News From The East

The ioHowing is taken rom the fpsllantian, regarding a young man W.ell known in this city, wtto is now on an cxploring trip in the Phlllpplne Inlands: "We nofclee ohat Mr. F. 8. Bourns, wliose father was once pastor oí the M. E. etouroh liere, and who is one oí the. party now among the Philippine. Lsjauds colleetlng natural history specimens, is writing some very iutcrcsting let ter to the.Minneapolis papers. The pinty is visiting the different islands ubi llnd mueh to instruct and many specimens whdch wíM be Bent home. Th ■ iollowing cUpplng refors to an illterestiig interview lie had with a IH I un the island of San Antonio 31q:itjpr and shows that the boys are nol entirely destitute of amusement. Bre is what-the priest told him: l;irst I was informed that Co"-umbus dlsiovöred America. Fortunaetly lie lid not know tJie date of the discovery so I was spared that pain. Then I w;i told of a few of the settlements ilia; were made by the Bpaniards in America. Then he took a skip and Êamfe down to the time wlien, as ray instructor told me. England was busy impasing taxes on tea, etc. Then he told us a very interesting little stoi'.v nu wh.ich a clien-y tvee, a hatchet and a 8mte.ll boy named Washington figured. Then he told me that the Spanïard swould always remember with uratitude AVas1iinp;ton's visit to Spain and Ma eajnpaign with the allied troops in 1814! Ho spoke of the size of onr country and told me that we hart 24 states. At thi.s point my national pride overéame my liscretion and 1 ventured to remark that the ïminber had recently been inereased somewhat so that we now liad 44 states. Bttt T was rebukcnl for my pregumptlom and was told that T had been mlsinformed. I was eompletely ernshed and did not again attempt to display my i'inovane."