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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-02
STORIES OF RUSSIAN SOLDIERS.
Passion for Self Sacrifice is Keen
Among Them-Personal Courage.

Among Them-Personal Courage.
From the Worlds Work.
Here is story of Russian bravery There
is a monument in Turkestan to several
Russian soldiers captured by the Turco-
mans in 1879. They were artillerymen,
and their guns were captured with them;
so the Turcomans naturally ordered them,
on penalty of death, to serve those guns
against their own comrades. Every man
refused, choosing death by horrible torture
and dying without murmur.
This passion for self-sacrifice is the key
note of the Russian character, and is culu
waited in the army by every, possible means
The recruit Is invariably told the story of
that heroic company of infantrymen in the
Lomakin expedition into Turkestan, who,
at critical moment, threw themselves into
deep ditch in order that the guns, which
were sorely needed at the front. might be
galloped over their bodies. 1t is doubtful
whether this could haye happened in any
army but the Russian
If their is one thing in which the Russian
army excels it is marching. Lord Rob-
erts famous march to Candahar has been
equaled over and over again by the cars
troops in their central Asian campaigns
When General Kourupatkiffe marched a
force of Turkestan troops to join SkobeIeff
in the. attack on Geek Tepe he and his men
We're swallowed up in an unknown, track
less desert for twenty-six days, yet they
covered over forty mile a day and marched
in at the end of the time in perfect military
order without a single man sick or fallen
out 1t was a wonderful feat, but it was
not regarded in Russian military circles
as being anything extraordinarily.
A former captain of the Russian army
told me of a friend of his who lived for
years in a small town and was then ordered
away to st. Petersburg. In less than six
a nplnr I'D to rntrr
and promptly blew his brai out.
Nobody was surprised aid my friend.
1--WE all knew what life in such places is
like. man can be happy in Siberia on a
lonely outpost where he has no companion
of his own rank within hundred miles
but there is no happiness possible in small
Russian garrison town for a man of aver
age intelligence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-02
Spring Poem.

Spring Poem.
W. u Nesbit in Chicago Tribune
IT'S Spring. the gay, the glad fhe gleeful springI
The crocus kicks the cq3ers from Its bed;
The robin comes it's mao dgai 70 sing,
And folks have infiuenz& in re head.
There is a haunting fra az4nce m the air
As though the earth thefumMrs scent disulls;
And In the ovcrcoat which nOwEyou wear
The mothbal yet the little pocket fills.
Our hearts are filed with melody and song
At seeing the reyiving trees and grass
A voice within US, too Is calling strong
For vernal brew prepared OF sassafras.
Across the fields the dandellons
Prepare to stretch their golden belt with haste
Inside the house, with calm. untroubled brow,
The paperhanger dauhs the chairs with paste.
The glory OF the hyacinth and pink,
The beauty Of the larkspur and the phlox,
Within the grecer's window make US think
The seeds he sells are held In last years box.
The turquoise sky is fair TO look upon
And sends hopeful message to the soul;
The grayness of the winter now Is gone
There but remains the bill for all the coal
IT'S spring the same the dear, expensive spring!
The poet feels a rhapsody divine,
And fits his meter to the rhythmic swing
OF some one beating carpets on line.
The sweet girl graduate Is growing wise
She let's her eyclopedic essay fall
TO read what bonnet makers advertise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-02
Three Generations Back Jap
Women Were Fighters.
COULD USE THE SWORD
THRILLING STORY OF A PEASANT
HEROINE.
Bravery of the Wife of the Leader
Of the Eorty Seven
Ronins.

