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and chattering while they worked,
These country women wore turbans
and did not have their faces covered.
as Is common on the streets Of Seoul.
! noticed also two women grinding at
Il mill, and the larger horse power mill,
such as suggested the saying 1T were
better for such q man that a mill -stone
We're hanged about his neck. and he
were cast into the depths OF the sea-"
The missionary says that many Bible
figures that need explanation to a
western mind are instantly clear 20 a
Korean.
The Missionary With a Gun.
In many OF tho villages through
which, we passed, churches are estab-
lished and occasionally we stopped
to speak to some native Christian.
The "Moksa.'' or missionary, is a per
son Of distinction. and his passage an
event. Or course. all speech is in Ko.
rean; there is no such widespread
knowledge of English as in Japan.
AS we traversed the countryside the
absence of tho shrines and idols that
| mark every Japanese highway was
! noticeable. Now and then we saw
neglected booth. erected for the pro-
pitiation of some evil spirit. At a pass
III the mountains we came to tree
with stones heaped around 1t; 1t sup
posedly embodied an evil spirit. and
every traveller casts a stone at 1t. The
hllsides are covered with grave
mounds, regarded as sacred. and be-
| fore some OF these ar tablets, now
and then scuptured crudely into hu-
ran FORM Broadly speaking, however,
| Korea may be regarded as country
| without a religion.
The country4itself Is beautiful. large
| ~ mountainous, but with fertile val
legs There are many wild fowl. geese,
ducks and phensants, and 1t Is quite
usual for the itinerant missionary to
4 carry gun to provide the meat for
his meals. In tho interior the mis-
sionary occasionally bags a deer or n
wild boar; and there is always the
possibility of meeting a tiger Some
4 missionaries, who are hundred miles
y from q beefsteak, eat pheasant three
a times a day because they cannot afford
4 bacon or ham.
From Fifth Avenue to Korea,
After flfteen-mile tramp, wo reach
cd at dusk the village which was our
destination. The welcome that was
given to the missionary was really
beautiful to behold. Old men and
young. with little ohildren In their
train, came forward with beamng faces,
and, with tho ancient salutntion OF
! "l'eace." They caught the missionary's
! hands. squeezed his arm or affection-
i ately patted his shoulders. Yet they
|; had never seen this particular "Alok-
/. ga" as 'shenherd." before. The lo!d
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surprising correctness the ones for-9
merly learned. Mr.. Hall also taught
the people. by having them repeat the
words after him, the first question and n
answer of the Westminster shorter
sCntechlsm, which has lately been rem 81
dered into Korean. The time. honoredS5
figure, drank In every word" best eX-,
presses tho attitude OF the congrega-
tIon toward the sermon. }54ss5
While the missionary preached, 4
watched the people. All except the
children were III white. Many OF the
women, who We're curtained off from
the men. had babies on their backs u,
wore tho wide. horn spectacles of tho
Chinese scholar. All except the few
unmarried ones had their hair done \.
up in top-knots, with n brain squeezing
back net band around their heads.Nl
Most wore the horsehair inner cap, out
unlike the men in city churches, none
had his broad-brimmedg stove-pipe hats
The children wore clothes of many
co,ors--plnk, yellow and green pres
