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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-23

came to Korea not to teach school, but
to organize an army, and I believe in
his heart he longs for the flesh pots of
Washington. There are about 1000
troops here at the capital. At the in.
vitation of the general-in-chief, at
tended an exhibition drill in the court
of the barracks near the palace. About
400 troops went through many surpris-
ing evolutions. They are tall muscular
men, wearing the Korean hat on the
top of their knot-crowned heads, and
armed with rifles. Their dress is sort
of Zouave pantaloons ending in great
shoes and stockings of padded cotton.
They have a long loose blouse waist of
purple faced with red and there is red
band about their black hats. Their
sleeves are very wide, and they look
anything but martial. Our minister
has twelve of them about the legation,
and [ was always accompanied by one
during my walks through the city. A
very ferce-looking soldier met me
twelve miles from the capital, and
acted as my escort into the city. and l
found that those of the high privates l
dealt with were by no means aYerse to
an occasional lee.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-23

What a wonderful city is Seoul!
Its 100000 people are made up of
strange characters, and my eyes have
been bobbing about like the rays in a
Kaleidoscope in my efforts to appre-
ciate it all Everything is new, and
every new thing is strange. The big
wall which surrounds the city is a
wonder, and it's three great gates are
more wonderful still. They are;l ed
every night at sunset with IRON d
wooden doors, and after this time ne
outside the city can get in nor can any
inside the city get out. AS the sun falls
behind the mountains which surround
the capital band of soldiers playing
music, which sounds for all the world
like Scotchman's bag pipes, goes from
gate to gate and bars them shut. AT
the same time watch fires spring up
upon the hills in every direction, and
from these the king knows that all is
we'll. These watch fires are signals,
a hey form part OF continuous
u fires which are built upon the
b nall parts of Korea. They tell
by their different flames and the inten
sity whether all is well along the
coasts of the east and west and IN the
mountains to the north and south.
They are. it seemed to me, royalty's
farewell word from the day, and they
really meant that the country was
quiet and the capital might sleep in
peace.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-23

AS to other amusements, the people
seem to have few. There are no public
halls and no theatres, and really the
people have little outside of their food
and their rest. A civilization they
have, but 1t is one that has long gone to
sleep. Good natured and sturdy, they
need the incentive of security of prop
erty to ever make them rouse to the
present. Just now they are in the past
ages Of even Asia.ic civilization.
Will they wake2
This problem is one just now pro-
posed to the people. After centuries of
despotism, and feudalism, and stagna-
ZION. the streams of foreign thought
and life were six years ago first admit
ted. The thick crust of the hard clay
of ages Is only beginning to moisten,
and it will take generations to bring
the soil of this people to the now far
advanced life Of Japan.
Tomorrow We leave the capital, and
travel by inchairs, each borne by eight
coolies, to the sea coast at Chemulpo,
where we take the Japanese steamer
for China. l feel that l have had but q
taste of Korea, but that taste has
shown me that there is here a rich meal
for the man whose soul longs fol-
things unknown and unwritten.
FRANK q. CARPENTER.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-23

One of the chief amusements among
the men is archery, and the Koreans
shoot remarkably well. Many of the
yang ban have targets in their gardens
and trials of skill are often held. In
company with Colonel Cummins,
visited The archery grounds of the Null
berry Palace. The distance between
the place where the archers stood and
the target was fully 300 yards, and the
judges had such confidence in the accu-
racy of the shots that they had their
seats within five feet of the bulls eve.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-23
Speaking of Korean baby-eating

Speaking of Korean baby-eating
the missionaries, the king in this,II'
sent out a proclamation asking any
one who had known of babies being
stolen by foreigners to come forth and
make his charge good He called at
tention to the fact that foreigners were
civilized, and asked the question as to
how civilized people could eat children.
But" the proclamation went on, "if
children are being stolen, let the infor
nation be filed before the proper
authorities, and the offenders will be
arrested, and if found guilty by evil
dence, will be punished. A reward of
$4,000 cash will be paid for each per
son so found guilty, to the informant,
but in case the information is not SUP
ported by the evidence the informant
shall be fined in a like amount for
bringing the charge. This proclama-
zion was signed with the royal seal,
and was pasted on the gates aid On he
great bell in the centre of the city.
The selling Of children is, however, not
uncommon in Korea, and am told
that many are exported to China.
Good, fat. Well-disposed babies bring
from So to $40 apiece, and father has
perfect right to sell his children.
Babies are sometimes bought for adop-
ton, and as to the girls they are sold
for purposes of which the less said the
better. Slavery exists to some extent
in Korea, but 1t is more serfdom than
such slavery as we had years ago in the
south.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-23

