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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-14
IN primer CLASS
Senator'S Knox and Crane at
Bottom Of Ladder
USUAL CUSTOM ENFORCED
All Nov Senators Have TO Submit to
Arbitrary Rules No Matter What
Their Station 10.
USUAL CUSTOM ENFORCED

Washington. Dec. 1.-Two men OF
ample means. scholarly attainments
and national reputation have become
members of the highest legislative
body In the land, Philander C. Knox,
OF Pennsylvania, after an exceptionally
successful career as attorney general
and Winthrop Murray Crane, OF Mas
sachusetts. after q notable career as
governor OF his state. were sworn in
as members Of the United States sem
ate Immediately after that body met.
Today both men. whose abilities
and means have always In the past
procured for them the good things Of
life. are sadly contemplating the text
'whosoever exaIteth himself shall be
abased." The process Of initiation be-
gan yesterday when both senators
were assigned to seats in the extreme
rear Of the Cherokee Strip" the
name given to that small section on
the democratic side Of the senate oc-
cupied by republicans. Today the
process proceeded with expedition.
The close OF the days session found
the two eminent statesmen ruefuily
contemplating the 9 by committee
rooms. three stories below the level Of
the senate floor. which had just been
assigned to them, The lowest tier OF
Offices In the capital is technically
known as The Terrace" and popularity
called the "sub-celiar." There the In
terested visitor from Pennsylvania or
Massachusetts, will find the favorite
son Of his state from now until the
new senate once building is compile
ted. unless vacancies in the senate
may sooner release more desirable
rooms.
New wine Is always stored there
to age" was the only explanation
vouchsafed by one Of the new senators.
who suggested that the location was
mot exactly healthful"
Early next week the process of
humbling new men will be completed
by the committee. After It has done
Its work senator's Knox and Crane will
find themselves assigned to seats at
the foot of the tables In few of the
less important committees and chair
men Of committees Of which few out
side of the capitol ever heard.
In explanation of all this It should
be said that the rule of seniority is
ironclad in the senate. and each Sena-
tor must take place at the foot of the
ladder, both as TO committee member
ships and the room assigned to him.
Having begun at the bottom. some
men climb faster than others. That
all depends on the men themselves,
and no one will hesitate to predict that
Knox and Crane win advance
with exceptional speed. But for the
present they must take their places In
the primer class and learn the rudi-
ments of being a senator"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-14
Driven to Desperation.

Living at an out Of the way place
remote from civilization, a family Ii
often driven to desperation In case OF
accident. resulting in Burns, Cuts
Wounds Ulcers. etc. Lay in supply
OF Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It's the
best on earth. 25c. at Chas. Rogers
drug store.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-14
That Throbbins Headache.

Would quickly leave you, IL on
used DR.. Kings New Life Pills.
Thousands Of sufferers have proved
their matchless merit for Sick and
Nervous Headaches. They make pure
blood and build up your health. Only
25 cents. money back IL not cured.
Sold by Chas. Rogers Druggist.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-14
Literary Note.

Especially valuable to Nebraskans
and those who live within the limits Of
the Louisiana purchase, and indispen-
sable in their public schools. is the His
tory of the Expedition under the COM
mand of Captains Lewis and Clark
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-05-20
ROOF BEDS-FOR BABES
Tiny Boston Aristocrats Take
Maps In Lofty Perches.
FRESH AIR TREATMENT POPULAR.

Strapped and Laid Into n Box Bed,
the Little Ones Are Also Placed on
High Window Lodges and BaIcO-
nies-An Awning Is Spread Above
Their COuches.
Putting the baby to sleep in a box
on top of the fiat roof of modern sky
scraping apartment house or in the
iron balcony far above the sidewalk
or even on the broad window seat of
the upper story, at the very edge of the
precipitous height, is the newest meth
cd of fresh air training which is devel-
oping among the wealthy and aristo-
cratic families of the Back Bay and
Brookline districts of Boston, says the
Globe of that city.
The treatment has become so popu-
lar that along almost any street in the
exclusive section of the city one may
look up to the upper stories of the
houses, especially in the apartment
houses, and see outside the window a
box which in the poorer quarter of the
city would be taken for window gar
den. And so it is, but it is garden
for the little bud of the family.
Many of the modern houses Of the
better class are built with broad
window sill outside, which offers an
admirable place for trying the new sys-
nthpr m n OF
with handsome iron balcony in front
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-05-20

