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St. Tammany farmer., 1904-06-25

! other articles OF less Importance have
found q place in the markets Of Japan
/ The principal ports OF Japan from
which exports are made to the United
States are Yokohama, Kobe and Naga.
sakL The exports, from Yokohama to
/ the United States during the fiscal
year. 1903 amounted in value to $37,.
662,O39, which was an increase Of
$6,347 ,S26.50 over the. preceding year.
The principal articles exported from
! this port were raw silk valued at $685.
557 $50, silk goods valued at $4,O27, 7,O18,
tea valued at $4,977,9SS.50, besides
curios, paper. provisions and copper
and sulphur. The exports from Kobe
for the same period show q falling of,
being $S,59S ,509.72 in 1903 and 1885,
1884 the preceding year. The chief
articles were tea, $2,369, ,663.79 and
straw mating, $2,479,663.42, with rice,
porcelain and earthenware camphor,
tooth, hair and nail brushes, curios,
fans, sake and bamboo ware in order
Of value as named. Nagasaki, which 10
near the coal fields, exported to tho
United States $106,O26.6 SO worth of that
commodity in 1903, an increase Of
$54,9S6.94l over the year preceding
The chief articles exported from For
mosa were oolong tea and camphor.
The total exports were valued at
$1,01S, ,6SO81, an increase of $542,-
909.4O over 1902.
The progressive spirit Of the Japan
ese and the rapidity with which they
are adapting themselves to modern
methods is shown in the increasing
proportion in the trade of Japan con-
Quoted by Japanese. In 1890 the rela,
tive share of the exports from Japan
by Japanese and foreigners, respec-
lively, was. Japanese, 6,123,961 yen;
foreigners, 48,767,635 yen; in 1900 the
relative share was, Japanese, 1881.
634 yen; foreigners, 124.681,912 yen.
Of the imports in 1890, the value Of
19,521,764 yen was by Japanese, and
61,O33, ,109 yen by foreigners; in. 1900
the value of 112,737,05O yen was by
Japanese and 173,43s.SS3 yen bysfor-
eigners. Taking the total of imports
and exports, the share Of the Japanese
IN 1881 was rs, 5,645,726 yen, or 1873 per
cent. of the total; that of foreigners.
109, 9,S00,745 yen, or S1.1 per cent OF the
total; in 1900 the share OF the japanese
was 1S6,118,684 yen, or 1874 per cent
Of the total, and that of foreigners
81, ,497,429s yen, or ,66.6 per cent Of
the total It is q significant fact that
the number of European and Ameri.
can firms established in Japan is ade.
creasing, while the 'nunDer of Japan.
ese merchants in China and Korea is
Increasing; large contingent of
japanese merchants compete with for.
eigners in that trade, and In Korea
Japanese merchants have already
made competition almost impossible;
and in every respect Japan is becom.
ing more and more an important COM
mercial factor in Asiatic and generally
in International commerce.
St. Tammany farmer., 1904-06-25

EA COMMERCIALLY, lnQuStrlally
Y y and politically since that
X &WNX eveH.f1. year when Commo-
ASe dore Perry knocked at the
i shut door of the then little
known kingdom and was successful in
opening 1t to western trade and civili-
zation has not ceased to be a surprise
and wonder to the nations of the
world. Japan by leaps and bounds has
sprung to a place among the leading
nations OF the earth. Industrially she
has achieved marvels: in diplomacy
she has proved herself abundantly able
to take care of herself; as a, military
and naval power she astonished the
world during the war with China, and
In the conflict which is now on with
Russia she is springing fresh and
amazing surprises. But above all per-
haps her commercial development is
the most remarkable @F't-s
Prior to 1871 the commerce of Japan
was insignificant. but in that year an
embassy consisting of the ambassador
and junior prime minister, Iwakura,
and other officials, numbering in all 40,
sailed from Japan to visit all the ma
tions having treaties with that coun-
try. The embassy was specially inter-
ested in its visit to the United States,
and the development Of Japan which
followed this tour of observation and
intercourse with other nations of the
world was very rapid Schools were
students sent abroad to OBJ
tain higher education and study for
eign methods; internal highways were
made, steamships built, and communi-
cation with foreign countries was in
creased; r manufacturing industries
were encouraged and multiplied and
business men from other countries
welcomed to participate in the com
St. Tammany farmer., 1904-06-25
SAGAsAK1 HARBoR, COMMERCIAL PORTS OF JAPAN

