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Show A GREAT RACE. Out of the obscurity which envelopes the news from the East one fact shines out clearly. The Japanese are a terrible race of fighters. The way they blooked the channel into Port Arthur showed as desperate and reckless daring as was ever seen. This country was thrilled at Hob son's exploit at Santiago; but if he had failed three times until the enemy had been on the lookout and had their batteries and searchlights all the time trained upon that entrance it would have been different. Then the Japanese were not fighting Spaniards, but the picked gunners of Russia. It was the same way in the land fight on the Yalu. There the Japaneee had the advantage of numbers, but they were the assaulting as-saulting parties and fought 'straight up to the enemy's guns. At the same time the Russians fought like tigers and had the forces been equal it would have been pretty nearly annihilation on I both sides. But the wonder is what the Japanese have done in fifty years. They are not only S fighters, but their chiefs seem to have acquired m 0 perfect science of handling armies and 8 navies. What will they be in fifty years more? B The Western nations have been trying to instill B patriotism into the hearts of their people. But B Japanese patriotism is a comparatively new type. B The Caucasian will fight for his country, but B after doing his best he will not, if he fdils, kill B himself through chagrin that he undertook some-B some-B thing for his Emperor and for native land and B failed. B Russia assumed a mighty responsibility when B she caused those dogs of war to be let loose. B She says she will accept no offers of mediation, B awd possibly she may, by overwhelming numbers, I wear out her present enemy, but it will be at such a cost in life as she has never before put in war, not even excepting the costly campaigns I against Napoleon. She has a fine soldier in m command. How Russian troops will fight was shown the other day when, for hours, 12,000 Russians held 30,000 Japanese at bay and then fell back slowly and sullenly without a symptom of paric. But the summer's work that Russia Rus-sia has on hand ought to fill Russia with apprehension appre-hension and sorrow. JSp SUMMER CLOTHES I I 'PFRRS- irlOU wont find anything in clothes more 1 B "'KB- snappy and attractive than this Hart 1 I P "" tmwSm Schaffner & Marx single breasted outing 1 I mmW(U' varsity. This is particularly a young I fl mSf ' man's style, but if you like the looks of it I i jobBj7 on yu we woQ ask hw id yu are any I I V IHKkIt-Ip man w k"es ese clothes is entitled to 1 JS:i4Ji wear them as soon an he pays the price. I ; Immfimmy ""'s an asonishingly easy price to pay when 1 HiBMMl ' ' yu conser how very good the clothes are. 1 jWJ RICHARDSON & ADAMS I pfKjJ 172 MaJn Street. PHtme 458. I 'opjrl;ht 100 by UartSct affno. & M.rr I H |