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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27
AN UNHAPPY RULER
EASTERN WAR HAS BROUGHT WOE
TO THE EMPEROR OF KOREA.

His Country Overrun by Japanese
TrOOps-StranSe Monarch of n Queer
Land-Korean CustOms-HOw the
Portrait of vi Hung Was Painted.
Just at present Korea, the Land Of
the Morning Calm, is in anything but
the placid state its name would indi-
cate Its territory is being overrun by
its harbors and cities have been seized
by japanese warshipS, its emperor is
practically a prisoner in the hands OF
the mikado's fighting men, and in fact
the country is 4 sort of territorial bone
over which the Russian bear and the
japanese lion are quarreling without a
word of apology to the bone or even a
by your leave, sir" Not an enviable
condition, to be sure, but such is the
fate in these strenuous times of a ma
ton that has no backbone and is IN
able to defend itself.
OF late many pictures of the emperor
OF Korea have been printed, and most
of them have not been authentic. The
dCSOlnpdlS ms pASluAN, WHICH 10 AAOAh
a recent photograph. is said to be a
very good likeness of vi Hung, Ii Hi,
Ii Hsi, III Houi or whatever his name
may be, for different authorities give
him different names.
The uncertain named ruler was not
born an heir to the throne. His uncle,
his predecessor, died in 1864 without
issue, and he was selected by the
queen dOwager to succeed at the age
Of twelve years. During his minority
his father, Tai Wen Kun, was regent.
The present king is described by one
who has seen him as u little man,
stout and somewhat unhealthy looking.
He smiles amiably and constantly, but
does not look very clever.
His court is truly oriental in many
respects, and he has several hundred
wives. According to report, however,
there was period of many years dur
ing which he might as well not have
had them so far as enjoying their soci-
ETY. was concerned. During that time
he was henpecked man indeed, being
under the thumb of wife No. 1, the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27

ers to the throne of France. although
it is not likely that he will ever make
any attempt to gain it. When Prince
Jerome died he designated his second
son in his will as heir to the wealth
and the throne of the Bonapartes. The
will had no political effect, however.
Prince Louis was born at the Cha
teau MeudOn in 1864 and. electing the
military profession. served in the
French army until the passing of the
law OF 1886 by which his father. Prince
Jerome. and his brother. Prince Victor,
were expelled from French territory
Prince Louis was not affected by the
expulsion law, but he preferred to fol-
low his father into exile. Desiring to
pursue his military ambitions, he OBJ
tanned commission in the Italian ar
my, but three years later. when war
between France and Italy seemed al
most inevitable, he offered his services
to Russia.
Alexander III. made him lieutenant
colonel of a dragOon regiment. Since
then Prince Louis has remained in the
Russian service. becoming. by all ac-
counts an exceedingly capable cavalry
officer. When Nicholas II. came to
the throne the prince was received
with every mark of favor and was
soon raised to the rank of major gen.
eral
Prince Louis possesses most of the
principal orders of Europe, including
that of st. Andrew of Russia, but as
patriotic Frenchman he declines to
wear any of them so long as the
French government refuses to ac-
knowledge the validity of the grant of
the grand cross of the Legion of Hon
or made to him as child by his I'M
Gle. Napoleon Ill. prior to the latter's
loss of his throne
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27
Seed Time In Congress.

Busy days for congressman are these;
Busy days. indeed, 80 you will pardon
Legislative Iapses. II you please.
Members now are working in the gar
den.
Busy in the garden ev'ry day
Planting for the harvest Of the autumn.
Putting in their crops in such a way
That they may feel sure that they have
got EN-
Uncle Sam. OF course. VIII pay the bill;
Pay for this official cultivation.
Father costly planting it is: still.
What OF that. just so il saves the ma
ton?
Not a legal voters overlooked:
Each receives a package and a letter,
And when this attentions duly booked
Then the member feels little better.
Busy days for congressman are these:
Autumn's harvest this year must not
fail
So they're daily sowing. II you please.
Departmental garden seeds By mail.
indianapolis NewA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27

