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P5 * On Owning C By Harry Thurston 1 ?f ^ie Sreatest le I speaking people, Rus books, going so far a ^ W effect on the reader. of cheap books, and books one loses the : ature. The most pop YiYiyJ. ant^ the season of all time. The reading fe> poor occupation; as arid away from the monotony and c: it is unwholesome, giving false ide; solid reading. There is plenty of I v;... most beneficial as a relaxation for : : * that this ephemeral diet be not eon Own a few good editions of the , possession of them. Begin a library anyhow, even if you are old, and si books always are. Read and re-n Shakespeare and your Horace; your yoa thoughts which will rest your i on the lonely country highway, or ii be selected as your friends are for lor amusement, and 'yocr youth and f. ships which bless and loves which 1 1' m. 1! Nonsense Ab< Bj the Editor of Coll g? u,?OTHIXG is more popula M, of persons who are usua XT sections of universal sot .111 mark that any one who s as having made a very the credit of human nat libels of the fashionable, as it does i: much in the popularity of this kind c in .America, or rather in that city York? It is by no means equal to th capitals, where the leading social or; information, as well as by sufflrien those foreign societies are, especiall3 which brings a remarkable amount Et^:, if one compares it not with wl is, bat with unselected humanity, tl in New York averages as high and indiscriminately from other walks ol enough, but nevertheless take its 1 dred, or whatever number you like, petence and intelligence above the < are committed by a few; the men w it, are as good as the average, and This is faint praise, where opportui society should have its due. i1^he Charm of Dj Nixola Greeley?S: do so many me . "women of more pr S 1 I as the mushy blon B JT I has the i^ealy whit m \,Mf 8 aspect suggests tin Jp 1 very absence of int fi Sunlight fades I xtinguishts her. SI ^iave the wan colo: She is very slender and her whe ^Hke the ensign of a becalmed yacht. ?, And yet, nine times out of ten ir I She is not a great belle, to be sui belle seldom marries well. Her da But it usually has some very eligibh one of them she would like to have It hers. The secret of the mushy blonde' not often beautiful, seldom intellige knows how to cling. And when a s comes along, she gets him intereste faculty. She hangs upon his words and mark that it is a very fine day, as if or the Sphinx were about to ask am She makes capital of her lacjc o1 Mabel?what can such a great big m Her very brainlessness, such is h is so stupid! It is so good of him thought she never could understand, have thought she would ever learn and a "bear," and what buying on i things that he has told her??New 1* 1 Foresees a Y< I Present Conflict I the Anglo-Saxon 1 By Frank G. Martin I * '; m ? O the student's prop it logue to the far mi i Inml to ensue. "vv'hose tl L IT* I and whose dramat I H Iiavi?3 of the migh B I |f I the Anglo-Saxon a J? in the Far East in I who doubts that th y^rictory in the final test of strength fl^Hk possible yellow peril?a struggle o BJ; The contest may be long and fie Wfr ties began. In all probability the j fiaqd o? Russia. Most certainly En very likely these two powers in lea and no farther" to Russia's voraci Bus8ia will undoubtedly cling to Ma |?- turn again to imperil the British E B >Tibet, or the coveted outlet to the Br struggle cones; when Slav and Angl B|" ' in Asia?that will be no local conflic 8 ?'V; Assuming the final triumph of tl wi* . foreseen entering China, peopled v K bearing the open lamp of Occident B p* were, Into fi vast powder magazine ( B eg the arts of war and peace by "SVes B awakes to a realization of her stre Bre--- benefactors, and, employing in mem Bh to nse in benedcence, sweep over At U teat the terrors of the invasion of tl B Is it far fetched to imagine, in t ? r Saxon and thi Slav forced by the " B league agaiust the common menac \ _ lood Books Peck aders in aesthetic thougut anion;* English kin, was a strong advocate of owning good ,s to say that cheap books had a pernicious There is no doubt but that this is the day that with the accumulation of many cheap relative value of the master pieces of literular form the cheap book takes is the novel, seasons for the novel reader is the summer of fiction is a good recreaiton, but a very a recreation it takes one out of one's self ires of everyday life, but as an occupation as of