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Idaho'* militia is tho smallestinthis
country. It numbers 229 men.
It is claimed the so-called Russian
thistle is not a thistle, but the Rust___ 1
tumble-weed.
The Napoleonic revival now mani
festing itself in Europe ajnd America
is stirring the playwrights as well as
the historians, according to the Chi
cago Herald.
One good effect of tho recent bnsi
throughout dj.i.ro»io„ New England, in ilia mill notcu town, by
the Chicago Herald, has been the ro
population of the farming districts.
The habit that merchants have of
fixing prioes nf at $4.90, 0 n $3.40, *o ninety- • , :
nine cents, etc., has called attention j
to tho need of a nine-cent piece as a I
convenience and to save time lost in
waiting for change. i
Hays the St. Louis Globe-Democrat:
“Georgia farmers have been diversi
fving their crops this year, and nro
more prosperous than ever before in
tho * 1 . l" history i,.,, of the a,. State. t They rn are
comparatively out of debt and will
have fatted razor-backs to kill for
Christmas.”
About tho end of this century a
catalogue of all the 1,750,000 books in
the British Museum libiary will bo
completed. The work was begun in
1881, and it is the greatest undertak¬
ing of ihe kind in any age or country.
Tho titles beginning with the letter A
alone will fill twenty-three volumes;
those with B thirty-five volumes, and
the whole catalogue will compriso 600
volumes. The work will be a service
to the entire literary world.
In safety, writes H. G. Prout, in
Scribner’s Magazine, the English rail
roads are far beyond those of the
United States. In six recent years
the railroads of tho United States
killed sixteen times as many passen¬
gers as those of the United Kingdom,
in proportion to the number carried.
This is not a fair comparison, how¬
ever, for the journey of each passen¬
ger was longer in the United States—
how much longer we do not know, for
the English statistics are incomplete
iu this particular. Relatively to the
total train movements of all kinds,
which is a rough basis of comparison,
but fairly just, the United States rail¬
roads killed about four aud a half
times as many persons as the English
in six years.
The extraordinary prevalence of
cholera and the high percentage of
mortality in Western Russia and tho
adjoining Austro-Hungarian provinces
of Galicia and Bukowina aro due, iu
great measure, maintains the New
York Times, to the dense ignorance of
the people as well as to their habits of
life. Even in the capital city of Bu¬
kowina tho physicians and sanitnry
officers have to contend against the
prevalent belief that the doctors ad¬
minister poison to their piatients, with
the intention of killing them. On this
account new cases are concealed, med¬
ical aid is repelled, and the attempts
of officers to enforce sanitary rules
are thwarted. Among such people an
epidemic of cholera must run its
course, and the infected provinces of
Galicia and Bukowina will be fortun
nte if the disease shall not become ep¬
idemic in the m, as it appears to be on
the other side of the Russian boun
dary, where the conditions for the
propagation and survival of it have
been even more favorable.
A German co-operative society sent
to East Africa about a ye ar ago has
come io grief, and some of its mem¬
bers are going to Mashonaland iu
6enrch of gold, while the rest are em¬
barking for Hamburg, their port of
departure. The causes of their failure,
as gix'eu m the New York Tribune,
sre manifold: In the first place, the
scheme was absurd; in the next, the
P- rsons composing the society repre¬
sented every grade of inefficiency and
incapacity; and finally they had no
money. A little was sent to them
utter their arrival at their destina¬
tion, but not enough to lift them out
°f penury and destitution, nor tc
provide for their return home, an ex¬
penditure which will have to be met
by other aud as yet undeter mined ex¬
pedients. Jt adds another to the tale
° r these visionary enterprises, numer¬
ous enough in all ages an l latitudes,
the greater number issuing in failure,
but a fortunate fe w sowing the seeds
>• f mighty States and Commonwealths.
The society just disbanded and re¬
turned only comprised twenty-six
persons all told, being only a handful
compared with the colonizing ex¬
peditions of Dido and Aeneas, but it
m large enough to serve as an example
to deter others from pinning their
faith to like expeditions unless they
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WmiKOREA’S
MINIS!ER SILL’S FIRST VISIT
HIS ROYAL MAJESTY.
Our Reprc sen tat! vo Refused to
the I alace by the Back Door
“"The King and Ills
Surroundings,
o NE men the of King in ibo the of most Korea. world to-day The
being
of Asia is involved in the struggle,
,p. nnlf" rr • ls . tko , absolute ruler
non 1)0,000 of 12,
people. The land of Korea
belongs practically to him, and the
development of its immenso natural
resources in gold and coal, which is
sure to occur after the war is over
ma y make him one of the richest
h* 11 # 8 * n the world.
