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Two Statesmen.

"Once upon a time" remarked a
storytelling Congressman, Il hap
pened to be doing some campaign
speaking with the Senator from my
State, and one Of our engagements
was at small town considerably of
the main highway, and at place
where ! thought United States
Senator would be a nine days won
der, not to say anything about what
q plain member Of Congress might
be. We were objects of more or less
remark, am free to confess, and l
was feeling rather proud of the COM
bination, until l happened to over
hear conversation. l didn't intend
to listen, but it happened that sew
eral women who had come to hear
the speaking met in the hall right in
front of my door, and Of course the
speakers Of the day we're the topic Of
conversation.
Which ones the SENATOR" asked
one.
"That I'm that's got the whiskers,'
replied another.
"'He don't look like he knowed any
more than t'other, was the next COM
meut
al reckon he don't, said the third;
AN neither one don't seem to have
any to spare in case they had to sheer
it.
" GLOW does he git to be Senator ef
he don't know more'n the Congress-
MANI asked the third.
" 'Huh, snuffed the other, faint
what Senator knows that makes
him Senator, it's what he's got.
And then l made noise to let them
know that they must not be giving
away state secrets, and the way they
went down the hall was caution"
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primitive description. The multitude
OF people forbids the employment Of
labor-saving machinery, and all opera
lions, OF whatever nature, are carried
on by hand. Even the irrigation of
crops, process so purely mechanical
that it might be supposed some sort of
simple device would lie constructed to
obviats the necessity of hand labor, is
done by lifting the water from one
pool to another by means of large
scoop, a succession of able bodied Co
reans shoveling the water as elsewhere
sand is shoveled. After the crops are
planted they are watched, a small
tower being constructed to overlook
the fields of whole neighborhood,
and the farmers take turns in guard
ing their property from the depreda-
tions OF thieves and hungry animals.
In the case of fruit farms, this precau-
t1on is very necessary, as fruit is one
of the great staples of Corea, and al
most any kind generally finds ready
sale at good prices. The list of fruits
is long. On the southern side of the
peninsula there is q wonderful abun-
dance of grapes, apples and Iears. and
everywhere in Corea the persimmon
hourishes and forms one of the staple
articles of diet. Large luscious and
of several varities, not all need the
advent of frost to render them eatable,
some kinds being ripened blythe sun.
like apples or peaches The crops of
nuts also form an article of export;
walnuts, chestnuts pine nuts and many
kinds OF small seeds being carefully
picked and preserved in various WAYS
to be sent across the line to the Chi
nese. OF the field crops, beans and
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bling an umbrella. OF wicker or bam-
boo it is equally adapted to keep off
the rain and keep out the sun, and
with this pOrtentous head-piece the
Corean trots about greatly impressed
with an idea Of his own good looks and
Importance.
But this is not the only use he makes
of bamboo in the matter of dress, for
during the summer season he has a
bamboo frame fitted rather closely to
the body, and over this he puts his
clothes. Thus he is inside of cage,
which prevents his clothes from stick
ing to him, and in the hottest weather
he remains cool and comfortable, for,
in spite of his odd headgear, he has
long head and knows how to use it.
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, and has
learned to utilize materials that in
other countries are almost unknown.
There is paper, ior instance. The
Coreans possess some secrets with re-
gard to paper making that are I'M
knol7n even to their ingenious neigh
bors, the Chinese. They can make
paper OF such tCughness that it will
resist many months of wear, and by
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the COreans, IIttIe

