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·But practically he very soon badania a poppet in Tokugawa rule, who there to sth pond as the exp **In a Horitedmence the old distum of Tayara: Į died, then ratese apoll; their oħildren ; yet so the hands of noma povorful poblemen who meet -quarters of the Routine or suitpramugal -The anti- was leap che glued sword was the soni of mingled with this child-worship. In the fundliling the country in his name From the olevant til forhen pelt was Fülle fakes advantage of, the Sombrai,” and many of them here not de- from surlast posts of Confaplan wisdom that By PROFESSOR C. G. Ksore, D.Be F.R.SE, the sixteenth cintury, there was a continued inɔ Divgan'a fennty. cprise dendanded all overal a subsitate for the soul thay loan when the well ressite do not ensue which would almost

straggle får sunromboy butwen the sphen power. Joally Las Bhajjars himself, wenn də pinsedag khi thi this adiet to alissen wand forth,

Inevitably follow if our children were trained ful olamani inuf at the times of 225 descare dauber wm the Empirer a tablished won Grad Here I speak only of the lower Cameras nimis, vigizon the same linse. There is a subtle ins To describe the almractoriation of an align mœou) if the country by Lae Portitgaven (1542 400) ruler of Japan than his consollers kali po follow, and vůle of a cortala proportion of those. For flounce, suroly, in their very forms of address, is a difficult task. There is apt to be a lack of Japan was in a state of change on the me path of foreign policy autert pou by hersien great deal in breeding not in blood, and brothers and sister even afsing the son an perspective in the delineation, a want of bulsun; And any came the coad great event of Japa: The Shogunate. Many of the lower alans, piurgi, it is dondetul if a more parfoot gentleman than they call out to one another. Has sarapande in the colouring. What is novel to the observar nese history the consolidation of the empire fallet the anti-foreign spirit, must be iden as- desoundant of a bus blooded Samuras fails to our Mor of Min, and exaupt in prepared to ACCEPT RISES agadout FIRE is exaggerated unduly; anil, in the straining after through the successive labour of thres great toided at this solfs fous sed, indeed, was walks this darth songst the Univstalby pro-addressing servants of the very lowast rank, as Current Hates contrasts, the gresentation degenerates not men, Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Toys The the fate of many of these when, with the revo fonsors for or ample, there are some ideal men, in used invariably I la usual aim to prefr dom into a caricuturo. In rogned to Japan this road of these, Herosh, has beau called Putiph or called restoration, fondaliam vent honourable to the cars; but they are old enough the honorife when addressing a girl—tor is particularly true, The visitor wing pets the Napoleon of Japan. He reduced the orta by the board, and they were left masteries, to have been tratas in the old school of morals. example, O Kikusan Calles Chrysanthemum), through the country a ona moon waxaad was to complete subjection, always of course shiftless. The biglass Samwai could leak Due of them led sided in the defence at 0 Umesas (fins Plum Blossom Baya talks of Japanese way of life and habits of thought in the of bis Most Ecred Majesty pretty well after the chan they are the states: Wakamaten: the last cutie that stood out for the do not get this "0"; and their asses are not with a certainty and an assurance which the the Son of Heaven; and brought his bril-man, the politicians were the officials of vanquished Shogun in 1868. His mother died chosen from the beatiful in nature, as a masy sidoneof tan your standing cannot attais, The Bastoner to a fitting olime by be conquet day, and constilaflaelutul backbonero years go, and war followed to her geyve by a girl's names are. They may be taken from th more we mix with. this west tutoraating afrien Born in 1598. On hi dati. Toer of the comatiy A, lo grad Hads employ tin that would has dras honour to Daimye strong in nature, 44, for example, Tora sax tol pools, the lean we got to know of them, the awa Ieynan promptly seised the relos of most sa policemen; but any of them who call Thiel dy sa boulful type of high Saurai (Master Tiger). In the better educated classes more dithealt we had it a bit of tastr doira government: quelled the insubordination of the to bad the romantlers of all, when the wominant. Frained se girl fu the three bowarer, combination of Chinese characters is teristics in a for brief enteross. The follow other brons. partly by able generalship, partly word was their soul, og sigh after the good balanceshedicone when amarried to chosen, with me unky sigeifiones. Naming | parents," obedianos than married to husband after relatives is mat common, and, so it is in spar is an attempt to give the impressions by state diplonsoy, and roopired from the Im-eld times. gathered dating sight years experience, of perial Court of roto the historie tille of How much truo patriétiam aetasid the hearts and husband's parents, obedience when widow against the law for a Japatione to have a middle Japanese life. If the result, he only to correct sua or Generalissimo. Ho etablished his own of the men of Sataan Choshu and Tosa, who to soos she became in her old age them, the necessary distinction is not nuusually certa enggerated glows that have ritie car-couré at Yede (now Tokyo), which thonosforth led the revolution, is a difioal question to honoured head of a faily well known in the affected by inventing a new name or modifying ready, I shall feel that the paper has accomplish- because the rest ospital of Japan syis gave shaver. The Saterme Rebellion of 1577, poderorts of poses and war And there are many an old one. This is very easily daue with the ed one good fod. It will be noticed that no to Japan its tuul form of feudalism, which, pr. the veteras reperal Baigo, has an uely look from stol to this day sa Japan-goue mak prastically infinite number of Chinese obaraotum thing technical has been enlarged upon. For frated by his grandson Tematen, lasted down to this point of view. No doubt the rebels orgel nared, kindly and thoughtful, womanly in the at their disposal.

