truly the seething, threatening winds have been held back for a little season, for which those of us who live and labor in India are truly grateful.
Legislative Councils and Wise Plans
In the political sphere the new representative legislative councils have done good work. There has been some little friction, but on the whole the results fully justify the bold move made toward giving India in a small measure representation with taxation.
In the viceroy's legislative council, the question of the heavy burden of military expenditure, amounting to about $2,500,000 annually, was brought prominently forward. It is a sad and significant sign of the times that poor India, suffering under the ravages of disease and hunger, with some part of her great country always beholding the gaunt specter of threatened famine, with her remarkably low wage scale and a universal rise in the cost of living,—with all this and more, is still compelled to contribute annually so large a sum to the growing burden of military expenditure.
Representative Indians made most eloquent appeals for increase in expenditure for the spread of primary education and for the inauguration of irrigation projects. There is a sufficient rainfall in India to preserve her from famine; but it comes largely in two or three months, and flows back into the sea. The government of India has completed great irrigation projects, has others in hand now, and is planning for still others to be opened in the near future.
The greatest political event of the year has been the departure of Lord Minto after five years of faithful service as viceroy of India, and the coming of his successor, Lord Hardinge of Penshurst. On November 29, with all the brilliance of Oriental State function, the outgoing viceroy transferred the reins of government to his successor.
Lord Minto served India well in a most troublous period. Calm and fearless, he pursued the even tenor of his way, bringing to fruition his plans for reform in India's political régime. With cool judgment and rare personal courage, and in direct opposition to the feelings of an influential portion of the Indian Civil Service, he was successful in inaugurating these reforms that have immeasurably strengthened the hands of the moderate Indians who are unselfishly working for India's political welfare, and at the same time effectively taking the wind from the sails of the extremists who were rapidly forcing India on the shoals of sedition and anarchy.
Lord Hardinge of Penshurst comes to India with hereditary connections with Indian history, an ancestor having served with honor and credit as viceroy early in the last century. He has already shown rare tact in his speeches and reception delegations. The first bow the new viceroy made to the Indian public, he consented to receive a delegation from the National Congress, a thing that has not been done since Lord Curzon unceremoniously turned them down several years ago. His diplomatic training will stand him in good stead in his attempt to keep peace among the warring elements that go to make up India.
As he himself, while ambassador at St. Petersburg, was largely instrumental in bringing about the Anglo-Russian agreement that changed the face of Asiatic politics in so far as India is concerned, he will be perhaps the best able to handle the threatening situation arising out of the disintegration of Persia and the prospects of extending the German Bagdad railway to the Persian Gulf.
A New Census
One of the interesting by-products of the new reform scheme that gives representation according to communities—the Hindu and Mohammedan communities being the largest—is the proper enumeration of the more than 60,000,000 outcastes of India. For centuries11the orthodox Hindus have declared these outcastes to be "untouchable," even their shadow defiling. They have not been counted as worthy to be included in the religious privileges of Brahmanism, which have belonged well-nigh exclusively to the higher castes. Still they have always been the hewers of wood and drawers of water for the great Hindu community. For want of a better method the government of India has always counted these people in the census report as Hindus; but now that the census returns are made the basis of communal representation, there has been an effort made by Mohammedans and others to have these 60,000,000 "untouchables" hitherto counted by Hindu leaders as unworthy to share in the proper ministrations of the Hindu religion, enumerated under a separate head in the coming census. As this would seriously cut down the Hindu representation, a great hue and cry has been made out of it.
A Royal Visitor
One of the pleasant events of the past two months has been the friendly visit of the crown prince of Germany. Only those living in English countries can realize the intensely strained relations existing between Germany and England. The future ruler of Germany has made himself extremely popular with the governing body of India, uniting heartily in hunting and sports — a feature of English life in the colonies that does much to keep the Englishman in good health — as well as taking a keen interest in everything pertaining to political and social India. There is no doubt that such visits have a tendency to bring the nations nearer together, thus holding the winds until the work of God is finished in the world.
