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against the positions of the Sixth ant
Seventeenth corps. The fighting con.
tinued the whole day, despite terrific
downpour of rain and a fearful thun.
derstorm. A Japanese battery dashed
out from Gen. Oku's right and opened
deadly fire upon the Russian
trenches until the Tenth artillery brig
ade came into action. ~
In a few minutes thereafter the Jap
anese guns were dismantled. A squad
ron of Japanese cavalry met similar
fate, while charging some Russian in
fantry. Two other reservist regiments
covered themselves with glory by bold
ly attacking the Japanese and dislodglne
them from their trenches. These regl'
ments lost nearly every officer. co.'s
Basiles and Ponomaref were wounded.
and Gen. Laming, the commander OF the
division, was also wounded, but the
colonies and the general remained or
the field, dressing their own wounds.
Entire Force Wounded.
Mukden, Oct %. - Every man of thu
200 Cossacks commanded by Capt Tour.
genieff, who on Tuesday night recon
noitered the japanese, left southwest
ward, and who, near -Sandopu, unex'
pectedly encountered a good-sized Jap.
anese force with machine guns, was
wounded, and every horse, except Capt
Tourgenieff's, was hit by the bullets
from the Japanese machine guns
Tourgenieff, though MORALLY wounded.
carried off one man behind his saddle
while others managed to creep back tt
camp. But as already cabled, not one
man was killed on the field. There is
the greatest fear on the part of the Rus
sian wounded of falling into the hands
of the Japanese, the Russians being
convinced that they torture their pris-
oners.
The weather and the condition of the
roads have made extensive operations
impossible, but the roads are now dry
ing hard, which forecasts events in the
near future. The war correspondents
in the field are kept in the dark and it is
difficult to say when and how this
dreadful slaughter will end
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Abyssinia lis being provided with the
telephone-another advance, surely, Of
civilization. Nearly 800 miles of wire
have been put up, and 1000 more are
i'm process of construction. 1t would
seem, however, that the contractor who
is doing the work for the Abyssinian
government has had to encounter un-
usual difficulties. Tropical rains wash
cut the poles, white ants eat away the
parts i'm the ground, and when iron
poles are substituted for wood the ma
tives steal them to make tools of.
Monkeys find the wire delightful
swings.
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The heavy falling-off in exports Of
wheat from the United States since
the 1903 harvest has probably been
the most unexpected and surprising
occurrence of equal importance in the
foreign grain trade of the United
States in many years. And there
have been few years, if any, when
such an unanticipated shortage Of
American wheat in the worlds mar
kets would not have produced serious
results. The United Kingdom, as is
well known, is the heaviest importer
of wheat and flour in the world.
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Most, of our maps of Asia are drawn
to a small scale, and, on such maps.
the Japanese archipelago fills little
space. But she is larger than England
and more populous. She has 6,OOO,-
900 more people than France. She
sent six armies over sea within six
months, every ,o one Ct which was as
~. Rl9=e e!i~ elt{eef army that met at Wa
terloo. She has sent to Manchuria
twice as many soldiers in six months
as England sent to South Africa in
two years.
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Says Relations Are Satisfactory.

Washington, Oct. 22.-Mr. McCor-
mick, the American ambassador to
Russia, called at the state department
Friday to pay his respects to Secretary
Hay and Assistant Secretary LOOMS.
The ambassador had satisfactory re-
ports to make regarding the condition
of Russo-American relations. He
leaves for his home in Chicago Satur-
day night to spend his leave of
absence. While here he will call on
Count Cassini, the Russian ambassa-
dor.
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Children Su6ocated.

Milwaukee, Oct. o. Clarence and
Edward Schinner. aged respectively 4
and 2 IL years, were suffocated by
smoke in a clothes closet in the garrett
of their home, 1888 Franklin street,
Wednesday evening. 1t is presumed
that the children were playing with
matches and that the fire resulted from
carelessness. When the flames began to
spread the children went into the closet,
closed the door and were soon suffocated.
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Why does the dog hate the cat:
Scientists, have been Investigating tho
enmity between these animals, and
they believe that the instructive
hatred which certain beasts feel for
each other is due to Inheritance from
ancient times, when the animals met
il wild state and pfeyed on each
other. The elmity between cats and
dogs seems to be due more to hatred
on the cart of the dog than CT the
cat The latter animal apparently
hates dogs because dogs chase her,
while the dog hates the cat becauss
she is 9 cat,
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-10-27

It is the consensus of opinion
among members Of the Panama COM
mission and Others who have studied
the situation that Americans, both in
the United States and Panama, have
greatly exaggerated the increase of
population which will result from the
construction of the canal, and the
number Of men who will employed by
the commission. Ut is not probable,
in view Of the modern systems to be
employed IN construction, that there
will be over 1900 or $4,000 men EN-.
ployed as ordinary laherers along the
line Of the canal.
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Buys Several Papers.

