THE PITTSBUHG- DISPATCH, SUNDAY, iFEBKTTAKY 17, 1889."
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A PEEP AT SOROSIS.
Exactly What Was Done at a Meetint?
of the Famous Club.
DEBATE IN WHICH FOR FLEW.
Working Women, the Land Question, a
Poem and Gushing: Sentiment
ALBRIGHT SPECTATOR'S PEN PICTURE
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rCOnBtEPOKBINCZ Or TOT DISPATCH.
SEW YORK, Feb
ruary 14. There is
something suggestive
of late dinners and
lost money, contused
reminiscences and re-
volving keyholes,
headaches and de
pressing reflections in
tfae idea of a social
club; but when the
club is dressed up in
petticoats and tied
with a sash, in other
words, founded, organized and officered by
women, then its chief dissipation is a lunch
eon of muslin sandwiches and cambric tea,
its wildest revel a discussion on some esoteric
problem or transcendental theory.
The oldest and most famous womau'sclub
now in active operation is the Sornsis.which
was founded by Jennie June, Alice Cary,
Kate Field ana a dozen bright literary
women more than 20 years ago. It holds
its social'nieetings on the first Monday in
each month, in the banqueting hall and
parlors at l)elmonico, and probably there
is no psychological, economic or scientific
problem from the Azo.ic formation to the
decline and fall of the bustle that has
escaped its investigation and solution. Eo
complicated social question whose premises
have not been established fearlessly in their
councils.
Most women who join this club have
either a vocation, a mission or a hobby,
though occasionally a sweet, quiet woman
slips inside the mystic pale who is content
to be what God" created her, simply a
"woman, nothing more, and whom the others
regard with superior pity, because she has
no'auibition, no lile work, no peculiar and
glorious calling.
IS SACRED PKECISCTS.
Any time after 12 o'clock on these famous
Mondays, if you whisper "Sorosis" in the
ear of Cerberus, who waits in the elevator
to guard the approach to these occult myste
ries and ceremonies, you will be promptly
elevated to the third floor where'the rites
are performed, providing you have the
semblance and guise of a woman, for
though the members of Sorosis do not wish
to arrogate anything of superiority to them
selves because they have ha 1 the good for
tune to be women, and are willing to admit
that the accident of being born a man is a
misfortune and not a lault, still no man
may gain admittance to their festivities.
As the elevator slowly ascends a peculiar
sound or succession of sounds arrests your
attention as though sharp stacatto notes
were being picked from the shrillest strings
of a hundred violins; it is only half as
many women talking together of their
hobbies and their husbands, their servants
and their seriais, their children and their
charity, all talking at once, nobody listen
ing to anybody else, and no one minding
the discourtesy.
There are novelists ana journalists, physi
cians and professors, agitators and "re
formers, presidents of societies, teachers of
new theories, missionaries and advocates,
each capering wildly about her own pecu
liar hobby horse, and apparently oblivious
of every other prancing charger. In one
corner of the room under the surveil
lance of an apostle of physical culture
in dress reform costume without any wiist
line and a generous breadth of seam are the
celebrities of the day, looking" very much
subdued audnota little 1 Tightened. Thread
ing her way in and out among the throng,
an elderly woman with a diamond S en
graved with the word "Sorosis" blazing on
her shoulder and a peculiar smile on her
lips which beneath its velvet bears a sug
gestion of claws, greets each newcomer with
a dignified salutation. It is the president,
Mrs. Thomas, whose black silk dress is
turned away from folds of white mull that
are caught at the throat with a diamond pin,
while the heavy chain and seal of gold are
suspended from her belt Her bead, unlike
the others, is uncovered, and has a peculiar
fortification ot shell combs, one above the
other, with terraces of grayish-brown hair
between. Her face presents the impene
trable passivity and possibility of a gar
risoned fort Your respect and admiration
grow for the woman when you determine
later the slow process that hss crystallized
the features into their granite immobility as
you watch her qu etly and firmly hold in
leash a hundred women's tongues for full
ten minutes while another woman speak",
and then make the speaker stop talking
when her time is up in spite of her efforts to
continue, reinforced by the requests of her
friends,
CACKLE LIKE HENS.
Just outside the banqueting hall is a
smaller room, where heavy wraps are tossed
aside and bangs are coaxed Into coquettish
nfess. Few women, however famous and
learned, having souls above the setting ot
their bonnets, the swing of their draperies
and the suBuiUsion of their wind-tossed and
rampant tresses, and continually reinlorced
by the new comers Irom this retirement the
larger room grows more and mnre'erewded,
end bewildering diamonds flash and silks
rustle, sleek tabbies go purring- about the
room, occasionally stretching their claws
ominously and lurtively, hens cackle and
gabble over the particular addition they
bare made to the world's nest of eggs, anil
sometimes cackle loudest of all when thev
have laid no eggs at all; wise women look
on with smiling faces Irom some secure cor
ner and gather material for new wort and
magazine stories, and scheming women are
whispering softly to their unsuspecting sis
ters concerning the new officers presently to
be appointed.
"Women have nice instincts and practical
judgment in household economy, conse
quently the luncheon is served the first
thing on the programme. "Uever try to do
business or hold consultation on an'cmpty
ttomach," said a woman as she seated her
self at the table, "people are alwavs unrea
sonable when they are hungry. I think if
married women would rememlier that there
would be fewer misunderstandings between
them and their husbands. They ought
never to try to tell their husbands any
grievance, present him with auy bills or
enter into any nrguments until aiterdinncr.
Then he will listen and use a little reason."
HUBBIES DISCUSSED.
"Yes, but Mrs. B has a model hus
band," interrupted a lady near "I knpw
him because he's my husband's brother. He
isn't a bit like my husbaud."
"Well." continued Mrs. B smiling a
little, "I will sav that we have lived togeth
er 40 years next Thursday, and I am jut as
glad to see him now when he comes home as
I was 40 years ago. I don't mean to say
that we always think alike on all subjects
andnever disagree. No. There are many
ubjects we never try to discuss. I dor't
nag at him and he never nags at
e. That's all; and the reason
we get on so nicely together is
because I was not in too much of a hurry to
get married, I waited until I found the right
jne. I believe there is a right one lorevery
Eirf if she only finds him." And then all
thjunappropri.ited birdies and antiquated
fowl who had (ailed to find a mate bridled.
