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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-02-24
THE CARS ARMY

The Russian empire possesses the
biggest fighting machine In the world
in the shape of its army and navy,
but there is no other military force
of which the world knows so little, so
reticent are the soldiers Of the czar
concerning everything which has to
do IN any way with their profession.
Even the numerical strength Of the
army is largely matter of conjec-
ture. AS nearly as can be reckoned,
the force available for carrying on the
earlier stages of war amounts to
nearly 100000. But in case of ma
tional emergency this force could be
swelled to about 100000 fighting
men by the calling out of the terri
torial reserve and the militia.
In many respects the Russian army
and navy differ materially from the
forces of other powers, and some OF
the points of difference are decidedly
interesting; but, as already stated.
retlcence Is the keynote OF the admin
istratlon of both services. The secrets
Of both army and navy are most care
fully concealed.
Russian officers enter the service
for career. never for livelihood.
Any man with social ambitions in
Russia must become an officer OF
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-02-24
CLOCKS OF TOXIC

The Japanese divide the twenty-fous
hours into twelve periods, OF which
six belong to the night and six to the
day, their day beginning at sunrise
and ending at sunset Whether tho
day or night be long OF short, tbors
are always six periods In each.
To attain this, the characters On
numerals on the scale On their time
pieces are adjustable Two OF them
are set, one to agree with the sunrise.
the other with sunset and the four
characters between them divide the
space into equal portions Thus, whea
the period of daylight Ii longer than
the night, the day hours viii be pro-
portionately longer than those at
night Another regularity IN Their
scale is that they use only six char
acters, those from four to nine, and
these read backwards Instead Of for
wards.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-02-24

teresting to see, as we have already
seen, how humbly and how simply he
writes of his defects. He says. Il
have no genius for war" He finds it
hard to learn this business-warfare--
and at the same time to practice 1t.
He excuses Sullivan's defeat. "All Of
us" he says, want experience in NOV
ing men upon a large scale; our
knowledge of military matters is linn
tied"
AS a critic of war he was the first
to insist again and again that the com.
mand of the sea was all-important.
What the British fleet will do puzzles
him, but not the plans of his adver-
saries on land. He predicts Bur
goyne's disaster, and tells Greene that
such defeats as his are victories.
We have been told that he was no
great general. If, with half-fed. i'll.
clad men. with constant lack of arms
and powder. and at last with inertia
everywhere and p country in ruins; If,
with such means he baffled foe rich
in men, money and sea power; If with
little he accomplished all he set out
to do. there must at least be label
for this form Of greatness.
Turning from his fiery courage and
reckless exposure in war, there are
In these letters many evidences of ten:
derness and humanity. They are
shown early in life, when he says that
he would readily die in torture to
save the frontier people from Indian
cruelty. They appear in his extreme
unwillingness to make reprisals on
innocent men. He steadily refused, as
he says. Ito avenge cruelty by cruel
ty." He reproaches general for such
conduct, and pleads mercy for the
Tories while Sir Henry Clinton Is car.
rying on savage warfare of murder
and rapine.
This man had no children. He was
the ancestor of a nation. Let no repe-
tition of his praise lose for you the
true value Of the man. He left to us
the heirs of his renown, a record of
unfaillng courage, a story of heroic
conduct, an example of lifelong duty
the unequalled life of an unequalled
day.-From an address by DR.. S. Weir
Mitchell.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-02-24
RUSSIA AND TIBET

The present British mission to t.
bet is In accordance with the Che
Foo convention. Great Britain secured
the right to send a mission across the
Indian frontier to Tibet BY article
" of the convention of July 1885,
however, she. yielding to Chinese en-
treaties. waived this right. BY the
convention relating to SiklSm and IT,
bet signed in 1890, the frontier was
to be delimited. trade between India
and Tibet was to be facilitated, and
va Tung was opened in May, 1884
Great Britain has made various e.
forts to deal with Tibet through CHI
ma, respecting the latter's suzerainty,
which is stated to be now of the most
shadowy character and the news that
Great Britain was to send mission
to Tibet exasperated the Russians. II
has been stated that Russia's inf1v-
ence in Tibet has been growing stead
lily In the last few years. The czar's
government is at a great advantages
in negotiating with the Lamas, as =
certain section of them are Russian
subjects, and they are allowed to visst
Lhassa freely. Russia has employed
them whenever she wants to reach the
authorities at the mysterious Tibetan
capital.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-02-24
The Character Of WASHINGTON.

