Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 2, 1894, Page 10

el Obaractor Eketch of an Oriental Heeler and His Mothods, THE MILLIONS MADE BY MIN YUNG JUN Bteaming and Rou as 0 Means of Ex- torting Money—The People Terribly Oppressed—Somet) American Colony in Coren. (Copyrighted, 1804, by Frank G. Carpenter.) The man who has had more to do with the oppression of the Corean people, and Who was to a large extent the cause of the re- belllon, Is going about Seoul today with hun- drods of followers. He rides In a chair, seated on a leopard skin, and he has a house containing scores of rooms. He s ald to~be a millionaire. A few years ago he was worth practically nothing. He has made his immense fortune by squeezing the people, and by his relationship to the queen. His name is Min Yung Jun. He is now about 40 years old, but he is one of the greatest political strikers of the world, and he is an adept in the selling of offices and in getting money out of the people. A part of his receipts have gone to the king, but a large amount has stuck to his own clothes He first showed his efficie in this line as governor of Ping Yang, a city of perhaps 160,000 Inhabitants, which lies within 100 miles of Seoul. Hers he was nicknamed by the people as *‘Stove Min” because he burned up everything he touched, and he is now called Buddha Min, probably for his supreme cheek of absorbing everything about him into his own nirvana, I have secured a pho- tograph of him, with a lot of his dancing girls behind him, and his son at his_tide. Ilis fect rest upon a leopard skin, afid he is by no means a Lad looking Corean. He has evidently great organizing powers, and he has brought office brokerage down to a sys- tem. A LAND OF SQUEEZERS. Corea, like China, is a land of squeezers. -Officials who are pald something like $500 & year are expected to squeeze about $5,000 annually from the people. There Is no se- curity of property in Corea, and hence no in- centive for the people to accumulate. If a man lays up money and the maglstrates find it out, they have one of their under-strappers _acous? him of some crime. False witnesses are plenty, and they can whip the man or torture him until he pays something to be let go. Sometimes poor men are arrested on such charges. When tortur:d they say they have nothing and can give nothing. The « xeply often is, “You have a rich uncle, or a rich cousin, and he must pay this amount for you.” As to the officials, they must get their money out of the peopls, and if they pay high prices for their offices they have got to oppress their subjects. Until within the last year or so the magistrates were al- lowed to have terms of from two to.three years. The prices of the offices were high. By judiciously apportioning their oppressions over this time they could squeeze enough to make a profit and still let the people live. The wants of the court and of the officials, however, have increased within late yecars. The debt to China has eaten up a great part of the revenue, and Min Yung Jun has sup- lied the deficit by cutting down the terms or which the magistrates are appointed. At the same time he has not decreased the price of their offices, and they have had to squeeze all the money they could possibly get out of the people In order to come out ~#ven at the end of nine months Instead of three years. The result Is that in some parts of Corea starvation practically stares the people in the face, and this was the cause of the rebelifon. x The rebell] not against the king, but against 1k offiolals, and had the king not foolishly Bent his troops against the rebels he might *have escaped ‘his present troubles and the war betweed China and Japan deferced... Ty _ HOW THEY SQUEEZED “CARP.” G b8 dausesins, whioh exists amoiig the & , Tuns, in fact, through the whole -l:mq society. You remember the A ‘which runs something like this: * . +®he biggest flcas have smaller fleas Upon their backs to bite 'em, And those small fleas have other fleas, And so ad . infinitum. ‘Well, the Corean official flea is of all sizes, from ‘this great prime minister, Min Yung Jun, down to the kesos, who trot along be- side your chair when you go through the city of Seoul. I had four chair-bearers to carry me, and part of the tim> there was a soldler on each side of us. In addition, there was ‘‘General” Pak, and [ doubt not that every one of them got his percentage out of everything 1 bought. I had to have the money pald over in my presence to e sure that it would be paid at ail, And when Pak bought a cigar for me I venture he al- ways received a cigaretto as his commission en the purchase. The Chinaman who kept heuse for Mr. Power, the electrician to the king, with whom I stepped, got his per- céntage on the price of every mouthful of food we ate and of evarything we bought. 