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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01
FIVE FALL INTO GRAVE.
Remarkable Incident That Disturbed
Selemnity Of Funeral.

Instead Of the accustomed quiet
which prevails at the burial of the
dead, great excitement and fear at
tended the burial the other day Of
Michael Serene, a prominent merchant
OF Westport. when by the collapsing
of grave the coffin and several per.
sons attending the services were
hurled into small pit
The final prayer had been said by
the preacher, and the assistant to the
undertaken stepped TO the foot of the
coffin to arrange the rope for letting
the coffin into the grave At that mo-
ment one of the pallbearers acci.
dentally kicked out the crosspiece
that supported the coffin. The coffin
quickly descended into the grave, the
body going feet first. The assistant
fastened its descent by tumbling on
it. Several persons rushed to the
edge of the grave, causing the soil to
yield, and in a few seconds five per.
sons were lying in the pit half covered
with dirt.
They were pulled out, the coffin was
dug out and laid fiat, and after the
grave had been redug the burial was
completed.-N. Y. Press.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01

Seoul, Korea.-To get close to the
actual facts of missionary work
in any country, as well as of the true
political and social conditions, it is
necessary to move out from the capi-
tai or port cities and to sojourn for
time in rural parts. So l have been
out seeing the real Korea, itinerating
among country villages where there
are churches, and in the meantime
seeing at first hand what is said to be
the most picturesque people in the
orient. The how" of missionary
work in this country may be set forth
by a recital of this concrete expert
ence.
Sometimes the missionary on tour
puts his outfit on little Korean pony
and then, mounting on top Of it,
rides. At other times he walks. Wo-
men missionaries often travel in
chairs, borne by coolies. In the pres
ent instance we walked, and two
coolies carried our packs containing
folding cots, bedding, food and cook
ing utensils. 1t is impossible for
most white persons to subsist in
health upon the Korean diet of rice
and picked vegetables. AS to the
matter of sleeping-more of that
later.
The Orient Which Changes Not.
A pedestrian tour through rural
Korea is better worth while than the
same amount of time spent in Seoul.
The first afternoon we travelled for
five hours over the narrow paths be-
tween rice fields which serve for
roads in Korea; they are the way
sides" of the familiar parable of the
sower. Wheeled vehicles are un-
known outside Of the cities, though
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01
Have Trouble
with Your Food?
Try
|Grape-Nuts
rerIectly Cooked.
Ready 10 Serve.
Delicious and HeaIthiul

"The ordinary breakfast cereal
cooked few minutes in half-hearted
way will in time weaken the stomach
of anything short of an OK.
ANY preparation of wheat or oats
put into water that is below the boil
ing point and cooked as mush is usu-
ally served, remains pasty. indi-
gestible mass. The cells are tough
and unopened. In addition. the stom-
ach of person sensitively constituted
refuses to do anything with the pasty
mass. 1t is sent into the second stom.
ach. the Duodenum. where in conse-
quence of the long time of the first
process of digestion, is fermented and
soured. AS an eminent medical man
pertinently states, the stomachs of half
the people going about the streets are
about in the condition Of an old vim
egar barrel.
Intestinal dyspepsia is the direct
consequence of such feeding"
knowledge of these facts and a wide
experience III lHc ptSpdldlCu duu use
of cereals brought out the product
known as Grape-Nuts. manufactured
with special reference to having the
heterogeneous and starchy parts of the
grains. Of which the food is composed.
perfectly and scientifically cooked at
the factory. ready for immediate use
and therefore not subject to the ma.
nipulations of any cook. good or bad.
The starch of the grains. changed to
grape-sugar. can be seen glistening on
the little granules. and gives forth a
delicate sweetish taste, very palatable.
Children and adults obtain fine re-
suits from the use of Grape-Nuts food.
1t is 50 perfectly adapted to the wants
Of the human body and so easily di.
gested that many cases are On record
of nursing babes being fed very sue
cessfully on it. There's Reason"
Made at the pure food factories Of
the Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich,
Read The Road to WellvilIe." in pkgs.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01