Buttered their feathers, flopped their wings
ind cackled harder than ever aiid took a
new lease of life.
"I think some girls fail to find the right
sne because he isn't quite tall enough" to
init them, or don't part his hair in the mid
dle, iust to please them," said a woman with
bright eves twinklin? mider isoirr hair.
2p tell the truth, I cane near doing it my-1
self. I refused my husband three times be
fore I accepted him."
And then a big woman plunged into the
argument with: "There are so many ave
nues of employment open to women now
that girls are more particular in choosing
husbands," and settled back into her place
again, wheezing, while all the chick-a-biddies
and venerable hens looked more
conscious than ever, while a brown-eyed
woman in a cardinal bonnet said: "Per
haps they ought to consider the suggestion
my husbaud gives his men friends, when he
says to them: 'You are expecting a faultless
woman for a wife; did you ever think what
the girl would get who married you? You're
not exactly perfect, are you?" '
THE BETEL PHOTOGRAPHED.
By this time all the people at the long
table were seated, with the President at the
head, the celebrities down the center and
the guests at the foot In another room the
members of the club arranged themselves
about the small table, chattering like spar
rows. Pretty women, called custodians,
fluttered around the table, introducing and
serving people, and the revel began.
Being a ladies' luncheon, of course its
elements were bouillon, croquettes, pattic,
a salad, ices and cake; its active principle,
water, of which quantities were consumed
with every cuure, and the conversation
never ceased. On one side the talk was of
the naughty Western Union telegraph girls
who were discharged for smoking cigarettes,
and one ot tbe old Sorois niemierssaid: "1
don't know why thev should be discharged any
more than the man," and on the otbera woman
was tellinc that she had no trouble keeping
bouse. When some of her perplexed sisters
it quired into it and found out that she bad
two old servants that uad been with her tor
j ears, with two yonnger ones for extra occa
sions, and that sbe never went into bur kitchen,
the wonder ceased. "What is Mrs. D's opin
ion on the subject?" said one, and another an-
s ereii: "ua ent you Known ner long enougn
to find out that she hadn't any? 1 never had
any fame or celebrity, but thank God I have
opinions."
Andsotbe stream of talk flowed on and on
until the lunch was over, and the ladies
gathered into the large room around a table
behind which the President sat mallet in hand,
and (lie garrison-lite features of her face brist
ling with figurative liayonets.
SOME tVELL-KXOWN FEMALES.
Beside her Jennie June sat nervously opening
and shutting her fan, thinking of the speech
she bad to make. Sbe has a strong, resolute
face, witb great intensity of expression and an
extremely nervousness of bearing. Acrss the
table Alice Gary's favorite niece, the little
"Lucy" of her writings, sat with a quantity of
short curls beneath her bonnet and attended
by a little maiden satellite with dark curls and
a lavender dress. May Kjle Dallas sat at one
side with a black satin dress, ber
smiling face framed in a black bonnet,
fshe is a fair woman with blond hair, ju-t
touched with silver, and a bright intellectual
face animated by an exprpisiou of constant in
terest in all about her. Marion Harland.Grace
Greenunod and a lio-t of other celebrities
gathered about in conventional bonnets and
gowns, scarcely distinguishable from the but-
teinies ana Dees oi social ana aouiestic me.
Not once, but inanv time's the little silver mal
let struck the table, accompanied bylhede
cideu "Ladies! ladie-! order, order, please."
Before the silence fell and the roll was called
someone sane a love song and May Kyle Dal
las read a littl original poem about "Cup. d's
School" in a sweet low voice with her little
peculiar li-p. "ilrs. Thomas! 0, excuse me,
Mrs. President," came from a far corner, "we
didn't bear, please have ber read it again. We
don't know any more about love than we did
before." So Mrs. Dallas began to read again.
The lines that she said possessed one great
merit, that of brevity. Still they r onlo not
hear, and at last, standincor. the elastic snnncs
of ner chair with what dignity sbe could mus
ter and laughing like a schoolgirl, she read
the lines and the women ah'd and ab'd in con
cert SWEET SOUNDS A3TD MAGKETIS1I.
There was some more love music, some slgh
ng nightingale's ode to something or other
and then the serious business of the day began.
It was a debate as to whether the condition of
the working women would be most benefited
by individual effort or lerfslat.on. The first
speaker called was not a Sorosis woman, but
one ol the invited celebrities, with a bunch of
carnations glowing on her breast and a silver
King'sDaugliter's cross gleamingbeneath them.
She was an impassioned, magnetic speaker n bo
pictured the wrongs and oppressions of work
ing girls in touching, thrilling tones. Half of
the women in tha room were in that delicious
condition just preceding a burst of tears.
There's nothing the average woman so revels
in as pathos and they were all thinking they
never would wear a ready-made ruffled skirt
again, which women were starving whilft
making. When the ten minutes which limits
a kiiniMS speech r-rne to an end, and cracking
down upon the flowers of the speaker's elo
quence fell the little silver hammer.
"0, please, Mrs. Thomas, let her finish. Til
give ber my ten minutes," said a woman, who
bad been talking all the time, and all over the
room there were entreaties from the women.
Tap tap tap went the silver hammer, and
"ladies" came the clear, calm voice. "Some
one must move a suspension of the regular cus
tom in this instance."
"1 make that motion," shouted 10 or 12 women,
and "I second it" supplemented 15 or VO more.
So the speaker resumed. The ladie slonly
dissolved into an ec tasy of tende ness. Little
snitls were beard here and there, and per
fumed handkerchiefs fluttered fragrance as
she concluded that the silver cross of the
King's Daughters was to close the breach be
tween capital and labor. No one quite under
stood which side oi tbeargument she supported.
The veteran debaters of Sorosis shook their
head- ominously and fluttered their fans ner
vously, as old war horses champ the bit and
paw the ground while the cnemv maneuvers.
impatient tbit the fizbt does not begin, so they
longed for the attack of the question itself in
argumentative and parliamentary discussion.
ELOQUENCE BUT NO POINT.
Then a gentle, low-voiced woman of the
Kindly Club, read a long, beautifully written
paper on protoplasms, and the Individual ele
ment of germ life or star mist or something of
the kind. It was exquisitely written. The
round full phrases flowed smoothly on and on
like a broad calm river, full of carefully chos
en, high sounding words and expression, and
as near a- could be determined, the efforts of
the Kindly Club were to transform tne wick-
eaness or the employer to generosity. It was
but a marshaling of troop , not the roar of
musketry, and the old war horses champed the
bit and fretted more than before.
