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yum uuv v...-la.-..w-.... .._,_., -7 , ing'-quicker Van-d" ix:-g_ if`:e.:1,t):er n1im'be(rs would. cease to }x;,'oi'i71i 5~':5%:1nId would understand more{.1'th3y knew the `lap-d-. Stocks of fo[(i c1er_`;`and of meat. ready to hand in other lands, arepractically unkn~o_v}?n here. The fortunate ,Korean. the hardest work. saves enougfh tq';jkese,p his~'am- ily` until the next comds. In hard seasons he giiils {to do this. This year, for instance. he has tak- _L,,- _I ..... .. A...) uvl-`nu-n fhou` Lula JUGJ. LU}. JlJ\1\\AL.|vv'a ...v ....~ _..._ en to eating` crows-and where they aremot to . be had he`-i-starves. To move an army, again, you` must. -have -not` only `food, but bur_gIen-bear- ing animals`--horses. poniies, fcattle or the like. Korea, thankas to an epi- demic. is denuded of post of 5 its -ponies. -and the oxen `aria now want- ed for food. ' It has `been very hand work. the head of one of the Japanese trans- port stations confessed to _rne_as we sat one afternoon` talking /`/the mat- ter over. "Our first problem has `-been to get our supplies over `from Japan. Every transporgf ship _ is wanted .for the troopsi; gThere is scarcely anything to fe had from this country itself. The people are so `poor that -they have not rg ot it to `sell to us." _._- LL- u _,___ Iair Vigor! You can, depend on_ Ayer`s.- Hair Vigor to restore color to your gray hair, every time. Follow directions and-it never fails to do this work. It stops LU vn; nu \-on `At every step one sees the `care taken" for the comfort of the indi- vidual -soldier. "He has to have a hard `time. `but the}:-,`!"I1ilit~ary auth- orities see that whet; comfort he. needs shall `be there `fer him. sHourst before in company, even on a `forc- ed march. reaches a place. me`n\have arrived ahead. have/xp'repare'd the houses. lig`hted great` fires in the streets and have c~oe_ked Stood. The essence of suieeissful business, experts tell us. is p!ifg'aniz-at`ion. Ja- pan has adopted thatg as the essence" of `a successful war." A Il'-T7___3.. .__ hair faded until it was nbout white. It took not one homo of A on-`I H311 Vigor to noltoro it to its former dot rich color. Your Hoir Vigor cottoiniy does what you ciuim tor it."-A. H. BOGGAl,B0ck1nghIm,N. C. : .1. 0. Ann Lowaii. Mum. fnr fatlingolthe hair,also. T,;1ere s ` great satisfaction in ka*owing_ you are not going to be disap- _ pointed. Isn t that so? _ _A __I.:A- YA THE LONDON TIMES ACCOUNT 03' -mi: 1_OREIGNER-N0. A BTRANGER. 11-1 nu -'~-uu ~--)-v-w ----~- ------~g~~~ ---_ c._m~(-.1 ho was thescn o'f Jhe` Ja-' n{ln(`F" :Idm'i1`:1_1, whVose name ffre-f -qu<'m1A\- :1m n*&lTS'iI1 the ne,ws_pa.pe'rs in cu_1m-ction with th0_w0nd`01`ful nu-' ml { he has a`ccvom'.pl_is.hed' dur- Aing, Itw \'.':H`.- In the `same cvompziny T `\xu".- ~.'\'('I`.I1~V(`1`y clever Japanese wcmc-n?, who kept their eyes`. and ears V "open tluring the tour, and there is ]V4itl]{`7 dvc.ubLT that their reports to] *th(-ir ;.`;.v<-rnment had Something" to do with 1119 rapidity with `whidhiiiho .JznI\,.111:~s3.- struck the` `first bl-ow. ' It \\':I.< di. that so long` as IV. 3.-.-uz~.~ buck the possibility of an zzttnclg uptn Japan was cnmsidercd [sf-1`i(11sl_y by the Russian Gox{ernme.Ift Jup:m imzl been prepa rih*g` `for . it much 1:n_'_*_~r period, rind con|se=quentu' 1) \j :~ able (3 strike first and .`U`ikr- hard. 7 ' 7 h: 1 >I"J ____ % On the `official notification! of Lord ; Dun'd:onald`*s a-ppdintment _`tO the Can- adian oommand. the following ap- peared Aingthe London Times ;- -- - [2 n .... _-= n......n.... M n..:n:.. ]JUiLl'ULl. All Luis .I4v.uu\.u.n .a.