tanned what foreigners wanted to
buy and the prices they were willing
to pay, the native cupidity of the ORR
entail mind was excited, and overcame
the repugnance to foreigners, and now
the peninsula has more than once been
crossed by Europeans in search of
business or pleasure.
From all accounts the Coreans are q
curious people, having many of the Pc
culiarities of both Chinese and Japan
ese. Evidently of Mongolian 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
relationship to them, regarding them
as too barbarous even 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 Japan
ese to be considered the Yankees of
the East" That is, the educated part
of the Corean nation, for among the
populace little distinction can be OBJ
served between them and the people
who surround them on the Asiatic
side, or who are their next-door neigh
bors across the narrow body of water
that separates them from the Island
Empire.
There is one remarkable point of
similarity which almost Instantly i'm
presses every visitor-the populous-
ness of the country. Corea has about
$4,000 square miles of area, little
larger than Missouri, but in that ter
ritory over 100000 of almond-eyed
semi-Celestials manage to squeeze
themselves and after a fashion seem to
enjoy life in their own peculiar way,
without either appearing to know or
to care what goes on outside of their
little reninsula, which projects from
the Chinese Empire like wart.
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tation. Not always, however. 4 Co
rean official has q large stock OF dignity,
and among the various devices by
which this Is upheld Is tho idea that
II Is degrading 10 walk anywhere. So
every official Is provided with litter
and number Of bearers in proportion
to the weight Of his dignity, He may
walk about his house without sacrifice
OF personal self-respect, or even, on Ger.
tain occasions, when he is so to speak
OIL duty he may walk through the
court yard, but every public appear,
ance must be in his litter. The ap.
pointments OF this apparatus for the
conservation Of dignity are very care,
fully fixed, rs also the length of the
poles and the number OF carriers, and
an official of tho highest rank,
minister OF the kingdom, has the right
to have, under his litter, single
wheel, which does not rest on tho
ground, which takes no part OF the
weight from the bearers, but is simply
a mark OF rank. Whatever the mum.
Der of bearers and attendants, how
ever, it Is always liberal, even the
petty governors OF towns being often
attended by 200 or 300 men, who, with
banners, flags and other devices, march
in procession whenever the governor
goes abroad, while runners speed be.
fore, repeating his titles and dignities
and ordering all persons to clear the
road.
The leading features of every Corean
city are the palace of the governor
and the temple Of the presiding deity,
and 1t is often matter of difficulty to
decide which is of the more impor-
lance, 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 that
OF the Chinese, so is the architecture
of Corea based on that of China. 1t is
not a whit less pretentious, either, for
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Mrs. Loan said, quietly and coax
ingly;
Fetch 1t to mamma, dear Don't
hurt 1t"
But there's two of 'em, mamma"
replied the little girl, "I'll fetch 'em
both"
She reached down and picked up
another copperhead that lay in the
grass, and which Mrs. Loan had not
seen, and came toddling along the
path toward her mother with them
She retained her calmness, and when
the child was within couple Of
yards Of her spoke to her and said:
Put them on the ground, darling,
and let mamma see them walk"
This seemed to please the child, and
she placed the copperheads In the
path. The two snakes caught sight
of Mrs. Loan, and Instantly their
manner changed. The copper spot
on the top Of their heads began to
deepen In color, as 1t does when this
snake is enraged, and they both made
toward the child's mother, showing
great rage. The little girl clapped
her hands and started to catch the
snakes again. Her mother rushed
out OF the path and around the
snakes, and snatching the child up In
her arms flew to the house and into
1t, closed the door behind her and
fell to the floor In a dead faint.
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Although the past winter has in
most places been Of exceptional mild
ness, it has developed a new cure for
frost-blte. DR.. Helbing has been sue
cessful in Germany In twenty cases
in healing people of the frozen nose.
The treatment consisted In applying
electrodes to the opposite sides of the
nose, and passing a moderately strong
current for five or ten minutes, NOV
ing the electrodes about. The inn
mediate result is a reddening of the
tissues, which may last several days,
after which the skin and flesh resume
their normal condition. In extreme
cases, from ten to fifteen applica-
tiOns have been found necessary.
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tant purposes; itMAsoN SPIDER AND
prevents the walls NEST
Of the house from falling down, and
also, by being connected with the
door, 1t enables the spider to know
what is going on above, for the en-
tire web vlOrates when one part Is
touched, The nest Is supplied with
an ingeniously contrlved door, 1t is
composed of twelve or more layers OF
web, similar to that with which the
inner part of the nest Is lined; these
are laid very closely one over the
other, and managed so that the inner
layers are the broadcast, the others
gradually diminishing In size, except
near the hinge, which is about an
inch longer; and as all the layers are
united there, and prolonged into the
tube, it is necessarily the tlrmest and
strongest portion Of the entire struc-
ture, The materials are so elastic,
that the hinge shuts as II 1t had a
spring, and Of its own accord. Should
the door be entirely taken away
another will soon be put in its place
These spiders hunt their prey at
night and devour them in their
nests, which are generally found
scattered all over with the fragments
of their repasts, A pair of spiders,
with thirty or forty young ones, often
live together In one nest such as we
have described.
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replaced-if the Corean happens tc
have the Quarter.