"Why aoen't she touch on the question?"
gasped the President as sbe mse to call ber to
order, not realizing that she couldn't stop that
torrent of words. It flowed on peacefully to
the close.
Then another visitor with rarely practical
ideas and thorough knowledge of the working
women's condition, talked as long as she was
alloweiL whereupon an old Sorosis member rose
quietly, delivered nerseit oi tour sound ideas
in less than 40 words, and sat down. One alter
the other came the clear argumen t, rutting like
sw ord thrusts straight at the knot of the argu
ment, and the war horses pricked up their ears
and neighed in answer.
Then a pretty pink and white girl fluttered
ont on the platform, and began a tpeeth
which she had evidently committed to mem
ory. She was brim full of inspiration, ecstasy
and politics. Sbe knew just how to set every
thing straight, although she was only 22. Sbe
soared along on the Have of her argument like
a bird on full-spread wing until suddenly bang
went the iconoclastic haiunierof the President,
crashing into the pretty images of her fancy.
She had touched on the doctrines ot free trade,
and all political discussion is prohibited in
Sorosis. She righted herself up again, and once
more began to soar aloft, when the sound of the
mallet called ber back to earth again.
LAID OUT BY LAND REFORM.
This time it was the laud reform that laid
ber low. Said tie President: "I am very
sorry, but we do not allow party politics to
enter into our discussions."
"But this is no Land Reform party," said the
Chairman of the debate, who was the speaker's
friend.
"I must differ with yon." said the President
and firmly and decidedly she called the lady to
orler.
There was a buzz all over the room, indignant
protests at tne rresicienrs decision, equally in
iliin9Tifr uliinrtrintitt tn tha ntBtl'or'i tti1,cti, .,
M IRISH PASTIME
That Bids Fair to Become Popular
on This Side of the Ocean.
HUBLLNG FOLLY DESCRIBED.
An Expert Tells Bow to Laj Oat the
Grounds and Gives
THE BULE8 GOVERNING THE GAME
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NEW YORK,
February 16.
When the number
of Irishmen who
have made their
homes in this coun
try is considered it
is a bit surprising
that their national
Kama has not be
come Americanized.
Baseball is not bet
ter known and ap
preciated here than
is hurling in Ire
land, and yet until
this winter there has
been no systematic
effort to introduce
the game to this
continent Occa
sional matches have
been played in various large cities, so (hat
the name of the game is recognized, but it
has not as yet taken a conspicuous place
among American sports. It bids fair now,
however, to enjoy a considerable boom, and
by another season there may be a hurling
league, with championship contests aud big
audiences at the grounds to see the fun.
The importance of this game on the other
side of the Alantic maybe inferred from the
fact that in the Gaelic Athletic Association
of Ireland there are 17,000 hurling clubs.
Each club must have a membership of at
least 21 active players, for that is the regula
tion number of men to a side in champion
ship matches. This tremendous league
manages to find the champiouship club
every year, and at this time the season of
play is in full blast. As it would take sev
eral years of constant playing to play every
team in the 17,000 against every other, the
association has adopted a system of subordi
nate matches in order to eliminate from the
"AH Ireland" championship contests such
clubs, and that means the great majority,
as would hare no hope of winning. From
the 1st ot Februarv to April 20 every county
in Ireland is alive with matches played by
its local clubs. Only such clubs as win the
championships of counties are entitled to
enter lor the "All Ireland" tournament,
which occurs between April 15 and Hay 25.
A. PROFESSOR AT WORK.
Interest in the came was aroused in this
conutry by the recent vMt of Irish athletes.
They played exhibition games of hurling in
most of the large cities before great audi-
the ball across the goal line opposite to it
To gain'this end the playerlmay strike the
ball with his hand, or kick it, or hit it with
his hurley. It is never permissi
ble, however, to carry the ball, ex
cept when it is balanced upon the
hurley. A player maT catch the ball on the
fly in his hands, and if he succeeds be has
the privilege of a 'puck;' that is. he may
toss up the ball and bat it in any direction
he pleases, but he cannot throw it When
the ball is on the ground it must not be
picked op by the hand. In case these rules,
or any others, are violated, the referee may
punish the offending side by allowing the
other a free 'puck' if he thinks fit, in which
case no player of the offending side may ap-
f
jy
The Goalkeeper's Opportunity.
proarh nearer than 21 yards until the ball
has been struck. A goal is won when the
ball is sent between the middle posts and
under the cross bar; if the ball goes over
the bar. or over the goal line between the
outside. posts and the goal, a point is scored.
There is no score when the ball crosses the
goal line outside the limits marked by the
four posts. When a point or goal has been
scored, the goal keeper has a free 'puck'
from his post, in which case the men op
posed to him must stand off at a distance of
21 yards." .
BULES TO BE OBSERVED.
"What if the ball goes over the bound
aries at the side of the field?"
"If it does not rebound into the field, the
referee must throw it back at the print
where it crossed the line, in which case it
must touch the ground he'ore it reaches the
players, who must stand ten yards away
from the line when the ball is thrown.
THEMOffiSOFKOItEA.
A Jolly Time at the Monastery in
the Monntainsat An-Pien.
STOPPING AT A COUNTRY HOTEL.
A Fertile Conntrj, lot a Poor and Igno
rant Populace.
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A Scrimmage.
uignant objections to the speaker's utilortuiute
allusion. In the midst of 1 1 all the idrl herself
was gettinc white aliont tbe lipiand her cheeks
and eeswere blazing. Tbe dispute waged
fatand furious and in rain the silver mallet
rancout its warning round: but never once did
tbePiesident lose her temper, ber dignity or
her official smile.
At length a white-haired Uiyses of the camn
arose ami said decidedly: "I must agree with
tbe President in her decision and hope tbe
meeting will come to order." Tbe girl on tbe
platfonn bit ber lip. gulped down a sob, said
witb a ghastly attempt at a smile: "There is no
Land Reform party now, but I hope tbere will
be one soon," sat down on the edge of the plat
form, and cried.
Then tbe trained war horses tailored to the
front and fought it out among themselves.
