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Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-27

but also dispatch messages toward, If not
to the outer rim of the ice pack, where
many Of them will be picked up by whal-
ing and sealing vessels in the summer
season. My aeronautic plans are based OH
my experience with the Baldwin-Ziegler
expedition, when fifteen balloons were in
flated and dispatched from Franz Josef
Land. Numerous messages borne by them
reached their destination and many more
of them would undoubtedly have come to
hand If 1 had been able to continue in
quiries for them in the northernmost parts
of civilization after my return. One of
these dispatches, dated June, 1902, was
picked up on the northeast coast of Ice
land eight months after 1t left Franz
Josef Land. The balloon which carried 1t
must have dropped on the ice pack and
been thence borne to Iceland. In 1905 one
Of the Melville-Bryant casks, which had
been set adrift to the ~northward of Behring
strait In 1900, reappeared upon the north
east coast of Iceland, while another cask
set afloat off Cape Bathurst, away to
the stw of the mouth of the Macken-
zie river, was recovered on the north coast
of Norway in 1908.
when we have drifted with the solid
pack to the other side of the world and
reach the more loosely aggregated floes
on the edge we can get up steam and
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-27
Literary AwnkeninR.

The Koreans have always been a literary
people. Much OF the old learning of Japan
came from them, and they still hold
scholarship in the highest respect. Indeed,
the common word here for Mr.. is School
man." The Koreans call each other School
man PAX, Schoolman Ye or Schoolman
Kim, instead Of Mr., PAX, Mr.. Ye or Mr..
Kim. In the past the better classes Of
the people have been we'll up in Chinese,
and / have seen picnic parties of young
Korean gentlemen engaged in writing Chi
nese poetry under the trees. They would
take O text and try who could make the
best rhymes. Such young men are now
studying the modern languages and sci
ences. They have laid aside Confucius and
Mencius and are reading the New Tesla
ment, which has been translated by the
missionaries, and also a number of other
books which are being turned into Ko-
rean. A life of Garfield was recently pub
lished, and also the STORY of Madame
Boland." A popular book is Bunyan's Pill
grim's Progress" which was translated
by the late Mrs. Gale and a young Ko-
tean named Yank-Ki-Taik, who recently
had some trouble with the Japanese gov
rnmen The Pilgrims Progress" has
had q large sale, and it is going into a new
edition. I understand that several Korean
novels have been issued, the two most
popular now current being spirit Voices
and Dead Tree Flowers"
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Continued from Page one.)

drifted across the polar sea. The drift of the
shipwrecked German expedition for a thou
sand miles off the southeast coast of
Greenland without loss Of life similarly
demonstrates the security attending this
natural method Of travel. Again, Captain
Tyson, after the loss of the old Polaris,
drlfted with a party OF men, women and
children for 1900 miles upon Ice foes dur
Ing more than ar entire Arctic winter and
with meagre protection. The drift of the
Jeanette for two years and OF the Fran
for three years without the loss of a soul
proves the reasonable certainty of provld-
ing for the health and security of our ex-
petition for a longer absence.
Owing to the slowness of the drift
about two miles a day, or one degree a
month-we shall be able to conduct side
expeditions along our course. A line OF
stakes erected at intervals, say, for a dis
lance Of 150 miles, both to starboard and
port, will not only serve as guide posts
for our field parties, but also as means
OF determining the relative position of
the ice foes. Observations from captive
and dirigible balloons, as well as by means
OF kites, will facilitate our efforts in this
respect. In his way, too, we Will acquire
a vast amount of meteorcr SSIcal data per-
tanning to the upper air strata of the Arc
tic regions. With our pilot balloons we will
not only determine the velocity and direc.
ton Of the air currents at various heights
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-27