try, which is now less than a genera
tion removed from the rank heather.
ism and seclusion which earned for
1t the title of The Hermit Nation" 4"
The settlement comprises 80 houses
and of these 25 are Christian.
Practically the entire village turned
out for the evening service, most of
them carrying Bibles and hymn books
The singing was led by the mission
ary, there being no organ. The con-
gregation is dependent upon his. visits
for new tunes, though they retain with
surprising correctness the ones for
merly learned. Mr.. Hall also taught
the people, by having them repeat the
words after him, the first question and
answer of the Westminster Shorter
Catechism, which has lately been rem.
dered into Korean. The time.honored
figure, drank in every word" best
expresses the attitude of the congre.
cation toward the sermon.
While the missionary preached 7
watched the people All except the
children were in white. Many of the
women, who were curtained off from
the men, had babies on their backs
or at their breasts. Some of the men
wore the wide, horn spectacles of tho
Chinese scholar. All except the few
unmarried ones had their hair done
up in top-knots, with brain soueez.
ing black net band around their heads
Most wore the horse-hair inner can
The children wore clothes of many
colors-pink, yellow and green pre.
dominating. Candidly. all would have
looked better for an application of
soap and water: the Korean has not
yet fully learned the godlessness of
dirt. None of the people showed the
foreign influence in their clothes, as is
the case in Seoul, where even the ton
knot is beginning to disappear. In
the latter place I saw boy in church
whose dress consisted of Japanese
imitation of American shoes; stock
ings with black, yellow and green
stripes fastened with a purple garter;
white, baggy Korean trousers; a red
coat. tied under the arms with Iaven.
der ribbon; pale green sweater peep.
ing above it at the neck, and brown
plush scarf about his, throat somewhat
ike the hangings of an old fashioned
pullman car. His headgear was Jap.
anese military cap. Korean children,
like their elders, sit on the floor dur.
ing service with the foot of one leg
crossed over the thigh of the other;
and, like their elders, they are quiet
and attentive.
Putting Converts Through the Mill.
After the service was over. the eld-
ers gathered around the missionary
and proffered formal request that ne
come as soon as possible and spend
few days in teaching them the Bible.
Mr. Hall had to put them off with a
vague promise, as his field is too
large for him to do more than look
over 1t. was interested to note that,
while elsewhere missionaries have to
adopt various devices to attract hear
ers, such as English classes, cooking
classes, ETC., In Korea the people seem
to want simply the Bible; and the
missionaries are unable to meet the
demand for the teaching Of It,
Early the next morning, after a.
night which in the interest Of deli
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01
HAD MISSED GOOD THING.
Patriek's Joy Dimmed by Thought Of
Wasted Opportunities.

Patrick. recently arrived and un-
used to the ways Of this country, was
accosted one day by a member of the
sporting fraternity, who offered to i'm
part to him. for a modest considera-
ton, marvellous way to make money
without toiling for it. All one needed,
he said, was a small amount to bet
on a certain horse that couldn't pos
sibly lose. "And yez say Oi can get
that money without working for it?"
asked the bewildered lrishman. when
the other was through explaining.
Sure thing. All the work you got to
do is to count the mazuma." Ill thry
it," said Pat. So they hied them to a
racecourse. where the sporty-looking
gentleman placed Pats money at odds
of five to one. And the horse won!
Pats joy was unbounded when he was
handed a large roll of yellow.backed
bills. Calling his new-found friend to
one side. he asked in voice that
trembled with excitement: "Oi say,
how long has this thing been goin'
on?"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01

David Uniapon, full-blooded native
of the norther territory, Australia, who
combines a genius for mathematics
with a passion for music, claims to
have invented machine which will
secure perpetual motion. He is now
in Adelaide, the capital of South Aus
tralia, seeking the means of testing
the feasibility of his mechanism. He
explains that the forces which he pro-
poses to use are gravitation and mo-
mentum and he had to come to Ade-
laide to seek the assistance of the alb
orinines department in procuring four
beveled wheels, spindle, tube and
so on. He is confident that when he
gets these requisites he can put to-
gether a machine which will bring
perpetual motion appreciably nearer
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01
nth, personify the simple life

