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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-05-06


Of them came out and spoke to the
nurse. Then the nurse went into the
bedroom with the doctors, and the
door was shut
Once or twice young Green came
out TO speak a pleasant word TO her OF
encouragement, or a message as to
her fathers condition; he was more
quiet now, the doctors had given him
a narcotic. Later he was sleeping
quietly; sleep was what he needed
1T is too bad it is so stormy" he
said. and there was an indescribable
kindness in his voice as he stood be-
side her at the window while the dark
ness was enyeloping the world. I
would so like to see the stars from
your windows, Dolores. Can you see
Venus above the mountains when it
is clear, and the moon set in the
young moons arms2"
She lifted her true eyes to his face,
and a flush was coming into the pure.
pale face.
There are few can place in the
heavens" she said, slowly, but those
I know are like friends to me; l have
no friends, you know. And my mother
is near me when the stars are in the
sky. Ny mother is dead You knew
my mother is dead?"
Yes" he made answer, smiling
into the lifted face so near his own.
Il would so like you to see ny moth
er, Dolores. You could not fail to
love her"
The girl shook her head. There was
no deepening of the soft eoloring Of
her face, no tremor OF the proudly
curved red lips. no dropping of the
silken lashes over the dark eyes.
Il know nothing about love-" she
said, quietly. Il have only my father
and my. mothers books"
His eyes darkened suddenly, a
strange tenderness came over ne fair,
kindly face.
After all. there is a sadness about
love; perhaps it is as well, Dolores"
He turned swiftly from her, and
crossing the room lighted only by the
Pickering fire, his figure defined in
grotesque shapes upon the walls, he
entered the room beyond. leaving her
motionless at the darkened window,
her eyes following him
Presently she left the window also
and, crossing to shelf at the other
end. took down the last book he had /
brought her and opened it to her 1
favorite reading of the fables of the |
stars. Her eyes bent over the pages /
were luminous. her cheeks flushed !
softly. She was cut of her narrowed 4
life with the infinite range of the 4
heavens spread before her; the mill
ions and millions of miles of space 1
carried her mind with the thoughts
lar. far above the shut-in life of her /
mountain home and the stolid settle 4
nent that had no life but the tavern /
and the gossip.
AS young Green entered the bed I
nom the nurse was setting things to 4
rights for the night; she smiled at
him as ne entered; the two doctors
we're talking together in an under
one.
Take good care of her, Mrs. Allen"
ne said, earnestly; land see that she
;leeps. She is completely worn out
With this strain / leave it with you
o see that she is interested in things
outside of this room | viii stop at
he tavern tonight and be up early in
he morning Everything all right,
Iarry?"
(To be continued)
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CHAPTER xI.
The Nurses Story.

The doctors remained in that
hushed room the whole of the long
night through; the nurse said that they
would go presently. but they did not
As darkness settled down heavily one
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Drink Fills ASYLUM.

The ravages of drink in Edinburgh
have. it appears. reached the worst
proportion ever known in the expe-
Renee of the Edinburgh Lunauc Asy-
lum-
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character as he is in the instincts
which, contrary to those Of his neigh
bors, early led him to throw open wide
his gates and welcome Heterogeneous
.commingling of races within his bor-
.dera You will find him facially re-
.sembling the Tibetan, the Mongol, the
Hindoo. and even the African, with
sometimes the oval face cast OF the
Egyptian. The higher classes OF the
kingdom are not infrequently as fair as
the Caucasian, with features distinctly
of the Aryan type the eyes straight
and devoid altogether of the conven-
tional "slant." The hair varies from
deep black to light brown, but red hair
is totally unknown in Korea. Phys1-
<cally, the average Korean. though
muscular, is undersized, and rarely at
tains to more than I'VE foot six; the
women seldom reach this.
Broadly speaking, it is hardly an ex-
aggeration to say that the Koreans
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To Poultry Raisers.

