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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-09

fm 70 gain an intelligent
~ appreciation OF Rus
RMA sia's policy IN the far
east, which Is the sole
cause Of the war with
~ Japan, II Is necessary
s .s,J TO look at things from
the Russian point OF
view It Is essential also to recognize
he fact that the advance into Manchu-
Ia Is but step, an incident, in a per-
astently followed programme, To ar
live at the genesis Of this programme
requires look into the history, into
he religion and into the ideals Of the
Say people,
Back Of all things Russian stands
NE giant figure Of Peter the Great. lie
Il was that created the modern Rus
sian empire, He outlined its policy,
gave direction to It's energy, awakened
IN 4 national ideal, There is some
question as to the authenticity Of the
testament Peter Is said to have left
lof The guidance Of his successors,
there Is no doubt as to its having been
followed.
Briefly stated by an enemy Of Rus
Ia' the policy laid down by Peter is as
loHoSs Russia to be always on a war
/, Ioolng to Keep up jealousles in Poland
-FllA a view TO interference IN her af-
laIr' and ultimate conquest; to rob
sweden Of as much territory as possl-
oe and always make II appear that
sweden Is the aggressor; to acquire
FINLAND and Lapland; to advance to
tOnsnnlnople; to ally herself with
Austria and France against Germany;
V press toward the Persian gulf ana
lnia.'
hhen It Is remembered that this re-
n4I@oIe man lived nearly three CEN
.u'les ago the prophetic insight he dis
paved and the fidelity with which his
plns nave been carried out seem alike
,ena'kable Sweden's lands have been
@Ssn, Poland has been absorbed, and
ua' by the exact process outlined;
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-09
THE RUSs0.JAPAN ESE WAR GAME.

advancing Russian frontier is less than
200 miles from British India, Afghan.
istun is the little buffer land lying be-
tween, and once, when England had her
hands full with other matters, the Cos
sacks nnocently began to crowd down
upon the Afghans until the government
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-09

IL =: :: &C.: :: :: :: :: e.: $: 4: ::
l,an,, - mines, the counter at
n.y.. " ul' Japanese to bottle up the
aS1g,o ,' rory Arthur fleet by planting
h,I ,O''a' mines In the entrance to the
6 t'V' ana the blowing up Of the m
nlsI russian mining TRANSPORT Ye-
On, uy The accidental explosion of
t,ra.1 t0e engines Of destruction In
al,sn,I. j." 'hr enemy all serve to call
s, %"uon to this distinct branch Of
V., naval warfare.
:, ' " The submarine mine ia kindred
M way "'pelo ms destructive agency
M. ~ gV 'uoo'l not be confused. The
n na s,eUalcaIion between them lies
SHAM 81 ''' mat a torpedo Is In the
sncbo, " projcctIle, while the mine ia
csor V, .,l ana hence stationary, An
.npov S,S''0c'lon is that the torpedo ia
insIyo az "a weapon OF attack in Of.
Eno "e OPERATIONS, while the mine 10
SoS, s wholly defensive.
s-s. a'.''oe mines are Of three class.
fred b,' observation mines that are
aemy,. al operator on shore when the
I, ser oyo y 'o'p Is seen to be in the dan.
Which 'a a, second electro contact mines.
bat oro T e connected with the shore
nne and " , by the ship striking the
hn mo,. NUS completing the cirouItl
.,hoc ,"sOnanlcpl mines, which have no
s,ono,,Sn,,np but are exploded by
Chemical, caps firing pins or other
er,G n, VT mechanical contriyance act
M 6hSI 81, impact Of the ships hui,
tAgeroUr. c -, Of course, are equally
@.y Dloo.,' To friend or foe and are
hi h,srSl N passageways that ere
Tor use by friendly YES.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-09

