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The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-07-08

Lao Yang, July S.--General Kuoki,
talking to a Russian officer who had
been taken prisoner, says the Japan
ese intend taking possession of all
southern Manchuria, establishing
themselves at Port Arthur and Yien
Kow, Port of New Chwang) which
it is proposed to fortify, garrison
with large bodies of troops and sup
ply with long range artillery. II the
Russians then re-capture these plac
es Kuroki declares ii will be at the
cost OF an enormous amount of mon
ey and eight hundred thousand fresh
troops from Europe. In the recent at
tack at Hoyen the Japanese lost 200
killed and 500 wounded.
St. Petersburg. July S.--A special
dispatch from New Chwang dated
yesterday says that General Kuroki
is advancing all along the line and
adds that the Japanese officers are
organizing Chinese bandit bands
throughout the Lao valley for the
purpose OF attack on Mukden. II is
reported from Lao Yang that there
is a persistent rumor there OF naval
engagement at Port Arthur in which
twenty-one Japanese war ships par
ticipated, and which resulted in a
Russian victory.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-07-08
JAPANESE PLANS IN SOUTHERN
MANcHuRIA.
kUROkI ADVANCING

Persistent Rumors of a Naval En-
gagement at Port Arthur in Which
Twenty-one Japanese War Ships
Were Defeated.
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young books and magazines. here
are a few of them:
"It is the unexpected that happens
more honored in the breach IMAM ~ !,
the observance" "Homeric Laughter,
1.-The thin end of the wedge, tlIe
right man in the right place.
is much virtue in an il.
If the time has come, and appdIei,l1
ly it is here, for these ana Sllir.,ih o.
phrases borrowed from the DIG graz
bag OF the classics frequenty "Ir .i[riT,
anv distinct knowledge of their oflS ~
to be discarded from the pfoauGl &c
the average writer, the naked dullhess
of the average style VIII De mp
than ever conspicuous, ana lheVlldotS
there will be more or less surviving "
craa re- verbal ornaments or d FedSoll-
ohla originality. Already the popuc
lar narodist has found way out Oh
the difficulty that is not without It's
annroDriateness to hlppant aSe'
instead of Illuminating his text with
the wise sayings of his predecessors,
he adopts them only after Lortlfylng
them with his mother wit. as the pru-
dent physician fortifieS his anaesthetc
remedies. For "a word to the wise
is sufficient" he gives "a word to the
wise is superfluous," or for "Procras-
tination is the thief of time" he sa-
gaciously substitutes 'Punctuality is
the thief of time" altering, with con-
summate impudence, dignified gray
sentiments that have walked with
Shakespeare and Milton.-F'rom THE
Point of View" in the September
Gorihppr'9
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NOTES.

THE CASTAWAY BY Halle Ermine
Rives. Illustrated by Howard Chando
Ter Christy. Price $3.50. PubIisherS
The Bobbs- Merrill Company, Indian.
aDolis.
The fact that Howard Chandler
Christy illustrates a novel is guarsn-
tee that it will please the reader. for
he has skill and genius that put him
among the first American artists He
could take a dull book and make If
bright. And when he has a book so
fresh and dealing with such masterful
characters as Napoleon, Beau Rrum-
mel and Byron, his illustrations are In
themselves worth more than the nrica
of the book. The story is the best that
has yet appeared from the pen of Miss
Rives-and this is high praise.
The book takes it's title from a saw
ing of Lord Byron: Three great men
ruined in one year--a king, a cad. and
a castaWay." The king was Napoleor
the cad Beau Brummell; and the cast
aWay-croWned with genius. illunoin ed
by fame, and Swallowed in infarnv-
Lord Byron himself. Just exactly one
hundred years ago-in 1804-Lord
Byron said of himself my history
will furnish material for pretty lit
tie romance which shall be entitled
and denominated. The Loves
tie remarkable that a, whole
century passed before this prophecy Of
the brilliant poet, who called himself
"a castaway' was fulfilled. In fulfill
ing it. Miss Rives has been guided by
what Byron wrote in 1917 when he
said: Il hate things all fiction: and
therefore the Merchant and Othello
have no great associations to me; but
Pierre has. There should always be
some formation of fact for the most
airy fabric, and pure invention is but
the talent of a liar
y It was a very ambitious undertake
ing of Miss Rives to make a hero of
the meteoric poet lover, warrior. 1t
gives material for a romance as Won
derful as if not based upon the ex-
perience of any human. and to employ
it without doing violence to the feel
ing of the admirer of Byron and to
employ it with skill called for talent
of the highest order. To say that Miss
Rives has done this with consummate
skill is to pay her high and well de-
served compliment.
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Tar Heel Stayers Out in
Illinois.
Continued from First Page.)

