Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-06-03
ECHOES FRom THE WAR.

other perhaps. says the London Cdron
icle. But RATS suggest plsgus and I
plague and wal are sometinf- rs g !
eted together as twin scou's e.. /
Among the measures the Japanese 1
adopted for exterminating the plague |
was exter mination Of rats, a reward !
Olive seu [about I penny being Civ
el for every rat brought to the p-i.c-
station. The rodents began 10 anive
IN such large quantities that tne pol4e@
began to ask what was to be done
with them To their rescue came a
modern japanese Pied Piper. who
said: Il viii relieve you 81 Son, tats.
will send to the stations aDi re
move all the bodies free and save you
all trouble out of gratitude for and
admiration Of the way in which the
Government has grappled vita this
terrible scou. age"
The off-r was received with graft
tude, and the rats were duly collected
When the Russo. japanese war broke
out the soldiers who were dispatch ed
to the bitterly cold northern + gior
wanted turs, which are ex pensi We.
But presently some of the shops dis
played waistcoats lined with nice
soft gray fur at a most tempting price
and the soldiers bought these up in
large numbers and went Of tu the
front happy and warm, The coutrac-
tor smiled as he conued his bank pass
book, remarking, Rats have nice
strong skin which works up into =
good fur, and they were all carefully
disinfected' and am happy to be able |
once more 10 render a little assistance I
to my beloved country
F. A. Mckenzie, special cas,a5rod
dent of the New York World ~.ts NE
japanese army, recently seat to his
paper the following deacdption Of
scenes on the Yalu river battlefield,
Immediately ate; the great battle
of May crossed over the Yalu into
Manchuria s1d gazel on the scene Of
the conflict. The battlefield presented
sickening spectacle. The field hospi
tai surgeo detly patch'-g Up TIL
wounded men who bore tLo.g saa-.
ipgs with &c most heroic e'oio;en 8
There Poll5a solder lay meaning (
"Meine liebe" G My sw=etaear. J,
not once, bat hundred times Until
near the end when the breath went
out oil him mutter@d prayer thHl
a Russian officer stlove with Sc teeth
to suppress groans as the So eo0. =
raised his shattered leg, while
fierce mustached Coss ok hi~g
wounded on the ground, ID 81 Ills
cliuched fist n agony 10 heaven
The Japanese are shown IT,
greatest kindness to the wounded
prisoners. This is especially nonc--
able i'll the field base hospital, where
surgeons even leave the Japanese
''Tomnies to attend the Russia.
heenIy anxious to volunteer tor +
service with the Russian army in TIE I
far east, Antonnlan PetroVs, a nine
teen year Old Russian girl Of exttaor, s
binary beauty, whose parents are both s
dead, pers uadcd ihe officers o. req,
ment leaving S,ratoH for the front 10
take her w;tl them. saws special
cable dispatch from Moscow to the }
New York American.
After crossing Lake Baikal GU foot
IN temperature ma17 degrees below
zero she was informed by the military
al Hardin hat she could
no, be allowed to take part in the op-
The vou7g girls positio II
was now despe-ate as she had no
money fpr her return to Saratoh. FL
ma. :. hywever she 50 worked on the
of. rs feelings that they iutercedei Z
foY Ter with the authorities, and she i
W 50 permitted to join fed hospital i
She still hopes &c reach the fighting b
liueia spite Of obstacles.
Vheu one OF tbs twelve ye1t RI q
in Japan was called to the coloTs he
succeeded in placing ali OF his child
ren IL the care Of relatives except
one little girl, says the I.oadon
Chrostcle. None could take her, So,
doing what seemed to him mercv !
ana duty, hec4t der throat. 1t is
SAID hat the officers praised him for
tbs deed According to their view
he loved The child SO much that he