M ANSON MEETS THE ENEMY.
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What Will Happen When The Submarine
is in General Service,
By Morgan Robertson. -'? --wiJ
F battleships cease to exist, forts to repel themiwill bo worth
less. They are nearly as expensive as' battleships and much
more effective. Then, If transports have no battleships to
oppose them, they need - have no battleship ;
protect them; and,; as for a base for scouts and torpedo
boats, all they need is coal and an admiral to report 'to. v An
improved destroyer may carry an admiral, not in such com
fort as does the big and roomy battleship, but faster. And,
with the additional speed available, coaling stations may be
- farther apart without hindrance to fleet operations, ana
blockades, the only practical method of naval offence, may bo maintained
farther at sea. safe from the fire of forts and the attacks of submarines.
As for the future value of conveying transports, what will be the use of
sending soldiers across the sea to certain death within a short distance of
land? With twenty submarines in place of each coast defense-ship, with a
"mother ship" to supply food, water and supplies for every five of these duel
"lings, and with one? fast surface -craft for a scout. what transport that might
slip by the one battleship, could hope to land her" soldiers?! And whatinvad
Jng wnrcraft, slower than the scout.cou Id catch her, or destroy her except by
surprise; which it is ascent's business to prevent? Transports, to be success
ful, will need to be faster than the scouts that will report them; and, sinco
' this is physically impossible, invasion by sea will come to an end.. It is safe
to say that.if Russia, at the beginning of the war had expended upon subma
rines the cost of two of her ibottled-up battleships, not a Japanese regiment
ould liawj landed on KT6a and remained a regiment With cheap subma
rines of fifty. miles of submergence, and four hundred of surface action at
tached to .every seaport, no transport or slow-going battleship would dare ap
proach an enemy's coast. .' .
The battleship, with its seven or eight hundred men to die when disaster
comes, is an expensive investment Those who advocate its continuance do
not advocate its development. No one argues for the buildings of battleships
twice as long and broad and deep as those that now exist, with twice the thick
ness of armor and weight 'Of guns. Yet, if the big battleship be not developed
still further, it ,w ill cease to exist For a time, its work can be done by the
armored rruiser; then, as the speed and vision of the submarine is increased
and perfected, by the fast protected cruiser and faster destroyer;' and if the
speed and vision of this deadly, unseen enemy that strikes out of the unknown
jd. time and place finally encompasses the destroyer, these, too must give
way as is probable, and aadopt the submarine features of their vanquishers,
d become submergible surface boats. World's Work. .-;
Our Attitude Toward
New Governments
By John Bassett Moore, LL. D. . ,
NY exposition of the American doctrine of non4ntervention
. would be incomplete that failed specially to notice the rule
of the United States with regard to the recognition of new
governments a rule which is indeed a corollary of that doctrine.'-.
In Europe, governments had been treated as legitl-,
mate or Illegitimate, according to what was conceived to be
the regularity or the irregularity of the succession of their
rulers. The attitude of the United States on this question
was early defined when the National Convention in France
proclaimed a republic. On that occasion Jefferson, as secretary of state, in a
letter to Gouveneur Morris, of March 12, 1793. which has become a classic,
said: "We surely cannot deny to any nation that right whereon our own gov
ernment is founded, that every one may govern itseif according to whatever
form it pleases, and change these forms at its own will; and that it may trans
act its business with foreign nations through whatever organ it thinks proper,
whether king, convention, assembly, committee, president, or anything else it
may choose. The will of the nation is the only thing essential to be regarded."
In a word, the United States maintained that the true test of a government's
title to recognition is not theoretical legitimacy of its own origin, but the fact
of its existence as the apparent exponent of the popular will. And from this
principle, which is now universally accepted, it necessarily follows that recog
nition can properly be accorded only when the new, government has demon
strated its ability, to exist Recoghitipn extended at an., earlier stage of the
revolution savors of an act of intervention, and as such aust be defended on
its merits, as is clearly set forth in President Roosevelt's message'of January
4, 1904, in relation to the recognition of the Republic of Panama. Harper's
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In Spain Young and Old Worship
the Matador. : ;
By S. L. . Bensusan.
