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their passion for llquor-a weakness
taken full advantage of by unscruplous
traders. OF the quality of drink sup
piled, it is sufficient to say that it can
be bought for about sixpence per quart
bottle at Ushuaia, the present seat Of
Argentine government in the Beagle
channel.
A second tribe, the Onas. are foot
Indians, living in the mountainous in
terror of the great island of which tho
Beagle channel marks the southern
boundary. Although they are thus in q
sense islanders, they have no canoes,
and cannot even swim, being dependent
on the guanaco. which frequent the up
per pastures. for food and general
equipment, from their raw-hide water
bags to the strung sinews of their bows.
An all-enveloping fur robe is their only
covering, and this, when there is need
for freer movement. the braves at once
discard, standing clothed. like our own
ancestors, in the primal simplicity of
bow and arrows and paint. They use
such pigments to aid their stalking, a
science in which they are past masters
To hunt the guanaco they first color
themselves according to the ground over
which they must move-e. g., white when
on snowfields. yellow among dry pampa
grass, slate color with red spots when
among lichen covered rocks. Their
amusement consists in wrestling and in
long races, perhaps to a hill top ten
miles distant. The men also practise
with the bow, at times acting themselves
as moving targets for each other. The
general physique Of the Onas, and espe-
cially their keenness of sight and hear
ing, are developed to an extraordinary
degree; for to the Ona his body is reli-
gion, and any bodily defect disgrace.
Their system of courtship is Spartan.
The man hands his chosen bride his
hunting bow. Its return by her own
hand signifies acceptance without more
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-03-30

ton and oppression everywhere. From
the hour Ct his birth until the spir::s
leaves the body the Korean - sur
rounded and tormented by the innumer-
able spirits with which ShamannisEs
fills the air and Buddhism his mind
Poverty is general, woman is held in
low esteem, life and property are inse-
cure, and political intrigue of every form
is practised.
This brief summary Of the religion Of
Korea gives something of an idea of the
task which the missionaries have on
hand in Christianizing the nation. There
are 224 Christian workers of all denomi-
nations in the country, and in addition
there are large number of native help
ers. But against this mere handful of
preachers and teachers, and Bible read
ers, is arrayed the paganism and super
stition of the 10000 900 people, the num-
Der which are estimated to be within the
borders Of the $4,000 square miles OF ter
ritory Of Korea. These figures make it
plain that the fight for Korea by the
Christian forces is one of far greater
odds than that which apparently exists
between the little Jap and the big Rus
sian. 1t is estimated by the missionaries
that so. 495 Koreans have been thus far
Christianized; Of these the Catholics
claim $3.50, and the American Presby-
terrain mission 20,333. It perhaps can
be said with truth that the Presbyterians
have they work in Korea the best organ
lied of any other denomination. They
were the first upon the field after the
Catholics and their active operations
cover nearly all of the two northern
provinces. One of the striking features
of many of the mission stations Of the
Presbyterians is the generous support
given to the work by the native converts.
And this liberality characterizes to q
very large extent the work of the other
denominations. The total gifts of the
Korean converts under Presbyterian
control in 1901 amounted TO $4,000 yang
in their currency, which is equal to 49,
500 of American gold. But the scale of
| wages for day laborers is such that if
| payment be counted in labor, the Korean
yang is equal to the American dollar.
Thus these converts to Christianity gave
over $4,000 for carrying on the work
Of conquering their land for Christ. 1t
is said that the Pyeng-yang field comes
nearer being self-supporting than any.
in the world, unless, perhaps, it is the
Uganda field in Africa.
The table which follows this article
places before US in very comprehensive
and complete form the missionary work
of Korea. Nearly all Of the denomina-
tons maintain schools and hospitals as
part Of their mission work. and these are
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-03-30

