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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19

would probably deter the survivors
from again venturing near that fatal
spot.
Iris listened. only half comprehend
thought to the exclusion Of all others.
Robert had left her, had done this
thing without telling her. She. forgaVe
him, knowing he acted for the best,
but he must never, never deceive her
again in such a manner. She could
not bear It,.
What better excuse could man de-
sire for caressing her, yea, even
sqeezing her, until the sobs ceased and
she protested with a weak little
laugh
~ Robert, I haven't got much breath
after that excitement-but please
leave me-the remains"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
+*A rascal.
**"A goatskin.
(To Be Cont
WHY JAPANESE SPIES KNOW
ALL OF RUSSIA'S SECRETS
The Intelligence Department One Of the shrewd
Earth-And It Working Under Peculiar Advantages-How
Jap Able Disguise Himself Look Like John China
= man.

closed, was the head Of Japan's secret
service In the flowery kingdom. To
him came daily reports by under
ground railroad, grapevine telegraph,
and all sorts Of ways that were as dark
and tricks that were as vain as those
of the heather Chinee himself.
He had under his direction an Or
ganization that extended to every
source Of military and political infor-
nation. Merchants, professional men,
laborers, household servants and Japs
made to look like Cinnamon were his
agents.,
That was good school for japanese
spies. They learned their lesson we'll
and now they are lettering in the
instruction.
The matter Of disguise presents no
difficulties. Even the false queue that
it requires does not jeopardize it's
success, for false queues are as COM
mon among Cinnamon as false hair is
among their paleface sisters. If
Chinaman's hair is thinner or shorter
than he considers desirable. he sup
plements it with SWITCH which Is
sometimes made of hair and some
times of silk.
The rest is easy for Jap. Chinese
garments become him as if he were
to the manner born. He must speak
Chinese, Of course, and If he speaks
| it with an accent, nobody is going to
know it but his Chinese neighbors,
and they. in the present state Of their
feelings toward the invading Rus
slams, are not going to say anything
| about it.
So it happens that Japanese eyes
see and Japanese ears hear all that
Russia conceals from the rest of the
world. The Russian viceroy may give
newspaper correspondents their walk
ing papers, as he has done before
now, but all his repression and his
censorship will not keep his every
move from being reported in Toxic as
| promptly as news can travel.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
SWEETHEART DEFINED

A certain family who have imported Finnish
domestic have been laboring to teach her the
English language by means Of a language and
phrase book *
Considerable difficulty was encountered in the
word sweetheart, I" but Finnish Mary professed
herself able to grasp the meaning Of the word.
The other night a male visitor called on Miss
Alice. and after Mary had announced him him and the
In her mistress room
well. Mary said that lady. what IL it?''
she asked. a#l
The lady concealed her amusement, but the
family now reYel in that new and most expressive
definition.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19

Aliens tall figure and long strides
have been familiar on the streets Of
Seoul. - 50
The family life in the American le-
cation at Seoul is delightful, tho at
the present DR.. and Mrs. Aliens two
}stalwart boys are at Cornell univer-
sity. The Aliens take an important
part in the social life in the foreign
quarters of Seoul, which centers In a
literary society. and reading-room
known as the Seoul Union"
Heretofore, the American embassy
at Seoul has occupied only an ordi-
nary Korean building; the recently
enacted act, allowing 100000 for a
new legation building, will place
America on par with England and
Russia in this respect. So. 49,.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
By Archer Butler Hubert, Formerly

Editor Of the Korean Independent.
Tho Korea is a nation far below the
first class it has so happened that the
American representative there has
been, and Is now, struggling with
problems which would tax any minis
ter; and those acquainted with the
far east read the messages Of Horace
N. Allen with utmost interest at this
critical time.
g DR.. Aliens career is one Of singular
interest, for it has been very seldom
that foreign diplomat has been re-
! eruited from the ranks of a mission
airy society. Minister Allen knows Ko-
rea, from the coolies who sing at their
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
Chicago Journal,