the hurry to dispatch them to Manchu-
| ria many have been marched across
the ice. The battalion reported to have
been frozen was doubtless over
whelmed by one of the billiards. for
which the lake is noted.
During the late fall and early spring
one of the huge ice breakers built by
| Vice Admiral Makaroff is used to
smash 4 channel across the lake for
the railway transports. This ice break
! er is mammoth steamer nearly 400
feet long, which runs its great bow
upon the ice and breaks it down. BY
means of a clever hydraulic device
many tons of water ballast are shifted
in a few moments from stern to stem,
adding to the weight of the ice crush
ing bow.
An English engineer who recently
passed over til Transsiberian road
says that it W poorly constructed
from the start. instead of being n well
built, safe and serviceable track the
greater part of it is dangerous make
shift. The rails are light and the ties
are too far apart to bear heavy traffic
The rails are only twenty feet long and
usually rest on three ties. In laying
the ties the workmen simply cut down
the trees as they went along. splitting
the logs and laying the rounded side
up. The rails are insecurity spiked to
the ties. and the fishplates at the joints
are inadequately riveted-
Any attempt TO convey large body
OF troops over the road in n hurry,
says this authority. would be an i'm
possibility. In the first place. the trains
cannot consist of more than four or
five cars because Of the character OF
the track. and for the same reason 4
speed Of more than twenty miles an
hour Is not attainable-
Besides these drawbacks to trans
portation it is said that in the section
gangs OF Chinese coolies along the road
were many disguised japanese snd
that they have distributed explosives
along the road. ready TO be set OF at
the proper time
a good sized ship will carry from
500 10 coo car loads Imagine. then. 4
string OF several hundred cars stand
ing empty at the eastern terminus OF
the Transsiberian railroad and then
making their way back over thousands
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27

Columbia university and received the
degree of NJ. d. in 1892. The next year
she took a course in gynecology at
Johns Hopkins hospital and then be-
gan the practice of medicine at Wash
ington.
When the Spanish war broke out she
offered her services to the government
and was appointed assistant surgeon
in the United States volunteers. be-
coming the only woman officer in the
army of Uncle Sam.
DIR. MCGEE is a member Of the Socie-
" of Mayflower Descendants and Of
the Daughters of the American Revo-
luton. In the latter society she has
been leader and is regarded as Il very
clever and fOrcible speaker in debate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27
HOW TO FOLD A LETTER.
only N Small Percentage OF AppIi-
Giants Know the Right Way.

Only Small Percentage of App1t-
Giants Know the Right Way.
Il see you have lots of applications -
said the advertising manager to the
business house manager who had adj
vertised for a typewriter and book.
keeper.
From all over New England" said
the business man, jamming his pockets
full. But what some of the girls who
answer are thinking of 1 can't imagine.
Here is one girl who will come fifty
miles to take place at 50 a week"
''Can you tell much as to their quail
fications by their letters?"
Can 1? Well, rather. For instance,
there is the Writing; there is the spell
ing of the words; there is the way the
letter is put together; there is even the
way the letter is folded. Ever think
that letters are folded so as to save
time nowadays"
No" said the advertising man. IT'S
all l can do to get the stamps to put on
'em. My stenographer folds 'em all
right, guess. How should it be done?"
Easy enough. simple enough, but
folded wrong often enough" said the
business man sententiously. IF your
typewriter knows her business she
takes the sheet and folds it up from the
bottom toward the top, leaving the
proper width for the envelope, then
over from right to left and from left
to right-so. Then when your letter is
opened it is right side up. See?"
Il see," murmured the advertising
man. And how many applicants fold
their letters that way:'
'Oh, three or four out of a dozen,
perhaps. Quite a commentary on bust
ness as she is taught, eh?' remarked
the business man as he strolled away
Springfield Republican.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27

