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THR pHoCRAUINGB.

1Ah fHt1kHDlNTH*
Mr. Conk'!ng then tubrnfttctl motion that
tll' injunction Of secrecy be removed from the
yDttf.
MI. Heck tnnvrd to amend by removing The
Injunction aho FROM all tt.at hsi hecn said.
Agreed to br A small fna, ,Drty, hut subsequently
Mr. Morrill, offered a. = suhstitute tIlc original
proposttion. IN different phrasentoRr, a'aI alter
mitch de!alo nnn vi unsuccessful att~mpt By
AT. Bailey to extcuL III" order for publicity to
The letters 10 ficn. Arthur. which we're read BY
Mr. ConkIug, slsc substitute was u9rced to. nr;i
lite ecuate closed tta continuous executive
session Ut nearly seven hours by sdjourniug.
AR1nUn's LETTER.
The letter of Gen. Arthur. read in executive
session OF tue scnate tudsy, IA = lengthy docu.
mcr,t, devoted to q cauttic review Of Secretary
Tense Of the charges agatnst him by the SecEc-
iarY.
AN ANALYSIS or THE VOTES
and Of tue pairs on Gen. MerEitt's nomination
sbows that ,wcnty,sevon Democrats and thlr,;
teun Republicans favured confirmation, md
twenty-five Republican, and seven Democrats
wers opposed to 1t. The independent, Uayts
tfllino1ssh voted aratnstfondrmatinu, tour Demo
Gratis who were present refEanrd from voting,
and one Democrat was abCent without pair.
FROM NEW YoRK.
Tic following telegram WA received to-day
md Is Understood to hare been brought to The
attention u many Senators ouring the executive
session this afternoon:
NEW foHK. Feb. I-7A4 Hon. Ssanisv Nat.
thsUs, United Sfatfs Senate: The signatures Oh.
tataed At Albany were asked on grounds that the
efficiency 0f Merritt and Eurt, The Importance OF
Custom. liouse, and harmony Of tho Republican
party In New YORK demhi.ded the confirmation Of
the present Nominees M signature was AAked on
nretsnse Of Senator conk.Ing's wishes on ths sub.
1ect. VIC hat no information ~ to bis Hiahes.
Two State scnstors ussurc us that not ia. exceed
three regret thsir signature, and they under very
atrong pressure. Talk that 4ny ono was deceived
IL hosh. Gzo1tux II. FosTEn,
GEORGE ". PALxKn.
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WAsutsazos. u. e., Feb. a-lhs spftngrs
Comniites On Investigating tho. StAte Depart,
tnsnt u In quandssy. Tbs Eommlltee, Il anx.
ious to report Seward. MtnistcF to Ehinx, fur
contempt tu deeIlnIuK ~ produce papers, but u
happens that Seward hss not only declined t,
produce The papcrs, but has declincd to bu
sworn, 2'xi has left everything to the discretion
Of bis counsel. The litter hays advised ltlat bs
bs not sxo1u, al.d that he should not pfodusu
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THE PENSION ARREARS.
fnec.as bsndtcA ia 7Hs 7s7ahns.
WARRINGTON, D. e., Feb. 3.-The House
failed Ia accomplish anything today, although
sumo scry important legislation wAs attempt
cd, Notwithstanding the fact that there remains
but tHentY-four working days In this Congress.
A nunber Of bills we're introduced. Among
theto Vas one approprtattnR sIOo, 600 600 to give
effect to the Akrcafs-of-penston bill. The same
subject was brought before the House on a
motion to suspend tue sutes, and tuas bill
introduced by Nr. Burchartt, Of Illinois, ST.
thoriztng the issue Of per cent bonda to the
amount Of s40,00o, zoo to pay the claimants
under I'll" Arrcars-of.p Pension act.
TuKHE WAS NO DEBATE ALLOWED
upon tue blil. a,nl there WAS very large majority
Of the House for It, Inc vote standing 100 yeas
to 81 nays: but two-thtrIs MAS necessary, and
the bill failed. II any move could be brought
before the House In report from Committee,
80 that It could be pasted by majority vote,
money to pay tue arrears Of pensions could b..
provided; but It Is doubtful whether II would
be possible for the Ways a'nl Mems
Committee. from which sllc bill should
tntnc, Ia report such measure.
That Committee was not successful in its
attempt to get days for the consideration nf The
sugar tastn bill. Thc Com,nittrs msde joint
p'"P'.ou ' ' "Ao" W. 1.s "'A'' "
''e ~ ~, uu'"ess' a',.
smother Tor lie sugar b1''. 1t was estoehtls
expected that the dtsre on the part Of nstmocrs
10 secure the psssaxe of several important bills
Of general character pending before tle Com.
mlttec w6uld induce fwo-thlrls to vote for the
sugar assignment also. In this
THE MAnAoERs WERE MISTAKEN,
tho vote being 130 ayea to oS noes. not the uec-
esia.s t"o'u.u'' nAo ue euce''on w"
o!Vlaea, "naouotea'y tne conom'ttee eoa.a nave
secured day for !ts general business. But It's
evident that two-thlrds will not agree To cons!i-
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YHE SEA ISLINna f.T M n mn i