reports Of the sort have been printed In
Japan or hOrea. that they LOST Two
vessels. They were both torpedo boat
destroyers. Koreans reported next day
that they had seen the Japanese trying
To cover the signs Of their losses Try
ing to cut away below low water the
up extending parts Of the two torpedo
boats sunk 10y the Russians. ! have
learned since that the Japanese never
allow losses 10 he reported when they
have the censorship Of dispatches.
From sampan General Allen hailed
an officer OF the returning koriez.
Il will blow up my ship at O'clock
he said.
The Variag was coming In listed TO
port. fatally damaged, hundred Kill
I'd and wounded aboard. One ofhcer
was blown overboard-only one arm
was left on the ship.
The Talbot English. the Elba utal-
lam and the Pascal (Frenchl sent boats
TO remove the men from the sinking
ship. American boats from the Nicks-
burg aided, but sanctuary on the
Vicksburg was not included in the
service-the men were all taken 10 the
Pascal. the Elba and the Talbot.
Il have been criticised for not taking
them on the Vicksburg." Captain Mar
shall said the other day. Il offered to
take them aboard our collier Zaphiro.
| The Russian commander said he was
much Obliged, but the offer came too
late. My reason for not taking them
! aboard United States warship was
that we were in neutral port, and
| the conflict was between nations with
whom we were on terms of friendship.
His position ID spoken of as technically
correct.
At 3:45 the last man had been taken
from the Variag and the Korietz. The
dead were placed in one cabin. Al
precisely o'clock. by means of an
electric wire communicating with the
magazine, the little Korietz was eX
ploded. Debris flew 100 feet high. the
band aboard the French ship played
God Save the Car" the debris came
down. and the Korietz was in two
parts. her forward end keel up. while
the rest sank shattered. mangled
twisted out of all shape by the convul
sions. The Variag sank at 6 o'clock.
Il shall go aboard the Korietz an(
get a souvenir if it takes leg" sait
the other man from the American golC
mines.
THAT would be looting, and lootin,
is an infraction of the rules and ethc
of civilized warfare" was objected.
"Civilized warfare? Rules? Ethics
They have gone by the board" he said
SO protesting, he leaped out and tor
away dminutive icon from an TN
submerged part of a cabin on the KO
rietZ.
This" he explained, "I'll keep no
as loot, but as a memento to be reveI
ed
One may doubt, after all, if he is tn
sort of American abroad that one nee
trouble to apologize for.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-05-20
The Russian as a Traveller,

After all, it is the personal touch with
most clearly the national character.
The cleanliness of everything japanese
has excited the admiration Of every one
who has visited the Land of the Rising
Sun. The Russian seems to be the
antithesis of the Jap in almost every
thing, and from the following extracts
from writer in the Era Magazine
the divergence of the character of the
two peoples in the matter of personal
cleanliness would seem to be no excep.
ton to the rule. The writer says:
The Russian Jew is not always the most
agreeable travelling companion, but COM
pared with the Russian he is neatness and
cleanliness personified. The third class
travelling coach reserved for Jewish itin-
Grant merchants is only too often the one
clean compartment in Russian train
Russians who have journeyed abroad and
thereby acquired a taste for comparativ
cleanliness in travel, whenever 1t Is pos
sible to do so, travel across Russia by
river steamer in preference to imprison-
ment in one of their compartment cars
Even in the first and second sections OF
the Russian train, men, women and chill
dren huddle into the coaches, each family
bringing its own bedding, food and tea.
kettle
Seats and aisles are soon inch deep with
broken food and the air redoent with Gig.
arctic fumes, for even the women of Rus.
STA puff the weed. The seats are convert.
BILE into couches, one above the other two
or even three deep. There are no cur.
talns, and there Is no privacy. A single
washroom serves for both sexes and the
filth Is indescribable. In the third class
compartments barefooted men, women
and children huddle together indiscrimi.
nately, sleeping by day and night, and
with closely closed doors and windows
emitting an effluvia that surpasses the
reality of George Remnants descriptions
OF the overcrowded, fetid prison wards OF
Siberia. Yet In this stencil the Russian
finds his chief happiness The Jew how.
ever, draws the line at herding with the
Russians of the masses. He will sacrifice
any amount of comfort rather than dc
that.
If cleanliness is next to godliness,'
here is at least one matter CONCERNING
which so called pagan Japan can teacl
"holy Russia" lesson in practica
Christianity.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-05-20

