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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-11-11
French Development In Africa.

France and England are the sole
powers whose Developments In Africa
have taken vital r3ot-ti-zt Is 10 say,
would continue al il the support Of
the mother country should be with
drawn France made her entrance
from the extreme north by way Of
Algte-s, England from the extreme
south by way Of Cape Colony. Al
gers e slightly warmer and dauper
than Cape Town. but the physical fea-
lures Of tie two regions are much
allie The fruit gardens Of Natal are
reproduced along the shore Of the Med
tier anean- France las the Arab o.
the desert to deal with and England
the savage SUI Of the veldt- Both have
problems Of irrigation 10 encounter. as
well as means Of transportation and
communication. and both have extend
Ell their empires with remarkable
swiftness and energy. France failed in
her rivalry with England in the Amer
lean continent 100 years AGO. but her
method in Africa Is in strong contrast
with that on the ST Lawrence and in
the Mississippi valley. Then il was
the feudai system. the seigneur hold
ing his land OF the king and the hab-
itants or culivators OF the soil holding
theirs Of the seigneurs for an equiva-
lent in service and cash That system
failed. and the lesson has borne fruit
In Algeria, where the French settlers
are the free citizens Of q republic and
individually bold and progressive, but
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-11-11

And must poor Mary Rgg-rs hang T.,
the neck: We Trust all those membel,
OF the legislature vino feel 70 say 49,
will recall that the Son Of Man sp-akiu.
to the bystanders said. let him VINO /.
without sjn rrsi cast a stone AZ her.
And II she must hang IN order that tie
hideous sight may II al example u
other evil doer>. then let it b perfect.
public. that 10 particle OF the healthy
moral influence may be lost TO til,
public.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-11-11
B.lII.e,...,. - Neutral. a. e.

BelNzcs-taS AID NeutFaIs at sea.
Tl.-- ere so many knots IL tie nel
,raH-y lav-S. which are ratLe- a set OF
c-.s-gl.s and lze<eieuts than q code OF
sre.il. e--ctLears- that every vars.l.l
g.r-a.a d need - iuis~uati0ls
jursr II Us elbow Il lie wo-.i avoid
irEs.z-a- upon TIE rights Of ururr1ls
t. eve-y emergency. For iustaLee. il
Is .c that bel,ize-enJ shall ID,
s-taez the enemy on aea5ra. waters
Bur 10 s-ises It IS extremely LlEculi
q just what constitutes ST
stlaes 10 tie meaning Of tlsaC ruling
Il has llv1 held that where TWO yes
So Az LzLfinE AZ orea sea and out
haas 10 neutral waters tie other mss
follow 10 and continue tie 5-ht-vir
tra.,y ze aJtack-unsIe- tie p.e4 %,
preSs.a- ue-eSSlty a vessel - Gee.u-
from ILL aar,9aeut after showing 1-b,
confess % defeat and the victor i.
en-ta-s % a-s prize some interesting
points e-e-e raised by the aeIicn Of Iat
reur-a. yachr peeThouud during tile
ta19u- Eel AlataGsa light. Tie
.A.al4la formally surrendered L. Ills
Kears IKE and. being in a sinking c1a
ditia1. vas abandoned ly her oiieers
ard crew. The Confederate command.
e.. Captain Raphael Semues. twelve
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-11-11

There J. c-y abroad in the land
among potato consumers who derend
upon tie market supply for a tuber
which shall possess quality as well as
quantity Many large varieties which
promise r-eli At digging time ART soon
affected u DIP rot aEI az Lest are
t1steIsess- Tie importation Of potatoes.
what there Is OF H. i dEe 10 tie de-
U-azd q foreign born people, especial
ly Germans. WHO are particular IN tlleir
choice Of food. As rue, these p9ta-
toes are sEaII, with smooth jacket
Iley hare Taste and they keep well
EoE tAls kind 81 potato the home sup
ply falls short of the demand.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-12-16
Christmas Cards.

