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THE JAPANESE SPIRIT. It Is Best Exemplified in the Patriot ism and Self-Sacrifice of the Men aud Women. Wvorid's Work<. We are g-tting, iew liiuh on the Japaae,.e character. and wvonderfully smer,n a;tu * the~ incid.- tiat re vea! Ph e her ism f the1r ldier and ,ailors i n srprize. htit the pi f -7 - crine that n:ove' all their pe ,ple is n,e"g t,- :iai%:. the wh-xl world w,),n,d:r. When .\dmiral Togo called f-r volunteers to mae' '-hip\ whih he wi.hed :d c!ozo up th- Rus.ian navy in Port Arth,,r. every man in the fleet re po:ied. ome wnlte applicatpilnZ in their own blood to go to what seem ed certain death. In an engagenlent following one of these attempts to block the harbor. Lieutenant Hiroso, when his own ship sank. leaped to inhe deck of a Russian torpedo boat, -and died there. fighting hand to hand. He inight have saved his life by swimming to a Japanese boat close at hand. And this spirit of self-sacrifice is not confined to the soldiers and sail ors. The story comes by way of London that a Japanese woman, who was married to a Russian to whom she was greatly attached, found out .that he was a spy, qnd betrayed him. .A western woman, if she would have o. this at all. would probably have 'kihd herself afterward: but the Jap anese considered it a duty, and she -did not hesitate. A Japanese murder - er, .oondemned to die, had a dollar left out of the money sent by. his friewds. The jailer suggested on his last night of life that he buy a good supper. But the man asked if he -might not send his money to the war 'und. The excessive war taxes, which Aave already caused much suffering among the poor. are paid cheerfully. Many Japanese men, physically unfit to go to war, committed suicide in .their inters.c disappointment. To bravery they have added mag -nanimi-y. To their dead enemy they showed a rare courtesy. When Ad miral Makaroff went down with the Petropavlovsk. to honor his memory they organized a procession in which they carried a thousand white lan -2erns. One of the banners bore this inscription: "We sorrow unquenchably for the brave Russian Admiral Makaroff." What. then, is this spirit? It is not only the spirit of self-sacrifice. so common among Orientals. but a .determination to serve the country -in every condition of life and fortune. The individual examples- of bravery may not win the war. but they show the kind of people the Japanese are. A Heroint. of the Light House. M~obile Register. Off Pass Christian. on the coast of Mississippi. lies Cat Island. which. al Though in sight of land, is as lonely -a spot as is foutnd on this continent. The supply boat, and occasionally a -;pleasure yacht are visitots: bu. days ~pass and no human soul comes to lighten the hours of those in charge of the light. In such a situation was performed there, this month. an act of simple heroism that should he re corded. One evening early in July. when Mrs. McCall. wife of the light keeper. Daniel McCall. summoned her husband to supper, there was no r.espo.nse, and she found hinm lying -tli the boat wharf. dead Greatly shocked. she tried to move the body to the house, but. being a small. frail woman, she had not strength. She had to' leave her (lea:! lying there in the open She covered the borv with a cloth and returned to her desolate home. It was now night. Suddenly she remembered the light, and the -dijmy of lighting it. Climbing the tower, she applied the flame and the beam shot out across the wvater. She was dismayed to discover. however. that the lamp would not mechanical -!y revolve. Something was the mat c:er; she did not know what. The light -must burn and the lamp must revolve. She knewv that. She knew, also, that upon her alone rested the great trust of protecting the lives of seamen in that region. Bravely, hardly realiz ing what sacrifice it meant, she set herself to the task of turning the lamp by hand. All night she stood there, patiently revolving the great glass prism-all alone in the night. -ith her husband lying stark dead, al most at her feet. Two nights thatc nol.oe she kept a her self-appoint Wagoqs Just Recei They are not "As Go have any size wagon, a Quati ed ta.k: and. on the third day. the di.tress flag she had hoisted was seen and relief came, finding her well nigh exhausted by her long and heart breaking vigil. It is a story, for the details of which we are indebted to Major W. E. Craighill. of the United States en gineers, that carries with it its own comment. We shall be pleased to add, some time, that the government has taken notice of the fidelity and courage of this noble woman and of fered her some reward for her great service. Already she has been ap pointed keeper of the light, birc his, we believe, is buc a temporary ar rangement, until a permanent keeper can be stationed there. She has as her assistant, a nephew and niece. Answers by Teachers. The town of Lansford is greatly agitated by the charge made at a meeting of the school board that cer tain of its teachers do not know who wrote the Declaration of Indepen dence or who the participans were in the Revolutionary War, says a Tamaqua, (Pa.) dispatch