1 ocould not hire a horse that the man who ran behind it and acted as my groom did not &et his percentage of the hi Such things are perfectly legitimate in Seoul. The man “who keeps the gate of your house Is given cent of the amount of all purchases . ma This, of course, comes out of the landlord, who is chased an additional price. _1If the percentage s not paid the saller © get mo more business and he will be boy- + cotted by all the gatemen of the town. SAMPLE INSTANCES, The illegitimate squeezing is awful, to watch all the You time for fear some ome’ else is being cheated or oppressed through you. The servants of foreigners are not subject 1o the ordinary Corean laws, and our legatioz to Corea found not long ago that the kesos conrooted with the estab- Hshment had been seding certificates to men about Seoul, stating that they were employed by the legation, and they had re- ceived from 1,000 to 20,000 cash apiece for these. Bach of the forelgn legations has a “number of these keso soldiers, which- are detailed to it from the service of the King, and my soldiers are of this character. An outrageous instance of squeezing occurred not long ago in connection with the Russian legation, and it was carried on a long time before the Russian minister found it out. ‘These kesos went out into the country and found men who were in debt to people in Seoul. They told them that ths Russian minister had bought the claims against tham, and that they must be paid with high interest. They put them in chains and brought them right to the legation and kept them In the outhouses, which are reserved for the kesos, and which surround every l-r Corcan establishment. Here they wh plp:d “them from time to time with They would strip them half naked, sus- pend them by their elbows and torture them by touching their bare legs with red-hot pokers. Now and then they would let them out In the yard, and if the minister came in slght would ‘warn them that they had better be qulet, for he was a dangerous man, and was already inclined to cut their heads off for thelr nonpayment of the money. © Think of such a thing actually going on for weeks without the minister knowing it, and T am told that a somewhat similar state of aftairs prevailed for a short time In connee- tlon with the quarters of one of the mission- aries. In another case, a teacher of ome of the government schools found that his popular- ity was. waning. The people did not seem 1o like him, and he could not tell what was the matter until he found that his servants ~ had been borrowing m:ney of the people of _ the ‘melghborbood, and that under compul- sfon, In his name. He belleves that one of ~+"the chlef officers of the school had a-hand # in the scheme, and it was only stcpped upon his threatening that the imposition would _be reported o the king unless a change ““was immediately made and the money re- turned. 1 did not buy anything in the Seoul shops unless 1 saw the money handed ove for my purchases. Otherwise, my soldiers might say that I had just taken it, and in- asmuch as I was a forelgaer, and of pre- sumably high rank, they would, to a certain extent, bave to grin and bear it. The greatest squeezers in Corea are the Chinese, and the Chinese minister, Yuan, {8 supposed fo make a great deal of money la this way, ‘The Chinese consul at Chemulpo made some- thing like $5,000 out of a squeeze, which he manipulated in some way, on the shipments of rice from Corea, just before the present trouble, aud the whole of the social and gov- ernmental structure of this country and of China seems to me to be honeycombed with corruption and bribery. MONEY OR BLOOD. There is nowhere In the world that the almighty dollar 1s worth more to a man than it is in Corea. He ean often save his skin by plating the palm of his enemy with silver and persons sentenced to flogging can ransom thelr punishment with money. They have, in fact, a fixed rate for this in Corea. Ten blows of the bambox will be omitted on the payment of about $5; twenty blows for $10, and so on upward. There are few men who would not give all they have rather than have their thighs reduced to a Jjelly, and the bamboo is a great persuader.” At the same_time, officials are sometimes punished for their cruelty, and these who cause the death of persons by torture, receive 100 blows and are dismissed from the public service. 1 am told that the present dynasty has much less terrible punishments than were common in the | and that within the last 250 years knee-crushing and brand- ing have been abolished, and there [s no eut- ting oft of the noses and feet cf rmem, as was done in the middle ages, STEAMED TO DEATH. Still, the punishments are bad enough. I will devote my next letter to deseribing them. They are far worse than anything that fs known outside of China, and the wives and families of rebels and criminals, even to the third and fourth generation, ars included in the sentences of their husbands and fathers. Here is a curious method, which, T am told, prevails in Seoul of e ing the fathers of rebels, It is almost ¢ sary to understand the structure of a Corean house to appreciate it. The rooms are heated, you know, by fires which are built under ‘the house, and the flames of which run through flues, covering every part of the floors of the rooms. These floors are