life and vitiating the taste for more right, sunshining, healthy fiction which is 1 holiday season, but care should be taken tinued too long. standard authors, and take pleasure in the when youth is still with you, but begin one irround yourself with such friends as good cad your Iiuskin and your Carlisle; your Tennyson and your Timrod; they will give mind by the seashore or in the mountains; a the crowded city streets. Let your books those qualities which last aud not merely . your old age will be crowned with frieudast. & :>ut> society Uer's Weekly r than violent denunciation of that group lly distinguished by a capital S from other iety. This fashionable society is so safe a ihies a brick toward it is sure to be regarded palpable hit. We are not sure that it is to ure that it rejoices in the most exaggerated 1 equal libels of the rich. Envy accounts for >f diatribe. What is the truth about society where all such discussion centres?in New e society of London, and some other foreign ?anization is marked by special culture and l leisure for social pleasures. It is not, as ' London, addicted to a process of selection, of training and talent into 6mall compass, lat society ought to be, and in some places le case is different. What is called society higher than people would average If taken C life in equal numbers. It has weaknesses housand families, or its four or five hum and you will get a quality of human comDrdinary level. Its conspicuous absurdities ho are part of it, without being devoted to the women are much above the average, lities for better things are great, but even the Mushy Blonde mith n admire the type of women which other onouneed coloring describe contemptuously de? "Why does the girl whose complexion :eness of a baked potato and whose general it she was grown in a cellar please by her :ensity? her. The white light of the ballroom exfie never has any eyebrows and her eyes ring of a rain-washed flower. >le body droops and flaps helter and kelter t the matrimonial shuffle, she wins out. e, but, then, everybody knows that a great .nee card is seldom more than half filled. i names on it, and when she decides which on her visiting cards she proceeds to make s success is not difficult to fathom. She is nt and rarely if ever fascinating. But she pecially desirable specimen of masculinity d by the judicious exercise of the clinging waits expectantly for his reply to her rethe secrets of the ages were to be revealed 5ther riddle. " beauty?she is not pretty like Blanche or an see in such a homely little thing? er adept use of it, becomes a weapon. She to explain so many things to her that she But he makes them so easy! Who would to know the difference between a "bull" nargins means and all the other wonderful ork World. allow Peril Might Lead China Against hetic eye the present struggle is but a proare imposing drama of war sooner or later h&atre will be Eastern and Central Asia, is personae will embrace the armies and tiest nations of the earth. Soon6r or later nd the Slav must grapple for ascendency a sanguinary struggle between antipodal m. Sooner or later-the Anglo-Saxon?for ie Anglo-Saxon brow will wear the bay of with the Slav?must meet the problems of f races. ;rce?the issue was foreseen before hostili>uuy hand of Japan cannot stay the giant giand, not improbably the United States? gue will pronounce the ultimate "thus far ous march of dominion. Japan worsted, .nchurla?perhaps acquire Korea?and then mpire by attempting to gain a foothold in Persian Gulf. When the inevitable great o-Saxon stake all upon the fortunes of war t, but a universal epic of battle, le Anglo-Saxon over the Slav, the victor ;s rith one-fourtli the whole human family, al enlightenment, and development, as it of Mongolian menace. Taught to cuitivate tern models, how long ere sleeping China ngih, turns upon and rends her would-be j ice the weapons she will have been taught 5ia. cross into and overrun Europe, and retie Tartar hordes under Ghengis Khan and he more or less distant future, the Angloyellow peril" to bury past differences and e in a war of races on the frontiers of 4 GLORIOUS MARCH, I Veterans of Southern Confederacy Cheered at Every Turn. WAS A LONG LINE OF HEROES. The Old Men Marched Unflinchingly, Though the Step Faltered at Times ?The Marchers Representative of the Whole South. Nashville, Tenn., Special.?As a fitting climax to the reunion of the United Confederate Veterans, Nashville and her thousands of guests gave the veterans as they marched proudly through densely crowded streets, an ovation which will live long in the memory of its recipients, as well as those who paid the honor. The day was warm, but the old men marched unflinchingly, although the step at times faltered. There was much confusion, caused by poor polic * ' ? aV? V??4> *Via of nrt Tiro a mg aiuug me xuuie, uuu mc omn, tt?