The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-29

| residence. in the and
de it within five years. Prior to that
there was no means of inter-com-
municatiOn between. the foreigners and
| the natives except through the Chinese
The work Of making the
dictionary was enormous. The detl-
i nitions were in Korean, Chinese and
| English. and every character had to be
lust co. for the variation of a stroke or
a point might perhaps turn n word,
Lord into Devil The original ed
ition of the dictionary has long since
been sold. out and a new n is now
being prepared. DR.. Gale tells me that
this necessitated by the thousands Of
new words which have come into the
language, caused by the changes III
civilization and life of the people.
A11nAptific words, such telephones. tele-
I gTagh, dynamite and radlum, have had
to be added. All Of these have now
their Korean characters and they u
be defined. The new edition Of the
dictionary is being printed in Yoke
hama, and the proofs are sent here to
DR.. Gale for correction. | have seen
some of them. Four readers go over
every sheet and the greatest care is
taken that each character is right.
This is done by Chinese and Korean
scholars. After this DR.. Gale sends
the proofs to the girls Of the Presby-
terrain mission school. They have
sharper eyes and quicker brains than
l1It ~ oilo ~ Aiil0 1880
tkes which the latter have overlook
ed. At first DR.. Gale offered to pay
/ cent for every correction. After a
number of sheets had come back he
figured up the account and sent in the
money. h girls returned it the same
day with a letter saying:
I'VE girls think we are getting
enough from our teachers. and we do
not want any Day
T%ranslating the Bible.
Suppose the next Sunday morning
every pastor in the United States
should arise in his pulpit and say that
a new book of the Bible had just been
discovered and that it would be given
to the people that week. What a SEN
SatiOn it would create and how ali
would be alive to learn Of the mes
sage!
This is the condition today in Ko-
rea Until very lately the people nave
had nothing but the New Testament
in their own language. The 1906
Christians here have been confined to
that book. and it is only within a few
years that they have had the Prov.and
Psalms. Today the Old Testament
is being translated by DR.. Gale and
DR.. Reynolds Will one or two assist
ants. 1t comes book by book, each
new volume making a sensation far
greater than the first selling of the
new novels in our country. Genesis.
isaiah and the Psalms have already
been printed, and Exodus. Numbers.
Job and l and Ii Samuel will sOon be
in the hands of the people. DR.. Gale
says that the translation Of the whole
Bible will probably be finished this
autumn, and that it will be in the
hands of the Koreans soon after. The
york is being published by the Brit
ish and American Bible societies.: and
it will be sold all over the country
both by agents and by the book sellers
who are to be found in the larger
places.
Korean Newspapers.
A few years ago the only paper
published in Korea was q little
court circular which gave the com
with a brush and its circulation num-
bered but a few hundred. Today
there are japanese ape in all the
large c%enters, and in Seoul there are
tour dallleS printed in Korean. The
capital also has three japanese dailies.
ana an English newspaper, the Seoul
Press, owned and edited by Mr.. Yum
oto, a very able Japanese journalist.
The Press is looked upon as one Of
the organs Of the government, and at
present it is the only foreign newspap-
er published in Korea. Not long ago
there was an English edition of the
Daily News. an anti-government organ
but this has been discontinued for
financial reasons.
The Korean Daily News, printed in
Korean. is the organ Of the anti-Jap-
anese party. It is a bright paper and
Well edited. 1t has the ablest Of ko-
rean writer's and it's circulation is
large. Like all newspapers, it is sub
Ject to the government censorship:
and may be suspended, without notice,
at the will Of the officials. For this
reason its writer's have to be careful
! as to their expressions, and many Of
It's most severe articles are those
winch nave to be read between the
lines. This morning. for instance.
see several editorials under the head
OF Nature Notes. Here is one freely
Il ira nS1ataH.