to do: and the girl is used to accept
promptly, otherwise she may receive in.
her calf or thigh, as light remonstrance,
one of her suitor's long birch arrows
with its beautifully Clipped glass head.
The material for the important task of
arrowhead making is plentifully sup
piled by the bottles thrown away near
white settlements, and is now accepted
by the up to date Ona as a definite i'm
provement on the laborious flint of his
forefathers.
The tie of comrade or brother is far
stronger with the Onas than that linking
man and wife. The men have supersti-
ton that formerly the women had the
upper hand, while the men were forced
to do camp drudgery. So on reaching
manhood they bind themselves to kind
of freemasonry, whose object is to i'm
pose subsection on the women by per-
sonifying, on fit occasions, the watchful
spirits with which they have peopled
the woods and lakes, the mists and
mountains, whose companionship is all
they have Of home. Behind his Indian
reserve, however, the Ona is of frank
and-for a savage-kindly disposition.
and especially fond of little children.
Before We pass judgment on the
Fuegan tribes, let US consider their
later surroundings. English sheep
farmers, crossing from the Pa
tagonian mainland, first fenced of
the best northern grazing grounds.
This brought about raids by the Indians
on the tame white guanaco" of the
farmers, with savage reprisals, carried
to the bitterest extremity by both sides.
In the south, the Argentine govern
ment established at Staten island q
military penal settlement. and at Ushu-
ala a civil convict prison. Service rem
dered in TERRA del Fuego still counts
as double time with Argentine officials
From the Gillian town Of Sandy Point,
the trading center Of the Magellan straits
which may be best described as tho
Port Said Of South America-sailed
schooners fitted. out for.fu trading with
the canoe Indians, gold washing on tho
more exposed beaches to the southeast,
and seal poaching round the Horn. The
scourings of a continent flocked to this
trade; above and with it all was the
pitiless climate, keeping human vitality
at its lowest ebb, and prompt to crown
each mishap
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-03-30
A NATIVE KOREAN SCHOOL.

out by means Of wand and divining tor
toise box some foul spirit that brought
misfortune or serious illness to the fam
lily. The beat OF drums and changing OF
cymbals is heard and the whirling dance
Of the sorceress is seen in the midst of
the anxious inmates of the house while
the gaping crowds on the outside wait
and listen, and this is done to cast out
the spirit that has brought disease and
perhaps death to the home. All these
things and many more which the casual
visitor would not think to connect with
religious worship, prove, upon better
knowledge, that the Koreans are not
without religion.
Buddhism was introduced from China
about 81 A. D. 1t has had it's seasons
of influence and it's periods of decline; of
favor at court and with common peo-
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s in the spread

proving powerful factors in the spread
Of the Gospel.
The present emperor. like most of his
subjects. is a Confucianist. although IN
the strict sense Of the word there is no
state or national religion. Toleration
in religious matters has thus far marked
his reign. The persecution of the Catho-
lies in 1866, in which many suffered
martyrdom, and for which France
called the nation to strict and severe
accounting, occurred during the reign of
his father, Tai Wun Knu. Fourteen
bishops and priests, with thousands of
their Korean converts were massacred.
and as a punishment France destroyed
Kang Wha, situated on the island OF
that name. AS an indication of the feel
ing of the emperor towards mission
work, he said in 1895: "Send more
teachers as he termed the missionaries
Seoul is the capital and resident city Of
the emperor, and naturally the thinking
for the whole people is done at Seoul
This incident is told by missionary in
substantiation of this point It was
suggested to a native Christian Of in
telligence and influence in Pyeng-Ydng
that the Initiative in a certain reform
movement be taken by them. But hts
answer not only surprised the mission
airy, but was characteristic as showing
the attitude of the country people. He
said: Seoul must take the lead and We
will follow"
What effect the war will have upon the
mission work in Korea is at the pres
ent time largely conjectural It will IN
doubtedly temporarily hinder the work
and possibly make it unsafe for the mis-
sionaries to carry on active work in the
interior, but when the war cloud has
passed and the conflict is over, the prog
ress of Christianity will be more rapid
than ever. In event Of Russian victory
and dominance over Korea the outlook
would not be as encouraging and hope
full as it would be should Japan gain con-
troll Of the country, for the feeling is al
most universal that! although Japan Il
not what may be called a Christian ma
ton, still her attitude towards Chris
tainity is one of favor and encourage
ment, and with the little island king
dom in control Of Korea it would mean
full religious liberty, as well as unre-
stricted commercial development.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-03-30
THE FIGHT FOR KOREA
EFFORTS MADE TO CHRISTIAN
IZE "HERMIT" KINGDOM.
Catholics Began Work as Early a.
1885 - Many Denominations
Now Have Workers on
tho Field.