The first Christmas card ever pub
lished was issued in 1916 by London
err named Joseph Crandall. Crandall
was indebted for his idea to Sir Henry
Cole and employed the famous artist
]. G. Horsley to make the design. It
was Autographed by Jobbins Of War
wick court and colored by hand.
About 1000 cards were sold. Such was
the small beginning Of what has grown
to be gigantic industry. Every
Christmas after 1916 cards Of some
sort were put upon the market, but it
was not until 1862 that they came into
general favor. Then Goodall & Son of
London began to publish cards in
scribed simply with the words "a Mer-
~ Christmas" and "A Happy New
Year. and in Illuminated form, and
the following year robins, holly
branches, embossed figures and land
scapes were added With the succeed
ing years the popularity Of the hol-
day cards increased, and the cards
grew more elaborate until they have
attained their present gorgeousness.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-12-16
the foothills had descended in body

the foothills had descended in body
for revenge.
I sought tree at once. Mohammed
declared Skinned up it, but he got me
down before any Of the Bedouins saw
me, fortunately, they were so drunk
with excitement.
"Allah y Allah; ell hamadu, Pillah
Allah,'' they shouted in grand chorus
"God, O God; praised be tho God Of
heaven''-but even with these pious
CALCULATIONS on their lips the mad Bed
ouins looked less like saints than
devils let loose from the neither re-,
gions. They were black with powder
smoke; their gallant steeds, among
them some Of Araby's best barbs Of
incalculabe value. were fecked with
foam and blood, but the play" was
kept up for an hour, during all the
time OF which an Old Ethiopian from
Timbuktu sat quietly beneath a palm
and sawed away at an aboriginal VIC
! lin.
At last, spent and quivering, the
horses woe ro:ncl up on their
launches IL froH, Of the camp, but
scarcely H. t:e..' Il. :;crs dismounted
| than there V"s Il great cutlery: They
come they >%'inc TO avcnse the raZZia
Mount and meet them, men, Before
| they had mounted. however. it was
discovered that those approaching
| We're the soldiers from Fee By whom
l was to be escorted. They were about
| 100 in number and had been out COL
| Letting the sIltan'S taxes
How much did they get?' l asked
| Mohammed after we had arranged for
| returning with them to Tangier.
"How much? Oh, you mean how
many? Welt not many; bout fifteen
answered Mohammed carelessly.
! "What, dollars?'
"No, heads. There they are in that
heap. They bad men-tax dodgers"
There they were sure enough, three
sacks, containing five heads each,
which were to be taken to the city
and nailed up above the gates as a
warning to tax dodgers throughout
Morocco.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-12-16

around, which TACT was III 1tseT sus-
picious, as the Bedouins generally
travel with their families, including
babies in arms and patriarchal head
of the clan. BY their having Invested
themselves Of their women and chill
dren and being stripped to nothing
''more than the law allows" they pro-
claimed that they meant to do some
rapid riding and perhaps some illegal
plundering. 1t was none Of my busi-
ness, Of course, as they treated me
we'll enough, but I soon learned that
thay were actually engaged in ''raz-
MA" or robber raid, among the shep-
harding Arabs Of the foothills and that
the pretense they had made Of going
TO Fec was to throw the sultan's SOL
>diers of their guard. s..t.s.s
All went well. however, during the
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-12-16
COOKING THE CHRISTMAS DINNER
IA TX guides name was NOLAN
l~H med, and he WAS a renegade.
q He wore the funniest Of bag

IVA med and he was RENEGADE.
u He wore the funniest Of bag
" gy breaches, which were al
Ways wabbling from side to side, bob
tailed Turkish jacket. slippers with
their heels chopped off and a red fez
perched upon the top OF his head,
(which was as bald as the end Of an
egg. He had q wicked smirk on his
face and a malicious twinkle in his
eyes, but for all that he served me
faithfully and cheated me only to the
extent Of 20 per cent. That was his
limit, self set, OH all the purchases he
made for me and the bills of whatever
sort he contracted. If he didn't get it
out of me he took it out of the Jewish
merchants, who added it to the next
purchase, so made nothing by trying
to buy at cut rates when Mohammed
was not around.
1 picked him up at the Bah ell Sok,
the great market place of Tangier,
while haggling for a matchbox with
q barrel eight feet long and snick.
gEsnee, or hand forged knife, with blade
two feet in length adorned with inlay
Eof arabesques. wanted them both,
but the prices were way out Of reach,
70 was about to leave them there
when Mohammed appeared on the
Focene. He had been eying me from
q corner Of the great wall the while,
bidding his time.
"You want gun, want knife?' he
asked me. "Bueno. get um half price,
That do?" nodded Yes" and get
them he did with celebrity that won
my regard at once. and from that mo-
Enaemt he was my self constituted body
IGuard during my stay in Morocco.
He came to me one day in a state Of
excitement with the information that
u caravan from the interior had arriv-
Cd at the Sok that morning. and as the
leader was friend of his he could
easily secure me passage. I had ex-
pressed great desire to go on a cara
van journey, but had changed my
nnind on account Of hearing that the
Bedouins of the Atlas mountains were
prowling around the foothills and
gathering in every stranger in sight.
''Hes, that right" admitted the truth
mi Mohammod, but bandit don't
houch this caravan because It protect
led" ~....
/ ..Why notT' l asked. 1T can't be
lmuch OF a show if it isn't worth while
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-12-16
The
MiStletOe NJ
Bou&h IN

