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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-29
DR.. Cook is a man after P. T.
Barnum's own heart.

The scientists of Copenhagen are
to be congratulated that they had the
necessary courage to admit they had
been fooled. We hope the members
of our National Geographical Society
will commence to develop their re-
spective bumps of courage, for it is
possible they will need a larger stock
than they now have, sooner or later.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-29
THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR.

The close of the year is always g
time for serious thought and refec.
ton. The past crowds upon us al
such time with far more than
uusal intensity and especially forces
upon our attention our faults, fail
ures and mistakes. Let us look them
them. The wise man always does
this, but the fool never. The latter
goes on committing the same follies
and making the same mistakes, new
er profiting by his experience, to say
nothing of the experience of others.
Every man makes mistakes. 1t may
not be his fault the first time, but it
is if he makes the same mistakes a
second time. We believe that the
secret of success with those who
succeed, and the cause of failure with
those who fall will be found largely
in the ability and disposition to study
the causes of both success and fail
ure, not only in ones own experience
but in that of others. The farmer
now has leisure to review the opera
tions of the year, and he should do
it candidly and critically. Make a
complete analysis of every important
operation. Find the weak places in
1t and trace them to their origin.
Nothing will prepare one so thor
oughly for the operations of the year
to come as this kind of searching in
vestigation.
And while we are about this busi-
ness we should look just as carefully
into our record of moral RESPONSE
bility. We should be far more anxi-
Gus to improve character, mind and
morals than to improve our farms.
Serious study of our weak points and
of means to strengthen them is a
very profitable business at any time,
and If pursued assiduously will
strengthen and develop all that is
good and admirable in our natures,
and make US better, stronger, nobler
men and women as the years go by.
And the time will come in the life of
every one when such record OF hon
est earnest, persistent effort to Inn
prove will AFFORD far Rreater aatisfac-
tion than anything else in his ac-
count with this world. We can wish
no better thing for all our readers
than that they begin the new year
animated by a firm resolve to turn
all its experience into profit for them
selves, mentally. morally, socially
and materially. and then to faithful-
" carry out the resolution.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-29

II Cook, with his limited Arctic
experience, could fool SO many peo-
pie, is there any reason why Peary
with his long and well-seasoned ex-
perience, could not go him one bet
ter, and with the passive aid of scien-
tific friends, together with his SUPER
tor knowledge of what is necessary,
keep up the delusion regarding his
reputed discovery.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-29
NO HOPE FOR sAToLLI.

Doctors Say the Cardinal Cannot Live
More Than Twenty -four Hours.
Rome, Dec. 2S.-There is no hope foI
the recovery of Cardinal Satolli. His
eminence had another relapse this
forenoon, and the physicians in attend
ance say that the cardinals death may
be looked for within the next twenty
four hours.
He has a few conscious moments
but these are few and far between.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-29

Honesdale's best Christmas gift
was the big illuminated clock which
the Farmers and Mechanics Bank
placed where every one can see it,
whether afoot or on horseback. 1t is
a substantial evidence of progressive
ness, good judgment and thought
fulness on the part of the Bank,
which the people do and will con-
tinue to appreciate.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-29

reap a profit of 10000, 900 a year.
Unfortunately, the poor, who can
least afford it, are the ones who con-
tribute this amount. The manufac-
turers are now producing a fairer
scale, having learned their lesson in
Massachusetts,.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-29
eaby's stomach, Hands and Feet.

Mothers have a tendency to over.
clothe baby In summer. II its stom.
ach and bowels are properly protect.
cd by . flannel binder. then the less
1t is hampered ths better. 80 long
as the baby's hands and feet are
warm and dry It u al right r.,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-24
THE ROAD

