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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22

such thing as a jury system, the rights
of the individual are very lightly re-
garded, and justice is melted out in the
most summary fashion.
Farming in Corea is of the most
primitive description. The multitude
of people forbids the employment Of
labor-saving machinery, and all opera
tons. of whatever nature, are carried
on by hand. Even the irrigation of the
crops. a process so purely mechanical
that 1T might be supposed some sort Of
simple device would be constructed to
obviate the necessity of hand labor, is
done by lifting the water from one pool
to another by means of a large scoop, Il
succession of able bodied Coreans shov-
cling water as elsewhere sand is shov-
eled. After the crops are planted they
are watched. a small tower being con-
Structed to overlook the fields Of a
whole neighborhood, and the farmers
take turns in guarding their property
from he depredations of thieves and
hungry animals. In the cose of fruit
farms. this precaution is very neceS-
sary, as fruit is m of the great staples
of Corea, and almost any kind general
ly finds ready sale at good prices. The
list of fruits is long.
OF the field cir ps, beans ami rice are
h most important. the former being
used not only rs food for man, pit also
for the small. hardy ponies which are
employed by the rich lud official ~elIsses
as a means of transportation. MOI al
ways however. A Corean official has
a large stock of dignity, and among the
various devices by which this is upheld
is the idea that it is degrading to walk
anywhere. So every official is prOvid-
ed with a litter and a number Of bear
crs in proportion to the weight of his
dignity. He may walk about in his
house without sacrifice Of personal self
respect, or even, ON certain occasions,
when he is, so to speak. off duty, he
rlay walk through the court yard, but
every public appearance must be i'll his
litter. The appointments of this APP
paratus for the conservation of dig
nifty are very carefully fixed, as also the
length of the poles and the number of
carriers, and an official of the highest
rank, a minister of the kingdom, has
the right to have. under his litter, a
single wheel, which does not rest on
the ground, which takes no part inthe
weight from the bearers, but is a mark
of rank. Whatever the number of bear
ers and attendants, however, it is al
ways liberal, even the petty governors
of towns being often attended by 20C
or 300 men, who with banners, flags
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22

though nobody knows how. IN dress
they are very similar to the Chinese,
save in the matter of hat.
His clothes do not cost him much
money. for the simple reason, that he
has not much to spend, so he makes
that little go a great way. ana mas
learned TO. utilize materials thai III
other countries are almost unknown.
There is paper for instance. The
Coreans possess some secrets with re-
gard to p~aper-making that are unknown
cven to their ingenious neighbors. the
Chinese. They make paper of such tough
ness that it will resist many months
of wear. and by Il process of oiling II
they r,nder it imperviouS to water, and
so make o%vercoats that will stand any
amount of rain. True. they cannot be
mended, for when they begin to go
they go all ovcr ana MI nj once. but as
they only cost about Il quarter they are
!, easily replaced-if the Corcan happens
to have the quarter.
His other clothes are mostly of cot
ton, and the chief peculiarly about
them is the fact that they are always
being washed.
In Corean cities certain hours after
dark are set apart for the women 10
take their exercise. and during h Il
time all men are forbidden to appear
on the street under penalty of arrest.
This police regulation is very strictly
obeyed, too, for in Corea there is no
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22

