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COMFORTS OF the
JAPANESE SOLDIERS
His Wants Are Looked After in
Proper Shape by Numer-
Gus C%anteens.
FOND OF BEER AND SAKE
httheds,s Mea Are Allowed TO Indulge
Themselves & Greater Extent Than
Hskting Force Of Most Any
Other Nation.
Fpom the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
E. Kinds OF Hampstead inquired OF
the Sun whether the Japanese army
had q canteen.
III the Japanese keep their soldiers
In better health than do the Russians
he wrote, better than Gus, better than
European soldiers generally, let us imi-
tate and learn from them."
One who was with the Japanese
army In Ma1schIuia for six months an:
sWers:
"Old foreign catnpaigners remarked
in the field that no army probably ever
had SO many caIteens in it's wake
When the army was not marching
there was always a canteen or two not!
far to the rear of every division. When
1t settled down to recuperate after a
battle canteens were quickly estab-.
lished in Manchu houses.
"These carried cigarets, writing pa
per, postcards, beer, imitation brandy.
imitation whisky, imitation port, imita-.
ton sherry, sake and sometimes Manila
cigars.
japanese are keen traders. Not 200
feet back of the Nanshan battery one
day in the ~sevcn-day battle of the
Shaho there was a Japanese peddleri
selling cigarets, Chinese sweet cakes.
rice and beer to the reserves. During
that sam battle the canteens were
never more than three miles back OF
the line Of trenches.
LAS the Japanese soldiers pay Is only,
S1.2s a month, and the army savings
banks bad. considering that phenom-
email deposits, there was not much
spending money in the army. A bottle
of beer costs 10 cents and a packet OF
cigarets about 3 cents.
whenever there was a firing battle
the commander in chief would order
sake distributed as a ration. On the
mikado's birthday a year ago one ex-
ira packet of cigarets was distributed
to each mar in the field. This cost.
the emperor more than SIS, 600. Other
wise, When the distribution was pos
sible ten cigarets a day went with the
regular ration.
Zone day in an American PERIODICAL
received at camp there was a solemn
poem celebrating the abstinence of The
Japanese from drink. This aus con-
Germ among the Japanese officers who
disliked the emphasis laid upon the
difference between their army n a
European army, and the commissary
general told the foreign observers:
"'Our soldiers like drink as well as
my other soldiers. Sometimes they
need it they cannot get 1t, and
we send it to them in the trenches
LAS a matter of fact, though the
peasant at home has a hard enough
time to supply himself with food, he is
not more averse than other people to
strong liquor once he learns the taste
of it. Many a mar will go home from
the campaign with tastes he never had
before.
The manufacture of beer is still a
young industry in Japan, but from the
time the process was imported it has
grown to proportions.
Headquarters, ven battalion head
quarters in Underground bomb proof
trenches. were ALWAYS SllpDlied with
beer or sweet wine. Marshal Oyama
liked sweet champagne. The strategist
of the war. General Kodana, drank
claret with every neal"
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She Keot Her Premise.
From Harper's Monthly.

