THE KING OF COREA HIS THRONE THE ENVY OF THE EASTERN POWERS. American* Core*'* Only t'rlrnil* The Ktng I* n Vif-tllu of Int ritfiie nftil Family InllueiM t-«l by iVi-imii* Who MhimI Close to Him. HE King of Corea Is not a happy man. Despite the fact that, hla country hears the poetic and soothing name of "The Land of the Morning Calm," his existence for the past fifteen or twenty years has been exciting. It lias been a continued round of san guinary palace revolutions, of assas sinations of relatives and dignitaries on the stafr of Hits Oriental monarch, of plots and conspiracies without number, and, above all, of more or less success fill attempts to kidnap his own sacred person. The different and conflicting I! political factions of his countrymen i have each kidnapped hint in turn. Ho, i~ too, have the Chinese, the Japanese and p the Russians. The latter have had him for some time past In their possession, a privileged prisoner at the Muscovite Legation. According to dispatches, j some of his own subjects have recently Ifbecn endeavoring to recover possession of him and restore him to his royal pal , a'O. He Is a weak and vacillating man, * Influenced entirely by the persons who happen to he with him for the time he ll. g. During his long minority he was f dominated by his father, a wicked old prince who tortured and killed mis sionaries, and who by Ills savage and reactionary policy forced upon the for eign powers the first opening of the country. He has put to death thou sands of persons, has himself been | THE KINO OK COREA. twice kidnapped and deported, and on one occasion almost succumbed to de termined attempt* to blow him up with gunpowder. It is be who is supposed to be at the head of the present con spiracy to kidnap the King, his son, from the Russian Legation. As long as the monarch remains under the eye of the Czar's Envoy the latter's influence is predominant, whereas that of the Prince is, of course, nil. The circumstances under which the King was conveyed to his present quar ters were sufficiently dramatic even to satisfy those inured to the sudden ups and downs of Oriental government. The King was at the time entirely under the influence of his wife, a woman of ex traordinary strength of character, and who had distinguished herself by her pronounced opposition to the control tiie Japanese at one time exercised over her husband and his kingdom. Seeing their power on the wane, and rightly attributing the cause thereof to the Queen, a palace revolution was or- I ganized by the Mikado'* Envoy. The \ royal abode was invaded in the middle i of the night by a band of assassins, ; among whom were recognized Japanese 1 officials, soldiers and colonists. The j King was seized, while the Queen was literally hacked to pieces in the court j yard, two of her nieces and favorite I companions were burned alive on the saipe spot. In the midst of uii the tur moil a party of Russian sailors appear ed upon the scene, and, kidnapping the Klog. carried him off to the Russian i Legation, where he has since remained „ prisoner. Corea’s independence would long since have been destroyed hud it not been for the Jealousies that prevail ^iiinong the various power* of the Orient and Occident with legat'd to it* pos session. The Japanese are anxious lo ' have it, not only on account of it* enormous, hut us yet undeveloped, nilu • tal wealth, but also because U prac tically commands the Japanese Archi pelago. and. lu the hands of any power ful nation, such as Russlu. England, or I evru China, would constitute a perpet I nal menace lo the land of the Mikado. I The Chinese are desirous lo have It, j because its occupation by a foreign 1 power la a peril to the northern por tion of iheli emnlre. The Hua*lana need li as a terntlaiM (or their Uana-lMbcrlan railroad and as ! gn *11 the-y< at round headquarters for ihetr navy sad army on the shore* of > ike I'uvirtc England tlerniaay and ! even Ih* I tilled tltatea are anxious tu prevent any foreign poser from get- | t mg hold of the kingdom and elostug It - to Ihetr Made It mat |m added that the ’ If- oily loreigher» for whom the King has | ■ vat shown any regard and cuaitdeoee i «e been \mer leans. sad up is althln ) ^ tr year* previous to the outbreak of • h* war between t uma and Japan I hilt weave af the 1 tilted mate* |> rejoin- , j^k • unted at itrtrTtf % Is lla l*lk«r« lwau«|w J i| It at mead Aaqwlifc. who ha* Just • holorahipw at Maillol College