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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14

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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14

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Something New Every Day.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-31

The words II wish I was a Queenl"
had hardly left the expressive and
mobile mouth of Prsnella Trample-
hopper before Lycurgus Sulfermister
and Luciria Candisister started to fall
backward With mingled establishment
ana JOY. And Lucinda Candisister
opened her mouth as wide as was pos
slole without tearing it along the seam.
For Prunella Tramplehopper Was a
Queenl
She was real, sure enough Queen
with crowny sort of stuff on her head
ana peppermint candy and fruit in her
pockets. In one hand she held scep-
'er ana in the other she held nothing.
Goodness, Prunella" said Lycurgus
SGiITermister How funny you look"
n Excuse me, SIR" said Prunella
n 1IassihPlehopper, frigidly. MY name is
Hot Prunella Trample- what-d' ye-call-
T ~, out Prunelline the First. Queen of
lhlngummy. When you speak to me,
Sou must say: Your Majesty "
our Majesty is a queer looking
SEER! said Lycurgus Sulfermister
tar Iiledlately. Sometimes Lycurgus
selAed nice, like a printed book; and
s,Snetlmes he didn't. This was one of
'IVse latter sometimes.
LUCINDA Candisister was more polite
ana agreeable. But she was near cry
W. because she saw that the Land of
s"slShy-Wisy left much to be wished
~ even If every wish did come true;
a. Lucinda Candisister had her own
las about queens, and she thought of
f s,gin always as being tall and beauti-
Az, with golden braids of hair dangling
omu their backs and flowing white
estaIments of samite and red shoes and
NY, crowns full of gems and page to
No.d their trains.
Eueen. Prunelline the First did not
c oS bit like that. Her feet were ex-
az ngiy prominent in the landscape,
81 her nose was not at all like the
Cleet pug noses of the Princesses
,hI.a.Iming and Gundeline and others
'''st she knew from her reading.
20. despite her politeness, Lucinda
a.. lislster could not refrain from ask
s E queen Prunelline the First, in an
." GUS and sad manner
~. are Your Majesty quite sure that
~ made thy wish just right?"
"hy' eaitiffess?" inquired Prunel-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-31
JAPANESE CAosrs

their term in other branches Of the
service
All the able-bodied manhood OF
Japan thus stands ready to fight in
the event of a national emergency.
Promotion from the ranks is not
easily obtained, the standard of quail
fications for on-commissioned off,
GERS being as high, probably, as in any
other army in the world COMPETE
ton is keen, the majority of the en-
listed men being intelligent and fairly
well educated. That is only to be ex-
pected when 1t is remembered that a
larger bulk of printed matter is is
sued in Japan than in any other coun-
try in the world, except Germany.
The soldiers are great readers, and 1t
Is quite a common thing to see an en-
listed man choose from the barracks
library some weighty scientific work
or educational review. But they are
not mere bookworms. Careful at
tention is paid to their physical de-
velopment, and the gymnasium attach
ed to the barracks are of the best type.
The officers do everything in their
power to encourage sports of all kinds.
Football and other Western games are
played in some of the garrisons, but
the favorite sport Is the practice OF
Jujutsu, which is the finest kind OF
physical culture in the world so far as
obtaining results over an enemy Is
concerned.
Promotion to the commissioned ranks
is practically impossible to the Japan
ese rookie" 1t is not theoretically i'm
possible, for the Mikado is absolute
commander in chief. and there is the
chance that he might reward some no
table deed of valor by commission.
But 1t would be opposed to all the
ideas and traditions of the service.
The feeling between officers and men
, is excellent. and there is never any
trouble in maintaining discipline, which
is rather lax when judged by the stand
ard of European martinets. The rank
and file are heartily loyal to the service
| and the Emperor, and on the whole
they decidedly prefer military to civil
| lite. In this respect they differ most
markedly from every European army.
Desertions are very rare.
The Japanese navy follows Its Brit
ish model most slavishlv. even to the
last, least button on a lieutenants
uniform. Not only are the organiza-
ton and training similar, but the very
ships are copies of vessels in the Brit
ish service. The battleships Yashima
and Full are modelled on the ROYAL
Sovereign class: and the Shikishima'
Asahi, Hatsuse and Mikasa. also bat
tleships, reproduce the Majestic type.
But in each case the Japanese have iIi-
proved on the model. The writer has
heard British naval officers admit that
the Mikasa could easily annihilate the
Majestic in a naval fight. supposfng
that both ships were handled with
equal skill.
This absolute dependence on British
models is more easily comprehended
when it is remembered that the Japan
ese Imperial Naval College was found
ed and managed for many years by
British naval officers '1ent" to Em-
! peror Mutsu, Hito by Queen Victoria.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-31

