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carpeted with them, the paper being oiled
ard plastered down on the stones It made
beautifully polished and not unpictur-
esque looking carpet, and 1t was not Affect
ed by the heat Of the iues beneath it.
How the C0reans Shoe Horses.
It Is almost impossible to give good
idea OF Corea. Everything Is so different
from anything we have in America. Take
the horseshoeing, for instance. One of our
ponies had to be shod. and another time
we put shoes on the bull which carried the
baggage. The pony was first thrown on
the ground, and his four legs were tied
together so that he couldn't possibly kick.
Then the blacksmith pounded hoop-iron
shoes en- his feet with a rude iron hammer.
1t was the same with the bull, though one
man had to sit on his head while he was
being shod. The iron seemed to be very
good. and it comes from the mines In the
northern part of the country. The tools OF
the country are made Of 1t, and the
farming tools are very ingenious, the three
and four-pronged hoes being quite as good
as anything we have in America. They
were making tools in this blacksmith shop,
and all the tools and plows are made by
hand. The blacksmith had rude bellows.
which was worked by boy, who stood
on see-saw. and by moving up and down
pumped the fire into a blaze. In other
places I saw bellows which boys worked
by pulling a stick in and out like that Of
squirt-gun, and everything Is rude in the
extreme. sometimes horses are SnOn by
being strapped up to poles. so that only
two of their feet can rest on the ground,
and the band which goes around the belly
holds the horse up while he is shod.
Alaska VS.. COrea.
I saw many evidences in my tour through
Corea of a relationship which seems to
exist between our American Indians and
the Coreans. The probability is that some
Of these people made their way to. the
north, and crossed the Boring strait into
Alaska. The cheekbones Of the Coreans are
high, and 1 saw many faces which made
me think of our Indians. They are, of
course, far more civilized and better edu-
Gated, and they are a higher type than the
savages of the west. Outside of each town
found rows of wooden posts which "Gen-
erar PAX told me were generals stationed
there to keep out the spirits These posts
had hideously carved heads upon them,
made in fantastic representation of the
human face. They looked very much like
the totem sticks which you find In front of
every Alaskan house, and / found other
smilarities here and there. In my tours
through interior China l saw many Indian
faces, and 1 met Tartars who looked very
much like the noblest of our Indian chiefs.
1t is a curious thing. by the way. that the
Japanese look much like the Mexican In
dians. and the ethnologists may find a very
interesting study in tracing out the con-
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and little plug hats of black horse
hair, which they tie on to their crowns,
and which hit to the head much
like a woman's bonnet. These hats are
fastened by black ribbons secured under
the chin. and the gowns are tied by silk
cords. which run around the waist. Their
sleeves are tight, and in Corea only the
high officials and gentlemen can wear full
sleeves. General PAX, my interpreter dur
ing my trip through Corea- had sleeves of
about The size of a two-buShel bag, and he
considered himself much above these gov
eminent clerks.
How "Prince" Carpenter Was Treated
I de spair of being able to describe my
experiences with these government clerks
and the magistrates in the trip which I
took right across Corea from the capital
TO the east coast. The letter of introduc-
ton which 1 had from the king was in a
great blue envelope, and it described me as
a mighty American. who was travelling for
pleasure. L would not wish to say that
General Pax was most accomplished liar,
but L fear that he stretched matters in
presenting me to the magistrates. l do
rot know what he told them. He may have
said 1 was the son of the king of America,
or the nephew of the President OF the
United States, but at any rate the officials
almost got down on their knees to me, and
my treatment was that of a prince. Cen
eral PAX told them how L had visited the
king at the capital, and had had the honor
OF going through the kings gate of the
palace, and / could that he enforced
their respect when they did not voluntar
lily tender IT. The magistrates establish
ments are usually at one end of the viii
IaEes and we rode with our retinue right
into the government courtyards and turn
81 ont the government clerks from the
best apartments Each establishment con-
sisted OF a half dozen or more one-story
buildings with heavy tiled roofs. There
was the big house in which the magistrate
lived, and near this, surrounded by wall,
another set OF houses where he kept his
wives and his concubines. There were al
SO other houses for the government clerks.
and a lot of dwellings, which looked more
like pig-pens or cow-sheds than the homes
OF human beings, which were filled with
slaves and servants. There were scores
of pot-Lellied, haIf-nakel children squat
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THEIR WEDDING JOURNEY.
elimination of an Interesting RO-
nance in Punkin Hollow Society.

