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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-20
Club of Dyspeptics.
From the Medical Record.

The Dyspeptic Club, recently formed in
Jersey City, aims evidently to create new
department Of the interior" and to manage
it on advanced and economic theories So
far there are only fifty-seven members in
the organization. although a very much
greater number, mostly Americans, are
plainly eligible.
Each member must make quarterly writ
ten reports Of experiences. The diversity of
these should certainly give due variety to
the sessions. But this is the only way to get
at facts. The actions of different foods
must be duly estimated. Pie and pain, buck
wheat and bloat, sausage and suffering
pickle and pang, cabbage and collie, ham
and heartburn, must show their proper rela-
TONS The humiliating part of the business
is that each culprit must confess to his
weak will and his misplaced condolences,
while pork, pie and pudding will Still hold
their own against odds. Thus. no member
should be trusted to give absolutely impair
tial testimony unless he can prove that he
was free from cramp. hyperacidity, head
ache or borborygmus when his report was
written. Gastralgia IS as apt, in reflex
way, to affect the higher moral sense Of
truth as is collie to warp sound judgment
on the ordinary relation of cause and effect.
The only time for good resolutions is when
the paroxysm is on.
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least. the Korean emperor sough; 10 come
70 the American legation 20. presection at
a time when several foreign amba ssadors
would have done anything to have obtained
his majesty's person; but he wds kindly
bu. firmly refused the necessary perinis-
sion. Nothing would have been gained 10
Americans best Interests by having the
possession OF the king. and a thousand
dangers would have been run. The en-
peror leads a haunted life. sleeping i'll day
time. when all the worlds awake, and
holding his cabinet meetings and doing ell
his business ty night He has deserted bis
old palace in the native portion of the city
and lives in a straw-thatched barn of a
building In frog pond in the foreign
qrarter-within reach of the legations in
case OF trouble.
From any point of view America must
be greatly interested In and connected with
the future of Korea. Twice as many Amer
leans can talk the Korean language as any
other nationality of foreigners in Korea;
America has led in commercial exploitation.
America has led in disseminating political
knowledge. DIR. Philip Jaisoltn. d natural.
lied American of Korean parentage, and
adviser to the cabinet. founded the first
English paper in Korea, the native editions
OF which circulated widely and played an
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the Methodist missions in the center of the
little kingdom count over 5000. The Meth
odists have paid special attention to pub
fishing: their first plant, the Trilingual
Press. having played an important part in
the opening of Korea. The Roman Cath
olics number 10000 converts: they entered
Korea two centuries ago, when the Jesuts
were leading the way into the heart of the
American continent. The Koreans have
practically given up Buddhism and Con-
fucianism." according to Minister Allen.
Depends on Politics.
A few American trading houses have
sprung up: the Standard Oil Company does
a large business in Korea; but the future
of American trade, of course. depends, like
everything else, upon the political turn
which things may take in the future in
the landing of the Morning Calm. Seventy
per cent of the trade of Korea Is with
England: Japan and Russia have a little
on the east and north.
Thanks to the wisdom of her represent
atives in Korea. America has maintained
her place with dignity and success. As
Mr.. Allen has modestly stated. To-day
Americans are found to be in pos ession of
rights and privileges of great material
value, obtained by peaceful means from
the good will of the people"
Have Lost No Ground.
Amid all the excitement of various uprs-
ings. of the Japan-China war and of the
surprising days of 1885, American interests
have not lost ground. On one occasion, at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-20
OUR LEAD IN KOREA
Accident Made Americans
Her Commercial Developers.
GUESSES AS TO FUTURE
HOW 1T BEGAN.
American Interests Have Lost No
Ground, No Matter How Strong
the Opposition.
Copyright, 1904 by Arthur B. Hulbert.)

