Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-08-08
FROM KOREA.
News From a Carson Boy
From the Orient


from Charles H Stone, dated Seoul,
Korea, June 80, 1900, we are permitted
to make the following extracts:
l arrived here the day before yester-
day in first-rate health and spirits. |
sent you a note from Kobe, Japan,
where we staid week; we had very
pleasant time while there. | never
was treated better in my own country |
than 1 was in Kobe. Among other
amusements we attendeg a game OF
baseball, and as you will observe by
the enclosed clipping from the Kobe
Herald, l umpired the game.
We enjoyed horse back rides through
the country, and ate at first-class Jap
anese restaurants, using chop sticks in
lieu of kline and fork. We were all
asked to remove our shoes before en-
tering the restaurant, and sat On mat
on the floor while we ate.
We came from Kobe to Chemulpo,
Korea, on the japanese stear er Dwarf
Maru. It's about the size of the steam
Ct L duOt. the otEbuS dIt tOuU y IeeU
10 inches in length, therefore [ slept on
a shake-down. The food, or "chaw,"
as it is called here in the Orient. was
tirst-class, cooked and served in Euro
pean style.
From Chemulpo we started for Seoul
on railway traiG, then changed to a
hand car, propelled by three stout
Koreans, then changed to ''San-pan"
IN which we crossed a river, and then
took passage on the electric cars. Our
baggage was carried by natives, strap
/ pea onto kind of pack saddle. which
they wore. These Koreans are the
most comical looking people YOU ever
saw. hes "e''r thin boards, their
+ 'i"'hlhs' oomers of white cheese
oio'' and a buster of the same mater
ial They wear their hair in a pug on
top Of their head, and a black hat
made of fine black screen on top Of
their pugs, and tied under their chins
with black strings. In disposition
they are good natured and lazy, and
, have great respect for white man.
Our quarters our near the Kings pal
ace.
The Governor or Nice-Roy. of the
+ city of Seoul, is living on one side O
our quarters and the Russian Legation
is on the other, with the legations o
tho nf hnp a nv Tbo l,
white people here are the legationers
missionaries and the railroad people
We are situated on an elevation, ant
have good view of the city, which i
surrounded by a high stone wall, bull
hundreds of years ago. The street
are mostly narrow. and the house
built close together, all one story, o
: rocks and and, aud rooted with straw
or tile. Our house, i. e.. the railroa,
Cos. is of brick, as is also the Palac
Of the King and some of the churches
. The city is protected by 5000 Korea
y soldiers, two sentries being placed a
each gate leading to the King Palace
u and after o'clock at night no one
e permitted to enter without a permi
n AS | write the sentries are being chan
ed: they are we'll drilled, their tacti,
being much the same as in the Amer
= can army.
ar l have not commenced work as We
to but suppose that ! will do so tomO
row. The white men don't worI
PC much here. Whether | shall have
" place In the Office or as an outside il
i'll spector, l don't yet know, but l thin
r the latter. [ will have to run I'll
sn Kings private car, if he ever rides
it. He has never had it out of the G.
t. house yet, and possibly never will,
IN none of his ancestors ever had an ele
ty trio car, and superstition makes hi
r.. hesitate from taking such radical d
e. parture from the customes of his for
O fathers.
The weather is quite warm at tt
time. My apparel is of white lire
canvas shoes, etc. The rainy seas,
,e will commence in July, am told.
M The assistant superintendent and
50 have adjoining rooms He is ples
,ss ant young gentleman; we have a KC
=, can boy to take care of our rooms. a
ao a Chinese cook. Our Korean b
N wears mis- hair in a long braid, viii
makes him look like girl
When | look out over the CITY a
watch the movements of this strange
interesting people, in their fantas
dress, and view the many stran
scenes, | realize that / am, indeed, in
foreign land.
Lovingly your son,