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Show GRADES OF RANK IN JAPAN. Boclety There Is Divided Into Many Separate Classes. A traveler Just returned from Japan tolls some things which perhaps all the world does not know. Says ho: "Of rank, there are eight classes after the mikado and tho Zlogoon, namely (1) the prlnros; (!') tho nobles who owe feudal service to the prince, or 'tho empire; (3) the priests; (4) tho Eoldlcrs. These four form the higher orders and enjoy the privilege of wearing two swords and petticoat trousers; (5) inferior ofllelala and doctors doc-tors called respectable, allowed to wear one sword, with tho trousers; (C) merchants and tradesmen, whose legs may not pollute the trousers, though by entering as domestics to a man of rank thoy may enjoy tho privilege privi-lege of wealing one sword; these aro tho only people by whom wealth can be accumulated; 17) artists, artisans und petty shop-keepers; (S) day laborers labor-ers and peasants. Tradesmen who w work on leather, tanners, etc., are ex- sluded from classification. They aro defiled, and may not even llvo with other men; thoy llvo In villages of their own. |