The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27
FOREIGN LITTER.
Especial Correspondence No. 3. J

Since my last letter I have finished
my wanderings in the land of the rising
sum-" have Toasted my eyes upon hel
rich foliage and fair flowers, visited
many of the localities where nature has
bestowed her choicest gifts with lavish
hand, experienced the bowling politeness
of the genial children of Japan, and am
pushing onward toward the Southern
Gross and the newer world that lies under
it. Of the many volumes that have
been written upon Japan and the Japan.
csc, none that have come under my OBJ
servation have conveyed anything like
an adequate conception of the charm
ing scenery, now easily accessible, nor
Of the fascinating little people, who fol-
so many centuries guarded jealously
against the intrusions of the foreigner
every gate to the land they had possess
ed for ages in the security which internal
peace and perfect isolation affords
and the reason is to be sought, not in
the natural inaptitude of the authors
who have SO boldly attempted descrip-
ton of the Mikado Empire, but rather
in the natural beauty and wonderful
sublimity of the productions of Nature
and of Art here displayed, and which
must need to be seen to be appreciated.
One of the features of Japan to which
I was introduced Immediately upon
landing, and with which I was intimate
ly associated dnring my many excur-
sions about the country, is the "Jinriki-
sha." It is small two-wheeled car
riage, suitable for one passenger, if he
be q few sizes smaller than our present
minister to Japan, whose cumbersome
proportions are more conspicuous than
appropriate in country where every-
thing is becomingly small. Gov. Hub
bard is barred forever deprived of a
unique experience until especial sizes
are ordered for large foreign ministers.
This man-pOwer carriage is sort of a
compromise between Perry road-cart
and a baby carriage, with stronger in
clination toward the latter, and was de-
signed by an ingenious Yankee who re-
sided in this country 90 years ago,
There is said to be 10000 of these vehi-
Giles in the city of Toxic (Yeddo), and
nearly 100000 on the island. They
would seem at first thought to be tire
some conveyance over country roads,
and, surveying the little fellows who
spring between the shafts, you are an
noyed by grave doubts about ever get
ting anywhere. All of which hasty no
tons are quickly dispelled as the journey
progresses. Japanese coolies possess
marvellous powers of endurance, any
one of them being equal to half dozen
of the poor, low-spirited, strongly preju-
diced brutes they call horses, as motive
power. With two of these long-distance
runners I travelled 70 miles in day and
a half, over any ordinary highways, the
actual number of hours EMPLOYED on
the road being 154, and during this time
the coolies ate nothing but dried fish
and rice, and drank only of the simple
infusion of tea at the numerous g tea
houses along the way, varying their
speed from four to six miles an hour
and coming in smiling at the finish, when
they plunged Immediately into the bath.
their scanty wardrobe at the
same time. When cleaned and clothed
they appeared before us in a
body, made series of very profound
bows, picked up the shafts to their little
and begun the lonely trot
toward home. Every one battles here
n Japan thoroughly and often, and even
though they are little promiscuous