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JAPANESE NEWSPAPERS

They Don't Bother About the Fr>sh-
ness of News.
The newspaper business must be a
pleasant occupation in Japan. Several
newspaper men have called upon me to
interview me, and I have interviewed
them. 1 have learned that while their
papers go to press at 3 o'clock In the
morning, the work upon them is all
done by 8 o'clock in the previous even
ing. I ask them if the morning paper
would contain 4 report Of a fire that
occurred at midnight. They said it
would not, but if it were great fire
an extra would be published When
told them that newspaper men worked
until 3 a. m. in our morning newspaper
offices they heaved a sigh, and said that
would not do at all in Japan. There is
not that eagerness for news here that
there is in our country, and a delay
Of a day is not considered a serious
hardship. Nearly all the newspapers
are active in politics, but they are oblig-
ed to keep within bounds or the govern
ment will suspend them. On social ques-
tons they have full swing, and some
times about their liberty. The Tokyo
dailies range from 10000 downward in
circulation. I had the pleasure of Wis
iting the Jill Shimpe office, Mr.. Fuku-
zawa's paper, and l examined it's in
ternal arrangements. I found quite a
large building, containing some twenty
rooms for editors and reporters, be-
sides the other departments. The CON-
posing room was the greatest curiosity,
because Of the large number Of charac-
tiers employed-about 5000. Of course,
the cases containing them fill a whole
room. Nimble boys run about collect
ing characters needed for a piece Of
| copy, and the compositor who is seated.
arranges them in his stick, mixing in the
Japanese syllable characters with the
Chinese ideographs as required. In
this, as in most of the offices, the print
ing is from sterotypes on fiat presses.
They are considering the introduction
Of the perfectng press. 1t must be
remembered that the Japanese news
paper press is in it's infancy.-BostoH
Herald.
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A TRANQUIL VIEW OF DEATH.
Whittier Had No Feur. Of the FIXTURE
Life.

Whittier Had No Fear t.f the F.turo
AfcClure's Magazine has some letters
Of the poet Whittier, published for tho
first time. One reads.
II entirely sympathize with thee and
dear Charles Lamb. l have no longer
youth and strength, and I have not
much to hope for, as far as this life Is
concerned; but L enjoy life. 1T is a
pleasant thing to behold the SUM- L
1--we nature in her varied aspects; and
as I grow older, find much to love in
my fellOw-creatureS, and also more to
pity. I have the instinct of immortal
ity, but the conditions of that life are
unknown. cannot conceive what my
own identity and that OF dear ones gone
before me will be. And then the unes-
capable sense of sin in thought and
deed, and doubtless some miSconcep-
ton OF the character of God, makes
the boldeSt of us towards. Does Ihee
remember the epitaph OF Martin Elgin..
brod?
Here lies I, Martin Elginbrod,
Have pity on my soul, Lord God,
AS I wad do. were Lord God
An We were Martin Elginbrod
think there is volume of comfort
in that verse. We christians seem less
brave and tranquil, in view of death,
than the old Stole sages. Witness Mar
Gus Antoninus. I wonder if the creed
of christendom is really the glad It'd
ings of great Joy to all people which
the angels sang Of. For myself, be-
neve in God as Justice, Goodness Ten
derness-in one word, Love; and yet
my trust in him is not strong enough
to overcome the natural shrinking
from the law of death. Even our Mas
ter prayed that that cup might pasa
from him, If it were possible
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The United States navy is 100 years
old just about now.
Though Brother Jonathan was pos
sessed of vessels from whose decks
brave-hearted Yankee fought during

Iron Prov FIR ON the Ram Mississippi
in the Brooklyn Nnvy-yard.
the revolution for freedom and unity
Of the colonies, it was not until 100
years ago that decisive steps were TAX
en- for the establishment OF a perma-
nent United States navy. In January
1904, congress was talking of doing
something in the way of building some
ships capable Of doing good offensive
and defensive work on the high seas
There were two opinions then, as there
have been at various times since, as 60
the advisability Of pursuing a strong
laval policy. In some quarters it was
held that it would be an unwarranted
expenditure Of public money to con-
struct large number of fighting ships,
in others it was declared that the build
ing 'f the navy was 4 necessity, and
that the neglect to do so would be I'M
patriotic and unWiSe, and might lead
eventually to the downfall of the re-
public. England could according to
the New York Press, build more and
larger ships than we could, but Eng
land, it was admitted by those who
favored navy, could not put all her
ships in American waters at any one
time, and we could surely build enough
to meet and cope with any fleet she
could send here.