AN y los torosl When you have lived awhile in Spain you
understand what this cry means, .the cry of a sun.-stricken.
pleasure-loving people not free from the lust of cruelty. Tbe
bull ring Is half in shade and half in Winding sunshine, the
shady side is dear, the sunny side' is cheap and crowded for
" every corrida, but Pedro and Juanna could on'. afford an
annual visit to the sunny side, and this luxury always fol
lowed Holy Week. To be sure It was an event On the
great Sunday Juanna would rise early and devote an hour or
two to Pedro's solitary suit before its owner was awake; he generally had a
new t!e or a new waistband to celebrate the happy day, while Juanna herself
had some noticeable piece of finery fresh for the occasion.. They would take
their breakfast with them to eat In one of the public gardens and enjoy their
bottle of wine which cost in English money rather less than threepence. Then
they would have good seats on the sunny side close to the barrier, so that
they should not miss any piece of work however delicate. The expense of
that day, when seats and finery and wine, oranges and, sandwiches were paid
for, sometimes amounted to ten pesetas, nearly six shillings in English money,
and such a sum is not. lightly spent from the proceeds of paper selling and
cigar making. It was a red-letter day, a day of ample food and endless sun
nd generous bloodshed. . Twenty horses and six bulls would sometimes make
'' sum total of slaughtered things, and then Pedro and Juanna would feel thai
.were compensating joys in life after all." Metropolitan.
Had Rained.
x ? junior reporter does
Nts. He was asked
mentioning the
rained, and
"After
n, the
: hun-n
Unpleasant
Would-Be Actress la the third act
I simply lose myself. ,
Manager Well, let us have that act
first Philadelphia :-BuJletlrti
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In the Stonewall mlneA San Diego
county, California, an earthquake so
twisted the shaft that , the timbers
were pulled around to the opposite
' ts of the shaft from' their original
What He Said When He Saw His
- Torturer. Face to' Face. '
"It is unbearable!" declared Mr.
Manson. Then he threw down his pa-.
per' and remarked to Mrs. Manson
that she must be devoid of nerves.
'If you think for oneminute," she re
plied, "that I , enjoy being tortured all
day long and most of the evening
by that dreadful tooting, you're entire
ly mistaken, . Archibald." . The Chic'a-
go News, gives some further a ccount
of Manson's' experiences'. :
. "Somebody ought- to stop It," Man
son said, gruffly, . .
"So you have said before," Mrs.
Manson remarked, sweetly.
The perpetual; maddening, amateur
ish playing of a peculiarly . shrill fife
was destroying domestic harmony net
only in the Manson flat, but in every
house in the block. It began early in
the morning. The scales were an ac
companiment to the breakfast coffee,
from which the men cf a dozen" fam
ilies fled, leaving their; wives to be
tormented by a repertoire that, wav
ered througn "Suwanee River" to
"Yankee Doodle." -
Nobody was quite sure from which
house the fife shrilled forth, but -by
calling in the aid of distracted ser
vants and comparing notes, the neigh
borhood finally settled down ' on the.
Grahams' as the fatal spot. v
"They have a ten-year-old nephew
living with them now," a feminine
detective . triumphantly announced.
He must do it."
"Chloroform him," promptly said all
the husbands,; especially Manson.
The fife was mo'st annoying on hot
days. On a certain broiling Satur
day afternoon Manson's nerves gave
way. . ;.' ,
"Any human1 being,'' he said, "who
will deliberately torture, or allow any
one to torture, the . rest of the world
with such outrageous, ear-splitting,
racket ought to be driven off the
street. I can't see why some of you
women . don't complain about it to
Mrs. , Graham. ; You could lead up to
it, gracefully, you know."
"Has it ever occurred to you," ask
ed his wife, crisply, "that some of you
men might speak to Mr. Graham? ' I
don't even know his wife by sight
xf I did I might be , tempted to say
something." V
.' "Maybe ' the boy will swallow the
fife," suggested Manson, hopefully.
"PossibJy both . Graham and his. wife
are deaf, and that's the reason they
don't mind it " themselves. People
with as little consideration for other
rolks' feelings ought to have a few good
plain truths hammered into them. If
I ever get a chance HI do it You
watch!." ; -;
Then there came an evening when
Manson was met on his' return by an
excited wife.
"What do you think!" - she -cried.,
"Mrs. Graham called today, and she
is the dearest old lady you ever saw.
She spoke so sweetly of her nephew,
Bob, and said he was such a comfort
to them! His parents are dead. She
said he just loved music "
"Music ! " snorted Manson. .
"Just loved music," went on Mrs.
Manson, hastily, "and nearly broke his
heart till they got him the fife. She
she wanted to know she said she
hoped it didn't annoy us."
Manson breathed hard.
"Wh what did you say?" he ask:
ed, feverishly. "You told her?"
; "I just couldnt, Archibald," Mrs.
Manson confessed. "Sne was, so
placid, and had such a sweet way
and" . ' , '
"You had the chance and let it go
by," said Manson, with cold dignity.
It was three nights later 72 hours,
36 of which had been enlivened by
the shrilling of the fife that Mr. and
Mrs. Graham and the demon Bob him
self passed by and stopped on the
Mansons' door-step. Manson looked,
at Bob curiously. He was a singular
ly prepossessing child. There was a,
fascination in merely gazing, at ,h!m.
