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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY, MORNING, FEBRUARY 10, im. ON THE, TRAIL OFTHE AMEMGAN-MISSIONAI Br William T. Ellis. (Onpyrtgbt.' lunr. by Jomss B. BowlM.k ftO gat I mlasl I -- w JL ,and i close to the actual facta of missionary work In any country, wall aa of the rue political social conditions, it la net-i aary to. nnv. out from the cant. tl or port cltlea and to sojourn for a lima in rural parts. 80 I have bean out seeing the real Korea.) Itinerating ' among; country villages where there are churches. . and tn the meantime seeing st first hand what Is said to be the moat picturesque pcopls In- the orient. , The "how" of missionary work In this 1 country may be set forth by a recital of this concrete experience. : " Sometimes the. mlaalonary on tour puts bis outfit on a little Korean pony nd then, mounting on top of it. rides. " At other times he walks. Women mls slonsrles often travel In chairs, borne 1 by coolies. In the present Instance we . walked, and two coolies carried our ' paoks contslnlng folding oots, bedding, food snd cooking utensils.. It Is impos sible for moat whits persons to sub sist In health upon ths Korean diet bf rice snd pickled vegetables. As to ths matter of, sleeping more of that later. rient, Whicb Changes Not. ', 7 tour through rural rea la better worth while than the, sams amount of tlms spent In Seoul. The first afternoon we - traveled for . five hours over ths 'narrow paths between rice fields which serve for roads -tn Ko rear they are ths "waysides of ths iamily -pars We-ef-the-aower: Wheeled vehicles srs unknown outside of .. ths cities, though the Koreans have pon V derous two-wheeled ox cart which tbey claim wss ' ths original wheeled ' ve- . hide. Unlike Japan, where only a ' hand plow is used, the Koreans culti vate their field with oxen. Ths last of ths rice croo bad bean gathered and the threshing floors of ths farmhouses in the villages were busy places. -There are no solitary farmhouses In this coun try; the farmers live In villages and . go out to their fields early In ths morn- tng. . x ' - Rural tifs here suggest ths orisnt of : ths Bible. Every, man's threshing floor "before his house. is simply, smooth, hard earth. There hs threshes out. ths grain with a long flail, the whola fam j: Hy often engaged at once. One olive . skinned 13-year-old boy who. bars to the waist,- kept rhythmlo-tlm wHh-hls ' -father - and mother - on ths threshing floor, irresistibly, suggested theTasa- reth boy ss modern painters have plo- tured him.. The threshing of rids was conducted as sociably as a quilting bee, a number of women seated on a threrhmr floor tisattiig tng-grsid-from ths stalks with sticks, and chsttsrlng " - while they worked, as is common on ths streets of Seoul. . f -.. Women Grind the Grain. - I noticed -also-two .women grinding ' st a mill, and ths larger horsepower - . mill, such as suggested ths saying "It , ' were bsttsr for such a man that a mill stone were hanged about his neck, and ' ha were csst Into ths depths of ths sea." Ths mlaalonary says that many Bible figures that need explanation to western mind srs Instantly clear to a .Korean. In many of the -villages through which ws passed, churches are estab lished; and occasionally ws stopped to speak to some natlvo Christian. Ths "Moaka," or missionary. Is a person of distinction, and his passage an event 1 American - Br Ert Wheeler Wilcox. . AN AMERICAN who travels any part of Europe for several months -cannot fall to reetlss , how much all foreigners of ail classes, and all ages, eyel ns In "polltenees. ' ' It Is no doubt the fault of our youth i a country, but It Is a serious fault. Into a room where a msn and his wlfs were sitting came a rencn oenvery ooy of 14, with a parcel. Off went hie hat, and he brought the parcel forward, saying: "Pardon, mon sieur, msdame. Good night, monsieur and madams." and bowed himself out. ' Nowhere In America could a boy be 'found, occupying the same position, who would deport himself with so much .courtesy- It seems- to be the spirit of the age and country to be brusque and offhand In America. Perhaps It Ij our Idea of "independ- "nee" carried td an extreme wWcli pro duces this manner. In France, the words "yes,- "no," : "thank you," and other short expres- slons are never used without a direct form sddsd. It Is always "Tes, mon sieur." or "madame." "Thank you, mon sieur," or "madame.' A Pretty Habit It is a pretty little habit, and gives 1 1 I II U C V. ....... .. . dressed. Instesd of merely hearing at child saying "no," "yes." or "I don't know," to a parent The "papa" and "mamma" are always added. When the name of a stranger . Is known to a French child. It la always L In this connection.