replaced--if the Corean happens to
have the quarter.
His other clothes are mostly cotton,
and the chief popularity about them
is the fact that they are always being
washed. The Coreans have no soap,
and yet they expect the women to keep
the clothing in good condition, and the
toiling creatures manage to accom-
plish this herculean task by washing
the clothes four or five times and then
pounding them with q mallet made
especially tor the purpose. This takes
time as well as labor, and the monoto-
nous tapping that goes on forever in
city comes to be regarded by the Corean
visitor as one of the indispensabilities,
without which a Corean community
would seem unnatural When the
women are not engaged in beating the
clothes they are busy at some other
household employment but save when
purchasing necessary articles or food
are seldom seen abroad. They do not
always stay in the house, however,
for in Corean cities certain hours after
dark are set apart for the women to
take their exercise, and during that
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
such thing as jury system, the rights
of the individual are very lightly re-
garded and justice is melted out in the
most summary fashion An offender
in the manner just indicated, for in
Stnncn ia taken at onpe IN tha citation
house, and the officer in command de-
cides that a man out of doors when
the women are taking their walks de-
serves thrashing no matter whether
he was doing anything or not, so the
thrashing is promptly administered,
the offender is detained until the
women's hour is past, then ordered
about his business, and thus are the
demands of the law fulfilled.
Farming in Corea is OF the most
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young man during the present season,
nut, in addition, there are flaps and
ear pieces, and things like the wings
of Roman helmet; there are bands
and straps and other matters, the COM
plication of which strikes the beholder
dumb with amazement. These are the
everyday hats, for on Corean Sundays
an affair even more imposing is mount
ed, in size and shape closely resem-
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PLAYED With oopPERHEAps.I
A Little Child Saved by Her Mother from
nm Awful Death.