Notwithstanding his reserve. or
the "shyness" upon which his biogra.
piers descant, Washington knew men
and how to rule them. He may have
lacked elements Of companionship,
but he knew how to control the undis.
ciplined patriotism of the country
and mold to his will the rather un.
promising material of which the patri.
OF army was composed. There were pet.
ty jealousies to allay in the army and
in Congress, and thousand discour.
agements to surmount. Through IL
all he followed calmly his guiding star
OF hope. The earlier eulogists deiied
him; the colder and more philosophi.
cal analysts who succeeded them
found human traits In him. Mr.. Hale
says he was man of hot passions, of
strong impulses, of vigorous deter.
mination; "a man who forecast the
future. Eept 1t in sight and meant to
have his own way; and he was a
man who had his own way very re.
markedly"
All this is very delightful to know.
II brings Washington into kinship
with humanity. This is a hero who
may be understood, in part. at least,
by Americans OF the most distant age.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-02-24
Respective Admirals Have
Both Seen Service and
Are Skillful
Seamen.
Biggest Fighting Force in
the World Is at the
Command of
the Gear.
JAPANESE SHOOTING FISH

The beakcd chaetodon is very
sportive fish, most popular in Japan,
and passes his time shooting flies.
His muzzle is the gun, so to speak,
and drop of water serves him as a
bullet. When he feels that his dinner
time is approaching he moves slowly
through the water till he reaches a
bank overhung by foliage. Here he
stops. with his muzzle just sticking
out of the water. Patiently he waits
until some unsuspecting fly or other
dainty insect settles on the foliage.
Then he takes aim, hard and sure,
and the drop of water spurts from his
novel gun, hits the insect, and knocks
1t into the water, where 1t is gobbled
up to form the repast of our skilful
chaetodon.
The Japanese use the fish as q
household pet. and amuse themselves
by seeing him shoot unwary flies. He
Is generally Eat home" in the Indian
or Polynesian seas. and likes to be
near the mouths of rivers, where he
can get most flies. His marking is
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-02-24

will be the stake at the beginning of
the struggle.
The two chief commanders in the
naval struggle will be Admiral Salto,
OF the Japanese navy, and ViceAd-
miral Tyrtoff of the Russian. Both are
capable and trained officers, in whose
judgment and courage their respective
governments have the utmost conf
dence. Admiral Salto saw service in
the war against China, while Tyrtoff
has had the benefit of association with
Admiral AleXeieif, who directs all of
Russias affairs in the Far East, and
whose naval knowledge is superior to
that of any other man in the Musco-
vito service. In vessels and men
available for this war Japan has n
numerical superiority over Russia but
her insular position leaves her ex.
posed, and will make heavy demands
upon her navy for her home protec-
ton.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-02-24
THE CARS MENTOR

II is certain NJ. Besobrazoff. who II
stated to have vast personal interests
in Manchuria and Korea, who Is pull
ing the ear" of the Car of Russia, IL
all accounts can be believed, and he IN
particularly active in promoting hh
own interests at the present stage.
In what manner he managed to gain
the Cars ear is one 0f those myS-
teries of Court intrigue not likely to
be revealed in our days. But that he
has wormed himself into the Cars
confidence Is a very open secret In
diplomatic circles in every capital Il
Europe.
Admiral Alexeieff ie equally con
cerned financially in closing Manchp
ria and Korea to foreign exploitation
Indeed, it was to NJ. Besobrazoff's In
fiuence that Admiral Alexeieff owed
his appointment and the wide and
daily extended powers granted to hin,
as Russian V!ceroy in the Far East
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-02-24
Lives and Characteristics Of
People Of the Rival Empires

floor generally--in fact, one might
say 1t Is all one floor Between tho
grooves in the floor and the grooves
in the crossbeams are run shutters
with paper panels to divide the houses
into whatever number of rooms the
owner may choose, which depends on
quire. There are no doors or pass
ages in typical Japanese house. N
1t every room acts as a passage into
the room beyond, and for the door you
simply slide back the panel that hap
pens to be nearest to you. For this
sliding there are little bronze handles
sunk in the wooden frames of the
panels.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-02-24
JAPS AT PLAY