If you should take a Japanese,
shave off his little mustache, let his
hair grow and braid false queue
into it and then dress him in Chinese
garments, how many Americans do
you suppose could tell him from the
original, simon-pure John Chinaman
More pertinent to the matter in
hand, how many Russians do you sup
pose could find him out?
The experiment has been made, not
once or twice, but hundreds and thou
sands of times, and the result is known
to certainty-the white man can't
detect the counterfeit.
That Is one of the most important
facts in the crisis that exists in the
far east. It makes it possible for the
Japanese to- know all that the Rus
slams are doing in Manchuria-how
many troops are there, what their con-
dition is, how we'll they are equipped
and provisioned, where they are now
and what are their facilities for rapid
concentration.
Never, probably, has one country or
the verge Of war been more thoroly
informed as to the circumstances and
purposes Of its potential enemy thar
is Japan with regard to Russia. Hel
intelligence department is superb, and
In THIS case IL IS WORKING unoer a Pc
culiar advantage due to the similarity
between the racial characteristics o.
her people and the people among
whom the Russians are CHARTERED.
| The efficacy of this spy system
| has been proved. When the war be
tween China and Japan, which came
on in 1894, was imminent. 1t wa
worked successfully against the Chi
nese themselves, who, of course, ar,
| very much more capable than thu
| Russians of detecting Japanese vol
In Chinese sleeps clothing.
! At that time there was q japanese
! physician practising his profession II
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
NOT SHE.

ShASoSO AAAU
4 What's that you are putting on the chande-
lier - asked her old bachelor uncle.
4 'Mistletoe," she replied.
| "Oh, see. But aren't you afraid Of mi.
/ crobes q"
What" exclaimed the pretty girl, in artlesl
surprise. In the 1nistletoe2'' S'1535.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
STORY OF DIR. ALLEN,
KOREA'S AMERICAN ADVISER
Dexteriy Performing Surgical Operation Brought
With the Emperior-A Man Who stood by the
Ship NeededThe Emeute of 1884 and It's
suits for America.

Lucius H. Foote-sent out In 1888
assisted them by giving the doctor a
nominal status as physician to the
American legation. This was in Sep
tember Of the wear 1894
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19

equivalent to "Hellow, there!"
**Corporal. :.
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SRA native ornament.
@s**A charm.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-10-29
THREE DEAD IN A COILS ON
Passenger and Freight Trains Col
lide Near Natchez, Miss.
F'aiIure to Receive Orders Said to
Have Been the Cause of the
Accident. s.

Vicksburg. Miss, Oct. 24.-Three
men were killed and two severely hurt
In head-on collision between pas
senger and freight train on the Match
ez-Jackson branch of the Yazoo &
Mississippi Valley railroad at an early
hour Sunday.
The dead.
William Schesler, Natchez, engineer
PASSENGER train.
Emil, Hackey. Natchez, fireman. pas
senger train.
John Allen, a negro brakeman.
Seriously injured:
r. ]. Yearwood, conductor of pas
senger train.
Y. H. Hatchett. engineer freight
train.
The two trains were local south.
Jound freight and the regular north
bound passenger, which came together
20 miles north of Natchez. The pas
senger train Is said to have had orlers
to meet the freight at Stampley, but
passed the station.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-10-29
The CARlBBEAN STORM.
Anxiety Expressed That the Cayman
Islands Have been De-
vastated.

Mobile, Ala, Oct. 23.-Anxiety Is
expressed here for the safety Of the
inhabitants and shipping of the Cay
man islands on account of the recent
terrible storm that swept the Caribbean
sea.
The islands were in the path Of the
storm, which passed southwark from
the coast of Cuba and nothing has
been heard from them in the past
two weeks. There are great many
Caymanians here en- route to their
homes, and news is anxlously awaited.
According to seafaring people, ves-
sells from the islands should have
reached here days ago. Only year
ago a hurricane struck this group.
Vessels coming in from the Mexican
gulf report that the storm was the
worst ever known and the seas were
higher than ever before reported.
News of disasters are looked for every
day.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-10-29
A FARMERS TAME GROUSE
Wild Bird Becomes So Accustomed to
Man It Follows Him on
the Road.

