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fore he can enter to exhibit his wares.
Yin view OF all these restrictions up
on the female population it is most
surprising that these people have a
law which compels all men to be with
in doors at eight p. m, while women
may roam the streets unmolested until
after midnigh& This rule is very
strictly observed in time Of war,
and the Corean mans existence is
therefore much confined just now.
The doorwavs of the common houses
are low, and open directly on the
streets, but, to avoid publicity, a screen
of strings is hung on a lattice in front
of them, hiding the interior from view
In the lower part of the valley of Seoul,
the buildings are closely compacted
and though Of but one story In height,
The population is claimed to be two
hundred and fifty thousand, which
does not seem strange when one has
been there and observed how many
live in one of these little houses.
The shops are sometimes two stories
high, built of gray stone but more com
monty, low buildings, divided into com
partments, each boasting a frontage OF
six feet. They are so arranged that
nearly everything in the store can be
reached by the wearyloolSing store
Keeper without necessitating the effort
to rise when an occasional customer
enters The store clerk is an unknown
title
The accommodations for travellers
outside Of the cities is terrible to relate.
and he who would be satisfied must be
so in spite Of the rebellion Of his fine
senses.
The scenery Is beautiful IN many
parts of the frontier. II boasts of low,
undUlating hills, some heavily wooded
and some covered with grass Cor mile
after mile. Back Of Seoul these hills fall
gracefully, tier after tier. towards tho
mountains behind the capital. whila
sudden turns Of the road open TO
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tempted to bride the colOred deputy.
Randolph Gore. offered him five dol
| lars If he would take the handouts off
and let us escape.
'Doan you try ter bride me, sab;
am an officer of the law. sab. and / must
do my duty, sab, replied Mr.. Gore, as
he held his gun closer to his prisoners.
| He became convinced that l was
| about to attempt TO escape, and when
halted for an instant TO ease my
handcufHed arm, 1 narrowly escaped
being shot.
GO along there now, sab, I've got TO
do my duty, sab; I'm an officer of tho
law, sah," he yelled rs he raised tho
hammer of his big gun. Hanford and
] quickened our pace TO the station, for
we saw that Gore would not stand on
ceremony In shooting. When we
reached the station Mr.. Gore turned
us over 10 the United States marshal
who had proceeded US.
"Fo heavens sake, Mistah Marshal,
watch dat little man. sah,7 exclaimed
Mr. Gore, che is bad man. sure, sab.
| Fo' de Lawd, dat man had his hand
cuffs off three times. and II / hadn't
done my duty. sab, he would have es
capped suah, sab"
All Of this by-play, II will be seen,
impressed Hanford with the belief that
was a desperate counterfeiter. At the
Oxford county Jail Hanford and l had
many talks on couuterfeiting. and I
learned a great deal about the gang OF
which he was member.
He was beginning 70 regard me as a
good man for confederate, II we ever
got out Of the scrape we were in. So
planned 20 break jail. Hanford advised
against the undertaking, but / told
him that If he would stick 20 me, we
would get out together.
The United States marshal was then
taken into nv secret and he called 70
see me. as was arranged, the night
was 70 make nv break FOR liberty he
took the sheriff Mr.. Scroggs, % a
dance, leaving only D colored servant
IN charge Of the prison Wen. we got
out Of the prison safely enough, for the
colored deputy was very much scared
and didn't move. We climbed onto the
blind side" Of 4 freight train that was
creeping b. Oxford and made our way
70 Louisville, Ky.
There was great excitement in Ok
ford. as ve saw bv the papers the morn-
ing after our escape. All the southern
/ papers declared we must have broken
iail with tb- assistance Of the colC-ed
deputy sheriff. who. the eGitors &c
clared, was probably bribed with
.-hfty-foot pole They called counter
feit bills poles az that time
I am glad Of the opportunity % viz
diczte that c1I1--d E-1gfr -r@---7 r~70
-zs Coo1 enough not 20 even Ere III
gle shot while Hanf5rd aad I we're
making orr escape.
