Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-01-24

the rolling swell now ana tnen conceAieu,
nv mind reverted to the miil.pond and
the old stump from which | learned to
dive. started for the rock, reached it
overreached in fact-tor the waters lifted
me as though l was q feather slid me
gently but firmly over the top OF the rock,
and down | went on the other side. 1t
took iugt ten days for the cuticle | LETT on
thai stone to be replaced BY cell proliteFa'
ticn.
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The two largest Of the group OF islands
which compose the Empire OF Japan are
Nippon and Jesse. In the northern por'
ton of the latter OF these live q peculiar
race OF people called Amos, or hairy
kuriles,
They are q hairy race and addition to
long hair and luxuriant boards, their whole
body is covered with hair. ..
The womsn's faces are smooth, but as II
ashamed Of it, they tattoo a mustache on
their lips.
These people have no idea of time. II
YOU inquire Of an AiUo' When were you
born he may reply, Two moons after o
whale was washed ashore on yonder beach:
lat being the great event Of this tribe, as
it furnished trem subsistence for long
period.
The Japanese say that the Aino is @
cross between a Jap and q bear,
While | can't bear out this allegation, 1t
is true that the relations between the Aino
and old bruiu, are OF G most friendly char
acter. Young cubs are taken by the women
of the tribe and nursed. The cub is wor.
shipped and the nurse revered. When the
bear grows up it is killed with much cere'
mony. Don't mention it in Wall street.
but it a fine place for bears.
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The Jsps like more civilized people,
have many f~avorite superstitions. They
never sweep q room immediately after a
guest hos departed, for fear of bringing
bad luck upon him. Purple is never worn
at q wedding, for fear o. a speedy rupture,
purple being o color that soon fades. II
would be tempting fate more than a bridal
trip to Indiana.
If a medicine bottle i, upset, that means
that the patient will surely recover. A
written notice that the family are away,
posted oil the door, is supposed to keep
way smallpox.
The Japanese are not noted for veracity.
In fact the word Of a Jap is v~sluless and
be is proud of it. To tell q Jap he lies, he
considers about equivalent 10 our You sly
dog, you"
Every thing q Jap does, he does back.
ward, he saws and planes backward, mounts
u horse from the right side, writes from
bottom to top Of q page and from right to
left.
Cremation ia still in vogue in Japan, but
there its practice is inexpensive. The dead
body is put into barrel in a kneeling po.
sition, which after a brief funeral service
ia placed on an esrthen floor, fsggots ere
piled around i; and the pile lighted. All is
consumed but a few bones which are bur,
ried and a stone erected over the grave, In
their way there is no danger OF the chill.
dren upsetiiug Aunt Susie's remains all
over the floor.
The Theatre is considered q good re-
Hector of the popular mind. In Japan the
performance begins early and ends late.
The plots are usually intrigues at court, re-
sulting in the death Of the heroes, or ex-
ploits of some great robbers or warriors.
The public taste demands a profuse dis
play Of dripping swords and CORY heads.
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Every own IN Japan has its pablo bath.
One door is for the men and another tor
the women-but this distinction ENDS after
crossing the threshold, for on entering men
and women are seen scrubbipg each other,
and making a perfect babel with their chat
ter. This custom, shocking as it may
seem, is perfectly compatible with Japan
ese ideas OF modesty.
Far back in the interior where visitors
rarely 90 the same modesty as of old
among the Japanese is found. The advent
of civilization at the treaty port. however,
like the forbidden fruit, taught them they
we're naked-and vice reigns supreme.
ABIos.