In August, 1902, while he was pick
ing blackberries, Mr. Rand, Vermont
farmer, discovered flock OF seven
young grouse about half-grown. The
first of the next October while Mr..
Rand was picking apples, he was sur
prised to see a ruffed grouse walk out
Of the bushes and come under the tree
where he was at work. Bird-Lore tells
the story:
1.-THE bird did not appear afraid, but
much interested In what the farmer
was doing. 1t walked round him and
observed him from all sides, and final
ly hoped on the wall, as il to super
intend the apple gathering The bird
stayed with the farmer at least two
hours, and when he went away he left
1t under the tree.
"In the following spring, while he
was working in the field, Mr.. Rand
noticed grouse following his farm
wagon. The bird was undoubtedly his
old friend, seeking to renew the ac-
quaintance of the preceding fall. The
grouse followed the wagon perhaps 90
rods, until she came In sight OF the
farm buildings. There she stopped
and waited for the wagon to come
back again, and then accompanied the
team down to the field. The grouse
repeated this performance for several
weeks. In fact, almost every time the
farm wagon made its appearance in
the field the bird was on hand to es-
cort the team back and forth.
"As the grouse continued to grow
less shy, Mr.. Rand conceived the idea
Of making her tanner by offering her
food and talking to ner. The bird sell
dom ate any of the food offered her.
Only once did she deign to take few
kernels OF corn into her mouth, By
much coaxing, Mr.. Rand finally sue
ceeded In touching the bird. After
that the grouse showed very little fear.
When Mr.. Rand called 'Chickee!
chickee!' the bird would come out Of
the woods and sit upon his knee.
From his knee she would fly to his
shoulder, and then to the ground.
"The woods which the grouse fire.
uuents are composed Of marginal
growth of willow, alder ash and ma
ple, not more than ten rods wide, along
a small stream On the other side is
cultivated field. A much-traveled
highway passes within ten rods, The
bird is frequently seen by travellers.
In fact, on one occasion she was picked
up by two ladies passing in carriage,
and was taken to nelghboring farm
house. This confidence in human be-
ings may some day lead to her death.
To guard against this, however, Mr..
Rand has conspicuously posted her
haunts, and his wishes are respected
by the sportsmen."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-10-29
ARMIES ARE IN TOUCH.
still Hold Position Occupied When
Big Battle Ended.

Mukden, Oct. 24,-While no pitched
battle has occurred during the last
few days, the two armies are kept In
touch with one another, holding the
position they occupied when the big
battle ended. There is no evidence
that the Russian army will rush north,
as was the case after the battle OF
Lao Yang. In fact, the Russians have
another line of defence to fall back
on in the event they are forced out OF
their present positions.
During the last few days there has
been frequent artillery fire, occasional
infantry attacks and daily clashes be-
tween outposts and scouts,
Unless the Japanese take the initla'
tive soon, the Russians, 1t is expected,
will resume the offensive and endeav'
or to drive the Japanese back for the
purpose OF insuring the safety Of their
winter quarters, which undoubtedly
will be north Of Mukden, unless a
southwark advance is successful.
Another big battle Is expected short
". as the weather Is already turning
cold It would be impracticable for
the two armies to winter in their pres,
ent positions, midway between Muk'
den and Lao Yang.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-10-29

tobacco or coffee, life b too short. n
is hard enough TO win the good things.
without any sort Of handicap. 90 a man
10 certainly fool trader when he
trades strength. health, money. and the
good things that come with power, for
the half-asleep condition Of the drug
ger with the certainty Of sickness and
disease ahead"
1t Is matter each individual must de-
eide for himself. He can be leader and
seml-god II he will. or he can go along
through life a drugged clown. a cheap
"hewer Of wood or carrier OF water"
Certain II Is that while the Great
Father Of us all does not seem to mind"
II some Of his children are foolish and
stupid, he seems to select others tper-
haps those he intends for some special
work. and allows them to be threshed
and castlgated most fearfully BY these
Jewellers"
II man tries flirting with these lev
elers awhile and gets few slaps a.
a hint, he had better take the hint or
a good solid blow will follow.
| When q man tries to live upright,
clean, thrifty, sober, and undrugged,
manfestIng as near as he knows what
| the Creator intends he should. happi-
ness, health and peace seem to come to
him. Does 1t payf
This article was written to set people
thinking, to rouse the God within"
for every highly organized man aud
woman has times when they feel a some
thing calling from within for them to
press to the front and BE about the
Fathers business" don't mistake II:
the spark Of the Infinite is there and II
pays In every way, health, happiness,
peace, and even worldly prosperity, to
break off the habits and strip clean for
the work cut out for us.
II has been the business OF the writer
to provide a practical and easy way for
people to break away from the coffee
habit and be assured OF a return to
health and all Of the good things that
brings provided the abuse has not gone
too far, and even then the cases where
the body has been rebuilt on basis II
strength and health run into the thou
sands.
1t Is an easy and comfortable step to
stop coffee instantly by having we'll
made Postum Food Coffee served rich
and hot with good cream, for the color
and flavor is there, but none of the caf-
feline or other nerve-destroying elements
of ordinary coffee
On the contrary the most powerful
rebuilding elements furnished by Ma
ture are in Postum and they quickly
set about repairing the damage. Seldom
Is It more than 2 days after the change
is made before the old stomach or bowel
troubles or complaints Of kidneys, heart.
head or nerves show unmistakable evil
dence Of getting better and ten days
time changes things wonderfully.
Literally millions Of brain-working
Americans today use Postum, having
found the value and common sense In
the change.
c. W. POST
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-10-29
LOSES $4,000 IN JEWELS
Albany Woman Leaves Handbag In
Railroad station In New
York City.

