The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-08-16

simple articles are made OF inferior
quality.
Almost every house, rich or poor, has
its garden and these are usually minia
ture landscape. Gardners have attained
the art OF dwarfing as well as enlarging
vegetable productions. In the miniature
gardens and flower shows, they exhibit
full grown trees OF various kinds two
and three feet high. Pine trees three
inches; bamboo two inches; and BIOS
soming plum trees six inches high are
common. Trees and plants are also
trimmed to grow and resemble birds,
tortoises, quadruped-, men, ships, noun
tains, etc. In ornamental gardening they
possess wonderful skill.
The internal trade OF Japan is brisk and
constant. Roads are good and kept in
excellent order. Warehouses and hotels
are established. Many merchants become
rich, but there are as yet few millionaires.
A man worth $4,000 is very wealthy and
few reach that high, for this is a large
sum in Japan where living is so cheap.
The principal carriage OF merchandise is
hv ,y.ter Tboir awkward iunks cannot
maize son vovages vet they are handled
skillfully for coast trade and on rivers.
The shores afford easy shipping, and
some OF these iunks carry 300 tons.
The Japs are masters OF the art OF
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nc In noLiru ,,orLi ip,, tools mr. ,,,ricul.
,ur,I innIemcrts The Enplish furnish
co,n,r and ntlic.r, ior IN. navy tho
Eranch furnish smaller arms and the
nr;ncin,I officers ior the army Ianonese
aro of ,,ediur, ,;,, I'm, mos, vtarlika
,eonIa and in mental ch,roctcris,icsp more
| like Euroneaps mr. Americans than all the
Oriental n,,;ops aud have ,doutad more
| u,,u,,,,,,, h,t,i,s ,bo,, o,,. o,,,, ,si,,i,s
I, 1s,;o an ap,hoss,, was sart tho J-ritnd
S,o,os b,, ,bo,,,i. ,oroi.,p ,o,.,, ,t home
t;lled the sboyup or regcnt who sent
,her, ,,d for sersr,,I va,rs M foraiouars
we're ,t neoce ar safe in the land In
March 1874 our o,yr r,nmodora Al q
parr,, sntered yado with a aaa, nj seven
,,ossa,s ard hy bis fac, and dirInm,cv
| onened the norris of Shimoda and Hako-
d,d &c h,rhors of ,roda and reiuya A
v.,r later came the EnpIisb then the
Er.rch and Ioter all other Euroneon ma
,iops and formed tren,ies nj commerce
hut THAR succass aroused ieolousy until
tho CRY hsc,me uUonor the Nikndo and
exnel the barbarians." In 1863, while
tbav bod Internal diss.psions W,
had ours-tbe forces of the Daimio oi
Nayoto fired IN the shins of the United
States. France. Great Britain and the
Netherlands. These treaty powers after
wards sent their ships to Shimoncseki
the mort at which the batteries were
erected 4 complete victory was the
result. an indemnity OF three million
Mexican dollars was demanded and paid.
This opened the eyes OF the anti-foreign
marty. and the cry oi "Expel the barbar-
ians, WAS heard no more. The Mikado
and his court wear Europeun dress The
neonle no LONGER wear the two swords,
MANY have adupted European costume,
and the army is nccoutred in lipht prac-
: tical uniform. armed with the latest inn
prnyed fire arms. hence their recent Vic.
/, tories.
Tho man arc considered better huilt and
stou,er than the Chinese. but not SO
docile though politeness is one OF their
stronr traits. n national characteristic
> Other virtues are not SO much taught as
; boliteness. A government officer will be
all poIiteness to YOU and vet officially will
take ali ,dvnutapes deceive. and he mean
They are A frugal people, ant to learn, a,
many of their students in our European
universities have proven. when they tax,
: the highest rank and bonors. They ar,
industrious hut social and Measure loving
N,.;c dapciny and the thentre are tn,
,, foyori,e amusements OF all classes. Thei
nueic 10 , borrid e,r cracking iaryon I,
MS tboupb recently German musician,
have been appointed at court and in tn,
army. Their dancing is not pleasant o.
graceful Mountebanks. couiurers. lug
glers and tumblers were formerly oftel
y seen in the streets. but recently the,
seem To have emigrated into foreigr
> lands. Actors are considered a very Low
b class
. Education consists in the art OF reading
= writing and reckoning on the abacus; thi
b is general The higher classes can rea,
the Chinese and Janonese classics Tbes
are NOW Giving plnce to foreign language
9 and hooks.
i The women are carefully educated il
e bousebold duties, but among the lowe
" c,oeses recsive very little instruction /
l. hooks The ladies of leisure like ouI
i snend much time in making fancy wor
y and handsome triaes. The three greY
dutias of n woman are. First. obedienc
to parents as a child; second, obedienc
n obedience to her eldest son when WIDOW
3. The rules ior sociai intercourse are taugh
i. in school, Many oil their oest professor
1t are American English french ana uei
n man.
n every man ana BOY carries IN ms girul