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Show j The latest news from the seat of war shows f that Japan's victories were dearly purchased. Gen- j cral Oku, in striving to overcome one of Port Ar- I thurs strongets outlying defenses, is said to have 1 lost C,OO0 men, or eight times as many as Russia j lost. If such be the fortunes of war, many human lives are sacrificed to gain a small prize. I m ? Russia, we are informed, is bound to defend i Port Arthur by every means possible to devise. In J . 1 lie waters that surround that stronghold are j sown floating mines that add to the terrors of war. There is no limit to their meandering, ar when ! touched by the kceel of a warship, the result is a j keel over for the fighting vessel and last bath in i the briny deep for the mariners. i ' TI - j i lie twentieth century surpasses the last con- j 1ur.v in fads. The latest, in the fashionable I world, is that wealth is an indication of vulgarity. I Then, by contrary argument, we may conclude that j poverty would mean aristocracy. This is coming j back to Christian principles, for the Good Master a special predilection for the poor. In this I 51('. however, we have no aristrocrats by choice. 1 According to the latest standard we alll wish to bp 1 plebians. . . |