I from Gcnsdn. just now on account OF
the hard times. this work has tempo
raaly stopped. but os the commercial
prospects brighten it viii he taken up
again and pushed To- It's completion. IL
is expected that the other roads viii be
rclaid with new ties and rails. ana that
tho whole system as far as Mukden
wi,l Doc maao first class in every respect.
A. 80 is now. the section north OF the
Yam Us dinky narrow gage with cars
little better than omnibuses. The track
is go poor that the trains do not go
at nicht ana &c is currently reported
that tho trains stop two hours at noon
to allow the employees and passengers
time for "a sicsta
RAILWAY BUILDING IN KOREA.
Railroad building In Korea IS far
different from the same class OF engi-
neer.ng m me United States In the
first place the rights OF way onar
strange complications. All the way
from Fusan 90 Seoul we passed grave
mounds. and the road here and there
went through gaveyards The road
from Chemulpo 20 the capital nccessi-
tatcd the removal of more than 1000
graves and the city lots OF the dead
cost more than our city lots OF the liv-
ing. The average grave did not cover
moro than a square yard. but the rail-
road company had to pay from 81 TO SO
each for the cost OF removal. and got
az the same time the $40 will of the
families of tho deceased. The Koreans
have "a queer way Of planting their
graves anywhere They have few fixed
cemeteries, ana they select such spots
on the sides of the hills as the necro-
mancers tell them arc lucky, and there
lay away their loved ones. Many FAM
lilies take care or their graves from
generation to generation. and they
deeply resent any injury to them. Il is
the same i'm China, which is without
many railroads today largely because
Of this sentiment
MADE IN AMERICA
The road from Seoul 10 ChcmulrO was
constructed by Korean labor under
American engineers. That from Fusan
to Seoul was built by japanese and Ko-
reans and the same is true OF the road
from here 10 the Yalu. All OF these
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-24

brought mo To- Seoul had several COM
panies OF privates I'M its third-class
cars and there was "a colonel or gen
cral VINO Travelled first class. Dclega-
lions Of Japanese and Koreans came
down 10 meet MS and refreshments
were served To the common soldiers
at many Of the stops. AT Taiku. a city
Of $4,000, and at one or two other
large stations the Japanese school
children came en- massc, 90 pay their
respects to- the troops, and they
marched up and down, drilled by
their teachers. crying. "Bauzai.' or
MAY YOU live 10000 years!' At the
same time. the masses of the Koreans
were separated from the station plat
forms by fences and could only look
through the Stats
The road from Seoul TO Fusan is
well built II crosses several ranges
of mountains and has one tunnel 1000
feet long There are about so stations
along the line. the average distance
between them being less than six
miles. / understand that the Koreans
are using the road more and more,
and that the freight is steadily in
creasiuE. This Dis SO on the road
north of Seoll and also on the line TO
Chemulpo. which is now yielding
profit
MAN VS. STEAM
Both here and m Japan the rail-
roads have a big competition with hui
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-24

cities, but the country roads ara n..,
more than bride paths. ana abot
everything is packed from ono nis.
60 another The portcrs have r1
ular trade and they have one os ~
strongest guilds or unions of ~
country Taey carry their loads or
framework made of forked strp
which is fastened to the back en- s,,li
a way that the burden sometime ri..
above the head. This frame 4 caT,
the jiggy' and It Is in common ii.
an over Korea.
] found iiggy mon at the wharf
Fusan ready TO take my trunks !,
their backs. Taev rested their Ue,i.
ON the ground. uropuing each viz
torktd stick while they nut ON IN
load. They then knelt down at.
thrust their arms through the t-
padded loops which fastened tber,
their shoulders, and rose CARRYING Oh
weights with them. J am told IA,
the average porter can get up r.','
geo or 300 pounds on his back an,
that he can carry 500 pounds M
pinch. The average load fol fo,,'
journey is 100 pounds and "a norta
viii take that weight 80 miles IA.
and not Kick. A great deal of rooI
is carried on pack ponies and not
little ON the backs of bulls which AM
trained for the purpose. Such buu
are shod with iron. and they are
common sight everywhere.
FRANK G. CARPENTER
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-24

Special Corrcsr oudcnce
~E)UL. 1909 when J first visited
Korea it took me seven days boy
steamer 20 come from Yokohama
20 Chemulpo and a day more by
chair 20 make my way overland from
the seaport 20 the capital l. have just
arrived IN Seoul having covered the
same distance in less than two DAYS.
japan has % railroad line which prac-
tically reaches from her capital TO the
capital OF Korea Her imperial rail-
roads now take one in a day from
Toxic To- Shimonescki. where there is "a
ferry across the strait OF Korea 90 Fu-
san There the new. Korean railroad
begins and in about 20 hours one IS
carried i'm comfortable cars northwest
20 Seoul. Tho whole railroad distance
is just about as far as from New York
10 Chicago. and It Is now covered by
fast express trains.
KOREAs NEW RAILROAD.
IN this letter ] write of the new rail-
ways OF Japan and Korea. The trunk
lines Of both countries are now under
the control OF the mikado They have
japanese officials. conductors and train
men, and are practically japanese All
the railroads of Korea belong 90 the
japanese. The one first built was un-
der a concession granted by the former
emperor to an American syndicate
headed by James r. Morse. but before
e was completed 81 was turned over 10
the japanese. and they have owned st
for the past 10 years This is the short
line from Seoul to Chcmulpo
The road from Fusan 10 Seoul was
built by a private company but the
government guaranteed its bonds and
controls t. During tine war with Rus
sia this line was extended 800 miles
norihward to the Yalu river and IL
now has a branch which connects that
terminus with Mukden and the Trans
siberian system.
Another road has been begun from
Seoul to Gensan on the eastern side OF
the peninsula. This win go right across
Korea, connecting the west and east
coasts The construction was started
some time ago at each end OF the line.
About three miles have been built out
from Seoul, and also short strip west
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-24
KOREA'S NEW RAILWAYS SSHAH j55a5S