*o made at the hour set, and the last veteran passed the reviewing stand two hours later. The Seventh Cavalry Band, United States army, led the parade, and this organization, as well as the many other bands in the long ling, played only four pieces, but gave them over and over again, as follows: "Maryland, My Maryland," " My Old Kentucky Home," "The^Girl I left behind Me," and "Dixie." "united States mail carriers, at several places along the line, supplied ice water to the thirsty veterans. The parade was representative, not only of every Southern State, but many camps located in the far West; one in Montana and another in Ohio had delegations in line. The Fourth division, composed principally of camps from Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi, carried away the honors for the greatest number of men in line. The Virginians were an imposing body of men and were given many a cheer. The Fourth Brigade, North Carolina, headed by a camp from Asheville bearing hornet nests In the branches of trees, and headed by a drum corps of veterans. which now musters but four members, was one of the features of the parade. Alabama's "yellow hammers" were heartily applauded. Many of the camp representations were noticeably small, but the pride with which they held aolft their tattered battle flags* made up for the deficiency in numbers. One Louisiana camp carried a flag so frayed by bullets and time that it was held together by a net. In the reviewing stand on Spruce street was a distinguished company, including Mrs. John B. Gordon, the widow of the former commander-inchief, and her daughters; Col Phillip Fall, of Houston, Texas, a member of General Lee's staff; Mrs. John C. Brown and Bishop and Mrs. Fitzgerald, of Tennessee. Mrs. Gordon stood at the front of the reviewing stand, and drawn up across the street were General Lee and his staff. The veterans cheered their leader to the echo as they passed, and many rushed out of line to grasp his hand. Then they turned and saluted the widow of General Gordon. Mrs. Gordon was deeply moved at the manifestations of affection. Her emotion was quite perceptible as the Georgia division bore past the reviewing stand the flag of the Confederacy that had been made from the ribbons that bedecked the grave of her beloved husband. Another affecting incident was the welcome and salute of the old Stonewall ^Jackson Brigade as it passed. Tho grizzled warriors, bearing the tattered and battle-scarred flag they had carried through victory and defeat alike, stepped out of line and with one accord saluted Mrs. Gordon and General Lee. Eloped from Bedford City. uoanoKe, special.?miss uiara Trent, a well-known young lady of Bedford county, eloped to Bristol with Mr. Jack Hatcher, of Vinton, the couple bent on matrimony. There was no particular objection to the marriage, but the elopement was prompted by a spirit of romance. Telegraphic Briefs. Robert S. Freeman died from the effects of chloroform in a Norfolk hospital. In a battle near Vanfangow, 50 miles north of Port Arthur the Russians claim to have repulsed the Japanese. Another hitch occurred in the negotiations with Raisull, the Morocco bandit. with regard to the release of Ion Perdicaris and Cromwell Varley. Empress Augusta Victoria received a delegation of the International Coun cil of Women in Berlin. Mgr. Falconio, Apostolic Delegate in the United States, arrived in Rome on a visit. Mr. George J. Gould took luncheon with the President yesterday. Pension Commissioner Ware is preparing to dismiss clerks fci his office so as to reduce the bureau's expenses $25,000 a year. Democrats carried most of the Virginia town elections without opposition. Six men were injured in an explo sion on the steamer Concha at the Newport News Shipyard. Dr. Edwin A. Alderman, of New Orleans, was elected president of the University of Virginia. NEWS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY Paragraphs of Minor Importance Gathered From Many Sources. Through the South. John McMillan, an old soldier, was drugged and robbed at Norfolk. Judge H. G. Turner, for many years a Congressman from Georgia, died in Raleigh, N. C. Hon. Henry Watterson made the address at the corner-stone laying of the Tennessee Monument. James Agner, of Roanoke, had his eye cut out by someone unknown, who attacked him in the dark. Lieut.