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graph. One one occasion a. passenger
on steamer stopping at Queenstown
gave the Irish bumboat woman too
much money. The honest woman did
not discover the error until after the
steamer had sailed. She turned the
cnange, IA or G5, over to the COM
pany, and 1T was transmitted to the
passenger through the purser.
"A year or so ago young man found
himself aboard ship bound for home.
ms passage paid, but without money
for incidental expenses and for use
when he landed. His mother was on
BOARD a steamship passing in the op-
posite direction. BY means Of wire
less telegraphy the purser of the ship
bearing his mother to Europe was COM
munlcated with and he laid the case
before her. She gave him a sum OF
money, and he authorized the purser
OF the other ship to pay similar
amount to the young man.
On another steamer a second cabin
passenger was found to be without her
ticket when the steamer was ninety
miles from Brow Head. She said she
the office of the company at Queens
town it was learned that she had
bought ticket as She said, and the
d1thculty was arranged.
The invention of wireless telegraphy
apparatus has also served to make the
time on shipboard pass more swiftly
and pleasant for the passengers. On
several occasions chess matches have
been played between the passengers on
two different steamships travelling in
the same direction, but out Of sight Of
each other. On one such occasion the
game was watched by the passengers
OF a third steamer, whose apparatus re-
ceived the moves.
The life of the wireless telegraph
operator on shipboard is not one round
Of idle fun. He must be ready day
and night to receive messages from
passing vessels. From time to time he
must feel for the approach of other
teamers. Occasionally the apparatus at
crucial moment may refuse to work,
and he must find out the cause of the
interruption as soon as possible. 1t
means all night work sometimes when
1t Is known that another steamer Is
approaching the circle of communica-
ton. This circle has been increased
from forty to fifty miles to one Of $50
miles when conditions are favorable.
Messages have been received on ship
board, from a land station at a dis
lance Of 1,551 miles, and the letter
IS" has been transmitted 2,099 miles.
Private messages, which are to be
submitted to the shore, are sometimes
sent by way of another ship met in
nidocean which will reach land first.
The toll charged for wireless messages
is 81 for the first ten words, plus the
land telegraph charges, and IL cents a
word extra, with no charge for the adj
dress and signatures on this side of the
Atlantic, and six shiliings for twelve
words and siXpence for each additional
word, the signature and address being
charged for. on the English side.
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r HE following trite sayings have been
collected by the United States
weather bureau. and for the most
part are polished gems Of weather lore"
Every wind has its weather.
Easterly winds are proYerbially rain
winds, and westerly winds are invariably
associated with fair weather.
A veering wind, fair weather
baking wind. foul weather.
If the wind back against the sun,
Trust it not, for back 1T will run.
Those two sayings are especially true
with regard to southerly winds.
Clouds are the storm signals of the
Sky.
Mackerel scales and mares tails
Lofty ships carry low sails.
. A mackerel sky,
Now twenty-four hours dry.
When cloud streamers point upward the
clouds are falling, or descending, and rain
IS indicated; when cloud streamers point
downward the clouds are ascending and
dry weather is indicated.
Enough sky in the northwest to make a
Scotchman a jacket is a sign of approach
ing clear weather.
Clouds flying against the wind indicate
rain.
1t will not rain much so long as the sky
is clear before the wind but when clouds
fall in against the wind rain will soon
come
Evening red and morning gray
VIII set the traveller on his way;
But evening gray and morning red
Will bring down rain upon his head.
1t never clouds up in June night for a
rain.
When you see a cloud rise out of the
west straightway We say; There cometh
a shower; and so it is.''-St. Luke.
If two clouds strata in hot weather ap-
pear to move in different directions they
indicate thunder
When cumulus clouds are smaller at
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FIRST SCOOP IS SCORED BY WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY

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sunset than they were at noon, expect
fair weather
When cumulus clouds become heaped
up to leeward during strong wind at
sunset thunder may be expected during
the night.
Rapid changes in the barometer indicate
early and marked changes in the weather.
If the barometer and thermometer both
rise together
1t is sure sign of coming fine weather.
Should the barometer continue low
when the sky becomes clear, expect more
rain within twenty-four hours.
In winter heavy rain is indicated by a
decrease of pressure and an increase in
temperature.
When the glass falls low,
Prepare for a blow;
When it rises high,
Let all your kites fly.
When bees remain in their hives, or fly
but a short distance, expect rain.
Everything is lovely and the goose
honks high.
Birds fly high when the barometer is
high and fly low when the barometer Is
low; which explains the coincidence of
their several flights with the approaching
weather changes.
Men work better, eat more and sleep
sounder when the barometer is high.
OO UuSlHeSS Win men Wnen the WlnQ
is from the west, for then the ba-
rometer is high
In summer when the sun burns more
than usual, expect thunderstorms.
If the temperature increases between
p. M. and midnight, when the sky is
| cloudless, expect rain; and if, during a
long and severe period of low tempera-
ture, the temperature increases between
midnight and morning, expect thaw.
A red sun has water in his eye.
A piece of seaweed hung up will be-
| come damp previous to rain.
A lump of hemp acts as a good ba-
rometer and prognosticates rain when it
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attest " usicaI News

When want to know where get things the
musical line and get them the lowest naturally
to u.s. Our stock of musical merchandise op
Portnty for selection much greater prices lower
that IS not only satisfying buy here good
judgment
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ORGANS

We still have large number of
discontinued styles, sample, shop
worn and secondhand organs which
we are offering at half price. Some
are absolutely new and the others
have been thoroughly overhauled
and put in first-class order. Prices
$7.oo up.
Third Floor. A.
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Rental Pianos

There are a great many people who
want to rent pianos for the sum-
mer and we can supply them. Up
right pianos. in good condition, SO
to S. per month. Square pianos.
81 per month. Telephone Main 81
and we viii send one out at
once.
Third Floor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27
PORT ARTHUR'S DEFENCE.
Subjects OF Gear Now Considering
Their Best Method.

st. Petersburg. April 26.-The en-
rance into the service of four subma-
zinc boats at Port Arthur means the
addition of new and formidable
weapon for the defence Of that strong
hold. The dispatch of the boats in sec
ions over the raillOad has been sur
rounded in secrecy and even, today,
many in st. Petersburg are inclined to
loubt the report by officials of their
presence at Port Arthur or to accept
the infCrmatinn as trustworthy.
An effort now to close or blockade
Port Arthur will be too dangerous for
Vice Admiral Togo to attempt. The de-
lenders of the port will be able to guard
against Japanese submarine vessels en-
tering the harbor and attacking the
Russian ships at anchor. The officials
here are not certain that the Japanese
nave submarine boats, as they pos
sessed none before the war, but since
the beginning of hOStilities they I'M
ioubtedly have laid down number of
them.
The Russian submarine boats may
soon have an opportunity to demonstrate
the value of their type in war. as the
Japanese feet is reported at Che Foo
and the interval of time it is usually
,bsent from Port Arthur has about eX-
pircd
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TO CROSS YALU.
Russians Are Now Observing Move
ments of Japs.

Lao Yang, April 27.-On April Is,
the Russians observed that the Jap
anese were making prcpa rations to
cross the Yalu river.
On the night of April %, two steam
ers ard two torpedo boats were noticed
ut the mouth of the river. They APP
preached the shore at daylight and the
Japanese commenced to build Il pom
toon on the left tributary.
A second pontoon was ocinS prepared
10 miles up the stream.
At o'clock, the same afternoon, the
japanese occupied the island of Samo-
Undo, to which they carried pontoon
boats, etc.
The night passed quietly. the torpedo
boats maintaining Il careful watch in
case the troops ashore should be at
tackled and examining the mouth of
the river by means of scarchlights.
At $40. the next morn ng, the Jap
1neSe crossed the river near the village
IF Tchinliagon. Wb ere. however, tn"
Russian outpOStS commenced firing
upon them and Succer 'dcd in destroying
The pontOon ConstrU ted near WIFI.
The wrecked pontoon was carried away
by the current and further Japanese
bridging operations 1Hised but the
Japanese continued to cross by another
pontoon southwark of Win.
a Japanese column. with q battery
IF artillery. approached Turncnchen at
midday. but the Russian skirmishers
met them with sharp firing and they
retired.
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LUMBERMEN HOPEFUL
Expect to Save Everything in St. John
River.