I had an audience with him six years
ago. and I met him in one of his
palaces in Seoul just before the
outbreak of the present rebellion,
writes Prank G. Carpenter. He
received me with the highest of
honors, and I am, I believe, the only
ic tly private American who has
of cver the S one through the imperial door
great gate which leads into his
palace city.
The King’s palaces cover nearly one
thousand acres. They lie at the foot
of n raggedgray mountain, and a thick
wall of stone as high as a two-story
house runs around them, This wall is
entered by a half dozen great gates,
at which, day and night, soldiers are
stationed to see that only the proper
people go iu. Each gate has its own
rank, and there are special entrances
for servants and low nobles. The great
central gate is reserved for the highest.
It has three doors, and the middle of
them is kept for royalty alone, and
only kings and princes are supposed
to go through it. I see that the pa¬
pers state that General Clarence Great
house, the King’s foreign adviser, is
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the only American who ever entered
the palace city through this door. This
is not true. The same honor was ac¬
corded last May to Minister Sill, Dr.
II. N. Allen aud also to me.
This is how it happened: The
Korean officials, who put on great airs,
have been trying to lesson the rank
of foreigners in the eyes of the peo¬
ple. They have made a back entrance
to the palace for them, and they pro¬
posed to inaugurate this by thus letting
in our new Minister, Mr. Sill, who
had arrived in Korea during my stay.
Minister Sill, however, refused to ac¬
cept their proposition. He said he
represented the President of the
United States, aud that our President
was as big as any king on the globe.
If there was a gate for kings he
thought ho ought to go through it,
and be sent word to the department
that he would come at the time ap¬
pointed to this big gate, and if he was
not admitted there he would return
to his legation. This message made
the faces of the King’s officials turn
from the color of Jersey cream to
that of skimmed milk. They saw that
there would be trouble and they re¬
ferred the matter to the King. Now,
his Majesty has more brains than all
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of his ministers. He is packed full of
common sense, and ho at once became
v-yaugrv. He not only said that
the Minister should go through the
chief gate, but he sent his own chair
r.Ld servants in order that I don’t he might know
ri ,; p thGre in state.
that he remembered me from my past
interview but he was told I wanted to
meet him and he said that he would
give me a special audience after that
of the Minister was over. how
I wish I could show you we
marched through the city on our way
brass trimming., am
panels. My chair was d w j tb
navy blue silk and Dr .Allenirode in
gorgeous sedan of green We had a
3 nobles to «««“£
couple of Korean
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and plum-colored pants, and out
the back of their black fur bats were
tassels of tho brightest vermillion,
each of which was as big as a fly
brush. Oh, it was gay 1
In this way we went down the Penn¬
sylvania avenue of Seoul. Our kesos
ran in front and howled out to the
common for the people to get out of the way
great men who came. Men
and women were crowded up to the
walls. Bullock carts were driven
down the side streets with a rush,
ibo people who smoked' took their
pipe3 out of their mouths and held
them behind them, Women with
green coats over their heads scam
pered into their houses, and the eyes
of all were so stretched out at the
sight that they lost their almond shape
and became circular iu wonder. It
was so till we reached tho gate of the
palace. Here our soldiers put down
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the chairs, aud, accompanied by our
pompous Korean interpreters, we
walked toward the gate. Midway on
the platform we were met by one of
the high officials of the King, clad in a
gorgeous green gown, with a stork of
white silk embroidered on a back¬
ground of gold a foot square upon his
breast. lie had a similar squire of
embroidery upon his back, and as I
looked at him it struck me that
with a good revolver a man could
kill bothl of these embroidered
birds at the same time. He had
about his waist a hoop of what
seemed to be shell or horn, studded
with precious stones, aud he was ac¬
companied by servants, who held up
his arms and sort of lifted him along
the way. This was not because he
could not walk, but it better showed
his rank and style. He bowed low.
We bowed, and after a short interval
of diplomatic taffy-giving he led the
way up to the central gate of the
palace and motioned the Minister to
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then went through one of the side
gates, and our interpreters followed
him. Dr. Allen and myself were walk
ing with tho Minister. Said tho doc¬
tor, “He seems to intend that I shall
go through the main gate, too.”
i i Well, doctor,” said I, “I think I will
stick to the party, and though I have
no official rank, I’ll see how it feels to
walk the path that has only been trod¬
den by the feet of kings, I» I had not
forgotten that I was an American
prince. And so we three representa¬
tives of the royalty of the United
States marched through the temple¬
like entrance. The act in itself seems
little in America, but it was a great
thing in Korea, and every where I went
after that it was mentioned iu connec¬
tion with my introductions to other
Koreans.