Well, on March q, 1874, congress
passed a resolution authorizing the con-
struction Of six frigates, of which the
world famous Constitution cold Iron
sides') was one. The Constitution, the
President and the United States were
of heavy build and carried the large
armament of forty-four guns each. The
Chesapeake, the Constellation and the
Congress were Of lighter build and car
ried thirty-eight guns each, but all six
We're stanch and strong. 1t turned out
afterward to be extremely fortunate
for Uncle Sam that these ships were
built, for without them it is quite posi-.
BILE that the war of 1S12-14 might have
terminated favorably to Great Britain
instead Of the United States. Arranged
in orderly fashion known as Trophy
Park, in the Brooklyn navy-yard, are
to be seen several pieces of ship ord
nance Of antique make, among them
half a dozen that were captured in
October, 1872, from the British ship
Macedonia by the frigate United
States
The Revolutionary Navy.
The revolutionary navy that preced-
ed the ships of 1894 was motley col
lection Of sailing crafts. In 1776 Uncle
Sam had twenty-six vessels mounting
536 guns. In ITS several bessels We're
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Old c"nn"ns il. the Brooklyn Navy
Yard.
pie with presents and an ambassador to
the sultan Of Turkey. cambridge de-
INJURED emphatically.
''You pay me tribute" replied the
dey. ''by which you become my slaves,
and have the right to order you as
I see fit
Hoisted "Old Glory"
To Bainbridge's further protests that
his ship was pool sailer, that it was
war time and there was danger Of cap
ture, the dey said God was great, and
he would hoist his own flag over the
ship. cambridge had to yield, for his
vessel lay at anchor under the guns of
the Algerian fort, and all unwillingly
started out. He had no sooner got
out into the waters of the Mediterran-
can, however, than he tore the Algerian
flag down and hoisted "Old Glory" In
due time he arrived at Constantinople,
where the American flag had never
before been seen, and whose sultan had
never heard of the new nation that
had arisen beyond the occidental seas.
cambridge delivered the message and
the ambassador his tribute and was
received with great courtesy by the sui
tan, who asked many questions about
the United States, and when Balm
bridge started westward again gave
him a royal frman which exempted
him from further servility to the dey.
Upon the Yankee captains return to
Algiers the dcy was very obseplious
and cambridge took away with him,
without ransom. a number of American
and French prisoners who were held
as slaves.
Upon Bainbridge's arrival in the Uni
ted States the story of his treatment at
Tunis aroused general Indignation, and
the result was that squadron, consist
ing Of the President, Philadelphia, Es-'
sex and Enterprise, was sent to the
Mediterranean to protect American in
terests there There was a contest,
which did not result in complete vic
tory for the Americans, but in 1904
peace was again agreed upon and the
payment of a small tribute by our gov
eminent was provided for. This was
not due to the lack of nerve or fighting
qualities of our brave jack tars in the
Mediterranean waters, but to the Off
ciousness Of Il peace commissioner
named Tobias Lear.
Made Them Toe the Mark.
After the war of 1912 the Algerian
monarch evidently made up his mind
that the American navy had been de-
stroyed, for the payment Of the stipu-
lated tribute even did not avail to pro-
tect American merchant ships from AL
gerian rapacity. So Commodore De-
c::tur was sent by President Madison to
see what could be done. Shortly after
passing Gibraltar Decatur met an Al
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The Old Shiphouse Recently Torn
Down in the Brooklyn Navy

The Old ShiphOuse Recently Torn
Dow Dow" in the Brooklyn Navy
built or purchased, including the Al
lance, a frigate, of thirty-two guns.
