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moil one In Indin of the police in tb it down have met mcnHure of succes: due to the fact tb remarkably toleran gars, especially if of religion. Bat believe that a w coming over the this as in So m flfewt CniwraMrit Shops Old Structure m pain.” Having providently that restraining bands shall i back, these brilliant sons isee arc struggling to grip r's throat, while the people hottW0wUc THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPT. 20, 1905. THE FRUITS OF PEACE. JAPAN TO TUBS HER ATTENTION . TO ARTS AND INDUSTRIES. Wonderful Performances Following Our Civil War When a Million Men Returned to Work to be Repeated by Japan. . The great armies of Japan are about to be sent back to the farm^tbe work shop and the marts of trade.- The pa gan nation that has refused to bow its knee in worship at the foot of the cross is about to -exemplify that prophesy of Isaiah perhaps more fully than has any nation claiming to be guided by the Christian faith. “They shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shnll_not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.’* Such were the words of the prophet, spoken during the very period of which tradition echoes the greatness-of the Japanese nation. “Militant Japan passes,” now de clares Baron Kaneko. the Mikado’s representative in the United States, “and Industrial Jnpan takes its place with the coming of pence.” Within a short time, probably in Oc tober when the foliage of the rare Japanese gardens is tinged with yellow at the coming of the frost, the scrolls that peri>etuate Japanese history will bear a narrative of the grand disband- pient of that army of Japanese soldiers that has overcome a power supposed by the world at large to be its superior. As soon as the Japanese Government can make the necessary arrangements, that great army of three-quarters of a million of men will pass in review through the streets of* Tokyo and will invoke the same magic spell that made for pence in the review of the Grand Army of the Republic in f ur own capi tal at the close of the Civil War. Promise of a Great Military-Peace Bevlew, The Japanese, ever ready to adopt the best that exists in foreign lands, and with sufficient initiative and power for improvement to surpass the |>eople they imitate, may be dejiended U|x»n to provide one of the most magnificent spectacles representing a transi tion from war to pence that has ever been witnessed. That army that has carried everything before it, and which has been the wonder of the mili tary powers of the world, will soon be marching through the streets of Tokyo amid the plaudits of the populace that has-made sacrifices at home as have the warriors on fields of battle where their Russian antagonists have met de feat and humiliation. This plan has been adopted in a ten tative way by the Japanese Govern ment, and is likely to be carried out, unless the riotous acts of the people who have been disappointed by what they regard ns inadequate compensa tion for Japan ns stipulated in the terms of peace, cause the Government, for prudential reasons, to avoid such n demonstration when the great army is within the capital. But whether this display of a mili tary nation, chided ns being devoted to war for the love of military glory alone, takes place on the magnificent scale that many wise statesmen of Japan hope for, the nrray that has raised Japan to the rank of a first-rate military power is to be disbanded and the soldiers are to go to their homes. Return to the Factory and the Farm. The JJttle men who never turned aside in making assaults upon the en emy are to return to the factory, to form with deft fingers those wonderful tured homes the world over, to dove their genius to the combination of col ors with effects that cause Western ar tists to admire, but which they cannot equal. The little patient men will go to their farms and, by toilsome effort, will make the soil fruitful to a degree that excites wonder in those accus tomed to the broad acres of America. The tactful merchants, ever polite, but capable of sharp practice withal, are to dispense the wares that come from t lie loom and the workshops of Japan to all the nations of the earth. The Japanese have from the first claimed that their war with Russia has been for the maintenance of their na tional integrity. Baron Kaneko him self disclaimed the charge a year and a half ago that the Japanese have been bent upon military glory and that their victories would fire their ambition and urge them forward to greater conquests over Western nations from whom they learned the modern arts of war. He now scouts the idea that the Japanese will become the military allies of China for the conquest of the Western world. Although they can fight, the Japanese, like the Chinese, are peace loving, and the whole trend of the nation is toward iuternal development Now they are to prove to the world that their declarations have not been mere pretence. They are to “beat their swords into ploughshares, and their siiears Into pruning hooks.” They are to take.thelr place among the Christian nations that have recourse to war only for a Just enuse. They are to send their envoys to The Hague to woo the Goddess of Peace. Last War Loan Unexpended. The readiness with which the Japan ese nation is about to turn to the arts of industry is especially notable be cause of the last loan of $150,000,000 made by the Mikado not a dollar has been expended. The nation, when it ngrecd to cud the war, was fully able to continue fighting. The masses of the people, worked up to a condition of patriotic fervor, wus ready for the conquest of Russia’s plains, no matter what tho cost; but those wise states men who have guided the fortunes of the wonderful Island nation have de creed that Japan shall give to the world an object lesson by having the so-called warrior nation, in the moment of its military greatness, turn away / ... n #'ii n .