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rThln is a good time to push tbe Grain
exchange.
' Wt will now proceed to buill this Pnn
a tin. canal.
That World-Herald cartoonist will not
be restored to liberty.
The weather roan evidently believe
In making it a pleasure to go to the
polls to vote.
The political campaign is over, but
the campaign for municipal ownership
lias only begun!
Instructions sent out by the Georgia
state committee ' would Indlentt that
Tom Watson scared them nnyway..
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Cripple Creek is entitled to whatever
(t-edlt there may bo ,la bringing off a
fatal election fight before similar reports
re received from Kentucky.
(Tan it be that the present reduction In
the price of whisky Is caused by a desire
of the dealers to counteract the stren
uous campaign made by Mr. Swallow?
Now a Pan-American railroad to reach
from the United States to Argentine Is
projected. Who wants the contract for
building a bridge over the Panama ship
canal?
' Foot ball games will be ended In a
little more than two weeks and the read
ing publlc'wlll be compelled for excite
ment to have recourse to the milder ac
counts of real war.
The only thing left to guess at now
for the remainder of the year Is the to
tal attendance figures of tbe St Louis
World's fair when the gates close with
the end of this month. ,
hasten to congratulnt Howard
Kennedy, Jr., on his election to be Judge
of theidjstrlct court, and we feel per
fectly safe in doing this without waiting
for the vole to be counted. ,'
The Cuban congress mot yesterday
and the opponents of President Pultun
' promise to be good, which would Indi
cate that a presidential clecliim Is not to
follow the present session.
Tbe Russian -consul geuval to Egypt
met the fleet of Admiral Kujcstrenskr
at Port Said. , While the dispatches do
not mention tbe fact it Is not Improbable
that he carried a chart shewing t'te loca
tion of nil fishing vessel s. ' -
At all events. Colonel Bryan will not
Is qultt ho disappointed over tbe failure
of Judge Parker's presidential aspira
tions as he was over the failure of the
democratic ticket In tbe uatlonal cam
paigns of 1896 and 1000.
Whether elected or defeated, John U
Kennedy has made a clean, dignified
campaign, while his opponent has sought
to win a re-election by the most repre
hensible, If not Infamous, tactics. These
things will not be easily forgotten.
- General Nogt Ignores Ueneral Stoessel
In hit latest appeal for the surrender of
Port Arthur, but he would probably
hav little respect for any Russian sol
diers who. in response to his demand,
would prove traitors o their com
mander. ; matter what the outcome of the
election may be. The Bee has the satis
faction of knowing that it has told the
truth about measures and all ineii,
though, If anything, it has been too
lenient toward luounteliauks, (Ministers
and grafters.
All may be fair In war, in love and in
politics, but if '.Minpalgiis must lie con
ducted by political pirates, luirvnnecrs
and noyspsper struiuicta, anil cam
paigns can l won only by fakes and
calumny, our jsnpnlar Intelligence Is
very' much ovvrra ted.
A GREAT REPVBUCAN riCTOtlt.
The victory of the republlciin party
in yesterday's national election appears
from the figure at hand at the hour of
writing to far exceed the expectation
of the most saugulne prophet of repub
lican success. It ' Is sweeping, over
whelming tbe opposition with a drfttit
more decisive than it has exiierioivced
since the election of 1872 and In some
(respects being an even more severe re
buke to the democracy than it then re
ceived. Again the American people have
shown that they are not alarmed at so
called Imperialism. Again they have pro
nounced In favor of au economic policy
that gives adequate protection to our
industries and labor. Again they have
shown their preference for the party
which put the monetary system of the
nation on a sound basis and can be de
pended upon to keep it there. Again
they have manifested their deep distrust
of the party whose principles and aims
re wholly reactionary and which has
persistently sought to obstruct the path
way to national progress and achieve
ment. What the result clearly demon
strates Is that a very large majority of
the voters want the country to go for
ward and in all proper ways to main
tain and vindicate its position as one of
the great powers of the world.
The election of President Itooseveit
is a inagnitk'cut tribute to his adminis
tration and a splendid attestation of the
popular confidence in him. The defama
tion and villification of tbe democratic
politicians not only did him no harm,
but probably made votes for him. The
charges of usurpation, of violating the
constitution, of militarism and other
baseless allegations were without effect
with intelligent and unprejudiced men.
All such know that there is no danger
to the peace and welfare of the country
from Theodore Roosevelt, but always
the assurance that American interests
everywhere will be duly looked after
and firmly .safeguarded.
