The bailie of Shakhe River , as Mar
shal Oyama officially names it , wove
Itself out on Oct. 20. " The hard fight-
Ing began on ( Jet. 1) ) with an attack on
Kuroki , commanding the Japanese
right. The battle lasted eleven days.
.The Russians , by their own reports ,
lest 12,000 killed and 50,000 wounded.
The Japs casualties are not known.
Strategically , according to the Chi
cago Tribune's view , the battle was an
unqualified triumph for the Japs. Ku-
ropatkin started south from Mukden
on Oct 4 with the avowed purpose of
rolling back the Japanese and reliev
ing Port Arthur. His exact words
were : "Now the moment to go to meet
the enemy has come , and the time has
arrived for us to compel the Japanese
to do our will , for the forces of the
Manchurian army are strong enough
for a forward movement. "
The outcome of the Russian attempt
v ras that they failed to gain a rood of
ground toward Port Arthur. Indeed ,
the Jap lines are fifteen miles farther
northward than were on the day of
Kuropatkin's proclamation. Kuropat-
Icin'.s purpose to relieve Port Arthur
was utterly defeated. Oyama's pur
pose to prevent the relief of Port Ar
thur was entirely successful. Stra
tegically , therefore , the victory indubi
tably rests with the Nipponese.
Tactically the result was not so de
cisive. On Oct 9 and 10 Kuroki gave
ground after a slight resistance. On
the llth the battle raged six miles
north of Yentai and hung in the bal-
-ance. Hard fighting continued on the
12th. On the 13th the operations dis
tinctly favored the Japanese. Oyama
reached his high water mark on the
14th , when the Japanese defense
stormed across the Shakhe and the
Tiussians seemed about to retreat to
the Hun , several miles north.
Up to this point the Japs had cap
tured a 'large number of guns , vari j
ously reported at from seventy to 112 ,
-iind had lost none. Gen. Oku , in com
mand of the Japanese left , was doing
the hardest and most successful fight-
Ing. Opposite him lay the Russian
right , which was desperately clinging
to the railroad. If Oku could shove
-this Muscovite flank off the railroad to
Hie eastward Kuropatkin's entire
-army would lose its main line of com
munication.
Oku bent his army into the shape of
-a hook and tried to insert the tip of
the hook across the railroad behind
the Russians. Maj. Gen. Yamada's
mixed brigade was the tip of this
hook. At first he tore up things on
-the other side , but the tip was not
strong enough , and a sudden Russian
blow separated it from the shank. The
net result , fourteen Jap guns captured ,
l.roDO men put out of action , and the
remaining 4,000 fighting their way
back to the main body. This exploit j
occurred on the evening of Oct. 10.
Simultaneously the Russians made
their gallant attack on Lone Tree hill ,
a precipitous and tactically valuable
-eminence on the Shakhe River. The
Japanese thereafter failed in several
-efforts to retake Lone Tree hill. From
the evening of the ICth to the end of
the fight the current set against the
Japs ; they gained no further positive
advantages , though on the night nf
the 17th they successfully repulsed a
general Russian assault on the whole
-Japanese line.
Tactically , therefore , the advantage
lies with the Japanese , though not
overwhelmingly. They captured a
-considerably larger number of guns
than they lost and at the end of the
lighting they occupied the battlefield
-from which they pushed their enemy
Why is it that the Japanese , neither
in the battle of the Shakhe River nor
1n that of Liaoyang , did not achieve
a more complete victory ? There was
-a point in each of those fights when
the Russians were in a bad way , when
it looked as if the Japs could involve
Some Wireless Yarns.
h They tell some funny yarns about the
hi' operation of wireless telegraphy in the
'
i' present war. When Admiral Togo was
, < it his island shelter , some miles from
Port Arthur , he was the victim of what
mitrht be called a "Russian" joke. The
Russians knew that Togo's ships were
equipped with wireless apparatus , so the
Russian wireless station at Port Ar
thur sent the following message : "Rus
sia's fleet coining out , " and signed the
name of Rear Admiral Dewa. Togo came
rushing up , with his whole fleet , forced
draft , four boilers , four bells , Uppity
split , anxious to get there in time to in
tercept the Russians. In the meantime
the Russian j > kor was leaning against
& fortification , laughing in Ins beard ,
.ami uttering strange pounds of mirth. Ad
miral Togo did not consider it much of a
joke at all , according to Chefoo rumors ,
and the same afternoon blew tlie top
off of a prominent hill near the signal
station.
