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The National tribune., 1888-12-13

III any dispatches had been concealed there
they would surely have been discovered. By
aivice Of Gen. Vandever, rather than their own
inclination, they had taken no weapons OF any
kind. and now they thanked their stars that
they were unarmed. Had they carried their
pistols they would have been Of no use at this
juncture aud would certainly have got them
into trouble.
Barry had pocket-knife very old and worn,
and this he was allowed to keep. Jack had
dozen ishhOoks in his pocket and three or
four yards Of line, in addition 20 three or four
dollars In rebel shiuplasters. The shinpiasters
and fish-hooks were appropriated by the search
ers and also the line. the Captain remarking
that they could buy more line when they got
home. The pieces Of cornbread which they
had in their pockets were left to them, along
with the pocket-knife, and then they were told
they GIT 60.
Jack protested against the loss of his fish
hooks bet be did not continue the protest very
long. Then Harry assumed the role OF cues
tiouer, aud asked about the roads leading 70
the northwest, and was particularly anxious 10
ascertain If any Home Guards had been seen
IN that direction. He described the lost horses
minutely, and asked the Captain 20 send word
% James Pratt at Forsyth in case he found out
where the horses were.
With this parting request he mounted ms
steed, thankful that il was left to him, and
Harry followed bis example, It was fortunate
for the youths that the scouting party were al
well mounted and their horses were fresh, as
they would have been quite likely to ask for
sn exchange. and make il, too, without walt
ing TO ascertain if an exchange was desired Dy
the narties of the second uart.
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PERsoNs AND THINGs.

- The Providence Journal sums up the results
of Prohibition in Rhode Island in the single sem
tence that: The saloons are quite open, more
numerous and more mischievous than they were
under the license system"
The three German Emperors have received
from the Berlinese the following sobriquets: The
Kaiser Wilhelm that of der Greise (the Aged),
Kaiser Frederick that of der Weise" (the Wisel,
and Kaiser Wilhelm IL that of - der Reise " (the
Gadabout).
= The London Standard speaks of President
Cleveland's message as solemn froth'
An amusing thing happened in Russia the
other day, the occasion of negotiations for a
Government loan. To make certain OF the loan,
NJ. S5ehwahach partner of Bleichroder, and a
leading banker, covered with German and Russian
decorations, was sent to St. Petersburg His mis-
sion was known by his rivals and on the.dsy after
was ordered to quit st. Petersburg under an almost
obsolete Law forbiddng Jews TO stay there without
permission, and he had to go back to Berlin with
out having opened negotiations.
- There is project for Federation of all the
organizations of railroad employees in the United
hoods-the Locomotive Engineers, the Locomotive
Firemeu, the Railroad Conductors, the Railroad
Brailemen. the Railroad Switchmens and the Rail-
road Porters.
DR. Nansen who has Just crossed Greenland In
snow-shoes is about q years of age and consider
man" every inch of him. He has a magnificent
breadth of chest and we'll -proportioned figure,
which shows to advantage In his tight-htttug blue
wooden suit. His face is long his brow broad; his
eyes blue, and his mustache and eloseiy-eropped
hair fair In color.
temperance field for IL years estimates that Ia 4000,
coo persons have signed the pledge under his
crusade and that of these 80 per cent. have re-
maiued faithful TO their vows
The National tribune., 1888-12-13

"A physician in The 4merican Magazine says
that the practice Of beginning breakfast with ORt-
meal has caused more dyspepsia than any other
single habit that he recalls. " Il places lie says
% layer of sticky, pasty, carbonace0us food against
a membrane thai Is already torpid enough and
needs sharp stimulus Of fruit douChe of water 10
start gastric seereIons, instead Of cogging mass
like the meal. thai ali day long works Ill until it Is
gotten rid Of"
- Curiously enough the first raft built by Mr.
Ieary. and whiCE resulted disastTously to It's
protector a financial venture, proved invsIu-
able aid TO science 1t viii be remembered that it
broke up CT Nantucket during the severe storms
of last December. and since then almost up 10 the
present time these logs have been met by vessels
and their exact position noted and forwarded to
the photographic office at Washington. All these
reports have been carefully coilated and compared
and the result l. that the central Office
furnish mariners with a chart showing the courses
Of various currents that could have been OBJ
tRiHed in no other way. Indeed, each log ia Mr..
Leary's raft became special messenger of the
office. doing the work gigantic scale on
which the Government OF IBIS and other countries
have been engaged with floating bottles Boston
IFapgcript.
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cofffns are shaped like them, and the better
class japanese coffin is about four feet long
two feet wide and four feet high. 1t is made
of thin white pine, unpaiBted and unvarnished,
and it looks for all the world like toy house.
1t has ridge roof and its sides have openings,
which are curtained with bamboo splints. The
dead are put in the coffins in a sitting posture,
and are in manner doubled up to make them
fit. They are dressed in white clothes Of as
fine material as their circumstances will allow,
and in the collins are put number of the
things that the persons liked the hest in this
world. In baby coiiiu are placed its favorte
playthings, and the tops of the boy and the
dolls of the little girl are carried to the crema-
tory with them. | saw four funerals during
the afternoon. aud when l arrived four bodies
were being consumed in as many of the far
naces. A thin, blue smoke could be seen rising
up toward the blue sky as we ascended the
hin, aud when we reached the crematory a
change of the wind gave Us 4 strong scent OF
burning flesh.
The National tribune., 1888-12-13

