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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-12
The Magistrate.

Your position Is one which must often
call for great tact and delicacy."
Yes" answered the magistrate: 'it is
sometimes very difficult to properly disci-
pine people who run automobiles without
hurting their feelings"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-12

Russia has decided to build new navy.
This announcement would bring a shower
Of communications from taxpayers If Rus
sian newspapers were differently conducted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-12

The fact that Mr.. Bristow Is keeping an
eye on the Panama canal should be
surance that if any graft arises it will be
discovered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-12

The practice of wrecking saloons by dy-
Mantle may cause the Kansas innkeepers
to long for the comparatively placid meth
DDS of Mrs. Lease.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-12

The beneficiaries of Equitable irregulari-
ties cannot hope to escape the cry of faint
ed money" II they ever become ambitious
to square matters by means of college en-
dowments
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-12
Summer Reading
for Children.

A strong list of good books for
the younger readers. All of good
moral tone, healthful and pure, as
we'll as entertaining. Good cloth
binding. Special price,
Zoe. a Copy.
Herbert Gardenel jr., or Yensies Oldest
Herbert Gardenelrs Children"-34S pages.
Piokee and Her People, by Theodore R.
Jenness-a ranch and tepee story; Illus
trated; 306 pages.
Sunset Mountain by Mrs. A. E. Porter;
500 pages.
Roy's Dory at the Seashore, by Edward
A. Rand; 346 pages.
Flower by the Prison. by E. E. F.; 1913
pages.
Cos Going. by Mrs. S. R. Graham: 36S
pages.
How Bonnie Did 1t. by William s. Woods;
439 pages
Two Young Homesteaders. by Mrs Theo-
dora R. Jenness; Illustrated; 364 pages.
The Fairhaven Fourteen. by Mariana
Tallman; 361 pages.
Ned Melbourne's Mission and How He
OiSGiidi Sco II, W "a. i1AiAo0Sth AA-AAo~AN' o--
pages.
Shell Cove. story of the seashore and
of the sea: $50 pages.
Shining Hours. by Paul Moraine; 394
pages.
True Blue. by Mrs. Lucia Chase Bell
story of the great northwest; illustrated;
271 pages.
The DalzeIls of Daisydown. by Vinton f.
Blake; illustrated; All pages.
Souvenirs of My Time, by Jessie B. FIRE.
mont; illustrated: 1913 pages.
Johnny Jones, or the Bay Boy. by Sophia
Homespun; 243 pages.
Miss Wealthys Hope. by Mrs. c. e. K.
Davis; 410 pages.
My Girls by Lidia A. Churchill; 26o
pages.
Sure: or, 1t Pays. by ]. B. p; $40 pages.
A Real Robinson Crusoe, by J. A. Will
kinson-being the story of the strange yet
true experience of castaways on Pacific
island; 800 pages.
Sister Eleanor's Brood. by Mrs. s. B..
Phelps; 33i pages.
Our Street by Mrs. S. R. Graham: 3f3
pages.
Seas Discipline. by Marie Oliver, author
of Ruby Hamilton" "Oid and New
Friends" etc. ETC.; All pages.
Mattie's Home, or the Little Match Girl
and Her Friends; Ill pages.
Main noor Tenth st.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-12

Peary still insists that the first step in the
experiment is to discover the pole. The
question of what to do with it can come up
later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-12
Ashamed.

The COW doth wear a look of grief
And hang her head while walking slow.
She's heard about the cost of beef.
And that is what affects her So
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-12

The leader of the Potemkin declares that
Russia is ungrateful. The Russian novelist
is the only agitator that can expect any
practical benefit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-12

Kansas has not lost so much of it's local
prestige for sensational oratory that 1t
needs to import Tom Lawson
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-12

At present the average farmer feels more
indignation toward the automobile than to-
ward the octopus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-12
Presidential pelicacr.