„ nnn 4.. n.m.mfn /wkii. from fields of carnage to promote com uicrctnl greatness and the higher civili zation. Etcclrie Railroads In Ireland. The Introduction of light railways Into Ireland lius. it is asserted, been productive of great benefit to thou sands of farming cottiers, enabling them to get better prices for their poultry, eggs and pigs, while being put to less cost for transport to market. Possibly, motor-wagons, calling from farmhouse to furmhouse daily, may be destined to supersede light lines as “feeders” bf trunk lines; as there would be no outlay for permanent way. working expenses would neces sarily be much less. MISS AUCE ROOSEVELT IN BLUE. Women like pink, but American men prefer bine, aa a rale. In feminine ap- narel. Mis* Alice Booaevclt estab- llsbed beraelf (Irmly In Washington laat year by appearing In a number of pret tily mad, gowns of light bine, so that "AUm blue" baa become a future of tb, department store*. Photograph* which bare come from the Orient, how ever, show thla Independent yonn* lady in the red linen gown which she wore at the Chevy Cbaae borie ahow a year ago laat May. It la made very simply and looacly without collar, the waist being embellished with applique clover leaves In white satin, having sterna and outlines In black. Possibly the Flit **--1 blu pinna like red better than blue. RAILROAD LEGISLATION. SENATOR ELKINS BELIEVES IT WILL COME NEXT SUMMER. Is Willing to Co-operate With Pres ident Roosevelt In Passing Satis factory Measures to Control the Railroads.—He Outlines His Views. WORLD'S GREATEST PRINT SHOP. Senator Stephen B. Elkins, of West Virginia, In announcing tho other day the call for a meeting In Washington on Nevmbe’r 15, of the Senae Commit tee on Interstate Commerce, said* that ho was convinced that action on rail* sion of CognroKs was inevitable, and that he would co-operate in pnssli bill satisfactory to the President “I thing I am Justified,” said Senator Elkins, “in stating that all the Re publican, or majority members of the committee, have concluded that there must be railroad legislation this win ter. The President, I understand, is as emphatic as ever in his Judgment that the railroad rate and private car line problem must be dealt with de cisively. I think there Is no doubt that some sort of bill will bo passed. - Quick Work by Committee. “The committee will not be long In framing a bill, as I believe tho Indi vidual members have formed definite opinions on what they desire, and all that will remain to be done is to agree on some one plan. This, I think, will not require more than two weeks, so that when the Senate convenes in De cember a bill will have been framed for presentation to the Senate. “My idea is a measure for tho ref erence of all rate disputes, passenger and freight, to a court of Interstate commerce, to be composed .6t nine Judges—one for each judicial circuit of the United States—or for such disputes to bo referred to the Circuit court Judges wthout the creation of a new court. Congress at all times is op posed to the creation of new court# or commissions, and for that reason the new court plan would pt> doubt meet with serious opposition. “I do not believe that the Inter state Commerce commission nhould l>e allowed to deal with the question. I would keep that body intact to dis charge Its duties ns at present and would not give it the additional work of regulating rates. My Idea for the reference for disputed rate matters to the Circuit Judges meets with general approval in Washington, and I hope to convert the President to my view. Tens of Millions of £ ooumeflta Turn ed Out by Ur, •.'•# Sam* The Government Pointing Office at Washington, which has >ten brought prominently to notice iu>;eiy through an investigation of the award of contracts for tyi>esettlng machines, is the largest establishment of its kind in the world, and nowhere can be found such au ex tensive department in any printing office as that devoted to whut is known as Job work. The amount of printing comiug under the head of Job work turned out by this office is one of the principal items at the establishment Among the larger items of work per formed by the Job room may be found blanks, circulars, cards, letter and note heads anti envelopes, 15,000,000 of the latter being required each month for the various Government departments. The “blank” department of the Job room embraces an infinite variety bf forms, some being but a few square inches in size to others containing sev eral square feet. For this branch over $550,000 is exi>ended each mouth for tho purchase of raw material. Card board is necessarily a large and im portant Item, tho average month’s run belug 3,000,000 sheets. Congress, of course, has great need for the Job room, for there the solons of Capitol Hill find ample facilities for the printing of the Innumerable mailing franks for seeds and documents and FIERCE