Korean society is divided into three
classes, the king, the mobiles and the
common people. The latter live in
matched huCs, and they are the poor
est of the poor. The mobiles, or yang
ban, are the curse of the country.
They own all the lands and live by
squeezing the people who till them for
them. The better OF them dress in
gorgeous silks. They never go on the
street without they have lot of re-
tainers about them When they climb
ND hill they have one coolie behind
them and two to hold up their arms.
The more money they have the more
servants they keep, and the generals of
the army are among the most pompous
of them. One of these silk goWned,
black horse hair hated Korean gener-
ais was going up one of the hills about
the capital the other day. He had two
men behind him to push him and two
others held his arms, when General
Dive. who, by the way, is twice the
mans age, walked by him with a
Swinging step, and asked him as ne
passed if he expected to have that reti
me with him in battle. 1t took some
TIME for the Korean to appreciate the
sarcasm of this remark, but 1t hpally
crept through bis top knot that among
the western people, that lazlness and
inability were not marks OF honor. ana
the next time the TWO came together
the yang ban general walked alone.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-23

None of the shops of Seoul are, how
eyer, large, and the trade of this CAPT
tai of COZ people is made up of
what the yankees would call whit
Ting business. The loudest-mouthed
and most enterprising persons in the
whole city seem to be the vendors of
roasted chestruts. They are little boys
with their hair parted IN the middle
like girls and braided in one tightly
woven cord down the back. Their
stock usually consists of about quart
of chestnuts, and they have little pan
of Goals over which they roast them
while you wait. Another thriving
trade seems to be the cook shops,
where all sorts of Korean dainties from,
raw fish to toasted liver. are served up
on little round tables foot high and
about fifteen inches in diameter. These
have four or five little legs, and if you
order dinner the boy servant of the
cook shop will lift up the table contain
ing the dishes, balance it on his head,
and walk off with it, with the legs OF
the table hanging down about his neck.
Such dishes as | saw were not at all
and everything was seasoned
highly with red peppers. The roofs of
the country huts are now covered with
red peppers, and see them sold by the
bushel in the markets near the wide
street of the bell. The Koreans may
use them as appetizers. They have, 1t
seems, an ever present craving for food,
and they make their bellies their gods.
To eat, to smoke, to sleep and to squat
IS to all outward appearances the chief
of the people, and to be
at in Korea is sign of wealth. A big
stomach is an honor, and the very small
children in the country districts, in the
summer, Woo, l blush to say, rarely
wear more than a little jacket coming
Town two inches below the armpits, are
n nine cases out of ten, pot bellied.
The skin of their abdOmens is stretched
ike drum head, and leading author
tv on Korean life saws that mothers,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-23

stomachs of their babies, stuff them
day after day with rice, padding them
on the stomach to press down the con-
tents and make room for more.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-23

BEAUTIFUL PARLOR DESKS,
FANCY RATTAN CHAIRS,
ELEGANT ALL. BRASS EASELS,
ROCKING HORSES,
SLEDS OF ALL KINDS,
WHEELBARROWS,
DOLL CARRIAGES,
TOY TRUNKS,
TOY TABLES,
TOY BEDS,
MIRRORS Ia big Variety,
FANCY STANDS OF ALL KINDS,
FANCY PARLOR BRACKETS,
SMYRNA RUGS "a splendid assort-
ment),
BOOK CASES elegant assortment),
FANCY CHAIRS,
RATTAN CHAIRS AND LADIES
WORK BASKETS,
PATENT SWING HORSES (all wool
and skin covered),
DINING TABLES,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-23

PRIME Beef, Veal, Pork, Lamb and
Mutton from the best diaries and ranches
in the Territory, at F. J. Mays, 81 E.
First South. I
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-23

The American generals who came
here to organize the Korean army re-
ceiyed a setback from the trouble
about the baby-eating Of last June.
The people were stirred up against the
foreigners, and foreign innovations
were for the time unpopular. The
country is now again quiet, and Gen
eral Dive tells me that he hopes that
their real work of reorganization will
soon begin. They have q royal mill
tsrv school, where they drill some of
the officers daily, in the palace grounds.
They find it hard, however. to get the
higher officials who belong to this do
nothing noble class to engage in work
of any kind, and as yet the Korean
army on the American plan is in en-
HoIoroI 0umyuins ig disgustnd
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-23

