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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-08-27
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The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-07

taken a bath or shaved. My hair and
beard had grown tremendously. AS
far as dirtinesS was concerned, | was
successfully turning into a Tibetan
The day following my entrance in the
University of Sera I found one priest
who was kind enough to shave my
head. Chat is a custom of the Budd-
hist priest, not only in Tibet, but also
in China and Japan.) But he could
not understand me at all when 1 asked
him to shave off my beard also.
my dear friend, people will say
that you are crazy, 1 am afraid" me
said.
1t is simply beyond understanding
how these Tibetans love a beard. In
fact, the real Tibetans have hardly
any beard. Therefore, they regard it
as something precious and unobtain-
able.
/ bought rosary and shoes. When
was Professionally admitted into the
university l put out my tongue and
expressed my gratitude to Tas Taasan,
the chief Lama. And he put a piece
of red cotton. two feet long, around
my neck, such being the badge of
admittance. A month later 1 was
allowed, after passing the prescribed
examination, to attend the study in
the catechism department.
Began to BE a Physician.
Then slowly and most successfully 7
began to be a physician. My fame as
such was soon spread all round. II
happened in this wise; but let me first
confess that l did not have any reason
to call myself a physician: One day /
was walking on the street and heard a
boys cry. Soon / learned that he had
wrenched one of the bones of his arm
out of joint from fighting with another
fellow On such an occasion the Tibe-
tans are accustomed to apply moxa,
or put medicine of the skin-the most
suspicious medicines-and let one be-
come deformity. They do not know
any method of bone-setting, simple as
1t is. So I treated the boy Soon after
that l treated two or three similar
cases successfully. Thus my fame as
surgical doctor was assured.
One morning 1 found some ten sick
people awaiting me. I obtained medi-
cine from the Tenwado, the Chinese
druggist Of Lhasa. and gave it to them
accordingly. AS it happened, all of
them became well. l was then called
in Lhasa the Living Buddha who came
to save the sick. I did not charge
them at all, except for the price the
medicine cost me for each. I flatter
myself to say that l cured even some
consumptives. There is in Tibet much
consumption. learned a way to cure
it from certain Chinese doctor.
Soothsayer Firsty Then Doctor.
1t is a custom in Tibet whenever one
falls i'll that he should go first to a
soothsayer and be directed by him to
a physician. 1 learned afterwards that
some doctors used to brbe the sooth-
saver in order to be given more pa
tients. For my part knew nothing
about the soothsayer, but he contin-
ually recommended me, since he also
believed me to be the Living Buddha
Finally the most extraordinary thing
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-07
BY DIR. EKAI KAWAGUCH.
Translated by Yoni Noguchi.

DR.. Ekai Kawaguchi first came to
the attention of Americans through
an article by him in THE Century
magazine, describing his journey to
Tibet. Previously all Japan had been
acquainted for more than a year with
his wonderful exploits, he having re-
turned to his native land in 1903. Dr.
Kaw'aguchi's articles dealing with his
experiences appear in the Japanese
periodicals from time to time. The
one here translated is exceedingly
timely, In view of Englands an
nounced intention to march her expe-
dition under Gen. Macdonald up to
the very gates of Lhasa itself and
there make the Dalai Lama sue for
peace. Editor.
It was from the top of the Genba
Mountain on March II, 1903, that /
received the first glimpse of the palace
of the Dalai Lama glittering gold i'm
the sunlight. 1t was seen in the far
off sky, by the Keechu river, which,
flowing from the northeast, welded
the Burafuma river. The palace is
called Botara.
The Sleeping City of Lhnsa.
Beyond Botara lies sleeping the city
of Lhasa. On the twenty-first day /
succeeded in entering Lhasa, the capt.
tai of the Forbidden Land, after jour-
neying two thousand four hundred
and ninety miles at the risk of my life.
At the entrance, some one mile and
a half from the Shin Zou Kah, I OBJ
served a splendid temple at my left.
1t resembled more a large village than
a temple. 1t was a superb wonder.
pies in Tibet to-day, and ii is called
Labum. 1t is said that more than
seven thousand priests live within it's
walls. One of the two famous univer-
stiles is established here on the tenn
pie grounds; the other is the Univer-
sity of Sera, where / was afterwards
admitted.
The Palace of Dalai Lama.
What splendor and vastness in the
palace of the Dalai Lama! have
often been told an amusing story to
illustrate it. A farmer came into the
capital on horseback with a load of
butter which he wished to sell. II
was his first occasion to find himself
in Lhasa. He was completely amazed,
facing the palace, and his soul was
carried away by it's extraordinary
beauty. He stood like a fool for some
while He fancied that ii must have
been an edifice of God. When he re-
turned to his senses he found that one
of his horses had disappeared; he had
come to the capital with ten horses.
He was almost crazy, declaring that
some wicked fellow had robbed him.
A citizen of Lahasa passing by asked
his trouble.
my good fellow, you are mistaken"
he said. you are really funny. There
are ten horses. You forget that you
are riding on one OF them"
Ten Months without shave or Bath.
For the last ten months had not
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-07
Reaching the Voters Through the Printed Page
How Who Speak Only Such Unknown Magyar Ndd
and Polish Are Reached by the Committees
By OSBORN SPENCER.

