TH15 FALLS CITY TRIBUNE , FR1D/\V , SEPTIaHBER 8 , 1905.
CIVILITIES FRONT.
On Christmas Day Japanese and Rus
sians Agree to Suspend Fight
That All May Feast.
A Japanese officer serving on
the Shalto has a strange anil inter
esting story to tell of intercourse
and civilities between the two
armies.
The Japanese being desirous of
conveying to the Russians news of
the fall of Port Arthur , volun
teers were invited to carry the let
ters. Two non-commissioned of
ficers and two privates undertook
the task. They rode out toward
{ he fiieniy's lines with the inten
tion or delivering the letters di
rectly into the hands of the Rus
sians , instead of depositing them
at some mid way point , as had been
the custom hitherto. There was ,
however , great danger that this
new method might be fatal to the
little party.
Butthe.\ rode oirstontly to with
in a thousand meters of the ene
my's. outpost , waving white hand
kerchiefs. The Russians ( lid no *
lire , and the Japanese went
steadily on. When they were
only' about HO or 4(1 ( yards away , a
party of Russians lay down in tir
ing positions , but still the ser
geants and soldiers rode on , ener
getically waving their white Hags.
Presently the Russians motioned
them to lay down their arms ,
thinking they had come to surren
der. The Japanese , however , re
gardlcss of risk , pushed on to
within hand-shaking distance.
Then the Russians saw that they
carried several bottles of wine
and boxes 01 cigars. On the latter
was inscribed in big letters : "To
morrow will be your Christmas
day. We shall not attack if you i
do not. Drink and smoke to your
heart's content and have a good I
time. "
Atfirst the Russians did not wish
to accept the presents , but when
they read the hearty sentences
written on the boxes in their own
language , they were much over
come , and there ensued an ex
change of the friendliest greet
ings.Then
Then the visitors handed in
their letters and spoke of the fall 1
of Port Arthur , the news of which i
was received with profound dis
couragement. "There is no fur
ther object in the war , " said the
Russian soldiers. Eager ques
tions were asked about Gen. Stoes-
scl , and the men were much inter
ested to hear he shortly would been
on his way home. The Japanese
then presented the Russians with
some pictorial post cards showing
how well Russian prisoners were
treated in Japan.
Finally the four men rode away
in safety with the rousing cheers
of the grateful enemy ringing in
their ears.
THE BOOTMAKER IN CHINA
Common People Very Rarely Wear
This Sort of Footwear Cus
toms In the North.
Boots are only worn in China
by officials , servants , soldiers
sailors , and special hob-nailed
boots , occasionally in wet weath I
er , by the common people. The |
universal form of foot-covering is
a shoe , while coolies and the
poorest classes have to content
themselves with straw or leather
sandals , or go barefoot. Women's
shoes are made at home and , ex
cept in isolated cases in Shanghai
are never exposed for sale in
shops. This remark does not ap j )
ply to the peculiar form of shoe
worn by Manehu women , which is
perched on a sort of small stilt. In [
the north , during the winter
months , the ordinary boot or shoe
is often wadded or lined witli
sheepskin , and of late years repro
dnctions of Chinese boots and
shoes in india rubber have beer
imported from the United Staler
and Germany , and found favoi
with Chinese at the treaty ports
Woman's Progress In Roumanla.
The pust of oflicial shortham
writer in the Roumanian parlia
inent has for the first time beei
won by a woman. It was a com
petitive appointment and the lad ( lv ;
applicant beat all her male rivals
Since the new government took ii ]
the reins women have made grea
strides in Roumania in the matte
of competing with men. A shor
time ago the finance minister ha <
no fewer than l. > women employei
as secretaries in the central of.
fices. There is a great outer ,
against the minister's manifes
partiality for women clerks in jis
department.
ORIGINALI'i i IS A POWER.
By Fostering This Characteristic One
May Attain Great Things i
In Life.
There are a thousand people
who will do faithfully what they
' '
are told to one who can lay out a
1
programme or execute it ; a th u
sand who can only follow to one |
who can lead. It is a rare thing to
find a young man who has the
power of accomplishment , the
ability to put a thing through with
the force of originality , says Ori
son Swett Marden , in Success.
Whatever your work in life , do
not follow others. Do not imi
tate. Do not do things just as
everybody else has done them be
fore , but in new , ingenious ways.
Show the people in your specialty
that precedents do not cut much
of a figure with you , and that you
will make your own programme.