-
"You wouldn't think it to look at
|lhem." said an American resident OF
|nokio. as he showed a tourist friend
battalion Of the Mikado's troops at
sriu but those little fellows are as
good soldiers as any army in the
world. Do you see that of1cer?"-
Mounting to a company commander
|barelv five feet tall. HE comes of
sanurai blood. His ancestors have
.heen warriors for two thousand years,
and he could no more help fighting
8than a well-bred terrier could. And his
romrades are like him."
It has often been said that the Japan
ese are at once intensely modern and
PROFOUNDLY medieval. This is especial
III true of the Japanese officer who has
been trained in Germany, England,
France or the United States. He is full
pf Western learning and Western no
tions. he knows as much about his pro-
fession as a German staff officer, and
he would not seem out of place in the
highest social circles of a European
eapital. But he never imbibes the Co.'S
,nopolitan spirit, or any of the fashion
3 BILE cynicisms of the Occident. He
woes IlOI lOlS get ILdI AlC NOiilOO VI ga
mural blood, and he goes back to ia
pan with his head still crammed full
pf the old faith taught him in his boy
hood by his samurai tutor.
He despises trade, and believes that
money making is fit only for the low
born and base minded. He thinks it is
pnmanly to seek for the favor of wom-
en by wearing fine clothes or displaying
bis skill and accomplishments. He
Deems luxury vain and foolish, and
lives a simple, hardy, athletic life
Finally, he believes with his whole soul
that honor and arms are inseparably
connected and consequently he wor-
Ships his single sword as fervently as
his samurai ancestors worshipped their
brace of wea pOns
In the enlisted ranks of the Japanese
army and navy there is also fair
eprinkling of this samurai class. Even
To-day. nearly all Japanese of that he
fOc ancestry are either fighting men
pr follow some profession or intellectual
Vocation. The old prejudice against
rade survives as keenly as ever. But
he rank and file of the Mikado's forces
IS principally made up of the coolie
class' brought in by the wide drag-net
pr CONSUMPTION law, which renders all
nale Japanese between the ages of II
hnd 40 liable for military service.
81 For over two thousand years the
#samurai alone were allowed to bear
arms in Japan. They were skilled in
the arts of war, and to them only were
impaired the polite breeding and
Hsuperior training of the gentleman. 1t
rs astonishing, therefore, that the
#coolie Japanese, whose ancestors were
never permitted to fight, should have
proved themselves just as good SOL
8dlers as those descendants of the
eamurai with whom they fought shout
der to shoulder in Corea, in Manchu-
ria and on the road to Pelxin. But
such is the fact. Many of the bravest
deeds in the history of modern Japan
3 Were performed by soldiers and sailors
belonging to the coolie class.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-31

But this is only on the surface. In
reality a keen spirit of camaraderie
pervades the force. 1t is regarded as
most dishonorable to seek for promo
ton at the expense of a brother officer
even by methods deemed legitimate in
other services, as, for example, by Gull
tivating social relations with the men
who dispense honors and rewards.
1t is said, with much truth that in a
British regimental mess everything is
common property, except money, and
you have only got to ask the next man
for that" The same communistic
principle prevails in the Japanese
army, but it is carried to even greater
lengths. The officers, true to their sa-
mural traditions, pride themselves on
despising money. They will beggar
themselves cheerfully to enable
friend, or even mere acquaintance, to
settle his debts or the debts OF men,
bers of his family.
An officer of one of the regiments of
the Imperial Guard, stationed at To-
kio, made up his mind some time ago
to ride through Manchuria and spy out
what the Russians were doing. He OBJ
tanned leave, but had not sufficient
money for the enterprise. AS 1t was
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-31