But when the revolution was brought
to close, in 1888, all these vessels, to-
gether with a lot Of gunboats, which
were but little more than forty-foot
whaleboats propelled by oars and sails,
We're found to be either worn out, shot
to pieces or wrecked, and the building
up process, authorized in 1894, was
"from the ground up" so to speak
The Yankee whaleboats were duplicat-
ed during the revolution by the Brit
ish, and strange as the assertion may
seem to those who are used to seeing
or reading of the modern iron naval
vessels of different Sizes these light
crafts did excellent service on both
sides. Each carried a crew of from
forty to fifty men and several light
pieces, and several times during the
contest they went some distance out to
sea, and more than one notable battle
was fought between them. No gun
boats of this sort, however, were au-
thorized in the new navy, and it was
not until 1898 that a naval department
"co AOA lhNAAy OISduILCu DIS IL SCDIEHUc
department Of the government, Benja-
min Stcddart being the first secretary.
Birth of the Brooklyn Yard.
1t was not until about 1900 that there
was talk of establishing a navy-yard in
Brooklyn. Wallabout Bay and its
neighborhood-it was then poiated out
was just the place for the federal
government to establish it's chief navy
yard. A very important factor in the
decision to adopt that idea. which was
reached in 1901, was the fact that this
property lay just across the East River
from New York which was then the ma
tional capital. On February II, 1901,
the site was bought by the government
for $4,000, but the property was then
leased till 1924, at which time Samuel
L. Southland, secretary Of the navy un-
der President Monroe, renewed the sug
gtAtion that a great navy yard should
be built at Brooklyn. Since then the
progress Of the Brooklyn yard toward
its present status among the navy
yards of the country has been steadily
forward. .-
~ The First Frisntes.
OF the first six frigates authorized in
1904, the Constitution became the most
famous. Her most notable feat was
the capture Aug. 10 1912, Of the Brit
ish frigate Guerrieie, and this was the
first surrender Of the British flag to
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the American after the close. Of the rev
Olutionary war. But some OF the YES
sells OF 1894 did@excellent work before
the second war with England During
the later years of the last century the
Barbaly powers had been in the habit
OF exacting tribute from such nations
rs were engaged in commerce with the
Mediterranean ports. All the great
marine powers. England, France, Swe-
den and Spain, paid this tribute, and
when the United States won independ-
ence its government made treaties
by which large sums Of money were
to be paid in order to exempt
American merchant ships from
seizure. 1t is to the credit IF Presi-
dent Washington, who signed these
treaties during his second term as chief
magistrate, that he did so with reluc-
lance and under protest
Threatened by Pirates.
The tribute was duly paid the first
year, but the second year it was passed,
and it was at once threatened that the
vessels Of Algiers would be let loose
on American commerce. The matter
was compromised by the American rep
resentative agreeing that if the Land Of
the Algerian dey We're stayed for a
little longer the tribute would be paid.
and in addition the United Sta ties would
present the Barbary monarch with a
fine frigate.
In 1900 Capt. cambridge was sent to
Tunis to bestow the gifts. He sailed
in the George Washington and took
with him the frigate Crescent loaded
with stores and gifts, the latter includ-
ing twenty-six barrels Of silver dollars
Diamonds and jewelry in profusion for
the inmates Of the harem Of the dey
were bought in Paris to add to things
sent from the United States, and Capt
Bainbridge, thinking he would be well
come because Of his gifts, sailed boldly
into the harbor.
But the gifts had no sooner been
delivered THAI the African potentate
declared that cambridge must forth
with start on 4 voyage to Constantine
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izer and orator. He is the right hand
Of Fe1ice and, like the hitter, is indefat-
ignble in his efforts to bring about a
complete revolution in the present sys-
TEN Of taxatioa and for the elevation
Of the common classes.
In case this central committee should
be arrested it has secret reserve COM
mittee to call upon in such emergency.
