The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-12-09

At Kyota In a temple built ABOUT
thirty years ago to replace one aeci-
dentally burned. This IL the one
mentioned recently which wuz putt
oy material drawn to the site oy
cables made ov human hair. CONTRIB
uted by the women ov Japan. Inc
Japanese women hev beautiful hair.
and hit IL priced above gold or Ola
monds. But when this temple wuz
to be rebuilt they threw SO much en-
thusiasm into hit that much hair wuz
sacrificed. each woman contributing
SO much. This wuz not necessary oV
course, for ropes could heV been
made ov other material. But hit WIZ
the Japanese way ov shown the
world that they could laugh at mis-
fortunes and could fashion ropes ov
material other than cotton or hemp
IL hit became necessary. You can
down SIGH people, or, at any rate.
they won't stay down long.
But l am told that Buddhism and
Shintoism air losin' out in Japan.
Christianity, the real faith. liz be-
coming more popular. The Japanese
air too smart to be longer deceived
with inferior religions no matter how
| Jealous they were once. Today
| citizen ov Japan IL free to join any
church. l am told that the speaker
ov the Japanes Congress-, or diet, az
hit IL called, liz an elder in Pres
byterian church. A few years ago
hit wuz suggested to the speaker
| that hiz religion might interfere
with hiz chances for reelection. Hiz
reply wuz truly Japanese: Il would
rather be an elder in my church than
Speaker of the diet" And he still
holds his honorable position. The
Greek church awlso hez gained
strong foothold in Japan.
The government ov Japan IL a con-
stitutional monarchy. The Mikado
claims to rule by divine right and
by right ov divine birth, he and his
ancestors havin' bin in power fer
more than two thousand years. But
my private opinion IL that he'd bet
ter be careful; the new Japan and
the old Japan air different. A few
mistakes will cost him hiz job. But
hit IL true that the long family rule
in Japan hez bin due to the fact that
the Japanese hev such wonderful self
control. At one period the Japanese
ruler became quite unpopular, and
for twelve hundred years the ruling
family did practically nothin' but
hold down the job, havin' but little
pull. But in the past few hundred
years the ruling family regained
favor with the people, the present
Mikado bein' quite popular. But the
:, lpower ov self-control, the nerve"
az they ulster call hit in Texas, he2
bin the strength ov the ruin fami-
, lily in Japan. Whenever ruler found
that he wuz unpopular he wuz smart
ennuff to keep perfectly quiet and
draw hiz salary, allowin' the "eldel
- statesmen" to run the country. Il
he, the Mikado. had raised row by
" kickin' like mule, he would hey
=, lost out long ergo. That wouldn't dc
,, in the United States. II our Presi
: dent should shut himself up in the
White House, even fer a month, an
let Congress run the whole outfit
=, he'd soon begin to think that Hade:
q had broken loose from Maine tt
Texas. But that IL the way the rulin
= family in Japan hez managed to stay
O In fer twenty-five hundred years
q by keepin' quietly sawin' wood an
, isayin' nothin'. I hope some ov the
- spoutin', shoutin', floutin', politician!
in North Carolina will stick a PHI
O right here. If Billy Bryan ov Ne
!. braska, had gone in a hole and pull
- ed the hole in after him twelve year!
q ago, he mite now be President. Blu
= talk he would. an now he can't b.
q elected county commissioner in an!
county in the United States Ever
Elder Glenn, ov North Carolina, mite
hev ermounted to somethin' in tim,
;, if he he'd bin discreet; but he talked
hiz horns off, an now awl he kin d.
IL throw sky-rockets at local prohi
= bition rally, and not many crowd,
;. will stand for tibet onless the PEG
. pie air pretty well tanked up on i'm
y ported bug juice.
al While Japan hez a constitution an
J. certain minor rulers air elected b,
! popular vote. only about one-tentl
d ov the citizens can vote, the ballanc,
J. bein' deprived ov that right by {
q property qualification, which, in m!
h opinion, IL mistake. The Mikadt
A appoints the governors ov the variou.
h divisions ov the country. The Mika
q do IL assisted in rulin' the country By
! a prime minister and nine depart
@ ment ministers. The council or eel
l. der statesmen" however, hez a larg.
q influence in important matters, sucf
n az declaration ov war, or a specia
t large appropriation ov public money
q or anything ov that kind. At tn.
Il death ov father the property goe.
r to the oldest son, an IL the old mar
r owed any money the son becomes tn,
q debtor.
II First-class railroad fare in Japar
Q IL about four cents per mile; second
p class about two cents; third-class
a one cent.
r. Although Japan hez owned ane
controlled the island ov Formosa fel
% a number ov years. the people there
o air rebillious. An army ov abour
six thousand men liz kept on the is
u land to enforce obedience. Japar
q awlso hez trouble to keep dowr
: trouble in Korea. her latest colonial
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