He approached Manson confidently,
and his dark eyes were very winning.
"Do you like music?" he asked. "1
do. I have a fife, and I practise lots.
Maybe you've heard me. Don't you
think it's pretty?"
i Mrs. Manson gripped her chair arms
and waited for the worst
There ,was a silence, during which
Manson gazed into the eager, appeal
ing face of the author of his daily tor
ture. His duty was plain, but he had
not counted on the boy's eyes. -At
last he spoke. .
"Yes, indeed, it's great!" he said.-
J' Butting In."
"I was watching the bulletins, when
my attention was attracted to two
youngsters who were squared off at
each other in Queensberry style. While
I watched they rolled into the gutter,
scratching like cats. '
"I separated the belligerents. Then
they turned on me. 'Hey, mister,
what" yer doln'?'. yelled one.' "Can't
two friends fight without somebody
Ijuttin' in?' I permitted the fight
lo go on." Washington Post
The regents of California State Ifn5
versity have decided to buy 200 acres
of land to "round out" the present ir
regularly shaped tract on which th&
Lick observatory no- -"
F Morning; Wmr,
For practical - morning" vear, cotton
poplin and cheviot blouses smartly
tailor-made, AVill be worn : during the
season. In these wash poplins, those
of white with white' embroidered dots
are perhaps the safest investment: In
colored cheviots, plaids uve . brought
out, in very attractive Scotch and other
weaves.N. Y. Evening Post , .
Ornaments Increalns In Favor For -Hut"
Buckles and similar ornaments . are
more favored than seemed likely to be
the case at. the: beginning of the sea
son; but they are only prized when of
a very handsome sort. Rhine pebbles
and finely cut steel, mounted In enam
eled inetarand cut jethave the lead.
I have also' remarked that one or two
milliners are trying- to- revive a taste
for gold galons, but. so far I have only
seen it applied to white or beige-colored
felts.Millinery Trade Review,.
Vockets Are Coining' In.'
"A' sure-to-be-welcomed-with-joy bit
of information is that pockets are com
ing in again. It is: not only that the
whiter , coat will show more pockets
than' for many a long season, but ac
tually that the tailor-made dvess-skirt
wiil be made with a big, roomy pocket.
However, the dressmakers who have at
least consented; to make a skirt with
a pocket are issuing notices to their
patrons who order these skirts, to the
effect that the pocket is riot to be used
as a substitute for the generous "Peggy
from Paris" . bag or any of the othei'
big wrist-bags which the .shops, are
showing. Woman's Jloine Companion.
"Great BeautlficrB. '
Thoiightfulness for others and un
selfishness are great bea miners.. For
all perfection of skin and feature wo n.'t
make up for an unlovely expression,
and such an expression can come only
from a sweet nature, says Christine
Terhune Herrick in the Philadelphia
North American. We are , not all of
us jborn with pretty faces but we can
all of us try to get both. And. there
is some satisfaction in working on one's
disposition. You may not be able to
alteVthe shape of your nose or to make
large melting eyes' out of a pair of
optics that are good for little except
seeing. . But if you cultivate an interest-In
those about ' you, If you try to
make the" world happier for those with
whom you are brought into associa
tion,, yon 'Will not fail before long., to.
get a pleasing expression that win
make-the physical defects be forgotten,
or to seem charms because they, are
part of a lovely and generous person
ality. Try it!
And, at the same', time," keep -up the
care of the body! , "" ' . ;
The Ulshts of CliiWren. ' '
We must interpret the laws" for the
protection of the young against cruelty,
oppression and injustice," says' Henry
van Dyke ia Everybodys. Magazine,
"as evidence of the world's growing
sense of justice. , Beginning with the
Factory Act of 3833 and the Mines and
Colfteries Act of 1842 hv England, there
has been a steadily increasing effort to
diminish and prevent the degradation
of the race by the enslavement of child
hood to labor. Even the parents' right
of control, say s the modern ' world,
must be held in harmcuy with the
child's right to life and growth, mental,
moral and physical. The law ijtself
must recognize the inju3tice of dealing
with young delinquents as if they were
old "and hardened criminals.' Kormove
herding of children ten r.nd twelve
years old in the cciaraon jail! Juvenile
courts and probation" cfncHi's, asylums
and reformatories, uu intelligent and
systematic effort to reclaim the young
life before it has fallen into hopeless
bondage to crlxc; tliis is the spirit
of civilized legislation to-day.- In ltK)3
no less than ten of the American States
enacted special statutes with this end
in view." " .'
TIj Upliftlnc; "Woman.
