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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-02-18
HeIen's Engagement

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r HE second day out from ~Southamp-
ton Miss Helen Baker decided that
ocean travel was not &c bad after all.
She sat ~placidly in her steamer chair
and watched with considerable interest
the rest Of the passengers az they took
their morning walk or stood about in
groups. Until now her sole ~acquaint-
ances had been the ships doctor and
the room ~stewardess. ISL,
There was a heavy first cabin list
and the decks were crowded. The
greater part were Americans homeward
bound, but there were a few who were
u~ndeniably foreign In appearance. One
Of these Helen decided must be a count
ct the very least. He was tall and slOn-
der, with a decidedly military air,
which wal accumulated by the immense
mustachios as black as the neatly
fitting frock coat he affected. Helen
had never met q count and she watched
aim intently as he passed among the
crowd on the deck, with a pleasant
word and q smile for every one.
Her interest was not lost upon the
count. Presently he dropped into the
chair beside her with a remark about
the weather. Now Helen had been eau
toned by her aunt not to make the
acquaintance Of strange men on the
boat. 1t was upon her promise not to,
that she had been permitted to under
take the voyage alone This wal for
gotten In O moment now. Surely, she
argued, there could be no harm In talk
ing tcla count. Before the lunch bugle
was blown they were fast friends. and
the count knew more about her than
she realized that she had told. He car
ried her rug inside the salon for her
and she promised that she would try
and take a little walk after lunch.
The count was q most agreeable talk
or and that night for the first time she
did not open the little leather case with
Robert Arthur's picture inside before
she crept into her berth. All that night
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-02-18

To those who have never seen an
ice boat dart away aud shrink to q
mere speck on the horizon In a few
minutes, the speed, were It not well
vouched for. would be wholly incred-
,ble. A gentleman residing at POUCH
keepsie wished TO speak to his broth
er, who had just started by train for
New York. He therefore sprang int
bis ice boat, soon passed the train, a
though II was an express and was Oh
the platform Of the station at New
burg when the train drew up. Al
one point Of his journey he had made
two miles in one minute. Neverthe.
less. in spite Of the various pub
lished records, II may confidently be
stated that the greatest speed IL
never recorded, because Il always 90
curs when no one Is expecting H.
Over 100 miles In an hour Ia however.
an authenticated psrformanee.-Beek-
lee Wilson. In cassell's Magazins.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-02-18
NOT ALL SWIFT OF WING.
Some Birds Take Their Time I'm MI.
grating from the North to
the South.

Birds OF passage are not prone to
manifest haste In changing their places
of abode in the spring and autumn, While
many Of them are exceedingly swirl
flyers, they do not all use their greatest
speed on their journeys. 1t used to be
said that some would fly at the rate Of
80 or go miles an hour, and to keep this
up for eight and ten hours a day, as II
anxious to get back to their winter or
summer haunts. The very contrary has
been found to be the case. The migra-
ton journey is a period Of harvest-tims
Joy and celebration for the birds. It is
q period of feasting and oftentimes Of
song. The birds move slowly II the food
is abundant. lingering in n place for
days and weeks where the harvest is par
ticuarly good.
Instead Of travelling rapidly in their
great migration they frequently In the
autumn o only at the rate Of a few
miles a day. and not infreQuently only q
few miles a week. When the seeds Of the
weeds ripen in the late summer and fall
the millions Of migratory birds begin
their journey southwark, devouring the
weed seeds at the most critical stage OF
their lives. A few Of the birds eat anum-
Der of seeds throughout the whole sum.
mer, but the majority eat them in the
early autumn and early spring, a few
staying north to pick up seeds which fall
on the ground when covered with snow.
They gorge themselves with the weed
seeds until their stomachs are dis
tended to three times their normal size,
All the common song and plumage birds
are great seed ~destroyersl
Blackbirds, meadow larks, sparrow,
goldinches, doves, quails. siskins, gros-
beaks and grass birds will eat all the
way from 100 TO 1000 seeds Of weeds alta
single meal. II IL becoming evident to
students Of birds that they are Influenced
almost solely IN their migratory habits
BY the harvest Of weed seeds and not b.
the climate. Formerly II was supposed
that the birds started southwark a.
soon az the chill Of autumn approached.
but cold. frosty weather might come m
August and the birds would not begin 10
migrate. They are not weather prophets
At all, but simply hungry little creatures
IN search Of ripening seeds.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-02-18

An order has been issued to the 81.
bsriAn railroad agents to discharge all
the students employees in the capacity
OF maehinists and assistant machinlsu
on the locomotives Of the railroad. This
order Affects the employment OF nearly
100 persons and Is brought about BY the
wreeking q . butter train near chelis
hinak. The mAehinist on the wrecktt
train wa a student q the Tomsk Tech
noioEioal institute
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-02-18
aEAcrIoN.