of one or more windows, and some
times on more than one story. and
these in some respects are more prefer
able than the sheer window sill, while
the fiat roof, which characteriZes most
of the Back Bay houses, is still more
desirable from point Of apparent safe
ty and privacy, but all three methods
are largely used.
While the thought of putting baby
to sleep on window sill eight or ten
stories from the sidewalk is enough
to make the ordinary person dizzy,
those who for the past year have ~pur-
sued the method speak of it with en-
thusiasm. The method is begun when
the baby is not more than two or three
months old and may be continued until
the child is five or six years old or as
long as the custom of having a daily
nap is continued.
1t is not devised especially for sick
ly children, but for strong babies as
well. Little tots whose parents are
strong and healthy and who have neT
er had sick day in their brief lives
are brought up in this way until they
cry for the outdoor nap. When placed
in the open air they cuddle down
quickly to sound sleep and awake two
or three hours later with blooming
cheeks.
1t has the advantage over the car
riage ride in that it avoids both the
nd of 10 or
as contact with other children and the
always present possibility of contract
ing children's diseases.
During last winter, Notwithstanding
the severity Of the cold, there were
very few days when babies were not
placed in their accustomed sleeping
place on the window sill or on the
roof.
| 1t is interesting to note just how
| these outdoor babies are dressed for
their window maps. Most of the moth.
ers or nurses wrap up the baby just
about as the Indian squaw wraps up
her papoose. Then it is laid on hail
mattress in box or basket and strap
ped securely to the box. The strap
|
runs under the arms. giving them as
well as the feet full freedom for mo-
ton, yet making it impossible for the
child to wriggle out. Then it is warm
ly covered with blankets. Above the
bed is spread an awning, shielding il
both from the wind and the direct rays
Of the sun.
In the coolest days, when the wind
was blowing gale, loosely knit
shawl was thrown over the child's
face, enabling the wind to find it's way
through, yet preventing the child from
breathing over it's own breath. In the
warm days the babies are protected by
two awnings, arranged like tent
giving a free circulation of air, but
shielding it from the hot rays of the
sun.
The prevalence of storms, whether
Of snow or rain, are not considered
prohibitive Of the daily nap. as in al
events the child is protected by the
awning overhead, and if the vino
should blow very hard rubber blan
ket is thrown over the box containing
the baby's bed.
No great reaching is required. for the
box is so placed on the window sill
that the nurse may open the window
and place the baby in its bed as easily
as 1t is placed in its crib in the nursery
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-05-20

The newspapers have had great
deal to say recently about the last sur
vivor of the war of 1912, who, at the
tender age of 1C4, is growing new set
of teeth and sprouting a fresh crop Of
hair. Those who are ambitious in the
Methuselah line will do well to note
this case. 1t shows what may be ac-
complished by persistence. Any one
may have new teeth and hair who does
not foolishly give up and die too
soon. The habit of shuffling off at
the youthful age of seventy-five or
eighty cannot be censured too severely
1t not only deprives one of the glori-
GUS privilege of cutting his third bunch
of eyeteeth and rethatching his gleam-
ing dome of thought, but it also robs
the bright photographers of chance
to say cute things about human antiqui-
ties
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-05-20
SPORTS AT WHITE HOUSE.
Baseball and Quoits Encouraged by
the President.


President Roosevelt's encouragement
of athletic sports has borne good fruit
speedily, says a Washington special
dispatch to the New York Times. The
three baseball diamonds that have
been laid off in the lot south of the
White House are in use constantly,
and the grounds are proving an adj
mirable field for the game.
Colonel Symons has assigned the va
rious local leagues to the different dia-
monds. and they allot time for their
use among themselves. The president
has not infrequently gone out to wit
ness some of the games, his sons ac-
companying him and manifesting great
interest in the playing. 1t has now
been decided to give the lovers of
Quoits chance to have their sport on
the White Lot. Colonel Symons has
given orders that grounds for the game
be laid off in the northwest corner of
the Monument field. near Fifteenth and
B streets, where there is fine turf,
with the shade of some magnificent
elms.
Archery grounds also have been laid
off in the Smithsonian grounds. 1t is
possible that the president will permit
golf links to be described through the
mall and the monument grounds. This
Is being considered.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-05-20
AS to the National Anthem.