the year 1968. In almost perfect isolation, and themeslves into loal subject, who wished but to best sous of the word, and yet poisoned by a Glans again at the games, many of which fees fiam internal troubles of any magnitude, stansipate their sacred Emperor from the hands fearless diamurai spirit that will undergo auy are very similar to if not identical with, oar of the artistic tesling is its relations to every- day life, and have loft antonphed the art itself. the people of Japan lived for two and a half af velfoking courtiers. Wo Laney that ulan rind, may and of-a 35 alinegation, avon voluntary own. In spinning tops and flying kiten the In brief, the characteristics here epokon of refer centuries. erobring their exquisite ant and their dealousy and persenni ambition were pofant death, in the interests of husband and famile. In hops era white nothing can compare with the

elaborats etiquette. almost entirely to the notional coaster, Thora is always a profound relation between the Shogun's power. To ga back a thorsand was in reality-be Banaras we were taught battleders and shuttlerock or bouncing the mainsprings of the moromoat that broke old Japos-romanile in retrospoot whatever it dainty and feshesome grace of the girls playing total moral, and stotional, as it now existe, a nation's history and a nation's character, and Tasca for vasons to support a political revolu- the use of the sword, they were drilled to wet se balls. The battledors is, of wood, and the tap and as it has been droped in its istorie ist to appreciate, the eng we must know something den is surely reading history backwards, guardians of the castle shenid the nesesnty arise. top-tap, mingled with marry isaghter, is heard ting. A short historie introduction does not of the other. seem out of pho

Now Japan is unique among It was indeed with no clear apprehensinh. In troubled times each lady married with her all along the streets at the great festive time The Empire of Japan, like the Kingdom of nations as regards surtein posieds of her leaf the issues involved that the Satan and Chell dagger for defaurs or for autoide: Bat in of the New Year, Frequently a biste dammi Scotland, is inhabited by two distinct meer history. burall wonder thee that she is valgos su citus combined against the Tekugans In all this nothing was done or intended to be done challenges a male friend to a bout, and ho speaking distinct languages.

Or there, the in regard to certain of her characteristics. Its anbaequat polisy, however, the Sui-nho cost for self, but only for her husband, for her obilalarat invariably comes of second best, as the Air is the older, and mast, from lack of sartine Let us try to imagine the peculiar spedition bination, as it is called, is worthy of sommande dran, for the konsur of her husband's house bask charcoal strosky on his face-ons for historio information, be regarded as the primi- of affairs at the time when Tegase and lewit-tion. The leaders realised that they must The whole daty of women is summed up in every miss suficiently betokens. It is daring tire or indigenous raos The Japan were determined on a policy of isolation Unive up their Orientalism or die a national the words obedience and self-ronunciation. Is the New Year's week that kites hover aboro in

HEAD OFFICE, avaders, although in their otra mythology there der Bideyoshi the military going of the poo-death. Pernasaringly have they pashed them. I believe, because of the onltivation of Cloud; kites of all forms square, diraular,

man-like, or like a great hawk poising. is zo dintiner recognition of this fact, which plo bad risen to its high-water mark, Leyann seires, and drawn their country after them, this spirit of self-office that we und in