In front of the crematory, which was build
ing that might have passed for the waterwSrks
of an American city of 10000 inhabitants, was
japanese dwelling or large room, in which the
last ceremonies of the dead took place. This
was used by the priests and the mouTners. 4
table stood in front OF a red temple chair, to be
used by the priests, and on this were brass urns
for the burning of incense. Looking out
through this room the red brick walls of the
furnaces with their black iron doors, could be
plainly seen. passed on to these and ehatted
with the ghoul-Iike cremator who presided
over the horrible rites. He was wrnkled,
coffee-colOred, pig-eyed japanese, who was
dressed in blue hathing gown, open at the
front, and whose chest, feet aud legs were
bare His head was as bald IS that Of
Cesar, and his sunken lips showed when
he grinned, which he constantly did, only
The National tribune., 1888-12-13
Special Correspondence NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
KIoTA, JAPAN, December 6, 1888.

~>S~St-@''~A
I visited the great crematory of Kiota this
afternoon. 1t is situated on a mountain
several miles from the city, and it required
jinrikisha, pulled by two men, to take me to
it. Passing over the many bridges of this
holy city of the Mikado, l drove through
streets of shops filed with the beautiful blue
china for which Kiota is so noted on by
poorer houses than any had yetseen in Japan,
and out into the fields of rice and tea. The
road was narrow, and my jinrikisha was stop
ped several times to let pass parties of four
stalwart men dressed in the blue gowns and
the bowl-hats of the cody, carrying upon their
shoulders highly painted poles, in the center
of which was swung box which looked much
like chid's playhouse, and which bad its
roof and its curtained windows. / asked my
guide what these boxes might be, and he told
me they formed the hearses of Japan, and that
these men had carried the collins of the dead to
the crematory and were now returning At
tea-house near the crematory saw one set Of
these palIbearers or human hearse- horses sit
ting and making merry over sake which, you
know, is the whisky and beer of Japan and
note that in the bearing of the dead they do
not observe the solemnity of step that we are
accustomed to accord to funeral professions.
The National tribune., 1888-12-13

Priests receive from 50 to $50 for funeral
ceremonies, and japanese funeral can be quite
as expensive as an American one. l have yet to
see lean priest in japan, aud the people must
give great deal to religion. The Capitol at
Washington has cost up to the present $13, ,000,-
600. This has been expended through Congress-
and has. of course, been full of extravaganza;
the building rs it exists to day could probably
be made for So coo 000 and one of the Buddhist
temples which will be completed next year
here at Kiota has cost just this amount. There
are $500 Buddhist temples in Kiota, and the
number in the country is madeup pof tens ofthou-
sands. At all of these temples the people give
The National tribune., 1888-12-13
JAPANESE FUNERALS,
How the Dead are Buried and Burned
in the Land of the Rising Sun.

