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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-02

1 spent some time in going through
the wholesale stores of Toxic The
japanese are good packers, and they put
up their goods for shipment in differen
way from ours. There are few nails used
in fastening up the boxes or crates and
rope almost universally takes the place
of nails. Great store boxes are tied up
with rope and in some of the lumber yards
l see that the boards are tied together
in bundles and stood on one end and not
laid fla as with US. Each bundle of two
or three boards has its price marked on
it and these lumber yards are practi-
cally stores. and they may be found in
all parts of the city. AS to the use of
string in tying up packages, this is very
rare. A strip of rice paper is sometimes
twisted about a parcel, but wooden or
cotton string is seldom seen. noted in
the buying of some photographs that
the clerk who made up the package
had some ofthis string. 1t is the same
that our grocers use. The clerk first mea-
sured the parcel this way and that and
just enough to make the knot and no
more. mention this as an example of
the economy of the people,
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A Sound Legal oninion.

E. cambridge Munday Esq, County
Atty, Clay Co., Tex, says: Have
used Electric Bitters with most happy
results. My brother also was very low
with Malarial Fever and Jaundice, but
was cured by timely use of this medi-
cine. Am satisfied Electric Bitters
saved his life."
Mr.. D. l. Wilcoxson, of Horse Cave
KY, adds like testimony, saying: He
positively believes he would have died
had 1t not been for Electric Bitters.
This great remedy will ward off, as
well as cure all Malaria Diseases, and
FOR sm Kidrev. Liver and Stomach Dis.
--G.ta .tan0 aneoualed. Price so cents
ms A. >. smith Il Co.'S.
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And still you will find utfew rich ap-
anese! The rule here is that the people
are not accumulative, in our term of
the word. They have never learned the
philosophy of investment, and they
spend all they make. They have in the
past had no chance for the Investment
OF money, except in lands. and the
saving done has been largely for re-
building their houses in cases of fires
which are very frequent. DR.. Hepburn,
who has been in Japan for more than
thirty years, is my athority for the
statement that Japanese house is
thought on the average to last only five
years before it is destroyed by fires. The
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-02

Speaking of.house- building, the jap
Rnese begin their work at the top. The
oOf goes on first and then they begin
build the walls and to construct the
Interior. One of the greatest curiosities
me in Toxic is a new hotel which is
being built. 1t is to be on the foreign
lyle and is to have four stories. Il
7ill be the greatest hotel ID Japan and
will rank here as Flagler's hotel in
Florida ranks in the United States. II
overs about an acre of ground. AS
ret not stone of the foundation has
been made, but the roof is already I'D
nd this stands on a great four-story
keleton of scaffolding awaiting the
uiIding of the rest of the structure.
fhis scafoidinR is made of long poles
rom the size and thickness of q cam
align flag staff down to the size Of a
amboo fishing rod, and the whole is
fed together with ropes. Imagine an
ere of scatfolding of this nature up
holding a heavy roof and the whole
made of sticks and ordinary rope. There
re, was told at the Office, 1000 poles
thePskeleton and 1000 men had been
t work for months in making it.
Atf&e hack of this building 1 saw two
hen clothed IN six inches of cloth about
heir waists pumping water by pressing
own treadle with their feet. The
Rbor was very hard and they have been
it continuously every day since |
ave been in TOXIC. They probably
eceive less than % cents of our money
er day for it. In the United States the
FORK would be done by steam, but
apan knows little of steam as yet,
utside of the government factories
nd the railroads, and human muscle
cheaper fuel than wood or coal.
rofessor GeorgesOn. a bright American
tho is employed by the government to
Zach the japanese agriculture, has
lst returned from a visit TO the silk
egions of the interior, and he tells me
hat the motive power for running the
Pels of many factory consists of two
ZEN who walk around in circle like a
Prise In a tannery or a threshipg
achlRe pushing two poles, which, by a
sries OF cogs, run the Orks III the
bonn below, These men, said be.
bceived 10 cents day for their work,
I'D the silk reelers, who were girls
Tiled at the business, got Is cents a
by. Still, labor is higher now than
has ever sbeen in Japan, and DR..
mmons, one of the best authorities
the Japan of the past ana one of the
list Americans to come to this C 1untrv,
lis me he eau remember when farm
borers received only two cents day.
hey now receive, says Professor
eorgeson, 10 cents day. and on this
am told they can live very COM
rtably, This 10 cents, however,
apresents the hardest of work. Farm-
e in Japan is uone by hand and every
Gain OFF rice represents a strained
ussiR dela smell from vile manure
Slich woul give an American the
5rnss of typhoid fever. The grubbing
be is gthe spade Of Japan and a net
brk of ropes is its wheel-barrow. The
brk on the roads is done without the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-02