The pet pastime for boys and men
at holiday times in Japan Ia kite-6y.
ing. The kites Of America may Be
scientific. but the kites Of japan are
gorgeous, and they sing.
Little contrivances fastened TO tho
strings cause strange, whtrrins
sounds, which remind one OF the
aeolan harp. Some of them are OF an
enormous size, as big as two doors.
and require group of men to raise
them.
In ancient Japan. il is alleged, large
kites played the part of the modern
balloon in estimating the forces of The
enemy during war time.
The kites are in a variety or shapes
birds with expanded pinions, ogres,
flowers, butterflies. favorite style
is a simple square shape with the
face of a national hero. The lads
glue bits of glass to their strings and
wage aerial wars, endeavoring to ma
neuver their kites so that the pieces
of glass seve'-eh he strings OF those Az
tached to their rivals.
They are experts IN pliotinB thcH
kites, and can raise them as far a.
their cords will reach without shin,
ing their position more than yard
or two.
The lasses, reinforced by their cid
ers, gather in bevies to play battle
dore and shuttlecock. They are pow
dered perfectly white, with bit OF
vermilion on their lips. Their hair
is wrought into bows and butterfly
shapes, They wear brilliant heavy
oirdlaa and pay robes
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-02-24

Thu GRE AT VIRGIN IAN

depend ON his own exertions, ne learns
to survey land and accepts daily
wages-a thing not fancied by the Vir-
ginia gentleman of that day. We see
him at the camp fires of the trader and
the Indian, and in the stiffness of the
Ohio forests, plotting surveys and
measuring trees. At nineteen he is
sent as envoy to the aggressive French
on the frontier; next as a militia ma
jor, he strikes the first blow in the
Seven Years War, little thinking what
1t was to bring forth, and what to
teach. At the age of twenty-three he
comes out of the defeat with Braddock,
one of the few who won praise and
honor. The long border struggle which
followed is a record of eXasperating
struggles with ignorant governors. in
efficient legislators, drunken militia
and unframed officers. We come next
to the fox hunting squire, the accom-
plished farmer, master of slaves,
still longing for war-the profession or
arms. Did he dream that he should
see too much of 1t, and would some
day write that he hoped for great
republic of mankind. where the growth
of commerce would become the most
certain peacemaker and all war would
be Mt an end? At forty-four he was In
command at Cambridge. Last OF all,
he is twice President. Then come two
happy years at Mount Vernon, and on
December night the tired man finds
In death that which earth denied
the peace which Is past understand
| ing.
My purpose to-day is to speak to
| you of Washington as find him In his
written words, where most he seems
to be alive. l want you to share with
me what | got out of months OF pa
tient study of Mr.. Ford's collection Of
his letters.
These are in fourteen volumes
eight thousand pages in all. He was
the most productive Of American writ
ers. There are three thousand docu.
ments. some two thousand entirely
from his own hand. Mr.. Ford tells
me that, in all, this untiring man has
left JUS about ten thousand letters.
None are mere notes, and the letter
of that day was no trifie.
The handwriting demands a word
of comment. How clear 1t is! How
steadily the same, with never a sign
on haste! / have seen the letter he
wrote to announce Arnold's treason,
Il betrays no sign of the emotion that
awful hour must have caused-an
hour which, informed with the sad
loneliness of the great, wrung from
this tranquil soldier who is there
now | can trust?"
Like most great rulers, George
Washington was silent man. To be
called upon for public speech embar-
rassed him. He was shy, reserved,
undemonstrative, and, De Lauzun says,
difiident. John Adams said, Half his
reputation was due to his talent for
silence" Well had It been for his
critic had he had that virtue for both
tongue and pen. This reserved gen
tleman confessed himself readily to
paper He who in talk and diaries
said nothing personal of his views, or
of what he seemed to himself to be,
in his letters gives us freely to know
what he thought he was, morally an5
mentally. II is an autobiography
quite innocently revealed
with all his love of ceremony and
his personal dignity-a man with
whom no one took libertios-it is in,
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-02-24
A JAPANESE HOUSE

