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Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
Land without Roads.

AS to other things. Corea in many re-
spects is worse off than the Philippines.
There are practically no roads. TIL only
ways from place to place are by bride
paths with fords across the streams. Now
and then one finds a rude bridge, two or
three feet wide, propped up on poles, and
again he has to make his way over such
streams by stepping stones or be carried
across on the back of men. Practically all
transportation away from the railroads is
by pack bullocks, ponies and porters, All
these carry great loads, and the men will
take as much as 500 pounds at a pinch.
There Is a big guild of porters. It's men
are found in every city and village and
can be seen everywhere carrying great
loads over the country.
One of the first things that the Japanese
will do will be to make wagon roads, and
military highways. connecting all parts OF
Corea. 1 understand they are building
some now, and that four main lines are to
be constructed. A number of new rail-
roads have been planned and several
started. This is In addition to the 600 mile
line now in operation. At present. Japan
is so poor that 1t canpot push this fea-
ture of its work. but it is its intention TO
extend the railrpads at the earliest possible
time.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

FUIIIahu, Me- and MISS Anna Gordon OF
Evanston, Ill, president and vice presi-
dent of the National Woman's Christian
Temperance union, who spent a part of
last week and the week before in the
city. A few years ago they took up tn
work that Frances Willard laid down be-
cause they. through their long and close
association with her. were deemed best
fitted TO carry on and carry out the plans
she had so wisely laid in the work for
temperance.
Mrs. Stevens is a woman of exceptional
executive ability. She has the kindness
and the firmness that, combined with
thorough knowledge of parliamentary law
and quick Judgment. make the admirable
presiding officer. She is also one of the
comparatively few women who possess
all the essentials of the successful public
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

MIN to buy a bottle OF hairwash. what
sort OF stuff is it?" he asked. "oh, it's
grand stuff" the man replied. IT'S a sort
Of multum in p~arvo-the less you take OF
It, the better"
"A few days later the writer was walk
ihg, with a friend over the Wicklow
mountains. where they met a character"
..yNVell, Mick" said my friend. "Tve heard
some queer stories about your doings
lately" Och, don't believe thin, SURF"
replied Mick. Sure. half the lies tould
abput me by the naybOurs isn't true"
The following notice Mr.. Macdonagh saw
posted in a pleasure boat on the SUR:
THE chairs in the cabinet are for the
ladies. Gentlemen are requested not to
make use of them till the ladies are
seated"
And this he clipped from a Kinsstown
newspaper:
flames o'Mahony. wine and spirit mer-
chant Kingstown, has still on his hands
a small quantity OF the whiskey which was
drunk by the Duke of York. while in
Dublin"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
One on the Professor

The penalty for giving false information
or performing such marriage is a fine Of
not more than $1,000 or Imprisonment in the
state penitentiary for not more than three
years, or both.
1t is also provided that no woman under
10 years of age or man of any age, ex.
cept he marry a woman of more than
45 years, either of whom is a common
~drunkard, habitual drunkard, epileptic,
feeble-minded, idiot or insane person, or
formerly afflicted with hereditary insanity.
or is afflicted with pulmonary tuberculosis,
or any contagious disease. shall intermarry
or marry any other person within the
state.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
One on the Regulars.

During the encampment Of several regi-
ments of British soldiers In a certain dis
trict the wood and turf used for cooking
purposes were carted by the neighboring
farmers. One day a donkey cart full Of
turf was brought in, the driver being a
country lad. As a regimental band was
playing he stood in front of the donkey
and held the animal tightly by the head.
Some of the smart ones" gathered round
highly pleased, and the wit of the party
asked why he held his brother so
tightly"
The reply was crushing: I'm afraid he
might enlist"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

this purpose. A bunch is put in at the
entrance of the flues and lighted, and its
flames spread out, making the floors hot
almost to roasting.
One of the first works of the Japanese
will be to stop this skinning OF the noun
tains. They will plant trees as fast as
possible upon the available hills, thus con-
serving the rainfall and greatly increasing
the land susceptible to cultivation. They
have already planted model forests in the
vicinity of Seoul, ~Pyengyang and Taiku,
and as soon as the nurseries are In good
shape will extend the program to other
parts of the country.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

by a mud wall high enough to keep the
men on the streets from looking in at
the girls.
The streets are winding alleys, where
the garbage of the houses is thrown out
to rot in the sun. Sometimes bitches
run along the sides of the streets serving
as sewers. and the houses have no sani-
tary arrangements whatever. The condi-
lions are so bad that typhoid. cholera and
disentery are of frequent appearance and
smallpox is almost universal. Nearly every
other face one sees is more or less poet
marked, and parents, I am told. do not
count their children as permanent POSSIBLE
tiles until after they have had that dis
ease. These are some of the conditions Of
this country which japan is trying to make
over,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
Social Conditions.

