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PERSONS AND THINGS.

A Boston fire insurance adiuster went to house
to settle loss The wife gave him list of the ari-
cles lost. Under . wearing apparel was this item
" My husbands leg SIS" But saw your husband
right" On" said the wife, 1t was his spare leg
that was burned +" and she produced the charred
remains of an artificial leg The adjuster refused
TO call il wearing apparel, aud as there was no
wasn't paid on it, This ought to be of interest to
wcarers of artificial limbs who may think that they
are insured.
"A Denver fortune-teller could not tell what
would happen if she attempted to fill a lighted
kerosene lamp. and this defect of forelsnowledge
WIS the death of her.
The boom which was recently started in Jeru-
salem still appears to hold itsJown Several hand
some public buildings have been erected on Mount
Zion The RothschiId Hospital for Jews on Il
neighboring hill is striking building although
its cruciform shape is source of grief TO faithful
Jews. A girls school has been built by Italians,
and stately building for Russian pilgrims IS now
iii course of erection. Similar buildings for Ger
man, French and Italian pilgrims are already
erected. On the top of the Mount of Olives the
Russians have built an ugly tower with the sole
object of seeing the Mediterranean and Dead Seas
from its top; but their church in Gethscmane
makes up in beauty for the ugliness of the tower.
A company of German Protcstants. calling them
selves The Friends Of the Temple" which has
been in existence for many years II now To take
definite steps for the restoration of the ancient
Temple.
- The seamy side of the English Establishment
is revealed in advertisement which recently
appeared in the London Ii'Ges, and which read as
| follows; TO Nublemen ana Gthers--A young
clergyman fond of riding, driving, shooting, hunt
ing cricket, and all outdoor sports would he glad
to hear of Il good living. Address IyanhOe 47
Chancery Lane, w. O."
Every time we read of a railroad horror are
thankful that the Martha's Vineyard Railroad owns
only train. no fear Of collision efilict the
| traveller on our road.-jidriia's Vineyard HerGid
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EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: The article in
The NATIONAL TRIBUNE of the 18th ult.. en-
titled What is the TRUTH" suggests a few
other thoughts for the apologists of Mr.. Cleye-
land to consider
/. Are the acts of Mr.. Cleveland in vetoing
22l pension bills JUSTIFIED on the ground that
he has approved more than that number?
,. Is a man justified before the law in mur-
dering another because at times he has saved
the lives Of a half-dozen men?
We suggest that the crime for which Mr..
Cleveland is arraigned before the veterans of
this country is negatively not what he has
done III one direction, but what he has cruelty
not done in another direction.
A person may perform dozen worthy deeds
during his lifetime, but he may blast the whole
of them by committing crime that should
send him to the gallows
The facts stand boldly to his shame that the
injury done these 221 veterans and veterans
widows is not justified by twice that number
of acts of kindness to others. The crime is
there just the same, and it is bound to meet
with censure from the American people.-D.
G. ELDREDGE, Sheldon, Iowa.
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From EYerYmIIera.

Mother I can never win the medal for
good behavior" exclaimed South-side boy,
just in from school; I've tried and tried, but
some other pupil always gets it."
But you must keep on trying" said his
mother encouragingly.
Its no use" replied the boy. " I shan't try
any more. It's clean waste of gOodness."-
Chicago Globe
PaterfamiIiss (sternly) ly)-Seems to me you are
becoming quite interested in that Mr.. Goodfel-
low.
Daughter (demurelyl-Why, pa, he is homeIy
enough to stop a clock.
"Ah that, then, may account for the fact
that when he is here in the evening you never
know what time it Philadelphia Record.
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clean, white, sticky variety, different from that
of America, and l think better than that of In
dia 1t is eaten altogether with chop-sticks,
and it forms part of every feast. We get
none of it in America, though it is exported to
other countries.
Let me tell you something about its culti-
walton. The plants are first grown in beds.
When they are six inches high they are trans
planted in small tufts Of eight or 10 plants in
rows about eight inches apart. They are flood
ed with water, and are almost continually
soaked until the harvest, which comes along in
September. They grow up somewhat like the
wheat, and the rice comes out at the top of the
stalk something like our wheat or oats The
crop is harvested with a sickle, and it is failed
or thrashed out by manual labor After the
husks are gotten OF of the stalks by drawing
the heads through long iron teeth fixed into a
frame, tie kernels are taken from the husks
by pounding, and one of the common sights all
over Japan is the seeing Of bare-legged men
standing on one end of a teeterboard hammer,
which falls into tub when they remove their
feet, and thus pounds out the rice Ia other
cases the rice is pounded out with the hand,
and / jumped from my jinriksha last week to
photograph a family, the father of which was
pounding rice aud the mother failing off the
kernels
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE: WASHINGTON D. c. THURSDAY NOVEMBER 1888

