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Conducted by Mrs. Win. King, 480 Courtland Ave., Atlanta, Ga.
WHO LIKESJHE RAIN?
"I.” said the duck: "I call it fun,
For I have my little red rubbers on;
They make a cunning three-toed track
In the soft, cool mud. Quack: Quack!”
"I,” cried the dandelion: ”1;
My roots are thjrsty, my buds are dry;”
And she lifted her little yellow head
Out of her green grassy bed.
*'l hope ‘twill pour! T hope ‘twill pour!”
Cloaked the tree toad at his gray bark
door;
"For with a broad leaf for a roof
I am perfectly weatherproof.”
Sang the brook: "I laugh at every drop,
And wish they never need to stop
And could find my way to the sea.”
’Till a big river I grow to be.
Our Young Folks.
WANDERING BOYS.
The sad inquiry for boyS who leave
their homes becomes more and more fre
quent. Scarcely a day passes that we do
not receive 1” Iters begging us to try and
find a runaway boy; it comes as a wail
from some broken hearted mother or fa
ther.
Not far from my home is a bright an*
happy family, two lovely girls and two
boys. Did I saj‘ happy? Well, they could
be happy, for they have a. lowly home,
wealth, a good father and mother, but—
there is one boy who keeps this other
wise happy home in shadow by his bad
conduct and running away from borne.
A year ago he left a broken hearted
mother in very delicate hialth and was
gone months before !.• could bo found;
he was nt last persuad 'd to return, was
forgiven and taken to his parents’ hearts.
Put alas! the habit had become too fixed,
and after a few months ho became rest
less and without lotting any one know
of his intentions, he again left this com
fortable home to boa wanderer. Some
time elapsed and then they hoard he
was far away. Ten a long silence, then
came the sad words that ho was dying in
n hospital far away among strangers.
How did they In .r this? Through the
head of police in that far away city, who
found a letter In his p * t to his mother.
They found him by the side of a railroad
trestle, one arm and mo log crushed
marly off. Tli.it night he died, his last
word- were, ‘‘H .me. d- ar Lord: I want
to go homo to mother.”
He did come home to mother, but the
bright. ■ o„ wen closed and the lips wor»
still, and the brok.-n-hoartcil mother
could only 1... k through her tears at the
still form of her darling boy and put
away all Ids faults, and think of the
joy he ho.d given h r when a JJttle child
at mother's knee
Oh, boys, try and r member that an
hour may come whon you would give
ail tin' wo; Id to b. ‘'borne with mother.”
then stay with her now; don’t, lea'e the
obi home; it th" ■ t ar. in the world.
I . am. .across a. little pi” the other day 1
called a drunkard:-- will. I thought at
one-', w-dl. 1 must cut that nut. for my
boys to read. You know when any otto
il . s wno has :,> ; y pt- ;. , y ~r anything
they wish to Rave ij ir friends, they
make a will, mid dir.. what is to go
to each one. wii-ti t ; i drunkard camo to
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die, I guess he had some very serious
thoughts and he found he had nothing of
value, but he would make a will and
ieave what be hoped would do some one
good. It is a dreadful will, but boys, read
it and be profited by it;
A DRUNKARD’S WILL.
The following is a will written by a
drunkard dying in a New York hotel. It
was found on a chair by his bedside after
he had taken his life:
“I leave to society a runined character
and a wretched example; I leave to my
parents as much sorrow as they can in
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MAUDE L BUCKNER, Boltin. AU
their feeble state, bear. I leave to my
brothers and sisters as much shame and
mortification as I could bring upon them.
I leave to my wife a broken heart and a
life of shame. I leave to each of my cTTii
dren poverty, ignorance, a low character
and one remembrance that their father
filled a drunkard’s grave, and has gone
to a drunkard's hell.”
JUNIOR CORRESPONDENCE.
Clara Belle Hunt, Duke, Miss.—Dear
Junior: I am a Mississippi girl and live 8
miles from town. I am a farmer's daugh
ter. Father has a gin and a store. Mother
has a farm. I don’t like to live in the
country. I like to live in town. I will
describe my home now 1 live in a large
white house with many trees around it.
I have lots of Howers. 1 love flowers. We
have a grape vine running on our house.
1 have some box plants. My lilie is surely
pretty. Want you all to give me a letter
party September. I would like to corre
spond with either sex. J will answer all
letters.