truth, personify the simple life.
The best room in one of the largest
farm houses in the village was made
ready for us by the easy process of
the family's tumbling out, since the
room was absolutely devoid of all fur
nishings except a chest for best
clothes and treasures. From the
ceiling, which was a lofty one for
Korea, being seven or eight feet high,
hung various articles, such as a
cheese-shaped hat box. The entrance
to the room was through a paper-cov.
cred doorway four feet high by two
wide. There was a small window,
likewise of paper. on either side of
the room. The. dimensions of the lat
ter were feet by IL, so that the mis-.
sionary congratulated himself on our
roomy quarters. Eight by eight is the
normal room.
christianity's Remarkable Growth.
While we were at supper a Korean
Christian entered with the news
that in a small village two hours far.
ther on where no missionary had Wis
tied, group of believers (that word
is commonly used,in Korea) had re-
Gently sprung up, numbering ten fami
lies. They had been visited each Sun
day by the Christians from our vii
lage and given instruction, but they
wanted the missionary to visit them
and establish catechumen class. Mr.
Halls program was too full on the
present tour to admit of this. In our
stopping place the elder further re.
ported, there were 40 candidates for
baptism to be examined This par.
ticular community illustrates the phe,
nomenal Christianization Of this coun.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01

we're spells of dizziness and faintness,
the kidney secretions were like blood
and passed with intense pain. l had
lost 80 pounds when l began using
Doan's Kidney Pills, and was dread.
fully nervous. In one week felt bet.
ter and to-day am well woman and
have been for a long time"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a box.
.Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01
TWO SISTERS HAD ECZEMA.
Cuticura Cured Scalp Troubles Of
Two illinois GirIs-Another Sis
ter Took Cuticura Pills.

IT must give much praise to all the
Cuticura Remedies. l used but one
cake of Cuticura Soap and one box of
Cnticura Ointment, as that was all that
was required to cure my disease. l
was very much troubled with eczema
of the head, and friend of mine told
me to use the Cuticura Remedies,
which 1 did, and am glad to say that
they cured my eczema entirely. My
sister was also cured of eczema of the
head by using the Cuticura Remedies.
Another sister has used Cuticura Re.
solvent and Pills and thinks they are
a splendid tonic. Miss Edith Hammer,
r. F. D. No. 6, Morrison, ILL.,, Oct. 3, 'OG. D."
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01
"Goinq Some"

Two Of our colored brethren were
engaged in heated argument. The
"retort courteous" without the quail
flying adjective, had been passed and
returned.
Suddenly the larger of the two
moved up aggressively. "Yuh nygah,
youh! If All hit yuh, Ahm a-goin' to
knock yuh so fab dat der amt no rail
road train kin bring yuh back!"
The other looked at him moment
speculatively. Then: "Niggah you'-
self yuh brack map O Africa! If All
hit yuh, Aim goin' to knock you so
fab dat it'll cos eight dollars to SEN
yoh a postal card!"
Whereupon the tall one, realizing
that the limit had been reached,
passed his "chaw," and peace reigned
again. Judge.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01
Chinese Jews.

American interest in China since
the Boxer rebellion has extended to
the Chinese Jews, who settled at
Kaifungfu during the Han dynasty
that ruled China from 200 b. c. to 2OC
A. d. The Kaifungfu colony is men
toned occasionally by European trav
elers, among them Marco Polo in the
fourteenth century, while in 1000 and
1904 they were visited by Jesuit mis-
sionaries. To-day, according to AL.
fred X. Glover, writing in the Over.
land Monthly for May, the Chinese
Jews are almost extinct, but their rec
Ords and historical tablets are care
fully preserved.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01
Naked Truth,

Francis Wilson tells of an enconn-
ter of wits that took place between
the late Eugene Field and New York
woman.
1t was at dinner, and the woman
was in evening dress. which was dec,
ollete. After a skirmish between the
two relative to the respective merits
of a well known author, it would seem
that Field came off second hest.
20. Mr.. Field" exclaimed the WON.
an, exultantly, you must admit that
you are fairly beaten at your OWL
camel"
Field bowed politely, and, With a
smile, promptly rejoned: AT any
rate. Miss Blank, have one cousola.
ton; you can't laugh at me in your
sleeve. ."--Lippincott's Magazine.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01
School Of Household Science

