HOW CLIMATE AFFECTS -BLOmES
Did the ancient highly civilized na
tions of the past die out because they,
were blonde and therefore unfitted for
th regions In which they flourished?
Dr. Charles E. Woodruff, a surgeon In
the United States army, who has writ
ten a book on the subject, believes
that this was the case. He maintains
that too much light is injurious to
white races through its actinic or
chemical effects, from which the dark
skin pigments of swarthy races pro
tect them. Thus he explains why, by
survival of the fittest, dark races are
found in tropical lands, why Euro
peans have always failed to colonize
the tropics and why blondes disappear
when they migrate southward. Says
a reviewer in the Edinburgh Medical
Journal: "The blonde and intelligent
rulers of regions suited, better for
more swarthy inhabitants have regu
larly in the course of ,ages died out,
while their subjects, thoroughly ac
climatized to their domicile, remain.
Egypt has been the theater of Immi
gration of intellectual races over and
over again; in each case these dis
appeared' and civilization decayed,
though the native fellah survived and
survives. 'There will,' the author
predicts, 'never be another dark age,
for the present Aryan conquerors rule
It from London and are not coloniz
ers.' While the blonde type of man
kind requires for Its evolution a cold,
dark, northern country, the brunette
SLAVED IJ1
Some of the early laws for the regu
lation of slavery in what is now Illi
nois were curious and Interesting. In
Prof. N. Dwight Harris' book on the
subject the author says that In 1803 it
was found necessary to provide some
legal status for the numerous Inden
tured negroes. "Under the provisions
-of this code -all male negroes under
15 years of age, either owned or ac
quired, must serve till the age of 35;
women till 32. Children born to per
sons of color during the period of
service could also be bound out the
boys for thirty years and the girls for
twenty-eight. All slaves brought into
the territory were obliged to serve the
full term of their contracts."
Slaves were easily imposed upon.
"Most of the settlers owned slaves
and were anxious to get as much ser
vice out of them as possible. They
registered themfor periods of servi
tude far in excess of the legal limit,
many being booked to serve from
forty to sixty and even ninety-nine
years. Ninian Edwards, the first gov
ernor of the territory, registered his
slaves as' follows: Rose, 23 years of
age, -for thirty-five years; Antony, 40
years old, for fifteen years; Maria, 15,
EASED MISS SOVH'ROIA'S MIjn
The Misses Malcolm were known to
the litle world of which Greenby was
the center as "the two Malcolm girls,"
In spite of their gray hairs and sixty
odd years. They were also known as
the best housekeepers in all. the re
" gion, and any lapse from the exquisite
neatness of their domain seeming to
the Misses Malcolm a terrible thing.
When cousin Palmer Malcolm, a
reckless western relative, died, the
Malcolm girls started for the Missouri
town on four hours' notice, although
they had entertained thirty-two "Har
vest Gleaners" the night before, too.
To Miss Sophroni, the elder, was
allotted by mutual consent the task of
putting the lower rooms in order, so
far as possible, while Miss Eudora at
tended to their bedrooms and their
simple packing. . ,
When they were at last seated in
me train, aner a iwu muco jwnug
ride in the old coach, Misa Eudora
noticed that Miss Sophronia's face
wore a troubled and anxious loqk. As
cousin Palmer Malcolm' had been a
great trial to the family. Miss Eudora
felt that his death could not be the
cause of her sister's worry, and after
a few moments of silence she decided
STWRVy MlffEHS OF BJTTE
Probably nowhere in the world is
there such a forceful, virile body of
workers-as are the miners of Bulte.
There are no gray beards. They are
social rebels; not that they chant the
Carmagnole to the saving of the
black flag of anarchy, but in the sense
that back in the well-ordered civiliza
tion of the east they rebelled against
poverty and pushed on to the fron
tier, big-muscled, red-blooded, deter
mined to sail the ship of their destiny
Into pleasanter places than their boy
hood knew. From the copper mines
of P.erehaven, in the County Cork,
from the coal mines of Tipperary,'
from the tin mines of Cornwall and
from wherever in Western Europe
men go down into the bowels of the
earth for treasure, the sturdy young
men of the mines came to America,
ays Tom Watson's Magazine. At the
Atlantic seaboard they heard the
story of Mr. Baer and his partnership
with God in the anthracite coal fields
of Pennsylvania, of the company store
amd the company shack, with its yel
low fever paint by way of decoration.