as is eaten in Japan is eaten green. The fruits
that are cultivated have little taste, aud the
pears of Japan, though full of juice, are as hard
as bricks.
The Government of Japan is trying to intro
ducc more cattle into the country, and the
Government has a number of model farms. 1t
has an Agricultural College near Toxic, and
one of the lecturers of this is Prof, Georgeson,
an American, who came here from one of the
Agricultural Colleges of the United States. l
chatted with him quite at length upon Japan
ese agriculture, and he told me that Japan could
give much to the United States in fruits and
plants. He said that the future of Japan
as an agricultural country was largely
wrapped up in its future as a stock breeding
country. The reason for this is on the account
of the manure. Japan has nothing but night
soil and fish manure, though Consul General
GreathOuse tells me she is beginning to import
South Carolina phOsphates, and that the use of
artificial manure about Yokohama is common.
As it is, the agricultural methods will have to
be changed before good horses and cattle can
be raised here. There are now about million
head OF each IN the country, or about two head
of cattle to each hundred people. In the United
States there are 73.
The horses and COWS here are lean scrawny
and small -boned. Some Jerseys and other
breeds are imported, but these are chiefly for
the use of foreigners, and the japanese have
not yet learned the art of butter making. Such
dairies as there are are in the large towns hav-
ing foreign residents, and am told that they
are so Cleanly about the cows that they give
them q bath several times week. Their but
ter, however, is tasteless, white and insipid,
and it brings dollar pound. Milk sells high,
and the greatest part of the milk and butter
used in Japan comes in tins. You get no butter
nor milk in the country districts and the tin
ned butter is usually rank. Condensed milk
has been sent for years from the United States
to Japan, and quite trade in it has sprung
up among the japanese. / have seen japanese
babies sucking at the bottle, and it seems to me
that with proper care this trade could be
largely increased. At present, however, it is
in a fair way to be ruined. A cargo of 10000
cases of American milk was, am told, sent
here via the Cape of Good Hope. 1t spoiled in
the passage, but the Yokohama consignee pune
tured the cans and let the gas out, and sealing
them up again palmed off this spoiled milk
upon the unsuspecting japanese. 1t was given
to babies, and was the cause of much sickness.
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\ my last letter from
Nikko l promised you
something on the curl
Gus features of Japan
ese id ola try. The
grandeur of the Bud
dhist temples is mixed
with superstitionS that
would hardly be es-
poused by our Ameri-
can Indians. ! took a
trip from Yokohama
to Kamakura to see
the great sitting Bud
dha of Japan, and there
visited temples where
I. certain idols, sat in
Turkish fashion, with
their legs crossed and
their hands folded
over their laps, who
were supposed to have
the power of healing
diseases. These idols
were Of the size of an
ordinary man, or less.
They were Of wood we'll
carved, and lacquered
red. Around each of
their necks were about
80 cotton and linen
%
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The Art of Conversation.

g Do you remember as fur back at tn siege
of Petersburg, friend?"
l sized the questioner up got good grip on
my pocket book, and cautiously answered, g l
do, but was verysgoung at the time"
Wasn't there yourself, then?"
"No"
cts a great pity. didn't know but what I
might talk over old times with yer"
Perhaps we can find congenial subject"
observed, as l let my knee drop so that his hand
could slide of, and moved over as close as
could to the car window.
"P'rhaps we kin" he said ever been ter
Maddygasker?"
NO"
Ever seen South AMERICAN dugong2"
"No"
What's yer opinion on tn suBjec' of tn
sideral astronomatics?
" l don't know anything about themD
"ShsR Got any chewin terbaker about
yer9"
"No."
"Say, friend, where you from?"
" "KOrgiyacker."
"Where ?"
Korgiyacker"
"Where's that?"
Right across the Yuggernock River from
Yorstiveriski."
"Rushy!"
"NO; New York State"
Z" How far is it from Yonkers?"
About 10 ohms."
He was beginning to wilt little, and fol-
lowed up my advantage.
" Pve read something about Petersburg" I
said +" Did you fight in Charlemagne's Di-
vision? ?"
"Whose? ?"
Charlemagne's"
"Its so long ago most forgit, but s near as
kin remembermy Gineral was named Smith" "
WAS he monocotyodonously inclined, or
did he favor anthropological esterotism in his
manner of conducting the campaign"
Look here, stranger. one or tn other Of US
is a nat'ral fool" he broke out, an Pm puff
fectly willin' ter take the benefit of the doubt
an shut up. What dye say?"
l said, and the train rolled on
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tendency is toward rise. The highestwages are
received here in Toxic, and carpenters receive
about40 American cents perday, while taiIors get
40. Domestic servants receive about 81 a month,
and ordinary coolies as servants get $l.56. In
the country districts their wages are about half
dose here given, and the Japanese workmen
receive as a rule about one third the amount
of the cheap laborer Of Europe. With it all,
however, the men seem to enjoy themselves
quite as well as do our workmen aud ! saw
group ofcarpenters playing go'' at theiryester-
day noon recess with as much vim and pleasure
as though they got 81 day instead of 40 cents.
Go is a kind of checkers, and it is almost
a national game. There are bets upon it, and
some gambling is done by means of it, though
it in itself is innocent enough. | noted that
most Of these carpenters stuck to the old fash
ion ofJapanese hairdreSsing; that is, their heads
We're shaved from forehead to crown so that
strip of bare scalp three inches wide WAS visi-
bic. Each had his little towel in his hand or tied
around his head, and this towel is one of the con-
stant com panions of the japanese workm He
uses it to dry his feet and to wipe the perspira-
tion from his face and body and in the Winter
he has q similar one which he ties around his
neck. He is, on the whole a much cleaner
workman than you will find anywhere else in the
world, and he takes his red-hot bath every day.
He is very intelligent workman, as we'll as a
very skillful one, and the japanese as a race
will rank well with the other nations of the
world as to mechanical skill and natural intel
ligenCe.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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HUMoR.
A Man OF Sin.
iNelg York SUM-

