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officials do not get half as much as ours.
and the members OF the house Of peers
aud Of the house Of representatives re
ceive 500 japanese yen aud their travel
ing expenses. The yen IS now worth
about so cents. SO they receive IN reality
only 500 year Our congrcssm sn. you
know, receive 5000. The presidents Of
both houses receive 4,ooo ven, and the
emperor appoints the officers Of the
house OF peers, and he selects those OF
the house Of representatives from three
candidates who are elected by the house.
All Of the voting In the japanese par
lament IS done ~ secret ballot There
Is great deal Of spccch.making. aud
the representatives, grow very excited
when they discuss the measures relating
to the government The emperor has
the right 60 dissolve parliament. aud he
has dismissed the last two houses be-
cause they seemed inclined to cut down
the expenses beyond the possibilities ot
running the government. The dissolu.
ton caused a great deal Of excitement
over the country and the new election
was much feared by the administration.
The country seemed TO DE torn up by
the different factions, but this has been
all done away with by the war with
China, and the emperor will get all the
money he wants from now on.
TuE ENrERoR AND PARLIAMENT.
The emperor has great power over
parliament, and the constitution u so
adroilly worded that he can act indie.
pendent OF TO- The laws provided that
congress shall vote all the money, but
that the last budget shall be IN force IN
case congress IS dissolved without
passing new appropriation bills The
emperor can veto al laws, and he can
proclaim law when parliament Is not
sitting. lie still holds the chief com.
mand Of army and navy, the right TO
make war or peace, and 10 conclude
treaties, and he can confer such titles
and pardons as he plcascs. Parliament
has no right 10 interfere with his house.
hold expenses, and his cabinet 10 before
the different houses and defend the adj.
minisirition. / don't know that the laws
provide where congress shall meet, but
the fact that the Emperor has called them
10 Hiroshima. which Is. judge, nearly
800 miles west Of Tokyo, shows that he
can do as he plcasei In this matter.
JArASsE riNASCEs.
speaking OF japanese hnauccs, II Is
wonderful how the people have come 70
the assistance OF the government In this
war. The bonds have been subscribed
for even more eagerly than they were
during our civil war, aud millions OF
dollars more money has been offered
than Is needed The condition OF Japan
at the time OF the war was perhaps as
good as that Of any other government
IN the world. The debt was practically
nothing and the treasury had asurplus
OF more than twenty million dollars.
As soon as war was declared the people
began 10 send IN contributions, and
patriotism exists 20 such an extent that
the richest men Of Japan would i'm
povcTish themselves rather than see the
country lack money. Japan has Tor the
past generation been on the up grade,
and is people have been fast growing
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selves and their swords 10 the HIGHEST
bidder Every politician has a number
OF them connected with him, and every
political meeting is filed with them.
They carry sword canes, and during
elections the papers are full OF the %
acss OF one band Of Soshi upon another,
ana OF statements as TO how one prom.
nent man, accompanied by his S0shi,
was met by another statesman, with his
Soshi and how the two fought the
matter out on the street.
During my stay In Japan one Of the
members OF parliament was wayllid by
the Soshi OF bis opponent and we'll
pounded, and another man, also n mem.
Der of parliament, was attacked ABOUT
g o'clock iu the morning, while ON bis
way IN iIuukshi 10 the house Of repre-.
scuta,ivcs, by ten VI these 5oshi. one
OF them threw bottle OF red ink and
sulphurIc acid at him. aud 1t struck him
on the shoulder. but fortunately did not
damage lie luckily happened TO have
two OF his own SosM with him, and
these men ran after the Soshi OF the
opposite party who threw the bottle,
and caught him and handed him over
to the police. This Incident occurred on
the 7ird OF last May, and from my notes
which took at the time, see that on
May 10Th the Japanese papers record
how twenty Soshi attacked the office OF
political newspaper and stoned the
editors, The most Of the officials Of
Japan have some OF these Soshi with
them when they 70 about over the
country. In some cases they ride on
the outside OF their carriages. and IN
Others they follow along ON foot.
4 sEr or PROFESSIONAL THUGS.
