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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-16

cried ou' under the intense pain as
abe was expiring.
Her cries brought maid into the
room. Hearing the maid approach
ing, the Count concealed himself in
another room; but as soon as she
had gone out to bring help, he re-
turned and quickly joined his wife
in the act which united them with
vheir beloved Emperor In death. No
matter how civilized Japan becomes
on the surface, the whole Japanese
people will keep the memory of
Count and Countess Nogi enthroned
above all others, save that Of the
Emperor alone.
But the celebrated physician who
attended the dying Mikado and then
declined to sacrifice his own useful
life may be driven out Of the coun.
try.
AS you are reminded elsewhere
on this pare by favorite Japanese
author and artist. the Mikado rules
not only by divine right but is him.
self divine. Although that divinity
does not prevent his dying. as or
dinarv mortals do when their time
comes, the paradoxical event stops
the clock of progressive Japan, in
fact, sets II back Atty or sixty years.
The elaborate funeral and burial
ceremonies must conform in detail
60 ritual established long before
che birth of our Saviour. Reverence
FOR ancient customs and a general
relapse from potential enlighten-
vent into superstition take place.
Away back somewhere in the
mists Of antiquity II was decreed
that the casket containing the dead
Mikado must weigh eight thousand
pounds. This is the heavy load that
must be conveyed to the burial
place from wherever the Emperor
happens to be when denth over
takes him. The august corpse may
not BE moved until 1t is finally
sealed M IN this four-ton coffin.
The imperial coffin is constructed
OF three boxes, one within another
The innermost box. made of plain
Japanese wood planks about two
inches thick. contains the Emperor's
body, which Is thickly covered with
Vermilicn pigment. The second box.
within which this is placed, is large
enough TO afford space for several
inches of charcoal packing between
the two ON all sides The last box
is fully ten feet long and four feet
square. When the seCOE0 box, con.
tanning the innermost one, is placed
within it. there Is a considerable
space all around. This Is tamped
solid with rubble of granite -
which brings THE weight of the
whole up to the eight thousand
pounds required.
The burial place of the late Mika.
do was near Kioto, which is quite
q distance from the Capital-Tokio
where the Emperor died. From
the Imperial Palace the heavy cas-.
ket had to be conveyed by ox-cartt
and railway-and this introduced
quite a series Of weird details.
First It would be national calam-
ity, also affecting innumerable dead
ancestors, If a culvert should break
down or a stretch of the road cave
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-16
HoU japanese Explain Their "Barbarisn1"

generals and admirals always re-
ported to the Mikado: The merit
OF this victory belongs to the serene
dignity of your Majesty"
An English friend pointed this out
TO me and said: Il don't under.
stand that. 1t seems so unnatural
1t was the officers, soldiers and
sailors who won the war. The Mika.
do had done nothing at ALI"
said to him: 'Ah, then, you
don't know our country yet"
Now let me write why. First OF
all, you must understand what the
Mikado means to his nation. He is
quite divine. Now, then, during the
late war this divine Mikado left his
own palace and went to live in an
uncomfortable temporary dwelling
IN Hiroshima, where all the fighting
men embarked This fact alone
moved the whole nations hearts.
Then, moreover he listened person
ally to all the news from the front,
and very often he would not sleep
at night
How did this encourage all the
men in the front Unless you are
q Japanese you cannot imagine what
that meant To speak in scientific
terms, 1t was the concentration of
all the warriors souls Who else
could ever make such a strong and
firm concentration in one single
mass except the worshipped MIka-
dor AL soldiers and sailors were
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-16