Arlic D. Wright, Cedar Hill. Texas-
Dear Junior. I live on the farm about a
half mile east of Cedar Hili. Cedar Hill is
not a large town, but a lively one of about
4W inhabitants. Texas is a tits' farming
state. Cattle raising is followed some, but
farming is the principal business with
the most of the people. The products are
mostly cotton, corn, wheat and oats. The
most of the crops are good. We will make
some coin this year; we have not made
any for four year Wi.”Ht was good and
cotton is line, some will average half a
bale if the boll weevil does not eat it up.
but it is still hot and dry.
Annie Braddock. Lothnfr. Ga.—Dear
Junior: I am a farmer’s daughter 10 years
old and have never been to school a day
in my life but study my books at home.
1 can read and write some and spell fair
ly well. I can do most any house work
mil can hoe and pick cotton. 1 have five
brothers and three sisters, all older than
myself. The baby is a boy of six sum
mers. My home is near the Oconee river
and 1 do enjoy boat riding so much. As
this is my first 1 will close for fear of
the waste basket. What two chapters in
the Bible are alike? With love to the,
cousins and Aunt Susie, good bye.
(Your letter is very good for a little
girl who has never been to ijchool. B>
eareftii an I uon't us<- a small ''l” when it
should be 1.
A. J. Self, Tapley. Ga. We all like to
read Th" Constitution very much, espe
cially the Junior page. We liw in Irwin
county, near the yankoe town, as we
often call it. or Fitzgerald. Our country
is a line farming country, as we raise
most mything grown in Georgia—cotton,
corn, potatoes, oats, cane, melons, to-
Paeeo. etc. My farm is principally long
cotton tins .war, but the rain lias been
most too fci.;:.iei:l. for people to cultivate
their farms successfully. With host re
gards to all T will c’ose and try to do
ttir m-xt tim I wish to correspond
with boys and girls in any state in the
union.
Grover L Fugate, Tumbez. Va.—Dear
Junior: It has been several months since
I la.-t visited this column When 1 last
visited it the winter's snow was orna
menting tit' picturesque hills of south
v. st Virginia. whs h are now green with
good old summer time." Can some of
the cousins furnish me with the song.
•■My Sweetheart Went Down With til”
Maim ” If it i.'ti't ■ -ki-'i t<?o much i
would like the cousins to send me all the
papers the-, have with the description of
Manila, battle of Santiago harbor or with
any thing of the Spanish-American war.
I will s<?nd postage or pay exptess
charges. I think the soldier boys leiteis
arc very interesting, and I am sure the
cousins are all anxious to see more of
them Boys, why don't you "come?” I
have been watching the page v”i v eios. 1...
but have not seen any letters fro sail
or boys. If this reach* s any sailor boys,
please write us a letter and tell us some
thing about your life. Well for fear this
is getting long 1 will say au revolt'.
Pearl Parrish, Pavo. Ga.- Dear Junior:
Will you. this b' atilifu) Auric: day. ad
mit a ne cousin into your jolly band?
My home is situat'd in the southern
nart of the Enytirq State if the south.
My age is It As dear Aunt Susie pre
fers and I think it better myself, for
the cousins to write on subjects, al
though I am aware that 1 can't do much
with one myself. I will take for my sub
ject "Home ” What a hallowed name!'
How dear to the heart! To every r.ne
• the lea rest spot <>n eart h.
There ar many pleasant places in this
“gre.it wide w •?’<!." I it with • very indi
vidual “there's no pl.ee like home.”'
Things most essential to pleasant homes
are '‘sunshine and-music." Imbed, there
is more than one sense tn which we may
speak of sunshine or music.
“Scatter sunshine all around you.
It cheeps like the beautiful rain
That falls on th" withering fiowen
And makes them bloom sv*.-et!y again.”
Scatter gunshine along the the pathway
of the weary, even if it is at home. The
most perfect musical instrument evqr
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GUL, MONDAY AUGUST 31, 1903.
t I made is man, and well it might be. for it
’ i had the most powerful and skillful
I j maker. Musi* sweetens the cup of bit-
• I terness. softens jhe hands of want, light
-1 I ens the burdens of life and indeed many
j other important things. Make home at
i tractive; jntjsie affords a means of doing
j this. Show us tile home where good mu-
I sic js cultivated, where the parents and
• 1 children are accustomed eften to mingle
their voices together in song, and we will
show you tiie home in whicji peace and
love prevail, and where the great imper
fections find, no abiding place. Home is
the place of rest—we i£el it so when we
enter it after the busy cares and trials of
the day are over. 1 hive ncyer made
an attempt to write before to the Junior
page. With best wishes and much love
for all.
