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The Minneapolis journal., 1906-02-11
BY Martin w. odland.

IN THE little village Of Mount
Horeb, Wis, there died recently
man named Arne Kulterstad,
whose long life contained elements Of
romance that would have appealed to
Walter Scott or Robert Louis Steven
SON.. While a youth in Norway he took
the life Of a neighbor, who had op-
pressed his parents, and was saved from
the gallows by the great poet, Bjorn-
stjerne Biornson, then an ardent young
Journalist of Christiania. Thereafter he
languished for twenty years in the
states prison, then came to America,
lived here and there, engaged in all
sorts Of occupations, longing for the
dear old fatherland, but afraid to re
turn for fear of being confined within
prison walls once more.
Arne Kulterstad was born in Valders,
Norway, about 1922. He was the son
of a poor peasant, who owned small
estate, which was encountered by a
mortgage held by selfish neighbor,
who looked with hungry eyes upon the
Kulterstad farm, By some clever ruse
he succeeded in gaining title to the
coveted land, and the poor Kulterstad
family had to leave the little farm
which had been IN the possession Of
: their forefathers for 100 years or more.
This ranked in the breast Of the
eldest son, Arne, and he was filled with
Intense hatred for his cruel, greedy
neighbor. One day they met in crowd,
angry words ensued, leading to blows.
During the struggle Arne's enemy
]. stabbed him in the thigh, crippling him
for life.
S. Meant Only to Main Him.
This, of course, intensified Arne s
hatred, and he resolved to give the man
who had ruined his father mark that
he should carry to his grave. He
watched for him with his rife in the
hope Of getting an opportunity Of put
ting bullet thru his arm or leg. But
= the object of his hatred suspected
Arne's intentions and knowing his
deadly skill as marksman, never e:x
posed himself to his aim.
d M For many weeks the young man pa
fiently bided his time and at last hi
opportunity came, quite unexpectedly
He was out hunting one morning befor'
sunrise, when, hearing the clatter Of !;
wagon, he looked up and saw his enem.
approaching i.
The man turned off into the timbe
beside the road to gather wood. d
thought that Arne would not be out s
early and he would be safe from harm
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Rice Crops on japanese Terraced
tiillsides Resemble Golden Stairs
Higher E.iIIsldes Covered with Tiny
Tea Plantations-How Tea Is Cultl-
Vated and Harvested-Raw SILK Jap
ans Most Valuable Export-HoW the
Worms Are Protected-"Sa Sake" the
National Drink-PecuIIar impeachment
to Introduction of Modern Sewage
System - Attractions Of Railroad
in Japan-Anclent In
dustrles Of Wood Carving and
Stone cutting-cotton Spinning
One Company with 10000 sp;nd!es-@
Export of Cotton Yarn $4,000 In 1891,
Now $4,000, o,0oo-Japanese Pottery
Cheap Grades IN Loud Colors Made
/ Especially for American Trade
Tooth, Nail and Hair Brushes Made
for Export fror. Bones from Amerl-
| can Slaughter Houses and Bristles
from Russia and ChIna-Japanese
Merchants Patterning After Ameri-
can Brethren-Statistics OF Japan's
Commerce - Her Ocean Carrying
Trade-Expansion on the Water.
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lent hotel, the Sanyo, at Shimonoseki
for the accommodation of its patrons.
From this point a steamer runs to Flu
san, the nearest Korean port, where
direct connection is made for Seoul,
the sKorean capital. From Moi, just
across the strait from Shimonoseki,
one can take train to Nagasaki, the
western seaport Of Japan. At Shimono-
seki one is shown the house in which
Marquis Ito and Ii Hung Chang drafted
the Japanese Chinese treaty in 1894.
Mining is an industry Of consider
able Importance here. Gold, silver and
copper are found in paying quantities.
More than $6,00o,000 worth Of copper
was exported last year. One Of the gold
fields on the island Of Kyushu, near
Kogoshima, gives promise Of consider
able richness. Coal lis found in such
abundance that the exports Of this
commodity have amounted to nearly
$1O,O00,OO0 in single year. A hard
quality of smokeless coal has recently
been discovered ~in western Japan.
Various Valuable Woods.
| The islands also produce number
Of varieties Of valuable woods. The
camphor tree grows to an enormous
size, a gigantic statue Of the Goddess
of Mercy in one of the temples al
Kamakura being carved from a single
camphor log. The value Of the cam
phor exported from Japan last yeal
exceeded $1,5oo,ooo. Among the hard
woods suitable for carving, cherry
seems to be the most popular.
Of all the trees, however, the BAN
boo is the most useful. Just at this
time, when the returning soldiers arr
being welcomed 1t. is present every
where in the form Of fagpoless AMI
there is nothing that equals it for this
purpose; long, slender, Hight ant
strong, it is just the. thing for, flag
and banners, and when little plume
Of leaves is left at the top, it is still
more beautiful. The bamboo is used To-
water pipes and for fences, for furni
ture and picture tubes, for .dippers
baskets, fishing poles, flower vases
eandlesticks, wicker work, ETC., etc.
: In wood carving the Japanese hav
:. long been skilled. Specimens of worl
done hundreds Of years ago and test
] flying to their taste no less than t
their deftness Of. hand may be seen i:
J, the ancient palaces and temples.
Stonecutting is also an ancient in
dustry here. There is an abundance .
stone and granite. and the lantern:
Korean lions and sacred gates hav
furnished subjects for many chise
) Osaka seems to be the center Of tn
/ stonecutting industry.
The iron industry is represented b
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NhenHe HeandB Me America AherM Years

