Humeston Advocate (Newspaper) - February 19, 1904, Humeston, Iowa HUMESTON VOL 6 HUMESTON IOWA FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19 NO 23 ACROSS THE MIGHTY SEA Corean Missionary Writes to Brother Wiil In Humeston Continued from Week We had some very good times OP hat and when 1 left it Japan L felt that I had left some good friends Wesaw first on a day morning as we were approaching 1 here we went and went to the Union Church which is bunt on tun w lie re Perry first met The Japanese on ing in Ou Monday we visited aud at Kobe where I hart to wait tv o lor a steamer and at Nagasaki I had tunily to M-C just a little of Japan I had a few opportunities to t it h some of the in urn you will be to that all i them to feel very over the seemed to the part 01 tue people Do at least listen to the aud out what this religion is We think Japan as a nation that bas i just come hi t-i the light and ia some ways she has jet I saw many tilings there to call forth our strongest pity and one of the missionaries now many of the people had ever heard of Christ 1 was told that in Osaka where her work was that not more than one in three hundred had heard enough to really know anything about him I think I have never been sadder in iny life than I was one night as we rode in a rikisha though some of the streets of Osaka which place I visited when I was waiting for a steamer from Kobe On every hand were evidences that whatever else this people have ed they have not learned to know him whom to know is life Have we done our duty by I came on to Korea on the Mam aud got my first glimpse ot it ou Monday morning the 21st of tember as we were nearing Fusan At Least Prices Best Goods IOWA Least Prices Best Goods You Furnish the Need We Satisfy It OR LARGE whichever the need may be we can it Oar new spring merchandise is fresh from center The prices lean your way We're confident that if you acquainted with our merchandise and our methods you will make this store your regular trading place TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS Happenings of the Week As Related by the Advocate News Gatherers HORSES SOLID WELL Good Bunch of Bidders at ton Horse Sale The POM bale of the Co iasb Friday and Saturday a large crowd of and being at the Friday and the A ILo humor rapidly Greater and oi new ater The the a new we iv If Think o You can't make a to make it with v something in ng oil tne stuck 205 d in all you P be pleased to have you call anci patterns at 500 to Suitings at 150 and 250 per New Zephyr Ginghams in pretty Calicoes in any color you want Many patterns to select yard Mich n thread hooks and buttons etc it will pay rou to call at We can our wants whether large or small Need a If you do you had better bay the at Can be seemed in two or three days No patterns kept in stock None better than the Standard Agent for The Fashion sheets free for the asking Patterns at 200 and ADM There is a railroad from Chemulpo to 1 the Seoul anci we came up to trie first station east of the city and walked from there to Dr Underwood's mer home about three miles and there I stayed for about three weeks last three months baptized 240 people and taken over 150 into the These who are best acquainted with conditions here say that give ua the men now and within twenty years Korea will be as ing up to Seoul for the Sunday much a Christian land as America ings and sometimes through the week Then we all came up to the city and I been here ever since I have only been bere a little while yet and yet it does nob take even so If we do not get them now the door may be closed as it was in Siam and for many years in Japan I think that perhaps the sight that I enjoyed most since coming here was seeing a Fusan 1 met Dr C H Irvia of the Presbyterian Mission and was through his new hospital the first modern hospital in Korea All of the missionaries were m attending the Annual mice On uf Supt wo ed Chemulpo Korea aud i Aas ing over the ship wondering t'S get my ashore when I heard a voice asking if this were Mr croft and mut Dr wood took charge of tny things j aud L- got to the shore in a few in in- thing in a san pan a small boat which singing was in by a small tug We paid the man that brought us ashore and follow us for fifteen asking for more money although had paid him in the one can sing away place That's one of the pleasant things in Korea You can scarcely ever get a man to do anything but he grumbles at what you pay him even if you have agreed on the price before hand long a time as I have been here to see group of Korean children surrounding that there is a wonderfully wide open door here for the Gospel As only one instance of that at a little street meeting that 1 have been helping in every from 46 to 100 stop to and fiom to ton to to Uar mure of this wonderful We had one or UNO and sometimes who have said uld go and take Jown their Ot course 1 do there as et about the only 1 i ill dO and they need that badly enough K irean sinking sounds more like a thing else I can of It is easy to a Chi istmas tree on Christmas eve They sang Hark the Herald Angels Sing and other Christmas songs and enjoyed it all as much as any American U i ill ill i uht i y It proof to me il -A as to e is to any American now there is a the may get wmk be deal I hat