rection would force our ship to one side of
them as effectively as it did to Fran in
passing Franz JOSEF Lane and Spitzber-
gen. But we would expect to be carried
close enough to the new lands to explore
them.
The artistic possibilities of the voyage
In paintings and photographs will be pro-
vided for with special care. The clnemat-
ograph will be freely used to record or
binary and unusual events of the forty
eight months drift. In my expedition to
Franz Josep Land, in 1907-"O1, / discovered
a simple means of overcoming the brittle
ness of cinematograph films in the intense
cold, and thereby for the first time NOV
ing pictures Of arctic scenes were obtained.
The method was to wrap the machine in
a heated blanket while outdoor exposures
were being made.
Being occupied for scientific and artls-
tic work, on the qui vive for important
discoveries, having comfortable living
quarters and perhaps a daily wireless news
service, horses and dogs as companions,
good hunting and fishing and a garden
on the ice providing us with fresh vege-
tables in the summer, 1 do not see why
we should not enjoy our four years So
journ on the bosom OF the Arctic ocean"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-27

the work of the missionaries, the religious
Japanese are not idle. The native Chris
tians Of Japan nave a mission here, and
the Buddhists have built a large temple
under the shadow OF the headquarters OF
the resident general. They have q mission
situated on one OF the main streets Of the
Japanese section, and are doing what they
can to revive Buddhism among the Ko-
reans. This is strange, inasmuch as
Buddhism came to Japan from Korea, To-
day the Koreans despise their priests. They
call upon them with contempt. There are
three classes of language used among the
Koreans. One is for superiors. another for
equals and q third for servants and beg
gars, The priests are always addressed
in the lowest language, and that even by
children. Until the japanese came, priests
were forbidden by law to enter the capital,
and this has been the case for COO years.
The Buddhist priesthood today is recruited
largely from the lowest classes, and from
those of that class who can do nothing
else. The monasteries largely take the
places of orphan asylums, fatherless chill
dren being made over to the monks for
education as priests. 1 give this on the
authority of the Rev. Mr.. Bruen. a well
known Presbyterian missionary in Taiku,
in southern Korea. Said he:
Il have spent much time in the monns-
teries and have asked many priests how
they came there. One told me that when
he was small his father died, and, as his
mother wished to marry again, she made
him a priest. Another said he was the
youngest Of eight children, and that as
his parents were too poor to support such
a large family they had given him over
to the Buddhists. These Korean priests
are ignorant. They shave thir hads and
go about with begging bowls in their hands.
Thy are full of superstition and have piac-
tically no hold on the people at large. The
missionary work is done entirely by tho
Japanese B%uddhists, who are of u far diff
ferent character and who are copying our
methods Of modern church work.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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Modern Education is Revoutonizing Affairs Of the Hermit Kingdom

rean. Chinese and English, and every
character had to be Just so, for the varla-
ton Of a stroke or a point might turn the
word LORD into devil" The original
edition Of the dictionary has long since
been sold out and a new one is now be-
ing prepared, Or. Gale tells me that this
is necessitated by the thousands OF new
words which have come into the language,
caused by the changes in civilization and
life of the people. Scientific words, such
as telephone, telegraph, dynamite and ra-
dium, have had to be added. All OF these
rave now their Korean characters, and
they must be defined. The new edition Of
the dictionary is being printed in Yoko-
hama, and the proofs are sent TO DIT.
Gale for correction. I 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 Chin
ese and and Korean scholars. After this
DR.. Gale sends the proofs to the girls of
the Presbyterian mission school. They have
sharper eyes and quicker brains than the
old scholars and they find mistakes which
the others have overlooked. It first Dir.
Gale offered to pay l cent for every cor
rection. After a number of sheets had
come back he figured up the account and
sent in the money. The girls returned 1t
the same day with a letter saying:
1--WE girls think we are getting enough
from our teachers and we do not wan:
any pay"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-27
TRANSMITTING the bible.

Suppose that 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 1t would be given to the people that
week. What a sensation II would create
and how all would be alive to learn of
the new messagei
This is the condition today in Korea.
Until very lately the people have had
nothing but the New Testament in their
own language. The $780, 900 Christians here
have been confined to that book, and 1t is
only within a few years that they have
had the Proverbs and Psalms. Today the
Old Testament is being translated by DR..
Gale and DR.. Reynolds with one or two as
sistants. 1t comes out 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 1 and IL Samuel
will soon be in the and of the people.
DR.. Gale says that the translation OF the
whole Bible will probably be finished this
autumn, and that IL will be In the hands
OF the Koreans soon after. The work Is
being published by the British and Ameri-
can Bible societies, and 1t will be sold all
over the country, both by agents n by
the book sellers who are to be found in all
the large cities.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-27

