The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-09-29


persons, can have led a life Of higher
more intense and more absorbing inter,
est than the Young man who, in 1868,
when but sixteen. found himself AiikadO
of Japan, with the ancient bat long dor
mant rights of sole and supreme ruler
restored 10 that Office. BY fortunate
chance the purple fell. in his case, on
one well fitted TO wear it, and the work
done IN Japan in which he has taken an
active and intelligent share in fourteen
years has heen enormous. Between 1869
and 1871 the Daimios, the great feudal
Princes, were, with the exception of the
clan Satsuma-not radically subdued
until 1S77-whose chief was the mighty
sSalgo, denuded of their power, they and
their military retainerS receiving a pecu-
niaryHcompenSations Ins1S73slll classes
of able-bodied men were rendered liable
TO conscription in the imperial army.
This army, organized by Frenchmen,
has now for nearly ten Years been in a
high state Of efficiency. It's West Point
conducted ehchy ON the pattern of that
establishments IS Toyam;G near Toxic.
The total military force Is l20, 600. The
Japanese navy is on the model of the
British. 1t includes twenty war vessels,
nineteen being steamships. National
education on the new model dates from
1871. BY 1873 the Governments schools
had 400, 900 pupils. To-day they have
over over 2,500, 600. Toxic University
has nearly 1900. One well acquainted
with japanese pupils says that intel
lectually they are on the average equal
to those of Europe or America, while in
the gentler virtues of respect, docllity,
industry. politeness, and self-eontrol,
they are unquestionaoly superior" A
prevailing feature among this people.
and one which strikes even the least OBJ
servant, is their almost exasperatingly
sweet temper 1t is well-nigh impossi-
bic to make them angry, and lady, long
resident in sJapans says it isreally true
that Japanese children are. scarcely ever
heard to cry. This celestial condition
ia nursery is not Prpduced by the.
soothing syrups ofu Japanese Piokslow, !
but Is the result of the tact of the child
handlers -oftentimes old men. The
Japanese post-ofIice is another of the
Nation triumphs. A mole hill has in
item years grown into mountain. The
railroads, though not numerous, are
cheap and pay well. sThey are nov
chiefly superintendent and worked 81 na-
Dives. Accidents are almost unknown.
From half % mile. in September. 1909,
the telegraph lines have grown to 4, 900
miles. worked by l,S00 employees, of
whom ten onlyare Foreigners. Itwoul5
be well for this country if its iails were
in half as satisfactory plight as are those
of Japan. and in this matt.rJapan has
borrowed but little from the FOREIGNER.
The most minute precautions are taken
to prevent abuse OF authority bv prison
officials. The Govern orS OF = bail may.
inhict no punishment more Severe than
the dark cells or shacl1les, and this but
for a stricly limited period. without the
| sanction of District Court. This svs-
tenn is carried out with as much strict
ness in, the most remote provinces as. in
the capital. The vast system thus in
little more than ten wears t:resied i di-
rected and controlled by CABINET of
thirteen, over which the Mikado vio-i-
lantly presides, assisted by o Council of
the ablest and best informed men who
give advice and attend to the details. of
enactTaents made by the Cabinet Pro-
vincial assemblies have existed since
HISS. aud National Pariiamentarv Coy
iernment. is to the order of the dav.-
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