1ae I.1runh unh l6l4AMUS UF FLORIDA,
ftIls asa ne!el Ferusadna F7osda odsrs Il, lp-
ests .ae ssosSIt aad ot nsv
trets@raa IL T.IS agfaiansd h.stn3 II nio1cra liz
Till II III. tsysvu!hiy served III .xlet eajoJ
IT, st.et 4yand. o. aapetb a.aln9 ant yasht!nx %
1su ~ sfty !ai*a ~ climate aad perfect
g. L. sklSAEI. Nm, Lefms ErAAoaAhle.. Apply u
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PROPOSALS. FOK MILITARY SUPPLIES.
DEfor QrARrznxasTRn's Drrtcx.
M, 10 t.af

PROPOSALS FOR MILITARY aurPLlEs.
Dkror QrARrznMaaTkm's Orrscx,
No. IlSa ltrard.st.. ;
~! tsGEALEn FNt1PosALs a tr!Cllcste. Win copy Of
hmct until noun. Wednesday, March 4, lH7D, for fur.
SIh VI. .he Ssea sass. uasttrmssseFs department
r. = atsefed II tho 4uaEtermasters Depot 1t Phil
stnrsn ttps artillery, Lao Dreu taps infantry,
ss Iata':s o 81 81 tsts4 GSasa
"tunCap Snnbrrs; SUI frurnncts with exfsA crooksi
sttaeil Flsses rompirte3 III tAu Ysrds Ga Hky
se hr'c5 htaYy quax ooo yaEda o. bark Dlls
T. dei!serrd Il tis 1aatermasters pspot at saa
tta ;atsa,sy ~ p;s.: e C.p rssqa: ~.
Qaaa!yt Qa IA!.sai yards 1:4 Ds1k illus Flannel.
~ Mciea u bo subject rigid tospecslop, and hid.
Ss,nE. @ @nsnemcl that full compliance will specih.
I'll htIa. Ae ''s"~ ~ 'e's~' s"s VI
..,Ftsfctence Will b Riyen " articles Of dousstic
kn. s'd Manufacture, conditions Of price aud
hsny equal aad iuch preference wnf be given
si!ess Ut American production sud n,AnutEetnts
nn,; W tn f.shs Cosst TO tho r4eat Ut the
,ia ssrta rtaaTsd " thu public ssrsics
~ atItc't: *nrh to b used In the stacs and
tyts. o s!o faC!no Coast viii 10 received And Ia
'STnIsGa TsIa ~ saa franCtsco. Eai
nj T. .hoai .tata ia tlf sopo4Ala on what da+s
L AZ e. E1n X
IT, e l9stota For cuplrs Of printed instTiIs.
t. He!aqen aad other Information apply a. tails uf
ron ns'sspe: y Spns.ia!ng proposals. o. ba ladosed
>iSstx9r3 h atder OF ~ Qaartcf fn1xstsf t3rnera
-. FIEkEks A4statani Quarter m &ate n. ueneraI.
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Tho roll being next called On the question Of
cos,t1ran; tbs nomination of Gen, Merritt, tic
vote resulted, yess-S3; nays, "a; u folioss:1
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coinage Of the old dollar to an unlimited extent
was discussed, bnt NJ vote taken.
The agreement u.cn was that every man
shf,uid vote ~ be pleased on the eubjert, not
being bound BY CAUCUS expression. Adjourned.
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The Late Prince Imperial.