Magistrate Ito Uncle Rastus)-This police
man, Uncle Rastus, says he caught you stealing
chickens last night.
Uncle Rastus-Yes, sah an tole de gemman
when he rested me dat dc minister was comm
ter dinner de mex day, an l hadn't scrap OBJ
meat in de house. Yo' see sab, it was mat
ter of religyun wifi me. It wouldn't do ter dis
appint one OBJ de Lawd's elect
Magistrate-And what did the policeman
say.
Uncle Rastus-He said "Rats," sab. Now,
yer Honah, dat man hain't got 'nuff respec' fo'
de relijus side OBJ life ter be ev'n 'motely con-
nected wifi de majesty OBJ de law.
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shapes and sizes, and my guide told me these
were the offerings to the god Of the babies who
had been cured by it. l noticed chat these
wooden gods were very dirty in some places,
and that in others the wood and paint were
worn away as with much rubbing The eyes
of one were almost gouged into the forehead,
aud the nose of another looked as though it
had been rubbed of with sandpaper until it
formed only a spot on the face. As / stood be-
side the god ! saw 2 woman with red and sore
eyes come up and l.neel and pray. She then
rubbed her fingers over the wooden gods eyes,
and then rubbed her eyes with the same fingers
that had touched those of the god. The Doctor
Buddha is supposed to have the marvellous
power Of healing all who touch him, if they
rub the parts that are sore after rubbing the
corresponding parts of the idol.
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Sc 'sBargains.
T DocFc. v,.l,.,.,,.s,,E

Salesman-Those cOnfounded dress goods
don't go off worth a cent. They've been in
stock now for over a year, and we haven't sold
more than 80 yards all told.
Proprietor-What did they cost US?
"Thirty-fve cents; and Eve been Offering
them for a quarter"
why not try them on the bargain counter 7"
e" suppose we might try it,"
3" All right And, Mr.. Eating, mark them at
79 cents. We must get rid of them some way,
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Still, the priests in charge of this temple
were bright men. They were very intelli-
gent, and we drank tea together and talked for
a long time through an interpreter. wonder
whether they believe what they preach; and
wonder whether they have faith in the for
tunes they tell to the people. Many of the
Buddhist priests are fortuue-telers. You pay
your money and the priest goes to bundle of
printed answers and pulls out fortune for
you. have seen hundreds buying such for
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Speaking Of this Great Buddba. or Dai Butsu,

Speaking Of this Great Buddha. or Dai Butsu,
as 1t IS called, it is one OF the wonders of the
world. 1T is to Japan what the pyramids are
to Egypt or the Washington Monument to the
United States. 1t IS its biggest and one of its
greatest art works 1t is over geo years old,
and it shows that the japanese had arrived at
great skill in art when Europe was shrouded
ia the darkness of the middle ages The Dai
Butsu IS an immense sitting figure Of Buddha
OF bronze plates SO wei cast and SO accurately
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Great Little Men,

