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JAPANESE RED CROSS Tokyo's Biggest Army Hospital as Seen by a Russian. WELL LIGHTED, 6UPEBBLY CLEAH fcntlrr Stall Jn imneae, Altbouah Ger man la thr I m ii it u a a e ,if lurgrri la Japan? Mlaj lorrualal Fare* Seem, Sul \u lain Heard?Plenty of Vla ttora ?lumber of Deatha From Uounda Ver> Small. 11 \Y. Krnshevsky. who Is acting as war correspondent of the Russkoye tilovo, sends that Journal a highly In teresting description of the JaiHineae lied Cross. He says: "I was uear the military hospital In Tokyo when ray way was blocked by the crowds standing shoulder to shoul der along the quay for a transport with men wounded before I'ort Arthur was expected. The crowd was silent In its expectancy, and scarcely a voice was heard. 'Let the foreigner through; let the foreigner through,' said my guide. And even at such a solerau moraeut the ?jMsiple stepped aside courteously to let sue puss to the hospital. The long, sad procession soon came Into sight. All the wounded wore white blouses. Only ?a few of thein walked, and they had ?heeu wounded In the hand or head. Most of them were carried in Jinrlki shns, and their feet or bodies were in bandages, while about fifty of them were carried in litters. The faces of the latter men were concealed, for my guide told me they were the severest cases, and lu Japan it Is the custom to cover the face of a man wounded se verely, so that the iieople may not see his sufferings. Nearly every man borne in the litters had the lower part of his body in bandages, and all of them looked us if they were in the Inst stages of consumption, for they had liecu so long in hospital at IHilny. 1 was Interested greatly In the crowd aa the terrible procession passed through It. There were no shouts, no tears, only a heavy, oppressive silence, unj on every face one could rend sympathy and horror. 1 saw that look of sad ness everywhere. It came from the sight of so many youths maimed for ever. The war is terribly popular iu Japan, but these trains of wounded men bring home to the iieople all the horrors of warfare. Seven Hundred wounded men mid arrived, ami tiie hospital taking them In was u central point, whence every ?nan was distributed utnoug the vuri ?dus Institutions of tile lied Cross or In privute hospitals and houses. It took only fifteen minutes to register the 700 wounded men. There was no red tape, and all was done very promptly. 1 followed the largest group ?of wounded until we reached a large, three storied building, on the front of which was a cross with tlie letters "It. My guide disappeared Into the office and returned at onee with per mission for me to visit the hospital. The Japanese are very glad to exhibit their 'perfect Euroi>ean civilization;' In their own words, they are passing in this war their examination to he accepted as a first class country. " 'When the wounded have been taken in. one of the surgeons will take the gentleman round ami show him everything.' said an attendant. The surgeon, who spoke excellent English, was most agreeable. I was In the tiig gent of tlie three iteil t'ross hospitals in Tokyo. It made tlie best Impression upon me, for It was a mass of light aad air, with marvelous cleanliness. 'You will perhaps notice that tlie ceil ings are lower than they are In the model hospitals In Europe, but we Jap anese are smaller In size,' said the sur geon. "The height of the rooms is made in proportion to our stature.' I ob served live operating tables In the well lighted operating room. 'We can be proud of our operating rooms,' con tinued tlie surgeon; 'tliey contain every thing that is best and up to (lute.' In <eacb of the very roomy wards I saw forty men 011 beds arranged on Euro pean methods, anil with the remarks written In German 011 tlie cards hang ing at the head of every lied. Even the dally rejiorts of all eases are writ ten in German. Said the surgeon with a smile: 'German Is tlie language of surgery in Japan, for In medicine and 1 "surgery we are the pupils of Germany. ' XJntll lately our hospitals were full of German surgeons, but now you will not I find a single one. Although the entire 1 hospital staff Is Japanese, yet we eon- 1 tiuue to write the notes of eases In 1 ?German. That Is better, for neither Che wounded man nor his friends can know the worst.' ?"Ninny of the wounded were lying unconscious: others were chatting, ? laughing or trying to moke themselves understood by mimlery to such friends as happened to be fur uwoy. What surprised me was the great numlier of visitors, especially of women. Hun dreds of women came and went silent ly between the beds. All of them brought presents for the soldiers, and ? many of them had their children with Them. I saw many a sorrow stricken 'face, but I did not hear one sob. 