Sword flashed against sword, steel clashed
against steel, rinpng and striking fire every
time, and tbe dignified President came up like
aconqnenng general, magnanimous but trium
phant beg"d everybody's pardon for tbe de
vision she h id been obliged to make iu con
forming to me laws of tbe society, and left the
held with flh?s flying and drntns beating.
Meanwhile, in tbe corridors, women wire
pullers were waylaying tbeunsupectitig. Inter
viewing them with regard to the coming elec
tion, and doing tbe neatest, cleverest kind of
lobbying as tbe ladles with flushed, tired faces
wended tnelr way homeward, wondering
whether the working women needed protection
or not, and which side they were on anyway.
Kate Kamssjl
etices. Three of the visiting athletes are
still in this country, and one of them, J. J.
Cullen, has become a member of tbe Gaelic
Society in New York. Not the least reason
for his stay here is the desire of the society
to introduce hurling as a prominent and
regular feature of American sports, and Mr.
Cullen is acting as a general instructor.
He is honored in Ireland aj the champion
indiridnal hnrler. Under his guidance at
least oue game is played every pleasant
Sunday in Weehawken, and by reason of
the open winter the sport has taken a good
start
As hurling is so little understood in
America, a diagram of the field is printed
herewith, as well as a picture of the tools or
the game and some sketches of the play. It
will be seen that the field is very similar to
that used for football. The dimensions are
marked in the diagram, and the general po
sitions of the men in a full team are indi
cated. A similar arrangement of men in the
lower half of the diagram would represent
the positions of the opposing team. None
of these positions are strictly maintained
during play, for, as in lootball, the men
must be where the ball is, and the imme
diate scene of action is constantly changing.
It is possible to play a good game of hurling
with 14 men on a side, but in that case the
grounds should be smaller. The Irish rules
allow of a field as small as 140 yards by 84
yards, and there is no objection to a field
larger than that indicated in the diagram.
Four goal posts are set up at each end of
the field. They are 21 leet apart, and across
the two in the middle is a bar ten and a half
feet from the ground. The general object of
!-
After playing for halt an hour the referee
calls time, and the sides reverse their posi
tions. The game ends with another half
hour's play. The count, of course, is by
goals and points. If no goals have been
made by either side, the one that made the
most points is the victor. The same rule
applies when each side has made the same
number of goals, but one goal will out
weigh any number of points so that, if one
side got ten or a dozen points but no goal,
and the other got one goal but no points, the
latter would be the winner."
"Does not the game necessitate a good
aeai oi roucn piay
Mr. Cullen smiled.
"Maybe," he said, "maybe it does. Let
me read you the Irish rule on that point:
'No player to catch, trip, push from behind
or butt with the head. Ho player to bring
his Jiurley intentionally in contact with
another player.' Now the referee has the
greatest discretion possible in interpreting
this rule. He may disanalify a player lor
a brearh of it, and in that case his side is
not permitted to substitute another player.
The referee may inflict various penalties' for
undue vigor in play, such as suspending a
hurler lor a short time, allowing the op
posite side a free 'puck,' and so ou. Never
theless it is not uncommon to get out of a
game wilh aching shins and any number of
bruises. The better the playerj of course,
the less likely he is to injure his opponents,
but in the excitement of play it is not to be
wondered at that some blows are accident
ally given."
"Are there any professional hnrlers in
Ireland, that is, men who make a business
of playing the game?"
"Not one. No one plays for a salary or
any other remuneration than emblems of
skill and soccers. Nevertheless,, I think
that the possibilities ot the game are so
highly developed as if there were a league
of professional players. Everybody in Ire
land plays tbe game, from school children
to old men. The 1,700 clubs in the Uselio
association represent not dnly upward of 3,
500 active hurlers, but many thousands
more who are 091 deemed expert enough to
have a position on a county team. There is
much interest in our Weehawken games,
and I look forward to seeing the sport se
cure a strong foothold in this country."
Feank,
ITBOU ODB TBAVXLtNO COMMI5SIONIH,J
EOUL, Korea, Octo
ber, 1888. The great
monastery in the moun
tains is one of those
chosen and built by a
militant Korean sect
to serve, according to
need, either as a retreat
for the spirit or a ref
uge for the body. The
monks themselves do
not look very warlike,
but the situation ot the
monastery is an almost impregnable one. It
can be reached by only one road, a long,
steep, stony path, in which "a thousand
might well be stopped by three;" behind it
on two sides are mountains of rock, and on
the fourth it is secluded by a very deep and
pricipitous ravine, through which dashes a
noisy torrent The central btjildings, on th'e
edge of the ravine, are the sacred apart
ments of the King, and they are kept in
perfect preservation and hourly readiness
for his coming.
The morning after our arrival I was waked
by roars of unfamiliar laughter. Tracking
the sounds, I came upon Captain Walker
per orming his ablutions in the midst of 100
monks, and delighting them at intervals
with the narrative, in excellent barytone, of
how
The old woman in the garret
.Let loose the talking parrot,
And there was, another jolly row down
stairs! All round the group were the great heavy
eaved temples, through the open doors of
which could be seen the solemn faces of
squatting gilded gods, while already half a
dozen priests were bending before the altars
with incense and drum. But some people
have no reverence. Not that the monks
themselves cared, for half an hour later I
was startled bygunshots close at hand, and
discovered the irrepressible navigator pick
ing the pigeons otTtheroofs of the very tem
ple in which worship was being offered, at
theurgentrequest of the crowd, whogatbered
up the dead birds with the greatest eager
ness. Yet we had been told that the Korean
monks never ate flesh.
CUBIOUS ABCHITECTUBE.