No 2. Queen's Rossi West, ust. have happened before the malicut emory and no sooner established himself sa Shogun than into the tapalda of our Western sivilisation. Japanese woman so many of those charnotoriation These two sports are not contined to lads and

Hongkong, 14th March, 1891. had awakened. The evidence that the fox he isased a dopres of expulsion against the Por Sage Orientalteta shock their hands and which reconsmoely associate with pure Christian lase, but are indulged in by the older people

quently he casts her off, and when she threa orempiad the laul is threefold. First of all, tagaveo and other European missionarios This prophesied a spendy rolspes after a fragi suti Eu the toaline known as the "Gres also, who never seem to lasy their landaese far

[OETHBRITISH AND MERCANTILE tous exposure he Twe manduria to all artifloen tre Aina, at presont found as farther soath thin the Tas carried largely into effect ia ld, and tuler spurt. Bathor ambitione echemse, wares on the Learning for Woman" (Onna Daiyaka) it play. There are cards, however, and a kind of

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Ron being to have them at whatever onst. The Island of Yużo, have within hiafoute lärara kireline Amuluston, Nagasaki- being tho only part at beasily speaking, Japan has gone va steadily in dastiny is to wed, thanh n giel's duty is to aboarb to absorb the mental faculties of the adleverest. TOTAL ASSETS az 31 DECEMBER, search is complicated by fre foot that the in-

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found to be in love with the custoding's dangh eastern parts, al Asus stress inlated and a half centuries of isolation, Japan bad prospers of the tazpager; but, on the whale, the mediale kom, sus has failed in her duty What nobles to uolies. In the better classes little of E-AUSRICED CAPITAL. £5,000 CNN

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......2,717,177 13 9afare; but the skill of the nerelist antisfactorily races which lav graday been pushed speak, retired from the strife of nations with the often been searingly attard, But harpin is uerfal countenance in the prowans of ber tir rabes of state ceremonial-are exposed to I-FI FORDE

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So familiar is this dination of plavo-bubies not need to sojourn long in Japan before which had un conterpart in her orn. Nalatally on patriots. They must not one to please is life haben dwelt, upon by nearly all writers to us English-speking residents dans Callie by apple evidence that, down to the lowest to she prer-estimated theas, and ceassionally this cas, of course, thants. The charms of the on Japan; so much so, that many who derive cooks tus Tapsurse da indeed pussess this valmistook the shell for the sermal. Nurerlanders. Japanwa waitres have been described by soms thrie, juformation from books must have country that might sit fail to see the full absht quality. There is no real servility in all judged by the ordinary conceptions of the scan recent writers in a most extravagant vein, very lop-aided conception of what a Japa Japanese problem. Wat om to their politeness, there is not, or at least there ing of civilisation, Japan has hea phenonel and I postnre to think much of the so called us. is. It is with such seemes in his spe

Wekonw from history that was bat till recoily, any of that spirit which is in her progress.

charts depen is upon the novelty of the situation that ous admirer of the people writes, "Thay the pure Celt was car predecessor in this said the oss ice of anbbery. The reason of this in

Now, there are two extrane, views that hare The foreign tourist alights at an inn; mveral | Love the nature rather of birds se batterflies and long before philology had bitals many poses not far, its geek. It is to be found in that 950 been taken zegarding this unique sineation of a healthy-faced darasal collect on the var than of ordinary man beings." Woll were recognised is Celtic and understood in their Celtic sense. But until within the last few years, ears training in Teyasn's shoot of feudalism.ation. The one is, that the Japasase are esses audah umr. sud with low obeisanou oty alond might the earnest-tainded Japanese say, "Pre-

The bread characteristics of Japan's Interisly imitators, losing their ons national characin strained scents, which some think masnerve as from our elf-appointed champique! it had over entered the Japan ingin feudalen may be de cribed in a few autones, foretics in their eagerness to take rank with cal. O irrachas. O irrathi, which simply wantne annot but feel a great pity and a strong be stood. Was he not valmis dit in die The Milende, tos sacred ta be cased upon dccidental peoples. The other is that this please suter," although curtain bookmakers sympathy for a nation set is terribly in saeneat deserudant of the lerine all his kit the direct by the public eye, was throtesicaly stolete, soquisition is purely superficial, simply a veneer would translate it "the bonerable outranos and yet is held up to the wide world as mere descendant of the darin beings Lanes and I The Shogun's attitude towards the Mikado sing. while the great bestt of the ustion is un-is solicited. A little later the weary tra bird-like than human. We might do were. whois Japanese aratri pulizo wazproduced one of reverential. Image; his daly was to affected in its Orientalis. The truth lies valler, strokihad on the inits of his own room, I indeed, then stries' to imitate the Japanese in SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL £1,200,000. [ 72.-China Sugar Roinery-Mount dantin Hotel wife whom als by ordinary generation the

