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WORKING FOR A WORLD'S PEACE.
Assurances of continued peace with its neighbors in
. the society of nations is an asset which should be covet
ed by every country.' Certain learned historians have
pointed out that every war in the world's history could
have been averted Had a few level-headed men, repre
senting the contending nations, met about a table and
reached a compromise. Society has recognized
the force of this argument as applied to individual
cases only; it has abollished the code duello, but civ
ilkation has not yet reached that point where armed
strife between nations, like armed strife between in
dividuals, is under the ban.
But that stage of civilization may be not far dis
tant. The establishment of the tribunal of The Hague
was a long step in the direction of attaining the covet
ed goal. Recently a conference was held at Washin?-
1 ton, presided over by Hon. John W. Foster, former
secretary of state, that marks another step forward.
Its purpose was to consider matters looking to the con
clusion of an arbitration treaty with Great Britain
similar in its general features to the treaty defeated,
in the United States senate in 1897. Such men as
Edward Everett Hale, Andrew Carnegie, President
Wbodrow Wilson of Princeton, Hon. Frederick W.
Seward, Governor Durbin of Indiana, President Jor
dan of Stanford, and Edward Rosewater, the destin
guished editor of the Omaha Bee, addressed the gath
ering. The result of the conference was the adoption
of a resolution advocating the treaty mentioned.
The language of the document sets forth that it is
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reconuueuuea 10 me government to enaeavor to en
ter into a treaty with Great Britain to submit to arbi
tration by the permanent court at The Hague; or, in
default of such submission by some tribunal specially
constituted for the case, all differences which they
.may fail to adjust by diplomatic negotiations;" also
it is recommended that the two nations agree not to
resort in any case to hostile measures until after this
means of settlement by arbitration has been exhausted
and further the resolution recommends that our gov
ernment should enter into treaties to the same effect
as soon as practicable with other powers.
It is well and fitting that a proposition of this sort
should come from the United States. If the treaties
can be effected according to the suggestion, or even if
only the one with Great Britain be effected, moreiwill
have been accomplished toward bringing aboutJthe
world's peace than could be secured in a whole volume
of pronuneiamentos by a czar whose actions belie his
soft words.
the experience of two others to aid him in matters of
the kind." , 1
,,Thia anecdote strikes us as an excellent illustration
Ojf the way in which some lawyers, who are officer of
Ike court, and too often a court itself, strive to confirm
the celebrated opinion which we cited at the boeinnunr
of this article. It is not given to laymen to isenctrah'
the deeper mysteries which are an open book to the
prolession, bui neither technical learning nor stunen-
duous general intelligence w necessary to a nercen
tion of the fact that to this day the processes of Justice
are clogged and its light is obscured beyond all reason
by such means as proved effective with the old-time
Jamaica magistrate who has gone to his reward. It
is therefore a cause for rejoicing when a jtuW swoods
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sucn rubbisa out of his court room. :
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THE DESTROYERS' GOOD WORK.
The flotilla of torpedo boat destroyers, under con
voy of the cruiser Buffalo, departed from the Canary
islands for Gibraltar a few days since, and are wel
upon the third stage of their journey toward the Phil
ippmes. Up to this time the torpedo flotilla has nwmn
exactly on schedule time and had a voyage absolutely
without incident beyond the ordinary. '
When it was proposed to send these torpedo boat
destroyers to the Philippine there was a number o
alarmists who rushed into print with a claim that it
was taking a mast desperate chance to send vessels with
such relatively small tonnage upon such a very long
voyage; and the navy department was censured for
exposing the lives of officers and men to such unneces
sary peril. All of this was rather ridiculous in view
of the fact that torpedo boat destroyers, and, in fact
very much smaller torpedo boats had been sent from
Europe to Asiatic waters in large numbers, says the
Post-Intelhgencer.
No one who had any knowledge of the seaworthiness
of these destroyers, which are vessels of some 420 tons
displacement, had the slightest doubt of their fitness
to make an ocean voyage; but in concession to unin
formed public opinion the department detailed the
cruiser Buffalo to convoy the flotilla, much to the dis
gust of the officers, non of whom could we the neces
sity of any such nursing.
The vessels, which are designed to reinforce the As
iatic fleet, and probably for permanent use in Asiatic
waters, are the Decatur, Bainbridge, Barry, Chauncey
and Dale. They are all new, having been launched
within the past two years. All are of identical size
and very similar power and speed. With the arma
ments which they carry, which includes 3-inch guns
they are fitted to do the work of ordinary gunboats, in
case of necessity; while their extraordinSy speed
renders them of value as dispatch boats for distances
which they can cover with their normal sunnlv of coal
They will be valuable additions to the Asiatic fleet;
and it was sound policy to send them out there at this
tune.
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Neglect yourself.
' ; ' I -J Lovieuixs, Kr., April 14, IN.
