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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-02
Russians Report Gains.

A report from Llao Yang states that
Major General Mistchenko has dealt
the Japanese advance from Stu Yen
a severe blow by recapturing Dalin
pass and that he has been inflicting
losses on the Japanese for several
days, capturing three guns and an
ammunition train. None of these re.
ports are official.
A New Chwang telegram from a
German source at Mukden says Kuro-
patkin has decided not to fight at Ia.
tche Kiao or Hal Cheng but to retreat
from Tatche Kiao, which movement
was started Tuesday and is we'll under
way. 1t is not believed that the Rus.
SLAMS will be able to reach Llao Yang
as the Japanese control the passes.
Big Naval Battle.
Che Foo, July 1, $3.50 p. m.-What
should prove to be a decisive naval
engagement was in progress at 1
tween Chez Foo and Port Arthur.
The steamer Che Foo, which has ar
rived here, passed within fifteen miles
of the Japanses fleet, consisting of
two battleships and five cruisers, all
acllFely eHSdSeu.
Heard Loud Explosions.
. The Russian fleet was not seen, but
the distance of the Japanese from
land precludes the possibility of any
attack on land batteries. The captain
of the Che Foo says he heard terrific
explosions.
Have Run Blockade.
A Chinaman who left Port Arthur
last night and has arrived here says
there were only four Russian war
ships in the harbor and none outside.
The opinion prevails here that the fas-
ter ships have succeeded in eluding
the Japanese war ships maintaining
the blockade at Port Arthur.
Abandon Hard Won Positions.
Llao Yang, June 80 (Delayed)- 1.-The
Japanese army is reported to be with.
in thirty-fve miles of Llao Yang,
southeast of Hal Cheng. The Japan.
ese have withdrawn from the posi-
tions from which they recently drove
the Russians after five days continu-
OuS fighting
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-02
Mines Kill Many Japs.

The Russians lost seven officers and
nearly 200 men killed. The Japanese
losses are believed to have, been much
larger, as during the battle they pass
ed over mines which the Russians sue
cessfully exploded.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-22
Trees and Rainfall.

Some persons ask if trees affect rain
fall. That question is one on which
foresters differ, but the large majority
are satisfied they do induce rainfall.
Vonmulere, Schenck and many others
are emphatic in the claim that forests
induce rainfall. 1t is certain they re-
tain humidity to a great extent, and
that alone would affect the rainfall;
but the point On which all agree is the
value of forests for the conservation
of water, preventing floods or drought,
distributing the water evenly the
whole year. 1t is matter of history
in foreign countries that when forests
have been destroyed the rainfall has
been greatly lessened and more spas
modic.-T. p Lukens in MaXWelPs
TalisInan.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-22
of q Sword Trick.

A t-ick in which Il sword is appar-
entity passed through d persons abdo-
men is explained IS follows: The sword
employed is q thin, flexible, dull blade
The prestidigitator, whose body the
sword will simply pass around, but not
pierce, carries concealed beneath his
vest 4 sheath that consists of q hollow
tube, ssemicircular in shape, the two
eXtremities Of which are bent in con
trary directions in such q way that
they are situated in the same straight
line, the two orifces opening in front
and behind at right angles with the alb
dOmen This tube runs around the
farther side OF the man. who, appear
ing inStinctiVely TO grasp the point OF
the sword us il to protect himself, ,di-
reefs it into the metallic tube. The
flexible sword makes its exit between
the tails OF the coat 1t is necessary to
operate rapidly, so that the spectators
shall not lave time to see that the
length OF the sword has diminished,
the curved line that follows not being
the shortest passage from one point to
another.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-22
New York's Harbor Eagles.

Above the pier-close to it and to-
gether. as if for comfOrt-huddled q
cluster of tugs, those curious, power
full, persistent little steam craft that
ply back and forth and up and down,
saucily and busily important, their
rows of tenders trailing in the water,
their black smoke bannering out be-
hind. Often [ had watched them nos
ing in and out among the heavier craft,
nudging a great ocean liner into mid
stream and singly Or together pushing
Or pulling some huge helpless bulk, as
an ant or as two might seize and
trundle a great dead bumblebee. Their
power and their impudence had filled
me with wonder. Viewing them now
in repose, l was Impressed by the fact,
hitherto unconSidered, that upon al
most every pilot house was a golden
eagle with extended wings-a symbol
of power and swiftness- it was
borne in upon me that the tug in truth
is the harbor eagle, with all other craft
for it's prey.-Scribner,s
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-22
How He Evaaed the Suicide Law.