,-r-TZ77uE personal equation
!" ]. !. !. !. 4 !. !. !.
kk'MN enters nowhere more
W. ~ largely than into mil
m VI itary affairs. As is
TX, tsTy the general, so Is the
kEIgis55 army. Under a Napo-
SAg leon the French over
FJ7 w ~ ran all Europe. I'm
lrcompetent commanders of the
De- Wv a.onge they became the laugh
~ a. the world,
vs. Is always painful In
'N aal at least so seems TO
va In her present crisis
lilD' sand Admiral starck have
i,.sJ General Kuropatkin and
Ne' .. Nakarolf have gone to the
fcnt ,.,.,,,,r received most of
u, .r,,nmg as chief OF staff OF the re-
ps n asd skobeleft. In the trenches
DOWN. ployna the two men fought side
sO0y' until they came to be known as
og Wv. vi white general and the lit
w' sscE mother" Later, when Sko-
US ~ vas raging against the Turco'
Wy" No cot into n tight place and sent
~ IRuropatkin to help him out. 1t was
W., that the younger man made a
Wv W., across central Asia that for ex-
lsins adventure has seldom been sur
'" '.'a in h.,. Dry. Afterward came the
ga and slorming OF Geek Tepe, In
s,s ,be two Russians sayagely gave
WV. WIS that 10 quarter be given to
u u.n woman or child, a command that
n. 60 literally followed that 10000 Of
~s sremy we're slaughtered.
General Alexel Nicholaeyitch Kuro-
,,,tln CONF Of noble family and was
lam afty.six years ago AT the age
y ,lgbiecn he had finished the course
!, me military academy and asked at
.aea tor active duty in Asia. Later he
,"ot oro,f Military course in Paris,
:, wb,rt fought on the French
siob l.Prussian war, gain
~. ns ne Legion Of Honor.
,,,mnapius French expedition
,,o Africa. he wrote a book about It
ana VAS given another medal. After
wand he wrote other military books
Anal have become classics, having been
translated into several languages.
Al ,he death Of skobeleff In 1882 Ku-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-09

HE personal equation
enters nowhere more
largely than into mil
itary affairs. As Is
the general. so is the
army. Under a Napo-
leon the French over
ran all Europe. I'm
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-09
lbe Submarine Mine and Counferfne In Modern e2,arfare
Hidden Engines Of Destruction Tbaf Line Naval Harbo

~ confident claim OF
Russia that she has
protected Port Ar
thur Vladlyostok and
other ports In the far
cast by a complete
system OF submarine
mlnes. the cnlIninr at.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-09-16

hands that enables hin 70 al oas
quickly without pulling up roots.
When a reporter called az his home
the other night lie was beginning 10
eat his evening meal While others
We're enjoying a hearty supper ne Was
quietly eating grass- he ate iArse
diSlful.
III a person only knew the good that
they could get from eating grass, ne
said. he wouh never eat anything
else. Ii Is most nOurishing and deli
cious. II people would take TO eating
il l feel convinced their lives would
be prolonged for many years. or course
l can eat all kinds Of grass. but pre-
fer the sweet grass because II Is more
pleasant. do not pepper or SAT- H.
but eat IL just as pull IL UP.
Il much prefer 10 20 10 Sunset PARK
or Prospect park, fer the grass there Is
much cleaner. Each day | gather Il
supply large enough 10 last me for
three or four meals. | always ike TO
gather and eat the grass when the
dew has fallen on 1t. for then / do not
have TO drink water with IL
Zone would be surprised 10 find how
even the temperature OF a persons
body is kept by living on grass and
cold water. When winter sets In In
tend going south in order that | may
continue TO live on my diet. | VIII
never eat anything else as long as
/ live"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-09-16

Two niles beyond the Hwun, o.
Hun. river stands tie southern pdE",.a
OF Mukdcn. marking tie point where
the imperial road meets the iir>t houses
OF the city. Then come tie SUBURBS
ana finally Mukdeu itself. Like all
cities in China. Mukden i four square,
and. again like all Chinese cities and
even all chinese houses. the walls lace
the four points OF the compass ana
there is a main gate 1t the center OF
each wall. Mukden IS formed Of three
concentric squares. The outeriAoSt'
whose sides measure about three miles,
is surrounded by a mud wall and con
tains the suburbs. eonGeries OF farms
and market gardens crowded so closely
together as TO form something Ike a
town.
The second square has sides about
half a mile long. with walls Of stone
like the great walls Of Peking and.
like them. crenelated at the top. These
stone walls ;nclose the city proper as
opposed TO the suburbs.
The third square. in the center of the
city proper. contains the Mantchoo pal
ace and is the analogue Of the Forbid
den City OF Picking. This is only one
of the many metropolitan notes Of the
royal Mantchoo city. which stands out
from among the general monotony OF
the walled towns of China.
nj gaffw
the contrary, it is younger than New
York, younger even than Albany, and
was founded only in 1875. few years
before the Mantchoos began the CON
quest Of the Chinese empire. Never
theless it is rich in historic interest and
shows blending Of three architecture
al styles, all of high scenic value
There are the Chinese triumphal arches
or pailows, leading up TO the gates and
broad avenues of the city; there are
/ the Chinese yamens, or government of
| fees, some of them with roofs of greer
glazed tiles; there is the Mantchoo pal
| ice in the center, covered with yellow
! imperial tiles, as in the Forbidden Cit!
Of Picking: there are also the Mongo
! liam or Tibetan monasteries and la
maserais. with their bottle shaped bel
fries and their swarms of Outlandisl
looking monks from Cobb and Shame
and the wilds of the roof of the world
Mukden is as interesting as Liaoyan;
is commonplace. 1t has population
of a quarter Of million, mostly Chi
nese
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-09-16
wha, the Little Jap Teaches.

