The Weiser semi-weekly signal., April 02, 1904, Image 6

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How America.
Their Work In War and In Peace
Awaked Them From a Sleep of Centuries—Their Thirst
For Knowledge— F rom Barbarism to World Power Status
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ALL things considered, Japan Is
one of the most wonderful na
tiens of today,
years ago, when the shogun
ruled the country and the Japanese
were as exclusive, barbarous and un
progressive as the Chinese of today,
the mailed list of civilization knocked
at the gates of the Land of the Rising
Bun. The mailed fist was that of Un
cle 8am, and his agent was Commodore
Perry, a brother of the hero of Lake
Brio. He demanded that the ports of
Japan be opened to the trade of the
world, and as his demand was backed
by the thunder of many cannon It was
granted. The Mississippi, one of Per
ry's ships, was the first steamship the
Japanese had ever seen, but almost im
mediately they began the formation of
a steam navy, and within seven years
after Perry's visit they navigated a
steamer of their own construction
across the Pacific. The value of steam
navigation was but one of many things
the Japanese speedily learned from the
foreigners they had so long excluded.
The nation had slept for thousands of
years, but had awakened at the boom
of Perry's guns. It overthrew the sho
gun and made Its mikado a ruler In
fact Instead of In name only. Its think
ing men began with almost feverish In
tensity to absorb the learning of mod
ern times, and In half a century they
have made their island empire a first
class world power.
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A Great Puler.
This marvelous achievement was
largely due to the receptive and Imita
tive characteristics of the Japanese,
to their tireless Industry, to their In
tellectual activity and to their un
quenchable thirst for knowledge
Hutsuhlto, the present progressive and
brainy emperor—the one hundred and
twentieth of the Imperial Une —was
only a year old when Perry's ships
only a year old when Perry's ships
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THE MIKADO'S FIGHTING MEN AND THE "HUMAN HORSE" OF JAPAN.
made their memorable rlsit, but there
were many able men In Japan, and
they pushed the country forward ao
rapidly during his minority tbst th*
Japanese sdvsnce wss well under way
when the young emperor became old
enough to take tbe reins of power.
A constitution wsa adopted, an up to
date western parliament wss Installed,
and. surrounded by such meu as Mar
quia it« end Count luouye, the mikado
Iba« become ou« of th« world'« truly
great rulers lie Usa adoptud th« ed
«national ay«tem of Ui« I'idled Mete«;
be has ra i s e d , (rained and armed a
m od e m army of issjMa/ men. be bes
bold a formidable and •tn. uoi navy;
fur year* pnef be bas been sending (be
fvutg mug pi J-p.qi tu gcaig i,i Emu
ing all uv«r tbs gb«br: U bag made
Jnpcn Um ufminpiup uf Un up«»< 4um f
tu Um far mud and inday b* 1# pc#
gtrnany duauUna U*. mwyamsni# uf big
soldiers and sailors In the Irrepressible
conflict between greater Russia and
greater Japan.
The word mikado means honorable
gate, and through him the Japanese
have entered the arena of nations and,
for better or for worse, have accepted
the gage of battle In a struggle that
to them Is titanic. The actuating spirit
of the Japanese has seemed to be an
knowledge,
"Honorable Gate,"
Insatiable appetite for
With the eagerness of children they
have gratified the craving. |
T8 gain an understanding of present
conditions In Japan it Is necessary to
consider the fact that nine-tenths of
the rulers of the empire and a great
majority of even the professors in the
colleges are from the old fighting class
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These descendants of men who for
hundreds of years knew no other trade
than fighting, who were trained In the
sternest discipline and who gained all
the strength and virtue that come from
hardship, are men of the same fiber
and characteristics of their ancestors,
The first commandment of the samurai
"Thou shalt not live under the
of the samurai.
THe Samurai.
was, _
same heaven nor tread the same earth
In ancient
as the enemy of thy lord,
days "the lord" referred to was some
petty feudal chief. Today the same
spirit of loyalty is given to the mikado.
It not only exists among the samurai,
but permeates all classes.
