Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-01-26
A STRANGE RACE IN JAPAN
People ~ith Coat of Fur on their
Backs.

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In her recent work, "Unbeaten
Tracks in Japan" Miss Isabella Bird
gives some graphic pictures of the All
nos, or aborigines Of the island of Yezo,
Japan. after the yellow skins, the
stiff horse hair, the feeble eyelids, the
sloping eyebrows, the fiat noses, the
sunken cheeks, the Mongolian features,
the puny physique, the shaky walk of
the men, the restricted totter of the wo-
men, and the general impression of de-
generacy conveyed by the appearance
of the Japanese. the Ainos," she says,
make very singular impression. All
but two or three that | have seen are
the most ferocious looking of savages,
with physique vigorous enough for
carrying out the most ferocious inten-
tons, but as soon as they speak the
countenance brightens into smile as
gentle as that of woman, something
which never can be forgotten. The
men are about middle height, broad
chested, broad-shouldered, 'thick-set,'
very strongly built, the arms and legs
short, thick and muscular, the hands
and feet large The bodies, and espe-
cially the limbs of many, are covered
with short bristly hair. / have seen
two boys whose backs are covered with
fur as fine and soft as that of cat.
The be d and faces are very striking.
The fOreheads are very high, broad and
prominent and at first sight give one
the impression of an unusual capacity
for intellectual development; the ears
are small and set low; the noses are
straight, but short, and broad at the
nostrils F; the mouths are wide but well
formed, and the lips rarely show ten
dency to fullness. The neck is short
the cranium rounded, the cheek-bones
low, and the lower part of the face in
small as compared with the upper, the
peculiarity called jowl' being un-
known. The eyebrows are full, and
form straight line nearly across the
face. The eyes are large, tolerably
deeply set, and very beautiful, the color
a rich liquid brown, the expression sim
gularly soft, and the eyelashes long,
silky and abundant. The skin has the
Italian olive tint, but in most cases is
thin, and light enough to show tho
changes of color in the cheek. Tho
teeth are small, regular and very white;
the incisors and eye teeth are not dis
proportionately large, as is usually the
case among the japanese there is no
tendency towards prognathism and the
fold of integument which conceals the
upper eyelids OF the japanese is never
to be met with The features, expres-
sion and aspect are European rather
than Asiatic
1.-THE 'ferocious savagery' of the ap-
pearance of the men is produced by
profusion of thick, soft black hair, di-
vided in the middle and falling in heavy
mass nearly to the shoulders. Out OF
doors it is kept from falling over the
face by filet round the brow. The
boards are equally profuse, quite mag
niicent, and generally wavy, and in
the case of the old men they give truly
a patriarchal and venerable aspect, in
spite of the yellow tinge produced by
smoke and want of cleanliness The
savage look produced by the masses
of hair and be lrd and the thick eye-
brows, is mitigated by the softness in
the dreamy brown eyes, and is alto
gether obiterated by the exceeding
sweetness of the smile, which belongs
in greater or less degree to all the
rougher sex. | haye measured the
height of thirty of the adult men Of
this village, and it ranges from five
| feet four inches to five feet six and
half inches The circumference OF the
heads averages 22l inches, and the
arc, from ear to ear, thirteen inches.
The average weight of the Aino adult
brain, ascertained by measurement OF
Ano skulls, is $50 ounces avoirdu-
pois, brain weight said to excel that
of all the races, Hindoo and Mussul.
man, of the Indian plains, and that OF
the aboriginal races of India and Cey-
lon, and is only paralleled by that OF
the races of the Himalayas, the Sia-
mese, and the Chinese Burmese"
The firm consisting OF two brothers,
Jacob and Isaac, in New York, had
failed for large amount, and announc-
ed forthwith their ability 20 pay only
ten cents on dollar This having
been done Jacob said to Isaac:
'Isaag, dod vos der biggest days
peesness We efer done, hah ?"
81 ped you"
"Isag, We will go celebrade We will
haf big dinner by der Delmonigo, hah!"
"All rhiad
They went to Delmonico's and order
ed sumptuous meal, for which they
were charged SIS
Said Jacob, presenting S. bill to
the cashier:
"Gif me dree dollars and half
shange."
| How is that ?" asked the cashier,
"your bill is SIS, and that is but $l.50."
Oxectly, dots rhiad. You see We
vos baengrubt, undt pay not more as
den cend an de tawler' ain,t it Isaag!"
But the cashier failed to see it that
way, and sending for an officer he made
Jacob produce the correct amount
"Got will bunish you for dees," said
Jacob to the cashies. "He bunish you
for shead man who only gan bay ten
cend on der tawler, amt it Isaagy"
Isaac said nothing, and the brothers
started out, Jacob still assuring the
cashier that "Got will bunish you for
desc dings," and when they got into
the street, Isaac said cautiously to Ja-
ccb;
"Yacob, you vas rhiad Got will
bunish dot man, Yacob," he continued,
running his hand in the breast pocket
of his overcoat and pulling out some-
thing. "Got half already punished
dot man. for l got me one tozen dees
zilver sboons"
| Suieide il not more sinful than neg.