- An American child under the same conditions Is saying "yep" and "nope" - o its parents and friends, and alng-4t without reproof or direction to better manners. tn ,hnni nr the ilrMt In tintele. crywhere. the difference Is observa- I do not think thst ths foreign boy. or eirl. of msn, or woman woujd do more for a fellow-mortaL or be more rendy tn help a brother In distress, thsn the Amelcan. . - , Conceal Their Dislike. I do not think there Is sny especlil sentiment of kindness or affection or benevolence under this polite msnneri it is merely a matter of training, a phase of cultureand careful breeding, which has extended from the highest to the lowsst circles; but It is admirable, and It helps to mske the dally wear and tear of life less Irritating to the nervea, and exhausting to the vital forces. I hsve been told that under a polished, polite exterior the French people, to a . mnn, hide a secret contempt and a posi tive dislike for all Americans. This may bs so; to a grsat extent I believe It la true; for we are not loved In France, nor, . Indeed, -in any European country. . But f am glad the unplessant feeling Is hidden under so charming an exterior. There are so many of us who meet the French people only casually thst It Is a blessing to us to Garry away the mem ory of gracious, polished manners and courteous attentions. - If we accept the Pelsartlsn theory such manners must, to some degree, inltlgsta, thslr aentlmsnts for the atti tude of mind -conforms to rhe exterior deportment, after a time; and so, In tbe long run, the French people must learn to love us let us hope, for it Is surely plrsssnt to be loved In this brief and often sorrowful life of ours. Of course, all speech Is In Korean there Is no such widespread knowledge ox Kngiesn ss in Japan As .we traversed the countryside the absenos of ths shrines snd Idols that mark every Japaness highway was no ticeable, isow and then- we saw a neg leoted booth, erected for the propitia tion of soms svll spirit. At a pass In tbs mountains ws cams to a' tree with' stones heaped around It; It supposedly embodied an svll spirit, snd svsry trav eler casts a stone at It. The hillsides are covered with grave mounds, regard ed as saored, and before soms of thess are tablets, now snd then sculptursd crudely Into human , form. ; Broadly speaking, .however, Korea- may- be -re garded aa a country without a religion. Hava to Eat Pheasant Tht country Itself Is beautiful, largely . mountainous, but with fertile valleys; There are- many wild .fowl. geese, ducks and pheasants, and it Is quits usual for ths Itinerant misslon- sry to carry a gun to provlds the meat for his meals. In ths Interior ths mis sionary occasionally bsgs a deer or a wild boar) and there -Is always ths pos sibility or meeting a -tiger. Some mis sionaries, who ars a hundred miles from a day because they cannot afford bacon or ham. -( ---- -:.A,; -,i - ...., . , -'After a ll-mlle tramp, we reached at dunk the village t which . was oir desti nation. The welcome that wss given to the missionary was really besuttful to behold. . Old men' and young, with little children in their train, came forward with beaming faces. And with the an cient salutation of 'Peace." They -caught the missionary s hands, squeezed his srm or affectionately patted his Shoul ders., yet they, had never .seen this particular "Mokss," or "shepfierd." be fore. Tbe field Is that of Rev. Dr. H. O. Underwood, onr of ths missionary veterans of Korea, but he Is absent on a furlough, and his duties have fallen to Rev. Ernest F. Hall, a young man who was for several year a asalatant pastor of- the Fifth ' Avenue Presby terian church, New Tork. City." Fifth Avenue to Korea. Mr. Hall Is still supported by ths Fifth Avenus church aa Its representa tive In Korea.' Many times during the days we were together I wondered how often he thinks of the contrast between Fifth avenue congregations and these Korean villa sera. who. In Troth per sonify the simple life, ;" The