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The Harbor of Vladivostok, Russia's Chief Seaport. Japanese Commanders The Leaders m Land aai Sea ef Japai's Fkcss. T IE personnel composing the leadership of the arm ies and navies of .<apati is a distinguished one, well known to students of war. The Japanese Nary is under tbe con trol of a naval staff, with headquar ters in Japan. movable so as to be within easy direction of tbe several ?ridel/, separated fleets. The chief of the naval staff Is Admiral Ito. who was distinguished as the leading fleet of ficer during the Chinese- Japan War of I8&4-95. Admiral Ito is ably assisted 5y Admiral Itabayama. Those men are responsible for the naval campaign 1b general. The active fleet executive, who has taken tbe plaee held by Ad miral Togo, Is tbe (lug officer of the fleet. His subordinates as squadron commanders are Vice-Aduiiral Hituku and Hear Admiral Dewa. These live officers are Japuu'a present naval lead ers. The army, as a whole, is under the fllrection of a general staff, with bead era I Kogu probably Is tbe active ex ecutive of this division. The second, grand dfvlslon la ably led by Lleuten ant-Oeneral Oahtma at ita head. Lieu tenant-General Ogawa leads the fourth division. And the fifth brand division Is commanded by Lieutenant-General Yamagucbl. It Ia under these chief leaders for her navy nnd army that Ja pan haa begun her. struggle. One Of the few Orientals who bare risen from the~"humble*t claas Of life to be great men in their States la Ad miral Sotokichl Urlu, commander of tbi> Japanese. fleet that attacked Tort Arthur and the recognised strategic genius of the Mikado's naval forces. They call him "The Little Admiral" in his own lutiu. bi'fiinse of Ills diminu tive stature. In America he is spoken of as Ibe "Maliari of Japan." and bis suverelgn, appreciative of the superior training and uiHiuestioned bravery dis played in another war. has made him chief of the most important fleet ar rayed against Russia in the Kastern seas. The story of Uriu's life has a paral lel In that of the lute Li Hung Chang, though perhaps the Admiral was born under eircumstances more auspieious for Ills wonderful rise from poverty to greatness, while Karl Li of China over came all the obstacles of nn un regen erated barh-irian regime. Urlu, of Ja pan. reached manhood at the very hour when his country had launched its modern liberal policy of e^pifll chances for all classes of society. The Admiral is a dlreef product of REAR-ADMIRAL N. URIU. >VU<> Couitnaaiml t.li? Japan.;* > Squadron in t!i ? P.>rt Art'.uir muut.4. II o Was Gru t'iiu"'! l'ru:u quarters in Japan. The Hmpcror Is J nominally commander of both the! urmy and navy, but lit* relics upon t lie ' general start' to counsel ami act lor him. Tin* chief of tin* general stalV is Field Marshal Marquis Oyuniu. Hi* J wan prominent In the tlchl of 1 S'.? I t>r?. 1 After tin* death of General Kawakami, j who wan the Moltke 111 the China war. i Marshal Oyauia became chief of start. ' To-day he holds this position, yet it Is 1 only in name that he is chief. General 1 Kawakami'* real successor is Lieu- j tenant-General Bnron Kodnma. recent-' ly appointed Ylce-cliief of the general ?talT. Baron Kodama has been for some fears Hie Governor-General of Formo sa. Great expectations are centred upon liiin. fie has shown exceptional uhility in Formosa and is looked to an m man of genius lu large military strategy. The world will probably hear much of him. He Is a young man, slight in [fliyslque, but very alert, decisive and positive lu bearing. As sociated with Lleutenant-General Ko dama are two newly made generals, Kurokl and Oku. These four men have ? Vica- Admiral Tojja, Cotiirnamlar of tJio Jap?n??se Hiiuadron Wliloli Torpodoed tti? HuimUii War slitp^ Port Arthur. formulated Japan's full plans of CHID* pui?ti. Under the general staff are two gruod bureaus. Tbe director of the Urst bureau Is Major-Oeneral OJlcbi. The second bureau la under the direc tion of Major -(3 en era! Fu-Kuchltna. famous for Ills horseback ride across Siberia In 181KJ-04. and for Ills energy In tbe field in the Chinese-Japan War a year later He Is familiar with Rus sia and the Russians. Tbe Imperial Body fluurd Is commanded by Lieu* tenant-Oeneral Husegawa. Tbe first army division Is under th* command ?f a prince of the Imperial House who U of no special value In the Hold. Unn> i that new policy. Kdurated ut the I'll it I'd States Naval Academy and lat er a student at Kuropean centres of learning, he is said to be one of the most broad minded of his countrymen. So much does !i?