The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

went forth with one or two OF her newly
acquired Japanese friends, not thinking
much about anything, but expecting to
see the prince. She got into the crowd,
but soon became cognizant that she was
the observed of all observers.
The sensation which the prince was ex-
pected to cause was nothing compared
with that which the lone missionary Gre
ated among the little brown islanders.
They manifested their astonishment in
many strange ways, and the situation be-
came very embarrassing. she was finally
enabled 10 get back to her home, great
crowd following meanwhile, however, and
once there the lady locked and barred her
door and did not venture forth again ex-
cept for short distances for long while.
The country about Aomo on the island
is half wild, though in general it is pretty
thickly settled, Miss Sufhon says. Back
from the bay are large areas of rice lands,
and back of these the country is rugged.
''The bay and rivers fairly swarm with
fish," said she. They are the finest fish
in all Japan. Many of them are much like
our trout in this country. Among the
fine fish is the tai, which is in taste very
much like the mountain trout.
"The province of Mutsu, of which the
island OF Hondo is part, has nearly H.
600, 600 people.
'As for the people of Hondo they are
less educated and less modern, SO far as
civilization is concerned, than those of any
other part of Japan. The railroad was
only completed there four years ago.
There are no modern inventions used
there of any kind. You see almost moth
ing to remind you of America. However,
a company has lately been organized to
put an electric-light plant in the town of
Aomo.
81 had a remarkable experience befall
me in this town last September which
caused my friends a good deal of anxiety.
GA japanese student was murdered in
my house one night, and no one knew who
did it, and it has never yet been found out.
1t was done with sword, the man being
killed while he lay asleep in bed.
II slept upstairs and the Japanese be-
| low, and there was nobody else in the
| house except the cook and his wife.
Nobody heard any noise. The murdered
man had been studying English, taking
lessons of me. He had no enemies that
| any one knew OF, and the whole thing is q
| mystery that none of the officials, includ-
| ing courts and detectives, have as yet
| solved.
Several arrests have been made and
there was preliminary investigation, at
| which | attended and at which gave such
evidence as l had. was placed in no un.
pleasant position whatever by the circum-
stance"
Miss Suthon will remain in this country
year, and will then return to Hondc
Island, where she says the natives are
| rather slow to receive the teachings OF the
Christian religion. They have been SO Sc.
cluded from the world, as known to Ameri
can and Europeans, however, that she
thinks it is little wonder that they do moi
| take to a new doctrine.
1t SHOWS six feet deep at Aomo and the
winter lasts five months. There is ONLY
one other place in Japan where it snow:
| more.
The natives use horses great deal and
raise great many of them. The horse:
are not as large on the average as Ameri
can horses, but are pretty large for Japa
| nese.
Miss Suthon will leave for New Orlean.
| tonight.