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It is cause for profound gratification
that republican principles and policies
will prevail. for another four years in
the conduct of the affairs of the nation.
That means progress and prosperity.
'"'AN EXODUS FROM IRELAND-
According to the American consul at
Plymouth, (England, Hie -extraordinary
emigration from Ireland the present year
is regarded very seriously in the United
Kingdom, particularly in England,
where tbe newspapers have called es
pecial attention to It. It Is stated that
over 22,000 have gone from Ireland this
year and the exodus, which bns received
an Impetus from the cheap fares, goes
on without Interruption. It Is pointed
out that there is no greater menace to
Ireland's future than this drain upon Its
population, which Is taking out of tbe
country the best of Its peasant class and
leaving the undeslrabla behind. The
consul says that never before have the
Irish people manifested such a determi
nation to leave their country, no argu
ment advanced to keep them In the Is
land having the slightest effect. It also
appears that many people are leaving
Cornwall and coming to this country,
owing to the depressl.w In the mining in
dustry there.
It Is very easy to account for the ex
odus from Ireland. The Industrial con
ditions in that country are bad and there
Is a great deal of distress and even des;
tltution. A report states that in Dublin
there are thousands of destitute people,
due to Inck of employment, and doubt
less this Is. the case in other cities and
towns. Knowing that they will have an
opportunity to earn n livelihood In Amer
ica those who are able to leave Ireland
come here and It will not be at all sur
prising if they shall continue to come
In Increasing numbers. They turn away
from their native land, not from any
lack of affection or patriotism, nor from
any desire for adventure, but for the
simple reason that they cuu no longer
find there the means of subsistence. It
is unnecessary to say that there Is room
for them here and that Americana gen
erally will be glad to hxve such an addi
tion to the working force of the coun
try, which Is not at present in excess of
the demand and Is not likely to be In
tbe near future. It Is a higher class ot
Immigration than ' comes from some
other parts of the old world, especially
lu the qualifications for good citizenship.
A WAR OF EXUACSTION.
It Is tbe evideut purpose of tbe bel
ligerents In tbe far east to prosecute
tbe war to tbe point of exhaustion. Tbe
retention of Port Arthur Is the one ex
ception to the otherwise constant rule
of Russian defeat The defense has been
berolc In it obstinacy and undoubtedly
It will be maintained at long as there
are men to man tbe guns, but It cannot
last Indefinitely against the euormous
superiority In all military advantages
which the besiegers can briug to bear.
So long as this stronghold stands it will
doubtless be vain for any power to sug
gest mediation. , When It falls tbe Jsim
iieae will be In possession of everything
for widen they went to war and tber
the question will arise whether It Is not
tiiuo for the neutral nations to unite la
an effort to put, stop to a slaughter
which will have become useless aud
hopeless.
The latest advices from Mukden re
port tbe two armies to be at some points
within a stone's throw of each other
aud actively engaged In strctigltienlag
their jKisitlons nil along the line. There
has not recently been any groat amount
of lighting, neither side,. It apars,
being disposed to make a frontal attack
ninl for the present apparently unable to
do more than feel each other's Banks In
search of mi opportunity for a turning;
movement. How long this will continue
cannot be determined by any known
data it ml hs fmt.li sides are steadily re
ceiving reinforcements lt,iliny lie of con
siderable duration. Manifestly, how
ever, two groat armies cannot be kept
very long in tt Mute of Immobility, so
that we may look for some striking
movement on one side or the other that
will put everything in motion agnln.
This is likely to come when the winter
frosts have hardened the roads nnd
made river crossing secure. The dis
patches say that undoubtedly the most
decisive, if not the greatest battle of the
year will be fought in the vicinity of
the Shnkhe river and the preparations
that are being made clearly point to
this. It will Involve n slaughter un
doubtedly more appalling than the record
or the fighting around Mukden, In which
the killed nnd wounded of the two
armies is estimated to have exceeded
100,000. In tbe battle that Is Impending
this number may be doubled, for we
may be sure that the fighting will be
of the most desperate character.
It seems quite plain nt present that
the fall of Tort Arthur would not end
the war. The loss of that stronghold
will of course be an Irreparable blow to
Russia, but she will not stop fighting
so long us she is able to get soldiers Into
Manchuria and her resources In men
are still abundant. She Is nlso In better
kposltion than nt the beginning of the
war for sending reinforcements nnd sup
plies to the Manchuriau armies. Even
nfter the loss of Port Arthur, therefore,
Russia will continue the contest. In the
expectation of ultimately wearing out
Japan nnd thereby winning back what
has been lost. Only In the event of
Japan completely crushing the forces of
her enemy in Manchuria, a task of enor
mous magnitude, will Russia ahnndon
the war. Meanwhile soldiers are perish
ing by the thousands nnd wealth is being
sacrificed by the millions, while distress
and suffering among the people of both
nations nre rapidly Increasing.