of brick or mortar, and they are covered with a thick, white paper, weil oiled. With good fire they turn the rooms into ovens, and a small room soon becomes a furnace if a big fire is built under it. Among the lowest classes in Corea are the butchers, and it is in a butchers' house, outside the west gate of the city, that the fathers of rebels are sometimes poisoned. The poison is mixed with rice water, which has been left over night in order that its taste may be bitter ‘The officer of the law takes the man ‘to this house, He wears wooden clogs, .and thus keeps his feet from the red-hot floor, upon which he puts the man, and where he forces him to driuk the poisoned water. In the back of this room there is a great jar of Corean pottery, which holds almost as much as a hogshead. This is filled with water After the official has given the poison he breaks this jar and the water flows out upon the floor. If the man does not die of the poison the steam and heat soon finish him, and the body is parboiled before it is taken out, It s carried through one of the dis- honorable gates and cast out of the city. It must be left there for a certain time and then If Its relatives do not take it away the birds grow fat over its cooked meat. WHAT FOREIC These punishments will give you some idea of the horrors which are bound to attend any protracted war in this part of the world The Japanese will carry on their struggle on western methods, but the Coreans and the Chinese will do as they have done in the past, and woe be to the prisoners who fall into their hands. During the war between the Chinese and English about a generation ago the foreign prisoners were carrled about in iron cages, and 1 met an English consul at Canton a few years since who had his whiskers pulled out one at a time while he was belng shown as a curiosity to the people in-an iron pen, the roof of which was so low that he could neither sit nor stand within it. This man said at the time that China should give up a life for every hair he lost from his beard, and his position, I am told, was such that he was able to carry out his threat. The father of the present king, who is now at the bead of the government, murdered the French missionaries and the Corean Chris- tians in the most barbarous of ways. The heads of some of them were cut off, and their topnots being tied together, they were hung high on poles, like so many onions. The bodies of the dead were brought to Seoul in straw bags, and were cast on the ground outside the southeast gate. Such things are hardly possible today. The Coreans are afraid of the foreigners, and the officials have too much sense to allow the peopl: to mass- acre them. Still, this was only a few years ago, and when war comes in at thee door, common sense flies out at the window. THE AMERICAN COLONY IN COREA. And this brings me to the American col. ony in Corea. Some of the best men that the United States has ever produced are now laboring there. Dr. H. N. Allen, the secre- tary of the American legation, will go down into history as one of the greatest of our diplomats. He has done more for Corea than any man ever connected With the United States logation, and if our diplomatic service was organized on any other than a political basis he would today be the American min- jster to Corea. He has his wife and his children, two bright boys, with him, and his house is inside the legation compound. He comes from Ohio, and he is a thoroughly able man in every respect. He practically saved the life of one of the princes of the royal family, and his value to America and Europe is inestimable. The American minister, Mr. Sill, has been in Corea only a short time. I will write more concerning him in a future letter. He has been a professor and an ed- ucator all his life, and he is a cultured gen- tleman, He comes from Michigan and was appointed largely through the influence of Don Dickinson. He is a man of no experi- ence in diplomatic life, but he is well liked and he is making a very good minister. Thére {s only one American firm in Corea, and this Is that of Morse & Townsend, which has its chief house at the port of Chemulpo. James R. Morse, the senior partner, lives in New York. He has spent some years in Corea and Japan and he is a very able man. W. D. Townsend, the other member of the firm, is a well educated Bostonian, who does & big business in shipping all sorts of things out of the country and in importing supplies for the king, the court and the people. THE MISSIONARIES. The missionary force in Corea is large, and it has done a great deal of good work. 1 don't believe there are more honest, active and intelligent missionaries anywhere than you will find in this country. They have a strong hold upon the people, and they are thoroughly respected by the king. The head- quarters of the missions are in Seoul. The work s chiefly. done by the Presbyterians and Methodists as far as the Americans are concerned. The French Catholics have a large force at work among the people, and there s also 4 mission of the Chureh of