-;....v- lwh-o `has been appointed to the com- mand of the Canadian` militia, in{suc- cession `to Major-Gen. R. H. 0 - G~ra`dy-Haly. C. B., D. S. 0., joined the army in July. 1870. and receiv- ed 'his commission_ as lieutenant in the following year. In April 1878, he w a. promoted to Captain. and he! `served with the Nile expedition in 1884-5 in command of the 2nd Life Guards detachment of the 'Camel .100-rps. '-He carried ldespatches Ito Kc-rti. announcing` the seizure of the Gakdul Wells and commanded the` "transport and baggage of the desert column, underisir Herbert Stewart, -in the advance to Metammeth. He` :was present at "the action of Abu Klea. and in the enig -agement at Gu-\ 'bat."and acted as guide to the con- Av-oyswvhich left Gu-`bat `on the even- ing" of,Janu'ary 23 and February 1, -and also the reiniorcem-enfts to Abu Klea, Lord ADundonald also carried _to Gubatwthe despatche's.announ/cing~ ` the `fall of Khartoum. ;He was men- -tioned in__ despatches, recdiv-2~.cl the brevet. -not `lieutenant-colontel, the Egyptian medal with -two clasps and the `I.Khed-ive s Star for these {ser- viccs. -_'His` commission as major -h'e,'ars -the_.datje January 12, 1885,. V :`that of l-ieutenant-cologne] June 15,? I 1885. and that of colonel June 15.` 11999 _ l c _;..-- -- .:.....:...v...: -. ' $4 2 `Q. I Major-General Douglas M. Baillie Hamilton, 12th Earl of Dundonald. _Lo.rd Du`ndAd'nald s servjce during ` the South African war are still fresh in the memory of the public. From November. 1889. he organized and commanded the mounted brigade of` .t_he`_ Natal Army. which included Be- . thux_ie s. "i`horneycroft's, Natal VoIun- I ears.` L South .Afrio'an Light Horse. A nrsunsinsnsn CAREEI3 ` ' A. McKenzie. ?ii'r'7..I vBiilI{5f.7s".?riii?i :fat'?`ftlie c 7" ' 05191156, ?;uf'._-e'rin`g'- es:e';ve1f.e:'" V , ` `seized"`Mio1_1nt Alice ma" the-'.-y` , "Ferry boat over the Tugela; tongtt s; the -Boers at Acton. Homes and`V'aal Krantz. and, g'ettin!g `behind the-;:; Boers position at Cinglolo` Hill.` drove- them off the hill and` enabled thei infantry to occupy it without loss..V It`-assisted the infantry attack ..at `I Pieters,-Hill. and led the advance into Ladysmith. It took part in the advance on Helpmaker, and pursued: the gB:oer army for forty miles` oven the `burning veldt. which Sir Red- vers 'Buller `described as.a very. fine performance." `His guns shell- ed `the `Boers on L'aings Nek .-and Majuba, being` the first guns heard -there `since 1881. His brigades took part in the battle of Botha s Pass and Alm-an s Nek; it occupied Stan- derton, Ermelo, Carolina, Waterval. Boven and other places, and pursued the Boers through Machadodorp.It- also `got on the heights. above the_ British -prisoners camp nNooitgied- acht, took part in the advance on ; Iiyndenburg-, and in all the fighting on the .Mauch`berg" and Pilgrimls Rest. Lord Dundonald came back to England when the Natal Army was broken up and his brig'ade ceased to exist. -He was promoted major-g`en-` teral March 7, 1900. for disting`uish- ed service in the field. Lord Dundanahfs family is eon;-1. nected with Canada by ties of the: past. The seventh earl was killed at the "siege-of Louisburg. Admir- al Sir Alex-arider Oochrane serve d in command" of the samestation. The father of the present peer served there for several yeiirs in the :army. These are purely naval and military ties. but he has also -other _tie's of kinship `with the Dominion. K I Thv '.|;:1rm.c-.5-rs pclice and niilitary s,_vst<-1n.f1ms. of course, its tsecrcut; .~:.;I'vi(w; b_uL it is not nearly $0 ubi- quittus. us _is. the so-called` SThil`d` s:~c1{an (.1 the Russian Police. .Ye`t during` I11?" last few years little of iInp:1't:mc'- Thgxs transpired` in Europe .'1Hu'(:tim_* the situation ,in' UIOAFEI` .E:m. (II which the Japanese Foreign. 