Show d u THE V ORK IN IT AL V Eldes Iders an and Thet Their M afe Notes Ol on Cho 10 0 or Sik SIlk flock ot of To the Only a feW few Int lines to let It Lh the rei ot of your paper know hoW how the I good worl work la Is progressing In the kingdom or of no doubt think that Is beng being lon lion In the Garden of b by way ot of sowing tb the H seeds ot of le lire and nd salvation I It I 14 tre true U that t little or nothing has been by our mission missionaries al aries In this for tor upwards ot of fort forty years but It Mm seems that th the tm time ha has coins when the tue a 1 n be In truo Into this kingdom and I Its princIples b be set Ht beroN Ime some or of the Inhabitants I Cle cern down from a l lIt lIttIe te tIe inure than tour four montha silice to l what could b be done b by way of at latr Intro Introducing the hel here and Brother Paul Caron Cardon ot of Cach county CaIne down abut about two month 80 aO Brother Cardon h ha relatIves Jre here and II I look lookIng lag Ing up his genealogy and nd doing mil mis missionary work at the tIme Notwithstanding tb he people ot of Italy nr are Catholic In their religious tion Ialy Italy being the mother mothr of Ca yet ther there are man many tent here II this the c case caseIn In 1 Ia Val ValIse where the biter bitter persecution was A against 01 Ute Inoffensive Protestants I as early 55 the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries The Valdese or I PeoPle ar are al almOt almust mOt must invariably and without exceptIon ar are In general a warm warmhearted hearte hearted and honest people In tact fact the Italian proverb Y wall b be use used to explain their dispoSition La dl di un e un contrato contratto parola the word Is good goodRe ot of I a a as goo Re I lii hI Cardon and I croN crossed over or the hU lulls and mountains tile the other day dayto dayto to Torre PallIce tile the Geneva ot of Ial as It Is Cled called Near by this esque cl city which I ii a delIghtful sum summer summer mer resort thronged with tourists from ni all parts stands the rugge rugged peak Van dalno dalino flock ok ot of towering Is its lofy lofty heal head over the fertile valey valley below It was here on the top ot of this peak where President Lorenzo Snow T U D I II an Thomas rhomas Margette re resorted resorted sorted fifty years ago and named tile the summit the flock flook of and let set the countr country n ut for tor the introduction ot of tho Gospel These Theo Itte little tete fertIle 11 al alleys leys are tIlted wih wIth vIllages lages The mountain slopes are adorned wih with vineyards ad and doted dotted wih wIth atone cot cottages al all ot of which are turn turned wih with their backs to the he roads In order to serve as an 1 a defense against the attacks ot of the Catholics when the per persecutions were s so cruelly waged against them themAs themAs As tar far as oUtward appearances are concerned these thee have al a c ceased ase and the feelings existing be between tw tween n Catholic and Protestants are much the name as eist exist between them In Americ America Owing to the existIng laws ot of this countr country we have not so great libert libertIes les Ies In distributing Gospel tracts We however are aro giving out a godl goodly num numb b her r or of them AU All societIes and religious d denominations holding meetings In places place other than tho those designated for tor that purpose must gIve notice to the local municipal authorities prior to holding the meetIngs As AI yet et we have met wih wIth little Q oppositIon ollon and no perse perseCutions ene The pre present ent generation ot of Protestants haVe not yet st forgotten the persecutions ot of their forefathers who vho were driven like dumb bests beasts to butchery butcher pIning ot of hunger and dying of while their persecutors were feasting sumptuously upon the ot of their victims husbands were separated from their Ind and mother mothers divided from their chIldren por poor and rich young and old feeble anti and strong men and woren women were bound tORether together two and two ant carrie carried aWAY away others In the presence ot of their dearst dearest frIends Were hurled from to the rocks below people ot of otal al nit walks In life were burned at the stake Rinke witnessing their chil children dren dashed to pieces on the rocks tt ret uge fleeing from their pursuers and taking refuge In the caves vel ot of th the rocks and all of lives horrors were al perpetrated e ed In the guil guise of at religion and under the banner of Christianity The hll hi tory ot of the these persecutions beIng th fresh thIn In the minds Qt of many ot of the I Protest Protestants ants anti her here they receive us UI kindly and Seen willIn t to the Plea ot of our faith The Tue people of section elon ot of are very bus at present In earing for tor their II silk worms The riling raising or of Ilk sIlk sIlkworms worl worms ad the manufacture ot of sik silk are gret great industrIes herO her On ever er hand ma may b be Mn neon mulberry trees entirely de ot of their mante mantle ot of green having ben been stripped ot of al all their I leaves vel which ar are aWI away or crl carried ot off In great grest sacks b by the The are first hatched nd then placed hatchel plat on great ole one above the tho other lere litre tie the big eaters ar are Placed b by the thousands to receive their rations Ime times pr per da At the of thirty two days das the they ces cease batIng Then to serVI serve as a f a receptacle for tor their nests are placed rows ot of brush or bruere bruyere Whore where the worms stealthily We weave e their I cons cocoons In eight days das the cn rite are read ready and are then away In or sheets to the market where they are sold for from te too to le See ver lund pound The Th cocoons ale are taken to the factory and roasted In order to ta toki ki kill the sleeper within I If title this oner II is not done clone within eight la days from the lie t e ethl the Is In ma made the won worm pate eatS a ahole ahole hole through I It and escapee in the for form ot of a butterfly and thus thu silk t destroys the sik Your brother In the cue cause ot of truth DANIEl I ii S p 1 |