Curfew In Corea

'■!n Seoul the curfew ring-s at dusk and the g-a tes of the cit3' are locked. Then the raen retire to their houses and the town is given over to the women, who must make their visits after nightfall." says Kev. II. G. Appenzeller in the San Francisco Chronicle. "This is the law and this is the theory, but it has fallen into innocuous desuetude in latter years. When I first went to Corea in 1885 the practice was quite rigidly observed, but the nation is beeoming more enlightened and is slowly adopting American or European ideas and customs." Rev. II. G. Appenzeller has for the past eight years been a missionarj' of the Methodist Episcopal chureh in the hermit kingdom. He has beon on a visit to his old home in Pennsylvania and is now on his way back to Corea. "1 went to Corea in 1886," says Mr. Appenzeller, "and was one of the iirst missie maries of our church in that kingdom. l'p to my departure last year I was the superintendent of the miseion in Seoul. "Coreana describe Americana as a 'flrst-class nation.' They belie ve in na and regard us as friends. Not from any individual preference; but simply because I am an American," says Mr. Appenzeller, "I received the kindest attentions from magistrates while traveling in Corea and was recognized by the king. Our college was given a standing in the kingdom. and the medical work of our missionaries was hig-hly esteemed. Seoul is a walled town of about three hundred thousand people. The wall is sixteen miles around, forty-two feet high and twentyfive feet thick. It is faced v.ith bolid masonry. The native chronicles say that it was built in nine months. "