The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-01
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There are sixty different organizations OF
the Young Mems Christian Association
IN Japan.
Rear Admiral Matsumura and Commo-
dore kunitomo, of the Japanese navy.
who covered themselves with glory during
the Chinese war. are graduates of the ma
val academy ar Annapolis. The vice min
lister OF education in the Japanese cabinet
is a graduate of Cornell university, the
vice minister of finance of Yale. and the
vice minister of agriculture and commerce
of Harvard.
The japanese use paper towels and nap
kins, and wrap their packages up in cloth.
No betting or pool selling is allowed at
wrestling matches. horse races or any 9TH
er public sports.
Breakwaters and dams are made by fill
ing long bamboo baskets with stone and
sinking them one upon the other.
in the rural districts of Japan one Of
ten sees houses and fences built of charred
wood that looks as If IL had narrowly es-
capped destruction. The boards are inten-
t!onally passed through fire to prevent
decay and the ravages Of worms. Ropes
and FISH nets are preserved by soaking
them in the juice OF the persimmon.
Rivers are often raised above their nat
ural beds for irrigation purposes and the
railroads run under them through tun-
ncls.
When 4 Chinaman or japanese saws
that any article belongs proper kind he
means il is all right. When he says Il -
'Ichioan" he means it is first-class When
he refers 10 4 learn pidgin" he means g n
apprentice. and II he mentions a Joss
p.dgin" he means a missionary
gentleman remarked 70 the waiter al
dinner that the chicken was very tough.
mo guess he chicken belong this year"
was the reply.
When the passengers on the steamship
city OF RIO &c Japeiro We're going to sing
hymns one night the captain told one Of
the Chinese boys 20 bring the hymn books
He hesitated a minute and then said:
NO sable"
joss sinE-song hook" remarked tie
captain. and the boy responded:
'AN light"
At the commencement exercises Or the
Imperial university the other dav eighty
six students were graduated I'd law. TWEEN
tv-tVe In medicine. ;wcnty-eiGht in engi-
neerinE. twentv-siN in literature seventeen
in science and twenty-five IN agriculture.
When man Is writing from Jsnan for
t1e newspapers he should bear in mind
that his letters Vii all come back here
sooner or later. and be repuhltshed in the
local journals. I suppose thar japanese
legations and c0nsulates iu foreign conn
tries are instructed % look out for such
things. and that the government receives
press clippings from agencies on subjects
on which l. IS interested. But however
that may be. nearly all that appears in
American and European papers concern
ing Japan somehow Or another ultimately
reaches both the press and the raorla
VINO are exceedingly sensitive and rasrond
MIN NieoT and sometimes with virus ~
az CRITICISMS ard uufricudly comments
mere mas Deem a great deal If reckless
writing lately. Particularly hv VIZ ro~~a
spoactnt>. out our cid friend Coun, von
hesSt-N Ar;eEg. t2e husband OF Minnie
Hauk. seems 70 have 0utionc eyer,-A-4,-
himself included. In a letter 10 a Xurirb
PAPER, which is repuhlsAea ncse. ne de-
scr+cts an interview Re had with the en-,
pfFor a year aEo las April. in which his
imperial majesty kindly informed tra
count th3t t1cre vas going 20 De- A var
oe'"teu 'a.na ana Japan. ani that Korea
WOMB oe tae oatilt ground 50 that III no
wanted 80 avoid danger ana navel --r-
t'rtaolY ha had better visit the ha~rr5s.
A0gi7'n as once. Non Wsrfegg fastened
o. MS journey Immediately huf lsuz-
erfa - .0aS among the Koreans that the
japanese army made ITS invasion before
ne could Zet away. This was ANNOYING in
sS-as FssRSc'ss esi !. gave tim tae gg.yl-