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MEN AT WORK BUILDING SHIPS AT KOBE

York Harbor 30: Johnsons Island,
Ohio. 20; Knoxville Tenn. lbs; Little
Rock, Ark. 30; Nashville. Tenn, $50;
New Orleans. La, $40; Point Lookout,
Md, 3.446; Richmond, Va, IFS: Rock
Island. H.. 1879; st. Louis. Mo-. $50;
Ship Island, Miss, 1872; Washington, ID
c.. 457.
Since their original interment all the
bodies at Chester. Pa, have been re-
moved to the National cemetery at Phla-
delphia. and those buried ate Davids and
Harris Islands in New York harbor have
tionai cemetery near Brooklyn Most of
the Comic derate soldiers originally buried
il the vicinity of Washington nave since
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Japan is establishing commercial
bureaus and museums throughout the far
east. There are now about forty of
these. including many in Japan. One is
located In Korea. another at Singapore,
and third at Bombay. Similar museums
have been started in Hankow. Chungking,
Shasi and elsewhere in China. and one
was recently opened in Bangkok. OF the
local institutions. the largest are in the
big cities of Toxic and Osaka visited
the Toxic Museum the other day. 1t
takes up the better part of large three
story building. and 1t has about $4,000
samples of foreign and native-made goods.
It is somewhat like the Commercial
Museum in Philadelphia. save that 1t Is
larger and more like exposition. 1t
contains all kinds OF foreign raw materials
and manufactured products. shown side
by side with those of Japan. There are
large displays of machinery and electrical
works of home manufacturers. and of all
sorts of metal articles from aluminium to
iron. There is Japanese lacquer made in
Germany side by side with the beautiful
native product. which is worth its weight
in gold and which no European artist can
copy. There are japanese clocks and
watches. and even japanese pearls. The
latter are magnificent and they are home
made They are gotten by introducing
grains Of sand or other offending particles
into the shells OF tie oysters while they
are still alive. The bivalve coats the
self and the result Is a pearl. As far as
/ know. this has been done successfully
only in Japan The inventor of this proc
ess has become rich through the sale Of
his pearls.
Japan has now sixty chambers of COM
merce. and it is also sending commercial
commissions abroad. During the past
year it has been inviting American mer-
chants to visit this country. and there
have been several large delegations from
the Pacific coast. which have been taken
through the factories and entertained
generally. The empire has also many
commercial schools, and il is establishing
technical schools in which all branches of
industry are taught In Toxic l found
one Industrial school for young women
with more than one thousand students
who were learning embroidery, sewing
and the making of silk flowers and other
articles for export.
AS a result of such efforts. Japans for
eign commerce is rapidly increasing. 1t
is now more than double what it was in
1900. and it has greatly. increased since
the Russian war. 1t made a jump at the
close of the Japan-China war, and until
our last panic occurred it's exports and
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the courts as not liable. If a husband.
however. should go to the theater with
his wife while she has been wearing a
certain very costly dress and later re-
fuse to pay the bill, it has been held
that although he made her a regular al
lowance. yet he was responsible for this
particular dress. as he countenanced her
wearing the same by going out in her
company when she was attired in the
gown.
A notice published In daily papers
warning against credit extensions to a
wife and the payment to her of a regu-
lar allowance is always a bar against
the husband being held responsible for
his wifes debts. The whole matter Is
rather Intricate and one which constantly
interests married people the world over.
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imports were larger than ever. Today it
is doing more business with the United
states than with any other nation. We
are its biggest customers. and it sells us
In the neighborhood of S66 100000 worth
OF goods every year Next comes China.
10 which it sells S4s.oop00o and then
France, which buys SoJooo,oe0 or more.
As to imports. Japan gets more from
the English than from any one else. and
we come next. We are now shipping
something like S4o,G0o.Oo0 worth of stuff
here annually, and there is no reason why
our trade should not be increa The
people like American goods. and If the
war scare does not spring up from time
TO time they will buy more and more.