Lord Chief Justice Hankford of Eng
land. who lived in former century, not
withstanding his high position became
so tired of life that he determined to
shuttle off this mortal coil. But he
feared to commit suicide, Because 1T
the time a verdict of felo de Sc fellow
ed as matter of course and the body
of the suicide was buried at four cross
roads, with Il stake thrust through it.
Further, he had to avert TIE conSe-
Quences to his relatives Of forfeiture
Of his goods. which was also one of the
penalties for self destruction. He adopt
ed a novel eXpedient. Several of his
deer having been stolen, he gave orders
to his keepers to shoot any person they
met in or near the park at night who
did not Immediately stand when chal-
lenged. Then on dark night lie threw
himself in the path Of the keepers
and not answering the challenge, was
shot dead on the spot. The stump Of
an old oak under which he fell still
marks the scene Of the tragedy and
goes to this day by the name of Hank
fOrd'S oak
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-22
City Residents Nearsfghted.

1.-THE race is growing nearsighted,
owing to city life and the conditions of
our civilization" said an eye specialist
sour visual range is confined to near
objects for the greater part of the
day." said he, land this keeps the eyes
turned in. An object twenty feet away
will makelthe eyebaIls parallel.
"Anything less will turn them in,
and people who spend their hours in Of
fees and crowded flats necessarily have
Il short range Of vision, which over
works and WrHkens the interior mus
:cleS close to the nasal cavity
''The exterior muscles not being SO
strained are strong and hence cause
the eyes to turn out Let q person who
is thus affected spend week or two III
the country and his eyes become nor
NAL again, because lie gets greater
range OF vision. SuVageS are generally
farsighted. "-JeWcIers' Circular Week
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-22
Dress of south African Tribes.

Fashions among the native tribes OF
South Africa are thus described by a
recent writer: During one season the
people are all wearing safety pins as
earrings; the next season no one will
look at them, for pins are out and
buttons are in. In one tribe blue
spotted cotton handkerchiefs are al
the rage, but fifty miles away no one
will look at such things-they want
cotton shirts. The only universal orna
ment, perhaps, consists in beadWork.
Some tribes. such as the Fingoes and
ZuluS, take to beadwork more than
others; the one thing they are all con-
sistent in is Il strangely good taste for
color combination. They never indulge
in q combination of gaudy colOrs, never
affect an inharmoniouS color scheme,
thus bearing out Ruskin's statement
that bad taste in color does not arise in
people who are left to themselves and
nature" Hairdressing is prodigious
business among them. The process is
assisted by liberal use of red clay
and as the perfected work of art is
expected to last 4 month the head is
permitted to rest Oh the nape of the
neck only when the owner sleeps,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-22
Mad rs q Halter.

The phrase mad as a halter" has no
reference to that respectable artist who
designs the browning article of civil
liZed male attire, but relates back to
the Anglo-Saxon word "atter'' ian adj
der, or viper). mad" was formerly
used as a synonym for violent or ven
omous and is still used in that sense in
some parts of England as we'll as in
this country. The phrase. therefore,
strictly means as "venomous as a vi
per-" the old form, mad as an AFTER"
having been corrupted to mad as a
halter" "In that direction" the cat
said, waving it's right paw round,
elves q halter, and in that direction"
waving the other paw. elves a March
hare Visit either you like, They're
both mad
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-22
Fire Under WATER.

Fire under water may be produced
by placing some small pieces Of phos-
phorus in a conical shaped tumbler
and then covering them with the crys-
tals,of >chlorate of potash Next fill the
glass with water and then add a few
drops of ,sulphuric acid, the acid to be
applied directly to the phosphorus and
potash crystals by means of a long
tube. af the experiment is properly
carried out tongues of bright red flame
can he seen flashing up through the
water, the intense chemical heat pro-
'duced by the action Of the sulphuric
acid On the potash and phosphorus be-
ing sufficient to inflame the latter, al
though entirely covered with water.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-22
PeriIs Of s@SeEf DOctoring."