Resolve that , whether you accom
plish much or little in the world ,
it shall be original your own. Do
not be afraid to assert yourself
in an original way. Originality is
power , life ; imitation is death.
Do not be afraid to let yourself
out. You grow by being original ,
never by copying ; by leading , nev
er by following. Resolve thatyou
will be a man of ideas , always on
the lookout for improvement.
Think to some purpose. There is
always a place for an original
man.
There is nothing else which will
kill the creative faculty and para
lyze growth more quickly than fol
lowing precedents in everything ,
and doing everything in the same
old way. I have known progres
sive young men to stop growing ,
become hopelessly rutty , and lose
all their progressiveness by goiim
into their fathers' stores , fac-
tories or places of business , when
everything was done in the same
old-fashioned way , and precedents -
dents were followed in everything.
They lost all expansiveness.
There was no motive for reachinu
out for the new and original , be
cause their fathers would not
change ; and I have seen these
splendid fellows , who might have
become great and grand men
shrivel to pygmies in their fa
thers' ruts.
How many of our business
houses are weighted down will :
machinery , old , antiquated ineth
ods , ponderous bookkeeping , am
out-of-date appliances , when nev
devices , or new methods , wit !
short-cut way of doing things ,
would enable them to economic
greatly on room and get along
with less help ; but they cling t"
the old with a fatal tenacity.
This is why so many old con
corns , which have been strong
powerful for generations ,
i gradually shrink , shrivel , get into
ruts , and fail , while their newer
competitors , the bright young
men who have gone out from these
houses , do things in a new way ,
adopt up-to-date methods
, keep up
witli the times , and go on to
greater success.
, WOMEN WASTE VITAL FORCE
Fair Sex Loses Much Nervous Energy
"I Through Errors Which Might
'
j Easily Be Avoided.
Women ( according to a lady
doctor ) lose much nervous force
through errors which might be
easily avoided.
One notable instance is seen in
, their manner of walking. Many
women have an uneven gait , i.Tn
nervous , jerky step that jars the
. whole body and keeps most of tin ?
muscles tense and drawn.
A good way of correcting a bad
walk is to caiu-y a waltz tune in
e the mind , and keep step to it an
far as possible without actually
dancing. After a time the walk
will become regular and buoyant
and , the habit once formed , there
is no occasion of
s continuing the
device of keeping step to a turn- .
. Women lose much of their vital
ity in needless excitement and inn
misplaced sympathies. Tlieii
emotions are easily drawn upon
j and instead of reserving thoii
powers for important occasions
they dissipate them on the small
est provocation. The remcdj
' here is to practice self-control , ii
1 is one of the finest of nerve tonics
,
Chinese Cotton Mills.
Thirteen hours and a half con
Btitute the working day of a Chi
"esc mill hand in the cotton fac
. tories , night shifts working lit
ten hours , in spite of the loii |
hours the pay is very small , tin
best workers receiving but 12
cents a day. *
MINIATURE JAP GARDENS.
Made in This Country and Used to
Decorate the Dinner Table for
American Society.
The little Japanese gardens dis
played 1 in the windows of florists
'are made in this country , but by
Japanese artists.
"We import the dwarf plants
and t trees used for the purpose
from Japan , " said one dealer to a
New York Sun reporter. "The
gardens are constructed by Jap
anese men here whom we employ
for the work.
"How much are they ? The ones
that you see here range from ? IJ to
§ ( ! . We have more expensive
ones. These are the ? ( ' ones in
these round terracotta pots.
'Some people use them for jar
dinieres for the center of the din
ing table. The coloring is rich and
good and the little gardens al
ways interest people. "
OnlyJapanese art could achieve
these wonderful miniature gar
dens , many of them not more than
eight inches across.
A perfect illusion of extensive
landscaM ] > is won by the clever
placing of the tiny dwarfed trees ,
theartfultwistsgivento wee grav
eled paths , the carefully arranged
vistas.
The smallest gardens are , as a
rule , grown in little shallow porcelain
celain dishes of pretty design and
coloring. The larger gardens are
grown in shallow earthenware
pots , bowl shaped.
Flooded with bright sunshine
the gardens show off to the best
advantage.
"I love mine in the sunset light , "
says a woman who is so devoted to
her garden that she has had a s ] > (
cial high stand made for it to res !
on in a bow window , where it ma.A
catch an admirable all round light.
"The ell'ect of the golden light
through the little old pine trees i *
stunning , and orange streaks sli ]
over the little lawns in just th <
way they do over real lawns.
