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RULER OF JAPAN.
CIVILIZATION HAS CREPT INTO
JIIH SUMPTUOUS HOME.
He Owns Acres of Palaces and Is
Enormously Wealthy — His
Daily Life — Empress
and Crown Prince,
T IIEKE world,excepting, Czar, the Emperor ho in interesting no rmer perhaps,the to-day in tho as
of Japan, writes
Frank G. Carpenter He has moved
from tho capital, Tokio, 400 miles
westward, to his naval station at
Hiroshima, where he has practically
taken charge of his army. Parliament
and his cabinet are with him, and he
is directing the naval and military
forces by telegraph. No monarch in
the world is less understood. The
world knows little about him. You
hear little said about him in Japan,
and Hie information which I got had
to be worked for. Even then it
comes only in response to
questions.
The present Emperor of Japan was
kept in a sort of glass cage, ^figurutely
speaking, during the first of his jlife.
lie. is forty-six years old, and was put
on the throne at the age of fifteen.
This was when tho Shogun was still
commander-in-chief of, the army, and
was practically the ruler of Japan. At
this time the Mikado was so holy that
no one mentioned hisnarne.* When it
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was nee iry to write it a letter was
loft out from reverence. He was, like
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of Heaven. He was kept in his big
palace, surrounded by h lot of ser¬
vants. Whenever lie went out it was
iu a closed cart, consequently ho knew
nothing whatever of wju^yMik^P'oing
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my shoes before I was admittecT^^ffi
tho palace, and 1 walked for a mile
over soft matted floors. Tho palace
is altogether Japanese in structure.
It has sliding walls covered with gold
• leaf, and it is decorated with paintings
by the old Japanese masters. It was
in this palace tho Emperor received
the foreigners for tho first time about
twenty-six years ago.
The home of tho Mikado at Tokio
is far different from those old Japan¬
ese palaces iu Kioto, He has a vast
estate right iu the center of the city,
made up of hill and valley, contain¬
ing lakes and woods and vast one-story
palaces. It is surrounded by three
moats, some of which are crossed by
marble bridges, aud at all of w hich
you find soldiers in modern uniforms.
Those moats are in places from 1U0 to
200 feet wide. They arc filled with
water, and magnificent lotus flowers
float upon them on sheet? of green
leaves.
His palaces are now a combination
of Europe and Japan. They cost $3,
000,000. The walls of mauy of these
rooms are made of immense plate
glass doors in lacquered frames, so ar
ranged that a great number of rooms
can be thrown into one. Some are
ceiled with tho most magnificent em
broideries.
'I lie Emperor* keeps his e-ye on
everything. He rises early * and break¬
fasts at about 7 o’clock. He uses a
knife aud fork whenever die takes for¬
eign food, but he prefers the chop¬
sticks at his Japanese dinners. Heeals
both kiuds of food and is very fond of
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rice, taking . with .
it every meal. He
tikes meats aud is l>y no menus averse
to sweets. He usually eats his break
fast alone and also bis lunch. His din
ner is served in tabled hotestyle, with
all the European accompaniments,
Contrary to the regular practice in
Japanese families, his wife often sits
at the table with him, and also the
Crown Prince. His work begins as
soou as his breakfast is over. From 9 .
until 12 he receives his Ministers. Af- |
speeds tei this a be little takes time his iu lunch, reading aud then |
news- ;
papers. He watches closely the Jap- j
anese piess, keeps track of current j
public opinion, and, I venture to say,
changes his actions somewhat to suit
it. All the papers locked for ,
are ower ■
him, and tk« passage* he should see
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newspaper becomes at all dangerous,
he gives an order to his censors and
the newspaper is stopped, while its ed
itors arc l.able to be thrown into
prison.
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The Alikndo is by no means a poor
mau. He receives about §2,500,000 a
year to keep up his palace and his
household establishment, and he has
besides a large private fortune. Mr.
Sannomiya, his Grand Master of Cere
monies, told me that he was a good
business man. He has a great deal of
money in public land,
The Emperor of Japan is entitled to
be considered the most aristocratic
ruler on earth. The royal family of
Japan has a genealogical tree which
reaches to heaven, and their tradi-
tions state that the Emperor comes
from tho gods. There have been 121
Emperors of Japan, and they all be¬
long to this family. The first one
governed Japan just about t^irone 2500 years
ago. He was on the Ion be
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fore Alexander the Great thought he
had conquered the world. The Jap¬
anese will assure you that the Mikado
is a lineal deseendnnt of the first Em¬
peror, Jimmu Tenno.
