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N .-y v it; mmm Bjr PROF. FREDERICK STARR THE SACRED ISLAND Tokyo. We have been to the sacred Island, Enoshlina. In anticipation the trip was somewhat of a bore. Every one goes to Enoshlma It Is a favorite summer resort. Perhaps, because we had not expected much. It delighted us; at all events, few pleasure days have left a happier memory. Of course the season is over. It Is too cold for bathing; the hint of winter is In the air; not only tourists, but sum mer residents have deserted the place, and the fishermen have it all to them selves. About two hours by rail from Tokyo brought us to Fujisawa, where we took the tramcar for Katase. A few minutes' ride through a sandy dis trict grown with scrub pine brought us to our destination. Fuji should have been seen in all her glory, but clouds and distant haze prevented; only now and then unsatisfactorly glimpses were caught Katase is a mean village, upon a sandy point, the projecting spit from which connects the sacred island with the mainland. The street through which we walked was closely bordered with tea houses n.nd shell shops. Every one knows that there are shell shops at Enoshlma, but we were not prepared for their great variety and attractiveness. Here are the great pearly ear-shells, or hali otis the "aboline" of California; here, too, are spiny murex, mitres, cowries In variety, the great thin and delicate cassis, heaps of fusus; of bivalves there are whites and yellows, purples, reds and pinks; there are strange oysters, with straight hinge and curi ous, narrow, long and fluted valves The Entrance, that look like survivors from creta ceous times; most typical and closely associated in the public mind of Japan with Enoshima is a heavy large snail shell, with stout projecting spines about the lip; beautiful are the "sun and moon" shells, smooth and bril liant, slightly convex bivalves, one valve of which is almost snowy white, while the other is rich red. This last i one of the most characteristic shells of Japan, and owes the curious differ ence In the color of the alves to the fart that it lies flat upon the sand loitom, so that one valve receives the sunlight and gains color, while the other. In eternal shadow, is pale and colorless. Besides the shells of mol Inks these little shops abound in all sorts of strange Crustacea and the linrd parts of other marine forms. There are boxes full of sea-urchins; there are crabs and shrimps and lob-Mer-llke Crustacea of strange forms and curious coloring. Some of the crabs have slender sprawling legs that stretch six feet or more from tip to tip across the body. Every shop has pendant from the ceiling quanti ties of lanterns varying in size from less than a man's fist to more than a man's head made from the entire skin of the curious globe-fish. Here, too, are dried specimens of sea-horses nnd pipe fish, corals, sea fans and sponges. But it is not only shells and other sea forms In their natural or dried condition which are offered, but the strangest things made of shells. There are children's tops made from sea-urchins and from pearl disks cut from the haliotis: there are flowers carefully constructed from delicate -ahes flushed with most lovely tints. There are panels with compositions of , birds and landscapes: there are hat- pins and hairpins with heads com- Hosed of shelly flowers and rosettes; there are spoons for mother of pearl and typical little Japanese made tea saucers in which the tea cups are to be placed In serving tea to guests; there are little cups, for drinking sake or water from sacred fountains, cut from white ovules or from spotted cowries, to which are attached by a silk cord a smaller shell to serve as a netsuke for suspending them at the girdle; there are vfe&tles and trum- aBsK.B?4BsnnsssSFSSSSSSSSnBSfVt BSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSrSiassssssssBSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSv. BaT ss&?BsmmsssssssssssmiBr VSWfi!5V,W aamsaaaaaaaaafeslyjE paBlg?77r3'gs:v -; -a2Bsw;i IraawflBawvaOBBsssssWanrV 5SSa ,"'jt?"T: afeSTaasswttmK nyr . . - - - y. -ay i"J' vi kBSEKHI HE REAL JAPAN FROM THE STUDIES & OBSER VATIONS OF THE WORLD'S FOREMOST STUDENT OF MAN KIND WHILE LIVING IN JAPAN AS A JAPANESE 3 $ & pets made from various kinds of shells; there are mice and pigs and other animals, quite lifelike in form but all composed only of shells. To tell the truth these shops did not so much interest us as we walked through Katase, as they did later on in Enoshlma proper. We believed that most of the shells there offered came from all sorts of distant places, and had no doubts as to the actuality of any shells remaining in the immediate locality. When we had passed the vil lage we came out upon the beach and spit, high and broad, connecting the mainland with the Island. The sand was heavy and we took off our shoes and stockings to make easier travel. On the slope of sand rising from the spit in the direction of the village were quantities of enormous baskets lashed to long poles perhaps used for gathering seaweeds or for carrying great catches of fish; over on the open beach fishermen were just beaching a boat and we hurried over to see them at their task. Rollers were put under the vessel and it was rolled far, far up the beach. It was a fine sight to see the 'barelegged, brawny-armed fishermen exert them selves in the effort. It was a scene for picturing, but before our Instrument was ready they had finished and in single file ran across the beach and spit to the opposite shore where a river or inlet enters. Here they crowded into a little ferry-boat and were poled across the inlet o the outer beach where they scattered on their homeward ways. We