Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-08-09
DR.. BENEDICT IN JAPAN.
Interesting Description Of Scenes and
Cities Visited.
No War nj tho tim'. Nor TNrtb
quHhcs-signs of ths latter and
tue hisrk Plague.

from an interesting lettor irom DR..
j. NJ Benedict, now on tous around
the World, thu NEWS 8, permitted "
make tho following extracts. The
communication BE- dated from Yoke
hama, japan, July stu, and - written
upon peculiar japanese .r Chinese
papcr-ihin, almost transparent, lut
Iusb, Aui with ragged edge;
To-day q. SUNDAY morning AMI We
leave NJ 1910 Tor Ne1hssta Tor few
unys, aud n thu mail leaves on tho
l.ih we must DO our wfiting nov. We
arrived IN Yokohama aitefnn uurvcui-
iul trip Of seventeen days with head.
Winds Aud Iog until tue last two uays,
when We hal iAir weather. Got nUte
IA tie morning ig tune Tor breakfast,
looked AROUND Tor a timB aud rested.
June .9th We took train Tor Tokyo,
cruised ABOUND ihrru Tor day and
thou by uaiu 10 NiEhO, where We
stayed until the morning. OF July srd,
when We returned ~ another ruuts 10
Yokohama.
rnu county through which we
passed was beautiful beyond dutcfip-
tion-lUvol plains and green valleys,
studded with trees anu covered with
paddy nulis rice fieldsl AuI all Kinds
Of vegetables. They are regularly
planted In rows And tcrupulouHly
cluan from weeds. Toe rice feldu arc
covered with about two Inches uf
water anu present uuiqau appearance.
Evotywhere you SET men aud women
AT work la tue fiold with tue pnmilivu
hoes aad ploughs. The season has
been very dfy anI ore frequently sees
men on a sOu ~ troAIuIn hoibiny
water from n ditch upon the Ialdy
ileld, tor re- can grow only In
water Tho ne'dt are very pto,tty
laid out In Irregular patches, US they
can control the water. A fence here
and there IL occasionally seen, but uog
oIw or a horse, save exceptionally On
road. This 1. ~ narrow that two
car Just pass anu that l. all.
speaking OF rOsds, tnoir most com,
mon country roads should aud wound,
~ II were pO,siblv, make salt Lake City
ulush. Tduy are suO0tn, urat RnI
clean, ani afs kept ~. IL 10 amusing
% see tue mcn II work or carrying
their loads. Tho mnjOTiiy have on
only scsnty bteeCu ul0ui, some a
loose shirt In addition, and some
win short trunks. Everything
almost Is packed ON their baust,
either with W without the pole aud
two baskets when you are fam lial
with.
rnu cultivation Of hi. land IL Of tho
highest anu mist per co. order aud
shows care aud labor. Eight hour,
labor II not known mere any more
that II Is In New England, but they
are Ia tho Held al daylight and work
continuously rs long ~ they can roe
oaunOt attempt to describe the whole,
but give faint outline aud viii tell
/ tnn rest when / return.
Yokohama IL situated on "A large bay
crossed by mole or break water inside
| " which shlph anchor. There IL bat ons
| d0cE which Is neither used nor com
/ pleted. In the early morning II (the
bay II covered with huudters Of iam.
paus OF Jap boats going cut hshing
OF carrying freight iiom 0uu sup
| 10 another On suOfc,
Tue grand hotel IL built directly on
/ the Waterfront with but narrow
street Ia front Of a.. lg " ABOUT $50
feet long, two stories high, au1 has a
| piazza OF 100 feet IL u considerably
cracked from the recent earthquake
| anu NhN AAAA 90 NkA NAAulNNl hAH Ihllth
| down, We have islt no shaking as
yet. The front anu courtyard m the
rear are lined with riokshas (pro.
nUunrol riokshaw) with tao men Ia
large bfrAd'iOai mats, fhOu trunks
away above the knees, anu a loose
shirt. Thifty'svven aui onv.hai. cents
per diem II all they charge, anu they
will keep ny rapid trlt for the
whole DAY ani oquai any horse In lhe
word. Their endurance IL wonderful.
10 much tor tuis topic; aud We viii
now 10 10 Toxic, tue second largest
city IN japan. II covers about twenty
fiyc pquare miles aud II densely popu.
lated. IL got good shaking up and
at the Imperial n1tel, where We stopped,
the large chimney had crashed through
the roof Dl tno y AKA, amazing "A hole
large enough TO drive "a horse aud
buggy through. Everywhere Ia tht
CITY cracked buildings anu fallen wall
and chimueys are 10 be- seen ON every
| side. Toxic mas no characteristic
different from the other cities aud
| needs no further description. The
! populatio Ia said 20 be- l,6JJ,OO1. In
neitherof the Oitie- h any " the black
plague, although one case IL ssid {
have occurred Ia Toxic. IL Is avery
OH place aud a wealthy one.