She 10 sitting listless
Looking over e
waiting for q lover,
But she don't see me;
Waiting for q warrior bold,
Armor-ciad and spurred with geld
Like q knight In days Of old.
Proud az be a be.
Z who seek to WOO her.
Find her sitting there;
Mystery 10 In her eyes,
BreeEas kiss her hair.
would die for her did she
vcice the wtsh-right merrily--
But she gives no thought to me.
Jove. but she 10 fair!
shall / wear my life out
'Gainst her cold disdain7
He who wooes and goes away.
Lives to woo again.
! will woo another maid,
I will HE me to a glade
Ear from this. All u~ndismayed
Bid adieu to pain.
What! She deIgns to see me
As / move away!
il that sudden downcast look
Bid for me to stay?
Nay. II cannot be, I'm wrong!
] have wooed her overriding
] will not! ! will be strong!
i will go away!
what? l think she's calling!
Says she loves me true!
Says she's Just discovered III
Following me, too!
Strange how ] am growing cold
Seek your lover spurred with gold!
Maiden, you are over-bold!
Maid, l love not you'll
u. M, Lewis. in Houston Post.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-02-18

the count pervaded her dreams AMI
there was not a thought for the man to
whom she had given her love. II was
on his account that she was hurrying
hack home. and here, with the steamer
heading for New York harbor, she
was forgetting him,
In the days that followed there were
occasional twinge of remorse for her
broken faith, but he glamor OF 4 title
was upon her, The count was an Ital-
ian he said, and the glowing pictures
he drew Of his home in northern Italy
YER veritable castles in Spain. He was
working to clear the estate be told her.
This object had been nearly accom-
plished. In another year he should
marry an American girl and take her
home to be his countess. without
speaking he gave her a pretty good
tass az to the identity Of the American
giri be had in mind.
Il was the last night aboard that he
spote his love They had come up
NON the captains dinner and were
teaning over the side near the bow,
watching the faint CLEAN Of light re-
esctsd by the Low hanging clouds from
ns city. In burning sentences be told
Asr how completely abe had won his
heart: how Implicitly he had given hsr
1ir rata. out from ne black - the
Hspnoeehfui hos q Robert Arthur
AHrs1 ~ nt her. bot she rssolutsly
&Fart ~ nempU a4its and wlsh
11tlnT llr1 r~zeapunced ~ Yss
zlt4 1s<I4 ~ f1ars . ~ rsltsT
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-02-18

Voices made 70 order are the istssI
things IN surgery. Actual Operations
have demonstrates that the laFynx Or
vocal box can be successfully removed
and the patient nay reoovsr. fnordsf %
restore speech 10 the psttent 40 artinclzl
lArynx and vocai chordH are provided
Tho volcs artlarially prod~oee y Ia
capaAl1 q ~lnAeclinn. but htAougA Il 4
: manntcna ne wfie.tt b peEt1alJ 40
s r4s4 uaaessEeMiiA
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-02-18
COINS m CORNER STONES.
Origin OF q CusteY That Has BeeH
RIsidly Observed . Many
C~enturfss Past.

