St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-10-24
FOR JApAN's MUSEUM.



The people of Japan will soon gaze
with wonder at the kissing scene In
the Widow Jones through the medium
of . vitascope. They will be initiated
into the mysteries Of plumbing, and
thereby learn to appreciate the rare
wit of American paragraphers. They
will also build bicycle factories and in
augurate n bloomer craze among the
dark-eyed houris Of the orient.
They will do these things and much
else besides when w. Araki, who II nov
in Chicago. returns to his native land
Mr.. Araki is here for the japanese gov.
eminent for the purpose Of enrickina
from American fields the Commercial
museum ut Osake, the metropolis and
business center of that country, This
museum would serve as q profitable OBJ
ject lesson to many countries far mo1e
advanced than is Japan. Its size is sps.
prising. for it occupies more than two
blocks of ground, but as an educator u
has NO equal.
Its foreign department is flied with
the, results of the inventive genius pf
every outside country. No new devics
in machinery is long on the market be.
fore it f:nds its way to the Qsaks
museum. It is labeled and the proSres-
sive japanese may read where tn. ar
ticle was manufactured and by whom.
the retail and Wholesale price. the
amount Of the duty fixed upon it and ita
uses in business. In the museum may
be seen a cotton mill and mipiaturs
brewery in operation. The Japaness
have the trading instinct developed. and
80 the museum has . domestic depart
ment in..which foreigners are shown
curios, porcelains, screens, mattiDgs,
bambooe. swords, pOttery-everything,
in fact, that japan produces. just
outside Of the museum proper the
favored merchants Of Osaka have big
salesroom whore they will sell in tlupli-
cate everything the foreigner takes Z
fancy to inside.
Mr.. Araki = in America to procure
new ideas and the newest things II
American invention for the education
Of his own people. He 10 q young mau
Of much culture, and speaks Englist
fluently. He acted - interpreter dur
ing the China-Japan war. The Chimes
naval officers coud not speak japanese
but they had learned English, and Mr.
Araki interpreted it to his brethren.
'.Osala Il the greatest business cen
ter Of Japan" said he. "lts population
is 10000, and the people take greai
pride in their museum, for which ] ou
collecting new things. lam very much
interested in the kinetogrsph, addresso
graph and vitascope. and amsarrang
ing to take one Of each home with me
that my people may zee their practica
benefits. Everything new n utilized
and the inventors of America w0uli
confer q benefit on us and increase tn
scope Of their market IL they w0ult
send their catalogue to the CONNER
eial museum. Osaka. Japan. I hav'
bought q complete outfit Of plumber
materials to demonstrate their me- Il
connection with our really superb sya
tenn Of water works. They came prstt.
high. though. The linotype intereste'
me, but 1 think il viii be impraeticabl
in japan. owing TO the large numbe
Of characters in our alphabet. / shal
favor the building Of bicycle factor,
a soon ~ I reach home. They are 10
made in our country, although tie
are used somewhat.
~Japan h having . big boom. tn
lower classes got good wages as sol
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