I hjr b WMk And lickly (or the put four jtMrt,
-- uitwn una vwvimam rvfi.ru j n r in
m of health, but about fl mo u tin ato Hi condition,
bream vtr erlout. I had mt.i- baok.ch. and tufl.rl
COOItant dllll Mitt la TOT hud. I ...r. n.lniyl
uy. and tulwmbl, rmillM albt. Tin duotor told K
.His wjKlli-lur did not, however, t tve u v.a Wmportrr
Wiueof Cardul 1 riwliled to try It.
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TTIne of Cardui resrulatM thn mrntrut Maw' Kr.ui,.. r.n..nv.u
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Dwacnes auu wuring-uown paliw. Sever headaches, bearing-down
paius, imligiwtioD, low of appetite and nerrousnMS are ayruptorua of
wuinio wcwni'M du anoum oe given prompt atuntlou. If you are
troubled with uionHtrual irregularities do not lot thorn run on. They
will certainly grow Into dangerous and chronlo trouble. Got bottlo
( w I ue ol Cardul and begiu treatment at once.
All dniggists sell 11.00 bottles of Wine of Cardul.
COMMON SENSE ON THE BENCH.
Justice Flemming of the N. Y. court of special ses
sions resents the imputation that "the law's an ass."
T"ll HIT! wnn n nnat 1 , P,,. 1. ! , .1 V ' 11
iuvjc rr.T a taw uciuic una auu jus colleagues
relating to an illegal sale of lager beer, in which the
plaintiff's counsel contended that the people must
prove that the beverage sold to them had been "a fer
mented and malt liquor." Thereupon the learned
judge responded that to require testimony from per
sonal knowledge or the production of an expert analy
sis to establish that presumption would practically
amount to a nullification of the law. He said it was
a mattr of common knowledge that lager beer was a
"ermented and malt liquor, and therefore judicial
knowledge would be taken of the fact. Doubtless he
had no thought of implying that all beer was just what
it purported to be, but, so far as he was concerned, he
was resolved that the law shauld not be made to appear
ridiculous, and by way of making clear his point of
view he told a little story.
About half a century ago there was a justice of the
ponce in Jamaica before whom an action was brought
to recover a penalty for the sale of a quantity of
whiskey under five gallons under the law then made
and provided . It was proved that the defendant with
out a license, had sold a glass of whiskey, but his coun
sel moved for a dismissal of the case on the erromid
that there was nothing in the evidence to show that
the glass did not contain five gallons or more. "In
that ease," said Judge Flemming, with a pleasant hu
mor, "the motion was granted, but the venerable jus
tice of the peace was acting alone and did not have
PLUGGED $20 GOLD PIECES.
Every time you get hold of a $20 gold piece thest
days you should examine the edges very carefully and
see if 16 small holes have been bored in it" "and filled
up with brass or some other snch base metal, suggests
the Tacoma Ledger. It won't take most people very
long to do this with all the twenties they get, but bank
clerks and some others who handle a good many of
them every day are likely to be losers if not careful.
The mutilated coins are worth $3.75 less than $20.
It is curious that people will take the trouble to get
$3.75 worth of gold dust in this way and run the risk
that gocs with it. The labor of boring these sixteen
and 'filling them as nicely as they are filled, and have
to be filled, would doubtless earn $3.75 in almost any
honest employment. No risk would be taken and no
body would be wronged, but on ihe contrary every
But the counterfeiter and coin mutilator seem to fancy
that they are stealing only from the government, whic
body, would be benefited, as he is by all honest effort
is rich and can stand it, and to take a kind of satis
faction in their work for that reason . But they do not
take a cent from the governmnt. Uncle Sam redeems
no counterfeit coins nor plugged coins. He spends as
much money as may be necessary every year to catch
counterfeiters and com mutilators of every sort. He
seizes plugged coins and counterfeits of all sorts where
ever found, and the people in whose hands they are
found are the losers . The counterfeiter robs his neigh
bor just as any other thief does. He takes about twice
the risk that other thieves take, for the government
on the watch" at all times and no counterfeiter, great
or small, can long remain at liberty.
Wees TalK
I have 'but few expenses and can
sell lower than the lowest. & &
See These Prices
$15.00 Overcoats now only , $10.90
$10.00 " $ 6.90
615.50 Suits " " $10.90
$12.50 ' " " 8.90
$10.00 Young Men's Suits $ 7.25
$ 7.50 " " $ 5.50
$ 5.00 Boy's Suits for $3 to $ 3. 75
$ 2.00 " " u $ 1.45
Japan is divided, for military purposes, into seven
districts, each of which is occupied by a division. The
neadquarters of these7 divisions are located respect
ively at Tokio, Sendai, Nagoya, Osaka, Hiroshima,
Kumamoto, and Sapporo. There is also the Imperial
buard, with headquarters, of course, at Tokio: thev
are to be distinguished from other soldiers by having
a red instead of a yellow band around the cap and are
a picked corps, who present a very fine appearance.
l tie war looting of the Japanese army exceeds 500.000
men, and its peace footing is almost 200.000: these
figures take account only of compatants. The dis
cipline courage and endurance of the Japanese have
been clearly exhibited side by side with troops of Oc
cidental nations in China, and have suffered naught
ty comparison. ,
Shoes, Hats .Underwear and all
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