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by one another, and Jet us return in haste 10
help our friend, said Dock.
The two companions rc,raccd their footsteps
down the public road, or rather path, f0T there
are strictly speaking no roads IN Korea.
They met one or two travellers, aud inquired
with rs much uucOnccrn as they could muster
respecting certain washerwomen aud man
wearing the garb q a smith.
Not word OF information was ELECTED, how
ever, and they reached the little foOtpath
leading aside 10 the observatory.
IL took longer 10 travel These few yards than
to return the fuIl mile they had run over the
main path. A brief scrutiny Of their psychic.
logical state al this iuuctuTc would account fOr
thcir crccFiugs haltugs, lodgings and listen
iHRs far better than a whole chapter Of pure
narrative.
When they reached the fOotbridge they could
see that there were 40 ladies la the ob5crva.
tory al that tine. Whatever had happened
was All over.
Perhaps Piun had run down the road d
meet the Amaz0us rather than up the road with
The towards. Perhaps the Amazons had AZ,
tackled him IN The observatory aud had been
repH.zed aud pursued. Perhaps, horrible {,
think, the wasACrW0mcn three had captured
Pinn, carried him of, aud were at that very
moment beating him iuto jelly with then
washing clubs or, last resort, perhaps ho hac
concealed himself in the observatory, and thai
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Fly! Fly They arc coming up the road
with their washing-cubs, mad AS pouans, and
you'll catch IT,"
Thereupon Yong disappeared az quickly rs
be came. The three friends did not wait %
consult about WHO were coming up the road
and what particular thing they would catch.
Instinct, enforced by habit, uuloded aud cx-
aggerated the whole story, aud to their flight
added wings
A few minutes afterward Dock, the tiler, and
M0llc. the bearer. found themselves In each
others company, FAR up the public road and in
quite another direction from that in which the
ladies had been reported 10 be coming. Step
ping aside 20 escape observation, they sat down
TO take reckoning.
What did you run for" said Dock, the
tier. " was going to show hght.'
[" IL is my business 10 run, sometimes 0miles
a day" said Moke, the bearer. " ] suppose il
must have been inheritance, stimulated by new
environment which furnished the motive and
the mOliyo-pGwcr. But there was no necessity
OF your running, Tor your business has been for
many generations 10 sit still on the roof Of a
house and handle mud and tiles"
Where Is Piuu, the b!acEsmith2" chimed
la both al once.
" lie was the only brave man in the lot" said
Dock
+" We were the basest towards to desert him. /"
said Molzo.
Let US renew our solemn compact to stand
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THE TILE

stream. This bridge connects the mainland
With a rocky isle, on which IS cmbowcred an
observatory, 50 gs 10 command the landscape.
In ono 81 these retreats the Korean vii. Eit
for hours reading smoking fishing. or drink.
ing through all thc senses al once thC forms
aud c0l0rs. the music aud Odors OF Nature.
Here, secure from public lauuts" as they
thought the aggficycd husbands met 10 discuss
practical measures Tor mutual relief
smarilug under quite recent chas. isemcut,
they all az lrst advocated most radical pro-
seedlings Said Iiun, the blacksmith;
IL ] bad my way, ] would steal upon them
ell when they were asleep aud, Ike "a tiger 4
would crush their skulls with my great siedgc-
hammer" Al tHc same Imc Ho brought his
lllie lst down With dreadful energy upOu the
hnudTail 81 tic oh cryatOry.
And J. said Dock, the tilcr, "w0uld cut
of their beads and use them for spirit scare
crows on my roof ] would bed them good IN
mud and pin their nocks fast on either side"
As be went on he accompanied his words with
significantly violent gestures like tiler mend.
ing a roof,
And j." said Molzo, the palaulin man.
"Would put their hcadlcss bodies ia my chair
aud carry them up Tie irozon mountains tC
fhe very top. j woul9 set each one Of them M
with her washing sticks IN hcr hand until shI
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the enemy approaching and seeing no man had

