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to look at the red tiling Of the antique peaked
roofs, and you against a boy carrying
tray of strawberries big small peaches on
his head. You are scarcely out of his way when
you step of the sidewalk to make room for two
women with great, fan shaped, futed linen
headdresses. spread abroad from TO like
halos and then you are nearly knocked down
by d tiny cart. rooted in like emigrant wagon
and filed with vegetables. drawn by dis
couraged little donkey and driven by a little
woman a hundred years old.
IN THE TOWN HALL
So you go up through the city wall, past the
two round towers of the Porte des Dunes, and
come into the upper town. Then you may be
pleased to climb the tower of the Town Hall
and If you do you win not be sorry. The Town
Hall is not an old building-less than two hun
dred years-but il stands where once stood the
castle IN which born Godfrey de Bouillon, a
Crusader and of the Nine Worthless But
things must have been going from time to
time in the Town Hall. too. There is a prison
One OF the cells has one window, small and so
high that it makes the room camera obscura
and the clouds are seen floating by in the bright
spot on the floor Some are better lighted and
others are not lighted [ all, and then there Is a
larger room, where they used to cut off heads.
\ II this is shown and explained by an old man
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The o2e which the people to their King alone
Ion oiIcIdI life has been covertly in danger for
been ei r several plans for his ASA ssnaton have
mon1ent ug ana guarded against only at the last
in a me people, discovering of these rose
tbeir 3dy pody and said they would defend him with
he n llEes. Worn out with responsibility and worry
Coreans Seeks @ to retire from his place The poor
ona az VIII not let him He has appealed to
cue OF the few foreign residents in Geusau to ac-
tbn tbpsny , MIN on board the steamer he thought
oie people might allow him go then. They stand
d eood deal In of a foreigner
eusau, the place just alluded to IS one Of i'm
tp 'dlTe, IL Is the open port nearest Russia and
itS Ial DOT is magnificent. not only far as the
uepth OF water and extent and safety of it are
CoIcerned, but also from a picturesque point of
ssIe";, II Is little spoken of because little known
SInan ISLANDS are set in the entrance the harbor
HIeusdu-oT Nousau, as IL is called by the Coreans-
es around @ part OF It on the shore. There is the
Corean village of mud huts the Japanese settlement
or about fifteen hundred and the houses of three
or four foreign missionaries on hill to the right
Unlike other Corean ports. there Is beautiful green
Neruure everywhere. On the hills great many
SCRUB pines. which make the foreground rich and
throw into finer effect the magnificent mountain
back.
Running north from the main harbor is a large
inland sea, which extends for twenty-five miles
Up this sea last year the entire Eastern squadron
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TRIP TO GLEN ISLAND.

. deliehtful trip in the neghborhood OF this city
.. 80 Glen Island. The steamboats, make regular
trips up the East River to 'hls fesoI' tHe 'i'p
-. l.. tho absence OF seasickness. When Glen
- l., reached there is any number OF pleasures
i.'i'1 'lI There are bathing and boating under
Sofe and pleasurable conditions Two bands play
all the popular airs owing 20 lhe way II, men m
tiie -, can take his wife and children there
ina ma tt, one Of the pleasures OF going 10 Glen
VIZ VIZ =; 20 see the way the children enjoy them
selves The starin feet Of fsst steamers leave
Coi - river and South Fifth-st. Brooklyn. as
advertised
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Luqueer Lane, Miss Lqqgeer Lane. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Cotton. Mr. and Mrs W. H Stafford. Fred
eTick Schroeder Stafford. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank r.
Sheldon, Paul l. sheldon Louis r. sheldon and
Mr. and Mrs. William b. Leonard. Of Manhattan
Mr. and Mrs. a; =, Olds, Miss Oids. George Olds.
Mr.. and Mrs. William II. Wallace RawSOn q.
Wood Mr. and Mrs. Christopher D. Robert. Q. d.
Robert. jr. Miss Margaret J. Robert, Mr. and Mrs
John TruSlOw and Charles Cory, Of Brooklyn. -.