gngland, which is, I think, managed from London. The American Presbyterian mis- sion consists of something like twenty peo- ple, and the most of the missionaries have wives and families. The Methodist mission is equally as large, and both have hospitals and schools. The Corean college, under the Methodist Episcopal mission, Is in charge cf Rev. H. G. Appenzeller, who is also treas- urer of the mission, and a most eficient man, I spent some time with him at his home In Seoul, and I can certify that he is thoroughly well posted upcn the country, and that his organization is doing a great deal of good. The missionaries in Seoul live inside of walled compounds or yards. Their gates are usually guarded by keepers, and in case of trouble like the present these walls would be a slight protection from a mob. CONNECTED WITH THE KING. In addition to these, there are a number of foreigners connected with the court and the king. General Willlam McE. Dye wa: for years, in the employ of the late khedive of Egypt. He is a graduate of West Point, and he is one of the instructors and officers of the Corean army. He has been of great value to the king during the present rebel- lios, and in case there is a protracted war between Japan and China upon Corean soil, his brains will have much to do with ths direction of the struggle. I visited him not long ago. His red beard and hair have turned white since he left America, but his form Is as straight as when he commanded his soldiers during the war of the rebellion and his eye is as bright as it was duri his wonderful career in Egypt. General Ci ence Greathouse, the foreign adviser to the king, is a Kentuckian by birth, and & Cali- fornian by adoption. He came from Call- fcrnla to be consul general at Yokohama, and from there was called to Seoul as a forelgn adviser to the king at a salary of NERS MAY EXPECT. R (0 il $12,000 a year. Fe has a fine establishment here, and his mother, who is one of the sweetest old ladies out of Kentucky, I with him, Then there is General Le Gendre, who is also one of the vige presidents of the home office, and who is conneoted with General Greathouse as forelgn adviser, and Celonel F. J. H. Neinstead, who is in charge of the government school. Last, but not least among the Americans, there s a bright young Washington man named Power, who came to Corea to put the electric light plant in the palace, and Who has the position of electrician to the king. He is only 26 years of age, but he has put up one of the finest electrie light plants that you will find on the other wmide of the globe, and when the country is again settled he will probably build an electric railroad which is projected from Seoul to Chemulpo. COREA'S FORMER MINISTER It is very unfortunate that this rel occurred just at this time, and If the Chinese are allowed to control affairs they will put the country in a worse state than ever king himself is more progressive than any of his nobles, and he is anxious to sec his coun- try improved and his people bettered. It w only a fow months ago that he undertook to establish a postal service, and to do this he called from Washington Mr.”Ye Cha Yun, who, for wears, was the gecretary of the Corean legation, and who acted for’ a time as Corean minister. Ye went to. Cerea very enthusiastic as to his- work, and he was doing all he could to push modern progress there when the present rebellion broke out. He is one of the brightest of the younger Corean statesmen, and if his prominence does not result in his losing his head through the Jealousy of those al e him, he will make himself felt i the administration of the gov- ernment I called upon him one day at his residence in Seoul. He lives within a stone's throw of the palace, and the parlor in which he received me was furnished half in A ri- can and half in Corean styvle. He wore a gown of white silk, and on his head was a many ¢ red black hat of horse hair net The desk before him was full of papers, and he w king as hard as he did at Wash- ington, He has, I am told, a good, fat posi- tion in the provinces where the rebellion has oceurred, and it is probably a lucky thing for his head that ha-is using it in Seoul rather than in southern Corea. ellion Bright Boys Who Dake Fu “Have you the bullet that killed Gen- eral Reynolds?” ‘stked an old veteran of a ungster who kept a relic stand on the battiefield of Gettysburg. “No sir,” was lhe reply, ‘we .sold the last one yesterday, but we can have you cne by tomorrow.” The scarred and begrimmed old “Buck Tail,” however, knew all about the General Reynolds bullet, so he didu't order any, but bought a dilapidated cantesn from the 'scene of Pickett's charge. Being some- what of a connoisseur in such matters, he examined the canteen closely and satisfied himself that it wis not:b:gus. Many a by living near one of the great battlefields obt:ins @ U¥Fhg by hunting relics, Having sharp eyes he is generally fortunate enough to pick up some of tha emains of the “great fight,!