James Chastain, Tigerville, S. C.—Dear
I Junior: 1 live In the northeast part of
I Greenville county. I will tell you a lit
tle about my home. Churches are plenti
ful, being about seventy-five In the coun
ty. We have the finest water to be
found; it is so cold that it will make
your jeeth ache to drink it. We raise
cotton, corn, wheat, oats and both kinds
of potatoes and nearly every kind of gar
den stuff. We have a great many high
mountains and water falls. From the
top of Glass Kock you can see many
■ miles across fields of growing stuff and,
I farm houses and mills. You can see
Greenville city thirty miles away,
and many other towns. We have
lots of wild game—fox and deer
and so on down to rabbits and
squirrels. Crops are good and people are
healthy this year. There is a high school
at Tigerville with an attendance of 250
scholars. This is a melon country. Water
melons grow to we.igh 75 to 80 pounds
Above all things 1 love reading best. 1
think reading is a good education. I will
close with much love to all. I would like
a few letters from the cousins.
"Country Girl,” Box 32, Palestine, Ark.—
Dear Junior: Time has sped on golden
wings; days have dropped into weeks;
weeks into months since last I visited
the Junior page. Though 1 read the
cousins’ letters each week with much
pleasure. How many of the cousins are
reading “The Life ami Times of Thomas
Jefferson,” by Thomas Watson? I am
very deeply interested in it myself. Emo
retter Shivers and Addie P. Cooper, how
1 1 admire, you ill. You two are just the
kind of girls you ought to be. If more
of the girls would help their mothers
I a.s I know you all do, they would know
more how to do their own work. Bar
i tow R. Smith, your letters were both
very interest in; come again.. Will lie
, pleased to receive the word ‘ln the
I Shadow of the Pine.” I don’t know the
, name of the other one, but some of the
I words are "weep not for me as one who
j is gone, though I am going far away.” I
i 1 will appreciate them most sincerely
' and will return the favor in any way
l that 1 can.
| Berta Bryson, Higdonville, N. C.—Dear
! Junior: 1 see so many interesting letters
front the cousins that 1 am tempted to
' write I. few weds, i like Very much to
read the Junior page. My brother, Jo
seph, takes The Constitution. The girls
have no reason for criticising the boys
. now. as there are nearly as many boy
j correspondents as there are girls. 1 take
; for my subject "Idleness.” What is there
■ to be gained by idleness? Nothing at all.
I I do not mean to say that we should not
■ have any enjoyment. Wholesome en-
■ joyment is necessary. But to see a boy
• or girl with nothing to do al] day 'ong
■ but to idle about. You need never ex-
I ■ <t much of that girl or boy till they
I find some employment that will be bene-
■ ficial to them. We should all h ive some
■ hind of employment. For “an idle mind
!is the devil's workshop.” We do not
I ri Id that our great m n and women
: were all brought up in luxury. Many of
I them had a. very bad chance. L t us
I t ike for an example James . Garfield.
■ He was only 2 years of ge, when his
lath. r died. His mother W 3" very poor.
j Tin y had to earn their living as best they
mid James was not afraid of work
I When he was quite small Im would pick
: cherries, plant corn, gather vegetables
1 and help his mother in a hundred ways.
' As he grew up h” learned the carpen
! (er trade ,:tnd during the long summer
' days Limes, by the use of his tools, earn
i ed money to help pay for his seh"o!ing
iin the winter. Th' re isn t any use of
going into details about what he has
done, for you all know. So he is one
of our great men who made use of the
gulden moments Abraham Lincoln is
another. He was once a. ragged lad. Hut
he climbed to the top of the ladder by
‘ saving the swiftly Hying hours. L t ns
not spend our time in idleness. Would
I like to correspond with some of the
Fannie Boyle, Cooledge, Kans -Dear
; Junior: I am a little Arizona girl, living
| in wesiern Kansas on a cattle ranch
; Out ranch is situated nine miles north
! east of i.'noledge and thirteen miles i >rth
. west of Syrmcu.s' a town of 500 inhabit
i ants. 1 enjoy riding Imrs. irick very
| mu. h. t good m toy _ ; ’ls here ridr with
■ a skirt (divided). f think they are all
right My two sisters and old."_ brother
: graduated in May from the county
school:-. Me brother will go tn high school
, this winter. We ha'., seven diplomas.