Large numbers Of people in prosper
GUS circumstances die as seXagenarians
from maladies which are evidences of
degeneration and of premature senility,
while many who pass this period go
On to enter upon an eighth or ninth
decade of life. The former class COM
prise those who have lived without
restraint of their appetites and who
have sought to allay some of the
consequences by self medication while
the latter class comprise those who
have lived reasonably and who, if an
noyed by imperfect digestion, have
sought relief by abandoning the errors
from which it sprang.-London Lancet.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-22
The Island of Malta.

On the island OF Malta house rent is
ridiculously cheap. Anywhere outside
of Valetta an excellent seven roomed
house can be had for SIS to $50 year,
while rates and taxes are unknown.
The houses are built entirely of the
cream colored stone of which the is
land is composed and which is SO soft
that it can be cut with saw into
blocks or slabs of any desired size or
shape. SO while the Maltese builder is
digging up his foundation he is at the
same time getting out the material for
mis- walls, his flooring and his roof.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-22

In India, where those large birds, the
kites, are common and fearless, boys
amuse themselves by catching them in
a way that is almost ridiculous in it's
simplicity A line is stretched tightly
little way above the ground between
two posts Beneath it is laid a bait
when he rises from the earth hits the
back of his neck against the string
This makes him throw up his wings,
with the result that some of the qu,lls
get over the line, and he is kept sus-
pended and struggling captive until
the boys run up and release him.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-22

The coIorings of yariegated foliage
plants cannot be intensified by the use
Of colored glass. \ curious Belgian
horticulturist, after a long series OF
experiments, concludes that brilliant
light favors high coloratiOn Of foliage
Trees ana shrubs with golden leaves,
when poorly illuminated = that is,
came green or in some cases blanched-
In no case did the colored glass have
a beneficial effect, most plants after
a months exposure putting forth
smaller leaves, less vivid in coloring.
In some cases a very apparent stunt
ing of the plants growth was observ-
able.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-22
WoCegg With Music.

Among the Yao AIidos, one OF the
many Burmcse-Tartar people, the
young men WOO their wives absolutely
without WOrGs, but to the sound OF
music On the first day of winter they
have /, great feast, at which all the
marriageable girls gather and listen to
the music made by the bachelors, who
sit under the desire tree" each play
ing his favoritc instrument AS the
maiden he loves passes him the youth
plays louder and more feclingly Ii the
girl ignores him and passes on he
knows that she Will have none of him 4;
if she steps up to him and lays Il
flower upon the instrument, he jumps
UP, grasps her by the hand, taking
care uot to drop the flower. and they
go away together.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-22
Berlin Through English SpectacIes.

Berlin Through English SpectacIes.
An Englishman writes of Berlin: 1T
is the only modern city know of that
has managed to escape looking artificial.
The labor of building greater Berlin
has been most deXtcrously hidden.
There is very little of the deadly uni
formity, the Euclidian lines. the prosaic
precision, one notices in New York. Ber-
lin is something considerably better
than q mere chessboard of brick and
stone and mortar The streets have a
curved and enticing spaciousless; they
are shaded With avenues of trees,
faultlessly asphalted and clean with a
cleanliness surprising that of Paris.
The architecture is rather too fiorid
for English tastes, but for all thai de-
cdedly effective, and a drive from I'm
ter den Linden to Charlottenburg will
take one past a finer succession of
houses than either London or New
York can show"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-22
why :PODcOrn PODS.

Why does popcorn pop? The depart
nnent Of agriculture answers the ques-
ton, which was propounded to it by q
small boy. Popcorn pops by reason of
the volati1iZation of the oil contained
i'm the kernal by heat. Field corn does
not pop because the ,outer portion Of
the kernel is more porous, permitting
the escape of the oil las it volatizes,
while in the ease of popcorn a great
pressure is developed in the kernel by
the confined oil and the kernel is sud-
denly exploded and turned wrong side
Out.-R0ston Herald
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-22
Good Spirits

