Arizona republican., 1891-04-19
INLAND SEA OF JAPAN The Greatest of Natures Works of Art. Japanese Entertainment of
 Visitors. How the Government Regulates the Social Eyil"-A Prince
 Travelling in State.
Written for THE REPUBLICAN,

with cone of eternal snow. This beacon of nature ascends l2,OOO feet into the etherial atmosphere and guides the mariner into the spacious harbor of Yokohama. As Longlellow sings:
 Graded and rocked in eastern seas
 The islands of the Japanese
 Beneath me lie; OCT lake and plain
 The stork, the heron and the crane
 Through the clear realms or azure urlit,
 And on the hillside can see
 The villages Of lmari,
 With sunshine streaming through each rift,
 And broken arches of blue sky;
 All the bright flowers that Ill the land,
 Ripple oi waves on rock and sand,
 The snow on Fusiyamas cone,
 The midnight heaven so thickly sown
 With constellation Oi bright stars,
 The leaves that rustic, the reeds that make
 A whisper by each stream and lake,
 The saffron dawn, the supset red,
 Float through the azure overhead,
 The counterfeit and counterpart
 Of Nature reproduced Tn art.
 In these ten thousand islands, accord ing to Oriental hyperbole, the Emperor oI Japan mas ruled for ages eternal over from 3O,OUU,OOU to 4O,UOU,UJU oi Aslatlcs, herneLICally sealed rom the resG ol the world until opened by the American fleet under Commodore Perry III the year oI grace, lSOO. The history oI Japanese politics would form q large volume, but suffice for the present that Western ideas have pene- trated the concrete Oi ages and that the Japanese Empire Is now d acOnstltutIOnai Government, with a representative Parliament modelled after the best Gov ernmenlS Ot Europe.
 Our intercourse with the Japanese has been lar more satisfactory than with any other Aslatlc power, and their adoption Ot Western customs furnishes nope that lt may be continued to the benent of both nations. The Government ol Japan has recently voted O,OOO yen, or dOiiars, to make representation at the Worlds Far Tn Chicago Tn lSJ2-93.
 There Is nothing Ill European history to compare to the magnanlmlty wIlh which the Japanese Princes surrendered theIT ancient teudal rights in favor O. modern progress and the prosperity ol the empire. They were older than the Caesars, the HapsDurgs, or the Barons of England, ana yet, with an unanImlty surprising to foreigners, the entire feudal system of Japan was abolished Dy the Princes Ihemselves for the beneht OI
  of constitutional government in Japan will be watched With much interest Dy statesmen m the Western hemisphere, as well as Europe, as the lever winch may make or mar future governments in Aslauc countries. The Japanese have manifested little or no desire for emigration, but seem to have patriotic desire for the improvement and adorn- ment Ot their own beautiful islands. One peculiar form ot ornamentaLlOn Ia the artificial construction III every vii lage, garden and public place oi a modei oi tusl-yaInl; and another IS the cree tion ol temples on every prominent eminence. Their skill Tn landscape ornamentatiOn eXCels that of any other people, and with a country prolific ln yefdure nature assists art in the orna' mentation ot the country.
 The strength of every government may be fairly estimated by the state ol it's social compact. Just as well as the stability Ut an edifice may be estimated by the solidity Of it's foundation. The extreme sOlidity of the social system Is in China, where women have been eX' cluded from any equality with men fol countless years, and the government is concrete. In all Asia the females have but little influence in governments affairs.
 In Europe, where the social compact has been disarranged, disintegration fol lowed. In England, where divorce i' difficult of attainment and women arC confined to the sphere designated fol them by nature, the government IS solid In, hA lTntt.I th in, and disintegratlOn is scarcely perceptl ble, but 1t may grow to dangerous pro portions.
 INLAND SEA OF JAPAN.
 From Yokohama to Shanghai the pas sengers by the Pacific Mail Company steamers are changed to the Costa Rca and go through the inland sea of Japan landing native passengers at native ports, and atfOrdlng an excellent oppOr tunity to see the country. was rather surprised upon coming on board to tinC SO0 Japanese passengers, the best state rooms having been sold out at tn, highest price, without regard to througi tickets. My room was occupied by two Japanese officials, carrying two swords sharp as Tazors and inspiring the mos profound polteness. The inconvenience, of being temporarily deprived of state room is amply repaid by the opportu nity to study the Japanese passengers who at least present new phase O humanity. Among the passengers wa daimio, or native prince, with hi wives, cOncubines, retainers and house hold goods, returning from Yeddo to hi native place on the inland sea. Nt wonder 1t impoverished prince to liv in IeddO with such retinue. His pas sage and freight was $500. The ladie were evidently of gentle blood, fair a Europeans, with luXuriant black hair small hands and feet, very graceful il manners, clad in the loose flowing cos tunes of the country, with folds of ligh gauge silk slightly concealing thei busts.
 It was difficult to get into converse tion with ladies of their rank, especiall when one could speak very few words c Japanese, and those not classic; bu women's curiosity proved too much fo them, and the mysteries of a repeatin watch overcame their timidity, and the were never weary of having the time c day ring in their ears by the clear, sil very bell of a Jurgensen repeater. Ring and personal ornaments were examine, with a naturalness most refreshing, an, finally derrlnger projecting iron the pocket was discovered and fngere amidst the merriment of the ladies am the confusion of the wearer. Our idea oi modesty are continually shocked b Japanese customs, such as bathing il mn blic and nnyailinu natura Mi,