The Coronation of George V in India
The most important event scheduled for 1911 is the coronation of George V as Emperor of India in Delhi, the old capital city of the Mogul dynasty. Ever since Queen Victoria was made Empress of India after the Indian Mutiny, it has been the custom to read the proclamation and parade the troops in every important part of India on the first day of January; but it could be only a sailor king, who had sailed to all parts of the dominions in his early days, who could conceive the idea of being crowned in India. Even in this event the supremacy of the religions of India above every other consideration is emphasized. It so happens that January 1, 1912, falls in the midst of the Muharram festival, one of the most important Mohammedan festivals of the year. For this reason it is found impossible to follow the precedent of the reading of the proclamation all these years. It is probable his majesty the King will be crowned early in December.
The Census
The census of India is taken every ten years. This year, on the tenth day of March, between the hours of nine p.m. and midnight, every man, woman, and child of India's 300,000,000 people will be counted, and all the important facts as to age, sex, religion, caste, literacy, etc., etc., will be written down, and that in only three hours. In one month all the returns will be in one central place, tabulated and ready for publication. This record is unequaled by any census in the world. Good organization, plenty of money, and an unlimited supply of cheap clerical help, exceed in rapidity the best enumerating machines yet invented. In less than one week the totals will all be in the head office.
Theosophy in India
The failure of theosophy in India is worth noting. Practically an offshoot of Hinduism, it came to India largely from the West, with its ethical standards purged from idolatry, and for a time it seemed that it would gather into its fold many of the best educated Indians. The reasoned eclecticism of theosophy, it was supposed, would appeal to the Hindu mind, and succeed where Christianity was failing. There is at present a reaction against it that well-nigh threatens its extinction, at least, its confinement to a limited area. The difficulty seems partly to have arisen through the contrast between its teachers' claim of sanction from the mystic world of Mahatmas, and the antithesis presented in their far from pure words and practises.
Krishna Worship in America
I was quite interested in reading in a native paper in the native library here a most earnest appeal from a teacher of the cult of Krishna for funds for the building of a heathen temple in the "dark city of Los Angeles, California." This temple is to be a replica of the Krishna temples of India, with its actual idol. The writer claimed numerous converts already, and predicted the rapid spread of Krishna worship in America. If the matter is of sufficient interest to SIGNS readers, I shall be glad to write an article on Krishna worship in India, which will state facts doubtless unmentioned by Krishna preachers in the West.
Second General Conference on Missions to Moslems
The first conference on missions to Moslems met in Cairo, in 1906, and has been followed by the second in Lucknow, India, January 23 to 28, 1911. It brought together almost 300 missionaries and other workers, representing fifty-four organizations and societies at work in the Moslem world. The Rev. S. W. Zwemer of Bahrein, Arabia, was selected chairman.
No student of missions can neglect the problem of giving the Gospel message to the more than 200,000,000 of the Mohammedan world.
India, with nearly one third the Mohammedan population of the world, presents just now the most favorable opening for Christian effort. The Mohammedan community of India is now raising money for the building of a large university to be run on modern lines, affiliated with the English university system. It is striving to encourage primary education, and giving increased attention to female education. The Moslem leaders are so busy with politics that it seems certain that modern progress will take firm hold of this great community. How Islam will meet this crisis in its history will be watched with the greatest interest.
The chairman's eloquent address closed with the following fine characterization of the various lands of the Moslem world:
As our eyes sweep the horizon of all these lands dominated or imperiled by this great rival faith, each seems to stand out as typical of one of the factors in the great problem. Morocco is typical of the degradation of Islam; Persia of its disintegration; Arabia of its stagnation; Egypt of its attempted reformation; China shows the neglect of Islam; Java the conversion of Islam; India the opportunity to reach Islam; equatorial Africa its peril. The supreme need of the Moslem world is Jesus Christ. He alone can give light to Morocco, unity to Persia, life to Arabia, re-birth to Egypt, reach the neglected in China, win Malaysia, meet the opportunity in India, and stop the aggressive peril in Africa.