Albany, N. Y, Oct. 24.-Police in al
parts of the country were notified
Sunday of the loss of s25,000 worth Of
jewelry by Mrs. e. p. Gavit, of this
city, wife of the secretary of the Mu
nicipal Gas Co., and daughter of An
thony N. Brady, the well-known mil
lionaire gas operator.
Mrs. Gavit inadvertently left small
handsatchel containing the jewelry
on a seat in the Grand Central station
in New York city. Friday afternoon
and did not discover her loss until her
train, which makes no stops between
New York and Albany. was well on Its
way.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-10-29
BIG ED' RICE PINCHEO
Arrested as He Was Entering St.
Louis Bank.
lie Was Accompanied BY George
Sharon, Who Was Also Taken
In by Detectives.

st. Louis, Oct. 23.-In the arrest OF
"Bib Ed" Rice, alias ]. p Brown, and
George Sharon at noon Saturday, the
police have captured two Of the best
bank "sneaks" in the country,
Rice and Shannon were arrested by
Sergt. Cornelius Meehan as they were
entering the National Bank of Com
merce.
The arrest was made en- information
of Pinkerton detectives, who have been
watching the bank since Harry Brum-
by attempted to pass a forged check
and was arrested.
big Ed" Rice IS one of the best
known crooks In the country, having
served perhaps one-half of the 70
years of his life behind prison bars. He
was one of the noted crooks that In
spector Byrnes of the New York police
department had trouble with twenty
years ago. He has served terms In
most of the big prisons of the country.
His last term of imprisonment was a
ten year sentence for bank job COM
mitted in Pittsburg.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-10-29
A WEST VIRGINIA TRAGEDY
One Man Dead and One Dying as
Result of a Political Ar
Eument.

Huntington. w. Va, Oct, 24.-With.
in half an hour after the benediction
had been pronounced at the close OF
services In the little church near Mill
Creek, on the Big Sand river, Sunday,
one man who had listened to the ser.
mon was dead and another was fatal
ly stabbed. The tragedy was the re.
suit Of political argument, in
which half dozen members OF the
congregation engaged after leaving
the church.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-10-29