The people are divided into classes, and,
owned most of the lands and held all the
offices. They have been the curse of the
country and have squeezed the others un-
mercifully. The nobility until now have
gone about dressed in silks and fine grass
cloths, with a lot of retainers about them.
They have had coolies with them To hold
up their arms as they walked, and If they
rode, a servant would go, along on each
side of the horse TO see that they did mot
fall from the saddle. They did absolutely
no work and considered it a disgrace TO
carry a bundle. The boys who went to the
modern school, established by the emperor,
took servants along with them to carry
their pencils and paper. and some tramped
to the school building through the rain, be-
cause they would not endure the disgrace
of carrying an umbrella
This sentiment prevails somewhat today.
although it is fast disappearing. BY the
coming in of the japanese the most Of the
nobility have lost their fat incomes and
the farmers and common people are now 10
have a better show. 1t is claimed that
they are being oppressed by the Japanese,
but their condition cannot possibly be as
bad as 1t has been in the past and the
dawn of freedom seems to be breaking,
The japanese are establishing courts in the
organize the government of the provinces
as well as that here at Seoul.
FRANK G.. CARPENTER
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

T HAS been Omaha's privilege
to entertain many distin-
guished women, but few
among them have enjoyed the
worldwide distinction of Mrs.
Lillian NJ. N. Stevens of
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

STATELY old professor was APP
preached by a young student
ore day in one of the western
colleges. Trying hard to keep
back a smile, the young man
asked
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
PEOPLE OF Corea.

People OF COrea.
I have space here for only a word about
the people OF Corea. They are among
the queerest and most interesting Of the
Asiatic races and have great possibilities.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

AS to their number, a census was taken
some time ago and the count made 10000.
600. They have been so squeezed and
ground down by taxation, however. that
they will not give out the full number of
souls in each house, ana the probability IL
that there are many more than were
counted. A fair estimate, l am told. would
be 100000. The Coreans themselves esti-
mate the population at 100000, but their
figures are OF little value, as they have
no basis to go on.
The most Of these people live in villages
such as 1 have described. There are no
very large cities. Seoul has now perhaps
10000, although the census gave II only
about 100000. P~yengyang has $4,000, Taiku
5 1000, and after that come Chemulpo, Flu
san, Gensan and Sengdo.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

Korea, 909.-(Special Cor
respondence to The Bee.)-How
would you like to be a bone
everlastingly fought over by
angry dogs? This has been the
position of Korea in the past,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