aid of horses and the dirt is carried on
thes little rope nets about ,ur feet
square, which are laid on the ground
and hoed full of soil or stones. They
hold about two bushels each and have
ropes tied to the corners which can be
put over pole. Then man takes hold
of each end of this pole and carries the
load to where it is needed and dumps it
down. This work goes on all over
japan. | understand the wheel-barrow
has been introduced; but the men prefer
the old method.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-02
LETTER FROM JAPAN.
The Curious Ways and Work
of the Artisans.
JAPANESE STORES AND TRADES
Carpenters and What They Earn
Allow They Build Houses ouse-
keeping OIL $4 90 Outlay.

JAPAN, November 4, 1883 Special
correspondence of THE HERALD Tn
Japanese artisan has four hands and
twelve fI41E-s. He uses his feet as an
extra pair; hands and mis- two great
toes caE.pyrSp themselves around the
articles with which he works like an
Americans thumb. [ saw O cooper
at work this morning mending bucket.
He held the BUCKET between his feet
whils&6e sat down to his work and put
on the hoops with hammer and wedge.
His legs were bare and his cue was tied
in the old Japaaeses fashion, while his
almond eyes closely watched the work
he bad before him. After ten minutes
of pounding he laid down his tools and
took smoke, and during the hour that
1 sat near him he smoked four times.
The Japanese pipe onlv holds pinc1
of tobacco and he could do this cheaply,
but the time consumed was at least
twenty u inutes. This perpetual
siesta is one of the features
of Japal es labor. am told
by old Amer can residents that a
Japanese workman will not do one third
as much a day as an American work
man. ard 10 every case they teem to
do their work in the hardest of ways.
The methods of labor in Japan are
the direct opposite of those of America.
The carpenters, for instance, pull their
planes the other way, and whsn they
use the drawing knife they push it from
them instead of pulling it towards
them. They do most of their work sit
ting, and they do all the work on the
pull stroke instead OF the push stroke
and they stand the board, as rule, at
an angle of 45 degrees against some
thing rather than lay it on saw-horse
1or bench, as we do. They do their
marking not with chalk, but with a
reel and an linked string when thew
wish to saw in straight line, and the
whole of the work of turning the rough
logs into the finest of cabinet work is
done by hand There are no planning
epiNs in Japan, and the saw mills can be
uted on the fingers of one hand.
?; y4sual method of saving logs into
yards is to stand the log at an angle
Z sg ainst a support and saw it by hand.
The saw used is not the powerful cross
cut saw of America. but wide, short
Japanese instrument, which has
handle about two feet long and which
looks like butchers clesver fled into
saw. The human saw mill stands on
top of the log or under it and pulls away
Tor ten hours q day for about 80 cents.
Skilled carpenters in cities get about
10 American cents day and the best
men in ss&e business do not get over Is.
Still, yoHind no better Workmen in the
world tt here. Their work is done
With the Use of very few nails and they
have to be cabinet-makers as well as
carpenters. Every Japanese house
1ss walls which must move in groves in
md out every day, and the ordinary
hone is as finely put together as a
eteau. The joining of erything is
by dovetailng and the japanese could
each our American workmen much in
he polishing and joining of fine woods.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-02

TIE SANCTION OF PHYSICIANS has been
accorded to that standard disinfectant,
GLRNN's SULPHUR Soap.
"HILL's BAR AND WHIsKER DYE"
Black or Brown SOC. T
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-02

