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The Boys of the Monastery.

priest glass of champagne. At first re
refused, but upon General PAX telling
him it was not like Corean liquor. he gulp-
ed down great swallows, rubbing his stonl-
ach the while, as the sparkling liquid sent
a warm glow through his veins. The truth
is. he finished the bottle right there, and
General PAX made him a present of it.
There is no glass in Corea, and the chief
priest considered this a magnifiI ert gift
He bumped his head on the mats before
me in response to 1t, and after this there
was nothing in the whole establishment
which he did not offer to us. 1 asked J,im
some questions about his religion. He told
me that Buddhism came into Corea from
China. and that about 800 years after
Christ the first Buddhist monks came from
that country. 1 spoke to him about the
revival of his religion iii Japan and or the
movement which is there on foot to S=nd
Buddhist missionaries to Corea, in order
to bring back the country to les old faith,
but he did not seem to have much interest
in the matter, and he was more intent upon
watching the getting of the dinner than
in talking of Buddha. He ate with wooden
chopsticks, and he seemed to like my rice
and chicken soup very much. AS soon as
We Were through. as politely as possible
signified to him that l would like to lie
down and be at rest. 1 had been riding
since q o'clock in the morning razor-back-
ed pony over very rough road and was
almost tired out. The Coreans do not use
beds Night clothes are practically TN
known, and tine most of the people sleep on
the bare floors, which are as hard stone.
General PAX had, however, a lot of old
rice bags brought into the temple and
spread out on the floor. | supposed they
would clean out the hundred-odd monks
who were in the temple and give me
chance to sleep alone. and l waited some
time for them to move. They gave no
signs of doing so, and at last in despair l
asked General PAX for q screen. He
brought half dozen. and with these we
made a little fence about my rice bags.
and. undressing, l wrapped myself in my
blanket and soon dropped off to sleep.
A sIidnight serenade.
About midnight L was awakened by
horrible din. y hundred gopgs were sound
ing. Two score OF bells We're ringing, and
there were the beating of drums and the
cIapping of hands and a pounding of one
piece of wood upon another. / rose to my
feet and looked over the screen. About
thirty monks were still sleeping. and forty
others were trotting here and there
through the temple on their way to pray
ers. a brlwny priest was pounding on
gong near my head. and another was ring
ing bell at the foot of my bed. l stood
and looked or for there was no use trying
to go TO sleep amid such noise. This
lasted nearly an hour. and then the priests
slowly resumed their cuddled-up positions
on the floor and the Corean snore took
the place of the gongs and the bells. 1
went back to my rice bags. and had just
dropped off to sleep when the gongs and
bells began again. l looked at my watch.
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about five hundred years ago he favored
this monastery. lie gave ii imperial rank,
and its priests have been getting fat off of
presents ever since. This man planted
some trees along the road which leads to
the temple. ard 1 rot" through these on
my way to the monastery. They are i'm
mense pines, almost two hundred feet IN
height. and opposite the.h stand stone tab
let's concentrating this great monarch.
There is an old prophecy in Corea which
states that the present dynasty VIII he
destroyed in the ive-hundre'!th year Of its
age. II vas just five hundred years ago
that this king lived. and the Corean rebels
who have tried 20 break ~ the govern
ment this year believe that they are carry
ing out this prophecy. and that the present
king will be the last of bis line.
Hundreds of Priests.
I found the country surrounding the
monastery filled with priests. They lire
the roads. They are at work in the fields
they fairly swarm about the temples.
They wear yellow gowns. and their hats
are much like inverted butter bowls. They
come down over their heads 50 that you
see only their noses and their chinS, and
they all walk with long slaves. They do
not get mucn attention from the people,
aEd they are rot respected as they are IN
other Buddhist countries. Those L met
We're denSeiy ignorant and it seemed to
me they knew very little about their re-
HgiOn. They are very SuperStitious, and
saw signs of this everywhere. AT the en-
trance to the monastery there was big
gate. and on each side of this stood a row
of totem sticks. carved with h;deous faces,
Ike those which you find outside of each
CCrean village. These are supposed to be
a guard against evil spirits. and they aid
Pudlha in protecting his own. We passed
through them, and went for several miles
along a weIl-kept road through beauti-
full pine forest, the grass of which was
studded with flowers. Along one side OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-09
FLOWERS (. BY MAGIC
How They Can Be Produced in a
Parlor Entertainment.
PLEASINGl TRICKS FOR AMATEURS
The Mystery Of the Restored Hand
kerchief Explained.
THE MAGICIAN AT HON E
THE MAGICIAN AT HON E
Written for The Evening Star.