On the Fast Express From
- Toxic to Seoul The
Road TO the Yalu. Which Has
American Locomotives and
Rolling Stock - Engineering
Difficulties -- The Line TO
Chemulpo and It's Two Thou
sand Gravcs-A New Track
To Mukden and One Across
Country to Gensau - Queer
Features Of Travelling in Japan
And Korea Railroad Fares at
Half a Cent Mile and Station
Lunches at Seven Cents-Scm,-
thing About the Diners Sleep
ing Cars Which Offer Free
Sleepsrs to Passengers AT the
Korean Stations - Human
Muscle vs., Steam.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-24
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-24

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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-24
SECOND AND THIRD CLASS PAS
SENGERS.

The second class cars OF both Korea
and Japan are about as comfortable as
the first. Those Of Japan are not unlike
our street cars I'M shape, with long
benches running under the windows the
full length OF the cars and am aisle i'm
the middle These benches are cush-
Toned Just as our cars at home. and arc
comfortable IN that one can stretch
himself out at fun length when there
are but few other passengers.
The first class cars are patronlzcd
chiefly by foreigners and high officials
and the second class by Well-tO-do Jap
anese. often go second class. and find
il quite comfortable. Ones fellow pas-
seugers usually take Off their shoes or
shed their sandals and sit ON their
heels on the scats
The rhird-class ears are exceedingly
rough. They have wooden benches ana
are used only by the poorer classes
most OF whom are dressed in native
costumes. In the Korean cars the men
wear TAN black horse hair hats and
long gowns of white or pink which
reach 20 their feet They have fun
white trousers tied In at the ankles. and
stockings OF wadded cotton a half an
inch thick Their shoes are low and
heavy and often hob-naued There are
also women dressed I'm white with green
capes over their heads and porters who
look dirty enough as they take the lux
ury Of % ride from one station % am
other. There are gayly dressed boys
who wear gowns 90 bright cOlors ana
part their hair i'm the middle and plait
q In one long braid down their backs
There are japanese Of the lower CLASSES
in kimon0s and many japanese private
foldiers on their way from post to
post There are Buddhist priests and
pilgrims who travel third class both
here and In Japan. and altogether
fair SIMPLE OF every type of the CONE
mon people or both princpalties
AT THE KOREAN STATIONS.
The new stations on the Korean
railroads are we'll built. The roadway
is graded $50 that IT, is level with tho
cars. and 10 o. separated from thl
tracks by stone facIugs. There are
military guards an every depot. aud
the Japanese and Korean flags nre
often crossed over the entrances This
l7 especially so when the army officers
go over the road The train which
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-24

man muscle All along the way from
Toxic Co Shimincseki / saw mon. WOO
men ,nd bows hauling great loads i'm
carts from town To town. They were
harncssCd up like horses and they
bent half Couble as they pulled their
vehicles onward. There were carts
drawn by bulls or bullOcks and not q
few by stocky ponies. saw an old
man and O. youug woman. the latter
with q baby on her back dragging "a
load of wood. and passed hundreds OF
women carrying great burdens. I ann
told that six or sCveu hundred pounds
is am average carload for two persons
and that - miles is fair DAYS
march. Bullock carts are usually
drawn by only one animal, and horse
carts likewise. In such cases the
driver walks by the animals head in-
stead of sitting ON the load as our
people do, The freight hullocks and
horses are shod with straw. and iu the
interior these straw shoes cost about
cent apiece.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-24

Here I'm Korea. whore the railroads
are only "a few years old. the trans
poriati0n methods are even more
crude. For thousands of years these
people have carried am their goods
from place 10 place, on the backs Of
men or pack animals. and they do so
today. There are bullock carts i'm the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-24

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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-09-11
The Bows Worst Enemy.

