Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-04-26

lng garments hung upon willne tee, and
bidding YOU enter to bshpll uotle4s wight
who, TOT having In foncr stale Of existence
caused the death II toad. bad berp born as
q toad himself In ih.sI and, ~ the time. each
Snowman, with he handkerchief dappcdy
twisted round hi head, and crying oui
Wall In to sce Tbs famous sight wall in
TO sce this famous sight" On the Other vide
Nas theatre Wtifc N entrance ticket ten
men only into which yuu oopi by O passage
IN narrow ~ the neck NJ iar and found your
arlf In sp8rinu, mll " a thousand mats nt
least so twas said aud could giye on he
most celebrated actor, whether " male az
female parts, dapuung the palm Of good lpnls
and oi public fa,oG The crowds Of sight
| scor meanwhile, were pushing and elbpwinF
! thcif way forward rci-pinltufrl ten house
girls were running hilhc, and lhithcfl dancing
gil, wore their most fascinating milrst
g,i,ettc, were standing at the -trorttomcr.
while the fair Aspa,a, beneath her stately
pamsol, matohcd past, pcrmmcd aud pow
dcrcd like the peally misls of lpting, what
time the nightingale winged bis retrentnr
| flight VI the sound NJ the mylndiuus voice II
the singinp.gifl. and the crescent moon, at the
sight Of her wcll.nrchcd eyebrows, retired
shamciaccd behind Glmy cloud
Two league, and q half to the lcft II the
Peach Mountain was Camcllia Mountain,
whose flowers bos,omod but once In every
eight thousand years. Being thus, like the
| lIom.Hu.ihi festival a rare event, It was the
sight, To which, Of all Others, The greatest
crowds would flock, all auaycd In their finest
clothes, and each as his OF her fancy u light
suggest all, too, both men aud women,
mounted ON stofls, and making the gayeG
possible show, now darting along in Nraight
files, now advancing in wcdGe.likc shape, So
that you nigh, have imagined yourself in
| Iapar in autumn when the wild geese fly
across the SKY. As for all tho other pleasures
and diversions OF the country, words fail me Ia
describe them
| Now you must know that rs in this country
there were no such phenomena rs death OF
disease, none OF the people knew what death
or disease felt like though they were much
given to specializing on the subject. Some
few volumes Of the Buddhist Scriptures, that
| had been brought over in ancient times from
| India and China, described heaven in such
glowing terms that they were filled with quite
desperate admiration for death, aud a dis
taste for their own nevcrending existence
so much so that when, as a rare exception,
any OF their countymen CHANGED to die, he
! was cnvicd in the same manner rs in Japan
would he cnyicd one who should have oh.
tanned Immortality. They studied the "art Of
death rs it were the art Of magic retiring to
mountain districts and to secluded valleys
where they subjected themselves to all manner
of ascctc prva,ions, which, however, rarely
obtained for them the desired effect. In the
matter OF food, all such articles ginseng
wild potatoes, cells, wild.duck, etc, which in
crease the action OF the kidneys and strengthen
the spleen and stomach, were feared and
avoided as being poisonously liieEiving,
whereas what people Of rank and considcra.
ton highly priced and delighted in were such
viands as were likely TO cause the eaters
death. Thus, mermaids were unusually cheap
| and llcniiful--plentilu as cuttlc.fsh ON the
| coast OF Idzumiand YOU might slices of
| them piled up on dishes, well 0; whole ones
hanging from the caves OF every cook shop.
Blu, nobody who was anybody would touch
with the tips Of his fingers fish so apt to
poison you to life ; and it was accordingly left
TO the lowest of the populace. The globe-iish
was much-esteemed fish, commanding high
price; and n lavori,e dish TO sci before the
mos, honored guests was broth made of this
fish and powdered over with SCOT. Buckwheat
macaroni served up with watermelon juice was
another, while as similar daintes may be
mentioned raw cells, spinach with a dressing
of tooth ,blacking, and sea-wecd jelly sprinkled
with adchynnSan Ia medical POWDER.
dinner OF globc-fsh sprinkled with SCOT, or Of
picked cantharides, would not, OF course, in
this Land OF Perennial Youth and Life,
actually kill a man. But still the poison
would have a certain slight effect, making him
feel giddy for half an hour OF so, and giving
him sensations as plcasurable as those expert
cnced 10y us japanese after drinking rice beer.
"Ah |" he would exclaim, "this is what death
must feel like | feel my head turn round p
and he would clap his hands, and dance and
sing, and believe himself to have attained the
very acme of felicity. At New Year, also,
and at the other major festivals, they would
stand their screens upside down, hang their
shop.curtains inside out. wear light blue cerc
al uk dor. anti
while, in particularly superstitious families
the New Years Day visitors book would be
inscribed with the words "a Record Of
Regrets" If, in trying TO say something
iattering about friends child, caller were
TO remark on is apparent healthiness, both
father and mother would remember his words
with uneasiness whereas, il he should say
1.-THE little thing doesn't look as il it would
live long" he would give the parents the
greatest pleasure, and they would reply
"Ah II only what you say may come true 7
Wasaubyauwe, who, during the hrsi twenty
or thirty years Of his residence in the country
! had marvelled at, and inwardly rdieulcd, the
opinions OF the inhabitants on this point and
, had esteemed himself fortunate beyond all
measure in having arrived at a country where
disease and death were unknown, was gradu.
ally converted TO the native notions during q
: sojourn Of two OF three hundred years. The
: prospect Of neyer-ending life, day after da,
! and year after year, began to pail on him,
while death became all The more attractive fol
! being so difiieult Of attainment. Resolving 10
l pu, an end 10 his existence, he threw himself
backwards heels over head into deep well.
S But 10 up he rose to the surface without III,
I slightest hurt, and walked on the water -
: exactly as il i had been a road on dry land
, that no, all his endeayors To sink himself
4 would sink him. So, seeing thar this plaH
1 uas Of nn mil Ia. nlin,l,eh M n Inlt. ,.u.,l