All the buildings of An-pien are in the
style to which the traveler so soon gets used
in the East rectangular wooden structures
with high-peaked roofs and richly carved
curving eaves, generally with three doors at
one side and the chief idol lacing the largest
central entrance. Be ore him are sets ol
altar utensils and little brass tallow lamps
and joss-sticks, which the pious visitor pur
chases for a few cash and lights at his pray
ers. The walls are covered with silk and bro
cade, mostly very old and time-stained; the
ceiling is marvelously carved and gilded,
perhaps a huge dragon appearing at one
end and worming himself in and out of the
masses of ornament to the other; and halt a
dozen gongs and drums invite the hand of
the too-willing pilgrim. The interior of
these temples is tawdry, but the
massiveness of the wooden architecture,
its bright colors. its Dicturesaueiv
contrived vistas of gate and gable
and column and pavilion, taken together
with tbe wonderful natural situation of the
places form an impressive and romantio
spectacle. The most curious sight in the
monastery, however, is lour huge idols of
brilliantly painted wood, carved with a
good deal of appreciation of the hecoic hu
man face and lOrra, which stare atone an
other, across a narrow passage Irom behind
the bars Jf two great cages, a pair ol war
gods being on one side, and a King and
Queen (the latter playing a colossal man
dolin) on the other. Every priest carried
or wore a rosary of red wooden beads, pol
ished like crystal by ceaseless fingering. I
told my interpreter" to ask one of them by
and by privately whether a string Of these
could be purchased as a souvenir. He,
however, blurted out the'question to the
Chief Abbot in the presence of 50 priests,
and tbe hospitable and delight. ul old
gentleman instantly took 08 his own rosary-
iug of the country "Oual keuiounni
eutesiol" "How is your health to-day?"
and would not even return a iriendly nod.
More than half the time I walked, and my
chief amusement was to get a mile or two
ahead of my caravan and enter a village by
myself, walk into the middle of it and. seat
myself calmly'on someliody's doorstep as if
I were perlectly at home. ThVstupefaction
of the native was delicious. Probably they
had never seen a white man before, for only
three or four ever crossed Korea, and at least
two of these Colonel Anderson and Lieu
tenant Prichard, of the Fifty-eighth, went
by the longer.and better route.
A BECEPTIOIT.
First they would stare from a long dis
tance, then they would drive off the dogs,
then some patriarch would approach cau
tiously and hazard a question. I would
reply with a few lines from "Hamlet" or
"Paradise Lost," whereupon they would all
laugh. Then one would remove his long
pipe from his mouth and offer it to me, and
though the courtesy was neither accepted
nor returned, it sufficed, to break the ice.
Invariably, they wonld begin by'leeling ot
my clothes, and the different "textures of
these filled them, knowing nothing hut the
calico which is their sole wear, with infinite
amazement. Especially the corduroy ol my
riding-breeches pleased them, and they
would send to the other end of the village
for a old man to come and feel of it.
Childish and ignorant in the extreme they
were, knowing less of the outside world
than a Digger Indian. Poor, too, beyond
felling. I believe that 51 would have
bought everything (except the crops) that I
saw exposed lor sale in hundreds of shops
from the time, I left Gctisan till I struck
Seoul. The men were well-built as a rule
and fairly well-featured, but I did not see
a single woman or girl during my trip who
could have been called even moderately
good-looking. The daily labor in the fields
or at the millet-mill is too hard for that,
and the women are even more beasts of
burden than the men.
As regards the country itself, it was far
more fertile in appearance and also much
more cultivated than I had been led to ex
pect. Alter leaving the monastery we
climbed till evening, then slept in a fiat
valley, then climbed again through a suc
cession of narrow, rocky and difficult passes
till we reached an extensive plateau or
table-land 2,500 feet above the sea, stretch
ing between two fine mountain ranges, and
perhaps 40 miles in length. The mountains
were splendid in their autumn tints, the air
was superb, the weather perfect, and I had
not a lonely moment In fact, I seldom
passed pleasanter davs than Idur of those
spent riding or walking in utter solitude in
Central Korea. The chief crops grown in
the interior of Korea are rice, millet, beans,
and red peppers, the second of these much
predominating, and furnishing
THE STAPLE FOOD
for the people. So far as appearances
tell anything to an inexpert eye, Korea
ought to be rich in minerals and there is
certainly plenty of land which would give
fair if not great returns for cultivating.
The village industries were l&tr and far be
tween a little spinning and a little primi
tive weaving of cotton cloth. The country
is miserably poor at present, lor nobody
cultivates much more than will support
him, as the only outlet for the surplus, and
that an unavoidable one, is into the pocket
ol the nearest official.
My last day's journey of 1G hours brought
meto tne great gate 01 Seoul at 8 0 clock.
This was the first glimpse of the East of my
imagination the rocky ascent, the towering
hattlemented walls, the huge black gates
inexorably rinsed. Neither persuasion nor
money could open them, as the keys of the
colossal padlocks were with the King's
guard at the palace. So rather than return
five miles to a choumak, I rolled myself up
under my rug and slept-there on a big stone
all night, and when the morning broke and
the country men, coming to market, lifted
the corner of the rng and saw what was
underneath, they were not a little aston
ished. Then at "daylight we rode into the
city, and Mr. Colin Ford. Her Majesty's
most hospitable Consul, met me at his gate
in gorgeous pyjamas, and extended the bath
and the breakfast and the welcome of civil
ization to a tired and. hungry-and particu
larly dirty traveler.
Henbt NOBMAir.
A QUAINT CHARACTER
Biography of a Westmoreland County
Pioneer Who Was by Tnrns
AH INDIAN FIGHTER, AN INDIAN,
deader of a Hand of Border Regulators, a
Bebel, a Legislator and
APATBIOTK BEY0LUT10NABX SOLDIBE
ME EARTH'S MOTION.
the
Some Interesting' Information About
Bnll on Which We Live.
The ifoutb's Companion.:
The earth revolves on her axis in 23
hours, 6 minutes,-and 4 seconds. This
time is required for one rotation from a star
round to the same star again. The revolu
tion is therefore called a sidereal day.
While the earth has been turning on her
axis, she has been advancing in ber orbit,
and it will take her four minutes on tbe
average to come to the same position in re
gard to the sun; thus, adding four minutes
to the length of the sidereal day, gives 24
A BIRD BAFFLES A BURGLAR,
A Household Alnrmrd by the Fight Between and when at noon we mounted our ponies, a
s;-
JSeginning the Game.
the game is to send the hurley ball across the
goal line between the middle posts and be
low the crossbar. The difference between
this play and football will be noticed, lor in
football it is the object to send the ball over
the crossbar ol the goal posts.
THE GAME DESCRIBED.
The chief implement o"f the game is of
wood, shaped somewhat like a hockey,
though much broader and heavier. It is
called a hurley. The Irish rules do not de
fine the .pattern to be u-ed. The hurley
ball is made ol cork and woolen thread anil
is covered with leather. It should be fouf
and a half or five inches in diameter and
weigh irom seven to ten ounces. How the
game is played may best be put in tbe
words of Mr. "Cullen, who told the writer all
about it recently.