We had not been II Louisville long
. before we were arrested and taken b.
fore Yankee BY. the chief % Pa-
. lice. A. soon Is I got the opportunity
I explained % Yankee BLY, who
Wa and ys ut I was doing with Han
torG. s. HON he knew 10 De al escaped
countc-feiter. Of cozrge the police
chief decided a. oIce TIA: xe were Bot
ne -1-a hr needed and declared Re bad
nothing aEsins- "a
Il Harto-a's o-vn ti-1,he- had told
hi-. % tsis t.lae that I Ezs secret
sc-vtce r-a3. he would undoubtedly
+ kzze -zu-a45 - Bin lid I aoi risssd
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meetings with prominent orators 20
make addresses There VIII be a con
tingent from out Of town, too. and the
occasion will in ell probability bring
together quite a delegation q labor
leaders
The whole country Is making the
same preparations, remarked samuel
Gompers when questioned on the sub
ject- II cannot remember time in
the history Of Labor day when Il
aroused more enthusiasm. This Is duo
70 the unusual prominence Of the labor
question this year, bat the complaint
may still be made that the day Is not
adequately honored. However. there
viii come a change IN that, l DO not
doubt
Quite number 81 banners and In
sigma have been ordered, snEne By out
Of town labor unions II Ia understood
that Senator Allen, Of Nebraska. is
considering the posEibilitv q accepting
an invitation 70 address ne grand
mas meeting and that James p Sovcr-
eign and Eagens :. Debe VII also
SPEAK
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HE TRICKED THEM
Ex-Chief Drumrnond's Adventure
with a Counterfeiter Gang.
Jo;ned the Band Himself-Caused His Own
Arrest and Tried to Bribe the JaiJor
in Order to Deceive the Real
Offenders.
COPYRIGHT, 1891

What Superintendent Byr1es Is 70 the
criminal classes OF New York a. L.
Drummond has been for many years TO
the counterfeiters and others who COM
nit offenses against the United States
government. "a has been the most
feared man in the secret service by
criminals Tor more than quarter Of a
century, and he has broken up many
bands Of eounterfeiters in various
states, brought 90 justice forgers. de-
faultinq national bank officials, as well
rs numerous other employees OF the
government who were tempted to place
their hand in Uncle Sans cash box.
The story OF his most exciting expert
ence. when he broke up the most pow
erful gaisr Of counterfeiters ever known
IN this country is ~ exceedingly in
teresting one Mr. DrUnmOnd has just
resigned as chief OF the United States
secret service and he feels at liberty
10 talk Of the past.
Ex-CEIEF DRUIEoSD's STORY.
While | am ayerse to relating occur
rences in which the personal pronoun
Il" must figure to great extent, will
depart for a moment from the rule
which / followed while chief of the Sc
cret service Now that 1 am no longer
In the service OF the government and
the ends of Justice cannot be interfered
with by what state, feel that can
tell with propriety Of the most power
full com bination OF men, banded to
gether 70 manufacture and circulate
counterfeit money, ever known in this
or any other country. Such q tale can
not but help to point 4 moral to the
thousands of men who are engaged il
this great modern race for riches with
honesty left at the post. 1t points a
moral in a sense that TO good ever
comes rom the work of tae criminal;
IN time they all share the same fate
either prison cells, violent deaths or
the end comes in poverty st old age.
In the band of counterfeitsrs l speak
OF there were thirteen principals and
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at least half dozen other men who
were utilized in various ways in dispos-
ing of the bogus money. They were the
most crafty and successful makers and
circulators of the counterfeit bills that
! ever came in contact with in my Of
fetal capacity. Within the past few
davs have had news of the chief of
this gang, "Old Nelson briggs" who is
now keeping a small hotel or road
house near Dayton, o. He and his
wife are now under indictment for
passing counterfeit money, but it Is
quite likely they viii both go free. for
the principal witness against them,
Charles Wesner, a lawyer. met tragic
death not long ago in an Indiana court
Eoom. In dispute with another law
yer he cut his opponents throat and
was shot in return, both men dying
within a few moments.
It was IN 1888 that the secret service
officials were made aware of the exist
snce OF this particular gang Of bogus
lnoncy-makers by the appearance OF
counterfeit fifty-dollar bill of excellent
design and workmanship. The coun-
terfeit compared very favorably with
the original and was being passed all
over the country, but principally in the
south. After careful work on the part
OF the secret service detectives, two ex-
perierced counterfeiters, well known
to the United States officials, 'JiTa'
Hanford and Jim Fetts, were arrested
on a Mississippi river fat boat and
placed IN the Natchez Miss jail. They
had been passing the counterfeit fifty
dollar notes all through the southern
states.
went south soon after the arrest of
Hanford and Petts and prepared for
rny task of running down this gang OF
counterfeiters Of which the two men IN
She Natchez jail were star members.