lot of $4,000 docs" printed in Finnish
was parceled out in a neighborhood
where thtre were no Firms while an
other lot of $1,000 docs" printed in
Hungarian. was dumped out in a sec
ton of Brooklyn where practically all
the people read Scandinavian and
nothing else.
The Unknown Tongues"
This brings up that branch of All
Executive Committees publicity work
that has to reach voters who read
only the unknown tongues such as
Magyar, Russian, Swedish, Yiddish,
Polish. and the like, not to speak of
the commoner of the foreign Ian
guages, such as German, French.
Spanish, and Italian. These must be
reached both through the medium of
docs" printed in their various
tongues and also through the news
papers which are published regularly
for their perusal.
The necessity of organizing a bu-
reau for this purpose was discovered
rather late in the campaign one year
and its organization was placed in the
hands of a man who spoke and read
English only. He began by advertis-
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-07

Copyright, 1904. by T. C. Mcclure.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-07

1t is a very good thing for young
newspaper man to have a chance at
Committee Press Bureau work. espe-
cially~ when the party Is successful.
The man who ran the bureau much or
the time for the Republican Commit
tee twelve years ago made himself well
known to the newspapers Of the entire
country through the thousands of let
tiers that were sent to the editors with
his name for the signature. He also
made his headship Of the bureau
stepping-stone to a degree of promi-
hence in local politics shat led to his
election as member of the House OF
Representatives and the chief editor
ship of a metropolitan daily. Four
years later young journalist who
was fortunate enough TO connect him
self with the Press Bureau made such
an impression on the big men of the
party that he was appointed assistant
to one of the most important cabinet
ministers.
Chances for Newspaper Men.
Another young newspaper man who
did Press Bureau work at executive
headquarters pleased so well that the
Vice President took him up and made
him his secretary, from which post he
graduated into an important place in
big corporation.
1t would seem desirable that the
Press Bureau should be so organized
as to be in direct relations with the
document department and all the 9TH
er branches of publicity work done for
the Executive Committee but it is not
always so, and occasionally this leads
to embarrassing differences between
the statements sent out by one branch
and another of the publicity service.
The work of the Press Bureau prop
er is divided broadly into two parts
The local bureau gathers from the
committee and it's callers all the in
formation it can that seems likely to
put a good front on the situation, so
far as Its own candidate is concerned.
This information is given out in the
form of mimeographed typewriter
sheets to the' local newspaper men.
They call for it at certain specified
hours-at II o'clock midday, say, for
the afternoon papers, and at 6 or
O'Clock in the evening for the morn
ing papers. The information furnished
by the Press Bureau is not argumen-
tative, but strictly informatory, as a
rule. such as news about the personal
movements of the candidates and other
political stars.
Important Interviews Given Out.
Occasionally important interviews by
party leaders are made public through
this channel, though, in such instances,
extra copies are often sent privately
to the editors of the strong party or
gans in order to insure proper atten-
ton from the men who actually direct
the papers. So far as the Press Blu
reau is concerned, newspapers of all
political faiths are treated exactly
alike, and the Associated Press and
other news bureaus get the same copy
as the papers, that the news may be
sent away by telegraph. Of course,
in these days, a local Press Bureau
is maintained in Chicago as we'll as in
New York. Naturally this complexities
the whole business somewhat, since
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-07