~ AAoA ~ -
A little New York girl having reached
decided that 1T was high time for her to
learn to dance, and, consequently, seat her
10 a private dancing school. A few weeks
later Mrs. Blank accompanied her daugh-
ter to one of the classes to Sc what prog
ress she was making, and noticed that
when a certain boy, belonging to q family
with whom Mrs. Blank was more or less
intimate, asked for a dance. he was
promptly refused by her daughter. On
their return home Mrs. Blank spoke Of
the matter. and said hat is it might make
trouble between the two families If her
her TO promise not to refuse to dance with
the youth in question should be again ask
her.
Miss Blank promised, and on her next
return from the dancing school the follow
mig dialogue ensued:
well. did you dance with Harold to-
Gay?"
mo, mamma"
Didn't he ask you?"
Eyes,
And you refused him after what you
promised me?"
mo, mamma"
Then now is it that he didn't dance
with you? Are you sure you didn't refuse
him."
Yes, mamma. When he came I'D and
asked for a dance 1 just looked him
straight in the eye and said, You
skunk"
And Mrs. Blank was obliged 20 acknowl-
edge tina, her daughter had kept the letter
of her promise, whatever might be said
about the spirit
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"Father. may l have a word with your
"Certainly. Neil; what is it 2" said Lord
Ralston, CHANGING up from his paper, and
then-frowning slightly as he caught the
expression ON his sons face Not an
other Scrape, | hope?"
The honorable Neil caught his underhp
In his teeth-a characteristic trick Of his
when annoyed.
IT trust l don't quite deserve that. SIR
he said r%eproachfully. upon my word.
I've tried my best to be decent, and it's
nearly two years since you had occasion
to reprimand me-"
well, now / think of it." replied the
Earl, you nave certainly been pretty
quiet of late. But-wha is it them"
Now, although the young mans eager
ness to unburden himself was obvious from
his manner, yet the abruptness of The
question seersed TO disconeert him not a
little. He blushed all over his handsome,
sul1-sanned face. and ~tilereupon com
menced ~stannering something, the por-
tent of which was more or Less Lost in his
heavy military moustache.
For a moment the earl regarded him
doubtfully, his whitening eyebrows Slight
ly elevated in surprise: but by the time
his son managed to articulate a fairly
audible sentence they had dropped to the
other extreme in a heavy frown of dis
! pleasure.
"I-I-the fact is, father, / want your
consent to ask the lady with whom you
saw me yesterday to be my wife"
1t was out at last, and, hot and eager,
the young guardsman stood-a disgrace to
his regiment by reason of the limp absurd
ity OF his pose-awaiting a reply. With
Irritating deliberation the earl rose from
his seat and carefully adjusted his eye
glass.
Him. he grumped. I'm the first place.
Neil, what do sou KNOW of the Younger
-lady's connections? Does her father fol-
low any profession, or is he q gentleman
at ease?"
NJ St. Moyes has been unfortunate"
said his son shortly. HE is, l believe, at
present somewhere on the continent"
HIM grumped the earl again. Some
thing somewhere on the continent. eh?
Probably a bil;ard-marker at Boulogne.
Nice prospect, certainly! And the mother
Is she on the continent too?"
The whole sentence was one concsn-
trated sneer, and the young man flushed
holly.
Mrs. ST. Moyes." he raped out, "ts too
great an invalid to receive anyone. l have
never seen her"
So" commented Lord Ralston sweetly.
''Father unfortunate, mother an invalid
promising relations, upon my word"
He fell to pacing the room With meas
ured strides, his chin ircircied by a lean
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SIN GAVE HM nEn MID
80 VIGOROUSLY THAT KEa
VISITOR TlEDtcpT Of THE ROOM

guished guests at Rotherfielo hall, the
earls country seat.
Now poverty, with its endless shifts and
contrivaIces. is apt to have a narrowing
effect on the possibilities of q womaa's
nature; consequently. amid the luxury and
refinement of her new surroundings the
little transformations that at last she
had found her true element-fairly revealed
in the delights of the moment; determin-
ing that, ii 1t lay in her to prevent it, the
old life hould never see her again
The announcement of her Engagement to
| Neil had been fixed for the end of the
! month, that arrangement, though h knew
it not, being part and parcel of a deep
laid scheme, emanating from the fertile
brain of the distinguished host, by which
he hoped to be permanently rid OF her at
the end of that time.
Meanwhile, lulled into a false sense of
security by reason of the charming treat
rnent melted out to her on every hand, she
thoroughly enjoyed herself.
BY 60 means the least attentive mem
Der of the Inpan was the noble earl
himself, who, several times took her over
the estate, explaining at length the work
ing of the huge coal mine from which he
derived a large portion Of his income.
One thing, however, Barbara noticed,
though without troubling herself to ac-
count for it,, and that was that the earl
in the course OF his remarks, was continu-
ally drawing comparisons between: his own
property and that of Sir George Medium,
who owned the adjoining estate; and al
ways greatly to the disadvantage of the
former.
Really, my dear young lady" he said
on one occasion: You should see Sir
Georges place! Why the fellow could buy
me twice over. He's the coal king of the
county, you know: whereas I possess but
6 single mine, and if anything happened
to the place. I should be practically a
Lauper."
1t may, or it may not have been this
newly acquired knowledge that Sir George
Eeldru1n was the coal king which made
Barbara so ineffabiy gracious to him
throughout the whole Of that evening.
The middle-aged baronet had been a fire.
cuent visitor during Barbara's stay at
,Rotber.ield hall, and had contrived, one
way and another, to Fay more attention
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Senator cockreIl's Bait.
From Success Magazine.