Telegraphic Brevities.
Andrew Leonhanlt was hanged in Bal-
timore for the murder of his wife in
1903.
1903.Fire
Fire destroyed the cotton compress and
700 bales of "cotton at Ellisville , Miss. ;
loss $75.000.
The Polish Roman Catholic triennial
congress in Pitt burg voted to establish
schools between the elementary and col
lege grades.
Memorial exercises dealing with the
life of Senator Hoar were held at all
-the public schools in Worcester , Mass.
Stephen W. Townley is dead at Mo
bile , Ala. , of sunstroke. This is the
first fatal sunstroke recorded in the his
tory of the city.
Thomas \ \ . Williams , a mining con
tractor of Wilkesbarre , Pa. , and brother
of former Congressman M. B. Williams ,
was accidentally killed in a coaJ mine.
Owing to an attack of rabies , it has
been necessary to destroy the hounds of
the Chester Valley , Pa. , hunt , said to
fa one of the most valuable te America.
MAP OF THE THEATER OF WAR.
them in disaster by one more lift. Why
was the one more lift not forthcom
ing ?
Probably because the Japs did not
have one more lift left in them. They
had thrown their reserves into the
battle line already. They had no
more fresh weight to throw into the
scale.
Tlie Lull in the Fighting.
Since the fighting of last Sunday af
ternoon and evening we have no news
of engagements between the armies of
Kouropatkin and Oyama more serious
than occasional skirmishes between
outposts , or a little desultory artillery
fighting. Both armies seem to be well
concentrated , and facing each other at
a distance of only two or three miles ,
except possibly on the Japanese right ,
j | which is the Russian left , where the
hilly country necessitates division of
forces.
It may be , the Chicago Record-Her
ald says , that the heavy rain , flooding
the rivers , has been the main factor
which has occasioned the temporary
lull in the fighting. Again , the ex
haustion of the men and the need of
bringing up fresh supplies of ammuni
tion may have had more to do with it.
Neither army seems Inclined to retire ,
but which will first take the offensive
no one can say. The Siberian Railway
seems to be given over entirely to
troop trains hastening 're-enforcements
to Kouropatkin , but if his losses are
nearly as great as seems probable it
should take perhaps three weeks mere
ly to make them good with new
troops. However , a Mukden dispatch
says that had it not been for a new
downfall of rain Thursday Kouropat
kin would again have taken the ag
gressive tha.t night. Oyama , It will be
remembered , said In one of his dis
patches toward the end of the hard
fighting that he had attained his first
object , leaving it to be inferred that
his plans included a second object al
ready definitely determined upon. That
may be an advance upon Mukden.
The weather in Manchuria will not
seriously interfere with fighting for at
least a month more. Then the rivers
will begin to fill with floating ice ,
making them difficult to ford , especial
ly for transport services. The surface
of the ground will freeze about that
time and form a crust , which , over
soft mud beneath , will only make
teaming more difficult for the time.
By Christmas the ground is usually
frozen to a depth that makes trenching
impossible. The fuel problem will be
very serious for both armies , as there
are said to be no forests on the hills
within the sphere of the present oper
ations , except in the neighborhood of
the imperial tombs near Mukden.
Port Arthur is steadily weakening.
The invesfng lines arc constantly
growing tighter , . The garrison per
sists in desperate sorties , which are
invariably repulsed with slaughter. It
is said that the defenders now number
less than 5,000. That is below the dan
ger line. Such a slender garrison could ,
with difficulty , man the long perimeter
of the Russian defenses. A few more
sorties , a few more bloody repulses ,
and the place must fall of its own
weight because its defenders have
been killed off.
War News in Brief.
The Black Sea lleet may join the Bal
tic ships.
Gen. Kuropatkin is holding his center
and right to allow the left to retire.
Both armies are waiting for flue weath
er to make further carnage practicable.
The Japanese are working out some
flanking movements that may be heard
from soon.
Every one of the Cossacks command
ed by Capt. Tourgeniefl was wounded ,
and the captain fatally.
The Baltic fleet will go East in two
divisions , by the way of the Suez canal
and Cape of Good Hope.
The Eighth Russian army corps is re
ported to have reached Mukden and Ku-
ropatkan will begin new plans.
A correspondent with the Japanese
army tells something of the progress of
that army to its present position at Port
Arthur.
Japanese estimate Russian casualties
at 00,000 and they ndmit about 40,000.