In company with their American
brothers they started across the con
tinent to the Hocking Valley of Ohio.
Nucleus of Masonic Home.
Wizard A. Van Brunt of Horicon,
gr?ni chancellor of Wisconsin con
sistory Masons, has presented to the
consistory the Egerton farm of 313
acres in Waukesha county. He de
signs It to serve as the "corner stone"
of a Masonic home, which will
be the first of the kind to be
of various degrees of intensity tip t
absolute blackness Is alone adapted
for lasting existence in most region
of the world." ; - ' - '
There is too much sunshine in the
United States and none of the races
that have come to this country until
recently is adapted to the climate,
Dr. Woodruff thinks, except the Jews.
All the rest are degenerating from ex
cessive light. The lower Mediterran
ean races, however, ase-now flocking
over, and if the bonde types die out
as they did in Greece and Itary during
the decadence of these two countries.
United States history may repeat
theirs, though Dr. Woodruff believes
that the northern types may survive
in sufficient numbers to prevent the
destruction of the republic provided
It takes warning and limits the fran
chise to the races" represented by
these types.
About seven centuries were re
quired, according to Dr. Woodruff, for
the climate of Greece to destroy its
blondes. In 500 B. C, the period of
its greatest literary glory, the deca
dence of the Greeks was already evi
dent and shows Itself to-day in their
literature and art. Dr. Woodruff
points out how ancient Greek statues
exhibit many of the stigmata of de
generacy; even a famous head of Juno
has arrested development of he jaw
and Is "the head of a dying race."
Chicago News.
OLD ILLINOIS
for forty-five years; Jesse, 23, for
thirty-five years. The ignorant ne
groes were deceived into believing
that it was right to bind themselves
for such long periods.
"Even at this early day kidnaping
had begun. Negroes whose terms of
service were about to expire were
seized and carried off to the south
and sold into servitude'more wretched
than before. The hiring of negroes to
work in salt mines, legalized by stat
ute In 1814, served as a pretext for
holding slaves in other parts of the
state. 'To roll a barrel of salt once
a year or to put salt into a salt cellar
was sufficient excuse,' says Gov. Flow
er, 'for any man to hire a slave and
to raise a field of corn.' "
Wholesome food, sufficient clothing
and lodgings were to be provided for
eacii slave.. The outfit for a servant
was enumerated as follows: "A coat,
waistcoat, a pair of breeches, one pair
of shoes, two pairs of stockings, a
hat and a blanket." No provision was
made for a future increase and there
was no penalty for failure to provide
the original outfit. Lazy or indlffer-
lent servants might, on an order from
the justice of the county be punished
by whipping..
to probe the matter. At that very
moment Miss Sophronla spoke.
"Eudora," and her tone was one of
distress, "I let Mrs. Goodwin go up
to the spare room just before supper
last night to get the measures of
our quilt and bolster-spread, and the
bell rang while she was measuring,
and she hurried down, leaving the
quilt on one of the chairs and two of
the curtain shades up to the top. She
told me, and I forgot it. Suppose the
house caught on fire while we're gone,
and the neighbors went in and saw
that quilt on a chair, and all, what
would they think of us?"
"Now, Sophronla, you ought to have
trusted me", and not worried," said
Miss Eudora, calmly. "'Something led
me to open that spare room door the
last thing, and when I saw what a fix
'twas in, and knew I hadn't another
minute, I just locked the door and
put the key in my pocket, for the
thought of fire came to me just as it
did to you."
Miss Sophronia's face cleared.
"I'm so thankful," she said simply.
"I shouldn't have had one mite of
pleasure or comfort In the journey or
the funeral if that door had been left
unlocked." Youth's Companion.
thence to the copper peninsula of
Michigan, to the coal mines of Illi
nois, Missouri and Kansas, on to the
gold and silver lodes of Colorado and
Utah, and finally to the miner's para
dise of Butte, where eight hours is the
day's work and $105 the monthly
wage.