* approve of Western ism that !i;? makes KnjjMsh tlie lan guage of 111-* home in Tokio. Ilis wife, a Japanese graduate of Yjissar Col lege, and h's live children know their native tongue, but I hey do not use It auiong themselves. The Admiral j writes and speaks Kimllsh perfectly, and every publication Issued by the elass of '81 sinee it left Annapolis con tains some contribution from tils pen. Admiral Togo is now about lifty-tive years or age. He Is not of princely or noble birth. but is a simple gentleman, a Samurai of the great Satsuma clan, as so many of Ills fcljow-otliccrs are. Ills senior in rank. Admiral Count Ito mot to be confused with his uamesuke. Marquis Ito), who was in chief com mand of the navy during the China Japanese war. and is now Chief of the Naval Headquarters StalT In Toklo, is also a Satsuma Samurai, and formerly the whole Japanese fleet was officered and manned by the Satsuma. in the ; same way that the Japanese army was ' drawn from the Choshu clan. Nowa ' days, neither navy nor army Is entirely j given over to these, the two most pow i erful of the clans of Japan, but many i men from all over the empire are to be j found In both services. When Togo ' entered the navy, however, its whole personnel was Sutsumn. Admiral Togo I received a great part of his education ?it the Naval College. Creenwlch, where lie went through the regular courses of instruction current Rome thirty odd | years ago. WoniAti ft?r?iiilng Srnalbl*. "The time is coming," snys an eml m?nt physician, "when women by the i-oustructiou of their attire will have an equal opport unity with men to breathe the hrcath of life. 1 know that this is so by the marked change In the character of niy patients. Ten years ago the average sick woman would take offense at dny suggestion of tight lacing. Now she listens with respect and often asks eagerly for breathing directions and where to go for advice upon all these subjects." Origin of L?tn<l Surveying. The art of laud surveying owes Its origin to the fact that the Egyptians were unable to keep permanent monu ments on land which was overflowed every year by the Nile. Under such circumstances It became neeessai^ to have some means of re-ldentlfylng the various pieces of land. The Instru ments and mathematical methods of astronomy, with suitable modifica tions. were used by the Kgyptians for land surveying. ?AKNESS9 Tt US UIBUUUL Appiratas flkk Gives the Wearer the Use of Boa Harts. o Solicitors, canvassers and others whose business requires that they should bo out iu all kinds of weather sre sorely handicapped when the? are compelled to give up the use of one hand to carry uu umbrella, in order to meet this deuiaud tho umbrella sup port shown lias been devised. In this npparutus the umbrella Is held with two sticks instead of one. and these UICDREMjA BUCKLED TO THE BODY. ? re conveniently pi need for fasten* iug the extended umbrella to the body and holding it over the bead. This framework is strapped around the waist and also supported at the shoul- i der, but the harness is not at all ob trusive, and eould be worn by women as well as men. It Is also suggested as a valuable thing' for a bicycle tour ist as a protection against the suu. A HOUSEWIFE'S HELP. ? <?*?> ? New Style of a Kitchen Cab* loet. The Inventors of the kitchen cabinet* appear to have been particularly active lately, the patent otHee having an nounced several new wrinkles in this line in the past two months. Each purports to be au Improvement over all those that preceded it, so it would seem that the acme of perfection should well nigh be reaehed. An Indiana man. however, appear# THK NEW KITCHEN CAUIXKT. to have struck upon a most happy Idea with the cabinet. This is herewith Il lustrated. With u combination of drawers and sliding ledges, with re ceptacles for the various ingredients used in the kitchen, and racks and hooks for the utensils needed b.v the cook, it would seem that nothing is left to be desired. A feature of the cabi net Is the swinging arrangement by which space is economized. HIuIdk m Trail. The ignorance of uiany people about the habits uud capacities of the blind Is illustrated by a question which a man once asked Helen Keller. Al though he was a scholar and man of letters, he wanted to know if she en Joyed painting! A bright boy, who was a pupil In one of the earliest in stitutions for the blind, says Fanny Crosby In her "Life Story," was vastly bored by the foolish questions asked by visitors whom he hud to escort about the school. The climax was reached when ho took them to the dining hall. "Dear me!" exclaimed the wonder ing dame. "How do you blind folks ever manage to see the way to your mouths?" "Well, mu'am." replied