sometimes the statements sent out from
the bureau in the East may fall to
gee" with statements sent out from
the bureau IN the Middle West.
Naturally there are always lot Of
second-rate politicians who haunt the
Press Bureau. carrying interviews
with themselves. all written out, IN
their pockets, which they are glad to
turn over to the head of the Press Blu
reau, hoping thereby to get their names
in the papers, and naturally that Press
Bureau head is counted most success
full who knows just how to draw the
line: who knows whose interview to
send out broadcast, and whose to sup
press.
Sized Up His Man Wrong.
There was once a Press Bureau man
who turned down the statements of an
important senator from a sovereign
state on the same day that he accept
ed and distributed the specious, but
worthless vaporings of a political no
body who had only smoothly-ir oned
silk hat, a long, spotless black frock
coat. perfectly creased trousers, and an
exceptionally oily tongue to recon-
mend him. After that, the chairman
made rule that either himself or some
member of the committee should look
over all the Press Bureau copy just
before it was given out to the report
ers, though, judging from some of the
matter sent out by the Press Bureaus
in 1900, the rule was not enforced that
year.
More carefully watched, perhaps,
than the work done by the local branch
of the Press Bureau, is the copy" sent
to the weekly and other party publ-
cations issued in the smaller towns and
country villages Possibly the greater
care taken is due only to the fact that
there is more chance for care, since it
is sent out only once a week, while the
local bureaus copy is issued twice
day. Some years this matter has been
sent to the weekly papers in the form
of plates, ready to print, page going
each week to every paper asking for
it, at the committees expense.
Plenty of Money Spent.
One year the two committees spent
about $4,000 a week between them in
this way, but moro recently it has been
the plan to furnish the matter free
to the various press associations, CO.
operative publishing houses and
ready-print concerns, these different
organizations attending to the sale and
distribution of the matter among the
newspapers. This plan costs the COM
mittee a good deal less and satisfies
the papers better, on the whole. There
is always a lot of scrambling among
individuals whenever anything worth
while is to be given away free, gra-
tbs, for nothing" and newspapers as
well as individuals are prone to.
scramble under such conditions
The matter sent out to the weeklies
differs a good deal from that given
to the daily papers by the local bu-
reads, being mostly argumentative in
stead of news, and often carrying with
it cartoons, political witticisms (some-
times alleged, campaign songs and
portraits of party celebrities.
Copyright, 1904 by T. C. Mcclure.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-07

en- from the sixty or seventy, all told,
he babe each in turn read a paragraph
from some document printed in Eng
lish and then make an impromptu
translation into the tongue he pro-
fessed to understand best. If the i'm
promptu translation was managed
with apparent confidence and certain
ty, the applicant was accepted; other
wise not. By Y O'Clock noon on that
day, the translation of the documents
into the unknown tongues was well IN
der way. Getting it started was an
easy task compared to the job of hav-
ing the matter set in type after trans
lation, but that is another story.
The same man looked after the in
sertion of sound political news and
views in various newspapers printed in
some eight or ten different tongues.
Each of these papers professed to be
quite orthodox in politics, yet each was
so pressed for ready money that it
would be necessary for the commit
tee to do something in a financial way
to help them along before they would
swing into line. The method adopted.
as it always is by both parties, was
to purchase outright a certain number
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-07
Have You Slid the Slide?
It's Great.
THUNDERBOLT.
.Carrousal, Partisan Maze, House of
Trouble, Miniature Railway.

