The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-11-11

Japanese gardening, and choice trees of
flowers fill the air with a perpetual
perfume. A cool wind constantly
blows from the sea, and the American
flag, which floats from a staff in the
yard, never hangs listless and limp
The surroundings of the mouse are
essentially Japanese. Long lines of
cottages with oVerhsnging roofs and
with open walls line the street at the
right, and l caught, with my camera,
a bare-iegged girl carrying bucket of
water, and q small boy with q watering
can, as rode up to the gate in my
jinriksha.
The governors carriage was standing
at the gate, and his two hsttoes had
charge Of it. One with bowl-like hat
had bis regular place in the coachma1's
seat, and the other, who usually runs
ahead to clear the way, had hold of the
horses heads. stopped at the port
er's lodge, and was received by an old
Japanese servant, who had a four-inch
strip of q bald spot from his forehead
to his crown, which bore evidence of
being shaved daily. He had his back
hair tied upon this in the approved
Japanese fashioned in the shape of a
cue, which was SHAPED like an old
fashioned door knocker. He pulled up
his gown and bumped his bald head
against the gravel as he saluted me,
and when I told him l wanted to see
the minister, he sucked in his breath
and bowed again. He then lead me to
tho vuida front door onH oooool
servant took me in hand. More bow
ing, more breath sucking. and then
entered the halls of the Amer can lega-
ton. What a change! At the door of
our minister's house, you leave Japan
and drop down into America. The
rooms are furnished in American style.
A Brussels carpet of a common Ameri-
can pattern takes the place of japanese
mating, and easy chairs, racks of
books and several desks look very COM
Portable in contrast with the houses
you have been visiting where box of
charcoal and flower pot made up the
furniture. Instead OF Japanese screens,
the honest faces of Abraham Llnco!nS
George Washington and General Grant
look down from the walls, and over the
mantel in the place of honor is big
framed photograph of President'Uleve-
land. AS you go in, hearty voice
greets you, and Governor Hubbard
gives you Welcome with the shake of an
American hand.
What big man he is, and how de-
cidedly American! He stands six feet
in his stockings, and his big-boned
frame is padded With not far from 300
pounds of muscular flesh. He would
make three of the ordinary Japanese,
and have yet to spare. Heis a good
looking man. His big head is we'll set
on broad shoulders, and his blue eyes
shine ont from under broad and high
forehead Fifty-iVe years old, his hair
has become iron gray, and short, curly,
iron-gray whiskers cover his face. He
bears his years we'll. Born in Georgia
educated in Virginia and graduate of
Harvard, he moved to Texas when the
State was wild, and began to practice
law there in the days when the prac-
titioners rode the circuit with Black
stone in one side OF their saddle bags,
and pistol and deck of cards in the
other, Since then, he has been one of
the leading men Of his State, and he
was for years its governor. He is a fine
Spanish scholar, and his conversation
tunes with quotations from the classics
vi SoNCl dl n uI0
he made one of the ringing speeches of
the Convention at Chicago, which gave
Cleveland his first nomination. He was
ton, and when Cleveland became Presi-
dent he ma lie him minister to Japan.
The Japanese mission is now one of
the most important of our foreign
posts. Thirty years ago, this nation of
IS, 100000 people was unlocked to the
world by Commodore Perry, and it is to
an American that the Land of the
Rising Sum-" as Japan is called, is in
debted for its introduction to foreign
nations At this time, when the coun-
try was semi barbarous, set of treaties
was entered into with the foreign
powers, providing that Japan should
not charge any OF their citizens more
than per cent. duty on importstionF,
and that in cases of natives bringing
suit against foreigners they should be
| tried in the courts OF the Consul of the
nation of the individual against whom
| the suit was brought. or instance, if
| Japanese merchant sues me for q
debt, he must bring his suit before our
Consul General, Mr.. Greathouse and the
decision Of MIR. Greathouse settles the
fact whether must pay or not. In the
case Of civil or criminal suits between
foreigners themselves, the consul OF
the defendant are the judges. and the
only appeal is to the minister of the
foreign nation of the individual against
whom the suit is brought. This fact
adds greatly to the. Importance ard