'There Is no crying In hospitals.' said the sur geon. And that set me thinking once more upon the Iron discipline of a i>eo pie ^lilch h is produced the proverb, ' -ment, must be It'll ut home.' 1 lie wo .r .! >? -"1un prisoners whom I saw at Osaka hud for the most part wounds In head and ' shoulder from the shrapnel shells, as I was told As most of the Japanese were wounded In the feet and body, es pecially In the alsiomen. I asked the aurgisin to explain the difference: He Mid, Most "f those whom you see here j art- the victims of artillery flre and ! were wounded by splluter*.' 1 asked Ului about the death rate, aud he an swered me with the eternal Japanese smile: "l'be foreign press hus had a great deal to say aliout the horrors of this war making future wars lni|?ossl ble. Certainly warfare has been devel oped to a terrible degree, but surgery and medicine have also beeu greatly developed, and the number of deaths from wounds Is very small as com pared with former wars. Enormous numlters are killed, but never before have the wounded had such great chances of recovery unless their wounds are mude by a Cossack's lance or by a sword.' The Japanese surgeon became greatly excited as be suld that It was barbarism to allow the lance and saber to be used in warfare, for their wounds gave but a very small chance of recovery, and even then a uinu Is maimed for life. "The surgeons had come from the front with a convoy of wounded. lie told me that there had been an enor mous number of sick men, owing to the rapid advance made by the leaders, for the men fell out through sheer fa tlgue. Dysentery claimed many vic tims, and, although the Jupanese sol diers can live on a handful of rice, only iheir army surgeous know the results of such diet. I was told that beri beri is not a disease peculiar to Japan, for it is unknown there and is of en tirely Mancburiau origin aud that there had been very few cuses of it among the Japanese, while It had raged among the Russians. "As the tiny Sisters of Mercy In straw slippers went to and fro silently among the wounded men my guide told me with evident pride that they were all girls belonging to the aristocracy. When 1 asked him where were the English aud American women who had volun teered fur service as nurses In Japan, he replied that they were much too nervous to be accepted for hospital work, aud that the Japanese women were far better tltted for such work. However, It was decided that the nu merous foreign women should be sent out to the front, where their nervous ness would tlnd a vent. The result was that only those really wishful to uet as nurses went out, and they did good service In saving many Japanese Uvea. With regard to the number of wounded men brought home to Japan, the surgeon told me that up to Novem ber, HlO-i, Tokyo had received 10,(SK), Osaka 7,000 and Simonoseki, Nagasaki ami Hiroshima 10,000 men between them, a total of 27,000. of course this total by no means represents the cas ualties, and the surgeon confessed that the Japanese government was careful not to allow many wounded men to return to Japan, as their presence In great numbers could not fall to depress the spirits of the people ut home." AMERICANS IN BULLFIGHTS. TexuM liiinehull 1'layera <io to Mexico and (lie Natives. An American troupe of bullfighters entered tlic ring against the bulls the other evening In Ciudad Jaurez, Mexi co, says a dispatch from El I'aso, Tex. The lighters were nil baseball players from El Paso, and Brownie Cham berlain was one of the matadores. Before a huge audience the young Americans bandied the banderillas. the capes and the spears with dexterity, and the Ihrge audience cheered wildly. A bullfight by electric llgjit is a uovel ty, but with Americans in the riug it was a sensation on the border. Many Americans were present and cheered as lustily as the Mexicans. Borne of the Americans did excep tlomilly well with the banderillas and the sword, and, although there were many exciting moments, the lighting wus without mishap except to the bulls. A large sum was realized for the Benito Juarez