the boy solemnly, "each of us hitches one end of u string to his tongue and the other to the leg of his chair. By following that he manages to prevent the vie* tuuls losing their way." Than ? Murro. Prospecting by automobile Is the latest novel Idea In the Centennial State. Two Colorado mining men, H. F. Kelly ami Smith McKay, left Den ver recently In an auto for a prospect ing tour through Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico. They carried a regular camping outfit and provisions for the first week out. It was their inteution to be gone about six months. Wh?K Trltn. Tests made at the Ohio Experiment Station demonstrated that five pecks of wheat on rich bottom land produced thirty-four bushels. Seven pecks of seed wheat produced thirty-seven busb? els. The experiments were, tried thre# years, and the seven pecks continued to make the greater quantity of wheat. t?l\ick ana /\dv0*ttvire. - GRAND DUKE'S OWN STORY. G RAND DUKB CYRIL hai Jut arrind at Harbin on his way to St Pftmbnrg. His lajarlea are not severe, although fee is snfferlng from barns on lb* neck .and ears caused bj the trmcndNi emploalou or tbe Petroparlovsk and from bruises of tbe back and loins -caused, subse quently, by tbe beating of tbe turbu lent waves, which. however, quickly subsided. Tbe Grand Duke can walk a little now. He gives the following story of bis escape, wblcb was almost miracu lous: At the moment of the explosion on the Petropavlovsk tbe Grand Duke was ou the bridge, at the other end of which was Admiral Makaroff. It seemed as if the world, the skies, the waters were suddenly rent asunder and from the gulf arose s devouring .cloud and blinding flame, which burst with a deafening roar into acrid suf focating fumes. Scorched,' blinded, choked, stunned. Cyril recovered consciousness suf ficiently to recognize that tbe Petro pavlovsk was settling down by the bend. Tbe bodies of tbe dead sailors were floating off the forecastle deck, which was awash. All around lay wreckage; fallen top hamper and seald iug steam cut off the Grand -Dune's es cape by tbe companionway. He faintly remembers that be real ised the necessity of making bis way aft. dimly reasoning that there he was more likely, with some way still on the ship, to clear the suction from Iter when she sank. He recalls swarming hand over band down from the bridge aud making bis way along the deck through smoke, flauie, steam and still suffocating fumes among heaps of buman debris. He remembers ascending an incline, with the rising water, as it seemed pursuing him into a barbette iu >vbieb the water was already pouring with such force that be required all his strength he could muster to battle Vis way through it. However, he reached a gun port and dived through it. He recalls now that while diving the thought flashed across his mind tbat he must dive deep and swim as far is possible before rising, as tbat was ais only chance to permanently clear :he sinking ship. So he dived down. Jown and outward with all the force >f an uthlete and practised swimmer antil bis temples were bursting with tbe effort of retaining bis breath. Then he struck out upward. However, he bad dived so deep that (t seemed :o him be would never reach ;he surface: but at last the light came ? nd he reached the air. While he filled *iIh lungs he supported himself on a ?iece of floating wreckage which he seized, and to which he assisted an other struggling swimmer. Then the Grand Duke looked around for the Petropavlovsk. She was not to l>e seen. The sea was quite calm. and. ?xcept for the gentle rise and fall of the woodwork to which he was cling ing with his companion, he was quite motionless. But with each upward r.wing lie swept around his eyes over the smooth bosom of tbe placid sea for tbe great ship. There was no sign, no trace of her oxcept some floating bodies, a few buoyant articles und still fewer bat tling swim ni ?r s. The Grand Duke, of course, did not know then how much time had elapsed, but he beard afterward that exactly one minute and forty seconds passed between the explosion and tbe ship's disappearance.? Charles IJauds. iu the New York World. AN ANTARTIC RESCUE. As dramatic as the famous meeting of Dr. XiiiiHPti mill Mr. Jackson on the h-e of Franz-Josef Land in the summer of 1XIK5 was that of Captain Lnrsen. of the Swedish steamship Antartic, Dr. Otto Nordenskjold. t lie Swedish ex piorer, ant! Captain Iri/.ar. of tlie Ar gentine gunboat Uruguay, umong the ley hills of Louis-Philippe Land hist November. The Nordeuskjold vessel Antartic. which left Sweden in Octo ber, 11101. and hud taken on board a lieutenant of t lie Argentine Nuvy nt Ituenos Ayres, had landed Dr. Nordeu skjold and his party at Snow Hill, Lou is-Philippe Lund, in January. 