dominating. Candidy, AL would have
looked better for un application OF soap
| and water: the Korea has not yet
| fully learned the godlessness OF Dirt
a; None OF the people showed tho foreign
! influence in their clothes, as Is the
| case In Seoul where even the top-knot
! is beginning to disappear. In the lat
| ter place saw II boy in church whose
| dress consisted of Japanese Imitation
| OF American shoes; stockings with
| black, yellow and green stripes fasten-5
ed with a purple garter; white, baggy
| Korean trousers; red coat, tied un-
| der tho arms with lavender ribbon, a.
! rale green sweater peepng above IT.
| at tho neck, and a brown plush scarf
| about his throat somewhat like the@
| Eangings of an fashioned pullman
| car. His headgear was Japanese
| military cap. Korean children, like
their elders sit on the floor during SER
| vice with the foot OF one leg crossed
ever tho thigh of the other; and, likag
! their elders, they are quiet and atten-s#
tive
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Mill. vi
\ After the service was over the e!d-E
| crs gathered around the missionary
1 and proffered formal request that he 4
| come MS soon as possible and spend al
| few days In teaching them the Btble.A
| Mr.. Hall had to put them OFF with ~
/ vague promise, as his field Is TOO largo
| Tor him to do moro than look over H.
\ | was Interested TO note that. whilc,s
elsewhere missionaries have to adopts
devices to attract hearers, such as Eng
\ Esh classes, cooking classes, etc, In Y
Korea the people seem to want sims
CONTINUED on Fourth PaGe.) ~
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great court or park surrounded by
Moorish buildings, the rooms of which
looked out upon t.. This park was
largely made up of gardens filled with
beautiful flowers and selni-tropical
plants and trees
One section OF it contained a tennis
court. with q cement floor as smooth as
marble, where the ex-mnister delights to
play tennis with his European friends.
There Is n central path through the gar
dens, and down this we walked until we
came into two great reception rooms
where the war minister receives his men
| friends. We passed through the first
! set of parlors, which are foored with
! mosaic and luxuriously furnished. ana
| then came into large room walled with
glass looking out upon the Atlantic Ocean,
| The house is built on a high bluff hang
| ing right over the sea, and the mountains
1 of Spain were in plain sight across the
way We could hear the surf roar as II
i dashed against the rocks below.
/ AT the entrance to this room stood two
tall clocks OF the kind that sell in the
! United States for $500 apiece, and they
4 played the chimes at the striking Of the
1 hours. The tiled floor was covered with
! Oriental rugs the great divans We're up
1 holstered In rich red Morocco leather, and
I about the walls were cases containing rare
/ china and swords, rifles and other wea-
pons. nlaid with gold and silver. The
surroundings Were thoset OF man or
taste, and this was my impression Of
Menehbi when he appeared.
:. A Typical Moor.
let mo tell YOU how he looks. He Is n
i typical Moor Of the better class and Of q
+ kind one does not expect to find In what
Il is generally known as one OF the black
4 spots of this black continent. 81 81
Mehdi el-Menehbi would make one OF the
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mountain tribes have to rely upon the
plains for their -four zeF
Railroads VS.. Donkevs.