GEORGE F. ENOCH.
Panwel, Bombay, India.
The "Private Hall of Audience" in the palace of Delhi. Built by Shah Jehan. Here none but ministers of State could come for audiences with the Shah. Here stood the famous Peacock Throne, unequaled in history, built of the purest marble, in the old days with ceiling of pure silver, and with the most marvelous inlaid mosaic of all manner of precious stones. Its ancient magnificence must have been beyond description. In this building is the famous inscription in Arabic:
A fine example of Indian artistic skill and patience. Each of the windows in this Mohammedan place of prayer at Ahmadabad is carved from a single block of marble.
Opium Reform and Other News
By Editor
Referring to the present campaign for a speedy abolition of the opium trade, a leading official of the Chinese government says: "Unless we can now stop all the opium trade, not only will we be unable to continue the prohibition of the planting, but in places where the cultivation has stopped, it will begin again. We must stop the trade and the importation at once if we wish to succeed in this opium reform. It is impossible," he emphasizes, "to fully stop the opium planting until the trade is made illegal." The poor Chinese farmers can not understand the "gradual yearly reduction." They are told not to plant, but they see the foreign opium still coming into China.
The secretary of a prominent horticultural society who has evidently imbibed some of the "Higher Criticism" spirit, scouts the idea of the incident which brought sin into the world through disobedience. He says that "apples could not have grown in Eden," and is inclined to believe that the tempting fruit was the pear. It is ludicrous sometimes to see how far some persons, intelligent in other lines than a fair understanding of the Bible, will go to oppose the Bible record. Where does the Bible say that Eve tempted Adam with an apple?
The sale of the Robert Hoe Library at auction in New York City from April 24 to May 4, will include about 16,000 items. It is thought that at least one of its literary treasures will bring a higher price than was ever before realized for a single work in the public market. This is a copy on vellum of the Gutenberg Bible, printed in 1450. It is expected to sell for more than $25,000.
By order of the State Board of Education of New York, sanitary drinking-fountains to replace the common drinking-cups, are soon to be placed in thirty-nine public schools in New York. The Vermont State Board of Health has adopted a regulation prohibiting the use of the common drinking-cup in schools, workshops, or other public buildings, or on trains after May 12.
In one of the churches in Utica, New York, a telephone system has been installed for the benefit of members of the congregation who may be afflicted with deafness. The transmitter is located directly in front of the pulpit, so that the speaker's words are easily caught. The wires leading to various parts of the auditorium are so arranged as to be inconspicuous.
A despatch from Berlin states that the Reichstag by a large majority rejected the Socialist motion calling on the government to take "immediate steps leading to an international agreement concerning universal limitation of armaments and the abolition of the right of capture at sea."
One of the features of the meeting of the executive council of the California Teachers' Association, held in Los Angeles, April 1, was the decision to ask the governor of the State to veto a bill passed by the last legislature providing for military training in the State high schools.
Interested parties in the proposed arbitration treaty between the United States and Great Britain, are endeavoring to have the compact ready for presentation to the Senate before the adjournment of the approaching session of Congress.
The Russian foreign office has telegraphed the Russian minister at Peking that China's reply to Russia's ultimatum is satisfactory. China declares that she fully acquiesced in Russia's demands in her replies to previous Russian notes.
Upon his arrival in India for coronation, King George V will be weighed, and his weight in gold will be distributed to the poor. The custom is one of great antiquity in India.
Sweden has a population of 5,000,000. America, it is estimated, has more than 2,500,000 Swedes. It is said that an average of 20,000 Swedes come to the United States every year.
