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GLIMPsES OF JAPAN.
Peculiar Customs Which Are
Rapidly Dying Out.
How European Traveller came Near Re-
ting Married without mis- Knowledge
Picturesque shinto Priests = Ply
sIcians asd Thcir Attendants.
Especial Yolxohama Letserl

Especial Yokohama letter.
The almost marvellous evolution OF
the Japanese from absolute barbarism
10 refined civilization has been dis
cussed and commented upon so fire.
qucntly that Il would prove tiresome to
dwell at length upon the many causes
responsible for the change. 1t has
been said by some British critics who
are not prepossessed In favor of the
Japs that the progress OF the people OF
the Asiatic island empire is due to par
rot-liSe imitation, the like of which
could not possibly obtain among ma
ton conscious of It's dignity and proud
of its institutions. From this they
argued, even short time ago, that the
Japanese are mercenary race and
totally unfit to cope with an enemy
worthy OF their steel. Recent events
In China have demonstrated the fallacy
of such reasoning. The Japanese PEN
chant for imitation has enabled Field
Marshal Oyama to lead an army into
the fowery kingdom which will not
rest until it has reached Picking; while
Asiatic conservatism has placed the
greatest empire of the world at the
mercy of comparatively insignificant
power Chinese brag has availed moth
ing against Japanese tenacity, modern
cholarship and more especially against
Japanese patriotism-the creation of
liberal form of government copied from
the republics and constitutional mon
arches of Europe and America. Japan
il the freest country In Asia and there
fore also the strongest It's soldiers
fight for their liberties as well as for
their monarch, and therein lies the Sc
cret of Japanese success on the battle
field.
Travellers who have spent years in
Japan are unanimous in declaring it's
people happy, jovial and thoroughly
honest and honorable. Baron De Korff,
one the most famous naturalists and
antnropologists of Europe, after pro-
tracted visit, Was led to exclaim: What
a wonderful, remarkable, sympathetic,
glorious country is Japan. / am
tempted TO repeat this sentence twenty
times over in a single moment. Would
that ali foreign influence could be sent
to the dogs so that this small paradise
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sacrifice was voluntary, but in the
course of time it became obligatory.
Since the introduction Of western ideas,
however, the practice has been slowly
but surely dying ont.
Prudery is a failing that has never
existed in Japan. Men and women are
admitted to the public and private
baths-and of these every Japanese
city and village has large number
Unfortunately, and most of the at
tendants at these places arc womcn1
There are virtually no limits tQi
the liberty enjoyed by Japanese
girls. Many mobiles of the pures1
blood have been known to WOO thsl
mothers of their children In tea houses
and similar resorts or have permitted
matrimonial agents to pick out wives
for them at such places. The strangest
feature of this state of affairs-and one
which no foreigner can explains that
girls so chosen are among the most
faithful of wives and most devoted OF
mothers.
The Japanese, like the French, are
great frequenters of summer and win
ter resorts. They have their Nice and
their Ostend, where the nobility and
the rich traders attempt to Guido each
other IN the matter of initiating the
ways Of the few European visitors. Tho
most attractive features of Japanese
summer resorts are the tea houses
whose proprietors make it q business to
surround their customers with bright
and beautiful mattresses. A picture of
one of them-a typical Japanese belle,
by the way--is part Of this article.
| The most picturesque men TO be seen
In the mikado's dominions arc the Shin
to priests. Shintoism is the ancient
state religion of Japan, and the re-
ligious system indigenous to the coun-
try. Its gods number about ID, 900, and
are propitiatcd by offerings of food and
by music and dancing. The chief deity
Is Amaterasu, the sun-goddess, the first
born of Izanagi and Izanami, the di-
vine creative pair. The system incul-
Gates reverence for ancestors. 1t pos
sesses no ethical code, no doctrinal sys-
tenn and no public worship, and its tenn
pies and shrines contain no idols. For
centuries it recognized no priests, but
after the introduction of various sys-
TENS of Buddhism the establishment of
an order of priesthood became neces-
sity, for reasons of self-preservation
At the present day the Shinto priests
or teachers are counted among the most
loyal and patriotic advocates of polit-
ical progress. Their society is courted
by the mobiles as well as by the humblest
peasants.
Another important figure in japanese
life is the physician. His school of
medicine is beyond description, and so
are his medicines. He never visits a
patient without being accompanied by
an assistant who carries heavy medi-
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marriage and others pull out their
eyebrows, the object in either case
being desire TO prevent men from
making love TO them. This explanation
must be taken with the proverbiai
grain Of salt, however, for no known
nation or tribe has been known whose
women had desire TO look unat-
tractive. Another explanation of the
origin OF the custom Is far more plauss-
BILE. In days gone by every nobleman
had the privilege of claiming any wom-
an whose appearance pleased him as
his own. Married men who feared to
lose their wives through this ancient.
law induced their wives to disfgure'
themselves so as not TO evoke the adj
miration of the mobiles. At first this
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Cloaks.

