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humanity. The regulation of the re-
lationships of man with man is per
haps the most vitality important ques-
ton that can engage our attention
next to the relationship of man with
God.
Ultimately it will be found on ex-
animation that the rule of Right re-
solves itself into the rule of Benevo-
lence, while the ultimate analysis OF
all forms of Wrong will be found TO
be pure, undiluted Selfshness.
The greatest moral teacher the
world has ever seen has admirably
epitomized the law of Right for the
guidance of moral beings: Thou
shalt love the Lord thy Co with all
thy heart and soul and mind and
strength, anc thy neighbor as thy
self" There we have in nutshell
the rule of Right, the great moral
law of Benevolence.
Wrong, on the other hand, may
consist either of wrong actions. or of
right actions with a wrong motive. Ul-
timately the leaven of selfshness may
be detected in both. Even the love
of home, of family, or of country,
may become pure and undiluted self
ishness, or, at best, a mere animal in
stinct. l love them because they are
mine. In other words, love myself.
The love of benevolence wills their
highest good, and scars higher than
this realm of selhshness, and makes
the necessary sacrifice that may be
required to obtain the object, and
subordinates their welfare to the
higher good, which conscience, rea-
son or revelation may present.
Benevolence must not be confound-
ed with mere emotional sentiment.
Benevolence is the deliberate choice
of right object in life with a cor
responding set of right actions in pur-
suance of that objecr, this being the
best and indeed only way to secure
the enjoyment of those emotions
which constitute one of its sweetest
rewards.
To use a simple illustration, Wrong
stands with its back to the sun, its
face turned toward the shadow of
Self. Sometimes that shadow takes
the form of Wealth, sometimes of
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twas gloryous. 'Jawn. ye'er health Pass
tn beefsteak, Malachi Schwartzmeister,
OF boy, can't 1 help ye to tn part that
wint over tn fence last? What's that
story2 Tell it over here where Carney,
can't hear. 1t might make him laugh an
hurt him with his frind Fletcher. No1
Whatf Ye don't sayl An didn't Carney
resist itl Haw, haw, hawl This eyesther
sauce Is tn best | iver see Michael. this
is like OF times. Look at Schwartzmeister.
He's Fetching, too. No, be gorry, he's
chokin'. l think Carney's watch has stop
ped. No wondher; he's lookin' at it. Haw,
haw. haw. haw. haw A good joke on Car
ney. Did ye iver see such a faceI Car
ney, me buck. ye look like a kinetoscope.
What is a face without stomach1 Car
ney, ye make me nervous. If that there
idol don't stop f'r minyit I'll throw some
thing at it. Carney, times up. Ye win
ye'er bet, but twas foolish wan. I
thought ye were goin' to push Fletcher in
a wheelbarrow'
Tive known Jawn Carney. man and boy,
fr forty year, but l niver knew ontil that
minyit that he was a murderer at heart.
Th' look he give us whin he snapped his
watch was tur-rble; but tn look he give
tn dinner was aven worse He set there
f'r two mortal hours miditatin' what form
TIL assassynations wud take an Fletchin'
each wan iv us in his mind l walked home
with him to see that he came to no harm.
Near TIL house he wint into bakers shop
an bought four pies an a bag iv doughnuts.
I've promised to take thin home to me
WIFE he says. 4 thought she was out iv
town. says l. She'll be back in a week.
says he; an anyhow. Misther Dooley. I'll
thank we not to be pryin' into me domestic
affairs he says.
"An' there We ar-re What's tn use iv
goin' up again tn laws iv Nature, says l.
If Nature intinded ye to be little roly-
poly, little roly-poly yell be. They amt
anything to do that We ought to do that'll
make ye thin an keep ye thin. Th' wan
thing in til wurruld thatH rayjooce ye
surely is lack iv sleep, an who wants to
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MR. DOOLEY CALLS ATTENTION
TO THE AMPLE" LADIES
OF HISTORY.