ST. John, April c6.-The lumbe,men
are hopeful and correspondngly happy.
They believe they will save all the logs
IN the st. John river, totalling many
million feet, which were hung I'D las,
year. a few millions were in the ice be-
tween Fredericton and Grand Falls and
about $4,000. OG0 are fast in the ice above
Grand Falls. Friday the ice jam at
Macnaquac. above Fredericton, by
which the first named lot of logs were
held, broke and all day the logs were
running past Fredericton
The ice still holds at Grand Falls and
this favors the lumbermen for they
would like to see it hold until the boom
company can get the Mitchell and
Douglas bcoms swung. Then they'll be
In position to catch the logs as they
come past Fredericton. The Mitchell
boom is the first to be put in place and
the work of swinging it was begun Fri
day morning. 1t Will take several days
10 get the bOoms placed but it is hoped
they will be in place by Tuesday and
thtt the ice at Grand Falls will hold
until then in which case the great lot
OF logs above Grand Falls will be saved.
Already quite a number of the logs
"hlch were in the Macnaque jam have
passed Fredericton and F. d. Miles and
mis- flotilla from st. John will look after
these, aided by the residents along the
river who have been supplied with gear
TO catch the logs. A local lumberman,
speaking of the situation Friday night.
said conditions at ice-running time had
not been so favorable in years and he
hoped to- See every log saved.
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HOURLY Expected.
Stirring News Expected at London Of
t.', Various Fights.

London, April 27.-No further news
from the seat Of war has reached Lon
don and there is no confirmation of the
reported Japanese reverse on the Yalu.
Stirring news, however. is hourly eX-
pected both from the regions of the
Yalu and Vladivostok.
The general opinion that Vice Ad-
miral Togo is waiting for the Vladi-
vostok squadron is confirfed by the
Daily Telegraphs Toxic correspondent,
who says there is no doubt that TIN,
Japanese are taking steps to cut off
;hc retreat of the Vladivostok warslips
The Daily Mail publishes the details
of an alleged daring scheme of the Rus
slams TO cCal the vessels of the Baltic
fleet ut sea on the way out and after
their arrival in the Far East. 1t is
stated that 20 steamers have been char
tered at London belonging to British,
German, Norwegian and American
owners under elaborate secret cond
tions ana on most advantageous freight
terms if they succeed in running the
gauntlet.
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IN YALU ATTACK.
Japanese Plan of Strategy Which May
Be Employed.

Paris, April 26.-According to the adj
Japanese count On directly supporting
their frontal attack on the Ialu by q
demonstration made against the right
flank of the Russians on some point OF
the coast between Ta-tung-kow and
Taku-shan. 1t is reasonable to admit,
as has been announced from Seoul and
later from St. Petersburg, that the lat
ter have raised e2rthworks OH the
whole of the bank they occupy and
have placed mines and torpedo2s at The
mouth of the river to keep off the bat
tlcships or gun boats of the japanese.
1t is past question that the demon
stratlon CT the Japanese will take plac,
within certain distance of this point
and preferably on the rear of the Rus
sian forces which line the western
bank, but the great draught of water
Of the Japanese warships will necessi-
tate their keeping ut Il great distance
from the shore, which will render ii
very dangerous for them to carry out
any landing attempted in this vicinity
under fire from the enemy.
On the Yalu itself the confusion
caused by thawinG weather has nnd-
cred up to the present all active opera
tions. hut the Japanese appear to have
fortified very strongly their bank below
Wiju to prevent any offensive move
IIent of the Russians on that side.
1t appears TO be believed that it j..
north Of this town. that they will try
to cross the rive. The Yalu is, in fact
fordable the greater part of the yeal
above Soukou. a village situated about
ten miles above Win. Below this point
it cannot be passed at this season ex-
Cept by boat. The Japanese therefor.
have taken with them an entire equip
ment of bridges. The estuary of tho
Ealu is very large and reaches II width
of eight miles. 1t is full of sandbanks
and islands. the chief of which Siama =
lindau, is very long and separates the
river into two channels. The east
which passes the town of Yiju, is MOI
very deep. but the western one has
from IS to q feet of water In order to
cross this branch boats and launcne.
will be needed.
To sum up, one may infer from what
prccedcs that the Japanese will doubt
less seek to pass the river at two points
at least while they are making a de-
monstration on the flank or rear Of the
Russians, which gives a certain lilleli-
hood to the rumorS that have ACTUALLY
attempted to cross the Yalu in three
columns.
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OFFICIAL CIRCLES AGOG.
St. Petersburg Hears With Interest
Move for Peace.