ready to die for their Mikado, and
the generals and the admirals, too
commanded those soldiers and sail
ors with their own devotion towards
the Mikado. Could it not be- tAs
merit Of the Mikado then?
With this unbounded merit Of the
Serene Mikado lie has succeeded In
making the new Japan. With this
merit he conquered China, with this
merit our Anglo-Japanese ALLIANCES
mas been carried on successfully
and with this Japan shall become
quite prosperous. There Is no doubt
about that.
If the Mohammedans concentrated
their souls by their faith In Mahon'
med, and il the Christians conceu'
trated their souls by their faith in
Christ, the result would be the same.
orten meet so-called philosophers
VINO laugh at the superstitions OF re-
hglous people, OF of the Mikados
worshipping Of Japanese. However
right and accurate may - their rea'
sonlng, must say their philoaO-
phies are only 700 shallow. They
ought to proceed one step further
and think what influence mas the
concentrate Of the whole nation $
souls! The concentration If our
hearts ad souls is Itself our OWE
GOD who. relGns oJar us. Even aa
Evils. when concentrated into one
big mass, can defeat many good
individuals who have no affinity,
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by the Imperial Government
AL Of the physical features of the
funeral procession were of very an.
cient origin. There were hundreds
OF warriors quantity costumed and
armed with bows and arrows. The
funeral cart carried box of feath-
cred arrows to be buried with the
dead Emperor A score of sacred
drums from Kioto were carried by
special officials; also dwarf holy
treeS"-Cleyera Iaponica---which
are cultivated in conformity with
both the Buddhist and Shinto ritu.
ais for use en- such occasions. Smok.
ing torches, borne by officials in full
regalia, fianked the whole length OF
the procession.
1t was only when the Imperial
coffin had been moved from the
funeral train at Kioto that ANYTHING
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-16

nave 4Al,.ue il rule, asserted
one physician, never to occupy a
house in which q death from con-
sumption has been known to occur,
and | advise all my patients and
friends to be equally careful. Not
even for fortnight's holiday at the
sea would / break what | look upon
as a salutary precaution.
But how difficult it is, when en-
gagiug apartments away from home,
to obtain any reliable particulars
as TO the health history of the house
in which you propose to live for
awhile. II you ask whether there
have been any cases of infectious
disease there you are, of course,
answered with negative with
which you must be satisfied.
"A doctor may push his Inquiries
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-16
BY Yoshio MARKING.
The Celebrated Japan ,se Author
and Artist.


<<V HAVE never forgotten, and
shall never forget, though /
n was only four or five years
old, that one day when / rushed in
to my fathers room he was sur.
rounded by the rest of my family,
all looking serious and respectful.
On the middle OF my fathers desk
/ saw an old-style photo. printed on
q glass plate, with black velvet I'm.
derneath, and set. in a beautiful
Paulownai-wood case.
Whose photo is it?'
All were silent My mother took
me to her lap and whispered:
Someone who is too high for our
mouths to utter his honorable
name!"
The Emperor" I exclaimed
"Hush,' my father said. Take
the child away"
At that time it was forbidden by
law to keep the Mikado's photo. |
don't know how my father had pos
sessed of 1t, but / imagine 1t was
given to him by one of the Royal
Princes, whom he had often met in
kyoto during the restoration war.
During the Russo-Japanese war,
whenever Japan was victorious. the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-16

at all modern entered the pro
gramme. This was the short wire
cable railway which hauled the
heavy casket up to the top OF the
wooded hill-"abode Of the gods
where the grave had been prepared.
The grave was considerably larger
than the casket. This was to 90.
commodate an encircling guard OF
clay figures in ancient armor, called
god generals" Thus the cold clay
of Mutsu-Hito IN its grave will DO
symbolically guarded-and in the
most ancient Japanese manner.
1t is now nearly a month since
Mutsu-Hito was buried; but, un'
doubtedly, it will be good many
months more before the japanese
people are again able to conce@
from the rest of the world that they
are really barbarians. after all.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-16
General Count Nogi, Who with Ills
Wife, Committed Hara-Kiri at the
Moment the Emperor Died.

General Count Nogi, Who with Ills
Wife, Committed Hara-Kiri at the
Moment the Emperor Died.
NETS The seven mournful sounds
reduced by each wheel appear to be
due to the loose Joining Of spokes,
felloes and hubs.
The ancient ritual requires that
the funeral ceremonies in honor of
A dead Mikado occur at night The
cable dispatches have described, in
a general way, those rites at the
funeral Of the late Mutsu-Hito. AS
the funeral cart rolled slowly. over
the pavement, drawn by funerally
decorated oxen, the effect upon the
superstitious popuace OF the mourn
full mechanical chant of the cart
wheels is better imagined than de-
scribed. The people seemed to hear
in those sounds warnings and ad-
monitions uttered by the soul of the
divine corpse within the closed body
of the cart.
The cart and the oxen that hauled
II over the funeral route in Toxic.
more than any other details reflect
ed the symbolism of the,ceremonies,
Having served Its purpose, the cart
was laid away as a precious relic.
As for the four oxen. they will never
have to do any kind of work again
as long as they live. They have be-
come honorable oxen,' and will
live In luxurious idleness, pensioned
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-16