Any other royal family would have
run out in less than this time, espe
cially in an isolated country like
Japan, but the Japanese have a law
by which the Emperor cannot marry
one of his own family. He has to
marry the daughter of one of the
court nobles. The Empress, there¬
fore, is not of royal blood. She is the
daughter of Iehijo Takada. She is a
very bright woman, and was but eight¬
een year? old at the time she was mar¬
ried. This uas away back in 186S,
when foreign ways had not yet ob¬
tained in the empire. Her Majesty
wore at that time Japanese clothes,
and she followed, I am told, the cus¬
tom of shaving off’ her eyebrows and
blackening her teeth. Later od,
however, her Majestv changed hei
ideas about this matter, and her eye
brows have again grown oat and her
teeth are as white as those olau Amer
ican girl. She is at the front of all
movements for the introduction of the
Western civilization, especially auy
innovation that promises to better the
condition of Japanese women. She
has hospitals and schools, for she is
one of the most charitable of monarchs.
She is not fond of society, and she is
almost as busy a? the Emperor. She
has her own secretaries, and her time
istaken up with readme, studv, recep
tions and *
charitable work. She is
very fond of riding,
There are a number of ladies con
nected with the palaces at Tokio,
who, like manv wild flowers, are
“born to blush unseeD,” though
thev do not “waste their sweetness on
the desert air.” I refer to the sec
ondary wives of the Emperor. Yon
hear nothing about these in Tokio,
for they are kept as much as possible
iu the background. But from time
immemorial the Emperor Las been
allotted a certain number of secondary
wives and there are, I am told, twelve
of these in the palace grounds. Thev
have establishments of their own, and
aro the daughters of noble?. The
Grown Priaet i« tit? ?cc yl ost *>f
them, hia mother's name being Mine,
Yanaeiwara.
The Crown Prince was sixteen vears
old last September, He is a very
bright boy, dark faced and almond
eyed, of the most pronounced Japan¬
ese type. He has an establishment of
his own inside the palace grounds,
with his own servants, guards and
attendants.
A Tuhe-FeJ Incubator Infant.
The addition to the Babies’ Hos¬
pital, in New York, was formally
opened recently.
The hospital, as well as the addition,
says the New York AVorld, has been
thoroughly furnished. The first floor
contains three wards besides the
nursery. This was the gift of Mrs.
Brice Gray, Jr. The second floor con¬
tains a diet kitchen and four wards.
These wards were the gifts of Mrs.
John Hone, Mrs. Joseph Low, Mrs.
B. O. Chism and Mrs. Ed. Kemp. The
third floor contains one ward and
playroom furnished by Mrs. H. Lan
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don. An incubator baby was shown.
It is fed by a rubber tube attached to
its stomach.
How Bay Choirs Are Permed.
The boy-ehoir members are gath¬
ered from families in all ranks of so¬
ciety; and the humblest mechanics
and richest merchants alike experi¬
ence a feeling of justifiable pride in
seeing their sons, clad in pure white
vestments, taking part in the sacred
offices of the church.
In the organization of a boy choir
there are usually three classes of sing¬
ers. These are called probationers,
sub-choristers, and regular choir
members. The probationers’ ranks
are open to any lad who may possess a
voice of suitable capacity, and whose
parents may wish to secure for him
the benefits of boy-choir training,
i’he voices of all applicants are care¬
fully tried by the choir-masters, aud
boys of promising ability are admitted
to the choir kindergarten. The little
probationers give their musical ser¬
vices without money or price.
The probationers who persevere in
their work are ultimately graduated
into the second grade of the choir
school, and are called sub-choristers.
They now’ generally receive twenty
five cents per week for their services,
sing in the church on special occa¬
sions, and when vacancies occur in
the regular chJB, ..
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Not an Earthly Paradise.
Timbucfcoo, Africa, is not the earthly
paradise the French believed it to be
when they decided to annex it. M.
Edouard Guillaumet, who has just re¬
turned from the new dependency, re¬
ports that the country is absolutely
useless from the standpoint of the
emigrant or colonist. The utmost
that can be hoped for is that at some
future time it may enable people who
go there to eke out a bare subsistence.
At present it is a land of famine and
desolation. —Chicago Herald.
R ea r-A dmi ra 1 Worden.
So long as naval history interests
humanity, so long the story of the
fight between the Monitor and the
Merrimae will be recalled. Rear-Ad¬
miral John Lorrimer AVorden, Com¬
mander of the Monitor, was born in
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mal i 1835. He has never fully re¬
covered his hearing since the fight
that made him famous. He was re¬
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ington ever since.
Bonnet was originally the name for
a man’s head covering.