1nat scare has affected our trade. The
merchants say that they bought OF
France and England while the American
papers were full of a possible war with
Japan. A bright young Japanese who
sells our typewriters Inotypes and Office
furniture in Toxic tells me that the war
scare has materially affected his bust
ness. and that the drummers from other
countries have used it to influence the
native merchants. asking them why they
90 not buy of their friends in other coun-
tries instead Of from the United States.
who are anxious TO fight them
The fuss which Japan has had with
emma about the seizing. of lot of guns
which are being smuggled into the latter
country has cost the Japanese no end of
money. The Chinese about Hongkong.
canton and other cities in the south in
st1tuted boycott against Japanese goods.
For months they would not send their
freight in japanese vessels. would not
patronize Japanese merchants nor buy
anything from Japan. For long period
some of the biggest Japanese steamers
ieft 1ongkong practically empty of Chi
nese goods, and today the boycott is still
felt
X *
Japan has. in some years, sold as much
as fifty million dollars worth of goods to
China, and the loss of so much of that
trade has added to the commercial dis
tress of the past year. The boycott was
of such nature that the japanese could
not go to war about it, There was no
way to retaliate without hurting them
selves. and they could only grin and hear
it. AS it is now. they are doing all they
can to recover from the effects and their
agents are everywhere in China. drum
ming up trade.
In the meantime, the Chinese have
learned the power of the boycott. They
used II with great force against us Amer
leans. and they will employ ii in any in
ternationa! contest that comes M. I I'M
derstand that theS are now talking of
boycotting the Germans. on account of
disputes which have arisen over certain
concessions in the coal mines of Shan
tung. The people of that province are re-
fusing to buy German goods; they say
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central authority to direct and no gov
eminent treasury to pay the expense of
ways longed to mark and care for the
graves of her dead soldiers on a simila r
plan and scale with that of the north,
but, impoverished by the war, she has SO
far been unable to do so. Several pa
triotic societies have made efforts to do
something toward that end. and consider
ing the vastness of the undert aking, have
made good progress.
:. =
The official records show that 26.I14 Con-
federate soldiers and citizen prisoners died
in Union hands during the four years of
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whose graduates furnish the principal Of

ficers-
The largest steamship company here is
the Nippon Yusen kaisha- 1t has ninety
three steamers with a tonnage of more
than three hundred Thousand, and its yes
sells trade regularly with America Bonn
bay, Australia and Europe. The company
also does business on the Asiatic rivers.
and 1t has ships to Siberia Formosa and
SIAM The length of its services is alto
gether about forty-five thousand miles.
This company has capital of S11.OOO,O1O,
and 1t pays dividends of II per cent.
g. Another big corporation is the Osaka
Company. which has q capital of over
$1.00OOOO. and third is the Togo kisen
katsha. whose capital is little over a
million and a haf. The latter company
and it will eventually ply to South
America as well. In addition there are the
Mitsuf Bussen kaisha. which has a large
number OF coasting ships. and the Japan
China Steamship Company. which is run
ming steamers on the Chinese rivers. All
Of these companies are paying dividends
and all are heavily subsidized.
\ !;
Indeed. the government of Japan is de-
cidedly patriarchal. 1t is nursing indus
tries Of all kinds. and is doing all it can
to stimulate trade. There is higher
council Of agricultural commerce and in
dustry. This Is composed of twenty
members, five of whom are government
officials. and the other fifteen we'll known
business men. This council investigates
all matters of foreign trade. and schemes
as to how Japan may take advantage of
them. It's discussions deal with the
various markets, and also with such
things as international banking. the en-
couragement of certain exports and the
tariff.
In addition to this, the government has
been sending out special students and
others to look up foreign markets. These
go not only to the orient, but also to
Europe and the United States. In the
eight years ending 1901 124 agents were
sent abroad.
