The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-06-24

who has been recently interviewing the
peasants 10 ascertain thei- views on the
present. situation relates how. in one VII.
lage the peasants had said toshlm thai u
was SO hard TO fight with a Japanese be.
cause one cannot see him"
But why Eot?" asked the correspond
ent.
We'll. 1t is simple enough; &c is because
no is a kind OF insect-he is small, and
only wakes up in the night. He hides,
himself with his sting In the grass ant
one has to- find him there. A regular
nuisance for our soldiers. He creeps in.
side their boots and sucks their blood.
When he has drunk his fill, then he creep.
out. But the poor soldier breathcs out his
soul. And ono has to struggle with these
flends!"
Here the honest peasant sighed deeply.
IT couldn't believe my ears" adds the
correspondent. "At first I thought he was
making q fool of me; but later 1t was
clear enough that the poor fellow wal
speaking from his heart"
Age Is Anti Military
The spirit of the age is decidedly against
militarlsm.
From all parts of Germany annual sta.
tistics show that thousands of young mer
emigrate to escape compulsory military
service in the army, but while the iron.
bound laws of this country and the dis.
cipline to which our young men are sub
ject in school and home prevent then
from revolving, openly our southern neigh.
bors are more determined in their at.
tempts to escape the wearing of the brass
buttored coat.
Reports from Neusahl, in Hungary, tell
of a bloody battle which took place be.
tween loyal soldiers in a regiment and
300 recruits who refused TO return to their
barracks.
Tho battle took nl3pn Whi1o tha rort-
ment was waiting for a train to return ,c
the city after In the open.
For a while 1t was only a war of words,
but soon force was resorted to and a
fierce battle followed. The helligerentI
took possession of the railroad yards as
a battlefield, and for three-quarters of ar
hour nll traffic was at n standstill while
the recruits fought with the utmost fury,
regardless OF everything about them.
In the meantime the authorities had
sent for assistance. and 4 largo force OF
gendarmerie was hastily dispatched to the
scene OF the encounter.
They quickly grappled with the com.
batants. and eventually succeeded in sep
arating the opposing parties.
The fury of the fight may be gauEed
by the fact that two of the recruits were
killed and ~twenty-eight received serious
injuries.
Tho Socialists Win.
The German socialists are jubilant be.
cause the government has been Obliged &c
drop the suit against the Manner Volks.
v%eitung, a prominent SOCIALIST paper,
which some time ago published n seric,
of personal letters from General Kretsch-
mann IN which he stated that Efcss!an sol.
diers sacked and %plundered French towns
and villages during the Franco-Prussiar
war.
Insisting that German soldiers would
never do this. the kaiser. through the
minister OF war. ordered the paper con-
ftscated and a suit for libel started against
the editor.
Before the case came up for trial inves.
legations by government officials showed
that the soldiers had done much worse
things than stated in the paper. and the
suit was dropped.
The editor. however, was politely asked
not to make any more unpleasant dis.
closures. even if they happened to be true,
Il request which he complied with after
printing 1t verbatim In his paper.
He Wasn't an "Urchin."
A curious story is published in the Cri-
mean Messenger. the Russian official
daily paper at Sebastapol.
One day as the editor was sitting In his
sanctum he received a visit from a d.
minutive Cossack dressed in the full ma
tional costume Of his tr.besmen.
Tho visitor seemed to be about Q years
old.
"Sir," he said with the utmost polite.
ness as soon as he had entered the room,
II wish that You would make a little cor
rection in IN article which appeared in
your paper yesterday.
You say in this that a little urchin
of unknown parentase met Admira
Skyrdloff on the steps leading to tho
Church Of st. George and presented him
with an uon.
NOW, permit me TO say that 1 am NOT
a little urchin OF unknown parentage, but
the Cossack Popoff of the famous Cou-
bano regiment, of which my father, who
is now dead. was colonel for many years.
II came to this city for the purpose of
Offering to Admiral Skrydloff an ikon Of
the Holy Virgin Of Kharan. the patron
OF our family. The admiral took tho
ikon, kissed mo and introduced me to
his children. Would you kindly put this
in your tournal?"
why. with the greatest pleasure" said
the editor. We shall be delighted to do
this for YOU"
The next day the Crimean Messenger
published in fat type that 1t was exceed
ingly sorry that 1t by mistake had called
the honorable Cossack Pupofr some littla
urchin of unknown parcntagc.