■ My sisters are attending the normal in
stitule at. Syracuse; it lasts a month.
Kansas has one of the best school sys
tems In the I'nited States, and ranks
' fourth in railroads.
The pr.cie is covered with sunflowers.
Most of the wild flowers in Kansas are
| yellow.
There are a few wild animals in this
; country; the jack rabbi . and cotton pills
coxoti? badgers, coons, skunks and
j prairie (logs.
I Some tell how much tl, v h.., v , travrk , (]
■ 1 have tra.veh .1 from ir> n , to R H| , a ’
' frora Ka ” s 1S t 0 ! ,uth 1 n <lc trgia and
! from there to Atlanta, front there to
IfiOSEHTS
i When I say I cure Ido not mean merely to
: stop them for a time an t then have them" re
turn again. I mean a rad cal cure. Ihavemade
. the disease of FITS, EPILEPSY or FALLING
' SICKNESS a lite-long study. I warrant my
remedy to cure the worst cases. Because
1 others have failed is no reason for not now
: receiving a cure. Send at once for a treatise
i and a Fret Bottle of my infallible remedy.
; Give Express and Post Otiice.
Prof. W.H.PEEKE, F.D., 4 Cedar St. N.Y.
I northern Georgia and aXfcr staying three
months came back io Kansas That was
J five years ago. We jtave been living here
i six years.
We hav£ a well 428 feet deep and have
I fine water and have a wind fijill.
| Our schools will begin in September and
! last seven months. 1 do not play on the
! organ, buX one of my sisters do. Will
I exchange words and music to "Darling, 1
Shall Miss You” for “My Heart's in
Texas.” 1 dose with love to Aunt
Susie and the cousins. Age 14.
Loua Faris. Belrnont, S. C.—Dear Jun
ior; 1 am very glad that the boys and
girls have made peace at last and know
Aunt Susie must be. for once the Junior
corner was almost upset, simply because
the cousins could not agree on every top
ic, and now things are not like they were,
tile result being a great Improvement.
1 sometimes wonder if we worry Aunt
Susie, for hers is a tedious task to scan
over all the letters and arrange them for
publication.
Some one has said that of all the gifts
endowed a man memory is the no
blest.
We love to think of days that are
past If they were days of happiness, and
even experience a sad pleasure in recall
ing days of sadness.
When sorrow and trials surround us
how often do we gain courage and re
new'd strength by thinking of the past.
It brings faint joys and the laughter
of merry voices are all brought back by
the simplest causes. Words can never
be recalled. How much is spoken which
deserves no remembrance. Still these
memories are friends in disguise.
Words may seem to us but little things,
but they possess a power beyond calcu
lation. They fly from us to others,
though we scarcely give them a passing
thought.
There is nothing which, so adds to the
treasures of the mind and increases its
power as thinking. Learn to think for
yourself and always think twice before
you speak.
Learn to take care of your minds. Many
of the greatest thinkers and most useful
men arc not college bred and theirs are
the names most often heard.
It is not what one has learned, but
what, he remembers and applies that
makes him wish.
When we are stricken by memory,
sometimes we think of faces and they
return to us as plainly as when they were
present.
How many of the cousins like to read?
We should choose our books as we do our
friends, for you may judge a man more
truly by the books and papers that he
reads thin by the company which he
keeps, since his associates arc in a
measure imposed upon him, but his read
ing is the result of choice.
One book read thoroughly and with
careful reflection will do more to im
prove the mind and enrich the under
standing than skimming over the surface
of the whole library.
Correspondence solicited.
Better Than Spanking.
Spanking does not cure children of lied
wetting, ff it did there would be few chil
dren that would <lu it. There is a consti
tutional cause for this. Mrs. M. Sum
mers, box 105, Notre Dame. Ind., will
send her home treatment to any mother.
Sue asKs no money. Write her today if
your children trouble you in this way.
Don't blame the child. The chances are
it can't help it.