best- room In ono of the largest farmhouses In the village was made ready for us by the essy rrvpts of the family's 'tumbling out, since the room was absolutely devoid of all furnishings except a chest for best clothes and treasures. From the celling, which was a lofty one for Korea, being seven or eight feet high,, hung vsrlous articles, aucb as a cheese-shaped hat box. The entrance to the room was through a paper-covered doorway four feet high by two wiae. mere was a smau window, likewise of paper, on either side of the room. The dimensions of ths latter were eight feet by twelve, so thst the missionary congratulated himself on our roomy quarters.-- Eight by eight Is the normal room. Tbe most Interesting feature of the room wss ths floor. This was of dirt. covered with oiled paper. - Underneath It ran the flues of the household fire, so that ths floor was hot to the touch. This Is the Koreaq method of heating and Xurppean It la said that ths politeness of man nsr which so distinguishes France be gan wtth Louis IV the Great Louis. He reigned for more. than half a cen tury;, and' he constantly Impressed upon his people the Importance of courteous manners and a gracious deportment In all ranks and under all situations. And to this day, and in remote places, his teachings are bearing fruit. But tn all the European countries there is greater politeness' observable than we find In America. Gentler voices, lsss rude staring, more courtesy In rubllc places. When By Lula K. oren CVEN THE sort of trail - that ws are getting In 1 considerably shesd of JLat year 1W3, when the great minere rioweq inland, to 1 gold fields of Idaho and esstem ' . Of the thousands who landed si Ima tills City and Walla Walla an route to the upper eountry(- few- broihtht means of trsnspnrtatlon overland. There were no stag, no railroads: slid whst, though Haley Ih, sTtephen Taylor snd many others advertised "saddle trslns to-leave for the mlnee every day et the week at reasonable rates, which , .-- m .-?'5' 'iifIXk f"': ' I" . I Wtatlon I 4 . W"n Is M bf ths We of I the , I cry . .. v -v . - rl. Z Jyi'."' v.-: ; -.." , " . . T ' '" - :t'7. . j.."v. . . 7' r - T SSMUlBH. a house, snd the natives sleep In com fort on the hot floor. Morning or even ing a brush or wood fire Is lighted the fuel market on the main street Is one of ths sights of a Korean city snd "the time of the evening smoke" Is ss definite s period as sunseU Over this fire the meal is cooked, ths flames snd smoke passing underneath the living-room and coming out an the other side of ths house.. No provision is made for ventilation la the Korosn borne, and a foreigner nearly euffocatea. The condltl.ons.are. very 'favorable to The growth snd com fort of other residents than human and one of the often futile performances "Of the Itinerant missionary, ere be retires. Is to sprinkle a circle of yellow powder on the floor about each 'leg of his cot I anJ over the bedding. One does not have to possess an uneasy conscience tn order to suffer from troubled dreams in Korean nous. Probably the en durance of centuries of vermin has In ured the Korean to, the lesser evils of political oppression: As to germs, the missionary must forego imagining; per haps the very room . he occupies has been vacated for his benefit. Several -missionaries havs died of typhoid fever so, contracted- - ; With the StaHed 01 'The farmhouse In which we sojourned wss built, like the Syrian khan, about a courtyard. In the same building .with u was stored the year's harvest, and ths manner In which a patient, big-eyed ox shsred our roof-tree made very vivid the Bethlehem story. A large part of the village population followed us Into the courtyard, and filled the doorway. Courtesy Into a hotel dining room at Venice came a most eccentric-looking woman one night, not long since. So peculiar waa ber appearance that In any Amer ican hotel her presence would bsve pro duced .a sensation, I am sore. ... . "With the exception of The Man and myself there-were no Americans In ths well-filled' room. There were guests from Tpklo. Russia, France, Roumanta. Italy, Greece and Spain;' and not one did more than glance quietly at the queer looking woman and no one gave any In dication of surprise or amusement. - the Pioneer Traveled were, say, S80 on ponies that cost, per haps, $40; yet there were hundreds that could not get tickets even at those rates. The few who engaged reserved seats were started off on saddle horses of various grades, under the charge of a "conductor," whose principal duty It was not to collect fares, but to herd the kitchen- mules. Every train hsd with It rneor morer park animals to" carry sup pllnti and blanketa, and the conductor YOitld Indicate the camping placea by pulling the ropes that loosed .the fore. said kitchens snd blankets, when, like other trains- at ths pull of the rope. the whole . would atop, and not be v. "A Korean Village-.''