day morning, after twenty-one years
of uninterrupted freedom. he was cap
tured and carried back to The convict
camp in shackles. Twenty-one years
ago, when he made his escape, he was
young, strong and robuSt-strtng
enough to overpower two guards and
give two bloodhounds a futile chase for
many miles. He vas carried back DID
and decrepid-almost too weak to stand
up under the weight of his shackles-
In 1873 Marshall was given n sentence
in the county chain gang, convicted
upon the charge of assault and battery.
He had provoked a fight with another
negro and was arrested and sentenced
He remained three months in the cl ain
gang, when, on account of good cen
duct, the foreman made him a trdsty.
One morning, while the rest of the
convicts were at breakfast, Marshall
made a wild break for liberty. Two
guards seized him, but he pushed them
easily aside and made for the woods.
Several shots were vainly fired ut the
fleeing man. Then the dogs We're Put
on his track and gave him a good race.
But the negro reached the river in good
time to swim across and escape. The
chase was given up and the guards re-
turned to camp. Years pasesd, other
convicts came and went. Marshall was
lost sight of and his escape had passed
from memory.
On Saturday a negro visited the 0 II
Wet camps and volunteered the infor-
nation that he knew the whereabouts
of an escape. He was questioned
closely concerning The man whom he
said had escaped and rs to how he
learned the fact. He said that the man
was named Monroe Marshall and lived
on Decatur street. Some time before
he had told. several other negroes how
he escaped frCm the chain gang twenty
one years ago. His sense of sec Hity
caused him to tell all about his flight.
The negro making the report said that
he was one of the men Who heard
| Marshall's tale. None of the officers
| at the camp knew Of the escape and
were not inclined to believe thef fellow.
| But the books for the year 1873 were
examined and the name Monroe Mar
| shall was recorded there as having
escaEed and never recaptured. Yes
| terday morning one of the gang guards
came into Atlanta. Marshall was point
cd out to him and the arrest was made.
! At first the man denied that he was
ever in the chain gang, and insisted
that he had always lived in Fulton
county. But the guard was inexorabic.
and the e%x-convict acknowledged that
many years ago he had escaped. Then
he gave a full account of his struggle
with the guards and his Il from the
dogs. He left Georgia the year OF his
escape and made his way to Texas.
where he remained for ten years, COM
ing back to Atlanta after that time.
The negro who reported him, he says.
did it to satisfy an old grudge. Mar
shall was carried out yesterday and
once more put in stripes.
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King of Corea and Crown Prince.
altogether reliable. Only a few years
have elapsed since commercial inter-
course was opened with the Coreans,
and even after it was established, so
poor were the people, so imperfect was
the development of the natural re-
sources of their country, that for a
considerable time there was grave
doubt in the minds of the merchants
whether the business would pay. AS,
however, the Coreans, little by little,
ascertained what foreigners wanted to
buy and the prices they were willing to
pay. the native cupidity Of the oriental
mind was excited and Overcame the
repugnance to foreigners, and now the
peninsula has more than once been
crossed by Europeans in search of bust
ness or pleasure.
From all accounts, the Coreans are a
curious people, having many of the
peculiarities of both Chinese and japan
csc. Evidently of Monaghan origin,
they nevertheless differ from the Chi
nese in so many respects that they can
hardly be called Chinese. while the
Japanese utterly disclaim all family re-
%lationship to them, regarding them as
too barbarous ever to be considered in
the light of cousins. Nevertheless, they
look like Chinese, and, in spite of their
long segregation from the society of
other nations, they possess much of the
shrewdness that causes the japanese
to be considered the Yankees of the
East That is, the educated part of
the Corean nation, for among the popu-
lace little distinction can be observed
between them and the people who SIR
round them on the Asiatic side, or who
are their neXt-door n%eighbOrS across
the narrow body of water that Separ-
ates them from the Island Empire.
There is ono remarkarl" point of sim
ilarity which almost instantly imprasses
every visitor-the populousness of the
country. Corea has about 10000 square
lilies of area. a little larger than Mis-
souri,. but in that territory over 12,coW,-
GOO of Acknowledged -CeleStialS man
age to squeeze themselves and after a
fashion seem to enjoy life in their W
peculiar way. without either appearing
to know or to care what goes on out
side of their little peninsula. which
projects from the chinese empire like
a wart. Wherever M goes in Corea
there are Coreaps big n little III
immense numbers, so that TO travellers
who witness the poverty of the country
it is Il constant source of Wonder now
the people live. The answer to tins
conundrum is easy; they do not live
they exist. A handful of rice and 8
mouthful of tea or water constitute thu
days rations for the average Corcan
and if to this be added a few perSim
mons or an egg, he is in clover. ant
for days will remember the auspicicu'
occasion on which his inside was com
fortably filed.
Corea is full Of cities, if the ex
preston is allowed to be used with re
gard to an aggregation of huts on tn
banks of Il stream, and the cities ar
full Of people who make IA living
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22
is A CRACK RIFLE SHOT.
A California Young Girl Who Comes
of a Family of Marksmen.

A California Young Girl Who Comes
of a Family of Marksmen.
An interesting proof Of the heredity
of skill is to be found in the case of
Miss Lizzie Utschig, of San Francisco,
who has only been handling a rife four
months and yet who is probably the
best rifle shot of her sex in California.
II suppose it is natural that | should
know how to handle Il rifle" she said,
when asked concerning her accomplish
ment by Il reporter for the Examiner.
I'VE all shoot. My father. John Ut
schig, is one of the champions. you
know. He has made the best target
record in California. Then there is my
mother. She is u good shot, and my
brothers and sisters have all made ex-
cellent scores"
Miss Utschig achieved distinction as
the best markswoman in California at
a recent monthly shoot of the Ladies'
California Schuetzen Club by making
a total of 112 out of a possible 125, and
winning the clubs medal for June. The
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22

It will surprise many to know that
the plebian puffball of IL pastures
is good for something besides old-fash-
toned styptic, smoke and the kick of the
small boy. There are a number of
species of the puffball, varying in shape
and size from the small white globular
variety of an inch in diameter and he
~pear-shaped TO the giant pasture species
which are the dimensions of a football.
All are edible, if gathered at the white
stage, those of yellow or darker frac-
ture being excluded. OF the eSculent
qualities of the larger species, Ityco-
perdon giganteum, we may judge from
the statement of a connOiSseur. "Sliced
and seasoned in butter and salt and
fried in the pan, no French omelet
is half as good in richness and deli
cacy of flavor" Nj. c. Cooke. the
British authority, says of it: In its
young and pulpy condition it is excel
lent eating, and indeed has but few
competitors for the place of honor at
the table"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22
Beef better Than Brains.