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• CLEVELAND CHILDREN •
? NAME BABY BRCTIIER. *
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, 4 New York, August 26.- The baby •
® boy ro.fntly born to Mrs. Grover °
Cleveland at BozzarcH Bay, Mass., «
• has been christened Francis Grover ?
® Cleveland, a name selected by the ®
other children after their father «
1 * and mother. ?
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LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
At Missionary Ridge.
Editor Constitution: Some two weeks
ago I noticed in y ?ur valuable paper an
.'icT-mnt from Chattanooga, Tenn., in
which it said G-neral Stewart was very
ill and In the sama article it stated that
General Stewart was 'Ond in command
lat the Lattl of Missionary Kidge. 1
i may !.»• wrong, but I think that it Is an
i error, as I think that at that battle
1 General St o art w.>s only a major gett-
I oral and if 1 mistake not In command
of Br'-ckmridges old division and that
L; 'ktnridge was In command of a. corps.
1 think that you will find that per
haps Lieutenant Generals Hardee Or
I‘,UK should have been second in com
mand m tn« armj of rennessei- at that
time. st. wart w.j_s only a junior major
general. There was 1 tank cneainam and
Cleburne senior major general to
Stewart Hr* klnriuge senior to
| those tw* . 1 ijeloe.ged to General Han
Adams, afterwaros General Gibson’s bri
gade, army T nnessee, dating from April,
jstil at Cork Miss, up to sth day of
August 18'14. when I was captured In
front of Atlanta. Ga. and sent to camp
. .. Will you, through your
vol table paper be kind enough to let
nt" know if I am In error and who was
lieutenant general and who com-
m.-imP'd corps and division in the
battle of Missionary Ridge and
In case f General Braggs' death at that
battle which one of the generals wiXtld
h ivo token command • f the army of
Tennessee at that time. Any informa
tion you can give as to this inquiry will
be appreciated by all old veterans. At
Hint time 1 wis a private of company
l; sjxti .'nW'. and Twenty-fifth Louisiana
volunteers. Colonel Dan Gober command
er Respectfully. W. H. DUFF.
101 Pine Street, Monroe, La.
Jackson Descendants.
Editor Com’tftutlo-n: W. Calvin Wells,
of Jackson, Miss., would like the ad
dress of some descendant of General
lames Jackson, a soldi t of the revolu
tionary war at one time governor of
Georgia and a United States s *n it >r from
tl , ; „ WELLS & WELLS.
Jackson Miss.
Fish Culture.
Editor Constitution: 1 am anxious to get
some information regarding fish culture
on a farm. Can you direct me where to
obtain such information?
G. G RAMBO.
Litverue. Ala
The government has established a fish
culture Station at Bullochville. Ga., under
the dir ' lion nf tllc ’ ’’tii'-'l States fish
minus ion Mr. J. J. Stranahan is the
superintendent in charge of the hatch
erv ami is in position to give valuable
;iailstn :i 1 information in regard to fish
culture.
Widow Seeks Information.
Editor Constitution: Mrs. N. J. Evans,
of Bass Fla., wishes to hear from any
veterans who knew her husband. Robert
q Evans. He was a member of company
j, Fourth Georgia cavalry. 1 believe
Lemuel Anderson, of Covington, was the
captain of his company, which went from
Xewton couptv, Georgia, .in the GO’S. Any
will be
Bass. Fla
Competition in Cotton.
Editor Constitution: We read what Mr.
So-and-So has to say as to England and
Germany planting cotton in their Afri
can provinces and thereby, with the
cheap labor, excluding American cotton
from their mills.
In reply to this our farmers can place
their thumb to their noses and twiddle
four fingers. That this plan has not been
resorted to before now is sufficient evi-
. deuce to prove that it can't be done. If
5 cotton could be raised in Porto Rico,
. Cuba or the Pacific islands cheaper than
in the southern states, the New J.'lng
, lander would have long ago yoked China
men and South sea islanders together in
i peonage—or slavery for that matter and
, have supplied their needs.
I Our cotton is not bought for the love
r the foreign and New England manu
facturers have for us, but simply be
-1 cause It is needed and will continue to be
* needed ad finern.
Our farmers should be congratulated
upon any condition* or influence which
will give’ them 12c for their cotton, and
I if harm is to come of it in the future
they can reckon with Hie problem as it
arises.
