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VOL. LIV. XOn ROCK ISLAND, ILi;., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1904. PAGES 9 TO 14. Woes of IX certain quarter where the mak ing of a great 'dally newspaper is tUl an unfathomable- mystery the . Impression prevail that the breaking; out of war In & foreign coun try la a veritable godsend to those who have' been led to engage In the business of retailing news by the pe cuniary advantage that lies therein. The directorate of more than one Influential Journal has been accused before now of fomenting International mischief In or der that it paper might profit thereby. It is even a matter of current belief in various uninformed circles that some leading newspapers have attained their present state of Journalistic affluence through such reprehensible means. . Nothing could be further from the truth. There Is not a dally newspaper of any prominence In the country that does not. figuratively speaking, shiver at the approach of war. A competent authority declares that there Is not a leading paper in England which has recovered fully from the financial strain of the Boer war. It may.be asserted as the absolute truth that newspapers look upon all -wars a detrimental to their business Interest. Circulations may receive a temporary Increase, but ad vertising, that material backbone of modern Journalism, drops at an alarm ing rate in time of war. and the cost of producing the paper is multiplied. The one Item of special correspondence In volves an expenditure entirely dispro portionate to tue return. Many special correspondents have been sent by their papers Into Russia. Japan. China. Korea and Manchuria. Many of these are men who have had their training on the battlefield and are capable, alert and resourceful. Such men are empowered to obtain the war news at whatever cost.' Thus far the returns have been absurdly out of pro portion to the Initial cost. The cost of reporting the events of the Russo Japanese war falls heavily upon many. Journals which are by no means well prepared to support such a financial train. All or the great dailies find their expenses Increasing In the most annoying manner, and no one of them haa succeeded In finding a. way to profit by the war. There Is. of course, a certain distinc tion and there Is also not a little glam our surrounding the man who Is detail ed to go to the seat of war, but both of A NOVEL PORTUGUESE w The rut Illustrates a machine which has attracted much attention at the Louialana Purchase exposition. It Is railed a pyrhillophor, or sun machine, and la the Invention of the Rev. M. A. O. Himalaya, a young Portuguese priest, who has succeeded In generating more than i.ooo degrees of heat with Its use. Father Himalaya and his workmen have for more than five months been constructing the device on the grounds of the exposition, and a trial was made recently of the machine's power to generate heat. Although the day was foggy, more than 7.000 degrees were developed. Iron was melted and magnesia was about to fuse when the sun became obscured, and the trial was postponed. The inventor ex pect to apply his clever discovery to Industrial account. OLDEST TWINS IN THE UNITED STATES. w - - v - -v! " '" rr T"t 'ff .- -:: John and Henry Gibbons, twin brothers, have recently celebrated their eventy-thlrd birthday at their home, near Lee's Summit. Mo. There are nine brothers in this remarkable family, all of horn are living. The oldest Is ninety four years of age and lives In Georgia, where be conducts a 2.100 acre fruit farm. The combined weight of the family I 1.710 pounds, and the combined ages amount to 71S years. The twins weigh exactly the same number of pounds and ven ounce. They are so alike In person that they are Indistinguishable. They married wives who are sisters. Roth of the brothers are devoted fishermen, and they pass mua of their time In the enjoyment of this sport. r Newspaper zjoz zone them soon wear off. It Is an assign ment that Is oftf-n sought and seldom shirked, but which must necessarily be a hardship of the most unmistakable kind. A man may make light of it In the presence of those who are bidding him godspeed, but In. his heart he knows that he deceives no one and especially not himself. He' knows well that he is going to earn everything he Is likely to receive, be It fame or money. The field for news gathering In the H pa nlh-American war 'was Ideal. - Ca bles were numerous enough and cabling stations could be reached without great risk. A spirit of actual comradeship existed between the correspondents and the soldiers and sailors. The officers of INVENTION AT ST. LOUIS. - " Corresp both army and navy tried their utmost to make the work of the newspaper cor respondents effective, and In return the papers exploited the officers. Press censorships were not permitted to In terfere with the transmission of dis patches. It was a great opportunity for the correspondents, and they fairly rev eled Lr ri. In the South African war the conditions were not so "favorable from a newspaper viewpoint. At first THE HUGE BELL AT TOKYO. The cut represents one of the largest bells In the world. In some reK?ct8 it Is undoubtedly one of the most remark able designs ever cast In bell metal. Its' lines do not conform tq the accepted fashion for bells. Its sides being' more convex than is usual. Like. everything constructed in Japan, it is beautifully finished, some of the external decora- Hon being artistic in the