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GLEANINGS IN BHK CULTURE. 



Aug. 15. 



some American people to commence owtrages 

 on the peaceful and law-abiding Chinese here 

 in America. There are good people aud bad 

 people in China as well as everywhere eLae in 

 the world ; and it would be bad grace for us to 

 demand just now that China must restrain her 

 mobs. Not many months ago the police in 

 our neighboring city of Cleveland were open- 

 ly defied, for a time, by mob law. Since then 

 this same mob, or the same kind of mob, has 

 still more defied law in St. Louis; and just 

 now we are shocked by the news that in New 

 Ot leans a mob of young men, mostly under 

 21. defied the police force from early in the 

 evening till long after midnight ; and in the 

 mean time they put to death a dozen or mere 

 colored people for no offense whatever, unless 

 indeed it is a crime to have a black skin. 

 They killed something like a dozen, as I have 

 said, and wounded every negro they came 

 across. A man 75 vears old was brutally 

 poun(kd and shot while he was standing at 

 the door of his own home. An aged colored 

 woman was treated in the same way. I do 

 not know yet what New Orleans proposes to 

 do with the youngsters who overpowered or 

 intimidated their entire police force. In this 

 case the mob was stirred by some imaginary- 

 grievance against the colored people. In Chi- 

 na the mob became too great for restraint by 

 law, because of a grievance against the for- 

 eigners. Rev. C. N. Pond, of Oberlin, Ohio, 

 whom perhaps many of you have heard of 

 more or less, has children and grandchildren 

 in China. He closes a recent kind letter with 

 the following words : 



We have no word from our flock over there since 

 the troubles. They are shut in, at least. We still 

 hope, yet we fear the worst. Can you not show your 

 readers that the Chinese in America are our friends? 

 There are two parties in China— pro-foreign and anti- 

 foreign. These that come to America are pro-foreign. 

 They are on our side. Thousands of their friends in 

 China will fall for us. Many have already. If any 

 one desires to mob the laundryman he should know 

 he is mobbing those who stand for us at home, like 

 the mountain whites in the great war. 



July 23. Most cordiallv, C. N. Pond. 



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NOTES Of TRAVH,^ 



I BY A.i.ROOT . 



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AN OUTING IN THE MUSKOKA REGION. 



The following letter will explain itself: 



Dear Brother Root: — Some time ago we wrote j'ou in 

 regard to a trip we had, britfly describing our journey 

 through the lakes and rivers of Muskoka. You said, 

 in reply, that if we contemplated another similar trip 

 to let you know and you would join us if possible. 

 We are now considering ancther trip to that country, 

 and should be pleased to have you accompany us if 

 you can possiblj' do so. 



Briefly the advantages are as follows: The country 

 is on a high elevation, being on the height of land be- 

 tween Lake Ontario and Georgian Bay. It is cool and 

 pleasant, even in the hottest part of the summer. It 

 is outside the limestone district, and the water is soft. 

 The rocks show indications of iron to a great extent, 

 and this is supposed to impart a tonic to the water. 

 Whether there is any thing in this or not, we can not 

 say; but it is a well-known fact that everybody who 

 drinks it gets what the natives call the " Muskoka 

 fever." This is nothing more serious than a great 

 longing for meal times. Berries and fish are very 



plentiful in the outlying districts. Potatoes, butter, 

 and milk, can be had cheaply from the settlers, so 

 that the cost of living is very slight. If you wish you 

 can enjoy mo.st of the benefits, and be close to the 

 cottages, where you can get the mail daily. We pre- 

 fer, however, the wild, unsettled, and. in some cases, 

 unsurve\ed, back country, where the fi~h and the 

 berries are very plentiful, and the only inhabitants at 

 present are the civilized and Christianized Indians. 

 Of course, it is ntcessa'y to live in a tent, and travel 

 bv canoe in this part of the country. We feel sure a 

 trip ot this kind would fie a great benefit to you, as 

 everybody wno spends a few weeks there improves in 

 health and increa.ses in weight. So noted has this be- 

 come in that respect that thousands of Americans 

 visit it every summer as well as people from our own 

 countrj;. The Ontario government has established a 

 sanitarium for consumptives, which has proved very 

 successful. 



We think of starting about the end of July, but 

 would try to arrange the time to suit you, should you 

 decide to accompany us. Last year the total cost for 

 a two-weeks' holiday, including every thing, canoe, 

 tent, railway fare from Toronto, provisions, etc., was 

 $15.00 each. It is best to bring plenty of warm under- 

 clothing. I niy-self am not 'Considered very robust, 

 but have never yet taken cold when on one of these 

 trips I usually take one decent suit of clothes for 

 wearing on the train ; two suits of underwear ; a cheap 

 strong suit of clothes in which to knock around the 

 bush — a bicycle suit is just the thing (an old one will 

 do) ; two pairs of boots, cap, etc. We take also a rub- 

 ber sheet to place on the ground in case of rain, to 

 keep off the dampness. Some tike a rubber coat and 

 a rubber life-preserver in case of accidents. 



Now as regards Muskoka bill of fare, porridge, fish 

 and berries, milk, and bread and butter form the prin- 

 cipal part. We usuallj' take along such things as 

 beans, ham, bacon, biscuits, honey, tea, sugar, coffee, 

 etc.; flour for pancakes; tapioca, rice, evaporated ap- 

 ples, etc. E. Gkainger. 



Toronto, Can., July 10. 



NOTES ON THE WAY, COMMENCING JULY 31. 



Our party consists of Mr. Edwin Grainger, 

 Mr. Thomas McKim, and myself. Mr. G. 

 mentioned in his letter " Tommy " as one of 

 his boys who would go with us ; but I found 

 Tommy a six-foot man, and not only an ex- 

 pert in the florist's business but very handy 

 in a summer outing. 



We left the train at a station called Severn, 

 on the Severn River, a little over 100 miles 

 north of Toronto. At this station we rented 

 a canoe for $3.00 per week, and proceeded to 

 load our tent, camping outfit, etc., into said 

 canoe, which is only about 15 feet long and 3 

 feet wide in the widest place. Now, it seem- 

 ed to my unsophisticated ideas that our lug- 

 gage alone would swamp the boat, letting 

 alone carrying three full-grown men besides ; 

 but I tried to have faith in my two comrades, 

 who declared they knew what they were go- 

 ing to do. This boat that was to be our house 

 and home, almost, for two weeks, is almost as 

 smooth as an egg-shell, outside and in, and 

 weighs only about 75 lbs., and cost, I am told, 

 about $30.00. Well, the oars are thin light 

 paddles only about 4 feet long. When Ed in- 

 formed me we were to get down on our knees 

 in the bottom of the boat, I tried to believe 

 again he knew what he was about ; but I think 

 I did remark that that might do for a boy or 

 young man (or an " oriental ") to sit on his 

 " heels ; " but he said I would find it all right 

 after a little, and so I did. 



There are no seats in the canoe, or what we 

 usually call seats ; but there is a thin ash bar, 

 a little above the bottom ; and when we rest 

 our knees on a hay cushion on the boat's bot- 

 tom we sit on this cross-bar, or " thwart," our 

 feet being back under the seat. Each rower' 



