The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-07-28
THE NEW WORLDS FAIR.
[By Our Own correspondent.l

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This is called the Brewers building, and to
the visitor who will survey its pretentious arch
itectural display, and then enter, and wonder
at the many hops required to advance this in
terest to it's present position Of importance, he
will readily conceive how grsndly significant is
the onward march of lager; how weak-kneed
drinks, soda, cider and cobblers, yield in des-
pair and how the more vital fluids cognac,
whisky and absinthe, tremble at the victorious
progress of King Gambrinus.
The building ia al immense affair to be de-
voted to speciality feet of wood. The
contents are malt, hops, barley, feed mills,
mashers washers, valves, malt bags, Ice swim
mers. hop kilns, kegs. hogsheads, malt shovels,
barrels, rinsing machines, steep tuos, vats
tanks, tunnels, yeast sieves, cement floors, seam
less bags, compound for lining barrels, stoves to
dry hops, and all the material that is necessary
to set up a tirst-class brewery. Hence, any of
the readers Of this, by cutting it out, will al
ways have guide for establishing an estab-
,ishment by which. when their thirst becomes
80 ardent and unquenchable az TO demand
large quantities, they can absorb it at whole
sale rates. The exhibits in the building repre-
sent 2l3 breweries and beereres, scattered
over Europe and America the principal OF
which in the latter country are those of the
city Of New York. city of Philadelphia, and the
States Of Wisconsin. Ohio, Maryland, New Jer.
sey, Michigan and Illinois.
JAPAN.
l have made frequent alusion to this coun-
try. Her marked sympathy with the United
States in the Centennial movement, also her
material aid rendered in the variety and value
Of avl -. Ill IL
tensive notice OF a country, and people, with
whom our relations. social, in n certain sense,
educational to degree as l notice great in
terest in the japanese in the matter Of educat-
ing their youth in our country, and the in
crossing extent Of our commercial relations |;
hence it will be Of value to the general reader
to know few details not found in the school
books.
The emblem Of the Japanese empire con-
sists Of the sun represented by golden ball
on red ground for the imperial standard, and
by red ball on white ground for the national
flag. In ancient times the flags had a double
crest. the sun and moon crescent-shape, the
flag shaped like pennant. The Shioguns, of
the Aslkaga family introduced the vertical
flags 400 years ago. Under the Shioguns Of
the Tokugawa family. the emblem OF the sun
alone figured on the fl G, and has now been
adopted for the new flags OF the different de
partments.
JAPANESE CURRENCY.
The Japanese adopted the decimal system
for weights aud measures many centuries
before the Chinese. The unity OF the weight
is called the Nome, or the modern name
Of "sen," which is the same as the
Chinese Mace" and is equal to three
grammes, 756 sci. This unity is divided
into 10-100-1000 parts. Ku-war-me is the
highest unity and equal to 1000 mome or 3
kilos, 756 521. For various kinds of goods tho
kin" called catty by foreigners, is used. IT
is equal to 1G0 momo or Col grammes -04. or
nearly 1-3 lbs English. 1t varies according
to the nature of the goods and the locality. For
their measures OF capacity for cereals, liquids,
ETC., they have the kaku=10 Do=100 Sho=
| 1000 Go=648, 269 Japanese cubic lines, or $50
litres, 80, and are In the shape OF wooden
square boxes with diagonal iron rod stretched
across the top, the upper surface Of which il
| on plane with the rim of the box. One of the
richest exhibits Of the Japanese is their 'Ikan-
| bari, " from the name Of the inventor. Some
thing like ''papier mache," only that this is
made from numerous layers Of their paper,
which are adhered by glue, prepared from fern
roots and unripe persimmons.
JAPANESE PORCELAIN, CERAMICS POTTERY.
This is the most important feature Of jap
anese industry. Japanese legends attribute
| the invention of pottery to Oorei-tsumi, who
lived in the time Of Oanamuch-no-
mikato ego B. @. In 30 b. c.. human figures
were formed OF clay and buried with the de-
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obviating the necessity of their servants ac
companying their masters to the grave. l am
assured this idea was highly relished by the
servants, who, as compensation for living I'M
perialy in the kitchen, were required to be
buried IN the same grave with their masters,
while alive. In the sixth century Corean tile
manufacturer came to the Capital to teach his
profession, and from that to the sixteenth
century cont lued to flourish. At this period a
new article was introduced called Raku, by a
Corean. 1t was common blacbearthenware
The beginning Of the making of real porce-
lam was under the direction of Goro davu
Shonsui, a native of Use, who went to China,
where he studied the art. On his return he
settled in the province of HiZen, which is to-
day the most important center Of the porcelain
industry. The different kinds of porcelsin
manufactured by this pioneer and continued
to the present are, Some-tsuk or blue, are
painted with cobalt oxide under the glaze the
Kanyu or Hilki is the Cragull the Seldzi or
Seladon ware, the Arkai, or tue red ware and
the Gosai, which latter means five colors.
This is used for the porcelain painted with
vitIifable colors upon the glaze. 1t is now
called Nishlude. In 724 A. d., priest named
Giyoki. introduced the potter's wheel into
Japan.
VEGETABLE WAX.
This is valuable production Of Japan, which
seems to have escaped the attention of cores
pondents. 1t is produced from the fruit Of
several trees, belonging to the genus Rhus. 1t
is wonderful the variety OF designs made from
this vegetable wax Candles are painted and
of a variety of shapes crude and artistic. This
wax tree as well ms the wax insect could be in
troduced into the United States with the most
productive fruits. There is nothing known to
the varied fields Of agriculture or horticulture,
ard their results IN any part of the world but
can be reproduced in america, and the neces-
sity for this introduction is apparent, when we
consider how different elements exhaust
themselves and balance of power can alone
be preserved by promoting supplanting gifts
whose strength will take the place OF the effete
productions of soil devoted to a specially for
generations Let our people study Japan and