under the head OF Nature Notes. Here is
one freely translated;
II hear the cuckoo say: "Pap-Gookl
Pap-Gooki Pap Gook!'
This is really the song of a bird here,
Out the Chinese character which ex-
presses It means also FESTIVE king
DOM"
The next line follows;
"And what does this voice mean but
the souls Of the dead patriots who are
thus speaking to us through the birds"
The second verse reads; "on the sum-
mer air I hear the sound Of Kun dali Kun
dali Kun dali"
This character means army, n the
line below adds: What Is this but the
souls Of our dead finding ~utterance."
The last verse follows:
TN the air I also hear sounds OF rob-
berry, murder and oppression, and what Is
all this but the ghosts OF the thieves and
robbers of the lead finding expression"
These articles are beautifully written
and the Korean are delighted with them.
Another Korean daily is the Tai-Han-
Shimpo, or the Korean News. This is
one of the organs of the government, and
its circulation is largely confined to the
officials. A third daily is entitled the
Imperial City. 1t started out as an anti
government journal. A fourth, called the
Empire, is purely Korean and is half
Independent. The Empire has a large
circulation and is greatly read by the
common people.
The Japanese papers are, OF course, In
favor of the government. but all must
go to the censors before they are issued.
Notwithstanding this, Objectionable para
graphs sometimes creep in. In such cases
the police are sent around to collect and
destroy the papers, and II the offense is a
grievous one the Journal may be sus-
pended.
d
an SanuI
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-27

little fellow is just the opposite Of his half
latter had hardly been outside his own
apartments until he was over 30 years Of
age, and today his only exercises are WALK
ing about his palace grounds with now and
then a short horseback ride in them. He
looks pale and enemic, and his flesh seems
to be putty. This crown prince could hold
his own with little Charlie Taft or Quen-
tin Roosevelt. He is fond of athletics and
likes to shoot, fish and play ball, At the
same time he stands high in his classes,
and is not averse to study. TIL Korean pa
pers are full Of what he is doing In Japan,
and the people Of the palaces have been de-
lighted with some biograph pictures which
have just come showing the little prince
on the hunt. The papers describe the pal
ace which the Japanese have given him.
They state that his little higness sleeps in
a European bed in a room kept warm by
an electric stove. His palace Is furnished
throughout in foreign style, and he has
mechanical toys Of all kinds. He has rid
ing horses and all sorts of gymnastic ap-
pliances, from punching bags to parallel
bars. His palace is guarded by eighteen
foot soldiers and ten court policemen, and
when he goes out he has an escort. His
instructors are selected from high class
japanese professors. The mikado himself
is interested in him, and altogether the
Japanese are trying to make OF him a man
as Wal as a monarch.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-27

I see going about Seoul. Both
in the wide streets Of the cities and in
the country, yellow-faced young men clad
in high black hats and long white gowns
may be seen setting up compasses and
carrying chains from place to place, Ac-
cording TO the new laws, all the lands
OF the empire nave to be surveyed and
plots made for record. This Job is one
that the Korean can do without losing
his dignity and as a result. the young
men are studying mathematics and prac-
ticing in order to make surveying their
profession. The stores which sell sur
veying instruments in Ching-Go-Kai are
crowded with customers. 1t is surprising
where the men get their money to buy
the instruments
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-27


