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man who seeks notoriety can get 1t easier
and cheaper out OF Congress. but he who
wishes to serve his day and generation
modestly, patiently and worthily, and who
is content first with the feeling that he has
done his duty and more than content with
the knowledge that those who happen to
know him credit him with all he could
reasonably ask, will enjoy a congressional
career"
Civil Service Reform.
Are there any drawbacks which the bus
mess man feels In serving IN Colgress?"
THE real trouble and the most objection
able thing in public life in Washington is
the condition of the civil service, and il is
a disgrace to a great people, and until a
change is made and the civil service is pat
termed more upon the management Of a
great railway, insurance corporation. or
other important business. place in Con-
sress will never be extremely attractive to
a business man. He WILL no doubt, come
here as a matter Of duty, but he is not
likely to care TO Gemain long, when three
quarters of his time Is occupied in Office
brokerage instead of legislation. With a
genuine and thotough reform in the civil
service ii seems to me one of the most
useful and agreeable places in which to
spend large part of his life a studiols.
earnest business man would find in the
House of Representatives.
"A patriotic man would be willing to spend
Lis life there, but under the present system
one. two or three continuous terIDs are apt
to make any ordinary man cry out enough,
ana seek at least a temporary respite from
the opportunities of those who would turn
out every man and woman of experience in
all the departments in order to fill them
with tfcsc who have never had experience
or training, but who believe body and soul.
III the pernicious doctrine that Ito the victor
Belong the spoils." making Of the public
service merchandise and spoils. where the
very highest standard Of duty and capacity
should obtlin."
No American System OF Politics.
viii we ever have a system Of American
economics. stable and uniform, and based
on business rather than party considera-
tians?''
NO: do not think there will ever be sny
American system OF political economy any
more than there will he an American Bible
an American duplication table or an
American law of gravitation-poitical econ
ony Is ma lie UP of natural and universal
laws, and devotes itself to explaining their
operation so that given the same circun-
stances these laws will show the same re-
suits. whether they are applied in China,
Africa, In Russia or America. in Jerusalem
or New York"
A jingle of bells announced that there
was n roll call. and Mr.. Hartsr returned to
the floor OF the House. TO be in at the life
or death of some n easure.
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queen killed. He failed in this, and 1t
was through her family and friends that
the revolution did not succeed and the king
was made the real ruler Of the people. The
kings father was banished. He has since
returned to Corea, and / saw him riding
In state the other day through the main
street Of Seoul.
After the rebellion was over Kim Ok Kun
and So Kwang Pom came back here. They
aided, / think. in making the treaty with
the United States. and began to plan for
the Introduction of modern civilization
Ambassadors were sent to Washington
and they returned full Of new ideas and
schemes for the modernization Of the coun-
try. The chief of these ambassadors was
Prince Min Yong Tx, who Is related to both
King and queen, and who was one of the
most influential of the progressionists The
foreigners from all the greatest nations es-
taDiished themselves at the capital, and
Corea seemed to be on the same road as
Japan. Kim had at this time the implicit
confidence of his majesty. He was head Of
the colonization department, was vice pres
fdent OF the foreign office and had under
taken the establishment of a modern postal
system for the country. He had begun to
build mint. Electric lights had been or
derei from America for the palace, and a
Japan and drilled by the soldiers there.
They had come back, and the king had
given them important positions in the
palace. The Chinese Instructors of the
troops bad been dismis sed, and gatllng guns
were ordered from An erica.
The Anti-FOreign Party.