We have just a few choice Child
ren's Cioaks left which we will sell
regard ess of cost.
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cine case on his back, every doctor be-
ing his own apothecary. OF late years,
many young Japs have been sent to
Europe and the United States to study
medicine and in the large cities and
seaports old-fashioned practitioners
find no patients outside Of the poor
quarters.
Although breaches of peace are of
rare occurrence, Japan is the best po-
Iced country in the world. No stran-
ger can pass through city without
being asked by some uniformed guar
dian of the peace to present his creden-
tials at police headquarters. If his
papers are clear he Is allowed to pro-
coed, but not before informing the cap
tain of his destination. In fact, the
system OF police espionage prevailing
In the island empire is as perfect as that
of autocratic Russia, which, as every
body knows, has but two masters-the
czar and the gendarme.
WILLIAM WALTER WELLS.
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YOU CAN MAKE MONEY e. eSn hEgos sesss E
liable commission because they handle shipments quick
solicited
before shipping Specaes Butter Poultry
solicited.
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a Rasseaahls Inferea.e.

4 0aasoasble Inference.
II see that Jones has taken tho lee
ture platform
s'Ipdssdg Dtdnt know his with va
ms-,AtlAate CQpstikntioR
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the inner adjustable cass-ircEt ounces.
The bushings of the bearings'are made
of bronze provided with zig-zagl
grooves, in which oil constantly circn-
lates On the outer side of the bushing
there are also grooves into which cold
water may be pumped if required.
The armature conductors are rect
angular copper bars 80 by 8 milf
meters, and each of the 1877 holes OF the
armature contains two of these bGrs,
surrounded with mica. The upper and
under sides of the armature are con-
nected by means OF V-shaped copper
bars, riveted to the ends of the bars,
which project out behind the ends OF
the armature. The connections are
made SO as to give two independent
circuits, pair of cables connecting
each circuit with the switchboard, The
magnet winding is also composed of
bent copper bars, air-insulated, in-
closed in brass boxes, two of which are
fastened to each pole piece. Contin-
uous current for exciting the field mag
nets is obtained from a rotary trans
former.
The current is conducted to the field
coils by means of pair of brushes and
two copper rings fixed at the top of the
shaft of the generator. At speed of
$50 revolutions a minute the machine
produces two alternating currents, diff
fering in phase 90 degrees from each,
other, each of IT'S amperes and 1880 volts
pressure. The alterations are so per
second. The height from base of bed
plate to top OF machine is nearly 1917
feet.
or two meager prints; now there are
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-03-12

Thirty years ago there were but one
or two meager prints; now there are
twenty recognized womens papers In
England. besides minor monthlies.
This is the statement made by Miss e.
March-P Philips in the Fortnightly.
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denees of the Apaehes' work. The car
riages OF the Yeagers, who had left
Deming that afternoon, lay overturned
beside the TRAIL and near 1t was stretch
ed Mr.. Yeager, shot to death and mutt
lated. Farther along they found the
body of Mrs, Yeager.
Fastening on through the gathering
darkness, the reseuing party drew near
the ranch. frightened, disheveled
woman came hurrying along the trail
to meet them, 1t was Mrs. Shy, who,
the sound of firing having long since
died away. had crept from the thicket,
laid her wounded boy near the embers
Of the house, thrown over him her cali
co dress to shield him from the frosty
air and now as on her way to Demlng
for help. For dread that Indians might
still be lurking near she had not dared
call out for her husband, who she fear
ed was killed. She turned and went
back to the ranch with her rescuers,
who with calls and signal shots set out
to find John Shy. AT last their voices
| reached him and were understood. He
| appeared from the bushes at the mead
of the crest, deeply anxious as to the
| fate of his wife and boy.
The house burned by the Apaches
has never been rebuilt, and the family
now live on ranch several miles
away."-Las Vegas Correspondence
New York Sun.
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Idleness, Its Varieties.

