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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-16
BATTLESnIPs.

Tt is not a fact that the prestige of
battleships has been destroyed or even
seriously lessened by the war in the
East. While the Russians have lost
some of their floating fortresses the
fault is in the personnel OF the navy
and not in the ships themselves Lack
of vigilance and of professional skill
must bear the blame for the disaster
of February and of the subsequent
ones; not defects of ship construction
or of type.
| Many newspaper critics discuss the
battleship question only from the point
of view of Russian disasters. But why
overlook the point of view of japanese
successes? 1t was the terrible delivery
of Japanese battIeships which sunk the
Variag and shattered the Korietz at
ChemuIpo, which has put some of the
Russian battIeships out of commission
at Port Arthur and has demoralized
the garrison at the latter place. Even
the garrison has been sadly shaken by
Togo's bombardment, a fact of gravest
significance in estimating the future
fighting value of the troops. Finally |
it is the presence of the Japanese bat
tleships which keeps the Russian fleet
of over forty vessels from disputing the
command of tke sea with Japan-a
command upon which the transporta-
ton of army supplies depends
Our own experience with battleships
at Santiago is valuable in the study
Of this question. but it was made SO
by the men behind the guns. It is the
manner in which any ship is fought
which chiefly determines its utility and
If battleship has men worthy OF it,
surely the vessel will not be the worse
'or its displacement. The Oregon was
lot at disadvantage in the Spanish
var; nor are the Japanese battleships
n the present conflict. But no ship is
afe, the officers and men of which keep
aithless watch and put their trust in
he blessings of priests and the magic
# sacred images rather than in
leepless vigilance and keen profess
ional sagacity.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-16

A good thing for the Board of Agri-
culture to undertake would be the ex-
termination of the mongoose, providing
always that the little animal is not
needed to kill rats in the cane. The
mongoose as the foe of poultry and OF
ground-hesting birds is hindrance to
farming and to the life of game. If
it could be killed Off by the incubation
of living animals with some commune
cable disease. good many local in
terests would be well-served at no no.
ticeable cost.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-16

The London Times believes that ESQ.,
600 men are the maximum number OF
troops in Manchuria that Russia car
feed. The trans-siberian railroad will
be strained to carry supplies for these.
Should the road be interrupted, even
for week, the effect would be seen in
the rations. Manchuria and Korea are
limited in food supply and if the Rus
slams forage there they will run the
risk of native uprising.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-16

Yerestchagin, though a spectator OF
all wars. was powerful advocate OF
peace. Painting war with fidelity as
well as with a genius for composition,
he turned men from It sick at heart.
Even the Kaiser was visibly shaken by
yerestchagin's pictures of Napoleon's
Retreat from Moscow. Had the great
artist lived through the present war in
the East, the world might have gained
some famous canvases in which the
truth would never have been sacrificed
to patriotism
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-16

Every item. here is a good IN
vestment for the Ilousekeeper
all genuine opportunities that
probably will never be duplicat-
ed, as some of the stock, especial
ly the towels, cannot be again
procured. These are the very
finest Irish linens eSpertly spun
from sound flax, we'll grown and
ripened and no chemicals i'm the
bleach or dressing. They will
give big return in service for
their cost.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-16

II seems too bad to hang CORE
.spondent for using wireless telegraphy.
Anybody who can get messages
through by that system ought to have
a buttonhole bouquet.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-16

The Atlanta Journal ventures to fear
that Messrs- Dun and Bradstreet will
have to revise their high opinion of Mr..
Hearst after the campaign is over.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-16

Mr.. Hearst may never be President
but he has succeeded in getting him
self advertised as the leading Demo
cratic newspaper man.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-16

The friends of Mr.. Desky-and they
are not few-will share his pleasure in
the fact that his Pacific Heights case
is to be tried on its merits.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-16

The best thing the Car can do with
his sailors is to put them at work grow
ing early Spring vegetables for the
army.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-16

The Mad Mullah is missing. So is
George Davis, Perhaps they have gone
down the line together.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-16

a California professor says the South
ern part of that State is 100000 years
Old 1t looks its age.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-16

For mere humanity's sake the Red
Cross people who have been trying to
aid Japan should get in and help Rus
STA.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-01-30
SehOolbOy's Composition on Dogs.