In the meantime, the anti-foreign spirit
began to rise. The Chinese saw that they
and their civilization were losing ground
every day. They felt that Corea was slip
ping away from them, and they did all they
could to foment trouble. They soon had a
party in their favor. Prince Min Yong Tx
changed his policy. and leaned toward the
Chinese and the country was in a short
time divided upon the lines of progress and
anti-prC gr-ss, or. in other words, upon
those Of China and japan. 1t Is divided in
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earn great deal of money by carrying
k1m's body from place to place"
How SOP said I. Il suppose the king
pays them we'll
from the king. The king viii know nothing
about It, but they will earn 1t on the road
each courier is, you know, on the kings
business: and according to law, 1t would be
almost death to retard him. The couriers
VIII travel very slowly and they will levy a
tax on every map they meet. Take, for
instance. the man who is carrying the
bloody and now lialf-decomposed head. He
has to take 1t to one of the southern pro-
vinces, and he could go there in ten days
1t will probably take him a month, and he
Will earn money all the way. Suppose he
GENES to the dtor of a rich mans house
He Will stop there, knock on the door, and
tell the rich man that lie is tired, and that
he would like to rest in the neighbcrhood
for day or so. He will lay the bloody head
down on the mans parlor floor. and will
order him to keep it for him until he is
ready to go. The man will not dare to
strike him. for he is the kings courier. He
VIII cry, Oh. take 1t away! Take IT away!
and he will cain much money from that
man. little further on he may meet a
peddler with a pack on his back, He will
ask the peddler to carry the head for him,
and the peddler will be glad to pay to get
Tree. You know, one Of the best businesses
IN this country is in salt There are salt
merchants In all the villages. The salt is
Kept IN big bags. and as 1T pays taxes, it is
very nisn When the courier comes to
town he Will enter such a store, perhaps
and say to the merchant, Il find this head
Is not keeping well, and will leave 1t here
Tor day to preserve it," He will there
upon thrust 1t well down into one of the
merchants salt bags and he has 90 earn a
good deal OF money If he takes it away. He
thus goes OIL earning money from every
man he meets. and he will do better On the
return trip than at the outset The more
decayed the head GETS the more he will
earn and at the end Of the journey he will
have fortune"
l give this mans conversation In nearly
his own words. Such matchmaking seemed
70 him perfectly legitimate and il is through
biackmailing schemes that a large part OF
the money of Corea IS earned"
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TEACHING THE CAT LESSON
His Wife is Not Likely 10 Forget the
Experience.

From the New York Tribune
The man who always has a cure for eva,,,
III ana remedy for every evil showed one
OF ms strokes of genius the other day. His
"lies cat had acquired a fondness for
one Of the bath tubs in the house or
course, this tub was In the next room, to tho
dressing room of the master Of the house
of course, the master Of the house doesu,t
like cats.
Fannie" he said, II found that cat
shoozihs In my bath tub again today"
u sorry, dear" she said. Il have tried
TO break her Of that habit, but 1 don't seem
TO succeed
We'll, we must have that cat drowned"
he said. fercely.
His wife protested mildly
That is the only annoying trick she
has, she said. 1t would be a pity 70 XII
her" ~ A1
Then" said the man Of the horse "I.u
take this thing into my own hands Nou,
In just explain to you how III do it So,,
know how she gets into the tub She takes
a run, leaps to the edge ard goes in Without
stop. m going TO run about three inches
or water into the tub let IL stand there
and let her get a sousing You know how
cat likes water" he added Significantly.
He put his plan into operation at once
mat AFTERNOON pussy did her little hurdle
race, as usual, over the side of the bath
tub The plan worked to perfection There
was a loud cry. a streak OF cat through The
pressing room and a wet flash into the sew
Ing room. Near the door OF this room
stood q perch on which rested ia peaceful
sleepnesS dignifed parrot. The cat tried
this hurdle but missed il, and the parrot.
knocked TO the floor. added TO the force of
the cyclone which went raging around the
house. \ table was knocked over and a
statue of the Venus of Milo, already short
or arms, was made legless. The adored
BABY or the house was frightened into
spasms. the parrot scolded and screamed
herself into fit and afterward the drip
ping cat having made a lightning tour of
the house, was found. trembling and sub
dued, on her mistress Jacket, price s65.
i hope" said the lord of the manor,
when he had surveyed the scene Of wreck
age, that this Will teach your cat les
son."
Il hope so.' said his wife soothing the
baby and looking at her jacket with
mournful eyes.
There IS only one way to go about
such things" said the husband, with salts
faction. 81 pride myself on being able 20
handle animals" And his wife discreetly
said nothing.