A Little Child Saved by Her Mother from
nm Awful Death.
1t has always been the belief OF
people living in those parts of Penn
sylyanla where copperhead snakes
are found that the reptiles will not
bite children. The belief has received
a curious confirmation in the case Of
the three-year-old daughter Of Jacob
Loan, a prosperous farmer of York
country.
One day recently the little one was
playing in the front yard, and her
mother noticed her sitting In the
grass near the front gate, Every now
and then she would be heard laugh
Ing gleefully, and Mrs. Loan finally
walked out to see what was amusing
the child 80 much. When the little
girl saw her mother coming she
called out to her;
"Come, mamma, and see the live
carpet ragsl"
AT the same time she held up to-
her mother snake, which she grasped
In the middle of the body and which,
twisted and squlrmed in the air. Mrs.
Loan saw at once that it was a cop
perhead. Although she was almost
swoonlng with terror, the child's
mother acted with rare presence of
mind. 1t occurred toher II she showed
her alarm by crying out to the child
the latter would undoubtedly become
frightened and the change that
would naturally follow In her hand
ling or sudden dropping Of the snake
might anger the copperhead and
cause 1t to bite, With a great effort
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botanist, angler, and, generally, to
anyone on picnics, excursions, holt
day trips to the seaside and else
where. 1t Is strongly made, slightly
in form, firm and durable, light and
easily carried, and folds into small
compass. Fig. represents the stool
when closed and being carried; Fig.
, represents it as open ready for use,
The stools are made Of hard white
wood, and can be enameled, painted,
or otherwise embellished, according
to the taste Of the owner or pur-
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body knows how In dress they are
very similar to the Chinese, save in
the matter of hat. They have the
same baggy breaches, the same pleni-
tude Of shirts worn outside, and on
state occasions they are arrayed in
robes that would put Solomon in all his
glory to the blush; butnowhere outside
OF Corea can such hats be seen as are
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nest is formed Of
very hard clay,
col ored deeply
with brown oxide
Of iron. 1t is con-
structed in t he
70 rim Of a tube,
about one inch In
diameter and six
or Sc ven long.
Their first labor is
to line 1t, which
they do with a
uniform tapestry
of orange-colo red
web, Of a texture
rather thicker
than fine paper,
This lining is use
full for two impor-
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sported by the Coreans on everyday
occasions. They are like combine
ton of q Mexican sombrero and a
Welsh stove-pipe, with appurtenances
and belongings peculiarly their own
The foundation consists of truncated
cone and base piece about as wide and
as graceful as the rim of the straw
hat that decorates the fashionable
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on which his inside was comfortably
filed,
CorcA is full OF cities, II the express
sion Is allowed to be used with rec ard
to an aggregation Of huts on the banks
OF a stream, aud the cities are full OF
people who make a living though mo-
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drum is easy; they do not live-they
exist. A handful of rice and mouth
full of tea or water constitute the days
rations for the average Corean, and if
to this be added few persimmons or
an egg, he is in clover, and for days
will remember the suspicious occasion
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-09-06
Taking the Census I'm India.

The last census OF India was taken
with marvellous celebrity and thor
oughness. One million people were
employed as census takers, and the
huge task was done chiefly on one
day, Feb. 20, 1891.
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process OF oiling it they render II I'm.
pervious to water, and 80 make over
coats that will stand any amount OF
rain. True, they cannot be mended,
for when they begin to go they go all
over aud all at once but as they only
cost about u quarter they are easily
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-09-06

Officials of the Smithsonian In
sttution have discovered evidences
which lead them to believe that the
mound builders were the progenitors
o. the modern Indians.
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Aluminium,

Aluminium is now to be used for
engraving in place Of stone or steel.
1t is claimed that besides the advan-
tage OF light, an aluminium plate
will furnish 200 impressions, against
80 TO 100 from a steel one.
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England and Japan, the Corean would
be permitted to vegetate in secusiou
to the end of time, but circumstances
have forced him to the front, and he
must now take part in the march of
human events whether he will or no.
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Wherever one goes in Corea there are
Coreans big and little in immense
numbers, so that to travellers who wit
ness the poverty of the country it is a
constant source of wonder how the peo-
pie live. The answer to this conun-
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Has Been q nattIe Ground.

The tangle into which China and
Japan have managed to get has brought
into prominence the queer country
which, for ages, was known only by
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rice are the most imports ant, the former
being used not only as food for man,
but also Tor the small, hardy ponies
which are employ d by the rich and
official classes as means of transpor-
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C0REA AND COREANS.
COUNTRY FOR WHICH JAPAN
AND CHINA CONTEND.

PeoullarIties OF People Who for Ages
Lived to Themselves o. Their Manners
and Religlon-DIgnIty of Corean Of
fcials-An Labor Done by Hand.
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name, and, even in
our own time, is so
little visited by for
eigners that the in
formation concern
ing it Is scarce and
not altogether re-
liable. Only a few
years have elapsed
since commercial in
tercourse was OPEN
ed with the Core
ans, and even after
it was established,
so poor were the
people, so imperfect
was the develop
ment of the natural
resources of their
country, that for q
considerable time
doubt in the minds
,nts whether the
ay. AS, however,
@ bv little. asoer-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-09-06
THE MASON SPIDER.
The Wonderful Mott THIS Intelligent Crea-
ture ConHtrugts

The mason spider, a native Of the
tropics and found In large numbers
In the West Indies, uses a wonderful
intelligence In bulldlngit its nest This
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NEW CAMP CHAIR.