First, Second and Third Class Cremation, and
What Each COsis-Japanese Collins and Japanese
Hearses-The Priests, and the Japanese as a
Church-GiEing PeOple-POEerty and Riches Among
Them-The Growth of Speculation aud the New
Railroad Era-Japans Industrial Exhibitions
A Word About Gay Kiota and its Beautiful
Maidens, Etc.
The National tribune., 1888-12-13

The priests preside at the funerals, and I saw
the burial ceremony of the father of one of the
most noted lawyers of Toxic during my stay
there. 1t took place at the great temple in
Tsukiji, and about 900 Japanese were present
The procession was a long one. 1t was made
up Of people on foot audin jinrikishas, and was
headed by so men in blue gowns, each of whom
carried small tree made of flowers, and as
large as the average family Christmas tree
At the temple they formed line of these trees
and the white, cage-like coffin was carried up
The National tribune., 1888-12-13

It is announced that during the Reunion of
the Army of the Cumberland at Chattanooga,
Tenn. the Second Brigade, Third Division Of
the Fourth Army Corps tGen. Hazen's old
brigadel. will meet especially during what viii
be known as Chickamagua week" September
10 and 20, 1889. Arrangements are being made
to have the meeting take place on the summit
of Lookout Mountain.
The National tribune., 1888-12-13

Cremation has been practiced in Japan since
the year 700 A. d. 1t was brought in by
the Buddhist priests, and there are now
crematories everywhere. BY no means all of
the people, however, believe in it, and burial
is in some cases the same as with u.s. save that
the collins are more like square boxes than
like oblong ones. The coflns of the poor are
made of barrel in many cases, aud this is
hung on pole and carried to the grave. Those
of babies are not larger than a woman's band
box, and the bodies are doubled up aud
squeezed into them. In many cases, after bu-
rial, the tops of these collins are crushed in
to make decomposition the quicker, and
the cemeteries of the Buddhists have monu
ments over the graves. There is a cemetery in
Kota which contains 30, 600 bodies, and in the
country you will often pass little cemeteries
by the roadside These are, however, usually
connected with temples, as are our cemeteries
with churches, and l have seen families bring
offerings of incense and food and place upon
the graves At Irimachi, village north of
Toxic, saw whole family thus honorng its
dead. There was the old father and mother
and half dozen children. The family lot was
surrounded with tombstones, and little stone
image of Buddha with its head broken off stood
in the midst. As the father came up he picked
up the round head and put it in its place on
Buddhas broken neck. He then knelt and
prayed. Each of the family, even to the tod
ding baby of two, had some burning sticks of
incense in their hands, and these they stuck
into the ground before the various tombstones
They put flowers upon them, and lay at their
feet bowls of rice aud pieces of cooked fish and
bowls of beans. The flowers are kept in little
bamboo tubes, and before nearly every tomb
stone l noted these bamboo vases of flowers.
The Japanese reverence their dead. The in
huence of Confucius is plainly seen throughout
the land and ancestral worship is part of the
Shinto religion. 1t used to be that the nom
observance of mourning for parents was pun
ished by law and children were expected to
mourn their parents at least one year.
The National tribune., 1888-12-13

banks now pay interest on deposits. These
institutions loan money at high rates Of in
terest, and they pay dividends of from 10 to
40 per cent. a year. They are national banks,
and are in manner supported by the Govern
ment Japan has great material resources
which are yet undeveloped, and some of these
are being stocked as are our mines and rail-
roads. The Japanese learn quickly, and con-
solidated capital will aid in the development of
the Empire Already there are railroads con-
Meeting the interior with the principal Cities
and trunk-lines are now being built from one
end of the land to the other. The Japanese
are naturally as bright and as skilled as any
people on the face of the globe, and with their
cheap methods of living and dressing they will,
in the case of the introduction of foreign
machinery, be formidable competitors in the
worlds markets. They are the most wonder
full decorators in the world, and when they
turn out their china, their silks and their fine
metal work by machinery, the supply will be
such, and of such quality, that the silks of
Lyons, the iron of Birmingham, the china Of
Trenton, and the porcelains of Europe will be
uldersold by them. That this day will come no
one who has made any study of the Japanese
people can doubt. They are as ready to take up
new things as are the Americans. They are good
managers, and when they have the capital to
work with they will not scruple to experiment
with it. In the meantime, however, the change
in the land toward the American mode of doing
things has already raised wages and the cost of
living. With the increase of the new eiviliza-
tion, new luxuries may creep in, and it is hard
to say what the end will be.
The National tribune., 1888-12-13