Mrs. Tom l.. johnson, wife of the
mayor OF Cleveland, is one of the
many wealthy and prominent women
of that City who are hacking a train
ing school in household science. In
two respects the school is a novelty.
In the first place, it offers to board its
students free and in the second it pro-
poses to fit it's pupils with special ref
erence to serve in homes of luxury.
Among the other things they are tc
study the department proper to such
an environment. Only girls who come
duly recommended will be accepted at
all
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01
Bunvan's Primitive FIute.

The most curious story told of John
Bunyan's life in Bedford jail is this:
To pass away his gloomy hours he
took a leg out of his stool and with
his knife fashioned 1t into a flute. The
keepers repeatedly searched his cell
to find the cause of the music, but
when he heard them coming he would
always replace the leg in the stool,
and they never discovered now the
music had been produced,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01
Jack and the Ample

1t was during an arithmetic class
10 country school that Jake Boggs
was called upon to solve a problem.
Now. jake" began the teacher. "if
you have two apples and your little
brother took one how many would you
have left?"
I'D just like to see him try taking
one," said Jake. shaking his fist.
WELL" said the teacher, well put
1t this way. Suppose you gave him
one"
"Yes: but I wouldn't do it," said
Jake.
Just supposing you did, what would
remain?" said the weary teacher
"A big fool, that's what" replied
Jake.-Judge.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01
Another Variety.

The farmer met his son at the sta
ton.
Rack from college, eh, boy?" he
drawled.
Yes, dad" replied the youth, as he
lit another cigarette, "and l tell you
am glad to get back. Been digging up
Greek roots all the season."
The old farmer went over to the
hardware store and bought grubbing
hoe.
"All right, my boy" he announced
as he handed over the hoe, "yeou can
change yeour exercise during the sum
mer by digging up dogwood and sassa.
fras roots"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01
WAITING FOR THE FUN.
Youngster Had Reason to Expect
Something Would Happen"

An old gentleman, rather portly and
clad in a somewhat youthful suit of
light gray flannel, sat on a bench in
the park enjoying the day, relates the
Woman's Home Companion.
What's the matter, sonny?" he
asked a small urchin who lay on the
grass just across the walk and stared
intently. why don't you go and
playa"
Don't wanter." the boy replied.
But it is not natural" the old gen.
tleman insisted, "for a boy to be so
quiet. Why don't you run about?"
"Oh, I'm just waitin'," the little fell
low answered. I'm just awaitin' till
you get up. A man painted that
bench about fifteen minutes ago"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01

the Koreans have a ponderous two
wheeled ox-cart which they claim was
the original wheeled vehicle. Unlike
Japan, where only a hand plow is
used, the Koreans cultivate their
fields with oxen The last of the rice
crop had been gathered and the
threshing floors of the farm houses in
the villages were busy places. There
are no solitary farm houses in this
country; the farmers live in villages
and go out to their fields early in the
morning.
The Missionary with Gun.
In many of the villages through
which we passed, churches are estab-
lished; and occasionally we stopped
to speak to some native Christian.
The "Moksa," or missionary, is per-
son of distinction, and his passage an
event. OF course, all speech is in
Korean; there is no such widespread
knowledge of English as in Japan.
AS we traversed the countryside
the absence, of the shrines and idols
that mark every Japanese highway
was noticeable Now and then we
saw neglected booth, erected for the
Precipitation of some evil spirit. At a
pass in the mountains we came to a
tree with stones heaped around it; 1t
supposedly embodied an evil spirit,
and every traveller casts a stone at it.
The hillsides are covered with grave
mounds, regarded as sacred, and be-
fore some Of these. are tablets, now
and then sculptured crudely into hu-
man form. Broadly speaking, how
ever, Korea may be regarded as a
country without religion.
The country itself Is beautiful
largely mountainous, but with fertile
valleys. There are many wild fowl
geese, ducks and pheasants, and it is
quite usual for the itinerant mission
airy to carry gun to provide the
meat for his meals. In the interior
the missionary occasionally bags a
deer or a wild boar; and there Is al
ways the possibility of meeting a
tiger. Some missionaries, who are a
hundred miles from beefsteak, eat
pheasant three times day because
they cannot afford bacon or ham.
From Fifth Avenue to Korea.
After 15-mile tramp, we reached
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 children in their
train, came forward with beaming
faces, and with the azcient salutation
Of Peace" They caught the mission
arys hands, squeezed his arm or af.
fectionately patted his shoulders.
Yet they had never seen this particu.
lar "Moksa," or "shepheYd," before.
The field is that OF Rev. DR.. H. G. I'm
derwood, one Of the missionary vet
erans OF Korea, but he is absent on a
furlnugh, and his duties have fallen
to Rev. Earnest F. Hall. young man
who was for several years assistant
pastor Of the Fifth. Avenue Presby-
terian church, New York city. Mr..
Hall is stiH supported by the Fifth
Avenue church as its representative
In Korea. Many times during the
days we were together wondered
how often he thinks of the contrast
between Fifth Avenue congregations
and these Korean villagers who, In.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01
Criticism Of LEGISLATORS.