It Acts Also as Receptacle for Small
Packages.
Here is a compact and handy con-
trivance, an English invention, which
combines with an ordinary camp
stool convenient receptacle for
holding small parcels, papers, books,
sketching materials, etc, an addi-
tion which should render it of es-
peclal value to the tourist, artist,
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chaser, and when not otherwise In
use can, II desired, be hung by the
fireplace and utilized as a receptacle
to hold slippers and other articles.
The evening world., 1894-05-03
WAS ATTIRE AT SEA.
This Time 1t Was the Steamship
Olaribel, from Baraooa.
Flames In Her Hold Make Her Iron
Sides Red Hot.
Fire Put Out After Twelve Hours
of Hard Work.

Another steamship that had had a fire
in her hold came into port this morn
ing.
The vessel is the Claribel. consigned
to II. Dumois & Co., OF this city. She
was five days out from Baracoa. with
a cargo OF fruit. She is now at pier IL,
East River.
1t was only yesterday that the Yucca
tan, of the Ward line, came in with
Capt. Mcknight. OF the Claribel. re-
ports hat at 8 o'clock In the afternoon
OF April 80 he found smoke Issuing from
the forward compartment of the hold.
Steam from the boilers was turned
into the mold and the matches battened
down in order to smother the flames.
The vino was blowing from the North
at the time, and Capt. Mcknight put
the steamers ahead about and ran be
fore the wind for about thlrty-hve or
forty miles in order that the flames
should not be blown aft by the head
wind. The vessels Iron sides having be-
come red hot while the matches were
down. a cloud Of steam even more dense
than the smoke arose. After a fight of
twelve hours, the flames were subdued
Capt. Mcknight states that had 1t not
been for the admirable facilities for ex-
tinguishing with which the steamer Is
those employed on the big Atlantic pas
senger steamers, the vessel might have
been lost. He speaks In the highest
terms OF the name in which the OFF,
GERS and men worked to prevent the
spread OF the flames. For fifteen hours
they never left the posts,
The Claribel belongs TO the Atlas Linz
Steamship Company, but vas recently
chartered by Mones & Co. for the fruit
trade between this port and
The evening world., 1894-05-03
PRETTY GIRL WITH BAD MONEY
Thought to Be Connected with
Harlem Counterfeiters.
Passed Bad Half Dollars Three
Times on a Baker.

Elleena Especiano. a pretty little
Italian, fourteen years old. was taken
before United States Commissioner
Shields to-day, charged with passing
counterfeit money.
Martin CHASER. the complainant. said
Elleena had called at his bakery at
1906 Avenue A on April % and passed
Il bad half dollar on him. On April rs
and May 2 she repeated the %offense.
CHASER marked and kept the money.
He told his story to Policeman Hig-
gins this morning and the girl was ar
rested.
Elleena Is a bright. neatly dressed
child She says her father keeps Il bar
ber-shop at 1867 Avenue A.. She did not
know the one was bad. her father
having given 1t to her to buy bread
Shields an Agent OF the Secret Service
Bureau was sent for to whom Elleena
old her story.
The case Will be carefully Investigated
by Chief Scanlon. 1t is thought the
girls associates are connected with a
gans OF Italian counterfeiters, who have
been working in Harlem with more or
less success for the last three months.
More than a dozen arrests have been
made by Special Agents Callaghan and
Esquirell, of Scanlon's staf within three
weeks.
Elleena's case was adjourned until
later in the day.