The cheering up woman is a real en
tity" nowadays. Registered on The
books of a certain woman's exchange,
she dispenses her cheerfulness at so
much an hour, raid Is in great demand,
Sfhe reads to Invalids, talks to them,
sings or plays to them, as thecase re
quires. She is a bright, hustling little
body, with ' cheery ways and 'optimis
tic temperament. "
She will come to you for five minutes
or thirty. She will darn your stockings
or mend your clothes. She will fix
flowers in vases aud ma'ke your room
homelike, or talk to you about every
thing or nothing. '
Personally she is Just what you
would expect such a woman to be. She
has a family of her own" who rejoices
in her optimistic, view of life, but she
uses her talent also to keep the wolf
from the door.
There was u time when there was
plenty in the home, but financial re
verses came, and-wit f.' them the need
of retrenchment.,. The husband fell ill
and some one must turn breadwlriiier.
It fell upon the wife and mother.'
To-day she is, supporting, her family
comfortably by acting ai a cheering up
woman, and her engagement book tes
tifies to the success 'of the experiment
and the demand which exists for her
services. Indianapolis News.
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There Is a' great fancy. for trimming-
the necks and shoulders of gowns with
bands of velvet. These velvet ; strip
pings go over the shoulder and over
the arm. A band of velvet also ex
tends around the yoke. ' , .
Perfectly plain black patent1 leather-,
shopping bags are taking the place of
the bright ' colored and more showy
fashion for a season. -These are not
so large as those previously used, and
have plain gun metal or gold clasps. ,.,
One of the latest novelties in dress.'
materials is a radium-colored silk. It
is pearly wliite, but it is so woven that
it seems to give out rays faintly tinged.
v,UlUii uuuivii mvu timani
fascinating trimming ' for a gown of "
this silk. . . ':.. , -V- "' '.; '
Bargain counter leng'ths of silk are
boons to the. .mothers of growing
daughters. , Young girls dress simply,
nowadays, but their gown's -are. as often
made' of silk as of cotton.' Indeed, the
vogue of silk is universal-at present,.,
and all ages, appear in it. .
.. In Paris, at all the smart gatherings,,
it is Quickly to' be noted that; the new
empire green, a medium turquoise bltfe,
a leather brown, 'or else the new parrot
red a scarlet having notj a, trace of;
pink In It are the very newest shades ;
with white; and most effective' are
they in such conjunction. ' s ., .'.
The Louis XV. coats and also the Di-
rectoire, that are veritable reproduc
tions of those historic styles, are rather
old-looking for a miss, tinder sixteen,
years, but there; are many, ihodinca-.
tions which adapt them to more youth--ful
weavers. .The Norfolk Is reyer;witli
us, and is ns promising a" candSdate"
for favor this season as ever. ;
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iOusteil' an Afrioan Kinsr.
Among the professors at ,NewcbmI
College is a gentleman'who once had
a personal encounter : with a tribal
king of Africa. He, forcibly thrust
"his black majesty" from a rooni
where he had intruded, and then led
a force of white men against the dark
skinned monarch, routing , the fellow
and defeating him decisively. The one
who conquered a king is ProfY Freder
ick Wespy, instructor in Greek and
German at the women's college-of Tu
lane University,
During his youth Prof. Wespy was a
trading agent in the Congo Free Stale..
While lie was agent af oue of the sta
tions a tribal king, sauntered into the
and sat in the agent's chair. , Prof, i
Wespy picked up the chair, king .and
all,; and threw his highness out of one
of the doors into the sand. -The 'king'.-
retinue made hostile movements, but
Prof. Wespy's men were armed witl;
rifles and were prepared to resist any
attack. The king realized this and
sullenly withdrew. -
When nightfall came an attack w.ts
made on the agent's stronghold and a
battle ensued, in which. half a. dozen of
the black king's men were killed and
eighteen or so wounded. Only a few
of th.; men in Trof. Wespy's fort wero
hurt, but among them was Trof.
py, who received an ugly wound in the
leg. which afterward would not yield
to treatment and which finally neces
sitated his departure from the region
of the Congo. Prof. 'Wespy said the
king had had one of his ears shot off.,
and this had tended to sober Jiis high
ness. He realized he was in the wrong,
sued for peace and paid the demanded
indemnity. New Orleans Tinies-Domo-crat.
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The Kdltnt's Gentleman,
The question always coraes up: What
is a gentlemaw? Some say he is a man
with a silk hat, and oUiers a man with
a smooth tongue. But men connected
with the newspaper j. trade 'have a
canon of their own. '
, "Mi. Editor," said a patron one day. .
"how ist you never call on me to pny
for your paper V"
.'"Oh,'V sali theman' off. typos, "we
never ask a gentleman for mi;ty."
"Indeed!" the patron replied, "ifow
do you manage to get along when tboy
don't pay?" :
"Why," said 'Mr. Editor, "after a
certain-time we conclnd-1 b i-4 vut it
gentlemen, aud we ask lam," Lo:jJ' -i
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