0Hic:- }.;;.: been ig* noran*t;' "Her :1- .~., -,__ L1.-....| can; Miss Gladys Ardagh, (first- class honors at Tomato University) Pupil of Mr. E, W . Schuch is now pre- pared to give lessons in singing. Ap ply at her residnce, or R0. Box 9. 1 The above amount has been placed at our dis- Vposal for investment in Mortgages on Real Estate, Lowest Rates ot Interest No Valuation Fee General FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE and REAL ESTATE business also transacted. --CALL OR \VRlTE-- MONEY ! MONEY! Insurance and Real Estate Agents. Ofce-With Messrs. McCarthv, Boys & Murchison Solicitors, BAR RIE. 0n_t.-6-ly. Drugs and Chemicals] Ont-his a drug`. of course ; the other a (`chemical s and there are still others-SPICES of all kinds. cream of tartar. etc. The best lane to gt. drugs in at a DRUG STOR . The druggist knows more abou hem than other people. We keep a good drug store Come andiuk u about Kitchen Drugs. In the Kitcheri OFFICES TO RENT OR LEASE "\.___I_ 8! I Iwur U V: 2 Rooms for oices. in Ross Block. No. 97. Dunlap Street. Fire proof vault; lately occupied bv Dr. Wells. Also two rooms with vault, lately occupieo bv Hood. Jack: 8; Fraser. Barristers; immediate possession. ' Applv to C. H. ROSS. l Barrie. Ianuarv 1. I00! V I-tf. MDNKMAWS DRUG STORE \.\_aa I cg- u.--y. p`;-nfc, lhw host vf them those `.50- cnllwl i"r`<-nch zxctresses; found 'z1V.way. Li h('ill;.'. 1nru,.'~:(ent where've.r there W113 'n :_vIhin;" It. be lcarnI3d.- 0`ftenVthe sc \\`:m('n I-ncuunltered the women spies_ of t_hr- Russian Government. who are undr.ubt-(Hy among the cleverdst -de.-A 1(-ctiw;- in Hxcir line in thc"wo_rld.T LL- BALL 5. %_M_Aa R '.IAuI": cui=.zsMAu's SINGING I A ---~ * OFFICE-Corner Bradford and Elizabeth Struts` 7 NYQLRD-.Toront_o and Bndfud Struts. SEED%$`TORE'. CUT Fi.o\vaRs-Roses. Carnations, Violets, etc., fresh every day, Bouquetn-Buttou- hole, Hand or Corsage. Funeral Token: in Q -119 (Innann. L 'a';}'2IL?"E.T' W" T VEGETAB ES-Cele3', Crisp and Tender; Lettuce. Cabbage, arsnips, Beets. Carrots. , tc. SEEeDS-FloweraSeeds. Vegetable seeds, Plants in -3 nnlha WM. TAYLOR` \\vn|\\.' nu uni; uuu nu vuv "V.-"' G(\'(-r|m1<:m.V. at war, 01` 01'! U10 _brink M hostilities require the s_e'r- xjiccs (.1 `.A'\v0 distinct classes Of"-9Pi9* There nmst. -be many men ooi'1`ne'0t'-``;1 `with this d:mg`crou~s service: `hit 13,0!" the ]lH.`T pan the work demands CC1lr:1}_ - and skill rather than the d-Iicmv: rzaplgmacy which is rcqusir- ed, tno, bur is Ag eneral1y. certainly a. ____..._1 Inc_ I` -I-a\ll\l Telephone :5. $I90.000.00 to Loan. - "V'V` ' b0PYuIuruau.-- Anyone sending a sketch and deacriuon may qutckly ascertain our opinion free w other an invention is probably ntentable. Commumcw uons strictly condent nl. Handbook on Patents sent. free. Olelest agency for aecunngcputenu. Patents taken throu h Mum: & . tecolvo special noucc. without. c arge. in the A .x...4.:::.. Ilgnnoinan ----v- - vwv--' weekly. Lancet ct? ' out-ml. Terms. 83 a d by all-gnewndeslezs. --an (\- uw;v:"?."3Ii'1-. 1;1'5r'1:'i.' 7871*. 801d all newndealem an . iauuu (}o.~-'-~~=v- New mm Rnn-3!: Omce. 625 F St., Wuht-n.-.-ton. D. . VANILLA, for ice cream. for instance: -Buzme Pownza. for cakes. H019; I181! 0 any desi nu. {GRTAR .ES` ul`4U3-1' lower at and Bulbs. ctal without. charge. In Luv Scientific Hmerican. . s.-..;.........1u nlnatnjnd waakly, _c_g_- ARE NEEDED EVERY DAY ..... .- -..--w--... .- hr :15 Russia is concerned. '35- 5I'.1<-ri 1-: women of cu1turc.?edu0t1- UHI. l> and rare judg men`t. T:._: Si. FLORIST AND SEEDSMAN. --- - - . ea r3unInn.gl.