and It will probably be so in the future.
The. country lies at just the right place
70 be the battlefield of three nations. 1t
hangs down like a great nose on the east
face OF Asia, its bottom almost touching
the hungry. overcrowded empire of Japan.
It's top ends at M~anchuria, beyond which
Is Siberia. with her Pacific ports. icebound
half the year round and needing 1t for an
outlet to the warm open seas. On the west
is China, with Its vast horde of almond
eyed subjects, who are Just beginning to
adopt the modern civilization and will soon
covet the world. All OF these powers would
like to chew at the bone of Korea. THE
Chinese dog is still too weak to more than
snarl at II, and Russia, for the time, has
been driven back by the iron teeth Of
Japan. The sweet morsel now lies in the
paws OF the latter, and she is wondering
whether she dare eat 1t or not.
Korea's Past Troubles.
Korea has been ravaged by Japan and
China again and again. The Japanese
came here as far back as A. d. 200 and
under the Empress lingo conquered the
Country. About 100 years after Columbus
discovered America they again overran
II. under their Monkey-faced General
H)deyohhi. who had taken an army across
hAV HNhoh SiNi PiONCVN OhNdiu
10 the conquest of China. I am not sure
during which invasion It was tina the
Koreans took the skins OF the Japanese
and used them for drumheads: and the
Japanese, in turn, carried back home with
them Several hundred thousand human
ears. which they buried near one of their
temples in the city Of Kyoto. During both
invasions. however. Korea suffered greatly,
as she did also in her roubles with China.
The Chinese practically controlled
Korea up to the war with Japan, and that
war was brought about over disputes as
70 the rights of the Japanese here. I was
In the country when the war broke out,
and the king of Korea was then sending
tribute TO Picking. Y~uan-Shi-Kai, who
was consul general from China to Korea,
was then practically the dictator of this
country's foreign policy, and he had a
way OF riding with his retinue which
etiquette and custom prescribe for his
majesty alone.
After the war, the Japanese took the
lead and began to bulldoze Korea. At
the same time, Russia drew nearer and
nearer the bone and began to chew
round the edges. She was planning the
taking possession Of certain islands when
the Japanese declared war upon her, and
the result was the great fight in Man
ehlria, which has now thrown Korea
into the paws of Japan.
~ VIII Japan Eat K0reaf
The live question before the world to-
day Is whether the great Japanese dog
win eat this fat and juicy Korea. I have
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

visage had been badly battered, and is IL
retrate ye'd hav us, wild the colonel and
all the officers in the boxes?'-LoHdOn
Tid-Bits.
Making IL Plain.
In the course of his sermon a preacher
in a rural district used the word phe-
nomenon. This word caused one of the
members some trouble. for he was unable
TO attach any meaning to it. Finally. he
to seek an explanation from
the minister, and at he close of the serv-
ice approached him on the subject.
What did you mean by that there long
word yer used in yer sermon?" he began.
"oh. 1 see you do not know what a
phenomenon is" replied the minister. We'll
have you ever seen a cow grazing in a
field in which thistles were growing?"
Yes; many a time"
That is not a phenomenon. And no
doubt you have often listened to a lark
singing merrily away up in the clpuds?"
Yes"
That, again is not a phenomenon. But
N you saw that COW sitting on a thistle
singing like lark hat would be a pheno-
menonS|Cleveland Leader.
siHe of Taft's Vest.
1t would naturally be supposed that s
woman who knows President Taft as well
as Miss Mabel Boardman would have beer
the RICH person &c select a present for the
executive. The ''Tafters.'' that islthe party
that made the trip with Taft TO the Philip
pines, decided to give the president .
watch and chain. Miss Boardman was Sc
leced to procure the present.
The watch was a substantial one, as II
should be for a man like the president
and the chain was one of the heavy golc
link chains which stretches from one VesI
pocket TO another across the front OF tn,
wearer, relates the st. Louis Star.
Before presentation was made one of tbs
''rafters,' Senator Scott of West Virginia
called at the Boardman house and wa.
shown the watch and chain. Look here
Miss Mabel" remarked the West Vir.
ginia senator, you have entirely miscal
culated the length Of that chain. 1 guess
you don't know how broad Taft is a 'oss
the front. Just try II on me-" and tn,
senator presented a fairly rotund form, and
1t was found that the watch chain woul,
have stretched like a taut hawser across
the front OF the president. Upon this
Measurement five inches were added TO tn,
chain In order 10 make Il fit the presiden
tial frontage without causing any incOn,
venience.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

Professor, you say you are an expert at
solving riddles, don't your"
II claim that l am, my boy"
"Well, then, can you tell me why a man
who has seen London on a foggy day and
a man who has not seen London on a
foggy day are like a ham sandwich"
The professor studied for a long time,
venturing several answers which proved to
be wrong. Finally, at his wits end, he
said:
Il give II up"
IT'S easy" said the other.
'Give it up" repeated the professor.
why" was the reply, "one has seen the
mist and the other has missed the scene.
Ha. ha! Catch on?"
"Of course l do, you lunatic! But what
has the sandwich got TO do with it?"
After the youngster had recovered from a
spell OF laughter he chuckled:
"oh, that's what you bite ~on."-Circle
Magazine.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
Bulls without Horns.

n HIS Irish Life and Char
acter." Michael Macdonagh has
a choice collection of bulls.
He called on a hairdresser in
Kingstown. AS he was leav-
ing the man tried to induce
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
From the Story Teller's Pack

visage had been badly battered, land is it
retrate ye'd lay us. wild the colonel and
all the officers in the boxes?'-LoHdon
Tid-Bits
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
A French Compliment.

