Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-16

like cordwood, or rather. kindling wood.
Ten eggs are laid end to end, and they are
then wrapped about with straw, so that
they stand out straight and stiff, and look
more like a club than eggs. In the stores
these sticks of eggs are piled up crosswise,
and the price is about three cents a stick,
or about three-tenthS of a cent per egg.
Chickens are peddled about in crates or
baskets made of string and wood, and hsh
are often eaten raw. 1 saw many black
hogs on the trip. and these were usually
tied by strings or ropes of the size of
clothes line, which ran through holes In
the tops of their ears.
The cattle we saw were very fine. large
animals. but they are used almost entirely
as beasts of burden. They pull rude bull
lock carts, and carry packs on heavy
wooden saddles. The saddles are badly
heart was sickened again and again by a
bull as stately as any worshiped in India
with two great raw spots as big as Jour
hand on each side of his back.
A Visit to n Dog Butcher.
There are dogs all over Corea. They
are of a snowy white variety, and are al
ways snarling and barking at foreigners.
The poorer classes sometimes use dog
meat as food. and during the hot dog days
/ was told that the flesh was preventive
against ague, malaria and other sickness.
At this time thousands of dogs are killed,
so General PAX told me, all over Corea.
In ordinary times only the poorest of The
people eat the HeSn Oh uOSS L NiSiteu q
dog butcher one day in the Corean capital
and watched him kill and dress one OF the
ours for the market He killed the dog in
q curious way. He caught him as he ran
through the door of the house by throwing
a slip-nooSe about his neck. The dog was
a rather nice animal, of about the size of
an Irish setter, and his fur was as gray
as that of a wolf. He seemed to be aware
of his danger, and he tugged at the rope.
which soon frightened on his throat. And
then the bare-armed butcher swung him
off of his feet and whirled him about in the
street at the end of the string till life was
extinct. He next laid the dog down on the
ground and stabbed him, we stick pig.
He then hung him on the wall of his hut
and cut him up into dog steaks, soup meats
and roaStS. He asked me If did not want
to try tenderloin. and dished up a bowl
from a pot of dog soup, which was cooking
outside his hut. and asked me to taste it.
1t did not look at all appetizing, and I
thanked him and left
How COrean Women Iron Clothes.
Among many queer Corean customs there
is meme stranger than that of ironing
There are no better dressed people in the
world than the Coreans. They wear i'm
maculate gowns. and the prevailing cos
tune is white. The common dress of the
men is made up of long, full cotton gown.
full white pantaloons and waGded white
stockings. These are as clean as the hest
work of a Chinese laundry, and they are
washed in cold water and irOnel with a
cold club. The women DO all the washing
and ironing of the land. They wrap the
garments around stick, which is laid
squat down beside it and pound the
cloth with round. smooth wooden clubs
till every fiber has the polish and gloss of
our best laundries. This does not seem to