The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-31

| through another stately avenue of cryptic
merias. Finally arriving at Hachi-ishi, the
principal village of the Nikko district, a
native inn is selected in preference to the
usual one on the English plan, as it is de-
slrable to get near the soil and live with
the people if you would know them. Pop
ular resorts have first-class hotels of both
kinds; lie. one or more where the language
and cooking is Anglo-Saxon, and others
again where every thing Is in
THE NATIVE STYLE.
Some of the former have a separate estab-
1shmeut in the same grounds and under
the same management, called the ''Bacne-
lors Quarters, :" where noise and the shout
ing OF children is never heard. But lol is
not the crying of child less grievous than
the sobbing of a woman? and the latter, so
my guide tells me, is sometimes heard
around the Bachelors Quarters" of japan.
the tombs of the Shoguns (Tycoons) lie
outside of the little town at the foot of the
hills on the opposite side of mountain
torrent. A mountanside covered with
giant trees, bound together by trailing
vines and creepers, century old avenues
lined on either side with colossal stone
lanterns, monstrous stone gods and hideous
Idols, moss covered ana lichen-grown the
air turns them black and the water green:
dense shadows in and around the over.
archlng trees, little sunlight still filters
through, and the only sound that breaks
the silence Of the place is
THE SIGNING OF THE WIND
through the branches. Some of the in
Scorpions are impressive. Here is one
over the gateway of the Temple of Daibutsu,
translated from the Japanese:
stranger, whoever thou art, and what
hon -:
sanctuary remember thou treadest upon
ground hallowed by the worship of ages.
his Is the Temple of Buddha and the
gate OF the Eternal and should, therefore.
be entered with reverence"
The next morning an early start was
made for the higher regions. chair was
swung between two long, bamboo poles
and four coolies, one a half-breed took
their places at the ends, and we passed
into a wild, mountain gorge, the coolies
keeping step to monotonous chant At
intervals, on a given signal the poles were
rapidly changed from shoulder to shoulder
without lowering them. After a steady
walk of thirty minutes the half bred makes
the first sign and
CALLS REST
His one drop in two of Caucasian blood has
not saved him from a hard life of enduring
d
smoke Is taken and the path resumed.
Pine, bamboo, cypress and palms are seen
growing side by side, no one OF the species
seeming to have belt or zone of its own.
All the hills are afiame with autumn foil
age. New and strange flowers ore seen
and l constantly bewail my ignorance of
botany. Later on, after more rice, more
rest and more jabbering among the coolies.
L take the guide and leave them behind us
to wait our return. We two then cross
around the quiescent crater of a sleeping
volcano, and l am warned to tread carefully
in the footsteps of the guide, as more than
one life had been lost in breaking through
THE TREACHERoUs CRUST.
To chronicle all the events of that dav
and the succeeding ones would tire YOUR
readers and strain your columns. When
preparations were completed for VOYAGE
down the Ireland sea, the reckoning at the
inn was paid, the landlords daughters
three little maids" blushing and quantity
bowling whenever addressed, prepared the
tiny cups of farewell tea, and amid much
waving of hands we left for the south. their
sweet Set-o-nGras good byes ringing on the
air
Beyond doubt, the light of Asia contains
the most polite, gentle and courteous.
happy and lght-hearted people in the
world.
The land o. Verona sails in few hours
for China, and night is closing in A walk
on the terrace for last look at the fading
hills. and my tile is doffed as all imores-
sions OF the country | am leaving mingle in
one sentence. Oh, Mikado, live forever!
G. H. SMELL