The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-10

invites us t. enter; we enter a larye
room where s number OF japanese
are sitting around j square box fiji
ed with ashes and charcoal fire
burning on top, we look around for
chairs to sit upon but they are
things the people Of this country are
unacauainted with, 50 we follow the
example Of our jinrickisha man and
set on our heels. Tea is served ID
very small cups, they do not use
milk Or sugar, we cent our jinrickis!,a
man to purchase some sugar, and
when it arrived invited the Japanese
to join Us in sweetened cup Of tea.
When one of their number who could
speak little English informed us,
after tasting the tea, No good
spose Japanee drinkee, be makse
soon de- we could not persuade
them to join US. They have no furni-
ture whatever in their houses. Each
floor is one large room, but can he
divided into two numerous apart
ments by having screens across the
room, A mattress placed on the
foor is used for bed, for covering.
q quilts with sleeves in it is used,
Their pillows are small bags >tuGad
Til.l hais about ten inches long aaa
SIX inches in circum ference resting
On . smal, block Of weed about six
inches high. The meek is rested on
thIs small pillow while sleeping.
Chop sticks sre use4 IN place OF
knife and FORK, sinai. round sticks
about eight inches long, which
shey dezterously use. When ti:ey
enter & house they leave then
shoes at the door, where they re-
main andlstrrDeA, as thieves are IN
known among them. When trying
TO speak English if they wish to in
INita you up stairs they say, top side
can eln," down stairs, ''hoEtom 81 ! e
can DO" They are very courteous and
hospjta0le to strangers, aul ara very
fond Of Americans; they are the
best natured race ] have ever
seen,
When taking our departure, on
asking the amount Of our bill we
:" ere told, 1t was nothing, and Invited
US 10 cal. again.
We now Informed cur n.n re
wished to visit the bazaars. when he
turued into & long wide street and
soon came to 4 halt il front Of =
large store with gay colored japan
ese characters ali ove- tile front; we
aiiehtol and were met at The door hy
aJapanee who inylteds rs to enter
and examine his goods, he proceeded
to show Us what his store contained,
and seemed very much pleased at
expressions Of admiration while ex-
amining his specimens Of beautiful
workmanship. and Gu inquiring the
price we were surprised at the re-
markably low figures that was asked
fos them. As we are osly sight sea>
ing we do not purchase, he does not
seem very anxions to sell, and treats
US politely SIS if we has spent two or
three hundred dollars with him, we
thank him for his trouble, and are
invited t. call again. II lille being
wLieled along in our j;nrickislla
we pass large building surrounded
by q beautiful park and On inquiry
We are informed it is used by the
ministers of foreign nations. There
are some very fine buildings in this
city, the custom house, post-oGce,
hotels and club houses Of different
nations.
We enter G street and Imagine our
selves in our own country, the street
is narrow; the houses two and three
stories high, Of brick and stone, are
built On the plan OF our houses, here
we ask the name of the street and
are informed it is Main Street in the
European quarter OF tie citv-tle
streets here ara not as vide as those
in the Japanese quarter. We notice
a great many familiar names dis
played on the signs. There are O.
great many European and American
merchants here dealing in the prod
ucts Of this couotrr. Mntsuhitn, the
Mikado or King Of Japan, and his
Queen, YoahiEo, live in the palace at
TOXIC, the capital, about swenf y-fve
miles from Yokollama. Several trains
run between the cities each day.
The United States have hospital at
Yokohama. aad the English have a
naval station. The water front is
protected by stone sea wall, sever