The day will come, however, whan
machinery will be used by the japanese
people. The leayen is here, and it is
working slowly 1t has already done
much with the govern ment, and it will
eventually, though it may not be for
generations, leaven the whole lump OF
these 38 600 600 of people. 1t will revo-
lutionlZe the country, ana the muscle
which is now hauling jinriksbas by the
hundred thousands, which Is saving
logs by hand, and which is doing count
less other things which steam or cleo
tricity can do as well, will be turned to
manufacturing. and it may be much to
the detriment of the other manufactut-
ing nations of the world. The Japa-
nese are wonderful imitators. They
sr bright enough ana SIX lful enough
to 90 anything that almost any other
man can do, and they ara not back
ward it catching up good thing when
they see it. They have here land full
of coal and ion, copper and other
metals. They sell US every year SILL
0C0, 600 Wor' b of raw silk. They could
as we'll send us the manufactured pro-
duct, and they have resources of other
kinds which could be turned into articles
that all the world wants. With their
natural ability to copy, with their in
dustry and their resources. the re is o
reason why they should rot compete
with US on nearly every ground.
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The chief danger lies in the cheapness
of their living and the fewness of their
wants. In the country here l am told
that moderately welI-to-do family can
live very nicely at cost of from 5 to
10 cents a day for their food. Professor
Georgeson says that an ordinary laborer
can live royalty on 10 cents day, and
that the servants at the agricultural COL
lege pay but IL cents for each of their
meals. This represents rice, vegetables
aud now and then a bit of fish. 1t is
all that the laborers seem to need, and
they grow fat and strong on it. Sup
posing the present wages were to double
or triple, there would still be chance
for the Japanese to engage in manu-
featuring at profit which would ruin
The high priced establishments of the
United States and Europe. If the
countries of Asia take up mauufactur-
ing, and if. as is now the case, you can
get skilled labor for so cents a day, and
this labor can live on less than ont.aalf
this amount. there will be q competition
from the eastern countries greater than
any We have ever had from England or
Germany.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-02

WHEN, from any cause, the digestive
and secretory organs become dis
ordered, they may be stimulated to
healthy action by the use of Ayers
Cathartic Pills. These pills are pre-
pared by the best physicians, and are
for sale at all the drug stores. t
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-02

H"ME cured Hams Bacon and Pure
Lard IT F. ]. Mays, 81 E. First South
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Resigned.

New YORK, July 25.-Colgate Hoyt.
of this city. has resigned as irector of
the Union Pacific railroad.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-07-26
The "Petite''

Photograph, $3.50 per dozen, at Fox &
Symons. I
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-07-26

Mark McKimmins' Livery Stable,
Main Street, opposite Postofice.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-07-26
The Irish.

DUBLIN, July 25.-The exchequer
court, on application of Timothy Healy
member of Parliament, has granted a
conditional order of habeas corpus for
the release from prison of John Dillon
on the ground that owing to informali-
ties the county judge who sentenced
Dillon on appeal, had no jurisdiction to
rehear the case
LONDON, July 25.-James J. O'KelIy.
the well-known Journalist and member
of Parliament Tor North Division of
Roscommon, was arrested in this city
last night for alleged offenses under the
so-called Irish crimes act.' The war
rant for his arrest charged him with
making speeches in Ireland melting to
intimidation and boycotting. O'Kelly,
under an escort Of police, left for Dublin
on the carly morning train. The
charges against O'Kelly are based on
an utterance in speech at the recent
election of the South Division of Long
ford. which resulted in the return of
Fitzgerald (Parnellite) to the House of
Commons. 1t is expected that Fitz-
gerald and also Mr.. Leamy, the newly
elected member of Parliament from
South Sligo, will be arrested in addition
to OiKellV.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-07-26
The Turf.