These Soshi are numbered by thous-
ands, and Il Is surprising how well they
are organized. Outside OF those who
are attached to the politicians, there are
bands or societies OF them who work
together for their mutual benefit, and
who are, In fact, bands Of thugs, assas.
sins, blackmailcrs and strikers. Some
OF them give their services for their
food and clothes, aud for two or three
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and waiting 'or their masters. who are
inside. You have TO go through q mar
row entrance. so small that only one
man can get through at time, iu getting
io the reception room aud also In going
into the hall, aud this is probably to
prevent the danger Of a rush by Soshi
or others. There are plenty Of officers
dressed Ia uniform. aud there Is as much
rcd tape as about the houses OF plrii.
mcni in London. The two houses do
not look much unlike our Senate and
House The desks run In conccnirir
circles back from the rosifum. on which
the president and vice president ST. aud
tlcy arc more like school desks than
like those Of our congress. The seats
are made 20 that they can be turned up
like opera chairs. AMI some members
rom the back districts, who have been
more accustomed TO sitting on the floor
than on chairs, now and then get UP and
knecl ON their seats or 5it cross.lcggcd
upon them They do not keep their
hats on, as they do In England. aud their
modes OF procedure are more like the
keichsi1g than those of our Congress
The most of the members Dress In
European clothes though now aud then
you ind one wearing a kimono.
TtU TWO HOUSES
The membership Of the two houses Is
about the same, The upper house Is
called the house Of peers, and IL contains
about three hundred members. Il COM
prlscs the artstocMis OF the Japanese
empire, and contains, In the first place.
all the male members OF the imperial
family of the age OF twenty and upward
Thus. the crown prince will be q mem.
Der OF this house when he gets 10 be
twenty, II also contains members
selected from the eleven princes aud
twenty eight mafquisgs, eighty counts,
three hundred aud hlty-hvc viscounls
and twenty nine blr1ns OF the empire.
These men have to be elected by their
own order. and their number b. restrict.
cd. lu addition 10 this, there are some
whom the emperor has made members
ON account OF their learning aud OF the
services which they have done for Japan,
and 1t IS probable that the present war
will largely increase this number
Then there are certain members who
come from the different counties and
districts IN Japan, who have been
nominated by the emperor, aud who are
chosen by the vote Of the fifteen men In
each district who pay the highest taxes
Those who are members uuaaccuunt OF
their blood, or have been appointed by
the emperor, are for life. Those elected
by the different orders aud by the tax.
payers are for seven years. With al
this Il is questionable whether the upper
house contains the brains OF Japan.
The house OF Representatives, like that
of our own, Is the nuisicst and the ablrst
Il also numbers three hundred, and any
man can be a member OF Congress who
Is OF Japanese birth and over thirty
years Of age and pays a tax OF not less
than SIS ayear A Japanese has to be
twenty-five years OLD before he can vote,
and voters must have a similar taNpaying
qualification to members OF Congress.
4 LAsD or Low SALARIES.
Japan is a land OF low salaries. Tn
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dollars a day they will do anything. II
they are arrested, YOU are expected TO
pay them tor the time they stay in
prison, and to send a few Injuries now
and then to the jail They are not at all
fond OF foreigners, and they form a
large part OF the alti-iorcign element Of
the country ] heard Of on instance OF
a foreigner who had some trouble with
girl. There Nas a question OF ten
dollars betwe n them, and the gifl had
friends among the Sosli. The leader
OF one of the bands called upon the
man and told him he must pay. He re-.
fused. They then said they would in.
form his employers OF certain PRACTICES
which he had been carrying on, and
would mix them with lies about others.
They threatened to assault him, and he
finally concluded tina the cheapest wa,
10 gcl out Of the mater was to pay the
bill. Tue strangest thing about % was
that when he was handing over the
money, they gave him a receipt lulran.
teeing that he would not be trouble by
any other SOshi IN the country o. by
them.
THE A,fEEIcAS MINI rrR AND THE
sJsui.
The action Of the government as rc.
cards these people has shown that they
were evidently afraid OF them. and II
has been the wonder OF foreigners that
they have not been put down. They
have carried on their work openly, and
a sign.boafd was recently stuck up To
one OF the main business parts Of Tokyo
which read. 'SUshi provided here.