Of mournful interest at this moment
are Count Moltke's short notices of the
Prince Imperial, born March 10th, 1856,
Oh. little more than eight months be-
fore the arrival of the Prussian Crown
Prince at Paris. In honor of the distin-
guished visitor, there was grand parade
of troops in the Courtyard of the Tulier-
les. at which the Court looked with a
critical eye, by no means approving the
march and discipline of the fifteen
thousand men who PASSED under his
eyes. Toward the end of the parade" :"
he says, "the 'enfant Imperial came back
from promenade. The Imperial High
ness of eight months graciously conde-
scended to cast look at the troops
from behind window on the
ground floor of the palace, padded with
blue silk. We had to ride up to the
window, following the Emperor, whose
face was radiant with joy. True, the
boy seems strapping little fellow"
Further on Count Moltke writes: "When-
ever the little Prince is taken out for an
airing an officer with three guides a
cheval, cooked pistols in hand, rides in
front of the four-horse equipage, which
is preceded and followed besides by de-
tachmcnts of dragons in full uniform.
Everywhere the sentinels present arms
before the eight-monthly 'enfant Impe-
rial" 'Pauvre enfant" we may ex-
claim now. Two detachments of dra-
goons in full uniform to protect his frail
life of eight months, and two scores of
naked savages hacking his body to pieces
and leaving it stripped on South Afri-
can field at the age of twenty-three.
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The Grasshorpcrs that Flew Away.

81. Pau. (Mlnn) flOnecF-1TcSs.l
There is no more word from the vast
flight of grasshoppers that was repre-
sented as sailing high above the st. Vim
cent Branch, north of Breckinridge, Fri
day afternoon, pointed southwesterly to-
ward the wheat fields of Grant, Stevens,
Pope and Kandiyohi Counties. If it
were a normal invasion of the hordes
from the plains, governed by the tradi-
tional rules of conduct of the pests, we
should expect them to settle, after a
fight Of a day or two, and commence
their ravages. Dispatches from points
in the line of march give no indications
of such result.
WiIlmar, which was the outpost and
watch-town on the grasshopper frontier
two years ago, has seen nothing of the
new invaders, and no word comes of
them from other points in the neighbor-
hood. The flight seen from Mauston
can not be of the old sort of hoppers, or
they could not have gone two days with
out food. They must be degenerate de-
scendants whose constitutions have been
ruined by high living, on the theory of
our Dakota correspondent of two weeks
ago, and who are employing the tactics
of last year, sailing about Nle blue en-
pyrean until their bodies are etherialized
and their spirits chastened by hunger,
when they melt into the air or fall to
the earth, unnoticed bits of chitinou;
skeleton and gauze wings. There is moth.
ing to fear from this species of locust.
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Editorial Episode IN North Carolina.