u
nance in Punl<in Hollow Society.
From the Chicago Tribune.
The old folks had gone to bed and Sine
and Mandy were in the dim little parlor,
where burned slow fire of sizzling hickory
logs in the old-fashioned fireplace. The
wintry blasts shook the old farm house
and the windows ratified, and a puff of
smoke now and then came down the CHM
ney on a return trip and circled Familiarity
about the room, but Sine and Mandy
didn't mind it. They We're sitting very
close together. Slime, with throbbing heart
and faltering tongue, had declared himself
and Mandy had listened shyly and with
doWnCaSt eyes.
Shines arm stole in casual and appar-
emily accidental way along the back of her
chair.
"And you'll have me, Mandy"
Eyes, Sine"
1t was spoken softly. but Simon heard it,.
and there was sound like that of a quart
Of cold mush colliding violently with the
side Of a brick house.
Then the stalwart young man recovered
himself and rose to his feet.
Mandy" he said with the assured
bearing of a man accustomed to acting
with business-like promptness in all the
great emergencies of life, I've got to go
to Chicago next Wednesday with four car
loads of hogs, and We'll get married in the
mornin and make the trip together
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Some Texas PcculiaritieS.

om the New York Sun.
Though Texas Is lordly state
And loaded full Of biz.
It's not a millionth time as big
As Texans think it is;
But Just the same. no one would care
To make this truthful statement there.
Just why he wouldn't there's no need
OF saying in this space:
Enough to say, that truth. though good,
Is sometimes out Of place;
And, notwithstanding speech is free,
The wise man muzzleS liberty.
But Texas IS a wonder state:
II grows horned tOadS and things,
And cattle which have horns SO long
They cut them into strings;
And spiders with such scads of hair,
They make football player look bare.
There counties grow to such extent
That almost any state
Could hide within their vastness and
Stay there and vcgetate;
And there the plains spread out so wide
They haven't any other side.
Her rivers are tremendous things,
At least so Texans state,
Yet they must irri&ate them, SO
Their boats can navigate;
And fish must leave the rivers path
And go to sea to get bath.
A state of freaks is Texas, sure.
And still there's more in sight,
For recently one has appeared,
To wonder and delight:
And this one L.. the statement 5 true,
Hog. that Is jackass, too.
man once said that If he had
At least so I've heard telD
A residence in Texas and
Another one in h,
He wouldn't live i'll Texas: yet,
He never said l. there, you bet.
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and keep the balance. The magistrates col
lect the money from the farmers in the
shape of taxes, and they do this in the
most arbitrary way. They are the judges
and the courts, as well as the tax gather
ers. and the man who does not obey them
can be called up on all sorts of charges
and tortured and fined. There is a system
of laws as TO taxes. but this is evaded in
every possible way. and the people are at
the mercy of these little potentates. The
law is that every man must work a certain
time during the year for the king, and the
magistrates decide as to the time he
must labor. Many OF them own slaves,
and they all have what IN Corea are con-
sidered very swell establishments, with
scores of scribes. each of whom has his
own rank. and who is sort of political
striker. These scribes have dress of
their own. They wear long white gowns,
which fall from their necks to their feet,
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nection and the origin Of these races The
complexion of the Coreans Is different in
different parts of the country, largely due.
l suppose, to exposure. The gentlemen of
Seoul have skins of a delicate cream, and
1 saw some in which the roses came out
and tinted the cheeks. The laborers in the
field are bronZed as our Indians, and
some of the coolies at the seaports are as
black the negro. l saw many noses that
were almost fiat, and the cheekbones, in all
cases, We're high. was surprised at the
difference in the faces according to rank
and condition, and this difference exists
not only in Corea, but also in Japan and in
China. The higher classes of the three
peoples have refined, intelligent faces. Many
of the gentlemen of Corea have narrow,
high foreheads and you see every type of
life on the streets of a Corean city that
you do in America. There is the rich Off
cial who swells about and puts on airs.
There Is the scholar who evidently burns
his midnight oil, and there is the keen.
calculating trader who watches his whit
Ting business quite as well as our mer-
chants do their large establishments. The
men have slight boards and their whis-
kers do not seem to grow until after they
are thirty. General PAX had a mustache
which made me think Of the old COMPARE
son of the dudes mustache to base ball
nine. There were nine hairs on each side,
with one in the middle for umpire. He
caressed these often and also the stray
curly little hairs which decorated his chin.
and one day he said: Il do love my Whls-
kers; 1 think they grow very much"
The Jaf1s.
Connected with all of the magistrates
establishments found jails and there were
paddIes and stocks scattered about. These
are used very freely to squeeze money out
Of the people, and a magistrate has really
great power over his subjects. The jails
were about eight feet square, and they
we're closed with doors much like those OF
ooucbed There ia a hole in the door
about as big as a dinner plate, and In this
the food Is put for the prisoners. The
scribes do the padding, and the people are
squeezed out Of all their surplus cash. In
the trip across the country / saw signs OF
poverty everywhere, but no starvation.
The people were good-natured, lazy ana
shiftless. They have no incentive TO work,
for If they get little money ahead and the