The following is sent to us By q teach.
or in one of our public schools as a com
position submitted by small school boy
on the subject of Dogs
"a dog is an animal which has got
four feet. Two of them are in the front
of him and two in the back. They are
most always tame and kind, but If you
tease one he will bite aud dog bite is
poison like a snake. Dogs can live in
anv kind of country cold or hot and they
will eat any thing even some eat slop in
the alleys. They are very smart thing
and are teached to do much. some jump
through holes in wood and some do
funny things. Dogs sleep much more in
the day time than he does in the night
as they have to keep watch at night and
not go to sleep then. Most dogs have
got hair but some dogs have longer hair
than other ones. they have all color hairs
to and do not like TO be clean. Dogs live
to he older than cat does. but do not
get gray when they do so, but die differ
ent. Most dogs die from being shot by
policemen or smell gas and then choke.
They are named by people after them. -
Philadelphia Telegraph.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-01-30
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.

an addition to lunch: and where an al
hot
ind tin cups more convenient for use
IN travelling than china or glass Regu-
lar travelling cups may be purchased Mt
small expense
A dozen lemons squeezed ont into \
bottle will make it possible. with the adj
dition of sugar. to convert the ice-coll
tank water into delicious lemonade
Sterlllzed milk will also keep well. and
IS nice where little children are of The
party.
Note-A small child doesn't think If *
any fun TO travel unless there is a lunch
or something to eat on the journey. An
older Child scorns the idea of carrying 4
,,unch' considering it green and cheap
looking, but the wiser ones realize the
convenience and true luxury of the lunca
box. The dining ear may be delight
Tor one or two meals. but it is not al
ways that dining car service can be OBJ
tanned: then the hurried station reStau-
rants must be resorted to. The greatest
inconvenience is in being obliged 10 wait
until the meals are called.-Iosenhin
W eatherby Cooking Club
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-01-30
HeaIth's Decalogue.

|. Rise early, retire early. and Eli yes4s
day with work
2. Water and bread maintain life.
pure air and sunshine are indispensable
to health.
3. Frugality and sobriety form the
best elixir of longevity.
4. Cleanliness prevents rust the best
cared for machines last the longest
.. Enough sleep repairs waste and
strengthens; too much sleep softens and
enfeebeS.
s. To he sensibly dressed is to give
freedom to ones movements and enough
warmth to be protected from sudden
changes of temperature.
{. y clean and cheerful house makes
happy home.
s. The mind is refreshed and invigor.
ated by distractions and amusement, but
abuse of them leads to dissipation and
dissipation to vice.
9. Cheerfulness makes love of life,
and love of life is half of health. On
the contrary sadness and discourage
ment hasten old age.
10. Do You gain your living by your
intellect? Then do not allow your arms
and legs to grow stiff Do you earn
your bread by your pickaxe? DO not
forget to cultivate your mind and 10 en-
large your thought.-French Medical Re
view.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-01-30
Hash for Our Soldiers,

Hash will probably be made feature
of the regulation food Of the army. Com
missary officers in different parts OF the
country have been Instructed to make
observations in connection with the use
Of canned hash. composed Of fresh meats.
potatoes and onions This compound
has been already issued to some Of the
troop MS an experiment, and has proven
very popular and satisfactory. The OBJ
servations will cover a period Of three
days. and will be made at the following
posts: Fort Myer. Va: Lcavenworh
and Riley. Kan: Thomas. Ky. Sheridan
III; Slocum. " y. Smelling, Mimi; the
Preside. Cal. Camp Thomas, Ca. ana
Madison barracks. y. y One Of the
points 10 he determined is the differem
ways in which the compound can be-
served without much trouble.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-01-30