B. Struthers, T w Satterthwatt and ]. 5. SAT-
terthwait, of Nutley. n J.. P D. Pond. OF Rich
mond. Ind; c. e. Shepherd. OF Huntington, Long
Island; Mr. and Mrs. c. d. Simpson, cf scranton.
Miss N. Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. t r. Tell, Mrs.
Henry BurgOyne Wilson and Master BurgOyne VII
son, of Manhattan; Henry ShermG1 Adams. OF
Brooklyn; Mrs. George w Wallace and Miss Leslie
Wallace, OF Manhattan. William H Lyon. IT.. Of
Paterson. Ind; Mr.. and Mrs. John Jurgensen the
Misses Hlda and Louis Jurgensen. Ernest Jurg
enseu. Mr. and Mrs. Henry l.. Motley. Mrs. Sara
Ludlow and L. +. Gardner. of Boston.
At the Prospect House registered Mr. and
Mrs. c. c. Blabon. OF Philadelphia: Andrew NJ
Lawrence. Mrs. l. CanteT. Miss Mabel Cantsr,
Miss Marguerite Canter. Miss Knapp and Stanley
p Jardine OF Manhattan, John c. Morton Mr..
and Mrs ". A. Bell and Joseph Bergen. OF Brook
lyn: Mr. and Mrs H X Fowler. of summit. y. j.,
and Mr.. and Mrs. r. a Keasby. OF MOntclairs
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COREAN TROOPS.

think at times whether one is in Paris or London
or Berlin or New-York But the American whose
first landing in Europe is at Boulogne has only
turn his back the pier and the railway
station to see and to feel the Old World all
around him.
Englishmen know the place better. and, In
deed they have more reasons to know it. To
them it may a pleasant seaside resort,
but for that purpose American might as well
go TO Atlantic City. 1t attracts many English
men, too. because the officers of Her Majesty S
courts do not serve papers here. And in this re-
spect Toronto serves the American as we'll. But
more of them than ever before are using the
town as a gateway to the Continent. and it de-
serves even more attention.
To some who came there a few mornings ago
it was an unexpected and magical picture. 1t
could not be seen far off, but it burst upon the
sight near by and all at once through thin.
bright morning mist-a hill of soft gray walls
and pale red roofs, scarcely seen, all crowned
with one tall dome, which seemed to belong to
a fairy palace; then the green hills beyond. and
the wreaths of mist still over it and around it
all.
That is a fortunate first glimpse, but when
you in the town itself you are startled and
amazed by the suGdenness of the change from
the modern life which you have brought across
the Atlantic with you to the story book primi-
tiveness OF that which you all around With
the curiosity of the stranger, you tilt your head
New-York tribune., 1900-07-29
HEIGHT OF SEASON AT SHARON SPRINGS.

Sharon Springs. y. Y, July IS (SpeciaD--The last
of July which marks The height OF the season az
Sharon Springs. finds this little oldtime resort. Y
not overcrowded. at least comfortably filed: ard
while IT cannot so record that the season OF 1900
is n record breaker. the landlords all agree that t
IS a satisfactory season. which is all that be
reasonably asked when the summer patronage IS
divided up among many resorts.
Henry Bird. OF Fajardo. Porto Rico. is az the
Sharon House. Mr.. Bird had the honor of raising
the first American flag on the Island of Porto Rico.
The Spanish Government offered $1,000 for
mis- body dead alive. IL is 70 be doubted
whether that Government places So nigh a value
Colonel jose NJ Riyeva late OF the Cuban army.
and his brother. Domingo, of the STAN officers
Of General Gomez, at the SHARON House,
The guests at Sharon viii be entertained next
week bv the old Fort Plain Band. the leading musi
cal organization OF Central New-IOrk with forty
five members 80
their guests a display OF fireworks on the even
ing OF August , IL Is expected 70 he the most
elaborate display outside OF the large
prs sidney Cohn and J. Anderson. of New-YOrk,
have ioined the medical COtertc at the Pavilion
Late New-NOrk arrivals az the Pavilion include
Mr.. and Mrs J. Mullu. MIS-. B Freedman, MI
and Mrs Jacob Straus Mrs NJ. Eellnan. Mrs H.
