Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-07-07

ring. She karries the belt. There's no draw
fte about it. Other primy donnys may as we'll
throw up the spupje first as last. My eyes
don { deceive my ear-sight in this matter.
But Miss Patty orter sing in the Inglish
tuDg. As she kin do so as well as She kin in
ltalyun, why under the son don't she du ii?
What sense is thare in singin wurds nobody
don't understan when wurds we do understan
is jest as handy? Why people will versifferusly
aPplawd furrin lsngwidge is a mistery 1t re-
mines me OF man / onct knew He sed he
knockd the bottum out of his pork barril, and
the pork fell out, but the brine dident move an
inch. 1t stade in the barri. He sed this was
mistery, but 1t wasn't misteriOr than is the
thing line speekin of
As fur BrignOly, Ferr and Junky, they are
dowtlesS crate, but think sch able bodied
men wood look better tillin the sile than dress
In themselves up in black close & white kid
giuvs, q showtin in furrin tung. Mr. Junky
1T noble lookin ole man Il orter lead armies
U oa'tel lnstid OF showtin in furrin tung
PROPENSITY OF THE JAPANESE TO SUICIDE
suicide Is very common, and is generally COM
mltted by cutting open the bowels by two
+gashes, In the shape Of n cross 1t is tolerated
II II, not in some cases approved, by the laws
The criminal who thus anticipates execution
secures the public sympathy and applause. saw
Ing his property from confscation, and his fam
lily from disgrace Upon the death of superiors
or masters, suicide is often committed as a
mark OF personal devotion and attachment. It
Is also common as means of escaping disgrace
or reyenging an affront where there appears to
De no other resort. Titsingh in his Illustrations
OF Japan says that all military men, servants
OF the Emperor, and persons holding civil Of
noes under the Government, are bound, when
they nave committed any crime to rip them
selves up, though not till they have received an
order from the court to that effect for if they
were to anticipate this order, their heirs would
run the risk of being deprived of their places
ana property. No disgrace attaches to such a
deatn, and the son succeeds to the fathers
Piace. This practice is so common" SAYS
TltSingh, "that scarcely any notice is taken of
slch an event"
The sons of all persons of quality exercise
themselves in their youth, for FIVE or six years
with view that they may perform the opera
ton, IN case of need, with gracefulness and
dexterity; and they take as much pains to
acquire this accomplishment as youth among
US to become elegant dancers or skiIlful horse
men; hence the profound contempt Of death
which they lmbibe in their earliest years
Ihls disregard of death, which they prefer to
the slightest disgrace, extends to the very
lowest classes among the japanese 1t is re-
lated in illustration of this propensity TO re-
sort to suicide, that two high officers of the
Court met on the palace stairs and iostled each
other. One was an irascible man and imme-
dlately demanded satisfaction The other, of
a placable disposition, represented that the
circumstance was accidental, and rendered an
ample apology, remarking that no other salts
faction could reasonably be demanded The
lrascible man, however would not be appeased:
and finding that he could not provoke the
other to conflict he suddenly drew up his
robes, unsheathed his sword, and cut himself
open In the prescribed mode. As a point of
honor his adversary was under the necessity of
following the example. Recent accounts state
that the now fashionable mode of harri karyi
or "happy dispatch" as this practice of sui
eide is called, substitutes decapitation by the
ping up.