1002. with provisions for two years. The steamer had then gone to the vicinity Of the Fulkiatul Islands for an extend ed cruise. According to the pliin agreed upon, the Antnrtic was to return for the ex ploring party in January, luo3. On the fourth of thnt month, however, while passing between two ice fields !n Terror Bay. it was suddenly nipped i' nd held fast. A hole was made in the quarter, through which water poured in a torrent. The steam pumps were started, and for more than a month kept the vessel fairly clear of water while she lay in the Ice. Mean while all 011 board were ready to aban don ship. At last, on February 12. she went clear of the ice and headed for land, but began to fill quickly. Captain Lar sen ran her against an ice field, and landed the men and stores just before the steamer sank. The party succeed ed in reaching Paulet Island, where the crew wintered with great hard ships. One sailor died. Meanwhile, when his rescuers failed to arrive. Dr. Nordenskjold wintered In I<ouls-Philippe Land, only sixty miles away. When the summer of 1003 went by without word from the explorer, the Swedish Government took alarm and fitted out a relief expedition. Befttc it could sail, however, the energetic Argentine Republic had commissioned Captain Irizar, of the gunlioat Uru guay, to sail at once for the south sea and find Dr. Nordenskjold. Accord ingly, early In November? the opening of spring In those latitudes- Captain Irizar landed on Louis-Philippe Land, and had the good fortune in the course of a short walk to meet two of Dr. Nordensjkold's inen, who were hunt ing for penguins for food. Quickly they led him over the Ice mounds to the on nip where Dr. Norden skjold and the others Wv?re, Jiiey had hardly excnauged grtctint*. aid tut (??der was Junt saying that the Ant artic had not Imm acco. when om the htll on the other akle came Cap tain Larsen. the Argentine lieutenant and live of his sailors, who crcssed on the ice from Panlet Island, seeking their leader or some rescuer. The reunion waa as Joyous ss It waa dramatic. The Argentlue lieutenant, bareheaded, roughly clad, unshorn, hailed as an old, comrade and superior the commander of the Uruguay, and was delighted that the rescue should hare been achieved by hia own Gov ernment. The relief of each party on learning that the others hsd come through unharmed may be Imagined. Two days later the rest of the sailors were taken on board the Uruguay from Paulet Island, and soon 'from southern South Amorica news of their safety was flashed to the world. Besides valuable meteorological and magnetic records, and notes and maps of canoe and Inland exploration!* of the borders of Louis-Philippe and Oc car Second Lands. Dr. Kordenskjold brings back fossils which show that those now frigid regions were once possessed of a beautiful and bounteous vegetation. SNAKES IN BED. No matter where he is. or at what ho tel he Is stopping. John L. Carter, a well-known railroad contractor. of Col orado. always, before going to bed. re mores the covers and shakes theui thoroughly berore daring to turn in. That Is. he does this in tlie Reason when snakes are arouud. Yesterday afternoon, while talking to a group of friends In the lobby of the Savoy Hotel. Mr. Carter told a story that ex plained this unusual habit of his. It was about the middle of lust July when he was at Tucuuicnri. N. M.. with a construction party of the Rock Island road that the experience be re counted befel him. After an unusual ly hard day's work he entered the quarters of the engineers late at night, so worn out that he did not even strike a light, but threw off his clothes and piled himself into one of the beds along the wall. In a few moments he was sound asleep, but frequently dur ing the night he was awakened by what seemed to him a moving ridge beneath bim In the bed. He was loo sleepy to get up to Investigate, how ever. and anyway felt that it Was only a trick of his imagination. Kising ear ly the next morning, be. ss was the habit of the men In tiie camp, began the task of folding up and putting a way the blankets ou the bed. As be jerked the third one from the bed and gave It a vigorous shake lie heard a heavy tliud ou the other side, as of some body striking the ground. What confronted bis eyes when he lowered the blanket almost paralyzed him with fear. There, all coiled and ready for battle, lay an immense prairie rattle snake. Later, "when, with the aid of some men about the camp who had an swered bis call, he had despatched the reptile, he measured it and found that it was exactly live feet in length and as large round as a man's wrist. That's why Mr. Carter always in spects his bed in the snake season.? Kansas City Journal. A JAPANESE HERO. Rpar Admiral Ingles recall!