eN(s n est1ng kingdom of Korea, or
y E4k Great Han as it is known by
>1A its own people, about which
SNWS We wish to talk does not in
~ clude discussion of the
present struggle between ia
pan and Russia, neither does it involve
review of the Japanese-Chinese war, for
1t is not of conquest in which armies,
and bloody battle fields figure, but of a
spiritual conquest in which the forces
of King Emanuel seek to win a nation
from Its superstitions and paganism to
the true and living God.
1t is commonly supposed that Korea
Is land without much of any religion
to speak Of, and that aside from the
worship OF ancestors, religion has small
place in the lives Of the people, but such
is not the case, and while the visitor
to Korea would fail perhaps to see any
visible signs of religious life, and at
Seoul, the capital and chief city Of the
realm, would be unable to find anything
that looks like a temple, aside from the
temple to the god of war outside the
hasty in forming his Judgment. The fact
Of the matter is that Shamanism. Bud
dhism and Confucianlsm hold sway over
the people and hinder tae progress of
Christianity. Shamanism is the belief
In the spirits which have their abode
in earth and sky, in outrageous tree by
the roadside, in peaceful agricultural
valley, in the tiled roof Of the patrician
and in the straw thatch Of the humble
peasant. The heaps of stones at the tops
Of high passes forming rude shrines in
which bright pictures of mythical be-
tngs are to honor and appease the spirits.
The bits Of rags and old shoes tied to
the limbs of large distorted trees and
stones thrown at the base are for the
same purpose. So the grotesque figures
on the ridgepoles Of the imperial build
ings, government buildings and on the
roofs of the city gates. Blind men
sorcerers, feel their way along the street
to the house Of some high official to cast
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-03-30
sHE South American continent

further north. A 4O-foot
tide races twice a day into
the Atlantic entrance of this passage.
covering and uncovering dangerous
snoals as a wild beast bares it's
gums. On these shoals many a good
SHIPS back has broken. AS we adven-
:ure to the west, the waterway stretches
between twin ranges of splintered hills
covered to the low snow-line by a drip
ping forest of Antarctic birch. it's sombre
green scared at short intervals bv hlue-
white glaciers which push their frozen
nummocks to the waters verge, or dis
charge cascade from cliffs so high that
only an icy spray, touched with rainbow
hue, falls athwart the steamers deck.
throughout all the year the roaring
sou west wind busters past, bringing in
It's traln-save for some short, deceptiye
calm-showers of rain and sleet and a
cloak of trailing mist. Such are the
famous Straits of Magellan, which guard
the yet more broken channels and
islands terminating in Cape Horn-a fit
barrier OF the wild races who. in that
wild land, mark mans farthest limit to
the south.
Since Darwin published his famous
voyage Of a Naturalist" made in H.
M. S. Beagle in 1884, Fuegans have been
generally classed as one tribe-"the low
est step in the human ladder"-while
popular credulity. based on the fears of
ship captains beating a painful passage
home, cheerfully consented to dub them
wreckers and cannibals as we'll. Only
of late has the mist Of half-truth lifted,
so that We may judge them fairly; and
the task must be undertaken speedily
If at all. During 20 years Of contact
with whites, the numbers Of the Yag-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-03-30
DEN MARK,