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George Jay Gould, eldest son of the
“Little Wizard of Wall street,” has
won success in afield which baffled bis
famous father. Not only has he
proved a power in financial circles
and controlled with prudence and sa¬
gacity the vast millions left under his
direction, bat he has become a leader
in the social world. He and his wife,
formerly Miss Edith Kingdon, the
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actress, lived in modest retirement
after the death q£Jay Gould until last
summer, when they signaled their en¬
tree into society by taking the Vigi¬
lant to Europe to participate in the
international yacht races. They met
with a distinct social success, aud
upon their return to New York the
prestige acquired across the water
made them rank as leaders in Goth¬
am’s “Four Hundred.” At the recent
Patriarchs’ Ball, the swellest social
function of the season, Mr. and Mrs.
Gould were formally admitted to the
swagger set, the beautiful wife of the
young millionaire being complimented
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for the simplicity and good taste of
her costume by being termed the
“jew’elless queen of society.”
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Some of the faces submitted were very
funny indeed. Now, Pathfinder read¬
ers, draw some circles, take a pencil,
and see what laughable countenances
you can make with just four strokes.
Here is a game that offers no end of
amusement, We have reproduced
four of the best faces, to suggest how
the thing is done .---Washington Path¬
finder.
White Deer.
White deer, which probably are al¬
binos, and which figure sc often in
wild Western superstition aud ro¬
mance, are not unknown in Maine for¬
ests. There, however, no mysterious
and supernatural attributes are
ascribed to them. Many a Western
hunter fears to shoot a white deer lest
it bring him misfortune, bnt when two
hunters in the wilds of Piscataquis
County came in from the woods the
other day one of the two fine deer they
brought with them as trophies of their
marksmanship was a white one.—New
York Sun.
A curious partnership often exists
between the sea annemone and the
hermit crab. The latter always has
an anemone fastened to his shell, and
when he changes his quarters he takes
his anemone along, provided he can
detach it from the old shell.
The blood flows almost as freely
through the bones as through the
flesh in very young children, but as
age comes on the blood vessels in the
bones are almost filled with matter.
Pliny mentions oatmeal as a favor¬
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DAINTY BODICES.
ITIEY ARE THE IMPORTANT
FEATURE OF COSTUMES,
Two Waists and One Skirt Are
Enough—A New Semi-Masculine
Hat—Proper Coats for
Winter Wear.
P ESPITE are mings elaborate costly are the details expensive and fact modish that seem and textures to trim¬ that be
absolutely necessary adjuncts of
stylish costumes, those who have that
enviable and desirable gift of economy
—that has a certain element like real
genius in it—may dress handsomely,
becomingly and appropriately this
season with comparatively little ex¬
pense.
The love of dress, of color, of choice
fabrics, of ornament is not to be de¬
spised as much as some philosophers
would have us all believe, for in dress
can be expressed just as much as in
other things, high ideals of beauty,
grace and excellence.
The lavishness and splendor of the
toilets of this day stimulate even the
most righteous woman of limited
wealth with a desire to dress somewhat
in the mode of her richer sister. Class
distinctions seem to be more easily
recognizable by dress this year than
heretofore. In the beautiful time —
perhaps, nearer than most people
think—when courtesy, kindliness,
mental and moral wealth will be the
chief claims to distinction, splendor of
raiment will be subversive to higher
attributes of face and form. But un¬
til that period reaches its noontime, it
behooves tho prideful woman, who
knows what extraordinary value the
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majority of people place upon dress-
to look well to the ways and stays and
material and cut and trimming of her
bodice, lhe bodice is the masterpiece
of the costume this year. In all years
a beautifully hanging skirt is desira
blc and there are many who will con
sider this season’s full skirt worthy of
more than a passing note. But fine
skirts, like good manners, should be,
and let us hope are— “such a matter,
of course,” as to need no word to dis
tinguish them. But the bodices! In
them is victory or defeat. The world
belongs to the wise. One black skirt
aud three bodices—even two- will en
able a woman who understands herself
to appear perfectly well dressed and
with the ease that always comes with
the consciousness of being well dressed
at any of the numerous social func¬
tions of the winter.
No. 1, in the double column illus¬
tration, is a charming bodice adapt¬
able also for demi-toillette or full
evening dress. It is composed of soft
green silk draped around the figure so
as not to reveal the seams. The yoke
and under sleeves are of bright cycla¬
men jfink velvet outlined back and
front by Bruges lace, the color of old
ivory. It is peppered with tiny jet
beads and is draped very effectively in
a cascade at the right side, ending in
a bow and single scarf end. The yoke
and sleeves of velvet may be removed
at pleasure, and the visiting costume
be thus instantly transformed into a
concert dress or dinner gown. The
fully puffed upper sleeves are of green
silk adorned with lace. A chiffon yoke
and under sleeves of yellow might also
be used with artistic results. This
bodice could be appropriately worn
with a black, a greeD, or cyclamen
pink skirt.