Good spirits don't all come from Ken
lucky. Their main source is the liver
and all the fine spirits ever made in the
Blue Grass State could not remedy a
bad liver or the hundred and one ill ef-
fects it produces You can't have good
spirits and bad liver at the same time
Your liver must be III fine condition if
you would feel bnoyant. happy and
hopeful, bright of eye, Light of step, Wig
orous and successful in your pursuits.
You can put .our liver in fine condition
by using Green's Angus Fiower-,he
greatest of all medicines for the liver
and stomach and certain cure for dys-
pepsia or indigestion. It has been a
favorite household remedy for over
&hirty-fve years. August Flower will
make your liver healthy and active and
thus insure You liberal supply of "good
spirits" Trial size, 25c; regular bottles
75e. For sale by H. J. Stangl.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-22
ROCK ford, BeIOit & GAINESVILLE
Railroad Co.


Operating electric road between Rockfo I'd
Ill, aad GAINESVILLE, Wis, via Roscoe. III.
Rockt0n, ILL.,, and Beloit, Wis.
ROCKFORD, ILL.
First car leaves Rockford at $50 o. m daily
excepting Sunday. Second car at a. m and
every hOGr thereafter. Last car at IL o. m.
First car arriving at Rockford a a. M and
every hour thereafter until IL p. m.
BELOIT, WIS.
Car leaves Beloit for Rockford and James
Vile daily, except Sunday. every hour from
a. IN. up to and including IL p m. Car arrives
at Beloit from Rockford at $50 a. N. Second
car at a. IN. and every hour thereafter until
10 o. m. Car arrives at Beloit from GAINESVILLE
at $50 a. m. Second car at q. m. and every
hour thereafter until IL p. n.
GAINESVILLE, WIS.
First car leaves GAINESVILLE daily. except Sun
day, at a. m. and Is minutes after every hour
thereafter. Last car aG 11:15 p. m. Car ar
rives at GAINESVILLE at 10 minutes to the hour
from $50 q. m. until 1850 o. m. The last
through car between Rockford and GAINESVILLE
leaves Rockford at OPP. m. Janeville at l0:1o
p. m,
SUNDAY SCHEDULE.
Cars leave Rockford at a. m, Belolt at a.
m. and GAINESVILLE at 7:15 q. m. and every half
hour thereafter up to and including II p m.
Rockford Ticket Of1ce.-B. G. Skeyhan, cor
State and Wyman SITS.
Belolt Ticket Ofice.-144 State Street
GAINESVILLE Ticket Office.-J. p. Bakers Drug
Store COZ. W, Milwaukee and Franklin SITS.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-22
The Tale of the Telephone.

The first telephone that was ever
used was not electrical, not WAS it G
scientific instrument i'll any sense of
the term About the middle of the
nineteenth century the employees OF
a large factory in Sheffield, England,
begniIed their leisure hours by kitefy-
ing. Kites large and snaau went up
daily, and the strife was to see who
could get the largest. The Irvine which
held them was the thread spun and
twisted by the ladies of the village.
One day to the tail Of the largest
kite was attached q kitten; sewed in
a canvas bag, with netting over the
mouth to give it air. When the kite
was at its greatest height-2O0 feet or
more-the mewfng could be distinctly
heard by those holding the string. To
the clearness Of the atmosphere was
attributed the hearing of the Kittens
voice. This is the first account We ne
member Of speaking along line.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-22
Music as an Aid to Ideas.

At evening parties a mans shyness is
mitgated by music. In my own ex-
perience, when some stray man and
have stood together speechless, no
sooner did the piano break into our ap-
palling silence than ideas seemed to
inundate US. The dumb man spoke as
if by magic, and I, who hitherto had
nothing to say, couldn't talk fast
enough.-Mrs. John Lane in Fortnight
" Review.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-22
His Turn Next.

The lola (Kan.) Register tells of a
little girl with the measles. Her dog
was in great distress because he could
not go to her, and one day he was adj
his forefeet on the bed he madly
wagged his tail and heamed ggadness
from every feature. Hooking at him
moment, the little gisl said angrily,
"Oh, you needn't grin; your turn will
come next"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-22
Absurd.

B0otmaker (who has a deal of troukle
with his customer)-I think, sir, if you
were to cut your corns / could more
easily find you a pair Choleric Old
Gentleman-Cut my eorns, sir! / ask
you to fit me a pair of boots to my
feet, sir! I'm not going to plane my
feet down to fit your boots!
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-22
Too Wise For Her Years.