* the death ?f the gteat Count Saigo as an instructive example of the hahit of ininii of the Japanese. The Count was in insurrection against Lis Emperor in 1S7.'? and was nearly in the toils and lie knew it. So in his stronghold he employed his leisure time in playing chess with his immediate friends. Re ports kept coming in from the out posts, each time more disheartening than the last. Rut the Count stilJ went on playing chess, while the ut most good humor and pleasant rail lery continued among the whole party. Yet another message from the out posts came in. which left no donht as to the situation. Still the Count nnd Ills companions went on playing. | "Your move, sir." were the words that broke the absorption of the moment. Then when there was a pause in the game at which he conld rise without being discourteous to his guests, the Count got up and said: "Gentlemen, now i! is time." He directed some one to send for his sword bearer. The man advanced and immediately re ceived his orders. A few seconds later Count Saigo'* body and head had been separated at. one heavy stroke. AN ARAB SPY OUTWITTED. Once at least, in Egypt, the loss of his eye in c?? earlier .campaign proved a great service to Lord Wolseley and his army. He could got no information of the enemy's strength of position, says t lie Loudon Onlooker. An Arab was captured prowling around our outposts nnd was brought before him. It wus ten to one the sulleu fellow knew everything. Lord Wolseley ques tioned him. The fellow answered no* ? er a word, standing stolid between two soldiers. At last a happy idea struck the general. He said in Arabic: "It is no use your refusing to ntiswer me, for I am a wizard, and at a wish can de stroy you and your masters. To prove Ibis to you. I will take out my eye. throw it up, catch It and put it back In my head." And. to the horror and amazement of the fellow. Lord Wolse ley took out bis glass eye, threw it up. caught and replaced it. That was enough: the Arab capitulated, and the Information he gave the staff led to the Arabi's defeat. Gftnernl Ktiropntkln'a P?nr1?i*iirii. (ieueral Kuropatkin's hold over men is duo to his reputation for ubsoluto fearlessness. Five years ago he re ceived the Information that the great powder magazine at St. Petersburg and that at Toulon, France, were to be blown up within twenty-four hoyrs The general was in bed when Ue heard the news, but ho at once got up and started for St. Petersburg without los ing a moment. He summoned all the staff of the magazine and went on a round of Inspection. He found every thing In order, nnd as a proof of his satisfaction or<V'red every one iu the magazine to take three days' holiday nnd to leave at once. He then col lected a new garrison nnd a new staff and set a ring of sentries all around the magazine. The consequence was th:it nothing happened to the St. Pet ersburg magazine, but that at Toulon wsis blown up the next day ?Chicago | News. News of Interest AFRO-AMERICANS Wont Be Shut Out. According to a dispatch from Hal sigh. N. C., there are probabilities that the colored voters of the state will fire the white republicans some trou> e. Rer. D. H. W. I^eek. one of the most prominent ministers in the Af rican Methodist Episcopal church, who has for many years figured prom inently In politics also, whe (tasked about the attitude of the Negroes, said: "We are watching to sec what hap pens and it the white republicans shut us out from the state convention (.his year as they did at the last one. they will certainly hear something drop." Republican officeholders make the very positive declaration that Roose velt will get the solid support of the North Carolina delegation to the na tional convention, and smile at what they call threats of the colored voters. ? ? ? ? Majority of Delegation Colored. Wildly cheering every reference to the recent overwhelming defeat of the lily white ticket in the I-xniisiana State election, the regular republicans met in New Orleans the past week, strongly endorsed President Roosevelt and his administration, and sent a mixed delegation to the national con vention. Thirty-nine parishes and seventeen wards of New Orleans were represented. Three-fourths of the convention comprised colored dele gates. but there were many old line white republican leaders present. Walter Cohen called tho convention to order. Joel Moody was made tho temporary chairman. Four delegates at large wore elected as follows: Walter Cohen, fl. B. N. Brown. Kniile Knutx and Girault Far rar. The two former are ?representa tive Negroes. The resolutions adopt ed denounce the suffrage laws oi" Ixm Isiana and the separate ear law ; :>f all the southern states; ap;:e?I t > em gross to pass; laws against lynching.