LONDON, July 25.-The Leicestershire
summer handicap, to-day, was won by
King Monmouth.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-02-15

posture, with eyes flashing and the reddest
OF cheeks. II shall never, never say nn.
other thing about their faults 50 long Us l
live" she declared. H.. -. .s
"HeyY" "
II couldn't, and live. I'm just as full as
can be Of the hatefulest, ugliest feelings
against every Que OF those girls, and Pm
AFRAID I'll never get back where was be.
fore. Q, Phil, feel like an old black
snake" " r..
swell, you aren't" said Phil. "You're
supposed to be batter Ihan you were be-
fore. Its an Improvement Society, you
know"
"1mprove''-Nathalie left the word help.
lessly in mid air, to jump to her feet and
seize his hands. "Promtse me that you
won't ever speak that name to me again."
III you won't look at The rest OF tn Sc
things" agreed Phil, pointing to the seven
valentines.
Nathalie made dash at them, and, with
both hands full, rushed to the glowing
hearth fire and threw them in the MIDST OF
the bright brands.
THAT'S my answer"
1.-THE best thing done to-day" approved
Phil "Never hear slighsing thing when
you can help it. That's my way.''
The freight was not brighter than the
girls cheeks. sect my hat, Phillie, that's
good boy-I threw it on my bed-and my
sack. Pm going to follow my valentines O
each Of the girls. o, howl wish had them
unread in my hand. didn't know it hurt
so to read what the other girls think Of
you."''
500 on, Natty. You're coming to. All
righL now"
thereafter I'll love all the harder every
girl who has a fault thatI can't help see.
ing" cried Nathalie. do get my sack and
hat, Phil"
Instead, he took her hands and turned her
around three times. That's to get a new
set Of ideas. Now, you small goosie. it's
all right about the girls feelings. fixed
them when I got them to write up this
mess" He pointed to the little Gu Ring
heap of gray ashes In the heart Of tho fire.
"You!" Nathalie's brown eyes widened
to their utmost.
III you hadn't been so absorbed in re
forming the world you'd have seen as plain
as day that all had o do, after you had
kindly furnished me the names, was to
march over to the girls houses and ask
them to return you the st. Valentine COM
pliment"
tOh"
1T was something OF job to give up my
Latin, and go on a trot like that" said
Philip. in mild resignation, and getting a
wise distance from her re- ributive fingers
However, I was willing to do it for my
only sister, and
"A St. Valentine goose" finished Ma
thalie.-Margaret Sidney, in Christian Union.
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Tho Only FeatherIy.

"Are you the only Mr.. Featherly in
town." inquired Bobby of that young
gentleman, who was making an even
ing call.
Il think so, Bobby was the re-
sponse. "Whyp"
Il heard ma tell Clara as you cana
up the steps that twas only Nj. Feath-
srly. ~ Y Sun
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NY FIRST Valentine.

o, many long, long years ago
Whose lapse III not define,
When life was in its morning glow,
=. Came my first Valentine. TX -
Tha breath OF dow'rs, the song Of birds,
Framed in and out with loving words.
) Ag.in, ali yes. and yet again
Unused upon the line
A "p ,ser" TO my young heart then
20, be my Valentine"
But grit around with mystery sheen,
1Qoeried not what 1t might mean.
Nor was with the problem tasked. \.
For-scOrning mystic sign
A handsome school boy next day askeot
"Where is your ValentineT' "a
With cheeks aglow and eyes ashine,
Ianswered: whats a Valentine2"
"A Valentine. Why" stammered he,
'You half confuse q Teller;
""Tis when one loves girl, you see,
And takes this way to tell her.
'But look In Webster he will say,
at means more yet: AN lovers day.
o. little maid your thirteen years
Suggested not q cover
To hide your face OF smiles and tears
From such q knowing lover.
Who could assert with boyish glee: &;
$50 I'll love you and you'll love me-"
I'll single out from mem'ries dim
This, sealed with golden sign;
Thenceforth had no name to him
Save this: MY Valentine"
And I, with thrill OF guileless shame, '.
Under my breath, called him the same.
dwell not on the years that passed,
When with life's fuller knowledge,
The laurels ut his feet were cast,
Hard won from school and college.
And faith and hope beside him stood,
Each promising oil future good.
Anon the war cry thrilled again,
Its dark cloud dimmed our day;
And since the nation call'd for men
How could hero stay?
Stay: with heart grand, stainless. true
We babe godspeed THE boy in blue"
Too soon from out the deadly frav,
They brought him, done with strife;
The brown curls on his forehead lay,
The lips smiled as in life.
But touched as with sal divine.
They breathed no more MY Valentine"
I can not say loved the boy
For life was free and young
But it will be with rapturous Joy
II but find among
The ransomed hosts, In glory's limo,
My own, M long-lost Valentine
-LetroH Tribune.
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COMFORTABLE HOMES.
Interior Arrangements OF . Norwegian
Farm House.

