Journalism is indeed looking up in Japan. The Mikado has started a dailypaper, and as he announces that he will behead every able-bodied " Jap" who does not subscribe at once, he hopes to work up quite a list of subscribers, and make his paper " pay from the start." Native merchants who do not advertise have their property confiscated. The air to hum on passing a laundry where the girls are at work—" Wring out wild belles!"
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Westport Times, Volume VII, Issue 1130, 5 December 1873, Page 2
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76Untitled Westport Times, Volume VII, Issue 1130, 5 December 1873, Page 2
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