magistrates find 1t out, charge Is trump
ed up against them, and they have to give
I'D a portion of it to the officials. The
Japanese will attempt to reform all this.
They will organize, If possible, good gov
eminent, and property rights will be made
safe. l believe that the people have the
elements requisite to the making or
strong nation, and that from now on they
will steadily improve. The change will not
be immediate, for centuries of shiftlessness
cannot be repaired in night, but they
have a rich country, and they will begin to
develop it as soon they find that the re-
suits of their labor will not be taken from
them, and that they can permanently bet
ter their condition.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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dows-indeed, often all the windows-are
equipped with two or three layers of soft,
filmy, pure white lace. One curtain of
very thin lace fits across the window panes
without folds. as in the new Vanderbilt
palace. Just beyond. but still across the
windows only, is another set gathered full.
crossing al the top and caught back at the
sides, just above the upper half of the VIM
dow, in a charmingly coquettish manner.
Finally, across the entire width of the
framework hangs from the poles to the
floor, in full, unbroken folds, beautiful
white lace again. The blank-looking VIM
dows which prevailed when heavy curtains
were used alone have given place to an eff
feet of grace and beauty very promising
for the taste and cheerfulness of the rooms
within.
A bride was heard to remark the other
day that in furnishing her house she in
tended first to secure for every room cur
tdinS lovely in pattern and ample in full
ness. Then the whole house would have
an air of comfort, even if her resources
We're too much crippled at the outset to
supply at once all the ether elements Of
coziness. Mrs. Hodgson Burnetts clever
assertion that men, to enhance their
beauty. should buy lace by the mile rather
than by the yard, can be transferred to
curtains-they should be purchased by the
bale rather than by the pair.
I suppose Besant and James are respon-
sble, in a great measure, for the note
book craze, because in stating that copious
notes are the foundation of good novels
they failed to mention that making notes
does not cessarily bring success in max
ing novels. But, whatever the cause, note
books are prominent wherever We go. To
see mannish women conspcuousy sport
ing 4 pad and fountain pen on all occa-
sions is not attractive, though it may be
professionally essential; but when this
propensity attacks little children it seems
pitiable. On Saturday afternoons, at the
menagere and aviary in Central Park, may
be seen any number of small girls looking
at animals and birds with the main OBJ
ject, apparently of writing them up" in
their notebooks. All natural childish
pleasure of watching the antics of the
monkeys or the seedlings of the parrots
seems to bn buried beneath the urgency of
acquiring facts and notes. Is this shadow
a forecast of the twentieth century child?
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toon with him, and each man has a knife
and chopstickS of his own, which are so
made that they fit into one another, the
chopsticks being fastened to the side of
the knife. The meals are served on little
individual tables, about foot high and
not more than fourteen inches in diameter.
In most cases I was brought bowl of
charcoal and an iron pot. and was COM
PEELED 70 do my own cooking. The servant
would get down on his knees and fan the
charcoal into blaze, sprinkling the
chicken with it's ashes in the attempt.
Once or twice tried to get PAX to do the
cooking, but upon his asking me as to how
much sugar he should put into the chicken
soup 1 lost faith in his culinary ability.
In one or two villages we could not buy
chickens at all on account of recent
cholera epidemic. The laws of the country
are such that no animal food can be sold
during cholera, and in most places we
could get nothing but very coarse rice.
Paper Rain Coats.
During the great part Of this trip through
the country the rain came down In tor
rents and we had to cover our baggage
with oiled paper in order to keep 1t from
being soaked. The Corean paper is all
made by hand. 1t is about as thick as
blotting paper, but 1t is as tough as leather,
and it costs about cents a sheet. each
sheet being about the size of this news
paper When oiled, 1t makes a splendid
waterproof cloth, and i had circular or
cloak or yellow Oned paper, Wnicn L ued
around my neck and which hung to my
feet. My pony was not much bigger than
a Newfoundland dog, and 1T almost cover
ed him. General PAX and our gorgeous
servants had similar coats, and our hats
were covered by cornucopias of this same
oiled paper. which entirely protected them
from the water. l noted that the inside
lining of my coat was covered with Corean
characters, and L asked PAX what these
were. He said the paper had been used by
the office-seekers in writing their essays
for the king in the civil service eXamina-
lions, which were held once or twice
year in the grounds of the palace, and he
told me how the cabinet ministers make a
nice thing out of selling these rejected
examination papers. All the appointments
are supposed to be made through such eX-
aminations The office-seekers have to
write their essays in poetry, and they
don't know the subject until they are on
the ground. Each line must be just so
long, and I think that twenty-six verses
make up Il poem. The fellow who turns
out the best Jingle Is supposed to get the
best office. though there is undoubtedly n
great deal of fraud in the superintendent,
and bribery and intrigue are common. 1
afterward saw these examination papers
everywhere, and used for all sorts of ur-
poses. l slept in some rooms which were
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An Expert Beginning.

