The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-09-06


Corean trots about greatly impressed
with an idea OF his own good looks and
Importance.
But this is not the only use he makes
OF bamboo In the matter OF dress, for
during the summer season he has
bamboo frame fitted rather closely to
the body, and over this he puts his
clothes. Thus he Is inside of cage,
which prevents his clothes from stick
ing TO him, and in the hottest weather
he remains cool and mfortable for.
in spite OF his odd headgear. he has a
long head and knows how to use IL.
His clothes do not cost him much
money, for the simple reason that he
has not much to spend. so he makes
that little go great way. and has
learned to utilize materials that In
other countries are almost unknown.
There Is paper. for instance. The
Coreans possess some secrets with re-
gard 10 paper maving that are un-
known even to their ingenious neigh
bors, the Chinese. They can make
paper Of such tCu lhness that IL will
resist many months or wear. ana BY a
process OF oiling IL they render II Inn
pervious to water. and 50 make over
coats that W II stand any amount of
rain. True, they cannot be mended,
for when they tegin TO 60 they go all
over and all at once but as they only
cost about a Quarter they are easily
replaced If the Corean happens to
have the qua ter.
His other clothes are mostly cotton,
and the chief peculiarity about them
Is the fact that they are always being
washed. The Coreans have no soap.
and yet they expect the women TO keep
the clothing in good cordition. and the
totling creatures manage to accom-
plish this herculean task by washing
the clothes four or five times and thea
rounding them with mallet made
.sI ecially tor the purpose. This takes
time as well "a labor, and the monoto-
nous tapping that gees on forever in
city comes TO be regarded 10y the Corean
visitor "a one Of the indislensGbilities
without which IA Corean community
would seem unnatural. When the
women are not engaged in beating the
cl thes they are busy ct some other
household employment, but save when
purchasing necessary articles CT food.
are seldom seen abroad. They do not
always stay in the house. however,
for in Corean cities certain hours after
dark ars set apart for the women 10
take their exercise. and during that
time all men are forbidden to appear
on the street under penalty of arrest.
This police regulation is very strictly
obnycd, too, for in Corea there is no
such thing IA a jury sys EN-. the rights
OF the individual are very lightly re.
garded, and justice is meted out in the
most summary fashion. An offender
in the manner just indicat I'd, for in.
stance, Is taken ut once To the station
house, and the officer in command de.
cides that man out OF doors when
the women are taxing their walks de-
serves thrashing, n matter whether
he w0s doing anything or not, so the
thrashing is promptly administered,
the offender l. detained until the
women's hour is past. then ordered
about his business, and thus are the
demands of the law fulfilled.
Farming in Corea is of the most
primitive description. The multitude
Of peop'e forbids the employment of
labor-saving machinery. aud all opera
tions, OF Whatever nature, are carried
on by had. Even the irrigation OF
crops, a process SO purely mechanical
that IL might be supposed some sort OF
simple device would 10 constructed to
,obyiate the necessity Of hand labor, is
done by lifting the water from ore
pool to another by means of large
scoop, a succession OF able-bodied CO.