Beyond, the Butte miner has his
eyes fixed on Alaska. Butte is but a
way station on the road to, Cape
Nome.
Butte has a public library and
churches that rank well with similar
institutions in any American city.
They .are well patronized by the min
ers. It has beautiful and costly public,
building, hotels, business blocks and
private residences.
Butte is rightly called the Gibraltar
of trades unionism. Every conceiv
able occupation is organized, from the
pin boys in the bowling alleys and the
shoeblacks on the streets to the re
porters on the daily papers, all are
organized. Wages are high. Plumb
ers get $8 a day and printers $6.50 for
a seven and a half hour day.
It is the proud boast of Butte that
the greatest mining camp on ' earth
has never had a boom.
owned by consistory Masons The
gift is valued at $75,000 and it
came as a complete surprise to
the rank and file of the order, only
the officers having known of Mm Van
Erunt's Intention. Dr. Miller, head of
the Wisconsin consistory, has appoint
ed a committee to formulate plans for
thehistitution.
,'; A PRAYER.
x -
r Th8 are the gifts I. tsk,
Of Thee, Spirit serene:
Strength for thedaily, task,
' - Courage tn" f t1ii rnad.
Oood cheer to help me bear the traveler s
load, t .
And, for the hours of rest that come be
, . tween,
LAn inward joy in all things heard and
seen.
. These are the sins I fain
Would have these take away:
; Malice and cold disdain,
, Hot anger, sullen hate,
Scorn of the lowly, envy of the .great,
And discomfort that casts a shadow gray
On all the brightness of the common day.
Henry Van Dyke.
UNCLE HEWITT'S
HIGHWAYMAN
Sj LULU LINTON.
.tOJC OWN the path toward the
U -- barn trudged Uncle Hewitt,
O , I 1 O his lantern casting splashes
J( of light out into the dark
SfOW -ness of that hour which
comes just before daybreak.
The wagon had been loaded with
produce the night before, so that when
he had harnessed old Bets he would
be ready to start ou his drive pf twenty
miles to the city. He was congratu
lating himself upon his early 6tart
when the kitchen door opened with n
creak, and Aunt Mandy called in cau
tious tones, "Hewitt, O Hewitt, you'll
be careful oa the way home, won't
you?"
"Yes, I'll be careful!" he called back,
cheerily.
"And don't forget to put your money
In the sack and pin It inside your vest
with that safety-pin I gave you."
"I won't forget," he answered, still
walking on.
The kitchen door closed, then opened
quickly with a decided squeak, and
Aunt Mandy called, in an exaggerated
stage whisper, "Hewitt, O Hewitt!"
and the whisper reached him down
the length of the yard. "What do you
want?" he asked, a trifle crossly, for
he did not like to be detained. ;
"Are you euro you've got the pis
tol?" ' "Yes, I'm just as sure of it as I've
been every time I've started to ,the city
for the last fifteen years, and just as
sure I won't have any use for it, and
I'll say right now that this is the last
time I ever intend to carry the old
thing along."
He shut the yard gate with a bang
that put a stop to all further warnings
from the kitchen door.
Out upon the road he started old Bets
at a brisk trot, meaning to cover - a
good part of the drive before the eun
came up. .
His lantern cast shadows upon each
side of the familiar road, making It
look strange and ghostly.
" 'Tain't much wonder Mandy wor-1
ries and feels uneasy about me," he
mused. "As many trips as I make be
fore day and after night, it does seem
a bit risky, and always coming home
with money, too, but as for that high
wayman of hers that she's always con- j
jurlng up, that's too ridiculous for any
use. I guess the day's past for high
waymen in this civilized country,
leastways round about here," and he
chuckled as he thought of the many
times , he had listened to his wife's
admonition from the crack of the kitch
en door.
The sun rose upon -a glorious autumn
morning, and Uncle Hewitt jogged
into the city In time for early market.
The load of produce sold unusually
well, and by a little after noon Uncle
Hewitt was ready for th& return trip.
After he had passed the city limits,
he stopped old Bets by the roadside,
and put tie proceeds of his sales Into
the little bag stitched by Aunt Mandy's
careful fingers for this purpose. He
pinned the bag inside hi3 vest with the
safety-pin, and then 6tarted again on
the homeward trip.
