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Show J Japanese Ingenuity, 1 It is woll known that the Japanese j are remarka !y skillful in wood, I ivory nnd other carving. A well authenticated story which has just come from Japan would indicate that the wily Jap does not confine himself to the boat on paths in the exercise of invenuity. It appeal's that a gentleman, gentle-man, who was traveling in the interior tif his country, broke the mainspring of his watch, which he took to the nearest jeweler, a native who lived in an obscure mountain village. Somewhat Some-what to his surprise, the watch was returned to him apparently in as good running order as ever, and it ran all right until the rainy season set in, I when it stopped. Being in the' city of ! Tokio at that timo, tho traveler took j the watch to an English workman, I who, on making examination, was astonished as-tonished to find that the cunning Jap had put in a spring made of bamboo, which, so long as it kept dry, remained remain-ed elastic but during wet weather had gathered dampness and lost ite power. |