IS TH' dee iU female beauty that all Sr-reot
trim Juiz1s Caesar to nzesezf has held is much

s. TIL dee iU female beauty that all Sr-reot men
1r'm Julius Caesar to naeself has held is much
more like BARI thin olothes pole. Hogan
tells thai 4lecander's oife an Caesars naissus
light weiehts; Martha Wash'nton 1Oos short
but pieasanttY dunpy an .4ndhre1O Jockson's GOOD
10oDaon 1oei6hed t1oo bundhe1d an smoked q pipe
HOGAN says oU the potes he Bno1Os oas in with
not to say fat but ample ladies. 7h pofes MinosiLUes
thin but tn ladies chubby II pote 1cIon he
has c10Tuhed all day at TIL typeOr ter 1Oants to rest
his head shoulder that Won't hurt Shokespeare's
rite thin an they q1tQ77eJed tn lady that TIL
EyetGlIan pote DAINTY made fool iU hlnasif about
ski 1ton HI tn pitchers IL bpaU1ful 1Oon1en
I'Ue Uer had neonny cures an siUraJ cai1S TIL
photygraft u Mary queen u Scots that haze
shows that she took 1oei9ht oftlser she had her
dress made III collar looks to be cl0kim' her,
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COMMANDER BOOTH TUCKER.
The successful man dogmatic.

The successful man dogmatic.
The ordinary individual discontent-
ed, revengeful and unhappy.
Benevolence has just the opposite
effect Love in action-and true love
cannot long lie dormant-is the most
beautiful and forceful motive power
in the world. We are told that God
is Love. His motive is absolutely
cure. and his actions are in absolute
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ILL should be directed by
Right, and Right should
be enforced by Might That IS an
ideal at which all good laws seek to
aim. Right is the rudder. Might the
steam. The proper combination OF
the two constitutes an irresistible
force.
Against the hosts of Right are ar
rsved those Of Wrong. Between the
two a ceaseless and irreconcilable war
is being waged. Those principles are
eternal and unalterable. Reason eN-
plains. Conscience warns, God re-
veals. but even the Chief Executive Of
the Universe can only declare, re-
ward OF punish-he cannot, does not
= change their character. They are his
own divine rule OF action.
But not only is there a conflict be-
tween Right and Wrong, there IS also
4 more perple,cing conflict between
Right and Right. and it becomes
necessary to subordinate the inferior
10 the superior, and to protect the
weaker against the stronger, securing
70 each right a maxim of liberty with
q minimum Of interference.
Every individual in a city has the
right to walk over the same spot IN
The road at the same minute in the
dav. Physically this is an impossi-
bility. especially where that spot has
to be shared by cars. motors. wagons.
eouestrians and pedestrians. The right
IF each has to be subordinated to that
If the rest. In extreme cases it may
even for time be altogether sus-
pended.
The regulation of conflicting rights
and the protection of right from
wrong becomes ultimately the sub
iect Of legal enactments, law being
pnofessedly the declaration of the
great fundamental principles Of right
and wrong
The conflict OF right with wrong,
or Of right with right. may take place
in the varied realms of home, busi-
ness, village, city. state, nation or
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Self dominates any sphere, as the
motive power is malevolence and
cannot fail TO do harm.
The ruler becomes a tyrant.
The statesman narrowminded
The religious teacher a bigot or
fanatic.
The wealthy man stingy
The beautiful woman vain.
The talented genius conceited.
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OBJECT OF DIVINITY.

ITO alter the main
4 spring of the hu-
man heart from self
G>hneSs into beneUO-
Ience and to make lis
actions CORRESPOND
Nth that grand p1tr-
p Sc is fh~ object of
otiUinity IN all its
deal n6s nth hu-
n1anIty.
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~ SEE tn good woman goin' by
90 here at a gallop to-day" said
Mr. Dooley.
shes thryin' to rayjooce her
weight" said Mr.. Hennessy.
What FRI"
81 don't know. She looks all right" said
Mr. Hennessy.
Well" said Mr. Dooley. It's sthrange
thing Near ivrybody l know is thryin' to
.rayjoooe his weight. Why shud woman
want TO be thin onless she IS thin? TIL
idee iv female beauty that all gr-reat men
firm Julius Caesar 10 mesilf has held is
much more ike bar1 thin clothes pole
Hogan tells me that Alexander's wife an
Caesars missus was no light weights; Mar
tha Wash'nton was short but pleasantly
dumpy. an Andrew Jackson's good wom-
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RULE OF RIGHT.

