Show interesting letter from missionary nalY john 1 P murdock who is serving a mission in the samoan islands under tinder dato date of july lat writes a very inte interesting letter to tile press relative to the alio customs and peculiarities of the natives lie ile says one great event iq this nt at night all the natives hold prayer of some kind so when you go into a house aliouse and sit down the alie first salutation is fumai which ricans means you have come then you address the head of the house then that his wile then each member of the household in turn then you can talk until they tell you to have prayers of course the visitor always leads in this devotion after this function the custom is to give you something to eat cat refreshments are chiefly taro arid and pala somi and cooked bar bananas tanas after you have finished a nice cup of water Is s brou brought glit then you can sit ait and talk until they tell you to go you must not get insulted because it is the custom to invite the visitor to leave apia abia where I 1 am now located inthe principal city of upolu it is situated on the coast arid and is very cool and plea pleasant gant auto mobiles buggies and light vehicles are as common as at home the people are becoming civilized and many can talk good english mr murdock admonishes everybody here at home to appreciate the blesi blessings ings they enjoy ile he is enjoying g his missionary work vork and both lie he and his wife wish to be remembert remember ol 1 among their friends at home |