The Japanese house consists in the
main OF a post at each corner and a
roof. OF course something is done to
the four posts and the roof before
they become house in which births,
marriages and deaths can take place;
but really remarkably little is neces.
saiy Crossbeams are naturally add.
ed to support the weight OF the roof.
grooves are made in the crossbeams
ami in the platform, raised foot or
two above the ground. which consti-
tutes the floor
A Japanese house Is all on one
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-02-24
SALTO VS.. TYRTOFF

While Russia, even If crippled at
sea, could prolong the conflict on land
by pouring her troops into Manchuria
and Korea, the same does not apply
to Japan. To fight Russia in Korea,
Japan must dominate the sea, and
hence the mastery of that element
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-02-24

either the army or navy, unless he be
person of transcendent ability. No
father would think of entering his son
for either service unless he could give
him a suitable income with which to
maintain his rank.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-02-24

Emperor Mutsuhito of Japan bears
the ancient title Of mikado. meaning
the honorable gate" but in all diplo-
matte documents he is addressed as
Kotel. He was born at Kyoto, Nov.
3, 1859, and assembled the throne on
the 18th of February, 1867, upon the
death of his father, Komei Tenno.
The mikado was married Feb. 9, 1869,
to Princess Haruko, and five children,
son and four daughters, have
blessed the union. In 1871 the feudal
system was abolished in Japan, but
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-02-24

curious, several brownish bands en-
circling his body, and his beauty is
greatly enhanced by a circular spot
edged with white, which is stuck
plumb in the center of his soft dorsal
fin.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-02-24

the system of government remained
an absolute monarchy until 1889, upon
the 18th of February of which year a
constitution was promulgated. The
emperor now combines in himself the
right of sovereignty, and exercises
powers, with the advice and assist
ance of cabinet ministers and a privy
council, whom he appoints. During
the emperor's wise and beneficent
reign Japan has forged to the front
as one of the important nations of the
world of to-day.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-19
COL. JOSEPH II. AlcDERhlOTT, of Morgantowr,
OF "A"0' AND TAYLOR REPUBLICANS

too great. One OF tie spectators toss
cd nickel on the polished floor Lou
Ivy and Loueezy boz dashed for it.;
after something OF a struggle one of
them sot it.
'tEanh YOU she said. bowling as if
she We're born with hinges in the mid
die.
Move nickels were forthcoming, and
the interior Of the booth became an
arena; as me excitement grew The
DicI.aninnies threw themselves spirit
cd1y into the game. Som etimes Lou
iZy came out ahead. sometimes Lou
eezy: presently the piles and pack
ages Of the display began to tumble
over and go sprawling. But, flushed
with victory or defeat the champions
in their red petticoats kept up the con-
test The booth was in grave danger
Of going to wreck. and it was not until
the interference of an officer that or
der was restored: but both Louizy and
Loueezy had handful Of ricl;els to
jingle
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-19