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Fae: Point VF was 20 201 only four generations practically under hit, were the Dainys, or for that make a strong nation. A poliny which osters of the nga kitchen there seus seal into the universal marriment of an hour. removed from the Sun-gedies, hernelf a bit of witorial barons. These farmed out their ter brings autlying parts of the empire into eborus of voices, of redy quality. yelling Hart'he Japaness dearly loves a joke and has 20 Class FOREIGN RISKS at Current hate

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A merein hoart goes all the day i Tour ad tires, ín'a mile' in these myths of the recè having ever sunpied The Daimyo and his Sanura lived in a thing hitherto unkaru le Asia-must sette intonina of the words. Oherini, kar other territory than the islands of Japanese sile the wall, and the genitores further uncional estivities are turned into new directions; Heroorain of coni, a arcalled Oriental faveur Japan Mail.

walled town; the artisans and merchants living foster a lively interest In pablie affaire. The "please come again. please come again A more hopeful engery Japan could hardly origin, except in sucia regios, passilly, as andeld. These last-named elnees of society deren down to the lower ranks the nosidor take honourable retum is implored These bappy mankind is still in & sendicon of virtual bondage

patriotism has some change of bearing a reality. | wischt be givée by translating the phram "the known to have hean inkohlted by the Ainu. T

• Tolu nam of the boworite by a people whose wo Now, in making this saarch after Aian-derived vero collectively called Heimin, and formed nam Profoszor Chamberlain could get absa practically a casts distinot from the Saxofor Westera oivilisation penetrato in curions faced waitresses form a bright picture in sunny wams na against placing too much confidence in Intely no assistaner from the Japans the is very important to bear in mind this broad. Within the last tau years shoogakers, Japan. From their junta desire to please they fortas of expression as an index to festing. Compare

of wooltex ili laugh at giggla when they are expered to, our own" your frumble servant," jess. Every co name in Jupani aproated distinction between the Semarai and the ice-bailors, butchers, and salfars

(To be continued.) by a combination of Chinese factors as i ordes of condunt,and of houpar, have established hamsives in every even at the most misralde of jokes. But it is graphs. Beyond is sigeiranse of these their is of life nad theu galigins natin treat. The butcher's establishment is a contioray to that by your towards the strange, Japanese munnot get Ark him what the name

were exsertially differeal a difference listy. Below is the chip prover, recognisable blaugering, forsigo traveller a very different at ent miginally. He will point to the chart this day, so that the ordinary globe star by its row of kan hoory dogs; abrys is a titude fram that which they enviting towards a troster, who does little wise than sitness the restaurzut where the sui disend "westora 'meal" Japanese gund. And ement and nevalty excito acfern, quite tres of the bability, in susual-done life if the present day expremutativo benjagad. A tem opience would probber as noch so they excite him. Ignorant, in ge existed such long before the introgetion of

sat an absolute vertauts thank the name of the Hospin clubs, can get be true idea of the shy starve rather than partake, by the aid of peral, of the atquette of inn life he takes intiers, long before a depaucan eye hr.d grozs our feelings and lite of the upper-milion Hachopatisks, of the favourless stem of warsoly liberties, to which she, with quick-witted in an iduograph. To illostrate flat process, and a2 ever met a real lady of Japan at slapped heal which is served up with rice tailiernos, responds by simply making fuo

so be way mess the descendant of the aura ad libitum. Yot such bed has no onidant of bin. The experienced traveller, to when You don't use all your time to advantage. Most han same time to show how wielossing Japanese only official. Ju thasoller days Sasural charm for the petty official who has not broy the ways of the Japan-as are familiar, finds the of it in foi reus to waste. You often have the pl.lologinal methods are. buka a sous-ete exople and Heisia-indent, be various ordum of abreal, or who cannot afford the well oncked manners and the merise of the inn satis. time but no chanos to lurest it profitably. So Back in the darkness of the aulottered past these dr sad after a diferout fashion, and inds of a superior referant unattached story wongh, bat far from romantie. Binila the time slides out of your posion, juut as an Airn'community is settled by the banks of