Utfard. , U the eldest son of the Mrltuh *« home i entire!try TtmlMlt y*ar* ago h-e f twlhsr obtained the earn* disithellon THE DRUMMER S LATEST, lu.llir ThfNtrr Me Had More In* Thaa ; \\*n 1 ill «*»»«! **«l. The d ni ill me r always brings the lat est trick, says the American Commer cial Traveler. Here It is: Take a spool of white hasting cotton. Drop it into your Inside coat pocket and. threading a needle with It. pass It up through the shoulder of your coaL Leave the end an Inch or so long on the outside of your coat and take off the needle. Four men out of live will try to pick that whole thread off your shoulder, and will pull on the spool un III It actually does seem as though your clothps are all bastings, and that they were unraveling not only your clothes but yourself. ‘T was in to see a new play in Boston,” said the travel ing man. "It was in tin- most interest ing and pathetic portion of the play. Every body was rapt. I was sitting bolt upright, and didn't know or care to know a soul around me, when sud denly I felt some one tugging at that busting cotton that I myself had clean forgotten. I didn't say a word and did noi move. Foot* by foot It unrolled. Half-glancing around, I saw a matt a total stranger yanking at the thread. His face was scarlet. He had pulled out about ten yards and was now hauling In hand over hand. He didn't care to stop because be bad decorated my back anil the whole aisle with basting rollon. He hardly dared to go ahead, for he didn't know what portion of my do mestic Interior economy he was trifling with. Hip! Hip' went the thread. Hand over hand he yanked it In. T he aisle was full of it. 'For heaven's sake, will It never end?" said he above his breath I sat perfectly still and ran the spoo, while he pulled. How I wanted to yell! I never saw anything half so funny. The whole section of the house got onto It, They didn't know whether to laugh at me or him, but sat and looked on amazed at the spectacle. At last the stranger behind gave one frantic, rip and yanked out about eleven yards In one bunch, and as the cotton got twlst ed around his watch chain, over his eyeglasses, in his hair and tilled his lap, I turned around and, producing the spool from my pocket, said: 'I am sorry that 1 misled you. You see. I have about 124 yards left, but I presume that you don't care for any more tonight. 1 am honestly sorry, but I can't help smiling.' “The man was a modest sort of gen tleman In appearance. His face was as red as fire even to his ears. He looked at me and then at the spool. He changed color once or twice and wber. the crowd caught on a big laugh went up." THE LATE MR. HORR. Like Most Successful Men He Henan Life on the Karin. The late Koswell G. Horr was a na tive of Vermont, and wus born sixty four years ago ut Waltslleld, In that state. Whet, he was four years old his family came west and settled in Lo ra Ir* county. Ohio. There he passed the years of his boyhood. He entered Antioch college and was graduated with the class of 1857. He began his political career as clerk of the court of common pleas of Lorain county, and was re-electe 1 to that office In 1860. Meanwhile he studied law. and in 1863 was admitted to the bar. For two years he practiced at Elyria, and In 1866 he went to southeastern Missouri. There he engaged In mining and spent six years in the mountain country. After that he took up his abode In Michigan, and it was from that state that he was elected to the Forty-sixth, Forty seventh and Forty-eighth congresses. At Saginaw, Mich., Mr. Horr engaged in the banking business, and after ward went into the lumber trade, lie became a prominent matt in Michigan, and was universally esteemed as a member of congress. Mr. Horr was the humorist of the house, and very popu lar with his fellow-legislators. He was rotund, healthy and good-natured, and ever disposed to ldok upon the bright # H03WKM* O IIOItK able of Ilf* A >*ar mu h* . l In « 4*bale on lb* m«n*y novation * lilt t’ul William Hup* Harter, author of Coin * ►’tnaoeUI tkbuol. Of lai* >»»r» Mr liorr baa h**n roaneohnl «llh lb* New Verb Tribune. kit Inkul ItaaM ><« >•«***»*»•*. ( Mir Arthur Ainol4 < tinirtuan of th* , l.molon room* roonrtl. in an *.i4r»«a , ma4e At th* opening of a hew r»*4in« j room a f*w 4a»# M'1 »*ol that "It I* | a htgb grOtleg* t« r**4 n>’«n*ap*»# j fut the pnbtl* Journal* ate <«» Im'KHl j hr m«n 4wpl» tmbwml with the liter I atnrw of their own ruuntrt an4 nuf ‘ evMom