> which he citner sells to a dealer or directly to visitors. *One boy, not long ago, at ‘Gettysburg, found a wr.st bone with a_bayonet plunged through it, which - he sold for §25° Anstier, “ou the field of Waterloo, foynd two bullets em- bedded in each other, the one Frehch, the other English. They shed evidently met in mid-air, and were valued very highly. So many tourists visit #the American ~battle- flelds that it_is begeming very difficult to find relics. Yat, bé {t“sdld to the disgrace of the Yankee, in some way or other the supply is kept up to the demand. Travelers who have spent any time among the natives of Austrelia vow that the boys of that country earn money in the -most curlous way ever heard of. ~ In some parts of the country fishing is quite an industry Among other things caught are crabs and crayfish. But instead of catching them in nets as we o boys are employed, and this is the method: A boy wades cut where the crabs’ are thick. ““Thrusting his oot out he gives promimence to his big" tos, which, wagging about in an enticing manner, he uses as a bait. In a short time he gets & bite and quickly drawing up his leg, he breaks cff the crab's feelers and throws ft into & basket which 1s slung over his shoulder. _Oftentimes rows of boys can be seen stretched along the shore, while a con- tinual pantomime is kept up by in turn catch- ing the crab, releasing it and thrusting out the wily toe for another bite. Every now and then a deep sea visitor strays into the crab settlement, and seeing the tempting bait, lays hold of it. Then there Issues forth from *he owner of that bait an un- earthly yell, and all the boys come running out to stare, entirely regardless of the crabs hanging to the several parts of their anat omy, and leaving the peor boy with a “‘bite to battle with the unwelcome catch as best ho can. Chinese urchins,’ in some parts of the em- pire, pick up 0dd colns in a still more curi- ous and yet somewhat similar manner. On rainy day when a lady chances to come to a muddy place and does not wish to soil her shoes, she beckons to an urchin, who will, it he is in the business, drcp down in front of her, making a temporary stepping stone, on_which the lady reaches dry land agein. The remuneration received for this is so small that it would hardly tempt a New York “dock rat. During the winter months when the West Indies are much visited by tourists and in- valids the native boys make a living by diving for coins. Strangers are never tired witnessing these expert exhibitions of div- ing. A coin Is thrown from the pter, and simultanecusly half a dozen dark bodies shoot into the water after it, Sometimes the money sticks in the mud and the divers reman under water so long that the specta- tors grow quite anxious. But socon they emerge from all directions, the lucky finder carrying the piece in his teeth. * Oftentimes they catch a coin before it gets to the bot- tom heir Muney o ery one of us,” safd a woman who has spent some time at Atlantic City, ‘“‘knows what an uncomfortable feeling it is to have a shoe lacer come untied. Equally well does she know what an exertion it is to stoop and tie it. One dey while strolling on thoe board walk and jostled by the crowd I suddenly felt my shoestring become untied. Looking round for a convenient place to sit down I noticed a bright youngster and beck- oned for him to come and tie it. Being unable to find anything less than a 10-cent piece, I gave him that for his trouble, In- stead of showing the least surprise or grati- tude, however, ho, In a very businesslike manner, took out a 5-cent plece and gave it to mo as change, remarking, meanwhile, that he made $1 or so that way every day." ol 2l Moo WHEN DICKY HAD THE MEASLES. Anna M. Willams In New York Sun. We found we had to hide his shoes, His stockings, trousers, waistcoat, coat And then he vowed he'd put on Sie's Pink gingham, and he'd find his boat And have a lark. ~He wouldn't stay Tn bed and swallow nasty stuft And thus he'd fret and toss all day. Oh, there was interest quite enough When Dicky had the measles. On_Monday he was eloguent: “I say, mother, since I'm sick, I must live liks a nobby gent; What if Old Spectacles does kick? See, here's the lunch list: five cream tarts, “Three red bananas and some dates, A coffee cake and walnut hearts We sadly thought of pearly gates ‘When Dicky bad the measles, On Wednesday 'twas he called for Be: “Halloo! Come in and read a story. the page is turned, I guess. Now give us fights and men all gory, Lie still, Don Carlo—sh-h—you'd best! Was that a Cossack rode the hors All right, go on; oh, skip the res That's only love.” "This was, of course, When Dicky had the measles! On_Sunday in a steamer chair We left him, and we went to church. The service over, In the glare Of sunlight, on a "7 .oden perch, Sat freckled Dicky with chums; His tongue was running fke a streak. We're thankful now, whatever comes, It oan’t surpass that awful week When Dicky had the measles! —— nry Ketires. Kate Fleld's Washington: “Your majesty,” reported the chief imp, “Henry VIIL kicks on glving up his room on the first floor and going into the attic.” “You