It is stated that German and Eng
,lish companies have proposed to. buy
the America routes of the United
Steamship company, including TWEEN
ty steamers of ain aggregate tonnage
of $4,000. The offer is said to- be
very tempting. The matter is dis
cussed with animation in business
circles. The passing of these lines
into foreign hands would be a ma.
tional calamity. T. L. :>,># '": 81.
4 ]. II. Olsoon Of Halmstad has in
vented a car coupler which is said to
have many advantages. 5..$ & /
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-03-30

pie; Of large and prosperous monasteries
and Of neglected and ruined temples.
There were times when monks filled
civil and military positions; many had
families, and the inventor of the Is let
ters Of the Korean alphabet-Syel-chong
was. a son OF an eminent Buddhist
priest. They meddled in politics, which
was one of the leading causes of the
downfall of the last dynasty more than
500 years ago. and of their rigid exclu-
sion from Seoul for more than five cen
turtles.
Shapanism, Buddhism and Con-
fucianism have had undisputed sway
over the hearts and minds Of the peo-
pie. and what is the result? Supersti-
tons Of the grossest forms; licentious-
ness and immortality UNIVERSAL; corrup-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-03-30
To Make It Sell.

!. Willie-That ink ma used to mark
my handkerchiefs all came out in the
wash.
Pa-Yes?.
Willie-Yes: and it was called "in-
delible." Why is some ink called "1n-
delible?"
Pa-So that some people will think
It is, and buy it.-Philadelphia Press.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-03-30
Willing to Endure Less.

Would you want a man to love you
enough to be willing to die for you?"
he asked ) r.. ...,. *
mo" she replied, backing away:
from him. When men love girls
enough to die for them they generally
kiu the girls first. N Y. Herald
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-03-30
Millions Of Lucky Ones,

Zone of the doctors says that mil.
lions of people have chronic appendix
citis and don't know it."-Chicago Rec.
ord-Herald.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-03-30
G. A. r. Officers.

Colonel Harrison White, of Luz
verne, was elected department COM
mander of the G.. A. r. department of
Minnesota.
The other successful candidates for
office were:
L. o. Merriam, Of Minneapolis, Sc
nior vice commander.
George A. Whitney, of Wadena, Jul
Nor vice commander.
DR.. Chester G. Higbee, of St. Paul,
medical director.
Rev. Daniel A. Tawney, of St. Paul,
department chaplain.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-03-30
Satisfactory

A report of the FEBRUARY logging OPP
erations on the Chippewa reservation,
nnder the provisions of the Morris law,
has been made by Supt. O'Neil. There
was collected for the benefit of the In
dams from the logging operations of
the month the sum of S102, 124.32.
Logging is progressing in a satisfac-
tory manner. The tops are being TAX
en- care of, and the other rules are be-
ing enforced unsparingly.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-03-30


out money or food, James Wwyar, who
is serving short sentence at the work.
house in Minneapolis, for drunkenness,
attempted to escape from there.
The Crookston city council has de-
cided to raise the liquor license from
$500 to $3.50. This, it is believed, will
supply the city with revenue with
which to make needed improvements.
Lizzie Erickson, an 1s-year-old girl,
living in South Minneapolis, was ar
rested in a department store charged
with the larceny of number of gold
rings and other pieces of jewelry from
different stores in the city.
Gottlieb Miller, one of the oldest
merchants of Pine Island, committed
suicide by shooting. He was 81. Fami-
ly and business troubles are said to be
the cause.
Oscar Anderson, an s-year-old boy, had
one of his legs cut off in a railroad ac-
cident at the east end of the Short Line
bridge in Minneapolis.
Pulp wood is piled up along the rail-
road tracks for miles at Floodwood in
consequence of lack of cars. The sit
uation, however, is improving:
The following officers were elected
at Eyota: P. c. Murray, president; G.
r. Blair, J. A. Mcintosh and D. J. Muir
ply, councillors. License carried.
Nothing now stands in the way Of
the building of the Minnesota Power
and Trolley company's dam above
Elk River. s ST .. FTP % 81. !. .a
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Two German professors made a
study of farming, stock raising and
dairying as carried on in Denmark
and southern Sweden last summer,
and they have given an account Of
their observations in pamphlet
which is to be widely circulated
among the farmers of Germany. The
pamphlet is largely an eulogy on
the remarkable success scored by the
farmers of Skane and Denmark, and
in order to arouse the Germans to
the seriousness of the situation, nu-
merous comparisons are made to the
disadvantage of the German farmers
and even to the whole German peo-
pie. The authors state in SO many
words that the German farmers must
either learn some wholesome lessons
from their northern neighbors or be
left behind in the race.
Berlin, March 1s.-The German
staff officers, Lieutenant Colonel
Launstein and Major Baron Won Tet-
tau, will start this evening with the
Norwegian and Swedish officers, Cap
tains Nyquist and Englund, for Muk-
den, where all war attaches are to
assemble
FINLAND.
The governor of Finland has issued
a proclamation forbidding the people
to darken their windows at unusual
hours" Subjects who choose to go to
bed before 10 o'clock are subject to
heavy fines. The ukase is due to
Finnish neglect to illuminate in hon
or of the beginning of the war.
The late Mrs. Anna SinebryschoH
bequeathed .$4o,500 to the city of Hell
singfors, the interest to be spent for
clothing for poor school children,
but the principal to remain intact
forever; and at the same time she
also bequeathed $40,5oo to benevol-
ent society called "Old Peoples
Friends"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-03-30