well a»«tu*inu4 with the tiler [ atnre of other ronnutew’* *»r A»tho« •4ilw4 hi* hearer* not to tt»*» p#« j pi* Who til Ih* r*44lng at n> wapapora ‘ la frltnWu* t hat he a%<4 4*p*n4« I upon the nurjaum an4 ta*t* of th* j re* Jar I MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS. fbmi* I Hint* About I'ultlfH t Ion of I hr Hull uml Yirbl* Tlirrrof llort bullurr. Yltlmltnrr mihI ftltar*. — SWEDISH cout ! spnndent of the Al bany Cultivator has this to say about trees In Sweden: We can have little Idea of whtrt an Immense expense and trouble keep ing up the fires In a Swedish gentle man's country house entails upon the occupier. At flardsjo, which, being a farming school, was, of course, a large es tablishment, 400 fathoms of firewood were consumed yearly. It Is true the occupier got this for nothing out of his fctrest, excepting the ex pense of cutting, splitting and the like, which whs no trifle. It was reckoned that 1200 days work, at lk cents per day, would be occupied during the year In providing firewood only. As soon as the ground becomes frozen in the autumn all the men living in a true forest district betake themselves to the woods, armed with fhelr axes and ske ders, and provided with meal, herrings, cheese, horses, sledges and fodder. They have already dug some holes In the ground about two feet deep, over which they build a cover, with an opening for smoke. This sort of hut Is called a kitja, and here the woodsmen live through the winter, and seek their homes only on a Monday. Every morn ing they go out into the woods to fell the limiter anil drive It Into heaps call ed "tunnar." As soon as the snow has become set, and the Ice on the lakes frozen hard enough to hear, they draw the timber from the forest to the near est draught of water, or lo some place with a high perpendicular bank, called a "loop," down which they shoot the perhaps there is no tree more useful ' f to the inhabitants of the north. For implements, building, and even for fur-1 niture, it is greatly in request, and th> 1 i outer bark, which t< easily stripped off ; tn the spring, is used for a variety ol I purposes, from thatihiiig houses down I to :ho soling of ‘■hoes. No sole is no 1 warm or stands better against the snow than this. They are called "hafver.” and are sold In little hunches of 60 strips. They have one peculiarity, that of never rotting. The birch bark rolled up. or even oblong pieces of hr bark, are much used for floating nets. Instead of corks. No tree Is so valuable In the young fir plantings as the birch, for tt is of quick growth and serves to shield ami foster the more valuable trees that grow In the same forest. At the age of 10 years the birch Is hard enough for fire wood, und no forest tree answers so well for this purpose, containing, as It dees, so much heat. At 3o years It can be cut down as underwood, and at 50 years If has attained its full growth. ( As the birch trees are cut down the I more valuable trees are left. The birch | i thus pays for planting and preserving | ■ the beautiful trees whleh fatten the land, while the birch when planted alone Impoverishes it. Sallow, willow and mountain ash grow freely both i sides of the Tornea River, which di vides Sweden from Russia, within the j polar circle. The alder Is met with as far north as 63 degrees. FIo%%rr it Is perhaps a little early lo talk of • spring planting; put it Is not out of place now to consider what yon Intend to do, and lay your plana, so there will be no delay when the time comes, says an exchange. There Is no invest ment you can make that will bring a larger proportionate return of pleasure than a small sum devoted to flower seed, it Is a good time now, while the men have leisure, to prepare the beds. If the ground is poor and the subsoil compact It will pay to dig It out at least two spades deep and All In good soil. When tt is done once it is done forever, and an occasional top dressing is all It will need while you live. The men and teams have leisure now; this work can be done wherever the ground ** LOWING IN THE ORKNEY ISLANDS. OLD MOORISH PLOW. logs upon the Ice. Among these work men are a better class, called timber markers, who superintend the whole work and set the owner's name upon each log. The horses stand through each winter by the side of tho huts, without any shelter, nor do they appear In the least to mind it.' All liquors and quarreling among the men are strictly forbidden. Mr. Thomas Meehan