*, declare the lily white knoel.ed '.hi Negro down in the state cunpaign onl;? 10 embrace him 410 ? in the !? ?:*?? of holding on to the federal offices, and pledge unfaltering support to President Roosevolt, his administra tion aud his candidacy. * ? ? A Peonage Law Explained. Assistant District Attorney Aker man. ?f Georgia, has given out an in terview which adds quite a g.?o I ileal to the discussion of the peonage ques tion. which has been greatly quicken ed by the recent action of the court of appeals in npproving the decision of Judge Swavne. hy which S. T. | Clyatt. of Tiflon. was sentenced to serve four years in the f'>d'.;ral prison for violating the peonage law. Tiio J interpretation of the law as given out hy some of the lawyers who were in terested in the rase made it appear ! that a strict construction of the law j would make farmers who ha'l ad- j vanced money to their croppers, or the housewife who advance.! money to the cook and insisted upon l *>^m ?'working it out" were violating the peonage laws. Referring to prosecu tions under the law. Assistant Attor ney Akerman said: "It has not heen and it will not he the policy of the government to pros ecute except where there is a Ha sjrant disregard of the liberties of the weak and ignorwt citizen. In fact. the prosecu tions already instituted have liecn in the nature of danger signals to check ;itlzens. The punishment h morod out heretofore have been very mild, but If after the public warnings havo been given these practices art* kept up, the government will request the court to give the maximum sentences al lowed by the statute. "As I understand tho peonage stat ute," Mr. Akerman continued, "there Is nothing in It to prevent a person from permitting his debtor to liqui date his debt by his labor. Out it does prevent a man from constltutlng him self a court and jury to try Ills own case against another citizen who is poor, theu enters up judgment, and afterwards constitutes himself a slier Iff to collect this Judgment by seizing the debtor, in the face of all the cou stltutional prohibitions, both state and national, against imprisonment for debt, and compels hi* debtor to labor j for him until he considers himself sat isfied. In other words, a person ?o bo guilty under the peonage stat.ite must by force, threats or intimidation compel his debtor to labor for his creditor, to work out a real or a pro tended oblgation." ? ? I Colored People Leaving the Delta. Hon. Ii. C. Dulaney. of Issaquena. ! one of the most prominent planters in : the delta, attributes the scarcity of j labor in Mississippi to the agitation , of the Negro question during the past ; year, the seeming attitude of hostlll- j ty toward the race and the opposl- j tlon to Negro education which had Ita , first actual demonstration in Governor Vnr. toman's veto of tho appropriation for the Negro Normal School at Holly Springs. Mr. Dulaney states that tho labor scarcity is not due to the fact that the Negroes will not accept work so much as It Is to the steady tide of Negro 1 emigration from tho state. Members i of the race who have grown restive ; on account of the attempt to deprive , them of educational advantages are ! leaving the state in large numbers j .and among these are many good, hard working, law abiding colored people who have moved to other southern ( rum where the hostility toward the net to Mt so attar* at. TkU to ilrocg confirmation of the statemeat made by Bishop Galloway la his address before the educational conference mt Birmingham. Ala^ re osatly. wherein he said that thers are very (ew Nscroes la Mississippi who would not sell their property and leave the stats 11 they could get a fair valu atloa for It. There are several nota ble Instances in Jacksoa where well to-do Negroes have sold their property with the Intention of leaving the state. One Negro disposed of his holdings a few days since for $5,000 and Is pre paring to move to pklshoma. The new Wells vsgrancy lnw, a measure which will undoubtedly have a salutary effect among the lawless and loalltng elements of the race. Is cordially Indorsed by the better class of colored people, and It has not con tributed 1 nsny way to the deep-seated ? feeling of unrest which to now so visibly manifesting Itself. Inquiry at the ticket offices of the railroad com panies show thst the bulk of their pleasure Journeylngs on Saturday and Sunday of each week. Is to points out side of the state. It is undoubtedly true that the Negroes are steadily moving out. ? ? ? ? Captain Young Goes to Haiti. A Washington dispatch says: It haa been decided to send a mlitary attache to Haiti and Santo Domingo and for this duty Csptaln Charles Young, Ninth cavalry, has tx>en selected. That officer has been on duty at the presido at Ssn Francisco. He is a Negro, a graduate of the military academy and possesses a fine record. His ability and fitness for the place led to his designation. THREE ZONES IN ONE HOUR. Two Regions in the World Where the People May Vi#it Them All. Only two places exist on till.