.u.s as a drug sore clerk adjusting
lis $3.50 fcur.n-ncnd necAtie; and
here was nothing tie matter with tie
$ail feathers, either. They were as
slee3.as a Japanese in his silk hat.
This crane and his fellows were each
attired in the popular gunmetal gray
Inc exact shade; no doubt. on purpose
FOR the Fair They threw the pelicans
in somewhat soiled white garments
completely into the shade; so much so
that each pelican thrust his bill, which
IS the most enormous bill on the
Notwithstanding any in the Pike
to the ground in sheer humiliation.
They watched the newcomers sharp
ly out OF their yellow eyes-yellcw
with envy. There was some discus
sion whether the pelicans placed their
bills under their wings for this reason
or not. One man contended that theJ,
put them there to keep that Glad
stone bag they have suspended I'M
derneath their bills from getting too
dry II they didn't keep it moist it
would become as hard as parchm ent,
and migt1 even crack open. But this
mans idea was just a theory. and the
other theory that it was because OF
their intolerance Of the rivalry Of the
new gunnleIal cranes is fully as good.
In a matter OF theories always stand
up for your own.
What You Can Have For IS Cents.
Among the other novelties which
Chicago lidn't have-poor old Chicago,
for we are never going to let up on
odious o,l2parisCl,s-is one at the IN
side Inn. In the barber shop it states
in its sch edule OF prices: ''hair-cut-
ting, % cents, singing g.. cents" So
you see you don't get just a plain,
common, talking barber, who throws
bis talk in gratis, but singing one.
If you want a vocal solo while the
ca piliaceous growth is being removed
from your chin. you can have it ct
35 cents the sitting; no reduction for
several sittings- This is not the most
inexpensive musical entertainment to
be had on the grounds. Gondoliers
Will do singing for 25 cents, but that
is dirt cheap; and they only do 1T in
I5-cent shave makes a round so cents,
which any Worlds Fair visitor ought
not to begrudge. These worlds fairs
are becoming extrealely luxurious, al
most decadently Roman or Asiatic,
when you are so9thed swy Wit singing IN
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-19
Mr.. CorteIyOu'S Rise.

George Bruce Correlyou began his
services for the Government as stem
ographer. He rose TO the secretary
ship of President Mckinley, and about
two years ago was appointed Score
tary of the new Department of Com
merce and Labor. He was born in
New York City on July 2G. 1852. At
Hampstead Institute and the State
Normal School at Westfieid. Mass, he
studied music ct New England Conscr-
vatory, and finally engaged in business
as a general law and stenosraphic re-
porter in New York. After acting as
private secretary to postofiice officials
in that city he was appointed private
secretary to fourth assistant Post
master General Rathbone in 1891, and
was continued under Nh Maxwell. his
Democratic successor. In November
1895, he became stenoSrapher to the
President and was advanced to the
position of executive clerk in Febru-
ary. 1896. In July, 1895, he was made
assistant secretary to the President, a
new position created by Congl ess.
Later he became secretary. Mean
while he had studied law at the
Georgetown and Columbian Univer-
sites in Washing g on Bal tiaore Sun.
You get the news in the Daily West
Virginfan. 81 III
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-19
SIGHTS AND
ECHOES OF
The EXPOSE

Two American Indians, in red and
yellow paint, turkey feathers and
blankets as bright as a prairie fire,
made mi ght tableau in front of one
of the Oriental palaces. The Byzan,
tine arches behind them were lit and
outlined with electricity. All around
the Indians flowed a stream OF white
people in the spring costumes OF the
$Caucasiaus. No one looked more than
twice at the Indians. There are SO
many Of them that they are taken as
4 matter OF course. This made the
tableau more irnpressive; So as
stoundingly bizarre and out of place,
and yet SO unnoticed.z OF all the paint
sings in the gallery of fine arts none
could have portrayed a better subject.
There was a picture ready posed for
an artists fancy, and a picture of rare
Significance. The Indians, OF course,
did not feel what they expressed TO the
what an Indian does feel. There is no
gsintrospection in an Indian. although
he seems in his appearance given
much to reverie- If he does feel pro-
sfound1y he cannot tell it. Nearly all
Il his noble outbubblings have been done
by proxy in the songs of White poets.
If these Indians in paint and turkey
feathers We're overwhelmed by the
sights around them there was no wy
y to put ones self at their viewpoint:
and what a loss this was; for their
Viewpoint must have given such a
fresh color to jaded Worlds Fair i'm
pressions.
III Feeling In the Bird Gage.
"a new kind OF crane has moved in
ito the giant bird cage, but he hasn't
put out his card in the directory at
the footof The elevator, and we don't
know his name He probably isn't
open for business, although he was
seen oSsWall owsa ninow 2 inches long.
He and his office help Of the same
General SappearanceH are the most fop-
pish set To arrive, and spend all their
u One of them combed
d .ig tan hers eleven times in
sigNefs Is inufes, and mad as much