The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-04-21
npANEsE SPIRIT.

LIE J
That tie japanese soldier can
tirelessly trot along Pth nothing
: sustain him but handful OF
.;,e and dried fish anj q little lea
When his heart grows l,eavy -. this j.
! conceded that he sleps well at
.,;oh+ with a covering little larger
han a handkerchief, and needs only
a~nnortnnitv for ablution to keep
,;nself in good condition this has
.heen testified to by many military
x,ar,s. that he looks smart on
narade and handles his modern
lreanon Of precision as il he means
. h,,s;ness-this has been declared by
.,,onv travellers but has he also that
iconbinatiou OF nerve and courage
which IS indispensable to the first
class fighting mar-those qualities
] of heart and head which would
VI Vi AiNSAN
mt for exam lie, to the First
Minnesota regin1l At Gettysburg
This question CAD not lie answered
now. SAYS the New Work Globe.
We must await Developments.
The Japanese have met only the
Chinese, and the Chinese do not
count,
Yet there is Indirect evidence,
/ and on the principle that from one
A YOU MAY know all the wal OF 1895,
y when, though against the Chinese,
a presents incidents which seem to
V1iustifv favorable opinion. of the
iJIapanese and to warrant tie pre-
Y tdictions that the war With Russian
! |mav reveal surprises. When the
Oh Port Arthur was being
I made, there am acritical moment.
y IA gate would not yield. a young
! ,soldier-and he of the coolie class
forward and held a stick
lntf dynamite against the gate until
1.-THE same force that effected a breach
Y blew him 10 atoms. But it was
one OF the Salnurai class the
Sanurai whose sacred sword is
relied upon as Japan's chief
defense who was the hero PAL
excellence OF the var. At Wei
Hai-Wei the crippled Chinese aeei
was protected by a huge boom. Il
was folly 10 assail b. hand as long
as the fleets guns were silenced
A midnight attack on the obstruc.
ton by torpedo boat destroyer:
ignobly failed. Fierce weathe.
was helping the defenders and pro
portionately impeding the besiegers
A young. ensign sought the dis
Outraged japanese admiral anG
said he had invented a device b,
which dynamite could surely b
attached to the boom. He received
consent to try it. With a pickle
crew he went forward, and as tn
party drew near the barrier tn
ensign explained The device tina
was TO fasten the explosive wa
himself. Sorrowfully his comrade
returned to a plaQ OF safety and
a few minutes came the explosion
When the japanese fleet was With
the harbor and the Chinese vesse'
were sunk or captured, some fras
ments of the body OF the ensign wei
recovered from the BAY and borl
=, \ back to Japan lying ii state on Il
Vuarterdeck of a cruiser. Whe
\Sreat war lete subsequently o
Y the Mikado, for the fir
IN history, yielded preceden'
"a subject. The father Of Il
hero was allowed 10 approach Il
bier first, and turned away snilin
Theatrical, perhars, but is not t
wal spirit usually theatrical'
The English point to Seully
Delhi and we to Cushing at ri
mouth and to Hobson at Santiag
but i'll intrepid ~gallantry t
Japanee ensign seems equal
worthy. If the ordinary Japane
spirit in any degree approaches
this high-water mark, the e.
perhaps has been guided by a v.
instinct in shrinking from war.
EXCHANGE