his hotel, the old Villas house, man en-
tered, who became strangely moved on
seeing the poet. He seemed to be about
SO years of age, with sad, thoughtful
face.
ssDo you not know me?' he ex-
claimed.
Biornson looked at him long and care
fully. Then a CLEAN OF recognition
lighted up his face, and throwing his
arms about the man, he cried Joyfully,
why, it is you, Arne! y
It was indeed Arne-Arne Kulterstad.
The meeting between the two men was
most cordial and pleasant. When Arne
could speak he told how he had Jared
since their meeting in the prison at
Christiania, and how it came about that
he was then in America.
After spending twenty years in the
state prison of Norway, he was
given his freedom, because of
good behavior. During his inn
| prisonment his wife-for he had
a young wife and a little daughter
| when he slew his enemy-had died, and
his daughter, anxious to leave the land
where her father was a prison convict
ana sedS0Te u ,jOIA IL oiiN
land of opportunity, had sailed fo1
America. So Arne had likewise come to
America, and had lived for year neal
] Madison, working out as farm hand
His daughter had found employment II
Madison and was quite happy, but fol
her father there seemed no happiness
i Hearing that Bjornson was in Madison
! he had come to see him.
Dared Not Return to Norway.
The great poet was deeply grieved be
cause Arne did not thrive in America
and instructed Professor Rasmus b. An
derson to furnish him sufficient funds t.
enable him to return to Norway, where
the lonely man should be given a home
at Aulestad, the country home of BJorn
4 sen.
Arne was delighted, but his hopes O.
returning to his fatherland and spending
4 the remainder of his life with his be
8 loved friend and deliverer, Bjornson
were crushed. Word came from the de
partment of justice at Ghristiania tina
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have only mentioned the leading
products Of the field, but I cannot leave
the cultivators Of the soil without,
word. concerning the gardens. They
are so cute, occupying as they do the
little hooks and corners that cannot
be utilized for the larger crops. There
does not seem to be a square inch Of
ground wasted The vegetables are
planted in rows which are either
straight or curved, never crooked, and
we have scarcely seen weed. Fertil-
izer is extensively used, being kept in
stone or cement. watts protected from
the weather by straw-covered shed.
Near the cities the soil is enriched by
the refuse from the closets, which is
collected and carried away during the
night. The introduction of sewage
systems has been somewhat impeded
in some cities by the fact that sewage
would be an expense while closets are
now q source Of profit. It must be
confessed, however, that the present
system tends to make fresh vegetables
unpopular with the tourist.
A Beautiful Side Trip.
|
and depart at Kobe, or land at Kobe
and depart at Yokohama, these being
the two principal ports. AS these are
about 300 miles apart, one has chance
to see much of the farming land from
the railroad. The side trips from To-
kio to Nikko, from Yokohama to Mi
yanoshita and from Kioto to Nara,
give additional opportunities for see
4 ing the farmer at work, but the ride
from Kobe west to Shimonoseki sur
passes any of these in interest and in
beauty Of scenery. As this route leads
along the seacoast as well as thru
densely populated valleys, there is
:. greater variety. Now one skirts the In
land sea with its numerous islands, its
transparent waters, it's little harbors
and its fleets Of fishing boats; now he
winds his way along a stream with
falls and rapids spanned by frail foot
bridges, or by stone wagon bridges. Or
, the one side he sees bamboo grove
and on the other tiny graveyard OF
little hill dedicated to a Shinte
! shrine-stone steps ascending along {
shaded path from the sacred gate
which invariably marks the entrance tt
: holy ground. In passing over thi'
) railroad route one gathers a large
amount of information concerning thu
/. industries of the seacoast, as well al
: those of the inland, and besides cal
8 visit the Shimonoseki strait, which i
' Of historic interest to Americans. TIL
! Sanyo railroad, which connects Kob
l and Shimonoseki, is well equipped an
well managed, and has built an excel
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-02-11
BY WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.

by WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
Copyright, 1906, by Joseph B. Bowles-Copyright
in Great Britain-All rights reserved.
~ HE basis of Japanese industry is
Ii agriculture, saltho each year
shows decreasing population
engaged in the tilling Of the soil. Rice
is the principal product, but owing to
the large amount consumed at home it
is not the chief export. As this crop
needs an abundance Of water, the rice
fields occupy the low lands or the noun
tain gorges. Sometimes the narrow val
leyss that pierce the ranges are so ter
raced as to look like steps, and at this
time Of the year when the crops are be-
ing harvested, they resemble golden
stairs. The men and women work to-
gether in the field, and in many places
we saw them standing almost knee deep
in mud, cutting the grain with an old
fashioned hand sickle. The rice is tied
in bundles somewhat smaller than our
wheat sheaves and hung over poles or
laid along the edge Of a terrace to cure.
IF the threshing is delayed the grain is
stacked, not as we stack wheat and oats
in the United States, but in little col
umns with the heads Of the sheaves tied
to a pole in the center. Sometimes
the stacks are built around living
tree. The grain is separated from the
straw by means Of long-toothed comb,
and at this season innumerable groups
of persons are busily engaged at this
work. The yellow heaps of rice in the
hull, looking from distance like
wheat, can be seen from the train and
from the country roads. Straw mats
are used to keep the grain off the
ground and, may add, that the mat is
in evidence everywhere in Japan and
is used for all sorts of purposes.
How Tea Is Grown. .: -.
The cultivation of the tea plant is an
industry of no small magnitude, altho
not 50 universal as the cultivation
:. of rice. The tea fields occupy the
higher levels and add an interesting va
riety to the landscape. At one point
on the railroad between Yokohama an6
Nagoya the hillsides are covered with
tea plantations, if such tiny farms car
be called plantations. The tea plant il
something like our gooseberry and cur
rant#bushes in size, but the foliage il
much thicker. The leaves vary widely
in. value from the cheaper grades, which
are exported to the Uji, which cost
what is equivalent to Ave, or more dol
lars a pound. s5-,.-..-. .....
Some cotton is grown here, but tn
cotton plant, as we saw it, is small com
pared with our plant and the tillabl
area is too limited to admit Of tn
growing Of cotton on a large scale.
Tobacco is cultivated to some extent
but the sale Of manufactured tobacc
is a government prerogative. -.
Raw silk is by far the most valuabl
export, $35, 100000 worth having bee
sent abroad last year. Three-ffths Q
the entire export goes to the Unite
States, the remainder to Europe, wit
France as the largest European pu
chaser. AS $15,0o0,000 worth Of sill
fabrics went abroad, also, as agains
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Blow to Dime Novels.
kAu F Witte succeeds in putting thru
these reforms of his in Rus
Il sia ,, remarked write r of