st. Petersburg, April 26.-While King
Edwards move toTestore peace between
Russia and Japan has failed, it is new
ertheless regarded as highly significant
in diplomatic circles. 1t is the first tam
gible evidence of change in the rela-
tons between Russia and Great Brit
lin. The King. however. has never ap-
preached the Emperor, no matter how
indirectly on the subject of peace, but
if the situation between the two coun-
tries is what it was before the war be-
gan, even prior to the Anglo-French
entente, diplomats believe that, despite
the declaration of Russia that she will
never accept intervention, the door can
De opened for representation when the
campaign has progressed for some
time and Russia has had an opportuni-
~ TO wipe out the sting of the disasters
at Port Arthur. :..J
Official circles are agog, today, over
this move for peace. The attitude Of
he Emperor is thoroughly approved, a
person in authority, vocing the opin-
ion of his colleague, saying that medi-
ltion cannot be accepted and that Rus
,ia alone will determine when it is time
20 stop fighting. That time, he said
will not arrive until every Japanese
soldier has been elected from the conti-
nent.
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PROPOSALS FOR MASONS.

Sealed proposals will be received at the
office of Butler & Butler SkowheGan.
Maine until noon of the twentieth day Of
May, 1904. for the building of the masonry
sales.--future of steel highway bridge
over the South Channel of the kennebec
River In Skowhegan Village.
Bids will be received on two plans, viz
First. For the substructure for ono
span bridge. calling for two abutments OF
second class masonry.
Second. For the substructure for two
span bridge, calling for the same mas
onry as above and central pier about
thirty feet high. of first-class masonry.
Plans and specifications may be had on
application to Butler & Butler, Skowhe-
gan, Maine.
Each proposal must be accompanies oy5
a certified check for the sum of five nun
dred dollars. payable to c. A. Marstoh,,s
Chairman of Bridge Committee. Salu
check to be returned If bid is not az
cepted. To the successful bidder the
check will be returned upon the execution
of the contract and filing of proper
bond for its performance. Reserying the
right to reject any and all bids
CHAS. A. MARSTON,
s. w. PHILBRICk.
w.. A. X. BUTLER.
apr27d1wbothedip
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self. Those who have discussed the
war with the King within the last few
days say that such a step is the last
thing he contemplated.
Such a step, however informally
taken, SO it is held here, might seri-
ously endanger the vital negotiations
now progressing between Russia and
Greas Britain with view to the settle
ment of the differences between the
two countries. The view entertained
by the foreign office is that the British
relations with both Russia and Japan
remain just as they We're during TIL.
months previous to the outbreak of the
war, namely, the observance CT a strict
neutrality and determination to let
the comhat3nts fight out their differ
ences by themselves so long as no other
power intorfcres
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tenn OF promoting officers according to
the number Of nautical miles they sail
may work well in a highly efficient
navy, but it is absolutely dang erous
for ours where the capacies of the OIL
GERS ftuctuate. AS a result many 10 our
best officers are discouraged into retire.
ment.
The present war is unlike any pre-
vious war in that the whole nation is
following it phase with GREATNESS
anxiety. Our nerves are strained much
as are those of the defenders OF Fort
Arthur. We weep over our reVerses
and rejoice at the Sigh test success.
Like the English in the BOer war we
are one of the greatest of the world
powers fighting d smaller one and the
sentiment of patriotism overwhelms all
other considerations
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ALONG THE YAIU.
Completion of the Russian Line Of
Defence.