"To begin with," he said, "each side has
jn umpire, and there is a referee whose
judgment is final on all disputed points.
When tbe opposing captains have tossed
lor choice ol positions the hurlers stand in
two lines in the middle of the field, touch
hurleys across and then separate. That is a
formal recognition that the players are
friendlv and are ready to begin. 'The ref
eree, who stands a little distance from the
end of the two lines, then throws the ball
between them, either rolling it along the
ground or tossing it higher than the players'
heads. After that each side striae to get
n Thirf nnd a Parrot.
Cincinnati Enquirer.!
Mr. Emil Eothe, who lives at 267 Browne
street has a poll-parrot. The bird has been
with the family for a number of years, and
is highly educated and a great pet. Its cage
is usually hung at night in a rear room on
the second floor. A window of the apart
ment overlooks a grape arbor, close against
the wall ol the dwelling. Night before last
no one occupied the apartment
About 5 o'clock yesterday morning Mr.
RotheVas awakened by the bird, which was
loudly shrieking. "Papa! papal" The par
rot kept up these cries for several minutes,
until Mr. Rothe, finally alarmed by the un
usual disturbance, determined to go to see
what was the cause. "When he turned on
the light he saw poll sitting on the cross
bar of the cage. The bird immediately re
cognized him and set up a chattering and a
chuckling 01" victorious "ha ha's!"
Poll looked like his famed predecessor
who had the exciting adventure with the
monkey. One wing was broken aud the
bottom of the cage was covered with
feathers. The bird was ruffled up gen
erally, and, in fact, had the appearance
of having passed through a threshing ma-1
chine.
There were blood marks on the wires of
the cage, and everything indicated that poll
had engaged in a lively and deperate fight
Looking around Mi. Rothe found that the
window was broken. On the sill were the
bloody prints of a man's fingers. A burglar
had made an early morning visit to the res
idence. Climbing up the arbor, he easily
raised the windoyv and entered the room.
ills movements must have awakened poll.
The bird evidently gave the alarm, and the
intruder, realizing that something had to
be done quickly, at once attacked the In
telligent pariot Thrusting his hand into
the cage tbe burglar tried to wring the
bird's neck. Instead of quietlvsubraittin?
poll showed fight. With beak and claws
poll attacked the robber, sinking the sharp
weapons into the flesh of the intruder s
hand. So vigorously did poll use nature's
weapons, and at the same time utter
screams, that the burglar was forced to re
tire baffled and bleeding from painful
wounds. He must have dropped from the
window just as help reached the door, as
Mr. Eothe heard the noise of a fall as he
entered.
't
bracelet of especially big beads and handed
it n ma n....?..... 1ITL. A. . I.- I lU
haeh .rBL' nX.X'T h fr the solar day.
fore leaving I wished to make him some
present in return, but rans.tckitig my bag
produced nothing whatever suitable. My
revolverorknilelcould not spare, the old
gentleman had already refused to taste
whisky, and there appeared to be literally
nothing to give him. I recollected, how
ever, that I had had some new silk hand
kerchiefs made and embroidered in Japan,
and one of these presented with many airs
and the explanation (Irom the Captain) that
the monogram on the corner was "good
joss," satisfied him completely. For our
entertainment we left a few dollars in the
treasury, the amount, attested by our au
tographs, being solemnly and elaborately
entereii in ine great teageroi tne monastery,
hundred of the white-robed, much-hated
priests, led by the venerable abbot himself,
came a little way down the hiil with us to
give us goodby.
KOBEAN TBAVEL.
For three hours we climbed steadily up
the narrow pass and theu through it. The
road was merely a bridle path, or tne dry
bed ol a mountain stream strewn with stones
of all sizes. But the ponies never slipped
or even hesitated, and our little train wound
along in single file without a moment's rest
till dusk. From 11 o'clock till 3:30 it was
blazing hot, and ni? helmet, with its two
inches of solid pith, was none too thick.
Then it began rapidly to grow chilly, and
long before dusk I had a irieze riding coat
buttoned up to my chin. By 6 o'clock we
have descended somewhat to an extensive
plateau, and in the distauce we can hear the
The time of tbe axial rotation has not
varied the hundredth .part of a second in
2,000 years. It may, therefore, be considered
as invariable, and is consequently adopted
as a fundamental unit in astronomical
measurement.
The earth revolves in her obit around the
sun in 365.26 days, giving another standard
measure of time, tbe length of the year.
The velocity of the earth in her ordit is al
most incomprehensible, for the'huge sphere
spins along at the average rate of 18 miles
in a second. The earth's orbital revolution
and the inclination of her axis to the plane
of the ecliptic, cause the changes of the
season and the varying length of day and
nignt.
The earth has a more complicated motion
known as the procession of the equinoxes.
It consists of a wabbling motion of the
pole of the heavens around the pole or the
ecliptic in a small circle requiring 25,000
years to complete. It is caused by the at
traction of the sun and moon upon the earth
at the equator. Consequently, ecliptic aud
equator do not cross at the same point, but
the equinoctial falls back each year 50 sec
onds of a depree.
One effect of this movement is to change
the polar star, for to whatever point of the
heaven the pole points, the nearest star to
that point is tbe polar star. The present
polar star willno longer enjoy that distinc
tion, 3,000 years hence, and the brilliant
Vega will be the polar star, 12,000 years
hence.
The earth is moving through space. The
sun, carrying with him the planets, satel-
rwnimts for Tin dispatch.
F variety is the spice of life,
the career of James Smith, a
pioneer of Westmoreland
county, certainly was sea
soned richly. He was suc
cessively a captive in the
hands of hostile savBges(ian
adopted member of the tribe
of Conowaga Indians, a lead
er of a band of border guerrillas, who
plundered the King's troops, and captured
a British post by stratagem; Captain of
provincial troops during the Indian wars; a
prisoner, charged with willful murder
held in irons and under guard;
a county officer; a soldier in the
Revolutionary War; a member of the
constitutional convention of Pennsylvania
in 1776 and afterward a representative to
the General Assembly from Westmoreland
county; commander of a battalion of rifle
men and a'terward a Colonel; a pioneer
settler in Kentucky and, finally, a member
of the State Convention and of tbe Legisla
ture nearly up to the time of his death. He
was also the author of a book, now un
fortunately exceedingly rare, written for
the purpose of perpetuating the story of his
many adventures and the strange incidents
of a singular life history.