No sooner did I get 10 work on the
case than I discovered that the gang
was the most powerful one IN exist
ence, and that they were turning out
hundreds Of thousands Of dollars in
counterfeit bills,
Hanford broke iail al Natchez but
was recaptured and placed in cell at
Holly Springs. Miss, by the United
States marshal OF that district I pro
ceeded TO Holly Springs and engaged
lodgings. I had determined that my
Z best plan q action was to be arrested
as q couuterfeiter and get placed In the
same jail with Hauford- The nitec
/ States district attorney for the district
IN which Holly Springs Is located vas
&. Wylie Wells and the assistant dis
trict attorney was . Mr.. Lee These
were the only two meu excepting g
bsnker IN Holly Springs who know OF
ny Plan or were acquainted with me
a all II that section q the state
L was with District Attorney Wells
+ that 7 made mv arrangements 70 lie a
rested After going about the town
/ fer several DAYS. chatting with people
I and making friends walked MO =
store and bought box 81 paper collars
ctT1riuz..-o pzx fo- them with 2 httz-
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only fifty miles above Phajre. The ferry
boats were carrying men and horses
across the stream, and many were
drawn up on the bank in readiness for
use, while the banks Of the Phajre side
was densely wooded with ash trees, the
other was bare and low.
Some historic earthwoTks are visible
from the farther shore which are said
to date back to the time of the Japan
csc invasion at the end of the sixteenth
century. 4 large tumulus IS also vis-
ible in the distance from this point, sit
uated on bluff that projects into the
stream near the juncture OF another
river. AS travelled on I noticed some
scores of weary pilgrims from the ex-
IRENE north on their way to Seoul Tor
examinations, which were to take place
in the course of a few days. They
leaned on long staffs and had only ono
or two articles of clothing strapped on
their backs. Otherwise they travelled
free of luggage. The government Off
Gals on the road ere bound to find
them food and shelter at night. They
have, therefore, little or no expense to
meet. but nothing OF the life of tina
American student IS 10 be observed In
them They sing no college songs,
have no acquaintance with athletics
and do not disturb the surrounding
country with wild college cries.
Quite different from them was an
examiner or professor whom we fire.
quently met. hurrying from one yrc7-
ince to another to fulfill his profession
al duties. His chair carriage and my
ponies came in contact so often that
we struck up bowling acquaintance,
and l really think l saw him smile
yes. l am quite sure that he did smile
He seemed also to pine for conversation
after l had met him several times, but
bis mode of travelling, perched mp on a
high chair with little rail all around
it, made it impossible
"A Corean woman riding poAy and
IN the same direction as we rode along
side of me for long distance, but not
once did she give me an opportunity TO
see what her face was like. l never
had such desire to see woman's face
before, and 1t quite put me out of TEN
per TO be robbed by that clumsy man
tie of the expression on her face when
I made q movement with my hand
which plainly begged her to Withdraw
the curtain. The only response was n
snap shot Irritation with her eyes,
which were dark and unusually long
for the Monaghan type. l wonder ii
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PRELATE is STRONG
The Great Jacobini, Who May
Some Day Be Pope.
Chief of the Holy Propaganda-As its
Head ais sway IL Inferior only 90
That OF Leo Himself
Morning Audience.

A preiate OF the Roman Cathofc
church, who is certain 20 be heard or
In conspicuous way in the event OF
the death of Leo MIL, which Is now q
matter OF very short time, Is Cardinal
Jacoblni, secretary Of the propaganda
a Rome, and the main executive Off
Ger n charge Of the vast army 81 mis-
sionaries Of the Roman Catholic church
working IN every part Of the world.
north. east, south and west. Nominal.
" the head Of the propaganda IL
Cardinal Simeoni, but Cardinal Jscc-
biui IS the real head of the great OF
ganization.
The Offices of Cardinal Jacobini are
daily thronged by the most motley
crowd that may be seen in any court
Of Europe or OF any country. for that
matter. II was my fortune 10 be pres
ent when Cardinal Jacobini was receiv-
ing visitors one morning not long ago,
and ii gave me n better idea of tbs
cosmopolitan character Of the Roman
Catholic church than I had ever had
before, writes New York Advertise.
correspondent.