kAE W1tte succeeds IN putting thru
these reforms of his in Rus
sia, remarked a write Of
dime novels the other day, tone of
the great standbys of our profession
will disappear. rhe .Nihilists simply
won t have reason for living, so far
as we are concerned, for the kind Of
stories we write must deal with the
sort of things every one knows about
as being actually in existence or the
publishers won t have them.
g And the famous Third Section will
go by the board, too, / presume, so |
don t see Just what we can do with
Russia as a field for our shockers> at
all. But the character / will miss most
of all will be the Russian adventures,
the countess of dubious antecedents,
who has helped me out of so many tight
corners in the past, Peace is a great
thing for the world, butt is hard on us
chaps for all that New York Press.
= y
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Arne was cool shot, but now his
hand .trembled and the bullet intended
for his enemy's arm passed thru his
heart, killing him instantly. He had
revenged his own and his fathers
wrongs, indeed, but there he stood a
murderer in the eyes Of the law, if not
in the eyes Of God.
Gave Himself Up.
; What was he to do? He was all alone.
with his crime; no one had witnessed.
his rash deed, but. his conscience re-.
belled against the thought Of conceal
ment, and he gave himself up to the
law. sS @ s=s
There was much sympathy for Arne
among the people, for he i had always
been regarded as an exemplary young
fellow, honest, manly, sincere, devoted
to his parents Moreover, the man he
had slain was univ ersally detested as
an inhuman wretch, void of all feeling
But the crime could not besregarded as
anything else than murder, SO in spite
of. the kindly feeling for Arne and the
eloquent pleading of his attorney, the
young man was convicted and sentenced
to hang. B Il s 5sg IS 4: &:
His reputation for honesty is strik-
ingly shown by this incident: In the
bailiwick in which he lived there was
mo Jail or prison Of the proper char
acter to confnes "a prisoner convicted Of
murder, and he had to be transferred to
another bailiiWiick Arne offered to go
of his own accord, unattended, to the
l5lensmand or sheriff in charge, and 50
confident were the authorities that he
would fulfill his promise that, strange
tho it seems, they permitted him to sci
forth alone as he had proposed: Thus
were they spared many miles Of fatigu
ing travel. And Arne was as good as
his word.
Bjornson Interested.
His attorney appealed the case to The
supreme court and the young man wa
taken to Ghristiania, where after &
brief trial he was again convicted AM
sentenced to death. Public sympath,
continued to beat for him as strongl.
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an increasing number Of establish
,ments. In many instances workmen
have been brought from abroad and
employed until Japanese artisans were
sufficiently trained to take their place.
Much Of the iron work is still done
in little shops and by hand, altho ma
chinery is being imported in large
quantities.
I visited a tannery at Kogoshima
and found that the proprietor had spent
seven years in America learning the
business and that on his return hei
had taught native help each branch
Of the business. He is now turning out
an excellent product.
Cotton Spinning.
One Of the most promising industries
in Japan is cotton spinning. There are
number of factories already in oper
alton and new ones are building. I Wis
tied one of the plants of the Osaka
Nippon Boeski Kaishs at Osaka. This
company has about 10000 spindles and
the mills employ nothing but native la
Dor. Foreign artisans were used in the
beginning, but are no longer needed. "A
great many women are employed and
some children; for the latter school is
maintained for two hours a day, in the
building. Cotton yarn is now selling
for about 40 cents a pound, and is be-
coming one Of the leading articles Of
export; China is theslargest purchaser.
Some idea of the growth Of this branch
of industry can be gathered from the
fact that the export Of cotton yarn
amounted to less than $4,000 in 1891
and 1892; in 1896 it had grown to over
$2,000,00O; in 1898 to over $10,O00,000,
and during the last two years it has
averaged about $15, 100000
At Osaka I also visited brush in
dustry and found that from bones i'm.
j ported from the slaughter houses of
America and from bristles purchased
in Russia and in China they made tooth
nail and hair brushes for export to
both Europe and America Here, too
they have dispensed with the foreign
labor which they employed in thu
beginning.
They Dupe Us Americans.
!. Earthenware is manufactured il
abundance and Of every variety. Th'
exports. Of porcelain and earthenwar'
reached almost $2,oo0,000 last year. Il
Kioto we visited pottery AM
found two rooms, in which the finished
product was displayed; the first con
, tanned beautiful specimens Of Japanes
!. skill, graceful in shape and dainty il
3 decoration; the second was filed wit
big pieces in loud colors and of inferio
7 workmanship. These last articles W
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-02-11

