Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-08-26

castle ruins, built on a small rise Of
, ground embracing twenty-five acres
enclosed by stone wall and moat. The
walls are said to contain the largest
stones of any wall in the world they
measure twenty-five to thirty-fve feet
long. ten to fifteen feet high and five
to six feet in thickness This wall was
built over 300 years ago, and how they
ever placed them is mystery even to
the natives.
Losing Industry.
The government foundry and steel
works employing about 10000 men,
are located only a short distance from
at loss. They hope to make them
! pay as they become more modernized.
1 The large cotton mills OF the empire
/ are located here. They import the
raw cotton from India and the United
States. but mostly from India, and
manufacture it into the common and
coarser fabrics and send a great guam
tity of it back to India. Thewages paid
to these men is about 25 cents a day
and fifteen cents for the women who
do the same work.
Osaka is the most densely populated
city in the empire, covering about IA
600 acres Of ground.
Buddhism was first introduced into
Japan at this place, and the Shiten-
noji temple, its five-storied pageda
and the Shotokin bell, the largest in
Japan, and one of the largest in the
world, are still here.
In place of a clapper for the bell |
a log about fifteen feet long and f1f- I
teen inches in diameter is swung from /
a scaffolding and used as a battering /
ram, striking the bell on the side, near I
the bottom.
Manufacturing City.
Leaving Osaka in the p. m. train,
at Kyoto, sixteen miles away,
in one hour, where we again were
Laken in rickshaws four miles through
The city to the Miyako hotel, built on
4 hill Just back of the town, giving
4 most slightly view of the city and
country. This is a city of
100000 people, who are busy in the
of silk and cotton crepe,
atsuma, damacene and other similar
wares, which are exported through
<obe
Kyoto was the capital until 1868
vhen it was removed to Toxic The
castle at this place has not
cen occupied for the past forty years.
Steamed out of Kobe harbor at
:. m. for Nagasaki through the In
and sea-a run of two nights and a
ay The day was beautiful and the
cenery magnificent, the shores are not
Mike our Puget Sound shores, ex-
spt the low mountains and hills are
ensely populated and the land is all
lltivated even to the top of the
ighest peak, the little farms being
vided in all sorts of squares and
1gles, reminding one of the old-fash-
ned patch quilts our mothers used
make; there were places where the
nall islands were so closely placed n
seemed impossible to get through Il
owever, by careful plotting we slow b
steamed through, reaching Nagas- tC
II on the morning of March 10. They s;
I'VE a perfectly land-locked harbor b
tending over, two miles inland b,
Royalty Welcomed.
This city of $4,000 turned out en-
asse to bid us welcome. We took on
100 tons of coal and their method &
coaling is very picturesque and nov
1t is all done by hand with small
skets; both sides of the ship were th
ed with steps one above the other by
lere the natives stood keeping the "
skets in constant motion by pass nc
; along one to the other, making a ba
lstant stream of coal from the on
'ws below to the ships hold. 1t took ri,
out 1900 japanese working about th
elve hours, to place the 1000 tons pr
0 our ship.
rhe night of our departure for co
ngkong we were treated to a Jap an
,se lantern parade of over 900 Is
pile, each carrying a lighted Ian th,
n on long bamboo pole. Their ma
rch carried them along the entire ms
re of the bay-counter marching ex
the rising foothills taking about tb,
Hours for the procession to pass. un
s, with the dozens of illuminated ii.
sells and the constant display of mt
works, made an impression not the
n forgotten. COZ