TO FOQltEy kSSlNoEDs
"The only way the growers OF pro
duce and poultry raisers can protect
themselves against interruptions
wholesale dealers is to insist on being
paid for their product before it leaves
their CONTROL" said Secretary A. G.
Clausen of the state railroad and ware
house commission.
IF the producers of these things as
class would refuse to ship them un-
til they got their money, the dealers
would have to send agents into the
country to buy at the farms. The
farmer would get less than the fancy
quotations sent out, but he would be
ahead in real money"
1.-The commission probably receives
more complaints against the unscrupu-
methods of dealers in produce and,
poultry, the so-called commission mer-
chant, than against all the railroads in
the state - rtr.
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A STREET IN SEOUL.

as yet entered the official mind, and
that pestilence has not made there Its
abiding home is proof Of beneflcent
Providence. During the writer's So
journ some years ago 1t was not an
unusual occurrence for the agile
leopard (Korea's most common wild
>fowl") to scale one of the walls, and
entering the nearest house, carry OF a
child in the darkness. To-day, how
ever, we have changed all that; but
Seyool's greatest need, from western
point of view, is still a decent hotel.
The native dwelling house is an i'm
possibility to all but salamander.
The flooring, in most cases. is COM
posed Of neatly-jointed fiat stones,
over which mats are laid. Underneath
is q hollow space, in which firewood is
Naid in bundles and lighted. The paper
doors are then slid into their grooves.
excluding all air. and soon you find
yourself in a Turkish bath. The av-
erage newcomer only tries it once.
The Koreans have far keener sense
of humor than the Chinese or the Hin
doc. They are more kindly disposed to
the poor, and more ready to help them
than are the Japanese. But in child
ish superstition of every conceivable
kind the Cho-Senese have few, IL any,
rivals. The religion is largely Sha-
manism; serpents, as in India, are
reverently worshiped, and the country
is overrun by astrologers, magicians
and fortune tellers
BERNARD ESPINASSE.
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SWISS CITIZEN SHIP.
How the Native Born Can BE Re
lieved of His Military
Duties.

The vast number of Swiss watch
makers who have taken up their abode
in this country will no doubt be inter-
ested, says the jewelers. Circular, In
the following warning to Swiss-Amer-
leans returning to Switzerland, by
Consul A. Lieberknecht, Zurich, Swift
erland:
1.-THE attention Of students and 9TH
ers intending to remain for any length
of time in Switzerland is called to the
necessity of providing themselves with
passports. Many naturalized American
citizens labor under Misrepresentation
as to their old and new citizenship
rights and responsibilities. They re-
turn to Switzerland with naturaliza-
ton papers or passports, only to find
themselves Swiss citizens again.
I'm this country a person never
loses his citizenship, no matter how
long he may absent himself, unless he
goes through certain necessary formal
tiles. II he returns and is owing a
military tax, he is compelled to pay
the same in spite of the fact that he is
Al American citizen. The only way
to be released from old responsible
ties Is by making a written request &c
his home community for such release
submitting proof 1T tho same time that
he has acquired American ciuzsaship.
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seething for a whole twelvemonth,
settled in most primitive fashion.
and often half the town Is drawn into
the brawl. The creditor, catching his
debtor abroad, may thump and pound
him to his hearts content. and no one
may interfere. For IA days veritable
pandemonium reigns, and as method
Of clearing the air" it Is certainly
not without interest-for the spectator.
seyool, the capital Generally and In
correctly spelt Seoul by the westerner),
on the Hang Keng river, is an untidy,
ill-built city, surrounded by 20-foot
walls. The curfew system, common to
feudal England, still prevails as in
most Korean towns. A great bell Is
rung at sunset, and the gates are i'm
mediately closed, not to be reopened
until the following sunrise. No lights
may then be carried in the streets, and
no one may 60 in or out OF the city,
with one rather startling exception.
All funerals, by immemorial custom,
take place only at night, and for this
purpose there is special exit called
'The Gate Of the Dead" Between the
hours of sunset and dawn, no male is
allowed to be abroad in the streets;
these hours are sacred to the women,
and constitute their only privilege.
They usually employ the time in pay
ing visits. Up to a few years ago any
masculine philanderer found out after
dark was beheaded, but since the Eu-
ropeans have introduced their own Gus
toms the entire system Is in danger OF
revolution.
Seyool is one of the filthiest and
worst-kept towns to be found in oil
the east. The idea of drainage has not
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are the LATEST people on earth. All
day long they lie about the streets
smoking their gigantic pipes "a native
pipe is a six-foot length of bamboo
with a metal bowl, and Is carried
tucked into the neckband and down
the trouser leg). All work, OF very
nearly every kind, is done by the
women, who occupy, perhaps, the most
degraded position held by the sex OF
any nation: The unfortunate female
population is collectively beast OF
burden, and denied even the most ele-
mentary recognition VS. human beings.
A Korean girl has No name; she Is
merely known as "aoaughter Of"
During the first noon Of each new
wear the Cho-senese throw on their In
ordinate laziness and allow their
naturally quarrelsome proclivities full
play. This is the period permitted oy
law when anyone and everyone may
neht in the public streets, or anywhere
they choose, with impunity. And full
advantage Of the license is taken! NOW
ere family disputes, which have been
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"A Eau N8Dcs
While attempting to brighten. two
employees of his father, Fred B. Wat
son, aged seventeen, 3s1 Ferdinand
street, st. Paul, was struck over the
head with piece of iron by David
Parker and killed at midnight. 81
Parker gave himself up to the police
and is being held untirsthe coroner,1
report is announced.
Watson was son Of D. w. Watson,
who conducts a livery barn at st.
Anthony avenue and Ferdinand street;
in the barn two men sleep, David Park
er and Charles Jenkius. Fred b. Wat
son and his brother, Clinton E. Watson,
thought to have some sport with the
men by frightening them, and crawl
ing into the basement intending to
alarm them by creeping up on them.
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OREA, now war-ridden,