just tell him,"” rejoined Pluto, “that he doesn't hold the divorce record uy longer and that we've got to have his apartments tor & gentleman from Sioux Falls. " THE_OMAHA DAILY BEE_SUNDAY, smngnxfi 9, 10k ( Orehard & Wilhelm Carpet Co. New Garpets. New Dr IALeS. Complete assortment Wil- tons, Axminsters, Moquettes, Brussels and Ingrains. A full line of the newest things in Rugs to be seen now. PATRIOTISM OF FOREIGNERS, (PR OMAHA, Aug.) 29410 the Editor of The Bee: I 'have redd’iwith a good deal of .in- terest the réport’ of'Sppreme Chancellor W. W. Blackwell of, (li¢ Knights of Pythias, es- pecially that part of it referring to the so- called ‘“‘German question.”” The proposition advanced by Mr. Blackwell Is that one who 1s classed as a ‘‘forsigner,” that is, an Amer- ican citizen of forelgn birth, cannot be a loyal and patriotic American unless he discards the language of his ancestors and banishes from his mind every vestige of a thought of those from whose blood he sprang. It srems that he would withhold the right of citizenship from anybody who is unable to acquire the knowledge of the English lan- guage, almost accuses of disloyalty those who were unable 1o do 50, and urges strongly and repeatedly memb:rs of the order of German origin to adopt the English lan- Buage. Now, it seems to. me thai Mr. Blackwell has not viewed this question from 1 the standpoints. If he would have examin:d into it carefully he would have found that the so-called *‘foreigner’’ has no need of his urging to learn the language adopted In this land, but that they.all learn it to their best ability, knowing well that any education or knowledge they may be possessed of is use- less to them without the knowl:dge of the language. But this is, not such an easy tasi as Mr. Blackwell imagines. The average immigrant comes here at a mature age, with his family, for which he must provide, and cannot afford to spend the first two or three years of his existence here learning the lan- kuage and not eayning anything., On the contrary, the most of {hem, after they have spent what cash was I:ft off their property for establishing themselves and furnishing their homes, have but Very little means left and have to go to work to earn their living at once. Now, sir, it spems beyond the com- prehension of Mr. Blackwell how difficult it is for a man, who spends his days in hard labor and often In sorrow, and care for his family, to find time for studying the Eng- lish langugge. To those who have been brought up® here and hardly ever heard any other than the English language, it might s:em a very simple matter and a very easy task. But my ob- servation teaches me that the English lan- guage is one of the most difficult languages to learn. Did you ever notice the’ fact that out of 100 “foreigners” who came here in some later period of their age and did not enjoy the benefit of eur public schools, in ninety-nine cases, you can tell, no matter how long they lived here, that they are “foreigners' before they have spoken a dozen words. If that proves anything, it does this, that the English language is one of_the most difficult to earn, Now, what do_thgse,German members of the Knights of Pythjag demand? It Is sim- ply this: They wanf £o carry on the busi- ness of their lodgg Jn, Ahe language that they know, so that théy) ¢quld participate in the work intelligently” Ajd for that they are ccused of disloyalty, give, even treason. Now, sir, it see "‘i) ne that Mr. Blackwell works under a fhistffprenension, when he thinks that the e of itself and alone ¢an e the cuusgof Tpyalty and patriotism. Why, if he wa: Ig"rl, we would have to find in that par} ofthis continent which lies north of th¢ lith dividing the United States more A\Erfer,I.-n patriotism and loyalty in our bwg state, because it is more English, you Kdow, And yet I venture to say, without fedr of successful contradic- tion, ‘that every “n:wxner" in the United States is a betterAnietican citizen than any English-speaking>Panatian, 1f Mr. Black Wils a shrewd observer he could have fdfhd*h the English history the best exampld-'that the language does not create loyalty“ot atriotism. England has robbed the T¥idhifien of their mother language and replaced 1t by its own, apd yet dare anybody sy ‘that the Irish are English patriots o' that account? “The Qivil a bit,”” the Irish are Irish still. I hold that langwage and loyally to a ccmmon government are distinct matters which is pot alone shown In the above Irish example, but we see it also In the oldest modern republic, Switzerland. It is a well known fact that the citizens of Switzerland are somewhat divided as to the use of the languages, some using the German, some the French and others the Itallan, and have dene so for centuries, and yet they are all patriotic, loyal and enthusiastic ad- herents of thier common country. We also see that Swede aund Norweglan, although divided by a difference In language, get along very well under one government, with- out trying to rob each other of the language of their fathers. 