Show till allm A lu THE VITAL QUESTIONS of importance to the church and society to be discussed D 0 sept 25 two weeks hence one of the greatest gioda conferences that the LIB seen during the present century will be m se aaion almost within the shadow cf the executive mansion it will be composed of eminent methodist Metho diat divines representing cat ry branch or rather every divi oa of faith of that denomination abil ua object will be to tho realigns which exist at the time between their respective ch inches mid eliat proportion of mankind which is known a s the unconverted this will be the of the conferences of methodists the first lavica been held ten years ago in london the con ference will be in for two and there will e two or three sessions weekly there will be three hundred delegates legates dr from alie united states and canada and over one hundred from abroad tle advance guard of alip foreign delegates have already arrived aad every steamer for the next two will brini from the ranks every method tat bishop in thi country will participate in the delibera eions of the conference of the contingent from the united states and canada the Aleth odist episcopal will oe ra presented by one hundred and twenty six the methodist episcopal south by 64 the african M E church 18 african M E 15 col ored methodist episcopal church 0 union american M E church 3 the african union methodist protestant 3 methodist protestant 9 american wes methodist 3 cobrera dional 3 church of canada 24 primi liva methodist 3 methodist 2 united bretherd ethern Br iu christ 7 united bretherd ethern Br in christ old con ish methodist episcopal 3 the conference for business purposes t of four general divisions the first division will consist of the methodist church and the M E church bo aln in alie leond division divi aion ill be other methodist churches in the united states and canada the british methodist churchea Chur chei will occupy ahe third division while the fourth is to of other british american Uti urchea atia programs pro gramm to be discussed covers a wide variety of including lotteries betting gamU inc and kindred vices and divorce lawa the church and public morality leeral restraint of the vicea of war and peace international arbitration Romani pm as a political power temperance the church in relation to labor and capital the moral aspects of labor and combinations and strikes the moral aspects of of capital the re licious dieas and ellit boga aass of the lecnar press the attitude of the church toward amusements the observance of alie lord day besides these matters relating to the of methodism to science and church sisterhoods th ie legious training of families and to education will be considered dent hamsun and the bembera of the cabinet have been invited to attend the sei sion of the great co alie bocy is not a legislative one bat la simply for conference and none of its acts will be binding upon any of the different branches of the denominations represented 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one of the necessities of life in japan consists of the fan of which there are two kinds the folding and the non folding fan paper enters largely into their composition bamboo forms a material very handy for the framework of the cheaper kinds the paper is either orated with paintings in all the different styles of japanese art or else brightly colored and sprinkled over with and gold leaves these fans ara manufactured of all possible qualities and prices the richest and largest being ased for ceremonial dances where they form accessories of great importance the place most noted for its tion in fans is nagoya and superior ones are made at kiyoto while the inferior descriptions come from fushimi and tokio several millions of fans are exported annually from japan to america and europe paper mill when ellb wag catly when silk waa first worn in england two mantles on the shoulders of noble ladies belonging to elizabeths court attracted more attention than even the queen the manufacture of goods from aw silk began in england in 1604 and was brought to perfection by the huguenot refugees in 1688 even at that time however silk was very costly a pair of stockings costing in our money a little over a cloak a little lees than 1000 among the dresses left by elizabeth at her death only twelve were of gilk and leicester more than his knighthood prided himself on a pair of silk breeched bre echea which he had imported from italy at an expense of oer st louis globe democrat |