EIOLl ouCCSbS NdS dZl10.
Several congressman were indulging-
in a free and easy talk on the subject.
of railroad rates, the Interstate Com
merce commission. and rebates.
Talking about bait" said a jolly
western congressman. did you hear
perience up the Potomac river, not
long ago?"
Senator Cockrell," as he is stil1
called, went fishing UP the Potomac
with a Missouri constituent who holds
down a small job in one of the depart
ent volunteered to row it. After pre-
ceeding about two miles up the river
they anchored the boat by a large stone.
which the keeper had placed on board
for that purpose. After several hours
of i'll luck Cockrell decided that he had
enough fishing for one Lay and ordered
the constituent to u the BOAT home
ward. Both the occupants forgot about
the anchor stone, and the Oarsman
could not understand why pulling down
stream with tide and current favoring
should be so much harder than It was
senator and his friend pulled up at tho
boat house and made vigorous COM
plant to the keeper about the heayi-
ness and slowneSs of what seemed to
be a light craft. The bontman's quick
eye discovered the cause of the hard
pulling and he exclaimed:
why, senator, no wonder you had
hard pulling! You have been dragging
your anchor all the way down he
river"
Neitl,er Cockrell nor his companion
was wiiii.:t; 81 acknowledge his ixnor-
ance Of the fact, aud the former. In
dignantly declared:
Its none of your business IL we a..
we had a right to get some exercise
even II we didn't get any fish"
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AustraIia's Mar. Land.

From the London STOCK Exchange.
Practically the northern territory II
! sort of no-man's land-the least
known and the least developed section
Of Australia Its capital. Palmerston-
contains more Chinese than Cau-
:asians, I'M is the only place in Great
or Britain where the Monaghan is h
master, and the white mar the servant
The climate is very trying to whites.
and the aboriginal blacks are Of \
fierce and sanguinary disposition. Vast
herds Of buffaloes, the descendants OF
a few experimentally liberated a CEN
fury ago. roam over the plains, and
the llace will some day be a sports
mans paradise. There Is also good
reason to believe that the northern
territory will be found to be as rich
in mineral wealth as the southern part
of Australia. Indeed, ''Terrors, as
shares in northern territory gold mines
were slangily styled, have already had
a futter or two on the London stock
exchange.
Fifty members are already enrolled I'M
the Pocahontas society, recently formed
in washington. Members must prove
their descent from the Indian maiden
and her English husband. There Is -
be a 'Pocahontas day at the James
town exposition. when the society Will
hold its first place.
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{~l5ARbARa6 81
4iS&zZz1xn] GHolCD


1t had gorfo hard with better men than
Neil in their attempts to outwtt this dis
tinguisiled father, 30 there was no neces-
sity for the young man to call himself
hard names wien, the next morning, he
discovered that Lord Ralston had lett
town ION urgent business connected with
his estate"
Ne~srtheless, he did so mathematics
himseif-fevfhng stupidity IN not having
cincfled matters the day before. How
over, there 1t w6s, and there was nov
nothing fer 1t but to possess his soul in
patience until the earl should return.
Very Little time sufficed to put Lord
Ralston in possession Of ample infoTma-
ton concerning Miss ct. Mcyes.
Eer fnther, it seemed, at one time an
artist of rep,tte, had suddenly developed a
raanh for drink and gambling, thereby
destroying all his chances Of success, and
ultimately resulting in his flight from tho
country, leaving his wife and daughter to
manage as best they might. EversAnce
his dasertion, some 0 years ago, Bar
baTa had been Obliged to procure a liveli-
hood for herself and her invalid mother.
Hint" murmured the noble earl.
There oughtn't to be much difficulty in
%disposlng of these u~ndesirables. DISCO
lutte father. ailing mother, devoted daugh-
ter. L don't think I'm far wrong in cred
iting This dan1sel with sense eneugh to
see tina "a bird in the hand is worth two
in the bush I'll try it anyhow" Having
delivered hiinself OF which erigmatic ut
terance Lord Ralston rang the bell.
An hour or SO later Miss st. Moves was
! waited on IN her fiat at Ke41sington by a
gentleman of polished manners and pleas
ing speech. who adroitly conveyed the in
tirnation that, in the event of a permanent
cessation of her intimacy with a certain
! youthful scion of a noble house, a sum
Of not loss than 10000 pounds would be
forthcoming. and no questions asked.
With swiftly growing Indignation she
heard him out. and then, springing up and
facing him like a tragedy queen, she gave
him her mind so vigorously that, with a
nervous clutch at his hat. her visitor
flashed out OF the room, and gained the
street with all speed.
Lord Ralston received the news of this
initial rebuff with a smile, but not so the
curt note he received from Neil a few
hours later, containing the information
thar, owing to certain discreditable con-
duct on the part of a distinguished mem
Der of his majeety's government, Miss
Barbara st. Moves had decided to accept
him CSeiD Internationally.
BY no means disconnected at the unex-
pectcd turn affairs had taken Lord Ralston
ecolly played his next card: with the re.
suit that "a few days later, Barbara's
name figured among the list of distin.
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Fashions in New York.