The Russo Chinese bank at Yokohama
is reopening in order to defray the
travelling expenses Of the Russian Pris-
oners returning home.
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it would be a most grievous wrong to
take this young life. The women, es-
pecially, were aroused. They drew up
petitions addressed to the king, urging
him to commute the sentence to life i'm
prisonment. The wives of the judges
who had condemned Arne to death,
signed the petitions, and so did practi-
cally all of the other influential people
in the capital. The king seasoned JUS
tice with mercy, and did as the people
prayed. 81.
Twenty Years After.
In 1880 or 1881 Bjornstjerne Bjorn.
son visited the United States for the
purpose of deliveringa series Of lectures
to his countrymen On this side. of the
| Atlantic He spent considerable time al
Madison, Wis, where lived his gooe
friend, Professor Rasmus B. Anderson
| the Morse scholar and author.
| One evening, as he. sat in the lobby OF
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tions live long in the land.
The Diamond Head baseball nine
plays a game with the Oahu College
team at Punahou this afternoon, start
ing at p. m.
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DIAMOND
HEADS MEET
Monthly Session Is Well
Attended---Petrie on
SociabiIity.

The Diamond Head Athletic CluI
held its monthly meeting at the Y. NJ
c. A. last night, among those present
| being L. Petrie, George Desha, D. Sher-
wood, r. Clark, s. Chillingw orth, U
George Clark, Sharsch, o. Jones, E.
Fernandez. Major Hart, Sumner, Ben
Clarke, J. Clarke.
President Petrie was chairman and
Geo. Desha secretary
Skating Manager Chillingworth re-
ported that the club had won the re-
lay race cup offered by the Queen
street rink and that there was yet an
other to be won, the Zoo trophy, in
which the Heads had already a couple
of legs.
The cup was handed round for in
spection and was greatly admired.
President Petrie congratulated Chill
lingworth on having been instrumental
liz securing such a splendid trophy.
The club has won so many cups that
it is getting to be quite an undertaking
to take proper care of them 1t was
decided to have the mugs collected and
placed in a safe for safe-keeping.
In a short time the Diamond Head
boys will be recognized at a glance by
the wearing of a lapel button which
a committee is now designing. mo-
ton to have a club button made was
carried unanimously last night.
After considerable discussion the
proposition to give an entertainment at
the Queen street rink was dropped.
In this connection the chair COM
mented on the fact that a club should
have a certain number of social events
in order to bring members closer to-
gether They met once month, some
of them, at the business session of the
club. it was true, and the men on the
athletic teams were in touch with each
other. A dance or social, however, !
was what brought everybody in the
club into contact and fostered that
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Statue PARK hEEOS
BRAND NEW LAWN

One result of Park Expert Charles
Milford Robinson s report on the beau
tification of Honolulu was the taking
down of the wooden fence surrounding
the statue of Kamehameha This has
exposed the lawn in all its poor condi-
ton. The grass looks dead and the
lawn has sunk in spots The whole
area should have a new filing of soil
and new grass should be sown. This
done there would be vast improve
ment
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CHINESE PYTHIANS.

Officers of the Chung Wah Lodge
No. 4. knights of Pythias. installed bv
Deputy Supreme Chancellor Chang
kim for the ensuing term are as fol-
lows: Chancellor Commander. H. E.
Chang; Vice Chancellor, zap See
Young: Prelate, Chas. B. All; K. of r.
& s, En- Sue Kong; Master of finance.
Wong Kim Chong: Master of Excheq-
uer. c. NJ. Tai; P. c. Master of Works.
Luke Chan; Master-at-arms, Philip E.
Chang: Inner Guard, A. c. All Fook:
Outer Guard, Goo Wo
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BOYS HAVE
A BIG LUAU

A sumptuous luau, of which the pivot
point was the greasy pig captured on
the Fourth at the Kaimuki Zoo, was
given to themselves yesterday by the
members OF the Healani Skating CLUB,
the city's juvenile athletic association.
Thirty-six members attended the feast,
which was spread at the home of Mas
ter Alfred Freitas, and the pig, nine
chickens and four dozen bottles of soda
water, besides side dishes. shot the
shutes. quintet club supplied the
music for the luau as well as for the
hay wagon ride around the city, which
wound up the affair. Excited by the
soda water a mob of the boys charged
on the Advertiser late last evening and
left fragments of information about the
luau al over the place
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THE ROPING
CHAMPIONSHIP

Editor MISUNDERSTANDING inform
me who holds the roping championship
and what the record for roping steers
is, and oblige.
HAWAII COWBOY.