Lincoln County leader., April 25, 1913, Image 5

ioJAPAW I
FINDING myself with two free
days to spend, I went down to
the docks and boarded one of
the little steamers which for
eign residents here in Nagasaki
term the "Nomo liners," probably be
cause they have not the slightest re
semblance to a liner. The two hours
of the journey I spent drinking tea
with the "captalnsan" and the "bos'n
san" on what might, in a Pickwickian
sense, he called the bride, writes C.
A. Hlbbard In the Chicago Dally News.
The little steamer sputtered, splashed
and grunted through the waves most
nobly except at those times when Hear
ing a port the captain was too free In
his use of the whistle. The "liners"
resent the indignity of having their
approach heralded in such a public
manner and stop during the opera
tions. Most admirable modesty!
At five In the afternoon we came to
anchor in a witching little lagoon at
the village of Nomo. Here, with six
or eight other passengers, I was rowed
ashore In a sampan by a local Charon.
A step took me to the farther side of
the promontory, where I embarked for
a half hour's sail to Kabashlma, an
Island lying some three miles off the
mainland.
Looking for an Inn..
The boatmen had directed me to the
"Omi" Inn as the best place in the
Island. To find It in the one, long
narrow street of the village seemed to
be easy enough. Before I realized it,
however, I had passed out through the
town to the other side of the island,
and quite missed anything that looked
like an inn. I started back. The
streets were deserted except for the
women taking their baths along the
roadside. Imagine a rhinoceros tak
ing a bath In a tumbler of water; that
BURDEN
was the impression I received from an
old matron comfortably ensconced in
a small tub at the side of the street.
Her years made my approach excus
able to myself; I found afterward that
really it was only my own fear which
I had to consult In the matter, as even
younger women and maidens of the
community were unruffled ty my ap
pearance under the same circum
stances. Tipping my hat to the dame,
I ventured:
"Condescend to pardon me. I will
cause you honorable trouble, but kind
ly tell me where I shall find the 'Omi'
1nn."
"No, please don't trouble to excuse
yourself. As for the inn which you
are seeking, it Is only necessary to go
on a little farther and you will find It
at the right It has two stories, so
you will easily find it."
"But great thanks. You have been
most kind."
At the inn I changed my light
clothes for the more comfortable sum-
.. mer kimono of the Japanese and, es
corted by the maid of the hotel as
guide, I hunted ai p the publio bath.
My visit to the bath waa an event
of civic Importance. No wonder I had
been obliged to Inquire my way a few
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minutes ago from the women. All of
the men of the village were gathered
here for their evening bath. Entering
the front room, I gave the old dame
In charge a 6 cent piece, to receive
back 3 Vi cents in change, strode to
the back room, shedding my clothes
and wooden clogs as I went'
At the Town Tub.
The town tub was the meeting place
for the city fathers. Here they all
were squatting up to their necks in
the boiling water and lined up around
the sides of the bath. At the upper
end a grizzly old patriarch held forth
as chairman. He was one of that
skin and bones type of Japanese and
had a long, scraggly beard of so few
hairs that one was tempted to count
them would his duties as presiding of
ficer but let him be still long enough
at a time. Fishing, which had been
the subject of debate up to that time,
was dropped at the entry of the "man
of the west."
WJth all the composure that one can
assemble when tempted to laugh every
moment, I stepped up and begged their
pardon for intruding on a tub already
filled.. The hint was taken; a few
large, wonder eyed children were
pushed out on the floor and room was
made for me.
But my politeness had been my un
doing. It gave them to think me far
more advanced in the language than I
am. I passed over the preliminaries
successfully. "Yes, I came from
America." "I was twenty-seven years
old" (my age Is 'different every time
I am asked). "I was just six feet
tall." "No, I wasn't married." But
when It came to the intricacies of lan
guage Involved in a discussion of the
coming presidential election in Amer-
lea, the relative merits of "Tafto" and
"Kusowelto," I waB swamped. I won
der what Taft would have given to
have heard my exposition of his plat
form to the bolllnz tuhful of nakad
citizens of the little fishing village.
The one man he of the beard
seemed to have won his nosltion of
respect in the community through the
raci mat ne coma read and was the
honored subscriber to an Osaka paper.
And then back to the inn. The
same good nature, the same innocence
and always the same curiosity as to
the foreigner. After a dinner, tha
piece de resistance of which was raw
Dsn, 1 went to bed. In a country Inn,
though, there is considerable rtlffnr.
ence between going to bed and going
10 sieep. a necessary preliminary to
the latter is complete exhaustion from
trying to wreak one's vengeance on
the fleas. I Anally dropped off to the
drone of many voices chanting their
Buddhist prayers. Perhana thv vara
praying for a good run of fish on the
morrow.