1.-THE fcncvioe poem written by Thomas Haynes
bay, English poet novelist and damadst Of consider
able note; bern 1857; died 1891
~EG -ntstlctoc bung in the castle ball,
e. &c :joIEy :>:::cb sbene on the old eak
7.:!l.
Ere t::c 81: e::'s :-::acers vere blitbe and gay
Hr- tc-c....:J t.,-::.' CHRISTMAS holiday.
CT c::::2,:::: 80, H.t 4 fathers pride,
Bis Beautiful ct!!d, young Lovell's bride,
Wt,:1s c. 81. &c? bright eyes seemed t. be
Che Ste: <, :: :.>>'':c ccra!:sc5.
" t>::2~:, - '.:~:ci.~ ~cw'' et>c cried.
Z 'TT:c -: :: 20. 60: - I'll hl>ic; IN
Hna, L~c;tt., - 3.:.G t.ace
Ch" c:c'" = r~N ~~~:c .,.:S!7g place.
hWay s.,e ...., ~.... W.. friends began
San ~ -. -, -..- 49, ---..:",
hnu YOUR; t~>i =: :.:-,. -; <*It:: sS.:; i:Si
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-12-16
The old schoolmaster was deeply 8

The old schoolmaster was deeply at
fected. His scholars, noticing the di-
lapidated appearance of his chair, had
presented him with new one for
Christmas. my dear boys said the
kindly old man, with tears in his eyes,
II can never hope to tell you how you
have made me feel by this token Of
your love for me. All can do is to
thank you for the sacrifices you have
made Of your little purses for the sake
Of my comfort. If you have found me
severe at times trust you realize that
II has always been for your own good"
~ the old schoolmaster prepared to
ut down in his new chair he uncon-
sciously ran his hand over the seat in
search Of bent pins.-
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-12-16

ON t.:7;?,,. E:t:t l hGii my C,!::stn'::: :
Ci!:"nr :.St tho same as l viii n. :
Dr>c rcd TO 'v!;;;c. Being in doubt as
to Z GOO! Intentions; Of nly BELGIUM
Il TENDS, carried Il rcvolyc: Of licav:
cc...Iei' snu-s'!c;l cl,&c to che lip. bet
had no occasion to use it during tie
Journey. Which covered two days o!tt
and as many back, with three days in
camp.
There were some sixty of the Arabs,
oil men and boys, with not woman
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-12-16

Tb6V sought her that night, and they
~ sougbt her neTt day,
lind they sousbt her In vain when
wee!s passed away.
In the highest, the lowest, the teneItest spet
Young Lowell sought wildly, but found her not.
Hnd years flew by, and their grief at last
mas told as eerrewful tale long past,
lind when Lowell appeared the children crtedt,
"See, the old man weeps for bis fairy brtde!'
TIC length an old chest that had long lain
II bid
Mas found in the castle. Cbey raised
the lid,
lind a skeleton form lay moIdertng there,
In the bridal wreath Of that lady fair.
Oh, sad was her fate! In spertive fest
She bid from her lord in the old cab chest.
It closed With sprine-and, dreadful doom,
Che bride lay clasped In her living tembl
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-12-16
Burxundy,s Chrlstmas Carols.

In Burgundy carols are exceedingly
popular Indeed not more cherished IL
the Germans Christmas tree, with fts
glittering ornaments and the Christ
Child, or the Englishman's red holly
berries, mystic mistletoe, blazing
hearth fire and smoking plum pudding
than are the ditties sung al through
advent until Christmas eve by the good
folk of that province.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-12-16
By
+ frederick 8. Cber
Copyright, 1904, by fredcrtcs 4. ober
Tor the robbers to touch 1t, seems to
me- Don't think care to go.''