The worst that can befall a boy, says
an esteemed contemporary, is to have
the liberty to remain out late at night
This is too often a fatal privilege, be-
cause it is mostly during the night that
all the mischief is planned and executed.
The boys who are permitted the free
dom of our public streets at all hours of
the night are the boys who fill our
warehouses and friends. All parents
should keep their boys off the streets
and at home at night. But are not the
boys who work in shops and factories
all day entitled to some recreation and
amusement? Most assuredly they are;
and it is a poorly managed home that
cannot provide these. Music, singing,
reading-cannot young people have
these amusemehts at home? And what
more does the street offer? Parents
look to it, Do not think that because
the boys bring their earnings on Satur-
day night they are free to do as they
please and go where they will BY no
means. You are always supreme in the
home, and God will hold you RESPONSE
BILE for the conduct of your children as
long as they live under your roof. 1t
is simply outrageous to witness the ac-
lions of some youngsters on the public
streets. And what of young girls?
Many of them conduct themselves no
better.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-09-11
The Conversion of Northern Europe.

Although the church, founded on the
rock, is to last forever and the gates of
hell viii never prevail against her yet
she must sustain ceaseless assaults; and
the losses thus borne by her are the
more painful because, though never ia
tai to her own spiritual life, they are
so to many of her children.
Four centuries ago the nations of
northern Europe refused to obey the su-
preme pontiff and rejecting the divine
authority of the church, made up re-
ligions of their own. Great parts of
Germany, England, Scotland, Denmark,
Norway, Sweden and Iceland, were
wrested from the spouse of Christ in
such a way that it may be said with
truth that the common people were
robbed of their faith. The evils of here
sy have not been lessened by the lapse
of time In almost all of these nations
the increase of infidelity is apparent.
Yet there are also signs that permit US
to hope that many of their subjects may
yet be reconciled to the church. The
last century witnessed a growth of toll
erance in Protestant countries, which
has been followed by a Catholic revival
in these unhappy lands. That there
might be one fold and one shepherd
was the prayer of Christ. Who will say
that the shepherds strong cry and tears
were in vain? To hasten the day of
reconciliation is ours to pray for this
month. Grace alone can accomplish so
mighty a work and this grace cannot be
denied to the united prayers of millions,
if only we are in earnest over the inter-
ests of the Sacred Heart. Such earnest
ness means special effort on our part,
special sacrifice, special fidelity to do
and to suffer
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-09-11
Pittsburu choir in sanduskx.

St Paurs choir of the Pittsburg
cathedral, consisting of tWenty-SiX male
voices, rendered church music in ac-
cOrdance with the Motu Proprio of
Pope Plus Y, at st. Mary's church
Sunday. In the morning the choir sang
at the high mass at 8 o'clock, of which
Rev. Charles AndlaUer was celebrant.
In the evening there was a sacred con-
cert, followed by benediction. The
church was filled for both services. The
program for the high mass was as fol-
lows:
Asperges me, Introit, Gregorian chant
Watican Edition.; Kyrie and Gloria
from mass in honor of st. Francis
Xavier CWitD, choir and organ; Gradu-
ale and Alleluja, Gregorian chant, part
ly sung and partly recited; Credo,
Third GregOrian Melody CVatican Edi-
tom; offertory, recitative, Ave Maria
(Arcadelt), choir a capella; Sanctus,
Benedictus and Agnus Del, from mass
in honor of st. Francis Xavier Ct. H.
WitD, choir and organ.
For the concert in the evening the
program was as follows:
Kyrie, Gloria and Sanctus, from mass
in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
Prosa; Salve Mater Misericordia (Don
Pathier); (a) Adoremus TIE Christi pal
estrina 1526-159D, CD Tibi Laus Oas-
sus, 1532-159D, (c) Ave Maria Cvic-
toria, 154O-16l2); (a) Ecce Deus (Aib-
linger), (b) Sanctus from mass in honor
of the Sacred Wound q. Mitterer),
choir and organ, Co Veritas Mea on.
Haller), choir a capella, I'D Invent
David (V. Goller), choir and organ; (a)
Oesca Viatorum q. Mitterer), (b) Tan
tum Ergo On. Haller), choir a capella,
(c) Laudate Dominum (Cima), (d) Tu
es Petrus (Harer), choir and organ.