"When dusk comes the garder
is delightful , so dark and bosk.\
and cool. And in the moonlight' .
Well , you just ought to see the
moonlight on my garden , lighten
up the dearest littfe white pagods
on the side of a steep hill.
"My garden's poetry to me al
the time. Through it I keep sense
of summer near me all through th
winter months. "
WAS HONEST IN POLITICS
Mark Twain , Stumping for Hawlcy
Told Exactly What He Knew of
the Famous General.
This is the way in which Mark-
Twain once introduced Gen. Jo
seph R. llawley at a public meet
ing , according to the Hartford
Times : "I see I am advertised fo
introduce the speaker of the even
ing , Gen. llawley. of Connecticut ,
and I see it is the report that I
am to make a political speech
Now , I must say this is an error.
I wasn't constructed to make
slum ] ) speeches , and on that head
( political ) 1 have only this so
say : First , sec that you vote.
Second , see that your neighbor
votes. Lastly , see that yourself
or neighbor don't scratch the
ticket. Gen. llawley was prcsi
dent of the Continental commis
sion. Was a gallant soldier 'n\
the war. lie has been governor
of Connecticut , member of con
gress , and was president of tin1
convention that nominated Abra (
ham Lincoln. "
Gen. llawley That nominated ( ]
Grant.
Twain He says it was Grant ( ,
but I know better. ITe is a mem
ber of my church at Hartford , and (
the author of 'Beautiful snow. '
Maybe he will deny that. Hut I
am only here to give him a char
, , acter from his last place. As a
pure citizen , I respect him , as a
personal friend of years I have
. the warmest regard for him ; as
a neighbor whose vegetable gar
den joins mine , why why , I watch >
him. That's nothing ; we all do
, that with any neighbor. Gen
llawley keeps his promises , not
, only in private but in public. II1 [
- is an editor who believes in
what he writes in his own paper
As the author of "Beautiful (
. Snow" ho added a new pang to
winter. He is broad-souled , gen
erous , noble , liberal , alive to hi. s.
.
moral and religious rcsponsihil
- itics. Whenever the contributioi
box was passed I never knew bin
to takeout a cent. He is a square
true , honest man in politics , am
I must say he occupies a might.i
lonesome position.
HE SOWED THE hJLY SEED
Bible Used ns Wniri'lnc Inper Proves
Interesting and Many Calls
Are Maoe for It.
In Armenia the distribution of
the Bible by missionaries IsVspe-
cially dilfi-ult. Yet the book is
eagerly read by the natives when
i < falls into their hands , as may
be gathered fiom this story , told
by one of the Bible men , says
Everybody's Magazine. A copy
of the Hible was given to a patient
in the American hospital , and by
him carried to his home in a vil
lage. Here an Armenian priest
took it from the man , and , having
torn it to pieces , threw it into the
street. A giocer picked it up anil
took it to his shop , wheie he began
to use it as wrapping paper. J3o
for a time olives , cheese , eamlles
and other things sent forth from
that store were wrapped in pages
upon which were printed the
'Words of Life. "
In this way the-Bible was scat
tered about through the village ,
and was read by many whose in
terest was so far aroused that
they began asking for more of the
same book. The result was that
when the colporteur came round
over 100 Bibles or portions of the
Bible were sold in that village.
North and south , east and west ,
Hie Bible society sows ; and that
no ground is too barren for its
seed suiely the following incident
proves :
A Cree Indian and lira son
fishing in ( he nortInvest some-
years ago during the winter sea
son , traveled on snow shoes across
the plains , thinking that they
carried what they called Uie
"Book of Heaven" in their pack.
When they reached a hunting
ground. MO milesdistant from the
fishery , they found that the book
had been left behind. One of their
went back on his tracks am
walked 280 miles through tin
wild country to regain the Bible
HELD TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
Thomas , Famous Leader , Began a
the Top in His Education and
Always Stayed There.