. :i watching us eat. Finger boles made tn the paper, windows glistened with black eyes that watched the strange foreign ers, who did not know how to sit on the floor properly, snd. neither used chop sticks nor ate rice. Our shoes and clothes and eatflt (especially ths Indian moecsslns, which are a great conven ience In lands where shoes -are never worn Indoors) -were all objects of child like wonder on the Jart of the simple, kindly peasants, some' of 'whom showed their good will by bringing us freah eggs alidjthe-blg. . dellcldus Korean peralm mons, the else and color of ripe toma toes. i - t i Christianity's Remarkable Growth. .While we were at supper a Koreen Christian entered with the news that in a small village two hours farther on where no missionary had, visited, a group of believers (that word Is com. monly used in Korea) had recently sprung up, numbering 10 families. They had been' visited each Sunday by ths Christiana from our village snd given Instruction, but they wanted the mla alonary to visit them and establish a catechumen clsss. Mr. Hall's program was too full on the present tour to sdmit of this. . In our stopping place the elder further reported there were 40 candidates for baptism to be exam ined. This particular community 'Il lustrates the pherfrftnenal Chrlfltlanlra tion of this country, which Is now less than -a generation removed from the rank heathenism and a seclusion which earned for It the title of "The Hermit Nation." ' The eettlement '. comprises 38 houses and of these it are Christian. Practically ths entire village turned Whatever curiosity they felt was po litely hidden. - Never once have I seen unfortunate people, the deformed, or grotesque, or tramps, or beggars, annoyed or t teased by children In Europe. In American ctles scarcely a week passee that I do not have my heart pained and my Indig nation roused by such sights. Surely the politeness taught children In Europe is an admirable feature- of thetr education;- and It Is one which every American mother-ought -to dop-t aa the foundation for the education of her offspring. After a long chase and a hard fight Josephine county hunters killed a cou gar weighing 17( pounds when dressed. It took ssven shots to finish him. startled Into unnecessary haste by "10 minutes for" dinner," sounded In their One or more nights the camp would be on thto Umatilla reservation or at Pendleton, thus bringing travelers and Indians tn contact. . , , Many could not get places even on the backs of mules, pjt .csyuse ponlss- Sucb wars compelled to take "walkers line" go on foot and carry blankets and "grub" on their backs. The second night would find them also on the reserva tion, and those who had the wherewith, secured horses of ths Indians; some, per- haps, wlibout consulting the owners. Sev-SM3 out for" the evening service, most of them carrying Blblos and hymn books. The singing was led' by the missionary, there being no organ. The congrega tion Is dependent upon his visits for new tunes, though they retain with sur prising correctness the ones formerly learned. -, Mr. Hall also taught the peo ple by having . them repeat tbe words after him, the first question and an swer of the Westminster Shorter Cstechlsm, which baa lately been ren dered Into Korean. The tlms-honored rtgurer"dranK" In every word," best sx prssses . the attitude of the congrega tion toward the sermott- r-rrr Soap and Water Needed. While the" missionary " preached I watched ths people. - All except the children were In white. Many of the women, who- were curtained oft from the men. had babies on their backs or st their breasts. Some of the men wore the wide horn, spectacles of the Chi nese scholar. All except the few un married ones bad. their hair done up In top-knots with a brain equeeslng black net band around their head a Most wore the