The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-10-17
JAPANESE CURIOS.
A Conservative Merchant who Declines 4
Enlarge His Trade.

\ conservative Merchant Who Declines {
Enlarge His Trade.
4 euro store that most delights IN
heart is kept by one Hari Shin, ii JAP
ancSc gentleman of the old school, VIII
still Shaycs his hair in a strip across tn
top of his head and turns it forward i
the gun-hammer cue Of the ancient 81
mnrQi. Hari Shin, despising moder
ways and business signs, simply hang
& huge sword over his gateway, an'
leaves one to stumble in accidental
upon a rubbish and lumber room, an,
take it into his head to pursue his wa,
across the garden unguided. Hiddel
away back there is 4 room full OF oil
saddles and state kagoS, p%alanquins;
niche full of Old banners and spears; al
apartment piled high and hung will
old dresses, brocadc drapcrieS and I'm;
forms; rooms filled with carved anc
gildcd Ruddhas; divine kwannon.
more or less battered and worn, and
rooms of old china. old lacquer, and old
woOd-caryingS. The last room looks
upon a little garden, which holds, OF
course, it. miniature pond crossed by a
stone bridge; It's stone lantern under
the shadow OF q tree at the waters
edge, and bronze storks and stuuted
pines along the slope of the small,
mountain, cunningly represented al
Il end. Across the garden are three
more rooms of armor, coins, and al.
kinds of ancient things, and a second
story repeats all this labyrinth of rooms
filed with more and more curios. llar
Shin : was the kind of a place that ]
had been dreaming of, and since thank.
inc the accident that took me there ]
have found that few knew of him and
his treasures outside of the men in the
euro business. My enthusiasm for the
place was followed by that of the
others, and Hari Sims queer, pictur-
eSqucly crowded and hidden-away
place has become our distraction; so
much 50 that we insisted on dragging
an arts, friend there one night the
minute he landed from the steamer
liari Shin having taken in his SWORD
sign when he closed his outer gate, we
had a serious time wandering back and
forth before a neighbor took pity and
pounded on his gate for us. BY the
light of their common house lanterns,
held aloft on their sticks, we wound al
through the labyrinth of lower roOms,
the lights now bringing to view q gilt,
tering piece of old embroidery, a sheai
OF spears, an old helmet, or the solemn
face and touching thumbs of some
grand Buddha. 1t was a melting July
night, and although attendants followed
us tanning, We wiped the perspiration
from our face and eyes and continued
70 ing, fully repaid by the fine effect OF
the lantern-lighted scene for any dis.
'oIiilolI VIZ SAlltltu. I'll we Hdu
gone the first round and paused al the
gardens edge to catch a breath of air,
one member OF the party, a japanese
gentleman who had resided for some
years in the United States, and acquired
tho right idea that it was the creates
and only country Of the world aftel
Japan, proceeded to take lIari shin to
task for hiding himself and his treasures
50 completely away from the general
eyes. To all suggestions Hari Shin was
deaf and obstinate, insisting that he
preferred lot to be advertised anG
known to curious tourists and the mob.
He said that he sold enough 10 the
dealers OF his own country, and then az
a k%ardonablc boast said that he had
lately been exporting a great deal to 8
foreign country, "to AuStria,' in fact.
"To Austria"'' cried our japanese
friend, with affected horror. That is
Of no good. The Austrians are a queer
KIND of people, not quit" civilized, Yor
should export to America and get Amer
leans to come here. Theirs is the rich.
est and largest country, and they can
appreciate your fine things
Though llari Shin'> face showed some
interest at hearing that his best custom.
"r> w"r" barbarians, he betrayed but
It'll" interest in the suggestion made tc
him 10 enlarge his trade, and we left
him Standing in his blue gauzc garment
an gun-hammrr couture, u fine type OF
a conservative Japanese Of the origina,
old school IN which We're trained the
soldiers, mobiles and rulers, who 50 LONG
kept outside nations at bay. tote
(Jap0n) Cor. ST. Louis Gi0be- Nemocrut.