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A Japanese House

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Parent Issue
Day
2
Month
September
Year
1870
Copyright
Public Domain
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-Is a convenient house id . inany respecta. It (.onsi.sts at fir.st of ono entire apnrtment. Then movable or pcrmauent scrceus ara placed in posiiiou or thin walls are put up, so as to divide the house into guch rooms as the owner may wish. These of oourse he cao ehange at nny time without interfering with the structuro of the maia building. Ttioy have no chimneys, for they Dever have a firo in a private house except in a little movalile eaod-filled box, whore they boil their tea and warm their hands wiih ignited charcoal or fine pieces of pine wood. Durinpr the lato war in this country many offieers and privates warrned their tents by this plan.

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Subjects
Old News
Michigan Argus