All members of the various societies
have a common sign and pass word
and their organization is so complete
that to mobilize their forces takes less
time than is necessary for the regular
soldiers. They have a secret police
which keeps the committees posted on
the doings Of the authorities. Com
munism is one of their fundamental
principles. If member suffers any
loss the rest make it good Immediate
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and their victims. He vows bloody re.
venge unless the rich disgorge their il.
llcit plumber obtained by cruel extortion
IN taxes and labor. The Sicilian cry
Tor justice finds its sympathetic echo
Ill many other countries, where, though
not perhaps in so marked a degree,
the masses of the people are burdene6
with unevenly distributed taxation
where the rich land owner reaps his
rat revenue without proportionate con
trlbution to the public funds. It will.
indeed, be interesting to watch for
the result Of this emphatic demand
fol- equal rights coming from such an
unexpected quarter as Sicily. A live
spark near a powder magazine cannot
ne more dangerous than the situation in
Sicily is to the stability of the italian
government
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The Dahlgren Cannon In the Brook
kyn Navy Yard.
gerian fleet Of ships, had i sea fight
and captured two of the ships. Then
when he got to Algiers he forced the
release of all American prisoners and
the payment of indemnity for past dam
ages and indignities. From Algiers, De
catur went to other ports of Barbary
and compelled the SINE terms. No ma
ton has since paid tribute to the Med
iterranean corsairs. This service of De-
catur, which was his last, may also be
said, perhaps, to have been the most
important in his career. 1t certainly
marked a step in the progress Of the
world and tended to increase the re-
spect with which all nations regarded
the navy Of the United States.
The success that attended our sail
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ton.
Arrested Leader.
One of the most active agitators was
Deputy Giuseppe de Felice, the socialist
leader, and the government was final
ly compelled to arrest him. His i'm
prise nment was the signal for 4 fierce
riot. and the mob stOrmed the prison
only to find that their leader had been
taken elsewhere. Thousands of work
men and others paraded the streets Of
Palermo carrying banners with revOlu-
tiOnary inscriptions and shouting:
"DoWn with taxes! Hurrah for liberty
and revolution!' Mazzara, a town of
some 5000 inhabitants. was the scene
of the first bloody conflict. The troops
that were called out to dispense the
rioters were put to flight and many of
the soldiers joined the mob All the
public buildings We're burned and the
soldiers were prevented from reaching
their barracks. A regular battle was
fought during the night, in which 1873
people were killed. In Pretraperzia the
mob sacked and plundered the houses
of the weather. classes, killing anyone
who offered resistance. In Palermo the
eitua ton is very critical and troops are
being concentrated at this point to
meet any emergencies. Several at
tempts have been made to cut the cable
from Palermo to Italy and the govern
or has been compelled to guard the Ca
BILE landing with a detachment of cav
airy
A commissioner is studying the ST.
Gillian agrnrian situation. 1t will rec
ommend a modification of the contracts
between land owners and peasants.
The chamber Of deputies, it is expected
will sanction the recommendation Of
the commission.
1t is simple enough to find the cause
of all this trouble. During the last few
years the crops in the island have been
almost total failure; absolute distrust
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NEXT TO GOODNESS.
Hints ON the Best Way to Secure
Household Cleanliness

H1hts ON the Best Way to Secure
Household Cleanliness.
Health may be best secured by atten.
ton to the smaller details Of cleanliness
and OF diet than by any other means,
For cleanliness, everyday garments,
particularly those that are not laun.
dered, should be disinfected. Brushing
is not sufficient. as it does not remove
the unpleasant odors that come from
long usage
Some women sprinkle their waists
and dresses with scent. and use sachet
powders to perfume their bonnets and
wraps. All this would be admirable
were it awaiting. Scent needs to be
overpoWering to conceal the rnfragrant
emanations from an old garment. Then
the bouquet is fulsome and vulgar.
Another point of cleanliness, or, at all
events, of health, is, don't sleep in
linen. The world, or this part of it,
at least, is full of housekeepers who
think that there is no material for
sheets and pillow cases comparable to
linen. They don't always have it. to be
sure, because it is expensive, but they
always covet it, and finger the shining
breadths lovingly, and wonder if the
limo VIII ever Coiue Wueu all CQeSe
things shall be added unto them.
