. Christian herald and signs of our times. no perceptible jarring or joltingeither when the vessel is coming on to therails or leaving them. The steamer is saidto be a success in every way. Whetherwe shall live to see the principle appliedto ocean-going ships is doubtful, especiallywhen we crme to consider the enormousdead weight of Atlantic for small steamers the idea is evidentlygood and practicable. The inventor thinksthat amphibious boats of this descriptionwill be largely used in countries likeSweden. Finland and the Baltic provincesof Russia and Germany, where there areso
. Christian herald and signs of our times. no perceptible jarring or joltingeither when the vessel is coming on to therails or leaving them. The steamer is saidto be a success in every way. Whetherwe shall live to see the principle appliedto ocean-going ships is doubtful, especiallywhen we crme to consider the enormousdead weight of Atlantic for small steamers the idea is evidentlygood and practicable. The inventor thinksthat amphibious boats of this descriptionwill be largely used in countries likeSweden. Finland and the Baltic provincesof Russia and Germany, where there areso many lakes and arms of the sea sep-arated by lew-lying necks of land. Thatthe invention is believed in by the peopleof Denmark is evident from the fact thatseveral more of these railway steamershave been ordered. 183 THE GCSPZL IN CHINA. R1TING from Yunan, Rev. S. Pol-lard, a missionary, gives aninteresting description of oj>en-air gospel services there. Hesays: There are scores of places,and the missionary is quite embarrassed y ~ mm. AX OPEX-AIR SERVICE AT YtXAN. with the number of stands which offerattractions for open-air preaching. Youcan find wide, open spaces in front of mostof the Yamens and temples. The streetsare wider than in many parts of China,and you can often get a good stand in frontof an empty shop. No one the crowd gathers so quicklythat no preliminaries are needed, and voucan begin preaching right away. Morefrequently a hymn or a short overture onthe concertina is needed to start the pro-ceedings. The Chinese are very fond ofmusic—of a kind. They are very fond ofmine. They were so fond of the very firsttune I played that 1 never learnt many thousands of people that tunehas put into a good humor and preparedfor a sympathetic listening to the preach-ing after! The tune is a mixture of mvown! Many missionaries find it a greathelp to give the Chinese something to lookat as. well as listen to when preaching tothem. :Dr. Wiison
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