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mitted no one but their friends to enter
They told the king that the Chinese SOL
ment and capture him. They charged some
Of the officials with being in the plot and
urged him to flee with them. Gen. Han
was present. He objected to the kings go
ing with Kim, whereupon Kim kicked him
and told him he was a traitor to the king.
His majesty believed Kim's story and he
gave him his royal seal. Kim took this
and sent for the most Influential Of his
enemies. AS soon as they arrived at the
palace they were told to go to a certain
room, where the king was, and as they
entered the door Kim's cadets sliced off
their heads. The king had before this been
taken to another part OF the palace, and
word was sent to the Japanese legation
asking for its troops to come to the palace
to protect the king. In the meantime the
Chinese legation saw what was going on.
They were, I think, under the same man
who is now minister to COrea, and who,
by the way. Is one Of the shrewdest diplo-
mSts OF the world, and who has, L am
told all the arrogance and the impudence
that the Chinaman shows whenever he gets
the upper hand. With his troops he at
tempted to take the palace. The Coresns
came to his assistance and Kim saw that
the game was up. He fled first with the
king to a temple back of the palace, but
the next day he allowed the Chinese to get
possession of his majesty, and surrounded
by his Japanese guard, fed to Chemuipo
and sailed for Japan. Since then he has
been under the protection of the japanese
government and it Is only through them
that his life has been preserved so long
The AssassfnntiOn.
The true story OF Kim TX Kiun's taking
of has not been told l get it almost direct
fr m his assassin. He is now nominaly In
prison and he cannot be brought into the
presence Of the kirg until thirty days from
the time when his hands have touched a
dead body. This is according to Corean
IT.
when g. month has passed every one ex-
TcCts that he will be called to court and re-
Ceive a high official position for his bloody
murder. This mans life would make a plot
for 4 dime novel, and his assassination of
Kim was done, not because he hated him
but in order that he might carry out a pet
scheme of vengeance, which has, / am told
been the handspring of his actions for years
The nan who gave me my information IS
a Corean official from the northern part of
the country who is Gloss Hiead Of the as
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japanese government. He was inveigled
over to Shanghai and was there assassinat-
ed by friend Of the Kim, o. Corea Japan
almost claimed him as a subject and she
thought that his murderer and his remains
should have been carried to Toxic. Ii Hung
Chang aided the Coreans In Transporting
them to this place, and the maltreatment
of the body of Kim was probably foreseen
by Ii Hung Chang when he gave the order
for the Chinese vessel of war to carry the
body to COrea. This country IS Il straE,,e
mixture of barbarism and civilization. 1t Is
almost incredible that these people whose
souls are full of poetry. whose tastes are 1
believe. naturally refined. and VINO pride
themselves on being disciples of Confucius
should act in the way they did with Kim
Ok Kun. His body was brought here to
Corea- 1t was cut into pieces and h lit
fcrent parts of IL have been carried over the
country and hung UP as warning to
traitors above the biggest gates of the
largest of the CCrean cities. Se5ul went
mad with JOY when the news came of the
assassination. Business was suspended. and
the court devoted itself to Teasing and
dancing. / am told that 100 OF those frail
professional maidens known gesang or
dancing girls were brought into the palace
In a single night. and when 1 came here
the other day from Chemulpo I passed one
Of these aImond-eyed beauties going back
home after her carousal at the capital She
was on horseback, riding astride, and she
had a couple of servants with her.
The tale OF Kim Ok kiun's life and death
reads more like a romance of the dark
ages than the story of actual doings in this
year Of our Lord eighteen ninety-four 1t
VIII have a great IHtiHtuCt ~, - C,.at's
future, and in 1t are comprised events
which have materially affected the govern
mentS OF this part of the world. China and
fS lpr
the cause OF the war clouds which are now
lowering over Asia. Russia Is deeply con-
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~ L " Il "a IA
causes Of the trouble
between Japan and
China, and the , be-
ginning, in fact, of
the present rebellion
In Corea, was the as
sa ssination of Kim
Ok Kun at Shang-
hal. Kim Ok Kun
after his famous con-
splracy in Corea fed
to Japan, and he was
for "A long time under
the protection of the
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With hut little care and trouble. tie beard
and mustache he kept uniform brown or
black color by using Buckaashams Dge ter TIC
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Its Curious Effect Upon the Corean
-s Rebellion.