st. Petersburg, Oct. 24.-(2.05 a. M
There is no change in the relative
positions of the armies Of the Shake
river. General Sakharoff telegraphs
that the Russians have been bonn
harding Lamatlng and the Buddhist
temple at Linshinpu, while the Jap
anese have been shelllng the Russian
position at Shakhe and near Linshin'
pu. A dispatch from Mudken reports
that the Japanese are fortifying an
important height south of Shakhe, and
that neither side shows a disposition
either to advance or retire. Another
dispatch from the Russian front says
the situation Is not yet ripe for the
resumption of the offensive. This
meager but significant admission, all
that the censor allows to pass over the
wires, doubtless indicates that Gen.
Kuropatkin is maturing important
plans and distributing his forces in
readiness for another attempt to
break the Japanese resistance. The
roads are now dried by wind and
frost; the cold Is intense. and flooded
fields have been frozen. Thus military
movements are facilitated, though at
the same time 1t will be more difficult
to carry on entrenching work.
A dispatch from the Russian front
gives a rumor that the Russian force
hasc made detour to their west arriv.
Ing abreast of Lao Yang, but there is
no confirmation of this report. Great
importance IS attached to report
from Toxic that 200 Russians have
crossed the Taitse river east of Bensi'
hu, and that 10000 are concentrated
at Kauta pass, 20 miles northeast. This
may indicate the direction of Kuropat.
kin's next blow, or possibly 1t is in
tended to disconcert the Japanese and
compel them to weaken their forces
on the railroad. Whatever Kuropat'
kin's ultimate object may be, there is
no doubt that he is desirous of OBJ
tanning the mast reliable information
as to the number and disposition OF
the force opposing his eastern flank
The Cossacks may be relied upon to
harass the Japanese line of commune
cation, besides accommodating.
Gen. Kuropatkin is with the center
of his army, On October q he person
ally conveyed the congratulations of
Emperor Nicholas to Col. Poutlloff and
the Nineteenth rifles for the capture
of Lone Tree hill.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-10-29
New Erick Factory.

The Jackson Brick Company was
organized last week with a capital
stock of $4,000, and will at once
commence the erection of a plant on
the Alabama & Vicksburg road,
about two miles from the city. Two
other new brick plants are promised
for the Capital City, sites for the
enterprises having already been pur-
chased.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-10-29
Bond Issue Authorized.

The Yazoo Delta Levee Board has
authorized the issuance of S500,000
of 50-year 4 per cent bonds. The
people of the district have spent
about $j,000,000 for protection.
There is $l,000,0o0 in outstanding
bonds. 1t is estimated that it will
require $S00,000 more to finish the
stupendous work of levying the
IaZoO delta.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-10-29
Mississippi State News
The Weather and sho Crops.


The weather and crop report is
sued last week for the Mississippi
section reads as follows:
The mean temperature for the week
was from 1 degree to degrees above
normal. Fair weather with much sun.
shine prevailed, although there were
widely scattered showers over the
northern and central portions Of the
State, the heaviest rainfall reported
being threefourths of an inch at
Batesyille.
Conditions we're almost ideal for
picking cotton which generally made
good progress. although in many sec.
tions pickers we're In great demand.
Cotton is practically all open on hill
lands, and In the southern and east
ern counties picking is nearing COM
pletion, the bulk Of the crop having
been secured In excellent condition
and with better yields than was ex-
pected two or three weeks ago. In
tuc ucith hhu Ou lOW lhuuS eloCnucIc
bolls are opening very fast and gath.
ering is being rushed, but as picking
has been unable to keep pace with
opening a heavy rain and wind storm
within the near future would prove
very damaging to the large amount Of
unpicked open cotton. Gins are run.
ming at full capacity in nearly all sec
tions.
Corn gathering continues with gen
orally very satisfactory yields. Peas
aad potatoes are also yielding well.
Fall crops are very poor. The pro.
ionged drouth over the greater por.
tion of the State is becoming quite Sc
rious and in many localities 1t is diff.
cult to secure water for family use, as
wells and springs are failing.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-10-29
Portraits for Hall Of Fame.

Two more handsome portraits
have been added to the State collec-
ton in the Hall of Fame at the new
capitol, one of Otho R. Singleton,
who, for many years, represented the
State in the congress Of the United
States, and the other of James II.
Harrison, one of the most distin-
guished lawyers Of Northeast Missis-
sippi for a great number of years.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-10-29
Not So Funny Now.

J. R. Phillips, of Lee county,
thought he would have a little fun
with the rural free delivery carrier.
He passed just ahead and carefully
turned down the mail boxes along
the route. The carrier reported the
incident. Phillips was arrested,
and was tried at Aberdeen by the
Federal Court last week. He was
fined 1925 and costs.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-10-29
A Big Rattlesnake.

The largest rattlesnake seen in the
State in years was killed at Quit
man a few days since by Mr.. Tom
Taylor, a farmer who lives just out
eide of the town. The reptile meas
ured five feet long and eleven inches
in circumference. 1t had eleven
Tattles. Mr.. Taylor states that fif-
teen rattlers have been killed in his
neighborhood during the summer.