The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-07
ORIENTAL
BUDGET
THE JAPANESE STUDENT.
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THE JAPANESE STUDENT.
The extravagant and indolent habits
acquired by the Japanese since the
Japan climax war. have apparently
permeated the student classes, which.
lif what appears in the newspapers be
any criterion, have reached a climax
in their effeminaey and depravity. 1t
is great pity that the unhealthy at
mosphere should sap the energies OF
the rising generation in this manner.
Some of the charges brought against
the student are too astounding TO be
easily beiived; none the less, they are
only too true. The japanese student
has never been conspicuous for his po-
lite or refined manners, put quite the
reverse Yet he did not lack the spirit
of perseverance, aid active energy
which are most important In the
young 1t is true that he has had to
go through various vicissitudes at the
caprice of erring demagogues. Some
years ago when the nationalistie move
ment was at it's height. and the nign-
ly responsive drum-skin of Yamato-
damashii ran mad, he might have talk
ed of expelIing foreigners out of the
country, but he never degraded him
self to such conduct as even a eoolie
would be ashamed of as is now charg-
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itate they say, to frequent dens OF
vice and commit crimes too depraved
to be mentioned. The supervision or
masters and the police seems to have
little effect on the degraded young
man. This state of affairs is not con-
fined to the capital. but appears to be
widely spread throughout the country.
Unless vigorous measures to correct
him are melted out by those who are in
rac
tive of the rising generation of Japan
will be poisoned with evil habits be-
yond all hope of recovery, say these
japanese journalistic pessimists.
BREEDING MICE FOR REWARDS.
A Japanese residing at Osaka and
hailing from Okayama, being content
to live on his wits, after some days OF
severe cogitation evolved a plan
whereby he thought he might earn his
living with the least possible trouble
to himself, while at the same time act
ing as sort of negative public bene-
factor. The fact that the city author1-
ties pay sen each for dead mice and
rats was the opening through which
he saw his way to fortune. He ac-
cordingly laid out his capital in the
purchase of some white mice-proba-
bly, not being able to get the brown
variety-and commenced business as
mouse rearer. From time to time he
repaired to the various police stations
with one or two dead mice, for which
he received the stipulated reward. One
Sunday morning, however, his cupid
ty got the better of his prudence, and
he took seven young mice to police
box. The policeman recognized the
man as having before visited the box
on similar errand, and. his suspicious
being aroused, asked the man where
he had caught the mice. The man eK-
planned that he had found nest. The
policeman said the nest must be re-
moved at once, and he would go to
the mans house to see that it was
done properly. The nest proved to be
lot of mice cages, many of which
were found in the mars room, each
tenanted by white mice. The mice
breeder was last reported to be at the
police station.-Kobe Chronicle.
SHOOTING OF RUSSIAN OFFICER.
The following is full account of
the affair at Tien-Tsin in which a
Russian officer was fatally shot: An
unfortunate affair took place late on
Sunday, May 5th, in the Taku road
here. Two Russian officers were out
for their own amusement visiting the
a little quarrelsome; the British mill
tary police followed the traditional
methods of our folk, got the two gen
tlemen out of the grog-shop where a
row was brewing and passed them
along up the beat with much good
humor and forbearance. The gentle
men then came across two German
military police and assumed a more
truculent attitude; they We're taken
very seriously. and at last one of the
officers drew his sword and advanced
threateningly on the two soldiers The
latter shouted a caution, but with no
effect; so they fired into the more belli-
cose of the two with the result that
his corpse was taken to the German
Hospital in a few minutes. He be-
longed to Russian gunboat and was
up in TienTsin on leave The Incl
dent has created a very painful Inn
preston all around. The two military
police are under arrest pending inves-
tigation. dater news says that they
We're discharged)
TRAIN TURNS TURTLE.
The railway accident at Lofa was it
seems, very serious affair Nineteen
Chinese In all lost their lives, either
at once or within ten hours. and an
other twelve or fifteen were sadly hurt
The accumulation of sand which de-
rallied the train is now generally be-
lieved to have been wind borne, and
not placed there by the ill-disposed.
The engine turned turtle when 1t got
to the bridge, and now lies there In
finitely less damaged by the fall than
one would think. The engineer behay-
ed with great courage, going back, al
though grievously hurt, to open the
steam valves. The only Europeans
injured Slightly were two American
privates. The passenger cars are in
variably at the end of the train, re-
mote from the engine; the folk in them
felt nothing but a series of violent
bumps. AS good fortune would have
1T, German ambulance was In the
train, and it rendered fine service TO
the wounded