horse-hair Inner cap, but un like the men in city churches, none had bis broad-brimmed stovepipe hst. The children wore clothes of many colors pink: yellow and green predom inating. Candidly, all would have looked better for aa application -of soap and water; the Korean has not yet fully learned, t he godlessness of dirt. None of the people showed the foreign Influence in their clothes, as Is the casa In Seoul, where even the top-knot. Is beginning to. disappear. , In the latter Poverty Touches Lincoln's Friend WILLIAM MARSH, an English man who became a naturalized cltlsen of the United States, and as such earned the friend ship and estsem of Abraham Lincoln snd rendered valuable service to his adopted country,' is ending his days in : dire, poverty "at : Bentley, his native village, near Doncaster. Tour readers may - have - heard - something sbout him through the publication of a letter tn the Dally Mall here appealing on his behalf to Americans In England. But his association with the martyred president, and his connection with the by WalkerV If the Indian missed his property, and hunting along the line found him under a whit man. It might be supposed that he would recover his horse. Not so; ths white msn had proof that hs bad bought him of some other man, , maybe an Indian. The road along which the stream of mlnera poured left the valley of Uma tilla on the reservation leading Dp the mountains; near the foot of the hill was the "Trading Post" the Indlsn "sutler store. It waa hers thty saddle train and "walkers line" hslted for the night or at noon-and-reet,- after traveling a M mile stretch. The Indian found here a ready market for their horses. It Is said that men have atarted out on "walkers line" carry ing their blankets, and In a day or two would he well .mounted, without resort ing to a "rope" or mope to fturohate place 1 sesr a bey In church whose dress consisted of Japanese Imitation of American shoes; 'stockings wtth black, yellow and green stripes fastened wlrb a purple garter: white, baggy Korean trousers; a red coat, tied under the arms with lavender ribbon; a pale green sweater peeping above U at the neck and a brown plush scarf about his throat somewhat like the hsngings of sit -old-fashioned Pullman oar. Ills headgear was a Japanese military cap. Hear Service, on the Floor. Korean' children, like their elders, sit on the floor during service with the foot bf one Teg'crossed -over-the-thigh of the other, snd like their elders, tbey are quiet and attentive. After the service wss1 overthe eld ers gathered around the missionary snd proffered' formal request that he come ss soon as possible and spend a few days In teaching them the Bible. Mr. Hall had to put them off. with a vague promise, ss his field is too large for him to do more than look over It. I waa Interested to note that while else where missionaries have to adopt . va rious devices to attract hearers,' such as English classes, cooking classes, .1,. ifl u ,.r.u " j 1 1 ' -m '" want simply the Bible: snd the missionaries are unable to meet tbe demand for the teaching of It.. . , ) The Korean Convert.', Early the next morning, sfter a night which lit the interest of delicacy would better be pasat-d over without comment, the missionary began the work -of exam ining the 40 applloants for baptism. The three "leadera" of the local church, and a visiting elder from Seoul, sat on tbe floor of our sleeping room, and the can dldates were brought In one by 6n. The first was a msn of 40 who had learned . to read In order to. read the Bible, a common experience 'among the Korean eon verts. The next was a boy of 1, son of Christian parents. Then csme a young, man of IS, then an old man.A bright boy of It.- with -his Jair up. in a top-knot. In token of being "a man," had been married a year to a girl of IS, also a believer. Although mar ried, these children reside with their pwn parents ; the mlsslonsry Instructed them to do so until they have reached the marriageable age fixed by tbe church, which Is It yesrs for a girl and II for a man. . Many . such practical problems as these' arise among a people fresh from rank heathenism. Examination la Rigid. . Aftsr watching the examinations for several hours, and having the questions translated to me, I must say that the fitness of ths candidates for church membership is very rigidly guarded The examination Is