The accepted way of teaching
people to understand music is t
begin at the bottom , says Cliarle
E. Russell , in Reader Magazine
Play simple airs to-day , and per
haps to-morrow , or next year , o
some other time , you can phi ;
something a little better. Yoi
must lead the people by slow dc
grees and as if by the hand fron
fathomless depths of ignorance
The first tiling Mr. Thomas dii
was to trample upon this senil
sophistication. He would hav
none of it. He was a musical dem
ocrat ; I think he had a feelin
that the theory of beginning a
the bottom was the rotten frui
age of the idea that some men ar
specially gifted to feel and to 111
dersland , and the rest , pee
things , are inferior , and the gifte
truly must be very patient wit
them and show them the way t
the simplest apprehension. Few
men have had a better under
standing of their fellows , and hi >
probably knew well enough that
tke difference between mind and
mind is usually infinitesimal. He
tolerated none of this "beginning
\ at the bottom. " He began at the
| top. With Hie highest and most
i complicated forms of music ho
started upon his career , and
through years on years of good
I and evil fortune , through trial
l and failure , boundless trouble and
incessant toil , through intelligent
praise and fierce storms of deniin
eiation , he never for an install
- lowered his standard nor aban
. doned his faith.
Industrial Accidents in France ,
rThere were killed or injured in
! industrial accidents in France in
' the four and one-half years , from
July 1,1899 , to December ! , IflO.'t.
Males under 1(5 ( years of age , 1,282
males over 1(5 ( years of age , -11,091
females under 1 (5 ( years of age , 2HS
females over 1(5 ( years of age ;
1,519 ; total , .M,10 . The deaths
included in the foregoing mini
. bercd 0,9(52. (
Colombian Gold.
,
According to a Spanish ex
change the republic of Colombia
in South America , since the timei
. of the conquerors has produce1 !
IJIO.OOO.OOO worth of gold.
Good Fellow , Poor Fellow ,
There is no way of estimatin ;
, how much of life's trouble come
through the desire to be though ;
generous. Philadelphia Bulh
tin.
WILL POWER AN ESSENTIAL
The Man Who Bellovcs and Has ConI '
fldonco In Himself Is Ho Who j
Succeeds. I
What would you think of a
young man , ambitious to become
a lawyer , who should surround
himself with a medical atmoH
phere and spend his time reading
medical books ? asks Orison Swett
Marden , in Success. Do you think
he would ever become a great
lawyer by following such a course ?
No , he must put himself into a law
atmosphere , where he can absorb
it and be stcoi > cd in it until he is
attuned to the legal note. He
must be grafted Into the legal
tree so that he can feel its sap cir
culating through him.
How long would It take a young
man to become successful who
puts himself into an atmosphere
of failure and remains in it until
he is soaked to saturation with
the idea ? How long would it take
a man who depreciates himself ,
talks of failure , walks like a fall
ure , and dresses like a failure
who is always complaining of tin1
insurmountable difficulties in his
way , and whose every step is on
the road to failure how long
would it take him to arrive at the
success goal ? Would anyone be
Hove in him or expect him to win ?
The majority of failures began
to deteriorate by doubting or de
preciating themselves , or by los
ing confidence in their own ability.
The moment you harbor doubt
and begin lo lose faith in yourself ,
you capitulate lo the enemy.
Every time you acknowledg <
weakness , inefficiency , or lack of
ability , you weaken your self-con
( idcnce , and that is to undermine
Uie very foundation of all achieve
incut.
So long as you carry around i
failure atmosphere , and radiati
doubt and discouragement , yoi
will be a failure. Turn about face
cut off all currents of fail
ure thoughts , of discouraget
thoughts. Boldly face your goa
rt'ith a slout heart and a deter
mined endeavor , and you will fiiu
that things will change for you
but you must see a new world be
fore you can live in it. It Is d
what yon see , to what you believe
to what you struggle incessant ! *
to attain , that you will approx
mate.
FIND TREASURE OF A KING
Hoard of Gold , Ivory and Preciou
Stones Lies Hidden in
African Soil.
Treasure hunting continues t
occupy the attention of manypci
pie in various parts of theworlt
A hoard of buried wealth not a
well known as certain others
that supposed to have been m
ere ted by Lobengula , king of th
Malabelc in South Africa , bcfor
he met his death at the hands o
Uie British. This treasure is said
to consist of gold , ivory and pre
cious stones. It was brought into
Uie limelight of public notice not
long ago by the arrest of a Dutch
man named John Jacobs. He ar
rived at Bulawayo , told some-
tiling of his plans , was put into
what ( hey call the "goal" and ha.s
since been deported.
Lobengula succeeded his father !
as king of the Malabele in 1870 ( )
and boldly opposed European civ i
iis
HizaUon. He made Bulawayo his
isf
capital. Afler ( he discovery of f
gold in his territory in 1872 , Per
rIT
tugal , the Transvaal and Greiu
Britain strove1 to win the supreme
control over Lobengula's king
dom. In 1888 he signed a treal.v
!
with Great Britain , admit ( ing hev :
ivv
suzerainty. In 18915. provoked by
the insolence of the British Soutli
Africa company , he attacked ( he
English. He was ( erribly beaten
! His capital was taken and in hin
| flight lie himself was killed.