Wit llumines one OF the dueling stories
In Monsieur Ronzier-D orclere's recent book,
"Sur lie Pre-"
Prince Pierre Bonaparte and a French
gentleman, Monsieur de la Valette, fought
with pistols.
Monsieur de la Valette fired first and
missed. The prince fired. hit DE la Valette
Just above the belt. but did not wound
him, owing to a 5-franc piece in his waist
coat pocket, against which the bullet was
flattened.
Sir" said Prince Bonaparte 70 his ad-
versary, holding out his hand, 'let us make
friends. and allow me TO congratulate you
on the foresight with which you have in
vested your money. youths Companion.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
only the Fla Can Wed.

That they are physically and morally fit
10 wed is what prospective brides and
bridegrooms in the state OF Washington
will have TO show by physicians certifi-
Gates and affidavits after June / before
any county auditor can issue marriage
licenses.
The new law provides also that women
must be OF legal age. fixed at IS years.
and men p years; also that the parent
cannot give consent unless the girl Is more
b Is years Of age.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

~ VIII JHpHh EHt hOTehT
The live question before the world to-
day Is whether the great Japanese dog
win eat this fat and juicy Korea. I have
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-05-13
ONCE A MORTAL SIN
HOW OUR ANCESTORS DIscoUR
AGED PERJURY.
Fearful Punlshments Threatened
Failed to Deter Sinful Men from
the Crlme--some Quaint
Folklore Oaths.

During one of the occasional out
groupings of pure thought with which
the recent Ruef trial in Judge Ca
baniss court in San Francisco was IL
Illuminated, 1t was stated by a distin.
guished prosecutor that perjury has
become the greatest crime of the age"
Perhaps the trouble is that perjury
does not entail such dire calamities
nowadays as it once did Delving into
the subject with the spur of curiosity,
we learn that two or three centuries
ago it cost something to swear falsely.
Then 1t was mortal sin rather than a
simple crime, and some of the domestic
troubles which followed were a curse
running to the seventh generation,
death from a lingering disease within
IL months, or being turned into a
stone, swallowed up by the earth and
ever afterward crawling about as q
vampire.
Those punishments which deferred
If one believed them. AS matter OF
fact, few did, and people committed
perjury as merrily In the good old
seventeenth century as in the TWEEN
tieth. Then, as now, the moral man
spoke the truth for practical moral
reasons and the immoral man lied 90
immoral reasons.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-05-13
ExroLs Llrz IN THE coJNTRY.
suburbanlte corrects Misrepresentation
of the City Dweler.

"0ne of the great blessings of living
In the country is that we can see the
sky and the moon and the stars and
the sunset" said woman at social
gathering in the New Century club the
other day. according to the Philadel-
phia Record. She lives in a beautiful
country place in the Chelton hills all
the year round. I'VE have had some
wonderful sunsets in the past few
weeks" she continued. 81 have known
friends to spend afternoons in art gal
leries looking at pictures when they
might have been out in the country
watching far more beautiful sky
painting by the hand of Nature. Then
you who live In the city never see the
stars at all in the city's glare of cleo
trio lights. Neither do you have the
interesting occupation of watching the
sky and anticipating weather changes
by the clouds, | know that most city
residents think the country dreary,
embarrassing waste in the winter time,
bat we suburbanites don't consider ii
that way. The earth Is rather bleak
when it isn't covered by white man,
tie OF snow, but the winter sky always
presents an interesting if not fascinat
ing study, and seldom a day goes by
that we don't have a charming sunrise
or sunset"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-05-13
MUST HAVE MONEY
CHECK DOES NOT GO WITH YOUR
UNCLE SAM.
Even Men Whose Names Are synony'
NOUS with Dollars In Millions
Have TO Put Up the Actual
Currency.