queen. \ few years ago reports came
/ thickly from Seoul that she had been
murdered by u band of conspirators
who had the sympathy of the Japanese
government, their object being to re-
move him from the dominion of pow
er which was antagOnistic 1t was
never proved that Japan had anything
to do with this attack. The king es-
capped from the palace and received
shelter in the Russian legation.
Until 1897 the ruler of Korea was
only a king, acknowledging the suze-
rainty of the emperor of China. TAX
ing advantage of the opportunity pro-
vided by the outcome of the Chinese
Japanese war, he in that year declared
himself an emperor.
1t is said that the emperor does not
even know the streets of his capital
He thinks he does. Five times a year
he makes a progress through the chief
street, q wide thOroughfare, which is
carefully prepared for the event and
therefore presents a fair appearance
when he traverSes 1t. On these occa-
siOns the emperor rides in a chair car
ried by a host Of bearers. He himself
is adorned beyond the lilies OF the field
in magnihcence.
Owing to the fear of revolutions the
emperor sleeps in the daytime and
turns the night, when revolutions in
Korea are sprung, into day. The New
York Tribune tells story of one occa-
sion when he was trying q new bed
and did not sleep in it for funny rea-
son. He thought he would like 10 have
on the palace grounds house built
and furnished ike European house.
One was duly built. and the bed was
completed with pillows. bolster and
linen sheets. all of which were I'M
known TO Koreans. One cold day he
undressed and popped in between the
sheets. No sooner was he in than he
sprang out again, with 4 yell. and fed
from the house. never TO enter II again.
Koreans usually go to bed fully dis
ROBBED When the bare skin Of the roy
al parsonage touched the cold sheets
he received a shock which he never
forgot
An Official painting of the ruler. of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27
WAYS TO ADVERTISE.
The Wise Man May Easily See Which
Is the Best Method.
If you have goods to sell, advertise.


If you have goods to sell, advertise.
Hire Il man with n lampblack kettle
and a brush to paint your name and
number on all the railroad fences. The
cars go whizzing by so fast that no
one can read them, to be sure, but
perhaps the obliging conductor would
stop the train to accommodate an in
QuiSitive passenger.
Have your card in the hotel register
by all means. Strangers stopping at
hotels for a night generally buy a cigar
or two before they leave town, and
they need some inspiriting literary food
besides.
If an advertising agent wants your
business advertised in a fancy frame
at the depot, pay him about 200 per
cent more than it is worth and let
him put it there. When a man has
three-quarters of a second in which to
catch a train he invariably stops to
read depot advertisements, and your
card might take his eye.
OF course the street thermometer
dodge is excellent. When a mans fin
gers and ears are freezing or he is puff
ing and 'phewing'' at the heat is the
time above all others when he reads
an advertisement.
Have thousands of little dodgers
printed and hire few boys to dis
tribute them. You've no idea how the
junk dealer and paper and rag man
will respect you.
A boy with a big placard on a pole
is an interesting object on the street
and lends dignified air to your estab-
lishment Hire about two.
Advertise on calendar. People
never look at 4 calendar 10 see what
day of the month it is. They merely
glance hurriedly at it so as to be sure
that your name is spelled with or
without p that's all.
But don't think of advertising in a
well established, legitimate newspaper.
Not for a moment. Your advertise
ment would be nicely printed and
would find its way into all the thrifty
households of the region. where are the
farmer, the mechanic, the tradesmen
in other lines and into the families of
the wealthy and refined, all who have
articles TO buy and money with which
to buy them, and it would be read and
pondered, and people would come down
10 your store and patronize you and
keep coming in increasing numbers, and
you might have to hire an extra clerk
or two, move into Il larger block and
more favorable location and do a big
ger business, but of course it would be
more expensive-and bring greater
profts.-Detroit Free Press
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27
RUSSIA'S HOLY SEA.
LAKE BAIKAL AS AN OBSTACLE TO
THE CzAR's SUCCESS.