Another method Of encouraging trade is
by sending young men to be trained in
the factories and commercial establish
ments of other countries. These students
are under the control of the Japanese
consulates, and they send back regular
reports concerning the establishments and
localities where they are stationed. There
are probably one hundred or more such
men abroad now. A large number of
them are in America and Europe: many
are in China; and some in the Straits Set
Elements. Java and the Philippines.
The government is encouraging the for
nation of industrial guilds and the vari-
Gus classes of merchants have their own
combinations. There are over four hun
dred such guilds in Japan. and also six
hundred guilds devoted to commerce.
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b:"n le:nterr cd in the National cemetery
II Arlington. in accordance with the pre-
visions of special acts of Congress
OF the total OF oi114 Confederates VINO
died in northern prisons. the graves OF
1880 We're originally marked known,
and 6,SI unknown. The graves OF
those who died i'm Union army hospitals
will be hard to find, and most likely
would have to be marked unknown"
Most of the thousands who died on the
battlefield have left no trace OF their
being and can no longer he cared for in
the sense of President Mckinley's mean-
ing.
Col William c. Oates of Alabama IS
the commissioner charged by the United
States government with the duty of locat-
ing and marking the graves of Confed-
crate soldiers who died in Union prisons
and hospitals during the civil war. He
has held the office since January. -3'S.
having succeeded Col. William Elliot OF
Georgia. who was the first commissioner
under the law. who died in December,
1907. after only a few months service.
Gen Oates is "A Confederate veteran ard
lost his right arm and the index ringer
of his left hand during the war. Since
then he has been signally honored by the
people of his state. He served in the
lower house of Congress for several terms
from the third district. known as the
Eufaula district. and retired from Con-
sress to accept the governorship of ais
state
Complete records of the operations of
the commissioner under the act have been
kent by Mr. l.. +. Nye of Pennsylvania,
his secretary. who has accompanied him
on most Of his trips to the various burial
places These records show that the re-
mains of S143 Confederates have been
located already and marked in conform
ity with the terms of the act So far the
grea test number TO receive attention was
at the cemetery in EHmira. \. Y, where
1927 graves were provided viii marble
headstones suitably inscribed. Similar
action was taken with the graves of 2,9S2
ConfederateS at Camp Chase. Columbus
Ohio; the graves of 1875 at Rock Island.
H.: the graves of 1856 at Jefferson Bar
racks. st. Louis Mo. and the graves of
$50 at Camp Butler at Springfield Ill
Special monuments will be erected to the
memory of the Confederate dead in the
Green Lawn cemetery at Indianapolis,
ILL., for the pathetic reason that those re-
mains cannot be identified and separately
marked. as provided in the act. There
are 1853 such bodies at North Alton and
1,6oO at Indianapolis. Bids for these two
monuments were opened by Commissioner
Oates at his office in this city the 18th
of February. 1t is prescribed that these
monuments shall be of marble or granite
and shall bear the names of all the sol
diers buried nearby, together with ap-
propriate inscription or archifravc setting
forth the fact that the monuments are
erected to mark the resting place of Off
GERS or men of the Confederate army who
died as prisoners Of war at the two places
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COM M / S $40 Err
~ H u n t in G for Evil
dence AS to Location of
Many Thou
sands Have Alre a dy
Been Marked-What 1t
Has CoSt-Graves of the
Unknown Dead Marked
Like Those of Union Sol
diers.
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the war. The tabulated statement spe-
officially enumerates 100 points at which
such prisoners died, and s. died at I'M
known places. There were, however, only
about twenty-five regular prison depots at
the north.
The following are the total deaths of
Confederates at the more important prison
posts during the war: Alton. ILL.,. 1913:
Camp Butler. ILL.,, SIG: Camp Chase. Ohio.
