, 1880-12-25

tEnL lu' EAHkIIIIlE OHly ulH uAlHl 'SHDW'
places. Jfer journey Of l,4oo miles IN the
Northern and fit0st ilncultivated portion "
the Empire WAS not made wit bout experience
Ing many ,llscu'nforis.. The Inns were tlirty,
81 my time unattall!abc. tlre rontls rough,
tho fDt,a often tlniMlntabsc AID Ut gllcstfnn-
bic origin. Bnt s!lc went where none had
Me1i before, the scenery. wns wild and Krainl,
innuncrs, mid customs. entirely different from
t!ls inhabitants of tl,e Southern islaints, anil
really .,ninIDst Il strange and unknown
race: The .I9pa,lrsr s!le describes as small,
round. .sl!o,ll.crsd, concave.c!'eS.el, l,oorr,,
she suys. ",rspccially III. girls. arc modest,
G1;entls' an'i peafing-lookInY. @ saw sr nothing M
ara fiat, the tps thick, a1rl the eyes af the
slipping Mo''g9lfan typg.; and the common
pyicllco uf shaving nis the. eyebrows Atnl
L!ackening thu teeth, {tl,ouul! less common il
yions lack Of soul. Give nearly NIL faces M
.,innc, vacant expression" iii the country,
"'Tlle men may l,c sais! 10 wear nothing. Few
petticoat wound tightly rouiil them, or bius
c0tt1n trousers. very light IN tho legs and
bnuKy at tho top, with = blue eottDn gnr.
TS pan a' te ohe hea eGl' e persoIs s!t1e
cIntlng, M aI i;S,.ses % nre alive viii i yerlni,
n1sd II Tie word sd'!alor can be applied to In
s .peH's,pt nt ad it"strI9s |sop: 3 teyMrs thyn.S
WIS n sort Of courier lIanicA Ito. who was
anxIons 10 lcar1, English, mid Is quite All tn-
tersstsE snic;lnsiM of hts race: Some "i i,ls
g..sstisi tnq ista a "tios as are G1e eu annsnS rs
weather Is t!ie MID things 20 smoothly he II
III ~, excellent n1nl communicative hun!or,
a:Ml talks y good ;lenl s,, rs we trayel. a fsw @
he said, fta 6ay "a beautiful day" Istl.at
better Ennlis!, ,thun ~ .leviI1sE' fine day."
which most fureiuners say" :. Again,
"Wat % s ,Iesi sS is s ~ oer s SH forsgnesss ny;
fol, wotsei,"? l totl him 1t wis proper 10y
ncithrr, u was very common word, and |
first be always used 'ft!tows'' for men, as
| 'Wlli you llnyc one or two fellows for your
'Kur1trMuf fellows a'Nt wOtnen.' At last he
fsilsI Sl ,eo iG ss1 LII wph pysen o # III M G1pfq ta I
| was slightly slangy nnd at least col1oQulal,
md for two days lle hns scnpulousty spoken
o. ina,, ntld men. To-day he 6roughtn boy
saeag W fssy s?is syff s sff s md H t!ssr Ms
M'honst M W i. WAS tsd w"rd' III 'flle " is!bits Of
lnaly Yokohama Foreigners lave helped to
ohliterate my distinctions between right aud
i wronE, If he ever made any. II lie wishes
| II tell Ing he las seen very tipsy nini he
is nj EnFlIshnall;' AZ Nikko asked lin
japan, and Id replied: '!Oniy one lawful one,
but rs many others ns liz caii support, Just
as Engtshinen have"
Tile most Interesting part OF these two vol
uNses is connected wIt!. her solitary journey
through tile main island, md her sojourn In
Yexo nrionE Tic Amos. 4 bookseller at
N!leat:l WIS guile MI Interesting. psrsontge:
"lln iiad translatinns ol sGlne ~ tug works
nf Huxley, Darwin, and Herbert Spencer,
which. ie snys, arr. bnught by the yo,lDF
men attending the higher school. The Orl-
gin OF 6pccIGs' li'itt the largest sRle. lie had
sn.'c oook on any p1|re' eonnected
colnt among the Japanese, and tue missions
nre mot particulariy successful. At least ~
o0, 600 Of Japanese arc 6Eepttcs, Or innterlnl-
isis Of nbsoately sk y G!'sl 9d M 1e
liEfous Significance. Christianity makes but
slow, progress, practically none, according
to thts author, bccntlse u Insists
aR1lI slIkc, 'nSsfa71'y Seeass L as s?auea Ti on tsy
lief ~ eternal life, which they DO not want,
md because tic studenta who return froul ~
abroad tell them tllat mo one q any tMtelll-
+, Ee a + t]at t' i j. ~ ~ expi"ls $ syste. ay
Irnppc,l up By the clergy and the uueducated
clnsses,'' I.... - - ,.,
III m " Sors Koa f s's Hss tG5 Ia s
school with twenty-five teachers and 100 r!l-
plls. "They tcaci reading, writing. ar!th.
lnettc, Ec0Erattlty, history, political economy
after John Stllnrt Aiill, chemistry. bo.any. y
course of natural science, geometry, aud
lnens,tratlon;" as to the Atn1s, slle found
tl!em fierce In outer aspect, with tiieir long
sl,aggy hn!r and beaT,ls hroatt fAccs. and
rung', bodies, but gentle IN spscci. and nla.
!nlldson,c, being dccorAtetl Will, "econetrlc-
al,'''. patterns, IN which the Greek fret
takes part. II coarSo blue cotton,
wl,ttu threasl., The tl,odestvo1f the women Is
very rc'1arkRhle, sometimes almost 6 excessive
to te tho unnitlgated tlrIdEcs that most say
aEe women nre. And at their domestic lifc
sic says: ~ founI yesterday q lunst In
.iEntnE and oyereSeiting day, M ns everything:
WIS new and interest lnE. even the extrRetln1s
fro.M n,cn who tayo few II any Ideas In com
mon With ne all could extract concerning
tlleir re!iEons md cnstoms, s',;t ~ TINT t,roiEl,
write ONT my notes. a1ll have hccn writing
for tiye hours. nini there s M shortly u!e pros,
l,ect ut another sGanee. The distractions. na
yor lInaElne, n.o many. At this moment Il
savage Is tnklnE a cup Of sake BY the fire In