WAR IN DIXIE. A Washington Paper Regales Its Readers with Accounts of Recent Herculean Struggles of Southern Politicians. From the Washington Post. Mid-August finds tho pleasant land of Dixie in the happy and normal condition of political war. The treach erous thermometer, which In the North has palpably crazed a large pro portion of the population, has benign ly registered a genial and glowing warmth In the South, conducive to in tellectual agility, incisiveness of tern per, and healthful acidity of speech. From the Potomac to tho Rio Grande come reverberations of field and siege artillery. “Sunburned sicklemen, of August weary,” drop their sickles and flock to town where peerless orators drown and burn in perspiration and peroration. All Dixie is alive with local issues of overwhelming national importance. The very dome of tho Capitol flings back the echoes of Virginian strife. There the florid Montague and the matter-of-fact Martin are locked In a death struggle that extends over every county of the Old Dominion. Figures of speech and Agues of com merce writhe and grapple. The Rap pahannock bolls, the Rapldnn bubbles, and the James runs in a panic to Hampton Roads. The Mother of used BocumAnb. SENATOR STEPHEN D, ELKINS. “I would have each Circuit Jtulco try raw-* which wore brought to hi* atten tion aa baring originated In hla clr- ent, and would have an appeal court consisting of tho other eight Circuit Judge*, who could convene at certain period* of the year to dispose of ap peal*, their appeal decree to he re viewed only by the Supremo Court of the United Stntea. That Idea ha* ap pealed to So till tori and Itepreaentn- tlvea conversant”*'‘*b practical rail road affairs as a mu... nil tile, fcaalhlo and comprehensive plan.” Thla announcement that Senator Eh kina baa called 4 meeting for Norem. tier 15 to frame a bill -providing for railroad anpervlslon and regulation by the government, that be la convinced that action by tbo coming Congress.!* Inevitable end that he will aaalat In passing a bill satisfactory to the Pres ident Is Important end Interesting. Taken In Its fullest significance, It means that Mr. Elkin’s committee will no longer stand In tho way of enact ment of a law that will enforce upon tbo railroads the application of uni form rate* to all classes of shippers and the discontinuance of secret re bate*. It Is not doubtful that tho rail way authorities will welcome an enactment that win enable them to aty to all applicants for special farora that the law Is binding upon them. It will be easier for them to conduct buslnc** on an even basis when they can imlnt to the statute as forbidding them from clandestine arrangements. Their attl tude In regard to tho private car lines, ♦hey disclaiming any responsibility for the cxtortlonte charges made by these lines, Is a wholesome sign. Committee Has Been Hostile. Illghtly or wrongly, the donate Committee on Interstate Commerce bus been credited with being the chief obetacle to the enactment of legislation to restrict ajul correct the abuses of railway management After the House of Representatives had passed the Bsch-Townsend bill at the late session It was carried Into that com mittee and tbere held up nntn the adjournment of Congress A vast amount of teslmony was takn on the merits of tbe contention between the people and tbe transportation com panies. and when tb. committee sus- otber routine work. Where tho requisi tions from “the bill," ns tho Capitol Is called by tho employees, aro of a gen eral or routlno order, tho matter Is eloctrotypedi so that a duplicate order may be "struck oft” at short notice. These “electros” aro Indexed, numbered and filed In elaborate die cases, where they may be readily found when addi tional orders are received. Cuts nnd electrotypes which are not nsed In the period of four years are thrown out of the cases and relegated to the melting pot Orer 110,000 plates arc estimated to be resting In the Job vault Since tbe Government Printer moved Into tbe new establishment bat recently erected, tbe Job room has taken on a businesslike air, Improved fonts, with n capacity for tons of tho various kinds of typo nsed, immense galley rack stands for tbe reception of matter In type, slug, lend and furniture racks, Improved cabinets for large type, small cats nnd “Iron” lines, all aid “■ , those In charge of the work In the operation of tbe largest and best equipped Job room In tbe country. x Labor Saving Electricity Tbo Government Printing Office, all In all, Is tho model printing establish ment. Captain John 8. 8. Sowell, of tho Engineer Corps, United States Anny, was placed In charge of the work of Installation In the new build ing. While but n young officer of tho army, he 1* a student of the part elec tricity la destined to piny In tho his tory of labor In tbe years to come, and so ably devised a full electrical equip ment of this building. Each press, cut ting machine, stitcher, and every other proper mechanical equipment of a printing office has Its Individual elec tric power supply. The furnaces for the melting pots, too, hnvo tholr beat generated by tbo subtle fluid. The size of the Government Printing Office may be realised when It 1* stated that tbo official guides employed In tbe office. In making the rounds with visitors, oc cupy nearly three boars In tbe trip. measure, even inch aa might be ehtib- orated from President Roosevelt’# de- termlnaton to compel tbe railroads to obey tbe existing law and that If tbe statutes now written on the books are not sufficient, they most bo reinforced statement I# s fore runner of the settlement of tbe whole question In Congress next winter. 