Kramer W h. FOUlke. Morton II. lachenbFaugh.
Richard NJ Sent. j. NJ Heiden j. NJ Mann Mrs
and Mrs s Bauer. Miss 4 Hochheimer and the
Misses Rose and Florence kaufman
At the Sharon House are Mrs. F. h0lmers Miss
Strasburg Miss A Ehnger. William E1nSer Mss
Warren Miss NJ. j. Walls. Il. Liberman. j. H
Never Miss r. ForgOtstOn. Mrs. j. GrOsner, Mr..
and Mrs r. Moran Z. Henrichs a NaUnsen.
Augustus Ciutheil. the Rev NJ j. Phcian. Miss E
Austin F. Kneif Mr. and Mrs. William Amer.
Mrs A L. BambeT. Mrs q. Nj. Cooper, Mrs. u.
H. Heard. Mrs. a l. Lamson and Mss Head.
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BOULOGNE AND IT'S CHURCH
A PICTURESQUE SPOT ON THE CON-
TINENT WHICH ENGLISHMEN KNOW
BETTER THAN AMERICANS.
BouIogne-sur-Mer. July 10.

Boulogne-sur- Mer, July H.
More Americans probably passing through
this little city this summer than 1t has ever seen
before in like space of time. Not many or
them stay longer than they have to wait for the
next train to Paris. Not many of them know
that they could gain anything by staying Ihey
could, indeed. gain glimpse Of an uncommohiy
picturesque spot, and if they were visiting
Europe for the first time it would help them TO
realize their change of scene Paris could
never do. The dwellers in the great cities OF the
world visit another much that they learn
to copy one another's ways, and their cities grow
more and more alike till one has to stop and
New-York tribune., 1900-07-29
JAPAN'S FINANCIAL STATE.

THE CONSUL GIVES OUT GOVERNMENT FIGURES
FOR THE YEAR 1900
S. Uchida. the Japanese Consul has prepared
interesting statistics of the financial condi-
ton of the Empire of Japan from information
which he has just received from his Government
He has secured accurate figures of the fiscal year
of 1900, which began April and will end on
March 81 1901. The statistics which follow were
given a Tribune reporter yesterday at the con-
sulate, No. 90 Nassau-st.:
The annual fiscal account of the japanese Cow
ernment is divided into two parts, ordinary and
extra ordinary. The figures for 1900 in the ordinary
account are: Annual revenues, 19373OlS0 yen; an.
nuaI expenditures l45539,551 yen; redemption OF
Government bonds, 6SjS.SS5 yen; surplus Of annual
revenues Il .32l. SAC yen. The extraordinary eN-
penditures for 1909 are 1021H2SS yen The re-
sources which provide for these expenditures are as
follows: Extraordinary revenues of all kinds
4 .2S3 surplus Of annual ordinary revenues
32l yen: Chinese indemnity 23 1852 739 yen in
dustrial Government bonds, %.lS3,6l6 yen
Consul Uchda said yesterday:
The funds raised by the industrial bonds are to
be spent for the construction of the Hokkaido
railways. building of Offices TO handle the tobacco
business monopoly the construction of a Govern
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Agnew. New-York; P. S. Kirke. Pittsburg; F A
De PeySter. Boston: y. l. Weyden. New-Y Ork:
Mrs. J. Davis, washington; A. NJ, Dunno. Wash
ingtOn: +. V Clarke, Baltimore.
Larkin House-N1rs. b. \. Jackson Miss Maud
Jackson. Miss Chaplin NewYork Mr.. and Mrs. ].
NJ Beyers Brooklyn; r 5. ]. McVickar Ardsley-
on-the-Hudson: Miss Nettie B. Beardsley, St Paul.
Mimi: Mrs. c. c. Jacques, Mrs E. T. Holmes.