monument, for which ' the afl'uir was given. SCAN PAPERS, STUDY BOOKS. Ailvlee tilTen hj- liorfrnnr llnrh of Kanun to Tu|trkn arndiiatM. In talking about education and de velopment by reading to a class of [ graduates at Topeka, Kan., the other j day Governor Hoeh of Kansas said: "I am a newspaper man and have been all my life, but I must say one of the worst habits is the newspaper read ing liablt, the fixed mental habit of reading the newspaper for present pleasure and pastime. When you ac quire that habit you cannot rend a book correctly to save your life. "Head newspapers enough to scan them and to keep abreast of the times. Head newspapers for home and local news, but read books with a dictionary ind encyclopedia beside you." The Season's Style. Oh, dainty little maiden, with your dainty shirt waist charming. So fresh and crisp with frilllness In most exquisite laundering. Altho:> :h our adoration's great, there's S'-nething quite alarming Ab<> 't your present makeup, too. that keeps our glance from wandering. Thus as we stroll along the street In mood that's calm and pensive. When you appear we turn our gaze upon you most admiringly, And then, though you don't know It. ' something makes us apprehensive And bids us fix a startled look upon you ; most Inquiringly. Though life's experience has taught this I Is a world of chances And that adventures one must face are manifold and various. We are impressed by this year's styles, i from even passing glances, That certain incidentals ore unusually \ precarious. Tor as wo gaze upon you In the costume that's so charming We feel a thrill that penetrates e'en hearts o'erlold with callouses. Because of?you will pardon us, but really It's alarming? The very careless way In which you're this year wearing galluses. , ?Indianapolis News. BREWER SEES PERIL Danger In Big Immigration and Expansion, Declares Jurist. SATS 8ELL PHILIPPINES TO JAPAN fcupreme Court Justice Declare? It Would Be the Simple Way Out ot a Complex Difficult >?Believes Wo man Mar Be President of the I alted States and Thinks Onlr a Skeleton Arm> Is Needed. | "This is an inquiring, a skeptical | age," suid Justice David J. Brewer of the supreme court of the United States when he was recently interviewed at bis home In Washington by a repre sentative of the New York Herald. "Everything must face the question, 'What for or of what j>roUt?' There are many grave questions that we Americans or, rather, our descendants must face. They are coming to us with un overwhelming force at present." "What are they?" was asked. "Tremendous immigration and the spirit of conquest, which means an nexation and colonization. Probably very few thinking Americans realize the great responsibility that the na tion assumes In allowing a million Im migrants a year to come into the coun try and to tincture our national life. It so happens that the greater part of the immigration is of people who have been brought up to regard the govern ment under which they live as an enemy, a thing to be fought, an insti tution to struggle against. They do not realize the difference between lib erty and license. "lou ounnot mix oil and water. You cannot make a Latin nation an Anglo Saxon nation, and thgt is why I see danger and trouble T* il the use for high statesmanship In the conduct of the United States in the Immediate fu ture. "It is well known that I have bitter ly opposed the aunexatlon of the I'hll lpplnes, Hawaii and Porto Klco. 1 cannot see how any right thinking American could do else than oppose it. This government, this nation, was founded as a protest against the colo nial system, and now we go establish ing colonies of our own. If there is anything more antagonistic to the founding of the government than the present trend of national events I can not conceive It. "The big stick is swung almost too | vigorously. Much as 1 admire the president, I am not in accord with j many things that he does or that he j instigates. It is not the purpose of this government to interfere and med dle with things that do not concern us. It is our business to mind our own business." "Have you any fear that Japan will endeavor to acquire the Philippines by force of arms?" "Well, all these things float. Events crowd on each other's heels so rapidly nowadays that the man who essays to be a prophet is not only not one in his own country, but anywhere else as well. It Is very hard to say what Ja pan has up her sleeve in