lanulorus are TO blame Ior dirty and
unsanitary dwellings, and 1t Is pro-
posed that records should be kept
by the municipal authorities Of the
health history" OF houses in all
residential districts.
AT the rate many houses, espe-
cially those on monthly or weekly
tenaucies, change hands single
street would soon require a library
to itself. In London the data, il
properly kept, would provide an
Overwhelming mass of manuscript
matter needing constant revision.
Medical men who have had expe-
rience as family doctors or In the
public health service agree that the
problems of sanitation would be
considerably simpli4ed If such rec.
Ords could be made.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-16

AL tneI .Arougn the local health
department. but how many Of the
general public ever take that
amount of precaution?
Many illnesses which might be
avoided are originated while fami-
lies are holiday-making in unsani-
tary houses from home.
There are thousands of people
living in frequently high-rented
houses who seem to have no idea Of
the most elementary laws of santa
ton. To follow such persons as
tenants is to court disaster to the
health OF ones family.
Houses, just as much as human
beings, have characters, good and
bad The question is what sort of
a character does the house you live
in possess"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-16

In while tine heavy casket contain
ing the dead Emperor was passing
over them. So there is first the
ceremony Of piling rocks into huge
box until the whole weighs exactly
the same as the funeral casket. This
is placed on a two-wheeled cart and
is drawn by three oxen, harnessed
tandem, over the chosen funeral
route to the railway station. The
same dummy casket Is placed in a
special funeral car, and the railroad
line to Toxic is tested in the same
way. II the street pavement and
the railway car and track stand the
strait, all is we'll; otherwise repairs
have to be made, and the test re-
peated
Meantime the Imperial funeral
cart has been under construction by
a family of artisans which alone
possesses the secret, and in which
that honor is hereditary It's design
has not changed during uucounted
centuries. The body is completely
Enclosed, with high-curved roof
with over-hanging leaves. 1t Is
drawn by two shafts of bamboo,
between which the nearest OF a
team of four oxen is harnessed.
But It is the two huge wheels OF
this vehicle which are most remark
able, They have to support the
whole weight Of the body of the
cart containing the eight thousand.
pound casket-but that feature Is of
the least consequence. These wheels
are constructed in such a manner
that, as they roll over the pavement.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-16

II has long been known that very
sensitive persons -- especially
= women OF strong psychic quail
.ties-feel at once on entering 8 va.
cant house whether it's character"
is good or bad; that is, whether the
influences within its walls are
Aealtntul or the reverse.
Quite Unexpectedly, the Sanitary
Inspectors Congress recently held
in London accepted this apparent
superstition" as based on actual
physical phenomena, and that every
one should, in selecting a dwelling
place, be guided by such Fremont
lions.
The idea originates in convic-
ton that tenants more often than
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-16