* plob? where one can pass through thr *?? sones of temperature ? the tropica!, subtropical and temperate ? within an aoiir": time. Hawaii is one of these places an<l Darjeellng. in northeast ?~n India, is another. In l?oth th'?se places the trick is ?icne hy climbing up the high mountains. In Hawaii tlv Trav eler starts wi h the warm brent h ?>f the Pacific fanning him amid t!ie ??niell of palm *rees. lie passes bv creat cl::st-rs o? tropica I fruit hvI is lit* mounts the trees change. until !i J is In the l:!nd of scer.ery that mi? he found in the southern l*nP-vt States Still he climbs, ami sc?r. ho notices tl?.?t it is much cooler r.n?' that the character of the scer.e has eh'tnge I to on" that reminds M:v i the *cmpi-rat?? ::one. with fields which potatoes an:l otlu?r n? ith \ -get aides ate growing. In ling the change :s ?' '< r.:or'"? v mdcrful. The entrance t? ? tableland en which the little mount i .? city stand.- is thrnmk a dark. s i:v. ? t tropical pusn. full of mighty palm - a::? hung with on i.ids and other jungl? growth. After a while tiie tree." change from pains to the won.ierfu. tree ferns. The.;e plternale with bin an.i t re:?s. rntil. after some m- re climbing. f?r ests are reached of n>? ^ nol'as and similar trees. Throe, these magnolias the way leads e- et t:p, and ail at once, over an open p; i. there earr.e in*o view immense ti:io!c e-s of Himalayan rhododendrons an<? the cvi-rure mi of firs and cedar.'. und !ieyond stand the \\1 i : ??. grim. -n >.v clad, frozen im untaiu peaks like re tic icebergs on land. In less than ' ? ?) hours a traveler cm a.-cend fr :.n orchids through junu'es to tea p!a:::? tions and thence to a climate ?:f uort.ii eru rases and violets. HOW THE JAPANESE KNEW. Had Spies to Watch Building of Ru-> sian Battleship at Philadelphia. A story is being told which she .in Interest : tr light on the marvel foresight and precaution ths.t cha: !.:? teri;:ed Mie preparations of the 1 .1 ( ? :i e.se for th? present war. Some v.?ir? ago a Japanese auent came to i'lti! 1 delphia with a letter of ini reduction to a prominent Philadelphia!* who ii id traveled in Jcipun. This Philadelphia:! '.o'.is tli" storv. Th ? l"tl"r was written by a Japan ?se official who knew the philade! phian. a::d it stated that If lie would help tli<* hearer in what he d jsired the favor v\ ji.!d be greatly appreciated. The favor was for the Philadelphia!! to simply introduce the a?:ent to ;? first-class firm of detect iv m. T'ah was done and the agent described as a responsible person. He had pleir.y (if money, and a bargain was male with the lirni. the latter to receive ? large sum of money. The detectives were required fa dre.- ' i:i tli-* clothes of laborers an I secure work in Cramp's shipyard and then to gather full information aboat the Hetyian battleship Variag. th"a in early course of construction. Thl* they did. and the Japanese govern ment was supplied with evory detail of the construction and armament of the Variat?. The officials at Cramp;* do not y?'t know exactly hovi the Jap* obtained it. ? Philadelphia Press. HOW THeY LOVE EACH 0THE3 Daniel J. Sully's Hat Reminds Hiei of a Woman's Barbed Shaft. Daniel J. Bully, on the day of nis Admission to the Chicago Hoard of Trade, lunched at the CHcago club. H?> wore a new derby hat. f >r h" had l>e .? pretty severely mailed bv *;i? brokers and his old ha-; had i> ? m altogether ruined. '"You Fa re not wearing the snnr? hat foil had on this morning, fir." a re port *r said to Mr. Sully with a smile. "No," the broker admitted, and hr> went on: "Now. I'll te'.l you an appropriite ind timely story ? a story about a hat Ifid about Raster. "Two women shook hands warmly ift'*r church on an Raster Sunday morning, and while they ?onver.??d Ihey examined each other' 1 apparel a l*'i their bright eyes. "'How becoming your Risler haf Is.' Kald the fl-st woman. '? 'Oh. do you think so?' said tiie Vher. " 'Ye* Indeed It lookfi almost as '? as it ill 1 list year.' "