One of Coy. Hoard's recollectons is Of
prosperous old German farmer with
whom he was once conversing in northern
Wisconsin. when the subject of humor
came up.
1T has always seemed strange 10 me-
said the governor, that you Germans. as
q rule, do not appear to understand Amer
lean humor. You have some remarkably
clever humorists in Germany, and their
Jokes are easily comprehended by the
American mind, yet your people do not
seem to see the point of our jokes ut ALL -
The German promptly eontroverted
this, claiming that his people We're quick
to see and appreciate American humor.
You gif me n joke" said he. "and YOU
will see dat | win understand it yoost so
veil as YOU
So, Coy. BOARD told Of man in his
county who had feet so big that he had
70 nse the fork of a road as bootjack.
The German stood smilelessly waiting
for the point, when the governor said:
There! | told you a German couldn't
comprehend an American joke"
DO you mean to tell me dat dis man
hat feet so big dat he hat to go oudt efery
night and pull off his boots nit der fork
of der road?"
That's the idea" the governor admit
ted.
Ven you talk about der fork of der
road do you mean der blaze where one
road runs dis way und der odder runs
dat tY yay;'
"Und you say dis man haf sooch big
feet dat he haf to use dis fork of der
ro"d for hootjack o.
Exactly"
''Vell. dat's no Joke OATS yoost a
tam lie. brooklyn Eagle
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-01-30
Basis of Good Breeding.

There is a story of number Of women
Of cultivated English society who were
curious to learn why American women
of cultivation so often marry abroad.
They recently made long visit of in
vestigation, and have given out the re-
suits. Apparently they do not blame the
women, says the Chicago Chronicle.
They say they find that the American
woman. as rule. is charming, as they
have found most of those who married
abroad, but as for the American man.
even in what is known as the best So
ciety, with all his readiness to buy for
women costly flowers and such like
Injuries, he is utterly impossible. They
say that not one in hundred of Ameri-
man men would pass muster as a gentle
man in England: that we are coarse and
vulgar in society. often overdresSed, and
nearly always without taste. that we are
always talking shop. destitute of knowl-
edge or taste or desires in common with
cultivated people. and prone to taking
offensive liberties with women who treat
us with courtesy-in short. that II is no
wonder that so many American women
seek husbands abroad.
Of course, 1t is easy to point out that
marriages abroad have not always per
maps not often. proved what they were
expected to be. 1t is easy. too, to say
that the criticisms Of American men are
all from an artificial point of view. and
DO not touch their manhood at all All
this may he true. and so it may he true
that the polite man is not be who stamps
on your toes. and then thinks he has
atoned for all by perfunct9ry BEG
pardon. but il rather he who is careful
not 10 tread on your toes nj all ana
70 20 unobtrusiyely about his affairs.
drawing no especial attention io himself.
Yet there is much to be said for even
the artificial amenities They Intricate
human intercourse wonderfully. and there
Is absolutely no reason why they may
NOT be combined in the same personality
with honesty, sincerity. unselfishness.
generosity. courage. forbearance and al
the qualities of frank and warm
hearted manhood.
There Is small d0ubt. too. that most
American men are too entirely absorbed
in business, whether il be running milk
wagon or a great metropolitan bank. 1t
Is not 50 much because we despise the
artificial amenities Of life a. bee ause we
have always been too eagerly occupied
to learn them.
Nevertheless all this is easy 1t il no
more than to remember that the whole
basis and Inspiration Of good breeding il
regard for others. If we are moved by
that ge will not 60 late 10 theater or
chpfch. or jam orr knees into the back
ef the man in front Of rs ia the subur-
ban train. nor perpetually jogggIe the el-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-01-30
SCIENCE IN THE ARCTIC.
An Observation Station Built 1870 Miles
North of the Polar Circle.