James Smith removed to Westmoreland,
coming from east o the mountains,' about
the time the act was passed erecting that
county (1773). Part ot his remarkable ex
ploits antedate his settlement in Western
Pennsylvania. In the spring of 1755, while
be was a resident of Cumberland county, he
was engaged with others in opening up a
road Irom Fort London toward Ruystown
(now Bedlord). One day in May the little
party was attacked by savages and Smith
was made a prisoner. He was taken by the
Indians toFort Duquesne, arriving there
just in time to witness the return of the vic
torious French and Indians alter the defeat
of Braddock.
HE IS MADE AX INDIAN.
He describes in graphic language the in
human barbarities which were practised
upon the-white prisoners at the fort, and of
which he received his lull share. Taken by
nis captors in the Ohio wilderness, watch
ing forn opportunity to escape, but never
finding one, he at length began to conform
to the manners and customs of those about-
him until the savages came to have a high
regard for their pale-faced brother, and re
solved to adopt him into their tribe. He
does not say whether his consent to this plan
was asked or not; but it is apparent from his
story that his wishes would have counted
for little, one way or the other. So the
Couowagas proceeded to make a good In
dian out of Smith. Thev had a highly
original method of doing thi, and the pro
cess afforded no end ot amusement to all
save the luckless victim.
First a brawny warrior seized the captive
and began yanking band ul after handlul
01' hair out of his head. "He plucked me
exactly as one would pluck a turkey," says
Smith, "having a quantity of ashesat band,
in which he rubbed his fiugers every now
and then to enable him to obtain a firm
hold." When the job had been cempleted
to tbe satisfaction of the self-appointed bar
ber all that remained of Smith's locks was
a small tuft of hair on the top of his head.
The prisoner was then turned over to the
young women of the tribe, who fell upon
him unceremoniously, and despite all strug
gles on his part led him into the middle of
a small stream and ducked hitu repeatedly
under tbe water: When they had immersed
him so many times that he was nearly
drowned he was led out and given into the
hands ot several braves, who removed his
clothing and dressed him in full Indian
costume, painting his face and making bim
in appearance a lull-fledged warrior. Think
of a man in this guise afterward sitting in
the convention over which Benjamin Frank
lin presided to assist in making a Constitu
tion for Pennsylvania!
FBOTV SATAOEBY TO CIVILIZATION'.
The ceremonies all completed, the chief
made a long speech to Smith, compliment
ing him upon the nerve and pluck he bad
displayed, and informing bim that lie was
now a son of the Conowagas and a brave
Indian, all the white blood having been
washed out of him during his involuntary
immersion in the stream. Alter that Smith
lived with the savages, hunted with them.
and was treated in all respects as one 01 the
tribe. But he did not become a savage and
only awaited an opportunity to escape and
return to civilization. His lreedom came at
last, at Montreal, in 1760, when an exchange,
of prisoners took place, and be made all
possible baste back to Pennsylvania. Ha'
served later as Lieutenant and Captain of
Cumberland country troops under Arm
strong and Bouquet, until the Indians were
conquered.
But even after the conclusion of peace in
1765 the inhabitants of tbe border settle
ments were still uneasy and distrustful of.
the savages, and not without good cause.
At the first opportunity Indianitraders be
gan to renew their traffic with tne red men,
supplying them with spirits, arms, ammuni
tion and anything else they wanted. Tha
men in the border settlements became
alarmed, and those living in the vicinity of
Forts Loudon and Littleton organized them
selves into a body known as the "Black
Boys," their object being to prevent tho
traders from carrying supplies to ths
Indians. Smith was the leader of'theso
self-appointed "regulators:" In May, 1766,
a train of pack-horses, on their
way to Fort Pitt with goods, were
fired npon by the Black Boys and tha
traders compelled to surrender their stores,
which were collected together and burned.
These and many similar escapades, in all of
which Smith and his father (the latter a
justice ot the peace in Cumberland county)
bore a prominent part, created a profound
sensation and led to a voluminous corre
spondence between the British military
commander and tbe provincial authorities.
But all efforts to capture and punish tho
rebel, Smith, and his band were futile,
though the Black boys continued for years
to harass Indian traders and British' sol
diers. CAPTTTBE Or X FOBT.
It was in 1769 that Smith and bis band
performed their most daring achievement,
it being nothing less than the capture of the
British fort at Bedford and the release of
the persons who were held there as prisoners,
charged with offenses similar to those per
petrated by the Black boys. This bold and
lawless act was performed by 18 men, who
made an attack at an early honr in tha
morning when the guards were perhaps a
trifle less vigilant'than usual. Smith took
possession of the arms in the fort, and after
forcing the blacksmiths to cnt tbe irons
from the prisoners, the Black Boys took- a
hasty departure. This deed also appears to
have been unpunished.
The same year that he took the fort Smith,
was tried for the murder of a man named
Johnson, but acquitted. In 1772 he was
County Assessor of Bedford county, and
atter his removal to Westmoreland county
he served in tbe same capacity. In 1774 ha
was captain o" a militia company fighting
against the Indians. In 1776, at the head
ot a company of rangers in Naw Jersey,
with 36 men, he defeated a detachment of 230
Hessians and took several of them prisoners.
Then came his election as a member of tha
Constitutional Convention and in the Stata
Assembly, to which he was several times re
elected; his appointment as colonel of a
regiment in service against the Western
Indians; his removal to Bourbon county,
Kentucky, in 1783 and his continual service
as a legislator until 1799. He died abont
the beginning of the present century.
The whole history of the pioneers of
Western Pennsylvania contains no record
of a more remarkable character than James
Smith. Basnet.
KITCHEN COUNSEL
Ir you are baking bread tarn the loaves top
side down in the hot tins and let them s'and a
few moments. This will make the crust tender
so it will cut easily.
Here is a recipe for breakfast biscuit: Taka
1 quart of sweet milk, one-half a cupful of
melted butter, a little salt, two tablenoonfuls
nf baking powder, flour enough to make a stiff
batter; do not knead into dough, but drop into
buttered tins from a spoon; bake in a hot oven;
tmless the oven is hot the biscuit will not ba
light
A correspondent forni-'bes this recipe for
scalloped potatoes: Cut raw peeled potatoes
into very thin slices; place a layer of potato on
the bottrira of tbe bakingdish: cover with milk,
bits of butter, salt and pepper; then another
laver of potatoes, etc, until the dish is full.