Indianapolis. Ind. Oct. %. - Mr.. J. c.
Shaffer Friday purchased from Mr..
George F. McCulloch the Indianapolis
Morning Star and Journal. Muncie
Ond.) Star and News and the Terre
Haute Ond.) Star for 100000. Mr..
Shaffer will assume possession of the
properties and they will be conducted as
Independent journals in politics, but
will support the republican national
ticket during the present campaign.
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Inhaled Gas.

San Francisco, Oct. %. - Rev. Charles
G. Adams, formerly an Episcopalian
minister, but more recently a lawyer,
committed suicide by inhaling illumi-
mating gas. About two and half years
ago Adams shot and killed DR.. Jessup,
an Oakland dentist. He was declared
insane and sent to an asylum. After
being released he began the practice
of law. Dependency is the supposed
cause of his suicide.
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Only the very rich have fences
around their farms in Japan. The
Japanese do not like to spare the
square feet a fence would take up.
If border around a field is neces-
sary, it is made of mulberry trees, the
leaves ct which are good for silk
worms. 1t is said that 100000 acres
that would otherwise be taken up
with fences are thus used.
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1t is estimated that 5000 cases Of
preventable typhoid fever have oc-
Cured in Philadelphia. within year,
10 per cent of which resulted in
death. BY figuring the money value of
each life lost at $1,000 and computing
the expenses and loss of time it is
found that the total charge against
this disease in this one city for the
period OF "a year is over $1,550,OOO.
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Injured in Initiation

Des Moines, Ia, Oct. %. - Claiming
that he was branded by a red-hot iron
on initiation into the Modern Wood
men, Roland Hunnewell, of Boone, has
Instituted suit against that order for
$4,000. The suit is brought against
members Of the Peterson ledge.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-10-27

The Japanese have race of silk
worms to which they apply name
the equivalent of "the beggar."" These
worms feed greedily upon withered or
otherwise spoiled leaves, which one
OF the self-respecting race of, silk
worms wouldn't touch. Yet their
larvae remains as vigorous as those
Of the more fastidious races.
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Girl Murdered.

Waterloo, ILL.,, Oct. %. - Eleonora
Woodcock, II years old, daughter of
Richard Woodcock, wealthy farmer
living near this place. was mysteriously
murdered Thursday by an unidentified
man. who attacked her while she was
alone at home, cut her throat and partly
burned her body in nearby field. A
large force of neighbors of the family
engaged in fruitless hunt for the muir
derer
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-10-27

In spite of the fact that man is not
an instructive swimmer, as is the case
with most of the lower animals, he
excels all Of the latter in aquatic en-
durance. 1t is reported that, in at
tempting to swim the English chan
mel recently, man covered 80 miles
before he succumbed to exhaustion.
The only land animals that are known
to be able to approximate such feat
are the bear, horse and deer.
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New Electric Line Opened

Joliet, ILL.,, Oct. %. - The new inter-
urban electric line between Joliet and
Aurora was officially opened Friday
with appropriate exercises. The cars
will go into Aurora over the tracks of
the Southern Traction company. The
Aurora officials attempted to interfere
with this arrangement, but Judge Willis,
OF Geneva, granted temporary injunc-
ton prohibiting interference.
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Two Judges Appointed.