The little Jap he PEGS away
\ sht after night. DAY after day:
Hes alWays SONG right ahead
That's Wiz - fsany SlaVs are dead
lie doesn't stop % rest or sleep,
But t'.ouFh the roads sIe 70 IN and steel
And Zoe hsesEt. stil day r.. DAY
The little Jap lie PEGS away.
The little Jap he doesn't talk
Nor diagram with pen or chalk
He doesn't teliously explain
How certain forts his men Will gain
Instead h. saves his breath and strength
To shout with when he shall Al length
Have felled the grisly giants stalk
The little Jap he doesn't talk
The little Jap he doesn't brag
or madly masticate the rag.
He doesn't gloat Ger fallen Zoe
Until that Zoe is lying low
He doesn't tell the world his plans.
But marshals silently his clans
And scraps With vim that cannot lag
The little Jap he doesn't brag.
The little Jap he doesn't wait
And sit around and rail at fate.
Instead he taclslts with vim
Whatever's in the way Of him.
He doesn't 50 in jagful juice.
He knows such things aren't any use.
He's busy early. busy late
The little Jap he doesn't wait
The little Jap thus teaches you
And teaches other people, too
That 'tisn't wise TO jag or bras
Or mouth the masticative rag
or wait or murmur or complain.
But Just TO work. come sun or rain:
Less theorizing. more Of do,
The little Jap man teaches you.
Baltimore American
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-09-16
The Starved, Spangled Bandmen.

1.-THE Russian military band at Port Ar
thur plays its regular morning and even
ing programmes despite the severity of
the siege.-From Gable Dispatch,l
Oh say, can you hear in the dawns early
light
What so gladly we heard at the twi-
lights last gleamvitch?
Does the bass drumski boom in its res
onant might?
Does the tubavitch toot with its regular
steamvitch?
Though the tromboneskfs blast in its
practicing blare
Gave proof through the night that the
bandski was there,
Oh, say do the starved, spangled band
men still play,
While the Japanese shells whizzovitch
Ger the bay?
Though the drumski has lost its best
head by a shell,
And a bullet has pierced a new hole in
the fiuteski,
Does the band answer back with Be
della as well
AS it did when the Japs first gave or
ders to shootski?
"Hiawatha' 1t pealed from band stand
concealed,
And the hot shot of ragtme its rumbles
revealed
Oh, say, do the starved, spangled band
men still play.
While the japanese shells whizzovitch
Ger the bay?
Hark! The strainski that comes through
the crash of the bombs!
IT'S the band proving yet that grim war
is Old Harry,
For the melody made by the toots and
tumtums
Is the gallant defiance Of Good Morn
ing, Carried
And the Offskis and Witches still CALAMITY
blow,
While the music is hurled in the face of
the foe,
And the starved, spangled bandmen cour-
ageously play.
While the japanese shells whizzovitch
DER the bay.
Francis Scottoffski Kevitchovitch on
board Japanese flagship. off Port Ar
thur.
II fa
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-09-16
CONVlCTS AS FARMERS.
Novel Experiment In Reformation of
Youthful Criminals.