always studying how to defend his
own country. 1 am sure that he
would not hesitate to proclaim war
against any country if his own nation
We're at stake.
At the beginning I felt quite I'M
easy. 1 was told that he was at home
with the Chinese language. I thought
that surely would be discovered
when he began to speak Chinese, since
/ had but little knowledge of that
language. although was passing my
self off as a Chinaman. 1 determined
to proclaim myself a Japanese should
things turn wrong. Most happily,
however. the Dalai Lama did not
chance to speak Chinese, neither did
he talk about China. We talked in the
Tlbetan language about the religion
and the possibilities of Buddhism.
How he loathed Christianity. In a half
hour he retired. 1 bowed thrice,
thanking him for giving me an audi
enca.
The Dalai Lnma's Dress.
He wore a tremendously long scarf
across his shoulders. 1t was of the
heaviest kind of silk. Under it he
wore a garment of sheepskin. Over
his head which was clean shaven, he
put his religious cap. In his left hand
he carried rosary. He appeared to
NC lWellly-SlSHl years Oh. lie Was
not tall for a Tibetan, being but five
feet seven inches in hight.
His face was sharp in the extreme,
like that of cunning fox, with pierre
ing eyes and high nose. One of the
Chinese physiognomsts told me after
wards that his face expresses that
character which easily seeks and over
comes any trouble. He will declare
war, he assured me, against some
country in the future, and put the ma
ton in misery. His eyes tell it," he
said. The Dalai Lama's voice was
clear and heavy. He was one of the
most significant personages I ever met
In my life. He is a born chief-yes,
every inch of him.
When l returned to my room in the
University of Sela. 1 was soon follow
ed by messenger bearing a formal
document appointing me as one of the
court physicians. Shall 1 accept it?
Shall 1 not?
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-07

The Local Press bureau.
No less Important than either OF these
divisions of the committees publicity
work Is the local press bureau. II Is
one Of the first departments to be or
ganized by the Executive Committee,
and there rs generally scramble
among ambitious newspaper men. with
political leanings, to get the job OF con-
Quoting It. And. as at least half of the
national committeeman generally have
"a candidate each. there IS often more
on less Of a squubble before the bureau
is got down 10 a good, solid working
basis. Sometimes this isn't accom-
plished untl two or three big breaks
have been made by the bureau: some
Zines the breaks have been serious
enough TO require complete reorganiza-
tlon.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-07
TRANSLATOR S FAIRLY
OVERWHELMED AlM

from the north Of Europe. with equal
~ strong self-recommendation Siavs.
Bohemians, Spaniards. Gauls. Monteue-
grins, and Poles-all Europe and part
Of Asia Cfor three Armenians showed
themselves among the applicants) were
IN line waiting TO be hired as trans
la tors
Al first the man was utterly at a
loss what ia do but he recovered him.
self and, forming them In line re-
ceived them In order. Those who could
speak fair English he dismissed at
once. reasoning that, no matter how
perfect their knowledge of their own
tongues. they could not get along
without thorough knowledge OF Eng
fish.
Docs" IN All Languages.
Having thus sifted out about a doz-
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-07

The publicity work of the Executive
Campaign Committee in a presidential
year is complex, costly and delicate.
First-class political judgment, good
news sense. plenty of money and prac-
teal busirA& ability are prime requi-
sites if it is to be done effectively and
we'll.
Manufacturing and distributing the
documents is a highly important part
of the Executive Committees public
ity work. 1t involves the complete or
ganization, conduct. and final winding
up of a business of from S25O,OO0 to
$500, 900 in three months a the out
side. When the campaign starts late,
the work is sometimes all done in
twelve weeks. one year there was
only ten weeks between the starting
of the document mill by one of the big
parties and the last week in October,
after which, of course. there is little
use trying to distribute documents.
The Document Mill.
That year the management of the
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-07