written for The Evening Star by Bassett Staines.
The letters sent by the war correspon-
dents from Tokyo are full of praise of the
Spartan courage and resolution shown by
japanese women at the present crisis of
their eountry's fortunes. They send their
husbands, sons brothers and sweethearts
to the front with smile upon their lips;
they tell them to be proud of the chance
to die for the mikado, they tell them that
they must think only of their duty, and
rot of the girls they leave behind them.
This Spartan spirit has been cultivated in
the women of Japan more than two thou
sand years, until 1t has become second
nature to them. In olden days Japan pro-
cuced a fine crop of Amazon warriors,
whose exploits live in history and provided
subjects for those delicarely beautiful color
prints of Toyokuni and Hiyodoshi which
are now so popular among American ar
lists and art collectors Nowadays jap
a1ese women do not go to war except as
Red Cross nurses, although several of
them, disguised as soldiers, tried to be
sent to fight against China, and, accord
ing to the Japanese newspapers, many in
the country parts have applied to enlist
against Russia. But although they have to
stay quietly at home, it is evident that the
fighting spirit inherited from generations of
warlke ancestors on both sides is as keen
Japanese girls, who ceem meek and
tender and loving that the foreigner would
never dream of associating thought of vio-
lence and bloodshed with them, are taught
fl ON their earliest childhood to reverence
the Empress lingo, who conquered Korea,
and are told all about the brave deeds of
other Amazons who are distinguished in
Japanese history.
One of the Famous.
Ushiwaka was one of the most famous
of these female warriors. She lived in the
MIDDLE ages of Japan, and no man could
stand against her in single combat. She is
generally represented in the color prints
as vanishing at the same moment three
samurai, Sangoku Kuro Yam
ashita Kuro and Surihari Taro. Another
noted Amazon was the Lady Kurvo, who
donned the full armor of a samurai and
went out to battle in order to have revenge
on the man who had killed her husband.
After many exciting adventures and des-
perate encounters she eventually slew him
in hapd-to-hand fight.
She was captured by a party of his
"samurai," bound hand and foot, and taken
to his palace. But one of the young men,
who had fallen in love with her for her
beauty and courage, secretly cut the bonds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-02

at night when she was awaiting judgment.
She stayed in the garden of the palace all
night armed with sword which she mad
picked up when her bonds were cut.
In the morning, she expected, her huS-
bands murderer came out into the garden
to pay his devotions to the honorable bam-
boo which imprisoned the spirits OF his an
cestors Like good Shintoist, she allow
ed him to perform them in peace, and then
walked from behind concealing clump of
bushes and offered him the alternative of
committing markham or engaging her In
mortal combat. He chose the latter, and
was slain. According to one japanese
chonronicler. the woman cut his head clean
off by the first strong, sweeping blow of
her sword.
Avenged Her Lords Death.
Ishi, the wife of Oboshi Yuranosuke, lead
er of the forty-seven ronins who avenged
the death of their lord and then committed
''harikari" at his tomb in body, was
another strong minded woman, who is held
UP to the admiration of all Japanese girls.
When her husband departed his fateful
enterprise, she told her son, Rikiya. lad
of fifteen, that he must go with his father
and show piety to the memory of their
lord.
After they had gone, she sent all the male
servants away and trained her maids in the
art of swordSmanShip, SO that they could
help her defend the house while the men
were away. They slew band of robbers
who attacked them, and kept faithful
watch and ward, hoping for the masters
return. When the news came that father
and SON had performed the happy dis
patch" Ishi did not weep. She promptly
drew her short sword of the samurai from
her sash and joined them. She Is regarded
in Japan as a perfect type of the brave and
faithful wife.
A story which Japanese artists have loved
to tell for centuries past in their color prints
Is that of the brave peasant girl Rowan.
About 1850 A. ID. she lived at Otsai, and her
lord was secretly traitor to the Shotgun
Toritorno, who ruled Japan at that time in
the name of the mikado Serving In the
lords house Rowan became acquainted
with a plot to assassinate the Shotgun and
got possession of letter which contained
the details of It,
The shotgun was aboard his Junk on Lake
Biwa. some distance away. Thither the girl
dsd, hotiy pursued by the treacherous lord
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-02
CHAPER ".

great hustle of shore-going, of leave
taking had sprung up all over the ship.
Carlos and Castro entered our cabin with
tall, immobile, gold-spectacled Spaniard
dressed all in white, and with certain
air of noticing and attentive Difference 1t
was Senior Ramon.
With certain courtesy. touched with
Indifference, Carlos made him acquainted
with me. Ramon turned his searching,
quietly analytic gaze upon me-
But is the caballero going over, too?v
he asked.
Carlos said, mo. 1 think not, cow"
And at that moment the second mate,
shouldering his way through white-cloth-
ed crowd of shore people, made up behind
Senior Ramon. He held letter in his
hand.
II am going over" he said In his high
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-02
CHAPTER w CContinued).

