Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-10-20

bronze table and dinner set for one person,
boots and shoes of wood, straw and leather :;
fire pot and tools, a board on which is
played game evidently resembling chess,
banners and lanterns, a kite and reel. vases
(white and blue) and on the floor brass
cannon, very old, used in the American at
tack on Korean forts in the 70S. One of the
naval officers, by the way, who participated
in that attack, is now a resident of Chicago.
He is Lieutenant T. s. Bassett, interpreter of
the foreign department of the Worlds Fair,
| and Secretary of the Chicago Folklore So
ciety.
On the walls of the booth hang banners
like Japanese KakemOnO. One painted on
straw attracts attention. There are also here
and there screens, of which one was hand
embroidered by the ladies of the palace. The
boxes and cabinets for clothing look like
trunks and seem durable. Skins of sable,
leopard, fox, tiger and other animals are
scattered about. In an upright glass case
are exhibited various fabrics, articles Of foot
gear, an embroidered silk cushion and arm
rest n mans suit, lady's dress and ladys
court dress, while on dummies in the center
of the room are shown the ancient warriors
costumes, the ladies' dress for dance and the
court dress of both a military and civil OFF,
cial.
The young Korean in charge of the exhibit
has evidently become tired Of answering hun
dreds of times every day the same questions
by different visitors. Consequently to the
neighboring countries he has attached a
paper headed "Questicns Answered." Many
of them are here reproduced
"'Korea' and 'Corea' are both correct, but
the former is preferred.
sKorea is not a part of China, but is indie
pendent"
''The Koreans do not speak the Chinese
language, and their language resembles
neither the Chinese nor the Japanese"
"Korea made treaties in 1882"
4Sol0 foeArp
Inent.''
s "Korea has electric lights, steamships,
Autographs, but no railroads"
WKoreans live in comfortable tile-roOfed
ho1Nses, heated by flues under the floor"
..&Norean civilization is ancient and high
0O0 oNpo-climate like that of Chicago, coun-
trv Mountainous, mineral wealth undevel-
or3ed agricultural products, chiefly rice,
Itsns. wheat and corn
~ c. GUATEMALA AND ITS EXHIBIT.
III ri &bse up to Mexico lies Guatemala, the
q id land of Central America. Although the
s. dBntier of Mexico is like an impossible
Nehasn. and the Republic of Guatemala is shut
6ff from all intercourse with the realm of
President Diaz, she has almost without any
assistance risen to high degree of COM
mercial worth. Over the Mexican border al
most all the trade that is done is carried
by smugglers. No railway crosses the from
TO visit the Mexican capital he gets on
steamer at San Jose, goes to San Francisco
and then by rail travels back to the city of
Mexico. President Barrios married an
American girl and the friendly feeling of
the country was increased toward the Unite
States.
Guatemala has erected a building at the
Fair and filed it with exhibits which ex-
plain the resources of the country and tell of
its prosperity. There are still vast and al
- Kh,
which in itself covers an area of only SO, 600
square miles. When COrteZ was pillaging
Mexico he heard OF a country to the south
where there was more gold and he sent
troops to Guatemala, who robbed the native
indians. These aboriginal inhabitants hal
reached state of civilization higher than
that of the great majority of American In
dams.
In one corner of the Guatemala Building
is groto where Is exhibited specimens of
the fauna of the country. Here is a kind OF
bird called the gavilan which sings the half
hours, and is as correct as Il sun dial. 1t is
almost as good as Government Obserya-
tory. 1t stops its vigils. however, at sun
down, and begins again in the morning,
which is the salvation of the bibulous Guate-
malan, who keeps one of these birds in the
house.
On the east wall of the open court there is
painted map which shows the location of
the principal towns and the railways already
built, in course of construction and pro-
letted. The principal work the Government
is doing at present is the building of a rail-
way which, when completed, will connect
San Jose. the principal town on the Pacific
coast, with Puerto Barrios, on the Gulf of
Honduras. Already the city OF Guatemala
the capital of the republic, has been reached
from San Jose. and IT'S miles of the road has
been constructed from the Puerto Ba rios
end. Tue Government has already exp md
ed SO, 900 900. The total cost o. the WORK il
Ia estimated will reach GIG, 090, 900.