~ OREA, now war-ridden, Ia
Y the frowsy corner of the
+, eastern household where
INA Nature, like 4 careless
q M housemaid, has broomed
I the refuse yweepings OF
Asia. In that little, knobby
peninsula of Chosen GLAND Of the
Morning Calm"), mixed and irrecon-
cilable nationalities jostle one another,
keeping alive the antagonisms OF
caste and kind. The son Of the mikado
is at daggers drawn with his celestial
cousin. most of the Europeans are not
on speaking terms, and the Korean
himself cordially detests everybody,
and is in turn distrusted by all parties.
Korea, in regard to its limited area
(about two and q half times the size Of
6cotland). is more prolific in interne-
cine dissension than any spot on the
globe. In no more suitable area could
be struck the first blows of the worlds
approaching Armageddon.
Situated at the elbow of that bone OF
contention, Manchuria, with the direct
road to Picking stretching from the
western gate of it's capital, Seyool, it is
not surprising to find the Monaghan
leaven prominent In Korea. Originally
conquered by Korai, warrior of Fuyu,
1t acknowledged the suzerainty Of
China for several centuries, and annu-
ally paid tribute. The latter custom,
however. fell into desuetude, and was
a. kn~n
when Japan first began to f1irt with
her cousin of the Yellow sea. Never
theless, the Korean is not faithful to
any blood-strain, and is as thoroughly
cosmopolitan in physiognomy and
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service Of the American, English,
French, Russian, German, Austrian and
italian forces. The American and Eng
lish Official reports of that campaign
frankly concede this fact And In the
Japanese Chinese war in 1894-95, 1t
was almost as smooth working and
enicient, and did not break down dur
ing the rapid marches up the Corean
peninsula and across Manchuria 10
Port Arthur and Newchwang.
And an efficient auxiliary OF the
army hospital service is the Red Cross
society. In every large city In Japan
there are schools for training nurses
At Toxic the empress, who Is the spe-
cial patroness of the Red Cross hos
pital and school. always presides at
the annual graduation exercises, ana
with her own hands distributes the d.
plomas to the white-capped graduates
The fact that one Of the imperial
princesses has taken the full course OF
training, and other of the court ladies
have followed her example. has proved
a power incentive to the young women
of Japan to enter these training schools.
Every province in Japan has
branch of the Red Cross and each year
union meeting Of all these branches
Is held at Toxic. Often rs many as
10000 members gather in the great
outdoor session in Uyeno park The
insignia of the order is seen every
where at this time, and there seems
immediate prospect that this impor-
tant auxiliary to the hospital and med
ical service will have plenty to do.
Preparations for the waf which was
believed to be coming have been going
on for months, and the local Red Cross
societies are in shape to render even
more efficient service than in the north
China campaign Of 1900. Every year
has brought some flood, earthquake or
other disaster which has called forth
the efforts of the society, and the
prompt relief which has always been
extended is evidence Of its preparedness
for service at al times. Baron Hashi-
noko il at the head of the Red Cross In
Japan.
It may not be generally known that
a prominent physician Of Chicago, Dr..
Nicholas Sem, helped to organize the
Japanese Red Cross society, and ia also
onefof its directors. DR.. Sem has just
returned home from Japan, and It Is
altogether likely that he will he sum-
moned to 60 back.
Russia, as we'll al all the other prin-
cipal powers of tie world, has Red
Cross society, to supplement and
strengthen the work Of the hospital
and medical service of the army. and
while 1t is hot a. well organized and
ready for work an the society Of Japan.
end tho,s Of other countries. atil! It Il
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alive to the probable needs for Actiye3
service on the battlefield and In the
army hospitals Count Won Ontso1-
dashkon. who was one of the closest
friends Of Emperor Alexander Ill.,. the
father of the present car, 10 at the
head of the Russian Red Cross and will
work under the direct supervision and
patronage of the empress dowager. The
Golfers of the society have been filled
to carry on the work. To begin with 1t
will have 100000, of which st. Pc
tersburg alone contributed $500, 900.
In addition to this work of the Red
Cross society, Emperor Nicholas has
accepted the offer of the knightly Or
ders of Count and Livonia and Estho-
mia, to equip a medical corps for serv-
ice at the front, and this is only the be-
ginning of similar offers from other
royal orders and Russian societies.
Russia was the last of the European
powers to recognize the Red Cross
movement and enter into the treaty,
known as the Geneva convention. The
movement was the outgrowth Of the
experiences of a Swiss gentleman by
the name of Henri Durant, who wit
messed in 1859 the horrors Of war on
the battlefield of Solferino. and was
aroused to the need of some organiza-
ton which would have for its object
the amelioration of the suffering Of the
soldiers on the battlefields and IA the
hospitals. AS result of his efforts an
International convention was called to
meet in Geneva in 1864, to which l6
governments responded. All the Eu-.
ropean nations of Europe were repre-
sented but Russia, and 1t was not un-
til three years after this convention.
in 1876, that she adopted the code of
the society, providing for the protec-
ton of the hospitals and people bear
ing the insignia Of the Red Cross and
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for a proper care Of wounded enemies
or prisoners. i
The Geneva Red Cross treaty was
not adopted by the United States until
1882, and 1t remained for this country
to organize the civil branch Al the 60
ciety and have 1t adopted DIS the Amer
lean amendment. This provides for the
extending of relief in cases OF disaster
other than war, and Of late years the
American Red Cross society has taken
the lead in work Of this character, tho
most important instance being that in
connection with the Martinique VOL
cano horror. An entirely new develop
ment Of the work Of the American ma
tional society Is in the industrial field.
where organized effort is being made
to provide efficient means Of render
ing instant emergency treatment In
case Of accident occurring in factories,
mills, on the railroads, In stores,
schools, homes and wherever accident
is liable to occur. =
Ever since Florence Nightingale
rendered such noble and splendid saw
ices in the hospital ut Scutari during
the terrible Crimea war in 1886, the
power and efficiency Of women i'm time
of war has been recognized. 1t b
through tho Red Cross society row
mainly that they extend their services.s
but during the civil war in this eoaln-
try and when there was no Red Cross
organization through which to- work.
the women came bF hundreds and
thousands Offering their service, ard
rendering aid on tina battle field and in
the hospitals which brought many q
DOOR fellow back to the land q the
living when he WAS just about to re-
spond to 'taps" ON the other side. Tho
women did not have the untfoTm and
the insignia Of the Red Cross then.
they did not have the splendid train
Ing and organization to help them in
their work of mercy, hrt they did have
tho same heDeic, tender; compassion-
ate spirit which moves WoGnanhood to-G
day to respoad to the call at humanity
and follow In gentle ministry In tho
wake of the warning armies. Then
there weRs the individuals moved by
one impulse of mercy and purpose Ot
service searching The hattlehslds for
the wounded and dying after the smoke
of con1ict had passed and the still dark
night had settled down; to-day there
is the organized effort, the uniformed
corps, the systematic service. the pes~
feet equipment. There can be no hQlA
to improve over the noble spirit nj
self-sacriflcs and devotion Of the wos
men of tho days gone by, but VITA thai
same spirit moving womanhooA tordays
how vastly more effective become Asr
efforts through such an 0FEaAlzatA0A
a tho Red Cross society ISL.
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- HE dogs of war have slipped


