The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-03

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~ NE Of the Vanderbilt youngsters is trying to live on
~ $4,000 a year. The thing can be done!
Possibly General stoessel Turing the Japanese into
Port Arthur
An American officer in Manila writes home about the
methods employed by his laundress He says:
They dom pretend to get the dirt out OF
your clothes here. They drag them down to the
rver-it is hard water and partly salt-souse
them in, take them out lay them on boards,
and with stones beat them full of holes and
pound the buttons off. Then they smooth them
out with plank. J. .-.s.
So it seems that the methods of the laundry about
the the world over. ). =
In looking along shelves of Perrines old book en-
porum the other day found amid great wealth Of old
theological material dead, cunning little book printed
in Toxic called The Story of the Fortyseven Ro-
purchased it at for love Of the The
Ronns been the servants of noble OF
Japan been killed the hands Of another Japanese
lord it had become their duty faithful servants to
masters enemy The way they went about was
the story.
Of the party of the second part not anxious
to be killed. and took precauton The Fory-seven,
knowing what he would do took to drink and dissipation
They apparently gave all purpose of They
drunk the of TOXIC playing at blind
man buff with gesha girls and dissolute Some OF
The noble lord hearing thru his spies what the Ronins
doing settled down into fancied security and heaved sigh
of relief This what the Ronins wanted. When
reported them this state of affairs they Immediately
pared for action One night they broke into the noble lords
palace killed his guards and servants and appeared before
him in his apartments Frustrating themselves they
said:
eve would beg your honorable ordshp commit hari
kari"
When the honorable could not his way clear to
this course they killed him. took his head their former
star'ct ornh to thar
But the shoguns officers of the law hearing what had
been done appeared the and Informed the For
Ronins that the law having been violated by the
tumut they requested to commit ha1kar The Forty
seeing the justice Of the request Immediately dsem
boweled themselves and honoraby died. The tombs Of
these noble and faithful became renowned and
visited by many pilgrims. One who had nsuted
of the Ronin while they drunken dsolute
seeing the true state of the appeared the tomb
and dsemboweled himself a mark of his at his
mistake and Of his respect for their memories.
The writer Of the story tells Of visit to the graves of
the Ronns Incidentally he mentions that just before his
arrival there another Japanese, testimony
fness of these dsnteresed and noble servants
disemboweng himself at the graves and the of his
death struggles and the blood the soil pointed by
admrng natives.
This story shows something Of the character of the
loyal Japanese. Will they die for their country and for
their emperor?
IS r. With pleasure.
Miss Estelle Wyman of San Francisco created some
thing of sensation at the northwest of
street and Madison New city, other night
Estele when in the high school at the Golden Gate city
sporty little girl and took the study of u-itsu among
her other accomplishments getting control of several pic
turesque falls. One of them came in handy.
Miss Wyman went to New York a fortnight ago. STOP
ping at the Hotel Marie Antonette Saturday night she was
the corner, waiting for westbound From Mad
son avenue sprang young in all the glory of
ing atte-crush hat top coat pumps, white tie-fne
When he sawhe attractive Miss Wyman he began to
his blond mustacle in captivating He walked b,
her two or three times ogng her. Finally he halted he
elbow raised his hat, spoke to her.
1t was then that the street buckled on him. Miss Wv
man thrust her right under his chn put right foo
across his ankles grabbed the small Of his back with he
left hand and did things Before he time to think tn
young man hurled head heels into the and wa
skating along the asphalt his neck before you could
'Nogi banzai.'
He picked himself up and hurried down the avenue
while three delighted took off their hats and offered
lick him for the lady She thought however, that he ha
had enough In these days of free and unlimited m tits
you want to watch out. "A T r
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