looked, for Benten's Cave. some time, at men, women and chil dren digging sea-worms in the sands and then we watched other fisher boats' come in and beach, and unload their catch. It was a pretty sight to see the boats start out for fishing as they crossed the lines of surf, which came dashing in gallantly. By this time we discovered that after ail shells are plenty at Enoshlma, and picked up quantities of haliotis and cassis, spiny univalves and brilliant bivalves. We had all this time been wandering along the beach, regardless of the apparently useless bridge-path of wood which ran along the crest of the spit almost from Katase village to Enoshima. We found ourselves now on the island proper and with the village before us. Its main street runs up a steep slope, and is bordered on both sides by a mass of shell fhops and shops where sweets are sold. Here we paid far more atten tion to the shell-shops and their con tents than we had before and spent the remainder of the morning in that pursuit. Finally, hunger suggested a change of occupation and as luck would have it the Iwamoto Inn was close at hand. We found that they serve three grades of meals at 50 sen. one yen and 1 50 yen. We ordered the medium grade and were taken at once through a lon descending passage to a pretty room, probably the lowest in the building nestled in an open space upon thf rocky shore, from which one looked out upon the sea. A lovely cliff with pines rose on our left; before us and to the right the bay lay Ir. sunlight; the waves rippled and dashed upon the rocky beach only a few feet below us. The surface of the bay was dotted with fishing-boats, many of which had their square sails raised- the distant breaking of the surf upon the shelly beach was clearly audible. But every paradise has its discord; here, a multl tude of flies the first we have seen since coming troubled us. The meal Itself was fine, and made of course of marine food. There was fish soup, roast fish, raw fish In beautirul thin slices clams. The piece de resistance, however, both theoretically and prac tically, was one of the great spiny ahelled snails. Plainly It had been roasted In the oven fire, as the shell was hot and blackened on the lower side; the great operculum fitted the opening and we expected on lifting It, to find the solid mass of flesh within; to our surprise, however, we discov ered that the animal itself had been taken out, cut to pieces and boiled, re placed in the shell and covered over. But we had still the exploration of the island before us. The steep road soon brought us to a sort of shrine where an old man forced himself upon us as our guide. We climbed up flights of steps and rocky trails. We saw the temple sacred to Benten with ancient curios recalling past wars. Finally, we reached the summit and followed the crest for some distance. There were still shell-shops, and at points of outlook, teahouses. From the first of these we looked down over a fine cliff with pines upon whirling water. We passed a shell-worker where heaps of shells were being worked up Into trumpets. Resisting all allurement of shell-shops and tea houses alike, we finally reached the very edge of the rocky mass and started down the steep descent, partly by steps and In part over the rocky footpath. We were soon near the water's edge. The tide was coming in and the current whirled and swirled in every direction, striking in fine foam upon the half covered reefs of rock. Here and there under rough shelters were men dressed in coolie garb, who seemed to have nothing particular to occupy them. We as sumed that they were pilgrims from the country who had come to visit the sacred cave. The footbpath passed from the rocky ledges on to a foot bridge, which brought up after turns and curves Into view of the famous sacred cave. It makes a fine impres sion from the slight bridge trail, with Its altar at the very back of the great grotto. When we were well within and had taken a drink of Benten's sacred water, we were supplied with candles and made our way through the long tunnel-cavern which extended far into the rock mass. Here in the dark ness are little shrines to many differ ent gods. un our way DacK an old man per sistently begged to do something for ten sen. Finally we yielded to his solicitation and the ten sen were pro duced. To our surprise, he proceed ed at once to climb down the rocky slope to the very edge of the still rising water. In a shallow grotto ht threw our his clothing and prepared to dive. It really looked a perilous thing to do, as the current was very strong and constantly dashing over a jagged ledge of rock. The old rascal, however, did the feat neatly, and re appearing in a moment, with every evidence of expecting approbation, handed us one of the spiny shells with the living snail within. The suppo sition was that he had brought it from the sea-bottom for our benefit. Cham berlain suggests in the band book which of course gives us all our in formation, that he took It with him when he dived, which seems quite likely. It was getting late; we hastened to climb the cliff and the great stairway, and soon were standing against the summit of the island. This time we stopped at the tea house on the cliff. It is well worth while. The preci pice is almost vertical at its margin. 