Terms moderate ior the day Or month
| Among the men, IN TACT, who have
shown much nerve 10 the matter are
Our Am ucln minister aud the Rev
| Clay MaCCaulcy. the head OF q school
Tokyo and Unitarian minister Of
| great prominence Ia Japan. For some
reason or other, the Sushi became ~.
censcd at DE-. MicCaulcy and they
warned him that hn must give no his
school. They told him he would be
mobbcd II he not did, and they
made al Preparations . carry
/ out their threat Dr. MacCauley
went 10 the American minister, Mr. Dun,
and told him the situation. Nc Dun.
/ vino. by the way, IS one OF the best men
! who has ever represented us at the court
/ OF Japan, was very indignant end he az
once went to the foreign office aud told
! the secretary Of state that the govern
mcnt was responsible Tor the keeping
/ the Slshi in order. aud that he proposed
to drive, with Dr.. MacCauley in the le.
gatiou carriage. down to the school on
The dly liked tor the mob, aud Il they
were insuIted or attacked Ia any way
/ the American government would hold
the japanese government responsible
for b. The Japanese officials az once
took the matter IN hand and the SO,hi
were put down upon this &C aston. The
streets leading 10 the school were lined
I with police, and the result was that Dr..
MaeCauley aud the American minister
passed through unframed aud un.
molysled by even look.
now SIR. DuH SURPRISED THEN.
The American minister Is by no
means coward. and Il would not be
safe Tor a Soshi to attack him. lie
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wealthy. a look over the japanese
stock reports shows that nearly every
institution To- the country b. paying divi.
dcnds, aud some pay Us high as 10 and
10 per cent The railroads have all
been giving good profits to the stock.
holders, and the stock Is not watered
there as IL Is here. There are now about
5000 stock companies IN Japan, the
most oil which have sprung up within
the past ten years, and some Of which
began IN 1917
These companies embrace mines,
railroads, silk factories. cotton factories,
banks and all sorts OF mercantile firms.
In about 5000 OF the factories steam IS
now used, and in something like $40 the
power Is steam aud water cOmoincd.
Every institution publishes reports as to
iis business. and IL Is possible to learn
Just hOw the country stands financially.
since the war prices have gone up
everywhere, and on the top OF all this
the rice crop and the tea crop Of the
present year are about onc.third larger
than usual This fills the pockets Of the
farmers with money, and d adds millions
10 the wealth of the country. In csu-
mating the expenses Of the present war,
the economical, living Of the Japanese
must Doe taken into account The clothes
Tor their soldiers cost less than ours,
and they can be ted on onc.third the
amount required for any army OF the
same size 90 Europe The government
has considerable available property out.
side Of that which She IS getting IN the
way OF loans. She owns many good
paying industries and among others, q
large part OF the railroads, winch pay a
good interest above their cost and oper.
aung expenses, and which could be sold,
am told, Tor something like 10000, 900
in case Of necessity,
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stands fully six feet Ia his siocsu.8.anl
he weighs about two hundred pounds.
lie has lived Ia Japan for years, having
been sent there ia the hrit place,
through the influence OF ex-senator
Allan G.. Thurman. who Is his uncle.
he speaks the Japanese as well as the
English. and he was employed DO the
legation as Interpreter and confidential
secretary for some time before bis ap.
pointmcnt as minister Last New Year
while ont driving. with his coaChman
and foo,man on the scat, he saw three
OF the most desperate Sushi with word
canes IN their hands on the road boz front
OF him. lie knew they dill not like him.
but he told the goodman to i've slow.
~. ON As the Sosh saw him they
ranged themselves ON both sides of the
road. so thi his carriage would have to
pass between them, and as u came op.
positc one OF them yelled at him the
japanese word for "lool, never sup.
posing he would understand IT, NJ
Dan raised hts hat, add 10 the poliiust
alpl most polished OF Japanese paid
him the compliments OF the New Year
The Soshi was thundetsituek. lie
looked very shcepish and turned away
WHERE TINE sosu coNH FROM
asked number OF the prominent
men OF Japan, including Count Ito.
whence the Sushi came. aud ] was told
that they were in most cases disa0ecicd
and unsucccs sfli students. Thousands
OF young Japanese nave being study
ing professions. aud there are hundreds
upon hundreds OF lawyers ANA dlcisrs
more ihln are needed Tue govern.
ment places are all ovctgfowdcd. and
the universities have been turning out
their graduates by the hundicIs q year.