military authorities of that country
possess any ideas in organization,
equipment. training or discipline
which are better than those of Japan.
The military attache of the Japanese
embassy in London frankly stated the
other day that there were only two or
three small things in the British army
worth copying by Japan. And we
shall soon have them, whether we are
obliged to go to war or not" he
added.
Great attention is paid to organiza-
ton in the Japanese army. The active
strength of that army is under 100000
in time of peace; that of the British
army nearly 100000. Yet the Japanese
general and departmental staff num-
bers, according to the latest figures,
S,575 officers and men, while the Brit
ish numbers only 1,163. That is to
say, the Japanese have more than
three times as lany men as, the Brit
ish to look after the working of an
army which is normally not much
more than half the size of the British.
The daily life and social etiquette of
the Japanese officer differ materially
from those of his American, British
and European brethren. No Japanese
would dream of slapping brother
officer on the back and calling him
"old man." nor would he invade his
rooms unceremoniously and shout for
a brandy and soda. "Hazing'' would
be an impossible breach of good man
ners The social intercourse of ia
panese officers is regulated by a most
ceremonious code of etiquette. Even
the cadets, though they are as high
spirited and lively as cadets anywhere
else always address one another with
formal politeness. The stranger who
dropped into a regimental mess might
suppose that the officers had only just
been introduced to one another, so
marked is their apparent absence of
,ordiaIifU
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-31

serted in a large cork or use a long
pipe stem, as slender one as you can
get. Those on what are called church
warden's pipes are the best for the
purpose.
Heat the wire or knitting needle red
hot. Also heat the glass, but be sure
not to do it so suddenly as to break 1t.
Wet the sharpened end Of a lead PEN
ell and touch the glass at some point
on the circle. If the glass has been
sufficiently heated, a tiny crack will
start.
Let the glass cool. and then hold
your wire, your knitting needle or
your pipe stem against the glass, near
where the crack begins, but not inn
mediately on It.
The glass will Immediately crack
more, making the original crack ex-
tend from the point where II has start
ed until 1t reaches your cutter.
Move the cutter around the edge OF
the paper until you have completed the
circle.
A glass tube or a bottle can be cut
in the same way.
A hole can be FLED In the shoulder or
in any other part of a bottle with a
three cornered fie wetted with turpen-
tine. IL the aperture is required to be
circular. it can be shaped afterward by
a round, or what is called ''rat-tail
file"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-31

When Rudyard Kipling was scam
pering around the world as the special
correspondent of the Pioneer and
other Indian newspapers, he fell in
love with the military qualities of the
Japanese infantry and expressed a
wish that he might live to see a fight
between them and the Ghurkhas,
those terrible little warriors who have
won so much renown along the In
dian frontier. But he spoke con-
temptuously of the Japanese officers,
whom he saw only with the casual eye
of the globe trotter. Gen. Grant, with
the insight of the trained soldier, saw
deeper During his visit to Japan he
declared that the officers turned out by
the staff college, the military acade-
my, and other educational institutions
of the army, were among the finest in
the world.
There are usually from 1900 to
1900 students in training to be Off
GERS of the japanese army. Expense
is not considered in teaching them;
they are given the best of everything,
from a professional point of view.
Besides the staff college and the mill
tary academy, there are cadet school,
a model school, an artillery and en-
cheering school, a cavalry school, a
gunnery school for field artillery, an
entirely distinct gunnery school for
garrison artillery and various other in
stitutions.
Formerly a large proportion of ia
panese officers were sent abroad, prin-
cipally to Germany, to receive their
training. These men built up the
present organization of the Japanese
army and established the various
schools and colleges referred to. 1t
is no longer necessary for any SOL
der of the Mikado to leave his island
home in order to learn his trade. The
Japanese officers sent to foreign coun-
tries nowadays are experts, and their
mission is to discover whether the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-31