TLTIM.4TELY Y 1T
- WrI be found on
examination that the
rule of right resotDes
itself into the rule of
beneUo encp, Whi'e the
ultimate RG}ysis of
all forms Of Wrone
tCiU be 1Ou1ad to be
pure, Undiluted self
iShn SS.
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IGHT and Might may
be said 70 be the two
ruling forces Of the
world. Under proper
conditions NJ j g h t
should be directed by
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and it does not seem likely that they
/ would risk such an engagement. 1t is
popularity believed here that the first
move will be naval. The japanese
have forbidden newspaper men to ac-
company the first operations, either
naval or land, and have issued very
stringent regulations covering the case.
Commanders of naval stations or OF
fleets are empowered to establish what
are termed strategical sea areas, into
which no ship may come without per-
mission. The captain who endeavors
to enter such an area against the wish
of the commander may be sent back in
charge of an armed vessel and impris-
oned and fined.
One great advantage the Japanese
navy has is of inestimable value. There
are three great units-the battleship
squadron, the armored cruiser squad
ron and the cruiser squadron. For
months each squadron has been ma
neuvering by itself, with frequent
grand maneuvers embracing the entire
navy. At the naval station at Take
shiki, in Tsushima, twenty torpedo YES
sells have been practicing in one fiotilla.
vessel knows not only what his own
ship will do under any given circum-
stance, but also WHAT every other ship
will do. That intricate and valuable
bit of naval information, the helm an
gle of each ship, is matter of common
knowledge. They can maneuyer as well
in the dark as in the light, and if a ship
is transferred from one squadron to an
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ment is organized like our own, OF
three battalions of four companies.
But the companies are nearly twice
the size of ours when in active service,
numbering on the war footing FAC
men, SO that a battalion is about a
thousand strong. Besides the infan-
try each division has a regiment of
field or mountaip artillery, two battai-
ions of three batteries, six guns in Il
battery, 120 men to a battery. The guns
are of Japanese invention and make
and are capable of doing fine work.
Each division also has a regiment of
cavalry such as it is. The horses Of
F., the japanese are very poor and the
men are not specially skillful as riders.
! Military observers rate the cavalry
as very poor. Certainly it is not near
ly the equal of the Russian Cossack
force. Each regiment consists of three
squadrons-troops we should call them
of about $50 men each. There is also
in each division a battalion of en-
gineers, who are among the best SOL
diers of Japan, very highly trained.
Besides these there are the regular
commissariat and supply trains and the
sanitary, or medical corps. All told, on
the war footing, each division consists
of about $4,000 men. This makes the
fighting line number about 200 coo.
In peace the army is hardly half that
size. Every man on reaching the
age of q is required to serve with
the colors but there are many exemp-
tions III peace times. After three
years with the colors the men go into
the first reserve for five years. In war
the fighting line is at once filled up to
the limit from the first reserve. 1t is
this fact which accounts for the con-
fusion of reports now current as to
whether the first reserve has been
called out or not. In part it has, and
in part it is standing by for orders to
go. What movements of troops there
have been, have been conducted very
secretly. For the most part they have
been at night. Not long ago the cap
tain of one of the big London liners
that had been requisitioned for trans
port service spent the night ashore in
Yokohama. In the morning he was
sent for hurriedly to go aboard. On
reaching his ship he found her full of
troops that had been put on in the
night. Immediately the ship sailed
and only the men high in authority
know where she went.
Tt is idle to speculate upon what the
movements of the army will be when
once war is begun. Sooner or later,
however, Korea will undoubtedly be
occupied. Russia cannot prevent that.
The japanese have the inestimabIe adj
vantage of a well protected interior
line of communication with Korea.
From Moi to Fusan it is only nights
steal ming. Midway lies Tsushima, with
its great fortifications. Thanked on
either side by the japanese ships the
Russians would have to exert their en-
tire naval strength TO force the pas
sage to get at the japanese transports,
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! led the country in minute detail. Their
; maps show the result of this work. In
dividual huts and clumps of trees are
: shown. Their knowledge of the ter
; rain is complete. 1t is doubtful if the
Russians themselves are as well in
formed as to the topography of the
battle ground, be it Manchuria or Ko-
rea, as the japanese. For some years
/ there have been in the neighborhood of
10000 Japanese in Manchuria and 10000
in Korea. Nearly every one of them
has been a source of information to the
military authorities here, and not a
few of them have been military men in
one disguise or another.