of Philadelphia, when In Sweden one sum mer, remarked the curious custom prev alent there of styllngall trees except the pine and fir tribes as "leaf trees” In stead of deciduous trees. This arises uo doubt from the fact that the pines j and firs are incalculably more abundant than others, and that in a vast area hardly any leaf-bearing tree is seen, save the birch or salix tribes. The pine requires more air and light than the fir, consequently If the trees stand cluse together (be stem Is always free from branches, which then, as it were, form a crown on the top. The pine reaches a greater age than the fir. and cornea to maturity later the further north it j grows. lu Weruilaml they are full- ; grown at the age of 180 years, in Dali- j roe at 210 years, hut in some northerly tracts they do nut acquire maturity un til they are at least 3UO years old, Kor 5re wood the plus which is found here is much better than Ihe Hr, as it burns much brighter and leaves a better glow Kor good lire wood the uattvee cut the trees down In wlntsr, when all the aap la in the eieru, epltl It in the spring, dry in the summer, and bring home for burning in the follow lag autumn Tbe birch la tbe most northerly of ail tbe •European futeat trees. It grow* blgber j op than any other tree, and even ta *0 degrees north latitude It t# found nt an elevation of form feet above tbe tea Where no other tree can grow the birch reaches the height of a man. and even at lisu leer elevation some few hushes are met with, though after that It grad- I uaiiy dwindles to n creeper The cloud berry ripene at tbia elevation, bur no higher After this ait hushes cense to grow, and Ihe ground te savored only nith n brown fell vegetation of Itches and inuaa 1 be nniy berry that can tl peg among lb» lit nen t* the >rew barrv I The latpe of North dweden *e»er prtch l heir teats higher than a bowl wd feat - be taw the perpelaal enow region To j my nothing of the bwewty which the denf green tenv*e in tornmef. and the •livery stem of the birch in winter, add la lha northern forest landscape. ts not frozen. If the goil ig fairly good throw out a spade deep, and then take out another spade deep and haul it away, replacing with good gurface goil from the woods or fields, mixing in some gaud, if needed, and some old manure, or chip dirt from wood pile. A bed prepared in this wav if the wa ter does not stand in it, win produce a vigorous growth and abundant bloom in most garden flowers, and well repay the lubor. Home few kinds do best in poor soil, or in special locations, but the great majority thrive best in a deep, rich, moist, but not wet, loam. When such a bed is once prepared it needs only an occasional (op dressing to keep it In line condition forever. Management of Brood Sows.—A man bought a brood sow and put her where the manure was kept. She dug a hole in the manure for (he little pigs, then lay down and crushed every one to death. A few days before the sow was due (o farrow she should have beeu removed to a pen with a solid floor, covered with suitable material. A rail should have been put around in side of the pen eight inches to a foot front the floor, and about a foot from the sides of the pen, which prevents the sow from lying snug against the •hies of the pen. and perhaps crushing her little ones. We must take #11 the precautions we know of In order In save the little pigs, aa our chances for iuwvm will then be much Improved Lai ua remember and proflt by this and other mleiakea. not only our own. but those made by at bora aa well. Mis take# are costly, eo why suffer lose by 1 repeating one wa know off Matter heap i a record at all beard of and commit them i to memory, then the thoughtful farm er will steer tl« of them Heller j I •till, send them tu this department, and they may help some oae els# — Praetl- ! rsl farm Journal ('opacity of Hall The reu^b*et and I pooraat satis wa have poasens a car tala I natural capacity, aud by proper ullage | I sad the proper application of manure# I (aa be made to prudUse good crop*, t , sad yet, the atfoageet ntr> bo brought < dona la a putat where productma is uni* mutter alive, His per real of the sheep ia Ohio are reluraet aa pure bred and grade Cet«w«liiv * PHK SUNDAY SCHOOL. • ESSON VI. FEB. 7 ACTS 4: 32 TO 5: II. lohlen Tettt "Alan I.ookelli I'poll I lie Oulwanl Appearance. lull tlie l.oril l.nokeih on the Henri" from flrxl Hook of Manmel. t haptcr IH. Vrltr 7. H lexxon i ■•■ii lii . alioul •■'. enlx of the year of our l/onl 36. The place of oc currence lx Jcruxa lem The full text I. ■ x follow.". 