The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-11-16
From Korea.

In one of her letters home, DR.. Car
sons daughter tells how the Koreans
iron clothes. 1T always takes two to
~ an ironing in Korea; with a sort of
a charcoal iron one smooths the clothes
while another holds them to keep them
from slipping. lhsusual method
is to have the clothes rolled on
sticks and pound them on a stone Till
they take on beautiful gloss"
Ofthe rainy season she says, "such
rains Sheets of water fall aud then
the sun comes out so you would never
suspect such a sky to pour down buck
etfuls of water on your head again in
few minutes In Seoul during the an
nual mission conference the city was
flooded; street cars were stopped water
was several feet deep over the stone
bridge crossing the main sewer of the
city and going about in the dark was
fearful. Every foreign house in Seoul
leaked. Numberless Korean houses
made of mud walls gave way so the
families had to get out in the rain,
washouts on railroads in all directions,
yet rain fell in torrents by spells all
day, the next day" July 25th
she writes, the last box of my outfit
arrived from Chemulpo yesterday
whittier it had been sent during the
upsetting Of shipping at the time of the
battle in horea straits"
Of monetary affairs she writes in
August I'm changing the monetary
system it seems the old coin was ex-
changed for the new. Both Japanese
and Chinese utilized the opportunity
for speculation by buying up the old
coin and selling it to be recoined, and
even to the suspendng of business for
lack of coin for a time. Another Juror
arose when the King loaned the mer-
yen from the royal treasury with
out any security" OF Korean houses
she writes "the fue is only a foot ur
two above the ground so that you can
imagine how smoky the atmosphere
at evening time when all the thous-
anGs Of fires in Taillu are lighted
The caves are low and windows also,
so unless the walls inside are bright
the interior is dim; they can be made,
however, to present quite neat APP
pearence /"
October l1th. she wrote 1--WE are all
rejoced over the peace that has come,
though it does not make much differ
ence politically to us in southern Kor-
ca. Not long since the japanese
seized a lot Of the best land near Seoul
between the capital and the river;
ordered the people out Of their homes
and to go to the government for pay.
OF course it was a mere case of seizure.
The American consul helped the Ko.
reans to secure tn cir homes by seeing
the Japanese consul anC now they
hurrah for the American consul and
the Jesus doctrine. People of high
class who before scorned to have aught
to do with the missionaries now are
seeking aid if there be any in the Jesus
religion"
October 18th. she wrote "The politi-
cal unrest Of the country seems to drive
the people to The Christian religion for
refuge. Never was there such interest
manifest in this region among the rich
high class men and women as well as
the poor, Certainly more books are be-
ing sold then ever before, and the city
church mid week prayer meeting was
never so large or enthusiastic | have
taken class in Sunday school; of
course | cannot do much more than
read the lesson with them. My teacher
seems a good hand at explaining Scrip
ture SO | hope to learn before long. I
have been going over the lesson every
day this week and hope to do better
next Sunday.