Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-05

more closely, In unexpected valleys
TINT stretch far into the hills, we Ind
many Villages and homlets. surrounded
by fertile zelda OF rice. miliet and other
productions That give comfortable
support TO rhe Inhabitants.
The CoicRn towns arc composed Of
unattrHctlYe collections Of houses, low
and ugly. These dwellings, are small
ttraw-thatchcd mud novels OF one or
two ,oms, devoid OF furniture, where
the people sit, cat and nloep on the
u ilr. The sircrta Hrc only narrow.
nlthy alleys Tho mud floors Of the
Ccrcun houses, heated by nues from
beneath, are called Hangs They are
heated IN the sumwcr and winter TO
dcBree That would be irtolcrable 20 one
not used no DC from infancy. Fuel-
puthcierd s'nW tho country to Ind
means 20 feed these primitive furnaces.
All the hiilgldea We shavtn every
autumn With short, Gtrong iron sicltle8.
They gre stripped OF livery growing
things every stool. and branch rs taken
on. e. cry little bush that las sproutel
from the Old. old roots that Ne buried
In the rich blnclt soil; evoly chryatn-
thotGum and hluebell. every coarse
blade OF grass, they cut down and bind
in bundles for fuel This Is all they
have. The impression prevailed until
rvccntly that Northern C0ran was ri III
cNoept 10 temnle rroundn 5, nlncos so,
cred Co come lsltv. or 10 the wenni,,,
OF some great person. there exists very
little Timber ua Any value Everything
like stick OF timber % very precious
and cpstiy,
Every plank Tor building, every tim
Der OF the houses. Is brought by ship
from Japan There Is not. there need
moi be- a sawmlll IN al the country.
for there is no wood to snw. An bricks
for bulldlng are also brought on stenm-
crs from Japan or China; though clay
Is abundant and coolies are Whiting to
mako brick there IL no wood to burn
them No Yankee enterprise will avail
here to tide over these hard places.
II age I'LL one with veneratlon. then
You win lind cnouWh hero to Impress
YOU most profoundly, for everything
your yves fan upon looks so old. The
rocks are crumhling 80 YOU can break
them with your fingers. And when tho
rainy season comes, In summer. the
mold or aEes gathers on everything.
oven 10 your gloves and shoes IL Vol
drop out OF them for few DAYS. Tho
very air you breathe Mt such times
seems 10 be charged With malaria and
old axe, II Is all made plain whom YOU
are told that this Is one OF the oldest
countries in tho world that some OF Its
walled cities date back to King Dayid'a
time; that most OF them are more than
a thousand years old.
The Coreaus are proudly conscious OF
their antiquity They say that they
have nearly lived out their allotted
tlme aH people, Their slow sensiblli-
tiea, ancient customs. grave Language.
ana Inert manner ot life an heht tho
AGED. They speak Of Europo and
America az Just beginning lie: ana In
a rtately way they show they hive No
Intention OF yielding any OF their yen-
crablo ideas 10 such frivolous Youth
No influence can move them 10 change
! their sluvcnly fitting white cotton gar
mcnts for anything OF a darker Colo,
or better shape, They insist on SQUAT.
ting on their heels whom they work in
your garden. while they use the short.
handled. awkward Corcan hoe OF the