Notth OF the Polar Circle.
\ station which is to be maintained at
the service Of scientific observers has been
erected 130 miles north of the Arctic
circle in Sweden 1t is near the track of
the Ofoten railroad. the most ncrhern
railroad in the world, (which was opened
Just 4 year ago, between Lulea. on the
Gulf Of 8Othnia, and Victoria Haven. on
the Atlantic.
This road is being operated the year
round for the transportation of iron ore to
the Atlantic for shipment The station
may thus easily be reached at any sea.
sou of the year.
1t has been erected ut the little settle
ment of NaSsijaure, only Il mile and a
half from the Norwegian boundary. Here
scientific men will have their first oppor-
tunity 10 investigate polar phenomena I'M
der comfortable conditions and at small
expense.
In summer they will be engaged chief.
ly with geological and biological re-
searches. while meteorological magnetic
and other studies fitting the time will
occupy them IN winter. The EXPERTS in
natural history who will occupy the sta
ton next summer will be the geologist
Nestergren, the entomologSt Iiaglund,
the botanist Roman and an expert in
forestry.
10 uuilu Tue station WAS
contributed by a wealthy man of Stock
holm, and funds for its maintenance have
been supplied by other private subscrip-
tons.
The station is on the threshold of Ian
land. which is still almost unknown be-
cause it has been so difficult 10 reach IL
with supplies adequate for long journey.
The railroad and station will facilitate
the exploration of this region.
The study of its geology promises par
tcularly rich results, for there is little
doubt that the bleak surface of Lapland
conceals large mineral wealth. This is
the opinion of ali scientific men who con
meet what is known of its geology with
the great discoveries of the richest of steel
making ores along the line of the rail
road.
Tie Arctic railroad is also to serve an
other important purpose. Plans have AL
ready aeen adopted for building a sani-
tarium on the shores of the beautiful Tor.
nea lake, whose southern edge is skilted
by the railroad. 1t is intended for con
sumptives and other patients who may
need such an opportunity TO breathe the
purest of Arctic air.-New York sun.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-01-30
Married Mans Three STAGES

The following extract from a letter
written by a woman Of today to her
nearest friend, matron of less than n
year, IS. of course, worldly, sOrdid ana
generally reprehensible, but il is repro
dueed for the sake of the little glints of
common sense which sparkle through its
apparent heartlesSness:
My poor dear! | am sorry for you.
But please don't imagine you are an ex-
(ception. 1t happens to us all, this disil-
fusion; men live in Il world that is not
ours. The woman who does not marry
tor love saves herself many troubles: bit
as we are born to make ourselves miser-
able, she, too, spends hours bemoaning
her. fate. But she would bemoan it oc-
caSlonally even If she had married SEN
timentally. Which do you think is the
worst? And then, there are so many
things to enjoy in life that l always
have marveled how one could make one :
self r. miserable about one solitary person.
1ou will forgive me if scold you.
but you have made your husband too
happy. L had hopes that you would
make him judlciously jealous. but you
made the fatal mistake of cloying him
with sweetness. One gets weary of an
eternal blue sky. lie wants the tonic of
Il quarrel. Make n scene; do something
but DO not sit and cry until YOU are a lit
tie fright and he almost grows to hate
You for making him feel that he is a
brute
If YOU value your happiness get away
from your present surroundings. YcU
surely do not expect your poor, unfortr~
nate husband to be anything but dis
agreeable in that awful country place
with nothing to look at but mushrooms
and YOU Change the frame. my dear
child. and you will improve the picture.
If the place were mine, / should sell it,
| sympathize with him, he is bored to
death, rs l should be. IS you ought 20
be. Fly before you bring about catas-
trophe
"A married man. in his carly matr-
monial stages, has three different periods.
At first he is in love and sees everything
rose color: then he gets bored and cross,
that is the critical period; finally, he
either becomes a brute or lie sinks into
the lethargy of utter Indifference. YoI
have reached the second act; if you are
clever YOU can make your husband your
best friend for life; and remember that
nothing on earth can sever the bond that
unites a man to a woman whose unself-
ish tact has Steered him safely over the
most difficult part of his life. kansas
City Journal.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-01-30
Leap-Year Prospects.

Leap-1eaT prospects.
Dawn, at whose breaking the hearts of the
gloomy
Quicken like trees at the presage of
Spring.
Tell me OF Her who is coming to woe me.
Coming TO wed me, her bridegroom, her
Year, whose propitious arrival may rest-
Courage in ceIibates worn at fbe knee
Friend of philogamists baffled and destitute
What OF the bride You are bringing to me !:
Is she maiden commanding and queenly-
Deep-eyed ana beantiful-Dleasant and
Is she-great WeiIer!-a widow. serenelv
Settled on trying her fortunes again:
Or is she fairly dainty and winsome--
Sweet one-aId-twenty, or still in her
teens?
Speak of her looks and her ways and
put in some sound information concern.
ing her means
How will she woo me? With osting and
deep signs.
Floods of syperbole, butter and gush:
Should | be Diacdly blind to her Sleeps
How in the world can compass blush?
Say. If the lady insists upon kneeling,
What sort of lunatic | shall be fee!ingE
What shall l do with my hands and my
feet?
when, in response to her fervid persuasion.
l have emitted Il faltering Yes"
Who should proceed to improve the occa-
sion.
Which should impart the initial cnress?
If she takes Liberties, ought | TO scold her?
Is it Laid down. or a matter of taste
Which head reclines on the other ones
shoulder?
Whose arm encircles the other ones
waist?
Truly. o Leap Year, your sporting tradition,
When it's applied to definite fact,
Rather inyerts ones accustomed position.
Rather demands the employment of tact!
Still. 1t displays refreshingly bright side;
Novel. as well; for however things go
I'm not afraid of them-Im on the right
side
] needn't fear that monotonous No
London Punch.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-01-30
A Big Florida Lemnn