In our march through the city of
the King this gorgeous Prime Minis¬
ter stalked along in front of us, lead¬
ing us through great courts till we
came to another gate, through the
center arch of which we passed. Then
wo went on through other courts
walled with palaces, past servants clad
iu brown and red, and by officials
wearing all sorts of hats and gowns.
There were soldiers everywhere, aud
Gatling guns stood near some of the
entrances. We passed through street
after street, wa e jv' 1 his
mgs in which live the g
gate, the side doar ofwhich o alouewas
opened. The Secretary The central o> the doo^was j
stepped peeled throughthes to follow. g t - j
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ten use f ' h °'J waited
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his mind. He came b was
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the top and looked down it It was
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^ beautlful lat trees this
j T w0odwor k was papered with
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pet. This oorridor had many
ings. We descended from one to an¬
other by easy steps, and after a walk
of perhaps a quarter of a mile, we
came out of it into an open hall, which
looked out upon the gardens of the
Kmg, and gave a view of the new
palace in the distance, j
This room was furnished iu foreign
style, and the highest officials of the
King and a number of. great nobles
of the court were gathered within.
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noble had his servanti with him.
I all, broad-shouldered men, clad in
brown gowns and gorgoous hats,stood
about as guards. These are known as
tho brown-coated kesos. They are
the body-guard of the King and, like
tho famed soldiers of Peter tho Great,
have been picked out for 1 their height
and strength. Nearly every one of
them is over sis feet, and their long
gowns make theta look like giauts. In
addition to these, there were servants
iu red caps, servants in caps of purple
and servants with gorgeous headdress
ings of blue. The officials were clad
in their court dresses, and the head of
each showed a topknot shining through
its fine Korean cap of horse-hair,
which, with its great wings flapping
out at the sides, forms the official
headdress. These wings are oval in
shape, and they stand out like ears,
denoting that their owners are ever
listening for the commands of the
King. The gowns of these officials
were of the finest silk, made very full.
They fell from their necks to thsir
feet, and nearly covered the great of¬
ficial cloth boots, which made each
man look as though he lad the gout
and was nursing liij feet for the oc¬
casion. The gowns were of dark
green, embroidered with gold on the
breast and back, Rnd containing white
storks or tigers, according as the man
belonged to the civil or military rank.
These men are all very dignified.
Cabinet Wfl WGrn Minister I 'f> who H.11 Hi;
conducted us
into the room, and we theu sat down
table upon which were plates filled
with assorted cookies about the size
of macaroons. At each man’s seat
there were champagne glasses, and the
servants opened a half dozen or so of
cold bottles while we chatted and
waited. The American Minister had
his presentation first. He spent
about half an hour with his Majesty,
and then one of the English-speaking
officials came into this room and told
me that the King was ready to sec me.
Taking off my hat and my eyeglasses
1 walked with this man through long
passageways, walled with stone, by
red-capped, red-gowned servants, and
past soldiers in gorgeous uniforms to
the gate of a large courtyard. As we
neared this my interpreter, who was a
high official noble, bent his head over,
and his face looked like that of a man
in pain at a funeral, As we entered
the court he bent half double, and as
1 looked across it, I saw that there wac
a large open hall facing us. This hall
had a massive roof of heavy tiles, and
at the front of it there were a number
of big round pillars painted red. There
were "three entrances to it, reached by
granite steps guarded by stone dogs,
and the floor was, I judge, about six
feet from the ground. Within the
hall, in front of a Korean screen, stood
the King, with two eunuchs on each side
of him holding up his arras. And about
him were a number of officials, who bent
over half double and dared not look
at him for reverence, All of these
officials had these gorgeous storks, or
tigers, on their breasts, and they
looked at me out of the tails of their
eyes as 1 came up. My interpreter
got down on his knees as he got to the
steps. He crawled along the floor to
the front of the King and bumped his
head upon the carpet. He then bent
himself over half double and remained
in that position during the whole of
the interview, whispering in tones and of
awe his Majesty ’b sentences to me
my questions to him.
The King was dressed in a gown of
crimson silk, cut high at the neck,
and embroidered with gold modallions
as big around as a tea plate. There
was one of these medallions on each
0 f his shoulders, and one covered each
side of the gown at about where
fifth rib is supposed to be located.