It is thought the total may be for both
armies 80,000.
The Japanese protest against the use
of Chinese clothing by the Russians has
reached Washington and becu forwarded
to St. Petersburg.
The German Red Cross Society will
offer to establish a hospital at Irkutsk
and equip a train , and a similar offer
will be made to Japan.
To settle a wager made in the Union
League Club , New York , as to the color
of Thomas Jefferson's hair , a commit
tee visited the White House and inspect
ed the famous oil portrait by Stuart ,
and decided the former President's hair
was of a sandy color , and not red. .
President Roosevelt has refused to ap
prove the plan of the War Department
to have the tailoring at the Schuylkill
arsenal done by contract instead of by
the widows and orphans of the men in
blue who now earn their living by mak
ing the soldiers' clothes.
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3W H - *
NEW WAR IS AVERTED
RUSSIA AND BRITAIN AGREE TO
ARBITRATE.
Dispute Over Flcct'H Attack Will Go
to Haiiiie Court Rojestvensky'a Ships
Ordered to Stay at Vi o British Ridi
cule Admiral's Explanation.
Surrounded by a cordon of English
battleships , Russia's Baltic lleet will
be held at Vigo , Spain , until an inter
national commission decides whether
Russia shall accede to England's de
mand that the Czar's officers be pun
ished for killing the Hull fishermen.
Cable dispatches Friday gave assur
ances that the Rasso-British complica
tions would be submitted to an inter
national commission. This news light
ened the war cloud that was black
enough to alarm the nations. The au
ger of the English people was hot
enough to kindle a war flame , but cool
ness in oflicial quarters probably has
averted a conflagration that miuht
have swept three continents before it
was checked. Russia has told Roje.st-
vensky to stay at Vigo until the hear
ing is completed. This order is , no
doubt , a good thing for Rojestvensky.
He might have gone on "seehf things
at night , " and eventually have gone up
against British war vessels instead of
fishing trawlers. The detachment of
the Baltic squadron not concerned in
the North Sea incident is expected to
proceed to its destination. A final.in
quiry will be held at The Hague under
the rules of The Hague convention.
Saw Torpedo Boats.
Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's expla
nation cf the trawler incident is fully
as sensational as the news of the fir
ing upon the fishing fleet which set all
England aflame. lie declares he was
attacked in the darkness by two torpe
do boats which came upon the squad-
ion from the direction of the fishing
fleet. He opened fire and believes he
sank one of the torpedo boats , the
other making off for cover among the
fishermen. As soon as he noticed the
fishermen Admiral Rojestvensky
ceased firing. lie proceeded on his
v. ay without leaving any vessel be
hind , and says ho believes the vessel
which the flshermen reported remained
on the scene for six hours without of
fering succor to the drowning was the
other torpedo boat , either waiting for
her consort or repairing damage in
flicted by the lire of his ships.
Rojcstvensky's report was telegraph-
ed from Vigo direct to the Czar , who
received it in the night. It was com
municated in the morning to Ambassa
dor Hardinge by Foreign Minister
Lamsdorff himself.
It is pointed out the original version
of the incident as recited by the cap
tain of the Moulmcin. coincides close
ly with Rojestvensky's. The captain
said while the squadron was passing
he suddenly noticed two torpedo boats
\\hich approached so near he thougnt
they intended boarding him , when
they sheered off , heading back for the
squadron. Almost immediately after
the squadron opened lire.
John Bull Kiiragrecl.
Making due allowance for the broad
yellow streaks that rather liberally col
or the news from London and St. Pe
tersburg , there is still left a situation
full of grave danger. Oflicial England
was held under extreme restraint while
awaiting with none too great a reserve
of patience the definite action of offi-
cial Russia for the message of Czar
Nicholas to King Edward was nothing
more than a personal expression of re- .
gret. This strain was relieved some-
what by the Russian Government's
note expressing deep regret over the
occurrence and promising full repara
tion as soon as an oflicial report is re
ceived from Admiral Rojestvensky. In
addition to this Ambassador Bencken-
dorff assured Lord Lausdowne that his
Government was so certain the occur
rence in the North Sea was an error
that it would promise full amends ,
even in the absence of official knowl
edge from Russian sources. Thus it
appears that temporarily at least
the point of gravest menace , that is.in
ordinate delay on the part of the Rus-
sian Government , was rendered less
acute.