. John Jacobs , the treasure seek
, er , was a school-teacher. H Iie
. , claims to have been private sei-i-e
; ; tary to King Lobengula and ( hat
, in this way he learned where ( he
treasure was hid. The IJnlawayc
authorities , however , discovered
that he had a bad record. Hence [
his deportation. .Jacobs is an el I-
derly man , bearing evidence ol
long exposure to wind am
weather. The treasure is still to <
, bo found.
Old Age and Late Hours.
A statistician aflirms that tin
majority of people who attain oh
h age have kept late hours. Eigh
out of ten who reach the age of SO
> have never gone to bed till afte
12 at night.
BLACK [ DEATH , RATS , FLEAS
It Is Believed That derma on Ilodenta
Are Accountable for Tcr-
riblo Plague ,
The origin and nature of the
black dea111 , which devastated Eu
rope during the middle ages , ban
never been clear , sa.vs Collier's.
It seems certain that the infection
was brought by the ships of cer
tain tradersescaping from the Cri
mea , where they had been at
tacked by the Tartars at a town
on the River Don. During the at
tack the Tartan * were stricken
with violent plague , which caused
great loss of life among them. In
the hope of giving the curse to the
people of the besieged town , they
throw bodies of their dead into
the town. Their hopes were ful
filled , and the defenders were
also attacked by the plague.
These traders took to their ships
and sailed to various European
ports , Constantinople , Vuniccand
Genoa , leaving the black death
everywhere behind them. This
black death had certain striking
features in common with the Bom
bay plague of India. A careful
search of the records of Indian
history has shown ( hat there had
been an outbreak of plague in In
dia just previous to the time of
the Tartar siege and the Introduc
tion of the black death into Eu
rope. These Tartars might very
easily have taken the disease from
the people of India. If that is the
true story of the train of events ,
then the black death of the middle
ages was the modern plague , adis-
ease which we-know to be caused
by a certain specific bacillus.
Efforts have been made to
learn the means by which this dis
ease is carried , and what causes
lead to an outbreak. Certain
facts bearing on these points have
lately come lo light and may lead
to a correct knowledge of the
means of plague transmission.
Rats have the disease and rat fleas
have been examined and found to
contain quanlitics of the plague
bacilli. Ordinarily the rat fleas
are not found on man. During ep
idemics of plague , howevety
these rat fleas are found in not able-
quantities on human beings , and
there is no evident reason why
they may nol inoculate man by
their bites. Doubtless these
things have something to do with
the spread of I he plague , although
enough is nol yet known to allow
the whole chain of events to be
made out.
HISTORY IS A NEW STUDY.
Recognition by Universities of Im
portance of America's Story
of Recent Date.
IL seems incredible to stu
dents of the present day that
within ( he last three decades only
has American history been con
sidered of enough' importance to
be given a place in the study
courses of our large universities.
Henhy Cabol Lodge , in the
Reader Magazine , says : "A
little more ( ban 'M years ago u
boy could enter Harvard college
and after four years graduate
with the highest honors without
knowing af the oxislencc of the
Declaration of Independence or
when the constitution of the United
'
ed States was framed. What was
true of Harvard was true of other
universities and colleges. Amer
ican history was nol included in
the scheme of the higher educa
- tion. Boys entering college were
required to know something of
the history of Greece and Rome ,
but not of their own country. Dur
ing the four years of the college
course they had an opportunity to
study the history of England and
Europe , but never lo learn aught
o ! ' ( lie United States. This condition -
.
dition of education was merely an
indication of an attitude of mind
then passing away , but which had
once been predominant. The usu
- al opinion seems to have been ( lur
ing the first half of the nineteenth
century that there was no Ameri
can history worth telling , apart
from the adventures of the earli
est settlements and the events of
the revolution , which were both
- connected so closely with the his
tory of Europe that they might
be deemed of importance. "
The Bicycle in Germany.
The bicycle still holds Tts own
abroad , as is shown by the fact
that the exports of bicycles and
parts of bicycles from Germany
during the years 1902 , 190:1 : and
1901 were valued at ? 3,427,200 ,
; Sl.-lHi.MO , and § l,79r ,700 respec
tively.