Lessons in pronunciation are need
ed by a number of members of the
house. The majority of those who
tackle the word 'victuallers" insist on
pronouncing it phonetically instead
as If spelled "vittlers," and the word
municipal is another great stumbling
block, members almost invariably put
ting the accent on the wrong syllable.
Boston Record.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01
Strange Requests.

In his will Stephen Swain of the
parish of st. OIave, Southwark, Eng.
land, gave to John Abbot and Mary
his wife, sixpence each, "to buy for
each of them a halter. for fear the
sheriffs should not be provided"
John Aylett Stow left the sum OF
five guineas for the purchase of the
picture of a viper biting the hand Of
his rescuer. TO he presented to an emf.
nent X. C. as reminder of his in.
gratitude and insolence."
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01

An old brick laboratory in Middle
town. Conn, which was torn down
Saturday has been put to many uses
since its erection in 1925. Originally
it was gunhouse. but it has since
been used as Il hospital, an eating
house, carpenter shop, an icehouse,
and an electrical laboratory.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01
Good for Fishcrmer's "sait.'

The remarkable Notwithstanding ef'
feet of a vacuum is strikingly brought
out in the claims made for a new
sportsman's bottle. The vessel has
double walls. being really one bottle
within another. with a sealed-up in
tervening space from which the air
has been withdrawn. It is asserted
that liquids in this bottle can be kept
hot 4S hours in the coolest weather,
and that iuced beverages will retain
their delicious GOODNESS for weeks In
the hottest summer.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01

ton of the blad-
der. and the trou-
Bile had gone so
far in five years
that my physicians
said nothing but
an operation would
cure me. Awful
b e arin G dow n
pains, backaches
and headaches tor
tured me- there
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01

"Rut, my good fellow" said the d.
vine did you ever take BATH
mo. sir" the tramp answered. hum.
bly,. Il never took nothin bigger D
a teaspoon"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01
He Hangs On.

Friends your dog affectionate?
Owner (warily)-Well. he gets eas.
lily attached to people. Baltimore
American.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01

Aliens Foot-Ease. 1t cures painful. swollen,
smarting. sweating feet. Makes new shoes
easy; Sold by all Druggists and Shoe Stores
Don accept any substitute Sample FREE
Address A. s. OImsted. lie Roy. n Y.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01

Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teethinR softene the gums reduces iD
nammstion allays pain cuTes wind collie 25c bottle
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01
No Headache In the Mornino.

Krause's Headache Capsules for over.in-
duleence in food or drink Druggists. 25c.
Norman Lichty Mfg. Co. Des Moines, la.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01

A woman with whom you discuss
iove is always expecting something
PoincelOt.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01
a woMAN's sUFFERlNes.
A Dreadful Operation Seemed to Be
the Only Outcome.

Mrs. Clyde Pixley, Bridge St, Beld-
ing, Mich, writes: Il had inflamma-
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-01

. Women forgive INJURIES. but they
never forget lights.--HaEburton.