plains for their flour.
Railroads VS.. Donkeys.
asked some questions about railroads.
Mr. Harris says that the Moors object to
them on the ground that they would be
q foreign innovation, and also because
they would put the donkeys, mules and
cenels out OF business. AS 1t Is now, the
whole trade of Morocco goes by caravan,
or by sen from port to port. The freight
rates per animal in the Interior are COM
parativcly low, and the charges for board
and feed at the Moorish hotels are al
most nothing. In Fee It costs about four
cents day to feed q camel, and less
than three cents a day for horse or
a mule The ordinary native can be
taken care of for a little more. The ex-
pcnses on the road are also cheap, but
the loads carried are SO small that an
animal will soon eat up the value OF Its
freight.
AS to the transportation Of foreigners
the cost Is enormous. The distance from
Tansicr TO Fee is about 10 miles, and In
the United States a railroad journey OF
that distance, at three cents mile. would
| cost, including baggage. Just $50. and the
| time required would be less than five
| hours The ordinary foreigner cannot
make Fee In less than week. and the
| cost of the journey there from Tnngier
Will be from twenty to thirty dollars a
| day. thought OF making the trip. ex-
pecting to spend month on the way
there and back. One of Cooks dragomen
said that should have to pay $50 per:
| day for all the time OF my absence max
| ing my one months journey. including
! a stay OF two weeks at Fee, cost me
| go. ltftl4il--ata
For this trip should have to employ {.
soldier or so. and would have required
4 about three mules to carry my baggage,
AS well as mules for myself and guide
and cook. should have had to camp out
every night. and would have been lucky
had reached Fee in one week. In con-
| nection with tho American legation at
| Tangier I found dragoman who offered
| to give me the same accommodations
for $500. At the same time there was
great danger OF being captured by brig
ands on the way and held for ransom;
and. on the whole did not think the
trip worth the risk.
| Our American minister. who made the
| journey from Tangier to Fee a month oi
SO ago spent twelve days on the way
He had large company of soldiers. fur
nshed by the Sultan, and the Sultan PAID
all his expenses amounting to many thou
sands of dollars. I understand that thu
J minister took the ladies of his family
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ing, which was lofty one for Korea,
being seven or eight feet high, hung
various articles, such as q cheese
shaped hat box. The entrance to the
room was through a paper-covcred
doorway four feet high by two wide
There was small window, likewise OF
Taper, on either side Of the room. The
dimensions Of the latter We're eight
feet by twelve. SO that the mission
fry congratulated himself on our roomy
quarters. Eight by eight is the nor
NAL room.
Sleeping in an Oven.
The most interesting feature of the
ruom was the floor. This was Of dirt,
covered with oiled paper. Underneath
at ran the hues of the household fire,
so that the floor was hot to the touch.
This Is the Korean method of heating
a house. and the natives sleep in COM
fort on the hot floor. Morning and eve
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with him. but. innsmuch as their ex-
penses also came out of the Moroccan
government. Uncle Sam will probably
have no objection.
When one or other OF the great pow
ers OF Europe takes possession of Mo-
rocco. and doubt not this will soon
come to pass, one of the first things will
be the building Of a railroad from Tan
Eer to Fee. II the French should be
awarded the protection Of the country
they will probably extend their railroad, ,
which now goes from Temcen to the
capital OF Morocco. Neither route offers
any great mechanical difficulties, and
both would probably pay. A short line
from Fee to one Of the ports OF the At
lantic and from Marrakech to the same
coast would eventually be profitable. The
Moors and Berbcrs will object to such
roads at first. but they will soon learn
Ftheir value. Last year there was a
famine in and about Fee, and large
part Of the flour consumed had to be
imported. That which cost SO a sack
at the seaports sold for more than s19
a sack in Fez the extra So going to trans
portation. Had there been railroad that
-four would not. have cost more than
twenty five cents per sack for freight
and it could have been sold for s1O:5O In
Fee, making clear saving to the people
of $50 on that amount Of their bread
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turtles Of vermn has Injured the Korean
tc the lesser evils of political OPP
preston. AS to germs, the missionary
must forego Imagining; perhaps the
very room he occupies has. been va
Gated for his benefit. Several mission-
aries have died of typhoid fever so
contracted
jcurned was built like the Syrian khan,
cbout courtyard. In the same build
Ing with us was stored the years
harvest, and the manner In which 81
patient big-eyed OK shared our roof
tree made very vivid the Bethlehem
story A large part OF the village pop
llation followed us into the court
yard. and filled the doorway. watch
Ing lis eat. Finger holes made In tho
paper windows glistened with black
eyes that watched the strange foreign
ers, who did not know how to sit on
the floor properly. and neither used
chop sticks nor nte rice. Our shoes
and clothes and outfit Especially the
Indian lmoccasins, which arc II great
convenience in lands where shoes are
never worn indoors) We're all objects
Of childlike wonder on the part of
the simple, kindly peasants. some OF
whom showed their good viii by bring
| ing us fresh eggs and tho big, deli
I
| color of ripy tomatoes
Christianity's Remarkable
Growth.
| While Wo We're at supper II Korean
| Christian entered with the news
that in small village two hours far,
tier on where no missionary had visit
cd. n group Of believers Chat word is
| commonly used In liorea) had recently
sprung up, numbering ten families.
! They had been visited each Sunday by
| the Christians from our Village and
! given instruction. but they wanted tho
! missionary to visit them and estnb-
\ lish q catecllurlen class, MIR. Halls
| Program was too fun on the present
! tour to admit OF this, In our stopping
| place the elder further reported, there
| were forty candidates for baptism to
! no examined
| This particular community illustrates
| the phenomenal Characterization OF this
country, which Is now less than gem
Grafton removed from the rank heathen-
i ism and u seclusion which earned for
/. tho title OF 'Tho Hermit Nation"
i rhe settlement comprises thlrty-eight
houses and OF these twenty-five are
| Christian
i Practically the entire village turned
/ out for the evening service, most OF
them carrying Bibles and hymn books
rlie singing was led by tho mission
ay, there being no organ The con-
FOR new tunes, though they retain With
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A Talk With 81 El-Mehdi Ell
Menehbi,

