Chinese Deaf Mutes to be Educated. 400,000 in the Empire!
Of all the various forms of Christian work there is Bune tit aero ieee. The late Dr. Kerr, of Canton, has thy so strongly as that for the help-left a lasting monument to the spirit of Christian Missions in his " Refuge for the Insane Mr. Murray, in Peking, has gathered about him the sightless ones and given vision to the sensitive finger tips while Mrs. Mills, of Chefoo, has given "voice to the dumb, and speech to the silent." 7 'Mrs. Mills' interest in the deaf dates from her girlhood, when the deafness of a young brother ied her to fit herself as MSho came to China in 1884 with the hope her of the deaf.
that eventually she might do somethmy, for the deaf in this land, and the work was begun in a small way while still o missionary under the Presbyterian Board of U. S, A.; but in 1898 she severed her connection with the Mission, that she might give her whole time to' the work for the deaf. She now has fifteen boys under instruction, who have—made commendable progress in learning to speak and to write Chinese, both in the character and the Romanised, the meaning of which is explained to them by pan-tom ime and pictures. An excellent system for teaching the character has been developed which is to be tried in primary schools for hearing children. We expect to hear of this again, Mrs. Mills makes the astonishing state-mont that there are not less than 400,000 deaf people in China. which seems ineredible, but the calculation is based on a moderate average as found in other countries. This is not a small constituency to begin work for. and is one that commends itself to all Obristian people.
The work is entirely dependent upon voluntary ifts, most of which come from tke deaf of Great Britain and U. S. A., who Eave responded nobly to the call for help, but the needs of the school have out. for want of funds. own the income and the work is crippled The school committee has purchased a beautiful place for the school, but it is mortgaged for $6,800 (Mex.), and last year closed with a deficit on the running expenses.
The debts should be paid off, and the school put in a position to do its best work. There is a demand for a girls' school, applications having come. to Mrs. Mills from Shanghai as well as other places, which is a proof of the need of the Work. Mrs. Mills is in Shanghai with one of her pupils, and a drawing-room meeting have been arranged for her at Mrs. A. C. Hunter's 165, Bubbling Well Road, at 5 p.m. an Monday, the 27th instant, when she will tell the story of her work, which is intensely interesting, and give an exhibition of what has been accom. plished with one boy.
This truly is a most Christ-like work and grand opportunity to help the helpless.
Wo most heartily recommend it to the people of Shanghai.
Contributions to the work may be sent to Mrs. David Cranston, 7, Yangtsepoo Road, who will acknowledge them atid forward the same to Mrs. Mills.
Mrs. Mills received a number of invited guests yesterday at the house of Mr. David Cranston, her object bein: to explain the work, she is engaged in chefoo. To show' the excellent results which are being achieved she into facility of interpretation, from Romanised language into native Chinese. He is able to write 3,000 ch He a though he did not h able by observations ut the Mis. Mills' lips, to intended to rely upon them in the case. He wished to explain, however, that the matter had quite slipped his memory. He had, as a matter of fact, inspected the books, as they would be given in evidence. If Mr. Nelson wished for_an_ opportunity of checking the books, his Lordship might be able to grant journment for that purpose.
Mr. Ellis then proceeded to open the case and read the petition of plaintiff and the answer of defendant.
1.—The plaintiff is a Chinese subject and proprietor of the E Van-tsung Cloth Hong, at No. 147, Canton Road, Shang; hai.
2.—The defendant is a British subject carrying on the business of a land and estate agent and a sharebroker, under the style or firm of Cushny and Smith, at No. 16, Canton Road, Shanghai.
defendant on the 17th day of November, 1901, wrongfully entered upon the plaintiff's premises at No. 147, Canton Road, aforesaid, together witha foreign detective and two Chinese, one of whom was a detective, and wrongfully seized and took the plaintiff's goods, that is to say, his ledger and cash book, and reamed the same until the 18th day of November, 1901.
4.—On the said 17th day of November, 1901, the defendant also caused the said premises of the plaintiff to be watched by the police authorities, and at the request of the defendant a Sikh policeman was placed on duty on the said premises and the defendant thereby prevented any goods from being taken away from the said premises and also prevented the sale of any of the plaintiffs goods to customers.
5.—That in consequence of the wrongful acts of the defendant aforesaid the plainiff has suffered loss and damage and in-0 his credit.
Possess ly interested in the ad's interpretation of the Lord'x Prayer on his fingers by means of the manual method. Tt is needless to say, practical demonstrations of the res Mus. Mills' teach 'd_general_interest, t sympathy. She wade it known, that as the school developed out ut funds contributed, 1 stitution as be of liberal support.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.