JVOr A BAD SHOWING
Police Judge Ucrktt-, lu connection with
tbe agitation for n Juvenile court, has
been compiliug statistics of Juvenile of
fenders arrested in Omahn during re
cent years. His tabulation for the
year 1!K3 disclosing the number of ar
rests of persons under the age of 10
and the reasons for their arrest, Is us
follows:
Abduction 1
Assault and battery -
Assault to wound 3
Burglary 1"
Carrying concealed weapons 1
Daylight burglary , 3
Disturbing peace 6
Disorderly conduct -4
Discharging firearms......
Illegal fishing , ,.. 1
Incorrigibility 63
Fast and reckless driving 1
Highway robbery 2
Petit larceny 64
Larceny from person ." 2
Peddling without license 6
Runaway boys :, 33
State witness '. 3
Shooting to kill. ..i 1
Stabbing to wound 1
Suspicious characters t0
Trespass 1
Vagrants 7
Jumping on cars 21
That this is by no means a bad show
ing is readily seen to anyone who will
study the figures. The total aggre
gates 31W, which Is less than one a day
throughout the year. Of this total, It
Is apparent that n large proportion,
nearly two-thirds, are charged merely
with mlsliehavior such as incorrigibility,
suspicious character, runaways or dis
orderly conduct. The really serious
offenses charged against those Juve
nile mischief makers nre few in
number, and when we consider that
Omaha Is a city of more than 100,000
population, with probably 2."i.00 to
30,000 under 10 years of age, thfs page
of tbe police court recoid Is a credit
rather than discredit to the com
munity. There nre doubtless a number of of
fenders who figure in these tables more
than once these are the really harmful
element of our youthful population.
Bnt, on the whole, the growing genera
tion of young America in the city of
Omaha gives fair promise of liecoming
B useful nnd luw abiding increment to
our citizenship.
The breaking of an automatic switch
ing device threw the traction systems ot
Greater New York out of operation for
several hours, nnd the men who were
discharged by the Introduction of the de
vice refused to return to work. It Is evi
dent that the "personal equation" will
have to be considered for some time to
come in the handling of trains, and it Is
well for managers to be sure of their
automatons before tjiey release their
train crews.
There was never a more disreputable,
more reprehensible and more malicious
lot of roorbacks set afloat in any cam
paign than were circulated lu the last
few days by Journalistic street walker
that circulate dally and weekly publica
tions In this city out of the principal
publishing houses In Omahn which
should be by rights releguted to the
burnt district.
By the next presidential election the
area served by the voting machine ought
to be considerably enlarged in fact, It
would be iio great surprise to find tbe
next presidential vote cast in Omaha
registered and counted by machine, mak
ing tbe complete tabulated result avail
able within two or three hours after tbe
polls close.
Two American army surgeous will be
sent to the "orient to study methods of
treating wounded lu tlx- camps of the
belligerents.1 Four orrWrs are there
studying hoy the wound are produced,
so that U wouid nppoar, from tbe stand
point of the War department, that kill
ing or wounding Is still the paramount
purjiose of an army.
Colorado has again demolttrtfi-l tint
the presence of women nt th.s isills ins
no dterrlng effect uion the rowdy, and
It would be fisillsh to clajm. In tbe light
of recent events, that co:trio Is better
governed than states where suffrage is
mulcted by sex.
The legal representative of a deceased
Inventor has sued the Standard Oil com
pany for royalties on a patent treatment
for petroleum to render It non-explosive.
Ry citing all the oil explosions reported.
It Is probable that the company can
prove nn alibi.
Guardians of the Snog canal should be
on their guard. The Russian fleet Is
ready to pass through that waterway
and some wireless message may tell
them that Togo's ships have marched
overland to attack In the middle of the
cannl.
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Another Teat of Civilisation.
Roston Transcript.
The Japs are not only experts In war
and statesmanship, but they also know how
to run a birthday dinner party to the em
peror's taste.
Can't See His Finish.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Tom Watson Intimates that he intends
to do some more running In lSXiS. If Tom
doesn't watch out he will be laying him
self open to the charge of professionalism.
No f harae to I'lek Winner.
Chicago Tribune.
It Is to be a mild winter. Robins sre.
hatching out a third brood for the season.