o s T Y l. II . F
tricks of the modern
magician that can be
safely attempted by
an amateur is more
effective than those
in which a plant
seems to start from
seed and grow rapid
ly to full size in a
few moments and
then to b l o S 8 o m
handsomely. There is
one of this sort that
is not only easy, but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-09
Happy Thought.

From Berlincr Morgenzeitung.
An elderly woman, being Jealous OF heI
husbsnd determined to commit suicide,
ard was about to throw herself into the
river, when she suddenly exclaimed: Good
gracious, 1 have left the pantry door
open and the cat will get in" So saying,
she hurried off home, and since then she
has made no further attempt to do away
with herself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-09
Not Insured.

From the New York Weekly.
Mrs. De Sty,e-"Marie! Is the dog chain
ed?"
Seryant-"Yes M
And the cat put up?'
'Yesm."
And the children tied to the bedpost IL
the nursery?'
"Yesm.''
Very well. Then you may light the
piano lamp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-09
His Insanitary Condition.
tho Indianannlis Journal

From the indianapolis Journal.
You bet know enough to come in when
it rains" remarked Mr.. Weary Watkins,
in the course of heated discussion.
ut is a mighty good thing you do
retorted Mr.. Hungry Higgins. EFF you
didn't your name would be mud. Least
ways, mostly mud"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-09
Treatment of Eczema and SAT-
Rheum,

These two complaints are tenacious that
the readers Of The Star should know of the sue
cess obtained by using Or. David kennedys FaF-
orte Remedy Where all other treatments have
failed ii has made complete cure.
PERHAPS no horrible case OF salt rhetin
vas eyer reported than that of Wilbur l.. Hale,
gpartermastcr Pratt Post, g. A r., Rondout.
X Y Several physicians utterly failed to render
him any relief finally one of the physicians suS-
rrsted that Dr. Kennely's Fayorite Remedy he
tired and steady Improve meBt followed Its use,
and permanent cure resulted
II is used with similar success in cases Of scrof
MA nervousness, kidney and liver complaints. anc
in all diseases brought about by bad blood and
sha tered nerves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-09