8ucb an adjustment will be for the benefit of all parties concerned,—the railroads and the shipping Interests. Immense barm has been done to fworthy enterprises by railroad dis crimination against them. It seems now that tbe great transportation con. corns will not hereafter be permitted to devote themselves to the creation of monopolies and tbe repression of competition. Good Bathing. Washington has a public bathing beach on tbe banka of tbe Potomac where during the heated weather thou sands of duty urchins, schoolboys, and other citizens disport thscssslvst In tbs cooLof tbe evening. Presidents adjusts her spectacles and clasps her bands In convulsive appre hension ns she stares at her warring sons. It Is a fierce and bloody fight, bat out of It will come peace and a Senator, If tbere Is a survivor at all. The Strife In Ceorgla. In good old Georgia the shears of embattled editors flash la the Augast moon. Georgia was disposed to be come frantic at first but when It was certain that an editor would become governor In any event the grand old Btato sighed and became resigned. She no longer fears tbe worst for It hal happened. She hears tho roar of tbe linotypes at they belch forth defiance and smoke, and the sharp rattle of sanguinary typewriters fills her capital with dread. Editorial ex plosions aro of hourly occurrence, and column after column sweeps forward with double leads and bold-faced beads It 1* a carnage of minion and keHSisiwils Pmn ttin - TWllltPffil fHl*tlfllls bourgeois. Even tho neutral diction* try has been pillaged, and war poems are at a ruinous premium. Carmacklan Tennessee. Over In Tennessee the aureate __ Tennessee plumes of the Hon. Edward W. Carmack are Incandescent, while the Hon. Bob Tuylor’s violin “shrieks like a god In pain, nrraitged that hold them back, of Tennessee are each of .the vuuuuuuweuua iook on aghast. Tbe golden-domed Senator would defend his seat by 1 joint debate, but bis friends fear the cun ning master of the catgut muse. And Bob Taylor’s friends tie his bands, for they know the fiddle wonld “stand no show” against the viol that sings In epigram. A Second Alamo. From Texas comes the voice of the lion. Joseph W. Bailey, who In a speech from which politics was rigoionsly excluded, thus referred with Senatorial courtesy to certain of his colleagues: Douglas? A nice old woman, pare* with Douglas as the glow-worm com* P»n*s with the eagle. Who represents Ohio? Mr. Dick, who didn't make a great success at running n feed store, who comes from Pennsylvania? Tho creature of corporations and cabals.” Rare old Kentucky, meanwhile, lis tens to rare old Joe Blackburn, mak ing the fight of his life. So it goes throughout Dixie, that fair and happy J BEGGARS IN INDIA. They Are Fast Dlaappearlng.-Only About 5,000,000 Left. The boggnr nuisance Is a very com- 3 In India, and the endeavors in tbe large cities to put met with only a limited access. This Is no doubt that Indian opinion Is toward sturdy beg- tbe gulno reason to esome change la public sentiment In as in So mnny other matters, were abont five millions of beg- tbe country at the time of tbe census, and nearly one-fifth of tbe number were classed as religions men dicants. The number, large as It is represented a decrease of about 7 per cent from that at tbe previous census, and the decline turn been attributed In part to the comparatively heavy mor tality among them daring the famln. years. But. says tho report. “It Is also partly attributable to tbe spread of education and the consequent weaker bold wblch tbe so-cnlled ascetics bare on tbe Imagination of tbe people,” It being much less easy than It was form erly for the members of tbe various begging communities to unloose tbe purse strings of the people. There is happily, reason to believe that the changed feeling among the educated classes Is filtering down to tbe lower levels. This evil 1b not confined to one particular community or re ligion. It la as rampant among tbe Mabomctnns os among tbe Hindoos Tho “Sar Jadid,” an ably conducted vernacular paper, published In upper India, dealing with question* of social reform among Mahometans, has been forcibly calling the attention of Its co-rellglonists to the necessity of s reform In their notions of charity. Our contemporary shows by a reference to the Police Gazette that the number of Mahometan beggars under surveillance lias been rising every week. I cite In stances from the records of criminal courts to prove that some of the men who pass for religions teachers have been convicted an charges of frand and Immorality committed an the property and persons of men and women who had been misled by tbelr religions ap pearance. To Care Smoky Wicks. When lamp wicks amoke or refuse to burn properly tbey should be soaked Tho difference In tbo _ be very noticeable. Another homely suggestion Is tbe use of salt to remove tbe ugly stain made by eggs on stiver. It should be applied dry and rubbed on with a soft cloth. Prehistoric Egyptian remains bare been found among tbe prehistoric re mains of ancient GauL Every reader of this paper should have Cut off the coupon and mail to.us with $1.50. j By f" Eu&ne P. 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