1 have had a good chance to study the
present emperor, through my audience with
him and talks with the officials who know
MN best. He Is a weakling in the hands
of the Japanese. He is compos mentis. but
his mind is SO little that a wooden man.
II he could be automatically worked, would
nave as much force, and he would, more
over, be cheaper to keep. The emperor is
the son of the retired emperor by the late
queen. His father is bright Intellectually.
but he has no more backbone than a jelly
fish. He is incapable Of ruling efficiently
or honestly, and his long administration
has been one of cruelty and crime.
The little crown prince is the son of this
retired emperor. He is the half brother
Of the man on the throne, his mother
being the notorious Lady ON, a favorite
consort, but not the wife, Of his majesty.
after the empress was assasslnated this
Lady ON, who has been brought into the
palace as one OF her attendants, became
the tavorite in the retired emperor's hsrem.
She has ousted all the other ladies Of her
class, and she holds the old emperor In
the hollow Of her hand. Her power was
strengthened upon the birth Of the little
crown prince, about twelve years ago, and
phN - bbA ~ IA hodo VI Inc retired en-
peror's establishment.
The crown prince has been going to
school for the last five or six years, and
he is being educated along western lines.
He is learning japanese, and all Of his
studies are carried on in tina language.
His chief work is being done at the Mobiles
school in TOXIC, but he has also private
tutors, and he will have as good an educa-
ton as any prince OF Japan. It is wills
pered here that upon his graduation he
will take one OF the Japanese princesses
as wife, and that when ne comes back tc
Korea, at the age OF 20 or so, there will be
another shuttle Of the imperial cards, and
this boy will be put In the present EN-.
peror's place. Such a change would un
doubtedly benefit both Korea and Japan
The people here will then have an en-.
peror who can speak Japanese as we'll a.
Korea, and who will be abreast OF IN,
now civilization. He would nave the good
OF his own people at heart, and will b,
able to act for them. and at the same tim,
be an efficient lieutenant for the mikado
Prince Ito tells me that the crown prime,
has extraordinary ability. and he predicts
that he will make a good monarch. TIL,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-27
Korea'a New schools.

When this boy becomes emperor of Korea
he will have q new nation to govern. These
people are Just beginning to appreciate our
civilization. Their almond eyes are open
ing to the needs Of modern education, and
schools are being started in all OF the cities.
Those of the missions, which have been in
existence for years, are overcrowded, and
the new ones OF the Japanese government
have more than they can do. There are
several thousand boys, and as many girls,
now in attendance at the public schools OF
Seoul. They all wear uniforms, and night
and morning the streets are filled with
boys wearing caps and gowns, and bare
faced and b~areheaded girls with their books
in their hands. Each boy has a little brass
badge on his cap which marks the school
to which he belongs. All the boys have
their hair cut short, instead of wearing 1t
in a long braid down their backs, as was
the old Korean custom, and the girls wear
no wells, which is quite contrary to the
ideas Of the older Koreans.
The government school buildings are
much like those of Japan. They are
equipped with furniture like ours. and each
has It's gymnasium. There is a large
manual training school run by the Japa-
nese government, and there is a Japanese
academy where young men are taught
Korean in order that they may act a. Ad-
visers to the native officials.
Our mission schools are scattered over
Korea. There are, all told, $50 primary
graded schools, which are supported by
the Koreans themselves, and eleven In
termedlate schools and academies. The
primary schools had about 10000 pupils
last year, and at that time there were
nine high schools for young women with
500 students. There are also Industrial
schools and schools for the blind
The Young Mems Christian association
Is doing a great educational work here IN
Seoul, and one Of the finest Of the new
buildings, which is now going up, is a
Korean college being built by Korean
money and backed by Koreans. The ma
tives realize that the Japanese are now
brighter than they are, and they feel that
their success comes from the new educs'
ton. In the past the Chinese classics
were the only standards Of scholarship.
Today our modern studies have taken the
place of the classics, and all Korea Is
studying the multiplication table.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-27
Korean

One of the greatest works performed by
Americans in Korea was the making of
the Korean-English dictionary. This was
done by DR.. j. 8. Gale, a Presbyterian
missionary. He began 1t in 1892, after four
years residence in the country, and COM
pleted 1t within five years. Prior to that,
there was no means of intercommunica-
ton between the foreigners, and the ma
tives, except through the Chinese language,
The work OF making the dictionary was
Tit definitions were In Ko-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-27
why He Got Mnrried.