When about half-way home he saw
In the road just ahead of him a dapper
young man. who walked with a slight
limp. As Uncle Hewitt drew up even
with him, the stranger looked up and
asked, with a pleasant smile, "Could
you give a fellow a lift for a few
miles?"
"Well, now, I reckon. I can, if you
think that riding behind ld Bets will
be any quicker way of getting over
the road than walking," Uncle Hewitt
responded. v
"It may not be . any quicker, but it
will certainly be easier for one who Is
slightly crippled; and I'm sure I am
very grateful to you." ,
"This ain't a stylish rig," Uncle
Hewitt said as he moved over to make
room-on the seat-for his passenger.
"It's just my market wagon, but it's a
good one. and has hauled many a pay
ing load for me."
The young man proved a good listen
er, and as Uncle Hewitt liked nothing
better than a good listener, he waxed
eloquent in his descriptions of the
market business and the management
of a paying truck-farm.
The young man asked such very In
telligent questions at such opportune
times that Uncle Hewitt's heart
warmed toward him. and he was soon
telling him with the utmost freedom
of his success of the day of the early
selling out, and of the round sum the
produce had brought him.
The talk continued on various lines
of farm-work, until in the midst of a
dissertation on the value, of rotten
wood used as a fertilizer to start
sweet-potato beds properly. Uncle
Hewitt was interrupted by the young
aaa exclaiming, "Oh, what is that?
Over there. Just beyond that big tree!
Look quick!"
Uncle Hewitt looked, but saw noth
ing unusual. ,, When, he turned- again
toward his companion lie saw "some
thing very unusual the muezle of a
shining revolver confronting him!
The young man was' smiling,, and
said, pleasantly, "I '. was out ; looking
for game, and I am very lucky In find
ing you on one of your most successful
daj's. No, you needn't make any dls-
turbance. I happen to know that the
country Is not thickly settled jvst here,
and you cannot obtain help. Just
hand me the proceeds for to-day,
please, and you. may keep your watch
and other valuables."
Uncle Hewitt started to opcyi his
mouth, but the look In the young man's
eyes and a little click near his own
eyes caused him to open bis vest In
stead, and hand crer the little bag
containing the precious funds.
.The ;-oung man bowed politely; then,
as he climbed from the wagon, he said,
"I wish to thank you for your kind
ness, and in return let me give you a
bit of advice. Don't make it a cus
tom to take in strange passengers and
give them your confidence. Good-by,
Mr. Hayseed!"
And he 'started back toward the city
with no sign of a limp.
That appellation-of "Mr. Hayseed
was the last straw added to Uncle
Hewitt's blazing;.. temper. It was bad
enough to lose so much of one's hard
earnings, but to be ridiculed afterward
was intolerable. He r'lowed.old Bets
to plod on, but he reached down, and
groping under the seat, brought out
the old horse-pletol, and slipping out
over the tall-board of the wagon, ho
started in pursuit of his former pas
senger. The rattle of the wagon and
the thud of old Bets' feet drowned the
sound of his approach .s he gained
on the fellow. lie camo up behind
him. and shouted suddenly:-
"Halt! Throw up your hands, or
you'll Le a-llmplng in earnest in about
a second!"
Turning suddenly, the young niun
felt the cold touch of the pistol against
his forehead, and taken so completely
by surprise, he obeyed orders fully as
promptly as had his victim of a few
moments earlier. The eld pistol was
certainly a formidable-looking weapon,
and the persistency with which Uncle
Hewitt pressed it to his forehead was
terrifying, to say the least.
"I'll take your revolver first," Uncle
Hewitt said, firmly, "and you needn't
make xjiy resistance, for I know how
to use this old-fashlonrd kind all right."
The shining revolver was transferred
without delay, from the young ? man's
pocket to Uncle Hewitf-s jpoeket-
"Now I'll trouble you for that little
sack of mine," and the sack changed
pockets. Then, with a twinkle of his
eyes. Uncle Hewitt said:
"Thank you for your kindness. You
may keep your watch; it's a bit slow."
He raised the shining revolver on a
level with the young man's eyes and,
with his finger on' the trigger, asked:
"Shall I try this thing, to see if it is
in working order?"