The brightest students have been picked
out by the government aud sent abroad
to finish their cducllions. When they
have com back they have been given
positions, aud those vino were not for.
iunate have had to stay out The "outs
have banded together. aud they have
iomcd these organizations which are, to
a certain extent, iusuucci1nafy Ia their
tendencies. They would be a bad Gle .
mgnl In case OF a revolution, aud they
form one OF the worst features OF the
new Japan. They hang around parlia.
muni, and they nave Uccn growing IN
numbers rapidly up to the line OF the
present war. inns will probably carry
b
have tue nerve 10 kill any outside OF
their own troops, which they seem not
20 have.
utE JAPANESE PARLIAMENT.
Speaking Of the japanese parliment.
II Is the BABY congress of the world, and
tits one OF the most interesting legislative
bodies In existence. Il has two houses
which sit Ia a building not unlike q great
seaside hotel IN is architectural stmc-
ture. It IS made OF frame, and is OF two
stories. Il Is situated In the center OF
To.yo, rot far from where the Shotgun
laid dowh the bdrbarous laws OF the
past, and just outside OF the meats
i, hch run round the palace ground.
There IS a wall around H. ana when
the houses are 10 session you see about
500 black jinrkshas with hafc.lrgged
men In utter bowl hats sitting IN lutm
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A story ia t.iugtlld tlrt0 tho death
recently O, uio great scholar Mr. Wal
Tor iaiJI thr editor OF % London ,von.
INK paper tclognphtl 90 Oscar wilde
10 ak hun 60 supply some personal gos.
zip about the doad man, who was known
obcnfricnd " tho cv.usthoto. whoro.
upon Mr. Wilde wired back. "Loavo
tho gossip % the jacsals, not tho lions,
81 litoratur" Now York Times
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Mnyalipmam. India, has seven Of the
most remarkable temples In tho world.
each Of these unique places Of worship
having hrcn fashioned from solid granite
bowldor- Some idea Of their size and
the task Of chisoling out the interior
may be CLEANED from tho fact that tho
smallest OF the seven IS 20 feet high. II
feet long and i2 feet wide. Travellers
who have carefully examined them nro
Of tho opinion that Il took centuries ~
work TO carve those graceful odincos
from native rock. st. Louis Republic
ST. Albans, VT. 80 ono Of tho largest
,uttor markets In this country.
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THE SOSHI.&
All About This Glass of Anarchists. Blaclsmailer4
and Political Strikers Which Exist All
over Japan,

ks6y 7hoa-Thy Connection MN Ms A,r5e,s o IGa,qeai
Heyiaa dhaiay and his Er80iagee Hm Oygiq
CHa'aefeyiH A6oaiHe Jebdgee fyiagd
age cacyesrsg al fo Haafa IeiyS,iqc about The
Emperor aafhIf Connection Ht Me Ahp iaefe
Hogac,fai Property Of the Copg1J,
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HE WARMTH
Chinas tax
ing away
from Japan
for aume, "a
class Of men
who have
materially
disiurbedue
government
Ircicr to the
Soshi These
are like no
ouhcruen on
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The year 1898 was noted for the
scarcity of money; yet nOtwithstand-
ing the hard times we opened 1858
new savings accounts last year. We
receive deposits not only from the sur
rounding states but also from many
foreign countries.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-03-09
The Arena for rlarch.

That fearless publication, that
vehicle Of the present day thought
comes freighted with its wealth of
new treasure promising to the future
of the human race as spring promises
the flowers of summer and the good
fruits of autumn. The arena is the
one review that carries into the high,
er literature of the times the bold dis
turbiDg element of the newest though
which challenges conservatism to
answer why conditions are as they
exist and why they should not be
changed to fit and serve higher
life than the race has yet known.
