Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . ant swords, pushedthrough a twisted silk girdle, finished thecostume. Straw sandals are worn, but arealways slipped off on entering the do not cover the head, the tojj andfront pa
Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . ant swords, pushedthrough a twisted silk girdle, finished thecostume. Straw sandals are worn, but arealways slipped off on entering the do not cover the head, the tojj andfront part of which is shaved, and theback and side hair, being brought up, istied so as to form a tail, three or fourinches long, that extends forward upon thebald pate, terminating about half waybetween the apex and the forehead; this is beautiful locomotive, tender, and passengercar, one-fourth the ordinary size, also amile of magnetic telegraph, the operationsof which were exhibited on shore. Theseexcited a great deal of interest among theJapanese, particularly the telegraph, whenthey came to comprehend its utility in thetransmission of intelligence, communica-tions being made in their presence in theEnglish, Japanese, and Dutch were also delighted with the railroad,when they saw the engine and car flyingalong the track at the rate of twenty milesan hour, but thought it would be impossi-. NAVAL EXPEDITION TO JAPAN UNDER COMMODORE M. C. PERRY. a very comfortable fashion, and, were itnot for the quantity of grease used in it,would be a cleanly one. The negotiations proceeded harmoni-ously, but, on account of the exacting cer-emony peculiar to the Japanese, veryslowly. Thus, a question proposed had topass first through the interpreters, andthen through several officers ascending inrank, before it could reach the commis-sioners, every one bowing his head to thefloor before he addressed his the presents intended for theemperor was a small railroad track, w
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