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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-21
THE SUNRISE KINGDOM"
A NATION BORN IN A DAY
A Rapid Glance at the Wonderful Achievements OF
of Japan. Work, Not Case, the Open
Sesame to Power.

| When the boy Emperor came to hi,
own and erected his throne in the city OF
Tokyo, in the year 1869, thirty-fye years
ago, he was Emperor it is true, but his
place was anything but sinecure. auI
the conditions surrounding him were any
thing but encouraging. AS an Offset,
wever, he and his advisers possessed the
v-Gor and hope of youth. They had been
victorious on the field Of battle, but those
very successes had brought forth compli.
cations. The old soldiers who had bean
obnged by law and custom to go armed
stlll clung to their trusty blades. They
lad lived hitherto without so much rs
taking thought for today, not to mention
The morrow, having always been fed Oh
tie bounty of their feual chiefs, 1t being
enough if when called to battle Their
sWcrds were bright and sharp. Thousands
OF these wandered about the country, fiji
ed with bitterness, neither having nor
seeking means of support, not counting
life dear, and ready at any time TO
avenge themselves on their new masters
or the hapless foreigner who ventured
within reach OF their long swords. a
r,cle thoroughly reckless and undesirable
element Of population for the time being,
no country ever possessed.
Put a nation had been born in day.
Young Japan has never printed the word
impossible in her dictionary. As TO OBJ
stac.es, like Napoleon, she has declared,
There shall be no Alps In Japan there
were no old scores to settle. no grudges to
be fed fat by the new imperial government.
Liberal conditions were granted the van
QrNshed samaurai. AS fast as the old
sc cldlers could be reconciled good Derths
were given them under the administra-
ten, and some OF the best and wisest OF
Jarans modern leaders have come up
from the rank and file of the old samau-
raj. Two forces worke for reconciliation.
ore the shrewd foresight of the young
| leaders, the other the inherent disposition
or the Japanese to make the best of the
urtoward circumstances as exercised by
the conquered Shotgun and his followers.
Japan needed all her strength. There is
but one thing in the world that can unite
japanese and bury the hatchet OF inter
nocine, strife. and that is love of Japan, t.
preserve her against tie alien. There
was no time now for hopping of heads
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-21
Special to News and Observer.

Greensboro, N. c., Feb. 2O.-Mr Andrew
Carnegie has informed President McIvcr
that he will donate a library building
tc the North Carolina State Normal ana
Industrial College.
The announcement is particularly graft
fyln6 to the friends of the institution
at this time when it has. suffered such
less by fire. EspeciallyS will the fac
ulty and students of the college welcome
Good library accommodations. The pres
cnt library occupies room that was III
tended for a large recitation room and
is entirely inadequate to the needs of
the library. Mr.. Carnegie has recently
donated library to the city OF Green's
boro and he has not been in tha habit Of
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-21

10 quo 4eql MeuY s(sIeEIodWI SunoE oqL
the abler leaders OF the former feuoai
government, thoroughly reconclled and
placed in a position Of honor and influ.
ence, was worth more than d hundred
with their heads stuck upon stakes on the
highways. When Il Japanese discovers the
tublity of further effort in any direction,
he says, Shikata ga mai, there is no help
for 1T, and he at once sets about making
TIE best OF circumstances. Thus it hap
pened that the unbending, unyielding
samaurai of former days gave in to the
inevitable. In a very few years a decree
went forth from the throne forbiddine
met to longer wear their swords, and
forthwith these deadly weapons disappear
ed from public view. Many of the Old
soldiers were compelled to work or not
eat Not few of them became Tin
riclisha drawers. Today there is no dis.
tlnction as to caste in Japan Whosoeyer
viii pay the price of honorable distipc
ton gets it. In fact, to the credit of her
gcoo sense, casteNwas cast to the winds
many time in ancient Japan Hideyosh,.
hitherto referred to in this article was
the son OF an humble peasant.
While it is true that most of her ore..
mcdern leaders sprung from the rank and
file OF the old samaurai, whose laadecs
at the time of the Revolution had he.
come SO largely submerged by dissipation
and had grown effeminate in their luxn-
ry, yet the door to promotion dur;n,
Neil, the present era, has stood wide
open to merit. Marquis Ito himself was ;
casiaway in infancy, knows not who bis
own parents We're, and was brought IN Nv
an old farmer to whom this celebrotsd
statesman rendered filial esteem and On
whom be reflected unexpected honor ana
rcnown until death deprived him faw
years ago OF his benefactor. A millionaire
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-21
A CARNEGIE LIBRARY FOR
GREENSBORO STATE NORMAL
Major M0reEead in Stamping Out Fire Kicks
Into Light a Revolutionary Relic.
Hot Political Fight.

