Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-15

into a horrible mask, having as maker
I Of grimaces an inimitable talent.
: Her husband cannot ignore the fact
/ that this peryerse and moustached crea-
I ture. without honor or religion, viii hesi-
| tate at nothing; that. II she IS too badly
treated. can do him an ill-turn; that she
may, for example. serve him in the guise
4 OF venisOn several pieces Of dead bodies,
/ or. when she is very serious. burn his
amu.ets.
The Amos. however, as she becomes
old, succeeds little by little In inspiring
sort OF revercntial fear.
NJ. Klabukowsh crossed by land to
Sapporo the seat OF the Government Of
Yoso. This country resembles. with its
| beautiful pasturages, the fields I'm Nor
mandy. Denmark. or Scotland Sapporo,
he declares. is a city admirably situated
upon vast plateau. It's plan resembles
that Of American cities, with It's straight
lines and vast boulevards. but the re-
semblance stops there Designed to re-
ceivc 10000 Inhabitants II mas but 22o0),
OF which 1890 are women. The num-
Der Of habitable houses is 5000. Scat
tered upon this numerous plan &c presents
the aspect Of a city finished before it was
well commenced.
The government understands the i'm
portance Of SappOrO from the double
| point OF view OF politics and economies.
| IL has created a school of agriculture,
| hospitals, penitentiaries, and a palace
| for the Mikado, which he has never
visited
The cause Of all this IS. according 20
the traveller. the invincible repugnance
OF the japanese TO the cold climate.
II IS a matter Of astonlshment that
Northern Japan and its moustached wo-
men are so little known by us, and
that It IS forsaken by the japanese
themselves. in ~ RELATIONSHIPS jour
ney northward he noted with surprise
the state OF Abandonment more and more
complete. Of rich and fertile
soil The japanese are a southern
people.
The North suffers from rigorous
winters which the wooden houses, all
Of similar type. cannot give sufficient
protection against. The attire OF the IN
habitants IS suitable only for a sunny
climate and for extremes only Of hea1
and humidity.
Masters by right OF conquest OF a soil
Of wonderful, richness. they remain by
preference in tho southern zone. and when
forced TO live I'm tho North. are
not willing 10 change IN order To
meet the extremes OF tho latitude. They
forsako the northern part OF the great
Island OF Nippon. the Isle Of YesO, which
as beautiful and fertile as Ireland,
without having IFS unsuppOrtabie
humidity. 10 IS for these reasons that
the city OF Aoomori. in the extreme
north Of the Island OF Nippon, which,
from it's geographical position, its
climate, and its traffic has come % be
considerable city, Is only a fishing
borough OF 5000 souls, finding there In
the heart Of summer night and day, a
delicious temperature.
NJ. KlabukOwsN sees IN Aoomorl the
sanitarium OF the future for Europeans
that the hot season drives from Toxic.
from Yokohama. and from Shanghai;
also. for the convalcscents that French
Indo-China sends annually 10 Japan.
What is moro, the japanese Government
has actually built near Aoomori. at
Kominalo a fort which win have a great
strategic Importance when the Trans
Siberian railroad IS finished. Aoomorl
will then become the principal point OF
transit for travellers and merchandise
coming from Asia 20 America, and vice
versa
While all authorities agree that the
Amos. as stated, are the aboriginal in
habitants OF the islands which now con-
stitute the Empire OF Japan, there is
much doubt as to just where they them
selves came from. The generally accept
cd theory, however. is that they are de-
scendants OF the inhabitants Of the coun-
try now known as Russia, although their
advent to the now Japanese ISLANDS took
place before the beginning Of the Chris
tan era. once they were great and
powerful, even though the name they
Observation-Disclosures t'dogs." To-day
they are a fast-fading nation, whose pres
ent hope Of permanent remembrance lies
I'm the fact that their women wear nous
taches.