The Governess-Of course, you know,
the story we have just read is merely
a fairy tale and there are many such
quite familiar to childhood. Can you
tell us another, Elsie? Little Elsie
Oh, yes; you once told mamma that
you had four proposals of marriage
during your life!-Brooklyn Life.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-22
Business and Pleasure.

$50 you want to change the door SO
it will swing the other way, eh?" said
the carpenter. Don't it work all
right?'
Eyes, it works all right grinned the
dentist; "but I want it changed so
can have the word Pull lettered on it,
SeeY-Indianapolis Sun.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-22

George didn't keep his engagement
with me last night" said the girl who
was betrothed to him.
I'D give him piece of my mind"
said her mother.
'Just little sample Of married life,"
suggested the father.-Cleveland Lead
or
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-22
Peace at Last.

Mr.. Hoon-Scrappington and his wife
have parted. Mrs. Hoon-Good graz
cious! What is the trouble2 Mr.. Hoon
There isn't any trouble now. They
have parted.-Smart Set.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-22

Mrs. Buxom-That hateful Mrs. Knox
made very mean comment upon my
age today. Mr.. Buxom-Did she say
you were getting old? Mrs. Buxom-
No, indeed. She said "still looked
quite young"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-22
Widely Read.

One OF the Girls-Do you think your
poems are widely read? The Poet
Yes; nearly every editor in the country
reads them.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-22
Force OF Habit.

Friend calling on dentist)-My head
aches terribly. Dentist (absentminded-
ly)-Why don't you have it out?
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-22

A man that is young in years may
be old in hours If be has lost no time
Bacon.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-22

Operating electric road between Rockfo I'd
ILL.,, aaad GAINESVILLE, Wis, via Roscoe. III.
Rockton ILL.,, and Beloit, Wis.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-29
With Two Regiments of Cossacks
Gen. Rennenkampf Circles the
Japanese, InfIicts Severe Losses
and Escapes Safely to Mukden---
Japs Are Said to Have Suffered
Severely at Port Arthur

Outpost of disclosed
tire front report
japanese
numbers Chinese report
attacks Port Arthur
the assailng while conapara
lively little loss
,ss-5.a DAsH1NG RUSSIAN PERFORMANCE
Special to he
MUKDEN, Sept. 2S.--The
japanese right reported
night
Mosby
Americas sRennenkarnpf
days, vvhred against vanguard
Oyama's right in Bensaputze nicting losses then
dashed southward outside enen1ys and
Pensihu Taitse
river Kurokis guard
enemy losses
Russian had Cossac cavalry
battery, did large Japanese
rapidly along fork northwest
between Kuroks left and Nodzs right
slipping armies escaped to Mukden His
colu eighty n
JAPS ARE COMFORTABLY EQUIPPED
NUKDEN, Sept. 2S.-Deta1s the fighting Inpu,
Mschenkos accompanied by battery OF aril-
there
o infantry Japanese sheed their
position AS they retired
three
captured the japanese at La,-
eney they begged assistance combating the
excellent lingusts
many speak English German well as
is living almost entirely on
preserved foods, equipped,
many having arlnchairs their baggage
principal their
nqt the miles
and the inhabitants reluctant
to sell anything
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-29
POST a'FESSES up"
New York Pepper invented the
Forged" Roosevelt Letter


NEW YORK. Sept 2S-The letter
a1Ieged to have been received by Mich
ael J. Donnelly, the leader of the meat
strike, purporting to be one sent by
President Roosevelt. was copied from
an editorial in the New York Evening
Post of Aug. The Post says today:
The letter appeared as an editorial in
the Evening Post Of Aug. i, and was
explicitly stated to be a letter which the
president might have written with ad-
vantage to himself and the country In
other words. it was confessedly an mag
mary letter, written for THE sake of
bringing out certain truths IN regard; to
the meat strike. We had no thought, Of
course, OF being able to make even q
pfesentabfe imitation of the president s
literary style, and as the sarticfe was at
the time commented upon and repreduc-
ed somewhat extensively ID the press, We
never dreamed of its ever coming to
figure as a canpaigG forgery -