Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-06-24

WIG pACSElAtCN A4IL1 WIZ NAADASto ItAS
morning.
who has been recently interviewing The
peasants to ascertain their views on the
present situation relates how In one Wiz
lage the peasants had said to him that u
was so hard to fight with a Japanese be
cause one cannot see him
But why not?" asked the correspond
ent.
"Well, it is simple enough; 1t is because
he Is a kind OF insect-he is small, and
only wakes up in the night. He hides
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 drunk his fill, then he creeps
out. But the poor soldier breathes out his
soul. And enc has to struggle with these
iendsi'
Here the honest peasant sighed deeply.
II couldn't believe my ears adds the
correspondent. AT first I thought he was
making a fool of me; but later it was
clear enough that the poor fellow wac
speaking from his heart"
Age Is Anti Military
The spirit Of the age is decidedly against
militarism.
From all parts OF Germany, annua sta
tistics show that thousands of young men
emigrate to escape compulsory military
service in the army, but while the iron
bound avs Of this country ard the dis
cipline TO which our young men are sub
ject In school and home prevent them
from revolving, openly our southern neigh.
bors are more determined In their at
tempts TO escape the wearing OF the brass
buttoned coat.
Reports from Neusahl, in Hungary, tell
Of a bloody battle which took place be-
1850 JN-~al r1IAf1~1 {, - &c., -
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 maneuvers in the open.
For a while 1t was only a war OF words,
but soon force was resorted to and a
fierce battle followed. The helligerents
took possession of the railroad yards as
a battlefield, and for ~three-quarteTs 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
gendarmerie was hastily dispatched to the
scene Of the encounter.
They quickly ~grappled with the com
b%atants, and eventually succeeded In sep
arating the opposing parties,
The fury OF the fight may be gagged
by the fact that two Of the recruits were
killed and twenty-eight received serious
injuries.
The Socialists Win.
The German socialists are jubilant be-
cause the government has been obliged tc
drop the suit against the Manner Volks-
v~eitung, a prominent socialist paper,
which some time ago 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-Prusaian
war.
Insisting that German soldiers would
never do this, the kaiser, through the
minister Of war, ordered the paper con-
iscated 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 than stated in the paper, and the
suit was dropped.
The editor. however, was politely asked
not 10 make any more unpleasant dis
closures, even II they happened to be true.
q request which he compiled with after
printing it 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 his
SancIunf ne received q WISH from y di~
minutive Cossack dressed in the full ma
tional costume of his tribesmen.
The visitor seemed 10 be about 9 years
old.
.'Sir," he said with the utmost polite
ness as soon as he had entered the room,
X wish that you would make a little cor
rection In an article which appeared In
your paper yesterday.
you say in this that a little urch.n
of unknown parentase met Admiral
Skyrdlofe on the steps leading TO the
Church of st. George and presented him
with an .kon.
Now, permit me 10 say that I am not
a little urchin OF unknown ~parcntage, but
the Cossack Popoff of the famous Cou-
banc 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 Admiral Skrydloff an ikon of
the Holy Virgin of Kharan, the patron
of our family. The admiral took the
ikon, kissed nSe and introduced me to
his children. Wouid you kindly put this
in your journaH"
why, with the greatest pleasure" said
the editor. w shall be delighted to do
this for you
The next day the Crimean Messenger
published in fat type that II was exceed
ingiy sorry that it by mistake had called
the honorable Cossack Popof some little
urchin of unknown parentage.