Bake until the potatoes are easily pierced with,
a fork.
The very best ginger snaps are said to ha
those baked thus: One cup of butter and lard
mixed. 1 cup of sugar. I cup of molasses, one
half cup of water. 1 tablespoonful nf ginger, 1
teaspnonful nf clove.", 1 teaspoonful of soda
dissolved in Hot water. Flour for a pretty stiff
dongb. Roll out thin and bake quicEly. They
keep well.
Stewed tomatoes, with onions and bread,
are liked by some people. Empty 1 can of to
matoes mto a saucepan, place over fire, and
when hot add 1 small onion sliced, witb sale,
and pepper and a little sugar; stew 20 minutes,
add 1 tablespoonful of butter and one-half a.
cupful of bread crumbs: simmer 10 minutes
and serve.
Pork, with pig's liver, is a French dish made
a" follow: Cut In dice a quarter nf a p6und of
fat pork or bacon with a pound of fresh pig's
liver. Frv tbe pork lightly, then add tbe liver;
season with salt and pepper and fry for five
minutes. Add a pint of boiling water and a
pound nf turnips cut in small dice. Simmer
for an hour.
Tms is t)ie French way of cooking pork and
cabbage: Cut the pork in slices and freshen a
little if extremely salt Cut In slices also a firm
head of winter cabbage or two small ones. Put
a thick layer of the cabbage in a large stewpan;
shred an onion very tine and scatter over it,
also a few whole pepper corns, two or threa '
cloves, and, if liked, a pinch of thyme and sum
mer cavory. Lay on ;he pork, then the remain
der of tbe cabbage, seasoning as above. Cover
with plenty of water ana boil for two hours.
ITCHIM SKIN DISEASES.
ogs of a village,. As we we enter it they iites,comets and meteoric bodies following in
range themselves in a snapping, yelping
baud at our heels, aud from every low door
way an innanitunt crawls out to look at us.
In the middle of the village the 20 or 30
miserable thatched dwellings hardly deserve
the name we came to a halt and I Cba
Sam approached. "Vhat is it?" I ask
111 in, and he replies with a single Japanese
ord, "We will sleep." I looked at the
house before us and my heart sank. True,'
I knew that Korea did not boast a Palace
Hutel, but this was rather too much. A
big, fumble-down, badly-thatched hovel
surrounding a yard; all round this, stills
for ponies and bullocks. I Clia Sam fliAg
open the door about two feet by three and
bowed me in. Tbe floor was hammered
earth; the walls were mud, covered iu spots
with very dirty paper; the material 01 the
celling was concealed by the dirt and smoke
ot generations and tapestried with spider's
webs. At first, of course, I was highly
indignant with Sam for bringing me to
such a vile hole, but from the look of genu
ine surprise on nis handsome, placid counte
nance I soon gathered that this was the
regular Korean hotel, and that I had noth
ing else to expect Therefore, I accepted
the inevitable with what joy I could, and
with difficulty crowded myself, my bag,
rug and provision boxes into the room.
Then a tin of soup, ball a pound of corned
beef, two bowls of tea, a nip pour tuer le
ver, a pine, a few pages of diary and sleep
theoretically.
The people of the country varied very
much. Two villages out of three were very
friendly, highly inquisitive and easily
moved to laughter. The third was general
ly sullen and its inhabitants would not
come near me, would not reply to the greet-
! his train, is hastening toward a point in the
constellation Hercules, at tne rapid pace of
20,000 miles an hour.
It might seem that, traveling at this rate,
the goal must soon be reached. Such, how
ever, is tbe inconceivable distance of the
stars, that more than a million years must
pass before our sun and his family, at their
present rate of travel, .havo spanned the
depth of space that intervene between their
present position and the shining suns of
Hercules.
A Dad Starter.
-f -
I scratched 28 yean. Body covered with
scales. Scratched II the time. Suffer
Ing endless'ind without relief. Cured by
the Cuticura Remedies. Skin now as clear
as a baby's.
If I bad known of the Cuticuba Reme
dies twenty-eight years ago. It would have
saved me S200 00 (two hundred dollars) and an
immense amount of suffering. My disease
(psoriasis) commenced on my head in a spot
not larger than a cent It spread rapidly all
over my body and got under my nails. Tbe
scales would drop off of me all the time, and
my suffering was endless, and without relief.
One thousand dollars would not tempt me to
have this disease over again. I am a poor
man, but feel rich to be relieved of what some
of tbe doctors said was leprosy, some ring
worm, psoriasis, etc I took . . . and . . . Sar
saparillas over, one year and a half.Dut no cure.
I went to two or three doctors, but no cure. I
cannot praise the Cuticuba Remedies too
much. They have made my skin as clear and
free from scales as a baby's. All I used ot
them was three boxes of Cuticdra, and tbreo
bottles of CuncrURA Resolvent, and two
caKes of Cuticura- Soap. If you had been
here and said you would have cured me for
200 CO you would have had tbe money. I
looked like tne picture in your book of psoria
sis (picture number two, "How to Cure Skin
Diseases"), but now I am as clear as any per
son ever was. Through force of nabit, I rub
my bands over my arms and legs to scratch
once in a while, but to no purpose. I am all
welL I scratched twenty-eight years, and it
got to be a kind of second nature to me. 1
tb yk yiu a thousand times. Anything more
you want to know, write me, or any one who
reads this may write to me, and I will answer
it DENNIS DOWNING.
Watebbubt, Vt., Jan. 20, 18S7.
Cuticura
The Teacher You've BOt advanced Tery
far, have you ?' "
The New Boy Tm so darned bashful,
maim, I don't dare t" step a foot nigher to
ye. Judge.
To cleanse the skin and blood of every blem
ish and impurity, no agency in tbe world of
medicine is so speedy and infallible as tha
Cuticura Remedies.
Cuticuba, the great skin cure, instantly
allays the most agonizing itching and inflam
mation, clears the skin and scalp of every trace
of disease, heals ulcers and sores, removes
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Feb. 7, 1888. Not a trace whatsoever of tha
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