1 GREAT HISTORICAL TRAGEDY
He Was Either a Patriot or a
Traitor.
STORY OF THE ASSASSIN

Copyrighted, 1894. by Frank G. Carpenter)
SEOUL, Corea, July 10, 1894.
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Camps collie, cholera norlius. summer -orrplsi "A
pronpuy cured by S.oReJrakcI's Indian Cula :. -
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"Of course. every man cannot become
prominent in Congress, prominence is large
ly a matter of accident. but it is an easy
matter to be useful, and, In the long run,
with usefulness comes reputation and to
certain extent fame. In other words. the
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-06-01
SHE WANTED TO SPOON.

But Her HeartIess Hubby walked Her
Nine Blocks Instead.
A young man and a young girl got on
Broadway car, says the New York
World. They had a decidedly newly
married air, and took the only vacant
seats in the car, which We're opposite
each other. At Twenty-first street the
young mans neighbor got off and the
girl quickly jumped into the vacant
seat.
''Shan we get off at Twenty-third
street, Jack?''
''No, dear, not till Forty-second.
Here the girl laid her parasol across
Jacks knees and her own at once and
dropped her elbow a little closer into
Jacks side, with an air of tucking her
self up to have nice spoon for a whole
mile. 1t was only patent to close OBJ
server, but little to the eye often goes
long way in the sensation of touch.
Jack stiffened himself straight, pulled
out his newspaper and plunged in deep,
but the girl edged in wee bit closer
and thought the paper n nice cover
for her little love-making.
Up went the left leg of Jacks trous-
ers with a nervous pull, displaying any
amount of shank, while a frown of hor-
rible irritation gathered on his face,
but the parasol was still tightly pressed
on his knees and the girllooIed perfect
ly happy.
''Thirty- -third!' called the conductor.
''We'n get off here said Jack, max
ing break for the platform, while the
girl, reused so abruptly, regarded his
dropped newspaper and general air of
mortified abstraction with an open
Il I. -,
join him.
1t is not to be doubted that at home
Jack might have only moved the para
sol to have replaced it by tenderer
burden, put in public, like every other
man of the right sort, hee objected to
''spooning.'' Women are more fire.
quently than men inclined to err in this
direction, and by thousand little acts
go far to advertise to the world in gen.
eral what they are not always prepared
TO sustain in perfection at home.
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ITALIANS HEAD THE LIST.
Comparative Wealth of Immis-r.,ats Land
ing at Castle Garden

ing at Castle Garden.
Col Farrell, an official of the iiaIniesra-
tion bureau in New York, has made a
close study of the immigration question
in all its phases, not only because it is
his business, but for the reason that he
is humanitarian. In speaking of the
immigration to a New York Press re-
porter, he said: 'sThe immigration of
this year will be greatly in excess of
that of 1891, when AS, 300 aliens were
landed in this port. From present in
dications it is safe to surmise that 5OO.-
600 passengers will be received this
year, Notwithstanding that most care
full examination is made of every pas
senger before landing A feature OF
immigration is the extraordinary diver
sity of the characteristics of those COM
ing to these shores. This year almost
every section and every religion of the
habitable globe is represented, bringing
with them the habits and customs of
their native homes.
ST have been looking into the amount
of money brought here by all classes of
immigrants and find that the average
per capita of the Italians over twenty
years of age is S96.51. Hungarians are
the next on the list, the per capita
being s95.e1. The Poles per capita is
s11.70; Finlander's, s12. .23; Irish, 1862;
Australians, s1s.O5; Austrian's, s1sOe;
Norwegian's, s19.2s; Swede's, S22 80;
Bohemian's, s26.O2; Turks, s26. o.;
Neder1ander's. s26.67; Russians, s2s. 3s;
English, s2S.6O; Scotch, S2S.9S; Danes,
s29.23; Belgian's, s3O.44: Arnenian's,
S32. .O1; Germans, S35.G6; Swiss, s37. .7s;
Welsh, S40.o1: Greece, S44.O6; Spaniard's,
S76.21, and French, STS.23. The per
capita of other countries is S33.45. The
general impression is that all i1nmi-
grants who come to the United States
are very poor, yet some of those who
seek American shores carry 'wads'
which would make the mouths of many
Wall street brokers water to look at.