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat
II the pIenipotentiaIies meet aboard the
Presidents yacht, the President will. "a q
delicate courtesy to the Russians, be care
full to keep his bearslin rugs out OF sight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-12

Secretary Bonaparte advocates purity in
politics, but has no plan by which the navy
may be made strong enough to enforce it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-12

The sinking of the Potemkin was an even
heater operation than those performed on
Russian ships by the Japanese.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-12

There is no judging man by his income.
Young Mr.. Hyde received 100000 a year
and a cabinet officer gets only $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-12
Fear Of the Sultan.
the Chicago Record Herald.

From the Chicago Record Herald
Abdul Hamid. Sultan of Turkey. is re-
ported to be in critical condition. The
case wouldn't be so bad IL the sultan could
only feel sure that the doctor wasn't try
ing to poison him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-12

Russia has developed the most orderly
and considerable gang of pirates known
since the comic opera days of Penzance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-12
Non-sinkable Submarine.

From the Boston Globe.
Strange as IL may SEEM the great call
of the navies of the world Is for subma-
rine that won't sink.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-12
Convenient.

cit is a great comfort to have child
about the house.. said the man of domestic
tastes.
Yes" answered the unfeelng wretch;
when company comes that you don't care
for you can make it recite."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-12
Birds of Washington
and Vicinity.

Including adjacent parts of Mary
land and Virginia, by Mrs. L. w.
Maynard, with an introduction by
Florence Merriam Bailey. Revised
edition, complete index, 2Io pages.
Contains many illustrations, a field
key, observation outline and good
index.
SI.oo Copy.
Mailed to any address for $I.Io.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-12
SI.OO a Copy
Fishing Tackle.

Mailed to any address for $I.Io.
Book Dept.-Main floor Tenth ST.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-12

Also ESQ Yards Wool Wolfe Etanine
AT 28c the Yard Reduced from Sl.OO.
Twotoned mixtures of cadet blue light gray,
These will be sold skirt lengths quantity
desired
Csc the Yard Instead of Sl.O0, the Regular Price.
Second floor G
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-12
Souvenir Post Cards.

PNH wv ONd
Art Needlework Dept. Main foor, + st.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-25
0, S. 5. SONOMA IN
FROM THE COLONIES

The Oceanic liner Sonoma, Captain
Herman, arrived in port this morn.
ing from the Colonies, docking at 8
o'clock at Oceanic wharf.
The Sonoma has rather small first
class cabin passenger list, "a in all.
four Of whom are for this port, Miss
Hewsbury, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. 7. Wolfe.
and Miss Wolfe, all Of whom are from
Pago Pago.
Among the through passengers are
a number Of members OF the Salvation
Army. returning to the States from the
Colonies. Col. Kyle Brig. Glover, and
Col. Peart are among the number.
The Sonoma had fine trip from
the Colonies. She left Sydney July 10,
Auckland July IA and Pago Pago July
IS. Her cargo for this port includes
155 chests Of tea, 3 sacks OF grass seed,
2 cases Of curios, cases OF fish and
sundries.
The Sonoma Is due to sail at 3 o'clock
this afternoon.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-25
World news BY CABLE
(Associated Press Cable.)

BRITAIN SENDS SYMPATHY.
Washington, July 24.-Admiral Lord
Charles Beresford has sent a message
to the navy department conveying tina
sympathy Of the British Mediterranean
fleet for the Bennington disaster.
BENNINGTON FloATED.
San Diego, July 2i.-The gunboat
Bennington has been foated.
NOT ANXIOUS FOR PEACE.
Chicago. July 2i.-Baron Komura,
the japanese peace plenipotentiary.
stated in an interview that he desired
peace, but was not overanxlous that
the negotiations should prove success.
ful. Neither was he oversanguine as to
the successful outcome of the confer
ence.
SUSPECT CONFERENCE.
Paris, July 2i.-Thc conference be-
tween the Car and the Kaiser excites
suspicion here.
NICHOLAS HOME AoAl.
st. Petersburg. July 24.-The Car
has returned from his conference with
Emperor William.
TAFT PARTY IN JAPAN.
Yokohama, July 2i.-The Taft party
has arrived here on the Pacific Mail
liner Manchuria.
TEXAS OIL FIRE.
Humble, Texas, July 2i.-Oil tanks
containing 2,500,00O barrels of crude
petroleum were burned here last night
Twelve lives were lost and the prop.
erty loss will read a half a million
dollars.
DEATH IN NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, July 24.-The mayor
Of this city has issued a proclamation
urging the people to heed the advice
OF the health authorities regarding
sanitation. There have been seventeen
cases Of yellow fever so far and six
deaths.
COAL MINE EXPLOSION.
Palermo, Sicily, July 24.-Twelve
were killed and many wounded in .
coal mine explosion here.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-25
KUHIO SENT REGRETS