Also it is to be a severe winter. The Ken
tucky goose bone foreshadows It. You can
take your choice of birds.
Kxtent of the Mall Service.
Indianapolis News.
The t'nited States malls carry in a year
S.500.G00.0O0 pieces of matter at a cost of
$150,000,000, and if the rural delivery serv
ice, which now serves one-seventh of our
people at an expense of $22,000,000, were
eliminated the postofftce would be self
supporting. The postoffice waa not estab
lished to make money, but even without
any retrenchment it would make money,
probably, If the cheap parcels-post were
introduced here as It exist In other pro
gressive countries.
Honorable Poverty.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
There is testimony to a life of scrupulous
honor In the news that the late Robert E.
Pattlson, after a lifetime spent in the dis
charge of public and private trusts, died
a poor man. It Is announced that the prop
erty he left Is Incumbered, and a committee
of prominent Phlladclphians has opened a
subscription to discharge the indebtedness
and preserve the property for his family.
That Governor Pattlson could In the posi
tions which he held have accrued great
wealth If he hnd been willing to subordi
nate his Integrity to the dictates of ac
quisitiveness is beyond dispute. That hs
did not do so may be exceptional to the
professional politics of Pennsylvania, but
that fact makes the exception no less to
his credit.
Iowa'a I nlqne Philanthropy.
Portland Oregonian.
Twenty thousand dollars to establish a
home for drunkards; .wives In Iowa is one
of the bequests of the late James Callanan
of Des Moines1, n philanthropist and in his
later years an earnest advocate of tem
perance. This IS something new. Drunk
ards' retreats we have tn numbers, but
there has heretofore been no provision
made for the wives of drunkards beyond
the common' almshouse, or, when mental
stress has become acute, the Insane
asylums. Indeed, the clasa thus designated
seems to be the most difficult of all for
philanthropy to reach. The reason for this
is obvious. It is Impossible to better the
condition of a woman as long as she
remains an inmate of a drunkard's home.
For drunkards' widows there Is some hope
and help. For drunkards' wives there la
none. This scheme of a home for drunk
ards' wives, therefore, must presuppose
the permanent abandonment by the bene
ficiaries of tne wretched homes of their
besotted husbaads or the death of the
latter an event that occurs all too In
frequently in time to give the wives op
portunity to enjoy a few yeare of peace
and plenty.
MUSIC IX MEDICINE.
Tlierapenlle Valor of Selected Com
positions Faultlessly Rendered.
Philadelphia Public. Ledger.
A learned physician, wAting upon tha
beneficial results to be derived from "the
intelligent use of music, either vocal or In
strtimental, as a therapeutic adjunct," adds
the wise caution: '
To he advantageous the nature of the
composition must be carefully selected with
a view to the needs of the individual case
and the execution must be aa nearly fault
less aa possible
The latter condition probably would not
exclude the piano-playing machines, which
are capable of a quite "faultless" exocu-tion-withln
limits. It it be assumed,
however, that the physician or surgeon or
the hospital director is able to employ a
group of accomplished virtuosi, of impecca
ble technique. The selection of the compo
sition, "with a view to the needs of the
Individual case," is a much mo; difficult
proposition.
The ailments in which the therapeutic
agency of music is particularly recom
mended are "melancholia., Innomnla, hys
teria, family affliction, business reveries,
pain, fatigue, mental or physical." It la
obvious that the same composition la not
equally adapted to all of these, nor to every
individual similarly afflicted. The muslo
of the popular American or British "comic
opera" of tha present day. for example, is
evidently diverting to many persons, and
produces agreeable sensations; there sre
other whom one act of it suffices to plunge
Into the profoundeat melancholy. The
physician must know the history of his
case before he turns on the pianola.
There Is much modern music that seams
well suited to overcome Insomnia. With
this view, "Parsifal" would bs an Invaluable
therapeutic adjunct. The difficulty It in the
tendency of modern murtc to "get on the
nerves." Thus the tons-poems of Richard
Strauss might prove dangerous to a person
with a tendency to hysteria, exoept on the
homeopathic principle. For "builneia re
verses," posalbly the music of "Rhelngold"
would prove ooruvllng, but the precis com
position to be prescribed for "family afflic
tion" roust require vtry thoughtful select
tlon. Here, perhaps, we had better go back
to Oluck.