The city does sleep, too. Its people
go to bed with the shadows of evening,
and by the law the man or boy who is
out after dark is bound to be whipped.
Women have the right to go about
after night, and foreigners are never
halted as are the Koreans. Such Ian
terms as are used are of the rudest
shape, and they consist of a frame
work holding candle with thin gauze
cloth thrown over it. There is great
ELL in the center of Seoul, and this is
iung early III the morning for the
opening of the gates. This ball is in
the middle of the long wide street
which divides Seoul IN halves, and it
forms the heart of the capital. About
it are the principal shops, and it is the
centre of trade.
Korean stores are OF the size of
large dry goods box. They are ar
ranged around narrow courts with a
little platform about two feet wide run
ming around their oLtsiue and forming
sort of shelf two Ieet high, going
entirely around the court. On to this
shelf or porch each store opens and the
merchant sits outside his store and not
in it. He has a curtain in front of his
goods, and he brings out piece by
piece as you ask for 1t. He keeps his
hat on while he trades, and smokes
during the whole transaction. Sitting
on his heels he does not apparently
care whether you buy or not, and am
told that he considers that large order
should bring q much higher compara-
tive price than a smaller one. Mr..
| Townsend wanted, not long ago, TO ex-
port some small Korean mats to the
United States. He asked merchant
the price, and ne told they would be
10 cents apiece, and was asked how
many he wanted. He replied that he
would take 5O,0C0, whereupon the
Korean, taking his long pipe from his
mouth in astonishment, SAID: "Oh, if
you want so many l shall have to
charge you 20 cents apiece. 1t will be
impossible to fill your order at less than
| 20 cents" Ana so it is with all busi-
ness. The more you want the more it
costs, and large order scares the mer-
chant by the thought that you are TAX
ing all his stock, and he may have
trouble in buying more. The coin used
in shopping is, of course, the cash and
in buying; you always take servant
with you to carry your money bag for
you.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-23

LIBRARY TABLES,
PARLOR TABLES Tin Antique Oak
Walnut and Mahogany.
BRASS TABLES with Mexican Onyx
and Plush Tops),
SIDEBOARDs that are perfect gems of
art, both Marble ard Polished Wood
Tops, in all the different woods.
PARLOR AND LIBRARY SETS fin
Plush and Leather),
BABY SWINGS,
WAGONS,
VELOCIPEDES,
TOY CHAIRS (great Variety.
Toy CRADLES,
FANCY FOoTSTOOLs,
SLIPPER CASES,
BLACKING CASES,
FANCY WOOL MATS,
HASSOCKS,
CARPET SWEEPERS, ETC, ETC.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-31

tho Nik.do with which BE- bed been invested whom
eTsnted the freedom Of Toxic. hr. HasYson We N
good form, but tho small size OF the audiepce IVES
depressing However, he struggled with this dtM-
Guilty, and for nearly On hour instructed be did not
amuse hIs audience. Mr.. Harrison made the sams
mistake that all noted politicians make who have
been in tho habit OF convulsing audiences BY party
points and political Invective. Tic forgot to throw
In anecdotes and bumor. His lecture lacked aynuse
mcnt hut II was learned and instructive. Moreover
hts voice docs not reach far enough 10 compass Z
Lar &c hall and his hearers have 10 listen with too
much tension 10 enjoy his points.
Mr. and Mrs Gladstone accompanied on their
italian tour by their daughter Mrs. Drew, whose
husband Is curae OF Hawarden.
Mr. George W. Cable will, fer the first Tine in
two years read from his own works at Northampton,
Mass, on January ;.
Count MclchoIr de Vogue who has Just been
elected to the French Academy, is, according 10 Paris
lustre, q member OF tn, Oldest and most distinguished
French arfstocracy. The vogues. like the Broglies
and d'Haussonvilles, have always pridcd themselves
on their love of letters the fine arts, and culture
generally. His uncle the Marquis de vogue; IS q
member OF the Institute virtue Of his valuable SER
vices 10 archaeologys after having distinguished him
golf az French Ambass ador to the Court OF Vienna
THO newly elected Academcian tall with an attrac
tive face and pleasant manners He regarded as
an oracle I'm the drawing rooms OF the Faubourg saint
c;ermain. where ne Is extremely popular He 1t
who inOculated French society with taste for Rus
sian literature. Having become familiar with the
native tongue Of Pouschkinc during long residence
a. Secretary of Legation I'm Russia where he married
sister Of General Anpentckof tne oestor OF the
Transcaspan railways, Count de Vogue was the first
some years since 10 translate. viva voce, the nDfst
goa of Tolsto and Dostoewsh at evening parties
before critical and attentive audience
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-31
PERSONAL.