32. Anil the multi tude of them Dial believed were of line heart and of one houI: neither xald any of I hem that aught of the llilngx which he poxaexxed wax hi* own; hut hey hail all llilngx common. 33. And vllh great power gave the apoxlh" Wit* icmh of I lie rexurreeiion of the laird exux anil great grace wax upon them all. Nell her wax there any among them oil lacked, for ax many ax were pox* "•""or* of IhuiIn or liounc* xold them, and 'fought the price* of the thing" that »'*re "Old 33. MM<| |M|,| t|„.ln down at the ■poxllex’ feet; ami diatrlhiltlon wax made ‘"to every man according ax he had iced. 36. And .Joxex, who hy the apoatlex wax xurnarued Harnahax. (which I*, he ng Interpreted, (he xon of conaolallont. *_ Hevlte. anil of the country of Oyprnx. "• Having land, xold It, and brought the noncy and laid II at the apoxllex' feel. . Hut a certain man named Ananlax. wllli Happhlru hi" wife, xold a poxxixxlon, and kepi hack part of the price, lilx wife alxo being privy lo It. and brought . certain pari, and laid It at the apox l!cx‘ feel. 3. Hill Peter xald, Ananlax, why hath Halan lllle.l thine heart lo lie 'o the lloly Ohoit. and to keep back part >r ihe price of the land? 4 While it re mained, was It not thine own? and after It was sold, was it not In thine own power? Why hast thou conceived this Ihlng In thine heart? Thou hast not lied unto men. hut unto Ood. And Ana nias hearing these words fell down and gave up the ghost, and great fear *ame on all them that heard these things, b. And the young men arose, wound him Up, and carried him out, and hurled him. * And it was about the space of three hours after, when hi* wife, not knowing what was done, came In. M. And Peter answered unto her. Tell me whether ym wold the land for so much? And she said. Yea. for so much. !i. Then Peter said unto her, How Is It that ye have agreed together to tempt the Hpirlt of the Lord? Behold, the feet of them which have burled thy husband are at the door, and Khali carry thee out 10. Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yield ed up the ghost; and the young men name In, and found her dead. and. carry ing her forth, burled her by her husband, and great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things. HINTS TO TKAOI1 KBS. There was a spirit of unity In the Pen tecostal Church. V'erse 32. They were drawn together by their love of Christ, and they loved each other because they loved their risen Lord. As a result of unity there was fellowship. They loved ►ach other's companionship; they felt pach other’s needs; they sought to aid ach other. Love lifts the burdens from those who are In need by placing It upon those that have abundance. There was power In testimony. "In union Is drength." The testimony of the apostles to a risen Christ whs made mighty by the ardent united power of a living t'hurch. A Church where all are In love will give solid testimony to Christ. There was generosity In giving. A kind of i'hrlstlan socialism arose out of the warm, abundant love for each other Those who possessed gave freely to those who needed. It was the very opposite of Hie socialism and communism of to-day. That leads the poor man to demand a di vision of property; this led the rich of their own accord to give It. But In the midst of this sunshine there were some shadows. The Pentecostal Church was not perfect, and Its glory became Its shame. The distribution of gifts soon led to complaints, to factions, and to quar rels. See chap. t the goods of this life, and loving its own. 3. Falsehood! Vila Ilia* lying in deed, without words: and Hnpphlra lying openly ii.nl in word. I. Hypocrisy: wearing Ihp livery of hcav •n while serving salan: c pretense of >le|y wtiile committing sin. !