When w reach the end of th list, in
"fatigue, menial or phytlcal," we meet the
same difficulty with which w started, tha
contrails of temperament. Aa a general
proposition it la undeniable that much of
the music that la now moot esteemed does,
In Ha restless and Incessant movement,
produce an actual physical weariness. It
docs not always follow tat this ran b
cured by a euavs melody. There are pa
tients who might be ruled by a sentimen
tal song whosa my effect on others Would
ba- to "make them tired." Kvldently, this
therapeutic agent, Ilka many others, roue:
be uted with great discrimination.
THC Pl or IIIIV1.
Scientific Sharp Snrrnnn I llntnanlly
with ( lands nt Microbes.
Philadelphia ledger.
Marvel as we may at tho difoo cries of
modern science, the greater marvel Is that
the world has gone on so long snd msnklnd
has Increased and multiplied through count
less generations without" the knowledge ws
now find Indispensable to the maintenance
of life. Think through what infinitude of
perils and Inconveniences man has fought
hla way. We know now that w are sur
rounded onscvery hand by agencies of
death. Disease lurks everywhere, In our
food and drink, in the very air we breathe.
Life Is to be defended only by an unending
germicidal war. To drink of water is to
court death, and a resort to any other bev
erage ss demonstrably suicidal. Such food
as Is not artificially poisoned Is known to
be laden with microbes, and the prudent
man's only choice is between death by
swift and sure diseaae or death by priva
tion. If lie seeks recreation out of doors, it Is
but to pass Intd a polluted atmosphere,
reeking with the germs which his fellow
sufierers everywhere are scattering. Sucli
germs, we are assured, have always ex
isted; It Is only the recognition of them
that is new. And yet our fathers and our
fathers' fathers lived through all this hide
ous contagion without knowing It. YVhut
a hardy race ours must have been, or else
how enfeebled now.
tk'itnce has done great things for us, but
the old, careless Joy of living Is altogether
goni?. The mother's fond embrace of her
children, the lovers' kiss, the clasped hands
of friendship, all alike are Inhibited as un
sanitary. We dare not greet our neigh
bor In the street lest he Infect us or we
him. All household pets are banished as
bearers of contagion, and In our cheerless,
uncurtained rooms, with bsre and lime
coated walls washed dully with antiseptics,
our spectacled children study from disin
fected books and go forth to pass a sani
tary examination before they enter school.
For a time It was hoped that a distant
salute might safely be substituted for any
closer interchange of greetings, but even
that is now denied us. A scientific person
has recently proclaimed that the waving of
a handkerchief I but setting germs In mo
tion, and the "Chautauqua salute" which
means the simultaneous waving of many
handkerchiefs Is to be prohibited by sani
tary ordinance. Even though the hand
kerchiefs be clean, we are told, the pocketa
whence they are drawn are th lurking
places of bacteria, hleh thus are started
on their devastating course. There Is no
longer need to resort to those mysterious
agents concealed In caskets which we read
of In Italian romance. Each one of us
carries a poisoned 'kerchief, and to wave It
toward the Inaccessible adored one may be
but the signal of destruction.
Truly, life has become a serious business
In these sanitary days, and every week
the circle of It Is narrowing.
THE RECEDING CATARACT.
Theories of Government Geologist
Regarding- Niagara Falls.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
That the enormous volumes of water
pouring over Niagara falls are gradua.ly
wearing away the ladga, over which they
leap is a fact familiar to all schoolboys,
who understand that - in consequence of
this 'erosion the falls will . disappear in
no short time aa geologists reckon time.
The present rate of recession Is known
and that of past and future ages estimated
with mora or less accuracy. 8c oner or
later this by no means least of th woiU's
wonders will be no more.
But a .government geologist, Mr. Gtlbnt,
while admitting that the falls will disap
pear, has a theory of their disappearance
more original and Interesting , than the
one generally accepted. His Idea Is that
long before the cliffs over which the water
dashes can be worn away the waters of
the Great lakes will flow, not east, as at
present, but west, into the great Father
of Waters. He is convinced that th lake
levels are gradually rising, and that the
westward flow will begin Just as soon as
Lake Michigan's level becomes high
enough to overflow Into an old channel
which he has found near Chicago and
which was made by th drainage of a
glacial lake. This channel leads directly
to the Illinois river and the water from
Lake Michigan will seek it when the level
has risen a few feet above the present
stage. Should his idea prove to be corr:t
the Niagara rocks will b left high and
dry.
However, there need be no immediate
rush to take a last look at the cataraot,
for Mr. Gilbert thinks that at the present
rate of progress the lakes will not empty
into the Mississippi for 1,000 years. Prob
ably Niagara will not wear away Its rocks
In much Icf time, to some slight delay In
visiting the water fall may be pardoned
in those who naturally Wish to see It
before its waters have gone the way ot
Its predatory hackmen, Niagara is un
doubtedly doomed, but It will re her quite
a while yet.-
PERSONAL NOTES.