Just, stop one moment and ask how
! many mills are working to fill future
contracts, made upon a basis of lower
, cotton, and settle your mind that it is
this class of disappointed manulacturer
, who is bowling. Mills were built to run
‘ and, whether cotton is high or low.
1 enough of them will keep their wheels
turning to absorb this cotton crop, and be
glad to get it.
Let the mills regulate the prices of
’ their product In keeping with the cost
of raw material. That's their function.
GEORGE P. COTCHETT.
: Wilmington, N. C.
I *
The Bible Suits All.
The Premium Bible came three or four
i weeks ago, but do not think it is lack of
appreciation that 1 have not expressed
my thanks sooner, for I assure you that
it came in good time, as I was wishing
tor a new one. and one of that size, it
is the nicest I have ever seen.
MRS. A. E HUDSON.
Paris, Tex., January 21, 1903.
THE JAPANESE FLEET IS
IN BEST OF CONDITION.
(From The London Mail.)
At a time when Japan has determined
upon a large increase of her navy, it
• may not be without interest to consider
what sort of a navy she possesses.
Having been one of the very few for
: eigners permitt* d to take a cruise on a
. Japanese warship in commission, 1 may
j be able to give some idea of how Japan
! manages iter great sea-fighters in calm
I and in storm. It is only by such practl
i cal observation that it is possible to know
what will iUipp'.m wnori the 1 real thing
arrives.
British-Built Battleships.
The fleet, with which was the large
armored cruiser Asama, on which I was
placed, was in itself a striking demon
stration of Japan’s naval strength. AH
’ the ships were new, homogeneous, and
i speedy. To pass them in review. There
; was the Shlklshima, the flagship, battle
-1 ship of 14.800 tons; the Asahi, newly come
I from England, of 15,200 tons, also of the
i line of battle. Os first-class cruisers there
i were three the Jdzurno, of 9,800 tons, and
th, Asatna’aitd Tokiwa, of 9,750 tons each.
Smaller, but more speedy, was the Kas
agi of 4,760 tons, and with her two tor
pedo boat destroyers. The sped of the
battb ships was 18 to is 1-2 knots with
Welsh coal, or 16 to I'l 1-2 knots with J ip
anese. The large cruisers have si" eds OL
21 to 22 knots with Welsh, and 18,t<> J
knots witii Japanese coal. Ihe Ka. agl
I has a speed of 23 knots, and the destrox
i of 32 kn its. The whole fleet, e\en
' l tno* a
; when burn ....aa.i
* speed of 16 t” I’’ 1‘- knots were
|^ g
] '“‘rhe. Japanese war vessels ar.'
ilat in upp<arancc to Britt
1 .id, ti/capiam of it;-
, l al Chemulpo told me that, x m n
■ arriv' d ''U” morning, lie th''Jglit it ■
,I a British ik.i lco fin- -omc '‘ ! °on
, ! diplomatic purpose. I I"' dis< i|.li i< ■
> sips is nearly p-
• g g. ■■as tr" a ■ ■ n
’ , British warship.
’ I Patent Fuel.
’ i On tic As tma th re. were 620 ■
’ the Japanese navy then are no mt ’ *
! 1 the bluejackets being utilized tor lan(ll,lr '
n irtii ; and on. Once* at sea. the el
j feet of tho.J’il - .mal wmn used with
■ Bell >ville b >Uer s : ’ : ' ' '
' 1 thp v< i si-ls. save the Asama ami the
Tokiwa whi"h hav< cylindrical Scot h
boilers.’ torrents of smoke poured, ftom
1 the funnels. Later on the Kasagi »a.
■ burning a patent fuel, wni.-h
smoke at all. It is composed of pit
and coal dust, ams coSts on.y halt .-
' much as Welsh coal. As both soft
,h,st .tnd pi’, b ate in q-tanlitrns _>u
Japan, the fuel is likely to pUj .1
1 part in the future. , ,
Th.- sailors are partly cons-;.t.'L « <'■
pn-tly volunteers, th” ’’tt l '” ,J 1 ~
1 ' r
j seven. In the Japanese navy the ’ ■ ■ '
i 'SSI S ex " "IIIV.- I'"XV I ' '
' I three divisions of the crew. J''; 1 ' 1 '
.-.•ven divisions, and th” captan. .. is
' i preme P -wer over all. Th- fleet
; , yank with the commanders and r< celv<
the same pay.