- or THE BEST QUALITY Afr qa DUNLOP-ST. BARRIE. GO TO `run NEW -AND- i ' bnuuamnn, . 155 Dunlop-Sh. Barrie , {X10 (New York 'TimieJ.`) L` no part of t_'he"wO!'1.d' `hag. m spy been b'rou`g3[bt` pito ?th e q,V11:ar perfection as in _E_.u- :.;'.1d: it mtay Ebe that in Russia, which` Lairly ms iwith eyes` !an'd" ears: `of Who . A........J-..l`..'I -Ivan-nan:-nun I sig91S- ' : * " W, present time, the!` 1sccr'elt' cc of `both Russia. and Japan is _-J.:_..- .....I. :1. .......I. 3 '\\l|.J.1 ..J.,_ `WWW V he `d'as.hing', `beautifuzulk ' .' 1 h1~eed'ing nd title, ,perhap.-s. A . ` 1 came the most neg-em, t underground systegrazrm` s to read thoughts as weuu;l; Z` ALL Ta _cA15n'A Ls" on` THE NATIONS. thing a. furnace can have J ust_ about the meanest _ is a. dinky 1it'tV1e deer. V Ever have one? Hit the edge 3 as often as the hole?` One has to be an expert stoker to ghovel Coal into some furnaces} If you're not an expert e you. ll'ge`t as much on the floor as i'n the furnace. cquipped'with a 8130?`: , . -You can put your shovel wa.g1ted-no trouble: " 9' 11100 1! yance. kin` V T':I ~imo. ` 7, 2904` annoyance. .4 L 9 fumgcid` ` Everything about the Sqnfhinl . _ A ._ of thoughtfulness. ` _ . ` j " Sold by an enterPr*'*"F J"`.`.%"' L -1-* DOUBLE `With the ,troop"s of- th6: enemy: `re zgnt `the _men `spieggand with the oomnialnding` `dtficeisg with" the diplo;- mats. with the brains which stay in. St.` Petersburg and move armies .5.- 000. miles away,- as i,t`they"wer.u pawns won "0." c-hesboard. `the iugra. ""','..'- -3 Inna`, vunown J-CIBAJU for lthejm-.h`ave been of "the'1- g'i=ea'test,. value. It `is known that just about the `time the war ibr-oke out there were in Bert _Arthur several French, dancers who had-_ captured` every`, Russian. official heart, V _ They were not only attractive `dancers. -`but beautiful women, -who dressed well and had most eng .g_-1 iing manners. The Russian officers were charmed `with them. They soon `became better acquainted. an.\,prov- ed to `be very `agreeable companions. They took a g reat.intere'st in thimgs ' military. `but always made amazing` blunders in attempting` to repeat what had been told them. :'1`hejwo4 manly ighorantee of "such {matters} -charmed the -young" dfficers all the more, and at the `same. time uput them off_ their guard. `But. as a .1n'atter -of fact. they werevery clev- er women. and their infformation was forwarded `speedily to the Japanese Leg`ation. wat Pwekin. which. in turn. torwzarded yalu'a'ble,reports to Tokio. By the time their true 1characte r was known the` '_Fren'ch '(aotreBseb.. who were `spies `for the Japanelsc. had` left Port Arthur -far `behind. One of the most valuable assistants ..`tJh-e. Japanesze had at Port Arthur was a little serv-ant who was not in the pay-of the government. and {who was not in anvy sense attached fto their secret service. In fact. she was one-. of `those poor. litt1e,`vun-o known patriots, `who feel when` their country is at war thatthey should g`ive their own little insignificant; aid. - i vaiue. V I -tim Russian Iaoul -A short time after the first bom- bardment. the trains leavinIg' Port.f 1Arthur were filled with :rexfug'e'es. The 'J:ap'ane'se.: or course, thought it politic to make a ohang"o of base, and the Russians were of thesame` -cxpinion. Marry left immediately. but the little` Ja.panese `servant remain- -ed. One ev`en.in>.g' there was a coun- oil. and the servant, who was look- _ed upon as" an -ighbrant `little child. _Plans and documents were spread upon ; the 3'ta ble.. thegofficers. smok- ed. drank and discussed the situa- tion. '.The' council lasjted late, and then `broke mp. Finally there were only a "few remaining` in the room. and 4`t~he.