remember one instance where an old
man, dressed SO poorly that it was being
considered whether he ought to be
barred or not, on being asked how
much money ne had pulled an old
leather poci1etboolz from underneath his
tattered shirt and showed roll of So. 0OC
in cash. Besides the ready money, hl
had drafts for twice a.; much more"
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In China, it appears, the distinction
between physicians and surgeons
more sharply defined than with Us. -,
every man is expected to stick t3 -
own branch of the profession. y iie'.
merchant was struck by an arror
(which remained for some time fi.1cd j.
the wound. The principal surrs,,2a g
the place was sent for, and afte. i:.sias
ing in pocleting his fee in advance. ,..(
off the arrow, leaving the point burt.
in the patients body. On being ;..,.,,
to extract it he said medical ctiI ..ett
would not allow him to trespass on !,
brother practitioners province. T'lc
arrow being inside the body. the case
was clearly one for physician.
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AN ELEcTRl6 TRICYCLE..

1t Is Due to the Genids OF an Indianian
and Is Simple.
An enterprising electrician in Indiana
lately constructed an electrical tricycle.,
the description of which brought let
ters of inquiry from all parts of the
country. The machine was worked by
storage batteries under the seat, and
which gave enough current for an eight
hours run. Whether the machine
turned out to be impracticable in the
form then adopted, or whether its in
ventor hesitated to undertake its COM
mercial exploitation, is not recorded,
but the public, at all events, has heard
no more of the Indiana machine. An
other inventor, however, is ambitious
to be the first to claimthe invention of
a commercially practicable electric tri-
cycle, and has patented a machine
which relies for motive power also on
the storage battery.
The singular point in its construc-
ton, however, is that the storage bat
teries are carried around the circum-
ference of the wheel, preferably close
to the tire, and there can be any num-
ber of cells, according to the power re-
ouired It is claimed that in this way
the weight OF the storage batteries is
more equally distributed, and in such
a manner as to cause the minimum in
reference with the efficient running
of the machine, while at the same time
affording simple and easy method of
construction. The cells are connected
by wires to insulated sleeves that, carry
the current to a motor in the axle of the
wheel, which gives the motive power
to the machine.
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SUMMER RESORT tOK DO1s.
Board Costs Four Dollars n Month and
the Place Is Kept by Woman.

!
Board Costs Four Dollars Month and
the Place Is Kept by a Woman.
Down on Long Island is summer re-
sort for dogs. It is large, old-fash-
ioned farmhouse, where a few summer
boarders are taken to supplement- the
dogs. The hostess is a woman of fam
ily, but not of fortune, lover of dogs.
The dogs know their friend, and. ac-
cordinr to the New York Sun, when she
comes up to town after year of alb
sence they make the most extraordinary
manifestations of affection, and will
leave the most doting mistresses after a
winter of devotion to go with her. She
has now about twelve dog boarders.
They are chiefly big dogs, kept without
the range of the dwelling house. The
only parlor boarder is fox terrier, who
does not allow any other dog to set foot
on the piazza. The expense of boarding
small dog out of town is four dollars
a month. This is clear gain, and, with
sufficient number of dogs, produces a
good income on scarcely any outlay, as
the dogs, being allowed to run at large.
are much less fastidious in the choice OF
food than in town. Their care is
scarcely more of n consideration. They
find their own diversion, take their con-
stftutional all day long, do their own
bathing. and, if i'll, find their own med
icines in the green things that grow.
The expense of dog in town is a con-
sideration. A po-ad of dog biscuit will
not last fox. terrier over three days.
This must be well pounded and moist
ened with gravy. Twice week it must
have liverT properly prepared. Once
certainly, and usually twice week, it
is bathed, it must have medicinal soaps,
and the tyranny which its care in the
matter of exercise exacts makes one
sigh to estimate. In return for this de-
votion the dog is much happier in the
country, where it haSnnone.