An interesting experiment is at pres
ent being made with youthful English
criminals of from sixteen to twenty
one years of age. according to the Lon
don Chronicle. Each class or grade is
kept apart from the others and wears
a distinctive dress, according to wheth
er it is penal, ordinary or special. The
last grade is the highest and contains
those whose conduct is most satisfac-
tory.
The most important point of the code
is employment in association in work
shops or in outdoor labor, such as
farming, gardening, ETC., so that while
the subjects are undergoing punish
ment they are also being specially in
structed in useful trades and indus
tries.
Special attention is given to their ed
ucation by instruction in the ordinary
subjects of the elementary education
code, by lectures and addresses and by
their being provided with books.
Before the prisoners discharge ar
engagements are made with some phil
anthropic society or benevolent person
to aid in supervising his future.
At the young convict settlement of
Bostal, Chatham, these experiments
are achieving very successful results.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-09-16
JAPAN'S NAVAL BASE.
Safe From Attacks Of Fleets, sasebo
l. Fortified by Nature.

safe From AttGfhs si fhtfh~t 'e'rcS
l. Fortified by Nature.
There is probably no other country
So strongly fortified by nature as ia
pan. says a correspondent Of the Lou
don Standard. Sasebo is a good exam
pie of the lavish manner in which rs
ture has determined 10 protect the
Land of the Gods. Here is their naval
base for all the operations around Port
Arthur. absolutely safe from attack by
a hostile fleet. The Notifications OF
most of Japan's naval arsenals are not
at the port itself, but at some point
forty or fifty miles away. Thus II Is
with Sasebo. The dockyard and arse
nal are practically landlocked, hills
surrounding them on all sides. In fact,
the entrance is hard to find, and few
mines placed at judicious points are all
that is needed to render it impregna-
bic.
From Sasebo the feet draws all its
supplies. In the great storehouses we
were shown enormous supplies OF
| clothes, boots, bread, rice, meat and
many other articles, all neatly piled
and separated. ready for instant ship
ment to the scene of operations. In
the bay We're numerous transports,
ready TO convey provisions and men
/ TO any required point, lying in perfect
safety in the cuplike basin formed by
some vast upheaval of nature thou
sands of years ago. Sasebo's fortiiica'
tons are many miles away. An enemy
coming from the north must pass be-
tween the mainland and the island OF
( HiradO or else between that island and
the numerous little islands on its west
ern shore Toward the south the Gotto
islands have taken upon themselves
the protection of Japan's southern
naval base. In the most approved mil
itary fashion they have thrown out,
between themselves and the mainland
of Kyushu. little line of six sentinels
-Kashira. Hira. Yeno, Otate, Mikoto
and kakiro1ra. According to the drill
book sentinels should always have
their reserves near at hand, so the
island of Kuro acts as the reserve to
the sentinel isles. Again, according TO
military authorities. the reserve should
always have strong support in its
rear. and nature has supplied the sup
port in the island of Taxa. \ group
of pickets-Nosaki, Kosaka, Ashika
and Uku-connect the two groups Of
Gotto and Hrado. Nations are by
y. v,rNt
to play particular roles in the worlds
drama, and no one who has seen ia
pans natural Notifications could ever
doubt that she was intended to be mis-
tress of the seas in the far east.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-09-16
Americas Future.

That is q very candid and hopeful
word that the archbishop of Canter
bury gave the Canadians at the cente
nary of the founding of the Quebec ca
thedral. 1t is a prophecy that applies
to the new world as the coming leader
for progress. He said:
Our poor y.sion falls as we try to peer
eagerly onward into faron days, days
when the main centers of the worlds life
and energy may be quite other than they
are now; when the balance OF national
forces may perchance have somewhat
shifted and new populations may be doing
better mutual service than the old have
ever done; when channels of opportunity
may lie open OF which we at present see
nothing; when new prospects may have
their divinely given scrolls to unfold and
new messages may ring out from him
who in these latter decades has been
speaking in so many varied ways, and
when We may learn better than we now
know what 1t IL to be swift TO hear
If an Englishman can see this vision
of the future, why should not an Ameri
can be filed with even a greater faith
in the destiny of the new populations
on our own hemisphere? 1t is pleas
ant dream that we are to do greater
service for God and man than the OLD
world has done, but unless we throw
our hearts into that service it will b.
only dream.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-09-16
DIET FOR CONSERVATIVES.
Three Square Meals and Thfrty-six
Raw Eggs C Day.