COMPANY, LIMITED, stream. This by way of distinction they call the Samurai and the privilege of swer to a butcher's shop. We have, hare. Indeed, the fair waitrassan get no sira amuse-spilled water soaks into the ground and is lost.T CHINA FIRE INSURANCE gering laut with two swords In his belt. very good illustration of the imitation practised mut. from him, and treat hij Suppose you çöuld put your asales time into a

ESTABLISHED 1470. Tut, or "trend with the last Japanese In Lan Dede of taxs known as the Legaty by the Japanese. The imitation-eran when they woul: one of their own countruth, with back, as you do money, and draw it out on chocks HEAD OFFICE-Eongkong. stranges come in are them, tow at first, of fever it is written Thrend and it is simply the asking of spurious label quint rest and placid mien. When tot par as you want it. Do you see? Wouldn't that

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$19,000 Fraunty But the same Toni stays tebing in his country fof. The Skoga spital wit off from the thing imitated. The onlinary obtrusively. It le loo true, however, ibat near bauk time enaugh to turn as into boys and girls BONTEES PALO............ 498,000 RISKS scored at CURRENT RATES IN Centuries i punti eivilisation and letdorant going of burcus und beir retainers country, and chiefly at the treaty ports, being globe trotter with his insvitable camera auri dry Tine, so we might, but as you say, it can't be PREMI schoolmaster is so strong, and very name of Everything was gratter of the saintest off grant of what is really Japanese, ignores this plates, there is a marked deterioration in the dona. Yet, isn't there a moral in the ides P

JAS B. COUGHTRIE, importance must be oast in Chinese mould, this ing The m da by which foyer live sesons in a ustom relation manueen of the lower class Japanese. It is Open your eyes and read. The moral is plain as

Secretary The print and asthanger lend their ut, and and his sessun controlled the power of the Cadetsibly burrowed from the foreign West. In mournfal to have to confess that the traveller is the frank on an elephaut. If you can't get back

Hongkong, 29th March, 1892. your scaste time, then don't waste it. lve pleasing coastination of lucky stronger. Daisy, and prevented, intrigus and political and governmental phares we find anobialf to blame for this.

circalation in Ceylan, Southern and eten Cate coalition uguinst the central government. he that is certainly modelled after English, French, And the sano hoids for ths servant class Now, ko'k a man wasting time when he gate

TRANSATLANTIOFIRSINSURANCE tal and Northern Tadia, the Straits int graphs plenerionly prentical with Three. It winllar Daimyo again--for there meat or German methods. bat there is more that to generelt. A distinct fine must be drawn tax ill. Ob." you say, "but Le can't help it."

COMPANY OF HAMBURG.. Bamatra Java, Romeo, Northern Australia, smitten form and to the Trans es, the laborata siessication of these were Kumpelled distinfly native origin. For example, ws as in tween the servants of the Japanese themselvus That's warm nonsense than the Time Bank.

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Queensland, Central America, Natal, Mauritius, title could come to 6 aplied to un insiguili to change their provides frequently. Untanath their police system a refretion of the Freehand cho durvants of the foreign rusidents. They Tes, ko can help it, zibs times ont of tan.

The Undorsigned, having been appointed and the West Indies. From all sub-tropical cant Tillage us by left to the ingenious fo

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quiring strong local inflaque. The g of the et gendarmes and watchiment "and there ad identifies himself with the best interests anys, "a stronger man in Bagland the Iop Rato that ontent myself with two. Tokugawes Shognat was, in fast kdontics is no doubt that many of the methods used of the family. Thost however, who enter fr to Demember, 1884 au gamekeeper; and

SIENSSEN & Cim". Jag had this hy between 6 and with that of William the Conqueror, who bucks then still survive. In this fouled days, when a vigu, rice are natally engaged for very about this time we had a deal of trouble with as