Mrs. Carolina Roberts was born in
1921, is now in excellent health, has
had charge of the Roberts Hotel the
principal hotel in the village, for Is
years. She attended the Worlds Fair
at ST. Louis few weeks ago in COM
pany with a party of younger people
and suffered less fatigue than any of
the rest of them.
Green Miller and wife. John Hollen-
back, Mrs. Rebecca Grear. and David
Nusbaum are other noted octogena-
rtans of this picturesque little city.
Jeff Try, youth of GA, a prominent
Mason and man of affairs there. says
he has been in three wars aren't
you young to have served in SO many
wars, Mr. Try" quaried the writer.
We'll you see" replied Mr.. Ury, II
was in the Civil War and have been
married twice"
The first settlers at Jopesboro were
Abraham Hunsaker and George Wo'f
who came down the Ohio and up the
Cache Rivers in 1903 hunting ard
fishing. They camped one night near
the present site of Jonesboro ard
found game so plentiful and the
country altogether so delightful that
they set about building cabins, seat
for their families and established
homes. For two years they were the
only white settlers within the present
Jonesboro precinct. Grammar was the
first territorial representative from this
district and the first State Senator
from Union county. He helped COM
pile the first State laws of Illinois.
He had no education. but he possess
ed a mighty physique and intellect. a
character as solid as a rock and IN
corruptible. His vocabulary was Of
his own make and was no infringe
ment whatever on Webstcr's diction
airy. He was the terror of the poll
ticians and the hope of the people
His rule to vote against Il measur"
about which he was uninformed made
him known all over Europe.
Among the landmarks OF Jonesboro
is the old home Of Lieutenant Gov
ernor Daugherty.
Joncsboro gets its name from an
early settler named Jones, a Baptist
preacher. Jones ana George WOLF,
Dunkard preacher. met after having
conducted separate revivals and
agreed to hold union meetings The
seal of the county represents these
preachers shaking hands. hence the
name OF the county. Union.
The first order was issued to Samuel
Penrod for a wolf scalp. Among the
pioneers Of this region were DR. $. $.
Condor, Thomas Finley Winstead
Davie. DR.. B. w. Brooks. the Wizards,
Judge Daniel Hileman. Jacob Hun
saker, John Mcintosh, James Provo,
Mrs. Nancy Hileman, Richard Young,
and the Fields, the Shavers, the Har-
graves, and the Rendlemans. The de-
scendants of these pioneers are now
found in all parts of Uncle Sans do
main and in all walks of life.
Louis Jaccard, father of J. Jac
card, of E. Jaccard & Co., Jewelry
Company, st. Louis, was one of the
early residents of Jonesboro
L. E. HOLCOMB.
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INCIDENTS
AzaOBsERvATIoNs.
BY II. l.. GRAY.