The young man's face grew ashy
white. "For heaven's sake, don't!" he
pleaded.
"Oh, that's all right, I won't I Just
wanted to know if it . would work.
Mine won't. It hasn't been loaded for
more than ten years, and it couldn't
be loaded, for the insides is out of re
pair. I just carry it to satisfy, my wife,
but hereafter I'll feel the need, of a
good one. I'll be more generous with
you than you were with me; I'll ex
change weapons. I want to keep this
shiny pistol as a little souvenir of our
pleasant acquaintance. Good-by, Mr.
Bunco!" ,
Uncle Hewitt Btarted on a clumsy run
down the road, overtook the slow-moving
wagon, climbed in over th4 tall
board and chirruped to old Bets, who
had not missed him. The young man,
when he bad looked dazedly after the
wagon, threw the heavy old pistol as
far as he could send it into the bushes
by the roadside.
Aunt Mandy listened with wide eyes
to the story of Uncle Hewitt's adven
ture, and at its close she said in some
what shaky tones, Into which there
crept a distinct note of satisfaction,
however:
"Hewitt, you know I always warned
you to be careful, and I always told
you there was danger of meeting a
highwayman. .Maybe youil pay more
heed to my warnings after this."
"Highwayman! He. wasn't none of
them highwaymen like you've always
been warning me about!"" ' snorted
Uncle Hewitt. "Didn't I tell you he
was dressed like a gentleman, and was
just as pleasant as pie? And as for
your warnings, I guess I proved I'm
able to take care of myself." Then he
added, triumphantly, "I told you I'd
never carry that old horse-pistol with
me again, and I won't."--Youth's Com
panion. "
TVoinan.
Nations differ in nothing more than
in their women.
You will never know what a woman
is unless you suffer very mud).
Women do not love Napoleons; they
.ove mere mlddle-clags mediocrities.
Men who want to found empires do
not want the higher development of
woman. ,
You will in vain search history for
a great man who has not been influ
enced by a great woman. .
In America the woman governs the
man absolutely. In a certain sense the
last man that came to America was
Christopher Columbus.
The American woman lives for what
she calls "a good time." Her interest
is not man nor what is noblest in man
paternity. Her ambition is to study
spiritualism. " then Buddhism, , then
wireless telegraphy, . and then the
novels of Marie, Cor.elll. Dr. Emii
Iteich. in a London Lecture. .
More than 524,500 acres of the soil ot
India are devoted to the raising of tea.
GOOD
0 ROADS, i
Merely Common Sense,
Charles Sumner once said: "The road
and the schoolmaster are the two most
important agents iu advancing civiliza
tion." Common sense teaches that the
difference between good and bad roads
19 equivalent to the difference between
profit and loss. It teaches that good
roads have a money value to the whole
people as well as a political and social
value, and leaving out convenience,
comfort, social and refined influences
which good roads always enhance, and
looking at them only from the "al
mighty dollar" side, they are found
to pay handsome dividends each year.
People generally have come to realizs
that road building is a public matter;
common sense decleares it to be a func
tion of government
Rand-Clay Komli.
A?most every community is favored
with an abundance of stone, gavel,
sand or clay, and by the proper man
agement a desirable road can be con
structed with either one of these. As
there is a wide difference in the char
acter of the materials great care should
alwaya bb exercised in selecting only
the i best snch . as contains sufficient
toughness and cementing qualities as
will form a surface sufficiently hard
and durable to endure the volume of
traffic, and at the same time make the
road less impervious to water, which Is
its worst enemy.,
In successful road building too much
attention cannot be given to the proper
drainage, surfacing and rolling; and in
doing this work the use of the latest
improved machinery is very necessary
In the construction of any kind of a
road if the best results are to be ob
tained. Anything that is worth doing
Is worth doing well, is an adage that
might aptly be applied in connection
with this question. This rule is not al
ways adopted, however, but It is far
better to build permanent highways so
that they will need little or no repairs
for a long time to come. In some local
ities conditions are such that a good
stone road may bo built cc a cost rang
ing from $2000 to $3000 per mile, but
in others $5000 or $10,000 are expend
ed; while good sand-clay roads can be
built from $200 to $500 per mile.