1t was am, and the day was just dawn
ing. The morning prayers had begun. and
this effcctuaily stopped further rest.
After breakfast l took walk over the
monastery and I met a number of the
Buddhist nuns. These Were the scrawn-
lest, scrappieSt, ScraggieSt women nave
ever seen. Their heads are shaved, and
the women I saw had faces as wrfnkled
as the leather of an alligator satchel, and
they made me think of the idiots l have
seen in some of our state asylums. 1hey
live apart from the monks in quarters OF
their own and they are little respected by
the people found none of the high class
Coreans had much to do with the monks
or the priests. and they were looked upon
more as a set of ignorant drones than
ANYTHING else. The monaSterieS are travel
resorts for the people, and many ex-
cursions are taken to visit them, more
to admire the beautiful scenery by which
they are surrounded than anything else
The Coreans are fond of the beauties of
nature and on any fine day you may see
scores of them wandering through the hills
about the Corean capital and Writing
verses ard poetry inspired by the sight.
When the trees are in flower they have
picnics under them, and the beautiful parks
of the country are as well known as those
of Switzerland are known to Europe. The
gentlemen often have poetry parties at
which they compete with each other in
writing verses on the spur of the moment
on certain subjects. and they are very
strict in matters of etiquette. More OF
them believe IN COnfucluS lndH III any tuiiiS
else. and their culture you know, all comes
from China. Just outside of Seoul there is
q massive Buddha carved out of stone,
with little temple above it, but it has
few worshipers and the Only temples in
the Corean capital are Confucian.
Queer CCrean SuperstitiOns.
found the Coreans superstitious in the
extreme and / met evidences of this
everywhere The trees which we passed a.
the foot of the mountains had piles of
stone about them. and General PAX al
ways picked up another stone AMI threw it
on the pile He told me that in those trees
lived the gods of the mountains, and that
if we did not do them honor by giving
them & stone they would work us great
harm. Nearly every house had a magic
charm tied about it in order to keep out
the spirits, and professional sorcercrs are
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offer to put it in a paper for her. return
to table and roll the ashes in piece of
paper, and again offer 1t to her, and as
she still refuses. break open the paper,
her, and much to her surprise she finds it
is her own handkerchief. and seemingly
rene the worse for its strange adventures.
How 1t In Done.
In commencing with tits, have in your
left hand lemon. prepared by cutting a
plug-shaped piece out of one end, digging
out all the pulp and stuffing in piece of
cloth the size of a lady's handkerchief After
this the plug Is replaced and fastened in
place with pins. Hold the lapel of your
coat with the same hand you walk
down to borrow the handkerchief and the
lemon cannot be seen. Under the waist
band Of YOUR vest, on the left side, have
bundle of about a dozen pieces of white
muslin-say, three inches square-and on
the right side a strip about three inches
wide and yard long. Behind the box on
your table have double piece of news
gether on three Sides SO that it forms a
sort of bag, but appears like single thick
ness. Also have on the table two plates.
pistol, perfume bottle filled with alcohol,
a candle and candlestck. After producing
the lemon from the gentleman's whiskers
take the lady's handkerchief in the left
hand
AS you turn toward the stage to throw
vest in the middle and pull out the pieces
from the left side Give them to the man
who Is to assist you. Then you start to-
ward the stage again, at the same time
getting hold of the long strip, and while
explaining to him how to restore the hand
kerchief exchange the pieces for the long
strip and give him that to hold. While all
are watching him put the pieces in your
pocket. AS you return to the stage, after
excusing your assistant, hold the long strip
at arms length, so they can see 1t all the
time, but with your other hand get hold of
the original handkerchief, and while get
ting the pistol push it into the paper bag,
smoothing it out as fiat as you can. or
course, when you finally tear open the
paper you only tear through the outer
thickness, and the ashes are concealed by
the inner Be sure not to leave the paper
where the audience get at it, but
crumple it up and throw it on the stage.
Often Viewed.
From the indianapolis Journal
Sharpe got himself elected to the coun-
Gil as a man of views, didn't he?'
"Well, he is living up to it. Scarce
bill passes that he isn't deemed a good
man to See
just the Signs.
From Brooklyn Life.
Miss N. Quiring-"It must be very easy
to telegraph bad language and swear
words
Operator-"What makes you think so?''
Miss N. Quiring-"Because the code con-
tains so many dots, dashes and spaces.
Knowing kaMgnrOGs.
From Fliegende Batter.
How they fooled their teasing keeper,
who placed their food, as he thought. out
OF their reach.
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quite brilliant and well suited to open
drawing room performance. The performer
of it introduces it by saying:
Il notice that in my hurry l have ne
elected to provide myself with the Gus
tomary buttonhole bouquet, but, fortunate
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over them. asking that they be delivered
from all diseases and misfortunes for the
next twelve months. They then give them
to the boys, who tear them to pieces to find
the money. The more the figure Is torn.
the greater the efficacy of the charm. The
Coreans consider nine to be a lucky num-
Der, and they have all kinds Of rain
DrODhetS and dream signs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-09

Knowing kangnrOGs.
From Flegende Batter
How they fooled their teasing keeper,
who placed their food, as he thought. out
of their reach.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-09

