Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-03


his watch to have good time WITH
when | returned here. Ii was a tInt,
piece # work and think SkoopsNi
will appreciate my kindness when tie
occasion warrants.
SO you released him, did you::
they asked him.
Net /" replied the Cape Town cor
resp, =-es t. 4 simply borrowed
number OF roubles from him and be eX-
tricated himself from his difficulties
Well he's gone. anyway, and |
guess he'll take it out II us-the t.e t
ment he got on this snip
Lets get eur dispatches in ahead
Of his bunch what snail We fire at the
dear public this liIna?"
Il don't think there's any use sink
ing any more Russian cruisers, its
Just a waste Of cable tolls If Well let
them alone. they 4 run against their
own mines and blow up. An@<her one
was sent to tic happy torpedo grounds
via that route yesterday.
Cut out the ships this time ad
vised the Shanghai correspondent;
we have sorked them pretty hard
lately. Let's have a big land fight.
"Aw, g'wan, How you goin to do
that when the soldiers amt in 10000
miles u each other?"
You remind me more and more CT
a kindergarten as the days fit by re-
piled the Shanghai correspondent;
"haven't we got a list of all the COM
manders on both sides and a good map
of the territory embraced in the Oper-
ations? What qlse DE-, you want
some actual fighting? You are the
most unreasonable newspaper man
ever saw
The Mole st. Nicholas correspondent
went into his stateroom and presently
came back with a batch of papers.
81 forget to ten you," he said, that
we are up against tough proposition.
The Asphyxiated Guess and the Root
ers Telegram have sent men out
here, and while | was on shore yester-
day l met the representative of both.
! They seem to nave an idea that they
ought to get some news, and | fear
they will really attempt some such
idictic thing. If they dc. We'll fix 'em.
Listen to these modest dispatches aud
see if they will do for us to send in"
Japan has reached a pitch of unprec-
edented enthusiasm. General Wiring
Wun Hans mother-in-law yesterday
stabbed herself to the corset in or
der that the general might be at liber-
ty to leave the country and fight the
Russians. In Japan it is the custom
for mcthers-in-law tc run the estap-
lishment, and Mrs. Tuf Tung knew
that the general was afraid to leave
while she was at his house. Not hav-
ing the price of a jinriksha fare to her
own home, she chose this heroic meth
cd of signifying her desire that all
able-bodied sons of Dai Nippcn &C to
the front General Wiring Wun Han
has the dagger, and will KEEP it as one
of his dearest possessions. Japanese
papers are gladly welcoming this item
and giving it space in their columns,
with the hearty advice that other
mothers-in-law fcl!cw the course of
this noble woman
AT the conclusion of the reading OF
this dispatch General Takahiball again
rushed among the correspondents, his
face working with emotion.
'Ze plans, ze plans" he shouted;
re Russian spy has re plans and will
bet1ay zem to his scldiers.' -
did he get hold of your plan cf
campaign" asked the Shanghai cor
respondent.
"Campaign-campaign-what you
call it?-hell.' exclaimed the irate
admiral; che has re plan of ze wine
room of re Oidono, and if re enemy
should capture re ship zey would at
once discover all the Stores And he
almost wept in his excitement
While the correspondents were ST.
lently listening to this narrowing story
of hard luck, extraordinary sounds