ing for expert translators. When he
reached his office next day he was
fairly overwhelmed by the long line
of applicants.
Rush OF TransIatOrs.
There were specialized Germans who
professed to know all the European
languages ever written or spoken we'll
enough to reproduce in them all any
political argument ever devised; there
were Aeeply brunette gentlemen and
ladies from every part of Central and
Southern Europe who made profess
sions quite as sweeping there were
tall. washed-out blondes of both sexes.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-07

of copies of each issue, and pay over
the money weekly. There was, of
course no suspicion that there would
be an effort to evade printing and dis
tributing all the copies called for, yet
the man in charge felt constrained to
put a check upon them by establish
ing a corps of inspectors who should
personally see that the papers were
printed and sent out. Also there had
to be corps of polyglot proofreaders
to look over the proofs of the matter
set up for publication to see that the
sense of it had not been muddled or
reversed by careless translation.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-07

New York, Aug. 6.-I stopped to
look at a magnificent autmobile yes
terday. 1t was a touring car, abso-
lutely splendid, with brass and red
enamel. Seven thousand dollars"
said the agent to me. do you know
how many of these 1 have sold since
last November"
l ventured a guess Of half dozen.
Well" said the agent you know
me and you know that 1 don't tell
any whoppers to my friends. My
sales of cars ranging in price from
$4,000 to $1,000 have been exactly six
teen since the date l mentioned. And
in the same time I've sold forty-one
autos running from $500 to SO, $50 in
price. There's some money in this lit
tie America of ours, isn't there?"
Duane.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-21
MARLBORO.
Death of an Esteemed Resident, Mrs
S. D. Bishop.

Luella Powers, wife of S. D. Bishop,
who died oct. II, was the Oldest OF 4
circle of nine brothers and sisters and
the first to be called home. Mrs. Bish-
op was a woman of many lovable
traits of character and won the at
lection of all who knew her Coming
to reside in this community some
years ago she did what she could for
its we'll being in all moral and social
ways. In feeble health, with little
strength, she still strove to do her part
in all good works, although home and
family were the first thought. She
leaves parents, brothers and sisters
and a large number of friends and
neighbors to mourn her loss. She an
ticipated the end and with falling
vision, asked for light and called her
brothers and sisters by name as they
stood around her. Clasping hands
with her husband and son, she said,
Il am dying now. God bless you ALL.
These were her last words. Her fu-
neral was attended Friday, Oct. IA,
Rev. H. E. Shaw officiating. The fio-
raj offerings were abundant and beau
tiful, among which were large pill
low contributed by her sisters and
beautiful wreath given by her hus-
band.
The Burns brothers have moved to
the south part of the town and will
clear the wood lot which Mr.. Dalrym-
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-21
JACKSONVILLE.
Dwelling House Burned-The Annual
Creamery Meeting.

The dwelling house of Henry Pease
was destroyed by fire Tuesday AFTER
noon, but little of the personal prop
ertv being saved. The fire caught
from the chimney. Mr.. Pease's family
have gone to J. C. Winn's.
At the recent annual creamery
meeting, G. H. Coleman, c. A. Faux
ner. C. E. Allard, S. Murdoch, w. .
Allen, F. H. Niles and W. ii. Han
cock were chosen directors for 1904,
F.. II. Stetsop, clerk and treasurer; D.
B. Collins and G. NJ. Scott, auditors
r. D. Brown has sold his farm to
his sons. Dan Parmenter of Winning
ton is to occupy it and F. A. Earring
ton will probably move to the Sprague
place.
The show Saturday evening was
slim affair.
DR.. A. ]. Thomas started Monday
for Kansas City, Mo.
Town Representative H. G. Porter
was home over Sunday.
The gentlemen will have charge OF
the grange program Oct. 20.
Mr.. Roundy and D. B. Collins are
picking up their lambs this week.
The neighbors helped A. B. Chase
on his new cattle barn Monday and
Tuesday.
Miss Gertie Scudder is caring for
Mrs. S. G. Easton who is i'll; Mrs A.
]. Pike is caring for Mrs. w. s. Allen.