The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-20

merchant or a farmer. II The money is
refused, the man is imprisoned, beaten
and starved until he submits.
In an inn, one dares not TO question or
/ TO look at a nOOleman. it is not allowed
/ to smoke in his presence. The nobility
is the plague of the country. The middle
class is formed of the families which for
/ several generations have filled special
functions in the government. They are
1 aStrOlogers. physicians aud interpreters.
The indivId uals attached TO the temples
+ of COufucius the colin makers. the roof
{ ers, the masons ana other wor6meu-
/ have formed sYndiCdteS, wherein they
may find some aid and protection The
/ butchers form separate class, regarded
as viler than that Of the slaves ID is
among them that eXecutiOuers are re-
I cruiled.
All children born of a slave mother are
/ slaves. Their masters have the right to
! kill them The Koreans worship their
/ children, especially when they are boys.
At times father might sell his son: but
/ if he ever became wealthy he would use
/ all his money to buy him back again.
! Children are expected to be respectful to
! their father, but no. to have any Consid-
/ Grafton for their mother. AT the fathers
/ death the eldest son takes his place
| There are only $50 family names. To dis
/ tiuguish different families of the same
name, the name of the town or village
! where they live is added 10 the family
/ name.
Exact sciences, language and the fine
arts are not held in as high esteem as lit
erary and philosophical studies. Sciences
are the apanage of the middle class.
! There are eight different professions
| The first, thatof the interpreters, is much
sought after; the second comprises the
| study of astronomy and the art of select
| ing propitious dates; those intrusted with
| this profession work for the king only.
! Then come the medical school, the school
of design for maps, plans and portraits of
| the sovereign, the law school, the school
! Of mathematics, and, in fine, the clock
| school, which furnishes directors and
| watchmen for the unique clock OF the
/ government. It is hydraulic machine,
which measures the time by letting fall
| drops of water at regular intervals.
! There are many potters IN the country,
! but one may not find anywhere manu-
| facturer of the admirable porcelain, rare
! specimens of which are extant The
! Koreans initiated the Japanese and the
! Chinese in the knowledge OF ceramics.
/ Mineral riches abound. Rich manda-
rims possess bronzes of charming color
and incompatible sorority the factories
| OF which were never seen by a foreigner.
1t is to Korea according to the old Chi
nese books that Japan and the Celestial
IN i ( Wv gl I ~ drIlsVlo anu 4I'ei
| oIS CtAol 70 Not0a uds duoULet EIoI W
vas Uue nome Vi olle III .! Uailc
half before Europe There is extant a
reprint of the Kung- Tse-kia-Tu, or apollo
gles of Confucius, printed in movable
types in 13l7..-,. -s
ouuuillsih Ieacneo Korea IN Ine Iourtn
the rajigion Of Conf,i,,s hnar,o tt 70
ligion Of the state For The mass. Of me
neople This raligion CONSISTS il, cu{t f,,, an,
| cestors and IN The ohea,vat;oy, ~ ti,Jf, an
ties-toward the Fing tovyord ,1a,,ents
between husband and wife .tovia,,d oId
peonle and between friends Men If let.
| ters are honnd ia additionaI dnfiasL cuI+
for ConfI7oins ana grsat men vencra tion
for the sacred boolreof China nnd =, cult
for Sia-TriIx the oenins Of the lyinn5on1
| Who is this Sai-Tril,5 Missionaries have
often questioned IEoraane about MIN
| without oven obtainirey a nraciee ars,,.a,,
Some think thar he is a snnrerne bping.
others think that II is the skv. Ire
greatest nnmber do NOT know ono da,J
M. Charles BALLET said TO a Korean that
| every man had a soul. the Korean .1VouId
not admit IL He said ,,Tba sni,,it tbat
moves and animates ne ia diesin5ttd v,itb
the last breath of life. bnt rreat'rnf5r, snb.
sist even after dep4., n, fFhe,es1 ,,tvcon-
vents of priests and nriestesees NM a c
the law does NOT compel The n,,ipstasses IN
rem ain cloistered for Iifa me- onir tbai,.
converts as soon as thew are weary Of
them-and they are soon weary Koreans
replv to the question ahout what the,, a,,-
pect to beconeaftar their death. s;yYho
knows Nobody ever refurned me
only important hing in 1ife is IN enfov IL
as long as il LASTS y ~ 0'''0'
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ine,s and Y".i
i;uEgLcis anu loI Iune letters OF pom sexes
NV * IL .lotea On puollc freoulIy may