Miss Holmes. Cleveland Ohio.
Atlantic HoHse.MT e., and Mrs G D. ,.t2 Danf2rth. q
kers n. Y: Mrs. B. a. Gallup. St. Louis; W. s.
Gleason Providence; J. F. Page. Edward B. Dick
inson, Amherst. L. Z. Anthony. Providence.
PHmpton House-Arthur A. Richmond, Katherine
Richmond, East Orange, y. J.; Mr.. and Mrs. W. E
Smith. Amherst: Dr. and Mrs. R w LeIth. Phia-
Cephia: Dr. and Mrs. Pembroke NJ, Wombie, Miss
E Grace Wilbur, Baltimore.
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Another curse Of Corean society is the yang
ban gentleman. II has been said with good
ceal u truth that in COrea any one can become a
gentleman, whereas no gentleman can descend from
MS rank IN life 10 a lower; that is. no gentleman
can DO any work which. according 10 Corean ideas.
Is mouiaI He might starve the pittance of a
teacher. refusing position which. with less toll,
would bring him in five times much money. The
badge OF gentleman in Corea IS not blood, but
-earn!ng. that IS familiarity with Confucius and
other Chinese classics. OF course. this entails
thorough knowledge Of the Chinese ideoRraphs. A
tpiean thus equipped IS a yangban ana, or
course II Is possible for anybody 10 attain this
position, even cOOlIe.
There aTe certain marks by which a gentleman
nay always be told. He dresses in gentecl way
Ills clothes least his outer ones. must be i'm
inacu.ateIv white He carries anything In
MS hands II he rides the horse must be led by a
servant and a rich gentleman VIII be supported by
servants either side even when he walks. Ills
nose IS generally suTnounted by huge pair OF
norm goggles These form one Of the most prlzed
possessions of the poor gentleman who IS making
iezpcrate attempts 10 keep up appearances Many
s4ruce ''yangbau' lives in mud house OF TWO
rooms each eight feet square, which he may
share with his family OF goodly size. Still he is a
gentleman; no circumstance except that Of manual
can 81 fTsF taf
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mont steel plant and foundry, the extension OF
Government telephone exchanges, the
s yny; rajiWays and the improvement or those az
Teadv established The proceeds or the "a non non IN IN.
I,,1yiaI government bonds are appropriated lot sIie
autrdInary war expenditures and the expansion
of the army and navy.
The Consul was unable TO say anything regard
,, his Governments connection with the Chlhese
+oublee or the financial arrangements that VIII De
made to carry war should II De oeciaIeu an -
ia tnetruction from the japanese Minister at
,,aabIrgtor not to talk for publication upon such
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of the British fleet sailed Should there be for
the possession OF COrea. this port would be a most
important one. and II IS much coveted by Russia
The harbor of EIadivostock is icebound during the
winter and in spite of their icebreakng boat it is
not half serViCeable for naval PURPOSES AZ Is
this magnificent harbor OF Geusau, which is open
throughout the year.
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A SHINING EXCEPTION.

There is said 70 De just one honest official in
Forea. He IS a man OF wealth. His name is Yum
Chi Ho: he IS 2 Christian: has been in America and
Europe and speaks English almost perfectly. He
is man not only Of advanced ideas, but Of great
strength Of character He Is at present the Gov
efnor Of Geussu a port on the northeastern coast
Of Corea and has won the entire love and conf
oence of the simple hearted people in the province
WHO enjoy iuet and kind government for the first
uine IN their lives.
What H. the result Of this solitary effort toward
enlightenment and justice? The King. alarmed
ees!res the Iaau's life. He accuses him OF taking
The National tribune., 1900-03-29

that the Kroonstadt advices were errone-
Gus.
Another British dispatch stated that
Commandant Olivier left Smithfield, Cape
Colony, two hours before the British scouts
arrived He only succeeded in inducing
about $50 men to accompany him, mostly
inslirgent colonists. The Free Staters re-
fused To go with him and are returning to
their farms. Olivier moved towards kroon-
stadt 10 join Steyn.