The matter Of the national anthem
about which a good many people have
unduly distressed themselves, appears
to be adjusting itself without any spe,
cial act of congress or executive order
The special honor paid to the air of
''The Star Spangled Banner" by both
the army and the navy gives that noble
anthem a status to which its stirring
tune and high patriotic spirit entitle it
This supports the general consensus
Of opinion that "The Star Spangled Ban.
ner" should be regarded as our ma,
tional anthem and treated with all the
respect that of right attaches to that
primacy.
By the army regulations "The Stai
Spangled Banner" is played when the
flag is lowered in the evening. In the
navy it has been for some time the Gus.
tom to play that air at morning colors
Secretary Moody recently extended the
order, so that THE Star Spangled Ban.
ner" will be played in the navy at the
lowering of the flag in the evening as
well as in its morning eXaltation. This
displaces Hail, Columbia" spirited
song, whose tune is much inferior tC
that of the other and whose words lack
the earnest militant spirit which per.
vades every line of 1.-THE Star Spangled
Banner" Hail, Columbia" was for,
merly played at the ceremony of even
ing colors and ''The Star Spangled Ban
ner'' at morning. This left the navy in
doubt as to which tune was entitled to
the highest honor. The new order
gives the primacy indisputably to '"The
Star Spangled Banner"
Despite this prestige given to "The
Star Spangled Banner" which is 6
purely American composition and de
serving of high honor, Hail, Colum
bia," and America" will still be sung
and enjoyed. 1t is quite the fashion t.
decry "My Country, Ills of Thee" as
an alien tune stolen from the British
which is true, though England did no
originate it, having adopted it from al
earlier air of unknown origin ant
adapted to it the lines of God Save
the King" Despite the charge Of
plagiarism good Americans will proba
bly, never cease to sing with patriotic
ardor and enthusiasm
My native country, thee,
Land of the noble free,
Thy name l love.
/ love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and tempted hills.
My heart with rapture thrills
Like that above.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-05-20
Panama's Cont of Arm.

fanama, the new republic, has coat
OF arms showing a comprehensive de-
sign 1t consists Of shield, surmount
eel by an eagle, in whose beak is the
ribbon upon which is written the motto
OF the state "Paz, Libertad, Union,
rrogresa' Peace, liberty, union, prog
ress). Below, on the upper part Of tho
shield side by side, are the implements
OF war and Of peaceful occupations
below thls' occupying the central place.
is land and water view, the site of
the canal; the fruits of the harvest and
rushing train on track fill up the
point of the shield. Flags drape it on
ei'her side, and stars surmount the
eagle.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-05-20
Boston & Maine R.R,
In effect October II, 1908.
rains leave Newport

iIdliiS iCdNS NC" pOi
For st. Johnshury at 90 a. H. Il So,
+ 90, II 25 and III 80 p. m. Return at . W
10 Is & 10 45 a. m 4 90 and p p M
For Wells River at 90 a. M, II 80, o.
II 20 and III 35 p. m. Return at 20
IL 35. 9 SO a. m, 3 81, and 80 p M n,
For White River Junct. at I 90 a. m, w.
III 20 p. m. Return at III 90, ana ~ d.
n, and 45 p. m.
For Plymouth at 90 a. m, ~ IS and
II 80 p. IN. Return at '12 80 and : 90 a.
n. and ? 90 p. m.
For Concord at 90 a: M, II 50, II 2o >!
III 80 p. m. Return at 8 80 aud II Us a. ILL.,
~ O5. 9 At & 40 As p. m.
For Manchester at 90 a M, . %, II 20 20
S*11 50 D. M. Return at 8 O5, 10 ~, II 81
a. m 9 06 40 06 p. III.
For Lowell at 90 a. m. IL 80, IL 20 y
II 35 p. m. Return at 9 80 10 ~ a. Ill.,
10 4 50 10 p. m. ,os
For Springfield, Mass. at 90 a m, II 20
p. m. Return at % a. m. & 10 p H. ,o
For Nashua Junction at 90 a; M = Il 40 nI
IL 20 & III 80 p. m. Return at 10 Us IL Vh
| a. m, 81 & 80 SO p. m.
For Boston at 90 a. M, II o. II ! % 90
II 35 D. IN. Return at & 10 Il. M oNS
% 30 p. m.
Trains leave Groveton tor
Lancaster at 7 Is a. M, ~ 33 & o % p IL
Return at 40 & ii 81 a. m. . 80 P. ~, =,
Littleton at Is a. M, y So x . ~ p
Return at 10 40 a. nj. 80 P; m IN
Wells River Is a. M, = 33, b on p a"
Return at 81 a. IN. 30 p. m.
Plymouth at Z Is a. m, l = 3 b oo p !"
Return at Z 55 a. IN. 4 2 90 p, m. IN
Concord at IL a M, 2 80 . oo p 81"
Return at So a. m. 4 ~ % p. m. =,
Manchester at Is a. m. IL 80 & on p '''
Return at s 05 l 81 d. nj. ga, NJ.
Nashua Jet. 7 Is Il, m, ! : 80 o. p "'
Return ut 1 Oh a m. De-
Springfield at Is a. IN. q oo p' III Nv
turn at 05 n. m. o m
Boston at I Is a. M, II SO 6 90 p Ill.,
return at 10 a. m.
nss~ Runs daily. Daily except M s,,ndav
| Daily except Saturday. Except S" 'io,Iyy
and Monday. All other trans run O"''
kept Sunday
DANA ]. FLANDERS,
Gen. Pass & Ticket Agt
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-05-20
Furnishing Crime In kOrea.