Where is the private citizen who
would refuse to accept Vanderbilt,
Aston, Morgan, Rockefeller, Gould, or
other millionaire's check In payment
for a bill for services rendered? Yet
Uncle Sam will not when it comes to
settling up for customs duties on inn
ported personal effects OF ocean tray
elers.
Even a certified" check does not
serve to remove the financial credulity
of the nations treasurer, as several
millionaires who recently arrived from
Europe discovered when they ten
dered guaranteed" checks in payment
for the introduction of foreign goods
for household use.
There is not bank or financial in.
stituton in the country but which
will accept certified check as the
equivalent of good hard cash. Uncle
Sam demands the coin of the realm,
however, and will not admit, as it is
technically called, any dutiable article
until he gets it.
Not long since c. Oliver Iselin, the
yachtsman, whose fortune Is estimated
at seven figures, arrived from England
in a White Star liner and offered his
check for $4,000 in payment of duty
on some curios which he bought
abroad
Il am sorry, Mr.. Iselin, but we are
not permitted to take anything but
currency" said Deputy Collector viii
liams. The Corlnthian navigator o.
several Americas cup defenders
smiled incredulously, although he was
in hurry to get away from the piel
to catch a train.
Mr.. Iselin sent one of his accom-
panying Wallets downtown and secured
the requisite cash, saying with laugl
as he turned it into the branch Gus
tom house on the pier:
Il suppose the government must b.
careful who it deals with"
Another millionaire whose checl
was declined under similar circum
stances showed his displeasure b,
threatening all sorts of official pun
ishment, and ended with the state
ment that he would have the "sill,
regulation" revoked If he was oblige,
to spend his last dollar in doing sc
He was still suffering and fumin
when Barney" Biglin, the veteran
politician, came upon the scene an
lent the millionaire $1,750 to pay tn
Indebtedness to the government.
What makes me mad" said the mi
lionaire to Biglin, lis that l, who ca
raise ten millions in half an hour, an
that over the telephone, should b
held up for paltry $1,750. A rul
like that is outrageous"
The rule has not been revoked how
ever, despite the millionaire's threats
and Uncle Sam is doing a strictly cas-
business at the same old stand.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-05-13
r
PEN NAMES OF WOMEN WRITER'S
Origin Of George EIlO"-Why Mrs
Harrison Chose Lucas Malet."

! Miss Gregg, who is known as sgd
ney c. Grier,' chose Sydney" because
it might be interpreted as either g
masculine or feminine designation
"Grier" is Shetland name, and al
that time she was much interested In
those far away isles. CO. was insert
ed to make the name look natural
surname.
Mrs. Harrison's reason for conceal
ment as Lucas Malet" was that she
did not think it right to trade OF
the Kingsley name" lest she should
do it discredit. She therefore chose
the "surnames of her grandmother
and great-grandmother, both women Of
remarkable intelligence and character
The pseudonym Of George Eyer
ton," adopted by the lady now Mary
Chavelita Golding- Bright, also spring:
from family associations. Her moth
er's name was Isabel George Bynon
and George Bynon" was her first dis
guise. But the name Of Byron haC
been unlucky, and it was quickly
dropped for that of "Egerton," thu
baptismal name of her second hus
band. Under the distinctive comb
nation" of George Egerton she hal
| published nine works since 1893.
Mary Ann Evans called hersel
George Eliot" because the first nam'
was the Christian name Of her hus
band, and Eliot was a fine, short
full sounding name that matched he
style and story"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-05-13
NOT LIKELY TO HELP HIM OUT.
Economical Traveller Had Approached
the Wrong Man.

j. Adam Bede of Minnesota, the hui
morist of the house, whose humor still
bubbles, despite the fact that he was
elected to stay at home, tells the fol-
lowing on friend of his who travels
for carpet firm:
my friend" says Bede, 'Is of a
saving turn of mind, and he recently
had to make longish jump with two
trunks. Arriving at the railroad sta
ton, he approached a stranger stand
ing on the platform and said:
Are you going to Chicago on this
train?
81 am
Have you any baggage?'
ono
Well, friend, you can do me q
favor, and it won't cost you cent
I've got two good-sized trunks here
and they always make me pay excess
for one. You can get one checked or
your ticket and save me some money.
Yes, but | haven't any ticket
But you just said you were going
on this train
So am. I'm the conductor"