lsAt CuIs the lransS1berian Railway In
Two Parts-HOw 1t Is Crossed In
Summer and In wInter-MiIes OF
Ice a Serious Barrier.
An interesting phase of the war in
the far east, both TO military men and
the public generally, is the enormous
task that confronts Russia in main
tanning the integrity of her line OF COM
municatiOn across the continent of
Asia and Lake Baikai. The conduct
of military operations, with only sin
gle track of railroad TO connect the
seat of war with the main base of sup
plies thousands of miles away, is IN
precedented in warfare, and il is not
impossible that the road will prove in
sufficient when the pinch comes.
1t IS at Lake Baikal, the holy sea,
that the Russians are at present eXpe-
riencing the greatest trouble. This
great body of water, situated about
$500 miles from Moscow and 100
from Vladivostok, is one of the largest
fresh water lakes in the world, being
exceeded in size only by the three lar
gest American lakes and Victoria Ny
ANA. 1t is 800 miles long and from
20 to 80 wide and is situated in south
ern Siberia on the line of the Trans
siberian road, which it breaks \ line
is being built around the south shore
Of the lake; but, as the distance is sew
eral hundred miles and the lake is sur
rounded by mountains, this probably
will not be completed until the Russo
Japanese war has passed into history.
The gap in the road caused by the
lake is thirty-SeVen miles wide, and in
summer this is overcome by the use of
huge ferrybOats which transport entire
trains across it. From November to
April, however. the lake is frozen to a
depth OF four to nine feet. and traffic
is carried on over the ice. Rails are
laid across the frozen surface, and
trains are hauled over by engines. The
ice is frequently broken by crevasses,
which often delay traffic for days, I'M
til the crevaSseS are frozen sufficiently
solid to bear the weight of train.
For some unexplained reason it APP
pears that the rails have not vet been
laid across the ice, as n recent dispatch
says that detachment of troops was
frozen to death while crossing the lake.
The soldiers are transported on the
Transsiberian railroad in box cars fitted
with hunks, and 1t is probable that in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27

those years he had coached a number
Of class teams. He is a grandson OF
John NJ. Forbes and member of the
firm of Stone x Webster of Boston,
which for a number Of years past has
been consolidating street railroads
throughout New England.
Mr.. Forbes is a graduate of Harvard
and of the Boston Institute of Tech
nology. He is an engineer, but has
never followed the calling in practical
work
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27
HAS SERVED IN THE FIELD
DIR. Anita NcGee, Who Is to Take n
Corps of Nurses to Japan.

DR.. Anita Newcomb MCGEE, who is
recruiting a corps Of trained nurses
and attendants for the Japanese hospf-
tai service. has had a wide experience
in this work and was in charge of the
nurses who accompanied our army
through the Cuban campaign.
DR.. MCGEE is a native of Washington
and q daughter of Professor Simon
sNewcomb, the astronomer. Her hus-
band is Professor William J. MCGEE,
in charge of the American bureau of
ethnology at the national capital.
After her marriage in 1888 DR.. Nc
Gee began the study of medicine at
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27
Defending The Ah.ent.

Fuddy-I saw your friend Jones to-
day. He struck me as being rather self
conscious.
Duddy-He isn't usually. Probably
he had bad his hair cut or was suf-
fering from an ingrowing toe nail or
something or other out of the ordinary.
Boston Transcript.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27
A STRENUOUS BosToNIAN.
w. Cameron Forbes, the New Philip
pine COmmissiOner.

". Cameron Forbes, the new Philip
pine commissioner, takes the place
made vacant by the resignation of
Governor William h Taft and the
promotion to the governorship of Gen
eral Luke E. Wright. Forbes is a Bos-
tonian and an athlete of the strenuous
sort. In his college days he made his
mark as a Harvard football player,
and in 1897, 1898 and 1900 he coached
the Harvard varsity team. Prior to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27
RUSSIAN CAVALRY LEADER.
Prince Louis Napoleon, Who VIII
Fight For the Car.