the enemy approaching and seeing no man had
retired without battle.
Moke the bearer, advanced cautiously along
the path and up the steps until he could look
into the Enclosure. Like one suddenly olectri-
fed be stood feebly motioning for Dock 10 ad-
vance These two friends then folded in each
others embrace burst into uncomfortable grief
as they gazed upon the lifeess form Of Finn,
the blacksmith.
There was not tho slightest evidence OF vio-
lence either on his person or about his
dress. Like an amber statue he lay rs one who
had just fallen asleep. Upon closer inspection,
however, his two friends discovered his mouth
open, his eyes glariHg, his hands clenched, aud
his hair set on end, rs Of one filled with mortal
terror.
il transpired at the coroner's inquest, or that
proceeding Of summary judge without jury
which replaces it i'm Corea, that Yong, the
musician, had played practical joke upon his
friends, that the washeTwOmen had no knowl-
edge Of their husbands conspiracy, that they
did not march up the road with puuitory in
tent. aud that piun, the black smith. had dropt
dead from fright. lie who had swung the
great sledgo and was not afraid 10 shoe the
widest of horses was not proof against the
clubs OF three angry women.
Dock the tiler. and Moke tho bearer, were
never heard Of afterwards. Perhaps they are
1 pursuing Yong as avengers Of blood for the
death Of their friend. Perhaps, afraid 70 face
their eXasperated wives, they arc plying their
vacations in some distant cities Tradition
/ says that they both committed suicide.
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"Thnt figure" pointing 10 n Fat little man
sitting cross legged on two immense sausages,
apparently, in the center Of ID, is Dio- KO-ku,
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-04-23
Nnnrr the Yrnr Rannd.

Miss Snaith says: "Can / make IS per week In
the plating busness?" Yes. / make 81 TO s per
day plating aud selling nlatcrs II. T. DelnO 4 Co..
Columbus. o., viii give you full information,
platter costs -. business J. light aud honorable
and makes money the year round. READER.
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water viii run over them, ilfully pounds
away just bard enough not 10 tear the fabric,
aud get 10 remove the dirt. Iuuumrrabie
poundiugs aud wringiugs produce the requisite
cleanliness. Tho pieces are then thoroughly
Etarched, dried, and beaten again with paddles
over smooth rollers until they are rs glossy aud
900 81 IL done by costly machinery.
But, 10 return 10 our story, these three men
bad amutual friend Yong, the musician who
was great practical joker and very merry, be-
cause be had 30 wife 10 club him.
ID was a quiet morning iu May that Piuu,
Dock aud M0lle met 10 consult about their
grievances. little way Up the stream from
tHcir village and from the shallow water where
their wives were wont 20 do their laundry
work, stood one ~ those light, papoda-liilo
structures which the Koreans are fond Of build
inR ~ younGahs az observation, or lO0kOuts.
you leave tbe main path abruptly at right
angles aud q walk Of few yards around q
ledge Of rocks covered with ferns aud over
hanging foliage brings one suddenly 10 q Seli.
cate lOytDridge spanning d TuLlct OF the larger
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small, delicate scale that they eat and do anum-
Der Of other things.
"Oh! those are not baseball bats" said my
friend "wait q minute and j will tell you
d story about them In connection with some
thing else First, however, did you know that
oil the flowers birds, curious animals aud other
decorations on the pottery, screens and fans OF
China, Korea and Japan either illustrate a
story OF legend, OF have some meaning OF their
own p"
He did not give me time to confess my igno-
rance, but went ma.
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was stiff frozen, and there would leave her
forever"
As each plan was detailed all three went into
commissions of laughter until tears rolled down
their cheeks.
Then soberer measures prevailed. Indeed.
they had just agreed upon a campaign which
appeared feasible and quite within the bounds
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] could see De was warming up TO his subject,
and 80 J simply said "Ah!" and settled back In
my chair.
/" ] win tell il 10 you, and sec II you do not
thiuk they illustrate ID we'll"
prepared myself to be bored and he began
thus:
Once upon a time there were three Koreans
with long names, hut we shall call thom PiRn,
tho blacksmith; Dock. the tier and Moke,
the paiankin bearer. They al married women
who, professionally or from necessity, used to
wash clothes Cd the same spot
Ey the way, ] had almost forgotten your
basebbii bats. Well here's where they come
In
Whenever a Korean washerwoman takes in
band 10 cleanse 4 suit OF her own or her hus-
bands ample clothing she first rips IL ali "a
pieces. Ia some running stream. where cleai
water, not too deep. plays among smooth rocks
Ehe sets mp her laundry A piece OF hard wood
shaped like q baseball bat is her only imFc
meut.
-he lays her pieces Of garments upon q
smooth boWldeT just Rt the point where tht
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TIE CONSPIRACY.