210S: Camp Douglas. ILL.,, 1853; Camp
Morton. Ind. 1.763: Camp Randall. Wis,
1877: Chester. Pa. o13; Davids Island, New
York Harbor. ITS; Elmira, y. Y. 1850;
Fort Delaware. Del. 2,502; Fort Warren,
Boston Harbor. IL: Frederick, Md, 226;
Gettysburg. Pa. 30; Harris Island, New
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LAWS REGULATING
CREDIT OF MAN AND WIFE
"HE woman who lives alone, whether
married or unmarried. is, aside

"HE woman who lives alone, whether
married or unmarried, is, aside
from some exceptionable circum-
stances, liable for all the goods she may
obtain on credit. II she obtains this
credit by false pretenses she is also
personally liable to the criminal author
tiles.
If. however. the woman be married
and lives with her husband, the man Is
still. in civil law, regarded as the head
of the household and the responsible
person. The wife, therefore, is recog-
nized as his agent by the law and can
make him personally liable for the debts
she contracts. Primarily she herself Is
never liable. even though she has prop
erty OF her own and even earns wages
for herself by personal labor.
If. however credit be extended to the
wife only. as shown by the talks when the
credits are granted. or If the bills are
made out in her name and the accounts
on the creditors books be kept in her
name, then she can be made individually
liable
But it must be either the wife or the
husband to whom the credit is extended.
The creditor cannot take a choice of
them in a way to give him a claim on
both of them. II the other prove i'm
possible to collect from.
i
The husband is responsible for neces-
stiles of life in every case He is also
responsible for certain sorts of things
which to the poorer classes OF persons
would be considered by the courts as
Injuries. 1t may be taken as a general
rule that the husband can be held re-
sponsibie for such bills as his wife makes
when the articles are those commonly
required by women in the same walk OF
life or social strata.
If a husband allows his wife certain
fixed sum TOR her keep and she spends
this in other ways and then runs up
bills in his name, he has been held by
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III time las now
come. in the evolu-
tion OF sentiment
and feeling. under
the providence OF
God. when in the
spirit OF fraternity
We should share
with you in the
care of the graves
OF the Confederate
soldiers.
Thus spoke Mr..
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ILL Japan sobble
the trade of the
orient?
She is laying her
plans to do so, and
from now on viii
strain every nerve
10 that end. I have
just returned from
an investigation OF
one of the lines
along which she is
working. / refer
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BOAT ON THE YANGTsE KIANG MADE IN KOBE

made in Oapan. In some of the higher
schools shoes are required to be worn
by the students. and many of the girls
are adopting like footwear. / notice the
fayorite shoe for men is the congress
gaiter with elastic sides, which can be
easily slipped off and on. This is popular
because one always takes off. his shoes
when he enters a Japanese house, hotel,
club or temple or. indeed. any of the
finer buildings. The floors are covered
with the softest and cleanest of white
mats. which would be ruined by the nails
of an American shoe.
Japan is now taking a great deal of
leather from the United States 1t buys
our calfskins and cowskins and also sole
leather. IT takes considerable wheat and
flour. canned goods of all kinds and tho
greater part of its kerosene oil.
There is big opening for our cotton
underwear. In the past the ordinary Jap
anese has never worn anything under his
kimono. and a strip of wadded cotton was
all that shielded his bare legs from the
blasts of winter. He is now beginning 10
buy knit stuffs. and the whole nation
wants drawers. The men here often wear
these without kimonos, that a union
suit forms full dress This demand is
bound to grow and our exporters should
study it.
The prices OF all things are now high
Cotton elastics which retail at home for
from to cents a yard are selling In
Toxic for 30 cents and all foreign goods
are high priced. Biscuits, or crackers
as We call them. which bring ) cents
pound at home sell here for 80 cents They
are imported from England and are sent
out in tins tightly sealed TO keep out
the moisture.
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Balm for Fat Men.

From the AtchisOn GIobe.
Every picture Of the. devil in human
form represents him as very tail. very
slender and elegantly dressed The fat
men need all the comfort they can get
and may find some in this.