M GHAICh n RUSSIAN anu you
viii Hnd a Tartar'-the
~ Mikado of Japan dies and
ali the barbarian Of that nation,
latent during half century of civ
niEed progress in practical matters,
comes to the surface.
Illustrated on this page are many
striking details showing that while,
in their every day affairs, the jap
anese people and their Government
have struggled out of the character
istic Oriental rut and become one OF
the half dozen great world powers
In science, In warfare and in the
industries, they are at heart and in
spirit the same as Commodore Per
ry found them when he broke down
their closed door more than half
century ago,
At the present moment one OF
their ablest scientists, the physician
who attended the Mikado during
his last Illness, is the most despised
man in Japan because he declines
to commit suicide and follow the
Emperor" as General Count Nogi
and his wife did. Science seems to
have removed more layers Of bar
barism in this doctors case than Ia
accomplished by other civilizing
means in Japan. To HIS critics
practically the whole nation. who
want him to nobly disembowel him"
self-hs replies, to his further or
tracism:
ut was not my fault II the En-
peror died. II the Emperor had fol-
lowed Eay advice and abstained from
alcoholic drinks he would stili De
alive"
Although the Japanese Govern.
ment officially. but mildly. decreed
that. in this new era Of the nation,
ii was not expected Of the Samu-
rai-the noble warrior classic ex-
terminate themselves by the harS-
kiri route, and most Of them have
refrained from doing so. nevarthe-
less, the whole nation, high and low,
applaud the act Of Count Nogi and
his wife, and the whole order OF
Samurai il In an apologize atti-
tude because the majority OF its
other members still live. Popular
Japanese newspapers continue to
exalt THE set of the Count and
Countess, and recently have printed
fresh details calculated to humih-
ate warrior knights and their ladies
who have been less noble and he
Foic.
II appears that when the bell
tolled announcing the Mikado's
death, Count Nogi courteously gave
precedence to his wife. They had
made their preparations, according
TO ancient custom, and were alone
in a room OF their modest residence,
though the door WIS not locked. The
Count stood by while his wife per-
formed the suicidal rite with a
short dagger. Before his eyes she
accomplished the act with dignity,
deliberately and thoroughly, as be-
came the wife of a noble warrior.
But, being after all woman-and
o woman educated in America--she
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they furnish the key note for the
audible mourning of the funeral pro-
Cession.
Aother family of artisans which,
alone, holds the secret Of making
these mourning cart wheels go and
in which the honor is hereditary
has spent weeks in so fashioning
them that each wheel as 1t rolls
along gives forth seven distinct
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mournful sounds. The wheels are
made entirely of a certain kind OF
wood, peculiarly Joined as to hubs
spokes and folloes. The outer cir
conference of each wheel is com
posed of seven thick segments, eacl
attached at its centre to one spoke
Each alternating pair of spokes sup
ports a shorter. thinner segment in
set at the juncture of two outer seq
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-20
SEVERAL TRANSACTIONS
MADE BY LOCAL FIRM
Boss & Phelps, Inc, Find
Buyers for Residences and
Other Property.

The real estate corporation Of Boss &
Phelps has sold premises 1854 Columbia
road northwest The house contains ten
rooms and bath. 1t was sold for John
E. Laskey.
The double residence at % Iowa Circle.
containing fourteen rooms and three
baths, was sold for J. S. Moebs to Mrs.
Chamberlain and Mrs Bendel.
Thomas s. Parker purchased from
Kennedy Bros. premises 431 9Th street
northeast.
sale of acreage property was made
by Boss & Phelps. Inc. in connection
with W. c. Prather, the Gray farm, on
the District line at the head of Rock
Creek Park, comprising 100 acres, being
transferred to Charles C. Glover at a
valuation Of 81 900 per acre, or $4,000
The seller was represented by w. c.
Prather. and Boss & Phelps. Inc, rep
resented Mr.. Glover. The latter will
hold the land as an investment.
Boss & Phelps, Inc also sold the bust
ness property at the corner Of Sth and
d streets northwest for $4,000 for the
owner. Charles c. Glover. The sale was
vania. he being represented by w. G.
Prather. The building is occupied by
the Washington Tobacco Company, and
Is located in the heart Of the business
section.
The same firm reports the sale OF 1926
and 1877 Wisconsin avenue for $1,000
This property was also owned by Mr.
Glover. and now goes to out-of-town
parties for investment. They have plans
for alterations into business properties.
These houses are located near the car
junction at Wisconsin avenue and z
street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-20
The Law of the Weather?
m the New York Time

Prof. Carothers, the meteqrologist of
Houston, Tex, believes he has discovered
the law by which the tornadoes that visit
ed this and other localities Easter Sun
day cavort. The sun, like the earth. re-
wolves upon Its axis Scattered about
the rotating solar disc are relatively hot
areas which produce upheavals Of heated
air at the earth's equator. These, rising
to the higher strata, become chilled, pre-
cipitate their moisture in the tropics,
thence pass high overhead to northern
ATTITUDES. where they come down in cold
waves called highs" The suns axial
rotation of twenty-five days makes the
serial period of weather fluctuations on
this planet
Prof. Carothers says he has checked
up ninety-two successive highs" on his
weather map. and eighty Of them arrived
on the day called for by his newly OBJ
served law Of serial periodicity. All the
rest came within fortyeight hours. The
professor is establishing a forecasting
service for long-range predictions in the
ice by almost twenty-five days. We have
always known. of course. that the sun is
the prime agent of the weather. The
meteorologists have been telling us for
some time that the dry spells in kansas
are due to periodical sun-spot activities
coming in eleven and fifteen year cycles
The twenty-hve-day law is interesting II
Prof. Carother's hypothesis in Texas, but
we note doubtfully what he says about
variations from 1t, consisting of "devia-
tons In path and intensity OF the move
ment. which at present are very difficult
to anticipate"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-20
MANY SALES REPORTED
OF RESIDENCE PROPERTY
Local Realty Firm Gives List Of
Transactions Recently
Consummated.