Agent Japan, is represented by two characters meating the decentralising tendency of Terudalien by town ruilence, be left his fiada, or worden wage, out of which they find themselves, in long and was senrosty ever in bod, and often slepi ; retainer went out of the gate of his lord'a yashiki definite daties and comparatively high rang of pornbers. I had to keep witch all night regards it as a Japanese rreptita of La Ainn giving his baron sonthared territories in differ- ticket with made inscribed, in the hands of the avery tange exopt the aqua they coupy. In in my damp siothce. At last we nabbed the THE NORTH GERMAN FILE INSUR trama "distant." The Japanese always intro- tising the military farm of government, Loyssa one of the largest of these oli yashilti, and etch zelf-geezing and engishonest; but in Tokyo, this I was taken bad. At first I merely folt ent contiss. Bat, in addition to thus systolgate-keeper. The University is bew situated in the open parts the servants are to a great extent posyhars and landed them in jail. Shortly after dncer. The sourd' botsoun and w, and, dis by precept. zad by example, iconicated two great student who goes ent of the compound must und in districts whats only foreigners in Japan- t red and doll. I had a bad taste in the mouthAHE. Undersigned having been appointed Single copies 2s, or R1, hack copies 33. or Ri

es fentima. The For: Mr. Buchstor, frinciples of conduct The Brot was reverence leave his facia in the hands his gate-kamper, lagnant on ise, they mapara meat with slime ectering ng kagad sad teeth. I lowing up the theory, has gives a most pustenity and Elisi piety. The ascol was courtesy just like the Bumerei of id. There are many favourably with the same class in other lands. If could ent little or nothing, and what I dui est pared to GRANT POLICIES of INSUR sable de ivation of Fujian, the poliss me and consideration to inferiora To the of such links between the present and the past their foreign master and mistress treat them with gave me great pain. I felt as if hold in a vice ANOE against FIRE to the extent of $100,000 tuiu of Japan and mae of the cut frequent obetisation of these social and domestic virtues meny evidenses of a strong continuity andarly, the courtesy which Ieyasu counseledail superiora my tesathing was laboured and short, and I spat on First-class Risks at currunt rates. jpots in pinibrial decoration. It rises, au alisost perfect eno, to a height of 12,400 fost above the the Japanese owe touch of that charm which all the innovations that this ora has breeght. Fosliow towards inferiors, and, furthermore, do not up a great deal of phlegm, I had a dreadful nes. It is a dormant volcsap, hardly extinct. The delights the traveller of our day. Amidet the The introduction of Western materialistic lose their dignity in load sulding and bully, hacking cough, and could get no sleep at night Japanero write its see the moutain of peace and seclusion enjoyed under the Tokugawa deals into the national life of Japan his team 20. Japanese servants berone, a treasure for after ten mintuea' sleep I would wake up and

1948 wealth. But hero is on Aium word Euchie, Japan beams, as one recent writer pats it,attended with ous undoubted erl. The old Cop. They will age to it that no rogas of a trades cough for tu or three Eours at a spell Night which in a Japanom mouth would almost certainly the land of gentle manners and fantastis art.

facina basis of morals and ethics has born cua- man, are ebarges for goods. They will en after night I heard the clook strike every hour.

GUIDE But there is another side to this picture With Ir shaken the old etiquette in losing its power, ter heart and out into the interests of When the bad attacks came on I felt as if 1 THE TOURISTS prom, Fuji, and which means the fronts of the exception of the damurai of highest rank, This is predomisily noticable amongst the ds. the homebald." It pubsts are being sutartsized should eufousts and had to be Folatered up in

· LEDUGEN PRICE, 81. Fire- very appropriate name, indeed for a lity burning mountain.

Containing the name of all the Articles of who found suple scope for their energies in ad. sendants of the old Samurai, who have grows and in Japan the gut is almost a snored bed 1 was coughing and spitting up matter Our first conclusion than is, that the Japanese ministrating their ford's affairs, these sworded restrained by the gentle but inexorable bing they will make proparalinas with and phlegm all night long. Finally got so Trade, objets of Natural History, Furniturs.

Obel extraordinary seat, aut will zealously ring weak I squidn't walk across the floor, and if Ike, do, with the Punti and Mandarin Pronun gentry at old Japan had no suitable Gelik for their staguette of the Tokugawa fonialism. are not skriginal on las so they now sites. To become at utimin, or worse, der she and reverence to parasts and guardians, things back to their normal condition after the soutared out my breathing was an bad that i ciation