nercial and business. development .o1
! the country. AS a consequence the for
4 e!gn ccmnercs of Japan, which in 1875
\ amounted to less than 60,O00,0OO yen
tthe yen is worth about 49.S cents)
in 1898 was nearly s450, 100000 yen, and
in 1902 was 1908, ,324 yen. J Of this
! amount 258, ,3O3,065 yen represented the
value of the exports and 271, ,731 ,259
! yen the imports. Land this was exclu-
sive of goId and silver, of which the
imports were 32,161,35S yen and the
exports we're 2,028,9S2 yen, principally
i gold.
Japan has thus during the past few
years assumed an important rank in
the list of commercial nations, and in
30 doing has vastly increased her
commerce with the United States. Re
Gently new treaties have been made
with the principal countries of the
world by which their \ citizens are
given equal privileges with the citi-
zens of Japan in all parts of the en-
pire and made subject to; the laws of
that country, which have been recently
revised, new commercial codes estab-
lished, new currency adopted, new
tariffs created, and new ports opened
for commercial intercourse with the
world.
BY reason of the more recent events
Japan has become a near neighbor Of
Che United States. Japan's northern
territory, the Kurile islands, lying
within 500 miles Of our Aleutian
Islands, and her southern extreme,
Tormosa, lying within 200 miles Of the
Philippines, thus making a complete
chain along the Pacific front of Asia
From Yokohama, her most important
port of entry, the distance to Manila
as trade center is practically the
came as that to Hongkong, which has
proved so important distributing
point for British trade; from Yoke,
hama to Honolulu. . distance Of 3,400
miles. Japanese steamships now regu-
larly ply and from Yokohama to the
Pacific coast ports of the United States
the distance is far less than to the
ports of any other great commercial
nation, while the opening of an 18th
mldu Cdudl WOulu SlCdIly 1CoSCA IA0
water route between Japan and the
gulf and Atlantic ports of the United
States, from which she draws so large
and constantly increasing portion Of
Her supplies.
= The trade relations between Japan
and the United States have grown
With greater rapidity than have those
between Japan and any other nation.
In 1881 the imports Of Japan from
the United States amounted to- less
than six per cent. of the total impor-
tations. while In 1902 they formed
nearly Is per cent. Meantime Great
Britain's share in the imports Of
Japan fell from 50 per cent. to 18 per
cent. in 1902. The United States Is also
Japan's largest customer, by reason Of
the fact that the chief export products
OF Japan are articles required by the
manufacturers of the United States,
and which cannot be produced in this
country. The total exports from
Japan in 1900 amounted to 204,429,994
yen in value, and of this amount 52,.
566,3s5 yen went to the United States.
1917, ,455 to Hongkong 31,S71,576 to
China, 1s.150.423 to France and II, ,2e2.-
St. Tammany farmer., 1904-06-25
HOW INSANITY IS CAUSED.
Result Of III Effects Of Mental and
Physical Stress in Centers
Of Population.

An interesting report recently issued
by Dr. w. G. White, of the government
hospital for the insane, at Washington.
D. c., gives a lengthy account of the
geographical distribution of insanity in
the United States and it's significance
He finds that the proportion of insanity
"is highest where there is greatest con-
gestion of population and therefore
where the stresses incident to active
competition are most severe" This
view Is generally accepted by alienists
in America. .......
While hereditary predisposition is
recognized as leading cause of insan-
ity, he believes that a quiet life is a
guarantee against mental breakdown
as regards some of its FORMS On the
other hand the stresses of excessive
study, business anxiety, loss of prop
erty, domestic Calamity, excitement in
love and politics are found to be definite
exciting causes of insanity. The ten
dency to insanity Is strong in those who
from constitutional predisposition in
dulge in alcohol for long periods of
time. Alcoholic insanity prevails most
frequently in crowded industrial CEN
ters of population where the struggle
for income is bitterest.'s
Regarding clinical conditions, the in
teresting fact is recorded that among
the North American Indians insanity is
Of rare occurrence This Is not because
these tribes are exempt from the dis
eases or the vices of civilization, but be-
cause they live an easy-going outdoor
life, free from care and worry for the.
future, and therefore free from mental
overstrain. The negro, says Dr. White,
remains sane despite his unhygienic
long as he stays in the
country, his natural home But when
he goes into the northern states and
cities and enters into active COMPETE,
ton with the white, who is mentally
his superior, he soon succumbs in the
struggle. s 81 #@ g
These facts says DR.. White, though in
the main we'll established, are Of inter-
est in showing the ill-effects OF mental
and physical stress in combination with
advanced civilization operating in great
cites and centers of populaton.-Chi-
cago American.
St. Tammany farmer., 1904-06-25
Eternity.