Rudyard I<ipling in one of his IN
dian tales that are SO full of that
quality of stern and practical
philosophy OF life which suggests a
laugh only to change it to sigh.
draws a parallel between one Of his
full-blooded young characters and a
puppy-to the glory of the dog.
The trouble, says he, is that the
mans responsibility comes too sudden
~ so that his adjustment to a new and
untrled freedom Of action is frequently
disastrously severe: while a dog,
thrown from early puppy-hood largely
upon his own resources. learns the
caution and poise necessary to support
maturity and its obligations through
the experience Of early ventures and
young mistakes that. instructive to the
infant, would be fatal to the adult
The puppy, for instance, chews
upon rubber boot with relish and the
lesson which causes him an hours
collie, teaches him first that rubber
shoes are not good for puppies, and,
second, that it is advisable to smell be-
fore one eats. Had the lesson been
postponed it might have been the last
in the book.
The above was recalled by a touch
ing incident of a prodigal dog which
came recently under the writer's eye.
The dog was magnificent specimen
OF collie, raised in a backyard and
fed by a prodigal cook until the long
coat of his hair glistened with the oil
of health and his spirits overfiowed into
barkings and trimmings and leapings
that thrilled the senses to look upon.
All that 2 dog might want was his;
he had the companionship of his kind,
the carressings of his human friends.
Il reasonable liberty and the diversions
OF love.
On all of these things Jack fed and
grew fat and was happy. Yet like
the hero OF Kipling's tale. his puppy
hood had lacked the harmless but in
structive tragedies of youth. He had
been too carefully. too kindly, too
tenderly raised! The smaller pitfalls
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-28
Great Horse Show Attracts
Society.
Continued from First Page.)

linais whose presence will be greeteo
with pleasure at Norfolk are eX-GoV.
Thomas j. Jarvis. OF GreenVllle
General Julian S. Carr, of Durham'
Alexander Sprunt, of wilmington
William E. Holt, of Charlotte; George
Vanderbilt, of Asheville; and others
The vice-president of the NorIolh :,
Horse Show is giving his personal
attention to the North Carollha d
representation on that occasion ana
he is daily receiving many letters from
Tar Heels who will be present at the
poanv social events in Norfolk DUR
ing Horse Show week. Mr.. Z. j.
Bailey, formerly of the staff OF the
Virginian-Pilot, has been mace chL l;l
of the bureau of publicity and ms
valuable newspaper experience amply
fits him for the position.
The buffet suppers, driving parties
and other social events for Norfolk
Horse Show week will be participated
i'm by the most prominent people from
all sections of the South.
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1S5TH REGULAR MONTHLY DIVIS
ION OF PROFITS.

July LIST, 1904, The Storey Cotton Com
pany Capital 100000. Surplus $102,-
130.42.) The Bourse, Philadelphia
Pa, this day announced and paid tc
all customers of record, net profit o.
two md one half per centum e p
per cent? on all funds on deposit dur
ing June for Investment (subject tC
withdrawal on demand) and on Special
Time Accounts a net profit Of 2 u pei
cent, plus per cent. regular quarter
ly bonus.
Cotton Investments as thus operat-
ed present the best, the safest, and
most profitable medium now before
the public. Booklet free.
BURNETT"S EXTRACT OF VANILLA.
Prepared from selected Vanilla Beans,
ranted.
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The Habit of Quotation.

Since most of US find it easy to
copy and difficult to invent, the habit
of prolific quotation has grown with
tn growth of certain hasty ana ldIe
spirit easily to be discerned in moo
ern literature, and the LONDON oal-
urday Review has recently stooo LOT
an honest and wholesome reaction IN
favor of writing neatly woven 1roh1
the authors individual thought, anu
unhedecl1ed with maxims from ia
miliar sources. 1t offered some
months ago a prize for the worst
three tags" in use at the present oay'
a tag being understood to mean d
quotation that has grown stale WIN
repetition Hundreds flowed INTO tI n,,
columns of the Review. ana not ul5C ~
they We're there did many reane e
recognize how often their ageo iaces
had been seen upon the pages VI
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-28
Some Good Sellers.