Copyright. 1904, by Arthur B. Hubert)
Written for The Evening Star by Archer Butler
Hubert. formerly Editor OF the Korean indie
pendent.
Korea Is the only foreign country In
which Americans have taken the leading
part in its commercial exploitation; and it
was purely by accident that America be-
gan to play the important role in the de-
velopment of the hermit kingdom that she
has played during the past generation.
1t was just twenty years ago. after the
emeute of 1884. that an American medical
missionary. DIR. Horace Allen. was called
upon to perform serious operation on the
nangled body of Prince Min Yung TX, a
Korean nobleman. The operation was sue
cessful and attracted the attention of the
Korean emperor, who Immediately ap-
pointed DR.. Allen kings physician.
The American missionaries, other than
medical, were also achieving the beginning
of their successes. At the same time, in
order TO found school for the training of
Korean noblemens sons for government
and diplomatic positions, the Korean gov
eminent sent to America, asking for three
tea chers to found government school or
royal college. Thus, in the space of a few
years, Americans took the lead in Korea
In missionary, medical and educational
lines. They were looked upon as friends
by the natives, and were loved; they were
not meddling in politics; not asking for
coaling stations or open ports. They came
to do good, and they did good and nothing
else.
tory ended with the outbreak of the Japan
China war; Korea had nominally belonged
to China up to this time; though the CathO-
lie missionaries had been in Korea almost
since the Puritans landed at Plymouth
Rock. France had sought no political power
in the government. The Royal Hospital
had been founded through DR.. Aliens in
duence. At the close of the war Korea be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-20
Education in England.

From the London Statist-
Whatever the explanation may be. there
is. unfortunately, contempt for educa-
ton throughout all classes in this country.
Materially. therefore. our education is the
worst of any highly civilized country. And
because 1t is so we are gradually losing
ground. and our competitors are forging
ahead of u.s. We are losing ground. not
alone il trade and manufactures, but in
every department Of life. Our whole gov
eminent system is inefficient 80 a surpris-
ing degree. Wilatsour army is we saw in
South Africa what Our administrative
departments are we have had Of late sew
eral disconcerting Illustrations
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Oregon.


From the Portland Oregonian.
In other climates spring comes upon a
country of frozen fields and sapless boughs.
The changing of the seasons appears to
people that have been rubbing hands and
stamping feet in unkindly weather. and
their appreciation breaks forth In obvious
verse, until the ':spring poet" is as plentiful
and as obnoxious as the perspicacious pests
of the later season, or the persons that
ask 'Is it hot enough for your It Is the
idea of many who greet spring with blue
noses that the season cannot be appreciated
in such land as Oregon, where winter IL
balmy and trees are evergreen. There could
be no greater mistake, for we do not hail
spring for what 1t ends. but what 1t be-
gins, and. although here we have no snow
drifts to melt away under the breath of
the chinook. the wind brings promises Of
the "blue. unciouded" summer. It Is as
the trumpeter OF hope that the season Is
king.
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from Seoul. This bridge. LEO feet long
was sent across the Atlantic in pieces on 4,
special vessel. 1t made the Koreans open
their eyes to a three-masted schooner
come laundering safely into the haif-ehar-
tered Korean port under the firm hand of
Yankee skipper; but their wonder became
Amusement when the strange pieces of
iron 1t bore as cargo were carried twenty
five miles inland and swung safely above
the mad tides of the chief river of Korea.
The total length OF the bridge is 24J0 feet.
including approaches Upon completion
japanese company secured the road
At Scouts West Gate.
This road had it's terminus without the
west gate of Seoul. American enterprise
now put on foot an electric railway run
ming from the railway terminus into Seoul.
through the city and out 10 the tomb of
the murdered Empress Min. three miles
east of the city, and a Mecca for Koreans.
The Seoul Electric Company was organ
fzed: il comprised Koreans only. with the
governor of the city as president. The fran
chise came from The department of public
worls. The company was capitalized at
$500 0ssj: one-half of this sum was imme-
diateiy paid to the sanae construction COM
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grounds, near the scene Of the disaster.
Moro than a thousand people waited at the
gates OF the arsenal, at the foot of "a
street, for entrance to the ceremonies. It
wns q very hot day and many were over
come by the heat In the immense throng.
cises were held on large platform. about
u by 20 feet. covered with white duck and
trimmed with emblems OF mourning. Over
head was q canopy draped with the Amer
lean nag and mourning. There were fifteen
cof1ins containing the remains, eight unf-
Identified on one side OF the platform and
seven identified on the other side. The
cofilns were made IN the arsenal carpenter
shop OF poplar and were silver mounted
Upon the top Of each was a plate bearing
the name OF the inmate. where known, or
the word Unknown" IL otherwise.
Rev. Father A. Bokel of St. Dominic's
parish preached funeral service for the
victims who had been Catholics, and Rev.
8. v. Leech, pastor of Gorsuch Chapel on
~ street southwest, preached for the Pro-
testant victims. The services were very inn
pressive and there were many exhibitions
of hysteria and intense grief by families of
victims, who begged to have the collins
opened that they might view the remains
Owing to the almost unacceptable condi-
ton of the remains it was held inadvisable
and unwise to do so.
Long Funeral Procession.
The funeral cortege moved up AZ street to
Pennsylvania avenue, and thence out to
Congressional cemetery. 1t was very long
one, occupying over a half hour to pass any
given point. John G. Dudley was chief
marshal. The bells in ST. Dominics Church
and the Columbia Fire Company house
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Directions.
From the Philadelphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Bring me some coffee said Mr. Nurox.
as he finished his dessert.
aDemi -tHsse7' inquired tho waiter.
Sure, IL that's the best you got; and,
say. bring one o them little pots full OF 1t. =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-20