extreme. The great historic bell of Moscow may be better known to the civilized world than the one at Tokyo, but it does not follow that the history of the Japanese be ll Is less interesting. CORNELL STUDENT'S A. I The cut represents the transporting of the great stone which was recently brought from Peach Lake, N. Y, and set up in Harleigh cemetery. Camden, N. J- over the grave of Graham Wood, a young Cornell student who was a victim of the typhoid fever epidemic of last year. It seen, that young Wood had spent several vacations in Peach Lake and was a great admirer of this particular gigantic rock. He bad been heard to express the wish that it might be placed upon his grave. At his death his parents remembered his desire and proceeded to fulfill It. Although the mass weighs eighteen . tons, a traction engine loaded it on a fiat car, and it reached its destination In safety. The ex penses connected with its removal were over flJOO. ondlents In the correspondents were permlttel to cable news freely, but a rigid censor ship was finally 'established, and when Lord Kitchener took charge of the cam paign news privileges were even more closely restricted-.- ' For no other war which has ever oc curred have there been eh wholesale and elaborate preparations made as for the war in Aslai. Like the. Japanese themselves, -the newspaper offices had A UNIQUE ELM TREE. The cut shows a wonderful freak of nature which is on the summer estate of ex-State Senator .YV. W. Towle at Frey-buTfr,-Me: It Is an olni tree with a great branch that loops, and it has been com pared by the neighboring children to a big doughnut. The little, girl standing, within the circle is the senator's daugh ter. The young twigs of the American elm are exceedingly tough and flexible, but the cause of the circular develop ment of this particular branch Is only a matter of conjecture -since it Is known to have existed for at least ninety years. The tree is an object of great Interest and attracts many visitors. UNIQUE MONUMENT. - - ' teen getting ready for that which seem ed to be inevitable. When It came much of the preparation was found to be In adequate. It was a greater undertak ing 'httiv it had rrvmised to be. ,lt was reveaid to the newspaper ; fraternity that ithad been brought face to face with the major 'problem .of Its career. War correspondents began to assemble In China. Manchuria. Korea and Japan. Competent men' were assigned to St. Petersburg to ferret out the secrets of diplomacy. The correspondence agency of every considerable capital in Europe was re-enforced. Nothing could be neglected when so much was at stake. The gathering of war news In a man ner to satisfy American readers cannot be donjjiby any one man. Kvery point of interest must be covered, and If mili tary operations happen to be well dis tributed a journal must have a man at each center of activity. Every source of news must be carefully watched, and no economy must be used in' getting it. And never before has there been such difficulty in getting it. At first it was believed that the combatants were so engrossed In their own immediate af fairs that they could not take time to care for their self invited newspaper visitors. It soon became apparent, how ever, that they were unwelcome guests. From the beginning of the trouble un INTERNATIONAL MONUMENT TO PEACE. The cut illustrates the unique peace monument . recently erected in South America. It is popularly called "The Christ of the Andes" and is situated on the boundary line between Chile and the Argentine Republic. This seems to be es pecially appropriate, for that boundary line has been for the last seventy years a cause of perpetual wrangling between those nations. It stands at an eleva tion of 14,000 feet above the sea level. The statue la of bronze and is twenty-six feet in height. It rests on a granite pedestal symbolizing the world, upon which is an inscription reading, "These mountains shall crumble to dust ere Argentine and Chile break the peace which at the feet of Christ, the Redeemer, they have sworn to keep. BRINGING IN A RECENTLY CAPTURED TIGER. a t. 1 WWuW$ w Some of the wealthy Eait In lian princes maintain private zoological gar dens of considerable magnitude. The cut represents the bringing In from the jungle of a tiger which has been taken alive for the purpose of furnishing an addition to a native prince's collection. The tiger is being led by ten men. five on each side, who are holding ropes fastened to a band around the beast' body and a collar around his neck. There are numerous spearmen In the rear In cas of trouble. . . the East til the present time the correspondents have been Obliged to be 'satisfied with bare toleration. There has - been no manifestation of the camaraderie that prevailed In te Spanish war. Fleets of newspaper dispatch boats do not cruise the sea of Japan, and If a forlorn craft Is caught making for some cable port with a news item on board it la warned that It Is within the danger zone. Both the Japanese and the Russian censors are adepts ut their business. Whole ar mies have been moved without a singie correspondent in the background, and naval battles have been fought with 1.0 one present to represent the public cu riosity. Left to their own resources, the un happy correspondents have been com pelled to struggle for a mere foothold. Uetween tlie difficulty of securing news and the ironbound rigidity of the cen sors hey have been distracted. They have been outwitteJ at every turn. Their