SPIES IN ROLE OF SERVANTS.
| With false pigtaiis and in Chinese
, dress they have worked as servants
for Russians, understanding and not
ing every word their masters said. 1t
is an advantage the Russians can
never have. Their bulk absolutely
prevents them from undertaking any
such secret work with the Japanese
and they are forced to rely upon Chi
nese for spies or upon the very few
renegade japanese they have been
able to find, with the added difficulty
that such Japanese are almost as well
the Russians.
In the preparation of their war
maps the japanese have a way of
making them first on a rather small
scale, showing a large field of opera
tons. Then smaller maps show more
in detail sections of the larger. Still
smaller sections are SHOWN in Still
greater detail. saw some of the maps
they used in the Boxer campaign in
China and they were marvellous. Every
bunch of trees and every hut, every
turn of the road, every change of ele-
walton was shown. The working maps
by which the column was guided were
only about two feet square and the
scale was so large that they showed
but small section of the country.
Such estimates as the Japanese war
authorities have permitted to become
public fix the number of Russian
troops at present available for this
war as approximately 200,0 600, includ-
ing the railway guards. 1t is prob
able that since that estimate was
published the Russians had brought
forward all the reinforcements they
could, but the limitations of their
transportation make it doubtful If
such reinforcements have exceeded
40, 600. To meet this force the jap
anese are apparently relying on their
regular army. If they have any ex-
pectation of calling odt volunteers no
intimation of it has become known.
The army is organized on the skeleton
plan, each company in peace times
numbering about half what it's full !
war quota is. There are twelve regu-
lar divisions and the Imperial Guard.
which constitutes a division by itself
Each division consists of two brigades /
of infantry, each brigade being COM
posed OF two regiments. The regi-
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of-war, and be considered an unopen-
ed port so far as the naval and mer-
camille vessels of other nations are
concerned. AS regards Ta-lien-wan,
one portion of the harbor shall be re-
served exclusively for Russian and
Chinese men-of-war, but the remainder
shall be a commercial port freely open
to the merchant vessels of all coun-
tries. Port Arthur and Ta-lien-wan
are the points in the territory leased
most important for Russian military
purposes. Russia, shall therefore. be
at liberty to erect at her own expense
forts and build barracks and provide
defences at such places as she de-
sires.
On March 2s, 1898. the Russians oc-
cupfed Port Arthur.
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OSCAR DAVIS EXPLAINS
CAUSES Which LED
UP TO WAR
Continued from page II

NSOAli1AoC0 Ii Jill page ~
while one kept him occupied the other
went into the hotel and got an inter
prefer. Then they demanded to know
what he meant by following them
There was an exciting debate between
the interpreter and the other, then the
interpreter said:
He says he is from the country and
has never been in Toxic before in his
life, You are the first foreigners he has
ever seen, and he was so much inter-
ested in your manner and your dress
and your talk that he followed you. He
meant no offense and asks your par
dom
But all the time war preparations go
on rapidly. There is no question that
the Japanese authorities know exactly
what they have to do to beat Russia
Their military information is wonder
full. When they went to war with China
ten years ago they not only knew the
character of their enemy: they knew
the topography of the country over
which they expected to fight and they
knew the condition and equipment of
the Chinese troops. 1t is not too much
to say that they are now prepared
against the Russians fully as well as
against the Chinese, if not better. They
know as we'll as the Russians how
many Muscovite troops there are in
Manchuria and Eastern Siberia. and
where they are stationed. Ever since
the discrimination of Manchuria be-
gan the japanese have looked forward
to the time when they would fight and
have prepared for it They have stud
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Be Strong

Why not be strong? Why not have
good appetite and a good digestion?
Why not feel well and hearty all the
time? You can just as well have it
your own way as rot, for there is
strength, vitality, power, and good
health in every bottle of Ayers Sarsa-
parilla. Always keep it on hand.
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is contagious, some of the audience smile.
and the picture is ruined. After it is all
over. some of them may say: Now.
wasn't that too bad" but what precious
little satisfaction the player gets out of
that sort of a proposition!