not an official mission, he could not
draw upon the public funds. He men
toned his quandary to a brother officer.
That officer Immediately went to his
room and drew check for every yen
he possessed in the world, beyond his
pay. Even that was not enough, for he
was poor man. He told his comrades,
and they instantly subscribed all the
money they had available. BY night
fall the adventurous officer had started
for Manchuria, and there was hardly
yen left in the regiment. This story
was told by a Japanese in Philadelphia,
not at all as an unusual occurrence,
but simply as an illustration of the
brotherly spirit which ordinarily pre-
walls among Japanese officers.
In other services, notably in the Brit
.ish, large part of an officers day is
taken up by purely social obligations,
such as garden parties and afternoon
calls. There is very little of that kind
of thing in the life of Japanese officer,
which is fully occupied by his profess
sional duties from morning until night.
Nor is the luxury of an officers life in
other parts of the world found in ia
pan. The budding Won Moltkes of the
island kingdom habitually sustain life
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-31

on dried fish and rice, like their men;
and they would desire nothing more
substantial on the hardest campaign.
1t was good enough for them when
they marched forty miles a day through
the Manchuria SHOWS, during the war
with China.
The rank and file of the army is ad-
mitted by practically all foreign ex-
perts who have visited Japan to be
composed of excellent material. 1t is
organized and trained mainly upon the
Prussian model, but hints have been
taken from other foreign armies as
well. The men are armed with a
magazine rifle invented by a Japanese
officer, Gen. Arisaka, which is said
to be better weapon than the inn
proved Mauser 1t is remarkably ac-
curate and has a greater stopping
quality''-to use the military term
than most up-to-date magazine rifles.
That is to say, it makes a far worse
wound. At Omdurman the British
troops found that the Dervishes
charged up to their ranks after they
had half a dozen bullets through their
bodies-so small and clean was the
wound made by the Lee-Medford rifle.
Experts say that will not happen when
the Arisaka rifle stands the test of
battle. 1t will drop a man In his
tracks.
Consumption based upon the Euro
pean model was introduced into
Japan by imperial edict in 1874 Ex-
cepting the samurai, the population
had never been used to military serv-
ice-indeed, they had been forbidden
by law to be soldiers, but they took
to it as a duckling takes to water.
There was never any objection to con-
scription. The Emperor had ordered
~. Fz.. \
in any case, but ii was actually pop
ular movement, for the Japanese of
all ages and classes thoroughly enjoy
the military.
All male Japanese between the
ages of IL and 40 are liable to military
service, but the active army is actu-
ally levied from males of the age, of
20. The term OF service is three years
in the army and four years in the
navy; the latter is the more popular.
This inequality is made good when
the man passes out into the reserve.
If he is a soldier he has to be re-
servist for four years and four months;
but if sailor, only for three years.
The reserves are based upon the
common European system. The
Territorial Army" is practically a
'landwehr," in which the term of
service is five years. 1t is composed
of men who have passed out of the
Standing Army''-the active army
and the first reserve. There is also
class of reserves not common in
Europe-the depots for the army and
navy, which are composed of men
who have not been enlisted in the
Standing Army. Japan has thus re-
serve of men who are going to be
soldiers as well as Of men who have
been soldiers. Finally, the National
Army" like the European "landsturm,"
sweeps up the leavings of the other
organizations by embodying all eligi-
BILE men between II and 40 who have
not been enrolled, or have completed
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-31

Probably almost every one at times
has had need to know how to cut glass
when a glazier or a glaciers diamond
pointed glass cutting instrument was
not to be had.
Even if the instrument referred to is
at hand, novice in it's use would bet
fer not attempt to employ II, for IL re-
quires skill and experience to handle it
properly. There is always considerable
danger of running 1t, and it is very
expensive tool
without it as with it, If little more
time is given to the operation.
Suppose, for instance, il is required
to cut circular piece from a pane of
glass.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-31

line the First in an imperious and
blubbery voice.
"Because-because," said Lucinda
Candisister, hesitatingly, "thy royal
garments don't seem to fit your ma
jestical body quite so we'll as they
should, oh, Your Majesty"
Prunelline the First Immediately be-
gan to roar and stamp.
what ho Guards! Seize this
wretched grill" shouted the Queen.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-31