much more rigid than a person, has to undergo In order to .become a member of a church in America. I told the missionary that I would not risk It myself; he requires almost a theological education on tha part of converts. This strictness is necessary, however, to keep the people from Joining the church from un-Chrls-ttan motives; It would be easy other wins to turn Christianity to political uses in Korea! TT was plellWT' to note that the strictness of the examination was abated In the case of somegnorant peasant women. One had been a be liever nine years, and the leaders testi fied to her piety; so, although shs could government during the momentous pe riod of the civil wsr. makes him worth a more extended notice. ' ' ' After trying several enterprises dur ing his earlier years In England, gndj continually meeting with disappoint ment. Marsh and his young wife em barked in 188S for America, where he was engaged to manage a large estate for an Englishman In Illtnola. 'After fulfilling this engagement. Marsh moved to Springfield, thst stste, to enter the grain trade. Some political articles which he contributed to the Springfield Journal, then edited by Baker and Line TSSHjynwn the. with, snd ootaln the horses honestly, too; thst Is to say when they practiced self-denial, and did not empty the bot tles they had concealed In their packs. One bottle of . whiskey would persuads Indian to dismount and allow the sore-footed,' honest miner who carried the bottle, to ride,' no matter though the horse msy have belonged to other people. Some of. the honest, hardy min ers used to say they were "ridilg a bottle" meaning" the horses they were on had cost that. Such things were com mon and could not be prevented. , -The pictures give one anv Idea of the coon try and towne touched by the min ers In ths early days. The photograph of Pendleton Is Interesting ss showing what this splendid place -looked like to il.-i patrons of the mule trains and "vu-- line"; the rltv I the center of one 1 f t, richest dUiutcta In tl Ou-j a o '. s. not read nor answer many of the ques tions, sue was -taken Into the ehurch. . All day long the mlsslonsry worked over three examlnstlons, snd at I o'clock be had only got through t per sons; .the others would have to wait until his next visit, fourteen of. the candidates were passed for baptism and 11 retained In the ratechumea class for a while longer. . Just bernrV 4tlkk a leader went out and blew a whistle im summon the village to church, and the people laid aside their' labors snd as sembled for the baptismal service. This wss simple, brief and Impressive. I think I shsll remember the sight of the procession at white-robed villagers with, Bibles snd hymn books under their - arms., filing down" the liiri-fronr-the church at sunset. Simple, Open-ttearted People. . When we hsstened away from the. village, the people gathered with many " good wishes. ' The simplicity, open heartedness and affection of these child like Christians Is really affecting. Be cause I was with Mr. Hall they consid ered me a mlsslonary-ln-law, I suppose, and they sent me off with stich demon strations of Interest snd such repeat. benedictions as do not often fall to the )T a journalist, ;.Jt was a new sensa tion. I really liked it so that-when" oh" ths day following; a-boy carrying on his back two 15-foot timbers of telegraph pole thickness (a Korean cootie will carry four times: his weight snd six " times his bulk) stopped me, with beam ing face and squeezed my arm, I took It for granted that ha had seenme at churh-and 1-renponded with the salu tation of "Peace." which I had learned. An hou'a walk" In the twilight and ' darkness brought us to the next settle ment, where the experience of the pre vious day-was- repeated. Out of 70... families 23 are believers, and the village, which is situated along; the. river, and had long been notorious for its gam bling, drinking and general "toughness,' had been entirely altered in Its char acter by Christianity. Here a crowded church erected, of course, like alt others.- by-the- Koreans' own money and handiwork awaited the missionary. After another night in a room sirallag to the one In which we' had slept the night before, the missionary started tr again on a similar grist of candidates for baptism, putting through 20, leas than half the waiting list, before start ing on a half day's journey, to the sex! here the same proceed! n g were duplicated. As we went on 'our way from each! village some of'the elders would accom pany us, as the Epheslan elders accom panied the Apostle Paul. The custom is an oriental one, as is also tbe con stantly ' repeated -salutation -, "Peace I . Peace!"