The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-02

Qe 10 get tDlS iHLlNndtc
Saries, for three days of
Ter these conditions was
nll the inwardness of a
nsay that ] did not find
Wially different from any
Z educated young men.
IS by the hundred. made
a .yed horse with one an
lltogether behaved like
5b ON a lark. There was
teacherlv dignity in the
'ie first hour. TO make a
Their good nature and
struck me as remarkable
the first twenty miles L
Snary chase another up
Sat a dead run, for some
81 that had been played.
zcture that [ am drawing
some pious folk over the
ink that the missionary
ever shedding tears over
people 10 whom he has
3my part | thought IT emf
and creditable. and really
for the fitness of the mis-
nty- -Five-Mile Tramp.
I'll clergymen, were typical,
all except two were under
erican board was represent
Pedley and Z. S. Cobb;
Methodist by A. D. Berry,
t and G, S. Dawson; and
Presbyterian by Arthur p.
z. Reischauer and j, z.
an ex-Cumberland Pres
D are the sons of mission
lived in Japan practically
except when being edu-
lea.
imp to Kusatsu was amid
itain scenery, past the ia
7olcano Asama, over the
is where are the imperial
{ one point across a long
-idge made of telegraph
ugh small native villages
lture is carried on, until,
dow of Shirane, another
the sulphurous village of
cached at 6 o clock in the
1.-THE way many pilgrims
some in jinrikishas, some
arrangement slung on a
Shoulders of two coolies,
pack saddles, often two
brse, one in a pannier-llke
side,
bun the FIVE runners from
He'd European hotel. who
ht various points along
T Of the Journey, and de-
Res from apparently dis"
sons that al, the native
II, the party, by an eX-
Japanese speech and
eistence, four6 an eml-
Sac tory japanese hotel,
@ missionaries were at
being quite accustomed
AZ sleeping on the floor.
y native teachers set out
sir a religious service by
,cheTs and the Police.
lndly patcrnuiism Of the
&c was encountered, Inn
N reaching their inn. the
a been obliged TO register
nd ages and occupations,
Vume from. whittier they
N.nd how long they in
my. This is Part of the
Complete system whereby
Apartment keeps a record
pAigner within the borders
e. Soon The japanese
ed to say that the police.
|illing that the visitors
e preaching service in the
advised thsl II be very
pie, lest there be trouble
'kh Element in town. Later,
a second message, couched
rms. suggesting that the
ield in the hotel. where
y gentlemen lodged, at
4 OF the village.
arranged. Shortly after
hted by the conventional
Fss which rho inn supplied,
4 to the public square,
a steaming pool whose
lines suggested the op-
Wings heavenly. In fact,
4, is Il good place for
IS very existence is based
the consequences of I'm
e permanent population
persons, al, living off
who Eumber between
40, more than A score of
iropeans. These hot sui.
Ior centuries the most fn.
IN, while ef1icacious in
nd gout, are more gcner.
n the most 1onihsome skin
Ipfar the largest number of
kusatsu as Il penalty for
J their parents transgres
oral law.
and Bad Buddhists,
led the people on the
Lsthe baths the next morn.
~ that the most appro.
1re for tina, community
2 nate perhaps. for polite.
sle, - Be sure ' our skin Will
NJ; Even yet ] cannot de-
q was the sadder sight.
decrepit old men in the
boc larger companies of
very fact of the purpose
sse hot springs are used,
GER fact tnat The existence
h'ococos, D0Uh mere
at Japan, IS not even re-
preason for shn,ne, would
? the need fcv some new
lgs. Certainly Buddhism
dy; ] learned at Kusatsu
lnth is the time for the
l'uddhist priests who suffer
.nalady most commonly
bhe Springs Evidently
= practiced in Japan is
m Buddhism AS preached
II end of the town Is the
= where the lepcrs ba1he
gee sights sufficient for a