He lost none Of his romantic charm in my
eyes The fact that he was sailing In I'M
comfortable circumstances detracted little:
nor did his clothes, which, at the worst,
were better than any l had ever had And
he wore them with an air and grace. L
ina ined him an aristocratis scapegrace, a
corsair-it was the Byronic period then
sailing out to marry a sort of shimmering
princess with hair like Veronica's, bright
golden. Carlos. however. knew nothing
about his cousin; he cared little more, as
far as 1 could tell. What can she be to
me since l have seen your %" he
said once and then stopped, looking at
me with a certain tender irony. He in
sisted, though, that his aged uncle was In
need of him.
There was certainly some mystery about
that town of his uncle's. One night over
heard him say to Castro:
Tell me, Oh my Tomas, would 1t be safe
to take this caballero. my cousin, to Rio
Medio?'
Castro paused, and then murmured gruf-
fly:
Senior unless that Irishman is consulted
beforehand. or the English lord would I'M
dertake to join with the picaroons, 1t Is
very assuredly not safe"
Carlos made little exclamation of mild
establishment.
"Pero? Is 1t so bad as that in my uncle's
own town."
Tomas muttered something that did not
catch, and then;
'If the English caballero committed in
discretions, or quarreled-and all these peo-
pie quarrel, why, God knows-that Irish
devil could hang many persons, even my
self. or take vengeance on your worship.
Carlos was silent as If in a reverie. At
last he said:
But II affairs are like this 1t would be
well to have one more with US. The cabal-
lero, my cousin, is very strong and of great
courage"
Castro grunted. "Oh. of a courage! But
as the proverb says, If you set an Eng
nshman by a hornets nest they shall not
remain long within I"
After that avoided any allusion to Cuba
because the thing, think as 1 would about
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-02
ROM ANCE.

Spain, exposure In England in a rainy time,
and then the ducking wnen we came on
board had done him no good. He looked
modify at the sea.
II wish you could come will try
The mate had paused and was listening
quite unaffectedly behind Carlos back.
A moment after Carlos half turned and
regarded him with a naughty stare.
He whistled and walked away.
Carlos muttered something that did not
catch about spies of that pestilent Irish
man." Then:
81 will not selfshly take you into any
more dangers" he said. But life on a
sugar plantation is not fit for you"
1 felt glad and fattered that parsonage
so romantic should deem me a fit COM
panion for himself He went forward as If
with some purpose.
Some days afterward the second mate sent
for me to his cabin. He had been on the
sick list and he was lying in his bunk
stripped to the waist, one arm and one leg
touching the floor. He raised himself slowly
when came in and spat.
"Hallo!' he said See heeyur. young
stretched?"
looked at him with mouth and eyes
agape.
He spat again and waived claw toward
the forward bulkhead
They'll do 1t for yeh," he said. You're
such green goose it makes me sick bit.
You haven't reckoned out the chances, not
quite. It's a kind of dead reckoning yeh
hewitt had call to make. Eh?"
What do you mean?" 1 asked, bewil-
dered.
He looked at me, grinning, half naked,
with amused contempt for quite long time,
and at last offered sardonically to open my
eyes for me.
/ said nothing.
do you know what will happen to you."
he asked, "ef yeh don't get quit of that
Carlos of yours?'
1 was surprised into muttering that I
didn't know.
Il can tell yeh," he continued. "Yeh will
get hanged
By that time was too amazed to get an
cry. 1 simply suspected the blue nose Of
being drunk. But he glared at me SO soberly
that next moment felt frightened.
Hanged by the neck" he repeated; and
then added, Young fellow, you scoot. Take
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-02

much as three years elapsed, that could
hardly have been possible; but when this
fact is pointed out to the Japanese jim
riksha man who tells the foreigner the
legend he smiles pleasantly and says that
it is only another proof of the miraculous
powers of lingo Kogo. Did she not make
the fishes and the waves do her bidding?
Would she be likely to be troubled by lit
tie thing like that?
After this story the traveller in Japan
hears without a gasp that lingo overcame
a hundred Koreans single-handed, and
slew the great Korean champion whom
none of her warriors could tackle. He had
killed a dozen of them. one after the other,
in single combat; but lingo cut off his head
at the first onslaught with her mighty two
handed sword.
In the feudal days of Japan. up to the res
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-02
Wouldn't Crafty Him.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
father"
Hush. Don't let his father hear you
say it,"
why not?'
Because everybody admits that the boy
is handsome" a.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-24
NEWS IN OUTLINE.