But the truth about linen is that it
isn't the ideal dressing for beds at all.
It is cold and slippery, and insures a
sensitive person the dream of sleeping
on an iceberg, which does well enough
for an occasional experience. like sea-
sickness, but which pals on too fire.
quent repetition. Besides that, it wrin.
kles and tumbles, in spite. Of its heavier
body, much more than cotton does,
giving a bed after one nights use 4
most slovenly and uninviting appear.
ance. Nobody recommends linen foy
body-Wear.
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COlajanni. Radical Deputy From
Sicily to the Italian Senate.
which threatens the overthrow Of the
institutional government Of Italy is
spreading like wildire all over the is
land. For at least three months past
there has been intense activity among
the ultra radical agitatOrs, who have
travelled through the country calling on
the people to throw off the yoke of SER
Witty and urging them to revolt. It is
scarcely necessary to say that such adj
vice has fallen on fertile ground. Sicily
ut best has never been considered an
Arcadia of law and order; on the Other
hand. robbery and murder are almost
looked upon as legitimate means of
subsistence The island has always
been thought Of us the very paradise of
the brigand and the people connive
with and in every way encourage this
class of citizens.
However. leaving this out Of the
question, the sitrlat ton in Sicily to-day
is an imminently dangerous one, and
It will require the most strenuous eff
forts by Crispi who. by the way, Is
Sicilian himself, to quiet this revolu-
ton before it assumes much larger pro-
portions On this island where the rest
of the world thought tlrat deep religious
convictions and social bondage still OBJ
tained, there has been developed a re-
evolutionary spirit which has swept the
country like an avalanche and which
reminds one of the ancient peasant
wars without their religious character.
A well organized army numbering 3OO,-
900 workingmen and peasants, guided
by an all powerful central committee
need but 4 signal to take up arms
against the government.
The inhabitants of Sicily will receive
The sympathy of the world in their en-
deavor to better their wretched condi-
ton. The poorer classes have for ages
been the legitimate prey for the rich
er. They have been burdened with the
most eXOrbitant taxation. while the
rich have escaped without any. Cor
ruption is rife wherever there is an Of
dce-holder, petty or important; justice
Is a mere mockery, simply depending
on who can give the largest bribe.
These manifold grievances, agraian,
municipal and others, have long been
the curse of the island, and it is no
wonder that it's people now endeavor
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ly. The organization has opened even.
ing schools and gives it's members free
medical attendance and SO per cent re.
duction on drugs. Entertainments are
given to bring people together land
thus the workman becomes socialist
without noticing it, as Bosco expressed
1t to newspaper man. Every trade
has it's unions and the different peas.
ant sections form 4 common pcasan,
union
The influential and popular leader,
Rosco, says that the uprising of the
people against their oppressors will not
cease till decisive victory against all
Injustice in taxation and elsewhere is
conquered. For him and his followers
there exist but two classes, the leeches
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ors In 1924 and In this affair also
made all Americans proud Of it, md the
number Of sail was multiplied and the
standard Of the vessels kept equal to
the best.
Though this policy has not always
prevailed since then we have never had
cause as Americans to blush TOR. the
achievements of our ships or the men
who have sailed and fought them. We
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The all powerful central committee
in Palmero. which is in close connec-
ton with the headquarters Of the Ital-
ian labor party in Milano, consists Of
nine members. three for Palmero and
one for each Of the six other provinces.
The chief leader is Garibaldi Bosco,
only p years old, but splendid organ
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Eighty-fve per cent OF New England
farms are cultivated by their owners and
three-quarters of such farms are wholly
fro0 Of mortgage Indebtedness.
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II writ my name on the back Nv it,
std er signin' it, an blame me, the IDIOT
amt fOun' it out yit.
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Couldn't Get Him.

"Feller tried ter git me terday." grin.
ned the old man.
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WANTED me to sign er note-but,
Lordy, how I did fool him."
Decorah-posten., 1894-05-29
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