=se. overtaken `by lack ' of} rest. `fell .asleep. `ALI- `lwaited on the officers as usual. ___-:i_-._._ -......... :..L.. +.1r.`n- VLUBL. 10:1 ~u'-=u.2u_yo The little waitress came into the room ag`.1in..saw {the _ew officersre maviningi officers were asleep. quick- ly rpicked up a. bund'1o ofspapers she saw lying` on the table and` thrust Itlhem into the folds of her kimono. She `had not the slightest idea of their `importance. or V what . they were; `but the officers had been in such earne:st_'d~iscussion . 'thut she giained `the impression ithat they` "would? `be useful to -her Government, _._A. -0 13-..! And-Innu- WUulU IJU` uzautus uv nu. .....--.______ '1`-he `first train out of Port Arthuif` that morning had among `its passen- g'ers the little servant, who had dis- g`uise'd herself T as a coo1ic.- 1'|_.1'-_- 4].... fusn=n +n""l` nan- H,`l.lh`5U'u ucxauu. u-2 .. ......---. ` `Before the train started the` pap- ers `had `been missdd and a file` of soldiers drawn up along'sidc Of the ~w.ai ting` ears. while an inspector. made.- a hasty search among the passen- g-'crs. `He !d`id not. `however. detect` the caoolie. who never winee'd durinlg the `search. The grl had been a{fa- vorite with the offiers, and. .had been Isuspeeted only when it w:_1.s learned `elshe had left. The search proving` unvavailing. the train mov- ed o`f Jtoward ,P-ekixjx. V Y Arriving at Pzekin`. the stvranige-e looking` little figure presents herself `before the Jaspanese Leg'ation.. ' A funeti-onary tried politely to `send 7 drop` the oal just whgre it` is n, 7no - missing, no `scattering, of .is_- on the_ nm `settle have not been :1 especially at- the'e_vent_s of that the per- g day ankl night ` of `the -g i'eatest\ r" ' w.er.o are to ~- At service of I na tu`ra11y. tube fo1 In ncr her off. but she persistned; She must % see the minister. . n .,,'I SUV VJAV LlJ`J|JA\`Ivv.LI `But `H-ish Excellency `is engaged., Could` not the honorable gentleman call again ? _AL__. ___.-_. _..-_.. :-an-'nl\$`llVI" Val` Cbetlrlll I V The"m`atter was very important. How important His` Excellency might, know. ' V A .. 5.. A` son-AI, , ,4 ______ __1___g`_;__;1 I>I'UVVc . _ "Finally the little spy_ was admitted She told the whole story. Matters of %g'reat importance. indeed, zwcre learncd.an d the ceelie. re`placimg~ the graceful mannish attire `by the grraceful kimono. received 2:. sum " of money A and was sent V to Japan. There . her achievement was heralded. and in - her native {town _she soon "became the centre ct`: -cm. i-c-sity and admiration. _;__1__1_ _.-'l!-.. .1I....!-.:-f. L1-`A If:-1-cf i l'UblL_y uuu auu_.|.uu.uu.:u- F-o`uch e~`s police. during` the (first `empire were believed to be the `per- fection of the spy system: `but `the Russian Third Section in modern times has been proved a better, `for it his a pcpularimprcssion. not (so very far removed from fact. that- one canrttot whisper in Russia with- out the police hearing it. :1 _ mL:_.J c....t:..... V... VJIV ,.V..... .........U Theoretically the'l.`hird Section has 'b`een'iab-olished, but. as a mat- ter -of fact. it is in ,8. state: of hen]- thy activity; btit its once autocratic power has been taken froin it. Nb long: "is it the governmcnlt. but one of the spokes inthe g`ove'rnmr.-nt -wheel. At one time only the.Czar himself ruzvs-3 `superior to this terri- ble force. which couldbanish sus- pects" for life to Siberian prisons. `As. a secret service. h-owcvcr. it is as e'ffici cnt as it` ever \v:1_s,. although it is not infallible, as has been-sup-N posed `by persons gfted with a vig-1 orous imagination. The arms of th Third Section at all times are vcla-sped around. thcg g`l-obe, although" its cleverest re'prc- .sentatives.