Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-11-22

them were taken into the new government
and many of them are now engaged in
trade. Most of the Daimios we're paid
pensions in lieu of their lands, and some
of them having sold their rights are
among the poorest of the poor in Japan
toe day. The new Japan aims to establish
it=elf on the basis of our and the Euro
pean civiliz alton. 1t is rapidly advanc
ing, and it is now land of post offices,
telegraphs and schools.
aapan has now over 400 miles of rail-
and 400 more miles are being cor
: ucted. All the ina portant cities and
towns are connected with each other by
lines of telegraph, and in 1885 more than
100000 dispatches were sent. The
telegraph system hers is under the con
troll of the government, and it's receipts
very nearly meet its expenditures. The
telegraphiug is done in Japanese, and an
extra charge is made Ehen kilograms are
sent in foreign language.
The Japanese call themselves the
Americans of Asia and they are to a GER
tain extent right. They are like the
Americans ia the ready adoption of new
things and in their being ready TO risk
the present for the future. They are
quick witted and they want to be up TO
the times. They lack, however, am
prone to believe the Americans desire
of accumulation, his industry and per-
severance, and above all mis- wonderful
creative faculty. You will find a patent
Office at Toxic but you can number the
noted Japanese inventions upon your
fingers. Up to this stage in their career
the Japanese have been an initiative
rather than creative nation. What they
have had in the past has been adopted
from other nations. The civilization
which preceded the one now coming in
was largely Chinese. The chief religion of
came from India.
have visited during the past few days
many of the government departments of
the empire, and | find they are using
many American inventions. In visiting
the army | saw troops dressed exactly
like the soldiers of Germany going
through the military maneuvres just as
,,1; are laid down in the tactics OF our
- tary schools and in the arsenal where
an makes her rifles, her cartridges
a GU her gunpowder, the machinery was
''ogether like ours. The factories, bar
ring the brown faces, the crack eyes and
bare feet of the employees might as well
have been in Pittsburg as in Toxic ana
this is much the same with all the gov
eminent institutions. The work however
and the management is all under the con
troll of the Japanese and the number of
foreigners employed by the government
decreases every year. The Japanese hire
foreigners merely as Teachers. They
study hard under them and when they
have learned their specialties they are
very ready to dismiss them.
AS to Japanese education the mission
arie largely teach through the aid of
the government and English is taught in
many of the schools. Education is DOW
compulsory in Japan; but the statistics
show that only about half Of the children
go to school. The school age is from 6 to
IA years and the Japanese boys ana girls
go over their Lessons Ia sing song tones
IN bare feet and gowns. There are 5000
900 of them in the regular schools and the
technical schools have $500 pupils.
Japan has $4,000 common schools pre-
sided over by $4,000 men teachers and
1910 women teachers. There are more
than 1000 high school teachers and the
professors in the imperial University of
Toxic, number 1874. This university is
kept up by the government. 1t has 1880
students, and is turning out scores of
almond-eyed doctors, lawyers and gov
eminent officials every year. 1t is better
than the average American college. It's
preparatory course includes English,
mathematics, geography, physics, his
tory, political economy, philosophy, and
it covers three years, 1t takes five years
to graduate, and the Japanese have here
an opportunity to get good education
without going away from home.