-Gen. Stephen D. Lee was elected commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans at Nashville, Tenn. At West Virginia University a service was ueld in memory of three members of the faculty who recently died. / Wshington Happenings. The Honorary Board of Filipino Commissioners, numbering about 50, arrived in Washington. Speaker Cannon, Representative Hitt and Senator Dryden discussed politics with the President at luncheon at the White House. Records compiled by Gen. Marcus J. Wright g^ave 4 lieutenant-generals, 11 major-generals and 51 brigadieracs still surviving. An Agricultural Department report on "Plant Diseases in 1903" shows the nature and extent of damage done growing crops. The honorary board of the Filipino commissioners spent the day on the dispatch boat Dolphin and visited Washington's Tomb. The attorneys for Paymaster Biscoe in their appeal to Secretary Moody against the action of Admiral Evans in court-martial proceedings against the former severely criticise the Admiral. In the North. The cost of the various strikes in | Colorado during the last 16 months is estimated at $83,036,000. CaDt. F. S. Wild was found dying from a bullet wound at Fort McDowell, near San Francisco. Postmaster General H. C. Payne was too ill to preside at the meeting of the Republican National Committee, which began in Chicago. Governor Pennypacker, of Pennsylvania, appointed Attorney-General Philander C. Knox to All out the unexpired term of Senator Quay. Hon. John P. Poe was given the degree of doctor of laws and Rev. James H. Eccleston the degree of doctor of divinity by the trustees of Princeton University. George J. Gould and ex-Mayor Thomas G. Hayes testified in Brooklyn, N. Y., in the suit of Morris C. Menges for $1,000,000 for services in connection with the Western Maryland railroad deal. Foreign Affairs. The British force at Gyantzi, Tibet, repulsed an attack of 1,100 Tibetans. The Reichstag voted for woman suffrage in the selection of courts of arbitration. Great Britain, France and Russia decided to urge the Porte to stop the Armenian atrocities. The Japanese began the attack on Port Arthur, according to a dispatch from Chefu, and Chinese refugees at Chefu reported four days fighting near Port Arthur before they left. General Kuropatkin reported an en gagement oil June 7 at saimaiz*;, iu which his loss was over 100. There is an unconfirmed rumor in St. Petersburg that a great naval battle has taken place off Port Arthur, in which the Russians lost two and the Japanese four battleships. Manuel Quintana was elected President of Argentina and Jose Pardo of Peru. Five persons were drowned by the sinking qf the steamer Canada in collision with the collier Cape Breton near Sorel, in the St. Lawrence river. J. W. S. Langerman, Moroccan commissioner for the St. Louis Exposition. returned from the camp of Raisuli, the bandit chief, where he found Ion Perdicaris hopeful of release. Carsten Borchgrevink, the Antarctic explorer, declares it likely that a peopled continent is at the South Pole. A letter from Ion Perdicaris, written from the camp of Raisuli, the Moroccan bandit, was received by a friend in London. Miscellaneous ioings. Rear-Adtniral Sigsbee cables that all ports in Santo Domingo are again open and the revolution is ended. The Japanese occupied the important post of Sin Yea. Manchuria, driving out the Russians after a severe fight. A staff correspondent of The Sun, writing from St. Louis, describes some of the chief wonders of the Fair. The Hosiery men were in convention at Charlotte, N. C., last week. ILLINOIS FOR HEARST New York Editor Gets a Solid Delegation From That State DELEGATES TO VOTE AS A UNIT Lawrence B. Stringer, of Lincoln, Was Named for Governori? Mayor Carter H. Harrison, of Chicago, Was Unseated as a Delegate. Springfield, 111., Special.?The Democratic State convention nominated Lawrence B. Stringer, of Lincoln, for Governor and instructed the delegate to the St. Louis convention to vote as a unit for William R. Hearst for the presidential nomination. The convention was controlled by John P. Hopkins, former mayor of Chicago, and' now chairman of the State central committee. Mr. Hearst's campaign mana#ers who attempted