Idleness plays. many parts. There
are the constitutionally 'ndoient-those
who, like DR.. Johnson, are never, ply
sically ready to get VI in the morning,
but who, like him, are possessed of a
conscience which compels them now
and again to face the reflection Of what
they have-eompared with what they
might have-done, and to stand aghast
at the comparison.
There are those whom circumstances
have made idle-riches, absence Of mo-
tive for exertion; i'll health, real or fan
cied; indulgent friends, and much more
often by self-indulgence. That idle
ness Is one of the seven deadly sins
give them no sort of concern; 1t Is of
the essence of their complaint to have
no feeling of their own infirmity. They
are asleep; they cannot tell their
dreams, for they do not even know that
they are dreaming.
Giving up, nerveless, relaxa ton, has
become habit, and to them--as to the
immortal Mr.. Toots, though ffoBl a diff
ferent Woodworking is If any con-
sequence. But whereas it was his own
convenience, your feelings, your COM
"the great Pacific Ocean Of Incidence, -
fort, that are, to the idle man, Of tic
cons euuence. Floating idly about On
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BATTLE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN.

A Notable Contest Fought in the Revolu-
tionary War.
Two or three days later word was
brought to Ferguson that the Back-wa-
ter men had come over the mountains;
that the Indian-fighters of the frontier,
leaving unguarded their homes on the
Western Waters. had crossed by wood
ed and precipitous defiles to the help of
the beaten men Of the plains. Fergu-
son atonce fell back, sending out mes
sengers for help. When he came to
Kings Mountain-a wooded, hog-back
hill on the border line between North
and South Carolina-he camped on It's
top, deeming that there he was safe for
he supposed that before the backwoods-
men could come near enough to attack
him, help would reach him. But the
backWoods leaders felt as keenly as he
the need of haste, and choosing out
their picked men--the best warriors of
the force and the best mounted and
armed-they made long forced march
to assail Ferguson before help could
come to him. All night long they rode
the dim forest trails and splashed
across the fords of the rushing rivers.
All the next day-the 9Th of October
they rode too, until In mid-afternoon
they came in sight Of Kings Mountain.
The little armies were about equal in
numbers. Ferguson's regulars We're
armed with the bayonet, and so were
some of his Tory militia. whereas the
Americans had not a bayonet among
them; but they We're picked men, conf
dent in their skill with the rifle, and
they were SO sure of victory that their
aim was not only to defeat the British,
but to capture their whole force! The
backWoods colonies, counseling tegeth-
er as they rode at the head of the col
umn, decided to surround the mountain
and assail it on all sides. Accordingly
the bands of frontiersmen split from
| from the other, and soon encircled the
craggy hill where Fergusons forces
| We're encamped. They left their horses
in the rear, and Immediately began the
battle, swarming forward on foot, their
| commanders leading the attack.
| The march had been so quick and the
attack so sudden that Ferguson barely
| had time to marshal his men before the
| he scattered around the top of the hill
to fire down at the Americans as they
came up; while drawing UP his regu
lars and a few picked militia HI
| charged in person, with the bayonet
first down one side Of the mountain ant
then down the other. Sewer, Shelby
| Campbell and the other colonies Of tn,
| frontiersnen led each his force of rife
- - - ~. {,
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ANCHOR LINE.

United States Mail Steamships Sail from
New York Every Saturday for
GLASGOW via LONDONDERRY.
Rates for Saloon Passage
BY s.. s. CITY OF ROME, $50 and upward.
OTHER STEAMERS. Cabin $4E and upward.
Excursion Tickets at reduced rates.
Second Cabin, $25 and $50.
Storage Outward or Prepaid. $15.
Drafts at Lowest Current Rates.
For further information, apply to
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or VIM Fitzpatrick. 667 Grand ave-, or Peck
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myS 3m
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A Remedy for Ivy Poison.