There is an overwhelming demand
for .~:and-r,ade effects, notably in en-
broidery and III the manipulating of
Lace writes Mrs. Helen Berkely-Loyd.
in the Delineator for June. Lingerie
effects are introduced wherever posi-
BILE and the richest embroidery is Law
ished upon every textile, from leather
to lace. 1t is worthy Of remark that
only high grade embroideries are ac-
ceptcd by smart dressers, and that the
designs must show a certain degree
of originality. So incessant is the de-
mand for embroidery, that 1t is seen
even on gowns ard coats made wholly
of lace. Used in the form of bands
and motifs the embroidery is inserted
in lace all-over just as lac is inserted
in other materials. Edges of it border
the skirt and coat, and other pieces are
introduced in the form of revers and
berthas, and in every conceivable MAN.
ner. The embroidery may be the Won
derful machine-made products of Plau-
en- and ST. Gall, or it is hand-wrought
upon fine batiste or filIny Persian lawn.
The Plauen and ST. Gall embroideries
approach so closely to lace thai it is
often difficult to designate them cor
rectly. Indeed, frequently q flounce or
band is merely an artistic combination
of embroidery linking thin and heavy
laces and it is remarkable how beau
tifully the different grades and patterns
go together. Quite in keeping with the
popularity Of embroidery and llEgeries
effects is the tremendous vogue lace
has attsined. It seems that every kind
Of lace has ats particular use i'll the
summer wardrobe"
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Hung on to the Plow.

III. FIOIIl In bulldlO lllI3eS.
An Die English gentleman, a school
teacher, who some years ago resided
in one Of the small towns Of Ohio, was
an agreeable teller Of stories. but
deemed it beyond his reputation as q
raconteur to tell one that did not sur
pass any that had preceded it.
A4farmer having come to the village
remarked. in the presence of his
friends, hat he had been blowing all
the week with foul horses, breaking
up new ground, and dwelt upon it as
being a VERY big thing.
"Pshaw!" said the old Englishman,
that's nothing. I have seen in Eng
and fifty yoke of oxen hitched to one
plow."
Tho remark seemed to occasion gen.
eral surprise.
And" he continued, the funniest
part of the whole thing was that while
the plow was on top of h hill the
leading yoke of oxen was on top Of
another hill, and the forty-nine be-
tween the pillow and the leaders were
suspended between the two hills. And
there was another matter connected
with it rather strange. In the course Of
The day the plowman, becoming rather
careless about driving his team. ran
into and split a big oak stump. The
pillow passed safely through the split,
through it closed up and caught him
by the coat tail"
Did it tear his coat?" asked a per-
son of inquiring turn.
mot a bit OF it," replied our vera
cious narrator; .he hung on to the
pillow handles and pulled out the
stump"
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finger. All at once he stopped, and, bend
ing slightly. stared down at a photograph
standing among several others on a small
table near the door. 1t represented a
young lady of very considerable beauty,
posing in the costume of a bygone cen
tury.
~ don't remember that you mentioned
the lady's profession" remarked the earl,
abruptly recovering the perpendicular, and
resuming his pe~rambulations. The intiex-
ion was .ndescribable, and his listener Wis
IDLY writhed.
IT never could see," began he, with
some warmth. why the stage should be
deemed such a discreditable profession.
However, undesirable 1t may AVE been In
the past, rest assured, sir, it is very DIFF
ferent now"
"Ah, WE'LL" replied the earl l%angutdly,
1--WE won't go into that at present. I
Think
And. dropping his eye-g,ass with q
shrug. he resumed his seat.
The Honorable Neil pulled himself TO-
gether before replying.
III want You to understand, SIR" he be-
gan re%soiutely, that l have permanently
made up my mind. l am determined, come
what may, to marry Barbara st. Moyes,
but would. Of course, prefer to do so with
your full consent
Practiccd diplonatist that he was, Lord
Ralston showed neither anger nor sur
prise.
II presume. then, thai you rave already
obtained the lady's consent?" he SAID ten
tatively.
"we!l-no." admitted the young man.
You see, Barbara will not definitely ac-
cept my offer until she knows your views
about the matter; so you can understand
that L am anxious to know my fate.'
The earl rose, and laid a hand on his
sons shoulder.
My boy" he said. AL my wishes are
tor your happiness. However, this thing
can scarcely be settled out of hand; for
instance, there IS your mother to be con-
suited. Suppose We leaves.t over until to-
morrow? Come. row"
Inc young man looked his d%isappoint-
ment, nevertheless he bowed acquiescence.
After al. twcnty-four hours would SCOT
pass; and besides, nothing could ever af-
feet his determination 20 marry Barbara
| nosllii g-r-o. h.ng-sever!
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A smoking prize was won in the
Concordia club, of Berlin. a short time
ago by a man who smoked half an
ounce of tobacco. in n pipe CT a cer..ain
y2ecifed sizs. in eighteen mir utes.
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"oh. Neil, Nen"-she was sobbing in his
arms-"don't let it make any difference,
dear. We are young. and we can work;
and oh, my darling, I want you more than
anything. Poverty doesn't matter II l
n VIC vo,,n
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Sixty years ago there were $50, 600
children in school in India. Now there
are more than t.0G0.cC0.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-27