The phonograph is now used in some public schools for teaching music. The tone and expression are learned from listening to the machine.12(Continued on page 13, column 2)
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"In China, in order to create the desire for an opiate," says the California Christian Advocate, "thousands and tens of thousands of cigarettes are scattered over that empire. Boys and girls are gaily dressed and given baskets filled with cigarettes to be freely distributed; sowing the seed for the harvest. That such a vicious thing could be tolerated is dreadful; that such a traffic should be promoted by such a country as ours is appalling."
Speaking of a flood of cigarettes sent out in Kansas City, "the authorities have made a brave fight to stamp out this deadly vice. The cigarette habit has invaded the public schools of that city with terrific effect. The boys are going down by the score and by the hundred."
According to a "census of church attendance," taken by the New York Church Association on a certain Sunday on Manhattan Island, "there were 530,000 members of Christian churches who did not attend worship. Of these, 235,000 were men. Of the absentees, 450,000 were Roman Catholics and 77,000 Protestants. The Catholic churches claim 650,000 members, and the Protestant churches 151,000." This proportion is quite contrary to Catholic claims, who contend that a larger proportion of Catholics attend church than Protestants. Practically nine thirteenths of Catholics attend, and one half of Protestants.
What seems almost incredible is the following newspaper report of a house sliding twelve miles: "People living along the shore of Lake Champlain were astonished to see a house running away across the ice. The owner wished to move a house about half a mile over the ice. While the workmen were arranging the skids a great gust of wind struck the house and it started at a lively gait up the lake. The sight of the forty-foot, two-story building as it twisted, tumbled, twirled, and turned, terrified the fish hut colony. The house finally banged diagonally on a ridge and came to a standstill after a twelve-mile run."
The following is an item from the "Herald of Gospel Liberty:" "At the convention of workmen recently held in St. Petersburg, it was decided to allow Jewish workmen and apprentices to observe their Sabbath rest, in spite of the efforts of the Black Hundred, who wished the convention to go on record as supporting the government measure against the permission for Jews to rest on Saturday."
The First Congregational Church of Winnetka, Illinois, has decided to build a $40,000 theater as an annex under the personal supervision of the pastor, expecting to make the theater "spiritual and elevating." One of our exchanges says regarding it: "If there is any spirituality in that church, it will not be on hand very long. The world and the church can not unite."
The former battle-ship Texas, which has been used as a target for 12-inch and 8-inch guns, has been sunk in a naval experiment. Steaming at ten knots and at a distance of from six to seven miles, the United States battle-ships New Hampshire and Missouri poured shell into the war-ship in the distance. More than one third of the shots were said to have gone true.
The work of taking the Canadian census will begin about June 1. According to the census commissioner the appropriation of $1,000,000 for the work will not be enough.
As the result of a successful experiment in equipping a French submarine with wireless, the apparatus may in the future be fitted to other submarines.
Two hundred and eighty manufacturing firms in the United States turned out last year 185,000 automobiles valued at $240,000,000.
In the last six years Congress has appropriated almost $6,000,000,000 for the expenses of the Federal Government.
Austria is planning to spend $62,400,000 for new battle-ships.13(Continued on page 14)
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A reorganization of the railway mail service has been effected by Postmaster-General Hitchcock. Several changes of the most important offices in the service were made. Some of the routes had received no inspection for several years, and he says, "The investigation which we conducted so long and so carefully clearly indicates that the action that I have taken was absolutely necessary." It has been arranged to transport magazines and other bulky periodicals by fast freight. From July 1 next periodicals that can be transported in carload lots by fast freight without disadvantage in delivery will be carried in this manner and paid for at freight rates.
Sixteen coal mines in the great Crow's Nest Pass district in British Columbia which were hitherto taking out 12,000 tons of coal daily are now inoperative, and 7,500 miners unemployed. Not a miner will admit that a strike has been called. With them it is merely a "cessation of work" on the ground that their agreements with operators have expired and have not been renewed. Wages are involved principally in the controversy. Unless work is soon resumed the Great Northern Railway in the local district and nearby territory may be affected, as they are the principal consumers of the coal.