Tor the robbers to touch 1t, seems to
me. Don't think care to CO."
Mohammed placed his lips close to
my ear after looking around to see
that there were no listeners and said.
'Robber don't want to do something to
this caravan, cause he leader a bandit
himselfv'
"Oh, no! And yet you say he is a
good friend Of yours?'
Every good friend. When I get mon
ey 'nough join he band.''
Mohammed drew himself proudly
erect and slapped his breast. He evil
IDENTITY expected applause. But he only
grinned and showed his big white
teeth when I remarked in a manner
that was intended to be sarcastic that
he seemed to be doing pretty well as a
bandit within the walls.
eyes," he admitted, "plentee money,
p'raps but no excitement! But come
see caravan man; no time to lose; start
this afternoon"
The caravan man was, If possible,
more rascally looking than Moham-
med, but the promise of a new sort of
adventure appealed to me, and we
soon closed bargain. He agreed to
furnish a mule for each Of us and to
keep us as long as we cared to stay,
sending us back to Tangier by the first
escort of soldiers that should appear.
AS Bedouin born and bred he at first
insisted upon my riding a camel, but
"once bitten twice shy" is true Of that
evil beast, and refused point blank.
Then he offered donkey, but we
finally compromised on the hybrid, and
late that afternoon, having arranged
with the United States consul to send
out search party ii l did not return
on time, l started on my first caravan
tourney In Morocco.
It was then three days TO Christmas
and I had promised the consul that
would try to be back to take bite Of
turkey with him, but as it turned out
I was several days late and passed
perforce that day of days in the Red.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-11
STATESMEN
CONFER And
AVERT v Ar.
Prevent Strife Be
tween Austria
and Italy.

ROME, April 10.-Signor Tittoni. the
Italian Foreign Minister, in an inter
view to-day said that he and Count
Goluchowski the Austrian Foreign
Minister, were entirely satisfied with
their meeting at Abazzia yesterday, the
result of which he would communicate
to Parliament. The following tele-
graphed from Vienna to the Inde-
pendente caused a sensation:
THE resurrection of the agitation in
Italy, in which the agitators claimed
the Italian provinces still under Aus
tria, so strained the relations of the
two countries that they were several
times on the point of declaring war.
Austria was indignant when Italy pro-
tested to the Emperor of Germany.
who, according to the triple alliance. is
the arbiter of Austro- Italian disputes.
The Emperor decided that Italy was
wfong in not repressing the anti-Aus-
trian movement and that Austria
would be wrong if she tried to occupy
Albania and thus conflict with italian
interests.
There being no appeal from this de-
cision, Italy and Austria decided to
complete the accord obtained through
the meeting at Naples of Emperor Will
liam and King Victor Emmanuel. in
whose lOdSlS, COtitl al " OtHSl SiIllllctT
manifestations, Emperor Francis Jo-
seph was cordially alluded to. Beside,
this meeting at Abazzia. which oc-
Cured in one of the Italian provinces
subject to Austria, is to be understood
as Italy's formal remuneration of this
province"
Bad Austro- Italian feeling. in which
there is a risk of checking the work Of
diplomacy, has been aroused by an in
cident which occurred while the meet
ing between the Ministers at Abazzia
was taking place. The Italian steam
ship Molfetta, >on arriving at Cattaro
Ca fortified seaport in / the Austrian
province of Dalmatia), was approached
by Austrian gendarmes. who said they
wished to inspect the vessel. The cap
tain of the Molfetta refused to allow
the gendarmes to come on board if
they carried arms, and the soldiers
threatened to attack the ship. The
captain displayed the Italian flag over
the gangway. when the gendarmes
were ordered to fire. Before the order
could be carried into effect the captain
yielded in order to avoid bloodshed
The italian Government will bring this
affair to the attention of the Austrian
Government and ask for an explana-
tiOn
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-11

the form of open hostiIities. which
would warrant Russia in carrying out
her policy in the Far East much more
effectively than ever before. He AYERS
that Russia has everything TO gain by
open war with China and much TO lose
by her involuntary neutrality. That
being so. it is taken for granted in po-
liticaI circles here, as well as in mill
tary spheres. that Lessar will compel
China to show her hand to some pur-
pose. and that in the very near future
war will be declared between the two
countries.
Repeated protests have been made by
the Russian Minister at Peking against
the dispatch of Chinese troops beyond
the great wall and he has threatened
that. unless they are speedily with
drawn, China will be treated as a bel
ligerent AS a matter Of fact, these
protests and threats are mere provoca-
tions, because the district of Ldantse,
which lies outside the great wall. and
belongs to Manchuria was formally
and expressly returned to China by
Russia in October, 1902. and belongs,
therefore to neutral China and should
be accordingly protected by Chinese
troops.
Another provocative act Of the Rus
sian ambassador Is the establishment
of a special Russian mission, appoint
ed for the purpose of experimenting
the neutrality of Chinese troops. That
measure is regarded here as an endea-
vor to drive China into overt acts or
war.
The plan which, in this eventuality.
will be carried out by Russia is de-
scribed in military spheres here as fol-
lows: Peking, Tientsin. Tungchow and
Mongolia would be annexed to Russia
on the one hand, and the war would be
suddenly changed into a great struggle
between the yellow and white races on
the other Russia becoming the author
lied champion of the latter.
The chief advisers Of his Majesty are
said to hold that. unless by measures
of this kind the oversee trade to China
be monopolized by Russia. the oppor-
tunity will slip by forever, because.
once the Panama canal has been COM
pleted, the United States. as the great
Pacific power. will resolutely veto
every effort to seize the commercial
markets of China by means Of terrific
rial aggrandizement-
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-11
|FOO1PADS
FIRE UPON
POLICEMEN
A Revolver Battle
Ends Without
Capture.
Two Masked Men Seen in
Vicinity Of Dolores
Street Grocery.
Shoot at Officers When Pursued and
Are Shot at in Return, but No
One Is Wounded.