A poor, dyspeptic little minister was
walking out one Monday morning when
he CHANGED to meet two brother clergy
men-hale, hearty looking fellows. Az
ter the customary greetings they ask
cd him how things looked. He pulled
IL long face and said everything was
very bad, it was Il dying world. and the
lookout was wretched. Now brother.
said his questioner, you are wrong
yourself. Something is the matter with
your brain. You want To get that right
like ours," slapDing his comrade on the
shoulder. then the world will look
brighter TO you" The ~dyspeptic looked
mt both his brothers Il minute, and
then said: I'd rather have the stomach
of one of We than the brains of both of
ye."-Bostou Herald.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22

The WiIted Summer Girl:

The summer girl is beginning to look
rather wilted. There has been no break
in the outdoor life which she becomes
so well, and the cool, raj ny days of
necessary seclusion have been lacking
for her repair. She has worn all her
wash dresses, and her assortment of
white canvas shoes is running low, but
still the temptation. to seem. if not
to be, cool and crisp, is strong within
her, and she refuses to don less sum-
merish attire. For how could she be
the summer girl such as the papers
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22

range was 200 yards at a 12-inch target
with q dead center no bigger tina a
dollar and almost invisible throught
the sights. She won the medal at the
May shoot also, scoring a total of 10Y.
The medal for April was won by Mrs.
J. Utschig, Miss Utschig's mother, with
a total of 10. Miss Utschig is phetty,
petite and only 20 years of age. John
Utschig, the father of Lizzie, is ac-
counted the best shot in California.
Not long ago he scored %, 25, %, %, "A
in a three shot pool. In the first pool
he made three centers, and in the next
pool he scored %, "a, "a. These ave
two of the best pools on record at 200
Yards range. -Four years ago he made
a tour of European cities with a picked
team of California marksmen and
brought back a dozen valuable prizes
won in international contests in Berlin,
Vienna, Bremen and Geneva.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22
FREE FOR INVENTION NE YEARS.

An Escaped Convict betraSe"
aud sent Back to Georgia
On May Is. 1873, Monroe Marshall
n colored convict. made a daring escape
from the Fulton county chain gang
soys the Atlanta Constitution. Iester-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22

decide which is of the more Importance,
for, in order that the dignity of the
government may be properly main
tanned, the former is frequently more
pretentious than the latter. AS the
Corean religion is modelled after tina
of the Chinese, SO is the architecture
of Corea based on that of China. 1t
is not Il whit less pretentiOus, either,
for the COreans are a proud people,
and as they are politically subject to
China, they take great pride in doing
what they can to prove that the IN
fcriority is only political. So in every
place of consequence there is a temple
of loss house, where incense is daily
burned before the holy images and
where the names of deceased ancestors
are satisfied with rice and such dam
ties as they are supposed to enjoy.
But the Corean does not allow what
little religion he has to interfere with
business. With him religion is II
thing and business is quite another,
and his religion docs not either forbid
or prevent his stealing anything ne
can Law his hands n At the times
of the great annual festivals his pIety
takes the form Of prayers. offerings OF
food to the dead, eating, drinking and
listening to music and dramatic enter
tainments. Like his religion and his
art, both music and drama are Or
rowed from China: the fotmer Is as
ear-splitting and the latter as lengthy
and non-intelligible as anything IN the
same line the Flowery Kingdom Is
able to offer. ,
But for his geographical position and
the fact that he has several good har-
bors that are coveted by Russia. Eng
land and Japan, the Corean would DC
permitted to vcgetatc in seclusion TO
the end of time, but circumstances nave
forced him TO the front. n he must
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22

A. NJ. de Renngarten of st. Peters
burg has started out on a long walk.
He proposes to tramp from Riga to the
Caucasus, whence he will stroll on to
Persia, and so, skirting the Aral sea,
~re-enter the Tsar's dominions and
cross Siberia to the Chinese frontier.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22

Lord Wolseley, with his family, has
remained throughout, the summer at
the Royal Hospital. Kilmainham. Last
week. Lady Wolseley gave a farewell
dance in honor of the departing bat
talon of the Grenadier Guards. who
have-beeif stationed at Richmond bar
racks since last September.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22

spell 1t with a X please when you
would write The name or tile little
country which is just new. the bone
o~yerAsxhieh China, and Japan are con-
tending. Boston says So, and Moo
Yo'k affirms the decision, SO Korea it
must be. And why not? The letter G
with it's sound of X is the vermiform
appendix of the alphabet.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22