1 belleve that Mr. when he thinks that lackwell in error oreigners™ could not be as loyal and patriotic citizens of thiz country if they are unable to acquire the knowledge of the English language as native- born Americans are. Now, sir, let me assure ou that ameng thé so-called foreigners, even if, they could not speak the English language, there is as much love for the mstitutions of this country and as much readiness to de- fend them, If not more, than there Is among native-born. Let me remind you that the greatest impetus given to Immigration to this country was given by the oppression of the European despots after the dawn of 1ib- erty, which seemed to be 80 near in 1848, was darkened again by the hand of tyranny. Let me remind you that a foreigner who has suffered the iron heel of despotism and sought and s enjoying the blessings of liberty can and does appreciate it, much more so than one who mever suffered from tyranny. Let me remind you that among those who fought for the liberty of this country was a Pulaski, d a Kosclusko, and a Lafayette, and Steu- ben and scores of others who did mot know the English language, but they knew how to love and appreciate freedom and liberty. And if the “Father of Our Country” had re- quired of them that they should first learn the English language, so that they might Jearn to love freedom and liberty and fight for them, too, it is not known to this da Let me remind you that in our late unplea antness it was not asked of the regiments and companies of Irish, Germans and Bo- hemians and others if they had learned the English language, but they were welcome in the defense of this, our common country. sir, it is not true that a man can be a American only through the language of Johnny Bull, no more so than that he could obtain salvation through that language only; neither s it true that because a man loves the. language which he first lisped and in which his mother sang to him the sweet lullables which he knows well and thoroughly, better than any other one which he may have learned in his later days, should also cultivate a secret love for his fatherland and its institutions. He made this his new home and fatherland of his own free will and choice for sufficient csuse, and as far as citizenship is concerned, has cut loose for all time to come from the potentate to whom he was subject, and it he cherishes sweet recollections of his ehild- hood and still loves the language of his mother that dces not make him less of a patriotic American. He is true to his adopted country, true to the instituticns be- cause it Is the country of freedom and lib- erty, yet it could not claim to be such if it required from him that he should forget and throw to the wind his sweetest recollecticns, and branded him as disloyal because of his inability to learn the language, which is not of itselt exclusively American. Now, I believe that human nature is the same under any clime and In every mnation. Now let us take a glance at our own Ameri- can citizens who live in forelgn lands. Is it'not a fact that they are as “clannish,” as it is called here, when abroad as any emi- grant or foreigner in this country? Is it not a fact that they form a ‘“‘colony well in Paris as in Berlin or Vienna it mot a fact that whether they remain in France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Japan or China, whether temporarily or with the in- tention of spending thelr lives, they do not even assimilate with these people, and re- main Americans there? Is it not a fact that when any of them forget the land of their birth and despise the language of their fathers they do not find any praise by their countrymen? It is only a day or two ago that I read the following stricture in the Chicago Inter Ocean in its special correspondence from Rome: “Most of ofir country women settled here have married into the nobility, and their influence is greater morally than it Is nu- merically, because of the high positions they occupy. It seems strange, and rather sad to me, that there should not exist a single assoclation among these ladles for work, study or social intercourse. Their influ: ence, of course, makes itself felt here and thers, but in union Is strength, and much more’ could be accomplished by them as a class if there was less social jealousy and snobbery among them. One young countess whom I have seen grow up in Yankee land, and who never saw Europe until she was past 20, has no time to give her own peo- ple, talks Fnglish with constraint, and speaks of It:1y always as “‘my poor eoun- try, and of the queen as “my beloved queen.' She never siw either country or soverelgn until two years ago.” Let me, (n conclusion, again assure you that there is ng danger to our liberties and institutions from the language of those of our immigrated citizens who cannot dis- card all at once all of thelr sweetest recol- lections and become haters of all that was once sweet and pleasant to them, neither are they on that score less patriotic than the who never learned anything else but the English language. JOHN ROSICKY. m SPEGIAL smyma Rugs, Moguele Rugs, Japanese Rugs, Mellon Rugs, ec SMYRNA RUGS inches JAPANESE RUGS X6 fout XIS T00b et ioveisivist 0DD LUT 9°F RUGS Brusscls 7 Ingrn Moquet 8hopskin Biin Rugs, REMNANTS s, A5X48 InChos RN 14 1 7a6) inehes. L Also for this week a € Cotton lug Sumples Wool Tng uples Matting Romnants Ol Cloth Remnunts Linoleum Rennants. . 