^ ^ rflach ed to his feet. It
was gorgeous beyond description and
it harmonized with his cream-colored
comp i e xion. The sleeves of the gown
were very full, and oat of them a pair
0 { delicate shapely hands came from
time to time, and ciasped each other
nervously. On one of his fingers 1
notice i a magnificent diamond ring,
. £ bis own hands at me I bowed, in Chinese and
J bm came up. iu
* t straight the eye
while wets' k together. I was not
^ from him<
^ was ft little table between
u. Above ns
globes of the h\i * g ♦
to tho passing of compliments, and it
lasted, I judge, about twenty minutes.
During it I had a good opportunity to
study the King, and I photographed,
as it were, his form and features upon
my brain, He is about live feet six
inches in height, He is well built.
but not heavy, He has beautiful
bright black almond eyes, a com
plexion the color of rich Jersey cream,
and teeth as white as the tusks of au
Africau elephant. His faoe is full,
and it shines with intelligence. He
has a thin mustache and a few Hairs of
black whiskers. He smiled frequently,
and now and then he laughed melodi
ously. He seemed to have a stone of
about the size of a boy’s lucky stone
in his mouth while he talked, and this
from time to time got between his
teeth white ha listened, When he
spoke it sunk back into his mouth,
taking the place of an old maid’s
plumper, or the tobaooo quid of one
of our Congressmen, I don’t know
why he uses this stone, and I am not
altogether sure that it was a stone. It
seemed too hard for wax, and chew¬
ing gum has not yot been introduced
into Korea. The King of Korea is
now forty-two years old, and he is iu
good physical condition, Ho is one
of the ablest rulers Korea has ever
had, and there is no harder-worked
monarch on the faoe of the globe.
His troubles to-day coino from his
officials. Ho had been so bound round
by them that ho did not know the con¬
dition of his people, and he has been
hedged in as was the Mikado of Japa n
a generation ago. You cannot imagine
the pomp of this King, No o ie oan
go in front of him. He never moves
about the palace without there are
eunuohs at his side to hold up his
arms, and the officials must get down
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on all fours and bump their heads on
the floor whenever he comes into their
presence. He spends his nights in
working and he sleeps in the daytime.
He goes to bed at 8 o’clock every
morning aud no one dare wake him.
About his rooms guards ace stationed,
and all the conversation that is carried
on near him must be in a whisper.
He usually remains in bed until half¬
past five in the afternoon and in quiet
times he begins his work in tho palace
when the watch fires are lighted on
the mountains about Ueoul. These
notify him that all is well throughout
the country, or the reverse. These
signal fires take the place of the tele¬
graph, and from hill to hill all over
the kingdom the character of the fire
flashes dispatches describing the con¬
dition of the people. It is the tele¬
graph system of the middle ages, aud
has been in daily use in Korea till the
Japanese took possession of the laud
a few months ago.
A t^ucer BirJ.
Describing the visit of a number of
scientists to the island of San
Clemente, off the coast of Southern
California, the San Francisco Chroni¬
cle says:
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bird of san cleme.vte.
brilliant plumage, and its long, odd
shaped tail closely resembles the form
of the latest style of tennis racket.
The bird is a rapid flyer. It is very
pugaaoioa8> and never hesitates to at
tack larger birds, the quickness of its
flight protecting it from its larger an
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VOL. XX. NO. 09 0 9
J ■ DRESS NOVELTIES.
FASHIONS IN WOMEN’S
AND JACKETS.
Cloth Coats Reach to the Knee—
Short Jackets for Young
Women and Girls—
Neck Rigs.
j ~| I—S ) OX-CLOTH pharte and Oxford of the lightest gray mix
j ^ i J made tures are coats, used for Harper’s tnilor
i says
I I^® zar - I he box-cloth coats reach to
j tlle knee > ftIul have double-breasted
1 fronfc ® fitted by single darts and fas
j buttons. tened by only The one row of large bone
back has no middle
seam, and is flat below the waist.
Straps of cloth outline the side forms
from the shoulders down. Sleeves are
ample enough for large sleeves of
dresses beneath, and are held in lapped
pleats in the armhole. Short revorsare
notched, and go up to a turned-over
collar. 'Pockets with curved slits are
edged with a strap and buttoued.
Oxford-gray cloth coats have box
straps ou all their seams, and are
fitted to the figure in the back, with
straight double-breasted fronts. The
fulness iu the back ia of two graduated
folds set in the side forms below the
waist and pressed flatly. These coats
may have revers and collar of the
same, or else of black Persian-Iamb
fur, the collar mounted on a standing
cloth band arranged to be buttoned
high or low, as may be required.
