A correspondent in Okinawa writes that Napa fe the principal town in the Loochoo Group. The relations of the local shizoka and heitiu are atill maintained as of old iis, as drivers and horses, In former times, the shikoku were divided into two grades, only one of wh hose favoured in and Napa, and their represent only about forty in number, engage in business, but live on the interest of their pension bouds, their daughters however weaving cloth just the same as in the families of the lower grade, Kumemura in inhabited chiefly by descendants of Chinese, They detest everything Japanese, the Fi Land. Very few Loucho ana cling to the custome and fashious of hon to smash e tile with ug th an grest dexterity Nevertheless they are not physically a stronger than Japanes 0 Tboraki on the 21st March. A discussion took place subsequently on matters connected with the business, and we hear that the following account of the discovery of ininglnss was 9 one 0 Paimio of Satsuma lodged tenent, According to
years ago while tr Tokio.
The hotel-keeper served up some tokoroten as part of the meal, and. expos the remainder on the rool the hot As the weather was col uff bec: frozen, and in a fow days dried up. hotel-keeper tasted it, and found to his surprise that it was much improved. He named the fokoroten ao treated Ranten Gsinglaas), and after further experiments established factory in Yamashiro, which was attended with groat success, About nto spring Ogaki and by a large number of residents of Kuwano and Yokkaichi. OF the necessary funds, the promoters will contribute 250,000 yeu, and they have sent " deputation to Tokio with the object of inducing the Govern-mont to grant the remainder, It is reported that the Governor of Miye "Ken will shortly visit the capital in connection with this business, Suwanose is an island about 80 n from Kagoabir ud 30 n from Oshima In former times it i but has not been in pant until the lith instant, when an eruption commenced which is still going on,—Hiogo News Trans.
Vu the central part of Japan, especially in the provivess of Aki and Bingo, the contentions betwoon the Buddhists and Shintoiats are assuming a serious aspect. At Fukuyama, " certain Shinto preacher, pamed Fujishims, has made great number of converts, greatly to the disgust of the Shinso (one of the eight ct, and have had many angry disputes with him, They tend following Fojishima country and preaching agaiuet him his doctrines wherever he lectures.
HIM, the Mikado has granted the eum of one thousand yen to the Ho-she Kwai, an antiquarian association, whose object the preservation of the famous relics of lent times in the five central provinces those of Out and Tanba.—Mail Trans, unequal to the duties of their respective Ying, Jadge of Kuange, to. vacate his (8) A Deoree similarly ordering Ki
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