The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-09-20

HOPE WRITES FROM THE ORIENT
Tells OF Ills Trip From st. Paul Through Japan,
China, the suez Canal and Egypt to- d. !.
the Holy Land s4#S @s..*

newcomer. The ordinary Japanese shop
is a low one and one-half-storyy building,
With long overhanging caves, mounted on
wooden posts, entil ely open front, and the
family rooms IN the rear with sliding
screens instead of partitions, as we use.
Here we also find the tea houses and
gefsaa girls, the latter IN painted grapes
and brocades. After seeing the Fudu
temple on the hill, we We're SO far as
| sightseeing was concerned, practically
| through with Yokohama, and decided to
| take the train for Toxic, the capital city
of Japan, the next morning. -
| Railway fares in Japan are on the gen.
eral basis of three sen per mile for first
| class, two sen second, and one sen third
| class. The first-elass coaches are from
eighteen to twenty-four feet long, divided
| into three or four compartments. with
| seats upholstered in leather. The Amer
| lean check system is in general use upon
! the railways.
Imperial City. ...
Toxic, with it's million of Inhabitants,
the imperial palace with its beautiful
| grounds in the center, guarded by moat,
| has many points of historic interest, and
is a representative of Japanese life and
| customs. A street car (electric) will take
us about the city, but we prefer the odd
| Japanese vehicle. the "iinrikisha.' At
ter having taken quarters a the Imperial
| hotel we secured guide and went sight
seeing.
| The army is always in evidence in To-
kio, and the little soldiers, in uniforms Of
dark blue cloth, swarm in the neighbour
! hood of the moats. In their splendid uni
| forms, the dazzling officers, rising well
| in the saddle, trot by on SNOWY horses.
All the foreign legations are on the high
| ground in the western part of the city.
! near the castle meats. All legation build
ings are owned by their respective gov
| ernnlents, except that of the United
IT. l.
| show places Of Toxic are the many gov
eminent museums, tonbs and temples
parks, ard the streets with their fairs,
peddlers and shops.
From Toxic we go by rail to Kamakura
! to see the colossal bronze figure of the Dali
| Butsu, said to have been completed I'M
| 1852. In height this figure is 491A feet;
| circumference, 81 feet; length of face
s feet, with mouth 80 feet incres WIDE:
There is said to be $50 curls upon his
head, each Of which is inches long. :
We decided to make a journey through
the country by railroad, and from Yoko-
hama to Kobe we passed through q beau
tiful and fertile district. All farming In
Japan is done by irrigation, and 1t was in
| tecesting to see this method of watering
the fields. The Japanese farmer does not
use horses. He turns the soil with his
4 own hands, and carries every thing to and
from the field on his own back-a. slow,
our farmers live on their lands; not SO in
Japan. Japanese farmers live in 1ittle
villages, and spend two to three hours a
day in going Ito and from work. Yet
Japan exported last year amout 500, 00O.-
600 worth of rice and silk.
On our way to Kobe We made side trip
to Mount Fu.1yama. which is situated
near the city OF Miyanoshita. This noun
tain is IL, 500 feet high and its top is COW
cred with perpetual snow. A legend tells
that 1000 years ago F'ujisan, after quar-
rel with the other gods. caused this noun
tain 70 rise out of the earth in a single
night.
Try to Use Chop Sticks.
On this trip we had our first experience
with real native food and the manner
of eating 1t. No dining car being attached
to our train, we got pretty hungry after
several hours ride. and I concluded to
try one Of the wooden boxes with food
offered for sale at the stations. The box
contained rice raw flst-which the Japan
csc are very fond of-and spiced vege
tables, and last, but not least, the two
chopsticks, who do the same service as
our knife and fork. OF course, we could
eat nothing but the rice. and as we could
not get along with the sticks, we had to
use our fingers, to the great amusement
Of the natives. who were travelling in the
same car. .
We reached Kioto, the old capital OF
Japan, in the evening. The present en-
peror moved the seat of government from
heer some thirty years ago. klotO mas
about half a million Inhabitants. and, be-
sides being one of the most interesting
cities in the, country, it affords very
good place of rest and comfort for the
foreigner. Kioto has the finest temple in
Japan it having been erected at a cost OF
IS, 100000. Kioto is noted for it's pottery
and porcelain, it's embroideries, velvets
! and brocades and it's bronzes. II -. j..
On the day Of our arrival there was a
great celebration, occasioned by the new
| treaty between England and JapaS- the
English and Japanese flags and pictures
Of King Edward and the emperor were
seen everywhere; guns were fired and
speeches made all over the city. we
spent an evening at, one of the theaters
in Kioto, and what Interested us most
there was to see all the Japs, men and
women, sitting on the floor, like our tall
ors on their tables. 800. fE.'.h':<.
Our next stop was at Kobe, which is
about 400 miles from Yokohama and OF
all treaty ports is the most favored by
visitors. It is blessed with some of the
conveniences of a modern city, including
good hotels and clubs, and is within easy
visiting distance Of such points or IN
terest as Osaka, Nara and KiOto. In
!, Kobe we had the great pleasure of form
ing the acquaintance of the Swedish and
! ! Norwegian Consul general to Japan, Mr..
Otteson. Through his kindness and hos
pitality our stay in Kobe was made ex-
ceptionally pleasant. II
r IT, Embark for China
!, |. After shipping our purchases to Ameri-
ca we embarked on steamer "China
: for Hongkong. On the way we stopped
!, one day at Nagasaki, the last port in
Japan. The harbor of Nagasaki is known
4 as one Of the most picturesque in the
world. The town seems to have run
i down from the ravines and spread itself
on the inlet. and residences, temples and
> I tea houses appear as if clinging to the
. | dry dock, and the richest ,cc,l mines ir
n japan All steamers coal there. It vas
!, IN Nagasakis that General d ana Mrs
/, Grant planted trees to comm emorate
, their visit, and a fac simile of his auto
!! graph certificate, recording the event,
: was cut on the face of the large, irregu-
!. lar stone between the two saplings.
From Nagasak to Shanghai, our first
. port in China. is a distance of about 400
: miles. Upon sanchoring We found that
= I'VE were thirteen miles from the city, to
D which we had to be taken in launches.
I The foreign settlement in Shanghai is
I beautifully built and well managed by its
own municipal council--in marked con-
2 ltrast to the walled native city adjoining.
" Shanghai is, on account of its location
Lon the Whampoo river, one of the most
4 important points OF eastern trade TO-
T day it takes the leading position of all
4 Chinese ports and in Chinese trade on the
~ whole. Shanghai consists of the original
! Chinese city. the French concession and