The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-06-14

cause whenever ne does speak, 1T Is as
man to whom words are more pre-
cious than jewels, they often jump to
the conclusion that he is displeased
about something. Only his smiling eyes
re-assure. When he left me to take
the command of the united squadrons
of his Majesty, the only thing he said
to me in farewell was:
"Be good enough to look kindly af-
ter my dogs"
ellis gun and his dogs are the chief
weakness of his life."
His gun and the company of his dogs
are the only luxuries the admiral al
lows himself.
His life is simple vigorously simple.
When he was in Toxic in the first
month of this year, one of the foreign
ENJOYS, wishing to present him with his
respects and the congratulations in be-
half of his Government, paid the Ad-
miral personal visit. This envoy had
very hard time in finding the house
of the Admiral. Many times he passed
in front of the modest house without
recognizing it; how could it be possible
for the world famous Admiral to dwell
in house too modest for the humblest
of secretaries of his legislation.
Many years ago the British minister
to Tokio-Mr. Parks, believe his name
was-paid visit to Gen. Saigo, un-
questionably the greatest military gen
ius the new Nippon has produced, a
man of Satsuma, like Togo, and who,
at the time was the minister of war.
Mr.. Parks saw man working in a
garden inside the gate of Saigo's resi-
dence and said to him:
els your master in?" This is the
house of the minister of war, Gen.
Saigo?"
1t does not take British minister to
mistake Admiral Togo for good-na-
tured, old-time gardener, even if you
had seen his photographs hundred
times in newspapers.
1t was on the 7th day Of January,
1905, and the place was one of the
parks. The crowd that gathered there
was the largest Toxic had even seen
and the most enthusiastic as well. To
please the people, Admiral Toga took
up spade and planted laurel in
memory of his visit. AS he stood there,
fenced in by millions of his countrymen,
he was the first idol in the viewless
temple for the hero-worshippers of the
new and civilized age. In the brief ad-
dress he read in answer to the enthu-
siastic reception on the part of his
countrymen, however, he declined to
accommodate the pleasure of the peo-
pie; he declined the pedestal in rathar
blunt manuer and without ceremony.
To the sovereign virtue of his Majesty,
the Emperor, to the bravery of his men
and to them alone the success Of the
Nippon arms on sea was due, he said,
and he took pains tc add that he was
surprised that he was compelled to see
the necessity of telling the people of
Toxic such an apparent and self-evi-
dent thing, which he had thought every
one understood without being told.
Now that the sea is clean-to his gun
and to the amiable company of his
dogs, he would hardly like to take the
trouble of parading his ships up and
down the Nippon and the Yellow seas
with brooms lashed to their masts. Nc
doubt, he would be willing to give all
the gilt glories of earth if you could
only save him from public dinners and
speeches. They are the penalties OF
fame he hates to pay even to please his
friends. The idea that one can afford
to pay any price for the priceless privi-
lege of risking his life for the defence
of the Land of the Gods and for the
honor of the flag in the service of the
Emperor makes him philosophical fol
all his social trials.