On the Monday following movement
was inaugurated In meeting Of employees
at the arsenal to devise means to erect a
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Funeral Held on Sunday

Tie funeral occurred on Sunday afternoon,
June 70, and took place ct the arsenal
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-11
INDEX TO THIS NUMBER.

Condition of Cotton.
Current Events Editorial Review .
Feeding Corn Stover, G.. W. Burkett. :. =.
From 'The Sage of Harmony" W. r. Hayes
Gigantic Business Combination, F.
Importance of Spraying Fruit Trees, H. e
Freeman ........... ......................
Making Good Roads, W. f. Tomlinson.
Salicylic Acid in Canning and Preserving
Selecting Cotton Seed, G. B. Williams. :.
Timrod, Hayne and Lanier. ;. ..........
To Increase Grain Crops, F. L. Stevens.
Training for Young Farmers ............
Visit to Progressive farmers Home, @. @.
Social Chat, Z; State News, II; General NJ
13; Teachers Reading Course, IA; Sunshine
Markets, 16.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-11
Give us a trial.

Dear Mr. Subscriber THAT, personal letter we
wrote you last week called for a reply, and we
sent you the paper on which to mail your reply
the subscription blank we enclosed Please don't
fail to send it back just nearly filled up as you
can get it. Already names coming in by the
hundreds, but this doesn't help your inactivity:
we are counting on list from YOU.
That is why we have sent you an extra copy of
our paper this week. Give your regular copy to
your wife, and put the other in your pocket Then
take it to the mill, the store, and to your neigh
boris house: wherever you go, take it with you
and ask for subscriptions, letting no guilty man
escape In that way, you get up dozen 15-
cent subscribers before another week and have
your date moved up year free.
If we remember correctly, you once sent us
names of some of your neighbors for sample
copies, but some of these neighbors failed to sub
scribe Now is the time to see them. Any Of them
will give the little Is cents you ask for-and you
will thus help your neighbor, help and help
yourself.
Now is the time to work. Get up the club this
week. Strike while the iron is hot. Make clean
sweep Don't leave house in the township with
ont The Progressive Farmer and Cotton Plant
FIJI up the blank We shall look for it before the
end of next week.
CLARENCE H. POE,
Editor and Manager.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-11
ST a Year in Advanc|