-are those `bTrig'ht women wh-o_ abound in. Europe. who exist L. .I..( .1.-..:.....: L...` VVu'U_uuUuuu. I11, .........,..., .....- -___,_, on_ the excitement to be` derived by battling` their wits against those of others `equally clever, and by tak- ing part in the delicate,inItricacids of European diplomacy. For this particular -work it has been `found that women are far_more valuable than men; They are -quick-witted; fearless and full of resources. able instantly to detect a mofve'anid' its full-Vimport. able to cheekmate at- tem-ptsto destroy their work. and always outwardly, the lovely, intel- lectual women without a care in the world. vv `V- --. These women are to be` met with wherever `fashionable people o.nd.`o- fioials ioong`regat_e .in Europe-Moua- co", and. in fact. all along the Ri- 'vie1fa._ There are hosts at Russians in exile. In I-'a'ris the Nihilists meet` unobstructed `by police; but their every movement _is reported to the" Third Secti-on in St.` Peterdbung`. A -I- _ -.._LnIv. H1\"'I]g EBB 1uu'u. Duulwuu Lu -4. ...y...,-...__._.=,_ A few years ago a certain Mlle. Sense" was in Washirrgfton. She` spoke `the purest Parisian. and read- ,---.-...1 .12.-.. n 'l2`v~nnn'h\v.rimnn_ In" `MP1 `\ V` \ 13/ ' ?l;@ Ki ."the Czaris w-omen spies. SDOKU ;...._..;....., ...._ _-__ ily pasxse-d fer a Frenohwioman. In` Russia "she is Mme. Sitzki. one of the cleverest of the Czar s women ispies. She `is a w-oman `of u_great beauty. of high birth. and perfect Ibreedsing. uWhi1e..'s'he was in Wash- ing't~on she gave lesson in French `to LLIU puxvbu .ohild'ren`in several of the e'm'b-.1ssieisu Mme. Macaborivitz. who is said to be the widow of a. Russian tofficer. is considered the most `beautiful A of She has `been all` over the` world. and `even has used _her eyes and e`ans ,in Ja- pan to the satisfaction -of her igiov-e emment. V ` ' " V ' I 817111116111.- There is also in the list of clever women Mme. Midg-Hune. a pretty ouquette, who has `been on "the"Ri- viera `for years. .where all the men have `fallen at her fee't. Once it.was reported `that she was -eng`*age'd_ to an VEng'lish nobleman: but it appears she jilted him. for. British-like he` had taken ~beau`ty too seriously. ` b A m~ost-daring and adventurous woman. spy is the Baroness Mokana, `Whose field of service has 'be'c~n in the dazxgerous Mohammedan "coun- tries. In Turkey she appeared as 9,} dancing girl. and pretending. to be ignorant of the language. was able` to hear considerable; which was-re-. taijled by` her to her T govecrnment. The. Oonntess Karolewitoh hand Mme. Sciski-Euneg*a.n`.-Zara . ether` _1a1_nou._s -wtrmen -w1ibfha&e~ pried into the `sec-_ Trets` `qf ~ eipternetiongal i;1trg'aes. v V ` Ncuulcin and Nervouuneatcumd quickly by , _HAnm.:s HIADAOI-It ` , ~ > E `AND NIURALGIA cunt no ~ 1. ,-_. ;_..'_r.._!-_ .vl1...o.u 5.5. puns Aim-nungp.. uneyegyi - BUYS Iwuvy-rs :---w 7---- No heat-t depression. Greatest can ever diacovere `T130 nzthcr, iccgnd 15:. T All dealers or dirccg from ;%.;A..v-='.._..~.:2 A;~-A%%S*~=s-r -"+ - -wt "*'.-u-w --...-_ iB43Yi$.% (5W.N59A1 I -hard {O join the company that `he `(s]n`l'|`lI`O. ` rvjcc UL 'uuLu .n.v-.-.r~.-- up--.-_y-.--- ._ na.tu,a11y most` active . and it -must, ,_ Gt be fd1`g`ottven that Jaxpam T00.-iha" Elade use `of women to ferret ziout the inton.t.i.on of theARussi'an Gdvern- ' went 'ro,g`ard'ing the s'pI`S8'l1`t `!war_. They are not, as a ,rule..'howe:vei'. L];-1[?`1ttcdA for the delicate t1?.'8'k. ~'.l`o_ mm `the Russian spy ~on`h1E 01' `1_1'B_1`_' mm fg'round the Ja.pan(?