Mr. Bradlaugh has been over In Paris recently anu
the other day paid visit to the Chamber OF Deputies
yvbcro he convcrscd with NJ Clemenceau ana other
members.
President HYDE Of Bowdoin College VIII preach
nj Harvard on January 30. He IS an aiumhus oi
Harvard.
The Hon. Theodore we'd. of Boston, Is recovering
slowly from his recent Illness. His mind Is 80 acnVo
that IL 5 GIiculi for him 10 realize that AT e'ghy'
five years he should exercise care over his lea
than I'm Younger years ON the day that he was tahcn
III he went to McdfoTd 10 attend the funeral OF son
OF one of his anti-savcry friends. made remarks on
the occasion and after reaching home, read ana
studied until II o'clock at night
Among the Poor Brethren Of the Charter House.,
London, Is Mr. John NJ Morton, the author OF Box
and Cox II was through MIR Gladstones influence
that he got into the Charter House, whore no lives In
contcntment and health.
Mrs Hearst has returned TO Washington. Senator
Hearst will Join her there about January 10 He is
now In California
speaking Of Mr. Carter Hariscns recent lecture
al Chicago on Japan, The Herald" OF that city says
His figure attracted attention account of the new
dress suit which he had evidently brought with him
duty free from the land Of Victoria Hut the ladies
must have lost sight OF this owing 10 the three dla
monds which sparkled nom his manly bosom They
were real diamonds, probably from the collection Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-31
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE, MONDA>

in its favor should be great as respects wages
obtained. in order to make organization ap-
pear profitable. But the lowest gain in any
class of labor except one was 14.3 per cent
in iron mining, and the miners organizations
had been nearly as extensive and quite as az
gressive as any others. The workers in 20, 600
-four mills scattered all over the country, with
out organization or fighting. have gained more
than twice as much, 33 per cent in the same
time. The textile workers have been extern
sively organized, and wooen and worsted
workers have gained 81 per cent, cotton work
ers 81 per cent, and carpet workers Is per
cent But the workers in saw mills, withOut
expensive organization, gained 80 IL per cent.
The pottery and glass workers, with some OF
the most effective organizations in the world,
hardly improved their wages as much, only
80 1-2 per cent. But that again is less than
was gained by two other bodies of scattered
and unorganzed laborers, in wagon and car
rage works 56 12 per cent, and as wheel
wrights SO per cent.
The boot and shoe workers in factories, with
costly and extensive organizations and many
strikes, gained 81 per cent in wages. But the
blacksmiths, more scattered and perhaps less
organized than men of any other occupation
and making terms each man for himself gained
43 per cent. Carpenters were organized in
many cities and their gain was 80 per cent, but
the coopers gained so, the gas workers 81 1-2,
and the uphosterers SO per cont. The cigar
makers strikes have been many and most cost
ly, and yet they gained only % per cent. while
the average wages of unskilled laborers, neces-
sarily unorganized and peculiarly exposed to
competition from recent immigrants increased
81 per cent.
The comparison might he greatly extended,
but enough has been said to show that the
facts do not sustain the theory that organza-
ton has practically advanced the wages of
labor On the contrary, facts strongly confirm
the belief that workers do actually gain most
in wages where each man is left entirely free
to make such terms with employers as his per-
sonal qualifications may secure But If that is
true, then the cost of labor organizations as a
means of securing better returns for labor is
practically wasted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-31
THE LEGISL1TURE OF 1899

Tomorrow the wheels Of legislation will be-
gin to revolye again at Albany. The occasion
necessarily is of general public interest The
opportunities for good or evil of the Legis-
ature of this great State are immense If it
be trustworthy and capable it can render the
people services of incalculable value; if it be
of another sort it can readily become the most
costly and demora ing of public nuisances
1t is gratifying to reflect that the incoming
Legislature can Confidently be expected to per-
form its duties faithfully and well. Both tho
Senate and the Assembly will be controlled b.
Lawmakers who can be depended upon. BOth
bodies contain many members who have already
earned the public confidence by valuable ser
vice at Albany. and these viii be expected to
shape the course of the winters legislation
with no aim in view save the general welfare
There will be constant demand during the
session of 1899 for the collective wisdom of
the two houses. For large number Of matters
of vital interest to the State will have to be
disposed Of. The Republicans say, and > say
all who desire 10 promote the r % welfare Of
the State, that the battle for High License and
Ballot Reform must be fought over again The
present wretched condition Of the prisons calls
Tor the prompt passage OF Il measure Tor tnelf
relief which shall mbody . sound and perma-
nent prison policy. The friends of education
have viewed with dismay the failure of the
Compulsory act of 1874 and will present n bill
TO Supersede it. An earnest but unsucceSs-
full OFT was made last session to provide for
the transfer of the insane from county to State
aSylums. That philanthrOpic effort will be
renewed. II is expected that another appro-
pration will be asked for to continue the work
of charging and improving the canal. Rapid
transit is only one of many problems that the
metropolis will send to Albany for solution.
We need not extend the list. We have already
specified enough subjects of importance to tax
the ability and fidelity Of our legislators. To
the members who desire to distinguish them
selves by rendering the State distinguished SER
vices many golden opportunities will be af
forded.
The Legislature of 1889 will have a Re
publican majority in both houses. If the
session meets the best expectations of good
citizens, the Republicans will have the credit.
If it is a disappointing session the blame will
be laid at their door. We trust our friends Of
the majority will bear this fact constantly in
mir