\lthough Russia made an initial
apology for the tragedy in the North
Sea , wrath in British official circles
continued unabated. Open defiance
was expressed against the Czar's Gov
ernment , and since the Calchas inci-
r
dent , and other seizures at Vlaclivos-
tok , together with the wanton destruc
tion of the British steamers , the pub
lic craze for instant war found ex-
pression in acts of the officials. At „
\Voolwieh and at Portsmouth the bus
tle incident to preparations of a hos
tile campaign was evident , and three
mighty squadrons were mobilized ,
ready to sink the lleet of Rojestvensky
and paralyze Russian commerce on the
high seas.
England seems to have acted with
commendable restraint in a situation
that would try the temper of any na
tion. She did not lose her head. She
simply demonstrated to the world that
; he was fully prepared to protect her S
itizens and to ( each respect for her a
Hag no matter where it mav wave.
from Ireland.
The labors of the Irish Anti-Emigra
tion Society , an organization formed last
vear , do not appear to have been atteiuk
L
tvl with much success. The emigration
rom the south and west of Ireland , from n
\vhicli the overflow chiefly takes place ,
as shown no sign of diminishing. In ii
. ' 00 the emigration through the port of
' . rk to the raited States amounted to
J7.105 ; in 1001. 22.4oO ; in 1002. 23.440 ,
md 1003 , 28.412. For the eightmonths
> f the present year the figures are 18,512 ,
while for the corresponding eight months
vi last year the return was 17,700
One Hundred Years Ago.
War was declared between England
and Spain.
Six cardinals were named by the
Pope to accompany his holiness to
France for the coronation of Napoleon.
M. Henri , a Frenchman , was in
Washington , engaged in translating
into French the life of George Wash
.
ington , from papers in the possession
of Bushrod Washington.
Emmet , the Irish patriot , arrived in
America.
Seventy-live Years Ago.
Two large mirrors arrived at Phila
delphia from France for the east room
of the White House at Washington.
A steam vessel made its first voyage
from Dublin to Bordeaux at the rate
of ten miles per hour.
Provision was made for the free
navigation of the River Rhine , Ger
man y.
Angola , a Portuguese settlement in
Africa , revolted against Don Miguel.
fifty Years Ago.
Tie royal Danish railroad was open
ed by the King.
Two additional asteriods were dis
covered by M. M. Goldschraidt and
Ohacerman in Paris and named Poly-
monia and Pomana.
The famous "charge of the light
brigade" took place at Balaklava.
Pierre Soule , American minister to
Spain , on landing at Calais from Eng
land , was stopped iby the French police
and obliged to return to London.
Several detachments of British
guards left London for the Crimea to
fill up casualties caused by the battle
of Alma.
The remains of the English explor
ing party under Sir John Franklin
were discovered near Great Fish River
Buck , in the Arctic Ocean.
The American clipper Lightning ar
rived at Liverpool , sixty-three days
from Melbourne , Australia.
forty Years Ago.
Delegates from the Canadian colon
ies at a meeting at Quebec agreed upon
the basis of representation in the Ca
nadian confederation.
Gold in the New York market
dropped from 218 % to 213. and. wheat
from $1.73 to $1.G3 , in eight hours.
The United States internal revenue
report showed an income from that
source of ? ,1CO,000 a day.
Confederate forces under Price were
routed in an all day battle near Kan
sas City , Mo. , and were driven south
ward.
President Lincoln answered a protest
by the opponents of Governor Johnson ,
in Tennessee , declining to interfere in
the State fight.
Petroleum discoveries were made at
Dundee , Monroe County , Mich.
Thirty Years Ago.
General Frederick Dent Grant and
Ida Marie Houore were married in
Chicago.
The Porte denied the joint request
of Austria , Germany and Russia to
make cominercir' treaties with Rou-
mania.
A gale swept the northern coast of
England , doing great damage to ship
ping and costing many lives.
After an eight days' conference the
Protestant Episcopal general .conven
tion at New York refused to confirm
the election of Professor G. E. Sey
mour as bishop of Illinois.
The Presbyterian synod of Illinois ,
north , sustained an appeal from the
decision of the Chicago presbytery ,
which had acquitte.d Professor David
Swing , and directed that the noted
preacher's name be erased from the
roll of members. t
Twenty Years * , go.
It was announces ! from Washington ,
D. C. , that the rumored engagement of
President Arthur and Miss Frelinghuy-
sen was a fact.
The reported massacre of Colonel
Stewart and his party by Arabs at
Merawi was confirmed by officials at
Cairo.