Minnesota it has proved less valuable than red
mammoth clovers. It grows well in Maine
in most of the Northern and Central States
makes lighter crop of hay than red clover
is also a pasture plant, and thrives VI 1ien
with grasses. It prefers moist soil. IL
of course varies, and in seeding about
pounds of seed should be sown- per acre.
Experiment Station the alsize clover made
stand, and yielded well; not so well, howeve]
the common red clover. / see no special -
tage in growing the alsike clover when Il
son clover can be used for winter, and
the common red clover plant for our
growth We should like to see some of ou
ers try this plant on a small scale to star
but we surmise that the common red Glove
is better adapted to our conditions and OF
in the Middle South
V.-The Seed Bed for Grasses.
One thing avoid: deep plowing closely fo9
by grasses. If deep loosening is needed, tie
ing had best be done in the spring ane
to corn or cowpeas. H you already haee il
of land, harrow thoroughly, but not
Recent plowing cuts off the tops of these
connection between the top and the
Recent plowing cuts off the tops of thes
tubes and poor catch will usually fe
some parts of the State excellent crops
are grown, the seed being sown in Fe
early March in the wheat and slight1
with light harrow.
This practice affords the best of resi-
the seed-bed is exceptionally good for the
grains. If plowing must be done, it had
done several weeks previous to seeding
the harrow be at work just the same so as
the bed mellow and fine. Frequent rains
harm; they are just the things needed for,
preparation, When the seed-bed is nell
as deep as the seed is sown, and below
under soil compact and firm, the most f!
conditions for termination and growth
young grass plants are obtained. Moist1
be there, oxygen will be present and heat
be wanting, and then the plants will not be
ly to dry out because of lack of moistur
killed because of freezing.
@. W. BURKE
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-11
TO THE SAMPLE COPY" READER.
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER AND COT
TON PLANT WILL BE SENT TO ANY AID
DRESS FROM NOW TILL JANUARY 1, 1905,
FOR ONLY FIFTEEN CENTS.

FOR ONLY FIFTEEN CENTS.
This is the offer we making now, and it is
the most fetching" in the history of the paper
Just half our regular rate-and any mans
money back if he's not satisfied.
You remember that when the eloquent Dr. Al
derman (nicknamed "TonyO left our State Uni
versity, the old negro barber in Chapel Hill de-
clared that while other Presidents had done well,
DR.. Battle being mighty smart and DR.. Winston
as sharp as brier, and DIR. Venable hard to beat,
s.nore of 'umo he said, "can 'spatiate and eluci-
date and prevaricate like Mars Tony"
The point is that we don't need to expatiate or
elucidate or prevaricate about offer like this.
1t speaks for itself, and the only thing in the
world is to accept it. and accept it right away
Only Is cents till January 1st, and your money
back if you are not satisfied.
Give us a trial.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-11
FROM AGRICULTURAL EDITOR BURKErr.
I.-Seed Corn for Next Year.

Seed Corn for Next Year.
This is the time for looking after next years
supply of seed corn if you have not already done
so. You can tell but little about your seed if
you wait to select from the crib the coming winter
or spring. You still have opportunity to go in
the field and select the best ears from the most
prolific stalks.
Of course, this could have been done better
earlier in the season, but it is better late than
not at all. Try selecting seed for cotton and
corn for year or two Just see if it isn't practi-
cable.
1.-THE Washing of Fields.
There is going to be good deal of land that
will wash considerably during the next six months.
Have you some of it?
Your corn and cotton have taken some plant
food out of your soil, but you should remember
a good deal more is going during the winter
months through the washing of the land, and a lot
of the plant food food is going to leach away.
Why not protect this land by sowing crimson
clover or rye, both9 It will save the soil, and
if you plow these crops under next spring, you
will be able to put lot of humus in the soil. OH
will need the humus next year to loosen the SOIL
to make plant food, and to help control the mois-
ture supply.
Don't you think it worth your while to think
about this?
m.-Teaching Agriculture to the Children.
The boys and girls will soon be in school. Are
they learning anything about nature, the plants
and the animals? Or are they learning about life
over in Europe Asia other place they
will likely never see? I think it is all right to
know something about the stars, but want my
children to know something about the soil as well.
don't object to their being made acquainted
with King Richard, but want them to know also
something about King Cotton. I willing for
them to know about other lands and other people,
but I also want them to be told about the dignity
of farm life.
I know many of you agree with in this.
If you do, then for the sake of agriculture, for
the good of State, to it that your teacher
teaches agriculture in your school. The State
law requires it and it is the duty of every teacher
to hold classes in agriculture, and I trust that
you will make yourself committee of one to see
that this part of the law is enforced.
V.-Alsike Clover.
'1 should be glad if you would ask Professor
Burkett to give the farmers some information
through your paper about alsike clover."-A. O. g.
Wake Co., N @.
Replying to correspondent here, will say
that asike clover is forage plant about two feet
high, with a pinkish white blossom. It is peren
NAL and thrives best in the cool climates. In
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-04-15