Korea must be a nice place to live in.
Here is a list of penalties for various
crimes according to Korean law, says
the Liverpool Post:
Treason (nan)-Decapitated togeth-
err with male relatives to the fifth de-
gree; mother. wife and daughter poi
soned or reduced to slavery.
Treason (woman)-Poisoned
Murder man)-Decapitated; wife poi
soned.
Murder (woman)-Strangled or poi
soned.
Arson (man)-Strangled or poisoned;
wife poisoned.
Arson (woman)-Poisoned
Theft (man)-Strangled decapitated
or banished; wife reduced to slavery;
confiscation of all property.
Dissertation of Graves-Decapitated
together with male relatives to the
fifth degree; mother, wife and daugh-
ter poisoned.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES or de
capitation; wife poisoned.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-05-20
In Praise of Nav.

When May comes in all pulses stir
With sweet new life at sight of her.
She laughs and on rose finger TIPS
Blows kisses from ner redder lips
Alike to each fond worshiper
The clouds that veX earth's voyager
Roll back IN winters sepulcher,
And Hope peers through Despair's eclipse
When May comes in.
The month of feathered chorister
And bloom and balm | sing good sir
Aye, and her namesake that outstrps
Gaunt Time and stays Pains cruel
whips
My sickroom holds no prisoner
When May comes in
Edward w. Barnard in New York
Times.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-05-20
RUSSIAN PRIESTS HEROISM.
Father MISUNDERSTANDING Tells of His
Assistants Part In a Battle.

Assistants Part In Battle.
Among the wounded from the battle
of the Yalu river who arrived recently
at Liaoyang was Father Stephen TAX
erbackoffsky, the priest who led the
charge of the Eleventh regiment at the
battle of Kiuliencheng. Father Ste
phen said:
"On the LIST of May arose at 3
o'clock a. M, knowing that there
termined to do my duty and to show
an example by my death. At 4 o'clock
| prayed, then laid down my Bible and
stood with the company. AS the COM
pany moved forward to the charge
blessed the soldiers and went in front
of the flag with the cross in my hand,
standing by the side of my assistant,
Joseph Perch. Bullets were flying all
around u.s.
81 never felt my first wound The
second bullet struck my shoulder, and
| fell losing consciousness. When
opened my eyes | found my assistant
bending over me, with smile on his
face. Seeing that | was alive, he
clutched my hand and then took me off
the field of battle. If ever there was
hero, Joseph Perch is one'
The other wounded who arrived
seemed to be in good condition and ex-
cited the admiration of the foreign at
taches. Many of them asked General
Kuropatkin to return them to the front.
There was an extraordinary incident
on the arrival of the second detach-
ment Two of the wounded implored
the surgeon to recommend that they
be Immediately sent back to the front.
When the surgeon refused they es-
capped from the hospital and endeav-
ored to rejOin their regiment.