The issue of S25.COO.0OO in 2A per
cent stock. created under the Irish
land act of 1908. has been seven times
over-subscribed at London.
Just because he plotted a revolution
in Honduras ex-PreSident Bonilla has
been. it is said. condemned to be shot.
Ban Johnson has sold the Washing
ton American League base ball club
to T. c. Noyes and William J. Dwyer.
1t is said that General Miles has
accepted Il position on the editorial
staff of the Newspaper Enterprise to
write of the Russo-Japanese war.
The plague has appeared at Pre-
toria. One death therefrom has &C.
CURED.
Louis Michel, the famous French so
cialist, is reported dying at TOulon.
The National bank. of HOldenviIle.
I. T.. capitalized at $4,000, one of the
largest banks in the Greek Nation, has
suspended payment.
The senate has confirmed the nom
inatiOn of William n. Lister to be post
master at Ypsilanti, Mich.
Wrecks, landslides and snowsiides
in the snow shed region of the Sierra
Nevada mountains have impeded prog
ress on the Central Pacific.
The miners of district ., embracing
the central Pennsylvania field, have
accepted the wage cut.
United States Consul Fee at Bonn
bay, has lost a daughter by the plague,
and his wife is now i'll with the terri
BILE disease.
Bishop John II. Vincent, Of the
Methodist Episcopal church. has ar
rived at New York after an Episcopal
tour of the European stations.
Cornell will enter a crew in the
regatta which the University of Wis
consin will hold al Madison on June 8.
Three more -four mills. making sew
en- in all. have shut down at MinneaDo-
lis because the output is ahead
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-24

on the ground of cruel and inhuman
treatment. The judge allowed the
plaintiff her attorneys fees and 5000
alimony. The latter was paid out of
$4,000 held by the court from the re-
cent sale of the Diedrichs property
on Fourth and Taylor streets, which
was made to foreclose mortgage
held by Eliza Diedrichs, mother of
the defendant.
o
Nellie Margaret butcher has brought
an action for divorce against For
rest LeGrand butcher. alleging deser-
ton. The couple were married IN
Davenport March %. 1901. and lived
together until Oct. of the same year,
when the plaintiff alleges that her
husband deserted. her.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-24
KEEP YOUR HEAD UNCOVERED.
The Constant Wearing of a Hat Propo-
gates DandruR Germs.

There are many men who wear their
hats practically all the time when awake.
and are blessed with a heavy shock OF
hair; yet If the scalps Of these same men
once became infested with dandruH
germs, the parasites would multiply all
the quicker for lack Of air. Badness
would ensue as the final result New
bros Herpicide kills these germs and
stimulates unhealthy hair to abundant
growth. 7erpicide is a pleasant hair
dressing as well as a dandru1 cure and
contains not an atom of injurious sub
stance. Sold by leading druggists. Send
&c. in stamps for sample to The HeTpi-
side CO.. Detroit. Mich.
For sale by T. n. Thomas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-24
Inaammatory rheumatism Cured.

William Shaffer. brakeman of Den
nison, Ohio. was confined to his bed
for several weeks with infiammatory
rheumatism. Il used many remedies, y
he says FINALLY / sent 10 McCaw's
drug store for bottle of Chamber
Iain's Pain Balm, al which time / was
unable to use hand or foot. and in
one weeks time was able TO go to
work as happy as a clam" For sale
by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-24
AWord to Sufferersfrom Disease

The age of miracles has past. We
know that everything moves by what
the scientists call immutable laws.
They are unvarying from everlasting
TO everlasting. These laws rule alike
the heavenly spheres and the actions
of spheres. Man is particularly sus-
ceptible to infractions of these laws
and the usual result is disease or in
jury or death. 1t is a law that if you
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-24

\ spring tonic that braces body and
brain. cleanses. purifies and strength
ems the entire system HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea keeps YOU well
all summer 35 cents, tea or tablet
form. T. II. Thomas pharmacist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-24

Robert Rollo. SON of Mrs. Anna NJ
Sandberg, died at the home of his
mother. No. sos Fifth avenue, at S:45
Tuesday evening after an illness of
four months with consumption. He
had been ailing for some time previ-
Gus to this. but he worked until Nov.
Il in the employ of the Augustana
Book concern, learning the book
binding trade. He was born in this
city Oct. 3. 1885, his father and one
brother having died five years ago.
His mother. one sister. Jennie, and 4
brother. Oscar. both living at home
are left to mourn him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-24

Nineteen new members is the result
of the first four days of the three
club contest in progress in the local
y. NJ. {. y. The enthusiasm that has
characterized the entire membership
is beyond the expectation of Sec
Rotary Freeman and there is conse-
quent rejoicing over the prospect of ii
substantial addition to the member
ship.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-24
DAVENPORT DOTS

