Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1898 — Curfew for Corean Men. [ARTICLE]

Curfew for Corean Men.

A curlouy custom In Seoul, Corea, Is the law which' makes it obligatory for every man to retire to his home when the huge bronze bell of the city proclaims It to be the hour-of sunset anil the tiraefor closing.the gates. -No man is allowed lb the streets after that hour under pain of flogging, but the women are allowed to go about and visit their friends. « '