the Philippine question." "Would you advise the selling of the islands to the Japanese government?" i "Most assuredly. It would be the j simple way out of a complex difficulty. I am strongly Inclined to believe that we will either have to sell them if we can or give them up when we must. The Japanese nation amalgamates with the people of the Philippines or will amalgamate them much more readily than we Americans possibly could. Neither you nor I nor the youn gest child living will ever live to see the time when the natives of the Phil ippines will be Americans In the sense that Washington thought of when he stood sponsor to this country." "I>o you seriously think that the time will ever come when there will be a woman president of this coun try?" "I have little doubt of It. It Is one of those theoretical things that is working out In a practical way every day. I can see no good reason why there should not he a woman president of the country. I can see a great many good reasons why there should be one. However, 1 question if It comes In the near future, but it Is an Incident that might happen at almost any time. Women have shown their capacity for handling big affairs In colleges, schools, railroads and banks." "Ho you think that to maintain ex position as a world power the army should be strengthened and the navy Increased?" "I <lo not. I cannot <i>ro"lvc why we shrnild have an . ruiy rt all excei>t a uw skeleton. Of <? >;:rse we should have an abundance f trained officer* In case of an emergency. An Idle mil itary class seems to me absolutely an tagonistic to the principles of the coun try. We don't need soldiers here. All we want are citizens. N? foreign pow er would ever think of attempting an Invasion of the United States. It would 1 not only be Impracticable, but It would be Impossible. Thousands of miles of sea barrier protect us on all sides. The bringing over here of a hundred thou- 1 sand troops, which Is all that any nn- ] tlon could land In a hurry, would not be a Ilea bite to what this country could raise in twenty-four hours In op- , position." | 1 "Do yon agree with President Itoose- j velt, then, that our navy should be j largely Increased?" i "1 do not. I Itelleve that we should ' have a competent and efficient navy, , und I think we have it now. It is big i enough. I do not believe that we - rhould build more warships. Spend the money In fortifications Instead." 1 The Type of Courage Wanted 1'resident Roosevelt, on his recent trp through the West, made a notable address at Hide, Colorado. Those who think of him only as a Hough Rider?a sort of Cow Hoy prodigy?must revise their estimate Roosevelt is a man of culture as well as a man of remarkable natural gifts, and he will live in the centuries to come because of his valuable contributions to the best thought and literature of this age. In . the address referred to, speaking of courage, be says: "What we want is courage. The greater part of the courage needed in the world today is not of the military kind, but the courage to be honest, the cour age to resist temptation, the courage to speak the truth. The patriot who fights and always losing battle for the right, the man who though in the minority always stands for the right, the martyr who goes to his death amidst the triumphant shouts of his enemies, the discoverer, like Columbus, whose heart remains undaunted through the bitter years of his wandering woe, are examples of courage and heroism sublime, and these excite a pro founder interest in the hearts of men than the most complete aud conspicious success. Now, I do not want a timid good man. Not much! None of the kind, who when they meet evil face to face, say, "How dreadful!" and then run away. No, sir! I don't like the timid good. 1 like the man who wades in and tries to lick the wickedness."