You have to eat at a sanitarium for
consumptives hungry or not, says Ly-
erybody's Magazine. There are no big
gorges to overwork the stomach, but
there are six meals a day of moderate
size Some patients can eat full meals
and then swallow thirty-six raw eggs
day. The aim of the treatment in these
sanitariums is to get the sick man to
drink three quarts of milk and eat
dozen raw eggs day in addition to his
regular meals of simple food.
And you must eat meat and plenty of
it. Don't cut the fat off. The cow got
most of the good out of the lean in her
lifetime The fat is what will do you
good. All that there is to cod liver oil
that makes it worth while is that it is
a fat easy to assimilate. Bacon fat is
nearly as easy to digest and about FIVE
hundred times as easy to take.
Fruits and salads you may eat mere
ly to amuse yourself and pass the time.
But you are wasting stomach room on
them. Milk, eggs, meat and hard
breads for YOU if you are to get well;
not great deal at time, but often.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-09-16
MYSTERIOUS METALS.
Discoverer of Helium on the Future
of Radio Active Elements.

Sir William Ramsay, the eminent
English chemist who discovered helium
and argon and who has experimental
extensively with radium, is now visit
ing this country. In recent interview
with a New York Tribune reporter lie
talked Interestingly of the mysterious
radio active elements. Among other
things he said:
In England the strange properties of
radium have excited Il surprising de-
gree of popular interest. / gave lee
ture on the subject in a hall holding
$500 people The building was crowd
ed, and much enthusiasm was mani
tested. We cannot yet say what vii!
come from these discoveries. When |
am asked of what use they are | an
swer: ooh, what use is baby? Let it
grow up and see"'
OF the various theories advanced to
account for the evolution of heat and
the other strange forms of radiation
from radium and allied elements the
most satisfactory seems to be that
some of the atoms in those substances
are disintegrating and in doing so lib
crate stored energy. A few physicists
like Lord Kelvin were at one time dis
posed to fancy that the energy was
first absorbed from some external
source and then given off again. Not
| having compared notes lately with
Lord Kelvin, | am not sure how far
he has modified his views. Ii we judge
from the rate at which gas is evolved
from radium, or salt of radium, it
seems probable that any given mass of
it would completely decay and disap-
pear in about $500 years. The life of
the three or four other radio active
metals is very much longer.
The theory that an atom is made up
of much smaller particles, which are
held together by electric attraction,
and is the seat of stored energy is
of philosophic Importance mainly. 1t
| greatly modifies our conceptions of the
nature of matter, but at present it has
no apparent bearing on the practical
work of the chemist. The old formu-
| lac which were based on the notion
| of indivislbility are still servlceable.
Our new understanding of the atom,
however, may eventually lead to I'M
foreseen results. | have been engaged
in researches which are not yet COM
plete, but which encourage me tC
think that the "electronic' theory of
atoms has a career Of practical useful
ness before it.
Professor Baskerville's belief that
he has found two previously unrecog
nized elements in thorium has much
to commend it. There is Independent
evidence of the complexity of thorium.
l have myself been investigating the
subject. Until l have chance to talk
/ further with your fellow cOuntryman
| however, l find it hard to express an
opinion.
As for the so called n rays, which
Blondlot of Nancy processes to have
found, l can only say that thus far
no one but Frenchmen have been able
to detect them.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-09-16
BOWLEGS BARRED.
Uncle Sans Soldiers Must Have
Straight Underpinnings.

Major Galbraith, recruiting officer
for the United States army, and Colo
mel Thomas of the Eleventh cavalry,
stationed at Fort Des Moines, are au-
thority for the statement that bow
legged men will hereafter be barred
from the army.
The purpose of this order, which
emanates from the war department, is
explained on the ground that a bow
legged man cannot withstand a hard
march as successfully as his comrade
with symmetrical extremities. Hith-
erto it has been customary to admit
bowlegged men to the cavalry regi-
ments and to regard it as point in
their favor, but service in the Ameri-
can-Spanish war showed that cavalry
men do much dismounted service.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-09-16
T. ROOSEVELT PARKER,
Man With bipartisan Name Would
Enlist In the Navy,

The bureau of navigation in Wash
ington has received request from
Representative Bell of the Second CON
gressional district of California for the
enlistment in the navy and assignment
to the battleship Ohio of one of his
constituents named Theodore Roosevelt
Parker.
The applicant, it appears, really
bears the name of Theodore Roosevelt
Parker, and it was not recently as
sumed, as is shown by the fact that
the records of the marine corps dis
close his enlistment under that name
at Seattle, Wash, July u, 1901. Par
ker was born in San Francisco and
was a machinist when he enlisted in
the marine corps. His father bore the
same name.
1t is said that the family is branch
of an old Pennsylvania family Of Rose
velts not connected in any way with
that of President Roosevelt Repre-
sentative Bells request will be grant
a1