From the old conservative planes of
thought which charactinses the vast
tones of literature of the day it is
refreshing to mount to the mountain
tops with the arena and view the
country which lies in the future all
uninhabted and waiting for the
arrival of the human race to possess
and enjoy. The best original thought
in the arena making one grand
beacon for the guidance of those who
are wandering aimablessly and hope.
lessly in the desert of our modern
civilization.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-03-09
Two Valuable Friends.

l. A physician cannot be always
had. Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sprains,
Bruises and burns occur often and
sometimes when least expected. Keep
handy the friend of many households
and the destroyer of all pain, the
famous Red Flag Oil, Is cents.
2 Many a precious life could be
saved that is being raeked to death with
that terrible cough. Secure a good
nights rest by investing rs cents for a
bottle of Pan-Tina, the great remedy
for Coughs, Colds and Consumption.
Bottles eff Pan-Tina sold at 4. T, Rey.
nolds' drug store.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-03-09
State Road League.

Members of the State Road
League were before the ways and
means committee advocating the bill
creating q road department in the
State, and putting 1t under control
OF competent engineer. The
league asks for $4,000 to carry out
the purpose OF the bill, and the adj
vantages that will result from its
establishment were set forth at
length. In the delegation were
Judge Edward Stake, Henry W,
Williams, Theodore thurman, j.
Wharton Smith. Delegate Taylor,
of Baltimore city, also made strong
appeal before the committee in favor
of the bill.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-03-09
COlora Cuttings.

The ''Band" will give an entertainment
for the purpose of buying new instru-
ments, soon, in Wiley's Hall.
Colora "Y'' will meet with Mrs Ara B.
Fryer on Tuesday evening, 18TH inst. A
full attendance of both active and hon.
orary members is requested.
IT'S rumored that our progressive and
enterprising phosphate agents will short
1y build warehouse at Colora for the
storing of "phates," when shipped here
by rail.
Miss Lizzie Smithson has gone to
Queen Anne's county, where she will
assist in several entertainments. Miss
Smithson is quite an accomplished rec
itationist.
Mr.. Frank P. Curry has discontinued
his weekly round of taking orders and
distributing goods, to the customers of S.
T. Wiley, much to the regret of said
customers, as Crank" is a chatty and
communicative soul, and distributed
nea0S as we'll as goods, much to the edi-
fication and enlightment of those who
received it.
The National, State and County officers
of the w. c. T. U. desire that the birth
day of Hon. Neal Dow be celebrated by
appropriate exercises. All unions will OF
course respond to this desire of their
officers, where it is practicable to do so.
Woodlawn Union will celebrate the birth
of the venerable Ex-Governor on Sunday
25th inst. in Hopewell church.
Philip Brown, fourth son of Tobias
Brown, died at his fathers residence near
Rowlandville on Monday, at two O'Clock.
He was buried at Mt. Pleasant on Thurs
day afternoon. Rev. F. Burgette Short
preached and conducted the funeral
services. Deceased though quite young
had been twice married. His first wife
was daughter of Lewis Fryer, of Viz
ginia, she died some two and a-half years
ago his second wife was a Miss Janney,
Va ASetA nay HASW' AhSy WClC mail iCo
upon the Ist day of January last. He
leaves no children.
There will not be great deal of NOV.
ing hereabouts in the spring. Mr.. Joseph
N. Tosh is moving this week to "Wood-
bine /" Joseph Bear will move into the
house at Colora vacated by Mr.. Tosh
Arthur Tosh will move up to DR.. S. T.
Romans farm near Pilot Town Howard
Pierce also contemplates moving over in
the Sth, somewhere in the neighborhood
of Conowingo. John Grant will move
into Mr.. Pierce's house at Colora. There
is prospect of two vacant houses at
Vinegar Hill, the frame cottage belong
ing to ]. B. Coale, from which J. Grant
will move, and the brick house belonging
to DR.. R. R. Crothers, from which J.
Nesbitt will remove on the 25th inst.
No tenants have applied for either.
Should either of these dwellings remain
empty during the coming year, we are
informed by an old resident of the neigh
borhood, it will be the first time since the
erection of either that they have been
tenantless.