The Bank of Shasta County, California, closed its doors March 25 at the request of its directors, but it is said that liabilities will be paid in full if time is given to adjust the bank's affairs. Following this, a collateral institution, the First Savings Bank of Shasta County, stopped payment because of a heavy run of depositors. The State Bank Examiner announced the institution was perfectly solvent.
A safety appliance to stop derailed trains automatically is being tested on a leased track in Washington, D. C. The principle on which it works is that when one regular wheel or several regular wheels leave the rails, rollers on one side of the rail and extra wheels on the other side take the rails and stop the train by automatically applying the brakes.
A religious discussion over the question, "Is there a hell?" has brought turmoil in the public school at Deer Creek, Illinois. Thirteen children have been kept at home by indignant parents who opposed the discussion of religious topics in school. The school board has advised the teacher to avoid the discussion of doctrinal theories.
In the production of oats Iowa wins first place from Illinois in the crop-growing race of 1910. According to an announcement made by the department of agriculture, California took first honors from Minnesota for the production of barley, and New York secured the hay-growing title from Iowa.
A youth at Evansville, Indiana, recently made a wager that he could eat thirty-two bananas without stopping. He gagged on the last one and was taken to his home. Physicians say he has a slight chance of recovery. The stomach evidently is not made for a storage station.
The postmaster of San Francisco has announced that permission has been received from the post-office department to make Sunday deliveries from the main office only. This will give one hundred carriers one day of rest, and only a small number of clerks will be required to work.
The New York State Legislature has recently introduced a measure making all bakeries throughout the State subject to the provisions of the factory law, and gives the State Commissioner of Labor power to close bakeries found to be insanitary.
During the year 1910 there were 604 cases of infantile paralysis in Iowa, with 160 deaths. This number was exceeded only in Pennsylvania, which had a total of 1,028 cases.
Eighteen men, one white and seventeen colored, were killed in Nashville, Tennessee, recently by the falling walls of a previously burnt building.
Mr. Albert W. Atwood, in the "American Magazine" for February, March, and April, does not present a pleasing picture regarding "The Great Express Monopoly." It is a sordid story of perverted principles, of the mighty and unprincipled power of money.
Thames Valley Waterworks Plans
Plans are under consideration in England for the construction of new water-works in the Thames Valley which would demand an expenditure of no less than £7,000,000, or over $34,000,000.
THE HOME
A Single Soul
By Anon.
RUTH, I have tickets for the concert of the bell-ringers on Wednesday night. Can you go?" Alice said to a friend, as she stopped at her gate.
"It is prayer-meeting night."
"I know; but they sail for Europe Friday night, and this is their last concert."
"But I never stay away from prayer-meeting for anything."
"But this is a sacred concert—and only once. We can worship just as well there."
So, reluctantly, against her convictions, Ruth consented.
That night the girl dreamed that an angel in shining raiment stood beside her, and asked gently, "Where are you going to-morrow night?"
And she answered, "I thought I would go to the concert."
Then the angel said sadly, "Have you so little appreciation of the value of a single soul?"
Vividly the vision came back to Ruth the next morning, as she lay, saying softly to herself, wondering what it could mean, "So little appreciation of the value of a single soul."
She decided that she must take back her promise to attend the concert, and go to the prayer-meeting.
Ruth sat in the house of prayer with a strange joy in her soul, singing:
Plenteous grace with Thee is found, grace to cover all my sin;
Let the healing streams abound, make and keep me pure within.
Thou of life the fountain art; freely let me take of Thee;
Spring Thou up within my heart, rise to all eternity.
As the music ceased, the girl sprang impulsively to her feet.
"I meant to hear the bell-ringers to-night," she said, "but decided that I would rather come to prayer-meeting; and I am happier here than I should have been at the concert, and I am sure no music could be sweeter to me than the hymn we have just sung."