`s)e hav_e, .11: is, said. secured the serv1oe's of some rmeso, women,` who are sin(g'ul-arly . of the c](.,ver.e'st wdmefn of Europe, ' many c.-{them Frenchwom-`ene. `a.n'd4_o- ten their vis.i'b1e means air support is `by acting-. Shmtly b85016 -`the war burst sud d'en1y in the Fa'r.`Eo.st. V m Engqish manager W'as.con2d*uoting a Jemnnese t1`011P t'hr3'h 'ErP`5 mdujho tour led to Russia. {While the trc,u1,;3 of actors was in `B\ 1d'a-` fest H _yg ung'Japan~cse p1ea1d"e'd so iinnlly porsuad-ed the] managi` {(0 take him._ He was' tried` upon thIe' Sm-gk-,.1nx'. was `found singulalry in"- c(mp(~1~;'1V11. IHOWOV'2T. 'some'thjng' was f,gun(l for him to do. a-mdyhe did mt want much vsa1ary,_so he` was ;111.:w0d.10 remain with the company` while it went through. the Czar $ .:..-`.1.:. na+h{nn--` xv-361' known nf 0-Iuuguo 000. . uou'tnu|.. . 1o_oumsoqp1s:umsood. 313 Rm. Fr-iir[qnt?.;=Ie%~.a-#907 ' ".I!akeInu3`y',I5lnlke .. ' "Kine lib! Reigns? [THE `NORTHERN ADVANCE How Ignian % . Movs W Heir 1 Army and-` its 4' :S\_Ipplies. This j is `; impa_tientl`y,__ ficers rdevpt -dett ails of 1 serve, and `I betfgrn Vital 1 _..o V` V uuu vvagnv vgprvvy-..c -- the clang of `arms, to see the glory. the. horrors of a. nineteenth century campaign. Instead. we found that..a new century had 'bro1i'g'ht new con-. ditions. All along our lineof route the officers have `be:_e'n "devoting themselves to the solution of the problem. of food supply. -Feeding. not 'fig`ht_ing. is the `oasis of ;a mo- odern `war. and Napolaun s dictum that an army crawls upon its stom- `ach "was never _more true than to- day. - -- .. In .ua____1__g \--:7. - Nothing` `shouldgive the friends of Japan, more confidensce than the: way` this detail -of supply is being managed. "The arrangements are" the more noteworthy `because of the con- trast supplied by the other side. The `Russians sent their cavalry from Manchuria into Korea hampered `by baggage wagons, and -having to de- pend mainlyon what they would immediately g`ather from the people. At -every step` their troops hadxto stop to hunt for fodder. The idea :_-__.1:__... ..... nutvvurv nff Int-.a"l1n- 5|.Up LU uuuu gnu. vvvvv -. .__..' -_, . of feeding an army off local (sup-. plies in northern Korea is about as practical as would `be a scheme `for decorating`. St. Paul s Cathedral with" flowers gathered off Clerkehwell green. : = L . I I :. :.~::._'u1.;111.i.* The Japanese have gone _to work in different style. Long ago they started Korean language classes -in Tokio `for picked isoldjers.` While some of the best Japanese soliders were making` their way to Mongol- -..) L....:.. 4--Ln Jlf\_ VVULU LLIKLEILIE I4J.l\In- v w`, -v ia. to organize 1 and train thc; :80- called robber b-ands 'there`--who am now. many of them, practically Jua-. panese irreg`u1ar cavalry in disguise '4-- ------4 -II '4-uunn N.VnrI'hP_!l`n puns.-..c u..|.v5u-.u_; y........._, ._ __,.___, -others went all over Northecrnp Korea. Men living as Koreans. speaking` -the language _as `natives. regarded `by even the natives aspec- ple `of their own race,-were "in every. district. The Japanese knew not merely "every road, but apparently . every `person. The German general` ` ~---~ ------ -=-A n D-Mich `hlnnlz- UVU1'_y pvlbuu. Luv uu......... . _ _ . _ . ,_ staff once surprised at British `black- smith once by informing` him how. many `blacksmith shops there are in Oldham. The Japanese ,g%n ral could leave this `behind. They ap- parently have a biography of every village elder. L1, Thus.