Of law when they espiod Yong crossing the
footbridge swiftly but stoalthily, and making
OminOus signs.
By the time he reached the steps Of the OBJ
servatory the three friends had risen and were
waiting for his message
Yong put his left hand TO the side Of his
mouth like a wing and whispered with ali his
might:
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-04-23
TRBGEDYON ASCREEN
The Story Of Three Unfortunate
Koreans.

DINING across q fine
collection Of japanese
and Korean objects a
few days ago i'm the
room OF a friend, j be-
gan examining them
with interest.
Sticking out from
the top of a rare vase
were the ends of what
appeared 20 be a pair
OF miniature baseball
bats. j took them out
aud examined them.
Being interested in the
game, ] was anxious 10
know whether the jams
DIawc6 hall ou thp same
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-04-23

the God Of Plenty sit
ting on two bags Of rice.
This bamboo tree signi-
fees strength, and SO we
90 on Look at that
screen ia the corner
there is an interesting
story. a iereud OF Korea,
gr fIrr 4.srfaB4al an a. ~
The Durham daily globe., 1891-11-16

If you are dull and stupid you are bill
ious and need tonic. Take Simmons
Liver Regulator.
The Durham daily globe., 1891-11-16
The Woman with the Fan.

The woman who uses fan in a public
assembly must see, if she has any ade-
quate perception of what she is doing,
that five-sixths of the air carried by this
implement of torture is thrown into the
neck Of the gentleman or lady who sits
in front Of her. She may have read in
works of physiology, and she must have
seen very often in the newspapers, that
pneumonia and kindred diseases are
often the result of such careless use of
the fan; but she would not abandon the
habit or forego the slight relief that lit
tie watt of air brings to her cheek to
save the life of the whole assembly.
We have have had a stiff neck mot the
moral, but the physical kind) for several
days following the qualification of one
who sat behind us in a church or lecture
@om, and we regard the woman with a
fan as the ideal picture of supreme sell
tshness. Men are bad enough, but a
selfish woman with a fan can take the
prize.-New York Journal of Commerce.
The Durham daily globe., 1891-11-16
Mirrors of the Greeks and Romans.

The mirrors Of the ancient Greeks and
Romans were thin disks of bronze, high
ly polished and usually fashioned with
handles, though sometimes they were
Set upright on stands. Later on silver
was used, and the first mirror of solid
silver is said to have been made by
Praxiteles in the time of julius Caesar.
Subsequently silver mirrors took the
place of brass or bronze ones almost al
together, though steel, copper and even
gold were also employed. Looking
glasses" of metal were employed every
where up to the Fifteenth century,
Washington Star.
The Durham daily globe., 1891-11-16

An English writer asserts that no mat
ter what species of oysters are placed in
the English beds, where the natives are
IL excess, they very soon, ''by inter.
breeding, become of u uniform character,
the descendants being all practically
native oysters"
The Durham daily globe., 1891-11-16
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The Durham daily globe., 1891-11-16
Listen at This.

T. l.. McClees has just opened meat
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their patronage on fish, desires to an
nounce that he will continue fish and
also meats. The meat stall will be sepa-
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The Durham daily globe., 1891-11-16
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The editors Of both The Sun and THE
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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-08-06
THE SUGAR MARKET.