of K rea an 1 toi all save the Greek A is to help in the jor noun luur of a day not lo g was observed us an hour ot that God would ever rule all this for the ot his church know he will his face in an open sewer I thought that he must fellow indeed but now I believe him to be a perfect prince of cleanliness But when a man really comes to be- lieve that there is a God who actually cares for him both outwardly and in- wardly 1 am glad I liave come to this land to have even a small share in this work To see a man who has never heard of Christ listen with all the power he has and as he to realize that this good news is for him to see the light that comes into his face is worth all tha it could cost 1 hope that will be many rnor soon to help in the work I am send ing with this letter a copy of an appeal that the mission is ly out 1 it speaks tur itself Sincerely J G the written and perhaps not know a word of what he is saying What it being done at these street meetings could be done all over Korea if there were only men enough to do it The Seoul Station of the Presbyterian Church alone has in VOb Stock food I a If you are let us tell you confidentially that we in the same fix until we we had tried them all but now we are to the stock food business and will be glad to give you a tip Now is the time to tune up both stock and poultry the you can't do better than to call at Flic Corner Drug Store and use Dr Hess on a positive guaran tee It's the best and most economical stock food Folte Brothers The Corner Drug Store W K WORTMEN Jeweler Iowa f Vei u itil things are settled there continue to be a good deal of un- rest especially am jng the native for they little to love either the Japanese or the The Koreans are one of the weaker people and it does not seem that like the American Indians aud other races must go to the wall as a nation Perhaps if they i weie Christianized they might be i saved from this because it is a able thing that the only ones who seem to care much what becomes of the country aie Christians Some of them have petitioned the king to do something to prevent either Japan or Russia from coming in and taking posession of the country but the king Is a weak man and afraid to do thing The government of Korea is indeed about as rotten as it can well be and live There is no inducement to a man to attempt to get anything for as soon as he has anything the government on one pretext or an- other and takes it away from him Bribery extortion and all kinds of official corruption are the only golden rules known among the people A man's a fool who tells tho truth when a lie will do aud if you don't take what you can lay your hands on it is aure proof that you are a simple ton Yet there is a difference in some and they are the Christians ent not only in morals but in thing else When a man becomes a Christian he feels that he roust wash his face too and that of itself is a lung step upwards for so many of his to all appearance never think of doing that About the first t saw here was a Letter From G F Speed KAN Keu 12 ED find tw o dolhus to apply on my n which entitles me to a ing my subscription paid until 1905 i have been in two years and like it tine We have such line weather out here 1 tell you the home paper it better than any letter tons We are s glad to see the day come when we get the mail Wheat is looking a little poor for an- other crop It is now worth 71 cents per bushel Wn haven't had anv snow this winter Yours Truly G F a silage unco of which i Lie lual the total up of coach animals chunks and all varieties uf and common stock is tne ordinary The were Ellsworth c of who purchased Harry Gill lead buyers were Frank New York L Chi ago Chariton Chan ton Joseph Co Wisecarver Bros The dates for the next sale have set for Friday and Saturday March 18 and at which time an- other large crowd Messrs Blackman Moore have worked hard for the success of sales and their efforts should be appreciated by buyers sellers aud business people io The P E Entertain At the beautiful home of Mr and on last Friday ing occurred one of the social events for which the Humeston P E O s are so well and favorably known The hostesses were McWilliams Wells Sullivan Arnold and Miss There were over guests and it goes without saying that everyone had a good time drums and Mother Goose furnished amusement for the evening Miss Markley the most succe.sslul in these con- especially the prize of -a piece of raphy donj by Mrs Sullivan and resenting The lin club o imposed ol Messrs Smith and Bradi iid Mrs and Miss Mime beautiful tlie All U Hit d mi t also and it music at intervals during the entire evening was served the most leature ot which the Tiny hot chicken pie served to guest with urst Sometime niter the departed feeling that the E O s KC iced an s success had in another bright remembrance in the social annals of Humeston and Building Material I as good lumber and building material as can be found in any lumber yard in Southern Iowa If you intend to build a house or barn it will be to your interest to gee our figures before you buy We can save you money We also carry a com- plete line of Coal Paints and Oils In fact you can find anything kept in a first-class lumber yard Cme and see us when you want anything in our Yours F i i JEWS PA PER I