Dress and Diet.
’ At wrk tl.” bluejaekvts wear wb'.t”. •'
' red band being worn on the left or rig
arm to signify starboard or port wn <• t.
'. Thev wear straw hats or caps, ■''rnost
, identical with those In m’” Lb;
, navy. Many of the men wear boots.
■ though this is not encouraged on boar*
: ship. Thev cat rice mix d with lb!
; canned meat and vegetauL'-s and bi-, in.
• It is‘not permissible forth t men to t tk;
i rice alone, as this has been found to bring
on dropsy. The officers waid -oom n-'-'
1 a* very British app. a rance, and tie’ l”'t
' i 5 European, not J pan. e. 1
speak certainly as regards the pt;< i:■
1 table, which w.is ex<-”llent’y supplied with
well-cookud foot!. Every *U<»ndav gen«”.;<l
quarters are p'-rformed, as well, as gun
practice.
The men are all armed with Murata ri
fles, invented and manulactv.red in Japan,
and short bayonets. For over an hour
the work of aiming, loading and eleanmg
the guns in the turrets, ei'.semnte:' ami
batteries was carried on seriously. Many
J of the commands contain English words.
' and it is v-ry curious to hear them. Sp. -
eial attention was paid to the cleaning
ami repairing of the guns, as also to the
t protection of the gun crews during ac
tion.
The ammunition hoists are worked by
hand, save in the turrets, where hydraulic
power is used. The lire drill and torpedo
exercises were carried out very thorough
ly. At regular intervals in 'he day (he
mon ar., allowed a few minutes for a
smoke, the great requisite of the Japa: -
esc sailor.
On Tuesday mornings comes the wash
ing of the caflors’ cloth”.-'., ami the vessels
j are bung with drying clothes. Each
garment bears the name ami number of
i the owner, so that there is no f -..: of
. confusion.
Landing Parties.
i Another maneuver which is well exe-
1 eiited is Hie landing-party pr.U'tiee At
a given signal the men pour out on io the
afterd'.’k. looking very bnsims-'ike in
their blue clothe., and cans, their white
leggings and their rifles and bayonets
Some of the men and all the officers
carry revolvers. Tin? landing party s
under a senior lieutenant and two .
’ niors, and is aceornpanied by a field gun
and two stretchers. The launch carries a
quick-Himr in the bows. All the tma
carry cartridge belts, with three pouches
so arranged to fold up neatly.
After Utt l ilies have been imsp. ■ i d.
provision carrier., and water bottles are
served out. Tin former are in the shape
of a blue sash, worn diagonally oxer
the left shoulder, and contain biscuit
rations and spare cartridges. At a bu
gle call all at. in their places in the
.22 Caliber Cartridges I
JjW If you want to use .22 Caliber Rim Fire Cartridges that shoot I •
/ / strongly and accurately, buy the time-tried Winchester make, ■
having the trade-mark “H ” on the head. They cost but a S
f ew cents more a box than the cheap, unreliable kind, and 9
Ay / they are dollars better. Winchester .22 Caliber Cartridges
Ff are furnished loaded with either black or smokeless powder, the &
La latter being loaded with the celebrated Winchester Grease- iff,
l eSS ® u^ets ’ which make them very clean to handle.
jO* FOR UY DEAX.ERS EVERYWHERE. |
n ! || |H mi | iiiinii iiimini |l|| &
boats, and remain at attention until the land so great is the local excitement that
dismiss is sounded. -I cavalry have gone to guard the claims
To 'see the crew assembled to listen i located by enterprising and lucky_ min
to the explanation, of new orders by the I er . s - *he ledge is said to be 15 feet
captain was to be Impressed by the ! wlf ie. Samples of the ore receivi d h -re
wonderful intelligence ami interest of the show It to be of a ruth quality wit
men. as w”ll as by their discipline. threads of gold stteking out of the
The whole of Xhe p- r.sonnel of the «
Japanese navy are filled with pride in
their traditions and their ships, and will ’ CZAR TO VISIT ITALY’S KING,
do well should ever the occasion rise.
t ALFRED S'i EAD. : Nicholas Will Spend Three Days in
rD __ T-i./r-MT-v vtado Rome in October.
