Show GRADES OF RANK IN JAPAN society there Is divided into many separate classes A traveler just returned from japan tells some things which perhaps all the world does not know says be of rank there are eight classes after the mikado and the namely 1 the princes 2 the nobles who owe feudal service to the prince or the empire 3 the priests 4 the soldiers these four form the higher orders and enjoy the privilege of wearing two swords and petticoat trousers B interior officials and doc tors called respectable allowed to wear one sword with the trousers 6 merchants and tradesmen whose legs may not pollute the trousers though by entering as domestics to a man of rank they may enjoy the orivl lege of wearing one sword these are the only people by whom wealth can be accumulated 7 artists artisans and petty shopkeepers 8 day labor ers and peasants tradesmen who corhon leather tanners etc are ex eluded from classification they are defiled and may not even live with other men they live in villages of their own good stories from the ladles lome journal published by henry etemus company philadelphia as the itle indicates Is a selection of amus ng stories jol es and anecdotes fron hat popular periodical that aie worta preserving one of the most vexatious experiences of the average man Is his to remember a good story or oke which he has and which ie would like to pass on to hia neigh to such this interesting volume hould prove a storehouse of refer nee and it sho ild bo found in the of every lover of the bright and witty things of 11 e |