?North Carolina Christian Advocate. Triumphs oi Modern Surgery. Wonderful tilings are done for the human body by surgery. Organs are taken out and scraped and polished and put back, or tliev may be removed en tirely; bones are spliced; pipes take the place of diseased sections of veins; anti septic dressings are applied to wounds, bruises, burns and like injuries before inflammation sets in, which causes them to heaf without maturation and in one third the time required by the old treat ment, Chamberlain's I'ain Balm acts on the same principle. It is an antiseptic and when applied to such injuries, causes them to heal very quickly. It also aj j lays the pain and soreness. Keep a bot t e of Pain Balm in your home and it will save you time and money, not to i mention the inconvenience and suffering which such Injuries entail. for sale by ! A.M. Bovett, Smithfield, Selma Drug! Co.. J. \V'. Benson. Roosevelt's Little Joke. When the President alighted at Red Hill, Va., the other day, when he went over to see his wife's new cottage, he noticed that an elderly woman was about to board tbe train, and with his usual courtesy, he rushed for ward to assist Iter. That done, he grasped her hand and gave it an "executive shake." This was going too far, and the woman, snatching her hand away and eyeing him wratbfully, exclaim ed: 'Young man, I don't kuow who you are, and I don't care a cent; but I must say you are the freshest somebody I've ever seen in these parts." The President tells this a* a good joke on him self. The Virginia country peo ple. however, will soon get used to his breeziuess of manner ? Boston Herald. It is much easier for a woman to confide in the average man than in the average woman. She knows that the man will re spect her confidences and keep them to himself. He is strong, has more experience of the world and can help the woman who needs advice. There is every reason why women should not trust their delicate constitutions in the hands of unskilled persons. It requires a thorough medical education to appreciate and understand the womanly organism. When a woman has ills and pains that she cannot bear ?when life seems dark for every woman, she should confide her troubles to a physician of standing in the community, or one who has a national reputation. Cer tainly it would not be the part of wisdom to confide in an ignorant person without medical education simply because she was ; a woman. There is every reason why she should write to some great specialist, one who has made the diseases of women a specialty for a third of a century, like I)r. R. V. Pierce, founder of the Invalids' Hotel Mid Surgical Institute, of Htiffalo, N. Y. All his correspondence is held sacredly con fidential, and he gives his advice free and without charge. So uniformly successful has Dr Pierce's Pavorite Prescription proven in all forms of Female Weakness, Prolapsus, or Falling of Womb, and Leucorrhea, that, after curing , the worst cases of these distressing ana debilitating ailments, I)r. Piei'ce now feels fully warranted in offering to pay <? in ?ash for any case of these diseases which ? he cannot cure. 1 Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets should be used with "Favorite Prescription,%when trer a laxative is required. Straw hatx Koing cheap. L. E. ! iVatson. LONDON GROWING VERY TEMPERATE. Old Custom of Drinking at Bars Slowly But Surely Disappearing. Disappearance Marks Progress of Peaceful Revolution of Habits of English men. liondon, June 17.?London is assuredly becoming .very tem perate. Hotel proprietors of late years have been lamenting the great decrease in the con sumption of wines, and now it appears that the old custom of drinking at bars is going. In the West Knd, at any rate, the disappearance of one of the largest, most magnificent and most popular bars in all London, the Criterion, in Piccadilly, has been one of the wonders of the week and the cause of great re joicing amongst temperance re formers. The man about town would as soon have expected Piccadilly Circus itself to be removed off the face of the earth as the Criter ion bar?yet it has gone, unhon ored and unwept. Its disappearance marks the progress of a peaceful revolution in the habits of Londoners, which will please the admirers of the Continental way of supplying re freshments. i.mL j _ ? i ? ?? --1 ne aay 01 tne Dar is over,'' said the manager of the Criter ion restaurant. "Men no longer want to stand up at a bar mere ly to drink, and I am not sorry the bar has gone. Men of good class would no ionger frequent it. so we have swept it away. Its place will be taken by restaurant drinking. The bar is doomed in the West End of London. "In the last twenty five years drinking has decreased quite fifty per cent. Men now prefer a place where they can eat as well as | drink, and in a few years I think all the West End bars will have been superseded by saloons for solid refreshments as well as liquid." Another instance of the pass ing of the stand-up bar is the new Gayety restaurant, in the Strand, where the place of the bar