Secretary of the Navy Morton will un
doubtedly favor large bultleshlpa in his
forthcoming report.
Mrs. William U. Kinney, daughter of
Governor Murphy, will christen the battle
ship New Jersey when launched on No
vember in.
Henry M. Delllnger of Washington, D. C,
aged 83. fitted up the experiment station at
the national capital for Morse, Inventor of
the telegraph.
The Cincinnati man who deposited his
appendix In the cornerstone of a new club
house should have attached to it the doc
tor's hill for Its removal, to make the ex
hibit most enlightening to future genera
tions. Henry Merwln Shrady has been intrusted
with the modeling of the Grant memorial
to be erec ted In Washington at a cost of
$230,000. Hhrady's father waa the physician
who attended General Grant In his last
Illness.
Without any splurge of publicity Harvard
is now Installing the largest practical tele
scope In the world, and the Pickerings,
Prof. V. II. and Prof. iS. C, feol elated
that the bunt for new stars will soon bs
renewed with Increased Interest.
A feature of special interest to this coun
try In conneotlon with th Canadian elec
tions was the defeat In Colchester oounty,
Nova Scotia, of Seymour Q, Gourley, a
conservative who during hla two terms In
Parliament earned considerable notoriety
by violent attacks on the United States.
Bom New Vork doctors sre now recom
mending a medical supervision of Turkish
baths. Ths death of Lawyer E. M, rrlend
from heart disease shortly after emerging
from th hot room, and th plunge has
started tbe agitation. Some doctors who
have been interviewed argue that a person
before taking a Turkish buth should con.
suit a physician , with referenoe to his
ability to undergo that sort of bathing.
Purcell powlea. a full-blooded Oneida In
dian, grandson of a former chief of th
tribe, has Just been given a position ss
motorman In, tbe St. Lcul street railway
service. He la th second full-blooded
Indian to be employed by th St. Louis
Tranalt company. Felix Scott, a Sioux,
having bn In the service alx months,
fowlesa is 23 years old. 11 was born In
Wisconsin, where the Oneida tribe has
lived for years. His Indian nam is
fe'uda-WBh.
GOSSIP A Rot T THE WAR.
Gllntpsea rt Inrlrtenta Sketched by
Correspondents oa the Spot.
Wllllnm Lilnwldiile. one of the American
corrcpondents with the Japanese army,
gives a grsphic account of the buttle of
IJ0 Yang In Leslie's Weekly. The story,
though belated, contains a wealth of
stirring detnlls such ss onlv mi eyewitness
can give. Among other things the corre
spondent ssys:
"Disregarding all orders. Ignoring nil sur
veillance, dodging stnff cfflccrs by day and
sleeping In out-of-the-way places at night,
Rass snd I have succeeded tn witnessing,
from positions close to the front, one if the
great battles of the world. Jnpnn against
Russia, snd the taking of Lino Yang by
the former, after eleven days of practically
Inceiaant fighting, which resulted In a hol
low victory for the Japanese and a tri
umphant defeat for the Russians.
"Ceaseless roar? Thousands of dead ;ind
wounded In thS front. SMent and swiftly
marching regiments In the dark, striving
to reach the front that half of them might
bleed and die for country on the morrow,
A hug army stumbling nwnrd In sheer
exhaustion through the cool, moon it night.
Fighting, fighting, fighting like benighted
demons, with bloodshot eyes and prrsplra
tlon pouring from overstrained bodies, un
der a sun which rose cold red. glowed with
yellow heat, and darkened again behind Jet
black storm clouds. Not one dny, mind
you, but eleven monstrous, unnatural days,
through which men looked back ward, ns
In a troubled dream, the clutches of whlrh
could not be shaken off. Days when men
fell asleep at every hull, with pain-drawn
faces so like those mad victims of prolonged
and nerve-rarklng feats of riding and
Walking.
"Vast numbers of th soldiers forming
the great Japanese army and those of the
Russian, too, for that matter must have
been finally so benumbed In mind and bod
by these superhuman exertions that, if
ever before they felt a shrinking dread of
the shrill, hissing hail of nickel-cased bul
lets, or a nervous tremor at the wind torn
moan of flying shrapnel, now they were
welcomed as presaging a possible respite
In slumber for a few precious moments
behind some natural barrier.