Neither the advance by way of Fourteen
Streams nor Col. Plumer's movement has
yet resulted III bringing news OF Mafe-
kings relief. However, it appears likely
that the coIyerging Of the troops toward
Mafeking indicates a much more serious
purpose than merely its relief. Judging
from Lord Methuen's presence at Warren
town. and the capture of the nearby pas
sage of the Naal at Fourteen Streams, some
military Observers believe Lord Roberts
meditatcs an advance i'll force on Pretoria
by way of Rustenburg. This might start
either from Fourteen Streams or KlcrkS-
dorp, and would probably coincide with an
advance via Bloemfontein and Natal.
'Phtis Lord Mcthucn may be given the
chance To redeem his reputation, as has
been done with Gen. Gatacre.
Col. Plumcr met serious resistance near
Lobatsi. seemingly being unable to get
south of that place to any distance. The
Bocrs seem determined not to give up their
prey AT MIichlllg WITHOUT lleTce STuBBie,
aud there WAS some brisk fighting. Col.
Piumer was forced to watch well his left
flank and guard the railway north of Lo-
batsi. The British right was protected by
Chief Bathcon, who has warned the Beers
not to enter his territory.
The Beers have been wrecking the rail
way south of Lobatsi, and it was reported
on MarclI16 that they were abandoning the
envirous of Mafeking.
Delayed dispatches of March 10 stated
that Col. Plumer had retired to Crocodile
Pools.
The latest from Methien's district is
that the cavalry have penetrated into the
Transvaal north of Kimberley to Il point
IS miles north OF Christiana. and that u
general movement northward is expected
soon.
French was last reported in the neigh
borhood OF Thabancllu, between Bloem-
fontein and Lady ybrand on the Free State
border. '''
The National tribune., 1900-03-29
ATLANTA, GA.

Thursday evening, Sept. I, 1854. You
won be scared al these large letters, hope
l only head my letter thus that YOU may
know where this comes from. Yes, | can
date my letter iii Atlanta at last, and YOU
can not tell what pleasure it gives me to do
50. FROM my previous letters you have AN
idea oi the tolls, dangers and priyations we
endured in the long campaign 10 get here
and,we are now here, at rest and in peace.
We are camped around the city and oc-
eupy nearly the same lines as the rebel
army did. As we only arrived to-day,
hayenot been into the city yet 10 look around.
but hope TO soon. II is enough to know
our campaign is ended; that we closed il
with brilliant victory. Oh, how nice il
Is; there is not a rebel soldier within 20
miles OF here; not shot 10 be heard. and
not bullet 10 be feared. This is what we
so long prayed and worked for while Iying
III Tie trenches, many terrible DAYS, finch
ing from deadly missiles; now We have been
successful and our fondest hopes have been
realized.
We have one sad feeling to check our
enthuslasn--the many dear companions
We have lost; their graves are scattered
through the dark wilderness of Georgia;
their hVes have purchased us this victorious
peace.
We don't know how the people Of Tia
North will regard our doings here. If they
were fully aware of the almost unsuT-
mountable difficulties that have been over
come they can not but feel some pride in
what has been done. We know how 10
appreciate Atlanta, our hard-earned prize.
last wrote a few lines as we were leaving
yoneSDoro. We We're stopping by an old
house by the battlefield. 1t was a sad
place TO me; but few days before we halted
our regiment by it, and lay down to escape
the fiJing shells from the enemy The
AdJutant and | lay by big tree, and we
talked lightly of matters; we were then not
expecting a battle, Yet III two hours after
wards he was brought back a corpse, and
we have since buried him by that tree
NeincloSed the grave with board fence.
and cut n head-board for it,
ENTERING ATLANTA.
The next morning we moved off in the
direction of Atlanta. The people along
the road were greatly rejoiced at our leay-
The National tribune., 1900-03-29
SOUTH AFRICAN WAR.
British Columns Pressing For
ward, but no Important En-
gagements Are Reported.