There ate many phases of the ques
tion of road improvement of whicn
much might; be said,, but at present
the-wrlterwisbes to- direct attention
more particularly to the improvement
of the common roads by the sand-claw
method, which is quite inexpensive.
When sand abounds in such quantity as
to render travel on the roads difficult,
an application of clay may be made to
good advantage, and where clay is
equally objectionable eand may be
similarly applied and with equally at
beneficial results. Progressive Farmer.
Government Aid to Fnblle Konda.
Following is. a resolution introduced
by MaJ. W. A. Graham, of North Caro
lina, and . adopted by the Farmers'
National Congress, recently in session
at Richmond:
"Whereas, the National Government
wisely makes appropriations for the
improvement of our harbors, rivers and
lines of railroad transportation, to pro
mote the commerce of the nation by af
fording markets for selling the prod
ucts of the people and for purchasing
the needed goods of other nations; the
same wise policy could be promoted
and extended by appropriations to es
tablish and improve the 'public roads
in the respective States in order that
the farmer may be enabled at least
cost to place his productions at the
places of distribution. If the domestic
and foreign commerce is advanced by
appropriating to harbors, rivers and
extended or 'through lines of domestic
transportation, it will bo benefited in
an increased manner by appropriations
to the public roads or highways, so
as to enable the producer to reach the
markets of his section at reasonable
cost There can be no valid reason
why benefits that are extended to the
buyer and seller should be denied the
farmer; .therefore be it
"Rtesolved 1.- That his Excellency,
the President of the United States, is
most respectfully petitioned to recom
mend to Congress in his message some
system of appropriations to improv
the public roads in the States.
"2. That Congress is earnestly peti
tioned and urged to enact a law, or
laws, making adequate provision for
the betterment of the public roads by
sufficient appropriations to the purpose.
"3. That a copy of this paper be sent
by the President of this Congress to
His Excellency, the President, of the
United States, and also the presiding
officer of eaflh House of Congress, with
request to present them for considera
tion to the body over which he pre
sides." Portable Wtrelcae Telecraphy.
Portable wireless telegraph station
are now manufactured in Germany of
such light weight that carts or wagons
are no longer needed for their trans
portation, the parts being carried by
men. - While, with stations moved by
wagons, the air conductors are at
tached to balloons or kites, 'with port
able stations they are attached to steel
masts. These masts, three In number,
can be pushed together like a telescope
and are then about twelve and one
half feet long, but can easily be pulled
out to a length of thirty-three feet
The electric energy required is fur
nished by so-called "tread dynamos,"
mounted upon a sort of stationary bi
cycle, with a light seat for the man,
who keeps the machinery going with
his feet. The electric energy can also
be supplied with a portable storagf
battery.
WARRIORS
flow tee Jen SoMleirB Eit-rOnloSTmi
- gpoite After the Wr. ,P
The first anniversary of the victory
f the Yaiu was celebrated by General
Kuroki's men in a most remarkable
manner, which, says a London Times
lorrospondent who was with the' Virffc
Japanese Army, involved work nearly
as hard as that required to win lit
victory." Not being able to go to Japan,
they brought Japan to Manchuria, A
whole corps that had been In the tyJt
for more than a year set out to cnifc
f 1 A..AHlnlrml liw' f U i . .
hillsides an illusion of Japau at sprtna;
tlde, all green and park-like. -In
Japan carp' swarm up cataracts
In fables. When they reach the My
they become beautiful dragons. That
is the national example of the rew;:nl
for perseverance which takes the plaoe
of the story of Robert Bruce and llu
spider.
One of the brigades, as its port in thr
battle of deception, built both the carp
and the waterfall. For more, than a
mile, and then up the 6teep slope wh!ek
was the scene of their eomoposltfon,
they brought pine boughs to form th
sides of tb channels, the overhanging
verdure of crags and of rocky islets.
The foaming torrent was made by bolts
of cotton that laid in waves that half
submerged the leaping-fish, -seventy-five
feet long, which had cotton crew
cents for its scales. A mile away tu
illusion was excellent, especially if yon
half-closed your Occidental eyes, which
are always seeing scaffolding and the
prompter's box.