Very terrible in It's significance is the
: custom OF putting coins under the foun-
dalton stone Of q building about to be
erected.
1 For these pieces Of gold and silver
and bronze are the latter-day equiva-
tents of the human beings that would
once have been inundated there and
there immured. They constitute the
ransom for blood that by rights should
be shed, but is not, says the st. Louis
Globe Democrat.
This latter terrible use was at one
time well-nigh universal. and traces OF
It survive almost everywhere. In many
parts of Europe, for instance, when the
hole is dug to receive this same foun-
dation stone the masons will entice to
the spot some stranger. Then while
one engages him in conversation an
other will creep behind and measure
his shadow, the measure stick being
afterward buried and the mortar
stamped down on top of 1t. Or they
prepare a tiny coffin, inside which is
a doll, for use in the same way, or rude
images of babies in swaddling clothes
are similarly immured.
And in not a few out.of-the-way
parts of the world, whose inhabitants
stand psychically about where we did
20 centuries ago, the original custom
still prevails in all its primitive hide
BUSINESS. Only last year at Mosdok, in
the Caucasus. three builders were ar
rested for kidnapping and numbering q
lad, whose body they afterward built
into the foundations Of a tower they
were erecting.
In 1866 two children. a boy and q
girl. were similarly consigned to a liv-
ing grave by some laborers working on
a blockhouse at Duga, In Asiatic Tur-
key.
A house that was being built at Sou
tart became shaky. A wise man"
whose advice was sought decreed that
the defect would increase unless a hui
man victim were walled into the foun-
dations. So the three brothers who
working at 1t agreed to immo-
late and immune the first of their wives
who came to the place to bring them
food.
Similarly instances might be multi
piled indefinitely. In 1895. wnen Hols-
church in Devonshire, England,
being restored a skeleton with a
OF mortar plastered over the
mouth was found imbedded in an angle
Of the building.
That the castle of Liebenstein might
stand %impreenable a child "a bought
for hard cash Of its peasaut mother
and walled into the donion tower.
A roll was given the little n to eat
while the masons were at work and the
unnatural parent stood bv to quiet II
In case 1t cried ont. "Mother. I can see
launched the child when the wall
was breast hieh. "Mnt'er. c~n see
Won still" Then. wa'lineIv: Mother.
| see NOTHING of Won now"
IN the mnseum at Alo'ers Is a Master
,ost ~ the mold loft nv the body Of
,ra Geronimo. who was built intn a
bloch Of concrete IN he angle of the |
'ort IN the sixteenth century.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-02-18

Indiana ~eonvicts have discarded n,
eonvsntioaal siFipta for tuits Of nay
Fsshious VII ehaasA Nmaria TIE Hen.
pha cqMnsrlai A1peA. stes r. ~
uTtiW q pFtizf t11FIra
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-02-18

"Ilquor makes men tsTk, dOesnt ht-
aid he citizen.
~YtL and sometimes It's the means
81 shaitine them up sid the police
msn.-Youk~ Statesman.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-02-18
WHY THE UNION CENTRAL?

II you are in the market Tor life insurance, you will, without doubt,
choose the company which is able to offer you the greatest advantages
in every way. This is ordinary business sagaciy. The Union Central,
OF Cincinnati, il. that company. Weigh carefully the following argu-
meuts and points Of superiority, and investigate the standing and rec.
ord Of the Company from reliable sources. You will be amply repaid
for your trouble.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-02-18

Some girla seem 20 b 81 The oPin'
lon that vAere eiddinsus 4 MIS- ~
lpi'y . - rk1ioanl-cAis.se umse'
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-06-15
JAPANESE NoRTnwARp.

Liaoyang. June 14.-Three thousand
japanese are marching north towards
Huay Ensiang.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-06-15
POPULAR COUPLE MARRIED.

Samuel j. Lyle and Miss S. j. Will
cock were married last evening at the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. c. V. Sturte-
want, Lunalilo. and Victoria streets.
Rev. w. ID. Westeryelt officiating. Tho
bridesmaids we've Miss Agnes Lowell
Lyle ANA Miss Mae Brown. b. II. Will
cock was the best man.
The bride Is daughter Of the chief
engineer for the Laupahoehoe Sugar
Company on Hawaii. The groom is
a son Of James Lyle, of Sorenson &
Lyle OF this city. Among those who
witnessed the ceremony were: Mrs
James Deviin, Miss Edith d. Lyle, Mr.
and Mrs James A. Lyle, Miss Ruby A
Miller, Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Lyle
Sir. Miss Audrienne Kent, Harold j.
Scott, Miss Myrtle StuItevant, II. G.
Lyle and James Wilcox.
The couple left last evening for the
Peninsula and will spend their honey
moon at the Lyle cottage at Pearl Har.
bor
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-06-15
TENNIS MATCHES TODAY.