st. Petersburg. April 26.-Advices
from Mukdcn indicate that the Rus
slams have completed the concentration
Of their forces on the Mukden-Liao
YanS-1alu and Mukden-New Chwang
lines. Forty thousand men are occu-
plying fortified positions along the Yalu
river and 10000 are posted at Takushan
cat the head Of Corea bay where the
Japanese have threatened to make a
landingD
The Russians also occupy the banks
Of the Tumen river. from the Russo
rore3n frontier to Lake Tai-Tji Paik-
tousSn) on the Manchu-Corean frontier.
near the source of the Yalu. Detach-
ments of Russian cavalry and light ar
tiliery hold the towns of Kiolin. Musan
and Zunduyan, along the river and
points on the east coast of Corea Offer
ing facilities for landings.
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FOR RUSSIAN NAVY.
Death of Admiral Makaroff Marks a
New Era.

st. Petersburg. April 26.-The Novoe
VreYya. Tuesday contains remark
ably free criticism of the Russian navy,
which reads as follows:
1T would be we'll to put an obelisk in
front of the Admiralty building in
scribed Remember Makaroff' His
death should be the signal td destroy
the old order of things of whidh he fell
a victim after heroicalIy doing his best
with the defective weapons at his dis
posal. Makaroff's death marks new
era for the Russian navy. The old days
marked by a middle 70 carelessness
and inefficiency are over and we have
learned our lessons
THE nation understands them Just as
we'll and learns from the first lesson
the necessity of a reform Of the per-
sonnet of the navy. The present sys-
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DIE IN WAR.
Japanese Mothers Urge Sons Never tc
Come Back.

Leominster, ass, April 26.-Rev.
Enoch F. Bell, missionary of the
American board in Japan, writes to his
relatives here that the entire country is
behind the soldiers to man and the
people are ready to make great sacri-
fees to prove it. At Sendai during the
two weeks that the soldiers were lcav-
ing i'll trains for the front, the schools
always, night and day, had their repre-
sentatiVes at the station to cheer the
men on their journey. The mothers,
like the Spartans of old, are command
ing their sons never to come back, but
to fight and die for their emperor and
country.
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PROPOSALS WANTED.

Proposals are solicited for building sub
way under the track of the WatervilIe
& Oakland railway, Just west of the stor-
age battery. at Central Maine track AIso
for completing road opposite the entrance
to the park, the two jobs calling for tne
handling of about 500 cubic yards of earth.
Also building retaining wall under tne ~,
track. The right to reject any ana IN ~
bids is reserved. Sealed proposals VIII DC
opened. Thursday evening of this week.
at the office of the Central Maine Fair
1AsSo'ia''oA' apr26dSt
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

A fire, early Tuesday. broke out in the
clinton house at Clinton. Mass, causing
a loss of $500 before it was subdued The
cause of the fire was unknown and is COW
cred bv insurance.
Inc Pennsylvania railroad union STATEN
II Harrisburg. Pa. was damaged by fire,
iuesday night, to the extent of So. 600 to
AiD."n All the records of the company.
including highly valuable blue prints. are
included in the loss
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Tht worlds best timekeeper is said to
he the electric clock in the la sement of
the Berlin Observatory. which was in
Stallsd by Professor Forester in 1865. 1t
is enclosed in an air-tight glass cylinder.
and has frequently run for periods of two
or three months with an average daily
deviation of only fifteen ore-thouSandths
of a second. Yet astronomers are not
satisfied even with tins. and efforts are
continually made to secure ideal condi-
tions for a clock by keeping it not only in
an alright case. but in an underground
vault where neither changes of tempera-
ture nor of barcmetric pressure shall ever
affect il.
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CAN FIGHT AGAIN.
Variag's Men Say They Arc Ship.
wrecked Sailors.

kharov. Russia, April 26.-Some of
the officers of the Variag and Korictz
declare that they do not consider them
selves as prisoners of war but merely
rs shipwrccked sailors. who can fight
again. The reception accorded here to
the survivors of the two warships
crews was very enthusiastic. The off
GERS were repeatedly embraced by the
women.