ats ~ their leashes, and Gen.
k Sherman's declaration that
~ war IL hell" is again to
S,C spell it's awful truth out be-
W. fore tho world. The boom,
of cannon, the roar Of mus
kerry, the clashing Of saber and bayo-
net, will be followed by the scenes of
agony and DEATH The raging, merci-
less monster of war presses on in re-
lentless pursuit Of his human victims,
and leaves behind the hundreds and
thousands of wounded, and dying and
dead, and then along this bloody path
comes the gentle tread Of the messen-
gers of mercy, as they seek to undo as
far as possible the awful destruction
wrought, to alleviate the suffering, and
to sweeten the dying moments of the
fatally wounded. AS modern invention
and ingenuity have increased the ter
ribleness of war there has been a cor
responding advance made in the organ
ization, equipment and drill of the hos
pital and ambulance corps Of the
armies Of the various countries.
Japan, who has amazed the world In
the last dozen years by her remarkable
development and splendid advance
along commercial, industrial, educa-
tional lines, has at the same time been
perfecting her army and creating
navy that is her pride and boast, and
the dread of her present foe. And per-
haps the most striking feature and eff
acient branch of Japan's army organ
lzation, splendid as it is. is the hospital
and medical service. Japan is cred
tied with having the model field and
military hospital service Of all modern
armies. At Tientsin and Peking In
1900 1t is said that it proved its ef-
dciency and practical superiority when
working side by side with the same
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Wards Of tho State.