"Tho writer frankly confesses that he
was a mere speck on a landscape of war,
which stretched for many miles to his
right and his left snd before him. A
human atom, painfully crawling up sleep
sided hills, and looking with only two
eyes Into a region where, for a few miles,
he could actually see the operations of a
single division at times. By the distant
glimpse of areas of bursting shrapnel, by
the rising and falling sounds of small-arm
fire, by a general knowledge of the loca
tion of the various Japanese armies, one
knew whether these distant forces wore
winning or losing, or remaining deadlocked.
We had no maps, and no information from
headquarters was ever offered us during
the many days' combat. A few friendly
subordinate officers of the line assisted us.
on occasion, by a peep at the Russo
Japanese contour maps and with a few
meager facts and figures regarding what
was transpiring before us. Notwithstand
ing all these serious handicaps, to have
been a dumb spectator, merely, of two Im
mense armies writhing in a death cm
brace, repays one a thousand-fold."
Francis McCullagh, correspondent of the
New York Herald with the Russian army,
writes concerning the relations of officers
and soldiers: "An impression seems to be
s broad that the Russian soldier ia fre
quently whipped and illtreated, but during
my stay with the Russian army I never
saw anybody punished or abused. A fel
low correspondent tells me that he once In
the streets of Mukden saw an officer sav
agely use his whip on the face snd head of
a soldier. Whose punishment would, of
course, have been death If he struck back,
but I have never seen anything of the
kind." .j
"On the contrary the officers seem to be
on good terms with their men. They shout
at them occasionally, it Is true, for even
In the Russian army they find soldiers that
are stupid, but the soldiers are always re
spectful If slow, and invariably address
their leaders by high sounding titles, more
Oriental than European, such as 'high
born one,' etc. ,
The very sluggishness of the soldiers
enables them to bear up excellently In
spite of the continual falling buck and of
their apparently purposeless fighting. No
army In the world could stand such a test
so well, but the Russian army sees that It
loses very few men In each fight, and Is
confident that the supreme general la
gradually working out some grand scheme
which It Is not for them to fathom.
"The Russian soldier feels that the Jap
anese cannot stand against him, breast to
breast, an 1 he sees that all hia enemy
can Ho Is to make him withdraw by means
of a hot artillery fire.
"Ivan Ivanovlch has no more love for
shrapnel bursting near him than has any
soldier, so he does quit poaltion .fter posi
tion, but he does so slowly and deliber
ately, feeling perfectly sure that the Jap
anea has too much fear of tlje Cornuck
to pursue him."
"During the last eight months," says
D. B. Fullerton of Melbourne, Australia, In
a Chicago Chronicle interview, -r hi...
been In Japan, and cam directly from that
country to waahlngton.
"I had been In the country several times
before, but on this recent visit my view
of the people was clearer and I had greater
opportunity to study them. To speak
truthfully, a stranger cannot tell by the
outward demanor of th Japanese that
they aie engaged In a desperate struggle
which Involves their survival aa a nation.
Men and women go about their usual tasks
as though nothing extraordinary was oc
currlng. The only exception la when news
of a victory comes they have a lantern
parade at night by way of celebrating.
"Although I stayed eight months, I
might have stayed that many years with
out ever getting an Inkling of what tho
people think; they are Just as polite, Just as
amiable to foreigners, but no hint of their
plans, no word as to their military move
mentn ever comes to sn alien. They keep
their own crunsel better than any people
on earth. You may be on the best terms
with a man whose son has been slain by
th Russians, and yet you will never hear
him allude to It. Whll I was there an
army of SO.OOQ men waa moved from the
north Island by rail, and yet so quietly was
this done that nobody knew what the
Chang of th railway schedule was for,
and I have nevsr yt seen the occurrence
chronicled In any newspaper.
"Besides this, th little brown men sre In
tip-top shap this summer; they have made
record breaking crops of grain and rice, and
th silk production la far, in excess of the
average tha best, so I heard, ever known."
A writer in Scrlbner's Magazine, who is
with Kouropstkln's army, saya that in
March, whin that geenral reached the
front to take command, the Russians, ex
cluding the railroad guards, garrisons,
etc., had not more than to.OiU men with
which to take tha fit Id. . t'p to July Id
the whole firce was only lXou). with
Japan In control of th sea, the railroad Is
the only feeder of the R'.irslan army. It
has only been able to bring In a daily
averuga of 4W men sine the war la-gun,
snd, with Its single track and Imperfect
equipments, cannot be pushed much beyond
that figure. As more troow arrive, more
supplies must b carried, and already the
powers of the road are pushed to their
limit.' Th strain tell on th roadbed
Fifty Vcsrs the Standard
4w
in
MESPE
Matta from pure cream of
tartar derived from grapes.
and rolling stock, und repairs are con
stantly needed. jThe 'correspondent does
not think the road can tic pushed to carry
l.rtio a day, with tln ir supplies, while
Japan. hchifS'S narrow and unthreatened
waterway, can pour In forces and food in
unlimited numbers and quantities, lie doeg
not pretend to predict the result of th
war, but thinks that anybody who can find
encouragement In Russia's present situa
tion there must be an optlmlxt well up in
the Ijiirincps.
