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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



BI.IND stre:e:t musicians: pe:kinG; china 



fastened around the neck, and is made 

 of long straw, one layer overhanging 

 another similar to a thatched roof, and 

 is only effective when the wearer stands 

 erect under the broad-brimmed hat. 



The poultry peddler is a familiar ob- 

 ject on the streets of this city, bearing 

 his load of cackling merchandise in a 

 cage on his back — a method of vending, 

 to our minds, far more reassuring to the 

 purchaser than holds among the Chinese, 

 where dressed fowls are offered for sale, 

 prepared by some process giving them 

 the appearance of having fainted, so 

 sickly white do they look. 



The assassination of the beloved Queen 

 of Korea by a Japanese in 1895 was an 

 act which stirred this old sleepy nation 

 to its foundation. Although her body 

 was burned to conceal the crime, a small 

 bone was recoverea, for which a suitable 

 place of interment had to be found. After 

 the selection of several locations, upon 

 one of which considerable labor was ex- 

 pended, all were abandoned for astro- 

 logical objections. The astrologers, how- 

 ever, favored another spot, and, although 

 this happened to be already occupied by a 

 village, at great expense 1,000 acres were 

 cleared of habitations, trees planted, an 

 artificial hill 50 feet in height raised, and 



the small portion of her remains here 

 buried in state. This assassination was 

 one of the causes incident to the intense 

 feeling of resentment which the Japanese 

 met in their efforts to subjugate Korea. 



How rapidly have events vital to Korea 

 succeeded each other since the death 

 of her Queen, in 1895 — the Chinese- 

 Japanese and Russo-Japanese wars, fol- 

 lowed by the assassination of Marquis 

 Ito and other Japanese officials by Ko- 

 reans, all tending toward the final ex- 

 tinction of this little nation as such. It 

 is still a matter of considerable doubt as 

 to the extent of benefit the change will 

 prove. So far as revealed, Japan's in- 

 tentions seem satisfactory to the powers 

 and ultimately to the advantage of the 

 people of the Mikado's new province, 

 Cho-Sen. 



china 



If a very high estimation be placed on 

 Korea in point of unusual pictorial sub- 

 jects, China's vast area of 43 times that 

 of its little neighbor ranks still higher 

 in the variety of its scenery, being a 

 veritable paradise for kodakers. Al- 

 though in certain localities there is some 

 personal objection to being included in 

 pictures, owing to superstition as to the 