As the hour for closing drew near, the pastor arose, and invited any who would give themselves to Christ to come forward.
As he waited, in silence, a lady in mourning walked slowly up the aisle, and kneeling, was shown the way of salvation.
When the service was ended, a friend came to Ruth, and said, "The lady who went forward wishes to be introduced to you."
Much astonished, the girl went to receive the introduction to Mrs. Walters.
"I wanted to tell you," the lady said, "that I owe the fact of my being a Christian to-night to your testimony. I have not been inside of a church for ten years. I came here to please a friend; and when you said you would give up a concert for a prayer-meeting, and that no music could be sweeter to you than the hymn,
"Jesus, lover of my soul,"
I thought to myself, 'There must be something in religion, and I am going to have it.' So I wish to thank you that it is because of your testimony that I shall go home to-night a servant of the Lord Jesus Christ."
Ruth held out her hand, and pressed gratefully that of her new friend.
She knew now the meaning of the angel's message.
She could not tell Mrs. Walters how near she had come to proving recreant to her trust, nor of the dream that had influenced her in the true direction, so she answered simply: "I thank you for telling me this. I shall never forget it."—Anon.
Influence of a Picture
A COLLEGE boy, from a Christian home, a little inclined to be sporty, and very popular with his companions, had the walls of his room lined with questionable pictures, such as come in cigaret packages; but when the holidays came his good old Christian mother sent him a portrait of Hofmann's head of the Christ. After the holiday vacation one of his chums came into his room and, looking around in astonishment, said, "Dick, what's become of all your pictures?" Dick hesitated a moment, and then said, pointing to the Christ, "They didn't seem in place in His presence."—Association Men.
Spring
By George E. Tack
By George E. Tack
O LOVELY maid of blossoms, blithe and fair,
Whose garments of arbutus sweetly smell,
And low, brook-laughter, that like silver bell
Chimes, and brings hallowed memories, soothing care,
Your presence fills with beauty all the air.
I hear your fragrant thoughts softly unfold,
I hear the sound of dandelion-gold,
And songs of stars that mount each heavenly stair.
Dear to my soul you are, sweet, dainty spring,
And o'er the surly Winter's deaf'ning roar
I hear your gentle whispers, as you come
In joyous mood, and perfumed petals fling,
And seem, as waken songs on lips long dumb,
God's pledge of love and life forevermore.
What Could the King Do?
IN the second century they brought a Christian before a King, who wanted him to recant and give up Christ and Christianity; but the man spurned the proposition. The King said:
"If you don't do it, I will banish you."
The man smiled, and answered, "You can't banish me from Christ, for He says He will never leave me nor forsake me."
The King got angry, and said, "Well, I will confiscate your property and take it all from you."
And the man replied, "My treasures are laid up on high; you can not get them."
The King became still more angry, and said, "I will kill you."
"Why," the man answered, "I have been dead forty years; I have been dead with Christ, dead to the world, and my life is hid with Christ in God, and you can not touch it."
"What are you going to do with such a fanatic?" said the King.—Selected.
Towser's Failing
"My poor dog is tired out," said Mary, as the wagon drove into the yard, and Towser, covered with the dust of the road, dropped lolling and panting upon the grass.
"Tisn't the journey he had to take that's tired him," laughed the farmer. "He's used himself up by zigzagging from one side of the road to the other, and tendin' to everything that didn't concern him. He couldn't pass a gate without running through it to see what was on the other side, nor see a hen anywhere along the road without feeling called on to chase her. Every dog that barked started him to barking, and everything that moved took him out of the way to find out what it was, and where it was goin.' No wonder he's tired.
"But you'll find plenty of human bein's that are traveling their lives through in just the same way. They ain't satisfied with the road marked out for them, but watch their neighbors' goin's and doin's, and take charge of no end of things they can't help or hinder. They are like old Towser; it wears 'em out. If they'd follow straight after the Master, and not invent any extra cares for themselves, the road wouldn't be nigh so long nor so hard."—Anon.