Try kELLY's Laundry. Phone Douglas
$50. U-1a3
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-27
LABOR AND INDUSTRY.

An English syndicate is TO erect a mod
ern fve-story earthquake-proof hotel In
Manila TO cost $500. 600.
SO great is the demand for railroad help
In eastern cities that many companies
have abolished the age limit rule.
Two new records in deep-earth mining
are reported. Gold has been. reached in
Australia at 4224 feet, copper in Michigan
at 500.
The people Of the United States smoked
s., 10000 worth OF Porto Ricsn cigars last
year That was 81 10000 more than the
value OF those consumed the previous year.
About 5000 iron miners In Lorraine. more
than half Of the whole number employed
in that region on the border OF Germany
and France, are using acetylene lamps In
their work,
Gum chewing is a big business in this
country, the total product footing up to
S. 900 O0O per annum wholesale, and In view
Of the fact that the product Is generally
sold in 1-cent packages. this means at
least 500 600 retail sales year.
The Fall River cotton mills make
larger proportionate distribution of profits
for the July quarter than at any previous
time since 1900. The average quarterly
dividend rate IL l5s per cent, exclusive OF
a stock dividend Of 80 per cent declared
by one Of the mills.
According 70 the American Manufacturer,
the coal deposits OF North America are
estimated 20 contain nearly as much as
those OF Europe or 6S1 900, 900 900 tons, but
even this gigantic figure IL completely
dwaTfed by Asia'E wealth Of coal as 10
which Il n at present impossible TO make
an even approximate estimate
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-27
HORSES AND WAGONS FOR SALE

FOR sALE-Three fne good. heavy work
and Lake P-M566 n
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-27
DEATH NOTICES
GOVERNMENT NOTICES

PROPOSALS FOR FLOUR, OATH,
Dried Fruit, Etc,--Department OF the
Interior, Office OF Indian ATairs. Wash
ington, ID. C., August, T. -lpD6. Seaued
proposals, plainly marked on the outside
of the envelope, Proposals for four. oats,
dried fruit etc, as the case may be, aad
addressed to the Commissioners of Indian
Affairs, Washington, II. c." will be re-
ceived at the Indian office until . o'clock
p. M of Thursday, September, "a. 1905.
Indian service with canned tomatoes,
cornmeal, cracked wheat, dried fruit feed
-four. hominy, oats and rolled oats, dur
Bids must be made out on government
blanks. Schedules giving the necessary
Information for, bidders will be furnished
on application to the Indian Office. WASH
ington, u. c.; the u. S. Indian warehouses
at New York City, Chicago, Ill, St Louis.
Mo, Omaha, Neh and San Francisco, Cal;
the commissary OF subsistence, u. :. A,
at Cheyenne. wyo. the quartermaster.
~. S. A, Seattle. Wash, and the postmas-
ters at Tucson, Portland, Spokane aud
Tacoma The department reserves the
right to reject any and all bids, or any
part of any bid.
c. F. LARRABEE. Acting Commissioner.
A27 Dist
OFFICE CONSTRUCTING QUARTER.
master, Cheyenne, wyoming August 20,
received at this office until 1850 a m,
September %, 1906. at which time they viii
be opened In public, for furnishing al ma
proximately 1855 square feet of concrete
sidewalk and 100 square feet Of stone road
crossings at Fort ID. A. Russell, Wyoming,
In accordance with plans and specifications
on file at the above named office Blank
forms of proposals and full information
furnished on application. The right is re-
served to reject any and all bids or part
Of bids. Envelopes containing proposals
should be endorsed. Proposals for Con-
crete Walks and Stone Crossings" and adj
dressed V. X. Hart, Quartermaster, u. 8.
army, In charge of CONSTRUCTION; Cheyenne.
wyoming. A29-24-26-21-Sls-1e.