A S9OO-per-annum clerk in one of Uncle
Sans departments at Washington was re-
Gently approached by a coworker who
asked If II were true, as Tumor had it, that
the $500 person was about TO marry.
1T is" was the laconic response.
''Surely, old man" said the other. with
that freedom permitted an intimate friend,
you don't think that your present income
would justify you in taking a wife"
ITO be perfectly frank" said the other.
II DO not"
Then what on earth can be your reason
for taking this serious step7"
Il have no reason" was the calm re-
Spouse. Il am In love" - Lippincotts
Magazine.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-27

OCopyrlght, EW, py FRANK ~. CarpentefJ
--AEOUL, Korea.-(Special Corre-
spondence.)-The two great
hopes Of the Koreans are Prince
- Ito and the little crown prince.
~ Ito is the grand old man of
- Japan. He is a confidential ad-
N'ser or The mlkado and he had much to do
with training the crown prince of Janan
The little crown prince 1 refer TO is the
crown prince Of Korea. He is the brother
OF the present emperor, and he is now
being educated in Toxic after Prince Ito,s
directions. In him and Prince Ito lie the
possibility Of Korea maintaining its ma
uona4 existence and not being swallowed
up IN japan. There is a strong Japanese
party which would like to see this country
uhosr a military government appointed
from Toxic. They want Korea for the
Japanese and believe in exploiting IT for ALI
1t is worth. Prince Ito, backed nv the
mlkado' is anxious that the Koreans should
have a fair show and he has done all tho,
ne could to bring that about. He does not
DeheVe that the Koreans should govern
themselves, but he wants them TO have a
snare OF the offices and to maintain their
INDIVIDUALITY as a nation under the direc-
t'oh OF Japan In doing this he is opposed
10 the money-grabbers and land-grabbers
The lower classes Of the Japanese are COM
ing over here in crowds and they would
swallow the country and Cypress the peo-
pie II their own officials did not prevent
Prince Ito has 80 far been the chief safety-
valve and he is training up the little
crown prince In order that he may be the
governor Of the Koreans in the future.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-27
Her Wooden Leg Seized.

Her WOOden Leg Seized.
Because her wooden leg had been listed
as household property, Mrs. Charles Har-
ridin of Des Moines was compelled to un-
strap the mechanical member at the knee
and lay 1t on top Of the other humble
household goods which were carried away
under a mortgage foreclosure.
s~obbing. Mrs. Hardin pleaded with the
loan company to leave her the wooden leg,
as she would be helpless without It, but
her entreaties were in vain. She hid it In
the bed, but the hiding place was found.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-27

Just now there is some excitement
among the missionaries on account OF an
imperial edict which provides that all pri-
vate schools shall be under government
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-27
Quaint Features of Life

John Bassett OF Georgetown, Del. dIscov-
cred the thief to be a large blaeksnake
which had grown fond of new milk for its
breakfast.
Bassett arose earlier than usual and hid
In the pasture near the COW. He was as
tonished to hear the old COW begin lowing,
while at the signal a big black snake
crawled up to the COW and began to drain
the milk,
The old COW seemed TO be as fond of the
snake as II it were a calf and was with
difficulty restrained from following 1t
when it escaped through the grass.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-27

After finding his COW had already been
mnked every morning for the last week
when he went 20 the pasture to milk her.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-27
Lost and Fousd.

Lost and FOusd.
PLYING for a pension after she
had mouTned her husband as
dead for forty-three years, Mrs.
Annie Edwards, II years old,
Of Philadelphia, received word
from Washington that her hus-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-27
Kittens Content vita Hen.

Frank p. Grey Of l4 Ashmore avenue,
Trenton. n. j., has four kittens which
lodge" I'm a hen coop under the watohful
eye and warm feathers Of a "~chickless"
hen, and board where nature designed
they should. Grey first noticed the pecu-
liar inclination Of the kittens when he
saw the mother cat lettering in an inter-
ested manner in the vicinity Of the chicken
coop. At first he thought she was looking
for nice, tender chicks. but, hearing uh-
chlckenllke noises emanatlng from the
coop, he made an investigation and found
the four kittens snugly snsconced under
the wings OF a hen.
The mother cat visits the coop regularly
at meal time, but in the intervals the
little felines seem perfectly content with
the hen.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-27

is alive and is himself drawing a
pension.
Mrs. Edwards was also informed that he
is living In Mississippi and that more de-
tails will be given II desired, When this is
at hand Mrs. EDWARDS viii get into COM
munication with her husband.
A few years after the close of the war
Edwards, then living in Camden with his
wife, went TO sea as a first mate, He
wrote her for a few months and then his
letters ceased. When Mrs. edwards failed
to get any trace OF her husband she con.
cluded that he had been killed.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-27

BuddhiSts I'm Seoul.
Speaking of translation OF the Bible and