Springfield, ILL.,. Oct. %. - The STU
preme court Friday appointed to the ap-
pellate bench for the, First district of
Illinois Judge Philip Stein of Chicago.
to succeed Judge Henry NJ. SHEPPARD. de-
ceased, also of Chicago Judge E. O.
Brown, of Chicago, was named to sue
coed Judge Thomas Windes, of Chicago.
Judge Windes desired to retire from the
appellate bench to resume trial work.
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Fatal Street D,,e1

Hobart. Okla. Oct. 22.-In a street
duel Friday. T. P. Lea. a grocer, shot
and killed Charles O. Hill, a barber,
Lea was shot in both arms but will
recover. Domestic troubles caused
the shooting. The Leas were recent
ly divorced.
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EARTHQUAKE in st. Louis.

st. Louis, Oct. %. - A slight
earthquake shock, travelling from
northwest to southeast, was felt here
Friday. The disturbance was recorded
on the seismograph in the weather
bureau exhibition Of the Philippine
government at the worlds fair. The
earthquake caused a slight rafting
of dishes in various. parts of st. Louis,
but did no damage.
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An expert statistician figures that
there are to-day some 100000 of
adult males that is, one out of every
three, in this country who carry life
insurance, outside of the fraternal Or
ders and the like. There were, at the
end of last year, nearly $4,000, 900 poll
cies in force. There are only little
more than twice as many adult males
to-day as there were 40 years ago.
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The international road over the
Grand St. Bernard Pass was opened
on August Is, 1904 For the first time,
on that Gay a carriage starting from
the Hotel du Mont Blanc, in Martigny,
Canton OF Valais, Switzerland, for
Aosta, Italy. Italy has been some -
years building this road, which marks
the route followed by Napoleon in
1900
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Three Trainn1en Killed.

Geneva, N. Y. Oct. 22.-Two freight
trains on the. Pennsylvania division
of the New York Central collided near
this city Friday. Three trainmen, C.
d. Rogers, Charles Hickey and Engi.
peer Rouse, we're killed.
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Killed bv a Friend.

Corning. N. Y, Oct. 22.-George
Spoor. aged 16 years, of Galeton, Pa,
was shot and instantly killed at that
place by Carl Carlson, a friend. Carl
son was an Indian and Spoor a cow
boy in a Wild West show.
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The Italian ministry of posts and
telegraphs has received authority
from the parliament to establish tele-
phonic connections between Brescia
and Bergamo; Lecco and Bergamo;
Cremona and Piacenza; Genoa, Pisa
and Leghorn; Naples, Foggia and Bar
letta; Naples, Reggie, Calabria and
MoSSina
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Choate to Resign March d.

OHoate 20 Resign March 4.
Manchester, England, Oct. %. - The
Guardian learns that American Ambas-
sador Joseph Choate will resign his post
at the court of St. James March next.
whether President Roosevelt is reelected
or not. The paper mentions Whitelaw
Reid as Mr. Choate's probable Successor
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Town Reported Burned.

Montgomery, Ala, Oct. -. - It is re.
sorted here that the town Of Gordon, on
the Atlantic coast line, has been de-
stroyed by fire.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-06-03
Kelvin and Figures.

Most Of the stories about Lord Kel-
vim which obtain in Glasgow are found.
ed upon the occasional inability of the
great man who lispcd i'm logarithms To
bring his mind 10 childish sum.
Tie famous one tells how on his
blackboard he once made two and two
five and. hearing the chuckles of his
delighted class. altered il hastily 10
three. He was, however once heard 10
say. I'm his characteristic slow way.
with his beautiful use of the soft Irish
r: Seven times nine Mr.. Mac-far-lanc.
are a hundred and whatf Pause But
no: seven times nine cannot be n hun
drcd and anything. Mr. Mac-far-lane,
for the square root OF hundred is
ten
Ii is also told Of him that. walking
one day with n friend in Largs. he no
ticed that it had begun to rain. He
questioned his friend closely rs TO
where his coat and umbrella were. and
having satisfied himself that his friend
had not these articles with him he
said. "Well. I'm that case, doctor. we
will walk back beneath this belt OF
irees. for the rain will not per-cO-late
lie leaves. doctor. for twenty min
utes."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-06-03