"The Russian house we have been quar
tered In," writes a correspondent of thS
New York Evening Post with the Japanese
army, "has trellises of morning glories
about the wide veranda. There are some
pots with blooming plants along the bal
ustrade. A little pug dog has been tnll
Wagging and curling up beside us ever
Since wo enmc. He will not allow a Chi
nese to enter the door.
"'Who lived here?" we asked the Ger
man merchant and the Scotch doctor, th
only Europeans remulnlng after the Rus
sian evacuation of Lino Yang. It was th
director of the railway.
" 'There were women In the house?"
'" Yes', the director had three daughters.'
"The morning glories aud the potted
plants and the friendly little dog had been -
theirs, Tho music by Russian masters
which I found flying about tbe. yard after
the looting that hud been theirs. Rem-'
mints of magazines of a rellned type, con
taining pictures of the sort of straight-eyed
women one had grown up caring for met
our glance In every room. This house had
been somebody's home, und a home with a
likeness unto our own.
"The open door In Manchural! W bad
not thought of this sort."
()
LEVITY FOH THE LEFT.
Employe! Here, Jimmy! Take this nuar
ter mm go to tne maun.e this afternoon.
Jimmy Gee! Ijai s kinj o' ou, jvir.
Grutt. 1.
Kmployer No. it's Just gix-.d business
1 want you to pick up s me i.ew tun, i nt
, getting tired or "jitdeila. Cleveland
nur, .
Hill Death is not altogethrr to be
dreaded.
Daie No. There is the one satisfaction
that one will uot have to pay ih under
taker's bi Is ones self. Bos, on Ti ansenpt.
Hess No; Ni II dnen t ' like Maud at
all; In fact sne simply detests her.
Ned I ji.dgid so tr m her b'hav.or whu
she met MnUO at tho weuding tnu ot .sr
night.
nesa Indeed?
Ned Yes; she klaed her three times anil
told he.- huw pretty the look aa. Philadel
phia lress.
"Pa, what's a Irgal luminary?"
"A lawyer wno has got up nigh enough
to be able to decline cases that ne kuow.t
he can't win." Chicago Record-Herald.
"Here! You two!" yelled the stevedore;
"handle that gunpowc.er careful!'
"What's the matther wld It?" demanded
Casey aud Kellly in one breath.
"Don't you know some of that sima
Iiowder exploded a couple of years ago aud
ilowed up ten men?"
"Shure that couldn't happen now." re- ,
plied Caaey. "Tneie's enly two of us ,
here." Philadelphia Catholic Standard.
Bill Collector The boss wants to know ;
when y.iu're going to settle this account. i
Mr. Sllngiin de Munna way Pleas tell
your boas ills curiosity in that direction s
no greater than mine. Kindly refrain from
slamming tho door as you go out. It Jars
on my nerves. Chlcngo Tribune.
' THE SOMi OF THE COYOTE. '
When nights are long
I howl a aong
O'er the drear Nebraska plains.
And the w.nd It speeds my r:fnin stons
Which begins when daylight wanes
'Tis a song forlorn ' '
I sing till mcrn
Of davs that have passed nwsy!
For the wild oivs' have fled and left ms
alone i . "
To tune my mournful lay.
Oh. list to tho chorus' lonesome sound
As It drifts down some far hillside
From my lair with no living thing around,
I sing to- my friends who have died. .
Then I Journey forth on my nightly quest,
Hat stop often times on the plain.
To howl to the stars and the moon In the
weal.
The same old sad refrain.
My song begins In a childish trill.
And ends with a long-drawn wall.
Like a dirge for the days that haunt m
There come echceS from cliff and fate"1
"Tis a heartweary song that -I sing alway,
Full of pen'-up grief and woe;
A song for the friends of ye-lc rdiy.
And the times of long ago
WILLIAM W. EDWARDS.
COCOA
u ti.tintmi.hed from mlt Otbtnhy I
Its full flavor, delicious quality and J
absolute purity. .
L K Wtlttr H. Uwcisy Co. Bottoa, Mat.