Nearly all Of those who waited u0oD
the great cardinal were mission priests
There were CSpuchin monks, mitrcd
abbots. blacG-robed JeSuitS and white
gOwned Dominicans There were mis-
sionaries with dark faces and long
boards, who appeared like semi-babar
isns. beside some of the well-groomeo
mission priests from America. England
and elsewhere. There were bishops
and priests from the far east. from
Japan. China, COrea and India. where
the missions Of the Roman Catholic
church, like those Of other denomina.
lions, work under great difficulties
The man who dominates all these
does his work as quietly and methodi-
cally as though he were business
man regulating the movements Of his
clerks He may be detailing mission
priests TO duty in Patagonia, Alaska,
japan or Brazil, but there is no fuss OF
noise. Obedience IL the first law here
There may be heart burnings at times,
there may be the sitting Of cherished
ambitions, bat there is no murmurinR-
The cardinal himself. and there are
those who say be may be pope yet, Is
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T. Married Man, Upper Class. ? Married MAJ
Lower Class. q. Unmarried Han. without
Hat. (. Mourning Hat 5. ship Owner.
rhavior. and kindly toward their guests
Their dress varies much with their
social position That of the upper
classes is a loose robe of white cotton
fabric.
The most important feature Of the
costume Of a Corean. even more so
than in the ease Of the EnClishman, Is
his hat. Shopzeepers, merchants OF
the higher order, and the better
classes In general. wear black conical
hats. with circular plate projecting
three or four inches and forming the
brin, which are tied under the chin
with q pair Of long black cords.
This article IS 6 mark of honor and
position in society. Only married men
can assume il. and married men only
participate in the affairs OF state. And
since all unmarried persons are treated
IS children in Coroa, every youth Is
anxious to get wife and pat on a hat
Sometimes she young rascals shave
their front hair ANA do the back hair
in a waterfall after the fashion u
married men. in order TO get position
in society and state, hut this Is punish
able by law. TO wear the hat con-
seouently, Is a Corean method Of say
ing 3 man is married
''The lower classes do not conform 70
those technical requirements as 10 the
hat. They content themselves with a
sort of inverted bowl made of straw.
People who are in mourning wear an
immense uubrella-ESe affair on their
heads. which, nearly. ccrca2lS them
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SCARED BY SMILES
The People of Corea and Their
Que ar Ways.
centuries OF seclusinn-CoreaD CostuInes
and Custons-The Wonderful Ginseng
Plant - The Position of Woman
The Married Man Rnd His Eat.
TcoPYKIGHT, ls94l

It Is not generally known that Corea
was bestirring herself with a revolu-
ton about the time we were getting
comfortably discovered in the fifteenth
century. Yet these people have been
plodding along IN the same rut ever
since, and all due to the Chinese exclu-
sion policy.
Her long existence as a Hermit Ma
ton" seems to have had its effect upon
the characteristics Of her people. Tor
while they are said to be very good
natured, their faces wear q sad. mel
ancholv expression which is seldom
frightened with smile.
Mr. Ralph Cooke, whose uncle IS the
only American merchant In CCrea, has
dust returned from an eighteen month";
tour through this remote country.
He sgys: ct Is an actual fact that, in
NV whole eighteen months visit, |
never saw 4 native laugh or smile.
When | smiled the natives thought
must be sick and seemed 70 feel very
sorry for me- And when I laughed
loud and heartily, as ! OFTEN found oc-
casion to do. they fed from me as if
they thought had some kind of TT.
Surprised at their antics, I questioned
INV guide about it, and ne told me that
his countrymen never laughed. be
cause they never had anything to laugh
at"
Il is difficult TO imagine such ma
ton Of solemn faces, and 1t seems a
pity that there are not a few native H.
ibarnians there to infusa a little mirth
into the people.
They talk very little and have the
appearance OF great thoughtfulness.
las approached the little town Of
lPhajre, on my way from Seoul" says
Mr.. Cooke. the entire male pOpula-
ton turned out in body to meet me.
THE men eyed me seriously. Not a word
twas uttered between them.
standing there solemn and motion
less in the ghostly twilight, IN their
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white clothes and peaked hats, they
might have been Hendrix Hudson and
his followers Reckoning an unsuspect-
ing Rip Van Wrinkle to his doom, and
shu0dered and moved on.
at looked back several times, bat
could observe no change in their posi-
ton. Ny guide informed me that they
were IN deep thought, and seldom ex-
changed condolences. When satisfied
as to which class Of freak I belonged
TO. they turned about their business.