No. 2 is distinctively an evening
bodice, but an economical genius can
adapt it easily to afternoon require¬
ments if occasion requires. It is
white duchesse satin. The insertions
of white lace that trim the corsage in
diagonally laid bands are brought out
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The decolletage is finished with an ex
quisite berthe of tulle and lace. A
most artistic touch of color is given
to these pale tints by the clusters of
velvet dahlias toned from pale pink to
deepest purple —which decorate the
corsage. A neckband of velvet, tint
of the dahlias , which ornament it on
either side, is a pretty adjunct of this
bodice.
SEMI-MASCULINE HAT.
This-is the new semi-masculine hat
that is now so much in vogue. Really,
you know, it can’t be called “pretty”
unless, mayhap, it has a pretty face
under it, and even then it is more
likely to make the pretty face look
plain than to be enhanced by the
wearer. All the same, it is la mode,
and that ends it. It is of black silk
beaver, as shining as a silk brush can
make it, and has a wide reaching bow
of cerise velvet, with a plain silver
buckle single planted black ostrich squarely plume in front, standing and j
a ftbove tbe crown at the side. ] |
There may or may not be a band of the 1
flirt* tbout ti»« wows, aad j
you can lay some lace over the velvet,
but the strict idea is to leave it entirely
masculine, except for the bow in front.
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designs, with a delicate little silver
throat buckle, through which a three
inch ribbon is run, with two loops of
the same standing out at the sides.
FANCIES IX FUIL
Muffs are enormous, and the reti¬
cule bags are now made of sealskin or
fancy velvets. Boas are decidedly
snort, to replace the idiotic little sa
bles, whose numberless legs and tails
we have grown so tired of. Victorinas
in quaint new shapes are being made
in sealskin with borders of grebe, or
vice versa, in chinchilla, skunk and
caracul. Very large capes of fur are
greatful to matrons who prefer com¬
fort to smartness; they are to have
slits, to let out the arms, which, if not
pretty, are at least practical,
High fur collars, with a little cape
attached, are also much worn and are
charming finishing touches to a vel
vet cape or a plain jacket. Long pol
i isses of the ulster type, but much be
frilled and trimmed, and all split open
at the side to allow for width of skirt
will be much worn. These coveralls
are undeniably useful, as any old skirt
can be worn with them if it has a fair
amount of respectability left. Some
will be made with a cape and arm
holes instead of sleeves. Jackets are
all more or less of the coaching or
reefer type, cut steel and other elab
orate buttons entering into the de
sign,
PROPER COATS FOR WINTER.
A plain tailor finish is preferred for
all cloth coats, the only garniture
being velvet or fur, if any kind is used
at all. But for the coats of richer
fabrics, almost anything in the way of
garniture is permissible. So it is that
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fur and lace, gold, silver and steel
beading and passementerie, feathers,
velvet and moire enter into most
: unique combinations, forming wraps
that would seem to be out of their
| sphere off the stage if used with any
, other than a masquer’s costume,
EVENING SILKS.
Evening silks in the style of thirty
years ago are the height of modern
fashion. A plain color, yellow, rose
or biue, is covered in the weaving
with a delicate pattern which reserm
files honeycomb, and over this are
chine flowers, An imported white
silk gown displays the stvles that were
worn in the fifties. The skirt bhs
lace tunic drapery in front, caught^up
on the sides with large bows of green
and blue shot velvet, while at the
back two breadths of white moire
with wreathes of iouch iu chine pat
tern represent sash ends. Tii 3 biok
or the bodice is of «Wl sresn velvet *nd
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TIME.
Do yon wish me, then, away?
You should rather bid me stay;
Though I seem so dull and slow,
Think before you let mo go I
Whether you entreat or spurn
I can nevermore return ;
Times shall come, and times shall bay
But no other time like me.
Though I move with leaden feet,
Light itself is not so fleet;
And before you know mo gone —
Eternity and I are one.
—William D. Howells, in Harper's.
riTH AND POINT.
Life. ‘Naughty but nice”—81,000,000. —
Selfishness is a misdirected search
for happiness.—Pack.
A dollar will go further in poli¬
tics than argument. — Atchison Globe.