Eternity"
The voice Of the preacher sank to
. Mortified whisper.
"An eternity of torment" he re-
peated. do you bethink you what
eternity is? I tell you, It is as long
as it would seem to you If you were
going to the theater, and were wait
ing for your wife to get ready, and
she had eight or nine heads instead
of one!" g. e e. q - "a p g ~
Here several men rose, haggared,
and tottered forward to the anxious
seat.-Puck. .s So. s ~ o. a.. g. 49, . ,qss .
Wayne MacVeagh, the lawyer and
diplomat, has en- the outskirts of Phil
adelphia an admirable stock farm.
One day last summer some poor chill
dren were permitted to go over this
farm, and when this inspection was
done to each of them was given
glass of milk. The milk was excel.
lent. 1t came. in fact, from a $4,000
COW. well, boys, how do you like
ll!' the farmer said, when they hal
all drained their glasses. Gee!
Fine" said one little fellow. Then,
after a pause, he added: Il wisht
our milkman KEEP cow"
The passenger who had been hold
ing himself up by strap sat down
in seat that had just been vacated.
There is plenty of room, ma'am," he
said to the pudgy little matron sit
ting next. Don't move" 1--WE don't
have TO-. she said with cheerful
smile We own the house we live
in. Chicago Tribune.
Eyes said Miss Passy. 81 found
real nice clearinghouse today, but,
the only room they had to offer me
those things" ..-..t.1..~.
"Of course replied Miss Port, "one
can never hope to find man under
a folding bed ed.'-Philadelphia Public
Ledger. 5.-5s
The Teacher-Now, Johnny. can
you tell me what Joan of Arc did?
Johnny-Which one do you mean,
the Irish Joan Of Arc, the Br1cklay
ers' Joan of Arc. the Japanese Joan
Of Arc, or the Joan of Arc what LEI
the messenger boys to victory last
summer Chicago Record Herald.
She's lovely girl. and so sim
pie in her tastes. / told her that
hadn't much of an income yet, but
that I hoped I could provide for her
every want" And what did she
say?" "She said that would be all sf
could ask for. Plat
Dealer. a ,y.-. ,...
Tess-O! that's your new hat, Ell?
Jess-Yes, and such bargain; only
$l8. What do you Think dropped
in to let Miss Grumley see it just
now, and she pretended she wasn't
interested. Didn't even ask how much
/ paid for it. .z,e-- re .4r,t
Tess-No, dear, she didn't have to.
You've forgotten to take off the tag
marked "$4.98."-Philadelp Press
There is one great mystery about
horse racing said young Mrs. Tork-
ms What is that?" after hearing |
Charley explain exactly how race
ought to come out, l never can under. |
stand how anybody could be so fool
ish as to back the horse that actually |
won. n."-Washington Star
St. Tammany farmer., 1904-06-25
TIRED, SUFFERING WOMEN.

Women run down
and endure daily tor
lures through neg
lecting the kidneys.
Kidney ba ckach Q
makes housework a
burden !; rest is inn
possible; sleep fit
ful; appetite gives
out and you are tired
all the time. Can't
be well until the kid
neys are well. Use
n04 - "sY ~,s,r
St. Tammany farmer., 1904-06-25
They Know Where to stop.

Women always chide their husbands
for working overtime, but they never
spurn the money ::,l1ich is earned th.t
way.-Chicago Record Herald.
St. Tammany farmer., 1904-06-25
Artificial Respiration.

A new method of producing artificial
respiration is claimed by Prof. Schafer,
of Edinburgh, to be much more effective
in cases of drowning and asphyxiation
than any other. Placing the subject in
a prone position, the operator applies
pressure with his hands to the lower
ribs, and repeats this about 13 times
minute by swinging himself backward
and forward. The common moving of the
subjects arms is condemned as Of little
value.
St. Tammany farmer., 1904-06-25

rs..ss,,. ,scts,ras al,O,1 what Botanic Bioo1
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ma eruptlons, making the blood pnre sno nGn;
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and We send it free. all charges prepaid oeet ary
sufferer who will write We have cured with ooo.
tos stav cured thousands Of men and women wno
suffered from all stages Of impure BLOOD aftes evey
known remedy, doctors, and specialists naa Iahso'
How to tell you have blood disease.
n vou have the telltale pimpes or efupons On any
.rt Of the body rheumatic aches and pains IN
inin,s aching back. swollen glands. or sweln9s ana
risinRs on the skin; blood reels NOT ana wAes sS
ches and burns .seabby sores mucous patches
In the mouth sore throat scrofua spots
hair an eyebrows falling out bos carbuncies rash on
ths <Lin uIcers weak kidneys eating fostering sores
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St. Tammany farmer., 1904-06-25
HoryorSi