The Century Company reports that
the third edition of 1.-The Rose of Old
st. Louis" issued June 18th, is now
on the press. The sixth edition of
"Tillie: A Mennonite Maid has been
needed, and the tenth edition of
when Patty Went to College" has
just come from the press. Mrs. Maud
Wilder Godwins -Four Roads to Par
adise" has been printed three times.
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that might have helped him to saner
growth had been too scrupuloustN
fenced away from the wanderlngs, OF
his early youth. Jack. in the glory Oh
young dog-hood, with the PRIDE OF ms
sweeping tail, the gloss of his long
hair, the strength of his long jaws ana
the WhiteneSS of his sharp teeth, look
ed from his masters lawn at the pass
ing show of the outer world and round
it good-nosed the novel scent or the
passing mongrel crew and envied it
its contrast! Felt in the deeps of the
heart behind the shaggy breast OF him
the old stirring of imagination and ad-
yenture-and jumped the fence!
Who shall deny the agony Of spirit
| that prompted that break of the old
associations? Who could fatnom the
details OF the old battle between love
and duty and the old call of the world
to roam that was waged in that
canine soul? Who-that knows aught
| of the mystic forces that come from
the void compelling impulse-can fail
to recognize in the jumping of the
fence the fierce and deliberate un-
thoughtedness that men have come 10
/ phrase as burning ones bridges" ?
Who-with red blood in his veins
| can look honestly back and fail to
touch the time when. perhaps success
July, more apIly not he was I1ldue
| to face 1.-The pride of the eye and the
lust of the flesh within him?
l contend that Jack felt will not
say Thought because the matter is
one beyond and above the brain
that he felt these things when he
jumped the fence. For three months
he was gone-who shall say, can
know, to what adventures, to what
sufferings, to the acquisition of what
sinister knowledgei His master learn.
ed after a while that, the instinct CT
breeding having asserted itself, he had
taken up at a dairy and was tending
cows-at " hich he was so pleased that
he smilingly consented that he should
remain. But it was not the cravings
Of breeding or heredity that Jack was
trying to settle by experimental was
the overbearing stir of life that, lack
ing the poise of independent puppy
hood, was sweeping him irresstibly
upon it's swelling food. The dairy
routine he soon found prosaic and he
disappeared again.
But the other day Jack returned.
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ONCE ON A TIME THERE WE'RE TWO MEN.
with apologies to Kipling. )
(By THOMAS S. MCMILLAN

(By THOMAS S. McMULLAN.)
Hank, all We men, Ye soyereigns hear,
A nations at your feet;
Ye hold the ways of opulence
Inc Door man bread and meat;
Ye are the mightiest of the strong,
ana sit in Judgments seat.
Once on a time there were two men;
one led us far afield:
he left his chart. he launched his arm.
Inc earth must do or yield:
He grinned his teeth and lettering throne
OF ancient Kingdoms reeled
With books one comes man of mark;
Full books of life and men;
Such valiant deeds-with grizzly bears;
Such bravery-with a pen;
Such tales of how the ranchmen lynched
A horSe-thlef now and then
one cometh great by war-like deeds,
Gfaat with warriors fame:
NO chleftallI, since plumed Diomede,
Hath such a martial name;
Ilat one lone charge up San Juan's hill
Puts all our wars to shame.
one cometh great by Providence;
A Christening from on High:
How long 0 Mighty God, how long,
An outraged people cry,
Shall this great man the law of race
Thy law, O God. defy
How long shall weaklings of the earth
Withstand this mighty arm:
How long shall little puny states
Stand quaking with alarm.
How long shall this man rend in twain
Whom we shouldst save from harm!
A book of laws! A code of right
Away sucn paltry things
He is the state! He rules alone!
He is the chief of kingsi
This realm is his! He is the law!
The cause of happenings!
The barons' friend, what careth ne
For wOrkmans daily tread;
We cry for help: he gives us what?
A stone instead of bread:
The mighty have till vet the meat
On which great Caesar fed.
Words. only empty words, not eV'n
Those laW-reGuiring acts
Once made to light some heavy load,
To loose some wicked tax,
THAT from the Threats of honest men
Life's cord might some relax.
Once on time there were two men;
One heW-e'd to the line:
A simple truth. a simple faith
His watch-word and his sign;
A faith that peace, not war. would make
His country's star to shine.
A faith that government was made
For men and not for man;
A faith that every blood must hold
Allegiance to clan:
That nothing must be thought or said
The fires of hate to fan.
High, vet not on dizzy height
No marshalled. hammered host
Panoplied for war tread at his word
He hath no fiery boast:
With pride in his great nations might
He loves her laws the most
One knows the mission of our land.
It's every aim and chart:
He knows its strong and justice yields
To all of fainter heart,
When ruled by one robed in the law,
Who does a statesman's part.
One loses all: his own great form
Blots out the world from sight:
He hears alone the trumpet sound
He sees wars lurid light;
One teaches peace. goodwill to man,
TO help and not to fight.
One asks a crown, 2 lease of power
One would a servant be;
One brushes laws and men and things.
One has humility;
One worships fame, bows down to sell;
The Law. ones majesty.
Once on a time there were two men;
One dangerous words instills:
One marks the footprints of the old
Their counsel he fulfills;
Choose Ye this day which will Ye trust
To do your sovereign wills.
Hartford. n. c. August Is. 1904.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-28
Country Life In America For Septem
bep.