the contrary notwithstanding, do not
create ripple on the local political surface
because all sach matters are without RI
valship, and are managed and disposed
OF by, first the versatile Washington city
correspondents, then by the big wigs OF
the senatorial, congressional and depart
mental coterie at the National Capital,
ExJudge Adams can get a CHIEF justice
ship; ex-Revenue Deputy Pritchard
Territorial Marshalship; Atty. Gen. Boyd
a Circuit Court Judgeship, and the like,
on the quiet, and there is no excitement.
no open evidence of hot chase after
place, position, honor, power or emolu-
nlcats as the case may be. But there
is g red hot fight now on in Guilford,
which is giving local Republicans some
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-21

and amicabie conversation flowed freely
as before.
They strike the stranger as a child-like
people, but you are possessed with a
haunting sense of ugly traits beneath.
The workers-slaves it would be almost
more just to call them-alow themselves
to be driven with the accomplishing pa
tience of intelligent animals Yet every
educated Russian you talk to on the
subject knows that revolution is coming.
But he talks to you about it with the
door shut, for no man in Russia can be
sure that his own servants are not police
SPIES. l was discussing the question
with Russian official one evening in his
study when his old houseKeeper entered
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-21

+ thought of this scene one evening
while dining with some Russian friends in
st. Petersburg hotel. One of the party
had net seen his second cousin, mining
engineer, for nearly eighteen months.
They sat opposite to each other, and a
the dinner one of them would jump up
from his chair and run around to embrace
tie other. They would throw their arms
about each other, kissing each other on
both checks; and then sit down again
with; moist eyes. Their behavior among
their fellow-c -countrymen excited no aston
ishment whatever. The Russians anger
is Just as quick and vehement as his love.
l was supplng one evening with friends IN
one of the chief restaurants on the Nev-
SKY. Two gentlemen at an adjoining
table, who up till the previous monlenS
had been engaged in amicable conversa-
tion. suddenly sprang to their feet and
went for" each other. One man secured
the water bottle, which he promptly broke
over the others head. His opponent chose
Tor his weapon a heavy mahogany chair,
and leaping back for the purpose of Sc
curing a good swing, lurched against my
hostess. do please be careful, said the
lady. "a thousand pardons, madam,
returned the stranger, from whom blood
and water were streaming in equal cop.-
ousDess; and, taking the utmost care tc
ayeid interfering with our comfort, he
succeeded adroitly in flooring his antag-
onist by well-directed blow. A police
man appeared upon the scene with mar
velous promptitude. He did not attempt
to interfere, but. running out into the
street, communicated the glad tiding to
another policeman. ''That's going to cost
them a pretty penny observed my host,
who was calmly continuing his supper;
why couldn't they wait" 1t did cost
them a pretty penny. Some half doze,i
policemen were round about before as
many minutes had elapsed. and each one
claimed his bribe. Then they wished both
combatants good night and trooped out,
evidently in great good humor; and the
two gentlemen, with wet napkins round
their heads, sat down again, and laughter
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-21