Prince Louis Napoleon, who is to
take command Of the Russian cavalry
in Manchuria, has for some time been
at the head Of a cavalry division in the
Caucasus and is a trained soldier who
spent his youth in study. much after
the fashion Of the first Napoleon. He
is the second son of the late Prince
Jerome and Princess Clotilde, sister of
the late King Humbert of Italy.
Prince Louis is at the present time
probably the strongest of the pretend
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27

Korea IS hung In the throne room or
the royal palace at Seoul 1t WAS
painted in 1908 by a French artist, De
Neziere. In order to satisfy Korean
ideas of art be was obliged to show
the sun and moon both shedding light
ON the emperor at the same time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27

get % per cent Of all taxes which, trey
make the tax dodgers dig up. says the
Kansas City Journal The scheme has
worked so well in the counties where
it has been tried so far that it will no
doubt spread to every county in the
state
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27

Of miles for more supplies on a single
track road. 1t is a journey OF weeks
to get to the Pacific and weeks TO get
back. Meanwhile Japan with a cou-
pie of ships can put the same amount
of supplies where she needs them in
two days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27
Few Prayers.

Yern-Now. if all men would vote as
they pray this would truly be a happy
world. Dern-But If that should ever
happen you wouldn't get the average
man TO the polls once in ten years.
Catholic Standard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27

VIII VOC please insert this obituary
notice.: writes correspondent to the
editor OF q leading daily paper. Il
make bold to ask it because 1 know
the deceased had many friends who'd
De glad to bear Of his eath."-London
TTt-Bits
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27
Their Good omcen.

81 see they're advertising twenty-five
cent lunches. What do they give youE''
AN appetite for your dinner."-PbiI-
adeIphia Ledger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27

Tax ferrets are now making life
miserable for the tax jumpers in sew
eral counties in Kansas. This Is a
new scheme in Kansas. The ferets
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27

We earn our life by labor. and then.
II we spend as the gods design, we
spend our life IN Iove.-Henry Har-
land
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27

Chance is word void OF sense. Moth
ing can exist without a cauSe.-Vol-
taire.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27

One OF the young men in the late
Senator Hanna's office in Cleveland
asked for a vacation for the purpose OF
getting married, says the New York
Herald.
so you are about to marry?" asked
the senator.
Yes" was the reply. We'll, that is
commendabie. Where are you going
on your wedding trip? Why not go up
the lakes on one OF our boats? Don't
say a word" he continued as the
young man started to thank him. This
trip will not cost you anything. and OF
course you are anxious 10 save. since
you are taking n wife TO support I'll
arrange for accommodations on the
boat"
The young man left the office. After
the wedding he and his bride boarded
the boat. Everything was arranged TO
their satisfaction. After the boat had
left port the captain handed the couple
n letter from Mr.. Hanna, in which he
w,SiIed them n pleasant trip and in
Closed a check for liberal amount as
a gift
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27

Late Senator wOOed Only Daughter
of Wealthy Daniel Rhodes, Who at
First Opposed Suit of His ChiId's
Lover-FinaIIy Yields to Her Stead
fast Love-Hanna's Kindness to a
Young Couple.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-12-15
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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-12-15
pnr to Nations Progrens.

Considering the country as n WI q
our roads are disgracefully and de-
plorably bad. They are bar to the
financial, social. educational and re-
ligious progress Of the agricultural
classes which they affect directly and
source of loss to every other class
which they affect indirectly. The first
great step toward the correct solution
Of the road problem Is recognition
Of the fact that road improvement is
not wholly local question. The rural
population has larger interest in good
roads than any other class, and it will
doubtless always be found willing to
pay the larger part of the expense.
But the condition of the roads affects
the prosperity of the whole community.
1t is therefore proper subject for
state and national legislation.-Con-
gresham Brownlow In Golfers.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-12-15

III" grange will be thirty-seven years
oil Zee 4, 1904.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-12-15
state Grange Meetings.

The season for the meetings OF the
various state oranges began with De
cember. Nearly all state oranges meet
during this month. Pomona oranges
electing delegates to the state oranges
should name their best and most repre-
sentative men, and the resolutions
hcaring on farmers interests should he
carefully prepared beforehand and
placed In the hands of delegates who
are qualified to support the measures
that they introduce.