DR.. Schaff of Vienna has applied
photography to the study of the hui
man skin. A bright light is projected
on the part of the skin to be examined,
and by direct exposure many small de-
tails Of the skin, including markings
not usually: discernable, are photo
graphed.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22

Frankisaf women have only. n POM
ade, a grease, proceeding from the skin
of sheep and clinging to its woool. 1t
had a nauseous odor, but was singular
ly eficacious in giving smoothness to
the skin.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22

Animal magnetism is no new discov-
cry, but was practiced by Father He'll
ut Vienna about IVA and had won
derfu' success for a while in Franco
and England In 17SS and 1850.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22

Senator. Ransom, of North Carolina
has made but one speech during his
fifteen years of service in the senate.
Before he was sent to Washington he
had the reputation in: his Owl state of
being a,ine orator. He: gave. up being
eloquent on account of a tendency to
heart disease.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22

During the most peaceful years the
world has 100000 men who are with
drawn from productive occupations to
pose as soldiers.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22

Washington longs for a tennis player
who canE make the game interesting
fur Attorney General :Oiney- He still
is DEVOTED to the sport and takes satie
factie,n in daily beating whoever plays
against him. Mr.. Olnex is doing his
best 10 make This the most successful
lawn; tennis administration. the u
try has ever known.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22

picture her, otherwise? Whether she
sits on the rocks or rides a bike Or
str0lls along the beach OF gets UP a :
small dance in the hotel parlor or
comes to town for an ice cream soda,
she must be a model of .daintiness,
and live up to what the world con
siders a type of season and girlhood.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22

and other devices, march in procession
whenever the governor goes abroad,
while runners speed before, repeating
his titles and dignities and ordering all
persons to clear the road.
The leading features of every Corcan
city are the palace of the governor
and the temple of the presiding deity,
and it is often a matter of difficulty to
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22

In Germany $4,000 families paid in
come taxes on incomes from ESQ to
f21O a year; s2,4O0 paid on f210 to
E4sO, and 26,SOO paid on incomes above
f4S0.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22

Until the time of Charles III OF
Sweden the artillery was not consider
ed a part of the army. The men serv-
ing it We're not soldiers but regarded as
mechanics. The officers had NO army
rank
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22

John Byrnes, Of Boston, claims to be
the oldest street car driver in the
world. He has been at it forty years,
and has travelled q distance equal to
twenty-five times around the world.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22

A couple living in Beaver Island
township, North Carolina, have been
married two years, during which time
they have been blessed with two sets
of twins.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22

"A raftsman living at Antwerp, Ohio,
dropped a penknife in the Maumee
river five years ago, which was found
recently by men working along the
riYeT.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22

In 1902 a salt tax vas levied In
Great Britain, and during the French
wars was raised to $50 per ton, over
sixteen times the value of the article.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22

The largest family in the world is
that of the king of Siam. His majesty
has two official wives, lightweight
wives of minor order, and seventy-two
children.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22

The hair has a growth of its W
apart from that which animates the
human body. This accounts for the
growth Of the hair in the dead long
after interment.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22

The West Indian migratory crab Is
the only creature that is born in he
sea, natures in fresh water, and passes
Its adult life on land.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22

Only a few years ago the shah OF
Persia had a peculating governor, guilty
Of stealing the royal taxes, boiled to
death in q closed caldron of water.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22

Mr.. Surplice-Of course, summer re ;
sorts offer worldly temptations, Miss
Julie; but 1 must say I was s~hocked-tn-
hear you singing secular songs on the
holy Sabbath day.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22

An old. ~illiterate man who can quote
Scripture by the hour is creating a sem
sation in Kentucky by claiming to be
John the Baptist.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22

The experiment Of using compressed
air for street car propulsion has been
tried in Massachusetts. The results
We're considered satisfactory.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22

Boston's floating hospital has already
given several hundred sick babies and
their WORKOUT mothers Il breath of
sea air this season.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22

The iangle into which China and
Japan have managed to get has brought
into prominence the queer country
which, for ages, was known only by
name, and, even in our own time, is so
little visited by foreigners that informa-
ticn concerning it is scarce and not
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22

The French war department has re
ported In favor of a new buckler made
Of aluminium and copper.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22

The tongue ccoyers from an injury
much more quickly than any other part
OF the human system.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22

Sirius, the fixed star, now in the as
cendant, is computed to be 100000
100000 miles distant from the sun.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-22
COREA AND COREANS.
THAT STRANGE COUNTRY AND ATS
PEOPLE.

P~ecuIlarities Of n People who for
Ages Lived to Themselves-A COun-
try Where ALI Labor Ii Done BIZ
Hand.