THE BORDERLAND OF GEAR AND KAISER
Notes from both sides of the Russian Frontier
By Poultney Biceow Illustrated by Frederick
Remington. New York: Harper a Brothers
Washington: Woodward x lcthrop-
Mr.. Bigelow may live to be an old man
and this book of his be forgotten by most
of it's readers, but unless Russia changes
it's form of government he will never be
permitted to remain for any length of time
ia the country of the car. In manner
that compels belief he sketches a condition
of affairs that is truly horrifying; he cor
roborates George KEENAN,. The German
chapters are devoted almost exclusively to
the kaiSer'S armory.
THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA. BY William
c. Harris. Illustrated. New York: The Harri.
Publishing Co.
Part of this extremely valuable publ
cation treats of the habits of the duck
billed catfish, the sturgeon and the bowfin
or dogfish; the plates-equal in every re-
srect to their predecessorS-are of the
weakfish and the Rocky Mountain white
fish. The work is unique, and will, when
complete, be the backbone of every ell
thusiastc fishermanS library.
THE JUDICIAL MURDER OF MARY F. Sur
RAFT. BY David Miller Dewitt. Baltimore:
John Murphy Il Co.
A beiated but none the less bitter assault
upon those who were in any way concerned
in the trial and execution of Mrs. Surratt,
one of the conspiratcrS whose machina-
tiers resulted in the assassination of Abra-
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-08-16
Total disbursements. .,s14,9 1896 So

Balalanoe in treasury. .$12,S96 Is
The above balance stands to the
credit of the various funds as per
Treasurer's Balance Sheet, dated
June %, 1896:
TREAsURER's BALANCE STREET.,
Cash in Treasury to tie credit Of the
various funds, June %, 1896:
In State fund, o D,......S 1914 %
In general county fund. -. l,517 85
In cash contingent fund. 1892 H
In INDECENT sick fund. -. 258 70
In county school fund So. 1l6 30
In officers salary fund.-. 1865 OF
In road fund ........... IL 70
In County High School fund 81
S sa.. Total. ..s..............Sll,l74 80
SCHOOL FUND,
EIko... olitof
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IOlNT S1AzEMEN1

AZ DIIOK AMI TItE.4Slii:k.i.
OF EIIkO COUNTY.
FOR the Quarter ending July. 4.
1898.
81 + ot NEVADA.
,;anntyn f EIko. -
AuDrroH'S uFrt. r.
July 1, iSS5
j: '!I HOAuL able BOuru % Comfy C,,.,:;.,-
sloners or Elko County, Nevada
GENTLEMEN: We herewith submit our Quai
teily Report of the Finances Of the Count
for the quarter ending July !. 1896.
Respeclfully submitted:
e. z. BILKEY,
JOHN HENDERSON,
Treasurer.
RECEIPTS FROM ALL SOURCES.
Bal in treasury April /, 90. S25.7 39 So
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1895-11-02
Church Sociable.

The social given by the Ladies Aid
society at the parsonage OF the Presby-
terrain church Friday evening was
well attended and all report having q
very pleasant time. The evening
was spent in playing games, pleasant
chats, etc. Several musical selections
were rendered by Misses Grace Burns,
Fredella Faulconer and Florence
Wright, after which an elaborate
luncheon was served. The collection
amounted to $5.35.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1895-11-02

A respondent from Occur d Alene
City sends the following description
Of the doings Of Halloween party
in that city: 'sProf. McBee and Jack
and Frank Empey, Will Merriam,
Tom Weston, Fred Farr, Arch and
Art Allklre, Burt Porter, p. Renshaw,
Weldon Morris and p. Fl. Marr.den
are the party who placed the pillow on
O'Reilley's walk, treated Mr.. Rristow
to a new sign, Mr.. DeSassure to some
shakes, Mr.. Wiggett to coffin and
rode the lady OF easy virtue on rail. .
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1895-11-02
In Your blood