The Daily Prein Office Like sumelves, they passed over fra large spirable tredeammu, was cut of cho qustion. Allegiance to their lord, loyalty to the fimperar els are sped. The peculiar graces of Japausse had to stop and reat every few yards of sourse continent to sarmall islanal, and there, in part fal isalatian, they began to duvalop their national few, in rain parts of the country, traed their such was the Samurais erand. But when pulitruss show themselves bere as in higher I was obliged to give up my work, and for sight altent to agriculture. But the vast multitude is lord has been deprived of feudal rower, oke. Gentleness of banner and total absence months I dil nag. I was under the doctor chomotoristics snelly where they came from were simply retainers with little or seshing to hon his immediate dative have been annulled, of brusqueris are its fondasiental characteristic all this time, so com the first he said my case we know of; pretly want other race they are do bat garrison their lord's castle of torake what can the average Samurai de but sink into to these gruces, which permente mure or was a bad one. After while he said to my undist nearly alu to is a problem still awaiting part in coms potty quarrel or cirnt about with life of instivity and semi-starvation? His the bats social aimesphere, must be ascribed wife. Your head is in a consumption, and Holutio. The luggage is structurally similar words in belt. The support of this idle, con-cons, compelled to attend school, spaadig out the lack of rough boisteroators in foreign will never get better." In the Korena and Manchurian laugiauce; bat.kfruitant les bajarzio a greater and greater drain learning. The more subitjons dook to Tokya boys are high-spirited without being rough, she one who saw me thought I would dio. About dietanos their fossil parant in knowledge and phildren · born had brought up in Japan, the "I thought it was sil over with mo; and every" is entirely dissimilor to the literary Chiness. 114 abounds in Chines derivations, as our English the pauairy's reestross, and Leavily and low in Latin. But it was no more borrowing more heavily were tlie Heimin taxed. Then, as fall of disdale for the old lodding ways and girls are worry-sozied and fall of frolin without this time I read in a Liverpool paper of a med RATES OF CHANGE

the maturian grow older, low class Hamara, the palts y ceremonial life their fathers lad ted. boing spitetui oramy,"

cine called Morther Beigel's Curative Byrup,

AT HONGKONG that gave the Japanese their literary language owing allegiance to ne lord, and ready to swear Begoed the luflose of the parental roof, de As Sir. Ratherford Aldook long ago said, and faceiad I should like to try it. Boy BOD, FOR DEMAND DRAFTS ON LONDON Quarter Page (onco) 178. R1075 percent of for

The Japezou, as we are all aware, hate of en mary allegiance to any water who might Toid of much of the early training that hed Japau is very paradise of babies. Lashed who lives in Liverpool, got me te battle, ON THE WAYS OF OF PRECEDING THE DEPAR: Half bean alaracterised as the most icitativa of proxine their services, swarmed all over the coonbeen the heritage of every Saturus wooing suroly to the book of an older brother or mater, and before I had nad up the sound on my try. Theas wore the Roain Furbulent fellow at the old religions and caring nothing for many an infant of weeks or months make cough was all gone, my breathing was any, and Po to the copotion the imitatire faculty many of them were, ready to a thoir sword at the new, be begins to develop himself, wadis early equaintance with the strast, the sun. I could eat anything. I soon got back to my is mentioned in wither a deprecatory way, as if

****** dylized sed rain. Such sro the Sosht, who chine, and the play. Or it may be the mother work, and have enjoyed good sound health ever. we of the West were savery origina. Never the lightest insult. thale, historically. Jupien has not been's greater,

Thus the moblest energie of these Samuniform at this moment a dangerous factor in the herself, behind whees head the little into suce What I began taking the Syrup I was borrower from her arigainars thas were esr degenerated for lack of employment Japanuse political life of Japan. Within the last five wobbles from side to side and the dark so low I don't believe I could have held and barbarian ancestors, when they got their privateers had unce scored the Chinese Joer one minister of State has been assinated, yon gleam. Possibly the baby elsaps: but still much longer. I have lived all my life in this ligion from Judas, their philosophy, from and had watablished commereizi relations with and another has been maimed to life. The very the mother's voice goes arooning some lullaby district, sad in my present house forty years.