Delegate Kuhio was not In Honolulu
to meet Taft owing to the fact that
the boat on which he had arranged to
come from Kawaihae did not make the
trip as scheduled, being withdrawn
from the run at the last moment.
Delegate Kuhio sent wireless message
to Secretary Taft, expressing his 70.
grets, sending a similar message to
Acting Governor Atkinson.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-25
The Yokohama Specie Bank. Ltd
ESTABLISHED 1880.
HEAD OFFICE, YOKOHAMA.

HEAD OFFICE, YOKOHAMA.
BRANcHES-Bombay. Hongkong, Ho.
nolulu, Kobe, London, Lyons. Naga.
saki. Newchwang, New York, Pc
king, San Francisco, Shanghai, tt
entsin, Toxic.
Tie bank buys and receives for col.
lection Bills of Exchange, issues
Drafts and Letters OF Credit and trans.
acts general banking business.
HONOLULU BRANCH, 81 KING ct.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-25
HONOLULU IRON WORKS

Improved and Modern SUGAR MA
chINERY Of every capacity and do.
seriptlon made to order. Boiler work
and RlvETEp PIPES for irrigation
purposes . speciality. Particular attsn.
tlon paid TO JOB WORK, and repairs
executed at shortest notice.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-25
LOCAL and GENERAL
Read Wants" on page 6.

Best cup Hawaiian coffee In the city
at New England Bakery.
Rooms with or without board at The
Majestic Hotel, Sachs block.
Gem Safety Razors give a clean quick
shave. Sold by Wall, Nichols.
Mystic Lodge, No. 2, X. Of p, meets
tonight in X Of p. Hall. King street
w. T. Rawlins was a passenger on
the Kinau to Hilo today for business
trip.
Neatly furnished rooms at the Pop
ula.. 81, $3.50 and 81 per week. 124s
Fort street.
Camera views, Paradise Of the Pa.
eiac, on sale at all news dealers and
curio stores.
II you want honest. intelligent house
help, call Makiki General Employment
Office, White 1891.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Henriques leave
on the Siberia, en- route to New York,
for family visit.
r. McCants Stewart. Mrs. Stewart
and their children leave in the Sonoma
for the States today.
ARABIC coos iron TOOLS "onuer.ul-
ly and prevents rust on iron. Califor-
mia Feed Co.. agents.
Orders taken for fresh violets. In
quire Harold Gear, 1886 Emma St
Telephone Blue 2371.
Doh iorse. 'ha' an ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ~
aue III 'he papers aoou' great say
pelns arrahseu Wy DUN.
lioi',e.nnaue pres anu vaNns ~ van van
say . le,'e.''on . i,oin. D"Ne''' De,.
'"r'a anu Hn,'" s.ee'' a.,
wv a''' 'S'
w. ~. ""r .".Ss s "os .',o,, . ..s ,,a,a ~ @ "
'". ,o M ,'o'' 'ne ,D
;, 'e".. ,,N "e W. W..
49, ,"' ee S.
-, ,o,, ,,om"o o",,raI y,
~ Moana ~, Ias, nta,, ainan h,
~ .a, ,a' ~, 80 as ~.
.,,1ii"
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- ,..,,.,' w., -, l.,
",,. u" sa., -, go. -
@ ' ~. ~ -. ""'' p"'' "
r,. -, -, r,.. c,,i..,a,. M
..' 40 - -,
.u's ,''s ai''l"oot at ''"o i,u'' 90
Luhalllo street. lh'eFmeht VIII ue IL
Nuuanu cemetery.
Hylo electric lamps turn down from
lG-candle power to one-canedle power
They are boon 10 the sick room. Ha
waiian Electric Co.
| tio,,. cto,,o,,. r. G loo, ,odo,.
oooomnoriod hu urs Sra,,ar, ,or To
woii np omcio, hrsinoss Nrs s,ot
,ory yis,ts tbo vo,cano
kdd ~ ,ho or,,stIo an, ,rs,rro,iv,
voIua NJ vour co,,oction n, n,cturo nos
,oIs Ia, ins,o,,,r, 4, 4, o,. =, orr hand
some albums. Hawaiian News Co.
| Hon. II + Saunders. one Of IN,
tbrouyb nassenyers on tho sonom,
- ~ cp,s.tas .,. ,,,.'
,o' ,"o So'one' 'oua.' n"e ,o' ,on
ume peeh iheniper Vi 'he west Auh
trallan Pariiament.
The Tart reception committee meet
at 3:3o p. m. To-Day at the PromotioI
Committee rooms 10 audit bills incur
| - N F =
and close up accounts
Iolidol comes packed In tubes an
eisan' quick anu re,iapie. e For ue
To,;bnl .,n "ee' no rsaS % NTH n' ovno,tan, ra a.
su,,s Snao,oI tnhas aro nronarad to
the treatment OF Hammers, Cramer'
and Seeds plates. Honolulu Pilot
| supply co.
rri'a'e services over 'he remains .
the ia'e W, r. Lewis were heid I'M
horhihs a' the II, H. Wi'iiaHs uhuef
taxing pariors' Inc pouy is 10 D
taken 10 'he mainland On the sonoma
'he WHO" ana MI rred Lewis oro'h
er' accompanying 'he remains
New and complete line of boys IRE
gatta Brand' wash suits In all style
| 1llSJ ODenpu, lerklcpHDle, StNllSn DON,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-25
Horse ShOein6.
W.W.Wri9htC Co.