- -.- ' Summing hp the whole trip, three,, facts especially, lmpreaaed me. 1. The receptivity of the Koreans toward Chris- -tlanlty, in eagerness and sincerity. I. The thoroughness of the work of the missionary, and ths vigilance with which) Church membership Is guarded. 8. Tbe remarkable fact that the missionary has no time to go after people or do any pioneer, evangelistic work; the church; Is propagating Itself. Here. In two de cades,, has been created a native church) !.. . whnlly gelf-'rre'"fr Snd Self- extending. I hsve no doubt ihaVHVth present missionary force In Korea were quadrupled or sextupled at once, practi cally the whole nation would become Christian In Jess than a score of years Blasche, brought him under the notice of Abraham Lincoln, who made bis ac quaintance. Lincoln remarked, 'It la seldom we get an Intelligent English man out here. , . When Lincoln- was nominated foa president Mr, Marsh waa Invited by' the) Republican party to form an English Irish and Scottish club,, and to such! good effect did he organise the "for eigners" that the precinct was carried for Lincoln by 740 votes. - This so de lighted the successful candidate that he invited Mr. Marsh to accompany him ta Washington, The latter gave up hlw buslnsss arrangements and went to the capital two weeks later.. But instead of presenting himself to the president, he sought Horace Greeley, editor and owner, of the New. York Tribune, and wrote political and agricultural articles) for his paper., Through his 'acquaint ance with President Lincoln- he had thai "open sesame' to the White House, and It can .be Imagined how valuable thle privilege rendered him SS a newspaper correspondent, '..' One day. a day upon which the boom of the southerners' cannon could be dis tinctly heard as thsy trted to prevent the soldiers from crossing a bridge eve the Potomac. Mr. Marsh wss In the llbrsry at the White House when Preel dent Lincoln entered end remonstrated with him that he had stopped away to work Jor Greeley when good appoint ments had Bri -rrrterr that e salghfL.. have had. Mr. Marsh suggested thst he hsd no claim, but the president re minded him of the election at Spring field, saying, "Oh, yes, you have, yei carried my precinct against Judge Doug las by T40 votes." Strslght away the president gave him a flral-clase clerk ship In the census bureau, which "post her occupied mull after, tbe bat tleof Bull Run two years later. . Mrs. Marsh - became unsettled snd wished to return to Europe, the chil dren hsvlng died. They are buried with in 20 feet of the great Lincoln- column at Springfield. President Lincoln ap pointed Mr.' Ma rah ss United States con sul at Altona, Germany, for the duchtae) of Schleswlg-Holstein, where he re mained for eight years. Including the period of the German and Danish war. which resulted In the two ductile blnsj hsnded over to Germsny. who, ss read ers of -history know, ousted Austria- Mr. Marsh knew many of the Danish of ficers. Including President Brestop of, Copenhagen, to whom, a hen the Danish! and Austrian armies ley facing eci other on the hanks of the eVhlet, he smuggled this dispatch: "Cut the hanke of the Schlel and drown the enemy.''' (The Austrlans and Pruselana were un der the lower bank.) When the klna) this and heard who had sent tt. be exclaimed: "None but an American) could have conceived such a dluboliml slauglitea' Mr. Marsh reported upon this wsr to his government. During his consular rsreer at Alton. Mr. Marsh kept a watchful eve mi blockade runners and was Instrumental n effecting the capture of the "lleiiiri- land" near Wilmington. The v.. ( sold for tlftO.noo snd Mr. klrh re ceived the thanks of his gov-rn-i' c for his Indefatigable, ef forte 'to ct this traffic, -lie never derlvid any tn n- etary benefit from the capture of tv , Heligoland, homever ( irr.- 1 V prals cf Mr wr-t. t - 1 ,'m,., ,.... . general of lianilmi . ' " i- . ' If tbe erv1--n , k , f. ,. rcn-'rei t. fie A 1- m ..-; tin. I i-n r'ii '"r.-. i-i 1 1 1 t't. ! m v.. I t-ive ! .. , , At t e krn,!p'!'.i) 1 rvl. e vr v i . t v M I ) . 1 .