Ask any boy his most cherished am
bltlon, and he will- answer, "To die for
llic mikado." With such a spirit who
can wonder that the Japs make ideal
soldiers?
shown nowhere lu a more marked de
The unity of national thought Is
Unity of Thought
tree than In the growth of the deter
mluatlon to fight Russia. Ever since
the Port Arthur incident after the
Chino- Ja panes« war It has been the
Battled purpoee of every subject of the
mikado to help whip the great bear,
Aa one man the nation went to work
preparing fur tbe struggle. The army
was Increased and trained. Tbe navy
was enlarged, and the gunner« were
drilled. Every abip that went to Eu
rope was required to bring back a
quantity of arm« and ammunition Tb«
peasants Ui (he fields the boys 1« the
schools, ths workmen in the
began to talk about tbe Urn
p **« was to meet tinsels If
stand eigbi or ulus years eg
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dsm.iiii >iu<> (bg fruits pf n ■ Jsp *
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toolies were sent in large numbers to
Manchuria and Siberia to study the lay
of the country and the characteristics
of their prospective foes. Young men
went to St. Petersburg and other Kus
slan cities to size up the Slavic power
and to devise how best to meet It.
Every move the nation made was dl
reeled to the one end.
The closest students of this adaptive
people agree that the Jap did not take
Why the Jap Changed.
up western ways because he partlcu
larly liked them. He saw that only by
taking them up could he hope to make
his country a great nation, and be was
determined to be a world power, the
leader of the orient. Thus he gave up
customs he loved for those he loathed,
This was not a matter of sentiment
but of cold blooded calculation, for un
derneath all his apparent gayety and
lightness the Jap has a scientific mind.
He Is more of a utilitarian than a
sentimentalist,
had become the dominant factor in
progress, and as he desired progress
he entered the Intellectual field. To
keep pace with western civilization he
must adopt western Ideas and wear
western clothes. So he sent his boys
to the schools over the ocean, and he
He saw that Intellect
P u * on breeches that is, in public.
As soon as hy returned to his home
the breeches were thrown aside, and In
a kimono he squatted at ease on the
fl°°r. as his ancestors had done for
centuries. Japan is still In the tran
sltlon 8tn K e between th? bid and the
new > but so rapidly is she moving
that In another generation the meta
morphosis will be complete,
Gf ee k s 0 { th e East.
In all the appellations that have
been given the little people, such as
the "Yankees of the east" and the
"English of the east," It Is strange
that no one has ever hit upon the
designation that really describes them.
They are the Greeks of tbe east. They
have the came artistic quality. In all
the world there is no more lovely coun
try than the l*nd of tbe Rising Hun,
nor la this so much due to nature aa
to liiiu. Everywhere the scenery bas
been beautified.
No spot of ugllnea#
Is alluwad to remain. True, the fumed
Greek sculpture bus nut come yet. Vor
that there 1« plenty of time. Every
ether element Is present, however. Tbe
1some life la much tbe «am«
Uglon 1« strikingly
Island empires sud bulb muunlslnuua
Mow. If the parallel la u
by tbe Jgpa whipping k
fipaciuns and Albanians
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A Washington correspondent to
the Salt Lake Tribune says a great
irrigation project is
launched in Idaho and in Boise,
The Payette project is one
300,000 acres of land on the Payette
river will be reclaimed,
stood that the proposal has been in
dorsed by the engineers\ot the recla
mation service, and is now ready to
be submitted to the Secretary of the
Interior for approval,
will follow there is little doubt.
Senator Dubois has been a strong
advocate of this proposal, as also of
the Minidoka project on the Snake
The latter involves 140,000
The Senator went over the
to be
soon
in which
It is under
That this
river.
acres.
ground of both projects last summer
with the chief of the reclamation ser
vice, Mr. Newell, and with Messrs.
Savage and Ross. Both plans have
his approval.
The Carey act conflicts with the
naiional irrigation law, and with
these two plans, but it is understood
that the Government will not allow
anything to stand in the way of
legitimate enterprise on the réclama
tion of land, and that any claim if
good will be adjudicated afterward
Both of these schemes mean much
for Idaho and will bring thousapds
of settlers into the stale.
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When you buy a cough medicine
for small children you want one in
which you can place implicit confi
dence. You want one that not only
relieves but cures. You want one
that is unquestionably harmless. You
want one that is pleasant to take.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy meets
all of these conditions.
There
nothing so good for the coughs and
colds incident to childhood,
sale by all druggists.