have opened q horseshoe
ing department In connec.
tion with their carriage
shop, etc. Having secur-
ed the services of q first
class shoer. they are pre-.
pared to do all work in.
trusted to them In q first-
class manner.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-25
HALElWA.

The HALEiwA HOTEL, HonoIuIu's
famous country resort, on the line Of
the Oahu Railway, contains every
modern improvement and affords its
guests an opportunity to enjoy all
usements-ooIf, tennis, billiards,
f~ sh and salt water bathing, shoot.
.'s, fishing. riding and driving. Tick.
ets, including railway fare and one
full days room and board, are sold at
the Honolulu station and Trent &
Company for $500. For departure Of
trains, consult time table.
On Sundays, the HALEiWA LIMIT.
Ed, . twohour train, leaves At s:22
a. m; returning, arrives In Honolulu
at 10: 10 p. m.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-25
WI. G. IRWIN { CO., LTD.

Agents for the
Royal Insurance Co. Of Liverpool, Eng.
Alliance Assurance Co. Of London,
Eng.
Scottish Union & National ins. Co. Of
Edinburgh, Scotland.
Fire Association Of Philadelphia.
Alliance Insurance Corporation Ltd.
Wllhelma Of Maodeburg General ins.
~-, Id -a.tl. Co. ..L.,l..! .,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-25
ooaus spreekels. VIM. q. Irwin,
Claus SpreckeIs & Co.
BANK FL R8.
HONOLULU, : !: T. n.


San Francisco Agents - The Ne
vada National Bank Of San Francisco.
Draw Exchange on the Nevada Ma.
tional Bank OF San Francisco.
London-The Union Of London and
Smiths Bank, Ltd.
New York-American Excha 1ge Ma
tional Bank.
Chicago - Corn Exchange National
Bank.
Paris-Credit Lyonnais.
Hongkong and Yokohama - Hong.
kong Shanghai Banking Corporation.
New Zealand and Australia - Bank
of New Zealand and Bank of Austria.
iasia.
Victoria and Vancouver Bank OF
British North America.
Deposits received. Loans made on
approved security. Commercial and
Travellers Credits issued. Bills of x.
change bought and sold
Collection sPromptIy Accounted For,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-25
HARMONY LODGE, No. 8, !. o. o. r.