Speaking of the poverty of Japan, it is a
country of many poor people, but no paupers
During the two months | have been here
have not met half a dozen beggars, and have
visited the places where they would be most
likely to be. If there be many very poor
japanese, they are taken care of by their own
relatives. The poorhouses are few, and the
people are usually well clad for an Asiatic
country. Where, however, q man can get a
full outfit for housekeeping for So, and where
he can keep himself clothed, if he be peasant,
for about So year, it does not require much
to be moderately well off. The japanese are not
an accumulative nation Three fourths of them
live from hand to mouth, and they have not
yet learned the philosophy of making their
savings work for them. 1t is only of late that
they have begun to speculate in stocks, and the
The National tribune., 1888-12-13

a.. NNFs WISH 10 MAKE LOTS OF MONEY.
tS sUu improve yOar education, anil benefit your
neghbors write for particulars TO ROF, BIooriugss IL
Msnsca The National TribaRA
The National tribune., 1888-12-13
K1orA GIRLS.

each of which has an income of $500. 900 year.
/ see begging priests everywhere. They go,
with staff in hand, ringing bells and calling to
the people to donate something to Buddha.
They wear great bowl-lilSe hats. from under
which their heads can scarcely be seen, and
they rarely pass door without adding few
coppers to theirpiIe Japan full of poor people,
but the poorest seem to give and l have yet
to enter temple upon the floor of which
some copper coins are notifying,
The National tribune., 1888-12-13
AccoraIna to Lcngth.

Young Housewife (to husband who says he
knows how to cook)-How long do you broii a
chicken, Edwin?
win-Oh-er-how long Is the chicken?
The National tribune., 1888-12-13
A COUNTRY CEMETERY IN JAPAN.

two yellow snags of teeth in the upper
jaw and none in the lower. We talked
through an interpreter, and he told me that
the crematory was now bnrniBg between 800
and 400 bodies a month and at present the
rate of inCinerations was from 10 TO 10 per day.
He pointed outthe middle one of the furnaces,
which was locked, and which he told me was
only used for the High Priest of the Nishi-
Honguangi Temple, tire biggest in Kiota He
then showed us the different methods of ere
nation, which are first, second and third class.
lie gave Us the rates. and said that difference
was made according as the customers were
babies or full grown. fiTst-class cremation
with all the trimmings" said he "costs man
or woman $40. second class costs $1.25 and
you can have third class burning for 81. As
to children, up to three years we charge 81 for
first class, 70 cents for second class and 60 cents
for the third. From three to II years of age it
costs 81 80 for first class, 81 for the second and
IS cents for the third. All over - count as
men and women, and are charged according 70
the first prices l gave YOU"
We then took lock at the furnaces. They
were al about the same, aud the chief differ
ence seemed 20 be in the charges They were
like ordinary furnaces of American make, aud
the bodies were thrown into brick vaults about
three feet square and four feet long. Wood
was piled around them aud under them. The
doors were left partially open and furious
draft sucked the air in and around and made
the great flames roar. There was the crack
ling and frying Of flesh, aud the whole of the
burning could be plainly seen through the open
doors. One Of the second class bodies was half
consumed, and l could see little in the furnace
save an ash-white thigh-bone. In another the
head Of the woman who was burning had boon
eaten OF by tiie fames and the CHASTITY frying
stump of neck and shoulders was plainly ex.
posed. The ghoul of the establishment took a
| long poker and pulled this way and that, to
| show me how the operation was carried on, and
| then pulled some of the white charred bones
/ cut and let them cool on the stones.
"These bones" said he, are taken by the
| family Of the dead after the cremation is over.
| and they are buried in their family tombs OF
| cemeteries. The collins are always burned
| with the dead, aud the Buddhsts of this sect
/ all bury their dead in this way"
| As he chatted on 1 grew sick at the sights
about ne. aad the smell increased as the fire:
The National tribune., 1888-12-13

A Cough, Cold. or Sore Throat should not be
neglected. BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRooHEs are
simple remedy, aud give prompt relief % cts box.
The National tribune., 1888-12-13
Catarrh

Is complaint which affects nearly everybody more or
ess It originates in cold succession Of colds, COM
bined with impure blood. DisagreeabIe oT from the
nose tickling the throat, offensive breath, pain
and between the eyes, ringing and bursting noise in the
ears are the more common symptoms Caarrh is cured
by Hoods Sarsaparilla which strikes directly its
cause removing all impurities from the blood build
ing up the diseased tissues and giving healthy tone to
the whole system.
For several years have been troubled with that
terribly disagreelble disease, catarrh. took Hoods
sasaPsrila with the very best results It cured Of
that continued dropping in my throat and stuied-up
feeling It has also helped my mother who has taken it
for run down state of health and kidney trouble.
ommend Hoods Sarsaparilla to all good medicine"
MRS. S. D. HEATH, Putnam Conn.
Hoods Sar8aparilla
Sold by all druggists 81 six for s. Prepared only by
c. l. HOOD * CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass
100 No. o. D7Ito
The National tribune., 1888-12-13
SCIENTIFIC CHAT.

