The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-06-24

morning.
who has been recently Interviewing tn,
peasants to ascertain their views on the
present situation relates how in one vii,
-lage the peasants had said to him that /,
was SO hard to fight with a japanese be.
cause one canno see him
But why not?" asked the correspond.
ent.
Well. 1t Is simple enough: 1t is becaus.
he Is a kind of insect-he is small. and
only wakes up in the night. He hide.
himself with his sting in the grass and
one has to find him there. A regular
nuisance for our soldiers. He creeps in.
side their boots and sucks their blood.
When he has drunkh his fill. then he creeps
out. But the poor soldier breathes out his
soul. Ard one has to struggle With these
lends!'
Here the honest peasant sighed deeply.
II couldn't believe my ears" adds tn.
correspondent. LAT first I thought he waa
making a fool of me; but later 1t was
clear enough that the poor fellow wal
speaking from his heart"
Age Is Anti Military
The spirit of the age is decidedly aga,ns,
militarism.
From ali parts of Germany annual sta.
tistics show that thousands OF young men
emigrate to escape compulsory military
service In the army. but while the iron.
bound laws OF this country and the dis.
cipline to which our young men are SUBJ
ject IN school and home prevent them
from revolving, openly our southern neigh.
bors are more determined in their at.
tempts to escap the wearing of the brasi
buttoned coat.
Reports from Neusahl. in Hungary. tell
Of a bloody battle which took place be.
yu-pan laval En1IfarS In a r,1;~,.-t "a
300 recruits who refused to return to their
barracks.
The battle took place while the regi.
ment was waiting for a train to return to
the city after in the open.
For a while 1T was only a war of words,
but soon force was resorted to and q
fierce battle followed. Tho helligerent,
took possession of the railroad yards as
a battlefield, and for t~hree-quarters of ar
hour all traffic was at a standstill while
the recruits fought with the utmost fury,
regardless Of everything about them.
In the meantime the authorities had
sent for assistance. and a large force OF
g~endarmerie was hastily dispatched to the
scene Of the encounter.
They quickly grappled with the com.
batants. and eventually succeeded in sep
arating the opposing parties.
The fury of the fight may be gauged
by the fact that two of the, recruits were
killed Il twenty-eight received serious
injuries.
The Socialists Win.
Inc German socialists are jubilant be.
cause the government has beer. obliged tc
drop the suit against the MaihZer Nolks-
veitung, a prominent socialist paper.
which some time g published a series
of personal letters from General Kretsch,
mann in which he stated that Hessian sol.
diers sacked and plundered French towns
and villages during the Franco-Prussiar
war.
Insisting that German soldiers would
never do this, the kaiser, through the
minister of war, ordered the paper con.
flscated and a suit for libel started against
the editor.
Before the case came up for trial inves-
legations by government officials showed
| that the soldiers had done much worse
things han stated In the paper. and the
suit was dropped.
The editor, however, was politely asked
not to make any more unpleasant dis.
closures. even if they happened to be true,
a request which he complied with after
printing 1t verbatim IN his paper.
He Wasn't an "Urchin."
A curious story is published in the Cri-
mean Messenger. the Russian official
daily paper at Sebastapol.
One day as the editor was sitting in hil
sanctun he received a visit from a di-
minutive Cossack dressed in the full ma,
tional costume of his tribesmen.
The visitor seemed to be about 9 years
old.
Sir" he said with the utmost polite.
ness as soon as he had entered the room
Il wish that you would make a little cor,
rection in an article which appeared II
your paper yesterday.
you say in this that a little .urchir
of unknown parentase met Admira
Skyrdloff on the steps leading to tn,
Church Of st. George and presented hin
with an ;kon.
Now. permit me to say that I am no
a little urchin of unknown ~parentage, bu
the Cossack Popoff of the famous Cou.
bane regiment, of which my father, who
is now dead, was colonel for many years
II came to this city for the purpose OF
offering to Admira Skrydlofr an ikon O,
the Holy Virgin of kharan. the patron
of our family. The admiral took tn.
ikon. kissed me and introduced me t.
his children. Would you kindly put thil
in you %tournal?"
Why. with the greatest pleasure" sait
theSeditor. w shall be delighted to dc
this for you"
The next day the Crimean Messenger
published in fat type that it was exceed
ingly sorry that 1t by mistake had called
the, honorable Cossack Popofr some littl,
urcain of unknown parentage.