Is the cause of that tired, languid feeling
which af1icts you at this season. The blood
is impure and has become thin s.:cd poor.
That is why you have no strength, no appe-
tite, cannot sleep. Purify your blood with
Hoods Sarsaparilla, which Will give you an
appetite, tone your stomach, and ivigorate
your nerves.
Hoods Pills are easy to take, cs:.=sy In &C.
ton. and sure in effect Csc.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1895-11-02

place performs the nuptial ceremony. That
the sea pom which these two young people
are launching their matrimonial craft may
be always CAIN, is the earnest wish Of host
of friends.
DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Awarded Gold Medal Midwinter Fair. San Francisco.
A strange occurrence took place in
w, A. Harris store last Saturday evening
Mr.. Hart has private telephone line con-
Meeting the place Of business with his resi-
dence On tho evening in question party
os gentlemen were present in the store when
one Of them stepped to the phone and to his
great surprise and amazement plainly over
heard a conversation between party in
Spokane and one at some point on the Rocky
Mountain and Bell telephone line. This line
has no connection with Harris private line,
and the nearest point from one line to the
other is at least 100 feet The phenomenon
has not yet been solved to the satisfaction Of
those present. but the theory advance is
that the sound was transmitted through the
atmosphere which was remarkably clear on
the evening In question.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Com
tains Mercury.
AS mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
tenn when entering it through the mucous sur
faces. Such articles should never be used ex-
cept on prescriptions from reputable physi-
clans, as the damage they will do is ten fold
to the good you can possibly derive from
them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo o. contains nc
mercury, and is taken internally, acting d.
rectly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. In buying Halls Catarrh
Cure be sure you get the genuine. 1t is taken
internally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F
J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
va Sold by Druggists price 75c. per bottle.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1895-11-02

POST Falls, passed through town Sunday en-
route to Priest lake on hunting expedition.
David Fisher is a brother of the captain
from Montana and is at present visiting with
the latter. The party will remain out until
severe weather sets in.
Thursday evening was Halloween
and the kids of Rathdrum were out in full
force raising merry h with vehicles. gates
and out-buildings, and yesterday morning
the town appeared as If visited by a cyclone.
The kids had lots of fun, and as no one has
made any kick, we presume what they did
was alright.
Halloween was observed at Post
Falls and as one of the results no school was
held there yesterday. Some mlschievous
boys (of course there no girls in it, changed
all the books, disabled the bell and put
things generally about the school house into
such shape that the teachers found it impos-
sible to hold school the day following.
The genial-jovial Bob Bragaw of
Rathdrum ran up against the editor of this
paper the other day and our right arm is
the courts for Kootenai county ever since it
was organized and it is said that he can keep
it for life If he wants to, because nobody can
beat him at the election day races; not even
the strong and popular Billy Quirk of Hope
can hope to beat him.-Hillyard Headlight.
William McCrea of Post Falls made
this office pleasant call yesterday afternoon
Notwithstanding the prediction in last weeks
SILVER BLADE. he appeared under the delu-
sion that we knew nothing of the coming
event. Even if we had not known, we could
not help observing the change in Billy. No
use trying to deceive US; we can nearly al
ways tell a benedict to be, provided the time
is not to far off.
There is some talk of organizing a
gymnasium in Rathdrum, but as yet nothing
definite has been done toward that end. Most
of the equipment for such a club is in town,
similar organization having been here some
time ago, and the matter can be made to as
sumo shape with very little expense and
trouble. For one we desire to see such an or
ganization formed without delay, as there is
no time TO lose in preparing for the next cam
paign.
coCcIudy Willie Lave Olclduu duu
Henry Miller were driving down Main street
| at a pretty lively gait the pole of their wag-
on fell to the ground causing the vehicle TIC
turn a grand sommersault, and the occupants
were sent through space at a rate and in a
manner anything but pleasant. Cleland
came out of the circus without scratch but
his companion sustained sprained ankle
The team was stopped before it had time tc
| recover from it's surprise.
Yesterday a marriage license was is
ssued to Mr. William McCrea and Miss Clara
Leonardy of Post Falls, and the wedding will
take place today at the home OF the brides
parents. Mr.. McCrea is rising young bust
| ness man of Post Falls. and the bride, who is
the daughter of one Of the leading mer-
chants of that place.. is beautiful and &C.
| cOmplished young lady. Rev. Godsman of this