in the Phil adelphia Record. Several of the teachers, failing to get a high average at the annual ex amination, charge Prof. A. J. Killian, the principal, with being unfair in computing the averages. In refuta tion of the charge Prof. Killian read the answers some of the teachers made to questions propounded dur ing the examination. Some of the answers were as follows: A wri'. of habeas corpus is a law hich was passed in Congress. Cyrus W. Field was noted for mak irg peace. The causes of the Revolutionary War were the fight between the Con federates and the Federals, who fought at Bunker Hill and Lexing I ton. Henry Clay was the framer of rhe Declaration of Independence. lie al co .cgned it. Letters of marque and reprisal are letters issued to sailors for bravery. Reflex action is wvhen a person is dead and his muscles move. The nerve of sight is the ocular nerve. The ear dhum is the nerve of hearing. The cranium is one of the bones of the skull. The ball and socket is a bone of the lower limbs. It takes some politicians about two hours to inform an interviewer that they have nothing to say. Nothing increases a man's desire o do a thing like the discovery That his wife doesn't want him to do it. Cured of Chronic Diarrhoea Aftet Ten Years of Suffering. "I wish to say a few words in praise of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoe:: Remedy." says Mrs. Ma.t tie Burge, of Martinsville, Va. "I s~ffred from chronic diarrhoea for ten years and during that time tried various medicines without obtaining any permanent relief. Last summer one of my children was taken with cholera morbus. and I procured a bot tle of this remedy. Only two doses w ere required to give her entire re he. and did not use all of one bottle heiore I was wvell and I have never ince been troubled with that com o)aint. One cannot say too much in favor of that wonderful medicine." Tiis remedy is for sale by Smitr's Drug Co., Newberry, and Prosperity Drug Co., Prosperity, S. C. NOTICE. The Cotton Weighers' Assouration at Pomaria will meet on August 4 at 9 a. m. to elect a cotton weigher for We ved A CAR I Virginia od," but are guarante nd any size Tire. Let tlebaum Race Trouble in Virginia. Danville. Va.. July 26.--A riot ai Stokesland. five miles from this city resulted in the serious injury of four persons. The trouble started witli some negroes who abused a party ol white mer. accompanied by women because of the refusal of the whiteE to give them matches to light thei pipes. Irvin Cook, white, and Wm. Hall Harvie Gwynn and Harry Flinnin, all colored, received wounds. some ol which may prove fatal. The wome1 escaped without injury. Most of the population of the settlement turned out under arms and a race war wa. narrowly averted. The police depart ment of this city was called upon tc quell the disturbance. How the Cape Was Cut. A little girl who made frequen1 use of the word "guess" was one day reproved for it by her teacher, whc said: "Don't say 'guess,' Mary, say 'pre sume.' " A few days later, says the Cleve land Plain Dealer, one of Mary'! friends coming up to her, remarked "I think your cape is pretty and m3 mother wants your mother to lend hei the pattern, because she is going tc make me one like it." "My mother has no pattern," wa, the prompt reply; "she cut it b3 presume." One Lady's Recommendation Sol Fifty Boxes of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. I have, I believe, sold fifty boxes o Chamberlain's Stomach and Live: Tablets on the recommendation o one lady here, who first bought a bo of them about a year ago. She neve tires of telling her neighbors an< friends about the good qualities o these Tablets.-P. M. Shore, Drug gist, Rochester, Ind. The pleasan purgative effect of these Tablet makes them a favorite with ladie everywhere. For sale by Smith' Drug Co., Newberry, and Prosperit Drug Co., Prosperity, S. C. NOTICE. W\e w'ill receive applications fo Dispenser and Clerk, for Town o ten o'clock a. in., and will conside same and elect August 8th, 1904, fo the term of one year. Application must be in legal shape. Jacob Senn. 3. P. Harmon. J. R. Scurry, Board of Control. A S EAONABLI S GESTIOlr Soda water is always'"in season Whether taken hot or cold it is wholesome bererage, unless ret Idered deleterious to health by be ing loaded with impure artifici; flavorings and poor syrups. Cold Soda drawn from Our Sanitary fountain Lacks nothing that could be Desired by the most Sensitive palats. WXe use Only pure juices made Direct from fresh fruits And can give any flavor. Our ''Cold Soda" it always cold. THE PROSPERITY DRUG CO PrnserPi'A.C os! I LOAD of the ( Wagons ed to be "The Best" sol us show you our Wagon & Schun THIS SPACE I .:The Riser I 9 We are too I advertisement, 1 ull stock in E ment. Come to. us I * beautiful in Mi I: trimmings, Be wear. The Riser I Clean Work Our Ainli I We want your Collar4 anything else that neei know how to do them - C cause we have made a and we have all of the are used in the most trial bundle will convin we use only the best i methods in washing th< C all and see the way died. 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