Jasper Republican, Volume 2, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1876 — Houses Without Nails. [ARTICLE]

Houses Without Nails.

The steamship Alaska, which arrived on the 19th inst., brought from Japta most of the exhibits, national tad private, which Will be made by the Japanese at the CentennialK Dfoers wjjl follow, butlfojtlapanese are prompt and are taking time, by the forelock. Two Japanese officials have been delegated to supervise foe exhibit#, ' wfll be many and. varied. On the Alaska were 150 tons, or fifteen car loads, of material for. Japanese houses, to, i>e erected on the. Exposition grounds. Tern Japanese carpenters accompany the material, which is, Iti foe main, bamboo, the. chief wood used for hbmses in foe Enipirp of foe Sun. The, material is ready prop med in »'great measure; all the hewing, toe dressing, etc.,' has been done and no labor remains for the swarthy carpenters excepting the task of finishing the inaterial .and putting the frames together. Hcveral styles of houses will be on exhibition. A singular fact, in connection with the houses is they «re entirely devoid of nails. The wood ISpacked in tight cases'; almost hermetically, sealed, and in consequence of the Japanese Consul’s uncertainty in regard to the contents of the cases.they have been detained at this: port by the custom officers since their irrival. The necessary formalities have been complied with at last, however, qnd the Japianese houses will soon beontheir way to Philadelphia. —sm Fran«isco Call. .