requests have been smilingly Ig nored and their demands have been po litely refused. The much vaunted pow er of the press has suffered a tremen dous loss of prestige. An amusing but rather pathetic instance of this occur red last spring. No" fewer than eight een worried and disappointed corre spondents received orders at one time to report at Slmonosekl,' whence would begin their journey to the front. With unwonted alacrity they assembled their belongings and betook themselves to the 'Japanese seaport. .They had been kept waiting so long and had been sub ject, to so many detentions that they were almost afraid to hope. But, yes, it was true: a transport was In readiness to take them somewhere. They could not find out where that somewhere was to be, but they prayed that it might be Port Arthur. After three days of slow and Impatient sailing, during which they received the most friendly attention of the captain and his affable purser, they came to anchor where? At Port Ar thur? "No; at Dalny. Even there they were not permitted to leave the ship. The officers redoubled their attentions and cruised about for three days longer. After some time these men, eighteen of the most famous" war correspondents In the world, were put ashore at Tallen wan. TRUMAN L. ELTON. A steel chimney 28 feet in circumfer ence, 100 feet high and weighing 90 tons has recently been erected in Hamburg, is " t. GOSPEL SINGER'S BRIDE. Evannrellat Alexander 1'oaad III -Wlf la Rellaiea Wrk. There Is an . Intcrc-ating romance. Ill the career of the gospel singer, Charles M. Alexander, the coilc:tgtie of Rovr l)r. R. A. Torrey of the Moody lllble Insti tute, Chicago. For two and a half years Messrs.- Torrey and Alexander nave been conducllnj; revival meetings la-Great Britain. Australia and otBer parts of the world... Durlujj a ruetnort Lie mission in Pirminxuani. England,'ln January and February last Mr. Alexan der became acquainted rt1tli Mis Hel en Cadbury, daughter of the late Rich- ard Cadbury, a well known cocoa ma a , . MK3. CHARLK3 M. AT.EXAND1CB. ufacturer whose jrreat weallli wan lined in numerous ways for the lenefit of hln fellow men. The daughter lias followed la the footstep! of lior father and lo voted her many talents to bringing hap piness into the lives of othera. Much of her attention has been tfiven to lm proving the 4-ondition of unf jitnuate girls. I.Ike Mr. Alexander, she Is uu ae ronplished intisiciau,. playing the orgart and violin and having a voice of much power and sweetness, ltoth being so much interested in Kood works and in evangelistic labor. It was natural that the young man and woman should bfl drawn together. A strong friendship sprang up between them, and this de veloped into a more romantic feeling. Their marriage at Birmingham In July was celebrated according to the simple Quaker fashion, the pride belonging to the Society of Friends. The Friends meeting house where the ceremony was performed was filled with iuvlteil guests, and,' besides these, thousands of friends of the happy couple blocked the streets. A reception was held at the Cadbury home, adjoining tbe man tiou of Joseph Chamberlain. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander came Id America for their wedding tour, taking part In the convention of evangelistic worker. at Northflcld. Mass. The bride Is heart nnd houI in liei husband' work, and her abilities ami acwnnplislmienta. as well as her great wealth, nuke her an effective aid in Mm. JAPANESE IN U. S. ARMY. "Little lirowa Mpm In Sandwlcli ! Iniiaia to Be Knrolled Soldier. It may not be generally known that the United State army of the future will include a command of Japanese soldiers, but thin Is a fact, says the New York Herald. Tltey will not come front the armies which are fighting In the far east, but will be enrolled from our Japanese citizens in the Sandwlcli Islands. It is needless to say that n very large portion of the population of the islunds and especially of Honolulu is cohi-toKctl of this nation. They are found among the bankers, merchant) and prolWsioual men ami are im-lurled among the wealthiest residents of the city. One of the principal schools of Hon. olulu Is attended exclusively by Japa nese children, and there has been en rolled a .:oiutnaiid of cadets which Is to be mustered into the United Win ten mi litia as soon as Its nieir.IxT are old enough. It Is drilled by a former Japa nese army ottk-cr. nnu, although organ ized but a few years ago, this battalion has already attained a high standard of efficiency. It ii frequently seen on parade in Honolulu and attracts much attention. Tlio Family Tree. A pleasant pfii'. litr'nllr, for those who have no otorf p'eilaa du ties nnd wih to gpt o:tl!',o the'r en vironment nt leist in tlin-iht will open up IWore her v.Uo heln: to mount a family tree. Tracing one's gneilojy. may I eeonie probably will loeome a matter of absorbing aniu&eineut and attention, for it entails a thread gath ered up here, diopied there, a letter to write, a look to read, a register fo consult. To the self absorbed, the despondent, the lint less, cue ma ret ouiinend this diversion mm 'certain to suit even rather morbid condition: of temperament, and yet. as certain fi gently forci? the piind away from It self to other persiis and things In oieulug up a wider and wUU-r field f reflection. Harper's ISazsr. Remeniber that to be successful as a hypocrite yoti pe-d to im a first cIpms actor. Comparatively , few can pUty the part. Somerville JournaL