An esteemed correspondent writes as
follows: "As many readers of the
Times are off or going to the country,
whore not few are likely to become
victims of the poison oak (poison ash
and POISON ivy are it's aliasesi, tell them
that the best and almost unfailing REM
edy is crude petroleum as a lotion.
have seen child whose face was so
swollen and distorted that its parents
would hardly have recognized il, and
whose sufferings were pitiable, almost
instantly relieved and kept comfortable
until the Inflammation had passed
away
This is valuable bit of information
that should be widely noted
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NEW HAVEN

charges, sword in hand, on horseback.
At last, Just as he was once again raj
lying his men, the riaemen Of SEWER
and Shelby crowned the top OF the
ridge The gallant British commander
became fair target for the backwoods-
men; and, as for the last time he led
his men against them, seven bullets en-
tered his body, and he fell dead. With
his fall resistance ceased. The regulars
and Tories huddled together in a con-
fused mass, while the exultant Ameri-
cans rushed forward. A flag of truce
was holsted, and all the British who
were not dead surrendered" Hero
Tales from American History" by The
odore Roosevelt, In July st. Nicholas.
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graue1lers' Guide,
New York, New Haven and
Hartford IL. IL.


Trains Leave New Haven as Follows:
FOR NEW YoRK-*4;25, s435, xs:O0,
$3.50. $40, $3.50. 1885, xl0;S0 am. $1,000,
1906, *l;SO (parlor car iimlted). s1;S5.
1:45, $3.50, $780, $3.50, x4a5, $40. {
$3.50. $3.50, $50, 1870, $40, Sa6
$40, $500, $3.50, $50, *71O. $40, (sd5A
Bridgeport accom), 1910. 9;15 pm. SUM-
days-*4;25, *4;S5. 500 am, x5:0O, x6 .15,
"71O, $50. S:15, 1910 pm. s
FOR WASHINGTON, via Harlem
River *l1o, *11:5o pm. daily.
FOR BOSTON, via Springheld-ssl10
xlO:10. s1l;05 am, tl05. $3.50 pm. Sum
days-sl;1o4 MighD. .5:52 pm.
FOR BOSTON. via New London and
Providence--*2O3, 1925, *11;s5 (parlor
car limited) am, +12:O5, *2:50, $500, s4.15,
'4;55. $3.50 p. m. Sundays-*2 1925
a. M, "4:55. *6:55 p m.
FOR BOSTON, via Air Line and NY.
& N. E. RR.-+4:57 pm. sundays-s4:57
p. m.
FOR MERIDEN, HARTFORD,
SPRINGFIELD Etc.-*1:10 (night),
GAO. 800, x1010, +10:50 Qor White Noun
tains, first stop Hartford,) *11:o5 a. m.s
1906, +1:05, S:15, 500, $3.50, (S:15 to Hart
ford, sos, 1905 p. m. Sundays-+1:lO
(nighD, $3.50, S:25 (acconn.) p. m.
NEW LONDON DIVISION.
For New London, etc.-*2:os (night).
1925 (night). 1850 $3.50. 11o5. s11:S5 par
lor car limited am, s12:05. $3.50, $500.
S:o5, *4:15, *455, 5:15, 6:15, 1856, 9.05 ,. m.
(Guilford accom.) Sundays 03nightl
| 1925 (nighD. *4:55. 1856 p. m.
AIR LINE DIVISION.
For Middletown, Willimantic, etc.
s:o3 q. M, 1880, *457, sos p. m. Sundays
-*4:57 p. m. Connecting at Middletown
with Valley Division and at Whitman
tic with N. Y. & N. e. and N. L. N. RR;
at Turnerville with Colchester branch
NORTHAMPTON DIVISION.
For Shelburne Falls, Turner's Falls.
Williamsburg, Holyoke and New Hart
ford and intermediate stations-7:45.
1t:04 a. m, and 400 p. m.
For Northampton and points this
side-5:55 p. m.
BERKSHIRE DIVISION.
! For Derby Junction-4:2O p. m. For
Derby Junction. Birmingham. Ansonia,
etc.--7:00, $40 a. m, 1900, 2:27, 4:20, B:35,
7:50, 11:20 p. m. Sundays-8:10 a. M.
Y osoo - 3s4
! For Waterbury--7:0 800 (via Manga
tuck Junction), $40 a. m, 1900, 2;27s,
5:35, 1850 p m. Sundays-8:1O a. M, 6:15
p. m. (via Naugatuck Junction)
For Winsted-700, $40 a. M. 2:27s
5:35 p. m. Sundays-S:1O a. m.
\ Tor Shelton, Botsford, Newtown, Dam
bury, Pittsfeld, State Line-9:40 a. nl.s
\ 4:20 p. m.
4 rar A1harv n,,ffa1o r,o+,.att 80. -.
natl, St. Louis. Chicago. and the West.
via State Line-s:4o a. m, 40 p. m.
II For Litchfield and points on S., =. &
\ N. RR.-(via Hawleyville) $40 q. m.s
\ 4:20 p. m.
" ---- sss@4
Express Trains xLocal E1nress.
G. T. HEMPsTHlA D,
General Passenger Agent.
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National Band Concert,