Portland, though heavy taxpayer, il
rarely the beneficiary OF appropriations
at the hands of the legislature. That
city has no institutions of importance
that the state is annually called upon te
aid, and her legislative members are not
often at he capital as now. with their
hands out for gold.
According to the argument ad
vanced in the above article from
the Times, farmers of Benton are
each paying this year "$1.2I Il
cents" as their share of the Lewis
and Clark appropriation. Yet
the Times now cries out against
the "extravagance on the part of
Republican legislature" and
tells its readers in the country
that this $1.21H is responsible
for the fact that many of them
are paying from IS to so per
cent more taxes than they did
the last year of Judge Wood
ward administration.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-04-15
THE PLATFORM.

Resolved, That we favor the permanent
betterment of every highway in Benton
county, without regard to the political COM
plexlon of the section to which it leads
or through which it passes
Resolved, That we favor the liberal but
intelligent exenditure of public money for
road improvement, under competent super
vision, and limited to the employment of
such methods as will provide good roads
without imposing unnecessary burden on
the taxpayers
Resolved, Tint we favor an administra-
ton of county affairs which will render un-
necessary gradual increase of the taxpay-
ers' burden from year to year at a time
when the county is free from debt, and there
is no demand for heavy expenditure of
county funds
Resolved, That we favor al equal and
uniform system of taxation as prescribed by
the constitution and laws of this state, and
condemn in most severe terms a policy
which discrminates in favor OF one indi-
vidual and against another.
Resolved, That we favor the strict atten-
tion of every county officer to his duties pre-
scribed for him by law, and the faithful
observance of the obligations imposed by
his oath of office. Adopted by the Benton
county Republican convention, March 81,
1904
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PLAYS THE CUTTLEFTSH.

Judge McFadden's political un-
derstudy, the editor OF the Times,
tacitly admits in the last issue of
that paper that the report of the
late Democratic county conven-
ton, printed in these columns,
was correct in every particular.
He is entitled to no credit for the
discovery. The truth and fairness
of that report have never honestly
been questioned by anyone who
attended the sessions of that con-
vention. That there came near
being open rebellion on the part
OF a number of the delegates, was
not to their discredit, nor was
there any reason why fair and
complete report of the proceed
ings of the convention should
not contain reference to these facts.
Left to themselves the delegates
would, no doubt, have held an
harmonious convention and fairly
represented their constituents, but
Judge McFadden, supported by
his right and left bower, was a
combination they could not beat.
The real purpose of the Times
article "About Two Conven-
TONS" published in its issue of
April 9th, was not to question
the accuracy of our report of the
Democratic county convention.
Some pretext must be found for
printing that editorial on ''Let Us
Have Peace" +" and the Trio were
still smarting from the whacks
dealt them in the convention by
blunt old William Bryans. Some
excuse must be trumped up for
delivering those ''shots" Judge
McFadden was aching to fire at
the morning session of the Dem
ocratic convention. He is already
pulling at the lanyard, and the
public may expect to hear reports
eminating from the Times Office