ASA people found the Coreans gen
orally polite and dignifed in their be-
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she would have liked to accommodate
me by showing the picture that piece
OF cotton cloth concealed. 1t was i'm
possible, however, 10 avoid sympathiz-
ing with her position, which naturally
exposed her to such unusual trials as
travelling alongside Of a foreigner the
whole day about. but the sympathy
had to be suppressed so far as con-
cerned conveying IT to her.
Just before midday we reached
Chang-dan, my scrvant-guide and J..
and there l found a large market
town. called at once on the official
IN charge. He lived in greater style
than any OF his colleagues / met at
other places, AID very kindly offered
me rooms and luncheon. l pre-
ferred. however, to expedite the de-
parture of my party b. taking my
meal at the same inn as my servant,
who, by the way, was very much
Americanized by my uncle
AS the people were little inquis-
tive, threw open my window and ate
on the sill, TO the intense interest Of
the crowd.
From ChanE-dan travelled through
the mountains that lay between there
and Song-do (Kai Song. The greater
part Of this region is covered with rioe
farms. Besides other grains, that
called Jobs Tears tCoix lachrynal Is
cultivated to a considerable extent.
The raising Of these grains On vthich
the masses live Is the chief agricultural
departure Of the country. Everyyy here
! remarked land lying idle. Corea i
certainly rich in soil and II il could
profit BY the civilization proposed and
now being tonight for Of japan, l.
would certainly rise 70 fame.
JAMES :. HA1EkoSD.
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dollar bill which was refused. The bill
had been made TO look pale By a solu-
ton Of acid and the district attorney
had also marked it. After / took my
collars-which paid for with fifty
cent fractional currency note-District
Attorney Wells entered.
IF you don't mind" he said to the
clerk, II would like to see the bill that
he who just went out gave you"
1T was a counterfeit. sure" yelled
the young man, and l refused it"
Mr.. Wells said: Watch out for that
fellow. for he is a counterfeiter. If
he comes in here again notify me at
once, call the sheriff and have him ar
rested"
That clerk did watch out for me. and
when went into the store q few days
later and presented another pale.
marked bill, this time q ten-dollar
note, he promptly notified Wells, and
had me arrested by United States
Marshal Pierce. Mr.. Pierce was very
tall man with a slow way of speaking.
he held up a big gun while he read me
his warrant in his slow and decidedly
unmusical tone.
denied any knowledge Of the cOun-
terfeit OF any acquaintaneeship with
counterfeits. As he finished reading
the warrant, l attempted to throw
away big roll Of counterfeit bills Mr..
Pierce made dive for them, all the
while keeping me covered with his big
old style gun.
Ny alias was George Main.
As Mr.. Pierce recovered the bills he
put his big gun little closer TO me.
George Malm," said he, you are 3
counterfeiter and have got the evil
dence, sab. so You had better confess"
became friendly with Hanford in
the Jail, for he soon learned that had
been arrested for passing cOunterfeit
money. Being United States prisoners
we were handcuffed together one day
and transferred 20 the county Jail at
Oxford. Miss.
Before l was taken from Holly
Springs, though, had been arTaigned
before United States Commissioner Alb
bott and held for trial on ten thousand
dollar bail. On the way to Oxford Jail
had rather an experience with colored
deputy sheriff who marched Hanford
and me along Holly Springs main street
to the railway station. Mr.. Pierce had
"A pretty uIg gun when 1 first met him.
but this eolored deputy had one at
least a foot longer.
In order To impress Hanford. I at.
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the weary traveller views OF the sea
that made me forget ~ times the lack
Of travelling comforts one finds in tours
through even more civilized countries
of the orient.
At about eight miles out Of Phaire
I arrived al little village on the I'm
jim river, where I first came close
enoughto = ginseng garden 70 inspect It.
Ginseng is . drug grown IN large
quantities IN CoTca. fer medical use
chiefly. II Is In fact the national prod
net. Il j. rather hard 70 grow. and
takes SIX years to arrive n a stage -
perfection. II IS very valuable there
49, ana l---S Jo-ue con, lnu2lLt watched.
a Ginseng garden is . peculiar looking
coutr.y-uce - number OF low sheds
and high platform, web rooted over
with straw. on which vstchiHen are
placed % guard the 6rUE plantations
The vgtch-an is .ivsu a pipe and
kept supplied with alt The smoking ma
terial he desires. but If he Is caught
Steering while on dusy De : put TO
death n once.