lCnatlOUc IN ~ Ou>tINel'
A sensation of quite a threatening
character was produced in Shelby re-
Gently. 1t seems that Mr.. J. P. Babing-
ton, editor of the Aurora, printed in
that town, published a statement con-
cerning the conduct of some ladies, guests
at Cleveland Springs, which was highly
offensive to their friends, and on the fol-
lowing day gentleman, also a guest
there, went over to Shelby to see him
about it, intending, it is said, to cowhide
him on sight. The editor was out OF
town and a meeting was subsequently
arranged for o'clock next day.
Accordingly, the gentleman and a
friend of his went to the office at the
hour designated. When they entered
the Office Mr.. Darlington leveled shot
gun at them and forbade them to ap-
proach Some one standing by seized
the gun and attempted to wrench it from
Babington's hand with view OF pre-
venting bloodshed. A friend of the lat
tea, probably one of the printers i'll the
office, drew a pistol and said he would
shoot the man who attempted to take
the gun from Mr.. Babington. The party
referred to above let go his hold on the
weapon, but by this time a number OF
persons had collected, and by COM
bined interference the affair was brought
to close without bloodshed. Consider
able excitement prevails yet, and it is
feared that the difficulty is not over.
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llnsleyS MagNlheI
Two instances occurred at the battle of
the Alma wherein the Victoria Cross was
earned-pas vole-by devotedness to the
colors, saving them, in the true military
sense of the word. The Twenty-third
Fusiliers of Browns division went for
ward on the left with the Scots Fusiliers
of the Duke of Cambridge's division in
support. They effected the passage of
the Alma, mounted the rugged and
broken banks, pressed through vineyards
and felled trees, and advanced under a
calling fire of grape and musketry, When
near the redoubt the colors were made
the object of particular attention.
Duke OConnor was one of the center
Sergeants between the officers who bore
them. Lieut.. Anstruther was mortally
wounded and dropped his color O'Con-
nor was struck in the breast at the same
moment and fell, but, recovering him
self, snatched up the color and carried it
until the end of the action. Color Ser
geant Luke O'Connof of the Alma is
now, l am proud to say Lieutenant
Colonel Luke OConnor. The other in
stance happened in the supporting regi.
ment. The Scots Fusiliers were thrown
into momentary disorder-one of the ac'
cidents of war; the Twenty-third were
confused, as well they might be with
eleven officers and over two hundred mel
knocked over, when voice shouted
"Fusiliers, retirez" and the guardsmen
fancying the order was addressed t.
them, hesitated. At this moment Bre
vet Major Lindsay "s'ood firm with tn
colors, and by his example and energ,
greatly tended to restore order"
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Lnueland Camn Meeting.

The Sunday-school Assembly commenced
to-day, in charge of Rev. ]. Fl. Vincent,
DID, of Chautauqua fame. The following
is the programme:
sA M.-"The Open WoEd'-Rev. John Pear
son. uni
ga. NJ. First Sunday-school Conference.-The
Pastor and His Sunday y.school Work'-Rev' j. H.
Vincent, DID.
A. M.-Sermon-Re F. S. Hoyt, ID. 49,,
2.P. M-LecMre-"The Spiritual Aim oil All
Sunday-sehool Work"-Rev. Sylvester Weeks.
3P. MA chldren's meeting, addressed by
Rev. Samuel Clayton.
4P. M.-Second sunday school Conference, Nor
NAL Work-Rev. Wm. NJ, Ramsey.
Up M-Vesper Service OF Praise and Prayer,
conducted by Dr. Vincent
SP M-Evcning Lecture by the Rev. d. H..
Moore; D D.; subject, "The Cooperative Agency i'll
Sunday-school.n
The NJ. e. C. Road are selling round trip
tickets at 60 cents. ,
The managers have engaged one hundred
and fifty steamboat cots in case OF an emer-
gency The hotels, however, are not yet
filled
Mr.. L. r. Keck and family and Mr. Doane
and family are among the late arrivals.
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Real Estate Transfers,

The following are the transfers of real
estate from noon Yesterday to noon to-
dov.
I ,ro,,o,1o 40. odr,iris+ro+or 10
'",''e' a. m"'I'''o, r.' nI .tt,
stephen L. Nilder, 10 by ioo leet on norvn nIli
side OF sixth street. 10 leet cast from rum
street; S9'6lo' o. :,
Edmond Craig' or, 10 Eut"ohd Craig' Jr.'
100 by i92 leet on east sac OF CheVlot ave
Hers OF Johh Bril- 10 hcnaFu y; Alltil ::
81 feet front on northeast slde OF Liberty
street, "a feet southeast from ashlhg'oh
street, Home CITY $lIo. w.. % 90,
JACOB Metz 10 barbara Metz, oz ny l9-
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Political Points.