That isn't what hurts, though. 1t Is
after a man has done his best. and has
thrown into his part every particle of ar
tistic feeling and ability he possesses
thai he goes out in the street and has to
stand around and hear the barber and
the shoe clerk tell his neighbor that the
show is rotten If the remark Is re-
scented you are answered with a Well, n
man has a right to his opinion 1t Is no
such thing. A man has no right TO an
opinion unless he has 4 brain capable Oh
having an opinion and an education which
Permits him to sit in judgment.
HITS THE CRITIC HARD
And that brings me to the subject OF
the critic. A critic is one who runs at the
tail of the bunch and yells Come on In
most instances the rule Of the modern crit
ic is to cater as much as possible to. the
public taste and the question OF artistic
. excellence is naturally reduced to the min
imum. Yellow Journalism has evolved the
yellow critic and the sharper and the
r~ieaner f,ngs crop out in the criticism, the
| greater the demand for the newspaper. l
am reminded of a tale told of Irving.
in an Eastern city the day following a
frst-night presentation. one of the yellow
| journals made a peculiarly cutting critf-
| cism of the performance. Irving met the
particular critic later in the day and said:
When did you write that criticism? After
the performance last night was the re-
| ply. What time does your paper go to
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| press returned Sir Henry. AT midnight
said the critic. Well. It took me twenty
five years to prepare for my part: was the
curt reply of the great Englishman as he
turned away And this Is the situation all
over. The work of a lifetime and a bril-
liant career may often be ruined by half
a stick Of cold type.
There is another thing about the life
OF the player who has the instincts and
the hopes of 81 artist. It is the treatment
he receives as a general thing from those
classes of society. in common p~arlance
termed the best In America even the
most cultivated and artistic of profession
ais are seldom received within the circles
OF the elect unless a g "a one for
the time being a person of Importance. In
other professions and in other fields of art
the leaders naturally receive that position
and standing which they deserve by merit
of the work they have accomplished.
I'm England 1t is different. The artist
actor is received at the homes of the cul-
tured and refined upon the same terms
with the painter of portraits and the de-
lineator of great scenes.
IAN this does not make So much diff
ference to the actor who is in the bust
ness for revenue only. His only hope in
the world is to get his so or so check ev-
cry week, and it Is little odds to him what
the King or what the barber thinks of
his artistic efforts.
BELIEVES IN HYPNoTISM.
The presence of the Spiritualists' Con-
vention in St. Louis introduced the ques-
ton of psychic phenomena and %hypnotism
in particular. One look into the swapping
eyes of Mr.. Lackaye convince ore that
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ty miles north of Jackson. Miss Rocks
wrote a telegram to send to her friends
in Mempn.=, notifying them she would ar
rive in the evening.
The young man asked permission to
hard the message to the operator. which
was handed to him. with % cents 20 a
for sending it. Miss Rocks learned be-
fore reaching Memphis that it cost 40
cents to send the wire. and insisted on re-
funding the difference OF Is cents. This
could not be done. as she had no change.
Jokingly. the young man told her to send
him a check for the amount. which she
did upon reaching Memphis. The check
was on the Coilinston Bank. payable to
bearer. n it was through the check
that the young man learned Miss Rocks
name. He spent several days in Memphis.
then returned to his home in the West
After reaching home he wrote Miss Rocks.
She answered his letter, and a c%orrespon-
dence followed. He told her he vas COM
ing to heS home to. cash the check. n
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LOUIS JOHNS VISITS FAIR
Friend of Reginald Vanderbilt
Spends Several Days Here.

Louis Johns. one of the ~best-known
young society men of New York. a friend
Of Reginald Vanderbilt. spent several days
in the city last week. and was registered
at the Jefferson. Mr.. Johns spent most
of the time at the Worlds Fair during
the week. arriving in the city about the
time Richard Garfield did. but the two
were rarely seen together while here.
Mr.. Johns is a member of several! Of
the leading clubs Of New York. has his
private yacht and spends his summer az
the fashionable resorts. following the
hounds. etc. He is an ardent adrirer Of
chance games. and while he does not play
frequently. plays for high stakes. He has
made several large winnings at different
times. and a few years ago. when abroad,
made a heavy winning against roulette
at Monte Carlo. 1t was said that his win
nings on that occasion amounted to nearly
n 0n0. oO0.