>. Death: the 'inklen w rath of ttod ifpon those who pro 'ess a tuitlifulrn ss wliieh they do not losses*. I log Thai Plays I not hall. On u recent Sunday an amusing Irene was witnessed on Moore street, Dublin, where a number of gumlns were [tlaylng football with u large bladder inder their special rules. One of the cams, presumably being disappointed (t the out of a "man," tilled the va alley by substituting In his stead a Handsome collie dog, The dog played His game with extraordinary tntelll lenee, stopping the ball with his bead shen It was gotug against his team, inti upon every occasion on which he lot possession of It he ran with It in tie mouth, and dr pile all opposition of Us opponents carried it triumphantly ihrough the goal The game lasted ibout twenty-live in i nut os in the pres ore of a large gathrrlug. and ended slth much excitement, the dog's team sinning by 1" goals lo nil As there saa no gats,to receive money, and ns he teams depended on the generosity if their patrona. the latter voluntarily i>>b*crtbed liberally It la a pity, I am iftald, that the beat man" In the Held or rather, the street received vary i tills of the reeelpts I mean the dog PLOTUAM Forest Area in this m intry destroy, t Is ealintated, fllMWHNtt worth el irapwrty, umher, and otherwise, year* If, Thera are aver seven hundred lawn irtes is New Verb the labor wf a hi- h « -arrted wh entirely by Chinese area ad women ttf tlt« repraweatallvaa tu the Mara* rgiataiwre rl*vt«4 this fall two have ted and ana has fastened thus far a at usual retard EARLY AMERICAN DOCTORS. *»om** \ fry Onr«»r n«*t4lN of Their rmrtlt-r* It may be 'veil .ier»; to refer to the method of obtaining a medical profes aion in those days, says tne American Monthly Magazine. There were but two school* of medicine in the country'. The one at Harvard college. Just e* tabliahed. and that at New Haven, or ganized in 17S4. Hut by reason of the danger? and expense of traveling they were by no means well attended. In general the medical education was such as the student could pick up by serv ing a* an apprentice to some noted practitioner, which combined the du ties of a student with many menial af fairs. He ground the paw lers, mixed the pills, rode with the doctor on bin rounds, held Ihe basin when the patient was hied, helped to adjust the plasters, sew wounds and run with the vials of medicine from one end of the town to ihe other. It was a white day when such a young mall enjoyed the rum good fortune of dissecting i half-putrid arm. Hn great. Indeed, was the diffi culty of obtaining anatomical subjects that the medical school at Harvard college made a single body do duty for a whole year. Coder such circum stances the doctor's knowledge was practical, and derived from personal experience rather than from books. The advantages of study were Mparing ly enjoyed. Kew physicians boasted of s library of fifty volumes. His appreti i ■■ * nni|/ i|( I II1 IH'I'I' II' hi* native town to assume the practice of medicine. At that period, with tli« exception of the minister and th»> Judge, the doctor was the tu* Two Irishmen differing In political opinions were discussing in an im passioned way their respective creeds. At last, ardot overcoming good na ture, me accused the other of being a rt negade to party and family tradition. This accusation the c-cond man stout ly denied, averring that hi* political views were based upon his own con victions rather than on an aetdent of birth. Still his accuser insisted that he was a "turncoat." ‘ You call yourself Italy!" lie cried, scornfully. "You call yourself Italy, and everybody knows that when you first struck this coun try you had an O ou your uatne big enough for a life-preserver!" %ti Urlnui ►nil Work*. Karembwc's Is one of the salt mak ing villages. A sandy clay Is dug out of the marshes and placed in grass fun tie!*; water poured on this dissolves the salt; this solution trickles through a green filter Into a trough, after which It Is boiled and struiued and a flue, large crystal salt I* obtained. It Is a gieat trade In this part of the world. All village» make salt, which U put up In loads about live inches in diameter by lour leet long. All these people, the Waitswa. are very polite Most II inew nan yau *un mtiruiu ; uiey Im not «■<>(» «bt« to tuatiagu the nmol."- Oatwry, t Mini for I’rofroluaaU l’l;oi**«tu|ilicr That U iwrtainly m «*»o*l pumro fur «a antntaur. vary «u*ol Mow illJ you IU4U44*' to gel aui-b w i' «**.int agpreaaiou oa lit* g.t» I Ionian a f a* * ? \ mat rut I lulil h'm I *.»a«* «uiag to * barga anything Tl* Mila lOIIW of l)l»4«l|( % profua uto aipluaian of ilynamltp In * at ill** |> lot. bla* OKI both ayon nf Hugh Muoinann n naaliby firmer ut •'•trottr* III. »n4 niaabml hi* .’a*a to * pulp. *;*< hangr HmM la Ira* Owl. Ua'Ot *4 in i vturning ii*m at r'tanh tori. by a burglar imm4 * mil •buut hla b»a l *i*4 )*« o* *g tbioogb a plata gU<« a.noun. a**apo4 W* Io*a i baaa h Manana I'M) mlnMar ai«/il«4 bin tongi •'gallon loot bo»4ay by p***«blbg a a-fwiia >* lb* taai ' Wbara |> Mail “* KMteapR