Very handsome Havana-brown cloth
coats trimmed with black marten fur—
otherwise called Alaska sable—have a
double box pleat down the front, held
at the waist by two rows of four cut
steel buttons and edged with fur, then
drooping in blouse fashion, to bo used
as a muff. The entire revers and col¬
lar are of fur. The hack falls in full
box-pleats below the waist. Sleeves
that are enormously wide at top are
held by a cloth hand below the elbow
aud flare to the wrist. Navy-blue
cloth coats of medinm length are em¬
broidered with the finest jet beads in
vines on the seams and as a yoke, and
are trimmed with black fur. The
back has the two flat pleats now added
in the side forms, but not iu the mid- j
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die seam. Yokes of moire Persian fur
and much flat Astrakhan trim other
coats of brown or blue cloth. Sou¬
tache braiding in fine vine designs
and in deep slender Vandyke points is
also on new coats.
Short jackets, twenty-eight or thirty
inches long, are also shown for young
women and girls. They are of tan or
blue cloth, cut single-breasted, with
much military braiding or frogs across
the front and down the full sleeves.
Other short box-olotb jackets have a
shoulder-oape opening up tho back
nearly covered with applied cloth
bands put on in an intricate design.
The turned-over velvet collar is bor¬
dered with a cloth strap.
A decided novelty is a black velvet
jacket which is noarly all sleeves, as it
reaches only to the waist, yet has huge
sleeves extending down the side forms
the back and folded under in dol
man fashion. Jet bands cross the
front, and a wide belt of Liberty satin
is knotted on the side. A collet formed
of eighteenblackostrich feathers encir¬
cles the shoulders below points of jet
embroidery, anl a colts _• of curled
ostrich tips completes this elegant gar¬
ment.
CRINOLINE IN SLEEVES.
The newest sleeves are, it seems,
j wider than ever. This appears the
I case because they do not droop over
| the elbow, being ' stiffened The to stand well
away from tbe j oiut effect of
! the more fashionable sleeves is to im
causi;d *»«!■? eme volume at -gsr the up
per part of the sleeves producing thtt
result Sleevesareneverhighinef
feet, but the more the great fulness
be made to stand away Irom the
shoulders, the more fashionable hey
them
well distended without, however,
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prefer the lightest weight crinoline
lawn for this purpose. This is of
course for sleeves that are not trans*
parent.
NECK BIGS.
Just a word of warning regarding
the ecentric neck rigs that are now iu
vogue. It is quite the mode, as you
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know, to smother your throat with a
bewilderment of chiffon, silk or crepe,
buckled and rosetted to a startling ex¬
tent. Now for the tall, slender
woman, with a throat termed by nov¬
elists “swanlike,” these fluffy ruches
and collarettes are all right, but her
pudgy sister with a thick short throat
is going to come very near making ft
guy of herself if she employes too gro¬
tesque neck creations.
She must not forget that balloon
sleeves are doing their very best to
accentuate her dumpiness, and these
puffed affairs become decidedly unat-
tractive when the throat is walled ia
upon the chin with feathers, tulle, etc.
Study your stature when contem¬
plating these dress details, and let ar¬
tistic discrimination guide you in the
adoption of bizarre neck arraage
ments.
The knack of bow and rosette mak¬
ing is a great po ssession this season,
and she wh > hn it is able to design
exclusive style! for her stocks and
pass by the ready-made offerings with
a feeling of superiority. The illustra
tixn shows three styles that are be¬
coming, pretty and not too elaborate
for day wear.
GOLD BUTTONS FOR BABIES.
The gold buttons for babies’ frocks
have been largely replaced by sets of
tiny gold pins, united as the buttons
were by slender gold chains. Every
mother will appreciate the value of
this change, Six button holes were
needed for the stud sets, and if a
little gown tightened or loosened
there was no adjustment possible. The
pins do away with work an d permit all
sorts of lapping over or letting out.
ALL BUrrONED DOWN BEFORE.
Buttons, as was predicted, have
come to the fore, and they are here to
stay. With the exception, naturally,
of boas, muffs, etc., fur will not be in
great demand, It is to be a button
season. For both useful and orai
mental purposes the button will be
largely employed.
GOOD NEWS FOR FLOWER
Artificial flowers are coming into
use in Paris for corsage decoration.
They are perfect imitations of nature
and are selected of a tint to match the
trimmings of the costume. A cluster
is worn near the right shoulder and at
the left side of the waist.
In Sp*in the tobacco consumption