Republicans of the Fourteenth Ward
meet tonight to nominate delegates to the
County Convention.
The Republican voters of the Second
Precinct Of the Second Ward Will have a
preliminary meeting at o'clock this even
Ing at Langs grocery.
The Republicans of Precinct A. Seven
teenth Ward, will hold a meeting tonight
ut the corner OF Seventh and Cutter streets,
to nominate delegates TO the County Con,
vention.
The Republicans of Precinct B, Seven
teenth Ward, prepared ticket last even,
ing to submit to the primary meeting for
the election Of delegates to the Republican
Convention and for ward officers.
The members of the Foster and Hicken'
looper Club of the Twenty-first Ward are
requested to be present at Gobrechts Hall,
on Thursday evening, July Oath. The
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-24
Paying the English Doctors.
Chambers Journal.l

In case tried at Duntermline in 1876
two Edinburgh doctors deposed that
there was no fixed scale Of fees for con-
sulting physicians, but that the ordinary
charge was from to 3guineas per hour;
and three local doctors testified that they
usually paid consulting physician 10
guneas visit From a medical journal
we learn that London physicians and
surgeons of ordinary repute charge a
guinea visit, 2 guineas for consultation
with another practitioner, l guinea a
mile for journeys by road, and two-thirds
of guinea per mile for journeys by rail.
Fees for performing operations, or assist
ing at them, are left very much to
the Judgment of the individual, but
| there is a sort of loose understanding that
for the great operations involving a risk
of life 100 guineas is proper average
fee; half that amount sufficient in minor
cases. Opthalmic surgeons have made
100 guineas the current charge for ex-
tracting a cataract; so guineas that for
iridectomy,2 ,25 guineas that forstrabismus,
and 50 on with more or less variation, ac-
cording to the standing of the surgeon
and the means of the patient. The prin-
ciple, however, of charging for thing,
not according to its value, but by the
presumed depth of the purchasers purse
is open to question; every man, be he rich
or poor, has an equal right to get his
moneys worth; whether he has much OF
little is beside the question. That one prac
titioner, however, should exact higher
fee than another, is proper enough; we
must expect to pay for experience
whether it be our own or that of othel
people.
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A Business Man.

Mr.. A. j.. C. Robbins of Scott County,
Tenn, formerly of this city is in the city
and has Just consummated the sale of H., 600
mounds OF as fine leaf tobacco as ever came
from the South. Mr.. Robbins was forthree
years a contractor on the Southern Road,
and Mt the completion of the work pur-
chased about 5000 acres of good table land
and went to work raising tobacco. Mr..
Rohbins has three saw mills at work stead
iiy saving black walnut boards for the
singer Sewing Machine Company, and is
awaiting the completion of the Southern
Road. when he will load up about one hun
dred cars and ship his lumber and the pro
ducts of his extensive farm to this city.
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charge of the carriage, drove the horse
around the drinking fountain on Market
street, and another lady piloted her
equipage to the spot just vacated. A
moment later the General emerged from
one of the doors facing Pennsylvania
street, with frown on his face and his
mail in both hands.
Without stopping to look he sprang
into what he supposed to be his carriage
and, throwing letter down into the lap
of the lady at his side, exclaimed, as he
fumbled about for the Iines "Here, wife,
is one of those blankety-blanked lottery
circulars A faint scream in his ear and
a cry from the fountain of "Oh, Dan"
aroused him to an understanding of the
case, and, as our informant moved on,
the General was extricating himself from
the embarrassing situation with extraor-
dinary grace and not little precipita-
tion.
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MINOR LOCAL MENTIONS.