The next morning, after an early
oreawasi on raw eggs and rice, I
mrea a boat with two men to ferry
me across a rather narrow strait for
me sum or lft cents.
FOX LIVES UP TO ITS NAME
Many Are the Ruses Employed by
Reynard In Making Successful
Escapes From the Hounds.
The reputation of a north of Eng
land pack waa suffering, and the
huntsmen were baffled over and over
again by a certain fox, which they al
ways lost at exactly the same spot
He gave them a grand run to the side
of the wood, and then disappeared,
leaving no clew as to where he had
holed.
At last the head huntsman hid him
self before the meet at this particular
place. As usual, Reynard worked oft
his old trick, and this Is how he did
it By the side of the wood ran a rail
fence, and he coolly mounted it, walk
ed along the top for a short distance,
Jumped upon a large tree which was
hollow half-way up, and, creeping In
side, was safe. ...
As in this case, the two following
instances were watched, and the fox
tried his best -move once too often.
Number one was always lost Just on
the top of a hill, and it waa proved
that he did not descend the other
side. On the hilltop there was a hol
low, and he would run, with the
hounds not far off, up the bank, and
then quietly lay himself flat down In
the bottom of this hollow. Right over
him ran the hounds and galloped the
horses. When they pulled up over the
crest the scent was finished. After
they had all passed him, foxy simply
crept out and went back on his old
track!
The other one used to trick the
hounds at the top of a steep precipice,
with a face of rock over which no
hound would go but Reynard did. He
stretched out his legs and slid down
the rock with his face to It, as a man
would, until his hind legs rested on a
narrow ledge. He let himself down
carefully, walked along the ledge and
entered a crevice at the end. Prom
this place he apparently had no way
of escape, for the rock was too steep
to negotiate in either direction.
It was found, however, that he had a
back door on the side of the hill a
tunnel running between the two open
ings. Had he entered the hole on
the hillside he would have been
caught, but his front door was safe,
because no one could see it from the
top of the precipice. Exchange.
Score One for the Cook.
Young housewives obliged to prac
tice strict economy will sympathize
with the ' sad experience of a Wash
ington woman.
When her husband returned home
one evening he found her dissolved In
tears, and careful questioning elicit
ed the reason for her grief.
"Dan," said she, "every day this
week I have stopped to look at a per
fect love of a hat in Mme. Louise's
window. Such a hat, Dan, such a
beautiful hat! But the price well, I
wanted it the worst way, but Just
couldn't afford to buy it"
"Well, dear," began the husband
recklessly, "we might manage to"
'Thank you, Dan," interrupted the
wife, "but there Isn't any 'might'
about it I paid the cook this noon,,
and what do you think? She marched
right down herself and bought that
hat!" Lipplncott's.
' Why They 8tared.
Mullins was Quite bald, with thn ex.
ception of a single lock which he
combed carefully over the side of hit
head. A short time aeo some vmin?
ladles asked him for his photograph,
ana, naving a peculiar sense of hu
mor, be had a picture taken of the top
of his head. About a week afterward
he went past the photographer's shop
and noticed an immense crowd study
ing a picture in the window.
He looked and found that the dis
courteous artist had printed a greatly
enlarged picture of his bald head,
with the black lock running round the
edge, ana had labeled it:
Eclipse of the moon. The nhenom.
enon as it appeared at quarter past
Beven."
Left the Dean Chuckling.
The dean of the law department
waa very busy and rather cross. The
telephone rang.
"Well, what is it?" he snapped.
"Is that the city gas works?" said
a woman's soft voice.
"No, madam," roared the dean;
"this is the University Law Depart
ment" "Ah," she answered, in the sweetest
of tones, "I didn't miss It so far, aft
er all, did I?"
And the weary dean chuckled all
afternoon.
Just the Time.
Husband (casually) I see they are
embalming pet dogs now.
Wife (Interestedly) Oh, Isn't that
lovely! That's what I'll have done to
Fido.
Hubby (enthusiastically) Just the
thing! Give him to me and I'll have
It done today.
Probably Not.
Wise This Is certainly a good cigar
you've given me, old chap.
Guy Great Jumbo! I bet I've gone
and given you the wrong on.
EVER READY FOR FIRES
ELABORATE PRECAUTIONS TAK
EN AT GOVERNMENT POSTS.
'Jncle 8am Furnishes an Excellent
Example to the Country In This
. Respect Few Losses by Con
flagrations In the Army.
Perhaps the low iercentage of fires
In the army 1b directly due to the
fact that guard duty is never sus
pended. In daylight and dark, during peace
or In time of war, armed sentries walk
their poets scattered everywhere over
the garrisons. Falling asleep while on
guard is a serious offence. Therefore
the guards are always alert Never
to-a sentry mounted on a post with
out a caution to look out for fires.