Bisque Doll-Why. you're not afraid
Of mice, are you?
Sawdust Doll-Yes, indeed, / am. A
mouse bit me once and all my break.
fast food ran out-Puck.
St. Tammany farmer., 1904-06-25

Corporal Shotts and Private Shots of
Battery H are making great records at
target practice. They are good Shotts, but
not dead Shotts.-Ohio State .Journal
St. Tammany farmer., 1904-06-25

Some way when Woman speaks Of her
husband as Papa" it sounds as though
he is treated right at home-Atchison
Globe.
St. Tammany farmer., 1904-06-25

A st. Louis manufacturer is insta4ling
factory whistle that can be heard ten
miles. Will all tina: noiae De necessary to
time?- e?-Indianapolia Journal.
St. Tammany farmer., 1904-06-25

The hard-luck man wouldn't trouble us
At all if he wouldn't insist on telling us
about it.-Chicago Record Herald.
St. Tammany farmer., 1904-06-25
overheard on the Pike.

sir. Easy 1"Why should people visiting
The Exposition at night, use more Aliens
Foot Ease than in daytime?"
Miss Foote-"Because under the brilliant
illumination of the grounds, every foot
becomes an acre!"
Mr.. Easy-"Fair, Only fair! Pray, con-
duct me to the nearest drug store a1d I
promise never to accept a substitute for
you or for Aliens Foot-Ease."
. FOOT NOTE-The twain will be made
one in June
St. Tammany farmer., 1904-06-25
End Of a Romance.

"Why are you crying, dear?"
''Oh, mother, last night I showed
Henry the arbor that we first courted
in."
What did he do?"
He went over and kicked TIT.
p;fc fs .
St. Tammany farmer., 1904-06-25

According to recent bulletin of the de-
partment Of agriculture. ten cents worth
of peanuts contains four ounces of .pro-
tein and 2,767 calorics of energy"-bus no
mention is made of the ] l,467 pounds Of
dyspepsia. City Star.
St. Tammany farmer., 1904-06-25
Cos2aa,t Saa Them.

"Di1 you see some jokes left on
| your desk?" {ifs
'No, sir; read them, but co,,.sn't
see them"-Chicago American.
St. Tammany farmer., 1904-06-25
Extensive Control.

Great Britain controls % out Of everv
700 square miles OF the earth surface.
St. Tammany farmer., 1904-06-25
Had His Wish.

The districts of Clayton, Of Ala
bama, and Griggs, of Georgia, adjoin,
says the Washington correspondent of
the Boston Advertiser The two rep
resentatives are great friends, but
there is considerable jealousy between
their constituents. @ ~ 50 ~
One day last fall Georgia man
wandered over to small village in
Alabama He sat around in front of
the generl store and Dragged about
Georgia. He said everything in his
State was better than anything Ala
bama could produce. 8&E
BY gravy" he finally announced,
"1'd mighty sight ruther be the
meanest man In Georgia than the best
man in all Alabama" y
HUH" said the Alabama man, Il
guess you've got your ruluer."
St. Tammany farmer., 1904-06-25

r. b VI IA AssH
tanning an elaborate sarcophagus The
form of the tombs is Greek, and there
are other evidences of Greek influence
upon the architecture of the region.
The inscI lption just referred to, more
over, is cit in two different texts, Greek
and Sabaean. Obelisks are so closely
associated in the public mind with Egyp-
tian civilization that one cannot help
wondering if the latter also had not
some share in shaping the practices of
ancient Ethiopia, which is now known
as Abyssinia. The engineering appli-
ances with which such enormous masses
were transported from the quarries and
lifted into place must have been the
same in both cases.
1t is difficult to fix the age Of these
obelisks at Aksum exactly. ThetSabae-
ans were an Arabian people who ex-
tended their sway across the Red sea
several centuries before the beginning
of the Christian era. Their dialect is
closely akin to pure Arabic and also to
what is called the Ethiopian language.
AS Christianity was introduced into the
country about $50 or 36O A. D., it is fair
to presume that the religious rites that
were celebrated at the base Of the
obelisks of Aksum were discontinued at
that time Hence the monolithss them
selves must have been erected at still
earlier period. 5 Ill
There are evidences of completely
buried ruins Of great extent at Aksum,
and there is ample testimony in Roman
and Persian history that the city was
one of great size and Importance. Moth
ing in the way of excavation has yet
been attempted there in modern times.
Were such investigation practicable, it
might throw much light on the ideas
which dominated Ethiopia before the
dawn of Christianity.
'Vl Cigarettes Cause Crime.
A magistrate of New York is strongly
opposed, with good reason, to the use
Of cigarettes by boys. He says that in
the last six months more than 300 boys
have been arraigned before him for
greater or less crimes, and of that large
number SO per cent. confessed to smok-
ing cigarettes. Perhaps the other two
per cent. also smoked them, but did not
care to acknowledge the fact. Cigarettes
are mentally and physically injurious to
boys, whatever effect they may have on
men.-American Medicine.
St. Tammany farmer., 1904-06-25
Free From "help."