The laborers at Sannings planning mill
are on strike.
Mr.. Jack Driver and John Loud, fresh
from the mining district of Colorado, are
in the city.
Mrs. Bleichart, the wife of Mr.. Blei-
chart, proprietor of Sinners Stock-yari Ho
tel, is seriously ill.
Col. Lev. Steele slipped on a banana
peel on the Burnet House steps yesterday
and in falling broke his right wrist.
The rain last evening prevented the
"Col. Bob Harlan Demonstration, which
was to have taken place on the Fifth-street
Esplanade.
MIR. J. G. Peppler will give an interest
ing exhibition of his patent fire escape a.
the Grand Hotel this evening, between 3
and o'clock.
Articles l to 10 of the new Consttu-
tion of California will be read and discussed
tonight at the Workingmens Lyceum at
Fifth-street Garden Hall.
The alarm of fire from Box No. 81 this
morning at o clock was occasioued by the
upsetting of glue-pot at N. A. Britts car
penter shop on Perry street, few doors
east of Central avenue. No damage
Mr.. Alexander Wursten has made ar
rangements with Manager r. +. ]. Miles for
lease to give a series of German Sunday
evening entertainments at the Grand o. era
house, commencing towards the end of Sep.
tember next.
A laborer named Patrick Robinson
residing at No. rs East Sixth street, wa;
severely injured yesterday afternoon by {
heavy block of wood falling on his head
while he was at work in a sewer at the cor
ner of Sixth and Culvert streets.
The Pony Track back of Lincoln Park
owned by Mr.. Richard Howard is beins
well patronized. The attractions are the
two saddle ponies, Molle Mccarthy ant
Queen. The former covers the quarter
mile track in 16H seconds. The latter il
the ladies' favorite and goes around the
track with or without rider in fine style.
Ten improvement bonds for the i'm
provement of James street 5000 80 eaCh)
and ten bonds flor the improvement o.
Third avenue ISL ,074 rs each), were award
ed by the Finance Committee of the Com
mon Council last evening to the Sinking
Fund Commissioners at their bid of $4,000
for the James-street bonds, and 81 800 fol
the Third-avenue bonds.
A union of German Protestant Church
Choirs has been formed. Prof. Carl Wull
is President and Mr.. G. f. Dieterle Secre
tary. Tie union embraces the choirs from
st. John, st. Matthews, st. Paul 81. Peter
St. John (Mt. Auburn), and the Third Ger
man Protestant Church. The first re-
hearsal will take place next Tuesday.
There are one hundred and fifty voices il
the choir.
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Sweet (?( Revenge.

A few days ago Mr.. f. A. Ferguson re-
ceived a notice from r. NJ. Shoemaker
President of the Consolidated Street Rail
road Company, that his services as attorney
for that corporation would no longer be
needed. Now. Mr. Ferguson being Trus-
tee of the Cincinnati Southern Railroad, it
is alleged that he is taking revenge upon
Mr.. Shoemaker by having discharged all
the employees of the Southern Road whom
Mr.. Shoemaker appointed while he was
President of the Common Carrier Com
pany. 1t is said that Larry Roman and Bob
Shoemaker, nephew of r. NJ, have had
their heads chopped off through the dongs
Of Mr. Ferguson.
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The Board OF Examiners of Insecure
Buildings met yesterday afternoon. The
owners of the Freie Presse building, corner
of Vine and Canal, were given ten days
further time to make their building secure.
Warrants were issued on Il. A. Ferguson 10
appear in the Police Court and show cause
wbv he should not make secure building
Mt the corner of Flint and Freeman streets,
and another at Fourth and Main streets.
Also on Mrs. Flach for building on the
Montgomery Road, and on II. Il. DeCamp
for Building at 81 Main street. A notice
was served on r. p McElwain, of New
York, to tear down the building No. %
West Sixth street.
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The Statue of Buddha.

London Society,"
About mile from Kamakoura, nest
ling in grove Of huge trees, is the colos-
sal statue of Buddha, whereto a very
pleasant excursion may be taken from
lnoshima. Writers on Japan have made
this "Trip 50 familiar that description
here would be supcrfuous; but the old
est of Yokohama settlers need never tire
of following the well-known route and
"lying off, for an hour or two under the
shade of the most wonderful work of art
of this art-loving people. Here in the
complete solitude, with the murmuring
trees on three sides and the great calm,
serene giant smiling on the fourth, with
the beautiful sky above, the jaded mer-
chant or the ardent student of japanese
romance may find his most exacting ideas
of peace and quiet realized.
Approach not too near the statue, for
the Browns, Joneses and Robinsons have
cut, chalked, scrawled and painted their
names and sentiments over every inch
within reach, and sensibilities are likely
to be wounded by the presence of such
traces of vandalism in so sweet spot
Go not on a Saturday or Sunday, for pic
mic parties abound there, and we may be
sickened with the sight of a party Of
half-drunk sailors or low class tourists
making the day hideous with theiI
shrieks and songs. But get away quietly
during the middle of the week; start
from Inoshima in early morning, and en-
joy the quiet and peace of the place safe
from interference, wander about the onct
sacred groves, and make the old prizes
tell the legends attached to the building
of the great Buddha.