'Hie rugged mass of rocks over which the trail passes lies at its foot, and the little bridge trail clings to the cliff; at every point where there is a scant foothold there is a pine tree and pines crowning the edge; the dash ing water on the broken rocks far be low swirls and whirls as finely as the whirlpool rapids at Niagara. The sun still shone upon the blue sea stretch ing out before us and the fishing ves sels with their white sails still dot ted the blue expanse. It was a scene not easily forgotten. Our old guide realized even more keenly than we did that time was passing He hurried us back by a short cut to the place where we had first met him, where he left us. and we went down through the village street to the sand spit toward Katase. Of course we ought to have remem bered, but what was our surprise to find that the great spit was gone; only a little line of highest crest over which the water broke and foamed remained of the sandy path by which we had come a few hours earlier in the day. We were forced to take the once despised and neglect ed foot bridge. Enoshima was truly once again an Island. (Copyright. 1910. by W. Q. Chapman.) Trade Schools for Austrian Women. Through a decree of the minister of public works opening the state trade and technical schools to both sexes alike Austrian women will enjoy a greatly enlarged choice of occupations. Among the chief new trades and in dustries which they can now enter upon are artistic leather work and bookbinding, photography, watchma king, engraving, ornamental wood working, as well as some branches of the chemical and electrical trades. Hitherto women have been rigidly excluded from these trade schools, and those who desired to obtain such training were compelled either to go abroad or else attend expensive pri vate institutions at home. But while the women are rejoicing at the new opportunities of work af forded them, their male relatives do not share their enthusiasm, pointing out that even under the old conditions out of every thousand wage earners in Austria 4."50 were women. Anecdote of Francois Coppee. Francois Coppee. whose statue has just been unveiled near the Invalids, close to the street where he died, was a graceful poet and the kindest of men. An ane !cd ote just recalled shows a w.c.U(Cp.c. IiC uit- jucv ui, interviewers, and was too good-heart-, ed ever to turn one away. Whenever an evidently young reporter called t.t ..!,. e. He was the prey of uuc.ii .u uea wsuiuer wjppee. ; an old journalist himself, would shake him warmly by the hand and say: "Tell me. my young friend, are you on salary or on space?" If he answered the former, the poet would talk to him for half a minute, and then dismiss him cheerily with "And now I am busy," and a handshake. If. however, the young reporter rep'ied "On space." Coppee would say at once, "Sit down there," showing him his own writing table, "and write," and he would dic tate him a column interview. Br -5Wb Jjr 'Jr. Ih;- A brood sow must be fed properly. Kill grass. Canadian thistles and quick Wheat bran and oats make strong bones in the colL The usual time required for churn Ing is about 20 minutes. Improvements furnish a few com forts and all something to admire. Rub off the water sprouts between the thumb and finger as soon as they appear. A lazy man should never breed colts, for he must be alert and on the job If he wishes to succeed. Man imitates nature. By grafting Echemes he improves on nature. After that nature imitates man. An attendant should be on hand at the time of birth, for a little timely help has saved many a valuable colt Clean water, pure air and sunshine are all free; and they are necessary in the production of pure, wholesome milk. Pigs, and in fact all hogs, should have ready access at all times to salt and ashes. Charred corn cobs are also excellent. Filth and dampness are great hind rances. The first fosters vermin; the second brings most dangerous ail ments to fowls. Some people claim that a hog is a scavenger by nature, but he certainly thrives better on clean feed and de cent surroundings. Watch for cabbage bugs and cab bage worms. These insects usually cause trouble when the weather gets dry and food is scarce. The dominant secret of successful swine raising is to koep the pigs that come in a given season of the year as uniform in size as possible. All of the corn ground should be manured or otherwise well fertilized for a large yield, and no farmer should be content with a small yield. Eternal vigilance is the price of having the best; so one must watch for insect pests and be ready with in secticides and fungicides to destroy them. Many farmers for the past few years are disking their corn ground before plowing, claiming that it not only benefits the soil, but makes plowing easier. Soy beans are apt to be low in germination unless the seed is fresh and has been properly stored. It is well to germinate all seed before planting. A ration of corn, oats and timothy Is not satisfactory for producing fin ished horses for market, but may be materially improved by the addition of oil meal. The cow's appetite is important, but It should not be abused. As much harm comes from allowing her to eat too much as comes from not allowing her to eat enough. It is a good plan to keep all vegeta tion down around the hives, so that it will not interfere with the flight of the working bees, their hive and the feeding ground. The best dairymen now practise in tensive methods with their cows, ma king them yield the greatest amount of milk possible by liberal feeding and the best of shelter and other care. Geese may be picked every six weeks In warm weather, but they must be well fed. When they are picked often they do not lay. as the growth of new feathers weakens and debili tates them. Few sheep have as good care as they ought to have. Too many farmers leave them to shift for themselves. They can't do their best that way. Make much of your sheep. They are one of the best kind of property on the farm. The texture of butter depends part ly on the animal, partly on feed, and partly upon the temperature of the cream when churned. Cows that give