Aunt Jemima," as everybody called
her, was the, oldest person in the
neighborhood She was known to be
over one hundred years DID, and al.
sisted that she was nearly one hun
dred and twenty; but in spite of Ter
advanced age she was still vigorous
and in the enjoyment of perfect
health.
Moved by that feeling of curiosity
which people have about anythiag 8
that is abnormal or unusual, several
fine ladies from the city went one
day to the little village where she
lived, and called on her.
Tell us, aunty," said one of them,
what is the secret Of your. great age
and your wonderful vita1ity?''' s,,s
"'Deed, honey" responded Aunt
Jemima, with a sly twinkle in her
eye, II 'spect hits bekase haia't
nevah had no trouble wild hiah'd
guls. Youths Companion.
St. Tammany farmer., 1904-06-25

II hear the Japanese soldiers were
tickled to death when war was de-
clared" Yes. They went into trans
ports when the news arrived. Cor
nell Widow.
St. Tammany farmer., 1904-06-25
Death and the Hatchet,

Wills of millionaires remind us,
We can make our deaths exciting;
And. departing, leave behind us
All our wives relation fighting
-Tifn
St. Tammany farmer., 1904-06-25

The japanese treat their servants az
they do other members of their house
holds. and everything is serene. The
greatness Of the Japanese will not depend
upon the way they battle with Russia
they have solved the servant problem
Philadelphia Ledger,
St. Tammany farmer., 1904-06-25
Conventional Pleasantries.

Champ Clark was making speech in the
house. a few days ago when Mr., Mann, of
Illinois, was called out of the hall on
business. He was gone some time, but
when ne returned the same robust voice
was still waking the echoes.
"Is Clark still champing?" asked Mr..
Mann, frivolously, of Mr.. Mudd, of Mary
land. who was just coming out.
He's champins a little bit," responded
Mr.. .Mudd.-Washington Letter.
St. Tammany farmer., 1904-06-25

The reformer il q good man, but he has
his limitations. One of them is his diff
person. Another is in the lack of toler-
ance he sometimes has for a world he has
come to believe very, very wicked. Ard ii
that world, which is obstinate on oc-
casions, whether wicked or no, declines to
be safeguarded by the reformer's particu-
lar patent type Of moral or social barbed
wire fencing, he becomes pessimistic, in
desd.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-06-08

The attacks made upon Mr. Dunn
from certain Official quarters three
years after be retired from Office
must disgust the fair-minded voter.
a legislative committee investigates
and pronounces the highest enco-
mum upon his conduct Of the audi
tor s Office. Then follows an official
who is certain to be relieved from
once if lr. Dunn il nominated and
elected, and who knows it, who
charges irregularities. His first
report proving a boomerang ne
follows it with second, and prom
ises weekly bulletin hereafter.
Candidly, can anything be more
absurd than these attempts to
blacken after an unprejudiced leg
islative committee has made thor
ough investigation and report, a
committee of three, only one OF
whom was a Dunn supporter, but
which would not withhold honor
where honor was due. THE GAZETTE
submits this in all fairness.
Having known Mr.. Dunn since
he was wrongfully counted out OF a
legislative seat by the 1891 Popu-
listic-Democratic combine aggrega-
ton in the house, and having been
a warm supporter of his during his
years of work in the auditor S Office,
during portion of which time we
were in close touch with his work,
we can now conscientiously ask the
people of this county to give him
their true and loyal support, and
ask the state to nominate and elect
him. When that is done, and we
firmly believe it will be, they will
be proud of their choice.