The drawing in the island champion
ship tennis tournament took place yes
terday afternoon and the opening
matches will be played today on the
Pacific Tennis Club courts, as follows:
4p. ms. II. Derby VS.. A. T. Brock:
nr. Hobby VS.. J. NJ. Henry.
p. m.-Winner Of Derby-Brock
match VS.. L. A. Mott-Smith; w. =
10th VS.. j. Waterhouse.
Beretania Tennis Club courts:
4 p. NE. X. Adams VS.. A. r. Gun.
ha; F. Grimwood VS.. J. w. w. Brew
ster; II. C. Carter VS.. S. G. Wilder.
p. nc. G. Bockus VS.. X. c.
Brown; A. c. Brown VS.. C. Cook.
The clubs extend the freedom OF their
grounds to spectators
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-06-15
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.

The Republican Club OF the Fifth
Precinct OF the Fourth District held a
meeting last night and nominated the
following for officers of the club:
President, Sam Johnson; first vice.
president, l.. j. Nahora Hipa; second
vice-president, J. Keohokii; secretary
&. Rose; assistant secretary A. Fitz-
simmons; treasurer, Charles Coster;
judges of election-E. n. Duvauchelle
Thomas Kakalia and Elk. Rathburn;
executive committee-Mike Hareky, w
II. Kailimai, w. Huihui and Charles
Lake.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-06-15
JAPANESE REPuLsED.

st. Petersburg, June 14.-Gen. Sta
kelberg reports that battle began at
noon around the Russian position four
and one-half miles south OF Vafango,
the enemy making repeated attempts
tc dislodge the left flank. The attack
was repelled. Colonel Khavastouroff
ard Lieut.. Nodochinsky were killed
and Gen. Gernross wounded.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-06-15
WORlD NEWS BY CABLE
Associated Press Cable.
vLADlvosrok SQUADRON.

Toxic, June 1i.-The Vladivostok
squadron has appeared in the Korean
straits. Firing is heard from Tsushima
and it is believed an engagement is
progressing.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-06-15
HONOLULU IRON WORKS

Improved and Modern SUGAR MA
cHiNERY Of every capacity and de
soription made to order. Boiler work
and RlVETEp PIPES for Irrigation
purposes a speciality. Particular atten
tion paid to JOB WORK, ana repaIrs
executed at shortest notice.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-06-15

The value of the shoe output of New
England centres amounts to sl75,000,.
900, a sum exceeding by $4,000 900
the worth of all the gold and silver
money coined annually by the United
States Government,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-06-15
COLLEGIATE ENTRANCE EXAM

1t is announced that Monday, June
20, at o'clock a. m, college entrance
examinations will be held at the High
School building. These examinations
will continue from Monday, June 20,
To- June 25.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-06-15
ILLINOIS FOR HEARST.

Springfield, Ill, June 14.-The llli-
nois Democratic convention instruct
ed for Hearst.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-06-15

For Sale -.rds at Bulletin ONCE.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-06-15
DEPoRTING MINERS.

Victor, Col, June 14.-Thirty-siS
union miners have been deported.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-06-15
TACOMA SAILS.

San Francisco. June 1.-THE U. s.
S. Tacoma has sailed in search of the
Conemaugh.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
FRANCE IN MOROCCO.
Suread of the Gaelic Influence Causes
Satisfaction.

Paris July 3O.-The steady though
gradual spread of French influence in
Morocco causes considerable satisfac-
ton in official circles.
NJ. Renault, who was appointed by
the bondholders of the French debt
to recognize the custo1e of Morocco
has returned to Paris after successful
ly carrying out his mission.
He visited the principal posts. ap-
pointing everywhere a French agent
who Is to exercise effective control,
though the administration remains in
the hands of the native authorities.
The organization of the Moroccan po-
lice is progressing less rapidly.
The Moorish authorities are not man
ifesting any enthusiasm. but 1t is con-
sidered that the security of foreign
ers is greater than before the Perdi-
carts incident.
The crews of the French warships
Kleber and Gaul stationed at Tangier
will give aid If necessary while the
French selection of a Mohamedan offi-
Ger, native of Algiera. to organize
the police service is expected to in
spire confidence in Moorish circles.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
FIGHTING AT
PORT ARTHUR
Refugees Confirm Reports
Of Battle.
NO POSITION YET TAKEN
R ussians Say That Japs Are
Miles Away.
japanese Attack RigAt Flank Of the
Eneny's Southern Army in the
Vicinity Of Haiche.s-Re-
suit U.known.