It was through Mr.! Harris that I
was given an audience with ST el-Mehdi
el-Nenehb, who. as minister of war
under the Sultan. and as his favorite
adviser for q long time. practically
controlled Morocco. He was in high
favor until the rebellion Of the So.
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Kidnaped by Raisuli,

81. Z
10 return 70 Mr.Etiafr's, he was the
first OF the foreiFnerH to be kidnapped
by Raishll. lle Wes LYING IN ms neau-
ll!ui nome ~, .,,p ssefst.oie 1us. t,i.e
!',5a ...,,,, r,.'ta,,ii 800 haa, a.
,in, ~ ~ : ,rhov bnia 'b,n, IN cnn-
ti,i,>. 'rnr NOR. ttpn three wccl,s bi,t
re al. sod him withou, ransom During
This time Mr.. Harris had a close view
Of Raislili. He describes him as a
man of strong character and n butter
lie says that the Sultan has but little
power: that he rs afraid Of the two
great rebels. Raisuli and Blu Hamnra
and that nc has pribed them to Keep
the peace. Blu Hainara has now about
ohe-hith o. Morocco. .nusI nm allu
diers, is growing rich OF the country
cas-, oi ,h's cry. -, INADVERTENTLY ~;
-. ~, V - na,,,oa,f ,a a., n,,,,,, =
49,, T., ,r,ior
II II.
Dare Not Live at home.
,,r ,1,,.,.ts tt,i,,,,. Il, rather hard lines
4,ia, ~ dara nat ,liya AT home. although
~. ari,,sh nave. n a,rnatv with tile Sultan
,,,,,,c,, nro,,idcs for tha nrotrction az for
ni,,ners IN. yil,, So yc,thin nrteen miles
+ ~ ~ tor,,ocations ~ cihra,tnr and
,yi,,,t,, an hours ,yni,s az INC walls Of the
sn,ton,. cb,cf nor, Nevertheless its
nwnsr h,sT 70 lives 81 ono Of thc hotels in
- toar ,r ,idn,nars THO Gov.
49,. no -. ,,ea,,. af.y so,d,ors
-, IN, q. a.o.,, ~, !
go 49,, usHt' WY si''' 49, iAiA -"
1'i syn. :. IS ui'sa 'p.. 4,
AZ ttie sat,'e t'iiie ''s.s'9 W on
INC. fssh,s mat she mas uhaer l'er tteats
with foreign nations ana me iore.sher IS
The Alaska prospector., 1907-09-26
Allen and - Steerage |.
Another Group Sold

A deal was consumated a few days ago whereby the Borgeson property comprising 12 claims in Galeua Bay was sold to Dr. Jenkins and w. A. Moves, both Of Maine The considera. tion was &SC, ,000. This property is sit uated about mile yves. of the claims of the Ga!eua Bay Mining Go. The deal was engineered and put through by Earnest King, on behalf of his father \. G. King
 The steamer Portland had 35 tons of freight, and passenger for katalla and the earnest desire of Capt. Hum phrey to land the stuff caused him to lay over two days at that port, but owing to wind and sea be was unable toslan1 n pound of the freight, and it was brought here
The Alaska prospector., 1907-09-26

Earnest King returned to Kuirb,s siand on the 3 M yesterday.
 Jos. Bourke. of Landlock. was in town yesterday.
 WANrED-Information concerning Dr. " II. Eoddy, formerly of Cincin- natl, Ohio and indiananolis. Ind either dead or alive Address P. O. Box 22l Seattle. Wash. i white 70
 F. + Foster, one of the '98ers in the Valdez country. died recently at hts home in Bethel. Conn.
 The Senate Cafe will open for hnsi- :uess in the new building adjoining the Senate, Thursday evening. Rott. Me iHtosh has charge of the new restau. rant.
 The cruiser Buffalo reached Seward Friday afternoon and will be stationed there for about two weeks. She has been to the westward. visiting the seal islands.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-09-26
From Tuesdays Bulletin

Dee Davis lief this forenoon for Tag nuna with pack train to bring in sev- eral employees of the NiZina Mines Co , who came down Copper River as far as the mouth of IaZuuna.
 No action was taken on the applica- tions for water works and sewer fran chses by the Council last night. An other application was filed by the Alaska Water Light and Telephone Co. and the Council decided to postpone action on the measures until they could compare the two.
 \ numb Der of miners from the Val !eZ
The Alaska prospector., 1907-09-26
From Mondays Bulletin