contributing Libraries to COLLEGES This
makes his gift to the State Normal and
industrial College located in Greensboro
rather remarkable, and the people of the
State, especially the students and alum
hae OF the college, will appreciate the
confidence which this substantial contri-
Button to its equipment indicates
Major Morehead is the proud possessor
o. another revolutionary reli, for the
GuijIord Battle Ground Museum. Yester-
day, Mr.. Charles Strydor, who lives near
SCmmerfald was coming to town AS H.,
reached the southern edge of the Battle
Ground Park, he noticed that the Madison
tam had set fire to the leaves, He pro
eteded to stamp the fire out While
kicking up leaves with his shoe. il
struck hard substance just under the
surface which proved 10 be an old musket
barrel, five feet long, broken off Just in
II ont OF where the lock had been. The
old gun barrel was crusted with rust
OF more than century, but it yet speaks
volumes OF patriotic silence, since it no
GGubt was nolsily in action at the battle
cf Guitord Court Hous ew, here Corn
" aliis got his death stroke. And who
knows but what this old musket. In the
Lave been the medium of the last finish
ing shot, before it broke, to contribute
to the liberties of the American people?
Wto
Major Morehead is also in receipt Of
hotograph of General Nathaniel Greene.
made from an original picture by Mundell.
This photograph was sent the president
OF the Guilford Battle Ground Company
by Miss Mary Ward Greene of Newport.
K. l.. a great granddaughter OF General
Creme, and staunch and efficient friend
or the Gullford Battle Ground.
1t has been some time since there was
anything doing in the way of contests
for positions in this country for federal
slcils. The various and sundry seekers
after department positions, and special
elnr nrloyment, such as those said to be
sought by gentlemen of the stamp of Ex-
Solicitor M. L. Mott who is a resident
here, and Ex-Congressman Spencer Black
purn, who lives here but is a resident
o. Wilkes county, and consequently Of
the eighth congressional district, Messrs.
L.nney, McNeill ct i'd ommes genus to
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-21

lnent The Individual Russian is one OF
the most charming creatures living. II
he likes you he does not hesitate to let
you know it; not only by every kindly
acton possible, but, by What perhaps is
just as useful in this gray old world, by
kindly speech. We Anglo SaXons are apt
- pride ourselves upon being undemon-
strative. Max Adler tells a tale Of boy
wi,o was sent out by his father to fetch
in some wood. The boy took the oppor-
tunity OF disappearing and did not show
his face again beneath the pa ernal root
for over twenty years. Then, one even
lug. a smiling, well-dressed stranger en-
tered TO the old couple and announced
himself as their long-lost child. well,
you haven't hurried yourself" grumbled
10 old man, ''and blarm me, if row yoE
haven't forgotten the wood l was lunch
ing with an Englishman in London res
taurant ore day. 4 man entered ami
toek his seat at table near by, and.
glaucing around, and meeting my friends
eyes, smiled and nodded Excuse me
uul4ute," said my friend. Il must just
syeak to my brother-hayen't seen him
for over five years" He finished his soup
and leisurely wiped his mustache before
strolling across and shaking hands. They
talked for a while, then my friend return
ed to me- Never thought to see him
again." observer by friend, che was one
of the garrison in that place in Africa
what's the name of 1t? that the
Nahdi attacked. Only three Of them
escaped Always was a lucky beggar
Jim!" "But wouldn't you like to talk to
him some more?" l suggested. ''I can
see you any time about this little busi-
ness of ours "Oh, that's all right" he
answered, I'VE have just fixed It up-shall
be dining with him tomorrow
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-16
Art nrI.laasmakinx.

The art OF making glass was intro
duced into Japan about one hundred
and nfty years ago by Hoilander
who settled at Osaka. For several
generations the knowledge OF the
process was confined to a single fam
lily. and II was not until about 1879
that the employment Of coal Instead OF
charcoal and the construction OF CHM
neys enabled the manufacturers to in
troduce improvements which placed
the industry ON substantial basis.
Osaka has continued TO be the center
Of the industry. and now manufac-
lures for export besides supplying the
home demand.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-16

perate case; and on an impulse | de
termined that | would seek her and
take ghostly counsel from her | re-
membered that she haunted the up
per floors
l went up beyond the door on which
my room was situated and found my
self In darkness, Then, suddenly
even as / tried TO muffe my footsteps,
| saw dim light in the distance
the light Of candle. Down the
length of the corridor there advanced
toward me the stately small figure of
Great-aunt Janet; so real that she
might have stepped straight out Of
her frame downstairs. She held the
candle high aud l thought. looking at
her as she advanced, what presenta
BILE old lady she was
1t took me moment or two to fnd
my tongue, and then, fearing that she
might disappear before | had had time
to state my errand, | clasped my
hands aud blurted out what had to
say
"Greataunt Janet. Sweet Great
aunt Janet! Have mercy upon me and
help me! love the dearest girl in
all the world-and her name is Dora
and | haven't dared to tell her so
before If you can show me the
way"
Jack, dear. If you would hold the
eandlestick -"
| caught the candlestick-a and Dora.
After brea thless interval. during
which the lovely little face had been
pressed close to mine again and
again. and had seen, even by that
din candle light look ia the blue
eyes l had never hoped to see, she
gave -.er explanation.
II was in love myself. lack, aud
thought there might be some other
unhappy lover who wanted advice or
or consolat ton. So thought would
be Grest-aunt Janet--and | dressed
In these things-and l came out
Just in indianapolis Sun.
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A Business Term.