Some of the greatest men that ever lived were
of small stature aud insignificant appearance
The reader will readily recall many instances.
Very small are Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative
Pellets, but they are far more effective than the
huge, old d-fashioned pills which are so difficult
to swallow and so harsh in their action. The
Pellets" are gentle and never cause constipa-
tion. For liver, stomach and bowel derange-
ments they have no equal.
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Teaches that certain vegetables exert in digestion
powerful influence the blood; deficient nutrition
is stimulated, the burdened current is unIoaded, and
posons withheld from the parts which they PoIute and
dele This simple natural action purifying the blood,
is promptly accomplished by Hoods SarsapaTiHs,
sdlful combination Of such vegetable extracts whose
active qualities and native eXceIeuces are concentrated
by process peculiar to itself and found In other
preparation. Hoods sarsaparilla does actually strain
out impurities, removes distractions and opens the
natural outlets of the system No rack no pain accom-
panes the administration Of Hoods Sarsaparilla.
For three years I suffered with dyspepsia, growing
50 bad that was completely broken down in health
l began taking HOOg's Sarsaplrilla and soon gained
strength and appetite and restored my former
health" J. RUSSELL, Clerk Commercial Hotel Brook
vile, Penn.
Hoods SarsaparilIa
Sold by all druggists ST. six for . Prepared only by
c. L HOOD CO., ApotheCaries, Lowell Mas
100 Doses One Dollar
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Grocer-so you've given up drinking Uncle
Rastus?
Uncle Rastus-Yes, sab. haint fetched er
dTsp Ia 70 weeks.
Grocer-Hou deserve a great deal OF credit
Uncle Rastas-Yes, san. That's jes what
sez, an ] was gwine ter ask yo', Mistab Smif,
ef 30 cud trus me to er ham?
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1t is an astonishing fact, now mentioned in
a public manner for the first time, that in the
Fall as well as in the Spring leaf by leaf the
leaf leaves the tree.-C Chicago 4HGeS.
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-
] took 2 picture of
one Of these gods at
Nikko. 1t stands in
front of the beautiful
temple 0fthe Buddhists,
and il is one of four
most hideOus figures.
One Of these is the god
OF the winds, q great
green, naked, two-tOed
demon. painted IN the
most hideous shape, and
carrying a bag, supposed
10 bold the winds. oveI
MS shoulders. Another
is the god Of thunder
whose naked form and
wonderful IN uscle s
makes him a giant in
,..I ---5nF g,aT Ia lrur .,
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Japan is known as the land of flowers, but it
is a curious fact that among all these farms you
will not find flower garden. The people seem
TO admire things in detail rather than as a
whole, and your average japanese Will get
more pleasure out of little crooked tree than
out Of forest. He does not raise fruits to any
extent, and it is q curious thing that such fruit
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ought to have a place in Madame Tussaud's
chamber of horrors in her London wax-Works
show.
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Speaking about the wages of farmers, it is
wonderful how cheap labor is in Japan. l have
rates of wages Of all classes three years ago.
They are not much different now, though the
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Rice is thus the bread of Japan, and the fail
ure Of the rice crop here would be like the
failure of the wheat crop in America. Japan
produces 139O00000 bushels of rice year, or
about 80 bushels to the acre. The rice is
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JAPANESE FARMING
How the Spade and the Hoe Cultivate
the Land of the Rising Sun.

Farms Without Fences, Cattle or Barns-Riee, and
How il is Raised-Wages Of Farmers S3 Aonth
and No Sundays-A Look at Dai BntsU, the
Greatest OF Bnddha's Statues, Together with the
Curious Customs OF an IdOlatrous Nation.
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1t is in the siesta that the japanese laborer
is especially strong. lie has to stop and smoke
his pipe about three times an hour, and q
japanese workman on an average will not
do as much work in three days as an Ameri-
can Will do in one. At noon l saw that the
whole of the farming region stopped for
a nap, and l photographed group of
four men who had just stopped their labors.
They were all bare-lesgcd and. with the excep-
tion of q rag about their heads, hareheaded.
They had their hoes before them, and one had
begun his smoke, while another had thrown
himself back upon the straw and was sound
asleep. They were the laborers of wealthy
farmer, and their wages were, l found, about
s. a month, For this they were willing to
work every day and Sunday, and upon this
was told they could live very well.s 4 Japan
ese Iaborer can get good meal for one person
for about one American cent, and 10 cents 4
day is liberal allowance for one man. His
clothes cost but little and his food is principally
rice.
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Special Correspondence NATIoNAL TRIBUNE.
TOXIC, October ID, 1883.
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red paint, and he has
thunderbol5 IN his right hand. Another is like
that Of the sketch given. a giant guarding the
gates. and the yiD.e forms q quartet that
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Nuts to Crack.

FRANK G. CARPENTER.