J. $ Antoueile aud wife, and Mrs Nelson, wife of Contractor Nelson, ar rivsd from Seattle n the Pori land.
 \. Fagerberg received several head of cattle on the Portland. and will start for the interior soon with them He will distribute the stock to raaaao.sos s along the trail for meat th.z wlutea
 Nels Jepson leaves in fe@ d. I. r Gray's camp, hotsina, where n will spebd the winter. He vii rnGeavor tp keep two horses at Horse creek on the range this winter
The Alaska prospector., 1907-09-26
Sale on Glacier Island

Boston and Chicago capitalists have have purchased thrs ugh their repTe- sentative C G. Van Hook. the Copper property known as the Collins. Nelsen. and Brown Group on Glacier Island Consideration S95,000. The Three Ms left Saturday with cargo of freight and tive men to begin work at once Mir. Van Hook states they will be ship ing high grade ore within Go days.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-09-26
Lost Another Raft

The Elsie. returning from McCIoud's Bay, reports the loss of a large raft of lo2s which Lad hr.4 ci Tor the Copper River Lunlber G.. The Elsie went 10 .No.'ague Island for the raft, and shortly after ,he boat "aa anchored in the bay tAe ratl broke loose from the shore aud drirtei ou' to sea. The ueavy wind "A}ch @as blowing pre- vented the Hlelo from picking it up This .s the s-ceui raft lost hy the log gile contractors thl7 year. IL con- taiuea a~out -0)oOfe., oi iuuuer
The Alaska prospector., 1907-09-26

creek plnccr camp arrived in town this morning, bringing considerable gold. One nugget. taken from Lucky gulch weighed over S900
 FoE SALE-20 room lodging or board ing house Apply Alameda House.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-09-26
Of Local Interest
From Fridays Bulle1ir

Inspectors of hulls and boilers. Whitney and Newhall. came III yes:ar- day on the Saratoga, ani may be seen at the custom house for few days.
 The Saratoga left for Seattle at mid night Thursday. with the following nassengers: Mrs J P Gaskill, H A kel far and wife, c Range. c W Shelly. Q c Warner, II WickerSham. Bert Fay Tor. s Lynch and family D Hu bard, II Y Hubbard, H l. Levi. c \ Lawer, Floy Smith, Alice Coles, Sarah Grand all. John Crandall, Mrs Jepson, Han sen. Mary Simpson, \ Amman and wife. 4 K Crawford, II Keel, $ kleon, Ii Allen, J Garrison, A G King, T Coul- ter. A C Tompkius, J Dang. D Wallace. " Ticknor. l. l. Middlekamp. Blanch Willard. J H Turner. l. Y Stanley, X Butler. Milo Kelly, J Coonan, Geo. " Iibnrl1S
The Alaska prospector., 1907-09-26
\. C King has heen -veFy successful

\. C. King has reen -Ve-fy successful ID ths sectio1 dorlrg ,ne past year handling mining property. kinE and J ". leey, wLo na- Deea "orHing to se.her iu the business, hove made oev- rral sales. the most in uortant of which We're Hemp.t Hogan prorsrty, the Poot-Dayis gtcap op Hogan Lay; the 9inalelary property, ana tvo others
 Fo.owiug + a lot of .ssteeis on tue PoatiagI wllch ca;ne ii;o pot late last Yi,At:-llazel Wnlis, I... :}ael!, Jas nuucap. Lily Duncaf a'at Lo"eth, l. lll. ;sIi, Maud taniy, Lena Rogers, C
 l. Frame. " Bolione, " F Lowe, F Dar!-. T Il Baldwin, Mrs C " Nelson, D l and Mr- Lampman, T voh Ex- finger. Miss Eaton. Mr. IIbbitts, Mrs -att and FranA GorI6:l. Mrs J Corey, JI Mckinney, NJ and Mrs Antonelle, Mrs Viola Crosbie D Morris, Arthur Bser. C f Belle II Richards, 4 ; Brown. Paul Ba~oay, r Kemp. \ D Thompson Il \ Bark, $ L HotcLk.ns, G.C woodman, ". F Boyce, w 4 Ed ward T 4 Parker. J " Westna m, ! >frEinnon. Moxiue Dougberty. Chas [. Ipoersou. CR Watson, t l. Puivis, A ,.7nas Grace Hall, Dr. Van Wrinkle, Miss Kathrine Van Wrinkle, BerDice