I Hut iWunITY YEARS? ) Rome, August 26.- Hnles.s some!' c
MURDERER CAUGHT AT LAST happens to change the programme the
i czar will arrive in Rome on a vts ‘ to
Birmingham, Ala., August 26.—(Special.) I King Vi ;tor Emmanuel during the lat
C. F. Kelley, alias Felix Daley, a hard- I l, ‘ r half of October and will re;ria -. i.-re
working blacksmith, who has ‘lived here I three days. His majesty will ;r.
for some years, wm- arrested lure today ' be accompann-d by the czarina, who
a murder < fitted in Scranton. ' " er'
■ liss.. tvienty-one years ago. Thf . cz:lr w ni y, e accompa.nl”.-! by the
He was a youth at tin? time and shot a , Russian foreign and interior m.
farmer friend in a difficulty. He was sen- and he will also pay a visit to the p”; e.
tencejl to th ■ penitentiary of Mississippi
and was serving his time there when at.' Thortg'htl”SS
opportunity presented and he
Ho left the state, married and has since Indianapolis Sun: "Jim. said t 'r”
bee;, a good citizen. He supposed his tH’nip print”.- aS the frcglit :ra ■A
crime had been forgotten and was n .ong, wc »ught to lia*. e waited . •
amazed at his arrest. morrow to make this trip.
serve 2 fiV ° m ° re the company runs an exeursj.n
today, and we are only beating It out of
$4.60.”
BIG BATTLE SHIP LAUNCHED.
A Oaths.
Princess Louise Christens Dominion yeg y win ()bpy thee . x wj]l SW(?S . t 0
as Vessel Leaves Ways. charm
London, August 25,-The Princess Louise Each transport ar.d each
today launched the battle ship Ilominion ...
at Barrow. Th” Dominion is the last of nillf p.--ty wl . galls yet : s
the three ships known as the King Ed- m , ? still!
ward VII class. When completed the Do
minion will cost $6.51'0,60). The next bat- I sw”.tr by t "h ’ J'er tnan U' ss
tic ships to be laid down will be of IS.O'X) 1 J °' *' ' '
tons dlsn.acomont. or I.CaO tons heavier j mv down .tst and averted s
than th,- Dominion. Shall let the, hi : • ihelr liquid lig f :
The Dominion is a first-class battic i
ship of 16.350 tons displacement. She is I And more, I -W"ar, wl. nwe twao: ?.:•?
■l2'. feet long, has I!).oji> indicated horse I alone
power and will have an estimated speed And thy set lips find haven in me
of more than 118 knots. che* k.
Her armament will consist of four 12- Tho’ my st; * ping arm ar >u .).
inch gun.', four 9.2-inch, ten 6-inch guns, Hie,' thrown.
twenty four rapid fire guns and two tor- That find, ■w■ t, if thou wilt. mi:<”.
pedo tubes. arms but v. tk
TXT-r-e I sw'.ir that when some from-'-i. ep
PROFESSOR MATZEN DECLINES.
Glows, throbbing, sweeping thro' thy
He Refuses To Act as Arbitrator in b , my ‘
r ,„ r .. Like '.. l”Hg wavs upon a s. g
Venezulean Case. o'-ean,
Copenhagen, Denmark, August 25.—Pro- Mv aching head shall there no more
fessor Matzen, of the Copenhagen uni- ' seek rest!
versity, who was a]>poiat'd by ! ni ], ( ] al 'ling, when mv mad lips are on
the czar as one of th” arbitrators tn the I lir ~_
claims of the allied powers for preferon- ; x;o more to thy soul-breathing lips ' 1
tial treatment, in rhe settlement with Ven- ■ cling.
• 'zuela, has declined to accept the position | Till -,.>ft. r pro:'”hcs and regrets expire
for tile reason that Denmark is an inter- . j n a caressing, tender murmuring:
ested party,
| And t! my burning brain should whirl
Big Gold Finds in Old Mexico. Tho' ev, : y pulse with restless woe be
Mexico City, August 25. There is much torn,
oxcirement in th” state of Oaxaca over I swear to see thee, dear, at least in
the dise ivery of rich gold fields about quiet.
o', mil", west of the city of (i:ix:i"a and I sw .ir she "omes! My own—l swear
If mil- s from the town of F.mtbi. i'll” ore I taught have sworn!
found is said to assay up to $50,000 a ton ; From th” French of De La Vigne.
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