1 < Rag Curpeis.. Lo nnants Stair Carpets Misfit Tngrain Carpets Mistit Brassels C 1,000 Iassocks... %000 Ottomuns ... #10.00 worth of oods, 825,00 worth of goods, Ll nd 10 cents for pos Goods sold on payments RUG SALE. m cat Remnunt Sule 850,00 worth of goods, .00 worth of goods, £100.00 worth of goods, 03200.0worth of Koods, ge on Big '94 C Write for Baby Carriage Catalogue Close evening at 6:30 except worth $ 1 h, worth 3 ach, worth \ worth each, worth each, worth .50 10.0) # 240 cach, worth § 4.50 4.5 each, worth — 7.60 N, worth # 6.00 1, worth , worth worth tench, worth 138 cach; worth 245 each, worth 210 1 3.0) wch, worth 20 each, worth 10c yard, worth d, worth ard ) worth 1ie yard, worth 12 yard, worth 6.30 each, worth § 815 oach, worth e euth, worth cadh, worth #1.00 e 18.00 1.00 i .68 1.2 "TERMS. $1.00 per week or £4.00 per month, $1.50 per week or 86.00 per mon th. ) per week or $8.00 per month, ¥2.50 por woek or #10.00 per month. §5.00 per week er #1200 per month. #4.00 per week or $16,00 per month. ogue. Mailed Free. Council Bluffs & South Omaha ] turdays. OHOCHOEHOHCNONCHOHOGHONEOEO THEN AND NOW. Washington Star In earller years, when sentiment, Expanded in his soul, Oft to the forest shade he went Where murmuring brooklets roll But nowadays he doesn’t care or streams in sylvan lands; He haunts, indoors, the corner where The watér cooler stands. In earlier years he loved to lie eneath ‘the quivering trees, And let his locks about him fly, Responsive to each breeze. "Tis long since joys like these he quaffed; 'he youth is now a man Whe bares his bald head to the draft Of the electric fan. —l AVPIELIES. The Red Cloud (Neb) Chief relates that a few months ago that town had a preacher who often soared into high fields of thought and his descriptions of the heavenly city at those times were word pletures that some- times fell from the sublime down to tho commonplace. This good brother had twice tested the ineffable bliss of matrimonial life, and No. 2 was always on hand to remind him by her presence that heaven did not contain all his treasures. In one of his sermons he portrayed the New Jerusalem, its pearly gates, its jasper walls and its golden streets. His ~ deseriptive powers carried him to sublime heights, and many a hearty amen came from the pews in re- sponse to some heart touching thought. The minister's wife was a fervent woman, and often when her good husband was pre ing she shot in a “hallelujah,” and “‘amen or some other earnest ejaculation. that beautiful city,” said the eloquent preacher, “we all have friends. I have a beloved wife there.” ‘“Thank God,” cried out wife 2. The response was so un- expected that M nonplussed the preacher, and the audience saw the point and a broad smile spread over every face, and for the moment the heavenly city forgotten. Since then whenever that good brother refers in a sermon to his saintly wife in heaven he looks carefully over the congregation tovsee if No. 2 Is present, of Montreal to Ottawa, while passing down the hotel corridor to his room at a late hour, hap- pened to hear violent groans and sobs suing from one of the rooms. As the dcor was open he entered, and recignized a fel-" low Montrealer, prominent in political and business circles, and famous for his re- ligious and alcoholic tendencies. He wa kneeling at his bedside, clinging to the side of the bed, and sobbing as though his heart would break “What's the matter, our friend, touching shoulder. “I'm so drunk T can't was the tearful response. A citizen lately on a visit old the man sufferer inquired on the say my prayers,” Not long ago the son of a well ex-congressman from Massachusetts began to attend Sunday school, in accordance with the wish of the family that he be early in- structed in the way he should go. At the dinner table, after the exercises of the morning were over, he suddenly observed: “Papa, have ycu the love of Jesus in your heart? “I hope 80, my son. “Yes, papa.” “And how does it feel?" “Like a lump of lesd.” known Have you?" The mew minister had arrived at Deacon Clover's house and was to remain a few days. When the evening was far spent the dominie was escorted (o his bed room by the deacon, who said, as he opened the door to the rather small apartment: “This, Dr. Fourthly, is the prophet's chamber.” “Ah,” replied the clergyman, as he sur- veyed its circumscribed dimensions, “it must have been one of the minor prophets.” St. Peter—You were a salesman in & dry goods store on earth, weren't you? Spirit (timidly)—Yes, sir 8t. Peter—Then sit down at once. You needn’t be afraid. Your employer won't disturb you Lere. it Mrs, Ellen Malson, wite of Elder Malson, pastor of the U. 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