DAVENPORT DOTS
The regular spring meeting of the
Scott county institute convened to-
day and will continue through all next
week. Indications point 10 large
attendance of teachers from the rural
districts The sessions are held in the
high school.
The Des Noines Register and Leader
publishes Il telegram from Knoxville.
Tenn, 10 the effect that DR.. II. NJ.
Potter, Of Davenport. i hurrying
home, after starting with his daugh-
ter for Florida and being advised that
her illness i too dangerous TO con-
tinue. He i therefore represented a
hurrying home in the hope that his
daughter viii live till he arrives in
Davenport.
The directors of the Davenport
school district have taken the initia-
tive in the matter of providing for the
safety of the large buildings in this
city and the depopulating OF them in
case of fire. Contracts have been let
To the Dow Wire works. of Louisville,
Ky. for two Of the well-known Kirk
er-Bender spiral slide and fire escapes
These devices are constructed of sheet
iron. being tubular in shape and re-
sembliug spiral, through which the
scholars may slide from any of the
upper floors TO the ground below in
perfect safety.
At the last session Of the Davenport
school board ". {. Hayward was re-
elected president for the ensuing year
and Dr.. II. L. Braunlich was made
chairman pro tenn to preside at the
meetings in case of the absence of
the president.
Tuesday afternoon. at the home of
her daughter. Mrs. Ernest Lorraine,
1893 Scott street. occurred the death
of Mrs. I. NJ. Sullivan, in the 10Th
year of her age. Deceased was born
in Ireland July %. 1894. and came to
America in 1851. locating at Troy, y.
y. where she resided until 1876. when
she came to Davenport. She taught
81. Anthony's school during the pas
toratc of Rev. j. y. NJ. Pelemourges,
and in 1886 removed tn San Francisco,
where she taught in the Cosmopolitan
school up to three years ago, when
she retired as 4 pensioner. She then
came To Davenport to make her home
with her daughter, Mrs. Ernest LOr-
raine. where she died at the time
stated Another daughter, Mrs. An
ME II. German, also survives.
Dr. Boes. of West Third street, had
an experience with bad roads Tues
dav afternoon which he will not soon
forget. 1t cost him pair of buggy
shafts and Il valuable set of harness.
On attempting to return from pro-
fessional call made to Il farm house
west of the city. his horse and buggy
became mired near the Denkmann
place, with the result that the shafts
were pulled from the vehicle and
broken. and the harness pulled. also.
To pieces. The doctor had to aban-
don his buggy and turn his horse over
To the care of a farmer.
The Tri-City Fuel company has
brought suit against Carsten y. Pc
terSen and Carrie y. Abbott for the
recovery of rental for certain Front
street property. The suit which viii
be litigated began with the closing
out of the Petersen C.. Il. 4, q. trans
fer business several weeks ago.
Judge BolIinger has granted a de-
cree of divorce to Lena Diedrichs
from her husband. George Diedrichs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-24

Hulda Matilda. the 12-year-olG
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. {. \. j. Carl
son. of 119 Fourteenth street died at
died ut her home at o'clock Tuesday
afternoon of pneumonia, from which
she had suffered for week. She was
born in Moline June Is, 1892. She leaves
TO mourn her loss besides her parents
four sisters: Selma, Flora, Esther and
Ellen, and brother, Henry.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-24

John w. Suman died from an attack
of heart failure at 1880 n. m. at the
home of Lon Quick. 739 Thirteenth
street. Deceased was single and had
been resident of Moline for so years
and fer a long time in the employ of
Deere q Co. as molder. He was born
in Wainshorough. Pa. and was Sc
years. 10 months and Is days old. The
funeral will be held tomorrow at p.
m. at $50 Thirteenth street Inter
mcnt at HartzelI cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-24

In regard to the slip-up made III
South Moline township. whereby the
republican ticket was not filed with
Town Clerk Wilson in the time speci
fed in order to have it legally placed
ON the ballot. the county clerk was
consulted to see if anything could be
done about it. The substance of the
reply WIS that this is matter that
is up to the town clerk. There is nc
doubt at all that he can absolutely re
fuse TO place the ticket on the ballot,
and be upheld in his course. At the
same time he may, if he desires, use
some discretion in the matter. If he
finds the envelope in which he received
the list of nominations bearing 4
mailing postmark prior TO the eNpira-
ton of the time limit he can at his
discretion place the ticket on the
ballot.