'.Now. this Is an old antique" ex-
,ls ined the dealer.
The professor took OF his glasses.
smiled qulzzically, and glancing at his
wife to see IL she was listening said:
My dear man. that Is Pathological. II
t = an antique. it must be old"
In the dictionary, yes" conceded
The dealer. But we carry three grades
antiques. new antiques and old an
iuues. woman's Home Companion
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-16
FREE ADVICE TO WOMEN.
Curious Contest for a Bride in Thibet.

Among some of the wilder Thbetan
tribes in the Koko-nor there is a curious
marriage ceremonial function. This con-
ssts in placing the girl, on her wedding
morn, in the upper part OF IA tree, while
her male relatives remain on the lower
limbs-or else in the back part of her
fathers tent or hut, while these same
relatives guard the entrance-in each
case the latter being armed with lolo
thorn sticks
The groom, when these preparations
have been completed, rides up and an
'nounces his intention of Selling the bride.
This requires fortitude. for the relatives
beat him numerically when he attempts
to reach the woman. If he manages to
elude his asSaiianIs and touch the toe
of the woman she is his, he is welcomed
into the family and complmented on his
ardor. Should he fail, he suffers not only
the inconvenience of being wifeless, but
the loss of cattle and other presents
given during the negotiations. by the
sale of a girl to one man. however, the
father does not relinQuish his claims
upon her. but may sell her to other
suitors who come afterward. until she
may have half dozen husbands
lovers Magazine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-16
SIZE OF OCEAN STEAMERS.
Increased Over Fifty Per Cent During
Quarter of a Century.


The average length Of ships has In,
creased some 80 to 80 per cent during
the last quarter Of century. The
i55 feet of the Britannia OF 1874 seem
almost Insignificant compared with the
7O2 feet of the latest White Star Liner
Cedric and the 100 feet OF the project.
al CunarderS The O00-foot vessel will
asSuredly not be long in coming.
Berths are even nov devised to accord
with this standard and entrance Iocks
and craving docks are also being
heightened. \ few years back 500 feet
were considered an extreme dimension,
nowadays this Is deemed very moder-
ate. The length Of an entrance lock
does not. Of course. absolutely limit
the size OF vessels.
The beam of ships has Increased
more rapidly than the length. The
beam OF the Brittanic was Is feet and
ratio between length and breadth OF
about 10 10 l was maintained fairly
we'll until ten years ago. when the
Campania was built with q breadth Of
to feet 10 Il length OF 900 feet. At
present the dimensions exhibited In the
Cedric and Celtic. length $50 feet,
breadth 10 feet; the Walmer Castle.
length $40 feet. breadth 81 feet, and
other recent vessels indicate deeid.
ri tendency toward the establishment
or ratio OF To L. The maximum
beam does not yet exceed rs feet.
which is amply covered by entrance
locks aud passages ~ To 100 feet IN
width. constructed fifty years ago I'M
der the regime OF paddle steamers.
Consequently the increase in beam has
not had so perceptble an effect on
dock construction as the Increase In
length.
Only In depth has the progress OF
naval construction been less marked
The draught of the Campania. 23 feet.
In 1873 was no greater than that OF
some vessels twenty years before The
latest German types have loaded
draught OF only % feet. while the most
modern British vessels attain TO 81
feet. but in neither case Is the increase
proportional 10 that Of the other dimen-
sions This discrepancy IL due 10 the
difficulty OF obtaining adequate depth
OF water in approaching channels and
over the stills OF existing 1ocks.--t,ss-
sier's Magazine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-16
MOTHERHOOD.