Write to E. A. Armstrong, Detroit, Mich, for
his GAR. or 5. of V. Price List. Sent free.
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ITO Be contintsed.I
Hearing Perfectly Restored
Ger. Hazen,s RricaIIe.

By Pecks Pat Invisible Tubular Ear Cushions. III.
book free. Call write z. Hiseox $50 Bwsy, n. Y.
The National tribune., 1888-12-13

EoopynIeHTED BY FRANK G. CARPENTER. 1881
The National tribune., 1888-12-13

The people are being moro rapidly educated
than other nations suppose. The schools all
over the Empire, and their compulsory system
of e1ucation, are doing good work, and the
The National tribune., 1888-12-13

Pitchers Castoria.
The National tribune., 1888-12-13

roT1tOl--Sf for kidneys, Pain, SeryoUs. Weak
Fl I'll IhIUl I and Catsrfh. Book free. Wans
l. Egsnfs Address r. s F.. Cleveland, Ohio
Mention The National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1888-12-13

ornDCTo FOR LOyERsl AboOk loF PEiyEsss
OEUnE 10 perllsal only 10 centS NbSEEha
PI B. Ctl.s II. Louis Mo.
Mention The National IFtoUnA
The National tribune., 1888-12-13

Master Herman told the truth when he re-
ported, on his return to Arras, that the young
Duke of the NOrmans was
NONE TILE LESS 4 DIXIE Use HE WAS 4
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-06
RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION.
A GRAND TOTAL OF 5000 MILES or
MORE ADDED THIS YEAR.
Tennessee Stands Fifteenth in the List,
With Eight New Lines and l72 Miiea
Added to Her Facilities
Territory Shows Greatest Increase.

That the construction Of new railroads
this year will make the magnificent total
OF 5000 miles or more now scarcely admits
OF a doubt. The Chicago Raiilcdy Age,
which is the most correct authority on the
subject, reports $3.50 miles built up to
November l. 1t furnishes the following
information relative to the matter: "Few
people have any correct idea of the amount
OF railway construction which has been in
progress in the United States during the
present year. The impression which
widely obtained at the beginning of the
year that railway extension had been prac-
tically suspended, and that 1888 would
show very little addition OF railway track.
seems TO have continued, although
the statement published in this
journal for the first six months
showed that nearly 1000 miles of
track had been laid. The fact that the
great companies, which added thousands
OF miles OF new road in 1887, practically
ceased construction at the end OF that
year, for the time being, seemed to We
rant the impression that railroad buil& -
had practically come to a standstll. Butt
while few OF the principal companies have
been doing much new building, still work
has been quietly in progress on hundreds
Of short lines all over the land, and al
ready new track has been laid this yea
in every one of the forty-seven States and
Territories, with the three exceptions 0
Rhode Island, Utah and Nevada, and al
most 6,000 miles OF main line have beer
added TO the railway system Of the coun
try since January |. The following table
compiled from our detailed records, give
the totals by States and Territories:
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-06
A Mnrmicss COMEDY OF Errors.

From the Chicago Mail.
Morris 4. Ward, formerly Of the press Of
this city, but now agent of a paper car
wheel concern on the Hudson, is charitablc,
gallant, and absent minded.
lie has a poor relative up the country TO
whom he sends all his clothes. There are
many ladies In the city 10 whom he sends
invitations for the thcatcr.
The other day he wrote 10 his poor rcla.
tom 81 send you my last pair Of pants
but one; they may bo trinc small, but
you can let them out In the waislband. II
they are too long you eau turn 'cm up.
Don't mind the patch"
Tho same day he wrote 30 a lady
''Sincu YOU werc kind enough 10 accept
my invitation 10 the thcatcr leaving IL to
me 90 select the play and evening. permit
me 90 sly the Columbia, this evening"
In an hour Mr.. Ward received the fol.
lowing from his lady acquaintance: "As
you III not send the pants by the messcn.
ger who delivered your note, am, Of
course, unable 70 do anything 20 them.
However this need not interfere with our
engagement Tor the ihcatcr."
Mr.. Ward went 20 the thcaior, but he
WIS very uneasy.