III the 1SU5 u1dIAuc AuSuA dAASC OuSAASSS
of the state from the previous year.
of this sum he has accounted for So
600, 900, which one company failed to
report to the department.
William Rogers was severely in
jured by a blow on the head from
the arm of derrick, about which he
was working on Detroit lake.
Joseph, the three-year-old son of
Joseph Saura, St. Paul, died at the
city hospital as a result of falling
into a boiler of scalding water.
In tho St. Paul primaries former
Mayor F. T: Wright, for the repub-
licans, and Mayor Robert A. Smith,
for the democrats, had a walkaway
for the " mayoralty nomination.
Wright had two opponents, and
Smith one, but none of the three had
q chance
Arrangements are being made tow
ard the removal of the Fond du Lac
Chippewas to the White Earth re-
servation, and to open the Fond du
Lac. This adjoins the village of Clo-
Duet and was once timber covered,
but is now, pretty well cut off. ,
George P. Jones, commonly known
al "Jones of Rock" won the Pills.
bury oratorical contest at the univer-
sity last evening and will represent
Minnesotayin the Northern Oratorical
league contest in Chicago on April
s. This is the second year that Jones
has carried off first honors in, the
Pillsbury contest. 3
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-20
Women and Jewels.

Jewels, candy, flowers, man
that is the order of woman's pref
erences. Jewels form a magnetic
mighty power to the average wo,
man. Zen that greatest OF all
Jewels, health, is often ruined in
the strenuous effort to save the
money to purchase them. If a
woman will risk her health to get
q coveted gem, then let her for
tify herself against the insiduous
consequences of coughs, colds
and bronchial affections by regu-
lar use of DR.. Boschee's German
Syrup. 1t will promptly arrest
consumption in it's early stages
and heal the affected lungs and
bronchial tubes and drive the
dread disease from the system. 1t
is not a cure-all, but it is a certain
cure for coughs, colds and all
bronchial troubles. You can get
DR.. Green's reliable remedies at
D. A. Memberships.
Get Green's Special Almanac.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-20
The VALLEY of the Nile

Is no richer than the fertile coun-
try traversed by the Illinois Cen.
trail railroad in the States of
Tennessee, Mississippi and Lou
isiana. Northern farmers have
awakened to this fact and are
rapidly settling here, for they APP
preciate the fact that the soil,
crops, climate, water, markets,
ETC., are all that could be desired
and they are buying land while
the prices are yet very low. Write
the undersigned for free illustra-
ted literature and find out for
yourself. E. A. Richter, Pass. and
Land Agent, Illinois Central rail-
road, GIT Bessemer building.
Pittsburg, Pa. 7.26-tf