A shooting match between two sus-
picious characters and two policemen
occurred last night at Twenty third
and Dolores streets. The police es-
capped without casualties and so far as
heard from the supposed footpads suf-
fered no harm.
About 10 D. m. Mrs. Anna Smith of
1014 Dolores street, as. lie was return
ing home from a visit to a neighbor.s
house, saw two men acting mystic
riously in the vicinity of Frank Kerz's
grocery, at the southwest corner
OF Twenty third and Dolores streets,
and she at once telephoned to the Sew
enteenth street police station.
Patrolmen j. r. Walsh and Augustus
]. Skelly started at once for the place
indicated, where they We're told that
the men had been seen loafing about
the grocery and a new house in course
of erection a few doors farther up
Dolores street. The officers searched
the new building, but found no one
there Then they went down Twenty
third street and saw two men running
across to a vacant lot on the east side
of that street. little below Dolores.
Policeman Skelly shouted to the men
to halt, but they ran all the faster, and
when they had gone back a few feet in
the lot they turned and opened fire on
the officers. Skeily and Walsh returned
the fire and started aia pursuit IF the
fugitives.
The vacant lot borders on an alley
running through into Twenty-second
street, and this way of escape was
taken by the hunted men, who sue
cessfully distanced their pursuers.
A large crowd of people collected
Immediately. attracted by the sound
Of or. cIa hof
fired, but no one could be found who
saw the fugitives after they disap-
peared in the alley. Mrs. Smith, who
gave the alarm, declared that the men
were masked. She suspected they
were planning to hold UP Kerzs store.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-11


aid Copyright. 1904. by the New YORK
Herald Publishing Company
PINGYANG, March 1S.-Everything
points to the Japanese advance north
ward now assuming more serious pro-
portions. To-day 5000 men and eight
guns left here for Anju, where General
Sasaka has taken command, General
Enouye remaining at Pingyang. The
place of the departing troops has been
taken by others arriving daily.
Ice has practically disappeared from
the river at Pingyang, allowing the
completion of pontoon bridges ana also
permitting a light draught Korean
steamship from Chenampho to come
within five miles of this city, thus es-
tablishing an easy means OF communi-
cation between Chenampho, the great
landing point. and Pingyang, the great
base.
LONDON, April ia correspondent
of the Times at Chefu says that ZOO
Russian artillerymen with sixty guns,
arrived at Newchwang on Thursday
last.
The Times correspondent at sea,
cabling on April 9, via Weihaiwei, re-
ports a typhoon lasting two days,
which prevented naval operations.
A Chefu dispatch, which reached
London by way or Rome, asserts tndl
the Japanese squadron, with twenty
steamers. was seen making for Port
Arthur.
The squadron of Admiral Wirenius
left Cherbourg yesterday for the Baltic.
On the occasion of Easter the Car
conferred numerous decorations and
promotions upon naval and army COM
manders prominent in the war
Marquis Ito, President of the Japan
ese Privy Council. was given a banquet
at Toxic on Saturday. He announced
the success of his mission in establish
ing cordial relations between the Jap
anese and Korean courts and said that
at his Governments request he had
drawn up an elaborate report on
Korean political needs.
The Japanese papers ridicule the idea
of the Ru--ian Baltic Sea squadron
ever reaching the Far East and do not
believe that>it will even. make the at
tempt.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-11
NEWSPAPERS ARE SENT
TO SHASTA COUNTY JUROR

REDDING, April 10.-A sensation
occurred yesterday in the second trial
of A. S. Hammans for the killing of
Leno Lopez at Harrison Gulch. Five
days were occupied in securing a jury
and the taking of testimony COM
menced yesterday. During the day j.
G.. Martin, a juror in the case, received
bundle of copies of one issue of a
newspaper published in Cottonwood.
in this county. In the paper appears
an item concerning the trial that is
considered decidedly prejudicial to the
defense The juror reuorted the incl
dent an the matter is now being in
vestigated.