Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-08-28
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Nv. a.. railer, IT.. the weIikaowa husori.'
~ the kor klsnd Tttbane. gives as ene,,nIS
dic' de.eriptloo ef CorsA, fr.m vhieh tne Ie' .
ef fsilsv'- humorous .tye IL oonsihefses in
formation.
Ever since there were reports Of light
Ing between Japan aud China, To settle
the old, old question 40 To which nation
should rule la Corca, I have b~en asked
TO explain what the trouble u about.
have looked into the encyclopedias, the
way Mr.. Depew aud Mr.. Cleveland and
always 10 when we have speech OF
an editorial tn get OF, aud bex to submit
the follo~lug report.
lettering To the map we discover
Corea tn be light purple ver'nlfugs
appendix To the northeast part of china,
with the Japan sea on the right hand
and the Yellow sea on the left. 10 h
very reserved country, preferrinx to ~
left alone 10 possible, aud has bceu called
the hermit Kingdom. IL has about ten
million Inhabitants, there belnx more
men than women, but those who have
seen picture. of the Coresn women VII
not regret this. The chief rivers are the
Ya.iu-kiang, the Toug-kia-uia, the Tai'
tsng.kAue, the Auld-lsng-syne, the I'm
jim, the Gim-Gsm, the Amnok, the Max.
tong, the fire-tong and the icc-tona, all
very large rivers With great deal oil
dark yellow water flowing through them
10 the ses, and some Of which overflow
their hanks annually aud remove the
.urplu. population. By this means the
wage. In CorcA are maintained at q high
figure. often reaching to = cent and n
half per week.
A. far back as ii2l u. 4. we hrst dis
cover Corca doing the beet u can, and u
has done very little since. Some -"
years later China, after over twenty
centuries Of war, Ia which few OF the
original participants survived, conquer
Ell the country aud Imposed upon the
people the Chinese chronology aud cal
endar. Prom this last atrocity they sp-
pear never 10 have entirely reco,ered.
The weather In Corca is various, the
temperature ranging very low In winter
aud very higher 10 summer, the same AZ
the price Of Ice with us. In the north
the rivers stay frozen all the year which
would be very discoaraging To people
Who wanted 10 60 anywhere, but ss
Corean people usually prefer io stay al
home they do not complain. There are
but fe~ newspapers and the coupon
system of supply Ing standard Illustrated
work. Il unknown. The Corcsns do not
advertise. .For morc than 800 years,
they say, '.our forefstbers did not sd-
yerti.e; Why should wey' They then
fan ,hemsel,e. leisurely. turn over on
the other side and go to slcep again,
while native fowls hop In at the door
aud roost ou the goods.
The king of Cora IL very large round
aud weighs more than At frst you would
think possible. lie has absolute power
Of life aud death aud often Kills number
OF hi. subjects Who have annoyed him.
hot We ought not To be hssty In our
judgment of a man Who has nearly 100
wi,e. that toe In. The king u q very
sacred personagc aud IL hedgcd round
With etiquette like q boy With three
grow n-up sisters. To touch him With
any form 90 iron IL high treason.
In the individual At Jay Centre who
shaved me Que day Last winter while j
Was waiting for train should touch The
king Of CoreA with that rstor they would
have hi. head on in minute. And serve
him right.
The king of Cova besides his 100
wIye. Ia. $50 servants, so u Will be
seen that he earns his salary. North
American housekcepers who devote all
their life to bringing up one servant by
hand will know how to sympsthise With
him. II IL very difficult TO get access To
the king he IL 50 hedgcd about With
form. and ceremonies. People having
bIli. against him, after calling nine or
ten hundred times aud finding for one
reason aud another that they can't yet
In, often tear the bills In fragments, at
the same time giving ut,srance to some
native language that would sound per-
frctly dreadful " We could understand
What II was. Everything the King says
and does each day is written down by
three sug.tsi, who follow him about
With notebooks for that purpose. This
va. " her. the New York World got its
idea of sending reporters along With Mr.
Cleveland on his vacations. The salary
Of a .ug-tsi 1. ~ per snnum, payable In
produce raised Ia the royal gardens.
The king IL assisted In governing by .
seug-ci-tsieng, six pan.iso, each OF whom
la. his own tsam.pan, q niei-tso, q
kIeng-tso and q number Of other right
and left bowers quite difficult 10 spell
and impossible to pronounce after
YOU have done so. With their advice,
and often sitting up all night and max.
Ing no account OF Sundays, the King
manages To get along and there are fc~
complaints. II a subject ever does for
get himself and lind fault, the local
hieng-tso has his head removed by q
gentleman who dra~sa large salary Tor
attending To such matters, and the fault
finder never murmurs nor replnes after
wards. Whenever the king goes out he
rides upon a donkey or IL borne In .
great sedan chair aud the people bow
down their heads To the ground as he
yoe. by, for Il Il death for . subject Ia
look the king In the face. IL IL different
In this country. have heard Of man
In tbls state who not only looked upon
four kings at once, one evening, but sub
seauentiy rsked Ia a large sum OF money
by doing 80. think they called IL y
spot"
IL doe. not cost mu,h To live Ia Corea.
Their money u reckobed by "cash, u
conner coin, loo to an American dollar.
n Mr.. Pullman should take his dark
green parlor cars aud the fortune he has
scrsped together here and 20 to Corca,
he would be worth In that country ~
0DO. 90, 900 cash and could have every
thing his own way. Perhaps somebody
win mark this paragraph aud mall IL to
Mr.. Pullman.
The Coresn women dress In Wide
IA ntaioons and skirt and carry their
eyes In an Inverted position that sur
prIses YOU I'LL you get used to it. They
are not only destitute Of social and
political standing, hut are not even held
Responsible for their actions. There u
no courtship, the bride aud groom never
seeing each other till they meet nj the
marrisge pistfor,n. Long observation
OF the Corean woman has settled this ~
being the best way. After marriage the
hus sbsnd and wife rarely see each other
and so divorces ATE MT necessary. The
women work In tie zelda by day aud
raisc wheat, millet aud rice, and at
night roam sbout the city aud raise cain.
Why either China or Japan slsould
hsuker TO possess Corea do not under
take TO say, but can nnd out suppose
nv WritlnR.