Kind Consideration of Others’ Faults
By Henry Ward Beecher
No ONE thing does human life more need than a kind consideration of the faults of others. Every one sins; every one needs forbearance. Our own imperfections should teach us to be merciful.—Henry Ward Beecher.
If You Want to Be Loved
Don't contradict people, even if you are sure you are right.
Don't be inquisitive about the affairs of even your most intimate friend.
Don't believe that everybody else in the world is happier than you.
Don't conclude that you have never had any opportunities in life.
Don't repeat gossip even if it does interest a crowd.
Do not try to be anything else but a gentleman or a gentlewoman; and that means one who has consideration for the whole world, and whose life is governed by the Golden Rule, "Do unto others as you would be done by."—Christian World.
A Story of the Sea
Among the annals of the sea, the story of Fletcher Christian and his associates will never be forgotten. After having headed a mutiny against his tyrant captain, and set him and a portion of his crew adrift in a small boat, Christian sailed to Tahiti, where six native men and ten native women joined him in searching for a small, uninhabited island of which he had seen an account. January 23, 1790, Pitcairn Island was sighted, the ship run ashore, stripped of everything usable, and the hulk burned. Now let us quote from the account as given in "Story of Pitcairn Island:"
"For two years a fair degree of prosperity blessed their efforts, but the comparative peace and success they enjoyed could not be expected to continue. The first real trouble and disturbance was caused by one of the mutineers named Williams. His wife had gone out one day among the cliffs to search for sea birds and eggs. While so doing, she fell and was killed. Williams, wanting another woman, demanded and obtained the wife of one of the native men. Wronged and outraged by this scandalous act, the native men vowed to be revenged on the Englishmen, and a plot was formed to murder them all. The secret being made known to the women, they imparted it to the Englishmen, in a song as follows:
'Why does black man sharpen ax?
To kill white man.'
"And now begins a story of oppression, treachery, and bloodshed, that forms the darkest page in this island's history. So constant was the dread experienced by some of the women, that they contrived, in secret, to construct a rude raft, with the intention of returning to Tahiti, or be lost in the attempt. They had their raft launched, and ventured a little way beyond the breakers; but their hearts failed them, and the entreaties of some of the women left behind, who had found out their intention, prevailing, they returned to shore again. Hostile feelings were strong on both sides. The women, however, sided entirely with the Englishmen. In one instance one of the women deliberately murdered her native husband, when they were alone together in a cave where they lived. It is to this that Mr. Nobbs referred when, many years later, in his song entitled 'Pitcairn,' he speaks of the 'ghost that still lingers on Tullaloo's Ridge.' Tullaloo was the man's name."
This warfare continued until all the native men were killed and only two of the white men remained. The details of all this, and the subsequent history of the island and its inhabitants, are told in an intensely interesting way by Rosa Young, the great-granddaughter of one of the mutineers. The latest edition, with appendix, contains 266 pages. Price in cloth $1.00, paper 50 cents. May be obtained of any tract society or the publishers of this paper.
A Book Bargain
By Editor
We have a few copies of "The Stomach; Its Disorders and How to Cure Them," by Dr. J. H. Kellogg, which we are closing out at less than half price. While not the very latest edition, very few changes have been made in those published subsequently. Here is a list of its chapter headings:
The Organs of Digestion, pages .............21-30
Foods ........................................31-42
The Digestive Fluids .........................42-44
General View of the Digestive Process ........44-54
The Maladies of the Modern Stomach ...........55-129
Important New Discoveries Relating to
Digestion ..................................130-148
Symptoms of Dyspepsia .......................149-154
The Symptomatic Treatment of Indigestion..155-220
Treatment of Dyspepsia ......................221-286
Remedies for the Home Treatment of
Dyspepsia ...................................286-344
Quacks and Nostrums .........................345-351
Graphic Method ..............................352-358
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