Lucinda Candisister looked at her
with tears flowing from her left eye
and others from her right eye. De-
spite her great fright, she grieved be-
cause it saddened her to see how ter
ribly her kind old friend Prunella
Tramplehopper had changed under the
influence OF her royal station.
"I sentence you to DEATH" cried
Prunelline the First. "You shall have
your head sawed off tomorrow morn
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-31

ing!"
"Do not fear" said Lycurgus Sui
fermister, returning 70 his noble and
pure English in the crisis. do not
fear! 1 know a way to foil her ma
jesty!"
what? What? How?" shrieked
Prunelline the First.
81 can become a King myself" said
Lycurgus Sulfermister, drawing him
self up haughtily.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-31

: Prunelline the First advanced toward
them with fury in her eye. Lycurgus
Sulfermister swiftly seized Lucinda
Candisister by the hand and said aloud:
II wish / was a Kingl"
In an instant he was the King, whom
you shall meet next Sunday.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-31

Cut out of rather thick paper a circle
of the size required. Paste it on the
glass.
Take a piece of pointed wire or a
knitting needle, one end of which is in
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-31
PICTURES TO PAINT.
THE ADVENTURES.

History of the Strange Deeds and
Achievements of Lycurgus Sui
fermister, Prunella Trample-
hopper and Lucinda Candisister.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-12-21
Seventy-five Years AGO.

There Were in Alabama over 10000
Greek Indians, who held among them
535 slaves.
King Ferdinand of Spain agreed to
grant an ser IF amnesty to his exiled
subjects.
Skirmishes took place between Rus
sian and Turkish troops in Asia, where
the news of peace had not reached.
though the treaty had been signed
three weeks.
A Canadian priest ordered that all
Catholics in his parish who had been
married by Yankee ministers or magis-
trateS be lawfully remarked by him.
Slaves We're selling for nearly moth
ing at New Orleans. Almost every ship
brought them to that port, and owing
to the failure of crops the planters had
little money to buy them,
4 civil war began in Chile.
The reduction of wages caused a
strike among the weayers of Norwich,
England.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-12-21
COsTLIesT INTER- IN LAND.
Bishop Horstmauu Wears 0E1e that IL
studded with Valuable Jewels.

Bishop Horstmaun Wears 0rEe that IL
Studded with Valuable Jewels.
The most costly miter in the United
States, inter which represents Sl0,-
oo0 worth Of Jewels and precious
stones, IS worn by Bishop Horstmann.
Of the Cleveland diocese of the Roman
Catholic Church The bishop by vir-
tue of his office Is custodian of the
ritter, which Is the property of the
church
The extreme costlincss of the jewel
el headdreSs is equaled 10y its artis-
tic excellence and interesting history.
The gems which adorn the crown
were the gift of Mrs. w ]. Gordon.
wife OF the late multimilllonaire. Mr..
and Mrs, Gordon We're close personal
friends Of the late Bishop Gilmour,
Bishop Horstmaun's predecessor. and
during Mrs. Gordou's last illness she
directed that her jewel box be given
t. yhe bishop and that it's eonterts be
used for inter. Later Mr.. Gordon
added the Jewels of his dead daughter
To the collection. and when he was
shown water color of the inter as
it would appear when finished he was
so delighted that he agreed to bear the
expense of making il.
The emblem is so thickly incrusted
with the gems that its fabric, white
MORE antique. is barely visible. Inc
Jewels are diamonds and seed pearls
amethysts, turquoises, topazes and
garnets. The cruciform design is out
lined with pearl necklace and large
diamond cross is placed in the cen
ter.
The inter was first worn by BlshoE
Gilmour in 1888 and is exposed TO th'
public view only three times during
the year-at Christmas, Easter ara
| Pcntecost.