Chez Foo. July so.--A junk which
left Port Arthur Thursday last at mid
night reports terrific fighting on land
and. sea, which had then been going
on for three days. The highest Japan
csc authority here says that the army
and naval commanders of the besieging
forces had planned to begin their final
assault on Tuesday last and expected
to effect the capture by July 70. but
that no ofY3ciai reports were expected
from the army or from Admiral Togo
until the present attack results in sue
cess or failure.
Japanese correspondents here are
now sending 5unks to the Miao-Tao
Islands. ready to enter the harbor at
Port Arthur Immediately after the fall
Of the fortress. The Associated Press
correspondent learns from the same re-
liable authority that the movements
of the Russian Vladivostok squadron
fastened the present attack upon Port
Arthur. the Japanese authorities real
king that IL these vessels were allowed
to proceed unhampered any longer, IL
meant the division of Admiral Togo's
ieet with the outcoming OF the Rus
sian ships. now cooped UP by him az
Port Arthur.
The most intense interest in the Port
Arthur situation Is taken not only here,
but in Shanghai and Tientsin. Many
commercial concerns in these places
are continually wiring here for news.
In this city many wagers are being
made at odds OF five to one. in pounds
sterling, that Port Arthur will not fall
within the next ten months. German
residents offering and Englishmen ac-
cepting the bets.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
CABINET DISCUSSES LABOR.
Denied, However, that Chicago Strike
Was Considered.


Washington, July 30.-Labor condi-
lions generally throughout the country
were the subject of a conference which
the President held at the White House
today with Attorney-General Moody,
Secretary Metcalf of the Department
of Commerce and Labor. and Commis-
sioner of Labor Carroll ID. Wright.
Several matters which have been ap-
pealed to the President were consid-
cred and action upon them Will be an
nounced later. The conference was of
consid era BILE Importance to the admin
istration and to labor generally.
Soon after the conference began one
of those present brought to the Presi-
dents attention the fact that report
had already been sent out of Washing
ton stating that the conference had
been called to consider the Chicago
strike. Promptly the President au-
thorfzed the announcement that the
Chicago strike would not be discussed
at the conference, and it was not, ac-
cordlng to the statements of those
present
Regarding the strikes in various
parts of the country the President and
his advisers agreed that at no point
had any of these passed beyond the
scope of local treatment, nor was tn }
administration called on at this time
TO take action. As for the pending
meat strike although ii was not spe-
officially discussed at the conference, II
can be said that the administration does
not think that n national emergenc !,
has been prccipitated as was the case
In the coal strike. Until such an emer-
gency has been created there will be 10
official consideration of 1t by the ad
ministration.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
NOT a POSITION TAKEN.
Russians Declare that Jsps are Miles
from Port Arthur Fortress.


from Port Arthur Fortress.
St. Petersburg, July 31.-(3:45 a. m0
I'm view OF the rumors of the storm
ing and fall OF Port Arthur the gen.
eral stan authorizes the Associated
Press to declare positively that not a
single position forming q part of the
land defences OF Port Arthur has yet
fallen into the enemy's hands and that
the beseigers are nowhere nearer than
eight or ten miles to the for ess.
The dispatch also declares that the
bombardment reported July 49,, 81 and
2S were nothing more than prelimina-
rles to an attempt 10 capture one of
the outer forts. probably Lunvanten to
the east. II the Japanese succeed in
taking these positions they will have
to bring up siege guns under a Ranking
FIRE from the adjoining positions and
from cruisers sent out for this purpose.
II this task proves possible, then only
will the Japanese be able TO lombard
the fortress itself and prepare for the
final assault, and II is easy to see what
long, dangerous and difficult opera
ton lies before them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
HER PLANS ALTERED.
Date of Mrs. Maybrick's Return 70
America unsettled.

London, July 30,-The Associated
Press correspondent learns that Mrs.
Florence Maybrick has been forced to
alter her plans for her American trip
in consequence of nervous prostratiou
from which she suffered since her re-
lease.
1t is not likely that Mrs. Maybrick
will be able to start before the end OF
August. IL then. She has been ordered
perfect rest and is in no condition yet
to personally acknowledge the very
many letters and kilograms of cons
graduation which have been greatly
appreciated.
Her mothers house at Rouen, France,
Is literally beseiged by reporters who
in behalf of London newspapers patrol
the neighboring streets, watch the
house day and night attempt to scale
the high walls of the garden and other
wise force an entrance into the
grounds. The nuisance has become so
great that the police have been requests
ed to suppress 1t.