The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-24
STORES OF JAPAN.
TSc ALMOND EYED MERCHANTS 90
BUSINESS WITH uTTLs DISPLAY.

How Their Rocks Are Gotten Up and sold
Tho Lantern Makers ana Taei5 Esser.yo
rrads--At Least 5000 900 Used Ia oae
Nishs.
was told oi some CLERKS IN one Of Zoe
large book stones here who 20, from SIS
&C. $50 month, and this was mentioned
ss an extraordinary thing Tho average
clerk Cots two days O. vacation In a
YEAR aud is entitled 90 two suits Of
Sio'hes cad his board / chauel with O
BOOKSELLER through my interpreter Ills
stone was a hole ia the wall with q great
SFSi hanging roof shading &c from the
sea- Inc hole had q iloos about ~ feet
square. and bis was covered first Wi,h
straw mats o feet hv 8 pa size and upon
these was laid q stock Of Japcuesa ltera-
turo oi oh descriptions There were
shelves about tho vail. and these were
also piled INCH with books Thov were
laid ilat and were not stood upon end as
our hooks. None Of the books had
leather back and the PAGES of each of
tl,n were printed on bat one side Of tie
Tar-r. This comes from the use Of the
Use paper which IS 50 thin that it wall
nos bear two impressions They looked
more like magazines than books and the
average size OF thc Japanese book IL
about that OF haIpcr's Monthly on Of The
Century Magazine
rElREITHrors NAnTs.
The bookseller frightened tle Cirdle Of
ll- orc os i asked Go see DIS books. and
%. 1howel i4a what looked Ike ledger
and day book i noted that these books.
as ihc japanese printed books. began at
tl- back and tan Go the front page. in
stead OF the reverse, as our books do
lie toid mc DC kCp. an account If an
sales. and that he did very little business
on credit / bought book of him. and
Lc wrapped 10 up in an advertising sheet
gust 1- c-I merchants Go, end am told
that The japanese Gre fast leaning adj
yliii-ing
Tie next store to this was that Of q
lantern mascr ana indeed Che store seem
60 la juUtl1d together without rcgaTd 20
order a carpenter shop Is next 20 o
sl-a store. and bath house bumps up
agn-si @ hardware store. Tins lantern
Shop was making the lanterns winch aIc
nQH largely used lt lawn ictes IN Amer
icl end which form the lights for japan
ai nlgLr. livery one carries enc OF these
paper lanterns here when be goes about
so night. and the evening Won read this
let-l yCu may De sure that 30 least 5000
p.l Of them are moving here and there
throughout streets and roads Of Japan
The linrkshc men have them tied to The
shafts ci their carriages; the pedestrians
have Thorn attached tQ sticks. nd in front
oi each s.eIc and house one hangs. At
dinner Tl-tics they ~ the Qocs ~ gar
dlna wllh bright colCIcI lights. and they
Urr exported pf ile millions yearly.
1 p1nr come tiDc in going through the
wholesale stores of Toxic. The japanese
are GOOD packers and they put up their
goods for shipment IL e different way
from ours. There arc Tow ulils used In
l1e lniug up the boxes %. crates, and rope
almost universally takes the place of
nails Great store boXes arc tied up with
rope. and in some of the lumber yards 1
SEQ tlat lle boards arc tied together in
bundles and stood CA end, and Lot laid
l1l Us with rs. Each bundle q two or
three boards has IFS price marked on IT,
and A@o lumber yards arc practically
sors. and they may be found IN all
par. III the city. As 60 the use Of string
in wing up packages. this D. very rare.
4 s.rp Il nee pap-r Is sometime twisted
about about parcel. but wcolcu CT cot
ton stIing il seldom seen.
TaE ESSENCE OF ECONOMY.
noted in tie huyirg ~ some photo
graphs that iho clerk who made up the
package had some OF this Suing i Is
the same that our cToccI5 use. The clerk
first measured the Parcel this way and
that. and took Just enough 10 make the
knot end no more Slll. string Is cheaper
here than with us. mention this a. an
example Of the economy of the people.
And still SOU wil lld Lat few rich
JaranC1oi The rule here IS chat the peO-
plo are not acCurlulative, ID our sense OF
fle word llcv have never i-Mull the
philosophy 1T Investment. alld they
sp.ll On they make. They have ln he
pat had 40 chsne- 10. tAc Investment Of
money. except lu lands cli Tho cavlne
done has been largely for rebuilding
their houses iu case az lrC.. which are
v,rr frequent DR. Hepburn. who las
been I'D Japan for more than ten y-al-
j. gay authority iCT the s.1tcncll that
JaIancse house t. thou gnt on the aver
are lo last only 1--WE years before lt - f
DESTROYED by IRE. The framework and
The interiors ore Ike tindcr, and whole
VILLAGES are swallowed mp almost monthly
IN japanese CCulaglaticns
Ils people are The most careless In re- .
gard 10 fires I have over seen. and there
ara 10 fire departments 20 speak OF Out .
al the four OF five large cities. This dam .
ger has thus been az incentive 10 saving
Eut shove this there Is little. Seven. .
t1uths of the people, at @ rough estimate,
ls. ilom hand 70 mouth though the .
postal SAVINGS banks, which nave been
inlo5ucod. Id fair O. teach them diner
e-lr. Interest is high. and tie banks
max. money. There j. not large gor- .
crlrlsnt delt. and mot Of the deb 4
Lell u lomc. II rank q. CGIpcItel.