4 very hopeful view of ihe situation
is held i'll England. 1t is understood that
the leaders of the opposition iii Parliament
now admit that no other settlement is pos
sihle since the Republics insist upon their
demand for absolute independence. In
view of this the efforts of the Liberals
Will he confined to securing in the settle
ment the best treatment for JIe Dutch
population, including security against
their diSfranchisement 1t is regarded as
a settled matter that should the war be
ended, as is now hoped. before June, the
Government will dissolve Parliament and
appeal tO the country on the basis of a sue
cessful South African policy. Should the
war drag on dissolution will be postponed
until next Spring. In any event one of the
foremost plankS Of the Government plat
form will be army reorganization.
While the Beers and British in the Orange
Free State are taking advantage of the
period OF inactivity to enjoy rest, those on
the borders of Natal are beginning to show
activity. a special dispatch from Durham
says the town of Pomeroy, 30 miles east of
LadySmith, has been burned by the Beers
British detachment, arriving at Pomeroy
as the Beers evacuated the place, shelled
the bIrghers. but they succeeded i'll taking
up a strong position in the hills with force
estimated to number 5000 men.
Indications from Natal show that Gen.
Buffers forward movement will not be long
delayed.
A Cape Town dispatch of March 20 said:
THE Beers have blown UP the bridges
north Of Bloemfontein. including those at
Winburg and Kroonstadt, and are now
retreating to the north
On March 20 Roberts cabled from Bloem-
fontein: Kitchener occupied Prieska yes
terday without resistance. The rebels are
laying down their arms. T'ransyaalers
are escaping across the river.
A dispatch from Kroonstadt on March 20,
from Boer sources. stated that the troops
commanded by Gen. Olivier had engaged
the British troops under Gen. Gatacre in
the vicinity of Bethulie, repulsing the British
with heavy loss and capturing many of
them.
A dispatch from Springfontein, dated
March 20. said Gen. Gatacre was "all well. ,
and added that he and Gen. Brabant had
not lost dozen men in a fortnight. The
last advices also placed Gen. Gatacre about
80 miles north of BethuIie. where the Boer
report says the defeat was inflicted. This.
combined with the fact that no mention of
the affair was made by Lord Roberts in his
dispatch of March 21, confirmed the belief
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Don'f miss the Supplement,
Crossing Under Fire

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Of all
the statements that / have read about the
S9th \. Y. crossing in pontoons at Fred
cricksburg, that of Mordecai Williams.
Co. A, III issue OF Jan. 25, comes nearest To
the facts as the writer remembers them.
He is correct in every particular except
one. About 3 O'Clock p. IN, Dec. IL, am
order came for the left wing Of the S9th 10
cross in boats. etc. but some Of the officers
Of the left wing did not want 10 20 and some
of the officers Of the right wing wanted 10
go; a compromise was made 10 make a
detail from the whole regiment and let all
officers go VINO wanted 10 do so. | presume
Capt. Hasley, Co. y. had command, as he
was the ranking Captain at that time.
don't remember what officers went. hut
Of Capt. England's company / was one;
he was III the same boat with the writer,
and think AdJ't Sheppard was in the same
! boat. but am not certain
We expected 10 be badly cat up before
we got across, but the sharpShooters did not
fire al us while crossing. and when we rOt
across about 90 of them met us at the river
and surrendered. They gave us "a grea,
deal OF credit for being good marksmen
They belonged 10 a South Carolina regiment
The writer saw some Of the same regiment
in front of Petersburg in 1864, when We
met between the lines TO exchange commodi.
ties. They were nice, jolly boys.
The writer was in the second boat that
started across the river, and | remember
very well where l stayed that night after
getting across. Capt England, AdIt
Sheppard and quite a number Of Co. and
stayed in house across Main street from
the crossing. We found the house wei
stocked with good things. and lodged
there two nights. The S9th y. Y did Other
deeds during the war. but never seemed
to get credit for any of them. We did not
have correspondent with us. We wer,
there to fight.-CHAS. GRAHAM. Co. ]
S9th n. y, Toledo. Iowa.