is given over to small tables, at which men may be served with food as well as drink. On the other side of the Strand, iu the new Savory building, a wine house has adopted the little table system. As an interesting corollary to this, there was issued yesterday an official report, showing an ex traordinary falling off in the amount of spirits consumed per head in this country. The total consumption of spirits in 1903-'04 was 42,168, 021 gallons; in 1904-'05 it sank to 40,076,652 gallons. Going back five years to 1899-1900, the total amount of spirts con sumed was 48,025,415 gallons, figures which emphasize the re markable character of the de crease, which has been almost constant since that date. For the first three months of the present year the decrease in whiskey alone has amounted to some hundreds of thousands of gallons "The fact seems to be that we are witnessing a change in the habits of the people." declared the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the occasion of the last bud get.?Special Cable to New York Herald. De Witt's Witch Hazel Halve cools soothes and heals cuts, burns, bolls, bruises, piles and all skin diseases. K. E, Zickefoose, Adolph, W. Va. says: My little daughter had white swelling so bad that piece after piece of bone worked out of her leg. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Halve cured her," It is the best healing salve in the world. Beware of counterfeits. Hold by Hood Bros., Ben son Drug Co.. J. It. Ledbetter. Circulation of the Bible In spite of the general lament that the Bible is no more read and studied as in former times, the British and Foreign Bible! Society reports in May that' 0,000,000 copies of the Bible) have been issued in 11)05, show ing an increase of 100,000 over the previous year. Thecomplete Bible is now published in 100 languages, the New Testament in 04, and one book of Scripture in 100 more. Some 350,000 i iropies of the Russian n 1 ' " nese Scripturf 1 . u -.v.u dis tributed among the belligerents in the far East.?New York Sun. For sick headache take Chamberlain's ?Uomaoh and Liver Tablet! anil a quick ?ure is certain. For sale by A. H. Bov -tt, Hinltlifleld. Hclina Drug Co., J. W. Benson. f " The North Carolina. College of Agriculture And Mechanic Arte I Offers practical industrial educa tion in Agriculture, Engineering, Industrial Chemistry, and the Textile Art. Tuition $30 a year. Board a month. 120 Scholar sh |>s. Address PRESIDENT WINSTON, West Raleigh. N. C. ft-16 8. \i I UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA I789-I905 Head of the State's Educational System DEPARTMENTS. Collegiate, Engineering. Graduate. Law, Medicine. Pharmacy. Library contaiffs -13,000 volumes. Nt w water works, electric lights, contral heating system. New Dormi tories, gymnasium, Y. M. C. A. Building. 660 STUDENTS. 66 INSTRUCTORS The Fall term begins Sept. 11, 1905. Address FRANCIS P. VENABLE, President, Chapel Hii.l, N. C. J. /W. BEATY Sole Affent in Johnston County for the Domestic, New Home anc" Other Sewing fc. ** Machines. fc->mithficld. IN. CZ. Treasurer's Card. ALEX. WI665, Treasurer of Johnston County, WILL BE IN 8MITHFIELD EVERY Monday and Saturday and Court Wetks Office in back room of the Bank of Smith fleld. In his absence county orders will oaid at the Bank Houses for Rent, If you want to rent any kind of a house in Smithfield please let me Know lr. J. M. EEATY. 8MITHFIELD If. C. Wooft' -J ui Crimson Clover. Our Southern Farmers can save fer tilise." bills and increase their revenues t MILLIONS OF DOLL ARS, I by sowing Crimson Clover at the last woi ing of their Corn and Cotton ci ps. It is the best time to sow and _'ou save an extra prep- i oration of the land. Crimson Clover makes land rich in humus or vea-etaule matter and putB it in ( excellent condition for the crops which follow it. It also makes # i fine winter cover crop, in excellent grazing crop, I 1 i good early forage crop, l i splendid soil-improving crop. I 1 Plowed under early in the spring, ( ' it increases the yield of corn, to- ? bacco, cotton or other crops which 1 'ollow it, to a wonderful extent. I Our sales of Crimson Clover seed are \ increasing enormously every year, and a we are to-daj the largest dealers in m this seed in the United States. a Write for prices and circulars Riving a Information about this valuable crop. !' T.W. Wood & Sons, Seedsmen, ( RICHMOND, ? 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