` when fighting came. they iknew the land. while the Russians, living` on the borders, did not. Ev- ery Japanese officer has a map ;'of `the part he is working` in. The Russians, apparently, have had `.to make `their maps as they g'o,-for the first Russian scouting expedition-s have been ace-ompanied by staff of-. ficers. who drew plans and sketch maps-`as they went. The Russians have had difficulty in_obtainin re- liable interpreters. `and, `if report speaks. `true. have been utterly mis- led more than once `by the stories carried `to them.` by Koreans. The Japanese `have their own people `trained `for that purpose. Vriias" y-....--- _ ` The `first great movement north-` ward `was not of troops, `but of transport. `A `few soldiers were for,- ced up -to `save Ping` Yang fromi the Russians. `but the remainder waited until "there were supplies ready for them. In every town "between Seoul and P-ing"Yangv Japanese dressed as coolies. -`but armed with regulation rifles and bayonevts a-ppearead on- the stneets. One man. in`. -officers war uniorm-free.ythat is, from all su- perfluous decoration--takes sion of a temple or apalace. and pflgantic stocks of food and cloth- ing rise. as it were. from the earth. Here is a. m_o_untain of red `blankets. here an avalanche of coolieiloads of rice. -Here come men from 50 miles away `bringing a cattle. In The San. - they are slaughtering chickens and` in Any Hop they are ,g'atherinsg pigs, * while the advance guard of the`Ja- H panese `fighting men- is 80 miles '-a-1 way. A posse*s- You `enter a, ivillalge. knowing that. it is `at least two days before. the "first soldiers. pushing on from Seoul can reach `there. At the` on-` trance to the vyillag-'a you will pro- bably `find a newly erected notice board. with a larg"e map showing every house and road around. and with .minute_-directions below :for billeting. You go some miles off the main road to `find one or ;two cav- alry vedettese there. and_ a civilian bargaining with the Koreans about- _ the purchase of their pigs and rice. for soliders who `are coming by a 3 And ,very likely an army ~of._coolies \ is setting out in another direction side. road. on u'n.o u :er replied; .1 point. ne Te had con `a . horrors fer the.._`h_ire la The same foresight is shown in`ev- } cry detail. The rice is made` up to` the exact weight for :1 ccolie to car- ry. These weights are further cale- culated. so that so many of `them gb ?to- a pony or'ox.1oad. Picked` natives ere decorated with stripes of red to show that they are now in the service -of his` imperial Japan- ese majesty`s transport corps._ At this time the Japanese do not hag - g'le` over money. `Coolie: are "paid wages ecarce ; dreamed of by the`m"be- fore.-- and the price of_ pack *ponieb-` `hag gone, s`1.:yf.hgh.} Iiha`d"to pay $'14_4_ I :2 't5hree*"i"p__ack t`poniefs"pi 'CIl'l`]'|U \ [1':1c1ic;1_'V nlotlninug was known of the `LL ug` 1113], . ,1 .. ..x n 4- n.rrr\.~r\l')I'|;t\V\ VQVIM` CIVI- E?ms1'?bef'bo'in`Ea'ir. in jug.` t_'zVa`e to t_h o Rusgians, that the. Jap- worwt F thielsuem ` not new OOIIIO 'v said _the man he watched, the. oi- their .'atten'tionv _'t0 supply, blanket re- purchase of c:;ttle;` =war in,its most. " the one who knew` gt'3Tle. -` V Z expecting . L- -__ .'-I to he'ar: xe f'ore. Cam-paighing in` Korea is no new -thing to them. Their armieis marched %hroug`h it in 1894 andyspenlt a`*hard winter in northern Korea. -,,_ .`l---.I_L a. uaupu vvauuu; 11.1 ..-v.-........ __---_ Those in Eng l_a.nd; who are doubt; less pxpressingi -their -`amazement that the Japanese is not mov- -_. _.-_.__.`l..A_.... um _\"Lun,~._, uu-up -v--~. --- --'-v--; '`"'.`""V ed, :1 p1'cuS21I1t' c-oxnpanl-on. and ap- l (~:1I`(-(I t") have I3101ATtY `'f n1ndy"A.f' tor 11;: '.-.~.ur onded the managur :dis-_- ... -. .Ln manna l\' I1-an` Tn#`