Interior Arrangements OF . Norwegian
Farm House.
The first impression of an ordinary
Norwegian farm house. is not very
favorable. A cluster of houses, small
and aged, crowd around large dwell
ing house, which generally looks some
what dilapdated. But this appearance
is deceptive; for the walls being of
wood, they look old in few years, and
become blotched and scared by the
weather.. The roof is of the same ma
terial, or in the case Of the principal
building. either of red tile or slab.
Sometimes the dwelling-h house is
painted white. when the effect is to
relieve the sober aspects of the groups.
The walls are usually stout and thor
oughly waterproof, plank about four
inches thick being used in their con-
struction. These planks are placed
edgewise on one another. crossed and
countersunk at the angles and calked in
tho seams with dry moss. A skin of
thin wood is placed over the outside.
while the interior is lined smoothly
with boards. Inside there is an air of
comfort aud cleanliness. A table
stands in the center of the chief room.
and along the wall bench runs. which
serves for chairs, of which there is
usually deficiency. From pots on the
floor, ivy is sometimes trained upward
to the roof, giving the room festive
and refreshing look. Not infrequently
the worthy farmer is proud to have the
dresses of his daughters hung in con-
spicuous positions, in order that swains
who call may see the damscls are well
provided with garments in case of
matrimonial alliance. The cow-houses
are generally an Improvement on those
usually seen in England aud Scot
land. The building is larger and more
space is allowed to each animal, while
a clean wooden floor is ordinarily be-
meath the cattle. Little or no bedding
is given. The level of the cow-house
is, in u1ost cases, raised high enough
to allow space beneath, into which
the refuse is regularly swept through
an opening in the floor, Chambers
J0Nrfsal.
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"You must be sick, daughter" at last
said Mrs. Carr, land can't think of any
thing better than for you to get into bed as
early as possible" All the plead,ngs that
Nathalie now began being Of no avail the
sturdy writer Of the ten st. Valentine epis.
ties was ignominiously set free from the
supper-table. emily to be put to bed at seven
o'clock like child.
It was probably this, however, that made
her arise betimes the next morning, bright
as bee and bonny as bird, with rare
delight In the new idea so successfully
worked out the previous evening, and just
as soon as the hearty breakfast was over,
that tasted 80 good after her fast of the
night before, she few into her sack and hat,
grasped her ten nissives with q confident
hand, and started to drop them, with st.
Valentine pull at the door bell, at the house
of each friend.
'Eoing to be the letter-carrier3" cried
Philip, following her to the door. "Why
in time didn't you post the thingsa"
20, it's twice the fun to tuck them under
the doors and then rum" cried Nathalie,
with cheek like the heart of wild rose,
and laughing gayly as she hurried down the
street. ~ s.:..,4 ..
''Why don't you wait and see if Won get
any valentinesW shouted Philip after her,
and craning his neck to get last view Of
the flying Rgure-''it's nearly time for the
postman." /"
'Save them all for me. Don't YOU dare
to open one. Til be home soon,n came back
on the wind and Nathalie was of.
Philip came carefully in, shut the door,
put his fingers in his mouth, and gave that
terrific whistle that only boys can, that
emits q tearing, ear-splitting sound, once
heard never to be forgotten; then he felt
better just at this moment a click and
then sharp pull at The bell made him turn
abruptly around and rush to the letter-box.