the richest milk make the most solid butter. In summer the feeding of a small quantity of cotton seed meal will I help to make the butter firm. Rjciphide of carbon on a piece or bur!ap or oakunii thrown qu!cWy down a ket gophcr.s burrow, preferably when the oiI ,s nJoIst Professor Wa.cbburn. Minnesota entomologist. says has killed many pocket gophers in his experiment work. He uses half a pint of bisulphide at a Lurrow. AH soils with a retentive subsoil should be tile drained, and work should be most perfectly planned and exe cuted. Should water stand a few hours on the land a season's crop may be lost Soil that ie well drained will al low the heat and air to penetrate 'o a greater depth and will withstand drought better than one that is not. Sheep gain In clover. Plant young, medium-size trees. Every farmer should Improve land. his The strawberry will great variety of soils. thrive In a A ration rich in protein Is the only ration fit for the brood sow. A wheel hoe Is a very good paying investment for any one who has a garden. Unleached wood ashes sown broad cast in the orchard will prove bene ficial. Start the milk with the thumb and finger if the colt Is not very strong, or if the udder is at all bard. Dust the climbing roses with sul. phur early in the morning, while the dew is on, to prevent mildew. A cool, well ventilated pen Is Ideal, but it must be free from drafts or you will surely have trouble. The ground Is a bank In which the farmer invests manure, seed, tilling, time bad thought All arc important There Is no better or cheaper place to develop a young horse and put him in proper shape for market than on the farm. Sweet corn may be canned and kept through the winter, but it requires considerable time and patience to cook it properly. Red top and alsike are as much a standard mixture for wet meadows as timothy and red clover for the better and drier uplands. Two drones cost as much to raise as three workers, and after they are raised they keep on eating, while the workers labor for you. The chief value of the Runner ducks nnd the point which has made them the most talked of in duck history is their great laying habits. Good roads contribute much toward rural development. The money spent upon building and maintaining roads returns in splendid dividends. The farmer who grows a liberal sup ply of roots for his hogs seldom has much trouble with the ordinary dis eases to which swine are subject. Difference In individuals to produce maximum flow of milk should prompt every dairyman to weed out his in ferior animals as early as possible. When the ewe has lambed, if the Iamb, after becoming dry is not able to obtain the ewe's milk of its own accord, it should be assisted in doing so. To obtain the earliest and finest vegetables the soil should be kept fine and loose throughout the growing sea son by frequent hoeings or cultiva tions. A good bee smoker rightly used is necessary to handle bees, as by Its use one can subdue them so that they may be handled with few if any stings. The amateur must learn to thin ruthlessly. Plants that grow too close ly together never do well. Pinch off all the suckers from fruit and orna mental trees. I'nless the owner is a thorough fancier and has time and facilities for keeping them unmixed the keeping of more than one variety is exasperating and seldom profitable. Make bird-houses and thus secure the presence and esteem of these active insect-destroyers. Also protect every toad and try to keep a few about the home place. When a hen Is through setting burn all the old nest material, disinfect the nest box and give it a coat of liquor lice-killer to make a good job of it, and then put in fresh material. After the hay has been in the mow a few weeks the leaves become ton der. and when the hay Is handled for feeding purposes break off and go to j waste. This waste is far greater than generally realized by most farmers. Keep some kind of a crop growing in the garden the enlre season. If nothing else Is done sow wheat or rye on the vacant places to keep weeds from springing up and maturing seed. Weeds ripen in a very short time, if they are allowed to grow. The greatest profit in raising bees is secured by a well-directed method of dividing the colonies when In a proper condition to do so. and re straining their instincts, as far as may be. to swarm when the surround ing circumstances are unfavorable for an increase of colonies. The cows which produce best are usually those which were well pre pared for their milking period. Breed and strain or family are Important factors, but Important and necessary as they both are, neither, in itself, is a guarantee of production. Feed equally, and possibly more important. If the busy woman on the farm find? it takes too much time to make her hrtter Into pound prints, which are some trouble to make and still more difficult to keep without ice. she can purchase small jars of crocks which hold a pound each, and which cost but a few cents, the customers to return them when the butter is usee. Don't wait until the clover bead." have all turned brown before you b. gin to cut it for hay. If you do you will lose just about one-half of thi feeding value of the crop. Cut red clover as nearly in full bloom as pos sible. Start the mower when th field looks red. when about two-thiid.1-of the clover is in full b'com. ft io mi ffft fhf ornn vprurf-ri if a-.: ! pretty ripe for gooJ bay. lllll..!! ',"11 IMI'n. mk ,n,.,-W ! ALCOHOL-3 PER CENT Actable Preparation for As similating Food and RegiA rwglheStowacte and Bowels of Fromofcs EHgcsHon,Cheerful nessandRest.Confains neither Opwm.Morphine nor Mineral Not Narcotic Arpr fOtdBrSANVUmtm ti i. 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