One of the first charges in a guard's
general orders la one in which he is
cautioned to keep a sharp watch for
Dre. His first duty, in case a building
Is occupied by humanity, is to warn
the occupants. Next he turns in a
general alarm. And when fire call is
blown by the trumpeter at the main
guard house every male member of
the garrison, except the guard, is
compelled to hurry to the scene of the
fire, no matter where he is, and no
(natter how he is dressed.
It is not necessary that a man
should be in regulation uniform to re
ipond to a fire call. Military fires
Jo not wait for antagonists in full
dress parade costumes, any more than
city fires procrastinate while the mem
bers of the department make careful
toilets.
Once a week, sometimes oftener, in
every military garrison, large or
imall, throughout the country, and
there are several hundred at home
and in our possessions, a fire drill la
held. Not a soul save the command
ing officer Is advised of what hour of
the day or night or on what day ol
the week a fire call will be blown.
As fires do not give warning of their
coming, writes Monroe Woolley in In
surance Engineering, it is obvlouBly
advantageous that a fire drill should
be as uncertain.
When the fire call goes, either for
drill or for a fight for life and prop
erty, the soldiers niBh out of their
quarters, leave their posts in the com
pany kitchens, and on the drill
grounds, picking up fire buckets and
fire axes as they go in the race for
the fire station. Some may be hatless,
some coatless and others shirtless.
But It is an honor to be among the
first to take hold of the fire equip
ment All the officers dash for the fire
house, too, and the highest ranking of
ficer present assumes the duties of
fire chief. A run is made with chem
ical engines and hand drawn hose
carts and hook and ladder trucks for
building designated as the scene of
the fire. When the equipment Is out
for a fire drill the men take advan
tage of the occasion and play water
on the windows of buildings, giving
them a good cleaning.
The amount of fire fighting appar
atus furnished the posts by the gov
ernment for their protection is regu
lated, of course, entirely by the size
and needs of each post
Wedding Rice.
In a grocery of many signs the most
conspicuous sign of all reads: "Wed
ding rice, three cents a pound.".
When questioned as to the particu
lar quality of wedding rice, the grocer
replied: "It's speckly." Then he un
covered a box half filled with rice that
showed a multitude of little black
specks mixed with the white grains.
"It would be too big a job to clean
that for cooking," he said, "but it's
all right for weddings, and goes cheap.
This is a parish for marriages. That
church across the street is the scene
of more weddings than any other two
churches in town, and two-thirds of
the bridal rice Is bought here."
. Ostrich a Short-Lived Bird. .
In proportion to their size, ostriches
are not long-lived birds, and even un
der the most favorable conditions It is
seldom that individuals reach the age
of from thirty to forty years, an age
frequently exceeded by crows, cranes,
parrots, and birds of prey. The source
of weakness in their constitutions ap
pears to be the digestive system. The
proverbial phrase "digestion of an os
trich" is. a popular misinterpretation
of the observation that these birds,
like many others, pick up stones, coins,
keys and other miscellaneous hard
objects, which are retained In the giz
zard and no doubt assist in the tritura
tion of food.
Explained.
"What Is this civil service business
that they are always talking about?"
asked the Boob. "What good does it
do?"
"It's like this," replied the Cheerful
Idiot "If you have a Job and you are
not under civil service, they can fire
you any time they want to. But It
they have a Job under civil service,
they can't fire you unless they want
to." Cincinnati Enquirer. '
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healthy condition and
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they enrich the blood instead of impover
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- Practical Teaching.
One settlement worker in New York
city has made a specialty of teaching
boys how to make articles of furnlturi
out of old packing boxes.
Driving Belt Long In Use.
A driving belt in an engineering
works at Smethwlck, England, has
been in continuous use for thirty-two
years, and has "tm-mlpA" a iHotonru.
equivalent to seventy-four times round
me wona.
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Daily Thought.
We Bleep, but the loom of life never
Btops; and the pattern which. was
weaving when the sun went down it
weaving when it comes up tomorrow.
Henry Ward Beecher.
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Sprains,Bruises
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" Sloan's liniment ha done more
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or still joints. 1 got my hand hurt so
badly that I had to stop work right in
the busiest time of the year. I thought
at first that I would have to hare my
hand taken off, but I got a bottle of
Sloan's Liniment and cured my hand."
Wlltom Whekleb, Morris, Ala.
Good for Broken Sinews
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sinews shore the knee eap caused by
fall and to my great satisfaction waa
able to resume work In less than three
weeks after the accident."
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and in four days he was working-and
said Sloan's was a right good lini
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