There are few plants that have not
been utilized I'm one way or another by
mankind for fool, paper. > ,ss, or in
other ways Among many not 50 well
known may hc mentioned the Japanese
wax rcc. bearing punches OF fruit
growing like grapes which contain a
species Of wax used in making candles.
Another tree. found i'm the Pacific is
lands and known as the candle nut,
yields large quantity of oil, while the
kernels are strung together on ~ stick
AMI lighted ~ "a candle. The fruit OF
the candle tree is between three and
four feet in lcn-th AMI about an inch
I'm diameter. and of a ycllOWiSh color.
AS they are seen hanging from The
tree they present the appearance Il "A
number of wax candles. Tie telegraph
plant which grows in India is -lrn-
der. erect shrub 50 called because ot
some resemblance to si-ualS .n tie mo-
ton of It's Uit.iate leaves th" two
side ones RISING ami falling alternately
for time. and then ros,.n- Some
times many of tie leaves arc iu u' ion.
ami sometimes only tcw. the -rr1to-i
activity being in the early mosn.n-
qnd not depending ou Tie wind
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-06-03
Two Supcrstitions.

"Spilling the >al. and tie III omen
that attachc, 90 il are traccable 20 TIE
last supper of Christ with his apostles.
when il is said that Judas accidentally
overturned the salt Because ct the
after doom of the unfortunate traitor
to spill the salt ut table is I'm accepted
sign Of future i'll luck to happen to the
person doing Il.
Thirteen ut table" and its unlucky
significance originated at this event
also. Christ and his twelve apostles
dining together for the last time com
posed the number that has since been
regarded with superStltious aversion.
not only In the matter Of dining. but
I'm almost everything else as well.-
What TO Eat.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-06-03
Rird Chnrnctcri.tics.

Among all the birds of this country
the hawk and parrot cone the nearest
10 using their feet Ike hands. Wadiu-
birds and scratching birds develop q
very large foot. Birds that are in th,
air most of the time have much NOR,
delicate feet than those that are on th'
ground Frequently The variety OF hi..'
is quite as astounding ~ that "t th.
claws. The hook ou tie end II tAc u-
almost always denotes q bird OF prey
Flat bills denote Gy catching birds
kinghshers. herouS. etc. Tie meadow
lark that is much ON tho ground has
stroug. stout lcgS. AMI the or.ole. wAic.
is more in tie air. has slender legs
The stilreucd tail is. uot confined t'
woodpcckcrs and clii~ry Sw.t,>. hu
the lolo.ink that ,!n-~ to the Ions
grass has also StiGeucd tail feathers e
help support the bird upright.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-06-03

The word Caliloruia was first used
i'm work on Spanish chivalry pub
lished in 1910. This work was an al
legged history Of the adventures of
"Amadis of GauI ana his son ESplan-
diam" 1t was Of great length and di-
vldcd into n srcatlnumber of short sto-
ricS. one of which was the manner IN
which "Caliila. the queen Of the island
Of California. country inhabited only
bv women, who lived rs amaZOns and
had gold without end" saved COnStan-
tlnoplc from IN attack 10y the Pcrsians.
This story aS well as others was wide
ly read by the people Of Spain ana By
many regarded aS fact Among the
stauch believers We're the members of
the C0rtcS expedition. who upon land
ing upon the peninsula Of Lower Cali
fornia imagined that they were on an
island. which owing 10 its apparent
riches they named after the fablcd isle,
and Cort.~ himself called the new
country california;
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-06-03
4 story Once Told by Lowell.

Something happened one day in
James Russell Lowclrs office which
suggested the following: There was a
time when the fastest sailing ships III
the world were built in the shlpyardS
of New England. About that time an
American clipper and an English yacht
were entering the harbor OF Genoa to-
ccthcr. and there was race between
the clipper and the yacht, and the clip
per won I'm the race. Wien the two
vessels were IN port the owner of The
English yacht. person OF polished
manners. came on board the American
and very handsomely congratulated TIE
captain Of the clipper upon lis achieve
mrnt. which he said was all the more
remarkable in view of the fact that Il
was the first time that his yacht ha'l
ever been bcatcn. The liberal minded
Old Yankee captain replied: well
now. that's curious It's The first time
the Polly Ann ever beat anything.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-06-03
The Prnirie Dog.