Meets every Monday evening at 1880
In I o. o. F. Hall, Fort street.
Z. r, HENDRY, Secretary.
c. B. BARTLETT, n. @.
All visiting brothers very cordially
invited.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-25
Castle { Cooke, Ltd.
HONOLULU.
CommIssio1 Merchants
:: Sugar Factor!

AGENTS FOR
The Eva Plantation Co.
The Waialua Agricultural Co.
The kohaia Sugar Co.
The Wainea Sugar Mil Co.
The Fulton Iron Works, ct. Louis, No.
The Standard Oh Co.
The Geo. r. Blake steam Pumps.
Weston's Centrifugals.
The New England Life Insurance Co.
Of Boston.
The Aetna Fire ins. Co. Of Hartford,
Conn.
The Alliance Assurance Co. Of London
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-25
Sing & co,

FRUITS AND GROCERIES.
Fresh provisions and fruit by every
California steamer. Fresh Island but.
ter from Hawaii.
1923 Fort St. and 1886 Nuuanu st.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-25
BAND AT HAWAIIAN.

The Hawaiian band gives public
concert at the Hawaiian Hotel at 1880
this evening, as follows:
PART I.
March: Prince Frederic. 80. .Sterzel
Overture: Jolly Students. .Suppe
Waltz: Laura" ........... Millocker
Selection: Duo Foscari". Verdi
PART II.
Vocal: Hawaiian Songs. ar. by Berger
Mrs. N. Alapai.
Intermezzo: 'Dixieland" ..... .Alstyne
Waltz: Artist Life. Strauss
March: Yankee Girl. ....... .Lampe
"The Star Spangled Banner"
-
A man always makes q dyeing re-
quest when he wants the color Of his
suit changed.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-25
Clothes Cleaned and Pressed by the
HONOLULU RENovATING CO.,
]. ]. Fern, MANAGER.

ONCE: 114S North Fort st, opposite
Catholic Mission. All telephone mes
sages promptly attended to. We call
Tor and deliver. Dyeing extra. Tele
nhone Main 378.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-25
STANDARD Literature


Shakespeare, Goalienez Edition, >.
80 Vols, full Limp Leather. .$29 rs
Dumas, 10 Vols, 1-2 Morocco. rs 90
Balzac, 10 Vols, 1-2 Morocco. as 90
Charles Reade, II Vols, 1-2 Mo-
rocco ............... 80 90
Hawthorne, 7 Vols, 1-2 Morocco II so
Hugo, 8 Vols, 1-2 Morocco 80. 20 90
Poe, II Vols, 1-2 Morocco ...... 27 so
Guizot, History Of Franco, 8
Vols, 1-2 Morocco .......... 20 90
Gibbons History Of Rome, s
Vols, 1-2 Morocco ........... " so
Dickens, is Vols, 1-2 Morocco. 81 SO
Ruskin, 13 Vols, 1.2 Morocco. 80 SO
Scott, ~ Vols, 1-2 Morocco 80. 80 90
Thaekeray, 10 Vols, 1-2 Morocco rs 90
Either Of the above really beautiful
sets will be delivered complete to any
part Of the Islands on payment Of the
small sum Of $500 down and $500
monthly instailments, or 1919 discount
for all cash. Descriptive matter sent
on application.
Vim. c. LYON CO., Ltd.
FORT and HOTEL STs., HONOLULU
(Upstairs)
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-25

Cashier .............. W. g. Cooper
Office: Corner Fort and King SITS.
SAVINGS DEPOSITS received and
interest allowed for yearly deposits at
the rate Of 4 1.2 per cent. per annum.
Rules and regulations furnished up
on application.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-25
HONOLULU LODGE s,s, 3. p. o. G

HUNULUIU IUDUt b1b, B. p. o. Z.
Honolulu Lodge No. GIG. B. P. o. E.,
will meet in their new hall. on Miller
and Beretania streets, every Friday
evening.
BY order Of the f. r.
HARRY II. SIMPSON,
Secretary.
GEO. H. ANGUS, Err.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-25
The First
AMERICAN SAYINGS
AND TRUST GO.
OF HAWAII, LTD.

SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL. $500, 100000
PAID UP CAPITAL. .$1oo, ,o0o.oo
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-15
.JOHNNY SMART NII0 D0Es STUNTS

HE IS 7WILLING 10 EXREsIENcE II ANY AMI ALL CHAM
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-22

from something like 100000 tons of ore.
1t has the busiest institution in Korea,
and that which Is most up-to-date in
all It's workings. It uses the best Of
modern machinery, and is now operating
five mills. with two hundred stamps. 1t
employs altogether about seventy white
men and J. several thousand Asatics.
The Korean miners are said to be en-
tirely satisfactory They work for 30 or
30 cents a day, and are easily managed.
In the vicinity the British and Ger
mans have mining concessions, and the
natives have been mining there for many
years. In 1894 saw specimens Of gold
that came from northern Korea. They
were carried about in quilts and used as
money in making purchases with the
merchants. Tho king then had q monopo-
~ Of the gold mines and he had a great
deal of gold In nuggets and dust in his
palace He paid some of his bill sfor
foreign purchases In this way the gold
being sen Ito the Japanese mints for as
say and valuation and the. proper amount
then credited on the bills.
doubt not there are good copper
mines in Korea. Excellent brassware is
sold all over tho country and copper
IL known to exist. Under the Japanese
the country will be thoroughly prospect
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-22
Scouts New Water Works.

Americans are doing much to 1oderize
Seoul The city has about 10000 people,
who live inside walls forty or f1ty feet
high. Most Of the houses are thatched
huts. There are few wide streets, but
they arc narrow and winding. The water
until now has come from wells sunken
here and there in the midst OF the CITY,
and one Of the chief businesses has been
that OF the water carrier, who trots
about from house to house WITH Two
buckets fastened to pole on his back,
#Tha7 sewage flows through the streets IN
drains or open bitches and everything
,s unsanitary toNan extreme. q
Al American company has recently 80
cured franchise to institute an :, ,,up- .,'I
3datc system Of water works. II VII
wing the water from the Han RIVER
which passes within three miles OF Seoui,
stal,inp It from about five miles above the
city. The water is to be filtered, ana II
viii be pumped through the city by Two
high duty triple expansion pumping en-.
zines each with a capacity OF o,VpV"
Gallons per day. The system Will REQUIRE
flfty-tour miles Of cast-iron pipe or from
four 10 twenty-four inches In diameter,
and a large amount Of other pipe All the
en,,ipment will he American. rms COM COM
many has a capitalof s1,f0p, 900.
The American- Korean Electric Company
has also a capital of s1,00O,00o. II has the
exclusive franchise for electric railways
telephones, light and power In Seoul. II
has now eleven miles Of street car tracks
md twenty-five cars. and II Is largely IN
creasng Its mileage. The light plant IS
in operation, furnishing more than 1000
electric lights .,,,-,
FRANK G. CARPENTER,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-22

was with him daily on tho battlefield,
riding together here and there through
the country. In conferences at his head
quarters, In fact, everywhere, the Inn
preston ] formed Of him that day In
June. 1861. when he reviewed my old
regiment. that he was the grandest man
/ had ever seen. was never effaced, or,
In fact. lessened n particle. but on the
contrary, was increased.
General Lee was, In fact perfect
man. Of Infinite nobleness OF nature and
without a single bad habit. Flo neither
annexed. chewed nor drank, never swore
and was always modest In his demeanor,
He Was an inyeterate tease. and all OF us,
no matter what our rank, came In for
teasing, this being always absolutely
good natured, There was this popularity,
however, namely that General Lee must
not be leased. He could tease us, but
we must not tease him, and we knew
This we'll, He enjoyed a laugh as well
as any man ever knew, and his laugh
ter was hearty and Infectious He has
leased mo often. and his qulzzing of his
sta,s was frequent and amusing Another