On Wednesday evening, April the 2nd, well as a yuloh, and its deck is curved 'a paper on the above subject was read beand polished with wood oil instead of being [fore the Union Church Literary and So-painted as ours are. But the crew" at cial Guild, by Mr. E. I. Ezra. It was difitimes is what Tommy Atkins calls a cult to accommodate the many who were "caution." One of my experiences may present on this occasion in the Union perhaps be worth relating, as shawm: the Church Lecture Hall, and the Jong but world of difference existing between West interesting Paper was thoroughly appre-and East in child life and occupation. I ciated and enjoyed by the audience. The engaged a sampan one evening to take me Rev. C. E. Darwent, M. A., occupied the off to the ship. The ''crew" consisted of Chair. One of the most interesting facts a woman, perhaps a widow of recent date, mentioned by the lecturer was that the and four children, the oldest of whom Egyptians had customs similar to those of might possibly have been six, but was no the Chinese For instance, on the ocean bigger than a well-grown five-year-old at sion of an eclipse of the sun the men pros-home. The next was probably four. the trot te themselves and cry aloud, beating third two xnd a-half, the fourth a baby a. their gongs and instruments with all their the brea-t, I was going to say; at the back strength to frighten away the monster would be more lit-ray true, since it wa who is devouring the sun. Again, we were slung behind, more sinico. Tue mother told that the chief desire of every Egyp-was in command and took ler place m the tian was to hare a son to carry on his wor-stern to yuluhand seer. The chief officer ship when he left this world and to offer—aged six—tovk stroke, the f-ur-year-old, him the necessary sacrifices and invocabow. The veteran of two and a-half rushed cations, without which his sow would off from the jetty and then sat down to! porish from want of sustenance. The flood of sunshine, whose genial warmth seemed the warmer in contrast with the tempests that had preceded it.
Mayor Low, of New York, received the following telegram from the Mayor of Berlin, just prior to the arrival of the Prince "On this day, when New York greets the brother of the Kaiser as its guest, we cordially express our joy over the close friendship of America and Germany and our hopes of its continuing and strengthening.
The Mayor replied as follows:—"Tu behalf of the city of New York T reciprocate your cordial greeting. New York will welcome Prince Henry with all heartiness. With you we hope that this visit will do much to strengthen the bonds that have always united the two countries in an endearing friendship."
February the 24th, gives. the following The "Springiicld Daily Republican" of graphic account of the arrival and recep tion of the Prince:
"Pyinee Henry of Prussia, representative of his brother, Emperor William of Germany, at the launching of the latter's American-built yacht, reached New York yesterday and was cordially welcomed as the guest of the nation. The land batteries that guard the outer harbour sounded the first greeting in a ponderous salute of 21 guns, the rifles of a special naval squadron assembled in his honour re-echoed the sentiment, there were verbal greetings from the representatives of President ithout permission.
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