For
The Senate Restaurant is now
open under new management. First
class service, day or night.
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Seed wheat, barley, oats and rye
at Harper & Riggs second hand
store.
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Gash Given Away to Users of
LION COFFE
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We are going to be more liberal than ever in 1904 to users of L,ion Coffee. Not only will
Lion-Heads, cut from the packages, be good, as heretofore, for the valuable premiums
have always given our customers, but
In Addition to the Regular Free Premiu
the same Lion-Heads will entitle you to estimates in our $ 50 , 000.00 Grand Prize Contesté, which 1
make some of our patrons rich men and women. You can send in as many estimates as desired. Ther# will
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' TWO GREAT CONTESTS
The first contest will be on the July 4th attendance at the St. Louis World's Fair; the second relates to *
Voie For President to be cast Nov. 8, 1904. $ 20 , 000,00 will be distributed in each of these contests, rail
$ 40 , 000.00 on the two, and, to make it still more interesting, in addition to this amount, we will gi
Brand F irs! Prize of $5,000.00 contests, and thus your estimates hw*
opportunities of winning a big cash prize.
:
Five Lion-Heads
cut from Lion
Coffee Packages and a
a cent stamp entitle you
(in addition to the reg- HPH
ular free premiums)
to orie vote in
either contest:
Printed blank«
vote on found
every Lion Coffee Pad
a ge. The a cent stafl
covers the expense
our acknowledgment
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you that your
tlmate is record«
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WORLI'S FAIR CONTEST
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PRESIDENTIAL VOTE CONTCiT
What will be the total Popular Vote caat for Pr* 8 '^lL, .
lor all candidate, combined) at the election November*' co
1900 election. 13.959.653people voted for Prealdent, For ne»^" t
rect climate, received In Woolaon Spice Co.'i, office. Tow»
on or before Nov. 5.1904, we will e fve flrat prize for the new»» wry
rect estimate second prize to the neat nearest, etc., etc.. t u, K
1 First Pris» . .MR w
1 Second Prize iJW 4 ' 11
3 Prize« - »(500.00 «Mb ...
,5 R}»«»- 200,00 .
10 Pris«« — J
20 Prize#
60 Prize*— 30.
PrUe«— TO.
_ W **1*111 he the total July 4th attendance at the fit T ....i.
World a Fair? At Chicago, July 4.1883, the attendance waa2RL27X
For neareat correct eatTmatea received In Woolson Spice Comi
pany s office, Toledo, Offio. on or before June 30th 1904 we will
grive first prize for the neareat correct estimate "
next nearest, etc., etc., aa follows
1 Flr»t Prize ...
1 Second Prise
Prize« —1600.
Prize« - 300.
lO Prise«— lOO.
39 PrUe* 60.
60 PrUe«— 30.00 "
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313U PRIZES.
•ccoud prize to tbe
13.600.00
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A Washington dispatch says
advised Senator Du
president has
hois that he has signed his bill
ducing the price of land within the
mile limit around Pocatello from
The lands
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five
$10 to $2 50 an acre.
be classified, after which
will be subject to entry under
will now
they
the existing laws.
of the Glenn's
for the
The application
Ferry Irrigation company
segregating of 20,000 acres of land
nder the Carey act, has been ap
proved by the secretary of the in
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terior.
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the dyspeptic's
Dyspepsia annoys
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his stomach.
disposition as well as
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure will not only
cure dyspepsia, indigestion and sour
stomach, but this palatable,
structive tonic digestant strengthen
the whole digestive apparatus, and
sweetens the hte as well as the stom
When you take Kodol Dyo
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pepsia Cure the food you eat is en
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and its nutrient properties appropri
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Sold by Walker &
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satisfied.
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Having purchased the Butcher
hop and business of the Central
Meat Market, I am prepared to fill
all orders promptly and guarantee
satisfaction. Would be pleased to
receive your patronage.
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For Rent—T hree furnished or
unfurnished rooms. Good location.
Apply to this office or Mrs. Maud
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thing from a cottage to a man
Special attention to country
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MANAGER WANTED.
Turitworthy Lady or Gentleman to
business in this oounty and adjoining i
for well and favorably known hor.ie of ,
nancial standing. #20.00 straight cask]
and expenses, paid each Monday by (
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