An old cherished superstition about
the prairie dog is thus ruthleSSly
brushed aside in the American Natural
History by William +. HOrnaday:
1t is not true that the prairie dog
lives I'm peace and harmony in the same
burrow with the rattlcSnake and bur
rowing owl The snakes would make
short work of the young prairie dogs.
ana the latter would quickly Kill the
owl. 1t IS safe 10 SurmiSe that when
deadly and quawci>ome uttlcr in-
yadeS the home of prairie dog fam
fly the latter speedily seeks a home
elsewhere The hUroWin- owl is i'm
the habit OF taking refuge in abandon
ed burrows and nesting in them 70 save
the labor of digging burroW for IL
self. In the Philadelphia Geological
garden Mr. \. l.. Brown once tried the
experiment of as>oc.atin- hurroWin-
owls ana prairie dogs. The owls "cr.
Immediately killed and torn T. pieces
10y the dogs.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-06-03

"Once, crossing tLr Atlantic ' >aI
an Old traveller. "a tremendous roV
arose among the sailors. They fou-h
down In the forecastle Ike a pack %
wild beasts Luncheon was going o'
nj the time, and the first officer lei
the table to see If he could qucll tn
disturbance.
He had only been gone a little ".-.
when the Lubbuh BEGAN t. tie doNI
Everything was quiet when he return
ed. The captain called across tie 81
loon To him iu an approving tone:
Things seem 20 be smoother now.
Eyes returned the first officer; w
have irOned the sailors. sir
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-06-03

La Foiilaine the famous Frcncf
poet and writer Of fable. was Il nOta
bic example of the ccccntricity OF
genius. When be lost lis entire for
tune, a lady. who WAS one of his beS'
friends and an ardent admircr of his
works, FASTENED i'm alarm and distress
TO find him. She met him in the street
pennileSS ana cheerful
You must come To our home" she
said.
Il was going there" he replied, and
then began visit which prolonged il
self into years. during which La Fon
taine never seemed 10 be troubled 10y
Il thought that he was dependent. Nor
did the lady or her family have any
other feeling than one of delight and
pride that he made his home with
them.
Some one adopted one Of his sons
when the child was a baby. Knowing
that the boy was in good hands. he
seemed TO forget all about him. Years
aftcrward at a dinner party he met a
young man whose wit and charm of
manner pleased him greatly.
Why. that Is your son" he was
told.
Indeed, l am pleased 10 hear il, "
was his remarkable reply.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-06-03
Dninfies of the Russian Peasant.

The Russian peasant, even II the
bread he eats is black. has bon bouche
TO add 10 his meal much sought by
eplcures in the western world - the
Wild mushrooms. which grow thou
sands upon thousands on the steppes
of Russia. At any time full ana Sa-
worry meal Is provided with the addl-
lion of sausage and onions; even a
mushroom often contents them FOR a
meal with their coarse rye bread. Inc
poorest laborcr has also luxurious
drink always available from the ever
present samovar. and the tea they
drink would be the envy of any Amer
ican connoisseur of that beverage, Tor
the best of China's tea Is found III
Russia. and all classes enjoy It's quail
ity ana fragrance. Never Is water al
lowed 10 stand on the tea over few
moments. 50 none of the poisonous
tannin Is extracted. and a mildly slim
ulating. straw colorcd drink Is the re-
suit. Ii would Ice we'll il the Russian
pcasant would content himself with
this. for his only great vice Is drunk
Social Service.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-06-03

a recent historian suggests a reason
why the flute is not popular with Ia
dies. minerva i'm ancient Greece be
says. "bc.an To play the flute. thinking
II such a beautiful instrument she
needs must learn IT, But one day, look
ing in "A mirror while She WAS playing.
she saw To her horror that the act or
blowing tie flute communicated "a very
inelegant distortion to her face. ana III
n pet she threw the Instrument away
Perhaps the feelings of the fair sex to-
ward the flute have been inScuS.bly In
flucnced by similar consideration
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-06-03
4 Valuable Tooth.

William Archer i'm tie FortniCh'ly
Review. tells an amusing story of the
economy practiccd and necessary in
the early days of the Norwegian thea
ter at Bergen. II was in lN49. when
IbScn and BjornSon were creating the
national drama. 4 lady had been en-
gagged for the part Of second old wo-
man" when Il was discovered that her
clocutlouary powers were impaired by
the fact that Size had lost one OF her
front teeth. Impoverished as she was,
the management came 10 the rescue
and bore tie expense Of the necessary
dentistry. When SIZE retired, however,
after two seasons. had 10 leave the
tooth behind her .e example OF the
dentists art being Ie property OF the
thrater. The m. cement was too
poor to part with it.