Don't count your chickens till nrter
yeou hev piezened tho oP cut.-—
Puck,
It’s a plaguev sight easier ter kick
up a row than it is to parsify ouo.—
If there were no fools in the world
the lawyers would all be out of work,
—Barn’s Horn
There is no financial transaction
among army officers when they change
their quarters.—Truth,
Don’t believe that your wife asks
your advice because she thinks you
know.—Cleveland Plain dealer.
Instead of “taming the shrew,” it
is the shrew, apparent, who is at¬
tempting to tame us.—London Truth.
1 learned too late, the Benedict said,
What man is slow to understand,
That woman is only l he weaker vessel
The while sho yet remains unmanned.
—Puck.
A Long Island man is so fond of
fox chasing that ho has had a collar
button made in shape of a fox.—
Statesman.
If there is a language of flowers
what does a six-inoh-across chrysan¬
themum say when it buttonholes a
man?—Philadelphia Times.
O for a thousand tongues to sing,
If doing this would craze
The girl upstairs with the mandolin
Who plays and plays and plays.
—Chicago Inter-Ocean.
“I think I’ll build wings to my
house,” said tho now settler in Kan¬
sas. “Batter not,” replied the old
settler, “this is the cyclone belt.”—
Pittsburg Chronicle.
Littlo Ethel—“What makes tho
baby cry so?” Little Dot—“Mamma
says it’s ’cause lie’s getting teeth.”
Little Ethel—“They must bo a awful
bad fit.”—Good News.
Pushpen—“Do you suppose that I
could get a bigger price for my poem
if I had it set to music?” Jolliem—
“No. You’d have to sell it for a song,
then. ”—Harlem Life.
“What do you consider the most
original idea in my verses?” said the
modest poet. “Your idea that they
are poetry,” replied the heartless edi¬
tor.—Washington Star.
Captain Lovelace—“But you cer¬
tainly were flirting with one of the
men in the ranks.” Miss Coquette—
“Ah, yes! But that Ava3 a private af¬
fair.”—Brooklyn Life.
“Yes,” said Mrs. Shopper, “I
bought this dress at the bargain coun¬
ter, but I am not sure that it was not
the shopkeeper who made tho bar¬
gain.”—Boston Transcript.
Tho Bore—“Oh, excuse me ; I didn’t
know you were so busy or I wouldn’t
have dropped in. When is your bus¬
iest time?” The Editor—“When
anybody calls.”—New York Press.
Manager—“Can you sing?” Pretty
Applicant—“No, sir; not a note.”
Manager—“Well, that doesn’t matter
much; I want you for a leading part
in a comic opera.”—Brooklyn Eagle.
How will the busy little motli
Employ eaoh long, long day
Until the flannels and furs
Are once more packed away?
—Chicago Inter-Ocean,
Tired Timmy— “Ma’am, couldn’t
you help a man out of work?” Mrs.
Pancake—“Humph ! You look as if
you could keep yourself out of work
without hell? from anybody.”—Har¬
Bazar,
Friend—“If your washerwoman
charges by the piece it must bo rather
expensive.” YouDg Housekeeper—
“Oh, no! She loses so many things
that her bills are never high.”—New
York Weekly.
Mr. Watt3—“It seems queer that
elephants should bs so afraid of mice.”
Mrs. Watts—“I don’t see anything
queer in it at all. The elephant is
one of the most intelligent of quad¬
rupeds.”—Cincinnati Tribune.
“No,” mused Mr. Benedict, as ho
sat down to do some repairing to his
clothes—“no, marriage is not a fail¬
ure. When I was single it was an aw
ful task to thread a needle. Now I
have a wife and she threads it for me.”
—New York Press.
He (diffidently)—“Has your mother
spoken of me at all?” She (blush
ingly)—“She said if you attempte^p
kiss me I was to resist.” He—
—why, for for the the I wouldn’t world!” world! attempt to kiss ycl^
i She (coldly) —
“Hadn’t we better go in.”—New York
Press.
Dashaway—“You say your sister
1Q a Willie *
tl s good a news I thought, 7 per
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Wonder,
The Great Ivory Marts,
The annual report of ivory from
Africa is said to represent the product
of the enormous number of 60,000 el¬
ephants. At this rate elephants will
soon become as scarce as the Ameri¬
can bison, and it has been suggested
that elephants, on the plan of the ex¬
ist ng ostrich farms, be instituted.
Liverpool and Antwerp are now the
great ivory markets. Various arti¬
ficial imitations are manufactured to
supply the ever-increasing demand,
and some of these are very good sub¬
stitutes where the appearance, and
not the actual quality of the real ivory
—for example, elasticity—is re¬
quired.—New York Mftif and Ex
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