Show GRADES OP OF RANK IN JAPAN society there Is divided into many separate classes A tra traveler eler just returned from japan tells some things which perhaps all the world does not know says he 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 tour four form the higher orders and enjoy the privilege ot of wea wearing ring two swords and petticoat trousers 5 inferior officials and doc doe 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 lege of wearing one sword these are the only people by whom wealth can be accumulated 7 artists artisans and und petty shop keepers 8 day labor ers era and peasants tradesmen who work on leather tanners etc are ex eluded from classification they are defiled and may not even live with other men they live in Nil lages ot of their own good stories st ries from tho the ladles ladies lome journal journal published by henry etemus company philadelphia as the title indicates is a selection of amusing stories jokes and anecdotes from that popular periodical that are wort i pres preserving erTing one of tho the most vexatious of the average man is his na ability to remember a good story or loke which he has heard and which ie te would like to pass on to his neigh tor or to such this interesting volume should prove a storehouse of refer nee once and it should be found in the lome of every lover of the bright and witty things of hie ifie |