Come to my arms. my darling;
Come, for the Hightfall is near;
Come, and thy mother shall send thee
To dreamland with never fear.
Come, and thy mother shall sing thee
A lullaby softly and low
Sing thee TO rest and to dreamland
Ere darker the day doth grow.
And as thou sleepest, my dear one,
Visions will come to her eyes
Visions Of thee. strong in manhood,
Noble and gentle and wise.
Her heart will glow at the picture.
Thrilling with JOY and with pride.
Yet the tears sadly fall as she presses
Thee close, little one, to her side.
And she knows that always at twilight.
Wherever wherever thou art,
The same little lullaby, darling,
She'll sing to thee down in her heart.
Boston Transcript
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edge liking for Browning-these are
minor matters Indeed; but it is over
just such tribes that many of us waste
precious moments and more precious
brain matter. Let the man and the
woman shake himself or herself free
from the coils of what they say or
how 1t looks" Let them be big
enough not to bother about such little
things Let them think less about
their own persons and more how to
enjoy and profit by aud be good In the
big, interesting world or people and
things which is all about them. HSine
Companion
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A SHARK ON BOARD.
-

Among the incidents of shark fish.
ing narrated by J. F. Keane is the fol.
lowing. which occurred in small
bark on the home voyage from India.
shark was sighted astern. and the
second mate Immediately lowered a
hook for the big Iish. In less than a
minute he had secured the shark. and
with the aid of the man at the wheel.
had landed it. "a grating. founder
ing, somersaulting. slapping and bang
ing creature on the monkey poop"
Gratings. coils OF rope. man mt the
wheel, second mate, and everything
not built into the ship were slashed
round in mad tumble. The captain
came on deck filled with wrath.
I'll soon run him for'ard.' cried
the mate. jumping down from his
perch on the poop. His first haul on
the rope produced an ominous snap-
ping Of the sharks jaws. The next
pull brought a writhe of the BODY that
so damned the shark into the narrow
passage that the second mates only
prospect of moving the fish was to AXE
hold Of 1t bodily and attempt to turn
I round.
Then ensued hand-to-fin contest.
The mans first attempt 10 carry his
antagonist bodily across the ropes
turned out abOitive. In less than ter
seconds the shark had dashed him into
mass of red paint just laid on,
rubbed him across the vermi!ion,
knocked him among the blues. and
then wiped him all over about ten
square yards of the white side Of the
house and buIwarks, also newly
painted
A scientific attempt to collar the
shark by the tail was met with a
sounding smack across the second
mates face. Then followed heels
overhead splaShing, dashing struggle
which was sustained on both sides
with fury. At one time both combat
ants appeared to lie hooked by the
Jaws TO the same hook.
How the man kept his leg or arm
out of the sharks mouth no one can
/ explain. Foot by foot, Strainin9,
sprnging up and down, and tying
iinots in themselves, they came toward
the end of the passage; and when at
last they reached the open deck the
one had become almost indistinguish-
able from the other, so similarly and
completely We're they besmirched with
combinations and shades of the va
rious colors among which they had
wallowed and fought.
The man conquered. The captains
wrath had given way to roars or laugh
ter. The dead shark was thrown over
board, and the hero of the adventure
was ordered to scrape every particle Of
the spoiled paint off and repaint it
with his own hands.
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Five Enough.

DR.. w. H. Tolman. director of the
American Institute of Social Science,
told the following story the other dap us
an unconscious illustration OF the pre-
vailing sentiment in regard TO the race
suicide problem:
"A family of my acquaintance has a
certain pewter cup which has been the
property of five children in succession, at
the period when they first begin TO use
cups. The other day one of the older
children, a small bov, was discussing the
propriety of bestowing the cup upon some
poor child. His little sister remarked
Why, no, Wen keep it for the next
baby
"'Well. said the brother. 4 sh'd think
God would have sense enough to know
that FIVE babies in one family was
enough. New York Times.
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The White French Bulldog.

Once q type Of dog comes into fashor
the making of new variations in the breed
follows as an inevitable sequence. Il
Lady Brassey is due the discovery of thu
black pug, and now Mrs. O. H. p Bel
mont has introduced to this country ~
equally pronounced variant from the "a
miliar color--a white French bulldog. Il
is named Dollar, and is said to have eosi
Il mint of them at Paris. The breed had
IA fight to gain recognition here six Of
seven years ago. due TO its big, tulip
shaped ears. as our dog experts insistei
that the rose ear was proper and the type
merely a revival OF the toy English Dull
dog. The French Bulldog club won out,
but only brindles had been seen here Unit,
the arrival of Dollar.-New York Sun.