From the Buffalo Express.
The inebriated youth staggered wildly
from one side of the walk to the other.
Every ten steps he fell down heavily. His
clothes were soiled, he had been in fight
and his face was cut, and his appearance
generally was about as near a wreck as
could be imagined.
Il never was drunk before in my nfe,"
he moaned alphabetically. to the old sport
who had taken pity on him and offered to
support his tottering steps.
you're making an elegant beginning.
sir; an elegant beginning" returned the
other admirirgly. Il never saw an eA-
perienced man get drunken"
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The Western View.

From the indianapolis Sentinel
'It is horrible the way you have treated
the red man." said the eastern lady. "Why
don't you make some attempt to civilize
him?"
''Tain't no use" responded the gentleman
from Kansas. "Ain't much use in tryin to
civilize a critter that can't raise beard
And then he had to put in fifteen min
utes making it clear that white members
CT the sex feminine were not included in
his sweeping cor emnaticn.
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MOtherly SoIicitude.

From Puck.
The cannibal family. gathered around the
bountiful board.
II understand" the father casually op-
served that this is the cadaver of mil
lionaire."
The mother started In sudden apprehen-
SIGN.
Now. children" she exclaimed, "don't
forget what l told you about overlooking
your stomachs with rich food
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istrates are in reality
the cause of the great
war between China
and Japan. They are
a sort of petty kings,
and they rule the viii
lagos of the hermit
kingdom. They pay
the high officials of
Seoul for their Of
fees, and these put a
ION of the
amounts received in
to the royal treasury
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Women

nation of the Ovaries, imperfect development Of
the Ovaries. Neuralgia Of the ovaries, Amenorr-
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Above are the indications for the use Of
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How the Railroad Pass System is
Abused by Bene6ciaries.
v ORTIZ 4 MILLION A YEAR
The Interstate Law and How Its
Pass Amendments Are Ignored.
LEGISL ALIVE BUGABOO
~ HE VIGOROUS Eff

1Ac OCo AA
forts being made by
the managers of the
large railroad corpo-
rations to curtail the
issuance of passes
over their lines have
recently attracted
more than the usual
amount of publicity.
That this subject
should be discussed
at this period Of the
year is accounted for
H., 49, c~~A xl>l x1o
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De IunatfcO Inquirendo,

From La Vie Droe.
Counsel for the Defense My client is
proved to have taken the hundred marks,
but he left untouched cash box. full Of
bank notes. which was in the same drawer.
I must, therefore, apply for the appoint
ment Of a medical expert to examine into
his mental condition..
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everyday people. as
the majority Of us
are, an artistic home
we all wish to have
artistic homes-muSt
be planned with very
small expense, and
constructed from a
very unpromising
medley of materials.
But the Midas peO-
pie that are fitting up
mansions lose the
pleasure the rest OF
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Ing about There were babies by scores
tied on the backs OF their sisters
or servants, and government clerks
we're everywhere. Each magistrate has
a number of large rooms which are de
voted to these clerks. In these they do
their writing. using paint brushes and In
dia ink, and the rafters of the roof were
all covered with lists of names and ac-
counts. Gen. PAX always rode to the best
Of these establishments and cleared out the
clerks He put on all sorts of airs and
s-rutred about as he talked in the most
:.rauiiiOqUent way. all the time pointing to
ILe. The clerks made UP beds of rice bags
for me TO sleep on. and the servants clean
ell up the rooms for US. Under each floor
there were fluc5. and these We're filed with
straw and lighted. that the houses soon
became comfortably warm.
Gen. PAX and the Clerks.
1t was queer 10 see PAX swell about with
these officers. He had bought q new suit
OF clothes for the occasion. and he always
put on these before he went to call on
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French Styles in the Decoration Of
Rooms,
AN EXTREME DESIGN IN LAVENDER
Some Ideas for Table Adornment
and for Window Curtains.
E F F E G is IN L A G E

Written Exclusively for The Evening Star.
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With the Magistrates and People in
the Corean Backwoods.
CARPENTERS ROYAL PROCESSION
The Food That is Eaten and How
It is Prepared.
THE y ERIC A INDIAN

Copyrighted. 1895. by Frank C. Carpenter.)
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Curtains In STYLE.

The popular taste in curtains has changed
for the better. The grimy ecru period has
passed away and windows are draped with
laces and muslins Immediately white. The
windows of a fashionable quarter give one
fresh, dainty impression, though trous
seau laces or infants christening roles
were on view. The drawing room WIN
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THE