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Mckinley. the martyred President, in the
course OF an address to the southern
people delivered at Atlanta Ga, Decem-
Der Il. 1885 This beautiful sentiment OF
love and fraternity met with the heartiest
Kind of response in all parts of the re-
united country-eaSt and west, north and
south. 1t had the deepest significance in
the southern states. coming as il did from
the leader OF the party which had carried
on the war for the Union. and proved one
of the most effective steps taken since the
civil war 10 mellow, If not wholly oblit-
crate, southern pro-slayery and wartime
hatred of the north.
The proposition was almost unani-
mously approved by the press and the
people of the north. regardless OF party.
and was hailed by the south as a special
act OF grace and friendship. The result
OF popular approval was the enactment OF
legislation in March. 1906 TO carry the
idea into effect. The act carried an ap-
preparation of S1s0.0tU TO provide suitable
marble hcadstones 10 mark the graves of
all the soldiers and sailors of the Confed-
crate army and navy who died in northern
prisons and military hospitals i'm the north
and who were buried near their places of
burial places. ii was provided that the
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LIE R Su b 81 d ID
/ ! Steamers and How
They Are Built = The
kawasaki Shipyards and
Their Ten Thousand
Workmen-Big Bounties
for the Merchant Marine,
Which Now Aggregates
100000 Tons = Ameri-
can Trade and Its Posi-
bilities Among the Japa-
nese.
Copyright. 1909. by Frank G. Carpenter
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they will not travel on German railroads,
nor go to schools which employ German
teachers, nor have anything to do with
the Germans until the trouble be settled
their way.
Referring again to the boycott against
the Japanese, l talked with leadina bust
ness man from Shanghai. He told me
that the Chinese merchants had decided
to make Japan lose a hundred and fifty
million dollars on account of her action in
that matter, and that they would not let
up until they had created damages to
that amount.
I find our American goods popular in
Japan. They are to be seen in nearly
every shop the chief business streets
of the big cities, and often in the little
stores of the Japanese villages. These
people are buying more and more for
eign goods. The war with Russia taught
the soldiers the use of shoes and the ad-
vantages OF foreign clothing. They
learned to eat canned stuffs and as a re-
suit the masses are beginning to buy
such things.
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/ see a great deal of California canned
fruit and Columbia river salmon i'm the
stores, and also limitations of them. Japan
is now canning salmon herself, and she is
experimenting in making canned sardines
out of the herring from the shores OF her
new possession of Saghalien. Many trade
marks are initiated, and one has to watch
carefully to protect his goods. This is
also the case with merchandise intended
for Manchuria and Korea. l. should all
be marked with Chinese characters as
we'll as with the American trade marks.
I find there is great deal of American
machinery coming into Japan. Most OF
our big exporting firms have agents here
and many machines and machine tools
are sold. Steam turbines are being in
troduced. and with the electric possibili-
ties of the country there is bound to he
a big demand for electrical goods in III
future. The various kinds of American
typewriters are for sale in all the large
cities. and our sewing machines. graphic
phones and monographs are TO be had
everywhere. In my trip through the
Kawasaki dock yards / saw many Amer
lean machines in operation. and In the
planning mills and carpenter shops found
the men working on Oregon lumber.
One OF the big openings of the future
and a big market of today is in window
glass. In the past all the windows OF
this country were of paper. and the inner
walls of every house were composed OF
hundreds of paper panes. In the towns
these are now being replaced with glass.
and as result Japan will soon use more
glass than any other country of the far
east The new school buildings which
are now being erected are almost walled
with glass. and every large structure is q
blaze of light. Indeed, the conditions
are changing rapidly in this part OF
the world that if our manufacturers and
exporters would take advantage of them
they should keep men on the ground 10
study the markets and to push their goods
in accordance with the demand of the
times FRANK q. CARPENTER.