Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-12-02
INTERCHANGEABLE
IAPANESERULERs,J UGGLERs, THE
.1issI AIRES AND STOKES.


s~You know that Commodore Perry gave
them among other things. a. circular rail
road, and engine and and tender, and a.
brass howitzer-one of the Dhalgren guns
They have large house built for the safe
keeping Of this railroad, and every now
and then takeit out, lay the track, get up
steam, and then away go dozen or more
high officers upon circular pleasure ride.
Japanese engineers have charge of every
thing. and are never at loss in the dis
charge Of their duty. / suppose they will
soon have a track laid down from
Kanayawn to Yeddo, but doubt if a
railroad will pay in any other part of ia
pan; the country is too broken. As for
the 'brass howitzer,' they have had one
thousand cast exactly like it, and mounted
them in the forts of their different ports.
And now here is something else that will
surprise you. Upon both Fourths of j ally
that have passed here, and once upon
Washington's birthday they fired salute
OF u guns with these howitzers. Mr. Hen
ekins and myself attended, with the Amer
lean flag flying. and the people exhibited
the greatest good feeling and enthusiasm.
One might have almost imagined them
Americans.
THE ENRzHoRs AND HOW THEY LIVE.
I'VE have no idea of the sound common
sense. and want of everything like preten-
sion, peculiar to those people. Take tho
Emperor himself, for instance. He is, as
you may suppose, very rich. and yet L am
very positive his table and clothing do not
cost him $500 year. Why that sum
would not more than pay for the gloves of
a Broadway dandy. with us. You have
doubtless seen the thick, soft mating with
which the floors of their houses are cover
ed? Well, the floors of the palace are
covered in the same way, and this mating
serves as the Emperor's bed, as well as of the
poorest subject. He stretches himself out,
with swooden pillow under his head. and
sleeps a sleep rarely granted to his brother
Mouarchs. 10 SEQ Japanese thus sleep
ing. with his head abruptly raised five or
six inches, you would predict stiff neck
or further spinal affection as general re-
suit; and yet there is not more healthy
people liying.''
"What did the Emperor look liIc?' one
of us asked.
'1"Quite fine looking man, with a soft
voice and pleasant smile, suppose he is
some thirty-fve years old In fact know
he is, for, as it is considered polite in
Japan to ask one his age and how
many children he has, / was, of course.
polite. Poor fellow! He has what one OF
us wouli consider miserable life. He
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years; and then as he passes through the
town every one must leave the streets
and close the doors and windows of their
houses There custom does not allow
them even to block at him. This is the
temporal Emperor at Ycddo. of whom
now speak; the case or the spiritual Emper-
peror at Mach Is even worse, for he never
leaves his palace. He is generated so much
that they cannot even run the risk of his
being looked upon by the crowd"
= JrGGLERs, THEATRES AND STORIES.
Mr.. Harris speaks most interestingly Of
feats of the jugslers and Of the Theatres
OF Yedde. as we'll as of the extensive
stores. He, says the Prince of Cinano
(Cinano no kami). to whose particular
care 1T seems the Emperor confided his
comfort and amusea,ent faneying that he
was having dull time in the immense
house that had been appropriated to him,
called up some OF his jngglers to come and
help him pass it. One of them was the
Anderson of Japan, his feats were SO
wonderful that l am almost afraid to write
them. wish it distinctly understood
therefore, that I am ouly repeating what
we consequently believe. Here are some
Of his feats:
z No. l. lie took an ordinary boys top,
spun it in the air, caught it on his hand,
and then placed it (stili spinning) upon
the edge of a sword near the hilt. Then
b dropped the sword point little and the
top moved slowly toward it. Arrived al
the very end, the hit was lowered in turn
and the top brought back As usual, the
sword was dangerously sharp.
No. was also performed with the top
He spun it in the air, and threw the end o
the string back toward it with such accu-
racy that it was caught up and wound its
self all ready for second cast By the
time it had dono- this it reached hi.
Hand AMI was ready for another spin.
No. 3 was still performed with the top
There was an upright pole. on the top o
which was perched little house with {
very large front door. The top was spun
made to climb the pole, knock open tn
+. said front door, and disappear Aswell a
Il rsmembcr, the hand end of the string wa
fastened near tie door. SO that this wa
:. air ost . repetition of the self winiing feat
bat feat No. A was somewhat even NOR
astonishing than all this. He took tw'
PAPER butterflies. armed himself with. tn
usnsl paper fan, threw them into the air
; snd. tanning geatIy. kept them fyinl
about him as if they had been alive
ale can make them alight wheneve
Jon wish! Try him, remarked the Kan
.a(princs) through the interpreter.
Mr.. H requested that one nigh
akght on each ear Of the juggler. n
sooner expressed than complied with
Gentle undulations Of the fan waved ther
slowly to the required points, and ther
lsRs them Icomfortably seated. Now
uhsther this command over pieces Of pa
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