Few people realize the amount OF
dry goods and clothing purchased by
the state board of control every, quar-
ter for the inmates of the state institu-
tons.
The dress goods, flannel, sheetings
and skirtings alone. arranged in strips
a ward wide, would extend twenty.one
miles. The dress goods are enough to
make dresses for 1000 inmates, reckon
ing ten yards to dress. The sheetinRs
would cover 1000 six feet square.
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News Notes.

All the bids for the library site at
Crookston have been rejected.
st. Paul will be the headquarters for
the Northwestern civil service district
Eighteen Of the thirty-nine railroads
in the state report an increase Of near
" half million dollars in gross earn
'nyS
The farm residence of John ASHER
in Roscoe township, near Red Wing,
was destroyed by dre. Nothing was
saved. The origin of the fire is not
known.
The Washington County Ru,al Mail
Carriers association has been organ.
lied and the first officers are: w. w.
Briggs, Saltwater, president, M. L..
Lonegrcn, Alton, vice-president; c. II.
Cobb, Cottage Grove, secretary, and
w. w. Stewart, Saltwater, treasurer.
The Hubbarn Milling company is
running its -four mills at Mankato
almost to its full capacity. turning
out 1000 barrels day.
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A Fine Fur.

Po-ka-na-ga, Chippewa Indian liv-
ing at Pine Point, on the White Earth
reservation has fox skin which he
will take to the twin cities and ex-
poets to get $3.50 for the fur.
Po-ka-na-ga discovered that when he
was away from home, fox made reg
ular visits, and he set trap and the
animal was caught in the house. 1t is
a red and silver gray skin and the In
dian was offered S25 for it. there, but
As he sold black fox skin in the twin
cities for $3.50 he will start for there at
once with his booty.