The story of combination between Claus
Spreckels and the Sugar Trust appears to
have been unfOunded, for a war of prices
broke out between the two on Monday last,
SDreckeis began with cut of lilo, the trust
saw that and went him 1-16 better. Spreckes
raised them another 1-16, ard so the fight
went on, until at the present time granu-
lated sugar is selling in Philadelphia at
cents, with ? per cent off for cash. House
keepers in Philadelphia are not satisfied
with getting twenty five pounds of graduated
sugar for dollar; they insist on twenty
six.
or course, this fuctuation does not extend
across the mountains. Granutated sugar is
firm in San Francisco at 81 cents pound,
though the refneries are receiving a full
supply from the Islands and from Manila,
and the outlook is good for large yield of
sugar beets. In this State competition has
been followed by its usual srquel-combi
nation; and as freight rates will not permit
imp0rtationS from the East or from Europe,
there is no chance of our sharing in the di-
rect benefits of the Eastern sugar war.
That war, however. is calculated to yield
results which will be indirectly beneficial
everywhere, in the shape of exact informa-
ton as to the cost of refining sugar. On the
same day that Mr. Spreckels advertised
granulated sugar at cents a pound the
trust bought a round lot OF raw sugar at
5-16 cents. This leaves a difference of
11-16 cents for the cost of converting raw
sugar into graduated, a trife less than
three-quaTters of cent. It is hardly to be
presumed that Mr.. Spreckels has under
taken to supply his customers with sugar
below cost from philanthropic motives; it is
more reasonable to suppose that his new
machinery and improved methods have re-
duced the cost of refining sugar, so that he
makes profit when he gets three-quarters
of cent for doing the work. If so, a valu-
able fact has been ascertained which will
be of service to Congress in future legisla-
ton on the sugar question.
1t is not easy to ascertain the price of raw
sugar in this market. There are but two or
three buyers, and they keep their transac-
tons to themselves. One of the refineries
OWLS most of its own cane plantations. But
if raw sugar is worth no more here than it
is in New York-and it is hard to see why it
should be worth more-there must be clear
profit of a cent and a half a pound on refu-
ing sugar here, provided Mr.. Spreckels'
sons in San Francisco can do the work as
cheaply as their father is doing it in Phla-
delphia. That is a pretty healthy business.
Ii would not take much Of it to make Il man
a millionaire.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-08-06
SCHEMING.

The Examiner reports Mr.. a. T. Hatch as
saying: a have information that an agree
ment or trade has been made between De
Young and Davis (Dn ector-General Of the
Worlds FAM by the terms OF which Davis
is to name the man that De Young suggests
for the place Chief of the Horticultural De-
parimenD and in return De Young is to
boom Davis for second place ON the National
Republican ticket after the fair closes. De
Young favOTs Phelan's man, Chase, and
Chase would have been made Chief of the
Horticultural Departm il the California
Commissioners had voted for him at the
last meeting" That De Young is scheming
to get control of the Horticultural Depart
ment of the Worlds Fair is probable, but
that Director-General Davis imagines that
De Young can boom him is improbable
MIR. Davis must have seen how little infiu-
ence DE- Young possesses in this State by
the public rejection of all The candidates he
has proposed. 1t is so well known in this
city1that De Young is a schemer for his
own profit that his schemes miscarry from
the force Of public distrust
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-08-06
YACHTS VS.. STEAMERS.

If the regatta of the Royal Yacht Squad
ron for the Queens cup may be regarded as
browning event in English yachting our
British friends are not making much prog
ress in that branch of naval architecture.
In this country every year two or three
new yachts are built which are expected to
be improvements on their predecessors. A
yacht which is five or six years old is con-
sidered Anticipated and is hardly expected to
win races. But at the English regatta on
Monday yacht thirty years old competed.
and the Aline, which won the cup in 1860,
and the Egeria, which won it in 1865, were
entered for the race, which was finally won
by the Cetonia, craft that was launched in
1874. This does not look much like prog
ress.
OF course il would be ridiculous to charge
the English with Indifference to the march
of improvement in naval architecture when
they are turning out steamers like the City
of Paris and the Teutonia. Science must be
very progressive indeed in a country where
such triumphs of skill are devised. But the
naval architects of England seem to be
neglecting the construction of small craft
to devote their attention to improvements
in leViathaDs of the deep. In this country
we are tending in the opposite direction.
We build the fastest and most comfortable
yachts in the world, but we have nothing
which can compare with the ocean grey
hounds. 1t is even doubtful if our new
cruisers can keep up their record for speed
after they have been six months afioat
All this corrects itself. For period of
thirty years beginning with the war Ameri-
can energy and capital were concentrated
on the development of our lines of informal
communication. We built railroad sys-
tenn which is unequaled in the world, and
which has developed an expanse Of country
which cannot he paralleled in Europe.
That work is now pretty nearly DONE The
new mileage of 1891 will not be much more
than half Of 1890. And simultaneously the
need of new markets over sea for our sur
plus products is pressing itself on the pub
lie mind. In all probability the next thirty
years will be devoted to reconquering the
empire of the seas which we lost in 1860.
There is little doubt but we shall succeed
in that endeayor as we succeeded in building
railway system which has no parallel on
the plnha