The seizure of a secret press by the
St. Petersburg police disclosed a plot
against the Czar and many arrests t'ol-
lowsd.
Ten Years Ago.
Reports of a Chinese victory over
the Japanese were sent out by the Chi
nese from Tientsin.
James Anthony Fronde , the.histor
ian , died in London , England.
Major Richter , of Germany , who had
spent two years trying to organize th
Chinese army , arrived at Tacoma ,
Wash. , on his way home , having givey
up hia task In disgust
The ruddy , blue-eyed elderly man in
the blue serge coat , who was address
ed as "captain" by his two friends in
the smoker , was commenting on a re
cent newspaper account of the suffer
ings of some shipwrecked men who
were taken from an open boat by a
passing vessel.
"Of course , on a well-traveled track
like that there's always the chance of
being picked up , " he said. "I'd sooner
be in a shipwreck than a railroad
wreck. There's nearly always an op
portunity to launch a boat or kish
some gratings before a ship goes down ,
or to grab a life belt , but if anything
hits us now at the rate we're going
Tfhat chance would we have ?
"I was cruising in the south seas
about twenty years ago , " he continued ,
reflectively. "We were clear out of
nny of the trading routes , after an un-
charted Island that was said to be one
part coral and ten parts guano. There
came up a stiff gale one night and the
seas rolled in on us mountain high.
We had shortened sail as much as
we dared , considering the seas , and we
scudded along before the wind all
night. We were driven clear out of
our course. At noon the sun came out
a little and our skipper took an ob
servation and made out that we were
In the exact middle of nowhere and
1,000 miles from any land.
"Toward evening the wind dropped
enough so the skipper thought it
FAMOUS STATUE OF LIBERTY.
Long Perpetuate the Name of the
Late Sculptor Bartholdi.
Long afer his dust shall be indistin
guishable from its mother earth the
name of Frederic Auguste Bartholdi ,
the famous French sculptor , who died
in Paris recently , shall be remembered
and revered in this country. The colos
sal Statue of Liberty on Bedlow's
Island , New York , is the first object
to greet the incomer as he enters the
chief portal of the new world , and us
the satue is a commemoration of the
traditional good feeling existing be
tween France and the United States
the ages will be many before its sig
nificance is lost sight of. With that
statue the name and fame of Bar
tholdi are inseparable.
Bartholdi was born in 1S34 and was
Intended Cor the legal profession. He
chose sculpture instead , and at an
early age entered upon what proved to
be his lifework. His first statue was
exhibited when he was 22 years old.
and thereafter the greater part of his
life was devoted to his chosen pursuit.
During the Franco-Prussian war
Bartholdi served with distinction and
fought under Garibaldi. In the duys
of the Commune he visited the United
States , being unable to pursue his
studio work in Paris. The magnificent
position presented by New York har
bor for a statue of colossal dimensions
struck him , and when a body of dis
tinguished Frenchmen formed a soci
ety to carry out the project his design
was approved. In five years France sub
scribed the 5250,000 necessary for that
purpose. Bartholdi spent on the statue
nearly ten years. Levi P. Morton ,
then United States minister to France ,
received the gift July 4 , 18S4 ; it was
brought over on a ship of state , erect
ed on Bedloe's Island and dedicated
with imposing ceremonies October 28 ,
188G , President Cleveland making the
speech of acceptance and Bartholdi
himself unveiling the statue. For this
work Bartholdi made deep study of
colossal figures In Egypt , Greece and
eastern lands. The statue is the largest
bronze figure in the world , being 151
feet from the pedestal to the extremity
of the torch , the figure being 111 feet
high and the torch being 306 feet
above the tide level.
The masterpiece of his creation ,
however , is The Lion of Belfort. To
commemorate the defense of that place
during the Franco-Prussian war he
sculptured the immense lion , a figure
SO feet long and 30 feet high , partly
cut in the rock and partly built up
with stone , which stands against the
face of the citadel's plateau. As a tes
timonial of-gratitude to Americans for
their sympathy and service in that
war the statue of Lafayett' % in Union
Square , was given to New York. It
came from Bartholdl's chisel , as alo
subsequently did one of the public
fountains of Washington and the four
bas-reliefs around the steeple of the
Brattle Square Church , Boston. In
the last named the faces of his friends
and well-known public men are repro
duced.