to ride into power by tne aia or nis name, received no consideration whatever from the convention. The Harrison party, which came solely from Chicago, and was pledged to the support of Congressman lames R. Williams, was routed completely. Mayor Carter H. Harrison was unseated as a delegate and took a train for home without going near the convention. Both his faction and the Hearst party were as nothing compared to the strength and skilful management cf the convention exhibited by Hopkins. Clayton E. Crafts, of Chicago, read the report of the committee on resolutions. He was frequently iterrupted by hoots and jeers and insinuating questions were hurled at him in profusion. The resolution providing for fhe endorsement of Mr. Hearst was not made a part of the report of the committee on resolutions, but was submitted to the convention as a separate nattert The original resolution provided, practically that the Illinois delegation should vote for Hearst unless it was convenient to vote for somebody else. A substitute, offered by Clarence S. Darrow, pledging the delegates to Hearst as long as his name is before ?? n -J i.. J V? - me convention was men auupieu uy a vote of 936 to 395. Following are the pronouncements of the platform upon national questions: "We demand that all departments of government recognize and act upon the doctrine that the constitution" follows the flag in Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands, or elese that they are free and independent, so that the true glory of our country shall not be tarnished by the exercise of the despotic power, nf denying to a helpless people a republican form of government. We favor the election of United States Senators by a direct vote of the people. We point to the growth of trusts and monopolies as one of the evil results of the ascendency of the Republican party at Washington. By the present tariff law and in numerous ways special privileges and undue favors have been extended by a Republican Congress and n Republican President to favored classes and huge corporations. The older trusts have all been strengthened and new trusts, too numerous to mention, have been erected since the government passed into the hands of the Republican party in 1896. "We submit that the Republican party, Itself, controlled by trusts, cannot safely be relied on the curb the trusts, and we demand that the government be taken out of the hands of the friends of monopoly and restored to the untrammeled representatives of the people." Russian Officers Killed. St. Petersburg, special.?tmperor Nicholas has received the following telegram from General Baron Stakelberg, bearing Wednesday's date: "A battle began at noon around the Russian position four and one-half miles south of the station of Wafanhoon (Vafangow), the enemy making repeated attempts to dislodge our left flank. The attack was repelled and we retained our position. The first regiment occupying the left flang of our position sustained severe losses. Its commander, Colonel Khavastouoft Nadochinsky were killed. General Gerngross was wounded, a shrapnel bullet shattering the right side of his lower jaw, but he remained on the field." Negro Girl a Murderess. Montgomery. Ala., Special.?News was received here of the killing of Mrs. Halliday, a white woman, by Addie Smith, a negro girl, at Loachapoka, last night. The slayer was eaught at Notasulga, a small town near Montgomery. | A large crowd soon gathered and fearing violence, the sherifT of Lee county | took the negress to Tuskcgee for safe keeping. The girl acknowledges killing Mrs. Halliday. Particulars are lacking. Three Killed. % Bryantsville, Ind., Special.?Three ! men are dead and two wounded, one fatally, as the result of a pistol fight on the streets of this village. The dead are James and Charles Rout and Milton Tow. James Tow is fatally wounded I and Frank Tow is badly hurt. The fight was the culmination of a fued betwen the Rout and Tow families. FIVE VESSELS SUNK ! . Total Amount of Damage Done to the Japanese Navy BLIND LUCK OF RUSSIAN FLEET Two Japanese Sailing Vessels Added to the Three Transports Lost?13 j Transports Exposed to Capture by the Raiders. Toklo, by Cable?The remarkable raid of the Russian Viadivostock squadron evidently is over. The squadron disappeared off Cape Hanashi, steering to the north, and it has not been reported since. It is assumed to be returning to' Viadivostock. v Whether or not a portion of Vice-Admiral Kamimuri's