Country Life in America for Sep
TENDER is as usual, large and sump-
tuous magazine superbly illustrated
throughout. Beginning with Flow
ers by the Ten Thousand" telling how
they may be planted for decorative
effect on your country place at very
little expense, and Winning the Golf
Championship, by Walter j. Travis
the main articles deal with widely
varying subjects, touching upon all
sides of work and pleasure under the
open sky. Amonp other important
articles, 1.-THE Russian Wolf-hound'
deals with the training of this aristo-
crat of the dog family as a hunter
and a companion; THE Training OF
Two-Minute Trotter" discloses some
reasons back of the success of the
racer that has never been beaten;
1.-The Peony-a Coming Flower is a
practical article on the old-time IA
vorite, showing it's advantage over the
rose for garden effect and The
Resurrection of White Horse Farm
offers practical suggestions for coun-
try home building on abandoned
farms; while 1.-The House OF Robert
e. Lee at Arlington on the Potomac
is the instalment in the Country
Homes of Famous Americans" series,
and "Going Back to the Old Farm" is
the story of the large results from
retaining New England farms for ex-
tensive farming operations. Ernest
Thompson Seton contributes an unu-
sual article on Emergency Foods in
the Northern Forest" about the ami
mails lichens and trees that may save
the life of a hunter or explorer; an
important lesson in Woodcraft.
Simeon Ford, the famous after-dinner
speaker, who accompanied Walter }.
Travis to England writes in a hui
morous vein on "How Me and Travis
Won the Golf Championship"
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Withdrawal of Weekend Rates 20
SeaShOre Resorts.

The Seaboard Air Line announces
that, effective August 9th, all Week
end rates to the Seashore resorts, IT.
Guiding Wilmington and NorfolK, WIZ
he with drawn. The Summer Excur-
sion tickets will be on sale UP 10
September goth.
For further information apply 20
H. A. MORSON, G. 2. q T. A.,
Raleigh, y. 9.
c. H. GATTIS. r. P. A.
Raleigh, N. c.
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Marie CorenTs New Novel.

The title of Marie Corelli's new
story, which will be published on
September 18th, is Goods Good Man
A Simple Love Story" Dodd, Mead
& Company will publish it in this
country.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-28

But the other day Jack returne'
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MERRIMAN'S LAST NOVEL.
One of the Most Important Books OF
The Season Now About Ready.

On August 26th, the Scribners will
publish the last novel from the pen
of the late Henry. Seton Merriman
Its title is THE Last Hope" and il
has not had serial publication.
This story, which will stand with
the finest that have come from his
pen, was completed some months be-
fore the authors death. 1t deals with
an attempt upon the French throne
during the Presidency of the man who
atterward became Napoleon III. The
period was romantic to a high de-
gree. Many Royalists still believe
that the son of Louis XVI and Marie
Antoinette did not die in the Temple,
and the author shows great ingenuity
in connecting him with a mysterious
French waif who, 1T the time of the
Dauphin's supposed escape, had been
picked up, adrift in a small boat off
the coast of France, and raised in an
English fishing village. 1t is the son
of this waif, a young fisherman with
features of striking resemblance to
the Bourbon type who, eagerly ac-
copied by Royalists as the heir to
the throne of France. is the hero of
this sl1ilful, sympathetic, and exciting
novel
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PUCK'S NATIONAL TICKET.

For Emperor:
Theodore Roosevelt. of New York.
For Prince Imperial:
Charles Warren Fairbanks. of Indiana.
For President:
Alton Brooks Parker, of New York.
For Vice-President
Henry Gassaway Davis. of West Virginia.