The sculptures by Bartholdi are nu
merous. In ISGo he was decorated by
the cross of the Legion of Honor.
would be safe to carry sail and get
back to where we belonged. While
we were doing this a big sea broke
over our quarter and washed a Nor
wegian sailor overboard. He was a
powerfully built fellow and a good
seaman , and we were short handed ,
so as soon as the skipper saw him go
he roared out to heave to and lower a ,
boat. But as soon as he gave the or
der he realized that no boat could live
in that sea , so he regretfully counter
manded it and we had to let the poor
fellow go. "
The captain paused to relight his ci
gar , but the first two match heads
broke.
"Was he rescued ? " asked some one.
The captain checked himself in the A
application of the third match. "What's
that ? " he asked.
"Was he rescued ? "
The captain looked reproachfully at
the speaker. 'Now that's an awful
foolish question to ask , " he said.
"Didn't I tell you that he was washed
overboard 1,000 miles from anywhere
and away from the track of any sort
of vessels in a sea that no boat could
XI
have lived In ? Why , how could he be
rescued ? That fellow couldn't even
swim. Must have gone down like
lead.
"No , that incident only goes to show
that sometimes it's about as danger
ous at sea as on a railroad. " Chicago-
Daily News.
Throughout his life he was an admirer
of the United States , and it is prob
able that his Statue of Libertywill
do as much to perpetuate his name as
any other , perhaps all , of his works. ,
STOP DISORDER ON DIAMOND.
Hooting at UmpircH and Similar Out
breaks a Menace to Game.
It requires no stretch of the imagina- *
tion to predict that some time or an--
other , somewhere and somehow , some
thing is going to happen to that Im-1
portant American functionary , the basej
ball umpire , and if we do not misin-J
terpret the steady drift toward vio-i
lence on the diamond the happening ;
will be a trifle more serious than a *
profane bombardment of the eardrum ,
more serious than any of the disgrace
ful things yet noted in connectionwith
fthis feature of the great American ,
* game. What happened in Jackson ,
Miss. , to Umpire Harlow , when it be
came necessary for Mayor Heming
way to visit him at his hotel and as
sure him of protection , and what hap- ,
posed to Umpire Gilford at Monroe ,
La. , during a game there , are bur
straws showing the drift of the wind.
Baseball is a great game. It has a
splendid recreative value. It sweeps *
tne citizen away from the dull cares ,
the sweat and grime of life's routine *
and often tints the sunset of existence ,
with somewhat of the glow of yester
day , for though we have slipped into ;
the slim groove of age and may be
hurrying to a hole in the ground , we-
may yet be boys again , and thrill Tvith ,
the remembered passions and excite
ments of the schoolground. But base *
ball is too often robbed of its poetic,1
color and the fine exhilarating value of
the game by just sucu disturbances as-
noted at Jackson and Monroe. Um
pires , like other men , are made out
of clay. Being clay , they must errv
Bias may now and then dominate
them and shape their judgments. Con
sciously wrong sometimes , uncon
sciously wrong at others , in the de
cisions they make , they are no better
and no worse than the common run of
partisans , whether they are of the dia
mond or not. The presumption of hon
esty should run in every man's behalf ,
whether he be baseball umpire or
what not , until there is good proof to-
the contrary.
In any aspect of the case the dis
orders which now so often mark the-
progress of ball games cannot do oth
er than injure the sport. Aside from
the strictly baseball interest of the-
question , there is an issue of greater
significance and of deeper public con
cern. Baseball is a passion with the
young American. No other form of
amusement , no other kind of contest
will so stil' the blood of the American ,
boy. No other game has ever been ,
able to take its place in his affections.
He generally sees the game , staking-
all his youthful enthusiasm on one
side or the other" though frequently
put to the stress of pouring his soul
through a knothole in the fence. But
no matter how , he sees the game and
its excitements and passions find lodg
ment in his nature. If for no other
reason , the game should be kept clean
and on the square for the good it may
do to the American boy. Assaults oa
umpires , the profanity , the grumbling-
and other violences in word and deed
can do the young American no good
and should not be countenanced. Base
ball managers should put a stop to all
this disorder and vulgar byplay on the
diamond. San Francisco Call.
Travel in Japan.
The railway traveler in Japan buya
a first , second or third class ticket ;
or , if he wishes to go cheaper still , he
can get a ticket entitling him simply
to stand on the platform 1 Many of the
cars can be entered either from tht
side or the end.
After all , there isn't a nuch worse
sensation than discovering that a con- *
temporary looks suddenly old.