squadron is awaiting the Russians off Viadivostock is a carefully guarded secret. Assuming tnat vice-Aamirai ivamimura aispaicued some of his vessels to Vladivostock when he learned that the Russian squadron was off Iki Island, these ships would have had ample time to arrive there ahead of tho Russians and will be ready to give battle. The weather has been foggy, and thus conditions have been against the Japanese. It is reported that the raiding Russians captured a British steamer laden with coal bound south from the island of Yezo and sent her to Vladivostock with a prize crew, but the re- ? port is not confirmed by the Japanese ^ Navy Department. . The transports Sado, Hitachi and Izumi were the only ones overhauled by the Russians. Japan had 13 transports in and near the strait of Korea the morning the Sado and the Hitachi were caught, and she was fortunate that only the three ships mentioned were overtaken by the enemy. It is impossible to get complete facts concerning the sinking of the Hitachi. She evidently failed to\stop when signaled to do so by the Russian vessel. Tho claim is made that Captain Campbell, the English master of the Hitachi, refused to stop, and planned to ram the Russian, but this is denied. It is said the the Japanese officers on board the Hitachi declined to surrender and required Captain Campbell to keep his ship going. The assertion (hat the Russians fired upon the life boats in which men were escaping from the Japanese transports has been fully sustained. The raid of the Vladivostock squadron has brought an unwarranted amount of criticism upon Vice-Admiral Kamimura from the Japanese, and his failure to catch the Russians in the fog off Gensan off the coast of Korea, when the Japanese transports Klnsbiu was sunk on April 26, with a loss of about 200 men, has been recalled. Some of these even declare that if Vice-Admiral Kamimura fails to catch the Russian vessels before they reach Vladivostock he should cither resign from the navy or commit suicide. The popular demand for bis replacement is growing, but the public is without information as to the feature of his drders or the plans of the naval campaign, and fails to make allowance for the limitation of conditions. Vice-Admiral Kamimura's squadron was lying off Tsu Island when the raiding Russians reached Okino Island. He immediately started in pursuit of the enemy1, but rains obscured the sea and an electrical storm interfered with his system of wireless telegraphy, and the only possible indictment against him is one of lack of good luck. The Japanese generally 4 magnify the importance of this Russian raid, which has no material effect upon the war. It was a desperate venture, and it is believed here to have succeded only through blind luck. The Yatawa and the Ansei, two sailing ships were sunk by the Russians on Thursday between Ko Island and Okushiri Island off the west coast of Yezo and north of the Tsugaru strait. Thirty-seven suvivors reached Essashi on Thursday afternoon. This makes a total of five Japanese ships sunk or destroyed by the Russian raiders. Entire Regiment Went Down. - St. Petersburg, By Cable.?A dispatch from Mukden says that according to trustworthy advices received there an entire infantry regiment, with its commander, was sunk in the transports Hitachi and Sado. The same dispatch says that according to Chinese statements attacks made by the Japanese on 1 Port Arthur have been repulsed with heavy losses. Suicide in Mississippi. Jackson, Miss., Special.?J. B. Mills, treasurer of Summit, and a prominent citizen of south Mississippi, committed suicide here early Sunday, having come to a local hotel for the purpose. He left no*es to several persons, explaining that he had not the courage to commit the act at his home, and declaring that it was done because he was embarrassed financially. It was learned today that his accounts as treasurer of Summit are all right, and that his financial difficulties were personal. He was about 60 years of age, a Confederate veteran, and prominent in secret orders. Some Russian Blunders. General Kuroki's Headquarters in the Field. Via Fusan, By Cable.?General Kuorpatkin is assembling forces at Hai Cheng. A great battle is expected within a mcnth. The Rusians agaih, in their attempt to relieve Port Arthur, were permitted to select their own battleground, and again they greatly misjudged the Japanese numbers and the disposition of their forces, and again were out-generaled.