Cnicf CIork Trojan % Tie p1tonT Once
has received at his office an enormous
lemon from the lemon grove near Orlan-
do. Fla, which belongs to the family Of
the late Rear Admiral ]. H.. Jouett, T..
S. ~ The lemon was brought hy . rcla-
tive Of the Jouett family who is a clerk
in the patent office The fruit mea sures
49,. inches liz circumference and il g
inches through the stem. II was grown
on tree which was obtained from a
nursery only two years ago. THIS is the
first year the tree has borne fruit, il Is
said. The tree is only q feet IN height.
and this year there are twenty-five lem
ons on IL. The one in Mr. IfelanS pos
session is not the largest, he was in
formed. hut is the largest one Of those
ripe enough 10 Washington Star.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-01-30
Oriental School Girls.

The girls of the non-progreSsve families
of the Orient seldom go beyond the prs
mary schools. and often not even to them
They learn rules of etiquette and religion
ut home from the book of ''Woman's
Great Learning or The Official Book
Of Female POliteneSs," or The Fonr
Virtues and the Three 0bedences." But
the mission school is gradually breaking
through the vail of ignorance that has
closed them in. Even in Corea. so long
the Hermit kingdom, there is school
with American teachers. which is sup
ported by the government The Corean
girls. who have been kept entirely isolat-
ed and ignorant. are having their chance
In the industrial schools they are Learns
ing the practical uses of their small tin-
gers They are carefully taught the PEE
cuiar national way of doing laundry
work by wrapping the cloth around one
smooth stick and beating it with an
other This irons the garments, which
are ripped apart to be washed.
The mission training schools for girls
are helping the neglected little women all
over the east to develop their bodies as
well as their minds. Exercises. gymnas
ties and games are used to make them
strong and alert. The dusky daughters
of Palestine weave their bright ribbons
about the Maypole to the same music the
American kindergarten child has for
some of his pretty exercises From
"Schoo, Children the World Over in Ev-
erybody's.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-01-30
A Strange Old Medal.

Attached To a very ancient hnnnn skel-
eton found in one of the old mines in the
Wichita mountains was strangely
carved medal. 1t is 1 or ; inches in III
ameter. on one side is Il raised figure
representing two hands claspcd: on. one
cuff is the American eagle. on the, other
are three bars extending lengthwisc OF
the cuff. Above the hands are a pipe
and tDnallawk crossed. On this side OF
the medal are the words Peace anil
Friendship" On the other side is bust
Of President Jefferson. with the inscrip-
ton, Thomas jefferson President VI tie
United States. \. ID. 1901" n silver
ring j. fastened 10 II post on the top at
the medal.--Kansas City Journal
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-01-30
Dolly.

Il must he nice to he a doll.
And have no work to do.
But Just lie still and smile and smile
And smile the whole day through
Ny, dolly needn't warm her face.
She needn't comb her hair:
The only thing she ever does
Is just lie Still and stare.
She never has To speak Piece
Before 4 lot of folk;
she doesn't even say Ma ma.
Since something In her broke.
And when PIT her into aed.
She shuts her eyes up. click,
Wish ! could go 20 sleep like that.
| can't 80 half as quick.
She doesn't care for ghosts a hit
But sleeps and sleeps ali night:
bnt I'm all tremhle-y for SpnokS,
When nurse puts out the light.
Portland oregohlan.