You had to do .the same with th
dragon-fly on the next hill a dragon
fly with wings fifty feet long and beaten-out
ration-meat tins for its gigantic
eyes. Yon had to do the same in order
to realize the Big Lion (properly spelled
with capitals). The holes of his nox
trlls, some fifteen feet wide, were mad
with matting. Their fleshy part wa
soldiers' red blankets, for he was
fierce Japanese lion, Just now in a ml
fury, nis mane was made of evev-4
greens on the summit of a rocky
carpment. Five hundred yards away
more evergreens were formed Inra
lashing tall. , t
General Fujil, the chief, and th
other members of the staff entered into
the plan of the effects and the organic
tlou of the fete with the same gusto
with which they have outmaueuvred
the Russians on many fields. Young
forests of pines and of wild cherry
trees were literally transplanted, and
walks aiuLarbprsrset among 'them. -"A
itAnltis a1rinsi vn, lavalctrl fnl mi-
pr.oach to the altar. Beyond it a statu
'of. General Karokl , n horseback- w
good Imitation of bronze looked- dbw '
on the scene, with a hanging Iris gar
den at his feet. From the- altar lud
two a venueseven provided with con
duits where they crossed gullies lev
eled with as much care as if they w
meant for a generation's traffic instead
oi a aay s nierrymaKinit. -
One of the avenues led into the IHtl
village of PIttu-ehi-tun, which had been
Kuroki's headquarters since the Battt
of Mukden. It had a garlanded bridge
a huge evergreen arch, and what taken
the place of an arch in Japan, -a, torii.
which in this instance was formed of
Chinese matting covered with cotton
cloth. Lining both avenues were V
ternate pine and cherry trees, and svjt
ruT-OTin tHm TrnnRnarpncies maun ox
soldier artiste. Venerable Fujiyai
the most painted mountain the world,
was there, of course, and scenes bollt
at home and at the front.
On the plain, out of the earth of ill
dreary kaoliang fields, whose never
ending stubble is as the sands of Hi
desert", had sprung little Japanese gat
dens, such as you see from one end of
Japan to' the other. Miniature' lake?;
were set in miniature landscapes, and
a fountain played among the beds or
imitation -iris.
The night before the fete millions "of
Imitation paper flowers, which had
been fashioned in the leisure hours of
camp with the skiifulness of Parisian
shop-girls, wrere brought in great bas
kets and fastened to the twigs of thy
transplanted trees. . ' J-
The strangest part f it all is that it
is as natural for the soldiers of thr
Japanese army to do these things as it
is for them to fight. That same skill
which was devoted to making water
falls and paper flowers, that trick of
ready improvisation which broxight
Japan to Manchuria, was turned thr
next day into scouting the dead spaw
In front f the enemy's works and U
desperate eharges in the night
Japanese; l'oinpnif.
Japan has three banks paying div
iv1-
dends of twelve per cent., two paying:
ten per cent., two paying nine per
cent, thee paying eight per cent, and
five paying from two to seven per cent.
Of her many railways, docks, electrlr
lighting and gas companies, one (Osaka
Electric Light Company), is paying
twenty per cent., four are paying fif
teen rter cent., elcht are runine rwflv
per cent, and the others range front
three per cent to ten per cent. Not
a single one fails to pay sdme dividend.
Of her cotton spinning, fire and life-insurance,
sugar refining, engine works,
brewing, hotel and miscellaneous com
panies three (cotton spinning) pay thirty-six
per cent, one pays, thirty per
cent, seven pay twenty per cent, three
pay seventeen per cent, seven pay six
teen per cent, three pay fifteen per
cent, four pay twelve per cent, and the
rest pay six to ten per cent, It is re
markable that only seven of the eighty
seven companies on the Japanese Pi
ficial list are non-divlderid payers. ri
Bank of Japan has a reserve fund C
$8,675,000, and the Yokohama Specie
Bank follows with a $5,200,000 reserve.
Stock companies of all kinds aro evi
dently profitable pronositions Jn th
Land of the Rising Sun.
The British Government will reim
burse the naval officers for the money
they spent in entertaining the French
fleet at Portsmouth,