4 The new ice cream parlors Samuel
Fields proprietor, at 80 Green street,
were thrown open to the public last
evening. During the evening a most
enjoyable concert was given by the
National Brass band. The parlors are
handsomely furnished in oak and were
filed last evening with a number of
potted plants and palms. Mr.. Fields
will be pleased to receive a call from
those who are in want of fruit, cigars,
candy or ice cream.
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THE DoCToR,s COLUMN.

Donald, Chicago II am greatly troubled at
times with elutching SO sation of the heart,
which seems to stop the beating, Please sug-
gest remedy.
Take Caroline, in three-drop doses,on
the tongue, three times, daily. Continue
this treatment for two weeks. and in
crease to five drops. Report at end of
month.
7. A. S., New York.-Gindly suggest q REM
edy Tor eczema.
Take Thyroidine extract of the Thy
roid Gland, in three-drop doses, three
times daily, on the tongue. Twice a
week take Nathrolithie Salt, a table,
spoonful In a tumbler of water one-half
hour before breakfast, twice a week.
Use Carbolated Vassline every night,
and a pure soap with a morning sponge
bath.
f. ID. W., New York.-Wiil you tell me of
something to take to regulate the bowels
Nathrolithic Salt. Two teaspoonfuls
in a tumbler of water, one-half hour
before breakfast, twice or three times
a week.
Mrs E. H., Kansas City.-What is beneficial
to one who suffers from bad headache al
most continually excitable, restless, and IL
regular appetite?
Take Cerebrine, extract of the brain,
in five drop doses, three times daily.
Once or twice a week take teaspoon
full of Nathrolithic Salt in a half tum-
bier Of water, one-half hour before
breakfast.
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Caroline, From the Heart.
For Diseases of the Heart.
TEsTINE, For Premature Decay.
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@ratea1.
ASTHMA.

TN the wide field of medicine nothing is
4 more distressing to the sufferer than a
sionally, and wholly without warning, in the
midst of apparent health, difficulty OF
breathing comes on, md for many minutes,
gasps and fights for breath his frame quiv-
ers, his countenance Is nathed in moisture,
distress of the most painful character takes
seen similar attack would fear that death
must be at hand The sufferer who has had
other attacks is not alarmed. After a time
breathing becomes natural, but before that
happy state is reached he suffers torment.
"Kutnow's Anti-Asthmatic
Powder or Cigarettes"
viii give the desired reflex. If apatient mas
an attack on the street he can ward off the
blow by lighting one of the cigarettes, and.
after deeply inhaling the smoke, will breathe
as freely as usual.
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he makes first one compromise, then
another, with self-respect, until he ends
by sacrificing the esteem of MS fellow
men on the private altar OF his own
sloth, His affairs get first muddled,
then embarrassed, then decayiag, then
desperate, and he feebly fiatters HIM
self with an idea of repose, now that all
is gone.-Chamber's Journal,