(Signed) THOMAS BATEMAN, Grance, and their law from Home. Civilian Sis. The bau-bort Hideyoshi had trained an recent conflict between the Government and the as the shaffer along the path or leads a hand

Marbury Lonka, tion came to the Japanese in the work of the my bad congused Koren. Dat the Bones of Representatives has recentuated the to path her boaband's art. in the well-to- Buddhist missionaries, somewhere about the oughty epic of enterprise gradually decayed obilred to drive the House, which refund, out year beyond the garden precincta, and the ataninod condition of this ga. : The Emperor was de clases, the voy young children soldes op-

"Near Whitchurch, Balop ** March 20rd, 18017 A your 600 AD. This was the first great orant is as the Tokugawa régime drifted to its doom,

of mere opposition to the Government, to maotion į bigger children are unt allowed" to play in the What are we to learn from Mr. Baźnoan' ibuir national development. Till then they It was a strange combination of circumstances the grant for relief of the parthquake saferars street. Then, in the leg with itp soft mat-experience First that he had no real pots. were werlike sagen, skillet posibly in the the culminated in the abolition of the Skogmuir For this Imperial act the ministers of State are fed four and its spact quite ioncornt of any sumption. His cough and the spitting up of waking of a rede potters, but aiterly as lettered. in 18. The strong rule of the wartier Tokugawin daily danger oftheir lives. Bravery mallar furniture, what a perfect areas for the infantile matter were symptoms of thoroughly disorder The Kupiks, or Rounds of Audient Bitters" gave fren soups for a linored, though liat-legis the Japanes distinguishen Ketween the Emmanout of the rolling bit of humanity ihated condition of the digestive organs brought ou containing the legands of the gods and the sot, ciam of literali to spring up. The Princes peror and the Government which has been chosen coups gang its lane Ne foar of ugly blows | by exposure, loss of rat, and the breaking up of alled histeries of the urlier Emperors, of Mito, themelves closely allied to the raling by the Emperor. His loyally to the Empere fruza earners of sofas, tables, chairs, or stools: all bis regalar habits of life. This resulted not written till 719 A.D. and though Shogun, were congpionens patron of learning ostensibly of the highest order. for regeous and for be tediu miru po forbikten orpa from Li antiying for the poncho and le there may be much truth is the trainions that revival of all things Tapauses followed; Japa- which are not a little grottegas. Has not dapat menis in finger, an Erakobles to bring him foolish siseping in his damp clothes.. Acute in- were embodied in that first record, it is impos ness was cultivated Instead of the pars Chinese the oldest dynasty in the world Trim cu inte disfavour with the kansehold Deition. digestion and dyspepala followed, of ovarye, with sible to gita uredenon to dates and vents aurlier classte; the primitive religion, Shato, cama into paper; but what of the directness of saccession,y-shops are surely a mark of a high civilissall the suffering which he details to wall But than the 5th captaty. The conquest of Koren partial favour and it graduelly dawned apou the critical historian asks? And was sot Jagian tion. There they are in every Japanese street, was the illness his fanit? We do not my it was by the warrior Express Jinge la 200 R. the mind that the Shogunate, though alabishedways loyal to her Emperor 1 A strange loyalty displaying their tempting stores in piled-up his fault, for may be liis occupation compelled in altogether fabulous, although there is zo for bestari, was not the origins town of go-indeed which allowed the Shay in the code tiers upon the fly, approtected by any plata king so lake such risks, hat where there is cue reason to doubt that a queen of that are red With the ever wakening power of ages to de very much as he liked. He deposed glass window. Pripes range from 1 en les case of this kind thers are a hundred in which existed. There apple evidence that in these the Tokugaws, certain of the more powerful on Mide and alected acoibor, e mere infant thin ng perbays to 10 sen, which is about the evil might have been averted ad carly centaries there was ao distinot political na-plans began to sort themselves. The arrițul of days. Hededded whether the son of a Meade four punce Ministare prune, swords hows and We schide then that prevention in better ity amongst the varioce Japanese clans. It was of foreign fests brought complications, which should anseed, or whether the poor should arrows, workman's fools, models of domestic then dure, but when a cure must be sought, the waly about the eighth entry that a centralised were made the best use of by there is to the sacsen from some colisterai hranch. Theory utensile dolls, and everything the heart of conful and trustworthy remedy is Mother guerament began to be formed. The Emperor or Bon of Heaves 0 Tenshi Samaj, or he is

In a wide sense the territorial bazor e fically, the present Emperor in a direct descend-child-loving cou devise, are there in Beigel's Byrup Mr. Bateman told John Wil styled to this day, wee theoretically absolute the terms to the military al

Samurai, int it's couronligt at so zbriest of Jim Tenna; ble trae descent à non- quantity. "And they mió a child-laring mos, kimon this, and his soconut will soon be printed.

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