The office of William o. Engler reports
the following sales:
911 French street northwest, six-room
brick house, to John II. Gaines. who will
occupy it. Consideration, $3, 800
For George c. Hough, house No 1915
New Hampshire avenue northwest, to
Charles c. Clark. The consideration was
$3.50
For George c. Hough, premises No. 391 I
New Hampshire avenue northwest, to
Raymond p. Schooley. Consideration.
$3.50.
For George c. Hough, house corner Of
New Hampshire avenue and Shepherd
street northwest, to Mrs. Nettie Mus
grave. Consideration, $4,65O.
For Mrs. Anna NJ. Moore two lots in
Wisconsin Avenue Park, to Frederick
Walmsley, who will improve them. Con-
sideration, $780,
For r. Daley. five lots in Brightwood
prove them. Consideration, $3.50.
For Mrs. Anna NJ. Moore, premises No.
40O5 Garrison street, Wisconsin Avenue
Park. The purchaser will occupy the
house. Consideration, S5,7
Two stores, Nos. 1901 and 1908 H street
northeast, for A. Miller to Simon Jacob
son, as an investment. Price, $4,000
To Isaiah Johnson. house No. 1911 Sher-
man avenue northwest. Consideration,
$500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-20
Vocal Vengeance.
From Lippincott's.

From Lippincott's.
rather brutal thing was said un-
awares at an evening party. Shortly
after midnight gentleman was pressed
to sing. Very thoughtfully he put forth
the excuse that at the late hour the
next-door neighbors might object.
"Oh never mind the neighbours" cried
the young lady of the house. They pois-
oned our dog last week"
Why Wild Beasts Left Missouri.
From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
No elk have been seen in central Mis-.
souri, since 1885. Prior to that time they
were reasonably plenty. They were at
tracted by the prevalence Of the salt
ticks. Nathaniel Walker, or Uncle
Natty," as he was Familiarity called, a
famous pioneer hunter. claims to have
counted fifty elk In a drove on the knoll
near the present Saline county court
house. The bear disappeared about the
year 1910, though occasionally animals
Of the bear tribe were afterward seen.
Old-time democrats said that the wings
scared the bear. deer, elk and almost
every other kind Of game out Of the coun-
try in 1910 by their yelling, anvil firing
and torchlight parades in honor of Gen
Benjamin Harrison, their successful can
didate for President.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-20
The Alabama Yellow-Hammer
IN the Birmingham Age Herald

From the Birmingham Age Herald.
1t is not generally known that the state
bird OF Alabama is the yellow-hammer.
In explanation OF this fact, John H. WAL
lace, jr., chairman of the fish and game
commission Of the state, writes as fol-
lows:
AS matter Of history it is known that
Confederate uniforms became scarce to-
ward the end Of the war. therefore in or
der to provide the gallant Confederates
with proper clothing the good women
picked the cotton, carded 1t into rolls,
spun them into thread, wove it on home
made looms into cloth. and then they
were distressed to find that they did not
have. nor could they procure, the dye
with which to color the cloth they had
made. They deliberated over this vexed
question for many days. and finally an
ingenious dame suggested that hickory
bark be boiled and that the cloth be dip
ped into the yellow water that would re-
suit from the boiling process.
The happy thought was enthusiastic
cally hailed and tidings Of the solution
swept the state. and so all the uniforms
were made Of bright yellow cloth. The
coats were made with long tails, and the
soldiers that wore them. when they ran
after the enemy. very much resembled
the .yellow-hammer.' the bird that seems
to dip through the air so gracefully as
does the seagull skim the waves Of the
opal ocean.